Employment News of This Week 29 October to 1 Nov Current News
Astronomers Discovered Seven Planet System
Astronomers, in the month of October 2013 , revealed that they identified one of the richest planetary systems.
The astronomers discovered the seventh planet around the dwarf star KIC 11442793.
The discovery was done by two different teams of researchers from the
University of Oxford and team of astronomers from several European
countries.
The newly discovered planetary system has a lot of similarities like our own system.
However, all the seven planets orbit closer to the host star which is
situated around 2500 light years from the Earth.Chris Lintott, from the
University of Oxford, co-author on the Planet Hunters paper explained
that this was the first seven-planet system from Kepler, by making use
of the transiting search.
The research done by the team of Chris Lintott was submitted to the
Astronomical Journal for peer review. Another research conducted by the
astronomers from several European countries submitted their paper to the
Astrophysical Journal.
Apart from this, there is another star, HD 10180, which is claimed to
have either seven or even nine planetary signals. Yet another sun called
GJ 887C might have seven planets.
5th South Asian Conference on Sanitation begins in Nepal
Aiming to promote hygienic practices and enhance the quality of life in
South Asian countries, a regional conference on sanitation has been
inaugurated by Nepalese President Ram Baran Yadav.
Around 300 delegates, including former external affairs minister Madhav
Singh Solanki, are among the dignitaries attending the 5th South Asian
Conference on Sanitation.
Constitution of Nepal has guaranteed for right to live in safer
environment to its citizens and sanitation journey in Nepal is one of
the step ensuring rights given by constitution," said President Yadav,
who inaugurated the three-day regional conference on Monday.
Nepal has already surpassed its Millennium Development Goal (MDG) in
sanitation with 62 per cent sanitation coverage. We are on our way to
attain the universal sanitation standard by 2017," he said.
Besides eight South-Asian countries, representatives from the World
Health Organization, World Bank and UNICEF are also among the
particpants.
The conference will conclude with the announcement of the Kathmandu
Declaration as a way forward to better sanitation in the region.
Radio docu about Aus-Indian community issues gets UN award
A radio documentary about domestic violence and other related issues in
the Australian Indian community has won a prestigious United Nations
Association of Australia (UNAA) media award.
The documentary was awarded this year in the category of "increasing understanding and awareness of women’s' rights and issues".
SBS Radio Punjabi Program's The Enemy Within' explored a complex issue of domestic violence in Indian migrant communities.
Manpreet Kaur Singh and Sacha Payne displayed exemplary skill in
bringing forward a full picture of the experiences of women in violent
relationships," the UNA A official statement said, The award winning
documentary has also been named as a finalist at Australia's most
coveted award for journalism - the Walkleys.
The Walkley winners will be announced at the end of November.
Singh is a well known radio broadcaster and producer for SBS Punjabi radio channel. He joined SBS Melbourne in 1993.
Chinese Scientists Developed Bird Flu Vaccine
The scientists from China has developed vaccine for H7N9 Bird Flu Virus.
The vaccine was jointly developed by the School of Medicine of the
Zhejiang University, Hong Kong University, Chinese Center for Disease
Control and Prevention, National Institute for Food and Drug Control,
and the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences.
China reported the world’s first human case for H7N9 bird flu infection
in March 2013. As of now, a total of 136 people were confirmed to have
been infected with the virus.
Of the infected, 45 died, representing a fatality rate of about 33 per cent.
Avian influenza A H7 viruses are a group of influenza viruses that normally circulate among birds.
The avian influenza A (H7N9) virus is one subgroup among the larger
group of H7 viruses. Although some H7 viruses (H7N2, H7N3 and H7N7) have
occasionally been found to infect humans.
PM conferred Honorary Doctorate by Russian institute
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was on Monday conferred an Honorary
Doctorate by the prestigious Moscow State Institute of International
Relations.
Accepting the rare honour at a special ceremony, Singh said he
considered it a matter of "great honour" that the Institute decided to
confer the doctorate on him.
During his speech he invoked Mahatma Gandhi and Leo Tolstoy, saying that
one only has to glance at the rich correspondence between the two to
get a sense of how formative the thinking of Tolstoy was for Gandhi's
practice of non-violence.
Founded in 1944, it is the oldest and the most renowned school in Russia
for preparing specialists in international relations and diplomacy.
French Award For Anjali Gopalan
France on 25 October awarded its highest civilian award ‘Chevalier de la
Legion d’Honneur’ to Anjali Gopalan for her work on transgenders and
HIV positive patients.
She was awarded at a function, by Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, the French Cabinet Minister for Women’s Right.
Anjali Gopalan is an Indian Human Rights and Animals Rights Activist.She
started the Naz Foundation (India) Trust as its executive director,
which further changed the lives of the HIV Positive, transgenders and
homosexuals .
