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Asia-Pacific Geopolitics : Obama needs India more ASHOK B SHARMA It is abundantly clear that the United States needs India more than the latter needs the former. The US has forged strategic partnership with India in the region of its particular geopolitical interest – the Asia-Pacific and the Indian Ocean. One of the main intentions of Washington is the checkmate the Chinese ambition in the region. The document – US-India Joint Strategic Vision for Asia-Pacific and Indian Ocean Region – inked during the visit of President Barack Obama has spelt out the ambition for partnering support in the region extending “from Africa to East Asia.” Further, the document talks of infrastructure connectivity and economic development linking South Asia, South-East Asia and Central Asia. It calls for “safeguarding maritime security” and ensuring freedom of navigation and over flight throughout the region, particularly in South China Sea. Further, to strengthen its hold in the region bo...

News Media $200b Opportunity - Garbage Media No Global Impact January30, 2015 (C) Ravinder Singh  ravinderinvent@gmail.com I provided Technical Expertise to Two Highest TRP Rating Programs of 30 minute for to leading News Media Starnews and Aaj Tak. My tenant Paul Murphy, freelance journalist working for Daily Mail in 1994-95 didn’t have Fax and Telephone line. I was providing Telephone Line Extension to him – sometimes he used to write a one page story in 10-15 minutes and ready to Fax it was paid $800 – in case of travel was paid another $800, when Indian journalists earned $800 in a month. So value of the Media Content is 30-50 Times than India – to achieve $200b revenue by 2019 all India need is Create Stories for the World. Indian Basmati Rice fetch $1 per kg but Tax-Basmati Branded Basmati is retailed for $10 per kg. Indian media too like wise is low grade. Both Fast Running Meters in particular and BRT are Global Impact Stories but Starnews and Aaj Tak turned this Global Im...

AAP Manifesto for Delhi – the 70 point action plan for implementation Saturday, 31 January 2015 Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) released its manifesto for the Delhi assembly elections 2015 on Saturday (January 31). The manifesto was finalised following a three-month comprehensive Delhi Dialogue with different sections of the society. This exercise included round table discussions with residents, experts, NGOs, bureaucrats etc., to come out with the party’s blueprint for a better Delhi. During its first tenure, the AAP government delivered on its key promises, which included slashing electricity tariffs by 50 %, providing lifeline water free of cost to the residents, CAG audit of the private power distribution companies and putting an end to the harassment of the poor people by different government agencies. This time, the AAP has come out with a 70-point agenda for the betterment of Delhi. Please find attached the 70-point action plan along with its Hindi version. Als...

10th Edition of Mahindra Excellence in Theatre Awards in Delhi 10 th  Edition of Mahindra Excellence in Theatre Awards in Delhi from 21 st  March, 2015 -             META 2015 entries submission deadlines extended till  5 th  of February, 2015 -               30 th  January, 2015; Delhi: Mahindra Excellence in Theatre Awards (META)  is calling for entries for this year’s edition of  META,  a weeklong theatre festival and award that stages the best of theatre of the year, which has now been extended till 5 th  of February, 2015 when all the entries will be opened in front of the selection committee. Every year META confers awards across 13 categories celebrating various aspects of theatre including Stage Design, Lighting and Costumes apart from Best Play, Best Director, etc. Theatre groups from all over the...

COAST GUARD DAY 2015   The Indian Coast Guard is celebrating its 38 th  Anniversary on 01 Feb 15. An Armed Force of the union, under the Ministry of Defence, the Indian Coast Guard has come a long way from its modest beginning in 1978. Today, with more than 100 ships and 60 aircraft, Indian Coast Guard is amongst the largest Coast Guards in the world. Though initially envisaged for the role to curb the economic offences, Coast Guard has now acquired leadership role in various fields of the national maritime arena. Indian Coast Guard is the nodal Central Coordinating Authority for the National Maritime Search and Rescue, Marine Oil Spill Disaster Planning, Preparedness Response and coordination of Offshore and Coastal Security. To support these onerous responsibilities, the Indian Coast Guard is operating from five Regional Headquarters, 14 District Headquarters located in each coastal state and 42 Stations situated along the coast line. With Service motto as “Vayam R...

Bangladesh cuts power supply to ex-PM Zia's house:  Bangladesh authorities today cut the power supply to opposition leader Khaleda Zia's home after she called a 72-hour nationwide strike beginning tomorrow which coincides with the school exams of over 1.5 million students. Zia's Bangladesh Nationalist Partyalleged that the state-run Dhaka Electric Supply Company disconnected the power lines to her upmarket Gulshan office early this morning in an apparent bid to force her to call off the scheduled strike.

Affairs global   E. Ukraine militia ‘ready to withdraw’ heavy artillery from separation line The self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics are ready to pull back heavy artillery from the line separating militia-held territories from those under Kiev’s control in compliance with the Minsk agreement, according to a joint statement made by top officials of the republics on Friday. The statement said they will withdraw weapons if Kiev is ready to do to the same, adding that the only thing remaining is to “set the date .” The statement was made during talks between Denis Pushilin and Vladislav Deynego, the Donbass representatives at the Minsk negotiations. The Minsk document adopted by Kiev and the opposition in September also includes a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine. American citizen shot, injured in Saudi Arabia An American citizen was injured when his car came under fire in Saudi Arabia's eastern al-Ihsaa province, according to the Saudi Press A...