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Even as the government of India speaks of taking preventive measures to curb the menace of fake currency, statistics show there is nearly Rs 12,00,000 crore worth of fake currency still in circulation in India.
While India managed to seal the fake currency's Pakistan and Nepal route into India to a large extent, Inter Services Intelligence-sponsored operatives have furthered their activities by shifting base to Thailand.
These elements have been pumping in fake currency into the Indian market with help of operatives of the Dawood gang who have a strong base in Thailand.
The key player in this racket today is Aftab Bhakti, a D Gang operative who reports directly to Major Ali and Arshad Khan, both top ranking ISI officers.
The D gang's network is very deep-rooted in Thailand and there was already an existing route between this country and Bangladesh through which drugs were being smuggled.
Earlier, all notes were being printed in Pakistan and then transported into India through Nepal. However, the scenario changed post the November 26 attacks on Mumbai, which prompted the ISI to rethink its strategy.
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Murdered Indian student's father lauds UK judicial systemLondon (PTI): The family of Indian student Samrajya Jyothirmai Vempala, who was battered to death in Birmingham on May 6, has praised the UK judicial system for the pace at which the killer was brought to justice. Vempala was beaten with a 5kg iron dumb bell bar at her home by fellow Indian student Nagaraja Kumar Nalluri, when she did not respond to his claims of being in love with her. Nalluri was sentenced to life imprisonment last week, and was ordered to serve a minimum of 25 years in jail before being considered for parole. Vempala's family, who travelled from Vijaywada and sat through court proceedings at the Birmingham Crown Court, praised the British judicial system for the speed at which Nalluri was convicted and sentenced. Vempala's father, Saibabu, said he sent her to the UK for studies, but "I never imagined that her dead body would be returning home". Detective Chief Insp Rick Burgess, who led the case, said, "The victim's father commented to us about how much faith he had in the British justice system and how he felt justice had been done in a timely manner." "It was very difficult for Jyothi's parents to have to sit in court and listen to the details of a very brutal and callous assault on their daughter," Burgess added. Both Vempala, 23, and Nalluri were students at the Wolverhampton University. Jyothirmai was enrolled on a postgraduate degree in Health Sciences while Nalluri, who had trained with her in India, was also enrolled at the same university.
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LONDON: Two NRI journalists are among several other professionals of Indian origin to have been included in the Queens New Year honours list announced on Wednesday.
Anita Kumari Bhalla, editor of Public Space Broadcasting BBC, has been honoured with an Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to broadcasting in Britain. Lakhbir Kaur has also been awarded an OBE for services in Asian broadcasting and to the Media.
NRIs Tarun Kapur, executive head teacher Ashton-on-Mersey and Broadoak Schools, Trafford and Indarjit Singh, director of the network of sikh organizations (UK) and a familiar voice on BBC Radio 4 today programmes Thought for the Day slot received the Commander of the British Empire (CBE).
Other OBE awardees include Kuldip Kaur Bharj, Senior Lecturer in Midwifery and Lead Midwife for Educ, School of Healthcare, Leeds University and Uday Kumar Dholakia for services to business and to the community in Leicestershire. Asha Khemka, Principal and Chief executive, West Nottinghamshire College and Kumar Muthalagappan, managing director of the Pearl Hotels and Restaurants Group have also been awarded OBEs.
Individuals of Indian origin honoured with the Member of the British Empire (MBE) are Chitra Bharucha for services to the Animal Feed industry, General Medical Practitioner Parvin Bhatia, founder of Wick Surgical Courses Pradip Kumar Datta, Prof Jagdish Dave, Surinder Singh Jolly, Ranjula Madhani and Narendra Mehta.
The OBE for military personnel included Col Rakesh Kumar Bhabutta.
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Children born into low-income families in UK and the US in the early years of the twenty-first century are at a disadvantage when they start school, according to new research by Elizabeth Washbrook and Jane Waldfogel from the University's Centre for Market and Public Organisation.
According to the study, children from low-income backgrounds are raised in environments that fail to promote their cognitive, social and health development adequately and, as a result, they are more likely to begin school with deficits in their learning ability and social behaviour.
The key findings of the research are that:
The poorest fifth of children in the UK are equally as disadvantaged as their US counterparts when they start school
Low-quality parenting can determine the 'school readiness' of children from low-income backgrounds in the United States
Higher-income mothers interact more positively with their children when the children are as young as nine months old
The study analyses data on around 19,000 children born in the UK in 2000 (the Millennium Cohort Study) and parallel data on around 10,000 children born in the United States in 2001 (the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study Birth Cohort). The children in both studies were followed from the age of nine months onwards, and completed tests in language, literacy and mathematics skills at ages three, four or five.
The research reveals that there are sizeable gaps in children's cognitive 'school readiness', and that the gaps are of comparable magnitude in the UK and the US. The poorest fifth of children in both countries score on average in the 32nd to 35th percentile across the tests but there are differences between the two countries in the relationship between income and cognitive outcomes among better-off families. The gap between the bottom fifth and the middle fifth is smaller in the United States, while the difference between the middle and the richest fifth is much larger.
So, although the UK appears to be relatively successful in promoting equality among children in families with incomes above a moderate level, the poorest 20 per cent are equally as disadvantaged, in relative terms, as the equivalent American children.
Further analysis of the American children suggests that differences in the parenting of low and higher-income children are key to understanding the income-related gaps in children's cognitive test scores.
The research also shows that higher-income mothers interact more positively with their children when they are as young as nine months old, show greater sensitivity to their needs, are less intrusive and provide more cognitive stimulation. These types of behaviours are then strongly related to children's performance at the time of entry to school, and in particular to language development.
The study also finds evidence that participation in Head Start (an education programme targeted at low-income children) boosts the performance of the most disadvantaged children, and so reduces the gaps to some extent.
(Source: University of Bristol: January 2009)
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The next step in the Scottish Government's campaign to improve adult literacy and numeracy will be launched next month, when a national survey will be conducted to measure adult literacy and numeracy levels.
This latest move will establish the current general levels of the population - a baseline against which to measure the success of future initiatives to improve literacy and numeracy in Scotland. It will also provide the information required to measure progress on the National Indictor 'to reduce the number of working age people with severe literacy and numeracy problems' (national indicator number 12).
The survey is the latest in package of measures to improve literacy and numeracy, including:
The development of Curriculum for Excellence, through which the Scottish Government is placing literacy and numeracy at the heart of education
Work to improve literacy and numeracy levels by raising awareness of the support available through the Big Plus campaign
Ensuring work-related training which includes literacy and numeracy is eligible for funding through Individual Learning Accounts
Allocating funding to local authorities for Adult Literacy and Numeracy provision as part of the local government finance settlement.
The Scottish Adult Literary and Numeracy Survey, to be conducted by a consortium led by the University of Glasgow, will help provide the necessary information to build on that work.
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