Employment News 7th to 8th November 2013
Microsoft Developed New Sign Language Translator-KINECT
In collaboration with researchers in China, Microsoft created the Kinect Sign Language Translator, a prototype system that understands the gestures of sign language and converts them to spoken and written language and vice versa.
The translator uses a computer and a Kinect camera that recognises signing gestures, then gives a spoken and written translation of languages for people who can hear.
The system captures a conversation both sides: the deaf person is shown signing, with a written and spoken translation being rendered in real-time, while the system takes the hearing person's spoken words and turns them into accurate, understandable signs.
Ali Jawad won Gold at the Asian Open Championship
British Paralympic powerlifter Ali Jawad on 5 November 2013 won gold at the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Asian Open Championshipswith a world-record lift.
Ali lifted 185.5kg in the 59kg class in Malaysia to better his record by 10.5kg. The championship was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Ali Jawad is 24 years old.
Jawad had won gold at the 2007 Powerlifting European Championships in Greece and became World Junior Champion at the 2008 championships in the USA.
He is one of five British athletes competing in Kuala Lumpur which includes fellow Paralympian Natalie Blake and ex-serviceman Micky Yule.
Ishwar Das Rohani, the Speaker of Madhya Pradesh Assembly, died
Iswardas Rohani, the speaker of the Madhya Pradesh Assembly died on 5 November 2013 due to cardiac arrest at Jabalpur.
He was the speaker of the assembly of Madhya Pradesh from 2003. He was 67.
BJP fielded him from the Jabalpur’s Cantt segment for the elections of the state to be held on 25 November 2013.
Bii de Blasio is elected mayor of New York
Bill de Blasio was elected New York City's first Democratic mayor in two decades running on an unabashedly liberal, tax-the-rich platform that contrasted sharply with billionaire Michael Bloomberg's record during 12 years in office.
With 13 percent of precincts reporting, De Blasio, the city's public advocate, had 73 percent of the vote compared with 25 percent for Republican Joe Lhota, former chief of the metropolitan area's transit agency.
De Blasio, 52, will take office on January 1 as the 109th mayor of the nation's largest city. He had been heavily favored, holding an overwhelming lead in the polls for weeks.
Amitabh Bachchan to deliver this year's Penguin Lecture
Megastar Amitabh Bachchan will deliver this year's Penguin Lecture, which has featured some of the world's most respected leaders, thinkers and writers over the years.
Amitabh Bachchan - one of the country's most loved and admired personalities, the leading figure in India's entertainment industry, and a great ambassador for the country on the global stage," says Hemali Sodhi, vice president (Marketing and Promotion) of Penguin Books India.
The Penguin Annual Lecture has always endeavored to be a platform for bringing globally respected leaders and luminaries in their respective fields in direct contact with audiences," she says.
The six previous Penguin Annual Lectures have been delivered by journalist and writer Thomas Friedman in 2007, diplomat and writer Chris Patten in 2008, Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen in 2009, historian Ramachandra Guha in 2010, Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama in 2011, and former President A P J Abdul Kalam last year.
The exchange will be on gratis basis, taking into account any existing commercial agreement. In case of exchange on commercial basis, conditions will be determined through mutual agreement on a case-by-case basis.
Assamese Music Director Sher Choudhury Passed away
Assamese music director Sher Choudhury passed away on 6 November 2013 at B. Baruah Cancer Institute in Guwahati, Assam.
He was 69.
Sher Choudhury received National Award for best music director for the Gautam Bora directed film 'Wosobipo' in 1990.
His first film as music director was 'Prothom Ragini', directed by late Dhiru Bhuyan, for which he received an award from EIMPA.
He also won best music director award for 'Raag Birag', Adajyo' and 'Nishiddho Nodi' in Assam. He composed music for several documentary films and directed the documentary 'Sound of the dying Colours' which won the best promotional national film award.
Jayalalithaa flags off test run of metro rail
Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Wednesday flagged off the test run of the rolling stock of the Chennai Metro Rail system, marking an important milestone in the execution of the Metro Rail project.
Chennai Metro Rail Limited Managing Director K. Rajaraman explained to her features of the train car.
The Chief Minister went to the driver's cabin of the train car and spent some time there. She also switched on the flow of traction power to the 800-metre-long test track.
