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Prof. Madhav N Kulkarni, a legend in GPS and Geodesy studies in India and Abroad passed away on 5th May 2007, at Kolhapur while he was on field trip.

Prof. Madhav N. Kulkarni was faculty of Geodesy & Remote Sensing Division of Department of Civil Engineering, I. I. T. Bombay, after taking voluntary retirement as Lt. Colonel from Army Engineers. An alumnus of I.I.T. Kharagpur, Dr. Kulkarni was commissioned in Corps of Engineers in 1977, and served in Survey of India for 20 years, on permanent secondment from Army. He carried out and supervised extensive geodetic survey operations from the Himalayas to Kanyakumari, for diverse applications. He did his Masters and Ph.D. in Space Geodesy at The Ohio State University, USA, in a NASA-funded project, on study leave, and received two international awards. His areas of specialization include Space Geodesy, Satellite-based Surveying & Mapping techniques, and Global Positioning System. Dr. Kulkarni is also an Adjunct Professor at the Indian Institute of Geomagnetism, Mumbai, and is a member of the national GPS expert group set up by DST. He has been conducting short courses on GPS, is involved in GPS related research projects, and has over 50 research papers to his credit.

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CHENNAI : The Tamil Nadu Kidney Research Foundation (TANKER) will offer a free dialysis a day for underprivileged patients this year, as part of a project funded by the Madras West Round Table 10 and Madras Ladies Circle 2.

Actor Suriya, goodwill ambassador for TANKER, launched the project on Tuesday. He said that he would sponsor one more dialysis per day as his personal contribution for the project.

"There is a lot more awareness and financial support needed to help poor patients with kidney problems. Many of them can't afford the dialysis costs," said Suriya.

He sported a white T-shirt with the slogan `I support TANKER' for the occasion. Latha A. Kumaraswami, Managing Director of TANKER, said that Suriya's fundraising support over the last year had helped them set up a dialysis unit in Madurai.

The `Dialysis A Day' project will be carried out at TANKER's Ambattur unit. Aloke Mimani, Chairman of Madras West Round Table 10, said that more than one dialysis would be sponsored depending on the funds raised.

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A car that runs on air, in India soon

A car that runs on air could soon be a reality for Indians.

Tata Motors has signed an agreement with Moteur Development International of France to develop a car that runs on compressed air, thus making it very economical to run and be almost totally pollution free.

Although there is no official word on when the car will be commercially manufactured for India, reports say that it will be sooner than later.

The car -- MiniCAT -- could cost around Rs 350,000 in India and would have a range of around 300 km between refuels. The cost of a refill would be about Rs 90.

An overview of the air car

The technology that MDI vehicles use is not really new. Compressed air technology allows for engines that are both non-polluting and economical.

After ten years of research and development, MDI is prepared to introduce its clean vehicles onto the market. Unlike electric or hydrogen powered vehicles, MDI vehicles are not expensive and do not have a limited driving range. MDI cars are affordable and have a performance rate that stands up to current standards. To sum it up, they are non-expensive cars that do not pollute and are easy to get around cities in.

Two technologies have been developed to meet different needs:

• Single energy compressed air engines.
• Dual energy compressed air plus fuel engines.

The single energy engines will be available in both MiniCATs and CityCATs. These engines have been conceived for city use, where the maximum speed is 50 km/h and where MDI believes polluting will soon be prohibited.

The duel energy engine, on the other hand, has been conceived as much for the city as the open road and will be available in all MDI vehicles. The engines will work exclusively with compressed air while it is running under 50 km/h in urban areas. But when the car is used outside urban areas at speeds over 50 km/h, the engines will switch to fuel mode. The engine will be able to use gasoline, gas oil, bio diesel, gas, liquidized gas, ecological fuel, alcohol, etc.

Both engines will be available with 2, 4 and 6 cylinders, When the air tanks are empty the driver will be able to switch to fuel mode, thanks to the car's on board computer.

How does it work?

MDI explains that 90m3 of compressed air is stored in fibre tanks. The engine is powered by compressed air, stored in a carbon-fiber tank at 30 MPa (4500 psi). The tank is made of carbon-fiber in order to reduce its weight. The engine has injection similar to normal engines, but uses special crankshafts and pistons, which remain at top dead center for about 70 degrees of the crankshaft's cycle; this allows more power to be developed in the engine.

