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NowDclhl: Dr. HomijNusser-wanji Sethna, Chairman Of India's Atomic Energy Commission, was elected Chairman of the) Annual Session of the \ Iriternatic(nai Atomic Energy;Agency held,'here.
Dr. Sethna*s name was proposed, by the Delcgate-of Sri Lanka and
Padma Shri'/ in 1959 for outstanding work in Engineering Sciences,; the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Memorial Award in I960; "Padma Bhushan*. in 1966, "PadmaVibhushan'' in 1975 and the Sesauicentennial award of the University of Michiganlh 1967 for
attended fcy 81 countries out jf the 110 member states as well is represen f atives of the Unit< :d Nations and a number of its agencies viz UNIDQ, UN DP; FAjO and WHO together with iru%-goVernmen t "aT and non-govejr-nmental orgianisatipns, ;
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seconded by .those of J Nigeria. Brazil and Austria.
7 hi thi^iJcing - the conference for h i s e 1 cct ioii a s its Ch a irman, Pr. Sethna referred to the active participation, of bidia with the 1A E A since its formatjve years ami stressed 'the importance of reded icatmjtf, * ".ourselves/Ao pro-
Dr. H.jy. Sethna^ [centre] presiding cw�r the. General Conference of the IAEA. Dr- SuigvandExlund, Director General of the IAEA, to
�������Knowledge; Wisdom and Courtage io iserve.'', He was also awarded the Sir Walter Puckey Pritfc fijr the year |97l by the Inst it ut ii>!) of Production Engine ecrs for ou islanding contributions to production engineering; and the Sir JWilluim Jones Memorial Medal for the year 1974 by the Asiatic Soeictv of Calcutta.
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in tin: peaceful utilisation of. He,; was Deputy Secretary atomic encrgv, bcaring7ih � mind Genera^
the special' needs of developing Confei'ince; on', Peaceful Uses of countries"' ! Atomic Encrgv held in Geneva in
' j ; ^1958. He was also Member, UN Dr. -Scthiia ;who joined India's Scientific Advisory Cpmniittee Atomic -Ewrfcv Commission in and Member; Scientific Advisory 1^/iiad a (feiiriguisticld career. 7C<)nTn^tee -of , the International He t/arncci; a number of honours, ,Au>mid Energy Agency. ,
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Thf IAEA conference was
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New DelhiHlBS) - Some 16.5 million children which; is more than the entire population of Australia and Tasmania/ in India workfor tHeir^liying. Not only do they slog/ for long ;hours in. extremely dangerous conditions: but the salary and food'they exist on borders on slavery. �
In this department, little girls !>uf{er more; than boys, living shorter life'spans than ;f he boys; although birth, itself, stipulated lhat the male: life sjjan is shorter than that pf the female. ;
One of the chief areas of vicious conditions for child labour is in jobs such as mining, bricklaying and making, construction andthe
.particularly' hazardous work of matchj manufacture, where their health < and existence sterns around a wage of 30 paise per
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As a areport on the subject stated Mchi!4hood is not |a phase; the average ppor go through in India; most pf them go straight from swadllng clothes into Working outfiti
The) anti-slavery society, which has consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council, was found f140 yearsjago. its task centres around **worlihg against all fornls of ecpneinic bondage, including the exploitation, of children and adults ambufiting td salvery.
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New Delhi] (IBS) - There were slightly more i" tha ; 18 million orphans in Ihdia in 1971. Their number is; likely to cpme down to ^css than A3 rmillion by 199}^ ;
This is expected to be one of the results-of higher life bxjpectancy and feWer number of children per <l ffamily in tha coming-years.
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These conclusions )iave been outlined in a sttidy compiled by
the Tr.ta � Institute 6i Social hes^Sv
phan$. Their number will come downlby more than one mil lion by 1991i ^���7i-7'''.'7.\7
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In {another study. Prof. David Motley of the Institute of: Child Health, London University, says that jin the vtlIages of Punjab diafrjvca was responsible for 40 per cjent of child deaths. 44It is likely that over a third of all deaths in young children in India are associated with this disease,*'
Science of Bombay. T^e si has been published by the Indian Social Institute in New Delhi. �
The country at present has mpre than- seven million' destitute or-
7 44 Those children i who survive each! attack of diarrhea are likely to be more under nourished following the attack'\ Morfey says.
