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Dealing with problems According to Dr. Moses, you can be hindered from making progress if you ignore your problems. Could you be letting little challenges grow into huge obstacles by not dealing with them?

When faced with unpleasant situations it is tempting to ignore them and not deal with them. The path of least resistance is an attractive one and the effort required to deal with the problem sometimes seems too immense. At times it's not so much that the problem is big but that it requires us to admit something about ourselves or others that we just don't want to face. The trouble is “You won't find a solution by saying there is no problem.” The longer you take to deal with your problems the bigger they will grow and the harder it will be to sort them out. They are like weeds that grow in a beautiful garden. If not recognized and uprooted early enough they will dominate the garden and choke the beautiful flowers in the garden. In fact you will forget there was ever a lovely garden there to begin with.

Secondly, when ignored, problems may become accepted as the norm. I remember working at a hospital where there are often shortages of medical supplies. As medical staff there we got so used to improvising that even when some supplies were in stock we did not think of using them. For instance, we improvised arm slings for shoulder dislocations and broken limbs by using bandages and empty fluid bags. One nurse actually had to remind me that the pharmacy had plenty of arm slings so I should not be wasting people's money by telling them to buy bandages instead. My mind had become accustomed to the abnormal to such an extent that it became normal and I absolutely did not think there was any other way to get the job done. There are many abnormal situations and circumstances in our lives that we have become used to and comfortable with to the extent that we do not see the need for change. It is possible for you to become used to poverty and lack. It is even possible to get used to mediocrity and failure. Ignore the problem long enough and it may no longer become a problem to you. The trouble is you will not be living the kind of life you should be living.

“Making do” is not always a good thing.

Lastly, a problem that is not dealt with can lead to other problems.

Unfortunately, problems are very social creatures and they will eagerly invite other problems into your life if you harbour them for too long.

100 Awardees across the Nation get felicitated India, Seychelles agree to establish

by Alma National Excellence Awards-2015 joint working group for blue economy NGOs play vital role in Development - Justice V.S. Kokje (Former Governor) INDORE: Socio-Economic Development plays a vital role in overall development of the country.

Alma Excellence Awards were given to Top 100 Awardees across the country for their individual or organizational contributions in Socio-Economic Development of the Nation under the gracious presence of Hon'ble Chief and Special Guests Justice V. S. Kokje, (Former Governor, Himachal Pradesh), Smt. Shobha Ojha ( President - National Women Congress Committee), Dr. Diwakar Sukul (President, Alma, London, UK), Shri Jitendra Mani Tripathi (DCP, Delhi Police), Pt. Vishnu Prasad Shukla (Senior BJP Leader & Chairman, Alma ), Pt. Ram Narayan Tiwari (Senior Congress Leader), Pt. Kripa Shankar Shukla (Senior Congress Leader), Shri Varun Kapoor (IG, Cyber Security), Dr. Satish Shukla (President - All India Surgeons Association), Shri O.P. Tripathi (SP, Indore), Justice Shambhu Singh (High Court Judge), Justice Om Prakash Sharma (Distt. & Session Judge), Major General Dr.V.S. Karnik, Shri Bala Bachchan

(Secretary, AICC), Shri Sajjan Singh Verma (Secretary, AICC), Smt. Asha Vijayvargiya (Social Activist), Shri Vinay Agnihotri (Retd. IG), Justice K. C. Sharma, Prof. (Dr.) Rajiv Sharma (Dean-DAVV), Col. Ravi Batra, Dr. Uma Shashi Sharma (Former Mayor), Shri Praveen Kharliwal (President, Indore Press Club), Shri Tarunbhai Rawal (Surat), Smt. Mala Tiwari (President, Atal Foundation), Shri Bhupesh Shukla (Nagpur), Shri Akash Vijayvargiya (President–Youth Wing, BJP), Shri Ashutosh Pandey (Lucknow), Dr. Sumit Shukla, Shri Prashant Choubey (Ad. SP) and others. This was informed by the director of Alma Shri Santosh Shukla, High Court, Advocate. Shri Shukla said that under Life Time Achievement Category, Pt. Vishnu Prasad Shukla, Pt. Ram Narayan Tiwari and Pt. Kripa Shankar Shukla were felicitated.