The expansion of this air pushes the pistons and creates movement. The atmospheric temperature is used to re-heat the engine and increase the road coverage. The air conditioning system makes use of the expelled cold air. Due to the absence of combustion and the fact there is no pollution, the oil change is only necessary every 50 000 km.

The car

• The end product is a light weigh vehicle that can reach speeds up to 220 kmph.
• MDI's vehicle's have fibreglass bodies which makes them light, silent urban car. The car's body is tubular, light weight, and is held together using aerospace technology.
• The vehicles do not have normal speed gauges. Instead, they will have a small computer screen that shows the speed and engine revolutions. The system allows for infinite possibilities such as GSM telephone systems, GPS satellite tracking systems, programs for delivery people, emergency systems, internet connections, voice recognitions, map presentation, traffic information, etc.
• The seatbelt system is different from what we know. One part of the belt is anchored to the floor of the car, like traditional cars. The other part of the belt, in stead of being attached to the side of the car, is also anchored to the floor of the vehicle. This helps to secure the bodies of the driver and passengers in the case of a collision.
• The vehicle's electric system is also revolutionary. MDI has bought a patent that is bound to reduce the important of electrical systems in all cars. The trick consists in using a small radio signal. The system makes the car 20 kilos lighter and considerably quieter.
• There are no keys - just an access card that can be read by the car from your pocket.
• In the single energy mode MDI cars consume around Rs 45 every 100 km.
• When there is no combustion, there is no pollution. The vehicle's driving range is close to twice that of the most advanced electric cars (from 200 to 300 km or 8 hours of circulation).
• The recharging of the car will be done at gas stations, once the market is developed. To fill the tanks it will take about to 2 to 3 minutes at a price of Rs 90. After refilling the car will be ready to driver 200 kms.
• The car also has a small compressor that can be connected to an electrical network (220V or 380V) and will recharged the tanks completely in 3 or 4 hours.
• Because the engine does not burn any fuel the car's oil (a litre of vegetable) only needs to be changed every 50,000 km.
• The temperature of the clean air expulsed form the exhaust pipe is between 0 and 15 degrees below zero and can be subsequently channelled and used for air conditioning in the interior of the car.

MiniCAT

The smallest and most innovative: three seats, minimal dimensions with the boot of a saloon: a great challenge for such a small car which runs on compressed air. The MiniCAT is the city car of the future.

Specifications:

• Airbag, air conditioning, ABS, 3 seats, 1.5 m3.
• Dimensions: 2.65m, 1.62m, 1.64m
• Weight: 750 kg
• Maximum speed: 110 kmh
• Mileage: 200 - 300 km
• Maximum load: 270 Kg
• Recharging time: 4 hours (Mains connector)
• Recarge: 3 minutes (Air station)

CityCAT

A spacious car with seats which can face different directions। The vehicle’s design is based on the needs of a typical family

Characteristics:

• Airbag, air conditioning, 6 seats.
• Dimensions: 3.84m, 1.72m, 1.75m
• Weight: 750 kg
• Maximum speed: 110 kmh
• Mileage: 200 - 300 km
• Max load: 500 Kg
• Recharge time: 4 hours (Mains connector)
• Recharge time: 3 minutes (Air station)

The MDI Group

The MDI Group is headed by Guy Negre, a former Formula One engineer. MDI is a small, family-controlled company, founded in Luxembourg but now located at Carros, near Nice (southern France) where Guy and Cyril Negre, together with their technical team, have developed a new engine technology with the purpose of economising energy and respect severe ecological requirements -- at competitive costs

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No Indian fit to coach India: Ex-BCCI Prez

"There is nothing wrong in having a foreign coach and Greg will be my first choice if he is available," he said.

Dungarpur said that should the former Australian captain decline to renew his contract with the Indian team, he would prefer Wright, although the New Zealander lacked Chappell's stature, as the coach.

"John (Wright) is the best suited to our system. He is very methodical and clean, and not affected by anybody.

"But he has not got that sort of a high position like Greg. If he (Chappell) tells somebody, even Tendulkar or Rahul Dravid would agree with him," he said.

When it was pointed out that Chappell's tenure has not yielded better results than Wright, Dungarpur agreed, but said "we mostly played against softer teams under John."

"But still I do not want to take the credit away from him. I think Greg did his best. If he took three steps forward, the standard of Indian cricket and the approach of players took four steps backward. After all, it requires two to play a tango," he said.

On selection issues, Dungarpur said the zonal system was the way to do it but stressed on the need for a 'Cricket Committee'.