New Delhi (jIBS) ''India will begin manufacturing'. electric '< motor cycles in April 1980. Electronics (India).y Ltd., a joint-sector eiiterprise of the, Kar-nataka C^ornment having tech-, nical collaboration with a Swedish firm, is setting up a unit in that State for the manufacture of the motor bikes; * >
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Th^ electro-bike will be noise-Jess, jpollutipn-free and have -very few jnoving parts, which means less repairing ^a^fs as compared to pekroi-driveri vehicles; ,7
the bike, Electrone-24, is operated by a 24-volt; permanent magnet field motor powered by two |;2*voltv 70 ampere hour lead
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Making use of the opportunity provided ; the conference which was hosted by India, Dr. Sethna met with: the head of the MS. Delegation, Mr, Gerald Smith,jin a bid to pursue the renevjed supply of enriched uranium jfor India's Tarapiir atomic unit With USA's commitment to nj>n-proliferatton treaty and Ind&'s declared policy not to enter suc|hi a discriminatory treaty, hp headway in this regard seemed pdss-
India is also in toucn with {he Soviet Union for heavy wajter required for its unit in Rajasthan and with France for the supply of fuel required for its fast breeder unit at Kalpakam while at the same time looking for alternative indigenous sources!
NewDelhi (IBS)/ - The, latest device^ manufactured to localise disorders, including cancer| in millifractions is called the | Cat Scanner, and is a venture which won this years' Nobel Prize. JThe device, T costing about Rst 10 million and called the Compiiiter-ised Axial Tomography ihj its entity, will be installed in (this country with help-from Indians settled abroad. i T
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The Scanner could help ^ave millions of lives in India with the timely detection of cancer in! the next few years.
Dr. Arjun Seigal, chief o^ the Delhi Neurological Institute,] will be managing the unit here, j The Scanner can pinpoint the trcjuble spot in the patient, and it wk)uld require no painful surgert or cutting up to djsepver the extent of damage caused by the disiease prior to any operation.
Indo-Canadian Teen Clul^ is a new organization formed. �� \' run by anrl for Indo-Canadian jteen-agers in the Ojttawa^Hull area. Teenagers interested in participating in the activities; please contact one of the Co-Presi<Jerits:
John Samuel (Jr.) 733-9422
Partho Ghosh 828-9530
acid batteries, A maximumppeed of 30 kilometres per hour ;drive, one can cover about 60 km* per battery charge without rtjnnmg put of i'ftiel.' [';;[ |.
The bike will cost 7 to 8 pa^se per km to operate and will be cheaper than any conventional bike. The cost of tjie vehicle is put j at Rs 6,000, ejtcludmg taxes an|d can carry one person- The concern has secSired the right to ptoduce 50,000 bikes per yeax. .::. ,':,
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New Delhi, Dec. 30 (UNI) - The export of Indian sporti goods has increased appreciably durinjg the last eight years. l';'/^:f\:: '"��:';\-::-
According tp Spdrts Goools ?ft Promotion 7Council j (SGEPC) sources, the, Indian exports, which maintained a steadily upward trend since 1971-72, were of Rs 234.70 million in 1978-79 as against Rs 181 million in 197^-78. ' ^ \
Rs 9.6'million more than the previous year's performance.
This representedi an increase a >f �Rs 53.62 million or 29.6 per cent over the preyiou s year's perfo r-mance. In 1971-72 the exports amounted to Rs 25.5 million only.
Europe has traditionally been a major importer of Indiah sports goods. Of the European countries, Britain had beeji the largest importer. In i�Z#-79, howeyer, West Qermany became the largest buyer when it increased its imports by 40 per cent over the previous year and over 80 per cent over the previous three years.
In 19?8-79, India exported sports goods valued at Rs 142.50 million to European countries.where as thte. figure for the previous year for^lhe continent was Rs 100.08 miDion. v 7
The export to Australia arid New Zealand, during 197$-79, amounted to Rs 36.72 million which is
The exports to the region in 1971-72 were valued at Rs 2:19 million. Within a span of eight years the exports had increased by nearly 94 per cent.
