INDIAN AUTOMOBILE Manufacturer

Indian Automobile Manufacturers (Siam) Society of Automobile industry body, has asked the Government of India announced a scrappage For vehicle owners to plan on the lines of European countries 50% discount on excise duty and sales tax, stimulate demand for new vehicles to replace the big automobile. According to Siam, scrappage incentives for all vehicles, which are at least 15 years old should be replaced. Provocative than demand, it will help control air pollution. "Fleet renewal program, demand for new fuel efficient vehicles and help cut down pollution and fuel consumption will", Mahindra & Mahindra's automotive sector, which took over as president of Siam's new president Friday Wind Goenka said. Many Germany, France, Spain, Italy and Austria as European countries as customers cash incentives have increased scrappage € 5,000 small to large fuel vehicles, which is due to huge demand for new cars and efficient cars out of these markets into.

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Netbook market with Disney Netpal

As summer draws to a close, parents are beginning to equip their children for the upcoming school year. And since prices have fallen so netbook recently, many people are now wondering if the time is finally right to buy their 6-12 year-old computer. The only problem is that your laptop is such an investment large enough, let alone be a device rather fragile. And then when you take into account aspects of the Wild West Web ... Well no Mom and Dad sometimes asks me to have the first floor and second thoughts when it comes to getting their child a computer. Chris Heatherly (ie Vice President of Consumer Electronics and Toys for Disney Consumer Products) understands the concerns of parents. He realizes that - although most people today are comfortable with the idea of their children using the Internet - these people still want some assurance that 6-12 years will safe while they are online. More importantly, this new acquisition will not be short of the second person spills a soda on his keyboard. So - with these security issues and design parameters in mind - the team Toymorrow The Walt Disney Company's & ASUS began working together to create the Netpal Disney. The first netbook (which - FYI - have begun to hit store shelves earlier this month) which is deliberately designed to be kid-friendly and parent approved.

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AMERICAN parents are children's education

More American parents with the education of their children as members of the public education in general and happily satisfied, an annual Gallup Survey reported. Gallup found many aspects of Americans rate the company more positively to the local level than at national level. This is particularly in education, felt the pollsters said.In Gallup's annual Work and Education survey parents every year more positively about their own Education for children than the public felt about education in general. This year, 76 percent of American parents, she said, satisfied with the To receive education of their children. Only 45 percent of the population is positive for education. Gallup found no appreciable difference between Parents of public school students and their parents in private schools or churches. The record level of parental satisfaction was at 83 percent 1999th Gallup sample of 1010 adults 6 August and reported a 4 percent error rate. Parents a share of 223 respondents with an 8 Percentage point margin of error.

Source: http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/08/24/US-parents-said-satisfied-with-schools/UPI-10381251168166/

CHINA under the Government grant in British Student

Number of British students who have received Chinese government Scholarship and is going to study in China has doubled or tripled this year, a Chinese diplomat in London said Monday. Some 57 students received the scholarship this year after the system was expanded. Number used to be between 10 and 20, or even less. "This is the biggest number we've seen," said Minister Tian Xiaogang, who is in charge of the education part of the Chinese Embassy in London. Number would continue to increase, Tian said, adding "we will register with the British universities for several long-term cooperation." China and Britain enjoyed a lot of high-level split in education, he added. Frazer Macdonald, senior policy adviser in the Joint International Unit of the Department of Employment, innovation and skills that are managed by higher education in the UK, agreed with Tian at this point. "We're working on all levels of education," he said and expressed the hope that the growing Chinese Government Scholarship Program would help "strengthen and cement relations between the UK education and China." There is great demand in the UK for the chance to China, to him. They describe students as "civil ambassador" between China and Britain. The center-off party given the Chinese embassy in London on Monday, Lisa Íris, graduating and who is going to the East China Normal University in Shanghai, said she was lucky to win scholarships and was glad to accept it. "I want really to go to China. I heard it's incredible," she said. Demetrius, now Intern for Conservative Party, said: "I will have a better understanding of China by this (program), which is important for the interaction time with China if I can get a high place in politics."

Source: http://english.cri.cn/6909/2009/08/25/195s511050.htm

Against swine influenza A student of a school

The Alamosa School District is taking a "chain of command" approach to planning for pandemic influenza 2009 influenza A (H1N1) (formerly known as swine flu): The district follows the guidelines of the county, following the guidelines state following Center for Disease Control guidelines. "We talked with Julie Geiser, nurse Alamosa County, and we will act accordingly and responsibly with the guidelines count, Alamosa Superintendent Robert Alejo said. As part of a community education effort, all parents and guardians should have received information from the flu in the district, he said. This letter was about how to keep children healthy, and included information on hand washing, coughing and sneezing into tissues, if possible, otherwise the upper arm, and stay home when patients. Della Vieira, county nurse, said that his office worked with the school district administration, Adam State College, and local prisons to develop a plan for the influenza season. "Frequent hand washing is most important," Vieira said when asked what we could do to avoid catching the flu. "It is the same for strains H1N1 and other flu."

