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World Health Day

ON SEPTEMBER 24, 2017 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

PRESS INVITATION – WORLD HEALTH DAY RAAHGIRI

DMA to you & 84 other(s)

Sat, 23 Sep 2017 17:14:19

PRESS INVITATION

To all the Chief/Health Reporter

Press/Media

On the occasion of World Heart Day, Delhi Medical Association is organisingRAAHGIRI- POWER YOUR HEART : SWACHHTA HI SEWA with NDMC, Max Smart and Rotary Clubs on Sunday, 24thSeptember 2017 at Inner Circle A- Block, Connaught Place, New Delhi from 6.30 am. Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Hon’ble Minister of Science & Technology and Earth Science and Sh. Manoj Tiwari, President, Delhi BJP will grace the occasion

On behalf of Delhi Medical Association, we request you to kindly cover the event from 6.30am onwards at B-Block, Inner Circle Connaught Place, New Delhi and oblige. Card is enclosed for your ready reference.

With kind regards,

Sincerely yours,

Dr. Vijay Malhotra Dr. Satish Tyagi

President, DMA Hony. State Secretary

SAIL’s drive focusing rural market,

ON SEPTEMBER 23, 2017 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

SAIL set to leverage domestic growth potential, banks on new product mix

SAIL’s drive focusing rural market, internal remodeling to add to Company’s stronger performance

New Delhi, September 22, 2017

Addressing the 45th Annual General Meeting of Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL) held here today, Chairman SAIL, Shri PK Singh was confident of improvement in Company’s performance starting this financial year (FY 2017-18) backed by several management initiatives in every area of operations. Shri Singh said that, “Given the current stage of development in Indian economy and the likely growth path for Country’s economy in next decade, the steel demand in India will witness significant growth in future. SAIL with newer and better technologies at its disposal aims to leverage potential of growth in steel demand by operating at rated capacities, product differentiation and customer satisfaction.” World steel association too, in its short range outlook has a forecast of 6.1% growth in steel consumption for India in 2017. The Company since inception has produced 475 Million Tonnes (MT) of Crude steel and has partnered in all major national projects requiring steel. Shri Singh added that, “the Company achieved 14% higher turnover during FY 2016-17 over previous year owing to increase in both sales volume (which grew by 8%) and Net Sales Realisation (NSR) of Saleable Steel of five Integrated Steel Plants by about 6%. The increase in NSR was partly due to an overall improvement in price levels and partly due to measures in enriching Company’s product mix.”

Sharing the developments on Company’s endeavors towards product value addition, Shri Singh added that, “SAIL has done significant value addition in its product mix, with higher grades of steel like API X-70 from RSP’s New Plate Mill for the oil & gas sector, SAIL HT-600 for the automotive sector and high strength LPG steel grade from Bokaro Steel Plant, etc. Continuous product development efforts are being made with intensive R&D efforts especially from the new state of the art mills commissioned under the Modernisation and Expansion Plan. Amongst the Indian steel producers your company continues to be in the forefront in R&D with the highest spending.” Going further he added that, “SAIL’s state-of-the-art New Universal Rail Mill at its Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP) was inaugurated by Hon’ble Steel Minister earlier this year, where World’s longest single piece rail of 130 mtrs length is being produced and supplies of welded 260 mtrs rail panels to Indian Railways is in progress. The already operational new facilities under modernization and expansion were ramped up during the year. New Blast Furnace at Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) achieved about 100% of its capacity, whereas, other facilities like the New Plate Mill (NPM) also produced near to their rated capacities and it is very near to operating at 100% of its capacity.” He also added that the Wire Rod Mill of ISP will be soon producing world class Wire rods in special grades to meet the requirement of the Indian and Global Steel industries. He also sounded assured of the global trends in steel industry, and said that, “World economic recovery is on track and a pickup in Global growth presents a healthy sign for industrial and manufacturing activities across globe. Meanwhile, India is projected to become the world’s fifth largest economy in 2017, surpassing UK and France and the world’s third largest economy by 2023, surpassing Japan and Germany. India’s GDP is projected to rise from USD 2.2 trillion in 2016 to USD 3.6 trillion by 2020. This augurs well for businesses that are focused on domestic growth in the future.” He added that such kind of growth will definitely create larger steel demand and boost consumption in country.

Throwing light on Company’s new initiatives towards remodelling its operations, Shri Singh mentioned that, “drives including SAIL steel – Gaon ki ore, a campaign designed to boost SAIL steel consumption in rural India, SAIL Uday for improving SAIL’s all round performance, SAIL management’s large group interactions at every Plant – for improving cross functioning within organization, adopting social media at large to engage a larger audience etc. will all translate into Company’s better, sounder and stronger performance. At a time when domestic steel demand is improving on back of government backed policies and developmental goals, SAIL is also expeditiously equipping itself to serve market requirements fully and claim broader market share.

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Hamid Ansari Jihadist relations should be investigated:VHP

ON SEPTEMBER 24, 2017 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

Hamid Ansari Jihadist relations should be investigated: Dr. Surendra Jain

New Delhi. Sept. 24, 2017. Former Vice President of India, Hamid Ansari stands exposed after attending a programme of the terrorist organisation Popular Front. Dr. Surendra Kumar Jain, the International Joint General Secretary Vishwa Hindu Parishad(VHP) today said that Hamid Ansari was spreading dissatisfaction among the Muslim community even when he was holding the post of Vice President. He was covertly involved in implementing the agenda of terrorists even then. Now he can be seen working as the patron of jehadi organisations. VHP demanded thorough investigation of his relations with such organisations & idiologies while he was in office of the Vice president of Bharat. The nation should get to know which organisations and ideologies were being encouraged by Ansari when he was the Vice President of the country so that in the future no one else resorts to any kind of misuse of this constitutional position, he added.

Dr. Surendra Jain said that the nation knows the Popular Front is nothing but a new and extended avatar of SIMI. Not only is it involved in jehadi and terrorists activities, it is also involved in the dastardly killing of patriots in Kerala. The security agencies are working towards unravelling its role in love jehad which is a threat to national security. This fact that Hamid Ansari attended a programme of such an organisation which has a blot on its name, has exposed him. The VHP had already expressed doubts about Hamid Ansari’s intentions after his controversial statements. Now that he has attended a programme organised by Popular Front, thereby encouraging terrorists, this has proved our doubts to be true.

Through the statement issued by shri Vinod Bansal, the national spokesperson VHP, the Dr. Jain demands that the government should investigate his relations with the jehadi organisations while he was holding the post of the Vice President. The nation should get to know which organisations and ideologies were being encouraged by Ansari when he was the Vice President of the country so that in the future no one else resorts to any kind of misuse of this constitutional position.

Regards

Issued by:

Vinod Bansal

Spokesperson

Vishwa Hindu Parishad

Tweet : @vinod_bansal

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Political Stunts Like Gatiman Express – Runs 390 km/Day

ON SEPTEMBER 24, 2017 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

Researcher view and reviews only

September24, 2017 (C) Ravinder Singh progressindia2015@gmail.com

The report made hours ago on how Gadkari & Prabhu are invest over $500b on Least Viable Projects, didn’t have comments on laters weird Ideas of Bullet Train, Premium Trains like TEJAS, Hamsafar and Gatiman Express. These required this EXCLUSIVE report.

These are all political stunts have Worst commercial potential.

https://indiarailinfo.com/train/seats/reservation-availability-karmali-mumbai-csmt-tejas-express-22120/52238/1853/1620#st

TEJAS EXPRESS operates between Mumbai-Goa @ 51 kmph but 70% seats are vacant hours before its departure. Out of 730 ACC seats capacity – 567 are vacant & out of 36 ECC seats capacity – 30 seats are vacant. Only 263 persons can afford Rs.1400 fare and 6 persons Rs.2675 for Luxury services that too Operating Thrice A Week.

Ø 22120 TEJAS Averages 51 kmph – is Costliest LUXURY Train.

https://indiarailinfo.com/train/seats/reservation-availability-gatimaan-express-12050/28626/748/450#st – https://indiarailinfo.com/train/seats/reservation-availability-new-delhi-bhopal-habibganj-shatabdi-express-12002/1518/664/450#st

GATIMAN EXPRESS on Delhi Agra Route – leaving Delhi today – out of 576 ACC seats 277 were vacant, 98 ECC seats – 64 seats were vacant and minimum fare is Rs.757 for ACC and Rs.1511 for ECC – 50% more than Shatabdi Express.50% to 70% Seats are Vacant.

Ø 12050 Gatiman Express Logs 390 km Per Day & 6 Days a Week.

Ø 12050 Gatiman Express is not Faster Than 12002 Shatbdi Operating from ND – 7 km km longer and has a 1m Stoppage at Mathura.

Ø 12002 Shatabdi Exp has lesser Fare Rs.514 and Rs.1014 – Overbooked.

Ø 12050 in Serving 350 Travelers Slows Down 5 other Trains, 10,000 Travelers.

https://indiarailinfo.com/search/ndls-new-delhi-to-agc-agra-cantt-/664/0/450

Trains CROSSED By Gatiman Express

T. No.	T. Name	Type	Stn	Dep	Stn	Arr	Duration	Halts	Distance	Speed
12002	ND Bhopal sh	Shtb	NDLS*	6:00	AGC	7:57	1h 57m	1	195 km	100 kmph
12280	Taj Express	SF	NZM*	07:00	AGC	09:38	2h 38m	3	188 km	71 kmph
13008	Udyan Abha	Exp	NDLS	07:00	AGC	11:50	4h 50m	8	195 km	40 kmph
12642	Thirukkural SF	SF	NZM*	07:10	AGC	10:05	2h 55m	0	188 km	64 kmph
51902	Delhi – Agra C.	Pass	NDLS	07:17	AGC*	13:25	6h 8m	28	195 km	32 kmph
12904	Golden Temple	SF	NZM	07:20	BTE	10:28	3h 8m	2	167 km	53 kmph
18508	Hirakud	Exp	NDLS	08:10	AGC	11:25	3h 15m	2	195 km	60 kmph
12050	Gatimaan Ex	Shtb	NZM*	08:10	AGC*	09:50	1h 40m	0	188 km	113 kmph
22868	H. Nizamuddin	Hms	NZM*	08:30	AGC	10:50	2h 20m	1	188 km	80 kmph

https://indiarailinfo.com/search/pnbe-patna-junction-to-st-surat/332/0/65 – https://indiarailinfo.com/train/seats/reservation-availability-patna-bandra-terminus-humsafar-express-22914/51993/332/303#st

22914 Humsafar Express has much higher fare and also operate 155 km Longer Route to Mumbai via Surat.

Ø 22914 avg 48 kmph & 155 km longer route between Busaval & LTT Stns.

Ø 90% Seats Vacant for Once A Week Train.

T. No.	T. Name	Type	Stn	Dep	Stn	Arr	Duration	Halts	Distance	Speed
22914	Patna -Bandra	Hms	BSL	19:30	BDTS	07:35	12h 5m	4	579 km	48 kmph
22886	Tata N – LTT	Ant	BSL	16:40	LTT*	23:45	7h 5m	2	424 km	60kmph

https://indiarailinfo.com/train/varanasi-vadodara-mahamana-express-20904/68439/334/63

20904 Varanasi – Vadodara MAHAMANA EXPRESS recently launched averages 56kmph [1532 km/27:30 hrs] Fare Rs.720 for Sleeper & Rs.2775 for AC-2 tier is 4:13 hrs Slower than 12938 Garba Express averages 63 kmph [1462 km/23:13 hrs] Fare

Ø 20904 Mahamana Express OPERATES ONCE A WEEK.

Ø 20904 is 4:13 hrs Slower than Garba Express.

Ø 20904 depart at 6:10AM to arrive in Vadodra at 9:40AM – Garba Express is more convenient – depart Mughalsarai at 9:22AM arrive in at 8:35AM.

Ravinder Singh, Inventor & Consultant, INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES AND PROJECTS

Y-77, Hauz Khas, ND -110016, India. Ph: 091- 9871056471, 9718280435, 9650421857

Ravinder Singh* is a WIPO awarded inventor specializing in Power, Transportation,

Smart Cities, Water, Energy Saving, Agriculture, Manufacturing, Technologies and Projects

World Health Day

ON SEPTEMBER 24, 2017 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

PRESS INVITATION – WORLD HEALTH DAY RAAHGIRI

DMA to you & 84 other(s)

Sat, 23 Sep 2017 17:14:19

PRESS INVITATION

To all the Chief/Health Reporter

Press/Media

With kind regards,

Sincerely yours,

Dr. Vijay Malhotra Dr. Satish Tyagi

President, DMA Hony. State Secretary

DFID should step in and provide emergency funding

ON SEPTEMBER 23, 2017 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

Dear friend

International donors have cut aid to 9,000 displaced villagers from Shan and Karen States.

They fled their farms and villages following attacks by the Burmese Army, and now most live in jungle and mountain camps in Burma, forced to rely on international aid. Some have lived there for ten years or more.

From October they will no longer receive essential aid, and risk being forced to return to their villages despite it not being safe for most of them to return because of Burmese Army soldiers and landmines.

Ask DFID to step in to stop people being starved back to danger

A child living in one of the camps for displaced villagers in Karen State.

The Department for International Development (DFID) and other donors and aid agencies are facing unprecedented challenges with more than 400,000 Rohingya who have arrived in Bangladesh after fleeing attacks by the Burmese Army. But that doesn’t mean they should forget other people who have fled attacks by the military.

DFID should step in and provide emergency funding to local community organisations which can provide aid to the villagers. In the longer term, it should coordinate with other international donors to ensure that there is funding for internally displaced people and refugees on the Thailand-Burma border so that they can return home when it is safe, or have another safe place to live.

No people should be forced to return home when it is not safe for them to do so.

Take action now!

Thank you for your support.

Anna Roberts
Burma Campaign UK

Release of “INDIA @70 MODI @3.5”

ON SEPTEMBER 23, 2017 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

INVITATION: Shri Arun Jaitley (Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs) to Release “INDIA @70 MODI @3.5” on Thu, 28th September, 2017 at 7 PM, NMML, New Delhi

Dear All,
Please find the enclosed Invitation

A Line in confirmation will be highly appreciated.

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Dr. Anirban Ganguly

Director
Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee Research Foundation, New Delhi

Co-Convener, Library Department, BJP

Member, Policy Research Department, BJP

Member, Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE), MHRD

Member, Governing Board Auroville Foundation

Member, Visva Bharati Samsad (Court), Santiniketan

9, Ashoka Road, New Delhi-110001
Tel:011-23005850
Web: www.spmrf.org

Twitter: @anirbanganguly
@spmrfoundation

Honey Baisoya lords over Noida Golf Course once again,

ON SEPTEMBER 23, 2017 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

Honey Baisoya lords over Noida Golf Course once again, registers emphatic nine-shot win

Baisoya bags second title of the season, moves to fourth in PGTI Order of Merit

Noida, September 22, 2017: Delhi’s Honey Baisoya successfully defended his title at the PGTI Players Championship at Noida Golf Course with an emphatic nine-shot triumph on a rainy Friday. Baisoya, who completely dominated the final round, signed a card of four-under-68 on Friday that took his total to 19-under-269 for the week.

The 21-year-old Honey’s second win of the season earned him a prize cheque of Rs. 4,50,000 and as a result lifted him from sixth to fourth place in the PGTI Order of Merit.

Bengaluru’s C Muniyappa (70) came in second at 10-under-278 at the Rs. 30 lakh event.

Honey Baisoya (66-69-66-68), the overnight leader by a massive seven shots, continued from where he left in round three. Honey, who had closed the previous round with two consecutive birdies, came out firing birdies on the first three holes in round four thanks to some long conversions to further build on his lead.

Baisoya, who looked in total control through the day, added three more birdies against two bogeys to his card from the eighth to the 18th to cruise to his fourth professional victory.

Baisoya said, “The Noida Golf Course is turning out to be my favourite venue as I’ve won my second title here this year. This course really suits my game. I’m delighted with my consistency in the second half of the season since I’ve finished in the top-6 in the last four events. The Order of Merit title is definitely on my radar now.

“I’ve been positive in my approach and that has paid off. My confidence has also grown with each passing event. I didn’t feel the pressure at any stage today since my lead was never under threat. The conditions were really tough today because of the heavy rain. However, after the three birdies at the start, I knew I didn’t have to do anything extraordinary but just play regulation golf.”

C Muniyappa’s (69-71-68-70) runner-up finish was his best of the season. His fourth round of 70, the only sub-par round of the day besides Baisoya’s 68, featured four birdies and two bogeys and helped him finish four strokes ahead of third-placed Udayan Mane.

Bengaluru’s Udayan Mane struck a final round of 72 to claim third place at six-under-282. Mane thus moved up from third to second position in the PGTI Order of Merit.

Noida’s Vikrant Chopra secured fourth place at five-under-283.

Amardip Sinh Malik and Gaurav Pratap Singh were the other two Noida golfers who finished in the top-10. Both Amardip and Gaurav ended the week in tied eighth at three-under-285.

M6.2 – Oaxaca, Mexico

ON SEPTEMBER 23, 2017 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

Preliminary Earthquake Report
Magnitude	6.2
Date-Time	23 Sep 2017 12:53:06 UTC 23 Sep 2017 07:53:06 near epicenter 23 Sep 2017 16:53:06 standard time in your timezone
Location	16.773N 94.895W
Depth	32 km
Distances	6.2 km (3.9 mi) NW of Lázaro Cárdenas, Mexico 19.3 km (12.0 mi) SE of Matías Romero, Mexico 30.8 km (19.1 mi) NE of San Jerónimo Ixtepec, Mexico 34.0 km (21.1 mi) NNW of Unión Hidalgo, Mexico 190.0 km (117.8 mi) W of Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Mexico
Location Uncertainty	Horizontal: 7.6 km; Vertical 4.8 km

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launch of Trading of Energy Saving Certificates (ESCerts)

ON SEPTEMBER 25, 2017 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

Bureau of Energy Efficiency

cordially invites you to the

launch of Trading of Energy Saving Certificates (ESCerts)

under the Perform, Achieve & Trade (PAT) Scheme-

an initiative under the National Mission on Enhanced Energy Efficiency (NMEEE),

Shri Raj Kumar Singh,

Hon’ble Minister of State (I/C) for Power and New & Renewable Energy,

Tuesday, 26 September, 2017,

at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi,

at 10:30 AM

Media Invite: Launch of Trading of Energy Saving Certificates (ESCerts) under the Perform, Achieve & Trade (PAT) Scheme-an initiative under the National Mission on Enhanced Energy Efficiency (NMEEE), By Shri Raj Kumar Singh, Hon’ble Minister of State (I/C

UNICEF emergency supplies for Rohingya refugee children arrive in Bangladesh

ON SEPTEMBER 25, 2017 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

DHAKA, Bangladesh, 24 September 2017: The first consignment of UNICEF emergency supplies for hundreds of thousands of refugee Rohingya children and their families has arrived in the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka.

The cargo plane arrived from Copenhagen with 100 tons of supplies comprising water purifying tablets, family hygiene kits, sanitary materials, plastic tarpaulins, recreational kits for children and other items.

The supplies will provide urgently-needed assistance to the estimated quarter of a million Rohingya child refugees who are among the 429,000 people who have fled across the border from neighbouring Myanmar in recent weeks. The refugees are now living in desperate conditions in southern Bangladesh.

“Ensuring that children and families have safe water for drinking and washing is absolutely essential in order to protect them against diarrhoea and other waterborne diseases,” said Edouard Beigbeder, UNICEF Representative in Bangladesh. “This is a very real threat given the current situation in the camps and makeshift settlements where the Rohingya are now living, especially amid the current heavy rains”.

The next consignments consisting of – school bags, tents, early childhood development kits, family hygiene and dignity kits, tarpaulin and nutrition materials – are also on its way to Bangladesh.

The supplies will be delivered by truck to the southern city of Cox’s Bazar, where an expanding international response is mobilising to address the plight of the growing number of Rohingya refugees arriving in Bangladesh.

UNICEF is seeking US$ 7.3 million in additional funding for its work in southern Bangladesh over the next three months, but additional funds will be necessary as the refugee population continues to grow.

CALL ON WORLD LEADERS TO ACT ON 2ND ANNIVERSARY of SDGs

ON SEPTEMBER 25, 2017 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

CITIZENS IN INDIA AND AROUND THE GLOBE CALL ON WORLD LEADERS TO ACT ON 2ND ANNIVERSARY of SDGs (#ACT4SDGs)

Today, on the 2nd anniversary of the SDGs, thousands of citizens in over 107 countries and cities around the world, including in India will raise our voices and hold our world leaders accountable to #ACT4SDGs.

Through the We the People ACT4SDGs campaign thousands of campaigners and ordinary citizens have come together around the anniversary in over 650 eventsfrom Manila to Buenos Aires to Brussels, Mexico City and Nairobi, to create awareness on the SDGs, highlight local realities, and hold our governments accountable.

Wada Na Todo Abhiyan/ GCAP India initiated photo events with different partner Civil Society Organisations as well as marginalised communitiessuch as children, youth, women, Dalits, Tribals, urban poor and religious minorities atten landmark locations in the national capital city, New Delhi such as Lotus Temple, Red Fort, Rashtrapati Bhawan, India Gate, Parliament House, Sacred Heart Cathedral, Bangla Sahib Gurudwara, Qutub Minar, Jantar Mantar and Central Park in Connaught Place. Moreover, WNTA is running a Social Media Campaign for 15 days, i.e., from 10th to 25th September 2017 highlighting the status of implementation of SDGs in India, with special focus on marginalized groups. AnOnline Poster-Making Competition on SDGs: Agenda 2030, Launch of SDGWatchTN in Tamil Nadu as well as Press Release of Civil Society Report on SDGs in ten different states of India were some of the highlighting events of WNTA/GCAP India’s initiatives of popularising the SDG: Agenda 2030.

Ms. Manshi Singh from Wada Na Todo Abhiyan said: “We urge our leaders to #ACT4SDGs and take urgent action to tackle poverty, inequality and climate change. We can work together to create a better, more fair world. Our future, our children’s future, and the future of our planet depends on it.’’

On 25 September 2015, world leaders agreed to a definitive plan for the planet and its people by adopting 17 Sustainable Development Goals. The SDGs are a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity by 2030. If the 193 governments who signed the SDGs hold to their commitments, the results will be extraordinary. The SDGs could achieve:

An end to extreme poverty by 2030 that condemns millions of people, especially women and girls, to an early death, poor education and ill health.
A turning point in the soaring levels of inequality and discrimination.
An accelerated transition to 100% renewable energy, ensuring policies that take care of people and planet.

Photos and stories from all parts of the world will be aggregated and showcased on www.act4sdgs.org for all to see how people take actions for SDGs.

Notes to editors: Please contact Manshi Singh the Programme Officer fromWada Na Todo Abhiyan on manshi.wnta@gmail.com, 8376833414 for interview requests, details of national mobilization in India or for any other questions.

We the People ACT4SDGs is a global campaign created by UN SDG Action Campaign and national coalition of the Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP) to create awareness and promote the SDGs among citizens. We are joining forces with civil society, volunteers, and citizens in 100 different countries to send a strong signal to leaders about what needs to be done two years after the approval of the goals. Our movement is open and inclusive. Everyone who shares our vision and wants to mobilize and engage citizens in their communities or around the world is invited to join our movement.

The Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP) is a southern-led movement that challenges the structures and institutions that perpetuate poverty and inequality. GCAP supports people in 85 countries in their struggles for justice and brings individuals and organisations together to challenge the institutions and processes that perpetuate poverty and inequalities. Together, we defend and promote human rights, gender justice, social justice, climate justice and the security needed for the dignity and peace of all.

Thank You.

—

Sincerely

Syeda Tanbir Azmi

Documentation & Communication Assistant

Wada Na Todo Abhiyan

Press Conference on Karwan-e-Mohabbat (a peace walk)

ON SEPTEMBER 25, 2017 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

INVITATION

What: Press Conference on Karwan-e-Mohabbat (a peace walk)

When: September 25, 2017 at 3 p.m

Where: Lawn (ground floor), Press Club of India, Raisina Road

The Karwan-e-Mohabbat set out on September 4 from Assam as a collective response of love, atonement, conscience and justice, to the climate of hate, violence and fear that has enveloped many parts of the country. It traversed eight states, where the members of the Karwan met over fifty families that were targets of hate violence, whether in the form of lynching and mob attacks, Dalit atrocities or violent communal targeting by the police. The states where the Karwan travelled are Assam, Jharkhand, coastal Karnataka, Delhi, Western Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan and Gujarat.

The Karwan found a situation of enormous, settled, everyday fear among Muslims, Christians and Dalits in many parts of the country. It found that they had very little expectation of justice from the state. In many states, it found that the police itself is assuming the tasks of the lynch mob against minorities. It also found very little remorse in the majority community in many places where the violence actually occurred, although at the same time the Karwan was met not just with stones and footwear but with rose petals and tremendous goodwill for its message of peace and love.

In order to share what they observed and felt through this unique journey, members of the Karwan-e-Mohabbat will address both the press and other citizens who are interested, from 3 pm onwards at Press Club of India (Lawn), Raisina Road.

We request you attend/ assign someone to cover this

For more information please call Farah 9560511667 or Padmini Krishnan 9810482967

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‘Nature Connect ‘ – a dialogue through art

ON SEPTEMBER 25, 2017 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

Hungarian Information and Cultural Centre, New Delhi shared Archana Bahl Sapra‘s post.

Archana Bahl Sapra is with Sonalika Csr and 5 others at Hungarian Information and Cultural Centre, New Delhi.

3 hrs · New Delhi ·

Coming up this week.. ‘Nature Connect ‘ – a dialogue through art about nature & our environment !

Please join us to be a part of the engaging and interactive works of art specially created this Wednesday to Friday 27th 28th and 29th September at the Hungarian Information & Cultural Centre!

Installations, Projects, Dialogues, curated walks and workshops throughout the days!

Naresh Kumar Sagar

National Workshop Fair Equitable deal to Tribal

ON SEPTEMBER 25, 2017 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

National Workshop Fair Equitable deal to Tribal

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Minister address deliberate all delegation without any fear and bring proposal to me.
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Science Po Launch

ON SEPTEMBER 25, 2017 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

Sciences Po, the leading French university in Social Sciences, is launching a new Bachelor of Arts programme in September 2017. The newly revamped multidisciplinary programme will focus on humanities, civic engagement and distinct regional specialisations.

Ms. Laurence Souloumiac, Director of Centre for Asia and her team would be pleased to interact with members of the press on Wednesday, 27th September to discuss the new B.A. programme, internationalization of Sciences Po, its collaborations with Indian institutions (Ashoka University, Jamia Milia and others), and its vision of social inclusion.

Welcoming the endeavour, H.E. Alexandre Ziegler, Ambassador of France to India, said,

“As an alumnus myself, I cannot enough recommend Sciences Po’s multidisciplinary approach. Each of its campuses, spread over seven French cities, offers students a focus on a specific region of the world, with the one in Le Havre dedicated to Asia. Its highly global outlook has drawn pupils from 150 countries apart from France, who make up half of the 13,000 students on its rolls. Our objective is to attract ever more talented Indian students to France and offer them the best education and opportunities. I am delighted of Sciences Po’s involvement in India and proud of the growing Sciences Po alumni community in this country.”

Please contact me to set up media interviews on 27 September:
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FC Pune City appoint Ranko Popovic as new Head Coach

Pune, September 25, 2017: The Rajesh Wadhawan Group owned Indian Super League (ISL) club FC Pune City today announced Ranko Popovic as their new Head Coach. The Serbian will make his managerial debut in the Indian Super League with FC Pune City in the 2017-18 season.

