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Census 2011 data on Households with or without
Educational level of matriculation and above
The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India today released the Census
2011 data on Households with at least one member aged 15 years and above with or
without Educational level matriculation and above by Household Size.
Out of about 248.3 million total households with at least one member of 15 years and
above in the country during 2011, around 122.9 million households (49.5%) have at least
one matriculate and above. One decade ago, the corresponding percentage of households
with at least one matriculate and above was 39.4%. Similarly, the number of households
with at least one graduate and above is 41.4 million (16.7%) in India during 2011 as against
23.6 million (12.2%) such households in 2001.
During 2011, the number of households with at least one male matriculate and above
is 104.7 million (42.2%) while 75.3 million (30.3%) households have at least one female
matriculate and above in the country. The last Census of 2011 has also recorded about 33.2
million (13.4%) households with at least one male graduate and above and 21.9 million
(8.8%) households with at least one female graduate.
Indo Sri Lanka Joint Exercise MITRA SHAKTI 2015 to

Commence from 29 Sep
In continuation with the series of Joint Exercise between India and Sri Lanka to build
Military to Military co-operation and interoperability, Exercise MITRA SHAKTI-2015 will
be conducted shortly at Pune with the scheduled arrival of the Sri Lankan contingent at
Aundh Camp on 29 September 2015. This will be the third joint training exercise between
the two Armies.
The aim of the joint training is to share the best military practices and promoting
healthy military to military relations between the two Armies and developing joint strategies by sharing expertise of conducting operations. The idea is to tap the rich repository
of experience of each other and extract maximum learning value from the joint training.
Forming part of different levels of the military to military engagement across the entire
spectrum of operations, this exercise will enrich the two contingents in further honing
basic military skills.
The exercise is planned for a duration of 14 days with the basic objective of enhancing confidence and trust between the two militaries, which are often called upon to engage in anti terrorism operations including those under the UN mandate. The conduct of
Joint Military Exercise is also an important step to uphold the values of Peace, Prosperity
and Stability in the region. Senior military observers of both the countries will be attending the Final Tactical Exercise scheduled to be held at Aundh Military Station on 10 and 11
Oct 2015.
Exercise MITRA SHAKTI-2015 will contribute immensely in developing mutual
understanding and respect for each others military.
Intervention by Environment Minister at the Second

Meeting of the Business Dialogue for COP 21
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The following is the text of the Intervention made by Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Shri Prakash Javadekar, at the Second Meeting of the
Business Dialogue for COP-21 held at UNFCCC in New York yesterday:
The world must incentivize green growth activities as Green Credit instead of
Carbon Credit Mechanism, which provides a way out for the Emitter to get rid of the
blame of pollution by paying for the emissions. India has put forward new ideas and
proposed debate on lifestyle issues, climate justice and green credit mechanism.
Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) was a success for the first commitment period ending in 2012. Demand-supply mismatch and low ambition for emission reduction
expressed by developed countries under the Kyoto Protocol is a major cause for the slowdown of the well-established CDM market thereafter. In addition, the unilateral decision
taken by some countries to restrict the benefits of CDM to Least Developed Countries
(LDCs) only, and not to other developing countries like India, has further reduced the
confidence in the Market mechanism. At present, CDM is facing one of the most severe
crises since its inception. Therefore, the world must discuss new ways to make it a success, with newer concepts like green credit.
Carbon pricing is a major issue but we should not forget that it is a function of
demand and supply. The world is now ready with respective Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs), with the resolve of each country to work in the direction of
green growth. Thus, the signal for the industry is positive and they should invest more
and more for research and development.
Research and development must also become part of the business plan, which carries a certain risk, but also generates tremendous profits for the companies. The real issue
is how to make available the critical technologies for the developing world at an affordable cost. To this end, India is proposing that part of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) should
be used for this purpose, which will be a win-win proposal for all the stakeholders.
Ministry of Tourism launches several new initiatives on

