Efforts by ITBP to increase
infrastructure and logistics at Sino-Indian
border
Efforts are on by The Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) force to
increase its
infrastructure and logistics at the Sino-Indian border.
Information received about development of infrastructure by China
on its side
Step taken by the Government to strengthen border management with
a focus on
security
Chhattisgarh may become 6th state of the country to implement citizen’s
charter
Chhattisgarh may become the 6th state in the country
to implement the citizens’
charter.
All those governmental services meant for the common people on a
regular basis
come under its purview
The draft bill is named Public Service Guarantee bill
According to the government this bill will reduce corruption and difficulties
faced
by the common man while availing certain services
Exercise of approving annual plans should
be dispensed by Planning
Commission : C Rangarajan
According to an expert committee headed by Chairman of the Prime
Minister’s
Economic Advisory Council C Rangarajan, Planning Commission should
dispense
with the exercise of approving annual Plans of states
The committee recommended Planning Commission to be responsible
for
formulation of the Five-Year Plan and the task of firming up
annual budgets should
be assigned to the Finance Ministry
It suggested removal of planned and non-planned distinction in the
Budget and all
public expenditure should be split into capital and revenue
expenditure.
According to the panel, shift in budgeting approach is needed to
ensure proper
and timely implementation and monitoring of the centrally
sponsored programs
and other schemes
The new approach advocated by the Committee will ensure better
delivery of
services particularly in the areas of health, education and infrastructure
development.
The Committee was constituted by the government to suggest steps
to improve
management of the public expenditure
Violation of FEMA by Companies involved
in 2G Scam: Enforcement Directorate to SC
Current Affairs: September 2, 2011
The
Supreme Court was informed by the Enforcement Directorate that companies
involved in the 2G scam violated the Foreign Exchange
Management
Act (FEMA) to the tune of Rs 10000 crore.
The
directorate detected FEMA violations to the tune of Rs 9,929.80 crore, the
agency can now slap a penalty three times the violation.
The
enforcement directorate under the FEMA can thus slap a fine of nearly Rs 30000
crore, which was equivalent to the loss to the
exchequer
as estimated by the CBI due to alleged irregular allotment of the 2G spectrum
in 2008
The
directorate is examining transactions involving around 350 accounts, of which
nearly 200 were intimated by the Financial Intelligence Unit
(FIU)
Financial
Intelligence Unit (FIU) keeps track of suspicious movement of money in foreign
accounts
Rajkumar Ghosh becomes
Director-refineries of state-run Indian Oil Corp (IOC)
Rajkumar
Ghosh took the chair of Director-refineries of state-run Indian Oil Corp (IOC).
Mr.Rajkumar
succeeded BN Bankapur
Ghosh was
working as executive director-refineries at IOC headquarters
Also served as the
executive director at Panipat refinery
New peacekeeping operation head appointed
by the UN
Herve Ladsous appointed new chief of United Nations
peacekeeping operations.
Ladsous replaces Alain Le Roy.
Ladsous will be in charge of some 1,20,000 peacekeepers
Ladsous will monitors more than $7-billion budget for missions in
Haiti, South
Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, many other parts around
the
world.
Significant changes in Kerala sex-ratio
The sex
ratio in Kerala where women outnumber men is declining fast in 0-6 age group.
In Kerala the total number of children is less than its elderly
population.
The number of children below 6 years has declined by almost 2% in
Kerala, during
the last 10 years
As per Census 2011, there are only 959 girls for 1,000 boys up to
the age of 6
which is contrary to what it was a decade ago.
Boys are more in number compared to girls in the 10-14 age group.
It noted sharp decline in the population growth rate state and it
is negative in
Pathanamthitta district. Kerala is witnessing this phenomenon for
the first time.
