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Typhoon Matmo hits China
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Matmo, the second typhoon to strike China in a week on Wednesday battered the country’s southeastern coastline as the death toll from the super typhoon Rammasun rose to 56 with another 20 missing.
After landing, typhoon Matmo, however, weakened as it downgraded to a tropical storm, making landfalls in China’s heavily populated Fujian province.The country’s weather agency said that Matmo had gusts of 108 kilometres per hour and was moving at 20 kilometre per hour.
Authorities in Zhejiang province, south of Shanghai, had ordered fishing boats to return to port and stepped up patrols to watch for breaks in coastal and river embankments, the official Xinhua News Agency said.
Matmo had lashed Taiwan with heavy showers, injuring five people and affecting 31,505 homes, according to the island’s Central News Agency.
Matmo was forecast to turn north and pass over areas west of Shanghai, China’s biggest business centre, according to the Hong Kong Observatory.
Rains of up to 300 millimetres were forecast in Shanghai and areas as far north as Jiangsu province.
Over 1400 tourists were already evacuated from the Nanji island situated in east China’s Zhejiang province with the assistance of 14 additional flights in the wake of typhoon Matmo, local official said.
Typhoon Matmo is the 10th typhoon which hit China this year and second in a week.
The super typhoon Rammasun, with winds of up to 216 kilometre per hour, killed 56 people and was the strongest typhoon to hit south China in four decades, bringing gales, downpours and floods.
It (Typhoon Rammasun) has affected more than 11 million people in the provinces of Guangdong, Hainan and Yunnan as well as Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, an official statement said on Wednesday, combined direct economic losses in affected areas amount to USD 6.16 billion.
Over 862,000 people have been resettled and some 261,000 are in urgent need of basic necessities.
The rain has destroyed 40,000 houses and 258,000 hectares of crops, the ministry said.
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Telangana BJP leader’s remarks on Sania
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Updated on : 24-07-2014 03:18 PMPolitical parties on Thursday attacked Telangana BJP leader K Laxman who called sports icon Sania Mirza ‘daughter-in-law’ of Pakistan and said the tennis star is “our lady who belongs to Hyderabad”.
Condemning Laxman’s remark, TRS leader in Lok Sabha Jitender Reddy said, “She is our lady. She belongs to Hyderabad…(If) she has married a Pakistani or an American…that doesn’t (matter)…We can’t say that she has gone out of her place. She is definitely our Hyderabadi.”
He said Mirza was chosen as brand ambassador of the new state as she is staying in Hyderabad and all the medals she is winning are dedicated to Hyderabad.
Laxman, the leader of BJP in the state assembly, had yesterday flayed the TRS government’s decision to appoint Mirza as brand ambassador of Telangana, terming her as “daughter-in-law” of Pakistan and questioning her credentials for the honour.
When reporters sought his reaction on the issue, senior BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi said, “If such things somebody says it only reflects his culture.” Hitting out at the BJP legislator, SP leader Naresh Agarwal said, “Sania was born and brought up in India.
Our coaches (of different sports teams) are also foreigners. In this case, will the BJP say that they should not be made coaches. Why doesn’t the BJP oppose it then?”
Congress MP Saifuddin Soz also condemned the Laxman’s remarks. “(Jawaharlal) Nehru said India will always have danger from forces within India….(They are) the BJP, the Shiv Sena, the RSS. They are all sectarian and communal. Didn’t you see what the 11 MPs did in the New Maharashtra Sadan?” he said.
K Kavitha, TRS MP and daughter of Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, said the decision was taken by the Telangana government and “I don’t think it is wrong”. “She has never said that she has given up Indian citizenship. She plays for India and has been awarded by the Indian government on several occasions,” Kavitha said.
NCP MP Majeed Memon said, “She is a valuable asset and always played for India. She is a world renowned player and her ranking has only increased. It doesn’t matter if she marries a foreign citizen. She has been making India proud”.
Sania slams BJP, Cong over outsider tag
A controversy has erupted over Telangana government appointing Sania Mirza as the state’s brand ambassador with BJP leader K Laxman describing her as “non-local” and “daughter-in-law” of Pakistan as the tennis ace hit back, saying she will remain an Indian till death.
“Sania was born in Maharashtra and settled in Hyderabad only later and, hence, is a non-local,” Laxman, leader of BJP in the state assembly, said. He also dubbed her as “daughter-in-law” of Pakistan, as she is married to Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik.
The Telangana unit of the Congress too described her as unfit for the honour. “Sania does not fit into the brand image of Telangana and Hyderabad,” state Congress chief Ponnala Lakshmaiah said.
“She (Sania) has credentials in something else (tennis). How does she fit into the brand image of Hyderabad and Telangana?” he told PTI.
Meanwhile, the tennis star slammed attempts to tag her as an outsider and said her family had its roots in Hyderabad.
“My family belongs to Hyderabad for more than a century and I strongly condemn any attempts by any person, whosoever, to brand me an outsider,” she said in a statement.
“It hurts me that so much precious time of prominent politicians and the media is being wasted on a petty issue of my being appointed the Brand Ambassador of my State of Telangana,” Sania said.
“I am married to Mr. Shoaib Malik, who is from Pakistan. I am an Indian, who will remain an Indian until the end of my life,” she said.
Sania Mirza lacks credentials to be Telangana brand ambassador: BJP
Telangana BJP leader K Laxman on Thursday flayed the TRS government’s decision to appoint tennis star Sania Mirza as brand ambassador of the newly carved-out state, terming her as daughter-in-law of Pakistan and questioning her credentials for the honour.
Laxman accused the government of taking the step with an eye on the minority community votes in upcoming elections to the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation.
Senior BJP leader Subramanian Swamy has come out in support of BJP leaders who are opposing tennis star Sania Mirza’s appointment as Telangana’s brand ambassador because she is married to Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik
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Spaces of Water: New paradigms in ecocritical enquiry’_24th -25th July, 2014
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Plane crashes in Taiwan
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A plane landing in stormy weather crashed outside an airport on a small Taiwanese island late Wednesday, and the transport minister said 47 people were trapped and feared dead.
Taiwanese Transport Minister Yeh Kuang-shih was quoted by the government’s Central News Agency as saying 11 other people were injured when the plane crashed and caught fire while making a second landing attempt.Yeh was quoted as saying the flight, operated by Taiwan’s TransAsia Airways, carried 58 passengers and crew members.
The news agency had earlier quoted a local fire brigade chief as saying that 51 people had been killed.
Flight GE222, a twin-engine turboprop ATR-72 aircraft, was heading from the southern port city of Kaohsiung to the island of Penghu in the Taiwan Strait, according to the Taiwanese news agency.
It crashed outside the airport in Xixi village, and pictures in local media showed firefighters using flashlights to look at wreckage in the darkness.
Penghu is a lightly populated island that averages about two flights a day from Taipei.
The flight left Kaohsiung at 4:53 p.m. for Magong on Penghu, according to the head of Taiwan’s Civil Aeronautics Administration, Jean Shen. At 7:06 p.m., after saying it would make a second attempt at a landing, the plane lost contact with the tower.
Visibility as the plane approached was 1,600 meters (one mile), which met standards for landing, and two flights had landed before GE222, one at 5:34 p.m. and the other at 6:57 p.m., the agency reported.
But it appeared that heavy rain reduced visibility and the plane was forced to pull up and make a second landing attempt, the report cited the county fire department as saying.
Taiwan was battered by Typhoon Matmo early Tuesday morning, and the Central Weather Bureau warned of heavy rain through the evening, even though the center of the storm was in mainland China
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Eminent citizens condemn SLAPP cases against Paranjoy & Moneylife
24072014Eminent citizens, activists, academicians, unionists, journalists
condemn SLAPP cases against Paranjoy & Moneylife
Outraged at the defamation notices served on Paranjoy Guha Thakurta,
for writing a book called “Gas Wars: Crony Capitalism and the Ambanis”
and the review article ‘“Ambani ki dukaan?” by Sucheta Dalal of
Moneylife, eminent citizens, activists, academicians, unionists,
journalists have condemned Strategic Litigation Against Public Persons
(SLAPP) cases for publishing articles based on information available
in public domain.
for writing a book called “Gas Wars: Crony Capitalism and the Ambanis”
and the review article ‘“Ambani ki dukaan?” by Sucheta Dalal of
Moneylife, eminent citizens, activists, academicians, unionists,
journalists have condemned Strategic Litigation Against Public Persons
(SLAPP) cases for publishing articles based on information available
in public domain.
Their statement of concern is as under:
Statement of Concern on SLAPP Cases filed against authors, journalists
and publishers
and publishers
We, the undersigned condemn the threats of defamation cases served on
authors, journalists and now as publishers in writing.
authors, journalists and now as publishers in writing.
We have read the book “Gas Wars: Crony Capitalism and the Ambanis”
co-authored and published by Paranjoy Guha Thakurta and the review
article ‘“Ambani ki dukaan?” ’by Sucheta Dalal, Managing Editor of
moneylife magazine website and her messages on twitter and we found
nothing defamatory either in the book or in the articles and tweets.
The impeccable credentials of Paranjoy Guha Thakurta and Sucheta Dalal
have been exemplary for Indian journalism in the era of paid news,
embedded journalism and draconian corporate control over media.
co-authored and published by Paranjoy Guha Thakurta and the review
article ‘“Ambani ki dukaan?” ’by Sucheta Dalal, Managing Editor of
moneylife magazine website and her messages on twitter and we found
nothing defamatory either in the book or in the articles and tweets.
The impeccable credentials of Paranjoy Guha Thakurta and Sucheta Dalal
have been exemplary for Indian journalism in the era of paid news,
embedded journalism and draconian corporate control over media.
We note that both the book and the article are based on information
that is readily available to everybody in the public domain.
that is readily available to everybody in the public domain.
We are outraged by the assault on freedom of press and public interest
through threatening letters. The attempt to intimidate journalists who
report truth which commercial czars is quite reprehensible.
through threatening letters. The attempt to intimidate journalists who
report truth which commercial czars is quite reprehensible.
We express our support to the authors and publishers in question who
have exercised their right to free expression enshrined in Article
19(1) (a) of the Constitution of India. The day such voices are
silenced that would be a black day for Indian journalism and
democracy.
have exercised their right to free expression enshrined in Article
19(1) (a) of the Constitution of India. The day such voices are
silenced that would be a black day for Indian journalism and
democracy.
We have observed that the authors have been fair to Late Dhirubhai
Ambani, Mukesh Ambani and Anil Ambani and their companies, by
providing their version of events and circumstances.
Ambani, Mukesh Ambani and Anil Ambani and their companies, by
providing their version of events and circumstances.
Among other issues, the core issue that this scholarly and rigorously
referenced book and the articles in question raise is: who all are
colluding with to deprive present and future generations of Indians of
their claims of the natural resources of the country?
referenced book and the articles in question raise is: who all are
colluding with to deprive present and future generations of Indians of
their claims of the natural resources of the country?
We have pondered over the questions like: “If gas price is low as per
correct production rate then, why should Indians pay higher price of
gas? Who wants Indians to pay price of Indian natural resource as per
US price rate?” We observe that the legal notices from Mukesh Ambani
and Anil Ambani and their companies through their lawyers will have us
accept that raising such questions is defamatory.
correct production rate then, why should Indians pay higher price of
gas? Who wants Indians to pay price of Indian natural resource as per
US price rate?” We observe that the legal notices from Mukesh Ambani
and Anil Ambani and their companies through their lawyers will have us
accept that raising such questions is defamatory.
While delivering the speech at the award of Nobel Prize for Literature
in 2005, Harold Pinter said, “I believe that despite the enormous odds
which exist, unflinching, unswerving, fierce intellectual
determination, as citizens, to define the real truth of our lives and
our societies is a crucial obligation which devolves upon us all. It
is in fact mandatory. If such a determination is not embodied in our
political vision we have no hope of restoring what is so nearly lost
to us – the dignity of man.” Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, his co-authors
and Sucheta Dalal and her colleagues have done their duty as citizens,
writers and as purveyors of truth.
in 2005, Harold Pinter said, “I believe that despite the enormous odds
which exist, unflinching, unswerving, fierce intellectual
determination, as citizens, to define the real truth of our lives and
our societies is a crucial obligation which devolves upon us all. It
is in fact mandatory. If such a determination is not embodied in our
political vision we have no hope of restoring what is so nearly lost
to us – the dignity of man.” Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, his co-authors
and Sucheta Dalal and her colleagues have done their duty as citizens,
writers and as purveyors of truth.
This undemocratic act by these richest persons of our country and the
artificial persons-the companies- they run is totally unacceptable,
deplorable and constitutes an illegitimate advance against citizens’
rights.
Signatories…
artificial persons-the companies- they run is totally unacceptable,
deplorable and constitutes an illegitimate advance against citizens’
rights.
Signatories…
1. Prof. Jayati Ghosh, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
2. Prof Ramsharan Joshi, former VC, M.C.N.University of Journalism,
Bhopal and
journalist
3. Githa Hariharan, Writer
4. Garga Chatterjee, Indian Statistical Institute
5. Seema Mustafa, Editor, The Citizen, www.thecitizen.in
6. Prof. Ayesha Kidwai, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
7. Arun Kumar, Former Member, Press Council of India (XIth Term), General
Secretary, Bihar Working Journalists Union, Member, National Executive
Committee and Indian Journalists Union
8. Prof. Kamal Mitra Chenoy, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
9. Siddharth Varadarajan, Journalist & Former Editor, The Hindu
10. Prof. (Dr) Dr.Mohan Rao, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
11. Wilfred Dcosta, Indian Social Action Forum (INSAF)
12. Mitali Saran, Writer & Columnist
13. Subhash Gatade, author and human rights activist
14. Dr. Malem Ningthouja, Campaign for Peace & Democracy, Manipur
15. Irfan Engineer, Director, Institute of Peace Studies and Conflict
Resolution, Mumbai
16. Mukul, Dube, Writer, Photographer and social activist
17. Gautam Navlakha, human rights activist & journalist, Delhi
18. Omair Ahmad, Author
19. Trupti Shah, Activist, Gujarat
20. Himanshu Thakkar, South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers and People (SANDRP)
21. Chittaroopa Palit, Narmada Bachao Andolan
22. Kamayani Bali Mahabal, Feminist and Human rights activist, Mumbai
23. Faisal khan, National Alliance of People’s Movements
24. Yashwant, Editor, http://bhadas4media.com/, NCR
25. Pushpraj, Journalist and Author of Nandigram Diary, Patna
26. Rohit Prajapati, Activist, Gujarat
27. Xavier Dias, Editor, Khan Kaneej Aur ADHIKAR (Mines, minerals & RIGHTS),
Jharkhand
28. Prithvi Raj Sharma, founder member of Indian Community Activists network
(ICAN)
29. Dilip Simeon, Historian and author of Revolution Highway, Delhi
30. Gopal Krishna, researcher, journalist and social activist,
ToxicsWatch Alliance
(TWA)
31. Dr Babu Rao Kalapala, Scientist
32. Dipak Dholakia, Citizens’ Solidarity—Forum for Water and
Sanitation (CS-FWS)
33. Kiran Shaheen, Memoirist and activist
34. Sudhir Pattnaik, Writer and Media Person, Bhubaneswar
35. Sankara Narayanan, social activist
36. Noor Zaheer Zaheer, Writer and Researcher
37. Preeti Sampat, Anthropologist, City University of New York
38. Persis Ginwalla, Social activist, Ahmedabad
39. B.R. Bapuji, Professor (Retired), University of Hyderabad
40. M. Thimma Reddy, People’s Monitoring Group on Electricity
Regulation, Hyderabad
41. Shweta Tripathi, Social Activist
42. R.Subbarao, former Senior DGM, BHEL, Secunderabad
43. Sagar Rabari, Jamin Adhikar Andolan, Gujarat (JAAG)
44. Krishnakant, Social activist, Gujarat
45. Ashok Tankashala, Journalist and Writer, Hyderabad
46. Dr Paresh R. Vaidya, Scientist
47. Roger Moody, Writer & Researcher
48. E. Theophilus. citizen, Uttarakhand
49. Leo Saldanha, Environmental Activist and author
50. Soumya Dutta, Environmental activist, Author & educator, Convenor
- Climate &
Energy, Beyond Copenhagen
51. Nityanand Jayaraman, Writer and Social Activist, Chennai
52. Jai Sen, CACIM, New Delhi
53. Souparna Lahiri, Independent Researcher
54. Ravindranath, River Basin Friends, Dhemaji, Assam
55. Gautam Mody, General Secretary, New Trade Union Initiative
56. Lalit Surjan, Chief Editor, DeshBandhu, Raipur, Chattisgarh
57. Narayan Jee Choudhary, Social Activist, Bihar
58. Sukla Sen, Writer & Social Activist
59. Ranjan Panda, Social Activist, Odisha
60. Shriprakash, Film maker, Jharkhand
61. Stan Swamy, Jharkhand Bachao Andolan
62. Ramaswamy R Iyer, former Secretary, Government of India
63. Rabin Chakraborty, Retired Teacher, Calcutta University
64. Vidyadhar Atkore, Member, Western Ghats Forum, Bangalore
65. R.Selvam, Co-ordinator, Tamil Nadu Organic Farmers Federation,
Erode District,
Tamil nadu
66. Rajendra K Sail, Social Activist, Chhattisgarh
67. Dr.Gabriele Dietrich, NAPM
68. Suresh Bhat B, Citizen, Mangalore
69. YP Chawla, Researcher, Writer, Advisor, Electricity Regulation
70. Charles Chasie, citizen
71. Dr. S. Jeevananda Reddy, citizen
72. Dr Sudhirendar Sharma, Director, Ecological Foundation
73. Prakash Louis, Indian Social Institute, Bangalore
74. Murli Manohar Prasad Singh, editor, Naya Path, Janwadi Lekhak Sangh
75. Rekha Awasthi, Janwadi Lekhak Sangh
76. Ramesh Sharma, Social Activist
77. M K Tayal, Social Activist
78. Gourinath, Social Activist
79. Krishna Soni, General Secretary, AVARTAN Theatre Group, Hyderabad
80. Rajendra Ravi, Social Activist
81. Sujit Patwardhan, Parisar, Pune
82. Pallav Kumar, researcher
83. Shree Prakash, SUM Net India
84. Bharati Sinha, Communications Director, Greenpeace India
85. Afroz Alam ‘Sahil’, Editor (Investigation), www.beyondheadlines.in
86. Anil Sinha, Deccan Herald, New Delhi
87. KM Bhai, Social Journalist, Kanpur
88. Pankaj Chaudhary, Poet, Assistant Editor, Forward Press
89. Surendra Grover, Media Durbar
90. Mangalesh Dabral, Poet
91. Sanjeev Kumar, writer
92. Ranjana Bisht, journalist
93. Ramesh Sharma, INSAF
94. Varun Shialesh, Writer
95. Subhash Gautam, journalist & research scholar
96. Sudha Bharadwaj, trade unionist and human rights lawyer, Bilaspur
Chhattisgarh
97. Ulka Mahajan, Sarvhara Jan Andolan
98. Mukta srivastava, Shoshit Jan Aandolan
99. Dr Dinesh Kumar Mishra, noted river biographer and environmentalist
100. Soumik Banerjee, Researcher & Practitioner, Sundarpahari, Godda, Jharkhand
101. Pankaj Bisht, Writer and editor, Samayantar
102. Qaneez Sukhrani, Social Activist, Pune
103. Fulan Bhattacharji, Citizen, Tripura
104. Nandita Dutta, Citizen, Tripura
105. Suchitra Sarkar, Citizen, Tripura
106. Balaji Pandey, Director, Institute for Socio-Economic
Development, Bhubaneswar
107. Manoj Misra, Yamuna Jiye Abhiyaan, Delhi
108. Udayashankar Chaturvedi, scientist
109. Asit, Writer & Activist
110. Dr. Anant Phadke, Pune, Shramik Mukti Dal, (Democratic)
111. Ashok Jain, former Chief Engineer, DVC
112. Ritu Khanna, Translator
113. Gurmeet Singh, Satnam, Author Jangalnama
114. Nand Kumar Kashyap, citizen, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh
115. K. Ashok Rao, President, National Confederation of Officers’
Associations (NCOA) &
Patron, All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF)
116. Prathmesh Mishra, Architect, Bilaspur
117. Ravi Singh, citizen and environmentalist, Agra
118. Walter Mendoza, Indian Network on Ethics in Climate Change
2. Prof Ramsharan Joshi, former VC, M.C.N.University of Journalism,
Bhopal and
journalist
3. Githa Hariharan, Writer
4. Garga Chatterjee, Indian Statistical Institute
5. Seema Mustafa, Editor, The Citizen, www.thecitizen.in
6. Prof. Ayesha Kidwai, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
7. Arun Kumar, Former Member, Press Council of India (XIth Term), General
Secretary, Bihar Working Journalists Union, Member, National Executive
Committee and Indian Journalists Union
8. Prof. Kamal Mitra Chenoy, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
9. Siddharth Varadarajan, Journalist & Former Editor, The Hindu
10. Prof. (Dr) Dr.Mohan Rao, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
11. Wilfred Dcosta, Indian Social Action Forum (INSAF)
12. Mitali Saran, Writer & Columnist
13. Subhash Gatade, author and human rights activist
14. Dr. Malem Ningthouja, Campaign for Peace & Democracy, Manipur
15. Irfan Engineer, Director, Institute of Peace Studies and Conflict
Resolution, Mumbai
16. Mukul, Dube, Writer, Photographer and social activist
17. Gautam Navlakha, human rights activist & journalist, Delhi
18. Omair Ahmad, Author
19. Trupti Shah, Activist, Gujarat
20. Himanshu Thakkar, South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers and People (SANDRP)
21. Chittaroopa Palit, Narmada Bachao Andolan
22. Kamayani Bali Mahabal, Feminist and Human rights activist, Mumbai
23. Faisal khan, National Alliance of People’s Movements
24. Yashwant, Editor, http://bhadas4media.com/, NCR
25. Pushpraj, Journalist and Author of Nandigram Diary, Patna
26. Rohit Prajapati, Activist, Gujarat
27. Xavier Dias, Editor, Khan Kaneej Aur ADHIKAR (Mines, minerals & RIGHTS),
Jharkhand
28. Prithvi Raj Sharma, founder member of Indian Community Activists network
(ICAN)
29. Dilip Simeon, Historian and author of Revolution Highway, Delhi
30. Gopal Krishna, researcher, journalist and social activist,
ToxicsWatch Alliance
(TWA)
31. Dr Babu Rao Kalapala, Scientist
32. Dipak Dholakia, Citizens’ Solidarity—Forum for Water and
Sanitation (CS-FWS)
33. Kiran Shaheen, Memoirist and activist
34. Sudhir Pattnaik, Writer and Media Person, Bhubaneswar
35. Sankara Narayanan, social activist
36. Noor Zaheer Zaheer, Writer and Researcher
37. Preeti Sampat, Anthropologist, City University of New York
38. Persis Ginwalla, Social activist, Ahmedabad
39. B.R. Bapuji, Professor (Retired), University of Hyderabad
40. M. Thimma Reddy, People’s Monitoring Group on Electricity
Regulation, Hyderabad
41. Shweta Tripathi, Social Activist
42. R.Subbarao, former Senior DGM, BHEL, Secunderabad
43. Sagar Rabari, Jamin Adhikar Andolan, Gujarat (JAAG)
44. Krishnakant, Social activist, Gujarat
45. Ashok Tankashala, Journalist and Writer, Hyderabad
46. Dr Paresh R. Vaidya, Scientist
47. Roger Moody, Writer & Researcher
48. E. Theophilus. citizen, Uttarakhand
49. Leo Saldanha, Environmental Activist and author
50. Soumya Dutta, Environmental activist, Author & educator, Convenor
- Climate &
Energy, Beyond Copenhagen
51. Nityanand Jayaraman, Writer and Social Activist, Chennai
52. Jai Sen, CACIM, New Delhi
53. Souparna Lahiri, Independent Researcher
54. Ravindranath, River Basin Friends, Dhemaji, Assam
55. Gautam Mody, General Secretary, New Trade Union Initiative
56. Lalit Surjan, Chief Editor, DeshBandhu, Raipur, Chattisgarh
57. Narayan Jee Choudhary, Social Activist, Bihar
58. Sukla Sen, Writer & Social Activist
59. Ranjan Panda, Social Activist, Odisha
60. Shriprakash, Film maker, Jharkhand
61. Stan Swamy, Jharkhand Bachao Andolan
62. Ramaswamy R Iyer, former Secretary, Government of India
63. Rabin Chakraborty, Retired Teacher, Calcutta University
64. Vidyadhar Atkore, Member, Western Ghats Forum, Bangalore
65. R.Selvam, Co-ordinator, Tamil Nadu Organic Farmers Federation,
Erode District,
Tamil nadu
66. Rajendra K Sail, Social Activist, Chhattisgarh
67. Dr.Gabriele Dietrich, NAPM
68. Suresh Bhat B, Citizen, Mangalore
69. YP Chawla, Researcher, Writer, Advisor, Electricity Regulation
70. Charles Chasie, citizen
71. Dr. S. Jeevananda Reddy, citizen
72. Dr Sudhirendar Sharma, Director, Ecological Foundation
73. Prakash Louis, Indian Social Institute, Bangalore
74. Murli Manohar Prasad Singh, editor, Naya Path, Janwadi Lekhak Sangh
75. Rekha Awasthi, Janwadi Lekhak Sangh
76. Ramesh Sharma, Social Activist
77. M K Tayal, Social Activist
78. Gourinath, Social Activist
79. Krishna Soni, General Secretary, AVARTAN Theatre Group, Hyderabad
80. Rajendra Ravi, Social Activist
81. Sujit Patwardhan, Parisar, Pune
82. Pallav Kumar, researcher
83. Shree Prakash, SUM Net India
84. Bharati Sinha, Communications Director, Greenpeace India
85. Afroz Alam ‘Sahil’, Editor (Investigation), www.beyondheadlines.in
86. Anil Sinha, Deccan Herald, New Delhi
87. KM Bhai, Social Journalist, Kanpur
88. Pankaj Chaudhary, Poet, Assistant Editor, Forward Press
89. Surendra Grover, Media Durbar
90. Mangalesh Dabral, Poet
91. Sanjeev Kumar, writer
92. Ranjana Bisht, journalist
93. Ramesh Sharma, INSAF
94. Varun Shialesh, Writer
95. Subhash Gautam, journalist & research scholar
96. Sudha Bharadwaj, trade unionist and human rights lawyer, Bilaspur
Chhattisgarh
97. Ulka Mahajan, Sarvhara Jan Andolan
98. Mukta srivastava, Shoshit Jan Aandolan
99. Dr Dinesh Kumar Mishra, noted river biographer and environmentalist
100. Soumik Banerjee, Researcher & Practitioner, Sundarpahari, Godda, Jharkhand
101. Pankaj Bisht, Writer and editor, Samayantar
102. Qaneez Sukhrani, Social Activist, Pune
103. Fulan Bhattacharji, Citizen, Tripura
104. Nandita Dutta, Citizen, Tripura
105. Suchitra Sarkar, Citizen, Tripura
106. Balaji Pandey, Director, Institute for Socio-Economic
Development, Bhubaneswar
107. Manoj Misra, Yamuna Jiye Abhiyaan, Delhi
108. Udayashankar Chaturvedi, scientist
109. Asit, Writer & Activist
110. Dr. Anant Phadke, Pune, Shramik Mukti Dal, (Democratic)
111. Ashok Jain, former Chief Engineer, DVC
112. Ritu Khanna, Translator
113. Gurmeet Singh, Satnam, Author Jangalnama
114. Nand Kumar Kashyap, citizen, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh
115. K. Ashok Rao, President, National Confederation of Officers’
Associations (NCOA) &
Patron, All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF)
116. Prathmesh Mishra, Architect, Bilaspur
117. Ravi Singh, citizen and environmentalist, Agra
118. Walter Mendoza, Indian Network on Ethics in Climate Change
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20th Commonwealth Games in Glasgow
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Scotland rolled out a spectacular opening ceremony on Wednesday with dazzling and colourful display of their unique culture and heritage on a breathtaking night, which also had some Indian flavour to set the stage for the 20th Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
Glasgow suddenly sprang to life and exuberance with a three-hour mesmerizing show of light and sound and colourful hues which the organisers claimed was watched by more than one billion people.As per convention, the head of Commonwealth countries Queen Elizabeth II declared the Games Open.”It is my greatest pleasure to declare the 20th Commonwealth Games open” Her Majesty said under a blue Glasgow sky to signal Scotland’s third CWG and first after 1986 when Duke of Edinburgh played host. British Prime Minister David Cameron, Scottish government first minister Alex Salmond and Commonwealth Games Federation President Prince Imran Tunku also added to the start of Scotland’s biggest sporting event which is estimated to have cost the host country around one billion dollars.
Britain’s all time most successful Olympian cyclist and a Scottish himself, Sir Chris Hoy was given the honour of presenting the Queens Baton to Her Majesty who read out her message to the Commonwealth before declaring open the Games to be competed for 11 days among 4929 athletes from 71 nations and territories of the erstwhile British Empire.
India had their slice of attention with cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar turning up in a brief video clip, urging people to donate for the improvement of the living condition of children throughout the world in his role as the Global Goodwill Ambassador of UNICEF which partnered with Glasgow 2014 in a first-of-its-kind initiative.
The Indian contingent headed by flag bearer and Olympic silver medallist shooter Vijay Kumar led the Parade of Nations, by virtue of being hosts in 2010 Delhi edition, as the men looked dapper in black blazers and gray trousers along with head gear while the women athletes wore sari’s.
The 35,000 capacity Celtic stadium cheered as the Indians entered with the tune of popular Bollywood numbers ‘nagada nagada’ and ‘pyar do’ filling the Glasgow air.
England also got a rousing welcome despite the Games being held a few months before the Scottish vote on September 18 to decide whether they will remain as part of United Kingdom or become a separate nation.
The host country contingent, dressed in their traditional attire and walking under their flag Saltire, understandably got a deafening reception while coming in last.
With the packed crowd joining in singing and dancing along with the exuberant volunteers and even the athletes, the laser lights beamed the colours of the national flags of the participating countries in the nearly 50-minute Parade of Nations setting the stadium in different hues.
The centrepiece of the opening ceremony, produced by global specialists of such events Jack Morton Worldwide, was the near-100m wide and 11m high LED screen erected in front of the South Stand at Celtic Park to broadcast images on the night.
The installation of the giant LED screen, touted to be the largest used in Europe for such events, led to the reduction of the stadium from 40,000 to 35,000.
The turf of the home of Scotland’s famous football club Celtic was completely covered by wooden flooring for the opening ceremony which saw more than 2,000 volunteers taking part in it and broadcast live on BBC.
The vibrant show began with a three minute and 40 minute section called Glasgow’s countdown, with a graffiti of number 14 shown on the screen to mark the 2014 Games. It was given the name ‘Glasgow Countdown’ because it was made by the people of the city.
After the city, it was about the host country in a funny depiction of 100 things about being Scottish in an eight and a half minute segment called the ‘Kingdom of the Scots’ with Scottish comedian Karen Dunbar and Glasgow-born actor John Barrowman taking part in it.
The Loch Ness monster, Glasgow’s history of ship-building and the Forth Rail Bridge also featured in the act, which also celebrated the great Scottish inventions.
Having depicted all about Glasgow and Scotland, it is now time to think about the world.
Karen Dunbar came out once again to welcome the lively and celebrating crowd before cutaways of Glasgow Green, QBR approaching Glasgow and cheering to the athletes are shown in a one and a half section.
The stage was then set for an exhilarating music and song with Glaswegian singer Amy Macdonald singing Rod Stewart’s ‘Rhythm of My Heart’ before the rock legend joined himself to the deafening cheer of the spectators.
