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Twenty20 international spices up Florida suburb

May 24, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

With the smell of Jamaican jerk chicken and Indian biryani wafting through stands, New Zealand beat Sri Lanka by 28 runs in the first official international between two test playing nations in the United States.

The Twenty20 match on Saturday provided an unusual sporting atmosphere for the suburbs of Fort Lauderdale, the flags and shirts in the crowd revealing supporters from Indian, Pakistani, English, South African and Caribbean backgrounds.

“It was nice to see so many Sri Lankans here, I know they have flown down from many different places in the States, unfortunately we couldn’t do them justice with our performance here,” said Sri Lanka skipper Kumar Sangakkara.

The only element that would have jarred with supporters well used to watching cricket on television was scantily-clad cheerleaders entering the field of play, dancing at third man while the bowler was at his mark.

But there was no complaints from the fans, including a noisy contingent of Sri Lankans who had travelled down from the northern part of the United States.

“It’s fantastic to see the team playing here in the States and to see people enjoying cricket,” said Adusha Kotuwegoda from New York.

‘SUB-CONTINENT FEEL’

New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori felt the event had been a success.

“Obviously with a lot of Sri Lankans here it had a kind of sub-continent feel but it was a crowd that was entertained.

“I thought the entertainment off the field was good for the game and whilst it wasn’t as high scoring as people wanted it was still a thrilling game,” he said.

A slow and low surface and large field at the only ICC certified cricket stadium in the United States meant the crowd got to see few boundaries, with just two sixes and 13 fours.

New Zealand made 120 with Ross Taylor striking 27 and skipper Daniel Vettori a crucial 21 not out at the back end of the innings.

Sri Lanka never really got going in reply with New Zealand seamer Kyle Mills removing openers Mahela Jayawardene and Tillakaratne Dilshan cheaply.

Angelo Mathews top scored for Sri Lanka with 27 as they stumbled to 92 all out with two balls remaining, Scott Styris taking three wickets 10 ten runs in three overs.

The two teams meet again on Sunday at the same venue with a bigger crowd expected for a double-header featuring a clash between the United States and Jamaica.

(Editing by Peter Rutherford; To query or comment on this story email sportsfeedback@thomsonreuters.com)

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Inflation rises to – 1.53 percent

August 20, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

New Delhi, Aug 20 (ANI): The rate of inflation has increased to – 1.53 percent for the week ended August 8 against the – 1.74 percent in the previous week.

It rose despite increase in prices of food articles.

Bajra and urad prices rose by two per cent each while condiments, spices, arhar, and fruit and vegetables became more expensive by one per cent.

However, the prices of jowar came down by four per cent, barley by two per cent, and moong by one per cent. (ANI)

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Inflation rate up to 0.61 percent

May 21, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

New Delhi, May 21 (ANI): The rate of inflation in India for the week ended May 9 rose marginally to 0.61 percent, from 0.48 percent a week earlier, a government data showed on Thursday.

The annual rate of inflation had been rising for four consecutive reporting dates since the week ended April 4 when it was at 0.18 percent and touched 0.7 percent for the week ended April 26, before falling to 0.48 percent for the period ended May 2.

During the week, prices of tea, fruits, vegetables and spices rose by 0.5 percent during the week and that for manufactured products was up 0.1 percent, while the index for fuels remained unchanged.

The prices of urad, barley and maize declined during the week. The sub-index for non-food articles rose 0.4 percent as raw cotton, raw silk and oil seeds became dearer, while prices fell for raw rubber. (ANI)

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Humans ‘can’t distinguish pate from dog food’

May 4, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Washington, May 2 (ANI): People might one day be eating dog food, for a new study has found that it tastes as good as liverwurst or duck liver mousse.

The researchers found that people can’t differentiate in the flavour of dog foods with that of normal human foods.

In the study involving 18 subjects, the research team separately put organic Canned Turkey and Chicken Formula for Puppies/Active Dogs, duck liver mousse, pork liver pâté, liverwurst, and spam in a food processor.

Pâté is a mixture of minced meat and fat in the form of spreadable paste, generally made from a finely ground or chunky mixture of meats and liver, and often with additional fat, vegetables, herbs, spices or wine.

The resulting product was put into five different bowls and garnished with parsley.

They found that although the volunteers didn’t exactly prefer the dog food, they couldn’t identify it either.

“Only 3 of 18 subjects correctly identified sample C as the dog food,” CBS News quoted the paper as stating.

