NOTA is also known as "Against all" or a "Scratch Vote"
NOTA is a ballot option in some jurisdictions or organizations, designed to allow the voter to indicate disapproval of all of the candidates in a voting system.
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The Election Commission of India told the Supreme Court in 2009 that it wished to offer the voter a None of the above button on voting machines; the government, however, has generally opposed this option. A PIL was filed for NOTA, by an NGO called People's Union for Civil Liberties.
Heralded as the Right to reject candidates, it became an agenda item of the anti-corruption political party, Aam Aadmi Party.
On 27th September 2013, The Supreme Court of India Passed The Judgement on the PIL,
Directing the Election Commission to provide a button on voting machines, giving the Citizens of India
The Right To Reject All Candidates In Elections.
So Whats Your Views On This NOTA Law ? Will You Vote For NOTA ?
Subject: Why SOI Is Stopping Google To Post The Result Of Google India Mapathon 2013 Contest.
The Name Of The Contest: Google Maps Mapathon 2013 Duration Of The Contest: "Began In 11th Feb 2013" "Ended On 25th March 2013" "Results Was Supposed TO Be Declared On 23rd July 2013"
Hello Everybody Today I Again Talked With The Technical Department Of SOI And Asked Them Why SOI Is Stopping Google To Post The Result Of Google India Mapathon 2013 Contest.
Today Also Again I Got The Same Reply From Them.
"SOI Has Not Stopped Google To Post The Result Of Mapathon Contest"
To Give A Proof That I'm Not Lying: Listen To This Audio Clip:
(Evewin Lakra 2nd Time Talk With The Technical Department Of SOI Audio)
So Now Whats Your Views About Google India Map Team Who Conducted This Mapathon Contest ?
"Hope Atleast One Member From Google India Team Will Hear What The SOI (Survey Of India) Said About The Result"
As The Contest Ended Many Months Back And The Participarts Are Really Feeling Sad About The Attitude Which Google India Is Showing To The Hard Working Contestents.
"When You Ask Question About The Result In Google Map Forums"
People Working For Google Starts To Blame SOI For The Delay In Result And Tell Its Participants To Contact SOI Youself And When You Say You Talked With SOI And They Don't Have Anything To Do With The Results They Won't Reply. And To Take The Matter Far More Interesting,All The Data Which The Hard Working Participants Added During The Period Of Google Indian Mapathon 2013 Contest Is Live And Google + People Are Already Benefited With Our Efforts & In Reply This Is What Google Has To Offer To The Participants Who Corrected And Made Google Indian Maps Far Far Better Than It Was Before The Mapathon Contest.
"Finally I Conculde By Saing A Small Note To Google Indian Team Who Actually Conducted This Contest"
"Please Delete All The Data Which We Participants Added To "Google Maps" During The Contest And Never Conduct Such Type Of Fake Contest.
"We Participants Had Enough Of The Lame Excuses Which Google People Give"
& Now We Know That We'll Never Get The Rewards Which Was Promissed By Google But Just For The Consolation prize I Request Google India To Remove Each And Every Bit Of Data Collected During Google India Mapathon 2013 Contest.
If You Do This The Participants Won't File Any Case Against Google India Or Any Case Against These People Working For Google Who Were Involved In This Mapathon Contest.
Eg.
1. Prasanna Natarajan (Program Manager)
2. Jayanth Mysore (Product Manager) Google+ Profile Link https://plus.google.com/u/0/104857692938246871492/posts Google Map Maker Link http://www.google.co.in/mapmaker?gw=66&uid=202536341801030652405
5. Anand srinivasan (Map Maker Engineer, Bangalore) (Lead In The Map Maker Team) (He's Been With The Map Maker For The Past 5 Years)
6. Lalitesh Katragadda (Country Head India Product,Google)
7. Nadeem Ahmed (Map Maker Operations Lead,Hyderabad)
These Are The Guys Who Conducted The Indian Mapathon 2013 Contest Hangout And Promoted The Participants To Map More. They Are Mainly Responsible For The Delay In The Result Of Mapathon Contest And These Are The Person Who Are Liable To Give Valid Answers To All The Honest Contestents Of Google Mapathon Contest.
Hope This Post Solved Many Questions Related To The Problems Of Google India Mapathon 2013 Contest.
Dosa Is A Fermented Crepe Or Pancake Made From Rice Batter And Black Lentils.
Dosa is a staple dish in the southern Indian states of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Kerala, as well as its Very popular in Singapore and Sri Lanka.
Dosas Are Very Thin And Crispy.
Its Rich In Protein (Because It Contains Rice And Lentils) And its Very Easy To make.