Large scale migration to other countries & preference for male
child are being
considered as its possible reasons
Long life expectancy and declining birth rate can lead to negative
population
growth in Kerala similar to Europe or Japan
Kalyan K.Chaudhuri, Veteran Journalist
& Former President of Indian Journalist’s Association, passed away
Veteran
journalist Kalyan K. Chaudhuri passed away
Mr.Chaudhuri
was a Special Correspondent for Frontline magazine
He
focused primarily on political developments in the eastern region.
In 1988
he was president of the Indian Journalists’ Association.
Anil Kumar Chaudhary appointed as Director
of Finance ,Steel Authority of India (SAIL)
Steel
Authority of India (SAIL) appointed Anil Kumar Chaudhary as its director,
finance.
Mr.Kumar
succeeded Soiles Bhattacharya
Priorto
this he served as the Executive Director (Finance & Accounts) at SAIL’s
Bokaro Steel Plant
Dinesh
Kumar Likhi who was SAIL’s general manager (Business Planning) appointed as
director (Production & Marketing) of Mishra Dhatu
Nigam Ltd which is also a
public sector undertaking.
Release of $2.1 billion more for Ireland
bailout by IMF
Another $2.1 billion of the rescue package will be released for
Ireland by
the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
According to the IMF, Irish economy was showing signs of
stabilisation.
Along with those of Greece and Portugal, Ireland’s budget and banking
crisis
threatened the stability of the Euro.
Heavy debt burdens are also on Spain and Italy
Ganga pollution: High Court notice to UP
Government
While hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) to make river
Ganga pollution free,
the Allahabad High Court issued notices to Principal Secretary of
Urban
Development of the State Government and the Director General of
Uttar Pradesh
Jal Nigam.
Despite the repeated orders passed by the court, no action was
taken to prevent
direct flow of dirty water of tanneries into Ganga.
It was informed by the pollution control board of the state that
treatment plants
are not working in Kanpur and Unnao.
Tripartite Agreement signed between
Government and ULFA to suspend
operation in Assam
With an objective to bring peace in the north-eastern state of
Assam, a tripartite
agreement for Suspension of Operations against United Liberation
Front of
Assam(ULFA), was signed in New Delhi.
The agreement was signed among the representatives of Central and
Assam
Governments and ULFA leaders.
It agreed that the outfit will not carry out any seditious
activity till the finding of a
political solution to the complex insurgency problem while the
security forces will
also not take any action against the ULFA cadres.
ULFA had earlier agreed to give up violence and find a solution to
the problems as
perceived by them through peaceful negotiations with the
Government of India
and Government of Assam.
Indian Boxer Vijender Singh won gold at
the World Police and
Fire Games in New York
Vijender
Singh won gold and also won the Best Boxer award at the World Police and Fire
Games in NewYork
Vijender
won two golds, two silvers and a bronze at the event
Current Affairs : September 4, 2011
Inquiry ordered into the alleged Mass
Graves in Garo Hills by Meghalaya
Government
Meghalaya
Government ordered an inquiry into the alleged mass graves in some areas in
West Garo Hills district.
Garo
National Liberation Army’s (GNLA) alleged that mass graves exist at Tura and Samanda
in West Garo Hills district, where rival outfit
Achik
National Volunteer Council (ANVC) dumped bodies after secret killings. ANVC has
been holding peace talks with the government since
a
ceasefire in 2004.
According
to GNLA ,the ANVC, which is now under a tripartite ceasefire agreement with the
State and Central Government, killed many
youths
secretly over the past two years.
Divisional
commissioner of Garo Hills region Peter W. Ingty heads the inquiry committee
for the probe.
Ban on Oil Imports from Syria : European
Union
European
Union announced a ban on oil imports from Syria
It could
cut off major source of financial support for the government’s five-month-old
crushing of dissent.
Syrian
government will find it difficult to fund the effort against the protesters.
The US
had already banned Syrian oil imports.
Europe
buys most of Syria’s oil, spends around 4.1 billion dollars in the country in
2010.
