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Conference on Government-Public Initiatives for Skill Building

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Conference on Government-Public Initiatives for Skill Building through NVEQF and EETP in Information Technology & Telecom Sector to be held on 26th November 2013at 9.30 AM at Convention Hall, Ashoka Hotel, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi.

The program is organized by AICTE & Ministry of HRD. Hon’ble Shri Kapil Sibal, Minister of Communications & Information Technology and Law & Justice; Hon’ble Shri Pallam Raju, Minister for MHRD and Secretary DOT, DeIT, MHRD has consented to grace the Inaugural Session. The program also includes signing of MOU between AICTE and NIELIT. A copy of draft program is pasted below.

I shall be grateful for your confirmation please.

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Prof N K Goyal

President CMAI Association of India, Chairman Emeritus TEMA
Member Governing Council Telecom Equipment & Services Export Promotion Council, Govt. of India
Director NFL National Fertilizers Ltd, Govt. of India, Vice Chairman, ITU APT India, Advisor GTU
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GOVERNMENT-PUBLIC INITIATIVES FOR SKILL BUILIDING THROUGH NVEQF AND EETP IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY & TELECOM SECTOR

26^th November, 2013

CONVENTION HALL, ASHOK HOTEL, 50 B, DIPLOMATIC ENCLAVE, CHANAKYAPURI, NEW DELHI 110021

PROGRAM SCHEDULE

INAUGURAL SESSION

Timing	Program
09.30 AM to 10.00 AM	Registration and Tea
10.00 AM to 10.10 AM	Introductory Address by Prof. S. S. Mantha, Chairman, AICTE
10.10 AM to 10.15 AM	Address by Dr. Ashwini Kumar Sharma, Managing Director, NIELIT
10.15 AM to 10.20 AM	Address by Sh. R. K. Upadhyay, CMD, BSNL
10.20 AM to 10.30 AM	Theme Address by Sh. Ashok Thakur, IAS, Secretary, Deptt. of Higher Education, MHRD
10.30 AM to 10.40 AM	Address by Sh. M. F. Farooqui, IAS, Secretary, Deptt. of Telecommunications
10.40 AM to 10.50 AM	Address by Sh. J. Satyanarayana, IAS, Secretary, Deptt. of Electronics & IT
10.50 AM to 11.00 AM	Presentation on alignment of NIELIT courses with NVEQF and release of book on NVEQF under IT sector
11.00 AM to 11.05 AM	Signing of MoU between AICTE & NIELIT
11.05 AM to 11.15 AM	Presentation on development of contents in Communication Sector by BSNL and release of book on NVEQF under Communication Sector
11.15 AM to 11.25 AM	Presentation on AICTE-BSNL, Employability Enhancement Training Programme (EETP)
11.25 AM to 11.30 AM	Release of EETP Project Status
11.30 AM to 11.35 AM	Distribution of Certificates to students under EETP
11.35 AM to 11.45 AM	Presidential address by: Dr. M M Pallam Raju, Hon’ble Minister of HRD
11.45 AM to 12 noon	Inaugural address by: Sh. Kapil Sibal, Hon’ble Minister of Communications & Information Technology and Law & Justice
12 noon to 12.05 PM	Conclusion and way forward by Dr. A S Pant, Vice Chairman, AICTE
12.05 PM to 12.20 PM	Tea Break

TECHNICAL SESSION

12.20 PM to 12.30 PM	“Capacity Building For Skill Work Force” through NVEQF by Prof. S. S. Mantha, Chairman, AICTE
	Experts talk by
12.30 PM to 12.40 PM	Prof. S. V. Raghvan, Scientific Secretary, Govt. of India
12.40 PM to 12.50 PM	Sh. S. Chandrasekhar, Director Govt. Affairs, Microsoft India
12.50 PM to 01.00 PM	Mr. Rajesh Chharia, President, Internet Service Providers Association of India (ISPAI)
01.00 PM to 01.10 PM	Sh. Anil Prakash, Secretary General, ITU APT, India
01.10 PM to 01.20 PM	Sh. Saket Modi, CEO, Lucideustech & Director CMAI Association of India
01.20 PM to 01.30 PM	Industry Representative
01.30 PM to 01.40 PM	Industry Representative
01.40 PM to 01.50 PM	Sh. Avinash Chander, Chief, DRDO
01.50 PM to 02.00 PM	Sh. Kapil Dev Kumar, CEO, NEXTRA Teleservices
02.00 PM to 02.10 PM	Sh. Yugal Sharma, President, Broadband, Den Network Ltd.
02.10 PM to 02.20 PM	Sh. Paragkar, Vice President Govt. Affairs India & South Asia, Qualcomm India
02.20 PM to 02.30 PM	Sh. Ravi Chandra, Director, IIM-Indore
02.30 PM to 02.35 PM	Vote of thanks by Member Secretary, AICTE
02.35 PM	LUNCH

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India spent 3.9% of GDP on health in 2011: OECD

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Dear All,

The slowdown in the world economy has adversely affected the health spending of OECD Countries. Outside the OECD countries, India spent 3.9% of GDP on health in 2011.

According to the Health at a Glance 2013 Report by OECD, the crisis has adversely affected the health spending which has decreased in one of three OECD countries between 2009 and 2011.

Spending per capita fell in 11 of 33 OECD countries between 2009 and 2011, notably by 11.1% in Greece and 6.6% in Ireland . Growth also slowed significantly in others, including Canada at 0.8% and the United States at 1.3%. Only Israel and Japan saw the rate of health spending growth accelerate since 2009 compared with the previous decade. Health spending in Korea has continued to grow at more than 6% per year since 2009 but more slowly than in previous years.

The lower spending by the Governments have been done through cutting prices of medical goods, especially pharmaceuticals, and by budget restrictions and wage cuts in hospitals.

In 2011, the United States outspend all other OECD countries by a wide margin, with the equivalent of US$ 8,508 for each person. This level of health spending is two-and-a-half times the average of all OECD countries and 50% higher than Norway and Switzerland , which were the next biggest spending countries.

Around half of OECD countries fall within a per capita spending of between US$ 3,000 and US$ 4,500 (adjusted for countries’ different purchasing powers). The lowest per capita spenders on health in the OECD were Mexico and Turkey with levels of less than a third of the OECD average. Outside of the OECD, India spent about 4% of the OECD average on health per capita in 2011 among the key emerging economies while China spent 13% of the OECD average on health per capita in 2011.

In 2011, the US spent 17.7% of GDP on health which is well above the OECD average and around 6% points above the next group of countries, which include the Netherlands , France , Germany , Canada and Switzerland which is around 11%. Mexico , Turkey and Estonia devoted only around 6% of GDP to health. Among the emerging economies outside of the OECD, China and India spent 5.2% and 3.9% of GDP respectively in 2011, while Brazil devoted 8.9% of GDP to health close to the OECD average.

Health Expenditure as a share of GDP in 2011

Source: PHD Research Bureau, Compiled from OECD

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Philippine typhoon death toll surpasses 5,200

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Updated on : 22-11-2013 08:22 PM

The number of people confirmed killed when a super typhoon devastated the Philippines surpassed 5,200 on Friday, the government said, making it one of the country’s deadliest natural disasters.

The official death toll from the storm jumped by nearly 1,200 to 5,209, with another 1,611 people still missing, the spokesman for the government’s disaster management council, Reynaldo Balido, said.
Super Typhoon Haiyan flattened dozens of towns across the central Philippines on November 8, bringing some of the strongest winds ever recorded and generating tsunami-like storm surges.
Balido said the death toll rose sharply today, increasing from 4,015, after officials reported body counts from communities outside the worst-hit areas.
“If you notice, there was not much movement in the death toll for the past few days. This was because the reporting rules required a casualty report signed by the city mayor and his health officer,” he said.
“Now, the reports are coming in from the entire typhoon area.”
The Philippines endures a seemingly never-ending pattern of deadly typhoons, earthquakes, volcano eruptions and other natural disasters.
It is located along a typhoon belt and the so-called Ring of Fire, a vast Pacific Ocean region where many of Earth’s earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur.
But Haiyan now stands as one of the deadliest natural disasters ever recorded in the country, and the worst typhoon.
The only other natural disaster to rival Haiyan was a tsunami triggered by a magnitude 7.9 earthquake in 1976 that killed between 5,000 and 8,000 people on the southern island of Mindanao.
More than four million people were displaced, mainly on the poor, farming islands of Samar and Leyte.
The disaster has triggered a giant, international relief effort, with dozens of countries and relief organisations rushing to deliver food, water and health services to isolated communities.
The US military has performed the highest-profile role, while Japan has sent more than 1,000 troops in its biggest deployment since World War II.
China, which is embroiled in a long-running territorial dispute, has also sent a 300-bed hospital ship and relief supplies.

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Mumbai International film festival to be organized from Feb 3-9

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The 13th edition of Mumbai International film festival for Documentary, Short and Animation Films (MIFF) will be organized by Films Division at the National Centre for Performing Arts (NCPA), Mumbai from February 3 to 9, 2014. This was announced today by V S Kundu, Director General, Films Division and Director, MIFF – 2014 while addressing media persons in Panaji today.

AIR Correspondent quoting Films Division sources reports that the oldest and largest international film festival for the non-feature and animation films in Asia, MIFF-2014 brings a lot of valuable content for film makers and cinefiles. Apart from best director, awards have been introduced for producer, cinematographer, editor, sound recordist and animator.

Awards for the most innovative film, named after Pramod Pati, and most popular film of the festival have also been instituted taking the total number of awards to 32 from 22 in the MIFF 2012. A veteran Indian documentary film maker will be honoured with V Shantaram Lifetime Achievement Award. MIFF will distribute cash awards worth 55 lac rupees apart from Golden Conches, trophies and certificates to the winners in different categories.

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Helicopter carrying relief goods crashes in Manila bay

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Philippine helicopter carrying relief goods crashed into the Manila Bay on Sunday afternoon, local media reported.

The chopper crashed about 18 nautical miles northwest of North Harbor in Manila bay, near Bulacan, radio dzBB quoted Philippine Coast Guard as saying.

The pilot and a passenger of the aircraft have been rescued by U.S. Marines and were uninjured.

The chopper was said to ship relief goods for typhoon victims.

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5.3-magnitude quake jolts northeast China

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A moderate earthquake of 5.3-magnitude jolted a city in northeast China’s Jilin Province on Friday, damaging some houses.

The epicentre of the quake that hit the Songyuan city was determined to be at a depth of eight kilometres, state-run Xinhua news agency quoted the China Earthquake Networks Centre as saying.

The epicenter was located at the juncture of Qian Gorlos Mongol Autonomous County and Qian’an county, where two quakes of similar magnitude occurred on October 31 and left 12 people injured.

The earthquake lasted for about 3 seconds, the report said.

“I felt it was more severe than the last time, and my house was partly damaged,” Li Wei, a resident in Yingtu Village of Qian Gorlos Mongol Autonomous County said.

Li said his fellow villagers ran out of their homes out of fear that their houses would collapse.

“I was at work and felt my desk shaking,” said Fan, a resident in provincial capital Changchun.

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Bangladesh garment workers attack fire station

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Fifty people, including three firefighters and cops, were injured in clashes erupted after thousands of Bangladesh garment workers attacked a fire station in Savar on the outskirts capital Dhaka on Sunday morning.

Eyewitnesses said the unruly workers vandalized 10-12 vehicles.

The workers went berserk following a brawl with some firemen, they said.

According to police and eyewitnesses, a bus carrying garment workers of factory rammed in to a footpath in front of the fire service office while taking a u-turn at about 7:30 a.m. local time.

As an on-duty fireman shouted at them, the workers got down off the bus and locked into a brawl with the officials of the fire station.

Spurred by rumors that a female garment worker had been tortured by the firemen, according to the eyewitnesses, thousands of workers from nearby factories rushed to the scene and attacked the fire station.

A police official who preferred to be unnamed said the agitating workers entered the fire station and vandalized all the window panes and furniture, leaving three officials injured.

He said huge street clashes erupted when police arrived and tried to disperse the situation by firing rubber-bullets and lobbing tear-gas canisters. The unruly worker looted office equipment and torched a motorcycle and two vehicles of the fire service office. The workers then blocked a highway where they also damaged many vehicles to bring traffic near to a halt for one hour and a half.

Clashes once again broke out as police tried to evict the workers from the highway to lift the blockade.

Locals said at least 50 people were injured during the clashes which lasted for about two hours. The agitating workers, however, claimed that some of their female colleagues were manhandled by firemen.

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UN climate agree on principles for new global pact

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United Nations climate talks Saturday agreed here on major principles for a new global climate pact, which is due to be agreed on in 2015 and put into force after 2020.

The delegations agreed that all countries should prepare for “intended nationally determined contributions” to help cut carbon emissions.

The agreement was seen as a key step paving the way to reach an ambitious global climate pact in 2015, and highlighted their desire to avert a breakdown of the climate talks.

The negotiators from about 200 countries also made a decision on climate change aid.

The talks called on developed countries to mobilize finance assistance from government channels “at increasing levels” from the 10 billion U.S. dollars a year paid out from 2010 to 2012.

Negotiators also reached consensus on creating a mechanism to help vulnerable nations to deal with the losses and damage caused by global warming.

The head of the Chinese delegation to the UN climate talks said the results of the talks were not satisfying, but they are acceptable.

“There are many issues that we are not actually satisfied with but we can still accept,” Xie Zhenhua, also deputy chief of China’s National Development and Reform Commission, told Xinhua in an interview.

The Warsaw negotiation has laid “a very good foundation” for the Lima talks scheduled next year and the Paris conference in 2015, and for all countries to agree on a new global deal on fighting climate change, he said

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Egypt’s interim president approves protest law

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Egypt‘s interim president Adly Mansour approved on Sunday a law regulating protests in the country, official news agency MENA reported.

The controversial “protest law” was submitted to the president by the Cabinet for review two weeks ago.

The approval comes as university students in several provinces have been staging protests to mark 100 days since the dispersal of two Cairo protest camps demanding the reinstatement of ousted president Mohamed Morsi.

According to the law, all public protests that have not been given prior written permission from the authorities are banned.

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Rokot vehicle with 3 European satellites launched

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Rokot vehicle with 3 European satellites launched from Russia’s Plesetsk space center

A Rokot launch vehicle carrying three European Swarm spacecraft lifted off from the Plesetsk space center in the Arkhangelsk region of Russia at 4:02 pm Moscow time Friday. “A light class Rokot space vehicle coupled with a Breeze-KM third stage is supposed to put European research satellites into orbit,” Col. Dmitry Zenin, a Russian Defense Ministry spokesman for the Aerospace Defense Forces, told Interfax. The Swarm mission is aiming to provide a detailed analysis of the geomagnetic field and its evolution, the Astrium European company, the general contractor of the Swarm satellite project, said earlier. Three identical satellites will be deployed in a polar orbit with an altitude of 490 kilometers.

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Intel Newshot

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Series of earthquakes hits northeast China

A series of earthquakes measuring over 5.0 in magnitude hit the Jilin Province in northeast China on Saturday. No casualties have been reported, according to Xinhua news agency, but 260,000 families in 125 villages have been affected and 45,000 people have been evacuated. As the result of the quakes, 310 apartment units collapsed and 16,000 houses have been seriously damaged. According to preliminary estimates by the civil affairs department of Jilin Province, the quake caused direct economic losses of 2 billion yuan (over $300 million).

Iran’s president meets Russian deputy PM in Tehran

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin met Iran’s president, Hassan Rouhani, for bilateral talks on Saturday in Tehran, the Islamic Republic News Agency reported. No details of the meeting were reported. Rogozin’s responsibilities include supervision of Russia’s defense industry. Meanwhile, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Iranian counterpart, Mohammad Javad Zarif, met in Geneva on Friday to discuss the upcoming talks of the P5+1 group – the US, Britain, France, China, Russia and Germany – concerning Iran’s nuclear program.

China sets up air defense zone over disputed Islands

China has established an “air defense identification zone” over an area of the East China Sea covering disputed islands that are also claimed by Japan. The islands, which are known as the Diaoyu in China and the Senkaku in Japan, have been the source of rising tension between the two countries. In a statement, the Chinese Defense Ministry said any aircraft flying over the area must report a flight plan to Beijing, maintain two-way radio communications and respond in a timely and accurate manner when asked to identify themselves. Otherwise, China’s armed forces will adopt defensive emergency measures, the statement warns. Japan has lodged a strong protest and accused the Chinese of escalating the situation.

Syria Islamists claim capture of crucial oil field

Islamist rebel fighters led by the Al-Qaeda-linked al-Nusra Front on Saturday claimed they have seized the largest oil field in eastern Syria, Reuters reported. There was no immediate confirmation of the report from the Syrian government. The possible capture of the al-Omar oil field would mean the government forces would have to almost completely rely on imported oil, Reuters said. The report also claimed the fighters of the al-Nusra Front captured several tanks and a weapons cache.

Syrian minister narrowly escapes assassination attempt

Ali Haidar, Syria’s Minister for National Reconciliation, narrowly escaped assassination as an attack aimed at his car in the Tartous province killed his driver, Syrian state media reported. Haidar is a member of the so-called “patriotic opposition” which is a party that criticizes the rule of President Bashar Assad, but does not support the uprising against him.

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Russian Rokot rocket delivers Swarm satellite system into orbit

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Russian Rokot satellite rocket with a Briz-KM booster has delivered into orbit three European Swarm satellites, Russian defense ministry spokesman Colonel Dmitry Zenin told Interfax. The satellites have been successfully detached from the upper stage of the rocket and brought to their target orbit, Zenin said, adding that control over the system would soon be transferred to the customer. The Swarm system consists of three identical 472kg satellites designed to study the Earth’s magnetic field. This was the third launch of the Rokot rocket from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in 2013.

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Karzai refuses to sign security pact insist for peace

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Members of the Afghan Loya Jirga, or ‘general assembly’, attend the first day of the assembly in Kabul on November 21, 2013.

Afghanistan’s national assembly of elders has approved the signing of a security pact with Washington that would leave behind a residual US troop presence after withdrawal in 2014. President Hamid Karzai has said he will not sign the deal immediately.

The Loya Jirga voted in favor of a security deal with Washington that would allow US troops to stay in Afghanistan beyond 2014 to train national security forces, a deputy speaker of the assembly told the BBC. The assembly is made up of 2,500 elders, tribal leaders and other influential figures in Afghanistan.

“Given the current situation in, and Afghanistan’s need… the contents of this agreement as a whole is endorsed by the members of this Loya Jirga,” Fazul Karim Imaq, a deputy of the loya jirga said, reading a declaration reached at the end of the four-day grand meeting.

“The loya jirga requests the president to sign the agreement before the end of 2013,”Imaq said.

President Karzai said he would not sign the deal immediately and that the US needed to bring peace to Afghanistan before any agreement was reached.

“If there is no peace then this agreement will bring misfortune to Afghanistan,” Karzai said in an address to the Loya Jirga. “Peace is our precondition. America should bring us peace and then we will sign it.”

Washington has criticized President Hamid Karzai’s government for delaying the signing of the treaty, insisting there must be a decision before the end of this year. The White House wants to finalize plans of how many troops will remain behind following the scheduled withdrawal of forces at the end of next year.

Secretary of State John Kerry warned Karzai in a telephone call on Friday that delays were “unacceptable” would risk the total withdrawal of US forces.

In the call, Kerry told Karzai that waiting several more months to sign the pact would“make it impossible for the U.S. and allies to plan for a post-2014 presence,” said State Department spokeswoman Jennifer Psaki. Media agencies

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Netanyahu :World is ‘more dangerous place’ after Iran deal

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has slammed the international deal over Iran’s nuclear program, branding it a “historic mistake.” He accused the six nation allowing Tehran a step further “towards obtaining the world’s most dangerous weapon.”

Netanyahu condemned the deal at a cabinet meeting on Sunday and said the world has become a more dangerous place.

“What was achieved last night in Geneva is not a historic agreement, it was a historic mistake,” Netanyahu told his cabinet. “Today the world has become a much more dangerous place because the most dangerous regime in the world took a significant step towards obtaining the world’s most dangerous weapon.”

“Israel is not committed by this agreement,” Netanyahu told his Cabinet. “The regime in Iran is committed to destroying Israel. [But] Israel has the right and obligation to defend itself from any threat, [and] will not allow Iran to develop a military nuclear capability.”

Netanyahu said that the international community had actually “agreed for the first time to uranium enrichment in Iran, while ignoring Security Council resolutions that they themselves promoted.”

He also reiterated that military action against Iran was possible, but Civil Defense Minister Gilad Erdan warned that the Geneva deal “makes it much more difficult in the diplomatic sphere to talk about a military option.”

Israel has never publicly acknowledged that it has nuclear weapons, but is widely believed to be the only power possessing the atomic bomb in the Middle East. It has consistently called on the international community to strip Iran of its nuclear enrichment capabilities.

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman told Sunday’s Cabinet meeting that the Geneva accord was Tehran’s “greatest diplomatic triumph” since the Islamic Revolution of 1979.

US President Barack Obama plans to talk to Netanyahu on Sunday to address Israel’s concerns about the Iran nuclear deal, according to a senior US official.

Earlier on Sunday, US Secretary of State John Kerry said that the deal between Iran and major world powers would make it more difficult for Iran to make a dash to build a nuclear weapon, and would make Israel and other American allies safer.

Under the deal struck on Sunday night by the P5+1, Iran agreed to freeze its nuclear program for the next 6 months and cease construction work on the Arak reactor. In addition, Tehran agreed to stop enriching uranium beyond 5 per cent in a bid to allay fears it seeks to construct a nuclear bomb. In return sanctions on Tehran’s economy will be lightened, allowing Iran access to $4.2 billion in funds frozen as part of the financial sanctions.

A foreign policy adviser to the Saudi Arabian government, speaking to media on condition of anonymity, said that Sunni Arab states do not welcome the Geneva nuclear deal. So far, Riyadh has made no official response.

Just hours before the Geneva deal was signed, the rulers of Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Kuwait met late Saturday night to discuss “issues of interest to the three nations,”Reuters reported.

Abdullah al-Askar , the chairman of Saudi Arabia’s Shura Council, an advisory body to King Abdullah, said that Tehran had “an ugly agenda in the region” and expressed concern that Iran could seek to gain the upper hand in regional politics in return for mothballing its nuclear program.

“I am afraid Iran will give up something on [its nuclear program] to get something else from the major powers in terms of regional politics. And I’m worrying about giving Iran more space or a freer hand in the region,” al-Askar said, adding that the people of the region “know Iranian policies and Iranian ambitions” and are afraid that Tehran might “interfere in the politics of many countries in the region.”

“No one in the region will sleep and assume things are going smoothly,” al-Askar said.

“I think Saudi Arabia will go ahead if Iran goes ahead [and gets a nuclear weapon],” he said. “I think Egypt, maybe Turkey, Saudi Arabia, maybe the Emirates, would go ahead and acquire the same technology. This will open wide the door to weaponization.”

Intelligence Minister Yuval Steinitz, in charge of monitoring Iran’s nuclear program, has said there is no reason for the world to be celebrating.

He says the deal that was reached in Geneva on Sunday is based on “Iranian deception and self-delusion.” Media agencies

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Iran agree landmark nuclear deal at Geneva talks

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(L to R) British Foreign Secretary William Hague, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, US Secretary of State John Kerry, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif

Tehran has repeatedly denied that it is developing atomic weapons, however, and maintains that its nuclear program is purely for civilian purposes.Ministers overcame the last remaining hurdles to reach agreement, despite strong pressure from Israel and lobby groups.

“India welcomes the prospect of resolving questions related to Iran’s nuclear programme through dialogue and diplomacy,” official spokesperson in the External Affairs Ministry said in New Delhi on Sunday.

Capping four days of negotiations, representatives the US, the UK, Russia, China, France and Germany (P5+1 group of nations) reached an agreement with Iran in the early hours in Geneva to slow its controversial nuclear programme in return for about USD 7 billion in sanctions relief.

Under the deal, Iran agreed to give better access to inspectors and halt some of its work on uranium enrichment. But Iranian negotiators insisted they still had a right to nuclear power.

In return, there will be no new nuclear-related sanctions on Iran for six months.

The agreement is consistent with India’s position that the issue should be resolved diplomatically on the basis of a recognition of Iran’s right to peaceful use of nuclear energy and in accordance with its international obligations as a non-nuclear weapon state.

While stating that government was “in the process of obtaining details from our key interlocutors”, the spokesperson recalled that India had welcomed the earlier agreement reached on 11th November between Iran and the IAEA, which is the only competent technical agency to verify the exclusively peaceful nature of Iran’s nuclear activities, on practical measures for enhanced IAEA verification activity at Iranian nuclear sites.

However, sanctions on oil exports from Iran will continue, affecting India and other countries.

India has slashed import of crude oil from Iran by over 26.5 percent in the financial year ended 31st March as US and European sanctions made it difficult to ship oil from the Persian Gulf nation.

Under the deal, Iran will also stop enriching uranium beyond 5 percent, the level at which it can be used for weapons research, and reduce its stockpile of uranium enriched beyond this point.

The agreement — described as an “initial, six-month” deal — could build trust and confidence between Iran and the international community and can lead to a durable and long-term settlement of the nuclear issue.

Under the interim agreement, Tehran will be allowed access to $4.2 billion in funds frozen as part of the financial sanctions imposed on Iran over suspicions that its nuclear program is aimed at producing an atomic bomb.

Iran’s foreign minister, Javad Zarif, called the deal a “major success” and said Tehran would expand its cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

While Iranian President Hassan Rouhani announced that the deal reached in Geneva shows that world powers have recognized Tehran’s “nuclear rights.”

“Constructive engagement [and] tireless efforts by negotiating teams are to open new horizons,” Rouhani said on Twitter shortly after the announcement.

Foreign ministers from the US, Russia, UK, France, China, Germany and the EU hailed the deal as a step toward a “comprehensive solution” to the nuclear standoff between Tehran and the West. The interim deal was reached early Sunday morning in Geneva after some 18 hours of negotiation.

“While today’s announcement is just a first step, it achieves a great deal,” US President Barack Obama said in a statement at the White House. “For the first time in nearly a decade, we have halted the progress of the Iranian nuclear program, and key parts of the program will be rolled back.”

Obama said that if Iran fails to keep to its commitments over the next six months, the US will “ratchet up” sanctions. US Secretary of State John Kerry, a key participant in the Geneva talks, said that Iran still had to prove it is not seeking to develop atomic weapons. Media agencies

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ASEAN leaders pledge support for growth of North East region

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Representatives from Southeast Asian nations and business leaders of the country have pledged to contribute substantially for the socio-economic growth of the North East region at a two-day North East Business Summit in Dibrugarh, Assam.

Dato Paduka Haji Sidek Ali, the High Commissioner of Brunei Darussalam and chairman of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN), New Delhi Committee, said in his valedictory speech that only connectivity could bolster the trade and commerce activities in the region by giving easy access to market, investments and tourism potential of the region.

During the concluding session, Cambodia Secretary of State Tith Chantha called for improving relationship by promoting particularly the tourism sector for mutual benefit of ASEAN.

The Summit was organised under the aegis of the Union DoNER Ministry and Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC) at Dibrugarh University with the valedictory programme had the theme Building bridges with South East Asia.

Lim Thuan Kuan, High Commissioner from Singapore stressed on the importance of knowing how to implement projects. Siaosavath Savengsuka, Vice Minister of Industry and Commerce of Lao Peoples Democratic Republic (PDR) said that ASEAN master plans and dreams can be realised only when there was direct link between India and Lao, Vietnam, Singapore and other South East Asia via Myanmar and Thailand.

The Summit Chairman and Union DoNER Minister Paban Singh Ghatowar said that the central government was working with the governments of Myanmar and Thailand for fast implementation of the Trilateral Highway Project to improve connectivity so as to boost trade and investments among the countries.

“Special emphasis is required to be given to enhance sub-regional cooperation under the ambit of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) and ASEAN with greater in-built trade and people-to-people exchanges”, Ghatowar said in his valedictory speech.

During the day, several technical sessions on various subjects were held on energising the Northeast, agriculture and food, infrastructure and connectivity, higher education and skills development, tourism and IT and Financial Services.

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Indonesia has ordered the evacuation of 15,000 people from their homes near an active volcano as it pushed up the alert for emergency to the highest levels.

Officials on Sunday raised the volcanic alert for Mount Sinabung, on Sumatra, after it began throwing clouds of ash, gravel and gas as high as 5,000m, according to government volcanologists but no casualties have been reported so far.

