From Hum Tum cartoon strips in newspapers preceding the film’s release

From Hum Tum cartoon strips in newspapers preceding the film’s release, as also in popular TV soap Jassi Jaisi Koi Nahin, to bags and caps, their strategy proved as humungous a hit as the film itself! Salaam Namaste promoted the trendy coffee mugs from which Preity and Saif slugged, and later slugged it out, in the film. And as this year’s most anticipated flick hits theatres, pre-launch for Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna, or KANK as the watchword has spread, has invaded news channels to youth music channels, to key-chains, pens and mugs, as the producers left no stone unturned in doing as much as they KANK!

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INCOME AND HEAD COUNT

It’s official now. The Rajya Sabha has been informed that India’s per capita income stands at Rs 23,222 annually at current prices over the year 2004- 05 (the new revised estimates were released by the Central Statistical Organisation on May 31, 2006).

During 2004-05, Chandigarh has recorded the highest per capita income – at Rs 67,370 per annum. Next up is Pondicherry that has a per capita income of Rs 56,034, while the national capital Delhi is third at Rs. 53,976.

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CPI: Cost of living

Poland outlook

Inflation in Poland has remained relatively stable and has declined over the years. Consumer prices as measured by CPI increased by 0.80% as on June-06, taken on a year-on-year basis. The economy also felt the heat of increasing crude oil prices quite severely. While the prices for administered products saw a decline, food and fuel prices witnessed the maximum amount of changes.

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BEHIND THE SCENES…

“The performance during the previous fiscal was a continuation of the broadbased growth witnessed in the last couple of years, demonstrating the strength of the company’s de-risked business model, with dependency on the US market coming down considerably,” shares Raju. Th ough a huge gap still exists between revenues generated by the North American or European markets and that from other regions, Raju doesn’t seem worried, betting on his de-risking model & broadening of services on current platforms.

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‘Broad’ening the horizons…

But is this for real? The flip side of the Internet saga is that Indian broadband, which runs at 256 kbps (kilobytes per second) is very primitive compared with the international counterparts, where broadband is run at a minimum of several megabytes per second. Even by that yardstick, penetration of broadband poses a major concern. Broadband penetration stands at a mere 0.02 connections for every 100 people currently, in comparison with 1.4 for every 100 people in China and a whopping 25 per 100 in South Korea. The discrepancy in broadband connectivity, however has got a lot to do with the lack of a customer base. Higher connectivity is mostly used by the corporate sector to upload content, but this would form a miniscule part of the overall customer base. Households, on the other hand, have emerged as a significant segment, but they currently use Internet mostly for the purpose of e-mailing and surfing, for which higher connectivity is not needed. Even if the target of 20 million broadband subscribers by 2010 is met, how fast these connections will be is anybody’s guess.

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CPI: Cost of living

How long will the Black Gold last?

Saudi Arabia outlook

Overview: Saudi Arabian economy

Inflation in Saudi Arabia has been well under control and the consumer price inflation has been negative over the last six years. Inflation, as measured by Consumer Price Index, was 99.6 in 2005, as compared to 98 in 2002. Foodstuff s & beverages were the only prominent items, which saw an increase as the index moved from 98 in 2002 to 106.5 in 2005.

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The callousness of the ruling elite gets highlighted by the fact that even for their own war returned soldiers who complain of Post Traumatic Stress Disorders, their Veteran Affairs Department shockingly plans to reduce their budget by half from the current $4.3 billion. This turning of back on the same soldiers who had been selflessly serving the Washington agenda in Iraq, benchmarks the administration’s hypocrisy towards its own people

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