03-26-2005, 07:51 PM
Not sure which thread this belongs to but here it goes anyway... Apparently this appeared in some leading business magazine in india. [Look for 21 & 22]
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->1. U.F.O' were sighted even in 4000 B.C., as noted down in ancient Indian manuscripts, according to ufoindia.org.
2. U.S. Library of the congress, is the largest depositary, with 118 million volumes and a staff of 3000 persons. The British Library in London holds more than 62 million items, including prized manuscripts.
3. State Economic Freedom Index: : 1. Gujarat -0.40, 2. Andhra Pradesh -0.38 -------
5. Tamil Nadu--0.37 --- 11.Karnataka --0.31 -- 14. Bihar-0.26- 15 (last) )0.22
4. India has more places of worship than schools , colleges, hospitals and dispensaries combined.. 2.4 of the former, and 2.1 million of the latter. ( So what even if the figures are right--kvr )
5. Persons without completed formal education--- Charles Chaplin, Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Wright Brothers, john D Rockfeller, Harry S Truman , Charles Dickens, Adolph Hitler, Al Pacino, Abraham Lincoln, George Bernard Shaw, George Washington, Bill Gates, Albert Einstein.
6. JOKES----- The laugh lab research was put through the computer;; every thing is- these days- One conclusion: jokes containing 103 words were thougt to be specially funny. -- Germans, strangely , found everything humorous.
A Good Joke-- Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson go on a camping trip. After a good dinner and a battle of wine , they retire for the night, and go to sleep. -Some hours later, Holmes wakes up and nudges his fathful friend, " Watson, look at the sky and tell me what you see." Watson replies, " I see millions and millins of stars , Holmes." And Holmes querries, " What do you deduce from that?"
Watson ponders for a minute, " Well, astronomically, it tells me that, there are millions of galaxies and potentially billions of planets. Astrologically, I see the Saturn is in Leo. Horologically, I deduce that the time is , approximately a quarter past three. Meteriologically, I suspect, that we will have a beautiful day tomorrow. Theologically, I can see that God is all powerful, and that we are a small and insignificant part of the universe. What does it tell you Holmes?"
Holmes is silent for a minute, "Watson, you idiot!" he says. "Someone has stolen our tent!"
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7, The most corrupt instituitions in india are; (a)Political parties-- perception of 41.2 %. (b) Education System--24.9 % © Police--12.8 % (d) Utilities --phone etc.--4.4 % (e) .69Medical Services--4.0 % (f) Courts 3.8% (g) Tax Revenue--2.1% (h) Business Licensing--2.0 % (i) Customs-- !.8 %
8. About 25,000 new products are launched in U.S. market every year. according to estimates some 94% of them flop. For products unrelated to a company's existing line of business , the failure rate is cose to 100%.
9. Thirsty Cat Bottled water was launched in the U.S. It flopped. Nobody wanted to pay $1.49 for a bottle of water for a cat. By contrast, Thr Thirst Dog Portable Pet water Bowl is a success. A bottle becomes a bowl. Use your own water.
10. The impact of internet on selected sectors in the next decade- in scale-10 for maximum impact and 1 for least.
(a) News organisations and publishing---8.46 (b) Education --7.98 © Workplacess--7.84 (d) Medicine and health care---7.63 (e) Politics and Government--- 7.39 (f) Music, literature, drama, fims, art, etc.--- 7.18 (g) International relations---6.74 (h) Military---6.53 (i) Families---6.24 (j) Neighbours and communities---6.16 (k) Religion--4.69
11. naukri.com -- Exclusive no.1, Indian career web-site, also helped NRI's, wanting to return to India.
12. Pornography is thriving on the inter-net, with sexually-rxplicit pages rising from 18 milion in 1998 to 260 million in 2003, hared by 1.3 million web-sites, according to internet filtering company N2H2. The cyber-sex industry generates some $1.3 billion annually.
13. Amrutanjan (inception in 1893) , the pain-balm, has a 40% share in the pain-balm market.
14. Business India's confession-- We tried to know, where these creative types got their ideas from. Today found, they turn to on-line resources such as Onine Sogan Generator. And when we fed in B.I. a couple of times this is what we got: " Choosy Mothers Choose Business India." And " Have a Break. Have a Business India".
15. Views on print media--- "Literature is what is read twice, journalism once." " Newspaper consists of same number of pages, whether there be any news, or not." " A good newspaper, is a nation taking to itself." " The freedom of the press works in such a way, that there is not much freedom in it."
16. Five tips to stay healthy : (1) Replace all your aerated drinks, with black or green tea. (2) Hungry ? Pass up on the buscuits, dough-nuts and french-fries. Reach for a small handfu of nuts. (3) Take 15 minutes off during your working day. Choose whatever suits you best: take a short nap. (4) Have at least one serving of a dairy product during the day. (5) Stop digging your nose. That is the quickest way to catch flu.
17. Powerful people do not sleep; they have power-naps. A Harvard University experiment using human subjects, shows that a short, 60-minute daytime nap, " Contributes to the consolidation of learning and improves performance of visual discrimination tasks."
