Fiat's Grande Punto at Rs 3.99 lakh

Fiat on Wednesday launched its premium small car Grande Punto in both petrol and diesel variants in the Indian market, priced between Rs 3.99 lakh (Rs 399,000) and Rs 6.11 lakh (Rs 611,000), ex-showroom, Delhi.

The petrol variants would cost Rs 3.99-5.61 lakh (Rs 399,000-561,000), while the diesel cars would be offered at Rs 4.85-6.11 lakh (Rs 485,000-611,000).
Source: Rediff

Schedule of the ICC Twenty20 Cricket World Cup 2009, T20 World Cup 2009, England | rediff.com

Schedule of the ICC Twenty20 Cricket World Cup 2009, T20 World Cup 2009, England | rediff.com

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eFiling of personal income-tax

Procedures

To facilitate eFiling, the board has notified new forms for the AY 2009-10. These return forms are available at http://www.incometaxindia.gov.in

While eFiling is mandatory for a company and a firm liable to audit under section 44AB of the IT Act, it remains optional for other categories of tax-payers.

The e-return has to be furnished at http://incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in

The department has further stated: “It is advisable, though not mandatory, to use a digital signature for electronically furnishing the return.”

If the return is electronically furnished under a digital signature, the tax payer would not be required to furnish the Form ITR-V with the department. Else, the assessee would be required to follow up the electronic transmission of the data by submitting Form ITR-V (as verification of the electronic filing of return).

T20 World Cup Teams and Squad

1. India

Squad:

Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Praveen Kumar, Irfan Pathan, Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma, Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Pragyan Ojha, Yusuf Pathan, Ishant Sharma, RP Singh, Ravindra Jadeja,

2. Pakistan

Squad:

Younis Khan (captain), Fawad Alam, Mohammad Aamir, Salman Butt, Shahzaib Hasan, Sohail Tanvir, Yasir Arafat, Ahmed Shehzad, Misbah-ul-Haq, Saeed Ajmal, Shahid Afridi, Shoaib Malik, Umar Gul, Kamran Akmal,Rao Iftikhar.

3. Australia

Squad:

Ricky Ponting (captain), Nathan Bracken, Michael Clarke, Brad Haddin, Nathan Hauritz,
Ben Hilfenhaus, James Hopes, Mitchell Johnson, Brett Lee, Peter Siddle, Andrew Symonds, David Warner, Shane Watson, David Hussey, Michael Hussey.

4. South Africa

Squad:

Graeme Smith (captain), Yusuf Abdulla, Johan Botha, Mark Boucher, AB de Villiers, JP
Duminy, Herschelle Gibbs, Jacques Kallis, Justin Ontong, Wayne Parnell, Robin Peterson, Dale Steyn,Albie Morkel, Morne Morkel, Roelof van der Merwe.

5. New Zealand

Squad:

Daniel Vettori (captain), Neil Broom, Ian Butler, Brendon Diamanti, James Franklin, Nathan McCullum, Peter McGlashan, Kyle Mills, Iain O'Brien, Jacob Oram, Martin Guptill, Brendon McCullum, Jesse Ryder, Scott Styris, Ross Taylor.

6. Sri Lanka

Kumar Sangakkara, Indika de Saram, Sanath Jayasuriya, Nuwan Kulasekara, Lasith Malinga, Muttiah Muralitharan, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Ajantha Mendis, Chamara Silva, Isuru Udana, Mahela Jayawardene, Farveez Maharoof, Angelo Mathews, Jehan Mubarak, Thilan Thushara.

7. England

Squad:

Paul Collingwood (captain), James Anderson, Ravi Bopara, Stuart Broad, James Foster,
Robert Key, Dimitri Mascarenhas, Eoin Morgan, Graham Napier, Kevin Pietersen, Adil Rashid, Owais Shah, Ryan Sidebottom, Graeme Swann, Luke Wright.

8. West Indies

Squad:

Chris Gayle (captain), Lionel Baker, Sulieman Benn, David Bernard, Dwayne Bravo,
Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Fidel Edwards, Andre Fletcher, Xavier Marshall, Kieron Pollard,
Denesh Ramdin, Darren Sammy, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Lendl Simmons, Jerome Taylor.

