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National Innovation Council The National Innovation Council will present its second Annual ‘Report to the People 2012’ to the President of India Shri Pranab Mukherjee at the Rashtrapati Bhavan  (November 2, 2012). The Report will be presented by the Chairman of the National Innovation Council and Adviser to the Prime Minister, Shri Sam Pitroda, in the presence of Shri Kapil Sibal, Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology. The National Innovation Council was set up by the Prime Minister of India to lay a roadmap for transforming the country into an innovation nation, with a focus on inclusive growth in keeping with the Government’s commitment of turning the next decade into a ‘Decade of Innovation’. The National Innovation Council is focused on encouraging and facilitating the creation of an Indian Model of Innovation by looking at five key parameters: Platform, Inclusion, Eco-system, Drivers and Discourse. The core idea is to innovate to produce affordable an...

Infant Mortality Rate Reduced to 44 Per 1000 Live Births during 2011 Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) has dropped by 3 points from 47 to 44 infant deaths per 1000 live births during 2011. As per October 2012 bulletin of the Sample Registration System (SRS) released by the Registrar General of India (RGI), the IMR for rural areas has dropped by 3 points from 51 to 48 infant deaths per 1000 live births while the Urban rate now stands at 29 from the previous 31/1000. Among the states, Goa and Manipur have the lowest IMR of 11 infant deaths followed by Kerala with 12 infant deaths per 1000 live births. Madhya Pradesh has the highest IMR of 59/1000 followed by UP and Odisha with 57/1000 IMR. Assam, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Rajasthan and Meghalaya have IMRs more than the national average of 44. It may be mentioned that the Sample Registration System (SRS) is a large-scale demographic survey for providing reliable annual estimates of birth rate, death rate and other fertility & mortality in...

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India on 19th september 2012 successfully test-fired nuclear weapons capable Agni-IV for its full range of 4,000 km from the Wheeler Island, off the Odisha coast. The missile lifted off from a road mobile launcher at 11.48 a.m. and after zooming to an altitude of over 800 km, it re-entered the atmosphere and impacted near the pre-designated target in the Indian Ocean with remarkable degree of accuracy following a 20-minute flight. Carrying a payload of explosives weighing a tonne, the missile re-entered the atmosphere and withstood searing temperatures of more than 3,000°C. The developmental trial of the long range ballistic weapon system was conducted by missile technologists of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), which designed and developed it. Talking The Hindu from Wheeler Island, Scientific Advisor to the Defence Minister V.K. Saraswat said “ we had an excellent launch”. He said the two-stage solid-propelled missile performed as per the normal...

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Statement by Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh at the XVI Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement Following is the text of the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh’s address delivered today at 16th NAM Summit in Tehran: “I congratulate His Excellency Dr. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, on assuming the Chairmanship of the Non-Aligned Movement. Mr. Chairman, India will extend its full cooperation to Iran as it leads the Movement over the next three years. I also express my appreciation to Egypt for its stewardship of the Movement since the last Summit, even though Egypt has been in the midst of profound domestic change. Mr. Chairman, the Non-Aligned Movement, representing the large majority of humankind, has been a powerful force for the promotion of global peace, security and development. Our shared objectives of working together to preserve our strategic space, ensure our social and economic development and strive for a more just and equitable world order re...

30-August-2012 15:9 IST Statement by Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh at the XVI Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement Following is the text of the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh’s address delivered today at 16th NAM Summit in Tehran: “I congratulate His Excellency Dr. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, on assuming the Chairmanship of the Non-Aligned Movement. Mr. Chairman, India will extend its full cooperation to Iran as it leads the Movement over the next three years. I also express my appreciation to Egypt for its stewardship of the Movement since the last Summit, even though Egypt has been in the midst of profound domestic change. Mr. Chairman, the Non-Aligned Movement, representing the large majority of humankind, has been a powerful force for the promotion of global peace, security and development. Our shared objectives of working together to preserve our strategic space, ensure our social and economic development and strive for a more just a...

