Friday, 19 July 2013

Re: [www.keralites.net] What is Neera?

 

Neera is unfermented toddy(Kallu).It is odtained applying Lime(Chunnambu) in the toddy pot while tapping toddy.It is good for health as it is rich in Calcium and other nutrients.In Tamil it is called Padhaneer.It is sold in during summer.By tapping neera it is believed that coconut yield will increase.
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[www.keralites.net] Innovations from the '50s, We still use Today

1.Credit cards (1950). Diner's Club introduced the first credit card in 1950.

2.Diet Soda (1952). The first diet soda, No-Cal, was introduced by the Kirsch Bottling in 1952. It's inventors Hyman and Morris Kirsch created the sugar-free soda for hospitalized diabetic patients at the Jewish Sanitarium for Chronic Disease (now known as Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center). In 1958, Royal Crown Cola introduced the second sugar-free soda, Diet Rite.

3.Roll-on deodorant (1952). Prior to the invention of Ban Roll-On, the most common deodorant was Everdry, a aluminum chloride solution that was applied with cotton swabs. Besides being messy and taking forever to dry, Everdry also had the nice side effect of eating through clothes.

4.TV dinners (1953). Swanson changed our world when they introduced the first TV dinner back in 1953. They were such a huge success that they ended up selling more than 10 million during the first year of production.

5.Color television (1953). Color TV was the HD TV of its time; introduced in the U.S. in 1953, it took a while to catch on (more than a decade) due high prices and lack of color broadcasts. The first national color cast was the 1954 Tournament of Roses Parade.

6.Microwave oven (1954). The Raytheon Corporation produced the first microwaves for commercial use.

7.Automatic doors (1954). Inventors Dee Horton and Lew Hewitt created the sliding automatic door after witnessing the difficultly people had with opening swing doors in the wind.

8.Velcro (1955). Without Velcro I would have never been able to rock some seriously badass sneakers ' actually I might not have worn shoes for the first six years of my life.

9.3-Point seat belts. Volvo introduced the first three-point belt in 1959, prior and made them a standard item in the Volvo 122, that same year.

10.Ultrasound (1956). Ultrasounds were first used for clinical purposes in 1956 in Glasgow. But, it wouldn't become common until the 1970s, when hospitals in Britain and the U.S. adopted it for use.

11.Bubble Wrap (1957). Could you imagine living in a world without the pleasure of popping bubble wrap! I couldn't live in that world. It was actually created by accident; it's inventors, Alfred Fielding and Marc Chavannes, were attempting to create a 3-dimensional plastic wallpaper, not packing material.

12.Birth control pill (1957). Although the pill is associated with the sexual revolution of the 1960s, it was actually created in the '50s. The FDA approved the pill in 1957, but only for cases of severe menstrual disorders and not as a contraceptive. Large number of women all of sudden developed severe menstrual disorders. It wouldn't be until 1960, that the pill would be approved for contraceptive use.

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[www.keralites.net] Cheques containing fractions of Re not be rejected - Reserve Bank of India

 

Cheques containing fractions of Re not be rejected - Reserve Bank of India
 
If your bank has been refusing to accept cheques for amounts that include fraction of a rupee, it's against the rules and the bank should be penalised.
 
In an internal circular issued earlier, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had warned that banks which refuse to accept cheques on such grounds from customers will be sternly dealt with.
According to an RBI circular issued in March 2007 (RBI.No.2006-2007/299), banks were advised that cheques issued by clients containing fractions of a rupee should not be rejected or dishonoured.
The RBI circular was issued by chief general manager, P Vijaya Bhaskar. It referred to a High Court ruling of February 2007 in which Justice RS Garg had said: "The RBI is hereby directed to issue fresh notifications/notices to all the banks, who have issued internal circulars, not to receive such cheques, etc. and see that stern action is taken against the persons who refuse to receive the cheques/drafts which are in fragments."
Justice Garg further said in his order: "No Bank can say that it would not receive one rupee note or five rupees notes. A bank is a banker on whom the customer banks upon. A bank cannot say that it would receive only big notes and rest is to be circulated in the market. If a customer goes to the bank and says that he wants to deposit a sum of Rs. 1 Lakh in five-rupee notes, the bank, the clerk, the cashier cannot say that they would not receive it."
On 'Interest Rates on Deposits', banks were advised that all transactions, including payment of interest on deposits/charging of interest on advances, should be rounded off to the nearest rupee; i.e., fractions of 50 paise and above shall be rounded off to the next higher rupee and fraction of less than 50 paise shall be ignored.
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[www.keralites.net] Maheshwar town is built on the site of the ancient city of Somvanshya Shastrarjun Kshatriya - 91 kms from Indore

 

Maheshwar town is built on the site of the ancient city of Somvanshya Shastrarjun Kshatriya, and was the capital of king Kartavirya Arjuna,(Shree Shastrarjun) who is mentioned in the Sanskrit epics Mahabharata and Ramayana. Maheshwar was known as Mahissati (Mahishamati in Sanskrit) in ancient times and was the capital of Southern Avanti. Maheshwar on the banks of the Narmada was capital of King Sahasrarjun.

One day the King and his 500 wives went to the river for a picnic. When the wives wanted a vast play area, the King stopped the mighty river Narmada with his 1000 arms. While they were all enjoying themselves, Ravana flew by in his Pushpak Vimana. Downstream, when he saw the dry river bed, he thought it was an ideal place to pray to Lord Shiva. He made a shivalinga out of sand and began to pray. When Sahasrajuna's wives were done and they stepped out of the river bed, he let the waters flow.

The voluminous river flowed down sweeping Ravana's shivalinga along, messing up his prayers. Furious, Ravana tracked Sahasrajuna and challenged him. Armed to the hilt the mighty Ravana was in for a huge surprise. The mighty Sahasrarjuna with the 1000 arms pinned Ravana to the ground. Then he placed 10 lamps on his heads and one on his hand. After tying up Ravana, Sahasrarjuna dragged him home and tied him up to the cradle pole of his son. A humiliated Ravana stayed prisoner until his release was secured.

Even today, the Sahasrarjun temple at Maheshwar lights 11 lamps in memory of the event.

In the late eighteenth century, Maheshwar served as the capital of the great Maratha lady Rajmata Ahilya Devi Holkar, ruler of the state of Indore. She embellished the city with many buildings and public works, and it is home to her palace, as well as numerous temples, a fort, and riverfront ghats (broad stone steps which step down to the river).

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