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123456789012345678901234567890121234567890 Dabangg(Munni) for Dabangg Best Playback Male Singar Best Editing 12th IIFA Awards - rahat fateh ali - Namrata Rao - Salman Khan starrer khan - Dabangg Band Baaja "Dabangg", last year's biggest (tere mast mast Baaraat Bollywood hit, was adjudged the do nain) Best Sound Recording best film at the glittering 12th Best performance in Negative role - Pritam Das - International Indian Film Academy - Sonu sood - Love, Sex Aur (IIFA) awards at toronto. The action- dabangg Dhokha comedy bagged seven awards. Best music director Best Sound Re-recording Bollywood superstar Shah - Sajid-Wajid and - Leslie Fernandes Rukh Khan was named the best Lalit Pandit - - Dabangg male actor for his performance as Dabangg Best Cinematography an asperger patient in Karan Johar's Best Costume Designing - Sudeep "My Name Is Khan", while Anushka - Niharika Khan - Chatterjee - Sharma received the best female Band Baaja Guzaarish actor for her lively role of a wedding Baaraat Best Art Direction planner in "Band Baaja Baraat". Best Action - Sabu Cyril - Robot The city's Roger's Centre - S. Vijayan - Best Special Effects erupted in cheers June 25, when Dabangg - Indian Artists - Shah Rukh received the award from Best Makeup - Banu Robot Anil Kapoor and Hollywood actress (For Rajnikant) - Green energy awards Hillary Swank who greeted the Robot audience with a "Namaste". Best Background Score for Indians List of other winners of the - Shankar, Ehsaan, Two Indian companies have Loy - My Name Is been awarded this year’s Ashden 12th IIFA Awards Winners: Khan Awards for Sustainable Energy, Best Film - Dabangg Best Song Recording claimed to be Britain most Best Debut - Sonakshi Sinha - - Vijay Dayal and prestigious green energy awards. Dabangg The awards were launched in 2001 to encourage greater use of local clean energy to address climate change and alleviate poverty. Congratulating the winners, Prince Charles, Patron of Ashden Awards, said: “The Ashden Awards show what it is possible to do now in saving resources and cutting emissions. They remind us how, as individuals, we can make a huge difference to the world in which we live. In a nutshell, they remind us that acting locally is, in fact, acting globally.” The winning Indian companies are Abellon Clean Energy Ltd. and Husk Power Systems.

Career Makers 3 July 2011, Volume: 07 Colum McCann wins Remembering Babylon, while Toibín Attingal municipality won the IMPAC Dublin Literary captured the prize in 2006 for The first place for pollution control among municipalities. The second place is Award Master. The judging panel was shared by Chalakkudy and Irish writer Colum McCann’s composed of Susan Bassnet, a Irinjalakuda municipalities. Let The Great World Spin, a novel professor of comparative literature Malabar Institute of Medical set in the shadow of Philippe Petit’s at the University of Warwick; authors Sciences Limited, Kozhikode, 1974 tightrope walk between the John Boyne and Tessa Hadley; poet bagged the excellence award for twin towers of the World Trade and critic Michael Hofmann; private hospitals with more than 200 Center, has won the 2011 Canadian author Nancy Huston. beds. EMS Memorial Cooperative International IMPAC Dublin Literary The panel’s non-voting chair was Hospital and Research Centre, Award, one of the world’s most former judge, and novelist, Eugene Perinthalmanna, came first. Malabar lucrative book prizes. The prize is R. Sullivan. In total, they considered Institute of Medical Sciences worth •100,000. 162 different novels nominated by Limited, Kottackal, earned the first Let The Great World Spin, 166 library systems from around the place among hospitals with 100 to which was published in Canada by world. 200 beds. Malabar Cancer Centre, HarperCollins, features a sprawling Past winners include Michel Thalassery, won the first place for cast, including an Irish priest working Houellebecq, Orhan Pamuk, and hospitals with less than 100 beds. in the South Bronx, his brother, a Gerbrand Bakker, who won last year District Hospital, Palakkad, came mother who lost her son in the for The Twin. first among government hospitals. Vietnam War, a strung-out hooker Two Canadians have won The first place for community or recounting her life story from a the prize: Rawi Hage for De Niro’s public health centres went to prison cell, and a young couple Game (2008) and Alistair MacLeod Community Health Centre, Konni. involved in a hit-and-run. The judges for No Great Mischief (2001). Announcing the awards here called it “a genuinely 21st century on Friday, Health Minister Adoor novel that speaks to its time but is Kochi refinery wins Prakash said all winners would get not enslaved by it.” It also won the pollution control trophy and certificates. Besides, 2009 National Book Award for award institutions placed first, second, and Fiction. third would get cash prizes. The The refinery of Bharat The other books up for the awards and prizes would be Petroleum Corporation in Kochi and IMPAC Dublin Literary Award were presented at a function to be held in HLL Lifecare Limited in Galore, by Canadian author Michael Kochi on June 5, the World Thiruvananthapuram have won the Crummey; The Lacuna, by Environment Day. 123456789012345678901234567890121234567890

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and large industries respectively. 123456789012345678901234567890121234567890 Ransom, by the Australian author 123456789012345678901234567890121234567890ISSUESISSUESISSUES First places in pollution David Malouf; Little Bird of Heaven, control have been taken by MRF by prolific American author Joyce Western Ghats to be Limited, Kottayam, and Philips Carol Oates; Jasper Jones, by inscribed in world Carbon Black Limited, Ernakulam. Australian writer Craig Silvey; heritage list next year Cochin Minerals and Rutiles Brooklyn, by Irish author Colm Limited, Ernakulam, and Sud- The serial sites of Western Toibín; Love and Summer, by Irish Chemie India Private Limited, Ghats will be inscribed in the World author William Trevor; and After the Ernakulam, shared the excellence Fire, a Still, Small Voice, by Heritage List next year. awards for medium industries. Australian writer Evie Wyld. The 36th session of the Milma's Palakkad dairy and Kannur Two of the finalists are World Heritage Committee of dairy claimed the first places for A former winners: Malouf won the first- Unesco in Bangkok will make the and B categories of medium ever award in 1996 for announcement, V.B. Mathur, Dean industries based on capital of the Wildlife Institute of India, told . investment. The excellence award for Though the International small industries went to Victory Union for Conservation of Nature Granite Metals, Thrissur, and the (IUCN) wanted the inscription to be first place to Devi Sands Private postponed for three years at the Limited, Wayanad. Among the current session being held in Paris, hotels, Spice Village, Thekkady, the Committee decided to inscribe emerged the topper. the 39 serial sites of the Ghats next

