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- Indian Navy commissions its 3rd Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
- Two Ultra Defense Technology products launched by ECIL
- How President of India would be elected this time ?
- Pakistan to set Free 34 Indian Fishermen
- Loss making NDTV Imagine to shut down
- Swami Agnivesh lends support to Kundankulam Nuclear Plant protestors
- Three cheers for Indian culture, say IPL’s Cheerleaders
- Kerala school kid’s 40 paintings to be exhibited in New Delhi.
- Osama Bin Laden’s Family video Leaked
- Women GIRLCOTT Gurgaon after 8 PM daily
| Indian Navy commissions its 3rd Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Posted: 12 Apr 2012 07:04 AM PDT Indian Navy commissioned its third Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) squadron on Wednesday in Ramanathapuram district of Tamil Nadu.This would enhance the coastal security along the East Coast. Vice Admiral Anil Chopra, Flag Officer Commanding in Chief, Eastern Naval Command, commissioned the INAS 344, known as ‘Spirited Shadower’ which will be based in INS Parundu. The squadron would be operating the Heron and the Searcher MK II vehicles, a defence ministry release said.”These aircraft with long endurance and stealth capabilities are ideally suited for search and detection. The commissioning of the UAV Squadron will provide value addition to the surveillance capability of the Eastern Naval Command and augment the efforts at enhancing Coastal Security along the East Coast,” the release said. The earlier two UAV squadrons of the Indian Navy are based in Kochi and Porbander | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Two Ultra Defense Technology products launched by ECIL Posted: 12 Apr 2012 07:02 AM PDT Electronics Corporation Of India Ltd (ECIL) yesterday unveiled two high-technology products to commensurate its 45th foundation day. 1. Carrier Ethernet Switch Router (CESR) 2. Secure Network Access System (SNAS) The router, manufactured under license from IIT- Bombay, was launched by R. Chidambaram, principal scientific advisor to the Indian government. “ECIL has always stressed on self-reliance and I am happy today that ECIL has showcased its capabilities in the field of high speed networking, communications security and network security,” Chidambaram said. Atomic Energy Commission chief Srikumar Banerjee launched the SNAS, a specialised indigenous network security product developed by the Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC), Mumbai. This product would be made available by ECIL under license from BARC. Banerjee highlighted the special functionalities of SNAS, which provides comprehensive network security for any organization. Speaking on the occasion, ECIL managing director Y.S.Mayya elaborated on the features and benefits of the two hi-tech products. The router will address the apprehensions on security issues posed by imported products which could be termed ‘black box’ products which carry vital and strategic data. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| How President of India would be elected this time ? Posted: 12 Apr 2012 05:46 AM PDT The next Presidential election will be held in June or July. The electoral college for the Presidential election consists of the elected members of Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha and all Legislative Assemblies. Each MP/ MLA's vote has a pre-determined value based on the population they represent. For instance, an MP's vote has a value of 708, an MLA from UP has a vote value of 208 and an MLA from Sikkim has a vote value of 7. (Note that all MPs, irrespective of the constituency or State they represent, have equal vote value) As is evident, changes in the composition of Assemblies in larger States such as UP can have a major impact on the outcome of the Presidential election. The elections to the office of the President are held through the system of proportional representation by means of STV (same as in the case of Rajya Sabha). The winning candidate must secure at least 50% of the total value of votes polled. By this calculation, a candidate will need at least 5,48,507 votes to be elected as the President. If the UPA were to vote as a consolidated block, its vote tally would reach 4,50,555 votes under Scenario II (the one that is favourable for the UPA). Therefore, the UPA will have to seek alliances if it wants a candidate of its choice to be elected to the office of the President. Scenarios for Presidential elections (figures represent the value of votes available with each party/ coalition)
