Sam is Lori's older sister, but Sam was the one always getting in trouble. Parties, older boyfriends, dead-end jobs, dead-end marriages. And now, three federal charges: providing material support to ISIS, aiding and abetting ISIS, and lying to the FBI.
New York Times op-ed columnist Bret Stephens has often earned the ire of Twitter for his columns on campus free speech issues and cancel culture. But on Monday, Stephens decided to get in on cancel culture himself and it blew up in his face.
Season One of "Broken Ground" gives the mic to Southerners on the front lines of today's environmental issues. You'll hear first-hand stories from those facing environmental injustices and rising above challenges.
Here's a trick from skateboarder Evan Mock that, if you were to just see out of the corner of your eye, you might shrug at and move on. But as soon as you focus on it and realize what Mock is doing, you'll lose your mind, because hoooooly sh*t, what?
The Department of Justice wants access to encrypted consumer devices, but promises not to infiltrate business products or affect critical infrastructure. Yet that's not possible, because there is no longer any difference between those categories of devices.
As small and light as an iPhone 7, this Prima 1080p HD Pocket Projector casts a 200" cinema-quality image onto any surface, so you can enjoy up to 3 hours of video playback and up to 30 hours of audio playback with its impressive battery life.
Forget "amber waves of grain." It's all about "silver waves of volcanic rock." The pumice raft, which is as large as 20,000 football fields, is currently floating towards Australia.
A taste of Americana in its most portable, edible form — food on a stick, from bacon-wrapped riblets to a Caprese salad to a deep-fried Twinkie — at the Iowa State Fair.
"The King," adapted from Shakespeare's plays on Henry IV and V, also stars Joel Edgerton and Robert Pattinson. The movie premieres on Netflix and in theaters in the fall.
I was at the park over the weekend when I felt it — a fragrant, earthy chill interrupting the warmth. It felt like possibility. It felt like inspiration. It felt like erasers. It felt like pens.
Season One of "Broken Ground" gives the mic to Southerners on the front lines of today's environmental issues. You'll hear first-hand stories from those facing environmental injustices and rising above challenges.
Fender Play is an excellent tool for anyone interested in learning to play the guitar. Best of all, you can try it out for free on iPhone, iPad or Android.
Amazon has a well-documented fake item problem, from counterfeit versions of AirPods, books, and designer clothes to items that simply do not exist at all. Unfortunately, a packet of "blue strawberry seeds" — yes, strawberries that are blue — is one of the latter.
Underground Railroad participation is hard to prove. Activists battling to save 227 Duffield Street from demolition say its fate will show what New York values.
We're not sure whether the pivotal scene revealed in the trailer is meant to be misleading or not, but there's no doubt that it was a major jaw-dropping moment. "The Rise of Skywalker" premieres in theaters on December 20.
A polymer that self-destructs? While once a fictional idea, new polymers now exist that are rugged enough to ferry packages or sensors into hostile territory and vaporize immediately upon a military mission's completion.
Commuter rail stations in the San Francisco Bay Area should be some of the most valuable land in the region (and by extension, the world). So why are there so many parking lots and one-story buildings right next to them?
The official trailer of "Lucy in the Sky" also teases more information about the relationship between the astronaut characters played by Portman and Jon Hamm.
Ron Fellows played cornerback for the Dallas Cowboys and Los Angeles Raiders from 1981–1988. Now 61 years old, Fellows suffers from Alzheimer's, and his cognition is gradually declining. What follows is a description of life from the perspective of Debra Fellows, Ron's wife since 2002.
That's got to be the real thing, no way that's a toy, I thought to myself when viewing pictures of this handcrafted 1:8 scale 1957 Porsche 356A Speedster model. Well, I was wrong, it's not a toy for starters, it's a model crafted by Bristol, England-based company Amalgam Collection.
Whether or not Disney is copping to taking Netflix head-on — and to be clear, it isn't — all signs indicate that the company has been nothing but strategic about its approach to challenging the longstanding streaming giant
Calling the opioid crisis an "imminent danger and menace," District Judge Thad Balkman said "the state met its burden that the defendants Janssen and Johnson & Johnson's misleading marketing and promotion of opioids created a nuisance as defined by [the law]."
The controversy over SolarCity, which has dovetailed with questions about Musk's mountain of debt and profit shortfalls, offers a window into the mindset of America's most outlandish CEO.
Unsurprisingly, there's a lot of free time involved in flying an aircraft, especially on longer flights. And during that time, you can chat with your coworkers, just like any other job. Just don't mention politics and religion.
When you're young, you don't measure time in calendar years — you measure it in school years. So, as we embark on a new one, the Literary Hub office put their heads together to consider some of the greatest coming-of-age novels ever written.
Dr. Monica Gagliano says she has received Yoda-like advice from trees and shrubbery. And she's published a number of studies that support the view that plants are, to some extent, intelligent.
You'd think electronic locks like the TurboLock YL-99 would be more secure than regular locks, but the YouTuber LockPickingLawyer points out they are built more like consumer electronics than real security devices.
That charger in the corner might actually be a security camera. If you want to keep an eye on your living room or small business, this full HD camera lets you stream live footage right to your phone — even at night.
Scenes of protesters with sticks chasing police through Hong Kong streets and police officers pulling out their guns and pointing them at protesters show that the Hong Kong authorities are losing control of the city. And that's probably just what leaders in China want the world to see at this point.
Beijing manages internal dissent ruthlessly and adeptly. Step one is to identify and isolate critical voices and individuals before they have a chance to gather support or join together. That's where the massive internal security apparatus of the Ministry of Public Security and Ministry of State Security, enabled by high-tech surveillance systems fed by government and corporate data, come in.
* Mohammad Javad Zarif meets his counterpart Wang Yi after tweeting he planned to present a 25-year road map on countries' strategic partnership
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif visited Beijing on Monday after a surprise appearance at the Group of Seven summit in France over the weekend – a move highlighting China's close relationship with Iran, which is in a stand-off with the US over its nuclear programme.
Zarif tweeted in the afternoon that he had arrived in Beijing after a stopover in Tehran. He said that he planned to present his Chinese hosts with a 25-year road map on the China-Iran comprehensive strategic partnership, which was signed in 2016, and that Tehran would actively contribute to Beijing's Belt and Road Initiative.
An unexpected guest, a last-minute power lunch and an eyebrow-raising group picture: the G7 summit in the French surfing resort of Biarritz made waves on several levels https://t.co/uemfqJRh2ppic.twitter.com/jEp1wqNSv8
China signaled Monday it is now seeking a "calm" end to its ongoing trade war with the U.S. and President Trump voiced optimism about a deal, as Asian markets crumbled and China's currency plummeted to an 11-year low following the latest tariffs on $550 billion in Chinese goods announced last Friday by the Trump administration.
"I think we're going to have a deal," Trump told reporters.
Trump said Monday that officials from China called U.S. officials and expressed interest to "get back to the table," The Wall Street Journal reported. He called the discussions a "very positive development."
"They want to make a deal. That's a great thing," he said.
WNU Editor: The problem with President Trump's remarks is that the Chinese are saying that there were no discussions in the past few days .... Trump Says China "Called", Wants To Restart Trade Talks; China Denies, Has No Idea What Trump Talking About (ZeroHedge). As for the remarks by Vice Premier Liu He, all that he is saying is that this dispute should be settled through negotiations. There was no hint from him that China is willing to compromise. But Monday was a rough day for China. The Yuan continued its downward spiral, and the Asian markets were battered. The consequences for China will be profound if this continues.
French President Emmanuel Macron, President Donald Trump, Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, German Chancellor Angela Merkel , Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Italy's acting Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and European Council President Donald Tusk attend a G7 working session on "International Economy and Trade, and International Security Agenda" during the G7 summit in Biarritz, France, August 25. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer/Pool
WNU Editor: The above picture came from this photo-gallery .... Inside the G7 (Reuters).
* The unmanned aircraft was launched into space on September 7th 2017 * The craft was sent up aboard one of Elon Musk's SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets * Its mission dubbed Orbital Test Vehicle-5 is top secret and details are scant * Some believe it may be designed to pave the way for a future space force
A pilotless space plane operated by the US Air Force has completed a record 717 days in orbit – and, we still have no idea what its mission is.
The X-37B craft clocked 717 days, 20 hours and 42 minutes this morning at 6:43 a.m. EDT (1043 GMT), according to Space.com, bringing it past the spaceflight duration record set previously during the Orbital Test Vehicle 4 mission.
While it isn't the longest flight ever, the feat marks a personal best for this line of craft, with each pushing a bit further than the mission before.
* Israeli aircraft hit Iranian Quds Forces and Shiite militias near Damascus, Syria * Israel Defense Forces posted a video of 'Iranian soldiers carrying a killer drone' * Claimed they were planning to target the Jewish state, so they were neutralised * IDF claimed that the two men killed were 'Lebanese Shiite militia operatives' * Comes after sustained attacks in Syria and Lebanon by Israel over the weekend
Israel has today released footage of Iranian special force operatives allegedly preparing a 'killer drone' for an attack on the Jewish state - as well as pictures of the dead men it neutralised in an air strike on Saturday.
Aircraft struck Iranian Quds Forces and Shiite militias near Damascus, Syria, on Saturday, an Israeli military spokesman confirmed.
Israel Defense Forces' Twitter page released the surveillance video today of soldiers carrying what appears to be a weapon over wasteland.
It was captioned: 'IDF intelligence can now release the surveillance footage of Iranian Quds Force operatives in Syria carrying a killer drone that they intended to use for an attack on Israel.'
It added: 'How do you foil an attack of killer drones? Killer intel.'
China's spies are waging an intensifying espionage offensive against the United States. Does America have what it takes to stop them?
In early 2017, Kevin Mallory was struggling financially. After years of drawing a government salary as a member of the military and as a CIA and Defense Intelligence Agency officer, he was behind on his mortgage and $230,000 in debt. Though he had, like many veteran intelligence officials, ventured into the private sector, where the pay can be considerably better, things still weren't going well; his consulting business was floundering.
Foreign espionage is taking place in Australia at a greater rate than any other time in history.
The stark warning from the nation's domestic intelligence agency follows accusations the east African nation of Rwanda has a network of spies working to supress political dissent in refugee communities.
Intelligence experts say the public doesn't fully understand the extent of the threat, or how easily migrants and refugees can be recruited as spies, often against their will.
WNU Editor: Australia has permitted a number of migrants from around the world to settle in their country. It should surprise no one that the countries that they fled from may be concerned on what some of their ex-residents are doing. For Australia, the solution is simple. If their intelligence agencies have evidence that someone is spying for a foreign country and/or is acting as their agent, they should be expelled.
BIARRITZ, France (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he would meet Iran's president under the right circumstances to end a confrontation over a 2015 nuclear deal and that talks were underway to see how countries could open credit lines to keep Iran's economy afloat.
But Trump, speaking at a G7 summit in the French resort of Biarritz, ruled out lifting economic sanctions to compensate for losses suffered by Iran.
Trump told reporters it was realistic to envisage a meeting between him and President Hassan Rouhani in coming weeks, describing Iran as a country of "tremendous potential".
"I have a good feeling. I think he (Rouhani) is going to want to meet and get their situation straightened out. They are hurting badly," Trump said.
Leaders put on a show of common endeavor with awareness that meeting could be a lot worse next year when Trump will be circus master
If next year's G7 summit turns out to be a branding event at a Trump golf resort in Florida, with Vladimir Putin as de-facto co-chair, the old guard among America's allies will look back on this year's meeting in Biarritz with some nostalgia.
Iran, trade and the Amazonian wildfires have dominated discussions at the summit of the group of advanced industrialized economies. Here are the key developments from the final day of the G7 meeting in Biarritz.
After three days of talks in Biarritz, the leaders of the US, France, Germany, Japan, the UK, Italy and Canada have narrowed some of their differences. The Group of Seven'sthree days of talks were dominated by the Iran nuclear crisis, trade, and fires in the Amazonian rainforest.
French President Emmanuel Macron and American President Donald Trump praised the common ground found by G7 leaders at their summit. "We have managed to find real points of convergence, unprecedented, very positive, that will allow us to go forward in a very useful way," Macron said in a press conference alongside Trump.
BIARRITZ, Belgium (Reuters) - France on Monday issued a short statement at the end of a meeting of G7 leaders on several issues, but it was not a communique along the lines of those usually drawn up at the annual summit, reflecting divisions.
The issues were trade, Iran, Libya, Ukraine and Hong Kong.
The statement said the seven industrialized nations were committed to open and fair world trade and to global economic stability.
US president argues Putin should be included in discussions on Iran, Syria and North Korea
Donald Trump has rowed with his fellow G7 leaders over his demand that Russia be readmitted to the group, rejecting arguments that it should remain an association of liberal democracies, according to diplomats at the summit in Biarritz.
The disagreement led to heated exchanges at a dinner on Saturday night inside the seaside resort's 19th-century lighthouse. According to diplomatic sources, Trump argued strenuously that Vladimir Putin should be invited back, five years after Russia was ejected from the then G8) for its annexation of Crimea.
Global military spending increased to a record $1.8 trillion in 2018 — the largest amount since the Cold War.
It's also about 75% higher than post-Cold War low in 1998.
These spending numbers come from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, a Swedish-based think tank that has published widely sited global spending numbers since the 1960s.
WNU editor: Asia is where we will see the biggest increases in the next few years, with China's neighbours representing the bulk in this defense increase.
In the course of his lengthy annual address to the Russian Federal Assembly this year, President Vladimir Putin excoriated the United States for abandoning the 1987 Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty while asserting that "the work on promising prototypes and weapon systems that I spoke about in my Address last year continues as scheduled and without disruptions."
Putin went on to say that Russia had entered serial production of the Avangard hypersonic glide system, which was to be deployed later in 2019. He added that the Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile, which he asserted was "of unprecedented power," was in the test stage, as was the Peresvet laser missile and air-defense weapon, likewise to be deployed this year. He noted that the Kinzhal hypersonic ballistic missile, having undergone operational testing, "proved [its] unique characteristics during test and combat alert missions while the personnel learned how to operate them." Finally, he asserted that the Burevestnik nuclear-powered cruise missile "of unlimited range," and the Poseidon nuclear-powered unmanned underwater vehicle, were successfully undergoing tests.
Syrian government forces have made fresh military advances towards President Bashar al-Assad's goal of reclaiming "every inch" of the country in an offensive that has intensified fears of a humanitarian disaster in the northern Idlib province.
Opposition fighters withdrew last week from the key town of Khan Sheikhoun, another strategic concession to Assad and his Russian and Iranian backers, who have torn up a ceasefire deal protecting the rebels' last major pocket of territory.
As the country's bloody civil war grinds into its ninth year, Assad is widely acknowledged to have emerged triumphant.
KABUL/PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - As U.S. and Taliban negotiators push to wrap up talks aimed at securing the withdrawal of foreign forces from Afghanistan, disagreement remains about whether a pact will mean an end to the insurgents' fight with the U.S.-backed Afghan government.
U.S. and Taliban officials have been negotiating in Qatar since last year on an agreement centered on the withdrawal of U.S. forces, and an end to their longest-ever war, in exchange for a Taliban guarantee that international militant groups will not plot from Afghan soil.
U.S. negotiators have been pressing the Taliban to agree to peace talks with the Kabul government and to a ceasefire, but a senior Taliban official said that would not happen.
"We will continue our fight against the Afghan government and seize power by force," said the Taliban commander on condition of anonymity.
Saudi Arabia has denied there was an attack by the rebels, despite claims by them that an armed drone was used.
Houthi rebels on Monday claimed to have attacked a military target in the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh a day after the Yemeni rebels fired ballistic missiles at an airport.
According to a spokesperson for the Houthis, who have been battling more than four years of a devastating military campaign led by Saudi Arabia, the attack was carried out with an armed drone.
"The Houthis have said they have targeted a military place, but they haven't given more details about the target," Al Jazeera's Mohammed al Attab said from the Yemeni port city of Hodeidah.
Saudi Arabia has denied there was an attack by the rebels.
Iran did not identify the buyer of the 2.1 million barrels of oil or where the vessel is currently headed. The US previously said it would take action to prevent the oil from being delivered to Syria.
The oil from an Iranian tanker at the heart of a standoff between Washington and Tehran has been sold, the Iranian government announced on Monday.
Government spokesman Ali Rabiei did not identify who bought the 2.1 million barrels of crude oil onboard the ship estimated to be worth $130 million (€117 million).
He added the buyer of the oil will now decide the ship's destination.
The Chinese military is to be respected, but not to be feared.
There was nothing truly surprising in the white paper. It's no secret that China has been moving away from a huge, low-tech peasant military to a smaller, more agile and high-tech force. Still, there is plenty in the paper to disturb the West as well as China's Asian neighbors.
China's new defense white paper has been eagerly awaited by Western analysts searching for clues to Beijing's national security strategy.
The 2019 white paper (the last one was in 2015) lays out general principles of China's defense policy. It avows the new face of the People's Liberation Army (PLA). Cyberwarfare, more flexible command and control, long-range naval operations. Change the names and numbers, and you could be forgiven for thinking this was a planning document from the U.S. military or an American thinktank.
