Convincing win for top class Chennai

Pune: MS Dhoni and Mohit Sharma starred as the Chennai Super Kings beat Pune Warriors by 37 runs, to register their eighth win in IPL 2013 at the Subrata Roy Sahara stadium on Tuesday.

Chasing 165 for victory, Pune openers Uthappa and Finch began aggressively before Finch was caught behind by counterpart Dhoni off Mohit Sharma. Their troubles would double, as No.3 Tirumalasetti Suman would fall leg-before-wicket to Sharma off the very next delivery. Robin Uthappa’s run out reduced them to 29/3.

Steve Smith counter-attacked by hitting two fours in the next four deliveries, but could only watch as Sharma (3/21) picked up his third wicket by dismissing Yuvraj Singh for four. The Aussie could only scream in frustration, as he drove the ball down the ground, only to find the ball hitting Albie Morkel’s boot, and the stumps.

Luke Wright was outside the crease at the non-striker’s end.

Smith fell for 35, after being caught and bowled by Ravindra Jadeja. Kane Richardson and Bhuvneshwar Kumar managed some lusty hits, but Chennai continued to chip away. In the end they would finish with 127/9, to bring up their eighth loss of the tournament.

Earlier, Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat first.

Michael Hussey began by driving a wide delivery for four off the very first delivery. It would be his last boundary of the evening, after first change Kane Richardson however, sent the left-hander’s off-stump for a walk. Saha struck a four and a six, before falling leg-before-wicket to Rahul Sharma. Suresh Raina and Subramaniam Badrinath then put together a 75-run partnership for the third wicket. Both batsmen dealt mostly in ones and twos, making sure that they rotated the strike, bringing up the odd boundary when the opportunity presented itself.

At the start of over no.15, they were 102/2.

Badrinath fell while trying to accelerate, holing out to Steve Smith at long off, off Luke Wright. Raina crossed over, and he took a single to give the strike to Dhoni. The CSK skipper began by smashing a four and a six. The momentum would change.

While Raina brought up his half-century, Dhoni went after Dinda, paddling him for a four, before smashing him for a six over long on. The left-right duo milked 12 off the penultimate over from Bhuvneshwar Kumar, and got ready to face Ashok Dinda one last time in the match. Dhoni missed the first ball, traded strike with Raina off the next two, before running two off the fourth.  Dinda sent one in full, which was promptly dispatched to deep midwicket for four. He repeated the routine in the last delivery, only to be hit for six.

Thanks to their skipper’s knock of 45 from 16, Chennai finished with 164/3. 62 runs came off the final five overs. A top performance that would see them hold on to the No.1 spot in the points table.

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Have Superhumans Arrived?

Let’s face the truth. We have always wanted to be blessed with a bunch of superhero capabilities as a child. Laser eyes, levitation, teleportation, vaporizing those annoying people around you.

We have wished for the latter quite a lot as we grew up though.

Our fascination with this superpower phenomenon has been in existence since the advent of the stone-age era. Envisioning forces of nature as a human with unfathomable power and glorifying such things beyond proportion, the proofs speak for themselves. As time progressed, we too got creative and patronized metaphors in their literal sense of words. Humans capable of lifting huge boulders, summoning lightning and thunder, moving mountains, making the sky explode. Such were the mythological tales driven by the human inquisitiveness and the unconditional urge to wish for such miracles to happen. We called them Gods in some cases. We gave them shape, we gave them a face. And thus, mythology was born.

Coming to the turn of the 19th century, we saw hordes of such superhumans coming into existence, albeit this time around in the form of superheroes clad in their undergarments over their pants. They were helmed as God’s equivalent. Saviour of sorts, they roamed the universe keeping the noble and the good-doers safe while wielding their ‘Super Powers’ to beat the bad scums. They were the Gods of today.Superman was a chap who could bend guns and lift mountains while Terminator was a machine with a heart. We coined the term Sci-Fi for such freaks.

The shapes changed, the names changed. Yet the ideology remained the same.

Fortunately enough, we have learnt to understand these ‘Miracles’ and ‘Unknown forces to nature’ through science. And as an instinctive human tendency, we tend to understand, comprehend and eventually manipulate things as per our needs. And the time has arrived when the dream to harness these powers has become a reality.

Move Boulders? Seriously?

We saw the Hindu God-Hanuman, an ape-like humanoid lift a mountain and flying it across the Indian subcontinent. Although we are yet to achieve this feat, we have taken giant leaps to accomplish a part of it. Maybe not the flying part, or lifting a whole mountain. That’ll be ridiculous (for now)! But NASA has achieved a part of it. In testing phase for some time, the RoboSuit is a brilliant piece of machinery. An exoskeleton of sorts, a person snugly fits right into it and is exposed from the front, leaving the whole back inclined to the RoboSuit. The RoboSuit reads the user’s nerve signals and moves the part of the body in accordance to it. Finding it too hard to digest? It’s like having someone assist your every move. So all you need to do is give a slight gesture and the exoskeleton will apply the rest of the force.

Having said that, you need to apply minimal force and the machine does the rest, which can help you in any and every tedious physical activity: right from lifting heavy weights to moving machinery. The current military grade exoskeleton in use is capable of lifting 110 kg with ease, and it’s just a prototype. Future models will be capable of lifting a ton and more! Who wants to take on the Hulk?

The implications do not end there. Senior citizens, handicaps and partially paralyzed patients would soon be able to move nonchalantly with the help of these exoskeletons. Medical applications of the exoskeleton as a whole or in parts are many. With time, we can expect the size to decrease drastically; to the extent where having the exoskeleton as a second skin would be a norm.

Telekinesis. Magneto, Anyone?

There have been times when we have thought of moving the table an inch closer to reach the TV’s remote control. What if such childlike dreams are a scientific step away? Fortunately a wait for such technological implementation isn’t far. What if we take an electronic device, reduce the size of the remote control and fit it right into your brain? What if we take an assortment of these remote controls and stuff it into a single one and allow you to control any and every electronic device around you? Seems incomprehensible? It isn’t.