World Tourism Day
Medical and Wellness Tourism Board constituted, Tourism
Vision Document 2030 released
The Union Ministry of Tourism launched several new initiatives on the occasion of
World Tourism Day today.
The Union Minister of State for Tourism(Independent Charge) , Culture (Independent Charge), and Civil Aviation, Dr Mahesh Sharma announced the constitution of the
Medical and Wellness Tourism Promotion Board at a function in New Delhi today. The
Board has been formed to tap the potential and advantages that India has in the field of
medical and wellness tourism. The Centre of Excellence in Hospitality Education to operate from Hotel Samrat in New Delhi was also inaugurated at todays function. Release of
Tourism Vision Document 2030, launch of the revamped website of Ministry of Tourism
http://tourism.gov.in/ which has now been made bilingual, release of Audio Visual Presentation Introduction to India and a seminar on the theme of World Tourism Day 2015
One Billion Tourist, One Billion Opportunities were some of the other highlights of
todays function on the occasion of World Tourism Day.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr Mahesh Sharma said that low cost medical facilities
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ing tourism. It is for this reason that the Government took the important decision of setting up the Medical and Wellness Tourism Promotion Board. The Board will have a corpus fund of Rs 2 crore initially, the Minister disclosed. Dr Mahesh Sharma said that the
AYUSH facilities will be promoted along with regular medical facilities.
Dr Mahesh Sharma also announced that Discover India fares of Air India. Under the
scheme, a tourist can discover India in one or two weeks at a reasonable travel cost. A
Tourist can buy 5 coupons for Rs 32,500 (15 days validity) or 10 coupons for Rs 60,000 (30
days validity) for exciting Indian destinations, serviced by Air India & Alliance Air without worrying about ticket price fluctuation. In another initiative, Air India will introduce
Incredible Air India holiday packages from 1st December, 2015. Air India will also launch
Delhi-San Francisco flight from 2nd December, 2015 onwards which will fly thrice a week,
Dr Mahesh Sharma announced.
Secretary, Tourism, Sh. Vinod Zutshi; CMD, ITDC Sh. Umang Kumar; CMD, Air
India, Sh. Ashwani Lohani and other Senior Officials and members of the Travel Industry
Stakeholders attended the function.
The details of some of the new initiatives launched today are as below:
Medical and Wellness Tourism Promotion Board: The Board will provide leadership of the Government within a framework of prudent and effective measures, thereby
enabling promotion and positioning of India as a competent and credible medical and
wellness tourism destination. The Board will be chaired by the Union Tourism Minister
and consists of members representing the related Government Departments, Tourism &
Hospitality sector and experts in the Medical, Wellness and Yoga.
Ashok Institute of Hospitality & Tourism Management Centre of Excellence: The
Ashok Institute of Hospitality & Tourism Management is part of the HRD division of
India Tourism Development Corporation Ltd.,(ITDC) a PSU under Ministry of Tourism,
Govt. of India. As part of its contribution towards supplying trained manpower to the
Hospitality Industry, ITDC has envisioned to set up a Centre of Excellence in Hospitality
Education at Hotel Samrat, New Delhi. The courses offered by AIH&TM are a blend of
the rich heritage and culture of India and hospitality management education system. It
provides the students with a world class contemporary education to have an edge over
others in the field.
Tourism Vision Document 2030: The document goes into the challenges for the sector and details the way towards Vision 2030. Tourism vision 2030 has been commissioned by the Experience India Society and prepared by KPMG.
Launch of Bi-Lingual Website of Ministry of Tourism: The official website of the
Ministry http://tourism.gov.in/ has been revamped and translated in Hindi. This Administrative website of the Ministry of Tourism contains the activities and information of
all the divisions of the Ministry including the web based E-Recognition System for recognition of Travel Trade Service Providers and Approval and Classification of Hotels.
Audio Visual Presentation Introduction to India : The Indian Association of Tour
Operators, the Apex Body of Tourism Industry and especially promoting inbound tourism to our country has produced a 6 minutes AV presentation depicting all tourism products of India and a element of human engagement with the various tourism products .
This video presentation is to be used by IATO in all its promotional activities including
Road Shows, international travel marts and other industry Interactions.
A seminar on the theme of World Tourism Day 2015 One Billion Tourist,One
Bilion Opportunitieswas held, with Shri Vikram Oberoi, President Hotel Association of

India, Shri Subhash Goyal, President Indian Association of India and Shri Atul Bhatnagar,
Chief Operating Officer of National Skill Development Corporation as panellists.
Among other important events, a street play was also enacted today at the Dilli Hatt,
INA Market by the Students of Institute of Hotel Management, PUSA, New Delhi on the
theme Swachh Bharat Abhiyan-Swachh Bharat Swachh Paryatan. Speaking on the occasion, the Tourism Minister, Dr Mahesh Sharma made an appeal to provide clean, safe
and hospitable environment to the tourists. It is our moral responsibility to conduct ourselves properly with the tourists and especially foreign tourists, he added. The students
performed the play at regular intervals throughout the day to sensitize the tourists and
visitors to Dilli Haat about keeping India clean.
India looks forward to Active Cooperation in

Development of ICT in Africa
Launches the 1st Indo-Africa ICT Expo in Nairobi
Indian Government in conjunction with ICT Authority of Kenya, Indias Telecom
Export Promotion Council (TEPC), and NASSCOM launched the 1st Indo-Africa ICT Expo
in KICC, Nairobi. This event was inaugurated by Honble Minister, Mr. Najib Balala,
Cabinet Secretary Government of Kenya and Mr. Rakesh Garg, Secretary Telecom Government of India. Various senior Government officials and business leaders from India,
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda & Rwanda attended this event today. Over thousand participant from various African countries are expected to attend this event. The kickoff meeting
for this event was done by Dr. Fred Matiangi, Cabinet Secretary in New Delhi on July 7,
2015, in the presence of Honble Minister Mr. Ravi Shankar Prasad, Union Minister of
Communication & IT, Government of India.
Mr. Rakesh Garg, Secretary Government of India and Chairman of TEPC said, We
are leveraging the convergence of telecom and IT for launching a digital transformation
that will be used for the betterment of our lives in all aspects of human society. Due to the
large scale and complexity, we have got a lot of experience in policies, networks/technology, skill development and innovative solutions that we will like to share with Africa. We
are also impressed that Kenya has been creating innovative solutions using ICT for improving the lives of its people. Together, we see many opportunities for cooperation and
our Government is keen to find ways to increase the business between India and Africa in
ICT sector.
There are over 100 technology companies who are showing their latest products and
solutions at the Indo-Africa ICT Expo cum Conference. Mr. Sanjay Nayak, Vice Chairman
TEPC and MD Tejas Networks, on behalf of the industry said- Africa is one of the fastest
growing ICT markets in the world and we see tremendous need and opportunity to build
high-capacity and resilient broadband network infrastructure along with innovative IT
solutions. We believe that Indian companies have an advantage in emerging markets like
Africa, since they already have the experience of successfully tackling similar business
challenges, competitive pressures and harsh operating environments in India.
The Indo-Africa ICT Expo 2015 is being organized for the first time, and is being
held in Nairobi on 28-29 September 2015. This event will be attended by over 2000 visitors and over 300 conference delegates. Indo--Africa ICT Expo 2015 is a platform to build
synergy among India & African countries to showcase innovative & diversified Products
& Services and to bring together thought -leaders across the entire ICT value chain to
discuss solutions to regulatory and business. As digitalization and mobility continue to

transform business operations and everyday life, Indo--Africa ICT Expo 2015 cum Conference presents the latest technologies that help companies in Africa to evolve and maintain a competitive edge in the Communications and digital world. For more information,
please visit http://www.indoafrica-ictexpo.telecomepc.in/
In addition, TEPC also organizes a Buyer-Seller Meet in New Delhi each year in
February, where potential buyers from across the globe are invited to meet the telecom
equipment and services suppliers of India to develop long term business relations. For
more information, please visit http://www.telecomepc.in/
Organiser-Telecom Equipment and Services Export