“We have raised the status to ‘caution’, which is the highest of levels for volcanic activity because we anticipate
there will be more eruptions and because the intensity of eruptions has been increasing,” the National Disaster Mitigation Agency said in a written statement.

About 6,000 people have already been moved from the area, 88km from Medan, the capital of North Sumatra province, and were placed in 16 safe locations. Authorities narrowed the evacuation radius to 5km from 3km and the military geared up to move residents out.

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Honduras presidential vote

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The conservative ruling party Prez candidate has claimed victory in Honduras’ presidential election as an early vote count put him ahead, but his leftist rival also said she was the winner, setting the stage for a conflict.

Electoral authority late on Sunday said a partial count of votes gave National Party candidate, Juan Hernandez, 34 percent support while Xiomara Castro, wife of deposed former leader Manuel Zelaya, had 28.5 percent.

The preliminary tally was based on a count from 43 percent of polling booths. Final results are expected on Monday.

A Hernandez victory would deal a blow to Zelaya, who was ousted in a 2009 coup that plunged Honduras into a political crisis. He had hoped to stage a political comeback behind Castro. Honduran Election Tribunal has consistently been called into question by Castro’s Libre Party. The party has also warned of fraud and voter intimidation.

“All of these parties have been conducting their own polling for months and they are convinced that their polling is correct,” Al Jazeera’s Adam Raney, reporting from the capital Tegucigalpa, said. ”So, whatever this tribunal says, it’s going to be hard to convince the loser that this is an accurate count.”

Castro was campaigning to become the first female president of Honduras, the poorest country in the Americas after Haiti with an estimated 71 percent of the population living in poverty.”The people have decided, and the people want change,” she said after voting in Catacamas. “A new era has started for all Hondurans.

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EU to lift partly Iran sanctions in December

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Lots of cheering supporters welcomed Iranian negotiators arrival home.

Iran has agreed to curb some of its nuclear activities in return for about $7bn in sanctions relief.

Israel called the deal a “historic mistake”.

Carrying flowers and Iranian flags at Tehran’s Mehrabad airport, crowds hailed Iran’s foreign minister, Mohammed Javad Zarif, as an “ambassador of peace” and chanted, “No to war, sanctions, surrender and insult”.

Are you in Iran? What are your thoughts on the deal? What difference will the sanctions relief make to your life. Let us know.

US Secretary of State Kerry assured Israel will be safer over the next six months due to the agreement reached in Geneva concerning Iran’s nuclear program and uranium enrichment plan.

Though “Israel is threatened by what has been going on in Iran”,the deal brokered on Saturday will keep the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program under supervision and control, said John Kerry.

“But I believe that from this day – for the next six months – Israel is in fact safer than it was yesterday because we now have a mechanism by which we are going to expand the amount of time in which they (the Iranians) can break out (toward making a nuclear bomb),” he told CNN.

The remark comes after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had slammed the international deal over Iran’s nuclear program as a “historic mistake.” He said that after this agreement was reached, the world has become “a more dangerous place.”

In an attempt to reduce tension Kerry assured that from this day there will be “insights” into the program “that we didn’t have before.”

The much-anticipated agreement reached in Geneva gives Iran initial relief from sanctions in exchange for halting its enrichment of uranium to above 5 per cent for six months.

However Kerry stressed that “there’s very little sanctions relief here – that the basic architecture of the sanctions stays in place.”

The Obama administration pointed out that it has no illusions about the risks that the Islamic state might not follow through but the US entered the deal with eyes “absolutely wide open.”

The US and Iran secretly engaged in a series of high-level talks over the past year, according to an AP report. The negotiations were allegedly hidden even from America’s key ally in the region, Israel.

The talks were held in the Middle Eastern nation of Oman and were personally authorized by President Barack Obama, the report claims. It says that since March top US officials – Deputy Secretary of State William Burns and Jake Sullivan, Vice-President Joe Biden’s foreign policy adviser – have met at least five times with Iranian diplomats. The last four meetings were held after Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani was inaugurated in August and were very productive, three senior administration officials told AP on condition of anonymity.

EU will likely ease sanctions in place against Iran in December, said French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius. The announcement comes hot on the heels of a landmark deal over Tehran’s nuclear program that ended a decade of diplomatic deadlock.

The European Union will ease sanctions imposed on Tehran “in December,” the French foreign minister told radio Europe 1 on Monday. Fabius added that a meeting between EU foreign ministers had been scheduled for the coming weeks to discuss the lightening of the sanctions.

Although Fabius did not specify which sanctions would be lifted, he said that the move would be“reversible.”

“We are doing the same as the American side,” said Fabius. The P5+1 reached a deal with Iran in the early hours of Sunday morning that will allow Tehran access to $4.2 billion in funds frozen as part of the financial penalties imposed on the country.

The agreement will allow Tehran to continue enriching uranium, but only to 5 per cent, a far cry from the 90 per cent needed for the construction of an atomic bomb. Minister Fabius said that although the international community had agreed to let Iran continue enrichment, the deal does not acknowledge Tehran’s “right to enrichment.”

“Iran cannot do whatever it wants, there are specific limitations,” he said. After the deal was clinched the international community has diverged somewhat in its interpretation of what it means for Iran’s nuclear program. Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi wrote on Twitter that the right to enrichment had been recognized in negotiations.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov intimated that Iran’s right to enrichment has been acknowledged.

“This deal means that we agree with the need to recognize Iran’s right for peaceful nuclear energy, including the right for enrichment, Lavrov told Russian press following negotiations.

In contrast Washington said that while it accepted Tehran’s right to a “peaceful nuclear program,” its right to enrichment had not been acknowledged.

“The first step, let me be clear, does not say that Iran has a right to enrich uranium,” said Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday.

The Geneva has, for the most part, been hailed as a success by the international community and a step towards the normalization of relations with Iran. However, Israel has opposed the deal and condemned it as a “historic mistake.”

At a cabinet meeting on Sunday Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel was not bound by the new agreement

“The regime in Iran is committed to destroying Israel. [But] Israel has the right and obligation to defend itself from any threat, [and] will not allow Iran to develop a military nuclear capability.”

When asked if he feared the possibility of a preventative, Israeli strike, Fabius said he did not because“no one would understand” such a move “at this stage.”

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International Newshot

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Conference on Palestine needed similar to one on Syria – envoy

It would be possible to convene a conference to settle the Palestinian problem that will be similar to an international conference on Syria in Geneva, Palestinian Ambassador to Russia Fayed Mustafa said Monday.“We believe that after the Geneva conference on Syria and future Geneva-2 and probably Geneva-3 may be held,”Itar-Tass quoted the envoy as saying. “Perhaps, one more Geneva conference – the third one or the fourth one may be convened… to resolve the Palestinian problem.”

About 600 people rallying in Kiev – Ukrainian police

Some 500 pro-EU protesters were rallying in the Ukrainian capital’s Europe Square on Monday morning, RIA-Novosti reported, citing police in Kiev. Another 50 people gathered on Independence Square. Nobody was detained during the morning’s peaceful protests or during the night, police said. Demonstrators are demanding the authorities sign an agreement on association and free trade with the EU. The government last week suspended preparations for the signing.

3 killed in clashes of Libyan army, Islamist militants

Clashes between Libyan troops and militants in the eastern city of Benghazi on Monday killed at least three people and wounded a dozen more, officials said. Gunfire and explosions were heard in Benghazi and smoke rose from the Ras Obeida area, Reuters reported. Fighting broke out when an army special forces unit pursued a suspect into an area where Islamist militant group Ansar Al-Sharia operates its own checkpoints. A year ago, the group was blamed for the attack on the US consulate in Benghazi when the US ambassador and three other Americans were killed.

Protesters break into Thailand Finance Ministry

About 40 anti-government protesters forced their way into Thailand’s Finance Ministry on Monday, Reuters reported. The move followed a march of more than 30,000 of demonstrators to 12 buildings in Bangkok seeking to overthrow Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. The building’s power was cut shortly after protesters burst into the ministry, according to a witness. Demonstrators spread across the city on Monday to government offices, military and naval bases and state TV channels to stop the alleged influence of the deposed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.

IAEA starts review of work to scrap Fukushima reactors

A team of experts formed by the International Atomic Energy Agency began Monday reviewing the efforts to scrap the crippled reactors at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The IAEA team will focus on the management of the radioactive water buildup at the site and fuel removal work that has just started at a pool inside the damaged No. 4 reactor building, Kyodo quoted team leader Juan Carlos Lentijo as saying in Tokyo.“The removal of the spent fuel is an essential activity toward decommissioning,” Lentijo said. The full process that TEPCO has developed will be reviewed, as well as all the precautions adopted to develop these activities in a safe way.

Saudi court sentences Jeddah US consulate attacker to death

A Saudi court has sentenced one man to death and another 19 to jail terms ranging from 18 months to 25 years for storming the US consulate in Jeddah in 2004, Reuters reported. Another 35 defendants in the case will be sentenced on Monday and Tuesday. In the December 6 attack, five militants stormed the US consulate with bombs and guns, killing four Saudi security personnel and five local staff. Three of the attackers were killed and two were captured. The attack was seen as part of an Al-Qaeda campaign aimed at ousting the ruling Al Saud family. The campaign was crushed in 2006, with more than 11,000 people being detained.

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China sends letter of protest to Japan and US

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China has send formal letters of protest to Japanese and US embassies in Beijing, after both countries criticized China’s move to create the East China Sea Air Defense Identification Zone over islands disputed with Japan, China’s Defense Ministry said on Monday. The accusations toward China are “absolutely groundless and unacceptable,” ministry’s spokesman Yang Yujun said. On Saturday PRC said that any Japanese planes in the vicinity of Senkaku/ Diaoyu Islands need to submit their flight patterns to China’s Foreign Ministry or civil aviation administration and they must maintain radio contact with Chinese authorities, as the country introduced the East China Sea Air Defense Identification Zone.

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Azarov: Russia may review gas contract with Ukraine

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Ukrainian Prime Minister Nikolay Azarov says Moscow is considering reviewing a 2009 gas contract that Kiev believes to be unfavorable. “We have been persistently trying to persuade the Russian Federation to review the contract,” Azarov told Ukrainian TV channel ICTV. “Now, generally speaking, there is such a pledge, and we hope we will implement it during the talks.” Ukraine considers the gas contract signed in 2009 by then-Russian and Ukrainian prime ministers Vladimir Putin and Yulia Tymoshenko as financially unfavorable. Ukraine repeatedly warned that if Gazprom refuses to revise the contract, it would stop importing gas from Russia.

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Tehelka Case Wake Up Call for Media: Indian Media Centre (IMC)

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New Delhi, November 25, 2013: The Indian Media Centre strongly condemns the prima facie serious case of sexual harassment of a young woman journalist by Tehelka Editor Tarun Tejpal and demands that the matter be probed thoroughly by the authorities concerned in the interests of probity in the media.

No corporate or editorial head can set the terms of his own punishment. The magazine’s management should have taken prompt action on the basis of the Vishakha guidelines laid down by the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India. The malafide and serious dereliction of duty on the part of the management and its opting for an ‘internal inquiry’ in such a serious matter cannot be condoned and is not acceptable. It is a clear cut case of institutional failure and the law of the land must take its course.

The unfortunate incident should also serve as a wakeup call for the entire media to institutionalize mechanisms where even the minutest instance of the violation of the Vishakha guidelines is taken congnizance of and it is ensured that the law takes it course.

The Government on its part must notify the relevant laws with immediate effect and provide for a mechanism to ensure compliance. It is suggested that this work be entrusted to the National Commission for women.

The IMC shall also be organizing a National Consultation on the issue with all stakeholders and like minded organizations in the near future.

Indian Media Centre is an independent, non-profit institution dedicated to the highest standards in journalism – print, electronic and Internet. It has 16 chapters across the country.

Dr Chandan Mitra, K G Suresh

Chairman, IMC Director, IMC

(Editor-in-Chief, The Pioneer) (Editor, Vivekananda International Foundation)

Prof B K Kuthiala Prof Shivaji Sarkar

V ice-Chairman, IMC National Secretary, IMC

Vice-Chancellor, Makhanlal Chaturvedi

National University of Journalism, Bhopal

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Karan Mehra: “I’m proud to be in Pavitra Rishta that has completed 1000 episodes and am in Delhi to invite viewers for Ankita’s wedding”

It’s time for some festivities on Zee TV’s Pavitra Rishta. Handsome Delhi boy Karan Mehra (playing the role of Naren) will soon tie the knot with Ankita (Archana’s 19 year old grand-daughter) on the show. Karan is playing the lead opposite Ankita Lokhande (who plays the double role in the show as Archana and Ankita). The charming actor is in the capital, New Delhi, to announce the upcoming marriage with Ankita in the show to be aired on 2 December 2013 from 9 to 10 30 pm & interact with his fans at the Zee TV stall @ @India International Trade Fair (IITF) 2013.

The show having completed 1000 episodes has recently taken a 20 years leap. To play a character who is mentally handicapped is a challenge for Karan. Excited about his visit to his hometown, Karan said, “It’s a privilege to be a part of this iconic show on television. Five years and still being one of the most popular shows on TV is no small feat. To play this role is tough and audience appreciation is what helps me play it well. The wedding with Ankita will bring about a very interesting storyline that will surely entertain our audiences. My co-actors in the show are all wonderful actors and I share a good rapport with all…Truly, I’m proud of acting in this show.

He adds, “The show is all set for a major high-point with Ankita tying the knot with Naren … the wedding is a marriage of compromise for Ankita who is marrying her boss with a mental ailment, putting her own personal happiness aside. Just like Archana, Ankita also stands for self-sacrifice and putting other’s needs in front of her own. To promote this maha episode of the show on Monday, 2^nd December where Ankita and Naren get married, Archana (Ankita Lokhande), Sulochana (Savita Prabhune) and Savita Tai will be seen making appearances across all other fiction shows of Zee TV in the coming week, inviting the protagonists of the other shows to join us at the big gala wedding! This one and a half hour wedding special episode will feature popular stars from amongst the Zee family and be a treat for every Zee fan!”

In the current track of the show following a 20 year leap, the young Ankita (Ankita Lokhande in a double role as Archana’s own granddaughter!) is all set to marry her boss Naren. When Naren’s mother had popped the question to Ankita if she’d like to marry Naren, Ankita was in a fix. She’s never looked at Naren in that light. But, she asks for time to mull over the proposal and finally gives her nod, putting the well-being of her family and the happiness of her siblings over her own! After all, Ankita’s family is facing an acute financial crunch and her marriage to the rich and successful Naren would solve so many of their problems.

While all seems to be going well, right after the sakharpuda, Naren’s evil brother Raunak, who secretly eyes Ankita, manipulates matters in such a way that Naren gets one of his attacks. It is revealed to all present at the engagement that Naren suffers from a mental ailment that manifests itself in occasional fits. Ankita and her siblings are in a state of shock as Naren and Rushali had clearly held back this information from Ankita … but now that she is engaged to Naren and will soon to be married to him in the best interests of her siblings, Ankita must learn to live with a man who has a mental illness.

Naren being Arjun’s (Rithvik Dhanjani) business associate, the Deshmukhs are happy that he has found a beautiful girl from his own office who is ready to marry him despite his condition. They are blissfully unaware that Naren’s bride is none other than Soham’s daughter Ankita, making her Manav -Archana’s grand-daughter.

On his trip to Delhi, he says, “Being in Delhi brings back many memories of being brought up here and I miss the winters. Also, meeting my fans at the Zee TV stall at IITF 2013 has been a tremendous experience for me.”

Will Ankita resign to fate and accept Naren with his ailment or will she manage to help him overcome his problem?

All this and more will be answered in the upcoming episodes of Pavitra Rishta every Monday to Friday at 9 PM, only on Zee TV. Stay tuned to the wedding special 1 and a half hour Mahaepisode where Ankita and Naren tie the knot at 9 PM on 2^nd December!

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Discover Germany Workshop

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ENKAYSAGAR HOLDING P LTD

Greetings from The German National Tourist Office, India.

We acknowledge your registration at the Discover Germany Workshop to be held tomorrow 26^th November, 2013. Look forward to your presence at the event and thank you for your support as always. Please find below the details of the venue-

Date: 26^th November 2013

Venue: The Ballroom

The Imperial, Janpath
New Delhi- 110001 India

Telephone: (91-11) 23341234

Time: 10:00 hrs – 14:00 hrs

Time: 10:00 hrs – 14:00 hrs

10:00 – 10:30 Registration

10:30 – 14:00 B2B session

14:00 onwards Lunch

The Panel includes –

Mr. Ashsih Sharma - Representing Saxony Tourism, Germany

Ms. Annette Biener - Representing Frankfurt City, Germany

Ms. Irina Ens – Representing Deutsche Bahn, Germany

Mr. Sebastian Worel - Representing Alpha Travel Consultants, Germany

Mr. Hans Hadbawnik – Representing Stuttgart Marketing, Germany

Ms. Elisabeth Romero – Representing Visit Berlin, Germany

Mr. Mark Spivey – Representing Maritim Hotels, Germany

Mr. Bernd Niemeyer – Representing Steigenberger Hotels, Germany

Ms. Karin Gerling – Representing Köln-Düsseldorfer Deutsche Schifffahrt AG, Germany

Mr. Mohit Chopa – Representing TV Tower, Berlin

Mr. Tarun Sharma - Representing Emirates Airlines

Mr. Till Weigl - Representing The German National Tourist Board, Germany

Mr. Romit Theophilus - Representing The German National Tourist Office, India

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Delhi Pure

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Day 13: Coca-Cola Cricket Cup U-16

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Day 13: Coca-Cola Cricket Cup U-16 Inter-School Tournament, Delhi-leg

Yash’s Fiver Thrash St. Columbo Public School, Pitam Pura by 75 Runs in Rd 2

New Delhi, 25^th November 2013: Yash’s deadly bowling helped Government Boys Senior Secondary School No.2, Keshav Puram thrash St. Columbo Public School, Pitam Pura by 75 runs in a Group A Round 2 match of the Coca-Cola Cricket Cup under-16 inter-school tournament, played at Parmarth ground today.

St. Columbo Public School won the toss and opted to field first. Government Boys School managed to score 171 runs with the help of Amit Malik (37), Guddu (27) and Neeraj (24 not out). For St. Columbo Public School, Keshav Malik led the bowling attack with his three-wicket haul. He was well-supported by Rishav Kumar and Sachin Nanda, whose two-wicket hauls helped their team to bowled-out the opposition in 28.2 overs.

While chasing, St. Columbo were bundled-out at a meagre score of 96. Govt. Boys School’s star bowler Yash spearheaded the bowling attack and his five-wicket haul rattled the opponent’s batting line-up. From the other end, Amit and Ajay Pal claimed two wickets and helped their team to contain St. Columbo in 19.4 overs.

Yash was adjudged Man-of-the Match for his lethal bowling.

Brief Scores

GBSSS-KP: 171 all out in 28.2 overs (Amit Malik 37, Guddu 27, Neeraj 24 n.o.; Keshav Malik 3/35, Rishav Kumar 2/15, Sachin Nanda 2/49).

SCPS: 96 all out in 19.4 overs (Pushkal Bansal 23, Jasvinder Singh 23; Yash 5/4, Amit 2/28, 2/29).

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NNIS, TV news and features content house,

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NNIS, TV news and features content house, Goes Live from Metros
Congress and BJP Headquarters in Delhi to get added focus during elections

New Delhi November 26, 2013
Network1 News and Information Syndicate (NNIS) has announced that its news and feature service subscribers will now have access to live coverage from its news bureau network from metros locations. Simultaneously, NNIS has enhanced its focus to news breaking from Congress and BJP headquarters in Delhi to capture real-time developments during the ongoing assembly elections as also the ensuing general elections.

Led by Arup Ghosh, N1Media co-founders – Shireen Sethi, Kamal Dixit and Sundeep Misra– are acknowledged for over 100 man-years of media experience coupled with connect with influential and key news sources.

“While NNIS has succeeded in getting great recognition for the quality of its content plus the choice it makes in selection and production, it is now very heartening to share that we have launched a Live service which would enable all our clients to get top quality Live coverage during the elections and beyond. We stand for quality, integrity backed by an excellent team to leave its mark in India and beyond,” says Arup Ghosh, CEO, NNIS (whose experience spans Bennett Coleman group, NDTV and start- up operations he led at Sahara, Channel7 and NewsX).

In addition to television, NNIS has also built a strong presence among Online Portals and Mobile
Value Added Service providers since it was set up in April 2010.

“We have been in the media all our lives and know what it takes to create premium content. In the past, our association with media houses helped them create great branding. Now, it is our turn to create our own brand in NNIS which shall make maximum impact in times to come,” says Shireen Sethi who brings extensive on-air experience coupled with programming skills.

“With a Network of over 200 reporters, equally deft at handling News and Feature reports, NNIS will also use live hunting units equipped with high definition equipment”, adds Shireen (who has experience working with leading news television channels like NDTV, TV Today, Sahara and NewsX).

“Acquiring the best that there is in technology—from news capturing, processing to transmission—allowed us to leap frog a complete generation. The new generation equipment offers twin advantages to media houses as they get quality, speed and reliability,” says Kamal Dixit, who as Chief Technology Officer and co-founder leads NNIS’ technology operations and brings in wide-ranging broadcast systems expertise.

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Durga Vahini & Matri Shakti Protests at Jantar Mantar

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Durga Vahini & Matri Shakti Protests at Jantar Mantar

Memo to President Demands arrest of Tarun Tejpal & associates

New Delhi. Nov 26, 2013. Matri Shakti & Durga Vahini, the women wings of Vishwa Hindu Parishad, today protests against repeated atrocities against Delhi Girls and submitted their memo to the President of Bharat demanding immediate arrest of the culprits and complete ban on Liquor. Mrs Simmi Ahuja & Mrs Sanjana Chaudhary, the state heads of Marti shakti & Durga Vahini respectively raised their voice saying why the high profile persons like Tehlka editor Tarun Tejpal and his associates are being protected and the entire political circle is kept mum on the issue? Is it because of the reason that he is relative of two big congress men and a media personality?, they asked.

Demontration at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi was also addressed by the state co-convener of Matri Shakti Mrs. Sandhya sharma & Mrs. Nutan Jain, Mrs. Seema Arora & Durga Vahini Co-convener Ms Kusum. They later submitted a memorandum to the president of Bharat under its copy to the MHA and the Governors & CMs of Delhi & Goa for their immediate action in the matter.

Regards

Vinod Bansal
Media Chief
Vishwa Hindu Parishad-Delhi

Mo . : 9810949109

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SAD LAMBASTS CONGRESS

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SAD LAMBASTS CONGRESS FOR JUSTIFYING 1984 SIKH MASSACRE

Newdelhi, November 25 : The Shiromani Akali Dal lambasted the PPCC Spokesman Mr. Sukhpal Singh Khaira for his comments justifying 1984 sikh massacre and described the statement as double standards of the Congress leader.

Reacting strongly to the statement of Mr. Khaira, the SAD Secretary and Spokesman Dr. Daljit Singh Cheema said that during a workshop of Congress party’s spokespersons in Delhi Mr. Khaira himself had questioned the party high command that how should the spokespersons justify 1984 massacre before the media ? But it is ironical to see the same PPCC Spokesman now coming with a strange logic to defend the Congress in Delhi state assembly elections.

Dr. Cheema further said that on one hand the Congress party has given a ticket to the son of Mr. Jagdish Tytler, prime accused in 1984 anti sikh riots, sending the impression that Congress party still stands committed to the second generation of perpetrators of crime against Sikhs and on the other hand the Congress leaders are shredding crocodile tears in the streets of Tilak Nagar of Delhi which has suffered the most during 1984 anti sikh riots.

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SAD ALLEGES LARGE SCALE BOGUS VOTES IN RAJOURI GARDEN

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New Delhi, 25 November :—

The Shiromani Akali Dal urged the Election Commision of India to conduct an enquiry into the registration of bogus votes in 27- Rajouri Garden Assembly Constituency.

In a written complaint filed by the Shiromani Akali Dal Secretary and Spokesman Dr. Daljit Singh Cheema the SAD alleged that 266 bogus votes have been registered in Khayala village which is the native place of official candidate of Indian National Congress Party Mrs. Dhanwanti Chandila. Dr. Cheema alleged that in two small plots bearing house nos WZ 101 and WZ 102, 93 & 142 bogus votes have been registered respectively and 42 votes have been registered in the same houses in the supplementary voter list issued by the returning officer.

Dr. Cheema informed the commission that it is surprising to see that in the same houses five years ago a similar complaint of registration of bogus votes was filled by Shiromani Akali Dal on 25 November, 2008. In that case the house nos were also WZ 101 & WZ 102.

The Shiromani Akali Dal demanded immediate deletion of all bogus votes, strict punishment to the guilty officials and strict action against the Indian National Congress party candidate Mrs Chandila.

(Dr. Daljit Singh Cheema)
Secretary & Spokesman
Shiromani Akali Dal.

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Analysis of Criminal Background, Financial, Education, Gender and other details of Candidates contesting in the Delhi 2013 Assembly Elections

Summary and Highlights

Delhi Election Watch (DEW) and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of 796 candidates out of 810candidates who arecontesting in the Delhi State Assembly Elections. (Detailed reports in English and Hindi are attached with this mail)

Criminal:

· Candidates with Criminal Cases:Out of the 796 candidates analysed, 129 candidates (or 16%) have declared criminal cases against them. In 2008 Delhi Assembly elections there were 111(14%) candidates with declared criminal cases out of 790 candidates analysed.

· Candidates with Serious Criminal Cases:Out of the 129 candidates who have declared criminal cases, 93 (12%) have declared serious criminal cases. These include attempt tomurder, robbery, dacoity and crime against women.

· Party wise Candidates with Criminal Cases:15 (21%)of 70 candidates fielded by INC have declared criminal cases against them while 31 (46%)out of 68 candidates from BJP,14 (21%) out of 67 candidates from BSP and 5 (7%)out of 70 candidates from AAP have declared criminal cases in their affidavits.

· Party wise Candidates with Serious Criminal Cases: 8 (11%)of 70 candidates fielded by INC have declared serious criminal cases against them while 22 (32%)out of 68 candidates from BJP,12 (18%) out of 67 candidates from BSP and 5 (7%)out of 70 candidates from AAP have declared serious criminal cases in their affidavits.

· Party –wise Comparison of Candidates with Criminals Cases with 2008 Assembly Elections: INC had 30% candidates with criminal cases in the 2008 Assembly Elections which has gone down to 21% in the 2013 Assembly Elections. BJP had 35% candidates with criminal cases in the 2008 Assembly Elections which has risen to 46% in 2013 Assembly Elections. BSP had 23% candidates with criminal cases in the 2008 Assembly Elections which has gone down to 21% in 2013.

· Red Alert Constituencies*: 14 constituencies have at least 3 candidates from these political parties with declared criminal cases.*Red Alert Constituencies are those which have 3 or more candidates with criminal cases standing up for elections. This analysis excludes independent candidates with criminal cases.

· Cases of Attempt to Murder and related charges: 1candidate has declared charges relating to causing death by negligence (IPC 304A) and 3 candidates have declared charges related to attempt to commit culpable homicide (IPC 308) against themselves while 10 candidates declared attempt to murder charges.

· Cases related to Robbery and Dacoity: 3 candidates have declared robberyor dacoity related charges against them.

· Crimes against Women: 13 candidates have declared crimes against women. 9 of these 13 candidates have declared charges related to assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty(IPC Section-354). 1 candidate has declared case related to husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty (IPC Section – 498A) and one candidate declared a case of causing miscarriage without woman's consent (IPC Section-313)

Financial:

· Crorepati Candidates:Out of the 796 candidates analysed, 265 (33%) are crorepatis. In 2008 Delhi Assembly elections there were 180(23%) crorepati candidates out of 790 candidates analysed.

· Average Assets:The average asset per candidate contesting in the 2013 Delhi Assembly Elections is Rs.3.43 Crores. Average asset per candidate in 2008 Delhi Assembly elections was Rs.1.77 crores.

· Party-wise Average Assets:Among major parties, the average asset per candidate for INC is Rs 14.25 crores, BJPcandidates have an average assets of Rs.8.16 crores while the average assets of AAP candidates is Rs.2.51 crores.

· High Asset Candidates:Manjinder Singh Sirsa of SAD from Rajouri Garden constituency has declared highest assets worth Rs.235.51 crores followed by Sushil Guptaof INC from Moti Nagar constituency with declared assets worth Rs.164.44 croresand Ashok Kumar Jain of INC from Delhi Cantt constituency with declared assets worth Rs.143.69 crores.

· · Undeclared PAN: 117(15%) out of 796 candidates analysed have not declared their PAN details.