18.In the new age of technology, a arge share of new jobs in the U.S. will be in occupations, that do not require a lot of education and pay below average. Of the top ten occupations, with the highest percentage growth, ranked by U.S. Federal Bureau of Labour Statistics, only four will require a bachelor's degree.
19. Sum population across indian cities, in millions :: Greater mumbai--6.24; Delhi-- 1.85; Kolkota--1.49; Chennai--0.75; Nagpur--0.73; Hyderabad-- ).60; Pune--0.53; Faridabad-- ).49; ----Jaipur and Bangalore --).35.
20. Major exports from India:: (Share in % ) Gems and Jewellery--18; Reday made garments--8; Basic Chemicals and pharmaceuticals--8; Petroleum Products--8; Cotton yarn and fabrics--4; Machine tools, Machinery and instruments--4; Iron and Steel 4; transport equipment 4; Plastic and Linoleum--3; Rest of exports--35;
<b>21. People who shaped civilization ( Most Influential Persons of all times)
Muhammad-- Founder of islam; Isaac Newton--Physicist; Jesus Christ--Founder of Christianity; Buddha--founder of Buddhism; Confucius--Founder of Confucianism; St. Paul-- Proselytiser of Christianity; Ts'ai Lun--Chinese inventor of paper; Johan Gutenberg--Inventor of printing press; Christopher Columbus--Explorer; Alber Finstein--Physicist; Lous pasteur-- Scientist; Galileo--Astronomer; Aristotle--Philosopher; Euclid-- Mathematician; Moses--Founder of Judaism; Charles Darwin--Biologist; Shih huang Ti--Chinese emperor; Nicolaus Copernicus-- Astronomer; Antoine Laurent Lavoisier--Modern Chemistry;
( Source: " The 100: A Ranking of the Most Infuntial persons in History" by Michael H. Hart . --India is out of the reckoning?)
22. World's Oldest Universities--Name and Year Founded in-- Nanjing,China--258; Al-Azhar, Egypt--988; Bologna, Italy--1088; Oxford U.K.--1096; Paris--1150; Modena--1175; Cambridge, U.K--.1208; Salamanca, Spain--1218; Padua, italy--1222; Naples, Italy--1224; Siena , Italy--1240; Coimbra, Portugal--1290; Complutense Madrid, Spain--1293; Rome La Sapienza, Italy--1303; Pisa, Italy--1343; Prague, Czech Republic--1348;
(Source: Wikipedia-- -- But Where is India ,That is Bharat).</b>
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->1. U.F.O' were sighted even in 4000 B.C., as noted down in ancient Indian manuscripts, according to ufoindia.org.
2. U.S. Library of the congress, is the largest depositary, with 118 million volumes and a staff of 3000 persons. The British Library in London holds more than 62 million items, including prized manuscripts.
3. State Economic Freedom Index: : 1. Gujarat -0.40, 2. Andhra Pradesh -0.38 -------
5. Tamil Nadu--0.37 --- 11.Karnataka --0.31 -- 14. Bihar-0.26- 15 (last) )0.22
4. India has more places of worship than schools , colleges, hospitals and dispensaries combined.. 2.4 of the former, and 2.1 million of the latter. ( So what even if the figures are right--kvr )
5. Persons without completed formal education--- Charles Chaplin, Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Wright Brothers, john D Rockfeller, Harry S Truman , Charles Dickens, Adolph Hitler, Al Pacino, Abraham Lincoln, George Bernard Shaw, George Washington, Bill Gates, Albert Einstein.
6. JOKES----- The laugh lab research was put through the computer;; every thing is- these days- One conclusion: jokes containing 103 words were thougt to be specially funny. -- Germans, strangely , found everything humorous.
A Good Joke-- Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson go on a camping trip. After a good dinner and a battle of wine , they retire for the night, and go to sleep. -Some hours later, Holmes wakes up and nudges his fathful friend, " Watson, look at the sky and tell me what you see." Watson replies, " I see millions and millins of stars , Holmes." And Holmes querries, " What do you deduce from that?"
Watson ponders for a minute, " Well, astronomically, it tells me that, there are millions of galaxies and potentially billions of planets. Astrologically, I see the Saturn is in Leo. Horologically, I deduce that the time is , approximately a quarter past three. Meteriologically, I suspect, that we will have a beautiful day tomorrow. Theologically, I can see that God is all powerful, and that we are a small and insignificant part of the universe. What does it tell you Holmes?"
Holmes is silent for a minute, "Watson, you idiot!" he says. "Someone has stolen our tent!"
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7, The most corrupt instituitions in india are; (a)Political parties-- perception of 41.2 %. (b) Education System--24.9 % © Police--12.8 % (d) Utilities --phone etc.--4.4 % (e) .69Medical Services--4.0 % (f) Courts 3.8% (g) Tax Revenue--2.1% (h) Business Licensing--2.0 % (i) Customs-- !.8 %
8. About 25,000 new products are launched in U.S. market every year. according to estimates some 94% of them flop. For products unrelated to a company's existing line of business , the failure rate is cose to 100%.