The flags of 2010 host India, current host Scotland and next edition host Australia were shown together on the giant LED screen before CGF chief Imran Tunku, 2014 Glasgow chairman Lord Smith of Kelvin and chief executive Michael Cavanagh was called on the centre of Main Performance Arena.
It was then Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth who made a dramatic entry into the stadium along with the Duke of Edinburgh in her Royal car after Susan Boyle’s “Mull of Kintyre” number gave way to the ‘Pipe and Drums’ of the Scottish Regiment.
India aims top three finish in Glasgow Commonwealth Games
The unprecedented success achieved in the last edition would be hard to replicate this time after the dropping of a few disciplines but upbeat after getting back in the Olympic fold, a 215-strong Indian contingent would nonetheless seek a top-five finish in the 20th Commonwealth Games which began in Glasgow on Wednesday.
India finished second behind Australia with a record 101 medal haul in New Delhi in a Games marred by corruption scandals and construction delays but praised for the stunning success in terms of delivery of the event and performance by the athletes.
The Delhi CWG triggered an ascent in sports achievements with another record-breaking show in the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou where India won 65 medals.
Two years later, the country won six medals in London, almost half of the individual medals won in the entire Olympic history.
But in Glasgow, the most realistic target for India would be a third-place finish with the top spot expected to go either to Australia or England.
The Games will see 4,500 athletes from 71 nations of the erstwhile British empire compete for the top honours with superstar sprinter Usain Bolt of Jamaica and middle and long distance king Mo Farah of England expected to set the Hampden Park Stadium ablaze.
A total of 261 medal events across 18 sports will be contested across 11 days in the third-biggest multi-sporting event after Olympics and Asian Games. The Games will also include the highest ever number of para-sport events with 22 gold medals up for grabs across five sports.
India, which has sent 215 athletes in 14 sports, its largest ever after 2010 Delhi CWG, will be hit hard by the scrapping of archery and tennis from Glasgow Games and the reduction in the number of medal events in shooting and wrestling.
The country had won a combined 12 medals from archery and tennis in 2010 while bagging 14 medals from the 18 events dropped this time from shooting.
Greco-Roman category in wrestling, from which India won eight medals in 2010, has also been done away with in Glasgow.
With several of the shooters, who had given 30 medals in 2010, also not in peak form, India’s medal tally is expected to reduce drastically from the 101 (38, 27, 36) in 2010 and anything above 60 can be considered an achievement.
Finishing second in Glasgow ahead of England, whose athletes are competing under near home-like conditions, is unlikely for India.
The country had finished second in 2010 after winning one gold more than England which though had bagged 31 more medals.
England will also be hurt less than India on account of scrapping of archery and tennis and pruning down of the number of events in shooting and wrestling. Moreover, they did not send many of their top athletes in 2010 because of the 2012 London Olympics.
India and Canada, which has sent a 265-strong team to Glasgow, it’s largest ever for a non-home Commonwealth Games, are expected to fight it out for the third place.
Canada will not be hit hard by scrapping of disciplines as they won just three medals in Greco-Roman wrestling in 2010 while they had a small presence in shooting.
Scotland, which is hosting its biggest ever sporting event and third CWG on its soil, is also expected to do well in front of their home crowd who are also set to watch the likes of Bolt, Farah, women’s 100m Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and English cycling champion Bradley Wiggins, the 2012 Tour de France winner, in action.
The fight for the top spot will, however, be intense with England likely to challenge Australia’s reign at the top of medal table since 1990. Both Australia and England will each be represented by over 400 athletes.
Australia topped the medal count at 2010 Delhi Games with 177 medals (74, 55, 48) against England’s 142 (37, 59, 46) but two years later, Britain won the battle that really counted, clinching 29 gold medals in London Olympics while Australia managed seven, sparking fierce recriminations Down Under.
India, which has more than half of the total two billion population of the Commonwealth countries, has returned with nearly 30 medal winners of the last Games with the likes of Abhinav Bindra, Gagan Narang, Vijender Singh, Sushil Kumar, Yogeshwar Dutt, Krishna Poonia, Ashish Kumar, Achanta Sharath Kamal set to prove their mettle once again.
As usual, shooting is still expected to contribute a major chunk of medals for India despite 18 events being dropped in Glasgow since the last edition.
In Delhi, shooting had given 30 out of 101 medals India won and this time also, the country would look up to the likes of star marksman Abhinav Bindra, Gagan Narang, Vijay Kumar, Heena Sidhu to deliver once again.
India will also find its medal count getting reduced due to scrapping of Greco-Roman wrestling (seven events) from which the country had won four gold, a silver and two bronze. But, India still is expected to win at least 10 medals from wrestling.
Olympic medallists Sushil Kumar and Yogeshwar Dutt will lead the campaign and both, though fighting in new weight classes due to tweaking of categories by world governing body FILA, would be looking for gold in 74kg and 65kg freestyle respectively.
In hockey, the Olympic sport which is most sentimentally attached to the people, India is expected to win at least a medal either from men or women.Indian men won a silver in 2010 CWG after a humiliating loss to Australia in the final and this time they will have to beat either New Zealand or England in the semifinals, if they reach that stage, to make it to the title round.In women’s hockey, India will first hope to finish in the top two in their group with higher-ranked New Zealand and South Africa in the fray.
India are also set to lose out medals in athletics, which yielded 12 medals, including two gold, last time. With lack of preparation ahead of the Games and most of the track and field athletes struggling for form, the country may not even reach the half-way mark in the blue-riband sport of the multi-sporting event.
The country may expect four to five medals in athletics with the likes of defending women’s discus throw champion Krishna Poonia and Vikas Gowda (men’s discus throw) and young Arpinder Singh (men’s triple jump) among contenders.
Women’s 4x400m relay quartet has an outside chance for a medal while women’s discus may give another medal with Seema Punia having a chance in a field which has very few world-class competitors.
In badminton, despite the absence of star shuttler Saina Nehwal, India are expected to do well and almost certain to win a medal in men’s and women’s singles. Rising star P V Sindhu is the highest-ranked shuttler in women’s singles and she can win a gold this time.
In men’s singles, with the pulling out of world number one Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia, P Kashyap should win at least a medal if not gold. Another Malaysian Wei Feng Chong is now the highest ranked player left in fray at 19th while Kashyap, bronze winner in 2010 Delhi CWG, is ranked two rungs below.
England’s Rajiv Ouseph, who won a silver in 2010 Delhi CWG, is third highest ranker at 27th but he has struggled with his form this season and India’s K Srikkanth or R M V Gurusaidutt has the capability to bag a medal.
Defending women’s doubles champions Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponappa may also get a medal though it will be tough for the Indian pair.
The loss in athletics may be compensated by weightlifting which could turn out to be the surprise discipline for India as the medal tally of eight in 2010 may be surpassed this time. The country’s lifters had done exceedingly well in the Commonwealth Championships in November last year.
With weightlifting heavyweight Nigeria coming in Glasgow without much preparation and in the absence of a couple of Malaysian gold winners of last Games, India may get more medals than the eight they won in Delhi though it is difficult to predict the colour of the medals.
Indian boxers may be able to win the same number of seven medals which they bagged in 2010 but unlikely to bag three gold though defending light welterweight (upto 64kg) champion Manoj Kumar (64kg) and 2008 Beijing Olympics bronze medallist Vijender Singh (75kg) are taking part in Glasgow.
For the first time, women’s boxing will be introduced in the Commonwealth Games in three weight categories — 51kg, 60kg and 75kg — and the Indians, including former Asian champion L Sarita Devi (60kg) will be in the reckoning for a medal each.
India should also win at least two medals in table tennis. The Indian paddlers had won five medals, including a gold in men’s doubles, in 2010. Veteran Achanta Sharath Kamal, who was part of gold-winning pair in 2010, is again leading the Indian campaign.
Gymnast Ashish Kumar won a silver and a bronze in men’s vault and floor exercise in the last Games in Delhi but it will have to be seen whether he can repeat that performance in Glasgow while the judokas are also hoping to get at least a medal in their sport which returned to the CWG fold after 2002.
Para athlete Prasanta Karmarkar won a bronze in men’s 50m freestyle S9 swimming in 2010 and he is also in the fray again.
Meanwhile, Olympic champions Bolt, Farah and Wiggins headline a host of star names hoping to bury injury problems and selection snubs to strike gold at the Commonwealth Games.
The 20th edition of the Games will officially be opened by Queen Elizabeth II on Wednesday with a ceremony at the iconic Celtic Park, the home Scotland’s famous football club Glasgow Celtic.
The Opening Ceremony, to be produced by an international events company Jack Morton Worldwide involved in the Ceremonies for Manchester 2002, Melbourne 2006 as well as the Athens Olympics and the 2010 World Cup, is expected to attract a global audience of more than one billion and is set to feature more than 2,000 volunteers taking part in the event.
Singing stars such as Grammy Award winner rock legend Rod Stewart, host country’s Susan Boyle, Amy McDonald and Julie Fowlis will perform on the night in a three-hour show starting 8pm British Summer Time (00:30 IST) .
The Ceremony will also feature a near 100m wide and 11m high LED screen erected in front of the South Stand at Celtic Park to broadcast images on the night.
Attention will then turn to the action itself with Bolt looking to add Commonwealth gold to his six Olympic and eight World Championship gold medals.
However, the 27-year-old will only be running as part of the Jamaican 4x100m relay team as he missed the Jamaican championships which served as the selection meeting for the Commonwealth Games due to injury.
Double Olympic champion Farah is confident of being fit to run both the 5,000m and 10,000m despite pulling out of the Diamond League event in Glasgow due to abdominal pains.
Indian contingent suffered a jolt today with two athletes pulling out of the Commonwealth Games, starting in Glasgow on Wednesday.
Sachin Roby, who was to take part in men’s 4x400m relay, has been suffering from Jaundice for the last few days and would no longer be able to participate in the event, while para-athlete Sachin Choudhary has returned home due to deteriorating condition of his ailing father.
Indian contingent suffered a jolt today with two athletes pulling out of the Commonwealth Games, starting in Glasgow on Wednesday.
Sachin Roby, who was to take part in men’s 4x400m relay, has been suffering from Jaundice for the last few days and would no longer be able to participate in the event, while para-athlete Sachin Choudhary has returned home due to deteriorating condition of his ailing father.
Chef de Mission Raj Singh told the Indian media contingent that Roby will be sent home if he is permitted so by the team doctors. “Roby was admitted to a local hospital here and he was diagnosed with jaundice. He was admitted to the hospital for four days,” Raj Singh said.
“I have asked the team doctors if he can be sent back home in this condition. If the doctors say yes, then he will be sent home. Otherwise he will have to keep him here,” he added.
Indian athletics team coach Bahadur Singh said that Roby will be sent home after a few days when he is cleared by team doctor that he can travel.
“Roby spent three-four days at the hospital due to jaundice and it has been three days since he has been discharged. He cannot take part in the Commonwealth Games as he will need at least one month (to recover).”He is recovering and once the team doctor says he can travel, he will be sent back home,” he said.
“We came with six 4x400m relay runners. Now, we still have five members out of which four will run. There is no need for replacement,” Bahadur Singh added.Raj Singh also confirmed that Choudhary left for home last night after his ailing father’s health deteriorated. Para-sports manager Shankar Iyer said that Choudhary was a medal prospect and he might return here if his father’s condition improved.
“We came with six 4x400m relay runners. Now, we still have five members out of which four will run. There is no need for replacement,” Bahadur Singh added.Raj Singh also confirmed that Choudhary left for home last night after his ailing father’s health deteriorated. Para-sports manager Shankar Iyer said that Choudhary was a medal prospect and he might return here if his father’s condition improved.
“Sachin Choudhary is a medal prospect. He told me before leaving Glasgow that he will return for the competition if his father’s condition improves,” he said.
Para-powerlifting events will be held on 2nd August.Iyer said Choudhary was a late addition to the team, which put the total number of Indian athletes sent to Glasgow to 216.
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India ranks 135th on Human Development Index: UNDP
25072014The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in its recent publication ‘The 2014 Human Development Report’ ranked India at 135th position for the year 2013 and categorizing the country amongst the medium human development category. India ’s HDI value is reported at 0.586 which is a marginal increase from 0.583 registered in 2012, leaving India ’s rank unchanged from the previous year. While, between 2000-2013 HDI value for India increased from 0.483 to 0.586 posted an annual average growth rate of 1.49%.
The sub-index called Multidimensional Poverty Index, which considers health, education and living standards reported an index value of 0.282 down from 0.283 in 2010. The poverty index further enumerated that 32.86% of people in India lived on US$ 1.25 a day. On Gender inequality index, India is ranked at 127th position with an index value of 0.563. In education, India registered a literacy rate of 62.8% in adults and 81.1% in youth. While the percentage of GDP as expenditure on education was 3.3%. The report also highlighted the social competencies wherein it posted 9.3% for unemployment rate, 10.7% for youth unemployment and 11.8% for child labour.
At global level, top five countries on HDI were Norway at HDI 0.944, Australia at 0.933, Switzerland at 0.917, Netherlands at0.915 and US at 0.914. While the lowest ranked nations on HDI were Sierra Leone at 0.374, Chad at 0.372, Africa at 0.341, Congo DR at 0.338 and Niger at 0.337. Amongst BRICS nations China was ranked at the top at 15th rank with HDI value of 0.891 followed by Russian Federation at 57th for HDI value of 0.778, Brazil at 79thrank for HDI value of 0.744 and South Africa at 118th rank for HDI value of 0.658.
Overall, the report said that despite recent progress in poverty reduction, more than 2.2 billion people are either near or living in multidimensional poverty. That means more than 15% of the world’s people remain vulnerable to multidimensional poverty. At the same time, nearly 80% of the global population lack comprehensive social protection. About 12% (842 million) suffer from chronic hunger, and nearly half of all workers more than 1.5 billion are in informal or precarious employment. In addition, the 2013 HDR revealed that more than 40 developing countries with the majority of the world’s population had greater gains on the Human Development Index than would have been predicted given their situation in 1990.
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AAP National Executive meet
25072014Three-dayAam Aadmi Party National Executive meeting will be held at Sunam (Sangrur district), Punjab, between July 25-27.
The agenda for the meeting includes discussion on the current political situation of the country, organisational planning and ways of implementing Mission Vistaar.
AAP condemns BJP statement on Sania Mirza :
The Aam Aadmi Party strongly condemns the remarks made by a BJP leader from Telangana about Tennis player Sania Mirza. The BJP should apologise to the country for such an unacceptable utterance of its leader.
Such statements are not expected from a ruling party of the country, but the reluctance of the BJP to rein in its leaders and discourage them from making such reprehensible statements, shows that this party is returning to its core divisive agenda.
The remarks clearly smack of parochialism with clear communal overtones.
The AAP is of the clear view that a player who was born and brought up in India and still continues to represent the country, cannot be hurt merely on grounds of her marriage.
Statements from some Congress leaders, echoing the sentiments of BJP also deserve to be condemned.
The Telangana Chief Minister is right in calling Sania “a true Hyderabadi” and any attempts to spread misinformation in this regard, need to be strongly curbed.
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Monday 28th – Launch of “Intensified Diarrhoea Control Fortnight”
25072014Monday 28th – Launch of “Intensified Diarrhoea Control Fortnight” by Hon’ble Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Dr. Harsh Vardhan on Monday, July 28, 2014
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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India cordially invites you to the launch of “Intensified Diarrhoea Control Fortnight” by Hon’ble Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Dr. Harsh Vardhan on Monday, July 28, 2014 at 8:30 AM at Jacaranda, India Habitat Center, New Delhi.
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Onus on India : BRICS members should have equal say in Development Bank
25072014Onus on India : BRICS members should have equal say in Development Bank
ASHOK B SHARMA*
BRICS have laid the foundation for a New Development Bank at its sixth Summit at Fortaleza. But let’s not forget that it needs much to be done by India in the long run to derive benefits from the proposals and position itself as a leader of hope for the developing and emerging economies.
The proposal stipulates setting up of the bank at Shanghai, placing China at a more advantageous position. After getting the approval for BRICS Development Bank at Shanghai, China has another plan to push for hosting a separate multilateral bank – Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). With these two projects, China intends to spread its economic clout not only in Asia but also among the developing world.
It is proposed that the BRICS Bank will have an initial authorised capital of $100 billion and the initial subscribed capital will be $50 billion, equally shared among the five founding members – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. Thus meaning equal voting rights for all the five members, though the Fortaleza Declaration has not stated this in specific terms. Perhaps it has been left to Charter of the bank to define this aspect.
BRICS has also set up a $100 billion Contingent Reserve Arrangement to forestall short-term liquidity pressures through currency swaps and a MoU has been signed among BRICS Export Credit Guarantees Agencies to improve support environment for increasing trade opportunities.
However, analysts and think tank in China think in a different way. Professor Zhu Ning at the Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance has raised the issue of coordination problem if the five founding members have equal share and say in the bank. Chinese think tanks have favoured more countries joining the bank and China contributing more to be in a dominant position. They feel that with the BRICS Bank and the proposed AIIB, China will be able to extend its sway over Asia and the developing world.
The AIIB was first announced in October last year when President Xi Jinping was on a tour to Southeast Asia, offering billions of dollars in trade deals and extending hope for a maritime silk route to link China with Southeast Asia and the Indian Ocean region apart from a silk route connecting Central Asia.
While the BRICS Bank stipulates “mobilizing resources for infrastructure and sustainable development projects in BRICS countries and other emerging and developing economies,” the AIIB is being proposed to solely finance infrastructure projects and not prioritise poverty reduction as the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank do.
What is the intention of China to host these two banks? A deeper study is necessary to unveil Chinese intention. It was India in 2012 New Delhi Summit who proposed setting up of the BRICS Bank. However, India failed to get the proposal for setting up of this bank in New Delhi at the 6th BRICS Summit at Fortaleza.
China cleverly played its diplomatic cards to get the bank set up at Shanghai. China extended olive branch to India by inviting Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the APEC meeting which it is hosting in November. But November is a busy moth for the prime minister with G 20 Summit in Brisbane and SAARC Summit in Kathmandu already scheduled. India has long being yearning for membership of APEC.
Modi’s meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping initially scheduled for 40 minutes lasted for 80 minutes, practically leaving no time for his meeting with the Russian President Vladimir Putin. Jinping, however, made no firm commitment to Modi for China’s support to India’s candidature for a permanent seat in the UN Security Council or for the full membership of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) which India is long aspiring. Jinping just said that he looked forward to India working more deeply with the SCO. India currently enjoys Observer status at SCO.
Had Modi discussed the issue of location of BRICS Bank more extensively with the Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, South African President Jacob Zuma and Russian President Vladimir Putin the outcome could have been different.
However, the first presidency of the BRICS Bank has gone to India for a period of six years, taking into account that two years will be needed to set up the bank. The first chair of the Board of Governors will be from Russia and the first chair of the Board of Directors will be from Brazil. All these posts are however, on rotation basis.
India which will hold the presidency of the bank for six years has the onus overseeing how the Charter of bank would be drafted so that it can present itself as an alternative global financial architecture to the Bretton Woods – the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. Whether the five founding members will have an equal say in the bank or China have a monopoly say? Whether the bank will in real sense be able to meet the needs of the emerging and developing economies?
For India, China is a hard nut to crack. It all depends upon the government of Narendrabhai Damodardass Modi to deal with the Chinese diplomacy in the near future. Xi Jinping has assured Modi to rectify India’s trade deficit through Chinese investments in India and encouraging Chinese tourist flows. Modi had pressed for more exports of software and pharma from India.
However, the both the leaders expressed their desire to work for resolving the contentious boundary issue. India had well defined boundary with China, when the erstwhile British colonial rulers left. India’s boundary was defined by MacMahon Line in the eastern sector and Johnson Line in the northern sector, but China contests both these lines. The Chinese have forcibly occupied thousands of kilometers of Indian territory in the northern and eastern sectors, including 5,800 sq km of Gilgit-Baltistan illegally ceded by Pakistan. In total China occupies more than 20,000 sq km of Gilgit-Baltistan covering Shaksgam, Raskam and Aghil valleys, apart from a large chunk in Ladakh. China claims 35,000 sq miles in the eastern sector and occupies 38,000 sq km of Aksai Chin.
India has a lot to do to get the BRICS bank going in a transparent and equitable manner and not unfavourable to its interests. It should be careful that it does not result in monopoly say of China. We had the bitter experience of China striking down the proposal of ADB loan to Arunachal Pradesh. Modi Government should wake up to this realty and act.
(*The writer is a senior journalist on strategic and policy issues. His article has appeared in Millennium Post and The Diplomatist. He can be reached atashokbsharma@gmail.com His mobile phone no 09810902204)
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Puneri Paltan Gears Up for this Season’s Pro Kabaddi Campaign
25072014Over 20 Arjuna and Shiv Chhatrapati Awardees from Pune bless the team
Pune, July 24, 2014: Puneri Paltan, the Pune franchise of the Pro Kabaddi League, hosted an ‘Aashirwad’ ceremony for its players today. Inspired by the rich Indian tradition of seeking blessings from elders, the ceremony marks the initiation of the team’s campaign. Over 20 veterans, who are also Arjuna and Shiv ChhatrapatiAwardees, graced the event to bless the team.
Sumanlal Shah, Director, Insurekot Sports Pvt. Ltd., said, “We are delighted to have legendary Arjuna and Shiv Chhatrapati Awardees bless the team today. We acknowledge these veterans for supporting our team and players as they gear up for our very first year in the league.”
Karthi Marshan, Director, Insurekot Sports Pvt. Ltd., said, “Kabaddi being a traditional heritage sport, an ‘Aashirwad’ceremony befits the occasion as we kick off this season. We look forward to an action-packed season and putting up a good show.”
Wazir Singh, Captain, Puneri Paltan, said, “Our preparations are in full swing for the first season. Our interaction with legendary Kabaddi players today has boosted our confidence level and charged up the entire team.”
Shantaram Jadhav, an Arjuna Awardee from Pune, said, “I thank Puneri Paltanon behalf of all Arjuna and Shiv Chhatrapati Awardees present here today. It is a nostalgic moment for us as the event has brought back several memories from our younger days. We are honoured to be associated with the team and Pro KabaddiLeague, which have taken steps to reignite the fire for the sport in the country.”
Legendary Kabaddi players and Arjuna Awardees Ashok Shinde, Shantaram Jadhav and Shakuntala Khatawkar blessed the team. Shiv Chhatrapati Awardees Ashok Kondhare, Asha Gaikwad, Anita Parawe, Deepika Joseph, Manik Bhogade, Manisha Kondhalkar, Manjushri Date-Bhave, Mohini Chapekar, Neeta Pawar, Nitin Ghule, Raju Ghule, Sadhana Dharia, Sangeeta Deshmukh, Sangeeta Sonawane, Shankar Kate, Sheetal Marne, Shobha Bhagat, Sumati Poojari and Suryakant Patil were also present on the occasion.
Puneri Paltan will be playing its first Pro Kabaddi League match against Bengaluru Bulls n Mumbai on 27 July, 2014.
About Puneri Paltan
Puneri Paltan is the Pune franchise of Pro Kabaddi League 2014, owned and managed by Insurekot Sports Pvt. Ltd. It combines the magnificence of Maharashtra’s cultural capital with true flavours of this indigenous sport. Recreating the glory of the game’s rich history in India, Puneri Paltan unleashes the energy and fortitude of Kabaddi in its modern day version. The team plays its home matches at Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Balewadi in Pune, and is currently led by Wazir Singh and coached by Ramphal Kaushik.
About Insurekot Sports Pvt. Ltd.
Insurekot Sports Pvt. Ltd., a Mumbai-based firm, has recently ventured into theKabaddi arena with the purchase of the ProKabaddi League’s Pune franchise – Puneri Paltan.
Insurekot Sports Pvt. Ltd. is passionate about Kabaddi and committed to promoting the sport. The firm looks forward to creating awareness around Kabaddi’s rich heritage in the country.
Kabaddi, being the national sport of India, deserves illustrious reverence and respect. Its long history in India can be traced from the times of Gautama Buddha, and is a testimony to the game’s core values of strength, valour and spirit. The discipline of the game is inspirational and offers lessons not only in the field of sports but also in other walks of life.
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Israel-Palestine: end the nightmare
25072014Alice Jay – Avaaz. org
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Jul 24 at 7:18 PM
Dear friends,
 As a new round of violence kicks off in Israel-Palestine and more children are killed, it’s time to takedefinitive non-violent action to end this nightmare.Our governments and companies have continued to aid, trade and invest in the violence, but we can help stop it if we call on key banks, pension funds and businesses to pull outtheir investments — add your voice now:  |
As the horror in Gaza escalates, India just voted for an inquiry and companies are also starting to respond to what looks like the largest non-violent campaign ever to put an end to this nightmare. Join the call below.
As a new round of violence kicks off in Israel-Palestine and more children are killed, it’s not enough just to call for another ceasefire. It’s time to take definitive non-violent action to end this decades long nightmare.
As a new round of violence kicks off in Israel-Palestine and more children are killed, it’s not enough just to call for another ceasefire. It’s time to take definitive non-violent action to end this decades long nightmare.
Our governments have failed — while they have talked peace and passed UN resolutions, they and our companies have continued to aid, trade and invest in the violence. The only way to stop this hellish cycle of Israel confiscating Palestinian lands, daily collective punishment of innocent Palestinian families, Hamas firing rockets, and Israel bombing Gaza is to make the economic cost of this conflict too high to bear.
We know it works — when EU countries issued guidelines not to fund the illegal Israeli settlements it caused an earthquake in the cabinet, and when citizens successfully persuaded a Dutch pension fund, PGGM, to withdraw, it created a political storm.
This may not feel like a direct way to stop the current killing, but history tells us that raising the financial cost of oppression can pave a path to peace. Click to call on 6 key banks, pension funds and businesses to pull out — If we all take smart action now and turn up the heat, they could withdraw, the Israeli economy will take a hit, and we can turn the calculation of the extremists politically profiting from this hell upside down:
In the last six weeks three Israeli teenagers were murdered in the West Bank, a Palestinian boy was burnt alive, an American kid was brutally beaten up by Israeli police, and now almost 100 Gazan kids have died in Israeli air strikes. This is not the “Middle East conflict”, it’s a war on children. And we are becoming numb to this global shame.
The media makes out like this is an intractable conflict between two equal warring parties, but it is not. Palestinian extremists’ attacks on innocent civilians are never justified and Hamas’ anti-semitism is disgusting. But these extremists claim legitimacy by fighting the grotesque, decades-long oppression by the Israeli state. Israel currently occupies, colonises, bombs, raids, and controls the water, trade and the borders of a legally free nation that has been recognised by the United Nations. In Gaza, Israel has created the largest open-air prison in the world, and then blockaded it. Now as bombs fall, the families literally have no way to get out.
These are war crimes and we wouldn’t accept that anywhere else: why accept it in Palestine? Half a century ago Israel and its Arab neighbours went to war and Israel occupied the West Bank and Gaza. Occupying territory after war happens all the time. But no military occupation should turn into a decades-long oppression which only fuels and benefits extremists who use terror to target the innocent. And who suffers? The majority of loving families on both sides that just want freedom and peace.
To many, particularly in Europe and North America, calling for companies to withdraw investments from financing or taking part in Israel’s occupation of Palestine sounds completely biased. But this campaign is not anti-Israel – this is the most potent non-violent strategy to end the ritual violence, ensure Israelis’ security and achieve Palestinian freedom. Although Hamas deserves much pressure too, it is already under crippling sanctions and facing every kind of pressure. Israel’s power and wealth dwarfs Palestine, and if it refuses to end its illegal occupation, the world must act to make the cost unbearable.
Dutch pension fund ABP invests in Israeli banks that help fund the colonisation of Palestine. Massive banks like Barclays invest in suppliers of Israeli arms and other occupation businesses. Computer giant Hewlett-Packard supplies sophisticated surveillance to control the movement of Palestinians. And Caterpillar provides bulldozers that are used to demolish Palestinian homes and farms. If we can create the biggest global call ever to get these companies to pull out, we will show clearly that the world will no longer be complicit in this bloodshed. The Palestinian people are calling on the world to support this path and progressive Israelis support it too. Let’s join them:
Our community has worked to bring peace, hope, and change to some of the world’s toughest conflicts, and often that means taking difficult positions to address the root cause. For years our community has looked for a political solution to this nightmare, but with this new round of horror unfolding in Gaza, the time has come to turn to sanctions and disinvestment to finally help end the horror for Israelis and Palestinians.
With hope and determination,
Alice, Fadi, Ben, Laila, Anna, Ricken, Jo, Nell, Mais and the entire Avaaz team
PS: For further questions check out the Q&A page, and some sources below.