Summary of asset comparison of re-contesting MLAs

MLAs Contesting Again: Delhi Election Watch (DEW) and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) have analyzed the affidavits of 66 outgoing MLAs who are contesting again in the 2013 Delhi Assembly Elections.
Average Assets in 2008 Elections: The average asset of these 66 re-contesting MLAs fielded by various parties including indpendents in 2008 was Rs 2.90 Crores.
Average Assets in 2013 Elections: The average asset of these 66 re-contesting MLAs in 2013 is Rs 10.43Crores.
Average Asset growth in 5 years (2008-2013): The average asset growth for these 66 re- contesting MLAs, between the Delhi Elections of 2008 and 2013 is Rs 7.53 Crores.
Percentage growth in 5 years (2008-2013):Average percentage growth in assets for these 66 re-contesting MLAs is 259%.

· Highest growth In Assets in 5 years (2008-2013): Sat Prakash Rana of BJP from Bijwasan constituency has declared maximum increase in assets with an increase of Rs 105.51 Crores i.e from Rs 6.38 Crores in 2008 to Rs. 111.89 Crores in 2013 (Sat Prakash Rana has not declared the value of two vehicles in his 2008 affidavit) Assets of Ram Singh Netaji of INC from Badarpur constituency has increased by Rs 50.26 Crores, from Rs 8.44 Crores in 2008 to Rs 58.71 Crores in 2013. Assets of Tarvinder Singh Marwahof INC from Jangpura constituency have risen by Rs 27.99 Crores, from Rs 7.06 Crores in 2008 to Rs 35.05 Crores in 2013 (Insurance policy value and one vehicle value was not provided in his 2008 affidavit).

Other Background details (Education, Gender, Age):

Candidates Education:A total of 280(35%) candidates out of 796 analyzed are graduates or have higher degrees. 479 (60%) candidates have educational qualification of 12th pass and below.

Candidates’ Age:A total of 556 (70%) candidates out of the 796 analyzed, have declared their age to be between 25 and 50 years.216 (27%)candidates declared their age to be between 51 and 70 years. 10 candidates are in the age group of 71-80 years.

Women Candidates:Out of 796 candidates analyzed, only 69 (9%) women are contesting in the Delhi 2013 Assembly Elections. Among the major political parties, INC and AAP has fielded 6 women candidates each and 5 women are contesting under BJP ticket.

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A political build up is on rise in disguise of various stories which are building around Tarun the media personality which reflects the cozy coterie and is third biggest clash of political titan.

Coalition politics will give rise to various wagering pacts and understanding and its result however will be that of ‘Cash for vote’ scam. But the ego ride could be tough days for media icon.

Let us ask ourselves are we trying to do self introspection and let these sensational stories in the edifice of Savior laws are of extreme steps. Lots of contemplation may not get us to some results as the saying goes on everything is fair in game of love and war. Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.Masses needs the fertile brain and professionals to lend their mind in constructive program-me rather than creating sensation for smaller ends.

Sushma Swaraj alleging, Congress party was shielding Tejpal. “Union Cabinet Minister who is the founder and patron of Tehelka is shielding Tarun Tejpal,” she tweeted, refraining from naming the minister. Sibal has clarified that he has nothing to do with the publication.

Goa Police today recorded the statement of the complainant before a magistrate in the sexual assault case against Tehelka Founder-Editor Tarun Tejpal. Police sources said that they will oppose Tejpal’s anticipatory bail application in the Delhi High Court.

Tehelka Managing Editor Shoma Chaudhury’s name could be added to the FIR against Tehelka Founder-Editor Tarun Tejpal for trying to suppress the sexual harassment complaint, say sources.as reported in e channel.

Goa Police lands in Mumbai to record the woman’s statement where she reportedly corroborated the details in the FIR filed by the police.
The Goa police on Wednesday issued summons to Tehelka Editor Tarun Tejpal, accused of sexually assaulting his junior colleague.

A senior police official confirmed that Tejpal has been issued summons to remain present before the investigating officer.He, however, refused to mention whether the accused has been given any date or time to present himself before the investigating authority.

The Goa crime branch is investigating the complaint against Tejpal by a woman journalist.

The police official also said the victim will be called to record her statement before a magistrate.

“She has been fully cooperating with the police and her statement is very crucial for the case,” the official said.

Investigating Officer Sunita Sawant has already met the victim in Mumbai and recorded her statement on Tuesday.

The Goa police had on 22nd November lodged an FIR against Tejpal under IPC sections 376 (rape), 376 (2)(k) (rape by a person of a woman in his custody taking advantage of his official position) and 354 (outraging modesty) in connection with the incident.

The police had on Tuesday issued an “immigration check post alert” against Tejpal so that he cannot leave the country

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Tehelka Editor Tarun Tejpal, who was asked to appear before the Goa police by 3 pm on Thursday, has sought more time to present himself before the crime branch investigating the complaints of sexual assault by him against a woman journalist colleague earlier this month.

Tejpal wrote a letter to the Goa police saying he would appear before it on Saturday afternoon, his counsel Sandeep Kapur said.

In the letter, the Tehelka Editor said, “I am ready to cooperate with Goa police in investigation.”

His counsel said Tejpal would not move the Supreme Court for any relief.

Earlier, the Goa police expected Tejpal to present himself before it, but later DGP Kishan Kumar said he has sought time since he had received the police summons only on Thursday morning.

The DGP refused to answer a question whether the Goa police would get a non-bailable warrant issued against him.

Tejpal, who failed to get any immediate relief on his anticipatory bail petition in the Delhi High Court, was on Wednesday summoned by the Goa police to appear before it in connection with the probe in the case.

Accused of attempting a cover up, Shoma Chaudhury resigned as Managing Editor of Tehelka earlier on Thursday.

The victim, a former journalist of Tehelka, who was allegedly sexually assaulted in a lift in a five-star hotel in Goa earlier this month, arrived in Panaji on Wednesday and recorded her statement under Section 164 of CrPC before a local court.

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Thailand's embattled Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Thursday easily survived a parliamentary no-confidence vote against her, the house speaker said, as raucous protests continued on Bangkok's streets.

"Prime Minister Yingluck won the vote of confidence," said Somsak Kiatsuranont, with 297 lawmakers voting in her favour and 134 against.

The vote, which pivoted on a slew of allegations of corruption, comes amid ongoing mass street protests in Bangkok by opposition protesters seeking to topple Yingluck's elected government.

Demonstrators have paralysed government ministries in Bangkok to challenge Yingluck and the self-exiled Thaksin, in the biggest street protests since mass rallies in 2010 that turned deadly.

Protesters accuse Yingluck and her government of acting as a stooge to her brother, the billionaire tycoon-turned-politician who is adored by many of the country's rural and urban working class. But he is reviled by many in the elite and the middle classes.

The opposition Democrat Party brought the no-confidence motion alleging Yingluck and her government had overseen widespread corruption, including in a controversial rice subsidy scheme which is seen to have benefitted the rural heartlands of her Puea Thai party.

On Wednesday, protesters entered a major government complex in the northern outskirts of the capital and also forced staff to leave the Justice Department's besieged Department of Special Investigations.

Outside Bangkok, protesters gathered at about 25 provincial halls mainly in the opposition's southern heartlands -- including on the tourist island of Phuket.

While the demos have so far been largely peaceful, there are fears they could degenerate into another bout of street violence in a country that has seen several episodes of political unrest since Thaksin was toppled in a 2006 coup.

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US reaffirms defense treaty with Japan covers islands disputed with China

US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel in a phone call with his Japanese counterpart, Itsunori Onodera, has reaffirmed support for Tokyo. He said that the defense treaty between the two countries covers the group of islands claimed by both China and Japan, where Beijing established a new airspace defense zone last week. Hagel pledged to consult closely with Tokyo to avoid untoward incidents around the islands, a Pentagon spokesman said.

2 Sudanese vaccination campaign workers killed in West Darfur

Two Sudanese health workers participating in a nationwide measles vaccination campaign have been killed in West Darfur state. The UN humanitarian coordinator in Sudan, Ali Al-Za’tari, on Friday condemned the killing of two staff of the Sudanese Ministry of Health, a vaccinator and a driver. “I call on all parties to ensure the protection of all personnel working to deliver assistance to populations in need throughout Sudan,” Za’tari said.

UK govt urges Big Six energy companies to freeze prices until 2015

The British government has reportedly called upon energy companies to freeze prices until the middle of 2015. The Big Six firms are urged to commit to an immediate freeze on prices as part of a deal that could cut bills for families, the Daily Telegraph said. Ed Miliband called for a price freeze in September because his Labour party wants energy companies to be legally barred from raising household bills from 2015 until the start of 2017. The Conservative Party, which earlier claimed a freeze on tariffs would be problematic, now appears to be attempting to prevent increases before the next election.

18 people killed execution-style near Baghdad

Iraqi police have uncovered the bodies of 18 people who were abducted from their homes and killed execution-style, two police sources said on Friday. The corpses were found grouped together and shot in the head in Meshahda, about 32km north of Baghdad, Reuters reported. It is seen as the deadliest in a series of execution-style killings in Iraq.

Turkey sign huge energy contracts with Iraqi Kurdistan – reports

Turkey and Iraqi Kurdistan signed a package of landmark contracts earlier this week, sources close to the deal said on Friday. The contracts will see the semi-autonomous region’s oil and gas shipped to international markets via pipelines through Turkey, Reuters said. The deals were reportedly signed during a meeting between the prime minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), Nechirvan Barzani , and Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday. The move could further infuriate Baghdad, which claims the sole authority to manage Iraqi oil.

‘Catastrophic’ life for Syrian refugee children in exile – UN

Hundreds of thousands of Syrian children are facing a life of “catastrophe” in exile, without normal childhood freedoms, the Guardian said, citing a new report of the UN refugee agency. More than a million Syrian children could miss out on education, and child labor is a big problem for those already traumatized by war, according to the report, the Future of Syria: refugee children in crisis, published by the UNHCR on Friday. The UN children’s agency, UNICEF, said in a previous report in March that one in 10 Syrian refugee children in the region is engaged in child labor.

US drone kills 1 alleged militant in Pakistan

A suspected US drone has killed one militant in Pakistan’s northwest tribal region, intelligence officials said Friday. Missiles fired from a suspected drone overnight hit a house in Qazi Kot village in the North Waziristan tribal area, killing an alleged member of the Punjabi Taliban, AP said. Pakistani officials accuse drone attacks of violating sovereignty.

80 injured in Hong Kong ferry collision

Eighty people have been injured after a high-speed ferry hit an “unidentified object” on its way from Hong Kong to Macau in the early hours of Friday. “Information received from the Marine Department suggested that 80 people on the ferry were injured. Among them four were classified as seriously injured,” a spokesman for the Hong Kong government said, AFP reports. There were 105 passengers and 10 crew members aboard, with no reports that anybody was missing, he added.

Egypt arrests top activist amid widening crackdown

Egyptian police have arrested a leading political activist, accusing him of calling for protests in defiance of the country’s new law that heavily restricts demonstrations. Blogger and activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah played a key role in the 2011 uprising that overthrew the regime of Hosni Mubarak. His wife has tweeted that policemen beat and insulted her while arresting her husband, in addition to taking their laptops and cellphones. A new law passed earlier this week gives the Interior Ministry the right to ban any meeting of more than 10 people in a public place.

120 Italian football fans detained in Poland ahead of match

More than 120 supporters of Rome club Lazio were arrested in Warsaw ahead of Thursday night’s European tie with Legia. “Bottles and stones were thrown from the Italian group in the direction of the police cars,” said a police spokesman. Police say the fans may be barred from watching the match at the stadium.

New Egyptian constitution bans religious parties, preserves army role

A preliminary text of the new Egyptian constitution published in the official al-Ahram newspaper bars any parties “founded on a religious basis” and does away with explicitly Islamic language and statutes in its articles. It also preserves Mubarak-era army privileges, such as its right to pick its own defense minister, and to try civilians in military courts. The constitution, which will be voted on by the public next month, was drafted at the behest of the army-led regime by a constituent assembly made of secularists, which replaced the previous Islamist-dominated drafting body.

50 police injured in Tunisia strike violence

Fifty Tunisian policemen have been injured ‘to varying degrees’ in clashes with protesters after a strike descended into violence, according to an interior ministry statement released on Thursday. The strike snowballed on Wednesday in the northern town of Siliana after masses gathered to mark the anniversary of riots which left over 3,000 people injured last year. Both police vehicles and public buildings were damaged in the unrest, with the violence running well into the night as participants hurled rocks and burned tires. Police fired teargas to disperse the crowds. An earlier statement said that the number injured only stood at 32.

At least 10 dead in Libyan weapons depot assault explosion – official

At least ten people have died and 15 more have been injured, as a weapons depot in southern Libya exploded during an attack by militants. General Mohamed al-Dhabi, a regional military commander, told AFP news agency that the incident took place in Brak al-Shati, 650 kilometers south of the capital Tripoli. A further three commandos were killed in Benghazi on Thursday during fighting between Libyan special forces and Islamist group, Ansar al-Sharia.

One killed in Egypt protests

One demonstrator has been killed in clashes between police and protesters which shook Egypt’s capital on Thursday, medical sources told Reuters. Supporters of deposed president Mohamed Morsi and security forces came into conflict outside Cairo University. On Sunday, the army-backed government passed a law restricting demonstrations.

Free Syrian Army to fight as Assad holds power – spokesman

The Free Syrian Army (FSA) will not stop fighting while President Bashar Assad holds power, a spokesman for the rebels’ supreme military council, Louay Mekdad, has said. There will be no talks until all those detained by the authorities are freed and a transitional government is established, he told the Voice of Russia radio on Thursday. The international community has “no leverage” to affect the situation in Syria, and the Geneva 2 conference is “only a means to extend the existence of the Assad regime,” RIA Novosti quoted him as saying. The FSA is ready to take part in the conference, Mekdad said, if it has a clear plan and if the regime “ceases to exist.”

21 female pro-Morsi supporters jailed in Egypt

A court in Egypt has sentenced 21 female supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi to 11 years in prison, the BBC said. The multiple charges included belonging to a terrorist group, obstructing traffic, sabotage and using force at a protest in the city of Alexandria last month. Seven are under 18 years of age. Human rights groups criticized the sentences.

Europe’s top court strikes down sanctions on Iranian power company

Europe’s highest court on Thursday overturned sanctions against Fulmen, an Iranian power company as well as its majority shareholder, Fereydoun Mahmoudian. The US government earlier named the firm as involved in building a secret uranium enrichment plant in Iran, Reuters said. It is the latest legal ruling against measures that the EU has imposed over Iran’s nuclear program, after last Sunday’s agreement between Iran and world powers. A lower EU court had already overturned several sanctions due to the refusal of EU states to disclose evidence. The European Court of Justice also said on Thursday that if a case is to be made, evidence must be presented.

Qatar camels have MERS virus linked to human spread – health officials

Cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) have been found in camels in Qatar, health officials said on Thursday. The SARS-like coronavirus emerged in the Middle East last year and has killed almost 40 percent of around 170 people so far infected. It was found in three camels in a herd. A barn was also linked to two human cases of MERS infection, Reuters reported. A scientific paper is still being prepared, but the Qatari health council said that as a precaution, the elderly and people with underlying health conditions should avoid any close animal contact when visiting farms and markets.

Syria army recaptures Deir Attiyeh on strategic route

Syria’s army recaptured Deir Attiyeh on Thursday, state television said. Jihadists from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and Al-Nusra Front seized the town on the strategic highway between Damascus and the central city of Homs six days ago. The army “has taken total control of the town of Deir Attiyeh in Damascus province after it crushed the terrorists’ last enclaves there,” the broadcast said. A high-ranking security official in Damascus confirmed the report, AFP said. Operations to expel the terrorists from nearby areas were ongoing, he said. Deir Attiyeh, in the Qalamoun region north of Damascus and along the Lebanese border, is home to around 10,000 people.

Pope nominates personal secretary for 2 committees on Vatican’s finance reform

Pope Francis on Thursday named his personal secretary, Monsignor Alfred Xuereb, to be his delegate on two commissions of inquiry he set up this year. The Vatican said Xuereb was tasked with keeping his eye on the committees and keeping the Pope informed on their working procedures and possible initiatives. The reform concerns the troubled Vatican Bank and the Holy See’s finances.

IAEA warns of suspected activity at N. Korea reactor

Activity at a North Korean nuclear site is consistent with an effort to restart a reactor, International Atomic Energy Agency chief Yukiya Amano said on Thursday. The IAEA is continuing to monitor developments at Yongbyon, mainly through satellite imagery. Activities “are consistent with an effort to restart the 5MW(e) reactor,” Amano told the IAEA’s 35-nation board. North Korea said in April that it would revive its aged research reactor at the Yongbyon nuclear complex to seek a deterrent capacity.

6 units off after S. Korea nuclear reactor shutdown

Operation of the 587-megawatt Kori No. 1 reactor, over 300km southeast of Seoul, was suspended early on Thursday morning after it was shut down automatically as a result of a “safety-related action.” The reactor, which started operation in 1978, had recently come back on stream after nearly 180 days of scheduled maintenance, Reuters reported. The tally of the closed reactors has now been brought to six, and South Korea faces severe power shortages again this winter due to cuts in nuclear power.

Australia’s Russell granted bail, last from Arctic Sunrise crewmembers to be released

The St. Petersburg City Court on Thursday granted bail to Australian national, Colin Russell, the radio officer of the Greenpeace vessel, Arctic Sunrise. He was detained with 29 others after a protest in the Pechora Sea and was the only Arctic Sunrise crewmember remaining in custody. The court set bail for Russell at 2 million rubles ($60,600), Interfax reported. The activist himself took part in the hearing through a video link with the detention center, which he will leave as soon as the money is transferred.

Putin among top 5 nominees for Time Magazine’s 2013 Person of the Year poll

Singer-actress Miley Cyrus has become the front runner of Time magazine’s ‘Person of the Year’ online poll. Cyrus, 21, garnered 28 percent of the votes as of November 27. She is ahead of the chief minister of Gujarat state in India, Narendra Modi, former NSA defense contractor Edward Snowden, and Syria’s president, Bashar Assad. Russian President Vladimir Putin ranked fifth in the poll. This year, Time has added Twitter to encourage more participation.

Tehran invites UN watchdog to inspect nuclear-linked heavy water facility

Iran has invited UN inspectors to visit a nuclear-related heavy water facility on December 8, Reuters reported. The move is seen as a first concrete step under a new agreement with world powers. The International Atomic Energy Agency was looking into how Sunday’s deal to curb Tehran’s atomic activity could be “put into practice,” IAEA director general, Yukiya Amano, said on Thursday.

Iran to produce more low-enriched uranium – official

Tehran plans to increase production of low-level enriched uranium, Ali Akbar Salehi, the head of Iran’s nuclear department, has said. Machines which were earlier producing 20 percent enriched uranium will be engaged in producing low-level enriched uranium, he was quoted by state media as saying. “Hence, the production of five percent enriched uranium will increase,” he said. Nuclear facilities will continue their work, and “only production of 20 percent enriched uranium will halt,” according to Salehi. Last weekend, Iran agreed to freeze part of its nuclear activities in exchange for an easing of Western sanctions.

S. Korean plane defies China’s new air defense zone – military

A South Korean plane has flown through China’s newly-declared air defense zone in the East China Sea without informing Beijing, the military in Seoul said Thursday. “We did not notify China,” a Defense Ministry spokesman said. The flight on Tuesday was part of a regular military surveillance exercise around a submerged, South Korean-controlled rock known as Ieodo, AFP reported. The place has long been a source of diplomatic tension with Beijing. China unilaterally declared a new “air defense identification zone” on Saturday. The area includes Ieodo, as well as a set of islands at the center of a territorial dispute between China and Japan.

Thai PM calls for dialogue to avert confrontations

Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Thursday called on anti-government demonstrators to cease their protests and hold dialogue. A few hours after easily winning a confidence vote in parliament, Yingluck said on television that the rallies were hurting the economy. The premier urged her opponents to agree to join a panel to find a way out and to avert street confrontations, Reuters reported.

China encourages public to file complaints over internet

China plans to reform its decades-old civil petitioning system so that grievances by members of the public can be better resolved, AP reported. Zhang Enxi, deputy director of the State Bureau for Letters and Calls, said the country will aim to refer more such complaints to the courts. The bureau has also encouraged the public to file complaints over the internet to boost transparency. Local officials are being urged to be more proactive in addressing letters. Residents currently often go to Beijing to appeal to the central government over complaints in their regions.

Embattled Thai PM easily survives no confidence vote

Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra easily survived a no-confidence vote in parliament on Thursday as the nation is swept by massive anti-government protests. Yingluck won 297 votes, with 134 votes against her. She required 246 of the 492 votes in the lower house to prevail in the no-confidence vote. Meanwhile, thousands of demonstrators rallied outside four Thai government ministries, a major state office complex and 24 provincial halls as opposition protests gained momentum.

France evicts 800 people from Roma camp

French police cleared one of the largest Roma camps in the country on Wednesday, evicting around 800 people, including children, just outside of Paris, AFP reported. 300 police officers took part in the operation, while some of the residents evacuated on their own ahead of time after receiving a warning. About 250 remained at the camp and were cleared from wooden shacks, 70 of which were children. Police stated the operation went ahead “without incident”. Only a minority of those evicted will receive temporary housing for the night, while others will probably move to other Paris-area Roma camps. France has been proceeding with the controversial policy of evicting Roma from camps outside major cities and in most instances even paying migrants to return to their country of origin (often Romania and Bulgaria).

Greece to remain in recession through 2014 – OECD

Greece will stay in recession in 2014 and might need another bailout, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said on Wednesday. According to the organization, the country’s economy will likely contract by 0.4 percent. “The need for further assistance to achieve fiscal sustainability cannot be excluded,” the OECD said. “If negative macroeconomic risks materialize…serious consideration should be given to further assistance to achieve debt sustainability.” This projection contradicts most recent Greek estimates that projected the recession would end next year, as the country’s economy would grow 0.6 percent in 2014, according to the budget unveiled last week.

Militant gang leader killed in a security raid in southern Russia

Security forces established the identity of two militants that were killed after a raid on Wednesday in Plievo settlement in the republic of Ingushetia, southern Russia, according to the National Anti-Terrorist Committee (NAC). One of them was a gang leader Murad Pliev, or ‘Moussa’, wanted by federal forces since 2010. He specialized in killing law enforcement officers, shelling houses, manufacturing homemade explosives. In addition, two homemade explosive devices equal to 12 kilograms of TNT each, four machine guns, a Kalashnikov, a grenade launcher, a suicide belt, grenades and more than 7,000 rounds of ammunition were found, said the NAC statement.

Italy Senate approves expulsion of Berlusconi from Parliament

The Italian Senate has expelled ex-Premier Silvio Berlusconi from Parliament with immediate effect over his tax fraud conviction. Together with his position in Parliament, the ex-premier also lost his immunity. However this decision does not mark the end of his political career. The three-time former prime minister relaunched his Forza Italia party in September. Berlusconi is currently appealing other convictions for having sex with an underage prostitute, abusing his powers and leaking a confidential police wiretap to damage a political rival.

US regulator says Boeing icing problems could lead to forced landings

Icing problems that have occurred on Boeing 787 Dreamliner and 747-8 aircraft, using engines made by General Electric, could lead to forced landings, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Wednesday. The airworthiness directive from the US aviation regulator had been expected after a series of incidents this year, Reuters reported. The problems affected nine flights and in two cases affected both engines on the flight, the FAA said. Icing could occur in high-altitude thunderstorms and “could lead to a forced landing,” it added.

Pakistan envoy to UN calls for end to US drone strikes

Pakistan has reportedly called for the immediate cessation of “illegal” US drone strikes on its territory. The UN General Assembly Third Committee adopted a resolution on Tuesday that underscores the need for an agreement on legal questions involving the use of such aircraft. “When armed drones kill unarmed, innocent civilians, there is a clear breach

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· ‘Big push Modi’ is required to break this vicious circle into virtuous circle

New Delhi, November 28

Mr. Sukhbir Singh Badal, President Shiromani Akali Dal and Deputy Chief Minister Punjab today lashed at Congress party for entangling the nation in the vicious circle of poverty, corruption and economic crisis. He said that NDA’s Prime Ministerial candidate Mr. Narinder Modi would prove to be a Big Push to break this vicious circle into virtuous circle.

Addressing an election rally in the favour of BJP candidate from Tilak Nagar Mr. Rajiv Babbar at Santgarh, SAD President said that Congress always mislead people by showing farce dreams. He said that since independence people repeatedly voted Nehru-Gandhi family led Congress keeping faith on their promises that they would remove poverty. “Congress a poll season party used to make false promises to attain power and used this power for looting the natural resources and hard earned money of tax payers through various scams instead of framing concrete policies to eradicate poverty”, he added.

Describing Modi as a Big Push required to break the vicious circle into virtuous circle, Mr. Badal said that now it’s time for Delhi voters to remove Congress from Delhi to make a better ground for Modi as next PM. He said that Modi known for his leadership and management would act as a stimulus for overall and rapid development of the nation. He said that it was during the NDA era that the world saw India as a nation scaling new heights of socio-economic development but these dreams shattered after the NDA lost office. “India is rich in resources but still its people are poor only because of Congress governments. One should visit states being governed by Shiromani Akali Dal or BJP to see the difference. We are bleeding our finances to enable our people to cope with the inflation caused by the mismanaged policies of Congress led UPA. Even Congress copied the Atta-Dal scheme of SAD-BJP government and renamed it as food security eyeing the 2014 Lok Sabha elections”, he added.

Later, Mr. Badal also addressed massive rallies in the favour of Shiromani Akali Dal candidates from Rajouri Garden Manjinder Singh Sirsa at Chaukhandi and from Hari Nagar Shyam Sharma at Fateh Nagar.

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· COMPLAINS TO ECI DEMANDING ACTION AGAINST MAYAPURI SHO FOR INTIMIDATING PARTY WORKERS.
New Delhi November 29—
The Shiromani Akali Dal complained to Election Commission of India to immediately transfer the Maypuri SHO Mr. Som Nath from the Mayapuri police station for intimidating party workers and illegally interfering in the election campaign of Shiromani Akali Dal in Hari Nagar Assembly Constituency. In a written complaint submitted to Chief Election Commissioner of India, Chief Electoral Officer, NCT Delhi and Returning Officer of the Hari Nagar Assembly Constituency the party Secretary and Spokesman Dr. Daljit Singh Cheema alleged that in order to help the ruling party candidate and to demoralise our party cadres the SHO is misbehaving and threatening the Shiromani Akali Dal leaders and workers.
Quoting the today’s incident of Khajan Basti in which the SHO stopped Mr. Narinder Kumar Sharma Chief Parliamentary Secretary, Punjab and other party workers to do door to door campaigning, Dr. Cheema said that this action of police officer is totally illegal, unjustified, politically motivated and biased. “First they were stopped from campaigning and then two of our party workers namely S. Harijinder singh rajji and Mr. Bhupinder Sharma were illegally taken to Mayapuri police station and threatened to leave the constituency,” added Cheema.
In the statement Dr. Cheema further said that on the instructions of Delhi Congress Government similar things are happening in other parts of Delhi also. He alleged that at some places permissions to hold public meetings are being cancelled at the 11th hour as happened in Kalkaji yesterday. Similarly vehicles bearing Punjab numbers plates are being illegally detained and workers are being harassed.
Dr. Cheema informed the Election commission of India that such pressure tactics being used by the ruling congress party are aimed at demoralizing our party cadres. He urged Election Commission of India that such illegal activites should be stopped forthwith, so that elections are held in a free and fair atmosphere.
(Dr. Daljit Singh Cheema)
Secretary & Spokesman

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“Michelle and I send warm wishes to all those celebrating Hanukkah.” —President Obama

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Ukraine President urged to resign over EU pact

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Ukraine’s opposition leaders are demanding the resignation of President Viktor Yanukovych. The president is being criticized for shelving an agreement with the European Union in favor of closer ties with Russia.
The Ukraine government was originally intending to sign a deal that would pave the way for the country to join the European bloc. But President Yanukovych changed his course after Russia imposed restrictions on some of Ukraine’s exports.
Protestors gathered in the Ukranian capital, Kiev, on Friday. Demonstrators held hands in a human chain to protest the government’s decision.
Opposition leaders told a massive rally that they are committed to fighting against Russian pressure. They also said that the president betrayed the people. They pledged to urge the president to resign.
The government says it still aims to conclude the deal with the EU. But the country is expected to face challenges as Russia will likely impose further pressure. Media agencies

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Copter crashes into Glasgow pub

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A police helicopter crashed into a pub in the Scottish city of Glasgow on Friday night.
Several people were reportedly injured.
Police say the incident took place shortly before 10:30 PM. 2 police officers and a civilian pilot were on board the helicopter.
Images of the scene show a wrecked helicopter on the roof of a building and a gaping hole in the roof.
Local media are reporting that several people were injured, but further details are not available.
The pub in central Glasgow was crowded with weekend revelers.
One pub customer said that after a loud bang, part of the room was filled with dust and everyone rushed outside.
Many of the customers reportedly retreated to a nearby hotel and other places of safety.
Emergency crews are searching for anyone who may still be in the building.

