Sonakshi Sinha has charged Rs. 5 crore

Buzz is that actor Sonakshi Sinha has charged Rs. 5 crore to do filmmaker Krish Jagarlamudi’s Telugu film.

“Though Sonakshi had limited dates, she liked the script and was also keen to do a period film, so she gave her consent,” a source was quoted as saying in a Mumbai tabloid. Krish had reportedly approached Sonakshi earlier too, but she wasn’t interested in doing South films then. Later, Krish met Sonakshi through Prabhu Deva and signed her

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India posts $20 bn trade deficit in Jan, second highest ever

India posted its second highest ever monthly trade deficit of $20 billion in January, worsening from a $17.7 billion deficit in December, piling pressure on a widening current account deficit and limiting scope for the central bank to cut interest rates. Struggling to turn around an economy that is slowing to its lowest growth rate in a decade, the Reserve Bank of India cut interest rates by 0.25 percentage points last month, but warned that future rate cuts would depend upon declines in both the current account deficit and inflation.

But there was little sign of any respite on the external front for Asia's third largest economy in December as a surge in imports dwarfed a slight improvement in exports.

Exports rose an annual 0.8% to $25.59 billion in January, while imports rose 6% to $45.58 billion, a senior trade ministry official said on Wednesday. Imports of oil, the single biggest item, rose 6.9% from a year ago to $15.9 billion.

"The oil import bill is definitely a challenge, but for a growing economy, energy needs have to be met," commerce and industry minister Anand Sharma said at industry conference in Mumbai.

The December trade deficit was the worst on record after the $20.9 billion gap posted in October.

Current account data for the October-December quarter will be released at the end of next month, but the deficit touched a record high in September at 5.4% of GDP due to slowing exports and heavy oil and gold imports.

The Reserve Bank of India is worried that India's ability to fund its rising current account deficit is becoming increasingly stretched, and could lead to fresh pressure on the rupee.

"The high current account deficit is unsustainable as it can't be funded for a long time with capital flows and it will get adjusted through the exchange rate," said A. Prasanna, economist, ICICI Securities Primary Dealership. "The exchange rate will depreciate when the correction happens."

The Indian rupee struck its weakest in over a month in early January at 55.38 to the dollar, but has since recovered on capital inflows. The rupee strengthened marginally to 53.84 to the dollar after the data, as some traders had priced in an even wider trade deficit.

Exports between April and January fell 4.9% to $239.7 billion, pushing the cumulative trade deficit for the first 10 months of the fiscal year to $167.2 billion, up 8% on the same period a year earlier. Sluggish demand from the United States has crimped India's exports.

Samiran Chakraborty, an economist at Standard Chartered Bank in Mumbai, said the trade deficit's deterioration in January was a concern, as it would typically be expected to improve during the January-March quarter, but a surge in gold imports in anticipation of a recent import duty may have been a factor.

The government did not detail imports of gold, which is usually the second-biggest item.

On Monday, Reserve Bank of India Governor Duvvuri Subbarao reiterated concern over financing the current account deficit with volatile capital flows. Portfolio inflows into India have been robust, with $8.34 billion so far this year after inflows of $31.41 billion in the whole of 2012.

Subbarao projected a record high current account deficit for the 2012/13 fiscal year, ending in March. Many analysts expect the deficit to rise from 4.2% of gross domestic product in 2011/12 to a record 4.5-5.0% of GDP for 2012/13.

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HAL's Rudra Helicopter gets Initial Operational Clearance

 The Indian army will get its first weaponised light attack helicopter, Rudra, on Friday.

An armed variant of HAL's Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH), Rudra was formally granted Initial Operational Clearance (IOC) by the Centre for Military Airworthiness and Certification (CEMILAC) at a function here Sunday. 

"This gives us the confidence and it is a proud moment for the country and boosts our indigenous activities," R.K. Tyagi, chairman and managing director of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited said on the occasion.

HAL has been working on the Rudra and another variant, the Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) for some time. Rudra, named so by the army, will exclusively be used and nearly 80 of these rotorcraft could be supplied to its various units.