MORE INFORMATION:
UN independent expert calls for boycott of businesses profiting from Israeli settlements (UN)
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=43376#.U7_ynqhMrRI
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=43376#.U7_ynqhMrRI
12 more EU countries warn against trade with Israeli settlements (Haaretz)
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/.premium-1.603030
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/.premium-1.603030
Israelis, Palestinians Pro Peace Process, but Not Hopeful (Gallup)
http://www.gallup.com/poll/161456/israelis-palestinians-pro-peace-process-not-hopeful.aspx
http://www.gallup.com/poll/161456/israelis-palestinians-pro-peace-process-not-hopeful.aspx
Under pressure, a strong EU-Israel relationship faces uncertain future (Middle East Monitor)
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/articles/debate/9675-under-pressure-a-strong-eu-israel-relationshi…
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/articles/debate/9675-under-pressure-a-strong-eu-israel-relationshi…
Israel Launches a Ground Invasion of Gaza. No One Knows How It Will End (TIME)
http://time.com/3002986/israel-launches-a-ground-invasion-of-gaza-and-no-one-knows-how-it-will-end/
http://time.com/3002986/israel-launches-a-ground-invasion-of-gaza-and-no-one-knows-how-it-will-end/
Israel-Gaza conflict: 80 per cent of Palestinians killed by Israeli strikes are civilians, UN report says (The Independent)
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/israelgaza-conflict-80-per-cent-of-palestinians-killed-by-israeli-strikes-are-civilians-un-report-says-9606397.html
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/israelgaza-conflict-80-per-cent-of-palestinians-killed-by-israeli-strikes-are-civilians-un-report-says-9606397.html
Rule 156. Definition of War Crimes (ICRC)
http://www.icrc.org/customary-ihl/eng/docs/v1_cha_chapter44_rule156
http://www.icrc.org/customary-ihl/eng/docs/v1_cha_chapter44_rule156
Palestinians: Most Gaza dead are children, women, elderly (Haaretz)
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/.premium-1.604443
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/.premium-1.604443
Caught on Tape: US Teen Allegedly Beaten by Israeli Police (ABC News)
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/caught-tape-us-teen-tariq-abu-khdeir-allegedly-24449873
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/caught-tape-us-teen-tariq-abu-khdeir-allegedly-24449873
A policy of displacement (Visualizing Palestine)
http://visualizingpalestine.org/infograhic/a-policy-of-displacement
http://visualizingpalestine.org/infograhic/a-policy-of-displacement
Exposing the Israeli Occupation Industry
http://www.whoprofits.org/
Additional sources for this campaign:
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Invite- Session on “India-Nepal Ties: Energizing the Future”
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DATE | Wednesday, July 30, 2014 | |||
TIME | 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM (Registration: 10:30 am) | |||
LOCATION | WWF India Auditorium, 172-B, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003 | |||
SPEAKERS | Ambassador Jayant Prasad, Former Ambassador of India to Nepal Mr. D. P. Tripathi, General Secretary of Nationalist Party of India (NCP) Mr. Prashant Jha, Associate Editor, Hindustan Times and Former Columnist with the Kathmandu Post Mr. Sujeev Shakya, Author and Founder CEO of Beed Management (via Video Link from Kathmandu) | |||
| MODERATOR | Mr. Siddharth Varadarajan, Senior Fellow, Center for Public Affairs and Critical Theory, Shiv Nadar University and Former Editor, The Hindu | |||
ABOUT THE EVENTThe upcoming visit of the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Nepal reflects his deep commitment to strengthen the bilateral relations between the two nations on various spheres. Nepal and India share a unique relationship characterized by open borders, and deep cultural and religious ties, which is a great asset for both countries in their quest for development. This is a win-win relationship for both nations: India's role is crucial for Nepal as it enters a new era of democracy, change and development, while harnessing Nepal's water and energy resources can help solve India's pressing energy needs. The Indian Prime Minister's visit to Kathmandu is an incredible opportunity for leaders of both nations to address bilateral concerns and build a solid foundation for new agreements on infrastructure, energy security and trade. In this context, Ananta Aspen Centre is organizing a public discussion on “India-Nepal ties: Energizing the Future” with a panel of policy experts from both sides to explore how the two nations can usher in a new era of bilateral relationship. The session will explore key issues, including but not limited to, border security, sustainable growth, political transition in Nepal and mutual economic cooperation. | ||||
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 | Jayant Prasad, Former Ambassador of India to Nepal Ambassador Jayant Prasad is currently a visiting scholar at Center for the Advanced Study of India, University of Pennsylvania. He joined Indian Foreign Service in 1976. In his 37-year career in the Indian Foreign Service, he served as India’s Ambassador to Afghanistan, Algeria, Nepal, and UN Conference on Disarmament, Geneva | |||
| Ambassador Prasad was member of U.N. Secretary- General’s Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters (2005-07), Fellow at the Weatherhead Center for international Affairs, Harvard University (1998-99), and Rapporteur of the U.N. Commission on Human Rights, Geneva (1986-87). | ||||
 | Devi Prasad Tripathi, General Secretary of Nationalist Party of India (NCP) Devi Prasad Tripathi is current general secretary and chief spokesperson of Nationalist Party of India (NCP) and Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha). He was a former lecturer of politics at Allahabad University. Mr. Tripathi joined politics at an early age and worked as political analyst and strategy planner with former Prime Minster late Rajiv Gandhi (1983 -1991). | |||
| He joined the Nationalist Congress Party in 1999. Mr. Tripathi played a great role in negation over seat-sharing in Maharashtra. He also served as a member of various committees and governing bodies of various organizations like Indian Council of Agricultural Research (I.C.A.R.), Sarva Siksha Abhiyan 2004 onwards, Committee on Energy June 2012 onwards Member, Select Committee of Rajya Sabha on the Lokpal and Lokayukta Bill, 2011 Aug. 2012 onwards, Committee on External Affairs Member, Railway Convention Committee. Mr. Tripathi participated in Paris Round Table on Globalization and Human Development, 1997. He has lectured in 39 European and American Universities including Oxford and Cambridge (U.K.), Harvard & Columbia (U.S.A.), Sorbonne (France) from 1978 to 2007 on subjects such as Indian Culture and Civilization, Indian Political System, Changing World Order, Indian Literature and Society and Developments in Third World Countries. Mr. Tripathi is Editor-in-Chief of a quarterly journal Think India since 1989. He has also edited many books individually or jointly like Congress and Independent India, Celebrating Faiz, Indian Economy – Trends and Challenges, Nepal in Transition – A Way Forward, India China Relation – Future Perspectives, Indian Economy etc. | ||||
 | Prashant Jha, Associate Editor, Hindustan Times and Former Columnist, the Kathmandu Post Prashant Jha is currently working as an associate editor at Hindustan Times, New Delhi. He was a former columnist with the Kathmandu Post and Nepal correspondent for The Hindu. Mr Jha is well known as a keen observer of and commentator on political issues of Nepal. | |||
| His first book “Battles of the New Republic – A Contemporary History of Nepal”, was published by Aleph in South Asia and Hurst in UK. He writes regularly in Nepal’s on political issues in Nepal’s leading papers. | ||||
 | Sujeev Shakya, Author and Founder CEO of Beed Management Sujeev Shakya is founder CEO of Beed Management, a Nepal based management consulting and financial advisory firm. He chairs the Nepal Forum that acts as a private sector interface to development. Mr. Shakya is a popular speaker at business schools and youth programs in Nepal and amongst the Nepali diaspora community. | |||
| He was awarded Hubert H Humphrey Fellowship by the US Department of State. A regular speaker at television and radio programs and Humber Humphrey Programs, Mr. Shakya conducts leadership seminars for both profit and no-for-profit leaders. He also conducts Leadership Thinkshops as Thought Faciliatator. Mr Shakya has a keen economic sense and an extensive corporate experience in developing strategy, business development, consulting and planning, as well as in direct line management over fifteen years. He wrote a regular column Arthabeed in Nepali Times from 2000 to 2001. Mr. Sujeev is the author of the bestselling book “Unleashing Nepal – Past, Present and Future of the Economy.” | ||||
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 | Siddharth Varadarajan, Senior Fellow, Center for Public Affairs and Critical Theory, Shiv Nadar University and Former Editor, The Hindu Siddharth Varadarajan is Senior Fellow at the Center for Public Affairs and Critical Theory, Shiv Nadar University. A former Editor of The Hindu, Mr. Varadarajan is a trained economist who taught at New York University for several years before returning to India to work as a journalist. | |||
| In 2006, he was awarded the Bernardo O'Higgins Order by the President of Chile—that country's highest civilian honor for a foreign citizen—for his contributions to journalism and to the promotion of India's relations with Latin America and Chile. In 2009, he was a Poynter Media Fellow at Yale University and in 2010 he won the Ramnath Goenka award for print journalism. Mr. Varadarajan is a member of the International Founding Committee of The Real News, a board member of the inter-governmental B.P. Koirala India-Nepal Foundation, a member of the Indian Council of World Affairs and member of the editorial board of India Quarterly: A Journal of International Affairs and a member of the Executive Council of the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies. A leading commentator on national and international issues, he edited a book on 2002 Gujarat riots “Gujarat: The Making of a Tragedy,” (Penguin) | ||||
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Japanese researchers find another possible source of energy
26072014Japanese researchers have found another possible source of energy. Officials at Japan’s industry ministry say a survey they conducted suggests the possibility that there’s another methane hydrate deposit off the country’s northernmost main island. They are hoping to extract from such deposits sustainable and stable supplies of natural gas. Methane hydrate is a type of natural gas that forms in a frozen state from methane and water.
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Kaptan Singh Solanki appointed Haryana Governor
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Veteran BJP leader and Rajya Sabha member Kaptan Singh Solanki was appointed the Governor of Haryana in place of Jagannath Pahadia who completes his tenure on Saturday.
A Rashtrapati Bhavan communiqué on Friday night said the President has appointed Solanki as Governor of Haryana with immediate effect. Pahadia completes his tenure on Saturday, it added.
A Rashtrapati Bhavan communiqué on Friday night said the President has appointed Solanki as Governor of Haryana with immediate effect. Pahadia completes his tenure on Saturday, it added.
75-year-old Solanki, a former professor, hails from Bhind district of Madhya Pradesh and was renominated to Rajya Sabha in August, 2012.Haryana goes to assembly polls later this year.
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Bindra bids CWG adieu with gold, teenager Malaika gets silver
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Updated on : 26-07-2014 03:02 AMIt was a memorable swansong at the Commonwealth Games for Abhinav Bindra as the ace marksman bagged the 10m Air Rifle gold medal in a gripping finale with young schoolgirl Malaika Goel turning out to be surprise package winning silver in the 10m air pistol event.
After a cracking opening day where they bagged seven medals, it was a relatively quieter day for the Indians as they added a gold, silver and a bronze to their tally.Apart from the two medals at the shooting range, India won a bronze in the weightlifting through 20-year-old Santoshi Matsa who finished third in the women’s 53 kg category.
India are currently placed fourth in the medals tally with three gold, four silver and three bronze medals behind England, Australia and Scotland.
The cynosure of the day certainly was the 31-year-old Bindra, who finally won an individual gold at the quadrennoal extravaganza which had eluded him on four previous attempts.
Bindra, who has already won nine medals including three gold in pairs events, was calmness personified as he did not put a foot wrong in the final round, having finishing third in the qualifications at the Barry Buddon Shooting Centre,Dundee.
Bindra, first Indian Olympic individual gold medallist, shot an aggregate of 205.3 to set a Games Record.
“This is my last Commonwealth Games. Five CWG and nine medals, it is enough for me,” Bindra said while speaking to Indian journalists.
“It was a well-earned medal because I work hard and I am happy to have achieved the feat. I got the desired result.”
Asked if Rio 2016 would be his last Olympics, he said, “I will take on thing at a time. I will decide later.”
Bindra said he would now focus to the World Championships to be held in a few months time.
“I will relax a bit and then prepare for the World Cup,” he said.
The 16-year-old Malaika gave India its first shooting medal with a score of 197.1 while favourite Heena Sidhu fell by the wayside at the Barry Buddon Shooting Centre at Dundee.
India’s good show in the weightlifting arena continued as young Andhra girl Santoshi grabbed the bronze medal with a total lift of 188 kg in snatch and clean and jerk to get the bronze as 16-year-old Nigerian schoolgirl Chika Amalaha won the gold with a total lift of 196 kg.
India’s Swati Singh, who was placed third at the end of the snatch event finished fourth with 183 kg.
It was second time that Swati missed out on a podium having finished fourth during the last edition in the last edition.
Santoshi tried a lift of 109 kg on the third clean and jerk attempt but failed.
The successful attempt wouldn’t have ensured anything more than bronze though as both Amalaha and Toua went on to break the Games Record with a lift of 111 kg each in the clean and jerk section.
Swati, on her part, failed on two attempts to lift 103 kg and 106 kg respectively as she had to settle with a total score of 183 kg.
The Indian men’s hockey team launched their campaign on a sluggish note as they toiled hard to register a 3-1 win over a lowly Wales in their opening Pool A match at the National Hockey Centre.
Ranked ninth in the world, India had to dig deep to overcome a resolute Wales defence and pocket full points.
India scored two goals through penalty corner conversions by V R Raghunath (20th minute) and Rupinder Pal Singh (42nd) before comeback man Girvinder Singh Chandi scored from a field effort in the 47th minute.
Wales’ lone goal was netted by Andrew Cornick in the 23rd minute from field play.
India will next play hosts Scotland tomorrow, while Wales will be up against world champions and reigning Commonwealth Games champions Australia.
Indian judokas failed to replicate their opening day performance with Sunibala Huidrom missing out on a bronze medal in the women’s 70 kg event losing to Sally Conway of Scotland.
Sunibala faced a tough test in the repechage contest but she managed to prevail over Monika Burgess of Canada in a battle that lasted for three minutes and 58 seconds to make the medal round.
However, it was curtains for Garima Choudhary in the women’s 63kg category after she went down fighting in her repechage round.
Garima, who was the only Indian judoka to have qualified for the London Olympics in 2012, lost to K J Yeats-Brown of England in the repechage. Yeats-Brown won on the basis of two Wazaris.
Indian men had a disappointing outing as both Balvinder Singh and V Vikender Singh lost in the round of 32 in 73kg and 81kg, respectively.
In swimming, Sandeep Sejwal finished a poor sixth in 100m breaststroke semi-final and finished a disappointing 12th among the 16 swimmers who qualified. Sejwal’s timing of :103.24 secs deteriorated from his timing in the heats which was 1:02.97 secs.
Indian paddlers continued their rampaging form as the men’s and women’s teams blanked Guyana and Kenya 3-0 respectively in the group stage of the table tennis team competition.
After thrashing Vanuatu 3-0 on the opening day, the Indian men’s team continued their good showing with Anthony Amalraj brushing aside Shamar Britton 11-4 11-3 11-3 to give his side an early lead.
Young Soumyajit Ghosh then beat Christopher Franklin 11-8 11-5 11-9 to make it 2-0 in India’s favour.
Sanil Shankar Shetty and Amalraj then paired up to get the better of Paul David and Franklin 11-8 11-6 11-5 to complete the rout.
Indian squash star Joshna Chinappa suffered a 1-3 defeat against World No. 4 Joelle King of New Zealand in the round of 16 to crash out of the women’s singles competition.
However Dipika Pallikal stormed into the quarterfinal defeating Delia Arnold of Malaysia in three straight games 11-6 12-10 11-5. She will meet Alison Waters of England in the last eight clash.
Joshna, who won the Winnipeg Winter Open trophy — her maiden WSA world title in February this year — lost 3-11 8-11 11-8 5-11 against her third seeded opponent at the Scotstoun Campus.
Indian cyclists’ dismal show continued at the Games as they failed to qualify for the finals of both Men’s 4000m Individual pursuit and Women’s 3000m Individual pursuit events.
In the men’s 62 kg weightlifting event, Rustam Sarang of India finished seventh with a total lift of 263 kg.
Talented pugilist Mandeep Jangra started his Commonwealth Games campaign in style defeating Mozambique’s Augusto Mathule in the 69 kg welterweight division bout in Glasgow on Friday.
However Parveen Kumar of India lost to Corey Henderson of Scotland in the Superheavyweight (+91 kg) category to bow out.
Shiva Thapa (56 kg), Sumeet Sangwan (81 kg) and Amritpal Singh (91 kg) have all got byes in their respective categories and will now be directly fighting in the pre quarter-final bouts.
It was Jangra, who dominated the proceedings from the start as his opponent didn’t have any answer to some of his deft hooks and uppercuts. In fact, Jangra followed his opponent effecting a knock down.
He got a perfect 10 from all three judges in the first and third round while he got 29 in round two.
He was severe in the final round landing some straight punches which totally caught his rival unawares.
Jangra will next fight Jamaican boxer Kestina Davis in the round of 16 bout.
In the +91 kg bout, Parveen was no match for Henderson, who was buoyed by the local support as he landed some crushing punches which the Indian boxer failed to evade.
All three judges gave perfect 10 to Henderson in the first two rounds while the Scottish boxer managed 29 from round three. The Indian could manage only 28, 27 and 27 from his three rounds.
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Qualcomm to invest $150 million in China startups
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Children and teenagers crossing border into US to be deported : Obama
26072014 President Barack Obama has told the Presidents of Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador that most unaccompanied children and teenagers crossing the border into the United States without a valid reason to stay will be deported. More than 50,000 children have been detained at the US border with Mexico since October. Mr Obama said they must deter more children from attempting the journey. |
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Israel and Hamas have begun a 12-hour ceasefire
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Israel and Hamas have begun a 12-hour ceasefire for humanitarian relief operations in Gaza. The ceasefire began at 8am local time. Israeli Army confirmed the truce on Twitter saying it would respond if it came under attack. Hamas spokesman, Sami Abu Zuhri said in Gaza that there was national consensus on a humanitarian truce for 12 hours on Saturday.
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PM launches portal for citizens to contribute in governance
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched a website MyGov that aims to help citizens contribute in governance by giving their opinions and views on important issues like clean Ganga or skill development.
The inauguration of the people-centric platform also marks the completion of 60 days of the new government. The Prime Minister said in the past 60 days, the experience of his government was that there were many people who wanted to contribute towards nation-building and devote their time and energy, an official statement said.
Modi said MyGov (mygov.nic.in) is a technology-driven medium that will provide citizens an opportunity to contribute towards good governance, the statement added. “The platform would bridge gap gulf between people and government.
Democracy cannot succeed without people’s participation in government and this participation should not be limited only during elections,” the Prime Minister said.
Besides Modi, Communications and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, Cabinet Secretary Ajit Seth, DEITY Secretary R S Sharma were also present at the launch of the portal.
National Informatics Centre (NIC) of the Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY) will implement and manage the platform.
There are multiple theme-based discussions on MyGov where a wide range of people can share their thoughts and ideas with the government, Sharma told reporters after the launch.
“It is also an initiative to build a digital knowledge library. We will guide the people on the topics of national importance on which the government would like to know their views and ideas,” he added.
The platform presents an opportunity for the citizens to both ‘Discuss’ and ‘Do’, Sharma said, adding, any idea shared by a contributor will also be discussed on the discussion forums, allowing constructive feedback and interaction. At present, there are six groups on the platform — Clean Ganga, Girl Child Education, Clean India, Skilled India, Digital India and Job Creation.
“Citizens can also volunteer for various tasks and submit their entries. These tasks would be reviewed by other members and experts. Once approved, these tasks can be shared by those who complete the task and by other members on MyGov,” Sharma said.
Each group consists of online and on-ground tasks that can be taken up by the contributors. The objective of each group is to bring about a qualitative change in that sphere through people’s participation, he said.
“We will review the working on MyGov in three months and over time the number of groups, tasks and discussions will increase. The platform will also be used as a comprehensive knowledge repository,” Sharma added. The portal can even be extended to act like public audit platform for government projects like citizens giving feedback on status of completed infrastructure projects or availability of various social sector programmes, he said.
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उत्तरप्रदेश में सांप्रदायिक माहौल बिगाड़ने की साजिश
26072014आम आदमी पार्टी उत्तरप्रदेश में सांप्रदायिक माहौल बिगाड़ने की भारतीय़ जनता पार्टी, कांग्रेस और समाजवादी पार्टी की साजिश की कडे शब्दों में भर्त्सना करती है।
पिछले कुछ दिनों के घटनाक्रम से स्पष्ट है कि मुरादाबाद के कांठ इलाके में सांप्रदायिक तनाव फैलाने में भाजपा के केंद्रीय और प्रदेश नेतृत्व ने पूरी ताकत झोंक दी है। भाजपा के प्रदेश अध्यक्ष लक्ष्मीकांत वाजपेयी के धरने पर बैठने और पांच सांसदों के संवेदनशील इलाके में गिरफ्तारी देने से प्रदेश में सांप्रदायिक सदभाव बिगड़ा है।
कांग्रेस ने इस मौके पर शांति मार्च के नाम पर जो राजनीति की है उसने आग में घी डालने का ही काम किया है। सांप्रदायिक आधार पर मतों के बंटवारे की कुत्सित राजनीति में पहले प्रदेश में सिर्फ भारतीय जनता पार्टी और समाजवादी पार्टी ही शामिल थी। पर अब कांग्रेस भी इसमें शामिल हो गई है। यह दुर्भाग्यपूर्ण है कि कांग्रेस ने अपने एक वरिष्ठ नेता की अगुवाई में शांतिमार्च के नाम पर विभाजन और घृणा की राजनीति की शुरूआत की है जिससे सांप्रादायिक माहौल तो बिगड़ा ही साथ ही शांति मार्च के नाम पर जमा हुए हुड़दंगियों ने राष्ट्रीय राजमार्ग-24 को भी जाम कर दिया जिससे आने-जाने वाले लोगों को भारी परेशानी का सामना करना पड़ा।
उत्तरप्रदेश में पिछले एक साल में प्रदेश की समाजवादी पार्टी सरकार सांप्रदायिक तनाव और हिंसा के मामलों को रोकने व उनपर नियंत्रित करने में बुरी तरह असफल रही है। आज सहारणपुर में दो गुटों के बीच हुई पत्थरबाजी और हिंसा इसका सबसे ताजा सबूत है। पर ज्यादा खेदजनक बात यह है कि ज्यादातर घटनाओं में समाजवादी पार्टी के नेता खुद भी शामिल रहे हैं। सांप्रदायिक राजनीति के भारतीय जनता पार्टी और समाजवादी पार्टी के प्रयोग ने मुज्फ्फरनगर में बड़ी तादाद में निर्दोष लोगों की जाने ली थी। अब, कांग्रेस पार्टी भी इस खेल में शामिल हो गई है। मुरादाबाद समेत पूरे पश्चिम उत्तरप्रदेश में ये राजनैतिक दल सांप्रदायिक राजनीति का भयानक प्रयोग को दुहराने की तैयारी में हैं।
आम आदमी पार्टी उत्तरप्रदेश के लोंगों से अपील करती है कि वे नफरत व खूनखराबे की राजनीति के शिकार न हों। प्रदेश में राजनीति को सही दिशा देने की जिम्मेदारी आखिरकार उत्तरप्रदेश के लोगों की है। उन्हें विभाजन और सांप्रदायिकता की राजनीति करने वाले राजनैतिक दलों को संदेश देना होगा कि प्रदेश के अमनपसंद लोग राजनैतिक दलों के बहकावे में नहीं आएंगे और विकास के मुद्दे पर इन राजनैतिक दलों के कार्यक्रम और उनकी प्रतिबद्धता पर सवाल पूछेंगे। उत्तरप्रदेश के मतदाताओं को विभाजन और नफरत की राजनीति को खारिज करना होगा वर्ना उत्तरप्रदेश विकास के पथ पर पिछड़ता चला जाएगा।
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आचार्य गिरिराज किशोर के कार्य को आगे ले जाना ही सच्ची श्रद्धांजलि: मोहन भागवत
26072014आचार्य गिरिराज किशोर के कार्य को आगे ले जाना ही सच्ची श्रद्धांजलि: मोहन भागवत
श्रद्धांजलि सभा में उमड़ा विशिष्ठ जन सैलाब
नई दिल्ली, जुलाई 25, 2014। विश्व हिन्दू परिषद के दिवंगत वरिष्ठ नेता व राष्ट्रीयस्वयंसेवक संघ के वरिष्ठ प्रचारक आचार्य गिरिराज किशोरको श्रद्धांजलि देने उमड़ा विशिष्ठ जन सैलाब आज अपनी भावनाओं को रोक नहीं पाया। श्रद्धा-सुमन अर्पित करते हुए राष्ट्रीय स्वयंसेवक संघ के सर-संघचालक पूज्य डॉ मोहन भागवत ने कहा कि विपरीत परिस्थितियों में भी कार्य को पूर्ण करने की अदम्य इच्छाशक्ति रखने वाले आचार्य गिरिराज किशोर जी आत्मविलोपित व आत्मविस्मृत स्थिति में रहते थे। सरलता, सकारात्मकता और सहचित्त होकर कार्य करना उनका ऐसा स्वभाव था जिसका अनुकरण हम प्रत्येक कार्यकर्ता को करना ही चाहिये। उनका कार्य सतत् व सही दिशा में चले यही उनकी आत्मा को सच्ची श्रद्धांजलि होगी।
नई दिल्ली के लोधी रोड स्थित चिन्मय मिशन में खचाखच भरे ऑडिटोरियम में अपने श्रद्धा-सुमन अर्पित करते हुए विहिप संरक्षक श्री अशोक सिंहल ने कहा कि हिंदू समाज के बहुमत वाली संसद तो आचार्य जी ने देखी किंतु अयोध्या में भव्य राम मंदिर का उनका सपना अभी अधूरा रह गया। गौ रक्षा, गंगा रक्षा, राम जन्मभूमि हो या एकात्मता यात्रा सभी में उन्होंने निपुणता हासिल की। उनका कहना था कि मैंने जितनी बार उन्हें याद किया मेरे मन को बहुत शांति मिली। विहिप कार्याध्यक्ष डॉ प्रवीण भाई तोगडिया ने कहा कि श्री राम जन्मभूमि पर भव्य मंदिर निर्माण के आचार्य जी के संकल्प को हम अवश्य पूरा करेंगे।
इस अवसर पर विहिप के पूर्व अंतर्राष्ट्रीय अध्यक्ष श्री विष्णु हरि डालमिया, महामंत्री श्री चंपत राय, उपाध्यक्ष श्री ओम प्रकाश सिंहल, केंद्रीय मंत्री डॉ सुरेंद्र जैन, प्रांत अध्यक्ष डॉ रिखब चंद जैन, भाजपा के राष्ट्रीय संगठन मंत्री श्री रामलाल, साध्वी उमा भारती, श्री संजय जोशी, श्री विनय कटियार, श्री विजय गोयल, साध्वी ॠतंभरा, साध्वी विभानंद, प्रसिद्ध कत्थक नृत्यांगना नलिनी जी, मातृशक्ति संयोजिका श्रीमती माला रावल, धर्मयात्रा महासंघ के श्री मांगेराम गर्ग, राष्ट्रीय सिख संगत के सरदार चिरंजीव सिंह इत्यादि अनेक वक्ताओं ने आचार्य जी के जीवन पर प्रकाश डालते हुए श्रद्धांजलि दी। देश के प्रधानमंत्री श्री नरेंद्र मोदी, भूटान नरेश, संघ के सह-सरकार्यवाह श्री सुरेश सोनी, भाजपा के वरिष्ठ नेता श्री लालकृष्ण आडवाणी, राजस्थान की मुख्यमंत्री श्रीमती वसुंधरा राजे, श्री प्रेम कुमार धूमल, संघ के सह-कार्यवाह भैया जी जोशी, डॉ मुरली मनोहर जोशी, केंद्रीय स्वास्थ्य मंत्री डॉ हर्षवर्धन, केंद्रीय गृह मंत्री श्री राजनाथ सिंह व आचार्य धर्मेंद्र तथा डॉ नित्यानंद जी जैसे अनेक लोगों ने पत्र के माध्यम से श्रद्धांजलि दी। मंच का संचालन श्री प्रकाश शर्मा ने किया।
श्रीराम जन्मभूमि सहित अनेक सामाजिक आंदोलनों के पुरोधा आचार्य गिरिराज किशोर जी का 95 वर्ष की आयु में गत 13 जुलाई को दिल्ली में निधन हो गया था। संकल्पानुसार, उनकी दोनों आँखें तथा शेष पूरा शरीर आर्मी मेडीकल कॉलेज को दान कर दिया गया था।
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A shorter form of boxing tourney makes its entry in India in an age of abbreviated forms of sporting events
26072014Even as cricket, football. Hockey and now kabaddi have gained national importance, it is equally essential to promote games of both skill and action.
But unlike other sports, boxing as an entertainment twist to it, as it is so akin to dancing. As professional American dancer Twyla Tharp once said: “The content and thematic materials of dance is like boxing. Boxing is not a sport you play: you stand up and do it.”
With this aim, Puneet Dureja who is the CEO of Guilty Boxing India has brought this concept to India with a tie-up with DD Sports. He said at a launch function in the capital that the “sole objective was to give credentials to those players who could not make it to the Olympics and the Commonwealth Games. I also have a vision of taking up female boxers in future.”
Inspired by well known American boxer Floyd Mayweather, he launched Guilty Boxing a decade earlier aimed at promoting and marketing boxing.
Guilty Boxing Inc. was a dream venture by the founding partners Nick Ratteini and Puneet Dureja. The USP of Guilty Boxing rests with 60 million viewers in 10 countries all over the world with major media networks and channels promoting the same namely America One, CBS Sports Network .
The launch of Guilty Boxing India added thrill by choosing the best boxers from the country, training them in their own academy, and conducting action packed tournaments internationally.
Puneet remarked: ‘This is the best platform for young boxers to display their talent as IPL where 5 young persons will fight in rounds of 2 to 3 minutes duration and motivate youth to be a part of this sport by providing proper training and maintaining international standards of boxing as per Olympic Association and retaining transparency and anti-pressure policies on players’.
Guilty Boxing Inc will be holding up its first tournament in Las Vegas on the September 19th this year. Matches will be held initially in the United States. Puneet added ‘Rome was not built in a day’ and boxing will also take its time to obtain the glamour that cricket enjoys.
Media Director Ms Deepa Roy said ‘We need to groom female boxers not just for a sport but as a part of self-defence as there is a tremendous potential and strength among Indian women and we expect to launch them internationally in a year or two’
Mr Harsh Pathak, Legal Advisor, added ’Guilty will follow the international standards and norms of maintaining fairness and ethical policies.’
Mr Vineet Prabhu, Media Advisor, said ‘This is the right time to publicize boxing and BTL activities in rural areas so as to aware, enlighten and expose the masses through commercial means thereby encouraging the youth to take up boxing as a career.‘
The Guilty programme has the advantage of the ten-country “International Standards” tournament matches has countries that already have a built-in “competitive” demand to watch their best fighters fight with the best fighters from their counterpart countries.
This is why countries like India and Pakistan, China and Japan, the United States and Mexico, Russia and Germany and the United Kingdom and Australia are part of the programme. For the first time, boxing fans and fans who like “action” sports from all over the world will be able to see the boxing matches they most want to see. TheGuilty Boxing Plan ensures that the 10 countries get to participate every month and the whole programme lasts for 12 consecutive months.
In 2005, Guilty Boxing signed agreements granting America One, Fox Sports International, BEN Television, Urban American Television, Urban American Television and other cable outlets telecast rights to Guilty Boxing’s weekly boxing series, “Guilty Fight Night”. This is a weekly boxing series that provides a minimum of 48 episodes a year to a continually expanding broadcast carriage of more than 60 million households all over the world.
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Cleo County.Smile foundation present “COOK FOR A SMILE” with Chef VikasKhanna
27072014India lnc joins this initaitve of ensuring nutrition for 1000 kids, event hosted by hyatt Regency
New Delhi 27th July: Smile foundation, a national level development organization presented the 2ndedition of its sensitizatiob cum fund raising initiative “Cook for a Smile” which is co-presented by Cleo county and endorsed and supported by three times Michlin Starred Chef VikasKhanna. This event was hosted by Hyayy Regency Delhi-11 top corporate leaders joined this initiative to battle it out over cock off to ensure that the casue win. Funds raised through the campaign will be utilized in providing education and nutrition for 1000 children of smile foundation with a mission of, nutrition for better literacy.
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Obama advice on Afghan candidates over recount
27072014US President Barack Obama has telephoned 2 rival Afghan presidential candidates, urging them to cooperate in a vote recount for the runoff.
Preliminary results from the June runoff show former Finance Minister Ashraf Ghani is the winner. But the runner-up, former Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah, has rejected the results, citing widespread fraud.They agreed to a recount of all 8-million votes. But the procedure is far behind schedule, due to a dispute over what criteria to use for judging which ballots are invalid.The election commission on Saturday announced the suspension of the recount for several days. Political Analysts say President Obama is worried that further political turmoil in Afghanistan could affect a plan to pull out most of the US’s troops by the end of this year
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US diplomats leave Libya
27072014The United States has temporarily evacuated officials from its embassy in Tripoli, Libya, as fighting between rival local militias there has escalated.US State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf announced the move on Saturday.Embassy staff members were evacuated to neighboring Tunisia under a heavy military escort that included fighter jets and Osprey transport aircraft.The number of casualties has increased in fighting that began 2 weeks ago with rival militant groups trying to take control of Tripoli’s international airport.
The Japanese embassy has also been shut down.A group of Islamist militants attacked the US consulate in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi in September 2012, killing Ambassador Chris Stevens and 3 other Americans.Media agencies
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Ukraine lawmakers to hold special session over PM resignation
27072014
Ukraine’s lawmakers will meet in a special session on Thursday to decide whether to accept or reject the sudden resignation of the prime minister, the presidency said.
The special parliamentary session would also discuss a Dutch-led investigation into last week’s downing of Malaysian flight MH17 in rebel-held east Ukraine, the presidency said.Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk quit in fury over the collapse of his ruling coalition on Thursday, plunging the country into political uncertainty as Kiev battles a deadly insurgency in the east.
His resignation has not been ratified by parliament, and President Petro Poroshenko said in a statement issued yesterday that he “counts on further cooperation with Arseniy Yatsenyuk and the entire Cabinet of Ministers”.
In a sign that the political upheaval in the cash-strapped country is ringing alarm bells, both IMF chief Christine Lagarde and US Vice President Joe Biden spoke on the phone with Poroshenko yesterday.
In talks with Lagarde, Poroshenko said he “assured that Ukraine was ready to fulfil all its obligations” agreed under a USD 17.0 billion (12.7 billion euro) bailout accorded by the IMF in late April.
The president said Biden meanwhile emphasised Washington’s readiness to help Ukraine undertake much needed reforms.
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Indonesia’s Prabowo challenges election result
27072014The ex-general who lost Indonesia’s presidential election is trying to overturn the result. Prabowo Subianto has filed a legal challenge. He alleges the poll was riddled with fraud. Members of Indonesia’s election commission said Tuesday that Prabowo lost by 6 percentage points. They handed victory to Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo. Prabowo’s team says they submitted to the constitutional court evidence of irregularities at over 52,000 polling stations nationwide.Analysts do not expect the court to overturn Joko’s victory. Court officials say the judges will hand down their decision by the end of next month.
