NEW DELHI: The government has asked public sector units to significantly ramp up their internal spending for projects in the new fiscal, as part of a renewed focus on boosting expenditure in infrastructure sectors such as power and highways.
This is expected to be reflected through an incremental Rs 30,000 crore to Rs 50,000 crore in the IEBR projections — or the estimates for mobilisation of funds by way of internal and extra budgetary resources — in the Union Budget 2015-16 as against the Rs 2.47 lakh crore Budgeted estimate for the current fiscal.
The attempt to jumpstart the investment cycle by getting Central PSUs to unlock their cash reserves — as on end-March 2014, the 54 listed CPSUs were estimated to be sitting on cash and surpluses of Rs 1.98 lakh crore — for scaling up capital expenditure is been seen as a means of neutralising the impact of lower private investments, especially at a time when there is pressure on the government to maintain fiscal prudence and thereby limit upfront funding through the Budget.
While the Centre has targeted close to Rs 2.6 lakh crore as IEBR or capital spends by PSUs since 2011-12, the actual spending has been significantly lower in each of these years.
Sources said the finance ministry is now keen to ensure that PSUs actually follow through with their financial commitments in the new fiscal.
businessIn the run-up to the upcoming Budget on February 28, public sector undertakings have been specifically briefed by the finance ministry at a meeting late last month on the need for stepping up their IEBR — or the estimates for mobilisation of funds by way of internal and extra budgetary resources — projections.
A PSU chief said the finance ministry has specifically asked top PSUs, especially those in the energy sector, to up their IEBR projections.
"A slew of projects are likely to be started in the coming year. There are a lot of cash rich PSUs with idle funds that can be invested in their own projects rather than through funding from banks or government support," pointed out a senior government official, privy to the development.
The move is in line with the government's plans to push up public spending in infrastructure sectors as a means to boost growth.
But its leg room to do so is severely restricted due to its commitments to fiscal consolidation that target a 4.1 per cent fiscal deficit in 2014-15 and a further reduction to 3.6 per cent in 2015-16.
In previous years, the Centre has also been prodding PSUs for higher dividends to meet its fiscal deficit targets.
For instance in 2013-14, Coal India Ltd paid a dividend of Rs 18,317 crore to help make up for the shortfall in disinvestment proceeds.
The CPSU-led spending push comes at a time when evidence of any uptick in the broader economy is still relatively nascent. Non-food credit growth, currently stagnant at less than 10 per cent, needs to make a rebound to at least 15-20 per cent.
Even more crucial is infrastructure credit growth, which has dipped sharply from well over 35 per cent growth in 2010-12 to less than 15 per cent in 2013-14.
New Delhi: The Union government on Thursday cracked down on illegal information leaks from the petroleum and natural gas ministry. Delhi Police detained two employees of the ministry and three other persons for allegedly leaking confidential information. One of them is an employee of Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), the country's largest private sector oil company.
A clerical staff and a peon in the ministry were apprehended by the police. "We have been looking into this case for a long time. One of the persons is a driver and the other is a former multi-tasking staff. They were leaking official documents to certain unofficial persons for money," Delhi Police chief B S Bassi told journalists.
RIL said it had launched "an internal probe" into the detention of its employee. "The matter is under investigation according to law and we are determined to cooperate in every possible manner," said an RIL official, adding no information from the ministry was of any commercial consequence to the company.
The Centre has already tightened screws on information flow from ministries. Officials have been barred from talking to the media. Petroleum and power ministries have decided to install CCTV cameras in their corridors. Even Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked his ministers to maintain distance from the media, a senior minister in the government had earlier told Business Standard.
Delhi Police had set a trap in Shastri Bhawan, which houses the petroleum ministry. The accused used to enter the ministry using false papers and steal documents to sell them, Bassi said. Delhi Police is under the control of the Union home ministry.
The five persons were identified as Lalta Prasad, Rakesh Kumar, Raj Kumar Chaubey, Asharam and Ishwar Singh. A team of police officials apprehended the first three outside Shashtri Bhawan after they had allegedly stolen documents in the night of February 17. The other two were apprehended after interrogation. The police recovered duplicate keys of the ministry's offices, and forged identity cards and passes.
Bassi said the police were yet to study the nature of the documents leaked and understand if the provisions of the Official Secrets Act could be used against the five persons.
RIL employees have had a brush with the government on information leaks in the past, too. V Balasubramaniam (Balu), an employee in the undivided Reliance was charged under the Official Secrets Act in 1998 for allegedly being in possession of confidential government documents. These documents included a Cabinet Secretariat paper on "Challenges of Economic Sanctions Against India" and minutes of a core group of secretaries on disvestment. The document was alleged to have been faxed to two Mumbai numbers from Balu's office. Besides, there were documents relating to proposals for customs and excise duties on oil and oil products.
Jaipal Reddy, Union petroleum minister in the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government, had also clamped down on information leaks from the ministry. Many officials of the lower bureaucracy were transferred and asked to explain leaks. No police action was, however, taken.
HYDERABAD: The KG Basin Isolated Wells Consumers Association (KGBICA), an association of gas-based small and medium industries located in the interior rural areas of Andhra Pradesh, is opposing Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC)'s proposal to re-auction the isolated gas wells instead of extending the current gas supply agreements (GSAs) with the allottee industries.
"The GSAs executed by ONGC with the industries prior to 2000 were valid initially for a period of five to six years, which on expiry were extended for additional blocks of five years. Such GSAs are now due for expiry during 2015 and 2016. It is understood that ONGC is now proposing to re-auction these wells instead of extending the validity of the existing GSAs as was done on earlier occasions," said Sarath Joseph Gummadi, coordinator of KGBICA.
He alleged ONGC had abruptly stopped gas supplies from Vygreswaram isolated fields (in East Godavari district) to one of their members, Steel Exchange from January this year without any notice. The corporation was supplying around 2,000 SCMD as against the allocation of 10,000 SCMD to the company. Gummadi said ONGC had informed that they wanted to re-tender the gas from this well since they got a quote of $11 in one of the tenders last year elsewhere in the state.
For another industry, Vijai Bhavani Power, he said the GSA for 3,000 SCMD from Kesanapally fields was expiring on March 31, 2015, and ONGC was going for re-tendering.
"ONGC is already flaring about 70,000 SCMD of gas at Kesanapally for the last six months (ever since the pipeline blow-out in East Godavari district) Till then, ONGC was compressing this gas and pumping it to the main grid, which they are unable to do now since the blown pipeline is yet to be restored completely. They want to add to this loss by adding another 3,000 SCMD that they look to deny to Vijai Bhavani Power," he said.
When contacted, ONGC officials declined to comment.
"The industries will have to close down due to the absence of workable alternative fuel options. We have made representations to ONGC and MoPNG at the highest level and action is awaited on this. We are also meeting chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu tomorrow to seek state government's support," he said.
KGBICA comprises over 20 industries and has members across sectors like power, ceramic and vitrified tiles, steel pencil ingots and steel re-rolling, cold storage, ice and other allied industries. These industries have made a collective investment of over Rs 2,200 crore, and are providing direct and indirect employment to around 15,000 people.
According to Gummadi, most of these industries are also categorised as small consumers by the ministry of petroleum and natural gas (MoPNG), with gas allocations of up to 50,000 standard cubic meters per day (SCMD). The total gas allocation of these industries is 330,000 SCMD.
NEW DELHI: After postponing tender deadline thrice and also one year later, state-owned gas utility GAIL India Ltd has not found any bidder for its $ 7 billion tender to hire newly-built LNG ships to ferry gas from the US.
GAIL's Rs 42,370 crore tender to hire nine newly-built liquefied natural gas (LNG) tankers drew a blank due to the government's condition of building a third of the ships in India, officials said.
GAIL had in August last year floated a global tender to charter nine newly-built ships for transportation of natural gas in its liquid form at sub-zero temperature (LNG) from the US.
The tender, however, required bidders to build one-third of the ships in India, a condition that found no takers.
It first postponed the last date of bidding from October 30 to December 4, then to January 6 and February 17.
GAIL was originally not in favour of the condition but succumbed to Oil Ministry's dictate once it was threatened with a Presidential directive.
Officials said the company may now have to re-float the tender without the 'Make in India' condition.
GAIL board had on April 4 last year approved hiring of up to 11 newly-built LNG ships.
The Ministry saw the chunky contract to be the perfect opportunity for India to exercise buyer's clout and wanted a part of the contract be set aside for Indian shippers to kick-start domestic manufacturing by compelling global majors to transfer LNG shipbuilding technology to India.
GAIL, however, resisted this but the Ministry in no uncertain terms told the firm that a Presidential directive — an order from the owner of the company — will be issued.
The company fell in line and re-floated the tender calling for bids in lots of three with the condition that at least one ship in each of lots should be built in India.
But the tender evoked lukewarm response with major shipbuilders not wanting to move to India, they said.
Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj had tried to persuade South Korea, the world's largest LNG tanker manufacturer, to rescue the tender.
Four Korean shipyards qualify for GAIL's tender requirements — Samsung Heavy Industries, Daewoo Ship Building and Marine Engineering, Hyundai Heavy Industries and STX Offshore and Shipbuilding (STX) — but none of them showed any interest in the tender, they said.
Korea was lukewarm to Indian requests as it saw New Delhi not reciprocating by clearing hurdles for POSCO's $ 12 billion steel plant.
Instead, India has told the Korean firm to bid for an iron ore licence to feed its planned steel plant as against its expectation of getting a mine on nomination or without bid basis.
GAIL will start receiving LNG from the US from December 2017 and it needs the tankers before that. It has already lost one year in the tendering process.
After initial hurdles, sugar mills in Maharashtra have begun delivery of ethanol to oil marketing companies (OMCs), supplying almost 65% of the total demand put forth by the firms.
According to RG Mane, general secretary, All India Ethanol Manufacturers Association, about 35 factories from Maharashtra have placed bids to supply around 21 crore litres of ethanol. Normally, mills from the state supply around 40% of the total demand placed by OMCs but this time the mills will supply around 65% of the demand. OMCs have floated tenders for 32 crore litres from Maharashtra. Last year, the state had supplied 7.5 crore litres of ethanol to OMCs.
Maharashtra has 68 ethanol manufacturing plants with a total production capacity of 72 crore litres. However, mainly due to lack of demand, this capacity has remained unutilised. This capacity is enough to meet the requirement of Maharashtra and neighbouring states if 5% to 10% doping of petrol with ethanol is allowed. Interestingly, falling sugar prices had prompted the state's mills to seek permission for production of more ethanol.
In view of surplus production and high opening stock of about 7.5 million tonne, the industry body said new avenues should be explored to dispose of surplus sugar, such as conversion of cane juice into ethanol with government aid, including incentives and subsidies.
Some mills in the state have resorted to advance sale of sugar at distress prices. Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis had demanded the subsidy be provided for at least 2.5 million tonne of raw sugar in 2014-15 so that the cash-starved sugar industry makes timely payments to farmers for cane purchases. Sugar prices have fallen below cane costs in Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh, hurting the already-stressed sugar mills.
Sanjeev Babar, MD, Maharashtra State Cooperative Sugar Factories Federation ( MSCSFF), said the response to tenders has been good this year. However, no annoucements have been made on the raw sugar subsidy exports, something that the mills have been waiting for, he said.
Recently, the food ministry has suggested that only those sugar factories that supply ethanol to OMCs be eligible for availing of subsidy for raw sugar exports and this had been a cause for concern for mills in the state, Babar pointed out. Unless any notification is issued, the mills will not take steps to supply 100% of the total demand placed by the OMCs, he added.
