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India celebrated her 60th Independence Day today.The nation has remembered its glory and its heritage and its development since the last 6 decades. In regards to this AOL.in has published a set of pictures that INDIA possessed in 1947 and the same in 2007.

Washington, August 9 2007: The US space shuttle Endeavour has lifted off from the Kennedy Space Centre at Cape Canaveral, Florida, bound for the International Space Station (ISS). The spacecraft with seven astronauts on board is on an 11-day mission to install a 2.5-tonne solar panel on the ISS, conduct repairs on the orbiting station and deliver of supplies . Endeavour's last flight in November 2002 was the US shuttle fleet's last mission before the shuttle Columbia exploded on re-entry on February 1, 2003, killing all seven astronauts and temporarily halting the space programme. All shuttle flights were suspended , and the three remaining shuttles in the fleet were modernised during the years since the Columbia disaster. Endeavour reached orbit in eight and a half minutes after taking off Wednesday. Earlier, NASA crews filled Endeavour's external fuel tank in preparation for launch. Commander Scott Kelly leads the Endeavour mission. The crew includes astronaut Barbara Mor...

65th anniversary of Quit India Movement New Delhi, August 9: The nation is celebrating the 65th anniversary of Quit India Movement Thursday. On this day in 1942, Mahatma Gandhi launched a mass civic disobedience for the independence of India. A number of functions have been organised through out the country to mark the occasion. The Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh will release a book on Satyagraha in New Delhi Thursday evening. All India Radio-Delhi will broadcast live the launching of the book by the Prime Minister from 5.55 pm onwards on Delhi-D and additional frequencies. In Gujarat, nearly two million tree saplings are being planted to mark the occasion. The Maharashtra Government is launching the Nirdhar Darshan campaign from the August Kranti Maidan in Mumbai to highlight the spirit of Indian freedom struggle. Nirdhar Darshan will consist of five exhibitions which will be displayed in different parts of the state and country. A special postage stamp will be releas...

I found these facts in an IT magazine and wanna share these with you.Happenings in the last month observed were.. India has added 6.3 million mobile customers in May 2007. India would need 3,50,000 telecom towers by 2010 (The current number is 1,10,000) India is one of the first countries where digital music sales(Rs.1,026 crore or 10.3 billion)exceeded physical music sales(Rs.756 crore or Rs.7.6 billion)in 2006-07. The number of billion dollar companies in India has gone up from 29 (2001-02) to 71(2006-07) ,While the Chinese count has gone upto 90 from 18 over the same period. India has 203 paved runways, while USA has 5,119 paved runways. Insurance premium in India have dramatically increased from 525 crore (Rs 5.2 billion) in 1999-2000 to Rs 22,268 crore (Rs 222.7 billion) in 2006-07 ,thanks to privatization. 515 million people buy a newspaper everyday,while newspaper sales are going down marginally in the Western World (thanks to the internet),they are increasing in Asi...

Big Thanks for Everyone. You created history.And The TAJ MAHAL is in the list. From among the list of 21 competitors that were selected from over 77 participants all over the world.The day is marked in world history.The Taj accounted with over 10 million polls (even though its not more than 1% of the INDIAN population ). The voting for the new 7 wonders had received about 80 million votes worldwide .The New 7 wonders list now include Chichén Itzá, Mexico Christ Redeemer, Brazil The Great Wall, China Machu Picchu, Peru Petra, Jordan The Roman Colloseum, Italy The Taj Mahal, India

Vote For Our Taj.. Let its Beauty be eternal.. Lets its significance not de diminished.. Vote for the glory!! Vote our Taj .. SMS Taj Name Age M/F City and send it to 4567 .You can also vote online at www.new7wonders.com .Hurry !! Last date is on 07 jun 2007.

Welcome to my first blog .After reading alot of blogs i found that bloggers are very expressive and of all most creative people. The way they express things astonished me.. I may not be so expressive but was trying to throw a stone on this stuff about how can i find this one useful.Nothing much to express today... Will post some content when i feel something to be discussed...