Saturday, 28 June 2014

Ten top tourist places in Kolkata 28.06.2014

Top 10 Places To Visit In Kolkata

Kolkata is a capital of West Bengal. It is a 3rd most populous metropolitan city of India. Kolkata has very rich culture, It is a very old city of India. It is located on east bank of the Hooghly River. Kolkata is a city of joy of West Bengal. If you are planning to visit Kolkata so just have a look, here are top 10 places to visit in Kolkata.

Kolkata- Top 10 Places To Visit In Kolkata

1. Belur Math Shrine

It is one among the best place to visit in Kolkata. It is a quite location in busy city. It is situated by holy river Ganges. Founder of this Math is Swami Vivekananda. The serene campus of Belur Math on the Ganga includes temples dedicated to Sri Ramakrishna, Sri Sarada Devi and Swami Vivekananda, in which their relics are enshrined, and the main monastery of the Ramakrishna Order.

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Belur Math-Top 10 Places To Visit In Kolkata

2. Dakshineshwar Kali Temple

This is a very famous temple located in Dakshineswar, near kolkata. The deity of the temple is Bhavatarini. The ambience is very divine and peaceful. One can get the peace of mind here. It is a must see place in Kolkata. It is well constructed with good architect. Here you can also enjoy the boat riding.

Dakhshineshwar Temple

3. Howrah Bridge

It is a famous landmark of Kolkata. It is also known as Rabindra setu. It is a structural marvel. It is considered as one of the wonders of the world. Ihis is the busiest cantilever bridge in the world. The famous Howrah Bridge is the gateway to Kolkata. The ferries that run from below Howrah Station are a more convenient way to cross the river and give a good view of the bridge. It is one of three bridges on the river Hoogly and is the most famous symbol of Calcutta as well as West Bengal.

Howrah Brigde-Top 10 Places to Visit In Kolkata

4. Park Street

It is a favourite place of local people to hangout. Here you can have good food plus shopping experience. It has still maintain the old charm of Kolkata. It has the most popular pubs, discs, book stores, cafes, restaurants, etc.

Park Street-Top 10 Places To Visit In Kolkata

5. Victoria Memorial

Victoria Memorial is worth a look. It is situated at the heart of Kolkata. It’s a must see place. It will give your eyes a royal experience. It has a royal gallery where it is showcasing the oil painting of Queen Victoria. The garden of memorial is designed over 64 acres. Here you can also find some rare books of 1870’s.

Victoria Memorial-Kolkata

6. Marble Palace

This is a private property built by Raja Rajendra Mullick, but to public. The descendants of Raja still lives in the same property. It also has a mini Zoo in the palace. You must visit this place with a tour guide than it will be a worth seeing.

Marble Palace-Kolkata

7. Birla Industrial And Technological Museum

It is a first science museum set up in India by Ghanshyam Das Birla. It became operational for public in 1954. Presently it is a unit under National Council of Science Museums. It is a nice for family outing.

Birla Industrial and Technological Museum- Top 10 Places To Visit In Kolkata

8. Nicco Park

It is a perfect getaway for fun lovers. It is full of entertainment. It is a best amusement park in Kolkata. It also has water park. It has many rides famous are roller coaster, merry- go- round, choo choo and water splashers.

Nicco Park- Kolkata

9. New Market

Although it is known as new market, but it is oldest market of Kolkata. It is situated at Lindsay street. It is a perfect place for shopaholics. Here you get everything you desire for. It is a very busy and crowded market of Kolkata. It is a very huge market, it has different markets in a single market such as spice market, non-veg stuff market, cloth market, jewellery market and many more.

New Market- Top 10 Places To Visit In Kolkata

10. Kalighat Temple

Kalighat is a ghat of Maa Kali. Kolkata has been said to derived its name from kalighat. This is out of 52 sati pith according to puranas. If you are a religious person, this is a must visit place for you. Just be aware of guides here who tries to extort you.

Kalighat temple-Top 10 Places To Visit In Kolkata

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Kochi, the best city in India 28.06.2014

KOCHI: Kochi, the commercial nerve centre of Kerala which hosted India’s first biennale - The Kochi Muziris Biennale - has won this year’s ‘Best city award’ from news channel ‘CNBC Awaaz’ , reaffirming Kerala Tourism’s pre-eminent position as a major driver of tourism industry in the state.

