Criminal Law books brought out in Diglot form
Imaan Media and Publishing House Pvt. Ltd. (IMPH) has brought out the
authentic Urdu version in Persian Script as well as in Devnagri Script
of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and The Indian Evidence Act, 1872 known
as Taziraat-e-Hind & QanoonShahadat-e-Hind in Diglot form.
'These expositions of law have stood the test of time for over a century
and half, but surprisingly there was no authentic translation of the
key laws governing criminal jurisprudence in India', says Muhammad
IrshadHanif, Advocate-on-Record, Supreme Court of India, under whose
able stewardship IMPH has brought out these magnum opus.
No IPL in Tamil Nadu if Sri Lankans participate: Jayalalithaa
Tamil Nadu will permit IPL matches only if the organisers promise that
no Sri Lankan players, umpires, officials or support staff will
participate, Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa told Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh Tuesday.
Jayalalithaa said in a letter to the prime minister: "In view of the
popular antipathy and anger in Tamil Nadu against the actions of the
government of Sri Lanka, the government of Tamil Nadu is of the view
that IPL matches involving Sri Lankan players, umpires and other
officials should not be played in Tamil Nadu."
Italy marines return to face India charges
India has claimed a diplomatic victory after Italy overturned its
earlier refusal to return two marines charged with the murder of two
fishermen they mistook for pirates off the country's Malabar Coast last
year.The two marines, Massimilano Latorre and Salvatore Girone, have
been bailed to the Italian embassy in New Delhi since the incident in
February last year, but successfully applied to the India's Supreme
Court to be allowed to return briefly to Italy to vote in the country's
general election and to see their families over Easter.
Italian foreign minister quits protesting marines' return
Italy's Foreign Minister GiulioTerzi Tuesday resigned out of
disagreement with his government's decision to return two Italian
marines back to India where they face trial for killing two fishermen.
"My reservations had no impact and the decision was not mine. My voice
went unheard," Terzi told the Italian parliament, reported Xinhua."I
waited to hand in my resignations here in this parliament to express
publicly my position that I cannot be part of this government anymore,"
he said.
Business and Economy Current Affairs
P.Chidambaram announces more reforms to boost growth
Announcing further liberalisation of FII investment norms, finance
minister P Chidambaram on Saturday said the government is "steadily and
surely" working on next generation of reforms to put the economy back on
high-growth path.
Addressing the National Editors Conference, he said that with
liberalisation of FDI and other measures, the government has traversed
considerable lengths to ensure fiscal consolidation with reforms.
In a further liberalisation of norms for investment by FIIs in
government securities and corporate bonds, he announced that the norms
have been rationalised. "There were a number of sub divisions and in
order to rationalise, it is proposed to merge the existing sub limits
and create only two broad categories," he said.
FIPB Cleared Investment Proposal of Air Asia to Enter India's Aviation Sector
The Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) on 6 March 2013 cleared
the investment proposal of Air Asia, the Malaysian budget carrier to
launch the new airline along with Tata Group and Arun Bhatia's
TelestraTradeplace. Crucial points to note:
Air Asia has plans to own 49 percent in newly formed airline through its
investment company Air Asia Investment Ltd (AAIL). Rest of the stake
would be held by two Indian firms.
After the deal, Air Asia will become the first foreign carrier that will
enter the aviation sector of India after the Government altered rules
in September 2012 to allow foreign carriers to have 49 percent stake in
the domestic airlines.
Science and Technology
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy Sanctioned Remote Village Electrification for 6033 Villages
Remote Village Electrification (RVE) for a total of 6033 villages as
well as hamlets was sanctioned during 11th Plan by the Ministry of New
and Renewable Energy. Additionally, work on 5211 villages as well as
hamlets, was in its completion stage in various states such as Odisha
and Tamil Nadu.
Two proposals of 61 hamlets as well as 161 hamlets of UP along with one
proposal of 14 villages of Rajasthan and one proposal of 24 villages and
274 hamlets of Jammu & Kashmir, were in all received and were under
initial stage of appraisal. It is important to note that the Remote
Village Electrification (RVE) programme as well as projects is usually
sanctioned on the case-to-case basis after these proposals are submitted
by the state notified implementing agencies according to the guidelines
of this scheme.
