Kobian iXA Tab to go up for pre-order on May 23 @ a price of Rs:3999/-

For those who’re not too fussy about having the latest version of Android on their tablets, the Kobian iXA Tab will be up for pre-booking starting from May 23. The company’s serving it in India with a slice of Gingerbread and a price tag of Rs. 3,999, that’s roughly $74.
Sporting a 7-inch touchscreen, the device tips the scale at merely 341 grams. It offers Wi-Fi connectivity and holds a 1GHz processor at its core. The Android tablet leans on 512MB for its various functions and there’s 4GB onboard memory, with the hoarding space being expandable up to 32GB.

Sushmita Das, Country Manager – India, Kobian, cited, “We have had immense success with mTab range , the launch of iXA Tab is for our young students and generation who would want to have the ownership of a tablet. They are now able to get all the features bundled in one product with a very attractive price tag. Since it’s based on Android Gingerbread, user has the access to all Google applications and can have the ultimate experience. If one can get a tablet at the price of a mobile phone then why not grab it.”

The slate is touted to be a ‘limited edition product’ for whatever odd reason and it’s going to have company in the form of accessories including a case with a keyboard. The rest of its major tech specs cover a 0.3MP camera, support for a wide range of audio as well as video formats and so on.

Like we’ve already mentioned, the Kobian iXA Tab price in India is Rs. 3,999. The exact date of availability will be announced on the same day that pre-orders kick off.

Get your sun film removed for free

Bangalore: City traffic police have arranged ten centres to remove black film from the windscreens and window glasses of vehicles. The centres will function from May 10 and removal will be done free of cost, additional commissioner of police (traffic) MA Saleem said in a press release.
    He said the deadline for removal of sun film is May 19, and all ten centres will function every day between 9am 
and 6pm till then. Police will slap heavy fines if motorists do not comply with the directions of the Supreme Court which has prohibited the use of black film or any other material on the glasses and windscreens (front and rear) of vehicles. The apex court had also directed police to ensure compliance of the directions from May 4. A special drive will be conducted to prosecute violators of the rule. 

FIX THEM HERE 
BRV Grounds, Shivajinagar
City Armed Reserve (South) Grounds, Audugodi City
Armed Reserve (headquarters) Grounds, Mysore Road
Malleswaram Grounds Madhavan Park, Jayanagar Toll Plaza
BIA RoadYelahanka police station East Football Grounds,Fraser Town
Near Kanteerava Stadium
BDA Complex, Indiranagar

Extract from : TOI, Bangalore (Date: 10/May/2012)

SC Ruling - Now, A Hint of Tint on Your Car to Attract Fine

If your car windows have dark tints, you will not only be violating Central Motor Vehicles Act, but would also be in danger of facing charges of contempt of court, as per a Supreme Court directive put into effect in the city on Friday May 4.


The order states that tinted film of any density or darkness will be banned and only car windows tinted by the manufacturer will be permissible. Rule 100 of the Act states that there must be a minimum of 70 percent visibility in the front and rear windows and 50 percent on the sides.


Offenders will be fined upto Rs 300 and permit of the car may be seized.


"We have no hesitation in holding that use of black films or any other material upon safety glass, windscreen and side windows is impermissible," a bench of Chief Justice S H Kapadia, Justice A KPatnaik and Justice Swatanter Kumar said.


Pronouncing the judgment, Justice Swatanter Kumar said: "Use of films or any other material upon the windscreen or the side windows is impermissible in law. It is the visible light transmission (VLT) of the safety glass without any additional material being pasted upon the safety glasses which must conform with manufacture specifications."


However, the Supreme Court judgment is unclear on whether tints of any thickness will be allowed.


“As per the order, no tinted film or black film must be additionally placed on the windows and windshield. People were taking undue advantage and installing black films which could not give any view of the insides,” said MA Saleem, Additional Commissioner of Police (Traffic and Security).


He added that the Bangalore Traffic Police would initiate a campaign soon to encourage car owners with tints to remove the films voluntarily. “The aim of the SC order is to ensure that these films are taken off, however, it is unrealistic to expect car owners to take them off at the spot when fined. We shall spread awareness through campaigns,” he said.


Saleem added that the traffic police had called a meeting with cab drivers and taxi associations on Saturday May 5 to discuss the same. Traffic police also sent text messages on Friday and warned public on Facebook.


VVIPs are exempted from the rule as of now, but the final decision on allowing VVIPs to use tinted glass will be decided by a comittee appointed by the government.

