Wednesday, May 20, 2015

Krista Van Fleit Hang on Mao and Gandhi in the Fight Against Corruption:

Krista Van Fleit Hang on Mao and Gandhi in the Fight Against CorruptionPopular Film and Social Change in China and India
Date: May 27th, 2015
Time: 5:30pm-7:30pm
Venue: UChicago Center in Delhi, DLF Capitol Point, Baba Kharak Singh Marg, New Delhi
(Ample Car Parking is available at the DLF Building)
Krista Van Fleit Hang is Associate Professor of Chinese at the University of South Carolina where she teaches courses in modern/contemporary Chinese literature and film. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 2006. Her first book, Literature the People Love: Reading Chinese Texts from the Early Maoist Period (1949-1966), was published in 2013. Currently she is engaged in a comparative study of Hindi and Chinese cinema, focusing especially on national exchanges in the 1950s, as both countries were experimenting with a combination of socialist realist messages and melodramatic plots in picturing newly formed nations onscreen. She is currently in Delhi with the support of a Fulbright-Nehru Academic and Professional Excellence award, and will spend the next academic year conducting research in China.
Abstract:This talk examines the mobilization of state ideology in two popular anticorruption films from China and India, arguing that they look to assuage the social pains incurred by the increased pace of modernization and globalization by presenting citizens with nostalgic solutions based in the founding principles of each nation.
Gujarat C.M. holds high level discussion with Chinese officials at Shenzhen —

Gujarat C.M. holds high level discussion with Chinese officials at Shenzhen

Intent of Cooperation between GIFT City & Qianhai, Shenzhen – Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone signed

Visits electronic manufacturing services company Foxconn Technology’s factory

Shenzhen, China. May, 2015
Hon’ble Chief Minister of Gujarat, Smt. Anandiben Patel, today held high level discussions at Qianhai Shenzhen – Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone with the Chairman Mr. Zhang.
Situated at the shore of South China Sea and adjacent to Hong Kong and Macau,Qianhai Shenzhen – Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone has developed as an innovation area for modern service industry, acting as a pilot area for close cooperation between Mainland China and Hong Kong.
Shenzhen is a major city in the south of Southern China’s Guangdong Province. Shenzhen today, is dubbed as China’s Silicon Valley and is home to one of the most vibrant economic zone in China. It also boasts of one of the busiest container ports in the world.
An Intent of Co-operation was signed in the presence of the Hon’ble Chief Minister between GIFT City (Gujarat International Finance Tec-City) andQianhai Shenzhen – Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone to work together for the development of smart cities in a reciprocal manner.
GIFT City is an initiative of Government of Gujarat to provide world-class infrastructure and facilities to finance and technology firms. It is being designed as a smart city of the future and is expected to become a major financial hub of the country in the coming decades. It is ideally located between Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar, on the bank of river Sabarmati, and lies in the influence zone of the ongoing Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC). The GIFT city project will have special economic zone (SEZ), international education zone, integrated townships, convention centres, technology parks, software technology parks, stock exchanges etc to provide an integrated township with world class amenities. Once complete will provide 5,00,000 direct employment and an equal number of indirect employment.
Earlier in the morning, the Chief Minister visited the Foxconn Technology Group’s manufacturing facility, to have first-hand experience of the best global manufacturing practices being followed at the Foxconn’s- Longhua Science & Technology Park.  Foxconn, ranked 32 in Fortune500 companies in 2014, with a group turnover of USD 160 billion, is a global giant in electronics manufacturing including mobile smart phones, tablets, laptops, LED panels, TV/ monitor, data centre, solar panels. Their products and services also include PC components, connectors and cables, computer software development and global supply chain management solutions. The Group contributes 5% to the total exports from China. The delegation briefed the Group Chairman about the electronics and IT policies and initiatives of Gujarat.  Later on the Chief Minister headed towards Hong Kong by road for the last leg of her China Tour.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Shri Akhilesh Yadav for uplifting the poor —

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Shri Akhilesh Yadav for uplifting the poor

