Russia and United States sign deal
Russia and United States sign deal to avoid clashes between their air forces over Syrian skies<
Oct 21
Russia and United States have signed a deal that they hope will avoid clashes between their air forces in the skies over Syria, officials from both the countries said. Russian began air strikes in Syria on 30th of September, saying it was targeting Islamic State militants.
Last week, the US said both countries’ planes entered the same battle space and came within miles of each other. Officials had been seeking an agreement on the issue.
Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook said the text of the deal would remain secret at Moscow’s request, but that it laid out means for both sides to communicate and establish a hotline on the ground. The two countries would not, however, share intelligence on their targets.
Russia’s Deputy Defence Minister Anatoly Antonov said the memorandum contains a number of rules and restrictions aimed at preventing incidents between American and Russian planes.
India and Russia discuss ways to boost their economic ties
Oct 21
India and Russia have discussed ways to boost their economic ties to achieve the target of 30 billion dollar in bilateral trade in the next 10 years. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin chaired the 21st India-Russia Inter-Governmental Consultations in Moscow Tuesday.
They also looked at ways to enhance mutual direct investment to 15 billion dollar by 2025. Both the sides identified various sectors to achieve the commercial targets, agreed upon by Prime Minister Narendra
Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin during their summit meeting last year. Officials said, India also reiterated its commitment to work towards having 12 Russian nuclear plants as was agreed between Modi and Putin.
India & Egypt to sign agreement on maritime transport
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has given its approval today for signing of an agreement between India and Egypt on Maritime Transport.
Recognizing the significant mutual benefit that can be derived from-cooperation in the area of shipping between the two countries, it has been decided to sign the Agreement with a view to strengthening cooperation and to render sustained mutual assistance and advice on merchant shipping and other related maritime matters.
The Agreement would be signed on a mutually convenient date and venue.
Signing of the Agreement will help, both countries to encourage and facilitate the development their maritime relationship and cooperate in the task of enhancing and stimulating steady growth of maritime traffic, exchange and training of staff and students from various maritime establishments, exchange-of information necessary for accelerating and facilitating the flow of commercial goods at sea and at ports, establishment of joint ventures in the fields of maritime transportation, shipbuilding and repairs, maritime training, information technology including development of simulators, port facilities and related maritime activities, etc.
Press Conference on India-Africa Trade Ministers’ Meet
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Re: Press Conference on India-Africa Trade Ministers’ Meet
Dear Sir/Madam,
The Minister of State (Independent Charge) Commerce and Industry Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, will brief the press regarding the India-Africa Trade Ministers’ Meeting 2015 as per the following programme:
Venue: Roshnara Hall, Hotel Taj Palace, Sardar Patel Marg, New Delhi.
Date: Friday, 23rd October, 2015
Time: 4.00 p.m.
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| CPR is pleased to invite you to a CPR-CSH workshop on Urban Planning and the Production of Violence on the Urban Periphery: The Case of Bombay Hotel, Ahmedabad Tuesday, 27 October 2015, 3:45 p.m. |
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This paper traces the development of Bombay Hotel, a commercial informal subdivision and Muslim locality on the southern periphery of Ahmedabad, and examines the role of urban planning in producing everyday conflict and violence in the locality. The paper first links the emergence of Bombay Hotel and other informal subdivisions on Ahmedabad’s southern periphery to the state’s failure to provide affordable land and housing in the city, coupled with the marginalization of Muslims in urban space due to recurring episodes of communal violence and increasing spatio-religious polarisation. It then traces the role of the state and non-state actors in the rapid growth and development of Bombay Hotel since the early 2000s, and the evolving dynamics of conflict and violence, especially around land, infrastructure and basic services.
In this context, the paper elaborates on the processes related to the Town Planning (TP) Schemes in the area. TP Schemes, which are prepared under the Gujarat Town Planning and Urban Development Act of 1976, are a well-regarded planning mechanism for urbanizing agricultural lands on the peripheries of cities. However, the Bombay Hotel case provokes critical questions about the inclusivity of TP Schemes as they are currently prepared and implemented. Finally, the paper examines how local mobilization and political patronage has mediated the conflicts created by the TP Schemes, and also raises questions about the short-term and long-term implications of such mediation for making urban planning more inclusive. This research is part of a three-year project at the Centre for Urban Equity, CEPT University, funded by IDRC and DFID under their global programme “Safe and Inclusive Cities.”
Renu Desai is an urban researcher and Coordinator at the Centre for Urban Equity, CEPT University, Ahmedabad since April 2013. Her research focuses on processes of urban informality and urban transformation in Indian cities. She has a PhD in Architecture from the University of California, Berkeley. Her doctoral research examined the ways in which urban space was being reshaped in Ahmedabad by the intersections of urban redevelopment, globalization and Hindutva politics. Over the past several years, she has been involved in research projects on sanitation in informal settlements, land and housing tenures, displacement and resettlement, and construction workers’ housing in cities like Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Nagpur and Guwahati. Renu has published several book chapters and journal articles on her research, and is co-editor of Urbanizing Citizenship: Contested Spaces in Indian Cities (New Delhi: Sage 2012)
This is the sixty ninth in a series of Urban Workshops planned by the Centre de Sciences Humaines (CSH), New Delhi and Centre for Policy Research (CPR). These workshops seek to provoke public discussion on issues relating to the development of the city and try to address all its facets including its administration, culture, economy, society and politics. For further information, please contact: Christine Ithurbide at christine@csh-delhi.com , Partha Mukhopadhyay atpartha@cprindia.org or Marie-Hélène Zerah at marie-helene.zerah@ird.fr
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NETANYAHU MEET UN SECRETARY GENERAL BAN KI-MOON
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met this evening with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem.
Prime Minister Netanyahu said the following:
“Welcome to Jerusalem.
Your visit comes at a troubling time. In recent weeks Israelis have been deliberately run over, shot, stabbed and hacked to death, and in large part this is because President Abbas has joined ISIS and Hamas in claiming that Israel threatens the al-Aqsa mosque.
This, Mr. Secretary, is a total lie.
Israel vigorously protects the holy sites of all faiths. We keep the status quo.
The Palestinians, by contrast, are the ones who violate the status quo. Palestinians have brought explosives into al-Aqsa mosque. That’s a violation of the status quo.
They try violently to prevent Jews and Christians from visiting the Mount. That’s another violation of the status quo.
And, Mr. Secretary, they work to convince UNESCO to deny the Jewish people’s historic connection to the Western Wall.
These are the real threats to the status quo.
I believe it’s time to tell the truth about the causes of Palestinian terrorism.
It’s not the settlements.
It’s not the peace process.
It’s the desire to destroy the State of Israel, pure and simple.
President Abbas unfortunately has been fanning the flames.
He said on September 16th, just a few days ago, that he welcomes “every drop of blood spilled in Jerusalem….” That’s a quote.
President Abbas has not condemned a single one of the 30 terrorist attacks on Israelis over the last month.
And he continues to glorify terrorists as heroes.
In the face of this terrorism Israel is acting as any democracy would to defend its citizens.
We are not, I repeat, we are not using excessive force.
Now, if the international community truly wants to help end the bloodshed and the violence, I believe it must affirm Israel’s proven commitment to the status quo on the Temple Mount, it must support Israel’s right to self-defense, and it must hold President Abbas accountable for his dangerous words.
Mr. Secretary, these are pressing subjects. I look forward to discussing them with you, how we can restore calm and reconciliation and security. That is important and that is the order of the day.
I welcome you here in Jerusalem. I look forward to our discussions.”
Photo: Kobi Gideon, GPO
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