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BCCI bosses bending rules for their convenience: Muthiah

April 23, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) Former Indian cricket board president A.C. Muthiah Thursday lashed out at the present set-up, saying the board circumvented its own regulations to allow its secretary N. Srinivasan to bid for an Indian Premier League franchise.

Muthiah said there was a clash of interest as Srinivasan is the owner of India Cements that bought the Chennai Super Kings.

He also said Srinivisan has no right to call the governing council meeting.

‘Srinivasan is an interested party and I filed a case against him for conflict of interest. He is a secretary and a holder of franchise. He has no right to call for a meeting,’ Muthiah said.

‘I feel to a larger extent the members of the BCCI have consciously allowed themselves to be exploited by certain groups by amending the byelaws of the society. BCCI should ensure all those who have some stake or interest either directly or indirectly should be kept away,’ the former board chief said.

‘The original framework regulation was that no administrator can take part in any commercial interest concerning the BCCI. When I filed the case, they retrospectively amended this clause excluding the IPL. These amendments have been done to suit some of the franchises, especially him (Srinivisan).’

‘They are all responsible for this mess because they are just amending the regulations for their own interests,’ he said.

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ANALYSIS – N.Korea’s Kim: Mentored, paid, “betrayed” by China

April 5, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il first went to China as a child for safety during the Korean War. He may soon be heading back for a trip seeking to shore up the support that keeps his destitute and derelict state alive.

The North has a long, deep and troubled relationship with China that some experts liken to a marriage of convenience, where both parties must endure the pain of being together because they would be worse off apart.

“China’s food and energy assistance can be seen as an insurance premium that Beijing remits regularly to avoid paying the higher economic, political and national security cost of a North Korean collapse, a war on the peninsula, or subsuming of the North into the South,” the U.S. Congressional Research Service said in a report earlier this year.

Kim’s expected trip will likely lead to a return to stalled international talks hosted by Beijing on ending Pyongyang’s nuclear ambitions, analysts said, while he will try to win sweeteners from China for heading back to the table.

Kim may also be taking his youngest son Jong-un, the likely heir to the family dynasty that has ruled the North for more than 60 years, to introduce him to Beijing’s leaders and win their understanding for his succession plans, they said.

TWO ROADS DIVERGED

North Korea and China began an alliance as Leninist-socialist brothers that was forged in blood when they fought together during the 1950-53 Korean War and strengthened by numerous visits Kim made to learn from Beijing’s leaders while he being groomed to take over the state founded by his father Kim Il-sung.

For Kim Jong-il, China also represents the road not taken in economic reforms. For decades, China’s leaders had encouraged the two Kims to open up their economy and form their own brand of socialism that had room for markets.

“Kim has become very interested in the China model for development and expressed admiration for it but we have seen that North Korea’s leaders are not willing to take the course that China has taken,” said Peter Beck a researcher at Stanford University who is a specialist in Korean affairs.

The rift over economic openness began in the 1980s and led Kim Jong-il and the North’s media to question whether China was betraying socialist ideals.

In 1992, when an emerging China forged formal diplomatic ties with a surging South Korea, the North lashed and against “the unfaithful actions of some traitors of the revolution”.

North Korea’s economy, meanwhile, turned into a basket case following the collapse of the Soviet Union, its main benefactor.

But Kim has painted himself into a corner. Any economic reforms would open his isolated state to the outside world and could undermine his “military first” ideology, which justifies economic hardships at home to build an military strong enough to prevent foreign invaders from attacking.

“They made a critical decision that the market was a threat to the regime and not an opportunity. That is a source of frustration for China that North Korea has not been able to break free of the ideology that they left behind,” Beck said.

Late last year, Kim attacked a burgeoning merchant class with a currency revaluation designed to knock out their cash holdings. It also banned their foreign exchange transactions and set up state institutions to take over their private business.

The moves led to rare civil unrest and raised questions about the stability of the Kim regime.

“There should be no doubt that the North Korean economy has basically collapsed,” said Zhu Feng, a Peking University international studies professor, at a seminar in Seoul last week.

“The big question is whether increasing economic hardship will cause social unrest and political disorder.”

STABILITY ON THE BORDER

China supports Kim because it is worried what could happen if Kim family rule collapses, which could brings chaos to its 1,416-km (880 miles) border and a flood of refugees.

It is also worried about the South taking over the North and bringing its U.S. military ally to the Chinese border.

Kim will likely try to seek Chinese investment during his trip. Beijing may be willing to help, seeing it as money spent to buy stability for its border provinces, experts said.

In 2009, bilateral trade between China and North Korea, with an estimated GDP of $17 billion, was worth $2.7 billion. As the North’s economy has grown weaker since Kim took over power in 1994, China has supplied more food, oil and goods that serve as a lifeline for his broken state.

Kim, knowing that he will receive aid even if he defies his neighbour, has not bent to many of China’s wishes, particularly to end his boycott of six-country nuclear disarmament talks.

“However unpredictable and annoying the North Korean government may be to Beijing, any conceivable scenario other than maintaining the status quo could seriously damage China’s interests,” the Congressional Research Service report said.