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India is recognised as one of the mega-diverse countries, rich in biodiversity and associated traditional knowledge. With just 2.4% of the land area, India accounts for nearly 7% of the recorded species even while supporting almost 18% of human population. India has a long history of conservation and sustainable use of natural resources and is a party to many international environmental conventions including UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). The current decade (2011-2020) has been declared as United Nations Decade on Biodiversity and United Nations Decade for Deserts and the Fight against Desertification. With India hosting the 11 th meeting of Conference of the Parties (CoP-11) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD),  during 8-19 October 2012 in Hyderabad, it is an opportune time to showcase the wide array of biodiversity in the country, the threats to this rich biodiversity and the conservation measures adopted thereof. This CoP-11 assumes immense import...

Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of India have signed a $67.6 million loan that will help improve physical and institutional links to support agriculture in the state of Bihar. The loan will help expand agricultural value chains and facilitate better linkages for small scale farmers with processors, agribusiness entrepreneurs, and service providers in Muzaffarpur and Patna-Nalanda regions of Bihar. The loan is the first tranche of a $170 million multitranche financing facility under the Agribusiness Infrastructure Development Investment Program, which was approved by the ADB Board in September, 2010 to boost private sector investment in agribusiness infrastructure in selected regions of Bihar and Maharashtra.

Singapore is a close friend and valued regional partner for India. Our relations are broad-based and multi-faceted. They are underpinned by a confluence of interests spanning political, economic, cultural, defence and security issues. Apart from regular high-level exchanges of visits and an architecture of productive dialogue mechanisms, our friendship is nourished by a vibrant people-to-people relationship. Singapore is not only our foremost trading partner in ASEAN, but also a major source of FDI inflows into India. India welcomed additional Singapore investment into India, particularly in the infrastructure sector, where Singapore has great expertise. We agreed to expedite the conclusion of the ongoing second Review of the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement that would further facilitate trade in goods and services and investment. In this context, India assured Prime Minister Lee of India’s commitment to reinforce its status as an investment-friendly country and exp...

Indo-Mozambican relations have been traditionally warm and friendly. India was amongst the first countries to extend recognition to Mozambique after it achieved its independence in 1975 and amongst the first countries to open its diplomatic mission in the country. India and Mozambique have mutually beneficial cooperation in the field of industry, trade, mineral resources, cultural and political. India and Mozambique is expected to sign Security Co operation Agreement soon

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Realising that time had come to diversify commercial exchanges and exploit the full potential of trade and economic partnership, India and Mauritius have decided to fast-track the negotiations for sealing a Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA). The Joint Working Group of India and Mauritius would be meeting on July 23 in New Delhi to explore co-operation in textiles, clothing industry, technology transfer and fashion industry. This decision was taken at a meeting between the Commerce and Industry Minister, Anand Sharma, and Mauritius Minister of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and International Trade, Arvin Bolle, during the bilateral talks here on Friday. Both sides felt that it was time to put the PTA negotiations on fast-track as this would lead to enhanced trade and result in both sides reducing duties on a certain category of products. Talking to reporters here, Mr. Arvin Bolle said his country was ready to conclude the PTA negotiations at the earliest, and all efforts would ...

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The first Bi-lateral maritime exercise between India and Japan 'JIMEX 12' (Japan India Maritime Exercise) from 09 June, off Tokyo. Units of the Japanese Maritime Self Defence Force (JMSDF) participating are twodestroyers; one maritime patrol aircraft and a helicopter. Indian Naval units participating are INS Rana, INS Shivalik, INS Karmukh and INS Shakti. The four ships entered Tokyo on 05 Jun 12 after visiting Singapore, Vietnam, Philippines and Republic of Korea enroute. The three day stay in Tokyo coincides with commemoration of 60 years of diplomatic relations between India and Japan.

The Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY)  is a centrally sponsored scheme aimed at reducing maternal and infant mortality rates and increasing institutional deliveries in below poverty line (BPL) families. The JSY, which falls under the overall umbrella of National Rural Health Mission covers all pregnant women belonging to households below the poverty line, above 19 years of age and up to two live births. The JSY, launched in 2003, modifies the existing National Maternity Benefit Scheme or NMBS. While the NMBS was connected with providing a better diet for pregnant women from below poverty line (BPL) families, the JSY integrates help in the form of cash with antenatal care during pregnancy period, institutional care during delivery as well as post-partum care. This is provided by field level health workers through a system of coordinated care and health centres.

