19 May, 2012 | Author: Dhananjay Mali | Comments Off
Osmanabad: Public Health Department, Government of Maharashtra under its State Family Welfare Bureau, Pune recently launched a portal www.amchimulgi.gov.in or www.amchimulgi.in to raise public awareness about Sex Selection/Female Foeticide issue. PCPDNT helpline has also been launched and it has been mandated to display helpline number ’18002334475′ and website address at Sonography Centers in the state.
Sex Selection is the practice of determining the sex of the unborn foetus and eliminating it if found to be female. Sex Selection is commonly referred to as Female Foeticide.
Alarmed by the declining female population in Maharashtra, the state health department has initiated measures to curb sex determination tests as prohibited under the Pre-Conception Pre-Natal Diagnostics Techniques (PCPNDT) Act, 1994.
Helpline and portal will help to raise awareness and receive information from public about families and doctors, gynecologists and radiologists that secretly carry out sex determination tests.
People can register complaints against parents or practitioners violating the PCPNDT Act on the website www.amchimulgi.gov.in or through a toll-free telephone number 18002334475.
According to Addl. Director, State Family Welfare, Pune, 167 complaints have been received so far through portal/helpline , 15 Sonography machines have been sealed and legal action has been initiated against the owners.
[DIO Osmanabad]
Category Ahmednagar, Beed-News, Chandrapur, Latur, Maharashtra, Mumbai-News, MumbaiSuburban-News, Nanded, Nashik, Osmanabad, Parbhani, Pune, Solapur, Thane-News |
19 May, 2012 | Author: Dhananjay Mali | Comments Off
New Delhi : The Central Bureau of Investigation, yesterday registered a case against its retired Superintendent Level officer J P Verma and two others for allegedly obtaining illegal gratification from the accused of an under investigation CBI case. The case has been registered U/s 120B IPC and section 8 of PC Act, 1988.
It is alleged that the retired CBI officer was operating under garb of providing consultancy to the accused facing CBI cases. He was approached by the accused through a middleman, who is also an accused in 12 other CBI cases. The illegal gratification was allegedly obtained in the name of Investigating Officer of CBI and for influencing the on-going investigation.
Searches were conducted at 5 places in Delhi; Ranchi and Kolkota. During search at the office of the retired CBI officer, a cash amount of Rs.50 lakh(approx) was recovered and he was also found sitting with the aforesaid accused.
[CBI]
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19 May, 2012 | Author: Dhananjay Mali | Comments Off
Mumbai: Maharashtra State Gazetted Officers’ Association is organizing workshops on ‘Transparent and Sensitive Administration’ in all the Districts of Maharashtra from 4 June to 26 July 2012. G.D.Kulthe, Sarchitnis of the Association announced this through a press release.
It is stated in the release that, while raising their welfare demands with Government, it is duty of the Government Officers to assure conduct like a Public Servant. The association has appealed to officers across the state to participate in the workshop and co-operate for success of workculture mission of the association.
The workshop will be held at 2.00 PM in each of districts on the date in the schedule.
Category Ahmednagar, Beed-News, Chandrapur, Latur, Maharashtra, Mumbai-News, MumbaiSuburban-News, Nanded, Nashik, Osmanabad, Photo-Gallery, Pune, Solapur, Thane-News |
18 May, 2012 | Author: Dhananjay Mali | Comments Off
New Delhi : The Government is planning to make a one-year stint in rural India compulsory for MBBS doctors. Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said in Lok Sabha that a decision in this regard will be taken soon after the consultations with Medical Council of India.
The Government has also offered incentives for MBBS doctors undergoing rural service in post-graduate examinations. Those MBBS students who do one year of rural service would get 10 marks as additional weightage while those who did three years in the country’s most backward areas would get 30 marks.
[PIB]
Category National |
18 May, 2012 | Author: Dhananjay Mali | Comments Off
New Delhi: Shri Ajay Maken, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Youth Affairs & Sports today flagged off the next big leap by ace mountaineer Premlata Agarwal. She has set her eyes on the ‘Mountaineering Challenge’ i.e. to climb the Seven Summits. After scaling Mt. Everest (29,035 ft.), Killimanjaro (19,334 ft.) and Aconcagua (22,841 ft.), the 45 year old mountaineer is all charged up for her climb to the remaining four summits – Mount Elbrus (Europe), Vinson Massif (Antarctica), Mount McKinley (North America) and Carstensz Pyramid (Indonesia). Tata Steel is sponsoring her expedition and has sanctioned Rs 11 lakhs to climb the remaining 4 summits.
