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ये है पीएम NARENDRA MODI का घर, चीन के प्रतिनिधिमंडल ने खूब खींची तस्वीरें,

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Iraqi minority vows to die

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Iraqi government Crisis is far from over and the war torn country fighting pitched battle. The Government forces mainly composed of Kurdish peshmerga fighters and armed volunteers have broken through the Islamic State group siege on the town of Amerli located between Baghdad, and the northern city of Kirkuk, sources have told Al Jazeera.

Iraqi forces and the armed volunteers entered the city on Sunday, where at leat 12,000 people have been trapped for over two months with dwindling food and water.

“Our forces entered Amerli and broke the siege,” security spokesman Lieutenant General Qassem Atta told the AFP news agency.

Adel al-Bayati, mayor of Amerli, also confirmed the report to Reuters news agency saying that government forces are now “inside” the town, adding that it “will definitely relieve the suffering of residents.”

Al Jazeera’s Sue Turton, reporting from Tuz Kharmatu near Amerli, said that fighting continues in the south and north of the town as government forces try to drive out the armed Sunni fighters.

Our correspondent also said that there have been unconfirmed reports that Iranian jets were also involved in bombing the Islamic State group.

Al Jazeera’s Jane Arraf, reporting from the capital Baghdad, said that the government forces were also backed by “Shia militia”.

On Saturday, the US military attacked Islamic State positions and airdropped humanitarian aid to the trapped civilians, mostly Shia Turkmen minority.

Reports on Sunday said more aid was dropped from British, French and Australian planes.

“I can see the tanks of the Iraqi army patrolling Amerli’s street now. I’m very happy we got rid of the Islamic State terrorists who were threatening to slaughter us,” Amir Ismael, an Amerli resident, to Reuters by phone.

Residents of a besieged Iraqi town say they have prepared graves for their families and will kill their wives and children if the city falls to the Islamic State group.

The Shia Turkmen of Amerli, a town in the north of Iraq, are resisting Islamic State fighters who have surrounded them for two months. On Saturday, the Iraqi army and Shia militiamen launched an offensive to break the siege, but the fate of those inside still hangs in the balance.

Residents told Al Jazeera that they would rather kill themselves than fall into the hands of the Islamic State group, which has been accused of murdering those from religious minorities. The US and its allies last month intervened to break the siege of thousands of Yazidi tribesmen who were besieged on Sinjar mountain by the Islamic State.

“In every three to four houses we have dug graves. If the Islamic State storms our town everyone will be killing their wives and children and they will bury them,” says Mehdi, a government employee reached by phone in Amerli.

Mehdi, who asked for his real name to be withheld, said their wives had agreed they would rather die than be taken captive by the group. “They say ‘we don’t want to end up in the hands of the Islamic State, being enslaved like those in Sinjar mountain….We don’t want the Islamic State to lay their hands on us.’”

Women who have been airlifted from Amerli to Baghdad this week said the only question among their female relatives was whether they would have someone shoot them or do it themselves.

“All the women will kill themselves – either shoot themselves or use kerosene and burn themselves to death,” said Fatima Qassim, a beauty salon owner from Amerli.

Fatima said her brother was fighting to defend the town and had remained behind with his wife and six children.

“He put eight bullets in his rifle and he said if ISIS enters the town then I will kill my children one by one and then I will kill my wife and myself.”

Her sister Laila said her husband’s sister, Nada, killed herself a few weeks ago after her husband of less than two years died in the fighting.

After 40 days, Nada’s father called to say he was sending her a new husband she believed to be an Islamic State fighter. She took a pistol and shot herself, Laila said.

Despite sporadic airlifts by the Iraqi army to rescue residents, between 15,000 to 20,000 remain in Amerli. Two months under siege has left it short of food and wells are running dry.

An estimated 2,000 men, many of them famers or civil servants, have dug trenches and repelled three assaults.

The US military is expected to begin its own airlifts of food and water to Amerli but has been loath to play the same role in fighting IS forces that it has further north.

Amerli falls outside the declared US mandate of protecting US personnel and interests and critical Iraqi infrastructure.

The United Nations last week said the situation in Amerli was desperate and required immediate action to prevent a possible massacre.

Turkmen officials says they have been the biggest losers in the IS takeover of large parts of northern Iraq.

“More than 40 of the villages surrounding Amerli have fallen to the Islamic State. If the town falls it will be pure genocide,” says Torhan al-Mufti, the outgoing minister of communications.

Armed residents had managed to fend off attacks by the Islamic State, who encircled the town and regarded its majority population as apostates.

US jets and drones have also attacked the Islamic State group’s positions near Iraq’s Mosul Dam.

In the previous weeks, the US forces have conducted airstrikes in support of Iraqi and Kurdish forces on the ground, fighting against the Islamic State, which controls large areas in Syria and Iraq.

Since June, the Islamic State group has captured large swaths of northern Iraq. Media agencies

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Media Invite – Samsung’s New Digital Learning Initiative

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Media Invite – Samsung’s New Digital Learning Initiative

Krishna, Divij (NDH-WSW)

Today at 1:01 PM

Hi,

Mr. Tarun Malik

Director of Media Solutions Center – South West Asia,

Samsung Electronics

Cordially invites you to the launch of its

New Digital Learning Initiative

Venue: Durbar Hall, Taj Palace Hotel, Sardar Patel Marg, New Delhi

Date: Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Time: 11:30 am

RSVP:

Purnima Sahni Mohanty

Samsung Electronics

Email: purnima.sm@samsung.com

Regards,

Divij Krishna

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HOLIDAY.COM – the priciest domain name is to be auctioned for an estimated £20MILLION

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HOLIDAY.COM – to become the priciest domain name in history as it is auctioned for an estimated £20MILLION

This fall, Breathe Luxury Limited, will be exclusively auctioning one of the worldⳠrarest premium domain names at WTM (World Travel Market) and there is no doubt all eyes will be on Holiday.com

Holiday.com has been with its current owners for approximately 16 years . With many major travel companies battling to acquire Holiday.com over the years, in order to increase their market share, has failed堩t is only now that the owners are at ease to part with it.

Here at Breathe Luxury we believe that Holiday.com has all the hallmarks to be the No.1 leading travel brand and dedicated online platform in serving holidaymakers worldwide. As the keyword ሯliday⠩s so widely searched on major search engines that over 90% of online travel businesses are using ᨯliday⠡s one of their top 5 keywords search term, to reach customers online.

Breathe Luxury has already received offers in the seven figures range, but intends to give Holiday.com the best platform and stage it truly deserves, and where better, then the World Travel Market, the leading global B2B event for the travel industry, It is a unique opportunity for the whole global travel trade to meet, network, negotiate and conduct business.

This is truly a first in the domain industryⳠhistory that a paramount domain name will be auctioned at such an event where all the major travel companies will be there andHoliday.com has all the potential of being among the top 5 highest sold domains and it is clearly a world record breaker in the making.

Holiday.com will be auctioned live at World Travel Market, 5th November 2014 at London Excel.

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NMML Weekly Seminar_Dr. William F. Kuracina_2 September, 2014

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Today at 10:43 AM

The Nehru Memorial Museum and Library

cordially invites you to the Weekly Seminar

at 3.00 pm on Tuesday, 2^nd September, 2014

in the Seminar Room, First Floor, Library Building

‘Congress Socialist Definitions and Backsliding Nationalism:

The misguided intentions of the

Congress Socialist Party’

Dr. William Kuracina,

Texas A&M University-Commerce,

USA.

Abstract:

In the mid-1930s, Congress Socialists sought to alter the ideological orientation of the Indian National Congress. They launched an extensive campaign to radicalize Congress programs, thereby attempting to guide both Congress leaders and the organization’s rank-and-file towards a comprehensive social reorganization of the country. As members of a Marxist party within the national movement, Congress Socialists drew very deliberate inspiration from the deliberations of the World Congresses of the Communist International. This paper highlights some of the broad-stroke viewpoints articulated by delegates to the Communist International, by Congress Socialist theses and by Jayaprakash Narayan, the party’s General Secretary and primary ideologue. Comparison of these two components of broader Marxist ideological trends suggests that the definitions that were articulated by Comintern theoreticians and that were mirrored in Congress Socialist doctrine proved too rigid for any seamless application to Indian conditions. Congress Socialist definitions constrained the party’s ability to achieve its goals.

Speaker:

Dr. William F. Kuracina is Assistant Professor of History at Texas A&M University–Commerce and a Fulbright–Nehru scholar. He has published a research monograph, The State and Governance in India: The Congress Ideal, (London, 2010), and articles in Modern Asian Studies and Journal of Asian and African Studies. Over a five-year period, he has drafted three monograph-length pieces examining interactions between the Congress Socialist Party and the Indian National Congress. His current research project is a detailed examination of Congress Socialism. This paper draws from his ongoing and current research.

All are welcome.

Those wishing to have their names added to the email list may please email us at nmmldirector@gmail.com.

Web links to programmes for 2014:http://www.nehrumemorial.nic.in/en/events/month.calendar/2014/08/25/-.html

Audio links of Public Lectures:

http://www.nehrumemorial.nic.in/en/55-lectures-audios.html

NMML Posters Link (Posters linked to the calendar):

http://www.nehrumemorial.nic.in/en/events/month.calendar/2014/08/25/-.html

Occasional Papers Links:

http://www.nehrumemorial.nic.in/en/research-publications/occasional-papers.html?showall=&start=1

Facebook Link:

https://www.facebook.com/nehrumemoriallibrary

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PM for 100% Inclusive Growth, FM Batting for 0.1%

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Ravinder Singh

presidentofindia@rb.nic.in manmohan@sansad.nic.in speakerloksabha@sansad.nic.insupremecourt@nic.in websitemhaweb@nic.in and 33 more…

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PM for 100% Inclusive Growth, FM Batting for 0.1%

September01, 2014 (C) Ravinder Singh ravinderinvent@gmail.com

When PM is for Two Bank Accounts for every household and Bank Credit to one in all households – his FM wants to Sell PSU banks who serve interiors of India.

Prime Minister has promised Sabka Vikas but FM is Caring for just few Traders which he call Businessmen not Manufacturers, Producers and Inventors. In fact TRADERS extract Huge Margins without adding value and Slow Down Progress and GDP.

Businessmen were in BRISK Business last 10 years at the expense of Manufacturing, Producing and Inventing – Manufacturing was down to Zero, Producers like farmers were not allowed to Add Value to their produce in Storage, Processing and Direct Selling and Inventors were totally neglected by Crippling Patent Office.

Banks have loaned over Rs.60,00,000 crores and it is the duty of FM to ensure Bank Loans go to Right companies and Persons and Right Amount.

The problem of previous government was it didn’t STRICTLY monitored Bank Lending policies.

TWO ARUNS PROBLEMS – Discriminatory Valuation

The Problem of Aruns Shourie and Jaitley are that ‘Special Valuation Formula They Applied to Sell Under Performing PSUs Was Not Applied to Shut Down Private Companies’. Bharat Steel Tubes at Ganaur where I worked in 1974 is shut down for over 20 years NOT YET AUCTIONED.

PSUs have no Value But Long Dead Pvt Companies Are Worth Rs.1000 Crores.

Swift Auctioning of LONG DEAD COMPANIES – almost a million would be Rs.40,00,000 Cr GAIN TO INDIA in avoiding RE-INVESTMENT at New Sites.

Government Order To Reduce PROMOTER holding and maintain Retail Investor Holdings to be plus 25% would fetch Rs.40,00,000 Crores.

2% of All Bank Credit to R&D and High-Tech Companies would Generate $1000b Intellectual Property in India in five year.

Finally Nowhere in The World, Governments COMPROMISE on Cheating and Frauds – except in Banana Republics.

PM Promised ZERO Tolerance Against Corruption 100 Times

Ravinder Singh, National General Secretary.

Sabka Bharat Mission 2019

Y-77, Hauz Khas, New Delhi -110016

Ph: 9650421857, 9718280435

Sabkabharatmission2019@gmail.com

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AAP launches campaign against Landfill

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AAP launches campaign against Landfill (pics attached)

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आप ने किया करावल नगर में लैंडफिल के विरोध में चेतावनी स्वरुप उपवास

केंद्रीय शहरी विकास मंत्री, सांसद व विधायक के घरो के सामने कूड़े का ढेर लगाकर समझायेंगे लैंडफिल का मतलब

इस मुद्दे पर भाजपा सांसद व विधायक की चुप्पी शर्मनाक : कपिल मिश्रा

31 अगस्त 2014

आम आदमी पार्टी ने आज करावल नगर में प्रस्तावित लैंडफिल/डंपिंग ग्राउंड के विरोध में उपराज्यपाल को दिए अपने अल्टीमेटम पर कार्यवाही शुरू करते हुए प्रस्तावित लैंडफिल के स्थान पर चेतावनी स्वरुप उपवास व सत्याग्रह का आयोजन किया।

सत्याग्रह में करावल नगर विधानसभा के विभिन्न सामाजिक संगठनो, RWAs, तथा आम आदमी पार्टी के सभी कार्यकर्ताओं व पदाधिकारियों ने हिस्सा लिया।

उल्लेखनीय है की करावल नगर में प्रस्तावित लैंडफिल के विरोध में आम आदमी पार्टी द्वारा उपराज्यपाल को भेजे गए पत्र में दस दिन का अल्टीमेटम देते हुए चेतावनी दी गई थी कि अगर अगले10 दिन के भीतर करावल नगर विधानसभा में लैंडफिल बनाये जाने का यह निर्णय निरस्त नहीं किया गया तथा 31 स्थानों की सूची से अगर करावल नगर विधानसभा का नाम नहीं हटाया गया तो आम आदमी पार्टी और करावल नगर की जनता प्रचंड विरोध करेगी।

उपवास पर बैठे आम आदमी पार्टी के प्रवक्ता कपिल मिश्रा ने बताया कि पार्टी का एक प्रतिनिधिमंडल शीघ्र ही शहरी विकास मंत्री वेंकैया नायडू तथा डीडीए के अधिकारीयों से मिलकर इस लैंडफिल के प्रस्ताव को वापस लेने का दबाव डाला जायेगा।

आप प्रवक्ता ने चेतावनी दी कि अगर तुरंत ही करावल नगर में लैंडफिल बनने के इस प्रस्ताव को वापस नहीं लिया गया तथा क्षेत्र का नाम इस सूची से नहीं हटाया गया तो करावल नगर की जनता क्षेत्र का सारा कूड़ा केंद्रीय शहरी विकास मंत्री , भाजपा सांसद व विधायक के घरो के सामने डालकर उन्हें समझाया जायेगा कि घर के सामने लैंडफिल का मतलब क्या होता है.

आंदोलन की आगे की रूपरेखा बताते हुए उन्होंने कहा कि १४ सितम्बर को करावल नगर में विशाल जनसुनवाई का आयोजन किया जायेगा।

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Regards,

AAP Media cell

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Business Carnival for Metal, Machinery, Technology and Engineering industry.

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Grand Opening of the Biggest Business Carnival

MMMM 2014

Today at 12:17 PM

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Sep 1, 2014

Mr. N K Sagar
Chairman
Enkay Sagar Holding Pvt Ltd
New Delhi

Subject: 2 days to go for the Grand Opening of MMMM 2014

Dear Industry Leaders,

Now only 2 days have left to the Grand Opening of 10th MMMM 2014, International exhibition on Minerals, Metals, Metallurgy and Materials is scheduled at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi during September 4-7, 2014

MMMM 2014 has been planned with four highly specialized concurrent events (September 4-6, 2014 at Hall # 7) to create the Biggest Business Carnival for Metal, Machinery, Technology and Engineering industry.

TECHINDIA 2014 will have exclusive display and offers for latest of Pumps & Compressor> Motors & Control> Bearing & Accessories> Gears and more

UMEX 2014, Asia’s largest used machinery expo can get you the best used machinery from 18 countries for various industry including Meta Working, Machine Tools, Gears, Forging, Packaging , Automation, Industrial machinery, Commercial Vehicles, Heavy Engineering, Transmission and many more..

IMEX 2014 will connect you the new invitations in machinery & technology

Also It gives us immense pleasure to update you that Shri Narendra Singh Tomar , Hon’ble Union Minister of Mines, Steel, Labor and Employment, Government of India will to be our Chief Guest and inaugurate the exhibition on 4th Sept. 2014 at conference lounge, (First Floor) Hall #8

We have sent complimentary entry passes and confirmation to all Pre Registered Trade Visitors, please check your mail box and note your registration no (If already register in our online system) .

As the pre-registration process has been closed , so we would request to please block your Diary, plan your travels and note few of the following

Exhibition Dates- 4 – 7 September 2014
Entry timing: – 10:00 Hrs to 18:00 Hrs (on Sept. 7, 2014 entry will be closed at 15:00 hrs)
Facilitation Desk & Shuttle Service will be available at Gate No# 1 , 7 or 10 of Pragati Maidan, New Delhi
Just share your business card, fill a small registration form at registration counter and collect your badges

Look forward to welcome you.

With warm personal regards,
Yours sincerely,

Gagan Sahni
Exhibitions Director – ITEI

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LIC is conducting a press conference.

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INVITATION

LIC of India Celebrates its 58th Anniversary and accordingly, LIC is conducting a press conference.

You are cordially invited to attend a Press Conference. Kindly make it convenient to send your reporter / correspondent to attend the same. The detail are as under :

Date : 1, September, 2014

Time : 3.30 P.M.

Venue : Conference Hall, 7th Floor,

JEEVAN PRAKASH BUILDING,

Relief Road, Ahmedabad-1.

The Conference will be address by Sr. Divisional Manager, Shri Ajay Kumar.

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Signing Minamata Convention – a great initiative by the Indian Government

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September 1, 2014, New Delhi: The Indian government signing the Minamata Convention as reported in the national daily is an extremely welcome move,state in line of action for promoting mercury free world for over a decade now.

Mercury is one of the most toxic metals known to mankind. Once released into the environment it easily enters into the food chain, and eventually into our body. Mainly affecting the central nervous system and kidney of adults and children; it does not even spare the fetus.

The health care sector is one of the largest consumers of mercury in the country furthermore lighting industry is another major consumer it uses mercury in manufacturing CFL and tube lights. The signing of the Green treaty will arrest indiscriminate use of mercury in these lamps. Besides these, the treaty is also expected to make technology available for controlling and reducing mercury emissions from coal based power plants.l.

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Media Invite Review of first 100 days of of NDA govt

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Media Invite

Review of first 100 days of of NDA govt

Wada Na Todo Abhiyan

Dear Media friends,

We, at Wada Na Todo Abhiyan, are doing a Review of the first 100 days of the NDA Government in collaboration with our partners. We will bring report cards on different themes like education, health, governance issues, and on different social groups like Tribals, Dalits, women etc. We will also critically see the functioning of different institutions of the government.

Wada Na Todo Abhiyan is a national campaign working on issues relating to governance and accountability. It has about 4000 CSO partners throughout the country.

We will release our report card in a large gathering of people present from across the country and some prominent political persons and experts.

The event will be held at Dy Speaker’s hall of Constitution Club of India, behind Reserve Bank of India, New Delhi-100011 from 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM on September 1, 2014.

Session – I: 2 – 4 pm

Report release

Speakers: Brinda Grover, Advocate, Supreme Court

Biraj Patnaik, Advisor, Supreme Court Commission on Right to Food

Session – II: 4 – 6 pm: panel discussion

List of panelist

Sambit Patra, Spokesperson, BJP

Manish Tewari, Spokesperson, Congress

Reena Gupta, AAP

Devinder Sharma, Food Policy Analyst

P V Rajgopal, Ekta Parisad

YRK Reddy, Sr Corporate Analyst

You are cordially invited to cover the event. A line of confirmation with will be highly appreciated.

Thanking you for your kind cooperation

Yours sincerely,

Paul Divakar, Richa Singh, Datta Patil

Conveners, Wada Na Todo Abhiyan

RSVP: Pradeep Baisakh Mobile no: 8447459549

The lecture del by Prof. Furio HONSELL Sindaco di Udine Mayor of the City of Udine

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Lecture on Tesstitori@Italian Cultural Institute -4th September @6:45pm

Cultural Program

Undisclosed Recipients

Today at 12:12 PM

L’Istituto Italiano di Cultura di New Delhi è lieto di invitare alla conferenza

The Italian Embassy Cultural Centre New Delhi cordially invites you to the lecture

del

Prof. Furio HONSELL

Sindaco di Udine

Mayor of the City of Udine

Luigi Pio Tessitori (Udine 1887– Bikaner 1919)

Una stimolante storia italiana di comprensione transculturale

An inspiring Italian story of transcultural understanding

nel linguaggio, l’archeologia e la fotografia

in the name of language, archaeology and photography

Giovedì 4 Settembre 2014

Thursday, 4^th September 2014

18:45

Sala Luigi Pio Tessitori

Italian Embassy Cultural Centre
50-E, Chandragupta Marg

(Entry from Nyaya Marg)
Chanakyapuri, New Delhi-110021

The conference will be held in English

Free entry upon presentation of valid ID

Parking is available outside the Centre.

Bring your friends along and feel free to further forward this invite. For more information, you are requested to kindly visit our websitewww.iicnewdelhi.esteri.it.

Regards,

Italian Embassy Cultural Centre
50-E, Chandragupta Marg
Chanakyapuri, New Delhi – 110 021
Phone: 0091-11-26871901/03/04
Fax: 0091-11-26871902

Email: iicnewdelhi@esteri.it

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Hundreds of protesters stormed the state broadcaster on Monday as fresh clashes with police broke out in Islamabad.

Transmission of the main Pakistani Television (PTV) news channel and PTV World was cut minutes after an anchor announced demonstrators had entered the building and "besieged" staff. Both Khan and Qadri appeared on the shipping containers they have used as stages to urge their supporters not to resort to violence.

Protesters armed with rocks and wooden clubs earlier Monday clashed with police, hours after the army called for a peaceful settlement of the political crisis that has shaken the country for the past two weeks.

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) marched to the capital on August 15 to try to oust Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif over alleged election fraud, triggering a crisis that ultimately sought assistance from the army.

The army on Sunday night urged the government and protesters to settle their differences peacefully, but warned it was "committed to playing its part in ensuring security of the state" after clashes left three dead and hundreds injured.

Violence began on Saturday night when followers of PTI and PAT tried to storm PM´s official residence.

Fresh clashes erupted on Monday morning as heavy rain fell on the capital, when demonstrators again tried to march on the building.

Protesters pelted riot police with stones and some smashed up motorbikes with wooden clubs. Police tried to respond with tear gas but the heavy rain appeared to make it ineffective.

Some managed to breach the perimeter fences of some official buildings, but paramilitary security forces stopped them at the entrance to the PM´s house.

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Boletín de Noticias de Nueva Tribuna [02/09/2014]

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Nuevatribuna

Boletín de Noticias de Nueva Tribuna

Today at 4:13 AM

Boletín informativo. Martes 2 de Septiembre 2014.

Sanidad

INFORME 2014 | LOS SERVICIOS SANITARIOS DE LAS CCAA | FADSP
Valencia y Canarias, las CCAA con peor asistencia sanitaria

El gasto sanitario público en España cae en picado. En tan solo cinco años se ha producido un recorte de casi el 22%, unos 15.000 millones de euros menos. Los ajustes derivados de la crisis y las privatizaciones siguen incrementándose en la mayoría de las comunidades autónomas.

Política

APUNTES INCOMPLETOS
Los problemas del reformismo progresista

Por José Moisés Martín Carretero | Si el reformismo progresista quiere volver a ser “el partido de las ideas”, debe ser capaz de ofrecer alternativas viables y creíbles.

Francí Xavier Muñoz: Involución municipal a la vista
La elección directa de los alcaldes que propone el Gobierno se puede volver en contra tanto del PP como del PSOE…

ARRANQUE DE CURSO EN SOUTOMAIOR
Feijoo busca ‘reconquistar’ Galicia con la reforma para la elección de alcaldes

Por Juan Martínez García | El presidente de la Xunta también pretende reducir el número de diputados del parlamento gallego para ganar peso provincial.

Rafael Fernando Navarro: Y él le besó los labios
Hace un tiempo, Berlusconi dedicó unos comentarios machistas a Angela Merkel. Comentarios tan denigrantes…

Corrupción

POR VARIOS DELITOS
Podemos y Guanyem se querellan contra Pujol

La denuncia se extenderá a su esposa e hijos y empresarios cercanos al entramado familiar.

ALCANZA LOS 80.000 MILLONES DE EUROS
IU pide que se investigue el fraude fiscal en comisión parlamentaria

El fraude fiscal “priva al Estado de recursos para financiar sus políticas sociales”, denuncia Cayo Lara.

Europa

La crisis del socialismo francés

Por Gabriel Flores | Los diputados socialistas díscolos con la austeridad han aprovechado la cita socialista en La Rochelle para lanzar un Llamamiento titulado “Pour que Vive la gauche!”.

REPARTO DE CARGOS EN EL PARLAMENTO EUROPEO
Javier Couso, vicepresidente de Exteriores en el Europarlamento

La Comisión de Asuntos Exteriores del Parlamento Europeo designa al eurodiputado de Izquierda Unida, Javier Couso Permuy, como vicepresidente segundo.

Economía Social | Laboral

POR MERCEDES GONZÁLEZ Y JUAN MORENO
50 años de la primera CCOO del Metal

El 2 de septiembre de 1964 se creó la Comisión Obrera Provincial del Metal de Madrid, la primera de ese ámbito que funcionó de manera estable hasta el final de la dictadura. (Foto: Metalúrgicos marchando hacia Madrid, durante la jornada de lucha del 27 de octubre de 1967. Archivo de Historia del Trabajo. Fundación 1º de Mayo de CCOO).

Claves para el nuevo sistema de formación

Por Javier López | Saldremos antes y mejor de esta crisis, si conseguimos contar con las trabajadoras y los trabajadores mejor preparados, mejor formados. Porque las personas son la clave.

EL GOBIERNO DEBE INCLUIRLOS EN LOS PGE DE 2015
Exigen al Gobierno que cumpla el compromiso de reanualización de los fondos de la cuota de formación

CCOO denuncia que el nuevo sistema de pago de las ayudas de formación supone perder la mitad de los recursos de la cuota de formación asignados a cursos de formación en los planes estatales.

Sociedad

SOCIOLOGÍA
Ciudadanía activa: análisis del conflicto social

Por Luis Enrique Alonso | Un nuevo ciclo de movilizaciones sociales se ha producido en el espacio de las economías occidentales…

Vicenç Navarro: El crecimiento de las desigualdades en Catalunya
Catalunya está a la cola de la Europa Social, situada en el grupo de los que tienen peores indicadores…

ARMH ESTUDIA DENUNCIAR A TELEVISIÓN ESPAÑOLA
TVE esconde a los 114.000 desaparecidos por la dictadura franquista

Marlis González Torres: Todo un despropósito
¿Cómo es posible que la parte agredida y diezmada, las mujeres, tengan que cargar con el estigma de ser potenciales…

Consumo

CONSUMO
Si no quedo satisfecho… ¿me devuelven mi dinero?

Por Antonino Joya | Es muy común entre muchos consumidores pensar que cuando compran un producto pueden devolverlo sin ningún problema. Pero esto no siempre es así.

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Help grow the movement for rights of women and girls to decide

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I decide campaign

Naresh Sagar

Today at 2:41 PM

Dear Naresh,

Thank you for joining the ‘I decide’ campaign by signing the petition on the Change website a few weeks ago.

Adding your voice will help ensure that women and girls around the world need not suffer the shocking consequences of unsafe abortion, life-threatening complications in pregnancy or loss of a child due to lack of basic care and rights.

We already have over 50,000 signatures and the movement is growing by the day. The more signatures we can get, the more likely world leaders are to listen to our demands.

Please share this petition with your friends and family – we’ve created a campaign on Thunderclap which enables you to share the ‘I decide’ petition on social media at the same time with the thousands of other people who have joined the movement.

Join our Thunderclap now:
https://www.thunderclap.it/projects/15068-idecide-my-future

By joining this Thunderclap your social media profile(s) will automatically share the petition far and wide on 22nd September at 10 am New York time. Not only will you be promoting the ‘I decide’ campaign, you will also join the chorus of people demanding that women, girls and men are able to decide the size of their family and with whom they live.

So please join our Thunderclap now:
https://www.thunderclap.it/projects/15068-idecide-my-future

Thank you!
Tewodros Melesse, Director General IPPF (International Planned Parenthood Federation)

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RELIANCE FOUNDATION AND NBA EXPAND RF JR. NBA PROGRAM IN SECOND YEAR

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RELIANCE FOUNDATION AND NBA EXPAND RF JR. NBA PROGRAM IN SECOND YEAR OF PARTNERSHIP IN INDIA

- Reliance Foundation Jr. NBA Program Promotes Health and Fitness to Boys and Girls through Comprehensive School-Based Program –

- Program expects to engage over 750,000 youth and train PE teachers at more than 1,000 partner schools across 8 cities–

MUMBAI, 2^nd September, 2014 – Reliance Foundation and the National Basketball Association (NBA) today announced that the Reliance Foundation Jr. NBA program, a comprehensive youth basketball initiative that applies the positive values of basketball to engage and impact the lives of Indian boys and girls, will expand from three to eight cities in 2014-15. The Reliance Foundation Jr. NBA program focuses on inspiring youth to adopt a healthy, active lifestyle by integrating basketball into each participating school’s physical education curriculum.

The eight cities are Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, Mumbai, Kochi and Kottayam. The program, which runs from September 2014 to February 2015, expects engage more than 750,000 youth across 1,000 schools. Fifteen coaches will oversee the program and anticipate training more than 1,000 local physical education instructors as coaches over the course of the program’s second year.

On the occasion Jagannatha Kumar, Head, Reliance Foundation commented, “We are happy to announce the expansion of our Reliance Foundation Jr. NBA program for the second year in succession and are confident that this initiative will instill strong values in the children in their formative years. It is very gratifying to learn that the implementation and the start of the program is eagerly awaited not only by the children but also by their parents, as they too are looking forward for their children to excel in sports! This program is also aimed at unlocking the aspirational energy of the youth in our country by allowing young upcoming talents to blossom. Further, this initiative will empower the youth to participate effectively in making this basketball initiative a great success.”

“The Reliance Foundation Jr. NBA program reflects our commitment to increase participation in basketball among the youth of India, and to promote a healthy and active lifestyle,” said Yannick Colaco, Managing Director, NBA India. “The Reliance Foundation continues to be an excellent partner in this commitment, and we look forward to working with the children, coaches and educators from these eight cities.”

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Dear citizens and guests of Zagreb!

After the summer holidays, which some of us spent at the seaside and others on the continent, after a longer or shorter summer break, having recharged our batteries, we are returning to the usual urban rhythm of life.

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	Dear friends and business partners! During the summer, which is slowly drawing to an end, the streets of Zagreb were swarming with tourists. According to statistical data, the number of visitors is on the rise; moreover, Zagreb is breaking records among tourist destinations in Croatia. > more



	Bundekfest 2014 Festival of entertainment at Zagreb’s lake Come to Bundek between September 25th and October 5th and partake in entertainment, enjoy a diverse offer of food and do a lot more, because the city of Zagreb and its partners, Budapest, Vienna, Ljubljana and Rome, promise to deliver the best edition of the Bundek lakeside festival to date. > more



	64th Boris Hanžeković Memorial An International Athletics Event Croatian athletic stars Sandra Perković, Blanka Vlašić, Ana Šimić and Stipe Žunić and many other top international athletes will compete at the Mladost Sports Park athletic stadium on September 2nd, during the 64th Boris Hanžeković Memorial. > more

our pick

:	The 3rd Science Picnic – Discover the invisible world!
:	Museum of Contemporary Art – Exhibition of the famous Julije Knifer’s meanders
:	A November Event – Worldwide Summit of Presidents of Travel Agencies
:	7th ZeGeVege – Festival of Sustainable Living
:	New Recognition for the Phoenix Hotel – The Most Romantic Hotel in Croatia
:	Metal Scene – Alestorm and Brainstorm at Vintage Industrial Bar
:	A Guest from Abroad – Trentemoller at Tvornica Kulture (Culture Factory)

MORE INFORMATION AT:

ZAGREB TOURIST BOARD
Tel: +385 1 48-14-052 / 053
e-mail: info@zagreb-touristinfo.hr
www.zagreb-touristinfo.hr


	The 47th PIF The International Puppet Theatre Festival Once again, puppets will descend upon the streets of Zagreb from September 15th to 20th during the 47th PIF – the International Puppet Theatre Festival. Puppet theatres from Croatia and abroad will perform for children and adults alike. > more


	12th Festival of World Theatre Intriguing works by masters theatre directors Between September 19th and 28th, the programmes of the 12th Festival of World Theatre will take place at various locations in Zagreb. Once again this year, the festival will present the most intriguing works by masters of theatre direction. > more


The Best Dancing Podium in the City Dance Evenings in Zrinjevac If you feel like dancing to the rhythms of rock’n’roll or evergreens, come to Zrinjevac where dance evenings take place every Friday until October 4th. > more

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100 Days of Pushing Pulling and Shunting in NDA-II

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Ravinder Singh

chauthidunia@gmail.com indiaagainstcorruption.2010@gmail.comchandru_14521@yahoo.com emailidofarun@gmail.comthakursinghk@gmail.com and 357 more…

Today at 3:55 AM

100 Days of Pushing Pulling and Shunting in NDA-II
September02, 2014 (C) Ravinder Singh ravinderinvent@gmail.com

Unlike UPA – I & II which had one Power Center in Sonia Gandhi and
everything revolved around her, there are Three Power Centers plus 280
in NDA – II, Capitalists Supporters and Pro Farmers pulling government
in opposite direction and Shunting of RSS as third power center and in
addition there are 280 small power centers who create small mischief
but create big nuisance. NDA-II Flight is not yet in Right Direction.

Principal of the Government Prime Minister of India takes Class of all
his Ministers, every weak who have to give Power Point Presentations
on the programs to be implemented and PM then Fine Tunes programs to
be implemented. Yesterday he was in a Japanese taking Class of
Japanese School and College students.

His ministers enjoyed Extra Long Weekend when they are not required to
get up early in the morning and wait by the side of land line phone to
answer early morning update.

It was impossible to remove Entire Planning Commission staff so he
decided to Shunt Out Planning Commission and replace it with new
institutions to be headed by hand picked loyalists. Sam Pitroda,
Montek UPA Governors had be Shunted out.

FM wanted PSU banks hand them their equity to private companies but PM
wants PSU Banks to expand to serve all the households who have no bank
account.

Energy Minister wants to promote polluting Coal based power but PM
assured Nepal to buy all the surplus power produced in Nepal but EM is
only interested in Coal based – even if 200 million tones is to be
imported. Solar power too is located in deserts and cost over Rs.25/-
unit delivered when long term cost of Solar Power Rooftops is barely
Rs.1 per unit. Energy Efficiency too is not supported by Corporate and
not GOI priority.

Water Minister was busiest of all – Cleaning Ganga River at Varanasi
is her sole passion but was told Ganga Basin has 100,000 MW Hydro,
around 200 BCM of water storage, and 25 million hectare flood
protection potential.

But after 100 busy days Map of Varanasi is delivered to Kyoto Mayor
for Cleaning Varanasi City and Water Minister shall no longer lead
Clean Ganga Mission.

Telecom Minister has proposed 5 times Larger Spending Program than UPA-II.

Broadband services are likely to be delayed as most of it is based on
Wireless Technology and Wireless Technology needs SPECTRUM which is
under Supreme Court monitoring.

DIPP is not RECLAIMING Shut Downed Factories that may avoid waste of
Investing in New Green Field projects. Patent Office has been Crippled
so High Skilled Engineers and Inventors can’t get IPR protection and
research & Developed is crippled.

Agriculture is in crisis – large part of India is experiencing Drought
this monsoon season but there is Drought Relief dispersed so far.

Price Rise has hit records – 5-6 Commodities retailed above Rs.100 per
kg in Ahmadabad. Some states have Farmers Market but ruling party
looks other side.

Unemployed MPs are researching Interfaith Marriage Records & Boys &
Girls in love.

Ravinder Singh, National General Secretary.
Sabka Bharat Mission 2019
Y-77, Hauz Khas, New Delhi -110016
Ph: 9650421857, 9718280435
Sabkabharatmission2019@gmail.com

Narendra Modi’s 100 days in office Hits misses promises to be kept
What we now know (and what we don’t) about Prime Minister Narendra
Modi and his NDA government – Livemint

New Delhi: Far-right economists, some of whom appear on Mint’s opinion
pages, had one view. Subsidies would go. State-owned firms would be
sold to the highest bidder. Labour and tax laws would be reformed.
Growth would return.

Left-leaning liberals, who too find a place in Mint, had another.
History would be rewritten. Forests would be despoiled. The media
would be muzzled. 2014 would become 1984—George Orwell’s version of
it.

That was during the elections, once it became clear the Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP) would form India’s next government.

Three months and a bit later, neither scenario has panned out
entirely, although bits of both have; it is entirely possible that
with time, one or the other may indeed come true.
Tuesday marks the 100th day since Narendra Damodardas Modi was sworn
in as India’s 14th Prime Minister. There have been a rash of analyses
to commemorate the event. Sure, the BJP-led National Democratic
Alliance (NDA) ruled India for 13 days, and then 13 months, both
starting in 1998, and then again, for five years between 1999 and
2004, but the Modi government is India’s first, true BJP government.

The performance of a government and a man, both just getting
started—many say, perhaps rightly, that Modi is the NDA and the NDA is
Modi—can’t really be assessed in 100 days.

Still, 100 days is enough time to try and understand both man and
machine. The NDA took charge on 26 May, India’s strongest government
in nearly three decades. Its dominant constituent, the BJP itself, won
282 seats, well over the 272 needed for a simple majority in the Lok
Sabha.

The new government inherited considerable problems, mostly to do with
governance or the lack of it, in the second half of the United
Progressive Alliance’s (UPA) 10-year tenure. The sense of drift was
most palpable in the economic arena, where there were issues related
to structure, sentiment and administration. Through an acronym- and
platitude-rich campaign that resonated with the masses, Modi may have
given off the impression that he could wave a wand and sort out the
fiscal mess, stare inflation into submission, and put his shoulder
(sitting atop a 56” chest) to the economy to get it moving again, but
everyone, including the man, knew that was not going to be the case.