Promotion Council (TEPC)
Telecom Equipment and Services Export Promotion Council (TEPC) has been set up
by the Government of India to promote and develop export of Telecom Equipment and
Services. TEPC as a Council plays a critical role in furtherance of Telecom export from
India and assist Indian member companies in easy facilitation of their respective exports.
The Council caters to the complete Telecom Ecosystem including Telecom Hardware
Manufacturing, Telecom Service Provision, Telecom Software, and Consultancy. TEPC
recognizes the strengths of building a design-led manufacturing ecosystem for telecom
products and the Government is committed to further support the creation of domestic
products and enable manufacturing with high domestic value-addition. India is poised
for another digital revolution given the massive thrust on Make in India initiative &
launch of Digital India campaign, which creates a large opportunity for innovative
products and services. For more information visit www.telecomepc.in
Co Organiser NASSCOM India

NASSCOM is the premier trade body and the chamber of commerce of the IT-BPM
industries in India. NASSCOM is a global trade body with more than 1800+ members,
which include both Indian and multinational companies that have a presence in India.
NASSCOMs member and associate member companies are broadly in the business of
software development, software services, software products, consulting services, BPM
services, e-commerce & web services, engineering services off shoring and animation and
gaming. NASSCOMs membership base constitutes over 95% of the industry revenues in
India and employs over 3.5 million professionals. Global Trade Development at
NASSCOM: The focus of the Global Trade Development at NASSCOM is to engage with
international stakeholders, the government, customers and associations to collaborate on
issues related to international policy, visa/work permit and business partnerships. For
more information visit www.nasscom.in
ICT Authority of Kenya

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under the Ministry of Information Communication and Technology. The corporation was
established in August 2013. The Authority is tasked with rationalising and streamlining
the management of all Government of Kenya ICT functions. Its broad mandate entails
enforcing ICT standards in Government and enhancing the supervision of its electronic
communication. The Authority also promotes ICT literacy, capacity, innovation and enterprise in line with the Kenya National ICT Master plan 2017. The Ministry of Information, Communications and Technology was created in June 2004 with responsibility of
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prosperous nation by creating an enabling environment that encourages and enhances
the development, expansion and use of Information Communications Technologies (ICTs).
Shri Nitin Gadkari to launch Green Highways Policy

Union Minister of Road Transport & Highways and Shipping Shri Nitin Gadkari
will release the Green Highways (Plantation, Transplantation, Beautification and Maintenance) Policy, 2015 at the National Conference in New Delhi tomorrow. Shri Pon.
Radhakrishnan, Minister of State for Road Transport & Highways and Shipping will also
address the conference.
At the National Conference, over thousand delegates from all over India will participate and deliberate upon various issues related to the development of Green Highways in the country. The Conference will have technical sessions on various issues such as
Designing Green Belt-A Strategic Approach, Steps towards successful plantation along
National Highways and Saving Trees through Transplanting.
The Green Highways Policy is a Policy to promote greening of Highway corridors
with participation of the community, farmers, private sector, NGOs, and government institutions. After the implementation of the policy, the community will be benefitted in
terms of huge employment opportunities and entrepreneurship development. There will
be huge environmental benefits also. It will also contribute to economic development of
the country.

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National News
Centre forms panel to review IAS exam pattern
An expert committee has been formed by the government to examine various issues
related to age relaxation, eligibility, syllabus and pattern of civil services examination
to select IAS and IPS officers.
Based on the report of the committee, further changes in the civil services exam
pattern will be contemplated with the primary objective of providing a level-playing
field to aspirants from diverse streams of curriculum like mathematics, engineering,
medicine or humanities, he said.
Till such time as the recommendations of the committee are received and the
government subsequently takes a decision on the same, Singh said that the General
Studies Paper-II (also known as CSAT) in the civil services preliminary examination
will remain a qualifying paper with minimum qualifying marks fixed at 33 per cent.
Meanwhile, the government's decision taken last year to exclude the English portion
consisting of 22 marks in the General Studies Paper-II of the civil services preliminary
examination from tabulation also continues to remain in force, he told PTI here.
The panel has been formed as follow-up to the decision taken by the government in
May this year to form such a committee, said Singh, Minister of State for Personnel,
Public Grievances and Pensions, said.
The panel will be headed by former Chhattisgarh-cadre IAS officer BS Baswan and
consist of leading academicians, technocrats and senior bureaucrats, officials said.
Government proposes panel to decide MPs pay and

perks
Amid demands that MPs should not be allowed to decide their salaries, the
government has proposed to set up a three-member panel to recommend pay and
perks of lawmakers.
The Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs has proposed a three-member independent
Emoluments Commission to recommend salaries and other allowances for the
Members of the Parliament. The proposal is part of the agenda notes prepared for
the two-day All India Whips Conference to be held at Visakhapatnam, next week.
The general principles suggested by the Ministry for determination of salary are:
that it should not be so low as to deter suitable candidates or so high as to make pay
the primary attraction for the job.
It says the salary should reflect the level of responsibility and those with outside
interests should not be deterred from entering Parliament.
One of the principles suggested is that those who choose to make Parliament a fulltime career should be adequately rewarded to reflect their responsibilities.
As per Article 106 of the Constitution, salaries of MPs are determined by an Act of
1954, amended from time to time.
The last revision in salary of MPs was made in 2010 during UPA II rule and the
lawmakers at present get a basic salary of Rs 50,000 per month. Salaries of Members
of State Legislatures are decided as per Article 195 of the Constitution.

