Anand movie with "Happy Days" music

IIMs may be tailoring CAT paper on GMAT format

The CAT paper may be going the GMAT way. Sample this - from 2003 to 2006, the number of questions has fallen from 150 to 75. The GMAT paper has 78 questions.

The number of choices and the duration of the CAT examination have also changed resembling a GMAT paper. And now, the CAT test might soon become an online exam like the GMAT.

Mumbai T.I.M.E institute Director Arks Srinivas says, “The CAT paper's quantitative section used to be considered very difficult but 2004 onwards, it is becoming easier and more arithmetic driven which is what GMAT follows. And if you look at the verbal section, it was very grammar driven while GMAT is more reasoning based. Again we see a trend change.”

IIMs have long wanted to be globally oriented. This could be their latest attempt.

“For IIMs it makes sense as a business proposition because now not only can they reach over 100 domestic institutes but by doing this, IIMs can reach across borders to South Africa and in course of time in Europe and us as well,” Srinivas adds.

The CAT exam is taken by more than 2 lakh students while about 16,000 students take the GMAT exam. So, foreign universities can choose from a wider base if they can consider cat score. For students, opportunities will increase and it will cost less.

That's because taking the GMAT exam is eight times more expensive than taking the CAT – clearly a win-win situation.

Salman reveals why he refused Chak De

srija at delhi high court

Chiru statement on Srija Marriage

Murali katik... Cricketer..Commentator..Cricketer !!

Murali Kartik knew he had a role during Australia’s tour of India, but it was not as a player, rather as a commentator. But destiny willed that he not only leave the microphone for the red cherry but also produce a bowling spell that would be remembered for a long time to come.

By joining a select band of Indian bowlers to have grabbed six wickets in an ODI, that too against the formidable Aussies, Kartik made people wonder again why he has not been persisted with over the years.

Kartik was twice on a hat-trick during his dream spell of 6-27 and though he could not complete the feat of taking three wickets off successive deliveries that he has achieved once in domestic cricket, the Railways player did more than his captain Mahendra Dhoni could have hoped for.

Chiru daughter's Love marriage..

Nothing wrong in it.. We wish them a Happy Married Life

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Puzzle

A horse, a donkey and a camcel were stolen. 3 suspects got caught: Robert, Scott and Tommy. All we know that each person stole one animal, but we do not know who stole which. Here are the investigation statements.

Robert said: Tommy stole the horse.
Scott said: Tommy stole the donkey.
Tommy said: They both were lying. I did not steal the horse or the donkey.

Later on, the police found out the man who stole the camel told a lie. The man who stole the horse told the truth. Can you find out who stole which?


[send answers as comments]

Joke of the Day : Kidnapping by a sardar...

 
There was a Sardarji who was down on his luck.
In order to raise some money he decided to kidnap a kid and hold him for ransom. He went to the playground, grabbed a kid, took him behind a tree and told him, "I've kidnapped you."
Sardarji then wrote a note saying: "I've kidnapped your kid. Tomorrow morning, put Rs.2, 00,000 in a paper bag and put it beneath the mango tree on the north side of the city playground".
Signed: "A Sardarji"
Sardarji then pinned the note to the kid's shirt and sent him home to show it to his parents. The next morning the Sardarji checked, and sure enough a paper bag was kept beneath the mango tree.
The boy was sitting next to the bag. Sardarji opened up the bag and found the Rs.2, 00,000 in cash with a note saying: "How can a sardarji do this to a fellow Sardarji? Take the money, and please leave my son."
Signed: Another Sardarji

CAT & GRE words

macerate   :  soften by soaking in liquid

osseous   :   made of bone

peroration   :  conclusion of an oration

rakish   :   jaunty; stylish; sporty

tenuous  : thin

Google is safe....!

If you've been wondering if your Gmail account's been hacked into, relax. Google says there's no cause for worry.

With doubts being raised over the safety of its key applications and the government issuing a warning advisory, Google's now released an official clarification.

In an email sent to CNN-IBN, the company spokesperson claims it's already fixed the problems in question.

Certain bureaucrats had earlier reported problems with their mail accounts, but Google claims that's more a case of Phishing or Internet fraud and not an inherent problem with Gmail.

GMail, Picassa, Google Groups and Blogspot have been under the scanner after software loopholes that let hackers steal data, and tamper with emails were revealed.


[from ibn]

India win the 4 th ODI vs Aus

India's bowlers clinched an eight-run thriller as Australia ran out of steam in the dying overs of the fourth One Day International, thus keeping alive the seven-match series here on Monday.

