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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 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, [...]
The details of category wise vacancies in Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) as on 10.08.2011 is as under:- Cadre Sanctioned Strength Available Strength Vacancy Executive 4496 3682 814 Legal 312 197 115 Technical 155 106 49 Ministerial 1,532 1,352 180 Canteen posts 70 52 18 TOTAL 6,565 5,389 1,176 43 Special Prosecutors/Assistant Special Prosecutors and 45 Technical officers (09 Banking [...]
There would be 11 vacancies of Judges in the Supreme Court of India up to 31.05.2012 including existing 4 vacancies of Judges as on 31.8.2011. Giving this information in written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha, Shri Salman Khurshid, Minister of Law & Justice, said that pursuant to the Supreme Court Judgment of October 6, 1993 read with [...]
A Statement showing the State-wise number of landless agricultural workers (men and women) is annexed. The per thousand distribution of female and male workforce in agriculture sector is 463 and 536 respectively. State-wise male and female agricultural workers (Source, Census 2001) S.No No. Name of the 5tate/UTs Number of Agricultural Labourers Male Female Total 1. Andhra Pradesh 6453741 7378411 13832152 [...]
The requisite trade data through Attari-Wagha border is given below: (Value in Rupees Crore ) Year Attari Road Land Custom Station Attari Rail Cargo LandCustom Station Exports Imports Exports Imports 2008-09 421.18 410.30 588.55 491.22 2009-10 395.92 798.05 417.89 640.36 2010-11 452.86 1170.46 306.31 892.23 This information was given by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Shri Jyotiraditya M.Scindia, in a written reply in [...]
The Law Commission in its 120th Report recommended that the strength of judges per one million population may be increased from 10.5 to 50 judges per million population. Giving this information in written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha, Shri Salman Khurshid, Minister of Law & Justice, said that the judge strength of the High Courts is reviewed [...]
The Minister of Steel, Shri Beni Prasad Verma has said that data on production, import, export and consumption of crude steel in India during the last three years, year-wise, is given below:- Crude Steel (Million tonnes) Item 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11* Production 58.44 65.84 69.57 Import (Semis) 0.60 0.44 0.34 Export (Semis) 0.75 0.63 0.35 Consumption 58.33 65.61 69.59 Source: Joint Plant Committee (JPC) * Provisional In [...]
The Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs Shri R.P.N. Singh today informed the Lok Sabha that 820 foreign companies have been registered during the last three years. The Government has received Rs. 6.91 crore, Rs. 9.56 crore and Rs. 8.24crore respectively, in the last three years(2008, 2009 and 2010) by way of filing/registration charges. The detail of such Foreign Companies operating in India at present,statewise companies is as under: . STATE Number of Foreign [...]
The Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs Shri R.P.N. Singh toinformed theLok Sabha that 238 Companies have been identified as vanishing companies. Companies which had raised funds through Initial Public Offer were identified as Vanishing Company for (i) non maintaining of their registered office; (ii) non- traceability of directors(iii) non- filing of statutory returns/ listing requirements with the concerned Registrar of Companies / Stock Exchange for [...]
The production of ethanol in the country is insufficient to meet the requirement of different sectors. In India, almost the entire Ethanol is produced from sugarcane molasses. Hence, ethanol production in India is heavily dependent on production of sugar and sugarcane, which fluctuates due to their cyclic nature. Government, under the Sugar Development Fund Rules, 1983, provide soft loans, up to 40% of [...]
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