http://www.globalgoodnews.com/global-news.html Good News From Around The World en-us Copyright Global Good News(sm) Service 2004 rss-feeds@globalgoodnews.com Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:04:11 EST Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:04:11 EST GlobalGoodNews.com In house http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss/ http://www.globalgoodnews.com/business-news-a.html?art=126862204755370290 China's economy is likely to expand more than 9 per cent this year, a government researcher said in remarks published on Monday. Lu Zhongyuan, deputy director of the Development Research Centre, a think-tank under the State Council, China's cabinet, said gross domestic product growth could top 10 per cent if the global economy enjoyed a much stronger recovery. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.globalgoodnews.com/education-news-a.html?art=126867437256679400 The cabinet on Monday approved a proposal to allow foreign universities to set up campuses, a minister said, in a move that could reduce the flow of Indian students abroad. The long-standing proposal to reform the education sector will now go to parliament for ratification. The demand for graduates over the next five years is likely to be 13.8 million, analysts have estimated. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.globalgoodnews.com/business-news-a.html?art=126866572456421481 Top Japanese carmakers Toyota and Nissan helped set up a group to standardize fast-charge stations for electric cars on Monday in a bid to promote the spread of the zero-emission vehicles. Forming a common 'language' for fast-charging electric cars across various brands would save development costs for carmakers and ancillary industries, said the group, called CHAdeMO. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.globalgoodnews.com/business-news-a.html?art=126867631856737852 Portuguese builder Mota-Engil reported a 135 per cent jump in 2009 net profit to 71.7 million euros ($98.6 million). Mota, Portugal's top construction firm, said on Monday revenue had risen 14 per cent to 2.13 billion euros in 2009, boosted by strong growth in Portugal and Angola. For 2010, Mota said it sees mid single-digit revenue growth and stable margins in its construction business. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.globalgoodnews.com/health-news-a.html?art=126867718256793771 Russia's top public health official called on Sunday for a ban on retail sales of alcohol after 9 pm as part of a Kremlin-led campaign to crack down on alcohol abuse, state-run news agency RIA reported. President Dmitry Medvedev last year ordered tough measures to curb alcohol abuse. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.globalgoodnews.com/health-news-a.html?art=126867164056567666 Health Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, launched the HSRC (Human Science Research Council) Centre for the Study of the Social and Environmental Determinants of Nutrition in Cape Town on Monday. Amongst other goals, the new facility will undertake innovative and collaborative research into the social and environmental factors of nutrition which will lead to the global improvement of nutrition knowledge and nutritional status. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.globalgoodnews.com/business-news-a.html?art=126837325849256528 The Canadian economy boomed back in the fourth quarter of last year, with real gross domestic product (GDP) growing at an annual rate of five per cent. Canadian consumer confidence rose in February on optimism about the economic recovery. International students are flocking to Canada in record numbers -- almost doubling in the last decade, and the University of British Columbia constructing one of world's greenest buildings. For details on these and other Canada news stories including the Olympic Games in Vancouver: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.globalgoodnews.com/business-news-a.html?art=126867547256713414 Fund firms are creating sustainable investment emerging market equity strategies to meet pension fund demand for diversified portfolios with higher corporate governance standards. Demand for sustainable investing and ESG (environment, social, governance) strategies has risen as more institutional investors have signed up to the UN's Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI), which now has 199 asset-owners on board. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.globalgoodnews.com/government-news-a.html?art=126866685156437459 Native Hawaiians are closer than they've ever been to reclaiming a piece of Hawaii. With a final vote pending in the US Senate and Hawaii-born President Barack Obama on their side, the nation's 400,000 Native Hawaiians could earn federal recognition as soon as this month -- and the land, money, and power that comes with it. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.globalgoodnews.com/business-news-a.html?art=126849898652373628 Canada's unemployment rate dropped in February as the economy gained 21,000 jobs. Economists had been expecting a gain of 15,000. Statistics Canada said full-time jobs rose by 60,000 in February while part-time jobs decreased. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.globalgoodnews.com/world-peace-a.html?art=126868087556899122 During a global assembly on 3 March 2010, Dr Bevan Morris, Prime Minister of the Global Country of World Peace, reflected on the historic address of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi on 11 January 2008. Maharishi 'set the perfect example for us of how to function in the world--in that sweetness of simplicity and humility to just do our work with all the light and with all pleasure and with all knowledge, that the future of the world is bright,' Dr Morris said. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.globalgoodnews.com/world-peace-a.html?art=126868010856873461 Legendary folk-rock-pop troubador Donovan will headline a benefit concert for the David Lynch Foundation on Friday, 19 March at the El Rey Theater in Los Angeles, California, USA. The Foundation has provided more than 100,000 scholarships for students to learn the Transcendental Meditation Technique, as well as for prison inmates and guards, formerly homeless men in re-entry programs, soldiers with PTSD returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, and American Indians suffering from diabetes. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.globalgoodnews.com/education-news-a.html?art=126867709456785118 During the recent global Full Moon celebration, the Global Mother Divine Organization celebrated the Foundation for the Development of Consciousness, one of five foundations offering the organization's programmes globally. The primary goal of this foundation is to bring enlightenment to all the women, girls, and mothers of the world through the Transcendental Meditation and Transcendental Meditation Sidhi Programme. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.globalgoodnews.com/world-peace-a.html?art=126848325051949500 During a global assembly on 3 March 2010, Dr Bevan Morris, Prime Minister of the Global Country of World Peace, reflected on Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's steps to ensure that his knowledge and programmes would always be available throughout future generations. On 11 January 2008, Maharishi established the Brahmanand Saraswati Trust to support large permanent groups of Vedic Pandits of India, and through them global peace and invincibility for all time. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.globalgoodnews.com/education-news-a.html?art=126851533252790776 Dr Ashley Deans, Global Ambassador for Consciousness-Based Education, completed a week-long presentation tour in Belgium in February 2010, during which he visited several schools where interest is high in implementing the programme. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.globalgoodnews.com/world-peace-a.html?art=126859987354784807 Throughout Asia, ladies, mothers and girls are enjoying courses and programmes of the Global Mother Divine Organization, which was inaugurated in many countries across the continent during the past year. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.globalgoodnews.com/world-peace-a.html?art=126834123348196697 Raja John Konhaus, Raja (Administrator) of Japan and other countries for the Global Country of World Peace, spoke recently about his profound experience at the Global Capital of World Peace, and the power of silent administration radiating from that central point, the Brahmasthan, of India. The location, and the foundation of the Vedic tradition there, provide the best opportunity for establishing a very strong coherence-creating group for world peace, Raja Konhaus commented. Plans are underway to develop a portion of the campus for international guests who practise the Transcendental Meditation Technique and the advanced Transcendental Meditation-Sidhi Programme. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.globalgoodnews.com/world-peace-a.html?art=126852888653197004 The 13 March 2010 Maharishi Global Family Chat honoured the life of Maha Raj Rajeshwari, the leader of the Global Mother Divine Organization, established in 2007 to inspire and nourish the enlightenment of the mothers and children of the world, and through them, to create invincibility in every nation. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi honoured Maha Raj Rajeshwari as 'Mother of the World Movement'--his worldwide organizations offering Transcendental Meditation and programmes for development of full potential in every area of life. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.globalgoodnews.com/world-peace-a.html?art=126824131245478725 The Prime Minister of the Global Country of World Peace, Dr Bevan Morris, recently reflected on the farewell gift requested by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in January 2008: Maharishi Towers of Invincibility to be built in every nation, to secure permanent global peace and invincibility. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.globalgoodnews.com/health-news-a.html?art=126842070950427377 New steps of progress in health, education, and architecture are being implemented in Lebanon through Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's programmes. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST