Delhi's education expenditure increases: survey

New Delhi, Mar 7 () Increase in consumption on training and decrease in absolute enrolment in tuition based schools are two highlights of the Economic Survey of Delhi, 2016-17 which was tabled in the get together here today.

As per the study, the aggregate consumption (arrange and non-arrange) on training including games, expressions and culture expanded from Rs 4,799 crore in 2011-12 to Rs 10,690 crore in 2016-17.

The share of consumption on training in the aggregate spending plan of Delhi government has expanded from 18 for each penny in 2011-12 to 23 for each penny in 2016-17. The training use to the Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) was the most astounding at 1.72 for every penny in 2016-17.

Without precedent for most recent five years, Delhi's interest in training as proportion to total use is the most elevated, upstaging Assam. Mobile Number database provider

Assam's proportion has been in the scope of 22 for every penny to 22.6 for each penny. Delhi's partake in 2015-16 has been the most elevated at 23.8 for every penny, considerably higher than the national normal of 16.4 for every penny, a sign to the need the legislature has set for the area.

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Dirty Tanker Fixtures - Mar 07

BANGALORE, Mar 07(Reuters) - Dirty Tankers Fixtures (Bookings): Vessel KT Load/Dest Date Rate Charterer VLCC OLYMPIC LOYALTY II 280 BOT/RSEA 20/03 RNR ETC ANNE 280 RAS TAN/ECC 24-26/03 W29 IRVING FRONT CIRCASSIA 270 MEG/CHINA 28-29/03 W55 CNOOC ANTONIS ANGELICOUSSIS270 MEG/EAST 17/03 RNR EXXON ATHENIAN GLORY 270 MEG/SK 19-21/03 W53,5 SK DHT FALCON 270 MEG/JAPAN 28-31/03 W60 CSSA POROS 270 MEG/CHINA 18/03 W57,5 UNIPEC LUXE 270 MEG/RAYONG 19-20/03 RNR PTT NEW DISCOVERY 270 MEG/TAIWAN 20-22/03 COA CPC BW EDELWEISS 270 MEG/YOSU 18/03 W57,5 GSC FRONT TBN 270 MEG/YOSU 18-20/03 W51,5 GSC GREEK WARRIOR 265 BOT/VADINAR-MUNDRA 29/03 W72-77 IOC DESH VAIBHAV 260 WAFR/VIZAG 31/03 COA HPCL DELTA MILLENIUM 260 WAFR/CHINA 02-05/04 W59 UNIPEC NEW VISTA 260 WAFR/CHINA 28-30/03 W62,5 DAY HARVEST HUA SAN 260 WAFR/CHINA END03 W62 DAY HARVEST - FLD GENER8 STRENGTH 270 USG/SPORE DNR USD 3,95M TRAFIGURA SMAXES GENER8 MANIATE 140 BASRAH H/UKCM 27/03 W50 BP AMORE MIO II 140 KHARG I/UKCM 23-24/03 W75 ENI FRONT IDUN 135 BASRAH L/USWC 26/03 W75 TESORO NORDIC LIGHT 130 SPORE/CHINA 12/03 W105 SPC ULTIMATE FREEDOM 130 SPORE/BALIKP 13/03 USD 650' VITOL DS MELODY 130 RAS TAN/WCI 22/03 W91 IOC NAT TBN 130 RAS TAN/UKCM-USG 25/03 RNR P66 DS SYMPHONY 130 BASRAH/WCI 27/03 W103 IOC APACHE 130 WAFR/ECC 29/03 W85 P66 RIDGEBURY LINDY B 130 ANGOLA/USG-USAC 27/03 W85-87,5 P66 NORDIC APOLLO 140 NOVO/MED 26/03 W97,5 TRAFIGURA DILIGENT WARRIOR 130 ARZEW/SPORE 12/03 USD 2,3M MITSUI - FLD NORDIC PASSAT 130 ES SIDER+CEYHAN/CHINA 14/03 USD 3,05M UNIPEC - FLD SEAVIGOUR 130 ES SIDER+CEYHAN/EAST 12/03 RNR UNIPEC CHIOS 130 LIBYA/EAST-ECOZ 25/03 RNR OMV KRITI SPIRIT 80 SIDI/GREECE 16-17/03 W108 HELLENIC - PC ASPEN SPIRIT 130 ESMERALDAS/OPTS 25-27/03 RNR TRAFIGURA CHEROKEE 130 JOSE/EAST DNR RNR TRAFIGURA FAIRWAY 130 PAL/EAST 20/03 USD 1,2M BAERE AFRAMAX DESH RAKSHAK 80 MEG/RAYONG 16/03 W112 PTT OLYMPIC SPIRIT II FO 80 BM/EAST 25/03 W126,5 SHELL LIBRA SUN 85 CPC/MED 24/03 W107,5 KMG - FLD AEGEAN POWER 85 CPC/MED 24/03 RNR KMG - RPLC PHOENIX ADMIRAL 80 CPC/MED 18/03 W117,5 CHEVRON ALHANI 100 UST LUGA/UKC-SHORTS 19/03 W105+5+10 ENI MINERVA NOUNOU 100 BALTIC/UKC 16/03 W105 ST MINERVA LIBRA 100 BALTIC/UKC 16/03 W105 ST SHELL TBN 70 CBS/USG 12/03 W135 ST Please Note : DNR : Date Not Reported Dirty tankers apparatuses on . For general transportation stories , For Tanker Rates double tapMobile Number database provider


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Defiant Israel plans for more settlements

RAMALLAH, West Bank: The Palestinian President said on Tuesday that he hopes the upcoming Mideast conference in France will set a timetable to end settlements, as Israel advances plans for thousands of new homes in parts of Jerusalem claimed by the Palestinians, despite the recent UN Security Council resolution condemning construction there.

