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Saturday, December 3, 2011

खोटाङको खानीडाँडामा अग्निले उडान भर्ने

खोटाङको खाल्लेस्थित मनमाया राई खानीडाँडा विमानस्थलमा अग्नि एयरले उडान भर्ने भएको छ। सातामा एकपटक आंशिक उडान हुनेगरेको सो विमानस्थलमा मंसिर तेस्रो सातादेखि अग्निले उडान गर्न लागेको हो।
अहिले खानीडाँडाबाट राष्ट्रिय ध्वजावाहक नेपाल वायुसेवा निगम र तारा एयरलाइन्सले मात्र उडान भर्दै आएका छन्। उडानका लागि अग्नि एयरका सिनियर क्याप्टेन विनोद पुरी, पाइलट उद्धव घिमिरे र एयरहोस्टेज अञ्जली खनालले शनिबार खानीडाँडा विमानस्थलको स्थलगत निरिक्षण गरेका छन्।
निरीक्षणपछि यहाँबाट नियमित उडान भर्न सकिने ठहर गर्दै त्यसका लागि प्रक्रिया अघि बढेको क्याप्टेन पुरीले जनाए। उनका अनुसार अग्नि एयर फ्लाइट गर्न विमानस्थल योग्य छ।

यसै साताभित्र परीक्षण उडान भर्ने पनि उनले बताए। परीक्षण सफल भएपछि साताको तीन उडानसम्म भर्न सकिने उनले जानकारी दिए।
जिल्लाबासीको मागअनुसार अग्निले खानीडाँडाबाट उडान भर्न लागेको हो। स्थानीय समुदायले साथ दिए सेवा दिन कम्पनी तयार भएको क्याप्टने पुरीको भनाइ थियो।

स्वास्थ्य क्षेत्रको व्यवस्थापन लथालिङ्ग भएको राष्ट्रपतिको गुनासो

काठमाडौं, मङ्सिर १७ -राष्ट्रपति रामवरण यादवले स्वास्थ्य क्षेत्रमा सरकारीस्तरको व्यवस्थापन लथालिङ्ग भएको गुनासो गरेका छन्।  'म स्वास्थ्यमन्त्री भएको बेला वीर अस्पतालमा ट्रमा सेन्टर सुरु गरी करोडौँ खर्च गरिएको थियो तर अहिले व्यवस्थापनका कारण लथालिङ्ग अवस्थामा पुगेको छ।'

बीसौँ अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय अपाङ्गता दिवसको उपलक्ष्यमा नेपाल अर्थोपेडिक अस्पताल जोरपाटीमा नवनिर्मित सगरमाथा जनरल वार्डको उद्घाटन  समारोहलाई सम्बोधन गर्दै राष्ट्रपति यादवले यस्तो भनाइ व्यक्त गरेका हुन्। स्वास्थ्यको संरचना देशभर पुगे पनि व्यवस्थापनका कारण त्यो प्रभावकारी हुन नसकेको उनको भनाइ थियो। भारतमा साइबाबा अस्पतालले सबै सेवा निःशुल्क दिएको प्रसङ्ग उल्लेख गर्दै राष्ट्रपति यादवले पनि नेपालमा त्यस्तो व्यवस्था मिलाइनुपर्नेमा जोड दिए।
सामुदायिक तवरबाट सञ्चालित अर्थोपेडिकजस्ता अस्पतालले सामाजिक सेवाको भावले सञ्चालन गरिनुपर्ने उनको भनाइ थियो।
नेपाल अपाङ्ग सङ्घ खगेन्द्र नवजीवन केन्द्रका अध्यक्ष गजेन्द्रकुमार लामाको सभापतित्वमा सो कार्यक्रम सम्पन्न भएको थियो।
रोटरी इन्टरनेसनल बेल्जियमको रु एक करोड सहयोगमा सगरमाथा जनरल वार्डको निर्मा

