In recent years, however, a small number of Americans (less than 1 percent) have rejected pasteurization in favor of raw (or unpasteurized) milk, citing a range of taste, nutritional and health benefits they believe are associated with raw milk consumption, as well as a general preference for unprocessed food.  Today, 20 states explicitly prohibit intrastate raw milk sales in some form and 30 allow it.

FDA strongly supports the application of effective measures, such as pasteurization, to protect the safety of the food supply and maintain public confidence in such important, healthy staples of the diet as milk.

Source: FDA

Source: http://ctet.nic.in/welcome.html

The implementation of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009 requires the recruitment of a large number of teachers across the country in a time bound manner. In spite of the enormity of the task, it is desirable to ensure that quality requirement for recruitment of teachers is not diluted at any cost. It is therefore necessary to ensure that persons recruited as teachers possess the essential aptitude and ability to meet the challenges of teaching at the primary and upper primary level.

In accordance with the provisions of sub-section (1) of Section 23 of the RTE Act, the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) had vide Notification dated 23rd August, 2010 and 29th July ,2011 laid down the minimum qualifications for a person to be eligible for appointment as a teacher in classes I to VIII. It had been inter alia provided that one of the essential qualifications for a person to be eligible for appointment as a teacher in any of the schools referred to in clause (n) of section 2 of the RTE Act is that he/ she should pass the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) which will be conducted by the appropriate Government in accordance with the Guidelines framed by the NCTE.

The rationale for including the TET as a minimum qualification for a person to be eligible for appointment as a teacher is as under:

The Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India has entrusted the responsibility of conducting the Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) to the Central Board of Secondary Education Delhi which shall be held on 29.01.2012

For UPTET 2011 Answer Key (Initial Key/Final Key) please visit the given link of UP Board website – http://uptet2011.com

Step 1: Document Verification: You are required to reach the Document Verification / Choice Locking Centre (DV& CC), in person as per the schedule to be given on our web site www.mtu.ac.in / www.gbtu.ac.in. You must come with your Admit Card and a demand draft of Rs. 500/- drawn in favor of the Finance Officer, Mahamaya Technical University, Noida and bring along all the testimonials/ certificates/ documents in original & one set of photocopies as mentioned below. You must get your Document Verification done on the same day and collect the document verified certificate from the Officer available at the reporting center itself. In case of any indicated deficiency you should remove the deficiency and get back to the DV&CC with the correct document/s and thus ensure clearance from the same DV&CC and get your candidature verified during specified time slot at the same Document Verification Centre following same procedure. Detailed instructions are given below.

Step 2: Choice Locking: Report at the designated Choice Locking Centre which is same as the Document Verification Centre as per schedule which will be declared on or before 2nd July, 2011 on the website www.upsee.nic.in and www.mtu.ac.in. Candidate will be required to lock the choices on computer and take print out of the same after locking it. Generally, the seat allotment will be done in the night on the same day of choice locking. The candidate must report at the Choice Locking Centre on the scheduled date during 8 AM to 10 AM along with the Admit Card & Document Verification Slip, demand draft of Rs. 5000/- drawn in favour of the Finance Officer, Mahamaya Technical University, Noida. Each candidate will himself / herself be locking the choices and leave the centre only after taking printout of the choices locked by him/her and signed by the verification officer at the DV&CC. In case of not locking the options your candidature shall not be considered for the purpose of seat allotment and the sole responsibility for this shall lie only on you the candidate. The admission letter, after the seat allotment, shall be handed over to the candidate on the next day.

 Step 3: Collection of seat allotment letter from the choice locking centre and Deposition of fee (Rs.10000/- or Rs.4000/- as applicable) as acceptance of seat by 5 PM on next day. The details of fee and its refund etc. are given in Information Brochure.

 Step 4: Reporting at the allotted Institution as per given schedule.

Reporting Date for Document Verification: Detailed Document Verification Schedule to be announced on website soon

Reporting Time for Document Verification: 8.00 A.M. to 12.00 Noon

Name of Document Verification / Choice Locking Centre: To be notified on website soon

Reporting Date / Time for Choice Locking : To be declared on website www.upsee.nic.in / www.mtu.ac.in

Candidates are advised to regularly visit our website www.upsee.nic.in / www.mtu.ac.in for obtaining information regarding counseling schedule, notifications, Institute-wise / branch-wise vacancy position, eligibility criteria for admission to various programmes and other details.

Note: Dual merit is awarded for the candidates who have claimed for Rural Weightage. Such candidates are called as per the merit awarded with rural weightage. If a candidate fails to submit the certificate number 7 at the time of counseling, he will be considered for counseling, at the merit rank awarded without rural weightage as per the counseling schedule.

