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Vice President’s Secretariat

• Addressing the gathering after felicitating the former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh and former Governor of Tamil Nadu, Shri K. Rosaiah, in Hyderabad today, Vice President of India,
Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu has said
• Discipline
• Training
• Skilling are crucial for every profession
• Talking about Shri Rosaiah, the Vice President said that his commitment and dedication are inspiration of budding politicians.
• People in Public life must behave responsibly and act as role models for others, he added.
• He expressed concern over the frequent disruptions in Parliament and state legislatures.
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• Disruptive trend such a trend will only weaken the system and is not good for democracy.
• A wider debate is needed on the way Parliament and state legislatures are functioning, he added.
• The Vice President said that illiteracy, hunger and discrimination are a major concern.
• It is the responsibility of the leadership of the day to find solutions to these problems, he added.

Vice President’s Secretariat

• 4th South Asian Insurance Regulatory Meet and International Insurance Conference, in Hyderabad
• Insurance companies must focus on unfair trade practices and ensure availability of products at an affordable price.
• Major challenges faced by SAARC countries.
• Ageing population
• Frequent occurrence of natural calamities
• Lack of uniform medical care Vice President’s Secretariat –
• Insurance Companies: increase the penetration in the country to help the aging population.
• The thrust must be given to cover all the vulnerable and marginalized sections and ensure quality healthcare and oppressed and suppressed sections of the society must be our
priority, he added.
• Cyber security and cyber liability insurance have become vital in the present times with criminals increasingly hacking and stealing valuable information of organizations and individuals.

Ministry of Minority Affairs

• Home Minister ShriRajnathSingh has said that handmade products not only require the talent of hands, but also that of heart and mind.
• “HunarHaat”: “Development with Dignity”
• “Hunar” means- H-Haathon se banaya, U- Ummidon se sajaya, NNafasat se tarasha, A- Achhamunafa, R- Rojgar me izafa.
• Need to further publicise and recognize skill of these master artisans.

PMO

• World Government Summit in Dubai
• Stressed on making technology a means of development, not a means of destruction.
• People are radicalising the cyber space with the use of technology.
• Technology plays a big role in this interconnected, interlinked and interdependent world as to a large extent problems are inseparable and their solutions too.
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• Addressing the Indian diaspora at Dubai Opera House, Mr Modi expressed confidence that reforms undertaken by his government will take India to the Global Benchmark level in
every sphere.
• He said, India’s leap in World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business Rankings from 142 to 100 is unprecedented.
• However, he said that his government is not satisfied at this and wants to do better.
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• The Prime Minister assured the people that his government will work together to bring to reality the dreams they see in Gulf countries and in India.
• Mr Modi laid the foundation stone of the first Hindu temple ‘Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha’ in the UAE through video conferencing.
• Bilateral engagements across a whole range of spheres including political, economic, trade and investment, energy, education, culture, defence and security.