To an early love interest, Joe DeAngelo was energetic and worldly. Now, nearly 50 years later, he stands accused of an extended spasm of violence — home invasions, rapes, murders — in the 1970s and '80s.
Single-use plastic bags are an environmental blight, but getting rid of bags entirely at grocery stores entirely can be a real pain if you forget to bring your own. Enter this creative compromise from East West Market in Vancouver, Canada.
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For decades, herpetologist William Brown has studied a thriving population of timber rattlers in upstate New York. And somehow he's convinced locals that having poisonous neighbors underfoot can be a glorious thing.
Thanks to years of "Looney Tunes" gags, anvils are pretty much synonymous with "really heavy object." But while iron is dense, it's got nothing on mercury, one of the densest materials on Earth. And while this video from Cody's Lab is from last year, it remains an extremely cool illustration of what that difference in density means.
This long-awaited game from Square Enix and developers Crystal Dynamics ("Tomb Raider" series) and Eidos Montreal ("Deus Ex" series) isn't set in the MCU, so there's a whole new take on Earth's Mightiest to get used to. Expect the game in May 2020.
Instead of calling countries names like "Canada" and "Spain," let's just call it as it is and refer to them as "The Village" and "Land of Many Rabbits."
Dozens of US government websites appear to contain a flaw enabling anyone to generate URLs with their domains that redirect users to external sites, a handy resource for cyber criminals looking to infect users with malware or trick them into surrendering their personal information.
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At the end of the 19th century, Parisian police officer Alphonse Bertillon devised a new system of crime scene photography, inviting detectives, jurors, and newspaper readers into scenes of violence and private interiors never so starkly revealed before.
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Whether he's out camping, barbecuing, or simply hanging out at home, it's inevitable that Dad is going to need to fix something eventually. And with this Leatherman in his pocket, he won't have to hunt down the toolbox for every little thing.
We came across this clip of skateboarder Jamie Griffin landing a wild trick hours ago and we still can't quite figure out what's going on — even with the slow motion.
Before he was the coach of the Golden State Warriors, Steve Kerr was a celebrated marksman of a three point shooter. And apparently the old man's still got it.
Two years ago, Ashley Heavy Runner Loring vanished without a trace, like thousands of other Native American women who go missing at alarming rates every year.
Here, podcasters Brendan O'Hare and Cory Snearowski have crafted a soundscape that's sort of in line with what you might expect from "Tim and Eric" or "I Think You Should Leave." It's great.
The Jubilee Singers were a global sensation. But an aggressive touring schedule would leave the young performers exhausted, underpaid, and in some cases, dead.
Kristen Bell, Rob Thomas, Ryan Hansen and more reminisce about the landmark UPN series, 15 years after its debut — and shortly before it returns for a highly anticipated Hulu revival.
Spotify's enormous access to mood-based data is a pillar of its value to brands and advertisers, allowing them to target ads on Spotify by moods and emotions. Further, since 2016, Spotify has shared this mood data directly with the world's biggest marketing and advertising firms.
Despite an effort to not reproduce the failures of "Apocalypse," the studio's creative team had trouble selling the vision for a finale: "When definite awareness of 'Rocketman' is higher than an X-Men movie, you know you're in strange territory."
The years since Steve Jobs's ascension to business deity have cemented the legend of the iconoclastic founder as a modern American folktale. Spreadsheets are out; megalomaniacal ambition is in. And what Neumann has accomplished is staggering.
Welcome to a murky new front in the war to bring psychedelics out of the shadows and into both legal recreational use and professional drug-assisted therapy.
Over the weekend an extremely human render of Sonic the Hedgehog circulated around the web under the incorrect notion that it was official art from the upcoming movie. Thankfully it is not.
The production of ammonia for fertilizer may result in up to 100 times more emissions than has been previously estimated for this sector. And that alone is more than what the Environmental Protection Agency estimates all industries emit across the US.
My goal was to find out which mobility company provides the best motoring experience for the rider, for their money. A showdown, for which scooter is best.
Oculus just came out with their first all-in-one, no external sensors VR headset — and navigating a real, complex space while in VR just got a lot more accessible.
Navy pilot Lt. Ryan Graves makes the shocking claim that multiple unidentified crafts appeared in the Middle East over the Arabian Gulf, while the carrier strike group was launching air strikes in Syria. Clip from #Unidentified: Inside America's #UFO Investigation. #TTSA#AATIPpic.twitter.com/tE0cQVMVPZ
The Naval Aviator describes a "reduced volume" of "inconclusive" incidents when his squadron was flying over the Middle East.
As part of our ongoing and in-depth coverage of the military's increasingly publicized encounters with UFOs, we want to share with you exclusive correspondence between F/A-18 Super Hornet pilot Ryan Graves and The War Zone. Graves is one of a handful of Navy tactical jet aircrewmen that recently stepped forward regarding a near constant string of encounters with UFOs while training off the southeast coast of the U.S. between 2014 and 2015. In the message, he answers our question regarding statements that the mysterious craft followed his unit while on cruise to the Persian Gulf aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt. There was some discrepancy on this issue, with the New York Times first reporting the encounters stopped shortly after the unit and its air wing left on deployment in early Spring of 2015, while further testimony from Graves teased in short promotional clips for To The Stars Academy's History Channel show Unidentified implies that they continued while the unit was deployed abroad.
#UPDATE Five EU states including Britain, France and Germany on Monday threw their support behind Moldova's parliament as it negotiated a constitutional crisis pitting it against an interim president wanting it dissolved to hold new elections https://t.co/gxfJEVo1By
FILE PHOTO: Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Ukrainian comic actor and candidate in the upcoming presidential election, takes part in a production of the Servant of the People television series in Kiev, Ukraine March 6, 2019. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko/File Photo
Ahead of Ukraine's parliamentary election, the party of newly elected President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has pledged to fight corruption and increase defense spending. Zelenskiy's new party is well ahead in polls.
In a wide-reaching election manifesto, Ukraine's Servant of the People party has promised to clamp down on corruption, move state services online and raise defense spending above 5% GDP as it prepares for its first ever parliamentary election.
The party is centered around comedian-turned-president Volodymyr Zelenskiy and named after the TV series he has starred in since 2015. The show tells the story of a history teacher who becomes president after his anti-corruption rant goes viral.
WNU Editor: The current parliament's popularity numbers are in the single digits. The expectation is that almost all of them will be defeated when Ukrainians go to the polls to elect a new parliament on July 21.
Yet another mock gravestone bearing the name and image of President Vladimir Putin has appeared in Russia -- this time in the southwestern city of Voronezh.
"Incredible thief and liar. Political corpse," read the accompanying text featuring Putin's surname, initials, and birth year, and listing 2019 as the year of death.
Images of the installation appeared on June 5 on the Twitter account of Agit Rossia, a group that calls itself a "federal channel of agitation, news, and street protests in Russia." A subsequent post by the group attributed the pictures to an anonymous sender.
Instability across central Africa has resulted in a humanitarian crisis. There needs to be greater focus on conflict resolution
Cameroon, a central African state of 24 million people on the Gulf of Guinea, is rarely in the news – which is surprising, given the awful things happening there. In a warring world full of conflict, the country's troubles barely rate a mention. That's short-sighted. As Yemen shows, today's local difficulties have a habit of becoming tomorrow's international crises.
Long-running tensions between Cameroon's French and English-speaking communities came to a head last week with the arrest of at least 350 members of the main opposition party, whose leader has been jailed since January. Human Rights Watch accused security forces of using "excessive and indiscriminate force".
WNU Editor: My answer to the above question on why are so many of the world's wars being ignored is simple. It is one of the reasons why I started this blog.
New York (CNN Business)The epic American oil boom is just getting started. OPEC, on the other hand, is stuck on the sidelines.
US oil production is on track to spike to a record 13.4 million barrels per day by the end of 2019, according to a recent report by energy research firm Rystad Energy. Texas alone is expected to soon top 5 million barrels per day in oil production — more than any OPEC member other than Saudi Arabia.
WNU Editor: Russia's oil minister sees a further collapse in oil prices .... Russian Energy Minister: Oil Could Still Drop To $30 (OilPrice.com). These price drops are occurring with sanctions on Iran, Venezuelan oil production at a 20 year low, and Libya in the grip of a civil war.
Kim Jong Nam, the half brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and who was assassinated at an airport in Malaysia in 2017, was an informant for the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, according to a news report.
The Wall Street Journal, citing a person knowledgeable about the matter, reported on Monday evening that Kim Jong Nam had meetings with CIA operatives on several occasions.
Hong Kongers are back in the streets. As the South China Morning Post notes, protesting is in the semi-independent city-state's "DNA": Smaller demonstrations are nearly constant, and massive ones like this one—usually mounted to protect the city's hard-won political independence—happen every few years. Still, the scale of the current outcry is unusual, with hundreds of thousands protesting a new extradition law on Sunday in what may have been the largest marches since the city's handover to Chinese rule.
WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he was ready to impose another round of punitive tariffs on Chinese imports if he cannot make progress in trade talks with China's President at a Group of 20 summit later this month.
Since two days of talks to resolve the U.S.-China trade dispute last month in Washington ended in a stalemate, Trump has repeatedly said he expected to meet President Xi Jinping at the June 28-29 summit in Osaka, Japan. China has not confirmed any such meeting.
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico and the United States might consider additional steps next month to restrict illegal immigration from Central America, including measures to bind Brazil and Panama into their efforts, Mexico's foreign minister said on Monday.
Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said the measures could be needed if a deal announced last week between Washington and Mexico fails to reduce within 45 days the numbers of migrants entering Mexico, mainly from Central America, on their way to the U.S. border.
The deal averted import tariffs on all Mexican goods that President Donald Trump had threatened to impose unless Mexico committed to do more to fight illegal immigration into the United States.
WNU Editor: The media narrative is that this U.S. - Mexico deal is nothing new. That it was decided months ago. Maybe so, but when I did a search on the New York Times/Washington Post/and AP news websites, there was no announcement of such a deal in their news archives. Certainly not in the past 6 months. Fake news anyone?
As for the deal itself. I am personally skeptical that Mexico will deliver on their end of the deal. Mexico has always had a policy that promoted the migration of their citizens to the U.S., and I do not see them changing that overnight. Coupled this with states like California now openly offering free health care to illegal migrants, I certainly do not see this migrant flood stopping anytime soon .... California to become the first state to extend health benefits to some who live in USA illegally (USA Today). My prediction. There are too many parties in Latin America and in the U.S. who do not want to see this flow of cheap and exploited labour to stop anytime soon. I can easily see Mexico dropping the enforcement of their southern borders in a few weeks, and an intensive media and political campaign within the U.S. to block any future measures from the White House to stop it.
* President Trump threatened more tariffs on Chinese imports if President Xi Jinping is not at this month's G-20 meeting. * The president previously threatened to put levies on another $300 billion in Chinese goods if an agreement is not reached soon.
President Donald Trump confirmed on Monday that additional tariffs on Chinese goods will be levied if Chinese President Xi Jinping does not attend this month's G-20 meeting.
When asked during a telephone interview if that means the new tariffs would go into effect immediately, Trump told CNBC's Becky Quick, "Yes, it would."
The president previously threatened to put levies on another $300 billion in Chinese goods if a trade agreement is not reached soon. The Trump administration increased tariffs last month on $200 billion worth of goods the U.S. imports from China.
(CNN) Two of the remaining members of the British ISIS cell known as "the Beatles" have confessed their part in the ransoming of Western hostages in a rare interview that showed them broken and pleading for news of their fate. One of the fighters also offered an unprecedented apology for his actions with the group.
Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh have been held in northern Syria by the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) for more than a year, and they recently consented to speak to CNN through a cameraman in their jail and a correspondent by remote video link from London.
Their comments come amid a raft of activity by foreign governments and the SDF to resolve the destination of hundreds of Western ISIS fighters held in overcrowded Syrian prisons, including the transfer of a dozen French fighters to Iraq where they were sentenced to death in May.
WNU Editor: These people committed war crimes that scream for justice. Their crimes were committed in the Middle East, and that is where they should face punishment.
ISIL affiliate rises after group's removal from Syria and Iraq, prompting fears of new attacks in the West.
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS) group is expanding its footprint in Afghanistan "with thousands and thousands" of fighters after losing its so-called caliphate in Syria and Iraq.
The armed group is recruiting new soldiers and plotting attacks on the United States and other Western countries, US and Afghan security officials say.
ISIL is seen as an even greater threat than the Taliban because of its increasingly sophisticated military capabilities and its strategy of targeting civilians, both in Afghanistan and abroad. Concerns run so deep that some officials have come to see the Taliban, which has also clashed with ISIL, as a potential partner in containing it.
WNU Editor: You know that you are in a sad state of affairs when you read about U.S. and Afghan security officials wanting to team up with the Taliban to defeat ISIS in Afghanistan.
Turkey's Defence Minister Hulusi Akar talks to acting U.S. Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan during a NATO defence ministers meeting at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels, Belgium February 13, 2019. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir/File Photo
ANKARA (Reuters) - The United States has not yet taken up Turkey's suggestion of creating a joint working group to try to defuse tensions over Ankara's purchase of the Russian S-400 missile defense systems, a senior Turkish defense official said on Monday.
The two NATO allies have sparred publicly for months over Turkey's order for the S-400s, which are not compatible with the transatlantic alliance's systems.
Washington says the S-400s pose a threat to the Lockheed Martin Corp F-35 fighters and has warned of potential U.S. sanctions if Ankara presses on with the deal.
Turkey, one of the core partners in the F-35 program and a prospective buyer, has said the S-400s will not impact the jets and has proposed to Washington forming a joint working group to assess U.S. concerns.
TEHRAN, Jun. 09 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said that Tehran doesn't want and need any relation with Washington, stressing that US should stop disturbing Iran's relations with other countries.
"We neither need US not want to establish relations with them. The economic war that Mr Trump has pointed to is 'economic terrorism' in our view and needs to stop," he told ICANA on Sunday.
He said that the United States is continuing its maximum pressure policy and its claims about 'talks with no pre-condition' are just aimed at influencing the public opinion.
"It is not necessary for the US to do anything, rather, it just should not disturb Iran's relation with the rest of the world."
Zarif had attended today's session of Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission.
Moldova has plunged deeper into political crisis after the country's top court suspended President Igor Dodon and his appointed replacement dissolved parliament and called for snap elections.
Thousands of people massed in the capital, Chisinau, on June 9 in support of Dodon's replacement, Pavel Filip, while Dodon slammed the court's decision and accused a rival political party, the Democratic Party -- backed by an influential tycoon -- of trying to cling to power.
The crisis adds more instability to Moldova, one of Europe's poorest states, long plagued by corruption and politically divided by those favoring closer ties with the European Union, and those wanting tighter relations with Russia.
Protesters, who were bussed into the capital by the Democratic Party, chanted, "We are the people, Dodon is the traitor."
At least 95 people were killed Sunday evening when armed men attacked an ethnic Dogon village in central Mali, a mayor told CNN on Monday.
The gunmen set fire to the village and fired shots, fleeing at around midnight, the mayor, Ali Dolo, said. The attack was carried out by Fulani men, he said.
Ninety-five charred bodies had been counted among the village's 300 residents, the major said. Fulani men attacked the village last week but only stole cattle, he said.
The Dogon and the Fulani have clashed in the past over access to land and water. Armed men in March killed 134 people, including women and children, during an attack on a village in central Mali, the United Nations said at the time.
A further 55 civilians were hurt in the attack in Ogossagou in the Mopti region, where violence has erupted repeatedly in recent months.
Hong Kong's leader has vowed to push ahead with a law allowing suspects to be extradited to mainland China a day after the city's biggest protest since its handover from British to Chinese rule in 1997.
Riot police ringed Hong Kong's Parliament and fought back against a hardcore group of several hundred protesters who stayed behind early on Monday (local time) after Sunday's peaceful march that organisers said drew more than a million people, or one in seven of the city's residents.