Modi and the BJP would have also known that it was not really going to
be possible to push through all the radical reforms they wanted to.
Despite its majority in the Lok Sabha, the NDA is in the minority in
the Rajya Sabha.

There have been enough points of data in these 100 days to help
understand what Modi the Prime Minister, and his new government,
stands for. The piece that follows may merit revision after another
100 days because in the days and weeks that come, with the first
session of Parliament over, Modi is certain to induct more ministers,
shuffle portfolios, create the new Planning Commission alternative he
has spoken of, and get a little more radical and imaginative. There
may be yet another revision called for after coming state elections
that the BJP wants to win, especially in Maharashtra and Haryana, that
will necessarily entail populist measures but for now, this is what we
know (and what we don’t).

In keeping with the spirit of the times, with a nod to both Modi and
Buzzfeed, let’s look at 11 things we now understand about India’s new
government and its leader.

1) The new NDA government is as flat an organization as it gets. There
is one leader and that’s it. This is a significant change from the UPA
where Congress president Sonia Gandhi was the political leader of the
alliance that governed India; Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was the
administrative head of the government; and most senior ministers saw
themselves as leaders in their own right.

2) Modi believes more in hard work and administrative efficiency than
big ideas. This is actually a good thing because, as Mint’s Anil
Padmanabhan pointed out in a recent article for Mint Asia, the need of
the hour is to fix governance and that is all about operational
effectiveness (or OE as it is called in management lingo), not
strategy.

3) Modi will tolerate cantankerous fringe elements, although he may
not really subscribe to their extreme views. Will he act on their
wishes and views? We don’t know.

4) The new government lacks bench strength and governance experience.
It can’t really be faulted for either—both are built by being in
power, and the party hasn’t been in power for a decade. Still, it
won’t do to have one minister handle several important portfolios. The
lack of governance experience also means some ministers are working on
the basis of their understanding of what will please the boss—not
exactly the best way to go about nation-building.

5) The environment and environmental issues are secondary to growth,
at least for now.

6) Modi doesn’t forget; nor does he forgive. He runs a tight ship and
appears to be keeping a close eye on what each of his ministers is up
to.

7) Like many governments that came before it, the NDA doesn’t really
believe there is any pressing need to communicate (which has surprised
people who were swayed by Modi’s campaign into believing the man would
over-communicate once in power). If anything, the only change has been
the attempt to hide the lack of real communication through an overdose
of banal news releases.

8) We do not know if Modi trusts external advisers (he did, during the
campaign that brought him to power, but it isn’t clear if he does so
now).

9) Modi is truly business-friendly, but he also wants to send out a
strong message that his government doesn’t indulge in crony
capitalism. That fits in well with the emphasis on OE and the intent
to move more government processes online—where things work on the
basis of rules, not exceptions.

10) The NDA’s values are those of Middle India. This is not a liberal
government.

11) As the whole WTO (World Trade Organization) issue showed, Modi’s
belief in free markets doesn’t necessarily mean he leans to the right
on issues such as subsidies—the bugbear of all right-leaning
economists. The NDA government is a centrist one that leans marginally
to the right.

It was always clear, even before he came to power, that Modi would not
be a prime minister in the Nehruvian mould. Many analysts, including
several who supported him, believed he would be more like Margaret
Thatcher (and then expressed disappointment when he didn’t go down
that road). Based on the 11 points above, it is clear that India’s new
Prime Minister believes more in the Lee Kuan Yew school of managing a
country, as astutely pointed out by economist Sanjeev Sanyal in a
column last month. That kind of micro-management, attention to detail,
and emphasis on execution will not work in India, we’ve always been
told. Can Modi prove that wrong?

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Invite- Session on ‘100 Days of the new Indian Government’

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Invite- Session on ‘100 Days of the new Indian Government’ | September 10, 2014 | WWF A

Ananta Aspen Centre

Today at 11:56 AM

Presents

Session on

‘100 Days of the New Indian Government’

EVENT DETAILS

DATE

Wednesday, September 10, 2014

TIME

11:00 AM – 12:30 PM (Registration: 10:30 am)

LOCATION

WWF Auditorium, 172-B, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003

SPEAKERS

Dr. Shankar Acharya, Honorary Professor, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER)
Ambassador G Parthasarathy, Honorary Research Professor, Centre for Policy Research in New Delhi
Mr. Ashok Malik, Senior Columnist and Author

CHAIR

Mr. Swapan Dasgupta, Senior Columnist and Public Policy Analyst

ABOUT THE EVENT
The 2014 Lok Sabha elections witnessed the emergence of BJP with a historic mandate under the effective leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. His election campaign was replete with promises of taking India to the path of inclusive growth and development. On assuming office, Mr Modi reiterated his commitment to script a glorious future for India while seeking people’s active participation towards this end.

The new government’s first 100 days in office have been marked by a period of high expectations and huge challenges both in foreign and domestic policy. In this backdrop, Ananta Aspen Centre is organising a session on ‘100 Days of the New Indian Government’ with a panel of outstanding experts across diverse fields. The panel would assess the government’s performance during this period and reflect upon its future policy discourse matching the aspirations and hopes of a billion-strong India; especially in light of its campaign slogan of “Achhe Din Aane Waley Hain”.

SPEAKERS

Dr. Shankar Acharya, Honorary Professor, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER)

Dr. Shankar Acharya is one of India’s leading policy economists. As Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India (1993-2001) he was deeply involved in the economic reforms of the 1990s. He also served on the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), 1997-2000, and, more recently, as a member of the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council (2001-2003) and Member, Twelfth Finance Commission (2004).

Earlier, 1971-82, he worked in the World Bank, where he led the World Development Report team for 1979 and was Research Adviser to the World Bank, 1979-82. He was Economic Adviser, Ministry of Finance, 1985-90. He has authored eight books and numerous scholarly articles in academic journals. His five most recent books are Essays on Macroeconomic Policy and Growth in India (2006, Oxford University Press, Delhi), Can India Grow without Bharat? (2007, Academic Foundation, Delhi), India and Global Crisis (2009, Academic Foundation, Delhi), (edited with Rakesh Mohan), India’s Economy: Performance and Challenges (2010, Oxford University Press, Delhi; paperback edition, 2011) and India after Global Crisis (2012, Orient BlackSwan, Delhi). Currently he is Honorary Professor at the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER). He serves on the governing boards of other national research organizations and some corporates. He recently completed four years as a member of the National Security Advisory Board (2009-2013) and is a member of the Reserve Bank’s Advisory Committee on Monetary Policy since 2005. He is non-executive Chairman of Kotak Mahindra Bank, a member of the Aspen India-China and India- Turkey Dialogues and a member of the Indo-UK Round Table. He writes regularly in the Business Standard and is a consultant to international organizations. Dr. Acharya has a Ph.D (1972) from Harvard University and a B.A. (1967) from Oxford.

Ambassador G Parthasarathy, Honorary Research Professor, Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi

Gopalaswami Parthasarathy is a career diplomat who retired from Service in June 2000. He was a Commissioned Officer in the Indian Army prior to joining the Indian Foreign Service. He has served in Indian Missions in Moscow, Dar es Salaam and Washington and as Consul General on India in Karachi.

After completing his term as Spokesman of the Ministry of External Affairs and thereafter as Information Adviser and Spokesman in the Office of Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, Mr. Parthasarathy was posted s Ambassador of India to Myanmar and served as High Commissioner of India to Cyprus, Australia and Pakistan. He is currently Honorary Visiting Professor in the Centre of Policy Research, New Delhi.

Mr. Ashok Malik, Senior Columnist and Author

Ashok Malik is a columnist who writes for leading Indian and international publications including the Times of India, Hindustan Times, Asian Age, Pioneer and ndtv.com. He focuses on Indian domestic politics and foreign/trade policy, and their increasing interplay. In 2011, Ashok co-authored a paper, India’s New World: Civil Society in the Making of Foreign Policy, published by the Lowy Institute for International Policy, Sydney.

It looked at the influence of Indian business, news media and overseas communities on the Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi. In 2012, Ashok’s book, India: Spirit of Enterprise (Roli Books) was published. It encapsulates the story of the growth of India’s leading private sector industries since 1991, and their role in the Indian economy. In June 2013, Ashok was named to the Australia India Institute-Observer Research Foundation Chair for Indo-Pacific Studies. His work will focus on the bilateral relationship between India and Australia as well as emergent challenges related to maritime and energy security, and new institutional architecture, in the Indo-Pacific region. In 2014, Ashok closely followed and wrote on Narendra Modi’s campaign in the Indian general election.

CHAIR

Mr. Swapan Dasgupta, Senior Columnist and Public Policy Analyst

Swapan Dasgupta is a political columnist and public policy analyst with 30 years experience based in New Delhi, India. His columns on contemporary India are published in The Telegraph, Sunday Times of India, Asian Age, Deccan Chronicle, Pioneer, Jagran and Free Press Journal. In addition, he is a regular commentator on politics on TV news channels.

He has occupied important editorial positions in major Indian newspapers and weeklies including Times of India, Telegraph, Indian Express and India Today. He was the London correspondent of Indian Express from 1995 to 1996 and managing editor of India Today until 2003. He was appointed by the Indian prime minister as a member of the India-UK Round Table dialogue from 1998 to 2004. He holds a Ph.D. from the School of Oriental and African Studies (London) and was a Research Fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford.

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Volkswagen India launches smartphone app for customers

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Mumbai, September 1, 2014: Volkswagen India has launched a useful
new mobile service application for its customers, which will provide direct
access to information on network and latest sales and after-sales offers.
Meant for iOS- and Android-powered smart devices, the app provides an
explanation of various indicators on the car’s dashboard, labour charges
at Volkswagen service centers, roadside assistance, and emergency
contact details.
The new service app provides customer care contact details, and allows
prospective customers to book a test drive. In addition, the mobile
application enables Volkswagen’s existing and prospective customers to
get their queries addressed, and also get information and updates on
Volkswagen’s India line-up of cars.
In keeping with the increasing adoption of smartphone and other smart
mobile devices in India, Volkswagen has introduced this application to
establish a stronger relationship with its customers, and to improve the
car ownership experience.
Mr. Michael Mayer, Director, Volkswagen Passenger Cars,
Volkswagen Group Sales India Pvt. Ltd. said, “Effective after-sales
measures allow brands to build a stronger connect with their customers.
This helps develop an element of satisfaction and delight that the brand
aspires to achieve. We hope this new service application will help us
better serve the needs of our existing and prospective customers.”
The new Volkswagen app for Android can be downloaded from the
Google Play Store, while the iOS app can be downloaded from the Apple
iTunes Store. Both versions are also available on http://www.volkswagen.co.in
https://itunes.apple.com/in/app/volkswagen-service-in/id909217521?mt=8
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.volkswagen.service.india

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MACE INVITED TO COME AND VISIT LUCKNOW.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

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Early on a Tuesday morning a presentation was made to the delegation by the MACE who built the London eye. Mace Group Ltd, commonly known as Mace, is a global consultancy and construction firm headquartered in London, United Kingdom, employing over 4,000 people, across five continents with a turnover in excess of £1bn. Mace’s business is programme and project management, cost consultancy, construction delivery and facilities management and is multi-disciplinary with services spanning the entire property and infrastructure life cycle. Mace has three strategic sectors serving clients in the private, public and infrastructure sectors and five strategic hubs in Europe, Middle East & North Africa, the Americas, Asia Pacific and Sub-Sahara Africa that service over 70 countries. The presentation was interesting and they have been invited to come and visit Lucknow.
A presentation was also made by the Royal Haskoening Company to the delegation. Haskoning India Pvt. Ltd. (HKIPL), a part of Royal Haskoning group of the Netherlands, is an independent firm of consulting engineers. With more than a hundred employees spread across India and offices at Noida & Mumbai, the services of Haskoning India focus on multi-disciplinary projects in various sectors, with a practical approach. They have rich experience in the field of cycling tracks and are also the consultants for the Netherlands.
The icing on the cake was the Chief Minister along with the delegation met the met officials of VNO-NCW, the Netherland’s largest industry organization representing 1,15,000 business houses to promote trade and investment relations between Uttar Pradesh and Netherlands in the areas of Infrastructure, Food and Agro processing, Research and Development, Energy and Environment sector. The Delegation met top CEO’s of Dutch companies like Phillips, Royal Haskoning DHV, ING, RABO and Unilever who have already shown interest in investing in India and welcomed the Dutch SMEs to invest in Uttar Pradesh and bring their niche technologies and world-class expertise to the state. They signed an INTENT FOR COOPERATION for the future and agreed to work together for promoting regional cooperation between the business communities of Uttar Pradesh, India and Netherlands to foster and strengthen trade and investment ties in focus sectors of mutual interest.
The INTENT FOR COOPERATION aims to encourage co-operation and exchange of information on policies, market conditions, business practices, local laws and business regulations as well as new business opportunities to accelerate bilateral trade and investment.
Both the sides shall facilitate and encourage initiatives aimed at bilateral engagement and business co-operation in seminars, networking events, workshops, training programmes, business delegations, study tours etc. The “Parties” shall regularly inform each other about their actions and initiatives of mutual interest.
VNO – NCW will bring a delegation to Uttar Pradesh during the forthcoming official visit of the Prime Minister of Netherlands to India. The Hon’ble Chief Minister announced that a special Desk will be established with a single window clearance for all Dutch companies who will invest in UP as there a huge opportunity of the Dutch pension fund being utilised for investments in UP.
Both sides will encourage trade mission in focus sectors between the two regions such as Textile & Leather, skill development, Food, Agriculture & Livestock, Energy, Health and skill development.

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PM Modi with Japanese ceremonial drummers

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The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi shares a lighter moment with Japanese ceremonial drummers, at the inauguration of the TCS Japan Technology and Cultura…

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100 days of Modi government : Tall claims, but disappointing performance

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The discredited Congress-led UPA government was replaced by the BJP-led NDA government with a resounding mandate. However, if the first 100 days are any indication, its work has been anything but landmark and emphatic.

Given below is the Aam Aadmi Party’s assessment on main points :

Black Money

Prime Minister Narendra Modi';s top priority was to bring back the black money stashed in foreign banks, which he reinforced in every speech during the election campaign. The current Home Minister Rajnath Singh had said that he would bring back the black money from foreign countries within 100 days. BJP leader Subramaniam Swamy had claimed that only two months were needed to bring back the Rs. 120 lakh crore back to the country, and even advocated abolishing the income tax for 40 years, since we';d have enough revenue not to need this tax.

But the actions fall short and are insignificant compared to the promises. 100 days are up. Where is the black money? The government has only set up the cursory SIT on Black Money, that too following the directions of the Supreme Court.

The government has taken no action to fill the huge number of vacancies in the Central Board of Direct Taxes, Excise and Customs, which would thoroughly investigate claims of corruption across the country. The government hasn';t reverted, repealed or even commented upon the double tax avoidance treaties or participatory notes, which are important in smuggling black money away from India. It hasn';t implemented any of the key recommendations of the White Paper on Black Money tabled in Parliament in 2012.

Ache din have arrived but only for those who want to keep their black money.

Price Rise

Another important electoral issue that the BJP and Narendra Modi raised was price rise and its effect on the Aam Aadmi. However, in the first 100 days of the BJP government, the prices of diesel, kerosene, milk, tomatoes, onions, potatoes and nearly every essential commodity went up by astronomical levels. And it';s not as if farmers benefited from this price rise, as they received lower real minimum support prices, adjusted for inflation.

The Union Budget: Arun Jaitley or P. Chidambaram

For those looking for patterns of similarity, the Union Budget was a clear example of how the Modi government represented cosmetic change and not something more fundamental. Spending on education and health remained exactly the same, and so did the expenditure on women, children and the socially disadvantaged. There were tax deduction announcements, disinvestment, FDI allottment increases, PPPs, calls for modernization, but somehow the Aam Aadmi remained under the radar for Shri Arun Jaitley.

Criminalizing Parliament and Making India Corrupt

For all the talk of removing MPs with a criminal record from Parliament, there has been little action to follow it up. Twelve out of the 44 Ministers in the Modi-goverment have serious criminal charges against them. Nihal Chand, a minister of the government is facing rape allegations against him in a 2011 case. Yet, their cases aren';t even close to being solved and have not been fast-tracked. Lok Sabha MP from Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath continues to make polarizing statements to flare Hindu-Muslim tensions even as the PM issues a 10 year moratorium on communal hatred. This doublespeak doesn';t go unnoticed. At the same time, the government has shown excessive speed in removing honest officers who fight corruption like Sanjiv Chaturvedi at AIIMS and clipping the powers of institutions that fight corruption like the Delhi Anti-Corruption Bureau. The government may make tall claims about fighting corruption but it has worked only to promote this social and economic evil.

Destroying the Environment

The government has proposed to loosen the regulations and make as many as 19 amendments in the Land Acquisition Act in a bid to please industrialists without taking care of the environment, farmers and the rural poor. The height of the Narmada dam will be raised. Irrigation projects requiring 2,000-10,000 hectares are now exempt from the scrutiny of the Centre and can be cleared by state governments. Those requiring less than 2,000 hectares will require no green clearance at all. The new government has also diluted the Forest Rights Act that requires the consent of the local tribal population for diverting forestland. Instead of gram sabhas (village councils) certifying that their rights had been settled and that they had consented to projects, the district administrations have now been asked to do the same. The process of reviewing the National Green Tribunal Act to reduce the judicial tribunal to an administrative one has been initiated. Slowly and steadily, the government is paving the way for the real backers of the 2014 election, the corrupt businesses of Indian industry to dictate the rules of government and the usage of public goods.

Which brings us to the most important point. A government which holds private interests above public good will end up being the same, even if its declared motives are Nehruvian socialism or Hindu nationalism. The fear with Narendra Modi';s government isn';t that they will do something radically different and crazy, but rather that they will end up being the UPA government. And the first 100 days, an indicator of a government';s priorities and policy goals, exhibit that this government is selling the public old wine in a new bottle, albeit with new leaky holes.

Rather, what we have seen is the same sort of governance or lack thereof, with excellent public relations management and high-definition photographs on Twitter. (ENDS)

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Meet the Chugal Mughals!

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Great camaraderie amongst the lady-brigade of Jodha Akbar …

Round the clock shoot schedules and a rather long commute from Mumbai take their toll on the actors who’re a part of Zee TV’s historical magnum opus Jodha Akbar. However, the one thing that keeps them going is all the bonding and the fun they have as a team on the sets.

Creating a Whatsapp group by the name of ‘Chugal Mughals’ (gossip queens), the girls on the show have found a new way to stay connected and have fun. Keeping all the men out consciously, the girls are tight-lipped of all the talks that happen on the group. The camaraderie between Paridhi Sharma, Lavina Tandon and four other female co-actors on the sets is such that the six of them always manage to find a lighter moment or a private joke to chuckle over even on the most strenuous, hectic days.

Being the notorious one in the group, Lavina aka Rukaiya Begum is the admin of the group and ensures that she keeps the girls entertained at all times. Staying away from family due to their work, these girls have managed to make a family away from their families.

Talking about the group and all the fun these girls have on the sets, Jodha Begum aka Paridhi Sharma said, “We are a fun bunch of girls and it’s really nice that I’ve found like-minded people on the set. We actors shoot in trying situations, with little access to our loved ones and miss little things like having your family around during your meal time. The six of us make it a point to have lunch together and in fact ensure that the entire cast shares their meals. There are times, when we are shooting for intense episodes, and just one look at these mischievous girls makes me crack up and lighten the mood in general. I love these girls to bits and I hope that we stay the way we are – a mad bunch!”

Do not miss, Jodha Akbar, Monday – Friday at 8:00 PM, Only on Zee TV!

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100 Days Zero Score – Anemic Economy on Iron Folic Acid Dozes

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Ravinder Singh

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100 Days Zero Score – Anemic Economy on Iron Folic Acid Dozes

September02, 2014 (C) Ravinder Singh ravinderinvent@gmail.com

There was a film Song profusely used by BJP to hit ruling INC government ‘Sakhi Saiyan Toh Khoob Hi Kamaat Hain Mehangai Dayian Khaye Jaat Hai’, prices of essential Food Items has shot up in 100 days but wages or earnings of 90% Indians have not increased. Therefore microscopic increase in GDP from 5% to 5.7% actually means negative gain for 90% Indians.

‘Hamare PM 18 Ghante Kam Karen Par Desh Mein 60% Log Bhoke Soye Hain.’

PM working 18 hours a day will not benefit 99% of population unless there Productivity & Efficiency Increase in every sector, there is Just & Fair distribution of wealth and there is Technological Improvement in India Products leading to Exports. Government had totally failed so far and actually Going in Negative Direction.

Japanese Technology was desired in building 200,000 MW of Multipurpose Hydro Power Projects in 2-4 years than Lame Duck projects in 10-30 years at huge cost.

Similarly India required Solar PV, Nuclear Power, Battery, LEDs, Smart Phones, Railways in so many FRONTIER Technologies and collaborations.

It was IMPORTANT to have new Railway Technologies one or two notches higher than Bullet Train which shall be White Elephant.

Neglect of Inventors by Companies led to Collapse of Indian Manufacturing. It is not possible to Export High-tech Products Without Patents and R&D.

China’s RAPID growth phase started when it Started INVENTING and creating Improved and Economical products in last ten years.

CSIR 4500 Scientists Earned $3m Annually!!!

Way back in 1980 on the Basis of Award winning Inventions reported in Science Today concluded and reported to Indira Gandhi that CSIR is filing & promoting BOGUS PATENTS and for ten years told Sam Pitroda and petitioned to PM that Pitroda filed BOGUS patents and he doesn’t even know how to file a patent. IITians down load foreign research papers, which are nascent stage or embryonic stage of inventions, file Patents in their names which are WEIRD and useless besides Cheating & Fraud. All Brahamchari Patents were Bogus and useless.

http://innovationdemandsfreedom.com/pdf/report-on-CSIR-by-VA-Shiva.pdf

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiva_Ayyadurai#CSIR_India_controversy

[CSIR, over its nearly 70-year history, had produced 2,500 patents across its 37 labs and nearly 4,500 scientists; however, it had generated less than 200 million dollars of revenue. Ayyadurai developed a strategy for such spin-offs and published the strategy and his positive and negative criticisms of CSIR. After submitting a draft report critical of the agency's leadership and organization, he was fired and given three days to vacate his accommodations. CSIR claims he was dismissed for "unprofessional conduct", while Ayyadurai claims he was dismissed for the critical report he prepared on CSIR’s governance.]

100 Days of Pushing Pulling and Shunting in NDA-II

FM wanted PSU banks hand over their equity to private companies but PM wants PSU Banks to expand to serve all the households who have no bank account.

Energy Minister wants to promote polluting Coal based power but PM assured Nepal to buy all the surplus power produced in Nepal but EM is only interested in Coal based – even if 200 million tones is to be imported. Solar power too is located in deserts and cost over Rs.25/- unit delivered when long term cost of Solar Power Rooftops is barely Rs.1 per unit. Energy Efficiency too is not supported by Corporate and not GOI priority.

Water Minister was busiest of all – Cleaning Ganga River at Varanasi is her sole passion but was told Ganga Basin has 100,000 MW Hydro, around 200 BCM of water storage, and 25 million hectare flood protection potential.

But after 100 busy days Map of Varanasi is delivered to Kyoto Mayor for Cleaning Varanasi City and Water Minister shall no longer lead Clean Ganga Mission.

Telecom Minister has proposed 5 times Larger Spending Program than UPA-II.

Broadband services are likely to be delayed as most of it is based on Wireless Technology and Wireless Technology needs SPECTRUM which is under Supreme Court monitoring.

DIPP is not RECLAIMING Shut Downed Factories that may avoid waste of Investing in New Green Field projects. Patent Office has been Crippled so High Skilled Engineers and Inventors can’t get IPR protection and research & Developed is crippled.

Agriculture is in crisis – large part of India is experiencing Drought this monsoon season but there is Drought Relief dispersed so far.

Price Rise has hit records – 5-6 Commodities retailed above Rs.100 per kg in Ahmadabad. Some states have Farmers Market but ruling party looks other side.

Conclusion – Anemic Economy on Iron Pills & Folic Acid Dozes

Ravinder Singh, Inventor & Consultant,

INNOVATIVE TECHNONLOGIES AND PROJECTS

Y-77, Hauz Khas, New Delhi-110016, India. Ph; 091- 9718280435, 9650421857

Ravinder Singh* is a WIPO awarded inventor specializing in Power, Transportation, Water, Energy Saving, Agriculture, Manufacturing, Technologies and Projects.

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USDA assists in improving soil and water quality in Lake Champlain

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Use of Passenger and Freight Rail Grows, Impacts Magnified:

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Worldwatch Institute

Sep 2 at 8:08 PM

PRESS RELEASE

Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Contact: Gaelle Gourmelon, ggourmelon@worldwatch.org

For more information: Passenger and Freight Rail Trends Mixed, High-Speed Rail Growing

Use of Passenger and Freight Rail Grows, Impact Magnified

New Worldwatch Institute analysis examines global trends

and impacts of rail transport

Washington, D.C.—-According to the International Union of Railways, passenger and freight trains globally traveled 12.7 billion kilometers in 2013, up from 9.7 billion in 2001. This increased use of rail entails environmental and social benefits, but also some risks, writes Worldwatch Institute Senior Researcher Michael Renner in the Institute’s latest Vital Signs Online report.

In 2013, people traveled an estimated 2,865 billion passenger-kilometers by intercity rail. Freight rail movements amounted to some 9,789 billion ton-kilometers worldwide. The world’s rail vehicle stock ran to almost 3 million locomotives, railcars, and coaches.

Rail transport offers an energy-efficient way to move people and goods. Although different transportation modes are difficult to compare, available estimates indicate that rail transport generally requires less fuel than movement by road vehicles. In the United States, intercity rail in 2012 required 78 percent of the energy (2,481 British thermal units, or Btu) per passenger mile required by cars (3,193 Btu).

However, rail transport also brings challenges. Freight trains have long helped to maintain the resource-intensive global economy by moving raw materials from countries’ interiors to export terminals. And other negative impacts are growing with the expansion of rail transport.

Rail is being used increasingly to move oil, for example, causing dangers of spills and explosions. In 2013, train shipments resulted in 117 oil spills in the United States, representing a nearly 10-fold increase over 2008. This year, a derailment in the U.S. state of Virginia caused a spill of 114,000 liters (30,000 gallons) of crude oil into a river. In Quebec, Canada, a derailment in 2013 led to an explosion that killed 47 people.

Improved energy efficiencies and other smart choices can help to maximize positive impacts as rail systems grow. Electrification of rail lines, for example, offers a number of advantages, including higher energy efficiency. Worldwide, 28 percent of rail lines are electrified, but the percentage varies enormously among individual countries-from as high as 100 percent of rail lines in Switzerland to as low as 2 percent in Indonesia.

The energy efficiency of freight rail vehicles has also increased massively, reducing by more than half the amount of energy required to haul one ton of freight over one kilometer (from 1,112 Btu in 1970 to 473 Btu in 2012 in the United States) as vehicle capacity increases.

Country and Regional Highlights from the Report:

Three quarters of all passenger-kilometers by rail are traveled in Asia and Oceania.Europe‘s share has declined from 31 percent to 22 percent, while the Americas andAfrica play minor roles.
In freight rail, Asia and Oceania accounts for close to 37 percent of all ton-kilometers, followed by the Americas (33 percent) and Europe (29 percent). Africa, however, has only 1.4 percent.
The United States is second worldwide in freight rail tonnage, but has only limited passenger rail traffic. Japan–the undisputed leader in number of passengers transported–has small amounts of freight tonnage.
Japan and France were the top countries in high-speed rail until recently, but China has built the world’s most extensive network of high-speed lines and grabbed the lead in 2013. High-speed trains now account for 12.5 percent of all passenger rail travel, up from 7.3 percent in 2004.

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Donate 21 Cr in War-Widow fund – Kumar Vishwas

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कुमार विश्वास ने बिग बॉस के सामने रखी शर्त – 21 करोड़ रूपए दें शहीद-विधवा कोष में

प्रख्यात हिंदी कवि और आम आदमी पार्टी नेता डा० कुमार विश्वास के बिग बॉस में जाने के बारे में लगाए जा रहे कयासों ने आज एक बार फिर रफ़्तार पकड़ी। एक अखबार में आई खबर की पुष्टि करते हुए डा कुमार विश्वास ने कहा, कि उन्होंने बिग बॉस के निर्माताओं के सामने एक शर्त रखी थी, जिसमें उन्होंने कहा था, कि वो बिग बॉस द्वारा प्रस्तावित सारी धन राशि राजकीय शहीद विधवा कोष में दान करना चाहते हैं। लेकिन उनकी शर्त यह थी, कि बिग बॉस अपनी तरफ से उस राशि में इतना जोड़ दें, कि यह डोनेशन कुल 21 करोड़ रूपए का हो जाए।

डा कुमार विश्वास ने बताया, कि शहीदों के परिवारों के लिए कुछ करने की इच्छा उनके मन थी, लेकिन उनके लिए कुछ बड़ा कर पाने के लिए कुमार को किसी बड़े प्लेटफार्म की तलाश थी। बिग बॉस को एक वृहद और आर्थिक रूप से सक्षम मंच मानते हुए उन्होंने कहा कि अगर ऐसा होता है, तो यह 21 करोड़ रूपए उनकी तरफ से, बिग बॉस के निर्माताओं की तरफ से और बिग बॉस के दर्शकों की तरफ से शहीदों को एक छोटा सा सलाम होगा।

इस सन्दर्भ में ऑल इण्डिया एन्टी-टेररिस्ट फ्रंट के अध्यक्ष श्री मनिंदरजीत सिंह बिट्टा ने प्रेस कांफ्रेंस कर के इस कदम को सराहा। उन्होंने डा कुमार विश्वास को बधाई देते हुए कहा है, कि उन्होंने एक नई परम्परा की शुरुआत की है। उन्होंने यह भी कहा कि अन्य कलाकारों को भी इस परंपरा को आगे बढ़ाना चाहिए और यदि एक प्रतिभागी के रूप में डा कुमार विश्वास स्वयं को मिलने वाले लगभग 5 करोड़ रूपए इस बड़े उद्देश्य के लिए दे सकते हैं, तो बिग बॉस के निर्माताओं को भी इसमें आगे बढ़ कर आना चाहिए, क्योंकि देश के एक-एक सैनिक का हर भारतीय पर क़र्ज़ है।

अपुष्ट सूत्रों से पता चला है कि बिग बॉस के निर्माताओं और कलर्स ने डा कुमार विश्वास के इस प्रस्ताव को सहमति नहीं दी है।

संलग्न: डा कुमार विश्वास द्वारा बिग बॉस के निर्माताओं को लिखी गई चिट्ठी

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UNICEF launches Child-friendly Schools and Systems Package

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NEW DELHI, India, September 4 – UNICEF, today launched a package that aims to make schools child-friendly and ensure secure, safe, rights-based, quality education, for each and every child. The launch of Child-friendly Schools and Systems package is a part of the UNCT Campaign on Education for India being organised in the month of September 2014, which is in line with the UN Secretary General’s Global Education First Initiative (GEFI).

The ‘Child-friendly Schools and Systems’ (CFSS) package highlights the need to keep continuous focus on the qualitative aspect of the Right to Education. It is designed to enable all children to benefit from child-friendly and inclusive learning environments. The launch was presided by Mr. Louis-Georges Arsenault, UNICEF India representative; Ms Kushal Singh, Chairperson, National Commission for Protection of Child Rights and UNICEF Celebrity Advocate for Education Kareena Kapoor. (Watch video- link to be inserted later)

It is four years since the historic Right to Free & Compulsory Education (RTE) Act that ensures free and compulsory education for children in the age group 6-14 years, was enacted by the Government of India. Today’s launch of the Child-friendly Schools and Systems’ (CFSS) package urges stakeholders to expand the focus beyond quantity and accelerate the shift from ‘Right of Access to Education’ to ‘Right to Learn and quality education’.

“The RTE Act has a vision on child-friendly and child-centered education. The Child-friendly Schools and Systems package explains what child-friendly education means in the Indian context and how it can be implemented to ensure inclusive learning. The field experiences presented in the package show that it is possibleto implement CFSS guiding principles in schools of India.

Integration of CFSS guiding principles into state plans for Sarva Siksha Abhiyan, training programmes, development of curricula and monitoring processes will help to improve the quality of education in India, said Louis Georges Arsenault, Representative, UNICEF India

Speaking on this occasion, UNICEF India Celebrity Advocate, Kareena Kapoor said, “I recently visited Rajasthan with UNICEF to see child-friendly schools and to meet some of the girls and boys that are benefitting from these programmes. I was inspired to see spaces which are child-friendly. These are places where children are full of joy when they interact with teachers, where children feel safe and secure and where interactive and creative tools are used to ensure that children are happy and learning.”

The CFSS package describes a typical child-friendly school where the infrastructure, learning environment and learning processes aim towards children’s well-being, holistic development and inclusive learning. The content and methods of teaching-learning centre around children’s best interests and encourage the joyful participation of every child. Community members are closely involved in supporting and monitoring the quality of the school’s learning environment.

“The purpose of the Child-friendly Schools and Systems framework is to serve as a guide for planners and practitioners. The proposed measures which have been developed through extensive consultations over the past three years, will enable teachers to transform classroom environments into interactive learning spaces. For policymakers this can act as a reference guide for quality improvement in schools, to make RTE a reality for all children in India,” said Urmila Sarkar, Chief of Education, UNICEF India. She emphasized that child-friendly education has two major characteristics, both of which relate directly to the right to education and to equity: It is child-centred, and it is child-seeking. Child-centred education acts in the best interests of the child, leading to realization of the child’s full potential.

UNICEF is working with the Government of India to ensure greater access to education, enrolment and improved learning outcomes for all girls and boys by strengthening policies, enhancing capacities of teachers, as well as working with communities to raise awareness about the importance of education.Today’s launch of the ‘Child-friendly Schools and Systems’ package is a key step forward in this direction as the CFSS approach aims toimprove the quality of education leading to gains in access, gender equity, empowerment and improved learning outcomes. It is integral to fulfilling each child’s fundamental right to education.

About UNICEF

UNICEF promotes the rights and wellbeing of every child, in everything we do. Together with our partners, we work in 190 countries and territories to translate that commitment into practical action, focusing special effort on reaching the most vulnerable and excluded children, to the benefit of all children, everywhere.

For more information about UNICEF and its work visit: www.unicef.org andwww.unicef.org/india

For further information please contact (UNICEF):

Ms.Caroline den Dulk, Chief of Communications, UNICEF India, Mobile: +91 981 810 6093

Ms Geetanjali Master, Communication Specialist, UNICEF India, Mobile: + 91 981 810 5861

Ms. Sonia Sarkar, Communication Officer, UNICEF India: Mobile: +91 981 017 0289

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AgCareers.com Weekly-Carpe Diem: An Industry Trade Show

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Sep 3 at 8:40 PM

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Carpe Diem: An Industry Trade Show

by Ashley Collins, Education and Marketing Manager, AgCareers.com

An industry trade show can be a gold mine of job opportunities for a job seeker, however the approach you use to mine those opportunities is different than a traditional career fair.

More and more students are being given the opportunity to attend industry events and/or tradeshows within their educational discipline.

Some event organizers have recognized that these events create career connections and thus have begun offering specific areas or activities for networking and/or interviewing to take place. Whether the event you attend has sanctioned student activities to interact with employers or not, you should still take advantage of the show floor to build your professional network.

Often, only larger companies have the budget or volume of openings to participate in a student event, so walking the aisles may be your only chance to learn about other openings and/or smaller employers.

The following tips are helpful to keep in mind if you have an upcoming industry event in your future.

Just as with a career fair, it will be important that you do your homework ahead of time so you know who will be there and with whom you want to speak. Look for companies that make a product with which you are familiar. You will want to be able to ask questions and carry on a conversation with some background knowledge.

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Agrium Wholesale
Soda Springs, Idaho, West United States, USA

Instructor, Agronomy/Plant Science
Southeast Community College
Beatrice, Nebraska, Mid-West United States, USA

Territory Sales Representative
Johnson Farm and Agribusiness Insurance
Owensboro, Kentucky, South United States, USA

Machinist (Shop & Floor)
American Crystal Sugar Company
Moorhead, Minnesota, Mid-West United States, USA

AG Equipment Field Technician
Peterson Cat
Willows, California, West United States, USA

Senior Accountant
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St. Louis, Missouri, Mid-West United States, USA

Spray Technician – Tennessee Operations
B&W Quality Growers, Inc
Tennessee, South United States, USA

Certified Applicator
North Central Co-op
Francesville, Indiana, Mid-West United States, USA

Agronomy Sales Representative
Farmers Grain Company
Enid, Oklahoma, South-West United States, USA

Customer Service Representative
Speedling, Incorporated
Sun City, Florida, South United States, USA

River Terminal Supervisor
Mid Columbia Producers, Inc.
Arlington, Oregon, West United States, USA

Grain Assistant Superintendent
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Regional Sales Manager
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IntraGrain Technologies Inc.
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Maizex Seeds Inc.
Tilbury, Ontario, Central Canada, Canada

Fertilizer Location Manager
Pineland Co-op
Nipawin, Saskatchewan, Prairies Canada, Canada

Service and Parts Manager for Canada
Lemken Canada Inc.
Ontario, Central Canada, Canada

Executive Director
Alberta Chicken Producers
Edmonton, Alberta, Western Canada, Canada

Detail Technician
Fulline Farm & Garden Equipment
Glencoe, Ontario, Central Canada, Canada

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Chinook Applied Research Association
Oyen, Alberta, Western Canada, Canada

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Acheson, Alberta, Western Canada, Canada

Associate Sales Agronomist
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Steinbach, Manitoba, Prairies Canada, Canada

Field Support Representative
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Covering Western Provinces, Nationwide Canada, Canada

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NMML Public Lecture_Prof. Anita Rampal_5th September, 2014

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Today at 11:37 AM

The Nehru Memorial Museum and Library

cordially invites you to a Public Lecture

(in the ‘Samaj aur Itihas’ series)

at 3.00 pm on Friday, 5^th September, 2014

in the Seminar Room, First Floor, Library Building

‘Shiksha aur Samta ke Sawal’

Prof. Anita Rampal,

University of Delhi,

Delhi.