Mills in Maharashtra have already been protesting against the bank gaurantee demanded by the OMCs and although this has been brought down to 7%, it is still a burden on mills who have to pay FRP payments to farmers, Babar said.
The three OMCs — Indian Oil, Bharat Petroleum Corporation and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation — had sought bids from ethanol manufacturers by January 12 to procure 97 crore litres of cane extract for mixing in petrol. Sugar millers have been asked to quote quantities they can offer, according to the tender document. The tender follows the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs' decision on December 10 on fixing the delivered price of ethanol in the range of R48.50-49.50 per litre, depending on distance of the mill from depot/installation of the oil firm.
Shares of three public sector oil marketing companies rose 1.08% to 2.41% at 15:12 IST on BSE on fall in international crude oil prices.
BPCL (up 1.82%), HPCL (up 1.08%), and Indian Oil Corporation (up 2.41%), edged higher.
Meanwhile, the S&P BSE Sensex was up 150.05 points or 0.51% at 29,470.31.
Brent crude futures extended losses registered during the previous trading session after weekly data showed US crude inventories have built up much faster than expected. Brent for April settlement was off $1.60 a barrel at $58.93 a barrel. The contract had lost $2 a barrel or 3.19% to settle at $60.53 a barrel during the previous trading session. The latest data showed US crude supplies for the week ended 13 February 2015 saw a whopping 14.3 million-barrel jump from a week earlier, according to the American Petroleum Institute.
Decline in crude oil prices could reduce under-recoveries of PSU OMCs on domestic sale of LPG and kerosene at government controlled prices. The government has already decontrolled pricing of petrol and diesel.
Reiterate 'outperform' on Indraprastha Gas (IGL) and raise target price to R479 per share. The company has seen volume growth decline while margins have stayed strong over the last 8 quarters, which has helped offset volume decline. This quarter sees some re-balancing in this strategy, with a decline in gross spreads being accompanied by the best y-o-y growth in CNG volumes since Q3FY13. Despite the miss this quarter we have raised FY15, FY16, and FY17e EPS by 9.6, 5.9, and 5.1% respectively to factor lower depreciation and higher volumes.
We believe that the management is responding to the decline in other transportation fuels and keeping CNG prices competitive, which should augur well for volume growth even as gross margins may compress a bit as a result. On the whole we continue to like IGL's prospects over the medium term, with higher domestic gas allocation and LNG price drop likely to support volumes and profitability over FY16-17e.
We believe that the management is looking at retaining market share in transportation segment and therefore is likely to keep pricing competitive, with diesel and petrol pricing softening in line with crude prices. So, while spreads may not reach R9.5 per scm levels anytime soon, higher volume growth will offset the damage. In this respect the decision of the SC on the ongoing appeal by PNGRB against Delhi HC decision (The HC ruled in favor of IGL) would be the key monitorable.
GUWAHATI: It will be a repeat of the last year's final of the PSPB Inter-Unit Football Championship as defending champions and hosts Oil India Limited (OIL) will lock horns with runners-up ONGC in the summit clash at the SAI Regional Centre ground here tomorrow.
In two one-sided semifinals played today, OIL trounced NRL 6-0, while ONGC drubbed HPCL by an identical margin.
In the morning, F Wary (4th minute), Mintu Boro (7th and 51st minute, both penalties), Manas Manjil Chetia (11th minute), Zaidin Hmar (33rd minute), Jayanta Basumatary (42nd minute) were the scorers for the defending champions.
In the second match of the day, Laino Fernandez (4th minute), Tarif Ahmed (9th minute), Jatin Singh Bist (33rd minute), Dhiraj Meher (50th minute), Kailash Patil (55th minute), Srefen Fernandez (65th minute) netted one goal each for ONGC.
The final match will start at 2 pm, while the play-off match for the third position between NRL and HPCL is scheduled at 10 am.
HYDERABAD: The 20th edition of the International Aviation Conference hosted by Indian Oil Corporation commenced here on Thursday with participation of over 100 delegates from India and abroad representing airline companies, statutory bodies, defence services, airline equipment companies and airport operators.
Inaugurating the two-day event, B Ashok, Chairman of IndianOil, emphasised the direct and indirect benefits of development of the civil aviation sector across the globe, according to a statement said. Highlighting the challenges faced by the expected growth in air passenger traffic, he stated IndianOil has for long been leading the aviation fuelling services segment in India.
S Venkat, Director (Finance), Air India, emphasised on the renewed optimism in the aviation business caused by the recent fall in global crude oil prices.
Thorsten Lange, Director (Fuel Purchasing), Deutsche Lufthansa, in his special address said it is the yield of the airlines which defines their growth.
Petrol and diesel prices were hiked early this week by 82 paise and 61 paise (per litre) respectively. This is the first increase in many months since the time crude oil prices began falling from June last year. It was less than a fortnight ago when these two auto fuels saw their prices fall by upwards of 2.20/lt and, today, their price differential is barely 10/litre.
So, is this the beginning of a gradual price spiral which will see petrol and diesel becoming dearer in the coming months? Not many within the oil industry believe high prices are here to stay. In fact, there are a host of contrarian views which suggest that crude prices, now at a little over $62/barrel, could even crash to under $40/bbl in the coming months. Should this happen, this will be the best piece of news to car buyers and help manufacturers generate more sales.
However, if the converse occurs and crude begins steadily climbing to over $70/bbl, diesel and petrol prices will also keep pace with this increaseIt is only during a regime of high global prices that the Centre's intent on free market prices will be sorely tested.
Over the last six months, the crude price crash has been the best of news on the fiscal deficit front but this may just not last. There is no telling when a fresh bout of tension in oil-producing countries will trigger another price hike.
New Delhi: Cairn India has laid off over 200 employees after a 53 per cent drop in its third-quarter net profit due to sliding crude oil prices.
"The past few months have brought significant changes in the global oil and gas space. The reductions in crude oil prices have deleteriously impacted the sector, globally. At Cairn, we are aligning our working to enable a sustainable competitive business and to deliver our business goals," the company said in a statement.
"While we continue to focus on our key projects to deliver on our commitment, we are simultaneously working on resource optimisation to drive efficiencies for value generation, in the current environment," it added.
The crude from Cairn's main producing field in Rajasthan sells at 10-11 per cent discount to Brent, because of its quality. As a result, the falling Brent crude prices have started impacting the company's bottomline.
The company's consolidated net profit for the third quarter slipped 53 per cent to Rs. 1,350 crore from Rs. 2,884 crore in the same period last year. During the quarter, the company had sold its crude at a discount of 10.9 per cent to the average Brent price of $76 a barrel.
In the current quarter till February 18, Brent prices have slipped by almost $20 a barrel to $54.45 a barrel. The fall in crude oil prices has also forced the company to review and re-engineer its projects.
On Thursday, the company's shares closed 1.80 per cent lower at Rs. 254.05.
MUMBAI: "Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries has appointed Maheswar Sahu, former additional chief secretary (industries and mining) with the Government of Gujarat, as an independent director on the board, the energy conglomerate said Thursday.
With Sahu's appointment, the board of RIL now has 14 members that include eight independent directors.
Sahu, a 1980 batch Gujarat cadre IAS, held important positions in Gujarat under former Chief Minister of the state and current Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He has also served 10 years with the central government in industry and infrastructure and three years with United Nations Organizations.
"We are delighted to have Maheswar Sahu join our Board. We look forward to his contributions in strengthening Reliance's journey of transformation and growth," said Adil Zainulbhai, chairman of the board's human resources, nomination and remuneration committee at RIL.
NEW DELHI: On a day when one of its employees was detained by police in alleged leakage of official secrets, Reliance Industries today said no information having commercial consequences to the company resides in the Oil Ministry with which it is in arbitration in several cases.
RIL said it has launched a "robust internal probe" into detention of one of its employees by Delhi Police in connection with alleged official document theft in the oil ministry.
"It has been brought to our notice that one personnel has been detained by law-enforcement authorities. We are unaware of more details. As per SOP, a robust internal probe is underway," a company official said.
The matter is under investigation as per law and RIL is are determined to cooperate in every possible manner.
"No information residing in the said ministry is of commercial consequence to us – we are in Arbitration and our only expectation is an expeditious resolution in line with our legal rights and contentions," he added.
MUMBAI: Dubai-based Gulf Petrochem Group today commissioned the first phase of its liquid cargo storage terminal at the Pipavav Port in Gujarat.
The terminal can handle 2.5 lakh kilo litres of liquid cargo per annum, which can help ease supply and availability of petroleum, non-petroleum and petrochemical cargo in the Northern markets.
The first phase of the terminal has a capacity of 1.1 lakh KL and the second phase with a capacity of 1.4 lakh KL, which will be commissioned by mid-March.
"This project stands as a stepping stone for the terminal storage sector, further consolidating our plans for India and also our future investments, further strengthening Gulf Petrochem's position as a leading player in the global oil space," Gulf Petrochem director Manan Goel said in a media statement.
NEW DELHI: Petron Engineering Construction today said it has bagged a Rs 100 crore contract for mechanical works at Reliance Industries Jamnagar project.
"The Company has received 'Letter of Commitment' from Fine Tech Corporation Private Limited, the Agents of Reliance Industries Limited for Mechanical Works of LLDPE and other Allied Works in J-3 Project at Reliance Industries Limited, Jamnagar, Gujarat for a total Value of Rs 100 crore," the company said in a filing to the BSE.
RIL's Jamnagar project, known as J3, is designed to increase production capacity of ethylene and other petroleum products at the complex.
Shares of the company closed at Rs 221.60 apiece on the BSE today, up 2.64 per cent from previous close.
Oil's plunge may have helped consumers, but it has hurt big private-equity firms. Earlier this month Apollo Global Management announced that profits were down by 79% year on year in the three months to December 31st. This week KKR and the Carlyle Group said they were smarting too, with KKR's profits down by 94% and Carlyle's by 68%. Energy-related assets, whose valuations have fallen with the oil price, are largely to blame.
Spurred on by the shale boom in America, private-equity funds have invested heavily in the energy sector. More money was raised for energy buy-outs in America in 2014, and more deals were made, than ever before, according to Preqin, a data provider. "All sorts of folks who would never have dreamed of oil and gas piled in, often loading companies with debt," says Joel Moser of Aquamarine Investment Partners, a fund that has invested in the sector for decades.
Private-equity firms mainly invested in oilfield services, which support the industry but do not own any oil themselves. Because such companies are involved in a variety of activities there is greater scope for the type of restructuring private-equity folks specialise in, such as selling off less-profitable units or firing people. But the buy-out firms had also begun to invest in oil companies themselves—a more straightforward bet on the oil price.
Despite such losses, private-equity investors are now more interested in the sector than ever, according to Antoon Schneider from the Boston Consulting Group. Buy-out funds love distressed assets. Many see the situation now as akin to the collapse in property prices in 2008, when investors who had borrowed too much (including many private-equity funds) were forced to sell as prices plummeted. Blackstone's chief executive, Stephen Schwarzman, said in December that the turmoil would be a "wonderful, wonderful opportunity for us".
The giddiness is not without reason: prices for energy-related assets have been slashed indiscriminately. Some oil-services firms that cater to ongoing operations, such as helicopters and maintenance for offshore rigs, may have been hit unfairly hard and could well bounce back. Companies that specialise in more expensive ways of getting oil out of the ground, such as offshore drilling rigs and construction vessels, were already suffering, partly due to over-building in good times, before the price fell and are now in even worse shape. Private equity thrives on such mispricing.
Another way to cash in is through credit provision. High-yield debt in the energy sector is now three times the volume it was in 2008, according to Credit Suisse, a bank. Cheap oil is imperilling borrowers, such as American shale producers, who need cash to stay afloat until prices (they hope) rebound. With banks unwilling to lend and many companies desperate not to sell assets, private-equity firms can name their terms when financing energy firms.