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Offers in firsr rocket lunch

South Korea plans to launch its first space rocket later on Tuesday, six days after a fault stopped the countdown just eight minutes before blast-off. South Korean project to put a satellite into orbit, operated in cooperation with Russia, has been delayed seven times since 2002. "We have solid computer software problem and reviewed all other software. We hope that the market will go ahead as planned this time," Lee Joo-Jin, who heads the Korea Aerospace Research Institute, told reporters. Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1 (KSLV-1) was scheduled to start from the Naro Space Center in Goheung on the southern coast of the aro und 5:00 pm (0800 GMT). Science and technology ministry said Monday the full test showed a missile was ready for ignition. If the launch is successful, would become the 10th South Korea home countries to send a satellite into orbit from its own soil. Although the rocket's first stage was made in Russia, South Korea, experts say that gained valuable know-how, which can allow them to create their own launch vehicle by 2018.

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UK Film Industries environment in the years

The stupendous success of Danny Boyle's "Slumdog Millionaire" is unlikely to be repeated, say insiders. The ongoing credit crisis has hit independent film companies very hard, as 59 such companies have wrapped up in the last 18 months, while others are struggling for funds. The report issued by PricewaterhouseCoopers, indie companies like Lucky 7, which made the movie Modigliani about life in the Italian artist and Palm Tree UK, behind the feature film Lost in Landscape and Winter Warrior, has gone bankrupt. The company Storm Rider Films, which had planned to bring out "a British sci-fi film like no other ever produced in England" with CGI effects, called Kaleidoscope Man is also bankrupt. Christian Colson, producer of Slumdog Millionaire, fears that the trend eventually had to leave the United Kingdom drained of creativity "It will be easier to get a 100m U.S. dollar film made of a really good 15m-dollar movie," The Independent quoted him as saying. John Woodward, CEO of the UK Film Council, admitted that the independent film companies "are facing something of a perfect storm." "The debt is mainly financed their films are harder to secure ... and the transition to digital has prompted an increase in piracy - so there is real pressure on traditional fundraising." He added, however, that despite these challenges, the best projects were "still to get funded."

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Better Business Bureau rental scammer

Better Business Bureau says that the tenant must be out for cheats. More people renting than buying in the current housing market, and authorities say be careful when scanning cars online advertising. In one scheme, the scammers from legitimate advertising information and send it with their own e-mail address. Victims respond to the ads are then asked to wire money to rent. Steve Bernas of the Better Business Bureau says this is the version of the old fraud. His advice is to tackle the group not only with local landlords and places to visit, but to pay any money. Also suspected of rents, which are much cheaper than the average.

Source: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-il-rentalscams, 0.7919611. Story

"Disastrous" Business

An Omagh businessman said he may be forced to cut 80 jobs after the new A5 expressway is built. John duddy said the impact on trade would be "disastrous" if the new road outside his gas station and hotel. "If the road is the way it is suggested I can see no alternative but to close." Roads Service said the road north of Omagh will be served by two junctions and services will be signposted. Last month, Roads Service published the preferred route for the new dual carriageway between Derry and Aughnacloy.

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"Disastrous" Business

An Omagh businessman said he may be forced to cut 80 jobs after the new A5 expressway is built. John duddy said the impact on trade would be "disastrous" if the new road outside his gas station and hotel. "If the road is the way it is suggested I can see no alternative but to close." Roads Service said the road north of Omagh will be served by two junctions and services will be signposted. Last month, Roads Service published the preferred route for the new dual carriageway between Derry and Aughnacloy.

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A Family Business in JAPAN

Japan - In Japan Sunday's election, both candidates for prime minister are the exercise of a battle in the family which started in the 1950s when their grandfathers were premiers. The policy shock blue bloods - holder Taro Aso and his rival Yukio Hatoyama - sheds light on the rich and powerful clans of Japan that dominated, and some say smothered policy after the war. Approximately one third of parliamentarians from Japan are hereditary politicians - often derided as "Botchan" or "babies from affluent families - who inherited their districts and agencies to raise funds from a relative, usually their father. In many areas, politics as a family business that has severely hampered the ability of fresh blood - ask Katsuhito Yokokume, a 27-year-old opposition candidate Hatoyama's Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ). Yokokume, a lawyer and the son of a truck driver, has campaigned hard in Yokosuka, a port city south of Tokyo, hoping to wrest the seat of Aso's conservative Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in the elections 30 August. But even with the DPJ leading in national polls, Yokokume - which crosses riding his bicycle and discussions with Day Railway commuters by day - admits he has been fighting an uphill battle.

