Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee presented the Union Budget 2010-11 in parliament on Friday. Has he lived up to the expectations of the taxpayers? Is it a populist Budget? Will it also help India to grow? To find out read on..
Highlights…
- FM prunes tax rates:
Income up to Rs 1.6 lakh – nil Income above Rs 1.6 lakh and up to Rs 5 lakh – 10 per cent
Income above Rs 5 lakh and up to Rs 8 lakh – 20 per cent
Income above Rs 8 lakh – 30 per cent.
- Income Tax department ready with two-page Saral-2 return forms for individual salaried assesses.
- New tax rates would offer relief to 60 per cent of tax-payers. (more…)
Aircel and WWF India Save our Tigers campaign collaborate to save the wildlife especially tigers worldwide. Tigers are the largest and the heaviest animal and national animal of India. Here the information is mentioned about – Aircell Save Our Tigers and Www.Saveourtigers.com.
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Food fast facts
- Milk chocolate was invented by Daniel Peter, who sold the concept to his neighbour Henri Nestlé.
- An ounce of chocolate contains about 20 mg of caffeine.
- Forks, mostly being two-tined, used to known as “split spoons.”
- TIP is the acronym for “To Insure Promptness.”
- The world’s oldest existing eateries are the Stiftskeller St. Peter in Salzburg, Austria – which was started as a monestary and had a tavern for travellers by 803 AD – and an eatery which opened in Kai-Feng, China in 1153.
- Coffee is the seed of a cherry from the tree genus Coffea
- Melba toast is named after Australian opera singer Dame Nellie Melba (1861-1931).
- Three quarters of fish caught are eaten – the rest is used to make things such as glue, soap, margarine and fertilizer.
- The world’s most expensive jam (jelly) is Confiture de groselles. It is a redcurrant jam (jelly) from a 14th century recipe made in the tiny French town of Bar-Le-Duc. (more…)
Important VITAMINS : Sources & Benefits
The body requires 13 vitamins and 15 minerals to function properly.
Those nutrients are readily available in a balanced diet rich in fruits and vegetables, but millions of people take supplements despite conflicting evidence of their benefits.
Here’s a list of the essential vitamins according to the National Institutes of Health, and where you can find them in the grocery store.
Vitamin A
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What it does: Helps in the formation and maintenance of healthy teeth, bones, soft tissue, mucous membranes and skin.
Where to get it: Eggs, milk, cheese, liver, cod, carrots, kale, spinach, cantaloupe, peas.
The symbolic meanings of flowers were understood by many people during Elizabethan times. However, according to Swan Floral “it was the Victorians who assigned simple messages to individual flowers” and “the Victorian mode of flower language soon spread throughout Europe.”
Also “During this time… men and women used the beauty and color of flowers to express emotions, wishes and thoughts they dared not speak, and every corsage, bouquet, and garland represented a carefully chosen sentiment.” (more…)
