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100th Indian Science Congress held in Kolkata


The 100th Indian Science Congress was held from 3 to 7 January in Kolkata (West
Bengal) .The theme of the session is
Science for Shaping the Future of India
.
The session was inaugurated
by Pranab Mukherjee
the President of Ind
ia .In the session Prime Minister Manmohan Singh released The Science, Technol
ogy and Innovation Policy(STI) 2013
.On 4 January Former President Dr. A.P.J.A
bdul Kalam inaugurated a Children Science Congress as part of the 100th Indian S
cience Congress .The 100th Indian Science Congress (ISC 2013) is also organized
a special programme Women empowerment for the development of the country to showc
ase the contribution of women in science and technology.This is the 13th time th
e Indian Science Congress is being hosted by Kolkata
11th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas held in Kochi
11th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) was held from 7- 9 January at Kochi (Kerala).
Mauritius President Rajkeswur Purryag was the chief guest of this official inau
gural session.2000 delegates from 40 countries attended the convention.The theme
for this year s Pravasi Bharatiya Divas is Engaging Diaspora the Indian Growth Sto
ry .On 7th January in the event they discussed on problems that people from Kerala
face in the region.Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will inaugurated the annual fl
agship event and released the postage stamp on Ghadar Movement on 8 January and
President Pranab Mukherjee will delivered the valedictory address on January 9
and also presented the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman awards.Pravasi Bhartiya Divas (
PBD) is celebrated on January 9 every year to mark the contribution of overseas
Indian community in the development of India.The Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, the fi
rst of its kind involving the Indian Diaspora, was held in 2003 at New Delhi.
Fourth Meeting of ASEAN and India Tourism Ministers held in Vientiane
The Fourth meeting of ASEAN and India Tourism Minister (4th M-ATM+ India) was he
ld in Vientiane, Lao PDR from 21 to January in conjunction with the ASEAN Tour
ism Forum 2013 (ATF2013).The Meeting was jointly co-chaired by H.E. Prof. Dr. Bo
sengkham Vongdara, Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism, Lao PDR, and H
.E. Dr. K. Chiranjeevi, Minister for Tourism, Government of India.In the meeting
Both the Ministers have signed the Protocol to amend the Memorandum of Understa
nding between ASEAN and India on Strengthening Tourism Cooperation.
World Economic Forum Summit Held in Davos
The 43rd World Economic Forum Annual Meeting held from 23
27 January at Davos-Kl
osters in Switzerland.The annual forum, which has been running for over 40 years
, provides a platform for decision-makers in politics, non-governmental organisa
tions and businesses to gather and to exchange views on the world s most pressing
problems.The World Economic Forum (WEF) unites international political leaders,
business leaders and journalists from across the globe to discussed and shape gl
obal, regional and industrial agendas with regards to economics, health and the
environment.The WEF was founded in 1971 as a non-profit organization by the Germ
an Klaus Schwab, a business professor at the University of Geneva.
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AWARDS & HONOURS
Malala won 2012 Tipperary International Peace Award
On 3 January Malala Yousafzai, the teenaged Pakistani school girl shot by a Tali
ban gunman last year , has been awarded the
2012 Tipperary International Peace A
ward from Ireland for her courage and determination to speak out in support of e
qual access to education for children.Malala is the second Pakistani to get the
award. In 2007, it was given to late Benazir Bhutto.
Malala honored with the French
Simone de Beauvoir
Prize
On 9 January Malala Yousafzai (15), the schoolgirl from Pakistan shot by Taliban
for campaigning girls education, received France s Simone de Beauvoir Prize for W
omen s Freedom in Paris. Malala s father Ziaudin Yousafzai received the honour on he
r behalf. he award is accompanied with 2.5 million RupeTes honorarium.
Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award 2013
On 9 January Pranab Mukherjee President of India presented the Pravasi Bharatiya
Samman (Awards) 2013 to 14 people, included Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ra
vi and Mauritius President Rajkeswur Purryag, He was also the Chief Guest of 1

1th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2013. In accordance to Tradition, Pravasi Bharatiya


Samman (Awards) 2013 have been given to notable Indians living abroad.
The other awardees are Prof Dr Gurusharan Singh Chhatwal of Germany for science,
Dr Rasik Vihari Joshi (Mexico) for Literature, Gilbert Canabady Moutien (Reunio
n Island) and Mohammed Rabeeh Karuvanthodi (Saudi Arabia) for business,

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