This technology, or at least the conception of it, in its first few steps is called electroencephalography, a study of electrical activity on the scalp. The human brain works on simple electrical currents being triggered at intervals to convey a message. If a microscopic receptor can be fitted to pick up these signals and send them across wirelessly (Bluetooth in today’s terms) then the possibilities are endless. Once embedded, this decoder will read your thought, decode it, and send it to the recipient, which may be a car that needs to be started, door that needs to be opened, or a mail that needs to be read. There won’t be a need to talk to anyone else, for everyone would be connected telepathically. Accessing any information would be done seamlessly without any hassle. The mental prowess of a being would expand exponentially surpassing the fathomable reach of man.

Saving Space?

We are in a time where even a 1 TB of hard drive space tends to fall short, and with the wealth of knowledge awaiting us in the future, saving data would definitely be an issue. Not really. Think about it, we’ve already started incorporating cloud storage for portable devices which allow a tonne of data to be stored and accessed wirelessly from a cloud. This ensures that you only need a medium to access data, hassle free. There’s a double-whammy in this though. Researchers at Harvard have successfully stored around 700 terabytes of data in a single gram of DNA. And what more to that? We can cram in more data as the technology evolves. This’ll ensure ergonomic and safer way of storing and accessing data. We can’t wait for this to happen.

The prospect of having unlimited storage and the capability to access this cloud at any given point of time will allow people to have plethora of knowledge and intelligence on their fingertips. This’ll ensure no one is devoid of any information that is out there. All the written books and materials will be digitized and available for anyone who needs to access them. Transparency will prevail in the future, and a much more humble and evolved consciousness will rule the future. But what if we die?

Immortality? For Real?

Human body is a fascinating piece of natural machinery. We strive on regeneration. Every cell in our body tends to undergo a lifecycle, and is replaced by another one. The pancreas turns over cells every 24 hours, the stomach lining in three days, the entire body in seven years. If we keep decay at bay, our body can live for 140 years, yet it dies due to slow poisoning.

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But what if we can recreate this process? Or maybe slow it? Or even better, halt it?

Nanotechnology is the manipulation of matter on an atomic and molecular scale. Ripping things apart till you reach the smallest of its particle, and then fidget with it, that’s what Nanotech is all about. But what happens when Nanotech comes across human biology? Such amalgamations create miracles of nature. And in this case it is called Nanobiotechnology.

Coming back to the recreating, slowing and eventual halting of our innards, that’s where Nanobiotechnology comes into play. Creating microscopic robots with arms and legs capable of working through the intricacies of the human body to reach a specific location only to get down to work and help mend the body. Assigning these small creatures to a certain objective of maintaining the digestive system and keeping it under a 24/7 surveillance like a pit-crew is where we’re heading. Regeneration would not be a hassle if there’s an intrinsic assistance that does not need any surgery to implement is a marvellous feat in itself. An injection full of these nanobots into your body and you would be guaranteed to live a fruitful life for the next few centuries, or till the moment an apocalypse strikes you.

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But what if our body meets in a fatal accident but our brain is still capable of functioning? The answer’s simple: the brain will be uploaded into a cloud storage system where your consciousness will continue to exist regardless of what happens in the outside world! This’ll initially start off with comatose patients and the ones who’ve met with a fatal accident, but it’ll soon catch up with the ones whose body is close to the expiry date and yet wants to live on. Matrix isn’t far!

How iTunes Changed The Music Industry Forever

The music industry is an ever-evolving beast that devours everything in its path.

It started off with the LPs during the hay-day hippie era till the ‘80s, when it was soon replaced by cassettes followed by the shiny compact discs that seemed to the cusp of it all. We were wrong. Digital media followed and the advent of iPod revolutionized the music scene, making the beast hungry for more.

· The Arrival Of iPod

The iPod is a fantastic piece of machinery, and proved to be a tide-turner during its launch. Capable of amassing your whole music collection in the palm of your hands, iPod was the must-have gadgets for the tech-savvy, music nerds, and fashionistas alike. The first generation was equipped with a 5 GB internal storage ability, which enabled the owner to store 1000 songs at any moment. Having the capability to store music in digital format allowed a user to select a specific single from an album and carry it along, making it less cumbersome and eliminating the pain to carry the whole album at all times.

Steve Jobs brought the MP3 player via iPod to the masses, and cemented it into the global culture. The typical silhouette-based ads adorning the world being a style-statement of sorts, compelling the world to take notice and give in to its captivity.

· The Arrival Of iTunes

Apple saw through the trend of users sticking to the single song rule and formulated to release the iTunes, a one-stop shop for anyone who is keen on purchasing a digital copy of a single song, as opposed to buying a physical compact disc comprising of the whole album. A highly nifty and resourceful deal, the masses loved the idea and embraced it instantaneously. Buying a single available for $0.99 made much more sense than to shell out a hefty sum for a physical album.

This abruptly changed the ballgame for the music industry. iTunes selling a song for $0.99 and an album for $10, meant paying comparatively less and investing in the single you solely needed rather than to aimlessly go for the whole album. The digital aspect of it also allowed the buyer flexibility - he could carry it in a portable device or play it on a home computer. The importance of a ‘Hit-Single’ rose.

· The Changing Tide

Bringing the price down to $0.99 meant an even platform for every contender. Right from the biggies at Sony music to the indie artists and record labels, everyone could put out their music for the world to buy without the hassle of keeping a tab on physical album sales or meeting a quarterly target for profit or survival. The Hit-Single trend always existed, that’s how the artists became hits; albeit a mean to distribute it rightfully came with the iTunes.

Yet another vital change was the lack of physical albums. This cut down production costs for labels and artists alike, saving precious money, which was then invested in music production.

· The Tsunami

The singles trend caught-on and the ability to instantaneously buy a single worked like a charm. Artists started concentrating on dishing out singles as opposed to churning out albums. This, in turn, killed the album era for the mainstream market. Buyers were least interested in investing in an album. This, for the purists and the truly passionate, was against the basis of music for it never truly showed an artist’s true prowess and every singer or songwriter proved to be a one-hit wonder.

The listeners weren’t the only ones to be displeased. Rise in digital sales meant the physical ones went for a complete toss. A drastic fall in the sale of the physical medium rendered businesses completely jobless. Retail outlets catering to music alone, died out completely or ventured into other directions.

The calamity unfortunately doesn’t end there. Big labels and players who have been in the music industry since its early days are facing the heat, since musicians are apprehensive of signing deals and being under a label as opposed to being independent, producing and selling the music by themselves and eventually eliminating the middle man.

