Better Photography launches in Hindi

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India’s No.1 photography magazine ‐ Better Photography launches in Hindi
New Delhi, 29th November 2011: Better Photography, India’s No.1 photography magazine announced the launch of its Hindi title at a grand ceremony in Eros Hotel, New Delhi. Targeted at the Hindi speaking markets, the magazine is the first nationally circulated Hindi photography magazine in India.
The magazine was unveiled by Pablo Bartholomew, legendary photojournalist and two‐times World Press Photo winner; Bandeep Singh, Photo Editor, Fortune India magazine; Neeraj Priyadarshi, Photo Editor, The Indian Express, Dr. Alok Bharadwaj, Senior Vice President, Canon India, Gurjender Singh Virdi, Executive Editor, Better Photography, K Madhavan Pillai, Editor, Better Photography, & Sandeep Khosla, CEO publishing, Infomedia18 Ltd.Also present on the occasion were Harish Tyagi, Chief photographer, Indian Subcontinent, European Pressphoto Agency; photojournalist and activist Ram Rahman; Jitendar Chug, Deputy General Manager sales and marketing, Nikon; Nitin Goyal, General Manager, Tamron Co. Ltd. (India); independent professional photographer Amit Pasricha and other numerous photo industry stalwarts, and senior photographers from Delhi.
Answering to the media, Better Photography editor, K Madhavan Pillai said “With so much of emphasis placed on English media, I am absolutely thrilled that we are the first to launch a significant, nationally circulated monthly magazine on photography in Hindi. Photography is soon becoming an affordable hobby and art in India. It is an enjoyable, healthy and environment friendly art, which does not
differentiate between age and class.”
“ With so many issues, socio‐economic or otherwise, photography is the one language that breaks the barriers of the spoken or written word. It helps people ‘see’ the truth for what it is. I am very optimistic
about the new Better Photography Hindi. With Hindi speaking audiences numbering more than the populations of many other countries and with smaller cities and towns fast becoming the primary growth drivers in consumer technologies, I believe that Better Photography Hindi will eventually go on to have more subscribers than our English edition,” he added.
Addressing the media, Sandeep Khosla, CEO publishing, Infomedia 18 Ltd, said “The decision to launch the Hindi magazine has been based both on a constant feedback from across North India. Better Photography Hindi will be priced at Rs.60 and will reach out to a huge market, especially in the northern
and central belt of the country. The reader profile will be similar in both English and Hindi versions, except for the fact that people are more comfortable with Hindi as a language in large parts of the country. The content will not just be a translation of our English edition. It will have unique content and
will focus on techniques, buying advice and tests, tips & tricks, interviews from all over the world and the very latest news.”
Speaking about the promotional plans of the magazine, Sandeep adds,“ The group has plans to promote the new magazine across Network18 medium including television channels (IBN7, CNBC Awaaz, CNBC TV18, CNN IBN, Lokmat, Colors, MTV, History TV18), websites (Web 18), magazines (Infomedia 18) and also other Hindi newspapers, outdoors, radio and point‐of‐purchase promotions in major Hindi
speaking cities such as Lucknow, Jammu, Chandigarh, Kanpur, Delhi among others.”
Harish Tyagi, Chief photographer, Indian Subcontinent, European Pressphoto Agency complimented Better Photography on the initiative. “I am glad to know about the initiative from Better Photography.
As a regular reader of Better Photography in English, reading the same magazine in Hindi will make more sense to me as the Hindi edition is going to be entirely different and not just the translation of the English magazine. I am sure it will be nice to read photography tips and comments in one of our own Hindi language from the best Indian photography magazine,” he said.
Starting from the December 2011 issue, Better Photography Hindi will be available in the beginning of every month on the newsstands. As a special introductory offer, the December, January and February issues will also carry separate Hindi Pocket Guides on people photography, wedding photography and nature photography.

ABOUT BETTER PHOTOGRAPHY – India’s No.1 Photography Magazine
Better Photography has been the leading photography magazine in India and South Asia for over fourteen years now. It is published by Infomedia18 Ltd, one of India’s best publishing houses. The magazine’s primary audience includes serious enthusiasts and amateurs and covers a wide variety of content. Basic and advanced level techniques, reviews of latest cameras and photography gadgets along
with interviews with the most reputed photographers from around the world forms the core of the content of Better Photography.
ABOUT INFOMEDIA18 LIMITED
Informedia18 [BSE: 509069; NSE: INFOMEDIA], the printing and publishing arm of Network18 is one of the leading publishers of business publications in the country. Its stable includes a number of leading publications like Overdrive, Chip, Better Photography, Entrepreneur, Better Interiors, T3, AV Max, Noise Factory. Apart from these, it also publishes a large number of business to business publications and
Yellow Pages. The latest in its kitty is the newly launched Overdrive hindi, which through a pioneer initiative is also available as an ipad app. After Market targeted at the automotive aftermarket industry
is another

Vote on bringing back torture.

