US Secret Service Personnel Arrive In India Ahead Of President Obama's Visit

Ahead of Barak Obama's arrival in India, 25 of the best US Secret Service agents have come to Delhi to supervise his safe stay in the country. The agents are presently staying in the The Maurya Sheraton Hotel. They have held a meeting with officials of Indian security agencies and Delhi police to discuss the security issues; the meeting was conducted in the basement of the hotel and lasted for an hour and half.    

“Ahead of the US President’s scheduled visit, an “advance security liaisoning meeting” was held in the basement of the hotel where the senior officials of intelligence agencies and officials from Security Wing of Delhi Police, Additional Commissioner of Police SBS Tyagi and Additional DCP Amit Roy were present,” a source said.

The Delhi Police officials presented their plan of action to their US counterparts and asked them to reciprocate. The agents of the US secret service are satisfied with the security road map of the Delhi Police. 

But the Indian officials could not get much success in convincing the US security folks to let the President travel in the Indian President's limousine that will take him to Rajpath. The matter is supposed to be negotiated again.  

“Interestingly, US secret agents told the Indian intelligence agencies that the US President will be accompanied by his chefs to ensure that his food is not spiked,” a police source informed the media.

It should be noted that when President Obama went to Myanmar last year in November to attend the East Asia Summit, six aircraft of equipment, vehicles, oil tankers, helicopters,  and 1600 US personnel were send to oversee the visit. Even the fuel used by the security cavalcade of President was brought from the US in Navy ship.  

Around 10000 paramilitary personnel will join the Delhi Police whose strength is around 80000 to make the Rajpath parade a full-proof exercise.

Barak Obama will be landing on Indian soil on 25 January.  

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Sony Pictures Releases The Interview Online

Sony Pictures is releasing its film The Interview, after the 22 November cyber-attack and a row over the contents of the movie.

The movie is being released exclusively on a dedicated website - seetheinterview.com. In addition, the film can be streamed on other channels like the YouTube and Microsoft. It can only be watched in the United States.

The company says that it has decided to release the film on the Internet so that maximum number of people can watch the movie. On Tuesday, the Sony Pictures has said that the movie could be released in selected cinemas. Prior to that the Sony pictures had decided to halt the release of the film altogether because of the fear of the hackers.

The chairman and the CEO of the Sony Pictures Michael Lynton has said he feels proud that the culprits could not manage to stifle the creative voice.

President Obama had criticized the company's earlier decision to shelf the movie altogether.  Encouraged by the President's words many of the independent cinema hall owners came forward with proposals to launch the film.

The response of North Korea will defiantly be interesting as the film comically portrays the assassination of Kim Jong-un.

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After 55 Years, Thaw In US - Cuba Relations

President Barak Obama has termed the changing relations with Cuba as a new chapter in history.

It was an year ago, President Obama and President of Cuba Raul Castro shook hands at a ceremony after the death of South African patron Nelson Mandela to create a political and diplomatic murmur across the world.

On Tuesday, both the leaders talked to each other for 45 minutes over telephone to discuss the relations between the two countries. The White House has announced that it is seriously interested in changing the old way of thinking as it has benefited neither of the countries.

And on the other side Havana says that the two countries have agreed to resume the diplomatic relations, which has never seen the day of light since 1959 when Fidel Castro overturned the America backed Batista government and right after that nationalized all the US enterprises in the country. The situation further withered in the 60s with the Cuban missile crisis when USSR (now Russia) planted ballistic missiles on the Cuban mainland to keep the US in check.

Cuba, in its gesture of goodwill, has released Allan Gross, a US citizen who was arrested on charges of espionage. And the US has reciprocated by freeing three Cuban national as a sign of recognition.

Obama has used his presidential prerogative to free the Cubans, but the economic sanctions cannot be lifted without the Congress' consent. And if the experts are to be believed, Obama will have a hard time convincing the Congress. The Cuban Cigars and beeches are still very famous in the US.  

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US Senate Votes Vivek Murthy The Next Surgeon General Of United States

Dr Vivek Murthy has been appointed the Surgeon General of the US. The Senate has voted 51-43 in favor of the doctor. He becomes the first person of Indian origin to achieve the post and the youngest in American history.

His appointment to this top job has announced a major setback for the powerful gun lobby spearheaded by the National Rifles Association, which had lobbied hard with senators to block his way to the top spot for the last several months.

Welcoming his appointment as "America's Doctor", President Obama has said that he will build on the progress the country has made on defeating Ebola.

Dr Murthy, 37, was born into a family in Karnataka. His appointment has made some of the senators wonder whether he is too young to be appointed.    

He studied biochemical sciences from Harvard and went on to get a degree in medicine and business from Yale University. Murthy has been working at Harvard's Brigham and Women's Hospital as a physician.

All throught his life, he has been an advocate of gun control. His opinions in this regard has gotten him in trouble with the Republicans who tried their best to not to let his nominations pass through.    

When he tweeted, "Tired of politicians playing politics w/ guns, putting lives at risk b/c they're scared of NRA. Guns are a health care issue." The NRA wrote to all the senators to try their utmost to block his nomination as this would spell disaster for America's gun owners. 

On being asked by one of the Republican senators about whether he will use his office to push his own opinion on gun control, he replied that his priority would be obesity prevention.  Many of the senators would not buy this.

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