Popovic began his managerial career in 2001 with Austrian club TuS FC Arnfels followed by a stint with another Austrian club FC Pachern from 2004-2006. In 2006, he took the reins of Sanfrecce Hiroshima in the J1 league for a year before going back to his homeland coaching FC Spartak Subotica in the Serbian SuperLiga until 2009.

Popovic returned to Japan managing Oita Trinita, FC Machida Zelvia, FC Tokyo eventually climbing the progress ladder to manage Cerezo Osaka, one of the strongest teams in Japanese league football. It was during his managerial stint when the club signed Uruguayan star Diego Forlan.During his time in Japan, he promoted several young players who went on to receive debut call-ups for the national team. Twice, his teams created a record for scoring maximum number of goals scored in the League.

In 2014-15, he went to Spain to coach Segunda Division club Real Zaragoza where he led the team to finals of the La Liga play-offs. A season later, he joined Thai Premier League Champions Buriram United FC where he won the Thai League Cup and Mekong Club Championship.

Gaurav Modwel, CEO of FC Pune City, said: “In Ranko, we have a Manager with distinguished coaching career spanning 15 years. His successful stints in different leagues vastly differing in cultural environment and football ecosystem, especially in Asia, makes him very relevant for a Club like ours. Ranko is multilingual and believes strongly in developing youth players.” He added, “Spending time with him in Pune, I was impressed with his depth of knowledge of the game, motivation to succeed and ability to seamlessly work with our Indian staff.”

“I am delighted to be joining FC Pune City. The people at the club, their vision and their values together with the opportunity to develop and build this team to its full potential made this an offer that was difficult to turn down. I can’t wait to get started,” said RankoPopovic.

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Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) receives lesser attention.

ON SEPTEMBER 28, 2017 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

Naresh Kumar Sagar

In contrast to developments in Pakistan and India Pakistan relations, Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) receives relatively lesser attention. In the case of both its units – ‘Gilgit Baltistan’ and Ázad Kashmir’ India has however vital interests. Recent developments in India Pakistan relations, tensions on the LOC and finally, domestic developments in Pakistan itself have impacted this constituent part of Jammu and Kashmir in different ways further highlighting the anomalies of its juridical and constitutional status. The strategic dimensions of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK)
as a whole are also changing with the qualitatively new interface that has developed between Pakistan and China in recent years.

New Delhi, September 26th, 2017:
Ananta Aspen Centre organized an interactive session on “Pakistan Occupied Kashmir and Cross Border Linkages” with Ambassador S K Lambah, Chairman, Ananta Aspen Centre and Former Special Envoy of the Prime Minister of India, Ambassador TCA Raghavan, Adviser, Ananta Centre and Former High Commissioner of India to Pakistan and Dr. Ashok Behuria, Senior Fellow and Coordinator of the South Asia Centre, The Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA).
Ambassador Lambah in his remarks took us back to the history and establishment of PoK. What is PoK? Why is it such a sensitive subject to both Pakistan and India? He shared that PoK is divided into 3 major parts: Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), Northern Kashmir and Pakistan. He mentioned that Azad Jammu and Kashmir council heads PoK which is governed by the Prime Minister of Pakistan. According to him the biggest failure of the Indian Foreign Services has been its inability to project the condition of PoK to the world.
A vital part of the session was the discussion about Gilgit Baltistan. Ambassador Raghavan pointed out that Gilgit Baltistan was only the Shia majority of Pakistan. This has reduced from 85% to 65% in recent years. Gilgit Baltistan was formed in 1993 due to judicial process and not due to popular protests. Ambassador Raghavan quoted “Gilgit Baltistan was a sacrificial goat for AJK”. We should remember that the people of Gilgit Baltistan do not like to be absorbed into AJK.
They consider themselves a different entity. Protests have been taking place in Baltistan on “No Taxation without representation”. Dr Ashok Behuria provided detailed remarks on the governance of different regions of PoK and
mentioned that China is now reluctant to invest in Pakistan. It was observed that the SinoPakistan relations are now dominated by economic and not political ties. The Karakoram Highway was built by the governments of Pakistan and China. It was started in 1959 and was opened to the public in 1979. This highway connected the Gilgit Baltistan region to the ancient Silk Road from Kashgar to Abbottabad. 80% of the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) route will pass through Gilgit Baltistan. The implications of this scenario were discussed in the session. It is
speculated that people are demanding inclusion of Giglit Baltistan in Pakistan because of Chinese influence.
About Ananta Aspen Centre:
Engaging India, Nurturing Change Ananta Aspen Centre is an educational and policy studies organisation based in New Delhi. It focusses on values based leadership and open dialogue on challenges facing Indian society to help foster its transformation. The Centre engages civil society, business, governments and other key stakeholders to share ideas and bring a wide range of perspectives on issues important to India’s development, foreign policy, strategic affairs and national security. Ananta Aspen Centre is an independent non-profit organization registered under the Indian Trusts Act and under 12A and 80G of the Income Tax Act.
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Manish Sisodia: Indian economy economy in peril

ON SEPTEMBER 28, 2017 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

Delhi Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister Manish Sisodia issued the following statement on the worrying condition of the country’s economy :

Two former Finance Ministers of India, Mr Yashwant Sinha and Mr P Chidambaram, both of whom have presented atleast 10 union budgets between them, have sound a very serious alarm on the current situation of Indian economy.

Mr Yashwant Sinha has today reiterated what many leading economists have been saying since recent months that – INDIAN ECONOMY IS ALREADY IN A MESS, IT IS FURTHER HEADED FOR DISASTER.

The current worrying condition of Indian economy, which is a matter of national concern and not a party specific issue is because the individuals running the Central Government have little understanding of economic policies.

From fastest growing economy, the Modi government has thrown the Indian economy into a free fall, which will have disastrous consequences for the country.

How has the BJP’s Central government Driven India’s Economy into Ground

Point 1 – BJP came to power in 2014 on the promise of complete economic transformation of the country. As Yashwant Sinha ji expressed today, it seems the BJP has achieved its goal in three years. The country’s economy is in complete shambles.

All key economic indicators show that the Economy is going through its worst in many years. From being world’s fastest-growing major economy just one year ago, we have become a “free-fall economy” with slow growth, low investmentand no jobs.

o Lowest GDP growth rate since 2014 – Our growth rate has fallen consistently over the last six quarters from 9.1% in Jan-Mar 2016 to 5.7% last quarter – the lowest since 2014. This is a catastrophic fall especially since 1 per cent lower annual GDP growth = loss of Rs 1.5 lakh crore national income and loss of millions of jobs. Manufacturing and Agriculture sectors, which employ a majority of Indians, have suffered the worst decline.

o Lowest Private Investment in 25 years – Fresh investments by the country’s top 1000 non-financial companies hit a new low of just 5.8% growth in fiscal year (FY) 2016-17, the slowest since 1992. In absolute terms, these companies invested only Rs 2.07 lakh crore in FY17 as against an all time high of Rs 5.7 lakh crore in FY 14.

o Lowest Job Creation in 8 years–Most worryingly, the state of the economy throws into dark the future of 1.2 crore Indian youth entering the job market every year. PM Modi promised to create 1 crore jobs every year and launched Skill India, Startup India and Make in India. None of these have worked so far as official figures from the Labour Bureau show that only 1.55 lakh jobs were created in 2015 and 2.31 lakh jobs in 2016. Besides manufacturing, massive job cuts are being reported from service industries such as IT and Banking.

(The picture of gloom in Indian economy is being echoed everywhere – all of the country’s financial media houses, most reputed industry leaders (SBI, Hindustan Lever, L&T etc.) have all expressed that the economy is in crisis.)

The big question therefore is how did we get here?

Point 2 – Decisions have been based solely on political rhetoric rather than sound economics or common sense. As a result, major financial reforms have been botched up

Demonetisation was a complete failure– We all know whose decision was it. It’s clear now that Demo had negligibleimpact on black money, and ended upcreating an unprecedented crisis in agriculture and SME sectors. The unprecedented spate of farm loan waivers by several state governments are the legacy of demonetisation. Overall, 15 lakh jobs were lost and 150 people died due to hardship caused by demonetisation. Who is answerable for this man-made disaster?
Botched up GST design and rollout– GST was widely accepted as a positive reform for the Indian economy. But thanks to this government’s incompetence, today we have among the most complicated GST structure globally which is causing severe compliance issues, lower than expected tax collections and a crisis-like situation in sectors such as textile[1].Moreover, tax slabs of many items are as high as 28%. In comparison, Delhi’s experience – based on sound economics – shows that reducing tax rates to 5% or 10% increases compliance and overall tax collections.
Raid Raj– Post demonetisation and GST rollout, Raid Raj is now an accepted way of functioning in the Finance Ministry. In February this year, Section 132 of the IT Act was amended to legalise tax raids on people based on mere suspicion or unsubstantiated rumour. In comparison, Delhi has shown in the last 2 years that putting a complete stop to Raid Raj only boosts confidence among the traders and industry and spurts economic growth.
Formation of Economic Advisory Council after 3 years– acceptance that decisions in past 3 years were devoid of sound economics

Point 3 – Strong economies cannot be built on a foundation of fear and intolerance

India’s greatest strength has been its culture of tolerance and protection of constitutional rights
However, over the last 3 years, a climate of hate and intolerance is being systematically propagated by the ruling party. Journalists are being killed, media has been become state puppet and opposition parties are being victimised through state institutions.
Even the former RBI governor and one of world’s topmost economists, Raghuram Rajan, said earlier this month that intolerance will derail India’s economic growth.

Point 4 – Difficult yet most urgent structural reforms have been ignored because they they are not glamorous

Issue of NPAs– Right from when this government took charge in 2014, it was clear that NPA issue in Indian Banking sector was the severest in its history. Three years have passed, and the problem has only worsened and reach to the point of Rs 8 lakh crore in loan defaults. This is adversely affecting private investment and job growth
Black money– Tall claims have been made that this government was serious is tackling black money. Yet, there has been no action on the Swiss bank accounts and Panama papers issue.
Monetary Policy– RBI has been too inflation focused leading to artificially high interest rates and dampening of investment and consumption
Minimum wages– Private consumption will increase only if there is more disposable income in each household. While the Centre has accepted the 7th Pay Commission Recommendations, what about minimum wages in all sectors including for NREGA workers? Earlier this year, Delhi government took a historic decision on this front and increased minimum wages for unskilled, semi-skilled and skilled workers by 37%

The Aam Aadmi Party demands that Modi government should take immediate corrective measures to save the country from an economic disaster. It should not sit in ego and must consult all stakeholders, including elected state governments on how to salvage the situation.

Reforming personal laws: Dr Farrah Ahmed

ON SEPTEMBER 28, 2017 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

Dr Farrah Ahmed is an Associate Professor at Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne. Before this, she was a Lecturer in Law at the Queen’s College, University of Oxford.

Dr Farrah talk defend a proposal that seeks to address the stalemate that has arisen in Indian family law from the tension between a constitutional directive to enact a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) and the deep concerns about the UCC as well as how it is debated. It will defend the implementation of a UCC in India supplemented by a well-regulated state-recognised regime of religious ADR. The hallmark of this proposal, setting it apart from informal dispute resolution systems already widely practised in India (in khap panchayats, for instance), is that its outcomes would be recognised and enforced by the state if minimum thresholds of justice and fairness are met. It is hoped that a proposal of this kind would help the many citizens who lack access to affordable, speedy and accessible justice.

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Farrah’s research spans public law, legal theory and family law. Her recent work on constitutional statutes, religious freedom, the doctrine of legitimate expectations, the duty to give reasons, social rights adjudication and religious tribunals has been published in the Cambridge Law Journal, the Modern Law Review, the Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, Public Law, and Child and Family Law Quarterly. Her book Religious Freedom under the Personal Law System was published by Oxford University Press in 2016

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Japan snap general election on October 22nd

ON SEPTEMBER 28, 2017 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

Japan’s Lower House of the Diet is dissolved for a snap election. Japan’s Cabinet has set the date for a snap general election on October 22nd. The campaign will begin on October 10th.

On Thursday, the Lower House speaker read the official declaration to dissolve the chamber. Some opposition members boycotted the session, accusing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of avoiding a debate over alleged influence peddling scandals.

After the session, Abe told members of his Liberal Democratic Party to get ready for the election.

Abe says he wants a fresh mandate on how to use the expected revenue from a scheduled consumption tax increase in 2019. He also wants voters to assess how he is handling the growing threat from North Korea.

The leader of the main opposition Democratic Party is considering a possible merger with a new party launched by Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike. Seiji Maehara is expected to let members run as candidates of Koike’s party.

The Tokyo Governor’s new party called “Hope” is shaking up the political landscape. In July, Koike’s party trounced Abe’s Liberal Democratic Party in the Tokyo municipal election. She is now taking that momentum to the national level. But Koike says she is not thinking about a merger with the Democrats.

Dear Sagar Media Inc, Education has turned into a business.

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Pakistan ministry seeks ban Milli Muslim League’s

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Pakistan has asked its Election Commission to bar from politics a new party supported by LeT founder Hafiz Saeed. Pakistan’s interior ministry recommended that the Election Commission of Pakistan reject the newly formed Milli Muslim League’s (MML) application to become an official party as it is affiliated with Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), a militant group blamed for the 2008 Mumbai attacks that killed 166 people.

The ministry said MML is ideologically of the same type as LeT and its affiliated charities Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) and the Falah-e-Insanyat Foundation (FIF). The interior ministry said the security agency has informed that considering the clamour, philosophy, outreach and modus operandi to operate, it is difficult to believe that MML will tread its own path completely at variance with its mother organization. It said such groups would breed violence and extremism in politics, and therefore, registration of such groups be avoided.

The ministry also said foreign countries have raised diplomatic objections to MML’s existence. Spokesman for the MML,Tabish Qayyum, said in a statement that the ministry’s letter is unlawful. He denied that MML had links with any banned militant group. Recently, the United States has designated Hafiz Saeed, who presently leads the Jamaat-ud-Dawa Islamic charity, a terrorist and views him as the mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai attacks. Saeed is currently under house arrest.

Pakistan’s reluctance to press charges against him has been a sore point in relations with Washington and India over the past decade.

PM Modi meets Dr. Abdullah Abdullah

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Chief Executive of Afghanistan, Dr Abdullah Abdullah today said that Afghanistan has never differentiated between good and bad terrorists. Delivering a lecture on Regional Peace-Building in New Delhi, Dr Abdullah said, terror groups are threatening security of Afghanistan and it is a big challenge for the whole region.

He said, Afghanistan wants friendly relations with all nations in the region. He said, the relationship between Afghanistan and India has further strengthened in the last 16 yrs and it has made a difference to lives of millions of Afghans. He said, stability and prosperity in Afghanistan is in the interest of the region.In an apparent reference to Pakistan, Dr. Abdullah said, terrorism should not be used as an instrument of foreign policy.

Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar said, visit of Dr. Abdullah comes in the context of New Afghan Policy and New Development Partnership. He said, India will help in low-cost housing for returning Afghan refugee.The Foreign Secretary said, India’s commitment to Afghanistan remains steadfast. Dr. Abdullah is on a two day working visit of India. Yesterday, he met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Ram Nath Kovind. He also had talks with External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj.

Prime Minister meets Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, Chief Executive of Afghanistan.

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi met the Chief Executive of Afghanistan, Dr. Abdullah Abdullah today afternoon.

Prime Minister extended a warm welcome to Dr. Abdullah, who is in India on a two-day working visit.

Both leaders reaffirmed the strength and closeness of the multifaceted strategic partnership between India and Afghanistan. They welcomed the accelerated cooperation, including through the recent announcement of a New Development Partnership during the meeting of the bilateral Strategic Partnership Council in New Delhi. They discussed enhancing bilateral economic and development cooperation and the abundant opportunities in this regard.

Dr. Abdullah conveyed Afghanistan’s deep appreciation for India’s continuing support for infrastructure development and capacity building in Afghanistan.

Prime Minister reiterated India’s commitment to extend full support to Afghanistan’s efforts for building a peaceful, united, prosperous, inclusive and democratic Afghanistan.

The two leaders exchanged views on the security environment in Afghanistan and the extended region, and, in this context, agreed to continue close coordination and cooperation.

An MoU for Technical Cooperation on Police Training and Development was exchanged in the presence of the two leaders at the conclusion of the meeting.

Prime Minister deeply appreciated the mosaic portrait prepared by an Afghan master craftsman, which was presented to him by Dr. Abdullah.

UNESCO’s Executive Board to nominate a new Director-General

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UNESCO’s Executive Board to nominate a new Director-General for the Organization during its 202nd session

Paris, 28 September—The 58 members of UNESCO’s Executive Board will hold their 202nd session from 4 to 18 October, chaired by Ambassador Michael Worbs of Germany, at UNESCO’s Headquarters.

One of the highlights of the session will consist in the nomination of the Board’s candidate for the post of Director-General, to be proposed for election to all of the Organization’s 195 Member States on 10 November, during the forthcoming 39th session of the General Conference of UNESCO (30 October to 14 November).

Voting on a candidate will start on 9 October. It will be conducted by secret ballot in private meetings. A majority is required to win the nomination. Eight candidates are in the running at the time of publication, following the withdrawal of one of the initial contenders. The winner is expected to be announced no later than Friday, 13 October. (For information about the procedure and candidates see:http://en.unesco.org/executive-board/dg-candidates-2017).

The election of the Executive Board’s nominee is expected to take place on 10 November and the new Director-General is scheduled to take office on 15 November. She or he will succeed Irina Bokova (Bulgaria) who will have served two four-year terms at the head of UNESCO.

The Executive Board, whose sessions take place twice a year, will also finalize the preparation of the Organization’s Draft Programme and Budget for 2018-2020, which will be submitted for the approval of the General Conference.

UN Chief : End crisis in Rakhine

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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday called for action from the Security Council to end the tragedy in Rakhine State of Myanmar.

“The reality on the ground demands action — swift action — to protect people, alleviate suffering, prevent further instability, address the roots of the situation and forge, at long last, a durable solution,” he told the Security Council.

“I call on the Security Council to stand united and support our efforts to urgently end this tragedy,” he said, when briefing the 15-member council on the situation in Rakhine.

Guterres said the crisis has steadily deteriorated since the Aug. 25 attacks by the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army on the Myanmar security forces. “Since then, the situation has spiraled into the world’s fastest developing refugee emergency, a humanitarian and human rights nightmare,” he said.

At least 500,000 civilians have fled their homes and sought safety in neighboring Bangladesh. Although the total number of those displaced is unknown, it is estimated that 94 percent of them are Rohingyas, a mostly Muslim ethnic minority living in the largely Buddhist nation of Myanmar, he said.

“We have received bone-chilling accounts from those who fled — mainly women, children and the elderly. These testimonials point to excessive violence and serious violations of human rights, including indiscriminate firing of weapons, the use of landmines against civilians and sexual violence,” said Guterres, the former head of the UN refugee agency, UNHCR. “This is unacceptable and must end immediately.”

International human rights law and standards are clear: any use of force by the authorities must respect Myanmar’s human rights obligations under international law and comply with well-established human rights standards. Above all, these actions must fully respect the human rights of those affected, regardless of ethnicity or religion, said the UN chief.

The use of lethal force, even in situations of emergency, must be commensurate with the threat to the public order and utmost care must be taken to minimize loss of life and injury, especially for unarmed people and communities, he said.

The authorities have claimed that security operations ended on Sept. 5, following major displacements in northern Rakhine, where Rohingyas were the majority. However, displacement appears to have continued, with reports of the burning of Muslim villages, as well as looting and acts of intimidation, he said.

“There seems to be a deeply disturbing pattern to the violence and ensuing large movements of an ethnic group from their homes,” he said.

He warned that failure to address this systematic violence could result in a spill-over into central Rakhine, where an additional 250,000 Muslims could potentially face displacement.

North Korea and Russia dialogue

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North Korea’s nuclear weapons program demonstrates “rapid progress” and poses a “new global threat” to international security, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has said following the sixth nuclear test by Pyongyang earlier this month.

On September 3 Pyongyang conducted its sixth and most powerful nuclear test yet, using a hydrogen bomb that was allegedly small enough to be mounted on a ballistic missile. The blast was so potent that it registered as a 5.6 magnitude earthquake.

“(The) yield is much bigger than the previous test, and it means North Korea made very rapid progress,” International IAEA Director Yukiya Amano told reporters in Seoul, after a meeting with South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha.

“Combined with other elements, this is a new threat and this is a global threat,” he added referring to the development of North Korean ballistic missile rockets.
North Korean official in charge of relations with the US is expected to hold talks with diplomats in Russia’s Foreign Ministry later this week.

Choe Son Hui, the director general of the foreign ministry’s North American Affairs Bureau, arrived in the Russian capital on Tuesday.

Sources in Russia’s Foreign Ministry have revealed Choe is expected to hold talks with senior diplomat Oleg Burmistrov on Friday.

In the talks, the Russian diplomat is likely to ask North Korea to exercise restraint over its nuclear and missile programs.

He is likely to urge the North to hold dialogue with key nations, including the United States.

The talks come as the North has continued to launch ballistic missiles and carry out nuclear tests, prompting Japan and the US, among others, to apply more pressure on Pyongyang.

China and Russia, which have close links to North Korea, have been appealing to resolve the issues through dialogue.

Russia’s ambassador-at-large Oleg Burmistrov will meet Choe Son-hui, director-general of North Korea’s Foreign Ministry department on North America in Moscow on Friday to discuss the Korean crisis. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova also said Thursday a statement will be issued after the diplomats’ meeting.

China has ordered North Korean firms and joint ventures in the country to shut down. This follows the adoption of the latest sanctions resolution by the UN Security Council against Pyongyang for its 6th nuclear test.

The Commerce Ministry said on Thursday that the closures must come within 120 days of the council’s September 11th approval of the resolution.

The resolution calls for UN member countries to close all joint ventures and cooperative groups set up by North Korean individuals and entities. Beijing is apparently trying to demonstrate that it is steadily implementing the resolution.

Chinese and North Korean joint ventures run restaurants and other operations in China. If the directive for their shutdown is steadily implemented, it will likely affect North Korea’s effort to acquire foreign currency.

Chinese government statistics show that China imported more than 1.6 million tons of coal from North Korea last month. The trade took place despite the government’s announcement in February that it would suspend imports of the commodity from North Korea throughout this year in accordance with a UN sanctions resolution.

South Korea has held a drill simulating a North Korean chemical attack on the capital Seoul.

About 300 military and other personnel participated in the biennial exercise held at a stadium in Seoul on Wednesday.

The drill was based on the scenario that the city had been hit by North Korean artillery shells containing chemical agents, resulting in civilian casualties.

Soldiers wearing gas masks were seen washing down people who were carried away from a smoke screen that simulated toxic chemical gas. They were then taken to hospital in ambulances.

South Korean President Moon Jae-in says his country will strengthen its alliance with the United States in dealing with North Korea’s provocations.

Moon spoke at an Armed Forces Day ceremony at a naval base in Pyeongtaek on Thursday.

Moon noted that the most urgent task is securing counter capabilities against North Korea’s nuclear and missile threats. He expressed determination to have the North give up its nuclear ambitions.

Moon added that the security situation on the Korean Peninsula is at its most critical ever, and that Pyongyang’s provocations can be deterred only when the South Korea-US alliance is effectively manifested.

Moon also urged stepped up efforts to enhance the country’s own defense capabilities.

Earlier, Moon inspected the 800-kilometer-range ballistic missile Hyunmoo-2, which can target all of North Korea.

The South Korean military is bracing for a possible new provocation as the North marks the anniversary of the founding of its ruling party on October 10th.

Malaysia has prohibited its citizens from traveling to North Korea due to mounting tension on the Korean Peninsula.

The Malaysian government announced the ban on Thursday in view of tensions resulting from Pyongyang’s ballistic missile and nuclear tests. It said the ban will be in effect until the situation returns to normal.

Bilateral ties have deteriorated since the assassination of Kim Jong Nam, the half-brother of the North’s leader, at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in February.

The latest move is seen as an attempt by Malaysia to show it’s taking a tougher line on North Korea, as US President Donald Trump calls for efforts to isolate Pyongyang. Media agencies

5.6 M Quake hits Mexico’s southern coast – USGS

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5.6 QUAKE HITS OFF SOUTHERN MEXICO’S PACIFIC COAST –

An earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale has struck off the coast of southern Mexico, 119 kilometers (73.9 miles) from Tres Picos. The quake had a depth of 21.7 kilometers, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS).

This catastrophe comes less than two weeks after Mexico was hit by a destructive 7.1 magnitude quake which killed at least 337 people. Early September, an 8.2 magnitude earthquake struck the country, killing at least 98 people and producing more than 5,400 aftershocks.

8.2-magnitude earthquake which happened on September 7 in southern Mexico caused more than 5,400 aftershocks, which are still continuing, TASS reported Thursday. Up to now, “5,402 aftershocks have been registered in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec,” according to the National Seismological Service.

On September 19, Mexico was hit by a destructive 7.1-magnitude earthquake. The death toll from that earthquake has risen to 343, with 204 of the deaths coming in the nation’s capital, AP quoted National Civil Defense chief Luis Felipe Puente as saying Thursday.

Mexico sits atop five tectonic plates, the movement of which making it one of the most seismically-active countries in the world.

easyJet targets electric passenger planes

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British budget airline easyJet says it seeks to introduce electric passenger planes within a decade to reduce emissions.

The company said on Wednesday that it will use the planes on routes of up to 540 kilometers, such as flights between London and Paris.

A video released by easyJet shows a plane equipped with electric propulsion systems on both wings and large battery packs under the cabin. The firm says the plane will have a capacity of about 180 people.

easyJet says it is partnering with a US venture company that is developing an electric propeller propulsion system. The airline says electric aircraft will emit no carbon dioxide and produce much less noise than conventional models.

easyJet’s PR official says a growing number of passengers are paying attention to CO2 emissions from aircraft and that they will choose electric jets for their journeys.

The official adds that competition to become the first developer of electric planes is underway among aircraft manufacturers. They include leading US and French aerospace firms.

Challenges in developing electric jets include coming up with high-performance batteries that will allow several hours of flight.

Democratic Party now Hope in

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The leaders of the newly-formed Hope party and the opposition Democratic Party have confirmed they will speed up the selection of Democrats as candidates for Hope in Japan’s general election on October 22nd.

The head of Hope, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike, and Democratic Party President Seiji Maehara held talks on Friday morning.

The meeting came after the Democrats’ approval on Thursday of Maehara’s proposal for a de facto merger with Hope.

Maehara proposed that the Democratic Party will not field any candidates in the election and would instead allow its members to run under the banner of the new party.

The 2 leaders agreed that former Lower House member Masaru Wakasa of Hope and former foreign minister Koichiro Gemba, a Democrat, will select the members of the Democratic Party who will be allowed to run.

Maehara said he would like all the candidates to be approved, but he understands the reality of the situation.

He said the decisions will be based on whether the candidates share the ideas and policies of the Hope party and whether they can win single-seat constituencies.

Koike told reporters after the meeting that she has no intention of allowing all the Democrats to run on her party’s ticket.

She said the potential candidates must support Hope’s policies, and they will be carefully screened.

Maehara told reporters that the talks with Koike focused on how to topple the administration of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. He said he expects that the arrangements for election cooperation will pick up speed.

Release of book, India@70 Modi@3.5

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Indo-Belgium working session on Sustainable city

ON SEPTEMBER 30, 2017 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

Indo-Belgium working session on Sustainable city

Tuesday, 7th November 2017

Taj palace Hotel, New Delhi

Dear Sir/Madam,

It is with great pleasure we would like to inform you that ASSOCHAM is co-organizing a business meeting cum panel discussion of Indo-Belgium working session on Sustainable city.