The developments came just days after the United States broke with past practice and allowed the UN Security Council to condemn Israeli settlements in the West Bank and east Jerusalem as a "flagrant violation" of international law.

Mahmoud Abbas'' comments early Tuesday morning were his first public remarks since the UN vote.

"The decision lays the foundation for any future serious negotiation ... and it paves the way for the international peace conference slated to be held in Paris next month and we hope this conference comes up with a mechanism and timetable to end the occupation," Abbas told a meeting of his Fatah party. "The (resolution) proves that the world rejects the settlements, as they are illegal, in our occupied land including East Jerusalem."

On January 15, days before President Barack Obama leaves office, France is expected to host a Mideast conference where dozens of countries may endorse an international framework for peace between Israel and the Palestinians. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vehemently opposes such activity, saying it undermines the negotiating process.

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China's 'monkey king' picks Donald Trump as next US president

HANGHAI: A Chinese monkey described as the "king of prophets" has tipped Donald Trump for the US presidency, a tourism park said, after the creature successfully predicted the winner of football's European Championship final earlier this year.

Known as Geda, which means knots or goose bumps, the prophetic primate is the latest in a series of purportedly psychic animals that have popped up around the world since Paul the Octopus correctly predicted multiple 2010 World Cup matches.

The simian seer, wearing a yellow shirt emblazoned with his title, was given a chance to pick between life-sized cut-outs of Republican Trump and his Democratic challenger Hillary Clinton.

After "deliberate thought" the mystic monkey chose Trump, Shiyanhu Ecological Tourism Park said today in a statement on its website. Without even waiting, he congratulated the cardboard candidate with a kiss on the lips.

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Theresa May to meet Donald Trump next week: Media report

LONDON: British Prime Minister Theresa May is expected to be the first foreign leader to meet US President Donald Trump with plans being drafted for her to fly out to Washington next week, a media report said on Saturday.

May is likely to hold her talks with the new US President in the Oval Office on Thursday on what is likely to be a two-day visit to Washington.

"Mrs May hopes to fly out to Washington DC on Thursday - much earlier than previously thought. The visit has been brought forward after Steve Bannon, Mr Trump's chief strategist, reached out to appeal for an early trip," according to 'The Daily Telegraph' newspaper, which quoted government sources.

The plans have been secretly worked up over the last week, with officials across UK government corridors involved in the final 48 hours before the inauguration of Trump on Friday.

The new US administration has expressed an interest in reviving the close relationship enjoyed by former US President Ronald Reagan and former British PM Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s.

"They are really, really keen to capture the Reagan- Thatcher idea: A new populist in the White House and a strong woman in Number 10. They want to rekindle that as soon as possible," a government source told the newspaper.

Source:-TOI

India focused on Chabahar as Japan reiterates commitment to port project

BEIJING: Japan and India are finally moving to fructify their partnership for development of the Chabahar port in Iran with Tokyo committing investment to help improve Afghanistan's access to the port.

Afghanistan confirmed Japan's pledge to develop access for Chabahar after a visit last week by Japan's state minister for foreign affairs Kentaro Sonoura. India, Iran and Afghanistan signed a trilateral agreement last year in May for establishing transport and transit corridors for the strategically located port in Iran.

"This is significant as it reiterates Japan's interest in the Chabahar project and also its support to it," India's ambassador to Afghanistan Manpreet Vohra told TOI.

PM Narendra Modi and his counterpart Shinzo Abe last year discussed prospects for cooperation between India and Japan for promoting peace and prosperity in South Asia and neighbouring region through both bilateral and trilateral cooperation. Indian and Japanese officials are together working out details for development of infrastructure and connectivity for Chabahar.

Japan's interest in Chabahar is important for India as it can help New Delhi in ensuring timebound implementation of its commitment to develop the Iranian port, seen as a counterbalance to the China's Gwadar port barely 75 km away in Pakistan.

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Foreign Secy S Jaishankar takes veiled dig at Pak at Raisina Dialogue: Full text of his address

The second day of the 2nd edition of the Raisina Dialogue, India's flagship geo-political conference attended by more than than 250 delegates from 65 countries,  saw Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar address a wide variety of subjects — Saarc, the relationship between the United States and Russia, and India's contribution to global development, progress and security.

I am delighted to welcome you all to the 2nd edition of the Raisina Dialogue. As they will probably be saying at every international gathering this year, the landscape looks dramatically different than it did a year ago. However, the organisers of this conference may have been a bit more perceptive than most. By accident or design, they have selected a theme – the new normal of multilateralism with multipolarity – that certainly fits the bill for the days ahead.

The world we enter in 2017 is marked by unevenness, possibilities, uncertainties, known and unknown unknowns. The United States seems ready to change the terms of its engagement with the world. Relations between US and Russia could undergo a transformation that we may not have seen since 1945. Its dimensions, leave alone implications, are hard to predict. Europe, engrossed in multiple domestic challenges and reconfiguring itself, signals less appetite for more distant politics, even as it watches these developments.

Source:Firstpost