Career Makers 4 July 2011, Volume: 07 year, said Dr. Mathur, who is part of Three Agreements sin Project with the assistance of the the Indian delegation canvassing for Signed with World Bank World Bank. The Project will focus the heritage status. for Cleaning Ganga and on building and strengthening the Describing the development Conservation of NGRBA’s related institutions at the as a major step, Dr. Mathur said 18 Biodiversity Central and state level; establishing nations of the 21-member commit- a world-class Ganga Knowledge tee supported India. The Indian del- The Government of India Centre; enhancing river basin man- egation was also informed that there and the World Bank today signed agement; and financing select pri- was no need for new proposals for three agreements to for cleaning ority investments to reduce point- the Ghats. The Committee has also Ganga River and to Strengthen Ru- source pollution in a sustainable decided not to send any new IUCN ral Livelihoods and Biodiversity Con- manner. The Authority has resolved mission to India to inspect the serial servation in India. The River clean- under its “Mission Clean Ganga” that sites. ing project is to the tune of US $ 1 by year 2020 no untreated munici- The Committee banks on the billion (approximately Rs 4,600 pal sewage or industrial effluents will technical evaluation report of the crore) loan and credit that will form be discharged into the river. Today, IUCN in deciding the status of the part of the Bank’s long-term support only about one-third of the sewage sites nominated by the countries. A for cleaning the Ganga River. Two two-member committee visited the generated by the towns and cities Biodiversity Conservation agree- serial sites last year as part of the on the mainstream of the river is ments are for a credit of US$15.6 assessment process. treated; and a significant volume of million and US$8.14 million grant. It has sought additional infor- untreated or inadequately treated On this occasion, Sh Jairam mation regarding the management industrial effluents is also dis- Ramesh , Minister of State for Envi- of the serial sites and given direc- charged into the Ganga. ronment and Forest Minister said, tions to make the management sys- The Ganga faces great chal- “Two protected areas, one each in tem more effective. The Committee lenges from expanding population, Uttarakhand and Gujarat, will put in said it was waiting for the recom- urbanization and industrial growth. place a complete new model of man- mendations of the Western Ghats Managing the complex interplay of aging the protected areas while Ecology Expert Panel constituted by water quality and quantity is essen- safeguarding the livelihoods of lo- the Ministry of Environment and tial to meet these challenges. A com- cal communities. So far local com- Forests for the conservation and prehensive approach will be munity was looked as enemies of protection of the Ghats. All the in- adopted under which industrial pol- protected areas, but this has to be formation sought by the Committee lution, solid waste management, and changed. We have to make local would be mailed to them shortly, Dr. riverfront management will also be communities full partners in the pro- Mathur said. addressed besides the essential tection and regeneration of these On the biodiversity impact of sewage treatment and infrastruc- protected areas. These new mod- some dams in the Ghats region, the ture. Dedicated institutional mecha- els will be applied in other areas of Indian delegation said they were nisms will be established in order to the country.” Giving details of clean- built long ago and had no major en- plan, prioritize and manage these ing operations of last few years, the vironmental impacts. The IUCN also investments for the long term. Minister said, “The objective of appreciated the high biodiversity The Project, with an esti- Ganga project is ‘ by 2020 no mu- value of the Ghats sites and its uni- mated cost of Rs 7,000 crore nicipal sewage and industrial efflu- versal importance, he said. (approx US$ 1.5 billion), has been ent will be let into the river Ganga Incidentally, the committee approved by the Government of In- without treatment. With the help removed Assam's Manas Wildlife dia and the World Bank. The share from the World bank, we are taking Sanctuary from the ‘world heritage of the Government of India will be a big step forward in achieving the in danger' list after taking into ac- Rs 5,100 crore (approx US$ 1.1 bil- Mission Clean Ganga.” count the significant improvements lion) and that of the five state gov- An empowered and collabo- made for its preservation. The sanc- ernments (Uttarakhand, Uttar rative body of the Central and state tuary was inscribed on the danger Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and governments, National Ganga River list in 1992, seven years after West Bengal) will be Rs 1,900 crore Basin Authority (NGRBA) will imple- Unesco declared it a world heritage (approx US$ 0.4 billion). The World ment the National Ganga River Ba- site. 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Career Makers 5 July 2011, Volume: 07 of India by providing technical as- selection of investments, a Procure- is to maintain this rich biodiversity sistance and financing of US $ 1 bil- ment Manual, a Financial Manual, under pressure from increased lion. The assistance would be in an Environment and Social Man- population and demand on reform of a loan of $801 million from agement Framework, a Communi- sources. BCRLIP will be imple- IBRD and a credit of $199 million cations Plan, and a Governance and mented at two biodiversity rich land- from IDA. The NGRBA Program will Accountability Action Plan. Infra- scapes, namely, (1) Little Rann of be implemented through close co- structure investments under the Kachchh,Gujarat and (2) Askot ordination between the Central, Project would be selected on the landscape,Uttarakhand. BCRLIP is state and local governments, and basis of criteria laid out in the Frame- unique in more ways than one. It with the implementing agencies and work, and included in the NGRBA’s breaks new ground in envisioning a civil society. It will encourage inno- Annual Plans. multi sector, multi theme project on vative approaches, including new Building on lessons from the a landscape which has often been technological solutions and results- past, several measures have been talked about but not addressed be- based financing mechanisms to en- proposed to improve implementa- fore in a time bound project mode. sure desired improvements in wa- tion on the ground. These include The project will strengthen the Gov- ter quality. provisions to ensure that: all sub- ernment of India’s efforts to con- The Project will have two projects are designed and imple- serve high-value biodiversity areas components focused on institutional mented in accordance with the new while improving the livelihoods of development and priority infrastruc- MoEF guidelines for sub-project dependent communities. It will con- ture investments. The institutions preparation; sewage treatment serve biodiversity, while improving which are built to implement the plants (STPs) are built on a Design, rural livelihoods by applying cultur- NGRBA Program at the Central and Build and Operate (DBO) model to ally appropriate and tested partici- state levels will receive support to ensure they are operated and main- patory approaches to support oppor- establish a state-of-the-art Ganga tained properly; technology for STPs tunities for improving rural liveli- Knowledge Centre to act as a re- is selected based on an analysis of hoods. The government policy aims pository for knowledge relevant to lifecycle costs; stakeholder consul- to expand conservation action be- conservation of the Ganga; and to tations are built into implementation; yond the Protected Areas (PAs) strengthen environmental regulators independent appraisal of sub- boundaries to make sure that devel- (Pollution Control Boards) and local project Detailed Project Reports opment around protected areas is institutions (ULBs, etc) under insti- (DRPs) is undertaken; synergy with carried out in a manner that is more tutional development. related programs (e.g. JNNURM) is consistent with biodiversity conser- The investments will be ensured; third party inspections are vation and sustainable livelihood made in four key sectors: wastewa- conducted by independent institu- development objectives. ter collection and treatment, indus- tions; and roles and responsibilities In recent years, the Govern- trial pollution control, solid waste are clearly defined through tripartite ment of India (GOI) and several management, and riverfront man- Memoranda of Agreements (MoAs) states has established a network of agement to reduce pollution in a between Centre, States and ULBs. more than 600 protected areas sustainable manner under finance The agreements for the across different ecosystems and priority investments Biodiversity Conservation and Ru- bioregions to conserve the country’s Dedicated implementation ral Livelihood Improvement Project unique biodiversity and natural habi- entities, staffed by technically quali- were signed by Mr. Venu Rajamony, tats. However, there are constraints fied professionals, are being set up Joint Secretary, Department of Eco- to the viability and effectiveness of in the Central and State Govern- nomic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, the conservation of the existing PAs. ments to coordinate and oversee on behalf of the Government of In- These PAs are largely managed as implementation of the Project. dia, and Mr. Roberto Zagha, World “islands” surrounded by other forms Project implementation will be in Bank Country Director in India in of land use that are often not com- accordance with a Program Frame- presence of Mr Jairam Ramesh, patible with conservation goals. The work, developed by the Centre and Minister Environment and Forests, absence of an integrated land and States for NGRBA. This Framework Government of India. natural resource use focus, particu- includes detailed arrangements for India is home to 8% of the larly for areas surrounding the PAs implementation, detailed criteria for world’s biodiversity. The challenge has constrained conservation strat-

