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Our sick goverment....

Arunachal Pradesh being shown as part of China, and Kashmir as belonging to Pakistan in maps published by the National Geographic.

Why our Govt is ignoring everything?? why are they not taking action against these organizations????

Both this govt n our PM are sick....

Will u be happy??

Once pawar, vilasrao & kalmadi traveling in a helicopter …

Pawar drops a 100 Rs. Note & says , "I made 1 maharastrian happy "

Vilasrao drops two 50Rs. Notes and says , "I made 2 maharastrians happy ".

Kalmadi drops 100 ONE Rupee coins and says ,"I made 100 maharastrians happy ."

Hearing this the PILOT says , "I will drop down all 3 of you and make '' 2.5 billion Indians Forever Happy..!

JAI India...pilot Anna hazare.. :-)

Project in Jaitapur

One killed and eight injured. The protests against the proposed Jaitapur nuclear plant in Maharashtra have taken a grave turn.^[1] Violence does not result in anything good, and must be condemned in any situation.

The Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, however, is adamant about setting up this project. ^[2] Jaitapur is in an earthquake prone zone ^[3] and the technology being used here is still under review in the UK and USA.[4] For the past one year, the government of Maharashtra has used force to suppress the a non-violent and democratic struggle of the people against the proposed plant.

Mr. Chavan needs to listen to his people. He needs to know that he cannot build Jaitapur against the people's will when alternatives exist. We will deliver this petition to him on April 26, 2011, the 25th anniversary of the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl, Ukraine.^[5]

You should sign this petition asking CM Prithviraj Chavan to scrap the nuclear reactors in Jaitapur.

http://www.greenpeace.in/take-action/chavan-listen-to-the-people-of-jaitapur/

Citizens across the country, and some international governments ^[6] are questioning the need for nuclear power. A large number of signatures will help show the CM that people across the country oppose the Jaitapur nuclear plant. It will help put pressure on him to stop the project.

Clean and safe renewable energy and energy efficiency can help us meet our power needs. We need to invest more in these, instead of dangerous nuclear technology.

Even after 25 years, Chernobyl is not completely free of radiation.^[7] CM Chavan is putting the environment and the lives of current and future generations at risk. Ask him to scrap the project now!

Hang in Here!!!!!

11 PEOPLE ... ON A ROPE
Eleven people were hanging on a rope, under a helicopter.

10 men and 1 woman.
The rope was not strong enough to carry them all, so they decided that one had to leave,
Because otherwise they were all going to fall.
They weren't able to choose that person, until the woman gave a very touching speech.

She said that she would voluntarily let go of the rope, because, as a woman, she was used to giving up everything for her husband and kids or for men in general, and was used to always making sacrifices with little in return.

As soon as she finished her speech, all the men started clapping . . ..... . . .

Cause of fire ..................?

A couple lost their 25year old son, Arun Gopal Ratnam, in a fire at home on June 4th.

The son who had graduated with MBA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, two weeks earlier had come home for a while. He had lunch with his dad at home and decided to go back to clean up his hostel room. His father told him to wait, to meet his mother, before he went back for a few days.

Arun decided to take a nap while waiting for his mom to come back home from work.

Some time later their neighbors called 911 (emergency) when they saw black smoke coming out of the house. Unfortunately, 25 years old Arun died in the three year old house.

It took several days of investigation to find out the cause of the fire. It was determined that the fire was caused by the lap top resting on the bed.

When the lap top was on the bed cooling fan did not get the air to cool the computer and that is what caused the fire. He did not even wake up to get out of the bed because he died of breathing in carbon monoxide.

The reason I am writing this to all of you is that I have seen many of us using the laptop while in bed . Let us all decide and make it a practice not to do that.

The risk is real. Let us make it a rule not to use the laptop on bed with blankets and pillows around.
PLEASE EDUCATE AS MANY PEOPLE AS YOU CAN.

Put Indian lives above foreign profits -- Stop the import of dangerous untested nuclear reactors

While the French President Nicolas Sarkozy enjoyed tourist attractions in India, people in Maharastra’s Ratnagiri district were protesting against the French nuclear reactor proposed in their village. Instead of listening to their demands the government has now signed a nuclear deal with France.

The government is going to import untested nuclear reactors from the French nuclear corporation Areva. Areva has a dirty track record of nuclear contamination in the countries where their plants were functional like the La Hague facility in Europe. Moreover, the location for this reactor is on a high earthquake zone which has been ignored by the environmental impact assessment. This raises concerns about the safety of people around the plant.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh needs to place public safety before foreign profit.The people of
Ratnagiri district and over 28,000 people from the country are not supporting the government’s plan. More and more people raising their voice against this plant will make it difficult for the PM to ignore this opposition.

Can you also sign this petition to the Prime Minister, asking him to safeguard people’s interest first?

http://www.greenpeace.org/india/en/What-We-Do/Nuclear-Unsafe/ask-manmohan-singh-to-stop-untested-nuclear-reactors/

The petition says: Put Indian lives above foreign profits -- Stop the import of dangerous nuclear reactors to Maharashtra.

A large number of signatures on the petition will show that the opposition is national and not confined to the Ratnagiri district. This will help convince the PM to put national interest before profits.

This project is being talked of as one that will hugely improve the energy situation in India, but the truth is that the 1650 MW from this plant will happen only nine years down the line at the quickest! Renewable energy and energy efficiency could replace the same in a year!

The site for the nuclear power plant is an earthquake prone zone which magnifies the harm an accident can do here. A nuclear accident here will affect the entire district and nearby cities like Mumbai The PM needs to consider the cost of people’s life before foreign profits.

Sign the petition now to help make the PM act.

http://www.greenpeace.org/india/en/What-We-Do/Nuclear-Unsafe/ask-manmohan-singh-to-stop-untested-nuclear-reactors/

Thanks a billion!



Sources:

1. France signs pact on Jaitapur N-plant, Hindustan Times, December 7th, 2010
http://www.hindustantimes.com/France-signs-pact-on-Jaitapur-N-plant/Article1-635288.aspx

2. India racing to buy an untried reactor? The Hindu, December 5, 2010.
http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/article933910.ece

3. The French Nuclear Industry Is Bad Enough in France; Let's Not Expand It to the U.S., March 23rd 2009.
http://www.alternet.org/story/132852/