Chocolates........!!

                            

             

09-02-2013:

Protests erupt as India executes Afzal Guru for parliament attack

India hanged Kashmiri militant Afzal Guru today for an attack on parliament in 2001.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India hanged Kashmiri militant Afzal Guru today for an attack on parliament in 2001, sparking clashes in Kashmir between hundreds of protesters and police who wielded batons and fired teargas to disperse the crowds.

President Pranab Mukherjee rejected a mercy petition from Mohammad Afzal Guru and he was hanged at 8 a.m. in Tihar jail in the capital, New Delhi.

 Mohammad Afzal Guru:

Countries With the Most Billionaires:

Despite global economic uncertainties, the euro zone debt crisis, and fears of a hard landing in China, the mega-rich — the one percent of the one percent — have had a great year. The world’s billionaire club has added to its numbers and increased its wealth even as equity, currency, and commodity markets have suffered one of their most volatile periods. The number of billionaires worldwide grew 9.4 percent to 2,160, expanding their wealth by 14 percent to $6.19 trillion — a $760 billion jump over the previous year, according to research firm Wealth-X. Wealth creation among billionaires did vary according to regions, depending on the extent of the economic slowdown in their part of the world. The overall wealth of the larger group of ultra-high-net-worth individuals, those worth $30 million and more, dropped nearly 2 percent this year.



THE TOP 10 COUNTRIES ARE:
    10. Canada 

  09. Brazil
   08. Switzerland
 07. Hong Kong
 06. Russia
 05. India
 04. Germany
 03. United Kingdom
 02. China
 01. United States

QUOTES OF FAMOUS AUTHORS:

ATTITUDE: “Keep your face to sunshine and you cannot see the shadows”.

                                                                                                       -Helen Keller

“A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new”.

                                                                                                             -Albert Einstein

“If you can’t make it good, at least make it look good”.

                                                                                               -Bill Gates

ENCOURAGE: “Courage is the door that can only be opened from inside”.

                                                                                                         -Spanish Quotes

“Leaders don’t create followers, they create more leaders”.

                                                                                                          -Tom peters

“A day without laughter is a day wasted”.

                                                                           -Charlie Chaplin

“Best is not the end point, but a starting point for innovation”.

                                                                                              -Larry page (Google)

“As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others”.

                                                                                       -Bill Gates (Microsoft)

“Curiosity is the key to creativity”.

                                                                               -Akio Morita

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A decade since Kalpana Chawla left us

        The Space Shuttle Columbia disaster occurred on 1 February 2003, when shortly before it was scheduled to conclude its 28th mission, STS-107, the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated over Texas and Louisiana during re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere, resulting in the death of all seven crew members, including Indian American astronaut Kalpana Chawla. Debris from Columbia fell to Earth in Texas along a path stretching from Fort Worth suburb Trophy Club to Tyler, as well as into parts of Louisiana. The loss of Columbia was a result of damage sustained during launch when a piece of foam insulation the size of a small briefcase broke off from the Space Shuttle external tank under the aerodynamic forces of launch. Apart from Chawla, the other crew members on the ill-fated mission were Rick D. Husband, William C. McCool, Michael P. Anderson, Ilan Ramon, David M. Brown and Laurel Blair Salton Clark.

 

The crew of Space Shuttle Columbia's mission STS-107 take a break from their training regime to pose for the traditional crew portrait. Seated in front are astronauts Rick D. Husband (L), mission commander; Kalpana Chawla, mission specialist; and William C. McCool, pilot. Standing are (L to R) astronauts David M. Brown, Laurel B. Clark, and Michael P. Anderson, all mission specialists; and Ilan Ramon, payload specialist representing the Israeli Space Agency.


The above photo shows the logo of space shuttle Columbia, mission STS-107. Columbia broke up upon re-entry to earth February 1, 2003.


The Space Shuttle Columbia sits on Launch Pad 39A January 15, 2003 at Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida.



Space Shuttle Columbia lifts off of launch pad 39-A from the Kennedy Space Center January 16, 2003 in Cape Canaveral, Florida.



Astronauts onboard the Space Shuttle Columbia speak during an interview from space. From (L to R) are Payload Specialist Ilan Ramon, Mission Specialist Kalpana Chawla, Commander Rick Husband and Mission Specialist Laurel Clark.



In this image from video, an object is visible falling from the Space Shuttle Columbia during liftoff on January 16, 2003 from the Kennedy Space Center, at Cape Canaveral, Florida. The area on the Shuttle from which the object fell is highlighted in the red circle near the shuttle's main engines.



In this handout image released by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), a view of the Earth is seen featuring the southeastern Mediterranean and northeast Africa/Middle East border photographed by an STS-107 crew member on board the Space Shuttle Columbia between January 16 and February 1, 2003. On February 1, 2003, the seven crew members were lost with the Space Shuttle Columbia over North Texas.



 The crew of the Space Shuttle Columbia for mission STS-107, in the first row, Pilot William "Willie" McCool (L) and Commander Rick Husband (R), second row are Mission Specialists Kalpana Chawla (left) and Laurel Clark (R) in the last row, Payload Specialist Ilan Ramon, Payload Commander Michael Anderson and Mission Specialist David Brown walk to the launch pad on January 16, 2003 at Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida.



Seven candles, each naming an individual astronaut, have been placed amidst flowers and flags as part of a makeshift shrine set up at the Johnson Space Center in Houston in memory of the crew of seven who lost their lives. The six Americans and Israel's first astronaut were killed when the space shuttle Columbia burst into flames and broke apart over Texas 16 minutes before it was scheduled to land at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

06-02-2013:

 

 World's First Bionic Man..

Made completely from artificial parts which can be fitted in the human body, 'the man' can walk and talk.

 

 

"Rex", the world's first "bionic man", during a photo call at the Science Museum in London on February 5, 2013.

05-02-2013:

Kingfisher posts 7.55 billion rupee loss as planes sit idle

Reuters - A Kingfisher Airlines aircraft comes in to land at Mumbai's domestic airport February 20, 2012.

MUMBAI (Reuters) - Debt-ridden and with no customers, Kingfisher Airlines Ltd posted a 7.55 billion rupees loss in the three months to December 31 as its planes sat idle, creditors circled and regulators rebuffed the Indian airline's revival plans.