Court_ruling,Sharemarket,Jat_inclusion,Telangana&MH370

Dear all,
Welcome.
Court ruling:
1. Nursery admission: Supreme Court had stated to Delhi govt. asking if school management is increasing 6-8 seats, it should be informed to the Court. Apex Court would be giving verdict after the talks between school management and Delhi govt. for InterState transfer seats. The said increase of seats would be applicable for this year only. Presently, Court had put stay on nursery school admissions.
It is to note that earlier Justice Bench had put stay on Delhi HC order thereby resulting in stopping of admission procedure. HC had ruled on April 3 that other than InterState category students, admission may be given. The said order was challenged before the apex Court by parents of children of InterState category.
2. Supreme Court had put stay on death sentence of Red Fort attack convict. The matter is referred to the Constitutional Bench. It is to note that Lower Court had convicted him of attacking Red Fort and given him death penalty. In the firing done, Rajputana rifles 02 troops were killed along with one other. The convicts two aides were also awarded lifetime imprisonment. Three other aides were given seven years of rigorous imprisonment. Four persons were released. Delhi High Court was approached wherein on Sept.13, 2007, convicts sentence was maintained with release of six others.

 

Share market: India share market is hoping of a stable govt. after recent elections. Investors have also started keeping defensive shares in their portfolio. SEBI is also working to tackle any sharp rise/fall in share market and improvising infrastructure facilities.
Stress test had been done after it was learnt that share market had witnessed sharp rise after 2009 general elections on May 18. It is also termed as Magic monday as Sensex rose by 2,100 in a minute. Also, when NDA govt. was ousted during May 17, 2004, share market witnessed heavy downfall.
With regards,

 

M.K.Pachraiya
Original_app_mssg(1) Jat inclusion
The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a plea to stay Centre's poll-eve notification to include the Jat community in the OBC list for providing the benefits of reservation, saying there are prima facie material for taking the decision.

Advertisement "On going through the document we are prima facie satisfied that it cannot be contended there is no material for taking the decision (to include Jats in OBC list)," a bench headed by Chief Justice P Sathasivam said.

"Before expressing any opinion, for further consideration we direct the Centre to file counter-affidavit in three weeks," the bench also comprising justices Ranjan Gogoi and NV Ramana said.

After posting the matter for next hearing on May 1, the bench said,"We are rejecting the request for stay." 

Senior advocate KK Venugopal, appearing for OBC Reservation Raksha Samiti - an organisation of members of Communities which are included in the Central List of Backward Classes, alleged that the March 4 notification was issued a day before the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) came into force and it was done by the party in power to garner votes.

However, the bench said it cannot come in the way of the government taking a decision a day before the MCC came into force.

"Government is a government. We can't say, you can't do. Till one day before (the MCC), they can take a decision," the bench said. Venugopal submitted the party in power took the decision for private gain.

Pursuant to the court's April 1 order, the Centre on Wednesday placed before the bench all materials /documents and files, including the decision of the Union Cabinet, on the issue of considering the inclusion of Jats in the OBC list.

The bench asked senior advocate K Parasaran, appearing for the Centre, that all the materials placed before it should be filed in the form of counter-affidavit.

"We want to know what is the basis for this order (for including Jats in OBC list)," the bench said.

Parasaran submitted that the reasons are there in the records.

On April 1, the apex court had asked the Centre why it allegedly ignored the advice of the National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC) to keep the Jat community away from reservation benefits.

The court had also said that "the matter is serious" and had directed the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment to place before it all the material, records and files pertaining to the decision, to see "whether there was application of mind or not" while issuing the March 4 notification.

The notification included Jat community in OBC list in Bihar, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, Rajasthan (two districts of Bharatpur and Dholpur), Uttar Pradesh, and Uttarakhand.

OBC Reservation Raksha Samiti in its plea had contended that as a result of the notification, Jats will be like a "creamy layer" in the OBC list and will take away the seats and posts in schools, colleges and government jobs from other community.

Besides the organisation, three other individuals from Delhi - Ram Singh, Ashok Kumar and Ashok Yadav - belonging to OBC category have also challenged the Centre's notification.

The petitioners, referring to several empirical studies and survey, have contended that Jat community being a socially forward caste will consume substantive portion of the quota of OBC reservation which will deprive the deserving people of other backward classes of the benefit of reservation.

They submitted that people of Jat community have performed much better than those of other castes and the number of those who have been selected in the prestigious civil services exam of UPSC is much higher than the number proportionate to their population.

They have sought a direction holding that Jat community is not a backward class and not entitled to be included in the list of OBC and annexed findings of the NCBC which in its February 26, 2014 report had rejected the Centre's request for recommending inclusion of Jat community in the central list of backward classes.

