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Namkin Food @ manavparivar

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Dhirendra @ manavparivar

Hello friends. I'm here now in Manavparivar again. Checking for final things that will be using. With this kind of function, no space for me to get tired. I will devote my time when it comes to this kind of function. I want God to be proud of me, so I will do all my best here to make our big event tomorrow the best one. It's our "Universal Peace Prayer".

" PEACE BE WITH YOU ALL "

My Busy Day

This my yesterdays picture from Manav Parivar. I went here to check things. I will be going also today. I will be taking a lot of pictures there for the awareness of everyone. See you!

Republic Day: 15 medals for cops, 16 for CBI officers

Good morning friends. In behalf of my family and friends I’m greeting you all a Happy Republic Day.

On the occasion of Republic Day, the Delhi Police have been awarded three Police Medals for Distinguished Services and 12 Medals for Meritorious Services. Amulya Kumar Patnaik, Jt CP, Crime; Ajay Kashyap, Jt CP, Southern Range; and ACP in Special Cell L N Rao have been given Police Medals for Distinguished Services.

There are other 12 police who received the Police Award for Meritorious Services. These police officers are: Sudhir Singh Yadav, Jt CP, Crime Against Women Cell; Bir Singh, ACP, Shahdara; K N Haridas, ACP/HQ (G); ACP Kamla Devi Meena, posted in the Security Unit; Inspector Satya Dev Singh Ahlawat, posted in the Security Unit; Inspector Vikram Kumar Chowdhary, posted in the Crime Against Women Cell, Nanak Pura; SI Biram Singh, posted in Security Unit; SI Kishan Chander, posted in the Traffic Unit; ASI Sarita Devi, posted at IGI airport; ASI Sarabjeet Singh, posted in Crime & Railways; Head Constable Shiv Kumar, posted in Special Branch; Head Constable (driver) Satbir Singh, posted in Crime & Railways Unit.

There are also police got three Gallantry Awards — two President’s Police Medal for Gallantry and one Police Medal for Gallantry. ACP Sanjeev Kumar Yadav has been awarded the President’s Police Medal for Gallantry and the Police Medal for Gallantry, while late Inspector Mohan Chand Sharma has been awarded the President’s Police Medal for Gallantry.

Honours for the CBI

The Central Bureau of Investigation awarded 16 officers the President’s Police Medal for Distinguished Service and Police Medal for Meritorious Service. It has been awarded to four personnel: R K Mishra, IPS, Joint Director (EOW-II), CBI; H C Awasthy, IPS, Joint Director (AC/HQ), CBI; Raju Rangarajan, SP, SU, CBI, Chennai; R K Choubey, SP, CBI Academy, Ghaziabad.

The other award has been given to 12 police officer for The Medal of Meritorious Service. This police are : Praveer Ranjan, IPS, DIG, SU, CBI; Sonali Mishra, IPS, DIG, ACR, CBI, Mumbai; Rajiv Singh, IPS, DIG, EO-II, CBI; Ramnath Azad, Assistant Director, (IPCC), CBI; Ravinder Singh, Additional SP, AC-III, CBI; Ashok Babu, DSP, ACB, CBI, Ghaziabad; M Shajahan, Inspector, ACB, CBI; Trivendrum, Uday Keshav More, Inspector, EOW, CBI, Mumbai; Mohan Singh Rawat, Sub-Inspector, EOU-I, CBI; Vijay Pal Singh, Sub-Inspector, SU, CBI; K Sasidharan Nair, ASI, ACB, CBI, Cochin; B D Kandwal, Head Constable, ACB, CBI, Ghaziabad.

Ref: Indian Express

Stem cell therapy set for first human trial

Good morning friends. The US federal government will allow the world’s first test in people of a therapy derived from human embryonic stem cells. It has been said that political considerations had no role.

The clearance of the clinical trial — of a treatment for spinal cord injury — is to be announced on Friday by Geron, the biotechnology company that first applied to the Food and Drug Administration to conduct the trial last March. The FDA had first said no, asking for more data.

Stem cells derived from adults and fetuses are already being used in some clinical trials, but they generally have less versatility than embryonic stem cells in terms of what tissue types they can form. A little more than 10 years after the first human embryonic stem cells were isolated at the University of Wisconsin, in work financed by Geron.

Because the cells can turn into any type of cell in the body, they may one day be able to provide tissues to replace worn-out organs or nonfunctioning cells to treat diabetes, heart attacks and other diseases. The field is known as regenerative medicine.

The cells will be injected into the spinal cord at the injury site 7 to 14 days after the injury occurs, because there is evidence the therapy will not work for much older injuries.

The study is a so-called Phase I trial, aimed mainly at testing the safety of the therapy. There would still be years of testing and many hurdles to overcome before the treatment would become routinely available to patients.