Western
governments have kept Syrian President Assad under pressure to step down. 20 –
30% of the Syrian government’s income comes
from oil
exports.
The European Union (EU) is an economic
and political union of 27 member states
which are located primarily in Europe.
The EU traces its origins from the European
Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) and
the European Economic Community (EEC),
formed by six countries in 1958. In
the intervening years the EU has grown in size by
the accession of new member states and
in power by the addition of policy areas to
its remit. The Maastricht Treaty
established the European Union under its current
name in 1993
Teachers Day being celebrated throughout
country
Teachers Day is being celebrated all through the country on
September 5, 2011
The Day is fêted as an honour to the precious role played by
Teachers
in shaping the society via transmitting information and
illuminating
the career of pupils
For students, Teachers Day is a chance to devote reverence and
appreciation to
Teachers for their altruistic attempt in defining their career and
fertilizing the
Education system in the course of action
September 5 since 1962 as it is the birth anniversary of Dr
Sarvapalli
Radhakrishnan, a dateless teacher and former President of India
and thus India
observes Teachers Day on this day to mark the occasion
Resignation of Justice Soumitra Sen accepted
by the President Ms
Pratibha Patil
The President Ms Pratibha Devisingh Patil signed notification on
resignation of Calcutta High Court Judge, Justice Soumitra Sen
Mrs. Pratibhadevi Singh Patil put her signature on the
notification
issued by Ministry of Law and Justice
Hand written resignation letter of Justice Sen was handed over to
the President’s
Secretariat by his advocate
Impeachment motion against Justice Somitra Sen was scheduled to be
taken up
by the Lok Sabha
However, according to sources, in view of the acceptance of the
resiganation Lok
Sabha Speaker Mrs. Meira Kumar is likely to consult political
parties before any
decision on impeachment process in the House is taken up.
Bolivia celebrates ‘Pedestrian day’
On the Bolivia’s first “National Day of the Pedestrian”, Cars and
buses have been taken off the streets of Bolivia
Objective: To raise awareness about the environment
The car-free day comes at a time when
the President Evo Morales is
facing criticism over plans to build a
highway through the Amazon rainforest
The recent protests against the highway have been an discomfiture
for Mr
Morales, who is a eminent proponent of indigenous rights and the
protection of
“Mother Earth”
Current Affairs : September 5, 2011
CBI arrests Reddy brothers in relation to
the Illegal Mining
CBI arrested former Karnataka Tourism Minister and Mining Mr. Czar
G.
Janardhana Reddy and BJP MLA D. V. Srinivasan Reddy
Raids being carried out in connection with the probe that CBI launched
into the illegal mining in Andhra Pradesh
Raids come after Supreme Court vacated in December 2010 a stay on
CBI probe
into the illegal mining in the state
North East’s First Integrated Tea Park to
be set up in Chaygaon, Assam
Procedure
to establish the first integrated tea park of the North East region have begun
The
proposed park would come up at Chaygaon on the outskirts of Guwahati
It would
offer infrastructure of International standards and the state of the art
facilities
It would
also build world class facilities for processing, warehousing, auction centre,
blending and packaging, and generate employment
India’s
55% total tea production is contributed by North East
Following
completion of the park, the tea export is likely to be amplified to a large
degree
Economist Professor D.U. Sastry passes
away
Professor
D.U. Sastry: Renowned industrial economist
Professor
Mr. Sastry (81) passed away
He was a
resident of Andhra Pradesh
He was a
research fellow at the University of Pennsylvania and was associated with Nobel
laureate L.R. Klein
Professor
Sastry made lots of contributions to Industrial Economics, begining with his
work on demand for energy in north-western India, in
association
with P.N. Dhar
Other
studies related to sugar industry location, inventories in manufacturing,
investment and financing in the corporate sector, import
substitution,
and the cotton textile industry. He was closely associated with the development
perspectives of Karnataka studies under the
overall
guidance of Professor Rao, founder of the Institute of Social and Economic
Change here
Professor Sastry, a fine
scholar, was widely read and organized and punctilious in his research
Report submitted by the Expert panel on
Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Thiruvananthapuram
The panel
of Experts for the decision on the safety, recording and opening the kallara
(vault) B in the Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple in
Thiruvananthapuram