Apart from this, overseas edition of Alma Magazine, Alma Times and CD were also released by the guests at the function .The vote of thanks was given by Dr. Suchita Shukla and Ms. Anuradha Shukla.

VICTORIA: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during his visit to Victoria, Seychelles, has agreed to establish a Joint Working Group (JWG) for a blue economy with Seychelles President James Michel, terming the island nation a leader in its advancement.

President Michel and I have agreed to establish a joint working group

to expand our cooperation on the blue economy. This cooperation will increase our understanding of marine ecology and resources. We will improve our ability to harness new possibilities of the ocean in a sustainable and balanced manner.

This is a major step in advancing our scientific and economic cooperation," PM Modi said here.

"We are pleased to be a partner in development of human resources & capacity building in Seychelles.

Indeed, Seychelles is one of the largest recipients of Indian assistance in this area. We intend to expand this further in the future.

Seychelles is a leader in advancing the concept of blue economy.

IG Varun Kapoor gets Alma National Excellence Award in Social Security for Year-2014 Awareness can curb Cyber Crimes - IG Varun Kapoor, IPS

INDORE: The prestigious National Excellence Awards-2015 for SocioEconomic Development of the nation was held in Indore. The prestigious Award for Social Security of the Year-2014 has been given to Shri Varun Kapoor (IG, Cyber Security) Indore, Madhya Pradesh by Chief Guest Justice V.S. Kokje (Former Governor, Himachal Pradesh). Shri

Kapoor's contribution in the field of Social Security through pioneering work being Cyber Security Expert.

Earlier this, he had been honored and awarded by many prestigious organizations and associations of repute across the country. On being honored by Alma, he was congratulated by Shri Surendra Singh (DG, M.P.), Shri Manoj Shrivastava, IAS, Smt. Seema Sharma (Secretary, Home Ministry), Shri Sanjay Kumar Shukla, IAS, Dr. Asha Mathur, IPS, Shri Subhash Chand Tripathi (Retd. DG), Shri Nandan Dubey (Retd. DG), Shri Vipin Maheshwari (IG), Shri Akash Tripathi, IAS (Collector), Shri Vinit Kapoor, IPS, Rajesh Hingankar, IPS.

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States should use extra funds to develop productive assets: Jaitley NEW DELHI: Stressing that states play an important role in the national economy, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that the 14th Finance Commission has increased the share of states in the divisible pool from 32 percent to 42 percent.

"If the Chief Ministers of states are being empowered with additional resources, then we have every reason to believe that this money will be well spent. The money will be well spent on poverty, infrastructure and therefore every spending within the territory of India, whether by the central or the state government is going to add to the growth process," Jaitley told the media.

"Every state government, irrespective of the party that governs the state, would also be interested in the welfare of its own people. A principle issue raised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his Lok Sabha campaign was that states cannot indefinitely keep looking at Delhi," he added.

Earlier in the day, Prime Minister Modi wrote to the Chief Ministers of the nation, informing them of the Government's decision to wholeheartedly accept the recommendations of the 14th Finance Commission. "We are committed to a rapid and inclusive process of growth. Looking to the diversity of the country, we understand that real and functional federal governance is the only vehicle to achieve this objective quickly and holistically," his letter read.

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Passion and determination SECRETARY VIEW keys to success Minister Smt. Scindia at People's University's annual function BHOPAL: Industries Minister Smt. Yashodhara Raje Scindia has said that passion and determination are necessary for moving ahead in any field. These are keys to success. Smt. Scindia stated this while addressing annual function “ Aayam” of People’ s University here today. Mayor Shri Alok Sharma, People’s Group’ s Founder Shri Suresh Vijayvargiya and Sushri Megha Vijayvargiya were present on the occasion.

