Yash Chopra, Rajesh Khanna and Asha Bhosale are to be honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke Academy Awards 2013 to be given on 30 April 2013 at Bhaidas Auditorium in suburban Vile Parle in Mumbai. Asha Bhosle will be honoured with the Phalke Ratna Award for the contributions made by her in the field of music for over a period of five decades. Late Yash Chopra for his contributions to Indian Film Industry will be posthumously awarded with the Dadasaheb Phalke Academy Award. Pamela the wife of the iconic filmmaker Yash Chopra will receive the Saraswatibai...
Monday, 29 April 2013
National Cancer Grid
Posted on 01:01 by Unknown
As ascertained from the Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, the National Cancer Grid is envisaged to be a network of existing and future major cancer centres in the country created with the mandate of: i) Creating uniform standards of patient care across the length and breadth of country, bringing high quality cancer care to the doorsteps of patients. ii) Augmenting human resource capabilities in cancer management in the country. iii) Promoting collaborative research in cancer. Two preliminary meetings for the above have been held...
E-Biz Portal to Ease G2B Services
Posted on 01:00 by Unknown
As part of the Government`s initiative to improve the business environment and the ease of doing business in the country, the Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion, Ministry of Commerce & Industry launched the eBiz portal on 28.01.2013 comprising the License and Permits Services component that will allow business users to obtain a customized list of licenses, permits, and regulations that they require or need to comply with across all levels of government. eBiz will serve as a 24X7 online single-window system for providing efficient...
Wednesday, 17 April 2013
GROUP-II EXECUTIVE POSTS SELECTION LIST
Posted on 20:09 by Unknown
Selection List for Notification No. 39/2011, Group -II Services Recruitment Executive P...
Tuesday, 16 April 2013
SIXTH ECONOMIC CENSUS
Posted on 02:49 by Unknown
The Sixth Economic Census (EC) is scheduled to be conducted during Oct, 2012- June,13 in all the States and Union Territories of the country in collaboration with States/UT Governments.The Sixth EC proposes to provide up to date information on number of establishments and number of persons employed therein, activity wise, of all the sectors (excluding crop production, plantation, public administration, defense and compulsory social security) of the country including its distribution at all-India, State, district, and at village/ward levels for...
SABLA scheme
Posted on 02:49 by Unknown
With the objective to improve the nutritional and health status of adolescent girls in the age group of 11-18 years and empower them by providing education in life-skills, health and nutrition, the Government of India introduced the Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of Adolescent Girls - SABLA in November, 2010.SABLA scheme will replace the erstwhile Kishori Shakti Yojana (the objective of this scheme was to improve the nutrition and health status of girls in the age‐group of 11 to 18 years, to equip them to improve and upgrade...
Socio Economic and Caste Census 2011
Posted on 02:48 by Unknown
For the success of any targeted approach, the identification of the real beneficiaries is of paramount importance. Thus the Central Government has decided to conduct a Socio Economic and Caste Survey of the national population in the year 2011. The Socio Economic and Caste Census would be carried out by the respective State Government with the financial and technical support of the Government of India. It was launched on 29th June 2011 in Hazemora Block in West Tripura.The SECC, 2011 has the following three objectives:1. To enable households to...
UNICEF report on nutrition
Posted on 02:38 by Unknown
The UNICEF report, ‘Improving Child Nutrition: The achievable imperative for global progress’ shows that progress has been made in recent years in addressing stunting in children, and calls for increased efforts to accelerate a response to a condition that affects some 165 million children across the world.One in four of all children less than five years of age is stunted because of chronic under-nutrition in crucial periods of growth. The damage done to a child's body and brain by stunting is irreversible. It drags down performance at school and...
Indian-Origin Economist Raj Chetty Won John Bates Clark Medal For 2013
Posted on 02:38 by Unknown
Delhi-born Raj Chetty, the professor in the Department of Economy at the Harvard University won John Bates Clark medal for 2013, also called Baby Nobel. Raj Chetty’s work was also cited by the US President Barack Obama in State of the Union Address. John Bates Clark medal is conferred upon the American economist whose age is below 40 years and the one who has made crucial contribution to economic knowledge and thought. Baby Nobel is one of the most prestigious awards of economy. Infact, it is second only after Nobel Prize in economic...
G8 inks historic agreement against rape in war zones
Posted on 02:37 by Unknown
Foreign Ministers of the world's eight most advanced countries (G8) adopted a declaration committing the international community to tackle sexual violence in conflict zones. G8 members have announced a new fund which amounts to nearly $35.5 million or £23 million.It includes over $10 million from the United Kingdom: $ 5million from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to support grassroots and human rights projects on sexual violence against women and girls and wider projects on violence against women and girls. The other £5million...
UN launched new plans to save children from pneumonia, diarrhoea
Posted on 02:36 by Unknown
Pneumonia and diarrhoea account for 23 and 12 per cent of deaths respectively in children below the age of five in India. They remain major killers of young children globally too, accounting for 29 per cent of all child deaths-a loss of 2 million lives-each year. Children are dying because services are being provided piecemeal and those at the highest risk are not being reached. Use of effective interventions is too low-for instance, only 39 per cent of infants are exclusively breast-fed, while only 60 per cent of children with suspected pneumonia...
Friday, 12 April 2013
Veteran Film Actor Pran conferred the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2012
Posted on 05:29 by Unknown
Pran Krishan Sikand, popularly known as Pran, the veteran film actor, has been conferred the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2012. He is the 44th Dada Saheb Phalke Award Winner. The award is conferred by the Government of India for outstanding contribution to the growth and development of Indian Cinema. The award consists of a Swarn Kamal, a cash prize of Rs.10 lakhs and a shawl. The award is given on the basis of recommendations of a Committee of eminent persons.Pran has given sterling performances in many films along with Dilip Kumar, Dev...
2nd India-Germany Intergovernmental Consultations held
Posted on 05:26 by Unknown
India and Germany held 2nd round of Inter-Governmental Consultations during which crucial bilateral, international and regional issues like the long pending India-EU Free Trade Agreement and the situation in Afghanistan had been discussed.Germany is the only country with which India has such a high-level format of discussion as the Intergovernmental Consultations. The first round of Consultations was held when Merkel visited India in May 2011. Germany is India’s largest trading partner in Europe and fifth largest trading partner in the world....
Forest Range Officer (Notification No. 52/2011) Final Key
Posted on 05:20 by Unknown
Forest Range Officer Paper-1 G.S. & M.A.- Final Key Forest Range Officer Optional Papers-Final K...
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