The International Lunar Geographic Society has announced that a crater on Luna, Earth’s Moon, has been renamed to honor Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Communal violence legislation, a matter “of life and death”
June 17, 2010 by Leave a Comment
06/15/2010 18:12 INDIA Communal violence legislation, a matter “of life and death” for millions of Indians » by Nirmala Carvalho India’s federal Home Affairs minister is seeking quick approval for the Communal Violence Bill, which will impose harsher penalties on those guilty of stoking inter-religious conflict. Read more on AsiaNews.it
Remove the Barriers, Remove the Fear of Sharing
June 17, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Remove the Barriers, Remove the Fear of Sharing SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you. Well, this is another great honor for the State Department to once again host the announcements of the World Food Prize for this year. And it is my pleasure once again to welcome Ambassador Quinn and John and Janis Ruan and … Read […]
Nature works: Self-Adaptive Systems
June 17, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Arun Maira: Self-Adaptive System Nature works as a complex web of billions of independent parts that work across permeable boundaries towards a common goal. The future organization will have to do the same. Read more on Forbes
India: A course in citizen journalism
June 17, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Interested? A course in citizen journalism JM Foundation for Excellence in Journalism (www.journalism.org.in ) has announced India’s first teaching programme in Citizen Journalism. The 10-session module, across two months, will begin on August 1, 2010. Minimum requirement is basic language skills in any Indian language. Age is not a bar. Read more on rediff.com
Berklee Visits Kenya for Scholarship Auditions
June 17, 2010 by Leave a Comment
EDUCATION: Berklee Visits Kenya for Scholarship Auditions and Music Education Events Berklee College of Music, the world’s leading institution for the study of contemporary music, will visit Kenya for the second straight year to hold events that include auditions and interviews (A&I) for scholarship opportunities, music education outreach, workshops, and clinics for area musicians and […]
Obama visit may see announcement on India-US Education Council
June 14, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Obama visit may see announcement on India-US Education Council US President Barack Obama’s visit to India in November is likely to give a boost to bilateral cooperation in the field of education, with the two countries planning to announce the setting up of a joint educational council. Read more on Hindustan Times NRIs may get […]
Health Highlights: June 11, 2010
June 14, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Health Highlights: June 11, 2010 Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay: Read more on HealthDay via Yahoo! News Ban employment of kids in agriculture: NGO New Delhi, June 11 : As the nation observes World Day Against Child Labour Saturday, NGO Child Rights and […]
Gujarat can light up all of India: Narendra Modi
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Gujarat can light up all of India: Narendra Modi Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Sunday claimed that his state has the capacity to light up the entire nation. Read more on Calcutta News Andhra Pradesh CM moots 6-point plan for excellence in school education Hyderabad, Jun 12 : Andhra […]
Gujarat Police to fund 500 students’ higher education
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Gujarat Police to fund 500 students’ higher education Continuing its social initiative, Gujarat Police have again decided to adopt 500 meritorious poor class 12 students and bear the cost of their higher education. Read more on Calcutta News
Charity concert
June 13, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Charity concert Famous sarode player, Aashish Khan, is playing an exclusive concert at the Bhavan in Castletown Road, Kensington. Read more on My Village Kensington
NGO launches action week before child labour day
June 13, 2010 by Leave a Comment
NGO launches action week before child labour day Child rights organisation, Bachpan Bachao Andolan (BBA), Wednesday said they have launched an India Action Week 2010 during which raids are being conducted in factories, eateries and other places and child labourers are being rescued. Read more on Calcutta News
Indian kids labour in fields in hazardous condition: Survey
June 13, 2010 by 1 Comment
Indian kids labour in fields in hazardous condition: Survey More than half-a-million children below 18 years of age have been working under hazardous condition in cotton and vegetable fields in five western and southern Indian states, a report said Friday. Read more on Calcutta News Sunil Chacko: US-India Business Council Celebrates Its 35th Anniversary Hundreds […]
Ban employment of kids in agriculture: NGO
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Ban employment of kids in agriculture: NGO As the nation observes World Day Against Child Labour Saturday, NGO Child Rights and You (CRY) Friday said that unless agriculture is brought under the ambit of the child labour law, eradicating child labour as a whole will be a futile attempt. Read more on Calcutta News
How India’s six-child family became three
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How India’s six-child family became three On the verge of becoming the most populous nation, India has begun to see a larger push towards contraceptive and family planning education. Read more on Toronto Star India’s 2010 census considers taboo question: What’s your caste? India abolished caste divisions decades ago, and now uses quotas to help […]