Superman threatens to renounce US citizenship April 29, 2011
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After years of declaring he stood for “truth, justice and the American way,” Superman has provoked the ire of rightwingers by threatening to renounce his US citizenship.
In the latest issue of Action Comics, which went on sale on Wednesday, the Man of Steel decides to take the step after he intervenes in a protest against the Iranian government.
After the Islamic regime brands his non-violent protest as an act of war taken on behalf of the US president, the DC comic hero says he will renounce his citizenship before the United Nations.
“I’m tired of having my actions construed as instruments of US policy,” he says.
Defunct Airlines of India April 24, 2011
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Defunct Airlines of India
Apart from the current Kingfisher, Indian Airlines, Indigo, Jet airways and all, India has seen its share of airline operators who tried and burnt their hands at civil aviation and subsequently quit, and have been thus, forgotten. In this post some of their rare photos are being shared.
Note: Air Sahara, Air Deccan, Tata Airlines, Vayudoot etc. which have merged cannot be categorised here in this category.
1. Archana Airways:
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Archana Airways Limited came into existence on 29 April 1991 and started its full service operation in 1993 with three brand new Czech built L-410 UVP-E9, 17 seater commuter aircraft. In 1994 the company was granted scheduled airlines status by Government of India through Director General of Civil Aviation, New Delhi. The promoters started feeling credit crunch and were unable to pay the installments of their aircrafts. Heavy losses due to low load factors and high cost of operation led to return of aircrafts to the manufacturers in 2000 against settlement of their dues.
2. Aryan Cargo Express (ACE):
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Aryan Cargo Express (P) Limited (ACE), a professionally managed International Cargo Airline, was incorporated in Dec 2005 in India for carrying Cargo across the Globe and within India.
3. East West Airlines:
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It began operations in early 1992, when the Indian Government opened up the industry to its “open skies policy” that gave rise to numerous private airlines that serviced India. East West Airlines was one of the first private airlines to start operations in the domestic sector way back in 1992. The company suspended operations in 1996, following the murder of its managing director Thakiyudeen Wahid in Mumbai in 1995 and a host of financial problems with the banks and aviation agencies that ensued.
4. Elbee Airlines:
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5. Gujarat Airways:
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6. Hinduja Cargo Service:
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Hinduja Cargo Service operations were in agreement with Lufthansa Cargo.
7. Indus air:
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Indus Air was established in 2004 and started operations on 14 December 2006. It had been reported that baron” Kapil Mohan, of Mohan Meakins, along with other Indian businessmen, had invested in Indus Airways.
8. Mesco airlines:
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The delhi-based company had a fleet of helicopters, including three 26-seater russian-built mi t-172s and had been issued a permit for an air taxi service, non-scheduled services and agricultural operations. It began operations in 1996. The director general of civil aviation had withdrawn the permit of mesco airlines in 2001.
9. Modiluft:
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ModiLuft was one of India’s first post-deregulation airline, launched in May 1993 by the Indian industrialist S K Modi, in technical partnership with the German flag carrier. The airline project was started in February, 1993 by S K Modi, Ashutosh Dayal Sharma and Kanwar K S Jamwal and on 5 May 1993 took the first flight from New Delhi to Mumbai. The airline ceased operations in 1996.
10. NEPC Airlines:
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NEPC boasted the largest fleet of 54 aircraft; its Fokker F-27-500 fleet served regional destinations while its Boeing 737 fleet served metro routes. When the DGCA made the TCASII fitments mandatory in light of a crash, NEPC found the financial burden a bit too high and one September morning, decided to shut down its airline.
11. Pushpak Aviation:
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12. VIF Airways:
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Incorporated as a private limited company in May ’93. It was promoted by Syed Ainuddin Arif, Mohammed Abdus Saleem and Syed Azeemuddin Mahmood. In Apr.’95, the company commenced operations with one aircraft which operates from Hyderabad to Vizag, Bombay, Tirupati, Calcutta, Ahmedabad, Pune, Rajahmundry and Bhuvaneshwar.
