How to make indian sweet mysurpa?

Gram Flour - 1 Cup
Sugar  - 2 Cups
Ghee - 3 Cups

Preparation:
1. Roast the gram flour in low flame without any lumps and keep it aside.
2. Dissolve the sugar in 2 cups of water and make a sugar syrup.
3. Sprinkle some gram flour in sugar syrup and stir well.
4. Add a little amount of ghee in it and stir well.
5. Repeat sprinkling the gram flour and ghee alternatively till it gets over.
6. Stir the mixture till it reaches the boiling point.
7. Apply  a thin layer of ghee on a plate and pour the contenets into it.
8. Allow it to cool for 10-15 minutes and then cut in to pieces in required sizes before it gets completely cool down.
9. Serve it when it gets cool.
Note: Use of fresh hot ghee gives good taste.

Sugar syrup preparation:
1. Dissolve 2 cup of sugar in 2 cups of water and heat in low flame.
2. Stir well until it becomes slightly greasy.
3. Take a cup of water and pour a drop of sugar syrup into it.
4. The drop of sugar syrup should become a greasy ball (It must not dissolve in water) and it should sink in the water.

IELTS | Test Takers - How do I prepare?

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There’s a range of materials to help you prepare for your IELTS test.

Firstly, download the free Information for Candidates booklet (PDF, 935KB) which provides an explanation of the test.

Sample questions online

Try some free sample questions online. These sample questions will give you an idea of what to expect in the Reading, Writing and Speaking modules.

IELTS preparation courses

Some IELTS centres have workshops to help you prepare for your test. Talk to your local IELTS test centre for details. Preparation courses may also be offered by language schools in your country.
                                                      

Official IELTS Practice Materials

IELTS has official practice materials to help you understand the format of the test and the types of questions. There are two volumes of the Official IELTS Practice Materials:

• Vol. 1 Official IELTS Practice Materials (with CD)            
• Vol. 2 Official IELTS Practice Materials (with DVD)

Both volumes of the practice material offer samples of the Reading, Listening, Writing and Speaking modules with sample answers and Examiner comments. The CD in Vol. 1 offers samples of the Listening test and the DVD in Vol. 2 shows candidates taking the Speaking test.

The Official IELTS Practice Materials Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 are the only IELTS practice materials endorsed by the IELTS partners. You can order your Official IELTS Practice Materials in one of three ways: 

Official IELTS Practice Materials

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IELTS has official practice materials to help you understand the format of the test and the types of questions.

There are two volumes of the Official IELTS Practice Materials:

• Vol. 1 Official IELTS Practice Materials (with CD)            
• Vol. 2 Official IELTS Practice Materials (with DVD)

Both volumes of the practice material offer samples of the Reading, Listening, Writing and Speaking modules with sample answers and Examiner comments. The CD in Vol. 1 offers samples of the Listening test and the DVD in Vol. 2 shows candidates taking the Speaking test.

The Official IELTS Practice Materials Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 are the only IELTS practice materials endorsed by the IELTS partners. You can order your Official IELTS Practice Materials in one of three ways:  

• place an order online from IELTS in Australia (XLS, 1.6MB)
• place an order online from IELTS in the UK
• You can also purchase practice materials through your local test centre.

IELTS - International English Language Testing System

What is IELTS?
IELTS, the International English Language Testing System, is designed to assess the language ability of candidates who need to study or work where English is the language of communication.

IELTS is jointly managed by the University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations (Cambridge ESOL), British Council and IDP: IELTS Australia. IELTS conforms to the highest international standards of language assessment.

IELTS is recognised by universities and employers in many countries, including Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK and the USA. It is also recognised by professional bodies, immigration authorities and other government agencies.

Note: This website is NOT the same or connected or associated with any of the IELTS Test Partners. If you want to prepare yourself for IELTS exam, you are in the right place! But if you are looking for information about registering for the IELTS, test dates or test fees, visit the official IELTS website,

Where can I take IELTS?
More than 400 test centers around the world administer IELTS. Most test centers are run by the British Council, IELTS Australia, or universities and language schools. Some testing centers also offer off-site testing for large groups by prior arrangement with IELTS. Contact your local examination center or visit www.iefts.org to find out where the nearest IELTS test center is located.

Where can I find information about registering for the test?
You can contact your nearest examination center or visit the official IELTS website for more information about application procedures and the location of a test center near you.