Ingredients To Make Dosa Batter: 2:1:1 Mixture Of White Rice + Urad dhal And Suji (A.K.A. Rava)
Eg. 1 Cup Rice + Half Cup Urad dhal + Half Cup Suji (A.K.A. Rava)
Note: Its Not Mandatory To Add Suji (A.K.A. Rava) To Make Dosa Batter, You Can Make Batter With The Mixture Of White Rice + Urad dhal It'll Also Work :)
Procedure To Make Dosa Batter:
Step 1. Soak the 3 ingredients in cold water for Around 3 hours.
Step 2. Drain Off The Water And Grind Both Rice And Dal To A Fine Texture. (note: As you are grinding, add water until you have a batter-like consistency).
Step 3. Cover The Mixture And Leave It For At Least 4-5 Hours.
Step 4. Heat The Pan (Use a non-stick frying pan) Or Else Use Thick Flat Tawa.
Step 5. Brush The Pan With Little Oil Now Pour Some Batter In The Middle Of The Pan And Start To Rotate Your Spoon Slowly In Circular Motion To Make The Dosa In Round Shape.
Step 6. After Some Time Check Under Your Dosa. If Your Dosa Turned Light Brown Color Underneath Its The Sign Your Dosa Has Been Cooked.
Step 7. Flip The Dosa And Cook For About 15-20 Seconds On The Non-Cooked Side.
Step 8. Add The Filling (Mashed Potato Mixture) To Your Dosa.
And Your Healthy Home-Cooked Delicious Dosa Is Ready To Be Enjoyed.
Ingredients To Make Filling "Mashed Potato Mixture" For Your Dosa:
Boiled And Mashed Potato (Medium Size 4 Piece)
Onion (Medium Size 2 Piece)
Finely Diced Carrot (optional) (2 or 3)
Mustard seeds (1 Tea Spoon)
Turmeric Powder (1 Tea Spoon)
Chopped Or Crushed Ginger (Small Piece)
Green Chillies.
Curry Leaves (3-4 Sprigs)
2 Tablespoon Vegetable Edible Oil.
Salt To Taste
Step 1. Heat Vegetable Edible Oil In A Pan.
Step 2. Add Mustard seeds.
Step 3. Once The Mustard Seeds Start To Crackle Now Add: Curry Leaves
Step 4. Add Onions,Finely Diced Carrot And Green Chillies.
Hello Everybody As You All Know Few Months Back "Google Maps" Conducted A Mapping Contest In India.
The Name Of The Contest: Google Maps Mapathon 2013 Duration Of The Contest: "Begins In 11th Feb 2013" "Ends At 25th March 2013" "Results To Be Declared On 23rd July 2013"
You Might Be Thinking Why I'm Writing A Post In The Month Of "August" When The Contest Already Ended And The Results Has Been Declared ?
To Answer This: Lets Begin With A Brief Info. About Google Maps Mapathon 2013 Contest. Google Maps Mapathon 2013 Is Not Just A "Contest" Its A Way Google Provided To The Participants Who Want To Contribute Their Effort To Make Indian Maps Better.
It Was A Very Long Contest And People Did Their Best To Reach To The Top Spots Because Of 2 Reasons:
1. To Get The Prize Promissed By Google.
2. To Contribute Their Effort In The Right Direction Which Automatically Made Many Corretions In The Past Google Maps And Added So Many New Data To Google India Maps.
But The Most Shocking Part About This Contest Came To "Light" When The Contest Began To End.
(Few Media Channels And Online News Sites Reported That Mapathon Is Against Indian Map Laws Which Is Governed By A Body Known As SOI (Survey Of India). That Was The 1st Time I Heard About SOI.
But The Contestents Din't Lose Hope And Completed The The Event And Thought Its A Matter Between Google And SOI & Before 23rd July 2013 (The Winners Announcement Date) Everything Will Be Alright And Google Map India Team Will Be Able To Publish The Results Of Mapathon 2013 Contest. (Because The Contest Ended On "25th March 2013")
The Shocking Fact No.2
On The Result Announcement Day (23rd July 2013) Every Participants Were Eager To Know Where They Stand. Many Of The Participants Prayed Others Kept Saying To Themselves "Please Please Please" Make My Effort Count.
Then The Excitement Begins A Period Of Wainting As Nothing Was Being Updated On The Mapathon Site By Google About The Winners On 23rd July 2013.
The Participants Began Asking About The "Results" On Google Maps Indian Fourm And On Facebook Google Maps "Unoffcial Page"
Somebody Said, They Will Declare The Result On 24th July Instead Of 23rd July As Google Maps "Time" Is Maintained In USA And That Is Why The Winner List Will Be Declared On 24th July 2013.
The Participants Thought They Already Waited So Long (4 Months+) So There Is No Harm In Waiting For One More Day.
24th July 2013 Came Mapathon Page Presented With A "NOTICE" That Says:
It is the 24th of July and all of us are eagerly looking forward to announcing the winners of our first ever nationwide Mapathon! We are eager to recognize the winners while celebrating the work done by all of you as a large community that cares for your neighborhoods. However, we are sorry to inform you that we all have to wait just a bit longer for reasons explained below.
