Hockey World Cup

Hockey world cup is taking place in India this year. India has already registered its biggest ever victory in the first match win against its arch rival Pakistan. This us just the beginning, India's coach has said in a press meet. But we'll have to wait to see India's progress with it's next encounter against Australia (possible champions).

India had previously defeated Holland in a warm u match. Are these signs of India's rise from the ashes ? We will have to wait and see if India is really worth enough to win this World cup 2010. My favorite teams are Australia, Germany and Holland.

Happy New Year 2010

Wish you all a very happy and prosperous new year. May peace prevail all over the world.

US economy growing at 3.5% this quarter

The US economy for the 2nd quarter (July - September) has grown by 3.5% which is a remarkable achievement in these tight times. The most important thing is that the these figures have exceeded the market expectations.

Obama has said that, "We've got a long way to go to fully restore our economy" which is a very humble statement. Japan, France, Germany had already come out of recession in the last quarter itself, though UK is still in recession.

US Economy in April - June : 0.9% growth
US Economy in July - Sept. : 3.5% growth

Very encouraging signs. But the job market in US hasn't improved though. This has created lots of confusions in the minds of market analysts. Hmmm... Hope things really improve much more.

India vs Singapore

Now let's see how India performs against Singapore.

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SINGAPORE -

It's a US $181bn economy. Pretty impressive for a country the size of Singapore (Hurray... It's more than that of Pakistan's)
Famous for education, tourism and multi-cultural activities, variety of food
Per capita income of a whopping US $51,226 (Wow... More than US. Cool !!!)
Population - 4,987,600. (Because of the immigrant population)
Popular for F1 race too. (Night race)

Aim :

• Has a vision of making it the world's number one tourist destination
• To make Singapore a haven

Verdict :

Singapore might be economically too ahead of India but is too small and defense wise is no match for India. So, India wins when it comes to national security but people in Singapore are far more happier than those in India. So, mathematically, Singapore wins.

Also visit -
http://theextremists.blogspot.com/2009/08/india-vs-rest-of-world.html
http://theextremists.blogspot.com/2009/09/india-vs-sri-lanka.html

India vs Sri Lanka

Here, i will compare India with Sri Lanka. As we have seen points about India, we will see the stats of Sri Lanka alone here.

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SRI LANKA -

It is a US $39.6bn economy (decent for an island)
Per capita Income of US $1,972
Famous battles fought with LTTE and also for the killing of innocent Tamilians
Population - 20,238,791 (has reduced, thanks to LTTE)
Main source of income is Tourism & Development
Aim :

• To drive out Tamilians from their nation or kill them
• Recently, they have joined hands with other countries to work against India

Hmmm, and the winner is ... India (hurray...), but wait, not by a huge margin.

Also visit -

http://theextremists.blogspot.com/2009/08/india-vs-rest-of-world.html
http://theextremists.blogspot.com/2009/10/india-vs-singapore.html