Science fiction fans to honor novelist Richard Matheson
Science fiction legend Richard Matheson is to be honored in Los Angeles on Wednesday for his life work following his death Sunday at the age of 87.
A prolific novelist and screenwriter, Matheson saw many of his writings become major motion pictures, including "I Am Legend" starring Will Smith in 2007.
He also penned 14 episodes of the classic TV series "The Twilight Zone." obert Holguin said the 39th Saturn awards, where Matheson was to have been presented with the academy's Visionary Award, would be dedicated to his memory instead.
Matheson wrote more than 25 novels and nearly 100 short stories in a career that began when he published his first short story "Born of Man and Woman" at the age of 24.
The site also provides information about the location of
people, helpline numbers, lists of those rescued and their current location.
A spokesman for the Central Command told IANS that
the website was a one-stop helpline for people in distress following the
natural calamity in Uttarakhand.
The Indian Army on Wednesday launched a website — suryahopes.in — to provide updates on the whereabouts of people stranded in disaster-hit Uttarakhand.
India’s first national aviation university soon
law ministry endorsed the civil aviation ministry’s draft bill for the university, to be named after former prime minister, the late Rajiv Gandhi.
The centre has sanctioned an initial amount of Rs. 80 crore and around 26 acres of land for the university.
PM, Sonia flag off first
train connecting Jammu to Kashmir Valley
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh along with UPA
Chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday flagged off the first train connecting
Banihal in Jammu region with Qazigund in Kashmir Valley.
The newly constructed station in Banihal, 125 km from
summer capital Srinagar, flagging off the first train which will pass through 11
km tunnel through Pir Panchal range.
The Banihal-Qazigund section, which includes an 11-km
long tunnel, the country's longest, reduces the 35 km distance to 18 km.It has been constructed at a cost of Rs 1,691 crore.
The Udhampur-Banihal section is expected to be completed
by 2017 connecting the Valley to the rest of the country round-the-year without
any hindrance.
The train will make regular operation from Banihal to
Baramulla in north Kashmir from 27th June.
Oprah tops Forbes most powerful
celebrity list
After two years as a runner-up, Oprah Winfrey was named
the most powerful celebrity on Wednesday by Forbes, heading the six women and
four men who make up the top 10.
Singer Lady Gaga came in second, followed by
director/producer Steven Spielberg and singers Beyonce and Madonna.
iii. It was the fifth time the former talk show host who
runs her own TV network has headed the annual ranking of 100 celebrities.
Singer and actress Jennifer Lopez, who was No. 1 last
year, dropped to 12th place.
Oprah Winfrey
was named the most powerful celebrity on Wednesday by Forbes, heading the six
women and four men who make up the top 10.
Talk
show host who runs her own TV network has headed the annual ranking of 100
celebrities.
Singer and actress Jennifer Lopez,
who was No. 1 last year, dropped to 12th place.
With earnings of $77 million from June 2012 to 2013, Winfrey
was not the highest earning celebrity, an honor that went to Madonna who made
$125 million.
But Forbes said Winfrey's position in Hollywood and her presence
in the press, on television and in social media propelled her to the No. 1
spot.
Spielberg, with earnings of $100 million in the last year,
was the top man on the list, ahead of rock star Bon Jovi at No. 7, tennis
champion Roger
Federer and Justin Bieber,
the youngest member of the list, squeezed into the top ten at No. 9.
Top 10 Forbes most powerful celebrity
1. Oprah Winfrey 2.Lady
Gaga 3. Steven
Spielberg 4. Beyonce Knowles
5. Madonna
6.Taylor Swift 7.Bon
Jovi
8.Roger Federer
9.Justin
Bieber 10. Ellen DeGeneres
India, Hungary join hands for ‘gas
monitoring system’
Gujarat Info Petro Ltd, a subsidiary of Gujarat State
Petroleum Corporation, has signed an agreement with Cason Engineering Plc,
Hungary, in pursuant to the MoU signed during the Vibrant Gujarat Summit-2013,
for a gas monitoring system.
This agreement was signed between VK Sharma, CEO,
Gujarat Info, and Ferenc Szakács, Chairman and CEO of Cason.
Gujarat Info provides IT services to government
departments, boards, corporations and corporate houses as an apex consultant
and total solutions provider.
Cason is a Hungary-based technology company having
experience in developing, manufacturing and implementing systems for gas
distribution network monitoring.
It has developed and installed new solutions with
leading technologies for large oil pipeline operators in Europe and other
countries worldwide.
The agreement aims to provide automation services for
gas and oil companies in India.
Advantages of the offered solutions are to
provide tool to control the procurement and sales procedures of daily purchased
gas volume and to provide access for stakeholders to the relevant daily
business data with technology reports and alarms via Web-based applications.
This will provide solutions for disaster management and
security issues of cross-country pipelines.