Career Makers 6 July 2011, Volume: 07 egies to reduce threats to forest land under green cover and biodiversity. The project promotes a improve the quality of green cover more focused and holistic approach on another 5 million hectare of non- forest land. that attempts to integrate development and land-related concerns with UNDP brings Gulf of biodiversity conservation within the Mannar coral reef out PAs and surrounding lands of danger The World Bank has been a United Nations Development major financier of biodiversity Programme initiative, coral reef projects globally and has supported cover along the Gulf of Mannar innovative participatory models of Biosphere Reserve has increased biodiversity conservation in and from 37 percent to 43 percent around protected areas. This expe- between 2005 and 2009. rience has allowed unique perspec- Coral mining has stopped tive in piloting and replicating man- Famous ornithologist Ranjit and joint patrolling initiatives by agement approaches that integrate Daniels had discovered this bird in forest department, fisheries, coast guards and local youth have conservation and production land- the forests of Castile Rock in Joida taluk way back in 1988. Now ensured stronger enforcement. scapes within the framework of sus- Prasanna Parab has detected this Seaweed collection out of the Gulf tainable land and natural resource bird in the Diggi forest. He has sub- of Mannar National Park has been management. The project will last mitted the details to Mr. Mohanaraj regularized, and a two-and-a-half six years with core activities under- for the confirmation. The rediscov- month ban imposed each year helps taken by communities themselves. ery of this rare bird has highlighted ensure the coast is not touched Total outlay of the project is the importance of the bio-diversity during crucial regeneration and US$30.52million (Rs 137.34 crores) of forests in Joida. breeding months. and is going to be funded by 26.7% The birds belonging to the Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Laughing Thrush family are mostly Reserve is home to one of the GEF grant US$ 8.14million (Rs found in north India and only three world’s richest concentrations of 36.36crores); 50.3% IDA credit US$ species of these birds are found in marine species. Much of its 15.36million (Rs 69.12crores), the south India. Parab has spotted rare biodiversity depends on the coral credit carries a 0.75% service birds such as Malayan Night Heron reef that is the lifeline not only for charge, a maturity of 35 years and and Nilgiri Wood Pigeon in Joida the various species that inhabit the a grace period of 10 years; 19.9% forests. The forest falls under the reef, but for close to 1,50,000 fisher Government of India/State US$ Dandeli - Anashi Project Tiger area folk that rely on the coast for their and adjacent to the Molem Wild 6.06mill (Rs 27.27 crores) and 3.2% livelihoods. Yet, it is a region sanctuary in Goa. Malbar Tregon, increasingly under threat. Beneficiaries US$ 0.96million (Rs Grey headed Bulbul, Ruby Throated 4.32crore). Commercial exploitation, damage bulbul are also identified in these from over fishing, illegal mining of The project was negotiated areas, according to Vijay Mohanraj. coral reef, changes in the on 22ndMarch, 2011 and was ap- environment and a growing proved by the World Bank Board on Green India Mission’ to Increase Forest Cover population dependent on the coast 17thMay, 2011. for livelihoods is threatening the A 45,000 crore rupees huge Rare bird spotted after region’s rich biodiversity. In the programme to increase the country’s decade between 1988 and1998, 23 years green cover is going to be launched nearly 25 square kilometers of coral soon. The 10 year long programme The Wayanad Laughing reef has been lost. named Green India Mission, GIM Thrush a rare bird was spotted in after a preparatory phase of one the forest of Joida taluk after 23 year will get going from 2012. years of its detection. The bird's sci- Addressing a series of functions on the occasion of the World entific name is Garrulax delesserti, Environment Day on 5th June this according to Vijay Mohanaraj Chief year, the Minister for Environment Executive Officer of Uttara Kannada and Forests, Shri Jairam Ramesh said that the target is to bring 5 Zilla Panchayat. million hectares of forest and non-

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Career Makers 8 July 2011, Volume: 07 it is like to live and work there.” Many but routine. On January 28, 1986 as trator Charles Bolden urging him to of the early shuttle flights focussed many school-children watched keep the shuttles in working order, on deploying satellites and conduct- teacher Christa McAuliffe and six saying operating without them cre- ing short-term space experiments in other astronauts head into space, ated “an unacceptable flight risk” for the Spacelab, but the focus since the Challenger exploded 73 seconds the ISS. late 1990s has shifted to construct- after takeoff, killing all on board. The Many astronauts of the ing the International Space Station. accident was blamed on a faulty Apollo generation that flew to the With the station now com- booster rocket O-ring. moon have bemoaned the lack of plete after more than 10 years of Nearly two decades later, on clear focus and achievable goals in construction, attention is turning at February 1, 2003 the Columbia dis- the existing plans moving forward. long last to utilizing the station for integrated on re-entry into Earth’s Eugene Cernan, the last as- science with rotating crews of astro- atmosphere after its heat shield was tronaut to walk on the moon, told nauts of varying nationalities. The damaged by loose foam insulation Congress last year that he and some final mission of the shuttle Endeav- during lift-off. Seven more astro- prominent fellow astronauts “have our in May delivered the last major nauts died. come to the unanimous conclusion component, a physics experiment That accident led to a re- that (Obama’s NASA) budget pro- called the Alpha-Magnetic evaluation of the programme and a posal presents no challenges, has Spectrometre, that is supposed to move to retire it after the space sta- no focus, and in fact is a blueprint provide new clues about the formation was completed. In the end, it for a mission to ‘nowhere’” The tion of the universe. came down to a lack of money to Space Policy Institute’s Pace The shuttle was meant to build a new programme while still agrees, noting that the goal is too make human space flight routine, operating the shuttle. far off, leaves little room for interna- and to an extent it succeeded -- as Some see the retirement as tional cooperation and does little to the general public largely turned the death knell of US human space answer the question of why humans away from daily fascination with the flight. are in space in the first place. space programme. A group of Apollo astronauts But NASA insists it is merely But two horrific accidents and two early shuttle astronauts a shift of focus. showed in the strongest terms pos- along with retired NASA officials sent It is now planning to build a sible that space travel was anything a letter last week to NASA adminis- new craft capable of travelling long distances, with the hope of one day making it to Mars or a nearby aster- oid. In the meantime, commercial companies are developing craft to take cargo and astronauts into low- Earth orbit and the station. Century's longest and darkest lunar eclipse The moon's bright white glow turned crimson brick red when it delved into the dark centre of the earth's shadow during the century's longest and darkest lunar eclipse on June 15th night. The awesome spectacle was visible all over the country, including the national capital. The full moon appeared much dimmer than usual, but sun- light passing through the earth's atmosphere gave the lunar surface a deep reddish hue. This was the century's longest and darkest total

Career Makers 9 July 2011, Volume: 07 lunar eclipse as the moon immersed from the Sun. This discovery was deeply inside the umbral (darker) made once they reached the shadow of the earth. heliosheath, as the outer part of the The total phase lasted 100 solar system is called. minutes. The last eclipse to exceed The long sausage-shaped this duration was in July 2000. magnetic bubbles are approximately The next such eclipse will 160 million kilometres wide. A com- only take place in 2141. puter model was used to crunch data The total lunar eclipse began from the spacecraft to postulate their at 00:52:30 IST and will end at existence, as they cannot be seen 02:32:42 IST, while the partial with the eye. eclipse began at 23:52:56 IST and They make the area very tur- end at 03:32:15 IST. bulent, “just like the bubbliest parts As the earth came in be- of your jacuzzi,” said University of tion there seems to be even cooler tween the sun and the moon, its Maryland astronomer James Drake. material — at temperatures less shadow first began sweeping across The finding means that dam- than 80,000 K. the moon, blocking out much of its aging galactic cosmic rays entering When viewed in Solar and bright light and as the shadow de- the solar system from the rest of the Heliospheric Observatory's (SOHO) scended gently, the moon's face galaxy must first pass through the coronagraphs (right), the event turned red. sea of bubbles, causing them to shows bright plasma and high-en- A lunar eclipse occurs when bounce around like inside a pinball ergy particles roaring from the Sun. the earth, in the course of its orbit machine before finally entering the This not-squarely Earth-directed around the sun, comes between the solar system. CME is moving at 1400 km/s ac- moon and sun in such a way that Scientists have long mea- cording to NASA models. the moon is hidden in the shadow sured the rays, which can have dam- The CME should deliver a cast by the earth. This can occur aging health effects for astronauts, glancing blow to Earth's magnetic only when the sun, earth, and the but this could change theories about field during the late hours of June moon are aligned in a straight line. the rays and how they reach us from 8th or June 9th. High-latitude sky interstellar space. watchers should be alert for auro- Magnetic bubbles fill Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 ras when the CME arrives.

