INDIA & WORLD

India
Pakistan Exchanged Nuclear Unit s Lists
On 1 January India and Pakistan exchanged their nuclear units lists , as it is cu
stomary since 20 years. The list which contains the names of nuclear units of tw
o countries, are exchanged between India and Pakistan as a custom and part of an
agreement which prevents them from aiming the nuclear installations of each oth
ers nations.
Thousands of illegal Indian Migrants in UK
According to a 2012 UK Home Office report, India has been named along with Pakis
tan, China, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Vietnam, Brazil and Iran
as the main sources of illegal immigration to Britain.What the report does not
mention is how many of the 863,000 illegal migrants that it says are living in t
he UK are students. This is a contentious area because critics of the coalition
government claim it is counting students among overall immigrants.
World Economic Forum s Global Risks Report
According to the World Economic Forum (WEF) report , India ranks lowest among th
e world s major economies for its preparedness to tackle global environmental risk
s and second-lowest for economic risks.Switzerland is best placed among the worl
d s 10 major economies for adapting to or recovering from global economic and envi
ronmental risks.While India is ranked 9th in terms of its ability to tackle glob
al economic risks, it comes last at 10th position for environmental risks.Howev
er, India fared relatively better at 6th position in terms of the government s ris
k management effectiveness.The US and China were ranked fourth and fifth respect
ively.
Indians Top the List of Working in Dream Jobs
According to survey conducted by networking website LinkedIn,Indians have emerge
d at the top of the list of people working in their dream job.The dream job leag
ue table:1. India 44 percent 2. Indonesia
42 percent 3. United Arab Emirates 35.
7 percent 4. Germany 33 percent 5. Brazil
32 percent 6. Austria
31 percent 7. Sw
itzerland 30 percent 8. USA
29 percent 9. France, Canada, Sweden, South Africa 2
8 percent 13. Singapore, Hong Kong 27 percent 15. Australia
26 percent 16. New Z
ealand 25 percent 17. UK
21 percent
India
Vietnam Signed on Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises
On 15 January India and Vietnam signed an MoU aimed at building capacity for dev
eloping institutional framework and identifying thrust areas and opportunities f
or micro, small and medium enterprises in this country.The MoU was signed here b
etween the Ministry of Planning and Investments of Vietnam and Ministry of Micro
, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) of India .
India and Sri Lanka signed Anti-terror, Tax evasion Agreements
On 22nd January India and Sri Lanka signed two separate agreements on combating
international terrorism and avoidance of double taxation, eyeing elevation of
r
obust bilateral ties to building of a special economic partnership.The two key ac
cords were signed after the 8th India-Sri Lanka Joint Commission meeting held at
New Delhi , both countries discussed enhanced cooperation in a range of areas
including civil nuclear energy.At the meeting, the Indian side was led by Extern
al Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid while the Lankans were led by his counterpar
t G.L. Peiris.During the meet, both the parties also decided setting up of the S
pecial Economic Zone at Trincomali and a textile and pharmaceutical cluster in
Sri Lanka.
International Tea Producers Forum formed
On 22 January India, along with five other tea producing countries, has formed t
he International Tea Producers Forum (ITPF) at Colombo.Union Minister of State f
or Commerce and Industry D Purandesari signed the joint communique on behalf of
India along with representatives of Kenya, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Rwanda and Mal
awi in Colombo.The ITPF will initially be an independent body but in future may
get affiliated to Food & Agriculture Organisation of United Nations.
India , Bangladesh Signed Extradition and Visa Agreements
On 28 January Bangladesh and India signed an extradition treaty and struck a de
al to relax business visa restrictions between the neighbouring countries. Howev
er, refusal provisions were incorporated into the extradition treaty.Home minist

er Sushilkumar Shinde signed the agreement with his Bangladeshi counterpart Mohi
uddin Khan Alamgir at the end of their bilateral talks.
India Dropped to 140th Rank in Press Freedom
According to the report Reporters Without Borders India has dropped nine places
to the 140th rank in the list of 179 countries in the latest World Press Freedom
Index.China (173rd, +1) shows no sign of improving. Its prisons still hold many
journalists and netizens, while increasingly unpopular Internet censorship cont
inues to be a major obstacle to access information.As last year, the list is top
ped by three European countries
Finland, Netherlands and Norway.Turkmenistan, No
rth Korea and Eritrea continue to be at the bottom of the list as has been in th
e last three years.