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Around fifty-five kilometers from the capital of the Eastern state of West Bengal, Kolkata, and with river Hooghly flowing on its west, is located a Special Economic Zone in Falta. With the setting up of the SEZ in the district of South 24 Parganas, the place became well connected by a developed network of roads, two ports and an international airport. Along with [...]
Television and Films are the most popular medium of entertainment and information dissemination. In both, rural and urban India the impact created by cinema and television programmes on public mind is massive and ineffaceable in many respects. Fashions and life-styles shown in films become popular overnight. Exposure to smoking in movies promotes tobacco as normal and associates it with style [...]
Hemant Kanwar was suffering from post-polio residual paralysis in the left lower limb. He was not able to walk steadily and had to rely on others to take him from one place to other. Being unemployed, he also had to face problems when appearing for job interviews. Facing severe problems even to accomplish his day-to-day activities, Hemantconsulted the doctors of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Institute for the Physically [...]
Following is the text of the ‘Consultation Paper on Electoral Reforms’ that has been issued by the 20th Law Commission of India on May 31, 2013. The Commission has invited suggestions on it till June 30, 2013 from all the stakeholders and the Indian public at large : 1. Introduction 1.1 The issue of electoral reforms with all its connotations has been receiving [...]
Nearly six million people across the world die because of direct or indirect use of tobacco every year and the figure could go up to eight million by 2030 unless urgent action is taken says WHO. In India one out of 10 Indian adults dies of tobacco related diseases and Tobacco is cause for 1.5lakh cancers, 4.2 million heart diseases, and [...]
Researchers have calculated that beef generates about twice as much nitrogen as pork, and almost three times as much as chicken or fish. Scientists at Lancaster, Virginia and Oxford universities have produced a web-based tool that allows anyone living in the UK to see their own ‘nitrogen footprint’. The tool, known as the N-Calculator, is available at: http://www.n-print.org/sites/n-print.org/files/footprint_java/index.html#/home It asks users [...]
Around fifty-five kilometers from the capital of the Eastern state of West Bengal,...
Television and Films are the most popular medium of entertainment and information...
Hemant Kanwar was suffering from post-polio residual paralysis in the left lower...
Following is the text of the ‘Consultation Paper on Electoral Reforms’ that has...
Nearly six million people across the world die because of direct or indirect use...
Researchers have calculated that beef generates about twice as much nitrogen as pork,...
The Cabinet recently approved the real estate regulation and development bill which provides for putting in place a regulator for the housing...
Describing the SEBI action against promoters of 100 companies which could not bring a minimum public holding up to 25 per cent rather harsh,...
Sangeet Natak Akademi, the apex body of performing arts and a national academy of music, dance and drama, was established in 1953 for the promotion,...
Many low- and middle-income countries are neglecting overweight and obesity as major health threats, with policies in place to tackle undernutrition,...
Return of Nawaz Sharif at the helm of affairs in Islamabad will help its economic integration with India which will also aid the Pakistani...
Government has adopted new technological skills and programmes for seismology and earthquake prediction related research. Under it Preparatory...
The Cabinet recently approved the real estate regulation and development bill which provides for putting in place a regulator for the housing sector in the country with a view to bringing transparency to the sector. The regulator will oversee the functioning of the sector which unfortunately has been most opaque in its dealings. The bill, aimed at regulating the sector [...]
Backgrounder: Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises Heavy Engineering Equipment and Machine Tools Industry sector is the backbone of the entire engineering sector of India. The capital goods sector, contributing 12% to the manufacturing activity, represents a multi-disciplinary field with numerous end use application areas. The capital goods industry has a strong production base capable of manufacturing the diverse range of machinery [...]
Describing the SEBI action against promoters of 100 companies which could not bring a minimum public holding up to 25 per cent rather harsh, ASSOCHAM today made a strong plea to the market regulator to take a less stringent action and give them at least another three months to meet the guidelines on public holding. “While it is true that [...]
Awareness about health care programmes and facilities is the essence for the success of any health care initiative which is closely linked with human development. The Government launched the National Rural Health Mission in 2005 to provide accessible, affordable and quality health care to rural population. One of the key components of the Mission is to provide every village with a trained [...]
Around fifty-five kilometers from the capital of the Eastern state of West Bengal, Kolkata, and with river Hooghly flowing on its west, is located a Special Economic Zone in Falta. With the setting up of the SEZ in the district of South 24 Parganas, the place became well connected by a developed network of roads, two ports and an international airport. Along with [...]
