Chief Mentor: Birthday Wishes and Social Media

By Pradeep Chopra

When I turned 33 on May 11 last year, I used the statistics on the birthday wishes I received through various platforms – from phone calls to Facebook –  to look at the advantages of digital marketing in my blog post "Can Birthday Wishes teach you the importance of Digital and Social Media?"

This year, I gathered even more data – from a total of 395 birthday wishes compared to last year's 134.  I received the first birthday wish on May 10 at 4:21 pm via Facebook, from one of my former classmates in the U.S. Other birthday wishes started trickling through from 00.04 am on Twitter. The flow of wishes especially across social media platforms continued until days after my birthday.

Here is a breakdown of the birthday wishes I received in 2010 and in 2011:

The above comparison mirrors the recent surge of social media in India more broadly. I drew out what I think have been the key trends in the industry in India, based on the birthday wishes I received.

1.    Facebook has the lead: From 92 wishes in 2010 to 332 wishes – and countin [...]

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Fuel Prices Catching Up With Reality?

A little while ago, we asked whether Indian politicians had the courage to raise prices at the fuel pump in response to the country's ballooning crude oil import costs.

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BJP activists block traffic during a protest against petrol price hike in New Delhi on Monday.

Well, it's time to hand out some partial credit. Over the weekend, with state elections in the rearview mirror, state-owned fuel retailers raised petrol prices five rupees per liter.  They've got to do another price increase of the same magnitude to get their balance sheets out of the red, but the government should be commended for taking a necessary and painful step.

No one wants higher fuel prices, especially when food price inflation is causing enough problems as it is. For some, paying more at the pump is an annoying additional crimp on the monthly household budget; for others, it decimates what little disposable income they may have had. That's why people were lining up at petrol stations around New Delhi late Saturday, hours before the rate increase went into effect, to fill up their tanks. And it's why tens of millions of Indians are angry.

But the reality is that the longer India waits to get in line with plus-$100 per barrel global oil prices, the worse the e [...]

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The Council of India School of Certificate Examination CISCE declare the results of ICSE and ISC 2011 today at 17th May 2011 on Tuesday. ICSE Results 2011 - India's one of the top most result and important result. Students of ICSE and ISC are searching for the their results very hardly.

ISCE Results 2011 and ISC Results 2011 declare in the official website of CISCE namely www.cisce.org, and published at 3.00 PM today at 17th May 2011. Exactly at Afternoon 3.00 PM the ISCE and ISC Results 2011 will upload in the official CISCE Website.

The Students who are getting excited to see their, so please stop their excitement for few hours, because the time of ISCE Result 2011 Declaration is 3.00 PM, and before the time, result will not shown.

When the countdown ends of 3.00 PM, then check your ISCE Results 2011 from here.

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This time, the board will mark the first CCE results for 5, 00000 students, who chose optiong for the school-based test rather than the CBSE board exam. CBSE has finished evaluation and assessment of Class X students from both CCE and board. The tabulation process is in processing.

CBSE Class 10 Exam Results will be announced on 3rd week of May 2011 by the Central Board of Secondary Education.
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India Journal: Playing with Poverty Statistics

By Ranjani Iyer Mohanty

The poverty line for a given individual can be defined as the money the individual needs to achieve the minimum level of 'welfare' to not be deemed 'poor,' given its circumstances."

This is how Martin Ravallion, director of the Development Research Group at the World Bank, defines the poverty line. In 2005, the World Bank revised the international poverty line up from $1 a day to $1.25 a day, but countries are allowed to set their own national poverty line. The Planning Commission has set India's national line at 578 rupees a month, or the equivalent of 43 U.S. cents a day.

Even assuming only a charitable (to the government, that is) 30 days a month, that works out to less than 20 rupees a day. A half-litre packet of milk at Mother Dairy costs 10 rupees. One mango, those in season and heaped on carts by the side of the street, costs 10 rupees. And a cabbage …but no, your 20 rupees a day has already been spent. If you spend more than that, even on clothing or education or fuel, you cannot be termed as below the poverty line and therefore you are not eligible for BPL-related benefits and subsidies on food, shelter, and medical treatment. And note that the luxurious 20 rupees a day is for city dwellers; rural people have to spend less than 15 rupees a day in order to be below the poverty line.

The absurdity of such a low poverty line is astounding. Even the World Bank, which does not usually comment on national poverty lines, feels that [...]

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Indians Are Living Longer

Associated Press

According to a report by WHO, the average life expectancy in India rose to 65 years in 2009 as compared to 57 in 1990.

