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As per government norms all Indian car manufactures should adopt BS IV standards before the end of April 2010. To be in track with the latest requirements, Maruti announced the new 2010 version of its popular hatchback Swift. The new Maruti Swift 2010 petrol includes the latest Kb series engine that is already being used in Ritz and others. The main advantage Kseries engine are its fuel efficiency and pollution control. The new Swift 2010 petrol with K series engine has proved in test labs to deliver maximum mileage of upto 18 kmpl. It also has the new enhanced transmission system for smooth performance. Swift Diesel 2010 model comes with the same award winning DDis engine.

Maruti Suzuki Swift 2010 with KB series engine:

Suzuki surround protection: All new Swift comes with premium security options like ABS, EBD, airbags etc. Other security features includes crash resistant, power absorbing trim design, adjustable steering column and front seat belt with pre-tensioners. These pre-tensioners in Swift 2010 instantly tightens the seat belt in the event of crash, and save the user from moving towards front side.

New K series engine: Suzuki Swift 2010 comes with new powerful 1.2L litre 16 valve K series engine. KB series engine provide top level driving comfort without comprising on mileage. This 16 valve DOHC engine is lightweight and prevents frictional and ther losses. Thus it improves spark plug life and avoids frequent oil changes . Swift 2010 with K series engine produce lesser noise and vibrations and has enhanced pollution control.

Specifications of the Swift K series 2010 petrol:

1197cc 4 cylinder 16 valve engine with maximum Power 85ps @ 6,000rpm at maximum Torque 113Nm @ 4,500rpm.
Five-speed manual synchronized transmission in all gears and one reverse.
Front disc brakes.
Turning radius: 4.7 metres.
Suspension Front McPherson strut and coil spring
Rear Torsion beam and coil spring
Fuel tank capacity: 43 litres.

Top model Swift ZXI 2010 comes with extra features:

Integrated audio controls on steering wheel, electric windows on front and rear, audio system and 4 speakers, key warning buzzer, key with remote control, seat belt with pretensioners, ABS with EBD, Dual front airbags, tubeless alloys, Rear windows wiper and demister, fog lamps, electromagnetic type tailgate opener, colored outside door mirror cowls and handles, Rear parcel shelf, cigarette lighter, driver seat height adjuster, Tilt steering, Antenna, with all other normal features like power steering central lock etc.

Swift 2010 comes very sporty design and rally based suspension system. Thus the handling and comfort level of the new model has attained new levels.

Maruti recently hiked the price of all car models expect Eco, new Swift petrol with KB series and Gypsy. These are latest price of Swift 2010 ZXI, VXI , LXI, VXI with ABS K series petrol and and Swift Diesel VDI models.

As always the Diesel variant of Swift 2010 has higher on road price than K series powered Swift petrol. The advantage of Swift diesel is its driving smoothness, mileage and resale value. K series improved the mileage of Swift petrol models. Its now stable, produce less noise, requires less maintenance and provide more mileage. So getting Swift 2010 with Kseries engine is recommended over diesel model if you are using your car for home use.

Maruti Suzuki aims to tighten their position in medium-premium hatchback segment with the launch of Swift with K series engine. The price point, specifications, and after sales services takes it far beyond others. Anyways Indians are also advised to wait and test drive upcoming hatchbacks Volkswagen Polo, Ford Figo, Toyota Etios etc. before making any decision.

All his lifetime, Shastri was known for madness and comedian. He was the first person to be posthumously awarded the Bharat Ratna, and a memorial “Vijay Ghat” was built for him in Delhi. Several educational institutes, Shashtri National Academy of Administration (Mussorie) is after his name these were some examples. The Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute was named after Shastri due to his role in promoting scholarly activity between India and Canada.

In 2005, the Government of India created a chair in his honour in the field of democracy and governance at Delhi University.