“Although human beings do not enjoy eating dog food, they are also not able to distinguish its flavour profile from other meat-based products that are intended for human consumption,” the authors added. (ANI)

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Indians find Gordon Ramsay’s curries ‘bloody c***’

April 5, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

London, April 5 (ANI): Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay has been given a thumbs down after disappointing foodies with his curries in India.

The ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ host has been filming the Indian series for his ‘Great Escape’ for Channel 4.

The 42-year-old, whose TV ratings have taken a dip after facing allegations of cheating on his wife Tana with a writer, managed to offend the palates of locals and experts with his recipes.

“It’s bloody c***,” News of the World quoted one Indian cuisine expert.

Local foodie Satish Jacob fumed: “It’s got too much cardamom, it’s a muddy colour and the flavour is awful. Spices have to be used subtly. I’m very disappointed.”

Ramsay, however, received a more positive response from the tribal people of Bastar in Chhatisgarh after serving them with red ant chutney.

The Brit restaurateur hunted ants and later made a paste adding garlic, red chillies, tomatoes and ant eggs. (ANI)

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Thousands of Sai Baba devotees receive Anna Dana

March 18, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Shirdi (Maharashtra), Mar.18 (ANI): Tens of thousands of devotees of Sai Baba were recently given Anna Dana at the annual prasadalaya function here, taking forward a tradition first started by the Sai Baba himself.

Devotees accepted the delicious prasad at a nominal rate.

Sources at the Shree Sai Baba Sansthan Trust said, nearly 1.5 crore devotees benefited from the prasad and the meals that were served.

The trust spends Rs.25 crore annually on the prasadlaya. The donation is considered very valuable in today’s age, which is known as KALYUG in the Hindu mythological context.

According to the trust, one should constantly endeavor to donate and help the needy, especially those who are suffering from hunger and malnutrition.

Legend has it that Sai Baba used to feed the hungry in his own unique way, taking the whole process to a spiritual plane.

He used to prepare the food himself, and ground the spices on a grinding stone. He also used to purchase foodgrains that were to be cooked and subsequently distributed by him personally.

The trust is really a place of faith for all Sai Baba devotees. They relish their food, which can be procured for as little as Rs.5 per person and Rs.2 for a child.

On any given normal day, 35,000 to 40,000 devotees attend the activities at the Sai Baba Trust. During occasions like festivals and vacations, the number goes up to 70,000 or 80,000.

One hall can accommodate up to 5,000 devotees, and a meal often includes servings of rice, roti, dal, two vegetables and a sweetmeat.

Free provision of food is given to the poor, blind, the physically challenged and hermits.

The prasadalaya purchases the foodgrains once a year, and it includes 9000 quintals of wheat, 5,500 quintals of rice, 6,500 quintals of besan, 9,500 quintals of sugar, and 11,000 quintals of tur dal, besides 6,200 quintals of vegetables which are stored in the cold storage of the trust. Another 2000 quintals of food grains is also purchased every year.

The prasadalaya operates for twelve hours every day and has 474 workers., 404 of whom are permanent.

The prasadalaya is the largest of its kind in India. A one storeyed building which has been built on seven acres of land at a cost of Rs.20 crores. (ANI)

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An all women savings bank in rural area of Dehradun

March 12, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Dehradun, Mar 12 (ANI): Setting an inspirational example of women’s empowerment in Uttarakhand, a group of rural women in a Dehradun village have set up a bank which today has a capital worth over one million rupees!

The bank has generated a major hope among household women for transforming their lives through personal savings.

The women in Dehradun’s Sahaspur village joined hands two years ago to open the Mahila Bachhat Bank or, women saving bank after they failed to get loans from existing banks here.

The started the venture under “Women’s initiative for self employment” scheme which was introduced here to ensure employment to rural women. The village women started saving and soon set up a bank for women.

Since opening a bank, women here started depositing their savings in the bank. If required they also take loans.

Today, these rural women can take loan from their own bank at 8 per cent interest rate and it is helping them to small business like pickles, bakery products, beauty parlour and spices.

Presently, the bank has 300 household women as its members and 65 women have availed bank loans. The bank today boasts of having a sum of a million rupees as its capital.

The opening of this bank has not only given the resident village women a sense of pride but also given support to many of them to explore opportunities for work by taking up small business opportunities.