communicated to the apex Court that 1 year was necessary to accomplish the full
work
It
communicated that a sum of Rs. 2.98 Crore would be required in order to meet
all the expenses on videography, photography, providing
infrastructure
and to beef up security cover
In order
to check whether there was
a need to open the Secret Vault B, the Supreme Court appointed the panel on July 21, 2011
The aim
of the Panel was to organize account of treasure and take videography and
photography, to scrutinize which articles could be used
for
regular use in the temple and which could be kept for public view
The panel
was to sketch a long term plan for maintenance of the treasure and to set up
safety measures
In its
interim report, the panel has noted that regarding the opening of kallara/vault
B, a devaprasnam was carried on and the kallara ‘B’ was
not
opened
Orders
from the court were now awaited concerning the opening of the vault
The
panel, however opined that the opening of kallara B was required to ascertain
the quantity and quality of the items stored inside, for
inventory
management, for ascertaining security measures, and for documentation of all
artefacts/treasure items
Panel
suggested to take 3D images of the objects in all the kallaras
As the
jewellery was stored in iron boxes, there was a possibleness of corrosion, the
items would then be needed to be put in wooden boxes
The panel
also suggested for appointing a Gold purity analyser by the Court for the
evaluation of gold jewellery
Panel
recommended for digital mechanism to put in place for the jewellery
The panel
demanded for observation via closed circuit cameras and also desired that an
LCD TV be established
Impeachment motion against Justice Sen
dropped by Lok Sabha
Justice Soumitra Sen of the Calcutta High Court escaped
impeachment
by the Lok Sabha
When the Law Minister Salman Khurshid conveyed to the House the
information about Justice Sen’s resignation, the House before
which the
impeachment business was put, dropped it after a Sense of the
House was sought
by Speaker Meira Kumar relating to dropping the proceedings
against Sen
The Members responded in agreement after which the Speaker
declared that the
House agrees
Justice Sen is the first Judge who
has been impeached by the Rajya
Sabha
The Lok Sabha was to impeach Sen for misconduct and
misappropriation of funds
in the capacity of a Court Receiver, over which he was impeached
by an
overwhelming majority in the Rajya Sabha earlier
The proceedings of the impeachment motion were set in process when
over 50
Rajya Sabha MPs moved such a motion
Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, Mohd. Hamid Ansari set up a special
committee
constituted to look into the allegations levelled against Justice
Sen
The Committee found the charges of financial abnormalities against
Justice Sen to
be truthful
Current Affairs : September 6, 2011
SEBI has Power to direct unlisted firms:
SAT
Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) mentioned that the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)
has broader powers under the
SEBI Act
to issue instructions to even unlisted firms in order to defend interest of
investors in the securities market
This
observance by the SAT was in reaction to a Sahara Group contention that the
jurisdiction to control an unlisted public company rests not
with the
SEBI but with the Central Government
The issue
was raised in front of SAT after SEBI instructed two Sahara Group firms (Sahara
India Real Estate Corp and Sahara Housing
Investment)
to refund money to investors in the company’s OFCD (Optionally Fully
Convertible Debentures) scheme
Earlier
in July 2011, the Supreme Court had instructed SAT to accelerate the case with
in a period of 8 weeks and also settle on the
jurisdiction
to control such instruments
The
Sahara counsel pointed out Section 55 A of the Companies Act, which makes a
distinction between listed and unlisted public companies
with
relation to the issue and transfer of securities
India’s GDP Growth for the 2011-12 fiscal
anticipated at 7.5-8% by the Rating Agency Moody’s
Global
rating agency Moody’s projected India’s GDP growth for the 2011-12 fiscal at
7.5-8%
It also
mentioned soaring domestic interest rates together with the present global
uncertainties as the near-term factors that could affect its
economic
growth
Moody’s also owns about 29% of ICRA Ltd, one of India’s leading
credit rating agencies
The
rating agency is of the view that increasing domestic interest rates and an
uncertain global economic atmosphere would perhaps
diminish
India’s near term GDP growth. However, the report cited that a recurring
slowdown is not likely to change its credit outlook
Moody’s
analysis was in synchronisation with the outlook held by the RBI on inflation
Inflation
was probable to moderate to about 7% by the end of the fiscal in March 2012.
