The Delhi Network of Positive People (DNP), a non-governmental organisation, has called upon the government to increase transparency in planning the National AIDS Control Programme phase-IV by strengthening participation of civil society — particularly representatives of vulnerable communities, groups working on access to treatment, community-based organisations and State level People Living with HIV networks — in ongoing working group meetings. 
Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB) has said the registration for the annual Amarnath pilgrimage would begin from 10th May."The process of Amarnath yatra registration for this year in Jammu and Kashmir shall commence on 10th May, 2011," Chief Executive Officer of SASB, R K Goyal said on Monday.
An India Sourcing Fair, presenting trading opportunities for buyers in the Middle East and North Africa, will be held in Dubai from 31st May, it has been announced.The fair will help forge new relationships with potential suppliers from top Indian manufacturers and exporters who are looking to expand their businesses into the region and find distribution partners and promote their brands, a statement on UAE's official news agency said.
The Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Science &Technology and Earth Sciences, Shri Pawan Kumar Bansal is on an official visit to the Republic of Korea on the invitation of Minister of Education and Science & Technology of the Republic of Korea, Mr. Ju-Ho Lee. During the visit, the two Ministers led their respective delegations for the 1st India-Korea Science & Technology Ministerial Steering Committee Meeting. They exchanged views on the recent S&T policy trends and recognized the importance of further strengthening cooperation between the two countries. It was agreed that the next Ministerial Steering Committee Meeting will be held in India in 2012, and every two years thereafter alternately in Korea and in India. 
In a bilateral meeting with the Japanese Finance Minister at Hanoi, Vietnam today, the Finance Minister Shri Pranab Mukherjee expressed deep concern and sympathy over the recent natural calamities in Japan and extended all possible assistance. Shri Mukherjee said that India attach great priority to Strategic & Global Partnership with Japan and there is strong political consensus in India on the importance of advancing this partnership in all areas. He expressed confidence about continuity of India’s Japan policy despite changes in Japan’s government. He pointed out that in recent years, the bilateral relationship between the two countries have moved from strength to strength. Both the countries have a mutual stake in each other’s prosperity and progress, particularly during these times of economic crisis, added the Minister. 
The Government has appointed a Committee of Inquiry headed by Air Marshal (Retd.) P..S.Ahluwalia to Inquire into the circumstances of accident of Pawan Hans helicopter near Labotang, Arunachal Pradesh on April 30, 2011 while operating from Tawang to Ita Nagar in Arunachal Pradesh. The Committee comprises following members: 
The Supreme Court today expressed displeasure over the tardy pace of probe by the Income Tax department into the tax evasion cases linked to 2G spectrum case, saying it wanted results. A bench of Justice G S Singhvi and Justice A K Ganguly directed the department to file a detailed report on action taken by it during the last three years when it got a complaint in this regard and began tapping corporate lobbyist Niira Radia's telephone. The IT department, however, defended its ongoing probe saying that the investigation has entered the fifth layer and the approach towards the case has not been tardy. The court, however, was not satisfied and said, it was not concerned about layers but results. The bench allowed the IT department to approach the special judge, trying the 2G case, to interrogate company officials who are in judicial custody for their alleged role in the scam.