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The general union budget by Mr. Arun Jaitley, Finance minister this week was something like a 'short and sweet' one. The IE quotes the budget more like a Dravid than a Sehwag. No surprises and stick to the basics. The Income Tax exemption being the biggest dole out plan, is expected to raise spending in India.  While the economy is still reeling under the brunt of demonetization introduced on November 8th last year, this year’s Budget assumed even greater significance. In the past few weeks, the impact of demonization on India’s GDP has been the subject of wide spread discussions, speculation and analysis. The expectation was that while the budget would provide a fillip to economic growth. India’s Finance Minister Mr. Arun Jaitley on 1st March 2017 announced the Budget for the financial year 2017-2018 the central theme being rural welfare & poverty alleviation, expansion of the tax net while simultaneously ensuring a fairer administration of tax laws, enhancin...

India is on a digital High and the 1000 year old '' game of chess' is not untouched. Come 15th January, that's today, on a Sunday, India gears up. Vishy Anand- is our Sachin of the Chess.    The 3rd ChessBase India "Vishy Anand" online blitz tournament will be held on 15th of January 2017 at 13.30 server time (13.30 CET) on the Playchess server. The tournament is open to all the players of the world. The winner will win 12 months of ChessBase premium account along with Vishy Anand's DVD Vol.1+2. The second and third places will win nine and six months CB Premium Account + CBM 175. There are even more lucky prizes! Check out the article for more details.  The 3rd ChessBase India online chess tournament will take place on the 15th of January 2017 at 13.30 server time (13.30 CET) in the Emanuel Lasker Arena on Playchess server. The tournament is held in the honour of the best chess player of India Viswanathan Anand. A Chess game under progress at a...

WASHINGTON, DC — This week, President Obama delivered his final weekly address thanking the American people for making him a better President and a better man. Over the past eight years, we have seen the goodness, resilience, and hope of the American people. A picture from WhiteHouse-FB page (“The urgency of acting to mitigate climate change is real and cannot be ignored. In recent years, we have also seen that the economic case for action—and against inaction—is just as clear.” Read President Obama ’s report on the progress we’ve made advancing a clean energy economy over the last eight years:  scim.ag/2i8W4Kg )  We’ve seen what’s possible when we come together in the hard, but vital work of self-government – but we can’t take our democracy for granted. Our success as a Nation depends on our participation. It’s up to all of us to be guardians of our democracy, and to embrace the task of continually trying to improve our Nation. Despite our differences, we all share the...

If you are in Delhi and have interest in embodied language by people who have done quite a lot in their respective fields and the Italian embassy is facilitating this performance, tomorrow, i:e 16th January- 2017 at  India International Centre. As per the Italian Culture center in Delhi's website- "Embodied Language is a collaborative project developed between Italian artist Andrea Cusumano and Indian artist Mithu Sen that uses the polysemous value of nonverbal communication as a platform to connect different verbal languages. They will also experiment with a spontaneous and imaginary dream language presented through a visual and performative practice as a resistance in search of a new medium of communication." There is EMBODIED LANGUAGE a collaborative performance between Mithu Sen and Andrea Cusumano with musician Vetri Bhupathi and Giuseppe Lomeo curated by Eugenio Viola at IIC ,C D Deshmukh auditorium , New Delhi 16th January 2017 , 6.30 pm

Wishing All of you a very happy new year 2017. Let's hope peace and prosperity for all.  CR Park- Kali Mandir- January- 2017 The year began with a lot of interesting things at work and I believe that with the right amount of team and the people around you, you can create fantastic stories for people. The past year was full of mixed news and a lot of bad things happened around the world. Let's learn from the past year and let's think good.  The other day I saw a Chinese colleague Mr. Wan, wearing a  band and I saw something interesting there, written in hindi    'अच्छा सोचो अच्छा होगा'.  I found the expression very interesting and I asked Mr. Wan- "What is this? He said, In Chaste hindi, 'अच्छा सोचो अच्छा होगा'. So, I wish Mr. Wan and every one I know an advance Chinese New Year -新年快樂 and  过年好 / 過年好, which is less than a month from now, thanks to the website for helping me sort this. It's the year of the Rooster, as per Reuter...

Do you think Dishwashers should be your next best friend of the kitchen. In west, Dishwashers are one of the important household appliance one is used to, but In India, the usage of Dishwashers is nominal and nascent, to begin with. I'd want to know from you, if you think if you need a dishwasher for your daily life or Not. Pic Source- Haier Dishwashers

One can easily spot people Queing up before ATMs these day. Be is urban or rural areas. I took a small video from Alaknanda- Delhi to show what it is like. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcAcYyNu0T0