India and Israel have signed a pact to cooperate in criminal matters, including execution of summons and warrants by each other’s courts. The agreement was signed by the two countries days before the visit of President Pranab Mukherjee, who will tour Israel for three days. Under the pact, if a court in India executes any summons or search warrant receives from a court or magistrate in Israel, the central government will execute the order. While, India’s summons and warrants will be executed by Israel’s Ministry of Justice, India’s Ministry of Home Affairs will process the request of the Israeli government.

Facts About Israel

• The primary founder and the first Prime Minister of Israel, David Ben-Gurion, was an atheist.
• 2,000-year-old seeds were discovered in 1963 inside an ancient jar in Israel. They were planted in 2005 and a treethat had been extinct for over 1800 years sprouted.
• Israel was the first country to ban underweight models.
• All Pakistani passports bear the inscription “This passport is valid for all countries of the World except Israel
• The first antivirus software for computers was created in Israel in 1979.
• Israel has two official languages: Hebrew and Arabic.

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