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Abe pledges effort to improve ties with S.Korea

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Abe pledges effort to improve ties with S.Korea

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has reiterated he will try to improve diplomatic ties with South Korea by seeking dialogue at all levels.
Abe was speaking at a joint assembly of the Japan-Korea Parliamentarians’ Union and its South Korean counterpart, held in Tokyo on Friday.
Abe stressed the 2 countries are important neighbors for each other. He said they have faced difficult problems due to their geographical proximity, but that they have many interests in common related to the situation in Northeast Asia.
The prime minister said it’s important to develop bilateral relations for regional peace and prosperity.
He noted he hopes the 2 peoples can joyously celebrate the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties in 2015. Media agencies

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Taiwan parliament urges protest over China ADIZ

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Taiwan’s parliament has urged its government to lodge a stern protest with the Chinese government for declaring a new air defense identification zone in the East China Sea. The zone partly overlaps that of Taiwan. It also covers the Senkaku Islands, which are controlled by Japan but claimed by China and Taiwan.
Lawmakers issued a bi-partisan statement on Friday calling for a strong response by President Ma Ying-jeou and officials of his administration. They are pushing the government not to submit flight plans to Beijing, and better coordinate with Japan.
The executive body of the Taiwanese government issued a statement in response. It notes that China’s action will not benefit the development of their ties and that the administration had expressed a tough stance toward China.
But the statement defended the submission of flight plans, saying that it’s for safety purposes and that it’ s in line with rules of the International Civil Aviation Organization.
The Ma administration is seen to be seeking closer ties with China. Media agencies

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Mozambique passenger plane carrying 34 missing: Airline

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A Mozambican Airlines airplane carrying 28 passengers and six crew members has gone missing en route from Mozambique to Angola, the airline said.

Flight TM470 took off from Maputo at 1456 IST on Friday and had been due to land in the Angolan capital Luanda at 1840 IST, but never arrived, the airline said in a statement.
“Initial information suggests it might have landed in Rundu, in northern Namibia near the border with Botswana and Angola.”
“LAM airlines, aeronautical and airport authorities are trying to establish contact to confirm the information,” it added.
Company spokesman Norberto Mucopa could not confirm the nationalities of the people on board nor the time of the last contact with the Brazilian-produced Embraer 190.
It was not immediately clear if government officials were on board.
Mucopa declined to comment on reports the plane went down in a storm.
“We are busy searching. It’s dark now and it makes our job a bit difficult,” said Olavi Auanga, police commander of the Kavango West region, where the control lost signal with the aircraft.
An aviation officer in the area said on condition of anonymity that unconfirmed reports suggested the airplane may have gone down in the Bwabwata National Park around 200 kilometres east of Rundu.
The 6,100-square-kilometre reserve covers the narrow strip of land formerly known as the Caprivi strip, a sparsely-populated area with wetlands and dense forests.

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Allahabad-bound train derails near Lucknow,

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Allahabad-bound Haridwar Express on Saturday derailed on the outskirts of the city, leaving some passengers injured.

The last three bogies of the train derailed near Nigoha area at about 3.30 AM when the train was going to Allahabad from Haridwar, Circle officer, Government railway police (GRP), RD Yadav said.He said that some passengers received minor injuries in the incident. Traffic was soon restored on the track.

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shattered by allegations: Former SC judge Ganguly

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Denying any sexual harassment of a young woman law intern, former Supreme Court judge Justice A K Ganguly on Friday said he was “shocked and shattered” by the charges against him.

“I am denying everything. I have told the committee that all the allegations levelled by the intern are wrong. I don’t know how such allegations have been levelled against me,” he told mediapersons.
He was giving his reaction after an apex court official released a statement that Justice Ganguly had recorded his statement before a three-judge committee that went into the intern’s allegations and has submitted its report to the Chief Justice of India.
The apex court official statement said Justice Ganguly had recorded his statement to the three-judge committee headed by Justice R M Lodha.
The report was handed over to CJI Justice P Sathasivam on Thursday. “I totally deny the allegations. I am a victim of situations,” he told television channels. “I am not ashamed of anything,” he said in reply to a question in regard to the alleged episode which came out in public domain after the intern spoke about in a legal portal earlier this month.
He said the charges against him were totally wrong. The girl had not raised any sexual harassment issue with him, he said, adding that he had not done any physical harm to her.
The former judge said the intern worked with him though she was not officially allocated to him. She came in the place of another intern who had gone abroad after marriage. “I never put up a poster. She came on her own.” He said the girl had come to his house on a number of occasions in connection with the work.
Asked about the charge that he had asked her to come to a hotel room, Justice Ganguly said he was in Delhi at that point of time in connection with work and she was also in Delhi.
“I know what she has said. The question is that when I was in Delhi she was also in Delhi. She came on her own to my…,” he said. “If anybody feels uncomfortable to work with me she was free to leave,” he said, adding that there was inconsistency that she has respect for him and there was no rancour.
He said that the intern was like his child and he treated her that way. Asked if he was worried whether the three-judge committee will pass strictures against him, he said, “I don’t know what kind of strictures will be there.”
To another question if he felt that the committee could have preconceived notions about him, he said,”I am not saying anything.” Asked whether the allegations have cast a shadow on him, he said, he has faith in people and the people will judge him by his “conduct” and by his judicial work.
Justice Ganguly, who demitted office on 12th February last year, said that if this trend continues it will be difficult for the upright judges to continue to work.
“I have worked with several interns in my life, a large number of them and I treat them like my children. They are all well placed in several places in their lives and nobody has made such allegations. I am shocked and shattered.”
He said that his case be not compared with that of Tarun Tejpal. “Don’t compare this case with Tejpal. Please,” he told to a television channel. To a question if asked to prove …, Justice Ganguly shot back “how can I prove the negative.”
The apex court committee recorded the statement of Justice Ganguly, who is at present heading West Bengal Human Rights Commission, after recording the statement of the law intern.
“The committee constituted to inquire into the allegations of sexual harassment levelled by the law intern against a former SC judge held its meetings on November 13, 18, 19, 20, 21, 26 and 27. “The statement of law intern was recorded. She had also submitted three affidavits. The statement of Mr. Justice (retired) A K Ganguly has also been recorded by the committee. The committee has submitted its report to the CJI on 28th November,” the official said in a statement.
The official, however, did not give any details of the findings of the committee comprising Justices R M Lodha, H L Dattu, and Ranjana Prakash Desai which was constituted by the CJI on 12th November.
Hit by allegations of sexual misbehaviour by one of its judges, the Supreme Court constituted a three-judge committee to go into the charge of a woman intern that she was sexually harassed last December by the judge. Justice Ganguly was elevated to Supreme Court on 17th December, 2008 and superannuated on 3rd February, 2012.
The intern, in a blog, had accused the retired judge of having misbehaved with her in a hotel room last December when the nation was grappling with the gangrape of a 23-year-old woman in the capital. On 18th November, the intern appeared before the panel and gave details of the incident and on 21st November, she had sent certain applications and affidavits to the panel.
While setting up the panel on 12th November, Justice Sathasivam had observed that he was concerned as head of the institution (judiciary). “In the cases of sexual harassment, we cannot take it lightly,” the CJI had said.
The young woman intern had first come out in public by writing her experience and ordeal in a blog of NGO ‘Natural Justice: Lawyers for Communities and the Environment’, with which she has been working. She has also got support and solidarity from her employer NGO

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China to launch its first moon rover mission next week

China will launch its first ever mission to land an unmanned spacecraft on the lunar surface next week, as it moves forward in its ambitious plan to become the world’s pre-eminent space power.

The Chang’e-3 moon rover will be launched at 1:30 a.m. on Monday from Xichang Satellite Launch Center, the mission’s launching headquarters said on Saturday.
China has already sent two moon missions which hovered around the lunar orbit.
This will be the first time for China to send an unmanned spacecraft to soft land on the surface of an extraterrestrial body and conduct surveys on the moon.
Facilities at the launching site are in good conditions and preparations for the launch are going well, state-run Xinhua news agency quoted the space officials as saying.
Chang’e-3 comprises a lander and a moon rover called “Yutu” (Jade Rabbit).
The rover was named “Yutu” following an online poll seeking name proposals from the Chinese worldwide.
In Chinese folklore, Yutu is the white pet rabbit of Chang’e, worshiped as the moon goddess in China for thousands of years.
Tasks for Yutu include surveying the moon’s geological structure and surface substances, while looking for natural resources.
The Chang’e-3 mission is the second phase of China’s lunar programme, which includes orbiting, landing and returning to Earth. China had launched its Chang’e-1orbiter in 2007 and Chang’e-2 in 2010.
The first probe retrieved a great deal of scientific data and a complete map of the moon, while the second created a full high-resolution map of the moon and a high-definition image of Sinus Iridium, a lunar landmark.
Chang’e-2 which was launched in 2010 orbited the moon to finish a more extensive probe than its predecessor Chang’e-1.
After finishing its objectives in June, 2011, Chang’e-2 left its lunar orbit for an extended mission to the Earth-Sun L2 Lagrangian point, according to Chinese space officials.
Besides continuing its lunar programme, China’s space programme is focussing on building a permanent space station like Mir, the Russian space station being used by US.
China has flown to manned missions to link up with an orbiting module to master the manual and automatic space docking technologies.
China’s deep-space exploration should go beyond the moon, and the country’s scientists are actively preparing to implement plans to explore Mars, Venus and asteroids, said Ye Peijian, chief scientist of the Chang’e-3 programme.
“Scientists are always prepared to conduct deep-space exploration and will do it after conditions permit,” said Ye.
India’s Mars mission Mangalyan, which was launched this month, has evoked considerable interest in China as it enabled New Delhi to steal march over Beijing specially with a modest budget of USD 73 million.

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China scrambles jets after US, Japan planes enter new air zone

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China scrambled several fighter jets to monitor military planes of the US, Japan and South Korea in its newly de clared air defence zone over the East China Sea amid a call by President Xi Jinping to the PLA to enhance war capabilities.

The Chinese fighter jets identified and monitored the two US and 10 Japanese aircraft during their flights through the zone early Friday, Defense Ministry spokesman Colonel Shen Jinke was quoted as saying by the state-run China News.
He made no mention of any further action.
“Several combat aircraft were scrambled to verify the identities” of US and Japanese aircraft entering the zone, the state-run Xinhua news agency said, citing an air force official.
Colonel Shen said on Thursday said several fighter jets and an early warning aircraft from the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force conducted normal air patrols in the East China Sea Air Defence Identification Zone (ADIZ) that Beijing unilaterally declared last week.
Colonel Shen described the move as “a defensive measure and in line with international common practices.”
China’s air force will remain on high alert and will take measures to deal with diverse air threats to firmly protect the security of the country’s airspace, he said when the PLA Air Force conducted its first air patrol in the area.
President Xi, who is also the chairman of the Central Military Commission, ordered the PLA to reinforce the party’s leadership over the troops, enhance its war capabilities and strive to build a strong strategic reserve force.
Military training is critical to beef up the PLA’s war capacities and that trainings must focus on what is needed to fight a war and what it lacks most, Xi said while inspecting the Jinan Military Area Command in the east China.
Beijing announced the establishment of the ADIZ over the disputed islands called Diaoyu by China and Senkakus by Japan.
Till last year the chain of uninhabited were administered by Japan.
China started challenging the Japanese hold with naval patrols and the ADIZ was seen as an effort to enforce its air control over the islands.

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Maid murder case: BSP MP Dhananjay Singh denied bail

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BSP MP Dhananjay Singh, arrested along with his wife Jagriti Singh in connection with murder of their maid, was denied by a Delhi court on Friday which observed that he had “actively participated” in atrocities which aggravated the miseries of his domestic helps.

Additional Sessions Judge Dharmesh Sharma dismissed his plea saying that if released on bail at this stage, he might influence the witnesses or tamper with the evidence keeping in view his previous involvement in 31 cases of heinous crimes.
“This is not a case of simplicitor failure on the part of applicant/accused (MP) in preventing the commission of such continuous act of atrocities on the part of his wife co-accused Dr Jagriti Singh but also actively participating and thereby perpetrating and aggravating the miseries of his domestic servants,” the court said.
“Having regard to the profile of the applicant/accused who has been involved in as many as 31 heinous crimes including murder, extortion, kidnapping and dacoity, it is not difficult to assume that if he is enlarged on bail, he can influence the witnesses and thereby hamper the course of justice,” it said.
The court also observed that according to the investigation, the BSP MP has been “reasonably connected” with the crime and has also tamper with the evidence. “… having regard to the fact that applicant/accused (MP) has been reasonably connected with the offence in question and has tried to tamper with evidence besides the fact that there is reasonable apprehension that if applicant (MP) is released on bail, he might intimidate, influence or try to win over the witnesses, I find that there are no grounds to grant bail to the applicant/accused,” the court said. It also said contents of the FIR and statements of the two key witnesses, who were working as maids at Jagriti’s house, prima facie revealed “gory details of continuous diabolic acts and omissions” on his part in not only allowing his wife to indulge in continuous act of merciless beatings the domestic servants but also encouraging and shielding her.
The judge also said the details of investigation prima facie revealed that Dhananjay himself participated in the acts of torture and beatings to his domestic helps whenever they dared to make complaints against his wife.
Dhananjay had moved bail plea before the sessions court after he failed to get relief from a magisterial court which had earlier dismissed his bail petition saying allegations against him were “very serious” and he does not deserve any leniency due his previous conduct.
He had claimed that he has been falsely implicated in the case due to “political pressure”. Dhananjay and Jagriti were arrested on 5th November in connection with the death of their 35-year-old maid Rakhi Bhadra, a resident of West Bengal.
Dhananjay, who already faces charges of murder and offences under the UP Gangsters Act, was arrested for allegedly destroying evidence, not informing the police about the maid’s death immediately and employing a juvenile as domestic help.
Jagriti was arrested under sections 302 (murder), 307 (attempt to murder), 344 (wrongful confinement) of the Indian Penal Code and the Juvenile Justice Act.
Both are currently in jail under judicial custody. Dhananjay was also recently arrested by Delhi Police in a case in which he was accused of repeatedly raping and criminally intimidating a 42-year-old woman, a railway employee, between 2005 and 2009.
The police also booked him for unnatural offence in the case and he is under judicial custody in the case.

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SC asks Centre to frame guidelines to regulate TV contents

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The Supreme Court asked three central ministries and others including Press Council of India (PCI) to respond to a PIL seeking framing of guidelines to regulate contents of television channels.

A bench of Chief Justice P Sathasivam and Justice Ranjan Gogoi on Friday issued notices to ministries of Information and Broadcasting, Law and Justice and Communications & Information Technology.
Besides them, PCI, Election Commission, News Broadcasters Association, Indian Broadcasting Foundation and Advertising Standards Council of India have also been asked to respond to the PIL which has been filed by Hindu Janjagruti Samiti, a registered public charitable trust, through its Mumbai-based lawyer Rajeev K Panday.
The plea also said the court should declare that a 2008 government order will not preclude an authorised officer under the Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act from initiating criminal prosecution against a channel in case of violation of provisions of the Act.
It alleged that there is “complete absence” of regulatory authority for TV Channels.
“The petition raises a substantial question of public importance and public interest relating to the necessity of an effective regulation of electronic media in matters involving public morality, public decorum, social tranquillity and public order,” Panday said.
“There is no regulatory body for TV channels which is comparable with Press Council of India that regulates the print media. Though TV channels are audio-visual media, there is no censorship on their contents. In other words, a film that cannot be released without censor certificate can straightaway be released on a TV channel,” the PIL said.
The PIL said the so-called self-regulation by electronic media has proved to be “completely ineffective” as the “self-regulating bodies” are private companies and are under control of the media houses.
“The private bodies have a limited power of imposing fine upto Rs one lakh which goes into their own kitty. There is no compensation to victim of media abuse. There is also no control of government over these bodies. These bodies are not accountable to people as they are not organs of the state,” it said.
“The law relating to emergency blocking of objectionable website without prior notice as contained in the Information Technology (Procedure and Safeguards for blocking for access of information by public) Rules, 2009 is much more rigorous as compared to TV channels for which there is no law for emergency blocking.
“Thus even though objectionable programme on TV channel can do more harm than an objectionable website, there is no rigorous law to curb objectionable content of a TV channel,” it said.
The belated action on behalf of the Government authorities against erring channels shows that the non-serious attitude of the Centre.
“…the Central Government is also non-serious about exercising its powers with reference to controlling channels by suspension and revocation of license. This has emboldened the channels to violate the programme code in a blatant manner and has given rise to malpractices such as ‘Paid News’ “Extortion by blackmail”, “Character Assassination for TRP” and so on,” it said.

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OBC REDUCES ROI ON MSME ADVANCES

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·        Oriental Bank of Commerce has reduced Rates of Interest applicable to MSME sector advances (Manufacturing as well as Services) w.e.f. 01.12.2013.

·        Under Micro & Small Enterprises

A.  Reduction in Rates of Interest ranges from 25 bps to 75 bps for advances above Rs.25 lacs & upto Rs.1.00 crore

B.  Reduction in Rates of Interest ranges from 50 bps to 200 bps for advances above Rs.1.00 crore.

· Under Medium Enterprises

A. Reduction in Rates of Interest ranges from 25 bps to 150 bps for advances upto Rs.1.00 crore

B. Reduction in Rates of Interest ranges from 50 bps to 150 bps for advances above Rs.1.00 crore.

· The revised Rate of Interest shall be applicable to all theexisting as well as fresh advances sanctioned to MSMEunder manufacturing as well as service sector.

· With this revision, the rates of interest now offered by Oriental Bank of Commerce to MSME advances are most competitive in the industry.

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Michelle Yeoh to be chief guest at IFFI closing ceremony

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Hollywood actress Michelle Yeoh will attend the closing ceremony of the 44th edition of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) to be held on November 30.

The 50-year-old Malaysian actress’s documentary film ‘Pad Yatra: A Green Odyssey’ on which she served as an executive producer, will also be screened at the on-going festival.
The film directed by Wendy J N Lee, chronicles an arduous 450-mile journey across the Himalayas undertaken by Buddhist monks led by his holiness Gyalwang Drukpa to spread the message of environmentalism. His holiness will also accompany Yeoh to the film festival.
“Michelle Yeoh will be the chief guest at the closing ceremony. She would be here with her film called ‘Pad Yatra’. She will be here with his holiness, who has conducted the whole pad yatra. The film would be screened on 29,” IFFI director Shankar Mohan told.
Yeoh, known for her roles in ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’, Bond film ‘Tomorrow Never Dies’, ‘Memoirs of a Geisha’ has previously attended the festival in 2011, when her film ‘The Lady’, based on the life of Burmese Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, was the concluding movie.
The opening ceremony of the 11-day festival saw the attendance of international names like Hollywood star Susan Sarandon, Iranian filmmaker Majid Majidi, and a host of Bollywood stars – Waheeda Rehman, Rekha, singer Asha Bhosle, Tamil superstar Kamal Hassan, actress Rani Mukerjee, ‘Sholay’ helmer Ramesh Sippy, Nana Patekar, R Madhavan, Huma Qureshi and Alia Bhatt among others.
When asked if the closing ceremony will also see substantial Bollywood presence, Mohan said, “A whole lot of people are expected. We are working on that.
We are awaiting confirmations. It is too premature for me to be taking the names. You will be seeing good representation from the Indian film industry as you saw at the opening ceremony.”

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Modi,Nitish Shiela to address rallies in Delhi

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The chief of various poliitcal parties BSP, BJP, Congress,JDU,are in Delhi to lure voters to cast their votes on Dec 04 ,2013 for the seventy legislature assembly election,Delhi with cosmopolitan population with migrant population rising in large proportion,social media and mobile in action brings the poll to interesting end.
Urban poor to rich and super rich Delhi find its politicians making various models to convince their suitability.Money,muscle,community, rumors,self style leaders with self praise walk the streets of Delhi to build their political base.
Congress which has been ruling this tiny state from last fifteen years has completely evaded and overlooked the interst of the common man. With rising cost of electricity,water,LPG,and public transport the common man loaded with government high cost amenities and open market of essential eatable rising cost every day,week has made the 1.30 Cr people express unhappiness thus making the Delhi assembly election an interesting feature of this year.
Election is other four states is considered a semifinal for ensuing General election next year.
Bjp the second biggest party of the nation is making its valiant effort to garner votes in their favors but mood of the people and the pulse is too vibrant, systematic the scams and scams would bring change or coalition government. Most of the political parties have become family entity and even one man show party is emerging fast, even the media picking from the nursery of activist seedling it to politician leveling is poor example of building a political party in this multi-cultural nation.
Activist with aggression in their blood has no space in political space which depends on debate of ultimate order with ideas of all sorts and the best to be produced . Role of criticizing,harping on one point, self praise without professional thinkers, absence of man of integrity,absence of experts and visionary people by handful activist may not bring desired political change.
Role of media hasbeen put to test as new media celebrities are born who are reading from the ideas shunted to them and pose to be the builders of new breed of leaders. Media intervention with enforcing ideas is dreaded disease and their clamor of being the hottest breed is actually bringing more desperation and stops the rightful leaders to emerge. A way the words are uttered by the leaders speaks volume about the personality and his class. Let’s us wait for righteous to take its shape.

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Tarun Tejpal hearing for bail ends

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On bail plea of Tarun advocate said the body language of victim after the incident was normal.The video of event exhibited the lady ran away from the lift of five star hotel in which the victim and the Tarun were together . Tarun in his oficial email has confessed the crime and thus complaint in the court has its basic evidence which leaves no chance to escape.
Geeta Luthra the advocate of Tarun pleaded for bail in session court of Goa for more than hour.
Government prosecution too pleaded with lots of reasoning,that Tarun has been evading the police,his statement were changing time to time and the victim was sticking to her claim.
Victim’s father is friend of Tarun and his wife has not co-operated with the police,thus court after hearing two side of the story has reserved its judgement upto 4.30PM today.
As Tarun Tejpal came out of the court a man tried to attack Tarun with slippers and black cloth but was taken over by the police. Many women protest against Tarun.
Victim father is ill and she is only bread earner the Goan police said and Tarun has not co-operated.
Tarun advocate pleaded that his clients has done various sting operation those involved, they are pressuring to take their revenge.

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Tejpal’s anticipatory bail hearing begins

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Tejpal flight to reach Goa at 5 PM thirty minutes before Tarun Tejpal to land at Goa, his anticipatory bail hearing begins in the sessions court in Goa..
Tharoor today said justice should be meted out in the sexual assault complaint by a woman journalist against Tehelka Editor Tarun Tejpal.
‘Justice should be done. The judicial process is moving on. We don’t think that we can pre-judge either guilt or a judgement’, he told reporters on the sidelines of a function when asked about the Congress’ stand on the issue.
‘But if the charges are proven, certainly we will condemn any such conduct by anybody of any party unequivocally’, the Min of State for HRD said.
Tejpal said to media , I will talk to you guys soon. Tejpal not to be arrested till his case come for hearing tomorrow.
Tarun Tejpal and SC Judge name in moral turpitude raises a Q on law veracity.
Tarun advancement of sex towards his employee who is class mate of his daughter and known to his wife is matter of disgrace but in law this amounts to rape or an attempt,Tarun thus faces the music of law for his behavioral slip. Media shall now screen the rise of Tehalkha and his boss.
The moment this episode tossed in public domain, furore -Tehalkha in media and an opportunity for those who suffered by Tehalkha investigating journalism and their modes operandi to create furore will bring more media’s poor mettle in light.

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India’s Mars mission’s escape velocity make it enter next orbit

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India’s maiden mission to Mars left Earth’s orbit early on Sunday and successfully entered the second phase of its 10-month-long voyage to the Red Planet after performing a crucial manoeuvre described as “mother of all slingshots”.

Clearing a critical hurdle to achieve a major milestone in the country’s space history, ISRO’s Mars Orbiter Spacecraft or ‘Mangalyaan’ was placed in the designated Mars Transfer Trajectory in a 22-minute manoeuvre almost an hour past midnight without any hitch to tear itself away from Earth’s gravitational pull.
It marked the first step of the Mars mission’s 680 million-km-long voyage to its destination to put on course the India’s first ever inter-planetary space odyssey.
“Following the completion of this manoeuvre, the Earth orbiting phase of the spacecraft ended. The spacecraft is now on a course to encounter Mars after a journey of about 10 months around the Sun,” the Bangalore-headquartered Indian Space Research Organisation(ISRO) said in a statement.
During this manoeuvre, which began at 00:49 hours, the spacecraft’s 440 Newton liquid engine was fired for about 22 minutes providing a velocity increment of 648 metres/second to the spacecraft.
ISRO performed the trans-Mars injection, a “crucial event” intended for hurling its Mars Orbiter spacecraft into the planned orbit around the Sun.
It has planned four mid-course corrections in case of any deviation along its path to the Martian orbit before its expected arrival in the orbit of the Red planet in September 2014.
ISRO had performed five orbit-raising manoeuvres on its Mars Orbiter, raising the apogee (farthest point from Earth) of the spacecraft to over 1.92 lakh km, before it performed the “mother of all slingshots.”
The spacecraft is being continuously monitored from the Spacecraft Control Centre at ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC) in Bangalore with support from Indian Deep Space Network (IDSN) antennae at Byalalu.
The success of the spacecraft, scheduled to orbit Mars by September, could carry India into a small club of nations including the US, Europe, and Russia, whose probes have orbited or landed on Mars. More than half of all missions to the planet have ended in failure, including China’s in 2011 and Japan’s in 2003.
ISRO’s PSLV C 25 successfully injected the 1,350-kg ‘Mangalyaan’ Orbiter (Mars craft) into the orbit around the earth some 44 minutes after a text book launch at 2.38 PM from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota on November 5, marking the successful completion of the first stage of the Rs 450-crore mission.

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Tejpal remanded in 6-day police custody

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Tarun Tejpal, accused of sexually assaulting a woman colleague, was on Sunday sent to police remand for six days following which Crime Branch officials began grilling him.

Judicial Magistrate (First Class) Shama Joshi ordered six days’ police custody of Tejpal after the prosecution sought his remand for 14 days.
Public prosecutor Frances Tavera sought police custody of Tejpal saying his custodial interrogation was needed because of the nature of the crime involved.
Tejpal’s lawyers opposed the demand for police custody saying he was cooperating with the Crime Branch.
A woman journalist employed with Tehelka had accused its editor Tejpal of sexually assaulting her twice on November 7 and 8 in a lift in a five star hotel in Goa.
He has been booked under Sections 354A (outraging the modesty of a woman) and 376 (2)(K) (custodial rape) of IPC.
Tejpal, who was arrested at 9 PM yesterday after his anticipatory bail plea was rejected by a District and Sessions judge, was brought to the magistrate’s court by Goa police crime branch before noon on Sunday.
In her 25-page order, District and Sessions Judge Anuja Prabhudesai has yesterday observed that, “The statement of the victim and the documents in the form of emails etc., details of which need not be reproduced here, prima facie indicate that the applicant, who was her mentor and father figure, had not only outraged her modesty but had misused his position, betrayed her trust and violated her body.”
The judge had said the applicant is not only an influential person but the record prima facie indicates that the applicant tried to influence the family of the victim and the possibility of the applicant interfering with the evidence cannot be ruled out.
Immediately after the magistrate’s order on Sunday, Tejpal was taken to the Crime Branch headquarters at Dona Paula for interrogation.
Police sources said that serious interrogation of Tejpal began only on Sunday.
Earlier, Tejpal spent the night in a police lock-up here with three persons, including two murder accused.
He was referred for mandatory medical check-up at Goa Medical College near here at 12:30 midnight.
The 50-year-old-journalist refused to talk to the media after emerging from the medical college.
He was accompanied by his lawyer and his family joined him outside the police headquarters, before he was taken to the lock-up at around 2 AM.
Police sources added that he remained calm after his arrest, during medical check-up and also in the lock-up.
He was supplied with a new pair of clothes by his family, as allowed by the ourt. The Crime Branch sleuths posted their guards outside the lock-up.
The dingy lock-up is located inside the Police Headquarters in Panaji, overlooking the office of the Director General of Police (DGP).
Tejpal’s arrest came ten days after it became public that he had allegedly sexually assaulted the woman.

