Reliance Communications has launched Simply Reliance Plan: a new tariff plan

Today Reliance Communications has launched a new tariff plan for its GSM and CDMA customers which will cost 50 paise a minute per call.

The Simply Reliance Plan will be available from today for prepaid and post-paid users. To avail of this plan, existing or new prepaid customers have to purchase a one-time special tariff voucher worth Rs 48 for lifetime validity. Post-paid customers can also go for this plan at a monthly subscription fee of Rs 99.

Messaging within the country will also cost the same. There will be no monthly charges for prepaid customers.

This single rate of 50 paise a minute applies to all local and STD calls, to any mobile CDMA or GSM or landline from anywhere in India. The same charge will apply to incoming and outgoing calls, be it roaming or anytime of the day.

Google's New wave technology

The new online tool named as Wave, which marries real time communication with natural language tools.

Google issued invitations to developers to test its new online tool. Google issued invites to 100,000 developers, who can each ask five other testers to join their wave. Google also has asked developers to create their own APIs for the Wave offering. The new technology lets users create a wave and add people to it. Members of a wave can use richly formatted text, photos, gadgets and feeds from other Web sources. In addition, users can directly insert a reply or edit in the wave. And since it’s live, concurrent rich-text editing, users can instantly see what their fellow members are typing in their wave.

Natural language processing is another Wave feature, which is basically an automatic spell correction system. Wave also features e-mail gateways that link to social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter.

Actor Vijay’s 50th film Sura: A remake of Chota Mumbai

Actor Vijay’s 50th film Sura is rumored to be a remake of super star Mohanlal’s Chota Mumbai (2007), directed by Anwar Rasheed.

The movie Sura is being directed by S.P. Rajkumar and produced by Sangili Murugan, But director S.P. Rajkumar has refused to reveal anything on the film’s storyline. The movie will have Tamannaah as a heroine.

In Vettaraikan movie vijay has a song to be completed , he has already started working for Sura, being shot across the coastal areas of Kerala.

India bages Most of the ICC Awards

Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni was adjudged the ICC ODI Cricketer of the Year. Indian opener Gautam Gambhir was named the ICC Test Cricketer of the Year, while Mitchell Johnson won the Cricketer of the Year award. Rahul Dravid announced Australia’s Peter Siddle as the ICC Emerging Player of the Year. Sri Lanka’s Tillakaratne Dilshan was adjudged the ICC Twenty20 International Performer of the Year.

Kiwis claim award: New Zealand bagged the Spirit of Cricket award. Receiving the prize from Haroon Lorgat, CEO, ICC. Pakistan’s Aleem Dar walked away with the Umpire of the Year prize. Ireland captain William Porterfield was named the ICC Associate Nations’ Cricketer of the Year.

The ODI team of the Year:

M.S. Dhoni (capt.), Virender Sehwag, Chris Gayle, Kevin Pietersen, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Yuvraj Singh, Martin Guptill, Andrew Flintoff, Nuwan Kulasekara, Ajantha Mendis and Umar Gul; 12th man: Thilan Thushara.

The ICC Test team of the Year:

M.S. Dhoni (capt.), G. Gambhir, A. Strauss, A.B. de Villiers, S. Tendulkar, T. Samaraweera, M. Clarke, Shakib-ul-Hasan, M. Johnson, S. Broad, and D. Steyn; 12th man: Harbhajan Singh.

These awards were given away for performances between August 2008 and August 2009. The winners were selected by an elite panel that included Clive Lloyd, Anil Kumble, Mudassar Nazar, Stephen Fleming and Bob Taylor.

Sachin Tendulkar is hoping to lead India to become the world top ranked ODI team

Tendulkar is keen on bettering his form, having scored his 44th ODI ton last week to set up a victory in the Compaq Cup final against Sri Lanka in Colombo. India’s best performance in the Champions Trophy was finishing as joint winners in 2002 alongside hosts Sri Lanka. We’ve been working towards it. If you look at our performances in the last couple of years, it has been terrific. We definitely have the ability; the spirit, the desire and the hunger to get there (number one team). Playing cricket for India means the world to me. I grew up dreaming about playing cricket for India. I am living my dream.

Sachin Tendulkar is hoping he can mark his 20-year anniversary in international cricket by leading India to become the world’s top ranked ODI team. Tendulkar made his India debut as a 16-year-old against Pakistan in November 1989, since setting many batting records, including Test and One-day aggregates and hundreds.

The MS Dhoni-led Indian side enter the ICC Champions Trophy in South Africa next week as one of the favorites to win the title, after staying unbeaten in ODI series over the last 12 months. They are third in the rankings, just one rating point behind defending champions Australia and hosts South Africa going into the premier eight-team event.