The event will be attended by His Excellency, H.M. Mr. Philippe Léopold Louis Marie, King of Belgium along with key players from Belgium and India in the area of sustainable cities. The panel will be divided into two interactive sections, viz: i) Sustainable Cities are Safer Cities ii) Sustainable Cities are Clean and Healthy Cities

The schedule date and venue for the meeting is as follows:

Day/Date    : Tuesday, 7th November, 2017
Time           :    11:15 am onwards (followed by Lunch)
Venue         :   Taj Palace Hotel, New Delhi

In view of the importance of the event, we request you to kindly participate in the event and utilize the opportunity to interact with the visiting delegation.

Your confirmation of participation may please be sent latest 8th October to my colleague Mr. Rohan Mankotia,

(E-mail: rohan.mankotia@assocham.com, Phone: 011-46550555 Ext-618, Mobile: 9999936948).

The programme and the composition of the delegation shall be shared with you shortly.

Looking forward to your favourable response.

Thanks and Regards,

Shrabani Das

Joint Director and HOD

International Affairs

The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India

Tel (D): 011-46550521

Board line: 011-46550500

Address: 5 Sardar Patel Marg, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi-110021

Realising Poorna Swaraj Through Entrepreneurship

ON SEPTEMBER 30, 2017 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

*Ananta – IEF Entrepreneurship Series* Realising Poorna Swaraj Through Entrepreneurship
EVENT DETAILS
DATE		Thursday, October 5, 2017
TIME		6:30 PM – 8:00 PM (Registration and High Tea: 6:00 PM )
LOCATION		Seminar Hall 2, Kamaladevi Complex, India International Centre, New Delhi
SPEAKERS		Mr. Rewaj Chhetri, Founder, Startup Harbour (online entrepreneur hub)
		Mr. Nitin Pradhan, National Bureau Chief, Dainik Jagaran (TBC)
		Ms. Hanna Ruddies, Global Growth and Onboarding Coordinator, Impact Hub
MODERATOR		Ms. Bhairavi Jani, Chairperson, IEF Foundation & Executive Director, SCA Group and Board Member, Ananta Centre


ABOUT THE EVENT
This year, as we celebrate Gandhi Jayanti, the context of “Startup India” and “Make In India” emerge aptly to the foreground. How are we, as fellow citizens of this country, enabling complete economic freedom through self-reliance for those in India’s Tier II towns and rural areas? After all, 60% of India’s population resides in them. Helping rural industries grow and develop, therefore, directly facilitates self-employment, resulting in more economic and industrial activity within rural areas. It also helps utilise locally available resources and labour more effectively. But due to limitations pertaining to land and seasonality, many agricultural outliers migrate to the closest towns and cities for a regular source of livelihood. India’s towns are, in turn, becoming stepping stones for budding entrepreneurs. In fact, they are abuzz with entrepreneurial activity. State Governments across India have actively carried forward the mantle of the Start-up India initiative introduced by the Central Government in 2016. And while State policies have been comprehensive and are addressing a large percentage of youth, the question still remains about how they are reaching small towns and rural populations. The fourth session of the Ananta-IEF Entrepreneurship series discusses how everyone – whether at the level of policy creation, among corporations, as torch-bearers of community creation, individual entrepreneurs, and media – can reignite this spark of self-reliance in India’s entrepreneurship ecosystem, and help achieve Bapu’s dream of Poorna Swaraj. Panelists comprise active stakeholders of the entrepreneurship ecosystem.

For online registration please click on the link below https://goo.gl/forms/JP5pU0GLYz6dGp0z1 or Your confirmation may reach us by email at amit.joshi@anantacentre.in

FIFA U-17 World Cup, India Industry Discussion & Felicitation Sessions

ON SEPTEMBER 30, 2017 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

Press Invitation

FIFA U-17 World Cup, India

Industry Discussion & Felicitation Sessions

Tuesday, 3 October, 2017, at 10:00 am

Venue: Hotel Le-Meridien, New Delhi

We have great pleasure in inviting you for ASSOCHAM-FIFA U-17 World Cup, India “Industry Discussion & Felicitation Session” at 10:00 am, Tuesday, 3 October, 2017 at Hotel Le-Meridien, New Delhi.

Chief Guest: Mr Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Hon’ble Minister of State, Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sport (I/C), GoI

Guest of Honour: Mr Manoj Tiwari, Hon’ble Member of Parliament (LS)

Other Speakers will include: Mr Sandeep Jajodia, President, ASSOCHAM, Mr Kushal Das General Secretary, All India Football Federation (AIFF), Mr Karan Ahluwalia, President & Country Head, Media & Entertainment, Luxury & Sports Banking Group, Yes Bank Ltd., Mr Parth Jindal, Chairman, Mr Sundar Raman, Co-Chaiorman, ASSOCHAM National Council on Sports & Sports Infrastructure and Mr D.S. Rawat, Secretary General.

We will be grateful if you could attend and cover the event. You are requested to join us for lunch thereafter. We look forward to your cooperation. Please find attached the detailed programme for your reference.

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About ASSOCHAM:

ASSOCHAM initiated its endeavour of value creation for Indian industry in 1920. It was established by promoter Chambers, representing all regions of India. Having in its fold more than 400 Chambers and Trade Associations, and serving over 4.5 lakh members from all over India. ASSOCHAM has emerged as the fountainhead of Knowledge for Indian industry, which is all set to redefine the dynamics of growth and development in the Knowledge Based Economy. More information available on www.assocham.org

IGNCA : PROGRAM

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Catalan referendum in vandalism

ON OCTOBER 1, 2017 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

Madrid has pledged to stop a vote that was declared illegal by the courts.

Tweets interesting are, Thousands march in Bilbao (Basque Country) to support Catalonia‘s independence referendum. Democracy” in 21st century western society.Pacific defenders of the referendum being kicked by Spanish police with fury.

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We are just trying to vote!! SHAME!!

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Spain’s National Police brutalize voters in Catalonia polling center (a school) today in an attempt to suppress #CatalanReferendum vote.

Voting has begun in Catalonia in an independence referendum that has been banned by the Spanish government and the constitutional court. Catalan government officials said, ballot boxes were ready and predicted a big turnout. Catalan government has posted a map on its Twitter account showing which polling stations are open and which are closed by Spanish police.

Spanish police stopped millions of people voting in a referendum on independence in the region of Catalonia. Police used rubber bullets fired in Barcelona, the region’s capital, and police seized ballot boxes, smashed their way in to polling stations.

Catalan emergency services said 38 people were hurt, mostly with minor injuries, as a result of police action.

Spanish interior ministry said, police officers have begun seizing ballot papers and boxes as the polls opened. In the early hours of today morning, dozens of national police vehicles left their base in the port of the regional capital, Barcelona, as officers deployed to enforce the ruling. Latest reports speak of riot police pushing potential voters away from a polling station in the city as voting began in other locations.

Monsoon withdraws from northern states of India

ON OCTOBER 1, 2017 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

The southwest monsoon has withdrawn from the hill state of Himachal Pradesh with 15 per cent deficit rainfall. The MeT officials said, the southwest monsoon withdrew from Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab and some parts of Haryana and west Rajasthan.

India opens two border crossing points with Myanmar, Bangladesh

ON OCTOBER 1, 2017 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

India has opened two immigration check posts along the borders with Myanmar and Bangladesh.

In a gazette notification, the Home Ministry said, the Central government has designated Zorinpui land check post in Lawngtlai district of Mizoram as an authorised immigration check post for entry into or exit from India with valid travel documents for all classes of passengers to or from Myanmar.

The Central government has also designated Kawrpuichhuah land check post in Lunglei district of Mizoram as an authorised immigration check post for entry into or exit from India with valid travel documents for all classes of passengers to or from Bangladesh.

Zorinpui was selected for a new land custom station along the Indo-Myanmar border in Mizoram for the Kaladan multi-modal project. Kawarpuchiah is situated in Mizoram along a riverine border with Bangladesh.

Revenue,lifeline of developmental for all

ON OCTOBER 1, 2017 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

One call it cash flow in corporate accounting revenue when income accrues in both cases the Cash is important for all economic activities when it is directly or vicarious path is curbed to fiscal negotiations the growth slackens its pace to FM if it is life line for development of government expenses so it is for growth of masses income in business.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said that revenue is the lifeline of developmental activities in the country. He said, revenue has a great importance in the society and is the lifeline of governance.

Mr Jaitley was Speaking at the National Academy of Customs, Indirect Taxes and Narcotics Foundation Day and Passing Out Ceremony of 67th Batch of IRS at Faridabad. Mr Jaitley said, the revenue is spent on national security, rural India development and infrastructure.

The Finance Minister said, the people have the right to demand development but on the other hand there is a responsibility on them to pay taxes what is required for development.

Mr Jaitley said, efforts are always made in the fiscal policy to ensure that the commodities which are used largely by consumers are least taxed as indirect tax puts burden on everyone.

He said, the society which was conventionally non-tax compliance society, is undergoing a transformational change today and people are realising the virtues of greater compliance.

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” Paglí kí Havelí ” tribute to the birth centenary of Gloria Fuertes,

ON OCTOBER 3, 2017 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

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Instituto Cervantes Nueva Delhi
Hanuman Road, 48. Connaught Place, New Delhi, India
THEATRE
We invite you to the performance of ” Paglí kí Havelí ” as part of our tribute to the birth centenary of Gloria Fuertes, performed by Saitan Theatre Group
Sábado / Saturday 7th of October, 6:30 p.m.
Domingo / Sunday 8th of October, 12:00 p.m.
Auditorio, Instituto Cervantes Nueva Delhi
Performance in Hindi. FREE ENTRY
About the play: Humor, at times tinged with tragedy, surrealism, costumbrismo and a critical look of its social environment are characteristics of this work. Through a range of characters and personalities there is a vision of a desolate time, without great ambition and where finding a husband or wife is one of the few aspirations to escape ruin. The work is a clear example of the way that Gloria Fuertes had to decipher the reality that surrounded her, transforming it through tragedy, humor or innocence into the literature of an emotional closeness. The story focuses on the experiences of three sisters, especially one of them, crazed after the loss of her mother and who keeps her home unchanged from that moment on to keep the memory of her mother uncontaminated. The woman is dedicated to reciting poetry and under this guise presents an accurate analysis of everything happening around her.
Cast: Bhoomika Meena, Niharika Kundu, Mahima Bareja, Gaurika Bhatt, Vinita Samant, Ramgopal Sharma, Sandeep, Devesh, Saksham, Suraj, Shubham Yadav, Chirag
Director: Rajneesh Gautam
About the theatre company: Saitan Theatre Group. While carving a niche in their professional arenas, this team of dedicated thespians is constantly sharpening their skills to enter into a world of grease and paint to show their theatrical prowess. While some are dexterous with scalpel and stethoscope, and others are steadily and successfully making their mark in their respective fields, their focus remains firmly grounded in the world of art. Launched in July 2014 by two sprightly youths, Namita Verma and Rajneesh Gautam, this theater group operating under the name SAITAN, which is derived from Saint and Satan, wants to present before the world the two extremes that exist in every person! They have done 12 stage productions till now and working on more.
About the director: Rajneesh Gautam has studied at University college of medical sciences, Delhi University. He has been associated with theatre for last 10 years as a writer, director and an actor. He has been trained under NSD professionals for annual productions for various theatre festivals at Siri Fort auditorium consecutively for three years. During his college days, he practiced street and stage theater with the college dramatics team. After college, he has been associated with various renowned theatre groups like Atelier, Curtain Calls, Illusionists, Roobaroo theatre group, Theatre in motion and performed at various National and State level theatre festivals like Kala Ghoda festival, Ateliers Campus theatre festival, Sahitya Kala Academy theatre festival, Jashn-e-Dilli, Jashn-e-Aazaadi, Urdu Academy theatre festival, Thespo Theatre Festival, Bharangam Theatre Festival etc. He has founded his own theatre group “SAITAN” in July 2014. They have done 12 stage productions till now and working on more. He has associated with an NGO “CEED” to perform street plays under “Solar Rooftop Programme” & “Help Delhi Breathe” campaign at various locations in Delhi. They did 21 performances throughout Delhi. He has worked with various NGO’s named OM Foundation, Carol Foundation, Swarachna Trust etc. A poet at heart he believes in the freedom of art and speech.
About the author: Gloria Fuertes (Madrid, July 28, 1917 – Madrid, November 27, 1998) writer of narrative, poetry, theater and prolific author of children’s and youth literature. Her interest in writing began at the early age of five, when she was already writing and drawing her own short stories. She published her first poem at only fourteen in 1932, titled “Childhood, youth, old age”. In the 1940s she began her foray into the professional literary world. In the first five years some of her children’s plays and poems staged in several theaters in Madrid stood out. She began working as an editor in the children’s magazine Maravillas (from 1939 to 1953) where she published weekly stories, comic books and poetry. In 1942 she met Carlos Edmundo de Ory, integrating in the poetic movement called Postism, actively participating in the magazines Postismo and Cerbatana with Ory, Eduardo Chicharro and Silvano Sernesi. She also collaborated in another magazine, Chicas (from 1940 to 1945), publishing humor stories, and in the newspaper Arriba with the Coletas and Pelines comics. Alongside this, she founded the group Versos with skirts next to Maria Dolores de Pueblos and Adelaida Lasantas, dedicated during two years to offer recitals and readings by the bars and cafes of the capital. In 1950 Pirulí published, two years after her first play in verse Prometheus that takes the Valle-Inclán prize, and in 1954 throws Anthology Poetics and Poems of the suburb. During these first years of the decade she organized a children’s library for small towns with the desire to tackle illiteracy, and founding together with Antonio Gala, Rafael Mir and Julio Mariscal the poetic magazine Arquero, which she directed until 1954. From 1955 to 1960 she studied Library Science and English at the International Institute. In 1960 she traveled for three years to the USA after obtaining a Fullbirght scholarship to teach Spanish literature at Bucknell University, Mary Baldwin College and Bryn Mawr College. In 1972 she received a scholarship from the Juan March Foundation for Children’s Literature, which allowed her to devote herself entirely to literature. Two new titles were added to her poetic work: Alone at home and When you learn geography (1973). Halfway through the decade she receives the Hans Christian Andersen award for children’s literature for Cangura, marking her as one of the best authors of children’s literature. She also collaborated on several programs of children’s literature of TVE, the most popular being “A balloon, two balloons, three balloons” and “The white kite” that, together with her compositions of children’s song lyrics, designate her as the children’s poet. She also writes for the magazines Quail and Discóbolo. Throughout the 80s Gloria Fuertes is unstoppable and intense: readings, interviews, radio, tributes, newspapers, trips, visits to schools and constant publications. They emphasize her stories for children: La pájara pint (1972), La gata chundarata and other stories (1974), The mummy has a sore throat (1978), The squirrel and its gang (1980), Cocoloco pocoloco The Coquette Giraffe (1986). The whole of Gloria Fuertes’ work is characterized by the irony with which she treats such universal themes as love, loneliness, the pain of death. The metaphors, the linguistic games and the fresh and simple character that put to the songs of a great musicality and cadence close to the oral language appear. Her lyrical accent is one of the most personal, authentic and distinctive among contemporary poets
Sobre la obra: El humor, por momentos con tinte trágicos, el surrealismo, el costumbrismo y una mirada crítica de su entorno social son características de esta obra, en la que a través de un abanico de personajes y personalidades se realiza una visión de una época desoladora, sin grandes ambiciones y donde encontrar marido o mujer es una de las pocas aspiraciones que se tienen para salir de la ruina. Esta obra es un claro ejemplo de la personalísima manera que Gloria Fuertes tenía para descifrar la realidad que le rodeaba, convirtiéndola por medio de la tragedia, el humor o la inocencia en literatura de una emotiva cercanía. La historia se centra en las vivencias de tres hermanas, sobre todo en una de ellas, loca tras la pérdida de su madre y que pretende mantener su hogar sin ninguna variación desde ese momento para mantener el recuerdo impoluto. Esta situación recuerda de alguna manera al abuelo de “El tragaluz” de Antonio Buero Vallejo, aunque en esta ocasión la mujer se dedica a recitar poesía y bajo su aspecto de “ida” hace un análisis exacto de lo que sucede a su alrededor por medio de los versos que recita. A través de una abanico de personajes y personalidades se realiza una visión de una época desoladora, sin grandes ambiciones y donde encontrar marido/mujer es una de las pocas aspiraciones que se tienen para salir de la ruina. En un final sorprendente, Esperanza recuperará la cordura tras conocer el amor, cosa que le llevará a asumir una realidad que no está exenta de sufrimiento y dolor.
Instituto Cervantes Red de Bibliotecas del Instituto Cervantes CVC. Centro Virtual Cervantes #GloriaFuertes100

Las Vegas Mandalay bay Hotel Concert shooting

ON OCTOBER 2, 2017 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

Las Vegas concert shooting

Deadliest mass shooting by 64 year old Stephen Paddock Shooted from 32nd floor of Mandalay bay hotel killing 50 people and more than 200 wounded by automatic gun shooting on concert rapping up, the well attended by nearly thirty thousand people.

With barrage of gun shots for nearly 20-30 minutes, music loving congregation with sudden gun shot went helter skelter run for safe.

Shooter is local of Metropolitan city of Las Vegas was accompanied with lady Merilou Sankey, the room mate and is being questioned by Metropolitan Police.

Suspect shooter was killed at lightening speed by the Swift acts of Metropolitan police Las Vegas to quell the violence continuously killing randomly by vandal shooter so created by his savage act.

Suspect Stephen Paddock room and house to searched for further investigation with search warrant.

US President Donald J Triumph with identity crystallise tweeted to communicate his condolence to victims and families lost their loved ones.

Police Las Vegas in their brief asked not to panic further as violence act is at rest. Hunt for Suspect companion and two vehicles are found. Matter is under ongoing investigation.

Families looking to locate missing one requested to call.

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PRESS INVITATION-‘MUAVZA- ZAMEEN KA PAISA’

ON OCTOBER 2, 2017 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

PRESS INVITATION

Jagson Entertainment Company cordially invites you to attend the Press Conference & to share with you the uniqueness of their latest film

PRESS INVITATION

(An upcoming Indian comedy drama film. Based on the plot of Delhi NCR Land scam. Annu Kapoor plays the protagonist.)

‘MUAVZA- ZAMEEN KA PAISA’

To be addressed by:

Annu Kapoor
Girish Juneja (Director)
Jagdish Gupta (Producer)

Time: 3:30 pm

Date: 3rd October 2017 (Tuesday)

Venue: Le Méridien, New Delhi

Croatia at Glance

ON OCTOBER 2, 2017 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

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October 2017


	Dear citizens of Zagreb, dear guests! With the coming of Autumn and the rainy days to our city we are continuing to organise a great many interesting events at indoor, but no less attractive locations. I invite you to continue exploring our beautiful city which has become a desirable European destination. > more


	Dear friends and business partners! The multimedia exhibition “Croatia is Hrvatska” has opened in the Grič tunnel and reveals to us a host of well-known and little-known details from 133 turbulent years of the history of Croatia, Zagreb and the insurance company Croatia osiguranje. It is a wonderful introduction to the rich tourist and cultural offering of a Zagreb autumn. > more

An Artistic Treat in the Arts Pavilion – A Passion for Creation: Masterpieces from the Collection of the Maeght Foundation

The Arts Pavilion continues with a series of wonderful international exhibitions. From 5 October 2017 to 14 January 2018 visitors can enjoy the exhibition “A Passion for Creation: Masterpieces from the Collection of the Maeght Foundation.”

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A Nostalgic Musical Journey in the Dražen Petrović Basketball Hall – “Remember Yesterday: The Beatles Story”.

In the Dražen Petrović Basketball Hall on 13 October the international musical, dance and visual pop-rock spectacle “Remember Yesterday: The Beatles Story” will be held.

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Restaurant Week – The Tastiest Week of the Year!

To the delight of all who love to enjoy top class gastronomy, another Restaurant Week is ahead of us! Zagreb’s most visited gastronomic event will be held from 13 to 22 October.

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A Celebration of Music in Preporodna dvorana – Zagreb Kom

The 12th international festival of chamber music, or simply, as its numerous and loyal audience call it, Zagreb Kom, will be held 12-21 October in Gornji grad, in the Preporodna dvorana of Narodni dom at Opatička 18.

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our pick

The Power of the Wood Industry at the Zagreb Fair – Ambienta

The Zagreb Streets Invite You to Play – Unlock Zagreb

Rock Legends in Dom Sportova – Toto Plays for Zagreb

Exhibition in the Domitrović Tower – “Golden Threads, Restored Textiles from the Treasury of Zagreb Cathedral”

The Home of Croatian Visual Artists – The 4th Biennial of Painting, An Overview of the Croatian Scene

Kino Europa – Czech Film Week

MORE INFORMATION AT:

ZAGREB TOURIST BOARD
Tel: +385 1 48-14-052 / 053
e-mail: info@infozagreb.hr
www.infozagreb.hr

The Works of the Greats of Croatian Art in Klovićevi dvori – Vasko Lipovac Retrospective

In Klovićevi dvori on 14 September a large retrospective exhibition opened on the respected Croatian artist Vasko Lipovac, one of the most significant Croatian artists of the second part of the 20th century. Or, to put it better, from 14 September head for Klovićevi dvori for a dose of optimisim, brightness, good spirit, smiles and cheer which this great artist brings.

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	[VLOG] Zagreb Shortcuts Here the stories are more personal, the food is tastier, the music is louder and the city is more magical. Follow #ZagrebVlog and get to know Zagreb in a new way! > more

Published by: Zagreb Tourist Board \| Produced by: Plava ponistra d.o.o., Zagreb

CAIT THREATEN TO GO LEGAL IF NO ACTION AGAINST E COMMERCE PORTALS BY GOVT

ON OCTOBER 2, 2017 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) today expressed its deep anguish and resentment for the lethargic attitude of the Government for not taking any action against e commerce portals for openly flouting FDI policy of the Government in spite of making written complaints. The CAIT in a communication sent today to Shri Ramesh Abhishek, Secretary. Department of Industrial Promotion and Planning, Ministry of Commerce has said in plain words that if no action is taken by the Government, the trade body may opt for approaching Court of law for obtaining justice.

It is noteworthy to mention that the CAIT on 23rd September had sent a communication to Shri Suresh Prabhu, Minister for Commerce regarding gross violation of FDI policy by e-commerce portals and the said communication was referred to Secretary, DIPP for appropriate action same day.

CAIT National President Mr. B.C.Bhartia & Secretary General Mr. Praveen Khandelwal said that it is much regretted that almost a week has gone but so far no action has been taken against such e commerce portals as a result of which some of them are again going to violate the FDI policy which is evident from the fact that similar big Advertisements are visible for different kind of festival Sales on the occasion of Diwali for the purpose of attracting public in general which is utter violation of the FDI Policy as these e commerce portals are certainly not allowed to conduct Business to Consumer activities rather they are restricted to conduct only Business to Business activities.

They questioned as to why the Government is not taking any action against these e commerce players who are violating Government’s policy openly and dearly without any fear of law or rules and regulations. Such conduct on this issue and also raised few questions like what is preventing the Government in taking any action against these portals. Is there any hidden pressure for not taking any action . In spite of making written complaints since last three years, no action has been taken which is encouraging these e commerce portals to violate the policy and proving it as a joke of the Government. Whether law is different or its interpretation is different for different people.

Both Mr. Bhartia & Mr. Khandelwal said that such an attitude of the Government for not taking any action is directly and adversely affecting the business of brick and mortar shops due to uneven level playing field. They further said that if its complaint is wrong and not in accordance with the policy laid down by the Government, they should be informed and if the Complaint is genuine, then action should be taken immediately.

The CAIT has demanded to take immediate action against policy defaulter e commerce companies and impose ban on working of their portal and conduct an impartial inquiry into the issues raised by us and we should be given an opportunity of hearing.

It has categorically said that if no action is taken by the Government immediately, we shall be compelled to take shelter of the Court of Law for obtaining justice entirely on risk and cost of the Government.

Kurdish independence non binding referendum

ON OCTOBER 1, 2017 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

Iraq Kurdis vote in Historic Independence Referendum, shrugging off threats: “We have been waiting 100years for this” said Rizgar. Defying Baghdad, Iraqi Kurds vote in independence referendum.

Voting started on Monday in anindependence referendum organised by the Kurdis.
President of the Kurdistan Region is scheduled to hold a meeting with Kurdish political parties.

Kurdistan Toilers Party’s (KTP) Leadership Board who has been invited by President Masoud Barzani for Wednesday’s meeting.

Iran has embargoed exports and imports of fuel products to Iraqi Kurdistan in response to its controversial independence referendum.

This was reported by Iran’s State broadcaster IRIB. Iraqi Kurds overwhelmingly voted for independence in Monday’s non-binding referendum which aroused strong opposition from regional states.

According to news agencies, Iran strongly opposes independence for the Iraqi Kurds as it fears it will provoke separatists among its own Kurdish population.

Iran is one of the main exporters of fuel products to Kurdis

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INDIAN COAST GUARD to make Yamuna Bank clean

ON SEPTEMBER 29, 2017 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

In consonance with the National Initiative of the Hon’ble PrimeMinister Shri Narendra Modi ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’ –

Indian CoastGuard Director General Rajendra Singh will be leading his team of officers,sailors, civilian sta% and their family members down to the bank of riverYamuna opposite ISBT for Swacchta Abhiyan keeping in sync-with government mission of Swachta Hi Seva on 02 Oct 2017 .

It is important to note that it is the same venue where-in, a fortnightago Director General had led his team of o#cers and men in company with shri Manoj Tiwari, Member of Parliament and kicked of the’ Swachta HiSeva’ campaign.

Coast Guard is committed to the preservation of the environment and has adopted various initiatives across its units spread along the coastal belt of India.

DGICG and his team of 400 personnel including family members will carry out the campaign along the river Yamuna.

Endeavor will be to pick up all non- biodegradable materials,specially plastic bottles and bags, polythene bags , thermo coal and glass articles and make Yamuna Bank clean

ANOTHER BLOW OF GST LIKELY TO FALL ON TRADERS

ON SEPTEMBER 29, 2017 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

29th September, 2017

Goods worth about Rs 6 lakh crore may become redundant if last date of using MRP labelled old stock is not extended beyond 30th September. The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) has urged Union Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley to extend the date till 31st March,2018.

With implementation of GST in July 2017, it was provided that stocks as on 30th June,2017 having mandatory MRP labeling could be sold only upto 30th September by sticking new MRP stickers and from 1st October,2017 packed goods having fresh pprinted MRP could only be sold.

CAIT National President Mr. B.C.Bhartia & Secretary General Mr. Praveen Khandelwal said that under Packaged Commodity Act, it is mandatory provision that any commodity in packaged shape will invariably have printed MRP. It is estimated that goods pertaining to period prior to July worth about Rs. 9 lakh crore are still in the market across Country and out of which goods of about Rs. 6 lakh crore is in packaged condition having MRP. If the date is not extended than this huge quantum of goods can’t be sold in the market from 1st October.

and if such goods goes out of supply chain , it will have adverse impact on manufacturing sector and will hamper economic growth to a great extent and possibilities of scarcity of daily consumables can’t be ruled out.

Under such a scenario, the CAIT has made a strong appeal to the Government to extend the date up to 31st March,2018 which will facilitate the traders to liquidate the old stocks.

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August 2017 CPI inflation stands at 3.36%

ON OCTOBER 5, 2017 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

Rural India inflation stands at 3.30% in August 2017 as compared to 2.41% in July 2017 and

Urban India inflation stands at 3.35% in August 2017 as compared to 2.17% in July 2017

The all India general CPI inflation (Combined) for August 2017 stands at 3.36% as compared to 2.36% in July 2017. The inflation rates for rural and urban areas for August 2017 are 3.30% and 3/.35% respectively, as compared to 2.41% and 2.17% respectively, for July 2017. Rate of inflation during August 2017 for sugar and confectionery stands at 7.35%, pan and tobacco at 6.85%, cereals and products at 3.87%, milk and products at 3.58%, egg at (-)1.67%, spices at (-)1.74%, pulses and products at (-)24.43% etc.

