It’s Cheat Week at Mashable. Join us as we take a look at how liars, scammers, grifters, and everyday people take advantage of life's little loopholes in order to get ahead.
Hey, we've all been there — your mom or dad asks you to tell the person on the phone they're not home, or when you walk into a restaurant they whisper, "You are 10 years old, OK? Not 12, 10. You're getting that kids menu discount, so help me!"
What's the point of having kids if you can't occasionally use them to your advantage? Sometimes our parents let us get away with the little scams because they recognize life is too short not to have some fun (or get a good deal) ... or both. Read more...
Are you ready to take a trip down to memory lane? Blizzard Entertainment officially launched World of Warcraft Classic servers on Monday 26. Giving that vanilla experience the die-hard fans has been longing for, plus it will give a refreshing taste to newcomers how it was like back in the days.
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If you are on a budget, this HP Pavilion Intel Core i5-8300H 15.6-inch gaming laptop goes for $687.99, packed with GeForce GTX 1050Ti, 8GB RAM, and 1TB HDD. Giving you enough power to run most AAA titles. Read more...
It's time to interrupt your regularly scheduled holiday weekend programming of acceptably day drinking White Claws and shopping the best Labor Day deals, to spice things up with a healthy dose of Amazon weirdness. Why? Because the internet and its vortex of head-scratching commerce takes no days off, folks.
From an underbelly of fake seed scams to piggy banks with unnervingly realistic faces, Amazon never drops the ball when it comes to serving up the strange. So let's dig in to this week's roundup, shall we?
Here are our top picks of the weirdest products we stumbled across on Amazon this week: Read more...
Whether you dream of pursuing a career in graphic design or becoming the next master of memes, there's one tool you definitely need to know: Adobe's all-powerful Creative Cloud.
If you're a total beginner, it can feel a lot like learning a foreign language. The good news is that if you don't know your way around Photoshop, Lightroom, or Adobe's other major tools, this Complete Adobe MasteryBundle will get you up to speed.
Through 11 courses, you'll tackle some of Adobe's most popular apps from the inside out. You'll start off by learning the power of Photoshop, arguably the most essential software of all. Then, you'll tackle video editing in Premiere Pro, create video intros in After Effects, and edit and organize photos in Lightroom. There's even a course that covers how you can start a freelance design career, should you be interested in using your new skills to make some moolah. Read more...
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Foregoing a car charger is fine if you primarily use your car to go to and from work or school. But what happens when you embark on a long road trip? With friends and family and all their devices? And what happens if you get lost with no GPS? What would you do then?
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Take this much-needed three-day weekend to treat yo' self. You deserve it.
The Joker has been depicted by so many actors that it's hard to remember them all. Whether it's the hyperactive and goofy Cesar Romero, the hilarious and witty Jack Nicholson, the menacing and magnetic Heath Ledger, or Jared Leto, everybody has a favorite live-action Joker.
One thing none of those actors got to do, however, was carry an entire movie as the Clown Prince of Crime. Joaquin Phoenix is the latest to don the clown makeup in Joker, the villain's standalone film debut from director Todd Philips of the Hangover trilogy. Phoenix is Arthur Fleck, a clown for hire and standup comedian who gradually becomes the character we're all too familiar with amid a backdrop of social unrest and income inequality. Read more...
If you plan to bid farewell to summer with a little fishing this weekend, take some pointers from this tiny angler.
Josie, 4, was fishing with her parents near Delavan, Illinois on Wednesday when she got a bite from a 33-pound flathead. (Josie weighs 30 pounds.) But with some help with her dad and her trusty Frozen pole, which was rigged with a 50-pound line, Josie was able to reel the fish in.
At first, Josie thinks her new catch is pretty gross (understandable) but she eventually finds the courage to touch it. She even lies down next to it for scale.
We look forward to Josie catching a world record fish before the age of five. Read more...
PM's comment comes after Iraqi government accuses Jerusalem of attack on powerful Iran-backed paramilitary force in its territory.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday appeared to drop the biggest hint yet that Israel was operating in Iraq against Iranian interests.
