World's Highest Open Air Escalator

World's Highest Open Air Escalator

The Umeda Sky Building is the twelfth-tallest building in Osaka City, Japan, and one of the city's most recognizable landmarks. It consists of two 40-story towers that connect at their two uppermost stories, with bridges and an escalator crossing the wide atrium-like space in the center. The escalator ride is an event in itself as it feels like you are floating up into the sky. They lead to the observation area of the twin towers. Located in the Umeda district of Kita-ku, the building was originally conceived in 1988 as the "City of Air" project, which planned to create four interconnected towers in northern Osaka. Eventually, practical considerations brought the number of towers down to two.

Top 15 Study Abroad destinations

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Check out Top 15 Study Abroad destinations:-

1) UK:

University Of Cambridge, UK

This capital city of England is home to world's most prestigious universities. With its rich cultural heritage, the city boasts of excellent academic standards. Studying Post graduate degree in the UK makes great sense as you can complete your Masters degree in 1 year and save on the additional years cost. Besides London, there are several good institutes in Scotland, Ireland, Wales and Virgin Islands.

2) America:

HARVARD UNIVERSITY, USA

Hailed as the most popular study abroad destination for overseas students, America offers excellent institutes which concentrate on overall development of students. USA offers liberal learning experience where students are open to pick up a combination of disciplines and get dual degrees as well.

Avial- A traditional Kerala dish.

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Avial

Preparation time – 10 minutes

Serves : – 2

Ingredients:

1 shredded coconut
100 grams pumpkin
100 grams beans
100 grams carrot
100 grams potato
100 grams peas
2 drumsticks
100 grams snake gourd
Raw bananas sliced 1nos.
750ml sour curd
8 green chillies
3 teaspoons cumin seeds
few curry leaves
4 teaspoons mustard
1 tablespoon oil and salt to taste.

Preparation Method:

Take a blender and put the coconut, cumin seeds, few curry leaves and the green chillies and make a paste.
Add a little water while blending but the paste should not be watery.
Cut all the vegetables into long pieces.
Take a pressure cooker and put in all the vegetable.
Add 3 tablespoons of curd and salt to taste and cook for five minutes or two whistles.
Now take a frying pan and pour the oil and bring to heat.
Once the oil is well heated add the mustard and let it crackle and follow it with the curry leaves sauté them while they crackle or else the curry leaves will burn.
Now add the boiled vegetables and sauté for 30 seconds.
Add the coconut paste and cook for 3 minutes.
While stirring continuously add the curd and cook on a low flame for ten minutes.
Garnish with coriander and serve.

Too Dangerouus

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Check out this video. It's too dangerous. Never ever try this.

Check out the news appeared on THE TIMES OF INDIA on the above video.

Extreme train stunt stuns railways, commuters

MUMBAI: A video of a young man and his friend performing extremely dangerous stunts in a moving suburban train, which was recently posted online and has since gone viral, has drawn strong criticism from both railways as well as activists.

The video shows one of the men dangerously lean out of a train, slap overhead equipment poles, leap on to the wall of a bridge, run on it for a few moments and then, once again, leap on to the train - all this, while the train is in motion between Cotton Green and Reay Road stations.

Sharat Chandrayan, chief public relations officer, Western Railways, said, "It is a dangerous and an insane act of rashness, which nobody should replicate. Nobody should praise or sensationalize the clip."

VA Malegaonkar, chief public relations officer, Central Railway, seconded that the man in the video has risked his life for a few minutes of fame.

"I appeal to people to not replicate this act, as it is extremely risky." Both Central and Western railways spend thousands on creating awareness against rooftop travel and leaning dangerously out of trains.

Section 156 of the Railway Act can be invoked against a commuter travelling dangerously. The Act specifies that an accused can be fined Rs 500 or sent to prison for three months, or both.

Samir Zaveri, a railway activist, has requested commuters to halt a train by pulling the chain whenever they see a reckless stunt.

Commuters told TOI that most youngsters indulge in such mindless acts close to the ladies' compartment to impress female commuters.

Bhavesh Patel, another railway activist, said commuters should immediately call up the railway helpline number so that offenders can be handed over to the police at the next station.

Shailesh Goyal of the National Rail Users' Consultative Committee, said that not just passengers, but even the train's motorman or guard should immediately report the commuter to the police if they witness such an act.

Choco Cornflakes Pudding

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Choco Cornflakes Pudding

Ingredients:

1/2 cup - plain cornflakes

1.5 cups - whole milk

1 tbsp - sugar

2 - cardamom pods

Cashew nuts, a few

1 tsp - ghee (to fry)

2 pinches - cocoa powder

Method:

1. Roast the cornflakes in ghee and set it aside.

2. Leave it to cool for 5 minutes then grind it to a coarse powder.

3. Roast cashews and keep aside.

4. Add sugar to milk and bring to boil.

5. Add cornflakes powder, crushed cardamoms, cocoa powder and stir well till it becomes thick - of pudding consistency.

6. Add the cashews and mix well.

7. Refrigerate for 15-20 minutes and serve chilled!

Stocks in news 30 Aug

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Stocks in news: DLF, BGR Energy, Atlanta, NCC, ONGC

Here are stocks that are in news today:

Draft Banking Licence – Reactions -Finance Secretary says broking companies left out to avoid conflict of Interest

Sunil Godhwani of Religare Enterprises-Our expectations have not been dashed
-Draft guidelines throw up points for discussion
-Would like to see more clarity on foreign shareholder coming in
-We can align our business to meet regulatory intent if needed

Ajay Srinivasan-RBI guidelines are a good step for financial inclusion

BMR Advisors
-RBI will exercise discretion while granting licenses

M&M Finance says-New banking guidelines very balanced
-Prima facie we qualify for banking license
-'Have said we are interested in promoting a bank'

L&T Financial Services says-We seem to be meeting guidelines for banking licence
-Banking guidelines along expected lines

ONGC FPO likely to hit markets on September 20-ONGC FPO road shows likely to start on September 5
-ONGC likely to file FPO documents by September 8

SC adjourns Sanjay Chandra bail plea hearing -SC to hear Chandra's bail plea again on September 5

Man Industries spat
-Both parties exchange proposal for possible settlement
-Settlement formula proposes 1 party buying other party shares
-RC Mansukhani offers Rs 140/sh to buyout JC Mansukhani's shares
-CLB reserves order after hearing both party arguments

Other stocks and sectors that are in news today:
- Atlanta in talks with IIFCL, SBI, UBI and Hudco to raise Rs 700 crore debt for its 117 km road project (ET)

- Reliance Broadcast in talks with PE players to raise Rs 300-400 crore through a fresh equity issue (FE)

- DLF clarifies on the sale of its IT Park, that the company is still exploring various strategic options on the sale of its park stake

- NCC to monetize its land to finance projects by leveraging 400 acres of land valued at Rs 400 crore (DNA)

- BGR Energy bags order worth Rs 444 crore from Nuclear Power Corp of India

-CCEA to take up BHEL 5% FPO on Tuesday

- BPCL eyes Maharashtra & Karnataka to setup a land liquefied natural gas terminal with an investment of around Rs 4500 crore, with a capacity of 5-6mt (BS)

- Asian Granito India to consider raising of fund by way of preferential issue

-Ex Dividend: Gujarat State fertilizers & Chemicals Rs 7/sh, REC Rs 4/sh, Neyveli Lignite Rs 2.3/sh

-F&O ban: ABG Shipyard