Sunday, 9th June, 2013

NATIONAL NEWS

• In a first, China reveals Indian Ocean strategy
  • China has, for the first time, attempted to spell out its strategy — and plans — to secure its interests in the Indian Ocean in its first “blue book” on the region
  • The blue book makes a case for China to deepen its economic engagements with the Indian Ocean Region’s (IOR) littoral states, but stresses that Beijing’s interests will be driven by commercial — rather than military — objectives.

• New MGNREGS norms ensure right to job
  • The new guidelines of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme would ensure the right to employment
  • The new guidelines of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme would ensure the right to employment .