IMF loan triggers move, raising questions over heavy reliance on nuclear weapons
ISLAMABAD -- Ahead of Pakistan's announcement of its annual budget on Tuesday, the country's influential armed forces and the government of Prime Minister Imran Khan have promised to rein in military spending for the coming year.
The unusual move, likely the first ever, comes as Pakistan prepares the ground for a $6 billion loan from the International Monetary Fund aimed at averting a balance of payments crisis.
Khan, in a tweet last Wednesday, acknowledged the armed forces' "unprecedented voluntary initiative of stringent cuts in their defense expenditures for next FY [fiscal year] because of our critical financial situation, despite multiple security challenges."
A roadside bomb exploded damaging a U.S. military vehicle struck in the West African country of Niger, but no one was killed, U.S. Africa Command told Fox News on Sunday.
U.S. officials confirmed a tactical vehicle was damaged in Saturday's explosion but said the cause was "undetermined at this time."
U.S. Africa Command told Fox News: "A U.S. Mine Resistant Ambush Protected All-Terrain Vehicle (MAT-V) activated an improvised explosive device (IED) while entering a firing range in the vicinity of Ouallam, Niger."
WNU Editor: Very few details on this attack are being released, but it looks like this was a targeted attack. The African Sahel is becoming a very dangerous place as radical Islamists try to assert their control over this region. This is not going to be the last attack.
And with the help of big names in media they're turning journalism into an intelligence operation
There are two sets of laws in the United States today. One is inscribed in law books and applies to the majority of Americans. The other is a canon of privileges enjoyed by an establishment under the umbrella of an intelligence bureaucracy that has arrogated to itself the rights and protections of what was once a free press.
The media is now openly entwined with the national security establishment in a manner that would have been unimaginable before the advent of the age of the dossier—the literary forgery the FBI used as evidence to spy on the Trump team. In coordinating to perpetrate the Russiagate hoax on the American public, the media and intelligence officials have forged a relationship in which the two partners look out for the other's professional and political interests. Not least of all, they target shared adversaries and protect mutual friends.
WNU Editor: It is bad enough that former senior and partisan political operatives now host media news organizations (George Stephanopoulos comes to mind). But we now have former partisan senior intel officials being the ones who provide analysis and direction for news audiences on political stories and events. This is not a healthy sign for journalism. Not at all.
Democrats are planning to host a Capitol Hill event featuring psychiatrists who will warn that President Trump is unfit for office based on his mental health.
The event will be led by Dr. Bandy Lee, a Yale School of Medicine psychiatrist and editor of The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump, a book that argues psychiatrists have a responsibility to warn the public when a president is dangerous. The position is controversial because psychiatric associations urge members never to diagnose patients they haven't personally evaluated, saying it undermines the scientific rigor of the profession.
But Lee and others who agree with her stance say that their description of the president's behavior, of his showing mental instability and dangerousness, shouldn't be interpreted as issuing a diagnosis.
WNU Editor: The use of psychiatrists was a tactic that the Soviets from Stalin to the Kremlin leadership of the 1908s used in justifying the removal or imprisonment of their political opponents. It seems that today's Democrats feel comfortable in using the same playbook. As to President Trump's sanity. If he is crazy, then why is his agenda being implemented, and why are his poll numbers better today than they were when he was running for President?
On Nov. 1, 1983, leading Russian and American scientists -- including author Carl Sagan -- discussed the possible consequences of a nuclear war. Apart from the immediate destruction of infrastructure and the loss of millions of lives, the scientists were mostly concerned about the possible aftermath of such a war. The detonation of some hundreds of atomic bombs would cause a nuclear winter, with disastrous impacts on the environment and human food resources. The ash and dust, transported by the atomic blasts into the higher layers of Earth's atmosphere, would form a cloud layer, making it impossible for sunlight and heat to reach the surface. Dropping temperatures would plunge Earth into a nuclear winter, maybe for decades or even centuries. Plants, no longer able to produce nutrients by photosynthesis, would quickly die off, followed by the starving animals and finally humans.
WNU Editor: Will a limited nuclear war result in a nuclear winter? The above author says that the use of 50 - 100 tactical nukes would produce firestorms that would send five to 6 million tons of dust, ash and soot into the atmosphere. But Mount St. Helens when it exploded in 1980 sent an estimated 540 million tons (490,000 kilotons) of ash drifted up to 2,200 square miles (5,700 square km), settling over seven states. (Live Science). There was temperature drop, but it quickly recovered. The biggest global impact of a limited nuclear war will be political, economic, and social.
A U.S. citizen, detained in Vietnam on charges of “attempting to overthrow the state,” is expected to face trial at the end of this month and could be sentenced to death if found guilty, Agence France-Press (AFP) reports.
Michael Nguyen has been held in Vietnam since July last year. He was traveling with two activists, both of whom were also arrested.
His family, who live in the U.S., say Nguyen is innocent and not involved with any dissident groups. The father of four daughters left Vietnam in 1975 during the communist takeover and fled to the U.S.
“He is severely disadvantaged and unable to properly defend against any accusations against him,” said a family statement cited by AFP. The family added that he has been denied access to lawyers.
His trial is reportedly set for June 24 to 25 in Ho Chi Minh City.
In February, his wife Helen Nguyen attended the State of the Union address in Washington D.C. in the hope of raising awareness about her husband’s detention.
Vietnam, a one-party communist state, has intensified its crackdown on dissidents since a change in leadership three years ago.
At least 128 prisoners of conscience are currently being held by the Vietnamese government, according to Amnesty International. Those detained include lawyers, human right defenders and pro-democracy campaigners.
(SHANGHAI) — Chinese tech giant Huawei said Tuesday it would have become the world’s number one smartphone maker by year’s end if it were not for “unexpected” circumstances — a hint that pressure from the U.S. may be hurting its sales.
“If we had not encountered anything unexpected, we would have become number one in the world by the fourth quarter,” Huawei’s chief strategist, Shao Yang, said at the Consumer Electronics Show in Shanghai.
“But now we have to wait a little bit longer to achieve that,” he said, without referring directly to President Donald Trump or the trade war.
Washington last month put Huawei on a blacklist that effectively bars U.S. firms from selling to the company without government approval. The action was part of a broader trade dispute between China and the U.S., which has accused Chinese technology companies such as Huawei of stealing trade secrets and threatening cybersecurity.
While Huawei has denied it would share user secrets with China’s ruling Communist Party, Trump is on a mission to persuade U.S. allies to exclude Huawei equipment from next-generation 5G mobile networks.
Shao said the company will march on in its development of the technology.
“People see 5G, but we see beyond that,” he said. “Those who are not brave will not progress, they will lag behind. So everything that we do is to define our direction in the new round of competition.”
(DUBAI, United Arab Emirates) — Iran has revoked the press accreditation for The New York Times’ correspondent based in Tehran without explanation, the newspaper reported Tuesday.
While the newspaper said it remained hopeful Thomas Erdbrink soon would be allowed to work again, the revocation comes amid heightened tensions between the U.S. and Iran stemming from President Donald Trump’s withdrawal from Tehran’s nuclear deal with world powers a year ago.
Iran pulled Erdbrink’s government-required authorization to work as a journalist four months ago, the Times said. He’s been unable to work since February and the Times said it decided to go public with his situation “after recent speculation and comments on social media.”
“Officials of Iran’s Foreign Ministry have repeatedly assured The Times that Mr. Erdbrink’s credential would soon be restored but have offered no explanation for the delays or for why it was revoked,” the Times reported , quoting international editor Michael Slackman. “He added that there are some indications this will be resolved soon.”
Iran’s mission to the United Nations did not immediately respond to a request for comment. There was no immediate response in Iranian state-run media.
Erdbrink, a Dutch national, previously worked as a correspondent for The Washington Post as well. He’s married to Iranian photographer Newsha Tavakolian, who is represented by the Magnum photo agency.
Both he and Tavakolian were the focus of “Our Man in Tehran,” a 2018 documentary about his work and life as a Western journalist in Iran.
Journalists in Iran face harassment from security services, while others have been imprisoned for their work. While local journalists face the brunt of that, foreign journalists in Tehran, especially those with Western ties, have been imprisoned as well.
The last major case involved Iranian-American reporter Jason Rezaian of the Washington Post, who was convicted in an internationally criticized, closed-door espionage trial in 2015. A 2016 prisoner swap negotiated between Iran and the U.S. amid the start of the nuclear deal freed Rezaian and three other Iranian-Americans in exchange for pardons or charges being dropped against seven Iranians. That deal also saw the U.S. make a $400 million cash delivery to Iran.
Canada has set a goal to ban single-use plastics by as early as 2021 in a measure aimed at reducing waste that ends up in the ecosystem, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Monday.
Single-use plastics such as bags, straws and cutlery will be prohibited in the country, which throws away about 3 million metric tons of plastic waste yearly, the Prime Minister’s office said in a statement. The initiative will also include targets for companies that manufacture or sell plastic products to responsibly dispose of their waste.
“This is a problem we simply can’t afford to ignore,” the statement said.
Currently, Canada recycles just 10% of its plastic. According to the Canadian government, over 1 million birds and over 100,000 sea mammals worldwide die or become injured due to plastics every year.
“As parents we’re at a point when we take our kids to the beach and we have to search out a patch of sand that isn’t littered with straws, Styrofoam or bottles,” Trudeau said, according to the BBC.
“That’s a problem, one that we have to do something about.”
Canada follows in the footsteps of a host of other countries that have also set targets to ban single-use plastics in the coming years. In March, the European Union voted overwhelmingly to ban straws, food containers and cotton bud sticks, among other plastics by 2021. Last year, India pledged to eliminate all single-use plastic in the country by 2022.
Trudeau’s announcement also comes after both Malaysia and the Philippines announced plans to send tons of non-recyclable waste back to the countries of origin, including Canada. Increasingly, Southeast Asian nations are pushing back against becoming a dumping ground for wealthier countries after China barred the import of scrap plastic last year.
Canada has pledged to repatriate its rubbish.
“We owe it to our kids to keep the environment clean and safe for generations to come,” Trudeau said.
(VATICAN CITY) — The Vatican issued an official document Monday rejecting the idea that people can choose or change their genders and insisting on the sexual “complementarity” of men and women to make babies.
The document, published during LGBT Pride Month, was immediately denounced by LGBT Catholics as contributing to bigotry and violence against gay and transgender people. Advocacy group New Ways Ministry said it would further confuse individuals questioning their gender identity or sexual orientation and at risk of self-harm.
The text, “Male and Female He Created Them,” was intended to help Catholic teachers, parents, students and clergy address what the Vatican’s Congregation for Catholic Education called an “educational crisis” in the field of sex education.
It called for a “path of dialogue” and listening on the issue of “gender theory” in education. But even priestly advocates for LGBT Catholics noted that the text appeared to have relied entirely on previous papal pronouncements, Vatican documents and philosophers and theologians.
“The real-life experiences of LGBT people seem entirely absent from this document,” said the Rev. James Martin, a Jesuit priest who wrote a book on improving Catholic Church outreach to the LGBT community, titled “Building a Bridge.” ”We should welcome the congregation’s call to dialogue and listening on gender, and I hope that conversation will now begin.”
Jay Brown of the Human Rights Campaign — the largest LGBT-rights group in the United States — said the Vatican’s stance “sends a dangerous message that anybody who experiences gender diversity is somehow less worthy.”
Pope Francis has repeatedly argued the position that people cannot choose their genders. But the document represents the first attempt to put the Vatican’s position, first articulated fully by Pope Benedict XVI in a 2012 speech, into a comprehensive, official text.
The document called for a new alliance among families, schools and society to offer a “positive and prudent sexual education” in Catholic schools so children learn the “full original truth of masculinity and femininity.”
It called gender fluidity a symptom of the “confused concept of freedom” and “momentary desires” that characterize post-modern culture. It rejected terms such as “intersex” and “transgender” and said the purpose of the biological “complementarity” of the male and female sex organs was to ensure procreation.
Francis DeBernardo, head of New Ways Ministry, said such concepts are outdated, misinformed and ignore contemporary science on factors beyond visible genitalia that determine gender.
“Gender is also biologically determined by genetics, hormones and brain chemistry — things not visible at birth,” DeBernardo said in a statement. “People do not choose their gender, as the Vatican claims, they discover it through their lived experiences.”
He said the Catholic Church should encourage this process of discovery, saying it’s “a process by which individuals discover the wonderful way that God has created them.”
(SEOUL, South Korea) — A human rights group said Tuesday it has identified hundreds of spots where witnesses claim North Korea carried out public executions and extrajudicial state killings as part of an arbitrary and aggressive use of the death penalty that is meant to intimidate its citizens.
The Seoul-based Transitional Justice Working Group said its research was based on interviews with 610 North Korean defectors conducted over four years who helped locate the sites with satellite imagery.
The group didn’t reveal the exact locations of the 323 sites because it’s worried that North Korea will tamper with them, but said 267 of them were located in two northeastern provinces near the border with China, the area where most of the defectors who participated in the study came from.
North Korea’s public executions tend to happen near rivers, in fields and on hills, and also at marketplaces and school grounds — places where residents and family members of those sentenced are often forced to attend the killings, the report said.
The group also said it documented 25 sites where the dead were allegedly disposed of by the state and also found official locations that may have documents or other evidence related to the killings.
The Associated Press could not independently verify the report, and the group acknowledged that its findings weren’t definite because it doesn’t have direct access to North Korea and cannot visit the sites defectors told it about. Heeseok Shim, one of the report’s authors, also said interviews with defectors suggest that public executions in North Korea are becoming less frequent, although it’s unclear whether that’s because more people are being executed in secret.
South Korea’s Korea Institute for National Unification, a state-sponsored think tank, expressed similar views on its annual white paper on North Korea’s human rights released last week. The institute said the North still uses public executions to provoke fear and control the behavior of its citizens, particularly in city and border areas where crimes are more prevalent.
The Transitional Justice Working Group is a nongovernment organization founded by human rights advocates and researchers from South Korea and four other countries. The group said the new report was made possible by funding from the Washington-based National Endowment for Democracy, which is funded by the U.S. Congress.
North Korea didn’t immediately respond to the report, but the nation bristles at outside criticism of its human rights record and claims negative assessments are part of U.S.-led pressure campaigns meant to tarnish the image of its leadership and destroy the country’s political system. In a report to the United Nations Human Rights Council in May, North Korea said it “consistently maintains the principle of ensuring scientific accuracy, objectivity and impartiality, as well as protecting human rights in dealing with criminal cases.”
A 2014 United Nations report on North Korea’s human rights conditions, however, said state authorities carry out executions, “with or without trial, publicly or secretly,” in response to political and other crimes that are often not among the most serious offenses. While public executions were more common in the 1990s, North Korea continues to carry them out for the purpose of instilling fear in the general population, the report said.
The new report said its findings show arbitrary executions and extrajudicial killings under state custody have continued under the rule of young leader Kim Jong Un despite international criticism over how North Korea supposedly applies the death penalty without due judicial process.
Since assuming leadership in 2011, Kim has shown a brutal side while consolidating his power, executing a slew of members of the North Korean old guard, including his uncle Jang Seong Thaek, who was convicted of treason, and senior officials accused of slighting his leadership.
Following a provocative run in nuclear and missile tests, Kim initiated diplomacy with Washington and Seoul in 2018 in attempting to leverage his arsenal for economic and security benefits. But North Korea’s human rights issues have so far been sidelined in the summitry between Kim, President Donald Trump, and South Korean President Moon Jae-in.
Almost all of the state killings documented in the report were public executions by firing squad. Public executions are almost always preceded by brief “trials” on the spot where charges are announced and sentences are issued without legal counsel for the accused, the report said.
Criminal charges for executions commonly cited by interviewees included violent crimes such as murder, rape and assault, but property crimes like stealing copper or cows and brokering defections. With a lack of due process in the North’s judicial system, it’s unclear whether the charges announced at the executions would actually match the act of the accused, the report said.