Even as some researchers hailed the onset of clinical trials, others expressed trepidation that if the therapy proves unsafe — or even if it is safe but does not work — it could cause a backlash that would set the field back for years. “It would be a disaster, a nightmare, if we ran into these kinds of problems in this very first trial.”

Ref: The Times of India

Kites colour the skies and unite the world

Ahmedabad, known for so many things over the centuries, is now being dubbed kite capital of India'. the azure sky is dotted with colour and rooftops send signals of pulsating action as people perform gymnastics with wrists and waistlines.

Those who are religious chant Gayatri mantra with fervour to invoke Sun God as he starts his valiant journey in the northern sky to bring to an end chilling winter hours. The breeze is forceful and as kites swing, people sway in jubilation.

People socialise and savour undhiyu, a delicate mix of vegetables and spices. Ardent kite-flyers on crowded roofs relish this traditional delicacy while keeping an anxious eye on the fate of their kites.

The playful rivalry is visible from early morning. Gradually, one sees kites overtaking, overlapping and snapping each other bringing glory and cheer to the winners.

It is said kings and nawabs patronised this festival both for entertainment and also to demonstrate their qualities of command and organisation.

Kites have also become a source of brisk business. Manufacturers are able to make good money and also showcase their skills of precision, pasting, coating and mixing to produce millions of kites.

The festival is undoubtedly secular. Kites are affordable to all and depict the hidden spirit of people who want to hit new highs. It's enjoyed by local population as well as diaspora visiting home.

Legend says Chinese traveller Huen Tsang had flown a kite in 200 BC to intimidate the army of Han dynasty. Thereafter, kites were used to send signals and measure distances to enemy camps till 500 AD.

Kite flying was a popular sport in China till the 14th century. Today, kites are put on regal and martial display and have become a major item in entertainment industry.

ref: The Times of India

Fund to help Indian workers abroad set up

With increasing number of Indians facing harassment abroad, the government has set up a welfare fund at various Indian missions, mainly in the Gulf region, to help such workers in times of difficulty.
The Indian Community Welfare Fund, which came into effect from January one, would be used for extending help and cooperation to distressed and underprivileged Indian workers mainly in Gulf countries.

"The Fund has been set up to equip the missions better in ensuring protection and welfare of overseas Indian workers in the ECR (Emigration Check Required) countries," Overseas Indian affairs ministry secretary K Mohandas said.

The requirement for such a fund at the Indian missions in ECR countries, home to a sizeable number of Indian workers, had been long felt because of increase in number of harassment cases and ill treatment of Indian workers by their employers.

Mohandas said the Fund will help the missions extend a host of welfare services to Indians in distress and in need.

He said setting up of the Fund is part of efforts to protect the interests of the genuine migrants.
Emigration clearance for Indians is required in 17 countries of which 12 are in the Gulf region including Qatar, Oman, Kuwait, Bahrain, UAE, Saudi Arabia and Sudan.

The Ministry has plans to amend the Emigration Rules to revamp the recruiting agent system. It is also working on an e-governance project to transform the emigration system by designing an integrated process connecting all stakeholders and activities in the migration process.

ref: thetimesofindia

Gujarat unveils solar policy

In a major climate efficient initiative, the Gujarat government on Tuesday came up with a radical solar power generation policy. Those willing to set up solar photovoltic and solar thermal projects in the state will get a lot of number of concessions through this policy.

The government came up with the solar power policy after it received proposals of up to Rs 50,000 crore in form of MoUs at the Vibrant Gujarat summit, officials in the state energy department told TOI.

Concessions also include exemption from electricity duty and demand cut of 50 per cent of the installed capacity. Units that start production before December 31, 2010 can avail these concessions.

Talking to mediapersons on Tuesday, state energy minister Saurabh Patel said, "Today solar power is very costly, but it needs to be developed urgently in view depleting conventional sources of energy and their highly-fluctuating costs. This policy has been proposed to plan out things for the next decade."

The concessions include, guarantee to buy power for 12 years at its production cost Rs 13 per unit for photovoltic projects and Rs 10 per unit for thermal projects.

Though the capital cost for setting up a solar photovoltic solar plant is Rs 20 crore per MW and Rs 15 crore for thermal solar plant, Patel said, "These concessions will enable top companies to do cost-effective research and development in Kutch, Banaskantha, Jamnagar and Bhavnagar for alternative sources of energy. A lot of these companies have already explored possibilities of setting up solar plants."

"The state's policy is particularly radical since the Centre's cap for solar power projects in India is 50 MW, while Gujarat has put a cap of 500 MW 10 times more than the Centre. Rajasthan has also announced a policy with a cap of 50 MW," a senior official added.

ref:thetimesofindia