"Go back to where you came from." These seven words are seared into the minds of countless Americans — a reminder that they haven't always been welcome in the country where they were born or naturalized because of their appearance, language or religion.
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It's not just the eastern part of the US roasting this week. Much of the planet is on a heat bender, including the northernmost inhabited place on Earth.
Juries convicted Ricky Joyner twice. Once in 1994 and again in 1998, after he won his first appeal. Prosecutors called the case cut and dried. But we looked through transcripts, reports, video and more. Should Joyner's conviction stand?
Using a drone, JP and Mike Andrews have continued to capture natural and manmade scenes across the world, stumbling upon unique patterns that can only be discerned from above.
Bong makers used to be arrested for their work. Now, some of the most intense bongs you've ever seen are going up for public auction for the first time ever.
Blasting obnoxious music is designed to create fear and disorient prisoners or dictators holed up in embassies or, in the case of a Florida city, the homeless.
Greg Overton's flight through the valley in the Swiss Alps took a scary turn when his parachute malfunctioned. Remarkably, he was able to right himself and eventually land safely.
Huckberry is the only place where you'll find this particular variant of the excellent 43 liter Mission Rover travel bag. Better yet, it's also on sale.
Fifty years after Apollo 11, Moon landing conspiracists remain as staunchly skeptical as ever. But in 2019, does not believing in humanity's greatest achievement mean the same thing it did back in 1969?
Designing your ideal physical mate is a dangerous and potentially mean game to play when you don't know what the other person looks. And while this is an objectively cool date regardless of who you are with, we couldn't imagine two people more different than each other.
One of the tankers seized in the Gulf has been allowed to continue its journey, after the ship was boarded by armed guards, the tanker's operator said https://t.co/LT5I2Xahhw
California sees a constant, irregular rhythm of earthquakes, many too small to feel. The larger quakes near Los Angeles earlier this month were two 2 heavy beats in an ongoing pattern, ones that set off thousands of others in the area. https://t.co/k51QNx94nkpic.twitter.com/Coq5ljDTYL
President Donald Trump's recent attacks on four first-term lawmakers – all women of color – triggered an impassioned response from House Democrats, who overwhelmingly backed a House resolution condemning the president's remarks. This is just the latest chapter in a long-running debate over what language is appropriate in political debates in the United States. A recent Pew Research Center survey examined Americans' attitudes about this topic, including Trump's impact on political discourse and the potential risks from incendiary rhetoric from elected officials:
WNU Editor: Where have these people been for the past two - three years? In 2017 a shooter shot up a Republican baseball game critically wounding Rep. Steve Scalise and five others .... Congressional baseball practice shooting: What we know about the victims (CNN). Senator Rand Paul was attacked by his neighbour in 2017 sustaining multiple broken ribs and a serious bout of pneumonia that required him to stay in hospital for months .... Prosecutors reveal why Rand Paul was attacked by neighbour (NBC). White House officials have been threatened in restaurants, including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell .... McConnell defiant after demonstrator tried disrupting his dinner: 'I enjoyed my meal' (FOX News). And I have lost count on how conservative journalists and bloggers have been assaulted by extreme left groups, with the latest one being Andy Ngo in Portland .... Antifa attack conservative blogger Andy Ngo amid violence at Portland Proud Boys protest (The Independent). Bottom line. Political violence has existed in the U.S. for a long time, and by many sides and political groups. As for the above PEW Poll. I think the reason why more Democrats are concerned about political violence today than they were in the past is the fear of blow-back. Today's Republicans are definitely not as docile as past Republicans were when they were being attacked, and the one who is leading the charge is President Trump.
Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. George W. Casey Jr. administers the oath of reenlistment to 15 soldiers during a ceremony at the Pentagon, July 1, 2008. Casey said "Men and women like these are the heart and soul of our Army - our soldiers, families, and Army civilians are who separate this Army from any other Army in the world, and separate our Armed Forces from any other force in the world." U.S. Army photo by D. Myles Cullen
The best way to fix the U.S. armed forces' recruiting challenges may involve dipping further into the nation's high schools.
As the Army, Navy and other services contend with a thriving economy and a directive to expand their ranks, there is a growing debate over whether the military should consider lowering the minimum enlistment age from 17 to 16. More than a dozen countries, including the United Kingdom, already have adopted the policy.
Critics say the idea is deeply flawed and presents a host of societal problems, but supporters argue that the Pentagon needs to think outside the box if it wants to continually overcome one of the toughest recruiting environments in decades.
Neither the military nor lawmakers have given any indication that they are entertaining the idea, but some analysts say that opening the ranks to younger Americans could provide unique benefits and may be the kind of fundamental overhaul the recruiting system needs for the 21st century.
Prosecutors are looking to force El Chapo to pay back $12.6 billion that he made through drug sales in the United States (pictured $1.5 million found during a raid of El Chapo's home)
* Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador will seek to recoup Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán's fortune * The leftist leader says all of El Chapo's assets belong to the 'Mexican people' and not the United States * He also called El Chapo's jail conditions 'inhumane' after he was sentenced to life in jail plus 30 years * A US judge also ordered him to pay American authorities $12.6billion they estimate he made as head of the Sinaloa Cartel * Prosecutors also seized El Chapo's considerable current assets
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is preparing himself for a showdown with the United States over Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán's fortune.
El Chapo was sentenced to life in jail at a New York City court this week by a federal judge who also ordered him to pay US authorities $12.6 billion - the figure he is estimated to have earned from drug trafficking as the head of the Sinaloa Cartel.
But on Thursday, López Obrador argued that the funds should be returned to El Chapo's home country of Mexico.
He also demanded that the US return the assets they had already seized from the gang leader. The US government estimates El Chapo's fortune at $14 billion.
WNU Editor: 'El Chapo' Guzmán's Sinaloa Cartel murdered thousands in Mexico and destroyed the lives of millions of Americans and the Mexican President is declaring his jail conditions as "inhumane" ?!?!?!? As for the money. What struck me about this sentencing is that the U.S. wants $12.6 billion of his $14 billion fortune. In other-words, they are willing to leave $1.4 billion for his wife and family. I think Guzman made a deal knowing that he was going to be convicted, and in return told U.S. authorities where his wealth is so that his family will do without. As for the Mexican President's demand for his money. If Guzman's money and assets are in the U.S. and in other jurisdictions that the U.S. has treaties with that pertain to criminal law and forfeiture, Mexico is going to have a problem to collect. Something that I suspect Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is well aware of.
From Wikipedia: John Garko is a fun-loving leader of a bunch of oddball G.I.s whose mission is to steal the German's secret attack plans from a villa behind enemy lines, where they run into a brutal Nazi commander.
There will be furious embarrassment in the British government this evening over Iran's seizure of two British oil tankers today. One of those tankers is British-flagged, and the other is British-owned.
Still, Iran has made a strategic miscalculation here.
* Trump says Iran is in 'big trouble' and warns that the U.S. has lots of warships * The nation's military seized two UK-registered oil tanker ships in the Persian Gulf * The Stena Impero was ordered to turn to the north by Iranian forces, who also took over the British-operated Mesdar * UK officials said they lost contact with the 23 crew following the incident * Trump says Britain's crisis will be resolved thanks to a longstanding but unwritten mutual defense agreement with the United States
President Donald Trump said Friday that the Islamic Republicn of Iran has endangered itself by seizing a pair of British oil tankers in the Persian Gulf.
'Iran is showing their true colors,' he told reporters on the South Lawn of the White House has he departed for a weekend in New Jersey.
'Iran is in big trouble.'
The president warned that although the U.S. doesn't have many tankers in the Gulf because it is trending toward energy independence, 'we have a lot of ships there that are warships.'
As fellow analysts have pointed out, it would appear that crude oil tanker Mesdar (MMSI: 636013579) has diverted from its course, and too is now headed toward the coast of #Iran... pic.twitter.com/tW33VYXQ3n
UK government urgently seeking information after Stena Impero veered into Iranian waters
Iran's Revolutionary Guards claim to have seized a British oil tanker, the Stena Impero, which suddenly veered off course and headed into Iranian waters.
The ship's owners issued a statement saying it had been "approached by unidentified small crafts and a helicopter during transit of the Strait of Hormuz while the vessel was in international waters."
"We are presently unable to contact the vessel which is now heading north towards Iran," the owners, Stena Bulk, and the ship's managers, Northern Marine, said in the statement.
* Admiral Philip Davidson slams Chinese muscle flexing over disputed waters * No response to 'standing ask' for a communication mechanism to reduce threat of miscalculation
A senior US military commander has slammed Beijing for flexing its muscles over the South China Sea, and for not responding to Washington's call to set up a crisis communication mechanism.
Admiral Philip Davidson, commander of US Indo-Pacific Command, struck a cautious note at the Aspen Security Forum in Colorado on Thursday over China's growing military influence in the region.
Davidson said Washington and Beijing were having an "ongoing dialogue" at the military level, but a crisis communication mechanism was needed to reduce the threat of miscalculation.
Reports suggest large-scale standoff between several coastguard ships from each country near the Spratly Islands.
Vietnam has called on China to remove an oil exploration ship from disputed waters near the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea.
Reports in recent days have suggested a large-scale standoff between several coastguard ships from each country as a Chinese oil exploration ship entered contested waters near the Spratly Islands.
"Over the last several days, the Chinese survey ship, Haiyang Dizhi 8, and its escorts conducted activities in the southern area of the East Sea that violated Vietnam's exclusive economic zone and continental shelf," Vietnamese foreign affairs ministry spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang said in a statement on Friday, using the Vietnamese term for the South China Sea.
"This area lies entirely within the Vietnamese waters."
* Reliance on communist neighbour takes overall foreign trade volume below US$3 billion for first time since Kim Jong-un took power, according to report * Observers say slow economic growth could weaken regime in the long run, but Beijing is expected to keep UN measures in place for now
North Korea's trade with China has again fallen sharply, taking the country's overall foreign trade volume below US$3 billion for the first time since Kim Jong-un took power in 2011.
Trade with China totalled US$2.7 billion in 2018, down 48.2 per cent from a year earlier, according to a report from the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency on Friday.
But according to the report, "North Korea's Foreign Trade Trend in 2018", the country's trade reliance on its communist neighbour reached a record high last year.
🔴 DO NOT MISS 🔴#IRGC releases video showing its #drone -the #US alleges to have downed-safely returning to its base after monitoring #USSBoxer before and after the vessel sailed through the Strait of #Hormuz.
Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps released footage which it says disproves the US claim of shooting down an Iranian drone over the Strait of Hormuz, showing the video was transmitted after the alleged time it was destroyed.
The elite military unit published the footage on Friday and it was aired and commented on live on the state TV channel Press TV. The video appears to depict American warship USS Boxer sailing through the strait in the early hours of July 19, according to the timestamp shown.
The U.S.S.R. sent women and people of color to space years before the U.S.
The Cold War was fought as much on an ideological front as a military one, and the Soviet Union often emphasized the sexism and racism of its capitalist opponents — particularly the segregated United States. And the space race was a prime opportunity to signal the U.S.S.R.'s commitment to equality. After putting the first man in space in 1961, the Soviets went on to send the first woman, the first Asian man, and the first black man into orbit — all years before the Americans would follow suit.
In fact, the director of Soviet cosmonaut training wrote in his diary as early as 1961: "We cannot allow the first woman in space to be American. This would be an insult to the patriotic feelings of Soviet women." Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev agreed, and the search for candidates began.
On June 16, 1963, Valentina Tereshkova, a 26-year-old factory worker-turned-cosmonaut, became the first woman in space. She flew a solo mission that orbited Earth 48 times. In three days, she traveled farther than all previous American astronauts combined. Ardent female fans in the U.S.S.R. saw her triumph as a welcome reaffirmation of the Soviet commitment to gender equality, while women outside the Soviet Union took it as proof that there was no limit to what women could achieve.
WNU Editor: The New York Times ignores the annoying fact that after sending Valentina Tereshkova into space, the decision was made to not send women in space because it was too dangerous. A decision that stood for more than 19 years before they finally sent another women into space .... Valentina Tereshkova: USSR was 'worried' about women in space (BBC). Even today, the Russian space program does not prioritize having women cosmonauts. Here is a list of female astronauts past and present (notice the huge number of American female astronauts and lack of Soviet/Russian astronauts) .... List of female spacefarers (Wikipedia).
* Iran dismissed Trump's assertion that the US Navy destroyed one of its drones * Washington has evidence that it shot down a drone on Thursday, a senior official said
The United States will destroy any Iranian drones that fly "too close" to its ships in the Strait of Hormuz and has evidence that it shot down a drone on Thursday, a senior Trump administration official said on Friday.
Iran dismissed President Donald Trump's assertion that the US Navy destroyed one of its drones. Tehran said all of its unmanned planes were accounted for, amid growing international concern that both sides could blunder into a war in the Gulf.
"If they fly too close to our ships, they'll continue to be shot down," the Trump administration official said, briefing reporters on condition of anonymity.
Engineers are working on a shorter version of the J-20 stealth jet to make it suitable for use on China's new aircraft carriers, military insiders say. Photo: Reuters
* Developers at Chengdu Aerospace working on shorter version of J-20 to make it suitable for use with next generation catapult launch systems, insiders say * FC-31, being developed by sister company, is already shorter but some experts say it is not as robust
The companies behind China's J-20 and FC-31 fighter planes are going head to head in the race to develop the stealth jet of choice for the navy's next generation aircraft carriers, military sources said.
And for the engineers working on the former, the biggest challenge could be making the new version of the jet short enough to work with the catapult launch systems currently being developed for use on the giant vessels.