But before we fear the onslaught of the Dragon, take a look at the problems that the white paper says China's military must solve.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets with Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Zayed in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates June 24, 2019. File photo. Jacquelyn Martin/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
(Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates finances the military leader trying to topple a United Nations-recognized government in Libya. It helps lead a coalition of nations imposing an economic blockade of Qatar, despite U.S. calls to resolve the dispute. It hired former staffers of the U.S. National Security Agency as elite hackers to spy in a program that included Americans as surveillance targets, a Reuters investigation found this year.
And yet, in a highly unusual practice, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) does not spy on the UAE's government, three former CIA officials familiar with the matter told Reuters, creating what some critics call a dangerous blind spot in U.S. intelligence.
The CIA's posture isn't new. What's changed is the nature of the tiny but influential OPEC nation's intervention across the Middle East and Africa - fighting wars, running covert operations and using its financial clout to reshape regional politics in ways that often run counter to U.S. interests, according to the sources and foreign policy experts.
The CIA's failure to adapt to the UAE's growing military and political ambitions amounts to a "dereliction of duty," said a fourth former CIA official.
WNU Editor: The CIA does not operate in a vacuum. The political leadership and oversight committees are the ones who dictate what the CIA can and cannot do. So the real question that should be asked is .... why. Why is the political leadership in the U.S. giving a pass to the UAE when it comes to U.S. intelligence?
Stunningly, the IDF even published pictures of the two onboard a flight and near an airplane to Iran to take part in some of the training sessions.
With Monday morning's jaw-dropping sharing of a wealth of intelligence by the IDF about the Iranian drone crew it struck in Lebanon, the power of Israeli intelligence became ever clearer.
The key to the IDF thwarting the planned attack by Iran on Israel was not merely that it identified the Lebanese operatives working with the Iranians who were en route to carry out their attack, but that it traced the presence of particular operatives involved in using drones on their way to the area before they got there.
Let's analyze the information put out by the IDF. First, there were three casualties from the strike, two of whom were Hezbollah operatives being trained by Iran's external intelligence Quds Force: Hassem Yussuf Zabib from Nabatieh in southern Lebanon, born in 1996, and Yasser Ahmed Tzahr from Beleide village, born in 1997.
WNU Editor: It looks like the two militants who took a selfie in the above picture must have had their cell phone hacked and monitored by Israeli intelligence.
THE menacing Tropical Storm Dorian is on track to slam the Caribbean causing a lockdown of Barbados along with numerous hurricane watches across the island region.
FIRES are continuing to blaze across the Amazon rainforest but Brazil's president Jair Bolsonaro has rejected offers of aid from the G7 - despite NASA confirming an "uptick in fires".
WILDFIRES are raging across vast areas of eastern Russia and Siberia with a state of emergency being declared in two regions as authorities battle to tackle the blazes.
TROPICAL STORM DORIAN is on track to slam the Caribbean as it continues to rapidly strengthen in the Atlantic Ocean. Here are all the latest updates from the life-threatening storm.
GOOGLE has replaced their daily doodle with a commemoration to singer Cesária Évora on what would have been her 78th birthday, but who is Cesária Évora, who was often known as the "Barefoot Diva"?
PHARMACEUTICAL company Johnson & Johnson must pay $572m for its part in fuelling Oklahoma's opioid addiction crisis, a judge in the US state has ruled.
It has been 79 days since an estimated one million people took to the streets of Hong Kong to join a protest that kicked off a summer of upheaval, and the movement shows little sign of abating. The protests that gripped this semiautonomous region of China beginning on June 9 have become its longest period of unrest since the former British colony was returned to Chinese sovereignty in 1997.
The current series of protests have now outlasted the Umbrella Movement of 2014, when pro-democracy demonstrators occupied part of the city’s busy financial district, camping out in colorful tents until public support petered out and police cleared the sites. The earlier movement, which demanded free elections of the city’s leader, ended without concessions and was viewed by many as a failure. But five years later, protesters say they are putting hard-learned lessons into practice toward a more sustainable approach to their activism.
Dale De La Rey—AFP/Getty Images Protesters shield themselves with umbrellas against pepper spray used by the police during a rally in Hong Kong on June 12, 2019.
Indeed, the current protests have proven difficult for the government to control. What began as a march against an unpopular extradition bill, now suspended, soon snowballed into a broader movement demanding greater democratic freedoms. Instead of occupying a finite space at the city’s central core, protesters have adopted a strategy based on the concept “be water,” borrowed from martial artist and Cantonese movie legend Bruce Lee. The protests are marked by their fluidity, taking form as “pop-up” events all over the city without lingering too long in a single location. They’re largely unpredictable, often planned in real-time via encrypted social media apps. And this time around, the movement has no clear leadership, making it impossible for authorities to identify and arrest its would-be masterminds. “It’s hard to break down our movement,” says Natalie Lee, a 24-year-old protestor. “You can target an organization, but you can’t target mass citizens.”
Strategy isn’t the only difference between then and now. Both authorities and protesters have become much more willing to escalate their tactics, resulting in scenes of violence that seemed unimaginable five years ago. While the demonstrations have by-and-large been peaceful, confrontations between police and protesters have further inflamed tensions; one of the movement’s key demands is an independent inquiry into allegations of excessive force used by officers. Tear gas and rubber bullets, which were rarely used before, are now a normal part of the news cycle. A small faction of the protesters have taken more radical action such as attacking police, hurling bricks and homemade smoke bombs toward them and vandalizing government property. Sunday marked a major escalation, as an officer discharged a live round as a warning shot after being assaulted by protesters.
Protestors say they are more desperate now after their battle five years ago achieved little. Jackie S., 23, tells TIME he has been on the frontlines during a number of stand-offs with police. “Back in 2014, I never imagined that I’d be like this,” he says, “learning how to remove metal barricades from the streets, how to put out tear gas right after it’s fired.” As Jason Buhi, a China expert who teaches law at Barry University in Orlando, Fla., observed, the protesters are “willing to get their hands dirty” this time around. “They’re willing to do what it takes in a way that wasn’t on their minds in 2014,” he says.
Beijing continues to push the narrative that foreign governments are behind the unrest. Chinese state media has branded the movement as a “color revolution,” a reference to anti-authoritiarian protests that swept former Soviet states in the early 200s. And as tensions escalate, fears mount that Beijing could intervene; paramilitary police have reportedly amassed in the neighboring city of Shenzhen in recent weeks, while the People’s Liberation Army maintains a permanent troop presence in Hong Kong. As dramatic as the events of 2014 were, the possibility of Chinese armed intervention has never seemed as real as it does now.
But the differences seen on the streets today reflect how little progress has been made since the Umbrella Movement of 2014. Instead of seeing democratic change, Hong Kongers say they’ve witnessed a steady erosion of civil liberties. Fears about growing Chinese encroachment in the territory’s affairs have been underscored by a series of alarming developments, such as the 2015 disappearance of five booksellers known for peddling salacious texts about the Chinese Communist Party, and later the arrest of several activists associated with the Umbrella protests. “The whole world is moving forward, why do we have to move back?” asks a 20-year-old protestor who goes by the nickname Sylvia.
In other ways, Sylvia says, little has changed since she and her classmates would rush to join the protests after school. Just like in 2014, protest art is plastered on walls and along the bridges connecting the city’s maze of skyscrapers. Despite pockets of chaotic confrontation, the protestors are still, on the whole, lauded for their civility; offering food, water and first aid to fellow demonstrators. Many return the day after a protests to pick up trash to leave public sites clean and orderly.
Perhaps the clearest constant between then and now is the persistence of the public in the face of an unresponsive government. “They don’t think they’re going to really get what they ask for, but the belief is that if they don’t keep fighting, that will really be the end of Hong Kong,” says Victoria Tin-bor Hui, an associate professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame. “They cannot afford to lose, to just go home this time.”
Following a weekend of escalating violence between pro-democracy demonstrators and police, Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam Tuesday insisted her administration has not “lost control.”
While repeating much of her rhetoric from earlier press conferences, a defiant Lam said the semi-autonomous city can handle the spiraling unrest without Beijing’s forces intervening.
“The [Hong Kong] SAR government still has confidence that we can ourselves handle the conflict that has occurred in society in the past two months,” the embattled Chief Executive said in response to a question about the plausibility of the People’s Liberation Army descending on the city.
Her remarks come after Chinese state-run media stoked fears that Beijing’s forces could directly step in to quell the 12-week protest movement. A pointed commentary Sunday said the central government has the authority and responsibility to intervene if riots occur. Such a move would be unprecedented.
Lam admitted that the use of force was “intensifying” and that the protests are “reaching a state of lawlessness.” She criticized protesters for throwing petrol bombs at police and destroying neighborhood businesses, while firmly defending policing practices, which have elicited criticism from rights groups.
According to police, 21 officers were injured and 86 people, including a 12-year-old child, were arrested over the weekend. Marches held in at least three districts devolved into scenes of pitched battles by nightfall, with one officer firing a gun into the air as a warning shot.
The demonstrations, which began as a backlash to an unpopular extradition bill, have since morphed into a broader movement challenging China’s sovereignty and calling for full democracy. In recent weeks, demonstrators have shut down the city’s subway trains and the international airport.
When asked about why the government continues refusing to respond to the protesters’ demands, Lam made it clear that she has no intentions of capitulating, including to calls for her resignation.
“It’s not a question of not responding, it’s a question of not accepting those demands,” she said.
As Lam digs in, the protestors’ resolve also shows no signs of abating. Pro-democracy coalition Civil Human Rights Front (CHRF) will hold a march to the Chinese government’s liaison office, Beijing’s organ in Hong Kong, on Saturday, and a class boycott will be held Monday to coincide with the first day of the academic year for high school and university students.
A giant tattoo of tiny man standing in front of an oncoming tank covers the entirety of one of artist Badiucao’s upper arms. It’s an inspired choice of ink for the Chinese artist who has earned both the fury of the Chinese Communist Party and excited comparisons to Banksy.
Images of the individual known to history as Tank Man flashed around the world on June 5, 1989, when the anonymous Beijing resident, clutching a shopping bag, faced down a column of advancing tanks. The night before, troops had rolled into Tiananmen Square and brutally suppressed a weeks-long, peaceful occupation by students and workers calling for political reform. Hundreds, perhaps thousands, are thought to have died.
“I wanted [the Tank Man tattoo] on my right arm, the arm that I use to draw,” Badiucao (pronounced ba-doo-chow) tells TIME. “It’s a personal reminder to keep having courage with my arm, with my hand, and with my pen.”
Born in China in 1986, Badiucao grew up in a society where all mention of the Tiananmen massacre is fanatically censored. He was in university in 2007, studying law, when he gathered with friends in his dormitory to watch what they thought was a Taiwanese rom com. In turned out that their copy had been doctored by activists intent on spreading awareness of the events of 1989—a few minutes into the film, the movie suddenly cut to a documentary about the massacre.
“It shocked me deeply,” he says. For Badiucao, it was the moment that started his politicization. He tried to find out information about Tiananmen, but was quickly stymied. “If I can’t see the truth about the country, how can I have hope for the country?”
Out of frustration, he started using his artistic talents to create satirical doodles. He had loved painting, drawing and photography as a child: now he used those skills to comment on the political situation in China, and dropped his plans to become a lawyer.
Badiucao comes from a family of artists — his grandfather and his great uncle were filmmakers in China during the 1930s and 1940s. As the political situation deteriorated in China in the 1950s, they both considered moving to Hong Kong or Taiwan, but ultimately decided to stay in their homeland. It’s a decision they paid for with their lives; both were persecuted and killed in an anti-intellectual crackdown, leaving Badiucao’s father orphaned as a young child.
“In my family, there’s a very clear message that to be an artist in China is dangerous,” he says.
So, in 2009, Badiucao packed his bags for Australia, where he got a masters degree and later naturalized. Today, the artist’s work encompasses all mediums, from fine to installation to performance to street art, but he says that everything he creates has a common theme.
“The message from me is always about promoting freedom of speech, advocating for human rights.”
He is best known for the cartoons he posts online, which often take aim at the Chinese government, like a drawing of Chinese President Xi Jinping hunting for Winnie the Pooh (the fictional creature was banned on the Chinese internet after a meme comparing Xi to Pooh went viral).
“Why are they censoring such an adorable animal?” the artist asks.
The artist, who now lives in Melbourne, shares much of his work on Twitter, which he started using after censors shut down his account on the Chinese microblogging site Weibo more than 30 times. Twitter is banned in China, but despite China’s Great Firewall, he’s sure that his artwork still reaches people at home who access the website via virtual private networks (VPNs).
“More and more websites, terms and photos are becoming ‘sensitive’ each year and have been added to censorship lists maintained by social media companies,” Yaqiu Wang, China Researcher at Human Rights Watch, tells TIME. But she says that creative work like Badiucao’s might be able to slip by the censorship apparatus.
“Netizens can still post about political sensitive topics through creative means,” Wang explains, “such as altering the images or replacing critical characters with characters that look alike or with characters that have the same pronunciations.”
For years, and even though he was no longer living in China, Badiucao attempted to conceal his identity, appearing at events in a ski mask. He had good reason to be fearful; others critical of the regime have faced severe punishments. Ai Wei Wei, who Badiucao worked for as an assistant at one point, has been imprisoned and hit with hefty tax evasion fines that the artist says were politically motivated. The political cartoonist Jiang Yefei was sentenced to six and a half years in prison last year for “subversion of state power.”
Badiucao finally unmasked himself on the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre in June, when a documentary about him called China’s Artful Dissident came out. It had become terrifyingly clear to him that Beijing already knew his identity. Ahead of a planned exhibition in Hong Kong late last year, he began receiving threats. When several of his family members in China were detained by the police, he decided to cancel his trip to Hong Kong and call off his show, which was going to feature artwork like an installation made from neon lights depicting the late Nobel Prize winning Chinese political prisoner Liu Xiaobo.
Despite the danger he faces, Badiucao refuses to stand down, and although he wasn’t able to have his exhibition in Hong Kong, his work is now being featured across the city in another way. Since early June — when Hong Kong’s anti-government protests began — the artist has spent much of his time creating artwork to comment on the unrest and the government’s response to it. When Hong Kong’s top official, Chief Executive Carrie Lam, wept on television as she spoke about the sacrifices she had made for the city, the artist released a cartoon of the leader with a reptilian arm wiping away what many Hongkongers said were crocodile tears.
Badiucao A Badicao cartoon depicting Carrie Lam, Hong Kong’s Chief Executive
Demonstrations have now become a near daily occurrence in the city, and Badiucao’s art can often be seen at rallies, printed out and turned into posters, or taped onto one of the colorful “Lennon Walls” of protest messages and artwork that have popped up across the city. It inspires the protesters to keep fighting.
“Protest art serves the function of not only spreading the necessary political messages but also connecting movement participants’ emotions, which are pivotal in sustaining a movement,” Vivienne Chow, a journalist and cultural critic based in Hong Kong, tells TIME.
Although Badiucao can’t be in Hong Kong alongside the protesters, he is happy that his artwork has finally reached the city, even if it’s via the Internet instead of a gallery. As the Hong Kong protests enter their third month, he hopes that his work will continue motivating the protesters to carry on their resistance against what is perceived as Beijing’s tightening grip.
“What’s happening in Hong Kong is not just about Hong Kong, it’s also about every country that values freedom and democracy,” Badiucao says. “This is a fight, and it’s a meaningful fight.”
(CANBERRA, Australia) — The Australian government said on Tuesday it was “very concerned and disappointed” that a Chinese Australian writer had been formally arrested in China on suspicion of espionage.
Yang Hengjun has been in Chinese custody since he arrived in southern China’s Guangzhou from New York on Jan. 19 with his wife Yuan Xiaoliang and his 14-year-old stepdaughter. China revealed in July that the 54-year-old academic and former Chinese government official had been detained.
“The government is very concerned and disappointed to learn that Australian citizen and academic Dr. Yang Hengjun … was formally arrested in China on suspicion of espionage,” Foreign Minister Marise Payne said in a statement. She described him as being held in “harsh conditions” without access to his lawyers or family visits, thought embassy officials have visited him.
China’s foreign ministry has said Yang was suspected of engaging in criminal activities that endanger China’s security, but Yang’s Australian lawyer Rob Stary said the basis of the espionage charge remains unclear.
“We think it relates to espionage on behalf of Australia, but it’s not specified on the charge sheet,” Stary said. “We’d obviously be disturbed by that if it was the allegation, because there is absolutely no foundation for it at all.”
Stary suspects the espionage charge relates to Yang’s democracy activism. “He’s a blogger and that’s what he does, he’s an academic, he’s of a different ilk,” Stary said.
Yang has held Australian citizenship since 2002 and has a doctorate from the University of Technology Sydney. He had been living in New York as a visiting scholar at Columbia University.
Payne said she had discussed with China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi the Australian government’s concerns about Yang’s detainment.
“We have serious concerns for Dr. Yang’s welfare and about the conditions under which he is being been held,” Payne said. “It is important, and we expect, that basic standards of justice and procedural fairness are met. I respectfully reiterate my previous requests that if Dr. Yang is being held for his political beliefs, he should be released.”
