Archive for October, 2007

UN declares 2 October, Gandhi’s birthday, as International Day of Non-Violence

United Nations decides to observe October 2 as International Day of Non-Violence in honor of Mahatma Gandhi, the man who inspired a nation with his idea of non-violence. At last, the world has resolved to accept the greatness of our Mahatma and let us hope it doesn’t become a ritual as it is happening here!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks to my wife who pointed out this info to me:-)

IAF turns 75

The Indian Air Force celebrated its Platinum Jubilee on 8th Oct. It was on the same day in 1932, well before we got independence, that IAF was formed, then known as the Royal Air Force with a pretty small fleet of 4 wapiti aircrafts with 6 officers and 19 sepoys. As we stand today, IAF is the 4th largest in the world with over 1.7 lakhs personnel and around 1300 aircrafts.

Limit to the maximum cable rental chargeable

TRAI has come up with a ruling which limits the maximum cable rental that can be charged per month. you can get the news here. Hope this brings some sanity to the whole business wherein rentals used to be fixed on an arbitrary basis.