Bahrain plans GSM Expansion
Manama: Bahrain Telecommunication Company
(Batelco) and Ericsson have signedcontracts for the further expansion
of Batelco's existing GSM network and its upgrade to GPRS. An
agreement is also in place to begin EDGE.Moretrials in
the secon half of 2002.
- More Indian School Board
Members Resign
- Nov 14, 2001
- Muscat --Most of the members representing
the business lobby in the board of directors of Indian Schools
in Oman including the chairman Kiran Ashar have sent their resignation
to the patron, the Indian Ambassador K.M. Meena today. Other
board members who have resigned from the board include heavvy
weights like Renjith Ved , Sreedharan, Pawan Malhotra and Mrs.Kamala
Ajay Khimji.More
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- New cooling market for Al Ain--Quit
Smoking Campaign throughout the Gulf-Gulf
smoking cessation programme will be running for a period of six
months. It provides professional medical support from a number
of participating clinics in the UAE.
Islamic Offshore banks and
Financial networks banned from funding terrorrists.
Washington: Acting on solid and credible evidence, the Treasury
Department of the United States blocked the U.S. assets of 62
individuals and organizations connected with two terror-supporting
financial networks-the Al Taqua and the Al Barakaat...Full
Report
- Indian School
board invites parent applicants for school committees
Promises more parents meetings
with MCs, School boards. The
Board of Directors of Indian Schools in Oman has started distributing
a new circular among the parents seeking what it calls 'self
nomination of parents." This is for nominating new members
to the school management committees. A new circular is issued
by the Chairman of the Board of Directors yesterdat
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- Malayali Brothers Absconding with
RO 30,000 from Chit Fund Subscribers In
yet another cheating case large number of ordinary Malayali
workers and small scale businessmen in the Al Khuwair area of
Oman are duped by a chit fund company run by two brothers who
have been absconding with huge amount of money. According to
victims, most of them Malayalis, one Mr.N.N.Rajan and his brother
N.N. Sathyan, who were running a barber shop in the Al Khuwair
area have been absconding for the last few days with at least
Omani Rial 30,000, which is equivalent to Indian Rupees thirty
six lakhs.
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- Sheikh
Mohammed opens Dubai Air Show
- Winners
of Best SChool Website Competition in the UAE Announced
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- Shaikh Mohammed Opens Big 5
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- Special Report
Indian Schools in the Gulf
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- Indian Schools in the Gulf
- Conflict between Private
and Public Interest Spoils Education
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- Just for completing KG class in an Indian School, parents
would have to shell out more money than what they had to spent
throughout their life in India to study up to M.A or M.Sc.' In
addition to school fees, parents have to shell out money a number
of expenses...More
- Seeb School; Former Indian
Ambassador took a hasty decision
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- Why did
Satnam Sing allow a committee for a non existing school
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- Civil Services Examination Review
Committee Report submitted
- Present IAS, IPS Selection system
suffers from inherent weaknesses and deficiencies
- New Delhi: The high level experts Committee
appointed by the Union Public Service Commission to review the
present scheme of selection to the higher civil services such
as IAS, IPS and the Central Services through the Civil Services
Examination submitted its report to the Chairman of the Commission
Lt. Gen. Surinder Nath (Retd) here Full
Report
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- Business lobby dominating
School functioning
- Despite multicrore revenue from
Indian schools, they are not making any profit!
- The excessive fees charged from ordinary Indian parents is
a direct fall out of business interest in school matters. "Exorbitant
fees are charged by Indian schools. One school is charging even
at primary level RO 30 (equivalent to Indian Rupees 3,600) per
month. According to one estimate, the total tuition fees alone
collected every month from 14000 students of 3 Indian schools
in Muscat area comes to approximately RO 2,90,000 --roughly equivalent
to Indian Rupees 3 crores) per month. "Hardly half of the
fee income is needed to meet a month's total expenses like salaries
etc.
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- No respect for School Constitution,
which Protects Parent's Interest
- Plans afoot to replace
members from Indian school boards
- Pay Rs 50,000
(as bribe), become a teacher
- School Auditing --More than a joke
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Gulf Embassies to Counter
fake passport racket through computerisation
Dubai/Muscat -In order to face the growing problem of fake
passport and visas issued by an international gang which operates
from India and various Gulf countries, the Ministry of Labour
and the Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi are implementing
a pilot project o computerise consular services in eight Indian
embassies in the Gulf. Soon the Consular General of India, Dubai
will start issuing computerised passports and visas on a trial
basis. Consular General of India, Dubai issues the largest number
of passports outside India and provide largest number of consular
services per day from the Gulf region. ..Full Report
Bahrain to replace 15,000
expatriate workers with nationals
Manama-Muscat: Large number of Malayali workers in supermarkets,
restaurants and small enterprises in the Gulf region are worried
about the new mood in the region. Giving more employment to the
youth is important for the pro-Western Governments to resolve
growing unemployment and the growing youth support for militant
Islamic movements like the one headed by Osama bin Laden. Countries
which are supporting the western countries in the current military
offensive against Afghanisthan are intensifying their efforts
to find job for national youth.More
