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India's Supreme Court has rejected a plea to conduct a paper audit of votes in the country's ongoing national elections. Petitioners had requested that the Election Commission of India verify each electronic vote with a paper slip generated at the time of voting. Currently, the verification process involves tallying votes with voter-verified paper audit trails (VVPATs) from five randomly selected voting machines in each constituency. The court affirmed the reliability of the electronic voting machine (EVM) system but emphasized the importance of maintaining harmony and trust in democracy. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party is seeking to extend its power, with the elections set to conclude on June 1. [Extracted from the article]

The White Paper on the Economy, presented by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, discusses the economic mismanagement of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government in India. It compares the economic performance of the UPA years to the 10 years of the Narendra Modi government. The paper highlights issues such as double-digit inflation, ailing banking sector, and high policy uncertainty during the UPA years. It also mentions the mismanagement of public finances and the impact of scams on the economy. The paper concludes by stating that the Modi government has stabilized and set the economy on a path of sustained high growth. [Extracted from the article]

The White Paper on Indian Economy, presented by Finance Minister Niramala Sitharaman, criticizes the previous UPA government for bringing India's public finances to a precarious state with high fiscal deficits. The paper states that for six consecutive years between FY09 and FY14, the Gross Fiscal Deficit (GFD) to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) ratio was at least 4.5 percent, reaching over 6 percent in some years. The UPA government's fiscal mismanagement resulted in higher borrowing from the market than anticipated. The White Paper also highlights the efforts of the Modi government in restoring the country's fiscal health by reducing the fiscal deficit and market borrowing. [Extracted from the article]

A recent study conducted by researchers at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham in Kerala, India, has shed light on the deceptive practices of predatory journals. The study analyzed three datasets of calls for papers from potential predatory journals and legitimate journals using text mining and programming language. The researchers found that most potential predatory journals use similar language and templates in their calls for papers, often using flattering and positive words that are rarely seen in emails from legitimate journals. Based on these findings, the researchers developed a toolkit for detecting unsolicited calls for papers from potential predatory journals. This research provides valuable insights and tools for distinguishing between predatory and legitimate journals, ultimately helping researchers deal with predatory journals more effectively. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses the handmade papers manufactured from organic waste in India. It states the grape paper made out of pomace developed by Adrian Pinto, founder of paper manufacturer Green Paper Works. It mentions the Haatchi Chaap paper made out of elephant dung, developed by Mahima Mehra of paper-making company Papeterie.

A recent report from Sri Ramakrishna Engineering College in Tamil Nadu, India discusses the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic on all socioeconomic classes, with stress being a major symptom. The report highlights the use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) such as escitalopram, sertraline, paroxetine, and fluoxetine to address these symptoms. The researchers developed a fluorescent probe called Tyrosine-GQDs that can detect these SSRIs, with a high level of sensitivity and selectivity. The probe was used to create a paper-based fluorescent sensor for monitoring the dosage of SSRIs. This research has been peer-reviewed and provides valuable insights into drug research and monitoring. [Extracted from the article]

According to the news editors, the research concluded: "It underscores the importance of prioritizing nurses' well-being and job satisfaction to foster a resilient and effective healthcare system in India. Keywords: Health and Medicine; India; Science and Healthcare EN Health and Medicine India Science and Healthcare 3694 3694 1 10/03/23 20231006 NES 231006 2023 OCT 6 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Health & Medicine Week -- Investigators publish new report on science and healthcare. [Extracted from the article]

The article offers an interview with the director-human resource and communications Mukund Menon, of the integrated paper and pulp manufacturer International Paper. Topics discussed include his past professional journey and experiences associated with it, challenging times in his career, and inspirational figures in shaping his professional life.

The article reports on India's paper producers seek exemption of import duty on raw materials, levy of countervailing duty on import of paper and setting up of a technology upgradation fund for the sector by the central government and presents yearly statistics on import and domestic production.