(Additional reporting by Christine Kim in Seoul and Chris Buckley in Beijing; Editing by Alex Richardson)

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Murray should be ‘pushed’ to play more regularly for Great Britain in Davis Cup: Lloyd

March 22, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

London, Mar 22 (ANI): Former Davis Cup captain John Lloyd, who resigned following the humiliating loss to Lithuania earlier this month, wants the British Lawn Tennis Association to push their star player Andy Murray to play on a regular basis.

Lloyd feels that the LTA should have ensured that Andy Murray played more ties for Davis Cup.

“Call me old-fashioned, but when is it a convenience, and not a privilege, to play for your country? I know Roger Federer, and other top players, pick and choose when to play in the Davis Cup. But does that make it right?

“If England’s football team had failed to qualify for the World Cup, would it be OK for Wayne Rooney to turn around and say that he didn’t think he’d bother playing for the international team until they had some proper matches, or a team worthy of his time? Of course not,” The Telegraph quoted Lloyd, as saying.

“When did it come about that someone only played for their country when they had a good team? Yet the public seems to have accepted Andy should be playing only when the team is in the upper echelons of the competition.

“The reality is that the only way for Britain to get back to the World Group of the Davis Cup is with him in the team,” he added. (ANI)

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405th installation anniversary of Sri Guru Granth Sahib

September 20, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Agra, Sep 19(ANI): People of all religions and communities gathered to celebrate the 405th anniversary of the installation of the Sikh holy scriptures, Sri Guru Granth Sahib, at Gurudwara Maithan in Agra.

This was a significant landmark for the Sikhs, as the 275-year-old handwritten scripture, whose front pages are written with gold, was put on display for the devotees.

“The Guru Granth Sahib has the preaching or ‘bani’ of famous poets like Kabir ji, Guru Ravidas ji and Baba Farid ji. It is symbol of humanity and so people of all the religions have gathered here to celebrate the ‘Prakash Parv’, the installation ceremony together,” said Kanwldeep Singh, President of Sri Gursikh Sabha.

Also on display was a miniature scripture of Guru Granth Sahib, which has been preserved at the Gurudwara Maithan for the past 15 years.

“We have Guru Granth sahib of 1 X 1 inches long. The British for the convenience of Sikh soldiers especially designed the holy book during the First World War, as they could not carry a normal sized book in the battlefield. The miniature Guru Granth Sahib was printed in Germany. It was kept in a silver box,” said Gyani Kashmir Singh, head Granthi of Gurudwara Maithan.

To mark the anniversary of the installation of Guru Granth Sahib, special prayers were also held in the Gurudwara premises, which once the house of Mai jassi that was visited by Guru Sri Tegh Bahadur.he gurudwara is currently undergoing renovation and will be expanded to facilitate the large number of devotees visiting the shrine.

A total of 20 million dollars will be spent on renovation and construction of new Gurudwara, a 100-bed hospital and a community hall.

Gurudwara Maithan also upheld the tradition of Langar, which has been followed over the centuries. Guru Arjan Dev and Mata Ganga set the precedent of preparing and serving food to the hungry, in the langar hall, where all social, economic and religious barriers collapse and all – the laborer, the lord, the peasant and the prince, are treated alike and served the same food in the same manner.

This is a practice of great social significance, and it is the key to the understanding of Sikhism. By Brijesh Sharma (ANI)

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For Brit men “sex o’clock” is governed by footie fixtures!

September 5, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

London, Sept 5 (ANI): Feeling romantic? Well, then gear up for some kinky action – but wait till 10.16pm tonight, for that’s the time when half of UK’s population gets turned on with their lovers.

After asking 5,000 adults, cynical researchers have claimed that the romantic schedule means men can catch up with their football highlights on Match Of The Day at 10.30pm.

The second most popular time for sex is 9pm on Friday, followed by 9.30am on Sunday, reports The Daily Express.

A spokesman for pollsters www.OnePoll.com said: “One might conclude from this survey that romance is dead.

“It certainly seems that sex has become a matter of convenience for many people.

“When couples get past the honeymoon stage in their relationship they seem to settle down a bit, and sex isn’t as important any more.”

The survey shows a quarter of couples go longer than two months between romps. (ANI)

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‘Twittering’, ‘hmm’, and ‘heh’ make it to Collins English Dictionary

September 1, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

London, Aug 31 (ANI): ‘Twittering’, ‘hmm’, and ‘heh’ are among the 267 words that have been added to this year’s Collins English Dictionary, all thanks to teenagers who use such words on social networking websites.

With teenagers increasingly using these grunts and sighs in words on Twitter and other such websites, the need to find spellings for sounds that were traditionally used only in speech has also spawned “meh” (an expression of dissatisfaction) and “mwah” (the sound of a noisy kiss).

Users of social networking sites may also be responsible for the resurgence of “heigh-ho” or “hey-ho” – an exclamation of weariness, disappointment, surprise or happiness – that went out of fashion in the early 20th century.

In fact, Twitter-the microblogging site that allows people to communicate in messages of 140 characters or less-has also been accepted as a verb by the dictionary to describe the act of using Twitter.

Other internet-derived terms include “noob” (short for newbie, a term for someone unfamiliar with web etiquette) and “woot” (an expression of joy conveying a sense of achievement).