Bodies of people killed by state agents are not typically returned to the family and are often dumped in mountainous areas, buried in the ground without markers, or thrown into a gorge or ravine, the report said.
Authorities often force family members of those sentenced and residents, including children, to watch public executions. Some defectors reported incidents in the mid-2010s where guards used metal detectors to find and confiscate mobile phones from witnesses to prevent them from recording the events, which showed the government’s concern about the information on public executions getting outside the country, the report said.
The rights group said the information it gathered will be crucial if a political transition in North Korea allows for the identification of victims, the return of remains to families and investigations into human rights abuses committed by the government.
The group released an earlier report in 2017 based on a smaller number of interviews. It said the new report is better sourced, based on accounts of direct witnesses or those who heard from direct witnesses and were able to provide geographic information of the sites.
President Donald Trump threatened to raise tariffs on China again if President Xi Jinping doesn’t meet with him at the upcoming Group of 20 summit in Japan.
Trump told reporters at the White House on Monday that he could impose tariffs of 25%, or “much higher than 25%” on $300 billion in Chinese goods. “We’ve never gotten 10 cents from China and now we’re getting a lot of money from China,” the president said.
Trump was asked in an interview with CNBC earlier in the day whether the additional tariffs would be enacted immediately if there’s no meeting at the summit later this month.
“Yes, it would,” he answered. “I think he will go and I think we’re scheduled to have a meeting. I think he’ll go, and I have a great relationship with him. He’s actually an incredible guy, he’s a great man. He’s very strong, very smart, but he’s for China and I’m for the United States.”
Trade talks with China hit an impasse last month after the president accused Beijing of reneging on provisions of a tentative agreement. The two countries have since escalated their trade war.
“China is going to make a deal because they’re going to have to make a deal,” Trump said Monday.
Huawei, Trade
Trump again suggested that an eventual trade deal could involve Huawei Technologies Co. The Trump administration is campaigning to block the company from emerging 5G telecommunications networks around the world and has moved to cut off Huawei from U.S. suppliers, citing national security concerns.
“I do see it as a threat,” he said Monday. “At the same time it could be very well that we do something with respect to Huawei as part of our trade negotiation with China. China very much wants to make a deal. They want to make a deal much more than I do, but we’ll see what happens.”
When asked whether U.S. actions against Huawei could set the U.S. back on 5G, Trump said “No.”
The U.S. is “actually going to be leading very shortly. You know, we’re leading in everything.” he said. Of China, he said: “As great as they are — and they are great — they don’t have near the capability of our geniuses in Silicon Valley that walk around in undershirts and they’re worth $2 billion.”
But by consistently linking the company to trade talks, Trump has suggested his aim is to stunt China’s growth as an economic rival to the U.S.
“Huawei is very powerful, very strong,” he said in the interview. He said that he wants China to do well, but that “I don’t want them to do as well as us.”
Trump’s reversal on a threat to impose new tariffs on Mexico over migration from Central America lifted the mood at the G-20 finance ministers’ meeting in Fukuoka, Japan, over the weekend. But the U.S. delegation left without any significant breakthrough on China. Trump is scheduled to meet both Xi and Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G-20 leaders’ summit in Osaka.
Of the tentative meeting with Xi, Trump said: “We’re expected to meet and if we do that’s fine, and if we don’t — look, from our standpoint the best deal we can have is 25% on $600 billion.”
Trump added: “If we don’t have a deal and don’t make a deal, we’ll be raising the tariffs, putting tariffs on more than — we only tax 35% to 40% of what they said then they had another 60% that’ll be taxed.”
Mexico Secret
Trump meanwhile again hinted that part of the deal he struck with Mexico is not yet public.
He has claimed that the country agreed to purchase large amounts of U.S. agricultural products as part of the agreement, but Mexican officials say there is no such provision. Trump said on CNBC that the U.S. purposely isn’t discussing one of the aspects of the agreement yet, claiming that it is another “very powerful tool” for the U.S.
He tweeted earlier on Monday that “we have fully signed and documented another very important part of the Immigration and Security deal with Mexico, one that the U.S. has been asking about getting for many years. It will be revealed in the not too distant future and will need a vote by Mexico’s Legislative body!”
The U.S. State Department expressed “grave concern” over a proposed law in Hong Kong that would allow extraditions to mainland China, warning that the move could further undermine the city’s freedoms and damage its business environment.
The proposal, under debate in Hong Kong’s legislature, “could undermine Hong Kong’s autonomy and negatively impact the territory’s long-standing protections of human rights, fundamental freedoms and democratic values,” State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus told reporters on Monday.
Ortagus spoke after opposition to the proposal sparked one of the biggest protests Hong Kong has seen since 1997, with organizers reporting more than 1 million people turning out on Sunday to demand the plan be abandoned. Police put the figure at 240,000. If the proposal is passed, it could for the first time mean that by law Hong Kong residents might face justice in Chinese courts.
The proposed change “could damage Hong Kong’s business environment” and subject U.S. citizens to “China’s capricious judicial system,” Ortagus said. She highlighted what she called the continued erosion of Hong Kong’s “one country, two systems” framework, under which citizens are guaranteed rights not afforded to mainland Chinese citizens.
Hong Kong’s Beijing-backed leader, Carrie Lam, defended the bill in a news briefing earlier on Monday, saying it was necessary to prevent the city from becoming a “haven” for fugitives and vowing to press ahead with its passage. China endorsed her government’s efforts later in the day.
Theresa May has finally stepped down as head of the Conservative Party—Britain’s long national nightmare is finally over. Well, one of them anyways.
Why It Matters:
It’s been clear for some time now that Theresa May would be unable to get her Brexit deal over the finish line. Some of that had to do with the particulars of the deal itself (like that endlessly confounding Irish “backstop”), but much more of it had to do with the fact that no politician aside from May was invested in seeing her particular deal succeed. Every “Leave” parliamentarian had a different vision for what their ideal Brexit would look like, and there was little political incentive for any of them to throw their support behind a deal that just 13 percent of Brits supported back in March. Politicians tend to do things that are popular, and May’s deal… just wasn’t.
May might have been able to push her deal through British Parliament if voting down said deal came with consequences, like a crash out “no deal”, but that was never an option so long as EU extensions were on the table.
But as Europe’s patience begins to wear thin—along with the patience of the British public—the political calculations have started to shift. And with May’s departure, the Brexit proceedings enter their next phase.
What Happens Next:
Despite her resignation as head of the Conservative Party, May will stay on as a caretaker Prime Minister until her successor has been decided (currently slated for the week of July 22). But she’s given up the reins on the Brexit process, ushering in a new political drama for Britain to focus on these next few months. The next Conservative leader will be selected in two stages: first, Conservative members who currently hold seats in Parliament will whittle down the list of possible contenders to two individuals (out of the current 11 who have announced their candidacies). That will be followed by a mail-in vote from the rest of the country’s registered Conservative members (numbering somewhere around 124,000) to determine the ultimate winner and next British prime minister.
The frontrunner at moment is Boris Johnson, former London mayor and former Foreign Secretary who was one of the “Leave” campaign’s most visible spokespeople. Johnson has a few things going for him—he is a staunch Brexiteer (unlike May, who technically wanted the UK to “Remain” ahead of the Brexit referendum, though she didn’t campaign strongly for that side since she had her eyes on 10 Downing Street), he is popular among Conservative party members generally, and he has vowed a “no deal” exit should it come to that. Just as importantly, the resurgence of Nigel Farage and his Brexit Party (which dominated in the UK’s European elections a couple weeks ago) has renewed fears that the Tories will lose a significant part of their voter base if they don’t take a hardline stance on Brexit. Johnson’s rhetoric suggests he’s willing to provide that hardline stance.
Of course, with a man as prone to political gaffes as Boris Johnson, nothing is for certain—Dominic Raab, the former Brexit Secretary who resigned upon the announcement of May’s deal in November 2018, is also a leading contender to succeed May. He has vowed to reopen the trade deal agreed between Theresa May and the EU (though the EU maintains that renegotiation is not an option), but goes further by saying he’s willing to bypass the UK parliament and trigger a no-deal Brexit to make sure the UK leaves the EU by the extension deadline. There are multiple other contenders for the post, most of whom range from grudgingly supporting a no-deal Brexit to enthusiastically pushing for one. Just one of the Conservative candidates supports a second Brexit referendum.
But no matter who wins the leadership contest, time is running short; the EU extension is only till October 31, and it’s unlikely a new deal can be negotiated in such a short period, even if the EU agrees to re-enter those talks. Complicating matters even further is the presence of a large contingent of British euro-skeptics sitting in EU parliament following the strong showing of Farage’s Brexit party in European elections. All of which is to say—the EU will give the UK one more deadline to figure out what it wants, and that’s probably it. By the time that deadline expires, the UK will have to decide whether it wants a deal on offer from the EU, revoking Brexit altogether or taking the leap with a no-deal Brexit.
The Key Fact That Explains It
124,000 Tory members (out of a country of 66 million people total) will get to decide who the next Prime Minister is. That means that just 0.19 percent of the population will have a say in what shape Brexit will ultimately take. And you thought the US electoral college was bad.
The One Thing to Read About It:
The Conservative Party may be able to deliver Brexit, but it’s increasingly looking likely it will be a pyrrhic victory if it does—read this blistering takedown of the current state of the Tory party by The Guardian’s editorial team.
The One Thing to Avoid Saying About It:
Nigel Farage seems to be the single most important player in today’s Conservative party. Maybe they should just make him the next party leader and be done with it.
Rory Stewart is an unconventional man running an unconventional campaign. The British lawmaker, a former soldier, diplomat and author, is running to replace Theresa May as leader of the Conservative Party and become Prime Minister.
In a leadership contest where the initial voters are his parliamentary colleagues, the current Secretary of State for International Development has been taking his case directly to the public, walking around the country and making videos and tweeting his whereabouts in a way that calls to mind former Texas Representative Beto O’Rourke.
Stewart, 46, was already a legendary walker, having chronicled long hikes in books such as The Places In Between. In 2007, he built on his experience as a regional administrator in Afghanistan to write a cover story for TIME on the country’s future.
His unconventional campaign has raised his profile further but he concedes it is unlikely to win him an election decided not by the general public but by the parliamentary party and members. “In terms of the public, I’m winning this race,” he tells TIME. “In terms of my colleagues, I’m losing it.”
TIME editor-at-large Anand Giridharadas, author ofWinners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World sat down with Stewart at his home in London, at a dining table strewn with his four-year-old son’s Legos, to talk about the race and this moment in British politics.
This interview has been condensed and edited for clarity.
Giridharadas: You seem to be trying to bring a new political style to Britain. Can you describe it?
Stewart: What I’ve been doing on Twitter is saying, “I’m going to be in McDonald’s in Barking in half an hour. Come see me there.” And then, 45 minutes later, I’ve walked down the street. I’m now in Costa Coffee. And you can come see me there. And people started following me across London to find me.
I think the other thing is, trusting that I can communicate quite complex messages repeatedly through the day, with seven, eight pieces to camera on different issues of policy. And not patronizing my audience. Making sure that, yes, they are often only a minute-and-a-half long, but they’re trying to announce quite serious policies or engage in quite deep issues.
It sometimes seems that demagogues have understood the modern media environment better than other politicians. Do you think there’s something to steal from the populists in terms of style and connection?
Absolutely. I’m the sort of Trumpian anti-Trump. My little thing on no-deal Brexit got 2 million views, which is more than he was getting on some of his tweets. But the message I’m putting out is really complicated. It’s a four-minute-twenty-five-second dissection of the problems for no-deal Brexit.
People have raised the question of whether you are genuinely a conservative. What most makes you a conservative?
It’s that I’m not too embarrassed by words like “discipline” or “purpose.” Or the idea of national citizen service. It’s that I am very proud of the monarchy, of our national history, of the military. I’m deeply suspicious of ideologies, abstractions, of bland government platitudes, and really my whole politics is about trying to solve problems rather than describe them. And I find lots of the progressive left engaged in conversations that seem to me to not be very helpful in making the world a better place.
What does it mean to be that person in the age of Trump, Brexit, Farage? In this leadership race are you trying to be the last Conservative who is actually a Conservative?
It’s a very interesting question. I mean, if you factor for awareness, I’m now leading the rest. I’m ahead of Boris Johnson. A poll that came out on Sunday showed I’m leading on 22 out of the 24 characteristics people want in a leader. So in terms of the public, I’m winning this race.
In terms of my colleagues, I’m losing it. I’m going to be lucky to even make it through to the second round and get enough MPs supporting me, and the reason why is that they are all saying to me, ‘I agree absolutely with your politics. I’m much closer to your politics than I am to Boris’s. But I’ve concluded in the modern world that your style of trying to reason with people, analyze what’s wrong is never going to work.’
That’s really strange for me, to have so many people saying that. To get them to really commit to me, they would have to be feeling quite confident and idealistic. And no one is feeling confident and idealistic. They feel the party is indelibly split, and the country is split, that we can never win another election, that the end of the world is nigh.
And that isn’t a good place to be if you’re trying to say to people, come on, of course we can win this! We don’t have to be like that. We can be pretty straightforward and we don’t have to describe a country that doesn’t exist. We can describe the country we are and talk practicably about how we make it better. And we can win these arguments!
One of the things I hear from people whenever I come to the U.K. is a general dissatisfaction with the political class. And two issues come up a lot: many Members of Parliament not really being part of the communities where their constituencies are, and of course the whole Eton-Oxford thing. And, in a way, you’re part of both of those issues.
Sure, sure.
You’re not from where you represent, and you’re from that Eton-Oxford group, but you’re trying to do something different. Do you think that British politics is rigged in favor of this class of people? How do you defend the hold of a relatively small group of people on public life?
I don’t think you’d want to defend that. But, equally, I don’t think that’s the fundamental problem. I think at the moment what people want is somebody they can trust, somebody they can believe in, somebody they think can fix things. They’re not that concerned about where you went to school.
But you don’t think you get into a political crisis like this because too many people in power are too removed from what everyday people are going through?
Well, British politics is much less elitist, much less class-based, than it was 50 years ago. And it’s become much more extreme and polarized. So I don’t think the hypothesis holds through.
I mean, this country was once governed by 650 land-owning aristocrats who were all related to each other, which isn’t the case now. If you look in Parliament, there are an enormous number of people who are non-graduates, certainly didn’t go to private schools; they come from all sorts of different backgrounds. That’s changed. Even the last 15 years, much more diverse. And yet the country is far more polarized and extreme than it was.
This was a much more moderate, balanced country in the 19th century, partly because all these things that we hate and are rightly suspicious of gave us a type of resilience and moderation. Gave people confidence to believe that they could argue their way through, probably because the other people they’d been dealing with were people they’d known all their lives.
A debate has emerged about whether Britain should pay reparations for colonialism. What do you think?
No. I mean we have really, really, really, really bad problems in this country, and bad problems in the world. I’m the Secretary of State for international development. I’m very proud that our country spends 0.7% of our gross national income on international development. But I want to target that money on the poorest people in the world. Not somehow spend the 14 billion pounds that I have a year in some weird belief that we’re going to somehow undo 300, 400 years of colonial history by writing checks to people.
Do you think there’s any way to atone for any of that which would be right to do?
I think atoning for the sins of your ancestors is a bit weird. As time goes on, that gets a bit weirder. Because generations change. One of the odd things is that rage against the British Empire is now coming from people who never experienced the British Empire, have only read about it. And it’s quite a satisfying, easy thing for people to get angry about because it stops your being able to concentrate on the very difficult, practical problems in making this place, this world, better.
But you don’t think the poverty of those countries is in a large way related to the history of empire?
I think it’s a factor, but I think there are many, many countries that are very poor that were never part of empires. And the United States, which was not an imperial power in the same sense that Britain was, plays as big if not bigger a part in the global economic system that contributes to the situation in developing countries as we do.
Afghanistan and Iraq were both places you worked. There, people talk about politics as being tribal. Is there anything you’ve learned from working in those places that has helped you understand what is happening to a tribalizing politics in the West?