Congratulating People’s Group, Smt. Scindia said that demand and importance of technical education has increase these days.

State government is making every possible effort to make new opportunities available to youths. Groups like People’ s may also become partners in these efforts. Smt. Scindia informed Shri Vijayvargiya that Madhya Pradesh is the first state in the country to frame defence manufacturing plants policy. For this, such educational institutions should be opened which can provide better opportunities to youths in this sector. The Industries Minister also wished opening of such an institution in the sector of civil aviation. On the occasion, Shri Vijayvargiya presented mementoes to Smt. Scindia and Shri Alok Sharma. University students also presented colourful cultural programmes.

India scales up ties with distant Latin America

Made in China: Beijing plans new wave of state firm consolidation BEIJING/HONG KONG: China is poised to embark on a fresh round of industrial consolidation, as part of a sweeping plan to reinvigorate the country's inefficient state-owned enterprises and raise the global competitiveness of domestic industry.

The initiative, dubbed "Made in China 2025", focuses on promoting key sectors, led by railways and nuclear power plant construction, in offshore markets, in Beijing's latest move to create leading international giants. "Without size and strength internationalization is fairly difficult," said Li Dongsheng, chief executive of Chinese mobile telephone and television set giant TCL Corp, explaining the rationale behind consolidation. A restructuring plan, expected to be released before the end of March, will address issues ranging from the establishment of asset management

companies to oversee state shareholding, to the introduction of non-state investment and performance-based compensation schemes at government-controlled firms, experts say. Improving the efficiency at state-owned enterprises (SOEs), which dominate crucial sectors of China's economy, is critical as the country struggles to maintain the breakneck pace of growth it has delivered for two decades.

Premier Li Keqiang outlined the "2025" strategy, which also includes promoting machinery and communications equipment, automobiles, aircraft and electronics, in his address to the annual gathering of China's rubberstamp parliament, which concludes later this week.

The plan is part of a broader push by President Xi Jinping to raise the performance of China's lumbering state sector.

NEW DELHI: Distance is no bar as India seeks to majorly scale up ties with Latin America and the Caribbean, the source of 20 percent of this country's crude imports, given China is far ahead in its engagement with the region that has a combined GDP of over $5.5 trillion and has shown resilience in the face of the global economic downturn. Right from the time Prime Minister Narendra Modi met the leaders of 11 Latin American countries last July on the margins of the BRICS Summit in Brazil, the new government has kept up a steady engagement with high-level visits. A visit to the region this year by External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj is being considered. With the Modi government's push for closer engagement, India's ties with Latin America have received "a clear direction in 2015", an official told IANS. India imports 20 percent of its crude from Venezuela, Columbia, Mexico and Brazil. Venezuelan heavy crude is processed at Jamnagar in Gujarat and at the Mangalore refinery. In 2012, India overtook China as the largest Asian buyer of Venezuelan crude. While India is gradually building its ties with the region, China has already moved fast. On Jan 8-9, 2015, Beijing hosted the first ministerial-level forum with the 33-member Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), during which China projected that two-way trade could double over the next decade to $500 billion, while Chinese investment may reach $250 billion. In comparison, India's trade with LAC has grown from less than $2 billion in 2000-01 to $46 billion in 201314. The advantages of close commerce with the Latin America region are many. Besides the over $5.5 trillion combined GDP, it has a population of around 600 million, and six percent of the world's merchandise trade. It received US$179 billion of FDI in 2013, the highest record for any region in the world and is also a peaceful region, with few inter-state conflicts. India held its first India-LAC Investment Conclave in October last year to tap the economic potential of the Latin America region. The investment conclave was attended by 23 countries of the region.