“Our aim of opening this bank was to provide an opportunity to those women who wanted to earn on their own. Usually, women undergo training to start their own ventures but due to lack of funds they were unable to do so. So we thought why not start our own bank? All the members of the bank hold meetings very month and deposit money at the Mahila Bank and the money deposited in the bank is then given to needy women. So it’s a great help to these women in the form of loans,” said Kiran Negi, Chairman, Mahila Bank, Dehradun.

Started two years ago, an increasing number of women are now coming to the bank and depositing their savings.

“We are very happy with the bank. We get three times more than what we deposit in the bank,” said Asha Pandey, an account holder women in Mahila Bank. By Asheesh Goyal (ANI)

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Govt. scheme helps Uttarakhand women to become self-reliant

March 9, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Nainital, Mar. 8 (ANI): Benefiting from Central Government’s poverty eradication scheme, many women belonging to lower income group have become self reliant in Uttarakhand.

The Swarnjayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojna (SGSY) provides self-employment through small industries. Under this scheme, assistance is given to women living below the poverty line to become self-employment.

At present, there are around 216 self-help groups in Haldwani Block in Nainital. 156 of them are rated as first grade functional, and getting certain extra facilities. Some of the women members have also been nominated as Gram Pradhans (village heads).

“Through this society, women have benefited a lot. They have got jobs and have become self-reliant. Women who were earlier confined to the four walls of their homes have now come forward. Women are even given employment training,” said Rekha Pathak, a Gram Pradhan.

Aided by the SGSY, many women make their livelihood by selling a wide range of items like diary products, spices, candles etc.

Under SGSY, training is also provided in different vocations.

Women feel that their status in society has improved after becoming economically independent.

“Women come to the meetings and put forward their problems. Apart from economic development, it has also facilitated the upliftment of their social status. They have also gained self confidence,” said Dhana Devi, Block Development Officer, Haldwani block, Nainital.

Bank officers keep on visiting various SHGs to give handy tips to the members on how to save their hard earned money. (ANI)

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Inflation at fifteen months low of 3.36 percent, policy rates may ease

February 26, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

New Delhi, Feb 26 (ANI): Inflation declined to a fifteen month low of 3.36 percent during the week ended February 14 against 3.92 percent in the previous week.

The 0.56 low was caused mainly due to fall in the prices of food articles like fruit and vegetables, pulses, and some manufactured items, raising hopes of cuts in the key policy rates by the RBI.

During the week, prices of food articles like maize fell by five percent, barley by three percent, and fruit and vegetables by two percent while eggs and spices declined by one percent each.

Among manufactured products, prices of mustard oil reduced by two percent, and sooji and coconut oil by one percent each.

Similarly, aluminium ingots got cheaper by 6 percent, and liquid chlorine by three percent.

Meanwhile, the government has assured that the RBI may ease money supply further.

Replying to the debate on the interim Budget in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, stand-in Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said, “I am fully concerned that increased public spending may put pressure on the government’s borrowing programme and overall credit off take in the economy.”

Mukherjee said: “There is, however, scope for appropriate compensatory monetary policy options, (which) I am sure will be exercised by the RBI at the right time.” (ANI)

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Inflation drops to year’s low of 4.39 percent

February 12, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

New Delhi, Feb.12, (ANI): The inflation rate further dipped on Thursday due to the falling prices of fuel and food items, pulling it down to a year’s low of 4.39 percent.

Inflation for the week ending January 31 fell down by 0.68 percent from 5.07 percent a week ago.

The prices of petrol, diesel and cooking gas dropped during the week.

Among food items that became cheaper were tea, fruit, vegetables and spices.

The Prices of imported edible oils, mustard oils and coconut oil and manufactured goods category items like, dhotis, sarees, ceiling fans and cotton cloth prices were also dropped during the week.

Prices of Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) also fell by 15 percent.

Prices of items like maize, wheat, rice and pulses and tobacco continue to be expensive.

The previous low inflation rate was recorded at 4.36 percent during the week ending January 12, 2008. (ANI)

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Intertek boosts support to Indian spice with laboratory accreditations

February 12, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Mumbai, Feb 12 (ANI/Business Wire India): Intertek, a leading international provider of quality and services to a wide range of industries, has had its laboratory in Mumbai, India accredited by India’s Spices Board.

The accreditation certifies that Intertek meets the requirements set by the Spices Board for analytical laboratory testing of spices.

The Spices Board registration certifies Intertek’s ‘AFPE’ laboratory in Mumbai as able to provide analytical laboratory testing services for physical, chemical and microbiological parameters of spices and spice products to Spices Board standards.

Spices are a key commodity in India, with India accounting for nearly half of global spice exports.

