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Tsunami warning system by 2007: Kalam

     New Delhi: President APJ Abdul Kalam has assured that a tsunami warning system will be in force by 2007. President who returned here last evening after a three day visit to Andaman and Nicobar Islands praised the local people for their courage, sprit and smile despite adverse situations faced by them. "You have to be vigilant and the local administration and the Central Government are always with you. A tsunami warning system is likely to be in force by 2007," said Kalam while talking to the local people. The President also assured the local people that permanent shelters will come up during this year for which some prototype houses are being built on which they could give their suggestions for any possible changes/alteraction to the local administration. When asked by the school children "whether tsunami can re-occur again", Kalam said that he had extensive discussions with experts on this subject and they are of the view that such a phenomenon occurs in hundreds of years so there is no cause of any fear or panic. The President launched 'Vidya Vahini' programme for tele- education at Car-Nicobar. During the three-day visit, the President visited Port Blair, Car-Nicobar, Teressa and Campbell bay Islands and had discussions with officials and tribal councils on long term rehabilitation plans of tsunami affected people. He also visited an orphanage, Cellular Jail, the command headquarter at Port Blair and Air Force Station at Car Nicobar and addressed Jawans.

Nagaland finance minister Therie resigns  (Go To Top)

     Dimapur: Following last night's directive from Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio to his one-time closest colleague finance minister K Therie to submit his resignation, the latter resigned today. A brief statement from the Chief Minister's office today said that the Governor had accepted Therie's resignation. While, finance minister Therie chose to give a cautious response to the disciplinary proceedings initiated against him by the NPF Disciplinary Acton Committee, his party workers back home have begun to react angrily claiming that the plot to dislodge him was hatched much before that fateful May 5 meeting of the party in Kohima. Working president of NPF Pfutsero unit P. David, vice president Vekhruyi Theluo and general secretary Kevisanyu Marhu in a joint statement today said, without naming chief minister Rio that vested interests were scheming to dislodge Therie. They felt that what Therie had said at the party meeting on May 5 was being deliberately misconstrued to throw him out. Therie hails from Pfutsero constituency.

Manmohan arrives in Russian Capital (Go To Top)

     Moscow: Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh today arrived here on a three-day visit to participate in the commemorative events organised by Russia to mark its 60th anniversary of "Victory Day". Senior Russian Foreign Ministry officials and India's Ambassador to Russia Kanwal Sibal received him at the airport. Over 50 heads of State and Governments are gathering at Moscow to participate in the ceremony to commemorate the memory of 27 million Soviets who died during the War. Dr Singh will have an opportunity to meet the Russian President Vladimir Putin, US President George W Bush, French President Jacques Chirac and Chinese President Hu Jintao. German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder is also expected to be present at Moscow.

     As far as India was concerned, this visit is significant not only because of the close ties that New Delhi shared with Moscow, but also a recognition of the fact that Russia was honouring millions of its martyrs, who had sacrificed their lives during the Second World War fighting as the British Indian Army. The total number of Indian soldiers killed during WWII include 24,338; wounded 64,354; missing 11,754 with 79,489 reported as Prisoners of War. Indian soldiers fought in all the theatres of the War from the scorching Sahara to the densest jungles of Burma, from mainland Europe to South East Asia. On Monday morning, the Prime Minister would witness the military parade to commemorate Victory Day. This ceremony would take place at 10 a.m. At 11.30 a.m. local time, the world leaders would lay wreaths at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, and this would be followed by a lunch hosted for them by Russian president Vladimir Putin.

India reaffirms its stand on Kishanganga project (Go To Top)

     Lahore: India has reiterated that it is constructing the Kishanganga Hydro-Power project according to the provisions laid down in the Indus Water Treaty between India and Pakistan. The Head of Indian delegation visiting Pakistan to hold water talks, D. Mehta, told that Indus Water Treaty enshrined Indian right to store limited quantity of water on River Jhelum and this was for irrigating 3.6 million acre area. "We have designed Kishan-Ganga Hydro-power Project keeping in view our share of the quantum of water and Pakistan was informed about it in 1994. Pakistan had raised objections on it but the work on the project off and on kept going and Pakistan was briefed about the latest position of construction work in February meeting," The News quoted D. Mehta as saying. Earlier, both countries began three-day water talks in Lahore this evening to resolve differences over the 330 MW Kishanganga project, which is coming up in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir. An eight-member delegation from India and a ten-member Pakistani team are making efforts to iron out the differences under the provisions of the 1960 Indus Water Treaty.

India working to restore democracy in Nepal: Patil (Go To Top)

     New Delhi: India has said that it is working towards the restoration of democracy in Nepal. "We are choosing our policies with an intention to see that democracy is restored in Nepal," Home Minister Shivraj Patil said at a SAARC conference of Parliamentarians and NGOs. Asked whether India's decision to resume the arms supply to the Himalayan Kingdom wouldn't further weaken the democratic system in the country, Patil said that India was making all efforts to restore democracy back in Nepal and would like to see democracy thrive in Nepal. The decision to resume military aid was taken after two meetings with the Nepal King-one with Natwar Singh, which lasted for over an hour on April 22, and the other between the King and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, which lasted for about 45-minutes at the Jakarta Convention Centre on the sidelines of the summit on April 23. New Delhi, a major aid donor and key arms supplier to the Nepal army in its fight Maoist guerrillas, halted arms aid to it after the king sacked the government and put the country under emergency rule on Feb. 1. India has repeatedly urged the monarch to restore democracy, free politicians and lift media censorship.

Signals coming from Cartosat-1: ISRO (Go To Top)

     Bangalore: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has said that the latest remote sensing satellite, Cartosat-1, which was launched on May 5, is likely to be declared operational in six weeks as it has started sending signals. "The two advanced high-resolution panchromatic cameras on board the spacecraft have been switched on and it has started sending encoded signals. We will need a day or so to see the result," ISRO Chief G. Madhavan Nair was quoted as saying. "We now have test and evaluation programme which would take five to six weeks, after which Cartosat-1 will be declared operational," Nair said. "All the systems are functioning normally". Built for a mission life of five years, the CARTOSAT-1 is mainly intended for cartographic applications. However, HAMSAT is a microsatellite for providing satellite-based Amateur Radio Services to the national as well as the international community of Amateur Radio Operators (HAMs). Once commissioned, CARTOSAT-1 will give further fillip to remote sensing services by providing imagery with improved spatial resolution. The data from CARTOSAT-1 is expected to provide enhanced inputs for large scale mapping applications and simulate newer applications in the urban and rural development. It will also help in land and water resources management, environment impact assessment and various other geographical information system applications.

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