The drone-jamming and controlling system picture here is similar to the kind seen mounted on the deck of the USS Boxer as it transited the Strait of Hormuz (Dalton S. Swanbeck / Marine Corps)
Drone, the catch-all term for uncrewed flying vehicle, descends from a far more specific bit of jargon, once used exclusively to refer to aerial targets. Few aircraft are built for the express purpose of being destroyed, but targets are, and that more casual attitude towards the destruction of aerial robots has expanded to include the whole category of modern uncrewed apparatus. All of this is to say: through some means, forces on board a U.S. Navy vessel had an interaction with a drone, and likely sent it into the sea.
WNU Editor: Here is an easy prediction. After yesterday's downing of an Iranian drone, those who operate drones are going to think twice before approaching a U.S. warship.
"We have not lost any drone in the Strait of Hormuz nor anywhere else. I am worried that USS Boxer has shot down their own UAS by mistake!" Araghchi tweeted on Friday.
US President Donald Trump claimed on Thursday that US navy forces had targeted an Iranian drone, which threatened US warship in Strait of Hormuz.
"The [USS] Boxer took defensive action against an Iranian drone, which had closed into a near distance, approximately 1000 yards, ignoring multiple calls to stand down threatening safety of ship and ship's crew," Trump said.
Reported deployment of ground forces in northwest Syria rejected by Russian foreign ministry.
Russia has sent special forces in recent days to fight alongside Syrian army troops struggling to make gains in a more than two-month assault in northwestern Syria to seize the last opposition bastion, senior rebel commanders told Reuters news agency.
The claims in Thursday's report were swiftly rejected by the Russian defence ministry.
"Russia has never had and has no ground forces in Syria," the ministry was cited as saying by Russia's RIA news agency.
WNU Editor: Moscow is refuting this story .... Moscow Refutes Claims That Russian Ground Troops Present in Syria's Idlib (Sputnik). What's my take. There are thousands of Russian forces in Syria, I would not be surprised if Russian special forces are on the ground not only directing this fight, but directly involved.
More News On Syrian Rebel Claims That Russian Special Forces Have Been Deployed In The Idlib Campaign
Australia's Defence Force says it still doesn't know if it will be compensated after a faulty engine caused a new $120-million American-made jet to abort a take-off then burst into flames.
In January last year the Royal Australian Air Force's (RAAF) newly delivered EA-18G Growler was taking part in military exercises when a dramatic mechanical malfunction saw the advanced electronic warfare plane skid across a United States runway before catching fire.
The badly damaged aircraft was eventually 'written off' after what senior defence figures privately described as the "most serious incident of its kind for the RAAF in more than 25 years".
Read more .... WNU Editor: This looks like a manufacturer error, so the rules are simple, the primary company is responsible. In this case the engine malfunctioned, so it is the responsibility of General Electric. But waiting 18 months for an investigation to be completed?!?!? Someone is dragging their feet.
(LONDON) — Britain’s foreign secretary said Iranian authorities seized two vessels Friday in the Strait of Hormuz, actions signaling an escalation in the strategic waterway that has become a flashpoint in tensions between Tehran and the West.
Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said one of the seized ships was British-flagged and the other sailed under Liberia’s flag. The crews members comprise a range of nationalities but are not believed to include British citizens, he said.
“These seizures are unacceptable,” Hunt said entering an emergency government meeting to discuss securing the release of the two vessels and their crews. “It is essential that freedom of navigation is maintained and that all ships can move safely and freely in the region.”
Details of what took place remained sketchy. Iran said earlier Friday that it had seized a British oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz,
The tanker Stena Impero was taken to an Iranian port because it was not complying with “international maritime laws and regulations,” Iran’s Revolutionary Guard declared.
A statement from Stena Bulk, which owns the tanker, said it was unable to contact the ship after it was approached by unidentified vessels and a helicopter in the Strait of Hormuz.
The company said the tanker, with 23 crew members aboard, was in international waters when it was approached but subsequently appeared to be heading toward Iran.
U.K. Chamber of Shipping chief executive Bob Sanguinetti said the seizure represented an escalation in tensions in the Persian Gulf and made it clear more protection for merchant vessels was urgently needed.
He claimed the action is “in violation of international regulations which protect ships and their crews as they go about their legitimate business in international waters.”
The British government should do “whatever is necessary” to ensure the safe and swift return of the ship’s crew, Sanguinetti said.
The incident came just two days after Washington claimed that a U.S. warship downed an Iranian drone in the Strait. Iran denied that it lost an aircraft in the area.
On June 20, Iran shot down an American drone in the same waterway, and Trump came close to retaliating but called off an airstrike at the last moment.
Tensions in the region have been growing since the Trump administration withdrew a year ago from Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal with world powers. After the withdrawal, the U.S. imposed harsh sanctions, including on Tehran’s oil trade, that have sent the Iranian economy into a tailspin.
Iran’s government has desperately tried to get out of the chokehold, appealing to the other partners in the deal, particularly Europe, to pressure the U.S. to lift the bruising sanctions. Europe wants to maintain the nuclear deal, but has not been able to address Iranian demands, particularly concerning the sale of oil, without violating U.S. sanctions.
On Friday, Iran and the United States emphatically disagreed over Washington’s claim that a U.S. warship downed an Iranian drone in the Strait of Hormuz. American officials said they used electronic jamming to bring down the unmanned aircraft, while Iran said it simply didn’t happen.
Neither side provided evidence to prove its claim.
At the White House, President Donald Trump said flatly of the Iranian drone: “We shot it down.” But Pentagon and other officials have said repeatedly that the USS Boxer, a Navy ship in the Strait of Hormuz, actually jammed the drone’s signal, causing it to crash, and did not fire a missile. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive technology.
Trump’s national security adviser, John Bolton, said, “There is no question this was an Iranian drone, and the USS Boxer took it out as the president announced yesterday because it posed a threat to the ship and its crew. It’s entirely the right thing to do.”
In Tehran, the Iranian military said all its drones had returned safely to their bases and denied there was any confrontation with the USS Boxer, an amphibious assault ship.
“We have not lost any drone in the Strait of Hormuz nor anywhere else,” tweeted Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard on its website Friday said the drone recorded three hours of video of the USS Boxer and five other vessels Thursday beginning when the ships first entered the Strait of Hormuz. There was no immediate explanation as to how the video was evidence that no Iranian drone was destroyed.
The strategically vital Strait of Hormuz is at the mouth of the Persian Gulf and serves as the passageway for one-fifth of all global crude exports.
Trump on Thursday said the USS Boxer took action after the Iranian drone closed to within 1,000 yards of the warship and ignored commands to stay away. The president accused Iran of “provocative and hostile” action and said the U.S. acted in self-defense.
The Revolutionary Guard said its forces continue to monitor all movements by foreigners — especially “the terrorist forces” of the U.S. and the British in the Strait and the Gulf.
After Trump pulled the U.S. out of the Iran nuclear deal with world powers last year and imposed economic sanctions against Tehran, the Iranians have pushed back on the military front in recent weeks, with Washington accusing Tehran of threatening American forces and interests in the region.
Iran’s foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, suggested in New York as he arrived for a meeting at the United Nations that Iran could immediately ratify an agreement to allow broader checks of its nuclear facilities by U.N. inspectors if the U.S. dropped its sanctions.
China urged Washington to consider the offer, calling it “a positive signal that Iran is willing to seek a compromise solution.”
The Pentagon said Thursday’s incident happened in international waters while the Boxer was entering the Gulf. The Boxer is among several U.S. Navy ships in the area, including the USS Abraham Lincoln, an aircraft carrier that has been operating in the North Arabian Sea for weeks in response to rising tensions.
The Iranians and Americans have had close encounters in the Strait of Hormuz in the past, and it is not unprecedented for Iran to fly a drone near a U.S. warship.
Zarif blamed Washington for the escalation and accused the Trump administration of “trying to starve our people” and “deplete our treasury” through sanctions.
Europe has a new president! Sort of. Germany’s former defense minister Ursula Von der Leyen became the new president-elect of the European Commission (EC) this week following a close vote in the European Parliament.
Why It Matters:
Whoever leads the European Commission—the EU’s executive arm—is the most powerful person in the day-to-day affairs of the European Union and oversees 32,000 EU bureaucrats. Traditionally, the role of the European Commission (made up of Commissioners from each one of the 28 member states; 27 once Britain gets on with Brexit) is to propose new legislation and policies that are then voted on by the European Parliament (more on that below) and to implement those policies in areas reserved to the EU (as opposed to national governments); it also speaks for the EU in international negotiations. The President of the EC decides which Commissioners get which policy portfolios, and generally drives the EC’s policy agenda; he/she also represents the EU in major international meetings like the G7 and G20. Von der Leyen, who is a close ally of Angela Merkel’s and a member of the center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party back in Germany, is the first woman to ever hold the post.
But her victory came at a cost. One of the key concessions Von der Leyen made to get reluctant members of European Parliament (MEPs) on board was giving them the “right of the initiative”, i.e. assurances that the Commission would act on whatever resolutions were passed by the European parliament. Up until this week, it was only the Commission that could propose laws and MEPs would have to vote whether to approve of them or not. In a bid to get more MEPs to back her, Von der Leyen also offered to put Europe on a path to carbon neutrality by 2050 and to discuss the introduction of a minimum wage (among other pledges).
Why was it necessary for Von der Leyen to offer so many concessions to secure the post? Because her nomination didn’t come from the European Parliament as has been expected by MEPs, but rather as a compromise from the leaders of the major European countries in a backroom deal (the same deal that resulted in Christine Lagarde heading up the European Central Bank). That institutional clash made her election difficult, as did the fractious political landscape of Europe.
European politics are much messier than traditional left-right politics (though that plays a big role, too); it’s also about integration vs. Euro-skepticism, Eastern Europe vs. Western Europe, core Europe vs. periphery Europe, pro-climate change action vs. anti, and so on. And while European leaders—notably France’s Emmanuel Macron and Germany’s Merkel—were able to strike a deal that secured a majority among MEP members (however slight), the roundabout way that Von der Leyen (a committed Europhile who supports more European integration and reforms, and even a European army) was elected will provide more fodder for anti-EU politicians across the continent railing against unaccountable bureaucrats back in Brussels.
What Happens Next:
Von der Leyen is a clear sign that at the EU level, things aren’t changing much. Her policy priorities will be similar to her predecessor’s, and her general orientation is similarly very pro-Europe. Populists remain at the political margins (at least in Brussels), and don’t agree on much of anything amongst themselves to pose an immediate threat to the pro-European establishment on the EU-wide level. Europe isn’t in danger of falling apart. But an EC helmed by Von der Leyen doesn’t change the fact that the EU is becoming less important on the global stage. To be fair though, Von der Leyen is the symptom, not the cause, of that reality.
The Key Quote That Sums It All Up:
“Ursula von der Leyen has scraped in by 9 votes. Power but no legitimacy.” –the UK’s Nigel Farage, a leading authority on narrow victories—Brexit was one—and how legitimate they are.
The One Major Misconception About It:
That Angela Merkel was the big winner in all this horse trading for getting one of her government ministers the most important job in Brussels (she’s also the first German to hold the post in more than 50 years). The even-bigger winner is Emmanuel Macron, who backed Von der Leyen for the post (who in addition to sharing his pro-integration and pro-reform orientation towards Europe now owes him for his political backing of her candidacy) and secured the role of European Central Bank head for his fellow Frenchwoman Christine Lagarde. As for Merkel, the elevation of Von der Leyen as the compromise choice came at the cost of her initial proposal to install a Socialist candidate at the head of the Commission… which infuriated her Socialist coalition partners back home in Germany and adds even more pressure to her already-straining coalition.
The One Thing to Say About It at a Dinner Party:
Ursula Von der Leyen is more of the same. That’s not what a waning Europe actually needs right now… but it’s what it can get. She’s not going to move Europe forward, but she won’t let it fall apart, either.
As millions of people prepare for sweltering heatwaves in the U.S. Midwest and East Coast, scientists say July will likely be the hottest July on record, following the hottest June on record. These types of heatwaves are expected to become more frequent throughout the world as global warming continues, say scientists.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reports the average global temperature for June was 1.71 degrees Fahrenheit above the 20th century average of 59.9 degrees. NOAA also reported record-breaking decreases in sea ice coverage in the Arctic and Antarctica.
“Our climate is warming,” Ahira Sánchez-Lugo, a climatologist at NOAA, tells TIME. “We have a new normal, we are in a new warmer climate. Just in the 21st century, we’ve set a new global world temperature record five times.”
Robert Rohde, lead scientist at Berkeley Earth, tells TIME that July is also likely to be the hottest July on record, as global temperatures continue to trend towards increasing heat.
Regionally, hot June temperatures broke records in Europe, Africa and South America, and it was the hottest first half of the year for Alaska, Madagascar, New Zealand, Mexico, western Canada and eastern Asia.
Overall between January through June, the temperature averaged out to 1.71 degrees above the 20th century average of 55.3, tying with 2017 as the hottest year so far.
Rohde says this trend can be attributed to human emissions of greenhouse gases. “This trend will continue until humans find a way to change their behavior and stop modifying the atmosphere,” Rohde says.
He points out that while the trend continues upward, the world may not see consistently warmer temperatures. “It doesn’t happen continuously,” he says. “There are fluctuations, we don’t have a new hottest year every year or a new hottest month every month, but as we move forward we expect to set many records over time.”
“Our extremes will change,” she says. “Drought is expected to become more intense and more frequent, heatwaves too, and all of this has consequences. Drought can impact the quality of water, the quantity of water, crops, food might get more expensive if there’s a drought.”
As temperatures continue to increase globally due to greenhouse gas emissions, the world will begin to see fewer cool days, according to Rohde.
“These conditions will start to put stress on social, economic and technical systems designed for the historical climate,” he adds. For example, agricultural systems that depend on a certain amount of rainfall that gradually starts to decrease while temperatures gradually increase.
Sánchez-Lugo says we have already seen examples of climate change effecting parts of the U.S., pointing to above average rainfall in the U.S. Midwest in June that prevented the planting and growing of crops.
“This year there were pastures that were not even planted with corn because it was so wet,” she says.
