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Nobel laureates to deliver lectures in Capital New Delhi, October 18 These public lectures will be curtain raisers for the country-wide World Science Festival, being organised by the CPFS with the support of the scientific departments of the Government of India and scientific institutions across the country on the theme `What is Life?’ in February 2003. According to Prof Nair, the lectures are part of the effort of the CPFS to “provide opportunities for our people to engage with the best scientific minds” from all over the world, who are acknowledged pioneers in their areas of research. Such interactions could stimulate scientific thinking and creativity, expand mental horizons, as well as revitalise the great and glorious enterprise of science among our youth. The mission of the CPFS is to promote multidisciplinary scientific research focussed on frontiers, foundations and philosophy, in the context of the rapid advances in prospect in the 21st century, where India has the potential of emerging as a major global player. Prof Nair said that the unprecedented public enthusiasm witnessed last year when Stephen Hawking delivered the CPFS Albert Einstein Lecture underlined the remarkable appreciation for scientific achievement in our country and the keen interest of our fellow citizens in keeping abreast of advances in science and technology, which are transforming not only our ideas about the universe and ourselves, but the very world we inhabit.  |
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Students sow the seed of eco-conservation New Delhi, October 18 Water-harvesting plants, for instances, are being increasingly set up in many schools in the Capital. The project is being adopted in schools across the city. “We have been approached by two schools in the Capital to help them start water harvesting plants. These schools are not just complying with the orders issued by the government that all institutions should have these plants, but essentially because they want to create more awareness amongst students,” said Ms Anuradha of Clean India. According to the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), the water table is falling by two metres a year in the city due to excessive consumption and these plants can go a long way in helping to restore the water level. “We keep monitoring the water levels in the areas where we have installed these plants, especially in the areas where our model projects are located. In these model project areas, we have noticed encouraging water levels,” said Ms Sumita of the CSE. With awareness drives catching on, schools have approached organisations like the CSE and Clean India to venture into water harvesting. Some of the schools that have installed these plants include Modern School, Barakhamba Road, Springdales School and Delhi Public School, Vasant Kunj. The first school to start the water harvesting plant was Shri Ram School, Vasant Vihar. After three years of having set up the plant, the results have been encouraging. The water level of the area has gone up by over three metres in the last two years and the school has managed to harvest over 20 lakh litres of rainwater. Apart from water harvesting, schools are also actively taking up projects like recycling of waste. “We have been successfully running the water harvesting plant in our school for enriching the subsoil level. But the paper recycling plant that was installed in the school three years back has been an eye opener. We were gifted the machinery by Rotary Club, but from thereon, our students and staff have been running the whole show. This recycling plant uses all the waste paper generated in the school and this is used to manufacture recycled products, including handicrafts. In fact, all my office stationery comes from the recycling plant,” pointed out Mrs Lata Vaidyanathan, principal, Modern School, Barakhamba Road. Schools have also been actively participating in the eco clubs that have been started by the Ministry of Environment, wherein the students have taken up issues like planting more saplings, dissuading people from using plastic bags and also spreading awareness about environment-related issues. |
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MDU launches ‘earn while you learn’ scheme New Delhi, October 18 The three-year course will offer specialisation in various fields such as Sales & Marketing, Financial Services & Banking, Insurance, Entrepreneurship and IT with the academic inputs being imparted at the university-approved educational institutions/study centres on a flexi-time basis for 18 hours a week. There are 128 colleges affiliated to the university, which will supplement the on-the-job practical training provided by companies in which the students work three to four days a week. Mr Rajiv Chawla, general secretary of the Faridabad Small Industry Association, said, “The course is specially designed to meet the needs and requirements of the industry and the students.” The industry will be directly involved in the selection of students for the course and the respective students will receive attachment with a company according to their area of specialisation. The admission to the course is conditional to the short-listing of the student by the industry. The industry training and stipend is coordinated by the National Institute of Applied Management (NIAM), which will ensure that the minimum stipend during the pursuance of the course is at par with industry standards. The training period runs concurrent with the course, which is divided into six semesters. The flexibility in the course is enhanced since the student has the option of completing the six semesters within a maximum period of five years. The novel course entails the evaluation of the student in a synchronous effort between all entities involved – the university, institute and the industry. The first-of-its-kind course, recognised by the UGC, offers the student the advantage of earning a stipend working in a company while at the same time pursuing the course. The course envisages the creation of quality human resource equipped with essential knowledge, skill and expertise. Companies such as GE Capital, ICICI, IDBI, Standard Chartered, Airtel and Citibank have already shown willingness to participate in the programme. The recruitment for the programme concludes on November 10 and interested candidates are required to contact MD University, Rohtak for further details. |
