Airport Express Metro, Delhi

Delhi Metro has taken over operation of Airport Express , which was being run by Reliance Infrastructure.
22.7 km line connects New Delhi to ti Indira gandhi International Airport and moves to Dwarka Sector 21. All six metro stations enroute are state of art ( fitted with explosive detctors, x-ray large baggage scanners,under vehicle scanners, quick reaction team with dog squad, full height platform airscreen doors for better airconditioning) and are Air Port Terminals.
http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2013-07-01/news/40308294_1_dmrc-damepl-airport-express-line
http://www.delhiairportexpress.com/home/index.html 

Delhi Metro

Delhi Metro is the first world class modern rapid mass transportation system in India which started operation in Dec 2002.
On  1 st July , it made a record of  highest ridership of 23,62,279 passengers.

also read http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Delhi-Metro-sees-new-high-in-ridership-on-Monday/articleshow/20887126.cms

Sanghai Maglev train

Sanghai Maglev train of China operates at a top speed of 431 km/h and is first high speed magnetic leviation line in the world.
Magnetic leviation is a process in which an object can be kept suspended with magnetic fields( the opposite poles repel and if both tracks and train are of same pole they are repelled). Linera induction moves t forward and backward.

Mono Rail for India's Capital by 2017

India's capital  Delhi would be greener and cleaner and less congested on roads, as Delhi government has given a nod for mono rail project to start. Though it carries less passengers than Metro but it takes almost one third time less to complete the project. Mono rail can go to congested areas, where Metro possibly can not go. Metros are faster but not viable economically on lesser traffic density routes but Mono Rail can connect last station of metros to further ahead ( on a slower speed)  But , our cities needs mass transit system so that more people are encouraged to use them.

No one likes to be hassled with driving , traffic and red lights, parking space, break downs traffic cop's  tickets !

also read http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/mono-rail-in-delhi-by-2017/1/169342.html

Top—10 Billionaire in Forbes List

1 Carlos Slim(Mexico) — $73.0 billion —Telmex, América Móvil, Grupo Carso
2 Bill Gates(USA) — $67.0 billion — Microsoft
3 Amancio Ortega (Spain) —$57.0 billion—Inditex Group
... 4 Warren Buffett (USA) — $53.5 billion —Berkshire Hathaway
5 Larry Ellison (USA) — $43.0 billion — Oracle Corporation
6 Charles Koch (USA) — $34.0 billion—Koch Industries
7 David Koch (USA) — $34.0 billion— Koch Industries
8 Li Ka-shing(Hong Kong/ Canada) —$31.0 billion— Cheung Kong Holdings
9 Liliane Bettencourt(France) — $30.0 billion — L'Oréal
10 Bernard Arnault (France) — $29.0 billion — LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton

The Indian rupee pulled back below the 59 mark

The Indian rupee pulled back below the 59 mark to the dollar in afternoon trade on Monday tracking
strong gains in stock markets. The partially convertible rupee traded at
58.97 as of 1 p.m. against Friday's close of 59.38.

The rupee is now trading near two- week high. Worries temporarily eased after foreign investors turned buyers of domestic shares, while rumoured inflows from Unilever's open offer for its local unit also helped.

The rupee was also helped after the Sensex gained 0.9 per cent, buoyed by news foreign investors had bought shares worth a net Rs 1,124 crore on Friday, snapping a 13-day selling streak



http://profit.ndtv.com/news/forex/article-rupee-pulls-back-to-58-97-hits-2-week-high-323923

Facts About Indian Currency

* The first coins were minted (made) around 2500 years ago.

* Paper money was first used in China over 1000 years ago.

* The first "rupee” was first introduced by Sher Shah Suri. It was based on a ratio of 40 copper pieces (paisa) per rupee.

* Udaya K Dharmalingam is the designer of the Indian rupee Symbol, which was adopted by the Government of India in 2010.

* From 1953, Hindi was displayed prominently on the new notes.

* The Government of India took over the issue of bank notes in 1861 from the Private and Presidency Banks.

* The first series of coins with theIndian rupee symbol was launched on 8 July, 2011.

* The first 1000 Rs Note was introduced in 2000.

* The first 20 Rs and 5 Rs note was introduced in 2001.

* Decimalization started in 1957 and the rupee was divided into 100 Naye Paise.

* Total 15 Languages (Apart from English) are printed in Indian Rupee Note. They are Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Malayalam, Marathi, Nepali, Oriya, Panjabi, Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu.

* In India, the first paper bank note was published by Bank of Hindustan in 1770.

* The current Mahatma Gandhi series of bank notes stared from 1996 with new series of 10Rs notes.

* Indian coins are produced in 4 cities: Noida, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Kolkata. The coins produce from each city puts an identification mark under the year of issue. Coins produced in Noida have a dot mark, Mumbai have diamond mark, Hyderabad have star mark and coin produce from Kolkata have nothing beneath the year.

* Credit cards were first used in the United States in the 1920’s.