Yamaguchi backs civil nuclear pact
New Delhi: Chief Representative of New Komeito Party Natsuo Yamaguchi on Monday backed the negotiations for a civil nuclear pact with India and said “a flexible approach” should be adopted to go for the deal. He said there was a need to “accelerate” the talks between the two countries to finalise the civil nuclear deal, besides expanding cooperation in other areas. Yamaguchi, who is leading a delegation of Japanese parliamentarians, met Vice- President Hamid Ansari and External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid and discussed issues of mutual concern.
Health Programme to be launched today
New Delhi: In a move to enable adolescents to realise their full potential, the Union Health Ministry will launch Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakram (National Adolescent Health Programme) on Tuesday in the capital focusing on their well-being. Union Minister for Health Ghulam Nabi Azad will launch the programme followed by a two-day national conference on adolescent health to be deliberated by experts from across the globe. India is home to 243 million adolescents (10-19 years), 21.4 per cent of the country’s population.
New Delhi:) Incredible India campaign has attracted 8 lakh foreign tourists in December as against 7.53 lakh in the same period last year, a growth of 6.3 per cent. 68.48 lakh foreign tourists had come from January to December 2013 as compared to 65.78 lakh in 2012, an increase of 4.1 per cent, according to Tourism Ministry. Foreign exchange earnings from tourism also witnessed a jump of 10.7 per cent in December.
indian navy operating two aircraft carriers
New Delhi: After a gap of over two decades, India is operating two aircraft carriers in its maritime zone with the arrival of its largest warship INS Vikramaditya in the Arabian Sea. The 44,500 tonne warship which had cost over USD 2.3 billion is operating with aircraft carrier INS Viraat of the Western fleet along with other frontline vessels including destroyers INS Delhi and Mumbai and frigates INS Teg, Talwar, Trikand, INS Subhadra, INS Godavari and fleet tanker INS Deepak.