Sentences with phrase «national mission on»

The Indian National Mission on Biodiesel may have been quietly shelved recently, but that doesn't mean that state governments aren't continuing forward with their plans to cultivate Jatropha for biodiesel.

Citing concerns about rising global grain prices, as well as potential land - grabs by large energy firms, a groups of Indian ministers has quietly shelved the National Mission on Biodiesel, The Economic Times reports.

Aakash world's cheapest internet device was conceived under the Human Resources and Development Ministry's National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (NME - ICT) to provide students a device that could be used as an Ebook reader, to access online streaming course material and web based research.

The National Mission on Libraries — as the scheme has been termed — also entails the creation of the National Virtual Library of India which will act as a comprehensive collection of information generated within the country.

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He is former director of research for the National Commission on Space and co-author of Buzz Aldrin's new book, «Mission to Mars - My Vision for Space Exploration,» published by National Geographic.

«The situation will not affect the mission's launch readiness date of July 17, 2020,» the National Aeronautics and Space Administration said in a statement, issued late on Thursday.

Falcon Heavy is a large, reusable launch vehicle that will allow the closely held company to bid on heavier payloads than it can with its Falcon 9, such as big commercial satellites and national security missions.

GoldieBox, a toy company on a mission to get girls excited about engineering, won a national competition sponsored by Intuit and will be featured in a 30 - second commercial during the Super Bowl.

The Pentagon's mission is national security, Kendall writes, not earning gold stars for staying on schedule and budget.

Months - long testing of the system began in November at the energy department's Nevada National Security Site, with an eye toward providing energy for future human and robotic missions in space and on the surface of Mars, the moon or other solar system destinations.

Air national guard C - 130 cargo plane was on a training mission and the cause of the crash wasn't immediately known

FAIR Canada (Canadian Foundation for Advancement of Investor Rights) The mission of FAIR Canada is to be a national voice for investors on securities regulation and a catalyst for enhancement of the rights of Canadian shareholders and retail investors.

The stinging criticism came from members of the nonprofit National Nurses United, speaking on Capitol Hill with Democratic members of Congress after a two - week humanitarian mission to Puerto Rico.

The needed infrastructural investments could be made, the national airline could offer reduced rates for stays of over one week, trade missions could multiply their efforts, and so on.

Hospitals, in particular, were mission products, as were a wider range of health - care, and social - service institutions, In many — perhaps most — of the developing nations, the missions provided the base on which national programs aimed at social welfare have been built.

CNN reports that the military was serving on an «advise and assist» mission with the Somali National Army helping them with their ground forces, according to a United States defense official.

He has been a teaching fellow at Princeton Theological Seminary, an international consultant to the Commission on Ecumenical Missions and Relations, National Board of Missions, of the United Presbyterian Church (USA), and is founder and Director of the Christian Center for Asian Studies, and Director of the Doctor of Ministries Studies, a joint program with San Francisco Theological Seminary.

Because of the air of celebration about the proceedings, which featured upbeat multimedia reports of progress from each of the world divisions and a final mission pageant with delegates in national costume, the session tended to focus on encouraging news rather than to address worrisome issues.

The evidence for this phenomenon is incontestable: the influx of non «SBC evangelical scholars into Baptist seminaries; the changing of the name of the Baptist Sunday School Board to the more generic LifeWay Christian Resources; the presence and high profile of non «Baptist leaders on SBC platforms, e.g., the closing message at the 1998 SBC delivered by Dr. James Dobson, a Nazarene; the aggressive participation of the SBC's Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission as an advocate for the conservative side of the culture wars conflict; new patterns of cooperation between SBC mission boards and evangelical ministries such as Promise Keepers, Campus Crusade for Christ, the National Association of Evangelicals, Prison Fellowship, and World Vision.

Boosted Fuel Efficiency Standards Coordinated International Response to Financial Crisis Passed Mini Stimuli Began Asia «Pivot Increased Support for Veterans Tightened Sanctions on Iran Created Conditions to Begin Closing Dirtiest Power Plants Passed Credit Card Reforms Eliminated Catch - 22 in Pay Equality Laws Improved Food Safety System Expanded National Service Expanded Wilderness and Watershed Protection Gave the FDA Power to Regulate Tobacco Pushed Federal Agencies to Be Green Leaders Let Space Shuttle Die and Killed Planned Moon Mission Improved School Nutrition Expanded Hate Crimes Protections Brokered Agreement for Speedy Compensation to Victims of Gulf Oil Spill Pushed Broadband Coverage Expanded Health Coverage for Children Helped South Sudan Declare Independence Killed the F - 22

This was done because, in return for supporting and protecting mission work, imperial powers depended on Christians in the colonies to support them against national «hostilities».

In such a situation local groups ready to move together quickly for the sake of mission could do so; already - developed structures and organs (such as the National Council of Churches» Commission on Regional and Local Ecumenism) could be utilized and built upon; those no longer useful could be let go.

In terms of handing on a revealed, incarnational, religion and its «saving truths» the National Project as presently constructed is not «fit for purpose» and thus certainly not «fit for mission».