Consumer Price Inflation (Combined) (%)

Ending Child Marriage and Dowry:An Initiative by Govt of Bihar and UNICEF

ON OCTOBER 5, 2017 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

Ending Child Marriage and Dowry: An Initiative by
Government of Bihar in technical collaboration with UNICEF

Promoting the value of girls and ensuring access to opportunities Patna/New Delhi, 4th October 2017: On the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi’s birth anniversary, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar launched a state-wide campaign to end child marriage and dowry in Bihar, a first of its kind. This campaign, in technical collaboration with UNICEF India, urges the people of Bihar to join hands and to take strong action against these social practices, to improve the lives of children and adolescents, and ensure their development and empowerment. Standing up to end child marriage and dowry, were three brave champion girls, Kajal Kumari, Rinki Kumari and Dhanwanti Kumari. In front of a 5,000-strong stakeholders, they shared their personal stories of anguish and triumph and how they broke the mould to claim their life with dignity. They urged people to raise their voice against these social practices. Over 20 million people took part in the oath taking ceremony to abstain from promoting or participating in practices across the state including PRI members, 38 district administration, government functionaries across the board and school children. The event was also attended by Deputy Chief Minister, Speaker of the House, Ministers of Education, Health, Panchayati Raj, Home, Rural Development, SC/ST Welfare including the Information and Public Relations. Addressing the occasion, CM Nitish Kumar said, “This social movement against child marriage and dowry system will show a new way to the whole country. By stopping child marriage, we can also reduce stunting and maternal mortality rate. If we want to see a developed Bihar, then we must create a society of equality and give our daughters an equal opportunity. We have to think about their progress and education, instead of marrying them at an early age.”

UNICEF India Representative, Dr. Yasmin Ali Haque, present at the occasion, mentioned that “Parents and communities must see their daughters as assets – as individuals capable of standing on their feet and contributing to society, and not as burdens to be married in haste. This requires us to invest in daughters, as the Government of Bihar is doing. We have to ease the financial burden on parents so that girls complete their education. We must address the concerns of parents, engage with them in making change possible.”

Multi-media communication packages developed will enhance knowledge, generate visibility across 38 districts reaching 8400 Gram Panchayats. The next phase of the initiative will focus on capacity development of nearly 200,000 key functionaries from seven line departments on the issues of child marriage and dowry. Simultaneously, local groups with support from women’s groups, police and local administration will be activated to mobilse communities, monitor and report. In order to continue with the momentum, a State Action Plan with costing and monitoring mechanisms will be developed with key Ministries. A state task force chaired by the Chief Secretary with the key departments and District Task Forces will be established to roll out the State Plan of Action. Plans are underway to enhance the social protection measures for adolescent girls in Bihar and sustain the awareness and communication initiative on adolescent empowerment.

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Launch of Child Marriage Campaign

Patna, 2 October 2017

Shri Nitish Kumar, Hon’ble Chief Minister, Govt. of Bihar
Shri Vijay Kumar Chaudhary, Chairperson, Bihar Assembly
Shri Sushil Kumar Modi, Deputy Chief Minister, Govt. of Bihar
Kumari Manju Verma, Minister, Dept. of Social Welfare
All colleagues in the government,
Members of the Civil Society Organizations
Media
All women, girls and boys – come from different parts of the state
Everyone reached through the audio and video connection

Shu Prabhat

It is indeed a privilege to be here with you today

This is my first time in Bihar where the leadership of the Honourable Chief Minister, Shri Nitish Kumar, supported by thousands of government officials, community leaders and workers, has significantly improved the lives of millions of children and women over the past decade.

The state of Bihar should be proud of all the progress achieved. Let me highlight just a few:

The number of children being immunised has doubled in the past 10 yrs
More infants are surviving – just last week we learnt the good news that the infant mortality has reduced from 42 per 1000 in 2013 to 38 in 2016
Polio has been eradicated
Child marriage has decreased significantly
School enrolment and literacy has dramatically increased

These are impressive achievements. Now it is important that success not give way to complacency: it must inspire us to take stronger action in the interest of the 46 million children of Bihar.

I would like to share with you a few thoughts about our unfinished business, particularly with regard to the value of girls in our society, in Bihar:

Recent data demonstrates that infant girls are at a much higher risk of dying than boys (for every 1000 live births it is 46 for girls and 31 for boys)
Lakhs of girls and boys are lost in transition during adolescence. Of every 100 children who enrol in school, only 45 enter class XI. (Close to 25 Lakh children enrol every year)
For girls this means an accelerated transition from childhood to parenthood – a traumatic and forced transition – 4 out of every 10 girls get married before the age of 18 years. Thousands of them even give birth before they turn 18.

We are here today at a new beginning we are here to renew our commitment to children in Bihar, especially girls. We are here to translate commitment into action.

Working together with the government and people of Bihar we will address two game changers that go hand-in-hand:

First is that of postponing the age of marriage, especially for girls.
The second is strengthening education and skill development opportunities forall The best way to prevent the scourge of child marriage and early pregnancy is to educate girls and boys, and equip them to realise their full potential as the human capital of Bihar.

We have been inspired by communities in the districts of Gaya, Vaishali, Nawada, Samastipur and Darbhanga who are empowering their adolescents. Community leaders and community workers who catalyse change in society, influencing people to abandon the harmful and adopt positive attitudes and behaviours. We know of exceptional community leaders in Bihar: we extend our full support to them.

The Women Development Corporation and partners have established vibrant adolescent groups and engaged with community leaders, reaching out to socially excluded communities – to change social norms related to child marriage, girls’ education and the value of girls.

We have seen how adolescent girls become change makers, some of them breaking the mould, to claim their rights and dignity and inspiring others to do the same.

Today’s initiative is yet another such example with action at the highest level generating momentum which is inspirational!

Honorable Chief Minister and all gathered here,

Permit me to share with you three ideals, three aspirations.

First, the rights of girls should not be perceived solely as the responsibility of girls and women. Men, play a crucial role in realising the equal rights of girls and boys. When girls have equal opportunities, the benefits percolate to the whole society– men and women, girls and boys.

Second, parents and communities must see their daughters as assets – as individuals capable of standing on their feet and contributing to society, AND not as burdens to be married in haste. This requires us to invest in daughters, as the Bihar government is doing. We have to ease the financial burden on parents so that girls complete their education. We must address the concerns of parents, engage with them in making change possible.

Third, every single one of us has a role to play. How many girls are there around us? In our home, in our neighbourhood, in our extended family? What can I do to empower the girls in my life to become equal citizens of Bihar, standing side by side with their brothers and contributing equally to the country?

Gandhi ji, one of the greatest leaders the world has seen, has said, “If we could change ourselves, the tendencies in the world would also change.” If we change how we see girls, the world would change – their world and our world.

Of this I am sure.

Bihar ki beti ut chali hai Samman ki Cycle par, Shiksha ke prahaar se ab

Toregi garibi aur soshan ka ku-chakraThis commitment, this momentum must be sustained… When it does, Bihar will successfully break the inter-generational transmission of poverty and malnutrition. Bihar will achieve its Seven Nishchay (seven resolutions).

So let’s re-affirm: Ek Shapath, Ek Nischay, Bihar ke Bacchon ke Liye

CEA Non-Cooperation With MoP RK Singh – Gen. 2014 Level

ON OCTOBER 5, 2017 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

Views are of researchers only

October05, 2017 (C) Ravinder Singh progressindia2015@gmail.com

This is something Extra Ordinary. For last few days CEA website is dead which provides latest ‘Power Stats.’ We can’t imagine Power Generation shall come down to 2014 level.

Installed Capacity Addition 11,716 MW – Peak Generation 20 MW

Hoarded Power is Traded at Rs.4.94/Unit – almost Double rate.

It was quite puzzling when on October04 Northern RegionalPEAK GENERATION was only 47,662 MW – almost same as peak in 2014 Summer i.e. 47,642 MW. Installed capacity in March2014 was 63,434 MW – 75,150 MW in March2017.

Even more puzzling when there is No Power shortage at 19:00 PM in Congress Ruled Punjab, Himachal and AAP ruled Delhi – there are Power Shortage in BJP Ruled states of 488 MW in Haryana, 1759 MW in Rajasthan, 1010 MW in UP, 150 MW in Uttarkhand, and 451 MW in J&K.

As Power Expert for 40 years – CEA & State Electricity Boards of BJP states are not cooperating with new Minister RK Singh.

There is 6% more water in Dams than last year – States can’t meet EVEN PEAK demand is horrendous.

CWC – The northern region includes States of Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and Rajasthan. There are 6 reservoirs under CWC monitoring having total live storage capacity of 18.01 BCM. As per Reservoir Storage Bulletin dated 28.09.2017, the total live storage available in these reservoirs is15.02 BCM which is 83% of total live storage capacity of these reservoirs. The storage during corresponding period of last year was 77% and average storage of last ten years during corresponding period was 82% of live storage capacity of these reservoirs. Thus, storage during current year is better than the corresponding period of last year and is also better than the average storage of last ten years during the corresponding period.

Dams in UP and Uttarkhand gas above average storage except Rihand which has catchment in MP but this is only 300 MW generator or 2% of Northern Region.

Ravinder Singh, Inventor & Consultant, INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES AND PROJECTS

Y-77, Hauz Khas, ND -110016, India. Ph: 091- 8826415770 [4G], 9871056471, 9718280435,

Ravinder Singh* is a WIPO awarded inventor specializing in Power, Transportation,

Smart Cities, Water, Energy Saving, Agriculture, Manufacturing, Technologies and Projects

Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore: ‘Khelo India school games’ in December

ON OCTOBER 5, 2017 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

Sports Ministry to launch ‘Khelo India school games’ in December: Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore

New Delhi, October 3, 2017: Union Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore revealed that the government to launch ‘Khelo India school games’ by December 2017 to provide platform for children to nurture talent at an ASSOCHAM event held in New Delhi today.

The Khelo India school games will be in December 2017 and we will have it every year and will be in partnership with corporates houses and with the broadcasting channels so that we can deliver in these categories. Khelo India will spot a 1,000 children from the School Games and fund them by allocating Rs 5 lakh per year for eight years, said Mr Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Minister of State, Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sport (I/C) while inaugurating an ASSOCHAM FIFA U-17 World Cup, India Industry Discussion & Felicitation Sessions here at New Delhi.

Mr. Rathore added, every year we will keep adding 1,000 athletes more to this number. So, eight years down the line, 8,000 athletes being supported by Rs. 5 lakhs each and to a quantum of about Rs. 250 crore, said Mr. Rathore.

We will try and raise it to the level of Asian games and American games so there is provide platform for children who are studying in school to come and play and participate in that platform. Without doing this we will not be able to nurture talent, said Mr. Rathore.

We will create first ever ‘Khelo India college games’ and that’s going to be in the month of January 2018, said Mr. Rathore.

Mr Rathore said, the FIFA U-17 World Cup 2017 is a very important occasion as for the first time an Indian team will participate in a FIFA Tournament and thus it is a great honour for all of us.

“Each and every one of you can inspire this nation by what you do on the football field”, Rathore added.

Addressing the Indian U-17 World Cup squad members, he said, “you are going to play the game of your life and every moment counts. When you enter the field, you should enter to win.”

Mr. Rathore added that, Sports is not just play and fun, it is a medium for breaking boundaries and communications. The Prime Minister certainly sees sports as something that unites the country.

The way we look at sport needs to change in India. Every stakeholder has to become part of what sports is all about and that includes the federation, corporates, parents, schools, colleges and media as well.

He further added, this country is the youngest country in the world and it has to behave like a young country. It has to play and have fun and learn through sports.

Therefore, the ministry of sports will always will be available to the cooperates in ASSOCHAM, he further said that any idea that you bring about be it in manufacturing, trading and anything to promote manufactures of the sports goods, all promotions of sports.

Ahead of the FIFA Under-17 World Cup starting on October 6, Union Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore Mr Rathore said, 24000 tickets have been sold out and we actually held on the sale of the tickets so that we can reserve some for the children. We want children to watch the matches in large numbers.

All India Football Federation’s General Secretary Kushal Das, who was also present at the ocassion said, “Hosting of U-17 football world cup in India will prove to be a watershed event. He said, we are ready for the event and just a beginning for Indian Football, there is a long way to go.

More information available onwww.assocham.org

Exposing Education Minister, Vinod Tawde and MP Gopal Shetty.

ON OCTOBER 5, 2017 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

Dear friends of the media,

Education Activist Sachin Pawar along with parents of the children studying at MKVV High School (Pragnesh Gopani and Bhavik Shah), Borivali West to hold a press conference tomorrow at 3pm at the Marathi Patrakar Sangh to expose the nefarious modus operandi and nexus of Education Minister, Shri Vinod Tawde and Member of Parliament, North West, Shri Gopal Shetty, CBSE board with the school management to usurp and grab the land where the school is situated by using their immense political clout and muscle power.

The lives of 2600 children and their parents whose are put at stake because of the greed and avarice of the above powerful personas.
The school has also been deaffiliated from CBSE in the last month.

The parents are also the petitioners in the cases filed against the school management and the above politicians.

Date : 5th october 2017 (Tomorrow)
Time : 3pm
Venue : Marathi Patrakar Sangh, near Azad Maidan, CST.

RSVP – Abhishek Bhat 7303152510

ONGC Masters 2017

ON OCTOBER 5, 2017 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

M Dharma takes route 63 to the top in round one of ONGC Masters 2017

Abhishek Jha one shot back

Noida, October 4, 2017: It was M Dharma all the way in round one of the ONGC Masters 2017, a tournament that returned on the PGTI schedule after eight years. The Bengaluru golfer shot one of the best rounds of his career, a flawless nine-under-63, at the Noida Golf Course on Wednesday, to make his way to the top of the leaderboard.

Abhishek Jha, another Bengalurean, also came up with an exceptional effort of eight-under-64 to be placed second.

Dharma, who posted top-10s in the last two PGTI events, continued his good work on the course. After three birdies on the back nine, Dharma picked up the pace with birdies on the first and second. But it was his birdie run on the last four holes that turned out to be the highlight of his round.

Dharma sank putts at will on the last four holes, draining four from a range of 10 to 20 feet. He even salvaged a birdie from the bunker on the eighth.

Dharma, a former winner on the PGTI, said, “I’ve been in contention all year. I’ve made the cut in all 10 events that I’ve played this year. I’ve constantly been in a strong position after the first two rounds of most events this year. It’s the third and fourth rounds where I’ve been slipping. I need to finish better.

“This is one of my best rounds ever. It was a combination of some good ball-striking and consistent putting. I’ll continue to play steady from here on in order to build on the solid start.

“My improved performances are a result of all the work I’ve put in with regard to my physical fitness. Fitness was never my strength but now it has given me much more stability on the course.”

Abhishek Jha was hitting it close through the day and therefore didn’t need his putter to do much work. He scored four birdies on the front nine and followed that up with a hat-trick of birdies from the 10th to the 12th. Jha landed his tee shot within a foot of the flag on the 10th. He also came close to making eagle on the 11thwhen he almost holed it from the fairway.

The tall and lanky Abhishek, yet to bag his maiden title, finally earned an eagle on the 14th. However, a double bogey on the next where he found the trees and then missed a two-footer on the green, seemed to have come at the wrong time for Jha. But he regained some ground with a birdie on the 17th.

Abhishek said, “I was pleasantly surprised with my round. I backed myself after every good and bad shot. The belief I had in myself was the key.

“I didn’t let the double bogey on the 15th affect me. I was proud with the way I bounced back with the birdie on the 17th. Playing the MENA Tour during the summer months helped me get in some good tournament practice. That has contributed to raising my game.”

R Murthy’s seven-under-65 meant there were three Bengalureans at the top after day one.

Noida had representation in the top-5 as the local duo of Amardip Sinh Malik and Dipankar Kaushal closed the day in tied fourth at 66 along with Sri Lanka’s K Prabagaran.

VANI is conducting a one day Round table

ON OCTOBER 5, 2017 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

With the introduction of Goods and Services Tax, the country underwent a dynamic transformation in its economic architecture that has revolutionized the procedural processes in the country’s indirect taxation regime. As such there have been innumerable concerns about the operability and application of GST, with each sector of the economy demanding clarifications to be issued by the GST Council. Similarly in a recent notification issued by the Central Board of Direct Taxes (Notification No.12/2017-Central Tax dated 28th June 2017), the application of GST has been notified on specific activities deemed as ‘charitable’ under organization registered under Section 12AA.

This notification makes the exemption to charitable trusts available for charitable activities more specific. While the income from only those activities such as advancement of public health, advancement of religion, spirituality and yoga, preservation of environment, watershed development, advancement of education towards mentally ill, prisoner and old persons in rural areas is exempt from GST, income from the activities other than those mentioned above is taxable. This notification makes the exemption to charitable trusts available for charitable activities more specific. While the income from only those activities listed above is exempt from GST, income from the activities other than those mentioned above is taxable.

In August 2017 VANI had convened a select group consultation of Chief Financial Officers in New Delhi to discuss the various aspects of GST that had subsequently resulted in forming a core group that worked on a comprehensive document detailing issues Voluntary Organizations face when confronted with GST. In the coming months VANI is seeking to conduct an interface with the GST Council concerning the various clauses and modalities of GST and will endeavor to petition Ministry Of Finance. It is also necessary that the concerned line departments such as CBDT issue circulars and notifications that address the financial operations of Voluntary Organizations in their day to day activities and provide clarity on what services are subjected as ‘taxable’. For your perusal we are attaching the document prepared by the select group on recommendations to the GST Council and the CBDT notification letter.

Looking towards these issues, VANI is conducting a one day Round table of Chief Financial Officers on GST on 13th October 2017 to discuss the document prepared by our select group as well as solicit inputs on the notification issued by the Central Board of Direct Taxes. We request organizational heads to forward the participation of their respective organization’s Chief Financial Officers, so as to bolster VANI’s endeavor in conducting targeted advocacy on regulatory laws as well as provide their experienced inputs. The meeting’s details are provided below, VANI will be providing travel to outstation participants with one day accommodation.

Round table of Chief Financial Officers on GST

Date- 13th October 2017

Venue- Amaltas Hall, India Habitat Center, Lodhi Road, New Delhi

I request you to kindly forward your confirmations to my colleague Mr Arjun Phillips arjun@vaniindia.org. We will be forwarding you the agenda very soon.

Best Regards,

HARSH JAITLI

Chief Executive Officer
Voluntary Action Network India (VANI)
Plot No. 7, PSP, Sector 8, Dwarka,
New Delhi 110075

Phone: +91-11- 49148610
Mobile: 9717473474
Email: harsh@vaniindia.org, info@vaniindia.org
Website: www.vaniindia.org

PRESS INVITATION-‘RANCHI DIARIES’

ON OCTOBER 5, 2017 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

PRESS INVITATION

Coconut motion pictures & Anupam Kher’s Actor Prepares cordially invites you to attend the Press Conference & to share with you the uniqueness of their latest film

‘RANCHI DIARIES’

(An upcoming Indian drama film set in a small town with Anupam Kher and Jimmy Shergill spearheading the cast. The story is slice of life comic small-town tale which will resonate with young urban and heartland audiences alike.)

To be addressed by:

Anupam Kher
Satish Kaushik
Himansh Kohli (Yaariyan movie fame)
Soundarya Sharma (Lead Actress)
Sattwik Mohanty (Director)

Time: 3:00 pm

Date: 5th October 2017 (Thursday)

Venue: RSVP, 19 Ashok Road, New Delhi

You are requested to send correspondents/ photographers/ camera crew for the Press Conference.

August 2017 core infra grows at 4.9%

ON OCTOBER 5, 2017 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

The core infrastructure grows at 4.9% in August 2017 as against 2.6% in July 2017. The combined Index of Eight Core Industries stands at 123.6 in August, 2017, which was 4.9 % higher compared to the index of August, 2016. Crude Oil and Natural Gas growth stands at -1.6% and 4.2% respectively in the month of August 2017.

Table 1: Sector wise trend in monthly production (% growth)

Sector	Weight	Aug 17	July’17
Crude Oil	8.98	-1.6	-0.5
Natural Gas	6.88	4.2	6.6
Petroleum Refinery Products	28.04	2.4	-2.7
Coal	10.33	15.3	0.6
Fertilizer	2.63	-0.7	0.2
Electricity	19.85	10.3	6.5
Cement	5.37	-1.3	-2.0
Steel	17.92	3.0	9.2
Overall	100	4.9	2.6

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 3% during April-August 2017-18 as against 5.4% during the corresponding period of the previous year.

Table 2: Sector wise trend in production (% growth)

Sector	Weight	April to August 2018	April to August 2017
Crude Oil	8.98	-0.3	-3.1
Natural Gas	6.88	4.8	-3.9
Petroleum Refinery Products	28.04	1.0	7.4
Coal	10.33	-0.2	2.3
Fertilizer	2.63	-1.1	1.7
Electricity	19.85	6.5	6.8
Cement	5.37	-3.3	4.3
Steel	17.92	6.0	8.7
Overall	100	3.0	5.4

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

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

UN Environment and IRRI join hands

ON OCTOBER 5, 2017 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

UN Environment and IRRI join hands to drive climate-smart sustainable rice

4 October 2017, Bangkok: UN Environment and the International Rice Research Institute today announced a new agreement to reinforce their long-standing collaboration to promote innovative environment-friendly technologies for rice production in developing countries.

A Memorandum of Understanding was today signed by the two institutions to strengthen collaborative initiatives focusing on climate-smart sustainable best practices in rice production, with a particular focus on meeting the needs of rice farmers in developing countries.

Collaboration began in 2008 when the two institutions established the Sustainable Rice Platform as a multi-stakeholder initiative, bringing together governments, private sector actors, research and grass-roots organization to address the many challenges facing the rice sector. The alliance was officially launched in 2011 and now counts 80 institutional members around the world, linking together research, production, policymaking, trade and consumption to enhance sustainability throughout rice value chains.

Rice is critical to rural economies and global food security, but rice farmers worldwide are increasingly suffering from the combined impacts of climate change, declining yields and loss in soil fertility. Droughts, floods, increasing temperatures and rising sea levels are all taking their toll, affecting livelihoods, and impacting on biodiversity and health.

Speaking at the opening of the First Global Sustainable Rice Conference and Exhibition held at the UN Conference Centre in Bangkok, Dr Matthew K Morell, IRRI’s Director General, commented: “We are proud to strengthen our broad-ranging partnership with UN Environment through this Memorandum of Understanding, to work together on our shared goals. Given the many challenges the global rice sector faces as we look ahead over the next 25 years, major transformation will be needed in order to meet the needs of a fast-growing global population in a sustainable way.

“The International Rice Research Institute and other research institutions have developed a wide range of sustainable technologies that will help reduce use of water, chemicals and energy in rice, and protect the crop from pests, disease and the impacts of climate change. Together, through our collaboration under the Sustainable Rice Platform, we aim to help 1 million small farmers over the next 5 years to adopt climate-smart sustainable best practices.”

Under the agreement, the two institutions will work to enhance sustainable rice-based production and food systems through awareness raising, capacity development, knowledge exchange, and evidence-based analyses for policy support, as well as adoption of the new Sustainable Rice Platform Standard on Sustainable Rice Cultivation.

“We need to increase the adoption of climate-smart sustainable technologies to small-scale rice farmers around the world, and this partnership, as well as working with the private sector, will help in that job,” said Erik Solheim, head of UN Environment. “This work goes beyond just putting food on plates. It’s about boosting sustainable production, and therefore giving farmers and consumers a better deal. It’s about delivering on our global goals, and taking concrete climate action.”

Rice is grown by some 144 million small rice farmers and feeds 3.5 billion people around the world including 800 million living on below US$1.50 per day. However, by 2050 the world will face a shortfall in rice supplies. While projections point to a 25% increase in global rice consumption over the next 25 years, yields in key rice producing countries may fall by up to 20% due to climate change impacts such as rising sea levels, salinity, temperature rise, droughts and floods. Rice also accounts for 9-11% of global emissions of methane- a potent greenhouse gas.

About UN Environment

UN Environment is the leading organization within the United Nations system in the field of environment and has as a major area of focus of its global mandate, the conservation, protection, enhancement and support of nature and natural resources, including biological diversity. UN Environment hosts the Secretariat of the Sustainable Rice Platform, a multi-stakeholder initiative with 80 institutional members, co-convened by UN Environment and the International Rice Research Institute to promote resource efficiency and sustainability in the global rice sector, through an alliance that links research, production, policy, trade and consumption.

In 2015, the launch of the SRP Standard for Sustainable Rice Cultivation- the world’s first voluntary sustainability standard for rice triggered commitments by a number of major private sector food industry actors to achieve 100% sustainable sourcing within their global corporate supply chains by 2020.

About the International Rice Research Institute

The International Rice Research Institute is a nonprofit, autonomous, nonpolitical, international organization established in 1960 under international treaty, with a mission to reduce poverty and hunger through rice science, improve the health of rice farmers and consumers and ensure environmental sustainability through collaborative research, partnerships and strengthening of national agricultural research and extension system

Hardeep S. Puri’s Urban Housing Focus – Smart but Confused

ON OCTOBER 5, 2017 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

October04, 2017 (C) Ravinder Singh progressindia2015@gmail.com

Hardeep Singh Puri, speaks well but he is entrusted with most difficult department ‘Urban Affairs’ and he is least trained for this job. Cities and Towns in India have problems of Power, Water, Food Supply-Distribution, Transport, Education, Healthcare, Housing, Jobs, Industry, Law & Order, Traffic Jams, Business & Trade, Pollution, Sewage Treatment & Discharge and Garbage Generation & Disposal.Each town has its own Unique Character & dimension.

Worked for 10 years and trained in public works in 1976 – I understand fully all the Challenges, Obstructions, Investments, Skills & Financial Resources needed.

Though Urban Development is a state subject each state should come up with its own strategy and program – Central Government had needlessly Taken Over the state programs and then assigned ‘Single Programs for All States to Implement.’

A reputed Builder may need $2000b to build 20 million homes by 2030, another approach could provide 20m homes at $200b only by 2022 – yet another program could do it for $50b by 2019.

Like Gadkari, Prabhu & Goyal who ‘Plundered Public Resources in Unviable Projects’ – Hardeep S. Puri has embarked on giving yet another dimension & direction to the plunder.

Affordable homes in poorer regions can be built in days – made of locally available materials like Flyash Bricks for walls and Fiberglass Roof for Rs.1 lakh or $1500.

Rural Housing has big advantage – Land is practically free,Solar Power too could be free for 25-40 years, Water is Free– a tube-well could deliver say 800 Cubic Meter of water for over 1000 new homes, Broadband now is almost free, Locally produced Fresh Foods & Milk & Meats cost a fifth – Waste is returned to Soils for minimum Micro Nutrient Loss, No Land Fill & Garbage Trucks required. No Long distance HT Power Lines required. Waste water releases of Mini Sewage Treatment plant used for irrigation.

India’s Farm GDP Could Exceed $2,000b

US Food GDP is $2000b – Iowa State in USA largely produce Crops for Animal Feed – Milk, Meats, Eggs etc and process most of the Farm Produce. 60% Processed Foods to be consumed in rural India itself – 60% Less Transportation & Packing of Foods.

Biggest advantage is Most Foods can be produced Locally When it is RIPE & Most Nutritious and Best Tasting. i.e. Freshly grounded Flour, Vegetable Oil, Milk Fresh from Cows, Eggs consumed within hours of laying.

THIS IS 20M HOMES, 200M JOBS, $2000b RURAL GDP PROGRAM.