He also suggested that the Board must actively involve the former players and make them accountable.

"I strongly advocate setting up of a Cricket Committee.

Give the committee its due importance, and everyone in it should be made accountable," he said.

"Somebody who had been a captain or a good player, makes use of him. Let them talk cricket to the Board President and suggest that we should act this way and not that way," he said.

Dungarpur also felt that the importance of team manager's role on tours has not been realised.

"What is required is a strong willed manager. But you keep on changing managers like a pack of cards on a rummy table. If not permanent, give him couple of tours at least and then assess," he said.

"A manager is not only to handle the travel and schedule of the team members. He represents the Indian Board, particularly the Board President. He has to give a totally unbiased report about what is going on and what should be going on," he said.

Dungarpur said the concept of India 'A' tours must be reviewed.

"We should have an India 'A' team. It must not go to softer venues like Malaysia and Bangladesh. They should be going to Australia, the best team in the world.

"When they lose to Australia, they will learn। You do not learn cricket by playing softer options. I think the whole thing needs to be looked at afresh," he said.

PTI

Ian knows nothing about Indian cricket

Ian Chappell's retirement advisory to Sachin Tendulkar has drawn sharp criticism from veteran spinner and teammate Anil Kumble who says the Australian has nothing to do with Indian cricket and his comments should be ignored as a "personal opinion".

"Ian Chappell has got nothing to do with Indian cricket. Of course everybody is entitled to his opinion but Ian Chappell is not going to win matches for India, Sachin Tendulkar has been doing that for us and we should be supporting him," Kumble said.

"Chappell is a former cricketer and has the right to make statements about the game but he does not know Indian cricket," he said in an interview to a television news channel.

The veteran leg-spinner, who bid adieu to his ODI career last week after India's disastrous World Cup campaign, felt the former Australian captain's comments should have been ignored at best as a personal opinion.

Chappell advises Sachin to quit!!!

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Ian Chappell advises

Sachin to quit!

In the aftermath of his declining form in recent years, Sachin Tendulkar was on Friday advised by former Australian cricket captain Ian Chappell to retire.

Chappell said Tendulkar had been a shadow of his former self in the last three or four years and has looked like a player trying to "eke out a career".

In his column for Mid-Day newspaper, Chappell said now that India was knocked out of the World Cup, one of the major decision would be about Tendulkar's fate and he suggested the batting icon to hang up his boots.

"At the moment he looks like a player trying to eke out a career; build on a glittering array of statistics.

"If he really is playing for that reason and not to help win as many matches as he can for India then he is wasting his time and should retire immediately," Chappell wrote.

Before anybody else determined his future, Tendulkar himself should decide what he was trying to achieve, he said.

Chappell drew a comparison with Brian Lara, who is almost four-year senior to the Indian, and felt both were "worlds apart" in effectiveness.

"Lara's quick-footed tip toe through a terrific innings against a good Australian bowling attack when the rest of the West Indies top order succumbed easily was in direct contrast to Tendulkar’s stumbling effort in the crucial Sri Lanka match," Chappell said।

>ibnlive.com

Mr Tendulkar, it is time for you to retire!!!!!!

so says Girish Rishi

I remember first hearing about a 14-year-old ace cricketer in my early days at the Podar College hostel in Bombay. Some members of the college cricket team often socialized in the hostel, guzzling London Pilsner (a local brew), after the day's practice at the nets. The conversation would quickly steer towards a critique of players on the Bombay circuit.

Getting a very objective analysis of local or national cricket at Podar in the mid 1980s was natural. Many of India's cricketing greats claimed the college as their alma mater. Dilip Vengsarkar and Ravi Shastri were alumni and Sanjay Manjrekar, still in college, was predicted to make it to the India X1 soon. In those days, it was normal to see Podar dominate the Bombay Ranji cricket team line-up.

Podar, a college in Bombay's middle class suburbs, filled with progeny of conservative families found its claim to Indian cricket of good snob-value against the high profiled, flamboyant colleges in "town" and in "Juhu" where the rich and famous from the world of business and bollywood sent their kids.

In that autumn almost 20 years ago, I found one string of conversations taking place in Podar Hostel noteworthy. Those gathered -- accomplished cricket players, self-proclaimed expert commentators and watchers were unanimous about this boy genius. They had no critique, no suggestions of how this boy could improve his stance or skill. Most other players got the brunt of their criticism -- that guy flirts off of off-stump, does not handle leg-spin well, will not do well on a grassy pitch, etc.

