tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31523860378874514862024-03-12T16:22:03.264-07:002dosclicUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152386037887451486.post-57141658345949997162015-03-17T22:50:00.001-07:002015-04-30T23:54:52.465-07:00World Cup fever on, these bats are selling like hot cakes<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Few can miss the sight of cricket bats arranged on the footpath of Dr. Nelson Mandela Road in Bannimantap, near the arch gate entrance to Bal Bhavan. <br />
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Many passers-by, particularly cricket-crazy youngsters, stop by, hold the bats by the rubber grip on the handle and swing them for the kick of it. For prices ranging from Rs. 50 to Rs. 250 depending on the size, these hand-made bats made out of locally-available wood are preferred by many youth for their light weight.<br />
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A group of artisans from Anand in Gujarat make their annual visit to the city to make and sell these bats to wannabe cricketers. “We make a trip once a year before the onset of summer and stay put for around five to six months to make and sell these bats,” said Rajesh, who was selling the bats on Sunday.<br />
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Though he dropped out of school after eighth standard, Rajesh is updated about the progress of matches at the ongoing Cricket World Cup. “On an average week, all of us put together manage to sell around 40 to 50 bats, which are made out of neem tree wood. During vacations, we may sell more,” he said.<br />
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Fellow artisan Ganga said her husband procures wood locally and makes the bats, while she and her mother Savitha, who was polishing the bats with a brush, sell them. “Back in Gujarat, we make tables, chairs and other furniture items,” she said.<br />
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The artisans, some accompanied by young children, are staying in sheds behind the highway to Bengaluru on a rent of Rs. 1,000 per month. Ganga said her son Deepak, who studies in a school in Gujarat, misses classes when they are here. <br />
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“The school-going children of artisans are generally left behind in Gujarat with their grandparents. But, if the grandparents also come, the children can’t be left behind. They will, however, resume classes on their return,” Rajesh added.<br />
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Meanwhile, the World Cup and approaching vacations appear to have spurred the sales of cricket bats. “I have been buying one bat a year from them for the last three years. It is lighter than the branded bats made in factories and sold in stores,” said Ahmed, a high school student.<br />
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“The bat I bought two years ago is still good enough to play. Only, I have grown taller. But, the bat I bought three years ago turned out to be made of hollow wood and broke within a week. I only hope this bat lasts long enough,” Ahmed added.<br />
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source:thehindu.com</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152386037887451486.post-16560727024950744712015-03-06T04:55:00.003-08:002015-04-30T23:55:34.567-07:00China sets lowest growth target in two decades after reality check<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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China has set a growth target of 7 per cent for 2015, lowest in two
decades. The lowered ambition reflects declining exports and foreign
investments besides the government's fear of slipping into a "middle
income trap" along with problems like industrial pollution. <br /><br />
"Downward pressure on China's economy has continued to mount, and we
have faced an array of interwoven difficulties and challenges," Chinese
premier Li Keqiang said while explaining why he chose a gross domestic
product target that was even lower than the achievement of 7.4% in 2014.
<br /><br /> China would end 2015 with the highest ever budget deficit of
2.3 per cent of gross domestic product against last year's 2.1 %, the
premier said. The country has entered an era of low growth rates, which
is the "new normal" he told the 3000-strong session of deputies at the
National People's Congress, the parliament. The low target in the
world's second biggest economy is bound to cause apprehensions in
several national capitals because the Chinese economy has been driving
economic growth in several countries. Chinese planners delivered an
average growth of nearly 10% in the 35 years between 1978 and 2013. <br /><br /> The country's economic growth was 7.7 per cent in 2012 and 2013, and 7.4 per cent against a target of 7.5% last year. <br /><br />
"In order to defuse problems and risks, avoid falling into the 'middle
income trap', and achieve modernization, China must rely on development,
and development requires an appropriate growth rate," Li said
justifying his decision. <br /><br /> The premier said the target "takes
into consideration what is needed and what is possible". Even at this
rate, it would be possible to meet Beijing's goal of building a
"moderately prosperous society", Li said. He also promised to create 10
million new jobs. <br /><br /> "If China's economy can grow at this rate for
a relatively long time, we will secure a more solid material foundation
for modernization," he added. His government would continue to invest
heavily in infrastructure and upgrading of shanty towns. An allocation
of $130 billion will be spend in railway construction this year. "We
will implement the 'Made in China 2025' strategy, seek innovation-driven