In the longterm, climate change threatens ice melting in the Arctic and Antarctic, increasing sea levels, which is already occurring. In Antarctica, sea ice coverage was 8.5% below the 1981-2010 average, the difference of 62,000 square miles, the smallest Antarctic record for June. And in the Arctic, sea ice coverage was 10.5% below average, the second-smallest on record for June.
Where have people been impacted by severe heat?
In Europe, Austria, Germany and Hungary had the warmest June on record, but heat also increased in Switzerland and France, which saw its hottest day in history on June 28 — 113 degrees Fahrenheit.
Heatwaves in Europe can be especially dangerous for elderly people in regions that are not used to high temperatures, says Piers Forster, professor of climate physics at the Priestley International Centre for Climate at the University of Leeds.
“Particularly in Europe, when heatwaves occur it can be especially damaging to harvests,” he adds. “Crops can be heavily effected, and of course you create a lot more susceptibility to wildfires, that can burn down homes and that also creates worse air pollution as well.”
The entire continents of South America and Africa and parts of Alaska saw saw the warmest June on record. In Alaska, infrastructure damage has been caused by permafrost melting due to temperature rising.
Now much of the U.S. prepares for a weekend heatwave expected to reach 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Extreme heat is the most fatal weather hazard in the U.S., according to the National Weather Service, even more deadly than hurricanes and floods.
What can be done to change the rising temperature trend?
Sánchez-Lugo, Rodhe and Forster agree the world needs to halt the the emission of greenhouse gasses in order to end the global rise in temperature.
Forster says temperatures are expected to increase globally even if greenhouse gases are reduced. “So to prevent them from going up, we have to reduce our emission of greenhouse gases all the way to zero.”
179 countries have signed onto the Paris Climate Agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions globally with the goal of keeping the global temperature rise below 2 degrees Celsius, or 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit, above preindustrial levels. But the U.S. announced its intention to withdraw from the agreement in 2017.
Still, Forster is optimistic. “Countries around the world are taking it really seriously,” he says. “The thing is you have to get every country in the world to do it and you have to get every part of the economy interested. So that’s where the challenge is but I would say that humanity always rises to these challenges, so I’m personally quite optimistic.”
(WASHINGTON) — Iran and the United States emphatically disagreed Friday over Washington’s claim that a U.S. warship downed an Iranian drone near the Persian Gulf. American officials said they used electronic jamming to bring down the unmanned aircraft, while Iran said it simply didn’t happen.
Neither side provided evidence to prove its claim.
At the White House on Friday, President Donald Trump said flatly of the Iranian drone: “We shot it down.”
But Pentagon and other officials have said repeatedly that the USS Boxer, a Navy ship in the Strait of Hormuz, actually jammed the drone’s signal, causing it to crash, and did not fire a missile. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive technology.
Trump’s national security adviser, John Bolton, said, “There is no question this was an Iranian drone, and the USS Boxer took it out as the president announced yesterday because it posed a threat to the ship and its crew. It’s entirely the right thing to do.”
In Tehran, the Iranian military said all its drones had returned safely to their bases and denied there was any confrontation with the USS Boxer, an amphibious assault ship.
“We have not lost any drone in the Strait of Hormuz nor anywhere else,” tweeted Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard on its website Friday said the drone recorded three hours of video of the USS Boxer and five other vessels Thursday beginning when the ships first entered the Strait of Hormuz. There was no immediate explanation as to how the video was evidence that no Iranian drone was destroyed.
The strategically vital Strait of Hormuz is at the mouth of the Persian Gulf and serves as the passageway for one-fifth of all global crude exports, and oil prices ticked upward Friday on the news.
On June 20, Iran shot down an American drone in the same waterway, and Trump came close to retaliating but called off an airstrike at the last moment.
Trump on Thursday said the USS Boxer took action after the Iranian drone closed to within 1,000 yards of the warship and ignored commands to stay away. The president accused Iran of “provocative and hostile” action and said the U.S. acted in self-defense.
The Revolutionary Guard said its forces continue to monitor all movements by foreigners — especially “the terrorist forces” of the U.S. and the British in the Strait and the Gulf.
After Trump pulled the U.S. out of the Iran nuclear deal with world powers last year and imposed economic sanctions against Tehran, the Iranians have pushed back on the military front in recent weeks, with Washington accusing Tehran of threatening American forces and interests in the region.
Iran’s foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, suggested in New York as he arrived for a meeting at the United Nations that Iran could immediately ratify an agreement to allow broader checks of its nuclear facilities by U.N. inspectors if the U.S. dropped its sanctions.
China urged Washington to consider the offer, calling it “a positive signal that Iran is willing to seek a compromise solution.”
The Pentagon said Thursday’s incident happened in international waters while the Boxer was entering the Gulf. The Boxer is among several U.S. Navy ships in the area, including the USS Abraham Lincoln, an aircraft carrier that has been operating in the North Arabian Sea for weeks in response to rising tensions.
The Iranians and Americans have had close encounters in the Strait of Hormuz in the past, and it is not unprecedented for Iran to fly a drone near a U.S. warship.
Zarif blamed Washington for the escalation and accused the Trump administration of “trying to starve our people” and “deplete our treasury” through sanctions.
(WASHINGTON) — The United States is targeting a senior operative of the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group with sanctions as part of its pressure campaign against Tehran. The government is also issuing a $7 million reward for information leading to the capture of the operative, Salman Rauf Salman.
The action by the Treasury Department falls on the 25th anniversary of an attack Salman is said to have coordinated on a Jewish center in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The attack killed 85 people and wounded hundreds of others. The Treasury Department’s action freezes all assets that Salman has within U.S. jurisdiction. Treasury says Salman is also accused of planning other terror attacks abroad from a base in Lebanon.
On Thursday, Argentina’s government branded Hezbollah a terrorist organization and froze its assets.
(ATHENS, Greece) — A strong earthquake centered northwest of Athens shook Greece on Friday, causing frightened residents to run into the capital’s streets and damaging several buildings. Authorities said four people were hospitalized with injuries, none of them serious.
The Athens Institute of Geodynamics gave the earthquake that struck at 2:13 p.m. local time (1113 GMT) a preliminary magnitude of 5.1. The U.S. Geological Survey reported a magnitude of 5.3.
Firefighters checked for people trapped in elevators amid power outages after the brief but jolting quake.
In central Athens, the Acropolis Museum was evacuated and closed for the rest of the day as a precaution, but the city’s ancient monuments remained open.
Police patrols and helicopters were deployed to inspect areas close to the earthquake’s epicenter near the town of Magoula. The patrols were scheduled to continue overnight as many local residents were expected to sleep outdoors waiting for aftershocks to subside.
Greek government spokesman Stelios Petsas said an abandoned building collapsed in western Athens and several other abandoned buildings elsewhere in the city had serious damage.
“I urge members of the public to remains calm. In Greece, we are well-acquainted with earthquakes,” he said.
The most powerful quake to hit the Greek capital in the last 20 years came in 1999, when a temblor of magnitude 6.0 caused extensive damage and killed more than 140 people.
After Friday’s quake, fire brigades reported receiving dozens of calls about people trapped in elevators. The shaking was caught on live cameras in the studios of state broadcaster ERT.
Gerasimos Papadopoulos, the senior seismologist at the Geodynamics Institute, said it was felt across southern Greece.
“It had a very shallow depth and that’s why it was felt so strongly,” he said, adding that the earthquake had been followed by a normal pattern of aftershocks.
The question has been dismissed as pure fantasy by those on both sides of the Brexit debate in the past. But according to a new report by the BBC’s Newsnight program, rebel lawmakers have drawn up a plan to ask Britain’s constitutional head of state to take the most drastic step of her 67-year reign, wading into U.K. politics for the first time ever in order to stop a so-called “no deal” Brexit.
The news comes as Britain prepares itself for a new Prime Minister, expected to be former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson. Some lawmakers are now concerned that Johnson—who is in favor of a hard break with the European Union—will try to push through a “no deal” Brexit, where the U.K. leaves the political and economic bloc without an agreement for trade and commerce to continue. A majority of lawmakers in Parliament are against a “no deal” Brexit, but Johnson has refused to rule out overruling parliament via prorogation, or effectively locking the chamber’s doors so no vote can take place.
To prevent this, the BBC reports, these unnamed lawmakers would invite the Queen to travel to the next E.U. summit in place of Johnson, in defiance of precedent and constitutional norms. There, under the plan, the Queen would ask other E.U. leaders to delay the U.K.’s departure, foiling Johnson’s plan to leave with or without a deal on the current deadline of Oct. 31.
But there’s a sizeable hitch: no monarch has so directly involved themselves in the country’s politics since 1707, when Queen Anne refused royal assent to a bill. Like her ancestors, the Queen is bound by convention to be entirely neutral in the running of the country. Although she meets with the Prime Minister regularly, she does not vote and has never publicly intervened or ventured opinions on political matters.
So while technically possible it would be nothing short of a constitutional overhaul if this plan were to go ahead — and outside of the realms of plausibility, according to one leading expert.
“This idea that the Queen could be asked to go on a mission to some European summit is completely wacky,“ Robert Hazell, a professor of Government and the Constitution at University College London, tells TIME. “E.U. summits are heads of government meetings. They are not meetings of heads of state. The Queen of Denmark is not going to be there. The King of Sweden is not going to be there. The Queen would be a very very odd one out if she attended as a representative of the British government.”
But if the next Prime Minister decides to prorogue parliament, the Queen would be involved one way or another. The legislative body can only be prorogued if the Prime Minister asks the Queen to do so and she accepts. Under extreme circumstances, the Queen would be within her constitutionally-mandated limits to say no.
And if the Prime Minister has no majority—so, for example, if lawmakers stage a vote of no confidence in response—the Queen can refuse to follow his or her advice. “The Prime Minister’s advice is only binding on the Queen when the Prime Minister commands the confidence of Parliament,” Hazell says.
These constitutional questions are still hypothetical, but they may not be for much longer. A majority in parliament has vowed to stand in the way of a no-deal Brexit. And yet Johnson has said the U.K. will leave the E.U. on Oct.31, “do or die.” One side will have to back down, whether Queen Elizabeth is involved or not.
(COPENHAGEN, Denmark) — U.S. rapper A$AP Rocky should be held for another week in pre-trial detention to allow police to finish investigating a June 30 fight in downtown Stockholm, a prosecutor said Friday.
Daniel Suneson has asked Stockholm’s District Court to hold A$AP Rocky — the stage name of Rakim Mayers — until July 25. A ruling is expected later Friday.
Suneson said police “have worked intensively” with the preliminary investigation but need more time to complete their probe.
On July 5, Mayers who was in Sweden to perform at a music festival, and his body guards were ordered held for two weeks after being detained two days earlier. Videos published on social media, show a person being violently thrown onto the ground by Mayers. It was not clear who else was involved. A defense lawyer has said it was self-defense.
The platinum-selling, Grammy-nominated artist has seen many celebrities such as Kim Kardashian West, her husband Kanye West and Justin Bieber come to his support since his arrest.
Soon after the news of his arrest broke, the movement #JusticeForRocky pushed for the rapper’s release. A petition calling for his release has also garnered half a million signatures. And Adriano Espaillat, a New York Democrat in the House of Representatives, is pushing for the release of the rapper, who was born in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City.
“Everyone deserves to be treated equally and A$AP Rocky’s rights continue to be violated. It is not a fair process,” the congressman earlier said in a statement to The Associated Press.
Espaillat said he has been in contact with the State Department and the U.S. Embassy in Sweden and wants everyone to continue showing their support to help us in this process of getting justice for Rocky.”
Kim Kardashian West, the reality TV star, and her husband, rapper and record producer Kanye West have lobbied President Donald Trump, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and the president’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner in support of A$AP Rocky.
Kardashian West thanked the president and senior members of his administration, saying on Twitter that their “commitment to justice reform is so appreciated.”
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This story has been corrected to state in sixth paragraph that Harlem is a neighborhood not a borough of New York City.
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BRITISH ships have been urged to steer clear of the Strait of Hormuz after the seizure of a British-flagged oil tanker by Iranian authorities in the Persian Gulf.
THE Tempest fighter jet, the hi-tech, sixth generation aircraft being developed by Britain in conjunction with Sweden to replace the ageing Typhoon, can be as iconic as legendary World War 2 plane the Spitfire - and has the potential to be a "game-changer", a key developer has said.
MELANIA TRUMP has put forward a heartwarming appeal to her husband in order to help free rap star A$AP Rocky who was detained in Sweden following an alleged assault.
HUAWEI has been recruiting high-level operatives with links to China's military and intelligence agencies, a new study based upon leaked employee information has alleged.
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP has vowed to support the UK in an "unwritten" agreement after a UK tanker was seized in the Gulf of Hormuz by Iranian Revolutionary Guard forces.
BSEH Recruitment 2019 – 895 Teaching & Non Teaching Vacancies
BSEH Recruitment 2019 – Online Application for 895 Teaching & Non Teaching Posts. Board of Secondary Education Haryana is inviting the application for various Teaching and Non-Teaching Posts. As per the notification, the board is going to recruit 895 candidates in their reputed board. Moreover, the recruitment notification has been released on 16th July 2019. Aspirants can start their registration for the posts by getting the apply online link from the below section. Aspirants should submit the application form before 27th July 2019.
Applicants can get the selection process, educational qualification, age limit, and other eligibility criteria details from the upcoming page. Contenders stick to our webpage to know the updations and the changes in the BSEH Jobs 2019.
Eligibility Criteria for Haryana School Education Recruitment 2019
From this section, Aspirants can get the Eligibility Criteria for the post of Teaching and Non-Teaching Staffs. Go through it thoroughly and get down to the apply online link to apply for the respective posts before the last date ends.
