Reasons of Celebrating Diwali

Till date I had a belief that we celebrate Diwali for the return of Lord Ram from exile. But today I came to know (from wallpost of Facebook) that there are reasons for celebrating the Diwali too:


1.Goddess Lakshmi’s Birthday: The Goddess of wealth, Lakshmi incarnated on the new moon day (amaavasyaa) of the Kartik month during the churning of the ocean (samudra-manthan), hence the association of Diwali with Lakshmi.

2. Vishnu Rescued Lakshmi: On this very day (Diwali day), Lord Vishnu in his fifth incarnation as Vaman-avtaara rescued Lakshmi from the prison of King Bali and this is another reason of worshipping Ma Larkshmi on Diwali.

3. Krishna Killed Narakaasur: On the day preceding Diwali, Lord Krishna killed the demon king Narakaasur and rescued 16,000 women from his captivity. The celebration of this freedom went on for two days including the Diwali day as a victory festival.

4. The Return of the Pandavas: According to the great epic ‘Mahabharata’, it was ‘Kartik Amavashya’ when the Pandavas appeared from their 12 years of banishment as a result of their defeat in the hands of the Kauravas at the game of dice (gambling). The subjects who loved the Pandavas celebrated the day by lighting the earthen lamps.

5. The Victory of Rama: According to the epic ‘Ramayana’, it was the new moon day of Kartik when Lord Ram, Ma Sita and Lakshman returned to Ayodhya after vanquishing Ravana and conquering Lanka. The citizens of Ayodhya decorated the entire city with the earthen lamps and illuminated it like never before.

6. Coronation of Vikramaditya: One of the greatest Hindu King Vikramaditya was coroneted on the Diwali day, hence Diwali became a historical event as well.

7. Special Day for the Arya Samaj: It was the new moon day of Kartik (Diwali day) when Maharshi Dayananda, one of the greatest reformers of Hinduism and the founder of Arya Samaj attained his nirvana.

8. Special Day for the Jains: Mahavir Tirthankar, considered to be the founder of modern Jainism also attained his nirvana on Diwali day.

9. Special Day for the Sikhs: The third Sikh Guru Amar Das institutionalized Diwali as a Red-Letter Day when all Sikhs would gather to receive the Gurus blessings. In 1577, the foundation stone of the Golden Temple at Amritsar was laid on Diwali. In 1619, the sixth Sikh Guru Hargobind, who was held by the Mughal Emperor Jahengir, was released from the Gwalior fort along with 52 kings.

It was early morning here in India but when employees of some tech companies went to Google, looking for news around Steve Jobs, they faced an interesting problem – the corporate web filters blocked their searches. Here’s why:

The word ‘Jobs’ was blocked by the corporate firewall to stop employees from searching for jobs in other companies.

Ria Sharma says that, due to this keyword-based Internet filtering, employees of Mahindra Satyam, iGate, Cognizant and Genpact weren’t able to search Google or any of the other search engines for news related to Steve Jobs.

South Sudan

• South Sudan's emergence as the world's newest nation and Africa's 54th nation lastweekend marks the end of the decades of bloody strife that has cost 2.5 million lives.

• This new nation revenue would be coming from oil reserves. (98% revenue would be of oil reserves)

• The US and EU have both already signed off on significant aid sums, India is not far behind, Indian Vice president Hamad Ansari attended the ceremonies in Juba(capital). India has given its expertise in development assistance and infrastructure building in Afghanistan.

• Sudan have rich reserves of uranium and diamond - an economic partnership could benefit both sides greatly
  

Reach of Internet

During the Mumbai blast, when government machinery failed to aid the victims. There was a spreadsheet which started floating on Twitter including the phone no.s who were ready to provide services like car ride, plane tickets, Financial assistance, etc to victims. This social networking if used for proper and productive purpose than it could do wonders. I personally think people in India should express there feeling through this medium of communication.

PAN MANDATORY FOR JWELLERY PURCHASES

Recently, Income Tax Department searched a large number of private lockers and vaults in the city which resulted in unearthing of unaccounted or unexplained jewellery, gold, diamonds and cash in the lockers belonging to people whose whereabouts are not known ie, benami holdings. While this was going on, separately, Income tax department has made it mandatory for all high value buyers of jewellery to declare or mention their Income tax Permanent Account Number (PAN) to the dealer from whom such purchases are made.

Today, everyone knows the need and relevance of income tax permanent account number which is unique to any individual who may or may not be assessee. People inIndiashould now get ready to mandatorily flash PAN card, for any purchase of jewellery worth Rs. five lakh or more from July 1, 2011 a move that would help the tax department keep an eye on such high value transactions. Besides jewellery purchase of Rs. five lakh and above, furnishing of PAN would be mandatory for some other transactions also with effect from July1.

As per the amendments in the income tax rules, coming into effect from July 1, quoting PAN (Permanent Account Number) will be mandatory for any payment of Rs. 5 lakh or more for purchase of bullion or jewellery. High-value purchase of jewellery, among valuables, have often been feared to be a much favoured route for circulation of black money and quoting of PAN would help the tax authorities in tracking such transactions.

According to Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1978 the minimum legal Age of marriage is 18 yrs for female and 21 yrs in male. As per latest figures in India still 42 % are doing Child Marriages. The least child marriages are seen in Himachal Pradesh @ 9.1 % and worst is seen in Bihar (57%), Rajasthan (56%) and Jharkhand (54%).

UID

Technolgy makes life easier !!!!

After launching of UID ( Unique identification) programme by Govt. of India now technology is spreading its reach in everywhere. Slowly and steadily to make life of Urban people more easier.

Precisely, Pune based Cityu Corporation Ltd. and SBI have stared distributing smart cards to residents of Township called "Amanora"

Apart from debit card it can be used for following purposes :

a) Access card to Township, Parking lot, Residence, etc

b) Payment of Cable Television, Club Expenses and Shopping at Township.

c) Pre-payment of Electricity and Telephone Bill