HOW TO APPLY ONLINE FOR VOTER ID AT BANGALORE

log on to http://ceokarnataka.kar.nic.in/  the official website of karnataka's chief electoral officer, and click on the link online application. Once name, email ID and mobile number are provided, a unique login number and password will be provided to a new user. The user will then have to log on with the provided login number and password, and fill Form 6 online. A scan of a passport size photograph must be attached. "Though the application can be filed online, hard copies of address proof and identity proof have to be sent to a nearby voters facilitation centre. The address will be available on the hardcopy of the online form. Booth level officials will verify the documents and may conduct physical verification with this, the entire process of electoral identification can be done within a month. EPIC will be despatched to the applicant by post, or it can be collected from the booth level office,"


For Including Your Name in Electoral Roll        FORM NO: 6
For Deleting Your Name From Electoral Roll    FORM NO: 7
For Modifying Your Name in Electoral Roll           FORM NO: 8
For Transposing Your Name in Electoral Roll     FORM NO: 8A



GET VOTER ID IN COLLEGE
To ensure that every citizen is armed with EPIC, form 6 applications will be made available in all Bangalore colleges.
you are above 18 years can apply for voter ID.
With this, application for correction of name and age, and for addition and deletion of names form the list, can also be made online.
An applicant will get mobile updates on the status of the application.


FOR MORE INFORMATION:
http://ceokarnataka.kar.nic.in/

KBC Registration details soon announced, send us your email id to be updated

Now the Wait is over, the Date for the Kaun Banega Crorepati has announced, So be Prepare to fight with your Merit and Luck.

As the Date confirmed on Friday dated 4th of May the probable date for KBC Registration announcement on SONY TV will be done on 28th of May at 9 PM. So, Be Prepared to make it scheduled on your Calendar .

Hope you will have better luck this time. Enjoy getting knowledge since it is the only source of Money and Wisdom.

Send your email id to kbc6_2012@rediffmail.com , we will keep update you on the audition of KBC 6.

A chat with Dr.Devi Shetty, Narayana Hrudayalaya (Heart Specialist) Bangalore was arranged by WIPRO for its employees

The transcript of the chat is given below. Useful for everyone

Q: What are the thumb rules for a layman to take care of his heart?
Ans:
1. Diet - Less of carbohydrate, more of protein, less oil
2. Exercise - Half an hour's walk, at least five days a week; avoid lifts and avoid sitting for a long time
3. Quit smoking
4. Control weight
5. Control blood pressure and sugar

Q: Is eating non-veg food (fish) good for the heart?
Ans: No

Q: It's still a grave shock to hear that some apparently healthy person
gets a cardiac arrest. How do we understand it in perspective?

Ans: This is called silent attack; that is why we recommend everyone past the age of 30 to undergo routine health checkups.

Q: Are heart diseases hereditary?
Ans: Yes

Q: What are the ways in which the heart is stressed? What practices do you suggest to de-stress?
Ans: Change your attitude towards life. Do not look for perfection in everything in life.

Q: Is walking better than jogging or is more intensive exercise required to keep a healthy heart?
Ans: Walking is better than jogging since jogging leads to early fatigue and injury to joints

Q: You have done so much for the poor and needy. What has inspired you to do so?
Ans: Mother Theresa , who was my patient.

Q: Can people with low blood pressure suffer heart diseases?
Ans: Extremely rare.

Q: Does cholesterol accumulates right from an early age
(I'm currently only 22) or do you have to worry about it only after you are above 30 years of age?
Ans: Cholesterol accumulates from childhood.

Q: How do irregular eating habits affect the heart ?
Ans: You tend to eat junk food when the habits are irregular and your body's enzyme release for digestion gets confused.

Q: How can I control cholesterol content without using medicines?
Ans: Control diet, walk and eat walnut.

Q: Which is the best and worst food for the heart?
Ans: Fruits and vegetables are the best and the worst is oil.
Q: Which oil is better - groundnut, sunflower, olive?
Ans: All oils are bad .

Q: What is the routine checkup one should go through? Is there any specific test?
Ans: Routine blood test to ensure sugar, cholesterol is ok. Check BP, Treadmill test after an echo.

Q: What are the first aid steps to be taken on a heart attack?
Ans: Help the person into a sleeping position , place an aspirin tablet under the tongue with a sorbitrate tablet if available, and rush him to a coronary care unit since the maximum casualty takes place within the first hour.

Q: How do you differentiate between pain caused by a heart attack and that caused due to gastric trouble?
Ans: Extremely difficult without ECG.