Yeah, I think it really prepared me for identity politics, where people are deeply, deeply imbued in the sense of their own rightness. And what’s happened with Brexit and anti-Brexit is it’s become much more than a set of values or propositions about trade. It’s defining their identity, how they think, who they think they are and how they see the world.
So that is, in a sense, something that I had to live again and again, whether it’s dealing with 2,000 Shia protestors outside my office in Amara, and what happens when I step out into that crowd and they’re all saying, “You’re an imperialist, Zionist aggressor.” And I’m saying, “Actually, I’m Rory. That’s my name and can we please have a conversation? What is it you really want to talk about here? Because if the problem is the water supply, I can explain why the water supply isn’t running but it will be in a few weeks’ time.”
So I really believe that people are rational and sane. But also that people don’t want to get off their high horses and talk about practical stuff. They don’t really want to change the world. They want to run to identity.
Immigration dominates the politics here and in the U.S. In both, you have some outright racists. You have some people who love immigration. And you have a lot of people in the middle who are not racists outright but who want their town to stay 80% white because that’s what it’s always been. What do we do with those people? Do you tell those people the truth, that that world is gone? Or is there something legitimate in that desire?
I think there is definitely something perfectly understandable about being deeply committed to your place, to its identity, to the way it was. To the way it was when your parents or grandparents were alive, and wanting to keep a sense of your community and your place.
I think that when things are managed well, you can preserve that. We’re going through a huge transition. London has been very successful in this. In Lewisham Market [in southeast London], I was talking to a guy who was absolutely the most traditional kind of London man, a third-generation fruit seller in the Lewisham Market. His grandfather had that fruit stall, in the 1920s. Right next to him were some fish sellers from Kunar, Afghanistan.
He didn’t seem troubled in any way at all about the way that market was changing or things were changing. He had an incredible sense of his continuity, his place, his identity as a market seller alongside other people with whom he seemed to be very relaxed.
It’s to do with the way in which these things are done and managed. Not pretending it isn’t a huge change and a transition in people’s lives, and making sure that you do it tactfully and you do it with empathy. And you help people see the reality of the way the world is. See that this is what is pretty good about the modern world.
If you succeed and become Prime Minister, Donald Trump will be your most important relationship. You’ve anchored this campaign in honesty and candor. Do you think he’s an honest person you could deal with?
So the type of candor I’ve anchored the campaign in is the responsible candor of somebody who’s standing to be Prime Minister, and therefore the candor I would have with or about Donald Trump would be delivered respectfully and in private.
I was a British diplomat since I was 22. I’ve met President Kabila in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mnangagwa in Zimbabwe, Suharto in Indonesia. I don’t think the way that you proceed, if you’re standing to be prime minister of a country, is go around insulting other people’s leaders.
Do you think he’s someone you could have an honest relationship with?
I don’t think that diplomatic relationships are honest in the way that normal human relationships are honest.
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10 Marks for Socio-Economical & Experience.
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Download Haryana Staff Selection Commission wants to conduct an exam for Constable and Sub Inspector posts. If you one among the contender of HSSC SI & Constable exam 2018, then you have landed the perfect site. Candidates who are still searching for Haryana SSC Constable Question papers can get here. Also, get HSSC Constable and SI Exam Pattern at free of cost. Everyone will write the exam but only those will select who have done a lot of hard work. So, Candidate is advised to prepare well for this examination. Hence, We have updated all the previous HSSC Constable model papers here. candidates can download it for free.
Description
Details
Total Vacancies
7110
Name of the Posts
Constable & Sub Inspector
Category
Previous Papers
Exam Date
Update Soon
HSSC Constable Exam Pattern 2019
Name of the Subject
No of Questions
Marks
General Studies
100
80 Marks
General Science
Current Affairs
Reasoning
Aptitude
Numeric Ability
Concerned Subjects
The HSSC exam will be in Objective type.
The duration of the exam is 90 Minutes
The language of this question paper in English and Hindi respectively.
Direct DOWNLOAD links to HSSC Constable Question Paper
HSSC Fire Operator Previous Papers in the Pdf format is updated here. Applicants applied for the Haryana PSC Fire Operator Jobs can download the exam papers from the links given. The HSSC Previous Year Question Papers with Solutions is updated here for free. Hence, download them and save it for future purpose. If aspirants want to crack the HSSC Exam 2018, they have to practice with the help of the Last 5 Years Haryana Staff Selection Commission Exam Previous Question Papers.
Description
Details
Total Vacancies
1646
Name of the Posts
Fire operator cum driver
Category
Previous Papers
HSSC Fire Operator Exam Pattern 2019
Subject Names
Total Marks
General Knowledge
90
English
Aptitude
Reasoning
Socio-Economic Criteria & Experience
10
Total
100
Direct DOWNLOAD links to HSSC Previous Year Papers
Haryana Police SI previous year paper and Haryana SSC Tax Inspector Old Question Papers available for free download. Get HSSC Question Paper along with Answers so that it will be easy for your preparation. Download the Last 5 Years HSSC Question Papers of Excise Inspector and Taxation Inspector here. Begin your preparation for the HSSC Examination 2017 after checking Inspector Syllabus and Exam Pattern. You can also search for the Haryana Police previous paper on the official website www.hssc.gov.in.
Description
Details
Total Vacancies
120
Name of the Posts
Excise & Taxation Inspector
Category
Previous Papers
Haryana SI Previous Year Paper 2019
Type
Subjects
Objective Type
General Knowledge (Haryana & India)
General Science
Reasoning
General English
Hindi
Mathematics
Tax for Taxation Inspector
Direct DOWNLOAD links to Haryana SSC Exam Question Papers
The Haryana SSC Previous Papers are available here to download. Applicants applied for the HSSC Recruitment 2017 can download the HSSC Model Papers Pdf for free. Candidates who are willing to join the Haryana Staff Selection Commission can start preparation for better results. Refer the updated HSSC Craft Instructor, Computer Instructor Previous Papers and score well. We have uploaded the HSSC Instructor Sample Papers with Solution. Interested individuals can also refer to the official website @ www.hssc.gov.in for latest HSSC Question Paper.
Description
Details
Total Vacancies
1064
Name of the Posts
Craft Instructor in Various Fileds
Category
Previous Papers
Haryana SSC Exam Pattern 2019 – Craft Instructor
Exam Type
Name of the Subject
Objective Type
General Awareness
Reasoning
General English
Aptitude
Mathematics
Direct DOWNLOAD links to Haryana SSC Previous Papers
HSSC Question Paper for Computer Instructor, Computer Operator & Other posts is updated here. The Haryana Staff Selection Commission has released a notification for Computer Instructor, Computer Operator & other Posts. Hence, candidates are looking for the HSSC Previous Year Papers. The previous papers are very important for the applicants looking for Haryana SSC Jobs. Therefore, aspirants can check the Haryana SSC Model Question Papers Pdf in the following section.
Name of the post
Computer Instructor, Computer Operator & other Posts
No of Vacancies
1399
Category
Previous Papers
Haryana SSC Computer Instructor Exam Pattern 2019
Exam Type
Name of the Subject
Objective Type
General Knowledge
Reasoning
General English/Hindi
Aptitude
Mathematics
Direct Links to Download the Haryana SSC Sample Papers Pdf
Applicants searching for the HSSC Question Paper Pdf can download the papers from here. We have updated the Haryana Staff Selection Commission Exam Papers with Solutions. To clear the written examination of HSSC, the previous year papers are very important. Moreover, by referring to the HSSC Junior Engineer Question Papers, one can easily understand the important topics for the examination. Hence, refer to the article and download the Haryana SSC Sample Papers Pdf.
Description
Details
Name of the Post
Jr Engineer, Surveyor & other Jobs
Total Vacancies
302
Job Category
Previous Papers
Haryana SSC Jr Engineer Exam Pattern 2019
Exam Type
Name of the Subject
Objective Type
General Studies / Abilities
General Abilities
General English
Aptitude
Relevant Subject
Direct Links to Download the HSSC Sample Papers Pdf
CSIR UGC Net Admit Card 2019 is now available on Council of Scientific & Industrial Research Official Website. Thus, Candidates who are going to attend CSIR UGC NET Exam can get the direct link for the Official Admit Card link in the end of the section. CSIR has also provided the forgot form number facility for the Login purpose. Applicants make use of it, if you forget the Application number.
CSIT UGC NET Admit Card 2019
To download CSIT UGC NET Hall Ticket from the Official Website i.e. csirhrdg.res.in. Enter the Form Number and Date of Birth to download the Admit Card. Link to download the Hall Ticket has been activated from the date of 06th June 2019. Download the Entrance Ticket before the exam date. Aspirants should carry the Admit Card till the board announces the result. The Hall Ticket will not be sent through the post and moreover the Duplicate Admit Card will not be provided at the examination centre. Therefore, it’s candidate’s responsibility to download it from the below section.
The Board updates all the information which regards to the admit card on their official website. Such that its very important to carry the original ID Proof along with the Admit Card to the examination centre. If you forget your Application number dont get panic at the time of registering. Because of that reason the board gave you a better way to solve this type of problems. So, the Candidates can register with the Forget Number option. To activate the Forget Number enter your registered Email ID, Phone Number, Name and Date of Birth. Now, the new application number will be generated and login with the number for further use. The Hall Ticket carries the followed detailed information,
Exam date
Roll number
Name of candidate
Exam centre
Venue code / Center code
Exam timings
Candidate photograph
Candidate signature
Instructions for exam
CSIR JRF& LF National Eligibility Test Pattern 2019
Council of Scientific & Industrial Research has decided to conduct the examination on the date of 16th June 2019. As per the announcement of the board, the examination is going to be held on the fixed examination centres. Check out for the detailed information here. And moreover, the Subjects should go through for the examination will be given. Examiners kindly read all the subjects inorder to score the maximum marks in the examination to get selected in the CSIR National Eligibility Test.
Chemical Sciences
Earth, Atmospheric, Ocean and Planetary Sciences
Life Sciences
Mathematical Sciences
Physical Sciences
Exam Schedule:
Session
Subject
Timings
Marks
Morning Session
Life Sciences
9 AM – 12 PM
200 Marks
Physical Sciences
Afternoon Session
Chemical Sciences
2 PM – 5 PM
Mathematical Sciences
Earth, Atmospheric, Ocean and Planetary Sciences
The Duration for the examination will be allocated as 3 hours. So, try to complete the examination within the given time period. The examination will be conducted by using the OMR Sheet. Hence, the corrections will not be made once if you answered. So that candidates should be aware in filling the answers.
Download CSIR UGC NET Admit Card 2019
The Board has given the easiest way to download the Hall Ticket in the Official Website. Moreover, candidates will be provided with the official Admit Card to write the examination. Download the Admit Card from the below given Direct Link. If you have any difficulty in downloading the Hall Ticket contact the board from the official website without any delay or contact to the emergency contact number of CSIR. The things to be carried to the exam centre is available below,
• CSIR UGC NET Admit Card • Two recent passport size photographs • Original Photo ID proof
How to Download CSIR UGC NET Admit Card 2019
Click on to the Direct Link of CSIR UGC NET Admit Card
Reach 'News and Announcements' section and click on the link on this page that leads to login for Admit Card.
Click on to the Download Admit Card.
Enter Login Credentials such as Name, Application Number, DOB, Captcha Code.
Now download the Admit Card.
Take a print out of the Hall Ticket for future use.
KSP Syllabus for Constable, Sub Inspector posts and others are available on our page. Candidates who have applied for the KSP Jobs they are waiting for the Karnataka State Police Syllabus and Exam Pattern. Here we have given the information regarding the Karnataka Police Syllabus and Exam Pattern. Check the Syllabus and Exam Pattern before appearing the KSP Exam. If you have an idea about the Syllabus and Exam Pattern then you can perform better in the Exam. Candidates can also download the Karnataka Police Syllabus and Exam through the direct link given below.
KSP Syllabus 2019
Post Name
Syllabus Link
Police Constable & Special Reserve Police Constable
Check the KSP previous year papers updated on our page. The direct links to download KSP SI, Constable, & other posts study materials and model question papers are also available. Download the KSP Previous Papers pdf and practice well for the KSP upcoming exam.
Karnataka Police Syllabus 2019
Download KSP Syllabus 2019 for the Armed Police Constable Exam. Applicants applied for the KSP Jobs can check the syllabus along with the KSP Exam Pattern 2019. We have updated the complete KSP Exam Syllabus in the Pdf format. Hence, candidates can also download them for a better understanding of important topics.
Get the complete topic wise KSP Syllabus 2019 from here. We have updated the complete syllabus in the following sections.
General Knowledge
Indian Constitution.
History – India & Karnataka.
Geography – India & Karnataka.
Science & Technology.
Indian National Movement.
General Polity.
About India.
Cultural Heritage.
About Karnataka.
Karnataka Polity & Governance.
Economy.
Mental Ability
Analogies.
Venn Diagrams.
Similarities and Differences.
Relationship concepts.
Embedded Figures
Space Visualization.
Figurative Classification.
Visual Memory.
Discrimination.
Coding and Decoding.
Figurative Analogy.
Arithmetic Number Series.
Non-Verbal Series.
Spatial Orientation.
Arithmetical Reasoning.
Symbolic/Number Classification.
Semantic Analogy.
Semantic Classification.
Figurative Series.
Number Series.
KSP Civil Police Constable Syllabus 2019
Most of the candidates who have applied for the exam are facing problems while searching for the KSP Syllabus 2019. Here is the solution for your problem because we have provided the Karnataka State Police Syllabus on this page. The applicants need the KSP Civil Police Constable Syllabus to crack this examination. For more updates, the applicants can check the Sarkari Naukri.
Without having any idea about the KSP Syllabus, the candidate’s preparation may not be effective. So, we suggest the candidates go through the information given below on this page. Aspirants can also check more State Government Jobs here. The applicants need proper preparation to crack one of the competitive exams like Karnataka Police. Applicants have started their preparation but some of the candidates do not have a proper idea about the KSP Civil Police Constable Syllabus 2019. Check KSP Civil Police Constable Recruitment 2019 notification here.
Karnataka State Police Syllabus 2019 Details @ ksp.gov.in
The candidates can also check the KSP Civil Police Constable Exam Pattern. Applicants can also check the KSP Police Constable Previous Papers here. We have provided the KSP Syllabus 2019 along with the exam pattern. While Preparing for any examination, the foremost thing the candidates need is the syllabus. So, we suggest the applicants know the exam pattern and get the details about the exam duration, which subjects consisting of high weightage. We have shared this information on our Latest Employment News.
KSP Civil Constable Paper I Exam Pattern 2019
S. No
Subjects
Marks
Duration
1.
English/Kannada
50
1 Hour 30 Minutes
2.
General Studies
150
Total
200
KSP Civil Constable Exam Pattern 2019 – Paper II
S. No
Paper Type
Subject
Marks
1.
Descriptive Type
Essay Writing
20
2.
Precise Writing
10
3.
Translation of Sentences
20
Total
50
KSP Civil Police Constable Syllabus 2019
The candidates can get the complete Karnataka Civil Police Syllabus 2019. Interested candidates can also check the KSP Civil Police Constable Syllabus from the direct links given below.
General Studies:
General Intelligence
Similarities & Differences
Coding & Decoding
Indian History
Art
Mental Ability
Alphabet Series
Current Events – National & International
General Studies
Indian Cultural Heritage
Analogies
Directions
History of Karnataka
Geography – India & Karnataka
Literature
Number Series
Indian Constitution
Indian National Movement
English/ Kannada:
Precise Writing
Articles
Conclusion
Vocabulary
Idioms & Phrases
Sentence Completion
Translation of Sentences from English to Kannada or Kannada to English
Synonyms
Verb Agreement
Antonyms
Passage Completion
Essay Writing
Tenses
Verb & Adverb
Error Correction
Fill in the Blanks
Unseen Passages
Sentence Rearrangement
Word Formation
Theme Detection
Comprehension
Karnataka State Police Constable Syllabus 2019
Are you Searching for the KSP Police Constable Syllabus 2019? Then do not worry because you are in the right place. We have given the KSP Constable Syllabus on this page. Not only the syllabus but also the candidates can check the exam pattern. Applicants know that syllabus is the foremost thing the candidates need while preparing for the examination. Without having an idea about the KSP Syllabus 2019, the applicants may face a lot of problems during the preparation time.