Mukesh Ambani tops for 9th year, Flipkart's Bansals

debut at 86th slot, Forbes India rich list
Industrialist Mukesh Ambani has been named India's richest for ninth year in a row
with a net worth of $18.9 billion even as his wealth dipped by $4.7 billion in a year,
while ecommerce giant Flipkart's founders made their debut on the country's top
100 rich list.
As per Forbes magazines latest India rich list released on Wednesday night, Ambani
was followed by Sun Pharma's Dilip Shanghvi as the second richest with a net worth
of $18 billion, while Wipro's Azim Premji retained his third place with $15.9 billion.
Flipkart's co-founders Sachin and Binni Bansals made their debut at 86th position
with a net worth of $1.3 billion each. The combined wealth of India's 100 richest
persons remained largely unchanged at $345 billion, compared with $346 billion in
2014, Forbes said.
The magazine said the Indian economy was estimated to grow 7 percent this year,
but the wealth of many of India's 100 richest has declined due to the fall in the stock
markets and depreciation of the rupee over the past one year.
As many as 10 of them saw their net worth dip by over $1 billion each in one year,
including Lakshmi Mittal, whose net worth dipped to $4.6 billion (ranked 8th with
$11.2 billion). His rank also slipped three places.Agencies
At the same time, many of the billionaires also saw their net worth rise further. The
list saw as many as 12 newcomers including Flipkart's founders and low-cost airline
IndiGo's co-founder Rakesh Gangwal who has debuted at 70th position with a net
worth of $1.6 billion ahead of his companys IPO.
Gangwal's partner Rahul Bhatia has moved up 12 positions to 38th with a net worth
of $2.4 billion.
The biggest gainer was vaccine maker Serums Cyrus Poonawalla whose wealth rose
from $6.2 billion to $7.9 million, pushing his rank to the 9th position. Forbes said the
minimum threshold for making it to the list has increased from $1 billion to $1.1
billion in 2015.
In the top ten, Hinduja brothers were ranked 4th with $15.9 billion, followed by
Pallonji Mistry at $14.7 billion, Shiv Nadar ($12. 9 billion), Godrej family ($11.4 billion),
Lakshmi Mittal ($11.2 billion), Cyrus Poonawala ($7.9 billion) and Kumar Mangalam
Birla ($7.8 billion).
India launches ASTROSAT, 6 foreign crafts, including 4

from US
Joining an elite group of nations, India on Monday successfully launched its first
space research observatory ASTROSAT that will help in a detailed understanding of
the universe and also put into orbit six foreign satellites including the first from the
US.
Taking another major step in its ambitious and low-cost space programme, ISRO's
trusted workhorse Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV), in its 31st flight, injected
ASTROSAT and the six co-passengers into orbit about 25 minutes after a perfect liftoff from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre.
Launched in its maiden attempt, ASTROSAT, which includes a telescope that uses xray, has been dubbed as a mini-Hubble telescope launched by US' NASA in 1990 and

a one-stop shop for studying astronomical sources. So far, only the US, Japan, Russia
and Europe have launched a space observatory.
"Well done @isro. This is one more grand accomplishment for Indian science & our
scientists," Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is now on a visit to the US, said in a
tweet.cope launched by US'
Declaring the launch successful amid cheers from the assembled scientists, a beaming
ISRO Chairman A S Kiran Kumar said PSLV had put in an astronomy mission which
is being looked at not only within the country but also globally to bring in new
information to scientific community.
It was for the first time that India launched US satellites--four in all--belonging to a
San Francisco-based company, under an agreement signed with Antrix Corporation
Ltd, the commercial arm of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). With a liftoff mass of about 1,513 kg, ASTROSAT was first injected into a 650 km orbit by
PSLV-C30, followed by the other six satellites in the space of about three minutes.
International customer satellites that piggybacked the polr rocket were the LAPANA2 of Indonesia meant for maritime surveillance using Automatic Identification
System (AIS), and maritime monitoring nanosatellite from Canada, NLS-14 (Ev9),
which uses 'next generation' AIS.
The rocket, one of world's most reliable launch vehicles which clocked its 30th
successful mission in a row today, also carried four identical LEMUR nano satellites
of a Spire Global Inc., San Fransisco, US, that were non-visual remote sensing satellites
'focusing primarily on maritime intelligence through vessel tracking via' the AIS,
ISRO said.
With this, a total of 51 satellites belonging to global customers from 20 countries,
including Germany, France, Japan, Canada, U.K, have been launched successfully
by ISRO so far.
Mumbai Central to be first station to get Googles wi-fi

network
RailTel Corporation of India, a PSU under the Ministry of Railways, said that it has
partnered with Google to set up a high-speed Wi-Fi network at 400 stations across
the country.
As a part of this engagement, Mumbai Central is the first station where the Wi-Fi
design prototype is being set up and validated and is expected ready for public use
by mid October, RailTel said in a statement.
The Wi-Fi will be free for first 30 minutes over a 24 hour period. The Wi-Fi will be a
high-speed network capable of delivering HD video streaming services and
passengers will be able to download a movie in 4 minutes before they embark on
long journeys, it added.
The availability of high-speed connectivity can also spur the vendors in the Railway
stations to offer new services and also create the possibility of building an IOT (Internet
of Things) ecosystem in the Railway station paving the way for Railways to automate
operations like monitoring of rolling stock, efficient use of electrical lighting systems
etc., the statement added.
HRD Ministry will now rank top engineering,