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Shri Akhilesh Yadav said that the State Government including the whole bundelkhand Jhansi district to remove the backwardness and of development on the main path is bent. The State Government in uplifting the poor and their interest is driven schemes. The present Government has policies and programs are implemented, so that poor people will be benefited most. He said still territory for the development of a lot of work to rest.
The Chief Minister this month of Jhansi district village of tehsil today jujharpura at a cost of 612.04 crores in erach Multipurpose Dam project invite you expressed. Well, he did invite school also. In his remarks he said erach Multipurpose Dam project will be completed by December 2016. Irrigation and water resources department under various projects under construction in bundelkhand hanai. The project will be of extreme importance on a priority basis for urgent funds allocated will be made quickly done, hampered by lack of funds will not be in it. He directed top officials of the irrigation Department that they schedule defining fixed timeframe make complete, so that the public of the State could get advantage.
Mr Yadav said that the Socialist Government is friendly to farmers. Corresponding visible this fiscal year as the farmer is being observed. He said the State Government is providing all possible help to the farmers. The last days of unseasonable rain and hail, he said of the affected farmers by the State Government has provided massive help. The State Government all over the country giving most farmers in compensation. He said that so far, excessive rains and hail affected farmers an amount of approximately 2,500 million has been allocated. On this occasion the Chief Minister excessive rains/hail affecting the families of farmers dead 18 cm support fund seven-seven million checks are also provided.
Speaking to jansamuday present Chief Minister said that any society to move forward will be fighting poverty and illiteracy. To promote the education of the State Socialist Government is working constantly. Also visible is the current Government’s free laptop schemes such as wealth distribution and KANYA Vidya driven, making the State the student-alumni in the field of education can continue.
Mr Yadav said that kamdhenu dairy plan, Lohia set up etc, minden rural housing schemes for the poor and most backward running hanai, so they could also progress and also be economic growth. Economically vulnerable families is being operated for Socialist pension plan. The State Government public health services provide free determined. Purpose check all kinds of State clinics are free and free treatment as well as get free medication. Administering/pregnant women go to hospital for treatment-the objective of providing free feature of bringing ‘ 108 ‘ National Socialist healthcare and “102” an ambulance corps was perfectly service is applied and the public of the State getting its bumper profits too. Aid system with the aim of creating more better M0B0B0S0 increase of 500 seats and new State medical keizai also installing.
Speaking on the occasion, Minister of public works and irrigation Mr. shivpal Singh Yadav, speaking to a public rally said that water is the major problem of bundelkhand, which started 13 projects to work have been made. For the last three years have been completed 4 projects that have been done was dedicated. That is going to work on five projects two of them 60 percent to 80 percent, and three projects have been completed. All 13 projects will be completed soon. Erach Multipurpose Dam project will also produce, thereby 02 MWS will benefit farmers.
The Chief Secretary, Mr Alok Ranjan said the State Government’s priority is the development of bundelkhand and such projects have benefited from the applied agriculture. The Government has envisaged for the development of bundelkhand. There are immense possibilities of agricultural development in the region. If gardens, livestock and irrigation is closely in all would benefit. Two rivers in Jhansi and mahoba to revive the pond which farmers get going khode hanai. He said erach 612.04 crores cost dam multipurpose project. It finishes launching after incorporating 1850 o. Will be on irrigation. The project will be completed by December 2016. The project for drinking water and irrigation to farmers-rich water will find.
Mamata Banerjee : Today our government completes 4 years in office. —

Mamata Banerjee : Today our government completes 4 years in office.

Today our government completes 4 years in office.
In spite of the legacy of the huge debt burden left by the previous government, so many hurdles, financial constraints… we have delivered our best and fulfilled our commitments to the people of Bengal.
During the last four years, several of schemes/projects of Bengal and our performance have won acclaim of International Organisations like World Bank, United Nations, UNICEF, DFID and so on. Many of the schemes have got national recognition and have been recommended as models for other states to follow.
We are indeed grateful to মা, মাটি, মানুষ of Bengal for giving us the mandate to serve them.
Heartiest congratulations, greetings and best wishes to all my brothers and sisters and our পশ্চিমবঙ্গ সরকার পরিবার (Family of West Bengal Government).
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