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india travel Video – Aarti in Haridware NamasteLouise and I, Stuart Sims, spend 3 months out of ever year in India. Here are some movie clips of India..Enjoy! The banks of the Ganges crowded with hundreds of people bathing in the holy Ganga. Aarti, like the religious ceremony celebrated in Varanasi, starts at sunset. We were surprised when by 6PM both sides of the Ganges were nearly full. By 6:30 there were literally thousands of Indians there to celebrate Arti! I have attended Arti in Haridwar many many times …

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Aarti in Haridware NamasteLouise and I, Stuart Sims, spend 3 months out of ever year in India. Here are some movie clips of India..Enjoy! The banks of the Ganges crowded with hundreds of people bathing in the holy Ganga. Aarti, like the religious ceremony celebrated in Varanasi, starts at sunset. We were surprised when by 6PM both sides of the Ganges were nearly full. By 6:30 there were literally thousands of Indians there to celebrate Arti! I have attended Arti in Haridwar many many times …

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india travel Video – Travel India — Explore this vast frontier of culture and adventure with Narula Travel Group.

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Travel India — Explore this vast frontier of culture and adventure with Narula Travel Group.

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Correspondance courses in India are conducted by Open Universities under supervision of State Governments and DEC. There are distance education institutes in most of the Indian states apart from the central open universities. They allow a person from the remotest corner of the country to pursue higher education in a course of his or her choice. Read about Distance learning in various states of India

Even a Distance Learning MBA pursued via a reputed university/institute holds significant value. Initially the MBA Distance Learning was conducted via correspondence but in the wake of the – Internet, Satellites etc. classes are conducted online with the help of audio-visual. Thus one of the crucial requirements for Distance Learning today is a computer with Internet access. Some of the top MBA programs through distance learning are

• ignou distance mba,
• symbiosis distance mba,
• annamalai distance education,
• osmania university,
• sikkim manipal distance education and
• mumbai university

Popular Undergraduate Distance Learning courses in India are

1. Bachelor of Journalism and Mass Communication
2. Bachelor of Commerce
3. Bachelor of Computer Application
4. Bachelor of Arts

Popular Certificate Distance Learning courses in India are

1. Certificate in Digital Electronics and Microprocessors
2. Certificate in Food and Nutrition
3. Certificate in Guidance
4. Certificate in Journalism

Popular Postgraduate diploma Distance Learning courses in India are

1. Advanced PG Diploma in Computer Application
2. PG Diploma in E-Commerce
3. PG Diploma in Enterprise Resource Planning
4. PG Diploma in Guidance and Counselling
5. PG Diploma in Advertising and Sales Management
6. PG Diploma in Human Resource Management
7. PG Diploma in Business Management
8. MA in Psychology

Popular Diploma Distance Learning courses in India are

1. Diploma in Creative Writing (English/Hindi)
2. Diploma in Early Childhood Care and Education
3. Diploma in Financial Management

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Indian Union Minister for IT and Communication A Raja said in a statement that the government aims to bring mobile number portability in the market by August this year.

Mobile number portability has been massively delayed and is much awaited.

This feature allows mobile users to switch their mobile service providers without changing their old numbers.

Raja said in a statement: “The mobile number portability enabling customers to retain their old number while shifting from one operator to another would be launched in major cities by August this year.”

It is likely to be launched in the major cities in the country by August. It would be further expanded to other markets at a later stage.

A lot of mobile users are stuck with their providers just because they cannot afford to change their numbers. This would be a huge relief for them.

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In the supreme court hearing a plea from Martin F D’souza, a Mumbai-based doctor, who had challenged the order of the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission that had directed him to pay Rs 4 lakh fine after holding him guilty of medical negligence for causing hearing loss to a patient. The SC gave the doctor a clean chit and waived off the fine.

A bench headed by Justice Markandeya Katju said that-

1. “Current practices, infrastructure, paramedical and other staff, hygiene and sterility should be observed strictly,”
2. The doctors should avoid prescribing medicines without examining a patient. “
3. The tendency to give prescription over telephone, except in an acute case of emergency, should be avoided,” .
4. The court advised doctors to make their own analysis instead of treating a patient on a version given by him or her.
5. Before doing any experiment, the doctor should get a written permission from the patient.
6. The court directed the medical fraternity to keep full record of the diagnosis, treatment etc of a patient.
7. The Court also restrained consumer forums and criminal courts from taking cognisance of medical negligence complaints against a doctor or a hospital without receiving an expert committee’s report on the allegations levelled by the complainant.
8. A private complaint should not be entertained unless the complainant produces prima facie evidence before the court in the form of credible opinion given by another competent doctor, the court observed.
9. The court said the investigating officer, before proceeding against the doctor, should obtain the opinion of an independent and competent medical practitioner working with the government in the same field.
10. The court restrained the police from arresting the doctor for interrogation, unless there was absolute necessity for collecting evidence or for a further probe.
11. The SC in 2005 had stalled immediate arrest of doctors in cases related to medical negligence and had directed the police not to proceed against doctors without obtaining an independent and competent medical opinion.

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India’s acting Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee presented on Monday interim spending plans for the 2009/10 fiscal year from April to July, a stopgap measure to take care of essential spending during and in the immediate aftermath of general elections. Polls are due by May.