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare comprises the following departments, each of which is headed by a secretary to the government of India:- Department of Health & Family Welfare Department of Ayush Department of Health Research Department of AIDS Control Directorate General of Health Services(Dte.GHS) is attached office of the Department of Health & Family Welfare and has subordinate at offices spread all over the country. The DGHS renders technical advice on all medical and public health matters and is involved in the implementation of various health services.

In a bid to accelerate the growth and wider spread of ATMs, the Reserve Bank today issued draft guidelines for permitting non-banking entities to set up, own and operate such money dispensing machines. Non-bank entities proposing to set up such service will have to have a minimum net worth of Rs 100 crore,  it has been decided to permit non-banks to set up, own and operate ATMs to accelerate the growth and penetration of ATMs in the country. Such ATMs will be in the nature of White Label ATMs (WLA) and would provide ATM services to customers of all banks

The Defence Ministry cleared a Rs 3000 crore deal to buy 145 M777 ultra light howitzers from the USA defence manufacturer BAE Systems. The M777 artillery guns are essentially used in the mountains. These guns are air transportable and are currently used in Afghanistan by the US Army where their performance has been commendable. India will procure the M777 howitzers from the US through the Foreign Military Sale programme.

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The PSLV-C19, the newest in the series of polar satellite launch vehicles of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), lifted off from Sriharikota early on Thursday.  Its mission: to placethe radar imaging satellite,RISAT-1, in orbit. There was the customarily tense countdown at the Indian Space Research Organisation's Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. At precisely 5.47 a.m., the launch vehicle's igniters and set of six strap-on motors roared into action within seconds to signal the successful lift-off of the PSLV-C19 with the RISAT -1. RISAT-1 weighs 1858 kg, the heaviest satellite being launched yet by the PSLV. It can beam back imaging of the earth surface features during day and night and under all imagined weather conditions. The synthetic aperture radar, which gives the RISAT-1 its magic lens, also makes it superior to optical remote sensing satellites in terms of clearer imaging. Once the PSLV-C19 successfully completed each of the four stages...

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On 20th - 22nd, June 2012 , the UNCSD   will take place in Rio de Janeiro . Also referred to as the Rio+20 or the Earth Summit 2012 due to the initial conference held in Rio in 1992, the objectives of the Summit are: To secure renewed political commitment to sustainable development; To asses progress towards internationally agreed goals on sustainable development To address new and emerging challenges. The Summit will also focus on two specific themes:   A GREEN ECONOMY in the context of poverty eradication and sustainable development, An institutional framework for sustainable development. Commitments Commitments that have defined a pathway for sustainability development include the Stockholm declaration(1972) http://www.unep.org/Documents.Multilingual/Default.asp?DocumentID=97&ArticleID=1503  Agenda 21(1992) http://www.un.org/esa/dsd/agenda21/res_agenda21_00.shtml The Rio Declaration on Environment and Development(1992) http://www.un.org/documents/ga/conf151/...

Get all the Details of the Summit : http://www.thenuclearsecuritysummit.org/eng_media/press/press_view.jsp?oCmd=6&b_code=1&idx=304&rnum=1&f_gubun=0 Seoul Communiqué The Seoul Communiqué builds on the objectives and measures set out in the 2010 Washington Communiqué to identify 11 areas of priority and importance in nuclear security and presents specific actions in each area. The 11 areas are as follows: the global nuclear security architecture; the role of the IAEA; nuclear materials; radioactive sources; nuclear security and safety; transportation security; combating illicit trafficking; nuclear forensics; nuclear security culture; information security; and international cooperation. The Seoul Communiqué sets out the following specific actions in the above 11 areas: ü        Eliminating and disposing of highly enriched uranium (HEU) no longer in use ü        Minimizing the use of HEU -   ...