Dear Naresh,

Today, as Congress returns from Thanksgiving break, Senators are poised to take a vote on bringing back torture.

An amendment filed by Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) would effectively revive so-called “enhanced interrogation techniques”, overruling the Executive Order issued by President Obama on his second day in office that banned the use of torture and shut down the CIA’s secret interrogation program.

As the retired admirals and generals who stood with President Obama on that historic day have made clear, torture undermines our national credibility, hinders our ability to effectively fight terrorism, and betrays our core values. And as the interrogators we at Human Rights First have worked with over the years know, torture is counterproductive in interrogations.

In addition, the defense bill this year contains several alarming provisions related to detainee policy, including ones that would undermine our federal courts. Fortunately, an amendment filed by Sen. Mark Udall (D-CO) would strip these troublesome provisions from the legislation.

Votes on these amendments could take place as early as today.

Tell your Senators to support the Udall amendment #1107 and oppose the Ayotte amendment #1068. Take action on this pressing issue now!

Sincerely,
C. Dixon Osburn
Human Rights First

Iran parliament votes to expel British ambassador

TEHRAN: Iran's parliament voted Sunday to expel Britain's ambassador in retaliation for fresh Western sanctions imposed over Tehran's nuclear programme.Iran parliament vote majority of 179 lawmakers  in favour of reducing diplomatic relations to the more junior level of charge d'affaires within two weeks and paring economic relations with Britain to a minimum, according to a live broadcast on state radio.
Four deputies voted against, and 11 abstained.The lawmakers also raised the possibility of punishing "other countries that behave in a manner similar to that of Britain." "This bill is only the beginning," parliamentary speaker Ali Larijani warned.The bill now has to go to Iran's Guardians Council for approval before it takes effect.After the parliamentary bill was introduced on Wednesday, Britain said "it would be regrettable" if its ambassador to Tehran, Dominick Chilcott, were to be expelled. Chilcott took up his post last month.

Britain, whose City of London is the world's biggest financial market alongside New York, said November 14 it was "ceasing all contact" between its financial system and that of Iran.Media agencies

Foreign Direct Investment in multi-brand retail

28.11.2011 14:11:57 - Nksagar-Sagar Media Inc: New Delhi:A nation where PDS System and the consumer right are in state of jeopardy and with passing of each day the common man food is getting dearer and dearer thus a cause of poor health and low return of country demographic health with low nutrition wealth.

(live-PR.com) - Foreign Direct Investment, FDI, in multi-brand retail is too specific with brand word which supposedly applies to the branding companies but with developed countries in this branding goes well but with countries namely China and Myanmar,South Asian and far East countries in developing state for their opening their store without any brand may have difficult to get clearance with this Categorical namely allotted by the government of India.
Supermarkets a very old concept and the retail brand can be in thousands category of variant nature with respect to cultural and eating habits of trade getting globalized thus the name must have common analogy to accommodate the global trade when FTA are in vogue.

We,the nation run our governance,in way of oligarchy rather than for the masses or the people.The decision of food for all needs compressive decision as it affect both the food and employ ability.

Consultation with stakeholders for getting the policy approved is necessity. Retail trade is dominated by backward class and minorities,quintessentially the aam admi. Cabinet decision to allow foreign direct investment in India's retail sector has stupefied. Foreign retail giants has tendency to destroy domestic competition. They are accused of adopting bad labour practices, squeezing manufacturers and following predatory pricing policies and small retailers run the risk of being eliminated not by market forces but by the pricing and marketing policies of these multinational giants, each one with a
proven track record of anti-competitive policies.

The fear of forming conglomerate of prices by foreign companies in produce like onions,tomatoes, potatoes and apples by storing the eatery in cold storage's to stir a fake shortage in the market and speculating the prices has given aam admi real headache.Managing controlled supply to the open market, the foreign companies manage the retail prices when the government act mute spectator to check the malpractice,fear is greater when foreign companies manage to control various eatery products.