To avoid all those problems the candidates have to go through the KSP Police Constable Syllabus 2019. Applicants want to qualify in the exam and obtain a job. To crack this examination, the candidates need sufficient preparation. For those candidates, we have given the Karnataka State Police Constable Syllabus along with the exam pattern. Applicants can also check more details regarding KSP 2019 Notification.
The candidates can check the KSP Exam Pattern and know the details about the exam duration, which subjects have high weight age, the total number of questions. Then the applicants can prepare according to the weighting of the marks. They can give more importance to the topics having high weight age.
Aspirants who are searching for the KSP Syllabus for Sub Inspector Posts has reached a right Place to get the Complete Syllabus. For those candidates, we have provided the KSP SI Syllabus along with the Exam Pattern. Applicants must prepare well for the Examination. Because there will be a huge Competition for Police Jobs.
So before going to Start your Exam Preparation check the Provided Karnataka State Police Sub Inspector Syllabus. The Provided Karnataka PSI Syllabus will help you to score good marks in the Examination. And also can get an idea of the Examination. So go to the below Sections and check the Complete Syllabus along with the Test Pattern.
Karnataka State Police Sub Inspector Recruitment Details @ ksp.gov.in
Name of the Organization
Karnataka State Police Department
Name of the Posts
Sub Inspector
Number of Vacancies
12
Category
Syllabus
KSP SI Exam Date
Update Soon
Official Website
www.ksp.gov.in
Karnataka SI Syllabus Pdf
The Karnataka State Government has released a Recruitment Notification to fill 164 Sub Inspector Posts. All Interested and Eligible candidates must check the Eligibility and should apply for this Recruitment before the Last date. People who are looking for the Karnataka Govt Jobs can use this Notification as a good opportunity. So before going to apply for this Recruitment check the Eligibility of Karnataka State Police SI Recruitment 2019 here. If you satisfy with the Eligibility apply for this Notification and start your Exam Preparation immediately.
On this Page, People can also find the KSP Last year Question Papers with Solutions. With the Provided Old papers, aspirants can answer more questions in the Examination. And also you can get an idea of the Examination. So download the KSP SI Previous Papers Pdf and practice them. These Papers will help you to qualify in the Examination.
KSP Sub Inspector Selection Process
Written Examination
Physical Standard Test (PST)
Physical Endurance Test (PET)
Interview
KSP SI Exam Pattern 2019
Paper
Subjects
Marks
Duration
Paper-I
Essay Writing – 600 Words
20
1 Hr 30 Mins
Precis Writing
10
Translation from English to Kannada and Vice Versa
20
Paper-II
General Knowledge
150
1 Hr 30 Mins
Current Affairs
Total
200
3 Hrs
Paper-I:
Paper-I will be Descriptive/ Conventional in nature
The total duration of the examination will be 1 Hr 30 Mins
Total Marks allotted for this section is 50 Marks
Paper-II:
Paper-II will be objective in nature
Total duration for Paper-II is 1 Hr 30 Mins
For every wrong answer, 0.25 Marks will be deducted
It is mandatory to attend both the Papers
KSP Sub Inspector Syllabus 2019
Download the KSP Syllabus for Sub Inspector Posts. Before going to attend the Examination, Once check the Exam Pattern. The Provided SI Exam Syllabus is for reference use only. The Provided Syllabus & Exam Pattern will help you to get an idea of the Examination. For your better preparation, we provided the Karnataka State Police SI Solved Papers. With the Provided Syllabus & Papers perform well in the Examination.
Karnataka PSI Syllabus – Paper I
Essay Writing.
Precise Writing.
Translation of Sentences from English to Kannada (or) Kannada to English.
UP NRHM Syllabus 2019 Pdf is available here to download for Community Health Officers (CHO) posts. Interested candidates can easily acquire the NRHM Uttar Pradesh Syllabus and Exam Pattern 2019 on this page. With the help of the NRHM Syllabus and Test Pattern, you can clearly know which topics to read. Therefore, you can also check upnrhm.gov.in to be clear about the Exam Pattern, Dates, and so on.
UP NRHM Syllabus 2019 – upnrhm.gov.in
We believe that lots of applicants have applied for the UP NRHM Community Health Officer posts. And, those candidates are now waiting for the NRHM UP Syllabus and Exam Pattern to decide how to prepare for the exam. So, we have gathered the in-depth syllabus of the Uttar Pradesh NRHM CHO Test Pattern 2019 and listed below. In the below-mentioned UP NRHM 2019 Syllabus, you can find the topics for every subject that comes for the written exam.
Candidates who meet the eligibility criteria provided by the UP NRHM can apply for this post. After that, prepare well for the written test by referring the UP NRHM Syllabus and Test Pattern 2019 on this page. Definitely, reading the topics in the NRHM Syllabus Pdf will give some idea about the exam. So, there may be a possibility to score high marks. Therefore, put your full effort into preparing this exam and grab the opportunity before its too late.
UP NRHM CHO Syllabus 2019 – Details
Description
Details
Name of the Department
National Rural Health Mission, Uttar Pradesh (NRHM UP).
The selection criteria for the given posts is as follows,
Written Examination
Personal Interview
Document Verification
Therefore, check the National Rural Health Mission Uttar Pradesh Syllabus 2019 Pdf and read all those topics to attend the exam in a good manner. And, if you read this full page, you can get the exam pattern as well. Consider both the NRHM UP CHO Syllabus and Exam Pattern 2019 before preparing for the written exam. Moreover, read the entire topics and prepare well for the exam to work in UP Government Jobs.
Uttar Pradesh NRHM Exam Pattern 2019
Subject
Exam Type
No of Questions
Post Related
Objective Type
100
The written examination will consist of Objective Type Questions
There will be a total of 100 Questions
The total duration of the examination will be 2 Hours
UP NHM Community Health Officer Syllabus 2019
Everyone would like to pass the NRHM Uttar Pradesh written test. In order to pass the exam, the candidates should read the UP NRHM Syllabus mentioned in the below section thoroughly.
UP NHM CHO Syllabus 2019 for Community Health Officer (CHO)
Midwifery and Obstetrical Nursing
Community Health Nursing
Child Health Nursing
Medical-Surgical Nursing
Pathology
Pharmacology
Nutrition
First Aid
Paediatric Nursing
Administration and Ward Management
UP NRHM Written Test Schedule & Syllabus – Click Here
UP NRHM Exam Syllabus 2019 Download Links
In this section, you can easily find the direct links for downloading the National Rural Health Mission, Uttar Pradesh Syllabus and Test Pattern Pdf. So, download all those stuff and attend the exam without any trouble.
BARC Previous Papers for Work Assistant, (OCES DGFS) Scientific Officer recruitment test is available here. Aspirants who are looking for BARC question papers can find on our page. In this article, we have given the direct download links for the pdf. Also, check the exam date and exam pattern details for BARC Work Assistant examination 2019.
BARC Previous Year Papers Pdf
Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC) previous year question papers with answers pdf are given here. Aspirants can download the pdf for free of cost. BARC previous papers help the applicants in preparation. Hence, find the direct download links below and start your preparation today.
BARC has given the notification for Work Assistant vacancies. Candidates who are interested can apply online. And keep checking our page for more exam updates like exam dates. Check the exam pattern for work assistant, scientific officer posts given in the section following. Here are a few details regarding the BARC work assistant recruitment 2019.
BARC Previous Year Question Paper with Answers Pdf
Check the exam pattern details for the work assistant written examination. Having knowledge of question paper pattern helps a lot in preparation. Hence, go through the details in the section following and know complete details. Later, download and refer all the BARC previous year paper pdf.
Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC) has released the notification for the post of Work Assistant. Totally there are 74 posts that have been allocated in the recruitment 2019. This will be a huge opportunity for job seekers who have passed 10th or SSC. Thus, make use of this opportunity by applying for the exam and start preparing for the exam using BARC Work Assistant previous year exam question paper with solutions given on this page. We have also given direct links to download previous papers pdf below. Also, check exam dates and exam pattern before starting to prepare for the BARC Work Assistant exam.
Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC) Exam Paper Pattern 2019
Stage 1: BARC Work Assistant Preliminary Test Pattern 2019
Topics
No. of Questions
Mathematics
20
Science
20
General Awareness
10
Total
50
The exam is of objective type questions.
Duration of the exam is for 1 hour.
3 marks awarded for every correct answer and,
1 mark will be deducted for each wrong answer.
Stage 2: BARC Work Assistant Mains Test Pattern 2019
Topics
No. Of Questions
Mathematics
15
Science
15
General Awareness
10
Basic English
10
Total
50
The exam is of objective type questions.
Duration of exam will be for 2 hours.
3 marks awarded for every correct answer and,
1 mark will be deducted for each wrong answer.
BARC Work Assistant Solved Model Question Papers Pdf
BARC Scientific Officer Previous Exam Model Papers
Aspirants who applied for the scientific officer (OCES/DGFS – 2019) are selected in the two-step process. Where the candidates will have a screening test and interview process. The selection process for each discipline is listed in the tabular sections below. Hence, check the respective BARC exam syllabus and exam pattern and start your preparation today. Candidates who are going with GATE 2019 no need to attend for written. However, get the BARC previous year question paper for a list of engineering streams below,
Mechanical Engineering (ME)
Chemical Engineering (CH)
Civil Engineering (CE)
Metallurgical Engineering (MT)
Nuclear Engineering (NE)
Electrical Engineering (EE)
Electronics Engineering (EC)
Computer Science (CS)
Instrumental Engineering (IN)
Physics (PH)
Chemistry (CY)
BioScience (BS)
Geology (GE)
Geophysics (GP)
BARC Scientific Officer Written Exam Pattern Details
Subject
Questions
Marks
Branch Wise Subjects
100
300
Screening Test will have an objective type multiple choice questions.
The total time duration for the exam is 2 hrs.
1 negative marks for each wrongly answered question.
For complete topic-wise BARC Syllabus find the click at the end of the article.
BARC OCES DGFS exam previous year papers pdf free download links are given below. Aspirants who are looking for BARC Scientific Officer exam previous year question paper pdf can download here. Just click on the link to download pdf. The paper below is only for reference. Aspirants can make use of these papers for reference and practice purpose.
BARC Scientific Officer Sample question Papers Pdf Download
Latest KSP Previous Papers for Special Reserved Police Constable (SRPC) & Indian Reserve Battalion Police Constable (Men) Recruitment are available here for Free download. Hence People who have applied for KSP Recruitment 2019 can get the Karnataka Police Model Papers for free of cost. On this page, we provided KSP Previous Question Papers in PDF format. So that the Applicants can download Karnataka State Police Solved Papers easily and quickly. Therefore, applicants can practice the Karnataka Exam Question Papers to crack the exam easily. Along with the Karnataka Police Old Question Papers, candidates can also get Syllabus and KSP Exam Pattern from the following sections.
KSP Previous Question Papers Pdf
Karnataka State Police (KSP) previous question paper for SRPC, PC-IRB (Men), Sub-Inspector (SI), Constable, Head Constable, Armed Police, and other are given below. To make it easy for the visitors, we have given the separate link for each respective vacancies. Hence, click on the link and download the KSP question paper pdf for free of cost on our page.
Post Name
Previous Papers
Police Constable & Special Reserve Police Constable
Aspirants can check the latest KSP Notification 2019 details on our recruitment guru page. Check the complete exam pattern and syllabus details on our KSP Syllabus page. Visitors can also download the syllabus pdf for free of cost on our page. Check the exam date for respective KSP exam in the respective sections below.
KSP SRPC & PC-IRB (Men) Previous Question Papers
Aspirants who applied for Karnataka Police Jobs should start the preparation for the Written Exam as early as possible. Download the Karnataka Police Constable Previous Papers along with answers. Here, we have also provided the preparation tips for Karnataka SRPC, PC-IRB Exam 2019. Therefore, The contenders can download the KSP SRPC Exam previous papers from this page along with preparation tips.
These Karnataka Police Special Reserve Police Constable & Indian Reserve Battalion Police Constable (PC-IRB) Previous Papers will be helpful for the applicants to perform well in the exam. By solving plenty of Exam Question Papers, people can improve their time management and solving skills. So the interested candidates can download the KSP SRPC Previous Papers and make use of them in the preparation.
KSP PSI Previous Year Question Papers are attached in the PDF Format so the candidate can download easily. On this page, we have updated the latest Solved Question Papers of Karnataka Police Sub Inspector Exam. So that applicants can refer to the Karnataka PSI Exam Old Papers to get an idea of the difficulty level of exam.
We have also provided solutions for the KSP Previous Papers. Along with these Karnataka Sub Inspector Previous Papers, we have also attached the KSP Police Syllabus and Exam Pattern for the applicants convince. Go through the given attachments provided here for downloading of Karnataka State Police Sub Inspector Practice Papers.
Description
Details
Board Name
Karnataka State Police Board (KSP)
Post Name
Sub Inspector
Total Vacancies
12
Category
Previous Papers
Exam date
Updated Soon
Karnataka State Police SI Exam Question Paper Pattern 2019
The KSP SI Selection Process involves PST (Physical Standard Test), Endurance Test followed by Written Exam.
Written Exam Pattern
Papers
Type of Exam
Topics
Marks
Paper 1
Descriptive / Conventional Type
Essay Writing – 600 words
20
Precise Writing Test
10
Translation from English to Kannada and Vice Versa
20
Paper 2
Objective Type Questions
General Knowledge
150
Current Affairs
Paper 1:
The total duration of the exam is 1 hour 30 minutes.
The total marks allotted is 50.
No minimum marks in this section.
Paper 2:
Duration of the exam is 1 hour 30 minutes.
There will be negative marking in this section of 0.25 marks for each wrong answer.
It is compulsory to attend both Papers.
Note: For PST, Endurance Test pattern details visit the official site.
Applicants applied for the Karnataka Police Jobs can download the KSP Previous Papers Pdf from this article. We have updated the Latest Karnataka Armed Police Constable Previous Papers for candidates’ reference. Therefore, check the following sections and download the KSP Armed Police Constable Question Paper in the Pdf format. Also, visit the official website of Karnataka State Police @ www.ksp.gov.in to download more KSP Old Question Papers with Solutions Pdf.
Description
Details
Post Name
Armed Police Constable
No of Vacancies
688
Category
Previous Papers
Exam Date 2019
Update Soon
Download Karnataka Armed Police Constable Model Papers
Here, Applicants can get Karnataka Police Constable Previous Question Papers along with solutions. We have displaced the last 5-year KSP Solved Question Papers. People can download and use these Karnataka Police Civil Constable Exam Papers in your preparation. Karnataka State Police Previous Year Question Papers may not contain the actually asked question questions. Hence, Aspirants can just use these Karnataka Civil Constable Model Papers as a reference. Also, visit the official site to get more details regarding KSP Previous Papers. People who are preparing for competitive exams can get the Latest GK and Current Affairs from our site.
Description
Details
Total Vacancies
2113
Name of the Posts
Civil Police Constable (Men & Women)
Category
Previous Papers
Download Karnataka Constable Civil Previous Year Question Papers
UP NRHM Previous Papers for Community Health Officer (CHO)is available here to download. National Health Mission, Uttar Pradesh is going to conduct the written examination for CHO post. Hence, aspirants who are going to appear for the NHM Exam can find the model question paper here.
UP NRHM Previous Papers
UP NRHM Previous Papers free download links for Community Health Officer is given in the article below. Before going to the model question papers go through the recruitment details given in the tabular column below.