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Title: 19. Clay`S Struggle For Identity Against Racial Stereotyping In Amiri Baraka`S Dutchman.
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Fábio Henrique Tavares, mais conhecido como Fabinho (Campinas, 23 de outubro de 1993), é um futebolista brasileiro que atua como volante. Atualmente joga pelo Liverpool.

Carreira

Fluminense
Fabinho começou sua carreira no Fluminense. No dia 20 de maio de 2012, foi relacionado pera primeira vez, permanecendo no banco na vitória por 1 a 0 sobre o Corinthians, pelo Campeonato Brasileiro. Ele deixou o clube sem nunca ter entrado em campo pelo time principal.

Rio Ave e Real Madrid
No dia 8 de junho de 2012, Fabinho foi contratado pelo time português Rio Ave num contrato de seis anos. Em 19 de julho, Fabinho foi emprestado ao Real Madrid Castilla por uma temporada. Ele fez sua estreia como profissional no dia 17 de agosto, no primeiro jogo da temporada da Segunda Divisão, jogando durante toda a derrota por 2 a 1 para o Villarreal. No dia 28 de abril de 2013, marcou seu primeiro gol, com uma cabeçada que fechou o empate por 3 a 3 contra o Numancia.

Ele estreou pelo Real Madrid principal no dia 8 de maio de 2013, jogando por 14 minutos no lugar de Fábio Coentrão e dando assistência para o sexto gol de Ángel Di María na vitória por 6 a 2 contra o Málaga, pela La Liga, no Estádio Santiago Bernabéu.

Monaco

No dia 19 de julho de 2013, Fabinho transferiu-se para o Monaco num empréstimo com duração de um ano. Estreou em 10 de agosto no primeiro jogo da temporada da Ligue 1 contra o Bordeaux, fora de casa, atuando durante toda a vitória por 2 a 0 no Stade Chaban-Delmas. Seu primeiro gol pelo clube foi o quinto na vitória por 6 a 0 sobre o Lens, nas quartas-de-final da Copa da França, no dia 26 de março de 2014.

Após o término do vínculo com o Mônaco, voltou em 2 de julho de 2014 ao time em outro empréstimo de um ano. Ele marcou seu primeiro gol na Liga dos Campões da UEFA no dia 9 de dezembro, selando a vitória por 2 a 0 sobre o Zenit, ajudando o Mônaco a chegar as oitavas-de-final como líderes de seu grupo.

No dia 19 de maio de 2015, após duas temporadas emprestado ao Monaco, Fabinho assinou um contrato em definitivo com o clube, com duração até 2019.