 

Original_app_mssg(2) Telangana

In a frontal attack, Congress president Sonia Gandhi today said TRS played opportunistic politics over the formation of Telangana state, and had joined hands with communal forces in the past.
TRS leader, K Chandreshekar Rao used to claim earlier that Congress would never give Telangana state, but now he was claiming credit as the separate state had become a reality, she said, addressing a campaign rally on the penultimate day of electioneering in the region.
Telangana would go to the polls on April 30.

Alleging that TRS sided with "communal forces" in the past, Sonia maintained that there was no guarantee that it would not do so even now. "We are not seeing the opportunistic face of TRS for the first time. It is suffering from the same disease as the BJP," she said, attacking the individual-centric campaigns of both the parties.

"Future of Telangana would not be secure with such forces... That is why you have to make your decision on electing the first government in Telangana after a careful thought," she said.

She also accused TRS of speaking "the language of intimidation". Her party put in a lot of efforts in persuading other parties to accept the separate Telangana, Sonia said.

While TDP, YSRCP and BJP leaders changed their stands on separate state frequently, Sonia said Congress never compromised over aspirations of the Telangana people.

She also stated that the period of agitation was over, and hoped that Telangana and Seemandhra people would have cordial relations now.

The Congress president promised that her party would seek national status for Pranahita-Chevella and Palamuru irrigation projects, push construction of a 4,000 MW power plant to address the issue of power shortage and reduction of the burden of farm loan, among other things.

 

Original_app_mssg(3) MH 370The Malaysian prime minister has finally confirmed reports that the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 was tracked by military radar, as he prepared to host US President Barack Obama in Kuala Lumpur seven weeks after the plane disappeared.

Najib Razak said a preliminary report into the incident would be made available to the public over the course of the coming week. It is expected to raise the issue of how Malaysia’s air force and surveillance networks failed to track the plane once it lost contact with civilian air traffic controllers.

Previous reports have suggested that on the night of MH370’s disappearance on 8 March, military radar picked up a mysterious aircraft moving across the Malaysian peninsula, but government officials have remained vague on any link to the missing Boeing 777.

Speaking to CNN, Mr Najib confirmed that the radar did indeed track the plane once it had turned back from its original flight path – but said that this was only established “after the event”.

He said he believed there was someone monitoring the radar at the time, but that nothing more was done to investigate the unidentified aircraft because “it was deemed not to be hostile”.

“It behaved like a commercial airline, following a normal flight path,” Mr Najib said.

Meanwhile, Mr Obama said on Sunday that the US was fully committed to providing more assets to assist in the search for wreckage from the plane in the southern Indian Ocean.

The US Navy’s submersible vehicle Bluefin 21 continued to scan the sea floor in the search area on Sunday, but bad weather prevented efforts from the air and on the surface.

“We are currently consulting very closely with our international partners on the best way to continue the search into the future,” said the Joint Agency Coordination Centre in charge of the search.

Malaysia, China, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, Britain and the US are assisting Australia in trying to solve the most expensive search in aviation history.

A US defence official told Reuters on Friday that the sea search is likely to drag on for years as it enters the much more difficult phase of scouring broader areas of the ocean near where the plane is believed to have crashed.

Mr Obama said: “Obviously we don't know all the details but we do know the plane went down in the ocean in this part of this world. It is a big place and it is a very challenging and laborious effort. It is going to take quite some time.”
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Election_Donations,PSU,Court_ruling,Nadela,Indo-US_relations,Soc.Engg&Mercy_petitions

Dear all,
Welcome.
Election Donations: Ex-CEC, Qureshi, had advocated for curbing corruption in Corporate funding. He called upon for funding of political parties by the govt. itself.
As per him, amount could be a fixed sum per votes. It would provide enough fund for political parties. In his book, "An Undocmented wonder; the making of the great indian collection", he had stressed upon ban on Corporate funding besides implementing of govt. funding issue.

PSU: Reforms in Public Sector Enterprises had been at the forefront for bringing economy back on track. The Standing Conference on Public Enterprises (SCOPE) would present its agenda before the new PM. It had highlighted older reforms in its new agenda.
SCOPE wishes that importance of reforms needs to be highlighted so that they should not be slowed. Public Sector is enthusiastic regarding it. Recent statement of Gujarat CM, Modi, had also added to it. PSUs could have their share in economic development of the country.

Court ruling:
1. JBT scam: In the matter related to JBT scam, chief accused's son had got his interim bail term extended upon medical grounds uptil May 9 by Delhi High Court. HC had further given hearing date for review of Lower Court's order on May 16. It is to note that during 199-2000 JBT teachers recruitment, CBI's Special Court at Rohini Court had sentenced accused, son & Ex-IAS officer including 10 others for ten years of imprisonment. The other convict, P.Verma, was sentenced for five years an 44 others were awarded sentence of four years each.