New abbreviations used for convenience in text messages such as “OMG” (short for “oh, my God”) “soz” (short for sorry) and wtf (short for “what the f***?”) are also included in the dictionary.

Some new words in the dictionary could make many traditionalists cringe in their seats-new portmanteau words purporting to describe a new trend include “staycation” (a combination of stay and vacation, meaning to take a holiday without going abroad) and “glamping” (glamorous camping).

“Buzzkillers” (someone who stops other people from enjoying themselves), and “beer o’clock” (a time considered appropriate to start drinking) may also take many traditionalists by surprise.

“English is very good at absorbing new words. [But] in three or four years a lot of these words may have fallen out of use and might well come out of the dictionary,” Times Online quoted Elaine Higgleton, the Editorial Director for Collins, as saying. (ANI)

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Aussies can do without breakfast, but not mobiles, fav bags

July 16, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Melbourne, July 16(ANI): Call it “materialism” or simple liking, but most people prefer to sacrifice breakfast than live without their mobile phones or favourite bag, a new Australian study has found.

The research conducted by arnold and bolingbroke on the bequest of American Express focussed on the attachment Aussies have to the personal possessions they carry every day.

It came out with results that 61 per cent of the 1001 citizens polled can’t live without their plastic credit and debit cards, while 60 per cent must have mobile phones, News.Com.Au reports.

Also 32 per cent said they couldn’t sustain without their favourite bag and 24 per cent said their laptop was their most treasured possession.

The analysis divulged to examine who would be willing to live without watching their favourite television show for a fortnight for the sake of their personal possessions, to which 52 per cent said ‘yes’.

Making the scan even broader 48 per cent said they would give up exercising, 34 per cent would give up eating breakfast for a fortnight, 11 per cent would sacrifice quality time with their partner and six percent would cease showering.

American Express head of insurance Fady Taouk said the survey suggested items such as plastic credit and debit cards, mobile phones and gadgets were no longer considered luxuries.

He said: “They are modern day essentials that provide convenience, peace of mind and security.” (ANI)

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SCDL ~ Symbiosis Distance Learning ~ Symbiosis Centre for Distance Education Learning ~ Symbiosis Centre for Distance Learning Admissions August 2009 in scdl.net

July 14, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

SCDL ~ Symbiosis Distance Learning ~ Symbiosis Centre for Distance Education Learning ~ Symbiosis Centre for Distance Learning Admissions August 2009 in scdl.net

Symbiosis Centre for Distance SCDL Learning leading business/management school in India announces admissions to the following programmes. (SCDL is an approved Distance Learning Institute by the Distance Education Council, Govt of India.)for August 2009

Distances Two-Year Post Graduate Diploma Programmes

Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration (PGDBA)
Post Graduate Diploma in International Business (PGDIB)
Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resource Management (PGDHRM)
Post Graduate Diploma in Information Technology (PGDIT)
Post Graduate Diploma in Educational Administration (PGDEA)

Distance One-Year Diploma Programmes

Post Graduate Diploma In Insurance Management (PGDIM)
Post Graduate Diploma in Retail Management (PGDRM)
Post Graduate Diploma in Customer Relationship Management (PGDCRM)
Post Graduate Diploma In Supply Chain Management (PGDSCM)
Post Graduate Diploma in Instructional Design (PGDID)
Post Graduate Diploma in Pre-Primary Teachers Training (PGDPTT)
Advanced Diploma in Creative Writing in English (ADCW)
Diploma in Creative Writing in English (DCW)

Distance Six-Month Certificate Programmes

Certificate Programme in Entrepreneurship Development & Management (CPED)
Certificate Programme in Right to Information Act (CPRTI)
Certificate Programme In Cyber Laws (CPCL)
Certificate Programme In Consumer Protection Act (CPCPA)
These programmes will commence in January 2010

Distance Single Courses

Business Communication
Management Accounting
Marketing Management
Human Resource Management
Financial Management
Total Quality Management
Management Information System
Business Law

Salient features:

Curriculum at par with full-time programmes
Online exams and online assignments for flexibility & convenience

Walk-in admissions at the SCDL Office, Pune from Monday to Saturday between 10:30 am & 4 pm till 14th August,2009.

To Apply

Prospectus and application forms are available at SCDL office and selected AXIS Bank branches mentioned in website(www.scdl.net) on payment of Rs 900/- by cash or DD of Rs 1100/- in favour of ‘The Director, SCDL, Pune’, payable at Pune (India) for receive by post or courier within India or US $75 for receipt outside India. Students must mention their name, address, contact nos and purpose on the reverse of their DD. Students must remain to copy of their DD to safeguard against loss in transit. SCDL is not liable for any loss or refund of unidentified DDs. Students can visit SCDL website for non receipt of prospectus.

For more info log on to http://www.scdl.net/

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July 5, 2009 By admin 2 Comments

UPTU Off Campus Education Counselling ~ UPTU Off Campus Counselling 2009 ~ UPTU Counselling ~ UPTU Counselling 2009 ~ UPTU Offline Counselling ~ UPTU Online Study Counselling ~ SEE UPTU Off Campus Counselling ~ SEE UPTU Off Campus Counselling 200 ~ www.uptu.ac.in ~ seeuptu.nic.in

Uttar Pradesh Technical University (UPTU) counselling procedure is divided in two phases:

Phase-I : Off-Campus On-Line Counselling ( 05-07-09 TO 08-07-09)
Phase-II: On-Campus On-line Counselling ( 10-07-09 TO 17-08-09)

The counsellees will have access, through computer screen, to category-wise information relating to
(a) Number of candidates with higher merit who would have already exercised their choices.
(b) Number of higher merit holders yet to exercise their choices.
(c) Current status of branch-wise and institution-wise available seats.
The detailed procedure is described below.