No such comments about this particular player. The group would talk about a Sachin Tendulkar, a kid still in school, as an accomplished player. In those discussions, he often got compared to Gavaskar. The conversation seemed over-hyped, exaggerated. This expert, informal group was in awe of Sachin and predicted that he would be the Indian side's future. Mind you, this was when Sachin was not even playing for the city, let alone the country.�

Raja, a top order batsman, who had migrated from Kolhapur to the big city to play cricket happened to tour England with Sachin. Upon his return, after representing India in the under-19 side, Raja talked about three things -- the century he himself made in the olde country, the bite of the cold weather in the summer months, and this boy wonder called Sachin.

We saw Sachin play at Matunga Gymkhana, the nondescript cricketing field across from Podar College, once a harvesting field for the country's selectors. In that part of the city, budding cricketers dreamt of following a hallowed path -- from the by-lanes of Hindu Colony in Dadar playing tennis-ball cricket to Matunga Gymkhana playing for Podar and then for the Ranji team and India at Wankhede Stadium -- was the road to fame and success.

No, Sachin never went to Podar. He did not need a college to bolster his cricketing career. Most is history about this great cricketer. From those early years in the modest suburbs, he went on to become the greatest name in world cricket.

Over the years, I lost touch with cricket, Podar and Bombay. After more than a decade, I saw Sachin play at Lord's in the summer of 2002. The Master batsman failed to put up a good innings in that Test match but did excel in the series with a terrific century at Headingley, his 30th, thus passing Sir Donald Bradman's record.

But that was the past. Sachin Tendulkar is past his prime now. He failed himself and the country in the Caribbean at the 2007 World Cup last week. A player like Sachin needed to come through last Friday against Sri Lanka and get India in to the next round. Earlier, he had also put on an unimpressive display against Bangladesh. The consistency we saw in past years has evaded Sachin for a while now.�

The Indian cricket team has disappointed all -- Indians and cricketing fans around the world. Sachin is the most accomplished, seasoned and high profiled player on the team. He needs to take responsibility.�

This was Sachin's last World Cup. It would be a perfect time to announce his retirement and make way for younger players. Besides, it would also take the pressure off of other players who will be tentative about returning home after their dismal performance.

I have a feeling that if the same group that used to gather at Podar hostel more than 20 years ago got together today, there would be a difference of opinion on Sachin's inclusion in the Indian side going forward. I am guessing that this group that once was unanimous about his future prospects would find him less confident of his own performance today.

So, Mr Tendulkar, it is time for you to retire. Your best cricketing days are behind you. You will be known for your records, great batting style, bringing unparalleled thrill to your fans over and over again -- and if you do it at the right time, people will also remember you for your graceful exit.

And while I am at it, let me ponder about those who play for Podar College today -- that once fertile ground for India's future cricketers. Recent years have not seen any Podar college player make it to the India XI. I hope that this is nothing but a rough patch for the college and its best cricketing years are still ahead of it.

Shiv Khera- Shiv Khera's inside story

Amrit Lal, an author and retired civil servant takes up cudgels with do-it-yourself guru Shiv Khera and exposes his blatant plagiarism and uncovers how even in his bestselling (beststealing) 'You Can Win' 73 per cent anectodes (82 in number) and jokes are borrowed and almost all of them unacknowledged, in 290 pages. The rest is quotes (90 in number) and one-liners and poems (13) of which five are acknowledged.''

When 70-year-old Amrit Lal read 'Freedom is Not Free' by Shiv Khera, he discovered sentence after sentence lifted from his own book, India—Enough is Enough, published nine years ago. ''It was like seeing a priest coming out of a whorehouse,'' is how Lal describes his sense of outrage at the ''lift and shift robbery'' by a man whose self-improvement books like You Can Win and Living With Honour have been translated into four Asian and nine Indian languages. All night, Lal scoured through the 223-page book.

He discovered, to his rage, at least 34 instances where sentences and even paragraphs from his own book—a 177-page crusade against corruption—had been lifted almost verbatim. ''Even an acronym I had coined, RNI, he has stolen as a subtitle.

I had used a verse by Iqbal in my book which Khushwant Singh translated specially for me into English. Khera passes it off as his own.