As you may know, towards the end of the Mapathon, the Survey Of India (SOI) had expressed concerns over the data added during the contest. Specifically, the SOI wanted to review the data that was added during the Mapathon to make sure that it is safe to publish without revealing information that it considers sensitive. Towards this end, we had provided them the data that was added during the Mapathon, but have not yet heard back.
Since we can move forward only after receiving their approval, we are unfortunately not in a position to announce the results of the Mapathon yet, as originally planned. When we do hear back from the SOI, we will announce the results of the contest.
We feel your disappointment. Indeed, we were hoping that we would be in a position to announce our winners today, which is the reason we did not pro-actively put out any notification about a potential delay. We will continue to persistently follow up with SOI and hope to announce the results at the earliest.
Sincerely, The Mapathon 2013 Team
######################################### After Reading This Notice: The Participants Were So Angry That They Started Sharing Their Views With One Another And Everyone Started Asking What Is Going On ?
Its Been So Many Months And This Is What We Got.
Most Of The Participants Including Me Thought Its (SOI) Who Are Doing All This Thing And We Thought SOI is Acting Too Sensitive About Mapathon.
You'll Get The "Same Notice" Which Has Been Published On 24th July 2013.
The Turn Around: I Decided Its Enough Someboday Have To Take The Stand And Make It Clear Whats Going On ?
So I Decided To Talk To SOI (Thinking That They Are Bad People) And This Is Why They Are Not Allowing Google To Display The Result.
(By The Way I Got Their Phone No. From Their Official Facebook Page And Their Official Site)
On Saturday (3rd August 2013)I Called SOI The Very 1st Time:
When I Asked Them About The Result I Was Informed By The Representative Of SOI To Call On Monday.
Then On Tuesday (6th August 2013 At Around 2:10 P.M.) I Called Them The 2nd Time. (It Was Their Lunch Break Time) And The Person From SOI Told Me To Call After Sometime To Talk To Them.
So I Waited For Around 35-40 Minutes And Again Called SOI: This Time I Presented My Questions To SOI Representative And They Listened To Me And Told Me That I Should Talk About This Matter With: SOI Technical Secretary:
They Told Me 2 Names Of SOI Technical Department: 1. (Mr.Rao) 2. (Mr. Padha)
I Asked Them The Phone No. Of The SOI Technical Department And They Were Very Kind In Providing Me Their Phone No.
I Called The "SOI Technical Department" And Raised The Question Of Mapathon Result ?
Then I Heard The Most Shocking Fact:
The "SOI Technical" Department Head Said: They Don't Have Anything To Do With The "RESULT OF Mapathon 2013 Contest" "They Have Not Stopped Google To Display The Result Of Mapathon 2013 Contest"
I Told Them That According To The "NOTICE" Posted By "Google India Maps Team" (Who Conducted This Event) They Are Unable To Post The Winners List Because They Are Waiting For The Approval That Supposed To Be Given By SOI And Then Only Google Is Saying To Publish The Winners List. SOI Technical Department Replied "They Have Also Read That "Notice" Published By Google On The Mapathon Site:
(And He Told Me They Have Not Stopped Anyone To Publish The Result Of The Mapathon Contest)
Their Duty Is To Verify The Data And They Are Doing Their Job.
So The Question Arises,What Google India Is Doing ?
Why They Have Not Published The Result As SOI Does Not Have Anything To Do With The Result Of Mapathon Contest.
If Any Authorized Member Of Google India Map Is Viewing This Post I Request You To Talk To The SOI If You Don't Trust Me Or This Blog Post And Ask Them The Same Question I Asked:
Is SOI Stopping Google To Publish To Result ?
Their Answer Will Be "No"
So I Request The Google India Team To Publish The Result As Soon As Possible Because Its Already Too Late.
Hope This Post Solved Many Questions That Were Un-answered For So Many Months And Days.
In The End I Like To Thank SOI For Giving Me The Correct Details.
(We Trust Google And The Valid Participants Expect The "Same Trust" From The Search Giant)
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The Name Of The Fake Contest KitKat India Conducted Is "KitKat Afterhours" Contest.
The Program was valid for 14 days [start date] Wednesday, 26th June 2013 [end date] 8th July 2013
In This Contest We Have To. Contest capture a picture! And include a Kit Kat Dark in every picture we upload. We Can submit as many photos as we wanted
There Should Be 3 winners Selected By Kitkat India In The End.
So Why "Evewin Lakra" Calling "Kitkat India Afterhours" Contest A Fake Contest:
Why I'm Calling Them Fake ? Few Days Back They Conducted This Contest ("KitKat Afterhours" Contest.) In Which We Have To Upload Images Of Ourself With Kitkat Chocolate And Upload It To Thier App.
