In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of article 224 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint Shri Goutam Bhaduri to be Additional Judge of Chhattisgarh High Court, for a period of three months with effect from 16th December, 2015.
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Boeing announced an agreement with China Postal Airlines for 10 Next-Generation 737 Boeing Converted Freighters (BCFs), pending a program launch.
Through its converted freighter programs, Boeing extends the valuable service life of a passenger airplane by modifying it to function as a freighter.
“This is a historic order both for China Postal and Boeing,” said Yufeng Li, president of China Postal Airlines, who signed the agreement with Boeing leaders at a ceremony today in Beijing. “The 737-800 BCF will bring to our freighter fleet more advanced avionics, better fuel efficiency and lower operating costs that will ensure China Postal’s continued success as a leader in the industry.”
The 737-800 is the first Next-Generation 737 that Boeing will offer for conversion. Through the 737 BCF program, Boeing will support customers in the narrow-body freighter market, a segment of the freighter market growing quickly around the world.
China Postal Airlines joins Hangzhou-based YTO Airlines as a launch customer for the Boeing BCF program.
China Postal’s agreement with Boeing – which also includes the purchase of seven Boeing 757-200s that the airline plans to convert into freighters – marks the largest purchase order in the airline’s history.
“We are honored that China Postal Airlines has put their trust in Boeing as they expand their freighter fleet,” said Rick Anderson, vice president, Sales and Marketing, Boeing Commercial Aviation Services. “We are committed to this program, which addresses a growing need in the market, and are currently working closely with multiple customers in China and around the world who are interested in the experience, reliable execution and seamless global support Boeing brings.”
The China air express market is forecast to be among the fastest growing segments of the world air cargo market. According to the Boeing World Air Cargo Forecast, world air cargo traffic will grow 4.7 percent per year over the next 20 years, with domestic China and intra-Asia markets expanding 6.7 percent and 6.5 percent per year, respectively.
“With its express market growing at a double-digit rate fueled by e-commerce, China has surpassed the United States to become the number one e-commerce market in the world,” said Ihssane Mounir, senior vice president, Northeast Asia Sales, Boeing Commercial Airplanes. “Boeing is committed to supporting China Postal Airlines and other express carriers to harvest this opportunity and become competitive in the global market.”
Dal and beans offer protein and tend to be sources of several minerals like potassium and magnesium. However, on the downside they offer only a moderate amount of protein. They contain 25% protein and approx 50% starch or high carbohydrate content, which explains why they’re so hard to digest. Also, beans are rich in protein and starch (requiring different digestive environments and enzymes) and this can make thorough digestion more difficult. While its protein is being digested, starch lies in the stomach and ferments, producing gas and toxins making one feel bloated and uneasy.
If one were to get protein needs from dal alone you would have to consume a huge amount of dal and beans. The table below explains how long does dal in comparison to egg, chicken etc. takes to digest. I can safely say that, going by the merit of protein, eggs are easily available, digestible, affordable and, most importantly, cannot be adulterated. They contain one of the highest quality proteins found in nature.
Dr Janaki Srinath, Nationally Acclaimed Nutritionist from Hyderabad very rightly said, “Given the risk low protein levels pose to the health of Indians, spreading proteins evenly across meals is extremely important. Combining vegetable, grain, pulses, egg and dairy products gives you a perfect protein intake for the day. Consumption of adequate protein ensures strong immune defense, efficient signaling of nerves and impulses, healthy hair and maintenance of fluid balance in the body. Protein can also turn into an energy provider when required by the body. Insufficiency of protein in the body affects all organs and overall growth and development. Probably the most important contribution of protein is its ability to reduce appetite and cause a spontaneous reduction in calorie intake. Protein intake is essential for stages of life leading to a better body composition and metabolic rate in modern sedentary lifestyles. Protein is much more satiating than both fat and carbs.”
As digesting dal is not easy many experts recommend limiting its intake quantity for up to 50-60 grams per day. However, this gives you only 10-11 grams of protein per day which is much less than the recommended daily protein intake of 1 gram of protein for every kilogram of body weight every day, like Poultry India says in its nationwide Protein Awareness Campaign!
