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What is keeping India's engineers unemployed

Somewhere between a fifth to a third of the million students graduating out of India's engineering colleges run the risk of being unemployed. Others will take jobs well below their technical qualifications in a market where there are few jobs for India's overflowing technical talent pool. Beset by a flood of institutes (offering a varying degree of education) and a shrinking market for their skills, India's engineers are struggling to subsist in an extremely challenging market.  

India's engineers are struggling to subsist in an extremely challenging market.

According to multiple estimates, India trains around 1.5 million engineers, which is more than the US and China combined. However, two key industries hiring these engineers -- information technology and manufacturing -- are actually hiring fewer people than before. Read more 

Source : timesofindia.indiatimes.com

An IT superpower, India has just 556 cyber security experts

NEW DELHI : India to step up cyber security

The world may acknowledge India as an information technology superpower, but its very own official cyber security workforce comprises a mere 556 experts deployed in various government agencies. How “grossly inadequate” is India’s cyber security manpower can be gauged by the fact that China has 1.25 lakh experts, the U.S. 91,080 and Russia 7,300. “The existing combined strength of cyber security experts in all organisations in the government domain is 556, which is grossly inadequate to handle cyber security activities in a meaningful and effective manner,” says a secret note prepared by the National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS), which is engaged in creating an elaborate ‘cyber security architecture’. Read more

Source : www.thehindu.com

Karnataka govt mulls uniform policy for recruitment in universities: Deshpande

DHARWAD: The state government is considering bringing about a uniform procedure for the recruitment of lecturers/professors in all the universities in the state, said minister for higher education RV Deshpande here on Tuesday.

He said the move is to limit the discretion of the interview committee members and allow merit to prevail. Read more

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R K Narayan memorial: MUDA takes up funds issue with govt

Bangalore : After being in limbo for nearly two years, work on converting celebrated Indian writer late R K Narayan's partly demolished bungalow in Mysore into a public memorial is expected to take off with the urban development department initiating steps to get required funds. 

The memorial will house Narayan's collection of works, writings and photographs, a senior Karnataka Urban Development Department official said. Read more

Source : www.business-standard.com

JNNURM grant of Rs 26.83cr for Mapusa

MAPUSA: Development of Mapusa city will get a boost as the Mapusa Municipal Council (MMC) will receive funds in a fortnight under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) aimed at improving infrastructure, transport, drainage and roads, etc.

"We have already received the state government's approval, the central government has also approved 26.83 crore fund under the JNNURM scheme," said MMC chairperson Sudhir Kandolkar. "The municipality is likely to receive the fund in a fortnight," he added. The council sent the proposal to the state government after the council meeting decided on various projects for the development of Mapusa. Read more

Source : timesofindia.indiatimes.com

Pre-bid meeting of chennai monorail held

Chennai: With the state government keen to kickstart works for the ambitious Rs 8,750 crore Chennai monorail scheme, the officials involved in the project have shifted gears to expedite the project. 

 

A meeting to detail the government’s expectations on the project from bidders was organised on Monday.Sources said a pre-bid meeting was held at the MTC office in which the two consortiums identified for the final stages of the tendering process had participated. Read more

Source : www.deccanchronicle.com

Monorail projects for 2 Kerala cities

Project offices to be set up in Thiruvananthapuram and Kozhikode

Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala government on Wednesday signed agreements with the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation for setting up monorail projects in Thiruvananthapuram and Kozhikode.

The formal agreement was signed at a function attended by Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, who is the Kerala Monorail Corporation chairman, Speaker G Karthikeyan, Public Works Department Minister VK Ebrahim Kunju, and DMRC chief advisor E Sreedharan. Read more

Source : gulfnews.com

World Bank offers $216 mn loan for Kerala transport projects

New Delhi (IANS) : The World Bank Wednesday offered a $216 million loan for upgrading state highways and road safety in Kerala.

