Spotlight
New Delhi, 9 June 2007
INDIA-EU
COOPERATION IN SCIENCE RESEARCH
NEW DELHI, June 10 (INFA): India-European
Union (EU) cooperation in science research has reached a new high, following
the recent agreement here between the two.
The details of the agreement were worked out between India’s
Minister for Science and Technology, Kapil Sibal and the German Federal
Minister for Education and Research, Annette Sebavan.
The Science Ministerial was attended by ministers or their
designated high-level representatives from the 27 EU Member States, many of
which have also signed bilateral agreements with India.
The participants discussed
ways to further strengthen the scope and quality of scientific cooperation with
India
and ended with the ‘New Delhi Communique’.
Nobel laureates and eminent scientists from Germany and India
have already interacted with some 1,000 Indian science students from all over India at this
function.
In October last year, the EU-India Summit had highlighted
the importance of the field of science in the EU-India relationship. It also
saw a ‘window of opportunity’ for EU-India cooperation in science and
technology.
The Joint Statement of the Heads of Government gave a strong
and clear impetus for strengthening the cooperation in this field.
India has also joined the EU in major
projects such as the 1.2 billion euro FAIR (Facility for Anti-Proton and Ion
Research) and the 4-57 billion euro IETR (the International Experimental
Thermonuclera Reactor).
India has a 3 per cent and 10 per cent
share, respectively. Indian participation in the Galileo satellite project is
in the process of agreement.
A recent bibliometric analysis conducted by Research Centre
Julich, Helmholtz Association, which
lists all Indian co-publications of research papers with international partners
in all major areas of natural sciences, shows that in all but two categories
Indo-EU co-publications are more substantial in extent.---INFA
CLOSURE ORDER TO
POLLUTING UNITS
HYDERABAD, June 10 (INFA): The Andhra Pradesh
Pollution Control Board recently issued
closure orders to nine industrial units located on the outskirts of Hyderabad city.
This decision was taken by the task force committee. The
industrial units are said to have causing air pollution and operating without
the consent of the Board, as required by statutory rules and
regulations.---INFA
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