HEADLINES
- One more hike we are out, threatens mamta Banerjee
- Kudankulam panel to answer to protestors queries
- Yeddyurappa out on bail after a 25 day jail stint
- Stampede kills 16 people in Haridwar Gayatri Mayagya
NATIONAL
NEWS
- Foreign secretaries review relations.
- The foreign secretaries of both India and Pakistan met in addu atoll ahead of the SAARC standing committee meeting.
- They reviewed the status of the bilateral relations with a view to carry forward the dialogue.
- Switzerland shares data with India
- More than a year after the two countries signed a bilateral treaty, Switzerland has started sharing banking and tax related information with India
- This information is expected to pave the way for bringing black money stashed abroad.
- Indian ocean RIM nations to discuss security
- A conference of the Indian ocean Rim Association for Regional cooperation (IOR-ARC) will start in Bangalore.
- India will take over from yemen as the chair of the IOR-ARC for the next two years.
- The main aim of the conference is to review the administrative arrangement for the IOR-ARC fund.
- A bangalore declaration will be adopted and an official IOR-ARC website will be launched.
- It is planning to review the latest status of the launch and operationalisation of the maritime transport council in Oman.
- The committee is also likely to consider and adopt the recommendations of the Committee of Senior Officials of Rim academic group and draft statue of the regional centre of science and technology transfer located in iran.
- Cambridge university project on rare sanskrit manuscripts
- Some 2000 sanskrit manuscripts detailing momentous political and economic events across south asia and written on a fragile birch bark are to form a major research project of Cambridge university
- They will also be digitised and put in the university's new online library.
INTERNATIONAL
NEWS
- China post diplomatic post in Male
- In a move that raised a few eye brows China has opened an official embassy in Maldives two days ahead of the SAARC in which China has observer status.
- Because of the very small landmass in Maldives and the difficulty in allocating land to all the countries only India, sri lanka, bangladesh and pakistan were allowed to build embassies there.
- Till now US and China were operating from the Sri lanka
- Berlusconi loses absolute majority, but clings on to power
- Chinese firms India deal, hailed as example but serves a warning
- The investment in Gujarat by Chinese firm TEBA has been hailed as an example for other companies to invest in india.
- But the problems the process faced including the problem of showcasing an Indian map with out Arunachal and J&K on the company's brochure serves as a warning for the future companies.
EDITORIALS,
OPINIONS AND COLUMNS
- An opinion on the current state of medical education in the country and how it can be made more useful for the Indian society
- An opinion on bringing free legal aid to the poor, the children and the neglected.
- An editorial on the manipur blockade.
BUSINESS/ECONOMY
NEWS
- Australia sees big inflow of Indian tourists.
- The insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) plans to announce the norms for the initial public offering (IPO) of life insurance companies.
- Deisel price decontrol only after the inflation declines – Rangarajan.
PEOPLE
IN NEWS
- Conrad Murray the doctor of Michael Jackson was found guilty of involuntary man slaughter after the trial over the celebrity singers death.
- Joe Frazier, former world heavy weight champion and the first person to beat Muhammed Ali died of Cancer
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