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India win two golds, three silver
27072014
Indian marksmen returned with a rich haul of five medals, including two gold through Rahi Sanorbat and Apurvi Chandela, from the shooting ranges to completely dominate the event so far in the 20th Commonwewalth Games on Saturday.
After yesterday’s one gold and one silver, the Indians bagged two gold and three silver today to accumulate seven medals (3, 4, 0) from shooting so far.India could not win a medal in only men’s and women’s skeet and newly introduced Queen’s Prize pairs and bagged at least a medal in all the five events held so far.
It was an all-Indian affair in the women’s 25m pistol event and Sanorbat beat Anisa Sayyed in the gold-medal match 8-2 to cap a brilliant second day of shooting competitions at the Barry Buddon Centre ar Dundee near here.
Australia’s Lalita Yauhleuskaya bagged the bronze medal. Earlier, 23-year-old Sanorbat and Sayyed, 33, finished first and second in the semifinals to set up an all-Indian final.
Sanorbat had won two gold medals in 2010 CWG in Delhi besides also becoming India’s first pistol shooter to win gold medal in World Cup, in South Korea, last year.
Sayyed had also won two gold medals in 2010 CWG.
Young Rajasthan girl Apurvi, earlier, got India its second gold from the shooting range winning the 10m Air Rifle event today as compatriot Ayonika Paul boosted the medal tally with a silver.
Prakash Najappa had got a silver in the 10m Air Pistol event.
21-year-old Chandela led from the beginning to win the yellow metal with a score of 206.7 while Ayonika finished a creditable second with a score of 204.9.
It was only fitting that the Jaipur girl, who started shooting only six years back after watching Abhinav Bindra get gold in the Beijing Olympics, won in the legendary shooter’s pet event.
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If all dam affected persons have been “rehabilitated” then “disaster management”?
27072014If all dam affected persons have been “rehabilitated”, then why crores of money is being spent on “disaster management”?
Will the land, farms, houses, temples, schools and lakhs of trees belonging to 40,000 Sardar Sarovar affected families be sold with 318 Lakh rupees?!
Badwani/New Delhi, July 27th 2014: Every year, with the beginning of heavy rains in the Narmada Valley, the Government suddenly gets “concerned” and pours out money for setting up relief camps for persons affected by dams. This year too, 551 Lakhs, i.e. 5.5 crores have been declared for the areas affected by Sardar Sarovar, Upper Veda, Maan, Jobat , Indira Sagar and Omkareshwar dams. On June 24, 2014, in a petition related to Omkareshwar and Indira Sagar canals, Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh Justice Khanvilkar directed that a “disaster management scheme” be prepared for the entire Narmada Valley. However, since 1979 when Sardar Sarovar Project was passed no such scheme has been made, despite the reservoir spreading over 214 km, and yet in the last many years, many villages of Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat as well as Dharampuri town have also faced “disasters”.
The way land and houses in the hilly adivasi villages of Maharashtra, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh were submerged without any rehabilitation in 1993-1994, the same way, in the last 2-3 years, houses, shops and standing crops in the densely populated villages of Nimad, Madhya Pradesh, along are getting submerged. This is happening because thousands of families of farmers, labourers, fish-workers, potters, shop-keepers, land-less persons have been rehabilitated just on papers. In 2006, the group ministers including Shri Saifuddin Soz, Smt. Meera Kumar and Shri Pritiviraj Chavan who toured the Narmada Valley for three days, reiterated the same.
At the present height of the Sardar Sarovar Dam, i.e. 122 meters, there are 177 villages which are affected by submergence and out these, many villages, thousands of houses and some wards of Dharampuri town faced destruction even last year. In the 2006 judgement which allowed for raising the height up to 122 meters, it was ordered that families must be compensated for damages but in spite of the orders of Justice Khare, Grievance Redressal Authority, the M.P Government and Narmada Valley Development Authority have not complied. When the law and legal orders clearly state that six months before submergence, families must be rehabilitated, then why this severe and outright violation ?
The centres/camps that have been set up in the name of relief, are at least 10 to 15 km away from the hilly adivasi villages. The administration expects these adivasi villagers to come in their boats, with children and sick and elderly persons, and eat and thus, get “relief” in the camps. If they don’t come, then officials take 2-3 persons (who are often there just to serve the officials) to the camp and that is all. Furthermore, for relief purposes, the Government arranges for around boats so as to “save’’ houses, shops, schools etc. Not less than 20 boats are arranged and they are kept just for Government related work by giving 25,000 to 30,000 per month. In such situation, the common villagers, the adivasis cannot get, nor can they afford, the boats for commuting to markets or even for their daily needs. Does the Government really think that it will “save” around 700 to 1500 houses by putting them all together on the boats?! Or will lives be saved, and not property? That too, of how many families? Who will ask this question?
Claiming that there is no one left to be rehabilitated at the present height of 122 meters and also saying that our angst is “false and misleading”, the Modi Government, in its first big decision, has decided to raise the height of the dam by 17 meters. Even today, more than 40,000 families, lakhs of animals and trees are residing in the submergence affected areas of Sardar Sarovar Dam. And out of these, thousands may also come under submergence this very year. Then, will 318 lakhs out of 551 lakhs help in saving these houses, lands, villages? Or will the nexus between the Government and brokers/middlemen not eat up this money too, in the name of “relief” and “disaster management”?!
Kamla Yadav Madubhai Meera Jhamsingh
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Wrecked Italian cruise ship re-floated
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Wrecked Italian cruise ship re-floated “
Italy’s ill-fated Costa Concordia cruise ship floated for the first time on Monday since it crashed in 2012, its rust-coloured hull emerging from the waves off the Tuscan island of Giglio as an unprecedented salvage operation began.
Italy’s ill-fated Costa Concordia cruise ship floated for the first time on Monday since it crashed in 2012, its rust-coloured hull emerging from the waves off the Tuscan island of Giglio as an unprecedented salvage operation began.
“The ship is floating and is well balanced. We’re extremely pleased so far,” Franco Porcellacchia, the chief engineer of the project, told reporters as the wrecked vessel — the length of three football fields — inched upwards. The 114,500-tonne vessel rose around two metres off the artificial platform on which it has rested since it was righted in September.
It was then towed slightly away from the coastline for the re-floating to continue.
Children in swimming costumes eating ice-cream pointed from the shore as water cascaded spectacularly out of the tanks attached to the ship like giant armbands to float the wreck.
Divers who had worked to prepare the operation through the night could be seen returning to port on a dinghy, cheering.
Media crews from around the world crowded on to the port to watch the resurrection of the luxury liner, which sank after hitting rocks on January 13, 2012 in a tragedy which left 32 people dead, including an Indian waiter, Russel Rebello.
The body of Rebello is still missing and a search for his remains along the sea-bed is expected to be carried out once the ship is clear of the area.
South African salvage master Nick Sloane, dressed in his trademark blue jeans, had boarded the ship at dawn, telling journalists he was “nervous” about this delicate stage of the operation which could see the battered ship break up.
“Today we’ll see whether our calculations were correct,” the sandy-haired mariner said, before heading to oversee the operation from a control room on board the Costa Concordia itself.
The liner — twice as big as the Titanic — will be refloated over a six-to-seven day period and then be towed away for scrapping to a port in Genoa in northern Italy, where it is expected to arrive later this month.
Michael Thamm, chief executive of ship owner Costa Crociere, told journalists the project had cost over USD 1.36 billion so far, which did not cover the refloating process, towing the liner to Genoa or the price of scrapping the ship.
The Concordia crashed off Giglio on the night of January 13, 2012, forcing many of its 4,229 passengers and crew from 70 countries to jump into the sea as lifeboat pulleys failed.
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Black boxes from Taiwan air crash investigated
27072014Investigators on Friday were examining wreckage and flight data recorders for clues into a plane crash on a Taiwanese island that killed 48 people. Stormy weather and low visibility are thought to have been factors in Wednesday’s crash of the twin propeller ATR-72 operated by TransAsia Airways.
The investigation is expected to focus on a four-minute gap between the pilot’s request for a second approach and the plane’s crashing into village homes at 7:10 p.m., during which visibility dropped by half.Local media reported today that the plane’s cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder had been sent to the main island of Taiwan for analysis.
One of the devices was damaged in the crash and ensuing fire, and it wasn’t immediately clear when results of the investigation would be made public. Dozens of investigators searched for other clues at the crash site on the island of Penghu in the Taiwan Strait west of the capital Taipei.
They took photos and measurements as cranes and backhoes sifted through the wreckage scattered over damaged houses at the far end of the airport on the resort island.
Ten people survived the crash. Also today, the airline’s chairman Vincent Lin visited grieving relatives gathered at a local funeral home and said the company would do all it could to aid them in their suffering.
“This is an unpredictable tragedy. The priority for us is to assist victims’ relatives,” Lin told reporters as Buddhist monks conducted rituals for the dead.
Among the mourners, Shu Chi-tse, father of victim Shu Chong-tai, said he’d spoken to his son just before the flight left the southern city of Kaohsiung on Taiwan’s main island. “He is a good boy. He cares for me and his mom.He loves his grandma a lot,” Shu said. The flight departed despite heavy weather following the passing of a typhoon that had forced the cancellation of about 200 flights earlier in the day.
However, aviation authorities said conditions were safe for flying and two other planes had landed at Penghu that day prior to the crash.
The TransAsia crash was Taiwan’s first deadly civil aviation accident since 2002, when a China Airlines plane went down shortly after takeoff, killing 225.
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Israel extends Gaza ceasefire Hamas rejects it
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Israel on Sunday extended the humanitarian truce in Gaza for another 24 hours at the request of the UN, but Hamas resumed rocket fire and rejected the move saying no ceasefire is valid without Israeli tanks withdrawing from Gaza as the 20-day conflict killed 1,050 Palestinians.
The decision to extend ceasefire came after a crisis meeting of Israeli cabinet late last night. They extended the truce until midnight on Sunday.The cabinet also warned that the army will act if it is breached by Palestinian militants. The cabinet will reconvene today to discuss the continuation of the military operation, the officials said.
But Hamas said in a statement that “no humanitarian ceasefire is valid without Israeli tanks withdrawing from the Gaza Strip and without residents being able to return to their homes and ambulances carrying bodies being able to freely move around in Gaza”.
Israel and Hamas agreed to a 12-hour humanitarian truce yesterday which the Jewish state later extended by four hours till midnight local time. Israel said that it would continue operations against tunnels used by Hamas during the truce period.
But Hamas fired several rockets at Israel from the Gaza Strip, after the initial 12-hour truce ended and rejecting an earlier attempt to prolong the truce.
Meanwhile, Hamas also accused Israel of using previous ceasefires to prepare for more attacks and claimed that there had been truce violations yesterday. During the original 12-hour ceasefire, Palestinians, frantically scoured through rubble with medics saying over 130 bodies had been retrieved across the Gaza Strip.
The health ministry in Gaza said 1,050 Palestinians, mostly civilians, have been killed and about 6,000 wounded since Israel launched its Gaza offensive on July 8. Meanwhile, Israeli military announced the 43th fatality of its 20-day campaign in the Gaza Strip, aimed at ending rocket fire against Israel and destroying a sophisticated network of cross-border tunnels.
Three Israeli civilians were also killed in the fighting. At least 120,000 Palestinians have been displaced in the current round of violence and about 80 per cent of the casualties have been civilians.
The UNICEF has said that 192 children had been killed during the conflict. As the death toll continued to rise, Foreign Ministers from the US, Turkey, Qatar and several European countries urged both sides to extend the truce after their talks in Paris yesterday.
No representatives from Israel, Egypt or the Palestinian Authority attended the Paris talks.
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AAP Report on crimes against women in UP
27072014From: Media Cell AAP <mediacellaap@gmail.com> Sun, 27 Jul ’14 1:08p
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PRESS RELEASE27.07.2014A status report on crimes against women in Uttar Pradesh prepared by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders, Shefali Misra and Hema Badhwar Mehra (party’s Lok Sabha candidates from Sitapur and Badaun constituencies in UP, respectively), has been presented to the AAP national convenor, Arvind Kejriwal.Receiving the report, he condemned the increasing violence against women, calling the situation a “gross neglect of basic human rights.” (Copy of the report and related material is attached with this press release)Kejriwal asked for a serious review of women’s situation in the country, expressing that, “The mandate to stop violence is a responsibility each one of us now needs to take.” He further added that, “the state has failed in its endeavour to protect women’s rights. It is time that each citizen expresses anguish and anger and lets the law makers and implementers know that violence must stop.”Digging into the root causes of these problems, the report summarises a harrowing tale of unspeakable neglect of women’s rights, hatred, misogyny, and breakdown of governance, crisis and justice protocols.The investigative report was undertaken by the two AAP leaders soon after the media reported the shocking alleged gang rape of two Dalit women in UP on May 26, 2014. The research was primarily undertaken at Badaun, Sitapur and Bareilly districts of UP, where there have been a spate of brutal incidents of rape, honour killing, sodomy, acid killing and molestation, widely reported in the media.The main findings based on primary assessments and interviews with several stakeholders indicates that the apparent surge in violence against women and girls are not one-off incidents but are in fact indicative of a much deeper form of growing disempowerment of women, especially from marginalised communities in Uttar Pradesh.The administrative lethargy, coupled with collusion between the police, politicians and local goons leads the way to lawlessness that creates the atmosphere of impunity for such crimes to take place. Most cases are not even registered and those that are, find the victims fighting against a tough system of justice and gunda raj.The report also highlights the dismal situation of police infrastructure, sensitization and discipline, which raises serious questions about their readiness and ability to deliver protection to women. With a police to citizen ratio of 1:1000 and just 2 women constables per police station, each covering 60 off villages, crimes against women are hardly ever taken seriously, unless exposed under the media glare.Further, the report reveals that the social fabric itself is hostile to women. In addition to traditional norms, which see girls getting married off at the tender age of 11, violence against women almost finds acceptance and social sanction. Victims and their families who have survived assaults are often silenced and withdraw cases for fear of retaliation and stigma. Most suffer severe psycho-social trauma. Surprisingly, no crisis protocols exist, such as shelters, rape counselling units, lawyers and counsellors who support families. The Legal Service Authority mandated to protect women’s rights under NALSA Act is defunct. Panchayati Raj institutions are hegemonic structures in themselves and highly neglectful of women’s rights.In its recommendations, the report calls for an “immediate implementation” of the Justice JS Verma Committee report’s findings, the strong need for Standard Operating Procedures and response protocols to deal with crimes against women, strict disciplinary action on personnel for neglect and misconduct in handling of such cases, justice protocols and fast track courts, protection and support to victims and families in line with national and international statutes, third party surveillance and media monitoring.“If this (crime against women) does not stop, AAP is planning a state-wide agitation and we will ensure that not one voice is left unheard,” said party’s UP incharge, Sanjay Singh.To download a copy visit: add a weblink to the report (temporary link is http://ge.tt/6AMp0Np1/v/0 )
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UMumba states territory in opening game of the Star Sports Pro Kabaddi
27072014Umumba’s Surendra Nada awarded Best Defender and Moment of the day
Mumbai, 26th July 2014: Mumbaikars braved the changing weather conditions to make it to the National Sports Club of India with the long wait finally over, and the first game of the Star Sports Pro Kabaddi was all set for a sensational debut, with the mouth-watering clash between UMumba and Jaipur Pink Panthers. It was a celebratory affair, with Faces of Mumbai, Mr. Amitabh Bachchan, the God of Cricket Sachin Tendulkar, and superstars Aamir Khan and Shah Rukh Khan all in attendance, dressed in Pink showing their support for the Jaipur team.
In what seemed a nervy start, UMumba were the first to successfully pull down Maninder Singh, in the Panther’s second raid. The vociferous support of the fans only seemed to drive the players that half centimetre deeper into the opponent’s half. Five minutes into the first half and Jaipur seemed to be risking it all, first losing 2 players and then another through some power packed raiding from the Mumbai team. But their risks seem to have paid dividends, Jasvir Singh arguably the best raider in the first half was mounting the Pink Panther offensive, to destructive effect. Mid-way through the first half however he was successfully tackled, and soon after Jaipur lost their Captain Navneet Gautam. It all seemed to be coming apart at the seams as Panther Prashant Chavan stumbled over the outline while teammate Rohit Rana was also sent back packing to the Out-Box when he failed to bring down a determined U Mumba Shabeer. U Mumba had their first LONA points on the board, and their noses out in front.
Jaipur had to rebuild once again, this time their risks seemed to be losing them more points than earning them, 15 minutes in and UMumba were firmly stamping their authority over proceedings, their tackling incredibly efficient. Once again the bringing down of Jasvir Singh signals an almost domino effect among the Jaipur ranks, all falling within seconds of each other. The entire team is dismissed in amazing fashion as Mumbai streak firmly into the lead, at half time the score read 25-12 to UMumba.
The second half started in much the fashion the first began, the supporters making all the noise they could possibly muster and Jaipur desperately trying to get back into the game. Jasvir Singh and Maninder Singh were rotating raiding duties for the Pink Panthers and kept the team alive, but UMumba’s superior defensive structure was proving impossible to overcome, still the Panthers piled on. It was now a straight battle between Jaipur’s deadly raids and Mumbai’s impenetrable defence.
The highlight of the second half came when U Mumba’s Surendra Nada used his lightning speed to tag 2 members of the Jaipur anti and return home, a move that earned him the Best Defender and Moment of The Day awards, earning him a sweet Rs. 20,000 on the first night. Maninder Singh hit a streak late into the second half, tagging two members of the anti in successive raids to leave Mumbai with no one but their captain. He was tagged on the next raid to give Jaipur their very first LONA points on the night, at the 36 minute mark it seemed too late for Jaipur to come back. If not the scoreboard the thousands in the stands certainly felt it was over and soon it was. The game ended U Mumba 45, Jaipur Pink Panthers 30.
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Sunday Invite : An evening with Mr. Amitabh Bachchan
27072014Sunday Invite : An evening with Mr. Amitabh Bachchan, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador on Sunday, 27 July 2014 at 6.30 PM at Thyagraj Stadium, INA Colony, New Delhi.
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Dear Editor,
India’s victory over polio is a huge credit to those who painstakingly mobilized communities for polio vaccination and continue to do so even today. To thank all those who partnered to spread awareness for polio immunization Mr. Louis-Georges Arsenault, UNICEF Representative for India cordially invites you to an evening with Mr. Amitabh Bachchan, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador on Sunday, 27 July 2014 at 6.30 PM at Thyagraj Stadium, INA Colony, New Delhi. Media event starts at 7:30 PM.
The occasion will be graced by Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Honorable Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India.
Please refer to the attached invite.
Look forward,
Sonia Sarkar
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28072014Liberia closes border amid spread of deadly Ebola virus
Liberia has shut most of its border crossings and restricted public gatherings in the country in an attempt to curb the spread of the deadly Ebola virus, Reuters reported.“All borders of Liberia will be closed with the exception of major entry points. At these entry points, preventive and testing centers will be established, and stringent preventive measures to be announced will be scrupulously adhered to,” Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf said while speaking at a task force meeting on Sunday. Public gatherings such as marches, demonstrations, and promotional advertisements have also been restricted under the new measures. The deadly virus has already gripped the Western Africa countries of Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, killing at least 660 people in the worst outbreak in history.
At least 5 killed in Nigeria bomb attacks
At least five people were killed and eight others injured in a bomb attack on a Catholic church in Nigeria’s northern city of Kano on Sunday. “We suspect an IED (improvised explosive device) that was thrown from across the road” at the church, police spokesman Frank Mba told AFP. Also in Kano, a female suicide bomber blew herself up outside a university, injuring five officers after police prevented her from entering the building. No one has yet claimed the responsibility for the attacks. Officials blame Islamist Boko Haram militants which are active in the region.
Black boxes from crashed Air Algérie plane sent to France
The black boxes from the Air Algérie plane disaster began their journey to France from northern Mali on Sunday, Mali’s communications minister, Mahamadou Camara, told AFP. The flight data recorder and cockpit recorder were recovered from the remote desert crash site and handed over to French authorities in the capital Bamako. French experts are to examine the plane’s flight data recorders and other information, including the prevailing weather conditions at the time. Air Algérie flight AH 5017 went down in Mali’s Gossi region on Thursday, killing all 118 passengers and crew members on board.
14 injured as lightning strikes people in Southern California
Fourteen people, including a fifteen-year-old, were injured after they were struck by lightning in Southern California on Sunday. Thirteen of those people were struck at Venice Beach in Los Angeles, and a 57-year-old was also hit while on a golf course on Catalina Island. Nine people have been hospitalized, while the rest were treated at the scene, said Los Angeles fire spokeswoman Katherine Main. Two people are reportedly in critical condition.
Mali launches investigation into Air Algérie crash
Malian authorities have launched an investigation to establish the cause of the Air Algérie crash in Mali. The plane was carrying 118 people, including entire families, when it crashed on Thursday. No one survived. France lost the largest number of people in the accident, with 54 nationals killed. Paris began its own preliminary investigation into the crash last week.
Majority of Georgia without power
A high-voltage power line failure has crippled Georgia’s electricity supply, leaving the majority of the country with no electricity on Sunday evening, local media reported. A massive outage damaged the 500/220 kV transfer line, Energy Ministry head Irakli Gaprindashvili said, according to Pirveli news agency. An investigation is underway to determine what caused the damage in the first place. Georgian authorities will be working to restore electricity in stages, according to Gaprindashvili. The majority of the outages have been reported in the western part of the country. The power outage affected Tbilisi’s subway and television tower. Earlier, there were reports of flooding in western Georgia’s Vani region.
Polish journalist injured in eastern Ukraine
Polish journalist Bianca Zalewska has been injured in eastern Ukraine “in the area of anti-terrorist operations (ATO),” the ATO’s press-service said in a statement on Facebook. It claims the journalist was taken to the nearest hospital in the town of Starobilsk in the Lugansk region.”Given her critical state of health, the patient was immediately evacuated by helicopter to Kharkov for professional medical care,” the statement reads.
British embassy convoy comes under attack in Libya’s Tripoli
A British embassy convoy in Tripoli was “subject to an attempted carjacking” Sunday early Sunday morning, a spokesman for London’s mission in Libya, Bob Phillipson, said.“Shots were fired at our vehicles but they managed to drive on and leave the area,” he told journalists. There were no injuries and “all embassy personnel are safe and accounted for.” Britain advised its citizens to leave the country on Sunday.
Pilot dies as MIG-29 fighter jet crashes in southern Russia
A MIG-29 fighter jet has crashed in southern Russia, killing the pilot. According to initial data, the cause of the accident was a technical failure, the head of the air force General Viktor Bondarev told journalists. The accident happened as the pilot was carrying out a planned test flight in the Astrakhan region. Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said the pilot was given a command to eject, but “trying to save the plane”he did not leave the controls and died.
Philippines celebrates birth of 100-millionth citizen amid overpopulation concerns
Jennalyn Sentino, one of 100 babies born in state hospitals in the Philippines on Sunday, was symbolically designated “the 100,000,000th baby” to mark the country’s passing the population threshold. “This is both an opportunity and a challenge… an opportunity we should take advantage of and a challenge we recognize,” Juan Antonio Perez, executive director of the official Commission on Population, told AFP. The Philippines remain among the poorest countries in the world, and its economy is struggling to grow on par with its population. The government wants to overcome resistance from the Roman Catholic Church and promote birth control to lower fertility rate by a third, from the current three children per woman per lifetime, thereby stabilizing growth.
Costa Concordia ends its final voyage, docks in Genoa
More than two years after it ran aground, the cruise liner Costa Concordia has been towed to the port of Genoa by eight separate tugboats. The cost of the salvage operation that began last year is estimated at $2 billion – more than three times more than that of the ship itself. 32 people died in the accident off the coast of Italy in January 2012, which was declared to have been caused by the actions of the captain.
15 killed as typhoon Matmo hit China
At least 15 have been killed and thousands left in need of basic subsistence as a result of typhoon Matmo that swept through China, the Civil Affairs Ministry said on Sunday. Nine deaths were reported in eastern Jiangxi province and four in southern Guangdong province, while nearly 290,000 residents have been relocated and some 37,000 are in urgent need of basic living supplies, the ministry said. Downgraded to a tropical storm, it has still caused direct economic losses of 3.37 billion yuan ($547 million) the ministry said.
Malaysia Airlines rethinking entire business strategy
Malaysia Airlines will “change its name and restructure its routes” in the wake of two major tragedies happening in the space of only six months. These are not the only things the airline plans to give a makeover, the rest are being discussed presently, the Mail reports. The changes are to be finalized shortly after the death of the 298 passengers about flight MH17, which was downed over Ukraine on July 17, and the earlier disappearance of flight MH370 on March 8, which carried 239 passengers.
Suspected Boko Haram fighters attack Cameroon, capture vice PM’s wife
Militants allegedly from Boko Haram, a militant Islamist organization based in northern Nigeria, have attacked a town in northern Cameron, said the country’s military commander, as cited by Reuters. He added that the alleged militants also took the wife of Cameroon’s vice prime minister hostage and killed at least three people.
Egypt destroys more tunnels used by Hamas in fight against Israel
Egypt’s military has destroyed a further 13 tunnels connecting the Gaza Strip with the Sinai Peninsula, bringing the total to 1,639, Naharnet reports. While the army’s mission to destroy the tunnels started in the aftermath of former leader Mohamed Morsi’s ouster, Cairo’s incentive for doing so also has to do with curbing activities by Hamas, the Palestinian group currently defending the Gaza Strip against Israel. While both Muslim, Egypt’s relationship with Hamas has cooled since Morsi’s ouster. Hamas used to be the affiliate of the Muslim Brotherhood, Morsi’s party. Furthermore, Cairo accuses Hamas of complicity in terrorist attacks inside Egypt as well.
400 bodies discovered in Bolivian mass grave
The remains of 400 people, presumed to be miners, lying in a mass grave, were discovered in the Bolivian city of Potosi, at a silver mine. The remains were discovered at a depth of two meters and are thought to date back 500 years, to the time of the Spanish conquest, ITAR-TASS reports.
Scores killed in Libyan clashes as country descents into chaos
At least 59 people have been killed in Libya since Saturday, as the country became mired in the worst violence since the 2011, when a NATO bombing campaign allowed local militias overthrow and kill strongman Muammar Gaddafi. At least 36 died in clashes between government forces and Islamist militants in Benghazi, the ‘cradle’ of the anti-Gaddafi uprising. And in capital Tripoli, 23 Egyptian workers were killed when a rocket hit their home amid clashes between rival militias. The escalation of violence prompted the evacuation on Saturday of international organizations and foreign embassies from the disintegrating country.
Israel resumes Gaza offensive amid humanitarian truce
The IDF has resumed fighting in the Gaza Strip, saying that Hamas ignored a 24-hour humanitarian ceasefire.“Following Hamas’ incessant rocket fire throughout the humanitarian window, which was agreed upon for the welfare of the civilian population in Gaza, the (army) will now resume its aerial, naval and ground activity in the Gaza Strip,” a statement from Israeli forces said.
Earlier, Israel extended the humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza for 24 hours, but said that it will retaliate if Hamas fires rockets from Gaza territory. But the Palestinian militant group rejected Israel’s proposition.
US doctor catches Ebola amid African outbreak
A 33-year-old American doctor working for a relief organization in Liberia has tested positive for the deadly Ebola virus. Dr Kent Brantly, who directs one of the country’s two treatment centers run by the Samaritan’s Purse recognized his own symptoms and confined himself to an isolation ward. It was not immediately clear how the doctor contacted the disease, which has already killed at least 660 people during its latest outbreak across Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone – or about 60 percent of those diagnosed.
Fighter jet crashes in southeastern Russia
A Russian MiG-29 fighter jet has crashed near the city of Astrakhan, in southeastern Russia, killing the pilot, said Viktor Bondarev, the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Air Force. “[We] are investigating the incident. According to preliminary reports, the crash was caused by a technical failure,” he added. The flight commander ordered the pilot to eject, but the pilot hesitated trying to save the vehicle and was killed, said spokesman for the ministry, Igor Konashenkov. The defense ministry has deployed a commission to investigate the incident at the crash site, the ministry said in a statement.
Russia lays down two nuclear submarines
A Borei-class submarine – “Knyaz Oleg” and a Yasen-class multipurpose attack submarine “Krasnoyarsk” are to be laid down in the city of Severodvinsk, north-western Russia on Sunday, a spokesman for the Russian Navy told RIA Novosti. The two advanced nuclear-propelled submarines were expected to be laid down last week, but the ceremony was postponed to coincide with the celebration of the Russian Navy Day.
Japan denounces North Korea’s missile launch
The Japanese government lodged a protest and denounced North Korea’s Saturday missile launch which came in “violation of UN Security Council resolutions,” local Mainichi newspaper reported. “We need to let them know that nuclear and missile development and economic revival won’t go together,” Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said during a trip to Mexico. Japan’s defense minister, Itsunori Onodera, ordered to gather information and stay on full alert, a ministry official told local media. North Korea fired a short-range missile into the Sea of Japan on Saturday at 9:40 p.m. local time in a northeastern direction without advanced warning; neither a no-fly nor no-sail zone were imposed, according to South Korea’s joint chiefs of staff.
Wildfires prompt evacuation of 1,000 California residents
A wildfire has forced the evacuation of about 1,200 residents in a rural area east of the California state capital of Sacramento, according to fire officials. The fire, which is centered about 8 km north of the town of Plymouth and 50 kilometers east of Sacramento, destroyed five residences and two outbuildings, causing one injury, said Lynne Tolmachoff, spokeswoman for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, as cited by Reuters. Since the blaze began on Friday, 515 have been evacuated in Amador and El Dorado counties, fire officials said.
15 killed as rockets hit residential building in Libya
At least 15 people died when a residential building was hit during a rocket attack in Tripoli, Libya, Itar-Tass reported. The building, which housed Egyptian workers, was completely destroyed by the explosion. The Egyptian Foreign Ministry issued a statement warning its citizens to avoid traveling to Libya due to heightened tensions in the country. Three years after the fall of former President Muammar Gaddafi, Libya has slipped into political chaos, with the new government and army unable to control former rebels and militias.
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Thanks Amitabh Bachchan as the UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador for Polio
28072014New Delhi, 27 July: To mark IndiaⳠlandmark achievement of being certified polio-free, UNICEF today celebrated with megastar Amitabh Bachchan who as the UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador for Polio, has played a critical role in mobilizing mass support for IndiaⳠpolio immunization campaign.
Over 1000 men and women from Uttar Pradesh and BiharⳠᓯcial Mobilization Network⠨SmNet) came together for the event presided by the Hon⢬e Minister of Health & Family Welfare, Dr. Harsh Vardhan, UNICEF India Representative , Mr Louis Georges Arsenault and superstar Amitabh Bacchan. The evening paid tribute to the Vaccinators and Mobilizers who worked tirelessly in the diverse and remote parts of the country, ensuring that every child under age 5 was immunized.
Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Dr Harsh Vardhan, the pioneer of the polio eradication programme in India said, 䠉ndiaⳠfeat of being polio-free for three years and receiving WHO certification is indeed a victory for the millions of health and community workers who broke many a barrier to reach out to the unreached children. They are the most powerful voice of the polio eradication movement. They allayed fears and addressed misconceptions. They built partnerships with the local community and religious leadership. It is because of their efforts–of going door to door, administering polio vaccine to children and educating people about the importance of the polio vaccine, that India could achieve this success伯span>
In the context of post-polio India, the Minister stressed the need for building up on the pulse polio experience.
㌥t us, in 2014, revive the 1995 spirit. There are many other diseases demanding pulse polio-like missions involving the coming together of the medical community and general society. So letⳠall work together to ensure ሥalth for All⠦or a better and stronger future,䠄r Harsh Vardhan said.