No dia 20 de março de 2016, Fabinho sofreu e converteu um pênalti cometido pelo compatriota David Luiz, marcando o segundo na vitória por 2 a 0 sobre o PSG, infligindo ao time a primeira derrota em casa desde maio de 2014.

Fabinho teve ótima passagem pelo Monaco até sua transferência para o futebol inglês ele encerrou sua passagem com 233 jogos e 31 gols em cinco temporadas no Monaco.

Liverpool
No dia 28 de maio de 2018, o Liverpool anunciou a contratação de Fabinho por 45 milhões de euros, equivalente a 216 milhões de reais.

Fabinho estreou no Liverpool saindo do banco substituindo Sadio Mané em uma partida da fase de grupos da Liga dos Campeões contra o Paris Saint-Germain em 18 de setembro 2018, numa vitória por 3 a 2 em Anfield.

Em 26 de dezembro de 2018, Fabinho marcou seu primeiro gol pelo Liverpool na vitória por 4 a 0 sobre o Newcastle United em jogo válido pela Premier League.

Em agosto de 2021, renovou seu contrato com o clube até junho de 2026.

Seleção Brasileira
Enquanto servia a Seleção Brasileira Sub-21, foi convocado pela primeira vez para a Seleção Brasileira principal em 7 de setembro de 2014 para substituir Maicon, que foi cortado por indisciplina.

Integrou o elenco que disputou a Copa América de 2015 e o que disputou a Copa América Centenário de 2016.

Esteve no grupo que disputou a Copa América de 2021 realizada no Brasil, onde Argentina derrotou o Brasil no Maracanã e conquistou seu 15º troféu na Copa América.

Copa do Mundo de 2022
Em 7 de novembro de 2022, Tite anunciou a convocação da Seleção para Copa do Mundo 2022. Entre muitos nomes certos no Catar o de Fabinho foi chamado para disputar o torneio.

Fabinho fez sua estreia na Copa do Mundo na partida entre Camarões 1 a 0 Brasil, jogo válido pela fase de grupos, no Estádio Nacional de Lusail, em Lusail.

Características
Fabinho fez toda a sua base no Fluminense e no Real Madrid Castilla como lateral-direito. Atuou nessa posição ainda durante algumas temporadas pelo Monaco. A partir de meados de 2016, o clube permitiu ao técnico Leonardo Jardim adquirir mais autonomia em relação à parte técnica. Então ele começou a tomar decisões atrevidas: uma delas foi transferir o lateral direito – a priori, o homem menos relevante em qualquer time – para o meio-campo – a priori, a função mais estratégica em qualquer time. Fabinho, agora volante, se tornou um dos pilares do surpreendente Monaco, que na temporada 2016–17 conquistou a Ligue 1 e foi semifinalista da Liga dos Campeões da UEFA.

Estatísticas

Clubes
Abaixo estão listados todos os jogos, gols e assistências do futebolista por clubes.

 a. Jogos da Copa da França, Copa da Liga Francesa, Copa da Inglaterra e Copa da Liga Inglesa
 b. Jogos da Liga dos Campeões da UEFA e Liga Europa
 c. Jogos da Supercopa da França, Supercopa da UEFA e Supercopa da Inglaterra

Seleção Brasileira
Abaixo estão listados todos os jogos, gols e assistências do futebolista pela Seleção Brasileira, desde as categorias de base.

Seleção Principal

Seleção Sub–23

Seleção Sub–20

Títulos
 Monaco
 Campeonato Francês: 2016–17

 Liverpool
 Liga dos Campeões da UEFA: 2018–19
 Supercopa da UEFA: 2019
 Campeonato Inglês: 2019–20
 Copa da Liga Inglesa: 2021–22
 Copa da Inglaterra: 2021–22
 Supercopa da Inglaterra: 2022

Seleção Brasileira
 Torneio Internacional da China: 2014

Prêmios individuais

 Seleção da Liga dos Campeões da UEFA: 2021–22
 Melhor jogador da UEFA: 2021–22 (15° lugar)
 Indicado ao Ballon d'Or: 2022 (14° lugar)

Ligações externas

Naturais de Campinas
Futebolistas afro-brasileiros
Futebolistas do estado de São Paulo
Futebolistas do Rio Ave Futebol Clube
Futebolistas do Real Madrid Castilla Club de Fútbol
Futebolistas do Real Madrid Club de Fútbol
Futebolistas da Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club
Futebolistas do Liverpool F.C.
Jogadores da Seleção Brasileira de Futebol Sub-21
Jogadores da Seleção Brasileira de Futebol Sub-23
Jogadores da Seleção Brasileira de Futebol
Jogadores da Copa América de 2015
Jogadores da Copa América de 2016
Jogadores da Copa América de 2021
Jogadores da Copa do Mundo FIFA de 2022

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Ladies, this is for you, live and direct from Dr. Sushi, my friend who i have talked about on this blog on numerous occasions. Okay, i haven't actually "talked" about her but i have mentioned her with regards to me still being sane in med school.
Anyhoo....when the studying gets too crazy, you take a break and talk about guys!!! Here is the final presentation of Dr. Sushi's talk in her own handwriting. You guys are blessed, i tell u. Here i am just impacting knowledge FOC.
What say u? Make sense or make sense?
I dey go sleep. No be me kill Jesus. I don tire.
I didn't block u o....not sure y or how that even works.
Makes too much sense o. Lol. I like it. Nice break-down.
but I'd like to tell you another thing that makes sense - It's the newly launched community for African Bloggers.
I'd love to see you and other fellow Nigerian Bloggers there. We really need to connect.


WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Justice Department today announced the launch of an electronic database that will help auto dealers and consumers check vehicle histories.
The database, which has been in the works for more than 16 years, goes live at 9 a.m. EST on Friday, but it remains incomplete.
Last year, the National Automobile Dealers Association, automakers and consumer groups joined to ask the government to complete rules to carry out the database. The consumer groups also sued in federal court. A judge directed the government to undertake the database by Jan. 30.
The goal of the database is to reduce title-washing -- the practice of taking a rebuilt or repaired wreck or flood car from one state and giving it a clean title in a different state, so that an unsuspecting buyer pays more than the vehicle is worth.
A 1992 law mandated a database that links state motor vehicle bureaus, but it was never enforced.
The system won't be free. A fee will be paid to online portal providers, which were not named today. A department official said the free market will determine the fee amounts.
Officials said 27 states are participating at some level now and 10 more are gearing up. All states must be in the system by Jan. 1, 2010. Insurers and salvage yards are supposed to begin sending data by March 31 of this year.
Despite the gaps, the Justice Department says the system has 73 percent of the vehicle titles in it.
Public Citizen, one of the consumer groups that sued, said today it will ask Attorney General Eric Holder to take action to get better compliance by all states.
Ivette Rivera, director of legislative affairs for NADA, said the Justice Department did a "great job," within the limits of the 1992 law, to get the database up and running.
She said improvements are needed. One is the ability to check batches of Vehicle Identification Numbers. Initially, dealers and others only will be able to check them one at a time.
Also, the law requires only monthly data collections. So timeliness is a problem, Rivera said.
NADA continues to seek a law that would require insurers to disclose immediately every vehicle they declare a total loss, for any reason.


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Joshua Terry has self-identified as interested in climbing to the high points of counties in the United States.
Texas raised, but I now call Montana home. Glacier National Park is where my heart climbs, but I have been known to travel elsewhere. Some of my favorite ranges to climb include the Lewis and Livingston, Swan, Bitterroot, Flathead, Whitefish, Sapphire, Guadalupe, Chisos, and the many ranges of Death Valley.


A congenital disorder sounds scary, but the term essentially means 'present at birth'. That can be a misnomer, though: in most cases, the problem can be located as early as the first scan of the foetus.
And although any detection of a disorder in a baby-to-be can add a huge amount of anxiety to an already stressful state of affairs, most congenital malformations get flagged up – and are dealt with – as early as possible.
These can be found near the oesophagus or trachea, but can also develop upon the lower lobes of the lung. If they become infected or grow too much, they can cause narrowed airways. Treatment consists of surgical excision, sometimes as early as three months.
Otherwise known as CCAMs, these develop in one in every 30,000 newborns, when the growth of a baby's lung tissue happens faster than normal. This can cause the development of cysts, which then fill with fluid or air. CCAMs can also prevent the alveoli – the air sacs in the lungs – from developing normally. Some of the growths can shrink or even disappear without the need for treatment. Some, in rare instances, can cause babies to have breathing problems right after birth. Again, surgery is the main treatment for CCAMs.
This is a rare condition which can interfere with a child's airways by trapping airflow during breathing. It can also result in over-inflation of the lobes of the lung. It can cause difficulty in breathing and very rapid respiration. If the child is well, observation only may be needed. Surgical removal of the affected lobe of the lung may be needed in more severe cases.
These are solid masses of lung tissue which do not connect to any of the lungs' airways or blood supply. They can be inside of the lungs (intralobar) or outside (extralobar), in either the chest or abdomen. In most cases, the sequestration is removed after birth via surgery: in most cases, the operation is safe, effective and clears up the problem.
As mentioned before, many of these ailments will already be detected during pregnancy and planned for. However, if you're worried that your child's condition may have slipped through the net, you are advised to get them checked out as soon as possible.


