Employment News Today 12 July 2013

Employment News Today 12 July 2013

Anna Bhagya’ programme launched in Karnataka

In Karnataka ‘Anna Bhagya’ programme was launched today.

The programme entitles distribution of 30 kg rice at one rupee per Kg to over 98 lakh BPL and Antyodaya card holders in the state. 

The programme will help eliminate hunger and malnutrition and ensure social justice. 

The state Government will distribute over two lakh 78 thousand metric tonne of rice with a subsidy of 4400 crore every month. 

उत्तर प्रदेश में बेसिक शिक्षा परिषद के उच्च प्राइमरी स्कूलों में विज्ञान व गणित के 29,333 पदों पर सहायक अध्यापक रखने की मंजूरी बेसिक शिक्षा मंत्री रामगोविंद चौधरी ने दे दी है।

किसी भी जिले में आवेदन की छूट होगी। 

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इस संबंध में बृहस्पतिवार को शासनादेश जारी करने की तैयारी है। भर्ती प्रक्रिया 1 अगस्त से शुरू कर 31 अगस्त तक पूरी की जाएगी। यूपी में पहली बार उच्च प्राइमरी स्कूलों में शिक्षकों की सीधी भर्ती होगी।

Abdoulaye Bathily appointed Deputy Head of UN Mission in Mali

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced the appointment of Abdoulaye Bathily of Senegal as his new Deputy Special Representative for the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA).

Abdoulaye Bathily has been serving as Senior Minister in the office of the President of Senegal since 2012. 

With the appointment of Abdoulaye Bathily the UN Secretary-General also appointed David Gressly of the United States as Deputy Special Representative at MINUSMA .

About United Nations Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA)

The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) was established by Security Council resolution 2100 of 25 April 2013. 

MINUSMA's core task is to support the political process in Mali, in close coordination with the African Union (AU) and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).

Historic abortion bill passed in Ireland; MPs vote 127 to 31 in favour

Ireland's Parliament has passed the historic and ground breaking pro-abortion bill.

After 48 hours of negotiations, Irish MPs who spent all of Thursday and Friday night jostling over the highly controversial legislation finally pushed through the Protection of Life in Pregnancy Bill.
The bill allows abortions only when a pregnant woman's life is under threat due to the pregnancy or if she is suicidal. An inquest was told that Savita was denied abortion twice because Ireland "is a catholic country."

It has been 21 years since a judgement was passed in 1992 by the Supreme Court in Dublin - is now famously known as case X, which said abortion should be allowed if there was a threat to the mother's life, including suicide.

Luxembourg PM to step down over spy scandal

Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker, Europe's longest-serving leader, said on Thursday, that he would step down over a scandal involving the secret services, who allegedly indulged in a spate of misconduct on his watch

After his junior coalition partner, the Socialists, put down a motion calling for the dissolution of parliament and early elections, Juncker said he would hand in his resignation to the head of state tomorrow morning after a cabinet meeting.

He is best known in Europe for a tumultuous eight-year stint as head of the eurozone finance ministers group, which ended in January.

In a rare political drama in tiny uneventful Luxembourg, the parliament examined a report alleging that the country's SREL secret service, which the premier is supposed to oversee, had indulged in a series of misdemeanours from 2003 to 2009 that included illegal phone-taps, corruption, and even a dodgy car dealership.

The intelligence service was not my top priority," Juncker told parliament earlier Wednesday. 

Moreover I hope Luxembourg will never have a prime minister who sees SREL as (his or her) priority.

New Bhutan govt has to win India's trust

Ex-PM Jigmi Y Thinley's critics in Bhutan and India claimed that the first strain in bilateral ties appeared over the way he described his meeting with then Chinese premier Wen Jiabao in 2012.

They alleged that although the meeting was "pre-arranged" , Thimphu projected it as "an impromptu interaction".

They were of the view that such "distortion" of facts made New Delhi suspicious of Thimphu's intentions. Irrespective of the results in Saturday's election, the new Bhutan government will have to go the extra mile to end suspicion and distrust that cloud its relationship with India.

Bhutan follows a bi-party system. In the primary round that was held weeks ago to choose the top two parties for Saturday's polls, DPT won in 33 and PDP 12.

The remaining two seats went to Druk Nyamdrup Tshogpa that merged with the PDP.
          

Third King Jigme Dorji Wangchuk set up National Assembly (Tshogdu) in 1953 It elected members representing Gewogs (smallest administrative units) This was legislating body, people discussed national issues

Setting up of Royal Advisory Council (Lodoe Tshogde) in 1963 Served as link between king, council of ministers and people Liaison ensured projects' timely implementation King Jigme Singye Wangchuk set up District Development Committee in 1981 (Dzongkhag Yargay Tshogdue) In 1991, he set up Gewog Yargay Tshogchhung (block development committees)

The 1998 devolution of powers to cabinet ministers King became head of state while PM head of govt PM has council of ministers Constitution signed in 2008'

Shane Warne to be inducted into ICC Cricket Hall of Fame

The International Cricket Council has announced that the ace Leg spinner Shane Warne will be inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame next Friday on 19th July during the tea interval of the second Ashes Test between England and Australia at Lord’s. 

Warne joins the ranks of Donald Bradman, Gary Sobers, Vivian Richards, Graeme Pollock, Bishen Singh Bedi, Sunil Gavaskar , Kapildev, Imran Khan, Alan Knott, Glenn Turner, among 69 cricket legends into the ICC Hall of Fame. 

Warne represented Australia in 145 Tests between 1992 and 2007. He bagged 708 Test wickets at an average of 25.41.

He was the first cricketer to reach 700 Test wickets and holds the unique world record as the only Test player to have scored more runs without making a century. 

