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New Delhi: India Post issued a set of two commemorative postage stamps last evening to commemorate the completion of 60 years of Diplomatic relations between India and Mexico. The stamps depict the costumes / dances of Mexico and India. India and Mexico established diplomatic relations in 1950. A bilateral Joint Commission, established in 1984, at Minister of State (External Affairs) level, has the mandate to oversee and take forward all aspects of the bilateral relationship.

New Delhi: India’s exports have registered a growth of 26.8% during November 2010, at US $ 18.9 billion. During the period April-November 2010, exports have reached a level of US $ 140.3 billion at a growth of 26.7% while the imports were US $ 222 billion with a growth of 24% and a trade deficit of US $ 81 billion. India’s imports in November 2010 were US $ 27.8 billion, up by 11.2%. During April-November 2010, the following sectors have done well viz., engineering, gems & jewellery, petroleum and its products, leather & leather products, carpet, plastics & linoleum, cotton yarn, chemicals etc.

New Delhi: During the present calendar year (i.e. between January-October, 2010), FDI equity inflows of US $ 17.37 billion have been received. During the first seven months of the present financial year, 2010-11 (i.e. during April-October, 2010), US $ 12.40 billion have been received. During the financial year 2009-10, FDI equity inflows of US $ 25.89 billion were received.

Andimuthu Raja, the former union telecommunications minister, alone can’t be accused of behaving like a real king in the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, taking all vital decisions in his domain singularly without keeping even the Prime Minister in the loop. If Niira Radia tapes are to be believed, Raja was clearly an appointee of certain telecom tsars. He enjoyed full powers to do whatever he thought fit to serve the industry even if that meant massive revenue loss to the government which is ultimately borne by the nation and showing disrespect to the prime minister. Whether Raja and his consorts had made money is another issue which is yet to be established.

Is there a possibility of a mid term poll? Senior BJP leader L.K. Advani claims that a UPA minister started this talk just to dent the NDA unity after the Parliament remained frozen during the recent winter session of Parliament.

New York: Vigilance and measures that have tightened security in Central Asia have helped keep the threat of terrorism at bay, but extremists, criminal groups and instability in the wider area mean that the region is still vulnerable, the United Nations top official for Central Asia said at a counter-terrorism meeting in Bratislava, Slovakia, today.

New York: The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) today requested that the tribunal issue summons against six Kenyan citizens for alleged crimes committed during the violence that erupted following the country’s general elections in December 2007.

New York: The United Nations is exploring the establishment of an international scientific panel to look into the source of the cholera epidemic in Haiti.

New York: The creation of quality jobs is a key element in an economic recovery that is turning out to be uncertain for the Latin American and Caribbean region and for the world as a whole, the United Nations top labour official has warned.

New York: The Security Council today ended United Nations mandates on Iraq stemming from the 1991 and 2003 wars, including those on weapons of mass destruction (WMDs), in a move that Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called a “milestone” on the country’s path to normality.