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Bill Gates not the richest by a slim margin to Carlos Slim
This year’s Forbes Magazine’s Rich List is topped by Carlos Slim, a 70-year-old Mexican telecommunications mogul worth an estimated fortune of $53.5 billion. Last year’s richest person Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates is placed in second position with an estimated fortune of $53 billion. Gates was the richest person for some time until Warren Buffett, this year’s third richest person, stole the top spot off him in 2008. Gates had held the title of world’s richest 14 of the past 15 years.
Mukesh Ambani, worth $29 billion, is placed in 4th position. London’s richest resident, Lakshmi Mittal, worth $28.7 billion, is in the 5th position.
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Mexico Drug lord in Forbes rich list
Forbes Magazine’s Rich List is an annual list featuring the super-wealthy. This year’s list was topped by a Mexican businessman for the first time. With him is another Mexican – a convicted drug dealer in Mexico who escaped the prison in 2001 and hence, escaped being extradited to the United States.
With and estimated worth of $1 billion, Mexico’s most wanted man Joaquin "Shorty" Guzman has made it onto the Forbes Magazine list of the world’s richest people this year.
Placed in 701 position of a thousand billionaires from around the world, Guzman is a ruthless killer and head of the infamous Sinaloa cartel in Mexico.
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Oscars, Avatar and The Hurt Locker
Many had expected "Avatar" to bag the best picture award. But it was "The Hurt Locker" that won the award making some new records in the Oscars’ history:- The Hurt Locker is the lowest-grossing best picture winner of all time.
- Also a first time – a lowest-grossing movie beat the the highest-grossing movie in modern history, Avatar.
- One of the producers of the winner movie was banned from attending the Academy Awards – and that was also the first in the Awards history.
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Miss India Worldwide Nepal 2010
Vatsala Sharma won the Miss India Worldwide Nepal pageant organized on 6th March, 2010. The event was previously announced to be held on 27th of February but no reason was given for the delay.23 year-old Sharma will represent Nepal in the Miss India Worldwide, a contest among non-resident Indian beauties in Durban on March 27. Vatsala also bagged Miss Beautiful Skin in the event held at Kathmandu on Saturday.
The 5 ft 6 inch India born beauty holds a degree in Business Studies from Pilani in Rajasthan. A total of 12 out of the 46 applicants of Indian-origin, aged between 18 and 27, were selected for the pageant.
The title of first runner-up handed over to Aiman Khan, a 19 year-old beauty. Mangolika Chakravarty, 23, became the second runner-up in the contest. Chakravarty, a radio jokey, also bagged Miss Friendship and Miss Talent.
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World’s Smallest Person: Khagendra finally gets recognized
Guinness World Records has finally verified Khagendra Thapa Magar, Nepal’s shortest man, as the shortest man in the world after verifying his height and weight last night. Thapa Magar was awarded a certificate and a medal in Rome on Feb 26, 2010.The Guinness verification team found that Khagendra is 56 cm tall and weighs just five kg. Khagendra is given a temporary registration now and he will be officially registered as the shortest man of the world in Guinness World Records after six months when he turns 18.
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7 yr-old Charlie’s Fundraising for Haiti
Target: £500.00
Raised so far: £206,906.64
The amount raised by a kid, for Haiti, was at the time this post was written. The amount would be more when you read this post. You can see the latest amount here.
Charlie Simpson, a 7 year-old kid who wanted to do a Sponsored Bike Ride for Haiti because "… there was a big earthquake and loads of people have lost their lives. I want to make some money to buy food, water and tents for everyone in Haiti…" Charlie wanted to raise £500 but more than 400 fold amount will make it easy for UNICEF in its effort to help children in Haiti.
I am going to cycle around South Park as many times as possible…. (at least 10 laps, I hope!). Please can you sponsor me and all your money will go to UNICEF who are collecting for Haiti.
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30% of Americans don’t use internet
It is true that internet use is increasing in the US. But poor, seniors, and minorities still find it difficult to get themselves in the web. A survey of 50,000 people by Nation Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA) showed that almost 1/3 of Americans don’t use internet at home or work!
In overall internet adoption has increased from 51% households in 2007 to 64% households now. In them, many of the respondents didn’t need broadband internet (38%) and others (26%) said they can’t afford it.
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Green rice – Soak to eat
The rice I am talking is not ‘green’ in color but is green in terms of saving the environment.Agricultural scientists in India claim that they have developed a variety of rice that doesn’t require cooking. The soft rice is invented in Central Rice Research Institute, Cuttack, India.
The rice, named Aghoni Bora, looks similar to other varieties but it can simply be soaked in cold water for about forty-five minutes before it can be eaten.
