Tuesday, 16 November 2010
· The agenda of the 10th Russia-India-China (RIC) triangle meeting
o It calls on all countries in the Asia-Pacific region to observe basic principles of civilized behaviour, such as respect for the sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of other states; non-interference in internal affairs; equal and indivisible security; renunciation of the use or threat of force; peaceful settlement of disputes and military cooperation on a bilateral and multilateral basis that is “not directed against third countries.”
· Defence Bioengineering and Electromedical Laboratory (DEBEL) in Bangalore
o integrated life support system (ILSS)
o Centre for Military Airworthiness & Certification (CEMILAC) Bangalore
· Judicial Standards and Accountability Bill, 2010
o Defining the definition of “misbehaviour” under Section 2(j)
· Indian Network for Climate Change Assessment (INCCA)
· RIC- “open, transparent, inclusive and balanced security and cooperation architecture in the Asia-Pacific.”
o Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) to enable Afghanistan to defend its sovereignty and independence
o SCO
· China starts damming (Hydro Power Project) Brahmaputra for Tibet Development
o Treaty on this with India absent.
· ICMR to study the effects of Endosulfan
o Total Ban on Endosulfan sought.
· Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM)
o PPP
· The Prohibition of Seditious Meeting Act, 1911
o Freedom of Speech.
· TechDemoSat programme
o ISAC
o TechDemoSat is an industry-led technology demonstration satellite that aims to provide a low-Earth-orbit test bed to help demonstrate the technical maturity and commercial viability of innovative new space technology. It is a low-cost satellite platform into which payloads will be packaged from a range of industrial and academic organisations.
o Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology
o The Indian Institute of Remote Sensing
o The Centre for Space Science and Technology Education in Asia and the Pacific
· Armed Forces Grievances Redressal Commission
o Issues
§ Pay
§ Allowances
§ One rank, one pension
§ War Widows
§ Promotion matters
§ suitable benefits to be granted to war veterans
§ Rehabilitation of Soldiers who are discharged at young age
o The Commission to be headed by the former Supreme Court, Judge Kuldip Singh
· The 10,000 MW nuclear power plant at Jaitapur, Maharastra by Areva
o Union Environment Ministry need to look into the following issues before giving clearance.
§ Air and Water pollution
§ Biodiversity Conservation
§ Waste Disposal
§ Water use
§ Impact on Agricultural Activities
§ Impact on Fisheries in the area
§ Safety elements: Design Safe Guard issues
· Rajaraja Chola, built the Big Temple in Thanjavur of Lord Brihadisvara
· The United States government is set to announce a plan to end its combat mission in Afghanistan by 2014
o Gradual transfer of security operations
· The Fulbright Programme
o The premier U.S. international educational exchange programme with some 300,000 alumni among American and international scholars and students.
o On July 4, 2008, the U.S. and India signed a historic new Fulbright agreement making India a full partner with the United States in the governance and funding of the Fulbright Programme.
o Fulbright-Nehru Scholarship
· National happiness levels @ UK
o UK will start measuring national wellbeing in addition to gauging more traditional data like income levels and fear of crime.
o Beyond surveys based only on numerical economic data.
o Part of a “science of happiness” movement that has taken root in several countries
o Compare Burma’s Gross Domestic Happiness
· Regulatory Mechanism needed for MFIs
o Issues:
§ Strong arm loan recovery methods
§ Higher interest rates
o The bank self-help group linkage programme has an important role to play with the addition of the business correspondents model
o Repercussions
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