㉮diaⳠsuccess is a cause for celebration but not complacency. India is polio free but the risk of polio persists. Until the disease is eradicated globally, we need to continue to protect children against the virus and remain in a state of preparedness to respond to any case of poliovirus importation as an emergency,䠳aid, Mr Louis-Georges Arsenault.
Commending Mr BachchanⳠunstinted support towards the cause, he said, ㍲ Bachchan has been the face of polioⳠmass media campaigns for over a decade. His one-liner 㤯 boond zindagi ki䠨two drops of polio vaccine) has been one of the most effective messages in the fight against polio. It had been critical in persuading parents and care-givers to give their children polio vaccines.伯:p>
Each year, around 2.3 million lakh vaccinators, led by 155,000 supervisors, visit 209 million households to administer the polio vaccine during each of these campaigns. Nearly a billion doses of oral polio vaccine are consumed during the campaigns annually.
Addressing the gathering, Mr Bachchan said, 㼯span>IndiaⳊ present polio-free status is a matter of great pride. I feel privileged to have been part of the anti-polio campaign. I am delighted that our efforts in spreading awareness and mobilizing communities for polio vaccination have been successful. But this fight was not an easy one. We must thank the thousands of UNICEF supported SMNet Mobilizers and Government vaccinators who have made this victory possible.䊼o:p>
India was certified polio-free in February 2014– a feat it accomplished overcoming several challenges including population density, high rates of migration, poor sanitation, high birth rates, and low rates of routine immunization in the highest risk states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
However, it must maintain vigilance against any importation of polio until eradication is achieved globally
Mr Arsenault thanked all partners and donors associated with the polio prorgamme Rotary International, WHO, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Core group of NGOs, USAID, JICA and GAVI and acknowledged the contribution of the Aligarh Muslim University and the Jamia Milia Islamia in garnering support of the underserved communities.
Rotary International Past President, Mr Kalyan Banerjee and WHO Representative to India, Dr Nata Menabde were also present at the function.
For further information please visit, Polio Learning Exchange website www.iple.in
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TEEJ PROCESSION WILL BE CELEBRATED WITH TRADITIONAL POMP AND PAGEANTRY
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Jaipur, 27 July: The traditional Teej procession with all its regal pomp and pageantry, will be held on 30 and 31 July. It will start at 6 pm from the Tripoliya Gate (City Palace), meandering its way through Tripolia Bazar and Chhoti Chaupar, Gangauri Bazaar to wind up at the Chaugan Stadium. The procession is organized jointly by the State Department of Tourism, the City Palace and the Local Administration.
According to the sources in the Department of Tourism, the traditional Teej Festival is organized with great verve and vigour by the tourists, the travel fraternity and the local populace. There will be camels, horses and cultural performances like Kachchi Ghodi, Gair, Kalbaliya and chakri dances. The procession will include: the cannon carriage, bullock carts, horse baggi and decorated rath. A number of bands will also accompany the procession. The sawari of the Goddess Teej will be almost at the end followed by chobdar.
Organized by the Department of Tourism, arrangements have been made for the tourists to photograph the procession from the terrace of the Hind Hotel opposite Tripoliya gate.
Teej is one of the most widely celebrated festivals of Rajasthan. Swings, traditional songs and dancing are the unique features of Teej celebrations in Rajasthan. Women perform traditional folk dance dressed in colourful clothes and sing beautiful Teej songs while enjoying their sway on swings bedecked with flowers.
Teej is celebrated with immense fun and fanfare in the capital city of Jaipur. On this day, women and young girls wear their best clothes and adorn themselves with fine jewellery. They gather at a nearby temple or a common place and offers prayers to Goddess Parvati for well being of their husbands.
On the occasion of Teej, markets in Jaipur are stocked with trendiest women accessories and clothes. Most of the fabric clothes display ‘laheria’ (tie and dye) prints. Sweetshops keep different Teej sweets but ‘Ghevar and Feeni’ is the main sweet of the season.
All over Rajasthan, swings are hung from trees and decorated with fragrant flowers. Women both married and unmarried love to swing on these swings to celebrate the ‘;Sawan festival';.
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BJP politicising Delhi Police and aims to convert it into a puppet
29072014From: Media Cell AAP <mediacellaap@gmail.com> Mon, 28 Jul ’14 6:15
Monday, July 28
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) strongly condemns the BJP’s attempts to politicise the Delhi Police by using it as a puppet of the central government to shield its party MLAs and their relatives involved in cases of corruption and serious crimes and on the other hand, it is being misused to victimize political rivals and people of Delhi.
The AAP would like to substantiate its point with the following four incidents :
1) 1) On July 14, BJP MLA from Rajinder Nagar, RP Singh summoned a junior engineer of the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) to his office. The JE was asked to give a water pipe-laying contract to a particular BJP worker. On stating that a process had to be followed the JE was beaten up by RP Singh and his supporters.
On July 22, DJB gave a written complaint to Rajinder Nagar Police Station.
The AAP would like to ask whether any FIR has been registered by the Police ? Is it not a case under the provisions of Prevention of Corruption Act not made out against the BJP MLA ?Why has he along with his supporters not arrested so far ?
What is the BJP stand in this case ?
2) 2) According to media reports, one of the accused named in the murder of Manipuri youth –Akha Salouni – on the night of July 20, is a close relative of another BJP MLA, Ramvir Singh Bidhuri.
Can the BJP deny this ? Why did BJP leaders give a statement that it appeared to be a case of road rage, when the police investigation was still going on ? Can the BJP deny that its workers gathered in large numbers outside the Kotla Mubarakpur Police station ? Why did the BJP try to hamper the investigations?
3) 3) The role of Delhi Police in the ongoing students agitation against the UPSC discrimination is highly questionable. Peacefully protesting students were brutally beaten up by the Police on Thursday night at Mukherjee Nagar and outside Rail Bhawan on Friday and even girl students were not spared.
Who ordered the Police action against students ? Why no probe has been ordered by the central government so far ?
Is it fair for any government to allow such a brutal police action against peacefully protesting students ?
4) 4) Four AAP volunteers were arrested by the Malviya Nagar Police last night for pasting posters of party’s August 3 public meeting at Jantar Mantar (They were released on bail today). The Police also took into its possession the car of AAP MLA and former law minister Somnath Bharti. According to the police, the arrest was made for defacing public property.(The posters merely convey information about the public meeting and contain a political message – it is attached with this release)
The AAP does not believe in any preferential treatment from the Police, but strongly opposes selective application of law against its volunteers. The party also contests the police claim that its volunteers were defacing public property.
The national capital has been subjected to an unprecedented assault by the BJP, with posters, banners and hoardings of its party leaders hanging from all sides in all parts of the national capital. According to Delhi Police does not amount to defacing of public property ?
Has the Police taken any action against the BJP ?
It appears the Delhi Police is under severe pressure from the BJP-led central government’s home ministry. The AAP will not remain quiet any longer on the issue and will protest the Police bias.
Regards
AAP Media Cell
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FIBA to review basketball rules regarding headgear at FIBA Competitions
29072014MIES, Switzerland (FIBA): In the current Official Basketball Rules (Article 4.4.2), players are only allowed to wear headbands no wider than five centimetres in order to hold back hair and sweat.
This measure was established more than 10 years ago for two main reasons: safety on the basketball court and uniformity of equipment within a team.
As a result, the wearing of a turban or a headscarf, just like any other object or accessory to be worn on a player';s head, is not authorised in official FIBA competitions.
In view of the upcoming FIBA World Congress on 28-29 August in Sevilla, Spain, FIBA has received formal requests from a handful of members to discuss this matter.
FIBA';s Central Board, which is ultimately responsible for changes to the Official Basketball Rules, will review these requests and decide how to proceed in the best interest of the sport and of its 214 members.
The next FIBA Central Board meeting will take place on the 27 August in Sevilla.
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Finolex Industries reports net profit Q1 after tax of Rs.50.2 crores
29072014Finolex Industries reports net profit after tax of Rs.50.2 crores for Quarter ending June 30, 2014
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Finolex Industries reports net profit after tax of Rs.50.2 crores for Quarter ending June 30, 2014
– an increase of 122 %
Net income jumps to Rs.663 crores – an increase of 18 %
New Delhi/Pune, 28 July 2014: Finolex Industries Limited [FIL], has clocked a turnover of Rs. 663 crores and reported a net profit of Rs.50.2 crores for the quarter ended 30th June, 2014, as compared to Rs.563 crores and Rs.22.6 crores respectively in the corresponding quarter of previous year.
The Company’s EPS for the quarter stood at Rs.4.05
Commenting on the financial performance, Mr. Saurabh S. Dhanorkar, Managing Director, Finolex Industries Limited, said, “The Company has achieved improved performance for the quarter on strong demand and better realization.”
“The demand for Company’s products continues to be strong. The Company’s initiatives in expanding its network across India are paying rich dividends. The Company has recently set up a dedicated warehouse at Cuttack, Odisha to cater to the ever increasing demand for the Company’s products from East and North-East India. The outlook for the current year is positive as demand from agricultural sector as well as construction Industry is expected to keep growing.”
Outlook
Various initiatives by the Government to increase the reach of irrigation and drinking water supply are expected to give a further boost to the demand for PVC Pipes and Fittings. Some of the measures announced by the new Government at the Centre which bode well for the Company’s business are:
v A target of INR 800,000 crore for agriculture credit during 2014-15
v Allocation of INR 1000 crore to improve access to irrigation under Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana
v MGNREGA revamp – 60% funds now to be spent on Agri-asset creation
v Increased allocation of INR 8000 crore for National Housing Bank to expand rural housing
v Earmarking INR 3600 crore under National Rural Drinking Water Programme
Financial Highlights [Rs. In Crores]
smkolte@yahoo.co.in;purandarpublicity@gmail.com | Quarter ended 30thJune, 2014 | Quarter ended 30thJune, 2013 | Year ended 31stMarch 2014 |
Net sales/Income from operations and other Income | 662.72 | 563.49 | 2453.03 |
Profit before Interest, Depreciation and tax | 129.80 | 114.01 | 440.29 |
Deductions for | |||
Interest/Finance charges | 26.76 | 13.71 | 66.37 |
Depreciation | 14.90 | 14.64 | 62.29 |
Provision for Taxation | 21.25 | 9.12 | 71.71 |
Exceptional Items | 16.69 | 53.89 | 69.77 |
Net Profit | 50.20 | 22.65 | 170.15 |
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Sujoy K Chowdhury, 9310333597, sujoy@impactpr.in
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AAP Winding Up – Not Serious in National or Even State Politics
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New strategy to address Diarrheal deaths: the third biggest killer of children
29072014Launch of Intensified Diarrhoea Control Fortnight
New Delhi, July 28, 2014: The Hon’ble Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Dr. Harsh Vardhan, today launched the intensified diarrhea control fortnight (IDCF) demonstrating the urgent need to focus attention on the disease that is responsible for over 2 lakh deaths of children in India, every year.
The launch of the Intensified Diarrhoea Control Fortnight (IDCF) which will be held from 28th July to 8th August across the county was attended by Shri Lov Verma, Union Secretary Health & Family Welfare, Shri R.K Jain, Additional Secretary & DG, Director General of Health Services Professor Jagdish Prasad, Dr. Rakesh Kumar, Joint Secretary, Mr. Louis Georges Arsenault, UNICEF India Representative, Dr. Nata Menabde, Country Chief, WHO India and representatives from various development organization including Micronutrient Initiative and representative from Indian Academy of Pediatrics.
“Building on the good progress that India has already made in reducing child deaths, the Intensified Diarrhoea Control Fortnight will mobilize health personnel, state governments and other stakeholders to prioritize investment in control of diarrhea—one of the most common childhood illnesses. It aims to create mass awareness about the most effective and low-cost diarrhoea treatment— a combination of Oral Rehydration Salt (ORS) solution and Zinc tablets,” said Dr Harsh Vardhan, speaking on the occasion.
The Secretary Health & Family Welfare in his address said that India has realized impressive gains in child survival over the last two decades. There has been a consistent decline in Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) and Under-Five Mortality Rate (U5MR). Increased access to immunization and child healthcare services during this period, have greatly contributed to this decline. Yet, an estimated 1.36 million children die each year in India, including approximately 2 lakh deaths due to diarrhoea.
In the welcome address by Mr. R.K. Jain, Additional Secretary said that this intensified diarrhea control fortnight is being supported by other ministries of the Government of India, especially the Education, Panchayati Raj Institutions, Women and Child Development and Water and Sanitation.
The Joint Secretary Dr. Rakesh Kumar and Professor Mathuram Santosham from John Hopkins , USA made a comprehensive presentation describing the global scenario as well as the details of the fortnight. Dr. Rakesh Kumar explained that during the fortnight, intensified community awareness campaigns on hygiene and age-appropriate childhood feeding practices and promotion of ORS and Zinc therapy will be conducted at state, district and village levels. The focus will be on diarrhea control activities during the first week and on infant and young child feeding practices (IYCF) during the second week. ORS-Zinc Corners will be set-up at health care facilities. Health workers will hold counselling sessions on appropriate methods of Infant and Young Child feeding practices, hygiene and sanitation.
Addressing the gathering, Mr. Louis-Georges Arsenault, UNICEF India Representative said, “This national campaign to fight diarrhoea – the third deadliest illness for children – will re-energize efforts to prevent the deaths of millions of children in the country. IDCF targets to reduce mortality rates and raise levels of children’s access to life-saving interventions.”
Emphasizing that diarrhoea is preventable and also treatable, Dr. Nata Menabde, WHO Chief in India said “Many children in the developing world cannot access urgent medical care for severe illnesses, making prevention methods—including improved hygiene, sanitation, safe drinking water, exclusive breastfeeding-critical components of diarrheal disease control.”
MoHFW has made it a national priority to bring health outcomes among children to a level equitable with the rest of the world. WHO, UNICEF, and other partners have been working closely with the Government to help realize this vision.
Media Contacts:
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare:
Dr. Ajay Khera, Deputy Commissioner Child Health and Immunization, ajaykheramch@gmail.com, #9810206150
Dr. Manisha Verma, Chief Media Officer, MOHFW, pibhealth@gmail.com, #9013815118
UNICEF
Caroline Den Dulk, Chief of Communication,cdendulk@unicef.org,#9818106093
Geetanjali Master, Communication Specialst, gmaster@unicef.org, #9818105861
Sonia Sarkar,Communciation Officer, ssarkar@unicef.org, #9810170289
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Energy & Renewables Product Alerts
29072014Energy & Renewables Product Alerts (July 28, 2014)
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Pure Water Technology breaks Guinness World Record
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INVITE :Press Conference on CSE lab study on the contaminated food
29072014Centre for Science and Environment
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Press Conference to release a new CSE lab study
on the contaminated food we eat
on the contaminated food we eat
And how that makes our bodies resistant to drugs and vulnerable to diseases
2010. Antibiotics in honey, a food that we had thought was natural.
2014. CSE’s Pollution Monitoring Lab finds antibiotic contamination in another much loved staple of our tables. Come and share the findings with us.
Date and day: July 30, 2014, Wednesday
Venue: CSE Office, Core 6A, Fourth Floor, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi
Time: 12.00 noon
Press Con will be addressed by Sunita Narain and Chandra Bhushan from CSE and cardiac surgeon Dr Devi Shetty (uplinked from Bengaluru)
For details, please get in touch with Souparno Banerjee on 99108 64339 or write to him at souparno@cseindia.org
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GreenField Software to embed Intel® DCM: Energy Director into GFS Crane DCIM Software
29072014Collaboration strengthens GFS Crane Data Center Power Management capabilities
New Delhi: July 28, 2014
Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) software provider, GreenField Software, has embedded Intel DCM: Energy Director into its comprehensive DCIM suite GFS Crane.
GFS Crane is an ERP for Data Centers, allocating and optimizing key resources – power, space, cooling and networks. The software from India-based GreenField Software helps data centers control capital costs, reduce operating expenses, and mitigate the risks of data center failures.
The integration of Intel DCM: Energy Director will strengthen IT monitoring and reporting capabilities of GFS Crane Power Management. Customers looking for robust Data Center energy efficiency solution from their servers can now achieve this through GFS Crane without investing in power meters and temperature probes.
Commenting on this significant technology addition to GFS Crane, Mr Shekhar Dasgupta, Founder and Director, GreenField Software said that, “Integration with Intel DCM Energy Director will not only enhance GFS Crane Power Management capabilities, but would also bring down the total cost of ownership of GFS Crane DCIM software.”
“We are delighted to be included with the GreenField Software. Intel’s innovations in data center solutions can benefit GFS Crane DCIM customers , particularly in countries like India where power availability and costs are a serious business risk for data centers”, said Mr Jeff Klaus, General Manager – Data Center Solutions, Intel Corp.
GreenField Software’s collaboration with Intel was driven by the critical industry need to ensure predictable uptime and to reduce energy costs in Data Centers.
Benefits of Intel DCM Energy Director for GFS Crane customers will include faster implementations and lower cost of ownership. The integration will bring the following new features in GFS Crane:
• Further flexibility in GFS Crane Monitoring by now adding the widely supported Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI)
• Accurate energy usage measurement for servers without the need for expensive power meters
• Real time inlet temperature monitoring without temperature probes
• Thermal map generation at rack, row and room levels without separate Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) analysis.
• Further flexibility in GFS Crane Monitoring by now adding the widely supported Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI)
• Accurate energy usage measurement for servers without the need for expensive power meters
• Real time inlet temperature monitoring without temperature probes
• Thermal map generation at rack, row and room levels without separate Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) analysis.
GFS Crane from GreenField Software provides a complete range of DCIM capabilities: data center modeling, facilities and IT infrastructure monitoring, provisioning, capacity planning, asset management, energy efficiency and sustainability reporting.
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Alliance Française. Theatre show by renowned French actress Eva Darlan.
29072014Alliance Française. Theatre show by renowned French actress Eva Darlan.
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EBTC-Steinbeis Compendium on Best Practices in Technology Transfer
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India bags three gold for India on first day of wrestling
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Star grappler Sushil Kumar led India’s sparkling show in the wrestling arena as the country claimed three gold medals on the first day of the wrestling competitions at the Commonwealth Games at Glasgow on Tuesday.
Sushil expectedly bagged gold in men’s 75kg freestyle category while Amit Kumar won the yellow metal in men’s 57kg while Vinesh Phogat finished on top in women’s 48kg at the SECC Hall.
Rajeev Tomar, however had to settle for a silver in the mens 125 kg freestyle event after going down to Canadas Korey Jarvis 0-3 in finals.
31-year-old Sushil asserted his class as he won his all four bouts of the day quite comfortably.
In the gold-medal bout against Qamar Abbas of Pakistan, Sushil had an easy outing.
Even before one could blink, the contest was over as the Indian pinned down his rival to clinch the gold with a 8-0 scoreline in under two minutes.
In no time, Sushil raced to a 6-0 lead and added two more points, straight away finishing off the contest.
Amit Kumar defeated Ebikweminomo Welson of Nigeria 6-2 in his final bout. 20-year-old Indian started off well and completely dominated the first round to post a comfortable 4-0 win.
The Nigerian, however, fought back and the two wrestlers gave each other a tough time in the next round and they could bag just two points each.
But due to four points in his kitty already from the opening round, the youngster from India prevailed over his opponent to pocket the yellow metal.
In what turned out to be a close battle between Vinesh and Englands Yana Rattigan in the finals of the womens 48kg event, the Indian won 11-8.
Vinesh was down 2-4 in the first round and was facing a tough challenge from her English opponent.
But she managed to earn two points to tie it at 4-4 before she could put her rival down again to bag another two just in time to wrap up the opening round 6-4.
Second round was also a fierce contest but Indian somehow maintained her composure to earn second gold for the country in wrestling.
Tomar failed to do much in his gold-medal bout, as he failed to earn even a single point.
His Canadian rival, meanwhile, could snatch a few technical points in his favour to eke out a narrow 3-0 win and bag the gold.
Earlier in the day, Sushil and Amit trumped three strong grapplers one after another within a matter of just one-and-a-half hours in their respective weight categories, to make the gold-medal round.
Tomar had two easy rounds before he made the finals of the mens 125kg category. Vinesh also overpowered two opponents en-route to the finals.
Sushil, the 2008 Beijing Olympics bronze medallist and a silver medal winner at the 2012 London Games, won the round of 16 and quarterfinals by the virtue of Great Superiority, which means winning by a difference of 10 points.
Sushil thrashed Australias Jayden Lawrence 11-0 in round of 16, before blanking Kushan Sandrage of Sri Lanka 100 in the last eight-stage of the competition.
Sushil, however, faced some threat in the semifinals against Nigerias Melvin Bibo but in the end, it was the Indian who turned out to be far superior with an 84 victory.
The star Indian grappler won six points in the first period but his opponent restored parity in the next.
The Nigerian stunned Sushil when he put him down in the second round to not only earn two points to his credit but also injure the Indian.
Sushil was seen bleeding from his nose but he was soon back with a bang as he snatched two more points to have the last laugh.
Amit won two of his bouts en-route to the finals on the basis of Great Superiority.
The scoreline was 100 in both quarterfinals and semifinals. While in the semis, he outplayed Azhar Hussain of Pakistan, Amit blanked Bokang Masunyane of South Africa in the quarters.
He had defeated Jean Guyliane Bandoo of Mauritius 50 in the round of 16 earlier.
Tomar had it easy against Nigerias Sinivie Boltic during his quarterfinal bout, where he beat his rival 122. Boltic was no match to Tomar as he looked tired and exhausted throughout the match. In the semifinals, Tomar outplayed New Zealands Marcus Carney 131.
Vinesh had got the better of Rosemary Nweke 71 in the quarterfinals, while she overpowered Jasmine Mian of Canada 121 in the last four round.
Meanwhile, Indias Jyoti lost three out of her four bouts in the womens freestyle 75kg NS category.
She lost 04 to Blessing Onyebuchi of Nigeria in the first round but managed to prevail over Sophie Edwards of England in the second, before going down to Annabel Ali of Cameroom in the third bout. In her fourth bout, she lost to Erica Wiebe of Canada.
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CAG – Coal Mining in India, Australia Adani Nets $300b Project
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Solar Power Installations Jump to a New Annual Record
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June core infra grows at 7.3%
31072014Dear All,
June core infra grows at 7.3%
Electricity, cement, coal and steel grow robust
The core infrastructure grows to 7.3% (Y-O-Y) in June 2014 as compared to 2.3% (Y-O-Y) in May 2014. The combined index of Eight Core Industries stands at 163.9 in June 2014 with a growth rate of 7.3% in June 2014 as compared to 1.2% in June 2013. Crude oil and Natural gas registered a growth rate of 0.1% and (-) 1.7% respectively in the month of June 2014.
Sector wise trend in monthly production (% growth)
| Sector | Weight in IIP | Jun’14 | May’14 |
| Crude Oil | 5.22 | 0.1 | (-)0.3 |
| Natural Gas | 1.71 | (-)1.7 | (-)2.2 |
| Petroleum Refinery Products | 5.94 | 1.2 | (-)2.3 |
| Coal | 4.38 | 8.1 | 5.5 |
| Fertilizer | 1.25 | (-)1 | 17.6 |
| Electricity | 10.32 | 15.7 | 6.3 |
| Cement | 2.41 | 13.6 | 8.7 |
| Steel |
| 4.2 | (-)2.0 |
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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 4.6% during April-June 2014-15 as against 3.7% during the corresponding period of the previous year.
Sector wise trend in production (% growth)
| Sector | Weight | Apr-June 2014-15 | Apr-June 2013-14 |
| Crude Oil | 5.22 | (-)0.1 | (-)1.4 |
| Natural Gas | 1.71 | (-)3.9 | (-)17.6 |
| Petroleum Refinery Products | 5.94 | (-)1.1 | 4.3 |
| Coal | 4.38 | 5.6 | (-)1.7 |
| Fertilizer | 1.25 | 8.6 | 2.5 |
| Electricity | 10.32 | 10.9 | 3.3 |
| Cement | 2.41 | 9.5 | 3.4 |
| Steel |
| 1.6 | 13.5 |
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Source: PHD Research Bureau, compiled from the office of the economic advisor to the Govt. of India
Electricity generation grew by 10.9% during Apr–June 2014-15 as against 3.3% growth during Apr–June 2013-14, while steel production grew by 1.6% during Apr– June 2014-15 as against 13.5% during Apr- June 2013-14. The production in crude oil grew by (-)0.1% during Apr– June 2014-15 as compared to its growth at (-) 1.4% during Apr– June 2013-14, whereas petroleum refinery production registered a growth of (-)1.1% during Apr– June 2014-15 as compared to 4.3% during Apr– June 2013-14. Fertilizer production grew by 8.6% during Apr– June 2014-15 compared to its growth at 2.5%during Apr– June 2013-14 and cement production grew by 9.5% during Apr– June 2014-15 compared to its growth at 3.4% during Apr– June 2013-14.
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IFAD President coming to India to discuss sustainable agriculture and women’s empowerment
31072014From: Manoharan <k.manoharan@unic.org> Thu, 31 Jul ’14 2:23p
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IFAD President coming to India to meet Union Ministers and discuss ongoing partnerships in support of sustainable agriculture and women’s empowerment
Transforming rural communities starts with investing in rural people
New Delhi, 31 July 2014 – The President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Kanayo F. Nwanze, will arrive in India on Monday, 4 August on a 5–day official visit to meet various Union Ministers, including the Minister of Finance, Mr. Arun Jaitley, and Rural Development Minister, Mr. Nitin Gadkari, to discuss how rural transformation and gender empowerment are vital to sustainably reduce poverty and drive inclusive growth.
Nwanze’s visit to India comes on the heels of Member States forwarding to the United Nations General Assembly a set of proposed goals that consider the economic, social and environmental elements necessary to improve people’s lives and protect the planet for future generations. The goals include promoting sustainable agriculture, women’s empowerment and the management of natural resources. In addition, the proposed goals outline advancing “decent work for all” and a pledge to reduce inequality within and among countries.
“One of the causes of poverty is inequality, both between rural and urban areas, and women and men,” Nwanze said prior to arriving in India. “If we are to eradicate hunger and poverty, we need to level the playing field by empowering poor rural people to take charge of their own development and create policy environments that increase investment in them.”
With an annual population growth rate of 1.3 per cent, India is projected to become the most populous country in the world by 2035. Since more than half of India’s population is under the age of 25 and many are looking for work, it will be critical to transform rural areas into vibrant places that give young women and men opportunities.
“The youth and women of India are some of its greatest assets,” Nwanze said. “If we invest in them, they will get the job done.”
IFAD has been working in India for more than 30 years and has financed 26 projects for a total value of US$2.48 billion of which IFAD has contributed $877.3 million, directly benefiting 4.3 million households.
In rural India, agriculture and related sectors employ more than 90 per cent of the total female labour force. Working with the government of India, IFAD aims to improve the lives of women. As a result of IFAD-supported work in the country more than 116,000 self-help groups with 1.5 million members have been formed. These women’s groups have proven to be an effective way to reduce gender-based violence, change social attitudes and enable women to start up small businesses.
While in the country, Nwanze will be speaking about the changing role of women in the economic transformation of family farming at a regional conference organized by the MS Swaminathan Research Foundation. The event will be open to the media.
On his final day in the country (9 August), Nwanze will visit the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) headquartered in Hyderabad, which conducts agricultural research for development in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.
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On Tuesday, 5 August, at 11:30 a.m., the IFAD President will deliver a public lecture on the importance of research for agricultural development. The lecture is being hosted by the Trust for Advancement of Agricultural Sciences (TAAS) Foundation at the National Agricultural Science Centre (NASC) located in the Pusa Institute (Todapur Road/Inderpuri side), New Delhi.
Through regional grants to research institutions, IFAD has contributed to a large number of pro-poor research solutions, such as stress-tolerant-rice seeds and flood-resistant rice carrying the Sub1 gene. The public lecture is open to media.
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The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) invests in rural people, empowering them to reduce poverty, increase food security, improve nutrition and strengthen resilience. Since 1978, we have provided about US$15.8 billion in grants and low-interest loans to projects that have reached some 430 million people. IFAD is an international financial institution and a specialized United Nations agency based in Rome – the UN’s food and agriculture hub.
The public lecture is at the Trust for Advancement of Agricultural Sciences (TAAS) Foundation at the NASC complex (National Agricultural Science Center where the all CG Centers are located and the lecture will be the in A.P. Shinde Symposium Hall). The President will speak on “Sustainable Agricultural Development – IFAD’s experience”
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PRESS MEET on the occasion of the announcement of Q-1 Financial Results 2014-15
31072014PRESS MEET
on the occasion of the announcement of
Q-1 Financial Results 2014-15
Shri S. L. Bansal
Chairman & Managing Director
Oriental Bank of Commerce
Cordially invite you to a
PRESS MEET
on the occasion of the announcement of
Q-1 Financial Results 2014-15
on Monday, 4th August, 2014
at
Oriental Bank of Commerce,
Corporate Office
Plot No 5 , Sector 32
Institutional Area , Gurgoan – 122001
at 12.30 PM
Press Meet will be followed by Lunch
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Move Beyond Gujarat
31072014Delhi : US Secretary of State John Kerry & EAM Sushma Swaraj at Indo-US delegation level talks
Dear Rajiv,
Thanks for your ideas, great to receive,pondering, contemplating holding between the lines Your thoughts on PM Modi.
Your intuition is very true because unless and until people are allowed to participate in a holistic way that will spark his popularity with masses, furthermore his quest for new ideas to create wonder speaks of his mind to bring drastic change with touch of professional, scientific and other catalyst for the welfare of masses but the system laid in government is too incongruous to absorbs such plans immediately. But His skill to understand latest corporate innovation could be only silver lining Alas Indian corporate still has to tread to make innovation a part of their business.
with regards
Nksagar
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What is the contribution of rail to the UK economy?
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What’s happening at GBO: A Masterclass for everyone
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31072014Iraqi Shi’ite militias execute, hang 15 Sunni Muslims
Shi’ite militias shot 15 Sunni Muslims and then hung them in a public square Wednesday in Baquaba, a mixed Shi’ite and Sunni town 65 km north east of Baghdad, according to police sources, Reuters reports. A police source said that the action against the victims, who were kidnapped over the last week, was designed to deter Sunnis from supporting the Islamic State, an Al-Qaeda offshoot, which has seized swathes of land in northern Iraq. Shi’ite militias are seen as a vital line of defense in Iraq and have stepped into the breach to challenge the hardline Islamist Sunni insurgents after the US-funded Iraqi army crumpled in the face the Islamic States’ onslaught and extreme violence.
Rival militias agree to Tripoli airport ceasefire amid chaos
Rival militias fighting for control of Tripoli airport agreed Wednesday to a temporary ceasefire. The move was prompted by the need to allow firefighters to try to control a huge blaze at a fuel depot hit by a rocket, Reuters said. There has been a fortnight of the worst fighting since the 2011 war that ousted Muammar Gaddafi. Most Western governments have followed the US and UN pulling their diplomats out of the North African country.
34 people dead in Guinea concert stampede
At least 34 people have died and dozens injured in a stampede in Guinea, West Africa, during a concert by local rap group Instinct Killers to mark the end of the Holy Month of Ramadan. The concert took place Tuesday evening on a beach in Ratoma, a northern suburb of the capital, Conkary. Eyewitnesses told Reuters that up to 10,000 people were at the event. The president’s office has declared a national day of mourning.
Two former Khmer Rouge leaders stand trial for genocide
Khieu Samphan, the Khmer’s former head of state, and Nuon Chea, Pol Pot’s deputy, the Maoist regime’s infamous leader, are beginning their second trial in Cambodia’s capital, Phnom Penh. The pair are already on trial for war crimes and crimes against humanity. The cases are being tried separately to accelerate the proceedings because both defendants are elderly. The Khmer Rouge ruled Cambodia with an iron fist between 1975 and 1979, during which time up to 2 million people are thought to have died of starvation, overwork or were executed. Pol Pot died in 1997 and only one senior official from the Khmer Rouge has been convicted and jailed for the crimes the Maoist regime committed. The second trial will address the roles of Chea, 88, and Samphan, 83, in the killing of tens of thousands of people from Cambodia’s ethnic minorities.