President Pratibha Devisingh Patil gave away the prestigious ‘Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award for Excellence in Public Administration, Academics and Management for 2010′ to renowned social activist Aruna Roy at the Rashtrapati Bhawan here today.

The award carries a cash prize of five lakh rupees, a citation and a plaque and the awardee will be designated as Lal Bahadur Shastri Fellow.

Aruna Roy, who is also a member of the National Advisory Council (NAC), said the award-symbolized people’s effort towards being part of a policymaking decision.

“This award is particularly the recognition of the Right to Information, and of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, which also established that people can make policy, that people can define the needs with political representatives, with the government, with the Press, with the intellectuals, with the management experts and bring everyone together on a common platform to make something which benefits everybody in the country at large,” said Aruna Roy.

Aruna Roy, who has worked towards spreading awareness of the Right to Information Act and its execution, was earlier in 2000 awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Community Leadership.

Endhiran Box Office First Day Collection, The below is an interesting calculation by a Canada based FM radio on Robot (Endhiran) Box office prediction. I guess, If we put realistic numbers for the Tamil & Telugu 1700 prints as the first week booking is going to be full, then calculation will be over Rs. 500 crore in a week?????

Endhiran is the costliest Indian movie ever made. Even the Hindi super stars never made a movie to this cost.
It is heard that the total cost can be between Rs. 160 crore to Rs. 200 crore Indian Rupees as the promo expenses are not over yet. Rajinikanth’s salary also depends on the profit, as his final salary number is decided by the profit of the movie (His salary is expected to be around Rs. 45 crore).
The main question is “Would this be a profitable movie or going to be another flop like Baba?” All Rajini fans would see it but would that save it from flop?
Sun pictures have less worry about south, mainly Andhra and Tamilnadu. For north, Sun has ensured no big competition at Robot release time in Hindi. Ranbir’s Anjaana Anjaani will be no direct threat as released on Sept 24th (update: It is postponed to Oct 1st now due to Ayodhya verdict) and Salman’s already super hit Dabanng will be in 4th week on Oct 1. This will help to avoid audience split. Still, one more fear is there. Ayodhya Babar-Masjid verdict is given on Sept 24th. How is the verdict going to be and how people are going to take it will have some effect on cinema goers and promotions on following week?

onstipation can be overlooked as the cause of severe or intermittent abdominal pain, as a reporting of symptoms alone does not always establish that a child has constipation, she said.Our study helps to show that constipation frequently causes acute abdominal pain and that a physician should not just ask the parent if the child is constipated because the parent may have not been able to see all the signs of this condition.The doctor should perform an abdominal examination and a rectal examination to see if the child is retaining stool, said Loening, who sees patients at University of Iowa Children’s Hospital.

Viruses or bacteria can cause abdominal pain, typically from stomach flu or gut flu. Viral infections tend to go away quickly, while bacterial infections may need an antibiotic to get better.Food poisoning, food allergies, eating excessive food, or gas production any of these can cause bloating and temporary discomfort.This can range from simple problems, such as eating soap, to more serious issues like swallowing iron pills or an overdose of medications.These include appendicitis and blockage of the bowels.Things outside the abdomen can cause abdominal pain. For example, a child can have abdominal pain from complications of diabetes or from a black widow spider bite.

Many things can cause pain in your child’s abdomen. Pain may be caused by an infection or an injury. The pain may be due to a serious problem or by something as simple as gas. It can be caused by nerves being stretched, or by appendicitis. Diarrhea or constipation may also cause your child to have pain in your belly.An injury or a stomach or bowel infection may cause belly pain. Things your child eats or drinks may cause your stomach to be upset and cause belly pain. Or, it may not be known what is causing your child’s abdominal pain.