What about the Vice-President? Elections to the office of the Vice-President (VP) will be held in July or August. The electoral college will consist of all members of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha (i.e. both elected and nominated). Unlike the Presidential elections, all votes will have an equal value of one. Like the President, the VP is also elected through the system of proportional representation by means of STV. The winning candidate must secure at least 50% of the total value of votes polled. Presently, two seats are vacant in the Lok Sabha. If we exclude these from our analysis, we find that a candidate will need at least 395 votes to be elected as the VP. Under our best case scenario, the UPA holds 363 votes in the forthcoming VP elections. As is the case with Presidential elections, the UPA will have to seek alliances to get a candidate of its choice elected to the office of the Vice-President. Scenarios for VP elections (figures represent the value of votes available with each party/ coalition)
Notes: [1] UPA: Congress, Trinamool, DMK, NCP,Rashtriya Lok Dal, J&K National Conference, Muslim League Kerala State Committee, Kerala Congress (M), All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen, Sikkim Democratic Front, Praja Rajyam Party, Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi [2] NDA: BJP, JD(U), Shiv Sena, Shiromani Akali Dal [3] Left: CPI(M), CPI, Revolutionary Socialist Party,All India Forward Bloc Reproduced from the PRS Blog. To see the original entry, click here | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pakistan to set Free 34 Indian Fishermen Posted: 12 Apr 2012 04:41 AM PDT Pakistan will release 34 Indian prisoners this week as part of steps to strengthen the Peace process between the two countries. The prisoners, including 26 fishermen and eight others arrested on charges like illegally crossing the border, are expected to be repatriated via the Wagah border on April 13, Indian and Pakistani officials said today. However, leading Pakistani rights activist Ansar Burney has offered to immediately airlift fisherman Samant Lakshman Bambhaniya, who is suffering from cancer of the leg.
Bambhaniya belongs to Dandi village in Gujarat and is currently being held at a jail in Karachi. India and Pakistan have released scores of prisoners, a majority of them fishermen, since they resumed their peace process last year after a gap of over two years in the wake of the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks. The two sides are working on an arrangement for the speedy repatriation of fishermen detained for inadvertently crossing the maritime boundary. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Loss making NDTV Imagine to shut down Posted: 12 Apr 2012 03:40 AM PDT NDTV Imagine, owned jointly by NDTV and U.S.-based Turner Broadcasting System Inc, will be closed as poor ratings and losses in recent past. The employees will be provided 3 months salary before they are asked to leave. Turner had bought a majority stake in the channel from Indian broadcaster NDTV in 2009 for $117 million. The channel’s India and international feed ‘Imagine Dil Se’, which will be shut with effect from today, failed to achieve consistency in ratings, Siddharth Jain, managing director, South Asia, Turner International India told Reuters on Thursday. “Imagine TV has not performed and grown as per our expectations,” he said. Imagine was Turner’s second attempt in the highly competitive general entertainment (GEC) space in India after its GEC Real, a joint venture with Miditech, failed. Turner currently operates channels such as HBO, CNN, Cartoon Network, POGO, WB in India. The company, however, remains committed to long-term investment in India and will continue to look for investment opportunities in the country, Jain said. Turner India has been growing at a compunded annual rate of 13 percent in the past five years, the company had earlier told. The Indian media industry relies heavily on advertising revenues instead of subscriptions for survival. Global macroeconomic woes and a slowing Indian economy have left most media companies susceptible to volatility in advertising rates and resulted in cash flow problems. In 2011, the Indian media & entertainment industry registered a growth of 12 percent from a year ago, to reach 728 billion rupees, according to KPMG. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Swami Agnivesh lends support to Kundankulam Nuclear Plant protestors Posted: 12 Apr 2012 03:18 AM PDT Extending support to the agitation against the anti-Kudankulam nuclear power plant, social activist Swami Agnivesh today said government has to decide on scrapping the project and protecting people. He claimed that the Archbiship of Thiruvanathapuram Susai Packiam, would visit Kudankulam next week, to extend support to the People’s Movement against Nuclear energy spearheading the stir against KNPP at Idinthakarai near here. He also claimed that CPI-M leader V S Achuthanandan had also voiced his support to the struggle. Taking into account the sentiments, “Let the governments (central and state) decide finally and scrap the KNPP and protect people,” Agnivesh added. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Three cheers for Indian culture, say IPL’s Cheerleaders Posted: 12 Apr 2012 03:09 AM PDT Back home, they are bankers, school teachers or dancers. But many young women have come to India from foreign shores like Ukraine, Russia, Belgium and Norway as cheerleaders for the Indian Premier League (IPL), attracted not by the money but by the country’s culture and tradition. For instance, the Kings XI Punjab team has 13 cheerleaders, 10 of whom are foreign faces. Of the 16 girls cheering the Delhi Daredevils, 10 are foreigners. Most are aged between 19 and 23 years. “International cheerleaders are coming here because sports activity has became more intercultural and diverse. We are not here to make money, we have come to see India, experience the tradition, culture and, of course, dancing is part of it,” said Yuliya Yahovleva, a dancer from Ukraine who is a Delhi Daredevils cheerleader. “We are enjoying the IPL season as we are getting a chance to travel a lot,” she told IANS. Oksana Buryank, Natalia Saltykova, Daryna Karhanova, Yuliya Yakovelva, Tanya Ignotsi and Anna Yatskiv are also cheering the team. Oksana, a gymnastics coach from Ireland, says her family is so fond of Indian culture, people and philosophy that they are proud to see her on Indian soil. “My mother still watches Indian movies, especially Aishwarya Rai’s films. When they (family) see us cheering in India, they feel proud. We enjoy dancing, singing; and what could be the better way to do all these than be part of IPL?” she told IANS. The IPL has nine teams and the tournament is on from April 4 to May 27. Most cheerleaders for these teams are a mix of Indian and foreign faces. The fascination for India is such that Ukrainian student Ivanna Prytula, who is among the Delhi Daredevils cheerleaders, is learning Hindi in Kiev University. She introduced herself to the IANS correspondent in Hindi, saying: “Mera naam Ivanna Prytula hai. Mai Kiev vishwavidyalya mein doosre saal ki chhatra hoon. Mai wahan angrezi aur Hindi parhti hoon.” When asked why, she said: “Hindi interests me and therefore I am learning.” Oksana Tunkevyuch, a teacher from Belgium, cheers the Kings XI Punjab team. “India is a country we always wanted to visit. We wanted to explore different cultures that exist here. The traditional wear, sari, is our most favourite outfit and all of us want to wear it,” she said while speaking on behalf of her teammates. While as cheerleaders, these women have to sport Western dresses, they actually love wearing “traditional accessories such as bangles, bindi, nose rings, necklaces”. Last but not the least, the maang tika, along with mehndi on their hands, fascinates them a lot. The companies that bring these women to India choose them because they are hardworking professionals who do not throw tantrums. Atul Shrivastava, director of Augustus Communications, which is handling cheerleaders for the Delhi Daredevils and Kings XI Punjab, said: “They believe in hard and smart work and this is what we like about them. Most of them are very polite professionals, with no tantrums, and this makes work easy.” Talking about the selection process, Shrivastava said: “They are hired after the evaluation process which includes interviews and written tests. Also, preference is given to those who are working in a group.” For Saurabh Nagpal, who coordinates with cheerleaders, despite the language barrier, it is easy to work with them. “They are far more professional and less demanding. If you want them to be on time for practice, they will make sure they reach before time. Yes, there is a communication barrier, but that’s fine for us,” said Nagpal. What about their fees? “The fee structure depends on the circumstances. It is mandatory for companies in India to pay foreign workers at least $25,000 on an annual basis to perform and work. But I won’t be able to give you exact figures,” Rohit Srivastav, project leader, Augustus Communications, told IANS. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kerala school kid’s 40 paintings to be exhibited in New Delhi. Posted: 12 Apr 2012 02:02 AM PDT An exhibition of a 15 year old Kerala school girl’s solo paintings will be showcased in New Delhi. Varsha Renjith, a class 10 student, has a tryst with Paint brush. She can create an incredible tapestry of colours and emotions on the canvas, – a fact that has allowed her to brush shoulders with the likes of legend and Padmashree Anjolie Ela Menon Varsha who has just completed class X is showcasing 40 select paintings in her solo exhibition “Raindrops” at the Lalit Kala Akademi here that was inaugurated by Anjolie Ela Menon.
“This exhibition reminds me of my first exhibition which I conducted in Delhi, in 1958. I was also 15 years like Varsha. M F Husain inaugurated the show. I am very optimistic about Varsha’s future” added Menon. The current exhibition is the young artist’s seventh solo exhibition in the India and the first in Delhi.