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Three community colleges and a technical program for high-schoolers

A one-stop learning center for higher education debuts today in the northwest Valley, with a name that reflects its cutting-edge concept. The Communiversity @ Surprise features three universities, three community colleges and a technical program for high-schoolers at the new Surprise Civic Center. Inside the newly-built campus, students will find classmates who range from 16 to 73 years old, all under one roof. They will confront the latest in education delivery at the Communiversity, with some classes taught online, some in person and some in a hybrid format with elements of both. Grace Rodil, a 32-year-old Surprise resident, is not comfortable with online classes, although she will take them if she must to get a bachelor's degree in business. She already has an associate degree in child development, but she wants to move on and Communiversity at 15950 W. Civic Center Plaza is in her backyard. "I will try to take classes in person," she said, while perusing a school brochure. "I think I learn better that way." Proximity is one of the main attractions for Rodil and others in the far West Valley.

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The government has banned IQ-testing of job-applicants

The purpose of modern education is to signal a) that you were smart enough to get into a certain university, and b) you were able to endure four years of hoop jumping, demonstrating to a prospective employer that you may be smart enough to learn their job-specific skills. In a few years no employer will care that you spent four years thinking about Russian cinema or political philosophy in the Continental Tradition, and the idea that these courses are enriching you as a human being is more often than not a pretty lie. The ugly truth is that since the government has banned IQ-testing of job-applicants because of the racial inequalities that inevitably arise, diplomas are being used as weakened proxy IQ-tests, and a college degree serves primarily as a signal of your genetic endowments. There was a time not long ago when the truism that half of all people are below average was accepted as a fact of life. Only about half of people got high school diplomas (these diplomas were actually worth something) and 1 in 20 obtained a Bachelors degree. Fast forward to today and high school diplomas have become nearly worthless with 80-90% attainment rates, with head-in-the-sand proposals like No Child Left Behind refusing to recognize that not all people are born with the same genetic gifts and you can't significantly improve intelligence by will. We are indoctrinated early on that anybody can go to college and that we should want to go to college. An illustration of this madness is Trina Thomspon's lawsuit against her alma mater Monroe College for the refundal of the $70,000 tuition because no one wants to hire someone with a worthless degree. She is accusing Monroe College of false advertising, and she may have a point. Bachelor degrees are the new high school degrees. Grade and degree inflation are not a secret and employers are not playing along with the charade.


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PUNJAB made year 2009 the year of Educational reforms

Punjab made year 2009 the year of educational reforms. It is really funny because educational reforms, if and when they happen, would come after financial reforms. Though we got the order wrong, at least we have the reform mindset going and people acknowledge that reforms are essential for feeding a billion strong nation. Reforms mean different things to different people. When it comes to education it is not as simple as finance. In finance, if you allow 74% foreign direct investment in, let’s say, insurance sector then that is a reform. If you allow 100% then you are a rock star reformist and darling of the stock market. Educational reforms are slightly different. In fact, they are radically different. Educational reforms could as well be having more qualified teachers in a school or having any teachers at all. It might be increasing the number of teachers to have a better teacher student ratio. In the case of Punjab it is having parent teacher association and having meeting with parents once in a month. That’s a good start, as it is missing apparently. All students would be properly informed in advance two days before PTA meeting and parents would be provided monthly progress report cards and the daily signed.



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Students remedial classes for children

It was school and dialysis as usual for little Musi, 9, at the Charlotte Maxeke Hospital in Johannesburg. When the nurse was done giving Musi his treatment he put his school shirt on, grabbed his bag and he was off to class just down the corridor. Musi receives treatment three times a week and this requires his staying at the hospital on a full-time basis. The Johannesburg Hospital School allows him to remain up to date with his school work while receiving medical attention. A full curriculum is offered at the school, from Grades 1 to 12 for permanent students as well as remedial classes for children who are temporarily in hospital . “A hospital school teacher is very different to any other since she becomes more like a parent to the pupil,” says school principal Ronel van Biljon. She says they have small classes, which helps with remedial problems, and that they understand that their pupils feeel sick at times so a pass was enough. They do not always expect amazing results.Despite the odds, Van Biljon and her team managed to obtain an 86percent pass rate last year. Most of the children at the school suffer from diabetes, renal or kidney failure. All the children are taught from as young as eight how to treat themselves in certain circumstances. The diabetic patients test their own insulin levels four times a day and independently give themselves insulin shots.


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Rp15 billion to be allocated in the 2010 regional budget

TEMPO Interactive, Yogyakarta: The Yogyakarta Regional House of Representatives (DPRD) is suggesting that the provincial government teach students as early as possible about terrorism.
For this purpose, they have asked for Rp15 billion to be allocated in the 2010 regional budget. “We wish Yogyakarta to lead the movement in fighting terrorism. Hence, we ask the provincial government to arrange and design the budget,” said Noor Harish. He said that if it were approved, Yogyakarta would be the first province in Indonesia initiating a movement to fight against terrorism. The idea was discussed together with the budgeting team of the Yogyakarta regional government, last Saturday (22/8). Harish was one of many supporting the idea so it can be applied at schools. Head of the regional income, finance management, and assets, Bambang Wisnu Handoyo, and Inspector of Yogyakarta Regional Supervisory Board, Ichanuri, said that they did not mind the idea. “It is a good program,” said Bambang.