Netanyahu, during a Facebook live stream to supporters, said: "I am doing everything to defend our nation's security from all directions: in the north facing Lebanon and Hezbollah, in Syria facing Iran and Hezbollah, unfortunately in Iraq as well facing Iran. We are surrounded by radical Islam led by Iran."
His comments came after the Iraqi government accused Israel of being behind an attack on a powerful Iran-backed paramilitary force in its territory earlier this week.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) and Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) shake hands after a joint press conference in Sochi, Russia on September 17, 2018. (AA)
The battle to reclaim Syria moved forward this week. Syrian Arab Army forces reclaimed the town of Khan Sheikoun last week prompting a flurry of moves by all involved, most notably Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
The battle to reclaim Syria moved forward this week. Syrian Arab Army forces reclaimed the town of Khan Sheikoun last week prompting a flurry of moves by all involved, most notably Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Erdogan was in Moscow this week sharing an ice cream cone with Vladimir Putin and cutting deals. The first part of that deal went into effect today; a ceasefire in the de-escalation zone in Idlib province.
If the battle is won, in essence, and the jihadists on the run, why call a ceasefire now?
Simple. Turkey needs to be able to recall its troops from the area and disengage with the rebels it has been backing there for years. That was what Erdogan bargained for in Moscow, the lives of his troops.
That should tell you how serious Putin is about retaking Idlib and how little patience he has now for Erdogan's nonsense.
The heads of state of Poland and Germany mark 80 years since the outbreak of history's bloodiest conflict with a ceremony in the Polish city of Wielun, where the first World War II bombs fell https://t.co/703Q8ht6SS 📷German tanks enter Poland pic.twitter.com/iwMZADfcwm
UK F-35 Lightning fighter jets conduct integration flying training with US Air Force B-2 Spirit stealth bombers for the first time, August 29, 2019. US Air Force/UK Ministry of Defense
Turkey and Russia will commence talks on cooperation in the aviation industry in a bid to strengthen bilateral talks, including the Sukhoi Su-57 stealth fighter jets, after Turkish President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan's one-day visit to Moscow, according to a senior Russian official.
"We will continue to talk about topics on the agenda and of course address the S-400s. We will talk about how we can go through a more advanced phase on the Su-35 and the possible procurement of Su-57," Dmitry Shugayev, the head of the Russian Federal Service for Military and Technical Cooperation, told reporters on the sidelines of the MAKS-2019.
Turkey has been showing interest in Russian fighter jets as the former was removed from the U.S. F-35 program, according to Shugayev.
At least 40+ militants of the Al-qaida faction "Guardians of Religion Organization" also called "Hurras al-din" including high-ranked leaders/commanders were eliminated in the airstrikes carried out by International Coalition forces.#Syria#Idlib#HTS#SAA#AQ#Al_Qaida#Turkeypic.twitter.com/ToZtHKGCNT
The American military conducted an airstrike against al Qaeda in Syria (AQ-S) "leadership at a facility north of Idlib, Syria" earlier today, according to U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM). It is the second time the U.S. has struck al Qaeda operatives in Syria since late June.
The "operation targeted AQ-S leaders responsible for attacks threatening U.S. citizens, our partners, and innocent civilians." CENTCOM adds that the "removal of this facility will further degrade their ability to conduct future attacks and destabilize the region."
To this day, German-Polish ties are haunted by the events of World War II. The invasion of Poland cast a long shadow, as demonstrated by current demands for reparations and plans to erect a memorial to Polish victims.
Poland wasn't just the first country invaded by Germany in World War II. It also suffered the largest number of casualties as a proportion of its total population, in addition to the systematic, wholesale destruction of Polish towns, cities and cultural assets.
These days, however, 80 years after the invasion of Poland, few Germans realize the full extent of the damage wreaked upon their neighbor. Germany's foreign minister, Heiko Maas, admitted as much on a recent visit to the country.
WNU Editor: Every Saturday night we light a candle in my home to remember someone who has passed on and/or a historical event. Tonight we are remembering the German invasion of Poland and the start of the Second World War.