Phase-I : Off-Campus On-Line Counselling

Soon after declaration of SEE-UPTU-2009 results, candidates found eligible for counselling are required to exercise their initial choices of branches and institutions through Internet (www.uptu.nic.in) from places of their convenience. The candidates may contact the nearby Counselling Centres (CC) for availing the Internet facility free of charge.
A candidate has to log on to the website http://www.seeuptu.nic.in and click ‘off-campus’ counselling button on the home page.
Login and password prompts will appear on the computer screen. Using the instructions given on the screen, candidates are to enter the login ID and password for which admit card would be required.
The procedure for exercising choices or seeking other information is menu driven. It guides the candidates through appropriate messages on the computer screen.
Information relating to institutions, disciplines (Engineering / Technology, Pharmacy, Architecture, Hotel Management,Fashion and Apparel Design, MBA and MCA), branches (e.g. Electronics Engineering or Computer Science or Mechanical Engg. etc.) and categories (UPGE or UPSC or UPBC etc.) will be available through each relevant dropdown menu for the purpose of exercising choices as well as for a feel of their competitive standing for their preferred choices among the logged-in candidates.
The name of counselling centre will be displayed on computer screen during Phase-I.
The candidates are permitted, if they so desire, to change their choices, delete earlier choices and add new choices any number of times, based on the information which will appear on the computer screen. The candidates are free to consult their parents, teachers, friends and others for advice during Phase-I. The off-campus counselling will facilitate the selection of the most appropriate discipline, institution and branches / programme at candidates’ rank and in their categories for submitting their final choices during on-campus counselling.
Choices will be processed and indicative seat allocation will be put on the web at frequent intervals. The dates of next update of indicative seat allocation will be specified on the website.

Phase-II : On-Campus On-Line Counselling

Eligible candidates will be required to report according to their Combined General Rank at only one counselling centre, which will be displayed on computer screen during Phase-I. They will have to stay there for two days. A list of counselling centres is also given in this leaflet, and is also available on the website.

DAY ONE -The Counselling Day

On the first day of reporting (day one) as per schedule, the candidates will proceed to the document verification counters for verification of their certificates and admit card. Candidates are required to bring all certificates in original along with one photocopy of each.
Thereafter the candidates will proceed to the fee collection counters. Initial deposit of Rs. 5000/- will be collected at the computerized fee counters. The deposit is to be made through a crossed demand draft in favour of Finance Officer, U. P.Technical University A/C SEE–UPTU: 2009 payable at city branch of applicant’s counselling centre. This amount will be transferred to the allotted institution and adjusted in the fee to be deposited there. Here it is to be noted that initial deposit will be through Crossed Demand Draft and not Account Payee.
The initial deposit of fees Rs. 5000/- is transferable to institution concerned where the candidate is admitted. In case, the candidate does not take admission in the college concerned for any reasons, howsoever, this deposit will be forfitted. In some cases, the initial fee may be refunded as per condition laid down in clause 16.2 of SEE-2009 brochure.
A Counselling fees Rs. 500/- is to be paid in shape of an ACCOUNT PAYEE demand draft in favour of Finance Officer, U. P.Technical University A/C SEE–UPTU: 2009 payable at city branch of applicant’s counselling centre. Please note that this amount is non-refundable and no any part of it will be refundable at any stage after the candidate has reported for on-campus on-line counselling at the counselling centre.
Any discrepancies related to date of birth, category, sub-category, sex and state of eligibility in the computer record generated on the basis of application form submitted earlier to SEE-UPTU-2009 by the candidate and in the original certificates will be rectified by the competent authorities at the counselling centre and their decision will be final in this regard. A printout of the modified record will be given to the candidate.
Any change in the candidate’s name, father’s name and the status of general category shall not be permitted under any circumstances.
Candidates must ensure in their own interest, that their state of eligibility, categories, sub-categories, if any, are mentioned correctly on the printout given to them.
After verification, the candidates will be required to exercise their final choices of seats on-line by using choice to indicate the choice of institution with Branch in order of their preference.
The current status of the available seats, will be continuously displayed for the guidance of candidates.
The candidates will get a printout for each of the choice forms submitted by them. A copy of each of these is to be signed by the candidate and returned after verification.
Candidates are advised to choose the college / branches taking into consideration that his choice on DAY-ONE and the subsequent allotment on DAY-TWO is once and final.

