Untrained teachers: Bihar, UP top list of
New Delhi: Bihar tops the chart of untrained teachers followed by Uttar Pradesh. The maximum number of untrained teachers are from Bihar and about two lakh of them followed by a total of 1,24,000 teachers needs to be trained in Uttar Pradesh.
The two States falls in the list of eight high deficit States which include — West Bengal, Assam, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Madhya Pradesh.
For the purpose, the HRD Ministry has approved setting up of Block Institutes of Teachers Education (BITE) in 196 districts during the current Five Year Plan.
Kerry to arrive in India on June 24
New Delhi: America’s top diplomat John Kerry will embark on his maiden India visit as the Secretary of State to hold 4th Indo-US Strategic Dialogue on June 24. Preparations for Kerry’s visit were discussed by US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman, Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai told reporters here.
Corrupt practices: Govt to remove top officials of MCI
New Delhi: Government will now be empowered to remove the President or other office-bearers of Medical Council of India if found indulging in corrupt practices or serious offences of “moral turpitude”, as per the amendments in the MCI for which a notification was issued on Friday. The tenure of the President of the elected-body of MCI has been fixed to a maximum period of four years for two continuous terms. Earlier, the President could have a five-year tenure and there was no limit on the total number of terms. PNS
Two tax officials convicted by special CBI
New Delhi: Two tax officials have been convicted by a special CBI court in Bangalore in bribery cases and sentenced to two years of imprisonment. A Vanangamudi, then Superintendent of Service Tax, Service Tax Commissionerate, Bangalore will undergo two years Simple Imprisonment with fine Rs 20,000 in a bribery case. Vanangamudi was caught while demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 25,000 from a businessman for not imposing heavy service tax liability on his firm and closing the case file. In an another case, D Shashireka, then Income Tax Inspector, working in the office of Commissioner of Income Tax-I, Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Bangalore was convicted and sentenced to undergo two years Simple Imprisonment with fine of Rs 20,000 in a bribery case.
Ansari to address golden jubilee Summit in Addis Ababa
New Delhi: Vice-President Hamid Ansari will address the golden jubilee Summit of the African Union in Addis Ababa on Saturday, joining around 10 select non-African partners of the 54-member grouping invited for the historic event.