India and the World – an Update A bi-weekly News Digest on India’s Foreign Policy
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The emergence of India as a strong economic power is receiving widespread recognition in the region and beyond. Today, it has expanded its footprints and engagement in multiple fields across all continents. Accordingly, India’s foreign policy and international conducts should reflect upon its new global stature. In this backdrop, Ananta Aspen Centre is pleased to launch a new initiative — a bi-weekly digest of all the major news related to India’s Foreign Policy. Our sincere effort is to keep you informed and updated on all the major international developments that have implications on India’s foreign policy. Hope you will benefit from the initiative. We value your feedback, comments and recommendations.
The Growth Net Special [Ananta Centre (formerly part of Aspen Institute India) and Smadja and Smadja group recently convened The Growth Net 2014 in New Delhi from March 23-35. In the three-day conclave, 100 speakers and nearly 300 representatives from over 25 countries, gave a unique insight into the global economic agenda. The discussions culminated with thought leaders from Africa, Latin America, Asia and Europe unanimously sharing their optimism on the growth potential in the developing markets despite the slowdown.] Cyber safety, gender issues India’s top security challenges: Menon India, China Working to Counter Terrorism Threat: NSA Growth Net 2014 ends on an optimistic note for emerging economies Neighbourhood South Asia Pakistan Pakistan seeks good relations with India: envoy Pakistan again seeks US intervention on Kashmir Pakistan postpones MFN status to India citing lack of consensus 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks: Pakistani court adjourns case for the 3rd time Ties with India should move forward holistically: Pakistan
Sri Lanka 116 fishermen reach Karaikal port 50 fishermen injured as Lankan naval personnel attack them India abstains as UNHRC votes for Lanka probe
Nepal Nepal keenly watching Indian polls (Election Special)
Asia Pacific China China’s request for entering Indian waters turned down Xi calls good relations with India his ‘historic mission’
The United States India’s role in Afghanistan very critical: Gen Dunford Arrest warrant issued against Devyani Khobragade in US visa fraud case India welcomes US Congress backing for Sikhs in American military India, Pakistan ties ‘promising but fragile’: US commander
Europe European Union bans Indian mangoes, vegetables due to concerns over pests Black money: India threatens to drag Switzerland to G20 Russia Putin thanks India for its stand on Ukraine Government keen to sign accord with Russia for Unit III, IV of KNPP
Miscellaneous India remains the biggest arms buyer Keep up pace on Security Council reform, India tells Ashe BRIC countries oppose ban on Vladimir Putin attending G20 Summit India committed to world free of nuclear weapons: Khurshid
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Nehru Memorial Museum and Library Events for the week
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Nehru Memorial Museum and Library
Events for the week 31st March to 4th April 2014
Monday, 31st March
Public Lecture (‘Samaj aur Itihas’ series)
‘Darshan ki Shiksha aur uski Prayojniyata’
Prof. Rabindra Ray,
Formerly at University of Delhi, Delhi.
3.00 pm, Seminar Room, Library Building
Tuesday, 1st April
Weekly Seminar
‘Nineteenth-Century Photography and the Idea of the Face’
Dr. N. A. Jacob,
Ramjas College, University of Delhi, Delhi.
3.00 pm, Seminar Room, Library Building
Wednesday, 2nd April
Public Lecture (‘Cities in History’ series)
‘History, Memory and the City:
An urban planner’s view’
Dr. Neema Kudva,
Cornell University, USA.
3.00 pm, Seminar Room, Library Building
Thursday, 3rd April
Public Lecture (‘Science, Society and Nature’ series)
‘Biodiversity and Bioresources:
Through the Evolutionary Glass’
Prof. R. Geeta,
University of Delhi, Delhi.
3.00 pm, Seminar Room, Library Building
Friday, 4th April
Seminar
‘What is ‘Colonial’ about Colonial Medical Care?:
Gender, society and the political economy of health care in India, c. 1840-1920’
Dr. Samiksha Sehrawat,
Newcastle University, UK.