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The whole room is set up on the child’s level

Their parents are just as dedicated. La’Angum school was built by hand by dozens of villagers who want their children to learn what they could not — to read and write in both English and their local language of Mampruli. La’Angum was named after a local saying that translates "many hands make light work,” Iddi-Gubbels said. The cement-block structure has no electricity or plumbing for the 40 students ages 4 to 6 and three teachers. But it has books, paper and blocks, laughter and an evident love of learning. "You go into the classroom and you see the difference,” Iddi-Gubbels said. "The whole room is set up on the child’s level.” The school begins its second year next month. All the students are returning, and an additional 100 students are on a waiting list.


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Southeastern Illinois College, and Shawnee Community College

Four area community colleges - Rend Lake College, John A. Logan College, Southeastern Illinois College, and Shawnee Community College - will join Southern Illinois University Carbondale for "Higher Education Night" at the fairgrounds. College and university recruitment officials are offering an evening of fun, information, and free stuff beginning at 6 p.m. Prior to the start of competition for Southern Illinois Has Talent Finals at 7:30 p.m., the Saluki Shakers will perform along with Karissa Stepter, a Metropolis teen and Shawnee Community College student who sang for NASCAR; Blend, an a cappella group originally formed at John A. Logan College; and the SIC Jazz Ensemble, Southeastern Illinois College's outstanding male vocalists. In addition, Daniel Baine's Dance Team will also perform. Baine has assisted with performances at community colleges and SIUC. The entire event takes place inside the grandstand at the fairgrounds. "This is a great opportunity for our higher educational institutions to showcase themselves in one location, and it is also a great opportunity for prospective students to be able to get information that will help map his or her futures," said Shannon Woodworth, who is organizing the event along with Julie Wilkerson and Roger Brand. There is no cost to attend Higher Education Night. It is sponsored by The Southern Illinoisan.



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The nation's average age of alcohol initiation had dropped

THE Australian Hotels Association (AHA) has welcomed the launch of a new ad campaign which will urge teens to put off when they start drinking alcohol. AHA national chief executive officer Bill Healey said the campaign was another "important step" in driving a necessary cultural shift in Australia's drinking habits. Drinkwise Australia launched its new campaign today which seeks help from parents in reversing the trend of teenagers starting to drink at a younger age. "There has been much research, debate and discussion about Australia's drinking culture and conflicting views as to the nature, extent and cause of the problem and the best way to address it," Mr Healey said in a statement. "However, one constant has been the recognition that the earlier a young person begins drinking, the more chance they have of being exposed to harm." Research shows over the past 50 years, the nation's average age of alcohol initiation had dropped from 19 to 15.5 years. Mr Healey emphasised that "far too many people - including young people - are drinking to get drunk and this must change". The AHA also said there was no "silver bullet" to reduce the inappropriate consumption of alcohol and the anti-social behaviour and community concern it caused.



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Dallas Cowboy stressed the importance of education

Although his father didn’t learn how to read until he was 20 years old, the importance of education was stressed to Calvin Hill from an early age. On Sunday night, the former Dallas Cowboy great further stressed the importance of education when he talked to the Midwestern State football team. Hill was the guest speaker for Midwestern State University’s third annual “Welcome Back Dinner” at the Clark Student Center and also had a private talk with the team preceding the dinner. The former NFL Rookie of the Year and the Cowboys’ first 1,000-yard rusher also stressed to them the importance of thinking about their actions and the consequences of those actions. Hill’s father bought a set of encyclopedias for him when he was young and told him “to read them and they had everything I would need to know. “He didn’t realize they would come out with a new set the next year, and another the year after that. But he saw it as something that would be important for me to know.


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Presidential Medal of Freedom from the president himself

In January I watched, along with the rest of the world, as President Obama, with his message of hope and inspiration, was inaugurated as the first black president of the United States. Earlier this month, I came to the United States to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom from the president himself. This medal, which I humbly accepted, is for my work to end apartheid and promote peace in South Africa and throughout the world. When I think of how this came to be, how far we have come, I am filled with gratitude. In the past, I have said injustice is not the norm. Poverty is not the norm. War is not the norm. It is one of the most incontrovertible pieces of evidence, that those are the aberrations. We are appalled at war, disaster, violence and humiliation. Because our norm is goodness. Our norm is compassion. Our norm is gentleness. So to receive this prestigious medal for my lifelong work advocating for these ideals is an overwhelming recognition of our common goodness. It is clear that the Obama administration shares a deep concern for the problems facing the people of my continent and those throughout the world, and I applaud the United States for making Africa's future a priority in U.S. foreign policy. In his short presidency, Obama has already traveled to Ghana, and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has visited seven countries throughout Africa. The administration is wise to raise the issues of malnutrition, economic growth and governance, for these are critical to the future of Africa. It is also clear that the president recognizes and values the work many of us are doing to alleviate these same issues. That was evident by those of us who were in Washington to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom. When I was at the White House, I had two friends by my side, and the president also recognized them. While Mary Robinson, former president of Ireland, Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus and I were all honored for different reasons -- peace and reconciliation, microcredit innovation and human-rights oversight -- our collective work has the same end goal in mind: To create a world where all people are afforded the opportunity to become productive and healthy members of society.

