Renamed Indian Cities

Madras to Tamil Nadu (change effective from January 14, 1969)
Mysore to Karnataka (change effective from November 1, 1973)
Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Islands to Lakshadweep (change effective from November 1, 1973)
Pondicherry to Puducherry (change effective from October 1, 2006)
Uttaranchal to Uttarakhand (change effective from January 1, 2007)
West Bengal to Bangla (not yet effective)
Assam to Asom (not yet effective)

Renamed Indian cities

In Andhra Pradesh

Ellore to Eluru (change effective 1949)
Waltair to Vizagapatam
Vizagapatam to Vishakapatnam

In Assam

Nowgong to Nagaon
Gauhati to Guwahati (change effective 1983)
Sibsagar to Sivasagar

In Gujarat

Baroda to Vadodara (change effective 1974)
Cambay to Khambhat

In Himachal Pradesh

Simla to Shimla

In Karnataka

Bangalore to Bengaluru (change effective from November 1, 2006)
Mysore to Mysuru (change effective from November 1, 2006)
Mangalore to Mangaluru (change effective from November 1, 2006)
Belgaum to Belagavi (change effective from November 1, 2006)
Hubli to Hubballi (change effective from November 1, 2006)
Shimoga to Shivamogga (change effective from November 1, 2006)
Hospet to Hosapete (change effective from November 1, 2006)
Gulbarga to Kalburgi (change effective from November 1, 2006)
Tumkur to Tumakuru (change effective from November 1, 2006)
Chikmagalur to Chikmagaluru (change effective from November 1, 2006)

In Kerala

Calicut to Kozhikode
Cranganore to Kodungallur
Trichur to Thrissur
Tellicherry to Thalassery
Palghat to Palakkad
Alleppey to Alappuzha (change effective from 1990)
Trivandrum to Thiruvananthapuram (change effective from 1991)
Cochin to Kochi (change effective from 1996)
Cannanore to Kannur
Quilon to Kollam
Alwaye to Aluva
Verapoly to Varapuzha

In Maharashtra

Poona to Pune
Kirkee to Khadki
Thana to Thane
Bombay to Mumbai (change effective 1995)
New Bombay to Navi Mumbai (change effective 1995)

In Puducherry

Pondicherry to Puducherry (change effective from October 1, 2006)
Yanaon to Yanam (change effective from merger with Indian Union)

In Punjab

Jullunder to Jalandhar

In Tamil Nadu

Madura to Madurai (change effective 1949)
Tinnevelly to Tirunelveli
Tranquebar to Tharangambadi
Trichinopoly to Tiruchirapalli
Madras to Chennai (change effective August 1996)
Tanjore to Thanjavur
Tuticorin to Thoothukudi
Cape Comorin to Kanyakumari
Coimbatore to Koyamuthhur (change effective 1997)
Ootacamund to Udhagamandalam
Conjeevaram to Kancheepuram

In Uttar Pradesh

Cawnpore to Kanpur (change effective 1948)
Benares to Varanasi (change effective 1956)

In West Bengal

Calcutta to Kolkata (change effective from January 1, 2001)
Burdwan to Bardhaman

Renamed places in Indian cities

In Delhi

Connaught Place to Rajiv Chowk
Connaught Circus to Indira Chowk
King's Way to Rajpath
Queen's Way to Janpath
Curzon Road to Kasturba Gandhi Marg
Willingdon Hospital to Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital
Irwin Hospital to Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Hospital
Palam Airport to Indira Gandhi International Airport

In Calcutta/Kolkata

Brabourne Road to Biplabi Trailokya Maharaj (BTM) Sarani
Theatre Road to Shakespeare Sarani
Camac Street to Abanindranath Thakur Sarani
Park Street to Mother Teresa Sarani
Red Road to Indira Gandhi Sarani
Hungerford Street to Picasso Bithi
Albert Street to Uttam Kumar Sarani
Dharmatolla Street to Lenin Sarani
Lower Circular Road to Acharya Jagadis Chandra (AJC) Bose Road
Dum Dum Airport to Netaji Subhash Chandra International Airport
Middleton Row to Ho Chi Minh Sarani

