A new star for Indian Cricket

Cricketer Rohit Sharma (Born April 30, 1987, in Bansod, Nagpur). Sharma is a right-handed middle-order batsman and occasional right-armed offbreak bowler. Has played under-17 and and under-19 cricket for India, Sharma impressed in the under-19 junior World Cup in Sri Lanka.
The unbeaten 142 in 123 balls for West Zone against North Zone in the Deodhar Trophy in Udaipur in March 2006 brought him further into reckoning. Performances for the Indian A sides in Abu Dhabi and Australia followed leading to him being selected for the 30 member probables list for the Champions Trophy (though he didn't make the final squad) and the Challenger Trophy.
His first Ranji Trophy game was for Mumbai was in the 2006/2007 season. In his first few matches were . But in their match against Gujarat in December 2006 that Sharma hammered 205 in 267 balls and set the foundation for an innings victory for Mumbai. Sharma hit a 50 in the final against Bengal and Mumbai won the tournament.
On 20 September 2007, the 19-year old scored an unbeaten 50 (of 40 deliveries) against South Africa in the

Twenty20 World Cup 2007 to secure India a semifinal berth of the tournament.

A page Devoted to LIC India

Each individual’s insurance needs and requirements are different from that of the others. LIC’s Insurance Plans offers policies that caters to the varied needs of individuals and give various options that can fit individual requirement. The various insurance plans available from Life Insurance Corporation of India limited , the premier state owned insurer and the biggest player in the domestic Indian market is listed below. You can calculate your premium using the Life Insurance Corporation,India's premium calculator :

Children’s Plans
Jeevan Anurag	Komal Jeevan
CDA Endowment Vesting At 21	Marriage Endowment Or Educational Annuity Plan
CDA Endowment Vesting At 18	Jeevan Chhaya
Jeevan Kishore	Child Future Plan
Child Career Plan
Money Back Plans
The Money Back Policy-20 Years	Jeevan Surabhi-15 Years
The Money Back Policy-25 Years	Jeevan Surabhi-20 Years
Bima Bachat	Jeevan Surabhi-25 Years
Endowment Plans
The Endowment Assurance Policy	Jeevan Mitra(Double Cover Endowment Plan)
The Endowment Assurance Policy-Limited Payment	Jeevan Mitra(Triple Cover Endowment Plan)
Jeevan Anand	Jeevan Mitra(Double Cover Endowment Plan)
New Janaraksha Plan	Jeevan Amrit
Whole Life plans
The Whole Life Policy
The Whole Life Policy- Limited Payment
The Whole Life Policy- Single Premium

Insurance in India a brief History

Insurance industry in India was initially was made of mainly two players, the state insurers:

• Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC)
• General Insurance Corporation of India (GIC)

GIC had four subsidary companies, The Oriental Insurance Company Limited ,The New India Assurance Company Limited, National Insurance Company Limited and United India Insurance Company Limited.
( with effect from Dec'2000, these subsidaries have been de-linked from the parent company and made as independent insurance companies.

The Insurance Business:

The insurance business is broadly categorized under the following heads

1. Life Insurance
2. Fire Insurance
3. Marine Insurance
4. Miscellaneous Insurance.

Life insurers transact Life relatred insurance policies wheresas the rest of the policies are transacted by the general insurers. At prsent there are 17 Llife insurers and 17 non life insurers registered with IRDA.

Indians Money parking patterns

Indians are now investing more of their money in bank deposits and mutual funds. According to data, bank deposits form 36.5% of the total financial saving of the household sector in 2004-05, which has now increased to 55.6%. This marks a reversal in trend from the nineties, when bank deposits began losing share to debentures and small savings schemes. Also Mutual Funds have seen a four fold increase, rising from just . 4% in 2004-05 to 4.8% in 2006-07. The loyalty towards bank deposits can be attributed partly to the high returns offered by deposit-starved banks. Some banks were offering returns of up to 10%, for a period of one year. Also with the pace at which India is growing, the demand for credit has been really strong and the loan requirements are also rising steadily. This forced banks to raise deposit rates to attract more funds. The central bank also has signalled higher rates to control inflation. As a result, bank deposits have become attractive and the savings that were earlier parked in government-administered small savings schemes have now started shifting to banks .

