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In this year’s campus placements Indian Institute of Management-Calcutta (IIM-C) has ranked first in the choice of recruiters with unsurpassed salary offers.
One of its graduate has got a record $350,000 (Rs 1.6 crore) offer from a global investment bank based in South East Asia and two more have been offered packages of over Rs 1 crore.
Also IIM C got the highest offers among all IIMs on Day 1 and 2 of placement. IIM-Bangalore got the second place and IIM-Ahmedabad came third during the first two days of placements based on the newly introduced ‘cohort system’.
The Indian Institute of Management (IIMs) have decided to change their process of campus recruitment. The basic difference is that now the campus recruitment will be conducted over a month or more instead of conducting it over a week, as done earlier. This was done because last year there were many students who did not find jobs in the placement week because of the ongoing economic crisis.
Earlier the IIMs used to follow the Day Zero, Day 1, Day 2….concept. The most in-demand companies were called on Day Zero and so on. The new system to be adopted by IIMs from this year will have companies coming in cohorts based on role similarity. For example all the IT companies will land in one weekend, the financial companies in the next and so on. This way, different clusters of cohorts will come for two days on the campus. This process will go on for one or two months instead of six to seven days.
The IIM-C placement process started on Saturday, with big companies offering the best pay packetstgy. UBS, the Swiss investment bank, hired solely from IIM-C. Temasek Holdings, the investment arm of the Singapore government, recruited the largest number of its recruits from IIM-C. Oliver Wyman, a US-based consulting firm, also hired IIM-C students for its offices in New York, London, Singapore and Dubai.
Sony plans to launch 3D television sets in India by July.
Sunil Nayyar, general manager (sales) of Sony India, said “We have already announced that 3D television sets would be available in Japan from June 10. We expect the product to be available in India by July”.
According to the company, a 3D set is expected to be about 52 per cent costlier than a flat screen one.
3D TVs have registered a slow response because programming problem, required special glasses and the higher prices. With the release of science fiction popular movies like “Avatar,” the demand for 3D TVs is likely to grow
Samsung and LG have already introduced 3D sets and Samsung has also launched 3D LED TVs.
The Sony 3Dsets will include two pairs of special glasses and a camera sensor that will adjust the sound and picture quality depending on where the viewer sits. The glasses will cost extra.
3D Blu-ray players are on the onset too, as are channels of 3D programs from ESPN, Discovery, DirecTV, and other providers.
Samsung Electronics launched the world’s first 3D TV. This technology is believed to change the viewer’s experience. Also present at the launch ceremony, which took place at New York’s Time Warner Centre, were hip-hop group The Black Eyed Peas and “Avatar” director James Cameron.
Samsung has lined up sets beginning with 46-inch and 55-inch C7000 models and displayed the LED-lit TVs’ 3D picture quality with unbelievable intensity and wonderful clarity.
Viewers are required to wear electronic glasses to watch the 3D TV. These glasses create the 3D effect by opening and closinge rapidly in time, with images designed for the right and left eye.
Samsung also plans to bring 3D movies to its customers in collaboration with also DreamWorks Animation, the maker of “Shrek,” “Kung Fu Panda” etc. This will include a first-time feature-length, 3D Blu-ray version of DreamWorks Animation’s 2009 release, Monsters vs. Aliens.
3D TVs have registered a slow response because programming problem, required special glasses and the higher prices. With the release of science fiction popular movies like “Avatar,” the demand for 3D TVs is likely to grow.
After Rajya Sabha passed the historic Women’s reservation bill ensuring 33% reservation for women, the bill now goes to the Lok Sabha. There is no deadline, it depends on the government how much time it wants to take to travel from one House to the other.
Parties like RJD, SP etc who are dead against the bill are going to give this bill a tough fight in the Lok Sabha. There are clear indications that SP and RJD’s resolute resistance and their threat to withdraw support in case Congress went ahead with the bill had triggered a re-think among Congress party leaders, with many wondering whether the bill was worth exposing the government to life-threatening situations in a budget session. The UPA government may not want to risk taking the bill up in the Lok Sabha before the passage of the finance bill. If the Lok Sabha passes the bill, a notification will be issued and the act will come into force immediately. The act will be in force initially for 15 years. It can be extended by fresh enactment in Parliament.