Australia expected Yang to be treated in accordance with international human rights law, including the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, with special attention to those provisions that prohibit torture and inhumane treatment, guard against arbitrary detention and that protect the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion, Payne said.
Before Yang was moved into criminal detention, he had been held under so-called residential surveillance at a designated location. This can involve being guarded 24-hours a day with lights on continuously and tortures including sleep deprivation, being tied to a chair or forced to stand for hours.
For years, leaders in the fight against climate change have sought to use international trade as a weapon, pushing world leaders to penalize countries that aren’t stemming warming emissions by restricting trade with them on the global market. But for the most part, the measures have gained little traction.
Last week, that changed. As tens of thousands of fires engulfed the Amazon, the European Union threatened to block a landmark trade deal with Brazil and ban imports of Brazilian beef if the country’s right-wing leader, Jair Bolsonaro, didn’t act. Within days of the threat, and as G-7 leaders prepared to discuss the matter in France, Bolsonaro buckled, abandoning his passive approach to the crisis and sending more than 40,000 troops to fight the fires.
The trade fight over the Amazon represents a little noticed, but important development in the fight against climate change. As countries diverge in their efforts to combat climate change, with some expending significant resources and others ignoring the issue, policymakers are increasingly looking to use trade rules to push others to act and to promote their own low-carbon products.
And in an ironic and unexpected turn of events, it appears that despite taking the U.S out of the international effort to combat climate change, President Trump’s destruction of trade norms may have cleared the way for a powerful new weapon in the fight as countries increasingly crack down on rouge climate counterparts.
“Previously politicians didn’t want to reach for those kinds of weapons, but we’re in the Wild West now,” says Aaron Cosbey, a researcher at the International Institute for Sustainable Development who studies the link between climate change and trade. “Trade has powerful potential.”
The new trade threats stem from fires in the Amazon rainforest set by farmers looking to increase the land available for agriculture. Brazil’s National Institute of Space Research (INPE) has identified more than 70,000 fires this year and says the number of fires so far this represents a nearly 80% increase over the same period in 2018.
The destruction of the Amazon not only threatens to destroy biodiversity and affect the lives of indigenous people but also to rapidly accelerate climate change. The Amazon absorbs carbon dioxide that would otherwise trap heat in the atmosphere. Burning trees releases the heat-trapping gas. And, while fires have burned with the same or greater intensity in the past, scientists warn that the region could be dangerously close to a tipping point that would make it impossible to restore the rainforest and sustain the region’s ability to absorb carbon dioxide.
Bolsanaro has previously questioned the science of climate change, while leaders in the EU have long rejected his position. Around the world, policymakers have sought not only to clean up their own carbon footprints but also to push other countries to act.
But the rate of destruction in the Amazon accelerated those often-subtle diplomatic efforts. In statements in the days leading up to the G-7 summit, France and Ireland both suggested that they might withhold support for a landmark trade deal between the European Union and a handful of South American countries if Bolsanaro did not take the matter seriously. “Under these conditions, France is opposed,” French President Emmanuel Macron’s office said in an Aug. 23 statement.
The deal, known as the European Union–Mercosur Free Trade Agreement, would eliminate the majority of tariffs between the EU and the Mercosur common market, which includes Brazil, Argentina and others. Officials announced a deal in June after two decades of negotiations, but it still requires approval from constituent countries. European Council President Donald Tusk said it was “hard to imagine” the deal going through if Bolsonaro did not take action.
Finland, which currently chairs the Council of the European Union, suggested a different path: restricting Brazilian beef imports. Brazil currently exports 120,000 tonnes of beef annually to the EU, a figure Brazilian producers hope to grow in the coming years. Finland’s finance minister said in a statement late last week that he would raise the possibility of banning Brazilian beef at a meeting with his EU counterparts in September “if progress has not been made before then.”
One important reason countries are willing to wield trade as a weapon, experts say, is that President Trump has normalized saber rattling in world markets. Trump is no friend of climate change measures, but his threats to launch trade wars and impose tariffs on other countries have weakened the international trade regime, making once-anathema measures like tariffs and import restrictions more politically palatable. More directly, his administration has weakened the World Trade Organization, a body that could ordinarily block measures like a ban on imports from a particular country.
“It might be illegal, but it almost doesn’t matter anymore,” says Coseby, noting that the WTO panel that could overturn a ban on Brazilian beef lacks the members to overrule it because the Trump administration won’t approve them.
In a world where the U.S. and China exchange escalating tariffs affecting goods valued in the hundreds of billions of dollars, it would be easy to write off the threat as small potatoes. Indeed, in the past week the U.S. and China have respectively announced hiked tariffs on $550 billion and $75 billion in goods.
But in the long-term the current trade spat could be overshadowed as countries vie to control the 21st century market for clean energy and low-carbon products. A country that requires its own companies to reduce their emissions will want to punish other countries that have not enacted such measures.
“This market is going to be the dominant market of the world for the rest of this century,” John Kerry, the former U.S. Secretary of State who proposed a border carbon fee as a U.S. senator, told me earlier this year. “If in the United States is not a commanding position in it our economy will suffer tremendously.”
There are hints of this discussion already. Earlier this year, Macron proposed a “carbon tax on borders” for the EU. In the U.S., where climate policy experts are divided on a slew of different measures, a similar idea has gained a wide range of endorsements, from Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders who proposed “a fee on imported Carbon Pollution-Intensive Goods” as part of his presidential campaign to a group of Republican elder statesmen calling for a carbon tax. Legislation that includes such a measure, among other things, has nearly 60 co-sponsors in the House of Representatives.
Trump, who has boasted that trade wars are “good” and “easy to win,” may think climate change is much ado about nothing. He has repeatedly denied the science of climate change when confronted on the topic and on Monday at the G-7 said that he was not going to “lose” the American economy “on dreams” and “windmills.” But at some point in the not-so-distant future, the trade environment he helped create may be a lot harder for the U.S. to navigate, in part because of his denial of the reality of climate change.
(Bloomberg) — President Donald Trump said he doesn’t expect to make money if the U.S. hosts next year’s Group of Seven summit at his Trump Doral golf resort, even as he delivered an extended sales pitch to hold the meeting at his Miami property.
“Each country can have their own villa, or their own bungalow” if the meeting is at Doral, Trump said Monday at the end of the G-7 summit in Biarritz, France. The U.S. is next in the rotation to host the annual meeting of world leaders, which will occur in the middle of the 2020 presidential campaign. “I don’t want to make any money,” said Trump.
Earlier in the day, Trump ticked off advantages of holding a global summit in the Sunshine State of Florida. “It’s very big,” and it’s Miami, “so it’s a great area.” He told German Chancellor Angela Merkel, sitting next to him, that she’d have just a three-minute helicopter ride from the airport to the site.
“People are really liking it,” Trump said.
Joe Raedle—Getty ImagesThe front entrance to the Trump National Doral is seen on June 1, 2016 in Doral, Florida.
The president already has run afoul of ethics experts and faced multiple lawsuits over his continued involvement with some of his private business holdings, such as the Trump International Hotel in Washington. Locating a global summit on one of his properties would open him up to a slew of new allegations that he’s mixing his private financial gain with his public position as commander-in-chief.
The Trump Organization has donated profit from foreign governments to the U.S. Treasury, part of a bid to counter criticism that Trump may be violating the U.S. Constitution’s emoluments clauses by accepting payments from foreign governments.
Still, Doral would benefit in other ways from hosting a summit of world leaders. The resort would get free publicity that could boost future profit.
The president placed his business holdings in a revocable trust that lets him continue to profit from his company’s activities. His sons Eric and Donald Jr. run the Trump Organization. Democrats and watchdog groups have repeatedly criticized Trump for maintaining his business while in public office.
Doral is built more for play than work, and its website boasts that it’s only eight miles (13 kilometers) from the Miami airport. It’s 800 acres, boasts four golf courses and 643 rooms, plus more than 100,000 square feet of event space — including the Donald J. Trump Grand Ballroom.
Doral may have fallen on hard times financially. Trump’s financial disclosure showed the property had $74.8 million in 2018 income, down from about $115.9 million.
A number of high-profile companies and industry groups have held meetings there since Trump took office, including private prison operator Geo Group Inc., a major beneficiary of Trump’s immigration policies. Separately, the Community Financial Services Association of America, a payday lenders’ trade group, held an event there in March amid efforts to roll back consumer protections in the industry.
(BIARRITZ, France) — U.S. President Donald Trump skipped a discussion on climate with other world leaders at the Group of Seven summit in France, leaving an empty chair as global power brokers debated how to help the fire-ravaged Amazon and reduce carbon emissions.
Trump was scheduled to attend Monday’s session on climate, biodiversity and oceans at the G-7 summit in Biarritz, but didn’t. French President Emmanuel Macron, the summit host, said Trump’s aides were there instead. Trump is a climate change skeptic who once had claimed it’s a hoax that was invented by the Chinese. His decision to withdraw the United States from the 2015 Paris climate accord has severely damaged global efforts to reduce emissions.
Trump started the morning behind schedule, and held one-on-one meetings while others were in the climate discussions. However, one of his interlocutors, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, managed to make it to the climate meeting.
Trump then met with India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, where he was asked about attending the climate session. Trump said it would be his next stop and that he wants clean air and water.
But he never showed up.
Macron shrugged off Trump’s absence, saying it wasn’t his goal to try to persuade Trump to rejoin the climate accord. “You can’t rewrite the past,” Macron told reporters. But Macron said he and Trump had a “long, rich and totally positive” discussion on the Amazon fires and an international effort to invest in “re-foresting” the area.
G-7 countries pledged $20 million on Monday to help fight fires in the Amazon rainforest, which threaten its ability to capture carbon released into the atmosphere by cars and other emitters. It’s a small sum overall but G-7 summit host France hopes it will bring more attention to the fires.
U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres – who attended Monday’s climate talks – expressed hope that Americans themselves would help fight climate change even if their president doesn’t.
“I am very optimistic about American society and its capacity to deliver in relation to climate action,” he told reporters afterward. “What matters here is to have a strong engagement of the American society and of the American business community and the American local authorities.”
(PORTO VELHO, Brazil) — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has insulted adversaries and allies, disparaged women, blacks and homosexuals, and even praised his country’s 1964-1985 dictatorship. Yet nothing has rallied more anger at home and criticism from abroad than his response to fires raging in parts of the Amazon region.
The far-right populist leader initially dismissed the hundreds of blazes and then questioned whether activist groups might have started the fires in an effort to damage the credibility of his government, which has called for looser environmental regulations in the world’s largest rainforest to spur development.
In response, European leaders threatened to block a major trade deal with Brazil that would benefit the very agricultural interests accused of driving deforestation.
And French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday continued his feud with Bolsonaro, who had endorsed a Facebook post insulting Macron’s wife. Macron accused him of skipping a scheduled meeting with the French foreign minister in favor of a barber appointment and reiterating that Bolsonaro had lied to him.
Macron said: “It’s sad. First for him and for the Brazilians.”
He said Brazilian women “are doubtless ashamed to read that about their president” and that he hoped the country would soon have a president who could behave according to the standards of the office.
Meanwhile, thousands of people have demonstrated in cities across Brazil and outside Brazilian embassies around the world. #PrayforAmazonia became a worldwide trending topic. Pope Francis added his voice to the chorus of concern, warning that the “lung of forest is vital for our planet.”
Bolsonaro finally took a less confrontational approach Friday and announced he would send 44,000 soldiers to help battle the blazes, which mostly seem to be charring land deforested, perhaps illegally, for farming and ranching rather than burning through stands of trees.
Some say it’s not enough and comes too late.
“No (Brazilian) democratic government has suffered such international criticism as Bolsonaro is going through,” said Mauricio Santoro, an international relations professor at Rio de Janeiro State University. “By breaching international environmental agreements, Brazil has been discredited, blurred and unable to exercise any type of leadership on the international stage.”
Brazilian military planes began dumping water on fires in the Amazon state of Rondonia over the weekend, and a few hundred of the promised troops deployed into the fire zone. But many Brazilians again took to the streets in Rio de Janeiro and other cities Sunday to demand the administration do more. Some held banners that read: “Bol$onaro is burning our future.”
Bolsonaro has previously described rainforest protections as an obstacle to Brazil’s economic development. Critics say the record number of fires this year has been stoked by his encouragement of farmers, loggers and ranchers to speed efforts to strip away forest. Although he has now vowed to protect the area, they say it is only out of fear of a diplomatic crisis and economic losses.
“The international pressure today has a bigger impact than the demonstrations by Brazilians on the streets,” Santoro said.
The leaders of the Group of Seven nations announced Monday they have agreed to an immediate $20 million fund to help Amazon countries fight wildfires and launch a long-term global initiative to protect the rainforest.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said her country and others will talk with Brazil about reforestation in the Amazon once the fires have been extinguished.
“Of course (this is) Brazilian territory, but we have a question here of the rainforests that is really a global question,” she said Sunday. “The lung of our whole Earth is affected, and so we must find common solutions.”
Fires are common during Brazil’s dry season, but this year has set an alarming record. The country’s National Space Research Institute, which monitors deforestation, has recorded more than 77,000 wildfires in Brazil this year. That is an 85% rise over last year, and about half of the fires have been in the Amazon region.
“We’ve had eight months without any type of concrete action in defense of the Amazon,” said Rómulo Batista, a member of Greenpeace Brazil’s Amazonia Campaign. He said the flames licking over swaths of the Amazon are a reflection of Bolsonaro’s environmental policy.
“The government created a sense of impunity among farmers who were willing to commit illegal acts to deforest,” he said.
“Thousands of species of plants and animals are being killed, many of them that we don’t even know. The population of nearby cities is suffering terrible damage because they’re breathing that air and it’s causing them respiratory problems. And the rise in deforestation can completely alter the rain patterns by region and devastate agriculture, even in South America.”
Bolsonaro has argued with critics who note that the Amazon produces vast amounts of oxygen and is considered crucial for efforts to contain climate change. But Batista predicts the fires will prove a turning point and the pressure by G-7 leaders will shift Bolsonaro’s view on the environment.
Brazil’s federal police agency announced Sunday that it would investigate reports that farmers in the state of Para, one of those most affected by the blazes, had called for “a day of fire” to ignite fires Aug. 10. Local news media said a group organized the action over WhatsApp to show support for Bolsonaro’s efforts to loosen environmental regulations.
Justice Minister Sergio Moro, who oversees the police, said on Twitter that Bolsonaro “asked for a rigorous investigation” and said “the criminal fires will be severely punished.”
Merkel noted Bolsonaro is putting “significant forces” into the effort to save the rainforest.
But Bolsonaro has had a tense relationship with foreign governments — including Germany’s — and non-governmental groups that he accuses of meddling in his country’s management of the Amazon.
Macron’s office on Friday complained that the Brazilian leader “had lied to him” about environmental commitments.
Asked if he would speak with Macron, Bolsonaro said Saturday: “If he calls me, I will answer. I am being extremely well-mannered with him even though he called me ‘a liar.'”
(PORTO VELHO, Brazil) — The Group of Seven nations on Monday pledged tens of millions of dollars to help fight raging wildfires in the Amazon and protect its rainforest, even as Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro accused rich countries of treating the region like a “colony.”
The international pledges at a G-7 summit in France included $20 million from the group, as well as a separate $12 million from Britain and $11 million from Canada. Ottawa has also offered to send firefighting planes to Brazil.
Other groups are contributing support for a region whose rainforests are a major absorber of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Earth Alliance, a new environmental foundation backed by Leonardo DiCaprio, is pledging $5 million in aid, saying the Amazon is one of the “best defenses” against climate change.
The funds are widely seen as critical support, but a relatively small amount for dealing with an environmental crisis of such scale threatening what French President Emmanuel Macron called “the lungs of the planet.”
More than $1 billion, for example, has been paid into a fund to help the Amazon in the past decade. And major donors Germany and Norway recently cut donations to Brazilian forestry projects, saying Bolsonaro’s administration isn’t committed to curbing deforestation.
It was unclear how exactly the new money would be administered. Bureaucracy can slow and reduce the amount that reaches programs in the field. Brazil’s environment minister, Ricardo Salles, said the aid was welcome and that Brazil should decide how the resources are used.
More global funding and political will in Brazil will be needed once the fires are extinguished, said John Robinson, chief conservation officer at the Wildlife Conservation Society.
Brazil needs “legislation and regulations that set clear limits preventing landowners — especially large ones — from burning the forest and converting it to agriculture and rangeland, backed by incentives and investment in alternatives,” Robinson said.
The international pledges came despite tensions between European countries and the Brazilian president, who suggested the West was angling to exploit Brazil’s natural resources.
“Look, does anyone help anyone … without something in return? What have they wanted there for so long?” Bolsonaro said.
Bolsonaro has insulted adversaries and allies, disparaged women, black and gay people, and praised his country’s 1964-1985 dictatorship. But nothing has rallied more anger at home and criticism from abroad than his response to the fires in parts of the Amazon region.
The Brazilian leader says he is committed to protecting the Amazon and prosecuting anyone involved in illegal fires, many of which appear to be to have been set in already deforested areas to clear land for farming.