'कौन बनेगा करोडपति'का नेपाली सम्पादक

दीपेन्द्र लामा, मुम्बई, मङ्सिर १६- बाइस तले भवन लोटस बिजनेस पार्कको छैटौं तलामा भेटिँदा उनी 'कौन बनेगा करोडपति'को पोस्ट प्रोडक्सनमा व्यस्त थिए। अमिताभ बच्चनले सवालजवाफ गरेका दृश्यलाई छरितो बनाउन कम्प्युटरमा घोत्लिने उनलाई कम्पनीका सहकर्मीहरुले टिआर भनेर बोलाउँछन्। टिआर अर्थात् तुलसी गौडेल 'कौन बनेगा करोडपछि'का आठ सम्पादकमध्ये एक हुन्।
अनिल अम्बानीको बिग सिनर्जी प्रोडक्सनको सम्पादन समूहका जागिरे हुन् उनी। कम्पनीले निर्माण गरेका र जिम्मा लिएका जुनसुकै काममा उनी दृश्य सम्पादन गर्छन्। केबिसीको निर्माण बिग सिनर्जीले गरेको हो।
स्याङजाको गोरेटोमा हुर्किएका तुलसी अहिले बलिउडको मुख्य 'गल्ली'मै हिँडिरहेका छन्। अन्धेरी वेस्टको लिंक रोडस्थित लोटस बिजनेस पार्क त्यही भवन हो, जहाँ चारवटा फ्ल्याटमा अभिनेता ऋतिक रोशनको कार्यालय छ। रिलायन्स ग्रुपको बिग पिक्चर्स्ले ऋतिकको फिल्म 'काइट्स'को वितरण गरेको थियो।
स्याङ्जादेखि मुम्बईसम्म तुलसीको यात्रा घुमाउरो रहयो। उनको लक्ष्य ६ वर्षअघिसम्म होटल म्यानेजमेन्टमा जम्ने थियो। जिल्लामा केही समय पत्रकारिता गरेपछि उनी सन् २००४ मा होटल म्यानेजमेन्ट पढ्न साइप्रस हिँडेका थिए। तर, दलालले दुबई र थाइल्यान्डमै अल्मलाई सात लाख ठगेर बेपत्ता भए। ठगिएर गाउँ फर्किने हिम्मत उनलाई भएन। हानिए मुम्बई।
साइप्रसमा सैद्धान्तिक शिक्षा लिन नपाएको झोकमा उनले मुम्बईमा प्राक्टिकल करियर सुरु गरे, एउटा इन्डियन रेस्टुरेन्टमा क्लिनर ब्वाइको रूपमा। उनको गाउँको एउटा मान्छे गोरेगाउँको उक्त रेस्टुरेन्टमा भान्छे थिए। त्यसैले उनको बन्दोबस्त भएको थियो।१७ सय भारु तलबमा टेबुल पुछ्ने काम उनलाई बाध्यताले 'रमाइलै' लाग्यो।
सफासुग्घरी बन्ने जागिर पाएको एक हप्तापछि मालिकले उनलाई 'पढेको मान्छे रहेछौ' भन्दै किचन सुपरभाइजरमा प्रोमोसन गरिदिए। 'त्यो पदको काम के हो, सुरुमा थाहा थिएन,' तुलसीले भने, 'पछि पो थाहा भो, वेटरले अर्डर लिएको कागज किचनको ‰यालमा बुझाइदिनु पर्ने रहेछ।'
तर, त्यो काममा उनी धेरै अल्भि्कनु परेन। मुम्बईमा छापिने पत्रिका 'नेपाल न्युज' र 'नेपाल सन्देश'बाट उनलाई कामको प्रस्ताव आयो। उनको रोजाइमा 'नेपाल सन्देश' साप्ताहिक पर्‍यो, जहाँ उनले ६ महिना लगातार काम गरे।
पत्रिकाको जागिरबाट पैसा कमाउन नसकेपछि उनले मनोरञ्जन दुनियाँमा हाम फाल्ने हिम्मत गरे। पुराना कलाकार धीरज कुमारको कम्पनी क्रियटिभ आईका साउन्ड रिकर्डिस्ट नेपालका सन्तकुमार पाल्पाली थिए। उनकै भनसुनमा तुलसीले कम्पनीको सिरियल 'रुबी डुबी हबदब'को निर्देशन समूहमा बिना पारिश्रमिक 'ले म्यान'को काम थाले। सहारा वानमा प्रसारण हुने उक्त सिरियलमा उनले तीनचार महिना अनुभव बटुले।
त्यसपछि सोनाली बेन्द्रेको कम्पनी रोज मुभिजको सिरियल 'गन्स एन्ड रोजेज'मा उनले ६ हजार मासिकमा चौथो सहायक निर्देशकको जिम्मेवारी पाए। सिरियलका नेपाली मुख्य सहायक निर्देशक लोकनाथ पाण्डेको सदासयले उनको बढुवा भएको थियो। सिरियल स्टार वानमा प्रसारण हुन्थ्यो।
युटिभीको सिरियल 'हिरो'मा उनले थप खुड्किलो चढे र दोस्रो सहायक निर्देशक बने। केही महिनामा सिरियल सकिएपछि उनी खाली हात बस्नुपर्‍यो। त्यो अवधिमा उनलाई बालाजी फिल्मस्का पोस्ट प्रोडक्सन हेड रविजी भट्टराईले सम्पादन सिक्ने अवसर जुटाइदिए। बालाजीको सिरियल 'के स्ट्रिट पाली हिल' सिरियलमा काम गर्दै सम्पादन सिके उनले। ३-४ महिना काम सिक्दा उनले पत्रिकाको जागिरबाट गुजारा चलाए।
