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Efforts are being made to explore coal new reserves in the country. During the last three years 2.72, 4.70 & 4.92 lakh meter of detailed exploratory drilling has been carried out converting 2.74 billion tonne, 2.70 billion tonne & 2.17 billion tonne resources respectively into ‘Proved category’. During XII plan 49.55 lakh meterdrilling is envisaged to convert about 74.85 billion tonnes of resources into ‘Proved [...]
The world will not only be getting a leap day this year, we will have a leap second too. The arbiters of time at the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERRSS) have announced they will be introducing a leap second on June 30th in order to keep up with the Earth’s rotation. What’s a leap second? Give me a minute. [...]
The present full immunization coverage of children in India is 61%. India has declared year 2012 as the year of intensification of routine immunization.
clarified how it all happened. As he explains, it is a case of a mischievious photoshop and the fact that you can indeed reach Kottayam even if you turn left or right from a particular spot on the outskirts of this city. MORE READING. . .
If you are looking at starting the business of publication of magazines, you are supposed to follow many norms and procedures as prescribed by the Government of India. Firstly, you will have to register the magazine that you propose to publish. Here are the procedures to be followed: 1. Approach the Regional Magistrate court. 2. Prepare the application in the [...]
The word sine die originates from the Latin which means “without day”. Therefore sine die means “without assigning a day for a further meeting or hearing”. To adjourn a parliament or an assembly sine die is to adjourn it for an indefinite period. A legislative body adjourns sine die when it adjourns without appointing a day on which to appear or assemble again.
There are 790 ESI Centres in the country including Madhya Pradesh. The availability of medical equipments and medicines in ESI Hospitals in the country is generally satisfactory. However, there are vacancies of doctors in ESI Hospitals. There are no separate sanctioned posts of lady doctors. Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) has taken several steps for revamping and modernization of ESI [...]
Mobile phone towers have been permitted inside forests in states. The State-wise number of mobile phone towers permitted inside forests under Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 is given in the Annexure.There is no proposal to direct the telecom operators to remove these towers from the forest areas. Annexure “Impact of Mobile Radiations on Forest Areas” State-wise number of mobile phone towers permitted inside [...]
Washington, Dec 4 (IANS) Face recognition is an important social skill but not many of us are equally good at it, reveals a study. Researcher Jia Liu along with colleagues from Beijing Normal University have demonstrated how this skill is rooted in the unique way in which the mind perceives faces. ‘Individuals who process faces more holistically – that is, [...]
As per information furnished by Medical Council of India (MCI), the total number of doctors registered (allopathic) in the country till 31st July, 2011, is 8,56,065 out of which approximately six lac are presently active practitioners. The current doctor-population ratio has been worked out to be approximately 1:2000. A large number of steps have been taken to address shortage of [...]
London, Nov 30 (IANS) A family in Britain had a pleasant surprise after their pet dog that went missing five years ago turned up riding on a bus. The Oates family had given up hope of seeing its beloved Staffordshire bull terrier T-Bone again after he was snatched from outside their home. Last night, they were reunited after he was [...]
The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009, which became operative with effect from 1st April, 2010, prescribed that Pupil-Teacher Ratio (PTR) in schools should be maintained as per the following specified levels: A. For classes 1 to V: (i) Two teachers for upto sixty admitted children (ii) Three teachers for 61-90 children (iii) Four teachers [...]
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) issued “the Telecom Commercial Communications Customer Preference Regulations, 2010” on 1st December, 2010 with the objective to provide an effective mechanism for curbing Unsolicited Commercial Communications. All the provisions of the said regulation have come into force from 27th September, 2011. Prior to coming into force of this regulation, on an average 47454 [...]
The Group of Twenty (G-20) Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors was established in 1999 to bring together systemically important industrialized and developing economies to discuss key issues in the global economy. The inaugural meeting of the G-20 took place in Berlin, on December 15-16, 1999, hosted by German and Canadian finance ministers. Mandate The G-20 is the premier forum [...]
London, Nov 2 (IANS) A 21-year-old American woman has been officially certified by Guinness as having the world’s longest tongue, measuring a whopping 9.7 cm. Chanel Tapper, from Houston, US, shot to fame as a 13-year-old, when she was spotted sticking out her monster tongue in a YouTube video, says The Sun. In September, Guinness invited Tapper to Los Angeles [...]
London, Oct 23 (IANS) Paying too much attention to what you’re doing can not necessarily make it work right — in fact it can actually ruin your performance! ‘We think when you’re under pressure, your attention goes inward naturally. Suddenly, it means so much, you want to make sure everything’s working properly,’ says Rob Gray of the University of Birmingham, [...]
The Government has undertaken Road Safety Audit of selected stretches of National Highways/Expressways with a view to strengthen road safety on highways, The specific aim of Road Safety Audit is that safety should be a prime post-construction operative feature. The analysis of road accident data received from States/UTs reveals that drivers’ fault is the single most important factor responsible for accidents, fatalities and [...]
The progress in recruitment of minorities in all Ministries/ Departments of the Government of India, public sector enterprises, public sector banks and financial institutions is being monitored as per the guidelines of the Department of Personnel & Training (DOPT). The data is not collected on each Minority community by the DOPT but for the five Minority communities as a whole [...]
Tokyo, Sep 14 (IANS) A hotel in Japan turns down young couples who come looking for a place to stay. This hotel has only ‘cold-storage’ rooms — that too for the dead! Situated in Yokohama, the Lastel hotel though looks much like any other lodging, it stores the deceased in refrigerated coffins so that mourning relatives can visit any time, [...]
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