International News
World Bank approves $250-m aid for
Uttarakhand
The World Bank has approved $250-million assistance for
Uttarakhand, which was hit hard by rains and landslides in June that killed 580
people, to help the State undertake rehabilitation work and strengthen its
capacity for disaster management.
In order to respond in a timely manner, the project was
fast-tracked under the World Bank’s emergency procedures and was prepared
within a three-month period,” said a release.
India had sought assistance from multilateral agencies
like the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for undertaking
rehabilitation work in Uttarakhand. ADB too is expected to finalise its
assistance package soon.
Earlier, a joint World Bank and ADB team conducted a
Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment (JRDNA) at the request of the Indian
Government to rebuild the state’s infrastructure and assets lost in the June
disaster.
JRDNA has estimated the physical damages across a range
of sectors and calculated the cost of reconstruction at about $661 million.
Ethiopia banned its Citizens from Travelling Abroad for Work
Ethiopia's government temporarily banned its citizens from travelling abroad to look for work.
The government took this decision because many Ethiopians had lost their lives or undergone untold physical and psychological trauma due to illegal human trafficking.
The Ethiopian government had taken various steps to limit the suffering of its citizens, including setting up a national council and a taskforce to educate them.
The scarcity of work opportunities contributes mainly fuelling emigration from Ethiopia, which has Africa's second largest population. According to the official figures, Youth unemployment was estimated at more than 50 percent.
Many Ethiopians migrate to Saudi Arabia, travelling via Yemen by sea and entering the country illegally. Thousands of others go to Israel, South Africa and Europe.
Most of the migrants end up being smuggled, trafficked or subjected to mental and physical torture.
Business and Economy News
Corporation Bank tops in loans to small
units
The Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises has assigned
Corporation Bank No. 1 rank under the ‘National Awards for Excellence in MSE
(micro and small enterprises) Lending’ for 2012-13.
According to a press statement by the bank, the ranking
was acknowledged at the 18th meeting of the Standing Committee for National
Awards to Public Sector Banks recently. Corporation Bank has been ranked based
on its performance in contributing to the MSE lending for 2012-13, it said.
4 day WAF to be organized at Hyderabad
from November 4
A four-day World Agricultural Forum Congress (WAF) will
be organized at Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh from 4th of November this year.
The theme is re-shaping agriculture for sustainable
future focus on small farm holders.
Talking to reporters in New Delhi today, Andhra Pradesh
Agriculture Minister Kanna Lakshmi Narayana said the conference will aim at
focussing on creating prosperity through attention to establishing food
security and investment in agriculture.
Lakshmi Narayana also said an Agri-Tech Trade fair will
also be organized parallel to WAF Congress-2013.
He said arrangements are being
made for mobilization of around two thousand farmers on each day for Agri-Tech
Trade Fair.
2011 World Congress was held in Brussels with the
objective, the role of Latin America in feeding the world in 2050.
Famous Personality
Tarun Chatarjee appointed Chairman of
the Uttar Pradesh State Human Rights Commission
The Uttar Pradesh Government on 25 October 2013 appointed
retired Justice Tarun Chaterjee as the new chairman of the state Human Rights
Commission.
State government also nominated Justice UK Dhawan and
Asha Tiwari as the members of the Commission.
Tarun Chaterjee (68-year-old) was the chief justice at
the Allahabad high court in 2003 and retired as a Supreme Court judge in 2010.
National News
Government sanctioned a new Plastic
Park for Odisha
Union Minister for Chemicals & Fertilizers on 25
October 2013 sanctioned setting up of a Plastic Park at Siju Village, Kujanga
Tehsil of Jagatsinghpur District in Odisha.
A Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) called Paradeep Plastic
Park Limited would set up the Plastic Park.
The project will receive a grant of 40 crore rupees by
the Government of India of which 8 crore rupees will be released sooner.
The Plastic Park is being established near IOLC.
The
infrastructure related the micro, small, medium and large units in the Plastic
Park will be facilitated by the Paradeep Refinery and it has the necessary
state-of-the art infrastructure
The park will open opportunities to the entrepreneurs in
and around districts like Balasore, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Paradeep, and other
districts of Odisha to set up new venture.
Himachal Pradesh became Second State after Haryana to introduce NVQF
Himachal Pradesh became the second state after Haryana to introduce Union National Vocational Qualitative Framework (NVQF) Scheme.
ii. The scheme has been implemented by the All India Technical Education Council and the National Skill Development Council.
As per the scheme, 70 skill development councils will be established and each council will be given specific trades.
The scheme was being implemented for students of Class IX to Class XI and every student has to clear four levels to get the certificate.
The programme is being introduced in one hundred schools and each school will have to adopt two trades out of five - Information Technology, Education, Retail Security, Automobile and Health Care.
BCCI terminates contract of IPL team Pune Warriors
for non-payment of franchise fee
The working committee of the Board of Cricket Control of
India has terminated the contract of the Indian Premier League team Pune
Warriors for non-payment of franchise fee. The team did not pay a bank
guarantee of 174 crore rupees.
The owner of the Pune Warriors - The Sahara Group - have
been on collision course with the BCCI after the board encashed its bank
guarantee due to non-payment of franchise fee.
Pune Warriors was bought by
Sahara for 1702 crore rupees in 2010 and is the most expensive franchise on the
IPL roster.
English Football Association marking 150th
anniversary
The world's oldest national football body, the English
Football Association, or FA is marking its 150th anniversary today. It was
established at a meeting in a London Tavern on the 26th of October, 1863 as
eleven football clubs and schools associations agreed to a set of common rules
for the sport.
A special gala dinner is taking place later today where
on display will be a book containing the handwritten 13 original laws of
football.
Alok claims silver at World Billiards
Indian cueist Alok Kumar could not add the World
Billiards trophy to his cabinet as he lost in the final to local favourite
David Causier to settle for the silver medal at the mega-event here.
Alok, a former Asian champion, lost 6-1 -- 150 (123)-06,
150 (114)-11, 150 (64)-81, 150 (85)-13, 150 (109)-92, 51-150 (53), 150
(124)-124 (93).
iii. On the other hand, two-time runner-up Causier lifted
his first ever world title here at the Northern Snooker Centre. In the final he
defeated Alok in a one-sided affair.
iv. Alok is the only player in the country, who has won
titles in every discipline.
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