3.00 pm, Seminar Room, Library Building
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URGENT NEED FOR APPOINTING — “INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATIONS AUDITOR”
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URGENT NEED FOR APPOINTING — “INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATIONS AUDITOR” FOR AUDIT OF INVESTIGATIONS CONDUCTED BY INVESTIGATING OFFICERS.
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GATEFORUM students shine in GATE 2014
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Delhi & NCR, 29th March 2014: The results of Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE’14) have been announced yesterday. Aditya Reddy, Director GATEFORUM said that the students of GATEFORUM have performed exceedingly well in the test. From the results obtained so far, GATEFORUM students Ankit Goyal has got All India Rank 1 in Electrical Engineering, Shubham Singh has got All India Rank 1 in Mechanical Engineering.
From the NCR Region, Atul Mishra, from Faridabad, has secured All India Rank 16 in Instrumentation Engineering, Gaurav Malik, from Ghaziabad, has secured All India Rank 19 in Instrumentation Engineering, and Abhinav Bansal, from Delhi, has secured All India Rank 20 in Mechanical Engineering.
GATE 2014 examination was conducted for the first time in computer based mode for all the papers this year. The number of students taking the test in GATE 14 was 8,89,156 which is about 10 % lower than 9,84,855 students who appeared in GATE 13. The decrease in test takers can be attributed to a significant drop of female candidates in GATE 14. One reason for the drop is that there was no application fee for female candidates in GATE 13 while there was a fee of Rs 750 in GATE 14 for them.
Apart from admission to post graduate programs in IITs, NITs and other engineering colleges in India, GATE score is used by many Public Sector Undertakings for recruitment of fresh graduate engineers. GATE 2014 exam was conducted from 2nd February to 2nd March, 2014 over 3 weekends.
The number of students appearing in top five streams of GATE 2014 along with the qualifying marks is given below.
Stream |
No. of Students Appeared |
Cut off Marks for Qualification (out of 100) |
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General |
OBC |
SC/ST/PD |
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Computer Science and Engineering |
1,55,190 |
25 |
22.5 |
16.67 |
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Electronics and Communications Engineering |
2,16,367 |
25.56 |
23.01 |
17.04 |
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Electrical Engineering |
1,41,799 |
25 |
22.5 |
16.67 |
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Mechanical Engineering |
1,85,578 |
28.86 |
25.97 |
19.24 |
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Civil Engineering |
90,872 |
26.57 |
23.91 |
17.71 |
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Now that the results for GATE have been announced, the students who have qualified will need to apply to their chosen institute and department. GATEFORUM is conducting a live session on the Post GATE Admission process in second week pf April. Students can register for free and access the live session on the Internet said Mr Aditya Reddy. The details are available at http://www.gateforum.com.
GATEFORUM, promoted by alumni of the IIMs and IITs, is the largest organization in the field of GATE training, with a presence in more than 65 cities. Currently GATEFORUM offers various preparatory tools for GATE aspirants like Classroom Coaching (ICP), Live Classes via Internet (eGATE), Correspondence Course (DLP), All India test series (TarGATE)
More details are available at http://www.gateforum.com. GATEFORUM can be contacted at 040 44664242 or aditya@gateforum.com
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Super PM Jairam Ramesh Desi Einstein Favour Ambani Gas Price
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March29, 2014
I am most Critical of Jairam Ramesh who fakes as Desi Einstein BUNGLED
everything for UPA and INC over last 10 years – who could have made
the difference as PM entrusted him with key assignments. Prithvi
Chavan and Jairam Ramesh were actually left and right arms of Manmohan
Singh government that turned to be without bones.
Jairam Ramesh was responsible for most important Congress Ministries –
Commerce, Industry, Power, Environment & Forest, Rural Development,
Water and Sanitation. Everywhere was Total Disaster not just in the
ministry he worked but outside as well – he DAMAGED Biotechnology
Research & Development Critical for Agriculture – GM Brinjal for
example could have drastically reduced pesticide use and doubled or
tripled yields.
But Sabotage of Hydro Power development in Uttarkhand – 200,000 MW
Hydro Potential development was REVERSED.
When Power Tariffs are Shooting Up blame Fake Einstein for it also.