Also, according to Dr Geeta Dharmatti, a nationally acclaimed nutritionist from Pune, “An egg as a whole has more nutrition than only egg whites or only egg yellow. The egg yellow (Yolk) has all the vital nutrients and half the protein of an egg. Studies recommend 1 whole egg daily for a healthy adult. One egg contains 333 Mg of cholesterol which is equivalent to one day’s requirement. To outweigh the impact of cholesterol it is recommended to have more fiber in diet as fruits, vegetables and whole grains. Those who can, should add lean poultry because as little as 100gms of lean chicken per day will give nearly half the recommended protein intake your body needs. Lean Chicken, eggs whites, fish have less saturated fat than most red meat.”
As governments struggle to increase the production of pulses, the poultry sector could well be the solution to India’s hunger problem. It’s no secret that eggs are one of the best sources of protein. What makes this even better is the high ratio of protein/fat that eggs offer, with a little more than 6 grams of protein and just 5 grams of fat. Most important, the eggs are as vegetarian as milk because they are unfertilized and can never be hatched.
The article has been written by Mr. Harish Garware, President of Indian Poultry Manufacturers Association and member of the Executive Advisory Committee, organizers of Poultry India
Summary:A new genetic model has been developed that is yielding new insights into what happens when astrocytes go awry. Damage to astrocytes — star-shaped cells found in the brain and spinal cord — is found in many neurodegenerative conditions, but it’s been unclear exactly what role astrocyte dysfunction plays in the development of disease.
A fruit fly model of a rare, neurodegenerative disease is helping researchers trace the series of steps that lead to neuronal cell death. Damage to astrocytes — star-shaped cells found in the brain and spinal cord — is found in many neurodegenerative conditions, but it’s been unclear exactly what role astrocyte dysfunction plays in the development of disease.
Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) have developed a genetic model that is yielding new insights into what happens when astrocytes go awry. The research team developed a fruit fly model of Alexander disease, a neurodegenerative disease that primarily affects astrocytes, and was able to narrow in on the molecular signals leading to neuronal cell death, identifying nitric oxide (NO) as a critical mediator. The team verified their results in a mouse model and also found evidence of activation of the same pathway in samples from patients with Alexander disease.
“We’re excited to be contributing to a growing area of study of how astrocytes contribute to neurodegeneration, and to have uncovered a role for NO as a neuronal cell death signaling molecule,” said corresponding author Mel B. Feany, MD, PhD, a senior pathologist in the BWH Department of Pathology. “Our findings define a potential mechanism for neuronal cell death in Alexander disease and possibly other neurodegenerative diseases with astrocyte dysfunction.”
Source:Brigham and Women’s Hospital
In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of article 224 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint Shri Sanjay Kumar Agrawal to be Additional Judge of Chhattisgarh High Court, for a period of three months with effect from 16th December, 2015.
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In October next year, a first ever high-level business and academic delegation will come from the United Kingdom to participate in the 22nd edition of Technology Summit which is an annual flagship event hosted by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in partnership with the Department of Science and Technology. This was announced here on Wednesday by Union Minister of Science and Technology and Earth Sciences, Dr Harsh Vardhan and UK’s Minister of State for Science and Universities, Mr Jo Johnson, who was here as part of a high-level delegation.
Dr Vardhan recalled that in recent meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and UK’s Prime Minister Mr David Cameron, science, technology and innovation was recognised as an important pillar in the bilateral Indo-UK partnership. “The holding of the Technology Summit next year with the UK as the partner country will be a flagship event to mark 2016 as the Indo-UK Year of Education, Research & Innovation. The summit shall provide platform for linking scientific knowledge generation to market and economic growth of both the nations,” said the Union minister.
Exuding confidence about the growing ties of his country with India, Mr Johnson said, “The UK’s partnership of India’s 2016 Technology Summit and KnowledgExpo is a unique opportunity for our countries to demonstrate our world class collaboration in education, innovation and entrepreneurship.”
“The Technology Summit and KnowledgExpo will be a standout platform for innovative businesses and thought leaders in 2016. I am delighted to be here today with DST and CII to formally launch these events, which are indicative of the rapidly growing partnership between India and the UK in these areas,” he said.