केही महिना सम्पादनमा हात बसेपछि उनी फेरि फर्किए सोनालीको कम्पनी रोज मुभिजमा। सन् २००७ मा उनले त्यहाँ मासिक ६ हजारको सहायक सम्पादकको जागिर पाए। 'टि्वंकल ब्युटिपार्लर', 'रिमिक्स' र 'इन्डिया कलिङ' सिरियलमा उनी सहायक सम्पादक थिए।
लगत्तै अर्को एक कम्पनीको 'जब लभ हुवा' सिरियलमा अनलाइन सम्पादक र मिक्सरको काम उनले पाए। निक च्यानलको 'द मुन्नाभाई शो' र जुम टिभीको 'पपकर्न न्युज'मा समेत केही महिना उनको जिम्मेवारी सहायक सम्पादकको थियो।
सोनीबाट सन् २००८ मा प्रसारण भएको 'आइडिया लाइफ बन जाए'बाट 'लाइफ बनाउने'मा उनी पनि एक थिए। त्यही कार्यक्रमबाट उनले स्वतन्त्र सम्पादकको पहिचान बनाउन पाए। उनको तलब मासिक २० हजार भारु थियो। त्यसपछि उनले विश्राम लिनु परेन। कमेडी सर्कस, झुम इन्डिया झुम, त्रे्कजी किया रे, बाथरुम सिंगर जस्ता टिभी कार्यक्रममा व्यस्त भए।
यो बीचमा बालाजी प्रोडक्सनले पनि उनलाई जागिर दियो। बालाजीले बनाएका 'कौन जितेगा बलिउड का टिकट' र 'कभी कभी प्यार कभी कभी यार' रियालिटी शोको सम्पादन उनले गरेका थिए। 'जहाँ काम सिकियो त्यहीँ जागिर पाउँदा निकै खुसी लागेको थियो,' लोटस पार्कको पोडियमबाट नजिकै रहेको बालाजी फिल्मस्को भवनतिर आँखा तन्काउँदै उनले भने, 'म योग्य सम्पादक हुँ भन्ने प्रमाण थियो त्यो जिम्मेवारी।'
सन् २००९ मा उनको कमाइ निकै आकर्षक रहयो। रियल च्यानलका लागि बनाइएको 'सरकार की दुनियाँ' कार्यक्रमको सुटिङ र सम्पादन गर्न उनी पाँच महिना मासिक ६५ हजार लिई कर्नाटकमै बसे। सम्पादन पनि राम्रो कमाइ गर्ने पेशा हो भन्ने उनलाई लाग्दै गयो।
डान्स प्रिमियर लिग, राज पिछले जन्म का, किचन च्याम्पियन, ड्रिम राइडर, गिनिज वर्ल्ड रेकर्डस्, मा एक्सचेन्ज जस्ता रियालिटी शोसँग उनको नाम जोडियो। 'यी काम गर्दै जाँदा हामी १० जना सम्पादकको एउटा समूह बन्यो,' तुलसीले अवगत गराए, 'यो समूह बिग सिनर्जीका मालिक सिद्धार्थ वासुले स्थापना गर्नुभएको हो।' अहिले तुलसीको आम्दानी मासिक एक लाखको हाराहारीमा उक्लिएको छ।
'मेकिङ अफ रा वन'मा केही दिन काम गरेका उनी केही हप्तापछि 'झलक दिखला जा'को सम्पादनमा लाग्नेछन् भने त्यसपछि 'कौन बनेगा करोडपति'को छैटौं सिजन सुरु हुने पक्का भइसकेको छ। यसअघि 'मेकिङ अफ राजनीति'मा पनि उनको सम्पादन थियो।
स्याङ्जाको पकवादी गाविसमा जन्मिएका तुलसीलाई हिन्दी भाषा आउँदैनथ्यो। 'हिन्दी फिल्म वा कार्यक्रम केही पनि नहेरेको म गाउँको मान्छे, कहाँ हिन्दी आउँथ्यो र,' बताउने उनले मुम्बई पुगेरै हिन्दी सिकेका हुन्। मुम्बईमा होटलको काम गरेको कुरा लुकाउँदै उनी सम्पादक बनेपछि मात्र गाउँ फर्के।
आम्दानी भए पनि उनलाई अहिलेको जीवनशैली पूरै मेकानिकल लाग्छ। 'सबै एउटा रुटिनमा चल्छ,' उनको योजना छ, 'क्रियटिभ काम गर्ने पछिको योजना छ, त्यो भनेको फिल्म निर्देशन नै हो।' तर, त्योभन्दा अघि नेपालमा केही व्यवसायमा हात हाल्ने चाहना छ। मलाडस्थित इनअर्बिट मलको म्याकडोनाल्डमा आइसक्रिम खाँदै उनले भने, 'तर त्यसो गर्न ठन्डा दिमागले सोच्नुपर्छ।'
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Monday, December 20, 2010