Government today launched a campaign to highlight the advantages of allowing Foreign Direct Investment, FDI, in multi-brand retail. Commerce and Industry Ministry has given a full page advertisement in all leading newspapers today, stating that FDI in multi-brand retail will help farmers, create more jobs and benefit consumers. The advertisement states that domestic retailers will benefit from sourcing their requirements from wholesale cash and carry store at a discount. The Ministry stated that contrary to the mistaken belief that it will result in unemployment, FDI in multi-brand retail will generate 10 million new jobs. It added that farmers will also benefit from the decision as they will receive better prices for their produce. The Ministry also stated that in countries where there is no cap on FDI, small retail stores have flourished.

Official Correspondent reports that the Opposition and some allies of the government have opposed the Cabinet's decision to allow 51 percent FDI in multi brand retail and 100 per cent in single brand retail. Parliament was also disrupted on Friday over the issue.

Meanwhile, the government maintained that all precautions have been taken to protect the interests of farmers and small retailers. Law Minister Salman Khurshid today said that the State governments are free to take a decision on the implementation of the policy in their respective States. He added that BJP should sort out the differences within its own party over the issue.
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Mr. Martin O’Malley, Governor of Maryland and the accompanying delegation

Day and Date    :    Friday, December 2nd, 2011

Time                   :    10 - 11.45 am - Life Sciences Session
                                             12 -2.15 pm- Luncheon meeting with the Governor

Venue                 :     FICCI Federation House, Tansen Marg, New Delhi – 110001

NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen express regret

BRUSSELS: NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Sunday he had written to Pakistan premier Yousuf Raza Gilani to express regret over the "tragic, unintended" deaths of 24 Pakistani soldiers in an airstrike.

"I have written to the Prime Minister of Pakistan to make it clear that the deaths of Pakistani personnel are as unacceptable and deplorable as the deaths of Afghan and international personnel," he said in a statement. "This was a tragic unintended incident."
Media agencies

Pak atomic program not safe in Zardari presence: Qureshi

Pak atomic program not safe in Zardari presence: Qureshi

GHOTKI: Former foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi Sunday alleged that Pakistan's atomic program was not safe as long as Asif Ali Zardari was the President of the country. Addressing a large public gathering here, Qureshi said: "Pakistan's atomic program was not safe in the presence of Zardari …. I would make more disclosures on the threat posed by Zardari to the atomic program at Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's rally in Karachi (on Dec 25)." Earlier, Shah Mehmood Qureshi formally announced joining Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf in the presence of its Chairman Imran Khan. He claimed that government's rhetoric of reconciliation is nothing but a programme to save their term, calling it a 'kursi bachao program'. Qureshi regretted that the successors of Benazir Bhutto buried her legacy and vision. He said today President Asif Zardari was in league with those whom Benazir Bhutto had suspected of plotting to murder her. "If she had been alive today, would she have allowed this to happen?" he asked the charged crowd who responded with resounding "no".Geo news

Employment in MSME Sector

The Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises has been promoting self employment ventures through setting up of Micro Enterprises.  Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP), a Credit linked subsidy programme, was launched in 2008-09 and is being implemented through Khadi & Village Industries Commission (KVIC) a statutory body under the administrative control of the Ministry.  PMEGP is particularly aimed at generating self employment opportunities through establishment of Micro Enterprises.   Under PMEGP, beneficiaries belonging to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Minorities, Backward Classes, Women etc. are entitled to a higher rate of margin money assistance at the rate of 35 percent in rural areas whereas beneficiaries belonging to General categories are entitled to margin money assistance at the rate of 25 percent in rural areas for project costing upto Rs.25 lakh each in the manufacturing sector and upto Rs.10 lakh each in the service sector through the implementing agencies and loan from banks, etc.

The Ministry is implementing various schemes for creation of new job opportunities through development of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises in the country.  Some of the major schemes includes Credit Guarantee Scheme, Micro and Small Enterprises Cluster Development Programme, Credit Linked Capital Subsidy Scheme, Marketing Development Assistance Scheme, National Manufacturing Competitiveness Programme, Scheme of Fund For Regeneration Of Traditional Industries, Trade Related Entrepreneurship Assistance and Development, Mahila Coir Yojana, Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme and Skill Development Programme.