management institutes

The days of ranking Indian educational institutions by private agencies might soon
become history as the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) came out
with an indigenous ranking framework for engineering and management institutes
on Tuesday.
The first ranking list which will cover government as well as private institutes would
be completed by early April next year.
Mail Today was the first to report that the MHRD had decided to rank educational
institutions in the country.
Irani had earlier told Mail Today that a ranking system for Indian institutions of
higher learning is significant as it would empower students as well as parents to
make a conscious choice-based on the rankings, removed from the hubris surrounding
these institutions.
The ranking system has been opened to institutions in the private sector too, though
participation has been kept voluntary.
The system itself would put pressure on educational institutions to perform well
and provide what they promise in their prospectus, Irani had told Mail Today. While
ranking methods have been worked out for engineering and management institutions,
those for other domains, including pharmacy, architecture and universities, could
be announced in the next one month.
The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) outlines a methodology to
rank institutions across the country. The methodology had been prepared by a core
committee set up by the ministry to identify the broad parameters for ranking.
The parameters broadly cover 'Teaching, Learning and Resources,' 'Research,
Professional Practices and Collaborative Performance (RPC)', 'Graduation
Outcomes(GO)', 'Outreach and Inclusivity (OI)', and 'Perception'.


International News
Key Croatia-Serbia border crossing reopens after spat
over migrants
Traffic began flowing through the major Serbia-Croatia border crossing at Bajakovo
on Wednesday after a two-days blockade imposed to stem the flow of migrants across
the two ex-Yugoslav republics' frontier, Croatian state radio reported.
Croatia imposed the blockade for cargo on Monday in retaliation for Serbia directing
a flow of migrants across the border. On Tuesday Zagreb agreed to allow in trucks
with perishable goods but their drivers refused to budge until all traffic resumed.
EU leaders pledge 1bn to aid Syrian refugees

EU leaders pledged at least 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) for Syrian refugees in the
Middle East and closer cooperation to stem migrant flows into Europe at a summit
described as less tense than feared after weeks of feuding.
He heard "very substantial and energetic" exchanges between the Austrian and
Hungarian leaders, whose common border was among those disrupted by chaotic
crowds of migrants this summer, but not the mutual recrimination that has threatened
to tear apart the bloc's cherished passport-free Schengen zone.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, criticised by some eastern neighbours for what
they saw as actions that have fuelled the influx of people trying to reach Germany,
voiced satisfaction:
China to launch 'national system to limit greenhouse

gases'
China will announce plans to launch a national system to limit greenhouse gases
and force industries to purchase pollution credits on Friday, USofficials have said.
Beijing plans to put the system known as cap-and-trade into place in 2017 as part of
measures aimed to address climate change in cooperation with the US and others,
officials said.
A statement to be released following Friday's summit between President Barack
Obama and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping aims to flesh out how their two
countries plan to achieve targets for cutting emissions set at a bilateral summit in
Beijing last year.
The officials said it was hoped the announcement will give impetus to a broader
global treaty on climate change in December.
Mr Obama and Mr Xi are expected to release a joint statement on climate change
fleshing out how they plan to achieve targets for cutting carbon emissions set at a
bilateral summit in Beijing last year.
Climate change is one of the few areas where bilateral cooperation has proceeded
smoothly in recent months, largely because Beijing has struggled to contain heavy
air, water and soil pollution that has destroyed farmland, sent cancer rates soaring
and left its cities cloaked in dense smog

U.S. moots Sri Lankan judicial mechanism with foreign

judges
A draft resolution, submitted by four countries, including the U.S. and the U.K., in
the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has mooted the participation
of Commonwealth and other foreign judges in a Sri Lankan judicial mechanism to
probe allegations of war crimes and violations of international humanitarian law.
Sri Lanka has co-sponsored the resolution. The proposed mechanism includes the
Special Counsels office, according to the draft, which has been hosted on the extranet
of the UNHRC.
The text of an old draft had called upon the Sri Lankan government to involve
international investigators, prosecutors and judges in Sri Lankas justice processes.
Jehan Perera, executive director of the National Peace Council and a law alumnus of
the Harvard University, says the earlier version on the nature of judicial mechanism
was ambiguous whereas the revised text is more specific and it reiterates the
governments position, which is for a domestic mechanism.
Dr. Perera says the role of the foreign judges is likely to be more in the form of
advisory as otherwise there will have to be amendments to the existing laws.
Another significant feature of the resolution is that the reputation of those, including
within the military, who conducted themselves in an appropriate manner with honour
and professionalism would be safeguarded even as a credible accountability
process will be in place for those most responsible for violations and abuses.
The document also talks of the need for a process of accountability and reconciliation
for violations and abuses committed by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.
NASA finds evidence of liquid water on Mars

Mars appears to have flowing streams of salty water, at least in the summer, scientists
reported Monday in a finding that could have major implications for the possibility
of life on the planet.
Scientists in 2008 confirmed the existence of frozen water on Mars. But the latest
observations from an instrument aboard NASAs Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
support the long-time theory that salt water in liquid form flows down certain Martian
slopes each summer, according to the researchers.
Mars just got more interesting, NASA said via Twitter. The space agency called the
results a major science finding.