The historic Women’s reservation bill ensuring 33% reservation has been passed by Rajya Sabha yesterday after lots of drama. Congress did not deter from its decision of putting the bill in the Rajya Sabha despite the threat of withdrawal of support from Samajwadi party and Rashtriya Janta Dal. The bill was passed by more than 2/3rd of the majority, total 186 votes were in favour, one in against giving a clear passage for the implementation of this Women’s reservation bill.
Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh said “we have also to recognise that our women have faced enormous difficulties in our country. Our women faced discrimination at home, there is domestic violence, they face discrimination in equal access to education, healthcare, and there are many such things. All these things have to end if India were to realise its full potential.”
Passing of the women’s reservation bill is yet another welcome step in the Indian politics as women really need such empowerment. Besides if reservation is already implemented for the other suppressed class of society, then women are the most deserving group for reservation.
Right now only 59 seats out of total 545 seats in Lok Sabha are represented by women. Women’s strength in the Lok Sabha has floated between 11 per cent and 3.5 per cent. This shows that the proportion of women in the legislatures did not replicate the gender equality preserved in the Constitution. Women’s strength in the Lok Sabha has hovered between 11 per cent and 3.5 per cent.
Almost 100 countries ensure women representation in national legislative bodies through various kind of quota. Some of our neighbour like Nepal has 33 per cent, Pakistan has 22.5 per cent and Bangladesh has 12 per cent reservation for women.
The advantage of such a quota system is that it guarantees fair representation for women. Also women candidates have found to be more sensitive towards women’s concerns and they could take a balanced decision in such matters.
Those who are against the bill say that there would be no real empowerment of women because the bill does not address larger issues of electoral reforms like removing the money and muscle power in elections.
Some of them also think that the quota will only facilitate the entry of high profile women than backward-caste and minority women in general. Some of the parties like the RJD and want sub-quotas for the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and minorities within the women’s quota.
Another disadvantage is that “proxy” representatives or relatives of former male candidates will be fielded for these seats which will not be a true representation.
Women’s reservation bill is making headlines these days with Congress trying its best to get it passed in the Parliament on International Women’s Day. So what’s this bill all about? This blog tries to find out:
Almost 100 countries ensure women representation in national legislative bodies through various kind of quota. Some 20 countries don’t have any such system at all, India being one of them. The women reservation bill seeks to reserve for women a third, or 33 per cent, of the seats in the Lok Sabha and all state Assemblies. This bill does not reserve seats of Rajya Sabha or the state legislative councils whose members are elected indirectly. After this bill is passed a total of 182 seats in the Lok Sabha will be reserved for women out of 545 seats. Right now only 59 seats in Lok Sabha are represented by women. Of the 182 reserved seats, 42 approx 22 percent, will be reserved for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe women keeping with the current policy of reserving 22 per cent Lok Sabha seats for SCs and STs. The Assemblies too will have a sub-quota for SC/ST women within the women’s quota. This means, of course, that nearly 30 per cent of Lok Sabha and Assembly seats will now practically be reserved for the SC/STs. This makes the total quota percent to fifty five, 33 per cent for women plus the existing 22 per cent for SC/STs. These reserved seats will be selected by rotation and selected by an authority prescribed by Parliament.
According to a ‘Liveability Index’ released by CII on the basis of a survey Delhi won over metros like Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore and Kolkata; NCR towns Gurgaon, Noida and Faridabad; and even planned cities like Chandigarh to be voted the best city to live in.
Delhi ranks first on parameters like population density, safety, transport, education, job opportunities and accidents. The only parameter in which it is lagging behind is healthcare, where the city is ranked 17th.
Among NCR cities, Gurgaon ranks ninth in the list due to lack of job opportunities, high crime, and unsafe roads and public transport. Noida ranks 27th due to poor healthcare, crime rate, no public transport and high rate of accidents.
‘Liveability Index’ released by the Confederation of Indian Industry, stated that the worst city in NCR is Faridabad with a rank of 32. The city needs upgradation of employment opportunities, public transport, roads, migration and healthcare.
Cities like Indore, Pune, Chandigarh, Goa, Bangalore, Jaipur and Faridabad rank at 37, 35, 34, 33, 32, 29 and 28, respectively.
After Delhi, the next best cities to live in, according to the survey, are Mumbai, Chennai and Bangalore, in that order. The bottom rankers in the index are Jamshedpur (ranked 37th), Visakhapatnam (36th), Patna (35th), Lucknow (34th) and Ludhiana (33rd).
