Around INDIA
# Parting
with the practice off displaying just the State Emblem of India, the vehicles
of constitutional authorities and dignities, such as the President, the vice
President, Governors and Lt. Governors will soon have to display their
registration numbers
TAMIL NADU
# The
Hindu launched is Tamil magazine named “Kamadhenu”
STATES SCAN
# Karnataka:
Chief Minister, Mr. Siddaramaih unveiled “arogya
Karnataka” (Health Karnataka), healthcare scheme to provide quality primary,
secondary and tertiary treatment to BPL and aPL
families in Karnataka
#
Meghalaya: though INC won maximum number of seats, BJP will form the coalition
government in the State
#
Odisha: Government has launched “ama Gaon, ama Vikas” (Our Village, our development) with an objective o
reach out to the people in rural areas of the state and involve them in
development activities
BILATERAL ISSUES
# Myanmar
has indefinitely deferred signing an agreement with India to streamline the
free movement of people within 16 km along the border.
- India
is keen to sign the agreement but Myanmar — citing “domestic compulsions” — has
asked more time before the agreement is sealed.
- On
January 2018, the Union Cabinet had approved the agreement between India and
Myanmar on land border crossing to enhance economic interaction between people
of the two countries.
- To
give it shape, the Centre had asked four States — Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland,
Manipur and Mizoram — that share the unfenced border with Myanmar to distribute
“border pass” to all the residents living within 16 km from the border.
- The
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been deferred twice in the past seven
months. It was to be signed in September last year when Prime Minister Narendra
Modi
WORLD
# Germany:
Chancellor angela Merkel gets
support for fourth term
# Pakistan:
Krishna Kumari Kohli, becomes the country’s first Dalit woman Senator
# Saudi
Arabia and Egypt set up a $10 billion joint fund on Sunday to develop a planned
mega-city, committing more than 1,000 square kilometres in the south Sinai
#
South Korea: to send envoys to North
Korea
*ECONOMICS*
# State-owned
Indian Oil Corp (IOC) has bid for a stake in Vietnam’s Binh Son Refining and
Petrochemical Company as it looks at the southeastern nation to expand business
beyond Indian shores.
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