Labour ministry simplifying procedures; to club over 35 laws NEW DELHI: In line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's directive to simplify procedures, especially to promote the ease of doing business, the labour ministry is clubbing together nearly 35 central laws in four new bills, one of which may be introduced during the ongoing budget session of parliament, officials said. The officials told the new bills will consolidate the existing laws under four heads: wages; safety and working conditions; social security and welfare; and industrial relations.

"Once the new bills are framed and passed, it will lead to ease of compliance. Rather than registering with authorities separately under existing laws, one will have to fill a single form for various labour laws. It will be like a single window service," an official, who did not want to be named, told IANS. He said the four bills that will amalgamate laws under codes were a "top priority" of the Modi government and are a key part of the "labour reforms". "The issue is being monitored at the top level," the official added. This is the second exercise being undertaken by the Modi government to lighten the statute book. Last year, it had begun the process of repealing 323 laws, most of them dating to the British colonial era. A bill is already pending in parliament to repeal 32 of these laws. Consolidating the different labour laws will reduce multiplicity and ensure better enforcement and compliance, another official told IANS. He said single window clearance for labour laws will also be in line with the government's Digital India

policy. The labour ministry has prepared a preliminary draft of the wages bill. "It will be deliberated at various levels and then go to the cabinet. The bill is expected to be introduced in the second half of the budget session," the official said. The wages bill is likely to club four laws, while the one on social security and welfare is expected to stitch together 18 laws. The one on safety and working conditions would put together 12 laws and the one on industrial relations is likely to club three different laws. He said the new bills will not dilute the provisions of the existing laws but will give a fillip to the ease of doing business. "Rather than going to ten different places, a person can file one form," the official added. The procedure for simplifying and rationalizing labour laws will require them to be examined individually and provisions that have outlived utility would be deleted. Some laws that have outlived their utility may also be repealed, said an official. He said there were 44 central labour laws. The second National Commission on Labour had recommended that labour laws should be broadly grouped into fourfive categories, he said. The report of the Working Group on Labor Laws and other Labour Regulations for the 12th Five Year Plan had also recommended clubbing together of laws. It said that consolidation of labour laws and "harmonization of key definitions in select cognate groups" would lead to better adherence, reduce the cost of administration and help improve implementation as fewer register logs would need to be maintained.

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Swiss makers quietly gear up with smart watches of their own To observers of the secretive Swiss watch industry, its quiet, seemingly passive response to Apple Inc's plan to attack their centuries-old business could be mistaken for submission before an overwhelming adversary. But luxury and fashion groups Richemont, LVMH, Swatch Group and Guess Inc have been busy in the past year tinkering with smartwatches of their own, while aiming to preserve their products' more timeless appeal. When Apple Watch was first announced last September, some experts dismissed such devices as appealing to a different class of customer - those who prize technology over prestige. Now analysts and industry executives are starting to think that maybe the Apple Watch juggernaut will stoke sales of luxury timepieces among younger consumers used to telling the time with their phones, rather than on their wrists.

"Apple has the potential to make the watch cool again," said CCS Insight mobile analyst Ben Wood, a confessed wearable gadget freak. "I think the Swiss watch industry are going to be absolutely delighted." Swatch - which has dabbled with smartwatch experiments for more than a decade and already makes components for fitness band wearable devices, has told Swiss newspapers it is gearing up to offer smartwatches of its own in the next few months.

"Apple is not the only company which is about to toss a smartwatch on the market," Nick Hayek, chief executive of Swatch, the world's largest watchmaking group, told SonntagsBlick in January. "This is not a threat but a huge opportunity for us and the Swiss watch industry." Apple revealed that its line-up of watches will go on sale in April. The entry-level Apple Watch Sport will start at $349, the standard version at $549 and the high-end "Edition" watch at $10,000. The upcoming Swatch Smartwatch will include a chip that allows users to make contactless payments with a swipe of the wrist. It will use long-lasting batteries and work with both Apple and Googlebased phones, according to news reports.