Educational Qualification:
Name of the Post
Educational Qualification
Principal
Matriculation, 10+2/ B.A/ Degree, PG, B.ED./ M.ED./ MA
PGTs
Matriculation, 10+2/ B.A/ M.Sc/ M.Com/ MA (Relevant Discipline), M.Phil, B.ed.
Haryana Board of School Education (HBSE), Established in 1969 is presently known as Board of School Education Haryana (BSEH)., is the expert which directs the Public Examinations at Middle, Matric (Secondary or High School) and Senior Secondary School (Academic and Vocational) levels every year in the territory of Haryana through the associated schools. It is the main Educational Board in India to do as such and furthermore the primary Board to present relative reviewing, CCE (Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation) in all board classes for example Center, Matric (Secondary or High School) and Senior Secondary School (Higher Secondary).
VSU Results 2019 – Hello Students!! It’s time to check your Exam results. Yes, Vikrama Simhapuri University has published the results for LLB 5Y I Sem, LLB 5Y V Sem, LLB 5y III Sem, Revaluation Results B.Tech, MBA CBCS III Sem, UG CBCS I III V Sem Supply and other Courses results are available here. The University has announced the results for all the Courses like, Under Graduate, Post Graduate, Regular, Supplementary and other Students. Here we will be updating the Upcoming University Results link, it will work once the University will be announcing it by officially. Also, here on this page, recruitment.guru we have updated all the recent VSU Results which have declared by the University. Students of Simhapuri University stay in touch with our webpage to get updated information regarding the results/ Admissions/ Examinations about the Vikrama Simhapuri University.
Vikrama Simhapuri University Results || VSU Results 2019
Under Graduate and Post Graduate semester examinations to audit the performance of the Students of Vikrama Simhapuri University. Course wise Vikrama Simhapuri University Degree Results are released on the Official Website. Apart from VSU degree results, the students may also check for Revaluation results along with VSU Exam Dates. Currently, the University has released the VSU MBA Results. Semester-wise UG and PG degree results can be availed from VSU's official website. On the listing page, you need to enter your Register No. post clicking on the desired course link. Here, we have provided the direct links to find your results through individual links on this page. We request the Students to check all the University results from this page recruitment.guru. We advise the Students to regularly check the official website of the University to get the latest updates related to the Examination Results.
Vikrama Simhapuri University (VSU) is an open state college in the Nellore area of Andhra Pradesh, India. Simhapuri University began up in 2008 with Six Courses. Presently, the college is putting forth 17 post-graduate courses in college school. VSU is basically an undergrad and post-graduate college. With these requests, SVU PG Center in Kavali, NBKR Engineering College in Vidyanagar, 52 degree and PG schools, 12 MBA/MCA universities, V.R. Law school, 12 B.Ed universities, two oriental schools in SPSR Nellore District went under VSU. Later on, NBKR Engineering school moved its association to JNTU Anantapur.
VSU Supply/Revaluation Results
Understudies get an opportunity to apply for the revaluation, if the understudies may get low checks in the examination, they can apply for the Revaluation results. So again the leader of the Examiner will survey the appropriate response paper. After revaluation, understudies may get high stamps. In any case, on the off chance that anybody got low checks, they can apply for the Supplementary Examinations. For Revaluation/Supplementary, understudies should pay the expense. Understudies can get every one of the outcomes from this page Regular, Revaluation and Supplementary Results. Understudies of the Vikrama Simhapuri University can also get all Results Also. Just we are encouraging the Students to as often as possible visit this page to get the most recent updates of all VSU Results 2019.
Rail Coach Factory Results 2019 Out!! Dear Applicants!! Rail Coach Factory Kapurthala has recently uploaded the Result of Various Posts. Applicants those who have been applied for Rail Coach Factory Kapurthala Jobs can check their Railway Apprentice Result from this page. Moreover, Applicants can download their results from the official website of Rail Coach Factory i.e, rcf.indianrailways.gov.in. Here on this page, we have provided a direct link to verify your results. We advise the Candidates to refer this page to get all results depends upon the Rail Coach Factory Kapurthala Jobs.
RCF 3rd Provisional Panel Result 2019 – Rail Coach Factory has recently uploaded the RCF 3rd Provisional Panel Result 2019 on 19th July 2019. Applicants those who have attended the 03rd Round of Document Verification can check your result from this page. Here we have provided a direct link to download your RCF 3rd Provisional Panel Result 2019. This is the result of 03rd Document verification Act Apprentices for imparting training under the Apprenticeship Act.1961. Applicants by just clicking the below link to download the 3rd Provisional Panel Result 2019.
RCF 3rd Provisional Panel Result 2019 – Click Here
RCF 2nd DV Act Apprentice Result 2019 – Applicants those who have been applied for Rail Coach Factory Kapurthala Jobs can check their Railway Apprentice Result from here. Because Rail Coach Factory has declared the RCF 2nd DV Act Apprentice Result on 16th June 2019. We are here to help you out with the result of Second Document Verification for Act Apprentice 2019. Many candidates have appeared for this recruitment and waiting for the results of DV. Applicants can download the Rail Coach Factory Results by just clicking the below link.
RCF 2nd DV Act Apprentice Result 2019 – Click Here
Here on this page, Contenders can check the Act Apprentice 02nd Document Verification Result, Merit List, and Cut Off Marks. Those who have achieved a high Cut Off Marks and appeared in the Merit list can be called for the Document Verification. Also now the organization has conducted second Document Verification and announced the Result of the 02nd DV. As we know that many candidates may wait for the 2nd DV Result of Act Apprentice. Now, Everyone can get the 2nd Document Verification Act Apprentices for imparting training under the Apprenticeship Act 1961.
Rail Coach Factory Kapurthala announced the RCF Act Apprentice Cut Off Marks 2019 on the official website. You can get the RCF Kapurthala Act Apprentice 2019 Cut Off Marks on this page. Moreover, the RCF Kapurthala Act Apprentice Cut Off Marks 2019 is the minimum no. of marks that the candidates must score in the written exam. Participants can know their performance status with the help of the RCF Kapurthala Act Apprentice Expected Cut Off Marks.
RCF Act Apprentice Merit List 2019
The RCF Act Apprentice 2019 Merit List comprises of shortlisted postulant's Names and Roll Numbers. So, all the exam participants are suggested to check the RCF Kapurthala 2019 Act Apprentice Selection List Name Wise. If your names/ roll numbers are mentioned in the rcf.indianrailways.gov.in Finalist List 2019. The board members declare the score in the pdf format called RCF Act Apprentice Exam Merit List 2019. Applicants can get the Rail Coach Factory Results by using the link provided below in the table.
Steps to download RCF 2nd DV for Act Apprentice Results 2019
Visit the official website of Rail Coach Factory i.e, rcf.indianrailways.gov.in
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UPSSSC Recruitment 2019 – Apply Online for 655 Vacancies. UPSSSC Notification ie released regarding 655 Vacancies for Forest Guard and Wildlife Guard Posts. Uttar Pradesh Subordinate Service Selection Commission invites Online Application from 18th July 2019. 12th Passed Candidates waiting for Uttar Pradesh Selection Commission Jobs can use this great opportunity. Interested can check with the eligibility conditions given below and apply for the UPSSC Vacancy.
Candidates who passed 12th or Intermediate examination below 40 Years can apply for the UPSSSC job vacancies. The Online Applications will be accepted on or before 8th August 2019. Aspirants willing to be a part of UPSSSC Careers apply Online on or before the last date. Check out with the further details for UPSSSC Recruitment loaded below.
UP Subordinate Service Selection Commission Recruitment 2019 – 655 Jobs
Organization Name
Uttar Pradesh Subordinate Service Selection Commission
UPSSSC Recruitment 2019 – Apply Online for 1186 Junior Assistants (JA) Vacancies: Uttar Pradesh Subordinate Services Selection Commission (UPSSSC) is offering a job for candidates who have passed 12th class or intermediate. In accordance with this, UPSSSC notification was announced for 1186 Junior Assistant (JA) vacancies. Eligible candidates can apply online on this page. Starting date to submit your online application forms is 27th June 2019 @ www.upsssc.gov.in. Application forms in a prescribed format can be submitted on or before 20th July 2019. Scroll Down to know whether you satisfy all the UPSSSC Requirements.
Initially, the government of the state of Uttar Pradesh established a commission for the selection of subordinate services through a 1988 ordinance, which was later replaced by a 1988 Law No. 7, which provided for direct recruitment to all specified “C” group positions. for the advice. Government of the State through a notification in this name. The Committee has also been authorized to examine the request of any government authority, company or company that belongs to or is controlled by the Government for such hiring in positions under this authority.
The Commission had a legal entity other than the government. Subsequently, on May 31, 1990, the previous Board of Directors dissolved and became a commission composed of a president and up to five members. In addition, the Law of the Subordinate Services Selection Commission of Uttar Pradesh, 1993 (Amendment) was enacted to define/modify the conditions of service of the President and the members of the Commission. With this amendment, the commission was transformed into a government department.
Know more about Uttar Pradesh Subordinate Services Selection Commission (UPSSSC):
In 1997, on December 28, 1997, this law was repealed by an ordinance and replaced by Law No. 5 of 1998. The Uttar Pradesh Subordinate Services Selection Commission was reinstated by the UP. Law No. 1 of 2006. But this law got a replacement by the U.P. Ordinance No. 6 of 2007 and later by law no. 21 of 2007. Aware of the difficulty in recruiting the posts of group “C” in the State Administrative Services by the Public Service Commission of Uttar Pradesh due to increased pressure on its operation.
The current Commission created from again by the “Uttar Pradesh Subordinate Services Selection Commission Act, 2014”, which entered into force on June 20, 2014. Following the resignation of the then President and five of its members on April 6, 2017, the current Commission will get constitution and the President and outgoing members became members of the Commission in mid-January 2018.
MP High Court Result 2019: Madhya Pradesh High Court Result for Various Posts is available. Candidate those who applied for MP High Court Vacancy can check their Result now. Furthermore, we provide you with a link in the section below to check your MP High Court Result. Generally, Mp High Court MP Online Releases the Result online. we, help you find your MP High Court Result easily with individual links for Various Posts. Moreover, we advise visiting the Official website of High Court of Madhya Pradesh for any queries or for more details.
Civil Judge Grade II Mains Result 2019 – Madhya Pradesh High Court has recently uploaded the Civil Judge Grade II Mains Result 2019 on 19th July 2019. Applicants those who have appeared for the Main Exam on 26 & 27th April 2019 can check your results from here. We have provided a direct link to download your MPHC Civil Judge Grade II Mains Result. This result will help the Candidates to attend the next round of Interview. Applicants can get the Civil Judge Grade II Mains Result 2019 just by clicking the below link.
MP High Court Civil Judge Grade II Mains Result 2019
MP High Court Civil Judge Grade II Mains Result 2019 – Get Here
MP High Court Result for Civil Judge Grade II Recruitment 2018 is available now. The Madhya Pradesh High court now allowing the candidates to check the Result online. However, here is the direct link for MPHC Civil Judge Grade II Result 2018. Hence, click on the link and download the MP High Court Result for Civil Judge Gr-II 2018 below.
MP High Court Civil Judge Gr-II Result
Madhya Pradesh High Court Civil Judge Recruitment 2018
Madhya Pradesh HC Civil Judge Gr-II Score Card – Get Here
MPHC Civil Judge Gr-II Result, Cut Off 2018 – Download
Madhya Pradesh High Court Group D Result for English Steno, Translator, Law Clerk 2018 is available here. However, the MPHC Result for Law Clerk for Mains, I.e., List of candidates who are eligible for an Interview is now available. Hence, the applicants of the MPHC Law Clerk can check the result below. Therefore, click on the respective link below and check your MP High Court Group D Exam Result 2018.
MP High Court Group D Result 2018
Post Name
Group D (English Steno, Translator, Law Clerk Cum Research Asst)
MP High Court Translator Eligible List 2018 – Prelims
MP High Court Stenographer Revised ResultsResult 2018 – Download
Madhya Pradesh High Court (MPHC) announced the Suitable Result for District Judge Entry Level Posts. However, the Applicants who appeared for MP High Court Judge Prelims Exam on 01st July 2018 can check the Result. Hence, click on the link MP High Court Result in the table to check the Result.
MP High Court District Judge Pre Exam Result 2018 – Get Here
High Court of Madhya Pradesh released the Result for Assistant Grade-III, Stenographer Grade-III and Other Vacancies Mains Exam Result. Hence, the aspirants who appeared for the MP High Court Mains Exam for Assistant, Steno, and Other can check the Result. However, Just click on the link below to download the MP High Court Result 2018.
MP High Court Result 2018 – Assist, Steno Mains Exam
Madhya Pradesh High Court Stenotypist Final Result – Get Here
MP High Court Result for Group D is available. The Candidate those who cleared the MP High Court Prelims and mains Examinations 2017 can check the Final Result here. The MP High Court Recruitment Board revealed the MP High Court Group D Final Result for all the districts on 19th June 2018. The Candidates can reach the MPHC Result from the link given below.
MP High Court Result 2019: Madhya Pradesh High Court has released the results for various posts in MPHC Group D Recruitment 2018. Candidates had applied for the MP High Court Vacancy from 5th December 2017. The MPHC Mains Exam was held on 25th February 2018. For the exam, the MP High Court Admit card was released on 21st January 2018. So, candidates who had written the exam on those dates can now check their results for MP High Court Online at their official website – www.mphc.gov.in. Candidates can also get MP High Court Result from our website through the direct link we have provided here.
So, with the help of all these details check all about Madhya Pradesh High Court Recruitment 2018. Applicants check the results from the links we have given above or Download MP High Court Result pdf from below link. Therefore, go through the whole post and check the results. Also, get more resources from our website. Check more jobs in Madhya Pradesh. Also, check the Current Affairs, GK Today, Previous Papers for all competitive exams in India. Therefore, click on the link below and check your results.