The ‘CNBC Awaaz’ Travel Awards 2014 were presented at a function in Indore recently. The function was presided over by Madhya Pradesh Tourism and Culture Minister Surendra Patwa.

Currently in its eighth year, the ‘CNBC Awaaz’ Travel Awards are considered as sound recognition of the best in class destinations, organisations and service providers based on an objective study conducted by the news channel across multimedia platforms.

“The selection of Kochi as the best city is a testimonial of its commercial vibrancy and robustness of its cultural traditions that have developed in harmony over the years,” Tourism Minister A P Anil Kumar said. The award winners were selected by a prominent jury, presided over by Amitabh Kant, Secretary, Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP), Government of India, Ashwini Kakkar, vice-chairman, Mercury Travels; Ajeet Bajaj, MD, Snow Leopard Adventures; and Kuki Chawla, chairman, Siddharth Travels.

Kerala Tourism Secretary Suman Billa said the prestigious award is a reaffirmation of the department’s efforts to position Kochi as a world-class city. “In the face of increasing competition and proliferation of tourist destinations across the country, it is imperative for us to establish new benchmarks and continually raise the standards of infrastructure and other amenities for the benefit of tourists, city dwellers and the industry,” Billa said.

Indian Education Policy 28.06.2014

National Policy on Education

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The National Policy on Education (NPE) is a policy formulated by the Government of India to promote education amongst India's people. The policy covers elementary education to colleges in both rural and urban India. The first NPE was promulgated in 1968 by the government of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, and the second by Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in 1986. It emphasizes three aspects in relation to elementary education:

universal access and enrolment,
universal retention of children up to 14 years of age, and
a substantial improvement in the quality of education to enable all children to achieve
Revival of Sanskrit and other classical languages for contemporary use

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History[edit]

Main article: Education in India

Since the nation's independence in 1947, the Indian government sponsored a variety of programmes to address the problems of illiteracy in both rural and urban India. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, India's first Minister of Education, envisaged strong central government control over education throughout the country, with a uniform educational system. The Union government established the University Education Commission (1948–1949) and the Secondary Education Commission (1952–1953) to develop proposals to modernise India's education system. The Resolution on Scientific Policy was adopted by the government of Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first Prime Minister. The Nehru government sponsored the development of high-quality scientific education institutions such as the Indian Institutes of Technology. In 1961, the Union government formed the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) as an autonomous organisation that would advise both the Union and state governments on formulating and implementing education policies.^[1]

1968[edit]

Based on the report and recommendations of the Education Commission (1964–1966), the government of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi announced the first National Policy on Education in 1968, which called for a "radical restructuring" and equalise educational opportunities in order to achieve national integration and greater cultural and economic development.^[2] The policy called for fulfilling compulsory education for all children up to the age of 14, as stipulated by the Constitution of India, and the better training and qualification of teachers.^[2] The policy called for focus on learning of regional languages, outlining the "three language formula" to be implemented in secondary education - the instruction of the English language, the official language of the state where the school was based, and Hindi, the national language.^[2] Language education was seen as essential to reduce the gulf between the intelligentsia and the masses. Although the decision to adopt Hindi as the national language had proven controversial, the policy called for use and learning of Hindi to be encouraged uniformly to promote a common language for all Indians.^[2] The policy also encouraged the teaching of the ancient Sanskrit language, which was considered an essential part of India's culture and heritage. The NPE of 1968 called for education spending to increase to six percent of the national income.^[2] As of 2013, the NPE 1968 has moved location on the national website.^[3]

1986[edit]

Having announced that a new policy was in development in January, 1985, the government of Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi introduced a new National Policy on Education in May, 1986.^[4] The new policy called for "special emphasis on the removal of disparities and to equalise educational opportunity," especially for Indian women, Scheduled Tribes (ST) and the Scheduled Caste (SC) communities.^[4] To achieve these, the policy called for expanding scholarships, adult education, recruiting more teachers from the SCs, incentives for poor families to send their children to school regularly, development of new institutions and providing housing and services.^[4] The NPE called for a "child-centred approach" in primary education, and launched "Operation Blackboard" to improve primary schools nationwide.^[5]The policy expanded the open university system with the Indira Gandhi National Open University, which had been created in 1985.^[5] The policy also called for the creation of the "rural university" model, based on the philosophy of Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi, to promote economic and social development at the grassroots level in rural India.^[5]

1992[edit]