So will the LCH, which will have tandem-seating for two pilots, including the weapons operator. This helicopter though will take a little longer but, significantly, this will be capable of going to the Himalayan heights, thanks to the substantial use of lighter composite materials.

Earlier, the Indian Air Force (IAF) was looking at the LCH for high altitude operations, particularly as no country makes helicopters for the Himalayan heights. Now, whatever that requirement will be decided by the army as the ministry of defence recently placed "future" combat helicopter assets with the Indian army.

The IOC certificate was presented to HAL by CEMILAC CEO K. Tamilmani.

As for the Rudra, HAL's managing director for helicopters Soundra Rajan told India Strategic (www.indiastrategic.in) that the Rudra had done 200 hours of prototype test flying, another 50 hours after production and 100 still more hours in different ranges from Pokhran in Rajasthan to Balasore in Orissa and Sikkim in the north-east for weapon trials.

In each case, the helicopter, weapons and systems did well.

Notably, the Mark III version of the rotorcraft, which was without the gun, was flown to 20,000 feet by Army's test pilot Brig Amarjeet Singh Sidhu in August 2011 in high altitude trials.

The Mark IV version, which carries the gun, will be the one to be handed over to the Army at the Aero India venue here. 

Rudra is also designated as ALHWSI (ALH-Weapon Systems Integrated). All the electronic, optical and weapon systems have been tested individually and together as an integrated lot, the way they will operate in real conditions.

The machine has three types of weapons, a 20mm French Nexter gun, MBDA's air-to-air and air-to-ground short range missiles, and a Belgian 70mm rocket system. The gun can swing up, down and around.

The aircraft has a glass cockpit, and the weapons can be fired by a pilot simply by moving his head in the direction of the designated target, thanks to the electro-optical systems and cueing helmet from Israel's Elbit.

Systems integration is done by HAL itself and rugged, sophisticated computers are being used on the Rudra as well as the LCH. The aircraft has components also from Germany, South Africa and Italy, thanks indeed to the involvement of German and European companies in its design and development.

The aircraft is propelled by HAL's Shakti engine, jointly developed with Safran Turbomeca of France. That is also the engine of choice for the ALH and its attack variant, LCH.

Soundra Rajan, who has been working on the project for some time, described the machine as powerful and modern, pointing out that the Army has been involved in its development throughout.

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What is Puja ?

Puja is a religious ritual performed as per our ancient Vedic scripts. Puja is done to appease God , a Spiritual power, a Planet or any other Divine Entity.

 Puja is generally performed by learned Brahmins according to the Rules and guidelines laid in our ancient scripts.

The Puja is generally performed for attaining certain wishes or for protection against any malefic effect.

During Puja, the performer establishes a link between him and the diety by chanting certain Mantras for specific number of times and thereafter a Yagna is performed wherein various items are offered to the Diety with a request to bestow blessings.

Purpose ( Benefits ) of Puja and Homam :-

To attain health, wealth & happiness in our lives.

To remove various obstacles in our lives which may be due to multiple reasons like any planet placed wrongly in our Horoscope.

To attain a spiritual environment at the time of specific occasions like starting of a new business, marriage, housewarming etc.

Puja also helps to create positive and a pious atmosphere thereby eleminating various negative energies responsible for the miseries and sorrows in ones life.

Specific Pujas are performed to negate the malefic effects of certain bad yogas in ones Horoscope like Kaal Sarp Dosh, Mangal Dosh, Pitra Dosh etc.

There are certain Pujas which are performed to protect a person fromm certain impending problems and dangers like Major Surgeries, Chronic & acute illness, Court cases etc.

Now while day to day Puja can be done by any person on his own, Specific Pujas need to be performed by experienced and learned Purohits or Pujaris to get the required benefits since these Pujas need to be performed strictly as per the rituals and guidelines provided in our ancient scripts.

 In this case the Purohit ji who is going to perform the Puja on behalf of a person takes a " Sankalp " in that persons name and then performs the puja so that the benefits of the puja are directed towards the concerned person.

