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Growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of about 15 per cent, the agrochemicals sector in India is likely to cross Rs 25,000 crore mark by 2015. The Indian agrochemicals market is currently poised at over Rs 16,000 crore, according to a study titled, ‘Indian Market for Agrochemicals,’ released by The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India [...]
ASSOCHAM has proposed 30-point growth strategy to the new Government of Punjab with a view to give thrust to the small scale enterprises and food processing sector and achieve double digit growth in the decade. The ASSOCHAM delegation comprising Mr. Ravi Wig, Chairman, ASSOCHAM Punjab Development Council, Mr. Ashok Khanna, Chairman, ASSOCHAM National Council on Environment & Safety and TQM [...]
Women in Mumbai and B’lore more aggressive about career development, Delhi ranks 3rd Majority of young working women in urban India are putting off plans to start a family as they put career and professional ambitions ahead of motherhood, according to a just released survey by apex industry body ASSOCHAM ahead of International Mother’s Day on Sunday, May 13. The [...]
The city surfaced in his stories. He even wrote scripts for its famous film industry and starred in some movies. Now, 100 years after Saadat Hasan Manto’s birth, Mumbai is gearing up to remember the eventful time that the legendary Urdu writer spent here. Born May 11, 1912 in Samrala, Punjab, Manto arrived in Mumbai in the 1940s and spent [...]
They crossed over to India illegally to find a livelihood, but landed in prison. Now many Bangladeshi infiltrators are being provided training in Kashmiri embroidery at the Kot Bhalwal jail here. Many of the nearly 90 Bangladeshi prisoners lodged in the jail, on the outskirts of Jammu, feel the skill will help them live a dignified life back home after [...]
More than 900 million international journeys are undertaken every year. Global travel on this scale exposes many people to a range of health risks. Many of these risks, can be minimized by precautions taken before, during and after travel. This report provides information on health risks for travellers. International travel and health 2012 book is now available. View or download [...]
The Bogibeel Rail-cum-Road Bridge over the mighty river Brahmaputra nearDibrugarh in Assam was announced in Railway Budget 1996-97 as national project.Foundation stone for the project was laid in the year 1997 by the then Prime Minister ofIndia and the work was commenced in the year 2002. This longest bridge in the country was declared as a national project in the year 2007. The work on the substructure of this project, [...]
Maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health Born too soon: the global action report on preterm birth provides the first-ever national, regional and global estimates of preterm birth. The report shows the extent to which preterm birth is on the rise in most countries, and is now the second leading cause of death globally for children under five, after pneumonia. Addressing preterm [...]
A new Russian-made civilian plane carrying 50 people went missing in Indonesiawhile flying over mountains Wednesday during a demonstration flight for potential buyers and journalists, officials said. Search and rescue teams were heading to the area just south of the capital, said Bambang Ervan, a spokesman for the Ministry of Transportation. Bad weather, however, forced at least two helicopters to turn back. The [...]
The citizens as well as netizens are flooded with sensational news and views about controversial CD throwing a senior allegations against Congress leader and reputed legal personality Mr Abhishek Manu Singhvi, followed by certain events which left no possibility of knowing the truth or otherwise of story. The social media net work, figuring in every significant event of the society [...]
It is by now axiomatic that India is a vast, complex and plural polity with disparate groups struggling to coexist and achieve a measure of cohesion and national integration. Even a large district in India is bigger than half the nations of the world. Several of the larger states in the country are bigger than 90 percent of the nations of the [...]
Centrally funded Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) are functioning in the country. Details of these institutes, location-wise, state-wise and total number of seats at present, are as under: Sl.No. Name of the Institute Location State Total number of seat at present 1. Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad Allahabad Uttar Pradesh 751 2. Pandit Dwarka PrasadMishra Indian Institute of Information Technology, [...]
THE recent decision of the Airports Economic Regulatory Authority (AERA) allowing for a huge hike in Airport Fees in favour of Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL) evoked much criticism about the callous attitude of the government in regulating Public-Private Partnership (PPP) projects. The increase of charges, which is around 364 per cent, will be transferred to the passengers directly and [...]
May 8th is Red Cross Day. Red Cross Day falls on 8th of May. Back in 1963 the American President John F Kennedy reminded the world of this selfless movement and exhorted men and women to become part of this movement. “Today as the Red Cross embarks upon its second century of service, each of us has an opportunity and an obligation to [...]
Eating less fat and doing more exercise is the simplest and the straightest way to slimming, says a new study that vindicates a common sense approach to weight loss. Scientists at Harvard Medical School, Boston surveyed 4,000 obese adults and found those who followed the common sense advice were much more likely to lose weight than those who adopted fad [...]
Young men who play load bearing games such as volleyball and basketball for four hours a week or more increase bone mass, which may ensure protection from osteoporosis later in life, says a study. The study, the largest scale investigation of its kind, discovered that young men who actively resisted the urge to adopt a “couch-potato” lifestyle in their late [...]
Multiple signalling channels within the brain ensure that they don’t overload the organ with too much traffic at their busiest roundabouts and keep it healthy and fit, say researchers. “Many neurological and psychiatric conditions are likely to involve problems with signalling in brain networks,” says study co-author Maurizio Corbetta, professor of neurology at Washington University. “Examining the temporal structure of [...]
Sensors, transmitters and GPS modules need only a few milliwatts of power to operate, which could also be met by vibrations produced by moving objects, thanks to a new technology – “energy harvesting”. But is this really enough to supply electronic microsystems? The answer lies in a compact data-logger installed on board, designed by the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits, [...]
The anti-corruption Lokpal Bill looks unlikely to be passed in the current budget session of parliament that ends May 22. While the opposition is focussing its attention on the presidential polls, Team Anna’s movement appears to have lost steam. The opposition does not seem to be in a hurry over passage of the bill even as the government is trying [...]
Indian Muslim Relief and Charities (IMRC), a US-based organization, has built 60 schools in the remote villages of coastal Andhra Pradesh and plans to construct 40 more to provide spiritual education to Muslims. Under its platform, Rural Educational and Economic Development (REED), the organization has not only constructed the buildings of basic multipurpose one-teacher schools but also appointed trained Telugu-speaking [...]
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