* Mail on Sunday poll says Prime Minster would win majority of 28 seats in Election * Jacob Rees-Mogg says MPs too frightened to call vote of no confidence in PM * Plotters including Philip Hammond hope to seize control of Commons agenda * But Mr Rees-Mogg has described such 'politicking' as being 'unconstitutional'
The Minister at the centre of Boris Johnson's shock move to suspend Parliament today dares his opponents to bring down the Government – then watch the Prime Minister sweep to a thumping Election victory.
Jacob Rees-Mogg accuses 'deceitful' and 'underhand' MPs planning a last-ditch Commons move to block No Deal Brexit of being too frightened to call a vote of no confidence in Mr Johnson because it would lead to a crushing defeat of Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn in a snap poll.
Mr Rees-Mogg, who went to Balmoral to gain the Queen's approval for the dramatic suspension last week, lays down the gauntlet as an exclusive Mail on Sunday poll predicts Mr Johnson would win a majority of 28 seats in an Election – rising to 84 if Nigel Farage's Brexit Party stands aside.
WNU Editor: The international and U.K. media were overwhelmingly focused on today's nationwide protests against Boris Johnson's plan to suspend parliament. But it looks like they are missing (or avoiding) an even bigger story which is that new polls are showing a massive increase in popular support for Boris Johnson and the conservatives after they had made their announcement that they were going to prorogue Parliament. Bottom line. If these polls are accurate, it is going to kill any rebellion in the Tory ranks against Boris Johnson, and make it even more likely for a hard Brexit to happen on October 31.
Protesters have hit the streets across the UK to show their opposition to government moves to close parliament ahead of the Brexit deadline on October 31.
The demonstrations in London and elsewhere are against Prime Minister Boris Johnson's decision to prorogue parliament — a move that increases the chances of Britain leaving the European Union without agreement.
With only 61 days until the October 31 deadline for Britain's withdrawal, anti-Brexit politicians and campaigners are running out of time to prevent a no-deal Brexit, which business leaders say will disrupt Britain's economy and could even lead to shortages of food or medicine.
Thousands of Russians defied authorities and marched in central Moscow, ignoring officials' warnings and pressing demands to let independent candidates run in upcoming city council elections.
Police did not interfere with the August 31 protest, which was markedly smaller than previous ones.
However, camouflaged officers linked arms to keep marchers out of the road when demonstrators arrived at Pushkin Square -- a symbolically important public park closer to the Kremlin. A heavy presence of detention buses and water-cannon trucks were visible on nearby side streets.
WNU Editor: The authorities were surprised by this demonstration. They did not expect it, and are now saying that only a few hundred showed up. But from what I see, the real number is many times that. My advice to the Kremlin is watch out. From what I am hearing, people are angry, especially those under the age of 30. And they are using the protest movement in Hong Kong as a template to now organize their protests in Russia.
The US military has spent billions of dollars since 2001 fighting the Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan.
But the end may finally be in sight for America's military presence in the country if the current talks taking place in Doha between the United States and the Taliban reach a successful conclusion.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has said the war has "cost the United States government and society $500bn".
How accurate is this figure and how might it have been reached?
WNU Editor: This was not a war of choice. So maybe the question should be .... should the U.S. have put a limit on their engagement in Afghanistan after the Taliban and their Al Qaeda allies were driven out. In hindsight .... they should have left right after that happened instead of being engaged in nation building. That decision alone would not have cost the hundreds in billions that were eventually spent.
Adrian Darya 1 on its way to Syrian port of Tartus in contravention of EU sanctions, Secretary of State Pompeo says.
The United States blacklisted an Iranian tanker at the centre of a major diplomatic dispute with Tehran, saying it had "reliable information" the ship was transporting oil to Syria in violation of European Union sanctions.
In a statement issued on Friday, the US Treasury Department said the Adrian Darya 1 was "blocked property" and "anyone providing support" to the vessel risked being sanctioned.
The ship's captain, Akhilesh Kumar, was also blacklisted under the order.
U.S. envoy for peace in Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad speaks during a debate at Tolo TV channel in Kabul, Afghanistan April 28, 2019. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani/File Photo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As negotiators work to nail down an agreement with the Taliban to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan, misgivings have grown among some Trump administration officials and lawmakers that it will erode the United States' ability to thwart attacks from there, U.S. officials said.
