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January 5th, 2009

25 Must-Know Facts about Afghanistan

What do you know about Afghanistan? What is there to know besides there’s a war going on”way over there” ?

Afghanistan is first on my list of countries in Asia.

Here are 25 facts about Afghanistan that everyone ought to know. Maybe you have a few facts to add.

1. Afghanistan has about 33 million people, less than the state of California (36M).

2. Afghanistan is about the size of California and Oregon combined.

3. Afghanistan has about 1/4 of its people in the city (1/3rd of them in Kabul) and the rest in the countryside.

4. Kabul,the capital, (2.9million) by population is about the size of Chicago. This number does not make it in to the top 100 cities by population in the world.

5. Half of the people in Afghanistan speak Persian, 1/3rd speak Pashto, 1/10th speak Uzbek or Turkmen.

6. Afghanistan is 99% Muslim (84% Sunni/15 Shia).

7. Afghanistan’s life expectancy is 44.2 years (44.4-women) 44 for men. Nearly one in six children die at birth. Nearly half (45%) of the population is less than 14 years old. The average age is 17.6 years. Each woman bears 6+ children.

Afghanis
Afghanis

8. There is only one doctor per every 5,000+ people.

9. One in five women can read. One in two men can read. There is only 6 years of compulsory education.

10. Afghan is friends with Pakistan, India, Finland, Germany and Belgium - where the country exports to, and Pakistan, South Korea, Japan, United States and Germany - where the country imports from.

11.  70% of the country’s power comes by hydroelectric source and 30% by thermal sources.

12. There is only one radio for every 8 people.

13. There is only one telephone for every 333 people

14. There is only one television for every 85 people. (They aren’t missing anything.)

15. There are no internet hosts. (They are missing a lot.)

16. There is about one car for every 500 people and only 1/4th of all roads are paved.

17. Afghanistan is 90% dependent on aid as it rebuilds.

18. Only 2 in 5 schools in Afghanistan have buildings.

Afghan School
Afghan School

19. Some 92% of the world’s heroin comes from poppies grown in Afghanistan.

20. Afghanistan is landlocked by Iran, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.

Afghanistan
Afghanistan

21. Afghanistan has natural gas, petroleum, coal, copper, chromite, talc, barites, sulfur, lead, zinc, iron ore, salt, precious and semiprecious stones.

22. Afghanistan is limited in natural fresh water and has inadequate potable water, is overgrazed, deforested, desertified and suffers from air and water pollution as well as earthquakes.

23. There is no AIDS in Afghanistan.

24. Afghanistan is older than the United States -founded in 1747 by Ahmad Shah Durrani.

25. Afghanistan can only get better.

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By Bill Belew -- 0 comments

January 5th, 2009

Sign My Asia Guestbook

Please consider taking a moment to sign my Asia guestbook.

According to my stat counter I get visitors from all over Asia. I wonder out loud, here, who some of you are.

Please take a moment to sign in inthe comments, leave an email if you like, or not….I promise, I absolutely hate spam. You will NEVER be spammed by me and I will NEVER give your email address to someone else. Or you can just leave that part blank if you like.

In any event, I know where I have been in Asia - Japan, China, Korea, Guam, Philippines, Thailand, Hong Kong, Taiwan, India, Russia…. Where have you been? Where are you?

I wonder if I can find someone/s from all over the world who has been all over Asia.

If you like, send me a pic and I’ll put it up - to wcbelew (at) gmail (dot) com.

Please sign my Asia guestbook.

Sign My Guestbook

Sign My Guestbook

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By Bill Belew -- 1 comment

January 4th, 2009

15 Fun Facts about Asia

I am on a mission to know/learn/share more about the continent I write about.

Here are 15 fun facts about Asia.

1. Asia is the largest continent by landmass and human population. The area of Asia is larger than the land area of the moon.  (44.6K sq km - 37k sq km respectively.)

2. Asia has a population of over 4 billion people or better than 60% of the world’s population. This many people standing side by side holding hands would reach around the world at the equator more than 100 times.

3. More than half of Asia’s population is in two countries in Asia - China (1.3 billion) and India (1.1 billion). India is guestimated to take over China in about 20 years or so.

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January 3rd, 2009

jmet 2009 results ,Joint Management Entrance Test 2009

The Results of JMET 2009 will will be announced on Jan 05 2009

Click here to view the results

According to the website the Rank Card is going to be issued only to those candidates who have qualified in JMET 2009 Exam. In case the exam candidates do not receive their Rank Card by 20th Jan 09, they are requested to contact the GATE Office, IIT Kanpur,  contact no (0512-2597412 ).

JMET 2009 Application Form can be submitted ONLINE . Click here to Apply Online

Click here for Apllication status

Click here for Important Dates

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By Parasshuram -- 2 comments

January 2nd, 2009

Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka, 2nd Test, Chittagong, Live Scores. Live Streaming

The 2nd test between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka will begin from Jan 3rd, Saturday in  Chittagong ,Bangladesh,

Match Start time 09.30am (03.30 GMT)

In the 1st test Bangladesh made a valiant attempt to chase 521 and made 413 runs and fell short of 107 runs,

This is the 100 the test match for the Sri Lankan Captain Mahela jayawardene , He is also only  74 away from the 8000 runs in test cricket

The Spin whiz kid Ajantha Mendis is included to the Sri Lankan squad after recovering from an ankle injury then Rangana Herath have to face the axe.

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The Bangladesh is playing with the same squad that played the 1st test.