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40+ Quotes About Tropical Storms and Hurricanes
by Storm Preppers
Natural disasters over the years have left the world with lots to think about. The most catastrophic events inspire change, encourage enhanced planning, and inform future decisions. Hearing first-hand accounts of survivors' experiences always make you wonder about life. These quotes about tropical storms and hurricanes, remind us of what we have been through, how we found the will to survive and reinforce that we will never look at a tropical storm the same way again.
1. "Hurricane Katrina is without question the worst natural disaster in American history." – Douglas Brinkley
2. "Whether it is a tsunami, or whether it is a hurricane, whether it's an earthquake – when we see these great fatal and natural acts, men and women of every ethnic persuasion come together and they just want to help." – Martin Luther King III
3. "While Hurricane Katrina demonstrated the dangers of failing to evacuate hospitals from the path of a storm, Hurricane Gustav demonstrated that moving thousands of sick people has its own risks. Gustav also highlighted a critical vulnerability of American hospitals – an inability to withstand prolonged blackouts." – Sheri Fink
4. "The hurricane flooded me out of a lot of memorabilia, but it can't flood out the memories." – Tom Dempsey
5. "Hurricane Charley is the worst natural disaster to befall our state in a dozen years, and it is unthinkable that anyone would try to take advantage of neighbors at a time like this." – Charlie Crist
6. "The hurricanes are following the tropical ocean temperature. The tropical ocean temperature is following the Northern Hemisphere. And it's very hard now to believe that there's anything natural about that." – Kerry Emanuel
7. "Hurricane season brings a humbling reminder that, despite our technologies, most of nature remains unpredictable." – Diane Ackerman
8. "We had cars flying over our head, we had 40ft containers flying left and right. People were literally tying themselves to roofs with ropes to hold them down." – Knacyntar Nedd
9. "We will need help, my friend, we will need help of all kinds." – Prime Minister of Dominica Roosevelt Skerrit
10. "It's anticipated that Hurricane Rita will still be a Category 3 storm when it hits Port Arthur." – Kenneth Williams
11. "Hurricane Sandy was one of the most vicious storm systems to hit the New York City area in nearly two centuries." – Russel Honore
12. "I have had concerns about the way foundations are cut on people's properties and so we will take a very serious look at the Building Code again. It's important." – British Virgin Island Premier Orlando Smith
13. "Everyone remembers where they were before the storm, during the storm and after the storm." – Jorge Zamanillo, Director of the HistoryMiami Museum
14. "When people say it sounds like a freight train, they're not exaggerating. The winds come with such force, that it sounds like there is a freight train coming through the house." – Steve Warner
15. "I think as a kid I never really understood the magnitude of a hurricane and what it could do." – Marshall Faulk
16. "There are disasters that happen – Hurricane Harvey came up, and you had people self-organizing through the community and getting in boats and driving around rescuing people coordinated ad hoc through this network. That's not a media function." – Mark Zuckerberg
17. "It changed – forever – building codes and especially building code enforcement, which Andrew proved to be inadequate, incompetent or avoidant." – Richard Olson, Director of the International Hurricane Research Center at FIU in Miami
18. "It's important that people who are threatened by an oncoming hurricane "hide from the wind and run from the water." – Daniel Brown, National Hurricane Center Meteorologist
19. "In reality, you don't ever change the hurricane. You just learn how to stay out of its path." – Jodi Picoult
20. "We ignore slow environmental changes unless they are crisis-driven, such as hurricanes in Florida." – Natalie Jeremijenko
21. "I've been through natural disasters. I lived down in Miami and was down there for Hurricane Andrew which was a Category 5. There were members of my family that thought they were going to die. Everyone was in the bathtub." – Dwayne Johnson
22. "The improvements in forecasting and really overall in the warning and communication process has really helped to get the public prepared." – Daniel Brown, National Hurricane Center Meteorologist
23. "I'm very used to hurricanes. I'm from Puerto Rico and we have 3 or 4 a year. When you have no power, no light, no email, no place to go, you realize who your loved ones are and where you are in your life at that moment." – Luis D. Ortiz
24. "Last year, when we were in Mobile, Alabama covering Hurricane Ivan, we heard the stories of poor people, many of them black – stranded downtown because they had no way out." – Al Roker
25. "Hurricane Katrina overwhelmed levees and exploded the conventional wisdom about a shared American prosperity, exposing a group of people so poor they didn't have $50 for a bus ticket out of town. If we want to learn something from this disaster, the lesson ought to be: America's poor deserve better than this." – Michael Eric Dyson
26. "It is bad. It is really bad. The rest of the country is ugly. It's a mess. We need your prayers. We need your support. And we need your patience. And we're going to need a lot of help." – Father Branka John, Priest in Dominica
27. "But I think the bottom line right now is to take the constructive criticism and use that to build toward, as I say, the hurricane season that is 100 days away. And we don't have a lot of time to waste before we start to address that next set of challenges." – Michael Chertoff
28. "Hurricane Irma's impacts on the U.S. mainland may start to be felt at the end of the week, but it is not too early to start to make preparations." – Evan Myers, AccuWeather
29. "Hurricanes have killed more people worldwide in the last 50 years than any other natural cataclysm." – Kerry Emanuel
30. "In the center of a hurricane there is absolute peace and quiet. There is no safer place than in the center of the will of God." – Corrie Ten Boom
31. "Anyone who says they're not afraid at the time of a hurricane is either a fool or a liar, or a little bit of both." – Anderson Cooper
32. "The only two good words that can be said for a hurricane are that it gives sufficient warning of its approach, and that it blows from one point of the compass at a time." – Gertrude Atherton
33. "No one can prevent hurricanes, but prosperous communities are much better able to withstand them than poor ones." – Robert Zubrin
34. "Where I am, they can smell out a hurricane. My house survived Hurricane Hazel, but it didn't get past Hugo." – Mickey Spillane
35. "If any event teaches you how to perform on no sleep, it's a hurricane." – David Muir
36. "We're looking at a much worse [Hurricane] risk than people were thinking about a year ago …some places are going to become uninsurable." – Judith Curry
37. "Looking at the individuals who suffered the most during the hurricane, you could see that those with underlying medical problems were at greater risk." – Richard E. Besser
38. "The hurricane complicates things in that what would have been purely a business decision becomes a decision of the heart." – Henry Cisneros
39. "There is little you can do to stop a tornado, a hurricane, or a cancer diagnosis from changing your life in an instant." – Ted Lieu
40. "There's kind of a false lesson about Andrew. As a result of being through Andrew, people forgot that most hurricanes are about water, not wind." – Richard Olson, Director of the International Hurricane Research Center at FIU in Miami
41. "Hurricane seasons with four or more super-hurricanes, those with sustained wind speeds of 131 mph or more will soon become the norm." – Joseph J. Romm
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(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Real forward Corey Baird (27) celebrates as Real Salt Lake forward Joao Plata (10) scores a goal for Salt Lake as Colorado Rapids goalkeeper Zac MacMath (18) reacts, in MLS soccer action, between Real Salt Lake and Colorado Rapids, at Rio Tinto Stadium, Saturday, April 21, 2018.
As Corey Baird walked into the locker room of the United States Men's National Team to prepare for his first-ever international appearance, his eyes fixated on one of the blue jerseys. On it read his last name and the number 7.
It was a moment that harkened back to when Baird was a kid, dreaming about playing soccer for his country on the same field as those he idolized. In the months before, he'd been named Major League Soccer's Rookie of the Year and was integral in Real Salt Lake's playoff run that stopped just a couple goals short of a Western Conference Finals appearance.
At that moment, looking at his name and number that sat just on the opposite side of the initials "USA," Baird was on top of the world.
"It all really sank in that this was actually happening," Baird said in a recent phone interview.
Baird started both friendlies for the USMNT — wins against Panama and Costa Rica — and notched a nifty assist in the first. In all, he played a total of 145 minutes.
Since then, Baird has reunited with his RSL teammates, and he expects to build on that experience.
"I think it's huge for my confidence, just reassuring myself that I belong here and making sure that I'm able to build off everything I did last year," Baird said.
In his rookie season, Baird started 21 games, scored eight goals and notched five assists. Late in the year, he said he was trying to prove he was worthy of a recurring role as a starter.
While head coach Mike Petke said during media day that the odds of Baird — and the rest of his roster for that matter — becoming a 34-game starter are "99 percent no," he acknowledged the coaching staff must figure out a way to find consistent minutes for him.
At times last season, Baird played up front as a striker. With the USMNT, he was placed out wide. When asked where he plans to play Baird this season, Petke said in a "perfect world," he would also put Baird wide. One of the reasons for that, Petke said, is because that's where national team coach Gregg Berhalter put him.
But Baird isn't focusing on playing in a particular position. As long he's out there for the majority of games, he'll play wherever Petke puts him, he said.
Baird went to USMNT January Camp with Justen Glad, who also participated last season. Baird said he spoke to Glad at length about what to expect there. He also received encouragement from veterans like Kyle Beckerman and Nick Rimando, both of whom have seen many international camps in their careers.
Glad, who has yet to make a final USMNT roster and play in a game, said having Baird back after his experience should raise the level of the entire team. Beckerman said he anticipated the reigning Rookie of the Year coming back with increased quality and sharpness to his game. Both Glad and Beckerman spoke while Baird was still in Arizona with the national team.
"He'll be coming back flying," Beckerman said.
National team appearances don't happen for many soccer players, especially so early in their careers. Baird is cognizant of that, and is trying his best to take it all in stride.


