With the expairy of its lease period, the state government has set Dec 31 deadline for the Bangalore Turf Club to shift to an alternative place from its current location.

Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa st the deadline after a brief discussion with his cabinet collegues, including law minister suresh kumar and transport minister R Ashok. The CM said, “We should have taken the decision long back. However, due to technical problem, we could not take action on it but the government in 1968 had given land near jakkur for BTC but they did not shift then . Now the revenue department has identified land near Dodajala for the purpose.”

Source said both the BTC and revenue department officials have agreed upon the 100 acres of land identified near Doddajala and the final decision would be announced within the next week.

Source: Bangalore Mirror

A 4-year Undergraduate Course in Civil & Municipal Engg. was first introduced in 1949 in the erstwhile Engineering College. The formal sanction of the Visitor of the University to create this Dept. was received in 1956 and the B.Sc Engg. (Civil & Municipal) Degree was recognized by the Govt. of India in 1958. The name of the Dept. was changed to the present form in 1975. Postgraduate courses in Environmental Engg., Geotechnical Engg., Hydraulic Engg., Structural Engg., and Transportation Engg. were subsequently introduced.

Apart from regular teaching and research activities, the Dept. has been handling sponsored research programmes of CSIR, UGC, SAP,HUDCO, DST & AICTE. It has established liaison with industry to take various problems referred to by Govt., Semi-Govt.& Private Organizations. It also provides technical guidelines to the people of the country, particularly in the eastern region and organizes short-term courses, training courses, seminars, workshops, and conferences for the benefits of students and entrepreneurs. The Dept. has Civil Engineering Society that organizes expert lectures, group discussions, competitions, sports and other activities for the all-round development of the Civil Engineering students.

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S.P. Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR) is a constituent unit of the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, which was founded in 1938 by the then Kulpati Dr. K.M. Munshi and 53 other eminent professionals. Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan is registered under the Societies Registration Act XXI of 1860 and the Bombay Public Trust Act 1950. It is a trust of repute and eminence and is universally recognised for its educational as well as cultural activities.

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WASHINGTON, November 11, 2008 — The World Bank approved today US$50 million to support the Renewable Energy in the Rural Market Project (PERMER), an innovative program providing clean energy to rural communities in Argentina.

Through this new initiative, more rural communities will be receiving reliable electricity using renewable energy technologies. An additional 15,500 new solar home systems will be built, and 140 thermal systems and some 630 solar PV systems will supply electricity to rural schools.

Thirty solar powered water pumps and 2 biomass generation projects will also be supported through this additional funding.

Up to now, PREMER has provided access to electricity to 8,000 homes and 1,900 schools with primarily solar and wind energy technologies.

“This is something that most of us take for granted, but think of the impact that simply lighting can have for a rural health clinic, a community center, a student at home, or a small business”, said Pedro Alba, World Bank Country Director for Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay. “PERMER has proven to be an innovative and effective program for reaching poor rural communities throughout the country and providing them with electricity through green technologies”, he added.

Specifically, the Renewable Energy in the Rural Market Project will:

* Provide rural areas of the participating provinces with reliable electricity supply using renewable energy technologies, when feasible;
* Produce studies of energy alternatives;
* Promote green business operations for rural energy in Argentina; and
* Facilitate private sector participation in the provision of electricity in rural areas by improving provincial government capacities to regulate private sector participation.

According to Todd Johnson, Task Manager for the project, “Through PERMER, Argentina has put in place a new institutional and business model for providing remote rural communities with electricity for lighting, communication, and information technologies. The project has also demonstrated that renewable energy technologies such as solar PV systems are usually the least-cost way of providing electricity in remote areas.”

The Fixed-Spread Loan from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) has a 15-year maturity and a 5-year grace period.

For more information on the Renewable Energy in the Rural Market Project (PERMER) please visit: http://web.worldbank.org/external/projects/main?pagePK=64283627&piPK=73230&theSitePK=40941&menuPK=228424&Projectid=P110498

For more information on World Bank’s program in Argentina please visit:

http://www.bancomundial.org.ar

For more information, please visit the Projects website.

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WASHINGTON, November 11, 2008 –Calling for a rapid response to the spreading global financial crisis, the World Bank Group today said it would substantially increase financial support for developing countries, including the launch or expansion of four facilities for the crisis-hit private sector that is critical to employment, recovery and growth. …more »

With the growing interest both globally and nationally in the traditional medicine, the Government has renewed its commitment for quality control in all the facets of traditional medicines. Speaking after the inauguration of AROGYA 2008, Secretary, Department of Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (Ayush), Ms. Anita Das said that quality is the new mantra whether it is Ayurvedic products or the standards of training and education. Growing international attention and emergence of systematic demand for Ayush products has made it incumbent on us to maintain the highest possible standards of quality, she said. In this regard a higher emphasis on scientific scrutiny for quality control is being undertaken under the National Campaign on Quality Control in Ayush medicines. Partners like CSIR and ICMR are collaborating in this regard.

Secretary, Ayush also emphasized the need for documentation of traditional knowledge for avoiding misappropriation of the same by foreign companies. In this regard, she informed that under the project for traditional knowledge digital library about 200000 manuscripts are being transcribed into digital format. In a testimony to comprehensive documentation, a large number of documentation was released at the inaugural function. The released documents included 11 book series on Ayurveda and Siddha, 13 Siddha books translated into Tamil, 3 books on Homoeopathy and compilations on Yoga and Unani. The patent organisations world over are being sensitized about the Indian traditional knowledge and the results of digital library on traditional knowledge will be presented at the next plenary of WIPO.

Arogya 2008 is being organized by Department of Ayush in association with ITPO from today to November 3, 2008 at Hall No. 12, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. The fair is open for general public from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. on all days. Drug industry, booksellers and other stakeholders in the field of Ayush are participating in the fair along with the research councils, national institutes and laboratories under Department of Ayush.

Main highlight of the fair will be Indo-ASEAN conclave on traditional medicine in which 29 experts from ASEAN are participating. This will provide a platform for exchange of ideas and increased recognition for traditional medicines of both the regions.

Arogya 2008 will also have yoga demonstrations by experts with personal counseling for treatment of various diseases to yoga and naturopathy. Free health checkups, lectures and counseling by experts in Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy, demonstration of home remedies for common ailments and sale of natural drugs and food products. There will be display and sale of medicinal plants also.