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In order to encourage overseas funding, the RBI on Wednesday proposed to allow
domestic companies to borrow money from pension funds, sovereign wealth funds
(SWFs) and insurance funds as part of the ECBs.
The draft framework on External Commercial Borrowings (ECBs), however, proposed
to lower the all-in cost borrowing by 0.50 percent to ensure that the funds are borrowed
from abroad at a reasonable interest rate.
The modification in the ECB guidelines on which the RBI has invited comments till
October 1 are aimed at replacing the ECB policy with a more rational and liberal
framework, keeping in view the evolving domestic as well as global macroeconomic
and financial conditions, challenges faced in external sector management and the
experience gained so far, the draft guidelines added.
The basic thrust of the revised framework, the RBI said, is to retain more qualitative
parameters for the normal (foreign currency-denominated) ECB and to provide more
liberal dispensation for long-term borrowings in foreign currency.
According to the draft guidelines, there will only be a small negative list which
include stock market operations, real estate activity and purchase of land. They will
not be allowed to raise resources through ECBs and rupee-denominated borrowing.
The framework for the rupee-denominated bonds will be announced separately, it
said, adding the real estate investment trust and Infrastructure Investment Trust will
be permitted to raise funds through these instruments.
The currency risk with regard to the rupee denominated ECB lies with the lender or
investor and hence the modified framework provides for minimal control for these
borrowings.
The RBI proposed to expand the list of recognised ECB lenders by including overseas
regulated financial entities, pension funds, insurance funds, sovereign wealth funds
and similar other long-term investors.
India set to amend Income-Tax Act 1961, w.e.f. April 1,

2001
After due consideration of various aspects of the matter, the government has decided
that with effect from April 1, 2001, the provisions of Section 115JB of the Income Tax
Act, 1961, shall not be applicable to a foreign company if
The foreign company is a resident of a country having DTAA with India and such
foreign company does not have a permanent establishment within the definition of
the term in the relevant DTAA
The foreign company is a resident of a country which does not have a DTAA with
India and such foreign company is not required to seek registration under Section
592 of the Companies Act 1956 or Section 380 of the Companies Act 2013.
An appropriate amendment to the Income-tax Act in this regard will be carried out.

Earlier, the issues relating to taxation of foreign companies, having no permanent
establishment in India, have been under consideration of the Government. In this
regard, the Centre has already clarified the inapplicability of MAT provisions to
FIIs/FPIs.
Chinese Taipei has dragged India to WTO

Chinese Taipei has dragged India to WTOagainst imposition of anti-dumping duty
on imports of USB flash drives or pen drives as known in common parlance.
On May 22, India had imposed anti-dumping duty on the imports of 'USB Flash
Drives' from China and Chinese Taipei ($3.06, $3.12 a piece). The duty is for five
years.
The request for consultations formally initiates a dispute in the WTO. Consultations
give the parties an opportunity to discuss the matter and to find a satisfactory solution
without proceeding further with litigation.
After 60 days, if consultations have failed to resolve the dispute, the complainant
may request adjudication by a panel.
USB Flash Drives in the market parlance are also known by various other names
such as pendrive, keychain drives, key drives, USB sticks, flash sticks, jump sticks,
USB keys or memory keys.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) in the Finance Ministry had imposed
the anti-dumping duty on recommendations of Directorate General of Anti-Dumping
& Allied Duties (DGAD).
All you need to know about the marriage between Sebi

and FMC
The amalgamation of Forward Markets Commission (FMC), the erstwhile
commodities regulatory body, with capital markets watchdog Securities and Exchange
Board of India (Sebi) came into effect today, marking the first major case of two
regulators being merged.
Although, the merger of these two independent regulatory bodies was under
discussion for long time, the move gathered pace, especially, after the commodity
market was rocked by the outbreak of a multi-crore scam at National Spot Exchange
(NSEL) unearthed two years back.
Now that the merger has been done with, below is the draw down of the journey of
the commodities regulatory body and what led to the eventual covergence with the
capital markets regulator Sebi.
1) History of the two regulatory bodies: The Forward Markets Commission regulated
commodities market since 1953, while the Securities and Exchange Board of India
was set up in 1988 as a non-statutory body for regulating the securities markets and
became an autonomous body in 1992 with full independent powers. Currently, India
boasts of three national and six regional bourses for commodity futures in the country.
The persisting global economic slowdown coupled with slackening growth in China
fuelled a sharp fall in commodity prices over the past year or so. So much so that the
consolidated turnover of all the exchanges put together fell to nearly Rs 60 lakh crore
in 2014-15 from over Rs 101 lakh crore in the preceding financial year.
2) Issues stifling commodities markets: FMC oversaw the commodities market for over

60 years, but it lacked powers which led to wild fluctuations and alleged irregularities
remaining untamed in this market segment. Also, the commodities market faced
challenges with respect to speculative activities and illegal activities like 'dabba
trading' flourishing in this segment.
3) Talks of merger: The merger talks between the two regulatory bodies was first mooted
in 2003, and continued in next few years before the Rajan committee in 2009 reiterated
consolidation of all financial sector regulators under one umbrella. In the events
before the outbreak of NSEL crisis came to light, Justice BN Srikrishna-led FSLRC
recommended unified regulation. But the fallout of NSEL prompted finance ministry
to bring FMC under its fold in that same year. Finally, in his budget speech this year
in February, finance minister Arun Jaitley announced the merger of FMC with Sebi.
4) What merger aims to achieve: The merger is aimed at streamlining the regulations
and curb wild speculations in the commodities market, while facilitating further
growth there. Cautioning small investors, Sebi chairman UK Sinha had said, "If you
put your hard-earned money into this market, it may not be ultimately good for you.
The commodities market is for those who are experts in this space. For non-experts,
it is a risky area."
5) Measures by Sebi: Sebi has also created a separate Commodity Cell and has set up
new departments for regulation of commodities derivatives market. Sebi has formed
a Commodity Cell by posting its senior officials, while two internal departmental
committees (one each in Integrated Surveillance Department and Market
Intermediaries Regulation and Supervision Department) have been set up. The market
regulator has also sought help from the Agriculture Ministry with regard to the data
sources for the prices and to improve the methodology for determination of final
settlement price.
Foreign investors get relief from controversial MAT

