PM to attend first Indo-Asean meet
New Delhi: Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee will attend the first ever Indo-Asean summit in Cambodia which will chalk out a strategy to combat terrorism and establish a roadmap for economic cooperation between India and the South East Asian region.
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SC dilutes minorities right to run schools
New Delhi: In a landmark judgement, the Supreme Court has ruled the minorities have an unfettered right to establish educational institutions of their choice but the right to administer them is not absolute as state can apply regulatory measures for educational excellence even when they are unaided.
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Two naval vessels to call on Omani Port
New Delhi: Navay’s INS Tir and INS Sujata are calling on Mina Raysut in Salalah, Oman, this week. The visit is part of the goodwill visits undertaken by the Navy’s training squadron to ports in the Gulf.
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Delhi favours country-specific trade facilitation norms
New Delhi: New Delhi needs to carefully consider whether bringing trade facilitation in the World Trade Organisation is the best way to address the subject, says SN Menon, additional secretary in the commerce ministry dealing with the WTO matters.
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Sydney Summit to discuss market access, trips
New Delhi: The ‘mini-ministerial’ meet of 25 WTO members including India to be held in Sydney on November 13-14 will deliberate on four areas including market access, Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights and public health, special and differential treatment and implementation issues and Singapore issues.
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