The agency spotlighted on the concern over
investment
slowdown, a key matter that India Inc. mentioned for giving rise to a break in
additional rate hikes by the RBI
India is
not resistant to an international growth slowdown, the report yet cited that
the intensity of domestic demand and the diverseness of
the
economy offer a buffer against a retardation in globally uncovered sectors
India and Israel Decide to augment
Tourism Cooperation
India and Israel decided to augment cooperation in Tourism
Sector
This decision came amidst a meeting b/w Stas Misezhnikov,
Tourism Minister of
Israel and Union Tourism Minister, Subodh Kant Sahai held in New
Delhi
As per the Israeli Minister, hoteliers of Israel are interested
to set up hotels in India
Mr. Misezhnikov also called for increasing the number of flights
b/w India and
Israel
Tour operators and travel agents of India and Israel will
interact with one another
to enhance bipartisan touristry b/w both countries
The potential for encouraging package tours also to be
considered
Tourist traffic from Israel to India was 40581 in 2009, which
rose to 43539 in the
year 2010
An accord b/w India and Israel on mutual assistance in the field
of tourism was signed in New Delhi in May, 1993. Both the countries have
rectified this agreement
India Tourism Office located in Frankfurt is responsible for promoting India as a tourist destination in
the Israeli market
India Tourism Office take part in International Mediterranean
Tourism
Market (IMTM) which is held in Tel Aviv to demonstrate India’s tourism
destinations and products to the tour
operators and consumers of Israel
India is recognized in Israel as an
ancient nation with strong cultural traditions and
Israelis perceive India as an
beautiful, substitute tourist destination
UNCTAD: India’s GDP to develop 8.1% in
2011
As per UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and
Development), Indian
economy likely to expand by 8.1% in 2011
This would be the fastest growth
rate in the world after China
In its global release of Trade and Development Report 2011, the
UNCTAD opined
that the Indian economy will grow by 8.1% in 2011, against to 8.6% in
2010,
despite down in developed nations and many other countries
Different agencies and their projections about the growth of
Indian Economy for
the year 2011-12
$3 million by World Bank for protecting
Tigers in Nepal
World Bank rendered $3 million in order to protect Tigers in Nepal
Fund to be worn-out under Strengthening the Regional
Cooperation for Wildlife Protection Project
Project to be run for 4 years concentrating on preserving tiger
habitat, checking
the hunting down and illegal trade of tigers and supporting
research
As per latest figures Nepal has 155 tigers
October 1, 2011: World Elders Day
October 1, 2011: World Elders Day observed
To build consciousness about healthy ageing, Madhya Pradesh
Government
awarded those who have achieved 100 years of age with ‘Shatayu Samman’
Life Expectancy in India rises to 65
years
Life Expectancy in INDIA improved from 40 years in 1951 to 65 at present
As a consequence the population of the elderly has augmented 4
times
The count of senior citizens over the 60 was over 76 million per
2001 Census and
now it is expected to reach over 170 million by 2026
Maintenance and Welfare of Parents
and Senior Citizens Act which
entitles senior citizens to claim
maintenance from their children, is an effectual
step towards the rising incidents of elderly abuse vastly due to
speedy
urbanization and thus rising trend of nuclear families
