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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 eachadded around ! ne" "arheads to
#ring their totals to #et"een $! and ! and #et"een !! and
%!respectively. China no" has %&! nuclear "arheads, compared to
%'! in %!%.Only the t"o oldsuperpo"ers have cut their arsenals,
"ith the (nited States reducing its "arheads )rom *!!! to ++!!,and
Russia )rom !,!!! to *,&!!.
65 Countries Signed Ars !rade !reat"
On 3 June ore than -& countries o) the "orld signed signed
the Arms rade reaty and the (nitedStates announced it "ill sign
soon. key arms e/porters including Russia and China and ma0or
importersincluding India, Saudi Ara#ia, Indonesia and 1gypt
a#stained and have given no indication yet that they"ill sign it.he
treaty "ill re2uire countries that rati)y it to esta#lish national
regulations to control thetrans)er o) conventional arms and
components and to regulate arms #rokers, #ut it "ill not control
the
domestic use o) "eapons in any country. It prohi#its the
trans)er o) conventional "eapons i) they violatearms em#argoes or
i) they promote acts o) genocide, crimes against humanity or "ar
crimes.
India # Singa$ore Signed Agreeent 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.heagreement "as signed #et"een e)ence Secretary Radha 4rishna
athur and his Singaporeancounterpart Chiang Chie 5oo.A #ilateral
agreement )or utilisation o) )acilities in India #y the Singapore
Air5orce and Army "as signed in Octo#er %!!+ and August %!!*
respectively.
'( )illion Internet *sers +$ected In India -" ./01
On & June According to the Cisco6s 7isuals 8et"orking Inde/
978I: )orecast 9%!%;+: report , India hasthe )astest Internet
tra))ic gro"th glo#ally and is e/pected to have 3'* million users
#y %!+.In India, there"ill #e 3'* million Internet users in %!+, up
)rom 3* million in %!%.Internet tra))ic in India "ill reach
%.&1/a#ytes per month in %!+.
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India Ranked 0'0 in 3loal Peace Inde ./0
On June According to the ? >lo#al Peace Inde/ 9>PI: %!3@
released #y Institute )or 1conomics andPeace 9I1P: , India ranks
'st out o) -% in this year6s >lo#al Peace Inde/ 9>PI:.Iceland
95irst Rank:,enamark 9%nd rank: , Austria 93rd rank: ,S"iterland
9&th rank:.Other important countries ranks in>lo#al Peace
Inde/ 9>PI: B; Japan 9-th rank: ,(S 9!!th rank: ,China 9! rank:
,angladesh 9!& rank: ,
Srilanka 9! rank: ,Iran 93+th rank: ,Russia 9&&th rank:
,Pakistan 9&+th rank: , Ira2 9&$th rank: andA)ganistan 9-%
rank: ranks at #ottom.he >lo#al Peace Inde/ 9>PI: is an
attempt to measure therelative position o) nations and regions
peace)ulness.
World Po$ulation Proected !o Reach 786 -illion -" ./5/
On ' According to the (nited 8ations 9(8: D
