Ø In a sign of growing warmth between the two
countries, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was at the Kyoto state guest
house to receive Mr. Modi. Mr. Modi arrived at Osaka airport and then drove to
Kyoto. The two Prime Ministers witnessed the signing of a partner city
affiliation agreement between Varanasi (Kashi) and Kyoto, which will see cooperation in the fields of
heritage conservation, city modernisation and culture, an official Indian
spokesman said. Mr. Abe then hosted Mr. Modi for an informal dinner.
Ø The Sivaramakrishnan Committee on
the capital for Andhra Pradesh has made it clear that it did not consider a
single large capital city a feasible option and found the Vijayawada- Guntur
stretch strongly pitched by the State Government as “unfeasible for financial
reasons and undesirable for decentralised development.”
| Bipan Chandra |
Ø Historian Bipan Chandra,
a Left-leaning expert in economic and political history of India, passed away.
He was 86. A Padma Bhushan awardee, Chandra had donned multiple roles
including that of chairperson of the Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal
Nehru University, member of the University Grants Commission and the chairman
of the National Book Trust.
Ø Former Chief Justice of India P. Sathasivam will be the next Kerala Governor following the
resignation of Sheila Dikshit a few days ago. This is the first time a
retired CJI is being appointed Governor.
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