MPHC Stenographer Result 2019
MP High Court Result 2017 – English Stenographer & Asst Grade III Exam Results: The officials have announced examination results for the posts of English Stenographer & Assistant Grade III. However, appeared contenders can check their MP High Court Exam Results 2017. By checking results applicants can evaluate their performance in the examination. A good number of aspirants had taken up the examination and is now eagerly waiting to know their results. Make use of the link given below to check results.
MP High Court Result 2017 – Civil Judge Class-II (Entry Level) Prelims Exam: High Court of Madhya Pradesh Declared the Civil Judge Class-II (Entry Level) Preliminary examination results. The Exam was held on 8th October 2017. Selected Aspirants can attend for Main Examination.
MP High Court Civil Judge Class II Results – Click Here
MP High Court Result for Steno & Translator
Madhya Pradesh High Court Result 2019 is released today for Stenographer and Translator Posts. Recently Madhya Pradesh High Court has released a recruitment notification for the Posts English Stenographer & Translator. MPHC Test was held on November 1st, 2019. A huge number of applicants has participated in the Exam. Now, the candidates those who have attended the exam are eagerly looking for the MP High Court Result. After many searches recruitment.guru is providing MPHC Steno & Translator Result. MP High Court Result for Stenographer and Translator declared today by official website – mphc.gov.in.
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The Madhya Pradesh High Court is the High Court of the state of Madhya Pradesh. It was established as the Nagpur High Court on 2 January 1956 by Letters Patent dated 2 January 1936, issued under Section 108 of Government of India Act, 1935. The present state of Madhya Pradesh, as is well known, was originally created as Central Province on 02/11/1861, as Judicial Commission’s territory and was administered by the Judicial Commissioner. The Judicial Commissioner’s court at Nagpur was, at that time, the highest Court of the territory.
MPHC Stenographer & Translator Result
Madhya Pradesh High Court had conducted a written test for MPHC English Stenographer & Translator posts. The test as a part of the selection process was held on 01 November 2019. Now the latest news is that English Stenographer & Translator results & Cut off marks had been announced. Those candidates who had appeared can check MPHC Exam result from the direct link given below.
MP High Court Stenographer Result
Below we have enclosed the MP High Court Stenographer Result & Selected Candidates Merit List. Candidates who are looking for the MP High Court Result can check directly from the given MP High Court Result pdf. It is to notify that the Committee constituted for finalizing Model Answers/Keys in respect of Online Preliminary examination of English Stenographers and Translators in the High Court of M.P.-2019 held on 01.11.2019, after due consideration has found that the Model Answers in respect of all such questions are correct except Question No. 88, Model Answer Option No. 4 is correct instead of Option No. 2 as stated in proposed Answer Keys.
MP High Court English Stenographer & Translator Result
The candidates those who are looking for the MP High Court Result can download the pdf and check MP High Court Steno Result 2019. Madhya Pradesh High Court English Stenographer & Translator Result announced. The candidates who had qualified in the Prelims Exam can appear for the MPHC Steno Translator Mains Exam. The list of eligible candidates shall be sent to the MPOnline for the generation of online Admit cards for MPHC Stenographer Mains Exam. Candidates shall generate they admit cards themselves and get print out. The last date for submission of applications is 05.12.2019.
MPHC Result
There shall be a separate main examination for English Stenographer and Translator, date of Main Examination will be notified soon. The candidates may check their MPHC Stenographer & Translator result from MPHC website from below given link. MPHC had uploaded the online exam results at mphc.gov.in. Candidates can check them easily by clicking on below link as soon as they got declared. MeriView.in is going to notify you as soon as they got declared.
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In order to check the result for MPHC Stenographer & Translator exam, candidates need to visit the direct link provided above. It will let them check the results easily after release. Their MP High Court Result 2019 is available in pdf.
NYKS Previous Year Question Papers Pdf for District Youth Coordinator (DYC), Accounts Clerk/Typist & MTS posts available here. Candidates who are appearing for NYKS exam 2019 can refer NYKS model papers with solutions for exam preparation. However, for much more details related to nyks.nic.in Recruitment 2019 stay tuned to our recruitment guru website.
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Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS) releasedNYKS Recruitment 2019 notification for 329 vacancies for various posts. Vacant positions are for Assistant, MTS, Assistant Director, Accounts Clerk cum Typist & many other posts. Applicants interested in a central government job can make use of this opportunity.
Candidates have to collect all Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan solved question papers and prepare according to it to score better in the exam. ice, the exam pattern changes from post to post, check the exam pattern carefully in below section and start preparing for the exam according to it.
Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan Exam 2019 – Overview
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Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS)
Posts Name
District Youth Coordinator (DYC)/Assistant Director, Accounts Clerk Cum Typist, Assistant, Steno, LDC, MTS, Junior Computer Programmer
Indian Coast Guard Result 2019: This page is completely dedicated to providing you with the latest released Indian Coast Guard Exam Result 2019. However, applicants, those who have appeared for the Join Indian Coast Guard Examination conducted by the officials can check their Indian Coast Guard Results 2019 here. Only by checking results candidates can evaluate their performance. Hence visit our page to check all latest Results released by Indian Coast Guard 2019. However, for more details visit the official website of Indian Coast Guards Recruitment 2019 joinindiancoastguard.gov.in. Also, get a direct link to check your Indian Coast Guard Result 2019 in the sections below.
Indian Coast Guard Assistant Commandant 01/2020 Batch Group 2 & 3 Result 2019– Join Indian Coast Guard has recently uploaded the result for the Post of Assistant Commandant AC Batch 01/2020 Group 2 & 3 on 19th July 2019. Those Candidates who have appeared in this Group 2 & 3 exams can download the Assistant Commandant Result now. However, Candidates can also visit the official site of the Indian Navy to check the results for the post of Assistant Commandant@ joinindiancoastguard.gov.in. Here candidates can get the results just by clicking one direct link provided below.
Assistant Commandant 01/2020 Batch Group 2 & 3 Result 2019
Indian Coast Guard Assistant Commandant AC 01/2020 Result 2019
Assistant Commandant 01/2020 Batch Group 2 & 3 Result 2019 – Group 2 | Group 3
Indian Coast Guard Assistant Commandant AC 01/2020 Result 2019 – Join Indian Coast Guard has recently uploaded result for the Post of Assistant Commandant AC Batch 01/2020 Recruitment 2019 on 17th July 2019. Those Candidates who have appeared in this recruitment exam can download the Assistant Commandant Result now. However, Candidates can also visit the official site of the Indian Navy to check the results for the post of Yantrik@ joinindiancoastguard.gov.in. Here candidates can get the results just by clicking one direct link provided below.
Assistant Commandant AC 01/2020 Result 2019
Indian Coast Guard Assistant Commandant AC 01/2020 Result 2019
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Indian Coast Guard Yantrik Batch 02/2019 Selection list – Join Indian Coast Guard has recently uploaded selection list for Final Medical Exam for the Post of Yantrik 02/2019 Batch Recruitment 2019 on 16th July 2019. Those candidates who have appeared in this recruitment Exam can download selection list. However, Candidates can also visit the official site of the Indian Navy to check the results for the post of Yantrik@ joinindiancoastguard.gov.in.
Indian Coast Guard Yantrik Batch 02/2019 Selection list for Final Medical Exam 2019
Indian Coast Guard Yantrik Batch 02/2019 Selection list
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Indian Coast Guard Navik (DB) 10th Entry Select List 2019 – Indian Coast Guard has released selection list for the posts of Navik (DB) 10th Entry 02/2019 Batch. Those candidates who have been appeared for the selection process can check their result at below link. The Indian Coast Guard Navik (DB) 10th Entry Select List 2019 was declared on 13th July 2019. However, Candidates can also visit the official site of the Indian Navy to check the results for the post of Navik (DB)@ joinindiancoastguard.gov.in.
Indian Coast Guard Navik (DB) 10th Entry Select List (North Zone)
Indian Coast Guard Navik (DB) 10th Entry Select list 2019
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Indian Coast Guard Assistant Commandant Selection List III Released – Indian Coast Guard has released selection list III for the posts of Asst Commandant – 02/2019 Batch. Those candidates who have been appeared for the selection process can check their result at below link. The Indian Coast Guard Result 2019 was declared on 30th June 2019. The ICG Assistant Commandant Selection List III is just a click away for download. However, Candidates can also visit the official site of the Indian Navy to check the results for the post of Assistant Commandant @ joinindiancoastguard.gov.in.
Indian Coast Guard Assistant Commandant Selection List III 2019
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Indian Coast Guard Assistant Commandant Selection List II Released – Indian Coast Guard has released selection list II for the posts of Asst Commandant – 02/2019 Batch. Those candidates who have been appeared for the selection process can check their result at below link. The Indian Coast Guard Result 2019 was declared on 29th June 2019. The ICG Assistant Commandant Selection List II is just a click away for download. However, Candidates can also visit the official site of the Indian Navy to check the results for the post of Assistant Commandant @ joinindiancoastguard.gov.in.
Indian Coast Guard Assistant Commandant Selection List II 2019
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Indian Coast Guard Navik GD Result 2019 is available now. Download the Indian Coast Guard Navik Result 2019 from the link present below. The Indian Coast Guard Result 2019 was declared on 23rd May 2019. The ICG Navik General duty Merit list is just a click away for download. However, Candidates can also visit the official site of the Indian Navy to check the results for the post of General Duty @ joinindiancoastguard.gov.in.
Indian Coast Guard announced the Assistant Commandant AC Male GD Pilot 01/2019 Batch Result. The Aspirants who are eagerly waiting to be a part of Indian Coast Guard Careers can Check the Result from the link given below. For more, lastest Indian Coast Guard Recruitment details visit our page.
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Join Indian Coast Guard announced the Navik (Domestic Branch) Final Result. Hene, the Candidates who are eagerly waiting for the Result can check below. Also, download the India Coast Guard Navik Result from the link below. Furthermore, for any queries visit the official website of Indian Coast Guard.
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Indian Coast Guard Navik Final Result 2018 – Download
Join Indian Coast Guard Result for Assistant Commandant Mail GD 2018 is available now. Hence Aspirants who are eagerly waiting for the AC Result can download from the link below. Also, visit the official website if you find any issues or for any queries regarding the Indian Coast Guard AC Result 2018.
Join Indian Coast Guard Result for Assistant Commandant Male GD Pilot (SSA) Branch Recruitment 2017. The Board has officially announced the Final Selection list for AC Batch GD pilot, Pilot CPL Vacancies 2017. However, aspirants can download the Indian Coast Guard Final Selection list form the links given below.
Indian Coast Guard Final Selection List 1 – Download
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Indian Coast Guard As Navik Result 2018
Indian Coast Guard Result 2018: Join Indian Coast Guard as Navik (Domestic Branch) 10th Entry – o2/2018 batch Result is released on 9th May 2018. Candidates who attended for the India Coast Guard as Navik Examination held in April 2018 can check their Result Here. However, As the official site will be busy today we are providing you with a direct link to check your Indian Coast Guard Result 2018. Moreover, Aspirants can download their Indian Coast Guard as Navik Result 2018 PDF from the link given below. Jobseekers are advised to take a photocopy or save the PDF for future references. Moreover, Download the list of candidates called for Medical Examination from 28th May to 01st June 2018 below for Navik (Domestic Branch) 02/2018.
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Latest Indian Coast Guard Result 2018: Candidates who had appeared for the Indian Coast Guard Navik Exam can check results. A good number of contenders had applied for the post and appeared for the examination. Hence such candidates are eagerly waiting to check their Indian Coast Guard Exam Result 2018. Also, To help each individual check their Indian Coast Guard Merit List 2018 we have provided direct links.
Indian Coast Guard Navik GD Result 2018 – Click Here.
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Are you guys in search of Indian Coast Guard Result 2018 ?? then here is the great news for such applicants. The officials of Indian Coast Guard has released its results for the post of MTS(Peon). A good number of contenders had applied for the post and appeared for the examination. Hence such candidates are eagerly waiting to check their Indian Coast Guard Exam Result 2018. However, to help each individual check their Indian Coast Guard Merit List 2018 we have provided direct links.
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Join Indian Coast Guard Result 2018: The officials of Indian Coast has released its Indian Coast Guard Exam Result 2018 for the post of Assistant Commandant. However, candidates, who have appeared for the examination can check your Indian Coast Guard Merit List 2018. Moreover, By checking results applicants can evaluate their performance in the examination. However, make use of the link given below to check your Sarkari Results.
NATA Result 2019 Released @ nata.in – Council of Architecture have conducted the National Aptitude Test in Architecture of July Session. Now, the officials have declared the NATA Result July 2019 on 19th July 2019 (Today). This is an Entrance exam for the students to get the Admission from various Architecture Colleges. Now Students can click on the direct NATA Result 2019 Link from the below section of this article. Also, candidates can get the complete details of NATA Exam Result, Score Card, Toppers List and others from the below section.
NATA Results 2019 Scorecard | NATA Result July 2019
Students those who have done the National Level Aptitude Test can check and download their result from the official website i.e, nata.in. Currently, theorganization has officially released the NATA Result July 2019. So, students, those who are waiting for the NATA Result 2019 Time can utilize this page. Also, we have provided a NATA Result 2019 Link to get the result without any hesitation. Along with the NATA Result 2019 students can get the NATA Score Card 2019 to know their status. NATA Exam 2019 is important for the students those who are waiting to get the Admission in the Architecture College.
19th July 2019 – Result link available in below section
Official Website
nata.in
Applicants can refer the above table to get the overview of NATA Result July 2019. By referring the table Students can get the NATA Exam Date, NATA Exam 2019 details, NATA Result 2019 Date, NATA Result 2019 Link, NATA Results 2019 Scorecard and others. The waiting time is over to know the NATA Result 2019. Finally, the officials have announced the NATA Result now. And to qualify for this Exam, aspirants need to get the Fixed Qualifying marks. Then only they will get their NATA Score Card and other lists. Now, the following are the Conditions that the students have to satisfy if they want to get the Qualifying Marks.