· The Aftermath

A new technology always seem to nudge out the old one, paving new ways and changing the rules of the game for the future players to follow. The trend always existed and is evident throughout the history of the music industry. The LP loyalists were against the inception of cassettes calling it a blasphemy against the quality and the essence that LPs held. The same story followed the transition of cassettes to CDs, and in the past one decade, we saw history repeating itself when the digital age took over.

The future is full of waves of artists who will make their presence felt with a single hit, only to be replaced by an equally proficient being capable of giving a single, and then eventually fading into obscurity.

Samsung to manufacture Galaxy S4 in India

Samsung India today said it will soon start manufacturing its flagship high-end smartphone Galaxy S4 in India.

"We are planning to start manufacturing of S4 soon at our Noida facility," Samsung Mobile and Digital Imaging Country head Vineet Taneja told PTI.

He, however, refused to share any timeframe by when the production will start. The Noida facility is manufacturing about 35-40 million phones annually, including 12 smartphones such as Galaxy S3.

The company currently imports the recently launched Galaxy S4 from South Korea.

Sensing huge demand for Galaxy S4, the company is also looking to double up the high-end smartphone (above Rs 20,000) market size in India, which is currently contributing around 10-12 per cent of the overall smartphone market.

The Galaxy S4, which is packed with newer imaging features as well as 'gesture-control' technology, has a five-inch full HD super AMOLED touchscreen, 13 mega pixel rear and 2 mega pixel front camera and supports 3G networks.

Although Samsung is the market leader in smartphone market in India, competition from Apple, BlackBerry and Nokia has put pressure on it to add new software features to maintain its lead.

According to research firm IDC, the overall mobile phone market in India reached about 218 million units in 2012, growing 16 per cent year-on-year.

Of this, 16.3 million units were smartphones, but the category saw a growth of about 48 per cent. Samsung was the leader in the quad-core and 5-inch plus screen size models, IDC added.

The demand for smartphones is expected to be around 34-36 million units this year.

Globally, Samsung had 30.3 per cent share of the smartphone market (with sales of 215.8 million units) in 2012, while Apple had a 19.1 per cent share with sales of 135.9 million units, according to IDC.

Jagan arrest political: SC posts bail plea to May 6

New Delhi, April 29: Senior advocate Harish Salve has put forth a strong argument in the Supreme Court, saying that Y S Jaganmohan Reddy was arrested only because of political reasons.

The noted lawyer produced evidences to show that the arrest was politically motivated. He had particularly mentioned about the statement of the union minister Kotla Surya Prakasha Reddy that Jagan would get bail only if he joined the Congress party. 

He argued that a central minister stating that Jagan would get bail if he joined the Congress, meant that Jagan was jailed only because he differed with the Congress and came out of it. 

After hearing the arguments of Salve, the supreme court posted the case to May 6. The court also directed the CBI to file its counter by then. 

Jagan's wife Bharati Reddy and auditor Vijaya Sai Reddy were present when arguments of Harish Salve were heard by the bench headed by Justice Sadasivam. It is learnt that Bharati asked the CBI officials who were present in the court, about the progress n the investigation.

Latin American presidents love Twitter - maybe too much

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - When a million angry Argentines flooded the streets earlier this month to protest her government, President Cristina Fernandez decided to post a message on Twitter.

And another. And then another.

"Yes, I'm a bit stubborn, and I'm also old. But in the end, it's lucky to arrive at old age, isn't it?" one tweet read. She also mused about a 19th century fresco in her "gorgeous" palace, and the merits of a state-run literacy program.

At the end of the day, Fernandez had sent 61 tweets in a nine-hour period - prolific even by the standards of Latin America, where presidents and other leading politicians have embraced social media with a zeal unmatched anywhere else.

Their love for Twitter, in particular, has given millions of voyeurs a real-time window into policymaking - and, often, their leaders' most intimate thoughts.

Yet it has also fueled debate on whether some are guilty of "oversharing" - making politics more polarized, confrontations more personal, and potentially making the leaders themselves look awkward when they post about chats with strangers in a bathroom, for example, as Fernandez also did this month.

"Everybody who uses Twitter knows that sometimes you write something and push the send button without thinking enough about it. That's dangerous in politics ... and we've seen many examples of it," said Alan Clutterbuck, head of Fundacion RAP, a group based in Buenos Aires that seeks to improve the civility of political discourse.

"We should hold our political leaders to a different standard," he said. "You see a message that says 'I'm having a sandwich,' and you think: 'Who cares?'"

With a rich tradition of florid oratory, Latin America produced Cuba's Fidel Castro and his famed five-hour-long speeches. So it's unsurprising that some of its modern-day leaders have embraced a new platform to express themselves - but also struggle to shoehorn their thoughts into a few tidy blasts of 140 characters or less.

Politicians have also been hurling around insults since before the Twitter age, such as when the late Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez called former U.S. President George W. Bush the "devil" at the United Nations in 2006.

Yet there is no question that the technology has made the invective fly faster than ever before.

In the aftermath of this month's bitterly contested election to succeed Chavez in Venezuela, there were moments when both candidates were simultaneously tweeting attacks on each other.

Eventual winner Nicolas Maduro referred to the opposition as "fascists," declaring: "In their crazy hatred and desperation they're capable of anything." Losing candidate Henrique Capriles used Twitter to question the results of the voting hours after polls closed, tweeting "There is an illegitimate president!"

SHOWING THEIR HUMAN SIDE

Leaders elsewhere have also taken to Twitter, though not with the same fervor. U.S. President Barack Obama has a robust feed, but his profile says he only sends some himself, signing them "-bo." As of Friday, he hadn't done so in at least a month.

In contrast, Latin America's most prolific tweeting presidents - Fernandez, Maduro, Colombia's Juan Manuel Santos and Mexico's Enrique Pena Nieto - all send a large percentage of messages themselves, their aides say.

The most popular of all was Chavez, who had more than 4 million followers prior to his death in March.

Not everybody's on board: The president of the region's biggest country, Brazil's Dilma Rousseff, stopped tweeting right after she was elected in 2010. "She thinks it's a total waste of time," one aide said.

But for others, it has become part of their identity.

Since leaving office in 2010, former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has sometimes sent dozens of tweets a day criticizing Santos for being weak on security, among other alleged failings.