Nadela: After joining Microsoft as CEO, Microsoft is stated to have earned profit during first quarterly i.e. Jan-march 2014 of about 472 crore INR. It is increased by 64% and is at a time when sale of computers had lessened.
It is learnt that his strategy of promoting Cloud computing had worked very well. After Steve Balmer's exit, he had been the CEO. The future would have more possibilities for Cloud computing as per him.
Their had been good progress in Bing & Office 365 Home. With Office program subscription, 10 lakh buyers are added. Also, 20 lakh Xbox are sold.

Indo-US relations: US had stated that a forum would be prepared to take Indo-US relations to newer heights. Ex-US ambassador to India had stated rejected the notion of declining of such relation due to bitterness. An effective leader had stated that World should not see Modi as divisive power but as a modernist.
Nancy Powell had stated that she had completed her tenure as ambassador. They had done few things and suffered too. For better security amongst two nations, commitment needs to be reaffirmed.
Powell hoped that bilateral relations would play an important role. The regional talks had been started which includes Indo-US-Afghan talks besides tripartite Japan talks. Information regarding nuclear security, Energy and Security related aspects are being shared. Joint military exercises are being done. Ex-President of Assembly had stated that Modi would have to find way for joining Hindus & Muslims.

Social Engineering: At local Varanasi seat, Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP) is likely to give ticket to it's leader. However, his program is fixed on May 3 at Municipal Corporation Hall. Party had put Star campaigners program on boundaries of Parliamentary seat as per their strategy. It is being viewed as confirming its Social engineering formula. It is same formula with which it had usurped power.

Mercy petition: The relatives of Ex-PM killing conspirators are dismayed over referring of case matter before five member Constitutional Bench. DMK leader had stated that he doesn't understand the reason for it when it is not a constitutional matter? PMK leader had appealed for release of all convicted on bail. It is sad that when Tamilians were expecting release, the matter has been referred to Constitutional Bench.
With regards,

 

M.K.Pachraiya

Syria,NRI/PIO,Natural_gas,Japanese_Banks,Times_list&Bank_license

Dear all,
Welcome.
Syria: Various Car blasts in Syria on Thursday had resulted in death of around 71 persons. First blast happened at Hasaka province school gate causing two deaths followed by blast at market. Syrian rebels want Army to be out and some autonomy to be granted. Conflicts occur amidst Khurd & Nusra front. Alleppo had got 30 rebels killed by the Army. Human rights observer had stated that 12 citizens are also included.

NRI/PIO: NRIs amount to 33.4 lakh in number. They are third biggest after China & Phillipines. Centre for American Progress had issued a report stating that their population had increased by 76%. The Chinese origin Americans are 41 lakh(22%) whereas Phillipines origin Americans are 35.9 lakh(19%) & NRIs are 18%.
As per the report, between 2000 & 2012, NRIs have increased by 76% whereas Phillipines original Americans had increased by 52%. Chief S.Asian population comprises of Chinese, Phillipines, Indians, Vietnamese, Koreans and Japanese. Asian Americans are inhabitants of California, ewyork, Texas, New Jersey & Hawai. India Americans are primarily 51% Hindus. Also, Bangladeshi migrants had increased by 177% during the period from 2000 to 2010.

 

Natural gas: It is widely believed that natural gas demand in India would increase by 2016-17 upto 55%. It could reach upto 37.8 crore standard cu.m. A study conducted by Petroleum & Natural gas board had predicted it. The natural gas demand during 2012-13 had been 24.266 crore std.cu.m. & could reach upto 37.8 crore std.cu.m. By 2021-22, it would be double & be 51.6 crore std. cu.m.
However, gas supply would not be as per demand. The domestic gas production The domestic gas production during 2012-13 was 10.11 crore std.cu.m. and could reach upto 18.2 crore std.cu.m. by 2021-22.
During next ten years, LNG imports could increase upto 18.8 crore std. cu.m. The total gas availability by 2016-17 would be 29.97 std. cu.m.

 

Japanese Banks: RIL had stated that it had taken loan from Japanese Banks amounting 55 crore dollars for expansion of Petrochemical & gasification unit. In another statement, it is told that Export Credit Agency had been approached for continuing expansion program since 2012-13. The amount is contributed by Japanese Banks. It is the eighth loan taken for biggest capital expansion program. The loan would be repaid in twelve years. JBIC's stake is 33 crore and other Japanese Banks would have 22 crore dollars worth stake. The Other banks include Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking corp., Mizuho Bank & three regional Japanese Banks - Gunma bank, Hutchizuni Bank & Chiba Bank.   

