2 Sep : The Union Service Public Commission will hold the Special Class Railway Apprentices’ Examination, 2010 on  December 19, 2010 for recruitment to the Special Class Apprentices in the Mechanical Department of Indian Railways.  The examination will be held at various centers across the country.

For details regarding Eligibility Conditions, the Syllabus and Scheme of the examination, Centres of Examination, Guidelines for filling up application form etc. aspirants must consult the Detailed Notice of the examination published in the Employment News/Rozgar Samachar dated  August 28, 2010.
CONDITIONS OF ELIGIBILITY:
(a)                             Age Limit: …

2 Sep : The Minister of Tribal Affairs, Shri Kanti Lal Bhuria has written to the Chief Ministers of the States which have not performed well regarding the implementation of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act,. These States include Assam, Bihar, Goa, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Uttrakhand and Maharashtra.
As per the information received in the Ministry, the progress of implementation of the Act in the States, as on 31.07.10, has not been satisfactory at all. In Goa, disposal of …

2 Sep : Switzerland will host an informal summit of 40 countries, including India, on global warming on Friday to discuss modalities for a new Climate Fund that is expected to unblock the stalled negotiations on the issue.
Since the Copenhagen Climate Change meeting in December last year, the ongoing negotiations under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) have made little progress on a range of issues, including the emission-reduction targets as well as financing for mitigation and adaptation.
The two-day meeting in Geneva which will be attended by 40 …

2 Sep : Amid blowing of conch shells, the famous Radha Raman temple at Vrindaban reverberated with ‘Hare Krishna’ as thousands of devotees thronged the premises to celebrate Janmashtami, the birthday of Lord Krishna.
The Banke Behari temple in Vrindaban decorated with flowers and echoed with ‘Nand ke lala ki jai’.
A large number of devotees gathered in the temple courtyard to have a glimpse of ‘abhishek’ of the Lord with milk, curd, honey and ghee amid chanting of vedic hymns.
After four hours of ‘abhishek’, prasadam was distributed among the people.
Some of …

1 Sep : The Comprehensive Trauma Life Support Course, an educational event was inaugurated in a impressive ceremony at PGI Chandigarh by Prof SS Gill, Vice Chancellor, Baba Farid University of Health Sciences. In his inaugural address he emphasized that such educational programmes should become a regular feature for acquiring knowledge and improving the performance of medical staff in the management of trauma cases.
Prof. SK Malhotra, the Organizing Secretary of this Trauma Course, in his welcome address introduced the national and international faculty.  “Road traffic accidents represent only a fraction …

1 Sep : President Pratibha Patil on Wednesday visited cloudburst-hit Leh and assured the victims all help in their rehabilitation.
Interacting with the victims at a relief camp here, Patil said they will be given all possible support for their rehabilitation and that the country stands in solidarity with them.
“We are with you at this time of tragedy. I have come to meet you. We love and sympathise with you,” she said while distributing shawls and sweaters to the people living in the relief camp.
The cloudburst on the intervening night of …