Following are highlights from the budget. The entire text can be seen at indiabudget.nic.in. and finmin.nic.in

MAIN POINTS:

1. 2008/09 fiscal deficit seen at 6 percent of GDP, higher than initial plan of 2.5 pct.
2. Fiscal deficit seen at 5.5 pct of GDP in 2009/10.
3. Mukherjee says fiscal deficit situation is worrying.
4. Plan spending for 2009/10 may have to be increased substantially after elections.
5. There may be a need for additional measures in the post-poll budget.
6. There is a clear need for counter-cyclical policies.
7. There is a need to accelerate policy reforms, including in the financial sector.
8. Mukherjee says tax rates must fall in times of stress.
9. GDP growth seen at 7.1 pct in 08/09. Government assumes real GDP growth of 7 percent in 09/10, 8 percent in 2010/11 and 9 percent in 2011/12.

2009/10 FORECAST:

1. Revenue deficit seen at 4 pct of GDP in 2009/10. Government hopes to wipe out revenue deficit by 2010/11.
2. Total plan spending in 2009/10 seen at 9.53 trillion rupees.
3. Additional plan expenditure has to increase by 0.5-1 percent post-poll.
4. 2009/10 gross budgetary support 2.85 trillion rupees.
5. Gross market borrowing seen at 3.62 trillion rupees in 2009/10.
6. Net market borrowing for 09/10 seen at 3.09 trillion rupees.
7. Government expects to raise 11.2 bilion rupees from stake sales in 09/10.
8. 2009/10 profits, dividends from state-run companies seen at 369.85 billion rupees.
9. Major subsidy spending for 09/10 at 955 billion rupees.
10. Need to go back to fiscal targets once economy is revived.

TAX/EXCISE/DUTIES:

1. Substantial relief of about 400 billion rupees due to tax cuts in 2008/09.
2. New technology has enhanced tax compliance.
3. Total tax receipts seen at 6.71 trillion rupees in 09/10.
4. Corporate tax receipts estimated at 2.44 trillion rupees in 09/10.
5. Income tax receipts seen at 1.35 trillion rupees in 09/10.
6. Excise receipts in 09/10 seen at 1.11 trillion rupees.
7. Custom duty receipts estimated at 1.10 trillion rupees in 09/10.
8. Government assumes tax-to-GDP ratio at 11.1 percent in 09/10, while sees the same at 14.4 percent in 2010/11 and 15 percent in 2011/12.
9. Export interest subsidy extended for some sectors.

DEFENCE:

1. Defence spending for 2009/10 at 1.42 trillion rupees.

2008/09 DATA:

1. 2008/09 to end with revenue deficit of 4.4 percent of GDP.
2. 2008/09 revised estimate of spending 9.9 trillion rupees.
3. 2008/09 revised estimate of extra non-plan spending 1.1 trillion rupees.
4. 2008/09 revised estimate of tax collection 6.28 trillion rupees.
5. Apr-Nov FDI registered at $23.3 billion.

FARM:

1. 2008/09 farm outlook is encouraging.
2. Government to provide interest subsidy to farmers in 09/10.
3. Farm loan waiver has so far cost 653 billion rupees.

SOCIAL SECTORS:

1. Social security nets need to be strengthened.
2. Rural job schemes to get 301 billion rupees in 2009/10.
3. Rural health spending 120.7 billion rupees.
4. Midday meals scheme for schools to cost 80 billion rupees.
5. Urban renewal spending in 2009/10 at 118.4 billion rupees.
6. Rural sanitation spending seen at 12 billion rupees for next financial year. ($1=49 rupees) 

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The launch of an ultra cheap laptop for just $10 in India may set the future of computer technology in a world grappling with depression.

This laptop is developed as part of a broader national plan to attract Indian colleges and schools toward growing IT trends, will bring the wonder of the PC to the children.

It is known as ‘Sakshat’. It is aimed to fill the gap between rich and poor by linking 18,000 colleges and 400 universities across India.

The laptop will have 2GB inbuilt memory and easy to use applications. It would give tough competition to rival PC makers like the One Laptop per Child’s XO machine and the Intel Classmate.

As of now, only few features are known like the Wi-Fi, LAN, expandable memory which we assume is the storage and not RAM and will operate with just 2 watt of power.

The laptop computer, is developed by the joint efforts of Vellore Institute of Technology, the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and the Indian Institute of Technology in Madras.  To be launched from Triputi in Andhra Pradesh, would be the latest in a series of initiatives to create low cost computing devices for Indians.

University students were engaged to help with the research, and the Indian government also gave several State bodies the brief to turn up with schemes for the low-cost high-use concept.

Many of the private firms were also given the agreement to make the notebooks after the design specifications were finalized.

Many governments throughout the world tried a similar low-priced computer scheme for their State-run education system, but India’s laptop is undoubtedly the most cost-effective so far.

Other countries have contracted the companies likes of Intel and Dell to supply the hardware, but the Indian government’s practical approach has kept prices down and made the programme more approachable to its vast school-going population.

The global recession has also hit badly the costlier roll-outs in other nations, as cut-backs have seen lots of such progressive plans falling victim to funding setbacks.

Some industry professionals are anticipating that the ‘$10 PC’ could be a hit further abroad than Asia in case the laptop plan turns our successful in India.

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