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New Delhi: The extent of shortage of officers is around 12,349 in the Army, 1,818 in the Navy and 837 in the Air Force. The shortage of Pilots in Air Force is about 426. However, there is no significant problem of shortage of Personnel Below Officer Rank (PBOR) in the Armed Forces.

New Delhi: The Government of India has identified non-traditional export markets under the Focus Market Scheme and Market Linked Focus Product Scheme in the Foreign Trade Policy.

New Delhi: In addition to seven Central Government Special Economic Zones (SEZs) and 12 State/Private Sector SEZs set up prior to the enactment of SEZ Act, 2005, formal approval has been accorded to 582 proposals out of which 374 SEZs have been notified. A total of 130 SEZs have commenced export.

Mr Vayalar Ravi, Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs and Civil Aviation met Mr. Thierry Mariani, French Minister of State for Transport, Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development, Transport and Housing to discuss Indo French civil aviation cooperation issues.

New York: The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) today requested $1.4 billion in its annual appeal to assist children and women caught in crises, with the bulk of that needed for Pakistan and Haiti.

Assembly sessions in election years are the time to judge the state of political parties and their election strategies. Punjab Assembly’s on-going budget session, the last of the ruling Akali-BJP’s 2007-2012 tenure, also provides an opportunity to assess the state and election strategies of the Akali Dal and the main opposition Congress. Take the Congress first.

NEW DELHI: Sonia Gandhi’s much awaited AICC reshuffle on Friday turned out to be a damp squib In keeping with her cautious approach to politics the Congress President has failed to infuse fresh blood and execute her much promised generational change. The reshuffle is just old wine in new bottle.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has set up a new multidonor trust fund to support participation of developing countries at the next global forum on aid effectiveness.

The Union Finance Pranab Mukherjee by his jugglery of words has tried to confuse the aam aadmi (common man) that he has done enough to serve their interests. He somewhat lightened the burden for about 40 million taxpayers by raising the exemption limits for personal income tax under different categories.