The 1986 National Policy on Education was modified in 1992 by the P.V. Narasimha Rao government.^[6] In 2005, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh adopted a new policy based on the "Common Minimum Programme" of his United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government.^[7] Programme of Action (PoA), 1992 under the National Policy on Education (NPE), 1986 envisaged conduct of a common entrance examination on all India basis for admission to professional and technical programmes in the country. For admission to Engineering and Architecture/Planning programmes, Government of India vide Resolution dated 18 October 2001 has laid down a Three – Exam Scheme (JEE and AIEEE at the National Level and the State Level Engineering Entrance Examinations (SLEEE) for State Level Institutions – with an option to join AIEEE). This takes care of varying admission standards in these programmes and helps in maintenance of professional standards. This also solves problems of overlaps and reduces physical, mental and financial burden on students and their parents due to multiplicity of entrance examinations.

Recent Developments[edit]

Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA)/Right to Education (RTE)
National Programme for Education of Girls at Elementary Level (NPEGEL)
Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) for development of secondary education, launched in 2009.^[8]^[9]
Inclusive Education for the Disabled at Secondary Stage (IEDSS IEDSS)
Saakshar Bharat (Saakshar Bharat)/Adult Education ^[10]
Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) for development of higher education, laucnhed in 2013.^[11]

India on advancement 28.06.2014

Narendra Modi on first month in office: No honeymoon period for my government

ET Bureau Jun 27, 2014, 09.51AM IST

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NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said his government has not had the luxury of a 'honeymoon period' and had been subjected to a series of allegations within the 'first hundred hours' of its formation. "Previous governments had the luxury of extending this 'honeymoon period' up to a hundred days and even beyond. Not unexpectedly, I don't have any such luxury. Forget hundred days, the series of allegations began in less than a hundred hours," Modi wrote on his personal blog on Thursday, as his government completed one month in office.

The new prime minister's move to express his views through a blog represents yet another break from the past and highlights his preference for using social media. Since assuming office, Modi has tweeted over a 100 times. The PM did not allude what allegations he was referring to. In his first week in office, controversies broke out over his junior minister's comments about initiating consultations on Article 370 of the Constitution that deals with Jammu and Kashmir as well as the appointment of Nripendra Misra as principal secretary in the PMO that required an ordinance to change the telecom regulatory law.

The decision of Gopal Subramanium to withdraw his consent to be a Supreme Court judge and his criticism of the government this week is the latest and possibly the biggest controversy to confront the new administration. "A big challenge I am facing in Delhi is to convey to a select group of people about our intentions and sincerity to bring a positive change in this country.
These are people who are both within and outside the government system. There have been some instances in the last month with which our government had nothing to do yet these controversies have persisted," said the prime minister. He added he didn't blame anybody but he felt that systems had to be strengthened to ensure that right things are communicated to the right people at the right time.

Modi said when he had assumed office, he had thought he was new to this place and some people believed that he would take at least a year to learn the intricacies of the working of the central government. "Fortunately, a month later, that thought does not exist any longer in my mind. My confidence and determination has increased tremendously," declared the prime minister.

Underlining that every decision of the government so far had been guided solely by national interest, the Prime Minister said the government has come up with 'excellent road maps for the various ministries and departments' on the basis of extensive interactions with officials and ministers on their domains.

The detailed presentations made by ministries to the PM in recent days have enabled "a wonderful exchange of thoughts and ideas,'' he said. "67 years of previous governments is nothing compared to 1 month, but I do want to say that in the last month, our entire team has devoted every single moment for the welfare of the people,'' said the prime minister.

Modi's blog at the end of the first month in office constitutes a departure from tradition. A former bureaucrat said while it was unusual for a PM to write or speak about his first month in office as a landmark, it could have been prompted by Modi's strong affinity to social media and the need to keep a direct line of communication with his millions of followers.

"The Prime Minister has realised that expectations are very high from his government after years of disappointment, and wants to communicate directly with the people. I am glad he is eschewing quick fixes to stay popular and taking the time needed to understand and change the structural flaws in the country," said former industry secretary Ajay Dua. Congress MP Sashi Tharoor disputed Modi's statement about not having a honeymoon period.

"I don't agree with Mr Modi that he isn't enjoying a honeymoon with the media. It seems to me the honeymoon is in full swing," Tharoor said. Invoking the memories of the emergency, which was declared 39 years ago on June 26, the PM said the episode served as a grim reminder of the dangers associated with 'subverting freedom of speech, press, expression and silencing opposition.'