Uribe's critics say he has diminished his stature, and unfairly hamstrung his chosen successor, by weighing in so frequently on day-to-day affairs. But he has shown no signs of slowing down, and even hung in his home office a framed cartoon of himself hunched over his Blackberry, tweeting away.

"It allows direct communication, without intermediaries," Uribe said via e-mail. "The danger is that it tempts you to react to first impressions, so I try to avoid seeing many of the provocations that arrive."

At its best, Twitter can remind voters that their politicians are human - and even vulnerable.

The night of the march against her in Buenos Aires, Fernandez traveled to Caracas, and began to reflect on Chavez's death - words that added poignancy given the sudden passing of her own husband, former President Nestor Kirchner, in 2010.

"Why is it that those who live with so much intensity abandon us so soon?" she tweeted.

The following night, she started writing about "the human condition," before seemingly remembering that, even on Twitter, there are limits.

"Pardon me," she tweeted. "I started thinking, and since I can't speak (because my voice is gone), I'm channeling it through here."

"In the end, it's healthy and absolutely inoffensive."

Windows 8 based Asus VivoTab Smart coming to India @ Rs 45K

Asus will be launching Windows 8 based VivoTab Smart tablet with 10.1-inch HD display in next couple of weeks. The tabley will be support 4 G network.

Peter Chang, country manger India, Asus said to The Mobile Indian, "We are planning to launch Asus VivoTab Smart in next couple of weeks in India and it will be priced at around Rs 45,000 along with cover and keyboard."

Apratim Sharma, product head, Asus India, further said to The Mobile Indian, "Asus VivoTab Smart will also be made available without cover and keyboard and it will be priced at around Rs 39,990."

He further added that Asus VivoTab Smart will support 4 G(TD LTE) network for connectivity. Airtel is currently the only player to offer 4G services in the country. However once players like Reliance Industries (RIL) launches their service secarion will completely change.

VivoTab' s unique feature is its TranSleeve Keyboard accessory that is a cover, keyboard, and stand all rolled into one along with the tablet.

Asus VivoTab Smart features an Intel Atom dual-core processor and a 10.1-inch LED-backlit display with 1366 x 768 HD resolutions. On the camera front it has a 8 megapixel rear camera with auto-focus, and a 2-megapixel front camera.

Release Sarabjit on humanitarian grounds: Indian government appeals to Pakistan

NEW DELHI: Reiterating its demand to send Sarabjit Singh to India for medical treatment, the Indian government again appealed to Pakistan to take a 'sympathetic view of the Indian prisoner'.

"In view of the recent tragic events and present circumstances, we once again appeal to the Government of Pakistan to take a sympathetic and humanitarian view of this case, and release Sarabjit Singh," a government source was quoted by NDTV.

The Indian prisoner currently on a death row in Pakistan was admitted to a Lahore hospital after a vicious attack on him at the Kot Lakhpat jail by inmates in Lahore on April 26.

Emphasising on a better medical treatment for the ailing Indian prisoner, the source added, "Transfer Sarabjit to India for best medical treatment."

Following the assault on Sarabjit, a panel of experts was formed to decide whether the Indian death row prisoner, who suffered grievous injuries in the attack, should be sent abroad or a foreign neurosurgeon should be called to Pakistan.

The panel said that the Indian prisoner will continue to receive treatment in Pakistan and that there was no need to send the Indian prisoner abroad for medical treatment.

Tata invests in technology, R&D at Tel Aviv University

TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Tata Industries will invest $5 million in a new Tel Aviv University (TAU) technology fund, saying it saw the university as its Israeli research and development centre.

Tata, part of Indian conglomerate Tata Group, will be the lead investor in a planned $20 million fund at TAU's technology transfer company Ramot aimed at commercialising their research.

"For Tata, we ... see innovation and R&D as an area of focus and a source of competitive advantage going forward," Rameshwar Jamwal, executive director at Tata Industries, told reporters on Monday.

Jamwal said it was Tata's first major investment in Israel and that it would likely invest further.

"This is our attempt to scout Israeli technology more deeply," he said. "This allows us over a period of time to show our commitment to Israel but we are interested in doing more."

Tata will work with TAU's scientists to help steer them towards applying commercial uses for their research.

"It's someone to test your ideas and say what's a mistake," said Shlomo Nimrodi, Ramot's chief executive. "Tata knows the market better."

He noted that TAU invests $150 million a year in R&D. Among Ramot's big successes is flash memory, which was licensed by an Israeli company before it was sold to Sandisk , which still pays millions of dollars of royalties to the university.

Nimrodi said the new fund will invest in healthcare, pharmaceuticals, cleantech, food security, the environment, engineering and software.

He noted that in some cases, Tata will get the right of first opportunity in a particular research project.

Many large global companies have R&D facilities in Israel, including Intel, Microsoft, IBM, Google, HP and Yahoo.

Going under the knife for a perfect Facebook profile pic

New Delhi: College student Shayna John was not happy with her nose. And to give it the perfect shape, she recently underwent nose correction surgery - all this for her profile picture on Facebook.

Cosmetic surgeons said an increasing number of people, especially school and college students, across India are going under the knife to get that perfect face for their Facebook account. The trend is growing as social media, along with online dating, has today become the common trend. The way one looks online is considered to be the first impression of one's overall image and personality.

Popularly known as 'Facebook Facelifts', aesthetic plastic suregons said it is equally common among men.

According to Anup Dhir, chief cosmetic surgeon, Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, good looks are desired by all humans and cosmetic surgery is an effective tool to fulfill this desire.

"People want to look attractive on social sites. This trend is gaining popularity. Many girls and boys are coming forward for Facebook Facelift - a word coined in west - to acquire aesthetically pleasing looks," Dhir told IANS.

Dhir said young women mostly opt for rhinoplasties or nose jobs, lip injections or brow lifts, while young men prefer laser treatments to remove unwanted hair and scars.

Women also go for chemical peeling, botox and body contouring to get those attractive looks, the doctor added.

"An interesting trend I have noticed is that men are more conscious about their looks. I get 30 to 40 queries in a month and 50 percent of them opt for procedures," he said.

The treatment varies as per the recipient's age, genetics and lifestyle, Dhir said.