Their concerns collide with U.S. President Donald Trump's impatience to secure a deal to draw down 14,000 troops and end America's longest war, allowing him to claim a foreign policy victory as he campaigns for re-election in 2020.
On Thursday, Trump appeared to reflect some of his aides' caution, telling Fox News Radio that U.S. troops would initially be reduced here to 8,600, and "then we make a determination from there as to what happens."
KUNDUZ, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Taliban forces attacked the northern Afghan city of Kunduz on Saturday, setting off hours of gun battles, even as U.S. negotiators move closer to finalizing a deal with the insurgents for the withdrawal of American troops from the country.
Heavy fighting has gone on in Kunduz since the early hours of the morning after Taliban fighters attacked from several directions, forcing Afghan forces to rush in reinforcements to prevent the insurgents from gaining control of the city.
Electricity and most telephone services were cut, and residents were sheltering in their houses, making it difficult to gain a complete picture of the fighting.
* American president says Beijing's response to anti-government protests has been restrained because it doesn't want to jeopardise negotiations * He also confirms new US tariffs on Chinese imports will take effect on Sunday
US President Donald Trump says Beijing's response to anti-government protests in Hong Kong has been restrained because it does not want to jeopardise ongoing trade talks with Washington.
He also confirmed that new US tariffs on Chinese imports would take effect on Sunday.
"If it weren't for the trade talks, Hong Kong would be in much bigger trouble. I think it would've be much more violent," Trump told reporters at the White House on Friday.
"I really believe China wants to make a deal, and they know it puts us in a very bad position if there's not a humane way of handling the problems.
WNU Editor: It is not only talks with the U.S. that is restraining China, but also how the EU would respond if China should decide to use force to stop the Hong Kong protests. Hence this explains the reactions of Chinese officials like this one .... China rebukes EU, US politicians for interfering on Hong Kong (Straits Times/Bloomberg).
* Thousands of protesters took the streets in the 13th weekend of pro-democracy demonstrations in Hong Kong * Riot police in heavy armour fired tear gas and water cannon at protesters close to the army headquarters * Protesters, ducking beneath umbrellas, hurled petrol bombs, bricks and fired laser pointers back at the police * Earlier on Saturday a 'prayer for sinners' Christian march peacefully moved through the city
Chaos engulfed Hong Kong's financial heart on Saturday night as police fired tear gas and water cannon at petrol bomb-throwing protesters, who defied a ban on rallying - and mounting threats from China - to take to the streets for a 13th straight weekend.
Police had banned the demonstration on security grounds and on Friday arrested several key activists and legislators in a dragnet on pro-democracy figures.
But Saturday afternoon, large crowds - many in their signature black T-shirts and under a colourful canopy of umbrellas - defied the order to snake through Hong Kong island, blocking roads and chanting 'reclaim Hong Kong, revolution of our times'.
* Iran's Information and Communications Technology Minister Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi tweeted 'Good Morning' at President Trump Saturday * Jahromi included a picture of himself standing next to the Nahid-1 satellite * Trump on Friday tweeted what appeared to be a U.S. spy photo of the damage at the launch pad and said the US had nothing to do with the explosion * Analysts had linked the explosion to Iran's planned launch of the Nahid-1
An Iranian official has tweeted at President Donald Trump over an apparent rocket failure, showing an image of him standing next to a satellite that was supposed to be launched.
Iran's Information and Communications Technology Minister Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi tweeted the image Saturday of himself with the Nahid-1 satellite.
'Me & Nahid I right now, Good Morning Donald Trump!' Jahromi wrote in the tweet accompanying the picture.
WNU Editor: Twitter is banned in Iran .... except for those who work for the Iranian government. So this tweet by this Iranian minister should be treated with the skepticism that it deserves. But if it was not the Nahid-1 satellite on the rocket that exploded, what was it carrying?
The Navy has ordered dozens of warships and aircraft to evacuate two bases in northeast Florida ahead of the anticipated arrival of Hurricane Dorian.
