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Hong Kong International Film Festival 2013 Awards to Bloom, The Patience Stone capture   Georgia’s In Bloom and Afghan drama The Patience Stone inset emerged as the winners last night at the closing of the 2013 Hong Kong International Film Festival 17 Mar – 2 Apr. In Bloom , co-directed by Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Gross, claimed the Firebird Award in the Young Cinema competition as well as the FIPRESCI Prize given by film critics.Asian film, The Patience Stone , the Afghanistan’s foreign-language Oscar contender, earned the SIGNIS prize for its humanitarian values. The festival selected 20 titles to play in its short film competition and selected Night Shift as the winner of the Firebird Award. The short film jury commended the Zia Mandviwalla-directed film for “a sharp look for social differences… and for psychological details”, and said that it “describes in a cool and very precise way the everyday life of a cleaning woman in a big...

Pohwang inaugurates Nagaland-Myanmar road   International trade road from Myanmar, connecting Longwa under Mon district, Nagaland via Lahe (Myanmar) was on Friday inaugurated at zero point Longwa by parliamentary secretary fire and emergency services and relief & rehabilitation Pohwang along with chairman Naga Self-Administrative Zone (NSAZ), Myanmar U Ru San Kyu. Stressing on peace and all round development, U Ru San Kyu said although Nagas were divided by an international border, they should work hand in hand based on mutual understanding and ...

Gujarat cities again create benchmark in urban planning, transparency and resources Surat gets best city award, Ahmedabad runners up  New Delhi:   Gujarat has been adjudged with four prestigious awards by the Annual Survey of India’s City-Systems (ASICS) in different categories at a function held here. Out of total six awards, four awards were received by Gujarat for Overall Quality of Life in all parameters and Quality of City and Governance. Surat bagged  best city award  for Quality of Life and Governance while Ahmedabad city ranked third. All the four awards were received by Shri I.P.Gautam Principal Secretary (Urban Development) of Gujarat Government and Shri Manoj Das, Commissioner Surat from Shri N.R. Narayana Murthy, Chairman Emeritus, Infosys Ltd. The cities were ranked on a primary survey of 11 India’s largest cities and two global benchmarks, London and New York. Gujarat has received a number of national and international awards in last de...

Launch of Online IPR exchange eases copyrights of poems, films,music New Delhi.April 04,2013. Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in India will now be able to buy or sell their intellectual Property  rights with the help of  online IPR Exchange, which was has been setup by industry body Federation of Indian Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (FISME) with support from the British High Commission was launched in New Delhi on Thursday. Be it intellectual property rights of Technological inventions,literary and artistic works, symbols, names,images and designs or copyrights of poems, films,music,painting or radio or TV recording,each of them can be traded online on the IPR Exchange set up by the Federation of Indian Micro,Small and Medium Enterprises (FISME). MSME Secretary, Madhav Lal the chief guest inaugurated the launch said,in a 30 million strong sector MSME in a billion plus strong country, we need initiati...

WishTel's launches IRA Capsule - a convertible - Tablet Laptop It’s Time for Capsule–WishTel’s – IRA Capsule Powered by 1.6Ghz dual core processor and 1GB RAM, 16GB storage, 5MP camera, built-in 3G, the all-new 10.1” Jelly Bean is a convertible - Tablet Laptop Will be available from April 2013 and is competitively priced at Rs.16000   New Delhi , 04 th April 2013 – WishTel, one of the top 10 tablet manufacturers in the country (CRM TopX Series 2013)increases its portfolio in the tablet – pc segment with the launch of WishTel IRA Capsule – a convertible tablet laptop.   The convertible redefines technology advancement and promises to deliver superior quality graphics, smooth multi tasking capabilities and enchanced performance. With powerful features like the 10.1” LED Multi Touch Capacitive type touch screen ,Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, 1.6ghz dual core processor, IGB RAM,screen resolution of 1024*786 HD, battery life of 5 – 6 hours with super powerful 800...

