News Briefs – 2nd Apr 2012
RISAT-1, India's indigenous radar imaging satellite that can take images of the earth during day and night and in cloudy conditions, is likely to be launched on April 20.
The project, ‘Citizen Sparrow,' supported by a number of nature and conservation organisations across the country, is available on www.citizensparrow.in
The ‘hundi' collection in the temple of Lord Venkateswara at Tirupathi on Sunday, 1st Apr 1012 registered a staggering income of Rs. 5.73 crore. This is said to be the highest-ever ‘hundi' income registered in the history of the temple in a single day, surpassing Rs. 4.23 crore recorded on New Year Day this year on 1st Jan 2012.
New Central scheme to supply free generic drugs.
The CBI traces its origin to the Special Police Establishment, which was set up in 1941. It was mandated to probe cases of bribery and corruption in transactions with the War and Supply Department of India during World War II. The Delhi Special Police Establishment Act came into force in 1946 and the name of ‘CBI' was given to it on April 1, 1963, with D.P. Kohli becoming its founder-Director.
The SMS Toolkit Program for pregnant women project started in April 2010 by Datamation Foundation under the aegis of the Microsoft Unlimited Potential Programme with technical support from One World South Asia (OWSA) and ZMQ Technologies. It aims at providing critical Reproductive and Child Health related information services to pregnant and lactating women and their husbands by sending them localised messages (SMS) in Hindi.
NRHM -- National Rural Health Mission
Madurai Kamaraj University, one of the nine universities in the country that obtained status of University of Potential for Excellence, has plans to introduce online examinations to enhance the employability of the students, said M. Rajia Kodi, Registrar in-charge and Controller of Examinations.
Dementia Society of India formally launched at a scientific congress on 31st Mar 2012 at Chennai.
A 92-metre long tri-colour was unfurled in Vijayawada on Sunday to mark the 92 years since the flag designed by Pingali Venkaiah was first hoisted by Congress volunteers.
Kerala protests against Tamil Nadu claim for entire Kudankulam power.
Most people who visit the Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) in Nungambakkam, Chennai tend to miss the tall pillar hidden amidst greenery behind the bustling office monitoring the State's weather. But this 15 ft tall granite pillar is the pride of the campus, which was the first scientific observatory established in the country by the British.
All the 854 hospitals in the expanded Chennai Corporation limits will start online reporting of new cases of 22 diseases to the Surveillance Unit in Ripon Buildings under a revamped set-up for the Integrated Disease Surveillance Project shortly.
1st Apr 2012, marked the completion of two years since the landmark Right to Free and Compulsory Education Act (RTE Act) came into force.
NCPCR -- National Commission for Protection of Child Rights
Chennai, with a population of around 67 lakh, has just a little over 18,000 police personnel which translates to one policeman for every 372 residents. This is against the required strength of 22,000 policemen, for a public-police ratio of 1:304 which is said to be reasonable.
Signpost Publications has developed and released ‘Celfon.in', a mobile phone application to access details of users (individuals and business firms) of all mobile phone companies.
Source: The Hindu
