Current Events Dec 3

1. Obama unveils new Afghan strategy
Significance: Obama pledges 30,000 more troops; vows to end war and begin pullout in 2011.
http://www.hindu.com/2009/12/03/stories/2009120357150100.htm

2. India welcomes U.S. move
http://www.hindu.com/2009/12/03/stories/2009120356910100.htm

3. ULFA chairman held in Dhaka?
Significance: ULFA chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa,under detention in Bangladesh, thus indications are that the outlawed United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) may come forward for “unconditional talks” with the government.
http://www.hindu.com/2009/12/03/stories/2009120357290100.htm

4. India, Bangladesh finalise drafts of 3 pacts
Significant: India and Bangladesh relations are improving. The drafts on mutual legal assistance in criminal matters, on combating international terrorism, organised crime and illicit drug trafficking and on transfer of sentenced persons stands as testimony to that.
http://www.hindu.com/2009/12/03/stories/2009120360641400.htm

5. Limits of the Afghan surge
Significance: The author analyses the revised Afghanistan poicy by Obama.
http://www.hindu.com/2009/12/03/stories/2009120354970800.htm

6. Counting the tigers
Significance: The article deals with methods and techniques for assessment of tiger population n India.
http://www.hindu.com/2009/12/03/stories/2009120354960800.htm

7. IT professionals asked to move up the value chain
Significance: Infosys Chairman and chief mentor N. R. Narayana Murthy asseses the achievements of IT sector and the potentials of IT sector.
http://www.hindu.com/2009/12/03/stories/2009120355681600.htm

8. Home-made N-sub INS Arihant to be inducted in 2 years
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/5294849.cms

9. Carbon reduction targets today
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/Carbon-reduction-targets-today/articleshow/5294131.cms