/India PRwire/ - Reaffirming its commitment to the cause of the underprivileged, Lavasa Corporation recently signed a management agreement with Christel House India to set up a Learning Centre at Lavasa hill city. To be known as Christel House Lavasa, the Learning Centre will be operational in April, 2010 and will offer quality education to children from underprivileged backgrounds starting with primary school and expanding to secondary school in the next few years.

/India PRwire/ - The 5th edition of India’s most exciting annual networking event for entrepreneurs and investors, TiE-ISB Connect '09 (www.tie-isbconnect.com) will be held on October 22nd and 23rd, 2009 at Hotel Marriott Hyderabad.

/India PRwire/ - UTV Movies proudly presents the world TV premiere of the blockbuster and critically acclaimed movie ‘Black Friday’ on Sunday, 20th September, 2009 at 12 P.M.Black Friday is based on the events leading up to and the investigation thereafter of the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts. The 1993 Mumbai blasts left more than 300 people dead and over 1,000 injured. The movie is directed by the renowned director Anurag Kashyap.

/India PRwire/ - Mr. Rajeev Menon, Area Vice President of India, Pakistan, Maldives and Malaysia, of Marriott Group and the members of Rising Star Outreach foundation were in Chennai for a board meeting that would decide the upcoming renovation and construction work at Marriott Home. Mr. Menon handed over a cheque of Rs.10, 00,000, collected by all the properties in India, to Mr. Ron Hanson, Director of RSO, which will be utilized for the on-going construction at Marriott Home.

/India PRwire/ - German specialty chemicals company LANXESS AG will be exhibiting its products and technologies for producers of laminated paper and tipping paper at the 17th International Exhibition and Conference for the Pulp/Paper and Forestry Industries from September 16 to 18 in Beijing, PR China. Show visitors will learn that LANXESS Bayferrox pigments can be used in a very wide variety of demanding applications. LANXESS offers paper producers the advantages of a wide color range, pure color shade, excellent light-fastness and good dispersibility.

/India PRwire/ - With every passing year the number of Indian students going abroad is increasing. On an average, a minimum of 1,00,000 to 1,50,000 Indian students apply to foreign universities for engineering, management and other post-secondary courses.

/India PRwire/ - Dr Farooq Abdullah, Honorable Minister for New and Renewable Energy, today launched SOLARCON India 2009 the global exhibition-cum-conference which is to be held in Hyderabad from November 9-11 2009. SOLARCON is aimed to be an annual event of international relevance and is to attract exhibitors and delegates to the three day event. This year nearly 75 exhibitors and 500 delegates are expected to participate .The event is hosted by Fabcity with India Semiconductor Association (ISA) and Semiconductor Equipment & Materials International (SEMI).

The Railways have generated Rs.22970.37 crore of revenue earnings from commodity-wise freight traffic during April-August 2009 as compared to Rs. 21499.21 crore during the corresponding period last year, registering an increase of 6.84 per cent. Railways carried 357.99 million tonnes of commodity-wise freight traffic during April-August 2009 as compared to 336.00 million tonnes carried during the corresponding period last year, registering an increase of 6.54 per cent. The Net Tonne Kilo Metres (NTKM) went up from 217292 million during April-August 2008 to 235946 million during April-August 2009, showing an increase of 8.58 per cent.

Central Water Commission (CWC) under Ministry of Water Resource has appraised more than 1546 Projects since 1961 till March, 2009. The appraisal of the project ensures that the project proposal is in tune with the overall development plan; the basic planning of the project is reliable and investigations are as per established norms. It is also ensured that international/inter-state agreements or tribunal awards for utilization of water are duly followed and the lay out and design of the project are optimal.

Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has on 15th September, 2009 issued a Notification under Section 26 E of the Drugs and Cosmetic Act, 1940 restricting the sale of the drugs ‘Zanamivir’ and ‘Oselatamivir Phosphate’. Prior to the issue of this Notification, the retail sale of Oselatamivir phosphate had been banned by the Central Government and its distribution was permissible only through Public Health Institutions. On the other hand, there was no restriction on the retail sale of Zanamivir.

The Government has constituted an expert Committee to review the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 and to suggest changes therein. The Committee will be chaired by Shri S.Sunder, Former Secretary, Ministry of Surface Transport. It will review the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 in a comprehensive manner in order to ensure that the provisions of the Act address present days requirements of the Road Transport Sector in an effective manner. It will also study the contemporary Act of the leading Asian countries like China, Japan etc. and make suggestions to adopt best practices suitable for India.

The 15th International Ozone Day was celebrated on 16 September 2009 at the FICCI Golden Jubilee Auditorium in New Delhi to commemorate the signing of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. The theme for this year was “Universal participation – Ozone protection unifies the World”. Shri Jairam Ramesh, Minister of State for Environment & Forests was the Chief Guest on this occasion. Speaking on the occasion Shri Ramesh said that India was one of the first developing countries to join the Montreal Protocol and pledge its commitment to protect the Ozone Layer. As a part of the accelerated phase-out of CFCs, India has completely phased out the production and consumption of CFCs as on 1 August 2008, 17 months prior to the agreed schedule.

The Ministry of Tribal Affairs has sanctioned a grant of Rs. 116.90,50,000/- (Rs. One hundred sixteen crore ninety lakh fifty thousand) for the State of Madhya Pradesh as regular allocation.

The second of the three Project 15-A stealth destroyers will be launched on 18 Sep 09 by Mrs Madhulika Verma, wife of Admiral Nirmal Verma, Chief of the Naval Staff. The 6500 ton ship, to be named INS Kochi, is being built by Mazagon Docks Ltd in Mumbai. Designed indigenously by the Directorate of Naval Design, these are a follow-on of the existing Delhi Class destroyers – INS Delhi, INS Mysore and INS Mumbai.

The Centre is working out a number of measures to increase power generation and increase the pace of power project implementation aimed at ensuring energy security in the country. Speaking at the 62nd Annual General Meet (AGM) of The Indian Electrical & Electronics Manufacturers Association (IEEMA) in Mumbai on Wednesday, the Union Minister of State for Power Mr. Bharatsinh Solanki said that the government was working on bringing a few more Ultra Mega Power Projects to the bidding table. “So far, 14 such UMPPs have been identified at various locations in India. Four of these projects have already been transferred to successful bidder/developer based on the tariff-based bidding process laid down by the government. We expect a few units of these UMPPs to be operational during the XI Plan period itself,” the Minister said.