While the Apple Watch has drawn rave reviews for many of its features, its limited battery life of no more than 18 hours before re-charging is considered a big drawback. The threat of the smartwatch may also be limited due to its short shelf life as a hi-tech, frequently upgraded product. An iPhone tends to lose half its value within the first year after it is introduced, while Rolex's flagship Submariner model has risen in value, analysts at Berenberg Bank noted in a recent report. Montblanc, owned by Richemont, announced in January the launch of the TimeWalker Urban Speed e-strap watch, which combines a traditional mechanical watch with an interchangeable strap containing a Bluetooth connected device.

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NASA confirms ocean on Jupiter moon, raising prospects for life Scientists using the Hubble Space Telescope have confirmed that the Jupiter-orbiting moon Ganymede has an ocean beneath its icy surface, raising the prospects for life, NASA said on Thursday.

The finding resolves a mystery about the largest moon in the solar system after NASA's now-defunct Galileo spacecraft provided hints that Ganymede has a subsurface ocean during exploration of Jupiter and its moons from 1995 to 2003.

Scientists told reporters on a conference call that it took some detective work to confirm the discovery.

Like Earth, Ganymede has a liquid iron core that generates a magnetic field, though Ganymede's field is embedded within Jupiter's magnetic field. That sets up an interesting dynamic with telltale visuals – twin bands of glowing aurora around Ganymede's northern and southern polar regions.

As Jupiter rotates, its magnetic field shifts, causing Ganymede's aurora to rock. Scientists measured the motion and found it fell short. Using computer models, they realized that a salty, electrically conductive ocean beneath the moon's surface was counteracting Jupiter's magnetic pull.

“Jupiter is like a lighthouse whose magnetic field changes with the rotation of the lighthouse. It influences the aurora,” said geophysicist Joachim Saur, with the University of Cologne in Germany. “With the ocean, the rocking is significantly reduced.”

Scientists ran more than 100 computer models to see if anything else could be having an impact on Ganymede's aurora.

They also repeated the seven-hour, ultraviolet Hubble observations and analyzed data for both belts of aurora.

"This gives us confidence in the measurement," Saur said.

NASA Planetary Science Division Director Jim Green called the finding "an astounding demonstration."

“They developed new approach to look inside a planetary body with a telescope,” Green said.

Ganymede joins a growing list of moons in the outer solar system with subsurface water. On Wednesday, scientists reported that Saturn's moon Enceladus has hot springs beneath its icy crust.

Other water-rich worlds include Jupiter moons Europa and Callisto.

Scientists estimate the ocean is 60 miles (100 km) thick, 10 times deeper than Earth's oceans, and is buried under a 95mile (150-km) crust of mostly ice.

“It is one step further toward finding that habitable, water-rich environment in our solar system,” said astronomer Heidi Hammel with the Washington-based Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy.

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Hindustan Zinc expanding mobile road safety programme JAIPUR: Hindustan Zinc of the Vedanta Group is expanding its welfare project on road safety that uses a mobile van with facilities like a projector, a high-decible sound system and special learning tools to reach out to a large audience, especially in villages."High frequency of road accidents in India only proves ignorance and disrespect towards safety. The fact cannot be ignored that more people die in road accidents in India than anywhere else in the world," the company, among the largest producers of zinc and silver, said in a statement. "Our method of teaching involves audio-video training of 90 minutes, guidelines and education on traffic rules, behavioral training and first aid. The program is interactive and involves the audience through question and answer sessions," the company statement added."Road-safety guidelines are also distributed to audience. Special drives are also being launched in association with local police towards implementation of road safety rules."

Towards this end, it has joined hands with Rajasthan Parivahan Nirikshak

Sangh, which is a body affiliated to the All India Federation of Motor Vehicles Department Technical Executive Officers Association in Bangalore."We are able to reach remote villages, schools and rural people.