A minimum of 25% must be secured in MCQ portion (30 out of 120)
A minimum of 25% must be secured in Drawing portion (20 out of 80)
Overall qualifying marks (out of 200) would be based on post-exam statistics and at the discretion of the Council.
NATA Score Card 2019| NATA Toppers List 2019
Most of the students are willing to know the NATA Score Card 2019. Normally the officials will release the NATA Score Card 2019 along with the NATA Results 2019. The NATA Score Card contains information like Name of the Candidate, Name of the Exam, Date of Birth, Marks obtained by the Candidate. This NATA Score Card 2019 will help the people, to proceed to the next rounds of the NATA 2019. Well, the Toppers List is nothing but a List that contains the Name of all the participants who topped NATA 2019. And basically, the contenders can find the National Aptitude Test in Architecture Toppers List 2019 on the official website too.
Details Mentioned On NATA Score Card 2019
Candidate's Name
Father Name
Mother Name
Date of Birth
Registration Number
Marks Obtained in Each Subject
Gender
Students Roll Number
Total Marks Obtained
Qualifying Status
Category
Steps to check NATA Result July 2019
Click on the NATA result link: nata.in
Click on the result link
Log in by entering NATA 2019 application number and password
On successful login, NATA 2019 scorecard would be displayed on the screen
The University of Magadh has announced the Magagh University Results 2019 @magadhuniversity.ac.in. Those who are pursuing their degree under the Magadh University, Bodhgaya can check their semester examination results from the below section. Check Magadh University Bodhgaya Results 2019 and Magadh University Mark Sheet. Get all the updates about the University and the semester examination conducted by the university under this webpage. Get the B. Com. Part III, B. Sc. Part III, BA Part III & Other Examination Results here. Direct link for the Magadh University Exam Results 2019 is attached here for the reference of the students.
Magadh University Result 2019 @magadhuniversity.ac.in
The University of Magadh has released the examination results according to the semester wise. Those who are searching for the semester exam results can check out the below section to get the results. We people from Recruitment.Guru has updated the direct links which will lead to the official website of Magadh University. The University has updated with B. Ed, B. Sc, B. Com & BA Courses Results. Applicants must click on the by link and enter your Registration Number and hit on the submit to get the required links.
Magadh University was established on 1st March 1962. It is the largest university of Bihar situated in a sprawling campus of 460 acres of land enjoying the spiritual breeze of the Bodhi Tree which enlightened Lord Buddha. Magadh University Bodhgaya imparts Post- Graduate teaching in the Faculties of Science, Humanities, Commerce, Management, and Vocational in 29 Subjects. It offers hostel facilities to all students in nine hostels. Every faculty state and National Level Seminars are organized regularly. There are 44 constituent and 105 affiliated colleges under this University. The quality of teaching, discipline and secular atmosphere attract foreign students every year which has offered a global halo to the University.
Magadh University Revaluation Results 2019-20
Students who have attended the Magadh University main examination and is not satisfied with the announcement of marks. Then the university gives one more chance to increase your scoring. Aspirants those who have failed in the semester examination can also apply for the revaluation process. Once again for those who have applied for the revaluation process, evaluation of exam papers happens. This process would include for each and every semester examination. The University of Kota will take a week or more to process the exam papers to announce the Revaluation results. Do stay updated with the Magadh University to know about the Magadh UniversityRevaluation Exam Results.
RBI Grade B Admit Card 2019 will be released soon. The RBI Grade B Admit Card is only to the candidates whose application is accepted by the Higher Officials. Moreover, Aspirants can download the hall ticket from the end of the section. All the applicants should download the admit card through Online Mode. No Admit Card will be sent through the post. Candidates do check with the official website to get the admit card status. In the below section aspirants can get the tentative date of RBI Grade B Admit Card and also for the exams.
RBI Grade B Hall Ticket 2019-20
Candidates who have submitted their application and eligible to attend the examination can download the admit card. The Bank will release the admit card for Phase I and Phase II Exams separately. At first, contenders can download the hall ticket for the Phase I Exam. Likewise, Qualified of Phase I exam will get a chance to participate in the Phase II exam. Those Eligibilities can download the RBI Phase II Hall Ticket.
Details to be Noticed in RBI Grade Exam Admit Card 2019
Aspirants who have applied for the post of Grade B Officers only will get the admit card. From this article, candidates can get all the necessary details regarding RBI Grade B Admit Card for all the 3 stages. Moreover, Aspirants must enter the valid information of below-listed categories. Make sure to fill the details as in the registration form. Do check with the RBI Grade B Admit Card 2019 before downloading it.
Candidate’s Name
Date of Birth
Exam Venue and Address
Exam Timing
Date of examinations
RBI Grade B Examination 2019
The exam date for RBI Grade B Officer has been tentatively given in the Overview table. Moreover, the Bank is yet to release the exact date for Phase I, Phase II Exams. Thus, the Officials will release the exam date on its official website. Therefore, Aspirants need to check the exam details and also admit card details from the official portal. Therefore, Applicants must go through the exam details such as exam pattern, syllabus to get qualified in the RBI Grade B Exams. Download the RBI Grade B Call Letter to participate in the exam.
Important Things to Download RBI Grade Exam Hall Ticket 2019
Candidates would check to the admit card details before downloading it. Moreover, Aspirants should download the valid RBI Hall Ticket to attend the examination. Take a photocopy of the admit card along with the original identity proof.
Original Photograph
Voter Card
Pan Card
Employee ID
College ID
PAN Card
Passport
Driving License
Any other ID proof issued by a Gazetted Officer
Bank Pass Book with the photograph
How to Download RBI Hall Ticket 2019
Visit the “RBI Call Letter 2019”
Enter the User Name/ Mobile Number.
Enter the valid Password.
Fill the Captcha given.
Log in to the RBI Grade B Admit Card.
An Admit Card page will appear on the screen.
Enter all the valid details in the RBI Admit Card
Finally, Submit the Admit Card.
Click on to the Download option to get the hall ticket.
Take a print out of the RBI Admit Card and carry for the exam.
Direct Links to Download RBI Grade B Admit Card 2019
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IL&FS directors had tried to keep many ratings in "private", push rating officials to softens ratings, even influenced them to change the language in rating rational and occasionally inflated numbers in fishing for better ratings. The 105-page Grant Thornton (GT) report accessed by ET details out anomalies, issues of professional compromises and corporate governance surrounding the CRAs who rated IL&FS in the last ten years.The role of five CRAs- CARE, Icra, India Ratings , Brickwork and CRISIL have been reviewed by GT which assigned a total of 429 ratings during the period between 2011 and 2019.Various enforcement agencies like the Enforcement Directorate and the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) are probing the books of IL&FS and its subsidiary. The development comes close to the heels of the CARE Ratings, MD & CEO, Rajesh Mokashi and Managing Director and Group CEO of ICRA Naresh Takkar sent on leave after anonymous complaint received by Sebi. EFFORTS TO KEEP THE RATINGS `PRIVATE'A Grant Thornton report has observed strategies applied by IL&FS former key employees to avoid a downgrade in credit ratings. In cases if the favorable ratings were not obtained, the former employees of IL&FS were paying huge sums to keep ratings private.An email dated 30 January 2018 was sent by Mic Kang -representative of Moodys to Dilip Bhatia providing him with the rating letter for ITNL. This was further shared by Dilip Bhatia with the KMPs for IL&FS, where he suggested that rating from Moodys should be kept in private domain and requested Anita Ferreira to check the cost for the same. Based on the trail email, it was noted that by paying additional $68000 (Rs 47 lakhs) to Moodys ratings can be kept in private domain."The draft report commissioned by the IL&FS Board on credit rating agencies is wrong with respect to Moody's," said Moody's spokesperson in an email. "To be clear, Moody's has never requested, accepted or in any way agreed to receive an additional fee in exchange for keeping a rating in the "private domain," as the draft report inaccurately claims. The fee for any particular rating is the same regardless of whether the rating is public or private, and ongoing monitoring of the rating is subject to a separate annual fee."Moody's is in the process of alerting the company to the inaccuracies relating to Moody's in the draft report and expect the report to be corrected accordingly.The report says that given the liquidity stress in ITNL, it is unusual to note that significant amount $68000 was offered to Moodys to keep the ratings of ITNL in private domain. This amount was paid over and above $91,000 upfront fees paid for rating with one year validity.In 2013, a mail was sent by Ajay Menon to Sujoy Das informing him that an investor of commercial papers had requested ITNL to get credit ratings from Brickworks. Further, in the trail email Sujoy Das informs Arun Saha about the proposal of Ajay Menon and states that ratings will be kept private if highest short-term rating is not given by Brickworks.INFLATE FORECAST An email communication between the erstwhile IFIN director and a senior employee at ITNL indicates that inflated projections were submitted to CRISIL in order to get good ratings. "...In an email dated December 17, 2010, it appears that Menon was informing Karunakaran Ramchand (erstwhile director of ITNL) about the projected profit after tax (PAT) for FY-2010–2011 would be approximately Rs.240 crores. However, the same was indicated as Rs. 325crs for the purpose of rating from CRISIL,"the report states. "Thus, the email appears to indicate that inflated/better projections were submitted to CRISIL in order to get good ratings,"it adds.IL&FS TOP BRASS TRIED TO DELAY, SOFTEN, `EDIT' RATING, RATIONALE The report opines that if the then key employees of IL&FS became aware that ratings were not going to be favorable, they then either delayed the process of rating surveillance or delayed the publication of the rating on the public domain. In certain cases 'intentionally incorrect or incomplete information' was being provided to the CRAs s to avoid rating downgrade;In another instance, the report states, "..We identified an email dated December 3,2014 which sent by Sujoy Das to Sushil Khandelwal in which he appears to suggest that the conclusion of the rating rationale provided by the India Ratings should be softened/less harsh. Further,he also suggests the wording for the conclusions should be "may result in a negative outlook or downgrade". Our public domain searches indicated that the ratings had the exact same wording as suggested by SujoyDas," the report states. Thus,it indicates that IL&FS may have been able to potentially influence the wordings/rationale of India Ratings, its concludes. RATING SHOPPINGCiting how the alleged accused IFIN directors used pressure to get favourable ratings, the GT report cites an email dated August 12, 2008 sent by Arun Saha to Ravi Parthasarathy, "...where it was noted that ICRA committee had decided to not issue "AAA" rating for the debt instruments of IFIN. This step was ICRA was not agreeable to Ramesh Bawa. Further, in the trail email Parthasarathy suggests that they can approach CARE, FITCH as well as CRISIL for the ratings instead of ICRA. Thus, the email trail suggest that key former employees of IL&FS used to approach other rating agencies if they did not get the desired ratings," the communication reads. MCA MULLING ON A FRAMEWORK FOR CRAs. Sources says the ministry of corporate affairs (MCA) may write to the regulators to tighten the framework so as to regulate the CRAs. Credit rating agencies are jointly regulated by both Sebi and RBI as these firms rate bank loans and NBFCs, which constitute 70 per cent of their business.