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Jessica Alba to wannabe plastic surgery look-alike – don’t do it
A woman in China wanted to do a plastic surgery to look like Jessica Alba and Alba responded with a positive message, after a month.I am wondering if it has anything to do with the upcoming romantic comedy movie ‘Valentine’s Day’, featuring Jessica Alba, and arriving in theaters on Feb. 12.
Last month, Xiaoqing, the 21 year-old Chinese student, told a newspaper in Beijing about her plan to undergo a surgical transformation to look like Jessica Alba. She told that her ex-boyfriend was a huge fan of Jessica Alba’s films and wanted his girlfriend to look like Alba. She wants to win back her Jessica Alba obsessed boyfriend by converting herself to Jessica Alba look-alike.
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First Nepali actress in Hollywood – Sweta Lamichhane
Sweta Lamichane is the first Nepali woman to join the US Marines and probably the first Nepali actress in Hollywood. She sure is doing great in the US and making us proud. Her IMDB page has her bio-data and her acting career details. We wish her all the best in her desire to win an Oscar.News about her is spreading like fire in Nepali news sites (almost all of them copied from Kantipur). It started with her coverage in Kantipur newspaper. Sweta announced in her facebook page:
Sweta Lamichhane I will be featured in the Kathmandu Post on either Friday the 29th or Saturday the 30th. Extra Extra Read all about it! Thank You Sajag Rana & Keshav Koirala!
It was published on 30th of January 2010:
Her achievements so far include leading roles in Destiny, a New York Film Academy production and in the short film Shoot ‘em Up, which will be pitched with Disney Channel. She has featured in MTV’s Freedom Writers and has also worked in TV shows like ER, Greek, and Glee.
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Condolence to Actress Mahima Pokharel
Actress Mahima (Laxmi) Pokharel has died on a motorbike accident while returning from a movie shooting at Kabhre, East of Kathmandu. Actress Pokharel was riding back to Kathmandu with actor Dinesh Khadka when a cargo truck dashed their motorcycle from behind on BP Highway. Pokharel died at the scene and Khadka is admitted in Dhulikhel hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries. They were acting in a movie named “Adhikar”.
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Miss Mangol in March 20, 2010
To help bringing out the talents in the young ladies of ethnic communities in Nepal, Miss Mangol will be held on March 20, 2010. The audition round will start on 13th of February. Action International, the organizer, has called 16 – 25 years old unmarried ladies from Mangol communities to participate in the event.
After sucessful organization of the first Miss Mangol last year, this is the second time the beauty contest is being held in Kathmandu. The first Miss Mangol, Shristi Rajkarnikar, was present at the announcement ceremony held in Kathmandu.
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Two Grammies for AR Rahman
“This is insane, God is great again.’’ That is what AR Rahman said after receiving his second Grammy Award at Los Angeles. The 44-year-old Indian musician pocketed the Best Compilation Soundtrack and the Best Motion Picture Song at the 2010 Grammy Awards for scoring the tunes of Slumdog Millionaire.
Before that, Rahaman had won the Best Original Music Score and Best Original Song at the Academy Awards, Best Original Score at the Golden Globe Awards, Anthony Asquith Award for Best Film Music at BAFTA for his musical contribution for the movie.
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Namrata Shrestha’s latest interview
Namrata Shrestha, one of the top model/actress, told that she is currently preparing herself to act on a movie based on a drug addict. She was talking to a journalist of nepalisite.com in her latest interview (video attached below). The interview probably is the first such public appearance of Namrata after the release of a sex scandal video in September 2009. The scandal however wasn’t mentioned in the interview.
Namrata has proven her acting talent in the movies Sano Sansar and Mero Euta Saathi Chha. Many of the film industry personnel and the film viewers do not want to loose such a talented actress because of a stupid video that was released accidently. The interview seems to be the first step towards the re-establishment of Namrata’s acting career. Previously, she was also rumored to host the KTV film award show, but she didn’t showed up in the event.
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iPad, are you going to buy one?
I am not a big fan of Apple computer and I am quite satisfied with this PC, I am typing on. I am still with Nokia and haven’t ‘touched’ the iPhone yet. But, the rumour of Apple tablet was too much not to notice!Today Apple CEO, Steve Jobs, revealed the much waited mystery touch screen device. Many expected it to cost about $1,000 but it came with a much cheaper price tag. Given the features and specifications, the device in itself doesn’t seem to be that much revolutionary. It was a bit underwhelming for the most. Said that, it is also true that the device holds a lot of promise. Read the rest of this entry »
