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22/11/11 - NEWSPAPER GIST
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1. &.P. House votes for split (Hindu)
Uttar Pradesh ChieI Minister Mayawati moved a resolution in the Vidhan Sabha Ior splitting
the State into Purvanchal, Bundelkhand, Avadh Pradesh and Pashchim Pradesh.
%he resolution went through as members oI the Samajwadi Party and the Bharatiya Janata
Party stormed the well.
%he adjournment stunned the two parties, as they had served a no-conIidence notice against
the government and demanded a discussion.
2. elhi, haka plan extradition treaty (Hindu)

ndia and Bangladesh have agreed to Iinalise an extradition treaty that will Iacilitate the
handing over oI ULFA leader Anup Chetia.
ew Delhi, in turn, assured Dhaka that it will leave 'no stone unturned to track down and
hand over the killers oI the architect oI Bangladesh's independence, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman,
Iather oI Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
. Map row: India objects, &.S. relents (Hindu)
ndia objected to the 'gross inaccuracies in its map on the U.S. State Department website
which shows PoK as part oI Pakistan.
Following the objection, the map was taken oII the portal.
. After Bali, China plays down differences with India (Hindu)

China has called Ior closer economic cooperation and better ties with ndia, playing down
recent diIIerences over the South China Sea and the border dispute that have strained the
relationship.
%his came aIter the Friday`s meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Chinese
Premier Wen Jiabao on the sidelines oI the ASEA summit in Bali,
Mr. Wen had reiterated, both during last week's summit and in talks with Dr. Singh, that
China was opposed to the involvement oI countries 'not directly involved in the South
China sea dispute.
ndia stressed that the cooperation between OC Videsh and Vietnam, which is among at
least 10 countries that, along with China, have competing claims, was purely commercial.

INTERNATIONAL
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. Protesters dig in at Tahrir (Hindu)

%housands oI agitators wanting an end to the stiIling hold oI the ruling military council Egypt's
de Iacto rulers who assumed power aIter the unceremonious exit oI Iormer strongman Hosni
Mubarak entrenched themselves in the %ahrir square.
Egypt government tried to contain the unrest but however, the protesters re-claimed the square
aIter paying a heavy price in which 22 people.
%hey also set May 2012 as the deadline Ior the transIer oI power Irom the Supreme Council oI
the Armed Forces (SCAF) to an elected civilian government.
Egypt's Cabinet had resigned, as clashes raged Ior the third day in Cairo's %ahrir Square, pitting
police and soldiers against protesters demanding democratic change.
Economy
6. IT spending to reach $80 billion in 2012 (Hindu)

% spending in ndia is projected to total $79.8 billion in 2012, a 9.1 per cent increase Irom 2011
spending oI $73.1 billion, despite global economic challenges.
ndia like other emerging markets continues to exercise strong momentum despite inIlationary
pressures and appreciation oI local currencies, which are expected in rising economies.

. Beijing warns elhi on South China Sea (%O)
China said "outside Iorces" and "Ioreign companies" should not be involved in the South China
Sea dispute in a direct warning to ndia.
China doesn`t hope to see outside Iorces involved in the South China Sea dispute and do not
want to see Ioreign companies engage in activities that will undermine China's sovereignty and
interest.
South China Sea will Ieature prominently in a new dialogue between ndia and Australia.
8. Space station crew land safely in Kazakhstan (E)

%he Soyuz %MA-02M spacecraIt carrying three crew members oI the nternational Space
Station (SS) landed saIely in Kazakhstan.
Soyuz %MA-02M undocked Irom the SS earlier %uesday.
Russian Soyuz and Progress spacecraIt have taken the bulk oI crew rotation and cargo missions
to the SS aIter ASA stopped launching its shuttles earlier this year.
Under a contract between Russian space agency Roscosmos and ASA, signed March 14,
Soyuz spacecraIt will take at least 12 US astronauts to the SS and back until 2016.

9. efence Ministry rafts policy on 1Vs (E)

DeIence ministry has come out with a draIt policy Ior public private joint venture in deIence
sector between Mazagon Dock Ltd and Pipavav Shipyard Ltd.
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Mariano Rajoy - leader oI conservative Popular Party oI Spain who have recently won the
Elections.
10.Army gets High-speed boats to counter Chinese Intrusion in Pangong Tso (E)

Pangong %so Lake is in the border oI ndia-China border in J& K.
1/3 oI its area is in ndia and 2/3
rd
is in China.
Bejing has built a 5km permanent track inside ndian territory and Chinese have a stronger
military presence on the lake.
Army now gets 17 high speed boats with PS system.
EITORIALS - SYNOPSIS
1. Another round to Pakistan military(Hindu)