Please find the abstract of the Lecture attached.

All are welcome.

Those wishing to have their names added to the email list may please email us at nmmldirector@gmail.com

Web links to programmes for 2014:

http://www.nehrumemorial.nic.in/en/events/month.calendar/2014/09/03/-.html

Audio links of Public Lectures:

http://www.nehrumemorial.nic.in/en/public-lectures-audios.html

NMML Posters Link (Posters linked to the calendar):

http://www.nehrumemorial.nic.in/en/events/month.calendar/2014/09/03/-.html

Occasional Papers Links:

http://www.nehrumemorial.nic.in/en/research-publications/occasional-papers.html?showall=&start=1

Facebook Link:

https://www.facebook.com/nehrumemoriallibrary

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Quake of M6.0 TONGA

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M6.0 – TONGA

Preliminary Earthquake Report
Magnitude	6.0
Date-Time	4 Sep 2014 05:33:46 UTC 3 Sep 2014 17:33:46 near epicenter 4 Sep 2014 09:33:46 standard time in your timezone
Location	21.396S 173.258W
Depth	11 km
Distances	175 km (108 mi) E of `Ohonua, Tonga 203 km (125 mi) E of Nuku`alofa, Tonga 826 km (512 mi) SSW of Tafuna, American Samoa 833 km (516 mi) SSW of Pago Pago, American Samoa 851 km (527 mi) S of Apia, Samoa
Location Uncertainty	Horizontal: 0.0 km; Vertical 3.9 km

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Naresh, Concerned About this?

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Rajesh Krishnan

Nksagar_1@yahoo.com

Today at 9:34 AM

BJP had promised to safeguard us from Genetically Modified food. Ask Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar to keep this promise and stop the dangerous field trials of GM crops immediately.

Sign My Petition

Dear Naresh,

Two months ago, our Government went back on its promise to safeguard our food and approved field trials of dangerous GM crops.

More than 22,000 people have demanded these dangerous field trials of Genetically Modified (GM) cropsbe stopped.

I am confident we can get the Environment Minister to listen to us. But I need your support.

Sign my petition and forward my email below to your friends asking them to join the campaign to stop the field trials of GM crops.

Thank you for your support.

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Dear Naresh,

I wondered what to tell my 3.5 year old daughter as I fed her today.

I could not tell her that I was angry and scared that GM food could now sneak into her food because the Government could not keep its promise. She is probably too young to understand this danger.

How could I tell her that studies have proven Genetically Modified food is not safe for us? And that inspite of the earlier promise to safeguard our food,the Government approved field trials of dangerous GM food?

Naresh, you and I could stop this now. Sign my petitionasking the Environment Minister Prakash Javadekarto keep BJP’s promise to safeguard our food from GMOs and stop these dangerous field trials immediately.

Our Government’s approval means that dangerous GM varieties of rice, wheat and vegetables will find its way to what we buy and consume.

Sign my petition. If thousands of people sign my petition and demand safe food and farms in India, EnvironmentMinister Prakash Javadekar will have to take action.

Share this email with your family and friends and ask them to join us too. I believe that together we can protect our country from GM food.

Thank you for taking action for our food.

Rajesh Krishnan

Sign My Petition

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Sudhakar Jayant wins gold at World Masters Weightlifting Championships

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Indian Army’s Lt Colonel Sudhakar Jayant completed a hat trick of titles after clinching the gold medal for the third time at the IWF World Masters Weightlifting Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Competing in 62kg weight category, the 45-year-old Indian lifted a total of 185kg. In snatch, Jayant lifted 85kg while in clean and jerk he came up with a best effort of 100kg.

Finland’s Huuskonen Jari won the silver medal with a total lift of 170kg, while Frederic Robert of France who lifted 145kg bagged the bronze medal.

In 2013 at Italy, Jayant had won the gold medal with a lift of 192 kg. His lift of 87kg in Snatch was also a Games record. He also won the gold medal when the Championship was held at Ukraine in 2012.

The World Masters Weightlifting Championships which started at Copenhagen on August 30th and will conclude tomorrow.

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Sania Mirza,Bruno Soares lift Mixed Doubles trophy of US Open Tennis

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Sep 6,

India’s Sania Mirza and her Brazilian teammate Bruno Soares have lifted the Mixed Doubles trophy of the US Open, the fourth and final Grand Slam of the season. In the title clash Friday night, the top seeded Indo-Brazilian pair defeated the American-Mexican team of Abigail Spears and Santiago Gonzalez, 6-1, 2-6, 11-9. This was Sania’s maiden US Open and career’s third Mixed Doubles Grand Slam title.

In the Singles, America’s world number one Serena Williams stormed into the finals to remain on course for a third consecutive US Open trophy. Six-time winner at New York, Serena defeated Russian Ekaterina Makarova, in straight sets, 6-1, 6-3.

Denmark’s Caroline Wozniacki also made it to the finals after China’s Peng Shuai had to retire following a leg injury. The match ended, 7-6, 4-3. The final will be played tomorrow.

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Govt approves 22 proposals of FDI worth Rs 3,951 crore

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The government has approved 22 proposals of Foreign Direct Investment,FDI, worth 3,951 crore rupees. The proposals were recommended by the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) in its meeting held last month.

KSK Energy received the largest FDI with a warrants issue of 1,050 crores to its foreign promoter company. Norway based Telenor mobile communication got the government’s nod to increase its shareholding from 74 per cent to 100 percent, worth 780 crores. Other firms including Baxter India, Verdant Telemetry, Tikona Digital, Shalina Laboratories, ARKRAY Healthcare and Ahlcon Parenternals have also received FIPB approval for FDI.

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Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono named in a corruption trial

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Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has been named in a corruption trial for allegedly giving 22,000 dollars to a politician as a gift for their support for his second term presidency. The President’s spokesman has already denied the claim. The trial relates to the government tender to build the multimillion-dollar Sports Centre, south of Jakarta. Anas Urbaningram was the Chairman of the President’s Democratic Party, but resigned last year after being named as a suspect in the case.

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EU : Set new package of economic sanctions against Russia

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The European Union, EU, has agreed on a new package of economic sanctions against Russia, despite a ceasefire between government forces and pro-Kremlin rebels in Ukraine. The sanctions tighten existing measures imposed in July, targeting more individuals with travel bans and asset freezes, as well as tightening access to capital markets for Russian oil and defence companies.European Council President Herman Van Rompuy and European Commission Chief Jose Manuel Barros said in a letter to European leaders that the new measures were an effective tool to reinforce the principle that EU sanctions are directed at promoting a change of course in Russia’s actions in Ukraine.

US President Barack Obama told reporters on the sidelines of the NATO Summit in Wales Friday that sanctions against Russia may be lifted if a long term sustainable ceasefire is reached in Ukraine.

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Categories : Business, CSR, culture, Education

Sarbananda Sonowal: Skill development need to be integrated with School

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Government says skill development initiatives need to be integrated with secondary and intermediate level education to address the challenge of low education levels and also provide school dropouts with employability skills. Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said in New Delhi, his ministry is committed to work towards the development and execution of programmes that will ensure that the vision of the Prime Minister for Skill India is achieved.

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Lt.General P.K.Rathgets clean hit in Sukhna land deal case

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The Armed Forces Tribunal has quashed the court martial of Lt. Gen. PK Rath who was punished for his alleged role in a land dealing in West Bengal. In 2011, a court martial had found Rath guilty in the alleged scam for issuing a no-objection certificate to a private builder for building an educational institution on a plot adjacent to the military cantonment in Sukna in West Bengal. The land deal came into the open in mid-2008 when former Army Chief Gen. VK Singh was the Eastern Army Commander and had initiated the court of inquiry in the alleged land scam.

The Tribunal imposed a fine of 1 lakh rupees on the Army for harassment and loss of honour for Lt. Gen. Rath in the case in which he became the first serving three-star rank officer to face disciplinary action.

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Tony – Modi signs nuclear deal

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The decks for the import of uranium by India have been cleared with India and Australia inking a pact on civil nuclear energy deal. The pact was signed in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Australian counterpart Tony Abbott in New Delhi this evening.

The nuclear deal will form a high point in the ongoing transformation of India-Australia relations.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi described the signing of the nuclear deal as a historic step and a new chapter in the Indo-Australian relations. In his opening remarks, Mr Modi said, both the countries agreed to further deepen bilateral relations.

He said, Australia is India’s important strategic partner and can play a pivotal role in its development. He said there is enormous scope of cooperation in manufacturing and infrastructure sectors.

Mr Modi said India and Australian must prioritize promoting peace and prosperity in the India Ocean and Asia Pacific region. Mr Modi said, both the sides will strengthen their economic relationship and India welcomes Australian investment.

He said, India and Australia will increase their security cooperation to counter terrorism, cyber threats and other security challenges. The two sides agreed on bilateral maritime exercise to be next year.

The Australian Prime Minster Tony Abbott said, his country signed the nuclear deal with New Delhi as it trusts India to do the right thing in this area. Mr Abbott acknowledged India as emerging democratic superpower.

AIR correspondent reports, the efforts to sign civil nuclear deal were underway since 2012 after Labour party in Australia reversed its decision to ban the sale of uranium to India because of New Delhi not being a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, NPT.

The negotiations took place on uranium sales after Canberra lifted a long-time ban on exporting the valuable ore to Delhi to meet its ambitious nuclear energy programme.

India is not a signatory to the NPT, but Austrialian Prime Minister Abbott has stressed that Australia will ensure adequate bilateral safeguards. After the failure to conclude a civil nuclear deal with Japan during Modi’s visit to that country, the pact with Australia will boost India’s energy sector.

Australia has about a third of the world’s recoverable uranium resources and exports nearly seven thousand tonnes of it a year.

Official correspondent reports that three other agreements were signed in the areas of water resources management, sports and technical and vocational education and Training.

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Flash floods in J&K

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Nearly 100 people killed on Friday, the death toll in the worst floods in Jammu and Kashmir in nearly six decades has reached 90. To review the flood situation, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and MoS in the PMO Jitendra Singh arrived J&K today. As many as 64 persons have died in the Jammu region Friday in flash floods, house collapses and landslides, while four have lost their lives in Kashmir. Twenty people died in Rajouri in flash floods, landslides and house collapses. In Poonch district, 19 people died Friday in house collapse incidents. In Reasi district, four people died Friday taking the toll to 10 while one died in Udhampur district and the bodies of two people who were washed out have been recovered from a canal in Jammu. Four people were washed away in Kashmir on Friday.

As many as 6,000 people were rescued from flash floods in various areas by teams of Army and Indian Air Force. Over 3,000 people from 20 villages have been evacuated from Pargwal and Munawar Tawi belt in view of areas getting inundated by swollen Chenab River in Jammu and one thousand from other districts thereby dislocating and displacing 10,000 people.

The Bus which remained trapped in flood water of Jameer Nallah in Lam area of Nowshera, was retrieved by the Army and Police Friday. The district administration Friday confirmed the death of about 63 persons in the tragedy as per list provided by their family members. While fourteen bodies were found trapped in the bus, 11 others were recovered during the search operation during the last two days. The bus was carrying a total of 67 passengers in which four had survived.

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PM’s Statement to Media after delegation-level talks with the Australian PM

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आस्ट्रेलिया के प्रधानमंत्री श्री टोनी एबोट 05 सितंबर, 2014 को नई दिल्ली में राष्ट्रपति भवन

Your Excellency, Prime Minister Tony Abbott,मीडिया के मेरे मित्रो,

- प्रधान मंत्री Tony Abbott की भारत यात्रा पर उनका स्वागत करने में मुझे अत्यंत प्रसन्नता हो रही है। मेरी सरकार के वे पहले State Visit के माननीय अतिथि हैं। यह हमारा सौभाग्य है क्योंकि भारत ऑस्ट्रेलिया को बहुत महत्वपूर्ण साझेदार के रूप में देखता है, और इन संबंधों को और गहरा बनाना चाहता है।

- हम दोनों शांतिप्रिय लोकतांत्रिक देश हैं। दोनों देशों में विविधता है। हिन्द महासागर से हम दोनों जुड़े हुए हैं। भारत के विकास में आस्ट्रेलिया एक बहुत ही महत्वपूर्ण योगदान दे सकता है, क्योंकि भारत Resource Constrained देश है और भारत की आवश्यकताएं बहुत हद तक आस्ट्रेलिया पूरी कर सकता है। Infrastructure और Manufacturing में भी विशाल संभावनाएं हैं। आने वाले समय में भारत Highly Skilled Human Resources का बहुत बड़ा स्रोत बन सकता है।

- शिक्षा, विज्ञान और skill development के क्षेत्रों में व्यापक सहयोग है। ऑस्ट्रेलिया में चार लाख से भी अधिक भारतीय समुदाय के निवासी जो समाज में महत्वपूर्ण योगदान दे रहे है और दोनों देश के संबंधों को गहरा कर रहे है।

- हिन्द महासागर क्षेत्र में और Asia Pacific में शांति और विकास को आगे बढ़ाना है, तो भारत और आस्ट्रेलिया को आपसी सहयोग को प्राथमिकता देनी होगी और अन्य देशों को इस काम में जोड़ने में नैतिक जिम्मेदारी लेनी होगी।

- प्रधान मंत्री Abbott और मैंने इन सभी क्षेत्रों में अपने संबंधों को और गहरा करने के उपायों पर सार्थक बातचीत की है।

- सबसे पहले 125 करोड़ भारतियों की तरफ से मैं आभार प्रकट करता हूं कि उन्होंने भारत से चुरायी हुई दो प्राचीन मूर्तियों को स्वयं साथ लाकर भारत को वापस सौंपा है। जैसे उनकी सरकार को इन मूर्तियों के बारे में पता चला तो उन्होंने बहुत शीघ्रता से यह निर्णय लिया था। Prime Minister Abbott ने केवल हमारी संपत्ति का ही आदर नहीं किया है बल्कि हमारी संस्कृति की ओर सम्मान की भावना प्रकट की है।

- आज संपन्न हुआ Civil Nuclear Energy Cooperation Agreement एक ऐतिहासिक कदम है। यह हमारे आपसी विश्वास और भरोसे का बहुत बड़ा प्रमाण है। हमारे सहयोग में एक नए अध्याय का शुभारंभ करेगा। परमाणु ऊर्जा भारतीय अर्थव्यवस्था की कार्बन पदार्थों पर निर्भरता कम करेगी।

- हम अपने राजनीतिक संवाद और रक्षा क्षेत्र में सहयोग और मजबूत करेंगे। इस क्षेत्र में हम ऑस्ट्रेलिया को एक महत्वपूर्ण पार्टनर मानते हैं। जनप्रतिनिधियों के बीच Exchanges भी बढ़ायेंगे।

- 1986 के बाद भारत का कोई प्रधानमंत्री ऑस्ट्रेलिया के दौरे पर नहीं गया है। मैं नवंबर मेँ G-20 Summit के बाद द्विपक्षीय दौरा करूंगा। हम दोनों का प्रयास रहेगा कि जब भी हो सके आपसी बातचीत का सिलसिला जारी रहे।

- मंत्रियों और वरिष्ठ अधिकारियों के स्तर पर भी हम अपने संवाद को बढ़ायेंगे – राजनैतिक, आर्थिक और सुरक्षा क्षेत्र में। साथ ही साथ हम Indian Ocean Region Association और East Asia Summit जैसे Forums में अपने संवाद और सहयोग को गहरा बनायेंगे।

- अगले साल हमारी पहली द्विपक्षीय सामुंद्रिक अभ्यास होगी। आने वाले समय में हम इसे और आगे बढ़ायेंगे। हिंद महासागर क्षेत्र में विभिन्न तरह से, जैसे Humanitarian Assistance है, हम बहुत योगदान दे सकते है। हम प्रथम विश्वयुद्ध, जिसमें हमारे सैनिक कंधे से कंधा मिलाकर लड़े थे, के 100वें साल के अवसर पर आयोजित समारोह में भाग लेंगे।

- आतंकवाद, Cyber Threat और अन्य समस्याओं के खिलाफ भी हमारी साझेदारी बढ़ेगी।

- हमारे बीच व्यापार और निवेश संबंधों को और मजबूत करने की विशाल संभावनाएं मौजूद हैं। भारत की कंपनियां, जो ऑस्ट्रेलिया में निवेश करना चाहती है, उनको PM Abbott की सरकार ने सहायता दी है और उन्होंने मुझे आज आश्वासन दिया है कि निवेश निर्णयों को तेजी से संपन्न करेंगे। हम भारत में infrastructure, high technology और अन्य क्षेत्रों में ऑस्ट्रेलियाई कंपनियों द्वारा निवेश का स्वागत करेंगे।

- पिछले कुछ वर्षों में हमारे द्विपक्षीय व्यापार में कुछ कमी आ गई थी। हमने तय किया है कि हम जल्द से जल्द Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CECA) को संपन्न करने का प्रयास करेंगे।  मुझे खुशी है कि आज हम Australia India Strategic Research Fund के लिए fresh funding की घोषणा कर रहे हैं। इस Fund का उपयोग हम ऊर्जा, खाद्य, जल, स्वास्थ्य एवं पर्यावरण जैसे महत्वपूर्ण क्षेत्रों में अनुसंधान परियोजनाओं के लिए करते हैं।

- PM Abbott ने भारत में युवा ऑस्ट्रेलियाई छात्रों की पढ़ाई के लिए एक New Colombo Plan की घोषणा की है। युवाओं के आदान-प्रदान से आपसी समझ और मित्रता बढ़ेगी।

- प्रधानमंत्री Abbott ने skill development, जो मेरे लिए एक प्राथमिकता का विष्य है, में हमारे सहयोग को एक नए स्तर पर ले जाने का आश्वासन दिया है। हमनें यह भी निर्णय लिया है कि शिक्षा के क्षेत्र में, विशेषकर की विश्व-विद्यालय के स्तर पर, हमारे सहयोग बढ़ें ताकि भारत के युवाओं के लिए World Class शिक्षा के अवसर बढ़ें।

- क्रिकेट और हॉकी से तो हम दो देश जुड़े ही है। पर मैंने आग्रह किया है कि भारत में Sports Universities बनाने में ऑस्ट्रेलिया का सहयोग मिले।

- विद्यार्थियों और दोनों देशों की बीच पर्यटको की बढ़ती संख्या हमारे people-to–people ties का विस्तार कर रहे हैं।

- Multilateral forums में हमारे बीच घनिष्ठ सहयोग है। UN Security Council की स्थाई सदस्यता के लिए भारत की उम्मीदवारी को ऑस्ट्रेलिया के समर्थन की हम सराहना करते हैं।  मैं Brisbane में G-20 Summit की राह देख रहा हूं। मुझे विश्वास है कि Prime Minister Abbott के नेतृत्व में G-20 वैश्विक चुनौतियों के समाधान में एक महत्वपूर्ण भूमिका निभा सकेगा। 2015 का आगामी क्रिकेट वर्ल्ड कप के आयोजन के लिए भी शुभकामनाएं देता हूं।

- मैं इस शिखर सम्मेलन से बहुत संतुष्ट हूं। मुझे विश्वास है कि आज की मुलाकात के बाद इन संबंधों को नई गति मिलेगी। आज हमने कई विषयों पर बात की है जो नवंबर के शिखर सम्मेलन में उसे हम और आगे बढ़ाने में सफल होंगे। और मुझे पूरा विश्वास है कि आने वाले दिनों में ऑस्ट्रेलिया भारत के look east policy का एक बहुत ही महत्वपूर्ण भाग होगा और हर क्षेत्र में एक मजबूत साझेदार होगा।

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Convergence Plus

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Aircel plans to buy back previously sold telecom towers to GTL Infrastructure

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Data Wind joins hands with Spice Retail

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Data Wind joins hands with Spice Retail

Expands India retail footprint

National Capital Territory of New Delhi, 05 September’ 2014:DataWind Inc. (TSX: DW), maker of the Aakash and Ubislate tablets, and a leading provider of wireless web access products and services in India, announcedtoday that it has partnered with Spice Retail, the largest mobile device retail chain in Northern India. Adding this distribution partner increases DataWind’s reach to customers in Northern India and expands its national retail footprint to more than 1000 sales locations.

In the first phase of the roll out, Spice Retail will make DataWind products available in the National Capital Territory of New Delhi and soon thereafter expand the distribution to cover its entire chain of 320+ stores spread across Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan.

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Crisis and Criticism: the predicament of global modernity by Arif Dirlik

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India China Institute

Sep 5 at 11:24 PM

The India China Institute presents

Crisis and Criticism:
the predicament of global modernity

by Professor Arif Dirlik

WHEN: Monday, September 08, 2014, 4:00 PM
WHERE: 66 W 12th St., 7nd Fl. (room 712 Orozco), New York, NY

Renowned sinologist and social theorist, Arif Dirlik, will be giving a talk entitled Crisis and Criticism: the Predicament of Global Modernity.

“That we are living through a time of unprecedented crisis is widely acknowledged. What is less certain is whether this crisis is one of the crises endemic to the capitalist world system, an outcome of systemic transformations at work that suggest an impending hegemonic shift (with the People’s Republic of China [PRC] as the up-and-coming claimant), or a terminal crisis that signals the collapse of life as we know it as unbridled capitalist development in its various competing versions runs up against the ecological limitations of the earth.”

Arif Dirlik was on the faculty at Duke University and more recently was the Knight Professor of Social Science at the University of Oregon. He has published extensively on the formation of the Chinese Communist Party, the history of Chinese anarchism, and post-colonial globalism. Some of his published works include:Revolution and History: Origins of Marxist Historiography in China, 1919-1937, University of California Press;Anarchism in the Chinese Revolution, University of California Press; Postmodernism and China, Duke University Press; and Global Modernity: Modernity in the Age of Global Capitalism, Paradigm Press.

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Media Launch of UNCTAD’s 2014 Trade & Development Report

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PRESS INVITATION: Media Launch of UNCTAD’s 2014 Trade & Development Report on Wednesday, 10 September 2014

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Press Invitation

United Nations Information Centre

cordially invites you to the

Media Launch

UNCTAD’s

TRADE & DEVELOPMENT REPORT – 2014

Global Governance and Policy Space for Development

at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, 10 September 2014

UN Conference Hall, 55 Lodi Estate, New Delhi

The Report will be presented to the press by

Dr. Jayati Ghosh

Professor of Economics, Jawaharlal Nehru University

UNCTAD: GREATER POLICY AMBITION NEEDED TO ADVANCE POST-2015 DEVELOPMENT AGENDA AND SET THE GLOBAL ECONOMY IN RIGHT DIRECTION

The ‘new normal’ in advanced countries is neither new nor normal and risks repeating

past policy mistakes

Developing countries need sufficient space to make macro and industrial policies work effectively to support structural transformation

International and national action needed to combat tax evasion and avoidance

Multilateral institutions need to focus on promoting the public interest as much as boosting market confidence and reducing financial risksUNCTAD’s Trade and Development Report 2014 examines the health of the global economy and asks whether current conditions and policies are fit to sustain growth and support an ambitious development agenda after 2015. It calls for more policy coordination at the global level and more policy and fiscal space for developing countries to pursue an inclusive and sustainable trade and development agenda.Subtitled Global Governance and Policy Space for Development, the report also reflects on the seventieth anniversary of the Bretton Woods Conference and the fiftieth anniversary of UNCTAD, and their efforts to make multilateralism more inclusive.RSVP:unic.india@unic.org; Phone: 46532242

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India and Japan to come together for LNG imports

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PM, Mr. Narendra Modi and his counterpart Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe have decided to extend their cooperation in LNG buying.

Recognizing the critical dependence of both the economies on imported energy sources, coupled with the vulnerability of supply, the two Prime Ministers affirmed to strengthen their cooperation in energy sector, by signing the Tokyo Declaration for global partnership.

As per the declaration, head of states, share the commitment to explore a higher level of collaboration in the global oil and natural gas market through joint procurement of LNG and joint efforts to promote flexible LNG markets.

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La Trobe Univ inks MOU with Kings XI Punjab & Univ of Mysore

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La Trobe University, Australia inks MOU with Kings XI Punjab & University of Mysore

MOUs were signed in presence of Mr. Tony Abott, Prime Minister, Australia

New Delhi, 5^th September’ 2014: La Trobe University (LTU), Australia’s senior delegation is currently in India as part of their South Asia Tour with special focus to further enhance the existing relations between the two countries.

The senior delegation is headed by Professor Leigh Drake, Executive Dean for Faculty of Business, Economics and Law, La Trobe University. Also accompanying the delegation isMs. Liz Stinson – Executive Director, La Trobe International; and Dr. Suzanne Zyngier – Associate Dean of Faculty of Business Economics and Law and Mr. Amit Malhotra, Manager- La Trobe International

While interacting with audiences here, they spoke about creating new and improved opportunities for the students of both countries and endless avenues for them through various study and exchange programs.

La Trobe amongst World’s Top Most

Corporate Knights 2013 Global Green MBA survey ranked La Trobe Business School in the top ten
The school remains the only Australian institute to be included in the rankings.
La Trobe MBA received highest 5 star rating from General Management Association of Australia
It’s also ranked in the top 2 in Victoria

MOU WITH KINGS XI PUNJAB

LTU signed a Research MOU with the IPL team Kings XI Punjab in presence of Hon’ble PM of Australia, Mr. Tony Abott.

Under the agreement both sides shall work on joint programs, activities, projects and research in training and education in the areas of sport management and sport science. There will be staff professional development and research opportunities between the parties.

Professor Drake said “La Trobe University’s constant endeavour to keeping creating improved opportunities for students of both the countries has brought us back to India again this year.”

Talking about the MOU he said “Under the new MOU with Kings XI Punjab, we are undertaking research into mutually agreed topics such as fan engagement, marketing and promotional practices, and other areas of value for the franchise.”

MOU WITH MYSORE UNIVERSITY

In its continuous endeavour to broaden the scope for students, LTU has also assigned a MOU with University of Mysore in the area of student mobility under India connect program.

The University is additionally looking at opportunities to discuss tie-ups in more areas with partner institutes such as Lady Shriram College, Sharda University, XLRI Jamshedpur.

NEW SCHOLARSHIPS ANNOUNCED

As an ongoing endeavour at La Trobe University, Australia students are encouraged to aim for higher studies. In this regard, special focus is always given by offering those Scholarships. For year 2015 too New Scholarships worth AUD$300,000 were announced which will be offered to high achievers and deserving students.

ARTICULATION AGREEMENT WITH GIAN JYOTI INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY – MOHALI

LTU signed an Articulation Agreement with Gian Jyoti Institute of Management and Technology – Mohali in the area of sports. Under the agreement their MBA students after first year of their education with Gian Jyoti will have the option to enroll with La Trobe for 1 year and study Sports Management specialization with La Trobe, Australia.

NEW ONLINE MBA: FOR THE WORKING PROFESSIONALS

The University officials also spoke about introducing New Online MBA for working professionals. The course includes 10 core subjects and two electives, allowing students to specialise in either Entrepreneurship or International Management. Students also complete two professional experience activities: an ePortfolio and a final boardroom simulation that brings together all the elements of their course.

OCTOBER INTAKE: TO MEET THE EVER GROWING DEMAND

The Faculty of Business, Economics and Law is seeing a significant demand for their Business courses among South Asian students and hence announced their decision to introduce October intake.

S.No	Course name
1.	Master of Professional Accounting
2.	Master of Accounting and Financial Management
3.	Master of International Business
4.	Master of Financial Analysis
5.	Master of Business Information Management and systems
6.	Master of Management
7.	Master Marketing Management
8.	Master of Management – (Human Resource Management)
9.	Master of Financial Analysis (Investment)
10.	Master of Financial Analysis (Financial Risk Management)
11.	Master of Management(Sports Management )
12.	Master Financial Analysis /Master of Professional Accounting
13.	Master of Engineering Management
14.	Master of Management (Entrepreneurship and Innovation)
15.	Master of Financial Analysis /Master of International Business
16.	Master of Financial Analysis /Master of Business Administration

NEW COURSES INTRODUCED

Bachelor of Commerce
Bachelor of Commerce (Honours)
Master of Management (Project Management) -October intake available
Master of Management (Corporate Governance and Risk) – October intake available
Juris Doctor

AMITABH BACHCHAN SCHOLARSHIP ANNOUNCED RECENTLY

Mr. Roshan Kumar from India won the Amitabh Bachchan Scholarship recently. His research topic is: “Social Media aiding Healthcare Communication in India: A Knowledge Management perspective.”

Dr. Suzanne Zyngier is a co-supervisor of the recipient of first Amitabh Bachchan Scholarship.

About La Trobe University

La Trobe University is multi-campus university based in Victoria, Australia. Named after the first Lieutenant Governor of Victoria, La Trobe University has been at the forefront of higher education in Australia for the past forty seven years. La Trobe is renowned for its academic excellence and research achievements. It has five campuses in Victoria, in the south-east of Australia. More than 140,000 students have graduated from La Trobe University and have gone on to achieve great things in all walks of life, giving La Trobe its well-deserved reputation. For details, please visitwww.latrobe.edu.au/international

Photo Caption (L-R): Paul Mather - Professor & Head, La Trobe Business School, Dr. Suzanne Zyngier – Associate Dean of Faculty of Business Economics and Law and Professor Leigh Drake, Executive Dean for Faculty of Business, Economics and Law, La Trobe University

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:Leading in the 21st Century” with Uday Kotak

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“The CEO Series:Leading in the 21st Century” with Uday Kotak | September 16, 2014 | WWF Auditorium, New Delhi

Ananta Aspen Centre

Today at 6:35 PM

Presents

The CEO Series:

Leading in the 21st Century

with

Uday Kotak

ABOUT THE EVENT
Ananta Aspen Centre, as a part of its CEO Series, invites you to join us for a conversation withMr. Uday Kotak, Executive Vice-Chairman and Managing Director of Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited.

Uday Kotak is the EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year 2014. Uday was picked from among the 60 country finalists vying for the title from 51 countries, each of whom has already been named the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year in their home countries. In his own words, “I am a believer that the India story has tremendous opportunity. When I think about the Banking business in India, in a country where barely 400 million people have a bank account out of 1.2 billion, the size of the opportunity and the challenge is what excites me.”

Participation is restricted and will be by prior registration only.

WHEN
Tuesday, September 16, 2014 | 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
(Registration: 10:30 AM)
WHERE
WWF Auditorium, 172-B, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003

RSVP
Tuesday, September 16, 2014 by 9 AM

Mr. Uday Kotak, Executive Vice Chairman and Managing Director, Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited

As a young 26-year old entrepreneur in 1985, Uday Kotak started Kotak Capital Management Finance Ltd. (which later became Kotak Mahindra Finance Ltd). The vision was to eventually become a banking company. Private Indian banks were not even a speck on the horizon at that time. On 22nd March 2003, Kotak Mahindra Finance Ltd. became the first non-banking financial company (NBFC) in India’s corporate history to be converted into a bank. Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (KMBL) is regarded as one of the most efficient and high performing banks in India, built on the principles of simplicity and prudence. Uday remains unfazed by market euphoria and his ‘basics of banking’ approach has ensured that the loan book is of high quality and the bank is well capitalised. In a journey spanning nearly three decades, Uday’s sharp business acumen, innovative mindset and path-breaking actions have not only helped the company grow to this scale but also earned tremendous respect. Today, Kotak Mahindra Group, a first generation enterprise, with revenue of US$ 2.8 billion, has a global presence, employs over 27,000 people and is recognised as one of the topmost employers in India. The group has the distinction of providing a 48% CAGR to its shareholders over a 28 year period. Uday has a strong focus on community development and inclusive growth which is reflected by the Group’s initiatives to provide low cost services to rural customers and its welfare programmes. Uday feels strongly that education is key to the alleviation of the social malaise afflicting India’s under-privileged. In a bid to address this issue, he has established the Kotak Education Foundation that focuses on the educational needs of underprivileged children. Uday holds a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce and an MBA from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai.

Achievements:
•   Won ‘Transformational Business Leader Award’ at the AIMA Managing India Award 2014
•   Won Ernst & Young World Entrepreneur of the Year 2014 Award
•   Won Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2013 Award (India)
•   Felicitated with ‘Financial Leadership Award’ at NDTV Profit’s Business Leadership Award 2011
•   Recognized as CNBC Asia’s Business Leader of the Year in 2008
•   Featured as ‘Global leaders for tomorrow’ at the World Economic Forum’s annual meet at Davos in 1996

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JAITLEY URGED TO FORM COMMITTEE FOR FINANCIAL ARCHITECTURE

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JAITLEY URGED TO FORM COMMITTEE FOR FINANCIAL ARCHITECTURE FOR NON CORPORATE SECTOR

In a communication sent today to Union Finance Minister Mr. Arun Jaitley, the Action Committee For Formal Finance For Non Corporate Sector has urged him that in pursuance of his announcement made in the Union Budget for providing financial architecture for non corporate sector, the Joint Committee of Ministry of Finance, Ministry of MSME and RBI may be formed immediately. The Action Committee has said that Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has already initiated process of financial inclusion with inauguration of Pradhanmantri Jan Dhan Yojna on 29th August and in line of the same the financial inclusion of non corporate sector shall prove to be a further big and constructive step of the Government.

Mr. Praveen Khandelwal, National Coordinator of the Action Committee in his communication to Mr. Jaitley has also urged him to include representatives from non corporate sector and banking & financial experts so that the said Committee may study the ground relaties and also the participation of non corporate sector in drawing financial architecture is ensured.

It is remembered that Mr. Jaitley in Para 102 of his budget speech said that SMEs form the backbone of our Economy. There is a need to examine the financial architecture for this sector and in this regard he proposed to appoint a Committee with representatives from Finance Ministry, MSME Ministry and RBI to give concrete suggestions in three months.

The Action Committee has lauded the announcement of the Finance Minister since for the first time any Government has officially spelled out importance of the non corporate sector and has announced concrete steps for its financial inclusion. The non corporate sector consisting of Traders, Transporters, Truck Operators, SMEs, Self Employed Groups, Hawkers, Women Entrepreneurs and other sections is providing employment to about 46 crore people in the Country. If a viable financial architecture is given to this sector, its present contribution of 45% to national GDP can rise to any extent. Further in such an event the domestic exports will get a boost which will help in curtailing the current account deficit.

The non corporate sector of the Country compliment Shri Jaitley for such a landmark step and assure its utmost cooperation to the Government in designing a strong financial architecture for non corporate Sector.

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Salmon Growse’s architectural improvement of Bulandshahr 1878-1886’

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NMML Weekly Seminar_Dr. Venugopal Maddipati _9 September, 2014

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Today at 7:04 PM

The Nehru Memorial Museum and Library

cordially invites you to the Weekly Seminar

at 3.00 pm on Tuesday, 9^th September, 2014

in the Seminar Room, First Floor, Library Building

‘On Being Familiar:

The vitalism of Frederick Salmon Growse’s architectural improvement of Bulandshahr 1878-1886’

Dr. Venugopal Maddipati,

Former Fellow, NMML.

Abstract:

Paradoxes abound in Frederick Salmon Growse’s (1837 — 1893) text titled Indian Architecture of Today as Exemplified in the New Buildings of the Bulandshahr District(1886). On the one hand, Growse, the then district collector of Bulandshahr, wrote inIndian Architecture of Today… about his intimacy with the architectural fabric of the towns of the district. As is evident in the photographs and the texts accompanying them in Indian Architecture of Today…, Growse sought an adequate representational measure of his own familiarity with the architecture of the towns of the Bulandshahr district. On the other hand, even as Growse wrote about his familiarity with the architecture of the towns of the district, he also simultaneously projected himself as an indissociable aspect of the very world with which he was familiar. Indeed, the very bearer of feelings of intimacy was himself constituted, as an architectural agency, in the very heart of his own intimacy. How, then, did Growse become a part of the very world of people and objects that he strove to see? How did the person who sensed become the sensible in Indian architecture of Today…? How, in essence, does one project oneself as an integral bodily part into the very space of the body that one envisages? In this study, then, the speaker strives to explore how the politics of district governance in the latter part of the nineteenth century, or, more specifically, the short duration of collectors’ administerial tenures, provided the very grounds for the emergence of Growse’s difficult and tortuous double vision. More significantly, the talk examines how Growse’s comprehension of Indian architecture as a living, vital art began to have a bearing on his conception of the part he had played in the improvement of the town of Bulandshahr, how Vitalism as an architectural discourse drew Growse into difficult debates on the nature of his own presence within the spaces of the towns of Bulandshahr and Khurja.

Speaker:

Dr. Venugopal Maddipati, an architectural historian, is assistant professor at the School of Design, Ambedkar University, Delhi. He received his B-Arch at the School of Planning and Architecture in Delhi and an M.A. and a PhD. in art history at the Department of Art History at the University of Minnesota. He is particularly interested in the architecture of Islamicate societies and nineteenth and twentieth century philosophies of temporality, hospitality, organicism and urban evolution. He has also published essays on themes such as temporality and coercion, in late twentieth century and contemporary art and architecture. He is currently working on a monograph on Gandhi, architecture and ecology in Wardha and an edited volume, with Dr. Sugata Ray at the University of California, Berkeley, on water systems and spatiality in South Asia. He initially worked as an artist and continues to paint.

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Hrithik Roshan shoots 21 hours at a stretch for HRX!

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Superstar Hrithik Roshan , the poster-boy for health and fitness in the country recently shot for a commercial for HRX , a brand inspired by the Bollywood superstar';s style and philosophies, embodied in the tagline `Push Your Extreme.

Despite being in the midst of the Bang Bang promotions, Hrithik Roshan took time out of his busy schedule and shot for the HRX “Active Wear” Commercial for 21 hours at a stretch at a popular suburban hotel– What’s more is that, this will be the first time the superstar will be seen bare bodied for a commercial.