The Test Format
There are four sub-tests, or modules, to the IELTS test: Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking. Students must sit all four sub-tests. While all students take the same Listening and Speaking tests, they sit different Reading and Writing tests, depending on whether they have selected the Academic IELTS test or the General Training IELTS test.

On the day of the test, the four subsections will be taken in the following order:

Total Test Time
2 hours 45 minutes

The Speaking test may even take place a day or two later at some centres.

IELTS Listening test lasts for about 30 minutes. It consists of four sections, played on cassette tape, in order of increasing difficulty. Each section might be a dialogue or a monologue. The test is played once only, and the questions for each section must be answered while listening, although time is given for students to check their answers.

IELTS Reading test lasts for 60 minutes. Students are given an Academic Reading test, or a General Training Reading test. Both tests consist of three sections, and in both tests the sections are in order of increasing difficulty.

IELTS Writing test also lasts for 60 minutes. Again, students take either an Academic test, or a General Training test. Students must perform two writing tasks, which require different styles of writing. There is no choice of question topics.

IELTS Speaking test consists of a one-to-one interview with a specially trained examiner. The examiner will lead the candidate through the three parts of the test:
An introduction and interview, an individual long turn where the candidate speaks for one or two minutes on a particular topic, and a two-way discussion thematically linked to the individual long turn. This interview will last for approximately 11-14 minutes.

SC ordered Union Government to bring MGNREGS's wage rates on par with minimum wages

Supreme Court ordered Union government to bring wages under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) on par with minimum wages existing under different States. The order was passed by the SC on 11 July 2014.
The decision was given by the SC bench of Justice S J Mukhopadhaya and Justice S A Bobde. The bench directed that wage under the scheme cannot be less than the minimum wage fixed by the State government for agricultural labourers. The bench also asked the Union government to pay arrears to workers who had been paid less.
The bench issued the direction while hearing an appeal filed by the Union government against a Karnataka High Court order which on 23 September 2011 had held the wage under the scheme cannot be less than the minimum wage.
Earlier, the SC had questioned the Union government for paying fewer wages. It said that MGNREGS is a beneficiary legislation so there cannot be difference between minimum wages and the wage paid under the MGNREGS.
The wage rate under the MGNREGS, which varied between 118 rupees and 181 rupees from State to State, was less than the notified minimum daily pay in six States. But in 14 States the wages under rural job scheme was higher than the minimum wage.
About Minimum Wages Act, 1948
In India, the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 provides for fixation and enforcement of minimum wages in respect of scheduled employments.

Post recovery of four bodies from River Beki, tensions rise in Assam’s Baksa district

River Beki in Baksa district of Assam was in news due to recovery of four kidnapped bodies on 13 July 2014. The bodies recovered were those of lemon traders from Baksa district who were kidnapped by suspected National Democratic Front of Bodoland – Songbijit (NDFB – S) militants.
The recovery of bodies led to mob protesting and imposition of indefinite curfew in Salabari sub-division and Anand Bazar area of the Baksa district. As a result, Deputy Commissioner of Baksa district Vinod Seshan has called in the Army and kept it on stand-by.
Earlier in May 2014, 50 people were killed in Baksa and Kokrajhar in Bodoland Territorial Area Districts by suspected Bodoland Peoples Front-supported militants.

Sim Bhullar became first Indian-origin basketball player to join NBA

Sim Bhullar became the first basketball player of Indian origin to join the National Basketball Association (NBA). He signed a summer contract in second week of July 2014 with the Sacramento Kings, a professional basketball team in the US.
In 2013, the Sacramento Kings became the NBA's first team to have an Indian-origin majority owner -- Vivek Ranadive.
Since taking over the reins of the Kings, which was lying low in recent years due to less winning percentages and declining ticket sales, Ranadive has transformed the organisation into one of the better ones in the league.
About Sim Bhullar

• He is originally from Canada and his parents are from Punjab.
• Bhullar, aged 21, is 7.5 feet tall and weighs 360 pounds. He is a centre from New Mexico State University.
• He made everyone took note of him in college as he averaged 10.4 points, 7.8 rebounds and 3.4 blocks per game in his two-year career with the Aggies.
• His younger brother Tanveer, who is 7.2 feet, also plays college basketball at New Mexico State.