by P R Sanjai, Lucas Shaw and Sheryl Tian Tong LeeNetflix Inc., whose shares plunged after it reported the worst drop in U.S. users since 2011, is looking for new subscriber growth in India, a rapidly expanding streaming market. Trouble is, so are a raft of ambitious local players with cut-rate programming packages.Already wrestling with global giants such as Walt Disney Co. and Amazon.com Inc., Netflix now also contends with broadcasters and Bollywood powerhouses allied with billionaire-backed wireless carriers, who are luring users with free offers or as low as 40 cents a month. That tactic has put them directly in the India growth path of the world's largest paid online streaming service.The intense competition could derail Chief Executive Officer Reed Hastings's goal of 100 million customers in India -- almost 25 times Netflix's estimated subscriber base there this year. The world's second-most populous country is a priority for the streaming service, which is effectively blocked in China. The second-quarter loss of 130,000 users in the U.S., reported Wednesday, makes winning in India all the more pressing.Netflix shares fell 10%, the most in three years, to close at $325.21 in New York trading Thursday. That knocked more than $16.3 billion off its market value.With a growing number of smartphones and a surge in the use of broadband, India has become a battleground for streaming services. Cisco Systems Inc. has estimated the country will have 829 million smartphone users by 2022, from a projected half a billion this year."We are seeing a nice, steady increase in engagement with Indian viewers that we think we can build on," Netflix Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos said on a call with analysts Wednesday. "Growth in that country is a marathon. We're in it for the long haul."India's video-on-demand market could grow to $5 billion by 2023 from $500 million last year, estimates researcher Boston Consulting Group. Paying subscribers will probably rise to as many as 50 million, while users of advertising-supported video-on-demand will reach 600 million, BCG predicts.Netflix has amassed more than 150 million subscribers worldwide, giving it the largest paid customer base. The U.S., Brazil and Canada are three of its largest markets, while Australia is the company's biggest success story in the Asia-Pacific region. India differs from most of these markets, however, in its population's sensitivity to price.The Los Gatos, California-based firm has responded to competition in India by offering a mobile-only service at less than half the typical subscription price, and by raising spending on local content faster than in any other market.While it's still lagging behind Amazon Prime and Disney's Hotstar, the price cuts are helping it outpace the growth of its biggest rivals, while raising questions about sustainability and margins. Hotstar built its base by streaming cricket matches that are wildly popular in the former British colony.Netflix will probably almost triple subscribers in India this year to 4.1 million, within striking distance of Amazon Prime's 4.4 million, according to estimates by researcher IHS Markit. That's faster than Amazon or Hotstar Premium, two of Netflix's biggest competitors. Some other estimates put Netflix's base in India at between 1 million and 2 million. The company doesn't provide data for individual markets."Netflix is in a land grab to capture as many subscribers as possible, whatever the price," said Michael Pachter, a managing director at Wedbush Securities Inc. "The less they charge, the more cash they are likely to burn."The company spooked investors on Wednesday with a report that it lost subscribers in the U.S. and signed up only 2.8 million internationally in the three months ended June, roughly half its own prediction.It also reported its 20th quarter of negative free cash flow as it spends on adding content and replacing series and films being pulled from its platforms by competitors like Disney.While Netflix is speeding up its investment, Indian rivals including Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. and Balaji Telefilms Ltd. are betting on bundling their content with mobile phone services. The TV network and Bollywood producer are allying with billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Jio wireless service and Bharti Airtel Ltd., two of the country's three biggest carriers, to offer decades of content to subscribers.Free AccessZee, parent of the country's largest private broadcast network, offers movies, exclusive TV content and more than 90 live channels on its ZEE5 platform with content across 12 languages for as little as 70 cents a month. Partial access to the platform is free to subscribers of mobile phone carrier Bharti Airtel, controlled by billionaire Sunil Mittal. Users of Airtel's plans priced at $7.25-a-month or more get full access to ZEE5 free.Ambani's Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd., which elbowed its way into the country's mobile phone business three years ago with free calling and low-priced data services, has jumped into film and TV streaming, including a tie-up with Balaji Telefilms.Sunil Lulla, chief executive officer of Balaji Telefilms, said the company's service ALTBalaji is focused on producing exclusive content in Hindi, the country's most-used language.PlatformMonthly price (India)AdvertisingMonthly price (U.S.)Amazon Prime$1.80No$8.99Hotstar $0.40 - $4.30YesJio TV$0NoMX Player$0YesNetflix $3.65* - $11.40No$8.99 - $15.99Zee5$0.70 - $2.90Yes*Mobile-only subscriptionSource: Counterpoint Technology Market ResearchNetflix's global rival Amazon is also counting on India for growth and is prepared to take time to draw users."We have a very long-term view for India, with a billion film-crazy people," said Gaurav Gandhi, director and head of business for Amazon Prime Video, India. "In the next four to five years, there will be more screens connected to the internet and we are looking at distributing across all platforms with personalized and quality video content at affordable prices."Pricing will also be crucial for Netflix. After introducing a promotional offer of about $3.65 a month for mobile-only users, Netflix decided to make the lower price permanent as "an opportunity to broaden access to the service," Greg Peters, chief product officer, said Wednesday.Torrent Downloads"Pricing is going to be the biggest challenge," said Hanish Bhatia, senior analyst at Counterpoint. "Indian users have not accepted the idea of paying for content yet. Two to three years back, everybody relied on torrent," the free protocol that lets users share and download films and TV shows without paying for them, Bhatia said.Netflix didn't disclose how much it's spending on local content in India. It did announce the addition of five series, two of which are being produced by superstars Shah Rukh Khan and Anushka Sharma."Netflix wants to have one big original, almost like a new Bollywood movie, coming out every month," said Mihir Shah, vice president (India) at Media Partners Asia, a consulting firm. "In India, people pay for Bollywood. Netflix is hoping that if people are willing to pay $10 to watch a movie together as a family, they will also subscribe."
by Abhimanyu George JainThe continuing saga of Kulbhushan Jadhav has reached a conclusion of sorts with Wednesday's judgment from the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Indian officials, experts and Twitterati are united in hailing the decision as a great victory for India.But a closer look at the judgment reveals a more complicated picture. India's case against Pakistan at the ICJ was based on the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations of 1963 (Vienna Convention). Upon arrest and before trial, Jadhav had the right to communicate with the Indian consulate in Pakistan and to request legal assistance. And the Indian consulate had a parallel right to be informed of Jadhav's arrest and to communicate with him. India's case at the ICJ was that Pakistan had breached these obligations under the Vienna Convention.The ICJ agreed with India. It upheld its jurisdiction over the dispute, dismissed Pakistan's objections and counter-allegations, and found that Pakistan had breached its obligations under the Vienna Convention.Most importantly, the ICJ directed Pakistan to review Jadhav's sentence and conviction and extended the stay on Jadhav's impending execution. Thus, commentators are not entirely wrong in their proclamations of victory – a majority of the issues at stake were decided in favour of India. This decision was not unexpected. The ICJ has previously been confronted with very similar facts and legal issues in two cases--the LaGrand case between Germany and the US and the Avena case between Mexico and the US-- and has reached very similar conclusion.The problem is that this is a largely pyrrhic victory. India's end goal was Jadhav's release. Or, failing that, annulment of the decision of the military court that had convicted Jadhav, quashing of the confession which the conviction was based on, and retrial in a civilian court with greater transparency and procedural safeguards. In this, India was unsuccessful.The rights that were at the heart of India's case were the procedural rights of consular access and notification under the Vienna Convention. The appropriate remedy for breaches of these rights, as correctly noted by the ICJ, is the provision of those rights and the reversal of any injustice occasioned by their denial. This is consistent with its decisions in LaGrand and Avena, and this is what the ICJ provided when it directed Pakistan to "provide, by means of its own choosing, effective review and reconsideration of the conviction and sentence of Mr. Jadhav, so as to ensure that full weight is given to the effect of the violation of the rights set forth in Article 36 of the Vienna Convention."The problem with this is that Pakistan retains the discretion to decide how to review Jadhav's conviction and to secure his Vienna Convention rights. In theory, Pakistan could provide consular access, repeat the trial procedure, reach the same result, and then argue that it had fulfilled its obligations under the judgment.In that situation, India's options will be limited. The only legal one would be to go back to the ICJ and argue that the review did not meet the standards mandated by it. One cannot predict how the ICJ will respond in that situation, but the scope of its scrutiny will inevitably be limited.Mexico tried this strategy in the Avena case and met with limited success. The problem is that, in this case, the jurisdiction of the ICJ is restricted to assessing compliance with consular rights under the Vienna Convention.It cannot undertake a broader inquiry into the fairness of the trial.India tried to make the quality of the Pakistani legal system an issue in the Jadhav case, but met with limited success (as did Mexico when it tried the same strategy in Avena).Consequently, the ICJ decision is a decidedly mixed bag. This is best reflected, perhaps, in the fact that Pakistan has also welcomed the judgment as vindication of its position.In closing, however, it is important to acknowledge one very positive aspect of the judgment – the successful strategic invocation of the jurisdiction of the ICJ by India. The Indian government must be lauded for its decision to involve the ICJ in this case. Pakistan's efforts to sensationalise its arrest and conviction of Jadhav as an Indian spy and terrorist would undoubtedly have harmed Indian interests. The vindication of India's case by the ICJ brings into question the veracity of Pakistan's claims as to Jadhav's antecedents.Taking the case to the ICJ was a clever and effective way to undermine Pakistan's narrative. The Indian government has frequently been criticised for its shortcomings in relation to the development and strategic invocation of public international law. This decision marks a welcome departure from that trend.The writer specialises in public international
NEW DELHI: A consortium led by Brookfield Asset Management has agreed to acquire Reliance Industries' Reliance Jio lnfratel unit in a multi-stage deal, which would see it first investing Rs 25,215 crore in an infrastructure trust that owns 51% of the telecom tower company.Once the transactions are closed, the Canadian alternative assets manager and its partners would own 100% of India's largest telecom tower company with 170,000 towers through Tower Infrastructure Trust. The proceeds will allow Mukesh Ambani-controlled RIL reduce debt at its telecom unit, Reliance Jio Infocomm, and free up cash to take on rivals Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea."This is the single largest foreign investment in an Indian infrastructure vehicle," RIL said.TOWER, FIBRE BIZ SPUN OFF EARLIER THIS YEARThe oil-to-telecom conglomerate said talks were ongoing also to monetise the group's fibre assets, Jio Digital Fibre, under a similar deal structure, but did not name any potential investors. The tower and fibre businesses were both spun off from Jio earlier this year.70301332 Under the deal announced on Friday, Reliance Industrial Investments & Holdings, a wholly owned Reliance Industries unit and the sponsor of Tower Infrastructure Trust, would issue units in the trust to Brookfield affiliate BIF IV Jarvis India and some co-investors. Brookfield and its partners would become the sponsors of the trust, holding all the units, while the Reliance Industries subsidiary would become a co-sponsor, but hold no units.The trust currently owns 51% of Reliance Jio lnfratel, where Reliance Industries holds the remaining 49%. On receiving the funds, the trust would buy out Reliance's 49% stake, repay Rs 12,000 crore to Jio and "certain existing financial liabilities of Reliance Jio Infratel", besides investing for the tower firm's growth, Reliance Industries said.Jio would also transfer its proceeds of Rs 12,000 crore to the Reliance Group against certain financial liabilities owed to the parent.After the completion of the proposed deal, Reliance Jio lnfratel would have debt of Rs 16,000 crore.This is the second investment this year that Brookfield is making in a venture controlled by Mukesh Ambani. In March, it had agreed to buy the loss-making East-West Pipeline, earlier known as Reliance Gas Transportation Infrastructure, at an enterprise valuation of Rs 13,000 crore."The big investment from Brookfield will strengthen Jio's balance sheet, boost its cash reserves and help it build a sizeable war chest to fight Airtel and Vodafone Idea and consolidate its gains in the mobile broadband turf," said Rohan Dhamija, a partner and the head of India and Middle East at Analysys Mason.Brookfield will seek to obtain more tenants for the tower assets, Reliance said. "All expansion will be by Brookfield. This is monetisation (for Reliance). We have invested and now we have exited. Same we will do for fibre," Reliance Industries chief financial officer V Srikanth told reporters.ET had reported in its June 12 edition that Brookfield was close to signing a pact to invest in the tower assets.Jio had demerged the tower and fibre businesses in the quarter ended March to Reliance Jio Infratel and Jio Digital Fibre. The fibre network is 700,000 route km long. Separating the two helped the telecom company remove liabilities of about Rs 1.07 lakh crore from its balance sheet. Jio had debt of Rs 75,000 crore at the end of June.RIVALS RAISING FUNDSBharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea have recently beefed up their books with each raising Rs 25,000 crore via rights issues. Both are also considering stake sales in their tower units to raise further cash. All three telcos are trying to strengthen their balance sheets also by reducing debt amid continuing need to invest in their 4G networks besides preparing for the upcoming spectrum auction where 5G airwaves will be up for sale for the first time.Jio has a right to use the tower and fibre assets, for which it has started paying the trust. "This has resulted in recognising a right-of-use asset and a corresponding lease liability of Rs 6,633 crore as at 1st April 2019," Jio said. Anshuman Thakur, Jio's strategy head, said Jio's longterm lease was "capitalised".Reliance Jio Infratel's portfolio of 170,000 towers tops those of Bharti Infratel and Indus Towers, which together have 163,000 towers. Jio acquired 45,000 towers from Reliance Communications and built the rest.Bank of America Merrill Lynch estimates that of the 125,000 towers built by Jio, around 40,000 were predominantly monopoles and would not support other tenants unless incremental capex was made. But the assets are likely to generate a 12-13% return based on the tenancy lease assumptions.India's tower landscape is dominated by three players — Jio Infratel, Bharti Infratel-Indus and American Tower Corporation — who control about 90% of tenancies.Analysts expect 900 million 4G users on an average consuming 12 GB of data and that most of the data demand is set to be met using towers rather than by small cells or in-building solutions, making the deal timely.
KOLKATA: ITC Ltd is entering the healthy snacks segment by launching a range of baked chips chips made of healthy products under its Bingo brand in a bid to take the first-mover advantage among the larger brands and expand its share in packaged snacks against main competitor, PepsiCo.The new product, Bingo! Starters, is made from pulses such as chana, urad, moong and masoor, and the company plans to expand the range with other products like grains. The company has retained the Rs 10 entry price point and will be targeting millennials who are looking for tasty and healthy snacks, said Hemant Malik, divisional chief executive (foods division) at ITC.The company has engaged actor Ranveer Singh for endorsing the product."Bingo! Starters has been crafted based on years of extensive research and understanding about the best ingredients that can be used effectively to blend health and taste," said Malik. "It has been powered by deep consumer insights on the eating patterns of the average Indian consumer and the fact that today consumers are look for healthier and tastier snacking options."The total salty snacks market in India is estimated at Rs 29,000 crore, with an annual growth of 24%. The health snacks sub-segment is estimated to be around 2% of the overall snacks market. Bingo! Starters will compete against a host of imported brands, apart from RP Sanjiv Goenka Group's Too Yumm and smaller brands that sell through modern retail and e-commerce.ITC's move to enter the healthy snacks segment is part of its plans to build a big basket of products in healthy food which are free from unhealthy ingredients and food with functional benefits such as those able to treat lifestyle diseases. It recently launched Aashirvaad Nature's Super Foods range including ragi flour, multi millet mix and gluten free flour, and sugar release control atta.