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Career Makers 10 July 2011, Volume: 07 mittee (HLC) constituted by the gov- the quantum of money in foreign government had told the court that ernment to look into the issue of banks is a rough measure of “weak- it had constituted HLC headed by black money would “forthwith” be a ness” and “softness” of the nation. the Revenue Secretary. It included part of the SIT. Justifying its decision to con- directors of CBI, Intelligence Bu- The bench also directed the stitute the SIT, the bench said that reau, Enforcement Directorate, government to disclose the names in previous cases also the court has Chairman of CBDT, Director Gen- of all the persons who have been been passing such orders to fulfil its eral of Revenue Intelligence, Direc- issued show cause notices by the constitutional obligation. tor General of Narcotics Control, authorities in connection with the The court also said that it’s Director of Foreign Intelligence Of- probe into the black money issue. not possible for it to be involved in fice (FIO) and Joint Secretary of The court, however, made it day-to-day investigations in the case Foreign Trade. clear that the authorities would not as the resources at its disposal were disclose the names of those who The functioning of the HLC have not been investigated in con- scarce. was questioned by the apex court nection with deposits made in for- The bench said the issue of during the hearing on May 12. eign banks including Liechtenstein black money has to be taken with a The bench had expressed bank. degree of seriousness and the state surprise on why charge sheet filed The court passed the order is primarily responsible to make all by the ED against Hasan Ali Khan on a petition filed by eminent jurist efforts to bring back into the country in a money laundering case was not Ram Jethmalani and others seek- such wealth and punish people who placed before the HLC which was ing directions to the government to have stashed away money in foreign appointed by the government to track black money stashed away banks. counter the plea for setting up of SIT abroad and bring it back. The court observed that un- to monitor the probe. The apex court directed the accounted money going to foreign Justice Jeevan Reddy, who government to issue notification banks from the country was a reflec- will head the SIT, had been elevated forthwith regarding the appointment tion of incapacity of its authorities to to the apex court in October 1991 of SIT and ordered that government collect taxes which is their constitu- and retired in March 1997. machinery to cooperate with it. tional obligation. After his retirement, he was The bench, while passing the “These incapacities go to the appointed chairman of the 15th Law order, made some hard-hitting ob- very heart of ungovernance,” the servation against the Centre for its Commission of India. He continued “failure” to take proper action against bench observed, adding the wealth as chairman of the 16th Law Com- people who have illegally stashed going to foreign banks might cause mission of India but resigned in away money in foreign banks. substantial damage to the country 2001. Observing the phenomenon as it could be used for unlawful ac- Justice Reddy has also of black money as “extremely dan- tivities. headed several key sub-panels of gerous to the country”, the court said During earlier hearing, the the National Commission to Review Working of the Constitution (NCRWC), set up under the chairpersonship of former Chief Jus- tice of India M.N. Venkatachaliah. The NCRWC was established by the erstwhile Vajpayee-led National Democratic Alliance government in February 2000 to report on various anomalies existing in law and the Constitution. Justice M.B. Shah, who will form part of the panel, had become an apex court judge in December 1998 and retired in September 2003.

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Career Makers 12 July 2011, Volume: 07 concluded in New York. Countries their families,” said Michel Sidibé, agreed to advance efforts towards Executive Director of UNAIDS. reducing sexual transmission of HIV “Through shared responsibility, the and halving HIV infection among world must invest sufficiently today, people who inject drugs by 2015. so we will not have to pay forever.” They also agreed to push The declaration calls on all towards eliminating new HIV U.N. Member States to redouble infections among children in the next their efforts to achieve universal five years. Leaders pledged to access to HIV prevention, treatment, increase the number of people on care and support by 2015 as a life saving treatment to 15 million critical step towards ending the and to reduce tuberculosis related global AIDS epidemic. A pledge to deaths in people living with HIV by eliminate gender inequality, gender half in the same time period. based abuse and violence, and to The targets come at a time increase the capacity of women and when international assistance for the adolescent girls to protect AIDS response has dropped for the themselves from HIV infection was first time since 2001. Member States also made. agreed to increase AIDS-related The Declaration recognises spending to reach between US$ 22 that access to sexual and billion and US$ 24 billion in low- and reproductive health has been and reason for this is that the middle-income countries by 2015. continues to be essential to the AIDS Organization has, at ten-year These far reaching goals are response and that governments intervals, held two Conferences in set in the Political Declaration on have the responsibility of providing one year, one of which has been a HIV/AIDS: Intensifying our Efforts, public health services focused on to eliminate HIV/AIDS adopted by Maritime Labour Conference. Thus, the needs of families, particularly while still several years from the the General Assembly on 10 June, women and children. Member 100th, key actors in the real 2011. The declaration notes that HIV States also agreed to review laws economy – governments, employers prevention strategies inadequately and workers – is meeting for the focus on populations at higher risk- and policies that adversely impact 100th time. — specifically men who have sex on the successful, effective and The ILO has played a role at with men, people who inject drugs equitable delivery of HIV prevention, key historical junctures – the Great and sex workers, and calls on treatment, care and support Depression, decolonization, the countries to focus their response programmes to people living with creation of Solidarnos'c' in Poland, based on epidemiological and and affected by HIV. the victory over apartheid in South national contexts. With nearly 7000 new HIV Africa – and today in the building of “These are concrete and real infections each day, the declaration an ethical and productive framework targets that will bring hope to the 34 reaffirms that preventing HIV must for a fair globalization. The 100th million people living with HIV and be the cornerstone of national, Session of the International Labour Conference in June 2011 is an regional and international responses occasion to look back at some of its to the AIDS epidemic. It calls for landmark sessions since 1919. expanding access to essential HIV prevention commodities, particularly UNAIDS welcomes male and female condoms and new initiatives in New sterile injecting equipment. Calling York for intensifying national HIV testing The Joint United Nations campaigns; it urges countries to Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) deploy new bio-medical has welcomed the new targets set interventions as soon as they are by world leaders at the United validated including earlier access to Nations General Assembly High Level Meeting on AIDS which treatment as prevention.

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Career Makers 14 July 2011, Volume: 07 government’s economic policy making. A Ph.D in economics from Harvard University and Professor of Economics at the Delhi School of Economics (University of Delhi) from 1978 to 2004, Prof. Tendulkar was a member of the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC) from 2004 to 2008 and its Chairman from 2008 to 2009 when C. Rangarajan vacated the chief’s position to enter the Rajya Sabha. Prof. Tendulkar’s pioneering contribution was his extensive work on poverty and estimation of people below poverty line (BPL). In his Lagarde said she was report submitted in November 2009 Madame Chairman of the Executive honoured and delighted by her as Chairman of an expert group on Board for a five-year term starting appointment. "I am deeply honored the methodology for estimation of on July 5, 2011," an official IMF by the trust placed in me by the poverty constituted by the Planning announcement said. Executive Board. I would like to thank Commission, he estimated that The IMF said the selection the Fund's global membership warmly every third Indian is living in poverty of Lagarde by the 24-member for the broad-based support I have and the number of the poor has shot Executive Board, representing the received. I would also like to express up by nearly 10 per cent to over 37 IMF's 187 member countries, brings my respect and esteem for my per cent. The report pointed out that to conclusion the selection process colleague and friend, Agustn 41.8 per cent of the rural population initiated by the Executive Board on Carstens," she said in her first official spend a meagre sum of Rs 447 a May 20. statement. month on essential necessities like During the process the Lagarde also has had an food, fuel, light, clothing and Board met with Agustin Carstens of extensive and noteworthy career as footwear. Mexico and Lagarde the two an anti-trust and labour lawyer, Agreeing with the estimation aspirants for the post. She also won serving as a partner with the of the expert group, Planning Com- support from Europe, China and international law firm of Baker & mission Deputy Chairman Montek McKenzie, where the partnership Russia. Singh Ahluwalia had said: “Person- elected her as chairman in October "Based on the candidate ally, I think the recommendation 1999. She held the top post at the firm profile that had been established, made by the Tendulkar report re- until June 2005 when she was named the Executive Board, after garding higher number of people to her initial ministerial post in France. considering all relevant information that need to be covered under BPL Lagarde has degrees from on the candidacies, proceeded to schemes is reasonable. Planning Institute of Political Studies (IEP) and Commission will review the select Lagarde by consensus. The from the Law School of Paris X Tendulkar Report soon,” said Executive Board looks forward to Ms University, where she also lectured Lagarde effectively leading the prior to joining Baker & McKenzie in International Monetary Fund," it 1981. said. "The IMF has served its 187 Economist Suresh member countries well during the Tendulkar passes global economic and financial crisis, away transforming itself in many positive With the demise of Prof. ways. I will make it my overriding Suresh Tendulkar at the age of 72 goal that our institution continues to following a cardiac arrest in Pune, serve its entire membership with the the country has lost yet another same focus and the same spirit," eminent economist who played a said Lagarde. significant part in moulding the