Annex.-I

State/Union Territory (UT) – wise details of number of units assisted under PMEGP                                                                                                                    

                                                                                                                

S. No.	States/UTs	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12*
1	Chandigarh	16	50	30	8
2	Delhi	1	85	149	55
3	Haryana	484	550	915	592
4	Himachal Pradesh	309	485	961	398
5	Jammu and Kashmir	680	1782	2128	1114
6	Punjab	266	986	823	503
7	Rajasthan	540	1257	2096	1199
8	Andaman & Nicobar Islands	40	96	125	131
9	Bihar	5873	884	1429	1153
10	Jharkhand	498	353	1545	830
11	Orissa	1654	1935	2581	948
12	West Bengal	4002	7197	5679	4340
13	Arunachal Pradesh	114	138	232	132
14	Assam	1226	2430	4756	514
15	Manipur	0	195	204	177
16	Meghalaya	0	399	305	201
17	Mizoram	0	156	380	112
18	Nagaland	5	17	242	261
19	Tripura	25	325	650	190
20	Sikkim	10	60	78	10
21	Andhra Pradesh	865	2995	2743	1493
22	Karnataka	1220	1509	1871	1294
23	Kerala	365	1597	1737	1015
24	Lakshadweep	0	11	25	0
25	Puducherry	48	73	216	30
26	Tamil Nadu	1197	3142	2247	1553
27	Goa	1	94	133	55
28	Gujarat	268	841	1843	640
29	Dadra & Nagar Havel
30	Daman & Diu
31	Maharashtra	1692	3281	4845	964
32	Chhattishgarh	584	464	1576	820
33	Madhya Pradesh	416	1138	1880	1175
34	Uttarakhand	384	816	974	397
35	Uttar Pradesh	2724	4161	4421	3005
	TOTAL	25507	39502	49819	25309

*upto 21.11.2011
Annex-II

State/Union Territory (UT) – wise details of estimated employment target and achievement under PMEGP

(No. of persons)

S. No.	States/UTs	Estimated employment opportunities created under PMEGP
		2008-09		2009-10		2010-11		2011-12*
		Tag.	Ach.	Tag.	Ach.	Tag.	Ach.	Tag.	Ach.
1	Chandigarh	500	160	380	500	1140	302	1110	32
2	Delhi	2370	10	660	348	3100	605	3040	550
3	Haryana	11927	4840	9020	4283	9910	10508	9000	4252
4	Himachal Pradesh	3763	3090	5350	1963	6940	4781	6640	2057
5	Jammu and Kashmir	10830	6800	13050	17820	9770	15986	9740	9890
6	Punjab	15000	2660	10130	8764	9400	8239	9090	4779
7	Rajasthan	23270	5400	14650	13299	27190	24085	26310	7921
8	Andaman & Nicobar Islands	380	400	960	264	1230	321	1190	357
9	Bihar	42930	58730	15570	5112	62580	8316	52980	4884
10	Jharkhand	19716	4980	14910	3250	27910	15450	25860	6235
11	Orissa	24554	16540	18560	17812	31780	25842	30150	9480
12	West Bengal	54160	40020	71400	69203	38170	56794	37930	38949
13	Arunachal Pradesh	1710	1140	650	1380	3080	2320	2500	1320
14	Assam	17083	12260	4590	15280	31930	38473	28900	4045
15	Manipur	3920	0	1480	1166	4320	1626	4500	1352
16	Meghalaya	4030	0	1520	2167	6120	1609	5960	611
17	Mizoram	1980	0	750	1705	3230	3658	3620	1120
18	Nagaland	3580	50	1360	286	5100	1396	4970	2760
19	Tripura	3930	250	1490	1710	3830	2290	4410	712
20	Sikkim	1040	100	400	266	2110	284	2290	52
21	Andhra Pradesh	44337	8650	58510	73417	34990	53808	37160	31762
22	Karnataka	29764	12200	22500	17198	20690	14000	19240	12780
23	Kerala	17695	3650	13380	15970	19190	11375	18180	9760
24	Lakshadweep	52	0	40	120	1110	200	1070	0
25	Puducherry	500	480	380	396	1220	757	1170	140
26	Tamil Nadu	35165	11970	43960	45511	24210	31895	23740	20048
27	Goa	719	10	550	1409	3110	2456	3070	868
28	Gujarat	29073	2680	21960	7892	18160	21232	18160	6379
29	Dadra & Nagar Haveli
30	Daman & Diu
31	Maharashtra	55242	16920	16060	21961	34250	33285	33790	5546
32	Chhattishgarh	14473	5840	10940	7410	21310	18213	19830	4482
33	Madhya Pradesh	30800	4160	12440	12294	38860	17467	36950	11750
34	Uttarakhand	9680	3840	4040	8345	8000	8766	8010	2292
35	Uttar Pradesh	98072	27240	72470	41536	83200	45685	80850	30150
	TOTAL	612245	255070	464110	419997	597140	482024	571410	237315