On Thursday, the Navy's Fourth Fleet declared "Sortie Condition Alpha" for ships homeported at Mayport Naval Station at the mouth of the St. Johns River east of Jacksonville. "Sortie Condition Alpha" means units must prepare to dispatch or deploy because destructive weather is expected within 24 hours.
Prominent members of Colombia's Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, including Ivan Marquez (center) say they are relaunching the group that demobilized after a 2016 peace deal Screen Grab Courtesy
Many see the announcement by a dissident group of Colombia's Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC) rebels that they will break a 3-year-old peace deal and resume armed struggle as a domestic problem. But, more likely, it will become a Colombia-Venezuela dispute — and perhaps escalate into a regional conflict.
Colombian President Ivan Duque already has pinned the blame on Venezuela. Hours after the FARC's Aug. 29 announcement, he said that the leftist rebels are "a narco-terrorist criminal gang that counts on the safe harbor and support of (Venezuelan) dictator Nicolás Maduro."
WNU Editor: Venezuela is providing a safe haven for this dissident FARC group and for the ELN. If that is not helping and assisting the fermentation of this war, I then do not know what is. And yes .... this involvement by Venezuela and Cuba will escalate into a regional conflict. Both the Maduro regime in Venezuela and the Cuban government need to deflect the focus of their failed policies and economic mismanagement to something else.
* Colonel W. Shane Cohen of the Air Force announced on Friday that the trial is set for January 11, 2021 * The case will take place at Camp Justice at Guantánamo Bay in Cuba * Date announcement was included in a 10-page trial scheduling order that also said that prosecutors had until October 1 to get material to defense teams * Cohen's announcement marks the first time that a trial judge in the case actually established a date * Prosecutors had tried to get the ball rolling with two previous judges after the 2012 arraignment of the five men
A 2021 date has been established for the death-penalty trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other men charged as the masterminds behind the September 11 attack in New York City.
Colonel W. Shane Cohen of the Air Force announced on Friday that the trial is set for January 11, 2021. The case will take place at Camp Justice at Guantánamo Bay in Cuba.
Khalid Sheikh (also spelled as Shaikh) Mohammed is said to be the architect behind the plot that killed 2,976 in New York City, Washington D.C. and Pennsylvania.
Cohen set the date so that a military jury could be selected, the New York Times reports. The selection process is said to take months, with various military personnel having to be flown in by groups to the base.
8/31 8 AM EDT: There's been a notable change overnight to the forecast of #Dorian after Tuesday. It should be stressed that the new forecast track does not preclude Dorian making landfall on the Florida coast, as large portions of the coast remain in the track cone of uncertainty pic.twitter.com/GSds0bKunM
Demonstrators in Hong Kong are continuing to gather outside government offices and the city's parliament on the 13th weekend of protests in the territoryhttps://t.co/Jx6FnKrAMDpic.twitter.com/evgxo5HF5i
The United States of America was not involved in the catastrophic accident during final launch preparations for the Safir SLV Launch at Semnan Launch Site One in Iran. I wish Iran best wishes and good luck in determining what happened at Site One. pic.twitter.com/z0iDj2L0Y3
Captain of £3bn HMS Queen Elizabeth admits warship floods 'weekly' it was recalled from sea trials in July after 200 tonnes of water spilled from a burst pipe.https://t.co/PLmpfNEuAb
A couple poses for a selfie with giant salvaged busts of former US Presidents August 25, 2019, in Williamsburg, Virginia. Howard Hankins rescued the giant busts of former US Presidents from the closed Presidents Park in Colonial Williamsburg when he was commissioned to destroy them.
IRAN claims it has "come into possession" of advanced laser cannons - with a US-based expert suggesting the West should not discount the possibility of the Islamic Republic deploying increasingly sophisticated weapons systems in the near future.
HURRICANE DORIAN is forecast to hit the Bahamas and will stall over the islands, unleashing rain and winds for 24 hours. Here is the latest update from NOAA.
NORTH KOREA has again warned the US that time is running out for talks surrounding denuclearisation after the two nations' bitter relationship took yet another sour turn.
