ICSI to honour excellence in corporate governance
Mumbai: In pursuit of excellence and to identify, foster and reward the culture of evolving globally acceptable standards of corporate governance among the Indian companies, the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) is organizing the "ICSI National Award For Excellence in Corporate Governance" award function for the year 2009 on Saturday, December 19, between 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at International Convention Hall, Bombay Stock Exchange Limited, Mumbai. The event, which started from 2...
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Category Maharashtra
News Published Date:2009-12-21 18:26:27
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Rajasthan IIT, IIM to come up in Jodhpur, Udaipur
Jaipur: Congress leaders have at last converged to settle their discrepancy over the site to be chosen for setting up an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) and Indian Institute of Management (IIM) in Rajasthan. "Jodhpur is the deemed location for the IIT while Udaipur will get the IIM", said an official from the Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry. According to sources, a five-member HRD ministry team, headed by Ashok Thakur, the Additional Secretary in HRD Ministry, is expected t...
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Category Rajasthan
News Published Date:Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:30:40 GMT
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Global warming eroding Goa beaches- Governor
Panaji: Goa Governor S.S. Sidhu on Monday warned that the ill-effects of global warming were fast knocking at the state's doors and eroding its beaches.Speaking at a civic reception in honour of President Pratibha Patil, Sidhu said, "Goa has started feeling the heat of global warming. Some of our beaches are being washed away." Sidhu's statement comes in wake of nearly 10 percent of Goa beaches such as Calangute, Candolim and Baga being eroded by the rising sea. Accordin...
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Category Today
News Published Date:2009-11-23 14:43:59
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Thousands of new species found in ocean's darkest depths
Washington: An ongoing census of deep-sea animals has revealed an astonishing abundance, diversity and distribution of species. Deep-towed cameras, sonar and other vanguard technologies have identified some 17,650 species thriving in the darkest deep, a bewildering collection ranging from crabs to shrimp to worms.These creatures somehow eke out an existence in a frigid black zone five km below the turbulent waves, beyond the pale of sunlight. Most have adapted to diets based on meagre dr...
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Category Today
News Published Date:2009-11-23 14:43:59
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Rajasthan IIT to run from Jodhpur college
Jodhpur: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Rajasthan, which is scheduled to begin its academic session next year, will temporarily operate from the M.B.M. (Mugniram Bangur Memorial) Engineering College in Jodhpur until the construction of a new building. "A letter for acquisition of land for the IIT has been sent to the District Collector. Four hundred twenty one acres land out of the marked land is under private ownership, thus their acquisition process will start soon", the institute...
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Category Today
News Published Date:2009-11-21 14:50:17
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How does brain zero in on single bit of information
Washington: How does the brain zero in on a single bit of information, out of the tens of thousands that it is bombarded with daily? Researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) have discovered a mechanism that the brain uses to filter out distracting thoughts to focus on a single bit of information.Think of your brain like a radio: You're turning the knob on to find your favourite station, but the knob jams, and you're stuck listening to something that's ...
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Category Today
News Published Date:2009-11-23 14:43:59
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GJM to make new educational policy in West Bengal hills
Siliguri (West Bengal): The Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM), which is leading a movement for a separate state in North West Bengal, on March 17, said it is conducting a survey in all schools in the hills to frame an education policy for the 'future' state."We are surveying these institutions to know the quality of education being imparted, number of permanent and part-time teachers and infrastructure standards so that we can work on the loopholes and formulate a new education policy for th...
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Category West Bengal
News Published Date:Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:13:12 GMT
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Now, get a diploma in patent law online
New Delhi: Delhi's National Law University has started a postgraduate course in Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and patent law. The course, to be run through video conferencing, will enable students to get absorbed in research and development organisations, government and non-government agencies. Under intellectual property laws, owners are granted certain exclusive rights to a variety of intangible assets, such as musical, literary, and artistic works, ideas, discoveries and invention...
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Category Law
News Published Date:Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:31:53 GMT
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Professional education takes a hit in Punjab
Chandigarh: Courses in management, engineering, hotel management and pharmacy may be the most sought after in other places but thousands of seats in these streams are going a begging in the progressive state of Punjab.Private technical institutions in the state are saying that nearly 45 percent of the seats -- 26,000 out of the total 60,000 seats in most sought-after streams -- are lying vacant in leading institutions. "This is resulting in a loss of hundreds of crores of rupees annually to thes...
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Category Punjab
News Published Date:2009-12-14 14:49:00
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NE student delegation meets PM, address issues
New Delhi: A delegation of students, representing all the eight North Eastern States, studying in Delhi recently met Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh in the Parliament House to address the issue of violence against students/ youth hailing from the region.The students met the PM in the meeting, which lasted for 40 minutes where they highlighted the inaction of the police upon their complaints of harassment and the cultural prejudices they face in the Capital.They were accompanied by Union Minist...
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Category Delhi
News Published Date:2009-12-17 11:15:25
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