But Bolsonaro initially questioned whether activist groups might have started the fires in an effort to damage the credibility of his government, which has called for looser environmental regulations in the world’s largest rainforest to spur development.
“We believe that there are many mining companies and lumber companies and farmers who feel that the president has their backs,” said Raoni Metuktire, a Brazilian indigenous chief and environmentalist who traveled to the G-7 summit in Biarritz.
In response, European leaders threatened to block a major trade deal with Brazil that would benefit the very agricultural interests accused of driving deforestation.
The impact of the fires and smoke has disrupted life for many in the Amazon region. The airport in Porto Velho, the capital of Rondonia state, was closed for more than an hour Monday morning because of poor visibility. On Sunday, a soccer match of a lower-tier national league was briefly suspended because of smoke in Rio Branco, capital of Acre state, as fire burned in a field outside the stadium.
In Para state, where fires have swept many areas, resident Moacir Cordeiro said he was worried about their impact on nature and his health. Smoke rose from nearby trees as he spoke.
“I don’t think there are enough people to extinguish the fires,” said Cordeiro, who lives in the Alvorada da Amazonia region. He said it was difficult to breath at night because of the smoke.
Another man, Antonio de Jesus, was also worried.
“Nature shouldn’t be killed off like that,” he said.
Macron said the Amazon, while mostly Brazilian, is a world issue and that his message to Bolsonaro is: “We cannot allow you to destroy everything.”
Brazil’s sovereignty must be respected, Macron said, but the world can help Brazil reforest and build its economy “while respecting the natural balance.”
About 60 percent of the Amazon region is in Brazil; the vast forest also spans parts of Bolivia, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru and Suriname.
Speaking on French TV after hosting the G-7 summit, Macron acknowledged that Europe, by importing soya from Brazil, shares some blame for the agricultural pressure on the rainforest.
He added that Europe’s dependence on imported proteins, including soya, for animal feed is “a very bad choice” and that he wants Europe to develop alternate sources of protein.
Bolsonaro has accused Macron of treating the region “as if we were a colony.”
Bolsonaro has announced he would send 44,000 soldiers to help battle the blazes, and military planes began dumping water on fires in the Amazon state of Rondonia.
The move was welcomed by many critics, but some say it’s not enough and comes too late.
In violating environmental agreements, Brazil has been discredited and “unable to exercise any type of leadership on the international stage,” said Mauricio Santoro, an international relations professor at Rio de Janeiro State University.
Critics say the large number of fires this year has been stoked by Bolsonaro’s encouragement of farmers, loggers and ranchers to speed efforts to strip away forest. Although Bolsonaro has now vowed to protect the area, they say it is only out of fear of a diplomatic crisis and economic losses.
Fires are common during Brazil’s dry season, but the numbers surged this year. The country’s National Space Research Institute, which monitors deforestation, has recorded more than 77,000 wildfires in Brazil this year, a record since the institute began keeping track in 2013. That is an 85% rise over last year, and about half of the fires have been in the Amazon region — with more than half of those coming just in the past month.
Rómulo Batista, a member of Greenpeace Brazil’s Amazonia Campaign, said “the rise in deforestation can completely alter the rain patterns by region and devastate agriculture, even in South America.”
Brazil’s federal police agency announced that it would investigate reports that farmers in Para state had called for “a day of fire” on Aug. 10 to ignite fires. Local media said a group organized the action over WhatsApp to show support for Bolsonaro’s efforts to loosen environmental regulations.
On the afternoon of Aug. 19, the sky over São Paulo, Brazil’s largest city, went dark. A cold front combined with ash from forest fires in the Amazon rainforest and formed ominous clouds that blocked out the sun. Photos of the blackened sky began to pop on Twitter, and soon the world was paying attention to the blazes rampaging across the forest called “the lungs of the world.” Many blame President Jair Bolsonaro’s rhetoric as the central factor in the crisis. Less obvious are the ways the conflagration stems from years of slashing government budgets for the environment and dismantling support for indigenous and traditional subsistence communities.
For example, Bolsonaro’s predecessor, Michel Temer, reorganized the government and wielded his budget scissors liberally. Temer downgraded a ministry focused on supporting sustainable family farms and chopped funds for environmental protections and science. In 2017, Temer cut the federal science budget by 44% and took nearly the same amount from the discretionary budget of IBAMA, Brazil’s environmental agency. In April 2019, Bolsonaro continued the trend, cutting IBAMA’s budget by 24%. Those cuts left the agency unable to cover its fixed costs and left it without resources for patrolling and enforcement.
A spokesperson for IBAMA says that its budget has been reinstated to what it was prior to the April cuts. Nonetheless, thus far in 2019, IBAMA has issued only one third of the fines it did over the same period last year, according to Folha de São Paulo, one of Brazil’s largest newspapers. The drop is likely a result of both a lack of funding and political will. Earlier this year, Bolsonaro had IBAMA fire an agent, who happened to have fined Bolsonaro years ago for illegal fishing.
In a similar vein, after the Brazilian space agency, called INPE, released new satellite data showing a 278% increase in deforestation in July compared to the same period last year, Bolsonaro fired the agency’s head, suggesting that the data were trumped up in order to tarnish the country’s image.
“No country in the world has the moral right to talk about the Amazon. You destroyed your own ecosystems.”Brazil’s strong agriculture sector has ratcheted up pressure on forests. Agriculture has been the strongest performing sector of Brazil’s economy in recent years, and the US-China trade war has positioned Brazil well to replace the US as the global leader in soybean exports. The demand for soybeans has created pressure to rapidly clear forests and plant. Jair Bolsonaro’s oldest son, Flávio Bolsonaro, a senator, has introduced a bill that would eliminate a requirement that rural properties in the Amazon maintain 80% of their native vegetation.
Meanwhile, the president has regularly challenged criticism about his government’s environmental policies in a way some see as condoning deforestation. “The Amazon is ours,” Bolsonaro told journalists in mid-July. “We preserve more [rainforest] than anyone. No country in the world has the moral right to talk about the Amazon. You destroyed your own ecosystems.”
Fabiano Lopez da Silva, head of Fundação Vitoria Amazonica, an environmental non-governmental organization based in Manaús, says such rhetoric stimulates illegal deforestation. “[Farmers and illegal loggers] can go forward with illegal fires. There won’t be any sort of [fiscal enforcement] or monitoring or fines for this kind of activity,” says Lopez da Silva.
There are indications that these latest fires may have at least in part been the result of political acts. According to the Folha do Progresso, a publication from the southern part of the Amazonian state of Pará, farmers and ranchers in the region organized what they called “a day of fire” for Aug. 10, where they would set forests aflame to clear land for pasture and planting. Their goal, according to the outlet, was to show Bolsonaro they wanted to work, and burning down trees was the way to do that. In the following 48 hours, forest fires spread rapidly in the region. The New York Times reports that farmers set the bulk of these fires, but that they targeted land already cleared for agriculture, not old-growth forest.
Similarly, the environment secretary for the state of Amazonas, Eduardo Taveira, told TIME that in the southern part of the state, the agency has seen an unusually large number of fires in areas where man-made forest fires are an annual issue. Taveira and Lopez da Silva both noted that forest fires in the Amazon are almost never the result of natural causes.
Meanwhile, by reorganizing the government and cutting budgets, the Bolsonaro administration has undercut environmental policing power. For the last few years, during the dry season (which runs from June to December) IBAMA has maintained an enforcement base in Novo Progresso, a city in the state of Pará at the epicenter of the current forest fires. When IBAMA agents patrol the countryside looking for illegal logging and other violations, military police generally accompany them to ensure their safety, since Brazil ranks as one of the most dangerous countries in the world for environmental activists. But this year, shortly after demonstrations near Novo Progresso where farmers burned bridges and tires to protest IBAMA’s enforcement actions, the state military police were removed from this detail. Though the police respond to the state government, it’s hard not to see removing police protection as tacit permission to break the law.
Bolsanaro’s administration declined to respond to emailed questions from TIME.
On Aug. 23, Bolsonaro made a televised speech to announce “zero tolerance” for environmental crimes, and said Brazil would deploy its armed forces to cope with the forest fires. In the same speech, however, he reaffirmed the need to provide economic opportunity to the Amazon region’s population, and there’s little indication that Bolsonaro will pull back his support for expanding mining operations and large-scale farming in the region.
That’s just more bad news for the Amazon’s indigenous people, whose lands are some of the best preserved in the region. One of Bolsonaro’s first official acts as president in early 2019 was to transfer the agency charged with supporting indigenous people, FUNAI, under the Ministry of Agriculture. Analysts say this weakens the agency’s ability to protect indigenous territories. Along with suggesting that indigenous territory could be opened up for mining, Bolsonaro has also threatened to halt the certification of any new indigenous settlements.
Obviously, this is devastating for indigenous people. But it’s also potentially catastrophic for the environment. According to a recent United Nations report, strong land rights for indigenous communities help form a bulwark against climate change. In Brazil, for example, indigenous territories are constitutionally protected. This helps maintain the forest by discouraging encroachment by farmers, miners and loggers.
But, according to Joenia Wapichana, a member of the Sustainability Network (a political party established by former Minister of the Environment Marina Silva) and the first indigenous woman elected to Brazil’s senate, the Bolsonaro government has “persecuted” indigenous people by attempting to halt the processes that define the boundaries of indigenous territories. The FUNAI website lists 440 fully recognized indigenous territories in Brazil. Another 127 have crossed the first hurdle in the demarcation process while a further 115 have yet to move past the initial study required to begin applying for recognition.
Once these boundaries are established, non-indigenous Brazilians are barred from using the land, creating buffer zones against deforestation.
Carl de Souza—AFP/Getty ImagesWildfire in the Amazon rainforest, near Abuna, in the Brazilian state of Rondonia on Aug. 24, 2019.
Brazil’s traditional subsistence communities and settlements established by the descendants of formerly enslaved people represent another shield against deforestation. Traditional communities are generally the descendants of European settlers who practice small-scale agriculture as well as producing goods from materials that can be harvested sustainably from the forest. For example, in Montanha e Mangabal, a government-certified “traditional community” with approximately 250 residents in Pará, many of the community’s residents support themselves by producing oils from native plants, fishing, and raising yucca roots to make flour. The community’s presence deters deforestation, says its president, Ageu Lobo Perreira. “[Traditional] communities are always there watching,” he says. “You can’t come here and attack the environment, take lumber.”
Unfortunately, these communities are at risk thanks, Lobo Perreira says, to federal defunding of environmental protection, public education, and public healthcare. “Families are leaving because they want their children to have a secondary-school education,” Lobo Perreira says. Community members must travel more than 140 miles to the city of Itaituba for any serious health issues.
“These are places where the state’s power, judicial power doesn’t reach.”Further, these places on the frontlines of deforestation have become flash points of violence. Indigenous and traditional subsistence communities regularly report physical violence in confrontations resulting from incursions onto their land. Last year, for example, after Lobo Perreira publicly challenged miners prospecting illegally on the community’s land, he received death threats that forced him to leave Montanha e Mangabal for a few months.
“When you enter these more remote areas,” says André Cutrim, a professor of environmental resource management at the Federal University of Pará, “these are places where the state’s power, judicial power doesn’t reach.” The result, he says, is that it’s easier to cut down trees or to start fires illegally—and harder for an already hamstrung environmental agency to operate in the face of violence and lawlessness. This enables land grabbers to deforest and farm regardless of what the law permits.
Cutrim says the Bolsonaro government is stoking passions with its rhetoric. “The message of the current government isn’t conciliatory. It’s a message of confrontation,” he says. This, Cutrim sustains, makes Bolsonaro’s supporters feel authorized to pursue their own interests, even if that means setting fire to one of the country’s treasures.
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SAIL Result 2019 @ sail.co.in
SAIL Bokaro Steel Plant Recruitment 2019 for OCT Trainee Posts are released. The candidates who are interested in Central Govt Jobs are applied for this recruitment Notification. Steel Authority of India Limited(SAIL) has released the Admit Cards on their official website www.sail.co.in. All the applied candidates of Sail OCT Trainee have downloaded the Sail Admit Card from the official website. Sail conducted the exam on scheduled dates at various pre-arranged examination centers. All the candidates who applied for the Sail Recruitment have attended the Exam and written the exam well. Now, the contestants are eagerly waiting for the Sail Results.
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Operator-cum-Technician – Released Attendant cum Technician – August (Expected)
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Steel Authority of India Limited OCT Merit List Pdf
SAIL has conducted the OCT Exam on scheduled dates at various prearranged SAIL Examination Centers. All the applied aspirants of SAIL OCT are attended for the exam without fail. Now, they are searching for the SAIL Result. The SAIL releases the Merit List on their official website. You can visit the SAIL official website and download the SAIL Merit List Pdf. The candidates who are in the merit list are eligible for the further rounds of SAIL OCT Trainee Selection Process. You can get SAIL Selection Process Further Rounds information from here. We will keep updating our page for giving live updates for our visitors.
How To Download SAIL Bokaro Steel Plant Result 2019?
SAIL Result released on their official website. If you want to check the SAIL OCT Result then you have to follow the given step by step process of Sail Bokaro OCT Result. Here we also provided the direct link to download SAIL OCT Result. Click on the SAIL Result Link and check your SAIL OCTT Result.
First, go to the official website of SAIL i.e., www.sail.co.in
Now, search for the Sail Operator-cum-Technician Trainee Results.
Click on the SAIL OCT Trainee Examination Results.
Now, SAIL OCT Result will display on the screen.
Print option for Sail OCTT Result is available here.
Now, Click on the Print Button to take your SAIL Exam Results. It will useful for further reference.
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TNTET Result 2019 – Tamil Nadu Teachers Recruitment Board (TN TRB) has announced the TNTET Result 2019 Paper 1 & 2 on 20th August 2019. All the Aspirants those who have appeared for the Tamil Nadu TET Exam can check your result from the official website, TNTET Result trb.tn.nic.in 2019. The Teacher Recruitment Board, Tamil Nadu has conducted the TET Examination for Paper 1 and Paper 2 on 08th & 09th June 2019. Here on this page, we have provided a direct link to check and download your TNTET Result in 2019. However, applicants can check your TNTET Result 2019 Answer Key, Tamil Nadu TET Exam details and Tamil Nadu TET Latest News from this article.
Live Update: TNTET Score Card for Paper II will release by Today 26th August 2019. Get Direct link to download your TNTET Result 2019 Paper 1 & 2, Score Card from the below link.
TNTET Result 2019 | TNTET Score Card 2019
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From the above table, applicants can get the Tamil Nadu TET Exam details. In the table, we have mentioned the Tamil Nadu TET Exam Date 2019, TET Result 2019 Paper 1 and TNTET Result trb.tn.nic.in link. Applicants can get a clear idea about the TNTET Result. Applicants can write the Tamil Nadu TET Exam as per your interest. Because of the Primary and Secondary Examination conducted on a different date. Candidates can get TNTET Result in 2019 by soon. We advise the applicants to keep track on this page to get the Tamil Nadu TET Latest News and direct link.
Applicants should qualify for the Tamil Nadu TET Exam and get the High marks in the Examination. So applicants can achieve the TNTET Cut off Marks from the Marks. To get the Teachers Post, candidates should cross the Higher level Cut off marks. Also, we have provided the Expected TN TET Cutoff Marks 2019 Category-wise. Applicants can check the below table to get a piece of clear knowledge. www.tntet result Cut off marks are given below.
TN TET Cutoff Marks 2019 Category-wise [Expected]
Category
Minimum Passing marks for Paper I & II
UR
60%
OBC
55%
SC
55%
ST
55%
PwD
55%
TNTET Merit List 2019
TNTET Merit list will be announced soon. Applicants will get the TNTET Merit list along with your TNTET Result 2019. The Tamil Nadu Teachers Recruitment Board (TN TRB) officials are going to announce the TNTET Result 2019 for Paper 1 & Paper 2. Also, add to these applicants can get the TNTET Merit list individually (Paper 1 & 2). Merit list will help the applicants at the time of Interview. As per the TNTET Merit list, applicants will receive the Interview call. We are wishing you all the best for your TNTET Result 2019 and get select in the Tamil Nadu Teachers Post. Get the direct link for TNTET Paper 2 Score Card 2019.
How to check TET Result 2019 Paper 1 & 2?
Visit the official website of the Tamil Nadu Teachers Recruitment Board (TN TRB), trb.tn.nic.in
On the homepage, the update regarding TN TET Result 2019 will be published.
Click on the link and enter the details such as register number, password, etc.
TN TET Result, score, cutoff marks, and merit list will appear on the screen.
Check the result and take a printout of it for further reference.
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BPSC Assistant Professor & Lecturer Result 2019 Details
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BPSC Assistant Professor Exam Results – Click Here
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BPSC Exam Results 2017
The BPSC Result 2017 (Bihar Public Service Commission) Post Name – Civil Judge
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JSSC State Field Clerk Exam Result 2019 –Click Here
Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission released the New Result for the Post of Radio Operator. The Candidates who appeared for the JPROCE Examination 2017 can check their Result. However, just click on the link below to check your JSSC Result for Radio Operator 2019.
Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission (JSSC) released the Post Graduation Teacher (PGT) Recruitment Candidates list for Document Verification. However, candidates those who cleared the Written Examination can check the List and be ready with the list of documents for verification.
JSSC Result for Combined Police Sub Inspector Competitive Final Exam Result 2019 is available now. The candidates those who appeared for the Final Exam of JSSC Combined Police SI recruitment 2017 can check the results now. However, download the JSSC Result Marks Card from the link below. Also, check the JSSC Combined Police Sub Inspector Competitive Exam Cut Off below.
JSSC Result – JCPSICE 2017
Name of the Organization
Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission
Exam Name
Combined Police Sub Inspector Competitive Mains Exam 2017
Looking for the Jharkhand SSC results for the post of Police Radio Sub Inspector Wireless exam held on 13-14th November 2017. JSSC Results 2019 released the results for Police Radio Sub Inspector Wireless on 17th April 2019 in its official results page. Applicants those who attended for the examination can find their results here. We are Providing you with a direct link to make you find the results easy. Aspirants can check their JSSC results by just clicking on the link below.
JSSC Police Radio Sub Inspector Wireless Results 2019 – Click Here
JSSC Panchayat Secretary Result 2019
Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission will be releasing the latest JSSC Results 2019 for the post of LDC & Panchayat Secretary. Aspirants who will be attending the JSSC Examination for the post of Lower Division Clerk and Panchayat Secretary can have a look at their JSSC Exam results on this page. The JSSC Board will be releasing the results for the post of LDC. Candidates can get direct access to the results link of JSSC by a click on the link provided below.
JSSC LDC and Panchayat Secretary Result 2019 – Click Here
www.jssc.nic.in Result
JSSC Result 2019 has been released by the officials of Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission. Candidates, those who have attended the examination for the post of JPSILCE can check their JSSC Exam Results 2019 here. By checking results contenders can evaluate their performance. However, we have provided direct links to help individuals easily check their JSSC Merit List 2019. Refer the link given below for more details.
JSSC Result 2019 is here to download. The JSSC Exam Results 2019 is released for the post of Police Radio Operator. A good number of contenders had applied for the post and had attended the examination and such applicants are eagerly waiting to check their JSSC Merit List 2019. Moreover, the result is released by authorized people and hence there would be no ambiguity. Refer the link given below to get your results.
JSSC Result 2017 Released for Sub Inspector Prelims Exam. The Jharkhand SI Exam was Conducted on 20th August 2017 to 15th September 2017. The Exam is Conducted to fill up the 3019 SI Vacancies. Mode of Examination was online. Now the Result has released.
Jharkhand SSC TGT Result 2017 is out. So, candidates who attended the Trained Graduate Teacher are searching for the results. Hence for the sake of candidates, officials released the JSSC Result 2017 for TGT exam on the official website www.jssc.in. So, aspirants must visit SSC Jharkhand portal to download their result. Besides, you can also download Jharkhand SSC Trained Graduate Teacher Score Card from the given link at the bottom of this post.
JSSC TGT Result 2017 – Jharkhand SSC Exam 2017 TGT Merit List
Jharkhand SSC has dispatched the notification to recruit aspirants for the 17,572 Trained Graduate Teacher vacancies. Many individuates who are interested in Teaching Jobs have applied for these jobs. The Staff Selection Commission of Jharkhand had conducted the exam without any disturbances. Now, all the exam attended contenders are waiting to check their JSSC 2017 Result Cutoff Marks. The Jharkhand SSC Board takes few days to announce the results. So based on the previous years JSSC Exam Result Dates, we provide the JSSC TGT Result Expected Date here. Whenever the officials of staff selection commission released the Jharkhand SSC TGT Result, we will provide the link.
JSSC Trained Graduate Teacher Result 2017 Cutoff Marks
The Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission TGT Exam had completed successfully on the tentative dates at the allocated centers. The aspirants who had completed the JSSC TGT Exam must check their results. Besides JSSC 2017 TGT Result, candidates must verify their marks with the cutoff marks. As the cutoff score changes for every year, we analyze and provide the Jharkhand TGT Expected Cut Off Marks. Hence, aspirants can monitor the cutoff marks to know whether they are eligible for the next round of JSSC TGT Recruitment 2017 or not. Aspirants can also check the official website www.jssc.in to check their JSSC Result 2017 Cutoff Marks.
JSSC TGT 2017 Exam Result Release Date – Jharkhand SSC TGT Merit List
According to the previous years JSSC Exam Result Release dates, we give the Jharkhand TGT Result Expected date i.e., May or June 2017. If the Jharkhand SSC board officially releases the JSSC Trained Graduate Teacher Result, we will update the link immediately. So, keep visiting our site recruitment.guru for getting latest updates about Jharkhand TGT 2017 Result. Also, you will get all the details of Government Jobs in Jharkhand from our site. For checking the result of JSSC TGT 2017, hall ticket number is compulsory. Hence, individuals must keep their admit cards until they check their result.
Here, we presented the step by step procedure to download Jharkhand SSC Score Card 2017. So, follow the below steps for getting the Result, Merit List. At the Result release time, the official website www.jssc.in will become slow. So to avoid those server problems, we gave the free download link for the Jharkhand SSC 2017 TGT Result. Therefore, individuals can either download their Scorecard from the official web portal or from the below link.
How to Check Jharkhand SSC 2017 Result
At First, visit the Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission Official web portal www.jssc.in.
The homepage of JSSC will appear on the screen.
Now, you can see the New News scrolling on the home page.
Check for JSSC Result 2017 for TGT Exam.
Now, click on the corresponding Trained Graduate Teacher Score Card link.
Enter your hall ticket and password.
Then, your Jharkhand Result will display on the screen.
Check and take a printout of the result for further use.
HSBTE Result 2019 released. Haryana State Board of Technical Education is responsible for conducting the Diploma/Polytechnic exams in the state of Haryana. Many candidates interested in Diploma courses applied for the HSBTE exam. The aspirants who registered for the exam are only eligible to participate in the exam. HSBTE recently organized the Polytechnic Diploma exams for the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th Semester Exams. This year these exams conducted in the month of May 2019. Now, the candidates are eagerly waiting for the announcement of Haryana polytechnic Results 2019. So, HSBTE Board of Haryana will release the results on its official website www.hsbte.org.in.
HSBTE Result of Polytechnic Diploma
Aspirants appeared for the HSBTE exam are now curious to know about their results. So, we are providing the direct link to check the HSBTE result on our page. While going through this article, you can find the Haryana Board official site and also the result release date. This is a state-level entrance exam in Haryana State. Most probably, the Haryana State Board of Technical Education will publish the hsbte.org.in Result 2019 for the 2nd/4th/ 6th semester in the month of May/ June. Moreover, Aspirants can check their Haryana Polytechnic Result 2019 through online mode by entering the hall ticket number. Candidates appearing for the entrance exams can check your results on our page All India Result. So, stay tuned to our page recruitment.guru. We update every information regarding the HSBTE result 2019, counseling date details.
HSBTE Result 2019 – www.hsbte.org.in
Haryana Diploma Results 2019
Name of the Organization
Haryana State Board of Technical Education (HSBTE)
hsbte.org.in HSBTE Result Cut off marks Merit list
Are you searching for HSBTE Results? then you are on the right page. Candidates can get the polytechnic diploma Results 2019 on the official website of Haryana. After the announcement of Haryana Polytechnic results, the board will release the HSBTE cut off marks. Therefore, the cut off marks will give an idea regarding the minimum marks required to get qualified for the exam. Qualified students can continue with the next semester examinations. So, candidates can also get the Haryana Diploma Merit list 2019 on the same official website. So, aspirants can also check all Entrance Exams result on our page recruitment.guru.
How to check online Haryana State Board of Technical Education Result 2019?
At first, visit the official website of Haryana State Board of Technical Education i.e.,www.hsbte.org.in.
Then, the home page will appear on the screen.
There check for the link of HSBTE result 2019.
The result link will open in a new tab.
Read the instructions carefully and click on the link
Search for the correct Stream and correct Semester and submit your request.
Then, enter the hall ticket number and other valid data of the candidate.
later, click on the submit button.
Now, The Haryana Polytechnic Diploma Result 2019 of all subjects in PDF form will appear on the screen.
Download the results of the PolytechnicDiploma exam.
At last, take the print out of the result for future use.
www.hsbte.org.in HSBTE Haryana Polytechnic Result 2019
Candidates who participated in the Diploma courses semester exams in the colleges of Haryana can check the Haryana result polytechnic 2019 on its Board. And now all the aspirants are eagerly waiting for the Haryana DET result release date. The Haryana State Board of Technical Education will announce the HSBTE 2019 Results in the month of May/June 2019. Moreover, Candidates can also download the Haryana Polytechnic Results 2019 on our site for faster access than the other sites. To avoid the server problems candidates check the Diploma Results 2019 from the below-attached link. So, aspirants stay tuned to our page for every information regarding the results. Best wishes to the students for your HSBTE Diploma Results.
UP BTC Results 2019 – Students, Here you can download UP D.El.Ed BTC Allotment Result. Pariksha Niyamik Adhikari, Uttar Pradesh has Started to choice filling by online, @ updeled.gov.in. Also, we advise the Students to UP D.El.Ed.form fill up your choice before the last date of UP D.El.Ed.form fill Up Date i.e, 30th July 2019. UP D.El.Ed is formally known as UP BTC, This is a Counselling Process in which Candidates get a rank on the basis of Class 10,12 and Graduation mark. The seat will be allocated in the Diploma in Elementary Education Course.
Latest Updates: Examination Regulation Authority UP Allahabad will release the UP D.El.Ed 3rd Semester Exam Results by today 26th August 2019. Get a direct link from the below link.
UP D.El.Ed 3rd Semester Result 2019 – UP D.EI.ED Third Semester Result expected to be declared today, at examregulatoryauthorityup.in. According to the official update, the UP D.El.Ed 3rd Semester Result has been announced by the Examination Regulation Authority Allahabad Uttar Pradesh. Candidates can now check it from the official website. To help the candidates access UP D.EI.Ed 3rd Semester Results easily, We have provided a direct link for UP D.El.Ed. 3rd Semester Result 2019.
UP BTC Counselling Result 2019 – UP D.EI.ED Results 2019 has been declared officially. According to the official update, the UP BTC Results have been announced by the Examination Regulation Authority Allahabad Uttar Pradesh. Candidates can now check it from the official website. To help the candidates access UP D.EI.Ed Results easily, We have provided a direct link for UP BTC Counselling Result 2019.
UP D.El.Ed BTC Phase II Allotment Result 2019 – Examination Regulation Authority Allahabad Uttar Pradesh has Recently Uploaded Online Counselling Schedule Notice/ Rank Card and Allotment Result for 2 Years Course UP BTC/ DELEd Admission 2019-20 on 25th July 2019. Those Candidates Who have Applied for this Exam can Download Online Counselling Schedule Notice/ Rank List and Allotment Result. Here we have provided a direct link to download your UP D.El.Ed BTC Phase II Allotment Result 2019 from the below table.
UP D.El.Ed BTC Phase II Allotment Result 2019 – Click Here
UP D.El.Ed BTC Rank Card/ Merit List 2019 – This is a State level Counselling process, hence UP D.El.Ed.2019 Admission will grant only for the Colleges which is located in UP. Examination Regulation Authority Allahabad UP has recently uploaded the Online Counselling Schedule, Rank Card for 2 Years Course UP BTC/UP D.El.Ed.2019 Admission 2019-20 on 15th July 2019. Those Candidates Who have Applied for this Exam can Download Online Counselling Schedule Notice/ Rank Card, UP BTC Results now. Here we have provided a quick link to download Counselling Schedule, Rank Card/Merit List.
UP D.El.Ed BTC Rank Card/ Merit List 2019 – Click Here
UP Pariksha Niyamik Pradhikari Allahabad is organizing UP BTC 2019 Admission & Counselling Process. Applicants can check the complete details from the UP D.El.Ed. official website 2019 i.e, updeled.gov.in. Moreover, candidates can check the UP BTC Results 2019 latest news from this page at any time. All those events of UP D.El.Ed.2019 will happen as per the schedule provided below. The Phase 1 Counselling Schedule for UP D.El.Ed 2019 has been released. Candidates can check the UP BTC 2019 Phase 1 Counselling Notice from the below link.
UP BTC Cut off 2019 | UP BTC Results
Candidates need to get the qualifying marks/cutoff marks as mentioned below to get admission in Government/Private colleges. Category-wise cut off marks for government and private colleges were mentioned here.
Category wise Cut off
Government College Cut off
Private College Cut off
General (UR)
220-230
Above 190
OBC
215-225
Above 185
SC/ST
205-215
Above 180
Candidates who have shortlisted in the rank list/merit list are eligible to get admission in Diploma in Elementary Education course. After checking the merit list, candidates will be informed to fill their choices of colleges. Candidates can select their preferred colleges to get admission. Based on the rank of the applicants, the admissions will be offered. The Candidates can fill their choice of College and Course from 17th July to 30th July 2019. The last date for admission is 05th August 2019 and the classes will commence from 06th August 2019.
UP BTC Merit List 2019 @ updeled.gov.in
Aspirants applied for the D.El.Ed course in the state of Uttar Pradesh can download the merit list/rank list from the official website, updeled.gov.in. UPBEB has released the state rank list on 16th July 2019. Candidates qualified for the merit list will get admission in D.El.Ed course in the state of Uttar Pradesh in any of the Government/Private colleges. Aspirants can check the information of UP D.El.Ed colleges and seats from the following.
Total DIETs
66
Total DIET seats
10600
Total D.El.Ed colleges
2818
Total private D.El.Ed college
2751
Total private college seats
200950
Steps to check UP BTC D.El.Ed Merit list 2019
Click the following official website link –updeled.gov.in
On the homepage, you will find the link of UP BTC (D.El.Ed.) Merit list, Click on it
It will redirect to a new page
Next, select your course, enter registration number, date of birth, security code and click on login to check your rank
Applicants State rank will be displayed on the screen
Download the UP BTC Results
Direct link to download UP D.El.Ed Merit list 2019
BELTRON Admit Card 2019 for various vacancies, can be downloaded on our page. For which the Bihar State Electronics Limited Authority conducts the written examinations. Furthermore, as per the rules, every applicant attending for the examination needs to carry the BELTRON exam call letter 2019. Because the Admit card acts as proof that the candidate applied is attending for the BELTRON written examinations.
BELTRON has issued the admit card for the post of Data Entry Operator for Stage III Examination. All the aspirants must download the admit card before the exam date. Get the direct link to download the hall ticket. Do check with the details in the admit card before downloading. The 03rd CBT Exam is going to be held on 29th & 30th August 2019.
BELTRON Admit Card 2019 for Programmer will be available here. The Aspirants who are looking for the Programmer Exam Hall Ticket have to wait a few more days. The BELTRON Notification board is yet to announce the official exam date. However, aspirants who are looking for Beltron Programmer Exam Admit Card can download from a direct link below.
BELTRON DEO Admit Card 2019 is available here. The aspirants who are eagerly looking for the BELTRON exam admit card for Date Entry Operator can download here. As the board needs to announce the official exam date and date for online admit card download. Aspirants need to wait a few more days. However, candidates can download the Admit Card from the link given. Furthermore, Keep visiting we update the direct link immediately when the board announces.
Aspirants who are looking for BELTRON exam admit card can download from our page. As the officials of BELTRON announce the admit card online on their official website. The applicant who is going to appear the written examination can download the admit card online. Hence, we help you in downloading your call letter easily. As the admit card is an important document to be carried for the written examination. We advise the candidates to download your BELTRON admit card today.
Interested candidates can visit the official website of BELTRON for other details. Hence, find the link below for all BELTRON Exam Call Letters online and download the admit card. Follow the steps below to download the hall ticket online.
Steps to Download BELTRON Admit Card Online 2019
Click on the link given below.
We redirect you to the official BELTRON admit card page.
Find the direct link for the respective admit card on the page.
Click on the link and enter the details required.
Click on the submit button to download the admit card.
MKU Results 2019 – Check the Madurai Kamaraj University UG CBCS Results, students those who are studying under the Madurai Kamaraj University and appeared for the Examination can check the MKU Exam Results from the official website of the University i.e, mkuniversity.ac.in. The University has declared the results of UG CBCS Revaluation Results of MCA, MBA, MSW, M.Com, M.A, M.Sc & others. Those who have applied for the Revaluation results can check the results on this page as well as on the University online portal. We have provided a direct link from the below table to get the results without any confusion and they can download the results by individually. Anyone can get the results for all the Students like, Under Graduate, Post Graduate, and Regular/ Supplementary Students.
MKU Revaluation Results 2019 @mkuniversity.ac.in
Madurai Kamaraj University has published the regular and MKU Revaluation UG Results. The University had conducted the UG, PG semester examination in the months of April 2019. Those who have applied for MKU Revaluation can now check out the UG Results here. So, UG CBCS Revaluation Results for the following Courses MCA, MBA, MSW, M.Com, M.A, M.Sc, and others. In order to qualify the exam students must pass in both theory/practical exam and also score the minimum qualifying marks required to pass the university semester exam. Students can check the Revaluation results from this page. Apart from this Students can check the MKU Exam Time Table, Admit card, Syllabus and Previous Paper and others. We advise the Students to keep connected into the official website of the University to get the latest MKU Results 2019.