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The S&P 500 is now up 51.7 percent

Bombay Stock Exchange’s Sensex was trading at 15495, up 254 points or 1.7 per cent while National Stock Exchange’s Nifty surged 72.75 or 1.61 per cent to 4600. “With the FTSE already at a new 2009 high, Asian indices like Nikkei and the Hangseng will also be on the job today, setting the trend for our own indices. FIIs are also turning buyers in the cash segment after a four session selling spree, also augurs well. The fact that the Nifty calls in the September series are seeing action in the 4800-5000 region strikes is an early indication of where the action will shift to in the coming sessions. Cover your shorts. Banking should be in the limelight,” said Anagram Stock Broking. Tracking strength in overseas markets, buoyed by hopes for a global economic recovery Asian markets were trading on a strongly positive note Monday. The Nikkei surged 3.12 per cent, Topix rallied 2.48 per cent, Hang Seng added 2.15 per cent and Straits Times advanced 2.13 per cent. US stocks ended the week at 2009 highs on Friday after a surprising rise in home sales and optimistic comments from Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke reassured investors about the prospects for an economic recovery. The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq hit 10-month intraday highs, while the Dow industrials rose to their highest level in nine months. The S&P 500 is now up 51.7 percent from its 12-year closing low set on March 9.



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VIP at the India Art Summit spends two hours admiring the art

Day One is preview day, “for VIPs”, but there’s only one bonafide VIP at the India Art Summit: Nandan Nilekani spends two hours admiring the art, and manages to slip out unnoticed — and unreported — by the paparazzi. That’s quite a feat, but then the press is courting the artists who are the rockstars here. Last year, few made an appearance, or stayed long enough. This year, the aisles are chock-a-block with them: Anjolie Ela Menon draws a crowd, Sunil Gawde signs me a book, Anita Chauhan attracts compliments, Bose Krishnamachari is as vibrant as his paintings, Subodh Gupta looks intellectual, Ved Gupta smiles a lot, Jayasri Burman breezes through, Chittrovanu Mazumdar finds himself explaining his complex work, photographer Rohit Chawla wants you to see his giant-sized book of images, Jitish Kallat is being interviewed, Kanchan Chander goes from booth to booth, Paramjit Singh floats past, Seema Kohli drifts round a corner… At the booths, gallerists are smiling a lot, little red dots marking the sold works. One Pablo Picasso is definitely sold, one is reserved; one Anish Kapoor is definitely sold, another is reserved. Collectors are wondering whether to buy the Hema Upadhyay or Ray Meeker or Thukral & Tagra — or perhaps all of them. At the seminars, where BS art columnist Bharati Chaturvedi has stationed herself and refuses to budge, apparently there has been some public soul-cleansing over the why-is-husain-absent? dialogue. On the first floor, books and art memorabilia sell faster than cups of coffee. Gallerists meet other gallerists and smile, shake hands and talk of artists they have in common without rancour. “The market is coming back,” everyone says. There is, surprisingly, no bitching. Gandhiji’s three monkeys inspire artworks from Subodh Gupta to Ved Gupta. The Video Lounge, unexpectedly, is packed with visitors.



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The global crude prices stabilise

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The government has no plans to raise fuel prices in the near future and a call would be taken once the global crude prices stabilise, the Business Standard newspaper reported on Monday, quoting Oil Minister Murli Deora. "There is no need to talk about revision just now. Let the prices stabilise first," the paper cited Deora as saying on Sunday in Mumbai. Oil rose above $74 a barrel on Monday, trading near a 10-month high, amid increased optimism energy demand will rebound as the U.S. economy heads for a recovery, while a storm off eastern Canada also lent support. U.S. crude for October delivery rose 36 cents to $74.25 a barrel by 0359 GMT. Last month, India raised petrol and diesel prices by as much as 10 percent when global crude prices were hovering around $70 a barrel.



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CBI appealing to the court to declare the case

SANTINIKETAN: All hopes of recovery of Rabindranath Tagore's stolen Nobel medallion have been dashed with CBI appealing to the court to declare the case closed for want of any significant clue into the crime. The CBI authorities had informed Visva Bharati University that they have stopped their investigation their second attempt at recovering the medallion and 49 other priceless artefacts as they had not found any significant clues. The agency's original letter was submitted with the Bolpur court and the university authority was forwarded a copy. The letter was written on August 20 and signed by the SP, special crime branch, CBI, Kolkata. Manimukut Mitra, the registrar of Visva Bharati, said: "We received the letter on August 21. It is not clear whether this closure of investigation is final or temporary." Mitra said the matter would be placed before the executive committee at its next meeting to decide on their next action. The priceless medallion and 49 other artefacts were stolen from Rabindra Bhavan on March 25, 2004. CBI took up the case five days later on March 30. After three years during which time several arrests were made and hundreds of Visva Bharati employees interrogated CBI declared the case closed on August 30, 2007 with none of the artefacts having been recovered. CBI asked for permission to reopen the case again on September 18, 2008, following some developments in Bangladesh. The probe was taken over by P S Bose, the then DSP, CBI Kolkata. However, Bose himself was charged with corruption, arrested by CBI and suspended. Later, CBI engaged a new officer to probe the case.