 

Times list: US prestigious magazine, Times, had conducted survey for top 100 persons who had affected positively or negatively influenced the world. While AAP's coordinator got 2,61,114 votes, Modi got 1,64,572 votes. Kejriwal had topped the list which includes famous names like Lady Gaga, Rihanna, & Katie Perry etc. In the survey, Rahul Gandhi got mere 96,070 votes. Times editor would also select popular person & it would be finalized after all considerations.
With regards,

 

M.K.Pachraiya
Original_app_mssg(1) Bank license
The Reserve Bank of India did not consider the applications of industrial houses for banking licences as they failed to meet the ‘fit and proper’ criteria set by the central bank, RBI deputy governor KC Chakrabarty told The Indian Express in an interview.

“If they are not fit and proper, how can they be allowed? They would have got the licence if they had met ‘fit and proper’ criteria. There is no change in RBI’s policy for allowing industrial houses to set up banks,” the outgoing deputy governor said when asked why licences were not issued to any of industrial houses in the recent exercise. Out of 25 applications that included most of the top industrial groups in the country, only two — IDFC and Bandhan — were selected by the RBI.

He said industrial houses should not be kept away from the banking sector. “If industrial houses are allowed to open mutual funds and insurance companies, why can’t they be allowed to enter the banking business? Anybody who is ‘fit and proper’ can be given a banking licence,” Chakrabarty said. Among the ‘fit and proper’ requirements, one key aspect is the RBI seeking feedback on applicant groups on any relevant aspects from other regulators, and enforcement and investigative agencies like Income Tax, CBI and Enforcement Directorate. Many of them apparently failed this test.

Chakrabarty indicated that the central bank will come out with a discussion paper on differential banking. “The RBI will soon come out with a policy paper for allowing differential banks. We must have different types of banks,” he said.

“If it’s allowed everywhere in the world, it should be done here also,” he said. When pointed that some banks are opposing the concept of differential banking, he said, “If they are uncomfortable, they should not do the banking business. What the banks are objecting is … about certain types of banks they are not happy. Then their inefficiency will come to the fore. They will lose business. They have a vested interest,” he said. Chakrabarty’s five-year tenure will end on April 25, two months ahead of scheduled retirement.

He further said reforms, especially improvement in corporate governance norms, are necessary in the PSU banking sector. He said the Ganguly committee had clearly recommended splitting of chairman and MD posts in banks. Private banks have already implemented this proposal. “That’s why we are saying reforms are necessary. Corporate governance needs to improve. What’s good for public sector banks must be good for private sector banks. Regulation should be ownership neutral. That’s one reform that needs to be done,” Chakrabarty said.

The RBI had sent a letter to the government asking for separation of CMD post in PSU banks, but the government
rejected the proposal. “The government, as the owner of PSU banks, can’t dictate to the regulator. The government has a sovereign say. If there’s a conflict between the government and regulation, then regulation must prevail,” he said.

“All our reforms don’t take place because existing players don’t want reforms. They don’t want new players to enter their area. Banking has to be done as per regulations. Regulators should decide what type of regulation is needed. In our country, if our bankers say what type of regulation is to be done… So long as they are in the banking business, they should listen to the regulator,” he said.

M.K.Pachraiya

WPNS,Volcano_eruption,Court_ruling,Elections,Novartis&Earth_day'14

Dear all,
Welcome.
WPNS: Bi-annual Western Pacific Naval summit is being held at China's sea port city of Kingdao wherein twenty five countries are participating in it.  China is hosting it for the first time. It is one of the twelve founder members. The purpose of the summit is to increase practical cooperation amongst Navies of countries touching Pacific Ocean. WPNS was established during 1987.
In the joint exercise, other countries like Bangladesh, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei are also sending warships besides China. Indian Stealth Frigate is also there.

Volcano eruption: The Satellite pictures could be used for ascertaining whether volcano is on the verge of eruption or not? Researchers believe that magma (molten rock) speed or pressure often changes the shape of volcano. It's uprise is being considered due to magma action. If it rises to surface, it could signal volcano eruption. However, other factors are also likely to change volcano shape.
The Satellite radar pictures related to volcano shape could be useful for knowing volcanic action.

Court rulings:
1. Ansal brothers: During the infamous Uphaar Cine talkies fire, Ansal brothers had been directed so as not to leave the country without permission. However, Justice Bench had permitted them to get treatment at US.
During earlier hearing on March 26, the apex Court expressed it's dismay over S.Ansal leaving country without taking permission. The petition was made by Victims of Uphaar Fire tragedy against Ansal brothers. It is to note that during 1997 incident, 59 people had died due to fire breaking in Cine talkies.

