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India and the Swiss Federal Council have signed a Protocol which will amend the existing Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement between the two countries (DTAA). The amended DTAA shall come into operation after it enters into force on completion of internal process by Switzerland side. Salient features of this Protocol are: Article on Exchange of Information has been amended to bring [...]
THE advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on July 22 which endorsed the “independence” of Kosovo has come as a shock, not only to Serbia but also to a host of countries around the world which are battling secessionist and divisive forces. The learned judges of the international apex court ruled in a majority decision (10-4) that the unilateral [...]
The Committee on Piracy set up in pursuance of the decision arrived at in the 27th State Information Ministers’ Conference held in December, 2009; today submitted its report to Minister for Information & Broadcasting, Smt. Ambika Soni. The report was submitted by Shri Uday Kumar Varma, Special Secretary and Chairperson of the Committee on Piracy.
MHA to Review the Situation in 60 Days Government of India have been having discussions with RIM, Canada over the last few weeks on the issue of lawful access by the law enforcement agencies to the communications passing through RIM systems. RIM have made certain proposals for lawful access by law enforcement agencies and these would be operationalized immediately. The [...]
“No criteria has been laid down in the Constitution for inclusion of languages in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of India. At present, 22 languages have been included in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of India. Of these, 14 languages were initially included in the Constitution. Sindhi language was included in 1967. Thereafter, three more languages viz., Konkani, [...]
The country as a whole has received a quantum of 625.2 mm rainfall during the current monsoon season till 21st August 2010, which is marginally deficit by -3% compared to Long Period Average (LPA) rainfall of 644.2 mm for the same period. As of 21st August 2010, country received 70% of its seasonal rainfall quantum of 892.1 mm.
The foreign trade policy for the period 2009-2014 was announced on 27th August 2009 at a time when the world was emerging from the shadow of a challenging economic period, the worst we have seen In the last 7 decades. Economies and markets across the world were in turmoil, causing sharp contraction in international trade , adversely impacting global investment [...]
This August 15 we have celebrated our 64th independence day with ‘pomp and pageantry’. Media was flooded with advertisements tom-tomming the ‘achievements’ of the government. The prime minister gave his customary speech from the ramparts of the Red Fort, while the president too addressed the country. Articles analysing the present state of affairs and the distance our country travelled, occupied prime [...]
With a loud roar and mighty column of flame, NASA and ATK Aerospace Systems successfully completed a two-minute, full-scale test of the largest and most powerful solid rocket motor designed for flight. The motor is potentially transferable to future heavy-lift launch vehicle designs. The stationary firing of the first-stage development solid rocket motor, dubbed DM-2, was conducted by ATK, a [...]
The Ministry of Environment and Forests will declare elephant as a National Heritage Animal. The Ministry will also set up National Elephant Conservation Authority to give same degree of visibility, importance and criticality as much as given to National Tiger Conservation Authority. After releasing the Report of the Elephant Task Force, Shri Jairam Ramesh, Minister of State for Environment and [...]
Chandrayaan2, India’s second mission to moon, is being targeted for launch during 2013. Chandrayaan2 will have an orbiter (satellite), a lander and a rover. Chandrayaan-2 is planned to be launched onboard Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota. While the lander will be provided by Russia, the orbiter and the rover are being built by ISRO.
India’s IT industry does protest too much. Its latest peeve is that the US has decided to steeply hike from $2300 to about $4300, the cost of a H-1B visa required for entry into the US of temporary skilled workers from abroad. The new Border Security Bill passed by the US Senate and signed into law by the President, which [...]
The Italian-born English poet Humbert Wolfe described the press of his day in the following terms: ”You cannot hope to bribe or twist, Thank God! The British journalist. But seeing what the man will do Unbribed, there’s no occasion to.” Things have only got worse in this matter in the eighty-odd years since these words were written, and they have [...]
KEY FACTS Falls are the second leading cause of accidental or unintentional injury deaths worldwide. Each year an estimated 424 000 individuals die from falls globally of which over 80% are in low- and middle-income countries. Adults older than 65 suffer the greatest number of fatal falls. 37.3 million falls that are severe enough to require medical attention, occur each [...]
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