The Americans imported Indian sports goods worth Rs 20.66 million during the period as compared/to Rs 20.22 million in rt77-78. pi 1971-72v the exports were valued at Rs 2.39 million only r an increase of 88.34 per cent. ''7;,.7-U 7:-;7v:- ,7 �
The exports to West Asia and the Arabian. Gulf zone, during 1978-79 were valued at Rs 12.26 million as compared to Rs 8.53 million during 1977-78. - an increase of 30.32 per cent.
The Central, South East Asian and Far East countries imported goods worth Rs 9.96 million in 1978-79 compared to Rs 10.17 million in J977-78. The region's imports in/1971-72 were worth Rs 2.69 million; The comparative figures for Africa, for 1978-79 and 1977-78 were Rs 7.21 million and Rs 12.28 million respectively.
The East European countries have also increased their imports of Indian sports goods. Their imports stood at Rs 2.44 million in 1978-79. as compared to Rs 1 61 million in 1977-78, an increase of 33.33 per cent. \::'^Xy
New Delhi (IBS) - The income tax ^authorities have decided to keep a watch on f expenditure incurred oh marriages or parties arranged to celebrate social events...-/ �'' '� ; : :-\.y �}
The object is to cdllect evidehce^ of expense incurred at such events, and help in the ultimate assessment of an individual's assets. The tax department provides for such a survey uncier Section 133/A (5). \ Under this
sub-section, the inspector authorised by the income-tax offtcer is empowered to collect information and record statements of any assets or expenses of a person at the time of. a "function or ceremony. ;� ,7;..-��;f ;' �
: A* spurt of lavish spending of money recently [by parties has prompted the tax move. Expense on items including decoration, illuminationT catering, reception and hotel bills, travelling, clothing, furniture, jewellery r-r all this comes under the tax Collector's scope. '. '(
New Delhi (IBS) -! Research in the eountry has increased the return on the rupee sevenfold since the beginning pf the sixties when the ratio was just two to one.:-:y<--x
t'1^fes^r:;}M^1^y; Mehon,. secretary in the Department of Science and Technology, said that through its 900 research institutions India had created the largest reserve of scientists and technologists in the world. A base h ad been set up for a dynamic national deyelopment scheme and
now needed continued investment in research and develop' ment rather than cuttirtg off resources towards the end.
The situation on the industrial front was complex. Investment was high, and success depended on factors not related to research directly, arid thus it was important to correlate research and development with the investment decisions. On the agricultural front, however, stupendous in food production was the direct result of efforts % agricultural scientists. �� -"\.":
New Delhi, Dec. 28 Union of India has not issued any instructions 4 4 asking or requesting*' any foreign qountry not to issue visa to Prabhat Renjan Sarkar alias Anandrnurtiji. Chief of the Ananda Marga. ~
In view of this assurance by SolicitorrGerieral Soli Sorahjee in the Supreme Court' December 3, Mr. Sarkar withdrew his petition seeking directions for assurance of a no-objection eertificate for permissidri to travel abroad.
It was up to the foreign cotiritries which the petitioner wished to visit to decide his request for visa.
Mr. Sarkar had been permitted by Patna High Court andj the Supreme Court to travel abroad. When he ha<i approached certain foreign embassies including the American Embassy; and the, Brit ish High Commission for 1 visa, however, they demanded that he produce a no-objection certificate
frorri the Indian Government before they could grant him a visa.
New Delhi (IBS) - India and France are to double their volume of bilateral trade in the next few years. Trie total turnover between both countries has gone up four times, from Rs 830 million in 1972-73 to Rs 3,000 million over 1976-77. During 1978, exports from France to India reached Rs 2,680 million while exports from India to France amounted to Rs 2,530 million. 7-7
The decision to double trade was taken at the last meeting of the Indo-French Committee on Econr omic and Technical Cooperation. Increased'cooperation in insecticides, small farm machinery, rngineering and construction of ^levators and* grain storage is feasible. '--'A ^'~y-~
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