With the government deciding to exempt the foreign companies that have no
permanent establishment in India from the 18.5 per cent minimum alternate tax
demands, all foreign investors have got full relief from the controversial MAT.
The finance ministry's clarification this week puts the MAT controversy to rest as all
foreign investors without business presence in India foreign portfolio investors
and companies are now exempt from MAT, irrespective of whether tax treaties
exist between India and other countries where these firms may be domiciled.
Technically, the ministry of finance has decided to amend the Income Tax Act, 1961,
with effect from April 1, 2001, in a manner that provisions of Section 115JB shall not
apply to a foreign company if it is a resident of a country which has a double taxation
avoidance accord with India.
Chinese Taipei has dragged India to WTO

Chinese Taipei has dragged India to WTOagainst imposition of anti-dumping duty
on imports of USB flash drives or pen drives as known in common parlance.
On May 22, India had imposed anti-dumping duty on the imports of 'USB Flash
Drives' from China and Chinese Taipei ($3.06, $3.12 a piece). The duty is for five
years.
The request for consultations formally initiates a dispute in the WTO. Consultations
give the parties an opportunity to discuss the matter and to find a satisfactory solution
without proceeding further with litigation.

After 60 days, if consultations have failed to resolve the dispute, the complainant
may request adjudication by a panel.
USB Flash Drives in the market parlance are also known by various other names
such as pendrive, keychain drives, key drives, USB sticks, flash sticks, jump sticks,
USB keys or memory keys.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) in the Finance Ministry had imposed
the anti-dumping duty on recommendations of Directorate General of Anti-Dumping
& Allied Duties (DGAD).

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Ganguly looks set to replace Dalmiya as CAB boss
The race to succeed Jagmohan Dalmiya at the helm of Cricket Association of Bengal
(CAB) gathered momentum on Wednesday with Sourav Ganguly and Dalmiya's
son Avishek calling on chief minister Mamata Banerjee at Nabanna.
Sourav and Avishek insisted that it was a courtesy call to discuss the arrangements
for the former BCCI chief's 'shraddh' ceremony to be held on October 2.
"To discuss something like this three days after his (Dalmiya's) death is not right.
Speculation will be on, someone will run CAB.
It's too early to say anything," Ganguly said after emerging from the meeting that
was also attended by three senior state ministers.
There was no official line on the succession issue at CAB, but according to a wellplaced source, the chief minister is well aware of the factionalism in the CAB, and
wants the members to sort out their differences and elect a candidate who is acceptable
to all factions.
Swiss target world soccer chief Blatter in criminal probe

Swiss prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation into Sepp Blatter, the head
of world soccer body FIFA, on suspicion of criminal mismanagement and
misappropriation of funds, the Swiss attorney general's office said on Friday.
It said Blatter was interrogated after a meeting of FIFA's executive committee in
Zurich, and authorities carried out a search at the organisation's headquarters on
Friday.
It was the first time that authorities investigating corruption in the world's most
popular sport had pointed the finger directly at Blatter, the 79-year-old Swiss who
has run its powerful governing body for the past 17 years.
He has denied wrongdoing and his U.S. attorney said he was cooperating with the
Swiss probe.
A source close to FIFA said that as Blatter has not been arrested, charged or indicted,
it would probably be for him to decide whether he stays in his post until February,
when he is due to step down.
Pankaj Advani wins World Billiards Championship

Pankaj Advani outplayed Peter Gilchrist of Singapore to win the World Billiards
Championship on Sunday.
This was Advanis 14th world title.
Advani left the spectators spellbound with his prolific display as he downed his
opponent by 1168 points after the match ended after the maximum allotted time of
300 minutes.
Sundays victory also came as sweet revenge for Advani as he had lost the final of
the point format championship to Gilchrist last week.
Abhinav Bindra wins gold in Asian Air Gun Championships

Beijing Olympics champion Abhinav Bindra produced some excellent shooting to
clinch the gold while London Games bronze medallist Gagan Narang failed to finish

on the podium in the men's 10m Air Rifle event of the Asian Air Gun Championships
on Sunday.
32-year-old Bindra, who won gold in 2008 Olympics in 10m Air Rifle event, shot
208.3 to bag the top prize ahead of Kazakhstan's world number eight Yurkov Yuriy
(206.6) and Korea's Yu Jaechul (185.3) on the first day of competition at the Dr Karni
Singh Shooting Range.in Newunday. PTI
Narang, who won a bronze in the same event in 2012 London Olympics, finished
fourth with a score of 164.5 while another Indian, Chain Singh was two places below
at seventh after notching up 122.7.
Narang started on a good note, shooting 10.6 and 10.6, but fell behind in the following
attempts while Chain Singh was out after a shoot-off with Korea's Kim Dajin.
West Indies fail to qualify for ICC Champions Trophy