9. Thirsty Cat Bottled water was launched in the U.S. It flopped. Nobody wanted to pay $1.49 for a bottle of water for a cat. By contrast, Thr Thirst Dog Portable Pet water Bowl is a success. A bottle becomes a bowl. Use your own water.
10. The impact of internet on selected sectors in the next decade- in scale-10 for maximum impact and 1 for least.
(a) News organisations and publishing---8.46 (b) Education --7.98 © Workplacess--7.84 (d) Medicine and health care---7.63 (e) Politics and Government--- 7.39 (f) Music, literature, drama, fims, art, etc.--- 7.18 (g) International relations---6.74 (h) Military---6.53 (i) Families---6.24 (j) Neighbours and communities---6.16 (k) Religion--4.69
11. naukri.com -- Exclusive no.1, Indian career web-site, also helped NRI's, wanting to return to India.
12. Pornography is thriving on the inter-net, with sexually-rxplicit pages rising from 18 milion in 1998 to 260 million in 2003, hared by 1.3 million web-sites, according to internet filtering company N2H2. The cyber-sex industry generates some $1.3 billion annually.
13. Amrutanjan (inception in 1893) , the pain-balm, has a 40% share in the pain-balm market.
14. Business India's confession-- We tried to know, where these creative types got their ideas from. Today found, they turn to on-line resources such as Onine Sogan Generator. And when we fed in B.I. a couple of times this is what we got: " Choosy Mothers Choose Business India." And " Have a Break. Have a Business India".
15. Views on print media--- "Literature is what is read twice, journalism once." " Newspaper consists of same number of pages, whether there be any news, or not." " A good newspaper, is a nation taking to itself." " The freedom of the press works in such a way, that there is not much freedom in it."
16. Five tips to stay healthy : (1) Replace all your aerated drinks, with black or green tea. (2) Hungry ? Pass up on the buscuits, dough-nuts and french-fries. Reach for a small handfu of nuts. (3) Take 15 minutes off during your working day. Choose whatever suits you best: take a short nap. (4) Have at least one serving of a dairy product during the day. (5) Stop digging your nose. That is the quickest way to catch flu.
17. Powerful people do not sleep; they have power-naps. A Harvard University experiment using human subjects, shows that a short, 60-minute daytime nap, " Contributes to the consolidation of learning and improves performance of visual discrimination tasks."
18.In the new age of technology, a arge share of new jobs in the U.S. will be in occupations, that do not require a lot of education and pay below average. Of the top ten occupations, with the highest percentage growth, ranked by U.S. Federal Bureau of Labour Statistics, only four will require a bachelor's degree.
19. Sum population across indian cities, in millions :: Greater mumbai--6.24; Delhi-- 1.85; Kolkota--1.49; Chennai--0.75; Nagpur--0.73; Hyderabad-- ).60; Pune--0.53; Faridabad-- ).49; ----Jaipur and Bangalore --).35.
20. Major exports from India:: (Share in % ) Gems and Jewellery--18; Reday made garments--8; Basic Chemicals and pharmaceuticals--8; Petroleum Products--8; Cotton yarn and fabrics--4; Machine tools, Machinery and instruments--4; Iron and Steel 4; transport equipment 4; Plastic and Linoleum--3; Rest of exports--35;
<b>21. People who shaped civilization ( Most Influential Persons of all times)
Muhammad-- Founder of islam; Isaac Newton--Physicist; Jesus Christ--Founder of Christianity; Buddha--founder of Buddhism; Confucius--Founder of Confucianism; St. Paul-- Proselytiser of Christianity; Ts'ai Lun--Chinese inventor of paper; Johan Gutenberg--Inventor of printing press; Christopher Columbus--Explorer; Alber Finstein--Physicist; Lous pasteur-- Scientist; Galileo--Astronomer; Aristotle--Philosopher; Euclid-- Mathematician; Moses--Founder of Judaism; Charles Darwin--Biologist; Shih huang Ti--Chinese emperor; Nicolaus Copernicus-- Astronomer; Antoine Laurent Lavoisier--Modern Chemistry;
( Source: " The 100: A Ranking of the Most Infuntial persons in History" by Michael H. Hart . --India is out of the reckoning?)
22. World's Oldest Universities--Name and Year Founded in-- Nanjing,China--258; Al-Azhar, Egypt--988; Bologna, Italy--1088; Oxford U.K.--1096; Paris--1150; Modena--1175; Cambridge, U.K--.1208; Salamanca, Spain--1218; Padua, italy--1222; Naples, Italy--1224; Siena , Italy--1240; Coimbra, Portugal--1290; Complutense Madrid, Spain--1293; Rome La Sapienza, Italy--1303; Pisa, Italy--1343; Prague, Czech Republic--1348;
(Source: Wikipedia-- -- But Where is India ,That is Bharat).</b>
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