The likely diagnosis is often suggested by the child’s age and clinical features.The causes of acute abdominal pain in children will be discussed in this review. The emergent evaluation of children with acute abdominal pain and the evaluation and management of children with chronic abdominal pain are discussed separately.The most common surgical cause for childhood abdominal pain is appendicitis. This usually presents with pain starting in the center of the abdomen moving to the right side. It can be associated with nausea, vomiting and loss of appetite. Prompt surgical attention is needed and the child must be taken to the emergency room immediately.

Honey is known as a compound made up of fructose sugar molecules linked together in long chains fructooligosaccharide, which can also be found in other plants such as Jerusalem artichoke tubers, onions, leeks, barley, rye, oats. FOS are also available as a nutritional supplement and the food industry is jumping on the band wagon by adding FOS such as honey to yoghurts, and combining milk and honey to form healthy food. Benefits of FOS are numerous.

honey milk health benefits

They help carry moisture through the digestive system and therefore promoting healthy bowel movements. Growth of the beneficial bacteria encourages the production of short chain fatty acids, lowering pH, inhibiting unhealthy bacteria land detoxifying carcinogens in the diet.

The health benefits of honey and milk include skin care and stamina development. This article elaborates the health benefits of milk and honey taken together. For health benefits of honey click here. For health benefits of organic milk click here.Both honey and milk posses antimicrobial and cleansing properties. These properties are enhanced when the two are taken together.

Numerous cleansers are prepared using milk and honey as the mixture gives a glowing skin. One can also enjoy a milk and honey bath, by mixing them in equal quantities. The combination is used in various spas throughout the world.Milk and honey are terrific in skin care because they’re soothing and nourishing for the skin.Both milk and honey have natural properties that help alleviate redness and calm irritated skin; both are hydrating; and both provide gentle, skin-renewing

Vitamin B3 and its many forms: niacin, niacinamide and inositol hexaniacinate has been used for many years now as a therapeutic vitamin to relieve quite a number of conditions.This derivative of pyridine plays a significant role in the growth and development of the human body and is found in various plant and animal tissues. Niacin plays a vital role in the breakdown and utilization of all major foods in the body of vertebrates.

B3 vitamin benefits

Atherosclerosis Research Center, Department of Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, Division of Cardiology, University of California at Irvine states “Niacin is the most effective medication in current clinical use for increasing high density lipoprotein cholesterol.It also has significant effects in maintaining normal nerve and brain functions, enhancing memory, as well as in the proper digestion and absorption of carbohydrates, fats and proteins.Niacin is essentially used to lower high cholesterol levels. You may get Vitamin B3 in medical stores but, it is always sensible to buy niacin on doctor’s advice. Vitamin B3 and its subsequent forms such as niacin is popularly a therapeutic vitamin used to relive many bodily ailments.

The most renowned of all the benefits of vitamin B3 is its significant effect in lowering and controlling cholesterol levels. In fact, there are now a good number of people who use niacin to lower cholesterol.vitamin B3 benefits also include: maintaining healthy skin, increasing ones circulation and the vitamin can also help lower high blood pressure.The vitamin has also been noted that it may boost energy levels.

Niacin mainly comes in 3 types or forms nicotinic acid and Niacinamide, Inositol Hexaniacinate for aiding several people in the form of supplement tablets or doses. Nicotinic acid helps reduce high blood cholesterol levels, whereas Niacinamide may be found in nutritional supplements.Vitamin b3 is necessary for red blood cell formation and blood circulation, lowers cholesterol and is a vasodilator. It assists in the maintenance of skin, nerves, and blood vessels.

Other Benefits Of Niacinamide Vitamin:

1.Gastrointestinal tract.

2.Sex:

Niacin helps in making sex related hormones for people having sex problems.

3.Pellagra:

People with weak muscles, indigestion problems, skin irritations or pellagra may have severe vitamin B3 deficiency. Such people need to have an increased dosage of vitamin B3 supplements.

4.Daily Dosages:

Ideally women should have at least 15mg to 18mg in a day. It is extremely beneficial for women, who are on pills. Even those who occasionally use sleeping pills may have a vitamin B3 deficiency. Men should consume 15mg to 19 mg every day, whereas children should have 9mg to 13mg dosage of vitamin B3 each day.