New provider for Indian visa services in US

Indian embassy in Washington has contracted a new service provider to provide Visa/OCI/PIO and renunciation services with effect from July 1, 2013 on its behalf and has promised better services.

visa operations will begin in Atlanta from July 18.

BLS International Services has commenced operations for various services from Washington, New York, Chicago, Houston, San Francisco and Atlanta, where its consulates are located, the Indian embassy announced Wednesday.

The embassy acknowledged that applicants have been facing some hardship in submitting applications, obtaining appointment dates, and reaching out to the BLS International Services call centres.

World Youth Athletic Championship starts

The eighth World Youth Athletic Championship began in Donetsk with the opening ceremony at the Olympic Stadium, which is on course to become the biggest gathering of athletes in the history of independent Ukraine.

Around 1,700 competitors from 165 countries will participate in the biennial tournament, organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).

The tournament, which started on Wednesday, is open to track and field events for under-17 competitors.

The previous World Youth Athletic Championship was held in Lille, France, in 2011.

खराब प्रदर्शन के कारण हटाए गए कोच माइकल नोब्स की जगह ओलंपियन महाराज कृष्ण कौशिक को भारतीय पुरुष हॉकी टीम का कोच नियुक्त किया गया है। मॉस्को ओलंपिक की स्वर्ण पदक विजेता टीम के सदस्य रहे कौशिक हाई परफॉर्मेस रोलेंट ओल्टमेंस के सहयोगी होंगे। नए मुख्य कोच की नियुक्ति तक ओल्टमेंस को पुरुष टीम का अतिरिक्त प्रभार सौंपा गया है।

Approval for first all-women university in UP

The Union Cabinet today approved setting up of two National level universities in Uttar Pradesh. 

The Rajiv Gandhi National Aviation University and Indira Gandhi National University for Women, IGNUW, will be set up in Rae Bareli district.

Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari said IGNUW will be the first university in the country exclusively for women.

Mr Tewari said, the Cabinet also approved constituting National Capital Region Transport Corporation aimed at de-congesting traffic in the region and for providing a rapid transit system in Delhi and its suburbs.

Financial aid for Santhi

Union Sports Minister Jitendra Singh has approved financial assistance of Rs. 60,500 from the National Welfare Fund for Sportspersons to athlete Santhi Soundarajan, who had been stripped of her 2006 Asian Games silver medal after failing a gender test.

“Recently reports have appeared in a section of the media that she is living in indigent circumstances and was working as a daily wager at a brick kiln in Tamil Nadu.

Santhi has applied for pursuing a regular National Institute of Sports (NIS) diploma in coaching at the Bengaluru centre of the Sports Authority of India (SAI),” said a Sports Ministry release .

CCEA clears disinvestment of govt stake in STC, ITDC

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) today approved disinvestment of government stake in State Trading Corporation (STC) and ITDC, which would fetch around 30 crore Rs to the exchequer.

The Disinvestment Department had sought Cabinet nod to offload 5 per cent stake in India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) and 1.02 per cent in STC through the Offer For Sale (OFS) route. 

The government expects the sale of 5 per cent stake or 42.88 crore shares in ITDC to fetch 23.58 crore Rs.

Besides, it aims to garner about 10 crore Rs through disinvestment of 1.02 per cent, or 6.13 crore shares, in STC.

Government currently holds 92.11 per cent stake in ITDC and 91.02 per cent stake in STC.

The stake sale would help both the companies meet the minimum 10 per cent public holding norm of market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India

Carnivorous dinosaurs roamed Nagasaki 84 million years ago

A worker looks at a replica of a Tyrannosaurus rex fossil on display for "The Dinosaur Expo 2011" exhibition at the National Museum of Nature and Science in Tokyo June 21, 2011.

The exhibition will be held from July 2 to October 2, 2011.

Two preserved tooth fragment fossils of a prehistoric meat-eater dinosaur were discovered in a layer of earth, which is about 84 million years old, on the Nagasaki Peninsula. Officials at the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum and the Nagasaki city board of education said that the fossils .
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They also asserted that one of the fragments, which measures 35.4 mm by 26.8 mm by 11.2 mm and is one of the biggest fossils of a carnivorous dinosaur’s tooth ever found in Japan, forms roughly half of an estimated 6-cm-long tooth from the root.

The other piece is 34.2 mm long and 13.6 mm wide.

World Population Day

World Population Day that seeks to raise awareness about global population issues, is an annual event observed on 11th July.

The theme for 2013 is Adolescent pregnancy with an aspiration of safe childbirth and that each pregnancy is wanted.

Around 16 million girls under the age of 18 years give birth annually and several undergo abortions. Young mothers face an increased risk of health complications, disability and violation of rights.

In most developing countries, pregnancy is not a result of informed choice or personal decision. 

This year’s World Population Day seeks to spread right information about not just pregnancy but issues relating to population as well.

This day was established by the Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme in 1989. 

It was inspired by the Five Billion Day on 11th July, 1999- approximately the date on which the world’s population reached five billion people.

इलाहाबाद हाइकोर्ट की लखनऊ बेंच ने बृहस्पतिवार को राजनीतिक दलों को तगड़ा झटका देते हुए यूपी में जातिगत रैलियों पर रोक लगा दी है। कोर्ट ने कहा कि इस तरह की रैलियों से समाज बंटता है और ये संविधान की व्यवस्था के विपरीत है इसलिए ऐसे आयोजन भविष्य में न किए जाएं।

जस्टिस उमानाथ सिंह और जस्टिस महेंद्र दयाल की खंडपीठ ने एक वकील मोतीलाल यादव की जनहित याचिका पर यह आदेश पारित किया। इस संबंध में हाईकोर्ट ने बसपा, सपा, कांग्रेस, भाजपा, रालोद सहित तमाम दलों को नोटिस जारी किया है।