In Madras/Chennai

Mount Road to Anna Salai
Poonamallee High Road to Periyar E.V.R. Salai
Edward Elliot Road to Dr. Radhakrishnan Salai
Elliot's Beach Road to Sardar Patel Road
Mowbray's Road to T.T.K Road
Commander-in-chief Road to Ethiraj Salai
Nungambakkam High Road to Mahatma Gandhi Salai
Chepauk Stadium or MCC (Madras Cricket Club) ground to M.A. Chidambaram Stadium
Warren Road to Bhaktavatsalam Salai
Lloyds Road to Avvai Shanmugam Salai
Oliver Road to Musiri Subramaniam Salai
Montieth Road to Red Cross Road
Lattice Bridge Road to Dr. Muthulakshmi Salai and Kalki Krishnamoorthy Salai
Chamier Road to Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar Road
Griffith Road to Maharajapuram Santhanam Road
Triplicane to Tiruvallikeni
Mylapore to Mayilapur

In Bombay/Mumbai

Victoria Terminus to Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus
Sahar International Airport to Chhatrapati Shivaji Airport

In Bangalore/Bengaluru

South Parade to Mahatma Gandhi Road

Helpful while sending official mails through Microsoft Outlook

Forgot Writing Subject in Mail ?

Forgot to mention subject, while writing an official mail??????

Don't worry......... just follow the simple steps mentioned below and see the result.

Here are the below steps
1. Open your outlook
2. Press Alt+F11. This opens the Visual Basic editor
3. On the Left Pane, one can see "Microsoft Outlook Objects", expand this. Now one can see the "ThisOutLookSession".
4. Click on "ThisOutLookSession".
5. Copy and Paste the following code in the right pane.(Code Pane)

Private Sub Application_ItemSend(ByVal Item As Object, Cancel As Boolean)
Dim strSubject As String
strSubject = Item.Subject

If Len(strSubject) = 0 Then
Prompt$ = "Subject is Empty. Are you sure you want to send the Mail?"
If MsgBox(Prompt$, vbYesNo + vbQuestion + vbMsgBoxSetForeground, "Check for Subject") = vbNo Then
Cancel = True
End If
End If
End Sub

Save this and now close the VB Code editor and take a breath.

From now on, this macro will make sure you do not make the mistake of sending a mail without subject

Hope this helps!!!

Facts about HIV that everyone ought to know

Its good to be well informed about HIV.

There was a story on junk some days back where it is said that a boy got infected by HIV virus by eating pani-puri. And there have also been rumours where people are affected by the HIV virus when they got pricked by an HIV infected needle in theaters...

OK!!!! Lets evaluate the rubbish.

So read along!

Please read following points carefully

HIV (virus) requires *ONLY* *Blood or Semen* as medium to transmit from one body to another

HIV *can not* transmit even through *Saliva* (mucous) i.e. even if HIV-infected patient coughs and another person is exposed to his sputum (cough), the virus still can not transmit because concentration of virus particles in sputum is almost NIL & exposure to air anyway kills virus in fraction of seconds

In case HIV-infected person got an injury (like the cut in below mentioned story) and he is bleeding, the virus can transmit to another person only if another person has a cut/wound in his body & that too when *blood from both person comes in contact with each other* (this is also very very rare unless bleeding is very high) and not otherwise

HIV can *never survive in any other liquid* medium also other than blood or semen (& please for God sake ... never in Pani Puri wala's pani)

Even if one drinks an HIV infected blood (or semen) of someone (ingest through Gastro Intestinal track), the virus *can not survive in the acidic pH of stomach*. Highest extent of acidity is 0 (practically not possible) so imagine 1 as pH which is in our stomach. (This pH can bun your own finger in less than a second if you dip in that acid).

Exposure of less than 1 second in AIR KILLS the HIV virus* (story of needle pricks in Cinema theatres goes down the drain) . Even if blood from a wound (of infected person) dries up (*blood clot*), *the virus dies* and can not infect anyone else

HIV transmission is *ONLY* an *INFECTION* i.e. entrance of virus in one's body. It *DOES NOT MEAN AIDS*. An HIV-infected person (after entrance of virus) can progress to condition of AIDS only after *8 to 10 YEARS *(not in 15 days as in the mentioned story)

It is *not HIV (virus) that kills a human* ..... the virus attacks immune cells (cells that fight against foreign pathogens/antigens) and hence a person's ability to fight against infections & diseases slowly diminishes and person ultimately dies of a disease which could be as simple as TB

Most importantly, HIV is no longer dreadful disease ... it is "* CHRONIC MANAGEABLE DISEASE*" just like Diabetes or Hypertension. If there is anything you need to be careful from to prevent HIV is *UnsafeSex*, *Blood transfusion* (check before taking) / Blood donation (use sterilized needles only) and any *blood contact during an accident *or so where amount of bleeding is very high

This is an info passed on thru an email. I thought this might be of help. Please let others know too !!!

People isolate the ones affected by HIV and they are not able to live a normal life. This is a big problem in India.

Just sit back and think about this, are they not as human as you are ????