Japan Offers 10,000 Free Flight Tickets To Boost Tourism

Next year, Japan is offering 10,000 round-trip plane tickets free to foreigners to promote its beleaguered tourism industry that was severely hit by the twin disasters this March.

The giveaway will probably start in April 2011, subject to final government approval.

The Japan National Tourism Agency plans on putting up a website where prospective travelers can submit applications for free airfare.

Interested visitors will have to give detailed travel plans and explain what their expectations are regarding their visit to Japan.

Participants will, however, have to shoulder lodging, food & ancillary expenses.

Besides, they will also have to write a report after completing their trip & post it online, to help in spreading the word that Japan is now a safe travel destination.

Japan’s tourism was badly affected following a catastrophic earthquake & tsunami that triggered a nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi Power plant.

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Jagjit Singh’s Evergreen Ghazals

8 February 1941 – 10 October 2011

Jagjit Singh, dubbed “The Ghazal King” was an Indian ghazal singer, composer, music director, activist and entrepreneur.

Here’s a compilation of Jagjit Singh’s soulful songs.

* Aaj Phir Unka Saamna

* Aap Ko Dekh Kar 

* Ae khuda ret ke sehra ko samandar kar de

* Ae Watan Mere Watan

* Baat niklegi to phir

* Badi Haseen Raat Thi

* Bol Ik Tare Jhan Jhan

* Chithhi na koyi sandesh 

* Chupke chupke raat din

* Dard Ke Phool Bhi

* Dhai Din Na Jawani

* Din aa gaye shabab

* Ek barahman ne kaha hai

* Ek Parvaz Dikha Di Hai

* Ek Purana Mausam Lauta

* Ek Pyar Ka Naghma

* Gulshan Ki Faqat Pholon

* Haath Chhoote Bhi To Rishtey Nahi

* Hazaron Khwahishein aisi

* Hosh Valon Ko Khabar Kya 

* Hothon se chhoo lo tum

*Hum to hain pardes mein

* Hum To Yun Apni Zindagi

* Is Nagri Mein

* Jab Kisise Koi Gila

* Jab samne tum aa jate ho

*  Jab se hum tabah hogay

* Jawan Hai Raat

* Jhuki Jhuki si nazar bekarar 

* Kabhi Khamosh Baithoge

* Kaise kaise hadse sehte rahe

* Kis Ka Chehera Main Dekhon

* Koi paas aayaa sawere-sawere

* Koi samkhe ga kya raz e gulshan

* Koi ye kaise bataye Ke Wo Tanha Kyu Hai

* Koyi Fariyaad Tere Dil main 

* Kya Khoya

* Kyun Zindagi Ki Raah Mein

* La Pilade Sharaab Ae Saki

* Maan Mausam Ka

* Main Bhool Jaon

* Mainu Tera Shabab Lai

* Maine Dil Se Kaha

* Mere Qareeb Na aao

* Mujhe Bichhad Ke Kush Rehte Ho

* Mujhe Hosh Nahin

* Na Mohabbat Na Dosti

* Nazar Nazar se milaa kar sharaab piite hain

* Pareshan raat saari hai

* Pyar mujhse jo kiya tumne

* Roshan jamal-e-yaar se hai anjuman tamaam

* Sadma to hai mujhe bhi ke tujhse juda hoon main

* Saraktii jaaye hai rukh se naqaab aahistaa aahistaa

* Shaam se aankh mein nami si hai

* Shayad main zindagi ki sehar

* Socha nahin achha bura 

* Tera chehra kitna suhaana lagta hai

* Tujhse rukhsat ki vo shaam

* Tum Itna Jo Muskura Rahe Ho 

* Tum nahin, gham nahin sharaab nahin

* Tumko dekha to ye kayal aayaa 

* Tum Se Milkar

* Woh Kagaz Ki Kashti 

* Ya to mit jaaeeye ya mita deejiye

* Yaad kiya dil ne kaha ho tum

* Ye Jo Zindagi Ki Kitaab Hai

* Yeh Bata De Mujhe Zindagi 

* Yeh Tera Ghar  Yeh Mera Ghar

Macau, Hong Kong Order GSK To Recall Augmentin Due To Plasticizer Contamination

Hong Kong & Macau have ordered pharmaceutical major GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) to recall the antibiotic Augmentin used for treating infections because it contained detectable levels of chemical additives.

According to the Hong Kong health department, tests revealed GSK’s Augmentin antibiotic tablet (375mg) contained several plasticisers, including diisodecyl phthalate (DIDP) & di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), raising “quality concerns”.

The information was supplied toMacau’s Health Bureau which also ordered the British firm to recall the antibiotic.

Augmentin 375mg tablet is an antibiotic for treating bacterial infections.

Health authorities say the amount of chemicals found in Augmentin tablets was “considered unlikely to cause acute harmful effects if the tablets were taken according to the recommended dosage”.

Further tests have been carried out but the sources of the plasticisers are still to be determined. As GSK could not provide satisfactory explanation on sources of the plasticisers, the quality of the product is in question.

Residents can contact the Department of Pharmaceutical Affairs of the Health Bureau (85983523/66833329) to get more information.

GlaxoSmithKline said it had launched an “urgent and thorough investigation” to determine the source of the additives.

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Mamata Banerjee – The Single Woman Brigade

Mamata Banerjee ends 34 years of Communist rule in West Bengal. Kolkata is poised to get its first woman chief minister – Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee.

As she stands at the threshold of history, a look back at the many moods of Mamta Banerjee.

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Eat What You Want Day

May 11th is Eat What You Want Day. So what’s going to be on your menu today? Definitely not bland diet food!

Pamper yourself this one single day and dig into all your favorite food. Once a year you’re permitted to go off your strict diet & have something you truly enjoy. However, watch what you eat as over-indulgence would ruin what would otherwise would have been a perfectly delicious day!

So, all you food connoisseurs indulge your taste buds by faithfully observing Eat What You Want Day. Tomorrow is another day.