US imposes visa restrictions on ‘number’ of Venezuelan govt officials
The US State Department announced Wednesday it was imposing travel restrictions on “a number of Venezuelan government officials” who it said were involved in human rights abuses. “While we will not publicly identify these individuals because of visa record confidentiality, our message is clear: those who commit such abuses will not be welcome in the US,” Reuters quoted State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf as saying. She cited “arbitrary detentions, excessive force and judicial intimidation” against Venezuelan protesters.
Kurdistan lays claim to oil cargo in letter to US court
The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) said on Wednesday it had sent a letter to a court in Texas over a seized cargo of Kurdish crude oil in the US. The aim is to counter claims from Iraq’s central government in Baghdad which maintains the oil was illegally exported, Reuters said. Kurdish authorities say that Baghdad has failed to fulfill its obligations in Kurdistan, boosting the region’s need to export oil. The region contends with the influx of more than 1 million refugees in recent months due to violence sparked by Islamic State insurgents.
Russia could build Mistral-class ships on its own – deputy PM
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said Wednesday that Russia has the capability to build Mistral-class helicopter carriers on its own if France cancels the existing contract, RIA Novosti reported. “The French must prove they are serious partners and reliable contractors,” Rogozin said after a meeting between President Vladimir Putin and government ministers. “If they fail to do so, we will build the [Mistral] ships on our own. We are finally capable to do it,” Rogozin said. On Monday, he expressed doubts that France would cancel the contract, which he said would be worse for France than for Russia.
N. Korea fires 4 short-range ‘projectiles’
North Korea fired four short-range projectiles towards the sea Wednesday, the South’s Defense Ministry said. The launches began at 22:30 GMT at a site near Mount Myohyang, northeast of Pyongyang, AFP said. The two were fired in the morning and another two in the afternoon, all towards the Sea of Japan (East Sea), according to the ministry. “The test of two projectiles launched in the morning appeared to be unsuccessful because they just flew for several seconds, while two other projectiles fired in the afternoon traveled for up to 210km,” according to the military in Seoul. The ministry has not confirmed a Yonhap report that the North might have tested new 300mm multiple rocket launchers.
Argentina to hold further debt talks – sources
Argentina will hold further debt talks with ‘holdout’ investors in New York on Wednesday, Reuters reported, citing a government source. The negotiations are being held to avoid a second default in little over a decade. It was not clear whether the Argentine negotiators would meet face-to-face or talk through mediator Daniel Pollack.
Islamists shoot dead Somali woman for not wearing veil – reports
Islamist gunmen in Somalia have shot dead a Muslim woman for refusing to wear a veil, the BBC said, citing her relatives. The nomadic woman was reportedly killed outside her hut near the southern Somali town of Hosingow by gunmen belonging to the Al-Shabab group. An Al-Shabab spokesman denied the group had killed the woman, adding that the group does not fully control the area where she was living.
France evacuates nearly 50 French, British citizens from Libya
France has evacuated nearly 50 French and British citizens from Libya by ship, AFP reported, citing French officials. A French diplomatic source said Wednesday that 40 French nationals, including the ambassador, were evacuated along with seven British nationals. The evacuation came as Islamist groups seized the headquarters of the Libyan army’s special forces in the second-biggest city, Benghazi, after days of fighting. Witnesses also saw a huge blaze raged at a fuel depot near Tripoli’s airport.
Up to 150 people feared trapped after landslide in western India
Up to 150 people were feared trapped by a landslide triggered by heavy rains in western India on Wednesday, Reuters said. The landslide hit an area 60km from the western city of Pune. The inspector general of the national disaster, Sandeep Rai Rathore, said difficult terrain was affecting the mobility of the rescue teams at the site.
3 killed in car bomb blast in Cairo
Three people were killed in a car bomb blast on Wednesday in Giza, on the outskirts of Cairo, Reuters said, citing a report by Egypt’s state-run Nile Television. Those killed had been inside the car and were likely to have been on their way to carry out a “terrorist operation,” Al-Ahram newspaper quoted Brigadier Mahmoud Shawki, a police officer, as saying. The car was ripped in two by the blast.
Suicide bombers attack Nigeria mosques, kill at least 6
Suicide bombers attacked two mosques in northeast Nigeria’s Yobe state late Tuesday killing at least six people, AFP reported. Several others were injured, witnesses say, blaming the Boko Haram Islamists. The first explosion rocked an open air mosque belonging to a Shiite Muslim sect in the Dogo Tebo area of the town of Potiskum around 1855 GMT leaving four people dead. Five minutes later, the second blast at a mosque within the compound of the chief imam in the town’s Anguwar Bolawa area killed at least two worshippers.
N. Korea grounds MiG19s – report
North Korea has suspended all flight drills of Soviet made MiG-19, after three fighters have crashed this year, South Korea’s military sources told Yonhap news. “At least three of the MiG-19s crashed during training missions — one earlier this year, the others last month and earlier this month — apparently due to their aged fuselages,” a source said. The supersonic MiG-19 was developed in USSR in 1953. Some 400 MiG models are still believed to be in service by Pyongyang.
At least 20 dead, dozens missing after migrant ship sinks off Libya
More than 20 people were killed while dozens are considered missing unaccounted when a vessel carrying illegal migrants capsized off the Libyan coast, authorities announced, Itar-tass reports. According to Libyan navy spokesman, Colonel Ayub Kassem, the incident occurred near Humes (100 km east of Tripoli). The ship was carrying 150 people from central and southern Africa to Italy. The search for survivors continues.
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NMML Public Lecture_Prof. Ramakrishna Ramaswamy
31072014NMML Public Lecture_Prof. Ramakrishna Ramaswamy_5.00 pm on Thursday, 31st July, 2014
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Alliance Française de Delhi present Design X Design 5th round table.
31072014Design X Design Round Table.
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Rajasthan Amendments to Labour Law will create many more Bhopal’s Gas Tragedies
1082014The Rajasthan government’s decision to to amend the Factories Act has turned the clock back two centuries for what are acceptable conditions of work in a factory.
The amendment seeks to raise the floor for mandatory registration, of an establishment engaged in a manufacturing process, under the Factories Act from 10 workers to 20 workers. This means that factories employing 19 or less workers would not have legally binding responsibility for the safety of their workers inside the factory. The amendment also undermines the legal protection on hours of work, a weekly off and other rights to decent working conditions.
The struggle for universal coverage under what came to be the Factories Act in many countries was waged first in the 19thcentury. The amendments proposed by the Rajasthan Government thus take us back two centuries. Following the 1984 Bhopal Gas Tragedy, the Factories Act 1948 was significantly amended to ensure that employers had higher accountability for workers’ safety and health hazards.
The amendment to the Factories Act in Rajasthan comes with amendments to the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act 1970, the Apprentices Act 1961 and critical clauses of the Industrial Disputes Act 1948.
The amendment to the Contract Labour Act will raise the floor for application of the Act to an establishment that employs 50 or more contract workers (from the present 20 or more as applicable country-wide). In an environment that widely acknowledges severe under reporting by small and medium enterprises and allows multiple factory licences at the same address, effectively allowing factories within factories, these amendments would in effect allow factories with employment of a 100+ workers to operate entirely outside the protection provided under the Factories Act and the Contract Labour Act.
The amendment to the Apprentices Act provides for a ‘sharing’ of apprentice compensation between employers and the state government, the freedom of employers to terminate apprentices during the apprenticeship and including apprenticeships under categories of temporary and contract workers. Today apprentices are being employed in large numbers in manufacturing to keep wages low and deny workers their legitimate right to freedom of association and collective bargaining. The amendments are aimed at providing a legal cover to this practice. While the government talks of creating skilled and employable workers this amendement effectively puts skilled workers out of the definition of workers and places them in the category of apprentices.
The effort of the Rajasthan’s BJP Government to change the basic framework of labour law in the country is further concretised and its scope widened in the proposal to amend Chapter VB of the Industrial Disputes Act 1948 (IDA). The provisions of Sections 25 of the IDA imbue accountability of employers in employment of workers in establishments with 100+ workers wherein they are required to obtain prior permission of government if they wish to close down the establishment or reduce the number of workers employed. The ID Act lays out clearly the conditions under which an establishment covered under Chapter V B can apply for lay-off, retrenchment or closure, two of which clearly being (i) genuineness and adequacy of the reasons for such action by the establishment and (ii) interests of employed workers. The Government of Rajasthan seeks to raise the floor for coverage under chapter VB from establishments employing 100 workers to those employing 300 workers without providing any rationale based on changes in industrial practice or manufacturing processes over time. By implication all establishments employing 299 or less workers will now be governed under Chapter V A which does not require government approval for termination, retrenchment or layoff of workers or closure of establishment.
The amendments to the ID Act include a detailed definition, of what constitutes ‘go slow’ in an establishment in Schedule V – Unfair Labour Practice. If workers are retrenched, laid-off or terminated for executing a ‘go slow’, that includes ‘work to rule’ and the failure to achieve ‘fixed or average or normal level of production or work or output’, the amendment proposes that the workers will not be eligible for any compensation. Taken along with the amendment to Chapter VB the definition of ‘go slow’ can open the way to retrenchment without compensation and therefore increase the fear of victimisation which today is a palpable threat against the right to form or join unions. The present amendments will also repeal a progressive Rajasthan addition of 1958 wherein the definition of workmen included contract workers. The exclusion of contract workers in computing the number of workers on the rolls of an establishment will make it easier for employers to show their employment numbers below the 299 threshold. The amendments will raise the threshold from 15% of trade union membership to 30% of membership within an establishment for a trade union to be able to demand recognition, thereby significantly eroding trade union rights and paving the way for employer promoted unions. Every one of these amendments represents a fundamental attack on rights of workers to protest unfair labour practice routinely committed by employers.
The amendments proposed by Rajasthan’s BJP Government are most of all in violation of Article 254 of the country’s constitution – upheld through judicial review – which clearly sets out that the power of states to legislate changes, in variance with rights protected by national legislation, are limited to removing difficulties or for easier explanation unless state legislation enhances the rights of citizens.
The framework of development over the last two decades has involved a competition for investment between states through the provision of concession to capital in the form of land grants, tax holidays and in the case of Gujarat even unsecured loans of large sums of monies at virtually no interest have been handed out to private companies. The actions of the Government of Rajasthan now stretch to providing a lower regulatory employment framework that will force down wages and therefore intensify competition between states on this count too.
For over two decades, the labour rights implementation machinery has been in complete disrepair as far as workers rights are concerned. Furthermore provisions such as prior permission from government under Chapter VB of IDA comes through automatically unless government declines permission. The fact remains that in the present environment retrenchment or closure has only been resisted where a democratic union has been able to militate the rights of its membership. Vast numbers of workers are defenceless in the absence of unions.
The actions of the BJP government in Rajasthan are not innocent and restricted to Rajasthan alone. Its action is in tandem with the aggressive efforts of the Union Government, including through the Union Cabinets approval to the Factories Act and Apprentices Act yesterday. This represents a political attack on industrial workers and their fundamental right to form or join unions to defend their rights to safe work places and secure employment.
The New Trade Union Initiative opposes the amendments and calls upon all sections of the working class to build a sustained opposition to them. In pursuance of this the NTUI shall respond to all calls that are already in place to build the widest coalition of trade unions and social movements to defend these fundamental rights of workers.
Gautam Mody
General Sercretary
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US GDP grows at 4% in Q2, 2014
1082014PHD Research Bureau
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US GDP grows at 4% in Q2, 2014
Federal Reserve announces further tapering of Asset Purchase Program byanother US $10 billion
The United States GDP advanced 4% in the second quarter of 2014, rebounding from a revised 2.1% contraction in the previous period. Upturns in private inventory investment and exports and an acceleration in personal consumption and investment contributed to better than expected results.
Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) has announced further tapering of its monthly asset purchases by US $10 billion from US $35 billion to US $25 billion on account of surged economic growth in the second quarter. Beginning August, the FOMC will add to its holdings of agency mortgage-backed securities at a pace of US $10 billion per month rather than US $15 billion per month, and will add to its holdings of longer-term Treasury securities at a pace of US $15 billion per month rather than US $20 billion per month.
According to the advance estimate of Bureau of Economic Analysis, Department of Commerce US, the real GDP in US increased at an annual rate of 4% in Q2 of 2014 as compared to 2.1% decline in Q1 of 2014. This upturn in the percentage change in US real GDP primarily reflected increased personal consumption expenditures, private inventory investment, exports, non residential fixed investment, state and local government spending, and residential fixed investment in the country.
Real personal consumption expenditures increased 2.5% in the second quarter, compared with an increase of 1.2% in the first. Durable goods increased 14%, compared with an increase of 3.2%. Nondurable goods increased 2.5%; it was unchanged in the first quarter. Services increased 0.7% in the second quarter, compared with an increase of 1.3% in the first.
Real nonresidential fixed investment increased 5.5% in the second quarter, compared with an increase of 1.6% in the first. Investment in nonresidential structures increased 5.3%, compared with an increase of 2.9%. Investment in equipment increased 7%, in contrast to a decrease of 1%. Investment in intellectual property products increased 3.5%, compared with an increase of 4.6%. Real residential fixed investment increased 7.5%, in contrast to a decrease of 5.3%.
Real exports of goods and services increased 9.5% in the second quarter, in contrast to a decrease of 9.2% in the first. Real imports of goods and services increased 11.7%, compared with an increase of 2.2%.
Real federal government consumption expenditure and gross investment decreased 0.8% in the second quarter, compared with a decrease of 0.1% in the first. National defense increased 1.1%, in contrast to a decrease of 4%. Nondefense decreased 3.7%, in contrast to an increase of 6.6%. Real state and local government consumption expenditures and gross investment increased 3.1%, in contrast to a decrease of 1.3%.
Warm regards,
Dr. S P Sharma
Chief Economist
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Cricketer #AnilKumble met the PM Modi
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Yogendra Yadav Misled Language, Rural, Farmer ‘Apartheid’
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Obama spoke to Putin on rebels
Posted on August 2, 2014
Obama talks to Putin over Russia” alt=”” />US President Barack Obama called his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to express his “deep concerns” over Russia’s increased support for the separatists in Ukraine on Friday.
“President Obama reiterated his deep concerns about Russia’s increased support for the separatists in Ukraine,” the White House said.Obama reinforced his preference for a diplomatic solution to the crisis in Ukraine, and the two leaders agreed to keep open their channels of communication, the White House statement said.Obama also reiterated his concern about Moscow’s alleged breach of the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, under which the US and Russia agreed not to develop medium-range cruise missiles.
“President Obama reiterated his deep concerns about Russia’s increased support for the separatists in Ukraine,” the White House said.Obama reinforced his preference for a diplomatic solution to the crisis in Ukraine, and the two leaders agreed to keep open their channels of communication, the White House statement said.Obama also reiterated his concern about Moscow’s alleged breach of the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, under which the US and Russia agreed not to develop medium-range cruise missiles.
Meanwhile US Vice President Joe Biden spoke with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko today regarding the political situation in Ukraine, the Ukrainian government’s efforts to ensure unhindered access to the MH-17 crash site, and Russia’s destabilizing actions in eastern Ukraine.
Biden also announced approximately USD 8 million in new assistance to the Ukrainian State Border Guard Service, the White House said.
This additional assistance includes engineering equipment for improving infrastructure along Ukraine’s borders, transport and patrol vehicles, surveillance equipment to extend the visual range of border security patrols, and small boats to conduct maritime patrol and interdiction operations.
Biden congratulated Poroshenko on the Ukrainian parliament’s confidence vote in Prime Minister Yatsenyuk as well the passage of important economic reform bills and the ratification of agreements with Australia and the Netherlands for security personnel to access the MH17 crash site in support of the international investigation.
“Poroshenko informed the Vice President that access to the crash site had been secured both yesterday and today despite continued separatist attacks in the vicinity,” the White House said.
“The two leaders also discussed Russia’s deeply destabilising efforts to continue supplying weapons to its proxies in eastern Ukraine and the increasing prevalence of artillery and rocket fire coming from the Russian side of the border,” it said.
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Gas explosions kill 24, injure 271 in Taiwan
Nearly 24 people were killed and 271 others injured when several underground gas explosions ripped through Taiwan’s second-largest city on Thursday night, hurling concrete through the air and blasting long trenches in the streets, authorities said.
The series of explosions about midnight yesterday and early today struck a district where several petrochemical plans operate pipelines alongside the sewer system in Kaohsiung, a southwestern port with 2.8 million people.The fires were believed caused by a leak of propene, a petrochemical material not intended for public use, but the source of the gas was not immediately clear, officials said.
Video from the TVBS broadcaster showed residents searching for victims in shattered storefronts and rescuers pulling injured people from the rubble of a road and placing them on stretchers while passersby helped other victims on a sidewalk.
Broadcaster ETTV showed rows of large fires sending smoke into the night sky. Four firefighters were among the 24 dead and 271 people were injured, the National Fire Agency said.
The firefighters had been at the scene investigating reports of a gas leak when the explosions occurred, Taiwan’s Central News Agency reported.
At least five blasts shook the city, Taiwan’s Premier Jiang Yi-huah said.
Chang Jia-juch, the director of the Central Disaster Emergency Operation Center, said the leaking gas was most likely to be propene, meaning that the resulting fires could not be extinguished by water.
He said emergency workers would have to wait until the gas is burnt away. The source of the leak was unknown. Chang said, however, that propene was not for public use, and that it was a petrochemical material.
Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chu said several petrochemical companies have pipelines built along the sewage system in Chian-Chen district, which has both factories and residential buildings.
“Our priority is to save people now. We ask citizens living along the pipelines to evacuate,” Chen told TVBS television.
Power was cut off in the area, making it difficult for firefighters to search for others who might be buried in rubble.
CNA said the local fire department received reports from residents of gas leakage at about 8:46 pm (local time) and that explosions started around midnight.
Closed-circuit television showed an explosion rippling through the floor of a motorcycle parking area, hurling concrete and other debris through the air.
Mobile phone video captured the sound of an explosion as flames leapt at least 30 feet (9 meters) into the air.
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Dipika, Joshana create history with gold; 4 silver for boxers
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Dipika Pallikal and Joshana Chinappa created history by winning the first-ever gold medal in squash but disappointment was in store for the four Indian boxers, including Olympic bronze winner Vijender Singh, who had to be content with a silver each in the 20th Commonwealth Games on Saturday.
Dipika and Joshana stole the limelight with their historic feat as they beat Jenny Duncalf and Laura Massaro of England 11-6, 11-8 in the womens doubles squash final on the 10th day of competitions in this edition. It was the first squash medal for India in the Commonwealth Games.
Vijender Singh, Mandeep Jangra, Sarita Devi and Devendro Singh were the other star performers during the day with their silver-winning achievements in the boxing ring while A Arpinder Singh bagged a bronze in men’s triple jump.
P Kashyap stood just a win away from a historic gold while P V Sindhu and RMV Gurusaidutt managed a bronze each in the badminton competition.
Delhi Games gold medallist pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa, too, were on course to defend the women’s doubles title after winning their last-four match at the Emirates Arena.
Rajinder Rahelu and Sakina Khatun claimed a silver and a bronze each in men’s heavyweight and women’s lightweight powerlifting, respectively, as India made a last-ditch effort to boost their medals tally.
Vijender, a bronze medallist at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, was comprehensively beaten 3-0 by England’s Antony Fowler in men’s middleweight 75kg bout at the SSE Hydro Arena.
With the four silver today, India has bagged five medals from boxing with Pinki Jangra having won a bronze after losing her semifinal bout against Michaela Walsh of Northern Ireland in women’s 51kg category on Friday.
In men’s hockey, India came from two goals down to defeat New Zealand 3-2 in the semifinals to set up a summit showdown with holders Australia.
Trailing 0-2 in the 18th minute, India sans regular skipper Sardar Singh were revived by strikes from Rupinder Singh Pal, Ramandeep Singh and Akashdeep Singh, who ensured at least a silver medal.
Saturday’s collection took India’s overall tally to 61 with 14 gold, 28 silver and 19 bronze.
India maintained their fifth position in the medal standings with England topping the charts with a total collection of 161 medals followed by Australia (130), Canada (81) and Scotland (52).
The fifth-seeded Indian pair of Dipika and Joshana made short work of their English opponents with a 11-6 11-8 win in the best-of-three game final.
The Indians looked in some trouble in Game 2 when they trailed 7-2 at one point, but some incredible drop shots from Dipika and Joshana made the win look easy in the end.
Duncalf and Massaro were no match for the absolutely in-sync pair of Joshana and Dipika, who moved rhythmically in the glass show court at the Scotstoun Campus Squash arena.
The English duo played traditional squash with no variety at all and played the doubles match with a ‘singles’ mindset against the Indian players, which seems to have mastered the doubles game.
In boxing, Vijender suffered a knockdown against Fowler as India ended their boxing campaign at the Games on a rather disappointing note.
Besides Vijender, Mandeep Jangra (men’s 69kg), Laishram Devendro Singh (men’s 46-49kg) and Laishram Sarita Devi (women’s 57-60kg) lost their final bouts on Saturday.
To the dismay of the Indian team, Vijender got a knockdown in the first round itself as he failed to thwart a ferocious punch from the Englishman.
Vijender got up in no time but he looked rattled by the blow. Jangra, too, struggled, losing his bout rather tamely, to England’s Scott Fitzgerald 3-0 while suffering three knockdowns.
Sarita lost to Shelley Watts of Australia after a gritty fight in women’s lightweight (57-60kg) category final while her younger brother was beaten by Paddy Barnes of Northern Ireland in the men’s light-flyweight (46-49kg) final.
Devendro was no match for Barnes and the unanimous 3-0 verdict in favour of the Irish reflected that.
Sarita, a former World Championships silver medallist, lost steam in the later stages and was out-punched 3-0.
Jangra, too, struggled, losing his bout rather tamely, to England’s Scott Fitzgerald 3-0.
Kashyap played out of his skin to avenge his loss to England’s Rajiv Ouseph, who had beaten him at the 2010 Delhi Games. Kashyap won 18-21 21-17 21-18.
World Championship bronze winners Jwala and Ashwini notched up an easy 21-7 21-12 win over Lai Pei Jing and Loo Yin Lim.
However, it turned out to be a bitter-sweet day for top seed P V Sindhu as she suffered a heartbreaking loss in the women’s single semifinal match to Michelle Li of Canada.
Sindhu managed to get her act together to beat Malaysia’s Jing Yi Tee 23-21 21-9 in a 34-minute bronze medal contest.
Gurusaidutt, too, earned India a bronze when he eked out a hard-fought 21-15 14-21 21-19 win over Ouseph.
Arpinder Singh gave India its third medal in athletics as he won a bronze in men’s triple jump event to end their campaign.
The Indian athletics team was hoping for a medal from Arpinder after he leapt a brilliant 17.17m in June and he lived upto the expectations by winning a bronze with a best jump of 16.63m at the Hampden Park which was hit by evening rain.
The 21-year-old Arpinder achieved his best jump in his first attempt and could not improved upon the mark in his subsequent five efforts.
He had a series of 16.46m, 16.31m and 16.09m after his first effort while his last two attempts were foul jumps.
In hockey, the Kiwis drew first blood in the second minute with Simon Child taking a neat cross pass to put the ball screeching into the net.
The Black Sticks continued with their fine show and three minutes later, Hugo Inglis fired at the net again but this time it was stopped by the Indian goalkeeper Sreejesh Ravindran.
Indian fullback Rupinder also came up a with a forceful hit at the Kiwi net but goalkeeper Hamish McGregor was alert to put the strike at bay.
The New Zealanders missed a penalty corner in the 10th minute but they did not repeat the mistake when they got the next opportunity, as hard-hitter Nick Haig scored on the rebound to double the lead in the 18th minute.
Indians got their one and only penalty corner in the 27th minute and drag flicker V R Raghunath hit the chest of a Kiwi player on the net.
The on-field referee gave India a penalty stroke as part of obstruction. Rupinder, who took the stroke, gave India their first goal in the 28th minute.
Coming from the bench after a two-minute suspension post a green card, Child missed an open goal in the dying minutes of the first half as the scoreline read 2-1 after 35 minutes.
Achanta Sharath Kamal proved to be no match for Singapore’s Jian Zhan as the Indian was blanked 4-0 in a one-sided men’s singles table tennis semifinal match.
The top Indian paddler lost 11-6 11-6 11-6 11-8 to his 32-year-old opponent from Singapore at the Scotstown Camp.
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Israel to continue actionGaza
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296 Palestinian children have been killed so far in an IDF operation in the Gaza Strip, UN says. The continued bombardment took 84 lives on Saturday alone, with Israeli PM saying that destroying Hamas’ tunnels is not the ultimate goal after all.
“Children make up for 30 percent of the civilian casualties,” said UNICEF, adding the toll is only rising.“The number of child casualties during the last 48 hours may rise as a number of incidents are pending verification,” it said in a statement.
UNICEF reported that confirmed casualties so far include 187 boys and 109 girls – with at least 203 of them under the age of 12.
Israeli shelling in the Gaza Strip taking the Palestinian toll to 1,712, even as the Jewish state vowed to keep up pressure on Hamas while signaling plans to scale down its three-week long military operation. Nine members of a family were among 30 people killed today in Israeli attacks in Rafah, bordering Egypt, taking the Palestinians toll to 1,712, with more than 9,000 wounded.
Israeli shelling in the Gaza Strip taking the Palestinian toll to 1,712, even as the Jewish state vowed to keep up pressure on Hamas while signaling plans to scale down its three-week long military operation. Nine members of a family were among 30 people killed today in Israeli attacks in Rafah, bordering Egypt, taking the Palestinians toll to 1,712, with more than 9,000 wounded.
The dead included 398 children, 207 women and 74 elderly people, said Dr. Ashraf al-Qedra, spokesman for the Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza.
Meanwhile, Israel today declared dead one of its soldiers who was captured by militants on Friday, triggering a major escalation of conflict and collapse of a 72-hour humanitarian truce, brokered by the US and the UN.
So far 64 Israeli soldiers have been killed and 400 others injured.
Three Israeli civilians and a Thai national also died in rocket and mortar attacks.
Israel has indicated that it may be scaling down its ground offensive in Gaza as its troops pulled out from parts of the coastal strip.
The Israeli army yesterday told residents of Beit Lahiya town in northern Gaza that it was “safe” to return to their homes, as witnesses said troops were seen withdrawing from the area.
“We have told Beit Lahia residents that they may return to their homes. We advised them to avoid explosives placed by Hamas across the area,” the Israel Defence Forces tweeted.
It was the first time troops had been seen pulling back since the start of the deadly 27-day conflict, which has forced up to a quarter of Gaza’s population into exile.
The move came after the army said Israel was “quite close to completing” the destruction of tunnels used to infiltrate southern Israel.
However, later in the day, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel will keep up its military campaign in Gaza for as long as needed and with as much force as necessary.
He said that all options were “on the table”.
“From the beginning, we promised to return the quiet to Israel’s citizens and we will continue to act until that aim is achieved. We will take as much time as necessary, and will exert as much force as needed,” he said in a public address.
But despite the partial withdrawal, Israel’s security cabinet decided against sending representatives to hold ceasefire talks with the Palestinian delegation that had arrived in Cairo yesterday.
The delegation included a representative of Fatah and Palestinian intelligence, with Hamas and Islamic Jihad likely to join it later.
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Nepalese Foreign Minister calls on Modi
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Nepalese Foreign Minister Mahendra Pandey on Sunday paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and briefly discussed some bilateral issues, including hydro-power, trade, energy and security.
The meeting took place at a five star hotel an hour after Modi arrived in Kathmandu on a two-day trip, becoming the first Indian Prime Minister to pay a bilateral visit to Nepal in 17 years.
“The talks were held in a very cordial and friendly atmosphere,” Pandey said after the meeting.
“We have to move hand-in-hand in development,” he said.
Pandey said during the brief meeting some bilateral issues including hydro-power, trade, energy and security were covered. Political and cultural issues also came up for discussion.
“He (Modi) speaks less but he is result oriented. During my meeting, I felt whatever he says he believes in doing it,” he said when asked about his meeting with the Prime Minister.
The two leaders also underlined the need for expediting the ongoing projects being implemented under Nepal-India cooperation.
All the leading dailies in Kathmandu published banner headline news today covering Modi’s visit.
“Modi’s visit is a turning page in Nepal-India relations” describes a front page article carried by The Kathmanmdu Post.
Security was tightened in Kathmandu and most of the schools voluntarily announced closure for today and Monday in view of Modi’s visit.
Modi, the first Indian Prime Minister to pay a bilateral visit to Nepal in 17 years, was received at the Tribhuvan International Airport by Prime Minister Sushil Koirala who deviated from protocol for the purpose.
Deputy Prime Ministers Bam Dev Gautam and Prakash Man Singh were also present at the airport.
A colorful ceremonial guard of honour was presented to Prime Minister Modi at the airport with the anthems of India and Nepal being played.
Modi was also offered a 19-gun salute by the Nepal Army.
There was tight security in and around the airport. The route from the airport to the hotel, a drive of about 10 minutes, saw an impromptu line up of the local people who had turned out in large numbers, waving flags and clicking photographs with cameras as well as mobile phones.
During his two-day visit, Modi will be holding talks with his counterpart Sushil Koirala and meet other political leaders. He will also have the rare honour of addressing Nepal’s Constituent Assembly.
Ahead of his visit, Modi had said that he looks forward to working with the Nepalese leadership to forge a new relationship by identifying steps to strengthen bilateral cooperation in key sectors, including trade and investment, hydropower, agriculture and agro-processing, environment, tourism, education, culture and sports.
“I am excited about my visit and pleased that I am able to go there within weeks of assuming office as Prime Minister,” he had said in a pre-departure statement on Saturday.
“I hope my visit will open a new chapter in India-Nepal relations, characterised by more frequent political engagement and closer cooperation across the full spectrum of our extraordinarily broad-based relations, which will serve as a model and catalyst for South Asian partnership for prosperity,” Modi had said.
Describing Nepal as a close friend and neighbour, he had said, “We have had the privilege of being a leading partner in Nepal’s socio-economic development. We are committed to continuing our support to Nepal in its development efforts.”
Modi’s Nepal visit will also unite a youth with his family. 26-year-old Jeet Bahadur, who came in contact with Modi in Ahmedabad over a decade back and was since looked after by him, is travelling with the Prime Minister to Kathmandu to be personally handed over to his mother and elder brother.
“On a personal note, my Nepal visit is very special… Some personal emotions are also attached to this visit.,” Modi had said.
In a series of tweets, the Prime Minister had said, “Years back, I met a child Jeet Bahadur in a helpless condition. He knew nothing, where to go, what to do. He did not know anybody, nor did he understand the language.”
“Guided by God, I started thinking about him. Gradually, he developed interest in studies and playing. He also learned Gujarati language,” Modi had said.
The Prime Minister said sometime back, he was able to locate Bahadur’s parents. “This was possible because he (Bahadur) has six fingers in his foot.”
“Thankfully, we were able to locate his parents. I am glad that the parents would be reunited with their son,” he had said.
During the visit, the two countries are expected to sign agreements in sectors like power. India may also announce economic aid for that country.
The Prime Minister had said that his visit highlights the high priority that his government attaches to relations with Nepal and India’s determination to take our relationship to an entirely new level.
Modi had said that he will have the opportunity to hold detailed discussions with the Nepalese leadership on the entire gamut of bilateral relations.
He had said that he looked forward to working with the leadership of Nepal “to forge a new relationship for the new century between our two rapidly transforming countries.”
Referring to the recent meeting of India-Nepal Joint Commission after a long gap of 23 years, the Prime Minister said it reviewed the entire gamut of bilateral relations and cooperation with a focus on economic relations, trade and connectivity.