Ravinder Singh, Inventor & Consultant, INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES AND PROJECTS

Y-77, Hauz Khas, ND -110016, India. Ph: 091- 8826415770, 9871056471, 9718280435

Ravinder Singh* is a WIPO awarded inventor specializing in Power, Transportation,

Smart Cities, Water, Energy Saving, Agriculture, Manufacturing, Technologies and Projects

Nature Art Project & Exhibition

ON OCTOBER 5, 2017 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

The Nature Connect Project, an initiative by Sonalika ITL Group is a 3-day interactive Nature Art Project & Exhibition being hosted at the Hungarian International Cultural Centre (HICC), New Delhi from 27th – 29th September. The festival has been conceived and developed by not-for-profit foundation Arts4All, and is curated by renowned artist Somu Desai.

The Sonalika ITL Group has pledged to empower and create value for society by uplifting women, children, elderly people, and taking care of the environment. The organisation firmly believes in the idea of a sustainable future for the planet. Taking this belief forward, Sonalika ITL collaborated with Arts4all to fund a project and exhibition which aims to bring about a wider awareness on environmental and social issues among local communities through contemporary art practices, such as nature art, public art, photography, sculpture, painting, and digital media. The exhibition also provides a platform to urge for peaceful coexistence and harmony with nature. Nature Connect is one of the many efforts by Sonalika ITL and Arts4all to showcase relevant environmental and Projects including Global Nomadic Art project ,Growing Gurgaon and the Western Ghat Eco Walk project conceived by Arun Kumar H.G was recreated as part of Nature Connect.

Eight artists from across the country have created eco-friendly, site-specific sculpture installations to initiate dialogue on the balance between nature, and the human need for development. Artists Abhinav Yagnik, Anoop Panciker, Bala Gopalan, Devika Swaroop, Puja Bahri, Rahul Modak, Shubhangi Tyagi & Harinder, and Somu Desai highlight the importance of the coexistence between the environment and humanity through their work. ‘Your Nature Your Art’ was an interactive live project by artists Ohida & Adil.

Digital media and photographic installations are the other mediums through which the imbalance between nature, and the relentless growth and consumption, has been brought to the forefront.

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Justice for Gauri on October 5th.

ON OCTOBER 4, 2017 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

PRESS INVITE

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All India coordinated mobilizations for Justice for Gauri on October 5th.

In Delhi, this mobilization will take the form of a March for Democracy

DATE: October 5th

TIME: 1 pm

PLACE: Mandi House to Jantar Mantar.

Contact: Bittu (8179542651) Poonam (9811136242)

We request all people to join this rally in the largest possible numbers. In several parts of India there will also be programs for Justice for Gauri on the same day. In Maharashtra there will be a large protest in Mumbai on 5th October as well as actions in Nagpur; in Madhya Pradesh there wil be actions in Bhopal, Indore, Jabalpur and other districts. in Orissa, programs will be held in Bhubaneshwar, Bethampur,Puri, Baleswar and Phulabani districts. In Tamil Nadu there will be a hall meeting in Chennai on October 5th, Kerala there will be multiple rallies on October 5 and 6th, in Telangana a large joint event is taking place in Hyderabad and another is taking place in Vijaywada, Andhra Pradesh. In Gujarat, Punjab, Haryana, Bihar and West Bengal there have been many mass public meetings and the series of public protests has not abated since the day of Gauri’s assassination. We request all people to join these actions in the largest possible numbers.

The assassination of Gauri Lankesh, two years after a similar horror was perpetrated on scholar M.M.Kalaburgi in Karnataka, follows the same eerie pattern as the murder of rationalists Govind Pansare and Narendra Dabholkar in Maharashtra. These killings are inseparable from the chain of killings of Dalits and Muslims in the name of ‘cow protection’, ‘religion’ etc. There have been many threats to journalists and activists who have been countering communalism, and this has continued even after her death, with the killing of Santanu Bhowmick and as seen from the way eminent Bahujan academic Kancha Iliah was grieviously threatened and even physically attacked.

Meanwhile the silence of the Prime Minister on the justification and celebration of Gauri’s assassination by people who are in various ways linked to the ruling dispensation is unacceptable in a civilized society.

In Maharashtra there will be a large protest in Mumbai on 5th October as well as actions in Nagpur; in Madhya Pradesh there wil be actions in Bhopal, Indore, Jabalpur and other districts. in Orissa, programs will be held in Bhubaneshwar, Bethampur,Puri, Baleswar and Phulabani districts. In Tamil Nadu there will be a hall meeting in Chennai on October 5th, Kerala there will be multiple rallies on October 5 and 6th, in Telangana a large joint event is taking place in Hyderabad and another is taking place in Vijaywada, Andhra Pradesh. In Gujarat, Punjab, Haryana, Bihar and West Bengal there have been many mass public meetings and the series of public protests has not abated since the day of Gauri’s assassination. We request all people to join these actions in the largest possible numbers.

Being a founder member of Karnataka Komu Souharda Vedike (The Communal Harmony Forum, Karnataka), Gauri Lankesh was actively involved in the resistance against reactionary forces along with other progressive sections of Karnataka who had responded pro-actively and consistently to counter the growth of such trend in the society. Yet the above assassinations and other developments clearly demonstrate that whatever has been done is just not sufficient to counter their terror. But after the killing of Gauri Lankesh a stronger reaction has come from various sections of society with whom she had pledged her solidarity, including artists (including ‘mainstream’ cinema), journalists, ex-civil service officers, legal fraternity including former judges, academicians, religious heads (especially the Viraktha Basava tradition Swamijis of Karnataka), LGBT community etc and more. Youth and students formed the major chunk of the different mobilisations against this killing. So, NOW is the time to respond. We appeal to every individual and collective, all those who think and feel for the future of humanity as a whole, to come forward and support the voice of unity for a harmonious and vibrant society.

We:

Demand that the police investigation primarily focuses on the most probable killers and the real political actors behind them as is the normal procedure. The most probable killers here are obviously only those who were Gauri’s main adversaries, the most retrogressive forces which had threatened to kill Gauri and which have justified and celebrated her killing. We demand that the state government in Karnataka expedites action in this direction by all means.

We insist above all that it is the utmost responsibility of the offices that are supposed to safeguard the constitutional values to discharge their duty impartially. But unfortunately the present dispensation in the centre is unashamedly upholding and supporting the forces which are destroying communal harmony and democratic values that are entrenched in our society. Hence it is all the more necessary that ‘we the people of India’ apply moral and political pressure on the prevailing regime, such that an unbiased enquiry is conducted not only to arrest the criminals behind the acts but also the extra constitutional forces behind them.

Teesta Setalvad (Journalist, Activist, Educationist, Forum against the assassination of Gauri Lankesh)

Jignesh Mevani (Rashtriya Dalit Adhikar Manch, Forum against the assassination of Gauri Lankesh)

Kavita Krishnan (AIPWA, Forum against the assassination of Gauri Lankesh)

Annie Raja, NFIW

Shabnam Hashmi, Anti-communal activist

Mariam Dhawale, AIDWA

Poonam, Pragatisheel Mahila Sangathan (PMS)

Ovais Sultan Khan, Anhad

Rajni Tilak, Rashtriya Dalit Mahila Andolan

Bittu, Karnataka Janashakti, WSS

Anand Patwardhan (Film maker, Forum against the assassination of Gauri Lankesh)

Irfan engineer (Anti communal activist, Forum against the assassination of Gauri Lankesh)

Narayana Rao, Telangana (Civil Liberties Committee, Forum against the assassination of Gauri Lankesh)

K. Neela (AIDWA, Forum against the assassination of Gauri Lankesh)

Vasu (Karnataka Janashakti, Forum against the assassination of Gauri Lankesh

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Tu Hai Mera Sunday

ON OCTOBER 6, 2017 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

Milind Dhaimade’s first full length feature, Tu Hai Mera Sunday is inspired by true life events

Tu Hai Mera Sunday is a film about five friends who play football at Juhu Beach in Mumbai and is a light-hearted Mumbai based story. They are not (professional) football players but a regular bunch of guys, who don’t have anything in common, but have met at different stages of life and become close friends. Recently the cast along with the director promoted their film in Royal Plaza, Delhi and interacted with the media.

The film revolves around the bunch of friends for whom; their Sunday football game on the beach is the only thing that they look forward to. One day, a crazy old man joins the group and does something which leads to a ban on playing at Juhu beach. Now these five guys have to find a place to play in Mumbai and intermittently, you see their lives and how each one is dealing with their own space in Mumbai. Basically it’s about your own little space and finding happiness in that space – how all of us living in urban India try to find our little islands of happiness. Moreover the director mentioned that the story is inspired by the story of the life of his friends.

Milind when asked about the reason behind choosing the star-cast said, “It is a story of everyday life of people so we just wanted the characters that can do justice to the roles. Characters plays the major role in s movie so we searched for a year or two who can act very genuinely as per the role and I had a very amazing journey finding them and find them perfect for it. Moreover, all the cast was ready for the hard work which was an added advantage.”

Maanvi Gagroo when asked about who is her perfect Sunday said, “For me I am my own Sunday and the best Sunday is when I relax at home and do not have any work to do.” Shahana Goswami when asked the same question said, “My perfect Sunday is film and cinema when I watch 2-3 films in a stretch while relaxing at home.” Vishal Malhotra on it said, “My Sunday is not a day but just a happy moment or anything that can make me happy.”

Barun Sobti when asked about the uniqueness of the film said, “It is very difficult to decide the genre of our film in one word but I can tell you that we have shared the movie with the audience at different levels and festivals but the one thing that we have witnessed was that they went in with different mood and come out with a smile on their face so that’s what we can expect.”

The film is all set to hit the screens on 6th October 2017.

Train collided with a bus in the Vladimir Region

ON OCTOBER 6, 2017 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

Seventeen people were killed when a train collided with a bus in the Vladimir Region east of Moscow, the Russian investigative committee’s Moscow department for transport said in a statement. A hospital caring for those injured has told Sputnik news agency five people have been admitted, four critical.

Police are working on the ground to establish the details of the accident. Early data indicates the most likely cause was the bus driver going across the rail tracks in spite of a red traffic light.

Poland, Lithuania,Ukraine joint brigade

ON OCTOBER 6, 2017 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

Defense ministers from Poland, Lithuania and Ukraine on Thursday authorized their two-year-old joint brigade to take part in international missions for the region’s security. The brigade was given a banner and was named after a 16th-century military commander who fought against Russian forces, AP reports.

The ministers upgraded its role to allow it to take part in international military missions. According to Polish Defense Minister Antoni Macierewicz, the brigade will now be able to take part in “all peacekeeping missions that are necessary in the case when peace is threatened” and guard the region’s security.

Ministry of Mines – Workshop on Threshold Value

ON OCTOBER 6, 2017 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

PRESS ADVISORY – Ministry of Mines – Workshop on Threshold Value

PRESS INFORMATION BUREAU

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

AHMEDABAD

France offer to mediate Iraq’s government and Kurdish

ON OCTOBER 6, 2017 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

France offered on Thursday to mediate between Iraq’s government and Kurdish regional authorities.

President Emmanuel Macron offer came as Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi visited Paris. The trip is his first abroad since its Kurdish-held northern regions last month voted for independence in a referendum declared illegal by Baghdad. Abadi said on Thursday he could understand the Kurds’ “aspirations” – provided they were expressed in accordance with the constitution – and wanted to avoid violence, AP said.

Ankara to “soon” close its border crossing with Iraqi Kurdistan

ON OCTOBER 6, 2017 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

Ankara to “soon” close its border crossing with Iraqi Kurdistan and airspace after the disputed referendum on independence, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned on Thursday. “Airspace will be closed… the border will also be shut soon,” Erdogan said in a televised speech. “How will you [the Iraqi Kurds] have imports and exports then?”AFP quoted him as saying.

Erdogan’s comments came a day after his visit to Iran, where both countries confirmed their opposition to Iraqi Kurdish aspirations of independence.

The Turkish president reaffirmed his belief that only Israel was in favor of Iraqi Kurdish independence.

GDP Growth – Running, Sleeping, Corrupt and Sick Activities

ON OCTOBER 6, 2017 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

Researcher views and Reviews only: Not ours:

October06, 2017 (C) Ravinder Singh progressindia2015@gmail.com

Last evening Economists, Government, Industry, Business, Academics, CAG & Press all were discussing Growth Prospects of Indian Economy.

Just two sectors – Automobile & Power are Running rest are all Sleeping, Corrupted & Sick. Electric Vehicles and Solar Bids of Rs.1 Per unit shall disrupt these too shortly.

All differed on GDP growth numbers from 3.4% to 6.7% old series or new series.

All agreed DEMONETIZATION & GST has SEVERELY disrupted Indian Economy.

All agree Banking NPAs has gone up from 3,40,000 Cr to Rs.12,50,000 Cr in 3+ Years.

All agreed 95% of SMEs are funded by Moneylenders & Banks don’t fund SMEs presently.

All agreed our Politicians are Most Corrupt & Incompetent.

All agreed Corrupt Practices Hurt India the most – AgainstRs.4 Cr/MW – India funds Rs.6 Cr/MW – Industry & Politicians sharing the loot – Doubles Cost of Power than China.

All agreed INDUSTRY is DEAD – some said IndianContribution in Smart Phones is a Charger and Cover, other tell us Indian Industry is doing ‘Third Level Work’ like in Pharma India is merely packaging ‘Active Ingredients Imported from China.’ – Technically means low ‘Low Value Added Products Manufacturing’.

All agreed India Industry is not investing in R&D – whereas some company in Vietnam is investing 12% of its revenue on R&D. Actually CSIR & others file few Bogus Patents which have no commercial potential.

All agreed Tax to GDP ratio is 17% than 34% desired but didn’t tell INDIA didn’t INVEST IN HIGH VALUE ADDED & PREMIUM, MOST PROFITABLE PRODUCT MANUFACTURING. Moneylender Funded Business & Industry shall not be profitable. NO VALUE ADDED IN FARM SECTOR – 60% of Work Force is largely idle. USA has $2000b FOOD INDUSTRY.

[Narmada Canal delayed by 40 years cost 20 Times Yet Not Operating at 15% Capacity]

All agreed JOB growth is negative or no growth. A TV Channel reported how in Gujarat 6,00,000 Skilled and Unskilled workers registered them at Employment Exchange but only 650 were given jobs.

Panelists didn’t tell us sector wise economic activity –Running, Sleeping, Corrupt & Sick.

Only two sectors seems to be RUNNING are Automobiles & Power – Automobile sector will soon be disrupted by Electric Vehicles and in Power sector when India adds 20,000 MW – Generation goes up by 6,000 MW.

This inventors view is that –

1. Under NDA-II ‘Unviable & Unsustainable and Undesirable Projects Were Promoted.’

2. Indian Railways didn’t Order Replacement of JUNKED Rolling Stock – Manufacture of LBH and Double Decker Coaches to Boost Capacity, Efficiency and Speed but started short branch lines or Converting Rail Lines which are Totally Unviable.

3. NDA-II Investing Heavily on Highways – almost entirely on Old Routes passing through cities than Low Cost Virgin Highways.

4. NDA-II is Undertaking Unviable Projects which may take 20-30 years to complete.

5. NDA-II didn’t support FAST GRANT OF PATENTS for Products development for World Market and set aside 10-20 Lakh for Inventions Led Projects.

Ravinder Singh, Inventor & Consultant, INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES AND PROJECTS

Y-77, Hauz Khas, ND -110016, India. Ph: 091- 8826415770 [4G], 9871056471, 9718280435,

Ravinder Singh* is a WIPO awarded inventor specializing in Power, Transportation,

Smart Cities, Water, Energy Saving, Agriculture, Manufacturing, Technologies and Projects

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5th day of the 44th Sub Junior National Championship

ON OCTOBER 13, 2017 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

Results from the final league matches and initial knockout matches till the 5th day of the 44th Sub Junior National Championship

Bengaluru/Didwana 12th October 2017: The 44th Sub Junior National Championship for Boys and Girls is being held at the Bangour college stadium, Didwana, Rajasthan from 8th to 14th October 2017. The Championship is being organized by the Rajasthan Basketball Association under the aegis of the Basketball Federation of India. The prestigious Championship will feature 30 boys’ teams and 24 girls’ teams in the U14 age group, from various Indian States and Union territories, and will be played in a league cum knockout format. The Results from the first two days of the championship are as follows:

DAY 5, 12th October 2017, Results till 11.30 A.M

Pre-Quarter Finals

Boys

1. Haryana(Vikas 24pts, Mohit 24pts) bt Tamil Nadu(Shibi 18pts, Dharnesh 12pts) 75-70[14-22,6-122,26-13,29-23]

2. Telangana(Nitish 14pts, Sourav 11pts) bt Karnataka(Vedanth 17pts ) 53-47[16-11,12-10,12-12,13-14]

Girls

1. Punjab(Yashneet 10pts, Kavya 8pts) bt Gujarat(Naomi 15pts) 40-35[10-5,13-7,2-17,15-6]

2. Haryana(Ritika 21pts, Ashu 11pts) bt Madhya Pradesh(Manu 10pts) 40-33[13-05,9-8,11-10,7-10]

DAY 4, 11th October 2017

Level 2 to 1 Qualification Games

Boys

1. Karnataka(Vedanth 15pts, Ali 11pts) bt Manipur(tanson 8pts) 46-30[10-12,11-7,19-2,6-9]

2. Tamil Nadu(Shibi 12pts) bt Mizoram(Remruapuia 9pts) 41-24[11-04,17-05,8-5,5-10]

3. Tamil Nadu(Shibi 11pts) bt Karnataka(Akshay 4pts) 75-21[26-05,11-14,21-2,14-0]

Girls

1. Haryana(Ashu 18pts, Ritika 12pts) bt Andhra Prasesh(Pallavi 11pts) 56-25[13-08,16-03,19-4,12-10]

2. Gujarat(Rajvi 14pts, Priscilla 8pts) bt Telangana(Hemalatha 11pts) 45-31[12-11,15-03,9-11,9-6]

3. Gujarat(Naomi 16pts, Priscilla 11pts) bt Haryana(Ashu 17pts) 49-38[14-4,10-16,12-11,13-7]

League Games

BOYS

LEVEL 1

GROUP A

1. Punjab(Vikas 25pts, Mandeep 15pts) bt Andhra Pradesh(Sai Charan 15pts) 63-50[15-07,4-12,23-16,21-15]

2. Madhya Pradesh(Gourav 15pts, Vishwajeet 15pts) bt Andhra pradesh(Mohan 11pts) 40-37[19-14,19-2,15-10,7-11]

3. Telangana(Chaitanya 13pts, Surya 8pts) bt Maharashtra(Rehan 10pts) 54-46[12-3,11-22,15-8,14-13]

GROUP B

1. Chhattisgarh(Deepak 19pts, rishabh 14pts) bt Haryana(Mohit 20pts) 47-41[8-8,12-7,12-15,15-11]

2. Uttar Pradesh(Aman 14pts, Kapil 12pts) bt Odisha(Sasank 8pts) 43-21[12-00,2-3,17-10,12-8]

GIRLS

LEVEL 1

GROUP A

1. Chhattisgarh(Kriti 23pts, Ruksar 19pts) bt Maharashtra(Samira 22pts) 77-59[22-18,20-16,15-14,20-13]

2. Rajasthan(Jiya 22pts) bt Delhi(Alphi 8pts) 50-25[18-2,6-14,14-5,12-4]

GROUP B

1. Tamil Nadu(Sathya 24pts) bt Uttar Pradesh(Sumira 11pts) 63-50[15-7,4-12,23-16,21-15]

2. Karnataka(Sunishka 14pts, Smriti 10pts) bt Kerela(Ashlin 16pts) 69-49[13-16,11-4,14-14,22-15]

3. Tamil nadu(Sthya 24pts) bt Kerela(Ashlin 11pts) 52-28[18-06,12-04,12-12,10-6]

4. Uttar Pradesh(Parnika 14pts, Nikita 8pts) bt Punjab(Vrinda 20pts, Muskan 9pts) 55-44[16-10,4-7,20-12,15-15]

DAY 3, 10th October 2017

BOYS

LEVEL 1

GROUP A

1. Punjab(Gagandeep 17pts, Mandeep 14pts) bt Maharashtra(Rehan 14pts) 61-47[16-06,11-154,14-21,20-6]

2. Madhya Pradesh(Gourav 17pts, Vishvajeet 12pts) bt Telangana(Nitish 12pts) 69-31[23-06,11-06,17-10,18-9]

GROUP B

1. Uttar Pradesh(Kapil 25pts, Aman 19pts) bt Chhattisgarh(Rishabh 29pts) 70-63[26-15,4-14,22-18,18-16]

2. Rajasthan(Jaideep 34pts, Likendra 23pts) bt Chhattisgarh(Rishab 12pts) 98-35[31-08,20-13,19-3,18-11]

3. Uttar Pradesh(Kapil 17pts, Aman 16pts) bt Haryana(Vikash 15pts) 67-54[14-13, 5-10,19-17,29-14]

LEVEL 2

GROUP C

1. Nagaland(Thejavor 15pts) bt Goa(Sahil 7pts) 38-13[9-3,4-0,8-8,17-2]

2. Karnataka(Harsh 9pts) bt Gujarat(Shivam 7pts) 35-21[6-4,14-6,9-6,6-5]

3. Gujarat(Shivam 19pts) bt Puducherry(Nandhan 19pts) 46-37[10-06,9-7,17-13,10-11]

GROUP D

1. Mizoram(Abhishek 22pts, Sunny 13pts) bt Chandigarh(Rempruatpuia 12pts) 41-39[8-8,15-04,4-12,14-16]

2. Himachal Pradesh(Hardip 14pts, Aryan 6pts) bt Tripura(Animesh 2pts) 41-06[22-0,11-0,6-2,2-4]

3. Kerela(Joydan 19pts, Jeremy 11pts) bt Himachal pradesh(Rajal 13pts) 54-50[13-07,12-17,14-12,15-14]

GROUP E

1. Uttrakhand(Vishal 6pts) bt Jammu Kashmir(Eshan 5pts) 18-15[2-6,3-3,3-4,10-2]

2. Bihar(Manuel 8pts) bt Meghalaya(Derex 6pts) 40-10[8-2,14-4,14-0,4-4]

3. Tamil Nadu(Shibi 15pts, Gowtham 10pts) bt Jammu and Kashmir() 76-12[22-1,12-5,15-4,17-2]

GROUP F

1. Jharkhand(Siddharth 15pts, Aditya 8pts) bt West Bengal(Md. ibrahim 26pts) 48-46[14-13,14-06,12-10,12-17]

2. Manipur(Bipin 16pts, Jetli 12pts) bt Assam(Rahul 17pts, praveen 14pts) 47-45[9-6,10-4,14-14,14-21]

3. Delhi(Manvender 11pts, Wadhava 10pts) bt Jharkhand(Siddharth 16pts, Priyanshu 14pts) 56-50[7-8,13-6,14-16,12-20]

GIRLS

LEVEL 1

GROUP A

1. Madhya Pradesh(Shivangi 12pts, Ishita 6pts) bt Delhi(Sophia 7pts) 35-25[8-1,10-5,11-9,6-10]

2. Maharashtra(Bhakti 16pts, Somira 14pts) bt Madhya Pradesh(Shivangi 12pts) 57-40[11-05,17-11,8-13,20-11]

3. Chhattisgarh(Kirti 23pts) bt Rajasthan(Jiya 13pts) 60-35[18-08,17-04,7-13,18-10]

GROUP B

1. Tamil Nadu(Sathya 17pts, Sadhana 16pts) bt Karnataka(Diyaj 13pts) 66-28[24-15,16-7,11-3,15-3]

2. Punjab(Vrinda 25pts) bt Karnataka(Yedaanand 15pts) 50-49[11-06,12-17,10-6,17-10]

3. Uttar Pradesh(Sumira 17pts) bt Kerela(Dona 10pts) 56-47[12-07,7-10,16-12,21-18]

LEVEL 2

GROUP C

1. Haryana(ritika 12pts, Ashu 12pts) bt Goa 41-01[12-,12-0,11-1,6-0]

GROUP D

1. Telangana(Hemalatha 10pts) bt Jammu and Kashmir(Pranati 3pts) 46-08[12-0,8-6,10-2,16-0]

GROUP E

1. Jharkhand(Sonali 11pts) bt Assam(Rijwan 4pts) 30-06[9-4,1-2,9-0,11-0]

2. Gujarat(Rajvi 16pts, Naomi 12pts) bt West Bengal(Shreya 8pts) 62-28[7-9,18-4,20-10,17-5]

GROUP F

1. Himachal Pradesh(Siya 12pts, Gurleen 10pts) bt Uttrakhand(Siya Gupta 7pts) 42-19[16-13,12-0,8-0,6-6]

2. Andhra Pradesh(Pallavi 16pts) bt Odisha(Sweta 5pts) 44-21[7-4,13-2,14-9,10-6]

DAY 2, 9th October 2017

BOYS

LEVEL 1

GROUP A

1. Madhya Pradesh(Rishikesh 13pts, Gopi 12 pts) bt Maharashtra(Rehan 10pts, Adnan 9pts) 72-33[14-03,25-11,19-10,14-9]

2. Punjab(Mandeep 14pts, Vikas 12 pts) bt Telangana(G. Surya Kumar 11pts) 48-38[12-09,10-07,15-12,11-10]

3. Andhra Pradesh(T. Sai Charan 22pts, Ch. Sai Babu 18pts) bt Maharashtra(Dev Premi 14pts, Tanmay 12pts) 72-55[22-20,16-14,11-11,23-10]

GROUP B

1. Haryana(Mohit 30pts, Vikas 13pts) bt Odisha(Ankit 6pts) 53-19[16-10,5-3,17-0,15-6]

2. Rajasthan(Lokendra Singh 15pts, Jaideep 10pts) bt Odisha(Sasank 4pts) 63-23[17-08,20-08,17-02,9-5]

LEVEL 2

GROUP C

1. Nagaland(Thejazo 20pts, Ruokuovoy 8pts) bt Puducherry(Nandan 12pts, Srivatsan 7pts) 36-34[10-8,4-12,12-6,10-8]

2. Gujuarat(Pavan 11 pts) bt Goa(Sahil 7pts) 31-12[7-6,10-0,10-2,5-4]

3. Karnataka(Akshay 12pts) bt Nagaland(Dziesekhrietoo 7pts) 50-26[12-5,6-12,20-3,12-6]

4. Puducherry(Nandhan 22pts) bt Goa(Sahil 12pts) 40-26[18-03,4-3,2-8,16-12]

GROUP D

1. Mizoram(VL. B. 6pts) bt Tripura(Prasendit 6pts) 38-10[18-0,10-0,8-8,2-2]

2. Chandigarh(Sunny 20pts, Abhishek 18pts) bt Himachal Pradesh(Yajush 9pts, Arman 6pts) 53-23[21-06,01-05,10-00,12-12]

3. Mizoram(Zuala 22pts, Johan 10pts) bt Kerel(Jordan 10pts)a 54-38[08-12,14-11,17-8,15-7]

GROUP E

1. Meghalaya(Lawrence 20pts, jaffrey 7pts) bt Uttrakhand(Pratyush 7pts) 48-23[16-02,8-7,8-3,16-11]

2. Bihar(Manvesh 12pts, Siddharth 11pts) bt Jammu and Kashmir(Vishal 5pts) 43-23[12-08,10-08,14-4,9-3]

3. Tamil Nadu(Mario 10pts, Dharnesh 8pts) bt Meghalaya 41-06[13-2,7-0,14-04,7-0]

4. Bihar(Sidharth 15pts, Manuel 18pts) bt Uttrakhand(Aditya 4pts) 56-11[8-2,16-1,7-5,23-3]

GROUP F

1. Manipur(Tanson 9pts, K. Jetli 8pts) bt West Bengal(Prakash 9pts) 36-29[7-4,9-8,7-10,13-5]

2. Assam(Rahul 26pts, Praveen 12 pts, Parri 12pts) bt Jharkhand(Aditya 14pts, Siddharth 10pts) 59-45[16-10,3-13,28-14,12-8]

