Volume - 1 Issue-51 Mysore 29 October 2010

BRIEF IT sector is not just for elite class :Sachin Pilot

Banglaore, Oct 28 (UNI)
PETA opposes
Union Minister of State for
exchange prog IT and Communications
Kolkatta.Oct 28 Sachin Pilota today called
(UNI) People for Ethical for breaking the
Treatment of Aminals(PETA) ‘’psychological barrier’’ that
has opposed a Union branded the IT sector as one
Ministry of Environment and belonging to only the elite
Forests department’s class.
decision to send two Speaking at the
elephants, kept in an Indian inauguration of the country’s
zoo, to Turkmenistan as part premier IT event ‘Bangalore
of an animal exchange IT.biz’ here, he said ‘’It is
programme. important for us to break the
barrier where the IT sector
CARTOON is looked at as an elite
sector, belonging to people
who carry laptops’’.
‘’We should create an
environment where job
creation takes place to cater
to all sections of the
society’’, he said.The
country’s premier IT event
has attracted major players
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CWG row- IT raids on companies
continues
New Delhi, Oct 28 These companies had
(UNI) The Income Tax provided landscaping
Department has raided services and tracksuits for the
October 3-14 Games.
Different
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agencies
such as
Central
Vigilance
Commission(CVC),
Comptroller
and Auditor
General,
C B I ,
Enforcement
Directorate
and IT
Department
have been
examining
premises of two companies the ‘’bungling and
in connection with the alleged irregularities’’ in the mega
scam in the Commonwealth sports event.The Shunglu
Games . Committee will look into files
‘’Investigation is on in the and documents processed by
charges of corruption in the the Group oMinisters(GoM)
sports event,’’ a Tax besides those in the
Department official told UNI possession of Urban
today. Development Ministry,
The sources said offices of Sports Ministry and the
two companies were raided Games Organising
in Delhi and NCR. Committee.
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abroad. It is being held at a
time when Indian IT industry
is back to double digit
growth ‘warding off’ the ill-
effects of global economic
slowdown.
Over 500 companies and
5,000 delegations from six
countries are attending the
three-day event whose
focus is on business-to-
UIADI MoU
with IGNOU
New Delhi, Oct 28
(UNI) Unique
Identification Authority of
India (UIADI) has signed
an MoU with Indira Gandhi
National Open University
(IGNOU) for speedy
implementation of its
National Unique
Identification (UID)
numbers project in the
country.
This was exchanged
between UIADI Chairman
Nandan Nilekani and
IGNOU Vice-Chancellor
V N Rajasekharan Pillai
here yesterday.
An IGNOU
spokesperson told UNI
today that under this
collaboration, IGNOU
would cooperate and
collaborate with the UIADI
in conduction proof of
concept (POC)
studies,pilots to test the
working of the technology
and process of enrollment
into the UID database and
subsequently full roll out of
the UID project.
business events with earning in dollars. It
exhibitions on the IT sector should improve the life of
and various sessions the common man in India.
touching upon all aspects of That is the true value of
the industry. the IT sector”, Mr Pilot
Mr Pilot said despite the added.
global economic slowdown He said the sector had
during the past two years, contributed handsomely to
the Indian IT sector has the GDP growth of the
proved to be resilient and country and remained a net
made tremendous growth. job creator and helped the
Information Technology, country attract quality
ITeS and the BPO sector investment. India had 51 per
had grown from strength to cent of the global IT market
strength. The real hard work share.
of youth in the IT sector, However, it was time for
companies, entrepreneurs the Indian IT companies to
and the government had re- diversify their destinations of
sulted in India become a big their portfolios as the
stage in global arena. The export-focused industry was
sector provided direct and mainly depending on the US
indirect jobs to over 11.5 market, which accounted for
million young Indians. 63 per cent of its revenue.
The real value of the IT It must look towards other
sector lies not in merely countries and other
attracting investment and geographies like Africa.
More Funds released for
development of Mysore Tourism
would be given to 30
Mysore 28 Similarly
Rs.1.4 lakh had been
scheduled caste and 15
released for the
scheduled tribe candidates
in Mysore for procuring a
development of
vehicle and operating it as
Kukkarahalli Lake while
a taxi to
expansion courtesy search.rediff.com
make the
a n d
beneficiaries
renovation
s e l f
of Hotel
reliant.
Mayura
The
Hoysala
KSTDC
w a s
had given
being
a subsidy
taken up
o f
at a cost
Rs.70.20
of Rs.1.5
lakh for
crore.
30 SC/ST
M r
candidates
Luthra
during the
said the
KSTDC
y e a r
was also
2009-10,
funding tourist
he pointed out.
Speaking on the occasion,
infrastructure development
facilities at Chunchunkatte
Mr B B Verma, Divisional
and Arkeshwara Temple
Railway Manager, Mysore
in K R Nagar at a cost of
Division of South Western
Rs 30 lakh in the district.
Railway said the
inauguration of a tourist
While under the Tourist
Taxi Scheme during 2010-
information centre was the
11, a 50 per cent subsidy
fulfilment of a long-felt need
of the railways.
“My age does not worry me” : Tendulkar
London, Oct 28
(UNI) India’s master blaster
Sachin Tendulkar,
who has been in
blistering form this
year and has surged to
the top of the ICC
Test rankings for
batsmen for the first
time since 2002, said
he is ‘’not worried’’
with his age.
‘’I am really enjoying
my cricket right now.
I do not know how
long I am going to
continue playing for
but as long as I enjoy
myself and feel that I
can contribute I will be
playing.
‘’My age does not
worry me - age is in the mind,’’
the 37-year-old told ‘Evening
Standard’.