Over this summer, CMS is seeking to start a national conversation on mission by launching a major listening exercise to ask what «Mission Is&mission by launching a major listening exercise to ask what «Mission Is&Mission Is».

Since then, she has worked with national speaker and consultant Rev. Dr. Brenda Salter McNeil, earned a Masters in Social Justice, and directed a short - term missions site on the west - side of Chicago, where she created interactive opportunities for young people to engage issues of poverty, injustice and race.

In an interview with National Public Radio, Torpy voiced his opinion that it is inappropriate for military personnel to pray with fellow soldiers before going out on missions.

While funding of regional, national and international mission activity varies among denominations, most rely heavily on asking individuals to set aside a portion of their income for their congregation, which in turn is encouraged to forward a portion to the denomination's mission fund.

- The report of the «International Conference on Mission and Unity,» organised by the National Council of Churches in India and the Gurukul Lutheran Theological College, Chennai, between February 27th and March 1st, 1999, is found in International Review of Mission, Vol.

The commission established by the National Assembly, the «Mission of Inquiry on the Family and the Rights of Children» (usually referred to as the Pécresse Commission, after its rapporteure) reported in 2006 that

I have attended several meetings at which national leaders and mission board executives tried to find ways to make the national churches less dependent on their parent churches abroad.

In such cases the volunteers themselves should take on the responsibility of soliciting orientation materials, reading articles on cross-cultural adaptation, and getting in touch with consultants from national or regional mission agencies, missionaries on home assignment or in retirement, and experienced volunteers.

However, much of the funding that used to be channeled to national churches through mission boards is now being spent by local churches and judicatories on their own hands - on mission projects.

Dr Rachel Jordan, national mission and evangelism adviser for the Church of England, said: «The aim was to gather key Christian leaders to focus on evangelism; to understand the current trends in our population with regard to Christian faith and to commit to prayer and action together to help many more people become followers of Jesus.»

The Western Protestant experience, which included church splits and the formation of new denominations on the basis of national, ethnic and class differences — as well as differences of doctrine, sacramental practice and biblical interpretation — had been exported to the mission fields, where many of these differences seemed to be of even less enduring significance than they were at home.

Throughout the history of evangelicalism, there has been a paradoxical tension between the Church as a sectarian enclave on the one hand, and the Church as the body and bride of the undivided Christ on the other» just as there has been a tension between being an alienated outsider and a quintessential American, and a tension between global mission and national revival on the one hand and a turned - in - on - itself piety and exclusivism on the other.

In November 1982, an ecumenical conference on the theme, Baptism and Conversion in the Context of Mission in India, was organized by the National Council of Churches in India.

In tune with the national mission of transforming India as the skill capital of the world, Mysuru - based CSIR - Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI) is gearing up to conduct a programme on microbial food safety, which commences on May 28, 2018.

Additionally, the initiative includes two national partnerships focused on veteran hiring and career readiness with Hiring Our Heroes and The Mission Continues.

I have been craving cheesecake ever since national cheesecake day so was set out on a mission.

Gerry Fernandez, founder and president of the Multicultural Foodservice & Hospitality Alliance, an organization whose mission is to educate and advise foodservice companies on matters of diversity, said Starbucks responded to the crisis well, noting that the chain's national prominence presents an opportunity to open a discussion about larger issues at play.

IHOP ® is on a mission to raise $ 2.7 million for Children's Miracle Network Hospitals and other local charities with its National Pancake Day celebration, set for Tuesday, February 28, and they are making it easier than ever for their guests to participate with an online giving option and a month - long bounce - back balloon sales offer.

«Joe has made it a personal mission to elevate Chinatown Vegas on a national scale» Las Vegas food critic, John Curtas wrote in Eating Las Vegas.

He, along with other coaches and the Football Association of Wales, took on the mission of revamping the entire national team system.

Philadelphia Union's Fafa Picault aiming to be «great,» earn USMNT recall For the Philadelphia Union speedster, helping his team win is certainly the primary mission but boosting his own stock nationally and re-emerging on the US national team radar is also never far from his mind.

When the non-profit 501 (c)(3) National Youth Sports Safety Foundation (NYSSF) was formed in 1989, its mission was to provide information on the prevention of youth sports injuries.

She has appeared on several episodes of HGTV's series, Mission: Organization, and her organizing tips have appeared in national publications such as Family Fun, Parents, and Women's Health magazines.

As a result of my recent efforts to end the use of LFTB in USDA - procured beef for the National School Lunch Program, I've been chosen as one of eight finalists for Healthy Child Healthy World's 2012 Mom on a Mission campaign.

Their mission is to get the evidence from national guidelines and medical literature into the hands of parents, professionals, and providers — to make VBAC accessible to more people based on actual facts, quality information, and current research, rather than conventional wisdom based on myths and misperceptions.

Nearly 20 years ago I traveled to El Salvador on a relief mission with the New Jersey Air National Guard.

His admission comes amid international outrage at allegations that 35 world leaders were spied on, as well as claims that the National Security Agency monitored servers at nine internet companies, accessed 70 million records in France and spied on 35 embassies and missions.