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The U.K. Serious
Fraud Office, started criminal proceedings against French major Alstom SA
for alleged corruption related to large
transport projects in India and two other countries. A diversified group with
global footprints, Alstom is into rail, power and electricity transmission
sectors.
Ø Permanent representatives of the Air Force and
the Navy have, for the first time, taken office in Beijing. Group
Captain Ashish Srivastava and Captain Sushant Dam will begin
their terms as the Air and Naval attachés in the Indian Embassy in Beijing.
Ø India opened its account at the Commonwealth
Games in Glasgow with Khumukcham Sanjita Chanu and Saikhom Mirabai Chanu winning
gold and silver medals respectively in
the 48 kg women’s weightlifting event.
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The proposed
India-Pakistan pipeline, through which India plans to supply natural gas to
Pakistan, may be completed within a year. The pipeline, being put in
place by the Gas Authority of India Ltd (GAIL), will start from Gujarat and
reach Punjab passing through Madhya Pradesh, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh. GAIL
will source liquified natural gas (LNG) from international suppliers, which
will then be regasified at the LNG terminal at Dahej in Gujarat, for supply to
Pakistan. India had granted basic customs duty exemption of 5 per cent
on regasified LNG for supply to Pakistan in this year’s budget, opening up
avenues of expanded energy trade with the neighbour. The proposed project will
utilise GAIL’s existing Dadri-Bawana-Nangal pipeline network, which now extends
to Jalandhar. This may be extended to Lahore via Amritsar by laying a
110-km pipeline of 24-inch diameter.
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