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Action plan to phase out consumption of HCFC is on track: Ramesh

September 17, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

New Delhi, Sep 16 (ANI): Union Environment and Forest Minister Jairam Ramesh said on Wednesday that India has developed a comprehensive Road Map and Action Plan to phase-out of production and consumption of Hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) in various sectors.

Addressing the gathering during the 15th International Ozone Day here Ramesh said: “The Government of India has taken a number of policy measures, fiscal and regulatory, to encourage the early adoption of alternative technologies in this area by existing and new enterprises.”

Ramesh hailed the Montreal Protocol as the most successful international treaty to ever achieve universal participation.

“At a time when the world is trying to solve the problem of climate change, the International Ozone Day provided a timely reminder of how international cooperation can help to solve major global environmental problems,” Ramesh added.

India is one of the first developing countries to join the Montreal Protocol and pledge its commitment to protect the Ozone Layer.

As a part of the accelerated phase-out of CFCs, India has completely phased out the production and consumption of CFCs as on 1 August 2008, 17 months prior to the agreed schedule.

Ramesh informed that over 97percent of controlled Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS) have been phased out by the Montreal Protocol.

“The end of 2009 will mark another significant milestone in the history of its implementation, with the use of potent ODSs -CFCs, Carbon Tetra Chloride (CTC) and Halons, except pharmaceutical-grade CFCs used in the manufacture of Metered Dose Inhalers (MDIs) – being ceased completely,” he said

The CFCs required for manufacturing for MDIs used by Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) patients are still available in India, a national transition strategy to phase them out by 2013 is currently under implementation.

“The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), with support from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the World Bank recently also launched the India: Chiller Energy Efficiency Project to accelerate the conversion of CFC-based chillers using new, more energy efficient technologies,” Ramesh said.

This year’s theme for the ozone day was ‘Universal participation – Ozone protection unifies the World.’ (ANI)

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Gwalior opium farmers stage protest for re-allotment of their lands

August 25, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Gwalior, Aug 25 (ANI): More than 100 opium farmers here took to the streets demanding their lands back.

Farmers from Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan gathered in front of the office of the local Narcotics Commissioner.

Their demands include the revival of their cancelled land deeds, raising minimum support price for their crop and license to grow upto 48 kilograms opium per hectare.

Some agitated farmers, squatting outside the Narcotics Commissioner’s office for two days, took off their clothes in protest after they failed to meet the narcotics commissioner for the second day.

“We are protesting for one justified demand…during 2001 to 2008 opium farmers have suffered a huge loss because of hailstorms, cold wave and other natural reasons… Despite our losses, the Narcotics Commissioner has cancelled our allotments, even though we produced the collector’s survey damage report… We demand the revival of the title of the lands,” said Saurabh Jain, Convenor, Opium Farmers Struggle Committee, Rajasthan.

India is one of the world’s top producers of opium and is the sole producer of licit opium gum utilized by the world’s pharmaceutical industries to produce codeine, morphine, narcotine, thebaine, papaverine and other medical products.

While remote mountainous areas like Kulu-Manali are more in the news as poppy cultivation areas, mostly due to the illicit crops destroyed, the highest yields come from the Indo-Gangetic plains constituting Uttar Pradesh and parts of Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan.

Opium cultivation and processing in India is strictly regulated by the Central Bureau of Narcotics (CBN), as per provisions of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (India), 1985 and Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Rules (India), 1985.

Peasants are licensed to grow a certain area in poppy and government factories process the opium. The Ghazipur factory in Uttar Pradesh is about 150 years old while another plant at Neemuch in Madhya Pradesh was set up in the 1930′s. (ANI)

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Heroin worth rupees 600 million seized in Punjab

July 4, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Ferozepur (Punjab), July 4 (ANI): Punjab police seized heroin worth millions here on Friday.

Two people were arrested with 12 kilogram of heroin in their possession.