development, apply smart technology, strengthen foundations, pursue
green development and redouble our efforts to upgrade China from a
manufacturer of quantity to one of quality," Li said reiterating his
promise that sounds similar to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Make in
India' program. <br /><br /> He also promised a greater role for private
business in the economy, which he said would be further opened up by
halving the number of industries in which foreign investment is
restricted.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152386037887451486.post-458869772506863062014-12-20T21:13:00.000-08:002015-04-30T23:56:28.342-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Introduction</h3>
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Google is soon going to make some new add-on and
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_mark" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="ae159d2a-7fd2-49c0-8d04-be3dce1593ae" id="cd0a4b22-aa13-497b-9884-3d275e03e7e3">modifications</span> in its Homepage. Now, users will be able to perform operations
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_mark" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="0b582d56-def5-4d85-9516-c4aaca77f2ba" id="d3e7868f-a1dd-498c-bc3c-6ef24f853e8d">other</span> than normal searches! This new featured homepage has been named as
‘<b>Google Now</b>’. Read more to know how it is different from the current Google homepage.</div>
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What is Google Now</h3>
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<b></b><span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_mark" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="3213f65d-e78f-42cf-bea0-49fb46bf0e9d" id="01bef0d9-2853-4ac8-8269-f023efeac895"><b>Google Now</b> is</span> a smartly designed <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_mark" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="3213f65d-e78f-42cf-bea0-49fb46bf0e9d" id="9a9afae3-c687-4eb9-b17f-a7ea2ab1d50f">homepage</span> that will collect
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_mark" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="5131d2b9-c090-44e8-8e61-b80214f0dddb" id="7322b3dc-4f2f-49b9-90d9-93032101a27e">the</span> history and data of an individual user, and provide them search results
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_mark" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="f4a331ae-0d14-4fe1-a17a-61630d5c2f3a" id="df6f1a16-8ed2-4d49-b9c6-a5d5da2ad2f2">based</span> on their own priorities and interests. For instance, if you are a <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_mark" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="cf4b8a8e-eeca-405d-9ce0-2331cad62b97" id="f978ada5-af43-4887-9fca-1e09d0860d7a">sports</span>
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_mark" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="f39f8d20-b9a7-42e3-b99a-c0b56dfdb9b1" id="8fab0ad4-a2bb-4d0a-be30-3e355a1b4209">lover</span> and <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_mark" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="f39f8d20-b9a7-42e3-b99a-c0b56dfdb9b1" id="e8164d57-cdf6-460b-8f8b-3e9379020d72">usually come</span> to Google for searching/reading on Cricket or any other
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_mark" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="1589f337-ee7a-4e3b-b9ce-55e171434634" id="28314a46-fa0c-4e16-8ef5-690cc71ead59">sports</span>, the ‘Google Now’ will now provide you more targeted search results for
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_mark" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="4adb98bc-4025-4d0d-8218-3acfc7831674" id="8d71892a-05aa-4e6f-ae76-4354aba18b8c">the</span> stuff you search. It will provide you the latest scores of your favorite
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_mark" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="14c209c9-f26a-43dd-8a64-39695ef662cb" id="115eba28-8f86-4458-b47c-e79c36f248e1">sports</span> automatically. Also, this new homepage from Google will work as a news
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_mark" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="51ddd4cb-aafb-497d-9cbc-4de85a4436b1" id="161581e8-f9a8-4a91-b55d-965415a26179">reader</span> for you and will let you know all of the top and <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_mark" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="51ddd4cb-aafb-497d-9cbc-4de85a4436b1" id="63b89704-a748-4a71-bf6e-10befd91a445">latest news</span> about <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_mark" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="51ddd4cb-aafb-497d-9cbc-4de85a4436b1" id="65bbe461-9e01-4d79-aade-89d312a50cd9">your</span>
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_mark" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="bb1861be-4745-4311-9a17-8e199d71013c" id="35cb1bff-bdaf-44c2-8263-46a2093e77a1">search</span> term and the most searched topics (by you) on <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_mark" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="bb1861be-4745-4311-9a17-8e199d71013c" id="ca79a185-c182-45ee-8f09-cd4cc9be5bd7">homepage</span> itself.<br />
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<img alt="Google's logo" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinpnpN66VSMjQ6xgpBV44RZqXH9nBbGMC9vGOHNpUo47AM9PfAnzUfo7LJdOKJEMXPeNKIZ19TyP4G7_WFGM2M6USbcqM_ki-be21vifFwGNB32XmxQw55BKtFTF2jgdaiK5SndLRZGEg/s320/g1.png" height="106" title="Google's logo" width="320" /></div>
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Not just