Elections: US based think tank, Information Technology & Innovation Foundation(ITIF) had stated that India must tread the path of modern economy to be competitive & increased growth rate. It would have to increase productivity, liberalise and promote advanced policies in highly competitive market.
In a report titled, "The Indian Economy at a cross road", it had stated that the strategy would strengthen advanced industrial sector at domestic level so as to compete in global environment. Also, job creation and income increase would be attained. The report contains 130 pages and states that PMA rules under which are biopharma intellectual capital license and ICT products purchase pose threat to Indian economy. These are bound to promote local few domestic industries. It would have short term benefits but lessen FDI.

Novartis: Global Pharma co., Novartis, would be purchasing business stakes of Glaxo Smithkline amounting 96,000 crore INR. In turn, Novartis would be selling it's vaccine business to GSK amounting 710 crore dollars. Under the agreement, both companies would establish joint venture for consumer healthcare business, which would be established in three stages.
Novartis's Over the counter (OTC) business would establish unit jointly along with GSK consumer business. It would have annual turnover of 1000 crore dollar and would be the biggest consumer healthcare unit. Britain's GSK would have 63.5% stake. Switzerland based GSK would purchase cancer medicine business in 1600 crore dollars. Cancer research & future plans would have Novartis rights.
Novartis vaccine business would be sold with 525 crore dollars in cash whereas 180 crore dollar in various stages. As per CEO, the deal is very important. It had already begun selling it's flu business. Besides, animal health trade would be sold.
It is also stated that it would not affect Indian business. 
With regards,

 

M.K.Pachraiya
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Original_app_mssg(1) Earth Day 2014: Green Cities

Earth Day 2014 will focus on green cities, mobilizing a millions of people to create a sustainable, healthy environment by greening communities worldwide. Today, more than half of the world’s population lives in cities. As the urban population grows and the effects of climate change worsen, our cities have to evolve.

It’s time for us to invest in efficiency and renewable energy, rebuild our cities and towns, and begin to solve the climate crisis. Over the next two years, with a focus on Earth Day 2014, the Green Cities campaign will mobilize a global movement to accelerate this transition. Join us in calling for a new era of green cities.

Mother Earth is a common expression for the planet Earth in a number of countries and regions, which reflects the interdependence that exists among human beings, other living species and the planet. For instance, Bolivians call Mother Earth Pachamama and Nicaraguans refer to her as Tonantzin.

Recognizing that Mother Earth reflects the interdependence that exists among human beings, other living species and the planet we all inhabit, the General Assembly declared 22 April as International Mother Earth Day (A/RES/63/278).

The Green Cities Campaign

The Green Cities Campaign helps cities and communities around the world accelerate their transition to a more sustainable future. More information.

Get involved with Earth Day!

Every year on April 22, over a billion people in 190 countries take action for Earth Day. From San Francisco to San Juan, Beijing to Brussels, Moscow to Marrakesh, people plant trees, clean up their communities, contact their elected officials, and more—all on behalf of the environment.

Like Earth Days of the past, Earth Day 2014 will focus on the unique environmental challenges of our time. As the world’s population migrates to cities, and as the bleak reality of climate change becomes increasingly clear, the need to create sustainable communities is more important than ever. Earth Day 2014 will seek to do just that through its global theme: Green Cities. With smart investments in sustainable technology, forward-thinking public policy, and an educated and active public, we can transform our cities and forge a sustainable future. Nothing is more powerful than the collective action of a billion people.

As the global organizer behind Earth Day, Earth Day Network creates tools and resources for you to get involved with Earth Day in your community

Health_day,Election,Court_ruling,SEBI,Ranbaxy,Delhi_gangrape&IMF

Dear all,
Welcome. Today is World Health day.
Elections: India's sixteenth LokSabha Elections would be conducted in nine stages. The first stage polling would start from today in Eastern State of Assam and Tripura. Under it, five LS seats and a Tripura seat would undergo poll. All six seats polling time would be from 7 am morning uptil 5 pm evening. 51 candidates are contesting for those seats.

Court ruling:
1. A case had been registered under new rule IPC Act 195-A wherein forceful threatening of witness or for making wrong statements could lead to seven years of imprisonment.
Delhi Police Sr. Official had stated that more than one year of its formation, no case had been registered so far. Deshbandhu Gupta Road Police Station was the first to register it. Many criminal cases have sentences lesser than seven years.

