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Archive for March 8, 2007
March 8, 2007 at 7:42 am
· City · Crime
indianexpress: Following tip-off from the two drug peddlers nabbed at the Donje farmhouse party on Sunday, Pune rural police arrested five persons including two women in the early hours of Tuesday on charges of supplying narcotics to the prime accused. The police said it had seized from them seven kg of ganja, four kg of charas, seven cell phones and Rs 3.5 lakh in cash. The aggregate value of the haul has been put at Rs 9 lakh. The arrests were made after sustained interrogation of drug peddlers Dhruv Pavan Kaushal (22) and Paramjeet Singh Harcharan Singh Brar (27), the police said.
The accused — Ankush Babiya Singh Indrekar (48), Anil Suresh Abhange (35), both residents of Yerwada, Bhatnagar, Deepak Sampat Gaikwad (23), a resident of Yashwantnagar, Yerwada, Zohra alias Shama Mushtaque Shaikh (35) and Ashrafbi Fazal Mehboob Shaikh (38), both residents of Kondhwa Khurd — were picked up by two teams of crime branch sleuths of rural police during a special operation on Tuesday night.
Superintendent of Police, Pune Rural, Vishwas Nangre Patil said: “Both Dhruv and Paramjeet revealed during their interrogation the names of these suppliers. Now, we are looking for the main drug suppliers in the city as the duo also revealed names of some prominent drug peddlers operating from other cities.”
Explaining the course of investigations into the case, Nangre Patil said, “We are working closely with other investigative agencies especially the Anti Terrorist Squad, Mumbai. Our primary focus lies in unearthing the deep links the international drug mafia seemed to have established in Pune. Similarly, investigations by the local crime branch points at involvement of celebrities in drug abuse.”
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March 8, 2007 at 7:41 am
· City · Special Mention
indianexpress: Women are banned from the Shani Shingnapur temple at Ahmednagar district . At Kolhapur’s Mahalakshmi temple, the only woman allowed to enter is the priest’s wife. The story was no different at the Vitthoba temple in Pandharpur, where women were not allowed in till very recently.
Even in a progressive state like Maharashtra, superstitions and often unfounded beliefs continue to place strictures on women in all rungs of society, from the primitive tribes to the educated elite. “In most cases, women are not only the victims of superstition, but often the propagators,” said executive president of the Maharashtra Superstition Eradication Committee Narendra Dabholkar.
From the environmentally harmful Vaibhav Mahalakshmi ritual in margasheersha (around December) to witchcraft, soothsayers and godmen, superstitions are rampant among women, who truly believe that these beliefs are for their own welfare. “The need of the hour, therefore, is to promote scientific temperament among women and eradicate these harmful beliefs,” said Dabholkar, who has spearheaded an anti-superstition movement in India.
It was a similar ideology that sowed the seeds for the ‘Women’s Empowerment Scheme’ started by the University of Pune’s Zoology Department. Sponsored by the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India, the programme aims at sensitising women to the scientific basis of familiar concepts like reproduction, heredity, health, and nutrition. Today, the programme has forged a network of over 150 women trainers, who are equipping themselves with, and passing on what is perhaps the most effective tool for empowerment: knowledge.
“When the DBT invited proposals for the empowerment scheme, we floated our idea of a woman-centred approach for scientific training, which would focus on the very basics in biology and biotechnology that women can use,” said Zoology Department Head and Principal Investigator for the project Deepti Deobhagkar
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March 8, 2007 at 7:39 am
· City
indianexpress: Come June and water meters will be mandatory for all connections — whether residential or commercial, legal or illegal — with the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) deciding to adopt a strict regime to put a curb on wastage and ensure equitable distribution of water. The civic administration also proposes to provide incentives to citizens for saving water.
This is part of the reforms to be undertaken by the PMC under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM).
The PMC had introduced metered water system in 2000 but it soon wound up due to faulty meters and wrong billings. “There were no fixed norms set for installing quality meters. The choice of meters was left to the water consumer depending on what quality he could afford in the market,” said a proposal by the municipal commissioner.
The large number of complaints from water consumers compelled the civic administration to reintroduce the water tax. However, in the absence of meters, the PMC did not know the utilization per household and the leakages, if any.