5.Foodstuff:

6.Poor digestion could be improved.

Vitamin B3 may be found in meat, turkey, tuna fish, eggs, poultry products, curds, brewer’s yeasts, peanuts, legumes, potatoes, cheese, brown rice, oats, barley, wheat flakes and milk. Foodstuffs like bread and cereals are also rich in niacin. Even tryptophan rich foods like yoghurt and eggs may boost niacin levels.

7.Water soluble:

Niacin is a water-soluble vitamin that can travel through the human blood stream and body has the option to discharge excess vitamins through the process of urination. Therefore, such vitamins may be administered to human beings through food and liquid, as our body does need a constant supply.

8.Cholesterol:

Intake of large quantity of niacin such as 1100 or more milligrams in a day has been proven to considerably reduce the bad cholesterol LDL and raising the good cholesterol HDL for preventing the thickening of artery walls.

9.Potential reduction in heart attacks, depression, and migraine headaches.

10.Energy:

Vitamin B3 performs the important function of converting proteins, carbohydrates and fats into energy.

11.Benefits for pregnant or breastfeeding women.

Story: Dr Vasi (Rajnikanth) is a scientist with a mission. He wants to create the first robot which would not only serve tea and coffee to its masters but would have the power to serve humanity in more meaningful ways.

He creates Chitti, the humanoid who looks like him and is willing to do anything for him. Trouble begins when he goes a step further and teaches the machine to feel. Chitti falls in love with the professor's girl friend, Sana (Aishwarya Rai) and ends up becoming an almost undefeatable rival in love, courtesy the red chip that a rival scientist (Danny Denzongpa) infuses in him. Can the creator tame the rogue robot or will machine rule over man?

Movie Review: Want to see what mainstream Indian cinema actually means? Go, watch Robot. The last 30 minutes of the film are literally the baap (grandmaster) of all make-believe and end up creating a whole new genre of cinema: the `curry eastern' which stands up as a wholesome alternative to the curry western. For Rajnikanth fans, the climax is definitely a sure-fire way to lose your sanity.

For non-Rajnikanth fans, it's a sure-fire way to understand the mystique and magical allure of Rajni saar, a hero who enjoys a demi-god status in several parts of India. Why? Because there are almost a hundred Rajnikanths eating up helicopters, smashing cars, battering planet earth and creating havoc, like never before. If you thought Terminator, Matrix, Godzilla was fun, then we guarantee you'll fall off your chair with glee as our desi T2-meets-Blade Runner-meets Neo-meets-Godzilla sets the screen on fire in a crazy, vengeance bid. Spoofy, yes. But super fun too.

Robot is primarily designed as an unadulterated tribute to the charisma of Indian cinema's ageless superstar, Rajnikanth. And it's completely, wholeheartedly, joyously desi. Where else would you find a hero who literally shoots with his fingers! What's more important is the fact that you actually don't mind when the bullet whizzes out of his forefinger and hits the man in front in the head. Instant death! Ha Ha!

The high point of Robot are the super quality special effects. All the Spiderman, Batman and Superhero antics of Rajnikanth have been done with exquisite elan by the Stan Winston Studio which reportedly provided the animatrics for films like Jurassic Park and Avatar. And all the stunts have been choreographed by Yuen Woo Ping, the Hong Kong based action director who created the high-adrenalin stunts of classics like Kill Bill and Matrix. Almost 40 per cent of the film's colossal budget (Rs 160 crores) has been spent on special effects, which, at the end of the day, seems all worthwhile. For watching Rajnikanth running horizontal on a speeding train, clambering across burning buildings like Spiderman or mutating into gargantuan monsters does manage to shock and awe the viewer who's out there to have big time fun.