Intel introduces 4th generation core processors
Intel today introduced 4th generation Intel core processors, which the company claims will reinvent personal computing with longer battery life, more advanced graphics and new usages in devices
Intel South Asia Managing Director (Sales and Marketing Group) Debjani Ghosh
The latest processors are capable of delivering upto 15 per cent better performance than the previous generation, while consuming lower amounts of power.
PC makers like Acer, Dell, Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Lenovo are in the process of launching products with the latest Intel processor.
Dell will release its XPS 12 ultrabook in the first week of July, whereas, HP will soon be launching its HP Envy AiO (All-in-One) PC.
Similarly, Lenovo will launch its AiO PC in the coming couple of months, which will be powered by the Intel 4th generation core processor.
Similarly, Lenovo will launch its AiO PC in the coming couple of months, which will be powered by the Intel 4th generation core processor.
Silvio Berlusconi sentenced to 7 years
Jail in Sex Trial
Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was
sentenced to seven years in prisons and a lifetime ban on holding public office
by a lower court of Milan as he was found guilty of soliciting sex from a minor
and abusing his powers to cover up his actions.
Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was
sentenced to seven years in prisons and a lifetime ban on holding public office
by a lower court of Milan as he was found guilty of soliciting sex from a minor
and abusing his powers to cover up his actions.
The sentence will be suspended until all appeals
process is going to be exhausted, which itself is likely to take several years.
he three presiding judges, all women, handed 76 years
old Berlusconi a seven-year sentence, tougher than the six years that
prosecutors were demanding.
The trial of Berlusconi relates to crimes committed
in 2010 when Berlusconi was prime minister, and revolves around what
prosecutors have described as erotic parties held at his luxury residence
outside Milan.
There is a lenient guideline in Italy for people over
the age of 70 so it is quite evident that Berlusconi will get some leniency in
his jail term.
Pipavav Port Regained Top Position in
Seafood Exports
Pipavav port, the first private sector port of India
located in Saurashtra, Gujarat, remained at the top most position for second
year in a row in FY13 on the basis of quantity.
The Pipavav port registered a jump of 6 percent in
comparison to 2012-13 financial year. The reason why Pipavav port remained a
forerunner in terms of quantity was because it handled lot of pre-processed
fish.
The export figures by the Marine Products Export
Development Authority revealed that Pipavav port handled 233738 tonnes of
marine exports in 2013-14 in comparison to 219801 tonnes in 2012-13 fiscal
year.
In terms of value, nevertheless, Kochi as well as Vizag
ports shared almost equal share of earning, i.e., 3344.97 crore and Rs 3265.64
crore respectively in 2013-14 financial year.
Pipavav port is the first private sector port of India on
West Coast.
Pipavav port is situated in Saurashtra, Gujarat, at a
distance of 90 km South of Amreli.
The lead promoter of this port is APM Terminals, which
is among the largest container terminal operators in the world.
The Pipavav port is situated along the major trade
routes and is also in proximity with major Indian Port of Nhava Sheva.
The services offered by this port include logistics
support, cargo handling as well as pilotage and towage. The port handles bulk,
container as well as liquid cargo.
Karnataka to allow FDI in multi-brand retail
Karnataka has joined 11 other states and Union territories
that have agreed to allow foreign
direct investment in multi-brand retail. Industry bodies have welcomed the
decision, calling a step in the right direction.
Earlier this month, Himachal Pradesh agreed to allow 51% FDI
in the sector.
Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan and Manipur are
among the states that have decided to implement the decision.
Marc Rich, the man who invented the spot-oil market dies at
78
Marc Rich, the commodities trader who fled the US to avoid
federal indictments during the 1980s before President Bill Clinton
pardoned him two decades later, has died.
He was 78 AND became one of the most wanted white-collar fugitives in
American history for 17 years.
After leaving the US, he founded a commodities
trader that became the forerunner of today's Glencore
Xstrata Plc.
He fled to Switzerland hours before being indicted in 1983
on more than 50 counts of wire fraud, racketeering, trading with Iran during an
embargo, and evading more than $48 million in US income taxes.
On the last day
of his presidency in January 2001, Clinton pardoned Rich, who maintained his
innocence.
Ashish Nanda set to take over as IIM-A director
Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad is all set to get
its first head from overseas. Sources said Harvard Law School's professor Ashish Nanda
has accepted the offer to be the next director and has already applied for
leave at Harvard.
IIM-A with acting director Ajay Pandey's term ending on June
30, 2013.
IIM-A sent three names to the MHRD for appointment of the
director after the search and selection committee headed by IIM-A board
chairman A M Naik
finalised the names of candidates at a meeting.
Three candidates-Nanda, G
Raghuram and Rakesh Basant - were forwarded to MHRD to select a successor to
Samir Barua, whose extended term ended on March 31.
A Robert Braucher Professor of Practice at Harvard Law School Nanda is faculty director of executive education at the university. Before joining Harvard Law School, Nanda was a Harvard Business School faculty member for 13 years.
A Robert Braucher Professor of Practice at Harvard Law School Nanda is faculty director of executive education at the university. Before joining Harvard Law School, Nanda was a Harvard Business School faculty member for 13 years.
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