Anwar al-Awlaki, Top Al-Qaeda militant
killed in US air strike
Anwar al-Awlaki, Top Al-Qaeda militant killed in a US air strike
in Yemen
US-born Awlaki reported by US officials as the chief of external
operations of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula was supposed to be
hiding in
Yemen
President Ms Pratibha Patil visits CERN,
Geneva
CERN: European Council for Nuclear
Research, is one of the World’s
biggest
and most esteemed centres for scientific research
President, Mrs. Pratibha Devisingh Patil visited CERN, Geneva
India is an Observer member-State to CERN
Around 200 scientists of Indian origin are working at CERN
About 10,000 Engineers and Scientists, 5,000 contractors from
around the World
are working in this laboratory for opening up the mysteries of the
universe
For killing Salman Taseer, Quadri
sentenced to death by Pakistan Court
The anti-terrorism court of Rawalpindi, Pakistan found Mumtaz Qadri
culpable of
murdering the ex-
Governor of Punjab Salman Taseer who had urged reform
of a blasphemy law
The court sentenced Quadri to death for killing the former
Governor on an
Islamabad street on January 4, 2011
Qadri had
confessed to killing Taseer, stating that he rejected to the Governor’s call to
amend the blasphemy law
Current Affairs : October 1, 2011
Official retirement age abolished by
Britain
Official retirement age in Britain abolished
The fresh laws stop employers pressurizing employees to leave
their jobs as they
reach the 65
Now, the companies will have to give objective reasons for asking
someone to go
away their job on grounds of age
Export of Endosulfan allowed by Supreme
Court of India
The apex Court
of India permitted the export of more than 1 million tons of contentious
insecticide Endosulfan to those countries from whom
export
orders have been received by the manufacturers in India, subject to strict
monitoring by Customs and Environment Ministry officials
FDI Limit for FM radio from 20% to 26%
FDI Limit
for terrestrial broadcasting and FM radio was increased from 20% to 26% by the
Govt
TRAI in 2010 made essential recommendations debating that
escalating the limit will
assist the 3rd phase for FM radio,
which experience 806 FM stations across 217 cities
63rd All India Prize
Money Independence Day Cup Football Tournament: Siliguri Club wins
Nagaon (Assam), 63rd
Independence Cup Football: Siliguri SSB Club lifted the Cup
First ever Double Decker Train flagged
off in Howrah
The first ever Double
Decker Train was flagged off at a
function in
Howrah station
The fully air conditioned Double Decker Train to run b/w Howrah and
Dhanbad 5-days in a week
Typhoon ‘Nesat’ hits china
One million people in the southern Guangxi Zhuang autonomous
region of China
affected by typhoon ‘Nesat’
The weather bureau warned of a second typhoon, ‘Nalgae’ that is likely to strike
Guangxi around Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Indian Navy’s 4th fleet Tanker Shakti commissioned
Indian Navy’s 4th fleet Tanker Shakti
was commissioned by Chief of
Naval Staff, Admiral Nirmal Verma, at the Naval Dockyard in
Visakhapatnam
Shakti is built at the Fincantieri Shipyard, Italy
October 2, 2011: Nation pays homage to
Mahatma Gandhi
Nation paid homage to Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi on his
142nd
birth anniversary
October 2, 2011: The nation also
remembers Lal Bahadur Shastri
Nation paid homage to the 2nd Prime Minister of
India Lal Bahadur
Shastri on his 107th birth anniversary
National Institute of Sports Science
& Medicine to be set up by the Govt.
