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Join us on: SportzPower Daily www.sportzpower.com Feb 16 Vol 01, Issue 1150 This is a MINI EDITION of the SPORTZPOWER DAILY NEWSLETTER for our NON-EXCLUSIVE SUBSCRIBERS. TODAY'S TOP HEADLINES Nirmal, Bhutia launch 5-city University Football League More coverage for NBA All-Star in India; game to be telecast live in 215 countries India back in Budweiser Cup Iran to host wrestling World Cup from 19-22...

The massive 2012 DA14 asteroid came closest to the Earth late on Friday and is how heading away from the planet, Russian astronomers said on Friday. The asteroid, the size of a 15-storey building, reached its closes point to the Earth at 23:25 on Friday, approaching the planet at the distance of 27,700 km, closer than communication and weather satellites. “Currently, from the point of view of an observer in the center of European Russia, it can be found on the southeastern part of the sky, in the Virgo constellation, about eight degrees above the horizon,” said Leonid Yelenin, an astronomer of the Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics. The flyby took place about 16 hours after a meteorite shower left some 1,200 people injured in the Urals city of Chelyabinsk. The asteroid wasn’t visible to the naked eye, shining at its brightest with an apparent magnitude of about 7.0. A person with average eyesight can see celestial objects with brightness down to magnitude 6. T...

India, France ink USD 6 bn deal on Surface to Air Missile February 15, 2013 February 15, 2013 by posts by sagarmedia” India and France concluded negotiations on the Short Range Surface to Air Missile nearly worth USD 6 billion during the talks between French President Francois Hollande and PM Manmohan Singh on Thursday. After comprehensive talks, the leaders said views were exchanged on a number of bilateral, regional and multilateral issues of common interest including defence ties, civil nuclear cooperation, counter-terrorism and the situation in Mali. Observing that India is Hollande’s first Asian destination for a bilateral trip, Singh said this demonstrates the importance of this relationship between the two countries. “President Hollande and I exchanged views on a number of bilateral, regional and multilateral issues of common interest. We reviewed progress on the Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project and reiterated our commitment to its early implemen...

PM Expresses Concern over Pendency of Cases in Trial Courts CJI calls for Ethics and Etiquette in Legal Profession Law Minister urges Lawyers to Keep Pace with Globalisation Bar Council of India Chairman M K Mishra Highlights Achievements New Delhi , Feb 16: Expressing grave concern over the huge pendency of cases in trial courts, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh today urged the legal fraternity to pool their expertise, knowledge and wisdom to devise ways and means to resolve the problem, even as the Chief Justice, Law Minister and others called for deep introspection within the profession. Inaugurating the Golden Jubilee celebrations of the Bar Council of India (BCI) at the Vigyan Bhavan here, Dr Singh said,“an obvious area of concern is the large number of cases pending in courts especially in trial courts. I would urge the whole of the legal fraternity to pool their knowledge, wisdom and experience to find ways and means to tackle this problem.” He said i...

Bill introduced in US Congress to create over 125,000 new visas A bi-partisan group of US lawmakers have introduced a new bill in the Congress to create more than 125,000 new visas to attract global talents to America. The bill is aimed at targeting highly skilled talents from India and China. The bill envisages creation of a new set of conditional visas for 75,000 immigrant entrepreneurs and 50,000 foreign graduate students from science technology, engineering and maths streams. The bill, which has been welcomed by the White House, has the support of top US companies and organisations .

Procam International bags ‘Best Sports Event Management Company’ honour at FICCI Sports Awards Mumbai, 15th February 2013: Procam International, India’s leading sports and leisure Management Company, swept away the award for the ‘Best Sports Event Management Company’ amongst 5 other prestigious nominees for the year 2012 at the 'Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry' Sports Awards (FICCI) in New Delhi. Procam International’s vision over the years to make a lasting difference in the world of sport and leisure with passion and creativity has laid a strong foundation for the company’s pioneering work. Two of its most popular events, the Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon and the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon have been instrumental in bringing about a road running revolution in India, thereby placing India on the international marathon calendar.   Speaking about the award, Mr. Anil Singh, Managing Director, Procam International , said, “As a sports ma...

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FRENCH PRESIDENT FRANCOIS HOLLANDE ARRIVES NEW DELHI FEBRUARY 14, 2013  BY  SAGARMEDIA  Presidenct of France, Francois Hollande has arrived New Delhi today with cooperation in civil nuclear energy, counter-terrorism, defence, space and R&D and trade high on the agenda of talks with Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh. The visiting French President had a meeting with Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh. Both leaders discussed various bilateral matters and other world developments. The French president Francois Hollande was given a ceremonial reception on Thursday morning at the Rashtrapati Bhawan. The French delegation accompanying s Hollande met with Finance Minister P. Chidambaram in New Delhi today. The French President also visited Rajghat to pay his respects to the father of the nation Mahatma Gandhi.