SPS Parmar, Senior Superintendent of Police, Ferozepur, said, “We have recovered 12 kilogram of heroin from their possession. Besides this we also recovered two pistols and live cartridges from them…the recovered ammunition includes a Belgium-made 0.32 bore pistol and a 0.30 bore Chinese pistol.”

“Interrogations were on to get to the bottom of drug racket,” he added.

The accused have been charged under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Regulation of Controlled Substances Order 1993) Act and other offences.

The value of half-a- kilogram of heroin in the domestic market is currently ten million rupees.

Heroin is derived from morphine, a naturally occurring substance extracted from the seedpod of the Asian poppy plant. Heroin usually appears as a white or brown powder. (ANI)

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Kasab charged with waging war against India

May 6, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Mumbai, May 6 (ANI): A special court on Wednesday charged Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone survivor of the Mumbai terror attacks, with waging war against India.

Eight-six charges, including common and individual were framed against Kasab by the special court. He was also charged under the Explosives Act and the Arms Act.

Charges were also framed against him under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, the Custom Act, the Foreigners Act, the Prevention of Damage to Public Properties Act, conspiracy, murder, attempt to murder and causing grievous injury.

Kasab pleaded not guilty to the charges framed against him by the special court.

“I do not accept the charges,” he said.

A trial court on Tuesday obtained sanctions from the Centre and the Maharashtra Government to prosecute Kasab and two others.

Special Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam filed “sanctions” that pertain to offences such as waging war against the nation, violation of Customs Act (by illegally bringing firearms to India), infringement of Explosives Act and Explosives Substances Act (using explosives) and Arms Act (opening fire with sophisticated weapons.

The Judge M L Tahaliyani accepted the “sanctions” and said the court would frame charges against the trio after considering the material against them.

Nikam informed the court that the prosecution had obtained sanction from the Customs Department to prosecute Kasab under Customs Act.

Kasab and his Pakistani associates had brought arms illegally to India to strike terror in Mumbai, the prosecutor said.

The Union Government has also given sanction to prosecute Kasab and others under IPC for “waging war against the nation”. (ANI)

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Mumbai court to frame charges against Kasab today

May 6, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Mumbai, May 6 (ANI): A special court on Wednesday will frame charges against Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone survivor of Mumbai terror attacks.

A trial court on Tuesday obtained sanctions from the Centre and the Maharashtra Government to prosecute Kasab and two others.

The Judge M L Tahaliyani accepted the “sanctions” and said the court would frame charges against the trio after considering the material against them.

Nikam informed the court that the prosecution had obtained sanction from the Customs Department to prosecute Kasab under Customs Act.

Kasab and his Pakistani associates had brought arms illegally to India to strike terror in Mumbai, the prosecutor said.

Union Government has also given sanction to prosecute Kasab and others under IPC for “waging war against the nation”.

If found guilty, the accused may face punishment ranging from death sentence to life imprisonment and fine. (ANI)

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Court to frame charges against Kasab on Wednesday

May 5, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Mumbai, May 5 (ANI): A trial court on Tuesday obtained sanctions from the Centre and the Maharashtra Government to prosecute prime accused in Mumbai terror attack case Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab and two others.

The court on Wednesday will frame charges against Kasab, Faheem Ansari, Sabauddin Ahmed, and 35 others accused believed to be in Pakistan.

Special Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam on Tuesday filed “sanctions” that pertain to offences such as waging war against the nation, violation of Customs Act (by illegally bringing firearms to India), infringement of Explosives Act and Explosives Substances Act (using explosives) and Arms Act (opening fire with sophisticated weapons.

The Judge M L Tahaliyani accepted the “sanctions” and said the court would frame charges against the trio after considering the material against them.

Nikam informed the court that the prosecution had obtained sanction from the Customs Department to prosecute Kasab under Customs Act.

Kasab and his Pakistani associates had brought arms illegally to India to strike terror in Mumbai, the prosecutor said.

