International and Bilateral Issues:

Chinese President Hu Jintao called on the next generation of the China's leaders, slated to take over later this year, to present a “new face” of the ruling Communist Party and to curb rampant corruption amid rising public anger against graft.
It will take up positions at local, provincial and central levels over the course of the year in a once-in-a-decade transition.
Corruption and widening social inequalities would be among the party's priorities ahead of a leadership transition that will see a new generation of leaders take over in 2013

The body of Dinesh Kumar, the 25-year-old Indian sailor killed when an Iranian merchant vessel sank more than two months ago, is yet to arrive in New Delhi as official procedures in Iran are not yet over.
Efforts by the External Affairs Ministry and the Directorate-General of Shipping have not yielded any result since the Iranian authorities have not given any information about the ship which had four Iranian and three young Indian crew members onboard.
The institute, from were he got his course and training, was not registered. Even the agent did not have the RPSL [Recruitment and Placement Services Licence] number.
There is a nexus between the illegal institutes, middlemen and the companies that needs to be broken. Such a nexus exposes our seamen to dangers and exploitation.

Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Monday said the replies submitted to the Supreme Court by the chiefs of the Army and the ISI were “unconstitutional and illegal,” as they were sent without the government's approval.
Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Monday said the replies submitted to the Supreme Court by the chiefs of the Army and the ISI were “unconstitutional and illegal,”
The responses given by Army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and ISI Director-General Lt. Gen. Ahmed Shuja Pasha did not have the approval of the competent authority as required under the rules of business