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Mughal Garden to Open for Public from Feb'13th

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:26:21 -0500

Mughal Gardens to be opened for public viewing from February 13th

New NCTE Rule for Min Qualification for Teachers

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 10:11:12 -0500

Amendment to the National Council for Teacher Education Act, 1993

The Union Cabinet today approved a proposal from the Ministry of Human Resource Development to amend the National Council for Teacher Education Act, 1993 to clarify its applicability to matters relating to norms for minimum qualification for appointment of school teachers and clarify its applicability to schools and school teachers.

POPs - the Dirty Twelve

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 10:47:08 -0500

Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), i.e. Dirty Twelve are Dioxins, Furans, DDT, Poly-Chlorinated By- Phynel (PCB), Aldrin, Chlorodane, Deldrin, Endrin, Hepata-chloro, Hexa-Chloro Benzene (BHC/Lindance) Mirex and Toxaphene.

India: Lt General VK Singh will be the next Army Chief

Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:30:00 -0500

Lt Gen VK Singh, PVSM, AVSM, YSM, ADC, presently GOC-in-C, Eastern Command has been appointed the next Chief of the Army Staff in the rank of General with effect from the afternoon of March 31, 2010. The present COAS General Deepak Kapoor, PVSM, AVSM, SM, VSM, ADC retires from service on march 31, 2010.

India: World Bank Loan for Three Projects

Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:22:16 -0500

The Loan and Project Agreements for World Bank assistance to the State of Andhra Pradesh for three projects were signed in the presence of Honble Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Dr. K. Rosaiah between Government of India/Government of Andhra Pradesh and World Bank at Hyderabad today.

The three projects are (i) Andhra Pradesh Road Sector Project (APRSP) for International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), World Bank assistance of US$ 320 million (ii) Andhra Pradesh Rural Water Supply & Sanitation Project (APRWSSP) for International Development Association (IDA), World Bank assistance of US$ 150 million (iii) Andhra Pradesh Municipal Development Project (APMDP) for IBRD, World Bank assistance of US$ 300 million.
[Source: PIB]

India: Shiv Shankar Menon is National Security Adviser

Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:20:06 -0500

The Appointment Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of Shri Shiv Shankar Menon, IFS (Retd.) as the National Security Adviser from the date of assumption of charge and until further orders. The competent authority has also approved that during his tenure as National Security Advisor, Shri Shiv Shankar Menon will have the status of Minister of State.

India: National Bravery Awards for Children - 2009

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 10:20:00 -0500

The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh will give away National Bravery Awards for 2009 to twenty one children on January 21, 2010. These children - 8 girls and 13 boys - have been selected by a high powered committee in recognition for their outstanding deeds of bravery and meritorious service. Two Awards will be given posthumously.

India donates 5 million dollars to Haiti Relief

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 09:44:52 -0500

India donates 5 million dollars as earthquake relief to Haiti

India: Export Incentives

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 10:55:32 -0500

Shri Anand Sharma, Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, while addressing the media here today, has announced a series of new incentives for exporters. These are as follows:

Thomas Cook's Travel Services through Post Offices

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 10:50:00 -0500

Delhi Postal Circle Signs an MoU with Thomas Cook to provide travel services through select Post Offices