|  |  | |  President's web site sets records
The Web site of President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, www.presidentofindia.nic.in, has set a new record, registering 2.4 million hits on September 12. "The highest number of hits was on September 12, 2006, which was 24 lakhs (2.4 million). This is the highest in a day for any Government Web site," a Rashtrapati Bhavan press release said. A month-by-month hit analysis showed that the Web site had the highest number of hits in August 2006 at 12.7 million, with August 15 alone accounting for 1.01 million. The average monthly hits on the web site during 2006 works out to be around 9.5 million so far.
PBD 2007 to focus on investment
The upcoming Pravasi Bharatiya Divas to be held in New Delhi from January 7-9 will focus on investment and education, apa rt from hosting a meeting of the members of parliament from different countries who are of Indian origin and other events. "The Indian diaspora has grown in number and in clout. We want them to belong to India and be a part of the country's progress and development," said Vayalar Ravi, Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs. The session on education will focus on various ways through which the Indian diaspora can participate in revamping the education infrastructure. The meeting will also seek ways through which the Indian diaspora can contribute to the health sector. Separate regionwise sessions will also be held for the diaspora, like those from the Gulf, Africa and Europe. The chief ministers and ministers of various states are also invited to the sessions.
IIMs, IITs in top 100 universities
The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) are among the world's best universities, according to the 2006 university rankings published by the Times Higher Education Supplement in London recently. The IITs are ranked at No. 57, and the IIMs at No. 68 on the list of 200 universities. But while the IITs have slipped seven notches from last year's No. 50, the IIMs have climbed 16 rungs from No. 84 last year. The list is dominated by American and British universities, with Harvard retaining its No. 1 position and Cambridge and Oxford universities coming in second and third places.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Yale University are tied in the fourth place. The rankings are based on a survey of over 3,000 academics who were asked to identify universities best for research in their fields of expertise. This ensured that a university's ranking would suffer if its standards of research fell. The survey also took into account the student-teacher ratio and the extent to which a university attracted fore ign students and academics.
| | | | India Digest Archive | | India and Britain pledge to strengthen ties | | Prime Minister of Britain Tony Blair welcomed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to 10, Downing Street, on October 10 for the third annual India-U.K. Summit since the comprehensive strategic partnership was launched in September 2004. This was the fifth meeting between the two leaders since then.
The Indo-British bilateral relationship is perhaps at its best ever, underpinned by strategic cooperation and growing economic and cultural ties, and enhanced by the presence of the large and successful Indian community in the U.K. The Summit underlined the continued need for India and the U.K. as democracies to work together to counter terrorism and promote global economic growth.
Following discussions on a host of bilateral, regional and multilateral issues, the two leaders told a press conference that their nations enjoyed strong co-operation on business and education and on tackling terrorism and climate chang e. During their talks at 10, Downing Street, they also discussed the situation in North Korea and its nuclear test.
Prime Minister Tony Blair stated that the difference between countries like Britain or India, and a country like North Korea, was that the former were democracies, abiding by the rule of law and their international obligations.
He emphasized India's strong and impeccable record on counter-proliferation. Stating that the North Korea's test highlighted the dangers of clandestine proliferation, Dr. Singh reiterated that a further erosion of the non-proliferation regime was not in India's interest. India's own security had suffered due to clandestine proliferation linkages relating from our neighbours.
The Prime Ministers addressed the concluding session of the India-U.K. Investment Summit. Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown and British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett called on the Indian Prime Minister.
Dr. Manmohan Singh was accompanied b y Kamal Nath, | 
 | | Commerce and Industry Minister, and Anand Sharma, Minister of State for External Affairs. The two Ministers separately held bilateral meetings with their counterparts Alistair Darling and Kim Howells.
The Prime Minister also addressed the members of the Indian community at a reception hosted by the Indian High Commissioner at his residence. The High Commissioner welcomed the Prime Minister.
Stating that his visit was a historic occasion, he recalled that Prime Ministers including Jawaharlal Nehru | | had also interacted with Indians in U.K. at 9, KPG.
On October 11, the Chancellor of Cambridge University HRH the Duke of Edinburgh conferred an Honorary Doctorate of Law on the Prime Minister. A lunch in honour of Dr. Singh was held at St. Johns College where he studied in the 1950s. Prime Minister left for Helsinki for the 7th India-EU Summit on October 12.
For the text of the joint press conference, go to site: pm.gov.uk/output/Page10184.asp | | | | | | C O N T E N T S | | | | | | |
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