Arvind Kejriwal to ride metro to swearing - in ceremony

      Arvind Kejriwal , who will become seventh and youngest chief minister of Delhi says he will use metro to get to Ramlila Maidan for swearing - in ceremony.He added that all the members of Aam Aadmi Party elected along with him will use the same to reach the venue.
     

      Around 1,600 Delhi police personnel will secure the stage at Ramlila Maidan when Delhi lieutenant governor Najeeb Jung will administer the oath of office.This is the second time swearing - ceremony is being done at public function.It is expected that about 30 - 35 thousand people will attend the ceremony.

Microsoft launches women's safety app

     Microsoft India said that it is introducing Guardian, a new safety application available exclusively for windows smart phone users in India. Microsoft - IT India Managing director Raj Biyani said that sequence of incidents harassing women had prompted the global IT giant to come out with an app aiming at protecting women.

      

     

       Guardian enables users to enable 'track me' feature in the app that lets family and friends track them real time using Microsoft Windows Azure cloud and Bing map APIs.It also enables users to call for help through SOS alert button and also connect to secure agencies police, hospital and ambulance easily via app at time of distress.

Congress supporters demand withdrawal of support to AAP

      On December 24,2013 congress supporters protested against Arvind kejriwal, convener of AAP who is set to become Delhi's chief Minister on December 26 and demanded congress to withdraw the support offered to AAP.Leaders of congress shouted slogans and burnt effigy of Arvind Kejriwal in front of Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee (DPCC) for calling party corrupt and leaders as thieves.
   

   
      Elected president of DPCC, Malik said they are there to convey a message to their leader Rahul Gandhi and newly appointed chief Arvind Singh that they are cheated and Kejriwal had called them thieves and thug in recent public gatherings.He added that congress had given them support and they are still insulting them.
      This protest by congress followers before the formation of government had created a political heat in Delhi politics.Also this makes the comment by BJP leaders that the government will not last for long half true.

AAP to foray into Tamil Nadu colleges..!!

   By responding the requests from the college students of Tamil Nadu to form AAP committees in their colleges, AAP officials to visit as many colleges as possible soon in Tamil Nadu. "
   We will take our message to as many colleges as possible because the students have expressed their interest in forming committees in their colleges" ,said P.Ganesh, member, AAP.
       

 
   AAP members here have planned to launch mobile based apps to alert the students about the party's latest activities.
   AAP members said that they are going to select one representative from each identified colleges.

Will AAP assist Congress after the formation of Government in Delhi??

      We all thought that the AAP was started to oppose corruption and so the Congress. But in Delhi AAP is all set to rule with the assistance of Congress. It seemed like AAP will not oppose Congress anymore. But the truth has been revealed in a recent interview of AAP leader Yogendra Yadav to a private channel that the AAP would probe the corruption charges against the Congress leaders whose name have cropped in various scams, even if the government collapses.

      Interestingly the AAP is forming the government in Delhi with outside support from Congress, so the every move of the party will be watched carefully.

11 Representatives of Soviet union signed the Alma-Ata Protocol on December 21, 1991

    On December 21, 1991 all doubts relating the legal dissolution were removed and 11 of 12 representatives of Soviet Republic except Georgia signed the Alma-Ata Protocol to dissolve Soviet Republic.
   

   
    Hence the dissolution of Soviet Republic was according to Article 72 of  1977 Soviet Constitution according to which Soviet republic have right to secede freely from union.As a result of Alma-Ata Protocol and resignation of Gorbachev Soviet union has effectively dissolved on December 25,1991.

First crossword puzzle published on December 21,1913

    On December 21,2013 the first crossword puzzle created by Arthur Wynne was published in New York Times. The first crossword puzzle was in a diamond shaped with a hole in center and has no black filler spaces.

   

    When the first crossword puzzle appeared on that sunday in 1913, it was a great success.Although it was popular right after its introduction in British newspaper Sunday Express in 1925.Now the art form had evolved in different ways in different countries.