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Diesel price hiked by 50 paise; petrol rates unchanged

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Diesel prices have been hiked by 50 paise per litre on Saturday but there will be no revision in rates of petrol this fortnight.

The price increase, the 11th since January, excludes local sales tax or VAT and will be effective from Saturday midnight, oil companies announced. The price of diesel in Delhi will be hiked by 57 paise, including tax, to Rs 53.67 per litre, while it will cost Rs 60.70 a litre in Mumbai as against 60.08 currently.
There will be no change in petrol prices as oil companies decided not to pass on the 25-30 paise increase necessitated by depreciation of the rupee against the US dollar.
State-owned oil firms, which revise petrol prices on the 1st and 16th of every month based on trends in oil prices and currency exchange rate in the preceding fortnight, had left the rates unchanged even on 16th November.
Petrol prices were last revised on 1st November, when it was cut by Rs 1.15 a litre. It costs Rs 71.02 a litre in Delhi currently.
The government allowed oil companies in January to raise diesel prices in small doses every month to wipe out mounting losses.

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Rajasthan Assembly poll turnout nearly 75 per cent

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Updated on : 01-12-2013 08:04 PM

Nearly 75 per cent voters have exercised their franchise in Rajasthan Assembly polls on Sunday to decide the fate of Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and his bete noire BJP’s Vasundhra Raje among others.

The turnout was 74.38 per cent, the highest-ever in the desert state, the Election Commission said. The fate of 2,087 candidates, including Gehlot and Raje, was sealed in the Electronic Voting Machines after the exercise which saw police firing in the air at a few places to restore calm.
A pick up was also set ablaze and reports of attempt to capture a booth and malfunctioning of EVMs were reported from some places, officials said.
The voting was held for 199 out of 200 assembly seats up for grabs. Polling was adjourned in Churu constituency to 13th December following the death of BSP candidate Jagdish Meghwal.
Police fired in the air to disperse a group of persons trying to disturb polling at Saleempur in Dausa district, at Rein in Alwar and near Khumber-Deeg in Bharatpur, ADGP (Law and Order) Navdeep Singh said. No one was injured and the polling went on smoothly at these places, he said. “No untoward incident was reported within 200 metres of polling booths in the entire state,” the ADGP said.
A pick van was set ablaze by some persons at Fatehpur in Sikar district, the ADGP said. Some anti-socials tried to capture a booth in Rupwas area in Bharatpur district leading to suspension of the polling briefly.
“After a brief interruption, the polling resumed,” Bharatpur Collector Neeraj K Pawan said.
Gehlot, his wife, son and daughter-in-law cast votes at Vardhman Jain upper primary school in Mahamandir area in Jodhpur.
Gehlot is trying his luck from his home turf Sardarpura in Jodhpur district and chief ministerial aspirant Raje from Jhalarapatan constituency in Jhalawar district.
In 2003 assembly elections, the turnout was 68.18 per cent and in 2008, it was 66.49 per cent, Election Commission officials said.
No votes were cast in a polling booth in Dug assembly seat in Jhalawar district with the electorate boycotting the democratic exercise.
The Congress and the BJP fielded 200 candidates each and the BSP 195. As many as 758 Independents also threw their hats into the ring Some 50 EVMs were found faulty and were replaced, the officials said.
According to tentative figures, Jaisalmer recorded 77.50 per cent voting, Hanumangarh 74.14, Jhalawar 73.02, Ganganagar 72.60, Chittorgarh 70.31 and Banswara 69.58, they said.
Counting of votes will take place on 8th December.

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Bhullar bags fifth Asian Tour title with win in Indonesia

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Bhullar bags fifth Asian Tour title with win in Indonesia

Three Indians in top-6

Jakarta, Indonesia, December 1, 2013: Gaganjeet Bhullar bagged his fifth Asian Tour title with victory at the Indonesia Open on Sunday. Bhullar shot scores of 64, 67, 69 and 69 to total 16-under-268 for the week. He Malaysian Nicholas Fung and Thailand’s Chapchai Nirat finished three strokes behind Bhullar in joint second.

Jyoti Randhawa claimed fifth place at 11-under-273 while Anirban Lahiri secured tied sixth at 10-under-274 to make it three Indians in the top-6. PGTI member Md Siddikur Rahman of Bangladesh finished with a four-day total of 12-under-272 to bag fourth place.

Bhullar, who had a forgettable outing at the World Cup of Golf last week, fired a bogey-free 68 in the final round to come home the winner. He thus ended up being the wire-to-wire leader from round one till the very end.

Gaganjeet sank all his three birdies on Sunday on the back-nine – 11^th, 13^th and 14^th. He was solid through the week having conceded only three bogeys and a double-bogey over the last four days. Interestingly, the 25-year-old had also won his first Asian Tour title in Indonesia back in 2009.

Bhullar has had a brilliant season so far. He had posted a runner-up finish at the Avantha Masters, a European Tour & Asian Tour co-sanctioned event, earlier this year. This win is expected to push him up on the Asian Tour Order of Merit, where he is currently ranked sixth.

Former Asia no. 1 Jyoti Randhawa fired a 69 to record his second top-5 on the Asian Tour in the last one month.

Anirban Lahiri, a three-time winner on the Asian Tour, posted a 68 in the final round in Indonesia to grab a share of sixth place.

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Thidapa bags top honours at Hero Women’s Indian

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Consistent Thidapa bags top honours at Hero Women’s Indian Open 2013

New Delhi, November 30: Thailand pro Thidapa Suwannapura maintained outright lead to win her maiden Ladies European Tour (LET) title at the seventh Hero Women’s Indian Open golf tournament at the Delhi Golf Club (DGC) on Saturday.

The 21-year-old Thidapa didn’t lose her concentration and led throughout the day to shoot a bogey-free four-under 68 in the final round for an aggregate of eight-under 208. She scored a three-stroke victory over first-day joint leader Valentine Derrey of France, who ran short of her maiden LET victory after a two-under 70 on Saturday.

“It’s an amazing thing to win at the Hero Women’s Indian Open. I didn’t think that I am going to win this tournament since this course is very tough. Even in the beginning of the round, I thought I didn’t have a strong chance. But I concentrated more on my game than other factors and won eventually,” said Thidapa.

Thidapa also ensured that the trophy remained in Thailand as last year it was her compatriot Pornanong Phatlum, who won her third Hero Women’s Indian Open title.

Another Thai Saraporn Chamchoi made a late charge but a bogey on 16^th crushed her title hopes as she finished third with Hannah Burke of England, who shot a fine 68.

DGC amateur Gauri Monga entertained the local crowd with her consistent round of two-under 70 to finish tied fifth in the company of US veteran Beth Allen, who shot the day’s best round of six-under 66, and England sensation Charley Hull (70). They ended their campaign five strokes behind the winner Thidapa.

Gauri’s finish is India’s second-best performance at the Hero Women’s Indian Open after Meghna Bal and Irina Brar finished tied fourth in the first edition of the tournament in 2007.

Earlier in the day, Thidapa, one of the three Thai golfers to play on the Ladies Professional Golfers Association (LPGA), received challenge from Derrey and Saraporn, but she didn’t let the lead slip away from her hands.

Thidapa was off to a flying start when she picked a birdie on the very first hole. The steady golfer continued her excellent form, firing another birdie on nine. Playing in her group, Valentine emerged as a strong threat to Thidapa. The Frenchwoman started the day one stroke behind Thidapa but caught up with the Thai girl with birdies on fourth and sixth. Valentine slipped back after dropping a shot on seventh. She, however, picked up a birdie on eighth, but managed only pars on the remaining holes finishing for the runners-up position.

Even as Valentine was making a charge, it was Saraporn, who also emerge as potential threat for her compatriot. Coming from behind, Saraporn, who started the day with a bogey on the first, knocked in two birdies in succession on eighth and ninth. She was not a factor till then, but the 21-year old shot into contention with three birdies in a row (13^th, 14^th and 15^th) to join Thidapa in the lead. But just when it mattered the most, Saraporn fumbled and dropped her shot on the 16^th to slip out of contention.

Thidapa, on the other hand held her nerve in crucial moments and shot birdies on 13^th and 14^th without dropping any shots thereafter ensuring her victory.

“I was so focused on my game that I didn’t know that I had missed only one fairway today and also made no bogey. I knew it only when Vatentine and my caddie told me. I didn’t not make a lot of mistakes and that helped me win here,” said Thidapa.

Thidapa has retained her LPGA card, but she wants to play on LET as well. “I will prefer LPGA to LET, but will play on the European tour whenever I have a week off,” she said.

Hero Women’s Indian Open

Delhi Golf Club

November 28-30, 2013

Final Scores:

208 – Thidapa Suwannapura (THA) 66 74 68

211 – Valentine Derrey (FRA) 66 75 70

212 – Hannah Burke (ENG) 73 71 68, Saraporn Chamchoi (THA) 73 70 69

213 – Charley Hull (ENG) 69 72 72, Gauri Monga (IND) 73 70 70, Beth Allen (USA) 74 73 66

215 – Elina Nummenpaa (FIN) 72 73 70, Ye Na Chung (KOR) 73 72 70

216 – Pennapa Pulsawath (THA) 73 72 71

217 – Klara Spilkova (CZE) 78 68 71, Maria Balikoeva (RUS) 73 74 70, Bo-Mi Suh (KOR) 70 75 72

218 – Gwladys Nocera (FRA) 75 72 71, Rungthiwa Pangjan (THA) 75 70 73

219 – Tanaporn Kongkiatkrai (THA) 76 74 69, Camilla Lennarth (SWE) 73 73 73, Mallory Fraiche (USA) 73 76 70, Nanthikarn Rakasachat (THA) 73 72 74, Hannah Jun (USA) 68 76 75

220 – Connie Chen (RSA) 76 70 74, Sophie Giquel-bettan (FRA) 73 76 71, Nontaya Srisawang (THA) 73 72 75

221 – Becky Morgan (WAL) 73 78 70, Neha Tripathi (IND) 74 75 72, Titiya Plucksataporn (THA) 70 75 76, Sarah Kemp (AUS) 71 75 75

222 – Grace Lee (KOR) 71 76 75, Ursula Wikstrom (FIN) 73 74 75, Liz Young (ENG) 76 74 72, Tandi Von Ruben (RSA) 73 77 72, Nikki Campbell (AUS) 76 70 76, Linda Wessberg (SWE) 73 76 73

223 – Gurbani Singh (IND) 78 75 70, Lucie Andre (FRA) 73 79 71, Smriti Mehra (IND) 77 73 73, Danielle Montgomery (ENG) 72 76 75, Vani Kapoor (IND) 73 78 72, Patcharajutar Kongkrapan (THA) 74 75 74, Noora Tamminen (FIN) 73 76 74

224 – Ann-Kathrin Lindner (GER) 75 74 75, Ridhima Dilawari (IND) 77 74 73, Sophie Gustafson (SWE) 71 75 78

225 – Sharmila Nicollet (IND) 75 78 72, Tiranan Yoopan (THA) 73 77 75, Felicity Johnson (ENG) 73 76 76

226 – Sahra Hassan (WAL) 76 74 76, Jaruporn Palakawong Na Ayutthaya (THA) 75 75 76, Rhea Nair (IND) 77 74 75, Wichanee Meechai (THA) 74 75 77, Kylie Walker (SCO) 72 75 79, Sophie Walker (ENG) 73 80 73

227 – Minea Blomqvist (FIN) 79 70 78, Maha Haddioui (MAR) 78 74 75

228 – Florentyna Parker (ENG) 74 79 75, Janya Morrakotphan (THA) 77 75 76, Holly Clyburn (ENG) 78 74 76

229 – Eleanor Givens (ENG) 74 76 79

230 – Emily Taylor (ENG) 79 74 77, Gursimar Badhwal (IND) 77 75 78

231 – Kiran Matharu (ENG) 75 73 83, Aditi Ashok (IND) 76 77 78, Sophie Sandolo (ITA) 74 78 79

232 – Maria Salinas (PER) 73 80 79

234 – Julie Greciet (FRA) 74 77 83

236 – Vikki Laing (SCO) 73 78 85

RTD – Stacy Lee Bregman (RSA)

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Exciting finish brings the curtains down on the JK Tyre Racing Championship

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Vishnu Prasad clinches championship in JK Racing India Series (FB02) in his debut year
Rahil Noorani highest points finisher in JK Tyre-VW Polo Cup
Sarosh Hataria seals championship title in the Formula LGB 4 category

Greater Noida, December 1: The final round of the JK Tyre Racing Championship came to a thrilling finish in front of over 10,000 vocal spectators and motor sports fans at the Buddh International Circuit. After setting the tone on Saturday, the best drivers in India came up some spectacular high speed action as the country’s premier motor racing championship drew to a close with the crowning of champions.

Vishnu Prasad of Meco Racing became the first ever champion in the JK Racing India Series that was introduced this year by JK Tyre in technical partnership with Italian racing outfit, Eurointernational. In the Formula LGB 4, redoubtable Sarosh Hataria of Dark Don Racing took the champion’s title, while Rahil Noorani of Mumbai took the top honours in the JK Tyre Volkswagen Polo R Cup.

In the final two races of the JK FB02, Kolhapur-based, Chittesh Mandody, who clinched his maiden victory in this class on Saturday, came up with a stunning repeat performance by taking two more victories making a hat-trick of wins over the weekend. Arjun Maini, who was in the running for the championship along with Vishnu Prasad, finished third in the first race of FB02 class, which he followed by a third place finish in second race of the day. Championship leader, Prasad, finished second and third respectively in the two races, which was enough to ensure him the championship with 179 points. For his super effort in his debut year in the class, Prasad has earned himself a free test in European Formula 3 in Italy with Eurointernational.

In the JK Tyre Volkswagen Polo R Cup, Gaurav Mehta won the first race of the day, with Jeffrey Kruger and Rahil Noorani in second and third places respectively. In the second race, Kruger was back at the top ahead of Noorani and Karthik Tharani. But being an invitation driver, Kruger’s points were not taken into account towards the championship. As a result, Noorani was crowned as the champion in the VW Polo R Cup with a total of 392 points. Prashant Tharani finished the year with 368 points in second place, while Angad Matharoo ended the season in third place with 312 points.

In the only race of the Formula LGB 4 of the day, Kartik Krishna took a fine victory ahead of Vishnu Prasad and Rohit Khanna. Despite finishing outside the top three, it was Hataria’s day, as he was formally crowned as the champion with 230 points, followed by Prasad at 162 points and Krishna in third place on the points table with a tally of 149 points.

But it was the Ultima Queens, who brought the house down when they lined up on the grid for the final race of the day. Sheila Verschuur from The Netherlands once again repeated yesterday’s performance to clinch a fine victory, with Edina Bus and Lieette Braams-Van finishing in second and third places respectively.

JK FB02 – Day 2 Race 1

Position	Driver	Time
1	Chittesh Mandody	24.05.329
2	Vishnu Prasad	24.13.588
3	Arjun Maini	24.13.727

JK Racing India Series FB02 – Day 2 Race 2

Position	Driver	Time
1	Chittesh Mandody	21.47.537
2	Arjun Maini	21.53.699
3	Vishnu Prasad	21.54.008

FLGB 4 – Day 2 Race 1

Position	Driver	Time
1	Kartik Krishna	23.04.811
2	Vishnu Prasad	23.05.616
3	Rohit Khanna	23.05.840

VW Polo R Cup – Day2 Race 1

Position	Driver	Time
1	Gaurav Mehta	12.06.831
2	Jeffrey Kruger	12.08.605
3	Rahil Noorani	12.11.745

VW Polo R Cup – Day 2 Race 2

Position	Driver	Time
1	Jeffrey Kruger	19.49.381
2	Rahil Noorani	19.59.032
3	Karthik Tharani	20.01.403

Ultima Queens – Day 2 Race 1

Position	Driver	Time
1	Sheila Verschuur	15.38.173
2	Edina Bus	15.46.466
3	Liesette Braams – Van	15.55.484

Championship Points Standings: JK Tyre Racing Championship

JK Racing India Series – FB02

Position	Driver	Team	Total Points
1	Vishnu Prasad	EuroInternational
2	Arjun Maini	EuroInternational
3	Chittesh Mandody	EuroInternational

FLGB 4

Position	Driver	Team	Total Points
1	Sarosh Hataria	Dark Don Racing	230
2	Vishnu Prasad	Meco Racing	162
3	Kartik Krishna	Dark Don Racing	149

JK Tyre Racing Championship 2013 Round 4

VW Polo R Cup

Position	Driver	Team	Total Points
1	Rahil Noorani	Volkswagen	392
2	Prashanth Tharani	Volkswagen	368
3	Angad Matharu	Volkswagen	312

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CONGRESS GOVTS DECELERATES THE PACE OF DEVELOPMENT IN DELHI-SUKHBIR

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• NDA committed to realise Vajpayee’s dreams of making the national capital as world’ most well planned city

• Congress making mockery of Delhi people by Quoting Delhi as a developed city

New Delhi, December 1

President Shiromani Akali Dal and Deputy Chief Minister Punjab Mr. Sukhbir Singh Badal today lashed at Congress for decelerating the pace of development initiated by NDA and BJP governments to make the capital of world’s largest democracy as most well planned city of the world. He said that Congress led centre and Delhi governments manipulated the development plans to fill the coffers of its coterie.

Addressing an election rally in the favour of BJP candidate Mr. Rajiv Babbar at Tilak Nagar , Mr. Badal said that the last BJP government had scaled a complete layout plan for the overall development of Delhi and NDA government did its best to complete the work on these plans in a time bound manner. He said that even Delhi Metro Rail Corporation was also set up during the BJP government of Delhi in May 1995 and total ground work and planning was done by BJP government in the subsequent two-three years. Mr. Badal said that former Prime Minister Attal Bihari Vajpayee had also expressed his desire to develop this city as a model of excellence while inaugurating the Delhi metro in December 2002. He said that these were not just the dreams as Delhi has such a high potential that it could be easily developed as one of the top 10 well planned cities of the world and NDA was committed to realise these dreams.

Expressing surprise over tall claims of Congress party, Mr. Badal questioned that how a party could pat its back for development after 15 years of rule in Delhi, when the state was still facing the shortage of basic amenities like water supply and sanitation. He said that speed of the city was still hanged in the heavy traffic jams and everyone used to think twenty times before travelling from one place to other. He said that after NDA rule the speed of development in Delhi dangled as Congress led UPA in collusion with Delhi government handed over these projects to its friendly companies and shared the booty. He said that Congress was making a mockery of Delhi people by quoting Delhi as a developed state as the common man of the city has been contained in the trap of distresses only due to corrupt and mismanaged policies of Congress’ Delhi government. He said that congress has only two things in its basket and those were corruption and inflation.

Mr. Badal appealed the voters of Delhi for the record victory of SAD-BJP candidates to ensure the overall development of the state. Later, Akali President known for his micro poll management held a number ‘Nukar Meetings’ with prominent personality in Hari Nagar and Rajaouri Garden areas.

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AIDS – Guj Ranks 5th, 10th in Population & 8.6 Lakh Infected

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December01, 2013 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_states_and_union_territories_of_India_by_population
While Gujarat rank high at 5th Place in Number of AIDS cases though
rank 10th in Population. So Gujarat Ranks on Top in AIDS definitely.
Gujarat has over 6.3 crore population presently and over 1.32% AIDS
infection rate points to 8.6 lakh people already carry AIDS virus.
0.33% or 2 lakh plus population is AIDS Inflicted against national
average of 0.27%.
Gujarat is among top ranks in Malnutrition, Cancer, AIDS, Under Weight
Children, TB, etc but Low in Education just over 1% are selected for
Civil Services.
Serial Rapes ASARAM or Patan PTC are exclusive to Gujarat contributing
to higher than average AIDS cases.
Ravinder Singh
Inventor & Consultant
Progressindia008@yahoo.com
State ranks 5th in number of cases in India
Shayar Rawal TNN
Ahmedabad: Gujarat has a higher HIV/AIDS adult prevalence rate than
the country average and ranks fifth in the country in number of cases.
Gujarat has an adult prevalence rate of 0.33% against the all-India
0.27%.
According to statistics made available by Gujarat State AIDs
Control Society (GSACS), there are 20.9 lakh people living with
HIV/AIDS of which 1.27 lakh are in Gujarat.
GSACS statistics reveal that the adult prevalence rate was 0.27%
in the country, while it was 0.33% in Gujarat.
Gujarat has the fifth largest number of HIV/ AIDS cases. States
with more cases are Andhra Pradesh, Maharastra, Karnataka and Tamil
Nadu.
According to GSACS, a total of 5.2 lakh people were tested in the
general category between April 1 and October 13 this year. Of these
5.2 lakh, 6,855 people tested positive which is 1.32% of those tested.
Interestingly, Ahmedabad tops the number of people testing
positive in all categories — general, pregnant women and sex workers.
In the same period in 2013, a total of 4.37 lakh pregnant women were
tested, and 463 were found positive.
According to GSACS officials, the high prevalence rate is because
of rapid urbanization followed by the large numbers of migrant
labourers from within the state as well as from other states.
The state also has the longest coastline with lots of ports and
the largest ship breaking yard, both of which attract migrant
labourers and truck drivers.
GSACS has planned a series of event to work on decreasing the
prevalence rate.
A training for 120 people was conducted by the society this month,
for distribution of a multi-drug regimen, a new treatment for
distribution of a multi-drug regimen, a new treatment for HIV/AIDS
patients. This will be gin from March next year.
Patan gang rape Guj HC upholds conviction of six
Lifers For Five, Sentence Of One Reduced
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat high court on Saturday upheld the trial court
judgment convicting six teachers in the Patan gangrape case in which a
19-year-old Dalit student was repeatedly raped over a period of time.
The trial court had sentenced all six to life imprisonment. The high
court upheld the life sentence of five teachers but reduced the
punishment of one, Atul Patel, to 10 years.
The high court bench of Justices Akil Kureshi and Z K Saiyed
observed that the gang rape of the student of PTC-DIET was a clear act
of misuse of power as the student was in the teachers’ custody and her
career depended on them.
The bench concurred with the punishment of life imprisonment given
to Ashwin Parmar, Manish Parmar, Mahendra Prajapati, Kiran Patel and
Suresh Patel as the accused had been found guilty of gang rape under
IPC Section 376(2)(G).
However, in the case of Atul Patel, the court found his offence
“solitary” in nature as he had been exonerated from the charges of
criminal conspiracy and gang rape by the lower court. The high court
jailed Atul Patel for 10 years for the offence of rape.
Special public prosecutor Manisha Lavkumar Shah said she was
satisfied with the verdict.
“The court has accepted all our contentions and upheld that there
was enough corroborative evidence. The court even upheld conviction
for criminal conspiracy and for unnatural sex,” the public prosecutor
said.
Arguing as party-in-person before the high court did not help
Ashwin Parmar who was the prime accused in the case. The judge had
earlier warned the convict that not having legal assistance could
prove risky in a criminal appeal. The court had even offered him legal
aid by appointing an amicus curiae.
On February 4, 2008, the Dalit girl — with other female students
of Patan PTC College — had gone to complain to the police about the
crime committed by the six accused teachers.
The teachers were arrested and tried in a fast track court.
Sessions judge S C Srivastava found them guilty and sentenced them to
life imprisonment on March 6, 2009.
SENTENCED
Gujarat high court on Saturday confirmed life imprisonment to five
teachers of DIET-PTC, Patan for gang-raping a Dalit student. The court
reduced the quantum of punishment for one to 10 years.
In February 2008, a 19-year-old PTC-DIET student in Patan accused six
of her teachers of repeatedly gang-raping her for six months. On
February 2, the survivor fainted at prayer time as a result of the
continuous physical abuse, leading to public outrage. A case was filed
two days later and the trial court convicted all six on March 6, 2009.
A month later, the convicts challenged the verdict in Gujarat high
court
ASHWIN PARMAR
TAUGHT Psychology CONVICTED FOR LIFE For conspiracy (120 B) & gang
rape (376 2 (G))
SURESH PATEL
TAUGHT Social Science CONVICTED FOR LIFE
For conspiracy (120 B) & gang rape (376 2 (G))
MANISH PARMAR
TAUGHT Drawing CONVICTED FOR LIFE
For conspiracy (120 B) & gang rape (376 2 (G))
MAHENDRA PRAJAPATI
TAUGHT Science CONVICTED FOR LIFE
For conspiracy (120 B) & gang rape (376 2 (G))
ATUL PATEL
TAUGHT Maths CONVICTED FOR
10 years for rape (376)
KIRAN PATEL
CLASS TEACHER CONVICTED FOR LIFE
For conspiracy (120 B), gang rape (376 2 (G)) & unnatural sex (377)

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Delhi Smart, Intelligent & Safe City 2013-18

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Delhi education system contributes 143 IAS Officers to Civil Service
in India every year 10 times per capita, per capita income of Delhi is
around Rs.250,000 presently, practically every house has 2-3 motor
vehicles and public transport is adequate, though not well connected,
Internet, Broad Band, Telecom, DTH services are up to 10X higher than
national average, household electricity consumption in Delhi is 3500
Units or three time of Mumbai– 10 times of MP or 3-4 times Gujarat, it
is common knowledge Delhi has more Cars than all big cities of India
combined. Delhi Metro is among the best in the world compared to Lame
Duck suburban services other Metro Cities.
Value of real estate has gone up 10X in 10 years points to rising prosperity.
Even an Economically Weaker Section house in Dakshinpuri sold by DDA
for few thousands is worth more than a large House in Los Angeles.
Water Supply is a big challenge because NGOs affiliated to opposition
sabotaged Renuka, Lakhwar & Vyasi Dams that are to ensure over 2000
cusecs to even 5000 cusec river flows even summer months as Upper
Yamuna Basin shall utilize over 7 BCM more water going waste to sea in
the absence of Storage Dams – for regulation of floods, and maximize
water availability. These Dams can be built in 2-3 years. Yamuna
waters flowing in river shall dilute sewage and accelerate biological
digestion 10 fold, penetration of Sun Light shall kill almost all
harmful organisms.
Delhi Smart, Intelligent & Safe City 2013-18
1. SMART GARBAGE DISPOSAL – AVOID RAW FOOD IMPORTS: Garbage is a big
problem in Delhi – 10,000 tones per day is largely food waste. Delhi
imports raw fruits and vegetables, generates most of the waste unlike
developed countries where 80% of fruits and vegetables are processed
at farms leaving behind all the fruits and vegetable waste to be
recycled as fertilizers.
2. SMART FOODS: PROCESSED, HYGIENIC & NUTRITIOUS FOODS IMPORT: Delhi
shall import processed foods, fruit juices and half cooked rotis from
neighboring states, delivered like milk every day in the morning. This
shall boost income of farmers and rural economy. Instead of Rs.60 per
kg for raw vegetables – 500 gm of cooked Vegetables shall be delivered
for more or less same price. Women in Delhi are educated and very high
percent are working shall save up to two hours of cooking duties.
Every housing block shall have a corner Food Shop or Store so that
foods are available most of the time within walking distance or can be
ordered.
3. SMART INFRASTRUCTURE: Delhi shall introduce INFRASTRUCTURE ACT to
make sure Public Funded Under Used or Unused Infrastructure is put to
optimum use. Delhi government shall publish Infrastructure Report on
Weekly or monthly basis. Any entrepreneur shall apply and make use of
under use Infrastructure. Best Broad Band, Internet, IPTV services etc
shall be provided to consumers.
4. SMART INDUSTRIES: R&D BASED POLLUTION FREE INDUSTRIES BE PROMOTED.
Manufacturing Industries be shifted to neighboring states.
5. SMART HOUSING: New Rent Act empowering property owners to make
full use of their properties shall add 10% to Delhi GDP.
6. SMART ELECTRICITY: Delhi shall reduce Transmission Losses to 6%
world standard. Consumers shall be provided with SMART Energy monitors
on hire or Paid Bases to enable them monitor Energy Use any time –
guide them to reduce Energy Use by Self Regulations.
7. SMART TRANSPORT: All Transport Services shall be interlinked. Bus
Stops shall be located next to Metro Stations, Feeder Service by
Electric Vehicles & High Capacity Electric Trolley Buses be provided.
New Railway Terminal Stations be built and New Delhi Station Be
Expanded. New Railway terminal be installed at NOIDA connected to
DADRI so East Going trains by pass Delhi Region and save time.
8. SMART SECURITY: High Resolution CCTV be installed in each RWA or Block.
9. SMART EDUCATION: Education Policy shall provide Enrollment of
Children within 1-2 kilometers. Rotation of Teachers Every Three Years
shall ensure Uniform Standards. Incentives provided to high performing
teachers. Sports for 1-2 hours be compulsory every day. Teachers are
to be remotely monitored by Parents of children, to compare teaching.
All Professional Colleges are to match Global Standards Introduce
Latest Syllabus.
10. SMART WATER SUPPLY: Delhi shall provide 24 hour Treated Potable
water supply. EXISTING LINES Shall be improved and HDPE pipes shall
ensure CONTAMINATION FREE water supply at Full Pressure. Smart meters
shall monitor supply at important junctions. Tube-wells if required
shall supply HARD WATER to fill up Over Head Tanks at night 10 AM to 5
PM for Flushing Toilets.
11. SMART RENEWABLES: Delhi homes shall have SolarPV and Solar Water
Heater program. Combined Heat & Power Generators be promoted and run
at full power particularly at peak times.
12. SMARTEST POWER GRID: Just 1% or 2% largest consumers shall be
subjected to power cuts or power supply restricted than entire feeder
Load Shedding.
13. SMART TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT: Car Pooling, Opening RWA Gates during
8 AM to 8 PM to reduce Traffic Congestion ‘CCTV Cameras to Look At
Traffic From Security Point of View’. No Parking allowed in Congestion
Zones. Severe penalty to be prescribed for Vehicles Blowing Horns and
or Making High Noise when passing through Residential Colonies, near
School & Hospitals.
14. SMART PARKING: Boundary wall of Houses be Demolished or
retracted to ensure MAXIMUM parking space for House Owners – Parking
on Road to attract Parking Tax or Periodical Fee depending on size.
15. SMART DRAINAGE SEWAGE: All Open Drains and Sewage be carried in
PIPES to provide clean environment. Top of the Sewage and Drains can
be used by light traffic, play grounds etc.
Ravinder Singh*
Inventor & Consultant
Y-77, Hauz Khas,
New Delhi – 110016
*Ravinder Singh is a WIPO awarded inventor specializing in Power,
Transportation, Water, Energy

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VHP TO CEC FOR VIOLATION OF MODEL CODE BY CONGRESS

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New Delhi. Nov 30, 2013. Vishwa Hindu Parishad(VHP) today sent a letter to the Chief Election commissioner shri V.S.Sampath requesting him to take action against the ruling congress party for the Union Cabinets decision clearing a policy to provide compensation for minority youths falsely implicated in terror cases. In his letter, the state secretary General VHP shri Satyendra Mohan said that the impugned resolution by the government on the basis of religion is not only prohibitory by Articles 15(1) and 16(2) of the constitution but also marks many questions on the functioning of our police & Judiciary system. Free,fair & speedy trial and compensation for damages is the right of every citizen of the country, why it is being given to Muslims only?, he asked.