This past week much of our country experienced the coldest temperatures ever recorded. Actual all-time temperature records that were broken extended through much of the Midwest: Cotton, Minnesota: -56. Cedar Rapids, Iowa: -30; Rockford, Illinois: -30 (actual temps, not just wind chills). The photographs and video I saw of Chicago were enough to make anyone in colder climates long for the Caribbean in January! Though tragically there have even been incidents of deaths due to the brutal weather, the severe cold seems to have brought out the best in many places as folks in colder places open their hearts and their doors to many who are at risk. We continue to keep the vulnerable in our prayers.
I couldn't help calling to mind images of ice boulders on Lake Michigan's shore this past week as I read the appointed Gospel lesson for this Sunday. A man in the Capernaum synagogue suffers as one bound by an unclean spirit. His words are not the words that his loved ones would recognize as his own. The real man seems shut up…frozen…somewhere inside the shell of his body. Outside the synagogue there is woman, the mother-in-law of Simon Peter, who is bed-ridden (St. Mark adds that detail) and tormented by a grave illness: a fever, which before the invention of antibiotics, could be deadly. We don't know much about the synagogue man or the woman in Simon Peter's household, but they are bound by some combination of physical, spiritual, or emotional circumstances which are outside their control.
Jesus strides into both scenes—the house of worship and the house of Peter—as One whom we will see elsewhere in Luke's Gospel is remarkably unfrozen by the customary Sabbath restrictions. Here it is merely His Word, a Word spoken with authority (a rebuke of the evil spirit and rebuke of the fever), which rescues the man and unfreezes the ailing woman so that both are free to worship God and serve as God empowers them to do. When the people of Capernaum surround Jesus as if to prevent Him from leaving them, He continues to move and pulse with life as He reminds them that He "must preach the Good News of the Kingdom" elsewhere because He has been sent for that purpose (44).
God's authoritative Word of forgiveness which we hear each Sunday while gathered in our own houses of worship, is what unfreezes us. Jesus has defeated the Enemy. Jesus will one day deliver full restoration of body and soul to all who call on His name today…no matter the physical distress they might find themselves in now. The power of His Word grants us hope FROM spiritual distress and hope FOR tomorrow. What joy to accompany others as they discover the freeing power of God's grace at work in their own lives when "frozen" and unable to move ahead for one reason or another.
Last weekend I was privileged to gather with many of you and our fellow Lutherans from around Southern Maryland to learn from Southeastern District Mission Engagement Facilitator Rev. Travis Guse how to serve our community as Christian life coaches. It was a productive gathering. I hope that if you are feeling frozen in understanding God's purpose for you you might not only hear His renewing and life-giving Word again this Sunday but consider seeking out one of our newly-trained Christian coaches. As a brother in Christ once shared with me when I felt paralyzed and frozen by a major life decision: "Whichever door you choose to open, know that you have the grace of God to find the same Lord of Life, Jesus Christ, standing on the other side." Jesus has given us the life and health to enjoy another day of His mercy. What will we do with it? Whom have we been sent to serve?


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RRCAT, Indore, was founded in 1984 by the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) for dedicated pursuit of R&D in the areas of Accelerators, Lasers, Plasma Physics, Cryogenics, Vacuum technology etc.
For Physics candidates: M.Sc. degree in Physics with a minimum of 60% marks, and who have cleared Joint Entrance Screening Test (JEST 2012) and/or CSIR-UGC NET in 2011 (JRF, not lecturer ship).
For Chemistry and Life Sciences candidates: M.Sc. degree with minimum 60% marks, in Chemistry or Life Sciences, and who have cleared joint CSIR-UGC Net in 2011 (JRF, not lecturer ship) and/or Gate 2012, are eligible to apply. Candidates with M.Sc. in Botany / Agricultural science should not apply.
Those applicants who are completing M.Sc. in summer of 2012 can also apply, provided they have minimum of 60% overall marks in the completed semesters. In the event of selection, mark sheet of the final M.Sc. result would have to be submitted by November 1, 2012. Continuation in the Ph.D. programme will be subject to the candidate obtaining minimum 60% marks overall. 5 year integrated M.S. (of IISERs) will be treated at par with 5 year integrated M.Sc.
Age: The candidates desirous of availing DAE fellowship should be born on or after August 1, 1986. The age limit is relaxable by three years for OBC, and by five years for SC/ST applicants.
NOTE: DAE Junior Research Fellowships will be offered to those selected for the pursuit of Ph.D. The fellowship amount is 16,000 per month for the first two years(as JRF) and 18,000 per month for the next three years(as SRF), subject to satisfactory progress.
The selection of the students for the Ph.D. programme will be a two-step process: 1) Screening of short-list candidates, followed by 2) Interview of the short-listed candidates.
For Physics candidates, the short-list shall be prepared based on applicant's score in JEST and/or CSIR-UGC NET 2011 (JRF, not lecturer ship).
For Chemistry and Life Sciences candidates, the short-list shall be prepared based on applicant's score in CSIR-UGC Net 2011 (JRF, not lecturer ship), and/or GATE-2012.
Short-listed Physics candidates shall be called for interview to be conducted tentatively on May 15, 16, 17, & June 19, 20, 21, 2012, at RRCAT, Indore. Short-listed Chemistry and Life Sciences candidates shall be called for interview to be conducted tentatively on May 15, 16, 17, 2012. The applicant must indicate choice of their interview date in the application form, failing which they will have to appear for interview on one of the above dates assigned by RRCAT.
Outstation applicants called for interview will be paid to and fro sleeper class train fare by the shortest route or the actual fare, whichever is less. This is subject to the verification of their eligibility from the original documents before the interview. Please note that candidates appearing for interview will have to submit proof of overall >= 60 marks in completed semesters. In absence of this, candidate will not be interviewed and travel cost will not be reimbursed.
Two copies of the filled application form, affixed with passport-size photo on each, along with copies of documents mentioned in the application, should be sent to the following address by Registered Post with A/D, or by Speed Post. Applicants are advised to preserve the dispatch receipt for future reference. Please write down on the top of the envelope "Application for RRCAT-Ph.D. Programme-2011 (Physics / Chemistry / Life Sciences)".
Last date for online submission is April 09, 2012.
Last date for receiving applications by post at RRCAT is April 16, 2012.


Crunchie - a new addition to the Premier/Mondelez cake production roster.
Premier Foods plc and Mondelez International have signed a deal to renew the UK group's long-standing licence to produce and market Cadbury-branded cake and ambient dessert products.
The new deal, announced today (31 August), includes nearly five times as many licenced countries and access to the full range of Cadbury-branded confectionery products.
The new partnership is effective from 1 September and will run until 2022, with an option for Premier to extend this to 2025, subject to meeting certain performance criteria.
The number of licenced countries expands to 46 (previously ten countries) and now includes South Africa, Canada, Japan, China and India, amongst others.
The updated deal also allows for the potential to use the full range of Cadbury brands in ambient cake, such as Flake, Crunchie, Caramel and Marvellous Creations in addition to the Oreo brand.
Gavin Darby, chief executive officer of Premier Foods, said: "Building on a relationship which now spans over 30 years, we are delighted to have completed the signing of this new strategic global partnership with Mondelez International and we look forward to working with them in years to come.
"We are particularly pleased about the expanded scope of geographies and brands, given the opportunity this provides us to further accelerate the growth of Premier Food's International Business."
Glenn Caton, president of Mondelez's operations in northern Europe, said: "We are very proud of our long-term partnership with Premier Foods and are delighted to be continuing to work together to nurture and develop our well-loved portfolio of brands and products.
"The future is bright for Cadbury cakes and for the people that love them."
Heads of terms for the deal were first agreed back in May.