Memogate', the Iresh controversy that has enmeshed the democratic government in Pakistan, is
yet another round in the strained relations between the civilian dispensation and the military.
%he crisis was set oII when a dubious Pakistani-American businessman claimed he had carried
a memo Irom President AsiI Ali Zardari to Admiral Mike Mullen, who was then chairman oI
the U.S. Joint ChieIs oI StaII, asking Ior U.S. help to prevent a military takeover in the wake oI
the Osama bin Laden raid in Abbottabad.
Pakistan's Ambassador in Washington, Hussain Haqqani, is said to be the person who draIted
and handed over the memo to the businessman.
%he real story behind this episode may not come out Ior quite a while. But its immediate
Iallout is likely to be the replacement oI Mr. Haqqani.
%he Pakistan Army sees him as an irritant in its relations with the U.S.
He was blamed Ior clauses in the Kerry-Lugar legislation that made U.S. aid to Pakistan
conditional on the Pakistan Army's good behaviour.
He is also blamed Ior not being combative enough with Washington and Ior compromising
national sovereignty in bilateral dealings.
His likely departure will be a political loss Ior President Zardari. %he military will no doubt
have a say in appointing Mr. Haqqani's successor.
%he rise oI the Iormer cricketing hero, mran Khan, in Pakistan's political Iirmament may be no
more than a coincidence and he is counted as alternative to Iorm govt backed by army.




2. Opening up a new front against the al-Shabab (Hindu)

Ethiopian troops had crossed into Somalia with armoured personnel carriers, heavy artillery and
tanks, opening a new Iront in an intensiIying international oIIensive against the Shabab militant
group.
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%he slamist insurgents oI the Shabab are already battling Kenyan Iorces in southern Somalia
and AIrican Union peacekeepers in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu.
Ethiopian troops invaded Somalia in 2006 and occupied the country Ior about two years, turning
the population against them and Iuelling the rise oI the Shabab.
%his time, many Somalis say they welcome anyone who can get the Shabab out, even their
historic enemy, the Ethiopians.
%he Shabab have been terrorising much oI Somalia Ior years, instituting a harsh Iorm oI slamic
law in the territory they control and blocking Western aid groups Irom working in their areas
during a time oI Iamine.
But the Shabab are now stretched very thin, with three oI their major strongholds in the cross
hairs oI opposing Iorces.
AIrican Union peacekeepers have been hammering the neighbourhood oI Deynile, the last
Shabab outpost in Mogadishu, Ior weeks.
Kenyan Iorces are slowly but steadily advancing toward the port oI Kismaayo, a source oI
millions oI dollars oI port Iees Ior the Shabab and possibly their most strategically important
town.
Ethiopia is one oI the poorest countries on earth, it boasts one oI the largest armies in AIrica.
Kenya and Ethiopia blame Somalia's instability Ior hampering their own economic development,
and both countries consider the Shabab, who have pledged allegiance to al-Qaeda, to be a
regional threat.
Yet analysts say the countries may have ulterior motives and are intervening in Somalia to install
their own proxy Iorces who will then serve the interests oI Kenya and Ethiopia.

. Bid for permanent seat at &NSC gets fillip (IE)

ndia`s claim Ior a permanent membership oI the United ations Security Council (USC) has
got a Iurther push Irom Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.
Singapore sees ndia as a natural claimant Ior a permanent seat because oI ndia`s new stature as
one oI the world`s emerging powers.
ndia`s growing inIluence was evident at the recent Association oI South East Asian ations
meet held at Bali, ndonesia.
Russia and even China have in recent times supported ndia`s case. US President Barack Obama
while addressing MPs in ew Delhi in ovember last had endorsed ndia`s stand.
t seems an international consensus has emerged on ndia`s permanent membership oI the
USC.
%his is not because oI ndia`s booming economy alone.
Despite being a nuclear power and not a signatory to the non-proliIeration treaty, its policy has
been consistently to prevent proliIeration.
%he readiness shown by the members oI the nuclear club to do business with ndia in the wake oI
the ndo-US civil nuclear deal proves ndia`s credibility as a nuclear power.
%he role it has been playing in international peacekeeping and Iighting sea pirates has, Ior
instance, helped it reIurbish its image as an emerging power conscious oI its duties and
responsibilities.
Singapore prime minister`s stand is a reIlection oI this reality.

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. Improve public health spending on war footing(IE)

%he Planning Commission`s high-level expert group on universal health coverage has not set any
unrealistic target when it recommended doubling the government spending on public health.
t wants the expenditure, estimated at 1.2 per cent oI the ross Domestic Product, to increase to
2.5 per cent by the end oI the 12th Plan.
n absolute terms, it wants the per capita spending to increase Irom Rs 670 in 2011-`12 to Rs
3,432 by 2021-`22.
At present, ndia`s spending is one oI the lowest.
For example, %hailand, China and Sri Lanka, spend 3.3, 2.3 and 1.8 per cent oI their DP on
public health respectively, compared to ndia`s niggardly 1.2 per cent.
Public depends on the private sector to meet 67 per cent oI its medical needs.
Since proIit is the main motive that drives the private sector, its Iacilities are beyond the reach oI
the poor.
States like Kerala and %amil adu which spend more on government health services, compared
to states like Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, have achieved better standards oI public health.