*upto 21.11.2011

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Annex-III

State/UTs-wise target and achievement of margin money subsidy under PMEGP                                                                                                                    

                                                                                                                                             (Rs. in lakh)                                      

S. No	States/UTs	2008-09		2009-10		2010-11		2011-12*
		Tar.	Ach.	Tar.	Ach.	Tar.	Ach.	Tar.	Ach.
1	Chandigarh	59.94	9.74	45.32	40.63	159.98	28.96	155.51	6.32
2	Delhi	285.51	0.70	679.72	60.00	433.66	103.71	426.04	131.60
3	Haryana	1431.16	1190.28	1081.97	1344.07	1387.82	1889.64	1261.25	1131.66
4	Himachal Pradesh	452.14	392.77	341.82	615.20	971.78	1339.70	929.28	575.35
5	Jammu and Kashmir	1300.00	898.00	565.60	1803.94	1367.81	2941.29	1362.57	1609.78
6	Punjab	1800.00	951.00	1215.68	2106.77	1317.28	1773.04	1272.61	1151.30
7	Rajasthan	2793.42	1503.58	3032.77	2867.87	3807.83	3904.93	3684.1	2147.89
8	Andaman & Nicobar Islands	46.25	29.53	15.11	50.48	171.83	78.22	166.44	66.80
9	Bihar	5152.18	4201.22	4868.88	1123.50	8760.64	3207.20	7417.30	2469.71
10	Jharkhand	2366.52	958.00	1789.12	779.36	3907.36	2306.05	3620.64	1242.26
11	Orissa	2946.68	2419.53	2227.71	3881.64	4449.26	4925.75	4220.87	2001.74
12	West Bengal	6500.00	5135.37	4168.45	9055.84	5343.17	6719.06	5309.67	5213.90
13	Arunachal Pradesh	205.72	88.45	77.76	97.02	431.09	249.40	349.26	263.00
14	Assam	2050.54	890.20	1550.23	1895.36	4469.66	4808.10	4044.27	542.54
15	Manipur	470.64	0.00	177.90	181.15	604.59	304.55	630.41	461.00
16	Meghalaya	483.96	0.00	182.94	645.03	856.94	571.50	833.42	580.00
17	Mizoram	238.28	0.00	90.07	265.17	451.52	578.67	508.00	215.00
18	Nagaland	430.68	9.62	162.80	33.95	714.16	548.41	695.46	527.00
19	Tripura	472.12	22.45	178.46	120.81	536.5	969.78	618.06	296.62
20	Sikkim	125.80	32.02	47.55	417.25	295.54	153.86	321.12	16.55
21	Andhra Pradesh	5319.86	2582.54	4021.87	8956.39	4898.73	7310.95	5203.3	4661.82
22	Karnataka	3571.24	2510.48	2699.90	3000.78	2896.01	3725.38	2693.96	2667.21
23	Kerala	2123.80	671.33	1605.62	3007.44	2686.19	3141.21	2544.66	1903.56
24	Lakshadweep	6.66	0.00	5.04	6.48	155.39	21.84	150.26	0.00
25	Puducherry	59.94	19.40	45.32	28.33	171.27	103.24	164.32	24.81
26	Tamil Nadu	4220.23	2328.54	3190.54	5677.29	3390.02	4476.99	3323.44	3285.02
27	Goa	86.59	2.10	65.46	168.90	435.71	294.78	430.44	104.22
28	Gujarat	3487.62	659.33	2636.67	1866.06	2542.53	4157.65	2541.96	2580.73
29	Dadra & Nagar Haveli
30	Daman & Diu
31	Maharashtra	6628.91	2455.61	5011.54	4755.29	4793.80	6193.48	4730.15	1412.82
32	Chhattishgarh	1736.78	1318.62	1313.02	1582.05	2983.57	3643.69	2775.96	1903.17
33	Madhya Pradesh	3695.85	1143.48	3492.63	3295.87	5440.13	5195.12	5173.08	3003.48
34	Uttarakhand	1162.25	456.52	485.05	1017.49	1120.18	1189.89	1123.74	500.55
35	Uttar Pradesh	11768.96	7984.31	8897.48	13529.03	11648.05	10650.82	11318.45	10109.58
	TOTAL	73480.23	40864.72	14188.18	74276.44	83600.00	90541.01	80000.00	52806.99

*upto 21.11.2011

This information was given by the Union Cabinet Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Shri Virbhadra Singh in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today.