Aspirants applied for the Community Health Officer (CHO) vacancies are going to have a written examination on 16th June 2019. Hence, we advise the applicants to refer all the UP NRHM CHO Exam Model Question Paper given in the below sections. Also, check the expected syllabus and exam pattern details given.
Read further for NHM Syllabus and exam pattern details for Community Health Officer. Check the details and later download the UP NHM Model Paper and start preparing for the written exam.
UP NHM Exam Pattern 2019 – Community Health Officer (CHO)
National Health Mission (NHM), Uttar Pradesh recruitment board is going to conduct the written examination on 16th June 2019. Hence, we have given exam pattern, syllabus, exam date and other details related to the exam along with previous papers that would help in the preparation of the exam. So, check the exam pattern & topics details in the table given below.
The selection of the candidate for UPNHM Community Health Officer (CHO) made purely on the basis of written exam, interview followed by document verification.
UP NHM Community Health Officer (CHO) Exam Paper Pattern 2019
Phase
No. of Questions
Exam duration
Phase 1
100
2 Hours
Phase 2
100
2 Hours
The exam will contain Objective type questions.
For topics & other details visit the official site i.e. upnrhm.gov.in
NRHM Previous Year Question Paper Pdf
Candidates who are in search of UP NRHM Previous Year Question Paper for Community Health Officer (CHO) written test can get it here. The direct download links for free pdf are given in the table below. Just by clicking on the links applicants can refer and download the NHM Exam Model Question Paper Pdf.
Refer all the UP NHM Exam Study material given below. Aspirants should practice more for scoring good marks. Concentrate more on the domain topics where most of the questions (80%) are going to be given the subject based. However, download UP NHM Solved Study Material and start your preparation.
Delhi Postal Circle Recruitment 2019 Notification is here for the candidates who are searching for the Delhi Government Jobs. This Delhi Post Office now recruits 174 Gramin Dak Sevak (GDS) Jobs. Interested candidates who have been seeking for the Delhi Government Jobs may use this opportunity and apply from 06th June 2019. Applicants those who are willing can apply for the GDS Jobs through Online before the last date ends ie. on 05th July 2019.
Applicants can check the Delhi Post office Notification, Educational Qualification, Age Limit, Salary Structure, Application Fee, Selection Process other details to the GDS Vacancy. People can also get the Apply Online link and a detailed official notification pdf for your reference. Make sure you get down the entire section and then apply for the Delhi Postal Jobs 2019. To know about the terms and conditions check out the Delhi Postal Circle Official Website @www.delhi.postalcareers.in.
Delhi Postal Circle Recruitment 2019 – Overview
Organization Name
Delhi Postal Circle
Post Names
Gramin Dak Sevak (GDS)
Number Of Vacancies
174
Job Category
Central Government Jobs
Job Type
Government Job
Starting Date To Apply
06th June 2019
Last Date To Apply
05th July 2019
Job Location
Delhi
Application Mode
Apply Online
Official Website
www.delhi.postalcareers.in
Delhi Postal Circle Vacancy 2019 Details
Post Name
No of Vacancies
Gramin Dak Sevak (GDS)
174
Total
174
Delhi Postal Circle Jobs – Category Wise Vacancy details
Community
No of Posts
EWS
18
OBC
42
PH-OTR
01
PH-VH
04
SC
23
ST
12
UR
74
Total
174
Eligibility Criteria of Delhi Post Office Jobs 2019
Candidates applying for this recruitment should attain the below Educational Qualification and Age Limit.
Educational Qualification for Delhi Postal Circle Recruitment:
Gramin Dak Sevak (GDS) – Candidates should have passed with 10th Standard from a recognized school of State/ Central Government.
Also, they must possess basic computer knowledge and should have a training certificate from a computer institution.
Age Limit:
Minimum Age Limit – 18 years
Maximum Age Limit – 40 years as on 06-06-2019
Upper Age Limit:
Category
Permissible age Relaxation
Schedule Cast/Scheduled Tribe (SC/ST)
05 years
Other Backward Classes (OBC)
03 years
Economically Weaker Sections (EWS)
No relaxation
Persons with Disabilities (PWD)
10 years
Persons with Disabilities (PWD) + OBC
13 years
Persons with Disabilities (PWD) + SC/ST
15 years
Selection Process:
Written Examination
Interview Process
Delhi Postal Circle GDS Salary:
Category
Minimum TRCA for 4 Hours/Level 1 in TRCA Slab
Minimum TRCA for 5 hours/Level 2 in TRCA slab
BPM
Rs.12,000/-
Rs.14,500/-
ABPM/Dak Sevak
Rs.10,000/-
Rs.12,000/-
Application Fee:
For General Candidates – Rs. 100/-
For SC/ ST Candidates – No Fee
Payment of the fee is exempted for all female candidates.
Admit Card:
Delhi Postal Circle Exam 2019 Admit Card, can be downloaded from the official website 10 days before the examination starts. The Examination Dates will be announced later on the Official Website.
Delhi Post Office Postman Application Form – Delhi Postal Circle Jobs
Dear candidates, below we provide the detailed steps of Delhi Post Office Jobs application form. Candidates who are interested in this recruitment may check the official recruitment notification and apply it. For that, our team will provide easy steps for downloading the Application form. Follow the steps and download the application form.
How to Apply for Latest Delhi Post Office Recruitment 2019
Download the Official Notification and read all the information carefully. Follow the below-given steps to make your application process easier.
Step 1: How to fill Online Application
Click on the Apply Online Link.
Enter the required details.
Pay the application fee.
Step 2: Attach necessary documents
Attach the necessary documents that are asked for in a prescribed format.
Step 3: Final Submission
Complete all the details.
Click on the Submit button.
Take a print out of the completed application for future reference.
List of Self Attested copies
All marks-sheets of Education qualifications.
Proof in respect of Sports qualification/achievements.
Proof for Date of birth.
Latest Caste/Community Certificate in the prescribed form for SC, ST and OBC Candidates issued by competent authorities.
2 latest identical Pass Port Size Photographs( one to be pasted on the application and the other sent loose with name and address written on the reverse).
Duly filled in Application Form itself with signed undertaking form.
Option for applying on GDS Posts
A candidate can apply for a maximum of twenty posts all over India per cycle of online engagement.
This inter alia means that a prospective candidate can apply for twenty posts on a single application spread across one Circle or several Circles.
This cap of twenty posts is inclusive of vacancies arising in the candidate's home Circle.
Home Circle means belonging or native / domicile state of a prospective candidate in which he is permanently residing and that Postal Circle is providing opportunity.
Hence, candidates should exercise due care while utilizing the twenty choices available to her/him in each Cycle.
However, only one post will be offered for each Circle if she/he has applied for one or more posts in each Circle.
Important Dates for Post Office Recruitment 2019 Delhi
GPSC Exam Papers for various Gujarat Public Service Commission is available on our page. Searching for GPSC Question Papers? Then come let's check all the latest and upcoming GPSC Exam Question Papers with Answers details here. GPSC Exam Papers gives an overview of the kind of questions asked in the prelims and mains examinations. We are here to help you in finding the relevant and official GPSC Exam Papers for you.
GPSC Exam Paper with Answer
Gujarat Public Service Commission(GPSC) Exam Paper with Answer Pdf is free on our page. Generally, Gujarat PSC conducts the prelims and Mains examination as part of their selection process. Also, divides the posts into three classes, i.e., Class 1, Class 2, and Class 3 while releasing the notifications.
However, it leads to a bit of confusion while checking the GPSC Exam paper with Answers and Study Material. Hence, to avoid all the confusions we are given you links in the table below with a live vacancy name and class details. Hence, find the relevant link and start downloading the GPSC Exam Paper with Answer.
GPSC Exam Papers – Old Question Paper with Answers Pdf
Candidates who are looking for GPSC Question Papers are advised to first check the Syllabus and Exam Pattern details. As the Syllabus gives you the complete details regarding the topics need to cover, it is important. Hence, just visit our GPSC Syllabus page and check the Syllabus and Exam Pattern details in English/Gujarath. Also, we provide the links to download the Syllabus pdf. Later, Job Seekers can check the latest GPSC jobs details in our Recruitment page.
GPSC Question Papers for Deputy Section Officer
Applied for the Gujarat Public Service Commission Deputy Section Officer Recruitment. Then find the GPSC Question Paper for નાયબ પ્રધાન class-3 Exam going to be held on 16th December 2018. Hence, go through the Exam details below and download the GPSC Question paper for Deputy Section Officer and start preparing for Prelims Examination.
Description
Details
Post
Deputy Section Officer/ Deputy Mamlatdar, Class – 3
Gujarat Public Service Commission(GPSC) Previous Papers for the post of State Tax Inspector is available here. The GPSC Recruitment announced the 200 Vacancies for Tax Inspector on 15th October 2018. The Candidates who applied for the GPSC Jobs can check the GPSC Previous Year Question Papers in the section below. Also, download the free GPSC Previous Question Papers Pdf from the direct link below. Interested candidates can also refer the GPSC State Tax Inspector Syllabus details later.
Description
Details
Post Name
State Tax Inspector
No of Vacancies
200
Category
Previous Papers
Official Website
gpsc.gujarat.gov.in
Download GPSC Old Question Papers with Answers Pdf
GPSC Previous Papers for Gujarat Administrative Services Class I, Civil Services Class I & II and Municipal Civil Services Class II is available here. The aspirants who are looking for the GPSC Question Papers for Class I and Class II Posts prelims and Mains Examination is here. However, we provided direct links in the section following. Hence, Click on the link and download the free GPSC Preliminary and Mains Exam Pattern pdf.
Description
Details
Post Name
Gujarat Administrative Services Class I, Civil Services Class I & II and Municipal Civil Services Class II
No of Vacancies
Various
Category
Previous Papers
Download GPSC Old Question Papers with Answers Pdf
The GPSC Previous Papers for the Post of Principal, Veterinary Officer, Paediatrician, Research Officer & Other. A few days back Gujarat Public Service Commission has announced a 354 Vacancies for the posts listed above. However, here is the latest GPSC Recruitment details. Also, the aspirants who applied for the respective Vacancies can check with the GPSC Old Question Papers and Study material details in the section below. Furthermore, download the free GPSC Previous Year Question Papers Pdf from the direct links. Also, check out the updated GPSC Syllabus & Exam Pattern details for Paediatrician, Veterinary Officer & Other Posts. For more details visit the Official gpsc.gujarat.gov.in Website.
Description
Details
Post Name
Principal, Veterinary Officer, Paediatrician, Research Officer & Other
GPSC Jobs
354
Category
Previous Papers
Cracking a GPSC Prelims and Mains Examinations is not easy for the contenders. However, here are the GPSC Old Question papers for various posts for both Prelims and Mains Examinations. Hence, aspirants can download free GPSC Previous Papers Pdf from the direct link below just by a single click. Hope the material will be useful for your preparation. Keep visiting and share the URL with your friends and family members. Furthermore, here is the GPSC Veterinary Officer, Paediatrician, Reseach Officer & Other Old Question Papers Pdf download links.
GPSC Previous Question Papers Pdf – AE (Civil) Class 2
Gujarat Public Service Commission (GPSC) Previous Papers are available here for free download. The Gujarat Public Service Commission released the GPSC AE Recruitment Notification for 400 Engineering Jobs. In this page, we provide you with Gujarat PSC Assistant Engineer Civil Last Ten Years Question Papers along with Solutions. It is a valuable suggestion for the applicants who are appearing for the GPSC Assistant Engineer Written Test 2018 to check the Old Question Paper with Answers Pdf below. The GPSC Previous Papers will help the applied aspirants to get a better score in the GPSC First round of Selection process. Candidate can also check the Official website i.e., gpsc-ojas.gujarat.gov.in for Exam Papers.
The GPSC abbreviated as Gujarat Public Service Commission. Gujarat PSC is a State Government Organization functioning under the Gujarat State Govt. The GPSC Headquarters located in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. The Official Website of GPSC is www.gpsc.gujarat.gov.in. The PSC Gujarat does all the required procedures to recruit talented aspirants for various vacancies in Gujarat Government. For that, every year GPSC Gujarat releases notifications to appoint selected candidates into suitable GPSC Jobs.
NCL Recruitment 2019 – Apply Online for 2482 Apprentice Vacancies. Northern Coalfields Limited, a Mini Ratna Compan proposes job notification to engage 2482 eligible candidates for Apprentice posts. Online applications are invited from 8th/10th class/ITI pass candidates in UP & MP based institutes in this regard. Apply Online link to fill up these NCLCIL Apprentice vacancies will be active from 11th June 2019. However, NCL Online Applications for Apprenticeship Training 2019-20 is available below. Applicants must submit your application forms in a prescribed format on or before 10th July 2019.
Age limit for applicants who are willing to apply for Northern Coalfields Limited Apprenticeship program should lie between 16 to 24 years. You can scroll down to know the procedure to apply, apprentice salary, terms and conditions and others. If you still have any doubts about NCL Apprentice notification, please visit www.nclcil.in (OR) www.ncl.gov.in.
Eligibility Criteria for NCLCIL Apprentice Jobs 2019
Educational Qualification
Welder (Gas& Elect): 8th class & ITI Passed in Welder trade from NCVT/SCVT recognized UP or MP based Institute only
Electrician: 10th & ITI Passed in Electrician Trade from NCVT/SCVT recognized UP or MP based Institute only
Fitter: Passed 10th & ITI Passed in Fitter Trade from NCVT/SCVT recognized UP or MP based Institute only
Motor Mechanic: Passed 10th & ITI Passed in Motor Mechanic Trade from NCVT/SCVT recognized UP or MP based Institut
For all trades: Qaulaification from NCVT/SCVT recognized UP or MP based Institute only as a full time, regular course in relevant trade with minimum 50% marks in aggregate for General and OBC candidates and 45% marks in aggregate in case of SC/ST/PWD candidates against reserved positions.
Age Limit to apply for NCLCIL Apprentice Jobs:
Minimum Age – 16 Years
Maximum Age – 24 Years
Age Relaxation:
SC/ST – 05 Years
OBC (NCL) – 03 Years
PWD Categories – 10 Years
Selection Process
Written Examination/Interview
Application Fee
Refer official notification pdf provided below.
Period of Apprenticeship Training:
01 Year
NCLCIL Apprentice Salary:
Attractive Salary
How to apply ONLINE for Northern Coalfields Limited Apprenticeship Vacancy 2019
Only ONLINE mode of applications will be accepted.
Documents required before applying:
Before applying candidates are required to have an active email ID and Mobile number, valid for at least 03 years and keep scanned and self-attested copy of the following documents for uploading on the portals.
Recent clear Color photograph (not older than six months)
Self Signature
Parent or Guardian Signature
ITI Mark sheet
The 8th/10th mark sheet as proof of Date of Birth (DOB)
PAN Card
Aadhaar Card
Caste Certificate/PWDs Certificate (as applicable) issued by the competent authority as per Govt. norms
Click on Candidate Registration under Apprentices Tab and register on the portal by completing the apprentice candidate profile through uploading all the related qualification (ITI Mark sheet) documents
DOB documents along with the Aadhaar Number (Mandatory), Signature and Photograph.
Note down the Registration Number.
After online registration on Portal, apply for Apprenticeship training at NCL by searching establishment Northern Coalfields Limited (Establishment Registration no. E01162300008), Singrauli M.P against eligible trade on the online portal www.apprenticeship.gov.in.
2nd Stage:
Visit NCL website i.e. www.nclcil.in and Click on ONLINE Recruitment under Career tab and then click on the link provided for “NCL Online Applications for Apprenticeship Training 2019-20″.
2. The link will open an online window for applications and candidates are required to fill all other required details along with the Registration no. as provided by the www.apprenticeship.gov.in.
3. After filling up the online application, the scanned copy of the latest color photograph scanned copy of all the required documents as mentioned shall be uploaded without fail.
In the absence of any single document, the application will get rejected.
The candidate must ascertain the correctness of all information before filling in the “Online Application Form” and its final submission.