Many low- and middle-income countries are neglecting overweight and obesity as major health threats, with policies in place to tackle undernutrition, but lack policies to halt the growing burden of diseases due to the rise of overweight, and obesity, according to new information released by WHO . More than 75% of overweight children live in developing countries with the prevalence [...]
Continuous declining interest of Private Equity (PE) and lack of financing options has resulted in a decline in domestic M&A (Merger & Acquisitions) in the first quarter of 2013, the domestic M&A stood at $1.1 billion which is down to 78.9% from the first quarter of 2012, according to the ASSOCHAM-KPMG recent study. While releasing the study on “Value creation [...]
Free and fair competition is one of the pillars of an efficient market economy. Competition has become a driving force in the global economy. May 19, 2009 changed the paradigm of doing business in India. That is the day the enforcement of the Competition Act was started by the Competition Commission of India. During its brief existence of about 4 years, [...]
Once blue chip Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) like BSNL, Air India, Hindustan Cables Ltd and Fertiliser Corporation of India today stand testimony as to how not changing with the changing times and technology could change their fate and turn them into sick units. However, there has been always a silver lining in this regard as the government has been relentlessly making [...]
Unemployment is a colossal problem and in most developing countries. Self-employment generation, by way of creating new small enterprises, is perhaps the fastest process by which one gets employed and gives employment to other unemployed youth. Enterprise development is one of the thrust areas for economic development of any country, which can be achieved by way of providing hand-holding support [...]
Television and Films are the most popular medium of entertainment and information dissemination. In both, rural and urban India the impact created by cinema and television programmes on public mind is massive and ineffaceable in many respects. Fashions and life-styles shown in films become popular overnight. Exposure to smoking in movies promotes tobacco as normal and associates it with style [...]
Hemant Kanwar was suffering from post-polio residual paralysis in the left lower limb. He was not able to walk steadily and had to rely on others to take him from one place to other. Being unemployed, he also had to face problems when appearing for job interviews. Facing severe problems even to accomplish his day-to-day activities, Hemantconsulted the doctors of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Institute for the Physically [...]
Sangeet Natak Akademi, the apex body of performing arts and a national academy of music, dance and drama, was established in 1953 for the promotion, preservation and enrichment of the cultural heritage of India. Publication The publication programme of the Akademi includes books and monographs on the performing arts and the quarterly journal SangeetNatak. Additionally, to promote publishing on music, dance and drama, the Akademi helps authors [...]
National Museum Institute has started a new training program- Yuva Saathi- youth volunteer guides. The programme is aimed at training the Volunteers in taking guided visits of the school groups and family groups at the National Museum. She said that she was happy to see that youngsters are enthusiastic and willing to be associated with National Museum. The Yuva Saathi training programme aims to train [...]
Following is the text of the ‘Consultation Paper on Electoral Reforms’ that has been issued by the 20th Law Commission of India on May 31, 2013. The Commission has invited suggestions on it till June 30, 2013 from all the stakeholders and the Indian public at large : 1. Introduction 1.1 The issue of electoral reforms with all its connotations has been receiving [...]
Nearly six million people across the world die because of direct or indirect use of tobacco every year and the figure could go up to eight million by 2030 unless urgent action is taken says WHO. In India one out of 10 Indian adults dies of tobacco related diseases and Tobacco is cause for 1.5lakh cancers, 4.2 million heart diseases, and [...]
Unemployment is a colossal problem and in most developing countries. Self-employment generation, by way of creating new small enterprises, is perhaps the fastest process by which one gets employed and gives employment to other unemployed youth. Enterprise development is one of the thrust areas for economic development of any country, which can be achieved by way of providing hand-holding [...]
Once blue chip Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) like BSNL, Air India, Hindustan Cables Ltd and Fertiliser Corporation of India today stand testimony as to how not changing with the changing times and technology could change their fate and turn them into sick units. However, there has been always a silver lining in this regard as the government has been relentlessly making [...]
Free and fair competition is one of the pillars of an efficient market economy. Competition has become a driving force in the global economy. May 19, 2009 changed the paradigm of doing business in India. That is the day the enforcement of the Competition Act was started by the Competition Commission of India. During its brief existence of about 4 years, [...]
Researchers have calculated that beef generates about twice as much nitrogen as pork, and almost three times as much as chicken or fish. Scientists at Lancaster, Virginia and Oxford universities have produced a web-based tool that allows anyone living in the UK to see their own ‘nitrogen footprint’. The tool, known as the N-Calculator, is available at: http://www.n-print.org/sites/n-print.org/files/footprint_java/index.html#/home It asks users [...]
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