Releasing the letter to media, shri Vinod Bansal, Media Chief of VHP Delhi said that this decision of the Union cabinet on 28^th Nov. 2013 i.e. just three days before date of polling in Rajasthan & 6 days before polling in the state of NCT of Delhi is a pre-poll exploitive stunt meant to influence the minority community to attract voters. The said religion-based compensation would divide the country. The impugned resolution by the government on the basis of religion is prohibited by Articles 15(1) and 16(2) of the constitution. In his letter VHP demanded action against Congress, the ruling party, for misusing its official position for the purpose of its Election campaign thus is a blatant violation of the model code of conduct and the patently unconstitutional. The Congress party is taking this action for political benefits by seeking votes on the basis of religion, hence, it should be debarred from fighting the elections, VHP added.

This is to note that the report that recommends the policy will be tabled in the upcoming winter session of Parliament. The Centre gave its go-ahead to the ATR on the 18th annual report of the National Commission of Minorities for the year 2010-11. This was supplemented with a note from the minority affairs ministry prepared this year. The MHA, however, was of the opinion that adequate constitutional and security safeguards were already available to those accused of terrorism to seek legal remedies.

Regards

Vinod Bansal

Media Chief

Vishwa Hindu Parishad-Delhi

Mo. 9810949109

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8th Asia Gas Partnership Summit

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Hon’ble Minister of P&NG, Hon’ble MoS of P&NG and Textiles to grace the occasion

High-level delegations from Turkmenistan and Tanzania to attend
46 speakers from 16 countries to address the Conference
New Delhi, December 1: Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh, will inaugurate Asia’s premier natural gas event, the 8th Asia Gas Partnership Summit (AGPS), on 3rd December, 2013. Hon’ble Minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas, Dr. M. Veerappa Moily and Hon’ble Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas & Textiles Smt. Panabaaka Lakshmi will also grace the occasion.
Among the foreign dignitaries for the 8th AGPS are Hon’ble Minister of Oil and Gas Industry and Mineral Resources of Turkmenistan, Mr. Muhammetnur Halylov, and Hon’ble Members of Parliament from Tanzania Mr. Victor K. Mwambalaswa and Mr. Sumar Ahmedali Shaffin.
The 8th AGPS is being organized by GAIL (India) Limited and Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI). It will bring together a host of industry leaders from across the globe over two days and is expected to witness the participation of over 46 speakers from 16 countries and more than 800 delegates.
The two-day conference with the theme ‘Asian Gas Market: Challenges and Opportunities in the Changing Paradigm’ will have six business sessions and a special session and feature some of the best speakers and experts in their areas.
The inaugural session will be followed by the theme session which will be chaired by Hon’ble Minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas, Dr. M. Veerappa Moily and the speakers will include Hon’ble Minister of Oil and Gas Industry and Mineral Resources of Turkmenistan, Mr. Muhammetnur Halylov, Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Mr. Vivek Rae, Executive Director, International Energy Agency, Ms. Maria Van Der Hoeven and President, International Gas Union, Mr. Jerome Ferrier.
During the other sessions, deliberations will take place on some of the significant issues of the industry including ‘Understanding the Asian Gas Market: Global Consumers’ & Producers’ Perspective’, ‘Commercial & Operational Implications of Evolving Gas Trade’, ‘LNG Shipping – Current State & Future Developments’, ‘Emerging Gas Sources: Implications for Asian Gas Markets’ and ‘Asian Gas Market in the Global Context’.
The other major features of the event are Master Classes on LNG Shipping and LNG Trading, Pricing & Hedging Strategies.
The participants from international organizations and companies will include top officials from International Energy Agency, International Gas Union, BG Group, Carrizo Oil & Gas of the US, PetroChina Company Limited, GDF Suez of France, Shell, Total Gas & Power and Natural Gas Fenosa of Spain, besides others.
The theme of the 8th AGPS, ‘Asian Gas Market: Challenges and Opportunities in the Changing Paradigm’, reflects the increasing demand for cleaner and more cost-efficient sources of energy due to high economic growth in the Asian economies. Already a major market for the international natural gas business, these high growth nations will continue to be aggressive contenders for global energy resources. Asian countries, including India, are set to play a key role in the global energy market and offer significant potential for growth of the natural gas industry.
The demand in the region is expected to increase at a CAGR of 4.2 percent and reach nearly 1,111 bcm by 2035 from the current level of around 450 bcm. The 8th AGPS is expected to play a significant role in exploring ways to bridge this growing demand.
As in the previous year, a special report on the knowledge paper prepared by knowledge partner McKinsey & Company, India will be released during the event.
The AGPS, being organized since 2003 with the support of the International Gas Union, is today emerged one of the must-attend business conferences in the region.
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‘Beatriz’s War’ from East Timor bags ‘Golden Peacock’ at IFFI 2013

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Government to put up single window clearance system for shooting of films in India
Festival closes with screening of ‘Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom’

East Timor film ‘Beatriz’s War’ bagged Golden Peacock award for Best Film at the closing ceremony of 44th International Film Festival of India. The film, directed by Bety Reis and Luigi Acquisto, is a passionate story of one woman’s conviction to remain true to the man she loves. The award carries a Golden Peacock, a certificate and a Cash Prize of Rs. 40 lakh.

Indian Director Kaushik Ganguli bags the award for Best Director for his Bengali film ‘Apur Panchali’. The award carries a Silver Peacock, a certificate and a cash prize of Rs. 15 lakh.

Special Jury Award went to Turkish film ‘Thou Gild’st The Even’, directed by Onur Unlu. The award carries a Silver Peacock, a certificate and a cash prize of Rs. 15 lakh.

Best Actor (Male) award went to Alon Moni Aboutboul for his performance in Israeli movie ‘A Place in Heaven’. The award carries a Silver Peacock, a certificate and a cash prize of Rs. 10 lakh.

Best Actor (Female) award was presented to Boczarska Magdalena for her excellent performance in Polish film ‘In Hiding’. The Award carries a Silver Peacock, a certificate and a cash prize of Rs. 10 lakh.

The Special Centenary Award was given to Bengali film ‘Meghe Dhaka Tara’, directed by Kamaleshwar Mukherjee. The award carries a Silver Peacock, a certificate and a cash prize of Rs. 10 lakh.

On the occasion Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Shri Manish Tewari said that 44th IFFI was a celebration of freedom of the human spirit, liberated from the mores of conventionalism, imbued with the ability to dare and above all the power of a ‘New Idea’. Talking about the initiatives taken over the past one year, he said, the first and foremost is the single window mechanism that the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has put in place to allow and facilitate film makers from abroad to come and shoot in India in any part of the country with convenience. He added that the same mechanism has been extended to domestic film producers also so that the number of clearances which they face for shooting are brought down so that the whole business of film or producing films can be streamlined. He said that the government has also taken the initiative to replace the archaic Cinematograph Act with a completely new legislation, the draft of which is on the Ministry’s website for public consultation. He said that the government is proposing to increase the number of cinema screens across the country by working with state governments.

Justin Chadwick’s film ‘Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom’ was the closing film of the festival. The film is based on anti-apartheid revolutionary and former South African President Nelson Mandela’s autobiographic book, ‘Long Walk to Freedom’. The film chronicles his life from his childhood in a rural village to his emergence as the first democratically elected President of South Africa.

With this, the 11-day extravaganza of films, discussions and press conferences on films came to an end. Governor of Goa Shri Bharat Veer Wanchoo, Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Shri Manish Tewari, Chief Minister of Goa, Shri Manohar Parrikar, many International and Bollywood personalities including Asha Parekh, Rohit Shetty, Jimmy Shergil and Deepshikha were also present at the closing ceremony. Famous Malaysian actress and filmmaker Michelle Yeoh was the Chief Guest for the closing ceremony. The ceremony opened with gala performances by renowned Indian rock fusion artist and film playback singer Remo Fernandes from Goa.

Joint Secretary (Films), Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Shri Raghavendra Singh and Chairman, Governing Council of Entertainment Society of Goa (ESG) Shri Vishnu Surya Wagh were also present at the closing ceremony.

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Protesters block govt HQ in Kiev

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Participants in a rally in support of Ukraine’s integration with the EU, near Kiev’s city hall occupied by protesters on December 2, 2013.

The demonstrators managed to storm the Kiev City Council building.

The opposition are trying to entrenched in the center of the Ukrainian capital, ready to repel police, while a column of 5,000 activists are picketing the cabinet headquarters. Police are trying to persuade intruders to leave government facilities.

Early in the morning opposition leaders formed a column of protesters that marched to the Ukrainian government headquarters and encircled it, declaring they would stay there all day to prevent the government from functioning. Protesters have also announced a national strike starting from Monday.

Eight buses with officers from the Berkut riot police squad are parked in the courtyard of the government building, but they are not interfering with the demonstrators. Police are guarding the entrances to the cabinet.

Those blocking government headquarters are carrying national flags and banners of the nationalist Svoboda (Freedom) party, following overnight clashes with the police. Opposition leaders have addressed their supporters and reiterated their demands: resignation of both the government and the president and early presidential and parliamentary elections.

Former minister of the interior and currently one of the leaders of the opposition, Yury Lutsenko, called on the people to rally near the cabinet building and not to approach the presidential administration, which was fruitlessly sieged on Sunday.

The rally near the seat of government will continue until “an order to return to Maidan [Independence Square] comes,” Lutsenko stressed.

Protest leaders are stressing that the march is peaceful and are calling on their supporters to “remain calm”.

Ukrainian protest reached a head of steam the previous night in fierce clashes with police, who were trying to contain a human sea of reportedly around 500,000 protesting people. Media agencies

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Egypt draft charter approved for referendum

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Egypt’s new draft constitution has been approved for a referendum billed as the first stage in a “democratic transition” promised by military-installed authorities after Islamist president Mohamed Morsi’s July ouster.

“Now we have approved the draft,” Amr Mussa, the head of the 50-member constitution-drafting panel, announced on live television on Sunday.

“The draft will be given to (interim president) Adly Mansour on Tuesday,” he said, adding: “Long live Egypt.”

The revised charter, which preserves the military’s wide-ranging powers, including the ability to try civilians in certain cases, will be put to a referendum expected to be held in January.

Earlier the panel had rejected an article outlining the schedule of parliamentary and presidential elections — tentatively planned for mid-2014 — forcing the charter writers to redraft it.

The rewritten article, read out by Mussa, says the procedures for the “first election” must begin at least 30 days after the adoption of the constitution but cannot go beyond 90 days.

“Procedures for the other election must begin within six months of the referendum.” The rewritten article did not specify which election would be held first.

Abdel Gilil Mustafa, a senior member of the panel, told an Egyptian television network that “the president will decide which election will be held first.”

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Four dead, 63 injured in NYC train derailment

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Metro-North passenger train derailed in the Bronx area of New York City, with reports of four deaths and 63 injured, 11 of them critically, according to the FDNY, media reports.

Rebecca Schwartz, a witness at the scene, told the AP news agency that some of the carriages were submerged in water and that numerous emergency vehicles were at the scene. However, photos taken by witnesses show the cars just derailed without slipping into the water. Local media say up to 135 firefighters are at the scene. Police later said that the carriages were not submerged in water.

The Metropolitan Transit Authority identified the four victims as 54-year-old Donna L. Smith of Newburgh; 58-year-old James G. Lovell of Cold Spring; 59-year-old James M. Ferrari of Montrose; and 35-year-old Ahn Kisook of Queens.

Emergency workers at the scene of a commuter train wreck on Dec 1, 2013 in the Bronx borough of New York.

The derailment happened just north of Manhattan, near Spuyten Duyvil station, shortly after 7am on Sunday. According to ABC, the train was the 5:54 from Poughkeepsie to Grand Central and was due to arrive into Grand Central at 07:43.

Five cars of the train’s seven carriages came off the track about 100 feet north of the station just after 7am, MTA spokesman Aaron Donovan told WCBS 880 radio.

Donovan who was working near the scene of the crash said the noise was so great he thought a plane was coming in.

“I was at my desk at my computer, and I thought a plane was coming in. I jumped away. Then after the noise stopped, I looked out the window and saw the derailment, and I called 911 right away,” he said.

Emergency crews at the scene of a commuter train wreck on Dec 1, 2013 in the Bronx borough of New York.

Frank Tatulli, a passenger who managed to get out of the wreck on his own despite suffering head and neck injuries, told WABC radio that he thought the train was traveling faster than usual.

The New York state Governor Andrew Cuomo confirmed the casualty figures and said that the authorities believe everyone at the site has been accounted for. He added that the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) was on its way to the crash site to begin an investigation. Media agencies RT

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Sonia Gandhi inaugurates projects in Raebareli

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जीत जायेंगे हम आप अगर संग हैं l<br /> #Bharatnirman

Sonia Gandhi visited her constituency Raebareli today. She will Inaugurate numerous public welfare projects .Gandhi, reached Raebareli this morning, inaugurated and laid foundation of over 50 roads constructed under Pradhan Mantri Gramin Sadak Yojna (PMGSY) connecting various villages of her constituency.She inaugurated a water treatment plant at Saraimugla. During the visit, she would lay the foundation of a new railway line — Raebareli- Maharajganj-Akbarganj. This line would bring Mahrajganj tehsil of Raebareli on the railway map for the first time.

Raebareli to be connected to Faizabad by the shortest railway route. Later in the day, Gandhi will also inaugurate an FM radio station at Akashwani premises on Amawan road. The FM rainbow available at 102.8 mhz would provide information and entertainment to people of the constituency.

Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Monday inaugurated several roads projects in her parliamentary constituency Raebareli, where she will launch a host of other projects, including a railway line.

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At WTO India to press for food security right

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Bali WTO meet: India to press for food security right

The crucial WTO ministerial meeting in Bali this week, India made it very clear that it will be firm on the core agenda of food security while pursuing a “persuasive and constructive” dialogue.

The Ninth WTO Ministerial Conference to be held in Bali, Indonesia, from December 3 to 6.

A day after Commerce Minister Anand Sharma asserted that India will secure and protect its right to food security and strive for a permanent immunity from any kind of farm subsidy breach, he is likely to unequivocally convey to his interlocutors that India’s concerns on food security are non- negotiable.

Sharma, who is leading a 30-member delegation for the Bali meet, is also likely to raise strongly the issue of subsistence to farmers in India in the G-33 meeting being convened tomorrow ahead of the ministerial conference.

Sources said he will underscore the fact the Bali ministerial meet must have a fair and balanced outcome, addressing concerns of developing countries adequately, especially on food security.

The Minister is expected to take a position that India’s public stock-holding programme for public distribution system cannot be compromised for minor gains of developed countries. Sharma is likely to underscore India’s commitment for the LDC (least developed countries) agenda where India has taken a unilateral decision for zero duty access covering 96.2 per cent of tariff lines.

India will demonstrate its constructive engagement, as it has unequivocally endorsed 3 out of the 5 issues under consideration – LDC issues, tariff rate quota and export competition, sources said.

Sharma may also pitch for a balanced outcome which addresses India’s food security concerns and not just an outcome which concerns the interests of the strong exporting economies of the developed world. Media agencies

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Parliament has delayed Adolescent Labour Abolition Bill,

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Debra Rosen, Walk Free

To Nksagar_1@yahoo.com

Today at 12:33 AM

Hi Naresh,

“On the day that Durga Mala was rescued, she lay crying on the stone floor, where she was attempting to cool her back. She was 11 years old and her skin was covered with blisters, from her shoulder blades to her buttocks. A few days earlier, her owners had poured hot oil over her because they thought she was working too slowly.”¹

The Indian Parliament must believe we’re not concerned about Durga or millions of children like her in India. Why? Because time and again, the Parliament has delayed a vote on the Child and Adolescent Labour Abolition Bill, which would ban employment of children up to 14 years of age. But we are watching.

The Indian Parliament resumes on 5 December. Every day the bill is delayed, several children remain at risk of being bought and sold to work in unimaginable conditions of sex slavery, bonded labour and domestic servitude. Unless we speak up.

We need to build massive public pressure for the Indian government to pass this historic legislation that will help end child slavery in India.

Call on the Indian Parliament to immediately pass the Child and Adolescent Labour Abolition Bill and help end child slavery in India.

In just days, the Indian Parliament will resume. This is our last chance to put the bill to vote before general elections next year.

The Child and Adolescent Labour Abolition Bill will:

1. Prohibit employment of children up to 14 years of age;
2. Outline harsher sentences for violators of child labour laws; and
3. Provide for monitoring of suspected instances of child slavery.

While stories like Durga’s are making headlines, there are many more that remain hidden, trapped in the nightmare of modern slavery – with no choice, no pay and with no realistic chance of escaping. At an age when children should be in school, they are being subjected to situations that make them vulnerable to serious physical and psychological harm.

But all this could end. The ban on child labour will help end enslavement of children in India. But the delay to vote on this bill is delaying freedom for children from modern slavery. Even scarring them for life.

Tell the Indian government to help end child slavery and pass the Child and Adolescent Labour Abolition Bill now.

Thank you in advance for your support. Once you have taken action, please forward this message on to everyone you know and help bring us one step closer to eliminating modern slavery.

In solidarity,

Debra, Mich, Jess, Kamini, Mika, Sarah, Kate, Olly, Joanna, Jayde and the Walk Free Team

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“Panchal Maha Utsav”

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“Panchal Maha Utsav” A festival in tribute to the brave spirit of Princess of Panchal, Draupadi – we present:

“Kavita ki ek Shaam, Panchali ke Naam”
India International Center: December 18, 6pm – 8.30pm

with Nationally Renowned Poets, Presided by Dr. Girija Vyas, Hon.Minister, GOI
Followed by dance drama “Women of Mahabharata” from
Sharon Lowen, Shovna Narayan and groups:

We request your gracious presence at the Programs of

The Panchal MahaUtsav

A Festival to celebrate the rich Cultural Heritage of the auspicious land of Draupadi,

the Princess of Panchal, as a tribute to her brave spirit.

The programs showcase the Folk Traditions, Art, History, Literature, Culture etc of the once powerful & prosperous Panchal land, which was the land of Draupadi’s birth, and famous for its Vedic knowledge.

Festival is from 15^th-19^th Dec 2013,

Venue:

Dilli Haat for Craft & Folk Performances,

IIC for Seminar, Panel Discussion & Kavita ki Shaam Panchali Ke Naam.

The program outline is attached herein.

Team Draupadi Trust

Please support us by “liking” our page and by inviting your friends to this event!! THANK YOU!!

Go here to “like” - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Draupadi-Trust/228027220692319?ref=hl

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Intel news around the world

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Bangladesh blockade extended

Bangladesh, the 18-party BNP-led Opposition combine has extended the nationwide rail-road-waterways 72-hour blockade by another 49 hours till Thursday evening. The Opposition is demanding postponement of January 5 parliamentary elections till agreement is reached on election-time government. Rail links have virtually been paralysed, while long-distance buses and ferries remain affected. Top BNP leaders have been sued for instigating violence, and police have arrested hordes of activists. The Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmed stated last night that elections will not be postponed and that nominations have to be filled within the stipulated date of 2nd December. Meanwhile UN Human Rights Commissioner Navi Pillai have asked Bangladesh leaders to stop brinkmanship, whatever their differences, warning political chaos will lead the country to a dangerous state. At least 28 people have died and hundreds injured in two spells of blockades since November 25th when elections were announced.

NSC accuses US of pressurising it to sign Afghan-US BSA:

Afghan National Security Council (NSC) has accused the United States of pressurising it to sign the Afghan-US Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA). It alleged that the pressure tactcits include cutting the fuel supplies to Afghan Army and the Police. A press statement issued by the the President’s office in Kabul says, the meeting of NSC was held under the chairmanship of President Hamid Karzai and it reviewed the reports presented by the Afghan Defense and Interior Ministries. The Defense and Interior Ministers briefed the meeting about the stopping of fuel supply, delivery and other support services for the Afghan Security Forces by the United States. The statement described the step by the US-led NATO forces to be against the previous commitments by the alliance towards the Afghan security forces. According to the statement the members of the Afghan NSC insisted that the proposed Afghanistan-US bilateral security agreement can only be singed through mutual cooperation and not through pressure.

The UN mandated International Force combat mission in Afghanistan is likely to end by the next year. For the continued presence of some US troops in the war ravaged country after 2014 Afghanistan and the United States are negotiating for the past one year. Although they have ironed out most of their differences, but some issues like the legal immunity to the US troops from prosecution in case of any omission and commission is still hanging on fire. Although the Loya Jirga or the grand council of Afghan tribal elders, held recently in Kabul approved signing of the agreement, President Karzai has said that the agreement will be signed after the presidential election in Afghanistan in April next year. On the other hand the US wants that the agreement should be signed immediately.

Canadian arrested on suspicion of spying for China

Canadian police have arrested a Toronto resident suspected of suspected of seeking to pass classified information to China about Canadian shipbuilding procurement policies, reported Reuters. Jennifer Strachan, a chief superintendent with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, told reporters that Canadian citizen Qing Quentin Huang, 53, who had worked for a subcontractor involved in ship design was arrested on Saturday. He faces two charges of attempting to communicate with a foreign entity. “In these types of cases, sharing of information may give a foreign entity a tactical, military or competitive advantage by knowing the specifications of vessels responsible for defending Canadian waters and Canadian sovereignty,” she said. Strachan refused to comment on what sort of information the suspect attempted to provide to China, but stated that it posed no threat to public safety.

India- U.S. Police Chiefs Conference

The India-U.S. Police Chiefs conference will be held on 4th and 5th December, 2013 at New Delhi and inaugurated by Union Home Minister Shri Sushilkumar Shinde. The conference will be attended by U.S. delegation consisting of Police Chiefs from major cities and their technology partners. The representatives of Indian delegation with include Indian State Police Forces, Para-military Forces, Technology partners and other law enforcement agencies.The conference aims to open floor for the technology partners of both countries to evolve an institutionalized mechanism so as to work incessantly on sustainable technology up gradation for perceptible reduction in crime and providing more secure and livable environment to citizens. Cyber security and use of Forensic Science to determine accuracy of crime investigation will remain focal point of the conference.

During the two day event, both sides will make presentations on response to mass casualty events, Maritime Security and Law Enforcement (Passenger & Cargo Security), Surveillance and Command Control in Urban Policing, Security and Law Enforcement in Mass Transit System, Lawful Interception (Intelligence) & Investigations, Crime Investigations and Forensics and Community Policing in multi-jurisdictional complex environment.

The participants will deliberate on the key areas of internal security and explore future perspective of collaboration for building strategic alliances through the use of effective techniques for professional excellence of the police forces.

A delegation of MHA officials headed by Union Home Minister Shri Sushilkumar Shinde had visited the USA in May, 2013 to discuss various issues of internal security. The focus of discussion remained on the operational coordination between the law enforcement agencies of both the countries. The Indian side had proposed to organise the Police Chiefs’ conference at New Delhi to share and exchange knowledge on success, best practices and lessons learned in the context of mega city policing, critical infrastructure protection, cyber security and other matters pertaining to internal security.

Thai PM rejects protesters’ demands

Yingluck Shinawatra says demands to dissolve parliament and establish a “people’s council” are unconstitutional.

Libya ready for re-opening of Russian embassy in Tripoli

Libya is ready for the re-opening of the Russian embassy in Tripoli, Libyan Foreign Minister Muhammad Abdel-Aziz has said. “We are having intensive consultations with the Russian government, primarily with the Foreign Ministry, on the return of the embassy to Libya,” he told Voice of Russia radio. “We were told that a decision has been made on its return,” Interfax quoted him as saying.

Biden to visit Japan, China

US Vice-President Joe Biden is expected to seek a balance between calming military tensions with China and backing ally Japan on a trip to Asia this week, Reuters said. In Tokyo on Tuesday, Biden will likely assure Japan that a military alliance with the US is strong as the government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe wrangles with China over a territorial dispute. The vice-president will, however, have to try to calm tensions between the US and key trade partner China. Analysts believe China may have overreached with its announcement of the air defense zone as it becomes more assertive in the East China Sea and South China Sea. Biden is expected to suggest ways out of the crisis when he meets President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Wednesday.

US shopping season’s spending declines

Retailers drew bigger crowds during the four-day Thanksgiving weekend, but failed to motivate Americans to spend, AP reported. A record 141 million people were expected to shop in stores and online over the four-day period that ended on Sunday, up from last year’s 137 million. Over the four days, spending fell an estimated 2.9 percent to $57.4 billion. Shoppers, on average, were expected to spend $407.02 during the four days, down 3.9 percent from last year. That would be the first decline since the 2009 holiday shopping season.

UK’s Cameron in Beijing to promote EU-China free trade deal

British Prime Minister David Cameron arrived in Beijing on Monday with the largest UK trade delegation ever to visit China. He announced he wants to lay the groundwork for a full-scale multi-billion-dollar free trade deal between China and the EU, despite growing unease about his own country’s membership of the bloc, Reuters said. Some EU states fear their markets would be flooded with cheap Chinese imports if such a deal is signed, but Cameron points to the “massive success” of a similar deal with South Korea.

Thai riot police fire teargas to disperse protesters

Thai protesters on Monday renewed their attack on the government building in Bangkok, prompting riot police to fire tear gas and stun grenades. A crowd of around 2,000 gathered near barricades erected by the authorities to stop protesters approaching Government House, Reuters reported. The demonstrators also managed to dismantle some on Chaimaruchet Bridge, a main intersection on Sunday. Protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban said there were no negotiations with the government and, speaking on television, called for a general strike starting on Monday. The government has reportedly deployed troops in the capital.

Scotland helicopter crash death toll rises to nine

Police have discovered the body of one more victim in the debris of the Clutha Vaults pub in Glasgow, Scotland, bringing the total number of people killed in Friday’s crash to nine. The name of a fifth victim has also been released. “We can now confirm that Samuel McGhee died during the incident on Friday,” Detective Chief Constable Rose Fitzpatrick said. “Sadly I can also confirm the discovery of a further body.” She added that the investigation is ongoing. The police helicopter crashed into the roof of the crowded pub on Friday night, killing all three people on board the vehicle in addition to the five previously confirmed dead who had been in the building.

