Manish Kumar- The Invisible hand The Invisible Hand by Manish Kumar Higher Education reforms: Challenges and Prospects There is an urgent need to carry out reforms in the higher education sector. India’s gross enrollment ratio at 12.4 percent is well below the world average of 23.2 percent and the developed countries average of 54 percent. There are 370 districts in the country with GER less than the national average! We never fail to mention that we had only twenty universities and five hundred colleges at the time of independence and now we have around 378 universities and 18000 colleges.... 

Scheme launched to save the lives of newly born helping hand to newly born... In a big news to state health sector, the government has taken a decision to cover all the district of the state under Comprehensive Newborn Care Initiative (CNCI). All the 38 districts will be covered under this scheme for a period of three years to reduce infant mortality rate in the state. This initiative will save at least 60000 infants every year, CMCI will provide medical and nursing facilities for newborn in hospitals and also in homes. Announcing the in a two -day annual National Neonatal Forum Convention here,... 

By Nimita Pandey CAT, MAT…and now CSAT?? An Introspection of the present schema to that of the past… With months-long contemplation and all formal considerations, the Union Public Service Commission finally declared the much awaited Syllabus of the Civil   Services Aptitude Test (CSAT) for selecting Indian administrative officials. With the dawn, on 18th October 2010, the remarkable day in the Indian History was set forth, sufficing the initiation of the ending of the British administrative system. The readers might take this note with astonishment and bewilder on the relevance... 

The Key voting themes of  Bihar 2010 Patna: Five key themes dominated the recently concluded election in Bihar. The  overall voter turnout was 52.4% , up from the 46.8% in the last Assembly elections. Voters defied Naxal threats, crossed rivers by engaging private boats and hired tongas in the absence of normal transport to cast their vote in this election, says journalist Santosh Singh. Higher turnout of women, EBCs, SCs : Women voters turned up in more numbers as is  evident from the Election Commission figures : 54.8% turnout of women against 50.7% in the case of men. In all six phases,... 

TOYOTA’S FIRST DEALERSHIP IN BIHAR OPENED Biharis can now afford cars that cost over 7 lakhs of rupees. Toyota Kirloskar Motor Pvt Ltd (TKM) inaugurated its first dealership in Bihar, Budha Toyota located in Didarganj around 20km from Patna on Saturday. We had the notion that Toyota being a luxury car and a starting price starting with Rs 7 lakh will not attract customers but now we are sure that the people of Bihar have become financially sound and they can afford to buy luxury and expensive cars, said a spokesman. Toyota Kirloskar Motor has registered a growth of 17% in sales in... 

Disturbing news from Ludhiana. Are migrant workers from Bihar and UP being targeted by gangs? On the eve of Diwali, three murders occurred in the city in 24 hours, keeping the police on their toes. In all the cases, the suspects were missing, according to local reports. Naresh Mandal, a migrant from Bihar in his mid-twenties, was killed on the night of November 4 when he was coming along with his friend near Arora palace after taking his salary and Diwali bonus. Near Dana Mandi, a group of three persons snatched all his money and ran away. Naresh ran after them but the trio attacked him... 

BJP leader shot dead in Bihar Patna, Nov 6 : The BJP in Rohtas suffered a shock today as news spread of their vice-president’s murder. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Punam Pandey was shot dead by unidentified men in Bihar’s Rohtas district on Diwali night, police said Saturday. Punam Pandey, BJP vice-president in Rohtas, was killed in front of her residence in Rajapur locality in Sasaram late Friday, when people were busy celebrating Diwali, a police official said. The killing has  triggered protests by locals who shouted slogans against police and demanded immediate arrest of the... 

While Patna dithers, news from Munger��is that five persons, including four women, have died of suspected dengue. District Magistrate Avijit Kumar Sinha, who visited the Sadar hospital where two persons died�this�Friday�and two others on�Saturday last directed the Civil Surgeon Mukesh Kumar to constitute a medical team to ascertain the cause of the deaths. Those who died were Suryabala Devi, Kiran Devi, Savita Devi and Md Masood, all from Guljar Pokhar area in the town. Another woman� also died this Saturdayof similar symptoms while being rushed to the Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College Hospital... 

Patna: �Mosquito fear, Dengue is here. It�s officially confirmed. A dozen dengue cases have been detected in the past few weeks. �Meanwhile the health department has issued a directive stating that there�s �no need to panic as orders have been given to take urgent measures and treat dengue patients. On August 30, one Subodh Kumar of Hemra village in Begusarai district was admitted to Rajeshwar Hospital. He died two hours later. A private pathology lab �confirmed that Subodh had �the dengue virus. Rajeshwar Hospital medical superintendent Abhijit Singh claimed that� Subodh Kumar was the first...