But Robot isn't effect alone. It has a plot too which, if you really pay attention, has a meaning and a message. The film carries forward the man-machine war through interesting twists and turns and creates a lively love triangle between scientist Rajnikanth, medico student, Aishwarya Rai and robot Rajnikanth. Interestingly, the duo make an interesting pair, what with Rajni saar's sundry wigs and sideburns and Aishwarya's tribal `Kilimanjaro-Mohenjodaro' attire. Peppered with colourful songs (AR Rahman) and dances (Prabhu Deva, Raju Sundaram) and high-octane drama, Robot is the perfect getaway film, guaranteed to give you a high with its heady over-the-top Indian flavour. You might just OD (overdose) on the pungent masala fare.

Rear wheel drive is 4-speed trans axle (manually actuated )which offers the car better fuel efficiency
No Radio and Power windows are there, as well as no air conditioning, air bags, anti lock brakes, or not any remote locks or power steering are provided.
Wheel bearing is enough strong for driving the car at 72kmph but would wear out fast at high speeds.
Speedometer is analogue, with odometer and fuel gauge.
Windscreen wiper – Single

Speed of TATA Nano : Top speed - 105kmph

Nano Dimension:

Length - 3.1m
Height - 1.6 m
Width - 1.5 m

Tata Nano Engine specifications:

Multi point fuel injection petrol engine
33 bhp
Cylinders – 2 of 624 cc
Rear-wheel drive.
Engine is rear mounted.
Gasoline engine with 2-cylinder is used in a car with single balancer shaft for a 1st time.
Anti-vibe balancer shaft

Safety features for Tata Nano -:

Sheet metal body
Crumple zones
Intrusion resistant doors
Strong seats and anchorages
Seat belts
Tubeless Tires
Rear tailgate glass bonded to the body

How green is Tata Nano?

Tailpipe emission is more than existing regulatory requirements.
Overall pollution level is lower than two-wheelers.
Fuel efficiency is 20 km/litre, that makes sure low carbon dioxide productions.

Front Bonnet

Holds Battery
Wind-Shield washer bottle
Room for single suitcase
Spare wheel

When gas costs skyrocketed a few past years, various people rapidly took an interest in alternative energy and fuels. Furthermore as requirement grew, companies rapidly start themselves mandatory to take interest. The majority of the usual arguments for alternative energy and fuels focus on problems of pollution, price, reliance, and jobs.

What nearly all people do not understand is that alternative energy and fuels always have ecological consequence s. This may be by means of a heat generation, air pollutants, dissipated by-products, land manipulation, lineage, etc. Rather, we should talk regarding advantages and disadvantages of each kind of energy and fuel. There is no gray shot. Prices, reliance, and jobs too differ depending on the energy type.

There are a multitude of alternative energies being checked. Wind powered energy plants are previously prepared in number of parts of the world. Solar energy production has laid big steps ahead in assistance of nano technology. Nanosolar company is one example. Nanosolar is manufacturing solar cells which are 100 times slimmer than traditional cells. Not lone are the cells cheaper to manufacture, but they also translate the solar energy much more effectively. OTEC that is ‘Ocean thermal energy conversion’ utilizes the temperature variations in the ocean layers to deliver energy. Plus OTEC may use this colder water (36 degree F cooler) in other things such as on shore farming and refrigeration. And the list increases.

Great interest was produced in alternative fuels this past year after gas prices crossed record levels. New advancements in battery technology might help. One such advancement is Millennium Cell's hydrogen battery technology. This technology varies significantly from conventional rechargeable batteries in which it is immediately rechargeable. It moreover has a much great effectiveness for energy conversion, so it is greatly smaller and lighter. There is in addition greater recycle efficiency as you do not require to swap the entire battery. You just requre to replace the energy module. Improvement s are enduring in biodiesel, methanol, hydrogen, electric, etc. I believe there might be some serious future synergy among nano technology and alternative energy