A recent study conducted at the L.V. Prasad Eye Institute in Telangana, India, aimed to investigate the metagenomics of the lacrimal sac in patients with primary acquired nasolacrimal duct obstruction (PANDO). The researchers collected samples from ten patients who underwent endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy and performed whole shotgun metagenome sequencing. The results showed that the lacrimal sacs harbor diverse microbial communities, including bacteria, viruses, and archaea. The study suggests that further research on the lacrimal sac may provide insights into the understanding of PANDO. This research has been peer-reviewed and published in the British Journal of Ophthalmology. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- India's national emissions trading system should begin operating within two years and could cover about 15% of the country's emissions by 2030, according to an official involved in the preparations. Emissions trading will build on an existing system run by the bureau, where companies can trade energy savings beyond a prescribed mark, Bakre said. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- India's economy is likely moving into a low inflation regime as supply shocks fade and demand cools, according to a paper co-authored by Reserve Bank of India Deputy Governor Michael Patra. RBI's nowcast model suggested economic activities gathered momentum in February, and real gross domestic product growth for the January-March quarter could be around 5.4%, on track to recover from a surprising dip of 4.4% in the October-December quarter. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses the highlights of the first "Paper Recycling Conference India" held at the Taj Palace Hotel in New Delhi, India on January 29-30, 2015. Topics covered include discussions relating to the continuing growth of the paper industry in India, keynote session for discussing local and overseas mill feedstock suppliers, and the Wealth out of Waste (WOW) initiative launched by Indian paper manufacturer ITC Ltd. It also discusses North America's views on India's paper industry.

The article reports on the decision of the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education to provide test papers for free to all students taking Madhyamik 2016.

According to a study released by NITI Aayog, 24.82 crore individuals in India have been lifted out of multidimensional poverty in the past nine years. The Poverty Headcount Ratio has declined from 29.17% in 2013-14 to 11.28% in 2022-23, a reduction of 17.89 percentage points. Uttar Pradesh saw the largest decline in the number of poor, followed by Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, and Rajasthan. The study also shows that the pace of decline in poverty was faster between 2015-16 to 2019-21 compared to the period from 2005-06 to 2015-16. All 12 indicators of the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) have shown significant improvement. The paper credits the government's initiatives, such as Poshan Abhiyan and Anemia Mukt Bharat, for the achievement. The discussion paper concludes that India is likely to achieve its target of halving multidimensional poverty before 2030. [Extracted from the article]

India's yield curve has been nearly flat even amid record borrowing by the government as insurers stepped up purchases of long-term bonds. (Bloomberg) -- India's auction of the debut 50-year bond met with strong demand Friday, underscoring growing interest from insurance and pension funds for ultra-long papers. [Extracted from the article]

The article presents information on several knowledge papers on various topics, including corporate governance in India, future prospects of micro irrigation in India, and the role of plasticulture in next generation agriculture.

Millions of vulnerable children, many of whom lack parental care and residing in alternative care settings, face significant hurdles in accessing their fundamental rights. In India, despite legislative and policy mandates emphasising the government's responsibility 'to protect and promote the rights of children and ensure the right to family and education for all children', many children end up in the alternative care system, mainly institutional care, as other forms of alternative care are still nascent. The institutional setting impacts not only the immediate well-being of these children but also their long-term prospects for successful adult outcomes, along with impacting the entire family. This paper highlights Udayan Care's 1 role as a practitioner. Through insightful practitioner's perspectives, it endeavours to delve into the intricate realm of family-focused interventions in the context of family strengthening. The document explores the experiences, perceptions, and strategies employed and adapted by Udayan Care, as practitioners, across its various programs, highlighting the critical role they play in uplifting children and youth at-risk and preserving their familial ties. This paper describes Udayan Care's mission to strengthen family bonds, its efforts to prevent unnecessary separation of children from their families, and its practices to empower the beneficiaries. It also highlights the importance of linkages and collaborations with other stakeholders, organisations and mentors and also emphasises the practitioners' role in providing a holistic support to the beneficiaries, leading to development of their agency, empowerment and selfindependence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on the business opportunities brought by selling waste paper in India. Brief overview on the growth of the number of waste collection centers in the country and the success of the professional waste paper pickup service provider Raddi Express is provided. Information of several waste collectors who have established their own service in the paper waste collection is offered.