Indian-origin science writer wins British Physics journalism prize
Washington, Mar 1 (IANS) Anil Ananthaswamy, a London based Indian
origin writer, has won the inaugural Physics Journalism Prize sponsored
by the Institute of Physics (IOP) and the Science and Technology
Facilities Council (STFC).
The prize is designed to inspire the next generation of physicists by
encouraging journalists to grapple with often complex topics and help
spread excitement about the subject, according to an IOP release
forwarded by the American Astronomical Society.
Environment
Rhino census in Kaziranga amid rampant poaching
JORHAT: Kaziranga National Park authorities launched a rhino census for
a headcount. The two-day exercise will be conducted in all the five
ranges of the park รข€” Kohora, Bagori, Burapahar, Agoratoli and
Biswanathghat.
More than 250 personnel from the state forest department, NGOs and media
groups have been engaged in the operation.
Park director Sanjiv Kumar Bora said the census operation is a scheduled
one. "The headcount of rhinos in Kaziranga is a regular practice and is
conducted to implement a fruitful conservation method. It is important
to assess the number of the one-horned rhinos in the park at regular
intervals,'' he said.
World Forestry Day for Raising Awareness about Value of Forests Observed Across the World
21 March 2013 is observed as the World Forestry Day across the globe.
This day is celebrated for rising as well as promoting awareness about
the value of forests. Importance of ecosystem and the forests is
stressed upon on this day.
Various events are held in the world on this day in order to highlight
contribution of forests. It is important to note that forests house 80
percent of the terrestrial biodiversity. India State of Forest Report
2011 revealed that Forest and Tree cover of India encompasses 78.29
million ha or 23.81 percent of geographical area of India.
Neighbors
India joins hand with Pak, Lanka on sustainable development
Joining hands with its South Asian neighbours Sri Lanka and Pakistan,
India has appealed to the United Nations to ensure that economic
prosperity, social cohesion and environmental protection remain in the
core of its efforts in achieving sustainable development targets.
Taking part in the UN General Assembly's debate on sustainable
development goals (SDGs), Manjeev Singh Puri, the Acting India Permanent
Representative to the UN stressed that issues like poverty eradication
must be the overriding priority towards achieving the targets of
sustainable growth.
Five Writers honoured with SAARC Literature Award 2013
SAARC Literature Award was presented to five writers at Agra during the
two days SAARC Festival of Literature on 10 March 2013. A poet-diplomat
from India Abhay K was among the five writers to be honoured with the
prestigious Literature Award.
Other writers to be honoured with this award were FarheenChaudhary
(Pakistan), Abdul Khaliq Rashid (Afghanistan), SumanPokhrel (Nepal) and
novelist DayaDissanayake (Sri Lanka).
Indian Defense
Raghuraj Pratap Singh resigned from the State Cabinet in wake of DSP Killing
Pratapgarh district. He submitted his resignation to the Chief Minister
of Uttar Pradesh, Akhilesh Yadav at Lucknow and Governor of the state,
B.L. Joshi accepted his resignation. Issue that led to Resignation
DSP Zia-ul-Haq was killed by a mob in Pratapgarh on 2 March 2013 when he
rushed there after a village head was shot dead over a land dispute.
Raja Bhaiya was accused for the attack on the DSP by his slain wife. The
complaint was filed against Raja Bhaiya at the Kunda Police Station,
where DSP Zia-ul-Haq was posted.
MukeshAmbani Became Richest Person of India for Sixth Consecutive Year
MukeshAmbani retained his title as the richest person of India for the
sixth consecutive year with the net worth of 21.5 million US Dollars,
according to the annual rankings published by Forbes on 4 March 2013.
The richest man in the world for fourth time in a row was Mexican
business tycoon Carlos Slim with the net worth of 73 billion US Dollars.
In the overall list of the billionaires of the world, MukeshAmbani was
ranked at number 22. Lakshmi Mittal, on the other hand was ranked at
41st position with the net worth of 16.5 billion US Dollars.
The first in the list was Carlos Slim, followed by Bill Gates with the
net worth of 67 billion US Dollars, Spain's Amancio Ortega with net
worth of 57 billion US Dollars, Warren Buffett with the net worth of
53.5 billion US Dollars and Larry Ellison with the net worth of 43
billion US Dollars.
A total of 55 billionaires from India appeared on the list of 1426
people from the world who have a minimum net worth of 1 billion US
Dollars.
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