Procedure of Puja and Homam

Our learned Purohits take the Sankalp in the name of the person for whom the puja is being performed.

After that he recites the Mantras for a specic number of times along with other Brahmins present so that the total number of recitals which is in thousands is achieved within the specified time period.

After that a Homam is performed where the Lord Agni is Invoked and offerings are made to him in the form of Ghee, Prasad (usually sweets, Fruits, Coconut etc.) and many other items as prescribed in our scripts while chanting mantras of the diety for whom the entire Puja has been performed.

After a succesful Homam, an AARTI of the concerned Diety is recited and this marks the completion of Puja.

During the Puja, all the items ( Yantra, Rudraksha Mala and Bracelets etc. ) which are to be sent as Prasadam to the client are also ENERGISED and thereafter they are sent as Prasadam.

Why Us ?

We offer our clients the facility of getting these Pujas performed by our Learned Brahmins and Vedic Scholers on their ( Clients ) behalf at very reasonable and affordable Prices. Please note :-

1.    We have all the necessary infrastructure and the most learned pundits who can perform these pujas for you after taking a " Sankalp".

2.    Our charges are very reasonable and they have been worked out depending upon the number of Brahmins needed for the specific Puja , material ( Puja Samagri ) required and the number of Beej Mantras that have to be recited as per the Puja.

3.    We believe in being most authentic and strive to provide utmost satisfaction to our clients. For this we have a option of a CD ( at extra cost ) recorded at the time the puja is erformed so that you can yourself see the various rituals that have been performed at the time of puja done for you.

4.       We send you certain items ( like Yantras, Rudrakshas Malas, Bracelets etc. ) as PRASADAM of the Puja that has been performed for you. These items are kept in the Puja Rituals and have been blessed by the divine powers during the puja. These items should be kept in your Puja Room, Cash Box or in the Office ( Detailed instructions are sent along with these items ) depending upon the Puja which has been performed.

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HOW TO WEAR STONES

To obtain the full benefic effects of stone, wear it on the specified day. It enhances the benefic effects of the stone. Take the stone of a size specified or greater Ratti.

Before wearing it, light a lamp and incense stick and meditate on your God. Clean the stone in fresh milk and then Ganga water. Perform pooja and recite the specified mantra 108 times. Then wear the stone. After wearing the stone give alms as specified for that stone.

By wearing the stone as specified here gives more benefic results in much lesser time. 

STONE	RATAN	DAY	PLANET
Ruby	Manak	Sunday	Sun
Peral	Moti	Monday	Moon
Coral	Monga	Tuesday	Mars
Emerald	Panna	Wednesday	Mercury
Yellow Saphire	Pukhraj	Thursday	Jupiter
Diamond	Heera	Friday	Venus
Blue Saphire	Neelam	Saturday	Saturn
Gomed	Gomed		Rahu
Cat's Eye	Lahsunia		Ketu

STONE	MATRA	ITEMS
Ruby	OM GHRANI SURYAE NAMAH	Wheat, Sandal, Ghee,  Red Cloth
Peral	OM SOM SOMAYE NAMAH	Rice, Sugar, Curd, White  Cloth
Coral	OM AM ANGAKARAYE  NAMAH	Wheat, Copper, Gur, Red  Cloth
Emerald	OM BUN BUDHAYE NAMAH	Moong, Bronze, Green  Cloth
Yellow Saphire	OM BRIM BRIHSPATAYE  NAMAH	Gram Pulse, Gur, Yellow  Cloth
Diamond	OM SHUM SHUKRAYE NAMAH	Rice, Silver, White Cloth
Blue Saphire	OM SHAM  SHANASHCHARAYE NAMAH	Horse Bean, Oil, Black  Cloth
Gomed	OM RAM RAHVE NAMAH	Mole, Oil, Lead, Blue  Cloth
Cat's Eye	OM KEM KETVE NAMAH	Corns, Coconut, Brown  Cloth

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