2. Sahara: Sahara group had taken back its proposal submitted before Supreme Court in regard to release of its chief. It is to note that Supreme Court had granted conditional bail in lieu of deposition of 5,000 crore INR to SEBI & another 5,000 crore in the form of Bank guarantee.
Further, Sahara had challenged detention of its chief and other two Directors against verdict dated March 4. The next hearing is scheduled on April 9.
The Sahara's counsel had stated that first installment of 2,500 crore INR would be paid immediately followed by another 2,500 crore within next 21 days. Besides, Bank guarantee could be given within a period of 60-90 days.

SEBI: It would be using social media and internet for monitoring of market for suspected share trading esp. dreivative market. Due to analysis and statistical measures, skill development would also be considered. SEBI would have its own data warehousing and business intelligence system (DWBIS).

Ranbaxy: Sun Pharma had purchased 100% stakes of Ranbaxy, which had been under trouble for quite sometime. The said deal would be completed by December 2014. Ranbaxy's shareholdere would get eight Sun Pharma's share in lieu of 10 Ranbaxy's share. Sun Pharma would be fifth biggest company in the world. Presently, Japanese co. Daiichi Sankyo has 63.5% of Ranbaxy's share. As per it, it would have 9% share of Sun Pharma. It is to note that USFDA had put ban on drug export citing violation of manufacturing rules.

With regards,

M.K.Pachraiya
Original_app_mssg(1) Delhi gangrape
The Supreme Court on Monday extended till April 7 the stay on the execution of death penalty of two of the four convicts in the December 16 gangrape and murder case, asking for a copy of the trial court judgement.

A bench of justices B S Chauhan and J Chelameswar said they have gone through the judgement of Delhi High Court which has upheld the conviction and death sentence of the four convicts on March 13 but would also like to go through the verdict of the trial court awarding the extreme punishment to the convicts.

The court adjourned the case till April 7 and extended the stay on execution of convicts Mukesh and Pawan Gupta till then.

The apex court had earlier on March 15 stayed till today their execution of death sentence after advocate M L Sharma moved a petition regarding this.

Besides Mukesh (27) and Pawan (20), the High Court had also upheld the conviction and death penalty of Akshay Thakur (29) and Vinay Sharma (21).

While dismissing their appeals, the High Court had termed the offence as “extremely fiendish” and “unparallelled in the history of criminal jurisprudence” and said the “exemplary punishment” was the need of the hour.

Original_app_mssg(2) IMF

IMF had stated that domestic factors had been responsible for sluggishness in Indian economy. A report on World Economic scenario had mentioned that India, China & Indonesia's economies are relatively less open & are affected more by domestic factors.
Economies of India & Brazil are lesser attached to developed economies and are lesser open. Due to domestic factors, India economy suffered sluggishness since the year 2008. The world recession had coincidently started during the same time. The situation was there till 2009 and reforms came later. During 2012-13, sluggishness restarted with development rate going down to 4.5%. It is expected to be 4.9% during 2013-14 fiscal year. But it would still remain lesser than 6.7% during the year 2008-09.
The long term demand would be postive for Indian economy. US reduction in incentive package had slightly affected Indian economy but not effective so as to change its direction. Infrastructure development required increased investment option to be considered.

World_Autism_day'14

Dear all,
Welcome. World Autism day was celebrated on April 2.
When it comes to treating autism quick intervention is the key. Remember autism is a lifelong condition but its nature changes as the child matures. ‘It is observed that in India, children with mild autism who are offered the correct therapy and support are able to pursue independent lives as adults albeit some restrictions. But an overwhelming majority of all children with autism, almost 60 percent of them, need supervision and assistance throughout their lives,’ says Dr Pradnya Gadgil, consultant pediatric neurology and special interest in epilepsy, Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital.

The treatment for autism is largely based on therapies from a multidisciplinary professional team consisting of occupational therapy, sensory integration, behavioural therapy, speech and language therapy and many more. But Dr Gadgil also mentions that, ‘of all the therapies it is applied behavioural analysis and relationship development intervention that is considered most effective to treat autism in children.’

Getting started with treatment

Before you look for a treatment to help your autistic child cope with the disorder get the right assessment done. ‘Once you have identified the sings of autism get a detailed analysis done consulting your pediatrician and a pediatric psychologist. Every therapy or treatment plan is tailor-made for an autistic child, depending on the physiological and psychological parameters, IQ levels, attention deficit, behavioural impairment, speech
and language impairment, delayed development skills,etc, says Dr Gadgil.
Depending upon the level of neurobehavioural impairment and the extent of autistic spectrum disorder the child suffers from, the following therapies or treatments can be offered by the practitioner:

Applied behavioural analysis: Applied behavioural analysis or ABA is a therapy to treat autism where simple techniques and principles are used to bring about meaningful and positive changes in behaviour of a autistic child. ABA is considered to be a safe and effective way of dealing and treating children with autism to help them live a happy and productive life. The ABA principles and techniques can foster basic skills as looking,
listening and imitating, as well as complex skills like reading, conversing and understanding another person’s perspective.