Tendulkar was speaking
at The Asian Awards held
at Grosvenor House last
night where he was handed
the People’s Choice Award
and the Outstanding
Achievement in Sport
Award.
Defence Minister not against
Hike : Anand Sharma
Hanoi, Oct 28 (UNI)
Calling for a hike in For-
eign Direct Investment
(FDI) cap in defence sec-
tor, Union Commerce and
Industry Minister Anand
Sharma today said it is
wrong to say that Defence
Minister A K Antony is not
in favour of proposed FDI
hike.
Mr Sharma said though his
Ministry has released a
'discussion paper' to raise
the FDI limits in the de-
fence production, the pa-
per did not aim at destroy-
ing domestic private or
public undertakings.
Ta l k i n g t o
mediapersons enroute
Hanoi from Malyasia with
Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh, Mr Sharma asked
whether he was disap-
pointed over Mr Antony's
refusal to increase the FDI
cap, said, ''Antony ji is one
of the senior Ministers of
Cabinet and I can assure
you that he is not against the
hike.'' He said defence pur-
chases is a sensitive sector
and the decision on hiking
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Govt to issue free bus passes
‘’I am very happy and inflicted a 2-0 series defeat on for journalists- R Ashok
humbled to win this award. It Australia, a result that was Bangalore, Oct 28 state-run buses without any
notable for a couple of (UNI) The Karnataka hassles of buying tickets,’’ he
other reasons too. Government today issued said.He said the Union
It saw Ricky Pontings’s free bus passes which allows Government had sanctioned
side fall to fifth in the ICC an accredited journalist to Rs 16 crore to implement the
team rankings and, travel free on the state-run scheme, which is the first of
crucially, below England buses within the state. its kind in the entire country.
for the first time since the Speaking after issuing Mr Ashok also
standings were launched in the bus passes, Karnataka informed the electronic test
2003. Coupled with the Home Minister R Ashok, driving track developed by
defeat to Pakistan in July, who is also the Transport the State Transport
it was also the first time in Minister, said the government Department which had
22 years Australia had lost today implemented one of evinced great interest among
three Tests in a row. the long-pending demands of various state governments,
Tendulkar said Australia the scribes. including Maharashtra and
are no longer the team to On the occasion, the Rajasthan, had proved more
beat in Test cricket. Minister also announced the beneficial, fruitful and
‘’The Australians launch of Common Mobility transparent.
Courtesy wikitedia.org competed very hard which Cards for the public to travel ‘’Maharashtra
they always do but India on the State-run Transport government had appealed to
as a team showed Corporation Buses. Karnataka to help it to have
is always good to know that tremendous character and a “The card would help the one such track in their state,’’
you are appreciated,’’ he toughness and we were able people to travel in all the he said.
said.Tendulkar gave Australia to beat them quite convincingly Sustainable development needed for
a torrid time a fortnight ago by seven wickets in the Second
with his mammoth first- Test. urban area : UNO
innings haul of 214 helping to ‘’If we are talking about the side NAGOYA, Japan, Oct for sustainable urban planning,
defeat the tourists in to beat in Test cricket right now, 28 (Reuters) The fight against not as a problem.’’ Half of
Bangalore. I would say South Africa in the destruction of nature can world’s population is now
He became the first South Africa. They compete start in cities, even as urban squeezed into cities and the
cricketer to score 14,000 hard and use their conditions to centres around the world
Test match runs as India their advantage,’’ he added. face the challenge of
accommodating more
people, skyscrapers and
transport systems.
While green groups at a
UN environment meeting in
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gard would be to save rainforests and
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ter taking on said conserving nature in
board the views cities was equally vital. urban population is expected
of the defence ‘’We must work on two to grow to 70 per cent by
establishment. levels. First, the preservation 2030.
' 'Leave for- of ecosystems but also the Urban development should
eign investment integration of biodiversity in not have to clash with the
in defence area, the city and in all policies,’’ need to restore ecosystems
even Indian in- Evelyne Huytebroeck, the and biological diversity in
dustries were Brussels’ region minister for cities, whether it be trees,
not permitted to environment, told a news plants or insects, delegates
invest in the sec- conference. from 230 local authorities
tor . ‘’Biodiversity must be seen as meeting on the sidelines of the
Times have changed. Un- part of the solution for the city, Oct 18-29 UN talks said.
der the present policy, 26 policy of defence pur-
per cent FDI along with chases, Mr Sharma replied KRS Reaches the
100 per cent investment by in the negative saying that
Indian industries is allowed increasing the FDI limit will maximum level
in defence and several not affect the offset policy Mysore, Oct 28 (UNI) With continued rains in
companies are being ben- and no harm will accrue to the catchment areas of River Cauvery, the inflow
efited by it,'' he added. the domestic private com- into the Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Reservoir, near
Clarifying his stand, panies and public sector here, has increased to 23,345 cusecs.
Mr Sharma said the indus- undertakings According to official sources the water level
trial countries, which are Under the offset policy, of the reservoir has already touched maximum of
developing in the defence the Defence Ministry has 124.80 feet and hence whatever the inflow, it was
p r o d u c t i o n a c r o s s t h e made mandatory that in let off.
world nowadays, have any deal worth over Rs 300 So far, nearly 15.47 tmc of water had been re-
a d o p t e d l i b e r a l i s a t i o n crore in Indian companies leased from the dam. The inflow into the Kabini
policy in 1950-60. will get 30 per cent of in- Reservoir also increased to 3500 cusecs from 1500
Asked whether in- vestment and India was try- cusecs yesterday.
creasing the FDI limit ing to increase indigenous The water level stood at 2273.43 mts against
would not be against offset defence production. maximum of 2284 mts.
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