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A day after 46
nurses returned from Iraq, another 200 Indians arrived from Najaf. Another 117
people are expected to arrive in New Delhi by an Iraqi Airways plane on Monday
morning, the Ministry of External Affairs said. Approximately 2,200 Indian
nationals have indicated their desire to leave. Of them, 600 have been provided
tickets by their companies, while 1,600 are being provided tickets by the
Government of India.
| Kamla Beniwal |
Ø Gujarat
Governor Kamla Beniwal was transferred
to Mizoram for the remainder of her term, a Rashtrapati Bhavan communiqué said.
Vakkom Purushothaman, Governor of Mizoram, was shifted and appointed as
Governor of Nagaland for the rest of his term. However, Mr. Purushothaman will
continue to hold the additional charge of the office of the Governor of
Tripura. Rajasthan Governor Margaret Alva will discharge the functions of the Governor
of Gujarat, in addition to her own duties, until regular arrangements are made.
Her tenure finishes in August. Among the names doing the rounds for appointment
as Governors are BJP leaders Kesri Nath Tripathi, Lalji Tandon from U.P.,
Kailash Joshi from Madhya Pradesh, V.K. Malhotra from Delhi, O. Rajagopal from
Kerala and Balramji Dass Tandon from Punjab. Eminent jurist Soli Sorabjee, who
served as the Attorney-General during NDA rule, was also said to have been
shortlisted.
Ø Law Commission chairman Justice A.P. Shah said
a “very keen” National Democratic Alliance government has asked the Commission
to simplify laws for clearance of projects to promote an investor-friendly
climate. He said the government should put all information, especially
regarding licences and contracts in respect to projects dealing with scarce
natural resources, in the public domain.
Ø Within days of presenting his first budget,
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will head for
their first big international visit for the BRICS
summit in Brazil, with
development and the BRICS bank at the top of the agenda. The BRICS summit will
be followed by a trip to Brazilia, where President Rousseff has invited leaders
of South America: Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay, Venezuala and
Surinam to meet with them as well. It is unclear how many bilateral meetings
Mr. Modi will have, but the focus will be on his meetings with President Xi and
President Putin. President Xi is also expected to visit India in September with
a host of bilateral announcements and infrastructural deals on the cards. A
Fortaleza declaration that will include an announcement on the $100 billion
dollar BRICS bank is also expected. Officials said the decision on whether to
base the bank in Shanghai, as primary donor China has proposed was still “under
negotiation.”
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Air India will be
formally inducted as the 27th member of the global airlines’ club, Star
Alliance, later this week. The induction is expected to
improve Air India’s connectivity to high-growth economies and give the 26 Star
Alliance members access to India’s domestic aviation market.
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