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Posts Tagged ‘International’
19 Themes from Journal of International Affairs
In Lists on செப்ரெம்பர் 12, 2015 at 1:23 முபFord Foundation: Notable Indian Grants, Corporate NGO partnerships & Fellowships
In Business, India, USA on ஓகஸ்ட் 14, 2012 at 8:26 பிப- Amitabh Behar, Executive director, National Foundation for India Supports voluntary development $25,00,000
- Dr Gladwin Joseph, Director, ATREE Striving to conserve biodiversity through sustainable development $13,19,031
- Indira Jaising, Director, Lawyers’ CollectivePromotes human rights for marginalised people$12,40,000
- Mathew Titus, Executive Director, Sa-Dhan Association Umbrella body of MFIs $9,10,000
- Kinsuk Mitra, chairperson, Winrock Intl – Sustainable rural resource management$8,00,000
- Sandeep Dikshit, Governing body member,CBGA Promotes accountability & participatory governance $6,50,000
- J. Mohanty, Chairperson, Credibility Alliance Promoting norms of accountability among NGOs $6,00,000
- Akhila Sivadas, Executive Director, Centre for Advocacy & Research Rights of marginalised populations $5,00,000
- JNU, Leading liberal arts university; FF funds used to set up Centre for Law & Governance$4,00,000
- Manish Sisodia, Founder, Kabir – Promoting RTI for transparency & accountability; Anna Hazare supporter$3,97,000
- Yogendra Yadav, Fellow, Centre for Study of Developing Societies, A think-tank largely funded by ICSSR $3,50,000
- Parthiv Shah Founder Director, CMAC Promotes culture, design & focuses on governance $2,55,000
- Nandan M. Nilekani, President, NCAER, Influential think-tank on policy issues that have found application $2,30,000
- Pratap Bhanu Mehta Head, Centre for Policy Research Leading think-tank, provides advisory services to govt $687,000
10 Indian Films in Toronto Film Festival
In India, Movies, World on ஓகஸ்ட் 9, 2012 at 3:17 பிபPeddlers is a movie by debutant filmmaker Vasan Bala and it has Gulshan Devaiah, Kriti Malhotra and Nishikant Kamat in the lead roles.
Ishaqzaade is a romantic drama film written and directed by Habib Faisal
Miss Lovely is a drama directed by Ashim Ahluwalia.
Mumbai’s King is directed by Manjeet Singh and stars Rahul Bairagi, Arbaaz Khan and Tejas Parvatkar.
‘The Bright Day’ by Mohit Takalkar
‘Theseus’ Ship’ directed by Anand Gandhi
English Vinglish is an Indian drama film directed by debutant director Gauri Shinde and produced by R. Balki.
Shahid directed by Hansal Mehta
Gangs of Wasseypur is a crime movie co-written, produced and directed by Anurag Kashyap
Shanghai is a political thriller film directed by Dibakar Banerjee, starring Abhay Deol, Emraan Hashmi, Kalki Koechlin, Prosenjit Chatterjee.
The Global Gender Gap 2011 Rankings – Top 20
In Lists on ஜூன் 14, 2012 at 1:59 பிபThanks: http://reports.weforum.org/global-gender-gap-2011/
India
Gender Gap Index 2011 Rank (out of 135 countries)
#113
Score (0.00 = inequality, 1.00 = equality)
0.619
Key Indicators
Total population (millions) 1,170.94
Population growth (%) 1.34
GDP (US$ billions) 971.49
GDP (PPP) per capita 3,240
| The Global Gender Gap 2011 Rankings – Top 20 | |||||
| Country | 2011 | Score* | 2010 | Change | |
| Iceland | 1 | 85.3% | 1 | 0 | → |
| Norway | 2 | 84.0% | 2 | 0 | → |
| Finland | 3 | 83.8% | 3 | 0 | → |
| Sweden | 4 | 80.4% | 4 | 0 | → |
| Ireland | 5 | 78.3% | 6 | 1 | ↑ |
| New Zealand | 6 | 78.1% | 5 | -1 | ↓ |
| Denmark | 7 | 77.8% | 7 | 0 | → |
| Philippines | 8 | 76.9% | 9 | 1 | ↑ |
| Lesotho | 9 | 76.7% | 8 | -1 | ↓ |
| Switzerland | 10 | 76.3% | 10 | 0 | → |
| Germany | 11 | 75.9% | 13 | 2 | ↑ |
| Spain | 12 | 75.8% | 11 | -1 | ↓ |
| Belgium | 13 | 75.3% | 14 | 1 | ↑ |
| South Africa | 14 | 74.8% | 12 | -2 | ↓ |
| Netherlands | 15 | 74.7% | 17 | 2 | ↑ |
| United Kingdom | 16 | 74.6% | 15 | -1 | ↓ |
| United States | 17 | 74.1% | 19 | 2 | ↑ |
| Canada | 18 | 74.1% | 20 | 2 | ↑ |
| Latvia | 19 | 74.0% | 18 | -1 | ↓ |
| Cuba | 20 | 73.9% | 24 | 4 | ↑ |
| * Scores produced on zero-to-one scale and can be roughly interpreted as percentage of gender gap that has been closed. | |||||
Thomson Reuters Foundation’s TrustLaw Poll results on The worst and best G20 countries for women
In Lists on ஜூன் 14, 2012 at 1:49 பிபFull coverage: G20women.trust.org
1. Canada
2. Germany
3. Britain
4. Australia
5. France
6. United States
7. Japan
8. Italy
9. Argentina
10. South Korea
11. Brazil
12. Turkey
13. Russia
14. China
15. Mexico
16. South Africa
17. Indonesia
18. Saudi Arabia
19. India
S Ramakrishnan: Foreign & World Translations: Top 10 International Kid Books for 2012
In Books, Literature, Tamilnadu on ஜனவரி 15, 2012 at 10:19 பிபஎழுத்தாளர் எஸ்.ராமகிருஷ்ணன் பரிந்துரைக்கும் சிறார்களுக்கான 10 புத்தகங்கள்:
1. குட்டி இளவரசன் – க்ரியா பதிப்பகம்.
2. ஜெனி எனும் சிறுவன் – பாரதி புத்தகலயம்
3. தி மேஜிக் ட்ரீ – பாரதி புத்தகாலயம்
4. ஆயிஷா – பாரதி புத்தகாலயம்
5. மார்ஜினா சத்திரபே – விடியல்
6. குரங்கின் அரசன் – பிரேமா பிரசுரம்
7. புத்த ஜாதக கதைகள் – பூம்புகார் பதிப்பகம்
8. 1001 அற்புத இரவுகள் – வ.உ.சி பதிப்பகம்
9. காட்டுக்குள்ளே மான்குட்டி – என்.சி.பி.ஹெச்
10. தி ஹொய் – சந்தியா பதிப்பகம்
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