Says a source, “While known to be a thorough professional and perfectionist, Hrithik had everyone present on the sets impressed with his dedication as he shot at a stretch for over 21 hours for the Active Wear HRX commercial…Since he will be bare bodied in a couple of scenes in the tvc , he would shoot a scene then work out on the set and return to the frame when the camera rolled”.

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Hungarian Centre: Poetry Evening with Musical Interludes

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Poetry Evening with Musical Interludes on Thursday, 11th September 2014 at 6.00 p.m. at India International Centre, Annexe

hicc.delhi New Delhi

Robinson Robert

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Today at 5:01 PM

Dear Friends,

We are pleased to invite you for an Evening of Poetry with Musical Interludes

on Thursday, 11th September 2014 at 6 pm at India International Centre, Annexe, Lecture Room II.

Please find the details below.

Looking forward to your gracious presence,

With best regards,

Poetry Evening with Musical Interludes

Hungarian Centre

–

Johanna Balchandani

Senior Cultural Adviser

Hungarian Information and Cultural Centre

1-A Janpath, New Delhi – 110 011

Tel: 00-91-11-2301 4497, 2301 1152, 2301 4992

Fax: 00-91-11-2379 3161

E-mail: hicc.delhi@gmail.com

Website: delhi.balassiintezet.hu

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Prashant Bhushan files complaint against the CBI director Ranjit Sinha PM Modi

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Letter to PM seeking CBI director’s removal

From: Media Cell AAP <mediacellaap@gmail.com> Fri, 5 Sep ’14 4:45p

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Please find enclosed a copy of the complaint against the CBI director Ranjit Sinha to Prime Minister Mr Narendra Modi by Aam Aadmi Party leader and senior Supreme Court lawyer Prashant Bhushan.

In his complaint, Prashant has pointed out that Ranjit Sinha indulged in gross improprieties and compromised his position as CBI director by meeting the main accused of the 2G telecom spectrum and the coal blocks allocation scams.

Prashant has requested the Prime Minister to immediately remove Sinha as CBI director and initiate appropriate disciplinary and criminal action against him for having abused his official position to protect the accused involved in high profile corruption cases.

Regards.

AAP Media Cell

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PGTI signs partnership with Golfingindian.com

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Golfingindian.com becomes ‘digital partner’ of PGTI

The Professional Golf Tour of India announces golfingindian.com as the tour’s official digital partner to promote the players and the sport through its website and social network, domestic and international reach.

PGTI with every partnership looks to expand the horizons of its dedicated efforts towards growing the sport of golf and promoting its players to audiences in India and overseas.Golfingindian.com brings that edge to the partnership in growing awareness about the game.

Announcing the tie up, Mr. Padamjit Sandhu, Director, PGTI, said, “Our partnership withGolfingindian.com provides us a strong platform to promote Indian professional golf in the digital space. With the importance of social media growing by the day, we seek to further enhance our reach and visibility through our partnership with Golfingindian.com.”

Golfingindian.com is run by India’s award winning journalist and golf enthusiast Shaili Chopra, who said, “The news world is now digital and if the world must be Indian golf’s audience then this one stop website on the sport promises to achieve global attention and accolades for golf.”

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Samsung Electronics appoints Former CEO of Lok Sabha TV, Rajiv Mishra as VP Media

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New Delhi, September 4, 2014 – Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. today announced the appointment of Mr. Rajiv Mishra as Vice President, Media. In his current role at Samsung, Rajiv will be responsible for overseeing the entire media mandate for the organization across the country.

Rajiv’s career spans over 22 years during which he has held several leadership positions. Prior to joining Samsung, he was the Chief Executive Officer of Lok Sabha TV. In this role he led the overall functions of the channel including marketing, sales, distribution,producing, hosting and telecasting a complete array of programmes of general interest on issues relating to democracy, governance, social, economic and constitutional issues as well as citizens’ concerns.

He has worked for leading media companies like the Hindustan Times, Star TV, TV Asia of USA, BAG Films & Media. He is also the nominated Member of various Media Advisory bodies in various Ministry of Government of India.

He is also the founder and first President of Association of Radio Operators for India (AROI) and also the first President of Association of Regional Television Broadcasters of India (ARTBI), the industry representative body of regional Broadcasters of India. He has recently been nominated as member, expert committee of Information & Broadcasting Ministry to develop papers on copyright issues.

He is a Masters in Broadcasting from IAB, Montreux, Switzerland and MBA in Media Management from MCNY, USA.

About Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a global leader in technology, opening new possibilities for people everywhere. Through relentless innovation and discovery, we are transforming the worlds of TVs, smartphones, tablets, PCs, cameras, home appliances, printers, LTE systems, medical devices, semiconductors and LED solutions. We employ 286,000 people across 80 countries with annual sales of US$216.7 billion. To discover more, please visitwww.samsung.com.

Regards,

Divij Krishna

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IGATE Inaugurates IGATE Corporate University

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One of Asia’s largest Corporate Universities to have exclusive tie ups with
world’s renowned varsities and the academia

Bridgewater NJ and Pune, India – September 4, 2014

IGATE Corporation, the New Jersey-headquartered integrated technology and operations solutions provider, today launched the IGATE Corporate University – the Company’s sprawling training and development facility in Pune. As one of Asia’s largest corporate training Universities, the IGATE Corporate University will focus on building custom training programs and methodologies in association with leading global varsities. The University will also have the tutelage of renowned Professors collaborating with the corporate faculty to create a differentiated class of IGATORs who are best placed to address the ever-dynamic business challenges of clients.

Spread across 37 acres of land on the foothills of the picturesque Western Ghats, the facility can accommodate more than 750 trainees simultaneously with residential facilities and world-class co-curricular and extra-curricular amenities such as club house, swimming pools and food courts.

The expansive training facility in Hinjewadi Pune was inaugurated by Harry Kenyon-Slaney, chief executive Energy, Rio Tinto. Rio Tinto is a leading global mining and metals company and one of IGATE’s key clients.

Inaugurating the facility, Mr. Kenyon-Slaney said, “IGATE is our strategic partner for the state-of-the-art Rio Tinto Innovation Centre. The centre, which is also based here in Pune, is crucial to supporting the global growth and development of our Mine of the Future™ program. We look forward to seeing the IGATE Corporate University play a leading role in the development of the next generation of world-class talent and technical capabilities in India.”

Ashok Vemuri, President and CEO IGATE, said, “It is a seminal moment for us. People are our biggest assets and we believe in richly investing in them, nurturing them to become the leaders of tomorrow. I foresee the IGATE Corporate University significantly enabling our employees to be best prepared for our journey of growth.”

“Learning is an integral part of our mission statement. As individuals and as a Company, it is important for us to stay ahead of the dynamic changes taking place in technology and processes, for us to leverage to the benefit of our clients,” he added.

Dr. Srinivas Kandula, EVP and Chief People Officer, IGATE, said, “We have collaborated with BITS Pilani, Symbiosis and XLRI to begin with and are well on course to have tie ups with several globally renowned educational institutions. The focus will essentially be on developing Leadership Quotient, Technology Quotient, and Social Quotient in the real world.”

Apart from state of the art class rooms and innovation labs, the University also has a customer experience center in the campus allowing the trainees to get a first-hand interaction with IGATE’s client fraternity. A 14-storeyed development facility, with a capacity of seating 5000 people, in the same campus, enables the trainees to get rich experience of a technical and development environment.

About IGATE

IGATE is a global leader in providing integrated technology and operations-based solutions, headquartered in Bridgewater, New Jersey. As a trusted partner to corporations in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific, IGATE provides solutions to clients’ business challenges by leveraging its technology and process capabilities, underwritten by an understanding of domain and industry imperatives. With revenues over US$1.1 billion, and a global employee talent capital of over 34,000, IGATE offers productized applications and platforms that provide the necessary competitive and innovation edge to clients across industries, through a combination of speed, agility and imagination. IGATE is listed on NASDAQ under the symbol IGTE.

Follow IGATE on Twitter: @IGATE_Corp

Disclaimer: The word ‘University’ used in the press release shall not be understood same as that of universities of academic institutions and/or University Grants Commission. The word ‘University’ in the press release is used to communicate this facility as a place of learning and development for IGATE.

Communication Coordinates

Media Contact

Prabhanjan Deshpande “PD”

+91 80 4104 5006

PD@IGATE.com

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Bike Festival of India reaches Mumbai, achieves first Milestone

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The longest Safety Ride which will map all corners of India in an effort to promote safe biking today covered 1705kms

4 September 2014, Mumbai: The National Safety Ride, an initiative weaved under the ambit of the Bike Festival of India, South Asia’s largest Bike Festival in association with Rhiti Sports Management and Event Capital today completed its first leg after reaching Mumbai. With the mission to create awareness on safe riding in the city, the Riders visited iconic locations in the city and halted at the Triumph Motorcycle Dealership in Andheri to interact with the biking enthusiasts. So far the riders have covering 1705 kms in just a week. The cities covered so far are Jaipur, Udaipur, Ahmedabad, and Vapi.

From here the riders will be heading to Pune, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Cochin, Kolkata and Chandigarh. During this exciting awareness ride, the riders will be covering a total of 8000 + kms over a span of 30 days. BFI will also host ‘Brotherhood Safety Meet’ across the cities, where various motorcycle clubs will meet & greet the STAR Riders.

BFI National safety ride is a month long safety awareness ride which was successfully flagged of on the 31^st of August by Ishant Sharma, Indian Cricketer in New Delhi and will end at the Budh International Circuit, Greater Noida on 29th September. The National safety Ride includes six male and three female bike enthusiasts on Triumph Motorcycles – the official bike partner of National Safety Ride – in a nationwide ride in an attempt to spread awareness on safe biking. The official BFI ‘National Safety Riders’ riders are Rahul Sharma, Rohan Monga, Jaspreet Aiden, R Venkat Raman, Sheetal Bidaye, Urvashi Patole, Pratish Ambekar, Anjaly Rajan and Sunil Gupta.

India’s cricket legend and bike aficionado, MS Dhoni is the face of the Bike Festival of India. He owns the only Hellcat in the whole of Asia along with a range of other super bikes which will also be unveiled for bike enthusiasts and Dhoni’s fans during the Festival. Being a passionate biker himself, MS Dhoni owns a Ducati, Harley Davidson, Ninja Kawasaki, Yamaha Thundercat, Enfield Mechismo & a Yamaha RXZ-135. MS Dhoni will be present at the end of the Safety Ride to felicitate the riders with a badge & certificate that shall be a lifetime memory with the riders.

Bike Festival of India (BFI) is a unique platform for biking enthusiasts to come together, to be a part of this first-of-its-kind biking adventure in India that accentuates on the importance of safe biking. South East Asia’s leading biking festival will bring together over 120 biking communities from across the nation to participate in a series of events as part of the festival whose finale will be held in October this year at the Mecca of motorsports in India– the Buddh International Circuit.

Mr Arun Pandey, CMD, Rhiti Sports said, “Through BFI National Safety Ride will touch every nook and corner of the country with an aim to promote safe biking and most importantly use of helmets. The youth of our country form an integral part of the biking community and play a crucial role in spreading the awareness on abiding the safety norms. The rider during the safety ride will be interacting with youth of every city and biking enthusiasts and encourage them to ride safely”.

Mr Alok Jalan, MD, Laqshya Media Group, quoted, “We intend to create the largest IP in the biking space which caters to the whole biking community in India and take this to a much larger level. This IP is not only biking and adventure but also lot of entertainment and fun for the youth and biking enthusiasts.”

Mr Vimal Sumbly, Managing Director, Triumph Motorcycles India Pvt Ltd, commented, “Triumph Motorcycles is proud to associate with BFI as the official safety ride sponsor. Owning a motorcycle is just the beginning of a beautiful relationship, riding safe ensures that relationship last forever. We at Triumph want riders to be well aware of the importance of safe and responsible riding, I think it is a great opportunity to educate and make more and more bikers ride safe every day”

Mr. Vikram Shankar and Ikjot Singh, convenors of BFI, “Through National safety ride, we not only create awareness on safe biking but also get an opportunity to engage with bikers across the country thus building our community and gearing them up for the mega bike festival which will take them to an international platform.”

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Porter Prize and India’s National Competitiveness Forum

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Invitation for Porter Prize and India’s National Competitiveness Forum on September 26, 2014 at Radisson Bl

Wilfried Aulbur

Sep 4 at 5:05 PM

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Dear Colleague,

It is a pleasure for me to invite you for the India’s National Competitiveness Forum (NCF) and Porter Prize event on September 26, 2014 at Radisson Blu Plaza, Mahipalpur, Delhi. The gathering kick starts in the morning at 0800 hrs with registrations and breakfast, followed by keynotes, panel discussions, awards ceremony and closes over dinner. We have an action packed agenda (http://compete.org.in/events/ncf2014/agenda/) for you with keynote from Professor Michael E. Porter.

Keynote Address: Prof. Michael E. Porter*

Michael E. Porter is a leading authority on competitive strategy, competitiveness and economic development of nations, states and regions, and the application of competitive principles to social problems such as health care, environment and corporate responsibility. Professor Porter has been identified in a variety of rankings and surveys as the world’s most influential thinker on management and competitiveness.

Porter Prize*

Porter Prize is named after the renowned Harvard faculty member, Father of the modern strategic field and Thinker Professor Michael E. Porter. The central idea of the Porter Prize is to propel companies to compete on the basis of value creation, innovation and strategy. Similar to prior years, we are recognizing organizations operating in India who have shown exemplary strategic acumen under the categories such as distinctive positioning, tradeoffs, fit, industry architectural shift, creating shared value and healthcare.

This year we have had some exceptional applications from corporations like Hindustan Unilever, Yes Bank, Sobha Developers, DHL Express India, Dow Chemicals, Tech Mahindra, National Insurance Limited, Siemens Technology and Services Private Limited, CESC Limited et al. Recipients of the prestigious Porter Prize award in the past years were Bharti Airtel, GroupM, Godrej Industries, HDFC Life, MakeMyTrip, Mother Diary, ICICI Lombard, Uninor etc.

India’s National Competitiveness Forum

The India’s National Competitiveness Forum looks at bringing private sector leaders, renowned thinkers and civil society leader on a common platform to discuss the solutions to the pressing and emerging issues the country faces at this time. This year the conference would focus on issues pertaining to Economic Geography & Competitiveness, Technology & Competitiveness, Enabling Industrial development and Realigning Institutions. The conference chairs are Deborah L. Wince-Smith, Ray O. Johnson and Wilfried Aulbur and some other renowned experts are going to share their views at the conference.

Conference Chairs

Deborah L. Wince-SmithPresident and CEO, US Council on Competitiveness

Ray O. Johnson
CTO, Lockheed Martin

Wilfried AulburManaging Partner and CEO, Roland Berger – India

Speakers/Experts

William C. BatesExecutive Vice President and Chief of Staff, US Council on Competitiveness

Etienne Benet
CEO, Nestle India Limited

Mark Goyder
Founder Director, Tomorrow’s Company

Sanjiv MehtaCEO and Managing Director, Hindustan Unilever Limited

Vipul ShahPresident, CEO and Chairman, Dow Chemical International Pvt. Ltd.

Gerd HoefnerManaging Director and CEO, Siemens Technology India

Richard Rekhy
CEO, KPMG India

CVL Srinivas
CEO, GroupM South Asia

Vinay Hebbar
Managing Director, Asia Pacific, Harvad Business Publishing

We welcome you to support the initiative, you could write to Varun Gupta at varun.gupta@competitiveness.in to discuss the details.

In addition, I personally look forward to your participation at the event and would request you to register at http://compete.org.in/events/ncf2014/registration/ or RSVP to neera.vohra@competitiveness.in

Look forward to having you with us at the India’s National Competitiveness Forum and Porter Prize.

Regards,

Wilfried Aulbur
Chairman, India Council on Competitiveness
Managing Partner and CEO Roland Berger – India

Amit Kapoor
President & CEO
India Council on competitiveness

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New global data expose acute prevalence of violence against children: UNICEF

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NEW YORK, 4 September 2014 – The largest-ever compilation of data on violence against children shows the staggering extent of physical, sexual and emotional abuse — and reveals the attitudes that perpetuate and justify violence, keeping it ‘hidden in plain sight’ in every country and community in the world.

“These are uncomfortable facts — no government or parent will want to see them,” said UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake. “But unless we confront the reality each infuriating statistic represents — the life of a child whose right to a safe, protected childhood has been violated — we will never change the mindset that violence against children is normal and permissible. It is neither. “
The UNICEF report “Hidden in Plain Sight” draws on data from 190 countries, documenting violence in places where children should be safe: their communities, schools and homes. It details the lasting, often inter-generational effects of violence, finding that exposed children are more likely to become unemployed, live in poverty and be violent towards others. The authors note that the data is derived only from individuals who were able and willing to respond, and therefore represent minimum estimates.

Major findings include:

Sexual violence: Around 120 million girls under the age of 20 worldwide (about 1 in 10) have experienced forced intercourse or other forced sexual acts, and one in 3 ever-married adolescent girls aged 15 to 19 (84 million) have been victims of emotional, physical or sexual violence committed by their husbands or partners. The prevalence of partner violence is 70 per cent or higher in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Equatorial Guinea, and approaches or exceeds 50 per cent in Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania and Zimbabwe. In Switzerland, a 2009 national survey of girls and boys aged 15 to 17 found that 22 per cent and 8 per cent, respectively, had experienced at least one incident of sexual violence involving physical contact. The most common form of sexual violence for both sexes was cyber-victimization.
Homicide: One fifth of homicide victims globally are children and adolescents under the age of 20, resulting in about 95,000 deaths in 2012. Homicide is the leading cause of death among males between 10 and 19 years old in Panama, Venezuela, El Salvador, Trinidad and Tobago, Brazil, Guatemala and Colombia. Nigeria has the highest number of child homicides – 13,000. Among countries in Western Europe and North America, the United States has the highest homicide rate.
Bullying: Slightly more than 1 in 3 students between the ages of 13 and 15 worldwide are regularly bullied in school; in Samoa, the proportion is almost 3 in 4. Almost a third of students 11 to 15 years old in Europe and North America report bullying others – in Latvia and Romania, nearly 6 in 10 admit to bullying others.
Violent discipline: About 17 per cent of children in 58 countries are subject to severe forms of physical punishment (hitting on the head, ears or face or hitting hard and repeatedly). Over 40 per cent of children 2 to 14 years old experience severe physical punishment in Chad, Egypt and Yemen. Globally, three in 10 adults believe physical punishment is needed to raise children well. In Swaziland, 82 per cent say physical punishment is necessary.

Attitudes towards violence: Close to half of all adolescent girls aged 15 to 19 (around 126 million) believe a husband is justified in hitting his wife under certain circumstances. The proportion rises to 80 per cent or more in Afghanistan, Guinea, Jordan, Mali and Timor-Leste. In 28 of 60 countries with data on both sexes, a larger proportion of girls than boys believe that wife-beating is sometimes justified. In Cambodia, Mongolia, Pakistan, Rwanda and Senegal, girls are around twice as likely as boys to think a husband is sometimes justified in hitting his wife . Data from 30 countries suggest that about seven in 10 girls 15-19 years old who had been victims of physical and/or sexual abuse had never sought help: many said they did not think it was abuse or did not see it as a problem.

UNICEF points to six strategies to enable society as a whole, from families to governments, to prevent and reduce violence against children. They include supporting parents and equipping children with life skills; changing attitudes; strengthening judicial, criminal and social systems and services; and generating evidence and awareness about violence and its human and socio-economic costs, in order to change attitudes and norms.

“Violence against children occurs every day, everywhere. And while it harms individual children the most, it also tears at the fabric of society — undermining stability and progress. But violence against children is not inevitable. It is preventable — if we refuse to let violence remain in the shadows,” Lake said. “The evidence in this report compels us to act — for the sake of those individual children and the future strength of societies around the world.”

About the #ENDViolence initiative:
UNICEF launched the initiative on 31 July 2013 to urge collective action to end violence against children, highlighting the fact that violence is everywhere, but often happens out of sight or is tolerated due to social and cultural norms. Under the banner ‘Make the invisible, visible’, the initiative aims to raise awareness as a first step toward modifying attitudes, behaviours and policies. The initiative also supports efforts to build evidence of what works, and reinforces the idea that violence can be prevented by highlighting successful efforts and movements at all levels of society. Some 70 countries from every region of the world have formally joined #ENDviolence, strengthening efforts to identify, track and report violence against children in all its forms.

For more information visit: http://www.unicef.org/endviolence/

About UNICEF:

For more information please contact:
Melanie Sharpe, UNICEF New York, Tel: +1 917 485 3344, msharpe@unicef.org
Rita Ann Wallace, UNICEF New York, Tel.: 1 212 326-7586, Mobile: +1 917 213 4034,rwallace@unicef.org

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India-ASEAN boosting connectivity

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New Delhi—5 September 2014: India under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi will intensify efforts to improve institutional and physical connectivity with ASEAN to further economic integration with the region and beyond.

With its “Look East Policy,” India hopes to forge closer economic relations with ASEAN and East Asia through domestic reforms that would facilitate trade and investment. However, the people-to-people connectivity is equally pivotal to strengthen the multidimensional cooperation.

These were the sentiments echoed during the one-day symposium to enhance India’s competitiveness and its linkage with East Asia was attended by senior Indian official and experts from India and ASEAN.

The symposium, the first organized jointly by the Indian Government and ERIA (Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia), was opened with a key-note speaker by H.E.Nguyen Cam Tu, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade, Viet Nam.

H.E. Nguyen Cam Tu said that the India-ASEAN relations have developed a good foundation for economic growth for the past two decades. Both are also partners of the going negotiation on Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership. He reiterated that connectivity will further increase economic growth and strengthen the production networks in this part of the world.

Senior Indian officials attending the symposium included Mr. Rajeev Kher, Secretary to Department of Commerce, Mr. Anil Wadhwa, Secretary (East), Ministry of External Affairs. Regional experts included Prof. Fukunari Kimura, Chief Economist, ERIA, Dr. Bibek Debroy, Economist, Center for Policy Research, Dr. Nagesh Kumar, Director of South and South East Asia, Office, UNESCAP. Indian experts attending the symposium were Mr. Adil Zaidi, Director, Government and Transaction Advisory Services, Ernst and Young, India,Dr. Rajat Kathuria, Director and Chief Executive, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, Mr. Kavi Chongkittavorn, Editor, The Nation, Bangkok, Dr. A. K. Krishna Kumar, Executive Director, Cluster Development Infrastucture Leasing & Financial Services (IL&FS), Mr. Madhu Kannan, Chairman, ASEAN Committee, CII, Dr. Jayant Menon, Economist, Asian Development Bank (ADB), Mr. Arvind Virmani, Economist, President, Chintan and Senior Fellow in the Global Economy and Development Program, Brookings Institution and Mr. Dhiraj Nayyar, Economist, Editor FirstPost & CEO, Think India Foundation, Network 18.

This joint symposiun also moderated & introduced by Mr. K. M. Chandrashekhar, Former Cabinet Secretary, Government of India, Mr. Jaco Cilliers, Country Director, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Lord Meghnad Desai, Economist and Mr. Alok Sinha, Former Secretary, Government of India and Former MD & Chairman, Food Corporation of India (FCI).

Both Dr. Rajeev Kumar and Mr. Anil Wadhwa further explained how the Indian government under Prime Minister Narendra Modi would pursue the foreign policy towards ASEAN and the whole gamut of connectivity.

Dr. Rajeev Kumar said that the trade volume between ASEAN and India will increase from $80 billion level with the conclusion of ASEAN-India Trade in Services and Investment.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will intensify efforts to improve institutional and physical connectivity with ASEAN to further economic integration with the region and beyond.

At the symposium, Prof. Hidetoshi Nishimura, Executive Director of ERIA and Ambassador Shyam Sharan, Chairman, RIS, also presented their joint study on “India’s Dynamism for East Asia Summit Country” to Mr. Rajeev Kher.

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Film Screening at the Italian Cultural Institute – 7:00 pm, Wednesday,10 September 2014

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Cultural Program

Undisclosed Recipients

Today at 1:05 PM

ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI CULTURA DI NEW DELHI – INCONTRI IN BIBLIOTECA

Le regioni d’Italia al cinema/ Italian Regions in Cinema

Dal libro al cinema/From Book to Film

13 Agosto / August – 17 Dicembre / December 2014

Tutti i mercoledì / Every Wednesday @ 19.00

Mercoledi/Wednesday, 10 Settembre/ 10^th September @19.00

Le regioni d’Italia al cinema: SICILIA

Italian Regions in Cinema: Sicily

Terramatta / Terramatta

Documentario / Documentary

2012, 75 min.

Regista / Director: Costanza Quatriglio

Cast: Roberto Nobile

Vincenzo Rabito è un siciliano analfabeta che racconta il Novecento in maniera appassionata e commovente, attraverso pagine dattiloscritte raccolte in quaderni legati con la corda. Paesaggi di oggi e di ieri, filmati d’archivio e musiche elettroniche, terre vicine e lontane fanno da sfondo a una lingua inventata, né italiano né dialetto, musicale ed espressiva come quella di un cantastorie./Vincenzo Rabito, an illiterate Sicilian, a striking storyteller, through a blend of imaginary, musical language – neither Italian nor dialect, recounts Italian twentieth century history through thousands of dictated, tightly written, rope-bound pages, tracing the extremes of a century marked by poverty and economic boom, disgrace and redemption. Sharing their dream, Rabito gives an impassioned and unique autobiographical perspective on a complicated part of Italian history.

http://www.iicnewdelhi.esteri.it/IIC_NewDelhi/webform/SchedaEvento.aspx?id=1020

Venue: Tessitori Hall, Italian Cultural Institute, New Delhi

Entry Free: For security reasons please show your valid Photo Identity Card.

For more information, please visit our websitewww.iicnewdelhi.esteri.it/IIC_Newdelhi

Italian Embassy Cultural Centre

50- E, Chandragupta Marg (Entry from Nyaya Marg)
Chanakyapuri, New Delhi – 110 021
Phone: 0091-11-26871901/03/04
www.iicnewdelhi.esteri.it

Email: iicnewdelhi@esteri.it

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Modi’s Ceremonial welcome for PM Tony Abbott.

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Narendra Modi added 6 new photos to the album Ceremonial welcome for PM Tony Abbott.

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A warm welcome to PM Tony Abbott! I am sure his visit will further strengthen ties between Australia & India.

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Rani Mukerji visits anti-sex trafficking NGO, Apne Aap

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Rani Mukerji visits anti-sex trafficking NGO, Apne Aap, chats with survivors, and supports Apne Aap campaign for protection of frontline anti-trafficking activists

Apne Aap trafficking survivor activist Fatima championed by Rani Mukerji

New Delhi, September 4, 2014: Bollywood star Rani Mukerji today visited victims, survivors and girls and women at risk to prostitution at the New Delhi office of anti trafficking NGO, Apne Aap Women Worldwide.

Responding to an invitation by Apne Aap survivor activist Fatima, Rani Mukerji changed her schedule to meet with the girls and women. The Bollywood star had met Fatima Khatoon at the KBC show where she helped her win Rs. 25 lakh.

“I have invited Rani Mukerji to help publicise my appeal to Indian government. I beg the Indian Government to protect me from the traffickers. I have received seven death threats from them after I spoke against sex-trafficking in KBC. Earlier, when I exposed a trafficking ring in Forbesganj, Bihar, a corrupt police officer picked up my 14-year-old daughter and kept her in police custody all night. They also arrested my colleague on false charges. I appeal to the government to drop the false charges against my colleague. I ask police to become honest like Rani ji in Mardaani,” said Fatima Khatoon.

Rani Mukerji while interacting with media personnel in the press conference said, “I was always sensitive towards this issue but after doing this film, I have got more attached and emotional towards the cause of fighting against human trafficking. Today, when I interacted with the girls here, I was extremely touched when they said that they also want to do something big in life and they too want to be a ‘Mardaani’ like me. I am happy that my film has touched the right chord. And I appeal to all the journalists to take the issue forward.”

Rani Mukerji also posed for a Facebook selfie and asked others to join the Apne Aap campaign ‘Cool Men Don’t Buy Sex’.

Ruchira Gupta founder of Apne Aap thanked Rani Mukerji for her support. “Rani is the first Bollywood star who has taken the trouble to involve trafficking survivors in the spin-of-publicity from her movie, Mardaani,” said Ruchira Gupta. Mardaani is based on the issue of human trafficking and Rani Mukerji has played the role of a tough cop fighting against child trafficking.

Fatima has been working with Apne Aap Women Worldwide as a survivor-leader since 2005 and has helped in rescuing 35 girls, who were trafficked into prostitution and getting traffickers arrested. Interacting with the media, during the press meet she said, “I wanted to talk about my past, to tell women not be ashamed. After all, the shame is not ours but of those who exploit us. I also wanted to talk about my present- how a struggle makes you strong. I formed a circle with other oppressed women under the banner of our anti-trafficking NGO, Apne Aap Women Worldwide (AAWW).”

The discussion highlighted the need for collective efforts to address this scourge that persists across the country.

Apne Aap women worldwide works with more than 20,000 victims ,survivors and their families to dismantle the prostitution system by increasing choices for girls and women and decreasing choices for pimps and customers.

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The Middle East Rail show in 30 seconds

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Middle East Rail 2015

Sep 6 at 12:58 PM

If you have trouble viewing this email, read the online version

If you didn’t get the opportunity to attend Middle East Rail this year, I thought you might like to see our highlights video. It’s only 90 seconds long, but gives you a good idea of what went on.

Many of the presentations are available to view; you can see them on our YouTube channel.

Middle East Rail hosted over 3000 senior executives from the industry, in Dubai in March.

The impressive attendee list included senior representatives from: the Ministry of Public Works, the National Transport Authority, the Roads and Transport Authority Dubai, the Department of Transport Abu Dhabi, Etihad Rail, Qatar Rail, Saudi Railway Company, Saudi Railways Organization, Oman Railways, Jeddah metro, Port of Salalah, World Bank, DP World, Ministry of Communications Kuwait, Saudi BinLadin Group – to name just a few.

If you’re interested in viewing the full list of attendees and more insights into the event, then I suggest you download the 2014 post show report.

Middle East Rail will take place in February 2015, in Dubai. Do you have any infrastructure, technology, construction, engineering, signalling, communications, tunnelling, terminal, revenue management, maintenance, intermodal or high speed rail solutions?

Do you want to demonstrate these products or services to Middle East rail operators and contractors?

Enquire now about your tailor-made sponsorship package. Contact Jamie Hosie atJamie.hosie@terrapinn.comor +97144402501.

Jamie Hosie
Project Director
Middle East Rail 2015

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GLOBAL ECONOMIC MONITOR August 2014

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GLOBAL ECONOMIC MONITOR

August 2014

A mixed pattern of growth is reported across OECD countries for the second quarter of 2014. Overall, OECD GDP increased 0.4%, up from 0.2% in the previous quarter. In the United States , real GDP growth rebounded strongly and in the United Kingdom also growth remained robust in the second quarter of 2014. In Euro area and the European Union, GDP growth remained positive , however in Japan and Germany , GDP was contracted.

With respect to Industry performance, Russia’s Manufacturing PMI rose for the fourth month and moving up to 51.0 in July. Overall PMI for all countries exhibited expansionary trend in their respective industrial sector as the PMI remained above 50 mark. Inflation scenario signaled a slight fall in already declining inflation rates all over the world. Russian inflation declined marginally to 7.5% and US inflation rate declined to 2% in July.

The monetary stances of major economies observed a cautious approach and kept their bank rates stable.The European Central Bank (ECB) kept its benchmark interest rate at the record low of 0.15% for the second month in a row in spite of the weakness of the recovery in the Euro Zone and the threat of a deflation.

The key stock indices have shown a downward trend in the month of August with exception of DJIA of US and SENSEX of India. The stock market in Germany , Japan and China have shown downward trends, while, stock market in US and India have been the only exception, presenting an upward trend. On global commodity front, the FAO Food Price Index declined 2.1% to 203.9 points in July 2014, and further reported persistence of volatility in international sugar prices.

In addition, US trade gap declined to five-month low in June as imports dropped the most in a year and exports increased slightly. In Asia, China’s trade surplus increased to US$ 47.3 bn in July beating market forecasts, due to increase in exports and decline in imports. In a major step to attain greater transparency and putting an end to banking secrecy in tax matters, OECD released full report of new global standard for the exchange of information between jurisdictions.

GEM for the month of August 2014 is attached.

We welcome your suggestions and comments for the same.

Warm regards,

Dr. S P Sharma

Chief Economist

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LEADERS ARE NOT BORN, LEADERS ARE MADE

7092014

“CHAMPIONING THE CAUSE OF HUMANITY & HUMAN RIGHTS”

POLICE WATCH INDIA E-NEWS SERVICE

We Police The Police Mob. no. 9810887820

A Global Online Media Release WEEKLY NEWS LETTER

Official Website : www.policewatchindia.org 341^STEDITION

We Fear No One & We Favour No One. Dated : 07^th September, 2014

The world is watching

LEADERS ARE NOT BORN, LEADERS ARE MADE – THE RIGHT TYPE OF UPBRINGING, SCHOOLING, SURROUNDINGS, TRAINING ETC. ARE SOME OF THE PRE-REQUISITES WHICH SHAPE & MAKE A LEADER.

Everybody should know the fact that the absurd most leadership myth is that leaders are born, that there is a genetic factor to leadership. This myth asserts that people simply either have certain charismatic qualities or not. That’s nonsense. In fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born.

Leadership is about tapping the wellspring of human motivation and about fundamental relations with one’s fellows. Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.

Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked, leadership is defined by results not attributes.

Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better.

All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common : it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxieties of their people in their times. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership.

A GOOD LEADER :-

1) Practises good communication. Good communication involves listening to what people have to say. Uses his active listening skills, making sure that he has really understood what is being conveyed to him. Asks appropriate questions where ever necessary to help understand and gather the information for the attainment of pre-set goals.

2) Is flexible with his leadership style as the inexperienced under him will need a more directive style than those who are experienced. Empowers and trusts the experienced to the extent necessary. Involves the knowledgeable & experienced in his decision making.

3) Builds trust as without trust there is no relationship. Does as he says he will and acts with integrity. Is human and authentic in his dealings with everyone.

4) Sets goals for those whom he commands. Gives them a vision, i.e. a something to strive for. With the inexperienced he may set the goals for them, with the more experienced discuss the goals with them. Makes sure that the goals he sets are specific, challenging yet attainable.

5) Communicates his expectations. Lets people know what is expected of them and cross checks that they have understood him thoroughly.

6) Assesses & figures out what it is that they need from him as their leader. Do they need direction or do they just need him to get out of the way of the firing line and provide support from behind and/or the sidelines.

7) Monitors the achievements of those whom he commands appropriately & fairly. The inexperienced will require closer monitoring than the more experienced.

8) Provides those whom he commands the feedback about them based on their achievements and/or failures. Feedback helps people specifically with the tasks they are involved with and also make them feel valued. Everyone likes to feel that what they are doing is worthwhile and valued.

9) It is very important that he engages the hearts as well as the minds of those whom he commands as it is this combination that delivers the impossible.

True leadership is about understanding people and involving them to help you achieve your goals. That takes all of the good characteristics, like integrity, being cool headed, dedication of purpose, selflessness, compassion, toughness where ever necessary, knowledge, skill, implacability, the will power & determination to succeed & to never accept failures.

All News Letters are Posted on our Official Website : www.policewatchindia.org. Do visit it regularly.

Regards

POLICE WATCH INDIA (Regd. NGO).

Rajendra Dhar

Hony. Editor-in-Chief, Legal Adviser

& Chief Investigator.

Mob. No. 9810887820.

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पायलट की प्रेम कहानी किसी फि‍ल्म की स्क्रीप्ट से कम नहीं है

7092014

Dainik Bhaskar

B’day: कांग्रेस नेता सचिन पायलट की प्रेम कहानी किसी फि‍ल्म की स्क्रीप्ट से कम नहीं है, आइए जानते हैं भारत के दो बड़े राजनीतिक घरानों की प्रेम कहानी जिनको लेकर काफी बवाल मचा…‪#‎SachinPilot‬ ‪#‎Congress‬

http://www.bhaskar.com/news-hf/RAJ-AJM-love-story-of-sachin-pilot-and-sarah-abdullah-4736665-PHO.html

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PM Bad Speech Writers Per Capita Salary of Teachers $25

7092014

Ravinder Singh

presidentofindia@rb.nic.in manmohan@sansad.nic.inspeakerloksabha@sansad.nic.in supremecourt@nic.in websitemhaweb@nic.in and 33 more…

Sep 6 at 2:01 PM

PM Bad Speech Writers Per Capita Salary of Teachers $25
September06, 2014 (C) Ravinder Singh ravinderinvent@gmail.com

I have heard of BRAIN DRAIN issue for over 40 years – this Biggest
Tragedy of India. GoI instead of Supporting and Promoting Indian
Inventors, Engineers & Scientists had engaged TRADERS in to Industry
and Manufacturing and other services.

India is already spending Rs.100,000 crores on Indians enrolled in
foreign countries for higher education whereas – as I found out per
capita Indian Teachers Salary Expenditure is barely $25.

Firstly it important to know – I know for over 40 years that all the
Best Scientists, Engineers and Doctors – 80% of IITians, AIIMS Doctors
produced by Indian Education System migrated to foreign countries.

Majority of Doctors in UK Healthcare are Indians and substantial
numbers are teachers also. I know many from Punjab who were teachers
in BURMA almost 80 years ago.

Not just teachers even Professors in USA are backbone of US Higher
Education System. R&D institutions in Foreign Countries and India also
employ millions of Engineers.

There are 9.7m School Teachers earning around $25b to $30b salary
which for a 1.25b population comes to just $25 or less.

I couldn’t go through the entire speech but stories told are not very
impressive.