He failed to Protect Intellectual Property ‘Patents’ as Minister of
Industries which is most critical for any nation.
HE WAS BJP Ambassador in UPA Governments – Always Damaging Progress.
Jairam Ramesh operated as Super PM in two terms of Dr. Manmohan Singh
led governments now Favor Doubling of Gas prices to benefit Mukesh
Ambani when UPA in 2004 itself should have Cancelled Oil & Gas blocks
to RIL and GSPC drilling in ONGC blocks who had made any investment on
Gas development for first 6 years even as Indian imports.
When RIL announced Biggest Gas discovery that could supply Oil & Gas
for 100 years as per RIL press release in 2002 I was always suspicious
how can RIL with no Experience of Honestly and background of
Manipulation highlighted in Polyester Price the book banned by BJP
directly or indirectly could do this. Later on Joint Director CBI also
confirmed it saying he too had heard about it but finally CAG exposed
it in reports on GSPC and ONGC audits that RIL was drilling in ONGC
and RIL blocks.
While BJP was corrupted in to handing over of Oil & Gas blocks FREE to
RIL and KG Basin development was on hold for 5-6 years, UPA didn’t
insist on Fast Track commercialization of Oil & Gas blocks, let Mukesh
inflate Capital costs by 10 times and production cost by 20 times for
a only a fifth of desired capacity.
Put Muesh Ambani in jail for Cheating for Hiring Rigs at very cost and
for illegally drilling in ONGC block.
It all began when in 2004 Muesh Ambani offered to set up MEGA SEZs
went on cheaply acquiring Prime Land around Delhi and Mumbai.
Super PM and Fake Einstein even then favored Mukesh Ambani acquire
over 24000 hectares in Mumbai suburbs and 10,000 hectares in Gurgaon.
This too as predicted turned out to be Land Grab and farmers in many
cases managed to get back their cheaply acquired land – smarter
farmers who directly sold their land to Ambani were losers.
He ordered Winding Up of Steel, Aluminum, Power, Mining, Hydro Power,
and Railway Lines etc worth over $Trillion.
He failed to INTRODUCE any Policy to Expedite Scientific Mining of
Existing and New Large Projects but was one by one Stopping Smaller
Less Viable Mines.
It is always better to Develop Top 20 Coal Blocks than 500 Small &
Medium mines.
He ought to have DELINKED Power Projects from Mines and Engaged
SPECIALIST MINING COMPANIES to develop mines.
As Rural Development Minister he promoted Most Lunatic PURA program in
most Corrupt manner.
He was promoting MOST LUNATIC MNREGA Programs like Ponds, Check Dams
than Cleaning of Canals, Lining of Canals and Pipe Distribution of
Irrigation Supplies.
Water Released from Dams is Purified and Cleanest – Water Supply ought
to have been sourced from Canal Water than contaminated or Brackish
Ground Water.
He failed to Tell Gujarat to Build Right Size Narmada Canal System and
MP and Gujarat letting over 20BCM of Narmada Water going waste to sea.
As Commerce & Industry Minister he failed to ensure Public Equity in
Listed Companies.
It is CRIMINAL to first let Power Projects come up then deny Coal Supply.
10 Meters Thick Seam – Mahan Coal Block
http://moef.nic.in/downloads/public-information/Mahan.pdf
Mahan is a small mining project requiring 800 hectares of land for 120
million tones of Coal.
This means from 8 million sq,mt Coal Mining shall be 120 million tones
or 15 Tons per sq,mt. or Seam Thickness of 10 meters.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korba_Coalfield
Coal Reserves in Korba Coalfield was 10,074 million tonnes, Expansion
of capacity of Gevra mine from 35 million tonnes annually to 43.75
million tonnes annually has been awaiting environmental clearance
since 2009, 70 million tones of coal is mined in Korba.
With a 40 Year Program to mine Coal at this site – 150 to 200 million
tones of Mining should have developed – totally avoiding Imports of
Coal from Just at one site. The money saved could have been invested
in Expanding Railway Capacity by doubling & tripling Railway Lines.