2017
In what can be termed as the lowest ebb in islands cricket history, the West Indies
have failed to qualify for the 2017 Champions Trophy in England as they were not
among the top eight ODI teams as per ICC rankings on September 30, 2015, paving
the way for Bangladeshs entry.
It will be the first time since its inception year in 1998 (when Champions Trophy
used to be known as Mini World Cup) that assortment of Caribbean nations will not
be a part of a premier event.
Bangladesh will return to the Champions Trophy for the first time since 2006 after
the eight sides were confirmed for the 2017 tournament, which will be hosted by the
England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) from June 1 to 18.
The eight sides to play in the short and sharp, nation-versus-nation ICC Champions
Trophy 2017 are (in rankings order): world champions Australia, defending
champions India, 1998 winner South Africa, 2000 champion New Zealand, 2002 cowinner Sri Lanka, hosts England, Bangladesh and Pakistan.
Bangladeshs last participation in the ICC Champions Trophy was in India, when it
featured in the qualifying round. It lost to Sri Lanka (by 37 runs) and the West Indies
(by 10 wickets). Its only victory was against Zimbabwe by 101 runs.
Since the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015, Bangladesh cricket team has been on a high
and has produced very strong performances. It won ODI series against Pakistan,
India and South Africa, which has helped it jump from ninth to seventh in the ICC
ODI Team Rankings.
The Champions Trophy 2017 will be a 15-match tournament, with teams split into
two groups of four, with the top two teams in each group progressing to the semifinals. The groups and the schedule for the ICC Champions Trophy will be announced
in due course.
With the sides for the ICC Champions Trophy 2017 now confirmed, the next important
qualification date in the diaries of the 12 teams on the ICC ODI Team Rankings will
be September 30, 2017.
That is the date when the top eight ranked sides on the ICC ODI Team Rankings will
earn direct qualification for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 to be hosted by the
ECB.
The bottom four sides will get a second chance to complete the 10-team line-up in
the ICC Cricket World Cup when they will be joined by teams from the ICC World
Cricket League Championship and the ICC World Cricket League Division 2 in the
ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2018.

Science & Tech

90 percent of the viruses in the soft palate had the
reverted form of the virus.
Flu viruses come in many strains, and some are better equipped than others to spread
from person to person.
Scientists from MIT and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
(NIAID) have now discovered that the soft palate -- the soft tissue at the back of the
roof of the mouth -- plays a key role in viruses' ability to travel through the air from
one person to another.
The findings should help scientists better understand how the flu virus evolves
airborne transmissibility and assist them in monitoring the emergence of strains with
potential to cause global outbreaks.
Researchers made the surprising finding while examining the H1N1 flu strain, which
caused a 2009 pandemic that killed more than 250,000 people.
Ram Sasi sekharan, one of the study's senior authors, has previously shown that
airborne transmissibility depends on whether a virus' hem agglutinin (HA) protein
can bind to a specific type of receptor on the surface of human respiratory cells.
Some flu viruses bind better to alpha 2-6 glycan receptors, which are found primarily
in humans and other mammals, while other viruses are better adapted to alpha 2-3
glycan receptors, found predominantly in birds.
The 2009 strain was very good at binding to human alpha 2-6 receptors. In the new
study, the researchers made four mutations in the HA molecule of this virus, which
made it better suited to bind alpha 2-3 receptors instead of alpha 2-6.
They then used it to infect ferrets, which are often used to model human influenza
infection.
The researchers believed the mutated virus would not spread, but to their surprise,
it traveled through the air just as well as the original version of the virus. After
sequencing the virus' genetic material, they found that it had
3rd World Tea & Coffee Expo to in Mumbai from October

1
Enhancing business opportunities in the Tea & Coffee sectors, the World Tea & Coffee
Expo is to be held at Bombay Exhibition Centre, Mumbai India from October 1- 3,
2015.
This three-day trade fair will provide the perfect environment for the hot beverage
industry to meet face-to-face and develop real business opportunities.
The Current edition has 50 plus exhibitors from six countries including pavilions
from Tea Board of India and Sri Lanka Tea Board as also participation from Coffee
Board of India.
On display are new-age tea and coffee products and brands, vending solutions,
premixes, machineries, retail chains, technologies, accessories, ingredients,
certifications etc

Modi brings net neutrality into focus

Ever since Mark Zuckerberg changed his Facebook profile picture to a tricolour shade
in support of the Modi-governments Digital India initiative, the social networks
users in the country have been split down the middle on the issue, with many saying
the gesture indirectly promotes Internet.org, which allegedly violates net neutrality.
While several changed their pictures, including PM Modi, many others didn't.
This has restarted the debate on net neutrality an whether or not platforms such as
Facebook's internet.org should be allowed -- an issue that the Modi-government
appointed expert panel has also looked into. The telecom regulator TRAI is expected
to submit a report on net neutrality in a couple of months.
Internet.org, recently rebranded as Free Basics by Facebook, aims to bring Internet
services to areas that are still not connected in partnership with tech giants like
Samsung and Qualcomm. However, it has been widely criticised for violating net
neutrality principles and favouring Facebooks own services over its rivals.
In India, which has the largest Facebook user base outside the U.S., Facebook
partnered with Reliance Communications to provide free access to select websites.
In the wake of the controversy over the initiative, a lot of these websites such as
Cleartrip, Times Group, Flipkart and Ndtv opted out of Internet.org to voice their
support for net neutrality.
Questions are also being raised on why Facebook did not take up the issue of net
neutrality during its 45-minute townhall Q&A with Prime Minister Narendra Modi,
despite a lot of users posting questions on the subject on Mr. Zuckerbergs home
page.
India's deadliest warship - INS Kochi - set to join fleet

today
Naval warship INS Kochi, the stealth guided missile destroyers, will be commissioned
by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai on
Wednesday.
The warship is designed by the Navy's in-house organisation, Directorate of Naval
Design, and it is constructed by Mazagon Dock Ship builders Ltd in Mumbai. It has
displacement of 7,500 tons and it is 164 metres in length and 17 metres at the beam.
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INS Kochi is packed with an array of state-of-the-art weapons and sensors, with a
significant indigenous component. The ship has many lethal weapons to its credit
which include the successful fitment of vertically launched missile system for long
distance engagement of shore and sea-based targets.

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