HAL chips in with structural help for Mars mission
The Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) has contributed to the successful launch of India's maiden mission to Mars Tuesday by making the heavy rocket's structural assemblies and propellant (liquid fuel) tanks.
We delivered seven types of riveted structural assemblies and four types of welded propellant tanks for the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C25)," HAL chairman R. K. Tyagi said in a statement here.
We delivered seven types of riveted structural assemblies and four types of welded propellant tanks for the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C25)," HAL chairman R. K. Tyagi said in a statement here.
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) integrated the payload (five scientific instruments), propellant systems and solar panels into the 320-tonne rocket, which blasted off from the spaceport at Sriharikota, about 80 km from Chennai, Tuesday afternoon.
Women bank to be launched on Indira's birthday
Plans are afoot to launch the country's first all women bank Bharatiya Mahila Bank on November 19, the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
The government is seeking Election Commission's nod for launch of the bank, proposed in the Union Budget, as the process of assembly elections in five states, including Delhi, is on.
The public sector Bharatiya Mahila Bank proposes to have 25 branches by March 31, 2014.
The government has already approved Rs 1,000 crore seed capital for the women focused public sector bank, announced by Finance Minister P Chidambaram in his budget speech.
The proposed bank, to be headquartered at Delhi, is likely to be operational by November this year.
Reserve Bank of India gave its in-principal approval for the Bharatiya Mahila Bank in June and the banking company is being set up, the official added.
One of the key objective of the Bank is focus on the banking needs of women and promote economic empowerment.
New Delhi to host 12th Edition of Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2014
The 12th edition of Pravasi Bhartiya Divas will be held in New Delhi from 7th to 9th of January 2014.
This was announced by Vayalar Ravi, Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs on 5 Novemeber 2013 in New Delhi.
The theme of the convention is -Engaging Diaspora - Connecting across Generations- with a special focus on the younger generation.
The PBD Convention provides a unique platform for overseas Indians to interact among themselves and with the Government of India and the Governments of various Indian States.
The 11th edition of Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) was held at Kochi, Kerala from 7th to 9th of January 2013.
About Pravasi Bharatiya Divas
Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) is celebrated on 9th January every yearto mark the contribution of Overseas Indian community in the development of India.
January 9 was chosen as the day to celebrate this occasion since it was on this day in 1915 that Mahatma Gandhi the greatest Pravasi, returned to India from South Africa, led India’s freedom struggle and changed the lives of Indians forever.
During the event, individuals of exceptional merit are honoured with the prestigious Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award to appreciate their role in India’s growth.
IIMC Signed International Cooperation Agreement with Queensland University of Technology
Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC), New Delhi and Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, Australia signed the International Cooperation Agreement to collaborate in academic programmes and in frontier areas of research in Media and Communication on 4 November 2013.
The agreement was signed by Bimal Julka, IIMC Chairman and Secretary I&B Ministry and Prof. Peter Coaldrake, Vice Chancellor, Queensland University of Technology.
The agreement envisages bringing ICT in academic programmes in a significant way.
Both the institutes agreed for the development of joint venture projects and also for opening avenues for developing a collaborative doctoral programme to benefit students and faculty.
The cooperation agreement shall be valid for five (5) years from the date of signing. It was decided that the agreement shall be reviewed six (6) months prior to expiry and may be renewed for a further term by mutual agreement.
This is the first agreement signed by IIMC seeking international collaboration and partnership with a foreign university.
The objective is to ensure skill development of IIS officers in critical areas of the changing media landscape.
SBI hikes base rate, benchmark prime lending rate by 20 bps
State Bank of India (SBI) has hiked its base rate by 20 basis points to 10 per cent from 9.8 per cent.
The country's largest commercial bank has also increased its benchmark prime lending rate by 20 basis points from 14.55 per cent to 14.75 per cent.
These changes will come into effect from November 7 (Thursday), SBI said in a filing with the stock exchanges.
Bangladeshi Court sentenced to Death 152 Soldiers
A Bangladeshi court on 5 November 2013 sentenced to death 152 soldiers for their role in a 2009 revolt.
The life includes massacre of 74 people, including top army officers. The trial is considered one of the world’s biggest ever mass criminal trials.