Editorial, New Age,Hanging of Afzal Guru The secretive manner in which the secondary accused of attack on Parliament, Afzal Guru, was hanged had expectedly given rise to a fresh bout of controversies on the whole question of our strategy to fight terrorism. While the extra nationalist forces including those who look at the entire problem of terrorism with communal angle and had been using the issue of Afzal’s hanging for limited political purposes are gloating over the hanging, the more sobre elements are worried over the way the government violated certain established legal procedures in rushing to implement the Supreme Court verdict to send Afzal Guru to the gallows, particularly about its fall out in the state of Jammu and Kashmir. BJP for long had been campaigning for immediate hanging of Afzal Guru, who was not directly involved in the attack on Parliament as it feared that the section of society that was not satisfied with the verdict of the Supreme Court to send the a...

Wrestling dropped from 2020 Olympics Wrestling dropped from 2020 Olympics International Olympic Committee (IOC) leaders have dropped wrestling from the 2020 Games in a surprise decision, leading to scrapping one of the oldest sports on the Olympic program. The IOC executive board decided on Tuesday to retain modern pentathlon - the event considered most at risk and remove wrestling instead from its list of core sports. The IOC board acted after reviewing the 26 sports on the current Olympic program. Eliminating one sport allows the IOC to add a new sport to the program later this year. Wrestling, which combines freestyle and Greco-Roman events, goes back to the inaugural modern Olympics in Athens in 1896. The sport featured 344 athletes competing in 11 medal events in freestyle and seven in Greco-Roman at last year’s London Olympics. Wrestling will now be listed with seven other sports in applying for inclusion in 2020. The others are a combine...

London BAFTA film awards FEB 13 Posted by  sagarmedia  Stars of the silver screen have braved London’s chilly winter rain for the annual British Academy of Film Awards. There was good news for James Bond fans and special recognition for British director Alan Parker. The awards, presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, are seen as an indicator of success leading up to Hollywood’s Oscars. The James Bond film “Skyfall” was named best British film, while Iran hostage drama “Argo” – now a front-runner for the Oscars best picture award – won the best movie drama prize. Daniel Day-Lewis scooped the best actor prize for “Lincoln,” while France’s veteran screen presence Emmanuelle Riva won best actress for “Amour.” In the supporting actress category, Anne Hathaway emerged as the winner for her performance in the British musical “Les Miserables.” Austrian actor Christoph Waltz, who owns a German citizenship, won best supporting actor for hi...

Antony Orders CBI Probe into Augusta Westland Posted on  February 13, 2013   by  sagarmedia Antony Orders CBI Probe into Augusta Westland deal for 12 VVIP Choppersn Press reports have appeared from time to time on the subject of Italian prosecutors having initiated a probe into the alleged unethical dealings of M/s. Finmeccanica, Italy. The probe had been widened to include the Indian contract signed with M/s. Augusta Westland (UK). The said contract was signed in February, 2010 for the purchase of 12 helicopters. In view of media reports, MoD through the Ministry of External Affairs had sought information from the Governments of Italy and UK. No specific inputs were, however, received substantiating the allegations. In a recent report, appearing in certain sections of the media, it has been reported that the Chairman of M/s. Finmeccanica has been arrested in connection with the investigation into the case of the sale of helicopters to India. The contr...

Energy & Renewables Events Update February 2013   EE Marketplace Companies & Organizations   Product/Service Catalog   Technology & Equipment Software & Online Solutions Training & Education Services & Consulting Books & CD-Roms Magazines & Journals Articles & Case Studies News & Press Releases Events Calendar Job Search   All Industry Channels Air & Climate Energy & Renewables Environmental Mgmt. Health & Safety Monitoring & Testing Soil & Groundwater Waste & Recycling Water & Wastewater     Upcoming Conferences & Trade Shows - Mark Your Calendars!   Bremen - Germany Feb. 19, 2013 - Feb. 20, 2013 Waste to Energy + Recycling 2013   International Exhibition and Conference for Energy and Materials Recovery from Waste and Biomass. The exhibition and conference focus on: Incineration, Biogas production, Secondary raw materials recovery, Urban Mining, Utilization of la...