‘ABA isn’t a one size fits all approach and has to be customized depending on the learner or the child’s extent of impairment,’ informs Dr Gadgil.
Following are the principles of the ABA therapy that needs to be followed for effective results:

The treatment goals and instructions should be designed to achieve developmentally appropriate targets of a broad range of skill areas such as – communication, sociability, self-care, play and leisure, motor development and academic skills.
Goals should emphasize skills that will enable children to become independent and successful in both the short and long terms.
The instruction plan needs to break down desired skills into manageable steps to be taught from the simplest (e.g. imitating single sounds) to the more complex (e.g. carrying on a conversation).
The behavioural therapist or the instructor providing the therapy should use a variety of behaviour analytic procedures, some of which are directed by the instructor and others initiated by the child.
Parents and other family members and caregivers should receive the training so they can support learning and skill practice throughout the day. The child’s entire day should be structured to provide many opportunities – both planned and naturally occurring – to acquire and practice skills in both structured and unstructured situations.
The child should receive an abundance of positive reinforcement for  demonstrating useful skills and socially appropriate behaviour. But there should be no reinforcement that could pose harm or prevent learning.
Relationship Development Intervention: Also known as RDI is an interactive parent and child led approach that focuses on the difficulties of a child’s flexibility of thought, emotional regulation and perspective towards life in general. RDI is based on the idea that an autistic child can master the missed key developmental milestones through their relationship with parents, in an effective communication and interactive way. This is done
through everyday activities such as washing up, cooking, going for a walk,  etc.

 The six components of RDI are:

• Emotional referencing: To help the child learn from the emotional and subjective experiences of others
• Social coordination: To help the child observe and control behaviour to successfully participate in social relationships

• Declarative language: Help to use language and non-verbal communication to express curiosity, invite interactions, share perceptions and feelings and coordinate with others
• Flexible thinking: To help the child inculcates the habit and thought process to adapt and alter plans as the circumstances changes.
• Relational information processing: To help put things into context and solve problems that lack clear cut solutions.
• Foresight and hindsight: To help develop the ability to anticipate future possibilities based on past experiences. Apart from ABA and RDI the other therapies that stand to be of help to treat and support autistic children are:

LEAP: This therapy is also called learning experience and is an alternative program for preschoolers and parents. In this approach a small group of autistic children are taught alongside a small group of typically developing children. The LEAP curriculum is designed to develop social and emotional growth, enhance language and communication abilities, increase independence in work and play activities, facilitate choice making, increase capacity to cope with transitions and improve behaviour, and
improve overall cognition and physical abilities.

Each child with autism has an individually designed educational plan, which includes the mainstream curriculum, as well as specific objectives, behaviours and socialinteractions.

LEAP also uses a range of specific techniques including error-free learning, time delay, incidental teaching, pivotal response training, the picture exchange system, positive behaviour support and parent training.

The only drawback is that not many schools support the LEAP approach.

The TEACCH Approach: In the TEACCH approach a structured teaching method is taken up to help the autistic children. The intervention begins with an assessment of emerging skills. Work then focuses on enhancing them. This involves creating an individualized lesson plan in place of a standard school curriculum. The plan creates a highly structured environment to help the individual map out activities.

Teachers and aides use visual supports to organize the physical and social environment. The aim is to help the student more easily predict and understand daily activities and respond in appropriate ways. Visual supports likewise help the student approach specific tasks in a step by step manner.

Look for a special school that works on the TEACCH approach and help your autistic child learn the nuances to cope with the disorder.

Cognitive behavioural therapy or CBT: It is a type of psychological intervention used to change how people think and behave. CBT uses a variety of techniques to help people become more aware of how they think, so that they can change how they think and therefore how they behave. There is a significant amount of high quality research evidence to suggest that cognitive behavioural therapy may help reduce the symptoms of anxiety in some individuals with autism.

However, as with all complex interventions, those practitioners purporting to offer them must be appropriately trained, experienced and accredited.

Alternative therapies: ‘Many caregivers opt for an alternative therapy approach like acupressure or acupuncture to treat autism, but their effect is not clearly known, hence it is recommended that parents take the approach suggested by the doctor or pediatric psychologists after a detailed assessment,’ says Dr Gadgil. But for children who do not learn to speak in considerable time, alternative and augmentative communication approach may be needed.

Medications: Medications play a small but important role in treating autism. ‘They are generally used for controlling behaviour, modifying the sleep-wake cycle, improving concentration, treating seizures, and so on. A small sub-group of patients those who have a proven gluten allergy in lab tests may benefit from other therapies such as a gluten-free diet too,’ says Dr Gadgil.
With regards,

 

M.K.Pachraiya

EC&AAP;manifesto

Dear all,
Welcome.