The government-run Spices Board oversees the Indian spice industry and aims to increase India’s spice exports by setting standards and requirements that increase the quality of spices, which is key to their export value.

The quality of spices are key to their value. International buyers look for credible evidence and certifications of quality derived from independent testing and analysis.

Harsh Chopra, Country Manager, Intertek India said, ‘We are pleased to receive Spices Board accreditation of our Mumbai lab, furthering our support to the food and agricultural industries. We look forward to supporting local spice companies with the testing and verifications they need to demonstrate the quality of their products and increase their international trade’.

Intertek’s ‘AFPE’ Mumbai laboratory adds accredited spices testing to the existing extensive range of testing services it provides to India’s agricultural and food sectors as well as environmental and analytical testing to other industries.

Intertek has more than 20 laboratories across India providing quality, safety, analytical testing and certification services to more than 25 different industries from food and pharmaceutical, electrical and consumer product, industrial inspection, oil and agricultural industries. (ANI)

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Jim Carrey, Jenny McCarthy ‘have naked days to spice things up’

February 9, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

New Delhi, February 9 (ANI): Jim Carrey and his girlfriend Jenny McCarthy have naked days to spice up their relationship, according to a source.

The comedian couple, who have been seeing each other for nearly three years, allegedly spent 25,000 dollars to rent a beachfront villa in Hawaii – entirely naked.

Jim and Jenny reportedly loved peeling off the layers, while being together to make things more exciting, reports the China Daily.

A source said: “When they’re alone they prefer to be nude most of the time. They always have an afternoon of naked fun, it spices things up. But of course they are always dressed in public!”

Another couple who shares their love for nudity are Christina Aguilera and her hubby Jordan Bratman, who frequently amuse themselves with “naked Sundays”.

Christina said: “We have to be the cosiest couple around. We have something called naked Sundays.

“We don’t need to go anywhere, we’re just with each other. We do everything naked. We cook naked. It’s important to keep the marriage alive, to spice it up a little.” (ANI)

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‘Kebab king’ dies aged 87

January 20, 2009 By Rajesh Leave a Comment

London, Jan 20 (ANI): The man who invented the doner kebab has died of cancer at the age of 87.

Known as the ‘kebab king’, Mahmut Aygun passed away in Berlin.

He invented the doner kebab nearly 40 years ago, reports the Telegraph.

The chef was born in Turkey but later moved to Germany at the age of 16 in the hope of one day opening his own restaurant.

He was serving customers at a snack stall when it dawned on him that kebab meat – a mix of roasted lamb and spices traditionally eaten with rice – could be served differently.

Kebab meat had traditionally been served with rice but in a moment of inspiration Aygun saw that the future lay in putting the meat inside a pitta bread.

That allowed customers who had been drinking to wander off into the night with their food and eat it as they stumbled home.

Aygun once said: “I thought how much easier it would be if they could take their food with them.”

So, on March 2, 1971, his Berlin restaurant ‘Hasir’ became the first eaterie to serve meat in pitta bread.

The name doner kebab soon followed, derived from the Turkish word ‘dondurmek’, meaning to rotate.

However, Aygun’s services to the takeaway industry did not stop there. He is also credited with inventing the yoghurt sauce, which became the doner’s hallmark. (ANI)

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Need to increase trade between India and Tanzania: Kamal Nath

January 19, 2009 By Rajesh Leave a Comment

New Delhi, Jan 19 (ANI): Commerce Minister Kamal Nath today said that there is a need to increase the bilateral trade between India and Tanzania, as there is huge potential for the same.

During the bilateral interaction with the Tanzanian Minister for Industry, Trade and Marketing, Dr. Mary Nagu, Nath called for the Tanzanian investors to avail the opportunities of the favourable investment climate in India, particularly in the sectors viz., telecommunication, fibre-optics, infrastructure development and tourism.

Nath welcomed partnerships and joint ventures with Tanzania in sectors like telecom, agro and power and energy.

The Minister added that India would like to explore and investment in the development of industries based on crops such as cotton, sugar, soya bean and groundnuts.

“The total bilateral trade between India and Tanzania during 2007-08 was US $ 752.16 million (exports – $ 587.60million and imports $ 164.56 million),” he said.

Major items of India’s exports to Tanzania include petroleum, machinery and instruments, drugs, pharmaceuticals and fine chemicals, electronic goods, and transport equipments.

Major items of India’s imports from Tanzania are cashew, pulses, spices, pearls, leather, and non-ferrous metals. (ANI)

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