"The people coming for such treatment are in the age group of 20-40 years and the majority of them are in their late 20s or early 30s. This treatment helps in having more attractive and striking look from a social media perspective," Dhir said.

Annie Singh, a first year Delhi University student, said she went under the knife to get the perfect mugshot for her profile photo.

"I hated my nose. So I decided to undergo rhinoplasty. I also went for chemical peeling to remove pigmentation and get a glowing spotless skin. I have got so many compliments from my friends on Facebook and it feels good," Annie Singh told IANS.

John, a final year English student, said looking good on Facebook is the new 'in' thing.

"It is not just a platform to meet new friends or keep a tab on existing ones it but can also be used for professional work," she said.

"Through Facebook one can get so many opportunities like modeling, acting or even marriage proposals. So, if I put up my best picture with a perfect face, it will do no harm. I am very happy after getting rhinoplasty," the 23-year-old said.

Experts said an increasing number of professionals are also choosing facelift options.

"A lot of people come for nose correction as the nose is the most prominent part of the face. Many youngsters also opt for face countouring to get a chiseled face and look good for socialising," Ajaya Kashyap, senior cosmetic surgeon at Nova Specialty Surgery, told IANS.

Kashyap said there are some non-surgical treatments also available for getting that aesthetic look.

Anuradha chopra, a receptionist in a private company, decided to undergo laser treatment for permanent hair removal on her upper lip and plastic surgery to reshape her chin.

"I didn't like the way I looked in online photos. Before the advent of Facebook and similar websites, I hadn't noticed my weak chin. After spending so much time on social media pages, I decided to have a surgeon reshape my chin," Chopra told IANS.

"I feel happy when I see my photographs now. The complements are just flowing. It makes me feel good," Chopra added.

Parliament adjourned over coal blocks till Tuesday

New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) Both houses of parliament were adjourned till Tuesday as the BJP Monday demanded Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's resignation over the contentious issue of coal blocks allocation.
However, it was agreed at an all-party meeting called by Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar to break the ongoing logjam that the crucial finance bill, along with the railway appropriation bill and the demands for grants of various ministries would be taken up Tuesday, said sources.
The financial bills need to be passed on a priority basis, so that funds can be released to ensure the smooth running of government, the sources said.
Before the all-party meeting, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath appealed to the opposition to allow the house to function.
"I appeal to the opposition to let the house function. We have lost five days and I appeal to parties that parliament is the right forum for debate," Kamal Nath said.

Both the houses were first adjourned till noon, then till 2 p.m., and finally for the day.
In the lower house, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) members came near the speaker's podium soon after the house resumed after its first adjournment, and raised slogans demanding the prime minister's resignation.
Amid the din, Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav raised the issue of Chinese incursion in the Ladakh area of Jammu and Kashmir.
As unruly scenes continued, Congress MP Girija Vyas, who was in the chair, adjourned the house till 2 p.m.
Later, deputy speaker Kariya Munda adjourned the house till Tuesday as the din resumed.
The BJP has sought a statement from the government on the coal blocks allocation and alleged that Law Minister Ashwani Kumar and the Prime Minister's Office interfered with the work of the Central Bureau of Investigation's probe into the issue.
Rajya Sabha chairman M. Hamid Ansari earlier adjourned the house till noon after members of the BJP did not allow question hour to commence.
The chairman's repeated requests to allow question hour to proceed went unheeded. As the opposition members did not relent, Ansari adjourned the house till noon.
When the ruckus continued even after the house met again, it was then adjourned till 2 p.m. and later for the day.
Both the houses have seen repeated disruptions by opposition parties over the allocation of coal blocks and the 2G spectrum issues.

Disassociate Saradha from chit fund sector, says chit fund association

New Delhi, April 29: The All India Association of Chit Funds Monday urged the government and the media not to associate Saradha group of West Bengal with the chit fund sector, as the company was not registered as a chit fund and had business in various other sectors.
"We have verified with the office of 'Registrars of Chit Funds' in Kolkata that Saradha is not registered. The company had varied business interests and what is quite glaring is that they did not float any chit fund company. Yet, their failure is attributed to chit funds," said T.S. Sivaramakrishnan, general secretary, All India Association of Chit Funds.
The association claimed that the chit fund sector was being made a "scapegoat" by the government, who are feeling the public pressure following the scam involving Saradha in West Bengal.
Sivaramakrishnan said chit fund companies, unlike Saradha, are not allowed to accept deposits or allowed to carry on any other businesses without permission of the registrar or from the state government, which as of now had not been given.

Stating that registered chit funds companies are being "irresponsibly" maligned by the media without having proper understanding of the sector, Sivaramakrishnan said this may create panic among the citizens who may have invested in the sector, and put a multi-crore-rupee industry at stake.
According to the association, there are as many as 10,000 registered chit fund companies across the country, with an annual turnover of Rs.30,000 crore.
"Chit funds are perfectly legal, governed by Chit Fund Act, 1982," and administered by the state governments. Even the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation have chosen this channel for their poverty alleviation programme in the country," he said.
Acknowledging that there are hundreds of fraudulent companies in the country, Sivaramakrishnan said the threat can only be countered by effective coordination between the investigative, law enforcement and regulatory authorities in the country.
The Association joint secretary Kamal Bhimani said chit funds are the "most over-regulated" sector in the country. "They are regulated at two levels; first by the Reserve Bank of India, the principal regulator, and by the state government."
"We are not like bank. The margins on which we work and the latitudes we have is very small," he added.
The association said that attributing the Saradha scam on the whole sector will only affect genuine chit funds that contribute to the economy.

Modi asks Rahul why one guy cannot set everything right

Bangalore, April 29: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi late Sunday challenged Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on why one man (guy) cannot set everything right and offered to show to do it.
"I will show him (Rahul) how one man (guy) can set everything right, in response to a sermon he gave recently," Modi said at a BJP election rally here ahead of the Karnataka assembly poll May 5.
"Though born with a golden spoon, he (Rahul) did not read much, especially Indian history. He should have done some homework before giving sermons.
"He may be right about Pandit Nehru and Indira Gandhi that one man (or woman) can't do everything. But Sardar (Vallabhai) Patel and Lal Bahadur Shastri have shown how one man can change everything," Modi added.

