Jammu, March 12(Scoop News) – J&K Minister for Finance, Abdul Rahim Rather today presented the Annual Budget 2010-11, which is the second budget of the present Government. The budget lays thrust on improving agriculture and allied sectors with toll tax and VAT exemption extended to agriculture appliances, fertilizers, fodder etc. The aim is to […]
Medical Humdrum Hijacked by Politics and Emotion
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On the Importance of ‘Us,’ and Our Embracement Waiting in the Wings
As our ongoing economic difficulties continue to haunt us — with no actual resolution as yet in sight — a fundamental philosophical query is surfacing, one that’s soon to demand a simple yes or no answer: “Do people matter?” by Donald Croft Brickner There is no feeling in the world that quite rivals […]
Go back to Gurukul days
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Aghreni Technologies Global Cost Models
Global Outsourcing Cost Models Clients and Outsourcing companies may use several engagement models both for delivery of the outsourced work and thereby arrive at the costing for the model. Choosing of the model depends on several factors both from the client perspective, the nature of work/project involved, risks to be shared and as well the […]
A Bird’s Eye View on ‘Creamy Layer’
The landmark judgment pronounced by the Supreme Court of India upholding the provision of 27 % reservation for the OBCs, provided by the Government of India in the Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Admission) Act, 2006, for the so-called other backward castes, in Central Educational Institutions, has racked up a new controversy and it is […]