Additional city engineer (water supply) Vivek Kharwadkar said metering system was an essential component of water audit and also had long-term benefits. “It will be known to the PMC that how much water it supplies across the city and what amount of water is actually being used,” he said.
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March 8, 2007 at 7:38 am
· City
indianexpress: This year when the Pune Municipal Transport (PMT) management presents its annual budget to the PMT committee, it would have incorporated suggestions from every depot in the city. For the first time in its history, the managers were asked to prepare budgets for their own depots and present it before the management.
From suggestions relating to reduction of oil consumption to allocating money from its earning for infrastructure development, the six depots came up with their own set of recommendations to be incorporated in the budget.
The idea is to have bottoms up approach rather than be a top down one. “The depot managers and mechanical engineers are the people who are in charge of the fleet control and revenue collection. Hence, the budget should come from them,” PMT general manager C K Anil said.
Each of the six depots were given certain parameters like expenditure and earnings, purchase of spare parts, improvement in mileage and any new measures to be implemented in the coming financial year to prepare the budget. “The depots were given a deadline of 15 days to prepare their budgets. Each depot has come up with a unique idea,” PMT spokesperson D A Pardeshi said.
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March 8, 2007 at 7:37 am
· City
indianexpress: The University Women’s Association (UWA) has been in a dilemma for the last two years. There are no takers for its doctoral scholarship offered every year. “There has been a very low response in the past two years,” says Sheela Rao, convener, UWA.
The scholarship was started in 2000 at the golden jubilee celebrations of the association. “A special fund had been created since no such scheme existed,” says Rao, who had initiated the project.
The International Federation of University of Women, the parent body of the association through its affiliates like the American Association of University Women, The British Graduate Women’s Association, The Japanese Association of University Women and the Australian Federation of University Women regularly announces several scholarships for higher studies every year. And these scholarships are routed through the local associations like the UWA.
The scholarship, that has a cash component of Rs 10,000 for a year-long study, has had four takers in the past. Women researching in journalism related to women’s issues, drama and theatre and biotech have availed of the scheme.
Every year the association chooses different subjects that are announced in newspapers. And though the topics this year vary from Demography and Population studies, Environment and Pollution Control, Women in Politics, Economics and Applied Sciences and Peace Education, surprisingly their announcement did not elicit a single response. The scholarship that was announced last July has March end as the losing date.
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March 8, 2007 at 7:36 am
· City · Crime
indianexpress: The Anti Narcotics Cell of Pune police raided a hotel in Hadapsar, which had been converted into a permit room illegally. Police said 330 bottles of beer and Indian made foreign liquor of various brands, estimated to be worth over Rs 9,856, was recovered during the raid on the Swagat Macchi House near Tupe Vasti.
Anil Ravindra Tupe (21), nephew of hotel owner Raghunath Tupe, was arrested along with two waiters — Asif Jahid Khan (24) and Prakash Kantilal Jain (41) — during the raid. A case has been filed against them under section 66 (b) of Bombay Prohibition Act for selling liquor illegally.
As per the norms, a permit room is required to have licenses issued by the Pune Municipal Corporation, police and state excise besides no objection certificates issued by the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd, shop inspector and traffic police. Although the Swagat Macchi House had obtained licenses from PMC and police to operate as an eatery, it did not have permission to operate as a permit room.
Tupe told the police that the eatery, which was popular among local residents for fish dishes, was operating as a permit room for the last six months. He told the police that he was running the hotel in absence of his uncle Raghunath, who had gone on a pilgrimage.
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March 8, 2007 at 7:35 am
· Technology
techtree: Fujitsu has announced development of its new MHW2 BJ series of 7,200 rpm 2.5-inch hard disk drives (HDDs) with a serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s interface.
Featuring the world’s highest storage capacity of 160 GB for a 7,200 rpm 2.5 inch HDD, the new series is targeted primarily at high-performance notebook PCs.
The MHW2160BJ claims to have data transmission speeds of up to 300 MB/s, which is considered as the fastest rate in the industry. It also features best-in-class acoustic noise levels of 2.5 decibels at idle and low-power consumption, operating at 2.3 watts or less when reading or writing data.
In addition, the platters of drives spin at 7200 rpm, and allow a read seek time of 10.5 ms, and a write seek time of 12.5 ms.
