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Award for Another Planet
- Another Planet , directed by Smita Bhide, won the Golden Lamp Tree Award in the fourth international competition of the Short Film Centre at the 42nd International Film Festival of India
- The Vasudha Award for the best film on environmental issues went to A Pestering Journey, directed by Mr. K. R. Manoj. The film focuses on the impact of pesticides and insecticide on human life.
2,000 people with disabilities to get jobs in IT, BPO firms
- NASSCOM Foundation and the Wadhwani Foundation have come together with the aim of placing 2,000 young people with disabilities in IT and BPO companies across the country within the next two years.
- This will be the first step in their “accessibility initiative” to facilitate the recruitment of one lakh people with disabilities in the next five years
- the initiative was seen as a business value proposition and not as part of corporate social responsibility.
- India had a talent pool of two to three million people with disabilities.
- Corporate India can derive better business value in terms of higher productivity, reduced attrition and lowered training costs by employing this proven and tenacious talent pool
- The Accessibility Initiative is founded on a four-fold approach: a leadership commitment, robust policies, capability building, and creating an enabling culture in the organisation.
Disaster Management Authority to hold meeting
- An urgent meeting of the Disaster Management Authority will be convened here in view of the concerns about the safety of the Mullaperiyar dam
- The Minister announced that digital sensors would be set up downstream of the dam to monitor changes in the water level in the river. A warning system using infrared camera would also be set up near the dam.
- He said Rs.3 crore had already been sanctioned to the State electricity board for this.