9. The Netherlands

Squad:

Jeroen Smits (captain), Mudassar Bukhari, Maurits Jonkman, Dirk Nannes, Darron, Reekers, Pieter Seelaar, Ryan ten Doeschate, Bas Zuiderent, Peter Borren, Tom de Goorth, Alexei Kervezee, Ruud Nijman, Edgar Schiferli, Eric Szwarczynski, Daan van Bunge.

10. Bangladesh

Squad:

Mohammad Ashraful (captain), Zunaed Siddique, Mashrafe Mortaza, Mushfiqur Rahim,
Roqibul Hasan, Shahadat Hossain, Shakib Al Hasan, Tamim Iqbal, Abdur Razzak,
Mahmudullah, Mithun Ali, Naeem Islam, Rubel Hossain, Shamsur Rahman, Syed Rasel.

11. Ireland

Squad:

William Porterfield (captain), Jeremy Bray, Alex Cusack. Kyle McCallan, Kevin O'Brien,
Boyd Rankin, Regan West, Gary Wilson, Andre Botha, Peter Connell, Trent Johnston,
John Mooney, Niall O'Brien, Paul Stirling, Andrew White.

12 ScotLand

Squad:

Gavin Hamilton, Kyle Coetzer, Majid Haq, Calum MacLeod, Navdeep Poonia, Colin Smith,
Ryan Watson, Craig Wright, Richie Berrington, Gordon Drummond, Neil McCallum,
Dewald Nel, Glenn Rogers, Jan Stander, Fraser Watts.

Gov't posts sensitive list of US nuclear sites

A 267-page document listing all U.S. civilian nuclear sites along with descriptions of their assets and activities became available on whistleblower Web site Wikileaks.org days after a government Web site publicly posted the data by accident.

The sensitive, but unclassified, data had been compiled as part of a report being prepared by the federal government for the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). It was scheduled to be transmitted to the agency later this year and was sent for congressional review by President Obama on May 5, according to a report in the New York Times.

Source: ComputerWorld

Honda Jazz to roll out on June 10

Price:

Honda is expected to price the Jazz in the Rs 6-7 lakh (Rs 600,000-700,000) range, making it the most expensive hatchback in India.

Look:

Jazz sports a unique forward-leaning cabin form styling that highlights sharper lines, wider stance and aerodynamical styling.
A distinctive honeycomb grille is matched with larger, more sharply styled headlights to create an assertive look. However, the tall boy design necessitates a raked up windscreen and high roofline.

Engine:

Honda Jazz is the 1198cc i-VTEC specially developed for the Indian market and it matches the upcoming Bharat IV emission norms.

The 4-cylinder, 1198-cc engine featuring Programmed Fuel Injection pumps out a peak power of 90 PS at 6,200 rpm and a peak torque of 110 Nm at 4800 rpm.

Honda Jazz S Review

Biomedica Research Associations US

Biomedical Research Associations and Organizations Throughout the US

1. Americans for Medical Progress

2. California Biomedical Research Association/California Society for Biomedical Research

3. Connecticut United for Research Excellence, Inc. (CURE)

4. Foundation for Biomedical Research

5. Massachusetts Society for Medical Research (MSMR)

6. Michigan Society for Medical Research (MISMR)

7. Mid-Continent Association for Agriculture, Biomedical Research and Education (MAABRE)

8. National Association for Biomedical Research

9. New Jersey Association for Biomedical Research (NJABR)

10. North Carolina Association for Biomedical Research (NCABR)

11. Ohio Scientific Education & Research Association (OSERA)

12. Pennsylvania Society for Biomedical Research (PSBR)

13. Southwest Association for Education in Biomedical Research

14. States United for Biomedical Research

15. Texas Society for Biomedical Research (TSBR)

16. Northwest Association for Biomedical Research (WABR)

17. Wisconsin Association for Biomedical Research and Education (WABRE)

18. Association for the Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care International

19. American Association for Laboratory Animal Science

20. Bay Area Bioscience Center

21. California Healthcare Institute (CHI)

22. BIOCOM

23. Southern California Biomedical Council (SCBC)

24. Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research

25. Scientists Center for Animal Welfare

26. incurably ill For Animal Research (iiFAR)

