Saturday, 21 January 2012 01:30
By Ajai Shukla   Hindustan Shipyard, which could become the MoD's central yard for manufacturing nuclear submarines, has delivered its first vessel to the Indian Coast Guard. Press release pasted below.1ST INSHORE PATROL VESSEL COMMISSIONED INTO COAST GUARD
New Delhi: Pausa 30, 1933January 20, 2012
The Indian Coast Guard Ship Rani Abbakka, the 1st of a series of five Inshore Patrol Vessel (IPV) built at M/s HSL, was commissioned at Visakhapatnam by Minister of State for Defence Dr. MM Pallam Raju today in the presence of Vice Admiral Anil Chopra, Flag Officer Commanding in Chief (East), Vice Admiral MP Muralidharan, Director General Indian Coast Guard and other senior dignitaries of the Central and State Govt.
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Tuesday, 17 January 2012 02:47
NEW DELHI/AZAMGARH: Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Vadra, the Congress' star campaigners, have intensified their public contact programmes in different parts of Uttar Pradesh as the election dates draw near in the politically crucial state.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi's tour programmes are yet to be finalised but a senior leader in the party said both leaders will be addressing at least one election rally in each of the seven phases starting from March 3.
While Priyanka today reached Fursatganj on a three-day tour of Chattrapati Shahuji Maharaj Nagar and Rae Bareli, Rahul will begin his tour of Bundelkhand region from tomorrow.
The AICC general secretary will also address a tribal rally in Sonebhdadra this week.
Priyanka's three-day tour will be confined only to the Assembly segments falling in the Parliamentary constituencies of Sonia and Rahul Gandhi --- Raebareli and Amethi -- for the time being.
There are 10 assembly constituencies in Raebareli and Amethi of which seven are represented by Congress.
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Wednesday, 11 January 2012 15:30
WASHINGTON: In 10 years from 1995 to 2005, the military expenditure in South Asia increased by 50 per cent, and one in every 10 military personnel in the world are in this part of the globe, a US report has said. "From 1995 to 2005, the military expenditures of the states of South Asia appear to have risen about 50 per cent in absolute terms and about 23 per cent per capita terms," said the report "World Military Expenditure and Arms Transfers 2005: Highlights and Trends", released by the US State Department.
"South Asia's share of world military spending appears to have risen from about 1.8 per cent in 1995 to about 2.1% in 2005. During the decade, the share of the sum of South Asia's GDPs to which its military expenditures were equivalent appears to have fallen from 2.7% in 1995 to 2.4% in 2005," the report said.
During 1995 through 2005, South Asia's arms exports appear to have been negligible, while the annual value of its arms imports appears to have ranged from about $1 billion to about $4 billion, trending upward, it said.
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Tuesday, 10 January 2012 13:30
By Ajai Shukla  China's political newbies, like Bo Xilai (pictured here with family), are transforming China's political style. Bo has lobbied openly, causing five PSC members to visit Chongqing By Ajai ShuklaBusiness Standard, 10th Jan 12This year could end with a new president in Washington, but it will certainly see a brand new Chinese leadership. A fifth generation of Chinese leaders will take power this autumn at the 18th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). China has moved beyond Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping; no single strongman controls all the levers of power. Instead, power is distributed between nine senior leaders who make up the Politburo Standing Committee (PSC). Watchers of Zhongnanhai (Beijing’s equivalent of the Kremlin and South Block) agree that even Hu Jintao --- China’s president and general secretary of the CCP --- is merely the “first amongst equals”.
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Tuesday, 20 December 2011 21:00
NEW DELHI: A district court in London has accepted the evidence presented by Indian authorities in connection with extradition of Ravi Shankaran, an accused in the Naval War Room leak case, the CBI said Tuesday.
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