Nor is it a coincidence that the only other poem I used in my book—Joshua Holland's God, Give Us Men—appears in his book as well, again without acknowledging the poet''

Lal confronted Khera with the evidence he had dug up. In a letter he e-mailed the next day, Lal wrote: ''I went through your book Freedom Is Not Free at one go and find surfeit of scissor-and-paste work from my book India: Enough is Enough.''

''I give below page wise, para wise account of lift-and-shift craftsmanship. (He gives 34 instances).''

Khera's response to this missive was silence. Lal then dashed off an e-mail to Khera's publisher, Rajiv Beri of Macmillan.

That too did not draw a response. A week later, Lal followed it up with another letter to Beri claiming that even the title of Khera's book had been lifted from that written by Ralph M. Hockley (Pub. Brockton, Copyright: Jan 31, 2001—ISBN
188791840xx). Clearly he meant business.

Beri's reply came almost instantaneously: ''Dear Mr Lal, On receipt of your earlier email I had contacted my Delhi editorial to look into this as it came as a complete surprise. I am also forwarding your mail to Mr Khera who as the author is best equipped to respond to you.''


With the publisher washing his hands of the affair, (when contacted,no one from Macmillan was prepared to comment), Khera had no option but to talk to his tormentor. Says Lal: ''He called me on June 18, saying how much he respected me and that I was like his elder brother. All he'd say about my letter was: what do you advise me to do? He offered to acknowledge the facts and give credit for taking the lines from my book. But I kept telling him I wanted a line-by-line reply to my letter.''

Khera agreed to reply to Lal's allegations within six days. It took 12 days, and it was what Lal calls ''a lawyered document.'' In the letter, CCed to his publisher, Khera categorically denies Lal's allegation of plagiarism, saying, ''as a matter of habit, I make notes of ideas and concepts that come to mind, which can be developed further.... Many examples, and anecdotes are the result of a collection from various sources over the last 25 years. Unfortunately, the sources were not always noted or available; hence it became impractical to provide an accurate acknowledgement.''

There was a small conciliatory gesture to Lal: ''Having said so, I appreciate your having brought to our attention some sentences from your book for which giving a credit escaped our attention. Since you have brought the same to our attention, I
shall acknowledge and give credit to you in our next edition.'' Khera concluded with the hope that ''with this, the matter should come to rest. I look forward to a great relationship in the future.''

It was a hope destined to die. Lal's response was to both go public and approach a lawyer in Delhi. ''Khera has filed a caveat in court so I sought legal help,'' he explains.

When Outlook magazine's Sheela Reddy contacted Shiv Khera in Delhi, he explained how these ''lapses'' occur: ''It is not possible to acknowledge all the sources in my book, but there are far too many.'' One of Shiv Kera's ''researchers'' explained to Outlook magazine reporter: ''My job is to input into the computer the newspaper cuttings that sir gives us. Sometimes there is an oversight and we forget to put the date and name of newspaper.''

But 34 instances from the same book?

''There is no copyright on either titles or individual sentences, unless you patent them as your trademark,'' Khera asserts. ''Borrowing from many sources and creating a new work is absolutely not an infringement of copyright.'' But how do you create a new work, counters Lal, when most of the book is borrowed material. ''Even in his bestselling 'You Can Win' 73 per cent anectodes 82 in number) and jokes are borrowed and almost all of them unacknowledged, in 290 pages. The rest is quotes (90 in number) and one-liners and poems (13) of which five are acknowledged.''

What shocked Lal was Khera's negligence about readapting the material he had pinched. References to Americanisms like prairie chicken, Hudson River, Calgary Towers, Harvard University studies pop up at regular intervals, and at one place, as Lal points out, Khera even refers to America as ''our nation.''

''What would you do in my place?'' Lal had asked—rhetorically, of course—in his first letter to Khera, ''rue, sue, go to the press, advise your publishers?'' In the end, he
decided to take all those options and one more: an out-of-court settlement for a sum which he says he will donate to the Missionaries of Charity.

If Khera is to be believed, Lal wants nothing less than Rs 25 lakh as compensation. It's a sum handsome enough to send other writers scurrying to pick up Khera's books in the hope of finding more such lapses.

- pressbox

Pro-quota parties attack SC order

Pro-reservation parties on Thursday attacked the Supreme Court judgment staying reservation for backward classes in elite educational institutions and sought Parliament's 'intervention' while the government made it clear that Parliament will stick to the law.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi, whose state is a pioneer in the affirmative action and has reservations up to 74 per cent, expressed shock over the judgment.

However, Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party were ambiguous and not forthcoming in their reactions while anti-reservation outfits hailed the order staying the recent central law providing for 27 per cent reservation for backward classes in IITs, IIMs and central universities.

UPA partner Communist Party of India came out with the strongest reaction calling the judgment 'retrograde,' which it said would not help in implementation of policies to ensure social justice and equality.

It said the government should have intervened even when the apex court questioned the ninth schedule of the Constitution.

"Parliament has to intervene effectively. Time has come for Parliament to have an effective say on this. It cannot be left to the judiciary," party national secretary D Raja said.

The Communist Party of India-Marxist also had strong words on the judgment with party general secretary Prakash Karat calling it 'unfortunate and uncalled for.'

He said that already several states had implemented reservation on the basis of OBC lists even in Central services and wondered what the problem in extending it to educational institutions was.

"We want the Central government to take necessary steps in Parliament to ensure the implementation of the law," he said.

The party's Polit Bureau also issued a statement saying the 27 per cent reservation for OBCs in government jobs was decided on the basis of the Mandal Commission report and the Supreme Court had upheld the quota along with the exclusion of the creamy layer.

The party said the judgment has ignored the fact that there are clear-cut lists of backward classes in all the states on the basis of which reservation for them was there in educational institutions in many states.

In his reaction, Union Human Resources Development Minister Arjun Singh, considered the brainchild of the concept, said the principle of legislation has been accepted by Parliament and the Constitution amendment has already been carried out unanimously.

"Parliament will stick to it. There are legal objections. We will try to meet them," he said.

Shortly after the court's order, Singh put up a brave face saying it was not a setback to the government and said the Centre will take all 'constitutional and legal steps to ensure that the law is valid.'

After a cabinet meeting, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Priyaranjan Das Munshi said the Law Ministry will study the order and then the Government will take a decision. The matter did not come up in the Cabinet meeting, he added.

The ruling Congress said it was an interim arrangement till the next hearing, while the Opposition BJP used the opportunity to slam the government for its 'abject failure to project the case of social backwardness in the right perspective.'

Karunanidhi said the next course of action would be decided in consultation with leaders of political parties and social organisations interested in providing reservation to backward classes.

Former prime minister V P Singh, who was responsible for the implementation for backward classes in central services, sought implementation of the law providing for reservation for them in educational institutions, while a fresh census can be made to ascertain the number of people belonging to backward classes.

Indian Justice Party chief Udit Raj said he deplored the judgement which he felt was 'meddling' with the law passed by Parliament.

Youth For Equality, a student grouping which spearheaded the anti-quota stir, welcomed the judgment describing it a 'victory of the people and a victory for the common man against politicians, who had tried to divide the society on the basis of caste.'

- rediff.com

Thank God, India’s out of Cup

THERE’s a brighter side to India’s exit from the World Cup. Something that can cheer up disappointed fans and angry advertisers. Sri Lanka has done a great favour to Indian economy by ousting the cricket team from the World Cup. There are about 80 million cable and satellite viewing homes in India. According to TAM ratings, the average viewership of all World Cup matches held till now stands at about 3%, with India vs Bangladesh touching a high of 7.25%. To reach the finals, India would have played at least seven more matches. Considering a TV Rating of 7.25%, at least 5.8 million people would have watched the match. This would have resulted in a productivity loss of 371.2 million man hours (5.8 million x 8 hours x 8 matches), apart from stress faced by mothers during exams.

About 3% of 81 million TV viewers (2.4 million) were ardent cricket fans and would have sat through all eight hours in the remaining 28 matches. Thus overall, Indian team’s ouster would result in a productivity gain of 481 million man hours of work (28x2.4x8 man hours), if put to use. The Sri Lankans have given a boost to the Indian economy by saving 54,902 man years of work (one year = 8,761 hours). Indians can build seven phases of the Golden Quadrilateral connecting Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai spread over 5,846 kilometres all over again, with this time saved.

A daily wage skilled labourer in Delhi earns Rs 17 per hour. If put to productive use, the 481 million man hours can produce Rs 817 crore of GDP, which is 63% more than BCCI’s annual revenues of Rs 500 crore, last year. It’s 401% more than the Rs 163 crore losses, corporate India has predicted to incur due India’s ouster.

The state electricity boards are also thanking Sri Lanka for the great favour. A TV consumes 45 watts per hour. Assuming a viewer will now switch off his TV by 12 midnight, it will save Rs 135 watts at least per viewer (not considering the electricity consumed by other appliances running simultaneously.) This will save the electricity boards 324 million watts of electricity ( 3.24 lakh kilowatts) in just 28 days. According to estimates, SEB losses in India will touch Rs 1 lakh crore by 2008. If disappointed viewers completely switch off their TVs for eight hours, it will save the government at least 8,64,000 kilowatts, along with many more lives — at least three Indian citizens have been reported to die due to cardiac arrest or suicide after India’s defeat at the hands of Sri Lanka.

Harsimran Singh NEW DELHI (Economic Times 28th march 2007)

Bye - bye to ODI says Kumble

In the first fallout of India's embarrassing exit from the World Cup, leg spinner Anil Kumble is set to announce his retirement from One-Day cricket. BCCI sources have informed CNN-IBN that Kumble is expected to announce his decision on arrival.

While, former cricketer Sandeep Patil tipped to be the interim coach for Team India, BCCI sources added.

Patil has coached India once back in 1996 and was also the member of the 1983 World Cup winning squad. Patil surprised the cricket world by guiding minnows Kenya as coach to the semi-finals at the last World Cup.

Kumble's retirement from One-Dayers is expected as he himself told CNN-IBN before leaving for the West Indies that this World Cup would be his last.

"I think it's a really exciting World Cup and I guess it will be watched by millions and millions of viewers. It is definitely going to be my last World Cup and probably the last One-Day International series as well for me. So, definitely it is going to be challenging," said Kumble before departing for the Caribbeans for the mega event.

Unfortunately, India team lost two out of three of its first round matches. The defeats against Bangladesh and Sri Lanka left India out of the mega event. They entered the quadrennial event as one of the favourites but managed to win just one match only against Bermuda in the group phase.

Meanwhile, Kumble just played in one match in the World Cup against Bermuda and took three wickets for 38 runs in 9.1 overs.

The 36-year-old has a phenomenal record to look back at in his 271 ODIs. He has taken 337 wickets at an average of around 31, besides, the Bangalorean is also India's leading wicket taker in Test cricket as well with 547 scalps to his name.

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I was appointed captain till the World Cup। So I am not even the captain at this point of time. So it's not my decision to make. -
Dravid cricinfo

Kapil Dev, the former Indian allrounder, said that India did not deserve to go into the Super 8 stage of the World Cup. "It is shameful that we have to rely on Bermuda to stay in the tournament," Kapil told an Indian news channel as reported by AFP. "I hope that does not happen because Bangladesh deserve to go into the second round since they had also defeated India. All credit to Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. India were pathetic and not good enough to remain in the tournament." - cricinfo

Still India has a chance to get into the super 8's if Bermuda beats bangladesh. Hopes are high... but are we woth it ???

Sachin's last Innings

Only 3 teams have won till date chasing a total of 250 + on this ground and it will be tough for India to make it. - Tony Greg

This is an expert comment, can India do it?

Bowling wasn't as good as it should have been. Our strike bowlers seem to be on strike. Agarkar starts off with a wide, and his economy is never good. Munaf, has shed his speed, trying to be McGrath, but his capabilities are at question when he is not able to perform. Zaheer is the only bowler who is perfoming to the expectations.

Bowlers who did the trick was Sachin and Ganguly, who are part time bowlers, but Tendulkar was given the ball for 9 overs as he was bowling extremely well.

Lets see, Robin Uttappa has not done any thing yet ! Sehwag is unpredictable at this moment. Dravid and Dhoni are out of form. The strength of India, their batsman are not upto the mark. In this case its just the prayers and the concentration can save India to be in this world cup.

May be we are seeing Sachin's last Innings in a World Cup match if India does not perform, the way they should.

Can India chase 255 ??? All the best India we are with you!

Good News for IIT aspirants !

New Delhi: In order to ease their exam blues, the students taking the entrance examinations to the elite, Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) will be required to appear for two papers and not three.

The IIT has decided to restructure the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) to be held on April 8, and the test will now comprise two papers and not three, as was the case last year.

Each paper will be of three hours' duration and will consist of questions of subjects including Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics, official sources said.

Earlier, the students had to appear for three papers, one each dealing with the subjects of physics, chemistry and mathematics. The papers were of two hour's duration.

The questions however, will continue to be of objective type and there will be negative marking for incorrect answers, sources said.

The JEE structure has been undergoing changes since last year.

Till 2005, there were two stages of tests in the IIT-JEE. First, the students appeared for a screening test and those qualifying this test were allowed to sit for the main exam.