Madurai Kamaraj University (MKU) is a public university in Madurai town in the southern province, India. it was established in 1966 and has about 130,000 students in eighteen colleges comprising seventy-two departments and 109 affiliated faculties. The MK University campus is located at Palkalai Nagar in the Madurai to Theni High road. The university campus is located 13 kilometres far from the Periyar Bus stand and railway station, 18 kilometres far away from the Integrated bus stand Mattuthavani. Buses are frequently accessible from Periyar Bus stand.
MKU Revaluation Results 2019 UG
Students have a chance to apply for the revaluation, if the students may get low marks in the examination, they can apply for the Revaluation results. So again the head of the Examiner will review the answer paper. After revaluation, students may get high marks. Still, if anyone got low marks, they can apply for the Supplementary Examinations. For Revaluation/Supplementary, students should pay the fee. Students can get all the results from this page Regular, Revaluation and Supplementary Results. Students of Madurai Kamaraj University can also get the MBA Results Also. Just we are advising the Students to frequently visit this page to get latest updates of all MKU Revaluation Results 2019 UG
KPSC Results 2019 is here to download. A huge number of applicants had made use of this opportunity and had attended the examination. Hence for such contenders, we have provided direct links to help them check their KPSC Exam Results 2019. By checking results candidates can evaluate their performance in the examination. The results sheet is released by the officials and hence there would be no ambiguity. The result is available here as it was released by the officials at kpsc.kar.nic.in.
New Update: Board of Karnataka Public Service Commission had released the KPSC Departmental Test Second Session Result 2019 on 23rd August 2019. Get a direct link from the below link.
KPSC Departmental Test Result 2019 Released @ kpsc.kar.nic.in | Available Now!! Applicants those who are waiting for the KPSC Departmental Test Second Session Result 2019 can check your result from the below link. Here we have updated the latest KPSC Departmental results 2019 link. By clicking the direct link to get your result easily. Applicants can keep track on this page to get all the latest result updates regarding KPSC Departmental Results 2019. Moreover, applicants can get the complete details from the official website kpsc.kar.nic.in.
Karnataka PSC Departmental Test Result 2019
KPSC Departmental Results 2019
Organization Name
Karnataka Public Service Commission
Post Name
First Division Assistant & Second Division Assistant
KPSC SDA & FDA Result 2019 Available Now!! Applicants those who are waiting for the KPSC SDA & FDA Result 2019 can check your result from the below link. Here we have updated the latest result link for the KPSC SDA & SDA marks. By clicking the direct link to get your result easily. Applicants can keep track on this page to get all the latest result updates regarding Karnataka Public Service Commission. Moreover, applicants can get the complete details from the official website www.kpsc.nic.in.
KPSC SDA & FDA Result 2019
KPSC SDA & FDA Result 2019
Organization Name
Karnataka Public Service Commission
Post Name
First Division Assistant & Second Division Assistant
KPSC SDA Marks 2019 – Download KPSC FDA Result & Marks – Download
KPSC Result 2019 for Departmental Examination I Session is now available. Check your Karnataka PSC Dept Examination Result 2019 1st Session here. The candidates can avail their KPSC Exam Result using the link below. The reslt was declared on 5th Nov 2019.
KPSC SDA Result 2019 is now out. All the candidates who have written the KPSC exams for Second Division Assistant post can check the KPSC Exam Results here. The KPSC Results was released on 31-10-2019. The candidates can also check results on the official site www.kpsc.nic.in SDA selection list.
The KPSC Competitive Exam Result 2019 is now out. Candidates who were waiting for Karnataka PSC Result can check here using the link given below. Download the KPSC Merit List 2019 here easily. However, it is also mentioned on the official site @ www.kpsc.kar.nic.in but we advise you to check through the link given below.
KPSC Result for Junior Engineer is now out. The Results for KPSC Junior Engineer Mechanical & Jr Engineer Civil is now live. The candidates can check the KPSC Result 2019 on the official page as it was released on 22nd October 2019. Check your results before the link goes invalid. However, we too have provided a link for you to check your KPSC Jr Engineer result.
KPSC Result 2019: Candidates can check the Karnataka Public Service Commission Assistant Librarian Exam Result 2019 here. The KPSC Board has given the Assistant Librarian Result on 22-10-2019. However, the direct link to check the KPSC Result 2019 is present on this page. Hence, click on the KPSC Result Link below the table to check your Assistant Librarian Result.
KPSC Result 2019: All those who appeared for the Karnataka Public Service Commission Library Assistant Exam. Can now check their KPSC Library Assistant Result 2019. The KPSC Board has given the Library Assistant Result on 22nd Oct 2019. However, the direct link to check the KPSC Result 2019 is present on this page. Hence, click on the KPSC Library Assistant Result Link below.
KPSC Result 2019 has been released here for various posts. A huge number of contenders had applied for the post and attended the examination. Hence such applied applicants are eagerly waiting to check their KPSC Merit List 2019. The result consists the name of shortlisted candidates and only such can take up further rounds. Moreover, the KPSC Results 2019 is released by the officials and hence there can be no ambiguity. Refer the link given below for more details.
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Karnataka Public Service Commission Results
The KPSC Result 2019 – Office Superintendent: Candidates can make use of this page to check their KPSC Exam Result 2019 for the post of Office Superintendent. A huge number of contenders had applied for the post and attended the examination. Hence such applicants are eager about their KPSC Merit List 2019. Refer the link given below to check your results.
Check KPSC Result 2019 – Art & Drawing Teacher DV List: The officials of Karnataka Public Service Commission has declared the document verification list for the post of Art & Drawing Teacher. However, selected applicants must attend for document verification on 18th and 19th January 2019. However, we appeared contenders can make use of the link given below to check your results.
Art & Drawing Teacher Doc Verification List – Click Here
KPSC Results 2019 is here. Those contenders who had applied for the post of Assistant Engineer are eager to know their performance. However, the KPSC Exam Results 2019 is released by the officials and hence there would be no ambiguity. However, we have provided direct links and steps to help applicants get their results. We have provided direct links to help applicants check their results.
Karnataka Public Service Commission released the KPSC Results 2019. The KPSC board conducted exam for various Posts. The candidates can get the KPSC Result 2019 from this page. After getting the kpsc.kar.nic.in Results 2019, applicants can get to know whether are shortlisted for further rounds. Aspirants can also Download the Karnataka PSC Marks List in below Sections.
KPSC Results – kpsc.kar.nic.in Results
Karnataka Public Service Commission Every Year Conducting Many Examinations. This Year Also Commission Conducted the Exams. Candidates who appeared for those Tests, Now Searching for KPSC Results 2019. For those Aspirants, we came up with a Good News. In this Page, We are providing Everything Related to KPSC Result 2019. Applicants can frequently visit this page to stay updated with kpsc.kar.nic.in Results 2019. You can also find Direct Links to Check and Download Karnataka PSC Results and Merit Lists Simultaneously.
The KPSC Notification was released to recruit to fill multiple vacancies. Applicants who are interested in Karnataka Govt Jobs had attended the Examinations. A large number of Applicants took part in the KPSC Exams. Candidates can check the Cut Off marks and Answer Keys after the KPSC exam. Therefore candidates had the best chance to check their answers and guess their Scores. Just to confirm their estimated Karnataka PSC Marks, Aspirants are waiting to download their KPSC Marks list. After getting their KPSC Result only candidates will know whether they have been shortlisted for further rounds or not. Contestants who clear also the rounds of the interview will be eligible to get through the desired psc jobs.
KPSC Results 2019 – Download Marks List @ www.kpsc.kar.nic.in
Recently Karnataka Public Service Commission Conducted Many Examinations Like Group A B C, Asst Engineer, Jr Engineer, FDA SDA Exam, Sub Inspector, PDO, and Etc., Many No. if Applicants appeared for these Examinations. Now it’s time Check their KPSC Results 2019. We have mentioned Detailed Post wise Exam Results in This article.
KPSC AE JE Result 2019
Karnataka PSC exam was a Junior Engineer and the Assistant exam was recently held. A large number of Candidates attended the written exam and want to know their marks in AE JE exam. Usually, there is a lot of competition for this Junior Engineer and Assistant Engineer Post because there are many engineers who are keen to get an engineering job in the government sector. The position also has a very high pay scale and scope to grow in that field. So the KPSC AE JE Result is much expected among all the applicants who wrote the exam.
KPSC SDA Result 2019
Karnataka Public Service Commission organized exam for the post of Second Division Assistant. Many Contestants had applied and took part in the exam. The KPSC SDA Results 2019 depends upon the Marks Scored by the Aspirant. Candidates who clear the first interview process are shortlisted for the second interview process. Therefore, it is advised that aspirants keep in touch with our website to know when the Second Division Assistant Result is released.
KPSC FDA Results
The Karnataka PSC conducted First Division Assistant Exam to select the best candidates for the posts. There were many applicants to take part in the exam. The Results for the written test is announced after some days of the exam. So aspirants are checking for the Result every day, it will be declared any time soon.
Karnataka PSC Excise SI Guard Result 2019
Applicants who are very stubborn about getting the professional job such as Sub Inspector and Guard had taken up the KPSC Written exam. This exam is considered very important because candidates have to first qualify this exam and then only they will be allowed to get through other exams. There might be a physical fitness test for those who have cleared the initial written exam. There will be a heavy crowd for this Excise SI and Guard Posts cause it is many individual’s dreams to become a Sub Inspector. Therefore the Commission will take some time to correct the written test papers and the KPSC SI Results 2019 will be announced in due time.
KPSC Group C Result 2019 – Non-Technical Results
The Karnataka Public Service Commission had conducted an exam for various Non Technical posts exam. Each Subject lecturer Post had a different number of vacancies. Many eligible candidates who completed the master degree and required education qualification had attended this exam. The priority of these applicants was to get Group C job for that they have to pass the written exam and other rounds of interview. Aspirants are advised to upgrade their skills for the further rounds in the meantime the KPSC Group C Results 2019 will be announced. The qualifying marks would be high for this post because it deals with the education society.
KPSC PDO Results
The Karnataka Public Service Commission had kept the Panchayat Development Officer (PDO) Exam. Many Eligible Candidates attended the exam fill up Panchayath Development Officers post. The KPSC PDO Result 2019 is much important for the applicants. Because there is a huge number of candidates who applied for the limited posts and it is very difficult to qualify in this PSC exam.
KPSC Group A Result
The Karnataka Public Service Commission conducted the exam to hire for Group A Posts. The KPSC Group A post consists of various posts such as KAS Assistant Commissioner, Deputy Superintendent of Police DSP, Executive Officer/Assistant Secretary, Assistant Director/District Treasury Officer, District BC Welfare Officer, Assistant Commissioner Commercial Taxes, Assistant Labour Commissioner. Therefore the written exam was held according to the post wise. Candidates who qualify this exam are to attend the further rounds of interview.
KPSC Group B Result
Karnataka PSC organized exam for Group B Posts. The various posts under Group B posts are Tahsildar, Commercial Tax Officer, Asst Supdt, Prisons Dept, Deputy Superintendent of Excise, Assistant Treasury Officer, Chief Officer- Grade-I, Assistant Director, Asst Registrar Of Co-Operative Societies, Labour Officer, Employment Officer Jobs. Applicants who attended the exam for this job want to know their result. The commission will announce the Group B result at the direct link provided below.
Karnataka PSC Results 2019 – kpsc.kar.nic.in Result
The day of the Result is very important for each individual who attended the examination. Though most of them had already calculated their marks with the help of the Cut Off marks and Answer Key. Candidates prepare for the exam with so much effort and hard work only to get the good result. Therefore after completing their exams, it is very difficult for the aspirants to wait for the results. The KPSC Group B and C results 2019 will be soon declared by the officials. Just keep visiting our website to download the correct KPSC Exam Result 2019.
How to Check the KPSC 2019 Results?
Firstly, open the KPSC Official website i.e., www.kpsc.kar.nic.in
The Official homepage will open, which consists of various menus
On the right side of the page, click on the “Results” option
A new page will open containing the latest results
Select the Examination link Which you attend.
Another page will open, enter your Registration number and DOB
After entering Click on ” Download Results”
Download your KPSC Results 2019 and take print out for future use.
Candidates who have already attended the Karnataka PSC Exam where in search of the Cut Off Marks. Aspirants can check KSC Cut Off marks from our website. Therefore aspirants had already checked and predicted their scores. Candidates, please make a note of the Cut Off marks and your estimated marks to know whether you have been shortlisted or not. We advise clicking on the link below to check KPSC Cut Off Marks.
CGPSC Syllabus 2019 Pdf Available here – Candidates those who are searching for the CGPSC Syllabus can check this page. Here we have provided all the CGPSC recently released Post Syllabus. Now CGPSC has announced the Assistant Director Post. So we have given the Assistant Director Exam Syllabus 2019 and the written test pattern on this page. Also, we have provided complete details about the CGPSC Exam Syllabus. However, applicants can download the CGPSC Assistant Director Exam Syllabus PDF for all the subjects from here. Check out the below information to know more about the CGPSC Assistant Director Exam Pattern. In fact, this CGPSC Assistant Director Exam Syllabus will help you a lot for preparation. Moreover, applicants can get the details about the Chhattisgarh Public Service Commission Syllabus can check at the official website www.psc.cg.gov.in.
CGPSC Civil Judge Mains Exam Syllabus 2019 – Hello Folks!! We are here to help you out from the CGPSC Civil Judge Exam syllabus 2019. The CGPSC Civil Judge Mains Examination will start up on 08th September 2019. Applicants those who are interested in this CGPSC Civil Judge Syllabus 2019 Pdf can get all your inputs from this page. Because we have updated CGPSC Civil Judge Mains Exam Syllabus & Pattern from the below sections of this page. Along with this, candidates can find the direct download link to get the detailed CGPSC Civil Judge Syllabus 2019 in PDF format for free. And we have inserted the PDF for the official Examination Scheme to the end of this article.
CGPSC Civil Judge Exam syllabus 2019 – Get Exam Details Here
Check this section to get the latest CGPSC Civil Judge Selection Process 2019 given the officials of the Chhattisgarh Public Service Commission (CGPSC). The final selection will be on the merit basis of the total marks obtained in the Written Test that is Mains Examination and Viva Voce. The decision of the CGPSC with regard to calling the candidates for the Viva Voce will be final. The maximum of 15 marks is fixed for the Viva Voce Test.
CGPSC Civil Judge Selection Process:
Prelims Examination
Mains Examination
Viva Voce Test.
Civil Judge Exam Pattern 2019 for छत्तीसगढ़ लोक सेवा आयोग
All the candidates who are started preparing for the Mains Examination should note down the छत्तीसगढ़ लोक सेवा आयोग Civil Judge Exam Pattern 2019 as given in the below table. Furthermore, the below table will give you the clear details of the Mains Examination with the Viva Voce part, CGPSC Civil Judge Test Pattern. So, get this table and then include the assigned CGPSC Civil Judge Exam Pattern 2019 in your preparation.
Topics
Questions
Total Marks
Time Duration
Framing of Issues & Writing of Judgement in Civil Cases
40
40
3 Hours
Framing of Charges & Writing of Judgement in Criminal Cases
40
40
Translation: English to Hindi (10 Marks) and Hindi to English (10 Marks)
20
20
Total
100
100
Download CGPSC Civil Judge Exam Papers
Before going to download the CGPSC Civil Judge Exam Syllabus 2019, all the candidates need to observe the listed topics in each examination sections. So that you can easily get through the latest updates. Furthermore, we have specified the Paper I, Paper II subject that is required for the test. So, note down the topics as given and then start working on it.
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CGPSC Mains Exam Syllabus
The framing of Issues and Writing of Judgement in Civil Cases (Maximum 40 Marks )
Translation: English to Hindi (Maximum 10 Marks), Hindi to English (Maximum 10 Marks)
The Framing of Charges and Writing of Judgement in Criminal Cases (Maximum 40 Marks).
CGPSC Civil Judge Exam syllabus 2019
Paper I
CGPSC Civil Judge Syllabus 2019 – General Studies
Environment
Indian Economy
Indian Philosophy, Art, Literature & Culture
History of India and Indian National Movement
Physical, Social & Economic Geography of India
Current Affairs & Sports.
Constitution of India & Polity.
General Science & Technology.
Chhattisgarh Civil Judge Exam Papers – General Knowledge of Chhattisgarh
Administrative Structure, Local Government, and Panchayati raj of Chhattisgarh
History of Chhattisgarh, & Contribution of Chhattisgarh in the Freedom Movement
Geography, Climate, Physical status, Census, Archeological and Tourist Centers of Chhattisgarh
Current Affairs of Chhattisgarh
Industry in Chhattisgarh, Energy, Water and Mineral Resource of Chhattisgarh.
Economy, Forest, and Agriculture of Chhattisgarh
Tribes, Special Traditions, Teej and Festivals of Chhattisgarh.
