HEADLINES
- Maoists in India are misusing Mao's name – Mao's only living grandson Mao Xinyu, a major general in the People's liberation Army
NATIONAL
NEWS
- It is all business in the aviation show in Hyderabad
- The Sukhoi Superjet 100 and Phenom 300 & 100 business jets of Embraer along with helicopters of Eurocopter, Augusta Westland, Sikorsky and Bell will be on display
- Gaya a better option for central varsity
- Uncertainty over the location of the Bihar Central University (BCU) continues with the Centre rejecting Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's renewed appeal to set up the institution at Motihari on the ground that inaccessibility would be a barrier to attracting quality faculty. The Centre wants to establish the University at Gaya as it is better connected.
- The Site Selection Committee entrusted with the task of selecting an appropriate site for locating a Central university normally includes a nominee of the State government concerned when land is provided free of cost by the State government. However, as the land for the Central University of Bihar is being provided by Ministry of Defence, a nominee of the Ministry of Defence was included in the Site Selection Committee.
INTERNATIONAL
- With sea level rising, a nation plans en – masse move
- Fearing that climate change could wipe out their entire Pacific archipelago, the leaders of Kiribati are considering an unusual backup plan — moving the populace to Fiji.
- Kiribati, which straddles the Equator near the International Date Line, has found itself at the leading edge of the debate on climate change because many of its atolls rise just a few feet above sea level.
- Cabinet has endorsed a plan to buy nearly 6,000 acres on Fiji's main island, Viti Levu.
- Afganistan, US sign deal on prison handover
- The U.S. military and the Afghan government have sealed an agreement on the gradual transfer of control of the main U.S. prison in the country,the Parwan prison
- The agreement gives the U.S. six months to transfer Parwan's 3,000 Afghan detenus to Afghan control. However, the U.S. will also be able to block the release of prisoners, easing American fears that insurgents or members of the Taliban could be freed and return to the fight.
- Another major sticking point in the negotiations remains unresolved — night raids by international troops on the homes of suspected militants. Mr. Karzai has demanded a halt to the raids, which have caused widespread anger among Afghans.
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