Career Makers 15 July 2011, Volume: 07 Ahluwalia. The endorsement of the a hospital in Hyderabad on June 07. accepted though he insisted that Tendulkar report’s view by Mr. 88-year-old Ramakrishna, a India would always remain his Ahluwalia assumed significance at doyen of Andhra Natyam and "home" regardless of where he lived that point of time as the Empowered Kuchipudi, born in a family of artistes physically. Group of Ministers (EGoM) on the and developed 'Perini', one of the Family sources were Food Security Bill was then deliber- popular styles of Kuchipudi dance reported as saying that he would not ating on the number of people to be while reviving and popularising be taken to India for burial and his declared beneficiaries under the Act. 'Andhra Natyam' in his lifetime. last rites would be conducted in Going by the report, while the num- He toured United States, London. ber of the country’s poor would stand Russia, France among other coun- The famously "barefoot" increased by 10 per cent, the BPL tries to not only popularise artist, who started his career by cardholder list would also go up to a Kuchipudi but to study numerous painting film hoardings in the 1940s, little over eight crore as compared other dance forms. put Indian art on the world map with to the obsolete data which pegged Ramakrishna won several his own work routinely fetching the figure at 6.5 crore. awards and honours, including millions of dollars in the international Even as the National Advi- Padmabhushan, for his outstanding market. Only recently one of his sory Council (NAC) headed by Con- contribution to the classical dance paintings fetched Rs. 2.32 crore at gress President Sonia Gandhi is yet in general and Kuchipudi and an auction at Bonham’s in London. to come to a final decision, the fact Andhra Natyam in particular. Born on September 17, 1915 remains that while funding the food The gifted dancer authored in Pandharpur, Maharashtra, security scheme at present would about 40 books on different classi- Hussain lost his mother when he entail a cost of over Rs 45,000 crore, cal dance forms and also served as was only one and a half years old. the higher estimates of poverty by chairman of Andhra Pradesh His father remarried and moved to the Tendulkar committee would in- Sangeet Natak Academy. Indore where he went to school. In crease the funding cost to about Rs 1935, he moved to what was then 65,000 crore. M.F. Husain passes Bombay and joined Sir J. J. School Prof. Tendulkar also did ex- away of Art. As a young struggling artist tensive work on credit and M.F. Husain, one of the he painted cinema hoardings and first came to limelight in the 1940s. privatisation policies and Indian de- pioneers of modern Indian art and He then quickly made his mark as velopment issues and policies, in- hailed as the "Picasso of India", died one of the pioneering spirits behind cluding liberalisation and in a London hospital on June 09 after India’s fledgling avante garde globalisation. He was also a part- a heart attack. He was 95. movement. In 1947, he joined the time member of the National Statis- Husain, who was forced to Progressive Artists' Group, led by tical Commission (2000-01), the first leave India in 2006 following death F.N .Souza. Disinvestment Commission (1996- threats from right-wing Hindutva Husain made his 99), and the Fifth Central Pay Com- groups over his depiction of Hindu international debut in 1952 with a mission (1994-97) appointed by the deities, had been living in London solo exhibition at Zurich and soon government. and Dubai. Last year, in an established a worldwide reputation In a condolence message, unprecedented gesture, Qatar becoming one of India’s highest paid Prime Minister Manmohan Singh offered him citizenship which he painters. Owning his work became said that in his demise, "our country a mark of social status. In 1955, the has lost one of our most eminent Government honoured him with economists. His work on poverty Padma Shree. was path-breaking and will continue Reputed for his free creative to guide and inspire the coming gen- spirit and his sense of adventure, erations of economists". Husain experimented with cinema Nataraja Ramakrishna making his first film "Through the passes away Eyes of a Painter" in 1967. The film was shown at the Berlin Film Guru Nataraja Ramakrishna, Festival and won a Golden Bear. He noted exponent of classical dance also made two Hindi films, "Gaja forms of Andhra Pradesh, passed Gamini" and "Meenaxi: A Tale of away following a prolonged illness at Three Cities."

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Career Makers 17 July 2011, Volume: 07 2011 Shri B.K.Sinha Secretary, M/o Index of Industrial Production (IIP) The revised norms would be Rural Development ,Govt. of India with 2004-05 as its base and applicable with effect from 1st April said this gigantic exercise will pave directed that the new series of IIP this year and total additional the way to identify the households may be released for the month of requirement will be Rs 2,770 crore living below the poverty line in rural April, 2011onwards. Accordingly IIP for implementing the Indira Gandhi and urban areas of the country. The new series is released today i.e 10th National Old Age Pension Scheme- entire process will be completed by June, 2011, which is the Quick - part of the National Social end of 2011-12. The results relating Estimate (QE) of IIP for the month Assistance Programme of the to the identification of poor of April, 2011. The time series Central government. households would be utilized in the indices for the period of April, 2005 "It is estimated that lowering 12th Five Year Plan (2012-13 to to March, 2011 are also released of the age limit would benefit about 2016-17). The Registrar General of along with the QE of April, 2011 an additional 72.32 lakh persons in India and Chief Commissioner of index. Though the Q.E. of the IIP the age group of 60-64 years and Census Shri C. Chandramouli and pertaining to the old series of IIP living below the poverty line. It is Chief Secretary Govt. of Tripura Shri (Base: 1993-94=100) is also made estimated that 26.49 lakh persons S.K. Panda was also present on the available through this Ministry’s above the age of 80 years and living occasion. website for comparison and below the poverty line, would Low cost handheld device academic purposes, the same will become eligible to receive will be used for collection of data in be discontinued from the month of enhanced Central assistance at Rs. Socio Economic Census 2011. It September, 2011 onwards. In other 500 per month," the Government would reduce the time required in words, the Q.E. of IIP pertaining to said in a statement. processing the data after collection 1993-94 series will be provided only At present 169 lakh persons in the field. upto the month of August, 2011, above the age of 65 years and living Bharat Electronic Ltd. (BEL) which will be the Q.E. of IIP for the below poverty line are receiving is involved in the production of this month of June, 2011. Central assistance under Indira device on large scale. It is proposed The revision of base year of Gandhi National Old Age Pension to use this device, produced by BEL, IIP was undertaken based on the Scheme. in Socio Economic Census 2011. recommendations of the Standing "The additional funds National Informatics Centre Committee on Industrial Statistics required will be Rs 1,736 crore for (NIC) will develop the Management (SCIS), constituted by the Ministry providing old age pension at Rs 200 of Information System (MIS) for the of Statistics & PI. The SCIS includes per month per beneficiary in the age management of the database of members from concerned group of 60-64 years and Rs 953 Socio Economic Census 2011 and Ministries, and it is presently chaired crore for providing enhanced to facilitate its subsequent use by the by Dr. Biswanath Goldar, Professor, MORD, other ministries and State pension at Rs 500 per month per Governments for their own Institute of Economic Growth. The beneficiary of age 80 years and requirements. National Statistical Commission above," the Government said. It may be noted that for the (NSC) also recommended revision "Thus the total additional Identification of BPL (below poverty of base year of IIP to 2004-05. requirement will be Rs 2,770 crore line) Households in Rural Areas the Govt lowers pension including 3 per cent administrative suggestions of the Expert Group age limit for BPL cat- expenses," it said. chaired by Dr NC Saxena and a Pilot egory As a result of change in the Study carried out in 29 States/Union eligibility criteria for receiving old age Territories have been the basis of An additional 72.32 lakh pension, eligibility criteria for widow the methodology to conduct the persons in the age group of 60-64 pension under IGNWPS and Census in the rural areas. years and living below the poverty disability pension under IGNDPS will line will get pension benefits with the Revision of Base Year get revised from 40-64 years to 40- Government on June 09 lowering 59 years and from 18-64 years to of All India Index of the age limit to 60. 18-59 years respectively, the Industrial Production The Union Cabinet chaired statement said. The Committee of by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh It has been a long-pending Secretaries (COS) in its meeting also decided to increase the rate of demand to lower the age of old age held on 10th May, 2011 approved pension to persons of 80 years and pension beneficiaries to 60. the release of the new series of above from Rs 200 to Rs 500.