Ravinder Singh, National General Secretary.
Sabka Bharat Mission 2019
Y-77, Hauz Khas, New Delhi -110016
Ph: 9650421857, 9718280435

10-points from PM Narendra Modi’s Teacher’s Day speech
TNN Sep 5, 2014

In the first mass contact programme of its kind, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi today, on the occasion of Teachers’ Day interacted live
with millions of young students and teachers across the nation.

1. Showing concern about the dwindling importance of teaching
profession in the eyes of youth, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said
that there is need to find out why the value of a teacher has lost its
sheen and why students don’t want to be teachers when they grow up.

2. The Prime Minister said there is a great demand for good teachers
in the world, and India being a young country should be able to
produce good quality teachers for the world.

3. PM Modi talked about the importance of teachers and called for the
need of creating good quality teachers in the country who could be
‘exported’ to the world. He said people who had achieved something in
life and taken to a profession such as doctors and engineers should
teach students in a school for one period in a week.

4. Talking about the significance of Teachers’ Day, PM Modi remembered
Dr Radhakrishnan and said serving the nation does not only mean doing
grand things; doing small things is a big service to the nation.

5. PM Modi reiterated what he had said on his Independence-Day speech
of having toilet facilities for girl students in every school.

6. Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that nation building should
become a national movement and every individual should be associated
with it.

7. Giving encouragement to girl-education, PM said an educated girl
further educates at least two more families.

8. Inspirational lives of great personalities help in shaping our
character, PM Modi called the students to read biographies to explore
about the lives of great people.

9. Describing himself as a ‘taskmaster’, PM Modi said he worked hard
and expected the same from others. He added he expected work to be
completed on time.

10. Modi concluded his speech by saying that a teacher must play an
important role through a person’s life. A teacher-student relationship
must always be nurtured. Keep the child in you alive. Keep smiling and
playing.

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AAP : Arvind letter to President of India

7092014

पत्र सं आम आदमी पार्टी / एके/2014/010

दिनांक: 6 सितम्बर 2014

महामहिम राष्ट्रपति

राष्ट्रपति भवन,

नई दिल्ली.

महोदय,

आम आदमी पार्टी ने सात महीने पहले विधानसभा भंग करने की सिफारिश के बाद इस्तीफा दे दिया था। तब से यानि पिछले सात महीने से दिल्ली विधानसभा निलंबित अवस्था में है। हमारी सरकार ने विधानसभा को भंग करने की सिफारिश इसलिए की थी जिससे दिल्ली में दोबारा चुनाव कराए जाएं और दिल्ली में बहुमत की सरकार बन सके।

मौजूदा विधानसभा के 67 सदस्यों में से 29 भाजपा/शिरोमणि अकाली दल से, 28 आम आदमी पार्टी से(जिनमें से एक निष्कासित) 8 कांग्रेस से, 1 जनता दल यूनाइटेड से और एक निर्दलीय सदस्य है। गणित के हिसाब से यदि कोई बड़ी पार्टी किसी दूसरी पार्टी को सरकार बनाने के लिए समर्थन ना दे तो ऐसे हालात में किसी भी पार्टी के लिए सरकार बनाना संभव नहीं है।

आम आदमी पार्टी और कांग्रेस ने साफ कर दिया है कि वे दिल्ली में सरकार बनाने के पक्ष में नहीं है और न ही वे किसी और पार्टी को सरकार बनाने के लिए समर्थन देंगे। ऐसी परिस्थिति में किसी भी दल के लिए संभव नहीं है कि वह बहुमत की सरकार बना सके। ऐसे हालात में दिल्ली में नए सिरे से चुनाव कराना ही एकमात्र विकल्प बचता है जिससे दिल्ली की जनता को चुनी हुई सरकार मिल सके, जो कि दिल्ली के लोगों का लोकतांत्रिक अधिकार है।

मीडिया रिपोर्टो के मुताबिक दिल्ली के उपराज्यपाल नजीब जंग ने हाल ही में आपके समक्ष एक सिफारिश भेजी है जिसमें सिफारिश की गई है कि सबसे बड़ी पार्टी होने के नाते भारतीय जनता पार्टी को सरकार बनाने के लिए आमंत्रित किया जाना चाहिए। इस तरह कि सिफारिश दूसरे दलों के लिए तोड़-फोड़ और विधायकों की खरीद फरोख्त से दिल्ली में सरकार बनाने का खुला आमंत्रण है। संविधान में इसकी साफ मनाही है। ये कहा जा रहा है कि ऐसे दल के नेता को भी सरकार गठन का न्यौता दिया जा सकता है जिस पार्टी के पास सदन में बहुमत ना हो। इस तरह की कवायद सिर्फ दो परिस्थितियों में हो सकती है। 1. ऐसी पार्टी के नेता को सरकार बनाने के लिए आमंत्रित किया जाए. जिसके पास बेशक सदन में बहुमत ना हो पर दूसरे दलों से या निर्दलीय विधायकों से समर्थन देने की पेशकश की हो। जिससे इस दल के पास सदन में बहुमत की संख्या पूरी हो जाती हो।. 2. दूसरी स्थिति यह है कि विधानसभा में कई पार्टियां हो और स्पष्ट ना हो की सबसे बड़ी पार्टी के नेता को सरकार बनाने के लिए पर्याप्त बहुमत होगा या नहीं।

दिल्ली विधानसभा में आज इन दोनों में से कोई भी स्थिति नहीं है। यह बिलकुल साफ है कि कांग्रेस और आम आदमी पार्टी के समर्थन बगैर बीजेपी के लिए विधानसभा में विश्वास मत हासिल कर पाना संभव नहीं है। ऐसे में बीजेपी को विश्वासमत तभी मिल सकती है जब वो इन दोनों पार्टियों में तोड़-फोड़ करे।

बीजेपी ने पिछले साल दिसंबर में विधानसभा चुनाव के तुरत बाद सरकार बनाने से साफ इंकार कर दिया था। उस वक्त उसने तर्क दिया था उसके पास पर्याप्त संख्या नहीं है। मेरे इस्तीफे के तुरत बाद फरवरी में भी बीजेपी ने सरकार बनाने से इंकार कर दिया। उपराज्यपाल ने फरवरी में दिल्ली विधानसभा को निलंबन अवस्था में डाल दिया यह कहते हुए कि मौजूदा स्थिति में दिल्ली में सरकार बनना संभव नहीं है। उस वक्त विधानसभा में बीजेपी के 32 सदस्य थे। वर्तमान में बीजेपी के विधायकों की संख्या 32 से घटकर 29 हो गई है। बीजेपी ने अब तक दिसंबर में लिखा अपना वह पत्र भी वापस नहीं लिया है जिसमें पार्टी ने दिल्ली में सरकार बनाने की असमर्थता जताई थी। बीजेपी ने कभी दावा भी नहीं किया है कि वह अपने बलबूते सरकार बनाएगी। बीजेपी ने कभी यह भी दावा नहीं किया है कि सरकार बनाने के लिए उसके पास सदस्यों की पर्याप्त संख्या है। ऐसे में कौन सी ऐसी परिस्थितियां हैं जिसकी वजह से उपराज्यपाल को अपने पुराने फैसले पर पुनर्विचार करना पड़ा? यदि मीडिया में आ रही खबरे सही है तो उपराज्यपाल ने किस आधार पर सिफारिश की कि बीजेपी को सरकार बनाने का न्यौता मिलना चाहिए? जबकि बीजेपी खुद बहुमत होने का दावा नहीं कर रही है?

ऐसे हालात में , बीजेपी को सरकार बनाने के लिए न्योता देने के एलजी के फैसले से सीधे-सीधे विधायकों की खरीद फरोख्त को बढ़ावा मिलेगा और यह न केवल पूरी तरह असंवैधानिक होगा बल्कि लोकतंत्र की हत्या करने जैसा होगा। राष्ट्रपति महोदय, मैं आपसे गुजारिश करता हूं कि उपराज्यपाल कि असंवैधानिक सिफारिश पर गौर न करते हुए अपने विवेक से दिल्ली विधानसभा को भंग करने और दिल्ली में नए सिरे से चुनाव करना का फैसला ले। दिल्ली की जनता के हक में भी यही है।

बहुत-बहुत धन्यवाद,

भवदीय,

अरविंद केजरीवाल

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J&K MEGA Floods, Third In Himalayas Four Years- Build Dams

7092014

Ravinder Singh

presidentofindia@rb.nic.in manmohan@sansad.nic.inspeakerloksabha@sansad.nic.in supremecourt@nic.in websitemhaweb@nic.in and 33 more…

Today at 11:13 AM

J&K MEGA Floods, Third In Himalayas Four Years- Build Dams
September07, 2014 (C) Ravinder Singh

Floods in Kashmir are third Reminder of Nature to India & Pakistan to
build storage dams as soon as possible.

2010 floods devastated Pakistan – worse than triple disasters of
Earthquake, Tsunami and Nuclear Power Reactors Meltdown in Japan.

Uttarakhand Tragedy was worst in terms of loss of life last year.

Floods in Jammu & Kashmir underway this year are latest reminder to
India and Pakistan to build Multipurpose Dams with Storage to STOP
Floods.

In the following PK river flow data – Jhelum River flows on
September05, 2014 were 310,000 cusecs in to Mangla Dam and Dam
releases were just 15,000 cusecs that SAVED down stream of floods –
controlled releases for Irrigation. Foods in Jhelum were partly
absorbed in Lakes, storages in Mangla Dam on Jhelum River completely
prevented floods over 500,000 cusecs down stream of Mangla Dam in
Pakistan.

1,500,000 Cusec Flows From India 50% Absorbed 4 Storage Dams

Chenab River (Baglihar Dam and other ROR Projects) have no storages –
floods in Pakistan are almost 500,000 cusecs – this doesn’t include
down stream of Dams on Ravi, Beas and Satluj and Medium Rivers like
Tawi which alone was discharging say 200,000 cusecs.

Foods releases from just Three Rivers Chenab, Jhelum and Tawi exceed
1000,000 Cusecs.

Without Four Storage dams Bhakra, Pong, Thein and Mangal Pakistan
would have been hit by over 1.5 million cusecs of CUMULATIVE PEAK
Indus River Floods Just From Indian Side – which is 50% more than 2010
PEAK INDUS FLOWS of around 9,50,000 cusecs.

http://www.wapda.gov.pk/pdf/pressrelease.pdf
http://www.wapda.gov.pk/pdf/flows.pdf

Without Bhakra, Mangla, Pong & Thein Dams Pakistan Punjab Would Have
Been SEVERELY Hit.

UP and Bihar are getting SEVERE floods every year in absence of
Storage Dams in Himalayas in Ganga Dams. Delhi too is VULNERABLE to
floods.

India Has 200000 MW, Pakistan 100000 MW Hydro Potential

Ravinder Singh, National General Secretary.
Sabka Bharat Mission 2019
Y-77, Hauz Khas, New Delhi -110016
Ph: 9650421857, 9718280435
Sabkabharatmission2019@gmail.com
http://www.wapda.gov.pk/pdf/potentialPakistan.pdf
The Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) is vigorously carrying out
feasibility studies and engineering designs for various hydropower
projects with accumulative generation capacity of more than 25000 MW.
Most of these studies are at an advance stage of completion. After the
completion of these projects the installed capacity would rise to
around 42000 MW by the end of the year 2020. Pakistan has been blessed
with ample water resources but could store only 13% of the annual flow
of its rivers. The storage is fast depleting due to sedimentation. In
contrast US has developed 497% storage capacity of annual flow of
River Colorado; Egypt possesses 281% of River Nile and India 35% on
Sutlej-Bias Basin. All these statistics warrant construction of number
of reservoirs to enhance availability of water which stands at 1011
cubic meter per capita. Anything below 1000 cubic meter tantamount to
a crisis situation. The hydropower potential in Pakistan is over
100,000 MW with identified sites of 59000 MW. Currently, studies under
way include Diamer Basha (4500 MW), Bunji (7100 MW) and Kohala (1100
MW) amongst many others.

Pakistan with 185 billion tons of coal reserves, the fourth largest in
the world, is under utilizing this resource. In the overall energy
mix, the share of coal power is only 7% as compared to world average
of 40%. Coal is the main source for producing cheaper electricity and
the Government has decided to enhance the share of coal in the overall
energy mix of upto 18% in 2030. The Government is striving hard to
minimize the gap between consumption and generation of electricity at
affordable rate.

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Australian PM Tony Abbot’s visit in India

7092014

Australia and India priority for boosting investment and trade for mutual benefit in areas of infrastructure, resources, agriculture, manufacturing, health, education,technologies,innovation and skills.Furthermore four MoUs were signed on Nuclear Energy, Sports, Water resources management and Vocational educational and training.

Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi and Prime Minister of Australia Mr. Tony Abbott held talks on various bilateral, regional and multilateral issues. Four covenant were concluded and significant initiatives launched during the visit.

The two Prime Minister’s Signed four MoUs and committed on intensification of cooperation in the following cooperation programmes and projects :-

· Cooperation in the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy – The Prime Ministers welcomed the rapid growth in bilateral relations in recent years, anchored in shared values, expanding economic engagement, converging strategic interests and a growing shared agenda in regional and multilateral institutions.

· MOU on cooperation in Sport – In addition to promoting cooperation in arts and culture, an MOU was signed to promote sports by way of exhibitions, professional training and exchanges.

· Renewed MOU on Water Resources Management – Deliberations were done on the challenge of managing scarce water resources and river basin management which was concluded with extension of the MoU on water cooperation. In addition support was offered by Asutralia for India ’s Ganga rejuvenation efforts.

· MoU on Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) – MOU was signed by both sides for increasing collaboration to develop a quality skills training framework in India .

· CECA – In addition to these MoUs, renewal of Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) was done for an early conclusion of an equitable, balanced, comprehensive and high quality agreement.

· India- Australia Business Summit 2015 – Regular exchange between Indian and Australian business communities was welcomed and convening of an India-Australia Business Summit in Delhi in 2015 was also suggested.

· Martime Security – Discussions were welcomed for promoting maritime security for ongoing disarmament and non-proliferation.

· Energy resources - Both sides agreed on a long-term strategic partnership on energy and resources from Australia and Australia extended its cooperation for coal, LNG, renewables and uranium, iron ore, copper and gold.

· Higher-education – Collaborations on Ph.D. programmes were promoted by way of increased cooperation between Universities for joint degrees and further intensifying exchange programmes. In addition progress was welcomed for ICCR Chairs of Indian Studies in 5 universities in Australia to support establishment of Nalanda University Chair in Environmental Studies.

· International Summits - Due commitment and support was extended by both countries on G20 Summit, East Asia Summit (EAS), ASEAN Regional Forum, Asia Europe Meeting, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum (APEC), and Indian Ocean Regional Association (IORA).

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Letter seeking effective curbs on crimes against women

Respected friends

Vandematram

Subject: Demand Letter seeking effective curbs on crimes against women and burgeoning illegal trade of drugs and vulgarity; and invitation for an Open Debate at Constitution Club, New Delhi

You must be aware that illegal/legal trade of different addictions (drugs, liquor, tobacco and others) and vulgarity or nudity through films, electronic and print media or websites is taking place (or being calculatedly run) by Indian or foreign individuals/organisations in our country. The trade has assumed the gigantic form. It is no more a secrete now that a number of market forces are calculatedly trying to damage the intelligence of your youth, family institution and the social fabric. This is a deep-rooted conspiracy causing huge damage to the nation. During the last a few years not only different Commissions, Committees or social organisations, but also the Supreme Court has advised to curb all those who are running or expanding this illegal trade. The efforts in this direction on the part of the government are almost nil and the society is fast degrading.

Armed with the research and studies conducted by Maulik Bharat Trust and hundreds of our associated organisations we jointly place the following demands before the government:

1. The production and sell of any kinds of drug should be made fully transparent and the transaction should be allowed only through debit/credit cards.

2. An effective mechanism for putting a control/ban on addictions should be ensured by bringing all the laws related to different addictions in the Concurrent List.

3. An effective mechanism with exemplary action should be evolved and implemented punishing all those who are involved in production or trade of different illegal drugs.

4. An extensive campaign be conducted in all educational and health institutions to educate the people about the harms of the drugs.

5. All Ministries in coordination with other ministries should formulate and implement a collective action plan so that the Indian and Constitutional values could be saved.

6. A campaign should be launched to identity and take strict action against all those government officials who due to any reason ignore the activities of the people involved in illegal trade of production, distribution or sell of the drugs.

7. The vulgar material damaging the Indian cultural ethos through films, advertisements, television, print media and any other medium of communication should be banned forthwith. Definition of vulgarity should be made clear. Apart from it, the producers, directors, photographers and artists involved in any kind of nude/vulgar scene, photo, painting or business should be banned and action should be taken against them.

8. The porn websites being made available in India through foreign websites should be blocked immediately as has been done by China. All internet service providers should be forced to set up their servers in our country.

9. India should withdraw its permission granted through the United Nations Organisations to allow porn sites in India.

10. All steps, which protect the dignity of women and provide healthy atmosphere to children and adolescents for development should be taken.

In order to understand the policies and intention of the government in this regard Maulik Bharat has decided to organise on Open Debate at Constitution Club, Rafi Marg, New Delhi, on September 27 at 10 am. You are requested to kindly attend the function and provide your valuable suggestions.

Please provide your written consent to support our initiative and sanction for attending the function so that we can make proper arrangements.

Thanks

Waiting for positive action

All members of the Maulik Bharat Trust and associated organisations

www.maulikbharat.org

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Dated: September 7, 2014

(Jaladhikar Sangathan, National Youth Party, Hindu Jagriti Manch, Jaihind Manch, Sanskar Bharati, Vishwa Hindu Mahasangh, Muslim Ekta Manch, Bharat Swabhiman, Ramanuja Mission Trust and hundreds of other organisation)

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Maoists blow up tracks, goods train derails in Jharkhand:

A goods train derailed after Maoists blew up a stretch of railway tracks between Latehar and Bendi railway stations in the Latehar district in Jharkhand early today. The rebels damaged the tracks around wee hours nearly 2 AM causing the derailment of the coal-laden goods wagon, the police said.

One killed in Yemen as police disperse demonstration

A Yemeni man was shot dead and several others wounded as police tried to disperse Shi’ite Muslim Houthi protesters blocking the road between the capital and Sanaa airport, AFP reported, citing demonstrators. Police used tear gas and water cannon against the protesters, who were camped along the road near the interior ministry. The escalation of weeks of protests reportedly came after demonstrators ignored the demand to clear the area, and apparently after some approached a checkpoint leading to the nearby ministry. Tens of thousands of Houthis have been camping around Sanaa demanding the resignation of the government, which they accuse of corruption.

Arab League set to combat Islamic State militants

The Arab League will take all necessary measures to combat Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria, the foreign ministers of the organization agreed at a meeting in Cairo on Sunday. Arab League chief Nabil al-Arabi suggested that military action may be conducted under the umbrella of the organization’s joint defense pact. However, it is not clear whether the Arab League’s commitment will include direct military involvement in Iraq and Syria. The foreign ministers also endorsed the UN Security Council’s August resolution which called to suppress the flow of fighters and financing to IS and other extremist groups in the region. In a statement, the Arab League for the first time called on Syrian opposition groups to hold talks with President Bashar Assad’s forces, in an effort to create a reconciliation government.

15 Ukrainian soldiers freed by local militia in Donetsk

The local militia in Donetsk freed 15 Ukrainian soldiers from Cherkas and the 40th battalion of the ground defense, said Boris Filatov, deputy head of the Dnepropetrovsk region, on his Facebook page. “The Donetsk side releases captives at our demand without exchange of additional conditions,” he added. The process was guided by the head of the center of the prisoners’ exchange – Col. Gen. of Ukraine’s army reserve, Vladimir Rubin – according to Filatov. Earlier, the first two captives were freed by local militia in Lughansk region, according to the Ukrainian president’s press secretary, Svyatoslav Tsegolko. The exchange of captives falls under the ceasefire protocol signed by the two conflicting sides on Friday in Minsk.

Czech Republic to supply ammunition to Kurdish authorities

The Czech Republic will supply Iraq’s Kurds with ammunition worth over US$2 million, Czech Foreign Minister Lubomir Zaoralek said in televised statement on Sunday, as quoted by RIA Novosti. “Right after Iraq’s new government begins its work, which is planned for September 14, I will visit the country for talks on the supply of weapons, the first tranche of which has already been approved by the Czech government. The cost of the first delivery is over 40 million korunas (or $2 million), but it is gratuitous on our part,” Zaoralek said. On Wednesday, US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said that Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Croatia, Canada, and Albania will provide “arms and equipment” to Kurdistan, northern Iraq, which joined the central Baghdad government in the fight against Islamic State militants, formerly known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIS/ISIL).

Malaysia urges MH17 investigators to begin work at crash site

Malaysian officials are urging an international experts team to launch their work at the MH17 crash site in Ukraine as soon as possible. Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak said on Saturday that it was important to get to the crash area before the arrival of winter. The PM stated that Malaysia had convincing intelligence data about the crash causes, but stressed it was necessary to collect evidence at the crash site – which might be more difficult in the winter season. A Malaysian team of 30 investigators is expected to arrive in Ukraine early next week. The group will include Malaysian Defense Minister Hishammuddin Hussein and various divers who will scan the lake at the crash site.

2 NATO warships enter Black Sea – report

Two NATO warships, Canadian frigate Toronto and Spain’s Almirante Juan de Borbon have entered Black Sea waters over the weekend, Itar Tass news agency reported referring to its military diplomatic source. The ships will take part in the international Sea Breeze drill, conducting exercises from September 8 to 10. On Friday, another two NATO warships, the French Navy ship Commandant Birot and the US destroyer Ross, entered the area. It is expected that the drill will also involve Turkish and Romanian frigates, as well as a Georgian patrol boat.

Muslim cleric Abu Qatada condemns ISIS beheadings

The Muslim cleric Abu Qatada has criticized the Islamic State (formerly known as ISIS) jihadists for the beheading of two US journalists, saying that the killings contradict Islamic teaching. Qatada is awaiting the verdict of an Amman court in Jordan for his role in an alleged terrorist plan to blow up American, Israeli and other Western tourists during the 2000-millennium celebrations. He allegedly told reporters waiting outside the court that journalists are “messengers of truth” and that killing them is against religious teachings, according to the BBC.

PM Abe in first Japanese state visit to Sri Lanka in 24 years

Shinzo Abe arrived in Sri Lanka on Sunday for the first visit of a Japanese prime minister to Sri Lanka in 24 years. Japan’s leader was greeted at Colombo’s airport by Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa. His visit pre-empts Chinese President Xi Jinping, who will travel to Sri Lanka and India later this month. This is Abe’s second leg of a South Asian tour to assert Tokyo’s influence in a region where China is now playing a bigger role.

Ebola lockdown in Sierra Leone will not help says MSF

A three-day lockdown in Sierra Leone to help combat Ebola, which is planned to start on September 19, will not help contain the virus according to the medical charity, Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF). MSF said a forced lockdown would push people underground, destroy trust between doctors and the public and ultimately help spread the disease. Officials in Sierra Leone say the lockdown will help health workers isolate new cases.7

Seven Afghan men sentenced to death for gang rape

Seven Afghani men have been found guilty of kidnapping, attacking and gang raping four women who were returning to Kabul after a wedding on August 23. Violence against women is common in Afghanistan but barely receives as much attention as this case, which has seen President Karzai call for the men’s deaths. The men were wearing police uniforms when they stopped a convoy of cars, pulled the women out and attacked them, according to local police.

Russian director Konchalovsky’s film wins Silver Lion in Venice

Renowned Russian director Andrey Konshalovsky’s film “The Postman’s White Nights” has won the Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival. Konchalovsky’s movie is a mix of a feature and a documentary, and its main character is postman Alexey from a small village near Arkhangelsk in northern Russia. It took about a year and 50 people to find the right one for the role, Itar-Tass news agency cited the director as saying. “This is just an attempt to make a film using other methods, inexpensively and independently from the market as much as possible so as not to be accountable to anyone for what you are doing,”Konchalovsky stated.

US citizen to be tried in North Korea for unspecified crime next Sunday

Matthew Miller, one of three American citizens currently held captive in North Korea, will be put on trial on September 14 for “perpetrating hostile acts.” Miller was arrested in April, when he tore up his visa at the immigration desk and demanded political asylum -according to an official statement from Pyongyang. Less than a week ago Miller and two other Americans, Jeffrey Fowle and Kenneth Bae, made a video address in an interview with CNN, something very unusual for the North Korean prison system, with a plea to the US government to send a special envoy to the isolated state to negotiate their release, AFP reports. US State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki refused to disclose American diplomatic moves to release the prisoners, saying Washington did not want to jeopardise efforts.

2,000 people evacuated as Hurricane Norbert hits Mexico

More than 2,000 people were evacuated and a fishing village of 7,000 residents suffered severe flooding, as Hurricane Norbert came close to Mexico’s Pacific coast on Saturday, according to officials cited by AFP. With winds of up to 185 km/h (115 miles per hour), the storm increased to a category three hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale, according to the US National Weather Service. It has, however, been moving away from the west coast of the Baja California peninsula. It’s expected that the storm will weaken in the next 24 hours.

Malaysia sending MH17 crash investigators to Ukraine

The Malaysian government is sending a team of 30 police officers and experts to the MH17 crash site in eastern Ukraine on September 8 to investigate the reasons behind the accident, chief of police Khalid Abu Bakar said. Another group made up of 50 people will follow later. Bakar did not specify when the experts could be granted access to the crash site. Around the same time, Malaysia’s Defense Minister Hishamuddin Hussein will be visiting Ukraine. “The main objective of the trip will be to gain secure access for experts to the crash site. We hope that the Ukrainian government and self-defense forces will allow us to do that,” he said. Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, crashed in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk Region on July 17, killing all 298 people on board.

Libya in row with Sudan over plane that ‘breached airspace to arm terrorists’

Libya accused Sudan of arming terrorists and expelled the country’s military attaché on Saturday, a government statement said. The Libyan government added that a Sudanese military transport plane under the control of a militant group had entered its airspace, with the intention of supplying a “terrorist group” with ammunition. “This work from the Sudanese state violates [the sovereignty] of the State of Libya and interferes with its affairs,” the Libyan statement said, claiming that Sudan is actually “supporting a terrorist group.”According to Libya, the Sudanese plane was on its way to Tripoli-Matiga airportafter making a refueling stop in the Libyan desert oasis Kufra near the border with Sudan. Sudan has confirmed that it sent a military plane, but denied it was meant to support non-state militant groups, stating that the plane was carrying equipment for a joint Libyan-Sudanese border force.

Storms leave 600,000 without power in Michigan, Illinois

More than 600,000 homes in Michigan and Illinois were left without power after heavy winds and lightning ripped through the northwestern US, killing at least two people, officials said. A woman from Illinois died after sustaining heavy injuries from a falling tree, while a Michigan man was electrocuted after coming into contact with a power line, Reuters reported. Around 350,000 homes were left without power in southeastern Michigan on Saturday, according to DTE Energy Co spokesman Scott Simons. More than 174,000 customers in Illinois were left without electricity after Friday’s storms, the Commonwealth Edison reported.

Ukraine, US to begin military exercises in Black Sea

The Ukrainian and US navies will take part in a joint exercise called “Sea Breeze 2014” on September 8-10 in the northwestern part of the Black Sea, Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense said on its website on Friday. Around 280 US servicemen will participate in the drills. The exercises will include representatives from five countries – including Georgia, Romania and Turkey – as well as the Standing NATO Maritime Group TWO Task Unit 02 (including Canadian, Spanish, and Romanian ships). The planned military exercises are said to be focused on how interdiction operations could enhance maritime security.

Scottish independence supporters take lead in polls

For the first time since the “Yes” and “Better Together” campaigns began competing ahead of the September 18 referendum, Scotland’s independence supporters on Saturday took a slight lead in a media poll. According to the YouGov survey for the Sunday Times newspaper, there were 51 percent of “Yes” voters against 49 percent of those who rejected independence from the UK.

Somalia’s al-Shabaab names new leader after US airstrike

Al-Qaeda-linked Islamists in Somalia confirmed Saturday that their leader, Ahmed Godane, was killed in a US airstrike earlier this week, adding that they have named a new leader Abu Ubeid Ahmed Omar. Omar is believed to be an assumed name, and the new leader’s real name is not known.US forces hit Godane’s camp in south-central Somalia with Hellfire missiles and laser guided bombs. The Pentagon did not confirm the death until Friday.

Estonian officer in 2 month pre-trial detention in Russia on suspicion of spying

Eston Kohver, a serviceman of the Estonian Interior Ministry who was detained at the Russian border on Friday, has been placed in pre-trial detention for two months, according to Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB). Moscow’s Lefortovo court confirmed Kohver’s arrest on Saturday. He faces 10 to 20 years in prison if convicted. Kohver was detained in Pskov Region, which borders Estonia and Latvia. The FSB said he was carrying equipment for covert video recording, a loaded gun, and other “intelligence related” materials. Meanwhile, Tallinn claims that Kohver was abducted from Estonian territory.

25 killed in Syrian air force attack on Islamic State

The Syrian government launched a number of airstrikes targeting a stronghold of Islamic State extremists Saturday, killing at least 25 people. Eight airstrikes smashed into buildings in the northeastern city of Raqqa, which is completely controlled by the Islamist group. At least 16 civilians were killed in the attack, as well as nine Islamic State fighters, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which obtains information from a network of activists on the ground. Raqqa, a city of 500,000 on the banks of the Euphrates, has been virtually out of bounds to journalists since it was captured by the Islamic State earlier this year.

Egyptian president appeals for patience over power cuts

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi urged Egyptians on Saturday to be patient in the face of power cuts, after two days of electricity disruption in Cairo, saying that massive investment was needed in order to solve the problem. Egypt has suffered blackouts throughout the summer, caused by high demand for fans and air conditioning systems, as well as a lack of fuel for diesel generators. Sisi said the Egyptian electrical sector needs massive investment, adding that the problem “is not something that can be solved overnight.”

Flood death toll passes 200 in India, Pakistan

More than 200 people have been killed in extensive flooding across large swathes of northern India and Pakistan, reports say. At least 110 people died in downpours in Pakistani Kashmir and the Punjab, and another 100 people perished in Indian Kashmir, as heavy rain caused landslides and washed away houses. The regions of northern India and northeast Pakistan are suffering their worst flooding in twenty years and the full extent of the death toll is not yet clear.

Libyan army kills at least 200 militants ahead of Benghazi op

At least two hundred militants have been killed in two days as the army plans to storm militias currently in control of Benghazi, said Col. Mohammed Hijazi, a spokesman for the self-declared Libyan National Army, as cited by ITAR-TASS. He also denied reports that militants had taken over Benina International Airport near Benghazi, the country’s second largest city. According to the colonel, the Benghazi militants, who include members of the jihadist Ansar al Sharia group, will be joined by reinforcements from the Misrata Brigades and Islamic State militants. More than two weeks ago renegade general, Khalifa Haftar, launched a ground and air assault against Islamist groups in Benghazi. After the fall of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, there have been numerous clashes between rival militia groups in the region.

At least 36 killed in Tanzania bus crash

Police in Tanzania say that at least 36 people have been killed and dozens more injured after two buses collided in the north west of the country. The incident happened on Friday in Butiama, which is about 1,400 kilometers from the commercial capital Dar es Salaam. Traffic accidents are common in Tanzania, while police data shows that a total of 1,878 people were killed in road accidents last year.

Malaysia ready to present MH17 crash evidence in court

Malaysia has stated that its intelligence reports on the MH17 flight crash are “pretty conclusive” and they are now preparing physical evidence to show in court. “First of all, we do have the intelligence reports [on] what happened to MH17 and the reports are pretty conclusive,” said Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak at a news conference with Australian premier Tony Abbott on his first official visit to Malaysia. The preliminary report on the crash is due on Tuesday.

6.1 quake shakes Easter island

A 6.1-magnitude earthquake has hit Easter Island, 502 kilometers from the Hanga Roa administrative area, the only residential part of the island. No damage or tsunami threat has been reported, according to the US Geological Survey.

44 killed, 18 missing in southwest China floods

Massive flooding in western China has left 44 people dead and 18 others missing, the country’s Civil Affairs Ministry reported, as cited by AP. Huge damage has also been dealt to homes and crops. The flooding was caused by heavy rain since August 31, with the provinces of Sichuan and Guizhou affected by the disaster. A major center, the city of Chongqing suffered as well, with all but one of the deaths occurring there, and where all of the missing were reported.

Bahrain prolongs activist’s custody despite plea from UN – lawyer

A court in Bahrain ruled on Saturday that Maryam al-Khawaja, a prominent human rights activist, be kept in prison for an extra ten days despite a UN call for her release, according to her lawyer Mohammad al-Jishi, AFP reports. Al-Khawaja is the Bahraini co-director of the Gulf Center for Human Rights and has Danish as well as Bahraini nationality. She was arrested on August 30 in connection with an alleged assault on a police officer at the airport in Manama; the judge ordered that she be kept in custody on the same charge.

Truck carrying 50 tons of ammonium nitrate explodes in Australia:

A road train carrying explosives rolled over and caught fire in Australia’s Queensland, near Charleville. Drivers from two passer-by vehicles managed to pull the wounded driver out of the truck and called police and firefighters. When emergency services arrived at the scene, all 50 tons of the ammonium nitrate the road train was loaded with detonated in two consecutive explosions. The blasts were so powerful, that according to a police officer, the truck carrying explosives “disintegrated”, two firefighter vehicles were destroyed and a part of the Mitchell Highway, including a small bridge over a creek suffered “catastrophic” damage. Yet there were no casualties in the incident that left four firefighters wounded. Also injured were a police officer, two locals and the driver of the truck, who suffered worst of all and was airlifted to Brisbane hospital.

“Certainly to have eight people in a major explosion like that alive today – and we’ll eventually talk to all of them – that is a very good miracle,” said Tom Wilson, Assistant Fire Commissioner for the southwest region.

Russia to supply Sukhoi SuperJet regional jets to Vietnam

The Russian-Vietnamese bilateral intergovernmental commission has reached an agreement to supply two Vietnamese air carriers, Vietnam Airlines and VietJet Air, with fly-by-wire Sukhoi SuperJet passenger jets, Deputy Minister of Industry Viktor Petukhov announced. There was a period in the talks when it seemed that negotiations had stalled, said the Russian official, but finally Vietnam’s delegation agreed to buy the jets. The meeting of the Russian-Vietnamese intergovernmental commission is an annual event; last time it convened in October 2013 in Vietnam’s capital Hanoi. This year the commission was held in Russia’s Vladivostok, on Russky Island, which is connected to the mainland by the world’s largest cable-stayed bridge.

Freighter ship sinks in Russia’s Amur river

A freighter ship carrying 380 tons of cargo sank in the Amur river, in the Khabarovsk region of Russia’s Far East, according to local police, cited by RIA Novosti. All the ship’s crew of eight was rescued. No fuel leak was reported at the site. The ship of 500 gross tonnage was on its way from Khabarovsk to the city of Nikolaevsk-on-Amur, when the accident happened on Saturday morning. It’s not immediately clear why the vessel sank.

N.Korea launches more missiles into Sea of Japan

South Korea reported a new series of North Korean launches of their short-range ballistic missiles into the neutral waters of the Sea of Japan. The launches took place on Saturday morning between 07:00 and 07:30 local time (Friday 22:00-22:30 GMT) from Chagang province bordering China in the north and from a position near the coastal city of Wŏnsan. The missiles flew about 210 kilometers before ditching in the Sea of Japan. South Korean experts believe these were new missiles, different from North Korea’s existing KN-2 short-range ballistic missiles and the 300mm multiple rocket launcher system Pyongyang already has. There have been 19 launches so far this year -111 missiles altogether. The last launch occurred on September 1.

Iraq refiles case over ‘stranded’ Kurdish crude oil

Iraq has appealed a Texas court decision as it seeks to obtain control over $100 million of Kurdish crude oil on a tanker off the state’s coast, Reuters reports. Originally, the court ruled it did not have jurisdiction over the cargo – intended for prospective buyers – because the ship was in international waters. Baghdad, however, argues that the Americans can seize it because the case is regarding business in the US. The Iraqi government claims it, and not the Kurds, has the rights to all of the country’s oil.

US renews Cuban embargo for another year

US President Barack Obama has extended the trade embargo against Cuba for another year. “I believe that the extension of the embargo against Cuba for one year [is] for the national interests of the United States,”Obama said in a message to the Secretaries of State and Treasury. The US began imposing economic penalties on Cuba when Fidel Castro seized power in 1959 and nationalized property owned by American individuals and corporations. The measures were ratcheted up three years later by the US government to a full embargo on Cuba.

US jets hit ISIS targets in Iraq over 130 times

US jets have bombed various areas under the Islamic State’s (formerly ISIS/ISIL) control 131 times in Iraq since August 8, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said. The strikes targeted locations near the Mosul Dam and were in support of Erbil operations. “In total, the strikes destroyed an ISIL observation post, one ISIL Humvee, one ISIL armed vehicle, one ISIL truck, and three ISIL mortar positions. All aircraft exited the strike areas safely,”CENTCOM said. The Islamic State began attracting worldwide attention this summer as it made rapid territorial gains in western and northern Iraq, threatening religious and ethnic minorities with death unless they converted to their extreme brand of Islam.

Lufthansa cancels over 200 flights ahead of pilots’ strike in Frankfurt

Lufthansa has canceled more than 200 short-haul flights ahead of a planned six-hour strike by pilots at Germany’s Frankfurt airport, its main hub. The Vereinigung Cockpit union called pilots on Lufthansa’s short-haul fleet out on strike from 5pm to 11pm (1500 to 2100 GMT) on Friday, AP said. The pilots are demanding that Lufthansa keep paying a transition payment for those wanting to retire early, while the airline wants to cut those payments. They are also asking for a salary increase of 10 percent. Last week, a strike was staged at Lufthansa’s Germanwings subsidiary.