“Global production of FDA-regulated goods has exploded over the past ten years.  In addition to an increase in imported finished products, manufacturers increasingly use imported materials and ingredients in their U.S. production facilities, making the distinction between domestic and imported products obsolete,” said Commissioner of Food and Drugs Margaret A. Hamburg, M.D.

The FDA report calls for the agency to transform the way it conducts business and to act globally in order to promote and protect the health of U.S. consumers. Highlights of the report include four key elements needed to make the change:

1. The FDA will partner with its counterparts worldwide to create global coalitions of regulators focused on ensuring and improving global product safety and quality.

2. The coalitions of regulators will develop international data information systems and networks and increase the regular and proactive sharing of data and regulatory resources across world markets.

3.  The FDA will build in additional information gathering and analysis capabilities with an increased focus on risk analytics and information technology.

4. The FDA increasingly will leverage the efforts of public and private third parties and industry and allocate FDA resources based on risk.

“FDA regulated imports have quadrupled since 2000,” Hamburg said. “The FDA and our global regulatory partners recognize this new reality and realize we must work proactively and collaboratively to address the challenges we face.  The FDA must further collaborate and leverage in order to close the gap between our import levels and our regulatory resources. This report is an important step in ensuring we are able to fulfill our critical public health mission.”

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Source : FDA

CET Karnataka (Common Entrance Test)  Result देखने के लिए यहां क्लिक करें: http://www.cet.kar.nic/

MAHARASHTRA EXAMINATION RESULTS 2011: महाराष्‍ट्र बोर्ड की 12वीं कक्षा के परीक्षा परिणाम देखने के लिए यहां क्लिक करें. http://mahresult.nic.in/

Bihar Board Results: बिहार विद्यालय परीक्षा समिति (Bihar School Examination Board) (BSEB) की 10वीं कक्षा के परिणाम देखें. http://www.biharonline.gov.in/bseb/

देश भर के विभिन्‍न बोर्डों द्वारा आयोजित की गई परीक्षाओं के परिणाम आप यहां देख सकते हैं.

Orissa jee 2011 Results: उड़ीसा जेईई (ODISHA jee) के परिणाम देखें. http://www.odishajee.com/

UPSEE 2011 Results: उत्तर प्रदेश के तकनीकी और प्रबंधन संस्थानों में प्रवेश के लिए आयोजित की गई राज्य स्तरीय प्रवेश परीक्षा के परिणाम जानने के लिए क्लिक करें. http://www.uptu.nic.in/

CBSE Results: सीबीएसई(CBSE) की 12वीं कक्षा के परिणाम देखने के लिए क्लिक करें. http://cbseresults.nic.in/

IIT-JEE Results: आईआईटी-जेईई(IIT-JEE) के रिजल्‍ट देखने के लिए क्लिक करें. http://www.iitg.ac.in/jee/result.php

Kerala Examination Results: केरल की इंजीनियरिंग/मेडिकल प्रवेश परीक्षा के परिणाम देखें. http://keralaresults.nic.in/

Rajasthan Board Examination Results: राजस्‍थान बोर्ड के परिणाम देखने के लिए यहां क्लिक करें. http://rajresults.nic.in/

Meghalaya Board Examination Results: मेघालय बोर्ड के परीक्षा परिणाम जानने के लिए क्लिक करें. http://megresults.nic.in/

Chhattisgarh Board Of Secondary Education Results: छत्तीसगढ़ बोर्ड के परीक्षा परिणाम जानने के लिए क्लिक करें. http://cgresults.nic.in/

Madhya Pradesh Examination Results: मध्‍यप्रदेश बोर्ड के परीक्षा परिणाम जानने के लिए क्लिक करें. http://mpresults.nic.in/

Goa Examination Results: गोवा बोर्ड के परीक्षा परिणाम जानने के लिए क्लिक करें. http://goaresults.nic.in/

देश के अन्‍य परीक्षा परिणामों को देखने के लिए यहां क्लिक करें. http://results.nic.in/

Source: http://aajtak.intoday.in/story.php/content/view/56925/9/76

Background

About 48 million people (1 in 6 Americans) get sick, 128,000 are hospitalized, and 3,000 die each year from foodborne diseases, according to recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  This is a significant public health burden that is largely preventable.

The FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), signed into law by President Obama on Jan. 4, enables FDA to better protect public health by strengthening the food safety system. It enables FDA to focus more on preventing food safety problems rather than relying primarily on reacting to problems after they occur.