NEW DELHI: A consortium led by Brookfield Asset Management has agreed to acquire Reliance Industries' Reliance Jio lnfratel unit in a multi-stage deal, which would see it first investing Rs 25,215 crore in an infrastructure trust that owns 51% of the telecom tower company.Once the transactions are closed, the Canadian alternative assets manager and its partners would own 100% of India's largest telecom tower company with 170,000 towers through Tower Infrastructure Trust. The proceeds will allow Mukesh Ambani-controlled RIL reduce debt at its telecom unit, Reliance Jio Infocomm, and free up cash to take on rivals Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea."This is the single largest foreign investment in an Indian infrastructure vehicle," RIL said.TOWER, FIBRE BIZ SPUN OFF EARLIER THIS YEARThe oil-to-telecom conglomerate said talks were ongoing also to monetise the group's fibre assets, Jio Digital Fibre, under a similar deal structure, but did not name any potential investors. The tower and fibre businesses were both spun off from Jio earlier this year.70301332 Under the deal announced on Friday, Reliance Industrial Investments & Holdings, a wholly owned Reliance Industries unit and the sponsor of Tower Infrastructure Trust, would issue units in the trust to Brookfield affiliate BIF IV Jarvis India and some co-investors. Brookfield and its partners would become the sponsors of the trust, holding all the units, while the Reliance Industries subsidiary would become a co-sponsor, but hold no units.The trust currently owns 51% of Reliance Jio lnfratel, where Reliance Industries holds the remaining 49%. On receiving the funds, the trust would buy out Reliance's 49% stake, repay Rs 12,000 crore to Jio and "certain existing financial liabilities of Reliance Jio Infratel", besides investing for the tower firm's growth, Reliance Industries said.Jio would also transfer its proceeds of Rs 12,000 crore to the Reliance Group against certain financial liabilities owed to the parent.After the completion of the proposed deal, Reliance Jio lnfratel would have debt of Rs 16,000 crore.This is the second investment this year that Brookfield is making in a venture controlled by Mukesh Ambani. In March, it had agreed to buy the loss-making East-West Pipeline, earlier known as Reliance Gas Transportation Infrastructure, at an enterprise valuation of Rs 13,000 crore."The big investment from Brookfield will strengthen Jio's balance sheet, boost its cash reserves and help it build a sizeable war chest to fight Airtel and Vodafone Idea and consolidate its gains in the mobile broadband turf," said Rohan Dhamija, a partner and the head of India and Middle East at Analysys Mason.Brookfield will seek to obtain more tenants for the tower assets, Reliance said. "All expansion will be by Brookfield. This is monetisation (for Reliance). We have invested and now we have exited. Same we will do for fibre," Reliance Industries chief financial officer V Srikanth told reporters.ET had reported in its June 12 edition that Brookfield was close to signing a pact to invest in the tower assets.Jio had demerged the tower and fibre businesses in the quarter ended March to Reliance Jio Infratel and Jio Digital Fibre. The fibre network is 700,000 route km long. Separating the two helped the telecom company remove liabilities of about Rs 1.07 lakh crore from its balance sheet. Jio had debt of Rs 75,000 crore at the end of June.RIVALS RAISING FUNDSBharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea have recently beefed up their books with each raising Rs 25,000 crore via rights issues. Both are also considering stake sales in their tower units to raise further cash. All three telcos are trying to strengthen their balance sheets also by reducing debt amid continuing need to invest in their 4G networks besides preparing for the upcoming spectrum auction where 5G airwaves will be up for sale for the first time.Jio has a right to use the tower and fibre assets, for which it has started paying the trust. "This has resulted in recognising a right-of-use asset and a corresponding lease liability of Rs 6,633 crore as at 1st April 2019," Jio said. Anshuman Thakur, Jio's strategy head, said Jio's longterm lease was "capitalised".Reliance Jio Infratel's portfolio of 170,000 towers tops those of Bharti Infratel and Indus Towers, which together have 163,000 towers. Jio acquired 45,000 towers from Reliance Communications and built the rest.Bank of America Merrill Lynch estimates that of the 125,000 towers built by Jio, around 40,000 were predominantly monopoles and would not support other tenants unless incremental capex was made. But the assets are likely to generate a 12-13% return based on the tenancy lease assumptions.India's tower landscape is dominated by three players — Jio Infratel, Bharti Infratel-Indus and American Tower Corporation — who control about 90% of tenancies.Analysts expect 900 million 4G users on an average consuming 12 GB of data and that most of the data demand is set to be met using towers rather than by small cells or in-building solutions, making the deal timely.
There is an extremely good opportunity to buy in the next 10-12 weeks through SIP in select midcaps and large caps, says Sanjiv Bhasin, Executive Vice President, IIFL Securities. Excerpts from an interview with ETNOW. What should one do with the midcaps that are cracking?The fear is overdone. Market is very despondent and that has more to do with some of the FIIs exiting because of the tax. A large part of the imponderables are on the positive side and we are calling it the 12-week factor, from here till middle of October. October onwards we are very bullish on the market and we think that in this fear, you should do a SIP for the next 10-12 weeks in select midcaps and select largecaps, because we think midcaps maybe on the way to the bottom. This is a very good selloff in the broader market and the largecaps. It tells you that inherently over ownership or the exit of some of the FIIs are giving you an opportunity. The cement numbers are a clear indicator for an economy and it says the economy is only going to get better from here. So, there is an extremely good opportunity to buy in the next 10-12 weeks through a SIP in select midcaps and large caps. Though the sentiment has turned really sour currently and we have been getting some really dire predictions on liquidity, growth, no one is seeing the light around the corner. We are now hearing an outlook which is a little bit more long term -- four to six quarters -- as opposed to a pick up as early as the festive season or the end of the year? Would you disagree?It is overdone and it is always the screen which tells you. When I was in Mumbai for many years, the best saying was what a Guajarati bhai told me: Bhav bhagwan che. Bhav is what is telling you that the fear is there. That fear is overblown and I am not saying that there is not macro weakness, but look at the cost of money on the bond yields, look at the rupee and global liquidity. It is just a matter of time, maybe once this expiry is over, you should start to see very good inflows from FIIs. Wait for the government to start to act on more consumption-led themes. They have already given you a wicket on some of the NBFCs and the recapitalisation of PSBs. Going ahead, they have a good opportunity of instigating growth through a lot of other measures. We are being opposite. We think these 11,400 on the Nifty is an ideal place to start a SIP in both the Nifty, Bank Nifty and select stocks both on largecaps and midcaps. After October, you will be very happy that you did this because fear is generally the best time to be contrarian and start to buy. What is your view on Reliance?Reliance will give a slightly weaker number on the net and we have to see how the GRMs are. But do not miss the wood for the trees. Yesterday, they announced $1 billion capex in the gas basin of KG which is telling you they are putting their money where their mouth is -- whether it is technology in the shape of Jio and the other businesses which are online. They are taking on Netflix in OTT. And on the energy side on gas. In fact, for gas, this participation in new pipeline in partnership with GAIL should see a lot of flows from overseas and Reliance is one of the key players there. Any fall over here is a very good opportunity. In fact, Reliance, ITC, UltraTech Cement, ICICI Bank and Sun are five names which we are suggesting to very actively have a large SIP for the next 12 weeks. By the end of the year, you will be much happier that you bought this fear and Reliance would be one of the constituents. We think Reliance by the end of the year and maybe March 2020 should be closer to Rs 1,450-1,500.
By Soumya Malani & Arun Mukherjee(Kolkata's Arun Mukherjee, who dropped out of college to turn a full-time investor at an early age, and Soumya Malani, a London School of Economics alumnus, have come to be known as smallcap aficionados within India's investor community. They would show up at most AGMs, visit the remotest factories of a company and go chasing end-users to understand their experience with a product in their passionate hunt for good smallcaps. Arun and Soumya share their experiences with such companies from the ground in this space every now and then.) So why did APL Apollo group acquire Best Steel Logistics and rename it as Apollo Tricoat Tubes? This was all planned a few years ago, when Rahul Gupta (promoter's son) had joined Best Steel Logistics.The company had the land (Malur) and other infrastructure available in proximity to APL Apollo's plant in Hosur and Bengaluru. Hence, this provided the company an opportunity to leverage on APL Apollo's supply chain. The new visionary promoter owns majority of the company as on date.What are Tricoat Tubes?Tricoat is a product that provides corrosion resistance through triple coating. Its manufacturing process uses galvant technology in order to ensure that the corrosion resistance offered is top of the line and provides maximum benefit to the user.It has three layers of coating on the outer surface for maximum protection and a zinc-rich polymer resin paint on the inner surface. Apollo Tricoat is the first product of its kind to give a combination of three different coating i.e. zinc, paint and polymer clear coat unlike the competitive products that either give paint finish or zinc finish.If Sanjay Gupta could transform Bihar Tubes (renamed later as APL Apollo), an absolute 'nil margin, no hope converter' business, into a Rs 7,000 crore company from Rs 200 crore in 12 years, then imagine what he could do with a premium product that is manufactured by only a few players in the world.He understands how to lay the foundation with great brains, knows marketing and branding to the core, is aware of the market that pays a premium to ethical companies with corporate governance, has the best auditor in place, believes in being debt free and is someone who aims do a 20 per cent-plus ROIC.He seems to be one of those promoters who are committed to building wealth for his stakeholders. He has been there, seen it and done it all. He will just replicate everything in Apollo Tricoat.Common sense is the most uncommon thing in equity market. The company ended FY19 with hardly any sales to talk about. The numbers should not be taken into context as the company has changed hands with new promoters coming in last year and they did stop the old steel trading business.The new promoter has got a habit of under-promising future numbers and over-delivering, which the market participants absolutely adore. For instance, they had pointed at a capacity of 50,000 MTPA for ILG, but commercialised 75,000 MTPA in March 2019. Then again they had guided for additional 50,000 MTPA by H1FY20 for value-added products, but they are expected to come up with 75,000 MTPA to achieve an annual target of 150k MTPA.This facility is near Bangalore, which will cater to the needs of pan-India clients. Apollo Tricoat is one of the pioneers in India to launch inline galvanised pipes, designer galvanised pipes, hybrid pipes (ILG + PVC) and narrow sections. The products seem to be very niche, requiring much technological knowledge.The new inline galvanised (ILG) pipes find their application in several sectors and are cost effective. Apollo currently has some warehouses which will continue to chip in with some revenues, but that's not the bigger part of the story. We are not even considering the current revenues or current profits.They are hell bent on making a huge dent on the "tricot pipe segment" and aim to attain the leadership position in no time. The Ebitda margins are well north of 14-15 per cent. Internally, the company targets to scale it to around Rs 1,000 crore within 2-3 years.Asset turnover at peak capacity is 6-7 times. Hence, currently an investment of Rs 175 crore can result in a turnover of Rs 1,000-1,200 crore.With APL Apollo's strong financial support and rich distribution, we feel the targets are well within reach. Kudos to the brainchild of Sanjay Gupta. Unless APL Apollo plans to merge it, there is not much of a risk to this story.P.S: This gentleman after creating massive wealth in APL Apollo did the same with a company called Amulya Leasing, a defunct NBFC, which he reverse-merged into his company to build Apollo Pipes, which has been a multibagger in last three years. Suffice to say there is something big in store for Apollo Tricoat.(Disclaimer: The writers are partners at SA Investment Advisors, a Sebi-registered investment advisory firm. They along with their family members may have position in the company discussed above.)
NEW DELHI: The government said select business process outsourcing (BPO) services will qualify as exports and therefore won't be subject to goods and services tax (GST), marking a substantial relief for the country's $167 billion IT and ITeS (information technology-enabled services) sector.The clarification comes after intense lobbying by the IT industry. The BPO sector was in turmoil since the Appellate Authority for Advance Ruling (AAAR) in Maharashtra held that back-office support services didn't qualify as "export of service" and were in the nature of arranging or facilitating supply of goods or services between overseas companies and customers. It said these fell in the category of intermediary services and were liable to 18% GST.The circular issued by Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs on Friday clarified that unless there is a clear facilitation of services, BPO services will not be considered intermediary in nature as long as the provision of service is on its own account. An intermediary facilitates or arranges supply of goods and services. "The clarification will help in settling most of the frivolous objections regarding export of services in case of intermediary services," said Bipin Sapra, partner, EY.70301306 COULD SPARK NEW ROW: EXPERTSExports don't face tax in the country as they are consumed outside. Back-office services enjoyed this benefit even in the erstwhile service tax regime. India has more than 500 global in-house delivery centres, employing over 350,000 people. An 18% levy on these services will derail the cost dynamics of the back-office model that operates on thin margins and faces competition from other low-cost jurisdictions such as the Philippines.The circular has clarified the applicability of GST in various scenarios related to an ITeS supplier located in India working for and on behalf of a client located abroad. An ITeS company supplying back-end services won't be categorised as an intermediary if providing the services on its own account, in light of the definition of the term "intermediary" under GST law, the circular said.However, a supplier of backend support services such as order placements, delivery and logistical support, obtaining governmental clearances, transportation of goods, post-sales support etc. will be considered an intermediary and hence subject to GST.In case a company provides back-end services on its own account along with arranging or facilitating supply of various support services on behalf of the client located abroad, it's offering two sets of services — ITeS services and support services. In such cases, whether the supplier would qualify as an intermediary or not will depend on the facts of each case and taking into account the principal supplier, the circular said.AAAR had in February upheld an Authority for Advance Rulings (AAR) decision treating back-office support services to overseas customers as intermediary services in a case involving Vservglobal Pvt Ltd. This meant that the services were considered to be supplied in India and not treated as exports, leading to denial of refunds and raising the prospect of a spate of litigation.However, tax experts said the latest circular could spark a new row by classifying one category of BPO — post-sale support services — as intermediary services, making them liable to tax."The clarification that even 'post-sale' support services shall be treated as in the nature of 'intermediary' may trigger a new controversy, as the general understanding has been the only 'pre-sales' activities are covered in this category, both under GST as well as erstwhile service tax law," said Pratik Jain, national indirect tax leader, PwC.This aspect should perhaps be reconsidered in consultation with industry, Jain added."There is some fear that authorities may start issuing notices to all back-office support providers in light of the scope discussed in scenario 2 of the said circular," said Harpreet Singh, partner, KPMG.
Telangana: 13-yr-old, belittled for losing class poll, kills self An unknown body, mutilated beyond recognition, was found on the railway tracks near Chityal Railway Station by railway staff on Friday morning.
DNA Samwad: 'Need to win confidence of the tenants, assure security' DNA held a DNA Samwad on Friday to analyse the challenge of redevelopment in the Maximum city.
PM Narendra Modi seeks Independence Day speech inputs; gets 850 replies in two hours The Prime Minister took to Twitter to invite the inputs and suggestions from the countrymen on a forum specially created on the NaMo app
Order on rebel MLAs violates whip, claim Congress, JD(S) in Supreme Court Separate applications were filed in the top court by president of Karnataka Congress Pradesh Committee Dinesh Gundu Rao and Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy, who is also the President of JD(S).
