Employment News Paper 24 April 2014 In Technology giant IBM,Google campuses

Employment News Paper Google campuses in Bangalore California

1.The Agriculture Ministry has proposed a moderate hike in the minimum support price (MSP) of paddy by Rs 50 to Rs 1360/quintal for the 2014-15 crop year and upto Rs 100/quintal raise in pulses MSP.

2.Aam Aadmi Party founder Arvind Kejriwal has won Time magazine's readers' poll of most influential people in the world, beating heavyweights including BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, a survey that turned out to be a "competition" between the two.

3.A first-of-its-kind hackathon aimed at creating applications to empower communities in India with technology-based solutions to public service problems will be held next month at the Google campuses in Bangalore and California.

4.Manila based multi-lateral funding body Asian Development Bank said it would realign its operations in the Asia-Pacific region to give a thrust to inclusiveness, saying the region continues to face huge poverty challenges.

5.Asian champion Gaurav Solanki (52kg) was third time lucky as he grabbed the final chance of qualifying for the Youth Olympics by beating Brazil's Carlos Silva in a fiercely-contested box-off in the World Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria.

6.India returned with a rich haul of eight medals, including two gold and six bronze, from the USA Open Karate Championship held at Las Vegas from April 18 to 21.

7.Technology giant IBM has signed a contract with IT services firm Polaris Financial Technologies (FT) for using the US-based company's social software for a superior digital experience, improve workforce productivity and accelerate business growth.

8.Cuba's oldest professional baseball player Conrado Marrero died at the age of 102.

9.The Asian Squash Federation named Saurav Ghosal for the Dato Alex Lee Award after the Indian champion was adjudged Outstanding Asian Men`s Player of the Year 2013.

10.Indian-Americans numbering 3.34 million is the third largest Asian community in the United States, after China and Philippines.

Employment News Paper 23 July 2013

JAPAN NEWS--जापान के हामामात्सु शहर में एक कंसर्ट के दौरान 272 लोगों ने एक साथ थेरेमिन बजा कर ये विश्व रिकॉर्ड बनाया है.

ये रिकॉर्ड थेरेमिन वाद्ययंत्र के साथ बनाया गया है जिसे दुनिया के सबसे पुराने इलेक्ट्रोनिक वाद्ययंत्रों में से एक माना जाता है. इसे बजाने के लिए छूने की जरूरत नहीं पड़ती है.

इनमें एंटीना लगे होते हैं और इसे बजाने के लिए आपको अपने हाथ उसके इन एंटीना के पास ले जाने पड़ते हैं. इनमें एक लूप एंटीना होता है जिससे उसकी ध्वनि को नियंत्रित किया जाता है.

अगर आप हाथ को इस एंटीना के करीब लाते हैं तो उसकी आवाज़ तेज़ होने लगती है और उसके नज़दीक जाने वाल आवाज हल्की पड़ने लगती है. सबसे पहले बनाए गए थेरेमिन को 1922 में लिओन थेरेमिन के साथ सोवियत संघ के नेता व्लादिमीर लेनिन ने भी बजाने का प्रयास किया था.

SEBI gets more Jobs

In a major upgrade of powers given to Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), the government has allowed it to pass orders like search and seizure, attachment of properties, arrest and detention of defaulters and pass disgorgement directions to recover the wrongful gains made in contravention of laws.

At the same time, the government has also allowed SEBI to seek information from other regulators within India and abroad with retrospective effect, paving way for collection of details pertaining to cases pending for over 15 years now.

SEBI has been given powers to crack down on illegal investment schemes floated by individuals as well, as against companies only as of now.

SEBI has also been given powers to pass disgorgement orders for amount equivalent to wrongful gains or to losses averted by contravention of regulations.

   

Satish Babu Elected to Internet Corporation for Assigned Numbers and Names (ICANN)

Satish Babu, Director, International Centre for Free and Open Source Software (ICFOSS), has been elected to the 2014 Nominating Committee of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Numbers and Names (ICANN).