Dr Naushad Forbes, President Designate of CII and Director of Forbes Marshall, said, “The coming together of the two nations, who share a long history of more than 200 years, is fortunate. Though the two countries have been working together on several initiatives in the past 70-odd years, this is the first time that UK will be showcasing the technological prowess of its industry and academic institutions during the India-UK Technology Summit and KnowledgExpo 2016.”
He added that he hoped that this bilateral summit will lead to new avenues of collaborations and joint ventures.
Director-General of CII, Mr Chandrajit Banerjee, said, “Indian industry looks forward to working more closely with British industry.” Though there are several platforms such as the India-UK CEOs’ Forum and Jetco through which the two sides have been collaborating in the past, the partnership for next year’s Technology Summit and KnowledgExpo will take the ties to a different level, he added.
The India-UK Technology Summit and KnowledgExpo will take place from 24th October to 26th October 2016 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. At this event, key stakeholders from both the countries in the areas of knowledge economy like Science & Technology, R&D, Design, Higher Education, IPR, and Innovation & Entrepreneurship / Start-up will converge and explore partnerships. There will be five parallel summits, including technology summit, higher education summit, intellectual property rights summit, design summit and innovation & entrepreneurship summit. A large India-UK exhibition featuring technology-intensive industry; academic & R&D institutions of excellence; start-ups; innovative design firms; intellectual property institutions and many others from both the countries will showcase knowledge-intensive businesses and initiatives.
Being organised for the 22nd consecutive year, previous partner countries of technology summit have been the US (in 2014), Spain, France, Israel, Germany and many others.
UK’s science and innovation partnership with India is a fast growing, mutually beneficial relationship. Since 2008, over a 100 high-impact, high-quality research projects worth over £200 million have been co-funded by Research Councils UK and Indian partners. The UK and India signed the Newton Bhabha agreement in November 2014 under which the UK has committed £50m over 5 years for Science and Innovation collaborations and India will match fund joint programmes under this partnership. These collaborations will address grand societal challenges like food, water, energy, health and sustainable cities. Innovation collaboration with India is also growing rapidly, jointly accelerating the translation of knowledge to commercial outcomes. Innovate UK and Indian partners will announce the third round of their collaborative industrial R&D programme, making up to £3.5m available to support novel commercial solutions in the areas of clean-tech energy, affordable healthcare and ICT related to clean-tech energy and healthcare.
The Government of India has requested the States/UTs to start “Operation Smile-II” from 1st January, 2016 to 31st January, 2016 to be rolled out throughout the country as a follow up of the earlier campaign to rescue/rehabilitate the missing children. In this regard, the Union Home Secretary, Shri Rajiv Mehrishi has written a letter to the Chief Secretaries of all states and Union Territories for whole hearted participation in ‘Operation Smile-II’ in their respective State/UT.
Earlier all States/UTs were advised to take up a one month campaign titled ‘Operation Smile’ in the month of January, 2015 to rescue/rehabilitate the missing children. Similarly, another dedicated campaign titled ‘Operation Muskaan’ was launched in the month of July, 2015 throughout the country.
The States have so far reported that 9146 children under Operation ‘Smile’ and 19742 children under Operation “Muskaan” were rescued/rehabilitated. A large number of missing children have been reunited with their families which is a remarkable achievement made by the field offices. In order to motivate the policemen to take up such causes with sincerity and empathy, 44 Police Officers from different States/UTs who had played a commendable role during Operation “Smile” in January 2015 were recognized and rewarded by the Union Home Minister Shri Rajnath Singh during the National Conference on Anti Human Trafficking held in New Delhi on 7th October, 2015.
Various activities are being undertaken with respect to the rolling out of “Operation Smile-II”. During this operation, all children residing in shelter homes, platforms, bus stands, roads, religious places, etc. are to be screened by trained police personnel. Before 1st January, 2016, the Police Personnel from each state are to be properly trained in methodology to extract information from such children tactfully without their getting intimidated, as well as in various provisions of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) JJ Act, Protection of Child Right Act, relevant sections of Cr.PC & IPC and Advisories issued by MHA etc. To know the magnitude of the problem, data with full details of number of cases of missing children will be maintained and shared at intra-State and Inter-state level. Information about Child Welfare Committees (CWCs) would be prepared and shared among all rescue teams and stakeholders.