The candidate shall be wholly/exclusively responsible for the information provided in his/her online application form.
Helpline:
For Any Query or help in filling in, Online Application candidates may contact on any working day between 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM to the following.
Address:
Office of General Manager (HRD) NCL CETI Singrauli, MP-486889 Contactno.07805- 266961/267736,(FAX)267736
Important Dates forwww.ncl.gov.in Recruitment Notification 2019
Notification Release Date
8th June 2019
Starting Date to Apply
11th June 2019
Last Date to Apply
10th July 2019
Important Links for NCL Recruitment 2019 Notification
Collect the syllabus from the official website link which is provided on this page.
Prepare a time schedule for NCL Apprentices Exam depending upon the syllabus
Check the topics related to the Apprentices posts of Northern Coalfields Limited
Take mock test about apprentices exam which is provided in the website
Don't follow more books, which may lead you to a lot of confusion
Make your best out within the short span
NCL Recruitment 2019-2020 – 2482 Apprentices
Here is great employment released for the Madhya Pradesh candidates. NCL Recruitment is open for 2482 Apprentices posts. Interested candidates can check for the complete updates of the Apprentices posts on this page. Make use of the opportunity that is released by the Northern Coalfields Limited in its official website ie. www.nclcil.in (OR) www.ncl.gov.in
Apprentices Vacancies in NCL Recruitment 2019-2020
There is a good number of vacancies available in the official notification. People in search of Apprentices posts can enroll for the NCL Recruitment from the month of December 2018. The total number of vacancies and the educational qualifications and age limit are listed as eligibility details. Complete details such as selection process, salary pay, application fee are also included for the reference of the job seekers. Applicants can also find how to apply steps for the NCL Jobs are also listed on this page. Make your self into NCL Careers.
By C Rangarajan & D K SrivastavaGDP growth fell to 6.8% in 2018-19, as per provisional Central Statistics Office (CSO) estimates. RBI, in its June 6 monetary policy review, has estimated GDP growth at 7% for 2019-20, lowering its earlier estimate of 7.2%. The growth in Q4 2018-19 was as low as 5.8%. There are broad-based indicators of a demand slowdown reflected in the index of industrial production (IIP) and purchasing managers' index (PMI) data.With a view to stimulating growth, there have been three consecutive cuts in the repo rate of 25 basis points each during this calendar year. But transmission of these cuts has been fractional. The possibility of supplementing these stimulus measures from the fiscal side need to be examined.The recently released Controller General of Accounts (CGA) data for 2018-19 indicates that GoI has adhered to the fiscal target of 3.4% of GDP in line with the revised estimates. This was despite the fact that compared to the revised estimates, direct taxes fell short by Rs 74,774 crore and indirect taxes by Rs 93,198 crore.Together, the shortfall in GoI's net tax revenues amounted to 0.9% of GDP. Maintaining the fiscal deficit at 3.4% in 2018-19 required cutting GoI's expenditures, or shifting these to public sector entities such as the Food Corporation of India (FCI), which undertook a substantial food subsidy burden away from the Budget.While the need for stimulating growth is paramount, there is a limit to which fiscal deficit may be stretched. We have missed the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act (FRBMA) fiscal deficit target of 3% after 2007-08, when it was 2.6%. After that, in the next two years, it shot up to 6.1% and 6.6% respectively. The consequences were severe and lasted for more than five years.The fiscal deficit target of 3% was determined keeping in mind relative levels of supply of investible resources and demand for these. The supply of resources consists of household sector's net financial savings and net foreign capital inflows. The claims on these arise from the central and state governments, and the public and private corporate sectors. In fact, the broad fiscal deficit target for Centre and states together was 6%, as detailed in the report of the 12th Finance Commission.Not Saving Enough In the early 2000s, the household sector's net financial savings were 10-12 %. To this, if we add, about 2% of GDP as net foreign capital inflows, 12-14% became the investible surplus. If out of this, 6% was pre-empted by GoI's borrowing, a margin of 6-8% was still available for the private corporate sector and the non-government public sector.Since then, the household sector's net financial savings have fallen to about 7%. Adding 2-2.5% as current account deficit (CAD) that becomes available as net capital inflows, total available investible surplus has shrunk to about 9.5%. If the Centre and states together pre-empt more than 6% of GDP for their borrowing, about 3.5% is left for the public sector and private corporate sector. At the moment, corporate demand for investment is weak. The moment this demand gathers momentum, interest rates will come under pressure. Accumulated fiscal deficits translate into debt and interest payments. In 2018-19, GoI's interest payments amounted to 37.3% of revenue receipts. With a large part of revenue receipts preempted by interest payments, capital expenditures accounted for only 1.6% of GDP — less than half of the fiscal deficit of 3.4%. GoI's debt-GDP ratio is currently close to 47%, well above the amended FRBMA target of 40%.The longer we delay limiting fiscal deficit to the prescribed target, the longer it will take to bring the debt-GDP ratio to the prescribed limit. The longer also will be the period when interest payments claim an unduly large portion of revenue receipts.February's interim Budget had estimated a fiscal deficit of 3.4% for 2019-20. Next month's Budget will have to contend with pressures of underperformance of revenues in the base year, 2018-19, while also providing for the additional expenditures in line with the election promises made by the government.Relative to the revised estimates for 2018-19, both direct and indirect taxes have underperformed, the shortfall in GoI's net tax revenues being 0.9% of GDP. The direct and indirect tax buoyancies for 2018-19 are estimated at only 1.1 and 0.4 respectively, giving an overall buoyancy of 0.5. If the interim Budget estimates for tax revenues for 2019-20 are to be met, the required buoyancy is 2.8, a tall order. Realistic budgeting would require a lowering of tax revenues from the levels in the interim Budget.On the expenditure side, however, the annual counterpart of the election manifesto and related commitments will have a bearing. The PM-Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN), with the recent expansion of its scope is expected to cost Rs 87,218 crore in 2019-20. GoI has been funding a good part of its expenditures through off-budget borrowing. The extra-budgetary resources constitute liability not shown in fiscal deficit but are reflected in government liabilities. That is why there is a growing gap between increment in liabilities and fiscal deficit.Difficult Gap to Bridge The prospects of revenues rising above the levels indicated in the interim Budget are bleak. Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman has a difficult task before her to contain fiscal deficit. There is no scope for including any large expenditure programmes beyond what the interim Budget had already included and the programmes announced after the election. Perhaps there could be some leeway, if the Jalan Committee recommends additional transfers from RBI.All in all, the FM should try to keep the fiscal deficit close to 3.4% of GDP.(Rangarajan is former governor, RBI, and Srivastava is chief policy adviser, EY India.)
By Chetan AhyaIt may not feel like it, but this global expansion cycle is in its 10th year in 2019. Over the past decade, the global cycle has weathered a number of 'cycle-threatening' events, including the debt ceiling issue in the US and the European sovereign debt crisis in 2011, the taper tantrum in 2013, the sharp fall in commodity prices in 2014 and China's slowdown in 2015. True, global growth has been subpar until the synchronous recovery took hold from 2017 to H12018. But we have been lucky enough to avoid dipping back into recession.With the recent re-emergence of trade tensions, can the global cycle continue to avoid recession? It is predicated on how severe the measures get, and how long these trade tensions last. If trade tensions continue to escalate, with the US imposing 25% tariffs on the remaining $300 billion-odd worth of imports from China, and China responding with countermeasures, we could end up in a recession in three quarters.Investors seem to disagree with this alarmist prognosis. They generally hold the view that the trade dispute could drag on for longer, but appear to be relatively sanguine about its potential impact on the global macro outlook. Concerns on the impact of trade tensions stem from three points:Pervasive transmission channels: Five channels will transmit trade tensions to global growth. First, implementing the tariffs will increase costs. Companies may not be able to fully pass on higher tariffs, which will erode profitability. Consumers, facing higher prices, may pull back on demand. Second, the tariffs' impact will spill over into the domestic and global supply chains and, consequently, global trade flows. Third, over the medium term, multinational companies will incur additional costs as they develop alternative supply sources. Fourth, global corporate confidence will take a hit, and companies will pull back on capex, which will weigh on aggregate global demand. The indirect impact on financial conditions, corporate confidence and capex would transmit to global growth in a far more severe manner than the direct tariff impact and its spillover effects on the supply chain. Finally, corporates with global footprints will face additional downward pressure on growth and profitability from their international operations. While the first three channels are probably well understood, the latter two channels, which actually have a greater impact, seem under-appreciated.Non-linear impact: As tariffs rise, the impact will be non-linear. In the first round, when 10% tariffs were imposed, the corporate sector had greater capacity to absorb them. However, if they rise to 25% and include all imports from China, corporates' ability to absorb them will diminish, likely resulting in higher pass-throughs with more knockon effects.In addition, as earnings growth slows and uncertainty and costs rise, the leveraged corporate sector will face tightening financial conditions, creating a negative feedback loop. Given higher corporate leverage, this will probably be most pronounced in the US, particularly for companies with weaker balance sheets. Against this backdrop, defaults could accelerate, bringing corporate credit risks to the fore.Reactive policy response, with lagged effects: Investors are right to expect a stronger policy response in the event of continuing escalation. The US Fed will respond, and China has the willingness and ability to ease both fiscal and monetary policy further to mitigate the impact on the labour market.However, the reality is that such policy easing will only be reactive. Given that the downside risks to growth are due to trade tensions, policymakers will approach it as being an external risk. So, it will be difficult for policymakers to prejudge the outcome of trade talks and pre-empt it before easing ahead.Policy easing will, therefore, only be activated after escalation has occurred and its effects on markets and the growth outlook have materialised. What's more, given the customary lag before policy measures impact real economic activity, a downdraft in global growth appears inevitable should trade tensions continue to escalate.Trade tensions have re-emerged at a critical moment in the global cycle. Global growth is currently tracking at a subpar rate of 3.2%Y in 1H19 (vs a peak of 4%Y in 1Q18). One expects global growth to stagnate for 2H2019. With trade tensions already having an impact on corporate confidence, the risks to this outlook are skewed to the downside and recession risks are rising.Against this backdrop, the meeting between the US and China at the G20 summit assumes a heightened level of importance. The outcome is highly uncertain, but the window for resolving trade tensions and avoiding damage to the global cycle is narrowing.The writer is chief economist and global head of economics, Morgan Stanley
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday asked top bureaucrats to prepare a five-year plan for each ministry with well-defined targets and milestones in sync with the people's mandate in the election to change the status quo and improve quality of life, officials said.In a meeting with secretaries of all ministries, the prime minister said each ministry should come out with an "impactful decision" for which approvals will have to be taken within 100 days, they said.The prime minister said people were yearning for a better life and the government must focus on ensuring ease of living, and asked the officials to begin work on making India a five-trillion dollar economy."Modi said that the huge expectations of the people should not be viewed as a challenge, but an opportunity. He said the mandate reflects the will and aspirations of the people to change the status quo, and seek a better life for themselves," a government statement said.The meeting was also attended by union ministers Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, Nirmala Sitharaman and Jitendra Singh."The prime minister said that the Indian voter has outlined a vision for the next five years, and this is now an opportunity before us," it added.Speaking about the demographic dividend, Modi said it was essential that the demographics be utilised efficiently.He said every department of the union government, and every district of each state has a role to play in making India a five-trillion dollar economy, the statement said.The prime minister touched upon the importance of the 'Make in India' initiative, and the need to make tangible progress towards this end.Modi also that India's progress in ease of doing business should reflect in greater facilitation for small businesses and entrepreneurs, adding each ministry should focus on it."The prime minister said water, fisheries, and animal husbandry, will also be important areas for the government," the statement said.He said that during the interaction, he has seen that secretaries have vision, commitment and energy to take the country forward."Modi said he is proud of the team. He urged everyone to use technology to improve outcomes and efficiency in each department," said the statement.The prime minister said that all departments must seek to leverage the upcoming milestone of 75 years of independence, which can inspire people to make a contribution for the betterment of the country.He urged everyone to hit the ground running, to fulfil the aspirations of the people.The discussion at the meeting was initiated by Cabinet Secretary P K Sinha.Sinha recalled how the prime minister has interacted directly with all officers up to director/deputy secretary level, in the previous tenure of the government.During the interaction, secretaries shared their vision and ideas on subjects such as administrative decision-making, agriculture, rural development and Panchayati Raj, IT initiatives, education reform, healthcare, industrial policy and economic growth, the statement said.In the meeting, Modi also recalled his first such interaction with the secretaries in June 2014."He said the recent General Elections have been marked by pro-incumbency, for which credit must go to the entire team of officials, which worked hard, conceived schemes, and delivered excellent results on the ground, over the last five years," said the statement.
The government has set up an expert panel to consider allowing private firms to sell subsidised cooking gas — a long-standing demand for companies like Reliance Industries because state firms dominate the market by luring customers with a lot of subsidies.Reliance Industries, which runs the world's biggest refinery at Jamnagar, is a big producer of LPG and has been lobbying the government for years to permit private players to distribute subsidised cylinders.State oil firms sell cylinders to customers at market price but buyers are soon paid the subsidy in their bank accounts, which makes the fuel effectively much cheaper than what is sold by private companies.The oil ministry has set up a panel comprising five members including economist Kirit Parikh, former petroleum secretary GC Chaturvedi, former Indian Oil chairman MA Pathan, IIM Ahmedabad director Errol D'souza, and a joint secretary in the petroleum ministry. The panel has to submit report by July-end.The panel has the same experts who were in the committee that recently recommended policy reforms regarding the setting up of petrol pumps, one key measure being eliminating the condition of investing ?2,000 crore in the oil sector to obtain fuel retail license.The Terms of Reference of the expert committee on the marketing of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) include "review the existing structure of LPG marketing in the country and assess whether competition should be allowed in marketing of a controlled commodity which is deficient in the country," a recent memo by the oil ministry said.The panel will also "assess the need, if any, to liberalise government policies to increase the participation of private sector in LPG marketing in the country."Reliance serves about a million cooking gas customers across several states, which is tiny compared to country's customer base of 26.5 million. The country's cooking gas customer population has exploded in recent years due to the government's focus on taking cleaner fuel to more homes. About 20 million customers do not receive subsidy — a potentially attractive segment private players can hope to lure with better services.India has become the world's second-largest LPG consumer. It consumed 24.9 million metric tonnes of LPG in 2018-19, of which nearly half was imported.