DAY TWO-The Allotment Day

The choices submitted through choice form on day one will be processed centrally on the following day (day two) and the list of candidates who are allotted an institution along with a branch for admission will be displayed on the website. These candidates will be called in order of Rank for the issue of seat allotment letter. The candidates must bring their copy of choice form along with fee receipt to get the allotment letter.
After allotment of seat the candidates are required to deposite a account payee Bank draft as part of college / institute fee Rs. 10,000/- for general & OBC category candidates and Rs. 4000/- for SC & ST category candidates at respective counselling centre within three days of issue of allotment letter, failing which the seat alloted will be cancelled. Candidate may submit the draft on the day of allotment of letter also as per his/her convenience. Draft should be drawn in favour of “Finance Officer, Uttar Pradesh Technical University, Lucknow payable at city branch of applicant’s counselling centre. Fee deposit at counselling centre will be adjusted towards the fee to be deposited at institute/college of admission.
For admission in the institute, the candidates are to report to the alloted institution upto –/–/—- along with allotment letter, photocopy of all demand drafts submitted at counselling centre and all fee receipts issued from counselling centre.

Source – http://seeuptu.nic.in/PROCEDURE.asp

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Koraput Tribals launch sanitation drive

July 4, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Koraput (Orissa), July 4 (ANI): Tribals in Orissa’s Koraput District have launched a sanitation drive to keep their villages clean and hygienic.

‘Sanjog’, a government run programme, was organised jointly by Panchayat Raj department, women and child department, health department and education department at the block level.

Villagers themselves decided to take up the cause of maintaining cleanliness and building toilets.

“Earlier, tribals were not able to understand how to use toilets and how to clean hands with soap after using them. I tried explaining all these things to them. Now they have understood. Whatever government has done for them it is very good. I am very happy. Now they don’t go out in the open, they visit toilets only,” said Sabita Pujari, Village Sarpanch.

An awareness rally was organised to educate villagers how to use toilets built for their convenience.

Also, they were educated to wash their hands with soap after going to the toilet or before meals and children were taught to keep their school premises clean.

“The objective of the programme is to provide water and sanitation facilities to improve the quality of life of rural people of the Koraput district. We have done number of activities. The first was to provide individual toilets at the village level to all households and to cover all school toilets,” said Sankali Biswal, District Programme Coordinator.

Earlier, poor hygiene and lack of sanitation were causing diarrhoea among children and adults in the region. (ANI)

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Rural girls in Ludhiana drawn to professional education

June 20, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Ludhiana, June 19 (ANI): Several girls belonging to rural parts of Ludhiana are eager to gain self-reliance and lead a professional’s life.

A college here has given them a hope that they can realise such a dream and for this it has opened many new courses which can be joined just after matriculation.

Home science, a holistic field of study, aims at improving the quality of life of families. In Ludhiana, it is empowering girls and enabling them to be professionals and self-employed entrepreneurs.

Established in 1966, the College of Home Science at the Punjab Agricultural University in Ludhiana has been empowering girls. With 305 students enrolled, it offers a number of study programmes with different levels and streams of education.

Girls from rural areas are eligible to join it after secondary education for one-year Diploma Course in Fashion designing, Interior Decoration, Management of Creche and Nursery Schools.

After completing their matriculation, they can take certificate courses in’Souvenirs and Handicarfts’ and Child Care.

“I believe that it is very necessary for women to be independent. Nowadays there are no government jobs. If we can learn and use fashion technology, we can stand on our feet. After getting a fashion designing certificate you can start your own unit and can earn handsomely,” said Baljinder Kaur, a student.

Keeping in view that many rural areas do not have adequate infrastructure and facilities to offer quality programmes of study at their level, the College has recently changed its admission criteria for B.SC (Hons.) Home Science six-year-programme.

Candidates can now enrol themselves after matriculation and this presents better opportunities for rural candidates.

The College has modified its curriculum and added new courses like convenience and health foods and apparel industry management.

It has certainly helped the rural girls by increasing their competence to work in the private sector.

“Being a girl also it has lots of benefit because tomorrow we are going to be the homemakers. So it is going to be really beneficial otherwise also since girls are striding forward in their career this is a very good option it is related to there household work also and gives them a good option to work,” said Jas Keerth, a student.

“Along with agriculture, development of rural families is very important and its main mandate is to improve the quality of the life of women. Be it in the form of giving residents instructions through teaching of various courses or taking up community directed research programmes, then extending the knowledge of teaching as well as research to farm families,” said Dr. Neelam Grewal, Dean of the College of Home Science, Panjab Agricultural University.

Ludhiana-based Anita is one of the many successful women who have graduated from the College of Home Science. After completion of one year Diploma Course in Fashion Designing in 2002, Anita launched her own fashion brand ‘Venenzians’. By Karan Kapoor (ANI)

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Convenience, not health, driving factor in bottled water consumption

June 19, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Washington, June 19 : Most people believe that bottled water is healthier than tap water, a new research has found.

However, such individuals are unaware of the exact benefits of consuming packed water but think they don’t make much of a difference.

Lorna Ward led a team of researchers from the University of Birmingham who carried out interviews with users of the University””s sports centre.

They found that convenience and taste — not health — were the main motivating factors for choosing bottled water.

“The majority of participants believed that bottled water has some health benefits, but that they were not necessarily significant or superior to the benefits provided by tap water. Convenience and taste were more influential factors for participants when deciding to buy a bottle of water”.

Bottled water was described as being more ””pure”” than tap water, and was also described as containing more ””minerals””.