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_mark" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="7911ae7e-ef0d-4994-be49-2984d52377c4" id="7b35256b-44b0-4c9a-a547-09736ec60c20">that</span>, ‘Google Now’ works as a fully packed GPS that tracks <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_mark" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="7911ae7e-ef0d-4994-be49-2984d52377c4" id="ed1ba74e-701e-4a9b-99ba-f3f88df552c5">you</span> place and
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_mark" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="2a316dc1-1a5f-47d9-b3a6-aa7788861e8b" id="48494ded-f6ba-4802-9a62-6e1a3d81fc87">location</span> and lets you know about the temperature, latest/recent news ‘from <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_mark" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="2a316dc1-1a5f-47d9-b3a6-aa7788861e8b" id="3f431d7a-8ebb-4dd7-840c-ad2c9f25775a">your</span>
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_mark" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="64d259a3-7870-4e2a-8080-cfdabe94e682" id="5ef208dd-4581-4804-8416-31ed769dc300">place</span>’, the condition of traffic and shortcut ways/paths to dodge the traffic
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_mark" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="cbca3105-6a31-4d92-b78e-5ea75b393fd1" id="bd3a56fd-6da1-4f6c-afa1-64e2fe894ad7">as</span> well. You will be able to manually set your location, your
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_mark" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="bbb82944-e121-42d0-ae7e-f449129bc4a4" id="bebc065e-3e7d-4c54-9b91-00cd0f12880d">office</span>/home/current locations on Google Now, to make the best use of this
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_mark" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="6f6684c4-e7d3-4247-bb03-11014442c372" id="8c2a8e6a-41fb-4ffb-819c-5401afb9f83a">featured</span> all-in-one <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_mark" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="6f6684c4-e7d3-4247-bb03-11014442c372" id="34dcc900-12a8-4d53-a183-8442ad954f1e">homepage</span>.</div>
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<b>Google Now is yet to
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The recent news from the Google’s ‘<i>Google System</i>’ says that their team is currently working on this
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_mark" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="ed0856d9-2e45-48b6-9b95-2edd4b056c49" id="889757b4-3b21-4e82-9fa8-2d54111aec8a">smart</span> homepage. Once, all the testing and examining of the new homepage will be
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_mark" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="2ff785b4-9b4d-4c86-af25-c85e7c6fa2b6" id="08b26665-b0ff-4a52-ab68-a4c3f940bb16">done</span>, Google will completely introduce its Google Now <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_mark" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="2ff785b4-9b4d-4c86-af25-c85e7c6fa2b6" id="6047df0a-1415-468e-81a2-7caea5d6e965">screen</span> to the WWW. Google states,
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_mark" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="b1323c81-c2cf-44cb-b5b9-3e49835bf481" id="ae7ef567-e1ff-4921-a19a-483ba3c8d3f9">that</span> the users will be able to use this feature on their Smartphone too.</div>
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While other search engines are doing their best to win the
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_mark" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="80a50fb8-6972-4521-96ed-8ca193e0025a" id="1696acc4-91ff-4608-98ea-58f4fcff2815">race</span>, Google Now from <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_mark" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="80a50fb8-6972-4521-96ed-8ca193e0025a" id="ebb34eea-38d7-4d49-8362-531c9d19a14c">is</span> another example from Google that simply says, Google
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_mark" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="638faebe-a661-434f-8236-2533cb1d1330" id="f7b00fa8-59f5-4952-b773-37e8816ad474">was</span>, is and will <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_mark" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="638faebe-a661-434f-8236-2533cb1d1330" id="3440bd39-7744-40e8-af14-862696130ad3">be the winner always</span>. Let’s see, how <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_mark" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="866b0d77-5010-4556-8da5-e06dedc28bfb" id="8670ba99-4d53-48a2-a700-c58d02e4fe09">longer</span> we need to wait
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welcome<br />Saving is income not spent, or deferred consumption. Methods of saving include putting money aside in, for example, a deposit account, a pension account, an investment fund, or as cash. Saving also involves reducing expenditures, such as recurring costs. In terms of personal finance, saving generally specifies low-risk preservation of money, as in a deposit account, versus investment, wherein risk is higher; in economics more broadly, it refers to any income not used for immediate consumption.
"Saving" differs from "savings." The former refers to an increase in one's assets, an increase in net worth, whereas the latter refers to one part of one's assets, usually deposits in savings accounts, or to all of one's assets. Saving refers to an activity occurring over time, a flow variable, whereas savings refers to something that exists at any one time, a stock variable. This distinction is often misunderstood, and even professional economists and investment professionals will often refer to "saving" as "savings" (for example, Investopedia confuses the two terms in its page on the "savings rate").
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