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New Pension Scheme has decided

The New Pension Scheme has decided to break through to the vast majority of the workers in the unorganised sector, who are not financially capable of meeting the minimum investment needs to qualify for pension. The proposal would also allow approximately 400-million workers, a large percentage of which is barely literate to get free advice from a nodal group about which scheme would suit them the most. The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) is planning a low-cost pension scheme that would cost the workers far less than the current annul contribution threshold of Rs 6,000. That threshold works out to 16% of the annual income of an individual, estimated at Rs 37,490 per year, according to the latest data released by the government’s Central Statistical Organisation. The regulator had set the minimum investment limit of Rs 6,000 per year when it opened up for private citizens on May 1 this year.



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RHT shares were battered brutally during last year's market slide

SAN FRANCISCO (Fortune) -- Remember about five or six years ago when the open source software movement was going to beat the stuffing out of software giants like Microsoft, Oracle and Sun? That hasn't exactly happened. Only one company, Red Hat took the open source approach: Hundreds (if not thousands) of volunteers work on a piece of software -- in this case the Linux operating system for the corporate world -- develop it in a money-generating subscription package, and turn it into a large enough business to go public. Fair or not, Red Hat is the best proxy for how open source software has been received during this economic downturn, and guess what? It's doing pretty well. Red Hat (RHT) shares were battered brutally during last year's market slide, falling from around $22 last August to $7.50 when the market tanked in November. That kind of free-fall happens easily when you are company that size -- about a $4 billion market cap, with shares concentrated in a handful of investors. From today's vantage point, however it looks like the market overreacted.


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India and Battery Ventures have committed $25 million

U.S.-based online travel firm Travelocity Global has acquired India's online hotel distribution network Travelguru, said a company release. The details of the transaction were not disclosed.
Venture capital firms Sequoia Capital India and Battery Ventures have committed $25 million in two rounds of funding to Travelguru. Travelocity started its India business in 2007 and already has an online travel agency Travelocity India. Both Travelguru and Travelocity will continue to operate as standalone properties after the transaction. Travelguru was last year in talks with Expedia for a deal which didn't materialise. Travelguru has a portfolio of more than 4,000 hotels in India which complements Travelocity's existing distribution of branded, chain and luxury properties in India. Travelocity Global is one of the world’s largest online travel companies, with its Travelocity, lastminute.com and ZUJI businesses worldwide generating more than $10 billion in gross travel sales annually. Travelguru, a Harvard Business Plan contest winner, was launched in 2006 with the backing of Sequoia Capital India. The company initially focused on air ticketing, however, soon after changed its focus to hotels aggregation. In December 2007, it acquired a B2B hotels aggregator Desiya.com in a stock deal rumoured to be valued at $25 million.


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Higher education early this year received wide acclaim

Ahmedabad: Renowned scientist and educationist Yash Pal, whose report on reforms in higher education early this year received wide acclaim from reformists, has said it is high time that the whole education sector goes for an absolute freedom movement. A movement that creates an atmosphere where talent is not caged in a set pattern, as is being practiced in the present education system. Delivering a lecture at the Ahmedabad Management Association here on Wednesday, Yash Pal said that in the journey of preparing the report he found that most of the universities had lost the basic qualities to be called a university. There were no connections between departments in varsities and they acted like separate entities. He was delivering 8th Shri Ramanbhai Patel Memorial Lecture on 'Inner process of developing an advice to radically change the culture and management of higher education'. "Most of the varsities in the country have lost their meaning. They are becoming narrower in focus. There are gaps in every department. For example, department of political science has no links with department of physics because of rigid and outdated approach," Yash Pal said. Sharing his experiences while preparing the report, Yash Pal said that he found that because of political interference in the running of education institutions in the present system, posts of heads such as vice-chancellors had become a ground of political battles. He said over the years nearly 16 governing bodies, such as University Grants Commission (UGC) and All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), were set up just to separate different streams of education. He said these apex bodies were riddled with corruption, wanton interference and delays.

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US at list prices worth $1.5 billion

Bombardier Inc. disclosed Thursday it has lost a major order for Learjet 60XR aircraft placed in June of last year by Europe's Jet Republic, a privately-held charter operator, as conditions in the global business jet market dip to the lowest point since the post-9/11 terrorist crisis. Jet Republic had placed a firm order for 25 Learjet 60XRs, an updated version of the older Learjet 60, and had options for 85 more. If the options had been exercised, the order would have been worth $1.5 billion US at list prices. Jet Republic, a charter firm based in Lisbon, Portugal, was officially launched in September 2008 following the order placed with Bombardier. The first Learjet 60XR was to be delivered this October.


