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President s Medal for DIG Roopa Former DIG D. Roopa, who exposed alleged irregularities at Bengaluru s Central Jail, including preferential treatment to AIADMK leader V.K. Sasikal, was on Saturday conferred with the President s Medal in a ceremony at the Raj Bhavan in the presence of Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah.
Trade pacts stuck ahead of summit With the India-European Union (EU) Summit just three weeks away, officials in Brussels and Delhi have told The Hindu that formal talks on the proposed bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA) have yet to be scheduled, despite a public push from Prime Minister Narendra Modi and German Chancellor Angela Merkel in May. Confused?????????????? But lets see what European Union is all about
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European Commission Brussels It is the powerful civil services of the EU. The engine room It is run by 28 commissioners, 1 from each member countries. It administers the much of the money that the EU spends It is also where new laws are born, so its political. European Parliament Brussels and sometimes in Strasbourg Members of European Parliament (MEPs) = 751 Voting on nearly all the laws proposed by European Commission takes place here. The Council of the European Union Brussels It is where the governments of all the 28 countries have their say. Representative of said governments meet here. They give political direction to the EU. The European Court of Justice Luxemburg It makes sure that everyone sticks to the rules and follows the law It sorts outs the issue between EC, EP, and CEU
The European Union is a unique economic and political union between 28 European countries that together cover much of the continent. The EU was created in the aftermath of the Second World War. The first steps were to foster economic cooperation: the idea being that countries that trade with one another become economically interdependent and so more likely to avoid conflict. The result was the European Economic Community (EEC), created in 1958, and initially increasing economic cooperation between six countries: Belgium, Germany, France, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. Since then, a huge single market has been created and continues to develop towards its full potential.
The officials said India had sent repeated reminders at the levels of the Commerce and Industry Minister, the Commerce Secretary and the Chief Negotiator to restart the talks that stalled in 2013, but the EU had not yet given any official indication on the re-engagement. It is learnt that the current sticking point is regarding whether an India-EU Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) can be finalised first, as demanded by the EU, or take forward India s plan to make investment protection a part of the negotiations on the proposed comprehensive FTA officially called the Bilateral Trade and Investment Agreement (BTIA) and include it in the BTIA as a separate chapter.
The FTA talks are also stuck due to differences over the EU s demands on elimination of India s duties on goods such as automobiles and wines and spirits. India s pitch for a data secure status (important for India's IT sector to do more business with EU firms) as well as to ease norms on temporary movement of skilled workers. The EU-India Summit is also likely to include discussions on issues relating to WTO-level negotiations as well on strategic cooperation between Indian police agencies with Europol on intelligence sharing and fighting terror.
Indus water talks make no headway The latest round of talks between India and Pakistan on the Indus Waters Treaty has ended without any agreement, the World Bank has said, while asserting that it will continue to work with complete impartiality to resolve the issues in an amicable manner. The second round of discussions between India and Pakistan on the Ratle (Chenab) and Kishanganga (Jhelum) hydroelectric projects, over which Islamabad has raised objections The Indus Waters Treaty was signed in 1960 after nine years of negotiations between India and Pakistan with the help of the World Bank, which is also a signatory. Termed as most successful water treaty in the world.
Gun rise: Illegal factories in Bihar, Bengal make a killing The tribals in Bastar use it. The Maoists in Dandakaranya swear by it. The gangs of Mumbai kill with it. Poachers in Tamil Nadu hunt with it. From Kashmir to Kanyakumari, the trade in illegal, country-made weapons thrives. Such guns include the kind suspected to have been used to murder people like Gauri Lankesh and Gulshan Kumar of T-series. There are many variants, to suit every purse and purpose.
Mumbai police officers scoff at the term country-made gun or desi/gavthi katta. The original katta had just a basic barrel and a trigger mechanism, and each round had to be loaded separately. In 90% of cases, these weapons would be useless after they fired a few rounds. But today s country-made guns are superior. They are made in factories now. Retired Deputy Commissioner of Police Ambadas Pote adds, The supply chain is highly organised. Once the manufacturers have an order, facilitated through an agent, they hand over the consignment to clients at spots like bus stops, lodges or secluded spots on highways.
UK police arrest teenager, raid residence over bombing In the United Kingdom, an 18-year-old man was arrested today in connection with the terror attack on a packed London Tube train. The Metropolitan calling it a significant development in the ongoing investigation said, the man was arrested by Kent Police in the port area of Dover this morning under the Terrorism Act. He was taken into custody at a local police station and then transferred to a south London police station. Meanwhile, the Islamic State group has said it was behind the bomb but the Met Police's Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley said it was very routine for the IS to claim the attack, whether in contact with those involved or not.
26 acute sickle cell anaemia cases detected in Attappady Among the Kurumba, Irula, and Muduka tribal communities in the region, many cases of the disorder are not getting reported. As per unofficial estimates, the number of tribal people vulnerable to the disease in the region is more than 1,500. The disorder is highly prevalent among the tribes in south Indian States. The disease gets transmitted from one generation to the next if both the parents have sickle cell haemoglobin traits in their bodies. India has signed MoU with Japan to work on this disease.
Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra advises advocates to avoid seeking adjournments and calls for finding early resolutions of disputes. Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra has called for finding early resolutions to disputes to ensure speedy justice. Speaking at the Madras High Court today, he asked advocates to avoid seeking adjournments in cases as much as possible. The Chief Justice dedicated the renovated 125 years old heritage structures within the premises of the High Court including a light house and a court museum in Chennai. Union Minister of Law and Justice Ravi Shankar Prasad stressed that the judiciary should dispose off cases which are more than ten years old, on a priority basis.
Marshal of IAF Arjan Singh dies at 98 Marshal of the Indian Air Force Arjan Singh, one of independent India s most celebrated soldiers, passed away in the national capital on Saturday. He was 98. A statement from the Ministry of Defence said Singh was admitted to the hospital on Saturday morning following a cardiac arrest, and breathed his last at 7.47 p.m. One of the heroes of the 1965 war with Pakistan, Arjan Singh became the chief of IAF when he was just 44. Born on April 15, 1919, in Lyalpur, now Faisalabad, modern day Pakistan, he was selected for the Empire Pilot training course at RAF Cranwell, at the age of 19. Singh received the Distinguished Flying Cross in 1944.
Name some European countries that are not part of EU Brussels is capital of which country? Strasbourg is a city of which country? Luxemburg is a city of which country?
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