US set to adopt new internet rules

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
  NGAWANG TENJI SHERPA ,WASHINGTON, Dec 21: New rules aimed at prohibiting broadband providers from becoming gatekeepers of Internet traffic now have just enough votes to pass the Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday.

The rules would prohibit phone and cable companies from abusing their control over broadband connections to discriminate against rival content or services, such as Internet phone calls or online video, or play favorites with Web traffic.


FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski now has the three votes needed for approval, despite firm opposition from the two Republicans on the five-member commission. Genachowski´s two fellow Democrats said Monday they will vote for the rules, even though they consider them too weak.

The outcome caps a nearly-16-month push by Genachowski to pass "network neutrality" rules and marks a key turning point in a policy dispute that began more than five years ago.

"The open Internet is a crucial American marketplace, and I believe that it is appropriate for the FCC to safeguard it by adopting an order that will establish clear rules to protect consumers´ access," Commissioner Mignon Clyburn, a Democrat, said in a statement.

Yet many supporters of network neutrality are disappointed. Clyburn and the other Democrat, Michael Copps, both said the rules are not as strong as they would like, even after Genachowski made some changes to address their concerns.

That sentiment was echoed by some public interest groups on Tuesday.

"The actions by the Federal Communications Commission fall far short of what they could have been," said Gigi Sohn, president of Public Knowledge. "Instead of strong, firm rules providing clear protections, the commission, created a vague and shifting landscape open to interpretation."

A number of big Internet companies, including Netflix Inc., Skype and Amazon.com Inc., have previously expressed reservations about the proposal as well.

Meanwhile, even the weakened rules are likely to face intense scrutiny as soon as the Republicans take over the House next year.

The chairman´s proposal builds on an attempt at compromise crafted by outgoing House Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman, D-Calif., as well as a set of broad net neutrality principles first established by the FCC under the previous administration in 2005.

The rules would require broadband providers to let subscribers access all legal online content, applications and services over their wired networks — including online calling services, Internet video and other Web applications that compete with their core businesses.

But the plan would give broadband providers flexibility to manage data on their systems to deal with problems such as network congestion and unwanted traffic like spam as long as they publicly disclose their network management practices.

Senior FCC officials stressed that unreasonable network discrimination would be prohibited.

They also noted that this category would most likely include services that favor traffic from the broadband providers themselves or traffic from business partners that can pay for priority. That language was added to help ease the concerns of Genachowski´s two fellow Deomcrats.

The proposal would, however, leave the door open for broadband providers to experiment with routing traffic from specialized services such as smart grids and home security systems over dedicated networks as long as these services are separate from the public Internet.

Public interest groups fear that exception could lead to a two-tiered Internet with a fast lane for companies that can pay for priority and a slow lane for everyone else.

They are also worried that the proposal lacks strong protections for wireless networks as more Americans go online using mobile devices.

The plan would prohibit wireless carriers from blocking access to any websites or competing applications such as Internet calling services on mobile devices. It would require them to disclose their network management practices too.

But wireless companies would get more flexibility to manage data traffic as wireless systems have more bandwidth constraints than wired networks.

"Individuals who depend on wireless connections to the Internet can take no comfort in this half-measure," said Joel Kelsey, political advisor for the public interest group Free Press.

Republicans, meanwhile, warn that the new rules would impose unnecessary regulations on an industry that is one of the few bright spots in the current economy, with phone and cable companies spending billions to upgrade their networks for broadband.

Burdensome net neutrality rules, they warn, would discourage broadband providers from continuing those upgrades by making it difficult for them to earn a healthy return on their investments.

Still, Genachowski´s proposal is likely to win the support of the big phone and cable companies because it leaves in place the FCC´s current regulatory framework for broadband, which treats broadband as a lightly regulated "information service."

The agency had tried to come up with a new framework after a federal appeals court in April ruled that the FCC had overstepped its existing authority in sanctioning Comcast Corp. for discriminating against online file-sharing traffic on its network — violating the very net neutrality principles that underpin the new rules. Comcast argued that the service, which was used to trade movies and other big files over the Internet, was clogging its network.