Q: What is the main cause of a steep increase in heart problems amongst youngsters? I see people of about 30-40 yrs of age having heart attacks and serious heart problems.
Ans: Increased awareness has increased incidents. Also, sedentary lifestyles, smoking, junk food, lack of exercise in a country where people are genetically three times more vulnerable for heart attacks than Europeans and Americans.

Q: Is it possible for a person to have BP outside the normal range of 120/80 and yet be perfectly healthy?
Ans: Yes.

Q: Marriages within close relatives can lead to heart problems for the child. Is it true?
 Ans: Yes, co-sanguinity leads to congenital abnormalities and you may not have a software engineer as a child

Q: Many of us have an irregular daily routine and many a times we have to stay late nights in office. Does this affect our heart ? What precautions would you recommend?
 Ans: When you are young, nature protects you against all these irregularities. However, as you grow older, respect the biological clock.

Q: Will taking anti-hypertensive drugs cause some other complications (short / long term)?
 Ans: Yes, most drugs have some side effects. However, modern anti-hypertensive drugs are extremely safe.

Q: Will consuming more coffee/tea lead to heart attacks? 
Ans : No.

Q: Are asthma patients more prone to heart disease?
 Ans: No.

Q: How would you define junk food?
 Ans: Fried food like Kentucky , McDonalds , samosas, and even masala dosas.

Q: You mentioned that Indians are three times more vulnerable. What is the reason for this, as Europeans and Americans also eat a lot of junk food?
Ans: Every race is vulnerable to some disease and unfortunately, Indians are vulnerable for the most expensive disease.

Q: Does consuming bananas help reduce hypertension?
 Ans: No.

Q: Can a person help himself during a heart attack (Because we see a lot of forwarded emails on this)?
 Ans: Yes. Lie down comfortably and put an aspirin tablet of any description under the tongue and ask someone to take you to the nearest coronary care unit without any delay and do not wait for the ambulance since most of the time, the ambulance does not turn up.

Q: Do, in any way, low white blood cells and low hemoglobin count lead to heart problems?
 Ans: No. But it is ideal to have normal hemoglobin level to increase your exercise capacity.

Q: Sometimes, due to the hectic schedule we are not able to exercise. So, does walking while doing daily chores at home or climbing the stairs in the house, work as a substitute for exercise?
 Ans: Certainly. Avoid sitting continuously for more than half an hour and even the act of getting out of the chair and going to another chair and sitting helps a lot.

Q: Is there a relation between heart problems and blood sugar?
Ans: Yes. A strong relationship since diabetics are more vulnerable to heart attacks than non-diabetics.

Qn: What are the things one needs to take care of after a heart operation?

 Ans: Diet, exercise, drugs on time , Control cho lesterol, BP, weight.

Q: Are people working on night shifts more vulnerable to heart disease when compared to day shift workers?
 Ans: No.

Q: What are the modern anti-hypertensive drugs?
 Ans: There are hundreds of drugs and your doctor will chose the right combination for your problem, but my suggestion is to avoid the drugs and go for natural ways of controlling blood pressure by walk, diet to
reduce weight and changing attitudes towards lifestyles.

Q: Does dispirin or similar headache pills increase the risk of heart attacks?
 Ans: No.

Q: Why is the rate of heart attacks more in men than in women?
 Ans: Nature protects women till the age of 45. (Present Global census show that the Percentage of heart disease in women has increased than in men)

Qn: How can one keep the heart in a good condition?
 Ans: Eat a healthy diet, avoid junk food, exercise everyday, do not smoke and, go for health checkup s if you are past the age of 30 ( once in six months recommended) ....

Again LPG havoc - Submit the proper paper else you won't get the LPG refill

The food and civil supplies department has made it clear that LPG consumers must submit details of their connection to gas agencies, failing which they will not get their refill cylinders. Principal secretary, food and civil supplies, BA Harish Gowda told TOI on Monday that there will be no delay in supply of refill cylinders for those who have submitted valid documents . But those who haven’t may be in trouble because the department will deem their connection as bogus. There are 24 lakh illegal connections in the state, he said.


PVT AGENCIES SMILE 
Private players, meanwhile, are cashing on this confusion. Many have got new consumers, thanks to the time taken by the government to register a connection in the consumer’s name and the ongoing confusion over bogus connections. “In the past fortnight, we have given five new connections. Another six will be done in the next one week,” said Sonaram Choudhary of Mathaji Gas Agency in Bommanahalli.


COST FACTOR 
While a new LPG connection from a government agency will cost Rs 4,500, to get a refill, one has to spend anywhere between Rs 450 and Rs 480. Private gas agencies provide a connection for Rs 4,000 and a refill costs Rs 850 for one cylinder.

Extracted from : Times Of India, Bangalore