Ann Arbor: Many child care providers have rules that exclude sick children from care, spurring anxious moments for millions of working parents. In a new University of Michigan poll, one-third of parents of young children report they are concerned about losing jobs or pay when they stay home to care for sick children who can’t attend child care.

The National e-Governance Plan (NeGP), being coordinated by the Department of Electronics & Information Technology (DeitY), Ministry of Communications & Information Technology, was approved in May 2006 with a vision to “Make all Government services accessible to the common man in his locality, through common service delivery outlets and ensure efficiency, transparency & reliability of such services at affordable costs to realise the basic needs of the common man.”

Manhattan: Sorry, boys. In the end, mothers favor daughters – at least when it comes to Holstein dairy cows and how much milk they produce for their offspring, according to a new study by Kansas State University and Harvard University researchers.

Achievements / Initiatives· Major landmark achievement in National Project of Kashmir –· State of Meghalaya and capital of Arunachal Pradesh to be on Railway Map by this fiscal.· Gauge Conversion of strategically important 510 km Rangiya – Murkongselek line in Assam to be completed by this fiscal.· XIth Five Year Plan Targets exceeded in New Lines (2,207 km) , Doubling (2,758 km) and Electrification (4,556 km), Production of Diesel (1,288) & Electrical (1,218) Locos and Acquisition of Wagons (64,875)· Dedicated Freight Corridors on the Eastern and Western Routes – leading to strategically critical capacity augmentation.· Railways met from its own means the total additional impact of Rs one lakh crore due to implementation of 6th Pay Commission· In 2013-14, 1532 km of New Lines, Doubling and Gauge Conversion commissioned.· Production commenced at the new factories – Rail Wheel Plant, Chhapra ; Rail Coach Factory, Rae Bareli ; and Diesel Component Factory, Dankuni.· Specially designed coaches for adverse weather condition for rail travel in Kashmir.· Successful development of Corrosion resistant, lighter wagons with higher pay-load and speed potential upt 100kmph.· Railways sportspersons dominate national events by winning titles in 23 disciplines and runners up in 9 disciplines. In various international championships a total of 2 Gold, 4 Silver and 3 Bronze Medals won.· Unigauge Policy started in 1992 has converted 19,214 km to Broad Gauge, benefitting several States including Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Assam and Tamil Nadu.  

Aligarh: K Jayakumar Joint Secretary, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research said that India needed at least 25 percent contribution from the manufacturing sector for sustained growth. the present contribution was around 16 percent.