The article reports that the demand for ferrous scrap has remained steady in India, while the demand for nonferrous scrap has increased as China closed its doors to imports of various recyclables from the U.S. and India has been one of the countries taking in more nonferrous and paper scrap.

(Bloomberg) -- The Indian central bank's decision in March to slash interest rates in an unscheduled meeting was the biggest surprise since a Monetary Policy Committee was set up four years ago, according to a new research paper. India's rate-setting panel is due to meet in the first week of August, having already cut the repo rate by 115 basis points so far this year as the economy heads toward its first annual contraction in more than four decades. [Extracted from the article]

An interview with Hector Beverages founder and chief executive officer (CEO) Neeraj Kakkar is presented. He presents his opinion on the beverages market in India. He explains their strategy when they introduce the Paper Boat brand to inflight customers. He cites their plan to promote Paper Boat to more prospective customers.

Purpose: Being the final end of the logistic distribution, attended home delivery (AHD) plays an important role in the distribution network. AHD typically refers to the service provided by the distribution service provider to the recipient's doorstep. Researchers have always identified AHD as a bottleneck for last-mile delivery. This paper addresses a real-life stochastic multi-objective AHD problem in the context of the Indian public distribution system (PDS). Design/methodology/approach: Two multi-objective models are proposed. Initially, the problem is formulated in a deterministic environment, and later on, it is extended to a multi-objective AHD model with stochastic travel and response time. This stochastic AHD model is used to extensively analyze the impact of stochastic travel time and customer response time on the total expected cost and time-window violation. Due to the NP-hard nature of the problem, an ant colony optimization (ACO) algorithm, tuned via response surface methodology (RSM), is proposed to solve the problem. Findings: Experimental results show that a change in travel time and response time does not significantly alter the service level of an AHD problem. However, it is strongly correlated with the planning horizon and an increase in the planning horizon reduces the time-window violation drastically. It is also observed that a relatively longer planning horizon has a lower expected cost per delivery associated. Research limitations/implications: The paper does not consider the uncertainty of supply from the warehouse. Also, stochastic delivery failure probabilities and randomness in customer behavior have not been taken into consideration in this study. Practical implications: In this paper, the role of uncertainty in an AHD problem is extensively studied through a case of the Indian PDS. The paper analyzes the role of uncertain travel time and response time over different planning horizons in an AHD system. Further, the impact of the delivery planning horizon, travel time and response time on the overall cost and service level of an AHD system is also investigated. Social implications: This paper investigates a unique and practical AHD problem in the context of Indian PDS. In the present context of AHD, this study is highly relevant for real-world applications and can help build a more efficient delivery system. The findings of this study will be of particular interest to the policy-makers to build a more robust PDS in India. Originality/value: The most challenging part of an AHD problem is the requirement of the presence of customers during the time of delivery, due to which the probability of failed delivery drastically increases if the delivery deviates from the customer's preferred time slot. The paper modelled an AHD system to incorporate uncertainties to attain higher overall performance and explore the role of uncertainty in travel and response time with respect to the planning horizon in an AHD, which has not been considered by any other literature. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article provides insights from Indian lighting designer Jenny Pinto on the lighting industry in India. Topics mentioned include the number of years of experience of Pinto in making handpaper lights, the growing recognition for paper as a material since 2005, and Pinto's thoughts on hospitality as a new and growing trend in India. Clients of Pinto's studio include Park Hotel, Pizza Hut, and Cafe Coffee Day.

The article highlights the goal of JK Paper to grow its export target and expand its distribution network across tier-II and tier-III markets. It highlights the achievements of JK Paper including its 50th anniversary of listing on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) in India and investment in its unit in Odisha to augment production capacities of uncoated paper. Also discussed are the business growth plans of JK Paper that include enriching the green cover through social farm forestry.

