'Build future where there's zero tolerance towards violence against women' What are the aims of the CSW?
The CSW is the premier international body for policy deliberations and dialogues on women’s empowerment and gender equality for governments, civil society and organisations. This year’s priority theme at CSW is ending violence against women. The United Nations General Assembly has passed a resolution to ending violence against women. We are working to translate those into laws, norms and policies at the national level. India will need 1,043 aircraft at $145b in the next 20 years. Dubai: India's aviation industry will require 1,043 new aircraft valued at $145 billion (Dh532 billion) between now and 2030 to satisfy surging annual demand, according to Airbus.
Of these, 1,020 will be passenger aircraft while the other 23 will be freighters. "India's market for new aircraft makes it the world's fourth largest in both number of aircraft and value," Airbus said in its latest report released on Thursday. India's annual passenger traffic growth rates of 7.2 per cent are well above the regional Asia Pacific average rate of 5.9 per cent and the world average 4.8 per cent. Meanwhile, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) called on India to develop a common vision for Indian aviation expressed in a National Aviation Policy with a strong implementation plan. "Indian aviation has tremendous potential to drive economic growth in the sub-continent. Aviation is responsible for 0.5 per cent of India's GDP and supports 1.7 million jobs. Indian entrepreneurs are following the crowd to make money. Till a few years ago, aspiring entrepreneurs across varied genres who wanted financial aid to kick-start their respective projects would make the rounds of various studios or financial institutions to realise their dreams.
Illustration/Amit Bandre Soon, they started resorting to crowd funding requesting their friends, family, acquaintances and even strangers to contribute and support their cause, usually via the Internet. Abroad crowd funding companies such as Kickstarter and Indiegogo have given flight to many a dream by following a business module. Future of Indo-Pak narrative. India’s External Affairs Minister S M Krishna recently visited Pakistan to meet with his Pakistani counterpart Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar.
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India's love of appliances boosts power consumption. Goa to Promote Health and Wellness Tourism. Goa needs more high-end hotel rooms to hope for big-ticket tourists, says a draft investment policy prepared by a government-appointed task force that says the state can position itself as a health and wellness tourism destination.
Food security: Sonia's Boom-or-Bust? India unveils education scheme - Central & South Asia. The Indian prime minister has launched a programme to extend schooling to about 10 million children who are outside the education system.
In a televised speech on Thursday, Manmohan Singh, pledged that financial constraints would not hold up the scheme, which is estimated to cost $38bn over five years. The central government has already reserved $5.6bn for the initiative. The majority of funding will come from India's states, the rest from the federal government and the private sector. The plan is not expected to affect the federal deficit. "The fundamental right to education, as incorporated in our constitution, becomes operative from today. Unicef, Unesco and the International Labour Organisation have welcomed the act, saying it would help the world achieve the Millennium Development Goal of universal primary education.
Free education Under the act, schools will have at least one trained teacher per 30 students. Transforming India's huge potential into growth. MANILA – As the slowdown in the world’s major industrial economies drags on, growth in developing Asia is being affected.
A serious burden will likely be placed on the region’s major economies, particularly its two giants, India and China. Both countries’ external sectors have clearly been hit hard, while domestic consumption is stagnating. Fixed-asset investment in India rose by only 2.3 percent in the first half of 2012, compared to 9 percent in the year-earlier period. Unlike China, which has shown clear signs of stabilization since mid-2012, there is no clear evidence of recovery in India yet, as delay in implementing necessary reforms, among other factors, has weakened the economy’s competitiveness. While recent government measures are expected to boost economic revival, an additional challenge is that growth must be made sustainable and more inclusive, which requires addressing four key issues. New Indian Cultural Centre Sought in Indonesia. Jakarta: The governor of the special region of Yogyakarta in the Indonesian province of Java has asked India to open an Indian Cultural Centre (ICC) in the region's capital city Yogyakarta.
For many Indians, the land of opportunity is the land they're going back to. India vows $500m for Myanmar infrastructure - Central & South Asia. India has promised Myanmar a $500m credit line to improve infrastructure after praising the country's steps towards democracy as it tentatively opens up after half a century of harsh military rule.
The money and warm words on Friday came as Myanmar President Thein Sein met Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi during a four-day state trip. Myanmar has been on a campaign to shed its international pariah status. The country recently launched economic reforms and eased limits on freedom of speech by relaxing censorship and unblocking banned websites. It also freed several hundred political prisoners earlier this week, the latest sign of reforms in the poor and tightly controlled Southeast Asian country of 50 million people. Floods in India: High and wet. India’s demographic challenge: Wasting time. India's strategic culture is plain to see. India’s economy: Start me up.