Monday, 8th Juy, 2013

NATIONAL NEWS

• More India – China border meets to prevent flare ups
  • After two days of talks here, India and China have drawn up a long-term plan to gradually rebuild trust between their militaries, as they continue to grapple with the fall-out of the three week-long April stand-off along the border which has prompted both countries to re-examine the breadth of their defence ties.
  • The plan includes increasing both the frequency and number of locations of border personnel meetings along the disputed boundary, and expanding direct contact between the militaries.
  • Reflecting the expansion of defence ties beyond the two armies, the two sides agreed to expand functional exchanges between their air forces and to increase ship visits, as well as joint search and rescue and anti-piracy operations between the navies. 

• India hails Srilanka's decision to hold polls
  • India welcomed Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s announcement on elections in the Tamil-majority Northern Province, but asked him not to dilute the provisions of a promised political settlement known as the 13th Amendment plus

• Child labour rampant in Rajasthan: NCPCR
  • The National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has expressed serious concern over the mainstreaming of more than 5 lakh school dropout children and over the prevalence of large-scale child labour in Rajasthan

OPINION/EDITORIALS

• Article on the recent governmental policy on gas pricing
• Editorial on the recent supreme court judgement on freebies
• Editorial on the recent financial stability report