After India posted a formidable 291-4 batting first, Australia got off to a terrific start to their run chase, holding the upper hand during the major part of the game, but breakthroughs at crucial intervals condemned the world champions to their first limited overs defeat in 15 matches. Australia finished on 283-7 with James Hopes remaining not out on 23.

Zaheer Khan bowled the final over of the game in which Australia required 16 runs, but could only manage seven at the Sector-16 stadium here, to register India's first win against the Australians after 11 matches. India had last beaten Australia in January 2004.

CAT & GRE words

copious       :   plentiful

exorbitant   :   excessive;

lumber        :   move heavily or clumsily

preclude    :   make impossible; prevent

succumb    :   yield

Indian cricket : We need more wickets.. ICC plz make a rule

Any cricket lover who is watching future cup Ind vs Aus can notice that the game was one sided from the very first over , except few moments. Indian batsmen are not really willing to play whole 50 overs atleast. May be they are very much comfortable with the Twenty 20 format.India were all out in 47 overs in both the matches. Selection committee should think about it.

ICC had introduced some new rules in this series. Free hit and the mandatory change of ball after 35 overs are introduced in ODI. May be one more rule in favour of India should also be included to make the series interesting. The rule is that Indian team can bat with 12 wickets rather than 10. i.e., Any of the two Indian batsmen can have 2 lives. Let us name it as "Free wicket".

Plz ICC make a new rule called "Free wicket".. and keep it only for India :) Pleaseeeeeeee....

Cartoon : Nobel Prize panel regrets missing out on Gandhi

There should be a Nobel prize for doing wrong things also

Kuch Kuch Hota hai

Throughout the years many a Bollywood stars have gone through drastic makeovers. The latest addition being, Shah Rukh Khan is the latest addition to this club with his new six-pack. We at Indiatimes Movies give you the Before and After Effect of celebrity makeovers…

Shah Rukh Khan definitely leads the gang. When the actor entered the Bollywood industry with a lean body and messed up hair, he wasn’t the most sought after.

But one look at his well toned look today and the change will amaze you. We definitely appreciate the effort

Sunita Williams interview.. by ibn

CAT & GRE words

dilapidated       :   falling to pieces; in a bad condition

foment              :   stir up; incite

infidel               :   unbeliever (with respect to a particular religion)

kudos               :   honor; glory

mendacious     :   lying

Tatas biggest Indian employer in UK

Business conglomerate Tatas' British connection is set to get even stronger with the group expecting a significant surge in its employee strength in the United Kingdom as it expands operations and buys more firms.

With about 30,000 Tata employees, the European nation is home to the largest workforce of any Indian business house. This represents a little less than 10 per cent of Tata group's entire headcount of about 3,30,000 people across the world.

"Initially when we started business here 100 years ago in 1907, it was some sort of window office to the world business of the group... we were taking care of issues like procurement and logistics... today we are a 14-company strong group here with 30,000 employees," S A Hasan, Managing Director of group's UK subsidiary Tata Ltd, said here.

"We feel proud to say that we are the largest Indian employer in the UK," he said

[from economictimes]

Nobel Prize panel regrets missing out on Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi taught the world a new method of struggle and redefined diplomacy. But the strongest symbol of non-violence in the 20th century was never selected for the Nobel Prize.

The denial of the prize to Gandhi invited worldwide controversy that is still being debated today.

Gandhi was nominated five times for the Nobel but the Norwegian Nobel committee believed that the champion of non-violence could not be awarded because he was “neither a real politician nor a humanitarian relief worker.”

But now, for the first time ever, the Executive Director of the Nobel Foundation in Sweden, Michael Sohlman, says that it was a mistake by the Norwegian Peace committee.

“We missed a great Laureate and that’s Gandhi. It’s a big regret,” he admits.

It is speculated that race played a major role. Laureates were exclusively selected from United States and Europe.

“I usually don’t comment on what the Nobel Committees or prize awarding institutions decide. But here, they themselves think he is the one missing,” says Sohlman.

At the Nobel Museum, curator Dr Anders Barany says the irony is that eminent personalities, who based their actions on the Mahatma's teachings, were awarded the Nobel in later years.

“Mahatma Gandhi is the one we miss the most at the Nobel museum. I think that’s a big empty space where we should have had Mahatma Gandhi. I think it was a mistake. I think they could have made up for that little difference,” says Barany.

But at the time Gandhi died, the rules stated that a candidate had to be alive till February 1 to be considered.

Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated on 30 January 1948, two days before the closing date for that year's Nobel Peace Prize nominations.

In that year, the Nobel Committee decided to give no peace award on the grounds that there was no suitable living candidate.

In fact, the Mahatma was nominated for the Nobel Prize five times but he never won it.

That year itself, the Committee received six letters of nomination for Gandhi.

While now many Gandhians feel Father of the Nation could have done without the Nobel Peace Prize, it now seems that the Nobel committee cannot do without Gandhi.


[from ibn]

Fun column : Customer and Tech Support

1). Tech Support: "I need you to right-click on the Open Desktop."
Customer "Ok."
Tech Support: "Did you get a pop-up menu?"
Customer: "No."
Tech Support: "Ok. Right click again. Do you see a pop-up menu?"
Customer "No."
Tech Support:: "Ok, sir. Can you tell me what you have done up until this point?"
Customer: "Sure, you told me to write 'click' and I wrote 'click'."

2) Customer: "I received the software update you sent,but I am still getting the same error message."
Tech Support:: "Did you install the update?"
Customer: "No. Oh, am I supposed to install it to get it to work?"

3).Customer:: "I'm having trouble installing Microsoft Word."
Tech Support:: "Tell me what you've done."
Customer: "I typed 'A:SETUP'."!
Tech Support:: "Ma'am, remove the disk and tell me what it says."
Customer:: "It says '[PC manufacturer] Restore and Recovery disk'."
Tech Support:: "Insert the MS Word setup disk."
Customer:: "What?"
Tech Support: "Did you buy MS word?"
Customer: "No..."

4).Customer:: "Do I need a computer to use your software?"
Tech Support:: ?!%#$

5).Tech Support:: "Ok, in the bottom left hand side of the screen,canyou see the 'OK' button displayed?"
Customer: "Wow. How can you see my screen from there?"

6) Tech Support:: "What type of computer do you have?"
Customer:: "A white one."

7). Tech Support:: "Type 'A:' at the prompt."
Customer:: "How do you spell that?"

8). Tech Support: "What's on your screen right now?"
Customer: "A stuffed animal that my boyfriend got me at the grocerystore."

9). Tech Support:: "What operating system are you running?"
Customer: "Pentium."

10). Customer: "My computer's telling me I performed an illegal abortion."

11).Customer: "I have Microsoft Exploder."

12).Customer: "How do I print my voicemail?

13). Customer: "You've got to fix my computer. I urgently need to print document, but the computer won't boot properly."
Tech Support: "What does it say?"
Customer: "Something about an error and non-system disk."
Tech Support: "Look at your machine. Is there a floppy inside?"
Customer: "No, but there's a sticker saying there's an Intel inside."

14). Tech Support: "Just call us back if there's a problem. We're open 24 hours."
Customer: "Is that Eastern time?"

15). Tech Support:: "What does the screen say now?"
Customer: "It says, 'Hit ENTER when ready'."
Tech Support:: "Well?"
Customer: "How do I know when it's ready?"

16). A plain computer illeterate guy rings tech support to report that his computer is faulty.
Tech: What's the problem?
User: There is smoke coming out of the power supply.
Tech: You'll need a new power supply.
User: No, I don't! I just need to change the startup files.
Tech: Sir, the power supply is faulty. You'll need to replace it.
User: No way! Someone told me that I just needed to change the startup and it will fix the problem! All I need is for you to tell me the command.
10 minutes later, the User is still adamant that he is right. The tech is frustrated and fed up.
Tech: Sorry, Sir. We don't normally tell our customers this, but there is an undocumented DOS command that will fix the problem.
User: I knew it!
Tech: Just add the line LOAD NOSMOKE.COM at the end of the CONFIG.SYS.
Letme know how it goes.
10 minutes later.
User: It didn't work. The power supply is still smoking.
Tech: Well, what version of DOS are you using?
User: MS-DOS 6.22.
Tech: That's your problem there. That version of DOS didn't come with NOSMOKE. Contact Microsoft and ask them for a patch that will give you ! the file. Let me know how it goes.
1 hour later.
User: I need a new power supply.
Tech: How did you come to that conclusion?
User: Well, I rang Microsoft and told him about what you said, and he started asking questions about the make of power supply.
Tech: Then what did he say?
User: He told me that my power supply isn't compatible with NOSMOKE.

CAT & GRE words

chaffing     :   bantering; joking

deranged   :   insane

omniscient  :   all-knowing

quaint     :    odd in an old-fashioned way;

sybarite    :   lover of luxury