Employment News 19 August 2013

Employment News 19 August 2013 , Part 2

 Foreign Minister of Republic of Chad visited India

Moussa Faki Mahamat, Minister for Foreign Affairs and African Integration of Republic of Chad, paid an official visit to India.

The visit was aimed at increasing bilateral cooperation between the India and Chad.

Relations between India and Chad remain cordial and there is considerable goodwill and admiration for India. 

There is large scope for mutually beneficial co-operation in hydrocarbon, infrastructure and capacity building sectors.

Chad is a member of TEAM-9 (Techno-Economic Approach for African Movement) initiative comprising of eight West and Central African countries seeking to benefit in technical and economic spheres through cooperation with India.  Chad has been a beneficiary of India Line of Credit of US$ 50 million for five projects which they highly appreciate.

ICC suspends 7 in BPL fixing scandal

Cracking down on corruption in the Bangladesh Premier League, the ICC on Tuesday provisionally suspended seven unnamed individuals for match-fixing-related offences while two others were charged for failing to report "corrupt approaches" that were made to them.

Refusing to divulge the names of the nine individuals, the ICC said disciplinary proceedings have been instituted against them and their identities would be revealed only after the conclusion of the entire process.

 ICC said in a statement------

The International Cricket Council and the Bangladesh Cricket Board today announced that following a comprehensive investigation carried out by the ICC's Anti-Corruption and Security Unit, nine individuals have been charged with various offences that are alleged to have been committed under the BCB's Anti-Corruption Code during the 2013 Bangladesh Premier League

As the custodians of the sport in Bangladesh, it is the responsibility of the BCB to protect its integrity for all those who engage in any way with the sport of cricket, whether players, spectators, broadcasters, sponsors or otherwise.

Vijay Singh named for top US environmental award

An Indian-American professor of biological and agricultural engineering has been recognised for lifetime achievement by a top US environmental and water resources institute.

Vijay Singh, professor and Caroline & William N. Lehrer Distinguished Chair in the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering at Texas A&M University, has been named as a recipient of the 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award by the American Society of Civil Engineers Environmental and Water Resources Institute (ASCE-EWRI).

He was born in Agra, India, July 15, 1946.

He acquired his Master of Science degree from the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada, and then did his Ph.D. from the Colorado State University.

Set up in 1999, the Environmental and Water Resources Institute is a civil engineering specialty institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers, the country's oldest national engineering society.

Marion Bartoli of France announced her Retirement 

French Lawn Tennis Player and Wimbledon 2013 (Women’s Singles) winner Marion Bartoli announced her retirement on 14 August 2013, during the Western & Southern Open at Lindner Family Tennis Centre in Cincinnati, Ohio.

She announced the retirement after losing in the second round of the Cincinnati Masters to Romania's Simona Halep. Bartoli is 28-years-old.

Bartoli, won over 11 million US dollars in prize money during her 13-year career. She is ranked seventh in the world. 

Bartoli, turned professional in the year 2000 and was coached most of her career by her father, Walter, who is a doctor.

Besides Wimbledon 2013, Bartoli won seven other WTA Tour titles, the first one was in Auckland in 2006. Recently she won two tournaments both in 2011 at Eastbourne and Osaka, Japan, prior to Wimbledon.

New Pension System for low income group in Assam

Swavalamban Pension Scheme for all citizens of low income group in Assam will be implemented by the government in a phased manner beginning from the Social Welfare Department for Anganwadi workers, official sources said today. 

Under the scheme, a subscriber with a minimum contribution of Rs 1000 yearly will get Rs 1000 contribution from the government and the fund required for this will be provided by the central government, the sources said.

The facility for investment of the pension fund of the individual subscriber would be provided by the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) through different Pension Fund Managers, they said. 

New Pension Scheme (NPS) is extended by the central government to all citizens from the weaker and economically disadvantaged sections with limited investment potential under the Swavalamban Scheme for those who are not covered by any other Pension Scheme.

TV18 Broadcast Cuts off 300 employees

TV18 BroadcastBSE -5.10 %, an arm of the Network18 group that runs CNN-IBN, IBN7 and CNBC-TV18 news channels among others, has laid off close to 300 employees, include senior journalists and anchors.

Among those who have been laid off include senior journalists and anchors. 

The news channels—CNNIBN, IBN7 and CNBC-TV18—together employ close to 2,000. These cannels compete with those run by Bennett, Coleman &Co, the publisher of ET and The Times of India.

Paralympian Gayakwad finishes 7th in World C'ships

Paralympic swimmer Sharath Gayakwad has finished seventh in the 100m breastroke finals at the IPC World Swimming Championships in Montreal, Canada.

Sharath, sporting the Speedo Fastskin 3 Racing System, clocked a time of 1:18.81 minutes at the event.

At the event, World Record holder, Ukranian Andriy Kalyna won the gold medal after clocking a speed of 1:07.05 minutes.

Austrian Andreas Onea won silver and Krzysztof Paterka from Poland settled for the bronze.