From yesterday I have been facing slower Internet connection but today my Internet service provider informed me the reason behind slow browsing.
Due to damage of submarine cable systems, we are having difficulty to accessing the Internet or experience slow browsing and to making international calls.
This failure has affected Gulf Arab region, Egypt, India and other countries as well. Egypt’ 70% of Internet network was down, while India reported it has cut 50% to 60% in bandwidth.
Nobody know how the cables were cut or weather was a factor because Storms had forced Egypt to close the northern mouth of the Suez canal on Tuesday.
It is expected to full restoration would take 10 to 15 days.
PayPal has added new withdrawals features for its Indian members.
You can directly withdraw funds from PayPal to your Indian bank account.
At the moment you can transfer your money in following banks:
- State Bank of India
- Bank of India
- Canara Bank
- Union Bank of India
- HDFC Bank
- ICICI Bank
- ING VYSYA Bank
- Axis Bank (UTI Bank)
- Standard Chartered Bank
- HSBC
- Citibank
If your withdrawl amounts less than 7000 Rupees, there will be a fee of 50 Rupees but NO FEE for more than 7000 Rupees. It will take minimum 5 to 7 business days depending on your bank’s policies.
For adding a bank account with PayPal, you need IFSC code, account number of your bank’s branch. Click here to download the IFSC codes of Indian banks.
According to “Press Trust Of India” Eros International said on on Thursday, ‘Bollywood Channel’ launched recently on YouTube has registered over 1 million visits to the site.
This is the first partnership between YouTube and a major content owner from Bollywood - the Indian movie industry.
“We are extremely pleased with the initial success of the channel; this has helped us validate the demand for our exclusive content library”, Manu Kaushish, VP New Media, Eros International, said in a release on Thursday.
“Over the next few months, we will be launching our own ad supported platform and will be pioneering this model for the Indian movie industry,” he said.
The channel has also been ranked consistently in the Top 20 ‘Partner Channels’ of YouTube that include mainstream channels such as the NBA, CBS, NBC and more.
Taj Mahal - The Symbol of Love & Beauty, is now one of the New 7 Wonders of the world. Taj Mahal, pride of every Indian, was chosen as
one of the New 7 Wonders in a spectacular event held at Estadio da Luz in Lisbon, Portugal on 07/07/2007.
Before the New 7 Wonders were presented it was announced that the list was not given in any special order and that the seven were greatly appreciated. As for the whole list, the new 7 wonders are:
- The Taj Mahal in India
- The Great Wall of China
- Petra in Jordan
- The Statue of Christ Redeemer in Brazil
- Machu Picchu in Peru
- Chichen Itza pyramid in Mexico
- The Colosseum in Rome
Although contest organizers do not want to release how many votes each monument received it was stated that over 100 million votes were cast through the internet and over the phone.
The huge event, compared by some to the opening of the Olympics, was hosted by British actor Ben Kingsley, American actress Hilary Swank and one of Asia’s sexiest women, Indian supermodel/Bollywood actress, Bipasha Basu. The contest was broadcast to over 170 countries and is estimated to have had a viewing audience of 1.6 million.
Congratulations to all who have won!