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Dassault Rafale bets Eurofighter Typhoon to Win Indian Air Force Deal

admin — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:12:30 +0000

French defence supplier Dassault Aviation, whose Mirage 2000 fighters played a vital role for India during the Kargil conflict in 1999, has emerged as the lowest bidder for the $11-billion ( 55,000 crore) contract to supply 126 fighter jets to the Indian Air Force. It will now enter into exclusive price negotiations with the government and contract for the world’s second-largest open military tender is likely to be inked next fiscal.

Dassault’s Rafale fighter edged out the Eurofighter Typhoon in the final round of a prolonged selection process that saw jets from American firms Boeing and Lockheed Martin, Russia’s MiG 35 and Swedish jet Saab Gripen getting eliminated in technical evaluation rounds. EADS, the European consortium that makes Airbus passenger jets, is a major shareholder in both Eurofighter and Dassault Aviation.

While the defence ministry made no official announcement, executives of Dassault and Eurofighter have been informed of the decision, which was welcomed by French President Nicholas Sarkozy.

The negotiation of the contract will begin very soon with the full support of French authorities. It will include major transfers of technology guaranteed by the French state,” he said. The massive contract going to a French firm comes as a boost to Sarkozy, who faces elections in April in the backdrop of a stuttering economy.

Defence minister AK Antony told agencies that no deal would be signed before the end of March. It will need clearance from the Defence Acquisition Council and will be ultimately signed off by the Cabinet Committee on Security headed by the Prime Minister.
The decision is far from a purely commercial one as it involves years of strategic cooperation. In April, US Ambassador Timothy Roemer resigned a day after it emerged that American fighters were out of the reckoning in the contest.

The contract for the medium multi-role combat jets comes with a 50% offset clause, which means half the value of the contract must be spent in India. This will spell good news for public and private defence contractors.

“This deal, along with the new offset policy retrospected, will get $6 billion through offsets and $6 billion through technology transfers. It will be a force multiplier for small and medium enterprises tapping industries such as defence, aerospace and homeland security,” said S Ravinarayanan, the chairman of Axis Aerospace & Technologies and head of industry lobby group Ficci’s task force on defence offsets.

For Dassault Aviation, whose stock went up 21% on Tuesday, the deal is a shot in the arm. Having failed to find a foreign buyer thus far, French officials had gone on record saying the programme will wind up if the project fails to land export orders. This would not have happened before 2021, when the last of the 180 planes ordered by the French Air Force is scheduled to be delivered.

With this deal, the French have consolidated their presence in the Indian defence space. In 2005, French firm Thales won a 19,000 crore deal to supply Scorpene submarines.

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Derriere Meaning

admin — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:03:49 +0000

The word Derriere is becoming very popular these days. People are fast adding and using the word in their daily life.

The word acctually means rear or backyard. Something which is at your behind.

For Example the very popular use of this word which I’m hearing is Pippa Middleton derriere are real hot. Now here derriere is the butt which is present at the rear side of our body.

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Ashapura Mata

admin — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:17:56 +0000

The Tarak Mehta Ka Ultah Chasmah fans must be hearing about this much worshipped devi a lot these days. We are talking about Ashapura Mata who is said to fulfil the wishes of her devoted devotees. Her temples are found in Gujarat and Rajasthan. But her main temple is in Gujarat. It is located in Mata no Madh in Kutch. She is said to be the kuldevi of Jadeja. Her temples are also found in other Jadeja domains of Rajkot, Jasdan,Morbi, Gondal, Jamnagar, Ghumli,Bhuj.

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Mumbai Flash Mob Dance

admin — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 14:30:02 +0000

No city can match the spirit of Mumbaikars.Only Mumbaikars can do a thing like that. This is the thought came to my mind when i watching this video.Somewhat the spirit of the young people in the video compelled me to write this post.I’m writing about the dnce of 200 young people on railway platform of CST Mumbai.

Yes 200 young college goers took passengers of Chatrapati Shivaji Terminus,Mumbai by surprise when they started dancing on Aamir Khan’s movie Rang de Basanti track.It all started suddenly.A girl smartly dressed in jeans and shirt started dancing on the title track Rang de Basanti and soon she was joined by another girl and within flash young faces from from sides of the station started joining the dance.

This performance came a day after the third anniversary of terrorist attack on CST.It shows that no one can dampen the spirit of Mumbaikars. This type of dance is called flash mob.It is reletively new in India where a group of people breaks into dance publically performs and disperse quickly once the performance finishes.

While watching the video I saw many confuse faces initially in the video unable to figure out what is happening but as it started sinking in it brought smile on every visible face,old women clapping enjoying throughly.

The video has got maximum numbers of views after nation went viral for kolaveri song.

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Sony Ericsson Mix Walkman

admin — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 09:45:51 +0000

Think of music phone and the only name which comes in the mind of music lovers is Sony Ericsson.Till date Sony Ericsson is the king of music phone.Adding another feather to its wings Sony has launched Sony Ericsson Mix Walkman.

The first thing which I noticed about this phone is the compactness. Measuring 95.8 x 52.8 x 14.3 mm in size and Weight 88 gm it is very light for the kind of size it is.

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Steve Jobs Died on 5 Oct – 2011

admin — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 00:07:24 +0000

As per the news report , Steve Jobs is no more. He will definitely be missed.

Steve Jobs is dead

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Contagion Review

admin — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 17:38:55 +0000

Steven Soderbergh the director of the oscar winning movie Traffic has agin hit the cinema with a new film named Contagion.The film is about a lethal airborne virus whose effect is such that the human body dies within a few days after coming in contact with it.An epidemic kind of emergency has been created which has forced the wordwide medical community to get together to find the cure of the disease and control the virus whcih is killing thousands of ordinary people around the globe.

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September 11, 2001

admin — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 17:18:35 +0000

11 September 2001 early morning 4 civil jet plane hijacked by 19 al-Qaeda terrorist intentionally crashed two planes into World Trade Center,third in Pentagon and fourth got crashed in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.Nearly or lets say more than 3000 people were killed in one single day,No one can forget this date.Especially not the one who have lost their loved one,family, friends, relatives. It was a horrific day in the history of mankind which not only shook America deep in their roots but also send chills in the spine of other countries.

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Fifa World Cup 2010 winner is spain

admin — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 21:01:17 +0000

Most probably Spain is going to win the fifa world cup 2010. They are leading at 1:0 right now. No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin. No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

New Year Greeting Cards

admin — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 07:26:45 +0000

The New Year Day (January 1^st) is the auspicious day. This day resembles the end of one year and the beginning of the next year. People celebrated this event very much. At present, the celebration of New Year is a major celebration worldwide. At this happy moment, people express their feelings through the beautiful greeting cards to their lovable ones. This is also an official day of the year in the Gregorian calendar used by most countries. Now, different varieties of beautiful New Year greeting cards are available in the market.

You can see some beautiful New Year Greeting Cards.

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