However, a one-stage examination was introduced last year in which three lakh students appeared.

There are over 4,000 seats in seven IITs that are expected to increase to about 5,500 to implement reservation for OBC students.

Source : CNN IBN Live

Expert opinion on Why can't India make it to Super 8's !

After the win to Bermuda which can't be taken as a reward as Bermuda is not a big team, it can be said that winning with Sri Lanka could be difficult for India. And after winning there could be chances to go to the Super 8's.

What can be said? Can India do it or not? read some expert comments ! and pray for India

Numbed by mighty India's abject surrender to cricket's tiny tot Bangladesh in the World Cup, former cricketers feel Rahul Dravid's men should 'forget about winning the trophy' and concentrate on entering the Super 8 stage.

Legendary spinner Bishen Singh Bedi was so livid with India's performance that he just refused to entertain a discussion about the embarrassing loss.

"It's all over, what should I say? Let's not discuss it anymore," he said.

Asked if India could still make it to the Super 8, he said "I don't know how the calculations would be made, so my guess is as good as yours."

India, who lost by five wickets in their opening match, now need to win both their ties against Bermuda, to be played on Monday, and Sri Lanka, on March 23, by big margins.

Former World Cup winning captain Kapil Dev said the Indian team at the moment needed just to concentrate on advancing to the Super 8 stage.

"Forget about winning the World Cup. Just concentrate on getting through to the Super 8 stage which is looking very difficult now," he said.

"I urge the fans to remain supportive of the team because the boys need our backing," he added.
Indian batting legend Sunil Gavaskar showered praise on the Bangla Tigers and said India should learn from them how to win. "Let's give credit where it's due. I think Bangladesh were brilliant out there," Gavaskar said on a Sports channel.

"Their spinners were outstanding and the way their batsmen responded, I would not take anything away from them," he added.

Another former India cricketer Ajay Jadeja has still not lost hope as he said India were not lacking in skills and ability but needed self-belief for success.

"We should still not lose hope, the chances are still here (to advance to the Super 8). They are not lacking in ability but they have to believe in themselves," he said.

Kalyan Goswami, a retired government employee, was at his wit's end to explain the debacle.

"So the much-vaunted line-up can't play even full 50 overs against a Bangla attack. Can anyone tell me why they are carrying a non-performing asset like (Virender) Sehwag in the side?" he said.

"If you can't regain your form against Bangladesh then you are not going to get it back ever. He doesn't score but is still there, as if the team owes him money."

Another disappointed cricket buff said India needed an 'astute' captain to win the matches and not just an honest individual like Rahul Dravid to lead the side.

"Dravid is a likeable fellow and admitted he could not read the pitch. But the problem is we needed an astute captain and not just an honest individual to do the job."

"Thanks to Bangladesh, and Ireland too, the line of difference between mighty and the minnow stands blurred and that's the only positive out of India's defeat," he said।

- Times News Network

Bermuda Player is a policeman !

Dwayne Mark Leverock

Full name Russell Dwayne Mark Leverock
Born July 14, 1971, Bermuda
Current age 35 years 248 days

Major teams

Bermuda
Playing role Bowler
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox

Dwayne Leverock - The bermuda's huge player and the biggest player in this world cup is a Policeman. His weight is a hefty 133 kgs around 250 pounds !

Known as 'Sluggo' and living above a curry house in Bermuda, Leverock is a policeman and also drives a prison van. His favourite dish unsurprisingly enough is Beef Korma, and at the 2007 cricket world cup he is without doubt the largest player to grace the pitch, weighing in at 20 stone.

Leverock played with the Bermudian cricket team in their first ever One-Day International when they played Canada on 17 May 2006. Leverock claimed one of Canada's wickets as Bermuda won the game by three wickets under the Duckworth-Lewis method. He has since gone onto play for Bermuda in 11 ODIs, and picked up the first five wicket haul by a Bermudian bowler in ODIs, when he took 5/53 against Kenya which he achieved by opening the bowling, no mean feat for a spin bowler.

He has also represented Bermuda in all eight of their ICC Intercontinental Cup matches to date, with a best of 7/57 against the USA in 2004. He also played in the 2005 ICC Trophy, the ICC Americas Championship in 2004 and 2006, and in the 2006 Stanford 20/20.

In a warm up game against England, before the 2007 World Cup he took the wickets of Paul Collingwood and Kevin Pietersen. (wiki)

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