3. Manipur(Tanson 25pts, Jetli 20pts) bt Delhi(Shiven Gupta 20pts, Rathore 11pts) 61-54[13-10,10-5,16-19,22-20]

4. West Bengal(Md. Ibraham 17pts) bt Assam(Parri 12pts) 51-37[11-12,12-4,10-9,18-12]

GIRLS

LEVEL 1

GROUP A

1. Maharashtra(Danira 8pts, Shomira 7pts) bt Delhi() 44-17[13-04,12-05,11-04,8-4]

2. Rajasthan(Jiya 19pts, Diksha 7pts) bt Madhya Pradesh(Divya 14pts, Ishita 7pts) 46-37[11-14,5-13,8-4,22-6]

3. Chhattisgarh(Arshiya 22pts) bt Delhi(Sakshi 8pts) 64-19[23-06,5-2,12-06,24-05]

GROUP B

1. Punjab(Vrinda 12pts, kavya 11pts) bt Kerela(Malavika 22pts) 48-42[10-15,13-4,11-7,14-16]

GROUP C

1. Tamil nadu(Sathya 18pts, Sadhana 8pts) bt Punjab(Vrinda 8pts) 53-23[13-4,14-4,8-3,18-12]

2. Chandigarh(Anjali 24pts) bt Goa(Elaine 5pts) 43-09[12-02,2-1,19-3,10-3]

GROUP D

1. Bihar(Muskan 24pts) bt Jammu and kashmir(Vaidehi 6pts) 32-10[11-01,3-4,6-1,12-4]

GROUP E

1. Gujarat(Priyanshi 8pts) bt Jharkhand(Senali 2pts) 38-08[8-0,11-4,8-2,11-2]

2. West Bengal(Shreya 16pts, Koena 12pts) bt Assam(Rizwana 7pts) 48-09[12-1,8-2,14-4,14-2]

GROUP F

1. Himachal Pradesh(Gurleen 7pts) bt Odisha(Anita 9pts) 23-16[7-5,8-3,1-8,7-0]

2. Andhra Pradesh(K. Sudha 9pts) bt Uttrakhand(Sakshi 7pts) 31-03[7-1,9-0,10-2,5-0]

DAY 1, 8th October 2017

BOYS

LEVEL 1

GROUP A

1. Andhra Pradesh(Ch. Sai Babu 18pts, Sai Charan 8pts) bt Telangana(Sourav Dehraan 25 pts, Chandrahaas 7 pts) 53-50[15-15,17-08,13-11,08-16]

2. Madhya Pradesh(Bhagat 20pts, Gopi 12pts) bt Punjab(Vikas 13pts, Mandeep 11pts) 57-52[16-11,10-16,19-15,12-10]

GROUP B

1. Rajasthan(Lokendra Singh 24pts, Jaideep Rathore 21pts) bt Uttar Pradesh(Shreyansh 14pts) 71-58[20-14,15-6,18-16,18-22]

2. Chhattisgarh(Deepak 13 pts, Shivanand 12 pts) bt Odisha(Ankit 8pts, Sasank 8pts) 48-38[11-07, 19-04, 10-13, 08-14]

LEVEL 2

GROUP C

1. Karnataka(Harsh 14pts, Dibya 11pts, Akshay 9 pts) bt Puducherry(Nanda 10pts, Srivatsan 4pts) 50-26[13-02,14-10,9-12,14-2]

2. Gujarat(Aryan 12pts, Ayan Khan 9pts) bt Nagaland(Dziese 9pts, Kikrusietube 4pts) 40-22[10-6,8-6,11-3,11-7]

3. Karnataka(Vedanth 15 pts, Akshay 7pts) bt Goa(Mokshad 6 pts) 50-14[15-04, 10-00, 9-6, 16-04]

GROUP D

1. Kerela(Rinil C.K 14pts, Athul 11pts) bt Tripura(Ramesh D 8pts) 72-09[16-0,21-7,17-2,18-0]

2. Mizoram(Jacob 10pts, Lalhmangaixg 10pts) bt Himachal Pradesh(Arman 14pts, Japreet 10pts) 52-42[10-11,12-8,10-4,20-19]

3. Kerela(Jordan 19pts, Athul 12 pts) bt Chandigarh(Sunny 21pts, Nitesh 12pts) 59-47[6-11,14-16,24-6,15-14]

GROUP E

1. Tamil Nadu(Gowtham 18pts, Shibi 16pts) bt Uttrakhand(Karan Sood 5pts) 77-12[23-04,18-05,16-02,20-01]

2. Meghalaya(Lawerence 26pts, Jeffrey 08pts) bt Jammu and Kashmire(Azhar 7pts) 59-19[12-6,12-5,17-04,18-4]

3. Tamil Nadu(Sharan 8pts, Shibi 6pts) bt Bihar(Sidharth 7pts) 43-19[13-08,12-01,8-2,10-8]

GROUP F

1. Manipur(Tanson 16pts, K. Jetli 14pts) bt Jharkhand(Shoaib Khan 9pts) 46-29[13-12,16-4,5-8,12-10]

2. Assam(Parri 25pts, Parveen 10pts ) bt Delhi(Upanshu 16pts, yatish 6pts) 45-43[4-9,4-10,20-8,187-16]

GIRLS

LEVEL 1

GROUP A

1. Maharashtra(Bhakti 08 pts) bt Rajasthan(Divisha 06 pts) 45-20[10-03,12-05,09-09,14-04]

GROUP B

1. Karnataka(Sunishka 13pts, Vedaa 10pts) bt Uttar Pradesh(Nadani 12pts, Sumira 8pts) 37-35[15-08,00-05,09-10,13-12]

LEVEL 2

GROUP C

1. Haryana(Ritika 11 pts, Tina 11pts) bt Chandigarh(Anjali 06pts) 36-16[19-04,06-02,11-08,00-02]

GROUP D

2. Telangana(Y. Hemalatha 20pts, Rickit Reddy 16pts) bt Bihar(Muskan 14pts) 70-23[10-08,20-6,18-2,22-7]

GROUP E

1. West Bengal(Shreya 14pts) bt Jharkhand(Sanjana 5 pts) 36-11[14-04,8-5,9-0,5-2]

2. Gujarat(Naomi 11pts, Priscilla 6pts) bt Assam() 28-06[14-0,7-4,7-2,0-0]

GROUP F

1. Odisha(Khushi 12pts, Sama 10pts) bt Uttrakhand(Anita 6 pts) 37-19[12-3,5-6,12-6,8-4]

2. Andhra Pradesh(Sudha 13pts, Pallavi 7pts) bt Himachal Pradesh(Sukhmandeep 8pts) 34-26[2-4,8-6,16-10,8-6]

MOIL need to contribute Manganese for use in batteries of electric vehicles

ON OCTOBER 13, 2017 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

MOIL need to contribute Manganese for use in batteries of electric vehicles. and Tungsten for Defence Manufacturing, says Steel Minister Shri Birender Singh.

New Delhi: 13th October, 2017

MOIL must make significant contribution to Make in India by developing technology to meet Manganese requirement of batteries to be used in Electric Vehicles etc., said Steel Minister Shri Birender Singh while chairing mid-year review meeting of MOIL, a PSU under Ministry of Steel. The Minister asked the PSU to plan for building capacities in tungsten mining and production for strengthening manufacturing capabilities for defense production in India. The meeting was attended by Secretary, Steel Dr. Aruna Sharma, senior officials from Ministry of Steel and top management of MOIL.

Shri Singh further said, “MOIL should strategically plan for forward integration to leverage its leadership position of Manganese Ore production in India. The company can think of acquiring or taking majority stake in ferro-alloy production facilities, in addition to expansion efforts. There is huge potential for e-rickshaws, e-tempos and e-cars in India, which MOIL must be prepared for harnessing. In fact, the company should innovate to find new uses of Manganese Ore, apart from steel making, dry cell batteries and paints. R&D efforts should aim for development of new technologies rather than updating or buying technologies from others. The company need to work on utilizing every grade of ore gainfully including the lowest quality ore. Steel Ministry will support every R&D initiative aimed at self-sufficiency and indigenisation. Mineral exploration activities need to be speeded up for strengthening the resource base in India.Shri Birender Singh added that MOIL can also examine the feasibility of using alternate modes of ore transportation, which could be environment friendly and cost effective. For closure of mines, sand requirement can be met by innovative means like collaboration with local farmers. MOIL should aim to become the industry leader in innovation and technology development to such a level that other companies from abroad look upto MOIL for technology support.

In view of increase in requirement for manganese for steel production capacities upto 300 million tonnes and insufficient availability of the ore in India, MOIL must also explore the possibility of acquiring or taking stake in manganese ore assets abroad the Minister said.

Manisha Koirala & Rahul Mittra awarded

ON OCTOBER 13, 2017 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

Actor Manisha Koirala and Producer Rahul Mittra awarded at the first Polish Indian Film Festival

The first ever Indian Film Festival in Poland kicked off this week with a grand red carpet event at the iconic ‘Kinoteka’ theatre in the heart of Warsaw. A special audience of hundreds of Polish & Indian film buffs and dignitaries attended the event, along with key representatives of the Indian film industry led by award winning filmmaker & CEO Wave Cinemas Rahul Mittra who came straight from the sets of his current production Saheb Biwi aur Gangster 3 with Sanjay Dutt in Bikaner & heartthrob of yesteryears Manisha Koirala. The event was co-curated by Captain Rahul Bali and RC Dalal.

The festival screened some blockbuster Bollywood movies like Sarkar 3 apart from three regional language films from the states of Gujarat, Maharashtra and Assam. The package of seven films will thus give Polish and diaspora audiences a glimpse of the huge talent in India’s regional film industry as well. Manisha Koirala, the enticing actress of ‘1942- A love story’ fame was a special guest at the festival while Rahul Mittra was awarded for his outstanding contribution to Indian Cinema who has in a short span of time produced blockbusters like Saheb Biwi aur Gangster series, Bullett Raja, Revolver Rani, Sarkar 3, amongst others & is known for backing good content.

Ambassador Ajay Bisaria, in his inaugural remarks lauded the growing engagement between the film industries of India and Poland and invited the Polish audience to witness the strength of the Indian film industry with its boundless creativity.

MMTC – GOI – Gold Exhibition Cum Sale

ON OCTOBER 12, 2017 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

MMTC Gold Exhibition Cum Sale of six days begins today at Convention Hall,The Ashoka Hotel,Chanakyapuri, New Delhi on the Auspicious occasion of the Dhanteras,the beginning of festivity season.

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39 th MMTC Gold Exhibition Cum Sale,at Ashoka Hotel, in New Delhi , its curtain raiser at Conference hall held on Dhanteras day. The jewelry- sale of assured quality, ornament from various state design, ranging from Matar Mala to crockery of precious metals with all kinds of gold Silver ornamental are displayed in various counters.

All are welcome no entrance fee just enjoy jewelry shopping with family without fear quality along with quality sign of hallmark. This is Government Exhibition for six days from Dhanteras. Here you can find also find the rightful MMTC franchise jewelry shops in your city.

Mr Ved Prakash CMD inaugurated the exhibition,the commerce Minister was the chief Guest but as he was on foreign tour did not attend. Former chairmen too graced the occasion. Chairman said, this is the MMTC 39 edition of Gold Exhibition Cum Sale, it is held each year a popular event among Delhi NCR citizen to fulfill their need of quality gold and silver jewelry without deficit trust.

Chairman further said,Indian sovereign gold is distributed by 485 Banks through out the country. He said out of one lakh gold coins nearly 80Ks gold coin are sold another 20ks this year is our sale target.

MMTC is making enormous plus consistent profit.

We are maintaining best quality with traditional and contemporary design of jewelry for both North and South of Indian demands, along with reversible designs prevalent in South India.

Chairman, formerly thanked past chairmen present and seek their blessing.

Media present on this occasions deliberated and moved to various counters to have a look on the PSU MMTC preparatory sight of the exhibition.

Vietnam hit by torrential rains

ON OCTOBER 12, 2017 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

Heavy rains have caused floods and landslides in Vietnam.

Torrential rain in many areas of Vietnam, taken toll of 70 people dead or missing.

A tropical depression has brought torrential rain to central and northern Vietnam since Monday. The rainfall has reportedly topped 600 millimeters in some places.

Disaster management authorities say the deluge has left 37 people dead and 40 missing in Hoa Binh province in the north and elsewhere. They say many homes were inundated, forcing 15,000 families to evacuate.

Footage from hard-hit areas shows police officers using ropes to rescue people. Residents are seen evacuating in boats.

The government has deployed about 10,000 troops and other personnel for search-and-rescue operations and support of evacuees.

Local authorities in Ninh Binh province in the north are preparing to evacuate 200,000 residents as rivers have swollen.

The government is on alert for more rain as another tropical depression is approaching the northern and central regions over the coming weekend.

Paris limits combustion-engine

ON OCTOBER 12, 2017 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

Paris authorities plan by 2030 to ban all combustion-engine cars, including those fuelled by both diesel and petrol, according to an official at Paris City Hall.

“This is about planning for the long term with a strategy that will reduce greenhouse gases,” Christophe Najdovski, an official responsible for transport policy at the office of Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo, said on Thursday.

“Transport is one of the main greenhouse gas producers… so we are planning an exit from combustion engine vehicles, or fossil-energy vehicles, by 2030,” Najdovski told France Info radio. Media agencies

PM Rajoy & Carles Puigdemont latitudinal bids

ON OCTOBER 12, 2017 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on Wednesday gave the Catalonian government eight days to drop an independence bid, media reports.

PM Rajoy may call a snap regional election after activating Article 155 of the constitution that would allow him to sack the regional government of Catalonia.

Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont issued a symbolic declaration of independence from Spain on Tuesday night, then immediately suspended it and called for negotiations with the government in Madrid.

Puigdemont commented on Madrid’s moves, tweeting late Wednesday that the Catalan government had asked for dialogue. “They answer you by putting [Article] 155 on the table,”Puigdemont said.

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Thailand elections in November 2018

ON OCTOBER 10, 2017 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

Exact date to be named around June according to PM Prayuth

Thailand’s military junta announced Tuesday it will hold elections in November 2018, more than four years after it seized power and imposed a blanket ban on politics.

Thailand to hold an election in November 2018, precise date to be given in June, says Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha.

The announcement came from junta chief Prayut Chan-O-Cha. He had promised immediately after his May 2014 coup to return power to civilians within 18 months, AFP said.

The date has repeatedly slipped. After the vote, critics say there still will be limits on democracy under a new military-scripted charter. The junta chief also said he would “consider the timing for relaxing conditions on political parties at the appropriate time.”

44th Sub Junior National Championship

ON OCTOBER 10, 2017 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

Defending Champs M.P. Boys remain unbeaten on the 2nd day of the 44th Sub Junior National Championship

Bengaluru/Didwana 9th October 2017: The 44th Sub Junior National Championship for Boys and Girls is being held at the Bangour college stadium, Didwana, Rajasthan from 8th to 14th October 2017. The Championship is being organized by the Rajasthan Basketball Association under the aegis of the Basketball Federation of India. The prestigious Championship will feature 30 boys’ teams and 24 girls’ teams in the U14 age group, from various Indian States and Union territories, and will be played in a league cum knockout format. The Results from the first two days of the championship are as follows:

DAY 2, 9th October 2017, Results Till 11.30 A.M

BOYS

LEVEL 1

GROUP A

1. Madhya Pradesh(Rishikesh 13pts, Gopi 12 pts) bt Maharashtra(Rehan 10pts, Adnan 9pts) 72-33[14-03,25-11,19-10,14-9]

GROUP B

1. Haryana(Mohit 30pts, Vikas 13pts) bt Odisha(Ankit 6pts) 53-19[16-10,5-3,17-0,15-6]

LEVEL 2

GROUP C

1. Nagaland(Thejazo 20pts, Ruokuovoy 8pts) bt Puducherry(Nandan 12pts, Srivatsan 7pts) 36-34[10-8,4-12,12-6,10-8]

2. Gujuarat(Pavan 11 pts) bt Goa(Sahil 7pts) 31-12[7-6,10-0,10-2,5-4]

GROUP D

1. Mizoram(VL. B. 6pts) bt Tripura(Prasendit 6pts) 38-10[18-0,10-0,8-8,2-2]

2. Chandigarh(Sunny 20pts, Abhishek 18pts) bt Himachal Pradesh(Yajush 9pts, Arman 6pts) 53-23[21-06,01-05,10-00,12-12]

GROUP E

1. Meghalaya(Lawrence 20pts, jaffrey 7pts) bt Uttrakhand(Pratyush 7pts) 48-23[16-02,8-7,8-3,16-11]

2. Bihar(Manvesh 12pts, Siddharth 11pts) bt Jammu and Kashmir(Vishal 5pts) 43-23[12-08,10-08,14-4,9-3]
GROUP F

1. Manipur(Tanson 9pts, K. Jetli 8pts) bt West Bengal(Prakash 9pts) 36-29[7-4,9-8,7-10,13-5]

2. Assam(Rahul 26pts, Praveen 12 pts, Parri 12pts) bt Jharkhand(Aditya 14pts, Siddharth 10pts) 59-45[16-10,3-13,28-14,12-8]

GIRLS

LEVEL 1

GROUP A

1. Maharashtra(Danira 8pts, Shomira 7pts) bt Delhi() 44-17[13-04,12-05,11-04,8-4]

GROUP C

1. Tamil nadu(Sathya 18pts, Sadhana 8pts) bt Punjab(Vrinda 8pts) 53-23[13-4,14-4,8-3,18-12]

Day 1, 8th October 2017

BOYS

LEVEL 1

GROUP A

1. Andhra Pradesh(Ch. Sai Babu 18pts, Sai Charan 8pts) bt Telangana(Sourav Dehraan 25 pts, Chandrahaas 7 pts) 53-50[15-15,17-08,13-11,08-16]

2. Madhya Pradesh(Bhagat 20pts, Gopi 12pts) bt Punjab(Vikas 13pts, Mandeep 11pts) 57-52[16-11,10-16,19-15,12-10]

GROUP B

1. Rajasthan(Lokendra Singh 24pts, Jaideep Rathore 21pts) bt Uttar Pradesh(Shreyansh 14pts) 71-58[20-14,15-6,18-16,18-22]

2. Chhattisgarh(Deepak 13 pts, Shivanand 12 pts) bt Odisha(Ankit 8pts, Sasank 8pts) 48-38[11-07, 19-04, 10-13, 08-14]

LEVEL 2

GROUP C

1. Karnataka(Harsh 14pts, Dibya 11pts, Akshay 9 pts) bt Puducherry(Nanda 10pts, Srivatsan 4pts) 50-26[13-02,14-10,9-12,14-2]

2. Gujarat(Aryan 12pts, Ayan Khan 9pts) bt Nagaland(Dziese 9pts, Kikrusietube 4pts) 40-22[10-6,8-6,11-3,11-7]

3. Karnataka(Vedanth 15 pts, Akshay 7pts) bt Goa(Mokshad 6 pts) 50-14[15-04, 10-00, 9-6, 16-04]

GROUP D

1. Kerela(Rinil C.K 14pts, Athul 11pts) bt Tripura(Ramesh D 8pts) 72-09[16-0,21-7,17-2,18-0]

2. Mizoram(Jacob 10pts, Lalhmangaixg 10pts) bt Himachal Pradesh(Arman 14pts, Japreet 10pts) 52-42[10-11,12-8,10-4,20-19]

3. Kerela(Jordan 19pts, Athul 12 pts) bt Chandigarh(Sunny 21pts, Nitesh 12pts) 59-47[6-11,14-16,24-6,15-14]

GROUP E

1. Tamil Nadu(Gowtham 18pts, Shibi 16pts) bt Uttrakhand(Karan Sood 5pts) 77-12[23-04,18-05,16-02,20-01]

2. Meghalaya(Lawerence 26pts, Jeffrey 08pts) bt Jammu and Kashmire(Azhar 7pts) 59-19[12-6,12-5,17-04,18-4]

3. Tamil Nadu(Sharan 8pts, Shibi 6pts) bt Bihar(Sidharth 7pts) 43-19[13-08,12-01,8-2,10-8]

GROUP F

1. Manipur(Tanson 16pts, K. Jetli 14pts) bt Jharkhand(Shoaib Khan 9pts) 46-29[13-12,16-4,5-8,12-10]

2. Assam(Parri 25pts, Parveen 10pts ) bt Delhi(Upanshu 16pts, yatish 6pts) 45-43[4-9,4-10,20-8,187-16]

GIRLS

LEVEL 1

GROUP A

1. Maharashtra(Bhakti 08 pts) bt Rajasthan(Divisha 06 pts) 45-20[10-03,12-05,09-09,14-04]

GROUP B

1. Karnataka(Sunishka 13pts, Vedaa 10pts) bt Uttar Pradesh(Nadani 12pts, Sumira 8pts) 37-35[15-08,00-05,09-10,13-12]

LEVEL 2

GROUP C

1. Haryana(Ritika 11 pts, Tina 11pts) bt Chandigarh(Anjali 06pts) 36-16[19-04,06-02,11-08,00-02]

GROUP D

2. Telangana(Y. Hemalatha 20pts, Rickit Reddy 16pts) bt Bihar(Muskan 14pts) 70-23[10-08,20-6,18-2,22-7]

GROUP E

1. West Bengal(Shreya 14pts) bt Jharkhand(Sanjana 5 pts) 36-11[14-04,8-5,9-0,5-2]

2. Gujarat(Naomi 11pts, Priscilla 6pts) bt Assam() 28-06[14-0,7-4,7-2,0-0]

GROUP F

1. Odisha(Khushi 12pts, Sama 10pts) bt Uttrakhand(Anita 6 pts) 37-19[12-3,5-6,12-6,8-4]

2. Andhra Pradesh(Sudha 13pts, Pallavi 7pts) bt Himachal Pradesh(Sukhmandeep 8pts) 34-26[2-4,8-6,16-10,8-6]

Format of the Championship:

The teams are grouped into two levels –Level 1 features the top 10 teams from the previous championship divided into two groups of five teams each (Group A and B), while Level 2 features the remaining teams divided into four groups (Group C, D, E, F). In the league stages, all the teams play each of the other teams in their group once. The top three teams from each of the groups in Level 1 advance directly to the quarterfinals, while the fourth-placed teams play pre-quarterfinal games against the top two teams from Level 2. The teams that finish last in each of the groups in Level 1 are relegated to Level 2 for the next edition of the tournament, while the Level 2 teams that qualified for the pre-quarterfinals will replace them in Level 1 in the next edition.

Third international Conference on Yoga today

ON OCTOBER 10, 2017 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated the third International Conference on Yoga in New Delhi today. The theme of this year’s conference will be ‘Yoga for Wellness.’

An official statement said, Minister of State for AYUSH Shripad Yesso Naik preside over the inaugural function while Union Minister Nitin Gadkari will be the chief guest at the event.

The two-day conference has six technical sessions and experts will deliberate on the scope of yoga in integrated medicine, and control of cancer, depression and gynecological disorders and pain management.

Around 500 delegates, including those from 44 countries, are attending the conference which will provide a common platform to AYUSH and allopathy practitioners, researchers, academicians, policy makers and students.

Art BAB Opens in NEW Delhi

ON OCTOBER 10, 2017 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

Art Bahrain Across Borders, (ArtBAB), the Kingdom of Bahrain’s premier contemporary art fair and curated artists program under the patronage of Her Royal Highness Princess Sabeeka Bint Ibrahim Al Khalifa, Wife of the King of Bahrain, is debuted in India today with its first art exhibition in New Delhi at Bikaner House under the theme ‘The Unsaid’ , the 18 Bahraini artists displayed their artworks, curated by renowned Indian artist Dr Alka Raghuvanshi.

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Art BAB exhibition art work of talented Bahraini artists, foster a connect between creative enthusiasts from both countries.

Date : 10th & 11th October, 2017
Timings : 10am – 7pm

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ArtBAB’s artist program was launched last year in May 2016 at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. The First edition show cased in Bikaner House in New Delhi on 9th of October, next exhibition in India shall be Bombay Art Society in Mumbai on 30th November.

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ArtBAB is organizing these artist programs in India in association with Rouble Nagi Art Foundation.Mumbai edition will start from 30th November 2017 onwards and will be on till 2nd December 2017.

Director of the office of her Royal Highness wife of the King of Bahrain, Shaikha Maram Bint Isa Al Khalifa said “We are extremely delighted at this opportunity to showcase Bahrain artwork in New Delhi. This shall bring professionalism between two countries and stimulate investment and economic activity in the arts and cultural sector.”

The Guest of honor was Dr Mahesh Sharma, Minister of culture, environment, Forest and climate change.

Defense Forces Deserve BEST & Latest Technologies – Exclusive

ON OCTOBER 10, 2017 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

October10, 2017 (C) Ravinder Singh progressindia2015@gmail.com

DEFTECH 2017 was dominated by DRDO who wanted Private Sector to invest in Developing Technologies for Defense Sector but wanted to own IPR, also wanted right totransfer IPR not created by it to Competitors who may be better at commercialization. Industry Big & Small was reluctant to accept DRDO terms and stalemate continued.

Defense sector deserves Best & Latest technology, not justMilitary Hardware & Civilian Products Also. I remember My Army Officer Uncles fought in all wars + UNO Observer in Vietnam – Would get FERGUSON TRACTOR or French Home Appliances not available to civilians. Indian Railways was built to connect Army Cantonments. Defense Forces had best CLUBS, Golf Courses, Horses, Own Dairy Farms, MESS, Schools, and Hospitals etc.

All Defense Establishments must get Bests of Civilian Technologies & Services first. Cantonments may best of Telecom, Public Services, Broadband, Solar Rooftops, Surgical Hospitals, Schools, Colleges, Renovated First Class Homes than Old Barracks.

But unfortunately not happening now.

USA developed Technologies for Defense Sector – Internet, Super Computers, Imaging Technologies etc that were then transferred to Commercial sector –

1. DRDO is developing INFERIOR technology,

2. DRDO wants to own IPR which are developed by Private Sector,

3. Wants rights to Transfer Technology Developed by Pvt Sector for DRDO to 3rd Party.

4. Doesn’t Guarantee ‘ORDERS’ which comes from User Organizations.

5. DRDO itself doesn’t want to Commercialize Technologies & have no resources.

What is disappointing is that LAMEDUCK technologies are introduced after many-many years of trials like the Run Flat Tire Technology developed over 8 years for Air Force Fighter jets that cost even Rs.500 Cr – BMW Car cost Rs.0.5 Cr has better technology.

It required just 10 minutes to search for Run Flat Tire Technology introduced by BMW – it runs 50miles on flat tire at 50mph.

This professional Inventor can create Hundreds of Inventions for Defense/Commercial sector – there are thousands who can Reverse Engineer technologies but must Let Them Work, Let Them Own IPR and GoI should speedily grant patents.

Private Sector & Experts to get Access to DRDO Testing Facilities.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Run-flat_tire – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtQ4-UfdPpc

Ravinder Singh, Inventor & Consultant, INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES AND PROJECTS

Y-77, Hauz Khas, ND -110016, India. Ph: 091- 8826415770 [4G], 9871056471, 9718280435,

Ravinder Singh* is a WIPO awarded inventor specializing in Power, Transportation,

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India invites all Nations to harness Clean Energy

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“India invites all Nations to partner in the endeavor to harness Clean Energy and Save the Planet”, says Shri R.K. Singh

Power Minister chairs Curtain Raiser Ceremony for Global Renewable Energy Investors Meet and Expo (RE-Invest 2017) and Founding Ceremony of ISA

Union Minister of State (IC) for Power and New and Renewable Energy (NRE), Shri R.K. Singhchaired a Curtain Raiser ceremony, held here today, to inform that the 2nd edition of the Global Renewable Energy (RE) Investors Meet and Expo (RE-INVEST 2017) will be held from 7thto 9thDecember, 2017atthe India Expo Centre, Greater Noida and National Capital Region of Delhi.A new websitefor RE-INVEST 2017 (re-invest.in) was also launched on this occasion, in presence ofFrench Ambassadorto India,H.E.Mr. Alexandre Ziegler.France will be the partner country for the event. During the event, Minister for Infrastructure and Sustainable Development, Republic of Kiribati, H.E.Mr. RuatekiTekaiarasigned the Framework Agreement of International Solar Alliance (ISA) during the event.Kiribati becomes the 41st country to sign the agreement.