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Career Makers 20 July 2011, Volume: 07 textiles, chemicals, auto, etc. Under developed district of Huangdao. network to expand to 13,000 km of the services agreement of the Authorities expect the project to track this year and 16,000 km by CECA, India and Malaysia have boost the development of an 2020. provided commercially meaningful industrial zone in Huangdao and to China’s trains are based on commitments in sectors and modes facilitate the rise of foreign trade by Japanese, French and German of interest to each other which increasing the port's handling technology but its manufacturers are should result in enhanced services capacity. trying to sell to Latin America and trade. The CECA also facilitates the Han Shouxin, deputy director the Middle East. That has prompted temporary movement of business of Qingdao's traffic management complaints Beijing is violating the people including contractual service committee, said the bridge would spirit of licenses with foreign suppliers, and independent shorten the route between providers by reselling technology professionals in commercially Huangdao and urban Qingdao by 30 that was meant to be used only in meaningful sectors including km, cutting the travel time down from China. accounting and auditing, over 40 minutes to around 20 June 27 test run comes architecture, urban planning, minutes. ahead of celebrations of the 90th engineering services, medical and Before the project's anniversary of the founding of the dental, nursing and pharmacy, completion, the Hangzhou Bay Communist Party on July 1. Computer and Related Services Bridge across the bay of Hangzhou, (CRS), and Management in eastern Zhejiang Province, was Ban Ki-moon gets Consulting Services. considered the world's longest sea second term as U.N. The India-Malaysia CECA bridge. On Thursday, Qingdao chief also facilitates cross-border officials also announced the The U.N. General Assembly investments between the two completion of a 9.47-km-long voted unanimously to give Ban Ki— countries. It aims to promote undersea tunnel that runs parallel to moon a second term as secretary- investments and create a liberal, the bridge. general on June 21, praising him for facilitative, transparent and China tests Beijing- strengthening the world body’s role competitive investment regime. The and visibility in difficult Shanghai bullet train CECA creates an attractive circumstances. operating environment for the Builders of China’s fast- The 192-member assembly business communities of both growing bullet train network applauded loudly as it adopted a countries to increase bilateral trade conducted a test run of its showcase resolution giving the 67-year-old and investment. Beijing-to-Shanghai line on June 27 South Korean diplomat another five amid controversy over the prestige Longest sea bridge years at the helm of the U.N. project’s high cost. Assembly president Joseph Deiss Opens in China A train carrying government banged his gavel and proclaimed The world's longest sea officials and managers of the Mr. Ban’s selection by acclamation bridge, spanning 36.48 km across companies that built the line and to a new term starting Jan.1. the mouth of the Jiaozhou Bay in reporters left Beijing for the 1,318- Mr. Ban announced earlier eastern Shandong Province, km trip. It was due to take about five this month that he wanted a second opened to traffic on Thursday, four hours, or half the time of years after construction started. conventional rail. The 14.8-billion-yuan ($2.3- The Communist government billion) bridge connects urban is building thousands of km of high- Qingdao with the city's less- speed rail to link together China’s far-flung regions and show off its rising wealth and technological prowess. The government announced in April the top speed of the fastest lines would be reduced from 350 kph (220 mph) to 300 kph (190 mph) and ticket prices would be cut. Official plans call for the

Career Makers 21 July 2011, Volume: 07 term. He faced no opposition and on a June night in 1969, Scott new and expanded links,” as was recommended by the Security Redstone watched New York sign Chancellor Chris Patten put it. Council for the new term. All regional the historic same-sex marriage law The “Oxford-India Day” groups at the U.N. endorsed him, with his partner of 29 years, and provided a platform for Oxford and their chairs joined in sponsoring popped the question. scholars to engage with an invited the Assembly resolution. New York becomes the sixth group comprising Indian academics, Gabon’s U.N. Ambassador state where gay couples can wed, business leaders and policy Nelson Messone, the current doubling the number of Americans planners on a range of academic, Security Council president who living in a state with legal gay social and cultural issues. Speakers introduced the assembly resolution, marriage. included historian Ramachandra said Mr. Ban has “remarkably and Legal challenges of the law Guha, who explored the theme, with all objectivity and and political challenges aimed at the “Why India is the World's Most independence” worked on every four Republicans who supported Interesting Country.” continent, to promote peace, justice gay marriage in the 33-29 vote are The cricket match was and international security, expected. Republican senators presumably a tribute to Mansur Ali “sometimes in particularly difficult endured several marathon sessions, Khan Pataudi, who cut his teeth on and trying circumstances.” combing through several standard the playfields of Oxford. But After the vote, the secretary- but complex bills this week, before surprisingly, his name was general was escorted to the podium taking up the same-sex marriage conspicuously absent from the list where Mr. Deiss told him, “In a bill. of prominent Indian alumni released complex, difficult international The bill came to the floor for by the university. Instead, in a nod environment, you have a vote after an agreement was to celebrity culture, it included the strengthened the role and the reached on more protections for name of his daughter and Bollywood visibility of the United Nations by religious groups that oppose gay star Soha Ali Khan. adopting reform measures, marriage and feared discrimination Oxford's links with India go launching exciting, innovative lawsuits. back some 400 years and it has initiatives, and calling faithfully and “State legislators should not been home to a host of famous constantly for respect for human decide society-shaping issues,” said Indians, including Indira Gandhi, rights, the rule of law and the other the Rev. Jason McGuire of New Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, values rooted in our charter.” Yorkers for Constitutional India's first woman lawyer Cornelia Freedoms. He said his organization Sorabji and writer Amitav Ghosh. NY becomes 6th U.S. would work in next year’s elections Although Indian students continue state to legalize gay to defeat lawmakers who voted for to be the fastest-growing “nationality marriage the measure. group” at Oxford, the university is After days of contentious The big win for gay rights worried over the growing negotiations and last-minute advocates is expected to galvanize competition from rival western reversals by two Republican the movement around the country universities for a slice of the growing senators, New York became the after an almost identical bill was Indian student market. defeated here in 2009 and similar sixth and largest state in the U.S. to India International legalize gay marriage, breathing life measures failed in 2010 in New Institute of Democracy into the national gay rights Jersey and this year in Maryland and movement that had stalled over a Rhode Island. and Election Manage- ment (Iidem) Launched nearly identical bill here two years Oxford University ago. at ECI celebrates links with Pending any court India The Election Commission of challenges, legal gay marriages can India June 17th launched the India begin in New York by late July after Oxford University on June International Institute of Democracy Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed his bill 17th held a series of events, and Election Management- an into law just before midnight June including a friendly cricket match, — advanced resource centre of 24. which, at the time of writing, learning, research, training and At New York City’s Stonewall appeared threatened by bad extension for participatory Inn, the Greenwich Village pub that weather — to celebrate its old ties democracy and election spawned the gay rights movement with India and “lay the foundation for management. The first phase of this

Career Makers 22 July 2011, Volume: 07 premier institute was inaugurated It carries the goal of meticulous, SCO's zone of responsibility. The jointly at the Commission premises accurate, voter friendly SCO established a contact group in New Delhi by Chief Election implementation of election with Afghanistan, and President Commissioner of India Dr. S. Y. processes by committed, Hamid Karzai has attended all its Quraishi and Election competent, credible and skilled recent summits as a special guest. Commissioner from Kenya Mr. Ken managers and associated groups. Russia has also formed a Nyaundi. The two Election IIDEM will work for promoting quadrilateral grouping with Commissioners Shri V.S. Sampath democratic values and practices, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Tajikistan and Shri H. S. Brahma, also were enhancing voter education and to promote multilateral economic present. Senior Officials of the awareness and developing human projects. Its efforts met with Commission and delegates from resource and capacities for efficient understanding in Kabul as it sought South Africa and Commonwealth conduct of free and fair elections in to diversify its external relations. Secretariat attended the function. India and for developing mutually According to Russian officials, The first course of IIDEM will be held beneficial partnership as well as President Karzai made the request later this month for the Electoral collaborations with other countries. to join the SCO during his visit to Commission of Kenya. Moscow in January. IIDEM has four components. 10 years of evolution Moscow has also These are Training and Capacity and impact consistently championed the Development, Voter Education and The 10th anniversary admission of India to the SCO to Civic Participation, Research, summit of the Shanghai balance China's dominance and Innovation and Documentation and Cooperation Organisation (SCO) to strengthen the grouping's clout. International Projects and Technical be held in Astana, Kazakhstan, on “Geopolitically, the induction of India Collaboration. The Institute will be June 15, will be a historic event in will help refocus its interests from the a national and international hub for terms of the security group's West towards Russia and Asian exchange of good practices in evolution and its impact on the line- states,” said Dr. Alexander Lukin, election management. up of forces in the region. director of East Asia and SCO In the initial phase, IIDEM The leaders of the six- studies at the Russian Foreign operating from Nirvachan Sadan, member SCO are expected to induct Ministry's Institute of International has a capacity for 150 trainees. It Afghanistan as an observer and flag Relations. has three modern lecture halls and off the process of admitting India and China has long resisted SCO related facilities. The Institute will Pakistan as full members. The expansion citing lack of standards have its own campus with state of moves will place Afghanistan at the and procedures. However, fears of the art training and conference top of the SCO agenda and chaos in Afghanistan and a spill-over facilities, hostel, library and resource dramatically increase the weight and of instability to neighbouring regions centre, in the national capital, for reach of the organisation. It will also of Central Asia and China in the which location is being finalized. be a major victory for Russian wake of the planned drawdown of The Institute is being diplomacy. Russia has been steadily the U.S.-led International Security developed in collaboration with the working to include Afghanistan in the Assistance Force (ISAF) have Government of India, United Nations, the Commonwealth and inter-governmental organisations like Sweden based International Institute of Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA). The 54 member Commonwealth group has proposed to set up a resource centre for its member nations at IIDEM. The Institute will direct its efforts to enhance the potential and capacity of the Election Commission and its officials in carrying out their mandate and functions in a more effective and professional manner.