13. Paramount Airways:
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Paramount Airways was an airline based in Chennai, India, it was a national licensed airline. It operated scheduled services, mainly targeting business travellers. Its hub was Chennai International Airport. It was the first airline in India to launch the New Generation Embraer 170/190 Family series aircraft.In early 2010, legal issues between Paramount Airways and the lessors of their Embraer aircraft led to the de-registration of their fleet. This caused a gradual termination of all services as their fleet was grounded and then subsequently seized by the leasing companies.
What is IMFL (Indian Made Foreign Liquor)? April 16, 2011
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Truth: No Indian Made Foreign Liquor is made from grains unlike their foreign counterparts.
Indian Made Foreign Liquor, often abbreviated IMFL, is a term used to denote western-style hard liquors such as whisky, rum, vodka, etc., which are manufactured in India. It is used to differentiate them from indigenous recipes such as fenny, toddy, and arrack, which are collectively called country liquor.
A common characteristic of many IMFLs, distinct from spirits elsewhere in the world, is that irrespective of the final product the starting ingredient is a neutral spirit distilled from molasses, a byproduct of the sugar industry. For example, whereas a whisky in most countries would be distilled from grain, Indian whisky is made by adding whisky-like flavoring and coloring to neutral spirit obtained from molasses. The same applies to other IMFL spirits, like rum or vodka.
History of the Siemens Logo March 19, 2011
Posted by Gyaniz in Logos, Marketing, Trivia.Tags: first street lighting, first telegraph, german engineering company, Siemens, Siemens & Halske
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Siemens & Halske was represented by the S & H alphabets in the logo until 1973, when the company logo was reduced to Siemens alone.
Siemens:
Siemens & Halske was founded by Werner von Siemens on 12 October 1847. Based on the telegraph, his invention used a needle to point to the sequence of letters, instead of using Morse code. The company, then called Telegraphen-Bauanstalt von Siemens & Halske, opened its first workshop on October 12.
In 1848, the company built the first long-distance telegraph line in Europe; 500 km from Berlin to Frankfurt am Main. In 1867, Siemens completed the monumental Indo-European (Calcutta to London) telegraph line. In 1881, a Siemens AC Alternator driven by a watermill was used to power the world’s first electric street lighting in the town of Godalming, United Kingdom. The company continued to grow and diversified into electric trains and light bulbs.
Dhoni to endorse Zandu Pancharishta digestive tonic March 17, 2011
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Kolkata based consumer goods firm Emami Ltd today said it has appointed Indian cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni as the brand ambassador for its digestive tonic — Zandu Pancharishta. The Indian team’s captain along with Bollywood actor Preity Zinta already endorses Emami’s edible oil brand ’Healthy and Tasty’
“With this current initiative of signing Dhoni for the marketing campaign of Zandu Pancharishta, we hope to enter newer markets and increase category size as he has a huge fan following across all age groups and demographics,” Emami Director, Mr Harsh Agarwal said in a statement.
Daimler introduces BharatBenz in India March 17, 2011
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Looking at the growth of commercial vehicles in India, Daimler unveiled an all new brand ‘BharatBenz’ whose operation will only be limited to the commercial vehicles such as buses and trucks. Earlier, Daimler was manufacturing the Actros trucks from its Pune plant. But now, the company has invested Rs 4,400 crore for a factory in Oragadam near Chennai. It will offer commercial vehicles from 6 to 49 tonnes under the BharatBenz brand.
With this initiative, Daimler joins other global giants like Sweden’s Volvo, Germany’s Man and America’s Navistar to tap the growing segment. The key difference being, others have entered India by creating a JV with an Indian company, whereas Daimler is all on its own. The company will roll out trucks in 2012.
History of the Allianz logo March 16, 2011
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Allianz is the second largest international insurance and financial services organization in the world, headquartered in Munich, Germany.
Logo History:
The choice of the Reich eagle as Allianz’s logo, with the Munich Kindl and the Berlin Bear in the left and right bottom corners, pointed to the original and new location of the enterprise, although the specificity of these particularist elements was eliminated in 1923 when the logo was transformed to reflect at once the unity and the multiplicity of an expanded company. The new logo showed a single mother eagle encompassing three smaller eagles, and while the contours of the logo were to become “softer” and more appealing by the mid-1970s. The logo underwent a change again in the 90s with parallel 3 lines that depicted the 4 eagles.