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by Otosirieze Obi-Young
Photo credit: Cassava Republic.
Nigerian writer and art critic Emmanuel Iduma is the editor of Saraba magazine and a faculty member of the MFA Art Writing program at the School of Visual Arts, New York. His first book, a novel, was published by Parresia in 2012 as Farad, and republished by The Mantle in 2016 as The Sound of Things to Come. Since then he has written essays on art and photography, done some traveling, won an Andy Warhol Foundation Grant to begin his blog A Sum of Encounters, been profiled in Africa Is a Country, done more traveling, and co-curated the Nigerian Pavilion at the 2017 Venice Biennale—involvements that come to play in his innovative second book, A Stranger's Pose.
Forthcoming from Cassava Republic Press—globally on 16 October, 2018 and in the US on 7 November, 2018—A Stranger's Pose is a mix of memoir, travelogue, and photography: an expansion of travel writing in African literature, a genre with little published in it so far. The book, already named by Electric Literature as "one to watch," comes with a foreword by Teju Cole, who has memorably called it a "Dream of a perfect book, a ballad with all the lyrics remembered."
At 208 pages, A Stranger's Pose is a immersive journey, in assuredly paced, transportive prose and striking photographs, across more than 20 African cities. Its 40 black and white photographs are by acclaimed African photographers, including one of an encounter with the famed Malian photographer Malick Sidibe, in which a hand holds up Sidibe's favorite photo with Sidibe's face in the background. The photos include those by Siaka Traore, Tom Saater, Dawit L. Petros, Abraham Oghobase, Jide Odukoya, Emeka Okereke, John Jea, Adeola Olagunju, Eric Gottesman, Paul Marty, and Michael Tsegaye.
Based both on his experiences and the stories he heard on the road, Iduma's observation of fleeting encounters captures the melancholy that comes from travelling alone, and in a time when, despite increased social connections, the world is heating up in conversations around loneliness. There are beautiful vignettes on the photographers, people, and migrants—including those making the treacherous journey to Europe—in search of home, safety and self-exploration. There are also illuminations of his difficulties travelling between different African cities, of his struggles to find visas, of his meeting with a Malian and perpetual intra-Africa migrant Idrissa, of the cost of intra-continental travel, and of the alienation of moving between languages—altogether an exposition of how divided Africa is. Iduma's use of photographs extends his engagement of questions about love, life, migration, translation, heart-break, and personal tragedy. In the end, what we have is a reinvention of the notion of African travel writing: the continent through the eyes of a decolonised millennial.
"A Stranger's Pose fills a glaring need for more travel literature by Africans travelling for pleasure and self-exploration," says Cassava Republic's Marketing and Publicity Manager Emeka Nwankwo via email. "It is a conversation about the difficulties of travelling within Africa and the plight of West African migrants making the treacherous journey to Europe in search of safety and self-advancement. Iduma's encounters remind us that it is in fact within the continent that most African migration occurs, even as European nations call for stronger border control."
A Stranger's Pose comes with blurbs by poet-professor-novelist Chris Abani ("Emmanuel Iduma writes with lyricism and stunning clarity, a lush yet elegant style that resists categorization… Only one word can hold it all, beautiful. This book is beautiful."), and David Levi Strauss, author of Words Not Spent Today Buy Smaller Images Tomorrow ("Iduma's book is a marvel."). Noo Saro-Wiwa, author of Looking for Transwonderland: Travels in Nigeria, Nigeria's best known travel literature book, has also described Iduma as "a refreshing new voice in travel writing."
It is another big splash by Cassava Republic, who this year published She Called Me Woman: Nigeria's Queer Women Speak, the first anthology of LGBTQ+ women in Nigeria. The publishing company, co-founded in 2006 by Bibi Bakare-Yusuf, was this year named winner of the Independent Publishers Group's and London Book Fair's Excellence Awards. In 2016, it became Africa's first publisher to open an office in the UK. Among its many award-winning books are: Yemisi Aribisala's Longthroat Memoirs: Soups, Sex and Nigerian Taste Buds, winner of the prestigious John Avery 2016 award at the Andre Simon Food and Drink Book Awards; Abubakar Adam Ibrahim's Season of Crimson Blossoms, winner of the $100,000 Nigeria Prize for Literature 2016; Sarah Ladipo Manyika's Like A Mule Bringing Ice Cream to the Sun, shortlisted for the 2016 Goldsmiths Prize; and Elnathan John's Born on a Tuesday, shortlisted for the inaugural Republic of Consciousness Prize in 2017.
For media enquiries about Emmanuel Iduma's A Stranger's Pose and interview requests, please contact Lynette Lisk at Cassava Republic Press via [email protected]
An earlier version of this feature wrongly stated that A Stranger's Pose includes photography by Malick Sidibe. What it includes is a photo where a hand holds up Sidibe's favorite photo with Sidibe's face in the background. It was also wrongly stated that Emmanuel Iduma's first book, The Sound of Things to Come, was published in 2016. The Sound of Things to Come is in fact a republication. The novel was first published in 2012 by Parresia as Farad.
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US based ocean energy solutions company Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) and UK based subsea services and solutions company Acteon Field Life Service, an Acteon Group subsidiary, have entered into a nonexclusive memorandum of understanding (MOU) to develop, explore and exploit mutual opportunities in the global oil and gas and renewables markets, the companies announced on Thursday.
"We see a strong potential in this collaboration, where OPT's PowerBuoy products and services and Acteon's integrated subsea services and solutions, coupled with its global network of facilities, personnel and market positioning, can provide significant value to our customers," said George H. Kirby, President and Chief Executive Officer of OPT.
The companies are currently collaborating on an Exclusion Zone Monitoring project for Premier Oil in the Central North Sea. The project will include the deployment of OPT's PowerBuoy system, and surveillance and monitoring technology and a turnkey mooring and deployment solution provided respectively by Acteon operating companies Pulse Structural Monitoring and InterMoor.
OPT's PowerBuoy products are power and communications platforms for remote offshore applications such as topside and subsea surveillance and monitoring during oil field decommissioning activities, autonomous vehicle charging, weather and ocean data collection, and providing power to subsea equipment. The PB3 PowerBuoy supports a suite of mission critical payloads, thereby lowering customers' operational costs and enabling real-time data transfer and real-time decision making.


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EC Vitoria welcome Botafogo to Barradão in the Brazilian Serie A on Wednesday evening, and are favourites to come out on top to climb out of the relegation zone. Vitoria haven't had the best start to the season but did win their last game and their good defensive record on home soil might see them edging Botafogo.
Alexandre Gallo's Vitoria side are currently 18th in the Brazilian Serie A with four points from six games this season, having picked up a win in their last outing. Vitoria won their last home outing and have conceded just two goals in their last three games at Barradão and will fancy their chances against a travel-sick Botafogo as a result.
As for the visitors, Jair Ventura's Botafogo side find themselves 12th in the table with eight points from six games and without a win in their last three outings. Away from home, Botafogo have managed just one point from a possible nine and have failed to score on their travels too.
With the hosts the form side, William Hill are giving odds of 13/10 for Vitoria to win against Botafogo at Barradão.