27. Research Defense Society Seriously Ill for Medical Research

Source: California Biomedical Research Association

BSNL Bangalore introduces following composite customer plans

Check out for new BSNL Bangalore customer plans

1. Convenience 250 : Broadband Plan
2. Power User Pack : Broadband + EVDO Combo Offer
3. Road Star : Broadband + NIC Card Combo Offer
4. Total Telecom Solution : bundled broadband, wireline, and wireless
5. Special Bundle : Bundled wireline and wireless
6. One plus One : Free WLL Connection for high value customers

World's riskiest BPO spots : India

India may have been hailed for long as the world's top outsourcing destination, but according to a survey in the annual Black Book of Outsourcing, as many as 8 Indian cities are among the world's 25 riskiest places for offshoring.

And what are the reasons for this, according to this study? Mainly, concerns like terrorism, pollution and geopolitical issues, etc.

Here are the Indian Cities

1. Delhi
2. Gurgaon
3. Noida
4. Mumbai
5. Chandigarh
6. Pune
7. Chennai
8. Bangalore
9. Hyderabad
10. Kolkata

Indian software developers prefer Orkut

Orkut, the social networking site from Google, is used by twice as many software developers in India than either MySpace or Facebook according to an Evans Data survey of over 300 software developers in India.

Indian developers showed much more interest in social networking sites in general than do developers in other parts of the world, and 73 percent of them said they had used Orkut, as compared to 35 percent for Facebook and 32 percent for MySpace.

"While Facebook has been heavily promoting its platform to developers, Google's Orkut has quietly taken the largest share of developers in India," said John Andrews, President and CEO of Evans Data Corp. "Capturing mindshare with developers in fast growing emerging development markets like India and Brazil gives them a strategic advantage going forward in further cultivating this very important community."

Google's Orkut has become so popular with developers in both Brazil and India that they have recently released new domains specific to those countries.

Other highlights from this in-depth tactical marketing survey of over 300 software developers in India include:

* Technology or platform vendors are considered the most credible source of information on emerging technologies by Indian developers.
* Almost half of all Indian developers, 47 percent, get involved with coding contests.
* Over half of Indian software developers are single, and are much younger than their counterparts in North America or Europe.

Section 80C, tax planning and investments

Learning how to plan your taxes is a major part of choosing an investment strategy. In this article we will look at Section 80C, one of the most important provisions for investors in the tax laws.

What is Section 80C?

The government, in order to encourage savings, gives tax breaks to certain financial products as discussed in Section 80C of the Income Tax Act. These investments are often referred to as 80C investments.

Up to a limit of Rs 1 lakh, the money that you invest in these products is deduc
tible which means that you don't have to pay income tax on it. Thus if you are in the 30 per cent tax bracket and you invest the maximum allowed you save Rs 30,000 in taxes.

Small savings schemes

These include the public provident fund (PPF) and National Savings Certificate (NSC). They offer a return of around 8 to 8.5 per cent which is quite low compared to typical returns in equity products. Furthermore, there is a relatively long lock-in period, 15 years for the PPF and 6 years for the NSC. Their main advantage is that they offer a guaranteed return unlike equity-based products.

Equity linked savings schemes

These are basically mutual funds which are specially created to provide tax benefits. As with regular mutual funds there is no guaranteed return and you can lose money in a period of falling stock prices as has happened in the first half of 2008. However, ELSS usually provides a higher return than small savings schemes and also a lower lock-in period of three years.

Examples of ELSS include Franklin India Taxshield and HDFC [Get Quote] Taxsaver. As with regular mutual funds, these schemes pursue a range of investment strategies: For instance, some may focus on large cap stocks while others may focus on small and mid cap stocks. It makes sense to invest in more than one scheme to diversify some of your risk.

Making a choice

How do you decide to allocate your Rs 1 lakh 80C limit? This will depend on your other financial decisions; for example whether you have taken a home loan or purchased life insurance. As to the decision between small savings schemes and ELSS two of the most important factors are your attitude to risk and inflation.