However, most participants expressed doubts as to the extent of the health benefits of bottled water compared with tap water, believing that bottled water did have health benefits, but that these benefits were negligible.

The most commonly cited reason for purchasing bottled water was convenience.

“Our results suggest that the recent surge in bottled water consumption may not be motivated by beliefs about health benefits associated with bottled water,” the research said.

The study has been published in the open access journal BMC Public Health.

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Online Merchants now easily accept the world’s popular non-credit-card

May 30, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Mumbai, May 30 (ANI/Business Wire India): PayByCash(r), a subsidiary of PlaySpanT, today announced the availability of the PayByCash CodeT, the most accessible pre-paid product for consumers in 180 countries. PayByCash’s revolutionary new product provides consumers with a streamlined way to make Internet purchases.

Using a PayByCash Code is similar to using a credit-card but without the activation hassles that make store-purchased prepaid cards challenging for many consumer demographics.

“The great benefit for online retailers is that they can now effortlessly tap into a huge new pool of consumers who previously were unable to complete online purchases,” said Kevin Higgins, President of PayByCash. “We’ve removed the need for merchants to modify their ecommerce systems in order to accept various countries’ popular payment methods, especially those used by credit-constrained or unbanked consumers.” “Furthermore, with the ongoing credit crunch, PayByCash Codes enable merchants to remain accessible to consumers who are losing access to their credit cards.”

Higgins continued, “This program is revolutionary in that it bundles PayByCash’s unrivaled international payment processing capability, its online experience, and the convenience of a credit-card checkout, with acceptance that’s so easy that many merchants could literally begin accepting PayByCash Codes in less than a day. That means a potential immediate revenue lift of 5 to15% or more with almost zero effort.”

An enormous number of consumers who don’t use credit cards because they are unbanked or live in the many countries where cash payment methods remain highly popular can now enjoy the value and convenience of international Internet shopping. In addition, this means online merchants have just been given easy access to the hugely lucrative but tough-to-reach global teen and college demographics.

It also means merchants can safely accept PayByCash Codes from parts of the world where they would normally decline a conventional credit card transaction due to the risk of payment fraud. With this product’s unveiling, PayByCash becomes the first processor to provide access to the world’s most popular non-bank-based payment methods to merchants whose systems only accept major credit cards.

According to a recent New York Times article, “Every major credit card issuer has been approving fewer new applicants, reining in credit lines and canceling unused accounts. And Meredith A. Whitney, a prominent banking analyst, expects credit card lenders to cut the lines of credit they extend to borrowers by a total of $2.7 trillion through 2010.

That is equivalent to a 57 percent reduction in the credit they made available two years ago at the height of the boom.” PayByCash Codes make these and the estimated more than a billion people globally who lack bank accounts or who don’t have access to credit cards more accessible to online merchants. (ANI)

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Now, a home kit for men to monitor reproductive status post vasectomy

May 14, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Washington, May 14 (ANI): Men, who don’t know when to stop using contraceptive methods after vasectomy, can now resort to a medical home test kit based on a protein discovered at the University of Virginia Health System, called SpermCheck Vasectomy.

The new product line could revolutionize the way men around the world monitor their reproductive status.

“The SpermCheck family of products is intended for use by men on both sides of the fertility equation – those who don’t want to father children and those who do,” said Dr. John C. Herr, inventor of SpermCheck technology who is professor of cell biology.

SpermCheck Vasectomy is based on antibodies that bind to SP-10, a protein discovered in Herr’s laboratory, and is the only FDA approved immunodiagnostic test for monitoring sperm after vasectomy.

The device looks and functions much like a home pregnancy test.

It measures SP-10, which is present at constant levels in each sperm head, and enables men to quickly and accurately monitor their post-vasectomy sterility.

Such monitoring is important because sperm can remain in the male reproductive tract for weeks or months after a vasectomy.

Thus, to avoid unexpected pregnancies, vasectomized men must practice birth control until their sperm count falls below fertility levels.

According to Herr, at-home privacy, convenience and affordability of SpermCheck Vasectomy will boost post-operative monitoring and make it easy for couples to accurately determine when contraception methods are no longer needed. (ANI)

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NASA’s online game lets you peer through the James Webb Space Telescope

May 2, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Washington, April 29 (ANI): NASA has developed a flash on-line game about telescopes, featuring its next-generation spacecraft, the James Webb Space Telescope.

The game, called “Scope it Out!” includes an introduction to telescopes and four matching games where you can compare simple telescopes to both Webb and the Hubble Space Telescope.

It was created at NASA Goddard by Maggie Masetti, with Dr. Anita Krishnamurthi providing oversight on the project.

Programmer Kent deVillafranca and artist Susan Lin, both of Science Systems and Applications, Greenbelt, Maryland, did the programming and graphics for this project.

“This is a great way to teach children and adults on how simple and complex space telescopes work,” said Krishnamurthi, the Education and Public Outreach Lead for Webb at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.

The level of the game is for middle school students and above.

There are five levels of gaming in the “Scope it Out!” game from Level Zero to Level Four.

Most levels present an image of a young woman looking through a telescope, side-by-side with a space telescope.

Level Zero gives a basic lesson in telescope optics through animated graphics.

Level One is where the matching game starts, by asking the player to find the seven components in the simple telescope that match with those in the Webb telescope.

