Employment News August 2013

Employment News August 2013 , Rojgar Samachar August 2013

July 31 was his 133rd birth anniversary.Premchand’s birth anniversary

India’s most celebrated writers

His famous Novel—

In his lifetime he wrote 11 novels and many hundred short stories. So it certainly isn’t a case of low volume and thus being a speck of shine in a sky full of literary stars.

‘Sadgati’ (Salvation), his short story later filmed by Satyajit Ray, is a story about how a lower caste untouchable man dies of exhaustion trying to chop wood for a high caste pujari for a petty favour.

He is then dragged off like a dead dog with a rope around his ankle. It is an apt example of how he could be raw, not merely realist, in his honest portrayals of the brutal socio-political reality of his times.

Yet others were ones of great personal tragedy — for example that of Nirmala (The Unblemished One) the young woman forced to marry a very old man who has sons older than her from his first marriage. 

The husband is cruelly jealous and suspects Nirmala of having an affair with his eldest son when Nirmala is only doing the duty of a mother to a son who is ill. The son finally dies taking Nirmala’s crushed soul with him.

Jadeja first Indian after Kumble to top ODI bowlers’ list

Left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja on Sunday became the first Indian bowler to top the bowlers’ chart in the latest ICC ODI Player Rankings after former captain Anil Kumble claimed the pole position way back in 1996.

Kumble had topped the table for 11 matches in November-December 1996. Overall, Jadeja is the fourth India bowler after Kapil Dev (March 1989), Maninder Singh (December 1987-November 1988) and Kumble to claim the number-one spot in ODIs.

The India team, meanwhile, consolidated its position as number one team in ICC ODI rankings. A 5-0 series win over Zimbabwe has helped it strengthen its position at the top.

Suresh Raina in 17th and Shikhar Dhawan in 23rd (up by 16) have made progress in the list, which is still headed by South Africa’s Hashim Amla.

Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara has achieved a career-best rating of 829 points and has equalled his best-ever ranking of third after finishing as the highest run-getter in the ODI series against South Africa.

An Agenda for India’s Growth: Essays in Honour of P. Chidambaram” Book Released

On 31 July The book entitled ” An Agenda for India’s Growth: Essays  in Honour of P. Chidambaram “, was released in New Delhi by Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh.The book, which is edited by Sameer Kochhar of the Skoch Foundation, encompasses various excellent essays by well known distinguished experts. 

In the book, all the authors dated their association with P. Chidambaram from 1991, when he was the Minister of Commerce as well as a key reformer initiating trade policy reform.

Country’s first ever bronze medal in the junior women hockey World Cup

Indian girls created history by winning country’s first ever bronze medal in the junior women hockey World Cup as they pipped England 3-2 penalties, riding on striker Rani’s dazzling show, here on Sunday.

18-year-old Rani scored India’s only goal in the regulation time and then found the net twice in the penalty shoot-out to script India’s memorable victory.

India had surprised top teams in the competition and they finished their campaign in superb manner. England girls could consider themselves unlucky as they were pipped in the bronze medal match by South Korea in the last edition of the championship in Boston.

Nasa Curiosity rover approaches first anniversary on Mars

Nasa's Curiosity rover will mark one year on Mars next week and has already achieved its main goal of revealing that ancient Red planet could have supported life, the US space agency said.

After its successful landing in a crater on the red planet on August 6, 2012, Curiosity has provided more than 190 gigabits of data, returned more than 36,700 full images and 35,000 thumbnail images, and fired more than 75,000 laser shots to investigate the composition of targets. 

The mission measured natural radiation levels on the trip to Mars and is monitoring radiation and weather on the surface of Mars, which will be helpful for designing future human missions to the planet, researchers said.

The Curiosity mission also found evidence Mars lost most of its original atmosphere through processes that occurred at the top of the atmosphere.

Canara Bank to takeover of Amanath bank

Canara Bank is conducting “due diligence” of the beleaguered Amanath Cooperative Bank, considering a possible takeover, said R.K. Dubey, chairman and managing director of Canara Bank.

Mr. Dubey said, “The due diligence process is expected to be completed in 15 to 20 days.

Mr. Dubey said, “Of course, we are aware of the moratorium by the Central bank, but we will also consider other factors, including how many (loan) accounts are secured, before we take a decision on the matter.

He said he was aware the cooperative bank was saddled with “some NPAs”. “But we are also aware that the institution has a network of 16 metropolitan branches and ATMs.