PM has 35 engagements in US

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Posted on September 24, 2014 by sagarmedia

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has a packed schedule of 35 engagements, including an address to the UN General Assembly and a much-anticipated summit meeting with US President Barack Obama, during his Sep 26-30 visit to the US. Modi, who would be observing the nine-day Navratri fast during his trip, would also be holding three bilateral meetings with neighbours – Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, Nepal Prime Minister Sushil Koirala and Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.He would also be meeting the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, and former US president Bill Clinton and his wife and former secretary of state Hillary Clinton.Modi would be meeting the CEOs of Fortune 500 US companies, including Boeing, Pepsico, Google, General Electric and Goldman Sachs among others and also hold one-on-one meetings with some of them.

His visit to Washington, Sep 29-30, would also see a dinner date with President Obama on Sep 29.

Trade and investment, energy, science and technology, defence and security are expected to be the areas of focus during their talks. Both sides would seek to give much-needed impetus to the flagging bilateral relationship during the meeting.

This is Modi’s maiden visit to the US since becoming prime minister and it would also be his first interaction with Obama.

Modi has held successful diplomatic meetings with the leaders of China, Japan, and Australia besides a whole lot of diplomatic interactions with other countries so far. The US visit is being looked forward to as the US had slapped a ban on Modi’s entry in the aftermath of the 2002 Gujarat riots, in which over 1,000 people, mainly Muslims were killed while he was chief minister.

Early this year, the US sought a rapprochement with him when it became clear that Modi was set to become the leader of the country of 1.2 billion people.

To a question about the US’ earlier boycott of Modi, external affairs ministry spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin said that the prime minister “looks forward and not backward” in a relationship.

Modi is also to pay homage at the 9/11 memorial in New York and meet 300 members of the Indian American business community. He would also address a few thousand of the large Indian community at Madison Square.

His interactions in the US would be with the US political leaders, and administration, with the business community, civil society, with the US states and cities and the vibrant Indian diaspora, said Akbaruddin.

He said India expects “substantive outcome” from Modi’s visit to the US. While in Washington, Modi would also meet Vice President Joe Biden, Secretary of State John Kerry, Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel and House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner among others.

Modi’s address at the UN General Assembly is expected to address issues important to India, including expansion and reform of the UN Security Council, especially keeping in mind the 70th anniversary of the UN that falls in 2015 and on its peacekeeping operations. India is one of the largest contributors to the UN peacekeeping force.

Modi is also to meet members of the Sikh community while in New York.While the Indian American community is enthusiastic about welcoming Modi, a Sikh human rights group plans to indict him right when he is holding his Sep 30 summit with President Obama.

Rights group Sikhs For Justice (SFJ) has planned black flag rallies and a “Citizens’ Court” to try Modi for his alleged role in the 2002 Gujarat riots.

The indictment proceedings for “attacks on religious minorities in India” would be “conducted in a replica court room set up in the President’s Park right in the front of the White House”, and telecast live throughout the US, SFJ announced.

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3rd Meeting of SAARC Ministers of Culture begins

SAARC senior officers’ meeting on 3^rd Meeting of SAARC Ministers of Culture today at  ITDC  Hotel Ashoka, New Delhi.

Secretary, Min. of Culture, Tourism & Civil Aviation of Nepal Mr. Suresh Man Shrestha to call on Minister of Culture and Tourism Shri Shripad Naik.  Minister of Culture & the Arts of Sri Lanka Hon. T B Ekanayake too call on Minister of Culture and Tourism Shri Shripad Naik.  Culture Minister of Afghanistan Dr. Raheem also called on Minister of Culture and Tourism Shri Shripad Naik. Minister of Culture of Bangladesh Mr. Asad Ud Zaman Noor to call on Minister of Culture and Tourism Shri Shripad Naik.

Minister of Republic of Maldives Mr. Mohamed Maleeh Jamal to call on Minister of Culture and Tourism Shri Shripad Naik. Secretary, Ministry of Home and Cultural Affairs of Bhutan Mr. Dasho Tshering Dorji to call on Minister of Culture and Tourism Shri Shripad Naik.

Also held Bi-lateral meeting between Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Tourism Shri Shripad Naik and Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT), Govt. of Japan Mr. Akihiro Ohta.

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PM Modi at ISRO historic moment of Mangalyan enters MarsOrbit

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PM Modi to start his visit to US,couple of day before he departs to the most powerful state on this earth, our scientist has proven that India with its old civilization has great potential of its constructive actions.Today historic moment of Mangalyan entering the orbit of Mars to gather elementary particle details would bring a new chapter of Space life details in absolute terms to think ahead how the Cosmos and Galaxy behave and reacts.
Is the Life shift from one planet to another as the lurking thought with many esoteric practitioner.
Theosophy and Godly philosophy to get multitude dimensions from now onward.
Many news hypothesis,postulations,theories, of Universal laws are likely to be explored hereafter and the simultaneous study of God particles shall bring more knowledge about this unknown cosmos more closer to our minds.
Naresh Kumar Sagar.
Here is official version of the news as under

PM: All Indians are proud of our space scientists. Let us all celebrate their success today.
PM: Success of the space programme is a shining symbol of what we are capable of as a nation.