At the annual meeting of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) April 4 in New Delhi, Rahul told India Inc: "If you think there is a guy who will come on a horse charging through and set everything right, that is not going to happen".
Though Rahul did not take Modi's name in his long speech, those who heard him felt he was indirectly referring to Modi, who is being projected as the BJP's prime ministerial candidate in the next general elections.
Modi told about 30,000 people in the National College ground here that while India's first prime minister (Nehru) was in-charge of integrating Jammu & Kashmir with the country, it was Sardar Patel as the home minister who united all the princely and feudal states across the country and brought them under the federal republic.
Similarly, he recalled how Shastri (then prime minister) with a single slogan of "jai jawan aur jai kisan" (victory to soldier and victory to farmer) brought green revolution into the country.
He said Shastri increased food production enabling the country to stop importing wheat under Public Law (PL) 480 from the US in mid-sixties after the Indo-Pak war in 1965.
"If he (Rahul) thinks that way, I am sorry for him as this country had shown many a time how one man with vision and leadership can bring about a drastic change in the lives of the people.
"Even I can show how to set right everything. Let him come to me for an open debate on what he said recently," Modi said, asking the electorate to reject the Congress in the assembly poll as the party's symbol (hand) was deceptive.
Modi said it was so because it does not show the face of its would-be chief minister unlike the BJP, which has projected state chief minister Jagdish Shettar as its chief ministerial candidate.

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New $5.5 billion plan aims to rid world of polio by 2018

LONDON - Health groups said on Thursday they could rid the world of polio by 2018 with a $5.5 billion vaccination and monitoring plan to stop the disease taking hold once more now there are only a handful of cases worldwide.

                                                 

Experts say the plan offers the best chance yet to eradicate a disease that until the 1950s crippled many thousands of people every year but has been brought almost to extinction though effective vaccine campaigns.

In 1988, more than 350,000 children were paralysed by polio and the disease was endemic in more than 125 countries. Last year, worldwide polio cases plunged from 650 in 2011 to 223, the largest drop in a decade.

So far in 2013, 19 cases have been reported and polio remains endemic in just three countries - Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria - after India celebrated its second polio-free year.

"Today we have the fewest cases in the fewest places ever, making it critical to use the best opportunity the world has ever had to put an end to this terrible, preventable disease," Anne Schuchat, a global health specialist at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), said in a statement.

The virus attacks the nervous system and can cause irreversible paralysis within hours of infection. It often spreads in areas with poor sanitation and children under five are the most vulnerable, but it can be halted, as it was in many developed countries, with comprehensive vaccination programmes.

The polio plan's $5.5 billion budget includes the costs of reaching and vaccinating more than 250 million children multiple times every year, monitoring and surveillance in more than 70 countries, and securing the infrastructure that health campaigners hope will go on to help other health programs.

CASH BACKING

In a statement issued by the World Health Organisation, world leaders and individual philanthropists backed the plan by the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) by pledging almost three-quarters of the funds up front.

"After millennia battling polio, this plan puts us within sight of the endgame," said the WHO's director-general Margaret Chan. "We have new knowledge about the polio viruses, new technologies and new tactics to reach the most vulnerable communities."

The GPEI, launched in 1988, is a grouping of governments, the WHO, Rotary International, the CDC and the United Nations children's fund UNICEF, supported by philanthropic groups such as the Gates Foundation.

Speaking at a summit on vaccines in Abu Dhabi, Bill Gates said his foundation would stump up $1.8 billion - a third of the total cost of the GPEI's six-year budget.

Another $335 million was promised by a seven-strong group of other philanthropists, including the Tahir Foundation, Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Carlos Slim Foundation.

Multiple government donors - among them Britain, Germany, Norway, Pakistan and Nigeria - also made pledges, bringing the total promised so far for the plan to just over $4 billion.

Public health experts say if the polio eradication campaign succeeds, the world would not only declare its second eradicated disease - smallpox was wiped out in 1979 - it would also be billions of dollars richer.

A 2010 analysis found that if polio transmission were to be stopped by 2015 the net benefit from reduced treatment costs and productivity gains would be $40 billion to $50 billion by 2035.

Sunrisers batsmen have to take responsibility: White

Jaipur: Sunrisers Hyderabad's stop-gap captain Cameron White feels that his batsmen need to step up and take responsibility as individuals with the bat and make sure that they put up some better scores for their bowlers to defend.

Sunrisers suffered a batting collapse here Saturday as Rajasthan Royals won the match by eight wickets at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium.

Sunrisers were left reeling at 19/5 at one stage but they managed to put on a target of 144 after a great fightback by lower order batsmen.

Asked what went wrong, White said: "There was a bit of swing early on. I think initially they bowled well up front."

However, Darren Sammy faced all odds, stood firm and made 60 runs to revive their inning.

White was all praise for Sammy. "It was a great innings, wasn't it. After that start it was a really good batting effort by the tail to get to 140-odd," White said.

"Darren Sammy was excellent again and he was well supported by Mishy (Amit Mishra) and Ashish Reddy as well so that was good," he added.

Despite having one of the best bowling attacks, Sunrisers were hapless during the match and failed to defend their total.

"Yes, we think we needed to get some early wickets. We had got one and it would have been nice to get a couple more but that did not happen. Shane Watson batted unbelievably well and Rahul (Dravid) played well up front. So the credit has to go to Shane and Rahul," he said.

However, White gave credit to their bowlers.

"The bowlers have done a great job led by our bowling coach Waqar Younis, who is doing fantastically well. Dale Steyn is leading our attack, backed up by our two leg-spinners as well. Mishy has been great and Karan (Sharma) has been excellent too," he said.

Amala Paul gets a kick out of stress

Most people buckle under their job pressure, but southern actress Amala Paul, who admits having a stressful working schedule, says she enjoys the kick she gets out of it.

"Exhausted, fatigued and oozed out but can't wait to be at 'Iddarammayilatho' music launch. This job is crazy but the kick it gives is even crazier," posted Amala on her Twitter page.

The audio launch is Sunday evening.

Amala has teamed up with Allu Arjun and Catherine Tresa in Telugu romantic-drama "Iddarammayilatho".

Directed by Puri Jagannadh, the film also features Kaajal Vashisht, Brahmanadam, Nassar, Subbaraju, Srinivasa Reddy and Devshi Khanduri.

