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Vol 44 | Issue 29

28th November to 4th December 2015

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lenges: economic uncertainties, political turmoil and security threats," Modi said. "We have excellent bilateral cooperation with Asean members and we should see how we can enhance our cooperation at the regional and international level, including through support for adoption of a Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism," he said. Describing terrorism as

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Unite against UNITE AGAINST terrorism: Modi TERRORISM: MODI During his address at the 13th Asean (Association of Southeast Asian Nations)-India Summit at Kuala Lumpur Modi also sought enhanced cooperation from Asean to fight the scourge of terrorism while saying that India and the southeast Asian regional grouping remained the two bright spots of optimism in these troubled global times. "We meet at a time of multiple global chal-

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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged the world to speak in one voice against terrorism and said that countries must be held accountable for sanctuaries and support to terror. "Terrorism does not just take a toll on lives, but can derail economies," Modi said at the 37th Singapore Lecture. "We must delink terrorism from religion and assert the human value that defines every faith," he said.

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the biggest threat to the world, he said it was important to ensure that no country supported terror. Addressing the Indian diaspora in Kuala Lumpur, Modi also said terror must be delinked from religion. “Terrorism knows no boundaries. It uses the name of religion to draw people to its cause but kills people of all faiths,'' Modi said. CONTINUED ON P 26

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Handwritten Indian passports declared invalid Indian citizens living in the UK, India or abroad have been advised to urgently replace their handwritten passports with machine readable counterparts, to ensure hassle free travel. This passport rule is also applicable to other c o u n tries, including Bangladesh, Pakistan and other South Asian countries. The International Civil

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Aviation Organization (IACO) set a deadline of the 24th November 2015 for globally phasing out of all non-machine Readable Passports (MRPs). Thereafter, other countries hold the rights to deny visa or entry to any person travelling on a n o n machine readable passport. The Government of India has been issuing Machine Readable Passports since 2001. The Passports, However, issued before 2001 and particularly those issued during mid 1990s with a validity of 20 years will fall in this category. By the end of October 2015, it is estimated that there are approximately Continued on page 13


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