On the occasion, Shri Maken said “It gives me great pride to flag off another adventurous challenge of Premlata. Efforts of corporates like Tata Steel to support Indian sportspersons are laudable. Premlata’s successful expedition would be unprecedented achievement for India. We wish her all the very best”
The one who completes this challenge of conquering all seven summits is considered to be a ‘Hall of Famer’ among mountaineers. If Premlata achieves this towering feat (she has given herself time till 2013), she will become the first Indian and the oldest woman to conquer the seven summits (Mount Everest (Asia), Mount Kilimanjaro (Africa), Aconcagua (Argentina), Mount Elbrus (Europe), Vinson Massif (Antarctica), Mount McKinley (North America) and Carstensz Pyramid (Indonesia).
Premlata expressed, “My initiation in the field of adventure came by chance, and has been an uphill journey. I am looking forward to taste success by climbing all the seven summits. I would like to thank Tata Steel and my mentor for their support.”
The tentative dates to climb the summits are DENALI (May 20-June 12), ELBURS (July 15- 28, 2012), Carstensz Pyramid (October 14 – 27, 2012), Mount Vinson (Dec. 14 – 29).
On prior occasions, Agarwal has participated in several expeditions notable being the Island Peak Expedition in Nepal (20,600 ft) in 2004, the Karakoram Pass (18,300 ft) and Mt Stok Kangri (20,150 ft) in 2006, the First Indian Woman’s Thar Desert Expedition in 2007 which involved a 40 day Camel Safari along the International Border from Bhuj in Gujarat — Rann of Kutch — Thar in Rajasthan, upto Wagah Border in Punjab. These achievements were also recognised as a National Record and found place in the Limca Book of Records.
[PIB]
Category National |
18 May, 2012 | Author: Dhananjay Mali | Comments Off
Mumbai: The rapid expansion of the Indian IT and Telecom sector has emerged as a key driver for the Indian economy and placed India on a globally competitive platform in the last one and a half decades. In the last financial year, Indian IT Software and Services export has grown at a rate of 16.5 percent and has reached USD 68 billion. The Indian telecom sector is now the fastest-growing and second-largest market in the world, with over 900 million subscribers.
Frost & Sullivan hosted the 10th Annual 2012 India ICT Awards at the ITC Grand Central, Mumbai to honor companies that have been extremely resilient in making it to the top in their business category in spite of the current challenging market conditions. The awards covered four main categories: Enterprise Infrastructure, Enterprise IT Services, Enterprise Telecom Services, and Mobile Wireless. These were further divided into 24 sub-categories.
On the occasion, Anand Rangachary, Partner and Managing Director, Frost & Sullivan, South Asia, Middle East, & North Africa, said, “Despite a difficult economic climate, certain players have clearly demonstrated an outstanding performance in the ICT market. Relentless focus on customer satisfaction and product and service innovation with unflinching execution has been the hallmark of their performance. The award recipients are industry leaders in their respective segments and are effectively shaping the ICT landscape of the region.”
Commenting on the outlook of Indian Telecom industry, he said, “The industry would soon come out of the current turbulence born out of a lack of clarity in certain regulatory guidelines. In the next one year, we will have a stabler, maturer telecom market, and I expect to see convergence gaining momentum, wireless broadband growing significantly, and new innovative business models evolve in the ICT space.”
The recipients of the Awards were judged based on a variety of parameters like Revenues, Growth, Market Share, Product Diversity, and Vertical and Horizontal Diversity, which involved in-depth primary interviews of various industry participants and secondary research conducted by Frost & Sullivan analysts. An elite panel of jury members comprising some of the most prominent CIOs/CTOs from the industry evaluated the compiled data and incorporated the end-user perspective. Frost & Sullivan then presented the Awards to the companies that received the number one industry rank in each category.
The Esteemed Jury for the Awards this year included the following eminent personalities:
– Mr. Ajay Kumar Dhir, Executive Director and Group CIO, Lanco Infratech Limited — Mr. Anshul Dureja, President – Corporate Operations and Chief Green Officer, Greenply Industries Limited — Mr. Ashok K Aggarwal, Honorary Director General, Telecom Equipment Manufacturers Association of India — Dr. Neena Pahuja, CIO, Max Healthcare Group — Mr. J.S. Puri, Advisor – Advisor Corporate Affairs and CEO – Strategic Management Solutions FZE, Dubai UAE Fortis Healthcare Limited — Mr. Manish Choksi, Chief – Corporate Strategy and CIO, Asian Paints — Mr. N Jayantha Prabhu, CTO, Essar Group — Mr. S. Ramasamy, Executive Director (IS), Indian Oil Corporation — Mr. Sebastian Joseph, President – Technology and FM, DDB Mudra Group — Mr. Tarun Pandey, Vice President – IT, Aditya Birla Financial Services Group — Mr. Vijay Sethi, Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Hero MotoCorp Limited — Mr. Vikram Idnani, CIO, Trent Limited
The Media Partners supporting the 2012 Frost & Sullivan India ICT Awards were Biztech2.com, Infotechlead.com, Lightreadingindia.com, Telecom Era, Telecomlead.com and Telecomwatch.
[BWI]
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