The game culminates in Level Four where players have to find the components of the Hubble Telescope that match up with the James Webb Space Telescope.

This game requires FLASH 8 or higher, and there are two versions.

One version is for large monitors (1024×768) the other is for smaller (800×600) monitors. Once a monitor size is chosen, the game will pop up in a separate window.

For convenience, there’s also a small toggle button in the lower left corner of the game to allow a player to change the quality of the graphics.

The James Webb Space Telescope is a large, infrared space telescope, scheduled for launch in 2013.

JWST will find the first galaxies that formed in the early Universe, connecting the Big Bang to our own Milky Way Galaxy.

It will peer through dusty clouds to see stars forming planetary systems, connecting the Milky Way to our own Solar System. (ANI)

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‘Sleep talking’ PCs use 80 percent less power

April 25, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Washington, Apr 25 (ANI): Computer scientists at UC San Diego and Microsoft Research have created a device that will put computers in a doze, which could mean energy savings of 60 to 80 per cent.

The experts have developed a plug-and-play hardware prototype for personal computers that induces a new energy saving state known as “sleep talking.”

Normally PCs can be in either awake mode-where they consume power even if they are not being used, or in a low power sleep mode-where they save substantial power but are essentially inactive and unresponsive to network traffic. The new sleep talking state provides much of the energy savings of sleep mode and some of the network-and-Internet-connected convenience of awake mode.

UC San Diego computer science Ph.D. student Yuvraj Agarwal presented this work on April 23, 2009 at the USENIX Symposium on Networked Systems Design and Implementation (NSDI 2009). Computer scientists at UC San Diego and Microsoft Research in Redmond, Washington and Cambridge, UK collaborated on this project and the NSDI 2009 paper, “Somniloquy: Augmenting Network Interfaces to Reduce PC Energy Usage.”

“Large numbers of people keep their PCs in awake mode even though the PCs are relatively idle for long blocks of time because they want to stay connected to an internal network or the Internet or both,” said Agarwal.

“I realized that most of the tasks that people keep their computers on for-like ensuring remote access and availability for virus scans and backup, maintaining presence on instant messaging (IM) networks, being available for incoming voice-over-IP (VoIP) calls, and file sharing and downloading-can be achieved at much lower power-use levels than regular awake mode,” said Agarwal.

Following the realization, team built a small USB-connected hardware and software plug-in system that allows a PC to remain in sleep mode while continuing to maintain network presence and run well-defined application functions. It supports instant messaging applications, VoIP, large background web downloads, peer-to-peer file sharing networks such as BitTorrent, and remote access.

The computer scientists named their system Somniloquy, which means “the act or habit of talking in one’s sleep.” In fact, the system allows a PC to appear to “say” to other hosts on the network, “I’m awake and I can perform non-power-intensive tasks”-even though the PC is in sleep mode. If more computational muscle or resources present on the PC such as stored files are required, Somniloquy wakes up the PC.

The researchers evaluated Somniloquy in various settings and say that it consumes 11 to 24 times less power than a PC in idle state, which could translate to energy savings of 60 to 80 percent depending on their use model. (ANI)

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Technology is dehumanising people, says Busta Rhymes

April 8, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Washington, Apr 8 (ANI): Rapper Busta Rhymes feels that rapid technological advancements are “dehumanising people”.

The 36-year-old singer, real name Trevor Smith, admits while hi-tech gadgets are useful, the convenience is beginning to “dehumanising people” by reducing personal interaction.

“I like technology, but I don’t like what people are letting technology do to them. There’s a lot of things we couldn’t do without technology,” Contactmusic quoted him as saying.

The ‘Touch It’ hitmaker doesn’t even like texting. The crooner insists he would prefer to talk to people directly instead of sending messages.

“Now, if I’m calling you to say ‘what’s up?’ but you ain’t (sic) picking up the phone, because it’s more convenient for you to text me back, I don’t understand that. What happened to the human interaction?

“It’s dehumanising people. They don’t have to talk to each other anymore,” he added.

Rhymes also urged his fans to respect his “personal space” and ask before taking a photograph of him – because he hates it when people snap pictures on their cell phone without asking.

“When it gets to the point where… just the little things in life like, for example, where somebody comes up to your face and snaps your picture, doesn’t ask. I feel like the quality of privacy and respect of people’s personal space has been completely disintegrated,” he said.

“You can ask to take the picture. I will be so glad to take the picture and pose and look good for the picture. But when you catch me while I’m looking real sideways (bad) and the picture’s ugly as hell, I don’t want you to have the picture like that! So technology just destroyed that considerate thing,” he added. (ANI)

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Nestle expected to post 18% jump in Net profit: Motilal Oswal

April 7, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Motilal Oswal Financial Services, one of India’s leading stockbroking and research firm, has come out with earnings estimates on FMCG sector for the quarter ended March 2009.

The company in its latest research report revealed that Nestle’s March quarter sales are expected to go up by 18.7% to Rs 1295.4 crore on Y-o-Y basis.

In addition, Motilal Oswal predicated Nestle’s net profit to go up by 18.5% to Rs 201.5 crore on Y-o-Y basis.