Union Government has also given sanction to prosecute Kasab and others under IPC for “waging war against the nation”.

If found guilty, the accused may face punishment ranging from death sentence to life imprisonment and fine. (ANI)

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Samsung Introduces New “Rugged” High-capacity 500-Gigabyte 2.5-inch Hard Disk Drive for Mobile Computing

April 24, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

SEOUL, South Korea–(Business Wire)–
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a world leader in digital consumer electronics
and information technology, today introduced their new 500-Gigabyte (GB)
2.5-inch hard disk drive with a shock operation tolerance of 400G/2ms. The
Spinpoint M7 500GB 2.5-inch hard drive with 250GB per platter features a rugged
base and cover design, offering better data protection for road warriors and
other mobile laptop users.

“Our customers have been requesting hard drives with higher density, lower power
and greater reliability for their mobile applications,” said C.H. Lee, vice
president, Storage sales and marketing, Samsung Electronics. “The Spinpoint M7
answers these needs with a high-speed operating shock specification and
extraordinary drive capacity for storing large data files, music, photos and
videos.”

The Spinpoint M7 is available in 250-, 320-, 400-, 500-GB capacities. A new
controller has been adopted to reduce power consumption in seek mode to up to 25
percent over conventional 2.5″ drives. In particular, internal test results on
PC Mark show an 18 percent improvement in overall performance over 2.5″ hard
drives.

“Samsung`s M7 will appeal to notebook PC customers who want to have a hard drive
operating shock tolerance for mobile applications in tough environments,”
commented John Chen, senior director, TRENDFOCUS.

The Spinpoint M7 utilizes Samsung`s proprietary SilentSeek and NoiseGuard
technologies to minimize the noise-level of the mechanical drive operation. The
halogen-free drive complies with the European Union`s Restriction of the Use of
Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment (RoHS)
regulations.

The Spinpoint M7 500GB hard drive is lightweight and durable, featuring a
5400rpm spindle speed, 8MB cache, native command queuing and a 3.0Gbps SATA
interface. The perpendicular magnetic recording technology enables the 500GB
drive to store 160,000 digital images, 125 hours of DVD movies, or 60 hours of
high definition video images.

Qualification samples of the Spinpoint M7 are currently shipping to major OEMs.
Global shipments in the United States and Europe began in April with shipments
to other regions to follow accordingly.

About Samsung Electronics

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a global leader in semiconductor,
telecommunication, digital media and digital convergence technologies with 2008
consolidated sales of US$96 billion. Employing approximately 150,000 people in
134 offices in 62 countries, the company consists of two business units: Digital
Media and Communications and Device Solutions. Recognized as one of the fastest
growing global brands, Samsung Electronics is a leading producer of digital TVs,
memory chips, mobile phones and TFT-LCDs. For more information, please visit
www.samsung.com.

Samsung Semiconductor Inc.
Chris Goodhart, 408-544-4122
cgoodhart@ssi.samsung.com

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Provogue owner acquitted in drugs case

April 5, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

MUMBAI: Nearly four years after his arrest in a drugs seizure case, owner of the famous apparel brand Provogue, Salil Chaturvedi, was on Friday
acquitted by a special court for want of evidence.

A special Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) court acquitted Chaturvedi, after the prosecution failed to prove that he was in possession of three grams of cocaine that was allegedly found at his Lokhandwala bungalow in August 2005.

“When the police raided Chaturvedi’s residence, there were many persons present including his wife, other relatives and servants. There is no evidence to prove that the recovered drugs belonged to the accused,” Chatruvedi’s lawyer Rizwan Merchant has argued.

Judge A T Amlekar observed that the prosecution had failed to prove that the premises was in exclusive possession of the accused at the relevant time.

However, eight other accused, also arrested in the same drugs seizure case, are still facing trial as their case had been separated from that of Chaturvedi.