Results till now:
| Match |
Date |
Time |
Pool |
Match |
Results |
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| 01 |
Sun, February 28 |
16:35 |
B |
Spain beat South Africa |
4-2 |
| 02 |
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18:35 |
B |
England beat Australia |
3-2 |
| 03 |
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20:35 |
B |
India beat Pakistan |
4-1 |
| 04 |
Mon, March 1 |
16:35 |
A |
New Zealand beat Canada |
3-2 |
| 05 |
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18:35 |
A |
Germany vs Korea (draw) |
2-2 |
| 06 |
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20:35 |
A |
Netherlands beat Argentina |
3-0 |
| 07 |
Tue, March 2 |
16:35 |
B |
England beat South Africa |
6-4 |
| 08 |
|
18:35 |
B |
Pakistan beat Spain |
2-1 |
| 09 |
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20:35 |
B |
Australia beat India |
5-2 |
| 10 |
Wed, March 3 |
16:35 |
A |
Germany beat Canada |
6-0 |
| 11 |
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18:35 |
A |
Korea beat Argentina |
2-1 |
| 12 |
|
20:35 |
A |
Netherlands beat New Zealand |
3-1 |
| 13 |
Thu, March 4 |
16:35 |
B |
Australia beat South Africa |
12-0 |
| 14 |
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18:35 |
B |
England beat Pakistan |
5-2 |
| 15 |
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20:35 |
B |
Spain beat India |
5-2 |
| 16 |
Fri, March 5 |
16:35 |
A |
New Zealand beat Korea |
2-1 |
| 17 |
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18:35 |
A |
Netherlands beat Canada |
6-0 |
| 18 |
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20:35 |
A |
Germany beat Argentina |
4-3 |
| 19 |
Sat, March 6 |
16:35 |
B |
Australia beat Spain |
2-0 |
| 20 |
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18:35 |
B |
South Africa beat Pakistan |
4-3 |
| 21 |
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20:35 |
B |
England beat India |
3-2 |
| 22 |
Sun, March 7 |
16:35 |
A |
Korea beat Canada |
9-2 |
| 23 |
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18:35 |
A |
Argentina beat New Zealand |
1-0 |
| 24 |
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20:35 |
A |
Germany vs Netherlands (draw) |
2-2 |
| 25 |
Mon, March 8 |
16:35 |
B |
Spain beat England |
2-0 |
| 26 |
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18:35 |
B |
Australia beat Pakistan |
2-1 |
| 27 |
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20:35 |
B |
South Africa vs India (draw) |
3-3 |
| 28 |
Tue, March 09 |
16:35 |
A |
Germany beat New Zealand |
5-2 |
| 29 |
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18:35 |
A |
Netherlands vs Korea |
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| 30 |
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20:35 |
A |
Canada vs Argentina |
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Wed, March 10 |
Rest Day |
| 31 |
Thu, March 11 |
15:35 |
11-12 |
6th Pool A vs Pakistan |
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| 32 |
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18:05 |
1-4 |
1st Pool A vs England |
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| 33 |
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20:35 |
1-4 |
Australia vs 2nd Pool A |
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| 34 |
Fri, March 12 |
15:35 |
9-10 |
5th Pool A vs South Africa |
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| 35 |
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18:05 |
7-8 |
4th Pool A vs India |
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| 36 |
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20:35 |
5-6 |
3rd Pool A vs Spain |
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| 37 |
Sat, March 13 |
15:35 |
3-4 |
Bronze medal match |
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| 38 |
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18:05 |
1-2 |
Final |
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With a 3-3 draw against South Africa, India ended up at the 4th place in Pool B of the FIH World Cup. Australia, England and Spain are ahead of India while South Africa and Pakistan are at 5th and 6th position respectively in the Pool B.
Shivendra Singh, who was banned for two matches during the very first match saved the day for India with a timely goal as India finished the match 3-3 draw against South Africa to finish fourth in Pool B of the hockey World Cup on Monday.
Sarwanjit Singh (18th minute), Diwakar (24th) and Shivendra (66th) scored for India while Lloyd Norris-Jones (seventh), Ian Haley (38th) and skipper Austin Smith (47th) scored for the South Africans.
When teams were locked 2-2, the video referral spoiled Sarwanjit’s second goal. The video umpire disallowed the goal after South Africa protested for a foot foul at the other end of the pitch and in turn awarded a penalty corner to South Africa.
To make it for worse for India, Austin Smith scored from that short corner to make it 3-2 in favour of South Africa.
From there on the Indians worked hard to equalise the match and found it just five minutes from the end through Shivendra who earned precious one point for India.
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