	% of Total Savings
Saving instrument	2006-07	2005-06	2004-05
Currency	8.6	8.7	8.5
Bank Deposits	55.6	46.2	36.5
Shares etc	1.5	1.3	0.7
Mutual Funds	4.8	3.6	0.4
Govt Securities	0.2	2.4	4.9
Small Savings	4.9	12.2	19.6
Insurance Funds	15.0	14.0	15.7
Provident Funds	9.2	10.5	13.0

Hôtel des Invalides a Must see in Paris

This elaborate building with its golden dome was originally built to house disabled veterans in the 17th century and soldiers too old to serve in the armies. It had a hospital to to treat the severely injured soldiers. This hospital is still active today, . The dome church which is a master piece of French classical architecture is the final resting place of Napoleon.
The Musée de l'Armée created by merging the Artillery Museum and the Historical Army Museum is housed inside and features displays of military uniforms and armour plus excellent displays on military history.

Admission: €8. Free for children under 18 yrs. Included in Museum Pass One single ticket gives access to the Musée de l'Armée, to the Tomb of Napoleon I, to temporary exhibitions, to the Scale-Models Museum and to the Order of the Liberation Museum.

Access : North Reception desk: by the Esplanade des Invalides South Reception desk: by the Place Vauban Metro stops: RER : line C StopBus : 28, 63, 69, 80, 82, 83, 87, 92, 93, BalabusParking : esplanade des InvalidesTaxis : boulevard de Latour-Maubourg .

Opening hours : Open every day of the year, except for the first Monday of every month, and January 1st, May 1st, November 1st and December 25th.Open from 10:00 to 17:00, from October 1st to mars 31st,and from 10:00 to 18:00, from April 1st to September 30st.The ticket offices close 45mn (North reception) and 30minutes (South reception) prior to the closing time of the Museum.

Website: http://www.invalides.org/.

The Order of Aigle "Eagle" worn by Napoleon Bonaparte

Dr Manmohan Singh Puts his foot Down

These people think that they can bargain with empty pockets, India does not have Uranium resrves to go into the Third stage. So from where do the Politburo leaders get the energy sequirity foe india. Or are they bent on making India kneel down while the Chinese father of all their idelogies dances with the US and builds up there country. Idiologies are good but the country should come first, The Chinese have been the hard nosed practicals to demeonstrate this. If Idiology comes in way of growth for the country the choice is very simple the latter should go. The Communist party is suffering from Schizophrenia the Bengalee brethen have chosen a socialistic approsh which is not afraid of the capitlistic benefits where as the Kerelites are still stuck in the fossiled doctrines which even the creators ( Russia and China have forgotten)
• Biman Bose, state secretary of CPM
“We don’t treat (the PM’s statement) as a snub, and everything should not be linked to pulling down the Government.”

• Sitaram Yechury, CPM Politburo member
“The party is going to have a detailed discussion on the Indo-US civil nuclear deal on Monday. It is true that the comment might have emanated from a communication gap. We will have to set that right but at the same time our party will not budge from the stand it has taken.
• Manik Sarkar, Politburo member and Tripura CM
“The Prime Minister and the Government must realise that this agreement is not acceptable to the majority in Parliament. As far as the approach to the Government is concerned, we will take our own counsel.”

• Prakash Karat, CPM general secretary
“The Prime Minister reiterated the Government stand (on the deal). We stick to our stand. Withdrawing support to the Government is a larger political question. And it is solely our prerogative.”
• D Raja, CPI national secy
“The Prime Minister’s statement was unwanted. There was no guarantee given to the Congress that we would support them for five years, and support all their policies. The Left parties will discuss the issue of support to the Government and it is our prerogative whether to continue with this arrangement or not”.

• G Devarajan, Forward Bloc secretary
“It’s the Left parties that decided to support the Government. And we have the wisdom to decide whether to continue supporting the Government or not on our own.”