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has congratulated the space scientists for successfully inserting the Mars Orbiter Mission into Martian orbit. The Prime Minister was addressing scientists after witnessing the insertion procedure at ISRO in Bangalore. The Prime Minister said history has been created by the Indian scientists reaching Mars in the first attempt. He said India is the first to have succeeded in the very first attempt.

The Prime Minister said that Indian scientists, through their hard work and dedication, have stretched the boundaries of human enterprise and imagination. He described the Mars Orbiter Mission as an indigenous pan-Indian effort, stretching from Bangalore to Bhubaneswar, and Faridabad to Rajkot.

Praising the scientists, Shri Narendra Modi said, the hunger of exploration and the thrill of discovery are not for the faint hearted. He remarked that he had chosen to be present at ISRO today, unmindful of success or failure of the mission. He exhorted scientists to set even more challenging targets for themselves, and said he had confidence that they would be able to achieve even those targets. You have “made a habit of achieving the impossible,” the Prime Minister said. He said Modern India must continue playing its role of Jagadguru Bharat.

Shri Narendra Modi said the success of the space programme is a shining symbol of what we are capable of as a nation. A successful space programme generates applications across multiple domains, he added. He said the efforts of India`s space scientists are deepening our governance, strengthening our economy and improving our lives. Noting that the whole nation celebrates when the cricket team wins a tournament, the Prime Minister described the success of the Mars Orbiter Mission as a thousand times greater, and said all Indians must celebrate the success of our space scientists today. Let India celebrate the achievements of its scientists. Let students in every school and college applaud their efforts, he added.

The Governor of Karnataka, Shri Vajubhai Vala, the Chief Minister of Karnataka Shri Siddaramaiah, and Union Ministers Shri Ananth Kumar and Shri Sadanand Gowda were present on the occasion.

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India spacecraft to enter Mars orbit on September 24

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Great achievements of Indian Scientist – Thy Indian proud moment for us -just enjoy and be more humble.

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An Indian spacecraft will enter Mars on September 24 for scientific exploration of the red planet after a 300-day voyage through inter-planetary space.
“After cruising through 666-million km across the solar orbit, for over nine months, our spacecraft will be inserted into the Martian orbit Sep 24 at 7.30 a.m., Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) scientific secretary V. Koteswara Rao said at a preview of the mission’s tryst with the celestial object.The orbit insertion will take place when the spacecraft will be 423 km from the Martian surface and 215 million km away (radio distance) from the earth.

The ambitious Rs.450-crore ($70 million) Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) was launched Nov 5, 2013 on board a polar rocket from the spaceport Sriharikota off the Bay of Bengal, about 80 km north-east of Chennai.

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Winners of ‘Take Me to South Africa 2.0’ contest announced

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Jonty Rhodes, Brand Ambassador of South African Tourism in India to host four lucky winners on a two-week all-expense paid holiday to South Africa

Delhi, 23rd September 2014: South African Tourism today announced the names of four lucky winners of ‘Take Me to South Africa 2.0’ contest. Early this year, travel junkies from all over India were invited to participate in an online theme based gaming contest where they were offered a chance to win a two week trip to South Africa with charismatic cricketer, Jonty Rhodes, who will take on the role of a travel guide on this trip.

Beena George from Mumbai, Amiya Sharma from New Delhi, Govind Mehrotra from Gurgaon and Ojas Thekkekara from Bhopal emerged victorious from over 800 entries garnered through this contest. South African Tourism adopted a distinct and innovative strategy to inform these chosen winners about their victory. Billboards were set up outside the office of the four winners with a personalized message from Jonty announcing that they have won a trip to South Africa with him. Amazed to see their billboards, contestants expressed immense happiness and excitement for thisonce-in-a-lifetime voyage to South Africa with Jonty as their personal host. These travel enthusiasts will embark on their journey to South Africa in October 2014 for some amazing and extraordinary travel experiences.

South African Tourism has set a benchmark in the tourism industry with this never done before consumer outreach series where a Brand Ambassador plays the role of a personal guide for select Indian travellers in his home country. The journey of these four winners will be captured in leading television channels Discovery and TLC which will showcase the varied, fun-filled, adrenaline pumping adventures and experiential holiday offerings available in South Africa for Indian travellers.

Ms. Hanneli Slabber, Country Manager, South African Tourism, said, “We are delighted to receive such an overwhelming response from travel fanatics across India. I am truly amazed by their passion and love for South Africa. It has been an amazing experience for us to learn about varied travel interests of the Indian youth. We value the effort and commitment that each entrant has invested and appreciate the dedication. South African Tourism would like to take this opportunity to thank all the participants and we heartily congratulate the four lucky winners.”

South Africa has seen a huge increase in the uptake of adventure and high adrenaline activities by Indian tourists, making the youth traveler segment a significant part of South African Tourism’s visitor mix.

Expressing excitement on revealing the contest winners, Jonty said: “The contest was extremely intense, we received some exceptional entries and getting to choose the final four was a tough call for South African Tourism. It is truly inspiring to see the upsurge in travel and adventure enthusiasts in India. I am super thrilled to host the four winners. The action packed itinerary put together by South African Tourism is sure to make this two week journey the most memorable experience of their lifetime.”

Over the years, South Africa has witnessed an incredible increase in tourist arrivals from India. 2013 recorded 1 12 672 Indian tourists visiting South Africa which was an increase of 5.5% vis-୶is 2012. The year 2014 has also started on a good note for South African Tourism with 24 556 Indians having visited the destination in the first three months.