EU may give Russia days before new sanctions

The EU is ready to impose new economic sanctions on Russia on Friday, but will wait to give Moscow time as a proposed ceasefire is expected in Ukraine, Reuters said, citing diplomatic sources. It was not immediately clear how long it would hold off. If peace holds then the package might not be implemented at all, the sources say. Two diplomats said the EU could give Russia a week, and another spoke of 72 hours. Envoys from EU member states are meeting in Brussels on Friday to discuss the details of a sanctions package

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Cellphones to be charged with sound

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On a quest for optimum utilisation of abundant energy around us, a group of scientist have been successful in converting the sound of traffic, roar in stadium, music, or the conversation on phone itself into electricity.

Utilising zinc oxide nanorods, a team of Queen Mary’s University and Microsoft were successful to create a prototype device similar the size of Nokia Lumia 925 that generates 5 volt of electricity, sufficient enough to charge a mobile phone

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3 foreigners arrested in Iran over suspect trip to Iraq – report

Three foreigners traveling through Iran have been detained under the suspicion of planning to join the extremists Islamic State group in neighboring Iraq, AP said. Iranian border guards stopped several travelers en route to Iraq and had “three cases of arrests,” the Iran daily on Tuesday quoted Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli as saying. Fazli said Afghan and Pakistani nationals were arrested. It was not clear when or where the arrests happened.

Suicide blast kills at least 12 civilians in Somalia

A suicide bomber associated with the Al-Shabab extremist group killed at least 12 people and wounded more than 20 others in Somalia on Monday, Al Jazeera reports. The attack – the most deadly move by the group since American airstrikes killed its leader last week – targeted African Union troops in the region, though it was civilians that were killed in the blast. Among the dead were four Americans.

Flood toll in Kashmir in India, in Pakistan rises to more than 500

The death toll from devastating floods in India and Pakistan rose to 500 on Tuesday,media reported. A rescue effort is underway in the divided mountainous region of Kashmir after monsoon rains submerged hundreds of villages. Rajesh Kumar, police inspector general for the Jammu region on the Indian side, said the toll had risen to around 250. Another 266 people were confirmed dead on the Pakistan side. Hundreds of thousands more are still stranded, some “neck-deep” in water after the deadliest flooding in over half a century, according to authorities.

EU adopts new sanctions against Russia to come into force in ‘next few days’

A new package of sanctions against Russia has been adopted by the EU. Previous reports said the “further restrictive measures” were aimed at targeting three major oil companies, as well as the defense sector.

Fourth Ebola patient to be brought to US for treatment

A fourth person infected with the Ebola virus is to be brought to the US from West Africa for treatment. Emory University Hospital in Atlanta said the patient is expected to arrive Tuesday morning, and will be treated in an isolation unit. “We are bound by patient confidentiality and have no information regarding the status of the incoming patient,”Emory said in a statement. The World Health Organization says the patient is a doctor who has been working in an Ebola treatment center in Sierra Leone. Two aid workers who contracted Ebola while working in Liberia were treated successfully last month at Emory. A third patient is being treated at a Nebraska hospital.

Explosion injures 8 people in Chile

At least eight people were injured when a bomb exploded next to a fast food restaurant in Santiago, Chile on Monday. The restaurant is adjacent to a metro station. Authorities are investigating the blast, which occurred at around 2 p.m. local time. Two people were seriously injured, while some others suffered hearing loss. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, which the Chilean government has called a “terrorist act.”Police believe that two suspects who planted the device escaped in a car.

EU could postpone new sanctions against Russia

The EU could postpone the introduction of a new package of sanctions against Russia, ITAR-TASS reported, citing a diplomatic source at a mission of one of the West European states. The European Commission earlier said it expected the package of sanctions to get its final approval on Monday. “The package is due to be formally adopted by the member states through written procedure later today,” RIA Novosti quoted Commission spokeswoman Pia Ahrenkilde Hansen as saying.

Arab League countries to combat Islamic State

The Arab League has said its member states have agreed to combat, individually or collectively, the Islamic State group and other militants in the region, AP reported. The group issued a resolution on Monday after late-night meetings a day earlier. The documents do not explicitly back American military action against the militants. However, it said immediate measures to combat the group will be implemented on political, defense, security and legal levels.

Pope Francis accepts resignation of head of Irish church

The resignation of the head of the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland has been accepted by Pope Francis, the Vatican said on Monday. Cardinal Sean Brady announced his plan to retire in August, just before he turned 75, at which age all bishops must offer their resignation, Reuters said. Brady became embroiled in a child sex abuse scandal when a BBC television documentary in 2012 said he had failed to warn parents their children were being sexually abused by a priest in 1975. Brady will be succeeded by Monsignor Eamonn Martin, 52. Martin was appointed last year as “coadjutor” archbishop of Armagh, an important diocese in Northern Ireland whose archbishop has the title “Primate of All Ireland.”

3 German men arrested in Frankfurt over Al-Shabaab links

Three German men suspected of being members of the Somalian terrorist organization Al-Shabaab were arrested at Frankfurt Airport, prosecutors said Monday. They attempted to re-enter the country on Saturday, after landing in Frankfurt from Kenya. The men are suspected of membership in a foreign terrorist organization and of preparing an act of violence in connection with their time in Somalia, the Federal Prosecutor’s Office said. However, prosecutors say “there is no evidence the suspects had made any concrete preparations or plans for attacks” in Europe.

Ruling coalition in Poland backs parliament speaker Kopacz for PM – spokeswoman

Both parties in Poland’s governing coalition back parliamentary speaker Ewa Kopacz to be the next prime minister, Reuters quoted an aide to the Polish president as saying on Monday. Janusz Piechocinski, the leader of the junior partner in the coalition, visited President Bronislaw Komorowski earlier on Monday and expressed his support for Kopacz, according to presidential spokeswoman Joanna Trzaska-Wieczorek. Prime Minister Donald Tusk will step down to take up the post of president of the European Council. His Civic Platform party has already backed Kopacz to succeed him.

Suicide bomber kills 16 at Sunni tribal gathering in Iraq

A suicide bomber killed at least 16 people at a meeting between security forces and Sunni militiamen in a small town north of Baghdad on Monday, AP reported, citing Iraqi officials. The bomber drove his explosives-laden Humvee into the gathering of a major Sunni tribe, the Al-Jabour, in Duluiyah, some 80km north of Baghdad. The bombing was followed by clashes with militants who tried to seize the town, which fell to the Islamic State for two days in July.

Islamist rebels in Somalia pledge allegiance to new leader

Militants of the Somali Islamist group Al-Shabaab have pledged allegiance to their new leader after his predecessor was killed. They said the enemies would reap the “bitter fruits” of revenge after Ahmed Godane’s killing, Reuters reported. Al-Shabaab confirmed he was killed by a US airstrike in a raid last Monday. Sheikh Ahmed Umar Abu Ubaida will replace him to head the group, which wants to impose its strict version of Islam on Somalia. The group also reaffirmed its allegiance to Al-Qaeda.

Taliban suicide bomber kills 3 policemen in southern Afghanistan

A Taliban suicide bomber has killed a district police chief and his two guards in southern Kandahar province, AP quoted officials as saying on Monday. The attack took place the previous day at the police headquarters in Arghistan district, according to Samim Khpolwak, spokesman for the provincial governor in Kandahar. The police chief, Abdul Manaf, and two policemen who served as his bodyguards died in the blast. Six other officers were wounded. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, the movement’s spokesman, Qari Yousef Ahmadi, said.

Israel rejects New Zealand envoy, sparks diplomatic row

New Zealand officials say the country’s new ambassador was rejected by Israel because he’s also an envoy to the Palestinian Authority, AP said. Jonathan Curr was due to travel to Israel in the coming days to present his papers. Israel’s embassy in Wellington said Monday that the matter was a “protocol principle” applicable to all ambassadors to Israel. New Zealand Prime Minister John Key said he was gathering “more information on the issue.” New Zealand’s ambassadors in Turkey have been responsible for covering several areas of the Middle East since 2008.

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Sonam Kapoor and Fawad Khan get the party started

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Sonam Kapoor and Fawad Khan get the party started at the music launch of India’s first Disney romance – Khoobsurat!

Mumbai, 6th September: Disney India & Anil Kapoor Film Company launched the high energy music album of the highly anticipated movie Disney’s Khoobsurat, the country’s first modern day romance, starring Disney Girl Sonam Kapoor along with heartthrob Fawad Khan.

A fairytale romance without some great music is incomplete, the music album was launched in the company of some young and the talented musicians in Bollywood who have contributed to the album like, Sneha Khanwalkar who has composed the music for the film, Sunidhi Chauhan, Sona Mohapatra, Jasleen, Badshah and Armaan Mallik who have lent their voices to the songs.

The music launch event held at Royalty Club in Bandra, Mumbai saw the talented bunch give some incredible live performances as Sonam and Fawad joined them and grooved to the tracks, which certainly got the party started!

The album of Khoobsurat is a great mix of a variety of tracks ranging from Folk, rap and romantic numbers. While “Engine Ki Seethi” rendered by Sunidhi Chauhan has found its way to every girl’s locker-room , “Abhi Toh Party Shuru Hui Hai” ,composed by UK pop sensation Badshah has become the party anthem of the season, ‘Preet’ sung by India’s got Talent contestant Jasleen is romantic number and with ‘Maa Ka Phone'; which is a fun and melodramatic take on mothers and ‘Bal Khade’ the quirkiest tracks of the season have arrived!

The Khoobsurat team also unveiled a fresh new track ‘Naina’ a soulful number by Sona Mohapatra and Armaan Mallik,composed by Armaan';s brother Amaal Mallik,with lyrics by Kumaar which was launched on this occasion.

“The music of Khoobsurat has something in it for everyone, just the like movie which will appeal to all ages. The music helps convey the emotions and situations between the characters and will leave you with a tear, smile, and ample laughs all in true Disney style”, says co-producer Rhea Kapoor.

Disney’s Khoobsurat starring Sonam Kapoor & Fawad Khan along with Ratna Pathak,Kiron Kher and others comes to a theater near you on 19th September 2014.

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Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) and Tajik President Emomali Rahmon sign a joint declaration on further developing and deepening China-Tajikistan strategic partnership in Dushanbe, capital of Tajikistan, Sept. 13, 2014.
Following their talks, Xi and Rahmon signed a joint declaration on further developing and deepening China-Tajikistan strategic partnership.

They witnessed the signing of a number of cooperative documents in economic and trade, agriculture, energy, infrastructure construction and other fields.

At a joint press conference after their meeting, Xi described his talks with Rahmon as fruitful and said they had reached broad consensus.

Developing a bilateral strategic partnership featuring enduring friendship, equality, mutual benefit and win-win cooperation is the common aspiration of the two peoples and a historic choice, and it also meets the demands of our times, said Xi.

China is a sincere and reliable friend of Tajikistan, he said, adding that China will consistently push forward bilateral friendly cooperation and firmly support Tajikistan to choose its own development path in line with its national conditions.

No matter how the global and regional situation shifts, China will always support Tajikistan to safeguard its sovereignty, security and development, Xi said, adding that the two states will be good neighbors, good friends and good partners forever.

Rahmon said Xi’s visit has injected new vigor into the development of bilateral relationship.

He fully agreed with Xi’s proposals on enhancing bilateral cooperation, saying China’s development has brought the hope of peace and development opportunities to the region and the world.

“Tajikistan is willing to be a sincere partner and a close brother of China,” he said, pledging to advance bilateral friendship from generation to generation.

Tajikistan is the first leg of Xi’s ongoing four-country Asia trip, which will also take him to Maldives, Sri Lanka and India.

Chinese President Xi Jinping left Dushanbe for the Maldives on Sunday morning after attending the 14th summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and paying a state visit to Tajikistan. In the summit, Xi suggested the SCO members launch consultation on an anti-extremism convention and initiate studies on a mechanism for actions against internet terrorism.

He also called on the SCO members to entrust the group’s Regional Counter-Terrorism Structure (RCTS) with a new function to combat drug trafficking at an early date.

Among the major outcomes of the summit, leaders of the SCO members signed the Dushanbe Declaration, ratified two documents that define the basic principles of membership enlargement, and passed a resolution on the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II.

They also inked a deal on the facilitation of international road transport among the SCO member states.

During his state visit to Tajikistan, Xi held separate talks with Tajik President Emomali Rahmon, Speaker of the Lower House Shukurjon Zuhurov and Prime Minister Qohir Rasulzoda.

The two sides passed a five-year development plan for China-Tajikistan strategic partnership.

Xi and Rahmon also attended the groundbreaking ceremony of the Tajikistan section of Line-D of the Central Asia-China gas pipelines.

- Visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Tajik counterpart Emomali Rahmon on Saturday attended the construction commencement ceremony of the Tajikistan section of Line-D of the China-Central Asia Gas Pipelines.

The 1000-km-long Line-D, one of China’s major energy cooperation projects in Central Asia, will run from Turkmenistan across Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan to China, with an expected delivery capacity of 30 billion cubic meters (bcm) of natural gas every year once construction is completed in 2016.

Tajikistan is the first leg of Xi’s four-nation Asia tour, which will also take him to the Maldives, Sri Lanka and India. Media agencies

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Scotland independence campaigns

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People debate heats up on both sides on Scotland’s independence,the debate have taken to the streets on the final weekend before the referendum.The Voters to cast ballots on September 18th to decide if Scotland should leave the United Kingdom. Campaigners in Glasgow appealed to shoppers as they distributed stickers and leaflets.

A new public opinion survey released on Saturday found 54 percent of respondents backed independence and 46 percent opposed it. But another poll conducted by the NO campaign showed that unionists came out ahead.

Political and business figures have been trading claims about the impact independence would have on the economy. Executives at some firms say secession will hurt Scotland.
On the other hand diversion view of the activists say they will not give in to threats by big companies.

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Islamic State kills British hostage

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Islamic State jihadists have released a video which they claim shows the beheading of a 44-year-old British aid worker, David Haines, who has been held hostage since his abduction last year.

The masked man in the latest video released across social media on Saturday night claims that Haines was killed because of UK Prime Minister David Cameron’s pledge to arm Kurdish forces in order to battle the jihadist group, according to reports.

“This British man has to pay the price for your promise, Cameron, to arm the Peshmerga against the Islamic State,” the executioner said, according to liveleak.

“My name is David Cawthorne Haines,” the hostage reportedly said before the execution.

“I would like to declare that I hold you, David Cameron, entirely responsible for my execution. You entered voluntarily into a coalition with the United States against the Islamic State, just as your predecessor, Tony Blair, did, following a trend amongst our British Prime Ministers who can’t find the courage to say no to the Americans.”

Haines has made a successful career as a humanitarian aid worker since 1999 and has worked in conflict zones in Africa, the Balkans and the Middle East. Haines’ employer said last week in a statement: “A man’s life should never be threatened on account of his humanitarian commitment.”

Islamic State militant group released video footage of the killing of a man believed to be a British aid worker. ISIS group, which is expanding its control in parts of Iraq and Syria, says the killing is meant to send a message to allies of the United States.

The aid worker, David Haines, disappeared last year in Syria while working for a humanitarian organization. The video shows a militant with a knife in his hand standing by a kneeling man wearing an orange jumpsuit.

The kneeling man identifies himself as British. He says the British government is responsible for his execution, since it can’t say no to the United States. The militant issued a warning that the Islamic State would accelerate the destruction of US allies if attacks on the group continued. He then killed the kneeling man. Islamic militant group has killed two American journalists. Haines was shown in a video the group released depicting the killing of one of the journalists. Obama has called the killing of a British aid worker by the Islamic State militant group a barbaric murder.

In a statement, Obama said the United States shares grief and resolve with Britain, which he calls a close friend and ally.

He said the US will work with Britain and a broad coalition of nations to bring the perpetrators to justice. He said the countries would unite to destroy the group which is a threat to people around the world.

The militant group has also killed two American journalists and released video footage of their executions.

The murder of David Haines is an act of pure evil. My heart goes out to his family who have shown extraordinary courage and fortitude.

Media agencies

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INDIAs ONLY LASER AND PHOTONICS TRADEFAIR

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LASER World of PHOTONICS INDIA 2014

23rd – 25th September 2014 at Bangalore International Exhibition Centre, Bengaluru

LASER World of PHOTONICS INDIA revolves around innovative laser and photonics products as well as their industrial solutions and applications, which reflects actual developments in the industry around the world. Witness solutions for all manufacturing industries. Experience the full spectrum of the photonics industry – including components and manufacturing equipment. LASER World of PHOTONICS INDIA intends to boost growth of the Indian laser and photonics industry. Around 100 national and international exhibitorswith international country pavilions from China, Japan, Germany, Lithuania and Great Britain. The show would prove to be an important gateway for the growth and use of lasers application all manufacturing industry sector.

Like the previous editions, LASER World of PHOTONICS INDIA has received support from the Government of India; Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, Department of Electronics & Information Technology (DEITY) as well as the Indian Laser Association (ILA), The Optical Society of India (OSI), The Optical Society (OSA), The German Hightech Industry Association(Spectaris), The German Competence Networks for Optical Technologies (Optecnet) and The Automotive Component Manufacturers Association of India (ACMA). For the first time witness LIVE Laser Application Zoneshowcasing LASER TECHNOLOGY used for SHEET METAL FABRICATION, AUTOMOTIVE,JEWELERY and other Manufacturing Industries.

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SINGLE TAX GST IS REAL SIMPLIFICATION OF TAX STRUCTURE

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GOVERNMENT URGED TO INITIATE DIALOGUE WITH STAKEHOLDERS ON GST

The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT), apex body of the trading community has strongly called for early implementation of Goods & Services Tax (GST) in India but CAIT has also regretted that Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers deliberating on GST has so far not made public the proposed format of GST. The traders and other stakeholders have been kept aloof from the draft of proposed GST and no discussion in any form has been initiated so far by the Empowered Committee with stakeholders. The CAIT has also regretted that the Central Sales Tax which was scheduled to be abolished by year 2010 as per parliamentary declaration of the earlier Government is still in force which is further complicating the issue.

CAIT National President Mr. B.C.Bhartia and Secretary General Mr. Praveen Khandelwal in a joint statement issued here at New Delhi today made it clear that any format of GST containing double taxation shall not be acceptable to the business community. They further said that we are in support of GST taxation system but it should be based on basic fundamentals of GST including uniform tax law across the Country, uniform tax rates in different states, single tax to be administered by single authority and if such a GST is implemented in the Country, only then the taxation system will be simplified and rationalised.

The trade leaders said that wider taxation net and voluntary compliance is the basic fundamental of GST taxation system which will yield more revenue to the Government. This needs to be taken in mind by the Empowered Committee. They said that the Committee released a first discussion paper on GST in the year 2009 and since after that though long span of 5 years have passed but the Empowered Committee has neither spoken any word about the proposed format of GST nor it has taken into confidence the stakeholders including traders, who are real carriers of taxation system. As per media reports both State Governments and Central Government are busy in resolving issues of revenue sharing etc but on which model the revenue will be generated is yet to be decided, which is factually a wrong process. The Empowered Committee did not think it proper to even make an attempt to know the practical difficulties of the stakeholders and their subsequent views on proposed format of GST. It appears that the Committee is taking stakeholders granted on such an important issue.

Both Mr. Bhartia and Mr. Khandelwal said that CAIT and large number of Trade Associations across the Country have made many attempts to draw attention of the State Governments and the Empowered Committee on various disparities and anomalies in current VAT taxation system but no effort has been made by either to resolve such issues and whereas on the other hand various State Governments have added new sections in their respective VAT Act and by way of various notifications, have made the taxation system more complex.

They have urged both Central Government and the Empowered Committee to take stakeholders in confidence on proposed format of GST and its road map and an effort must be made to bring unanimity. Steps should be taken to resolve anomalies and disparities in VAT taxation system and the Union Government should abolish Central Sales Tax immediately. The trading community across the Country is keen to cooperate with the Government in early implementation of GST in India.

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Exhibition Czech Castles in the Currency Building Kolkata Sept 18 – Oct 31, 2014

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Exhibition

Czech Castles in the Currency Building Kolkata

September 18 – October 31, 2014

Czech Castle architecture is an important part of the cultural heritage of the Czech Republic, which abounds in cultural treasures, among which castles and chateaux as historical residences of the social elite, former rulers, aristocracy, and religious institutions attract special attention.

For this reason, the Embassy of the Czech Republic decided to present the exhibition “Czech Castles”, which presents a selection of 37 most interesting castles and chateaux of Bohemia and Moravia, two of the historic areas that constitute the Czech state. The main criterion for the selection of the localities has been their historical significance as well as their architectural and artistic value. The exhibition depicts both historic and current images of the most exquisite and popular Czech Castles.

The exhibition “Czech Castles” is organised by the Embassy of the Czech Republic in New Delhi, in collaboration with the National Museum of the Czech Republic, Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic, the Archaeological Survey of India and the Ministry of Culture, Government of India.

The exhibition „Czech Castles“ has been presented with huge success in several cities in India and other countries, for instance in Delhi (Red Fort), Bhutan (Royal Textile Academy in Thimphu), Nepal (Siddharta Art Gallery in Kathmandu) and in Leh-Ladakh (Leh Palace).

In Delhi, the Exhibition was officially inaugurated by H.E. Mr. Jan Kohout, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, H.E. Mr. Jiri Balvin, Minister of Culture of the Czech Republic, and H. E. Mrs. Chandresh Kumari Katoch, Minister of Culture of the Republic of India, at the iconic Red Fort – “Quarter Guard” Gallery in Delhi on November 7, 2013. The Exhibition stayed in the Red Fort until January 13, 2014, and was visited by 5-7 thousand visitors daily.

In Bhutan, the exhibition was officially inaugurated by Her Majesty the Queen Mother Sangay Choden Wangchuck, H.E. Mr. Tomas Dub, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, and H.E. Mr. Miloslav Stašek, Ambassador of the Czech Republic, at the Royal Textile Academy in Thimphu on February 13, 2014. The Exhibition stayed in Thimphu until March 23, 2014.

In Nepal, the exhibition was inaugurated by H.E. Mr. Bhim Prasad Acharya, Minister of Culture of Nepal, and H.E. Mr. Miloslav Stašek, Ambassador of the Czech Republic, at the prestigious Sidharta Art Gallery at Baber Mahal Revisited in Kathmandu on on April 9, 2014. The Exhibition stayed in Nepal until May 25, 2014.

In Ladakh, the inauguration of the “Czech Castles” Exhibition on June 13, 2014, in the touristic gem Leh Palace was graced by the presence of H.E. Mr. N.N. Vohra, Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, several Ministers of Jammu and Kashmir Government, members of the Ladakh Autonomous Development Council and by other numerous dignitaries.

This time, the exhibition „Czech Castles“ will attract the audience in the Currency Building in Kolkata from September 18, 2014, until October 31, 2014. The Exhibition will be inaugurated on September 18, 2014, at 18:30, in the Currency Building in Kolkata by H.E. Mr. Miloslav Stašek, Ambassador of the Czech Republic to India, H.E. Mr. Utsav Parekh, Honorary Consul of the Czech Republic, and Mr. R. S. Fonia, Joint Director General, Archaeological Survey of India, Ministry of Culture, Government of India, will inaugurate the exhibition. H.E. Mr. Keshari Nath Tripathi, Honorable Governor of West Bengal, will grace the inauguration as the Guest of Honor.

Subsequently, in the second half of the 2014, the Exhibition will tour further to Goa andMumbai.

The exhibition “Czech Castles” is organized within the greatest cultural project ever performed by the Embassy of the Czech Republic in India called “2014 – The Year of Czech Culture in India”, that encompasses broad promotion campaign to highlight the Czech Republic as a country of immensely rich history and culture and also highly attractive touristic destination in the heart of Europe. As part of “2014 – The Year of Czech Culture in India” project, the Embassy of the Czech Republic presents series of exhibitions, concerts, theatre shows, food festivals, film screenings and other cultural events in India.

Miloslav Stašek

Ambassador of the Czech Republic

For more information, please contact:

Mr. Vikas Sharma

Culture & Public Relations Officer

Embassy of the Czech Republic

50-M, Niti Marg, Chanakyapuri

New Delhi 110021

D : 91 11 24155260 or M : 91 8130893803

E : czechembassydelhi.culturepr@gmail.com

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The Engagements

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Requests the pleasure of your company at the grand launch soiree

On Tuesday, 16th September, 2014 1:30 pm onwards

Over Hors d';oeuvre

Anmol Jewellers adds an alluring stroke of glam and glitz to your festivities by launching its uber chic store in Delhi.

Guest of Honour: Glamorous diva of B-town Shilpa Shetty

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Czech Castles In Kolkata- 18th September

It is a great pleasure and honor for us to invite you to the opening of inauguration of the Exhibitions “Czech Castles” that will be inaugurated by H.E. Mr. Miloslav Stasek, Ambassador of the Czech Republic, and Mr. R.S. Fonia, Joint Director General of the Archaeological Survey of India, on September 18, 2014, at 18:30 Hrs at the Currency building in Kolkata.

H. E. Mr. Keshari Nath Tripathi, Honorable Governor of Kolkata, will grace the inauguration as the Chief Guest.Wishing you all the best and hope to see you in the Currency Building for the „Czech Castles“ Exhibition Inauguration on September 18, 2014.

Please find Press Release and Invitation attached.With best regards

Andrea Kučerová
Deputy Head of Mission / Political Affairs
Embassy of the Czech Republic in New Delhi
Tel: +91-11-24155200
Fax: +91-11-24155270
Address:
50-M, Niti Marg
Chanakayapuri, New Delhi – 110 021
India

launch of India New Born Action Plan by Dr Harsh Vardhan

Please refer to the attached invitation for the launch of India New Born Action Plan by Dr Harsh Vardhan, Hon';ble Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India on Thursday , September 18, 2014 at The Manison';s Oval Room, Hyatt Regency, Bhikaji Cama Place, New Delhi.

The launch programme starts at 10:30 AM,

Tapping the Latent Potential of a Billion+ Market”

A galaxy of leading names from the world of Football

will debate on this topic

Date	Tuesday, 16^th September 2014
Time	9.30 am – 6.00 pm
Venue	Silver Oak RoomIndia Habitat Centre Gate no. 3, Lodhi Road New Delhi

We look forward to seeing you.

“The CEO Series:Leading in the 21st Century” with Uday Kotak.

The event will take place at

WWF Auditorium, 172-B, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003

onTuesday, September 16, 2014, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM.

INVITATION

Dear Sir/Madam,

You are requested cover the following event as per the programme below:

Event: Shri Thaawar Chand Gehlot, Union Minister for Social Justice & Empowerment will brief the Media

Date : 16^th Sept, 2014 (Tuesday)

Time : 12.00 pm

Venue: PIB Conference Hall , Shastri Bhawan

INVITATION

Dear Sir/Madam,

National Museum of Natural History, Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change is observing 16^th September as “International Day for the Preservation of Ozone Layer”. Minister of State (Independent Charge) Environment, Forests & Climate ChangeShri Prakash Javadekar will be present on the occasion as per the following schedule:

DATE	:	Tuesday, 16th September
TIME	:	11:45 AM
VENUE	:

Indira Paryavaran Bhawan, Jor Bagh, New Delhi

INVITATION

Dear Sir/Madam,

Shri Prakash Javadekar, Minister of State (Independent Charge) Environment, Forests & Climate Change will deliver the inaugural address at the 21st Meeting of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) Governing Body as per the following schedule:

DATE	:	Tuesday, 16th September
TIME	:	9 AM
VENUE	:

Gulmohar Hall, India Habitat Centre,

New Delhi

INVITATION FOR VISUAL COVERAGE OF INAUGURAL SESSION ONLY

Dear Sir/Madam,

You are cordially invited to cover the following:

FUNCTION	:	Agriculture Minister Shri Radha Mohan Singh will inaugurate the National Conference of State Ministers of Animal Husbandry, Dairying & Fisheries.

VENUE		A.P. Shinde Symposium Hall, National Agricultural Science Complex, Pusa, New Delhi-110012

DATE	:	Tuesday, September 16, 2014

TIME		10.00 am

INVITATION

Dear Sir/Madam,

DATE	:	Tuesday, 16th September
TIME	:	11:45 AM
VENUE	:

Indira Paryavaran Bhawan, Jor Bagh, New Delhi

ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI CULTURA DI NEW DELHI – INCONTRI IN BIBLIOTECA

Le regioni d’Italia al cinema/ Italian Regions in Cinema

Dal libro al cinema/From Book to Film

13 Agosto / August – 17 Dicembre / December 2014

Tutti i mercoledì / Every Wednesday @ 19.00

Mercoledi/Wednesday, 17 Settembre/ 17^th September @19.00

Dal libro al cinema: GIOVANNI VERGA

From Book to Film: GIOVANNI VERGA

MALAVOGLIA / The house by the Medlar Tree

Drammatico / Drama

2010, 94 min.

Regista / Director: Pasquale Scimeca

Cast: Antonio Ciurca, Giuseppe Firullo, Omar Noto, Elena Ghezzi, Doriana La Fauci,

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Le alterne vicende di una famiglia di pescatori siciliani costretti a combattere per la sopravvivenza contro ogni tipo di avversità./The alternate happenings of a Sicilian fishermen family forced to fight for survival against every adversity.

http://www.iicnewdelhi.esteri.it/IIC_NewDelhi/webform/SchedaEvento.aspx?id=1023

Venue: Tessitori Hall, Italian Cultural Institute, New Delhi

Entry Free: For security reasons please show your valid Photo Identity Card.

For more information, please visit our websitewww.iicnewdelhi.esteri.it/IIC_Newdelhi

Italian Embassy Cultural Centre

50- E, Chandragupta Marg (Entry from Nyaya Marg)
Chanakyapuri, New Delhi – 110 021
Phone: 0091-11-26871901/03/04
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CBI Diary Issue Mishandled, CBI Dishonesty in KG Basin Case

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CBI Diary Issue Mishandled, CBI Dishonesty in KG Basin Case
September16, 2014 (C) Ravinder Singh

Some of my followers are confused by my defending of former PM but
fact is MMS was forwarding all my hundreds of petitioned mailed to PMO
were diligently forwarded to all concerned ministries but UPA-II
Ministers with substantial support in parliament WERE never serious.

In the case KG-D6, CD with scores of documents in 2009 and were
forwarded to CBI but matter was entrusted to an Inspector even as the
National Resources allocated to RIL were in $Trillion. After some time
some messenger came to my house and asked to appear on a particular
day at 5PM. For a minute I thought I was likely to Penalized to
Complaining against RIL.

Reception has no information about my appointment. Inspector asked me
about my information sources and documents etc and even after one of
talking ‘Didn’t Record My Statement and gave a copy of it’.

Second time again I was similarly asked to appear for Investigation of
my Complaint on Nov14, 2011 – this time a Sub-Inspector was engaged.
He also brought in some Friend which I am sure was some RIL top
executive with a Laptop Recording Talk. They asked me irrelevant
things and instead tried to gauze depth of my Knowledge & Skills.

Much before 2005 I was puzzled by DELAYS in executing KG-D6 project
and found RIL engaged World’s Most Powerful Drilling Rig – when for
development of Discoveries required Basic Subsea Rigs. As given in the
above picture this Rig Can reach 45,000 ft horizontal length – enough
to Extract Oil & Gas discoveries made by PSU ONGC and GSPC. CAG in its
reports in 2011 and 2013 reported RIL was Drilling in GSPC blocks and
ONGC discoveries are Claimed by RIL.
Strangely People Who Have Clear Evidence of $Trillion PSU Robbery Have
No Access to DG CBI or Even IPS Officer but DG was Meeting Accused at
Home at Midnight Secretly.

At all VIP residences Visitor Register is maintained expect Suresh
Prabhu like MPs who have no security and any one can meet him.

I noticed Visitor Register were not securely kept and anyone can Copy
or Steal the register – DG had huge personal staff and anyone
disgruntled could do it for any motive.

Here again Court favored Accused by asking Complainant to Provide
Source instead of asking the ACUSED to give AFFIDAVIT to give Correct
List of Visitors.

Ravinder Singh, National General Secretary.

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Smaaash Master Blaster School Cricket Championship witnessed participation of 102 schools on day 1

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Mumbai, 15^th September, 2014: The 2^nd edition of the Smaaash Master Blaster School Cricket championship saw participation from 102 schools across the city. Out of the 252 teams formed, 76 teams were seen testing their batting skills while facing international bowlers at the first-of-its-kind 360° cricket simulator.

The championship follows a knock-out format and is organised for both boys and girls in the U-14 and U-16 category consecutively. The second edition of the simulator inter-school at Smaaash will continue till 20th September at SMAAASH and the winners will be awarded by ace cricketer Sachin Tendulkar at the Finale ceremony.

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China Come With Money, Technology & Labor, Japan M+T

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Today at 4:08 AM

China Come With Money, Technology & Labor, Japan M+T
September16, 2014 (C) Ravinder Singh ravinderinvent@gmail.com

China is largest exporter of high tech products for over ten years as
such Technology Offered by China is definitely best in the world
suitable for India.

China has huge unemployed work force like India and china Specialize
in offering ‘Turn Key Projects – Infrastructure of all kinds.’

China will come with Money Technology Labor and Operate Most Projects as well.

100 Gujarati Thalis = $100b Investment

China is open to Foreign Investment and or Technology and Labor is
generally local. Here Indian companies weakness – Most have no
technology and if some have like Hero Motors have no intellectual
property could run in to IPR disputes sooner or later.

China are Fastest and Most economical developer of Infrastructure –
Indian housing company may develop a project in 5-8 years, Chinese
companies shall do it better in 2 years. Thus saving of interest rate
alone is 40-50% cost advantage to china.

GOI in this situation is not likely to restrict any Chinese Drive in
to Indian Infrastructure Sector.

China presence in India shall Completely Indian Companies who never
cared for the consumer. Here in the picture is 30-40 years old 11KV
cable for power supply – already has 100 joints – There were several
breakdowns and after almost a month BRPL detected the fault. First a
lone digger came and opened up the cable. Some other day some
Electrician cut the cable and another day a Cable Jointing Kit maker
was engaged to fix the joint. Digger shall visit again to cover it but
not restoring roadside pavement.

Japanese are least intrusive – will send reluctant Officers on short
assignments, take years to Plan and Execute the projects with local
workforce as in Delhi Metro.

My concern is that India misled so far to Promote Indian IPR will
completely forget it that shall be the tragedy.

China engaged 10 engineers where Japan employed one and quickly
acquired technologies.

Obviously India should offer Best International Foods than 100 Gujarat
Thalis as reported in press.

My relations who visit India always relish Butter, Butter Milk, Makki
Roti, Saag etc but there children born abroad always seek KFC, Subway,
McDonald etc.

At all International Conferences there are Foods to the liking of
Invited guests – likewise foreign missions also offer Indian cuisine
along with their native specialties.

Best wishes to GOI.

Ravinder Singh, Inventor & Consultant,

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Upcoming EBTC and Steinbeis workshops September 2014

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Upcoming EBTC and Steinbeis workshops

September 2014

Steinbeis – IamSMEofIndia Centre for Technology and Innovation, and the European Business and Technology Centre (EBTC) invite you to take part in two special workshops.

We hope you will be able to join us and please do share this information with anyone that might be interested.

Kind regards,
The EBTC team

Workshop on plastic technologies

18th – 20th September 2014

10 am – 5.30 pm, Hotel Park Plaza, Sector 21-C, Faridabad, Haryana

The purpose of this workshop for plastics is to bring together the plastics industry in India. The workshop will help these industries understand their problems better and thus resolve these to make them more efficient and enhance their productivity.

The workshop will cover:

Thermoplastics – types and uses.
Principles of injection moulding machines.
Mould design.
Moulding process parameters.
Moulding defects.

Read more and register:

Download the brochure with registration form.

Workshop on strategic business management for linkages with European SME’s

24th – 25th September 2014
10 am – 5.30 pm, Delhi

This workshop will answer questions pertaining to Indian organisations regarding strategy formulation and implementation, particularly with reference to collaborations with German and other European organisations (SME’s). This workshop is supported by GIZ.

The workshop will cover:

Profitability.
Customer assessment and customer needs.
Product assessment, life cycle and strategy.
Customer assessment: 9 field matrix, etc.
Driving forces in industrial development.
Success factors of German SMEs.
Industry 4.0.

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Mr. Monish Verma, verma@ebtc.eu

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Ms. Manju, 2etech@steinbeisindia.com
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Indian women fall short of medal hopes in Spain

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New Delhi, 15^th September 2014: The eighth day of the 51^st ISSF World Shooting Championship being held at Granada, Spain, saw the Indian women contingent fall short of medal hopes in the qualification rounds. The only Indian shooter so far to have earned a medal as well as a quota place from India, for the 2016 Rio Olympics is Army marksman Jitu Rai, who finished with a Silver medal in the 25M Rapid fire pistol round, the first ever pistol medal for India in the World Championships till date.

In the 50M Rifle prone for Women, Kuhelika Gangulee shot 619.4 to finish 26^th while Lajja Goswami and Raj Chaudhary who shot identical scores of 615.4 to finished at the 47^th and 48^th positions respectively.

In the 10M Air Rifle Jr Men’s category, the Indian trio of Satyam Chauhan, Ekambir Singh Mandi and Prashant missed out on the start list for the final, finishing at the 22^nd, 29^thand 32^nd positions with scores of 618.2, 616.8 and 616.2 respectively.

In the 50M Rifle Prone Jr. Women events, Team India finished ninth. The Indian team that consisted of Elizabeth Susan Koshy, Priyal Keni and Anjum Moudgil finished 28^th, 34^thand 43^rd shooting a total of 612.3, 609.4 and 604.8 respectively.

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HERO MOTOCORP TO BE TITLE SPONSOR OF WORLD CHALLENGE GOLF

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HERO MOTOCORP TO BE TITLE SPONSOR OF WORLD CHALLENGE GOLF

HOSTED BY THE TIGER WOODS FOUNDATION, TOURNAMENT WILL BE PLAYED AT ORLANDO, FLORIDA IN DECEMBER 2014

Orlando, Fla., September 15, 2014 – Hero MotoCorp Ltd, the world’s largest two-wheeler manufacturer, will be the Title Sponsor of the prestigious World Challenge 2014.