Nestle India Limited (NIL) manufactures products in different categories including milk and milk based products, beverages, prepared dishes, chocolates and confectionery and baby foods. The company manufactures products of truly International quality under brand names such as milkmaid, everyday, cerelac, lactogen, maggi, nescafe, nescafe sunrise, nestea, milo, kitkat, milky bar, munch, polo, nestle milk, nestle dahi, nestle “fruit n milk” and nestle “fruit n dahi”.

Apart from latest products, the company is continuously increasing its efforts to understand the changing lifestyles of modern India and looks forward to consumer needs in order to provide convenience, nutrition and wellness through its products.

It may be noted that company has posted robust top line growth of 20% + continues for 8th consecutive quarter. The company’s net sales for the Dec08 Qtr grew by 21.7% y-o-y to Rs. 1,090 crore.

Sunil Upadhay, technical analyst, revealed that NIL’s turnover and volumes have remained on a good growth trajectory driven by the structural changes undertaken by NIL over the past couple of years namely realignment of internal company structure as multi-focused business structure and reorganization of sales force.

In addition, strong growth in food categories such as Noodles and Chocolates has also assisted NIL grows faster than the overall FMCG industry, he added.

Along with Sunil Upadhay, many other marketing analysts also agreed with the idea that NIL’s long-term growth potential remains intact also in coming years, by considering facts viz. its reputed brand image with consistent product launches, improved distribution network and aggressive price point strategy.

However, looking at the current global environment concerns, they (market analysts) feel that NIL’s volume growth could be affected over the next few quarters due to demand slowdown.

Last month, Nestle India has declared a final dividend of Rs 12.00 per share, making the total dividend for the full year at Rs 42.50 per share.

As per latest figures, the dividend yield ratio comes to 2.99%, making it attractive for investors in the current market scenario. It may be noted that Nestle India has been a steady player in terms of dividend.

After considering various stock recommendation calls as well as technical calls from leading stock analysts, one thing is sure that Nestle India continues to be one of the best performers in the FMCG space in the midst of global slowdown in the economy and financial crisis. In addition, the stock is also capable in achieving new record highs in coming years.

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Mitsubishi raises output target for electric car, AS

April 3, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

TOKYO (AP) Mitsubishi Motors Corp. will increase production of its planned electric vehicle after orders for its first 2,000 cars were quickly filled, a spokesman said Friday.

Japan’s No. 4 automaker aims to roll out the “i MiEV” zero-emissions car for leasing in Japan by July.

The first year’s planned production of 2,000 units has already sold out with Japanese corporate leasers, including utility Tokyo Electric Power Co. and convenience store chain Lawson, said company spokesman Kai Inada.

Due to the strong interest, Mitsubishi Motors is raising its output of the model for 2010 from 4,000 to 5,000 units, he said. Mitsubishi Motors plans to sell the i MiEV which can be recharged from a regular home socket in Europe through Peugeot Citroen PSA in 2010, and sales to individual consumers in Japan are planned for 2011.

The potential growth of such “green” cars is offering a glimmer of hope for the world’s automakers, which are struggling to cope with plunging auto demand caused by the global economic slowdown and credit crunch. Earlier this week, Malaysia’s national car maker Proton and Detroit Electric, a Netherlands-based company, signed a $555 million deal to make electric cars by early next year.

U.S.-based Tesla Motors has a prototype electric car that is scheduled to be produced by 2011. General Motors Corp.

, Ford Motor Co. and Nissan Motor Co.

, are also planning electric vehicles. Governments in the U.S., Europe and Japan are offering or planning consumer incentives, such as tax breaks, for environmentally friendly vehicles.

While rival Japanese automakers like Toyota Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co.

focus on gas-electric hybrid vehicles, Tokyo-based Mitsubishi is making its i MiEV the pillar of its ecological strategy. Mitsubishi is hoping to reach annual sales of 10,000 electric vehicles soon, but Inada called “speculative” the report Friday in The Nikkei, Japan’s top business daily, which said i MiEV production will reach 20,000 in fiscal 2011

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New verification system causes slump in SIM sales in Pak

March 24, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Lahore, Mar. 23 (ANI): The sale of SIM cards has gone down in Pakistan since the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) implemented the new verification system for new cellular connections following the recent terror attacks.

The PTA has asked all cellular service providers and their franchisees to sell SIMs (subscriber identity modules) after proper verification.

Owners of franchisees are not happy with this development.

“Earlier, we sold a good number of new connections every month from general stores, mobile shops, medical pharmacies, and milk shops. But due to the new verification system, sales have decreased by almost 40 percent, and now, we are unable even to meet the expenditure of running the franchise,” the Daily Times quoted Shagan Malik, a franchise owner, as saying.

If any sales point or outlet sells SIMs without verification, the PTA has the authority to seal the franchise from where the SIM was released.

Earlier, SIM cards were sold without any verification across Pakistan.

Now all customers are required to fill out a Customer Service Agreement Form (CSAF) and attach necessary identification documents with it.

The steps taken by the government are being appreciated as criminals and terrorists had used fake and unregistered SIMs for various crimes, including the Mumbai terror attacks.

“The new system was launched for the safety and convenience of the public, and after the implementation of this system, the usage of unregistered SIMs for anti-social activities had reduced,” senior PTA official said. (ANI)

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