Book by Sanjay Pinto : Speakers are not made but born

Speakers are not made but born:

Journalist-columnist, TV anchor and advocate Sanjay Pinto, a resident of Abhiramapuram had his book ‘Speakers are Made Not Born’ released on July 21 at Don Bosco school campus, Egmore.
The book is on public speaking and gives the reader extended tips on how to master this skill.
The chief guest was Jennifer Mcintyre, US consul general. Also on stage were personalities like Ms YGP, head of the PSBB Group of School and Meena Muthiah of the Chettinad Vidyashram and associated group of institutions. The guests included some VIPs like the Director General of Police of Tamil Nadu and senior police officers

“The book is an essence of Sanjay Pinto’s experience of 22 years as a public speaker. It has 14 practical steps to master this art – like overcoming stage fright, opening with a bang, writing a speech, body language, voice modulation, homour and punchlines, timing, extempore speeches and so on,” says Joshua Madan, the COO of Covenant Media and the publisher of this book.
The book is priced at Rs.300 and is now available at the Covenant Media Office – F-1, First Floor, Mookambika Complex and at all Landmark stores across India. For autographed copies, call 9952705555 or e mail:sales@covenantmedia.co.in.

Bharat Ratna Award:

Bharat Ratna (Jewel of India or Gem of India in English) is the Republic of India's highest civilian award, for performance of highest order in any field of human endeavour.
Any person without distinction of race, occupation, position or sex is eligible for the award. However the recommendations for Bharat Ratna are to be made by the Prime Minister of India to the President of India.
The holders of the Bharat Ratna rank 7th in the Indian order of precedence; however they do not carry any special title nor any other honorifics

Food Security Bill

Food Security Bill

 

The Food Security Bill is a bill for consideration before the Government of India. The bill aims to provide subsidised foodgrain to around 67 percent of India's 1.2 billion people

The ordinance on Food Security Bill was signed by President Pranab Mukherjee on July 5, with the aim of providing foodgrains every month to nation's two-third population at highly subsidized rates.
 

Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday said the Food Security Bill will address the problems of hunger and malnutrition and it will be the first issue to be discussed in the monsoon session of Parliament.

Addressing a press conference here, Chidambaram said all political parties who believed that hunger and malnutrition should be addressed will support the bill.

He further said that almost all state governments are ready to implement food security.

Replying to a query on the need for issuing an ordinance, Chidambaram said the same was promulgated only after consulting the opposition. He also said that the BJP was not speaking in one voice on food security.

The ordinance on Food Security Bill was signed by President Pranab Mukherjee on July 5, with the aim of providing foodgrains every month to nation’s two-third population at highly subsidized rates.

Political parties have sharply criticized the promulgation of the Ordinance, calling it undemocratic and demanding that the Food Security Bill should be debated in both Houses before being passed.

The Food Security programme when implemented will be the biggest in the world with the government spending estimated at one lakh 25 thousand crore rupees annually.

The Food Security Bill was tabled during the Budget Session of Parliament, but could not be taken up for discussion because of opposition-led disruptions of proceedings arising out of scam-related allegations.

The Food Security Bill is aimed at giving legal rights to 67 percent of the population for a uniform quantity of 5 kg food grains at a fixed price of Rs 1-3 per kg through ration shops.