During the operation, the particulars of such identified children will be uploaded on the ‘Missing child’ portal of the Ministry of Women and Child Development by the respective State Police. Rehabilitation measures whenever needed are to be taken up in coordination with the other line Departments like Department of Women & Child Development, Police, Labour, etc so that scope of re-victimization is eliminated. It has also been emphasized that public awareness should be increased by way of national campaign, advertisement on national media, etc.
The States/UTs have been advised to extend all possible cooperation during inter-state rescue operations, to ensure proper provision of availability of food, clothes, medical-aid, professional translators, psychiatrists and shelter homes for rehabilitation/reintegration well before the rescue operation and to ensure that such operations are conducted in strict compliance of the existing legal provisions.
Lockheed Martin demonstrated its ability to integrate unmanned aircraft system (UAS) operations into the National Airspace System (NAS) using its prototype UAS Traffic Management (UTM) capabilities. During the demonstration on Nov. 18, the Stalker XE UAS provided data and a precise geolocation to the unmanned K-MAX cargo helicopter, which conducted water drops to extinguish a fire, while the UTM tracked the UAS operations and communicated with Air Traffic Control in real time.
“This demonstration represents the path forward for flying UAS in the NAS using Flight Service-based UTM capabilities to extend the technology and systems that air traffic controllers know and understand,” said Paul Engola, Vice President, Transportation & Financial Solutions. “We were able to successfully modify the existing K-MAX and Stalker XE ground control software to connect to the UTM services and conduct the firefighting mission.”
For more than 80 years, manned aircraft have supported firefighting missions during daylight hours. Because unmanned K-MAX can fly day and night, in all weather, its insertion into firefighting operations offers the potential to triple the amount of time ground firefighters can receive aerial support.
The Stalker XE UAS worked in tandem with K-MAX to identify hot spots and fire intensity with its electro-optical, infrared camera. Its stable, high definition imaging capabilities enable day and night operations. Powered by a ruggedized solid oxide fuel cell, Stalker XE achieves more than eight hours of flight endurance.
With five decades of experience in unmanned systems for air, land and sea, Lockheed Martin’s solutions are engineered to help our military, civil and commercial customers accomplish their most difficult challenges today and in the future.
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Video demonstrations:
Collaborative Unmanned Systems Firefighting Demonstration
Stalker XE UAS Footage
Stalker XE UAS Footage: K-MAX Firefighting Water Drop
Stalker XE UAS Footage: K-MAX Hovering
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The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) is seeking qualified candidates for the post of CHAIRMAN & MANAGING DIRECTOR, MOIL LIMITED .
Last date of receipt: 21st, January,2016
More: http://pesb.gov.in/Vacancy/MOIL-CMD.pdf
In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of article 224 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint Shri Puthichira Sam Koshy, to be Additional Judge of Chhattisgarh High Court, for a period of three months with effect from 16th December, 2015.
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The government is working towards bringing theinformal sector of India, which comprises 88 per cent of the workforce, under the ambit of a pension scheme. Currently only 3-4% employees in this sector have any kind of pension coverage which is also inadequate in terms of the escalating living and healthcare costs, said Mr. Hemant G Contractor, Chairman, Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA), here today at the first annual conference of FICCI on ‘Pensions Sector in India: Growth Opportunities and Challenges’. Mr. Contractor said that the government’s Atal Pension Scheme had received a good response and it had been able to attract many individuals from the lower strata of society. However, he mentioned that for the people below the poverty line, who do not have the capacity to join a voluntary pension scheme, the government needs to create a social scheme, which provides them coverage when they turn senior citizens.
Emphasizing the importance of the pension scheme, Mr. Contractor said that in India 10 per cent of the global senior citizens reside and with an increase in life expectancy this number would double in 15 years from now. Hence, it was imperative to bring about awareness regarding the existing pension schemes in the face of escalating living and healthcare costs to ensure a comfortable life once a person attains the age of 60 years. Mr. Contractor said that the government and PFRDA were working towards developing pension schemes that were flexible, portable and transparent in terms of financial implications. He added that the sector needs to be regulated to safeguard the interest of the people from the lower income group. On the occasion, Mr. Contractor released a FICCI-KPMG Knowledge Paper ‘Employee pensions in India – Current practices, challenges and prospects’. Mr. G N Bajpai, Former Chairman-Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) and Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), said that pension schemes in India like other financial products is a push product, of which a majority of the people are not aware about.
