America's prestigious Harvard University has appointed renowned Indian urban designer and educator Rahul Mehrotra as tenured professor and Chair of its Department of Urban Planning and Design.
As professor of Urban Design and Planning, Mehrotra will teach studios and seminars on architecture and urbanisation in India, besides working with students on research projects related to infrastructure, historic preservation and questions of rapid growth and extreme urban conditions in South Asia.
Graduate School of Design (GSD) Dean Mohsen Mostafavi said Mehrotra's work as a teacher, practitioner, researcher and community advocate makes him "exceptionally qualified to contribute to the GSD's growing involvement with the challenges of urbanism around the world."
An alumnus of the School of Architecture, Ahmedabad, he graduated with a master's degree in Urban Design from the GSD. He has taught at the University of Michigan and at the School of Architecture and Urban Planning at MIT (2007-2010).
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Indian appointed professor in Harvard School of Design
North Korea heir Kim Jong Un appears in public
North Korean leader Kim Jong Il and his son, heir apparent Kim Jong Un, appeared together a massive military parade on Sunday held amid celebrations marking the foundation of the country's ruling party.
State television in a rare live broadcast showed the two Kims standing on a reviewing stand at Pyongyang's central Kim Il Sung Square, named after the country's national founder, where goose-stepping military personnel marched by and military hardware, including tanks, passed below.
It's the first time Kim Jong Un has appeared with his father on live television, giving the North Korean people their first good look at their future leader.
The elder Kim entered the venue to huge cheers from the crowd. He was accompanied by his son and other top officials including Kim Yong Nam, the president of the country's parliament.
The parade is part of celebrations marking the 65th anniversary of the establishment of the Workers' Party of Korea. The party last month held a landmark political convention, its most significant gathering in 30 years, at which Kim Jong Un was promoted to vice chairman of the organization's central military commission.
State TV showed goose-stepping military personnel marching past the reviewing stand and being saluted by Kim Jong Il and later Kim Jong Un, who was not dressed in military uniform as some analysts had expected. He wore the same dark, communist-style outfit he has been seen photographed in recently since making his public debit late last month.
Earlier, a North Korean flag was raised and military officers in full dress uniform watching as a band played rousing music and the large crowd looked on.
"If the US imperialists and their followers infringe on our sovereignty and dignity even slightly, we will blow up the stronghold of their aggression with a merciless and righteous retaliatory strike by mobilizing all physical means, including self-defensive nuclear deterrent force, and achieve the historic task of unification," Ri Yong Ho, chief of the General Staff of the North Korean army, said before troops began marching.
Doordarshan apologises to Malawi for 'derogatory' comments at CWG opening
Doordarshan has conveyed its "unconditional apology" to African country Malawai for certain "derogatory" remarks made by one of its commentators during the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games on October 3.
In a letter to Malawi's High Commissioner to India Chrissie Chawanje Mughogho, Doordarshan Director General Aruna Sharma said the remarks of the commentator were "unintentional" and "inadvertent".
"Allow me to tender an unconditional apology for the remarks made on Malawi during the opening ceremony on DD-Sports Channel," Sharma said in the letter to the envoy.
Sharma's apology came after Mughogho sent a letter to her voicing concern over the commentator's remark that Malawi was "among the world's least developed countries".
"I have checked with my team and let me assure you that these comments were never made deliberately," the DD chief said, adding the commentator had made the comment while describing history, culture, population and other information taken from data published in newspapers.
"I have already instructed my team and the commentator to be most careful while including information about any Commonwealth country so that we do not hurt anybody's feelings by such inadvertent comments," Sharma's letter said.
Malawi is a landlocked country in southeast Africa. Formerly known as Nyasaland, the country is separated from Tanzania and Mozambique by Lake Malawi.
Finally, local don's Headley link found
The Mumbai underworld's involvement in the 26/11 plot was always suspected but never proved. With no leads, this line of line of inquiry was going cold. But a startling finding in the course of an unrelated investigation could prove to be that piece of elusive evidence.
It appears that Chand Madar, the alleged diesel smuggler who was shot dead close to the land mark CST station last month, may have helped Pakistan-born jihadi David Coleman Headley to carry out a recee of the Mumbai coastline to identify the point at which to disembark.
Chand, it's now believed, was more than mere diesel smuggler. He was also a close associate and business partner of Mohammed Ali Shaikh, allegedly an ally of fugitive don Dawood Ibrahim. But their relationship is said to have soured over profit-sharing and Chand was murdered. Sources said Chand's Headley connection cropped up during 24x7 surveillance of diesel gangs operating on the high seas.
The diesel smugglers operated off the Mumbai coast. Mohammed Ali Shaikh, who was arrested in connection with Chand's killing, has now been detained by Mumbai Police under MCOCA, and for the first time, the police has publicly acknowledged his links with the underworld. These agencies were not so much concerned about diesel smuggling as they were with the possibility of arms and ammunitions being smuggled in along with the other contraband.
The surveillance officers handling the listening devices were taken aback when they heard Chand telling some of his associates about having taken Headley on his boat. What struck them was that the slain diesel smuggler was not boasting, but expressing his fear of being being picked up for detailed questioning by various agencies on how Headley had reached him.
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Punjab Kings XI , Rajastan Royals axed
Kings XI Punjab and Rajastan Royals have had their franchise agreements with the IPL terminated. The decision to terminate the agreements of the two teams was made at an emergency meeting of the IPL Governing Council in Mumbai.
Meanwhile, the new IPL team from Kochi was issued with a notice, asking the franchise to resolve their disputes and form a joint venture company to hold the rights.
Kingston introduces Class 4 -- 32GB microSDHC card, charges dearly for the speed
