Ø Bangladesh
has taken up massive preparations to welcome Prime Minister Narendra Modi on
his maiden visit to Dhaka. The Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
on Monday, approved drafts of three agreements which will be signed during Mr.
Modi’s visit. The agreement includes an understanding with Bangladesh Standard
Testing Institution (BSTI) and Bureau of Indian Standard on cooperation in the
field of standardisation and conformity, Cabinet Secretary M. Musharraf Hossain
Bhuiyan told the media. With this, goods made in Bangladesh or India can be
certified by either BSTI or BIS and will not require further verification. The
other two agreements are protocols for passenger bus services between Kolkata
and Agartala via Bangladesh and from Dhaka to Guwahati via Shillong. Mr. Modi
will visit the Martyrs memorial of the Bangladesh liberation war at Savar and
Bangabandhu Museum, the historic house in Dhamnadi, where the founding father
and president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was assassinated in 1975.
Ø India and
Sweden on Monday agreed to re-start the bilateral strategic dialogue after a
gap of four years besides finding ways for investment by the Nordic country in
India’s defence sector under the ambitious ‘Make in India’ initiative. It was
agreed that the two countries would re-start their strategic dialogue between
the two National Security Advisers.
Ø The
senior-most Information Commissioner, Vijai Sharma, is tipped to be the new
Chief Information Commissioner, while the former Chairman of the Central Board
of Direct Taxes, K.V. Chowdary, is understood to be in the running for the post
of Central Vigilance Commissioner.
Ø The
External Affairs Ministry on Monday said it would seek the permission of the
Supreme Court to approach the International Court of Justice on the alleged
torture of Capt. Saurabh Kalia by Pakistani forces during the Kargil war.
The announcement came in the wake of a controversy that the BJP-led NDA
government was reluctant to approach the ICJ.
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