A tripartite agreement between the World Bank, the Indian government and Kerala was signed here in this regard. Read more

Source : www.newstrackindia.com

Madhya Pradesh seeks DMIC approval for two infra projects

Bhopal : Madhya Pradesh has proposed two industrial infrastructure projects to Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) to the tune of Rs 500 crore approximately. Both the projects would come up in close proximity of Indore, Dewas and Ujjain.

The first project is a water supply project which is set to come up in Pithampur industrial area near Indore. Read more

Source : www.business-standard.com

Real estate bill a priority, says Vyas

New Delhi (IANS) : The real estate bill was a "priority" for the government, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Minister Girija Vyas said Tuesday adding that her ministry would endeavour to bring it to parliament during the monsoon session.

Vyas, who assumed charge of her office Tuesday, said she would seek the support of all parties for the bill. Read more

Source : www.newstrackindia.com

Land row hits Garhwa scheme

GARHWA: An ambitious Rs 33-crore project for providing drinking water in urban areas of the district has hit roadblock because of non-availability of land. More than 50,000 residents are expected to be benifitted from the scheme. The project requires land in four places in town - at Sonpurwa and Tandwa localities, at local agricultural produce marketing committee (APMC) and at the BSNL office.

Executive engineer of the drinking water and sanitation department (DWSD) Nazre Imam said although the land acquisition department had been asked to provide the land, it had so far failed to do so despite the project being sanctioned in 2011. Read more

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Promises fall flat as Hero Honda Chowk flooded again

GURGAON: Promises made by the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) and the private concessionaire, DSC, proved hollow as Hero Honda Chowk on the expressway remained completely submerged in water on Monday as well.

After Sunday's heavy downpour, there was knee-deep water in the service lanes and main carriageway at Hero Honda Chowk, resulting in the breakdown of several vehicles. The carriageway on the Delhi-Jaipur side as well as the service lanes remained submerged in water on Monday as well. Read more

Source : timesofindia.indiatimes.com

Solid waste management to commence in Raipur

RAIPUR: Solid waste management service is scheduled to commence at 23 wards of the city from June 20 finally, amid controversies and criticism.

Raipur Municipal Corporation (RMC) in collaboration with Kiwar Environ Company of Bangalore is responsible for the project. Mayor Kiranmayee Nayak said that dustbins would be provided to all households so that the workers can collect garbage from them. A mock drill on the RMC premises would be conducted on June 19 by the company on how they would perform the humongous task. Read more

Source : timesofindia.indiatimes.com

Fight against all odds to become unique: A P J Abdul Kalam to children

New Delhi : Former President A P J Abdul Kalam today asked children to fight against all odds to become unique in the society as every child has tremendous potential to become one.

A P J Abdul Kalam photo by Reuters

He asked children to set a goal and find a mentor as the first step of their endeavour and strive hard with perseverance to gain knowledge. Read more

Source : www.indianexpress.com

Orissa adopts Central law to empower tribals

Bhubaneswar : Seventeen years after Parliament passed the PESA Act that empowers tribal society to take control of their own resources, the Orissa government has finally decided to make necessary changes to the Act to implement it in the state. The Panchayat (Extension to Schedule Areas) Act covers tribal areas of nine states, including Orissa.

Union rural development minister Jairam Ramesh had repeatedly criticised the state government for failing to implement the Act. Ramesh, who had visited Kalahandi early this year, was surprised when members of Panchayati Raj Institutions said they had no idea of the Act. Read more

Source : www.indianexpress.com

More people to get homes under revised scheme in Kolkata

KOLKATA: With the task force on affordable housing suggesting revisions in the eligibility criteria for affordable housing schemes, Bengal is likely to witness a huge growth in demand for such residential units. Already the state has an estimated shortage of 12 lakh residential units for economically weaker section and medium income group. 

The task force has suggested an upward revision of the income ceilings to Rs 8,000 per month against Rs 5,000 per month earlier. Since many residents belonging to the economically weaker section do not have regular income, the task force also proposed to consider those with an annual income of Rs 1 lakh in that case. Read more

Source : timesofindia.indiatimes.com