The 16^th-annual Hero World Challenge, will be held between December 3-7, 2014 at the renowned Isleworth Golf & Country Club in Orlando, Fla. US, and will have 17 of the PGA TOUR’s best players compete for the $3.5 million top prize. The 72-hole, stroke play event is co-sponsored by the PGA TOUR and benefits the Tavistock Foundation and the college-access programs of the Tiger Woods Foundation.

Announcing this at Orlando on Monday, Mr. Pawan Munjal, Vice-Chairman & Managing Director, Hero MotoCorp Ltd, said, “This title sponsorship of the Hero World Challenge is reflective of Brand Hero’s rapidly expanding global footprint. Having been associated with the game in India for over two decades, and being the title sponsor of the Hero Indian Open for both men and women for several years, it is only befitting that we should be stepping on to the global arena of golf with the Hero World Challenge. It is also our passion for the game, that we have come on board for the Hero World Challenge This is just the beginning. Going forward, we will certainly look at further cementing this relationship.”

Mr. Tiger Woods, said, “This tournament has been an integral part of my foundation since 1999 and has raised $25 million for my foundation and local charities. We are thrilled to partner with Tavistock Group to make the tournament an even stronger platform for the game of golf and I am very excited to welcome Hero MotoCorp as title sponsor. They are a global brand and a great fit for the Hero World Challenge.”

Mr. Andrew Odenback, Vice President – Sports Ventures, Tavistock Group, said, “The Hero World Challenge features the strongest invitational field in golf. We are honored to build on its strong history and welcome the players, sponsors and fans at Isleworth Golf & Country Club.”

Synonymous with some of the marquee sports partnerships in India as well as globally, Hero MotoCorp has for long had a steadfast commitment towards promoting various disciplines of sports including golf, cricket and hockey. Most recently, the company has also become the title sponsor of the India Super League – the first-of-its-kind franchise-based football league in the country. Hero is also the Title Sponsor of the Hero Hockey India League.

The Hero World Challenge will continue to raise funds and awareness for the college-access programs of the Tiger Woods Foundation and will also benefit the Tavistock Foundation. The Tiger Woods Foundation provides educational opportunities for underserved youth nationwide, with the mission to break the cycle of poverty. Seven Tiger Woods Learning Centers nationwide offer STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) courses such as robotics and graphic design, while the Earl Woods Scholarship Program is an unyielding support system of mentors, funds and workshops to help send students to universities including Georgetown, USC, UC-Berkeley, UCLA and Harvard.

The Tavistock Foundation is dedicated to supporting communities in which the Tavistock Group has significant business interests, with a focus on funding education and medical research programs. In the last decade, the Tavistock Cup provided direct charitable contributions to Orlando Minority Youth Golf Association, First Tee and M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. The Foundation was also instrumental in the development of the Lake Nona Institute, and has contributed to Lake Nona Medical City partners, including Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute and the University of Central Florida.

In 2013, Zach Johnson forced a playoff with five-time Hero World Challenge champion Tiger Woods after he holed out a 58-yard shot from the drop zone on No. 18 at Sherwood Country Club. He then secured the victory when Woods lipped out a five-foot par putt on the playoff hole. The two dueled in 2011, when Johnson fell to Woods by one stroke. This year’s winner will join a prestigious list of past champions including Davis Love III (2000), Padraig Harrington (2002), Luke Donald (2005), Vijay Singh (2008), Jim Furyk (2009) and Graeme McDowell (2010, 2012).

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About Isleworth Golf & Country Club

Nestled amongst the Butler Chain of Lakes, this 600-acre community has more than seven miles of shoreline and is highlighted by a championship golf course. Conceived by Arnold Palmer, designed by Ed Seay and recently enhanced by Steve Smyers, the course was built on rolling terrain and features generous, undulating and fast greens. The 18-hole course was selected as one of the Top 100 courses in the country in rankings by Travel + Leisure Golf, WSJ/Golfweek and LINKS Magazine. For information about the community, please visit www.isleworth.com or call Isleworth Realty, (407) 876-0111.

About PGA TOUR

The PGA TOUR is the world’s premier membership organization for touring professional golfers, co-sanctioning more than 130 tournaments on the PGA TOUR, Champions Tour, Web.com Tour, NEC Series-PGA TOUR Latinoamérica, PGA TOUR Canada and PGA TOUR China.

The PGA TOUR’s mission is to entertain and inspire its fans, deliver substantial value to its partners, create outlets for volunteers to give back, generate significant charitable and economic impact in the communities in which it plays, and provide financial opportunities for TOUR players.

Worldwide, PGA TOUR tournaments are broadcast to more than 1 billion households in 225 countries and territories in 32 languages. Virtually all tournaments are organized as non-profit organizations in order to maximize charitable giving. In 2013, tournaments across all Tours generated more than $133 million for local and national charitable organizations and in early 2014 the TOUR’s all-time charitable contributions surpassed $2 billion.

The PGA TOUR’s web site is PGATOUR.COM, the No. 1 site in golf, and the organization is headquartered in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL.

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Divij Krishna

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FII inflows in debt market cross Rs 1 lakh cr mark in 2014

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Overseas investors have pumped in a staggering over Rs 1 lakh crore into the Indian debt market since the beginning of the year primarily on account of government’s reform agenda.

As per the latest data, foreign investors have purchased debt securities worth Rs 2,82,194 crore in this year so far, while they offloaded bonds to the tune of Rs 1,64,820 crore during the same period, resulting into a net inflow of Rs 1,17,374 crore (USD 19.45 billion).

These huge inflows included a net investment of Rs 14,900 crore in this month so far.

According to market experts, improved fundamentals of the Indian economy, a decisive mandate to the BJP-led NDA at the Centre, various reform measures announced by the government and high interest rate have caught the fancy of overseas investors (Foreign Institutional Investors, sub-accounts and Foreign Portfolio Investors).

The inflow is also significantly higher in debt compared to equities, which till date have attracted Rs 85,330 crore (USD 14.2 billion).

Interestingly, most of the inflow into Indian debt has gone into government securities.

Since 16th May, when the election results were announced, overseas investors have poured in close to Rs 86,000 crore in the Indian debt market, as the verdict met foreign investors’ expectations in the Lok Sabha polls.

In 2013, foreign investors had pulled out a net amount of Rs 50,848 crore from the country’s bond market.

The strong inflows in the recent months have taken the cumulative net investments of foreign investors into Indian debt market to Rs 2.22 lakh crore, while their investments in dollar terms is USD 44 billion.

This is based on the data since November 1992 when overseas investors began investing into Indian markets.

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Sania-Cara win doubles title at WTA Toray Pacific Open

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Sep 20,

Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza and her Zimbabwean partner Cara Black have bagged the women’s doubles title at the WTA Toray Pacific Open tournament.

In the final in Tokyo today, the pair recorded a 6-2 7-5 victory over Spain’s Garbine Muguruza and Carla Suarez Navarro.

With the win, Sania and Cara have successfully defended their Tokyo Open title, which is a 1 million US dollar event.

For Sania, it will be icing on the cake after her US Open mixed doubles triumph with Brazilian partner Bruno Soares.

She would now spearhead India’s challenge at the Incheon Asian Games in what will be a depleted tennis contingent in the absence of Leander Paes, Rohan Bopanna and Somdev Devvarman.

Sania, will either pair with left-handed Divij Sharan or big-serving Saketh Myneni in the mixed doubles event, where India have a genuine chance of winning a medal.

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Incheon Asian Games: Indian men’s team win bronze in 10m air pistol event

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Sep 21, 5:52 PM

On the second day of the Incheon Asian Games, India bagged a Bronze medal in Shooting this morning, the second day of the events. The trio of Jitu Rai, Samresh Jung and Prakash Nanjappa finished third in the Men’s 10-metre Air Pistol Team event to give India it’s first medal of the day. This is India’s third medal of the Incheon Games, and all have come in Shooting. Jitu Rai had bagged the country’s first Gold of the Games yesterday finishing at the top of the podium in the 50-metre Pistol event. Shweta Chaudhary had won the Bronze in the Women’s 10-metre Air Pistol event. Jitu Rai, however, had to face elimination in the Men’s 10-metre Air Pistol Individual Finals today. He ended at the fifth spot. He had advanced to the finals after finishing second in the qualification. India shooters could not make a mark in the Men’s Trap events.

The squash has assured 2 medals today. In the Men’s Singles event Sourav Ghoshal defeated Pakistan’s Nasir Iqbal 3-1 in the five setter game to be placed in last 4, thus guaranteeing India a medal. In Women’s singles Dipika Pallikal registered victory over compatriot Joshana Chinappa 3-2 in the quarter finals. Hence, another medal assured from the event.

The Indian Women’s Badminton team is taking on Hosts South Korea in the semi-finals. India was even at 1-1 in the team event.

In Tennis, the Indian Men’s Team progressed into the quarterfinals. It defeated Nepal in the second round. Yesterday Indian Women’s team had advanced to the next round beating Oman 3-Nil.

Indian Men’s Hockey team defeated SriLanka in the pool match fixture, 8-nil. India will next play Oman in another Pool Match. The Women’s team will kick start their campaign tomorrow against Thailand.

In handball, the men’s team lost to South Korea 19-39 in Group preliminary round.

Indian swimmers fail to qualify for the finals of the three events. Saurabh Sangvekar ended fifth in the men’s 200m freestyle heat with a timing of 1:53.33. In the men’s 100m backstroke heats, Madhu Nair clocked 57.81 to finish seventh. In men’s 200m butterfly event, Agnel Dsouza finished a creditable fourth with a timing of 2:04.74.

In the Basketball court India faced defeat from the hands of Saudi Arabia 67-73 in Qualifying Round Group match.

In Football – India women’s team suffers a crushing 10-0 defeat against Thailand in Group A match.

Cycling Track saw – Deborah and Mohan Mahitha finish ninth and 11th, respectively, in women’s keirin individual track event.

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Bangladesh invites Indian companies to set up SEZ

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Sep 21,

Bangladesh says it wants to become India’s number one friend. It invited Indian companies to set up special economic zones and invest in sectors like automobile, power and manufacturing.

After chairing the third Joint Consultative Commission (JCC) meeting in New Delhi on Saturday with External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, Bangladesh Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali, said, the two countries are expanding bilateral cooperation in diverse areas.

He said, his government would offer land to Indian companies across the country to set up Special Economic Zones.

In the JCC meeting, both leaders rev

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Typhoon Kalmaegi kills 8 in China

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The death toll in the heavy rains triggered by typhoon Kalmaegi rose to 8 on Saturday, even as nearly 400 students were rescued from an inundated school in China’s southwestern Yunnan province.Heavy rains caused by the typhoon, which is the fifteenth typhoon to hit China this year, since Wednesday have flooded 53 counties and cities in Yunnan, leaving 390,000 people affected and resulting in an economic loss of USD 55.86 million.Typhoon Kalmaegi made a landfall in Hainan at a speed of 40 meters per second at 9.40 AM on September 16 and has affected 5.97 million people in the southern Chinese areas of Hainan, Guangdong and Guangxi after it landed in the island province of Hainan.

More than 500 rescuers have rescued 396 students and teachers from the Babu Township Middle School that was flooded yesterday, state-run news agency reported.

The meteorological bureaus in the affected areas are monitoring the typhoon closely and local governments are preparing against any potential landslides.

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CBI director alleges perjury by Prashant Bhushan

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CBI Director Ranjit Sinha on Saturday moved the Supreme Court over the conflicting positions taken by NGO CPIL’s counsel Prashant Bhushan and Kamini Jaiswal on the identity of the source that provided them the alleged original copy of the entry register maintained at the gate of his official residence.

Sinha in his application said that when Bhushan handed over on Sep 8 the alleged entry register to the apex court in a sealed cover, he said it was given to him the previous night (Sep 7) by some unknown people who had come to his residence.

The CBI director said Bhushan’s statement was recorded by the court in its Sep 8 order as it took the register into its custody.

However, Sinha said that when the court on Sep 15 asked the NGO to disclose the identity of the source in a sealed cover, the NGO in another affidavit said the entry register was received from a “trustworthy and reliable source”.

He said it was noteworthy that the affidavit did not refer to the fact orally submitted by Bhushan and also recorded in the court’s order that on “the night of Sep 7, some unknown people had come to his residence and handed over the original entry register/guest register of the residential establishment of the director of the Central Bureau of Investigation”.

Pointing to the shift in stand of the petitioner NGO and its counsel, Sinha in his application Saturday said it was clear that the identity of the source referred to by Bhushan was in the “active knowledge” of the petitioner NGO and its counsel.

“All these contradictory/false statements have been deliberately and intentionally made to cause a circumstance to exist with the objective of misleading” the court and hence “Bhushan is punishable under various sections of the IPC including section 193″ that provides for punishment for false evidence.

Sinha also denied that he made any attempt to bail out former telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran in the Aircel-Maxis deal case.

Seeking registration of a first information report, Sinha said the NGO’s plea that he should stay away from participating in the 2G investigation and trial was “clearly mischevious and based on untruth facts in which mis-statements have been deliberately made so as to obtain a favourable order from the court”.

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India, Bangladesh for Coordinated Border Management Plan

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Sep 21,

India and Bangladesh has stressed for an effective implementation of Coordinated Border Management Plan to prevent cross-border criminal activities, illegal movement, incidents of violence and tragic loss of lives through regular coordination and exchanges between nodal officers at different levels.

After third Consultative Commission meeting held in New Delhi on Saturday, a joint statement said that the two countries also agreed on the need for early completion of fencing of remaining vulnerable patches along the border.

The meeting was jointly chaired by External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and her Bangladeshi counterpart Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali.

The two Ministers welcomed the new arrangement of holding meetings of Deputy Commissioners and District Magistrates of clusters of bordering districts alternately in India and Bangladesh.

They also agreed to work together to hold a Conference of all Deputy Commissioners and District Magistrates of bordering districts of both countries in early 2015 in India.

To facilitate greater people-to-people contact, both ministers agreed to increase diplomatic representations in each other’s countries.

The two sides appreciated the addition of AC coaches to Indian Railways rake of Maitree Express from Tuesday and increase in the frequency of services from two round trips in a week to three round trips in a week within two months.

Both sides resolved to hold the 38th Meeting of the Joint Rivers Commission in Dhaka at a mutually convenient date.

The two sides also agreed upon the expeditious holding of the 3rd meeting of the Sub group of JRC on Tipaimukh hydro- electric project and further exchange of data of ongoing study.

Welcoming progress in discussions on commencement of coastal shipping operations, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and her Bangladeshi counterpart Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali agreed that trial runs would be held next month.

They also agreed to expeditiously conclude a bilateral Coastal Shipping Agreement and decided to hold the next round of Shipping Secretary level talks in Dhaka next month.

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CBI examines P Chidambaram’s wife Nalini in Saradha scam probe

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Sep 21,

Nalini Chidamabaram, wife of former Finance Minister P Chidambaram, has been examined by CBI in conection with the alleged multi-crore Saradha chit fund scam.

Quoting official sources the agency said that CBI examined Nalini, a Supreme Court lawyer, yesterday evening in Chennai in connection with the legal fee paid to her by the Saradha group,

The sources said Saradha Chairman Sudipta Sen, at present in jail, had mentioned about hiring Nalini as a lawyer at the request of Manoranjana Sinh, estranged wife of Congress leader Mantang Sinh.
Sen, who had written a letter to CBI last year, had claimed that one crore rupees had been paid to the lawyer as her legal fee by the Saradha group

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Sena & BJP Coalition logjam: Uddhav’s offer 151 for Sena, 119 for BJP

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Shiv Sena on Sunday made it clear that it won’t make any more concession for BJP, offering to cede it only 119 out of the total 288 seats in Maharashtra Assembly for the next month’s polls, and said this was the final attempt to break the logjam over seat-sharing.

“Today I am making a final attempt to ensure that the Mahayuti (grand alliance of opposition parties) stays intact. Sena had initially asked for 160 seats. But now we are ready to part with nine seats. Shiv Sena will fight on 151 seats, leaving 119 seats for BJP. The remaining 18 seats will be given to our allies,” he said in Mumbai on Sunday.

“I cannot go any further,” said Thackeray, who addressed his party workers on Sunday morning after a meeting of the party’s state executive.

“Maharashtra will be the number one state in the country if Sena comes to power. I want power and I will take it at any cost. But this power is to give Maharashtra something and not to take away, like other parties do,” he said. Uddhav Thackeray declared this formula in the party office bearers meeting in Mumbai today.

But at the same time, he also made it clear that this is the final proposal and there will be no change in the formula.He also gave the indication of his capability of fighting the election without alliance. Thackeray expressed his displeasure over the delay on the seat sharing decision.He said that this is the best opportunity for both BJP and Shiv Sena to come into the power and both of them should not lose this opportunity.At the same time, he also told his party workers to be ready for any situation, that is to work for the alliance or for the party separately.
He said that he does not want to break the 25 years’ alliance with BJP but if it happens, he will be very disappointed.

BJP Central Election Committee is meeting Sunday evening at 5 pm to decide on the Shiv Sena’s final proposal.Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Party Prtesident, Amit Shah and other prominent leaders are likely to attend the meeting.

NCP yesterday gave an one day ultimatum to its ally Congress to finalise seat sharing formula for the assembly elections.

Addressing a press conference in Mumbai, senior NCP leader Prafulla Patel rejected Congress’s praposal of 124 seats and reiterated the demand of 144 seats in 288 member state assembly.

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Afghan presidential rivals finally sign unity deal

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Afghan presidential rivals sign unity deal after long dispute

Afghanistan’s two rival presidential candidates signed a power-sharing deal on Sunday, ending a prolonged stand-off over disputed election results at a pivotal moment in the war-weary nation’s history.
The final vote count is also scheduled for release, after being delayed for last-minute talks to break a deadlock that plunged Afghanistan into crisis as US-led troops end their 13-year war against the Taliban.

Ashraf Ghani – who won June’s run-off presidential vote, according to preliminary results – will become president, with Abdullah Abdullah nominating the person to fill a new post of “chief executive officer” (CEO), which will be similar to prime minister.

Both Ghani and Abdullah claimed to have won the fraud-tainted election. The United Nations has pushed hard for a “national unity government” to avoid a return to the ethnic divisions of the 1990s civil war.

The two candidates signed the agreement at a ceremony inside the presidential palace, before they embraced each other and outgoing President Hamid Karzai began a speech.

Under the constitution, the president wields almost total control, and the new government structure will face a major test as the country’s security and economic outlook worsens.

The vote count has been plagued by months of setbacks amid allegations of massive fraud, emboldening the Taliban insurgents and further weakening the aid-dependent economy.

Independent Election Commission officials said official result would be released later Sunday, after the deal was signed.

The future of Afghanistan’s relationship with the US-led NATO alliance also hangs in the balance after Karzai refused to sign a security pact to ensure a continued foreign military presence after this year.

NATO’s top military commander said a unity government would enable the rapid conclusion of the pact.

“We are hoping for very fast signatures. And that would be important because it brings great stability to the conversation of our continued support,” US General Philip Breedlove had said.

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Obama nominates Richard Verma as new US envoy to India

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President Barack Obama has nominated Indian-American, Richard Rahul Verma, as the next US Ambassador to India, ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Washington later this month.

If confirmed by the US Senate, Verma, who earlier served as the Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs and is now in the private sector, would be the first Indian-American to serve as the top US diplomatic position in New Delhi.

Obama announced his nomination along with several other key administration appointments.

“I am grateful that these impressive individuals have chosen to dedicate their talents to serving the American people at this important time for our country. I look forward to working with them in the months and years ahead,” Obama said in a statement.

The US Embassy in New Delhi is currently headed by a Charge d’affaires, Kathleen Stephens.

Verma, 45, said to be a close confidant of the President and also former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, currently serves as Senior Counselor at Steptoe & Johnson LLP and Albright Stonebridge Group.

He is also a Senior National Security Fellow at the Center for American Progress.

Previously, he was Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs at the Department of State from 2009 to 2011 and Partner at Steptoe and Johnson LLP from 2007 to 2009.

He was Senior National Security Advisor, Counsel and Foreign Policy Advisor to the Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid from 2002 to 2007, and an Associate at Steptoe & Johnson from 1998 to 2002.

Verma served on active duty in the US Air Force from 1994 to 1998 and received, among other decorations, the Meritorious Service Medal and Air Force Commendation Medal.

Earlier in his career, Verma was a Field Representative for the National Democratic Institute in Eastern Europe and worked in the House of Representatives for Congressman John P Murtha.

He served on the Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction, Proliferation and Terrorism in 2008 and has been a member of the Secretary of State’s Foreign Affairs Policy Board.

Verma currently serves on the boards of Human Rights First, the Clinton Foundation, and the National Democratic Institute.

He received a BS from Lehigh University, a JD from American University, and an LLM from Georgetown University Law Center.

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The Lure of Mars | Space X Delays | Experts Weigh in on Space Taxis

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The Lure of Mars: Why We Keep Going Back

Mars’ proximity to Earth, potential ability to support life and status as a target for human exploration have made it a primary destination for robotic missions over the years.

SpaceX Delays Dragon Cargo Ship Launch for NASA Due to Bad Weather

Thick clouds and rain forced the private spaceflight company SpaceX to postpone the planned launch of an unmanned Dragon cargo ship for NASA on Saturday (Sept. 20). The mission will now launch to the International Space Station on Sunday, Sept. 21.

Mercury Gives Southern Skywatchers Its Best Show of 2014

Mercury will shine at its best on Sunday (Sept. 21), but only skywatchers in the Southern Hemisphere will enjoy the show. Find out why here.

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See Jeff Bezos Unveil Blue Origin’s New Rocket Engine (Video)The secretive private spaceflight company Blue Origin and the launch provider United Launch Alliance announced Wednesday (Sept. 17) that they’re teaming up on a new rocket engine venture. Get the details you missed earlier in the week here.

Expert Voices: Reactions to NASA’s Private Space Taxi PicksPoliticians and spaceflight experts are reacting to NASA’s picks for their Commercial Crew Program designed to ferry astronauts to the International Space Station.

Jaw-dropping Aurora View Wins 2014 Astronomy Photo ContestSee stunning photos from astrophotographers around the world as part of the 2014 Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition.

SpaceX Dragon to Launch Space Mice, 3D Printer and More for NASA
SpaceX is due to bring some strange things to the space station this weekend: the first 3D printer to leave the plant, a batch of mutant fruit flies, a wind-watching radar, 20 mice and a mouse X-ray machine.

NASA Unveils World’s Largest Welder to Build New Mega-Rocket
NASA has officially cut the ribbon on a new facility that will help construct the space agency’s next mega rocket.

Eye-popping ‘Interstellar’ Movie App Puts Universe at Your Control
Christopher Nolan’s mysterious, highly anticipated film Interstellar; won’t be released until November, but a new app lets you get a taste of the movie’s themes and thrust right now.

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Boletín de Noticias de Nueva Tribuna [21/09/2014]

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Boletín informativo. Domingo 21 de Septiembre 2014.

Lo más visto de la semana

ENTREVISTA A PABLO IGLESIAS, LÍDER DE PODEMOS
“El cambio político es posible en España y Podemos será determinante”
Por Orencio Osuna | Pablo Iglesias hace un amplio repaso a la situación española y europea, a las expectativas de su partido y de su visión de una estrategia de cambio político a las puertas de un intenso y decisivo ciclo electoral.

CONSUMO | E-COMMERCE
Nueve ‘meteduras de pata’ al comprar por Internet
Aunque comprar por Internet cada día es más fácil y más seguro, se pueden cometer errores que más tarde lamentarán.

IU, PODEMOS, EQUO Y COMPROMÍS
Llamazares reúne a partidos de izquierda para conformar un ‘frente amplio’
A las jornadas organizadas por Izquierda Abierta asistirán entre otros Baltasar Garzón, Federico Mayor Zaragoza, Almudena Grandes, Carlos Berzosa, Alberto Garzón, Juan López de Uralde, así como miembros de Syriza y el Front de Gauche (Francia).

Eduardo Sotillos: “Se acabó la vieja política, amigo”
Hablamos convencionalmente de democracia mediática, pero debemos empezar a pensar si no caminamos hacia una “dictablanda mediática” de la que todos somos responsables.

Manuel Alcaraz Ramos: ¿Cómo pueden ayudar las izquierdas?
El campo de la izquierda está sufriendo un seísmo de largo alcance y lo importante es ver si puede ser coherente…

Joan Coscubiela: Renta mínima y fiscalidad
La Izquierda Plural defiende en el Congreso la creación de una Renta Mínima Garantizada de Ciudadanía.

San Emilio Botín
Pedro L. Angosto | Sí, Emilio Botín fue persona hábil, muy hábil, de otra manera no habría conseguido que su banco, el séptimo de los siete grandes, se comiese a los tres primeros de la lista –Banesto, Central e Hispano- sin despeinarse y sin levantar demasiadas ampollas.

Blai Collado: Los dioses de la deuda odiosa
La idea de que España deje de pagar a sus acreedores internacionales no es tan descabellada como parece…

OPINIÓN | PEDRO LUIS ANGOSTO
El Toro de la Vega y el sepulcro del Cid
En Tordesillas nació una de los seres más crueles que ha dado este país: Gonzalo Queipo de Llano.

Antonio Baylos: El desempleo es un problema político, no económico
Nada de lo que está sucediendo como consecuencia de la crisis es tan negativo como la instalación y el conformismo social respecto del desempleo.

CONDENA EN SEDE CIVIL A SULZER PUMPS SPAIN
Condenan 45 años después a una empresa por exponer a sus trabajadores al amianto
La demanda se sustentaba en “la utilización de un material nocivo para la salud, generando con ello una situación de riesgo cuyas consecuencias entiende que debe asumir la parte demandada”.

500.000 HOGARES SIN NINGÚN TIPO DE INGRESO
CCOO y UGT urgen al Gobierno a aprobar el subsidio para parados especialmente necesitados

Ambos sindicatos advierten que de no ponerse en marcha esta prestación, se plantearían “medidas sindicales” o “movilizaciones”.

OPINIÓN | JUAN ANTONIO SACALUGA
Escocia: Incógnitas y paradojas en torno a la independencia

¿Está bien fundamentada ética y políticamente la escisión por el procedimiento escogido para decidirla?

CRÓNICAS DE AMÉRICA LATINA | JAVIER M. GONZÁLEZ
Los argentinos conocen la voz de Máximo Kirchner

El hijo de la presidente dio su primer discurso en un acto que movilizó a miles de militantes de La Cámpora.

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Former Bigg Boss contestant Sofia Hayat alleged

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Former Bigg Boss contestant Sofia Hayat alleged Director Anil Goyal of cheap behavior

Sofia Hayat who earlier alleged Arman Kohli for hitting her in Bigg Boss house in 7^th season is now seem very unhappy with the director/actor of an upcoming film “Bhai Ka Maal hai”, Anil Goyal for supposedly taking her name for the publicity of his unfinished film, that too when she is not a part the film anymore and reportedly abused her.

Sofia says, “They signed me for the film “Bhai ka Maal hai” nearly three years ago and said that they would pay me a scanty amount but I agreed because I was told that they would have a great cast and it would be a good film to be added to my bollywood career. I even took part in the promotion with baba Ramdev Look-a-like a few years back. After, I did not hear anything for 3 years, finally, after they saw me in Bigg Boss, they decided to re start the film and I guess my name was used to sign other actor cast also. I, then clearly refused as I was not interested anymore and my contract was null and void, So to which, Anil (director Anil Goyal) got furious and sent me abusive messages saying that I am a Prostitute who shows her body”

“Of course, I got mad and decided not to talk to him but he, further fake-accused me for blackmailing him for money. He then again contacted me pleading to do his film, but I put a condition and said, I would do his film only if he pay for my business class air tickets but he refused to do so instead he offered me his next film to sign if I would complete his unfinished film “Bhai ka Maal hai” but I said a big NO as my self-respect didn’t allow me to join hands again with that person who once called me with cheap name” added Sofia

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World Alzheimer Day

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RISING STATISTICAL TREND OF ALZHEMIER’S DISEASE PREVALENCE

New Delhi: 20 September 2014

In the light of the hectic lifestyles of today, it is not surprising to find a rising statistical trend of the prevalence of Alzhemier’s disease. The WHO (2007) estimates that while there are currently about 18 million people worldwide with Alzheimer’s disease, this figure is projected to nearly double by 2025, especially in the developing countries.

Dr. Samir Parikh, Director, Mental Health & Behavioural Sciences, Fortis Hospital, As we get busier in our daily lives, running behind deadlines, multitasking and getting stressed, it is fairly common for most of us to experience lapses of memory. We might not remember the deadline for a submission until the last minute, we may miss our appointment for our doctor’s visit, may forget to shop for groceries on the way back home, or might stand in front of an open cupboard and wonder what we were looking for!

While forgetfulness and memory decline is accepted as a normal part and parcel of the degenerative ageing process, it is necessary to spread an awareness of the warning signs, which could enable the earlier identification of an Alzheimer’s disease. Earlier identifications would pave the way for beginning the treatment process. Even though the deterioration caused by Alzheimer’s disease cannot be reversed or stalled, its progress can be slowed, with the provision of appropriate support networks for the person as well as the family in order to help preserve the functioning for a longer period of time.

Whenever a person is suffering from memory loss that disrupts the person’s functioning in his or her daily life, there is an indication of suspecting the diagnosis for an Alzheimer’s disease. Even though its lifetime prevalence rates are significantly higher in the older populations, nevertheless an earlier onset is not uncommon, and hence we should be aware of the signs and symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease.

Inability to recall previously learnt information – The most common signs of Alzheimer’s disease include misplacing things frequently, forgetting names, appointments, important dates or events; asking the same questions repeatedly. Such individuals begin to depend on others’ guidance and assistance for things they might have previously been confident of completing independently.

Difficulty in recalling vocabulary of common words – Often these people might have problems with new words both in oral as well as written forms. They might have problems in following or joining conversations, and hence would often be seen avoiding communication in social situations. They might stop in the middle of a conversation, not knowing how to continue, forgetting where they left off, and ending up repeating themselves. They can struggle to find the right word, and often get confused in spellings as well.

Social withdrawal – Such people may end up excluding themselves from social situations, in order to avoid an embarrassment due to their confused state. They avoid making conversations, and prefer staying alone.

Difficulty in recognizing familiar people – It can be very distressing for family and friends, as the person may start getting confused and misrecognizing the familiar people around them, mixing up their names, and at later stages even being unable to recognize their near and dear ones, treating them like strangers instead.

Disturbances in executive functioning – They are unable to plan and organize activities, and find it difficult to keep track of monthly accounts, forgetting the sequence of a familiar recipe, along with difficulty in concentrating on tasks, with delayed reaction times, and slower responses.

Disorientation – Such people may often get confused with time or place, losing track of days, seasons, years and even the passage of time very easily. They might forget where they are, or how they reached there, and for how long they have been there.

Daily tasks become a chore – Even familiar and routine tasks may end up becoming a challenge, as they might find it difficult to complete tasks at home, work or for leisure. Often such people do not admit that they do not recollect how to go about such mundane chores, and are even labelled as being lazy and unmotivated to complete their routine tasks.

Changes in mood and personality – People with Alzheimer’s disease usually tend to become irritable and easily upset. It is annoying for them to realize their helplessness, and this frustration often leads to suspiciousness and mistrust of others around them. They remain confused, and may also become anxious or depressed.

It is important to realize that Alzheimer’s disease does not just impact the individual’s life, but further more also has an adverse influence on the caregivers. In fact getting support from the family and friends is a vital step towards the management of Alzheimer’s disease. Since it is a progressive degeneration, enabling an earliest identification and seeking professional help is imperative to be able to reduce the pace of deterioration. With the help of medications as well as neuropsychological support, it is possible to help the individual preserve his level of functioning for a longer period of time.

The relation between memory and emotions is clearly established, and research has shown evidence for changes in lifestyle to help improve our memory.

Lifestyle management – Regular physical exercise, and adequate sleep and appetite are essential to help in reduction of our stress levels, thereby helping us stay mentally active. We should organize our daily schedule in order to manage a healthier lifestyle.

Memory aids – Using visual cues like wall charts, post-it notes, checklists, and calendar diaries helps in planning as well as remembering. Repetitive practice and mental retracing helps in learning newer information, using methods like chunking, first letter acronyms, method of loci and word games.

Intellectual stimulation – It is important not only to keep ourselves physically fit, but also mentally active. Solving Sudoku, mazes, and other puzzles, reading, or learning any novel activity like a new language or musical instrument, that makes us use activate our brain cells is the best exercise we can provide to maintain our memory.

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TRP : टॉप टेन में स्टार प्लस के 4 सीरियल

Sep 20 at 9:44 PM

Saturday 20 September 2014

TRP : टॉप टेन में स्टार प्लस के 4 सीरियल शामिल, सोनी नहीं इस रेस में

हिंदी जनरल एंटरटेनमेंट के साल 2014 के 37वें (7–13 सितंबर) हफ्ते की जो रेटिंग जारी हुई है…

डीडी की एंकर की नौकरी जाने को लेकर मीडिया दिग्गजों में आक्रोश, छिड़ी बहस

केबीसी ने पूरे किए अपने 14 साल

टेलिविजन रिएलिटी शो ‘कौन बनेगा करोड़पति’ और इससे महानायक अमिताभ बच्चन का रिश्ता इस साल 14 साल का हो गया…

1 अप्रैल से शुरू होगा रेडियो डिजिटाइजेशन का तीसरा चरण : सूचना एवं प्रसारण मंत्री

सूचना एवं प्रसारण मंत्री प्रकाश जावड़ेकर ने शुक्रवार को कहा कि सरकार डिजिटल एड्रेसेबल सिस्टम (डैस) के बाकी दो चरणों पर अमल को लेकर प्रतिबद्ध है…

आकाशवाणी से 5 भाषाओं में SMS के जरिए पा सकते हैं मुफ्त न्यूज सर्विस

सूचना एवं प्रसारण मंत्री प्रकाश जावड़ेकर ने शुक्रवार को 5 भारतीय भाषाओं में ऑल इंडिया रेडियो (एआईआर) की मुफ्त न्यूज एसएमएस सेवा लॉन्च की है…

रेडियो एफएम चैनल AIR न्यूज का कर सकते हैं इस्तेमाल!

एफएम रेडियो चैनल पर अब जल्द ही आप समाचार भी सुन सकेंगे। दरअसल सूचना एवं प्रसारण मंत्री प्रकाश जावड़ेकर ने कहा …

पीएम मोदी के मुरीद हुए इंटरव्यू लेने वाले पत्रकार फरीद जकारिया

प्रधानमंत्री बनने के बाद सीएनएन द्वारा लिया मोदी का पहला इंटरव्यू प्रसारित होने से पहले ही सुर्खियों में है…

देश की पहली ट्रांसजेंडर न्यूज एंकर बनी पद्मिनी

तमिलनाडु के कोयम्बटूर की रहने वाली 31 वर्षीय ट्रांसजेंडर पद्मिनी प्रकाश ने अपनी मेहनत और लगन की बदौलत अपने आप में एक मिसाल कायम की है…

प्यार को साबित करने के लिए इस महिला एंकर ने काटी थी अपनी कलाई

टेलिविजन एंकर शैरोन ओसबॉर्न ने अपने प्यार को साबित करने के लिए अपनी कलाई तक काट ली थी…

‘इनोवेशन के साथ लगातार बढ़ रहा है रीजनल मीडिया’

इनोवेशन यानी नवीनता बहुत जरूरी है, खासतौर पर तब जब आप दूरगामी…

ऑनलाइन क्लासीफाइड ऐड मार्केट में सब गोलमाल है…

ऑनलाइन क्लासीफाइड एड मार्केट में ‘पोचिंग’ का खेल तेजी से चल रहा है। फंडिंग हासिल करने के लिए राइवल साइट्स के ऑनलाइन ऐड चुराने का ट्रेंड बढ़ा…

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India Social Good Summit 2014

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The first ever India Social Good Summit organised by UNDP in partnership with IIT Delhi will be held this Sunday, 21 September from 1600-1730 hrs at Dogra Hall*, Indian Institute of Technology in Delhi. It has an exciting line up of speakers and young innovators who will discuss the ways in which technology is and can be used to create a better world.

Lise Grande, United Nations Resident Coordinator and UNDP Representative will kick start the event in conversation with noted filmmaker Shekhar Kapur, followed by a host of social innovators who will showcase cutting edge, innovative, low-cost technologies that can make a fundamental change to people’s lives.

The India Social Good Summit is part of the global Social Good Summit, a yearly event held in New York during UN week from September 21-22. The global conversation, led by UNDP HQ with participation from 50+ UNDP country offices, examines the impact of technology and new media on social good initiatives around the world, and brings together a dynamic community of global leaders, grassroots activists and innovators to discuss solutions to address the greatest challenges of our time.

So are you coming?

Join us via live webcast | 21st September, 4 to 530 PM
You can also join the conversation on our Twitter hand @UNDP_India and #2030NOW
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1478725539048630/?context=create&source=49

Be part of the conversation, and spread the message on

Looking forward to having you with us,

India Social Good Summit

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Tourism in Himachal getting a veritable facelift

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Nestled in the western Himalayan region, the State of Himachal Pradesh is proud to be part of the Himalayas. Himachal has abundant natural beauty in the form of snow clad peaks, low rolling hills, valleys, rivers & lakes and has tremendous potential for various kinds of tourism activities. Tourism is one of the main sources of income and employment generation in the State and contributes 9.75 per cent to the State Gross Domestic Product (SGDP).

Keeping in view this fact, the State Government has accorded top priority for the development of tourism in the State. This is evident from the soaring number of tourists flocking to the State every year. Adventure tourism, religious tourism, heritage tourism, rural tourism or eco- tourism are some of the areas which has got special attention in tourism development. The State Government has submitted various Tourist Circuits/ Destinations projects worth Rs. 2600 lakh to Government of India for seeking financial assistance for developing tourist infrastructure in the State.

Tourism is being given a veritable facelift with the introduction of several schemes by the State Government. For the promotion and development of tourism, the State has framed Sustainable Tourism Development Policy 2013. The objective of the Policy is to establish Himachal Pradesh as a global brand in domestic and international market and to ensure sustainable tourism primarily to benefit host communities, support natural and cultural heritage preservation, create an enabling environment for investment in the tourism sector. The State will also focus on diversification of tourism to the other potential areas where good infrastructure will be created. This will not only reduce pressure in the existing tourist destinations, it will also offer new areas to the tourists.