Besides, a total of 820 ex-paramilitary soldiers and 26 civilians were put on trial and Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Court Judge Md Akhtaruzzaman gave life imprisonment to 158 rebel soldiers and jail terms of three to 10 years to 251 others, while 271 were acquitted.
The mutiny had taken place two months after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina assumed office. Then BDR chief Major General Shakil Ahmed was killed during the mutiny and the mutineers hacked to death, tortured and burnt alive 74 people.
Bangladesh became the First South Asian Country to Approve Commercial Cultivation of Bt Brinjal
Bangladesh approved the commercial cultivation of transgenic Bt brinjal. With this decision Bangladesh became the first country in South Asia to cultivate the genetically modified food crop.
National Committee on Biosafety (NCB), the highest regulatory body for GM crops in Bangladesh, officially approved the Bt brinjal varieties.
With this step, Bangladesh becomes the 29th country in the world to grow GM crop. In South Asia, India, Pakistan and Myanmar grow GM crop cotton. With the NCB nod, Bangladesh becomes the first in the region to grow a GM food crop.
Four Bt brinjal varieties (Bt brinjal-1, 2, 3 and 4) have been approved by the Bangladesh Government for limited scale cultivation with some conditions.
The government of Niger says it wants to ban women and children from travelling north across the country following the horrifying discovery in the Sahara desert of 92 migrants who died of thirst.
The group of mainly women and children perished after days without food or water when the vehicle carrying them broke down then drove off, leaving them stranded.
The country’s large, ungoverned desert spaces have made it a major route for migrants from other poor sub-Saharan Africans seeking a better life in north Africa and Europe, while many people from Niger — which has suffered repeated food crises in recent years — are believed to attempt the treacherous journey across the desert.
Rescue workers found the 92 bodies — including 33 women and 52 children— over a period of five days. They were gathered in small clusters, but some lay alone.
Microsoft Developed New Sign Language Translator-KINECT
US software company Microsoft recently developed a new
cost-effective sign language translator that converts signs into spoken and
written language - and vice versa.
In collaboration with researchers in China, Microsoft created the Kinect Sign Language Translator, a prototype system that understands the gestures of sign language and converts them to spoken and written language and vice versa.
The translator uses a computer and a Kinect camera that recognises signing gestures, then gives a spoken and written translation of languages for people who can hear.
The system captures a conversation both sides: the deaf person is shown signing, with a written and spoken translation being rendered in real-time, while the system takes the hearing person's spoken words and turns them into accurate, understandable signs.
The project was collaboration between the Chinese Academy
of Sciences, Beijing Union University, and Microsoft Research Asia.
British Paralympic powerlifter Ali Jawad on 5 November 2013 won gold at the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Asian Open Championshipswith a world-record lift.
Ali lifted 185.5kg in the 59kg class in Malaysia to better his record by 10.5kg. The championship was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Ali Jawad is 24 years old.
Jawad had won gold at the 2007 Powerlifting European Championships in Greece and became World Junior Champion at the 2008 championships in the USA.
He is one of five British athletes competing in Kuala Lumpur which includes fellow Paralympian Natalie Blake and ex-serviceman Micky Yule.
Ishwar Das Rohani, the Speaker of Madhya Pradesh Assembly, died
Iswardas Rohani, the speaker of the Madhya Pradesh Assembly died on 5 November 2013 due to cardiac arrest at Jabalpur.
He was the speaker of the assembly of Madhya Pradesh from 2003. He was 67.
BJP fielded him from the Jabalpur’s Cantt segment for the elections of the state to be held on 25 November 2013.
Bii de Blasio is elected mayor of New York
Bill de Blasio was elected New York City's first Democratic mayor in two decades running on an unabashedly liberal, tax-the-rich platform that contrasted sharply with billionaire Michael Bloomberg's record during 12 years in office.
With 13 percent of precincts reporting, De Blasio, the city's public advocate, had 73 percent of the vote compared with 25 percent for Republican Joe Lhota, former chief of the metropolitan area's transit agency.
De Blasio, 52, will take office on January 1 as the 109th mayor of the nation's largest city. He had been heavily favored, holding an overwhelming lead in the polls for weeks.
Amitabh Bachchan to deliver this year's Penguin Lecture
Megastar Amitabh Bachchan will deliver this year's Penguin Lecture, which has featured some of the world's most respected leaders, thinkers and writers over the years.