In 1990, the life expectancy for the average Indian was 57 years. Thankfully, things have changed for the better, according to a report by the World Health Organization, which indicates that the average life expectancy in India rose to 65 years in 2009.

However, this is still three years less than the global average. Japan recorded the highest life expectancy of 81 years and Malawi had the lowest, at 47 years, says the WHO's 2009 Life Expectancy report, released Friday.

In India, the life expectancy of women – 66 years – is three years more than an average male. According to the WHO 2008 Mortality and Burden of diseases report, the biggest cause of mortality in the population aged between 0-5 years in India is poor prenatal care, while for 15-60 year olds, it is non-communicable and malignant diseases.

This highlights the need for better implementation of health care policies in India.

India's neighbor China has a much higher average life expectancy of 74 years, with the average female living to 76 and the average male to 72. Pakistan, however, has a lower life expectancy than India at 64 years. In 1990, the life expectancy of an average Pakistani was two years more than the average Indian. The average life expectancy in Nepal in 2009 was 70, while for Bangladesh it was 65 and for Sri La [...]

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धर्माभिमानी हिंदु महिलेने प्रतिनिधीला खडसावले !

मुंबई, १६ मे (वार्ता.) - आज मराठी वृत्तवाहिनी 'स्टार माझा'ने योगऋषी प.पू. रामदेवबाबा यांच्या धाराशीव येथील पत्रकार परिषदेचे वृत्त दाखवले. 'उघडा डोळे, बघा नीट' असे ब्रीद असणार्‍या 'स्टार माझा'ने या वेळी मात्र

अत्यंत खोडसाळपणाने वृत्त देत योगगुरु प.पू. रामदेवबाबा यांच्यावर टीका करून हिंदुद्रोहाची संधी साधली. त्यामुळे संतप्त झालेल्या एका धर्माभिमानी हिंदु महिलेने 'स्टार माझा'च्या कार्यालयात संपर्क करून प्रतिनिधींना खडसावले. (हिंदुद्रोहाच्या विरोधात सतर्कतेने आणि तत्परतेने कृती करणार्‍या ध� [...]

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This time, the board will mark the first CCE results for 5, 00000 students, who chose optiong for the school-based test rather than the CBSE board exam. CBSE has finished evaluation and assessment of Class X students from both CCE and board. The tabulation process is in processing.
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Jayalalitha The Chief Minister Returns to Office with Gifts for Voters

On Monday, actor turned politician, Jayalalitha was sworn in for her third stint as chief minister of Tamil Nadu since being elected back in 1991. Without wasting any time the AIADMK leader dished out a lot of gifts for the state's female population and for those under the poverty line by ordering for 20 Kg of rice for the poor people of the State and 35 Kg for those who are even poorer. This is to be distributed by the State's public distribution system. The newly instated Jayalalitha the Chief Minister ordered that apart from the aid of Rs. 25,000 for marriage assistance, the poor yet educated women of the State be provided with a 'mangalsutra' made from four grams of pure gold as well. For those women who are educated with a degree or diploma and are yet poor the assistance was doubled to a sum of Rs.50, 000.

She also further hiked the compensation to fishermen during the 45 day period ban on fishing and raised pension rates for destitute, differently disabled and old women to Rs.1000. The maternity leave for women working for the state government was also extended to six months.

Earlier in the day Jayalalitha the Chief Minister was sworn in at the Universary Centenary hall by Governor Surjit Singh Barnala. The oath taking was attended by the likes of Gujarat Chief Minister, Narendra Modi, DMDMK leader A. Vijayakanth, former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minster Chandrababu Naidu and several personalities from the Tamil film industry. Earlier in the elections the AIADMK led coalition won 203 of the 234 seats in the state of which 150 were procured by the AIADMK itself.[...]

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Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) . Has been released their Latest exam results 2011 of CBSE 10th class & CCE expected on may 16th 2011.Student's can be check results of CBSE result 2011 of class x lucknow region. The results of tenth class results in Delhi May 2011 At cbseresults.nic.in Result of class 10th 2011 in Delhi.

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कोटी कोटी प्रणाम !

ॐ आनंदं हिमालयं विष्णुं गरुडध्वजं ॐ ।

ॐ शिवं दत्तं गायत्री सरस्वती महालक्ष्मी प्रणमाम्यहं ॐ ।।

(योगतज्ञ प.पू. दादाजी वैशंपायन यांनी हिमालयात सिद्ध केलेला मंत्र)

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It is very easy to see CBSE Result 2011 Class X. Yes guys CBSE Result 2011 Class X announced soon. You can see your CBSE Result 2011 Class X here. Just feed your roll no. here and get your CBSE Result 2011 Class X. Best Of Luck Friends !!!

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