Tech-savvy Chief Minister N.
Chandrababu Naidu motivated his Cabinet colleagues to use iPads and become part
of the historic first ever paper-less eCabinet meeting.
The Andhra Pradesh Cabineton Monday, approved several decisions,
including disbursement of enhanced pensions, implementation of NTR Sujala
Sravanthi and NTR Arogya Seva from October 2. Briefing media persons,
Information and Public Relations Minister Palle Raghunatha Reddy said a total
of 43.12 lakh beneficiaries under various categories (old age, widow,
physically challenged, handloom workers and toddy tappers) would be given
enhanced pensions of Rs.1,000 to Rs.1,500 from October 2 which will cost the
State exchequer Rs. 3,600 crore a year. So far old age, widow and HIV-affected
persons were given a pension of Rs. 200 and the physically handicapped, Rs.
500. From October 2, MLAs will visit two villages a day to focus on health and
veterinary camps, Neeru-Chettu, Badi Pilustondi, Polam Pilustondi, sanitation,
and poverty alleviation.
Ahead of Chinese President Xi Jingping’s visit to India, India
and Vietnam have called for freedom of navigation in the disputed South China
Sea. In a joint communique issued after President Pranab Mukherjee, who is on a
four-day State visit to Vietnam, held talks with his Vietnamese counterpart
Truong Tan Sang here, the two countries said the freedom of navigation in the
East Sea/South China Sea should not be impeded. Without naming any country,
they called on all parties concerned to exercise restraint, avoid threat or use
of force and resolve disputes through peaceful means
China has invited the Maldives to actively
participate in the Maritime Silk Road (MSR) project — an initiative to string
together partnerships with countries in the Asia-Pacific and the Indian Ocean,
including India — in the wake of the decision by the United States to bolster
its military capability in the region.
Chinese President Xi Jinping will arrive here on Tuesday, on a
significant visit to the island nation, during which Beijing and Colombo are
expected to firm up a Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Sri Lanka will also join
China’s efforts in the 21st Silk Road trade cooperation, President Mahinda
Rajapaksa said.
Alan Turing’s biopic The
Imitation Game has
won the People’s Choice award at the Toronto International Film Festival. The
drama centres on the British code breaker who helped decrypt the Enigma machine
during World War Two. Director Morten Tyldum said that it was “an amazing
honour” to win the prize and for film fans to support the film meant a lot to
him, the entire cast and film-making team. Turing was credited with bringing
about the end of the war and saving hundreds of thousands of lives after
decoding German Naval messages.
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