Amitabh Bachchan - one of the country's most loved and admired personalities, the leading figure in India's entertainment industry, and a great ambassador for the country on the global stage," says Hemali Sodhi, vice president (Marketing and Promotion) of Penguin Books India.
The Penguin Annual Lecture has always endeavored to be a platform for bringing globally respected leaders and luminaries in their respective fields in direct contact with audiences," she says.
The six previous Penguin Annual Lectures have been delivered by journalist and writer Thomas Friedman in 2007, diplomat and writer Chris Patten in 2008, Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen in 2009, historian Ramachandra Guha in 2010, Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama in 2011, and former President A P J Abdul Kalam last year.
India, Cuba ink MoU in broadcasting
India and Cuba signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU)
for cooperation between Prasar Bharati (PB) and Cuban Radio and Television
Institute (ICRT) as part of strengthening the friendly relations between the
two countries.
They will also explore co-production opportunities in
broadcasting on issues of mutual interest.
The exchange will be on gratis basis, taking into account any existing commercial agreement. In case of exchange on commercial basis, conditions will be determined through mutual agreement on a case-by-case basis.
The aim of such discussions shall be to ensure that no
alteration or distortions to the original meaning of the programmes occur,” the
MoU states.
Assamese Music Director Sher Choudhury Passed away
Assamese music director Sher Choudhury passed away on 6 November 2013 at B. Baruah Cancer Institute in Guwahati, Assam.
He was 69.
Sher Choudhury received National Award for best music director for the Gautam Bora directed film 'Wosobipo' in 1990.
His first film as music director was 'Prothom Ragini', directed by late Dhiru Bhuyan, for which he received an award from EIMPA.
He also won best music director award for 'Raag Birag', Adajyo' and 'Nishiddho Nodi' in Assam. He composed music for several documentary films and directed the documentary 'Sound of the dying Colours' which won the best promotional national film award.
Jayalalithaa flags off test run of metro rail
Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Wednesday flagged off the test run of the rolling stock of the Chennai Metro Rail system, marking an important milestone in the execution of the Metro Rail project.
Chennai Metro Rail Limited Managing Director K. Rajaraman explained to her features of the train car.
The Chief Minister went to the driver's cabin of the train car and spent some time there. She also switched on the flow of traction power to the 800-metre-long test track.
HAL chips in with structural help for Mars mission
The Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) has contributed to the successful launch of India's maiden mission to Mars Tuesday by making the heavy rocket's structural assemblies and propellant (liquid fuel) tanks.
We delivered seven types of riveted structural assemblies and four types of welded propellant tanks for the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C25)," HAL chairman R. K. Tyagi said in a statement here.
We delivered seven types of riveted structural assemblies and four types of welded propellant tanks for the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C25)," HAL chairman R. K. Tyagi said in a statement here.
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) integrated the payload (five scientific instruments), propellant systems and solar panels into the 320-tonne rocket, which blasted off from the spaceport at Sriharikota, about 80 km from Chennai, Tuesday afternoon.
Women bank to be launched on Indira's birthday
Plans are afoot to launch the country's first all women bank Bharatiya Mahila Bank on November 19, the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
The government is seeking Election Commission's nod for launch of the bank, proposed in the Union Budget, as the process of assembly elections in five states, including Delhi, is on.
The public sector Bharatiya Mahila Bank proposes to have 25 branches by March 31, 2014.
The government has already approved Rs 1,000 crore seed capital for the women focused public sector bank, announced by Finance Minister P Chidambaram in his budget speech.
The proposed bank, to be headquartered at Delhi, is likely to be operational by November this year.
Reserve Bank of India gave its in-principal approval for the Bharatiya Mahila Bank in June and the banking company is being set up, the official added.
One of the key objective of the Bank is focus on the banking needs of women and promote economic empowerment.
New Delhi to host 12th Edition of Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2014
The 12th edition of Pravasi Bhartiya Divas will be held in New Delhi from 7th to 9th of January 2014.
This was announced by Vayalar Ravi, Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs on 5 Novemeber 2013 in New Delhi.
The theme of the convention is -Engaging Diaspora - Connecting across Generations- with a special focus on the younger generation.
The PBD Convention provides a unique platform for overseas Indians to interact among themselves and with the Government of India and the Governments of various Indian States.