Career Makers 23 July 2011, Volume: 07 prompted the SCO to review its malnourished children, a medical access to water and other facilities. unofficial moratorium on admitting charity has warned. Dadaab, a On arrival at the camp, 60 new members. sprawling desert “city” in Kenya with per cent of families report illness, According to SCO a population expected to reach having walked through the desert for Secretary-General Muratbek 450,000 by the end of the year, had days. Imanaliyev, the summit in Astana will run out of space, said Medecins Some 40 per cent of the endorse Afghanistan's application sans Frontieres (MSF). children have never received for observer status and approve a Children who have fled war vaccinations. “People, and memorandum on legal and financial in neighbouring Somalia are left especially children under five, are obligations of would-be member- without food or shelter in dry heat of coming in worse physical condition,” states. After that, he said, “we can 50C and are said to be vulnerable said Mr. van Peteghem. start negotiations with the nations to attack by animals. applying to join the SCO.” Currently “It's very unsafe here — at Climate change to re- the SCO comprises China, night, we're scared that wild animals duce water availability, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, will eat the children, and we've had FAO war ns Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. India, threats of violence from local people Climate change will make Iran, Mongolia and Pakistan are who say the land is theirs. Children water less available to produce food observer states, while Belarus and are even being killed by hyenas crops in years to come, the United Sri Lanka are dialogue partners. because they have no protection.” Nations Food and Agriculture Pakistan formally applied for Stranded in the barren desert Organization (FAO) said in a report full SCO membership in 2006, Iran of Kenya's north-eastern province, issued June 09. filed its application a year later. Last surrounded by sand and scrubby River runoff and aquifer year, India registered its desire to bushes, the refugees — most of recharges will decrease in the upgrade its observer status to full whom are women and children — membership. Iran, for now, stands arrive with no money, no food, no Mediterranean, the Americas, disqualified under a SCO provision water and no shelter. MSF's report Australia and southern Africa, it said. that aspiring candidates must not be said it takes an average of 12 days Areas in Asia which depend under United Nations sanctions or for new arrivals to receive a first on the melting of ice and mountain involved in an armed conflict. That ration of food and 34 days to receive glaciers will also be affected, while leaves India and Pakistan as the cooking utensils and blankets from areas with a lot of fluvial deltas are only credible candidates. the U.N.'s refugee agency, which threatened by reduced water flow, President Dmitry Medvedev runs the camps. increased salinity and rising sea last month publicly voiced support The last empty plot of land levels, said the report entitled for Pakistan joining the SCO in Dadaab was allocated in August “Climate Change, Water and Food “together with other candidates.” 2008. Since then, new arrivals have Security”. Moscow recently turned around on had to search for unoccupied space The report also predicted an its frosty relations with Islamabad in which to build a hut. They use acceleration of the hydrologic cycle hoping to make Pakistan play a branches and brushwood, tied of the planet because high more constructive role in together to form domed structures temperatures will raise the Afghanistan. A joint statement which they cover with cardboard, evaporation rate of the soil and sea. issued during Pakistan President polythene or torn fabric. “The rain will increase in the Asif Ali Zardari's visit to Moscow The U.N. announced in 2008 tropics and at higher altitudes, but it voiced “support for Afghan-led and that it had no more room for new will decrease in areas that already Afghan-owned efforts towards arrivals, but conflict and the worst have dry and semi-dry characters promoting national reconciliation in drought in years have forced 44,000 Afghanistan.” Somalis to seek entry into Dadaab and are located inland on the big since the start of this year. continents,” the report said. World's largest refu- Joke van Peteghem, MSF's Because of this, there will be gee camp declared full head of mission in Kenya, told a higher frequency of droughts and The biggest refugee camp in AlertNet: “The camps are flooding, which will lead to an the world is full, creating a completely full. People are arriving increased use of ground water and humanitarian emergency that and they do not find any space any limit the water available for threatens thousands of more, meaning they don't have agriculture even more.

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Career Makers 25 July 2011, Volume: 07 food prices, here are some chilling Indian Naval Marine country through the medium of numbers. Food prices single- force cinema. handedly seem to have The Minister further added, considerable power to reverse our The Indian Naval Marine that another major achievement of progress as an economy. The price force, called the “Marcos”, is the Directorate of Film Festivals rise in food staples between June modelled on the US Navy Seals in related to the clearing of the backlog and December 2010 could have the training pattern, working style of National Film Awards by pushed as many as 10 million more and secrecy. US Navy Seals had organizing three National Awards in Indians into poverty. conducted the operation against a record time of 12 months, and In its recent report Osama bin Laden in Pakistan. thereby updating the Awards “Estimating the short-run poverty C.M. Jatua Inaugu- calendar. This initiative had enabled impacts of the 2010-11 surge in food rates the National Film the awards to become more prices”, the World Bank estimates Festival contemporary. that the price increases in the The representatives of the The National Film Festival of second half of 2010 have increased opening films “Pistulya” and National Award winning films of the poverty head count in India by “Dabangg” were also present on the 2010 was inaugurated June 17 at 0.8 percentage points. We infer the occasion. A total of forty films Siri Fort Auditorium by Minister of selected for the National Film increase in the number of poor from State for Information & Awards 2010 shall be screened at their data measure on total Broadcasting, Shri Choudhury the festival which will conclude its population (1.19 billion) and the Mohan Jatua. final screening on 16th July 2011. poverty rate used for their analysis Speaking on the occasion, The films shall be screened in (43.8%). Typically, given that poor Shri Jatua said today, the entire Auditorium II of Siri Fort. households spend a majority of their country was appreciative of the income on food, rising food prices National Film Awards for 2010, the globally in Internet hit them the hardest. results of the Awards had once again speed Sugar, rice and wheat price brought out the strengths of India’s India is ranked 143rd increases have also resulted in a regional cinema, and proved that big globally in Internet speed, with an rise in the poverty headcount in budgets were not the index for average connectivity speed of 0.8 India. And this is despite the fact that making quality films. Complimenting Mbps. South Korea tops the list with price hikes in India are nowhere the students of Satyajit Ray Film and an average speed of 13 Mbps. In near global levels. However rising Television Institute (SRFTI), Kolkata broadband connectivity, India ranks who won awards this year, Shri import prices of food will compound 129th. The average Internet speed Jatua said the achievements of the inflation situation further. in the world has been recorded at Anusha Nanda Kumar, Vipin Vijay The prices of sugar, rice and 1.9 Mbps. and Snehal R. Nair, students of the wheat globally have increased institute were commendable. Population stabiliza- between 20-75%, but in India price Elaborating further, the tion efforts yielding increases for all three are at sub- Minister said, Directorate of Film results 10% levels. Festival had taken the lead both in The Government will shortly This is an alarming wake-up promoting non-mainstream, be launching a scheme to make call for a country that has not seen regional cinema across the country available contraceptives at door abatement in food price increases specially in geographical regions steps, in a bid to boost population even now. Food inflation jumped to beyond the metropolis. control efforts. Speaking at the 53rd a two-month high of 9% in terms of Complimenting the Directorate, Shri Convocation of the International annual growth recently. Jatua said it had done a Institute of Population Sciences in commendable job in taking Indian Seems like anti-poverty Mumbai on Friday, the Union Health Panorama films to Shillong & schemes also increase the levels of & Family Welfare Mr. Minister Kohima in the North East, to poverty when they push prices up. Ghulam Nabi Azad said the ASHA Andaman & Nicobar Islands and to The key number to look for is how health volunteer would promote the Shimla, Bhopal and Kolhapur. This much they reduce poverty and how use of contraceptives at the initiative had facilitated the spirit of much they increase it through wage- household level in targeted districts. National Integration across the price inflation. Under the scheme, the Centre will

