Hutch

got surprised reading the headline, Hutch is buying Vodafone.. continue reading and in fact its the otherway..
malayala manorama

Bangalore airshow

I wonder why my regional news papers are finding it difficult to report anything technical accurately. More often the reporters are getting excited too much and carried away.
Here is a report on Bangalore airshow 2007 by Mathrubhoomi. It says F-16 has never gone outside the US. In fact it is the most widely used fighter plane through out the world (24 airforces apart from the USAF).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-16

He goes on saying Boeing has brought two F16s (Wikipedia says its been manufactured by General Dynamics/Lockheed Martin)

other great findings of this report follows

Gripen is an american company and it has come with its spear head F19

(Fact: The Saab JAS 39 "Gripen" (Griffin or "Gryphon") is a fighter aircraft manufactured by the Swedish aerospace company Saab)

Chinook is having 2 propellers

(Read it as 2 rotors)

Chinook can lift 5 Gypsies

(He means 5 cars)

There'r two main shows one is by Indian airforce's "nedum thoonukal" and other one is by planes like Sukhoy Jaguar and Mig.

(Dont get confused these planes are IAF's mainstay)

LCA is Light Compact Aircraft or Light Combat Aircraft?

Suyra Kiranukal or Surya Kiranangal?

Brahmos

Surface to surface missile is not the same as "karayil ninnum karayilekku"...

have a look at this missile, any resemblance with Brahmos?

Yakhont

Front Nozzle

Its the greatest finding in recent years!! Nozzle is the front end of a rocket..
ISRO will be lauching a a vehicle capable of carrying a payload of 50 Ton (not 5 Ton) !!!

U(C)AV

India is making unmanned plane good, but go on and you find a "combat/fighter" word creeps in. Confused between UCAV and UAV. (good that english expansion is given)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UCAV

The Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle (UCAV) or "combat drones" is the name of a new class of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). They differ from ordinary UAVs, because they are designed to deliver weapons (attack targets) – possibly with a great degree of autonomy.

Balan

you see the photo first then read the line just below and the heading you are lost..
No.. you should follow some rules..read the heading first and the main text "Balan" is not a kid he's 59 year old

Nashtam

OK i will read the headline first....oops what happened to the student
Oh no!! rule is just changed. Satrt with the main text.

MANGO TREE PUZZLE

ignoring the fact that mango trees come under (former) dicotyledons, this article says this tree generally does not develop branches...
and throws out a puzzle too
the featured mango tree is having 500 m perimeter and covers an area of 7500 m^2 . find the shape..