All of us pay our respectful tributes to Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, who founded The Tribune this day 132 years ago.
Showing posts with label General knowledge. Show all posts
New Dehli World Book Fair 4th-10th February,Pragati Maidan 2013
New Delhi World Book Fair (NDWBF) held for the past 40 years is now a major calendar event in the publishing world. NDWBF 2013 is scheduled from 4 to 10 February 2013 at the centrally located Pragati Maidan exhibition grounds, New Delhi.
The Fair is organised by National Book Trust, India, an apex body of the Government of India, Ministry of Human Resource Development.
The Fair is co-organised by India Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO), the nodal agency of the Government of India, Ministry of Commerce for promoting the country's external trade.
Today Indian publishing stands poised at a significant crossroad towards the path of growth. NDWBF offers the participants a unique opportunity of doing business with this growing book industry. It is also an ideal venue for promoting titles, co-publication arrangements and trade in this part of the world.
Read More:http://www.newdelhiworldbookfair.gov.in/
Posted in
General knowledge,
India,
ITPO,
National Book Trust,
NDWBF,
New Delhi,
New Delhi World Book Fair
|
Leave a comment
How many rivers & lakes in India? Nobody knows
Neither the states nor the Union Environment Ministry, the report states, has a comprehensive list of major rivers, lakes and other water bodies. “The Environment Ministry has not yet prepared a nation-wide inventory of rivers and lakes,” Parliament was informed.
The CAG’s water audit has been prepared on the basis of wide ranging consultations with experts from India and abroad, stakeholders and public consultations. As many as 140 out of 1,079 pollution control projects on 24 rivers and 22 projects for conservation of lakes were scrutinised along with a study of administrative structures and activities related to water pollution in 25 states by the auditors.
Read More:http://www.tribuneindia.com
