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FRIDAY, 2 March 2012
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Indian National Anthem sings its way into the records
Above: A large number of people sing the Indian National Anthem at Dadoji Konddev Stadium in Mumbai on February 25, 2012. Students from various schools and organizations had gathered in an attempt to break the World record for most people singing the National Anthem together. Shankar Narayan / Mumbai Weekly Left: Students enjoy themselves at the event. Saarthak Aurora / Mumbai Weekly According to an Indian TV news channel, around 70,000 people including students and staff from over 140 educational institutes from Thane and Navi Mumbai and people from business associations of Goa and Thane came together on February 25 at Thane's Dadoji Konddev Stadium on February 25 at 4.30 pm to celebrate 100 years of Jana Gana Mana, the country's national anthem. It was an attempt
to enter into the Guinness Book of World Records for most people singing the National Anthem together. According to an Indian newspaper, the current record is 15,243 people and was set in Aurangabad earlier this month. Prior to that, on August 14, 2011, Pakistan had set a world record for the maximum number of people singing a national anthem simulta-
neously, when a gathering of 5,885 people from Karachi beat the previous record of 5,248 persons achieved by Philippines on September 1, 2009.
was first sung at the Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress on 27 December, 1911. It was officially adopted by the Constituent Assembly as the Jana Gana Mana is the Indian national anthem on January 24, 1950. 27 National Anthem of India. Written in highly December 2011 marked sanskritized Bengali, it the completion of 100 is the first of five stan- years of Jana Gana zas of a Brahmo hymn Mana since it was sung for the first time. Many composed and scored celebrations are planned by Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore. It for this milestone year.
Blackberry sets up server in Mumbai to aid interception
People sit in a bus stop in Mumbai on 21 February 2012. Acceding to India's security concerns, Canada-based Research in Motion – makers of BlackBerry smart phones – has finally set up a ‘server' in Mumbai to provide a mechanism for lawful interception of its messenger services. Pratham Gokhale / Mumbai Weekly Giving in to India's security concerns, Canada -based Research in Motion - makers of BlackBerry smart
phones finally set up a 'server' in Mumbai to provide a mechanism for lawful interception of its messenger ser-
vices. "A team of officials from security agencies has inspected the server. Test runs are going on
to check its effectiveness. Required permission for direct linkage for lawful interception of BlackBerry Messen-
ger (BBM) services is likely to be issued shortly," an official said. By setting up the server
in India, RIM has had to drop its reluctance to make an exception to its policy of securing communication from any
real time interception. The department of telecommunication has also asked Nokia to do what RIM has done so that its
push mails can be legally tracked as and when required by security agencies. I ndia has been pressing RIM to provide a mechanism to intercept its messenger and enterprise services as security agencies had pointed to the use of such means by terrorist groups. The matter was pursued over the last couple of years before the Canadian company agreed to allow tracking of BBM services while the government has spared BlackBerry Enterprise Services (BES) for now. Security agencies believe BES communication is not much of a concern to security.