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Pitch and conditions : The Chittagong Divisional Stadium pitch may favour the spinners, so both the team spinners have to do the bulk of the bowling

Quotes : - “I am just proud to have played for my country for so long.”We are focused on beating Bangladesh here and win the series 2-0. They played very well in Dhaka and I expect they will fight hard here as well.” Mahela jayawardene

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By Parasshuram -- 2 comments

January 2nd, 2009

Australia vs South Africa, 3rd Test, Sydney, Live Scores , Live Streaming.

The 3rd Cricket Test Match between Australia and South Africa will start from 3rd Jan-09, Saturday in Sydney. Start time 10.30am (23.30GMT)

South Africa has already won the 3 match test series by 2-0 giving Australia their first series defeat at home in 16 years. If S Africa can win this match they are going to be the official  No 1 in the ICC test rankings. The no 1 Test ranking is up for grabs at the  Sydney Cricket Ground.

Australia have not lost all the matches in a home series of three or more Tests. Australia have won 12 out of the past 14 Tests at the Sydney Cricket Ground. This match is going to be a Challenge for the Australians

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Team news :

For Australia  Andrew McDonald and Doug Bollinger are set to make their debuts in place of Bret Lee and Andrew symonds respectively who are injured.

Australia 1. Matthew Hayden, 2 Simon Katich, 3 Ricky Ponting (capt), 4 Michael Hussey, 5 Michael Clarke, 6 Andrew McDonald, 7 Brad Haddin (wk), 8 Mitchell Johnson, 9 Nathan Hauritz, 10 Peter Siddle, 11 Doug Bollinger.

South Africa has named the same squad which played in the 2nd test.

South Africa 1 Graeme Smith (capt), 2 Neil McKenzie, 3 Hashim Amla, 4 Jacques Kallis, 5 AB de Villiers, 6 JP Duminy, 7 Mark Boucher (wk), 8 Morne Morkel, 9 Paul Harris, 10 Dale Steyn, 11 Makhaya Ntini.

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January 2nd, 2009

New Zealand vs West Indies, 2nd ODI, Christchurch, Live Scores

Cricinfo: New Zealand v West Indies 2008-09

The second One day International cricket match between New Zealand and West Indies will begin on 3rd Jan at the AMI stadium , ChristChurch. This is day/night Match which is scheduled to begin at 14:00 local time (01:00 GMT)

The 1st ODI was abandoned due to rain in which West Indies batted first and scored 129/5 in 35 overs.

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Shivnarine Chanderpaul, the star Windies batsman may miss this ODI due to hand injury. which will be big blow to the windies team.

New Zealand (probable 11 players): Brendon McCullum (wk), Jesse Ryder, Jamie How, Ross Taylor, Daniel Flynn, Grant Elliott, Jacob Oram, Daniel Vettori (capt), Tim Southee, Mark Gillespie, Kyle Mills.

West Indies (probable 11 players): Chris Gayle (capt), Sewnarine Chattergoon, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Xavier Marshall, Brendan Nash, Denesh Ramdin (wk), Jerome Taylor, Daren Powell, Fidel Edwards, Lionel Baker.

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January 1st, 2009

Fire in Night Club in Bangkok on New year Eve, 61 Killed , over 200 injured

 

Fire broke thru  at  ‘the Santika’  a high end jam packed 3 storied Bangkok nightclub killing at least 61 people and injured more than 200 after midnight on Thursday as people were celebrating the new year in the club, the police said.

Majority of the casualties  and injuries were caused by a crazy stampede in the club after fire broke, the club has only one main entrance and was packed with around 1,000 people at the night,

The New Year’s Eve party was advertised as “Bad Boy Party” on the Santika club’s Web site. The party was also called as “Goodbye Santika,”  because the owner had planed to move the club to a new location.

Among the people who died 38 were Thais and 1 Singaporean.  Among the injured,  35 people were foreigners, includes people from Australia, Britain, Korea, Singapore and the USA.

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January 1st, 2009

Indian Captain Mahendra Dhoni gets extortion threat of 50 lakhs,

Indian cricket Captain Mahendra Dhoni received  2nd threat letter at his residence, his  security has been upgraded to Z category after he received an extortion threat letter of Rs 50 lakh (US$ 103,091) and then another letter threatening to blow up his house in Ranchi.

Dhoni’s house at Ranchi in Jharkhand has been provided with extra security and is been cordoned off , all visitors  including friends, are being checked.

Both the letters were hand written and sent by a man claiming to be a member of Indias most wanted criminal  Dawood Ibrahim gang. Dhoni will be guarded by  45 armed men round the clock.

"Some local Criminals are trying to create some nuisance. Everything will be clear soon," said Sudhir Mahto, Jharkhand’s Deputy Chief Minister.

When asked "Nothing has been brought to my notice but I am sure if any threat comes he will simply swipe it over the boundary line," said Indian Home Minister Chidambaram.

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December 31st, 2008

www.dbrau.ac.in - Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University Results

Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University, Agra is  situated in the city of Taj Mahal. It was established on 1st July 1927 as Agra University. The university provides various Educational colleges and courses,

Click here to go to the Official Website for Results

Click Here to Select the Class and put Roll no and view all the  Results.

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B.Ed Entrance Exam 2008 Result

MSW Final Results

The university is affiliated to the following Institutes & independent Teaching Departments:

1. K. M Institute of Hindi & Linguistics(1953)

2. Institute of Social Sciences (1957)

3. Institute of Home Science (1968)

4. Institute of Basic Science (1984)

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