Existing power projects could have been operating at much higher load.
Coal is the major issue dragging down UPA and Jairam Ramesh is the
Chief Culprit.
Ravinder Singh, National General Secretary.
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Y-77, Hauz Khas, New Delhi -110016
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Election Commission can’t run a parallel government, says Jairam Ramesh
by Mar 28, 2014
Minister of Rural Development Jairam Ramesh today hit out at the
Election Commission during a Google Hangout session with Network18′s
Shirin Bhan saying the EC cannot run a parallel government.
When asked about the Election Commission’s order asking the oil
ministry to defer increase in gas prices, Ramesh said, “I don’t agree
with the Election Commission’s approach. They cannot be running a
parallel government. This decision to increase the gas prices was
taken eight months ago.”
“The EC cannot sit in judgement on executive decisions. Otherwise the
government will come to a screeching halt,” he said.
When asked why in the last couple of months the government has been
hasty with projects, Ramesh said, “When we take time and deliberate on
decisions it is policy paralysis, but when we actually take decisions
it is being hasty,” he said. Earlier during the discussion he had
reiterated the same points saying, “India is a peculiar country, you
are damned if you clear projects, you are damned if you don’t.”
Ramesh defended the manifesto and UPA’s performance saying, “In UPA I
we delivered 8 percent GDP growth, in UPA II it was 7.3 percent. These
rates of growth are unmatched in our history. Yet you say there is a
crisis of confidence.”
“Many of the social welfare objectives were present in 2009, but what
we are promising in 2014 is a step up. In 2009 we did not promise
right to health as we are promising in 2014,” he said.
When asked if the Congress was trying to appease minorities he said,
“The Congress is not appeasing the minorities but only protecting
them. In our country secularism means respect for all religions.
Secularism is fulfilling constitutional obligations. In our country
secularism does not mean irreligion, but respecting all religions.”
Ramesh also dismissed opinion polls saying, “We proved the prophets of
doom wrong in 2009, and we will prove them wrong this year as well.
Gujarat shining will meet the same fate as India shining.”
http://www.rediff.com/money/2002/oct/31ril.htm
Reliance gas-find 40 times bigger than Bombay High
Hemangi Balse in Mumbai
Reliance Industries’ gas discovery in the Krishna-Godavari basin is expected to
change the energy supply economics in the country with the reserves estimated to
be around 40 times bigger than that of the Bombay High field, and
double the total
gas production of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation.
The Ambanis made the announcement on the gas discovery at the company’s
annual general meeting on Thursday.
Reliance’s gas reserves in its exploratory block KGDN-6, off
Vishakapatnam, are to the tune of 40-50 million cubic metres per day
and are expected to go up to 100
cubic metres of gas over a 10-year period.
Reliance’s gas reserves are expected to feed the gas-starved country
for almost a
century. The firm will have to invest more than Rs 7,000 crore (Rs 70
billion) in
extracting gas from the Krishna-Godavari basin.
Reliance is understood to already have received enquiries from several
international oil majors for a partnership but is, however, planning
to go it alone.
An industry source said: “If Reliance’s projections come true, it will
change the entire energy supply chain of the country. This will
further mean that projects to import liquefied natural gas in the
country will be hit.”
Such a scenario puts a question mark on the slew of LNG terminals
planned in India. Although most are on the drawing board, several
global firms, including Shell, British Gas, and the local Petronet
LNG, have bought land and carried out detailed feasibility studies to
import LNG.
Reliance is delineating the gas reservoir, has drilled almost three
wells, and needs
122 clearances at various levels of the government.
Though Reliance has a 10-year plan for the gas reservoir, the entire
execution and commercial production is being chalked out in such a
manner that it can commence production in two and a half years.
Reliance is the first private Indian company to have struck gas in a deep water
exploratory block in the country. It drilled a record 6,000 feet below
the sea floor in
the Krishna-Godavari basin.
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Launch of AAP Manifesto for North East Parliamentary Constituency
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Press Invite, Launch of Manifesto for North East Parliamentary Constituency
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Launch of Manifesto for North East Parliamentary Constituency