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Setting up a Servlet development environment in a pc

This tutorial provides step by step instructions to setup the development environment required to test various servlet examples given throughout all the tutorials. This tutorial will also be helpful when you start practicing servlets yourself. List of required softwares: JAVA 1.5 or 1.6 Tomcat 5.5.16 eclipse 3.3 Note: this tutorial explains how to install required software on your windows based PC only. Click here to know more

Maruti strike enters 5th day, production loss at 4,200 units

MUMBAI: A strike at car maker Maruti Suzuki's Manesar plant entered its fifth day on Thursday, causing a production loss of 4,200 vehicles, a company spokesman said. He said Maruti, which sells every second new car in India, was continuing talks with the workers at the Manesar plant that makes about 1,200 vehicles a day, including the hatchbacks Swift and A-Star models and the DZiRE and SX4 sedans. Around 800 workers began the strike on Saturday demanding the recognition of a new union, Maruti Suzuki Employees Union . At present, Maruti has one workers' union that is recognized by the management. The production loss was estimated at 1.6 billion rupees ($35.79 million) as of Wednesday, with loss of 600 to 650 units each shift affected, the spokesman said. Maruti, 54.2 percent-owned by Japan's Suzuki Motor Corp , operates two manufacturing facilities in India, housing several plants, both in the northern part of the country. It has been looking to advance its capacity expansi

Shameful that Husain couldn't be in homeland

New Delhi: Renowned painter M.F. Husain's death in London was condoled in India as the passing away of a "true genius". From politicians to actors to photographers, many tweeted it was a shame that an artist of his stature was forced to stay away from his homeland. Husain, who left the country in 2006 after death threats from Hindu radicals over his nude paintings of Indian deities, died Thursday morning in a London hospital. He was 95.