To ensure that the commission would be on solid legal ground in adopting net neutrality rules and other broadband regulations following that decision, Genachowski had proposed redefining broadband as a telecommunications service subject to "common carrier" obligations to treat all traffic equally. But Genachowski backed down after strong opposition from the phone and cable companies, as well as many Republicans in Congress.

Monday, September 27, 2010

Nepal presents sorry picture of RTI implementation

KRISHNA SAPKOTA/RSS
KATHMANDU, Sept 28: When the world is observing Tuesday at the International Right to Know Day, Nepal presents a sorry picture on information access despite the efforts of judiciary and civil society to guarantee right to information to citizens. Every citizen is entitled to seek and receive information held by the public bodies since it is enshrined as a fundamental right in the Interim Constitution, 2007.

Despite being guaranteed since the adoption of the 1990 Constitution, freedom of information was only given effect in July 2007 with the adoption of the Right to Information (RTI) Act 2007. The Parliament of Nepal passed the Act 38 months ago to give effect to the people’s fundamental right to seek, receive and impart information on any matters of public importance held by public agencies.
"Every citizen shall have the right to demand or obtain information on any matters of his/her own or of public importance […]", stated the Article 27 of the Interim Constitution, adopted by the House of Representatives in January 2007.
"The existing RTI Act is the outcome of approximately one-and-half decades of the movement for RTI in Nepal spearheaded by civil society organizations since 1990", said RTI activist Tara Nath Dahal.
Dahal added that media fraternity and civil society organizations had started a nationwide advocacy campaign with the understanding that effective RTI laws and its enforcement could strengthen freedom of expression and press enhancing the media´s role in creating an informed citizenry, empowering democracy and fostering good governance in the country.
The judiciary also played significant role in the interpretation of the fundamental right to information and the development of RTI jurisprudence. In the first public interest litigation on the Mahakali River on the Nepal-India border, the Supreme Court (SC) had issued order to make public the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) inked between the Prime Ministers of both nations on this issue.
The second case was related to the comprehensive feasibility study carried out for the implementation of a hydropower project on the Arun River in Eastern Nepal where details of the study and the project were sought by citizens in public interest. In 1993, the SC gave a verdict that the government was to disclose all information in this matter. In the same judgment, the SC described the importance of RTI and directed the government to enact RTI law as soon as possible.
"The government formed a taskforce to draft a Bill on right to information after the Interim Constitution 2007 guaranteed this right as a fundamental right for the second time," informed former Secretary of the Judicial Council, Kashi Raj Dahal. Dahal had led the seven-member taskforce at the moment.
The parliament endorsed the draft produced by the taskforce with amendments on 18 July 2007 but the Act came in force on 19 August 2007 after 31 days of endorsement. The National Information Commission provided for by the RTI Law was established on 4 June 2008.
Advocate Rishi Ram Ghimire added: "It is the stark reality of Nepal that all issues have been relegated to the backburner with most attention being paid to constitution-making and securing a stable and secure post-conflict governance environment. Hence, the RTI has been overshadowed by a focus on other issues."
Contrary to the view, Kedar Khadka of Pro-Public accused the government of failing to demonstrate strong commitment to utilize RTI as a weapon to improve good governance and enhance people´s participation in development process. "High political will is a must to cut through every hassle and hurdle in the implementation of RTI. Alleging the circumstance is merely escaping the problem", he asserted.
"Until and unless political leadership and senior government officials are committed, the right cannot be ensured effectively", says Binaya Kasajoo, Chief Commissioner of the National Information Commission (NIC).
NIC has a significant role to implement, promote and monitor the RTI laws, but the Commission has not made noteworthy progress towards that end.
“It is a very disappointing situation that people are still not aware that information held by public bodies could be received on demand. No government mechanism is looking into the enforcement and monitoring of the RTI implementation” added Dahal.
The civil society has failed to massively engage citizens whether that is in creating public awareness or in seeking information. "Civil society organizations and media should work hand in hand to create a critical mass cautioning the sides concerned to bring the RTI Act and laws into enforcement", stressed development expert Basu Dev Neupane.
In this context, the world is observing September 28 as international "Right to Know Day". The aim of the Day is to raise awareness of every individual´s right on access to government-held information: the right to know how elected officials are exercising power and how the tax-payers´ money is being spent.
Nepal presents a sorry picture to that connection and so the situation calls for the high political commitment on the part of the state to expedite RTI as a national campaign and for proactive role of the civil society organizations to strengthen demand side and to goad the supply side to enable an environment congenial for RTI.