China’s lunar probe with first moon rover blasts off

China’s Chang’e-3 lunar probe with its first moon rover “Yutu” (Jade Rabbit) aboard took off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China, Xinhua state news agency reported. This is the first time China has sent a spacecraft to the surface of moon. The rover is to soft-land on the Earth’s satellite in mid-December to conduct surveys. If the mission is successful, China will become the third country to have landed on the moon, after the US and Russia.

120 killed in clashes in northern Yemen

Around 120 people have been killed and dozens wounded in northern Yemen as fighting erupted between Shiite Houthi rebels and Sunni Salafis, reports meedia. Clashes started after the Houthis, who control most of Saada province, accused the Salafis of massing thousands of fighters, including foreigners, in a religious school in Damaj with the aim of attacking them. The Salafis argued that the foreigners were religious students studying Islamic theology at the Dar al-Hadith academy. A government official, Amin al-Hemyari, who was in charge of enforcing a ceasefire reached last month, accused the Houthis of breaking the agreement. He said that no casualty figures were available for the Shiite rebels following the Sunday violence outbreak.

Ukrainian Interior Minister apologizes for crackdown on protesters

Ukrainian Minister of the Interior Vitaly Zakharchenko apologized for excessive use of force by the Berkut special police force division, while dispersing a pro-EU protest in the center of Kiev, the Ukrainian UNN news agency reports. Zakharchenko emphasized that he was totally against brutal crackdowns and had informed his subordinates of his position. The minister added he would insist on an investigation into the incident. The head of the Kiev police, Valery Koryak, who ordered the Berkut forces to disperse the crowd, reportedly earlier resigned from office.

Al-Qaeda claims presence in the West Bank

A group associated with Al-Qaeda has confirmed that three militants killed by Israeli forces in the West bank last week used to belong to an Islamist network that appeared in Palestine. In a statement posted on an Islamist web forum, a Majles Shura al-Mujahideen, or Holy Warriors’ Assembly, mentioned that “the global jihadi doctrine has reached the bank of pride, the West Bank.” Earlier Israeli officials accused the three killed Palestinians of plotting attacks against Israel. The three men, suspected of belonging to an Al-Qaeda-linked cell, violently resisted their arrest and were shot dead by Israeli troops.

6.3 quake strikes off Indonesian island

A magnitude 6.3 earthquake has struck at sea off the coast of Indonesia’s Barat Daya islands, the US Geological Survey reported. The quake struck in the early hours of Sunday morning. The epicenter of the tremor was located at a shallow depth of 10km not far from a small island called Damar. There have been no immediate reports of damage or casualties, nor reports of a tsunami warning.

6.2-magnitude quake strikes off Sumatra

An earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale has struck off the coast of Sumatra Island in Indonesia, reports the US Geological Survey. The epicenter of the quake was 260 kilometers west of the town of Sibolga in the Indian Ocean. No damage has been reported and a tsunami warning has not been issued.

5 dead in Italian factory fire

At least five people have been killed and three injured after a clothing factory caught fire in the town of Prato near Florence, according to fire service officials who spoke to media. The five charred bodies were recovered from what appeared to be an improvised dormitory on the site, and local media confirmed that at least 11 workers had been living in a small structure made out of cardboard walls above the warehouse. The factory is an area known to a number of Chinese-owned textile businesses.

Egypt police use tear gas against Pro-Morsi students on Tahrir square

Police in Cairo have used tear gas to disperse about a thousand students, supporters of the ousted president Mohammed Morsi, marching from Cairo University to the capital’s iconic Tahrir Square, Ahram Online reports. Protesters reportedly retreated to the Talaat Harb entrance to the square, heading for side streets. Islamist protesters rallied on Sunday against “the military rule” in Egypt and, also, to condemn the killing of a student by security forces during a demonstration on Thursday. Sunday’s rally has become the first time in over a month that Islamist anti-government protesters managed to enter the square that was the epicenter of previous uprisings.

SHOWCASE YOUR PRODUCTS IN IRAN

Exhibition & Buyer Seller Meet (BSM)

Dec 15-19, 2013: Tehran & Isfahan

Dear Sir/ Madam,

We are delighted to inform you that Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) in association with Ministry of Commerce & Industry, GOI, Iran Chamber of Commerce, Tehran Chamber of Commerce and Embassy of India is organising Three days Exhibition and Buyer Seller Meet (BSM) in Tehran and one day BSM in Isfahan from Dec 15 – 19, 2013.

India-Iran economic and commercial ties have traditionally been buoyed by Indian import of Iranian crude oil. India’s exports to Iran include Rice, Machinery & Instruments, Metals, primary and semi finished Iron & Steel, Drugs/Pharmaceuticals & Fine Chemicals, Processed Minerals, Manmade Yarn & Fabrics, Tea, Organic/Inorganic/Agro Chemicals, Rubber Manufactured Products, etc.

This exhibition would provide an excellent opportunity for Indian Business Commodities to showcase their products & services in Iranian Market.

This Exhibition & Business Meetings endeavors to bring together leading businessmen, Sr. Govt Officials and Policy Makers from Iran, to enable future business cooperation. There would be exclusive Business-to-Business (B2B) meetings with Iranian companies during the exhibition.

Highlights of the Event

o Three days Exhibition: Showcasing best of India’s Products/ Services/ Technologies

o India – Iran Business Forum.

Thousands rally in Pakistan against US drone attacks

Around 5,000 people took to streets on Sunday in Pakistan’s second-largest city of Lahore, in protest of continued American drone strikes in the northwest of the country. The attacks have allegedly killed hundreds of civilians, including children. Chanting anti-US slogans and holding banners, demonstrators demanded an immediate end to the deadly assaults that have been regularly occurring since 2004 as part of the so-called “war on terror.”The rally was organized by the Defense of Pakistan Council (DPC) – an umbrella coalition of around 40 religious and political parties.Its leader, Maulana Sami-ul-Haq, called on all political parties, religious scholars and members of civil society to unite against the drone strikes

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29TH ANNIVERSARY OF BHOPAL GAS TRAGEDY

DELHI SOLIDARITY GROUP (DSG) INVITES YOU TO

"REMEMBERING BHOPAL AND RESISTING ONSLAUGHT OF CORPORATIONS"

Pension Parishad Dharna Site, JANTAR MANTAR, NEW DELHI FROM 2:00 PM TO 6:00 PM

Programs Include:

Street Photo Exhibition
Reading Bhopal - Reading out of selected texts from books/poems written on Bhopal Tragedy (Manglesh Dabral, Anjali Deshpande)
Songs of Resistance
Talks by eminent speakers (Raghu Rai, Nikhil Dey and others)
Street Plays
Candle Light Vigil༯span>
Documentary Screening of "Bhopali"

Why we should come together on 3rd December?༯u>

This year, the 3rd of December will mark the 29th Anniversary of the Bhopal Gas Tragedy. Third of December 1984 was a fateful day in the history of India - Bhopal witnessed the world's largest industrial disaster which led to the death of more than 20,000 people till date and left tens of thousands more injured. More than half a million people were exposed to the horrific gas leak during that tragic night and twenty eight years later, at least one person dies everyday in Bhopalfrom the injuries they sustained on that night. Union Carbide Corporation, the company responsible for this incident was acquired by Dow Chemical in 2001, but Dow Chemical has refused to owe any liability towards paying just compensation to the Bhopal survivors.༯div>

Why we need to oppose not just "Dow Chemical" but resist onslaught of Multi-National Corporations collectively?

Corporations have been making lives of people and communities miserable by being involved in unjust acquisition of land, oppression of factory workers, pollution of environment, reckless mining, deforestation, extraction of ground water, control of seeds of farmers, privatization of basic services, etc., with little or no care for the people. Corporations are only concerned about the profits they can make quarter after quarter. Whether it is the struggle of Bhopalis against Dow Chemical or the struggles of other peoples⠭ovements such as struggle of adivasis of Niyamgiri against Vedanta, villagers of Plachimada against Coca-Cola, villagers of Jagatsinghpur against POSCO, factory workers against Maruti Suzuki, farmers against Monsanto, etc., the larger message which needs to go out is that these are not segregated struggles of peoples⠭ovements against few specific evil Corporations. We need to come together to challenge fiercely the unaccountable power of the larger Corporate Structure, ready to use their muscle and money power to thwart any kind of resistance targeted at them.༯div>

Come to Jantar Mantar to lend solidarity towards struggle of justice for Bhopal Survivors.༯i>Come with your slogans and songs, with your banners and placards, with your voices and messages to make sure that this fateful day does not go unremembered and that together we will fight the injustices of Corporations on our lands, forests, water and livelihoods

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Oct 2013 Gross Bank Credit grows at 16.6%

On a year-on-year basis, gross bank credit increased by 16.6% in October 2013 as compared to 17.9% in September 2013. The growth of food credit declines by (-) 1.6% in October 2013 as compared with 6.3% in September 2013 and non-food bank credit increased by 17% in October 2013 as compared to 18.2% in September 2013.

The credit to NBFCs increased by 22.1% in October 2013 as compared with 26.6% in September 2013. The credit to agriculture increased by 13.2% in October 2013 and also in the month of September 2013.

The gross bank credit stands at Rs. 52,796 billion as on October 2013 as compared to Rs.45,261 billion as on October 2012.

Monthly trend in growth of gross bank credit (%) (YoY)

Source: PHD Research Bureau, compiled from RBI

Credit to industry increased by 15.9% in October 2013 as compared to 17.6% in September 2013. The deceleration in credit growth to industry in the month of October 2013 was observed in respect of cement and cement products, basic metals and metal products, vehicles, vehicle parts and transport equipments and mining and quarrying, while most other sub- sectors recorded acceleration.

The services sector credit increased by 21.7% in October 2013 as compared with 22.1% in September 2013. Personal loans increased by 16.4% in October 2013 as compared with 17.9% in September 2013. Growth in the components of personal loans in October 2013 stood at housing (19.3%), advances against fixed deposits (9.6%), advances to individuals against shares, bonds, etc. (16%), education (8.9%) and vehicle loans (22.4%).

Deployment of Gross Bank Credit by major sectors (Rs. Billion)

Sector	September 2013*	October 2013**	September 2013^ (Y-O-Y growth)	October 2013^^ (Y-O-Y growth)
Sector	September 2013*	October 2013**	(%)	(%)
Gross Bank Credit	52969	52796	17.9	16.6
Food Credit	949	866	6.3	(-) 1.6
Non-food Credit	52020	51931	18.2	17.0
Agriculture & Allied Activities	6100	6192	13.2	13.2
Industry (Micro & Small, Medium and Large )	23715	23565	17.6	15.9
Services	12553	12472	22.1	21.7
Personal Loans	9653	9702	17.9	16.4
Priority Sector	16445	16685	17.6	18.0

Source: PHD Research Bureau, compiled from RBI

Note: Data are provisional and are collected on a monthly basis from select 47 scheduled commercial banks accounting for about 95% of the

total non-food credit deployed by all scheduled commercial banks;

* Data pertains as on September 20, 2013, ** Data pertains as on October 18, 2013, ^Data pertains as on September 20, 2013 over September 21, 2012

^^ Data pertains as on October 18, 2013 over October 19, 2012

Warm regards,

Dr. S P Sharma

Chief Economist

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To Me

Today at 5:09 PM

Kuzuzangpola (Hello)!

Winter has arrived in Bhutan bringing clear, sunny days and cold, crisp nights. It is an excellent season for trekking in many parts of the country as the weather is clear and dry. There are also an abundance of festivals taking place in November making it an ideal time to visit. This month we will be taking a look at one of Bhutan’s most historically and politically significant districts, Trongsa!!

The District (Dzongkhag) of Trongsa
Trongsa is a centrally located district and has always played a major role in the administration of the country. In the past it was a critical location to hold in order to control the eastern and western regions of the country. By tradition every crown prince must first hold the position of Trongsa Poenlop before ascending to the throne.

The area around Trongsa Dzong is characterized by deep gorges and thick forests. The main town is located on the steep hills surrounding Trongsa Dzong. There are numerous hotels and restaurants to visit and each one offers spectacular views of the surrounding landscape. Trongsa is also home to the Watchtower of Trongsa Museum. Learn more about Trongsa at: http://www.tourism.gov.bt/map/trongsa

WHAT TO SEE

Watchtower of Trongsa Museum This ancient watchtower once helped guard Trongsa Dzong by providing a vantage point and additional fortifications for the fortress. It is located on a mountain above the town and was built by Chogyal Minjur Tempa, the 1st Governor of Trongsa in 1652. Not only does the museum have countless fascinating artifacts on display such as an exhibit dedicated to the epic hero, King Gesar of Ling, but it also provides unparalleled insight into the history of Bhutan and the reigning Wangchuck dynasty.

Visitors to Trongsa will not want to miss the watchtower museum.

	Trongsa Dzong Trongsa Dzong is an imposing fortress situated atop a mountain and surrounded by deep ravines. It was built in 1648 and was the seat of power over central and eastern Bhutan. In the past the Trongsa Poenlop was able to effectively control the whole eastern and central regions of the country as it is strategically located on the only connecting route between
east and west. Thus the Dzong has played a crucial role in the history of country. By tradition the crown prince of Bhutan must serve as Trongsa Poenlop (“governor”) prior to ascending to the golden throne as king.

	Kuenga Rabten Palace This was the winter palace of the 2nd King Jigme Dorji Wangchuck. It is located approximately 23 km’s from Trongsa. The palace makes an excellent destination for
a leisurely afternoon excursion as the route to the palace passes through picturesque, open countryside, lush fields and rustic villages.

WHAT TO DO

Trongsa Tshechu (Annual Religious Festival) Of the many festivals held in various parts of Trongsa, the grandest is the three day annual Tshechu. This festival brings together people from all walks of life
and takes place sometime in the month of December. In addition to traditional mask dances, visitors can witness the unfurling of the sacred Thongdrol, a gigantic wall hanging depicting Buddhist saints and deities. Visitors will also receive blessings from high ranking monks and sacred Nangtens (relics) that are opened during the last day of the Tshechu.

For a complete list of festivals in Bhutan visit our website at: http://www.tourism.gov.bt/activities/festivals

Nabji Korphu Community-based Trek This one week trek offers a short, easy and enjoyable journey around scenic Trongsa Dzongkhag. The climate is warm and pleasant as the trail stays between 1000-1500m in altitude and there is a wide array of flora and fauna observable along the route including the rare Golden Langur, Red Pandas, Himalayan Black Bears, Rhesus Monkeys, Rufous-necked Hornbills and Clouded Leopards.

Hikers on this trek will have plenty of opportunity to experience traditional rural life as they will spend nights in the villages of Nabji, Korphu and Nyimshong. Nabji is an idyllic village surrounded by verdant paddy fields and the villagers of Korphu are famed for their hospitality.. Nyimshong is a good place to observe some of the local culture as the women often put together cultural shows full of singing and dancing for visitors.

This is the perfect trek for visitors looking to learn about and experience traditional rural life firsthand while enjoying the natural beauty and biodiversity of Bhutan. The best time to embark on this trek is in winter, between October-April.

Learn more about the many treks available in Bhutan our website at: http://www.tourism.gov.bt/activities/trek

UPCOMING EVENTS IN BHUTAN

Nomad Festival (22nd February 2014) This annual gathering of Bhutan’s nomadic highlanders brings together the herders of the northeastern and northwestern Himalayan frontiers in an unforgettable celebration of their unique culture and traditions. You’ll gain an intimate glimpse into the proud communities that have survived virtually unchanged to this day and form a rich part of Bhutan’s ethnic and cultural diversity.

The festival takes place in Bumthang,the sacred heartland of Bhutan. This region is dotted with some of the most beautiful and ancient monasteries and temples in the Himalayas.

The two major nomadic tribes of Bhutan, the Brokpas in the east and the Layaps in the west, inhabit some of the most rugged terrain in the kingdom. Their economy still mainly consists of ancient bartering practices and is heavily dependent upon their yaks and the products they derive from it such as milk, cheese, wool, meat and leather. In recognition of this interdependency, the yak features prominently in many of the nomadic festivals and celebrations.

Haa Summer Festival (July 2014) Set among pristine lakes and high alpine valleys, the Haa summer festival is a lively and uplifting celebration of traditional living-culture, nomadic lifestyles, unique Bhutanese cuisine, traditional sports and religious performances. Immerse yourself in this one of a kind experience by playing the local sports, sampling the delicious home-cooked cuisine and enjoying traditional songs and dances all while imbibing the heady local liquor (Ara).

You’ll learn first-hand how the herders use every part of the yak for their livelihood, from

shearing wool for tents, hats and clothing to preparing delicious meals from yak dairy and meat.

The festival also allows visitors the perfect opportunity to trek through the beautiful, forested hills of Haa Valley.

DID YOU KNOW?

The National Butterfly of Bhutan is Ludlow’s Bhutan Swallowtail or the Bhutanitis ludlowi. This rare butterfly was believed to be endemic to Bhutan. It is has a gorgeous coloration of black and white stripes along with red and orange highlights.

Learn more at: http://www.tourism.gov.bt/activities/bird-watching

For further information, please contact:

Tourism Council of Bhutan, India Representative Office
C/o Charson Advisory Services Pvt. Ltd.
1104 Arcadia, 11th Floor, NCPA Marg, Nariman Point, Mumbai 400021 – India
Tel: 91 (22) 65172273; Fax: 91 (22) 22828835; Email: exec.office@charsonadvisory.com

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Akbar’s Choodiwala Look …

Akbar dresses up in disguise, stand ups against child-marriage in Jodha-Akbar…

Fighting for the cause of child-marriage, this week in Jodha-Akbar, viewers will see Akbar in a completely new and different look on the show. Going against all odds to help save a 14 year old girl from being forced into child marriage, Akbar will dress in disguise as a choodiwala in order to get to the root of the matter.

Understanding that a 14 year old girl from his kingdom is about to get married to a man double her age, Akbar along with some help from Jodha takes up the cause of putting an end to the regressive tradition of child marriage in his kingdom. In order to investigate who the man is, Akbar dresses up as a choodiwala so as to not to be recognized by the henchmen of his kingdom. In his attempt to unearth the truth behind this child marriage, Akbar discovers that it is none other than his evil step-brother Adham Khan who has forced the marriage upon the poor girl by offering her greedy father the lure of riches.

Donning a completely different look for the sequence, actor Rajat Tokas as the ‘choodiwala’ is a stark departure from his usual look of Emperor Akbar. Wearing a long robe and sporting a scraggly beard, Rajat looks quite convincing as a Mughalchoodiwala.

About this special sequence, Rajat said, “I had no idea what a choodiwala back in the Mughal era looked like until I donned this unique look … I quite enjoyed getting into this character as it was quite different in terms of get-up, body language, demeanor and style of dialogue delivery … It is intriguing that an emperor should go to such great lengths to get to the bottom of a serious issue and take a strong stand against malpractices in his kingdom. The subject of child marriage is a very interesting track on the show and has captivated the audience attention.”

Akbar will be joined by Jodha to fight the cause and eradicate child marriage from his kingdom. Will Akbar’s strong stand against Adham Khan and child marriage irk mother Mahamanga and evoke her to act against him?

Do not miss Jodha-Akbar, Every Monday – Friday, from 8 – 8:30 PM, Only on Zee TV!

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Dance matlab Boogie Woogie…

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INDIA’S ORIGINAL DANCE SHOW IS BACK!

Starts December 7^th every Saturday and Sunday at 8:30 pm

On Sony Entertainment Television

Mumbai, 2^nd December 2013: It’s time to bring back the fun, the entertainment and the humour into dancing, as Sony Entertainment Television is all set to create a fresh legacy of dance, with the return of India’s original dance show, Boogie Woogie. The show that had cast a spell on viewers across the country, is back to sweep you off your feet! The new season startingDecember 7, 2013 will redefine your weekends as some of the most talented young dancers from across the country compete for the title of Boogie Woogie Kids Champion. 3 celebrated judges, 2 entertaining hosts and 16 dancing sensations will step on the dance floor, with only one mission – to provide the best entertainment to the entire country for the next 16 weeks. Selected from all corners of the country, this season’s participants will feature kids between the ages of 6 – 14, who will showcase natural, trained & innate talent and their unique prowess that will leave you spellbound. Their fun, masti and magic on the floor will liven up your spirits and put a smile on your face.

Produced by R&N Productions, Boogie Woogie Kids Championship’s brand new season will once again mark the return of the hilarious trio of Jaaved Jaaferi along with Naved Jafri and Ravi Behl who will be reprising their roles as judges. The banter between these three judges will once again make you roll

on the floor with laughter. Also, for the first time in the history of the show, Boogie Woogie will not have one, but two hosts! Vivacious Sargun Mehta along with the cute 12 year old, Rakshit Wahi, of Parvarrish fame will anchor the show which will add a fresh layer of spunk and zest to the show.

After a nationwide hunt, the top 16 Boogie Woogie contestants are, the lovable and notorious 8 year old Preetjot Singh of Ranchi, hip-hop and B-boying dancer Mohammed Mumtaz of Delhi,Bharatnatyam dancer Abhishek Sinha of Jamshedpur, robotics dancer Aryan Patra of Ranchi,lyrical hip-hop dancer Urgen Tenzing Lama of Darjeeling, jazz and belly dancer Sneha Chauhan of Baroda, freestyle, hip-hop and ballet dancer Bebechana Gurung of Kursheong, Odissi and semi-classical dancer Chirasmita Rout of Balasore, contemporary and salsa dancer Smrity Panda of Rourkela, hip-hop and contemporary dancer crumping and B-boying dancer Harmi Darshan Patel of Navsari, bollywood and contemporary dancer Sachin Sharma of Faridabad, gymnastics and aerial dance expert Raini Patel of Navsari, locking and popping expert Tanya Bhushan of Ahmedabad, kathak and contemporary dancer Priyanka Tapadar of Asansol, contemporary and break dancer Ayush Singh of Howrah and salsa and folk dancer Sagar Mishra of Mathura.

Ms. Sneha Rajani, Senior EVP and Business Head, Sony Entertainment Television said, “We are delighted to present Boogie Woogie Kids Championship which will be launched at the 8.30-10 PM weekend slot. The show that has been the genesis for all dance reality shows in India is back with a fresh format. This season promises to be bigger and better as we present an eclectic mix of 16 electrifying dancers whose sole aim will be entertaining our viewers with their outstanding performances. We assure you a season of wholesome fun and entertainment.”

The show this season will have a bigger and glitzier set for the dancing stars of tomorrow to showcase their prowess. Scoring and elimination will be basis the judges scores (no public voting) and for the very first time judges scores will be shown to the public. The winner stands to win prize money of Rs.10 Lakhs and the coveted Boogie Woogie Kids Champion trophy.

Boogie Woogie premieres on 7^th December, 2013 every Saturday and Sunday at 8:30 pm only on Sony Entertainment Television!

About Sony Entertainment Television:

Sony Entertainment Television (SET), one of India’s leading Hindi general entertainment television channels is a part of Sony Pictures Television (SPT) backs Multi Screen Media Private Limited, which is India’s leading television network. Since its launch in October 1995, SET has created a unique space for itself in the Indian Television industry. Pioneering new waves in television programming, with blockbuster movie premieres, big format non – fiction shows and an impressive array of fiction shows like Indian Idol, Kaun Banega Crorepati, Entertainment ke liye Kuch Bhi Karega, Bade Acche Lagte Hain, Kuch to Log Kahenge, Parvarrish, Maharana Pratap, CID and Crime Patrol.

SET is known for its innovative concepts and exciting formats and is the most preferred family entertainment channel which has been providing strong platforms for more than 700 brands to reach over 50 million households in India. In addition, Sony Entertainment Television is also available in the US, UK, Africa, Europe, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Maldives, Malaysia, Indonesia, Fiji Islands and Seychelles. In total, SET influences over 300 million viewers in the Indian sub-continent, and the South Asian Diaspora worldwide.

Sony Entertainment Television is a part of the network of channels distributed by The One Alliance – a joint venture between Multi Screen Media Pvt. Ltd. and Discovery Communications India. Other channels in the One Alliance network include SAB, MAX, PIX, MIX, SIX, AXN, Animax, Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, TLC, Discovery Science, Discovery Turbo, DISCOVERY CHANNEL TAMIL, Discovery kids, AATH, Aaj tak, Headlines Today, Tez, Neo Sports, Neo Prime, TIMES NOW, MOVIES NOW, ET NOW, Zoom, SET HD, SIX HD AND DISCOVERY HD WORLD

For Further Information, please contact:

Sony Entertainment Television

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October core infra grows at (-) 0.6%

The core infrastructure grows to (-) 0.6% (Y-O-Y) in October 2013 as compared to 8% (Y-O-Y) in September 2013. The combined index of Eight Core Industries stands at 155.2 in October, 2013 with a growth rate of (-) 0.6% as compared to 7.8% in October 2012. Crude oil and Natural gas registered a growth rate of (-) 0.8% and (-) 13.6% respectively in the month of October 2013.

Sector wise trend in monthly production (% growth)

Sector	Weight in IIP	Oct’13	Sep’13
Crude Oil	5.22	(-) 0.8	0.6
Natural Gas	1.71	(-) 13.6	(-)14.1
Petroleum Refinery Products	5.94	(-) 4.8	8.0
Coal	4.38	(-) 3.9	12.5
Fertilizer	1.25	4.1	5.3
Electricity	10.32	1.3	12.6
Cement	2.41	1.0	11.5
Steel	6.68	3.5	6.6
Overall	37.90	(-) 0.6	8.0

Source: PHD Research Bureau, compiled from the office of the economic advisor to the Govt. of India

In cumulative terms core infrastructure industries registered a growth of 2.6% during Apr-Oct 2013-14 as against 6.8% during the corresponding period of previous year.

Sector wise trend in production (% growth)

Sector	Weight	Apr-Oct 2013-14	Apr-Oct 2012-2013
Crude Oil	5.22	(-)1.2	(-)0.7
Natural Gas	1.71	(-)16.1	(-)12.8
Petroleum Refinery Products	5.94	3.7	29.7
Coal	4.38	1.3	9.7
Fertilizer	1.25	2.7	(-)4.5
Electricity	10.32	4.8	4.9
Cement	2.41	4.0	8.8
Steel	6.68	4.4	1.4
Overall	37.90	2.6	6.8

Source: PHD Research Bureau, compiled from the office of the economic advisor to the Govt. of India

Electricity generation grew by 4.8% during Apr–Oct 2013-14 as against 4.9% growth during Apr–Oct 2012-13, while steel production grew by 4.4% during Apr–Oct 2013-14 as against 1.4% during Apr-Oct 2012-13. The production in crude oil grew by (-) 1.2% during Apr–Oct 2013-14 as compared to its growth at (-) 0.7% during Apr–Oct 2012-13, whereas petroleum refinery production registered a growth of 3.7% during Apr–Oct 2013-14 as compared to 29.7% during Apr–Oct 2012-13. Fertilizer production grew by 2.7% during Apr–Oct 2013-14 compared to its growth at (-) 4.5% during Apr–Oct 2012-13 and cement production grew by 4% during Apr–Oct 2013-14 compared to its growth at 8.8% during Apr–Oct 2012-13.

Trend in growth of steel, cement, electricity, coal and overall (%)

Source: PHD Research Bureau, compiled from the office of the economic advisor to the Govt. of India

Warm regards,

Dr. S P Sharma

Chief Economist

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Swati RamanathanofJanaagrahato be honoured as a‘Civic Innovator’

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Swati RamanathanofJanaagrahato be honoured as a‘Civic Innovator’ by National Democratic Institute in Washington DC

Washington, Dec 3: Ms Swati Ramanathan, co-founder Janaagraha is being honoured as a ‘Civic Innovator’ by the National Democratic Institute (NDI), Washington DC,for her innovations in using technology, internet and social media to hold governments accountable,give citizens a voice and improve democratic governance.

At the dinner, and as a special honour, Swati Ramanathan, along with four other awardees, will take part in a panel discussion about how technology can increase citizen participation and help governments respond to citizens.

The awards will be presented at NDI’s 2013 Democracy dinner on Dec. 10 in Washington, D.C.

Among the leading civic Innovators to be awarded at the event include, Jared Cohen – Google Ideas, Jennifer Pahlka – co founder, Code for America, Rufus Pollock- Open Knowledge Foundation , Tom Steinberg – Open Government Partnership, Ellen Miller – Sunlight Foundation and Toomas Hendrik Ilves, The President of Estonia.