The law also provides FDA with new enforcement authorities designed to achieve higher rates of compliance with prevention- and risk-based food safety standards and to better respond to and contain problems when they do occur.  The law also gives FDA important new tools to hold imported foods to the same standards as domestic foods and directs FDA to build an integrated national food safety system in partnership with state and local authorities.

Source: FDA

A look at the salient features of Jan Lokpal Bill:

1. An institution called LOKPAL at the centre and LOKAYUKTA in each state will be set up

2. Like Supreme Court and Election Commission, they will be completely independent of the governments. No minister or bureaucrat will be able to influence their investigations.

3. Cases against corrupt people will not linger on for years anymore: Investigations in any case will have to be completed in one year. Trial should be completed in next one year so that the corrupt politician, officer or judge is sent to jail within two years.

4. The loss that a corrupt person caused to the government will be recovered at the time of conviction.

5. How will it help a common citizen: If any work of any citizen is not done in prescribed time in any government office, Lokpal will impose financial penalty on guilty officers, which will be given as compensation to the complainant.

6. So, you could approach Lokpal if your ration card or passport or voter card is not being made or if police is not registering your case or any other work is not being done in prescribed time. Lokpal will have to get it done in a month’s time. You could also report any case of corruption to Lokpal like ration being siphoned off, poor quality roads been constructed or panchayat funds being siphoned off. Lokpal will have to complete its investigations in a year, trial will be over in next one year and the guilty will go to jail within two years.

7. But won’t the government appoint corrupt and weak people as Lokpal members? That won’t be possible because its members will be selected by judges, citizens and constitutional authorities and not by politicians, through a completely transparent and participatory process.

8. What if some officer in Lokpal becomes corrupt? The entire functioning of Lokpal/ Lokayukta will be completely transparent. Any complaint against any officer of Lokpal shall be investigated and the officer dismissed within two months.

9. What will happen to existing anti-corruption agencies? CVC, departmental vigilance and anti-corruption branch of CBI will be merged into Lokpal. Lokpal will have complete powers and machinery to independently investigate and prosecute any officer, judge or politician.

10. It will be the duty of the Lokpal to provide protection to those who are being victimized for raising their voice against corruption.

Source: http://indiaagainstcorruption.org/

By law, anyone can participate in the rule-making process by commenting in writing on rules FDA proposes. FDA routinely allows plenty of time for public input and carefully considers these comments when it draws up a final rule.

FDA gathers public comments mainly through 2 channels: proposed rules and petitions.

Proposed Rules

When FDA plans to issue a new regulation or revise an existing one, it places an announcement in the Federal Register on the day the public comment period begins. Published every weekday, the Federal Register is available at many public libraries and colleges, and on the FDA Web site. Issues open to public comment often are reported by the news media and can also be found at regulations.gov. Instructions for finding Federal Register documents and submitting comments are found on  the Federal Dockets Management System Instruction Sheet.

Also noted is the “comment period,” which specifies how long the agency will accept public comments. Usually, the file–or docket–stays open for comments at least 60 days, though some comment periods have been as short as 10 days or as long as nine months. Weekends and holidays are included in the comment period.

Comment Online

The Federal Dockets Management System Instruction Sheet tells how to submit comments electronically at regulations.gov.

Petitions

Another way to influence the way FDA does business is to petition the agency to issue, change or cancel a regulation, or to take other action. The agency receives about 200 petitions yearly.

Petitions require careful preparation by the submitter. FDA spends considerable time and staff resources processing petitions. Individuals sometimes submit petitions, but most come from regulated industry or consumer groups.

Source: http://www.fda.gov/RegulatoryInformation/Dockets/Comments/default.htm

iPad2 features

It comes with front and rear cameras—addressing an omission in the initial model—and a new Apple-designed chip that performs standard calculations twice as fast as its predecessor and offers a nine-fold boost in graphics performance.

Apple had reinforced its edge with the sheer volume of new features, its lead in applications created for the iPad and its lower price point than some rivals; Xoom, for example, starts at $799 without a cellular service plan, compared with $729 for a comparable iPad.

• Dual-core A5 processor
• Upto 2X faster processing, 9X faster graphics
• Dual video cameras
• 33% thinner the original
• 1.3 pounds
• Comes in white and black
• Both CDMA and GSM
• 10 hour battery life
• Same price points as the previous iPad – starts at $499
• 65,000 apps
• HDMI Video out (using $39 connector)
• New retractable case ($39, $9 for leather) includes microfiber for cleaning, wake on open-sleep on close
• Personal hotspot for iPhone4 only
• Photo Booth, Face Time, Garage Band and iMovi

Source

• http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703559604576176052060365770.html
• http://gadgets.ndtv.com/shownews.aspx?id=GADEN20110170615&Sec=NEWS/hbjb