Addressing the gathering, Shri Singhnoted that India’s energy needs are going to double in the next 6-7 years at the present rate of growth of the economy. Nevertheless, India would continue to grow at a brisk pace and at the same time, decrease its carbon footprint so as to maintain its commitment towards giving the future generations a cleaner environment to live in. By 2030, 40% of India’s energy needs would be met by Renewable Energy, the Minister added.

Addressing the august gathering of delegates from a number of foreign missions in India, Shri Singh said that India invites all Nations to partner in the endeavour to harness Clean Energy and Save the Planet. The Minister added that investing in Indian renewable energy sector not only helps in reduction of global carbon footprint but it is also a great business opportunity for all partner Nations, looking at the size of RE market in India. Shri Singh also assured the gathering that Government of India is committed to bring in policies to aid its partner countries to come and ‘Make in India’ in the RE sector.

Speaking during the event, Shri Anand Kumar, Secretary, MNRE, informed that RE-INVEST 2017is likely to be inauguratedby the Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi.It has been envisioned as a global event where strategies for development and deployment of renewable energy will be deliberated upon.Heads of various Ministries of India and Heads of International Agencies like International Energy Agency, International Renewable Energy Agency and bilateral and multilateral financing institutions will be participating in these sessions. The event will also include Government to Government, Government to Business and Business to Business interactions.

Further, Shri Kumar said that activities in the RE-INVEST 2017would includea series of seminars on different themes of renewables along with conferences and exhibition of manufacturers, project developers, investors and others in the renewable energy space to showcase manufacturing capabilities, latest technologies, financing options and investment opportunities. The new areas of interest for foreign investors would be electric mobility, electricity storage solutions and green corridors, Shri Kumar added.

Giving an overview of the sessions that would be taking place during the 3-day event, Shri Praveen Kumar, Additional Secretary, MNRE said that on the first day of the RE-INVEST,various Indian States will showcase their policy initiatives. There will also be a special session on India’s energy basket by 2030.The second day will have technical sessions on innovative financing, electric mobility, electricity storage solutions, and hybrid renewables. These sessions will be addressed by the best of the international industry experts. In addition, special sessions have been planned on financing, regulatory regimes and on India’s Solar Roof top programme. The International Renewable Energy Agency has planned two sessions. The Founding Ceremony of the ISA will also be held on the second day in New Delhi. The second day will also seeinauguration of Indraprastha Energy Park.

The final day will start with ISA’s Ministerial Plenary followed by roadmap to achieve ISA’s Vision and Mission and a session on ISA Financing.Thereafter, country sessions with Australia, United Kingdom, France, USA and Germany have been planned. A Corporate Conclave has also been planned on the final day. This conclave will be attended by CEOs of Fortune 500 companies.

RE-INVEST 2017 will also provide a platform for reviewing the commitments made in RE-INVEST 2015 by industry, banks, manufacturersetc.The industry and developers had committed for 293 GW of renewablesand against this,39.3 GW capacity iscommissioned/under implementation.As against the financial pledge of Rs4 lakh crore by Banks, Rs 1.8 lakh crore have been sanctioned.

On the sidelines of the RE- INVEST 2017,the Founding Ceremony of theISA and Solar Summit has been scheduled on 8th& 9thDecember, 2017. Prime Minister of India, H.E President of France, and the Secretary General of United Nations are likely to grace the ISA Founding Ceremony. The Founding Ceremony will firmly establish the ISA and demonstrate our joint commitment to harness solar energy potential. All prospective member countries of the ISA have been invited to participate in these events.

Talking about the lead that India and France have taken to establish ISA and showing the World the path towards a Cleaner tomorrow, H.E. Mr. Alexandre Ziegler said that ISA is an inter-governmental body of 121 solar resource rich countries lying fully or partially between the tropics, was launched on 30thNovember, 2015 at Paris, France on the sidelines of the Paris Climate Conference.

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It has been conceived as an action-oriented organization and it brings together countries with rich solar potential to aggregate demand for solar energy globally, thereby reducing prices, facilitating the deployment of existing solar technologies at scale, and promoting collaborative solar R&D and capacity. Mr. Zeigler added that France is committed to support India in this endeavor and French companies are eager to invest in the Indian RE sector.

Shri UpendraTripathy, Interim DG, ISA informed that ISA has already started functioning as de-facto organization and the ISA Agreement has so far been signed by 40 countries and 10of them have deposited instruments of ratification. Five more countries have confirmed ratification. Following the deposit and acceptance of the fifteenth instrument of ratification, the ISA Agreement will come into force and ISA will become a treaty-based organization. ISA is India’s initiative with its headquarters at the campus of the National Institute for Solar Energy, Gurugram, Haryana.India is strategically placed, with both the demand and supply of renewable energy co-existing in the country. Consequently, it provides ample opportunities for trade and investment. RE-INVEST2017 will provide ample opportunities to the Global renewable energy industry to forge new partnerships and contribute to India’s renewable energy journey. Private sector has always played a key role in India’s efforts to tap renewable energy. India permits un-interrupted foreign investment for renewable energy development and deployment.

Dignitaries present during the event included senior Diplomats/ Heads of Missions from various countries, industry stalwarts and senior officers from MNRE.

UNMA, Hosts Global Meeting of Consultative Processes on Migration

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Geneva – The Seventh Global Meeting of Chairs and Secretariats of Regional, Inter-regional and Global Consultative Processes on migration (GRCP 7) took place on 10 and 11 October 2017 in Geneva, Switzerland. This year’s discussion focused on inter-state consultation mechanisms on migration and the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM).

The meeting brought together representatives of 19 inter-state (at the regional, inter-regional or global level) consultation mechanisms on migration. Representatives of UN Regional Commissions and regional economic organizations, also participated. The meeting sought to identify common inputs to the Global Compact.

“The Seventh Global RCP Meeting is a key opportunity for all consultative processes on migration and their regional partners to contribute towards the formulation of the Global Compact as a comprehensive international cooperation framework on migrants and human mobility,” said UN Migration Director General William Lacy Swing.

IOM has engaged with various regional, inter-regional and global processes on migration around the world since the 1990s to advance multilateral understanding and action on migration trends and challenges. Since 2005, IOM has endeavored to bring them together on a regular basis (previous meetings were held in Thailand, Peru, Botswana and Egypt) to foster synergies and exchanges among the various consultative processes.

The outcome document of the meeting combines all the good practices and partnerships derived from regional approaches in various parts of the world, which can be considered during the preparation for the Global Compact.

For more information, please contact Kristina Galstyan at IOM HQ, Tel: +41 (0) 22 7179419, Email: kgalstyan@iom.int

Patna Pirates qualifies for the super playoffs

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Patna Pirates qualifies for the super playoffs
from Zone B in Season 5 of Pro Kabaddi League

This will be the 5th consecutive appearance in playoffs stages

New Delhi, October 12 2017: Patna Pirates, two-times defending champions of Pro Kabaddi League has reached the super playoffs stage in Season 5 of Vivo Pro Kabaddi League. This will be their 5th consecutive appearance in playoffs stages.

Patna Pirates has been exciting Kabbadi followers with their excellent Kabbadi skills on mats. The team has outperformed their rivals in all disciplines of tactics and strategies.

Till date the team has played 20 thumping matches and has won 10 matches, lost 6 matches and tied 4 matches in Season 5. They will be playing their last league matches against Tamil Thalaivas on October 14 and Bengaluru Bulls on October 18. The team is hoping for making it to summit clash on October 28, 2017 at Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium in Chennai when finals of Season 5 will be played.

The squad strength of Patna Pirates consists of 16 Indian players and 2 foreign players. The name includes Pardeep Narwal, Vijay, Parveen Birwal, Arvind Kumar, Mohammad Maghsoudlou, Vishal Mane, Sachin Shingade, Monu Goyat, Md. Zakir Hossain, Jaideep, Manish, Jawahar, Satish, Sandeep, Virender Singh, Vikash Jaglan, Vishnu Uthaman and Vinod Kumar. The team is coached by veteran Kabbadi coach Shri

Ram Mehar Singh. Lead by a highly talented captain and trained by a veteran coach, the team is a fine balance of youth and experienced players.

Patna Pirates is the only team in Pro Kabaddi league that has performed consistently in all their league appearances. The team has reached in playoff matches in all previous 4 seasons and was crowned as champions in Season 3 and Season 4 of Pro Kabaddi League.

Pawan S Rana, CEO of Patna Pirates said “We are very satisfied with our performance so far and hope to win the title and make a hat-trick. It has been a rewarding journey so far for all of us as we thrilled our fans across India in the last couple of months”.

The fifth edition of the Pro Kabaddi League started on July 28 and the final will be played on October 28 in Chennai.

Courts – Speed Defamation Trial

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Researcher view not our view.

Courts – Speed Defamation Trial, 6 Yr Torture 66A Case

October11, 2017 (C) Ravinder Singh progressindia2015@gmail.com

Honorable CJI should take note of the fact that Indian Judiciary is not Corrupted & Scandalized.

What is Common Between CMM CMM Shri SV Gadvi against ‘The Wire’ and CMM Shri Sumit Dass 244/EOW-DP 2011 against ‘Ravinder Singh’ is that in both cases –

1. Allegations with Evidence by Whistle Blowers are not being investigated?

2. Criminal Cases are Instituted ‘U/S 66A’ Earlier in 2011 and ‘Defamations Sections in The Wire Case in 2017.’

Ø In aiding Ruling Politicians launch SPEEDY DEFAMATION TRIALS as happened in Gujarat where Top Law Officer of the State was assisting an ‘Alleged Accused’ of Crony Capitalism.

Ø And in Systematic Torture of Whistle Blower Experts – WIPO Awarded Inventor For 6 Years & 7 months who had regularly petitioned to GoI including Honorable President of India & Prime Minister of India since 1980 matters like Corrupted allocation of OIL & Gas blocks to RIL & GSPC, that caused Economic Loss worth $Trillions.

Ø 2 Years and 6 months TRIAL under DEAD 66A Case in CMM Court No.4 of Patiala House.

Ø Actually first appearance of the ‘Accused’ was on April02, 2015 long time after the 66A section was ‘Repealed’ by honorable Supreme Court. Last date was July01, 2017.

Ø In 2 Years & 6 months since Summons were served, Public Prosecutor appeared only once but PP didn’t ‘TALK’ or Never Submitted any ‘REJOINDER’ – When I complained MM Shri Sumit Dass asked IO to urgently bring PP. When he Came – I told Ld MM that

‘Sir I am the First Complainant to the President in Nov2011, about False Political Statements when Complainant was holding Public Assignments as Member of Parliament & Chairman of Parliamentary Committee. But PP didn’t investigate My Complaint which was about failure of RIL & GSPC failing to develop Oil & Gas since award of 28+65 Oil & Gas Blocks in 1999. Had they commercialized Oil & Gas – India would have saved $200b Energy – Oil & Gas, Coal and Fertilizer EVERY YEAR.’ $2 Trillion Plus Loss – if we go by Claims made by RIL in 2002.

Ø 66A Complainant didn’t come to the Court to Establish his Case even for a second.

Ø This is Hot Political Issue today – Petrol & Diesel prices are more than 2011, when Crude Petroleum cost $110 per barrel to $50 per barrel in 2016 when court was hearing the matter.

Ø This Petitioner was DELIBERATELY Harassed from December03, 2011 to July01, 2017.

Ø There was no Defamation Case against BJP and its Spokesperson for DELIBERATE PUBLIC & CALL OF REVOLT in 2011.

Ø BUT LOSS MAKING COMPANIES ARE ‘SPEEDILY SEEKING Rs.100 Cr DAMAGES.’

Ø Loss Making Companies had not PUBLISHED FACTS or Rejoinders in any media.

REMEDY

1. In All Political Matters and Allegations of Corruption be ‘Administered By Supreme Court When Amount Exceed Rs.1,000 Cr and Lower Value in Delhi High Court to Safeguard Public Interest.’

2. and Civil case should be FIRST BE CONFIRMED before Criminal Defamation Trial.

Ravinder Singh, Inventor & Consultant, INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES AND PROJECTS

Y-77, Hauz Khas, ND -110016, India. Ph: 091- 8826415770 [4G], 9871056471, 9718280435,

Ravinder Singh* is a WIPO awarded inventor specializing in Power, Transportation,

Smart Cities, Water, Energy Saving, Agriculture, Manufacturing, Technologies and Projects

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Ahmedabad Court Adjourns Hearing Of Defamation Case Filed By Jay Shah Over The Wire Article

A lawyer for Jay Shah sought time from Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate S K Gadhvi, saying senior advocate S V Raju could not be present in the court as he was busy in the high court.

A metropolitan court here today adjourned the hearing of the criminal defamation case filed by BJP president Amit Shah’s son Jay against news portal ‘The Wire’ as the complainant’s advocate was not present in the court.

A lawyer for Jay Shah sought time from Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate S K Gadhvi, saying senior advocate S V Raju could not be present in the court as he was busy in the high court.

The court granted the time and adjourned the hearing to October 16.

Jay Shah had filed a criminal defamation case in a metropolitan court against the news portal on Monday over a report, which claimed his firm Temple Enterprise’s turnover grew exponentially after the BJP came to power at the Centre in 2014.

The magistrate had ordered a court inquiry in the matter under CrPC section 202 (to inquire into the case to decide whether or not there is sufficient ground for proceeding).

In his application, Shah prayed for “criminal action against the respondents for defaming and tarnishing the reputation of the complainant through an article, which is scandalous, frivolous, misleading, derogatory, libelous and consisting of several defamatory statements”.

The seven respondents in the case are – the author of the article, Rohini Singh, founding editors of the news portal Siddarth Varadarajan, Sidharth Bhatia and M K Venu, managing editor Monobina Gupta, public editor Pamela Philipose and Foundation for Independent Journalism, a non-profit company that publishes ‘The Wire’.

The case seeks action against respondents under IPC sections 500 (defamation), 109 (abetment), 39 (voluntarily causing grievous hurt) and 120 B (criminal conspiracy). Shah said the news portal first published an article, which was later “edited and reworded” to the current form.

“The accused conspired to get a fabricated, reworded and edited version of the defamatory article to be published in place of the original version,” he said.

Alleging that there was a “predetermined conspiracy hatched to defame” him, Shah said he was given “unreasonable time to respond” and no further inquiry based on his response was made.

He said the article did not reflect the loss that his company incurred in FY 2015-16, and that the net profit and gross turnover for the said financial year was “wilfully and malafidely” delinked into two different unconnected paragraphs.

The court is of the opinion that it will issue summonses to the respondents only after the initial inquiry establishes a case.

Shah is yet to file a civil defamation suit against the respondents. He had earlier announced that he will also file a Rs.100 crore civil defamation suit.

A political storm has erupted after the article, titled ‘Golden touch of Jay Amit Shah’, was published.

The Congress has demanded an inquiry into the matter and ouster of Amit Shah, while the BJP called the article defamatory.

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Shubhankar Sharma bags TAKE Open title with clinical final round performance

Aman Raj finishes runner-up

Chandigarh, October 15, 2017: Shubhankar Sharma, the most experienced amongst the youngsters bunched in the top-5 after round three, finally came through at his home course, the Chandigarh Golf Club, on Sunday, to bag the prestigious TAKE Open Golf Championship 2017.

Shubhankar, an Asian Tour regular, posted a clinical five-under-67 in round four to overcome a two-shot overnight deficit and end up with a winning total of 12-under-276 at the Rs. 1 crore event.

Patna’s Aman Raj, the overnight leader by one stroke, carded a one-under-71 in round four, to finish two shots behind the winner in second place at 10-under-278.

Chandigarh’s Akshay Sharma (71) finished a creditable third at nine-under-279.

Shubhankar Sharma (68-70-71-67), lying overnight third, two off the lead, managed to turn it around on the final day sinking seven birdies at the cost of just two bogeys. Sharma, who has five top-5 finishes on the Asian Tour, had a poor start as he three-putted the opening hole for a bogey.

The 21-year-old then got his new putter to work immediately, making three birdie conversions from a range of five to eight feet on the second, third and fifth, which got him back in the mix.

Shubhankar then took control on the back-nine with a run of three birdies against a bogey between the 13th and the 16th. He was well and truly on top after his 40-feet birdie conversion on the 14th.

Even as nearest rivals Aman Raj and Akshay Sharma’s challenge faded away in the final stages, Shubhankar knocked in a 25-footer for birdie on the 18th to seal his fifth title on the PGTI and a winning cheque of Rs. 15 lakh.

Shubhankar said, “I made an important change to my game today by changing my putter before the round. The new putter really helped my cause in the last round.

“I started poorly with a three-putt for bogey on the first, but told myself to just keep creating birdie opportunities for myself and the putts will drop. I bounced back well with crucial birdies on second and third that helped me claw my way back from a three-shot deficit.

“The turning point were my birdies on the 13th and 14th. I was full of confidence from there on. The par on the 17th turned out to be decisive.

“It’s great to win at my home course and at a tournament that was sponsored by Mr. Srinivasan H R who also sponsors me. It couldn’t have been better for me. I want to thank him for supporting me for the past two years.

“It’s quite satisfying to win at the Chandigarh Golf Club course, which has one of the most challenging layouts in the country. It is a true test of one’s skills. The high scores this week show how tough the course was. I moved here to Chandigarh just last year and the Chandigarh Golf Club has given me a lot of support since then.

“The win gives me loads of confidence to go and do the same on the Asian Tour. I think if I can play the same way on the Asian Tour, my game is good enough to win there as well.”

Aman Raj (73-67-67-71), the third round leader, held on to his lead on the front-nine where he made two birdies and a bogey. The 22-year-old finally conceded the lead with two missed chip-putts that resulted in bogeys on the 11th and 12th.

Aman did fight back with two birdies on the last six holes but still fell well short of the rampaging Shubhankar’s total. It was Aman’s second runner-up finish of the season which pushed him up from 15th to seventh place in the PGTI Order of Merit.

Aman said, “My hitting was solid once again but I paid the price for missing a lot of putts today. Whenever I missed the green, I couldn’t make the chip-putts. But I’ll take a lot of positives from this performance since it gets me in contention in the PGTI Order of Merit race.”

Akshay Sharma (71-68-69-71), who was overnight second, one behind the lead, slipped to third on Sunday after a round of 71 that saw him make four birdies against three bogeys. Akshay’s top-3 finish however, lifted him from 35th to 14th position in the PGTI Order of Merit.

Karandeep Kochhar (70), the 18-year-old rookie from Chandigarh took joint fourth place at eight-under-280 along with Bengaluru’s Khalin Joshi (69).

Gurgaon-based Jyoti Randhawa (68) claimed sixth place at seven-under-281 while Rashid Khan (68) of Delhi and Chandigarh’s Sujjan Singh (70) were a further shot back in tied seventh.

Inviting you for interaction

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Dear sir/ madam

We take pleasure in inviting you to join us for the interaction session with Dr Jitendra Singh during the Transforming North East India programme today, 15th Oct at 12pm followed by dinner.

The valedictory session would be between 2.30pm – 3.30 pm. It would have Smt Mary Kom, Dr Rajiv Kumar, Vice Chairman NITI Aayog and Dr Vinay Sahasrabuddhe as the guests.

Kindly reach by 11.30 am to occupy your seats.

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Tillerson plays safe

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Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is under attack from the lobby of white house to Washington elite for leveling charges that he has said unwanted word for the US President, but the Secretary of state making no comments still pursue the diction for the President of US, his policies and his ideas of My America First.

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Sunday minimized tensions with his boss, President Donald Trump, and brushed aside comments from an influential lawmaker, who compared Trump’s undermining of his top diplomat to a public castration.

“I am fully committed to his objectives. I agree with his objectives. I agree with what he is trying to do,” Tillerson said of Trump on CNN’s State of the Union program.

Tillerson’s tenure as secretary of state has been dogged by rumours about rifts with Trump over policy.

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Sunday that President Donald Trump had instructed him to continue diplomatic efforts to calm rising tensions with North Korea, saying “those diplomatic efforts will continue until the first bomb drops.”

Speaking on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Tillerson downplayed messages that President Trump had previously posted on Twitter suggesting Tillerson was wasting his time trying to negotiate with “Little Rocket Man,” a derogatory nickname Trump has coined for North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un.

Trump “has made it clear to me to continue my diplomatic efforts,” Tillerson said.

May travel to Brussels

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British Prime Minister Theresa May travel to Brussels on Monday to meet with the European Union’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier and head of the EU Commission Jean-Claude Juncker, May’s office said on Sunday.

May will travel with Brexit minister David Davis for the meetings, which, her office said, were a long-planned part of the prime minister’s build-up to a European Council summit on Thursday.

The summit is seen as a critical point in Britain’s stalling efforts to negotiate an exit deal with the EU after Brussels said last week the latest round of negotiations had ended in deadlock over money.

EU leaders could hand May an olive branch at the summit by launching their own internal preparations for a transition to a new relationship with Britain.

May spoke to German Chancellor Angela Merkel earlier on Sunday and the two agreed on the need for continued constructive progress in the exit talks, an earlier statement from May’s office said.

Two Ukrainian military wounded

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Somalia twin bombing

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Reports of many victims of the-twin car bomb blast that rocked the capital on Saturday died at hospitals from their wounds, Police Captain Mohamed Hussein said earlier.

The first blast happened near the Safari Hotel, close to Somalia’s Foreign Ministry. The blast area lies in the center of the city where government offices, hotels, restaurants, and shops are located, police said.

The second explosion took place in the city’s Madina district hours later, according to police.

Further more, It is feared that the death toll from the blast will be the highest the country has ever seen. Though Mogadishu is regularly targeted by the Al-Qaeda-linked Al-Shabab terrorist group, it is still unclear who was behind the attack.

Nearly 263 people have died and 300 injured in the deadliest twin bomb attacks in the heart of Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Saturday, according to medical staff cited by media reports on TV channels .

A doctor at the city’s Madina hospital, Aden Nur, said the site had recorded 258 deaths while Ahmed Ali, a nurse at the nearby Osman Fiqi hospital, said that five bodies had been sent there, media reports.

Franchise India 2017

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Franchise India 2017

“Inviting you as VIP Guest at Franchise India 2017

Dear NK Sagar

It is my pleasure to invite you to join in the 15th Annual Business forum, Franchise India 2017, on November 7-8 2017 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.

With 48 million SME’s India has always been regarded as the land of entrepreneurs where every business owner has a small pie of enterprise. In wake of Economic, political and social changes and consciousness, the fabric of Indian Small business is changing very fast. Today Franchising constitutes nearly 30% of these SME businesses in India and with GST, more small business owners are looking to partner with big brands for building a viable business.

Back In its 15th annual edition, Franchise India 2017 has a legacy of empowering over 5 lakh business seekers with their dream business. It is a show that belongs to every small business owner of the country who dreams big. Infact, everything in the event — from our conference – Opportunity Summit that empowers new 300+ Entrepreneurs with New Business Ideas and entrepreneurship practices , Startup Kickoff that gets 25+ young founders to present Fundable Ideas, International Pavilion that brings over 100 + globally established Brands to set shop in India — food ,retail, fashion, education , brand Licensing ,SME zones are driven by this goal of empowering Entrepreneurship and Business ownership in alliance with the Best of Business concepts.

Franchising is an across Industry format and Franchise India 2017 welcomes over 35000 Business people over two days from every sector and culture who seek new , profitable and modern Business choices. Over 25% Business owners come back year after year passionately seeking new investments and meeting like minded entrepreneurs.

This year Franchise India 2017 is twice of its earlier size in every which way – 500 Business ideas showcased, 400 conference attendees, 35,000 business visitors, Business concepts from over 15 countries and a team 1400 Franchise Indians to personally assist everyone at the show to make the most of the “Business MahaUtsav”. Leading Brands from India and the World like Regis Corporation(USA) ,TruGym, Nutrimost, Little Kickers, Caesars Pizza and 50 more will be present for the very first time in India. Brands Leaders from Subway, Pizza Hut , Huawei, Mahindra ,Sri Sri group would also be present there to share their global dominance plus New Age Brands like Jaypore, Moms Co, Epigamia, AM:PM , EBW, Pipa Bella ,U clean, Zapp Fresh will share how new brands are changing the Market and Brand perceptions. Please get detailed view of the show at https://expo.franchiseindia.com/

I seek your presence for the event and invite you to join us for sometime over the two days as my personal guest. I am confident that the depth of Business opportunities at the expo, learning and networking at the conference and meeting like-minded entrepreneurs at VIP Lounge would be well worth your time. Please R.S.V.P your presence to Juhi in my office at 8588875698 or write to her at delhireception@franchiseindia.net to confirm your presence and we could send you a VIP All-Access Pass to the event.

I look forward to welcoming you at the show.

Warm Regards

Gaurav Marya
Chairman
Franchise India

Nicolas Maduro’s back in regional vote in Venezuela

ON OCTOBER 16, 2017 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

Venezuela government retains power even after protest by opposition after its oil economy nosedive and food and medicine price skyrocketed.

Nicolas Maduro’s government has won a majority of governorship in Venezuela’s regional election on Sunday. Electoral board president Tibisay Lucena said the ruling Socialist Party took 17 governorship, versus five for the opposition Democratic Unity coalition, media reported.

The ruling Socialist Party previously controlled 20 of the 23 state governorships. “‘Chavismo’ is alive, in the street, and triumphant,” Maduro said in a speech to the nation, referring to the ruling movement’s name for former president Hugo Chavez.

The opposition coalition has refused to recognize the results of gubernatorial elections. “We have serious suspicions and doubts,” election campaign chief Gerardo Blyde told reporters, without presenting any evidence of fraud.

Election in Austria,Sebastian Kurz leads

ON OCTOBER 15, 2017 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

Austrian conservative set to become the youngest leaders of Europe with counting on out going Foreign Minister, Sabstain kurz narrowly ahead in position to form coalition government. The election are mainly on plank of immigration plagued Europe 2015-16.
Two anti-migrant parties are leading in the Austrian parliamentary election, with the conservative People’s Party (OVP), headed by Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz, in first place, according to preliminary official results. The right-wing Freedom Party (FPO) is second.

Kurz announced his party’s victory soon after the release of the exit poll results. A “great responsibility has been placed” on the OVP, he tweeted, adding that his party accepts it “with great humility.”

He also said that his party’s victory is “not a triumph over others but a chance for a change.”

At just 31 years old, Kurz is set to be become the world’s youngest national leader.

According to the preliminary results published by the Austrian Interior Ministry, Kurz’s OVP has taken a clear lead in the election with 31.4 percent of the vote. The right-wing anti-immigrant FPO came in ahead of the Social Democrats in a very close race for second place.

FPO secured 27.4 percent backing, the Social Democrats received 26.7 percent. Both parties repeatedly swapped places as the votes were being counted.

The results are regarded as a success for the right-wing populists, as they received seven percent more of the vote than in the previous election, in which the FPO received 20.5 percent.

The results for the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPO), which won the previous election and was the senior member of the ruling coalition before the snap election, is already being called by some analysts the worst in the party’s history, as previously it always came in either first or second.

In the view of the election results for the Social Democrats, SPO head and former Chancellor Christian Kern said that he will still hold the post of party chief. “We have a responsibility to our voters,” he told Austrian ORF broadcaster.