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Sridhar Babu in the Legislative Council on Wednesday

HYDERABAD: A Regulatory Commission will soon by constituted by the government to monitor the quality of education in engineering colleges and other institutes of higher education. This was announced by Minister for Higher Education D. Sridhar Babu in the Legislative Council on Wednesday after members pointed out lacunae in colleges such as shortage of faculty, lack of infrastructure and poor academic standards. Minister for Technical Education M. Venkata Ramana announced a vigilance cell would be constituted to check whether the 630 engineering colleges were functioning in tune with the norms laid down by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). The admission process in Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) would be made fool-proof. Polytechnic and ITIs were also being strengthened, he said. Mr. Babu said the government was keen on filling vacancies of lecturers through the A.P. Public Service Commission, increasing the grant to (42) universities and facilitating students to choose an elective subject at degree level to improve their employability. Evaluation by National Accreditation Council would be made mandatory. He accepted a suggestion of K. Nageshwar (Graduate) to consider giving broadband connectivity for teaching the students web-based lessons. He assured members that steps would be taken to revive reputed aided colleges which had fallen into bad times.


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MU's Deal of Social Science, Prof Ksh Bimola

The occasion was graced by MPCC President Gaikhangam; president of Manipur Pradesh Youth Congress, L Tilotama; former MU's Deal of Social Science, Prof Ksh Bimola; and Principal of RK Sanatombi College of Teachers' Education, Prof S Gyaneshor as the chief guest, president and resource persons respectively. Speaking on the occasion, MPCC president, Gaikhangam said Rajiv Gandhi was youthful and visionary leader. While he was the Prime Minister, he had tried to develop three things: information technology, food processing technology, and right to information. Though people did not appreciate when he initiated to develop them, the fruits of his initiatives are widely appreciated and benefited by the people now, Gaikhangam said. These are the fruits of Rajiv's visions. Resource persons of the day, Prof S Gyaneshore and Prof Ksh Bimola spoke on National Policy on Education 1956 and Education and Peace respectively.

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Louisiana is aggressively trying to get a big slice

BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - With billions of dollars up for grabs from the federal government, Louisiana is aggressively trying to get a big slice of the pie in what could be the biggest and only financial boost state schools would see for several years. Superintendent of Education Paul Pastorek estimates Louisiana could get anywhere from $25 million to $50 million annually for three to four years, but of course, those big bucks would come with what some may call a catch. In order to get the funding, Pastorek says school districts might have to take some aggressive steps, including possibly starting up more charter schools. Another step involves going through a process called reconstitution. It's a scenario in which a principal releases his entire staff and has all employees re-apply for their jobs. "Not every district is going to want to do this," said Pastorek. The federal government's cash could come with these and many other restrictions. The U.S. Department of Education will dish out money from the $4.3 billion "Race to the Top" fund using the following guidelines: * States should have strong academic standards * Use data effectively to improve schools * Have programs to improve teacher and principal quality * Have a good plan for turning around struggling schools. "They're actually looking for two things, cutting edge policy and results," said Pastorek. According to a report put out by the national independent group, The New Teacher Project, Louisiana has just that. The state ranked near the very top of the list when compared to all 50 states. "This will probably be one of the few sources of increased finances for schools in the state of Louisiana for the next several years," said Pastorek. A decision on who will get the money has not been made yet. Applications for the grant are due in December. Pastorek says the grants will be awarded in April 2010. Out of the millions awarded, each school that's chosen would get about $250,000 a year for about three years.

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Creating Opportunities for Girls in completion of Education

The project, to be implemented in Mayurbhanj district, aims to reach out to 5,000 children in formal schools, including 100 girls who had never gone to school. The project, which aims to improve learning opportunities for girls from economically backward communities in Mayurbhanj, was formally launched at a function here on Thursday. Care India will implement the project titled `Creating Opportunities for Girls in completion of Education in Odisha' in partnership with Stemcor Group. According to an official release, Care will partner with local NGOs to set up a residential school to specially cater to girls within age group of six and 14 years who have never been enrolled. The school will offer a bridge course that will build capacities of the girls to undertake the Class-V examination of the government upper primary schools in a span of 11 months. Further, as part of its `School Improvement Programme', Care will work in collaboration with the government system, local communities and the local education committees in 50 schools in Mayurbhanj.

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DIGICEL has now passed the 2 million-subscriber mark