A jubilant Chaturvedi told reporters outside the court, “I am happy that justice has been delivered at last as I was falsely implicated in the case”.

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Heroin, fake currency seized in Amritsar, three nabbed

March 30, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Amritsar, Mar 30 (ANI): Police seized four kilograms of heroin and fake currency worth rupees one million from three suspects in Amritsar.

The three suspects were from neighbouring Tarn Taran district, said P K Rai, Senior Superintendent of Police, Special Narcotic Cell of Punjab police.

“We received information that a group of three men have received heroin and fake currency from Pakistan. We trapped them near defence drain bridge near village Dholan, when they were about to deliver the consignment. During inspection, we found four kilograms of heroin and fake Indian currency worth rupees one million,” he said.

Rai said that the consignment was pushed into by Indian territory by an alleged Pakistani smuggler, Julfikar.

The culprits have been charged under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Regulation of Controlled Substances Order 1993) Act and other offences.

Narcotics agencies say India, wedged between two major drug-producing regions, the Golden Triangle and the Golden Crescent, is a major transit point for drug smuggling to the West where returns are lucrative.

Heroin is derived from morphine, a naturally occurring substance extracted from the seedpod of the Asian poppy plant. Heroin usually appears as a white or brown powder. (ANI)

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Court to decide on validity of invocation of MCOCA in Malegaon blast case

January 21, 2009 By Rajesh Leave a Comment

Mumbai, Jan.21 (ANI): A special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court will give its order over the validity of invocation of stringent provisions of MCOCA in the Malegaon blast case here on Thursday.

Special MCOCA Judge Y. D. Shinde, who was expected to pass the order on Wednesday, adjourned it till Thursday stating that the court needs to peruse the chargesheet.

On Tuesday, the Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) filed its chargesheet against 14 accused in the Malegaon bomb blast case charging them under MCOCA, Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), Indian Penal Code (IPC), Arms Act and Explosive Substances Act.

Defence lawyers, however, had argued that before the court takes cognisance of the chargesheet, it should first look into the merits of invocation of MCOCA on the accused in the case.

MCOCA was invoked after one of the accused Rakesh Dhawde was chargehseeted in two other cases.

Advocate Shrikant Shivde representing Lt. Col Prasad Purohit, who had been accused as the main conspirator in the chargesheet, had argued that both the chargesheets against Dhawde were filed after the Malegaon blast on September 29.

“Dhawde was arrested and produced before a court in Nashik on November 15, 2008. On the same day, the prosecution filed a supplementary chargesheet against him in the 2004 Jalna blast case,” Shivde said.

He stated that the court had, however, taken cognisance of that chargesheet only on November 28 while the prosecution invoked MCOCA in the Malegaon case on November 20.

Another accuse Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur’s case is being represented by Advocated Mahesh Jethmalani in the court.

“Technically, prior to invocation of MCOCA, Dhawde had no chargesheet against him. Before invoking MCOCA in the case, the prosecution should have submitted the two orders passed by the court while taking cognisance of the two chargesheets against Dhawde,” Sadhvi’s lawyer Mahesh Jethmalani aruged.

Special public prosecutor Rohini Salian, however, argued Dhawde had committed more than one offence and sanction for invocation of MCOCA was given after the competent authority, a senior IPS officer, perused the papers. (ANI)

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Action plan to phase out consumption of HCFC is on track: Ramesh

Gwalior opium farmers stage protest for re-allotment of their lands

Heroin worth rupees 600 million seized in Punjab

Kasab charged with waging war against India

Mumbai court to frame charges against Kasab today

Court to frame charges against Kasab on Wednesday

Samsung Introduces New “Rugged” High-capacity 500-Gigabyte 2.5-inch Hard Disk Drive for Mobile Computing

Provogue owner acquitted in drugs case

Court to decide on validity of invocation of MCOCA in Malegaon blast case

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