“Our ongoing major projects for development of border infrastructure will usher in economic prosperity to people living on both sides of the border and also enhance connectivity,” Modi had said.
During the visit, the two sides will explore ways to further strengthen development cooperation.
Recalling with delight that Koirala had graced his swearing-in ceremony on 26th May, Modi had said it demonstrated the solidarity of the people of Nepal with India and the shared commitment to democracy.
The Prime Minister had also expressed gratitude to the people and the elected representatives of Nepal for giving him the rare honour of addressing the Parliament of Nepal.
“For me, another significance of this visit is that I will have the opportunity of paying obeisance at Pashupatinath Temple on ‘sawan ki somwar’,” Modi had said
PM facilitates reunion of Jeet Bahadur with his family in Nepal
Jeet Bahadur, the boy from Nepal whom the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, had met years ago, was today reunited with his family in Nepal.
PM facilitates reunion of Jeet Bahadur with his family in Nepal
Jeet Bahadur, the boy from Nepal whom the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, had met years ago, was today reunited with his family in Nepal.
Jeet Bahadur’s mother, elder brother, and sister-in-law travelled from their village in Nawalparasi district, to Kathmandu, to receive Jeet Bahadur. He was received by his family in the presence of Shri Narendra Modi.
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शाहरुख ने सरेआम आमिर के न्यूड पोस्टर की उड़ाई खिल्ली
3082014शाहरुख ने सरेआम आमिर के न्यूड पोस्टर की उड़ाई खिल्लीhttp://bollywood.punjabkesari.in/news/article-270757 … #ShahRukhKhan#AamirKhan #Peekay pic.twitter.com/kEmit24Opt
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Patient Specific Jigs for customized Total Knee Replacement
3082014Patient Specific Jigs for customized Total Knee Replacement completes successful one-year
‘Early User Feedback Program’
A study conducted by Dr. (Prof) RajuVaishya on customized jig technology shared at the forum
3rd August 2014, New Delhi: In a symposium conducted in city today, renowned joint replacement surgeons from across the country endorsed the highly advanced and effective Patient Specific Jig technology which is now made available in India for benefit of patients suffering from knee joint disorders. The technology was made available to 10 select knee replacement surgeons in North India for an early user feedback.
10 surgeons from northern India attended the symposium to learn about the early user feedback and patient outcomes of this new technology. Surgeons who were involved in designing and developing of this new technology were present on the occasion. Amongst them were Dr. (Prof) Raju Vaishya, Sr. Consultant, Apollo Hospital (Delhi), Dr. Sanjai Srivastava, Sr. Consultant Mayo Hospital, Lucknow, Dr. Vikas Kulshreshtha, Group Captain, R&R Hospital (New Delhi).
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Smrity Arora
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AAP: Jantar Mantar public meeting, Sunday, 3 Aug, 3 PM onwards
3082014AAP: An Activist,turn NGO turn political parties show their rhetoric colors .
Please just contemplate on science of politics of AAP who discourage other civil society members not to indulge in Dharna or public meeting at jantar Mantar as none hear one voice this way.AAP has only rostrum at Jantar Mantar and only fora for their gains to come to Jantar Mantar.
Aam admi party tell real Aam Adami or civil society members not to waste time on Dharna protest at Jantar Mantar but practice it themselves thus beware of double speakers ,here is invitation of AAP
Not by promising good days but by electing honest people can inflation be reduced : Manish Sisodia,AAP pic.twitter.com/vhvwzCVwL8
From: AAP Media Cell <aapmediacell12@gmail.com> Sat, 2 Aug ’14 7:54p
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
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Why is the BJP running away from Delhi assembly elections ?
Why are the people of Delhi being denied the right to elect a government of their choice ?
The Aam Aadmi Party is organising a public meeting at Jantar Mantar on Sunday,
3 August from 3 PM onwards to demand the dissolution of Delhi assembly and fresh elections.
The main speaker will be AAP national convenor and former Delhi chief minister, Arvind Kejriwal.
Thanks
Regards,
AAP Media cell
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QUAKE OF M6.1 SICHUAN-YUNNAN-GUIZHOU REGION, CHINA
3082014QUAKE OF M6.1 SICHUAN-YUNNAN-GUIZHOU REGION, CHINA 27.2 103.4 (3fa06)
USGS ENS
To Nksagar_1@yahoo.com
Today at 2:29 PM
M6.1 – SICHUAN-YUNNAN-GUIZHOU REGION, CHINA
| Magnitude | 6.1 |
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| Location | 27.245N 103.427E |
| Depth | 10 km |
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Kinship of Rivers Meet | IIC| 5.30- 7.30 pm | 4th Aug
3082014Greetings !
We would like to cordially invite you to an interactive event happening at IIC, Delhi on the 4th August, wherein issues of ecology and rivers will be expressed through poetry and creative writing, along with discussions. The invite of the same is attached ( and pasted below) herewith.
With warm regards,
NAPM team
NAPM team
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Kangana Ranaut Approached For International Film!
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Bollywood’s CINESTAR Kangana Ranaut, who impressed everyone with her performances in ‘Queen’ and ‘Revolver Rani’, seems to have impressed the right people not only in Bollywood, but also on the international cinema scene.
Sources close to the actress state that international filmmaker, Edoardo De Angelis, recently approached Kangana to play the lead opposite actor Massimiliano Gallo for an Italian film. Kangana, who recently returned from the US, where she had gone to study screen-play writing, is in talks with the filmmaker to discuss the role and the script. Though the actress has not given her nod to the project yet, it is quite an exciting offer and speculations are rife that Kangana might take it up.
When contacted Kangana confirmed, “Yes I have been offered the role opposite Massimiliano Gallo in the film but I am still contemplating it.It feels nice that after Queen, producers as such as those onboard Divine Lovers are offering projects to me.I think the European market has opened up for me”.
Kangana Ranaut, who has been in the news recently for back to back hits like ‘Krrish 3’, ‘Queen’ and ‘Revolver Rani’, will be next seen in Aanand L Rai’s ‘Tanu Weds Manu 2’ and Sai Kabir';s Divine Lovers.
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QUAKE OF M6.6 FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA REGION
3082014Quake of M6.6 FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA REGION 0.9 146.1 (3fa06)
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M6.6 – FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA REGION
| Magnitude | 6.6 |
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| Location | 0.854N 146.125E |
| Depth | 13 km |
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SECURING SOCIAL SERVICES AND SECURITY FOR ALL
3082014SECURING SOCIAL SERVICES AND SECURITY FOR ALL
PUBLIC HEARING ON
Pensions, NREGA, NFSA, including Rations and Maternity Entitlements
Discussion also on Changing Labour Laws, Land Acquisition And Displacement
Jantar Mantar, New Delhi
4th August 2014
10 AM to 4 PM
Dear Saathis,
With a new government in power, in its first parliament session, a number of campaigns around issues that affect the poor and marginalised have decided to come together in order to hold a public hearing in the budget-cum-monsoon session of parliament. To follow up on this decision, the Pension Parishad, the Right to Food Campaign, and the Rashtriya Mazdoor Adhikar Morcha, the JSA and the NAPM invite you to a public hearing on 4th August, 2014. The Public Hearing will focus on Pensions, NREGA, NFSA, including rations and maternity entitlements. It will be held at the Jantar Mantar, New Delhi.
The hearing will also spend some time discussing the changes being made in thelabour laws in favour of the Industry, changing land use and the merciless acquisition of land which is going to have a deep impact on people’s livelihoods, making them socially and economically more vulnerable.
For NREGA, Pensions, NFSA (including rations and maternal entitlements) – we will spend about an hour each giving our testimonies. Following which we will spend about an hour or more on the other issues.
We will invite Members of Parliament and others associated with all these campaigns to participate. We would like at least ten persons to come from each State and national network within each campaign for the hearing, including testimonies. Till now from the confirmations received, we have learnt that the larger mobilisation will be of people from Bihar, Rajasthan and Delhi.
Since the time for testimonies will be very limited, we request you to bringalong as much material as you can in the form of photos, written testimonies reports, etc. Do let us know how many people will be attending. All organisationsand participants will come at their own cost while the campaigns will share the cost of the tent and mike. On the 4th, packed lunch will be provided at a subsidised rate of Rs.20.
On the 5th of August, a meeting of all these campaigns will be organised so that we can build a joint movement across all social sectors in order to strengthen our collective efforts and voices. A note for discussion written by Abhay Shukla of the JSA and of the Right to Life Alliance of Maharashtra is attached. This meeting will take place at Raja Ram Mohan Roy Memorial Trust (Brahmo Samaj) Hall, 12 – Rouse Avenue Lane, (Opp. Gandhi Peace Foundation), New Delhi – 110002.
Since only representatives of different groups and regions from all the campaigns are expected to attend the 5th meeting, we will not make arrangements for accommodation. In case you feel that accommodation is needed on the 4th night, do let us know and we will try to organise accommodation at the Gareebdas Dharamshala near LNJP Hospital.
APL/BPL KHATAM KARO, SABKO RATION PENSION DO!
HAR HAAT KO KAAM DO, KAAM KA PURA DAAM DO!
ZAMIN HAMARI AAPKI, NAHI KISI KE BAAP KI!
Zindabad!
In solidarity,
Pension Parishad, Right to Food Campaign, Jan Swasthya Abhiyan, Rashtriya Mazdoor Adhikar Morcha, National Alliance of People’s Movements
Contacts: Shankar Singh 09414003247, Poornima 09422317928, Nikhil 09910421260, Kamayani 09771950248, Sanjay 09810711644, Nalini 07829777737, Arvind 09304238717, Swati 09702701525, Dipa 9650434777, Madhuresh 09818905316, Arundhati 09415022772, Kavita 09351562965, Vandana 0989155245
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PRESS MEET on the occasion of the announcement of Q-1 Financial Results 2014-15
3082014PRESS MEET
on the occasion of the announcement of
Q-1 Financial Results 2014-15
Shri S. L. Bansal
Chairman & Managing Director
Oriental Bank of Commerce
Cordially invite you to a
PRESS MEET
on the occasion of the announcement of
Q-1 Financial Results 2014-15
on Monday, 4th August, 2014
at
Oriental Bank of Commerce,
Corporate Office
Plot No 5 , Sector 32
Institutional Area , Gurgoan – 122001
at 12.30 PM
Press Meet will be followed by Lunch
RSVP
Andy : 9999573707
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MEDIA INVITE – Inauguration Ceremony of “MSME-Samsung Techincal School”
3082014MEDIA INVITE – Inauguration Ceremony of “MSME-Samsung Techincal School”
Krishna, Divij (NDH-WSW)
To
Today at 6:09 PM
Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Government of India & Samsung Electronics
Cordially invite you to the Inauguration Ceremony of
“MSME-Samsung Technical School”
Monday, August 4, 2014
11:30 AM onwards
MSME Extension Centre (Bal Sahyog), L Block (in Front Of Haldiram) Connaught Place, New Delhi
The occasion will be graced by
· Sh. Kalraj Mishra, Hon’ble Minister for Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Government Of India
· Mr. B.D. Park President and CEO South West Asia- HQ, Samsung Electronics
· Sh. Madhav Lal, IAS, Secretary, Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Government Of India
· Sh. Amarendra Sinha, IAS, Additional Secretary & Development Commissioner, Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Government Of India
RSVP
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Divij Krishna
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Mr S. L. Bansal (second from left) CMD, Oriental Bank of Commerce accompanied by EDs Mr Bhupinder Nayyar & Mr Suresh N Patel announcing the Q1 Financial Results of FY 2014-15 at Bank’s Corporate Office in Gurgaon. Also present were Mr C. M. Khurana, CFO of the Bank.
PRESS RELEASE
HIGHLIGHTS OF FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR 30TH JUNE, 2014
(Rs. In Crore)
Q1 FY-2014-15 | Q1 FY-2013-14 | % Growth (YoY) | |
Operating Profit | 1141.72 | 1,088.27 | 4.91% |
Net Profit | 364.54 | 353.38 | 3.16% |
Total Income | 5,576.03 | 5,255.70 | 6.09% |
Non Interest Income | 588.20 | 538.05 | 9.32% |
(Rs. in Crore)
June,2014 | June,2013 | % Growth (YoY) | |
Business Mix | 3,24,861 | 3,04,269 | 6.77% |
Total Deposits | 1,86,547 | 1,76,275 | 5.83% |
Total Advances | 1,38,314 | 1,27,995 | 8.06% |
Core Deposits | 1,59,317 | 1,44,873 | 9.97% |
Retail Term Deposits (less than Rs.1 Cr) | 67,593 | 61,569 | 9.78% |
Bulk Deposits | 26,848 | 31,221 | -14.01% |
CASA Deposits | 44,903 | 41,844 | 7.31% |
CASA per Branch | 21.09 | 20.68 | 1.98% |
Retail Advances | 16,076 | 14,492 | 10.93% |
Priority Sector Advances | 53,753 | 45,584 | 17.92% |
Business per Employee | 16.32 | 15.98 | 2.13% |
Book Value per Share (in Rs.) | 434.08 | 413.87 | 4.88% |
Cost to Income Ratio | 37.64% | 41.02% | -338 bps |
o Capital Adequacy of the Bank under BASEL II 11.75% (Tier I: 9.23%, Tier II: 2.52%)
o Capital Adequacy of the Bank under BASEL III 10.91% (Tier I: 8.85%, Tier II: 2.06%)
o RETAIL CREDIT
Retail Credit grew by 10.93% (YoY) to reach Rs. 16,075.50 crore out of which:
Ø Housing Loan Portfolio grew by 13.81% (YoY) to reach Rs.7,383.70 crore
Ø Vehicle Loan Portfolio grew by 11.94% (YoY) to reach Rs. 1,634.47 crore
o PRIORITY SECTOR
(Rs. in Crore)
June,2014 | June,2013 | % Growth (YoY) | |
Total Priority Sector Advances | 53,753 | 45,584 | 17.92% |
Total Agriculture Advances | 20,957 | 17,149 | 22.20% |
Micro & Small Enterprises | 24,718 | 20,811 | 18.78% |
Weaker Section | 13,528 | 11,349 | 19.20% |
Minority Community | 8,217 | 7,370 | 11.49% |
Under, Financial Inclusion, 3268 Villages have been covered by the Bank up to 30thJune, 2014.
o Total Recovery including Upgradation during the quarter was Rs.878 crorecompared to Rs.480 crore in corresponding quarter of previous financial year.
o Gross NPA ratio at 4.33% and Net NPA ratio at 3.11%.
o Provision Coverage Ratio stood at 59.11%.
o 218 New ATMs installed during the quarter.
o The Total Delivery Channels of the Bank as on 30th June, 2014, stood at4543 (2129 Branches and 2414 ATMs).
o The Customer Base of the Bank stands increased to 22.52 million.
o During the quarter, Bank recruited 545 personnel including 412 Probationary Officers & 106 Specialist Officers. Further, 563 Clerks shall be joining the Bank in Oct, 2014.
OTHER INITIATIVES DURING Q1
Ø Monsoon Bonanza offer on Home & Car Loans has been launched with 50% waiver in process fee.
Ø Customised Education Loan scheme for students of all IITs & IIMs wherein 100% financing is permissible at Base Rate with Nil Collateral Security.
Ø In-built sanction of four wheeler loan will be given at the time of renewal of credit facilities to existing corporate customers of the Bank who are availing regular credit facilities from the Bank.
Ø Under Oriental Mortgage Loan Scheme, the loan limit has been enhanced from Rs. 1.00 Crore to Rs.10.00 Crore.
Ø Internet Banking
o Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh (Seemandhra) Government online Tax Collection launched.
o Launched the facility of instance issuance of One Time Password (OTP) for better customer convenience.
Ø Self Service Cash Deposit Kiosks:132 Self Service Cash deposit Kiosks have been procured for installation at different branches across the country to provide instant credit in their accounts for the cash deposited in the Kiosk. Out of these, 61 have already been implemented and 71 are in process of implementation.
Ø Self Service Passbook Printing Kiosks: 88 Self service Pass Book Printing Kiosks have been procured for installation at different branches across the country. Out of which 66 have already been implemented and 22 are in process of implementation.
CSR INITIATIVES DURING Q1
Ø Activity in Primary Schools
v Donated a School Bus for poor & needy students of the school under Saraswati Shishu Mandir Shiksha Samiti, Meerut.
v Donated Water Coolers for providing fresh & cool drinking water to the students/ teachers of MLM Public School, Ferozpur Cantt, Krishna Vatika School Village Bhokhra, District Bathinda & Government High School, Topra Kalan.
Ø Women Empowerment & Entrepreneur Development Program
Donation of Computers along with UPS System, Sewing Machines, Solar batteries & Cycles, through Jagruti- A Social Venture by Oriental Bank Family in association with Navjyoti India Foundation at its Project Site Office at Dhumaspur Road, Nayagaon (Bhondsi), Guragon.
Ø Medical Equipments & other utility items
Donation of medical equipments, food items, medicines and other utility items for rehabilitation of persons of ‘The Earth Saviours Foundation, New Delhi’, who have been displaced due to fire.
Ø Green Initiatives to mitigate pollution
Under the Green Initiatives & to mitigate the pollution, Bank has planted more than 100 saplings in Kolkata in association with Concern India Foundation, Kolkata.
Ø Water Coolers & RO Systems
The Bank donated Water Cooler & RO system for visitors and staff of BDPO Office,
Radaur, District Yamuna Nagar.
AWARDS
Shri Pranab Mukherjee, Hon’ble President of India conferred the Bank with the Excellence Award for issuance of RuPay Card.
Place : Gurgaon
Date : 04.08.2014
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5082014Naresh, Tweet At The PM
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Global snippets
5082014Turkey detains dozens of police in wiretap probe
More police officers were detained in Turkey on Tuesday as part of an investigation into illegally wiretapping Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his inner circle, Reuters said. At least 25 police officers were detained in 14 provinces across the country, according to the state-run TRT channel. Last week, 31 officers were remanded in custody on pending charges they formed a criminal organization and bugged phones following a first wave of arrests started on July 22. The investigation is targeting a “parallel structure” within the state, a term coined by Erdogan. He hopes to become Turkey’s first directly-elected president in the August 10 election.
S. Korea blasts Japan’s official island claim
South Korea on Tuesday slammed Japan’s reassertion of its claim to a set of disputed islets in a new defense white paper, AFP said. The document released in Tokyo alluded to a set of territorial disputes, including one with South Korea over a group of islands in the East Sea (Sea of Japan). “The Japanese government repeated the ludicrous claim that Dokdo is its own territory… in its 2014 White Paper,” the Foreign Ministry in Seoul said. The South Korea-controlled chain of rocky islets is called Dokdo by Seoul and Takeshima by Tokyo. The area has been the cause of tensions between the two neighbors for decades.
UN chief welcomes Israeli-Palestinian ceasefire, calls for restraint
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on Israelis and Palestinians to observe the 72-hour ceasefire on Tuesday and to exercise maximum restraint. Ban welcomed the ceasefire in Gaza starting Tuesday morning. Earlier, the UN said it will use the temporary ceasefire to restock supplies at schools and other shelters for about 270,000 displaced Palestinians. Both sides have expressed support for the truce.
Canadian couple investigated for stealing China state secrets
Two Canadians are being investigated by Chinese authorities for stealing state secrets, including military and national defense research, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Tuesday. The pair, Kevin Garratt and Julia Dawn Garratt, was in charge of a coffee shop on the Chinese border with North Korea. The two have been residing in China since 1984 and opened Peter’s Coffee House in Dandong in 2008, according to The Globe & Mail. The investigation, carried out by State Security Bureau of Dandong city in northeast Liaoning Province, comes after Canada labelled China as being behind the cyberattack on the Canadian National Research Council.
Obama authorizes additional $225 million for Israel’s Iron Dome
President Barack Obama has signed a bill authorizing an additional $225 million in funding for Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system, which has been developed in conjunction with American defense giant Raytheon. The extra money is intended to refill Israel’s supply of missiles, which are used to intercept incoming rocket fire from Gaza, and comes just a few days after the proposal sailed through Congress last week. Each Tamir missile deployed by an Iron Dome battery costs Israel up to $90,000, while the unguided rockets launched by Hamas typically cost a few hundred dollars a piece.
WHO: Ebola death toll reaches 887, with 1,603 people affected
The death toll from the world’s worst Ebola outbreak had risen to 887 by Aug. 1, while the total number of cases in the four West African countries affected stood at 1,603 on the same date. The recent figure marks a significant increase since last Thursday, when the death toll was put at 158 people. Most of the deaths have been concentrated in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. On Monday, Nigeria reported that it has confirmed a second case of Ebola, indicating the disease is spreading there too. Two Americans have been infected in West Africa. One of them has already been transported to the US for treatment and the other will arrive early Tuesday.
3,000 families in Lebanon displaced as army clashes with Islamist militants
At least 3,000 families from Arsal have been displaced in clashes between Islamist militants and the Lebanese Army that began Saturday, the Daily Star reported. Witnesses say the militants entered Arsal from the outskirts of the town when they heard that the Lebanese troops would be conducting a joint operation with Lebanon’s main Shiite militia group, Hezbollah. Arsal is a predominantly Sunni town of 40,000 whose population has almost tripled because of the presence of Syrian refugees and rebels, AP said. The town is wedged between Syrian government-controlled territory and Lebanese Shiite villages sympathetic to Hezbollah.
Nigeria records second Ebola case as Lagos doctor who treated US victim contracts virus
Lagos recorded its second case of Ebola on Monday as a doctor who treated US victim Patrick Sawyer has contracted the disease, according to Nigeria’s health minister. Sawyer died in Lagos last month after arriving there by plane from Liberia, Reuters said.
Kurdish forces in Iraq to launch counter-offensive against Islamic State
Kurdish peshmerga forces are planning a counter-offensive against Islamic State fighters in northern Iraq, Reuters said, citing officials. The Kurds had been overstretched in the region, one of the officials said, adding that they were now calling in a large number of fighters to hit back against the Sunni militants.
Afghan police, army kill 86 militants over 24 hours
Afghan police units and the army have killed 86 Taliban militants in operations across the country over the past 24 hours, the Interior Ministry said. The operations were conducted in Nangarhar, Kunduz, Saripul, Urugan, Wardak, Khost and Paktia provinces and left 71 more insurgents injured and 14 others arrested, Xinhua said. It was not clear if there were casualties among security personnel. The Taliban hasn’t commented on the report.
3 trawlers capsize, 15 missing in India storm
Three trawlers have capsized in a storm while 15 others with 240 people on board are missing in Bay of Bengal near Kakdwip, PTI reported. Twenty-five trawlers were traced of the 40 which went missing during a storm last night. Suryanarayan’, ‘Maharudra’ and ‘Sarwasti’ capsized near Jambu Dwip in the sea. All the fisherman of ‘Maharudra’ and ‘Sarwasti’ have been rescued but eight out of 15 fishermen from the ‘Suryanarayan’ are still missing.
Belarus to supply Ukraine with oil products – Lukashenko
Belarus is ready to supply Ukraine with oil products, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko told his Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko on Monday, Reuters said. Belarus, which has two major refineries, gets the bulk of its oil from Russia. “Lukashenko stressed that Belarus understands the acuteness of this problem during the harvesting campaign and therefore, despite domestic needs, will assist Ukraine in ensuring its economy has oil products,” the Belarusian president’s administration said after the two presidents spoke on the telephone.
Intl experts resume work on site of Boeing crash in Ukraine
International experts on Monday resumed work at the site of the Malaysian Airlines plane crash in eastern Ukraine. Eight representatives of the OSCE special monitoring mission in Ukraine and over 100 experts with cadaver dogs are working in the Donetsk Region, RIA Novosti said. Experts from the Netherlands and Australia have been working at the site for the third successive day. Their task is to search for the bodies of those killed in the air crash and their personal belongings, ITAR-TASS said, citing an OSCE spokesman.
Over 100 aircraft to take part in large-scale Russian combat air exercises
Russia is beginning five days of Air Force combat drills on Monday. They will involve a total of over 100 fighter jets, bombers and helicopters in the country’s Central and Western military districts, Itar-Tass quoted a spokesman for the Russian Air Force as saying. The exercises will be conducted jointly with Russian air defense forces, Igor Klimov said. “The maneuvers will involve 100 planes and helicopters such as Su-27 Flanker fighter jets, MiG-31 Foxhound fighter jets, multipurpose Su-34 Fullback fighter-bombers, Su-24 Fencer bombers as well as Mi-8, Mi-24 and Mi-28N combat helicopters,” he said. The aircraft will be practicing shooting at targets on land and in the air at new firing ranges as well as conducting launches of anti-aircraft missiles at the Ashuluk firing range in the Astrakhan Region in southern Russia.
German ministry halts Rheinmetall defense deal with Russia
Germany’s Economy Ministry has said it had halted Rheinmetall’s export of combat simulation gear to Russia, Reuters said. Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel, a Social Democrat (SPD), has blocked the deal which was approved by Germany’s previous government. The move goes beyond recently-imposed EU sanctions which block future defense contracts. “In the light of the EU sanctions, permission to export a combat training center has been revoked,” according to a spokesman. Rheinmetall said on Monday it was in talks with the German government.
Kabul bomb attack leaves 4 Afghan soldiers killed
Four Afghan army soldiers were killed and four others wounded in a bomb attack in the outskirts of the national capital of Kabul on Monday morning, Xinhua reported citing the Defense Ministry. Four Afghan National Army personnel “were martyred and four wounded following a roadside bombing in southern outskirts of Kabul,” the ministry said. The incident took place when army personnel were on their routine patrol in an army armored vehicle.
Chinese officials blame dust for fatal blast at factory
Chinese officials have blamed the chairman of a car parts factory in eastern China and local regulators for safety breaches after the most deadly industrial accident in a year, Xinhua reported on Monday. The blast at the Kunshan Zhongrong Metal Products Co factory in the city of Kunshan on Saturday killed at least 75 people and injured 185, Reuters said. An investigation suggested the blast was triggered by a flame lit in a dust-filled room, officials said, adding that dust can be highly explosive when it is suspended in air in the right concentrations.
Ferry capsizes in Bangladesh, 200 passengers aboard
A ferry with about 200 passengers aboard capsized on Monday in the river Padma, about 30km southwest of Dhaka, Reuters reported. Forty-four passengers have been rescued from the vessel, identified as the Pinak-6, said Mohammad Saiful Hasan Badal, the Deputy Commissioner of the Munshiganj district. There were no immediate reports on casualties. The Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority’s teams and the army were engaged in the rescue operation.
PetroChina refinery in Lanzhou on fire, no reports on casualties
PetroChina Petrochemical Company has caught fire at 8:39 am at the company’s Lanzhou location, responsible for processing 300,000 tons gas a year, Xinhua reports. The news agency says that one of the storage units caught on fire. The is no word on casualties as firefighters are battling the blaze. Pollution has so far not been detected in the air or water.
Four killed as flash flood disrupts festival in Italy
Four people have been killed, and as many as 20 injured in the area of Refrontolo near Venice, after a sudden storm caused a river to break its banks. Revelers celebrating a local cultural festival were hoping to weather the storm under an awning, when they were swept away by a muddy torrent, alongside cars and stalls. It is not clear if there are still people missing after the calamity, which happened late on Saturday night.
22 killed on Sunday in continuing Libya airport battle
At least 22 people have died, and more than 70 have been injured in Sunday’s clashes between rival militias, battling to take control of Tripoli’s airport. In addition, a rocket hit on a major fuel depot on Saturday, sparked a fire that continues to rage in the Libyan capital. More than 200 people have died in the worst outburst of violence in the country, since Muammar Gaddafi was deposed three years ago.
Emirates Airlines suspends flights to Guinea over Ebola
The Emirates has become the first major international airline to suspend all flights to Guinea in West Africa in a bid to prevent the further spreading of the Ebola virus. “We apologize for any inconvenience caused to our customers, however the safety of our passengers and crew is of the highest priority and will not be compromised,”the Dubai-based airline said in statement. Emirates said its flights to Guinea’s capital, Conakry, were suspended Saturday until further notice. The deadly Ebola virus has already killed at least 729 people across four African countries.
6.3 quake strikes western China
An earthquake measuring 6.3 has hit about 89 miles west of the city of Liupanshui, in the Guizhou province, according to the US Geological Survey. The quake struck at a depth of less than one mile. The south-western city is home to nearly three million inhabitants. The Guizhou province borders those of Sichuan, Hunan and Yunnan.
Islamists capture town, oil field from Kurds in Iraq
Islamic State militants have captured the town of Zumar, the nearby Ain Zalah oil field and an oil refinery in northern Iraq after a battle with Kurdish militia forces, witnesses told Reuters. The radical Islamist group previously captured four oil fields and well as large portions of Iraq in a lighting offensive, seizing major assets to fund their operations.
8 Lebanese soldiers killed in Syria border clashes with gunmen
Eight Lebanese soldiers were killed in overnight clashes with mortar-armed gunmen in and around the town of Arsal near the border with Syria, the army reported. There were also wounded in the clashes, but the military gave no number. Local media reported at least two civilian casualties as well. The militants were apparently members of the terrorist Al-Nusra Front, a Syrian branch of Al-Qaeda, who reportedly retaliated for an earlier arrest of one of their fighters.
China confirms almost 100 killed in recent gunmen attack
At least 37 civilians were killed in the July 28 terrorist attacks in western Xinjiang, the Chinese government said Sunday. It added that 59 of the attackers were gunned down by security forces. “This was a serious terrorist attack incident which has links to domestic and overseas terrorist organizations and was organized, premeditated, carefully planned and evil,” the Xinjiang regional government said on its website. Xinjiang is home to the Muslim Uighur people, with separatist moods strong among many of them. Uighur radicals have been recently involved in a string of attacks on officials and civilians in the region.
Death toll from Pakistani bathers’ drowning rises to 39
In an ongoing operation Pakistani rescuers have recovered the bodies of 39 people, who drowned on Thursday near the provincial capital Karachi in the south of the country. The victims were vacationers celebrating the Islamic holiday of Eid-ul-Fitr, who ignored the ban on swimming in the sea during the monsoon season. Media agencies
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UK minister resigns over Gaza policy- Three day ceasefire
5082014Egypt-mediated truce between Israel and the Palestinian factions in Gaza has begun Tuesday morning minutes after an exchange of cross-border fire.The ceasefire, that is supposed to see hostilities halted for 72 hours to allow for peace talks in Cairo, started at 05:00 GMT.
Just minutes before that, air raid sirens sounded across southern Israel and an area east of Jerusalem. No injuries or casualties have been reported in the attack, for which Hamas claimed responsibility.
The IDF reportedly responded with artillery fire.
However, the exchange of fire stopped just before the negotiated beginning of the truce.
A military spokesman earlier announced that all Israeli ground forces were to withdraw from Gaza before the start of the ceasefire.
“The Israeli Defense Forces will be redeployed in defensive positions outside the Gaza Strip and we will maintain those defensive positions,” Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Lerner told reporters.
The truce, brokered by Egyptian mediators, comes after several failed attempts to halt hostilities in Gaza.
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Guarding Assange hit over seven million British pounds
6082014Posted on August 6, 2014
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange marks his 777th day in the Ecuadorian embassy in London, British Metropolitan Police has spent over $11.8 million on guarding the embassy.
Assange has been detained without charge for 1,337 days – and 777 of those days have been spent in the Ecuadorian embassy in London, according to the latest WikiLeaks statement.
Meanwhile, the price tag for guarding Assange hit over seven million British pounds (US$11.8 million) early on Wednesday, according to govwaste.co.uk counter.
Officers have been staking out the embassy around the clock since June 2012, with the cost to the London taxpayers surpassing $15,000 per day.
At any time of the day or night, there are three officers stationed outside the embassy, ready to arrest Assange if he tries to leave.
The bill is likely to keep climbing; Ecuadorian authorities have said Assange is welcome to stay in the embassy for as long as required.