As the Van has a video screen, we are able to show short films on road safety which is helping in making the people understand the gravity of situation," said Veerendra Singh Rathore, state president of the Sangh.The state's transport department is also planning similar road safety mobile vans in all seven divisions of Rajasthan, with other states -especially Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka -- are also keen to emulate it in their respective areas and spread road safety awareness, the company said.

"The project is so far able to touch 100,000 people through some 600 educational programs, which have resulted in decreasing road accidents and injuries. There has been increasing participation of employees of various small-big corporates," the company said."In district Rajsamand, success story has been drawn with 40 percent reduction in road accidents."

Wipro recognised as world's most Technical education start-up Lingua.ly raises USD 1 million ethical firm BENGALURU: Software major Wipro Ltd. said it has been recognised as the world's most ethical company by US-based Ethisphere Institute for the fourth consecutive year. "We have been named as the world's most ethical company by the Ethisphere for our commitment to ethical leadership," the company said in a statement here.

The Institute, which advances standards of ethical business practices, assesses global organisations having material impact on the way business is conducted by fostering a culture of ethics and transparency at every level.

"The recognition underscores our commitment to leading ethical business standards and practices ensuring longterm value to key stakeholders, including customers, employees, suppliers, regulators and investors," Wipro's chief sustainability officer Anurag Behar said. The assessment is based upon the Institute's ethics quotient (EQ) framework developed

over years of research to provide a means to evaluate a company's performance in an objective and consistent way. "Ethics, integrity and responsible citizenship are a foundational first principle and at the core of how we think and act. The recognition for the fourth time in succession is a reaffirmation of what we stand for," Behar said. The EQ framework and methodology is determined, vetted and refined by the expert advice and insights from Ethisphere's network of thought leaders.

WA S H I N G TO N : E d Te c h startup Lingua.ly, which exists as a Cloud-based web and mobile app available for Android and iOS has raised an amount of a million dollars.

The latest funding brings Lingua.ly's total raised capital to USD 1.8 million.

Participants in the round include Udi Netzer (a returning investor), Shai Rephaeli, Yochy Investments, and Seed Fund 1776. According to a report appearing in the San F r a n c i s c o - b a s e d techcrunch.com website, Meredith Circerchia, a linguist and the startup's director of communications and e-learning, said the fresh capital will be used to offer Lingua.ly's free tools,

which are available online as a chrome extension besides as Android and iOS apps, to new platforms and markets.

Lingua.ly's plans to monetize t h r o u g h p r e m i u m features that it will release on the web and its apps later this year. Lingua.ly is a nifty tool for a s p i r i n g polyglots because it has flas hcards w ith recorded pronunciations, a dictionary, a repetition game to help with memorization, and several categories of articles to browse so users can see the words in common usage, instead of the more formal and stilted examples often found in textbooks.

Infosys opens back office in Puerto Rico BENGALURU: Software major Infosys Ltd. announced the setting up of a back office in Puerto Rico to serve its global clients through its business process outsourcing (BPO) subsidiary. "The new centre has been set up in collaboration with the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the Puerto Rico Industrial Development Company (Pridco) in the northern municipality of Aguadilla and will have 250

employees," the company said in a statement here.

The centre will initially deliver complex order-tocash business processes for clients in the aviation sector as Aguadilla is an aviation hub in the region.

"We are expanding our footprint in the region to service clients in the federal government sector and the healthcare industry," the statement said. The back office will provide services in English and Spanish as it has local workforce with US citizenship. "We envision the back office as a promising regional hub and a cent re of excellence for the aviation and aerospace industry. Leveraging its workforce, we will deliver enhanced business value to our clients across multiple industries, including healthcare and government sector," Infosys BPO chief executive Anup Uppadhayay. Availability of skilled workforce and conducive business environment fostered by the Puerto Rico government made the company to select the island country for its new back office facility.

"Our industrial development strategy has enabled foreign investors like Infosys to set up its operations in our country.

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