2nd India-Indonesia Biennial Trade Ministers’ Forum Meeting
2nd India-Indonesia Biennial Trade Ministers’ Forum Meeting agrees to early meeting of Working Groups on Trade & Investment and Trade Facilitation & Remedies
The 2nd Biennial Trade Ministers Forum (BTMF) meeting was held at New Delhi between delegations led by the Minister of Commerce and Industry of India, Shri Suresh Prabhu and the Minister of Trade of the Republic of Indonesia, Mr. Enggartiasto Lukita. The meeting was preceded by a Senior Official’s meeting where ground work was done for the BTMF meeting. Both Ministers agreed for convening early meeting of the Working Group on Trade & Investment and the Working Group on Trade Facilitation & Remedies, to address the issues impeding trade and identifying means of facilitating trade and investment between India and Indonesia. These Working Groups will also look into facilitation of services and areas of mutual interest between both the countries.
Shri Prabhu and Mr. Lukita also agreed to hold a ‘Meeting of Regulators’ to resolve issues concerning the Pharma and Health sectors.
The Commerce Minister of India raised the issue of market access and regulatory barriers concerning Pharma, Health, Dairy Products and Bovine Meat. The Indonesian side agreed to conduct inspection visits for registering Dairy Products, Fresh Food of Plant Origin and Meat Processing facilities. The issue of market access to automotive and auto components manufactured in India was raised, along with the greater investment opportunities for joint ventures, textile machinery manufacturing, textile parks and Special Economic Zones.
The Ministers agreed to deepen economic cooperation and bilateral trade by having greater cooperation of the stakeholders, including Government business, entrepreneurs etc. The Minister of Commerce and Industry of India urged his Indonesian counterpart to utilise the opportunities presented by the ‘Make in India’, ‘Invest India’ and ‘Start-up India’ initiatives.
M6.4 – south of the Fiji Islands
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CYSS Delhi University(D.U.) unit in solidarity to BHU students
The CYSS Delhi University(D.U.) unit in solidarity with the students of Banaras Hindu University called a protest march at Arts Faculty, North Campus today i.e. September 25, 2017.
More than 100 students participated in the march and strongly condemned the police brutality perpetrated on the girl students at B.H.U campus day before yesterday.
The students were angry over the fact that police and the university administration miserably failed in providing security to the girl students.
- Furthermore, rather than taking action against the culprits who were involved in alleged molestation, thousands of innocent students have been framed by the police.
PM Narendra Modi Forms Economic Advisory Council
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PM Modi to launch ‘Power for all’ scheme
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch ‘Power for all’ scheme today to mark the birth anniversary of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya. Official sources said that the scheme will be named ‘Saubhagya’ and will provide subsidy on equipment like transformers, meters and wires.
The scheme is expected to cover all rural families after expected electrification of all villages by December end this year. The scheme was listed on the agenda of Cabinet meeting held earlier last week.
Centre has asked states to prepare electrification projects which would be discussed and approved for release of funds under the scheme. The government has been working hard to electrify all villages in the country and wants to achieve 24X7 power for all by 2019.
Prime Minister will also formally inaugurate ONGC’s new corporate office that was renamed Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Urja Bhawan, from Rajiv Gandhi Urja Bhawan.
The green-building built at a cost of Rs. 600 crore was completed a year ago. Mr Modi will also unveil a statue of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya.
Four member committee to probe BHU incidents
Uttar Pradesh Governor Ram Naik has said that a four member committee under chairmanship of Chief Secretary has been set up to probe into the Banaras Hindu University BHU series of incidents and actions will be taken on the basis of probe committee report.
Talking to media persons this morning at Lucknow after offering floral tributes to RSS ideologue Deen Dayal Upadhyaya on his 100th birth anniversary Mr Naik criticised police lathi charge against the students and termed it a serious incident. UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has sought reports from Varanasi Commissioner about police lathi charge on students and injury to journalists.
AIR Lucknow correspondent reports Students and political parties` protests against the police lathi charge on students especially girls are still continuing at BHU. Workers of Samajwadi Party today demonstrated at BHU gate this morning but they were not allowed to enter into the campus.
An Additional City Magistrate, Circle Officer Bhelupur and SHO Lanka police station have been removed. Police has arrested 16 students last night from the campus siting on Dharana.
Police has lodged FIR against 1000 unidentified students for violence and arson on the report of BHU administration. Four FIRs have been lodged in connection with BHU agitation including an FIR under IT act for spreading rumour on social media.
All educational institutions in Varanasi including Kashi Vidya Peeth and Sampurnanand Sanskrit University have also been closed till October 2 in view of tension caused of BHU students agitation. BHU has already been closed till October 2 following students’ agitation.
Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad ABVP has also organised Dharana against the police lathi charge on students. They have also demanded removal of Vice Chancellor. Students organised Dharana near Birla hostel and took out procession last night seeking removal of Vice Chancellor Prof Girish Chandra Tripathi.
Angela Merkel to wins 4th term, the Chancellor of Germany
With exit polls in her favor, Angela Merkel addressed the supporters assuring of forming Government, further thanked supporter especially the Young voters who supporting her and enjoyed working with them. She said, We had 12 yrs of solid experience of governance work for welfare of all.