Career Makers 26 July 2011, Volume: 07 make available contraceptives free to 7 days in case of caesarean births of cost at the Block level, from where and even free to and fro transport ASHA volunteers will pick up their from home to hospital to all pregnant supplies. women. Mr. Azad said the 2011 About IIPS Census shows that efforts towards The International Institute of population stabilization have been Population Sciences at Deonar, yielding results. “We have Mumbai is a premier academic succeeded in reducing both fertility institution in the field of population and mortality rates substantially and meet-the-press in Thiruvanantha studies. The Institute has trained increasing the average life puram. over 3000 students and expectancy of the Indian Though it was a scheme professionals in the field of population”, he said. But the Minister initiated by the Union Government, population studies from India and expressed concern at the large the state on its own would bear the several countries in the Asia and regional disparities in demographic cost of Rs 49.50 crore required to Pacific region, for instance China, outcomes across the states of India. complete the exercise, which would Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam, He said the Empowered Action be later reimbursed by the Centre, etc. It conducts several short-term Group (EAG) States, i.e. Uttar he said. courses and training programmes Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bihar, "Issuing UID would benefit on various topics for up-grading the Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Orissa, people in many ways. We are keen skills and knowledge of government Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgrah, to complete it as early as possible. officials, researchers and students. where 45 percent of India’s That is why we are taking special The institute is well known for its population resides, have been initiative for this. This has been expertise in conducting large scale lagging behind the rest of the conveyed to a senior official surveys, the results of which help the country in both fertility and mortality concerned," he said. policy makers in formulating rate declines. The state agencies like appropriate responses. Mr. Azad stressed that the Keltron, Akshaya and IT @School Government is committed to Vijayee Bhave had been entrusted with the field providing quality and universal work like enumeration, taking “Vijayee Bhave” was the health care to the rural population photographs and computer Indian Army’s first full-scale exercise through the National Rural Health processing to create the "unique Id to transform itself into a force aided Mission (NRHM). He said the number" for each and every citizen. by high-end technology that will funding to the health sector is going ramp up the speed and accuracy of to be increased from the present 13th maritime states its striking capabilities. Indian Army level of less than 1 per cent of GDP development council had last conducted a transformation to 2 to 3 percent of GDP during the The Maritime States exercise in 2000, but with a limited 12th Fiver Year Plan (2012-17). Development Council (MSDC) June scope. 14th urged those coastal states of The Health & Family Welfare Kerala to become first the country that are yet to constitute Minister informed that with the state to issue UID to maritime boards to complete the launch of NRHM the number of all citizens task at the earliest. institutional deliveries increased to "All the coastal states who over one crore in 2010. Under the After achieving 100 pc have not yet constituted their newly launched The Janani-Sishu literacy and universal primary maritime boards were urged to set Suraksha Karyakram (JSSK), the education, Kerala is aiming to up the bodies and a time limit has Government has made deliveries at become the first state in the country been specified to them. They have government health institutions to issue Unique Identity Number agreed towards it," Union Minister completely cashless and free. The (UID) to all its citizens within a year. for Shipping G K Vasan told scheme, launched on June 1, 2011 This was adopted as one of reporters after attending the 13th provides for free diagnostic tests the pilot programmes of the Maritime States Development including ultrasound, free medicine, Congress-led UDF Government that Council Meeting at Hyderabad. free provision of blood, free diet up- assumed office last month, Chief Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra to 3 days for normal delivery and up- Minister Oommen Chandy told a and Gujarat are the three coastal

Career Makers 27 July 2011, Volume: 07 states which have their Maritime benefits at the level of maternal and According to the Supreme Court Boards. The Minister said the infant health. Henceforth, every appointed seven members panel meeting agreed that all the ports, pregnant women entering a that began its finings on 30 June including major and non-major, will government facility for delivery will 2011, the value of recoveries at the give priority for berthing of Navy and be entitled to free service—whether temple touched close to Rs 1 lakh Coast Guard vessels. it is blood, consumables, drugs or crore, more than Kerala public debt Keeping in view the security diagnostics. of Rs 70969 crore. Around 1,000kg aspect at various ports, it was of gold coins, from times of Govt starts India Post agreed that all the ports dealing with Napoleon and East India Company 2012 Project EXIM cargo (Export- Import) should was unearthed. 1 tonne gold in the install Vessel Traffic Management Government has started form of rice-shaped trinkets, ropes System (VTMS). The functioning of India Post 2012 Project to transform & ornaments Sackful of diamonds VTMS should be manned by Department of Post, DoP, into a from Myanmar & Sri Lanka was appropriately qualified and trained technology enabled, and self reliant found. There was found a three-and- personnel, he said. market leader. According to an a-half ft tall idol of Lord Vishnu Vasan said the Ministry of official release, Minister for IT and studded with diamonds, emeralds Shipping will ask the Ministry of Communications Kapil Sibal today and rubies, an 18-ft-long ornament Environment and Forest and the held a round table consultation with used to adorn the deity. 1 ft tall state governments to expedite port various industry players to give human figurines weighing 1kg each projects. shape to India Post 2012 project that were also unearthed. The value is "In view of the increased aims at developing future business likely to further rise with the opening threat perception, there is an urgent model for post offices in the country. of another secret vault. need for all the ports to be made Mr. Sibal said at the 'Partnering India There were coins marked International Ship and Port Facility Post: 2012 and Beyond' conference, 1772 indicating they were from the Security System (ISPS) compliant. he thinks this is the first time era of former Travancore ruler Presently, all the major ports and 53 Department of Post is interacting Karthika Thirunal Rama Varma. non-major ports are ISPS with industry to leverage benefit of The Supreme Court- compliant," Vasan said, adding "the this postal national asset. appointed committee however remaining non-major ports are to be The conference was held to refused to confirm reports about the made ISPS compliant on priority understand areas, methods and value of the recoveries. The basis". challenges for developing a committee mentioned that the symbiotic and long-term relationship wealth belonged to the temple and Street View on Google between India's postal department it will be preserved where it was Maps and key stakeholders. The project found. Bangalore has become the focus on five initiatives covering Kerala chief minister first city of India to be selected for increased market share and Oommen Chandy has promised Street View on Google Maps. Street revenues, new products and security for the massive treasure View is a popular feature in Google services, improved services unearthed at the Sree Padmanabha Maps which allows users to explore delivery, motivated workforce and Swamy temple. Police would patrol and navigate neighbourhoods with rural development. the shrine 24X7 and a control room the help of panoramic street level Value of Recoveries at would be put in operation. images. the Sree Padmanabha Permanent security arrangements Maternity treatment Swamy Temple will be put in place only after consultations with the chief priest From June 1, 2011, for the touched Rs 1 lakh crore and the Travancore king who is the first time in India’s history, maternity caretaker of the shrine treatment has been made “free of The stock-taking by a panel Historians are of the opinion cost” in all government facilities, to of experts at the Sree Padmanabha that the A and B cellars were never ensure improvements in India’s Swamy temple in Kerela catapulted been opened after 1872. There are institutional delivery rate and the shrine to the country’s richest. six vaults marked A to F in the shrine.

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