Russia unwilling to share Netaji papers with Indian people

MEA conveyed to the CIC that "according to the correspondence received from the Embassy of India, Moscow, the Russian Foreign Office has stated that the documents handed over by them in June 2001 were meant only for the GOI's official use and for the work of the Commission in investigations into the disappearance of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose."

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Government to digitize expensive textbooks, give computers and freenet to teachers

A scheme that could change the face of higher education in the country, the Government is planning to make expensive textbooks available to students in a free digital format.
The Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry has indicated that it is willing to share the cost with publishers of digitising study material for undergraduate and postgraduate courses.
Under the proposed agreement, the Government would compensate the publishers for any losses they might incur.
The Ministry is also considering setting up its own database, which would have top journals of the IITs and the Indian Institute of Science.
The government is even willing to pay half of what it would take to provide a computer to every teacher in the 18,000 colleges across the country.
In fact, the University Grants Commission would provide free Internet connections to institutes, which take up this offer. Also, teachers who provide online coaching to students would be remunerated for their services.

Text of Indo-US Nuclear Cooperation Agreement (123 Agreement)

Features of the Agreement (from Rediff article at http://www.rediff.com/news/2007/jul/27ndeal4.htm):
The Agreement is "between two States possessing advanced nuclear technology, both parties having the same benefits and advantages".
The purpose of the agreement is to enable full civil nuclear energy cooperation between India and the United States. The Agreement provides for full civil nuclear energy cooperation covering nuclear reactors and aspects of the associated nuclear fuel cycle including enrichment and reprocessing.
The Agreement contains a full reflection of the March 2, 2006 supply assurances, and the provision for corrective measures. The Agreement provides for the development of a strategic reserve of nuclear fuel to guard against any disruption of supply over the lifetime of India's reactors.
The Agreement provides for nuclear trade, transfer of nuclear material, equipment, components, and related technologies and for cooperation in nuclear fuel cycle activities.
The Agreement provides for the application of IAEA safeguards to transferred material and equipment.
The Agreement grants prior consent to reprocess nuclear material, transfer nuclear material and its products. To bring this into effect, India will establish a national reprocessing facility to reprocess IAEA safeguarded nuclear material and the parties will agree on arrangements and procedures within one year.