Literature, Music, Dance, Art and Culture, Idioms and Proverbs, Puzzle/Riddle, Singing of Chhattisgarh.
Paper-II
CGPSC Civil Judge Exam Syllabus 2019 for Aptitude Test
Logical reasoning and analytical ability
Basic numeracy (numbers and their relations, orders of magnitude, etc
Knowledge of Chhattisgarhi Language
Decision-making and problem-solving.
Interpersonal skills including Communication Skills
General mental ability
Knowledge of Hindi Language
Data interpretation (charts, graphs, tables, data sufficiency, etc.
The knowledge of Hindi Language and Chhattisgarhi Language will be tested in Hindi and Chhattisgarhi Language only, no translations will be provided.
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Markets overcame global shocks from US President Donald Trump's trade war to end positive on Monday thanks to finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman's first of three economic sentiment-boosters delivered last Friday. And that fact frames the key question on the near future of the India economic story — can the positive of government-created activity-multipliers continue to overcome the negative of global economic depressors? And, if so, by how much?A Goldman Sachs (GS) research report, 'India's Economic Slowdown: This Episode is Different', gives very useful pointers to anyone considering this most consequential question. The research happened before Friday's Sitharaman booster shot was delivered. But its analyses remain just as relevant.GS analysis shows around 50% of the slowdown is explained by tight liquidity and low consumer confidence, and just over 40% by slowing global economic activity. Another important finding is that the absence of a fiscal stimulus explains around 7% of the slowdown. Policy choices and dilemmas are clear from these numbers. The net effect of domestic boosters may end up being a small positive, or not even that, depending on the impact of the global drag.Basically, given that India is a taker and not a player in the global economy, and given the reasonable assumption that the worst effect of the Trump trade war hasn't yet played out, the economy desperately needs to keep consumer confidence up, and credit to flow far more freely — with the government not ruling out the option of a higher fiscal spend down the line.Friday's GoI package is a good start, because it squarely addresses some of these aspects. The withdrawal of the two bad taxes — on capital gains and startup funding — and attempts to encourage more retail credit flows and energise aggregate demand, should impact economic sentiments and, therefore, consumer confidence.Front-loading bank recapitalisation and other tweaks in the credit supply chain, as well as the promised quick disbursal of tax refunds and vendor payments to the private sector, plus Sitharaman's repeated emphases on saner tax administration, should impact credit flow, sentiments and, therefore, activity in the economic production side.Slow, Now, & Steady, SoonWe don't know what the finance minister's other two sets of announcements will entail. But the fact that there's recognition that more is needed is good —indeed, even more than what GoI does shortly may be required, given specifics of this round of slowdown. GS research shows this slowdown has been the longest in recent times — around 18 months starting early 2018.That the slowdown predated the Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services (IL&FS)-induced non-banking financial company (NBFC) crisis. That consumption has not just been the biggest drag, but that it also started falling across some of its sub-segments before 2018. And that while much attention is focused on the auto sector, which contributes a third of the consumption slowdown, non-auto consumption items are responsible for twice as much.These findings seem to indicate that domestic consumption will require a sustained and big policy push to substantively revive. And that's after assuming credit flows to economic agents revive significantly, and stay so. Therefore, given the big consumption problem, given available policy options for the government, and given the huge impact of the global economic slowdown, the need for a consumption-boosting Keynesian multiplier may be more acute than the government may like.A tiny departure from the fiscal carefulness has already happened via the decision that GoI will start replacing its old cars with new ones. Over the next three-four quarters, bigger and more creative fiscal options may have to be —or, indeed, should be — considered.The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) board decided on Monday to transfer Rs 1.76 lakh crore of its 'excess capital' to the government — this is nearly double the Rs 90,000 crore central bank transfer assumed in 2019-20 Budget, however, around Rs 28,000 crore is already accounted for as interim dividend for 2018-19. It would be smart to spend the extra amount in bang-for-buck ways, aimed at the fastest and deepest impact on consumption expenditure.But aside that, the finance ministry must not right now be rigid on the fiscal deficit. Inflation is low, consumption is hurting, exports are in dumps, and investment has been flat for a while. So, the government should proactively plan a fiscal boost and execute it as a sort of an emergency economic measure, should, for example, the consumption slowdown continue to drag everything else down.March for EconomyGS concludes its analysis by saying that assuming a significant rise in consumer confidence and easier liquidity/credit conditions, economic activity may rise by next March. The rise is modest, and global slow growth and 'negative fiscal impulses' are likely to be the main drags. GoI can change only the second of these two.So, as we wait for Sitharaman's next sets of announcements, and the most likely depressing FY20 first-quarter GDP estimate due this Friday, we should hope GoI doesn't rule out fiscal unorthodoxy.
The country's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India is looking at CNG option to fill in the space vacated by small diesel engine cars in future, according to a senior company official.The company had in April this year announced that it would stop selling diesel cars from April 2020, when BS-VI is implemented in the domestic market, citing feasibility issues after cost escalation due to the new emission norms.At the time of announcement around 23 per cent of all the units sold by the company in the domestic market were diesel cars.Presently, MSI offers its popular models Alto, AltoK10, Celerio, WagonR, Dzire, Ertiga in CNG option along with light commercial vehicle, Super Carry."For Maruti Suzuki in the future, CNG vehicles are likely to make up for the space vacated by small diesel engine cars," MIS Senior Executive Director (Engineering) C V Raman told PTI."We believe that for a small car, CNG is a very good option. It is an alternative to oil consumption. We have the widest range of CNG cars for our customers. We are keen to promote green fuels," he further said.Besides, the government's focus is also to expand the gas-based economy, Raman added."There is a lot of emphasis on expanding CNG availability in the country," he added.In the April-July period this fiscal, MSI's domestic sales were at 4,74,487 units as against 6,17,990 units in the year-ago period, down 23.2 per cent.An estimated 30 lakh CNG vehicles are currently plying on the Indian roads at present with sales majorly in Delhi-NCR, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana.Cumulatively, MSI has sold over 5 lakh CNG cars so far.MSI has, however, kept its options open saying if there is demand for bigger diesel engine after BS-VI implementation, it will consider offering its consumers the same.Although, it is currently focussing only on making petrol and CNG engines BS-VI compliant. It is already offering seven of its models in the petrol BS-VI engines.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday informed President Donald Trump that India plans to further step up imports, including oil, from the US and that USD 4 billion worth of imports were already "in the pipeline", as the two countries sought to overcome their differences on tariffs and market access.The Modi-Trump meeting assumes significance in the wake of the strain that has popped up in the bilateral relationship on a host of trade and economic issues.Meeting on the sidelines of the G7 Summit in the French city of Biarritz, where India was a special invitee, Modi and Trump agreed that preferably before the Prime Minister visits US next month, there will be an interaction between their trade ministers at which "the whole range of trade issues will be discussed," Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale said.Briefing on the 40-minute meeting between Prime Minister Modi and President Trump, he told reporters that Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal was supposed to go to Washington earlier but it did not materialise.In Washington, a readout of the Modi-Trump meeting said, the two leaders discussed ways to broaden their strategic partnership and greatly increase trade between the United States and India.Though trade is an important part of the booming bilateral strategic partnership, a row over market access and tariffs has escalated in recent months, leading to fears of a protracted dispute.President Trump has previously described India as the "tariff king." Before his meeting with Modi on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Osaka, Japan, demanded the withdrawal of India's "very high" tariffs on US goods."The Prime Minister spoke of the importance of energy imports from the US, and he referred to the fact that 4 billion dollars worth of imports are already in the pipeline and that would be expected to be stepped up," Gokhale said.He noted that Prime Minister would be in the US in September to attend the UN General Assembly and would also travel to Houston, America's energy capital. The prime minister is scheduled to address the Indian community in Houston on September 22.In Houston, the prime minister is expected to have a round table with the top CEOs of the energy companies in the US, he said.He said the objective there is two fold, one to see how India can import more energy (oil) from the US and second is how the country can invest in the energy sector in the US.Gokhale said President Trump spoke very warmly of the fact that India has become a major importer of energy. He also indicated that he was willing to send top administration officials to Houston in an effort to ensure that the bilateral energy relationship made progress.India's exports to the US in 2017-18 stood at USD 47.9 billion, while imports were at USD 26.7 billion. The trade balance is in favour of India.The Foreign Secretary described the bilateral meeting between Modi and Trump as a very positive one."This is the third either meeting or conversation that the two leaders have had in about 100 days of office that Prime Minister Modi has been in his second term," he noted.In June, President Trump terminated India's designation as a beneficiary developing nation under the key GSP trade programme after determining that New Delhi has not assured the US that it will provide "equitable and reasonable access" to its markets.The Generalized System of Preference (GSP) is the largest and oldest US trade preference programme and is designed to promote economic development by allowing duty-free entry for thousands of products from designated beneficiary countries.The Trump administration wants India to lower the trade barriers and embrace "fair and reciprocal" trade.Trump has also criticised India's high import tariff on the iconic Harley- Davidson motorcycles as "unacceptable".Many US companies like Google, Mastercard, Visa and Amazon have raised concerns over the issue of data localisation and its impact on their operational cost.In April last year, the Reserve Bank of India issued a directive on 'Storage of Payment System Data'. It had advised all system providers to ensure that within a period of six months, the entire data relating to payment systems operated by them is stored in a system only in India, for effective monitoring.India has also dragged the US to the World Trade Organisation's dispute settlement mechanism over the imposition of import duties on steel and aluminium.
MUMBAI|KOLKATA: If biscuits were a proxy for consumption in India, the trends would diverge, depending on who buys them. City slickers are munching more cookies these days, although the rural folk have gone easy on them, according to a report.The overall FMCG slowdown was largely led by rural markets and smaller companies with annual sales of less than Rs 100 crore, Nielsen said in a recent report. "While value categories or small packs are seeing a decline, there has been no issue in consumer demand for premium sub-segments and bigger packs in biscuits, which are still growing," said Mayank Shah, category head at Parle Products.Biscuits are India's largest consumer product segment, worth Rs 35,000 crore, and grew 2.5% in the April-June quarter. Biscuits costing more than Rs 100 per kilo, the premium version, account for twothirds of the market and grew 8%. The rest of the market — selling for less than Rs 100 per kilo — fell 9%."Mass products are usually first to get impacted. While premium or discretionary categories are not entirely insulated, they are holding up so far," said Devendra Chawla, managing director at Spencer's Retail.70851114 'Need to Keep a Close Eye'"But going forward, we need to keep a close eye on them," said Chawla. The urban-rural divide holds true for consumption of most fast-moving consumer goods in India. Urban and discretionary products are growing at a faster pace, while a few categories of mass-market goods have been hurt.Daily home and personal products including creams, detergents, toothpastes, deodorants and food items such as chocolates, malted beverages and noodles grew at a higher rate during the April-June quarter, according to officials quoting Nielsen data.Yet, the FMCG market growth fell 60 basis points to 10% during the quarter, led by biscuits, salty snacks, soaps and tea.Marico, which sells Saffola and Parachute oil, said mass-market products have a wider presence in rural India where the slowdown is more pronounced, while discretionary urban products are still holding up due to modern trade and ecommerce."Apart from lower consumption of mass categories, wholesale is also stocking less due to a liquidity crisis, which is also impacting growth," said Saugata Gupta, managing director of Marico.Consumption in rural India, which accounts for about a third of the market, has been under stress over the past three quarters, even though it has expanded at a faster pace than in the cities. Both markets grew at the same rate in April-June. The farm economy has been under strain, with agricultural production having expanded 2.7% year-on-year in the October-December quarter, the lowest in almost three years.Chocolates, deodorants, malted drinks and noodles are all discretionary in nature, but grew by between 10% and 15% during the quarter. Also, in categories such as laundry, toothpaste and skin cream, the premium variants outperformed mass products, companies said.'TARGETING NEW CUSTOMERS'"FMCG companies are entering into newer outlets to target newer customers, which is leading to growth in the under-penetrated categories. For well-entrenched categories like soaps and biscuits, growth will be impacted unless consumers buy more or upgrade their purchases, which is happening now," said ITC executive director B Sumant.While value or revenue growth in FMCG has consistently been coming down over the past four quarters — from 16.2% in July-September last year to 10% now, analysts are questioning if it's due to the base-year effect after a one-off kicker from the implementation of the goods and services tax."Is it just normalisation with the one-off kicker now in the base? We believe the answer, is somewhere in the middle. There is some underlying demand slowdown, for sure, but the deceleration is not as sharp as the reported growth comps suggest," Kotak Securities said in a recent investor note.While Nielsen still maintains a healthy outlook of 9-10% growth for the FMCG market in 2019, it's still lower than its previous estimate of 11-12%."FMCG is not completely delinked to the state of the economy. But it is not a doomsday scenario," Hindustan Unilever chairman Sanjiv Mehta said after the company's earnings last month. The local unit of Anglo-Dutch Unilever, long considered a proxy for broader consumer sentiment in India, saw sales growth narrow to 7% during April-June from 16% a year ago.Growth of FMCG products with higher price tags also mimics other discretionary categories in the larger consumer space. The latest data from market researcher GfK show unit sales of products such as smartphones, smart speakers, washing machines, refrigerators and air-conditioners have grown at a faster pace in the six months from January to June compared with a year earlier.
MUMBAI: The Bollywood business script now has three storylines. First, a significant number of smaller films, with budgets under Rs 30 crore, have done good business. Second, a number of big-budget, big-star movies have tanked. And, third, this new Bollywood business model is attracting many new players, pulling down the industry's overall return on investment (RoI).In the second story of our special series on 'Business of Bollywood', ET takes a deep dive into small and big budget films and ponders the eternal question — what is the secret recipe of success in the mad, mad world of movies."The economics of film-making are definitely more encouraging today than they were just five years ago," said Amrita Pandey, CEO of Junglee Pictures, owned by the Times Group, which also owns ET. "In the last 18 months there have been more than 10 high-concept movies that have been breakout hits," she said.The idea of script-led, high-concept films is catching up. Junglee Pictures produced 'Talvar', and then 'Badhaai Ho' and 'Raazi', among others, which were smallbudget movies that did very well in terms of returns."It is content that does the talking, as films like 'Badhaai Ho', 'Raazi', 'Stree', 'Andhadhun', etc, have reaped in threefold profits as compared to their budget … and many anticipated big-budget films, high on star power, have failed to create the desired impact," said Apoorva Mehta, CEO of Dharma Productions.Viacom18 Studios produced the likes of 'Tanu Weds Manu', 'Kahaani', 'Mary Kom', and the more recent 'Andhadhun'. Ajit Andhare, COO of Viacom18 Studios, said the focus is on making films on a tight script where the main asset is the story. "That reduces reliance on star power and improves overall returns," he said.Take last year. The performance contrast between smaller films such as 'Badhaai Ho', 'Stree', 'Raazi' and 'Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety', and superstar-led films like Aamir Khan's 'Thugs of Hindostan', Shah Rukh Khan's 'Zero' and Salman Khan's 'Race 3' was sharp."2018 was a big lesson. And that trend has continued. If you see, this year there's been 'Uri', 'Tashkent Files', 'Article 15' and so on," said Shariq Patel, CEO of Zee Studios.Flaw in 'Big-Budget' ModelSo, has the time come for smaller films to replace big-budget movies in the equation? The answer is "no", said Ronnie Screwvala, the producer of Uri."For three small-budget films that worked, there were at least 50 others that just came and went. So if a movie that does not start with a big Friday but grows to be a hit… this means only three things — great story/script, the trailer has to hit home, and great word-of-mouth. These are the only ingredients for success," Screwvala said.70851213 A typical big film as recently as a decade ago, according to Vikram Malhotra, founder of Abundantia Entertainment, was built on the combination of a big star, a big director and fancy locations — all leading to a big budget.The biggest problem of big-budget films was that even when they were crowd-pullers, they were lowrisk, low-reward films. "The key issue for the last many years was that the top six stars either added 50% to the cost of the movie or took home 80% of the overall share. Neither of that made any business sense," Screwvala said.Also, broadcaster-star deals, a trend started by Star India — broadcaster inks multimovie deals with stars on the basis of unseen content for prices that are impossible to justify — further made the RoI equation unviable.SMALL FILMS' ECONOMICSSmaller films used to be made earlier too, and some of them did well commercially, such as Khosla Ka Ghosla! and Bheja Fry.The tipping point was probably 2012's Kahaani, reportedly made on a budget of just Rs 8 crore, with box office collections close to Rs 70 crore.One big reason for the success of smaller films is also the advent of digital video streaming services, which opened up non-theatrical revenue streams and created new 'stars' like Ayushmann Khurrana, Rajkummar Rao, Vicky Kaushal, Kartik Aaryan, Kriti Sanon, Kiara Advani and Taapsee Pannu. These new 'stars' also command a premium on OTT (over-the-top media services) given the box office success of their films.However, for every successful small-budget film, there are at least five which either don't get a release date or go unnoticed. There are regulatory issues too."There is undoubtedly greater profitability today for movies that balance high content with realistic budgets. But to augment profitability, I think it's equally important for the regulatory environment to become cinema-friendly and extend benefits on taxation, ease of shooting and rebates," said Tanuj Garg, managing partner of Ellipsis Entertainment, and the producer ofTumhari Sulu and Why Cheat India."Small-budget movies are riskier," Screwvala said. "In most cases, the cost to market and release the film could be 50-75% of the cost of making the movie. You need to be supremely confident of your content as it will never take a big opening but will grow, and that needs patience and guts."Malhotra feels that small films' success is leading to "too many" joining the new game and that many don't have the knowhow. That's why the overall RoI at industry level isn't showing significant improvement."The business of moviemaking hasn't become less risky, there are break-out hits and then there are colossal underperforming movies. Very few movies are average performers at the box office," Junglee's Pandey said.Screwvala cautions that one should not greenlight a small film until the financier is convinced the movie can break out and be big. Otherwise, he said, a "small movie with a small vision will remain small".