According to the company, as use of notebook PCs gathers momentum, demand for high reliability notebook PC HDDs that offer high-speed and high-capacity performance, on par with those used in desktops is also increasing. The MHW2 BJ series promises to meet this demand with a speed of 7,200 rpm, the highest from any serial ATA 2.5-inch HDD.
Besides, these HDDs can be easily incorporated into high-performance notebook PCs and flat panel desktop PCs, both of which are expected to gain popularity. They are also RoHS compliant.
The new series of HDDs will be available on a global basis at the end of May 2007, in 80 GB, 120 GB, and 160 GB capacities.
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March 8, 2007 at 7:29 am
· Technology
techtree: According to a Reuters report, Yahoo! has now introduced its Web services on mobiles running Microsoft Windows Mobile software.
The company said this move would help in its drive to make Web services widely available not just on computers but mobile phones as well. Besides, it would help expand the company’s base of mobile Internet users by millions.
In a statement, Ojas Rege, Senior Director of Mobile Phone Business, Yahoo!, said that Windows Mobile phone users tend to be relatively data savvy consumers. They are a pretty attractive group of users both from the standpoint of being early adopters of new services, and in terms of advertising demographics.
Yahoo! informed it has partnered with Taiwan’s High Tech Computer (HTC) to place Yahoo! on practically all recent and upcoming HTC mobile phone models.
Marco Boerries, Senior Vice President of Connected Life, Yahoo!, said by partnering with HTC to put Yahoo! Go 2.0 on its mobile devices, they are bringing true mobile Internet to an even broader audience around the world.
It is, meanwhile, learnt that Yahoo! had earlier this year signed deals with four of the top five mobile handset makers in the world, including Nokia, Motorola, Samsung, and LG Electronics.
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March 8, 2007 at 7:28 am
· Technology
techtree: Customers can now capture high quality, uncompressed video, direct from the HDMI connection on cameras, decks, etc, with Blackmagic Design’s DeckLink HD Studio.
DeckLink HD Studio is considered the world’s first capture and playback card to support both HDMI and analog component video.
J S Arora, Director of Genesis Forte, the Indian distributor for the product, says, “As the first video capture card to capture uncompressed HD video from the HDMI output of cameras, as well as analog component, DeckLink HD Studio creates new, low-cost opportunities for editors using Macs and PCs for post production, who want to take high quality, uncompressed video out of low-cost HDMI cameras.”
DeckLink HD Studio allows capturing from HDMI cameras or decks, analog decks, and set top boxes. Moreover, DeckLink HD Studio instantly switches between HD and SD to work with almost any deck, camera, or monitor. Besides, new video formats and features can be added via free software updates from the company.
DeckLink HD Studio is based on the same high end technology used by other Blackmagic Design video capture cards, including 10 bit capture and playback, high speed 4 lane PCI Express, and 14 bit digital to analog conversion. In addition, it features the same uncompressed and compressed file formats, allowing large storage area network based systems to use shared video files for full compatibility.
Blackmagic claims that the entire range of DeckLink HD cards, including HD Studio are the only video capture cards on the market to feature true 64-bit addressing that eliminates system memory limits.
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March 8, 2007 at 7:27 am
· Technology
bbc: Sony is hoping to replicate the success of social networks and Second Life with a feature called Home.
Playstation 3 gamers will be able to meet, chat and share content with friends inside a 3D universe.
“It’s about community, collaboration and customisation,” said Sony’s Phil Harrison at the Game Developers Conference, in San Francisco.
Gamers can buy furniture and clothes, while publishers and retailers are also expected to offer 3D spaces.
Mr Harrison said the games industry had to learn from the success of the web 2.0 movement
This is not just about Sony brands and Sony games - it’s a much wider network of connected spaces
“We want to start a movement called Game 3.0. It’s about emerging entertainment, powered by the audience at the centre of the experience.”
Home is similar to Second Life, the popular 3D universe for PCs and Macs. Gamers can create avatars - online versions of themselves - and buy new clothes and create their own homes.
Mr Harrison described Home as a 3D social networking service.
Dynamic advertising - including high definition video - can be pushed into the 3D universe.
The service launches in the autumn and Sony hopes it will answer critics who feel the firm has been overtaken by Microsoft in the online gaming arena.
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