National Institute of Sports Science and Medicine, NISSM to be
setup by the Govt.
at the premises of Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi at a cost
of Rs 200 Crore
Objective: The institute will aim at
developing the much needed disciplines of Physchology, Nutrition, Biochemistry,
Biomedical and Sports
Medicine
for providing cutting edge excellence, evaluation,
performance and assessment related advice to evaluation, performance and
assessment
related advice to Indian Sports and athletes
NISSM is modeled on the lines of China
Institute of Sports Sciences (CISS)
During
the visit of Indian President to China on 27 May 2010, the decision was taken
to setup the Institute
NISSM to
be registered as Society under Societies Registration Act by November 1, 2011
Institute
to be headed by a Director equivalent to a Vice- Chancellor of a Central
University
NISSM to
work in partnership with national and international partners from USA, UK,
China, South Korea, Australia, Germany and South
Africa
NISSM to function under the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
Disposable plastic products banned by
Himanchal Pradesh
Himachal Pradesh has banned disposable plastic products from today
Packaged drinking water will, nevertheless, not be impacted by the
ban
Following a total ban on utilization of recycled and plastic bags
in the state in
2009, today ban now imposed on use of plastic cups and plates also
But keeping in view the tourism sector mineral water bottles and
glasses have
been exempted
Violators will be fined up to Rs. 5,000 under the law
Blanket ban on usage & manufacturing
of plastic bags in Delhi soon
Delhi Government to inflict a blanket ban on the use and
production of plastic
bags in the next 2 months
Draft notification in this concern has been issued by the State
Government
As per the notice those violating the ban could be imprisoned for
up to 5 years or
have to pay a fine of up to one Lakh rupees or both
Current Affairs : October 2, 2011
Official retirement age abolished by
Britain
Official retirement age in Britain abolished
The fresh laws stop employers pressurizing employees to leave
their jobs as they
reach the 65
Now, the companies will have to give objective reasons for asking
someone to go
away their job on grounds of age
India determines to double up spending in
R & D
While addressing the Opening Plenary Session of the 8th Annual
Meeting STS
Forum on Science and Technology for the future of Humankind in
Tokyo, The
Minister of State for Planning, Science and Technology and Earth
Science Dr.
Ashwani Kumar stated that India has decided to double the expenses
in Research
and Development
Key initiatives were being taken by India in super computing,
material sciences,
genomics, nano sciences and plan breeding techniques and synthetic
biology
Dalai Lama to be awarded ‘Mahatma Gandhi
International Award for
Peace’
Dalai Lama to receive the Mahatma Gandhi International Award for
Peace
Ela Gandhi, granddaughter of Mahatma Gandhi declared the Award in
Johannesburg on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti and requested the
South African Government to grant a visa to the Tibetan spiritual
leader to visit
the country
The award will be given at the yearly Satyagraha Awards to be held
at the Durban
City Hall on October 9, 2011
MAGI Awards
The Mahatma Gandhi International Award for
Peace and Reconciliation (MAGI Awards)
was created in memory of Mahatma Gandhi who began his
socio-political life in South Africa
and struggled ceaselessly for justice and for peace and
reconciliation. The award was created in
2003 to mark the centenary of a newspaper,
Indian Opinion, published in South Africa by
Mahatma Gandhi.
The award comprises of a table top bronze statue of Mahatma Gandhi
seated and spinning to
signify the importance of home industry for sustainable
development and included with it is a
scroll
World Wide Travel Alert issued by US to
its Citizens
The
United States issued a world-wide travel alert to its citizens, warning of a
enhanced risk of violence in the wake of the killing of an
important
al-Qaeda leader Anwar al-Awlaki
The
US-born radical Islamist cleric was killed by US drones in Yemen on September
30, 2011
Social Auditing Programme of Gram
Panchayats launched by the Assam
Government
Social
auditing programme of Gram Panchayats at Aamlokhi Gram Panchay under Baajia
Development Block in Nagaon district was
launched
by the Assam Government on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti ( October 2, 2011)
Objective: To make certain lucidity
and arrest corruption in Panchayat Raj institutions. It is also be being
believed as an instrument via which
Government Departments can
plan, manage and gauge their functions, consequences and competence
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