For further strengthening the tourism infrastructure in the State, Asian Development Bank (ADB) is providing a financial assistance worth 95 million American dollars under infrastructure development investment programme for tourism (IDIPT) and in Tranche-I the projects worth 33 million US Dollar were approved by ADB. Under Tranch-1, 20 projects for infrastructure development are being undertaken by the Department of Tourism & Civil Aviation in four districts namely Shimla, Kangra, Una and Bilaspur. The major projects of development under ADB assistance are restoration of Town Hall and beautification of Mall Road at Shimla, Development of Tourist Reception Centre & parking at Chintpurni and development of Jetty, camping sites, tracks and bird watching towers in Pong Dam area. Process for implementation of these mega projects is underway.

There has been a tremendous flow of tourists to the State in last few years. In the year 2013 (January to December) the state was visited by 1, 51, 29,835 tourists including 4, 14,249 foreign tourists while in the year 2012, the state was visited by 1.61 crores tourists, out of which about 5 lakhs were foreign tourists. This year till June 2014 the State was visited by approx. 83 lakh tourist including about 1, 93,387international tourists. Presently, the State has 2377 registered hotels/guest house with bed capacity of about 61,236. Himachal was earlier known only for summer season. With the efforts being made to break the seasonal factor and tourism products have been diversified to attract the tourists in other seasons also. Now Himachal is known as “A Destination for All Seasons and All Reasons.”

The Government has given the status of Industry to the tourism and the entrepreneurs setting up tourism ventures are entitled to same incentives as are available to the Industry. In order to encourage private entrepreneurs for setting up of tourism units, the State Government is providing incentive of 15 per cent Capital Investment Subsidy on Tourism Units subject to maximum Rs. 50 lakhs. The incentive scheme is effective till 31st March, 2017. New, Hotel units being set up in Tribal areas are exempt from paying luxury tax for a period of 10 years with effect from 1st April, 2012. Similar incentives have been provided to the units being set up in backward Panchayats with effect from 1^stApril, 2013.

With a view to provide tourists a glimpse of the rich heritage and culture of the State in natural environs, rural tourism and Home Stay Scheme is promoting in a big way. A rural household with minimum one room and a maximum of three rooms can register under the scheme. The registered Home Stay units in the rural areas are exempt from paying VAT, Luxury Tax etc. The water and electricity consumption charges are at domestic rates. Presently, in the State there are about 550 registered Home Stay units. The scheme has been instrumental in generating employment opportunities to the rural population.

State has numerous opportunities for setting up tourism projects in the area of tourist Resorts, Ropeways, Golf courses, amusement parks etc. The Government has created a land bank for setting up of tourism units under PPP mode in the State and the sites are available at Suketi (Sirmaur), Baddi (Solan), Bilaspur, Jhatingari (Mandi), 15 Mile Baragaon near Manali, and at Shoja (Kullu).

The State Government has submitted Rs. 500 lakh project for the Integrated Development of Una-Nadaun as a Tourist Destination to Government of India for seeking financial assistance for developing tourist infrastructure in the State. The other projects including Rs. 800 lakh Integrated Development of Buddhist Destinations, Rs. 800 lakh Integrated Development of Shimla-Suburbs and Rs. 500 lakh Integrated Development of Tourist Transit Zones in the State to Government of India for seeking financial assistance for developing tourist infrastructure in the State.

In order to promote the alternative mode of transport for the tourists, the sites of Chamunda ji-Adi Himani Chamunda, Dharamshala-Mcleodganj/Triund and Neugal-Palampur in district Kangra, Shahtalai-Deotsidh in district Hamirpur, Toba –Sri Naina Devi ji in district Bilaspur and Tutikandi-Lift-Mall Road Shimla in district Shimla have been identified for setting up of passenger Ropeways in the State on Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode. In addition, it has also decided to explore the possibility of setting up Ropeway at Sarahan-Bashal in district Shimla & Kinnaur on public private partnership (PPP).

Himachal enjoys comparative advantage as it has stable polity, accessible administration, clean environment, cordial industrial relations, ease to do business and abundant cheap power. Above all, the cool and clean environment of the State is congenial for the growth of tourism industry. Himachal is an important brand by itself and is well recognized tourist destination.

Issued by:

Director,

Information & Public Relations,

Himachal Pradesh, Shimla-2

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Subject: Press Invitation

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Subject: Press Invitation

From: Media Cell AAP <mediacellaap@gmail.com> Sun, 21 Sep ’14 11:40a

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Dear all,

Arvind Kejriwal & Yogendra Yadav will address public meetings today (Sunday), 21 Sep, in Matiala assembly constituency (West Delhi) 5:00 PM : Roadshow to begin near St Thomas School, (Goyla Dairy) 5:30 – public meeting, Pandwala Kalan. 6:30 – public meeting, Shyam Vihar, main road, Dinpur.

Regards.

AAP Media Cell

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US launch airstrikes in Syria targeting ISIL fighters

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Al Jazeera English

US and partner nations launch airstrikes in Syria targeting ISIL fightershttp://aje.me/1sVsSEY

US begins bombing ISIL positions in Syria

US central command says attacks involve bombers, fighters and cruise missiles and are ongoing.

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ALASKA TV REPORTER RESIGNS ON AIR TO FIGHT FOR MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION

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Alaska Dispatch News reader Greene said

“Now everything you’ve heard is why I, the actual owner of the Alaska Cannabis Club, will be dedicating all of my energy toward fighting for freedom and fairness, which begins with legalizing marijuana here in Alaska,” she said. “And as for this job, well, not that I have a choice but, fuck it, I quit.”

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Greene soon after told the Alaska Dispatch News that KTVA was unaware of her role with the Cannabis Club or her plans to part ways with the network, and an NBC News-affiliate has since confirmed that state records show the organization is owned by Charlene Egbe — Greene’s legal name. KTVA apologized after the incident on Facebook “for the inappropriate language” and said Greene, who had been quite clear about quitting, has been terminated.

“If I offended anyone, I apologize,” Greene told ADN, “but I’m not sorry for the choice that I made.”

As footage of the incident began to circulate around the web, the Alaska Cannabis Club’s social media accounts soon directed followers to a video featuring the now-former news anchor further explaining her reasoning for resigning.

“Nearly a century of marijuana prohibition and stigma has stained America, the land of the free and the home of the brave. But we have a chance to start taking back the right,” Greene says in the clip.

“Advocating for freedom and fairness should be everyone’s duty. I’m making it my life work to uphold what America stands for truly: life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness — ideals that now need to be defended,” Greene continues. “But I can’t do this alone. I need you in the very least to start the conversation. Talk to a friend, a mother, a co-worker, brother, anyone. Just share your own ‘My Marijuana’ story. Show them that we smokers are responsible, contributing members to society.”

“Changing one heart and mind at a time is the only way to legalize marijuana and bask in lady liberty’s glory,” Greene says before formally offering her endorsement of Ballot Measure 2— a law up for vote on November 4 that, if successful, will allow adults in Alaska to possess, grow and sell weed without requiring a medical script as currently state rules specify.

“The proposed initiative will take marijuana sales out of the underground market and put them in legitimate, taxpaying businesses,” Tim Hinterberger, a sponsor of the bill and a developmental biology professor at the University of Alaska, previously told the Huffington Post. “Replacing marijuana prohibition with a system of taxation and sensible regulation will bolster Alaska’s economy by creating jobs and generating revenue for the state.”

If Alaskans vote ‘yes’ on Ballot 2 — an effort that Greene says is a “a vote for liberty, freedom and fairness” — then the state will become the third in the US after Colorado and Washington to allow adults to legally purchase and possess restricted amounts of marijuana for recreational purposes. Federally speaking, however, pot sale and cultivation remains illegal. RT news

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EEPC India sign MoU with Deutsche Messe for Partner Country status at Hannover Fair

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EEPC India sign MoU with Deutsche Messe for partner Country status at Hannover Fair.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi to attend the event in Hannover,Germany in April 2015.

India high-tech products and services will receive instant visibility at hannover Fair. Indian companies pavillion whch has been granted the coveted ‘Partner Country’. status for its April,2015 edition with formal signing of the MoU beteen Deutsche Messe AG, organisers of the world’s largest and oldest engineering trade fair in Germany and the Engineering Export Promotion Council of India (EEPC) India.

Ministry of commerce,the nodal ministry for India’s international trade has mandated the EEPC India along with the India Brand Equity Foundation IBEF for organizing the high-level participation from the country at hannover Messe 2015 to build Indian inc brand of high-tech and dependable suppliers of engineering goods and turnkey services.

MoU was signed between Mr Bharat Sarkar,ED & Secretary, EEPC India and mr Marc Siemering,Sr Vice president , Deutsche messe AG in presence of Commerce Secretary Mr Rajiv Kher. Further eminent dignitaries were Mr Ravi Capoor,Jt Secretary, Ministry of Commerce & Industry,GOI,EEPC India Chairman and Mr Anupam Shah and Mehul Lanvers Shah, Managing Director of Hannover Milano Fairs India.

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Director Anand Kumar with his team promoted the film DESI KATTEY in Noida

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Director Anand Kumar with the star cast of his film “Desi Kattey” visited Hotel Radisson Blu, Noida and promoted the film. To accompany him in the press meet veteran actor Sunil Shetty and Ashutosh Rana with Jay Bhanushali, Claudia Ciesla and Shasha Agha were also present. Desi Kattey is an action film and starred Sunil Shetty, Jay bhanushali and Akhil Kapoor in the lead. The film also stars Ashutosh Rana, Tia Bhajpai, Shasha Agha and Claudia Ciesla in special appearance. The film is directed by Anand Kumar under his own banner Anand Kumar Productions. The film is set to release on 26^th September, 2014.

Director Anand Kumar said, “There are many sports in India apart from cricket which should be encouraged and Shooting is one of them. I have tried to portray the life of a “shooter” in my film which will be something new in Bollywood”.

On which Veteran actor Sunil Shetty also added, “Even I believe that every sport should be encouraged in India especially the ones who represent our country on International Stage”

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Conspiracy exposed – Victim was unaware that her FIR included Mayank Gandhi

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Conspiracy exposed – Victim was unaware that her FIR included Mayank Gandhi

In shocking developments it has come to light that some conspirators used a hapless victim to falsely accuse Mayank Gandhi and others from Aam Aadmi Party of totally baseless charges. It is becoming clear that those unable to fight fair political battles resort to slander and defamation to malign AAP leaders, Alka Lamba and Mayank Gandhi have been victimized through totally false and spurious charges.

In Mayank Gandhi’s case the complainant was totally unaware that his name was being mentioned as accused. She is a young lady AAP volunteer who was encouraged to file a police complaint by a certain group of people led by Sunil Shukla (they were AAP members but quit AAP on 18 September 2014). They did not tell the lady they quit AAP and took her on 19 September to file the complaint. She accused one Tarun Singh of harassment and mentioned in her statement that the moment she brought the matter to Mayank Gandhi he suspended the youth and initiated an inquiry.

The lady was totally unaware of how complaints are filed, never having visited a police station in her life. The conspirators assured her they knew the process. It took more than six hours for the police to record her statement and she was getting very late. The conspirators along with police made the poor lady sign blank FIR forms and assured her she could leave! She left without any copy of her statement or FIR.

In her absence they twisted her statement and added the names of AAP national leader Mayank Gandhi, AAP state leader Ruben Masacarenhas and AAP volunteer Vinay Mishra. The victim was shocked when she learned through social media that she has made a complaint against Mayank Gandhi and totally denied it – “I have made no complaint against Mayank Gandhi, Ruben Mascarenhas, and Vinay Mishra not of molestation, not of harassment, nor intimidation.”

She approached the seniors in the party and explained how she was misled totally and was distraught that she was being blamed for maligning the name of Mayank Gandhi. She asked party seniors to help her clarify her true position and they advised her to visit the Commissioner of Police and state the facts as she knew them. Today at noon she met the Joint Commissioner Law and Order and her statement is attached. AAP Maharashtra stands vindicated that no complaint whatsoever was filed by the complainant against Mayank Gandhi, Ruben Mascarenhas or Vinay Mishra.

Being fully seized of the matter now, AAP Maharashtra is remorseful that we thought that the complainant made false allegations but that was what appeared in the FIR page 1 which was widely circulated by the conspirators. We understand now that the young lady was used most shamelessly by the conspirators and AAP will ensure she faces no more harassment. We will fight for justice for her and we will take strong action against anyone who attempts to malign her. We request all the media to ensure that her identity is not exposed under any circumstances.

Enclosed: The copy of Complainant Statement to Commissioner of Police, Mumbai.

Regards,

AAP Media Cell

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GAIL launches India’s biggest athletics talent hunt : The Fastest Indian

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By sagarmedia on September 22, 2014 |

Hunt for the next Milkha to identify and develop Olympic-level sprinters

Ambitious project to scout and support talent in India for 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games
Talent hunt amongst children across 19 Cities and 20 Events

New Delhi, September 22, 2014: Aiming to identify Olympics medal winners in Athletics, GAIL (India) Limited today launched the first edition of India’s most ambitious sports talent hunt, “GAIL:The Fastest Indian”, in association with Spoment.

Legendary athlete ‘Padmashree’ Milkha Singh, himself, is the mentor of the talent hunt, which will identify, groom and develop champions keeping in mind 2020 Tokyo Olympics and herald a new era in the Indian Athletics.

The talent hunt is aimed at finding next Milkha of India and will be conducted across 19 cities reaching over 3,000 schools in the age group of 12 to 14 years. The event is spread into finding best talents in 100 metre, 200 metre and 400 metre race for both, boys and girls.

Winners from their respective cities would be competing to become “GAIL:The Fastest Indian” on December 14, 2014 at Bengaluru in the finals, where one boy and one girl from each category will be selected.

GAIL (India) Limited, India’s No. 1 Natural Gas company and a Maharatna PSU, is the principal partner of the event being organized by Spoment, a global sports, media and entertainment company.

Winners of the finals of “GAIL:The Fastest Indian” would be trained by renowned national and international sports trainers, where they would get specialized training needed to compete at the international events. The winners will also be given complete scholarship up till their post-graduation so that their focus would continue to remain on medal winning and not have to ne worry about the future.

Speaking on the occasion, ‘The Flying Sikh’ Shri Milkha Singh said, “I am very happy that GAIL and Spoment have taken this initiative. This project is the need of the hour. It will help find many more Milkha’s from the length and breadth of this country.”

GAIL’s Director (HR) Shri M. Ravindran said, “GAIL is a brand associated with energy, youthfulness and growth. The company’s lean and nimble workforce has worked hard to make it the country’s fastest growing Maharatna company in 30 short years. Association with the search for the fastest Indian thus comes naturally for GAIL. Athletics as a sport is a true test of human endurance, redefining the limits we set on ourselves. We are sure that a country of a billion plus has a lot of extraordinary talent that is untapped. What is required is a little help and little faith. We hope to be that help.”
According to Shri Darshan M, Director, Spoment, “GAIL-The Fastest Indian is much more than a talent hunt, it’s a dream for Indian sports. It is an ambitious attempt to discover, groom and develop an Indian Olympic level athlete. The project would achieve its goal even if few of the kids from this search go on to represent India at the international sports arena.”

While the first edition of “GAIL-The Fastest Indian” will cover 19 cities, it will be expanded over time to reach all 800 districts of the country, thus becoming the world’s largest ever athletics talent competition. The organizers have tied up with the School Games Federation of India to popularize the event and ensure participation by the maximum number of talented children.

The other partners who are making this dream possible include IFIM Business School which is providing scholarships, Manipal Hospitals, Sports Keeda, Chroma, Fox Mandal, ICONGO,rightticket.in<http://rightticket.in>, CII YI and UNIBIC.

The cities where the event will be held and the dates are given below. The exact venues will be announced in due course.

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City

Date

Ludhiana

7 Oct 2014

Chandigarh

10 Oct 2014

Bhopal

13 Oct 2014

Delhi

14 Oct 2014

Ahmedabad

16 Oct 2014

Jaipur

17 Oct 2014

Mumbai

20 Oct 2014

Goa

27 Oct 2014

Hyderabad

30 Oct 2014

Rudrapur

7 Nov 2014

Chennai

10 Nov 2014

Lucknow

12 Nov 2014

Kochi

15 Nov 2014

Varanasi

17 Nov 2014

Bangalore

20 Nov 2014

Patna

22 Nov 2014

Ranchi

25 Nov 2014

Guwahati

27 Nov 2014

Bhubaneswar

29 Nov 2014

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Media address : BFI: Let’s play ball: BFI tells school & colleges

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Basketball federation of India with the support of IMG Reliance will kick offthe Indian School and Indian college Basketball leagues in the Capital city on September 29th. 2014.

Spread over a span of three months,the 22 pan India City level leagues will take place followed by a culmination tournament -National Championship.

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PM Modi launches “Make in India ” global initiative

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PM of India Shri Narendra Modi has launched a “Make in India ” initiative with an objective to boost India ‘s manufacturing sector. The “Make in India ” program includes major new initiatives intended to facilitate investment, foster innovation, protect intellectual property, and build best-in-class manufacturing infrastructure. The “Make in India” movement aims to put India prominently on the global manufacturing map and, in turn, facilitate the inflow of new technology and capital, while creating millions of jobs.

The Prime Minister stated that it is important to increases the purchasing power of the common man, so as to boost demand, and hence spur development, in addition to benefiting investors. The faster people are pulled out of poverty and brought into the middle class, the more opportunity will there be for global business.

The Prime Minister mentioned that India is the only country in the world which offers the unique combination of democracy, demography, and demand. He highlighted that the new Government was taking initiatives for skill development in order to ensure that skilled manpower is available for manufacturing. He also referred to the Digital India mission and enumerated that Governance should be aimed at digital government and must focus on Digital India to ease business through easy governance.

Further, the Mission Swachh Bharat and “waste to wealth” could lead to good revenue models for business as well. He also referred to his vision of waste water management and solid waste management in 500 towns across India through public private partnership.

Going ahead, Shri Narendra Modi mentioned that the development and growth-oriented employment is the government’s responsibility and emphasized the need for “effective” governance.

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Latest revelations on AIIMS CVO removal issue expose BJP lies.

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From: Media Cell AAP <mediacellaap@gmail.com> Wed, 24 Sep ’14 6:46p

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The BJP’s mysterious silence on the latest revelations exposing union health minister Harsh Vardhan and party general secretary JP Nadda, have nailed all lies spread by the ruling party on the issue of whistleblower officer Sanjeev Chaturvedi.

The health minister resorted to repeated lies when he was caught off guard on the issue of removing Chaturvedi from the post of Chief Vigilance Officer of AIIMS.

The minister is now evading the issue and is silent along with his entire party, since the BJP’s attempts to trample the AIIMS autonomy through its naked political interference to protect a bureaucrat facing serious corruption charges, is now fully exposed.

The health minister misled the country when he had stated last month that Chaturvedi was shifted as AIIMS CVO since the Central Vigilance Commission had objected to his appointment.

It has now become clear that Harsh Vardhan’s claim was wrong and the CVC did not at any time object to the appointment. Importantly, however, he hid the fact that BJP general secretary and Rajya Sabha MP, JP Nadda had written to him in June seeking Chaturvedi’s removal.

Nadda’s interference did not stop merely at seeking the removal of Chaturvedi from the post of CVO, it now transpires that he even suggested a name for his replacement.

The Aam Aadmi Party challenges health minister Harsh Vardhan and BJP to answer the following questions :

1) Can the health minister deny that he received a letter from BJP leader JP Nadda in June ?

2) Is it not a fact that Nadda demanded removal of Sanjeev Chaturvedi from the post of CVO AIIMS ?

3) Can Harsh Vardhan deny that Nadda wanted probes into corruption cases initiated by Chaturvedi dropped ?

4) Can the health minister deny that he received a reminder from Nadda in July stressing that the AIIMS CVO be changed ?

5) Can he deny that under pressure from the BJP his ministry initiated the process to remove Chaturvedi withing 24 hours in August ?

6) Why is Nadda shying away from revealing his interest in saving Mr Vineet Choudhary ?

7) What was Nadda’s locus in suggesting his choice as replacement of Chaturvedi ?

8) What is the BJP stand on its senior leader asking for probes in corruption cases to be scuttled ?

This episode involving Harsh Vardhan and Nadda has brought to the fore, the BJP’s direct compromise with corruption. The response of BJP on whether these two will continue in their positions is awaited. (ENDS)

Regards,

AAP Media Cell

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Kashmir Flood Relief by AAP Maharashtra

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Kashmir has been devastated by the worst floods the nation has seen in six decades. The entire nation is indebted to the Indian Army for having gone beyond the call of duty to save lives. Aam Aadmi Party and its volunteers are also making every effort possible to help Kashmiris in these difficult times. Dr Raja Muzaffer Bhat, eminent activist, columnist and AAP Loksabha Candidate from Srinagar and his entire team have been working relentlessly on relief and rescue work. They have been risking their lives and going to areas that have been left unaided by the government agencies.

AAP Maharashtra has also been contributing to Dr Bhat’s efforts and we will continue to do so as long as our brothers and sisters in Kashmir require our assistance. So far, AAP Maharashtra has despatched monetary help as well as supplies. In the shortest possible period, with limited resources, our team put together a huge amount of essential supplies. We are greatly satisfied and proud of the fact that when our fellow countrymen needed us, AAP stepped up and took upon itself this enormous task. We thank the airlines which have agreed to carry relief material free of cost.

Here is a list of items that AAP Maharashtra has already sent:

– Funds to purchase packaged water

– Boat, life jackets & safety jackets

– Food grains

– Medicines and medical supplies

– Pumps to spray disinfectants & sanitation

– Blankets, tents, candles

We appeal to all citizens to help AAP in aiding the relief work in Kashmir.

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UN Public Lecture Education in the 21st Century by Dr. Karan Singh,

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Find attached invite to UN Public Lecture on Education in the 21^st Century. The lecture is 26 Sept 2014 5 pm, Teen Murti Bhawan. UNICEF India Representative, Mr. Louis Georges Arsenault will deliver the closing remarks.UN Public Lecture Education in the 21st Century by Dr. Karan Singh, Member of Parliament, Friday 26 Sep, 5 pm, Teen Murti Bhawan

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Film Screening at the Italian Cultural Institute – Special Double Bill,

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Film Screening at the Italian Cultural Institute – Special Double Bill, 2:00 pm & 4:00pm, Saturday,27 September 2014

Today at 12:44 PM

ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI CULTURA DI NEW DELHI – INCONTRI IN BIBLIOTECA

Le regioni d’Italia al cinema/ Italian Regions in Cinema

Dal libro al cinema/From Book to Film

13 Agosto / August – 17 Dicembre / December 2014

Tutti i mercoledì / Every Wednesday @ 19.00

SPECIAL EVENT/ SPECIAL DOUBLE BILL

Saturday, 27^th September 2014 at 2:00 & 4:00 p.m.

Le regioni d’Italia al cinema: CAMPANIA

Italian Regions in Cinema: CAMPANIA

BENVENUTI AL SUD/ Welcome to the South

Commedia / Comedy

2010, 106 min.

Regista / Director: Luca Miniero.

Cast: Claudio Bisio, Angela Finocchiaro, Alessandro Siani, Valentina Lodovini

Alberto, the manager of a Post Office in a small town in the northwest of Italy, under pressure from his wife Silvia, will do anything to get a transfer to Milan – even going so far as to pretend he is disabled to get higher up on the transfer list! But this trick doesn’t work and as a punishment he is transferred to a small town in the southern Campania region, which, for a person from the north, is a real nightmare. Full of prejudice, Alberto leaves alone to brave what he considers the land of camorra, full of dirty, lazy southerners. But, to his surprise, Alberto will instead find a fascinating place, with friendly colleagues, very hospitable people and a new best friend, the postman Mattia, who he will help to win the heart of the beautiful Maria.

Saturday, 27^th September 2014 at 2:00pm

http://www.iicnewdelhi.esteri.it/IIC_NewDelhi/webform/SchedaEvento.aspx?id=1025

Le regioni d’Italia al cinema:LOMBARDIA

Italian Regions in Cinema: LOMBARDY

BENVENUTI AL NORD / Welcome to the North

Commedia / Comedy

2012, 110 min.

Regista / Director: Luca Miniero

Cast: Claudio Bisio, Angela Finocchiaro, Alessandro Siani, Paolo Rossi, Valentina Lodovini,

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The lives of Alberto from North Italy and Mattia from South Italy alongwith their respective families are bound to cross again with new presuppositions. Silvia, wife of Alberto does not like Milan because of its pollution and she accuses Alberto to be an egoist. In the meantime, Mattia lives with his wife Maria and his son Edinson in his mother’s house. But then the arrival of Mattia in Milan overwhelms the life of Alberto once again.

Saturday, 27^th September 2014 at 4:00pm

http://www.iicnewdelhi.esteri.it/IIC_NewDelhi/webform/SchedaEvento.aspx?id=1026

Venue: Tessitori Hall, Italian Cultural Institute, New Delhi

Entry Free: For security reasons please show your valid Photo Identity Card.

For more information, please visit our websitewww.iicnewdelhi.esteri.it/IIC_Newdelhi

Italian Embassy Cultural Centre

50- E, Chandragupta Marg (Entry from Nyaya Marg)
Chanakyapuri, New Delhi – 110 021
Phone: 0091-11-26871901/03/04
www.iicnewdelhi.esteri.it

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VISHAL VHARDWAJ AND SHRADDHA KAPOOR ON INDIA’S RAW STAR

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This week India’s Raw Star will have the talented actor, director, music composer in other words the power house of talentVishal Bhardwaj along with Shraddha Kapoor on the show. They will be seen promotion their upcoming movie Haider. The stars came at different hours but filled in a lot of energies with their presence.

Shraddha Kapoor who was very excited to meet Honey Singh jumped a little when came and sat next to the man of the hour. While she enjoyed all the performances, Shraddha ensured that Yo Yo sings a few lines of his song on the stage. This is not all Shraddha who was extremely moved by Rituraj’s performance also went up on the stage to sing a song from her upcoming movie Haider.

This week will mark the final performance for all the contestants on India’s Raw Star that are in the bottom five. The contestants will sing their final song before the elimination is declared next week and the wild card entry will make way.

Catch Shraddha and Vishal Bhardwaj on India’s Raw Star on 28^th September 2014 along with Yo Yo Honey Singh and 10 Raw Star’s and Host of the show Gauhar Khan at 7 pm only on STAR Plus!

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Volkswagen launches new Vento, 1.5 TDI Turbo-Diesel

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Volkswagen launches new Vento, 1.5 TDI Turbo-Diesel now available with 7-Speed DSG Automatic

- New Volkswagen Vento now available with all-new 1.5-litre TDI engines, with 7-Speed DSG Automatic transmission

- New features include dual front airbags on all variants, dual-beam headlamps, upgraded instrument panel, redesigned alloy wheels, footwell lights, and flat-bottomed multi-function steering wheel

- New colours for the Vento line-up include Toffee Brown and Night Blue. New Vento available at selected Volkswagen showrooms across India from 24^th September 2014 onwards, ex-showroom prices (Mumbai) start at Rs 7.44 lakh

Delhi, September 24, 2014: Volkswagen, Europe’s largest carmaker, announces the launch of the new Vento, one of the most refined, well-built, safe and technologically advanced sedans available in India. To suit a wide range of requirements and driving preference, the new Vento is available with a range of four-cylinder engines – 1.6 MPI, 1.2 TSI and 1.5 TDI powerplants, all of which offer an excellent blend of power, performance and fuel economy.

In response to popular demand for advanced, refined diesel automatics, the new Vento 1.5 TDI is now available with Volkswagen’s technologically advanced 7-Speed Dual-Clutch DSG automatic transmission, a feature that is unique in this segment. Volkswagen’s 7-Speed DSG has two clutches; Clutch 1 handles odd-numbered gears, Clutch 2 handles even-numbered gears plus reverse gear. As a result of this sophisticated clutch management, there are no gaps in propulsive power and power delivery remains uninterrupted. The “lag” that is sometimes associated with conventional automatics is non-existent with the DSG.
In addition to providing outstanding driving dynamics as explained above, Volkswagen’s 7-Speed DSG, with its perfectly timed and perfectly executed gearshifts, also helps with improving fuel economy and lowering emissions. With closely-spaced ratios, the new Vento’s DSG transmission makes the best possible use of Volkswagen’s 1.5 TDI and 1.2 TSI engines’ power delivery, and provides smooth, seamless acceleration at all speeds.

The new Vento’s 1.5-litre four-cylinder TDI turbo-diesel engine produces 103 horsepower and 250Nm of torque, which provides impressive performance on the road, while its fuel economy figure of 21.21kpl provides uncompromised efficiency. Other engines in the new Vento line-up are also similarly accomplished.

The 1.2 TSI engine produces 103 horsepower and 175Nm of torque, and delivers 16.93kpl in terms of fuel economy. The 1.6 MPI engine produces 103 horsepower and 153Nm of torque, and returns 15.04kpl.
Other changes on the new Vento include dual front airbags on all variants, redesigned 15-inch alloy wheels, and new, more powerful dual-beam headlamps. The new Vento also gets a flat-bottomed multi-function steering wheel with integrated controls for the car’s entertainment system, footwell lights and Bluetooth telephony. New colours available for the Vento line-up include Toffee Brown and Night Blue.
Speaking at the launch of the new Vento, Mr. Michael Mayer, Director, Volkswagen Passenger Cars, Volkswagen Group Sales India Pvt. Ltd. said “It has been our constant endeavour to provide leading automotive technologies to our customers in India, as elsewhere in the world. The new Vento 1.5 TDI, which is available with our advanced 7-Speed Dual-Clutch DSG automatic transmission, underlines the fact that Volkswagen cars are at the forefront with class-leading technologies, in their respective segments. Our cars have always represented high standards of safety, impeccable build quality, and outstanding driving dynamics, and with all of these, we take one more step forward with the new Vento.”

Ex-showroom prices (Mumbai) are Rs 10.49 – 10.94 lakh for the new Vento 1.5 TDI DSG, Rs 8.57 – 9.90 lakh for the Vento 1.5 TDI,

Rs 9.35 – 9.92 lakh for the Vento 1.2 TSI DSG, and Rs 7.44 – Rs 8.87 lakh for the Vento 1.6 MPI.

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A meeting-conference conducted by ✰Patrice Vanoni ✰

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Alliance Française de Delhi

presents

A meeting-conference conducted by

✰Patrice Vanoni ✰

Friday, 26^th September 2014, 7.00PM

M.L Bhartia Auditorium – Alliance Française de Delhi

Free entry – Open to all

Starting as a freelance journalist for several magazines, radio and Le Monde, Patrice Vanoni has been an International Reporter and Correspondent in many countries for several major French television channels (TF1, Canal +, I TV, Arte) for 30 years. He has made reports and documentaries covering highly topical international issues: wars and conflicts, particularly in Africa, but also major political events, such as, the last France-Africa Summit of the French President François Mitterrand in Biarritz. He also met many artists whom he covered.

Patrice Vanoni lived six years in Africa, four years in India, ten years in the United States and a year in Morocco. Since late 2008, he has been serving various French institutions with his rich experience as an International Reporter. He was Audiovisual Attaché at the Embassy of France in India, seconded to Mumbai, then Cultural Attaché at the Embassy of France to the USA, seconded to Houston (Texas). Until late 2013, he was Staff on Mission to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Paris.

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A Dialogue between People';s Networks

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Convergence of Movements
A Dialogue between People';s Networks, Movement Alliances and Unions
26-27 September 2014, 10 am – 6 pm
Raja Ram Mohan Roy Memorial Trust (Brahmo Samaj) Hall,
12 – Rouse Avenue Lane, (Opp. Gandhi Peace Foundation),
ITO New Delhi – 110002

Dear Saathis,

To follow up on the meeting on 5^th August 2014 and prepare for the forthcoming mass rally with atleast 20,000 people planned on 2-3^rd December 2014 to ‘secure social services and social security for all’ we invite you for a planning meeting on 26-27 September 2014. The meeting is being jointly organised by Pension Parishad, the Right to Food Campaign, the Rashtriya Mazdoor Adhikar Morcha, Jan Swasthya Abhiyan and the National Alliance for People’s Movements.

We extend this invitation to all state and national representatives of progressive movements, campaigns, organisations and individuals across the country to join this nascent initiative of ‘convergence of movements’. The agenda for the meeting is attached.

We will also request 1-2 representatives from each state to present the initiatives undertaken or planned in their regions to dialogue with and/or bring on board a wide range of civil society movements including trade unions, women’s movements, dalit and adivasi campaigns, farmers organisations, youth groups, secular campaigns and several others. The aim of this convergence initiative is to forge a joint movement across all social sector campaigns in order to strengthen our collective efforts and voices in the present communal and anti-poor political climate.
Of the previous meeting, the drafting group had also prepared a note with a list of participants, which is attached for your reference.

We request you to make your arrangements for travel and accommodation to New Delhi. But do confirm your participation and if you need any assistance, drop in a line to movement.convergence@gmail.com
Please share this mail with others and post it across list serves, to spread the word and ensure that a wide cross-section of representatives participate in September.

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Fortis Hospital, Shalimar Bagh organises RUN for the Heart

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Fortis Hospital, Shalimar Bagh organises Run for the Heart ,Run for North Delhi residents to celebrate World Heart Day

New Delhi, September, 2014: To motivate people for a healthy heart, Fortis Hospital, Shalimar Bagh organized a 2 Km run titled ᒵn for the Heart⼯span> for the residents of North Delhi. The running competition was eligible for residents in the age group of 50 years and above. The run was flagged off by Mr. Jasdeep Singh, Zonal Director, Fortis Healthcare, Dr. J.C Mohan, Director of Cardiology and Dr. Vinay Sanghi, Associate Director, Cardiology, Fortis Hospital, Shalimar Bagh and was held in the premises of the hospital. The winners were presented with cash prizes and received certificate of participation. Participants who missed the finishing line received free special cardiac consultation from the expert team of doctors at Fortis Shalimar.

The Ἧspan>Run for the Heart⠲un witnessed an enthusiastic participation from over 50 residents from Shalimar Bagh, Pitampura, Rohini, and Ashok Vihar. The oldest participant of the run was 78 years old. A dedicated team of doctors was present throughout the run to provide first aid and offer suggestions on how to maintain a healthy heart and body.

Mr. Jasdeep Singh, Zonal Director, Fortis Healthcare said, ㆯrtis Hospital, Shalimar Bagh has always promoted initiatives that support a healthy living. The objective behind supporting such a run is to encourage people to enhance their understanding of a balanced lifestyle to take care of their heart. We are pleased by the response and support from residents of neighboring colonies for this initiative

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India’s Women Double Trap Team Lands Bronze at the 17th Asian Games

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India’s Women Double Trap Team Lands Bronze-Seventh Medal in Shooting at the 17^th Asian Games

New Delhi, 25^th September 2014: The Indian Women’s Double Trap Shooting Team comprising of Shagun Chowdhary, Shreyasi Singh and Varsha Varman, continued to pile on the medals for the Indian shooting contingent, when they shot their way to a Bronze medal on Day six of the 17^th Asian Games, underway at Incheon, South Korea. The trio shot a combined score of 279 in the finals here today to finish behind hosts South Korea, who won the Silver medal with a score of 314. The Gold was won by the Chinese team who finished with a score of 315, to eclipse the World Record in the event. This was India’s sixth Bronze in as many days from the Shooting range and seventh medal overall. Jitu Rai, had won the only Gold for India thus far, in the 50m Pistol event on the opening day of the Games

In the individual section however Shagun Chowdhary’s score of 96 could only help her finish 8th, while Shreyasi finished 10^th with a score of 94 and Varsha 12^th with 89.

In other news from the Shooting range India’s Gurpreet Singh finished fifth in the 25m Standard Pistol Men’s Competition. Mahaveer Singh ended up in 17th spot and Samaresh Jung finished 24^th in the same event. The three could also manage only a fifth position in the Team event with a combined score of 1684. In the 50m Rifle Prone Event for Men, Team India comprising of Joydeep Karmakar, Gagan Narang and Hariom Singh narrowly lost out on the Bronze to finish fourth with an overall score of 1852.8. Individually Joydeep finished tenth in the event while Gagan Narang and Hariom Singh ended up 14^thand 29th respectively.

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TN Ninan takes over as new Ananta Aspen Centre Chairman

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	TN Ninan takes over as new Ananta Aspen Centre Chairman

New Delhi, September 24, 2014: At the Board of Trustees meeting of the Ananta Aspen Centre yesterday, the Board unanimously elected Mr T N Ninan as the new Chairman of the Ananta Aspen Centre.

Mr. Ninan succeeds Mr. Gautam Thapar, Founder and Chairman, Avantha Group, following the latter’s decision to step down after completing five extremely successful years. The Board very much appreciated the leadership and generous support of Mr Thapar in leading the organization to new heights. His continuous guidance helped the organization in building its brand.

In an illustrious career spanning a quarter-century in the media, Mr. Ninan has been at the helm of several news organisations. He was the editor of Business Standard (also its publisher from 1996), the Economic Times and Business World, bringing about radical change and achieving rapid growth in all of them during his stewardship. He was also the Executive Editor at India Today in the 1980s, and a television commentator on economic and business issues.

Mr. Ninan has been President of the Editors Guild of India, and Chairman of the Media Committee at the Confederation of Indian Industry. He is currently a Board member of the World Editors Forum. He is also a recipient of numerous awards, including the B.D. Goenka Award for Excellence in Journalism.

Ananta Aspen Centre is an independent and not-for-profit organisation that focuses on leadership development and open dialogue on important issues facing Indian society, to help foster its transformation. The Centre engages civil society, business, Governments and other stakeholders on issues of importance to India’s development and national security.

For more information, contact:

Mr Samarth Pathak	Cellphone: +91-9811347927Email: Samarth.pathak@anantacentre

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