Padma Vibhushan Award 2012

Padma Bhushan Award 2012

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The Central government may have been critical of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) Vinod Rai for taking out a series of adverse findings on government policies, but the contribution of the auditor seems to have been recognized by the United Nations which has appointed him as Chairman of its panel of external auditor.

Rai as Chairman will oversee the audit of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), besides setting agenda for all UN specialized agencies such as the World Health Organisation (WHO), World Food Program me (WFP) and the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO).

 Along with director general of CAG, Jagbans Singh, Rai will audit the accounts and management  operations   of the UN and its specialized agencies and submit the report to the UN General Assembly.

Like any other organization, the accounts and management operations of the UN, the specialized agencies (WHO, WFP, WIPO, others) and the IAEA are required to be audited and reported periodically by independent external auditors, who are supreme audit institutions of various countries selected by the United Nations. Rai will give direction to the external auditors and will have a final say in preparation of the reports before they are placed to the United Nations General Assembly. The findings and recommendations of the panel auditors are taken seriously, and the reports are closely monitored for effective implementation.

Along with Rai, Jagbans Singh, director general in the office of CAG, has also been elected as the Chairman of the UN’s technical group of the panel of external auditors. Much of the external auditors’ work is determined by the technical group that is mandated to set specific topics of interest to be taken up for audit.

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George Clooney, winner of best actor in a motion picture drama for his role in The Descendants, poses in the photo room at the 69th annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California.  Meryl Streep accepts her award for best actress in a drama motion picture for Iron Lady at the 69th Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California. Martin Scorsese, winner of best director for his film Hugo poses backstage at the 69th annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California.

Kate Winslet awarded for her best performance by an actress in a mini-series or motion picture made for television for “Mildred Pierce” backstage at the 69th annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California. The winner of the 69th annual Golden Globe Awards for Best Animated Feature Film The Adventures of Tintin director Steven Spielberg.

The winner for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television Jessica Lange.  Christopher Plummer holds his award after winning for best performance by an actor in a supporting role in a motion picture for his work on the film Beginners at the 69th Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California.

The winner for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television Peter Dinklage.

Scientists doing their first exploring of deep-sea vents in the Antarctic said it was unlike anything found around other hydrothermal vents — a world populated by new species of anemones, predatory sea stars, and piles of hairy-chested yeti crabs.

It was “almost like a sight from another planet,” said expedition leader Alex Rogers, a professor of zoology at Oxford University.

Even in the eye-popping world of deep-sea vents, the Antarctic discoveries stand out, with the unfamiliar species of crabs found crowded in piles around the warm waters emanating from the seafloor. Many of the animals found at the vents have never been found at hydrothermal vents in other oceans, Rogers said. “To see these animals in such huge densities was just amazing,” Rogers told LiveScience.

In the dayless world of deep-sea vents, energy comes not from the sun but from the hydrothermal energy generated in the oceanic crust.

The yeti crabs seem to cultivate “gardens” of bacteria on their chests, which are covered with hairy tendrils. These bacterial mats almost certainly provides the crabs with sustenance, Rogers said. In turn, predatory seven-armed sea stars stalk the periphery of the vents, snacking on unfortunate crabs.

Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, India-born US citizen whose pioneering work in molecular biology won him the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, has been honoured with a knighthood by the royal establishment here in a rare recognition of achievement by foreigners based in Britain. 58 year old Ramakrishnan is based at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge. He has been conferred knighthood “for services to molecular biology”.

Hosts India lifted the winners title in the men’s and women’s section of the second World Cup Kabaddi tournament in Ludhiana. The India men team easily beat the Canada side 59-25 in the final match played at the Guru Nanak Dev stadium in Ludhiana on late Sunday. India was the winner of  the inaugural edition of the World Cup Kabaddi 2010 also.

A Gopinathan, India’s nominee for the JIU is currently India’s permanent representative to the UN offices in Geneva. Earlier, he was India’s deputy permanent representative in New York from January 2002 to September 2005. He has also served as joint secretary (UN) from August 1997 to December 2001 at the ministry of external affairs.

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