The right-wing populist party now has a good chance to enter a coalition government.

With 31 percent of the vote, the OVP is now expected to become the strongest force in the Austrian National Council, which has 183 seats. It still, however, lacks a majority in the legislature and could seek a coalition with the right-wing populists, as a revival of the OVP-SPO coalition seems unlikely.
Austria Election today set the Europe the continent right wing thinking another unique opportunity to its union to gather together on broader points but to focus on it’s intrinsic strength. Immigration dominated the election.

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Tillerson plays safe

ON OCTOBER 16, 2017 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

“I am fully committed to his objectives. I agree with his objectives. I agree with what he is trying to do,” Tillerson said of Trump on CNN’s State of the Union program.

Tillerson’s tenure as secretary of state has been dogged by rumours about rifts with Trump over policy.

Trump “has made it clear to me to continue my diplomatic efforts,” Tillerson said.

May travel to Brussels

ON OCTOBER 16, 2017 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

May will travel with Brexit minister David Davis for the meetings, which, her office said, were a long-planned part of the prime minister’s build-up to a European Council summit on Thursday.

EU leaders could hand May an olive branch at the summit by launching their own internal preparations for a transition to a new relationship with Britain.

May spoke to German Chancellor Angela Merkel earlier on Sunday and the two agreed on the need for continued constructive progress in the exit talks, an earlier statement from May’s office said.

Two Ukrainian military wounded

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Two Ukrainian military wounded in combat yesterday, 16 attacks by Russian troops recorded in Donbas, – ATO HQ http://dlvr.it/PvrCBR

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Somalia twin bombing

ON OCTOBER 16, 2017 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

Reports of many victims of the-twin car bomb blast that rocked the capital on Saturday died at hospitals from their wounds, Police Captain Mohamed Hussein said earlier.

The second explosion took place in the city’s Madina district hours later, according to police.

Franchise India 2017

ON OCTOBER 16, 2017 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

Franchise India 2017

“Inviting you as VIP Guest at Franchise India 2017

Dear NK Sagar

It is my pleasure to invite you to join in the 15th Annual Business forum, Franchise India 2017, on November 7-8 2017 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.

I look forward to welcoming you at the show.

Warm Regards

Gaurav Marya
Chairman
Franchise India

Nicolas Maduro’s back in regional vote in Venezuela

ON OCTOBER 16, 2017 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

Venezuela government retains power even after protest by opposition after its oil economy nosedive and food and medicine price skyrocketed.

Election in Austria,Sebastian Kurz leads

ON OCTOBER 15, 2017 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

He also said that his party’s victory is “not a triumph over others but a chance for a change.”

At just 31 years old, Kurz is set to be become the world’s youngest national leader.

FPO secured 27.4 percent backing, the Social Democrats received 26.7 percent. Both parties repeatedly swapped places as the votes were being counted.

The results are regarded as a success for the right-wing populists, as they received seven percent more of the vote than in the previous election, in which the FPO received 20.5 percent.

The right-wing populist party now has a good chance to enter a coalition government.

Kurz, nicknamed “wunderwuzzi”, is expected to form a coalition with the anti-immigration FPOe of Heinz-Christian Strache, 48. It would be the first time it has entered government since 2000 under Joerg Haider.

Another option for Kurz would be another “grand coalition” with the SPOe, but after 10 acrimonious years governing together — ended early by Kurz in May — this is seen as less likely.

The FPOe”s return to power in the wealthy EU member would be a fresh headache for Brussels as it struggles with Brexit and the rise of nationalists in Germany, Hungary, Poland and elsewhere.

Like the Alternative for Germany, which last month became the third-largest party in the Bundestag, and France”s National Front, the FPOe has stoked concerns about a record influx of migrants into Europe.

The party was founded by ex-Nazis in the 1950s — Strache flirted with neo-Nazism in his youth — and is highly critical of the European Union.

It wants EU sanctions on Russia lifted.Media agencies

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Madrid HC: NBW to Jordi Sanchez,Jordi Cuixart,

ON OCTOBER 17, 2017 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

Spanish court in its ordered the detention of two key members of the Catalan independence movement as the rift between central government and separatist campaigners widens.

Leaders of two key Catalan separatist groups allegedly obstructed police investigations into this month’s referendum on Catalonia’s independence from Spain.

The referendum took place in the northeastern region on October 1st despite a suspension order from Spain’s Constitutional Court. Catalan authorities say voters overwhelmingly supported secession.

Madrid’s High Court ordered on Monday the detention without bail of Jordi Sanchez, head of the Catalan National Assembly, and Omnium leader Jordi Cuixart, while under investigation for alleged sedition.

Spanish authorities are investigating the roles of the 2 men in organizing pro-independence protests in Barcelona last month. Reuters says police officers investigating the referendum were trapped inside a Catalan regional government building during the protest.

Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont expressed his opposition to the detentions, tweeting that Spain jails Catalonia’s civil society leaders for organizing peaceful demonstrations.

Last week, Puigdemont delayed a formal declaration of independence and sought talks with Spain. The Spanish government ruled out such talks and gave Puigdemont until Thursday to back down.

Two car bombs in SW Afghanistan

ON OCTOBER 17, 2017 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

A suicide and gun attack on a police training centre in southeast Afghanistan on Tuesday has killed at least 15 people and wounded more than 40, a hospital official said.

The victims include “women, students and police”, Hedayatullah Hamidi, public health director in Gardez, the capital of Paktia province, told AFP.

The Taliban claimed responsibility in a tweet for the attack at the centre in Gardiz, capital of Paktia province, which borders Pakistan.

“At first a suicide bomber detonated a car filled with explosives near the training centre, making way for a number of attackers to start their assault”, the interior ministry said in a statement.

A battle between the attackers, armed with guns and suicide vests, and security forces was under way inside the centre which is located near the Paktia police headquarters, according to the interior ministry statement.

A local official said two car bombs blew up near the compound that also houses the provincial headquarters of the national police, border police and Afghan National Army.

“A group of gunmen have entered the compound and fighting is ongoing,” Allah Mir Bahram, a member of the Paktia provincial council, told media

Ophelia, the largest hurricane hit Ireland to hit UK next

ON OCTOBER 17, 2017 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

Britain’s Met Office issued amber severe weather warnings for Northern Ireland, Wales, and southern Scotland, saying power cuts, transport disruption, flying debris and large waves were likely.

“This leads to the potential for injuries and danger to life,” the national weather service said.

The fringes of the storm turned the hitherto sunny afternoon skies over London a murky shade of brown-orange, due to the southerly warm winds bringing dust from the Sahara Desert.

Ireland was hit by an “unprecedented storm” on Monday that left three people dead, more than 300,000 customers without power and shut down schools and government offices.

A police spokesman said one woman in her 50s was killed outside the village of Aglish, near the south coast, by a tree falling on her car. A female passenger in her 70s suffered non-life-threatening injuries.

One man died in an accident while he was clearing a fallen tree with a chainsaw near the town of Cahir, about 35 kilometres further inland.

And a second man was killed on the roads by a falling tree north of Dundalk in the northeast, close to the border with Northern Ireland, police said in a statement.

Ophelia, the largest hurricane ever recorded so far east in the Atlantic Ocean and the furthest north since 1939, was downgraded to a storm before it hit the Irish coast but nonetheless wrought havoc.

“It will bring further violent and destructive winds for a time,” Met Eireann, the Irish National Meteorological Service, said.

Flooding was also expected “due to either heavy thundery downpours or storm surges in coastal areas,” the service said after issuing a red alert for the whole country.

Winds reached 191 kilometres per hour at Fastnet Rock, Ireland’s southernmost point, while the strongest winds recorded onshore were 156 kph at the entrance to Cork Harbour in the southwest.

Seventeen millimetres of rain fell at Valentia on the southwest coast, including nine millimetres in one hour.

The Electricity Supply Board said 360,000 customers were without power, due to more than 3,200 individual faults on the network.

“All customers impacted by outages should prepare to be without electricity for a number of days,” it said. “Five to 10 percent of this number will be without power for up to 10 days.”

Dublin Airport scrapped 180 flights while Cork Airport cancelled most flights in what it said was the worst storm seen in its 56-year history. Meanwhile several services to and from Shannon, the third-biggest airport, were also grounded.

“Stay indoors wherever you are until the storm has passed,” Prime Minister Leo Varadkar told reporters.

“I don’t want anyone to think that this is anything other than a national emergency and a red alert.”

The Department of Education closed all schools, colleges and other educational institutions on Monday due to the “unprecedented storm”, with minister Richard Burton saying schools would remain closed on Tuesday.

Government offices were also shut. Ireland’s top football team Cork City were hit when their stadium roof collapsed, the day before they hoped to seal the league title at their Turners Cross ground.

The eye of the storm is forecast to track across Northern Ireland and then Scotland.Though it will weaken as it goes, gusts are expected to reach 80 mph in the UK.

U.S. and DPRK no nuclear war

ON OCTOBER 17, 2017 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

North Korea’s deputy UN ambassador has warned the UN General Assembly that the crisis on the Korean Peninsula “has reached the touch-and-go point and a nuclear war may break out any moment.”

Kim In-ryong said North Korea is the only country in the world subjected to “such an extreme and direct nuclear threat” by the US, AP reports.

He accused Washington of hatching a “secret operation aimed at the removal of our supreme leadership” and defended his country’s nuclear arsenal, at the heart of the crisis, as being for self-defense.

Speaking to the UN General Assembly’s disarmament committee, he insisted that nukes are Pyongyang’s “precious strategic asset that cannot be reversed or bartered for anything,” a line that other North Korean officials have voiced almost word-for-word before.
North Korea has been enhanced both its technical capabilities and its anti-American rhetoric and is not going to have any iota of negotiations with US.

KNCA website, The Trump administration of the U.S. is reported to mull introducing smaller tactical nuclear weapons in a bid to destroy the nuclear facilities of the DPRK.
What matters is that such scheme is under consideration when the U.S. is going to stage a high-intensity joint drill in the East Sea of Korea with mobilization of a strike group involving nuclear carrier Ronald Reagan, Aegis destroyer, missile cruiser and Ohio-class strategic nuclear submarine carrying nuclear missiles.
This sheds light on the sinister scenario to provoke a nuclear war by all means so as to totally destroy the DPRK and exterminate the population of the north.
Now, the Korean Peninsula is on the threshold of a nuclear disaster and no one knows at what time a thermonuclear war will break out.
The Trump group should think twice about what terrible consequences the U.S. will face due to its scheme for a nuclear attack on the DPRK.
The status of force between the DPRK and U.S. at present is fundamentally different from what was in the past Korean War in the 1950s.
The U.S. reckless military gambling against the DPRK may lead to its total destruction.As the U.S. denies even the existence of the DPRK and tries to topple it by force, the latter’s counteractions will be inevitable.
The DPRK is ready to counter the war of aggression with a war of justice and cope with the enemy’s dagger with a sword and his rifle with an artillery piece. It is the invariable stand of the Korean army and people and their permanent mode of counteraction.

Despite intensifying gestures and remarks between the US, North Korea and the countries’ leaders, US Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan told reporters on Tuesday, “We eventually don’t rule out the possibility of direct talks,” media reported. Sullivan had just wrapped up a meeting in Tokyo with Japanese Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Shinsuke Sugiyama.

US diplomat will travel next to Seoul where he will also visit the demilitarized zone, or DMZ, according to South Korean news agency Yonhap.

US President Donald Trump’s first trip to South Korea is scheduled for next month, when he will meet with President Moon Jae-in. Diplomatic channels an imperative to get the countries to resorts to deliberations, talks, to avoid any nuke blasts exchange in any manner.

Putin to meet Frank Walter Steinmeier

ON OCTOBER 17, 2017 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov invited the President of Germany’sSteinmeier to visit Russia, while addressing at the opening of the 14th Conference of the partner cities of Russia and Germany. Minister said, that Russia will invariably build relations with Germany on the basis of mutual interests and equality. As per Lavrov, history shows that a departure from these principles seriously damages “both our countries and the progressive development of the European continent as a whole.”

He further added, Lavrov added that Moscow is open to cooperation with international partners to strengthen European security.

Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov invited FRG President Frank Walter Steinmeier to visit Russia, RIA Novosti reported .

He said this, speaking at the opening of the 14th Conference of the partner cities of Russia and Germany.

“We will be happy to welcome the President of the FRG, Mr. Frank Walter Steinmeier, to Russia. He has an appropriate invitation, “Lavrov said.
On October 25, Vladimir Putin will meet with Federal President of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier, who will be in Moscow on a working visit at the invitation of the Russian President.

US:Venezuelan elections,neither free nor fair

ON OCTOBER 17, 2017 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

But the Washington refuses to recognize the outcome of Venezuela’s gubernatorial elections, accusing the of President Nicolas Maduro of acting like an “authoritarian dictatorship.”

“We condemn the lack of free and fair elections yesterday in Venezuela. The voice of the Venezuelan people was not heard,” State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said in a statement on Monday, adding that the US will “bring the full weight of American economic and diplomatic power to bear in support of the Venezuelan people as they seek to restore their democracy.”

Though the opposition expected to win the Sunday vote, the government swept 17 out of 23 state governorships.

THE WORLD FOOD INDIA 2017

ON OCTOBER 17, 2017 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

No Participation Fee however pre-registration is must

TO PARTICIPATE AT THE WORLD FOOD INDIA 2017

A gateway to the Indian food economy and an opportunity to showcase, connect, and collaborate

Dear Sir / Madam,

INVITATION TO ATTEND BUSINESS CONFERENCES

WORLD FOOD INDIA

3-5 November 2017 : New Delhi

We are pleased to inform you that Ministry of Food Processing and Industries, Government of India jointly with Confederation of Indian (CII) is organizing ‘World Food India’ from 3-5 November 2017 at New Delhi.

Shri Narendra Modi, Hon’ble Prime Minister of India has kindly consented to be the Chief Guest and Inaugurate the World Food India on 3rd November.

World Food India is an International Event comprising series of Sectoral Conferences along with Exhibition and vibrant Food Street. The Exhibition will have a large component of Digital and Multimedia display where Food Street would be showcasing the Indian Cuisines and Ingredients amenable for processing and exports. It will also provide a platform to Foreign Cuisines to be tasted on the Indian palate before they could be manufactured in India.

Key Highlights of World Food India:

40,000

sq. mt. Exhibition Space

3Days Event

9Sectoral Conferences

2000+Participants

400+Exhibitors

20+Countries Participating

26Indian States Participating

50+Global CEOs Participants

We are writing to cordially invite you and your colleagues to attend the Business Conferences at the World Food India from 3-5 November 2017 as per your interest.

May we kindly request you to Register to attend the Business Conferences by using the link https://www.worldfoodindia.in/conference#regconferences

All Business Conferences of World Food India are being organised at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi while the Exhibition will be held at C-Hexagon, India Gate, New Delhi.

For any query related to Business Conferences at the World Food India, your office may contact Ms Anjali Chauhan at anjali.chauhan@cii.in

Below for your reference is also an e-flyer giving details about Business Conferences at World Food India. For more details about World Food India, please visit www.worldfoodindia.in

We look forward to receiving your confirmation.

Regards,

Conference Team – World Food India

New Delhi

T: +91-11-49816411 / 49816423 / 49816418 / 49816414 / 49816421

CSE, WRI LATE, Incompetent Response – DMRC Fare Increase

ON OCTOBER 17, 2017 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

CSE, WRI LATE, Incompetent Response – DMRC Fare Increase

October16, 2017 (C) Ravinder Singh progressindia2015@gmail.com

CSE & WRI NGOs are pack of Extreme Dullards – it was horrendous of them to report average DMRC Commute is 15.7 km when 99% of times I don’t go beyond 10 km.

NGOs led by Incompetent Sunita Narayan made MEGA Blunders in this DELAYED & CORRUPTED study i.e. 51% Cycle Rickshaws at Metros. I had last week reported –

[For same population & income levels Delhi Has FOUR TIMES More Vehicles than Mumbai, Burn 4 Times More Imported PETROLEUM Emitting 4 Times More GHG.

Public Transport for Local Area up to 8 km should be Cheaper to Attract Local Population – DMRC Fare Rs.30 for 5-12 km is Lunatic. For 1-5 km Running Cost of 2-Wheeler is Rs.10, small Cars Rs.20 for DMRC Slab.]

1. Average Commute by Delhi resident ought to be the BASE of the study. Average

commute could be just 1-5 kilometer. [Schools, Shops & Grocery Stores, Public Offices, Food Outlets, Clubs-Playground, Theaters etc]

http://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi-news/people-pay-more-for-extra-fuel-consumption-while-driving-on-delhi-s-roads/story-68rK37RfWJHX30UpFBFqWM.html

2. SUSTRANS reported India spend Rs.960 Cr MORE/Day [Rs.3,50,000 Cr Per

Year] on Fuels Due to Bad Roads & Slow Traffic. But didn’t report 1,50,000 Deaths, 0.5m Major Accidents, 9-10m Minor accidents, GDP loss of 8%, Life Lost in Commuting, and Delhi Automobiles Contaminating air.

3. It reported SUV Fuel consumption on Expressway is 40gm/km, Congested

Expressway 95gm/km, Highway 137gm/km.

4. SUSTRANS didn’t report Roadway Buses consume just 4 gm/P/Km. DTC

Marcopolo Buses – 10gm of CNG per km in city conditions.

5. Delhi need well designed Electric Vehicles like in THAILAND which are open

from Three Sides carry 6-10 Passengers for sub 2 km commute.

6. DMRC Parking should be used for Parking-Charging of Electric Vehicles.

7. DMRC PARTIALLY serve DELHI POPULATION – Fare for 0-2 km commute is

Rs.10 when Mumbai Suburban fare Rs.5 for 60 km for monthly pass.

8. PUBLIC SERVICES ARE POPULAR WHEN STARTING SLAB IS SUBSIDISED

BASED ON AFFORDABILITY – like Mumbai Locals, Electricity, Water, PDS FOODS, TAXES etc. A Person Traveling from Rajiv Chowk to HUDA Center could pay Rs.50 than Rs.30, but DMRC charging Rs.20 for 4 km is LUNATIC.

9. SUSTRANS didn’t recommend – Shift in Commute Profile – Admitting

Children to Local Schools, Evenly Distribute Call Centers, Wholesale Markets through NCR, Abolish Rent Laws for Quick relocation.

Ravinder Singh, Inventor & Consultant, INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES AND PROJECTS

Y-77, Hauz Khas, ND -110016, India. Ph: 091- 8826415770 [4G], 9871056471, 9718280435,

Ravinder Singh* is a WIPO awarded inventor specializing in Power, Transportation,

Smart Cities, Water, Energy Saving, Agriculture, Manufacturing, Technologies and Projects

The Milk Crises in India: The Story Behind the Numbers

ON OCTOBER 17, 2017 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

This past two years has witnessed farmers across India demonstrating for their livelihoods: a hike in milk procurement prices has featured as a key demand. Their demand reflects a grave crisis underway in the Indian milk market , which is threatening to undermine the multifunctional role of livestock and the way of life of entire communities.

Small and marginal farmers, the backbone of the Indian milk market, have been hardest hit by a price war waged by dairy processors (companies), beginning January 2015. Faced with mounting stocks of unexportable milk powder, brought on by a slump in global milk powder prices, some of the big domestic dairy players began to flood the domestic market with cheaply priced milk for consumers. At the same time they were lowering the prices at which they were procuring milk from farmers. This was severely affecting small farmers and has also impacted the peoples’ milk market, commonly referred to as the “informal” or “unorganised” milk market.

Building on research in the Indian States of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, the Food Sovereignty Alliance (FSA) shows how this crisis extends well beyond the small farmers of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh State in South India. It affects small farmers nationally as well as globally. This book tells the story of how global trends including the onging threats of multilateral trade agreements such as the EU-India Free Trade Agreement and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Pact (RCEP), are driving countless small dairy farmers into debt and ultimately out of farming. It calls for a solution, based on nurturing the resilience of the small, localised networks of milk producers, cooperatives and consumers.

The authors provide clear evidence that the only hope for the future lies in localised peoples’ milk markets based on agro-ecological livestock cultures: cultures where livestock are reared, not as machines to produce single commodities, but as sentient beings playing a multifaceted role in food farming production systems.

This report authored by the Dairy Working Group of the Food Sovereignty Alliance, will be of interest to farmers’ movements, Dairy Cooperatives, Students, Researchers, Policy framers and anybody who is interested in understanding what it takes to bring them their daily glass of milk!

The report can be accessed at https://foodsovereigntyalli ance.wordpress.com/2017/10/15/ the-milk-crisis-in-india-the-s tory-behind-the-numbers/ and at

http://www.coventry.ac.uk/rese arch/areas-of-research/agroeco logy-water-resilience/our-publ ications/

The Dairy Working Group,

Food Sovereignty Alliance, India

Adinarayana N, Apparao.S, Charanya R, Murugamma V, Dr. Radha Gopalan, Dr. Sagari R Ramdas, Srikrupa R, and Yadgiri G.

RBI issues directions

ON OCTOBER 17, 2017 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

Naresh Kumar Sagar

Admin ·

RBI issues directions related to risk management and inter-bank dealings – Facilities for hedging trade exposures invoiced in Indian Rupees

Attention of Authorized Dealers Category – I (AD Category – I) banks has been invited to the Foreign Exchange Management (Foreign Exchange Derivative Contracts) Regulations, 2000 dated May 3, 2000 (Notification No. FEMA. 25/RB-2000 dated May 3, 2000) and Master Directions on Risk Management and Inter-Bank Dealings dated July 5, 2016 as amended from time to time.

In terms of para 6 under Section II (Facilities for Persons Residents outside India) of the aforementioned master direction, non-residents are permitted to hedge the currency risk arising out of INR invoiced exports from and imports to India with AD Category I banks in India. On a review of this facility, it has been decided to permit the central treasury (of the group and being a group entity) of such non-residents to undertake hedges for and behalf of such non-residents with AD Category I banks in India as per the existing Model I and Model II.

Facilities for Hedging Trade Exposures, invoiced in Indian Rupees in India

Purpose: To hedge the currency risk arising out of genuine trade transactions involving exports from and imports to India, invoiced in Indian Rupees, with AD Category I banks in India.

Products: Forward foreign exchange contracts with rupee as one of the currencies, foreign currency-INR options.

Operational Guidelines, Terms and Conditions: The AD Category I banks can opt for either Model I or Model II as given below:

Model I : Non-resident exporter / importer or its central treasury (of the group and being a group entity) dealing through their overseas bank (including overseas branches of AD banks in India)

i. Non-resident exporter / importer, or its central treasury approaches his banker overseas with appropriate documents with a request for hedging their Rupee exposure arising out of a confirmed import or export order invoiced in Rupees.

ii. The overseas bank in turn approaches its correspondent in India (i.e. the AD bank in India) for a price to hedge the exposure of its customer along with documentation furnished by the customer that will enable the AD bank in India to satisfy itself that there is an underlying trade transaction (scanned copies would be acceptable). The following undertakings also need to be taken from the customer:

· That the same underlying exposure has not been hedged with any other AD Category I bank/s in India

· If the underlying exposure is cancelled, the customer will cancel the hedge contract immediately

· In case of a central treasury, an authorization from the entity having INR exposure to hedge on its behalf

iii. A certification on the end client KYC may also be taken as a one-time document from the overseas bank by the AD bank in India.

iv. The AD bank in India based on documents received from the overseas correspondent should satisfy itself about the existence of the underlying trade transaction and offer a forward price (no two-way quotes should be given) to the overseas bank who, in turn, will offer the same to its customer. The AD bank, therefore, will ‘not be’ dealing directly with the overseas importer / exporter.

v. The amount and tenor of the hedge should not exceed that of the underlying transaction and should be in consonance with the extant regulations regarding tenor of payment / realization of the proceeds.

vi. On due date, settlement is to be done through the correspondent bank’s Vostro or the AD bank’s Nostro accounts.

vii. The contracts, once cancelled, cannot be rebooked.

viii. The contracts may, however, be rolled over on or before maturity subject to maturity of the underlying exposure.

ix. On cancellation of the contracts, gains may be passed on to the customer subject to the customer providing a declaration that he is not going to rebook the contract or that the contract has been cancelled on account of cancellation of the underlying exposure.

x. In case the underlying trade transaction is extended, rollover can be permitted once based on the extension of the underlying trade transaction for which suitable documentation is to be provided by the overseas bank and the same procedure followed as in case of the original contract.

Model II : Non-resident exporter / importer or its central treasury (of the group and being a group entity) dealing directly with the AD bank in India.

i. The overseas exporter / importer or its central treasury approaches the AD bank in India with a request for forward cover in respect of underlying transaction for which he furnishes appropriate documentation (scanned copies would be acceptable), on a pre-deal basis to enable the AD bank in India to satisfy itself that there is an underlying trade transaction, and details of his overseas banker, address etc. The following undertakings also need to be taken from the customer

· That the same underlying exposure has not been hedged with any other AD Category I bank/s in India.

· If the underlying exposure is cancelled, the customer will cancel the hedge contract immediately.

· In case of a central treasury, an authorization from the entity having INR exposure to hedge on its behalf

ii. The AD bank may obtain certification of KYC/AML in the format in Annex XVIII. The format can be obtained through the overseas correspondent / bank through SWIFT authenticated message. In case the AD bank has a presence outside India, the AD may take care of the KYC/AML through its bank’s offshore branch.

iii. AD banks should evolve appropriate arrangements to mitigate credit risk. Credit limits can be granted based on the credit analysis done by self / the overseas branch.

iv. The amount and tenor of the hedge should not exceed that of the underlying transaction and should be in consonance with the extant regulations regarding tenor of payment / realization of the proceeds.

v. On due date, settlement is to be done through the correspondent bank’s Vostro or the AD bank’s Nostro accounts. AD banks in India may release funds to the beneficiaries only after sighting funds in Nostro / Vostro accounts.

vi. The contracts, once cancelled, cannot be rebooked.

vii. The contracts may, however, be rolled over on or before maturity subject to maturity of the underlying exposure.

viii. On cancellation of the contracts, gains may be passed on to the customer subject to the customer providing a declaration that he is not going to rebook the contract or that the contract has been cancelled on account of cancellation of the underlying exposure.

ix. In case the underlying trade transaction is extended, rollover can be permitted once based on the extension of the underlying trade transaction for which suitable documentation is to be provided by the overseas bank and the same procedure followed as in case of the original contract.

x. AD banks shall report hedge contracts booked under this facility to CCIL’s trade repository with a special identification tag.

SAIL supplied special grade steel for INS Kiltan

ON OCTOBER 17, 2017 BY NARESH SAGARLEAVE A COMMENTEDIT

Steel Minister Chaudhary Birender Singh has congratulated SAIL

New Delhi, 16th October, 2017

Partnering nation’s ‘Make in India’ drive, Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL) has supplied defence grade DMR 249A steel plates for the indigenous built Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) stealth corvette INS – Kiltan which was commissioned today into Indian Navy. It is the third of the four indigenous built AWS stealth corvettes under project 28 (Kamorta class) to join Indian Navy after sister ships INS Kamorta and INS Kadmatt.

SAIL’s integrated functioning across all its Plants has again successfully supplied the required quantity of steel for this significant project. Steel Minister Chaudhary Birender Singh has congratulated SAIL for this feat.

DMR 249A is a low carbon micro-alloyed grade of steel with stringent toughness requirement at sub-zero temperature. SAIL developed this warship grade steel Plates for Indian Navy in collaboration with Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory, Hyderabad.

SAIL has been supplying steel for Defence sector for a long time and its steel has been used in various other prestigious ship building projects. So far SAIL has supplied more than 50000 Metric Tonnes of DMR 249A defence grade steel for Naval Ships against various requirements.

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