The article focuses on the cheating during the Madhyamik or examination in Rampurhat High School in Birbhum, India as students throw their question paper outside the classroom windows to be answered by other students.

To contact the reporters on this story: Kartikay Mehrotra in New Delhi at kmehrotra2@bloomberg.net; Debjit Chakraborty in New Delhi at dchakrabor10@bloomberg.net The men were detained in New Delhi after a night-time police sting operation at the Oil Ministry on Feb. 17 detected the theft. [Extracted from the article]

The article presents views of several maritime industry executives and related officials of Indian government on government maritime agenda 2020 for Maritime industry. Topics discussed include views of K. Mohandas, former shipping secretary, on negative global economic condition which hampered the industry, views of Shashank Kulkarni, secretary general at IPPTA, on overlapping of multiple agencies in works related to industrialization and lack of facilities at Indian ports.

The article reports on the stock market performance of India. It mentions that country's Nifty so and Sensex indices reached record highs at the end of November, and as to many fund managers desperate for diversification, India looks the most promising alternative. It also mentions that the central bank has been forced to raise interest rates in defence of the rupee impacting its domestic monetary policy.

The article reports that the Council for Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) is planning to reduce the science and social science papers in the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education course from 2018 which has led to criticism in the academic community. Topics include the proposed system meant to reduce the load on students, views of Gerry Arathoon, the secretary of the CISCE on the same, and the fear of teachers of that the move would affect the quality of the course.

The article reports that Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) in India has addressed the complaints of student regarding the difficulty of Class XII mathematics papers which contained questions that are not included in the syllabus.

The article reports on the clarification of the higher secondary council that the 2015 Higher Secondary examination will be divided into two parts but a single should have to take both.

as Indian Telecom industry matures itself, service providers understand the essence of Customer Experience as the prime differentiator towards business success. This paper will provide a rundown of the extant literature on customer experience studies done in Telecom industry. This research paper also attempts to identify the determinants of Customer Experience for Telecom operators in Indian Telecom industry. Also this research paper defines a yardstick called ACEI score to quantify customer experience in telecom industry [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Researchers at the St. Longowal Institute of Engineering & Technology in Punjab, India have developed sustainable food packaging paper made from rice straw nanocellulose materials. The paper has high barrier and strength properties and was created through a process of pulping and bleaching the rice straw. The researchers found that the nanofibers formed through this process were more economical than alternative methods and showed good strength and barrier properties. The barrier properties were further enhanced by surface sizing the paper with a low-cost, nontoxic, and biodegradable wax. This research has been peer-reviewed and provides valuable insights into sustainable food packaging materials. [Extracted from the article]

The article reports that the work of the South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is still in progress due to political polemics of member nations, particularly India and Pakistan. Topics discussed includes 18th SAARC Summit to be held in Kathmandu on November 26 and 27, 2015, SAARC Convention on Terrorism and SAARC Preferential Trading Arrangement (SAPTA).

The article reports that the 2015 Higher Secondary (HS) question papers in India will be divided into two parts to speed up the assessment of students.

(Bloomberg) -- India's record more than $600 billion of foreign exchange reserves might not be good enough, as it falls short on some measures including import cover and liability outflows, according to a new research from the central bank. "While foreign exchange reserves provide cushions against unforeseen external shocks, levels are often deceptive", Reserve Bank of India researchers, led by Deputy Governor Michael Debabrata Patra, wrote in the latest monthly bulletin. [Extracted from the article]

SBI Pension Funds Pvt., which manages $50 billion in assets, is considering investing in corporate and state debt due to the narrowing spreads on longer-maturity Indian government bonds. The fund's chief investment officer, Sandeep Pandey, expressed concern that the lack of term premium for longer-dated securities could impact returns for subscribers. Demand for longer-tenor papers has increased, leading to a compression in the spread between 10-year and 30-year bonds. The fund currently holds a portfolio of about one trillion rupees in corporate paper and 2.5 trillion rupees in sovereign and state debt. [Extracted from the article]