A year later, Digicel has now passed the 2 million-subscriber mark, and is continuing to grow its customer base with over 75 per cent of the Jamaican market. Speaking with Caribbean Business Report from Digicel's New Kingston headquarters on Wednesday, Linehan said, "Looking back over the last year, I am very pleased with how Digicel is progressing in Jamaica. Our Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are moving in the right direction and we have no complaints. It really has been a successful year. "Our market share is hovering at around 75 per cent, but since the rebranding of our competitors (LIME and Claro) we have seen our subscriber base grow month-on-month. That's a testament to the way we keep engaging our customers in value propositions. Last year Carlos Slim's America Movil, branded as Claro in the region, was launched in Jamaica with much fanfare and the promise of cheaper rates and a 3G network that would render Digicel's GSM network obsolete. Digicel responded with an aggressive marketing campaign, the likes of which have never been seen before in Jamaica, as it sought to defend its dominant market share. This was indeed a baptism of fire for Linehan, who has served eight years in the Caribbean in a senior management capacity with Digicel. Has Claro made a dent in Digicel's market share and is the Mexican outfit's presence growing? "Our strategy is not to focus on the competition; rather we focus on the customer. Yes, we are aware that the competitive environment has heated up somewhat. But it's all about providing value in this economic climate and we seek to deliver on our customers' needs. One statistic that does jump out at me is that the minutes of usage, since April of last year of our customers have increased by 60 per cent. That ties back to us investing US$100 million in our network and retail channel last year. We now have 1,200 sites, which makes us the biggest network by far in Jamaica.

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Ottawa's $46.6-billion stimulus package

Finance Minister Jim Flaherty says he's been given marching orders to prepare Canada for life in a post-financial-crisis world, starting with a plan to return Canada to a budget surplus as soon as possible. As a result, Flaherty said he would be wary of accepting new spending commitments beyond what's in Ottawa's $46.6-billion stimulus package, including proposed changes that would enrich the employment-insurance program. For the past two days, Flaherty has met with business, academic and think-tank leaders at a conference centre in Chelsea, Que., to gather feedback as to what should drive government policy in the short and long term. In an interview, Flaherty said the most pressing issue he heard was the need to lay out a more detailed road map toward a budget surplus once the two-year stimulus plan has expired. It is an indication deficit reduction could emerge as a key policy theme for the Conservative government once Parliament returns in the fall. Speculation about election timing resumes in earnest. "What I have heard a lot about is the need to reduce government deficit and debt over time," Flaherty told the National Post. "There was an acceptance broadly of the need for stimulus spending . . . but there is definitely a desire to have a definite plan that would take the government out of deficit over time."


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BHU and the department of Archaeology

VARANASI: A meeting of the UK India Education and Research Initiative (UKIERI) Project was held at the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) on Thursday. According to the university spokesperson, the UKIERI project has been running between the department of Ancient Indian History Culture and Archaeology, BHU and the department of Archaeology, the University of Cambridge after a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the two universities. Dr Cameron Petrie, principal investigator UK, represented the University of Cambridge while the BHU was represented by Prof Paras Nath Singh, head of the department, and Dr RN Singh, principal investigator India. The BHU V-C Prof DP Singh welcomed the visiting guest. Petrie explained about the progress of the project land, water and settlement running between the two institutions. Workshop held: The department of journalism and mass communication, Banaras Hindu University (BHU), in collaboration with the press, publication and publicity cell of the varsity, organised a workshop on news reporting, writing and editing on Thursday. BHU vice-chancellor Prof DP Singh inaugurated the workshop.


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S V S College, Bantwal and Government First Grade College

MANGALORE: The district administration has issued notices to S V S College, Bantwal and Government First Grade College, Uppinangady to explain their stand on the controversial ban on burqas in the campuses. Once the district administration receives the reports, it will await the decision of the state government and the Department of Collegiate Education.The administration, based on representations from aggrieved students represented the issue to DC V Ponnuraj, who in turn issued notices to the institutions to explain their stand. Observing that neither Mangalore University to which these institutions S V S College, Bantwal and Government First Grade College, Uppinangady are affiliated to, nor the administration has any powers per se to intervene in the issue, Ponnuraj said: "We will go through their replies and send it to the state government, who can then take a decision on it." The University has delegated all disciplinary powers to the colleges, he said. The institutions, the DC asserted, should tell the students beforehand about the terms and conditions governing their admission. The aim of issuing the notices basically is to find out under what provisions have they taken a decision to deny students like Aysha Asmin at Bantwal and others in Uppinangady from wearing a headscarf, he said. The government must take a call on this sensitive issue that is more social in nature. Not conceding that this was a socio-political issue in light of suggestions that external groups from two major communities were keeping the issue alive, Ponnuraj reiterated that it is more social in nature. It is for society to collectively decide on such issues rather than for groups to dictate terms, he said adding that if managements of the two institutions apprehend danger from these groups, they can turn to the police for help.

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U.S. and this earlier exit by Japan and others

The move by Japan out of recession this week, following France and Germany last week, is welcome news for the UK economy. As well as benefiting UK exporters, it is an encouraging sign that the coordinated global action of the past year is beginning to bear fruit. What has been remarkable about this recession is its synchronised, global nature. Every country in the G7 has entered recession, with the decline in German and Japanese output greater than here in the UK in earlier quarters. In responding to that synchronised downturn, we require an international and co-ordinated response. That's why the agreements we've reached through the G20 have been so important. In Britain's response to the recession, we have adopted a model that has been followed around the world. The IMF have praised our response to the crisis as bold. That's not to say that the details have been identical - economies are different, as can be seen by the earlier entry into recession by the U.S. and this earlier exit by Japan and others. But, the steps we have taken have been broadly followed elsewhere.


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