Jack Dorsey, chairman and founder of Twitter will deliver the keynote address while Samantha Power, the US Ambassador to the United Nations will deliver the keynote remarks at the dinner event.

These civic innovators are using technology to crowdsourceideas for new legislation, increase government transparency, connect citizens and support freedom of information online.

NDI will presentits Democracy Award to the ‘Civic Innovator’ in recognition of an emerging class of creative andentrepreneurial individuals who are using technology to help advance and improve democracy in thedigital age.

The National Democratic Institute is a nonpartisan, non-profit organization based in the US, working to support and strengthen democratic institutions worldwide through citizen participation, openness and accountability in government.

For more details:

Contact: Kathy Gest, 202-728-5535, kgest@ndi.org

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Press Release For immediate dissemination

Power Grid Corporation’s FPO opens December 3

Price band fixed between Rs 85 and Rs 90 per Equity Share

New Delhi, December 03, 2013: Navratna PSU Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID or Company), the country’s central transmission utility, is proposing a further public offer of 787,053,309 equity shares of face value of Rs 10 each (the “Equity Shares”) (the “Offer”).

The Offer will open on Tuesday, 3^rd December 2013. The Offer will close on Thursday, 5^thDecember 2013 for QIB Bidders and on Friday, 6^th December 2013 for all other Bidders.

The Offer comprises a fresh issue of 601,864,295 Equity Shares by the Company and an offer for sale of 185,189,014 Equity Shares by the President of India, acting through the Ministry of Power, Government of India. The Offer comprises a net offer to the public of 784,053,309 Equity Shares (the “Net Offer”) and a reservation of 3,000,000 Equity Shares for subscription by Eligible Employees (the “Employee Reservation Portion”). The Offer would constitute 15.04% of the post offer paid-up equity capital of the Company and the Net Offer would constitute 14.99% of the post offer paid-up equity capital of the Company.

The Price Band has been fixed between Rs 85 and Rs 90 per Equity Share. The minimum bid lot has been fixed at 150 Equity Shares and in multiples of 150 Equity Shares thereafter. A discount of Rs 4.50 on the Offer Price is being offered to the Retail Individual Investors and the Eligible Employees bidding in the Employee Reservation Portion.

Mr R. N. Nayak, Chairman and Managing Director of POWERGRID said: “Power Grid Corporation of India Limited intends to utilize the net proceeds of the offer to meet the capital requirements for the implementation of certain identified transmission projects and general corporate purpose.”

SBI Capital Markets Limited, Citigroup Global Markets India Private Limited, ICICI Securities Limited, Kotak Mahindra Capital Company Limited and UBS Securities India Private Limited have been appointed as the book running lead managers to the Offer. Karvy Computershare Private Limited is the registrar to the Offer.

The Equity Shares offered pursuant to this Offer are proposed to be listed on the BSE Limited and the National Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSE). NSE is the Designated Stock Exchange for the Offer.

Disclaimer clause of the NSE (The Designated Stock Exchange): “It is to be distinctly understood that the permission given by NSE should not in any way be deemed or construed that the Offer Document has been cleared or approved by NSE nor does it certify the correctness or completeness of any of the contents of the Offer Document. The investors are advised to refer to the Offer Document for the full text of the Disclaimer Clause of NSE.”

Disclaimer clause of the BSE: “It is to be distinctly understood that the permission given by BSE Limited should not in any way be deemed or construed that the Red Herring Prospectus has been cleared or approved by BSE Limited nor does it certify the correctness or completeness of any of the contents of the Red Herring Prospectus. The investors are advised to refer to the Red Herring Prospectus for the full text of the Disclaimer Clause of BSE Limited.”

Disclaimer: Power Grid Corporation of India Limited is proposing, subject to receipt of requisite approvals, market conditions and other considerations, to make a further public offering of its equity shares and has filed a Red Herring Prospectus with the Registrar of Companies, National Capital Territory of Delhi and Haryana, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (“SEBI”), the National Stock Exchange of India Limited and the BSE Limited. The Red Herring Prospectus is available on the website of the SEBI and the websites of SBI Capital Markets Limited, Citigroup Global Markets India Private Limited, ICICI Securities Limited, Kotak Mahindra Capital Company Limited and UBS Securities India Private Limited, the BRLMs. Any potential investors should note that investment in equity shares involves a high degree of risk. For details, potential investors should refer to the Red Herring Prospectus which has been filed with the Registrar of Companies, National Capital Territory of Delhi and Haryana, including the section titled “Risk Factors”.

The Equity Shares have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “U.S. Securities Act”) and may not be offered or sold within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons (as defined in Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act (“Regulation S”)) except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act and applicable state securities laws. The Equity Shares are being offered and sold (i) in the United States only to U.S. persons that are “qualified institutional buyers” (as defined in Rule 144A under the U.S. Securities Act (“Rule 144A”), in reliance on the exemption from registration under the U.S. Securities Act provided by Rule 144A or other available exemption and (ii) outside the United States in offshore transactions in reliance on Regulation S. No public offering of securities is contemplated in the United States or any other jurisdiction outside India.

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GLOBAL ECONOMIC MONITOR

November 2013

The global economy is expected to continue expanding at a moderate pace over the coming two years as GDP growth in the world economy will grow at 2.7% in 2013 and accelerate to 3.6% in 2014, according to the OECD Economic Outlook. The OECD countries are projected to accelerate from 1.2% in 2013 to 2.3% in 2014 though there is a risk that tapering of asset purchases by the US Federal Reserve could bring a renewed bout of instability.

The pace of the global recovery is weaker than forecast last May, largely as a result of the worsened outlook for some emerging economies. Growth in the United States is projected at a 2.9% rate in 2014 and a 3.4% rate in 2015. In Japan , GDP is expected to drop to a 1.5% growth rate in 2014 and a 1% rate in 2015. The euro area is expected to witness a gradual recovery, with growth of 1% in 2014 and 1.6% in 2015.

Growth has begun picking up in China but will remain weaker than previously projected in most other major emerging market economies. A group of emerging OECD member countries such as Chile , Turkey , Mexico , Korea and Israel will continue out-pacing growth in other advanced economies.

On the manufacturing front, the rising output with increased retail sales suggests Europe ’s recovery from recession is broad based and self-sustaining though the business activity slowed in the European Union in October. Japan ’s industrial output increased in October while manufacturing sector grew at the fastest pace in China .

Merchandise trade tended to show diverging patterns among various nations in third quarter in 2013 as Euro Area, G7 and BRICS nations witnessed an increase in merchandise trade. However, China ’s merchandise trade surplus declined in the third quarter.

Unemployment situation remained stable in OECD countries though it tended to remain high in Euro Zone. Unemployment rate remained stable in Canada while it increased in the USA . Unemployment rate for the EU countries is forecasted to remain high through 2014.

To tackle the slump in inflation, European Central Bank reduced the interest to record low while China unveiled new set of reforms to stimulate growth of the economy.

In light of the above scenario, it is essential to have clear and credible strategies for creating jobs, restoring public finances and fueling growth in the economies which will require a strong commitment to structural reforms in advanced as well as emerging economies.

GEM for the month of November 2013 is attached.

We welcome your suggestions and comments for the same.

Warm regards,

Dr. S P Sharma

Chief Economist

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Europe’s definitive urban rail event

Dear N.K,

Urban rail operators and their partners are coming to London, 1-2nd April 2014, to be a part of the 10th annual MetroRail Congress and its other affiliated events.

Here are 5 great reasons why we think you should join them:

Explore the future of urban transit in 50 years time, with a visit to the 2014 Innovation Lab research projects
Hear best-practice on upgrading existing networks, from RATP, TfL and Metrolink Manchester
Understand how to manage new large-scale projects, with insight from Crossrail, TTC and HART
Source the most exciting new technologies and how to use them, with round table debates from Siemens, Alstom, Bombardier and Hitachi Rail
Get behind the scenes at some of London’s most interesting PT sites, including the St Pancras redevelopment and Victoria Control Centre

This is just a taste of what’s on offer in 2014! To get the full picture have a look at the event brochure.

I hope you’ll join us for what promises to be the most interesting, informative and interactive MetroRail yet.

Best regards,

Daniel Boyle

Conference Director

MetroRail 2014

t/ +44 (0)20 7092 1237

e/ daniel.boyle@terrapinn.com

PS. To secure the best rates make sure you book early. Details can be found here.

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Lok Adalat asks man to spend equal time with wife, partner

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Updated on : 01-12-2013 10:09 PM

A live-in relationship row has been defused in an unusual way where a man has been ordered to spend 15 days alternately with his wife and woman partner–both staying under the same roof.

An order in this regard to help bring peace in the squabbling family hit by marital discord was pronounced by a Lok Adalat judge. As per the order issued by Judge Ganga Charan Dube yesterday, the wife and the live-in partner will live under the same roof and share space with the man they love for a fortnight each, following a mutual agreement between them.
The house of the man, who retired recently as a state electricity department employee in Omkareshwar, has three rooms and as per the agreement, he will stay in the middle while remaining two rooms will be occupied by his wife and his woman friend, separately.
“The middle room will have an access to both the rooms and the court directed the man to spend a fortnight each with both of them,” said government advocate Ashwini Bhate.
As per the agreement, the live-in partner will also have equal share in movable and immovable properties of the man.
The row arose after the man’s wife had filed a complaint with Lok Adalat alleging that her husband spends most of the time with his woman friend and that for the last two years she has begun staying with them at their house.

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Goa Police to summon Shoma

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Tehelka founder editor Tarun Tejpal was on Wednesday subjected to a second round of medical tests even as Goa Police prepared to issue summons to the magazine’s former managing editor Shoma Chaudhury for recording her statement before a magistrate.

Tejpal, arrested for alleged sexual assault and rape of a junior woman colleague, had undergone several medical examinations on Monday, including a potency test, whose result was positive. “He (Tejpal) has been taken again for further medical examination this morning,” a senior police officer said, adding he would be subjected to various medical tests that are required as part of investigation.
Goa Police is also preparing to issue summonses to Chaudhury and three witnesses, in whom the victim had confided about what transpired between her and Tejpal at a five star hotel on two occasions when he allegedly sexually assaulted her, to record their statements before a magistrate.
“We have sought permission from the court to summon Chaudhury and three witnesses to record their statements before a magistrate,” a senior crime branch officer said.
A team of Goa Police had already recorded Chaudhury’s statement in Delhi before she quit as managing editor amid outrage over her attempts at covering up the raging scandal.
Chaudhury’s statement is “very crucial” as she was the first person to have come to know of alleged sexual assault on the young journalist by Tejpal.
Any statement or confession recorded by a metropolitan or judicial magistrate under section 164 of CrPC is admissible as evidence in a court.
The crime branch officer said the four would be called after court gives a date for recording their statements.
Meanwhile, Judicial Magistrate Kshama Joshi today rejected Tejpal’s application for a fan in the lock up where he is in police custody since Saturday.
On December 2, Tejpal’s lawyer had petitioned the court for a fan to be installed in the lock up on humanitarian ground.
A woman journalist of Tehelka, who later resigned, has accused Tejpal of sexually assaulting her twice on November 7 and 8 in Goa. Tejpal has been booked under Sections 354A (outraging the modesty of a woman) and 376 (2)(K) (custodial rape) of IPC.
Parrikar also said he would ensure that Tejpal is done justice in the case.
“I will ensure that justice would be given to Tejpal. Justice does not mean not to punish him but fair investigation would be conducted in the matter,” he said.
Meanwhile, Judicial Magistrate First Class Kshama Joshi today rejected Tejpal’s application for a fan in the lock up where he is in police custody since Saturday.
On December 2, Tejpal’s lawyer had petitioned the court for a fan to be installed in the lock up on humanitarian ground.
A woman journalist of Tehelka, who later resigned, has accused Tejpal of sexually assaulting her twice on November 7 and 8 in Goa.
Tejpal has been booked under Sections 354A (outraging the modesty of a woman) and 376 (2)(K) (custodial rape) of IPC. Tejpal, arrested for alleged sexual assault and rape of a junior woman colleague, had undergone several medical examinations on Monday, including a potency test, whose result was positive.
“He (Tejpal) has been taken again for further medical examination this morning,” a senior police officer said, adding he would be subjected to various medical tests that are required as part of investigation.
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World War I ‘sacred soil’ ceremony honours Indian soldiers

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Updated on : 01-12-2013 04:28 PM

The sacrifice made by thousands of Indian soldiers fighting for the British Army during World War I has been recognised as part of a ceremony in London.

“Sacred soil” from 70 WWI battlefields in Belgium, which arrived by warship to the UK, was laid at a memorial garden marking the 100th anniversary of the war in 2014 in memory of soldiers from around the world who laid their lives during the Great War.
The soil, collected by British and Belgian schoolchildren and put into 70 sandbags, arrived on the Belgian Navy frigate Louisa Marie and went on a ceremonial procession through London yesterday before reaching its last resting place at Wellington Barracks.
More than 1,000 schoolchildren were involved in collecting 70 bags of soil from the battlefields earlier this year.
The soil was blessed in a ceremony at the Guards’ Chapel before eight-year-old schoolboy Patrick Casey was given the honour of pouring a crucible of soil taken from all the battlefields into the heart of the garden.
Queen Elizabeth II’s husband Prince Philip, 92, was presented with the soil in a ceremony in the Belgian town of Ypres earlier this month, as a mark of remembrance for the tens ofthousands of Commonwealth soldiers who died in the 1914-18 war.
Among them were around 1.2 million soldiers from undivided India who fought for the British Empire, of which 74,000 died.
British junior defence minister John Astor, who attended the ceremony, said: “They were killed for our freedom, they paid a very high price for that, and we are enjoying the freedom now.”
The Guards Museum, which funded the project with help from public donations and corporate sponsors, including a contribution from the government of Flanders, described the 700,000 project as “unprecedented” and “historic”.
Designed by Belgian architect Piet Blanckaert,the “Flanders Fields1914-2014″ Memorial Garden is intended as “a symbol of hope and a better future for all”.

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Boletín informativo. Miércoles 4 de Diciembre 2013.

Portada

EL PARO BAJA EN NOVIEMBRE EN 2.475 PERSONAS
66.829 afiliados menos a la Seguridad Social y solo un 7,5% de contratos indefinidos
En noviembre se registraron en el antiguo Inem un total de 1.241.479 contratos, de los cuales 1.132.794 fueron contratos de carácter temporal, de los que el 29,8% fueron de obra y servicio y el 23,7%, eventuales por circunstancias de la producción.

INFORME ELABORADO POR PWC
España tardará veinte años en recuperar el empleo perdido
España crecerá en los próximos veinte años por encima de las grandes economías del euro, pero no recuperará el ritmo de crecimiento previo a la crisis ni será capaz de recuperar el empleo perdido hasta 2033.

SE SITÚA A LA COLA DE LOS PAÍSES DE LA UE
Sube la percepción de la corrupción en España
España ha caído diez puestos en el ránking facilitado por la organización no gubernamental Transparencia Internacional sobre percepción de la corrupción oficial, hasta ocupar la posición número 40.

GALICIA | HUELGA SANITARIA | 9 Y 10 DE DICIEMBRE
La privatización “del corazón” del Servicio Galego de Saúde
Por Luisa Lores | Nuñez Feijóo dijo que considera que todo es susceptible de privatizarse en el Sistema Sanitario Público excepto su corazón.

EN UNA SENTENCIA
Una jueza de Barcelona concluye que la reforma laboral vulnera la legislación europea
Ve ilegal el periodo de prueba de un año del contrato indefinido de apoyo a emprendedores.

PESE A NO TENER PROYECCIONES ECONóMICAS
IU-ICV critica que el Gobierno permita prospecciones en Canarias
“De seguir adelante las prospecciones y la futura explotación comercial, el Gobierno estaría poniendo en riesgo la salud de los habitantes canarios y, además, pondría en peligro la biodiversidad de islas como Lanzarote y Fuerteventura, declaradas Reserva Mundial de la Biosfera”, ha advertido el portavoz de la Izquierda Plural, José Luis Centella.

PPI: Escándalo británico y sus consecuencias en Chile
Por Ernesto Benado | Conadecus | Pocos en Chile habíamos oído hablar del PPI (Payment protection Insurance) o seguro de protección de crédito que azota a la banca británica desde abril del 2011, fecha en que el poder judicial falló contra los bancos y a favor de sus clientes que reclamaron por haber sido engañados.

CRóNICAS DE AMéRICA LATINA | JAVIER M. GONZáLEZ
Argentina, la sombra del ajuste
El gobierno de Cristina Fernández inició un giro hacia el centro, empujada por una situación económica que empieza a ser complicada.

UNA DELEGACIÓN ESPAÑOLA VIAJA A BUENOS AIRES
La jueza Servini recibe a las víctimas del franquismo
El diputado de IU por Barcelona, Joan Josep Nuet, que forma parte de la delegación de familiares y víctimas del franquismo que se encuentra en Buenos Aires desde el fin de semana pide a la jueza “que no desista en su investigación”.

Silencio, hospital
Por Walter C. Medina | Existe un singular paralelismo entre los bomberos que no se pisan la manguera y algunos médicos del Hospital Dr. Emilio Ferreyra de la ciudad argentina de Necochea.

Opinión

· Carlos Berzosa: Muchas barreras para la gente y ninguna para el dinero
El dinero circula libremente por el mundo. Desde los años ochenta del siglo XX se han liberalizado los flujos de capital, al tiempo que las tecnologías…

· Manel García Biel: Recorte de derechos y autoritarismo
Desde su llegada al poder, hace dos años, el Gobierno del PP está llevando a cabo una política global de regresión de derechos sociales y laborales…

· José Alberto Novoa: Certezas de una crisis
Es necesario recordar una vez más, que la crisis que venimos padeciendo desde hace cinco años, no es sólo una crisis económica, sino que también es…

· Juan Antonio Molina: Lo inevitable
Nos hablaba Hegel del sujeto comunicacional, el ente que le da forma a unos hechos para arrojarnos la construcción de esa realidad y mostrárnosla…

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Sujatha Singh meets Bangladesh PM Hasina

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Updated on : 04-12-2013 07:34 PM

Foreign Secretary Sujatha Singh on Wednesday met Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and other top leaders and discussed bilateral relations amid political turmoil in the country over the January 5 general elections.

During the meeting Hasina termed poverty as the common enemy of the region and underscored the need for working together to eradicate the menace, the prime minister’s press secretary Abul Kalam Azad told reporters. Singh later called on the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s chief and former prime minister Khaleda Zia.
Earlier, she held a meeting with Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali. After the meeting with Ali, Singh told reporters that she had a very good discussion.
The visit comes amid political turmoil in Bangladesh with former president and Jaitya Party chief Hussain Muhammad Ershad ruling out contesting January 5 elections.
This is Singh’s first visit to Bangladesh after becoming Foreign Secretary in August.
Her visit comes in the backdrop of Indian government facing stiff opposition in Parliament to introduction of Indo-Bangla Land Boundary Agreement (LBA), an emotive domestic issue for Bangladesh. The LBA envisages transfer of 111 enclaves with a total area of 17,160.63 acres to that country while there will be transfer of 51 enclaves with an area of 7,110.02 acres to India.
Singh’s visit will be two days before UN Assistant Secretary Oscar Fernandez-Taranco begins his Bangladesh tour amid a standoff between the Awami League and the BNP over the polls.
Violence linked to political unrest since October has claimed over 50 lives.
The BNP-led 18 party alliance has organised a series of blockades and strikes to push their demand for postponing the polls.

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‘HFA Football Festival 2013’ Kicks-off Today

Talents from Best Youth Academies to Show their Skills

Delhi, 4^th December 2013: Hindustan Football Academy, a youth wing of Delhi’s leading football club – Hindustan F.C., kicked-off ‘HFA Football Festival 2013’ for sub-junior boys from 4^th to 7^th December at Thyagraj Sports Complex in Delhi.

Regional Development Officer at FIFA, Mr. Shaji Prabhakaran inaugurated the under-13 inter-academy tournament, where the best talents in Delhi NCR will show their footballing skills.

Mr. Prabhakaran said that young footballers should get opportunities like this to show their skills. “These kinds of competitions exhibit young players’ skills and here they can also show what they have learnt at their respective academies. These festivals also test coaches and help them to analyse their wards. It is beneficial for young players, coaches, academies and whole football fraternity,” he stated.

Mr. Dilip Kumar Bose, Administrator of Hindustan Football Academy said that this is the first inter-academy tournament in the Capital. “We organised the famous Hind Kishor inter-school tournament for a decade. We recently discontinued the tournament and started this inter-academy tournament as there were no competitive tournaments for academies,” he added.

Total six youth academies along with two teams from host Hindustan Football Academy are participating in this football festival and compete against each other in a round-robin tournament, divided in two groups.

Group A consist of Pride Sports Academy (Dwarka), Punjab Heroes Academy (East Delhi), Perfect Sports Academy (Gurgaon) and Hindustan Academy-Green (C.R. Park), whereas Group B has Hindustan Academy-Blue (C.R. Park), Punjab Sports Academy (Faridabad), St. Paul Academy (Hauz Khas) and Indian Youth Academy (Vasant Vihar).

On the opening day today, first match of Group A was played at 2:00 pm between Pride Sports Academy, Dwarka and Hindustan Academy-Green, C.R. Park where the later overcame the host 5-0. In the Group B match, Indian Youth Academy, Vasant Vihar beat St. Paul Academy, Hauz Khas 3-0.

Tomorrow, Pride Sports Academy will face Perfect Sports Academy at 4:10 pm and Punjab Sports Academy will play against Indian Youth Academy at 3:30 pm, whereas Hindustan Academy-Blue will face-off St. Paul Academy at 4:10 pm. Semi-Finals will be played on Saturday, 7^th December at 4:45 pm.

On the same day, Final match will be played at 5:45 pm, followed by a prize distribution ceremony.

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Delhi assembly poll has record turnout

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Triangular fight in Delhi made 68 per cent Delhiites voted with young voters taking interest on Wednesday in the fiercely fought assembly polls, considered the litmus test for Congress ahead of the next year’s Lok Sabha elections, as arch rival BJP and debutant Aam Aadmi Party made it an interesting contest.
The high-pitched battle that saw BJP aggressively campaigning to stop Congress from getting a fourth consecutive term and greenhorn AAP, trying to corner both traditional political parties on corruption issue, culminated with nearly 80 lakh out of the 1.19 crore voters deciding the fate of 810 candidates.
Congress was seeking another term under Sheila Dikshit, BJP and AAP were led by their chief ministerial candidates Harsh Vardhan and bureaucrat-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal respectively for the 70-member assembly.
“The turnout has been around 68 per cent. The election was incident free,” Delhi’s Chief Electoral officer Vijay Dev said addressing a press conference in the evening. Nearly 70,000 people were standing in queue around 6 PM, he said.
Today’s turnout was a record in all elections in Delhi including assembly and Lok Sabha polls in last two decades. In 2008 assembly polls, the overall voting percentage was 57.58 while in 2003, it was 53.42 per cent.
Vice President Hamid Ansari, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi, Dikshit, Kejriwal and Vardhan were among the early voters.
Facing the toughest battle of her political career, Dikshit said she has kept her “fingers crossed” on the outcome of the election. Price rise and anti-incumbency are seen as major issues that may trouble Congress which is in power in the city for the past 15 years.
After casting her vote, Sonia exuded confidence of her party’s fourth straight victory in the Delhi polls. “We will win,” she said with a smile after casting her vote at Nirman Bhavan polling booth.
Vice President Hamid Ansari, Aam Admi Party Chief Arvind Kejriwal and Delhi’s Chief Electoral Officer Vijay Dev were among the first few to cast their votes in the Delhi Assembly election today.
Ansari reached New Delhi constituency’s polling booth no 8586 at Nirman Bhavan at around 8:10 AM in He was among the first few citizens to vote at the booth, where other high-profile voters like Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit are to also cast their ballot.
Dikshit, Kejriwal and former city BJP chief Vijendra Gupta are among candidates in fray from the New Delhi constituency.
Priyanka Gandhi accompanied by her husband Robert Vadra and Delhi’s Chief Electoral Officer Vijay Dev were also among the early voters. When asked about the prospects of Congress, Sonia said with a smile, “We will win”.
Sonia came with Dikshit and stood in the queue for a little while before being escorted inside the poll booth at the Nirman Bhavan. Clad in a while kurta-pyjama and a half-jacket, Rahul queued up for around 32 minutes before his turn came at booth number 88 at Aurangazeb Lane in New Delhi constituency from where the Chief Minister is contesting.
Exuding confidence over Congress’ victory, Rahul said that Dikshit has “done a lot of good work in Delhi. I think she will do well.” Dikshit struck a cautious note when asked about the possible poll outcome, saying she has kept her “fingers crossed”. “I will keep my fingers crossed,” she said.
There were some reports of malfunctioning of electronic voting machines (EVM) in some parts of the city but they were rectified, election officials said. The EVM at polling booth in Aurangazeb Lane, where Rahul cast his vote, malfunctioned when polling began.
In Jungpura, Badli and Krishna Nagar constituencies, some voters complained that their names have been struck from the electoral rolls and they could not vote.

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RAVI AND SARGUN’S EMOTIONAL MOMENT

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RAQESH PAINTS DOWN SHILPA!

Dancing is not the only talent the contestants of Star Plus Nach Baliye seem to posses. While everyone has an artist in himself, first time on television Raqesh showcased his other talent on Nach Baliye. The budding dancer and who is also a brilliant painter canvased a beautiful painting for the stunning actress Shilpa Shetty Kundra.

Shilpa Shetty was totally awestruck when Raqesh unveiled a larger than life portrait which he had painted especially for her.

“I was shocked that after such hectic rehearsals Raqesh took out time for this surprise and he only took 5 hours to make it. It was a very sweet gesture and something that has really touched me. I really liked the painting, it’s something that I will always keep with me” said an overwhelmed Shilpa. Raqesh later also expressed that his intention was originally to paint a picture of her with her baby but since he couldn’t get a clear image he couldn’t paint it. The actress was so touched with Raqesh’s gesture that she admitted that had he painted her picture with Viaan, she would have broken down. This came in right after the couple’s remarkable performance that left the judges awed at the new found confidence displayed by Raqesh.

Apart from great dancing, catch Raqesh showcase his painting talent on Nach Baliye Season 6 at 9.00 pm only on STAR Plus!

BRUNA THE NEW DHAK-DHAK GIRL!

If you hear some bells ringing it’s not X’Mas celebrations as yet! We are talking about the mercury levels rising on the latest season of STAR Plus’s Nach Baliye. After their breathtaking underwater act which was a first on Indian Television, catch Bruna-Omar sizzle onscreen once more with their latest unapologetic performance of love.

Jokingly accused by Sajid on getting too bold for television the couple seems to be undeterred and giving it all to prove their dancing prowess and chemistry. This week, Bruna donned a completely different Indian avataar and danced to Madhuri’s famous ‘Dhak Dhak Karne Laga’ with the perfect matkaas and jatkaas! Beyond doubt this set the temperature soaring, leaving everyone spellbound for more!

Impressing the judges yet again, the Brazilian beauty with her Indian beau has taken the standards to an all new level. Their steaming acts and bold concepts seems to be really the talk of the town… all we say is bring it on Bruna!

Catch Bruna and Omar on Nach Baliye – 6 this weekend at 9 pm only on STAR Plus!

RAVI AND SARGUN’S EMOTIONAL MOMENT

It was a nostalgic moment for Ravi and Sargun when they returned on Nach Baliye. The couple didn’t just come to perform but share an invite to their extended and most beloved Nach Parivaar for their wedding that takes place this weekend at Chandigarh.

The couple had an emotional outburst when they stepped on to the dance floor before they tied the knot. They performed on the romantic number Mere Haath Mein and tried to re-live the moment that was created last year when Ravi proposed marriage to his longtime girlfriend Sargun. The couple was in for a complete surprise when the Dholwallas stepped in and on Nach Baliye turned into a mini baraat celebration for them. This is not all the hosts Karan and Gautam made Ravi wear a sehra and Shilpa performed the auspicious aarti of the couple before they get into wedlock. The judges also gifted them an idol of Radh and Krishna for good luck.

Ravi who was speechless after this surprise said, “We both are extremely close to Nach Baliye. When we participated last year it was almost like being at home, we would just come to shoot and have fun. I am very happy to be on this stage and invite everyone who was part of that moment when we decided to take the step of culminating our relationship to the marriage. This place has made it happen for us and it’s always special to be here.”

Catch the soon to be married couple – Ravi and Sargun on Nach Baliye-6 at 9 pm this weekend on STAR Plus!

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