The NomCom of ICANN identifies individuals for specific leadership positionswithin the organisation.

Satish Babu has been elected to the 2014 NomCom as a Voting Member representing the user communities in the Asia-Pacific region.

ICANN is a U.S.-based not-for-profit corporation that oversees the governance and management of several critical aspects of the Internet, including top level domain names (TLDs), IP addresses (including the emerging standard, IPv6),registries and registrars, Internet protocols, root domain servers, and internationalized domain names (IDNs).

Tata Motors gets Rs 400cr service tax notice

Home grown automobile major Tata Motors has been issued a tax demand notice of Rs 400 crore by the service tax department.

According to sources, the demand has been raised as some of the Tata Motors authorised service stations were not deducting service tax on the bills.

Confirming the news, Tata Motors said the company has challenged the order in Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT).

Abdul Rahim Rather is new chief of GST panel

Jammu & Kashmir Finance Minister Abdul Rahim Rather has been elected as the new Chairman of the Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers on GST.

Mr. Rather, also a senior National Conference leader, was chosen to head the panel at a meeting of state Finance Ministers here.

The post of Chairman of the Finance Ministry’s committee on Goods and Services Tax (GST) has been lying vacant since June 17 when Bihar Finance Minister Sushil Kumar Modi resigned following the JD(U)—BJP split in the eastern state.

The new chief will have a formidable task of pursuing the proposed new indirect tax regime (GST) which will subsume excise, service tax and local levies.

In 2011, Mr. Modi had replaced Asim Dasgupta, who had resigned following the defeat of Left-front government in West Bengal.

The GST rollout had missed several deadlines due to differences between the states and the Centre over contentious issue of central sales tax compensation to states and design of the GST structure.

आईबीपीएस ने पिछले दिनों देश के 21 नेशनलाइज्ड बैंक्स में पीओ रिक्रूटमेंट प्रोसेस के तहत एलिजिबिलिटी क्राइटेरिया में काफी बदलाव कर दिया था. इसके तहत पीओ के लिए वैसे कैंडिडेट्स अप्लाई कर सकते थे, जिनकी उम्र 28 साल से कम थी, यानी अपर एज लिमिट में दो साल की कमी कर दी गई थी. इसके अलावे कैंडिडेट्स का ग्रेजुएशन में मिनिमम 60 परसेंट माक्र्स होने को कंपल्सरी कर दिया गया था. साथ ही इसके साथ यह कंडीशन भी जोड़ा गया था कि ग्रेजुएशन में 60 परसेंट माक्र्स सभी सब्जेक्ट्स में मिलाकर होने चाहिए थे, न कि सिर्फ ऑनर्स सब्जेक्ट में.

पुराने पैटर्न पर भर सकेंगे फॉर्म
आईबीपीएस की ओल्ड एलिजिबिलिटी क्राइटेरिया पर ही अब कैंडिडेट्स पीओ पोस्ट के लिए अप्लाई कर सकेंगे. यानीग्रेजुएशन में 50 परसेंट माक्र्स के साथ 30 साल की अपर एज लिमिट तक वाले कैंडिडेट्स के लिए पीओ बनने का रास्ता एकबार फिर साफ हो गया है.

Incheon Declared World Book Capital for 2015

The city of Incheon in South Korea has been named World Book Capital for the year 2015 by an international committee of experts representing the book industryand the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

Incheon was chosen “on account of the quality of its programme and the impact it will have on improving good integration of all stakeholders in the promotion of books and reading, access to books and writing in all formats to the citizens of Incheon and the Korean Peninsula,” according to the selection committee, which met at UNESCO’s Paris headquarters on 16 July.

UNESCO Director-General, Irina Bokova, endorsed the committee’s decision and welcomed the number and quality of applications received for the title of World Book Capital 2015.