Karnataka MLAs compare with those from other Southern States. Highlights: Analysis of Karnataka's Cabinet Ministers National Election Watch (NEW) h­­­­as analyzed the affidavits of 24 out of 27 cabinet ministers including the Chief Minister, submitted to the Election Commission of India from the state of Karnataka. Among the 24 analysed, V.SOMANNA of BJP is an MLC from 2010, rest all are MLAs. 42% ministers i.e. (10 out of 24 analyzed) have self declared criminal cases as per their affidavits filed during the last held Assembly Elections in 2008. 2 ministers out of these 24 analyzed have declared serious IPC charges like murder, attempt to murder, kidnapping, theft etc. against them. Among these 10 Ministers who have declared criminal cases against themselves, the following Ministers have declared serious criminal charges against them:   1) Balachandra Laxmanrao Jarkhiholi (of BJP from Arabhavi) h...

Dear friends, supporters and colleagues, The first quarter draws to a close and many exciting movements have taken place at EBTC! Enterprise Europe Network enquiries / technology offers and requests are increasing steadily, and we have also launched the official website for the India chapter of the network - www.enterprise-europe-network.in The first series of introductory webinars were held throughout the month of March, covering contemporary topics within our core thematic areas. For those of you who missed them, you can catch up on the Centre's new and official YouTube channel, EBTCIndia - www.youtube.com/EBTCIndia In this issue we're bringing you the latest developments about Aqua Q and Ciel et Terre's journey in bringing their technologies to India, alongside other news such as EBTC's deepening involvement with the Indian research community, EBTC's partnership with ETI Dynamics (UK) for the India Water Development Programm...

BJP WILL OPPOSE FTA AGREEMENT WITH EUROPEON UNION-RAJNATH SINGH BJP President Shri Rajnath Singh today said that likely concluding Free Trade Agreement between India and Europeon Union will be stoutly opposed by BJP since it such a one sided agreement  will hold credible question mark on the economic sovereignty of the Country. He demanded that the Government should release negotiating text and impact assesment studies of FTAs particulalrly with EU. He also demanded a comprehensive debate in the Parliament on all FTAs including FTA with Europeon Union. Shri Rajnath Singh was talking to a delegation of the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) led by its National Secretary General Mr. Praveen Khandelwal which met him today at BJP Headquarters at New Delhi. He firmly said that such a FTA will adversaly affect the trade and Industry as also agricultural sector, labour, pharmaceuticals and will affect the livelihood and business of large number of people in the ...

SPEEDO ANNOUNCES ASSOICIATION WITH  PARALYMPIAN MATT COWDREY Australian Swimmer is Speedo's newest Brand Ambassador April 3, 2013, London: Speedo today announced Australian swimming star, Matt Cowdrey , as its latest brand ambassador, which will see the 13 time Paralympic gold medallist compete in Speedo, the world's leading swimwear brand until 2014. This sponsorship announcement follows Matt's phenomenal results at the London Paralympic Games in August 2012, when through Speedo's association with the Australian Paralympic Committee, he competed in Speedo gear. It was in London 2012 that Matt etched his name into the Australian record books by winning five Gold Medals, two Silver and one Bronze Medal adding to his haul at Athens and Beijing Olympics to become Australia's most successful Paralympian ever. "I am extremely excited to be joining the Speedo team as an ambassador. In my younger years as a swimmer I looked up to S...

Najib Razak Malaysian PM dissolves parliament 3 04 2013 Najib Razak Malaysian PM dissolves parliament ahead of general elections. Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, whose National Front (BN) coalition has been in power for over 50 years, announced in a televised address that he has obtained royal approval from Malaysia’s constitutional monarch to dissolve parliament. Razak will now face opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim in what is anticipated to be a closely contested race later this month. The prime minister was constitutionally required to call for a general election in April, when the National Front’s five-year mandate expired.Malaysian PM dissolves parliament for polls. Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak on Wednesday dissolved the Parliament to call for general elections that may pose a stiff challenge to the ruling coalition’s 56-year rule as it faces a resurgent opposition. “This morning I met the king and asked for his consent to dissolve the parliament,” Naj...