INDIA & WORLD

China, Pakistan, India Increased Nuclear Arsenals On 3 June According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute annual report ,China, India, and Pakistan have increased their nuclear arsenals over the past year.India and Pakistan have each added around ! ne" "arheads to #ring their totals to #et"een $! and ! and #et"een !! and %! respectively. China no" has %&! nuclear "arheads, compared to %'! in %! %.Only the t"o old superpo"ers have cut their arsenals, "ith the (nited States reducing its "arheads )rom *!!! to ++!!, and Russia )rom !,!!! to *,&!!. 65 Countries Signed Ar s !rade !reat" On 3 June ,ore than -& countries o) the "orld signed signed the Arms .rade .reaty and the (nited States announced it "ill sign soon. key arms e/porters including Russia and China and ma0or importers including India, Saudi Ara#ia, Indonesia and 1gypt a#stained and have given no indication yet that they "ill sign it..he treaty "ill re2uire countries that rati)y it to esta#lish national regulations to control the trans)er o) conventional arms and components and to regulate arms #rokers, #ut it "ill not control the domestic use o) "eapons in any country. It prohi#its the trans)er o) conventional "eapons i) they violate arms em#argoes or i) they promote acts o) genocide, crimes against humanity or "ar crimes. India # Singa$ore Signed Agree ent On %oint Ar " !raining On ' June India and Singapore have signed a )resh agreement to e/tend the use o) training and e/ercise )acilities in India #y the Singapore Army )or a )urther period o) )ive years )rom August this year..he agreement "as signed #et"een 3e)ence Secretary Radha 4rishna ,athur and his Singaporean counterpart Chiang Chie 5oo.A #ilateral agreement )or utilisation o) )acilities in India #y the Singapore Air 5orce and Army "as signed in Octo#er %!!+ and August %!!* respectively. &'( )illion Internet *sers +,$ected In India -" ./01 On & June According to the Cisco6s 7isuals 8et"orking Inde/ 978I: )orecast 9%! %; +: report , India has the )astest Internet tra))ic gro"th glo#ally and is e/pected to have 3'* million users #y %! +.In India, there "ill #e 3'* million Internet users in %! +, up )rom 3* million in %! %.Internet tra))ic in India "ill reach %.& 1/a#ytes per month in %! +.<orld"ide, #y %! +, the num#er o) Internet users "ill rise to 3.- #illion, "hich "ill #e more than '* per cent o) the "orld6s estimated population o) +.- #illion. *S e,e $ted India & +ight Other Countries 2or I $orting Oil 2ro Iran

On - June (nited States e/empted India and eight other countries )rom sanctions )or importing oil )rom Iran, noting that these countries have signi)icantly reduced their dependence on Iranian oil in the last si/ months.(S Secretary o) State John 4erry announced ,India, China, ,alaysia, Repu#lic o) 4orea, Singapore, South A)rica, Sri =anka, .urkey, and .ai"an have 2uali)ied )or an e/ception to sanctions under America6s Iran Sanctions Act. India & 3er an" Signed De4elo$ ent Coo$eration Agree ent On - June India and >ermany have signed an um#rella agreement on )inancial and technical cooperation in the )ield o) energy, environment and management o) natural resources..he agreement "as signed #y >erman 1m#assy6s 3eputy Chie) o) ,ission Cord ,eier;4lodt and India6s Joint Secretary in the 3epartment o) 1conomic A))airs Ra0esh 4hullar.

India Ranked 0'0 in 3lo5al Peace Inde, ./0& On June According to the ? >lo#al Peace Inde/ 9>PI: %! 3@ released #y Institute )or 1conomics and Peace 9I1P: , India ranks ' st out o) -% in this year6s >lo#al Peace Inde/ 9>PI:.Iceland 95irst Rank: ,3enamark 9%nd rank: , Austria 93rd rank: ,S"itAerland 9&th rank:.Other important countries ranks in >lo#al Peace Inde/ 9>PI: B; Japan 9-th rank: ,(S 9 !!th rank: ,China 9 ! rank: ,Cangladesh 9 !& rank: , Srilanka 9 ! rank: ,Iran 9 3+th rank: ,Russia 9 &&th rank: ,Pakistan 9 &+th rank: , Ira2 9 &$th rank: and A)ganistan 9 -% rank: ranks at #ottom..he >lo#al Peace Inde/ 9>PI: is an attempt to measure the relative position o) nations and regions peace)ulness. World Po$ulation Pro6ected !o Reach 786 -illion -" ./5/ On ' According to the (nited 8ations 9(8: D<orld Population ProspectsB the %! % Revision? report ,.he current "orld population o) +.% #illion is pro0ected to increase #y #illion over the ne/t % years and reach $.- #illion #y %!&!.India is e/pected to #ecome the "orld6s largest country, passing China around %!%*, "hen #oth countries "ill have populations o) .'& #illion. A)ter that, India6s population "ill continue to gro" and China6s is e/pected to start decreasing. India, *9 Signed )o* On Coo$eration In :ealthcare Sector On ' June India and the (nited 4ingdom have signed a ,emorandum o) (nderstanding 9,o(: )or strategic and technical cooperation on health care policy and practice..he ,o( "as signed #y 3epartment o) Eealth Research 93ER: Secretary 7 , 4atoch and (4;#ased 8ational Institute )or Eealth and Care 98IC1: 1/cellence chie) e/ecutive Andre" 3illon in =ondon. &&; O2 Wo en Su22er Do estic <iolence On %! June According to the <orld Eealth OrganiAation 9<EO: survey ,In the )irst ma0or glo#al revie" o) violence against "omen, a series o) reports released )ound that a#out a third o) "omen have #een physically or se/ually assaulted #y a )ormer or current partner..he rate o) domestic violence against "omen "as highest in A)rica, the ,iddle 1ast and Southeast Asia, "here 3+ percent o) "omen e/perienced physical or se/ual violence )rom a partner at some point in their li)etimes. .he rate "as 3! percent in =atin America and %3 percent in 8orth America. In 1urope and Asia, it "as %& percent.,ore than 3* percent o) slain "omen are killed #y a )ormer or current partner, si/ times higher than the rate o) men killed #y their partners. *S Senate Passed Land ark I igration -ill

On %+ June .he (.S. Senate has passe the landmark comprehensive Immigration Re)orm Cill ,"hich provides a path"ay to citiAenship to more than million undocumented people, including over %'!,!!! Indians..he immigration re)orm received a #ipartisan support in the (S SenateF the #ill received ** votes in )avour and 3% votes in against.5or )urther approval, the Cill has #een sent to Eouse o) Representatives and a)ter #eing approved in the house it "ill #e sent to (S President, Carack O#ama to #e signed into a la". China # India :old -order !alks On %* June China and India held their -th round o) #order talks in Cei0ing.State Councilor and Special Representative Gang Jiechi and Indian 8ational Security Adviser and Special Representative Shiv Shankar ,enon attended the #oundary talks, e/changing ideas )or solving #order pro#lems and developing #ilateral relations..he China;India special representative mechanism "as esta#lished in %!!3 and serves as an important plat)orm )or solving #order disputes #et"een #oth sides.