Each year, UNESCO and the international organizations representing the three major sectors of the book industry – the International Publishers Association(IPA), the International Booksellers Federation (IBF) and the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) – select the World Book Capital for a one-year period, effective 23 April.

World Book CITY following:

1. Madrid (2001),                          2. Alexandria (2002),

3. New Delhi (2003),                     4. Antwerp (2004),

5. Montreal (2005),                       6. Turin (2006),

7. Bogota (2007),                          8. Amsterdam (2008)

9. Beirut (2009),                            10. Ljubljana (2010),

11.Buenos Aires (2011),              12. Yerevan (2012),

13.Bangkok (2013), and              14. Port Harcourt (2014).

15. Incheon

Delhi HC launches online payment of court fee

The Delhi High Court on Monday introduced online payment of court fee, the first such facility in the country which will save litigants from standing in long queues at the counter.

A user will be able to purchase court fee to any extent and hold it in credit in his or her own account from which the user will be able to utilise the exact amount of court fee needed per transaction,

The 'e-court fee' facility, which can be availed either through debit card or net banking, is a joint effort of the Delhi High Court and the Stock Holding Corporation of India Ltd.

Court fee to the extent of Rs 20,000 could be purchased at one time for which the charges will be Rs six for payment by net banking or Rs 20 plus tax for payment by debit card...," the release said.

The print out of the e-court fee receipts containing a bar code for precise amount required for a transaction will be produced at the time of filing of any petition or application.

Karnataka to recruit over 1,800 land surveyors

Karnataka government would soon issue appointment orders to recruit 1,834 surveyors across the State, Revenue Minister V Srinivasa Prasad informed the Legislative Council.

Karnataka Examination Authority conducted the examination and a decision has been taken to appoint 1834 surveyors.

A proposal would placed before the next Cabinet meeting for approval and recruitment orders would be issued within a week, he said.

Sanctioned surveyors' posts are 4012. Presently, 1772 surveyors are working and 2240 posts are vacant. Recruitment process was completed and eligible 1834 surveyors would be appointed.

The Minister also said the remuneration of surveyors would be hiked significantly.

Judgement on UPPSC Reservation Policy

The Allahabad High Court on Monday reserved its judgment against the new reservation policy of the Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC) and stayed the interviews of the Provincial Civil Service (PCS) 2011 examinations scheduled from July 26.

A Division Bench comprising Justices L.K Mohapatra and Rakesh Srivastava passed the order on a petition filed by students Sudhir Kumar Singh and others who had challenged an amendment in the reservation rules of the state civil services.

The Court also questioned the UPPSC’s “haste” in bringing in the new policy saying that the examination conducting body should refrain from inclusion of any sort of reservation formulae in the middle of the examination process as it breached Act 4, Section 3 (6) of the Reservation Act 1994.

A section of the student groups hailed the order and led out "victory" processions in some parts of the city. Sweets were also distributed. Anticipating violence, the administration had put up elaborate security arrangements in place. 

All entries to the UPPSC building area were blocked even as personnel of the Provincial Armed Constabulary and Rapid Action Force were on a tight vigil. Schools will remain closed on Monday and Tuesday as a precautionary measure by the district administration.

Indian students who aspire to study abroad have been hit hard by the double whammy of a falling rupee and the decision of the UK government to call for a £3,000 cash bond for visas to the country. Amidst all this, the recent announcement made by Francois Richier, Ambassador of France to India-------------

As of July 14, 2013, all Indian citizens who have ­graduated from a French higher education institution, will get a five-year tourist or business visa .

The French embassy in India has simplified visa procedures for Indian students, with special measures to expedite the visa process for those living far from any French consulate or Campus France office (the government agency promoting French higher education).

 Campus France will also establish partnerships with various Indian higher education institutes in order to accelerate the procedures for exchanges with French institutions and for their alumni.

These measures come after French president Francois Hollande’s state visit to India, during which he had said that higher education cooperation should be the highest priority and the objective should be to raise the number of Indian students in France by 50% in the coming years .