[Current] Sept-2016: Diplomacy, Defense, Diaspora: Indus Water Treaty, G20 Summit, NAM Summit, LEMOA, PAVA, FARC-Peace Deal & more

4. Chenab
5. Jhelum
6. Indus**

hint: CJI: Chief Justice of India has no jurisdiction over Pakistan! Hence we’ve to give water of these rivers to Pak.

1. Sutlej**
2. Beas
3. Ravi

Hint: SBI nahi “R”. “S” for saffron =Hindustan’s exclusive right.
(कोई भी तुक लगाके रट्टा मारो जिंदाबाद!)

• India has to let the western rivers flow to Pak in ‘unrestricted’ manner to Pak.
• India can use this water for ‘non-consumptive’ purpose only.
• India may use it for irrigation, storage, electricity only as specified in treaty. (though we’ve not done it yet).

• Under WTO’s Most favored nation (MFN) status,  a country is supposed to treat all members as their most-favoured nations during international trade.
• We’ve given this status to Pak but they have not reciprocated.
• After Uri-Terror attack, India thinking of revoking this status but experts say we already have trade-surplus with Pak so if trade-barriers imposed, it’ll only hurt our exporters more than their exporters, especially in raw-cotton and vegetables.

• SAARC Finance minister’s summit was  be held in Islamabad. Jaitley didn’t go for political reasons, sent one of the IAS secretaries instead.
• 19th SAARC Summit was to be held at Islamabad, but India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Lanka and Afghanistan boycott it due to Uri terror attack.  Nepal holds the ‘chair’ for this round.

• At UN human rights council Geneva, India raises concerns over Pak atrocities in Baluchistan.
• Brahumdagh Bugti: this Baloch separatist leader in Switzerland wants asylum in India.

• 2015: Obama
• 2016: Francois Hollande (France)
• 2017: Crown Prince Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan (Abu Dhabi). UAE considered a strong ally of Pak, so, he’s invited to make Pak. Nervous.

• Hindus account for 1.6% of Pak population, until now they couldn’t legally register their marriage.
• Bunt finally Pak-Loksabha cleared Hindu marriage bill.

• All party delegation goes to Kashmir to talk with all stakeholders.
• Government planning to downgrade security protection of separatist leaders, scrutinize their bank accounts but later on u-turn after opposition parties oppose

• Signed LEMOA: Logistics exchange memorandum of agreement – so both militaries can use each others’ base for repair and restocking.
• Now Pak-China also exploring similar security-pact. China to gain more- in its military reach towards Western Asia.
• Navtej Sarna becomes India’s new ambassador to USA.

• Prez Ashraf Ghani met Modi @New Delhi.
• Afghan government signs peace deal with terrorist/warlord “Gulbudding Hekmatyar” to absorb him into mainstream politics.

• Launched “E-residency” program, meaning outsider can establish, own and run EU-based companies online in Estonia. IT minister Prasad is given e-residency.

• President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi to visit Modi @Delhi.

• Erbil is the capital of Iraqui Kurdistan. India will open a consulate here.

• Nonaligned movement (NAM) founded in 1961,
• latest 17th Summit in Venezuela’s Margarita island (2016, sept.); President of Venezuela is Nicolas Maduro.
• Theme: Peace, Sovereignty and Solidarity for Development.
• Modi becomes 2nd PM not to participate in it, after Charan Singh (1979).
• India will be represented by VP Hamid Ansari.

• USA to lift economic sanctions from Mynmar after military junta regime replaced by democratic regime under leadership of Suu Kyi.
• USA to provide $38 billion to Israel for its security, under the biggest American defense deal signed so far.
• JASTA law: permits US families to sue Saudi Arabia for damages in 9/11 bombing. Obama uses presidential veto to block it, fearing that other countries might sue USA for similar thing / Saudis may pull investment from USA. But US lawmakers reject veto.

• Pelargonic acid Vanillylamid is a synthetic pepper extract
• This organic compound also found in World’s hottest Chill- “bhot Jolokiya” (North Eastern States of India.)
• Shell can be launched from teargas gun. Range: ~135 meters.
• Bulk production at Tear Smoke Unit (TSU) of the BSF in Gwalior

• PAVA shells introduced after pellet shotgun injuries led to blindness among rioters in Jammu and Kashmir.
• PAVA shells biosafe, less-lethal, more effective than tear gas and chilli bombs.

• CRPF-jawans complained PAVA shells not effective in crowd control, their chemical is very dilute and releases very slowly.
• Besides, PAVA shells useless when rioter is very close to policemen, about to throw petrol bomb etc- in those situations pallet gun is the only solution.
• JK HC says Pallet guns can’t be banned, because if protest/mob turns violent then use by security forces is inevitable.
• US/UK police use “Skunk” – a non-toxic malodorant. May be we can explore it

• India-France conclude 59k crore deal to purchase  Rafael aircrafts
• 28 single seaters +  8 two-seaters. = 36 aircrafts will be purchased
• They’ll be Fitted with meteor and scarp missiles and 14 India specific enhancement.
• Detailed features and positive-negative features (for CDS/SSB interviews) are given in this article

• 2005: under Project 75,  India making these stealth submarines with help of French company DCNS.
• But an Australian newspaper says confidential data leaked about this submarine’s design.

• Indian army uses 12,000 portals to send ration to soldiers in Siachen and Kargil. But porters denied pension, treated like animals-observed SC.

• USA attorney who played instrumental role in indictment of IFS officer Devyani. He recently visited India for a counter-terror conference.
• USA intel agencies agreed to exchange terrorism related info via internet to India agencies, under “Emergency Disclosure request (EDR).”

• Born as Anjeze Gonxhe Bojaxhlu in an Albanian family in Maceodonia (1910)
• Known for humanitarian work in Kolkata.
• Will be canonized as “Saint Teresa of Calcutta” at Vetican, in 2016- Sept.
• External Affairs minister Sushma Swaraj to attend.

• Born on 25th Sept. 1916, Vilalge Nagla Chanrabhan, near Mathura in UP.
• Birth centenary in 2016. Two committees formed by PM to commemorate it in grand manner.

• 1993: Signed Oslo Accord for peace deal with PLO.
• Won 1994 Nobel Peace prize along with Rabin and Yasser Arafat.
• Ex-President of Israel, till 2014.
• Died of Stroke

• EX DG in Corporate affairs ministry, committed suicide along with son, after alleged harassment by CBI.

• President of Philippines. Called Obama a “son of whore”.
• Said just like Hitler killed 3 million jews, I’ll kill 3 million drug junkies.
• Said he’d not mind stopping jt. Military exercises with USA and will warm up with China- if USA continues to treat him like a ‘doormat’. (Oct 2016)