German Angela Merkel decision welcoming refugee to come, was inspiring to an extend that each refugee raced to Europe. Hungary, Poland, and the Czech Republic for refusing to take in refugees in their country, each day thousand took refuge in German and their misconduct in festivals in public made the political parties make this a national issue in ensuing elections.
With developed nations in their elections find nation first or nationalism made a big issue in contrast to globalization and international economic crisis at its worst paid dividend new emerging political forces. German establishment, the anti-Islam, anti-immigration made fertile issue with global terrorism grow its zenith, political outfit did catch the issue thus absolute pathways open for Alternative for Germany (AfD) political neo- outfit captured around 13 per cent of vote share thus catapulting it to become the country’s third biggest political force.
Alternative for Germany (AfD) had its hydrid state held first issue of Greece Aid then jumped to take and rake up thousands (Ks )of Refugee policy of Angela Merkel as non productive and first the national thus Bundestag has new opposition which will have fiery debate on nation first and globalization later. AFD Hard right to set first win Parliament : We shall be true trust to voter as shall be third largest in Election:
Chancellor Angela Merkel clinched a fourth term in Germany’s election while exit polls also predicted the historic entry of the hard-right nationalist party, AfD, in the national parliament by winning its first seats. Angela Merkel said German to Work for legal Migrant and stop illegal Migrant and will Work for prosperity .We work for EU consolidation.
According to the exit polls, Merkel, who after 12 years in power held a double-digit lead for most of the campaign, scored around 33 per cent of the vote with her conservative Christian Union (CDU-CSU) bloc. Its nearest rivals, the Social Democrats and their candidate Martin Schulz, came in a distant second, with a post-war record low 20-21 per cent. The BBC showed following exits polls-:CDU/CDU 32.3℅ SPD, 20.8℅, Left Party 9 ℅, FDP 10.5℅, AfD 13℅ Greens 8.9℅ Others 4.8℅ German moves right Angela won but lost her party base, those Smaller parties thus gain.
SPD concede heavy defeats: Weidel said, Respect the results : Smaller parties to gain Exit polls:SPD no grand alliance.Angela said we need study AFD shift.
Commentators called the AfD’s strong performance a watershed moment in the history of the German republic. The top-selling Bild daily called it a political earthquake.
Supporters gathered at the AfD party headquarters in Berlin cheered as public television reported the outcome, many joining in a chorus of the German national anthem.
Merkel basked in her win but admitted that she had fallen far short of the 40-per cent goal her party set. She said, there is a big new challenge for her coalition, and that is the entry of the AfD in the Bundestag. She adding they want to win back AfD voters.
Germany’s Social Democrats (SPD) have a duty to go into opposition and defend the country’s democratic values after its support fell to a post-war low and the far-right AfD party surged in an election, leader Martin Schulz said on Monday. “We have understood our task – to be a strong opposition in this country and to defend democracy against those who question it and attack it,” Schulz told party members at SPD headquarters in Berlin.
launch of Trading of Energy Saving Certificates (ESCerts)
Bureau of Energy Efficiency
cordially invites you to the
launch of Trading of Energy Saving Certificates (ESCerts)
under the Perform, Achieve & Trade (PAT) Scheme-
an initiative under the National Mission on Enhanced Energy Efficiency (NMEEE),
By
Shri Raj Kumar Singh,
Hon’ble Minister of State (I/C) for Power and New & Renewable Energy,
On
Tuesday, 26 September, 2017,
at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi,
at 10:30 AM
Media Invite: Launch of Trading of Energy Saving Certificates (ESCerts) under the Perform, Achieve & Trade (PAT) Scheme-an initiative under the National Mission on Enhanced Energy Efficiency (NMEEE), By Shri Raj Kumar Singh, Hon’ble Minister of State (I/C
UNICEF emergency supplies for Rohingya refugee children arrive in Bangladesh
DHAKA, Bangladesh, 24 September 2017: The first consignment of UNICEF emergency supplies for hundreds of thousands of refugee Rohingya children and their families has arrived in the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka.
The cargo plane arrived from Copenhagen with 100 tons of supplies comprising water purifying tablets, family hygiene kits, sanitary materials, plastic tarpaulins, recreational kits for children and other items.
The supplies will provide urgently-needed assistance to the estimated quarter of a million Rohingya child refugees who are among the 429,000 people who have fled across the border from neighbouring Myanmar in recent weeks. The refugees are now living in desperate conditions in southern Bangladesh.
“Ensuring that children and families have safe water for drinking and washing is absolutely essential in order to protect them against diarrhoea and other waterborne diseases,” said Edouard Beigbeder, UNICEF Representative in Bangladesh. “This is a very real threat given the current situation in the camps and makeshift settlements where the Rohingya are now living, especially amid the current heavy rains”.
The next consignments consisting of – school bags, tents, early childhood development kits, family hygiene and dignity kits, tarpaulin and nutrition materials – are also on its way to Bangladesh.
The supplies will be delivered by truck to the southern city of Cox’s Bazar, where an expanding international response is mobilising to address the plight of the growing number of Rohingya refugees arriving in Bangladesh.
UNICEF is seeking US$ 7.3 million in additional funding for its work in southern Bangladesh over the next three months, but additional funds will be necessary as the refugee population continues to grow
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