Indian Railways to launch India’s first magazine for train passengers January 29, 2011
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Indian Railways is all set to launch its first-ever print publication on April 16, marking the occasion of Rail Diwas. Titled Rail Bandhu, this magazine will be a monthly, and will be launched in the premium trains of Northern Railways. In the pilot run, the title will be distributed free of cost to the passengers of trains such as the Shatabdi and the Rajdhani Express.
The content mix of the inaugural issue would include a story on how Rabindranath Tagore lost and found the manuscript of Geetanjali in one of the London tubes, saloon car recipes from the British era and a story by Ruskin Bond. The first issue of the magazine will also feature the family members of the Railways employees, who were medal winners at the Commonwealth Games and Asian Games.
Rail Bandhu will be an all-colour magazine and will only be available in a select group of trains. The content mix of the title will include news, railway events and features, along with stories that promote tourism in the country. The business model of this magazine will be similar to that followed by in-flight magazines. All costs will be borne by the publishers.
India post to release khadi stamp on Mahatma Gandhi January 16, 2011
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India Post on the occassion of philately exhibition INDIPEX 2011 is bringing out a special stamp on Mahatma Gandhi to commemorate the event. The stamp will be unique as it will be printed on “Khadi” instead of paper.
The Presentation Pack will be released by Smt. Pratibha Patil, the President of India on Saturday 12th February 2011 at INDIPEX 2011, the World Philatelic Exhibition being held in New Delhi.
History of the Shell logo January 9, 2011
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The word “Shell” first appeared in 1891, as the trade mark for kerosene being shipped to the Far East by Marcus Samuel and Company. This small London business dealt originally in antiques, curios and oriental seashells. These became so popular – the Victorians used them to decorate trinket boxes in particular – that soon they formed the basis of the company’s profitable import and export trade with the Far East.
The word was elevated to corporate status in 1897, when Samuel formed The “Shell” Transport and Trading Company. The first logo (1901) was a mussel shell, but by 1904 a scallop shell or ‘Pecten” emblem had been introduced to give a visual manifestation to the corporate and brand name.
The choice of a shell as an emblem was not surprising, as it was the company name. Also, each of Samuel’s tankers carrying kerosene to the Far East had been named after a different seashell. But why specifically was the scallop or Pecten chosen as the company’s symbol in 1904? It was certainly not the simplest shape to reproduce in printed form.
Both the word “Shell” and the Pecten symbol may have been suggested to Samuel and Co. by another interested party. A Mr Graham, who imported Samuel’s kerosene into India and sold it as ‘Graham’s Oil’, subscribed capital to, and became a director of, The “Shell” Transport and Trading Company.
There is some evidence that the Shell emblem was taken from his family coat of arms. The ‘St James’s Shell’ had been adopted by the Graham family after their ancestors made the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostella in Spain. Whatever its origins, the original design was a reasonably faithful reproduction of the Pecten or scallop shell.
When the Royal Dutch Petroleum Company and “Shell” Transport and Trading merged in 1907 it was the latter’s brand name and symbol which then became the short form name (“Shell”) and the visible emblem (the “Pecten”) of the new Royal Dutch/Shell Group. And so it has remained ever since.
The form of the Shell emblem has changed gradually over the years in line with trends in graphic design. The current emblem was created by the great designer Raymond Loewy and introduced in 1971. Thirty years on it stands the test of time as one of the world’s most recognised symbols.
Why red and yellow?
The exact origins of the Shell red and yellow are hard to define. True, Samuel and Company first shipped kerosene to the Far East in tin containers painted red. But the link, once again, could be with Spain.
In 1915, when the Shell Company of California first built service stations, they had to compete against other companies. Bright colours were the solution, but colours that would not offend the Californians. Because of the state’s strong Spanish connections, the red and yellow of Spain were chosen.
As with the Pecten, the actual colours have been modified over the years, most notably in 1995 when a bright, fresh and very consumer friendly new Shell Red and Shell Yellow were introduced to launch Shell’s new retail visual identity. The Shell emblem – or Pecten – remains one of the greatest brand symbols in the 21st Century.
Source: Entire text from Shell Corporate website
