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« on: November 19, 2011, 10:37:21 PM »
In Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s words, the business tonight was anything but official. At the end of the gala dinner that he hosted for 18 global leaders who huddled in Bali for the ASEAN and East Asia summits, the master of ceremonies of the cultural extravaganza called upon United States President Barack Obama and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao for a handshake.
But both seemed to have settled for the cold shoulder. Right through Obama’s nine-day tour of the Pacific, the undercurrent of tension between the world’s top two economies has been palpable, especially in the backdrop of China’s increasing assertion of ownership over the South China Sea and US actions to undermine Beijing’s authority. At Honolulu, Obama traded barbs with Beijing over its currency and trade policies. In Manila, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton promised Philippines a second warship and increased military assistance.
In Canberra, the US president said his country was there to stay as a Pacific power and committed to deploy 2,500 Marines in Northern Australia. All along, he asked China to play by the rules. China isn’t exactly fazed. It had, actually, intervened to pull down its renminbi after a bill was introduced in the US calling for punitive action for currency manipulation. Addressing the 14th China-ASEAN summit celebrating the 20th anniversary of their relations, Wen Jiabao said: “The disputes over the South China Sea between the relevant countries in the region have existed for many years. They should be settled through friendly consultation and negotiation between the sovereign states directly concerned. Outside forces should not get involved under any excuse.”
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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president Nitin Gadkari alleged that Ahmed Patel, advisor to Congress president Sonia Gandhi, was the 'mastermind’ behind the cash-for-vote scam and that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi should seek apology from the nation for the "political conspiracy".
“After the revelations of Wikileaks, it became clear that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi saved their government during the nuclear deal by purchasing 19 MPs,” Gadkari said at a press conference at the party office here. He further said: “I allege that Sonia Gandhi’s advisor Ahmad Patel is the mastermind of cash-for-vote scam.”
After Delhi High Court has given bail to two former MPs -- Faggan Singh Kulaste, Mahabir Singh Bhagora -- and Sudheendra Kulkarni, ex-advisor to former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the prime minister (Manmohan Singh) and Sonia Gandhi "should apologise to the nation for the political conspiracy", the BJP national president said. “Let the people of India know who are behind this political conspiracy,” he demanded. Gadkari said the court like the BJP also found that all the three accused have been implicated in the case.
The BJP president added that his party will felicitate the three Saturday. On July 22, 2008, MP Ashok Argal, Kulaste and Bhagora waved wads of currency notes in the Lok Sabha just hours ahead of a trust vote, alleging they were given the money to vote in favour of the Manmohan Singh government. Kulkarni has been charged as co-conspirator and master-minding the entire event along with former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh, who was earlier granted bail.
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« on: November 19, 2011, 08:45:19 PM »
A pall of gloom descended on Panam village in Garhshankar sub division of the district as news of murder of two brothers of the village, who were shot dead by some persons at Manila, capital of Philippines, reached.
According to family sources, Manjit Singh (28) and his brother Sukhwinder Singh (26), sons of Darshan Singh of village Panam, were shot dead by some persons at Manila this morning. Both were doing money lending business there. Both were bachelor and their parents were in search of good matches for them.
Village Sarpanch Balwinder Singh told that the entire family was well to do and was enjoying good repute in the area. He said that efforts were being made to bring their bodies to the village for performing their last rites. The cause of shooting has yet to be ascertained.
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It is already known to give babies the best start in life, but experts now say that breast milk may also hold the key to beating diseases -- from Alzheimer`s to cancer.
An international team says that breast milk contains stem cells that could potentially beat diseases from Alzheimer`s to cancer. The milk is rich in stem cells, which have chameleon-like properties found in those taken from embryos. The milk could provide a ready and ethical source of stem cells, which are widely seen as a "repair kit" due to their potential to turn into any cell type in the body.
Cancer, blindness, diabetes, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson`s diseases and paralysis could all potentially be healed by the power of "master cells", say the scientists. Prof Foteini Hassiotou at the University of Western Australia, was quoted by the `Daily Mail ` newspaper as saying, "Breast milk offers a new exciting opportunity for stem cell therapies." However, Prof Chris Mason at University College London said more proof is needed that the cells are as versatile as billed, but added: "If they are truly embryonic, this will be another way of getting stem cells that would not raise ethical concerns."
Even if they do not turn out to be as versatile as hoped, said Newcastle University stem cell scientist Lyle Armstrong, a woman could still bank stem cells from her milk and use them to help in the treatment of a disease such as diabetes later in life. For instance, a woman could bank the stem cells from her milk and then use them to help in the treatment of a disease such as diabetes later in life.
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« on: November 19, 2011, 10:46:53 AM »
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee indicated that he was not contemplating any downward revision in the disinvestment target of Rs.40,000 crore set for the current fiscal, as of now. The government's effort would be to achieve it but much would depend on various other factors.
“I am not revising it [disinvestment target] right now. We have fixed the target and we will try to achieve it, but it depends on many other situations, particularly the economic health conditions,” Mr. Mukherjee told the media on the sidelines of a seminar on disinvestment. Till date, the government has been able to mop up a mere Rs.1,145 crore through the sole equity sell-off in the Power Finance Corporation (PFC). Stock markets have remained either very volatile or in a tailspin in the wake of the global economic uncertainties such as the slowdown in the U.S. and the ongoing eurozone sovereign debt crisis.
As a result, all public offerings of public sector undertakings (PSUs) lined up for stake sale in 2011-12 have been kept in abeyance. With more than half the fiscal year over, questions are not being raised in various quarters as to whether the disinvestment target can at all be met. Referring to these concerns, Mr. Mukherjee said: “All these aspects have to be taken into account and the government will take a decision at the appropriate time.” PSUs that were initially lined up for stake sale were SAIL and Hindustan Copper (HCL), ONGC, BHEL, RINL, Hindustan Aeronautics and NBCC, among others.
Earlier, inaugurating the seminar on ‘PSU disinvestment through listing — a tool for improved corporate governance' here, Mr. Mukherjee maintained that the government would retain at least 51 per cent shareholding in PSUs to keep them in the public sector fold while pointing out that a higher stake unnecessarily locked up capital which could otherwise be deployed in social sector development. “Keeping more than 51 per cent equity in government companies locked-up does not make economic sense when such valuable resources are required for redeployment in area where development is needed … Retaining more than 51 per cent government shareholding in a company has no impact on its character as a CPSE [Central public sector enterprise] and it only keeps government investment locked up, often at a value which may be lower than what the market would offer,” he said.
Mr. Mukherjee said there were 50 listed Central PSUs now which accounted for 22.25 per cent share of the total market capitalisation on the Bombay Stock Exchange. “Through the public offerings of CPSE, the government has endeavoured to unlock the true nature of these public sectors and, most important, to provide an opportunity to the people of India to become shareholders in these companies,” he said. Mr. Mukherjee asserted that the true worth of a company could only be gauged on its listing and when its shares were publicly traded, which unlocked the true value of the company.
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