The 40 exhibited works are inspired by nature and the artist employs a vivid and energetic colour palette with consummate ease, building up intriguing textural areas in the process, layered with multiple meaning | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Osama Bin Laden’s Family video Leaked Posted: 12 Apr 2012 01:06 AM PDT A new video on Osama bin Laden’s widows in a Pakistani prison shows a boy stacking teddy bears on a chair while another grabs a cricket bat. Three women dressed in black veils look on, while another kneels on a prayer mat to read from the Quran. Another of bin Laden’s wives is seen feeding a toddler.The women and children have been in Pakistani custody ever since bin Laden was shot dead by US Navy Seals in May last year. Pakistani authorities fear the widows may carry valuable information about who helped the family evade capture. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Women GIRLCOTT Gurgaon after 8 PM daily Posted: 12 Apr 2012 12:02 AM PDT Enough of slogans and silent candlelight marches. Tired of crimes against women and the administration’s attitude, a bunch of women in Gurgaon is about to launch a unique protest this weekend – a ‘girlcott’ of shopping in a place known for its swanky malls and stores. Gurgaon Girlcott, as it is called, was born as an idea on the popular social networking platform Facebook before snowballing into a full-fledged movement and becoming the talk of the town. The movement targets a favourite weekend activity – shopping and splurging. It urges women to hold their purse strings tight during April 13-15,and stay away from shopping malls, stores, salons, restaurants, cabs – basically anywhere that requires them to spend money in Gurgaon. The aim, as is evident, is to hit the private sector hard. This, hopes Richa Dubey, the brain behind the movement, will pressure private companies to turn the heat on the local administration to ensure better safety for women in Gurgaon. The city of over 1.5 million people that borders the national capital has been in the news for crimes against women. Last month, a 25-year-old woman was abducted and then gangraped in the city when she was returning from work at night. Following this, the Gurgaon administration remarked that women should not work after 8 p.m. – a statement they later retracted due to strong criticism. This, Dubey said, planted the idea. A communications specialist, she floated a plan last month on Facebook, saying: “Not work after 8 p.m.? Fine. Let’s also not hit the malls, pubs, shopping centres, hire cabs or autos, go to gyms or salons what have you…in short let’s boycott Gurgaon for a few days after 8 p.m. If enough women in Gurgaon are ‘safe in their homes’ after 8, I would like to see how the economy takes it, especially over a weekend. Make them take responsibility”. Now, with over 300 women and various other groups like the Asmita Theatre Group and ‘Let’s Walk Gurgaon’ supporting it, Dubey said: “The onus of safety of women is not on the women alone. How does it matter what she wears, what time she goes out? It’s time the blame game stopped”. According to police records, there were 21 cases of molestation in 2010 and the figure rose to 24 in 2011. Police say 40 cases of rape were recorded last year and so far this year there have been 10 such cases. Much of the sexual violence in Gurgaon is blamed on the social dichotomy of the city. Five of the seven accused who were arrested for the gangrape are all unemployed and hail from Madina village in Rohtak district. “The social and economic dichotomy in Gurgaon is there for anyone to see. Glitzy malls, plush offices and pubs are mushrooming everywhere and in close proximity to urban villages. The disparity is obvious and it leads to feelings of suppressed resentment among unemployed youth, which may lead to sexual violence on women,” Mandira Singh, a psychologist, told IANS. Social activist Pragya Sircar said: “The patriarchal mindset is another contributing factor for such incidents. It just jars people’s senses that a woman could be independent, work and venture out at odd hours.” Stressing that while the outrage may die down after some time, the boycott of commerce – the “backbone” of the satellite city – may hurt, Dubey’s latest post on Facebook read: “Whether it’s groceries, a visit to the hairstylist or a new phone, spend out of Gurgaon, or out of that weekend”. The protest will also see a theatre performance, “Dastak”, by Asmita Theatre Group, highlighting atrocities on women Friday evening, at the Galleria market. There will also be music. Mall owners are already worried by the ‘girlcott’ plan. B.R. Wassan of the MGF Metropolitan Mall Occupants Association told IANS that weekend is the time when footfalls are high and this movement might cause a drop in sales. “It’s for police to curb crime and manage law and order problems. How can we interfere in the administration’s work?” he asked. |
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