EC seeks changes in law on funding of political parties

The Election Commission has written to the government suggesting amendments to the election law to make it mandatory for political parties to declare monetary contributions received from foreign companies and government bodies.

Official sources said the EC wrote to the Law Ministry recently to revise the format of reporting of monetary contributions that are declared by political parties in ‘Form 24 A’ under section 29 of the Representation of People Act.

Person in News :Nobel prize winners 2012

Physics:

Serge Haroche: Serge Haroche (born 11 September 1944) is a French physicist who was awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize for Physics jointly with David J. Wineland for "ground-breaking experimental methods that enable measuring and manipulation of individual quantum systems", a study about the light particles, the photons. Since 2001, Haroche is a Professor at the Collège de France and holds the Chair of Quantum Physics.

David J. Wineland : David Jeffrey Wineland (born February 24, 1944) is an American Nobel Prize-winning physicist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) physics laboratory and the University of Colorado at Boulder. His work has included advances in optics, specifically laser cooling of ions in Paul traps and use of trapped ions to implement quantum computing operations. He was awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize for Physics, jointly with Serge Haroche, for “ground-breaking experimental methods that enable measuring and manipulation of individual quantum systems”, a study about the light particles, the photons.