Amala recently returned from Australia after wrapping up the last schedule of upcoming Tamil action-drama "Thalaivaa".

"It feels like yesterday we kick-started 'Thalaivaa' and all of a sudden it's all over. I am going to miss it, and miss it so badly," she added.

She also posted that she misses "Kangaroo and fellow Indians who never made us homesick" in Australia.

Directed by A.L Vijay, she is paired opposite Vijay in "Thalaivaa", which also features Ragini Nandwani among a host of other actors.

A prominent actress in Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu, Amala is known for her work in films such as "Myna", "Love Failure" and "Run Baby Run".

Vijayamma launches Rachchabanda

Hyderabad: YSR Congress Party honorary president YS Vijayamma held ‘Rachchabanda’, a public contact program from Chevella, the favorite spot of her late husband Dr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, who launched every welfare program from there.

Speaking on the occasion, Vijayamma said ‘Rachchabanda’ was a favorite program of her late husband and Chevella was his most preferred place. She heard the problems of the people in the program.

Before reaching Chevella, Vijayamma performed special pujas at the Are Maisamma temple at Rajendra Nagar. She also unveiled her party flag there. At Moinabad, Vijayamma offered prayers at the Methodist Church. Allagadda MLA Shobha Nagi Reddy, MLA Koona Srisailam Goud, Rama Krishna Reddy, former actress Roja and others accompanied Vijayamma.

Addressing people, Vijayamma said during YSR rule, prices of essential commodities were stable and the Arogyasri scheme was perfectly implemented. She charged the present government with shelving all the welfare programs launched by her late husband. Referring to the hike in power charges and cuts, she said because of the power cuts, students’ education was getting hampered. She said people were deprived of drinking water and farmers seeds and other inputs.

Referring to the recently launched ‘Amma Hastam’ program, she said the administration was not supplying all the essential commodities as promised. She assured that her son Jaganmohan Reddy would implement all the welfare programs of late Dr Y S Rajasekhara Reddy. She also assured that he would implement the ‘Amma Vodi’ program.

Hari Krishna and Sons ditch Naidu

Hyderabad: The TDP chief Chandra Babu Naidu who covered over 2000 kilometres and 16 districts to strengthen the party appears to have failed to get the support of the Nandamuri family members. Nandamuri Hari Krishna and his sons Kalyan Ram and Jr. NTR were conspicuous by their absence at the meeting organized as the culmination of Naidu's 'Vastunna Meekosam' pada yatra.

When a Pylon to mark his historic yatra was unveiled at Visakhapatnam, TDP supporters were stunned to see no one other than Balayya was present from the Nandamuri family.

TDP chartered a Jet Airways aircraft to carry TDP leaders to Vizag from Hyderabad. A large number of fans of Jr. NTR gathered at the airport expecting him, Kalyana Ram and Hari Krishna. They were disappointed at their absence. It is learnt that Hari Krishna excused himself citing ill-health. Jr. NTR was hurt that he was not invited, say sources. The two prevailed upon Kalyan Ram not to go, said sources.

It is learnt that Nandamuri Hari Krishna reportedly became angry that there was no photo of his or his son Jr. NTR at the TDP public meeting venue, where the party chief Chandra Babu Naidu would formally windup his marathon walkathon.

Hari Krishna was hurt that Nara Lokesh's pictures were extensively used in the banners and cutouts set up all over the Visakhapatnam city on the occasion of the public meeting.

Till Friday evening, party senior leaders tried to make Hari Krishna to join the meeting. However, it is now learnt that he had decided that not to go there as he was very much hurt at the publicity being given to Nara Lokesh. It is learnt that Hari Krishna told TDP leaders that his health would not permit him to travel to Vizag. Jr. NTR has already decided not to attend the meeting as he was not even respectfully invited for the meeting, say sources.

Hari Krishna's another son Kalyan Ram who earlier expressed his support to Chandrababu, has also decided to abstain from the meeting because of the insistence of his father, reports say.

Hero Bala Krishna and Taraka Ratna had already reached Visakhapatnam. If Kalyan Ram had felt like attending the meeting, he would have also arrived here already, point out sources in the party. It appears that the tiff in the Nandamuri family over power had intensified, with the growing importance of Lokesh in the party.

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All You Need To Know: Samsung Galaxy S4

Samsung is all set to launch their brand new Galaxy S4 in India on 26 April. The successor to the iPhone killer, the Galaxy S-III, S4 is packed to the brim with features that’ll definitely change the game of smartphone development yet again.

So let’s have a look at the Galaxy S4 and the punch it packs!

· The Package

Loyalists and fans would be disheartened with the S4’s body. The S4 looks like a slightly bigger version of the SIII with few subtle changes here and there. Nothing more, nothing less. A safe move by Samsung who seem to have followed the ‘If it ain't broke, don't fix it’ motto and stuck to the same design, yet a new looking smartphone would have seemed refreshing and worked wonders, especially when the competing bracket is slotted with the chic looking Sony Xperia Z and the classy HTC One. The phone’s plastic finish makes it looks cheap, and isn’t as delightful to hold as opposed to the Z and the One. Definitely a big disadvantage for the tech giants. The screen measures 5 inches with full 1080p and full HD super AMOLED giving out 441 PPI, a perfect fit for the S4.

· The Specs

Calling the S4 loaded would be an understatement. With 2 GB of RAM and 1.9Ghz quad-core Snapdragon processor and another version, a 1.6 octa-core processor, the S4 is all set to annihilate the competition with this one. Although the processors vary from continent to continent, expect the octa-core to make its way into the Indian market. The S4 also comes in variants of 32 GB and 64 GB with expandable memory, unlike the SIII which lacked expandable capabilities. A major add-on for the S4. Yet another spec-bump is the rear 13 megapixel camera and a 2 megapixel front that is capable of capturing video at 720p. Connectivity too has been pimped out with the regular LTE 3G and 4G clubbed with Bluetooth 4.0 and NFC. The battery is a healthy 2600 mAh which should hopefully sustain a smartphone of such hardware specs for a day.

