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Chak De India becomes part of Oscar library now

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After scoring a huge success at the box-office, Shah Rukh Khan starrer Chak De India has now become a part of the Oscar library. A copy of the screenplay has reached the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, which hosts and hands out the Oscar Awards, to be a part of their script collection. The film, written by Jaideep Sahni and directed by Shimit Amin, has impressed the critics and audience alike in India. The invitation an acknowledgement that the screenplay of Chak De is comparable with the best in the world, and will become an invaluable asset for future generations of filmmakers, says the official release from the Yash Raj Film, which has produced the film. The scripts in the collection reside at the Margaret Herrick Library or Oscar library and are accessible for research purposes only. Film students, filmmakers, writers and actors are among the regular patrons of the institution. As the film goes from strength to strength at the box office, it is a tribute to the enti

Chak De India! In football feat, India lift Nehru Cup

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New Delhi: India's footballers have scripted a memorable chapter in their history by winning the Nehru Cup. Their opponents in the final Syria, were ranked 398 places above them in the FIFA rankings but on the day India were just too good. It was like a dream for Indian football fans, who witnessed one of the high points in the history of Indian football on Wednesday. A warm summer evening in the Capital and a full house was in attendance for India's biggest football match in recent memory. The early script went to plan as Syria were clearly rattled by an energetic Indian forward line. A push on captain Baichung Bhutia should have earned a red card; instead they were lucky to escape with just yellow. Minutes later, India thought they were ahead with Baichung finding the back of the net but only to find the off-side flag up. Syria responded well with a wave of attacks of their own, only to be denied by an alert Indian defence and goalkeeper Subrata Pal. But just as the first ha

Salman Khan in Jodhpur jail

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Salman Khan was on Saturday lodged in the same jail and barrack where he had spent two days and three nights in 2006. He was arrested and jailed soon after landing in Jodhpur from Mumbai to surrender in the black buck poaching case, after the Jodhpur district and sessions court on Friday rejected his appeal against a five-year prison term awarded by a lower court. He was picked up from the airport here by a police team headed by additional superintendent of police Sawai Singh Godhara when he arrived with his brother Sohail and lawyer Dipesh Mehta. Salman was produced before the chief judicial magistrate who had issued the non-bailable warrant, since he was not present in the sessions court when his appeal was rejected. Hours later, a revision petition was filed on his behalf by his lawyer Hastimal Saraswatin at the Rajasthan high court challenging the five-year jail term. Katrina Kaif visits Salman Khan in jail The star, who is being held in barrack number 1, had a sleepless nig

Sun Certified Java Programmer.

This post is intended for SCJP exam. The Sun Certified Java Programmers Exam (SCJP) is the internationally recognized. Earning a sun certification provides a clear demonstration of the core java scjp skills. This page is devoted to Java programmer certification, the exam which is commonly known as SCJP. The page contains links to several excellent resources for sun certification java. Resources for java certification SCJP exam. There are mock exams and other useful java links availabe easily on the net. For clearing SCJP tests you need to know the basics of core java. There are three variations in SCJP. CX-310-025 for SCJP 1.2 Exam type - Multiple choice and short answer Total Questions - 59 Pass score - 61% i.e. 36 of 69 questions must be answered CX-310-035 for SCJP 1.4 Exam type - Multiple choice and short answer Total Questions - 61 Pass score - 52% i.e. 32 of

The New Look Orkut.

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Orkut is changing to attain a new stylish, sleek and modern look. Here is a blog report directly from the Orkut blog. " When you think Google, you picture primary colors; when you think orkut, you see blue. And though we're updating the look, we're staying true to blue. We've added some rounded corners and new icons that make orkut look a little more sleek and modern. Check out a screen shot of the new homepage. We're rolling it out to groups of users at a time over the next week. So keep commenting about how you feel about this new look and about the orkutting blues.

SKY for GOOGLE EARTH.

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Virtual Telescope from Google Earth called Sky LONDON (Reuters) - Popular mapping service Google Earth will launch a new feature called Sky, a "virtual telescope" that the search engine hopes will turn millions of Internet users into stargazers. Google, which created Google Earth to give Internet users an astronaut's view that can zoom to street level, said the service would be a playground for learning about space. "Never before has a roadmap of the entire sky been made so readily available," said Dr. Carol Christian of the Space Telescope Science Institute, who co-led the institute's Sky team. " Sky in Google Earth will foster and initiate new understanding of the universe by bringing it to everyone's home computer." Like Google Earth, Sky will enable users to float and zoom in on over 100 million individual stars and 200 million galaxies. Use

Product Advisory: Nokia BL-5C battery

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Dear Nokia Customer, This is a product advisory for the Nokia-branded BL-5C battery manufactured by Matsushita Battery Industrial Co. Ltd. of Japan between December 2005 and November 2006. This product advisory does not apply to any other Nokia battery. Nokia has identified that in very rare cases the affected batteries could potentially experience over heating initiated by a short circuit while charging, causing the battery to dislodge. Nokia is working closely with relevant local authorities to investigate this situation. Nokia has several suppliers for BL-5C batteries that have collectively produced more than 300 million BL-5C batteries. This advisory applies only to the 46 million batteries manufactured by Matsushita between December 2005 and November 2006. There have been approximately 100 incidents of over heating reported globally. No serious injuries or property damage have been reported. Consumers with a BL-5C battery subject to this advisory should note that all of the approx