KOLKATA: Reliance Jio Infocomm has become a strong No. 2 in India by revenue market share (RMS) in the January-March quarter, racing ahead of Bharti Airtel, while Vodafone Idea managed to keep its No. 1 spot with its RMS rising for the first time after 10 quarters of decline, analysts said.Jio reported a 182 basis points sequential jump in RMS in the March quarter to 31.7%, while the Sunil Mittal-led telco's slumped 285 bps to 27.3%. Market leader Vodafone Idea, in turn, reported a modest 57 bps sequential rise in RMS to 32.2%, brokerage Emkay Global said in a report analysing financial data collated by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai).Vodafone Idea, which started reporting combined RMS data from the September quarter of FY19 following the merger last August, had been reporting dips on this score. Before the merger, erstwhile Vodafone India and Idea Cellular had last reported RMS growth in the June quarter of FY17.Mukesh Ambani-owned Jio, however, has recorded strong revenue growth across 21 circles and is the leader in 15 markets."Jio continues to be market leader across category A, B & C circles while Vodafone Idea maintains metro market leadership," Rajiv Sharma, co-head of research at SBICap Securities, said in a note seen by ET.By contrast, Bharti Airtel suffered sequential revenue declines in key markets such as Karnataka (-15%), Tamil Nadu (-16%), Delhi (- 33%) and Andhra Pradesh (-8%), culminating in the nation's second-largest telco being relegated to the third spot on the RMS count. 69733354 Bharti Airtel saw an 11.4% sequential fall in adjusted gross revenue (including national long distance or `NLD' service revenue) in the March quarter to Rs 8,608.2 crore, which is 19% lower than the Rs 10,632 crore quarterly mobile revenue from local mobile services it reported in the fiscal fourth quarter."There is a clear divergence between AGR decline and Bharti's revenues reported to investors," said Emkay Global in a note.Sharma of SBICap Securities said Airtel's AGR slump in Mumbai, Delhi and J&K may have been "triggered by one-off adjustments in the quarter or due to volatility in IUC (interconnect) payments by the company".Jio's AGR, on the contrary, has grown 4% sequentially to nearly Rs 9,986 crore, while Vodafone Idea largely arrested AGR slump by limiting on-quarter fall at 0.3% to roughly Rs 10,149 crore. Overall telecom sector AGR (including NLD revenue) has dipped 1% on-quarter to Rs 31,518.2 crore.Analysts acknowledged the stability in Vodafone Idea's RMS but said the outlook remained bleak as the market leader suffered revenue dips in 14 markets, and continued to lose AGR in leadership circles such as Mumbai, Tamil Nadu, UP-East and Andhra Pradesh, amid Jio's continuing pricing onslaught.Both Vodafone Idea and Airtel have been steadily losing ground to Jio over the past two-and-a-half years. The country's youngest telco once again outclassed its older rivals in the fiscal fourth quarter, reporting a 65% on-year jump in bottom line to Rs 840 crore, on the back of nearly 27 million user additions and rising data usage.By contrast, Airtel posted a loss of Rs 89.8 crore before interest and taxes in its India services for the March quarter, compared with an operating profit of Rs 101 crore a year earlier.Vodafone Idea too remains in the red, although its net loss narrowed to Rs 4,878.3 crore in the FY19 fourth quarter, helped by a tax refund and lower expenses, as service revenue crept up after 11 quarters of declines.
NEW DELHI: India's aviation market is poised to grow and become "sophisticated" in the next five years, with its sustainability unaffected by the grounding of Jet Airways, the country's biggest private sector carrier, analysts said.The Jet Airways crisis can be attributed to the advent of "efficiently run" low-cost carriers (LCCs) and is not unique because many legacy carriers in other countries have shut down, analysts told ET during the IATA annual general meeting in Seoul last week.They said the Indian market is difficult because of high fuel costs, poor infrastructure, complex regulations and low yields, but is set to grow over the next five years, allowing both LCCs and full-service carriers to make money.Jet's collapse is attributed to high costs in the Indian market and the airline's inability "to change with the times" to compete with LCCs in India's regulatory environment.69733366 "The Indian market is tough due to macroeconomic conditions, the rupee, oil prices and more generally, costs. These are putting pressure on the profitability of Indian members and it is a market where the competition is very, very tough," said Alexandre de Juniac, DG and chief executive of International Air Transport Association (IATA). "What we see in India is that full-service airlines are facing some difficulties. Jet Airways was one of them. Low-cost carriers are doing a little better.""Old carriers like Air India and Jet Airways had the field to themselves and that made them fairly complacent," said Peter Harbison, executive chairman of CAPA, a Sydney-based aviation consultancy firm. "Once you had too much capacity coming in with very low fares and not very good management in most of the cases, it was bound to make the industry unsustainable.""The biggest thing that has hindered India's aviation has been the enormously badly designed regulatory policy. The only thing it has achieved is effectively destroy operations in India. It has helped foreign carriers no end," Harbison added.However, others said the problem is one of high costs and low yields. "The Indian market has two sides – one is from the policy side that includes infrastructure issues and high tax on fuel and the other is the revenue part. The airlines do not have much of a room to charge as India is a market with one of the lowest yields and if airlines start charging more for flights, people move to other modes of transport like railways and roads," said a CEO of an airline alliance who did not want to be identified.Some experts are quite optimistic about India and said the market would reform itself and become much more sophisticated after the Jet Airways failure and, hopefully, the successful divestment of state owned Air India. "India is a market of opportunity and growth" said Brian Pearce, chief economist at IATA."If the infrastructure is created, better-managed airlines are built, regulatory policy becomes much more intelligent and the economy keeps growing, we would be looking at a period of five years. The positive is that the sector is still attracting good money," predicted Harbison of CAPA.
By Siobhan Wagner, Suzanne Woolley and Tom MetcalfFrom geopolitical uncertainty to real estate bubbles, the world is full of risks to investment portfolios. Yet the biggest threat to a family losing its wealth over generations may be internal. Fights over succession planning or individual investment decisions can pull a family—and its hard-earned fortune—apart.Here, wealth managers and multigenerational businesses share some of the most effective advice they've given on how a family can build a solid governance structure that will stand up against both external and internal threats to a legacy.Amy Szostak | Chief Fiduciary Officer and Co-director of Family Education and Governance, Northern Trust Global Family & Private Investment Offices"We worked with one family who was struggling with the transition of decision-making power from G1 [first generation] to G2. The process of identifying a few shared values allowed the family's vision to reveal itself. As it turned out, their definition of success was to create an environment that supported G3 preparedness to serve on the family boards. With G3's ages spanning more than 30?years, the mission had to be flexible and customizable. We worked with the family to develop an education plan that would be reviewed annually and tailored to each G3 member's needs with guidance from each family unit. Today the family has successfully transitioned the leadership of the family enterprise to the second generation and has seven G3s serving in various roles in their governance structure."Anthony DeChellis | Chief Executive Officer, Boston Private Financial Holdings Inc."Often in large families with considerable wealth, there is a group—usually older—that winds up being stewards for the family. Resentment can grow, because some members who haven't been active participants find themselves in their 30s or 40s and not involved. Later they'll find almost any reason to be critical. We advised one multigenerational family to set?expectations about returns, because someone is going to go to a cocktail party and hear about some hedge fund up 40% and say, 'Why aren't we making that?' Rather than defend yourself, say, 'This is the return we are aiming for; this is the risk we are taking. We may aim for larger returns with a portion, but the core portfolio is in conservative assets.' Family members need to understand strategy at a high level. It's more peaceful after that."Matthew Fleming | Head of Family Governance and Succession, Stonehage Fleming"We have a U.K.-based client at the moment who is a successful entrepreneur. The client built up their business themselves and was concerned about its future and the relationship between the family and the business. They were worried about the impact of the business, which is a brand and quite cash-generative, on the motivation and values of their children. In their attempt to de-risk the intergenerational transfer, they were in danger of being so cautious and taking no risks at all that the lack of risk-taking might be a threat. There's reckless caution—when you get so frightened of making a decision that you end up being more of a danger to the future of the family business. While we are helping this family recognize appropriate risks and putting mitigating strategies into place, we're also, when necessary, encouraging them to take the odd risk. You have to in order to develop and grow the business of the family."Thorne Perkin | President, Papamarkou Wellner Asset Management Inc."A very wealthy family in San Francisco asked for our thoughts on estate planning. You could take it as a foregone conclusion that the kids in the family will finish high school, but if you are 15 and have access to a lot of money and know you don't need to be educated, it can lead to bad things. We encouraged the family to introduce goals for the kids into the?will,?and they've been thanking us ever since. If the children graduate college they come into 25% of the inheritance, when they are 30 and have been gainfully employed for five years they get the next 25%. If they come to family meetings and contribute, they may get some kind of bonus payout. Some families set up trusts to cover specific things, like health?care or education, and say you can't use the money to go to St. Barts or buy a Ferrari. The incentives give people something to work for, which can give them pride."Willem van Eeghen | Former Managing Director, Van Eeghen Group"I think succession is different in every generation. The way we handled the hiring of [current Van Eeghen Group managing director and cousin] Jeroen was excellent. We outsourced the hiring process. In 2011 the supervisory board sent a letter to the broader family and said I was about to retire in a few years. We also said if no qualified candidates presented themselves, we'd look outside the family. People had to send a cover letter and CV. They made a committee with an external head hunter with an HR person, and they did the preliminary assessment."Chris Cecil | President, Biltmore Family Office and chair of the Charlotte chapter of TIGER 21"'Each generation is the first' is advice I give at the onset of a governance conversation. The mindset and framework that created entrepreneurial wealth must not be lost through the sale of a business and conversion of balance sheet from concentrated and illiquid to cash and liquid investments. Today so many families are 'sold' the concept of relative returns. Family governance must acknowledge that wealth wasn't created relative to the S&P 500. It typically isn't spent relative to the S&P and is rarely given away relative to the S&P."Alvina Lo | Chief Wealth Strategist, Wilmington Trust"The choice of trustee is so important. I worked with a family that had significant wealth from an invention on the grandparent level. There were two sons; one was not in good health. There was some resentment about what drove the son to the state he was in—they seemed to blame the son's wife. It was decided that if anything happened to that son, the money would go to his kids. The question was who would control it: the wife or the remaining brother? I suggested bringing in an independent third-party trustee who could cast a deciding vote and be the 'bad guy' if need be. The family chose a corporate trustee to professionally administer the trust to terms agreed and made a list of reputable names and requirements for future trustees in case the original one didn't work out. The son died, and while there was tension, everyone had agreed on the terms of the trust and the third party. The more objective you can make things, the better it will be."
By Chandan TapariaNifty50 continued to consolidate in a 100-point range for most part of the session and closed near the opening level. It has been forming multiple Dojis on the daily scale, which indicate a tug of war between the bulls and the bears to hold the 11,888 mark.Now it has to get the followup buying with a hold above 11,888 to get some stability and move towards the 12,000-12,041 zone, while on the downside support is seen at 11,761 and then 11,660 levels.On the options front, maximum Put open interest was at 11,500 followed by strike price 11,000 while maximum Call OI was at 12,500 followed by 12,000. There was minor Put writing at 11,900 followed by 11,800 while minor Call writing was seen at 11,900 followed by 12,300 levels. Option data suggests a wider trading range between 11,750 and 12,250 levels.India VIX moved up marginally by 0.77 per cent to 14.97 level. Volatility is hovering below the 16 mark, which is supporting buying interest on any declines.Bank Nifty opened positive but failed to hold above 31,313 mark and drifted towards 30,850 level. It formed a bearish candle on the daily scale, but latter recover marginally from lower levels to close above 31,000.Now it has to cross and hold above 31,150 zone to witness an upward move towards 31,500 and then 31,750 levels, while a hold below the same could drag it towards 30,500 and then 30,250 levels.Nifty futures closed positive at 11,942 level with a gain of 0.35 per cent. There was long buildup in Bata India, Manappuram Finance, IGL, NIIT Tech while shorts were seen in GAIL, Canara Bank, Sun TV and Bank of India.(Chandan Taparia is Technical & Derivative Analyst at MOFSL. Investors are advised to consult financial advisers before taking an investment calls based on these observations)
NEW DELHI: India's smartphone shipments from the online channel reached its highest ever share of 43% during January-March quarter of 2019 but market leader Xiaomi saw an on-year decline in its market share for the channel where rivals like Samsung, Realme and Asus grew, Counterpoint Research said.Online channel shipments grew 17% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2019, driven by new launches, sales events and lucrative offers rolled out during the quarter while the smartphone shipments in the offline segment declined by 4% year-onyear, Counterpoint said in a report issued Monday.Xiaomi led the online market with 43% share, which though came down from 57% for the same quarter last year. Flipkart led the overall online market with a 53% share while Amazon grew faster in the quarter 2019, with 38% yearly growth to touch a share of 36%.Samsung adopted online flash sales strategy for the first time with Amazon on the Galaxy M10 and M20 models, increasing the brand's share to 15% in the period, up 31% on year, in the ecommerce segment. The initial demand for M series was strong due to which Samsung's online contribution within its portfolio reached its highest ever level, Counterpoint said.The top five brands captured 85% of the total online market."Price cuts of popular devices and more launches drove online channel shipments to the highest ever level in Q12019. The high online channel share indicates that the new ecommerce policy has limited impact, and e-commerce giants have found a way to cope," said Anshika Jain, research analyst at Counterpoint.It added that brands took advantage of their strong online reach to get rid of their excess inventory, before the change in India's ecommerce policy in February 2019. Along with this, offline channels were still holding inventory accumulated during the record festive season in the last quarter of 2018.
KOLKATA: Only 13% of companies in the country plan to hire more people in the July-September quarter while 61% employers anticipate no change at all in their payrolls, according to the latest Manpower Employment Outlook Survey.That puts the net employment outlook at +13%, down from +16% in the same quarter last year.This comparative decline in hiring intentions comes even as two Cabinet committees have been formed to address rising unemployment and sluggish economic growth, both to be headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. According to the Manpower survey that tracked 4,951firms across industries, small businesses report net employment outlook of +13% while medium and large companies report +12%.The survey categorised organisations into three sizes: small, or firms that employ 10-49 people, medium (50-240 employees) and large (250-plus employees). Compared with the third quarter of calendar 2018, employment outlook declined by 6 percentage points for large employers and by 2 percentage points and 3 percentage points for small and medium employers, respectively.69730649 Net employment outlook in the survey is derived by taking the percentage of employers anticipating total employment to increase and subtracting from this the percentage expecting to see a decrease in employment at their location in the next quarter. This time, 0% employers forecast a decrease. The Manpower survey was conducted after a six-month gap.Services sector employers reported the strongest hiring intentions with a net employment outlook of +16%, followed by payroll gains of +11% projected in manufacturing; mining and construction, and the wholesale and retail trade sectors.Some hiring opportunities are expected in finance, insurance, real estate, public administration and education sectors where outlooks stand at +8%. Transportation and utilities sector reported outlook of +6%.The south region is expected to hire the most with a net employment outlook of +14%, followed by west and north, with outlooks of +13% and +12%, Eastern region had an outlook of +9%. Hiring prospects marginally weaken in all four regions when compared with this time one year ago."New government initiatives, coupled with investors' interest in startups, are generating a growth trajectory in some sectors," said Cynthia Gokhale, associate director, marketing, at ManpowerGroup India. "India now must prioritise investing in education to bridge the skill gap between the requirements in the market and job seekers skillsets."
Maharashtra: Congress gears up to counter online propaganda As the state gears up for assembly elections later this year, a mixture of propaganda and conjecture against the Congress are doing the rounds on social media. Some of them include, "Petty politics by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru ensured Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel could not be the first Prime Minister of India", "The Congress was against Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar" and "Members of the Nehru-Gandhi clan are Muslims".
Businessman cheated of Rs36 lakh by his own staff Gunjan Trivedi, a resident of Naroda has accused his employee Dhrumin Trivedi of cheating him of Rs 36 lakh
Shivraj Singh Chouhan meets family of 8-year-old raped and murdered in Madhya Pradesh Chouhan visited the family of the victim and assured them of justice
Ahmedabad: Teen raped, blackmailed with a video by lover As per police, the incident came into light, after the frightened victim narrated the entire incident to her father.
Navjot Singh Sidhu-Amarinder Singh row reaches Rahul Gandhi's door Given the crisis situation in Punjab state Congress, the Congress president finds himself in a tricky situation to sort out the power equation between Captain and Sidhu
Supreme Court rejects petitions to modify its order on PG medical admissions in Maharashtra Says seats which remain vacant after scrapping of EWS quota will be filled based on merit
Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath directs DGP to reactivate Anti-Romeo Squads During the meeting, CM directed the officials to reactivate much-hyped Anti-Romeo Squad, launch awareness campaigns and integrate child and women helpline 181 with UP Dial 100
BJP observes a 12-hour bandh in Basirhat against the killing of their workers Streets of Basirhat mostly bore a deserted look with buses and cars remaining off the roads
Cyclonic storm, heavy rains to lash Gujarat this week Gujarat, which has been seething this summer with the thermo-meter going past 45 degrees Celsius for days together in cities like Surendranagar even in June, is in for the other extreme this week.
West Bengal tense, Governor Kesri Nath Tripathi meets PM Narendra Modi Governor Kesri Nath Tripathi denies rumours of talks on imposing the President's Rule in the violence-hit state
'Can't say if Pakistan shut down terror camps in PoK', says Army Chief General Bipin Rawat General Rawat made the statement hours after the United States reiterated that Pakistan needs to act against terrorism to improve ties with India.