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Battery electric vehicles – facilitating low-carbon mines
Electric vehicles are critical to mining reaching net zero, with diesel vehicles accounting for 30%-50% of greenhouse emissions at a mine site.
Zachary Skidmore
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Battery electric vehicles (BEV) are electric vehicles that use exclusively chemical energy stored in rechargeable battery packs, with no secondary source of propulsion.
As miners attempt to cut their overall C02 emissions and mitigate the risks of diesel-powered vehicles on the health and wellbeing of their employees, the market for BEVs within the mining sector has proliferated.
BEVs are now considered proven technology, which has led takeup within mining operations to accelerate, with suppliers fast-tracking the production and expansion of their vehicle options. This is particularly the case for underground mines, where tethered or battery-powered load, haul, dump vehicles are becoming more common. Companies such as Epiroc, MacLean Engineering, Normet, and Sandvik now offer a range of different BEVs designed explicitly for underground operations.
Carbon intensity
Today, mining vehicles account for 30%-50 % (and up to 80% in some vital mining jurisdictions) of the total direct greenhouse gas emissions at a mine site. Globally, there are around 28,000 large mine hauling trucks in service, almost all diesel-powered, which consume roughly 900,000 litres of diesel and emit over 68 million tonnes of CO2 a year.
As miners continue to exploit global reserves, accessible deposits have become deeper and more expensive, with the development time to get to the ore significantly longer. To achieve net-zero mining, electrification of the fleet must occur. Removing 6.1 billion litres of diesel a year at copper mines (equivalent to 0.1% of global oil demand) would save around a quarter of their greenhouse gas emissions.
Both hydrogen fuel cells and BEVs offer two possible long-term solutions. However, with hydrogen technology still to get off the ground, BEVs offer the best solution.
Effectiveness of BEVs
The use of BEVs could not only save high costs on ventilation and cooling but also improve worker health and generate a fraction of noise of traditional diesel-powered machines. On average, the switch to a fully electric mobile fleet results in a 40% to 50% reduction in ventilation demands. This is equivalent to considerable cost savings in both power used and ventilation infrastructure.
Other benefits include maintenance costs, with battery vehicles having 25% or fewer parts less than diesel propulsion systems.
An example of BEVs' successful deployment is the Newmont Goldcorp's Borden Lake mine in northern Ontario, which now boasts 16 battery-electric utility vehicles from MacLean Engineering, including bolters, a block-holer, cassette carriers, and scissor lifts. Here, both BEVs suppliers and the miners have worked closely together to adapt the mine to the needs of BEVs.
One of the best ways for BEVs to gain greater prominence within mining circles is through collaboration between miners and vendors, facilitating an increase in both market share and the infrastructural changes required within the mines to allow for the use of BEVs.
The International Council on Mining and Metals' (ICMM) Innovation for Cleaner, Safer Vehicles (ICSV) initiative exemplifies this collaborative approach. ICMM members represent approximately 30% of the global metals market, with over 650 assets in more than 50 countries, offering a critical mass for change that creates market pull.
This, they argue, will build the widespread confidence needed to accelerate the level of innovation investment required to scale up commercial solutions for the industry and meet the initiative's ambitions.
Sarah Bell, director of health, safety, and product stewardship at the ICMM said: "Our membership makes up around 30% of the total metals market and makes up approximately 46% of copper; 27% of gold; and 42% of iron ore produced globally. The signals that can be sent through this program are strong."
The initiative is working towards the achievement of three main ambitions:
Introduce greenhouse gas emission-free surface mining vehicles by 2040.
Minimise the operational impact of diesel exhaust by 2025.
Make vehicle collision avoidance technology available to mining companies by 2025.
The ICSV recognises that mining companies can't achieve these outcomes alone, but by working with industry partners, they have an opportunity to succeed.
To facilitate this change, a range of reputable vendors are needed to supply the transition to BEVs. Several companies have come to the fore, offering a range of options for miners in their underground operations.
Sandvik Load and Haul is a prime example. It now offers three battery-electric trucks and loaders – a 50 tonne truck (the Z50), a 10 tonne loader (the A10), and a 4 tonne loader (the A4) – and battery-electric drill rigs. Sandvik received orders for BEVs amounting to about SEK140m in June, marking Sandvik's highest ever order intake for mining BEVs in a single month, demonstrating an increased take-up amongst miners.
Epiroc has been on a similar trajectory. In 2019, the company launched a 4 tonne loader for the Chinese market, the Scooptram ST4 Battery. This model will also be more widely available soon and the company has announced plans to expand its already large BEV fleet with new equipment launches.
For BEVs, an essential factor is the standardised charging of the batteries; mines need to have universal charging stations for all deployed vehicles. Both Sandvik and Epiroc have decided to use a standard from the automotive industry to ensure that its vehicles can be charged on multiple units.
However, it is essential to note that BEVs alone will not act as a silver bullet. They are not a one-size fit all solution to all mines, with some mines unsuitable for BEVs and some unable to afford the new fleet of BEVs. Additionally, early adopters of EVs in mining ( typically with trolley EVs) had to scrap their trolley EVs because manufacturers would no longer maintain them.
Despite electrification allowing for safer operations, automation, and regenerative braking to boost efficiency, these efficiencies will not offset the increased energy intensity of deeper, more remote, and lower-grade mines. This makes collaboration even more critical to support mines unable to fund an electric fleet independently.
There is significant promise in the progress companies such as Epiroc and Sandvik have made in providing high-quality BEVs that considerably improve mining performance, and with collaborative initiatives such as the ICSV initiative, a greater uptake and deployment of these vehicles could allow more and more miners to adopt the technology within their mines.
Zachary Skidmore is a features writer, covering mining and power related news and insights.
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ICU Senior Sister Ly Fletcher was accompanied by a round of applause, smiles and the odd tear today when she became the first member of staff to have her Covid-19 vaccination at Walsall Manor Hospital.
Covid-19 vaccines arrived at Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust yesterday morning as it geared up to be the first site in the Black Country and West Birmingham to start administering them to the over 80s and healthcare workers.
Ly, who has worked for Walsall Healthcare for 15 years, said: "I always have my flu jab and I wanted to have the Covid-19 jab too to protect everyone – my patients, my colleagues, and my own family.
"Working on ICU throughout the pandemic we've seen first-hand how serious this virus is and I want to do everything I can to stop any more families suffering as a result of it. It has been quite emotional actually being the first member of staff to be vaccinated; it's a big day for everyone involved."
Christopher Simmonds, Governance Technical Manager, unpacked the vaccines yesterday and did the relevant verification checks before placing them into the freezer to be stored between – 60°c and – 80°c
He said: "It's an historical day for the trust as Walsall Healthcare is one of the first in the country to take receipt of the new vaccine. It's actually quite an emotional moment to stop and reflect on the impact immunisation will have will have and I am proud to play my part in this important programme."
Trevor Kirby, aged 81, was the first patient to have the vaccination today – and he's used to firsts having been one of the first to have the polio vaccination back in the 19602.
The former heavy plant and HGV technician from Tipton said: "We want to eradicate this virus and I think it's important to be vaccinated. We need to look after each other and this is a good way to do that."
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Travel ruins you for the world in the most heartbreaking-ly beautiful* ways possible, it makes you see things differently, and constantly challenges things you thought you knew about the world, and yourself. After having travelled, you are no longer the same person, who follows the crowd. You've changed in beautiful ways that the world at large isn't ready for as yet.
*heartbreaking because, you've finally found that one thing that you love, and the world isn't ready for it yet (which is just sad) ; and beautiful is the journey of self discovery that you've set out on.
If there's anything that luggage packing teaches you, it is the lesson of prioritization, in the same way that you don't carry your entire house with you on a trip, you learn to filter out the unnecessary junk from your life – things and people included.
How it ruins you for the world : you start to see reality between the cracks of the masks people often put on, and you'd rather let the mask go, than deny the reality that hides behind it. Because who has the time for trivialities and petty people when bigger things are calling out to you?
2. Home is no longer one single place.
The more you travel, the more you come to realize that Home isn't, can't and shouldn't be just one single place. And it's devastating how everyone just spends all their lifetimes in one place, when there's a whole world waiting to be explored.
How this ruins you for the world : Well for starters, you'll no longer be able to go back to the mundane, and routine will bore you.
With geographical distances, come language and cultural differences, and the transition can, admittedly, be overwhelming at times; but once you get through that time spent out of your comfort zone, you realize how freeing the experience can be. Nothing or very few things can deter you now, and a new found feeling of being invincible takes over. You let go of the crutches of old school, done and done recipes for how to go through life, and explore the new avenues that open up before you.
How it ruins you for the world : The world will see you take risks, succeed, fail, and when they'll expect you to sulk like they do, you'll figure out a way to turn your failure into a success, and they'll still be moping about, confined to their comfort zones.
4. You know just how quickly time is passing us all by You realize that there is so much to see, and do, but not enough time. You must let loose, and let loose you will.
How this ruins you for the world : this is the worst kind of way travel ruins you, because you've seen glimpses of the beauty that fills the world, and you know there's more, and that you will go see it all. The world despises you for it.
Since you know that the world is a big and diverse place, you welcome and look forward to the differences that exist between people, and hold your own ground as against doing what the trends dictate.
How this ruins you for the world : this is the second worst way in which it ruins you, because you know there's too much to do and very little time, you stop letting other people tell you what to do with your life and time. The world hates your guts.


But it took Leon a while to find that side of himself. Leon grew up in Forth Worth, Tex. and he had a hard time finding his way as an artsy black kid in a predominantly white, football-centric school. Leon's parents split up when he was a kid, and they're each still a big part of his musical life. His mom, Lisa, inspired songs on both of his albums and his dad is a big fan. Before we got started, Leon told me his dad's favorite song on Good Thing is one called "Mrs." So let's listen to a little bit of it, before we chat. Hear it all in the player.