Amitabh Bachchan gets Hridaynath Mangeshkar award
Megastar Amitabh Bachchan received the third Hridaynath Mangeshkar award for his contribution to the film industry.
The prestigious Hridaynath Mangeshkar award was supposed to be presented
by melody queen Lata Mangeshkar to Bachchan, but due to health issues
she could not make it and filmmaker Subhash Ghai did the honours.
The award function was followed by 'Hridayotsava 71' music concert,
which was a musical tribute to Bachchan and Mangeshkar, with some of the
best yesteryears hit numbers sung by Shaan, Sunidhi Chauhan, Sudesh
Bhosale, Mahalaxmi, Sadhana Sargam and many others.
The Mangeshkar family has been observing Pt Hridaynath's birthday for
last 24 years and the first award was bagged by Lata Mangeshkar in 2011.
Her younger Asha Bhosle was honoured with the same award last year.
Sushmita Sen receives Mother Teresa International Award
Former Miss Universe Sushmita Sen has been awarded the Mother Teresa
International Award by NGO The Harmony Foundation for her efforts
towards achieving social justice
Sushmita, who is associated with charitbale projects and NGOs, received
the award Sunday and took to Twitter to express her feelings.
Beautiful People!... wanted you to wake up to 'The Mother Teresa
International Award', which I received last night... precious," Sushmita
posted on the microblogging site early Monday morning.
The Harmony Foundation also honoured former Outlaw motorcycle club
member Sam Childers for his efforts towards rescuing children from a
war-zone in Sudan.
Mexican, Indian films win top awards at Mumbai Film Festival
Mexican drama 'La Jaula De Oro' (The Golden Cage) won the best film
award by a debutante director on the closing day of 15th Mumbai Film
Festival that also recognised Singapore's 'Ilo Ilo' and Indian films
'Fandry', 'Katiyabaaz' and 'Qissa'.
Directed by Diego Quemada-Diaz, 'The Golden Cage' was honoured with the
Golden Gateway of India award and a cash prize by the jury headed by
director Bruce Beresford.
Quemada-Diaz said he was happy to see a topic like illegal migration,
which isa huge issue in his country, find resonance with the audience.
Marathi director Nagraj Manjule's maiden effort 'Fandry', dealing with
issues of adolescence and caste prejudices, was given the jury grand
prize.
Ilo Ilo', Singapore's entry this year to the best foreign film Oscar,
had a double win for director Anthony Chen and actress Yeo Yann Yann who
won in the best director and actress categories.
The best actor prize was given to French actor Vincent Macaigne for his role in French film
Fahad Mustafa and Deepti Kakkar's factual drama 'Katiyabaaz', about the
electricity crisis in Kanpur, surprised by scooping the best film in the
India Gold segment while Anup Singh's 'Qissa' was named the second best
film by the jury headed by Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi.
GAIL and Paradip Port signed MoU for setting up of LNG terminal
GAIL India and Paradip Port Trust on 26 October 2013 signed a Memorandum
of Understanding for setting up an offshore Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)
terminal at Paradip Port, Odisha.
The MoU envisages setting up of the project with a capacity of 4 Million
Metric Tonnes Per Annum (MMPTA) in Phase-I with a storage capacity of
170000 cubic metres.
This will entail a total investment of 3108 crore rupees out of which
Paradip Port would invest 650 crores rupees in breakwater & dredging
and balance 2458 crores rupees will be invested by GAIL. The Phase-I of
the project is targeted to be completed by 2017.
SC directs Sahara Group to hand over its properties
SC directs Sahara Group to hand over title deeds of its properties worth Rs 20,000 crores to SEBI within three weeks.
The apex court said that If Sahara Group doesn't hand over title deeds
within three weeks then Subrata Roy and other directors can't leave the
country without its permission.
SC tells Sahara, “There is no escape and the money has to be paid”.
You indulge too much in hide and seek, we cannot trust you anymore”, SC
tell Sahara while directing it to handover valuation report of its
properties.
Serena Williams beats Li Na for WTA title
Serena Williams ended her best season in suitable style, coming from
behind to beat Li Na 2-6, 6-3, 6-0 on Sunday for her second straight WTA
Championships title.
Williams collected her 11th title of the year and became the first
player to repeat as champion at the season-ending event since Justine
Henin in 2007.
The American won her fourth WTA Championship, having captured the elite
tournament for the top eight players also in her debut in 2001 and in
2009 and 2012.
Williams' titles this year included the French and U.S. Opens for a total of 17 Grand Slam crowns.
Maharashtra Cabinet Decided To Implement New Mining Rules
The Maharashtra cabinet has decided to implement new mining rules on 23
October, which is aimed atensuring planned and scientific exploitation
of the state’s mineral wealth.
New mining norms according to the Maharashtra Minor Minerals
(Development and Regulation) Rules 2013, would ensure checks in the
mining of minor minerals such as sand, stones, gravel and clay, which
are used in construction and other sectors.