Judge raps MDU for
flouting its own rules Rohtak, October 18 The
Civil Judge had on August 19 issued an ad-interim injunction and
stayed the operation and implementation of the July 2 order of the
university by which Anurag Lamba, 4th-year student of LLB, was fined
Rs 1,000 and rusticated for the current session for alleged misconduct
in the centre superintendent’s office. The Civil Judge had also
ordered the university to promote Anurag Lamba to the next higher
class if found otherwise eligible, subject to the decision of the
civil suit filed by the student against the university order. While pleading for issuance of the ad-interim injunction, Anurag Lamba had argued that the July 2 decision of the university was illegal, null, void and against the principles of natural justice and against the university calendar and issued with mala fide intention. He had also pleaded that he had a prima facie case and that he would suffer irreparable loss in the event of non-issuance of the injunction in his favour and that his entire career would be ruined. The university opposed the suit on a number of grounds. It argued that the student had no right in his favour, that education was not meant just to fill the mind with the facts and figures but to develop the mind and what was required was academic atmosphere and timely guidance, that it was the duty of the Vice-Chancellor and the teaching staff to maintain that atmosphere and guide the students and that reading was not a fundamental right. The university also argued that the orders of the Civil Judge was not based on facts and was based on surmises and conjectures and was not sustainable in the eyes of law. The university further contended that the trial court had exceeded its jurisdiction and did not appreciate the legal position in the correct perspective and that the order under appeal was not sustainable because if this order was allowed to remain, it would create an atmosphere of indiscipline in the university. Announcing the order, the Additional District Judge said that the punishment of rustication and monetary punishment could not be awarded simultaneously. Therefore, the university, under Article 39 (1) of the university calendar, volume - I, in its discretion could award either the punishment of rustication or fine. A fine not exceeding to Rs 100 could be imposed. But in this case, a fine of Rs 1,000 was imposed, which was ten times the fine prescribed under the provision of the university calendar. “It
is regretted that the university imposed a punishment not permitted by
the law and it is doubly regretted that the university has tried to
justify its wrong order of punishment,” the Additional District
Judge observed. The order further said that even the proctorial
board was not constituted in accordance with the statute of the
university. Mr Shiva Sharma said that the concept of reasonableness or
non-arbitrariness pervaded the entire scheme of our legal system and
was a golden thread, which ran through the whole fabric of our law. |
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Hoax bomb call in Patiala Courts New Delhi, October 18 The call was received by the Police Control Room of the Delhi Police and the Delhi Fire Service at about 1pm that a bomb had been planted in the court. A large number of police personnel, bomb disposal squad and dog squad reached the court. The local police cordoned off the court premises and nobody was allowed to enter the court. Experts with the help of sniffer dogs made a complete search of the court premises but a bomb was not discovered and the call was declared a hoax. The court premises were evacuated within a few minutes after the call. Vehicles parked in the parking lot of the court were also brought outside, resulting in traffic chaos nearby the court. The advocates were also asked to come out of their chambers. Luckily, advocates in the district courts were on strike today in protest against the beating up of colleagues in Tis Hazari Court a few days back. Otherwise, the local police would have faced a problem in evacuating the court premises.
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Advocates
call off stir New Delhi, October 18 Strict action was initiated against the police officials who
allegedly beat Delhi Bar Association (DBA) secretary, Jatan
Singh. Police sources said police have already transferred both
the police-in-charge of the Tis Hazari Courts and the
police-in-charge of Tis Hazari lock-up and promised to withdraw
the FIR.
Representatives of various bar associations met Joint
Commissioner of Police Ajay Chadha in the presence of Deputy
Commissioner of Police (North) Sanjay Beniwal and had a lengthy
discussion to defuse the crisis. Three lawyers, including
Association Vice-President, I S Siroha, were allegedly beaten up
in the lock-up in the Tis Hazari court complex over a vehicle
parking dispute. According to witnesses, the lawyers got into an
altercation with police after Mr Siroha asked the cops to remove
a police van from the parking lot near the central hall. This
led to a heated argument and Mr Siroha and two others were
allegedly dragged into the lock-up and beaten up by policemen. |
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