Election Commission: It is estimated by a research "Think Tank" that upcoming elections would have around 10,000 crore INR worth black money involved with total amounting around 30,000 crore INR. EC & other agencies are expected to spend around 7-8,000 crore INR. The elections would be conducted in nine stages between April 7 to May 12.
2. Bank License: In principle approval of bank license is made after RBI's clarification in regard to issue to Bank license wherein it was stated to be a regulatory process as it had been decided earlier about issue of Bank license. EC had objected to it stating that it could benefit ruling party.
A committee was constituted to scrutinize the applications. The applicants are Aditya Birla Nuvo, Edelwise Financial services, IFCI Limited, Indiabulls Housing Finance, Magma Fin. Corp, Muthoot Finance, JM Financial, India Infoline, Shriram Capital, SREI Infrastructure Finance, JanLaxmi Financial Services, Religare Enterprises, Tourism Finance Corp. of India, & India Post. Earlier, Tata and Mahindra had applied but later taken back their applications.
With regards,

M.K.Pachraiya
Original_app_mssg(1) AAP
Releasing the manifesto, party chief Arvind Kejriwal said decentralization of power, citizen's charter to ensure time-bound delivery of services and providing good governance will be some other priority areas for the party.

The AAP leader said his party was "industry friendly" as creation of wealth was essential for overall development of the country but noted that it was against "crony capitalism".

Emphasising on judicial accountability, he also proposed to double the number of judges in courts across the country in the next five years. "We will install CCTV in police stations. There should be cameras in interrogation rooms as well. We have proposed to make separate investigative and law and order wings in police.

The internal accountability of police must be fixed. "There must be judicial accountabilty. We must have a fast, efficient and honest justice system. In five years, we will double the number of judges to
ensure speedy justice," he said.

The AAP leader also announced that the four-year undergraduate programme in Delhi University will be withdrawn as demanded by a section of students and teachers.

Stressing on police reforms, Kejriwal said his party will make "not lodging an FIR an offence". Elaborating on its economic policy, Kejriwal said that his party was pro-business and pro-industries. "We are not against industries or business, but we are against crony capitalism.

We believe that unless industries dont flourish we wont be able generate jobs. "But, we are against the system of contract labours because it violates basic human rights," he said.

On foriegn policy, the AAP leader said that his party advocated friendly relations with all the countries, but had "zero tolerance" for cross border terrorism. "We will work to reduce political
hostilities in our immediate neighbourhood but we will have zero tolerance for cross border terrorism.

"Border areas should be developed as zones of high economic engagements to create a larger constituency for peace on both sides. We will work to enhance the defence capacity to deter the border incursions by China, but will also strive for a greater and more balanced trade with the country," he said.

Kejriwal added that the party will not only work to reduce the foriegn dependence in equipment, but also will also try to bring transparency in procurement of defence equipment.

With 426 candidates declared for the Lok Sabha polls, the 15-month-old AAP has shot ahead of major parties like the Congress (414), BJP (415) and SP (160).

Kejriwal will challenge Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi in Varanasi and Kumar Vishwas aims to tackle Congress' Rahul Gandhi in his constituency Amethi.

While the Kejriwal-led party released its manifesto a week after Congress launched its poll document, the BJP will share its document on April 7.

(With inputs from PTI)
Important points in AAP's LS poll manifesto:
# In the next five years, the number of courts and the number of judges will be increased.

# Implementation of police reforms will ensure women safety.

# There will be a strong system of reward and punishment. Not lodging FIRs will be made an offence.

# CCTV cameras to be installed even in interrogation rooms of police station.

# AAP talks about bringing Delhi Police under the Delhi government.

# Will bring in police reforms to provide better security.

# Citizens' charter should have a fixed time frame. If work is not completed within time, officers should be punished.

# AAP promises to decriminalise gay sex.

# Gram Sabhas, Mohalla Sabhas to meet every week.

# Eligibility to fight polls to be lowered from 25 to 21.

# People tell me that corruption level went down in the 49 day tenure of the AAP government.

# AAP promises to pass Jan Lokpal Bill.

# Jan Lokpal Bill will cover a peon as well as the PM.

# Gram Sabhas, Mohalla Sabhas to meet every week.

# Political power needs to be decentralised.

# There is no party other than AAP that can rid the country of corruption.

# AAP was formed to fight corruption. Our biggest goal is to rid the
country of corruption.

# AAP has included suggestions of the public in the manifesto.

# Happy to release AAP's manifesto for LS polls, says Arvind Kejriwal
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