· The Highlights

Samsung gave Android a whole new face when they tweaked it to perfection with the SIII. Thankfully, they have followed the trend with the S4 and loaded it with loads of user-interface tweaks that would be a delight to use. The S4 is full of gesture-recognition goodies. A one-of-a-kind innovative implementation, you can gesture in mid-air with your hands and the S4 will follow your command. Those may be scrolling through pages, music library, messages, etc. or even unlocking your phone. The Siri competitor, the S Voice is making a comeback and is polished even further than before to do more for you. Dual video calling will allow the user to stream videos via the front and back camera simultaneously while video chatting. Yet another highly useful feature Samsung Knox resembles the Blackberry Z10’s balance that allows you to have two profiles to switch your usage from a work profile to an activity based one.

· The Verdict

The MRP of the Galaxy S4 is said to be in the house of 40K which gives it an edge over the HTC One. Apart from the poor looks and cheap plastic-y built, but packed with tonnes of feature and hardware that is yet unmatched by its competitors, the S4 is definitely a steal for its price!

Green Technology to Make your Life Easy

While global warming is becoming an increasing threat, plastic and other non-biodegrdable waste materials are choking the planet.

We can't just ignore what's happening by being just mute spectators. Going green is the need of the hour. Thankfully, due to the emergence of 'green technology' we can render our effective contribution in making the planet greener and sustainable.

Apart from being eco-friendly, the concepts of green technology have made life simpler. They also have a lifestyle quotient. Think about this: When was the last time you stood in a long queue to pay your phone bill? Do you have the faintest recollection of writing your last letter? What's more, you can even shop while sitting on your living room sofa and book rail and air tickets. Green technology has not only helped in bringing down pollution levels but has also helped us in saving our precious time (in a world where time is a scarce resource).

Yesterday, the world celebrated the Environement Day. We, at MensXP, are committed towards the cause of environment protection. We use minimum paper, CFLs brighten our office and we make efficient use of green technology concepts. Let's take a look at how the eco-friendly green technology is changing our lives:

Email

It was towards the end of 1971 when computer engineer Ray Tomlinson sent the first email. And then the entire concept of communication was redefined. The process of communicating with each other via letters, which could continue for days at times, could now be completed in seconds. We understand the joy of sending letters but then, let's face it that the advent of email has saved tons of paper. Emails have played a key role in environment conservation. In 2010, 107 trillion emails were sent on a worldwide level. About 2940 crore emails are exchanged every day (think for a moment that if all this communication was done on paper then how many trees would have been cut). There are 200 crore people who use email services and about 48 crore new email IDs are created every day. With the arrival or mobile and push mail services on the scene, the popularity of emails has hit the roof.

SMS

That cute, little 160-character long collection of words has also made an effective contribution in the conservation of environment. Invented in December 1992 by Neil Popworth, the SMSes changed the face of long-distance communication. According to the available numbers, about 500 crore SMSes are sent on a daily basis in the entire world. As per the results of a survey, in the year 2009 alone 8,220 crore SMSes were sent on various mobile networks.

Online Shipping

There are 3.45 crore online shoppers in the country at present. Now contrast this with the number of total number of internet users in 1998 - 25 thousands!! Evidently, e-commerce has grown tremendously during the last decade. The number of people opting to buy stuff on the web is rising with each passing day. To cater to such, many good websites are out there in the digital world which offer lucrative discounts on various products. The best thing about e-shopping is that it saves the fuel that would have been burnt if the shopper were to drive to a shop to buy a product. Also, it helps people save their precious time. Remember those nightmarish traffic jams and long queues at cash counters?

e-Bills and e-Payments

These are path-breaking yet simple ways of saving paper. If you're cognizant about the dangers lurking on our environment you must opt for paperless billing and make payments online (but be careful about online security threats). According to a report by World Watch Institute, 11,500 crore paper sheets are used on computes. Ecology.com says that 30 crore tonnes of paper is used every year in the world. Now, an 8 ft long and 4 ft tree trunk can yield 90,000 sheets of paper. This is equivalent to 2,700 copies of a 35-page newspaper. Now imagine how many trees we can save by viewing our mobile/telephone/electricity/water/gas bills on the web. Also, thanks to money transfer services, funds can be sent/received to/from any part of the world. Remember the days of money-orders. How much and paper was wasted?

Online Office

Laptops, tablets, mobile, internet and email have cut down the distance between home and office. Thanks to the internet, you can access your office while sitting in any part of the world. There are numerous software available using which a user can directly connect to the office servers. While all this has enhanced connectivity, if the concet gains more popularity, it can also contribute to a decrease in pollution on our roads. Email-to-fax and Fax-to-email services empower us to send/receive fax on email. New-age gadgets like iPhone, iPad, BlackBerry has also made effective contribution in accessing office from remote locations.

e-Readers

Trendy e-Book readers are on their way to replace the heavy volumes of hardbound paperbacks. They weigh as less as 250 grams and can accommodate thousands of books in them. According to Amazon.com, the company which produces the legendary e-Reader device Kindle, it sells 105 Kindle readers for every 100 printed books. According to the most recent statistics, the number of titles available on Kindle touched 9,45,026 by the end of May. One can choose between 94 different magazines on Kindle and 167 newspapers - out of which 81 are American newspapers and 86 are international. Apart from Kindle, iPad and various other tablets are also equipped with brilliant e-Reader apps.

LED Monitors

If you're thinking of changing your old CRT or TFT, then you must opt for the new-age LED monitors. Even LCDs are no good now. LCDs are built with cold cathode fluorescent lamps while LEDs are built on light emitting diodes. The latter are sleek, light-weight and save a lot of energy. They are also bereft of dangerous substances like arsenic and lead and give you the best display quality.

Eco-friendly Charger

It's time to bring in a solar charger in your home. They are easily available these days and can be purchased at Rs 500 or so. Nokia has launched an eco-friendly cycle charger which has been priced at Rs 1,499. Another eco-friendly charger is the Roto Charger. When rotated at stretch for a one minute, it gives a talk time of 3 minutes and stand-by time of 30 minutes.

New Recycling Options

If your PC or mobile has grown old then instead of sending it to a junkyard, submit it to a recycling centre. Nokia recently launched an initiative in which consumers can earn 'green points' (which can be later redeemed) on depositing their old, worm-out mobile phones. Under its Recycling Programme, Renowned PC-maker Dell gives discount on new batteries if the user submits the old battery to the company. It's important that we dispose the e-waste in the right way. Almost all of it is composed of non-biodegradable materials which are extremely hazardous for the environment.