The 11th edition of Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) was held at Kochi, Kerala from 7th to 9th of January 2013.
About Pravasi Bharatiya Divas
Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) is celebrated on 9th January every yearto mark the contribution of Overseas Indian community in the development of India.
January 9 was chosen as the day to celebrate this occasion since it was on this day in 1915 that Mahatma Gandhi the greatest Pravasi, returned to India from South Africa, led India’s freedom struggle and changed the lives of Indians forever.
During the event, individuals of exceptional merit are honoured with the prestigious Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award to appreciate their role in India’s growth.
IIMC Signed International Cooperation Agreement with Queensland University of Technology
Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC), New Delhi and Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, Australia signed the International Cooperation Agreement to collaborate in academic programmes and in frontier areas of research in Media and Communication on 4 November 2013.
The agreement was signed by Bimal Julka, IIMC Chairman and Secretary I&B Ministry and Prof. Peter Coaldrake, Vice Chancellor, Queensland University of Technology.
The agreement envisages bringing ICT in academic programmes in a significant way.
Both the institutes agreed for the development of joint venture projects and also for opening avenues for developing a collaborative doctoral programme to benefit students and faculty.
The cooperation agreement shall be valid for five (5) years from the date of signing. It was decided that the agreement shall be reviewed six (6) months prior to expiry and may be renewed for a further term by mutual agreement.
This is the first agreement signed by IIMC seeking international collaboration and partnership with a foreign university.
The objective is to ensure skill development of IIS officers in critical areas of the changing media landscape.
SBI hikes base rate, benchmark prime lending rate by 20 bps
State Bank of India (SBI) has hiked its base rate by 20 basis points to 10 per cent from 9.8 per cent.
The country's largest commercial bank has also increased its benchmark prime lending rate by 20 basis points from 14.55 per cent to 14.75 per cent.
These changes will come into effect from November 7 (Thursday), SBI said in a filing with the stock exchanges.
Bangladeshi Court sentenced to Death 152 Soldiers
A Bangladeshi court on 5 November 2013 sentenced to death 152 soldiers for their role in a 2009 revolt.
The life includes massacre of 74 people, including top army officers. The trial is considered one of the world’s biggest ever mass criminal trials.
Besides, a total of 820 ex-paramilitary soldiers and 26 civilians were put on trial and Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Court Judge Md Akhtaruzzaman gave life imprisonment to 158 rebel soldiers and jail terms of three to 10 years to 251 others, while 271 were acquitted.
The mutiny had taken place two months after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina assumed office. Then BDR chief Major General Shakil Ahmed was killed during the mutiny and the mutineers hacked to death, tortured and burnt alive 74 people.
Bangladesh became the First South Asian Country to Approve Commercial Cultivation of Bt Brinjal
Bangladesh approved the commercial cultivation of transgenic Bt brinjal. With this decision Bangladesh became the first country in South Asia to cultivate the genetically modified food crop.
National Committee on Biosafety (NCB), the highest regulatory body for GM crops in Bangladesh, officially approved the Bt brinjal varieties.
With this step, Bangladesh becomes the 29th country in the world to grow GM crop. In South Asia, India, Pakistan and Myanmar grow GM crop cotton. With the NCB nod, Bangladesh becomes the first in the region to grow a GM food crop.
Four Bt brinjal varieties (Bt brinjal-1, 2, 3 and 4) have been approved by the Bangladesh Government for limited scale cultivation with some conditions.
Niger to ban woman and children from Sahara
The government of Niger says it wants to ban women and children from travelling north across the country following the horrifying discovery in the Sahara desert of 92 migrants who died of thirst.
The group of mainly women and children perished after days without food or water when the vehicle carrying them broke down then drove off, leaving them stranded.
The country’s large, ungoverned desert spaces have made it a major route for migrants from other poor sub-Saharan Africans seeking a better life in north Africa and Europe, while many people from Niger — which has suffered repeated food crises in recent years — are believed to attempt the treacherous journey across the desert.
Rescue workers found the 92 bodies — including 33 women and 52 children— over a period of five days. They were gathered in small clusters, but some lay alone.
Niger has declared three days of mourning for the
victims, who are all believed to come from southern Niger, near the border with
Nigeria.
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