In an effort to allay concerns of the broadcast industry, RS Sharma, chairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, has clarified that the regulator has no intention to revise the new tariff order (NTO), but it moots to bring perfection with consumer-friendly features. In an exclusive interaction with Muntazir Abbas and Gaurav Laghate, Sharma also spoke about common misconceptions and the regulator's endeavour to empower consumers. Edited excerpts:The broadcast industry has raised concerns over the timing of your consultation paper on the new tariff order. What was the need for the review so soon when the industry is still coming to terms with the changes?For the first time after digitisation, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai), after a three-year-long legal battle, has come out with a new regulation. The new framework is entirely different from the existing one. It has come into effect from December last year effectively but de-facto from April 1.The framework is already fixed. There is no proposal to change any component of that framework, and if somebody is making a point that we (Trai) are changing the framework, it is absolutely false. Since this framework has started operating, we have observed that certain issues largely related to consumers have cropped up. We are only trying to fine-tune it.Have you not hinted at some fundamental changes to the framework?We are not reviewing the framework. Consultation doesn't talk about changing the framework but it is bringing perfection in the phenomenon observed in the last few months.So, what is the basis that triggered such a need to fine-tune it?We have found that certain areas need a bit of tuning and hence issued a consultation. If we find all pamrameters are working fine, there will be no issue. Otherwise, we will tweak a few parameters.Trai also has a duty to protect the interest of consumers. The entire framework is consumer-centric, enabling them to exercise their choice, and we have created a draft on API. Consumers should transparently select and watch TV channels as per their choice.There was an observation that consumers were not able to delete the channels and that's why we have created the Channel Selection System API draft.From the questions raised in the paper, it seems that you want to disallow bundling?No, not at all. We are saying that there were certain things that we have observed and need to fine-tune them. Trai's consultation is not actually a decision, but it articulates issues coming in the way of implementing certain guidelines, and eventually asks stakeholders if the change is required or not.Why is Trai keen on lowering average revenue per user (Arpu)?We are ensuring that consumers have a choice and are empowered to exercise their choice. Our objective is not to increase or decrease Arpu. Our aim is to enable the consumers to choose channels and safeguard them against any obstacle in their path.Some may argue that since OTT players do pricing of their own, your framework discourages a level-playing field?Earlier upper limits were fixed, and the price cap was there as a content deterrent. In the new framework, we have said to keep the price as you (industry) want. The only condition is if you offer a bouquet, no higher tariff channels should be a made a part of it. We have no problem if you (broadcasters) offer channels outside a bouquet. We have removed the price cap.Contrary to the impression, the framework releases the price restrictions on TV channels completely. Rs 19 is only a condition on the bouquet, and the framework would not be changed but only a few parameters may be tweaked that too if needed.
For people who are patient with their money, in 12-18 months they will look back and say "Wow, that was a good moment to buy stocks", says Ridham Desai, MD, Morgan Stanley India. Excerpts from an interview with ETNOW.How much of a booster do you feel these measures will be for the markets? Reactions this morning might still taper a little because of the global dynamic, but how do you feel this will impact the domestic economy?The most important takeaway is that the government has not used the fiscal lever. The fiscal space is limited, but more importantly what we are trying to do from a policy perspective is to rekindle growth by lowering interest rates. Had the government gone for a fiscal stimulus, which several quarters of the markets were pressing for, it would have clipped the RBI wing's and we would not have been able to lower interest rates further. Additionally, in an environment where central banks around the world are cutting rates, this should not have worked well. In fact, using fiscal stimulus may actually have caused growth to slow down eventually; say in a quarter or two from now. So not using the fiscal space is the biggest takeaway from Friday's announcements. Obviously, the PSU bank recap was a very important step and I hope this is done ASAP. This is something that we had put on top of our agenda saying, if the government has to do one single thing it would be to recap the PSU banks. It creates potential for fresh loan growth and that is adequate enough to stimulate the economy. From a domestic perspective, what the government is doing is correct and should help lift economic growth. Remember in the last quarter, which is the quarter ended June, central government spending grew at just 2%; the central government spending is about 8% of GDP. If that normalises in this quarter as the government is suggesting, when the government makes payments, it is basically spending money that would lift the GDP growth by 100 bps QoQ. So this is par for the course. The actions are reasonable. Now, you made the point about the global economy that continues to act as an overhang and the fact that India has 20% of its GDP coming from exports. We are increasingly of the view that the risk of a global recession is rising. In fact, over the weekend, we have cut our global GDP growth even further, after having done one cut last week. Essentially, this big overhang remains and that caps the absolute upside on share prices. But the measures that the government has taken are good enough to close out India's relative underperformance to EMs which has been quite stark over the past four or five weeks.The elements to this are, of course, kick-starting consumption sentiment and getting the engine running again. The other aspect is bringing the FII money back in and actually seeing an improvement in flows. Do you feel that we will see that momentum change, particularly given the global dynamic right now?There are two things to this. The first is that the outflows that India experienced over the past, say, two or three months were actually less than what emerging markets as a whole have seen. So there was nothing idiosyncratic about it. There is nothing India related about it. Essentially, EMs have seen big outflows and India is a part in that. The second thing is that one of the disappointments that we had on Friday was the lack of any clarification on the Finance Minister's budget speech. In her speech, she said that the FPI limit will now be equal to the FPI limit to us. That was a very important announcement to boost passive flows into India as she had highlighted. Now we continue to wait for clarification from government either via press note or any other mechanism to guide MSCI saying that this is now effective. It is a very important thing from a flow perspective. If this is done as soon as possible, it will lift India's overall weight in the EM index. With that, India will witness a surge in passive flows and, in fact, even active flows. But overall, the EM-flow environment looks tepid. It is bearing the brunt of a global slowdown and part of these outflows that India is witnessing is related to those.But can this really revive lending in the system because we know that the problem was not the absence of liquidity, but a confidence crisis wherein banks were not willing to lend?That is obviously a very fair observation. To the extent that the government starts spending money, it does help a lot because the payments that are stuck in the system get released and that softens the blow, especially on medium and small enterprises. So I think that announcement along with the PSU banks recap announcement is important. Further, the banks have told the Finance Minister that they will lower the reference rates so interest rates go down. If the PSU banks reach out and make the loans, you will see a recovery in loan growth. My view is that it may all take a little while, but eventually we should see that Rs 5 trillion loan growth number that the finance minister alluded to. That was also our thesis when we were dealing with what policy announcements should be made. I think this is the most potent way to revive growth.From an investment perspective, now that the liquidity tap has been opened for PSBs, do you think the pool of investment can go beyond the corporate banks and obvious names?We are constructive on select public-sector banks, especially the ones that are well capitalised. We continue to remain positive on the private-sector banks. They are witnessing an improvement in loan growth. Remember one thing, if you get loan growth you also get deposit growth and therefore, it actually lifts the overall system which is something that has been anaemic for the past several quarters. Both loan growth and deposit growth have been anaemic, and so both of them get triggered. There is some concern about compressing net interest margins if interest rates are marked down, but if loan growth is recovering then that offsets any margin pressure that banks witness. And the valuations are actually quite attractive, even in the private space. These are not valuations from where you actually end up losing money. In fact, if you go back in time, these are valuations from where you end up making money on most occasions. I would think that financials are still the best place to be. One needs to continue to be selective with respect to non-banking finance companies. It will take a while for their growth to come back. They need more liquidity and capital on their balance sheets. To that extent, their growth may lag system growth. So you have to be very selective there. But I think the large banks should do quite well in this environment.This entire FPI issue, now that the tax has been reversed, I do not think flows will come back?I do not think the outflows had to do anything with the tax issue. The tax issue was a slightly different problem. The problem was that while on one hand we are trying to incentivise more foreign investments into the country, on the other hand we end up putting a tax which almost everybody in the government acknowledged post budget was not intended. So I do not think the tax issue was causing any outflows. The outflows, as I mentioned, was due to the overall EM situation and that persists. So resolving the tax issue, per se, does not bring back flows. But it does highlight one very important thing -- the government is listening. If you see the narrative in the market place over the past two months, it has been that we are dealing with a government that is not listening to our problems. The prime minister on the Independence Day speech, as well as the finance minister have made this very clear, that they are not agnostic to the concerns in the economy and they are working towards fixing them. That is what this reversal on the tax position does. It is a government that is listening and taking sensible suggestions. Mind you, a lot of people have also gone and suggested to the government that they should apply fiscal stimulus and the government has very categorically said that that is not what they think they should be doing. For the market the fact that the government is listening is the biggest takeaway, rather than the tax being reversed.What is the right way of looking at Indian stocks now? Valuations and sentiments are at levels where you have historically ended up making money if you were patient. I said this two weeks ago also and nothing much has changed in that regard. If you go back, we have had one situation in December 2016, then one situation in August 2013 and then in December 2011 and then all the way back in the financial crisis in December 2008. So essentially, this is the fifth time in the last 11 years that we have had a combination of our sentiment and valuation indicators hitting this level. And if you look back, each of those occasions in hindsight proved to be great moments to buy. On some occasions, we have had a V-shape recovery, like in 2013. On other occasions, we did not get a V-shape recovery and it tended to be a little bit more muted. I think right now, given the global backdrop, we are in that latter position which in hindsight may prove to be a great moment to have bought stocks. But it does not mean that stocks are going to go up in a hurry or show a V-shape recovery. People have time on their side, but these are levels at which you want to engage in stocks and buy them. Stocks look far more attractive than government bonds right now. And down the cap curve, they look extremely attractive. For people who are patient with their money, in 12-18 months they will look back and say "Wow, that was a good moment to buy stocks".
By Chandan TapariaNifty50 opened with 150 points gapup and had a volatile ride throughout the entire trading session on Monday. In early trade, the index corrected more than 200 points from 11,000 level, but the decline got bought into and it managed to gain more than 300 points from intraday lows.The index erased the losses of last three sessions and closed above the psychologically important 11,000 level. It negated the formation of lower highs and lows after five sessions and formed a Hammer pattern on the daily scale followed by a Piercing Pattern, which implies a bullish bias.Now it has to hold above the 10,950-11,000 zone to witness an upward move towards 11,111 and then 11,180 levels, while on the downside supports are seen at 11,000 and then 10,929 levels.On the Options front, maximum Put open interest was at 11,000 followed by 10,800 levels, while maximum Call OI was at 11,000 followed by 11,200 levels. Meaningful Put writing was seen at 10,900 followed by 11,000 while minor Call writing was seen at 11,200 and then 11,100 levels. Options data suggested a trading range between 10,900 and 11,200 levels.India VIX fell 4.01 per cent to 16.65 level.Bank Nifty opened with a 700-point gap up, but drifted sharply towards 26,900 level in the first hour of trade. However, it recovered sharply from lower levels and gained nearly 1,000 points to close near the 28,000 mark. The index formed a Hammer candle on the daily scale with long lower shadow as the decline got bought into and negated the formation of lower highs and lows after five sessions.Now it has to hold above 27,750 to witness an upward move towards 28,388 and then 28,500 levels, while on the downside supports were seen at 27,500 and then 27,350 levels.Nifty futures closed positive at 11,045 level with a gain of 1.87 per cent. Long buildup was seen in Bajaj Finserv, Divi's Lab, GAIL and BEL while shorts were seen in Motherson Sumi, PowerGrid and Biocon.(Chandan Taparia is Technical & Derivative Analyst at MOFSL. Investors are advised to consult financial advisers before taking an investment calls based on these observations)
KOLKATA: Reliance Jio Infocomm is likely to trigger another wave of price disruption – this time with its plan to roll out affordable cloud-based solutions for small and medium enterprises in partnership with Microsoft, which will also boost the country's data centres business, analysts said.Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani said recently that its telecom arm would offer SMEs a combination of Microsoft cloud solutions with connectivity at Rs 1,500 a month – effectively a tenth of the current cost of similar services. It plans to do so by leveraging its upcoming maze of data centres across the country that will run Microsoft's Azure platform.Just as "RIL's entry into the cellular space led to mobile data explosion, its entry into the enterprise market, particularly its offerings to SMEs, will disrupt pricing and increase affordability of enterprise solutions and drive substantial adoption of data growth among small businesses who are currently not using enterprise services," Bank of America-Merrill Lynch said in a note seen by ET.RIL, it said, "could decide on pricing once it targets SMEs, and offerings could be a SaaS or 'softwareas-a-service' kind of bundle of connectivity with some hosted apps."Brokerage Credit Suisse said Jio would also enjoy a first-mover advantage in marketing its cloud services, especially "as it becomes difficult later for an enterprise (availing of such services) to switch its architecture suited for a different cloud services provider."Analysts said the likely affordability of enterprise services, coupled with demand for video and data privacy needs, would boost data storage requirements, giving a likely fillip to the data centres business.RIL has said its upcoming data centres running Microsoft's Azure platform would arm all Indian businesses with the capacity to speed up their digital transformation and be globally competitive. This is since small businesses would have access to enterprise-grade voice and data services, video conferencing, security solutions, marketing and sales solutions and more productivity tools. More so, since the Jio-Microsoft partnership plans to also develop solutions for all major Indian languages and dialects.BankAm-Merrill Lynch estimates the overall energy capacity to power data centres in India will grow at 700-800 MW a year in the aftermath of Jio's upcoming rollout of data centres, especially with the requirement to retain sensitive data in India. A data centre serves as a central location to consolidate a company's computing resources (read: servers) and data storage and efficiently manage network transport requirements.
The job market is showing signs of a slowdown engulfing sectors such as automotive, agro-based industries, consumer goods and fastmoving consumer goods, according to the latest half-yearly analysis of Monster Employment Index. The latest report of the index, shared exclusively with ET, shows a 5% decline in online hiring across 27 sectors in India in the first half of 2019 compared to that in the previous six months.As per the report, the metros fared worse than tier 2 cities in hiring during the January-June period.The automobile sector saw a 13% year-on-year fall in online hiring demand owing to a slump in sales. According to industry estimates, the sector saw a loss of 350,000 jobs over the past four months. The automobile and ancillaries industry together saw a 7% decline in the first half of the year compared to that in the preceding six months, according to the report."Within automotive industry, there have been certain developments like RBI repo rate cut, which should revive the appetite for car loans and hence the demand. The government is also focusing on electric vehicles, which should help the sector in the long-term," said Krish Seshadri, CEO, APAC & Gulf, Monster.com.The telecom sector, however, registered a 9% increase in online hiring demand during the period compared to that in the previous six months. The next wave in telecommunications, 5G, is creating demand for talent among telecom operators, said the report.Overall, the metros saw a lower hiring demand than tier 2 cities during the first half of 2019. For instance, Baroda witnessed an 11% increase in demand in the first half of 2019, recovering from a 19% fall a year ago, and Ahmedabad registered 5% growth after a 16% fall in demand in the first half of 2018.The agro-based industry, which has been seeing a consistent decline in demand for online hiring, witnessed a 74% fall in the first half.
JeM training for 'underwater' attack; India prepared: Indian Navy Terror outfit JeM had carried out the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama on Februrary 14, killing 40 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel in it.
Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs sacks 22 more senior officers on charges of corruption The move is in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address to the nation on Independence Day.
Whatever Rahul Gandhi said is being misused by Pakistan leaders, says J&K Guv Satya Pal Malik Governor Malik's remarks came even as Pakistan Foreign Minister Mahmood Qureshi made a war cry in Islamabad, saying "Pakistan is ready for every kind of war".
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, you buried Congress in grave: J&K Guv Satya Pal Malik Malik says Cong MP has dealt a major blow to his party and his statement would be quoted in elections to come
Bihar MLA Anant Singh struggles to adapt prison life The Independent legislator was remanded to judicial custody for two weeks in connection with the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) case lodged against him by a Patna court on Sunday.
Supreme Court admits govt's plea against ban on diesel vehicles The Tribunal order putting a cap of 10 years for diesel vehicles and 15 years for petrol vehicles was attacked by the Centre for being without any legal basis.
Conservation: Tortoise wins race to get star protection, otter hops on too Star tortoise, smooth-coated and small-clawed otters up-listed for protection globally at India's behest
Jal Shakti min pushes to improve 'recharge' This is necessary as groundwater levels are dangerously declining due to continuous withdrawal that caters to increased population, industrialisation and urbanisation along with increasing vagaries of rainfall
SAIL Bokaro Steel Plant Recruitment 2019 for OCT Trainee Posts are released. The candidates who are interested in 