UK has refused to provide Assange safe passage to Ecuador ever since the Australian sought refuge inside the embassy.
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BFI & FIBA to Conduct Five (5) FIBA Basketball Coaching Certification Courses
7082014BFI & FIBA to Conduct Five (5) FIBA Basketball Coaching Certification Courses in August and September 2014
New Delhi, 7 August 2014: With the assistance and guidance of FIBA World, the BFI and their State Basketball Association’s will be conducting five (5) FIBA Coaching Certification Courses throughout August and September of 2014. This marks the second time the BFI has organized such courses, having hosted two (2) in December 2013 and (2) more in March 2014.
FIBA Instructor Nelson Isley, who taught all 4 previous coaching clinics, will once again be traveling to India to train the young, up-and-coming coaches. Coach Isley has over 7 years of professional playing experience across the world and over 38 years of coaching experience, including his most recent stop as Head Coach / Technical Director of the Mozambique Women’s National Team in 2006. Coach Isley has traveled the globe teaching the FIBA Coaching Certification Courses in various nations, including Nicaragua, Singapore, Guatemala and Malaysia.
Of the five (5) Courses, four (4) will be Level 1 providing the basics to beginner coaches and one (1) will be Level 2, allowing the coaches who passed Level 1 in the previous four (4) courses to obtain the next level of certification. The Level 1 course focuses on teaching the basics of basketball to players age 8-14. Level 2 teaches the intermediate level of basketball, focusing on players 15-19.
Over 120 coaches from across the country are expected to participate in the clinics.
The FIBA Coaching Certification program dates and cities are:
- 16 – 20 August: Delhi/NCR (Level 2)
- 21 – 25 August: Hyderabad (Level 1)
- 27 August – 1 September: Assam (Level 1)
- 3 – 7 September: Ahmedabad (Level 1)
- 9 – 13 September: Ludhiana (Level 1)
Any coaches interested in Level 1 should register online via BFI’s registration portal athttps://eventdesq.imgstg.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=main&EventDesqID=8767&OrgID=9846.
About Basketball Federation of India
The Basketball Federation of India or BFI is the governing and controlling body of basketball in India, and is responsible for the development and promotion of the sport at all levels. BFI has been involved in conducting camps, clinics, events, and training sessions at its academies for the development of basketball. BFI came into being in 1935 and took complete control over Indian basketball in 1950. Prior to that time, the Indian Olympic Association handled the conduct of Indian basketball championships. Since 1950, the BFI has been conducting various such championships, from the grassroots to senior team participation in international tournaments. In addition, the BFI has been responsible for the establishment of strong sub-junior and junior level programs. The BFI has to its credit produced several international players of repute, among them 16 have been bestowed with the honor of Arjuna Award. More information at www.indiabasketball.org
For Queries please contact:
Richard Xalxo
+91 9820637140
RichardXalxo@indiabasketball.org
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Press Conference on Attack on Gandhian Instiutions in Rajasthan
7082014PRESS INVITE
Attack on Gandhian Institutions in Rajasthan by BJP Government
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This is to invite you to a press conference, exposing the issue of capture of Rajasthan Samagra Sewa Sangh, one of the oldest Gandhian institutions, and its 9 bighas of prime land in central Jaipur by Jaipur Development Authority, tomorrow. The move comes amidst the growing attack on democratic voices and movements in the state of Rajasthan led by BJP.
Shri Sawai Singh, senior Gandhian activist of Rajasthan Samagra Sewa Sangh,Radha Behan Bhatt, Shri Surendra Kumar and Anupam Mishra of Gandhi Peace Foundation, Shri Ramchandra Rahi (Gandhi Smarak Nidhi), Kavita Srivastava(PUCL, Rajashtna), Prashant Bhushan, and Medha Patkar (NAPM) will be present and address the press. You are cordially invited !
Venue : Indian Women’s Press Club, Windsor Place, Delhi
Time : 3 :00 – 4:00 PM
National Alliance of People’s Movements
Madhuresh (9818905316 ), Kanika ( 9818823252)
प्रेस वार्ता आमंत्रण
राजस्थान की भाजपा सरकार ने एक सबसे पुराने गांधीवादी संस्थान, राजस्थान समग्र सेवा संघ,उसकी 9 बीघा जमीन के साथ अपने कब्ज़े में लिया है. इस जनतंत्र विरोधी तथा बर्बर हकीकत को उजागर करने के लिए एक प्रेस वार्ता बुलाई गयी है. वार्ता में सहभागी होंगे श्री सवाई सिंह, राजस्थान समग्र सेवा संघ के गांधीवादी कायकर्ता, राधा बहन भट्ट, श्री सुरेन्द्र कुमार, अनुपम मिश्रगाँधी शांति संस्थान से, श्री रामचन्द्र राही (गाँधी स्मारक निधि), कविता श्रीवास्तव (PUCL, Rajashtna) तथा प्रशांत भूषण, औरमेधा पाटकर (NAPM).
आप सभी सदर आमंत्रित हैं.
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Rights of Tribals and Forest Dwellers
7082014Scheduled Tribes and other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006
To address the adverse living conditions of many tribal families living in forests was on account of non-recognition and vesting of pre-existing rights, a landmark legislation viz. Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, has been enacted to recognize and vest the forest rights and occupation of forest land in forest dwelling Scheduled Tribes and other traditional forest dwellers, who have been residing in such forests for generations, but whose rights could not be recorded.
This Act not only recognizes the rights to hold and live in the forest land under the individual or common occupation for habitation or for self-cultivation for livelihood, but also grants several other rights to ensure their control over forest resources which, inter-alia, include right of ownership, access to collect, use and dispose of minor forest produce, community rights such as nistar; habitat rights for primitive tribal groups and pre-agricultural communities; right to protect, regenerate or conserve or manage any community forest resource which they have been traditionally protecting and conserving for sustainable use.
The Act also provides for diversion of forest land for public utility facilities managed by the Government, such as schools, dispensaries, fair price shops, electricity and telecommunication lines, water tanks, etc. with the recommendation of Gram Sabhas. In addition, several schemes have been implemented by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs for the benefit of tribal people, including those in the forest areas such as “Mechanism for marketing of Minor Forest Produce (MFP) through Minimum Support Price (MSP) and development of Value Chain for MFP”. Funds are released out of Special Central Assistance to Tribal Sub Plan for infrastructure work relating to basic services and facilities viz. approach roads, healthcare, primary education, minor irrigation, rainwater harvesting, drinking water, sanitation, community halls, etc. for development of forest villages.
Under Section 3(1)(h) of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, the rights of settlement and conversion of all forest villages, old habitations, un-surveyed villages and other villages in forest, whether recorded, notified, or not, into revenue villages have been recognized as one of the forest rights of forest dwelling Scheduled Tribes and other traditional forest dwellers on all forest lands.
As per the provisions of the Act and the rules framed thereunder, the forest right related to conversion of forest villages into revenue villages is to be adjudicated by the Gram Sabha, Sub-Divisional Level Committee and the District Level Committee as per the laid down procedure, like any other forest right specified in the Act. The Ministry of Tribal Affairs has issued guidelines on 8.11.2013, inter-alia, impressing upon all the State/ UT Governments to convert all such erstwhile forest villages, un-recorded settlements and old habitations into revenue villages with a sense of urgency in a time bound manner. The conversion would include the actual land use of the village in its entirety, including land required for current or future community uses, like, schools, health facilities, public spaces etc.
This information is given today by Minister of State for Tribal Affairs Ministry Shri Mansukhbhai Dhanjibhai Vasava in Rajya Sabha.
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Russia to ban all US agricultural products, EU fruit & vegetable imports
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Putin bans agricultural imports from sanctioning countries for 1 year
Russia’s import ban on agricultural goods from countries that sanctioned Moscow over the Ukraine crisis may have a negative impact on European producers, farmers say. However, the EU’s ambassador to Moscow insists the bloc’s position will not change.
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed Wednesday a decree imposing a one-year banon agricultural produce, foods, and raw materials from countries that have sanctioned Russia. The list of banned or restricted goods is expected to be approved by the government later in the week.
Moscow plans to ban all US agricultural products, including poultry, as well as EU fruit and vegetable imports in response to Western sanctions imposed on Russia over the Ukrainian crisis, according to the country’s agricultural watchdog.
All agricultural goods produced in the US and imported into Russia will be halted for one year, the assistant to the head of Rosselkhoznadzor, Aleksey Alekseyenko, told RIA Novosti.
European agricultural businesses responded by saying they are worried that the Russian import ban may have serious negative consequences for them. Finland may lose as much as 400 million euros (US$535 million) as a result of Russia’s retaliatory sanctions. According to Heikki Juutinen, the managing director at the Finnish Food and Drink Industries’ Federation, sanctions would be “very bad news” for his country, as about a quarter of Finland’s exports go to Russia, local Yle radio station reported. The situation may affect such big players as Valio – Finland’s biggest dairy producer.
“This has the potential – and I stress potential – to become Economic Crisis 2.0,” Prime Minister Alexander Stubb told reporters in the Finnish city of Espoo, Reuters quotes.
However, Stubb also made clear the burden of retaliation had to be shared among EU members: “If sanctions hit Finland disproportionately, we will seek aid from our EU partners.”
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Briefing Global happenings
7082014US, Iran’s nuclear negotiators to meet in Geneva
Senior US and Iranian officials will hold nuclear talks in Geneva on Thursday, according to the US State Department. US Deputy Secretary of State Bill Burns will lead the US delegation, Reuters reported. It will also include Under Secretary of State Wendy Sherman and Jake Sullivan, the national security adviser to Vice President Joe Biden. Six world powers and Iran failed to meet a July 20 deadline to negotiate an agreement to make Iran curb its nuclear activities in exchange for the easing of economic sanctions.
Boko Haram attacks Nigeria town of Gwoza, kills dozens – witnesses
Boko Haram gunmen have killed dozens in Nigeria’s restive northeastern town of Gwoza, AFP reported, citing residents. The extremists raided the town, some 135km from Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state before dawn on Wednesday, forcing residents to flee their homes. “Dozens of our people have been killed by the attackers, some were slaughtered and many others shot with guns,” resident James Mshelia said. The attackers also burnt down the divisional police headquarters, the local government secretariat and other public buildings in the town. There were no soldiers to defend the town, and the whereabouts of the Gwoza emir, Mohammad Idrissa Timta, were unknown.
UN-backed tribunal jails Khmer Rouge leaders for crimes against humanity
Two top Khmer Rouge leaders have been jailed for life by a UN-backed tribunal in Cambodia for their role in war crimes against humanity committed during the 1970s. The verdict against the regime’s former head of state Khieu Samphan, 83, and chief ideologue Nuon Chea, 88, was announced on Thursday. Both have denied their guilt. They were charged for their role in the forced exodus of millions of people from Cambodia’s residential areas, as well as an execution site in the northwest of the country where thousands of people were killed. A total of around 1.7 million people died under their rule between 1975 and 1979. Some of the causes included starvation, medical neglect, overwork, and execution. Both men are currently in bad health.
Bank of America agrees to record $16 bn settlement
Bank of America agreed on Wednesday to pay out $16 billion in a settlement linked to a federal investigation of its sale of ‘toxic’ mortgage securities. The deal represents the largest single federal settlement in the US, reports The New York Times. The settlement is meant to resolve allegations that the bank engaged in the fraudulent marketing of mortgage-backed securities based on sub-prime loans, which in turn triggered an economic crisis in 2007-2009. Despite the record settlement, Wall Street watchdogs like Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), characterized the deal as a “very modest settlement” in light of the $1 trillion received by Bank of America in “virtually zero-interest loans” through government bailouts during the crisis.
US ready for more sanctions against Russia – Obama
US President Barack Obama said that Washington is ready to consider imposing more sanctions on Russia if Moscow does not change its policy towards Ukraine. Obama made the statements during a press conference on Wednesday. When asked if the economic sanctions are actually working, Obama said “We don’t know yet,”adding that he believes“Sanctions are working as intended in putting enormous pressure and strain on the Russian economy,” citing markets, “estimates in terms of capital flight,” and “projections for Russian growth.”Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has a choice “to try to resolve the issues in eastern Ukraine through diplomacy and peaceful means…or alternatively continue on the course he’s on, in which case he’s going to be hurting his economy, and hurting his own people over the long term,” Obama said.
At least 47 killed, over 60 injured in Baghdad car bomb blasts
Forty-seven people were killed in car bomb attacks on crowded streets in Shiite districts of Baghdad on Wednesday, police said, as cited by Reuters. Al Jazeera reported that over 60 people were injured. The explosives were detonated in a shopping area of Sadr City, and in the neighborhoods of Ur, Zafarana, and New Baghdad (Baghdad Al jadida). Violence in Baghdad has increased since Sunni militants led by the Islamic State extremist group seized the northern city of Mosul in June and threatened the capital. More than 1,600 people were killed in acts of violence in Iraq last month, most of them civilians, AFP reported, citing government figures.
MH17 recovery mission in E.Ukraine halted due to fighting
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte told journalists on Wednesday that the mission to recover victims and debris from the Malaysia Airlines MH17 crash site has been stopped due to fighting between the Ukrainian army and militias in eastern Ukraine. He said the security risk to the team – consisting of 70 Australian, Dutch, and Malaysian experts – was too great. MH17 was shot down on July 17, killing all 298 passengers and crew, 196 of whom were Dutch.
60 killed in Mosul clashes between Iraqi troops and IS
Sixty people have reportedly been killed in fighting between Iraqi government forces and insurgents from the Islamic State (IS) in the northern city of Mosul, hospital sources told Reuters. Witnesses said the deaths occurred when a makeshift prison being used by the Sunni Islamists was hit by government airstrikes. However, that information could not be immediately confirmed. Mosul has been under IS control since June, but there have been hit-and-run attacks by government forces and allied Kurdish peshmerga fighters.
Over 1,800 Palestinians killed in Israel-Gaza conflict
More than 1,800 Palestinians have been killed – the majority of which were civilians, including hundreds of women and children – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in a statement on Wednesday. Three civilians in Israel have also been killed, as well as 64 Israeli soldiers, he added. The UN understands the “legitimate security right to defend Israeli citizens” from Hamas rocket fire, Ban said. But serious questions have been raised regarding the “repeated shelling of UN facilities harboring civilians who had been explicitly told to seek a safe haven there.” Though there were reports that Hamas rockets were fired from nearby UN premises, “mere suspicion of militant activity does not justify jeopardizing the lives and safety of many thousands of innocent civilians,” he added.5
Russian VTB24 bank forced to stop US visa payment service
Russia’s VTB 24 bank has stopped accepting payments for US visas due to the refusal of the American embassy’s contractor, the bank’s press service said, as cited by Itar-Tass. The decision to refuse payments was made by CGI Group Inc. The bank said the cause behind the contractor’s refusal is unknown. “From a business standpoint we are talking about small sums received by the bank as commission income,” the bank said. However, this will be inconvenient for hundreds of Russian clients who have been using the service. Since March, the US has imposed four rounds of sanctions targeting Russian banks, including VTB.
Canada joins EU, US in imposing new sanctions on Russia
Canada joined the US and EU and imposed new sanctions on Russia over the Ukrainian crisis, targeting 19 Russians and Ukrainians and an additional 22 Russian and Ukrainian groups and economic entities on Wednesday. Among the Russian entities hit by the sanctions are the Bank of Moscow, Dobrolet Airlines, the Russian Agricultural Bank, the Russian National Commercial Bank, the United Shipbuilding Corporation and VTB Bank. “Export restrictions announced by the European Union with respect to military and military dual-use goods destined for Russia, are already in place in Canada. We are also committed to imposing the necessary regulations to enact export restrictions on technologies used in Russia’s oil exploration and extraction sector. Those will be implemented in parallel with our allies,” Prime Minister Stephen Harper said in a written statement.
Man suspected of leaking Schumacher’s medical files found hanged in police cell
A man suspected of leaking Michael Schumacher’s medical files was found hanged in his police cell on Wednesday, Reuters reported, citing Zurich’s cantonal prosecutor. The man was not named but was described as a manager at Rega, a Swiss helicopter company. He was arrested on Tuesday in connection with violating patient privacy and medical secrecy. The prosecutor said there was no indication that a third party was involved in the death of the man. Schumacher was transferred under a pseudonym from Grenoble hospital to University Hospital of Lausanne (CHUV) on June 16 after emerging from a coma. He was taken by ambulance, but Rega was also contacted when helicopter transport was being considered.
Afghan soldier who killed US general ‘hid in bathroom’
The Afghan soldier who killed a US two-star general and wounded other top officers hid in a bathroom before his assault, an Afghan military official said on Wednesday. The soldier used a NATO assault rifle in his attack on Tuesday, AP quoted the official as saying. Maj. Gen. Harold J. Greene, was the highest-ranked US officer to be slain in combat since 1970 in the Vietnam War. The investigation focused on the Afghan soldier, who went by the single name Rafiqullah. He also wounded about 15 people, including a German general and two Afghan generals, before he was killed.
Saudi man tested for Ebola dies after returning from Sierra Leone
A Saudi national, who fell ill after returning from Sierra Leone, died early on Wednesday in his hospital isolation ward, AP reported. The man, 40, was being tested for the Ebola virus, according to the Saudi Health Ministry. He returned on Sunday from Sierra Leone, the country that is suffering a devastating Ebola outbreak, and was then hospitalized in Jiddah after showing symptoms of the viral hemorrhagic fever.
Egypt court upholds death sentences for 12 Brotherhood supporters
An Egyptian court upheld death sentences on Wednesday against 12 Muslim Brotherhood supporters convicted of killing a police officer last year, Reuters reported, citing judicial sources. Judge Moataz Khafagy first passed the sentence against the men in June and referred the case to the country’s highest Sunni Muslim authority for approval. The men were charged in connection with violence that erupted when police stormed the town of Kerdasa near Cairo in September. Dozens of supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi were arrested in the operation.
Saudi offers $1bn to Lebanon army that clashes with Islamist militants
Lebanon’s army and Islamist militants clashed on Wednesday in breach of a ceasefire aimed at ending five days of fighting, Reuters said. Saudi Arabian King Abdullah granted $1 billion to help the Lebanese army as it battles militants who have seized the border town of Arsal on the Syrian frontier, state news agency SPA reported. The clashes are the most serious spillover of Syria’s civil war into Lebanon.
6.3 magnitude quake strikes off East Timor
An earthquake of 6.3 magnitude struck off East Timor on Wednesday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage, Reuters said. The quake struck 304km northeast of the capital, Dili.9
Nigeria nurse dies of Ebola, 5 others cases confirmed – health minister
A Nigerian nurse has died of Ebola, Health Minister Onyebuchi Chukwu said on Wednesday. The nurse had treated a man who flew into Lagos and died of Ebola last month, Chukwu said in the capital Abuja. The five confirmed Ebola patients are being treated in isolation in Lagos, sub-Saharan Africa’s largest city, AP quoted him as saying.
Army airstrike hits prison in north Iraq, kills 60 militants – report
A government forces airstrike in the militant-held northern city of Mosul killed 60 fighters from the Islamic State group, Iraq’s state TV said. The strike at dawn on Wednesday targeted a prison in downtown Mosul used by the Islamic State as a religious court and detention facility, AP said, citing the report. About 60 militants were killed and about 300 people who were in the militants’ custody were set free, intelligence officials said. Families of the prisoners rushed to the site to help their relatives, a Mosul resident said.
Another Russian tour operator ceases travel services
The Nordic Star tour operator declared on Wednesday that it had ceased services to its customers, ITAR-TASS said. The company said it could not fulfill its obligations to the tourists and had to “declare that it has suspended its activity.” The Nordic Star, which has offices in Moscow and St. Petersburg, used to organize tours to the Baltic and Scandinavian states. On Tuesday, IntAir, another tour operator, halted services to customers. This follows a similar crisis at the Labirint travel company, whose 15,000 Russian tourists are still stranded abroad. Travel Aid estimates that it might cost $5.6 million to return all the bankrupt companies’ tourists from foreign resorts.
Rosetta space probe catches up with comet after decade’s journey
The comet-chasing space probe Rosetta has reached its destination after a journey lasting more than a decade, the European Space Agency said. On Wednesday, the spacecraft successfully completed its final thrust to swing alongside comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, AP reported. The mission’s goal is to orbit 67P from a distance of about 100 kilometers and observe the giant ball of dust and ice as it hurtles toward the sun. Rosetta is expected to drop the first ever lander onto a comet in November.
Afghan policeman kills 7 colleagues in new insider attack
An Afghan policeman has turned his gun on his colleagues at a checkpoint in the south, killing seven policemen, AP said. After the killing on Tuesday night in the provincial capital of Tirin Kot, the attacker stole their weapons and fled in a police car, according to Doost Mohammad Nayab, a spokesman in southern Uruzgan province. The shooter had Taliban connections, Nayab said, blaming the insurgents for the attack. Earlier on Tuesday, in a separate insider attack, a gunman dressed as an Afghan soldier killed an American major general and wounded about 15 US and coalition forces.
Ukraine used ‘phosphorus bombs’ against civilians – Russian investigators
The Russian Investigative Committee said Wednesday it had gathered evidence that Ukraine has used prohibited weapons against civilians in Eastern Ukraine. Evidence show that prohibited weapons, which are similar to ‘phosphorus bombs’ in composition, were used intentionally against civilians in Donetsk Region, in an area where were no military targets, RIA Novosti quoted the committee’s spokesman, Vladimir Markin, as saying. A representative of Russia’s General Staff said late July that the Ukrainian army had used phosphorous bombs in eastern Ukraine at least six times.
50,000 face starvation as Kurds, Islamic State clash in northern Iraq
Kurdish forces and Islamic State fighters were clashing in a town only 40km southwest of the Kurdish regional capital of Arbil in northern Iraq on Wednesday, Reuters reported. Jabbar Yawar, secretary-general of the ministry of the Kurdish peshmerga fighters, said that 50,000 members of Iraq’s Yazidi ethnic minority fled the offensive. They are hiding on a mountain near the town of Sinjar risked starving to death if they are not rescued in 24 hours, Yawar said. He added that military cooperation had been re-established with Baghdad in a bid to hit back against the Sunni militants.
5 militants killed in northwest Pakistan by US drone strike
A US drone strike killed five militants in Pakistan’s volatile northwest on Wednesday, Reuters reported, citing security officials and residents. Two missiles slammed into a house in a village in the Datta Khel area in the border region of North Waziristan, and two militants were also injured, security officials said. Pakistan’s security forces are pressing ahead with an offensive in a Taliban stronghold near the Afghan border.
Russia watchdog suspends beef, cattle imports from Romania
Russia’s veterinary and phytosanitary service Rosselkhoznadzor on Wednesday suspended imports of beef and cattle from Romania, Reuters said. The latest trade ban following new Western sanctions was temporary and caused by an outbreak of the spongiform encephalopathy, or mad cow disease, in Romania, according to the watchdog.
Egypt militants kill 5 police in checkpoint attack
Militants attacked a police checkpoint in northern Egypt, killing five officers, the Interior Ministry said. The attack took place in the Dhabaa area in the coastal province of Matrouh late Tuesday, AP reported. The attackers shot and killed the policemen, then set fire to their vehicle, local media said.
China ships sail into disputed waters off Japanese-controlled islands
Chinese coastguard ships sailed into waters off Japanese-controlled islands in the East China Sea on Wednesday, after Tokyo’s defense paper warned over China’s “dangerous acts” near the disputed archipelago, AFP reported. Three Chinese vessels sailed into territorial waters that extend 12 nautical miles around one of the Senkaku Islands, which China also claims and calls the Diaoyus, according to the Japanese coastguard. The report published on Tuesday warned that frequent appearances by Chinese ships in the area could lead to “unintended consequences.”
Dutch firm to use hi-tech equipment for renewed flight MH370 search
A Dutch company will conduct a renewed deep-water search in the Indian Ocean for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, starting September, according to Australian authorities. According to the Wall Street Journal, the government is expressing “cautious optimism” about the operation. State-of-the-art technology on ships like the MV Fugro Equator and the Fugro Discovery will be employed in combing the 60,000 sq. kilometer (23,000 sq. mile) zone where the plane is thought to have fallen. “The underwater search will aim to locate the aircraft and any evidence, such as debris and flight recorders, to assist the Malaysian investigation team on the disappearance of MH370,”Australian Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss told reporters.
Death toll in southern China quake rises to 589
The death toll in southern China’s 6.1-magnitude quake has risen to 589, and over 2,400 others have been injured in the deadliest disaster of its kind in the area in four years. The worst affected was the town of Longtou. Thousands of volunteers are currently at the site to locate possible survivors, with rescue vehicles, ambulances and military jeeps lining the roads, AP reported. High seismic activity is characteristic of the mountainous area of the Yunnan farming region, Ludian County. In 1970, a 7.7-magnitude earthquake in the same area left 15,000 people dead. Two years ago, a series of tremors killed 81 people.
Deadly shelling targets elite Damascus neighborhoods
Several elite neighborhoods of the Syrian capital of Damascus came under heavy fire on Tuesday, killing at least five and injuring over a dozen others. Militants targeted the city with at least 70 shells, local media reported. The regions include the area where the presidential palace is located. There are conflicting reports as to the number of casualties; Surya Al-Ain news agency claims that a total of 19 people were killed and at least 75 others were injured. Meanwhile, national SANA news agency reported five dead and 20 injured.
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New tourism brand for Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli
7082014Minister of Tourism and Culture Shri Shripad Yesso Naik at a function in New Delhi on 6th August, 2014 on the occasion of release of new tourism brand for the Union Territories of Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli said.
“I am happy to be present here today for launching the new tourism brand for the Union Territories of Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli, as well as the release of the Vision 2020 publication for Dadra & Nagar Haveli.
The Ministry of Tourism, Government of India is promoting India as a brand across the world. Our “Incredible India” campaign has been highly successful. However, for maximizing our tourism potential, the Government’s effort needs to be supplemented by each State Government and Union Territory Administration. Many States and Union Territories are already well known for their tourism potential, and have also been proactive in promoting their destinations across the nation as well as at international level but there are others that are now trying to make a beginning.
Both Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli share their rich history with Goa. While Goa is already world-famous as a tourist destination, very few people know that Daman and Diu are also endowed with excellent beaches and rich Portuguese heritage. Dadra & Nagar Haveli, on the other hand, has lovely forests, lakes and gardens which make it an enviable destination to spend time with nature. Unfortunately, people of India are still not aware about the tourist attractions in these UTs.
In this backdrop, the attempt by the Union Territories of Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli to promote tourism by establishing a new brand image is highly commendable and welcome step.
I am especially delighted to note the forward looking approach of the UT Administration by conceiving, designing and publishing its vision for Dadra & Nagar Haveli. Though promotional campaigns may be outstanding, they need to be backed by quality infrastructure to make every tourist satisfied with his overall experience. I am, therefore, happy that both Union Territories have invested a lot in connectivity, basic infrastructure and tourism and have drawn a long term strategy before taking the important step of creating and launching their tourism campaign.”
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Madni expressing support for the right to self-determination of Kashmiri
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Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Confrence (OIC) Iyad Abdullah Ameen Madni expressing unequivocal support for the right to the self-determination of Kashmiri people has underlined the need of a political solution to the issue in accordance with the wishes of the Kashmiris.
Speaking at a reception hosted by the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Prime Minister Chaudhry Abdul Majeed at Kashmir House in Islamabad Mr Madni emphatically stated that Kashmiris were the basic party to Kashmir dispute and they should be given right to decide their fate in accordance with the United Nations resolutions.
He regretted that while India supported the right to self-determination for Crimea it had closed its eyes to a similar demand in occupied Kashmir. The OIC has always supported and will continue to support the right to self-determination of Kashmiri people. We are in contact with non-member countries as well to garner maximum support for the cause of Kashmiris he said.
He called upon India to respect human rights in Kashmir as a responsible member of the comity of nations and grant Kashmiris right to self-determination the way it advocated the same for others.
He recalled that the OIC foreign ministers had also reaffirmed their support to the right to self-determination of Kashmiris in their previous meeting. It is our commitment to support the cause of Kashmiris ceaselessly and that commitment will not wane until they achieve their right he added.
Pointing out that Kashmir was still a pending issue on the UN agenda Mr Madni underscored the need of a continuous political process and effective efforts to keep it alive and ultimately get it resolved. The OIC secretary general expressed the hope that India would initiate political process on Kashmir and leadership of both countries would advance it for the settlement of lingering issue. Geo news
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Audi under wraps at the launch event.
7082014 The daytime running LED lights look stunning.
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NEW CEO LOOKS AT PROMOTING STRONGER SYNERGIES AMONG TUNE GROUP COMPANIES
7082014KUALA LUMPUR, 7 August 2014 – The recently appointed CEO of Tune Group Sdn Bhd, Tan Hong Kheng needs little time to blend in into his new role, thanks to his long association with the Group.
“The wonderful support and strong sense of camaraderie among everyone in the Group has made settling into my new role very smooth,” said Hong Kheng.
In his previous capacity Hong Kheng had been responsible to oversee investments by the CIMB Group since 2007 in Tune Money and Tune Ins Holdings Berhad.
“For me, the timing is right as the Group enters and undergoes this terrific growth phase with many exciting opportunities ahead. The businesses in the Group may be varied but we have a coherent and cohesive lifestyle brand. There is a unique culture here and that is what I find very fascinating. I feel very welcome and very much at home,” said the former banker.
Tune Group is a lifestyle business conglomerate founded by Tan Sri Tony Fernandes and Datuk Kamarudin Meranun. The Tune Group companies are Tune Air (a substantial shareholder of low cost carrier AirAsia Group), Tune Hotels, Tune Money, Tune Insurance, Tune Talk, Think BIG Digital, Tune Box, Tune Studios, Queens Park Rangers Football Club (QPR) and the Epsom College in Malaysia.
He added: “We are now housing all Tune Group companies under one roof at Wisma Tune (formerly known as Menara PNB Damansara) at Jalan Dungun in Damansara Heights and this is a tremendous opportunity for all the businesses to build on our strengths together, capitalising on each other’s experiences, networks, niches and advantages.”
“Tune Hotels is continuing with its rapid expansion in Malaysia and abroad, chalking up seven million guests now and growing; while Tune Insurance is gaining a foothold as the preferred lifestyle and travel insurance brand. More Malaysians than ever are using Tune Talk Mobile Prepaid and AirAsia BIG Loyalty Programme is gaining good momentum. Epsom College in Malaysia is coming along nicely for its launch in September and it will have some of the most excellent schooling facilities around with all its academic staff being specially selected UK teachers,” he said.
“We see so much potential in everyone and to harness everyone’s talents and energies to bring about synergies, including with the AirAsia Group and QPR, would be fantastic. This can only benefit our other Group members,” he added.
In his new role, Hong Kheng oversees the reporting and performance structures of the various businesses within Tune Group and monitors the strategic direction and execution of those businesses. This is on top of overseeing corporate finance and strategy for Tune Group and enhancing the capital structures for the Group.
Hong Kheng started assuming the role as CEO of Tune Group in May 2014. The position was newly created. He was also redesignated as the Executive Director of the Group’s listed insurance holding company, Tune Ins Holdings Berhad on 1 July 2014.
Hong Kheng was previously with the CIMB Group where he had spent 18 years in various capacities, including his last as the Group General Counsel. He was responsible in setting up and leading CIMB Group’s Special Situation Investments department in 2006 and was appointed Executive Director of PT CIMB Niaga Securities Indonesia in 2003. With CIMB Group, Hong Kheng had had broad cross-departmental experiences including in the areas of principal investing, investment banking, corporate finance and capital markets.
Hong Kheng holds a Bachelor of Economics (Accounting major) and a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from Monash University, Australia. He was called to the Malaysian Bar and was a practising lawyer prior to joining the corporate world.
Hong Kheng is also a member of CPA Australia. He earned his Master of Business Administration from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business on a corporate scholarship.
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