He added that there was a lack of ownership about the customer as well. Once a person joins a pension scheme there is no agency accountable to attend to the needs and grievances of a customer. Also, the rate of return on pension schemes needed to be higher than the existing rates, which should be competitive with the world market rates. Ms. Parizad Sirwalla, Partner and Head, Global Mobility Services, Tax, KPMG in India, said that well-designed pension system is one which is economically and financially sustainable, while providing for a meaningful retirement income to the beneficiaries. It also accumulates long- term savings that aid investments in infrastructure. Since pension plans are very long-term plans, small changes in contributions and investment returns can make a big difference in the terminal corpus, owing to the power of compounding. Mr Rambir Dalal, Director, KPMG in India made a presentation highlighting the key findings of the FICCI-KPMG report.
He offered an overview of the employer pension schemes available in India and also provided an international perspective by comparing Indian pension plans with those of other countries like Netherlands, Canada, United Kingdom and China. He also shared the industry recommendations for enhancing the coverage of employer pension plans, which included suggestions like the need for clear communication from service providers to all employers/employees on various pension schemes ad their respective benefits, need to make these plans transparent and simple, offering greater tax benefits to NPs etc. On the similar lines, Mr. Amitabh Chaudhry, Chair, FICCI’s Insurance and Pensions Committee and Managing Director and CEO, HDFC Life Insurance Co Ltd., also shared his observations that although various pension schemes have been introduced in the country, there is a lack of awareness about these schemes in the country. In this context, he further mentioned that by organising the annual pensions conference, FICCI has created a platform for stakeholders to create awareness and promote pension schemes in the country.
Under normal circumstances no refund is granted on confirmed, RAC and Waitlisted tickets after the departure of the train.
Minister of State for Railways Shri Manoj Sinha has informed that with effect from 12.11.2015, certain provisions of Railway Passengers (Cancellation of tickets and refund of fare) Rules have been amended and comprehensive Railway Passengers (Cancellation of tickets and refund of fare) Rules 2015 have been notified through Gazette Notification G.S.R. 836(E). dated 04.11.2015.
Important changes made in Railway Passengers (Cancellation of tickets and refund of fare) Rules are as under:-
Refund on cancellation of unused confirmed tickets:
(i) If confirmed ticket is presented for cancellation upto 48 hours before the scheduled departure of the train, per passenger minimum cancellation charge is levied
. (ii). If confirmed ticket is presented for cancellation between 48 hours and upto 12 hours before the scheduled departure of the train, 25% cancellation charges is levied subject to minimum flat cancellation charge.
(iii) If confirmed ticket is presented for cancellation between 12 hours and upto 4 hours before the scheduled departure of the train irrespective of distance, 50% cancellation charge is levied subject to minimum flat cancellation charge.
(iv). Refund on confirmed ticket is granted only upto 4 hours before the scheduled departure of the train.
(B). Refund on cancellation of unused RAC/Wait-listed tickets/Partially confirmed tickets:-
(i). When RAC/Waitlisted ticket/Partially confirmed tickets is presented for cancellation, the refund of fare minus clerkage charge is made upto 30 minutes before the scheduled departure of the train.
Certain provisions of Railway Passengers (Cancellation of tickets and refund of fare) Rules have been amended to check bogus claims, to facilitate provision of Mobile ticketing as well as paperless ticketing, discourage last minute cancellation resulting in seats/berths going vacant etc. The amendment in refund rules became necessary to adapt to changes/developments in the ticketing systems.
Further, reservation charts are being prepared at least 4 hours in advance, which facilitates purchase of available berths till 30 minutes before departure of the train.
No cancellation charge or clerkage charges is levied and full fare is refunded to all passengers holding confirmed, RAC and Wait-listed tickets if the journey is not undertaken due to late running of the train by more than three hours of scheduled departure of the train from the journey commencing station, subject to the condition that the ticket is surrendered prior to the actual departure of the train
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