AT LEAST 21 people have been shot and multiple injured in a horror shooting spree in Texas after authorities said the shooter hijacked a mail van in the devastating attack. Police have confirmed that two people are also dead.
TRIBUTES have poured in for Anthoine Hubert on Twitter after the French racing driver tragically died following a high-speed crash during a Formula Two race at the Belgian Grand Prix.
(HONG KONG) — Protesters in Hong Kong threw gasoline bombs at government headquarters and set fires in the streets on Saturday, while police stormed a subway car and hit passengers with batons and pepper spray in scenes that seem certain to inflame tensions further in a city riven by nearly three months of pro-democracy demonstrations.
Police had denied permission for a march to mark the fifth anniversary of a decision by China against fully democratic elections in Hong Kong, but protesters took to the streets anyway, as they have all summer. They provoked and obstructed the police repeatedly but generally retreated once riot officers moved in, avoiding some of the direct clashes that characterized earlier protests.
Late at night, though, video from Hong Kong broadcaster TVB showed police using batons while on the platform of Prince Edward subway station and swinging batons at passengers who backed into one end of a train car behind umbrellas. The video also shows pepper spray being shot through an open door at a group seated on the floor while one man holds up his hands.
It wasn’t clear if all the passengers were protesters or what precipitated the incident, which was widely shared on social media as another example of police brutality during the protests. Angry crowds gathered outside Prince Edward and nearby Mongkok station, where police also rushed in and made arrests.
PHILIP FONG—AFP/Getty ImagesA protester stands under a bridge as police fire water cannon outside the government headquarters in Hong Kong on August 31, 2019, in the latest opposition to a planned extradition law that has since morphed into a wider call for democratic rights in the semi-autonomous city.
Protests erupted in early June in Hong Kong, a semiautonomous Chinese territory of 7.4 million people. A now-shelved extradition bill brought to the fore simmering concerns about what many in the city see as an erosion of the rights and freedoms that residents are supposed to have under a “one country, two systems” framework.
The mostly young, black-shirted protesters took over roads and major intersections in shopping districts on Saturday as they rallied and marched with no obvious destination in mind.
Authorities closed streets and a subway stop near the Chinese government office and parked water cannon trucks and erected additional barriers nearby, fearing protesters might target the building. The office would have been the endpoint of the march that police did not allow.
Instead, a group of hard-line protesters decided to take on police guarding government headquarters from behind large barriers that ring the building to keep demonstrators at bay.
While others marched back and forth nearby, a large crowd wearing helmets and gas masks gathered outside. They pointed laser beams at the officers’ heads and threw objects over the barriers and at them. Police responded with tear gas, and protesters threw gasoline bombs into the compound.
Then came the blue water. A water cannon truck fired regular water, followed by repeated bursts of colored water, staining protesters and nearby journalists and leaving blue puddles in the street.
SeongJoon Cho—Bloomberg/Getty ImagesRiot police fire blue dye water canon at demonstrators during a protest in the central district of Hong Kong, China, on Saturday, Aug. 31, 2019.
The standoff continued for some time, but protesters started moving back as word spread that police were headed in their direction. A few front-line protesters hurled gasoline bombs at the officers in formation, but there were no major clashes as police cleared the area.
Protesters regrouped and blocked a major commercial street by piling up barricades and setting a large fire. Smoke billowed into the air as hundreds of protesters waited on the other side of the makeshift barrier, many pointing laser beams that streaked the night sky above them.
Firefighters made their way into the congested area on foot to put out the fire. Police in riot gear removed the barricades and moved in quickly. They could be seen detaining a few protesters, but by then, most had already left. As police advanced east down Hennessey Road, protesters made another stand in the Causeway Bay shopping district. They threw gasoline bombs at police, who fired tear gas and water cannons.
Protesters built another fire, a smaller one, in front of Sogo department store. Police waited behind their riot shields while firefighters put out the smoldering fire with extinguishers. When police moved in, the protesters had again retreated. Other groups crossed Hong Kong’s harbor to the Tsim Sha Tsui district, where police said they set fires and threw gasoline bombs on Nathan Road.
Democratic Party lawmaker Lam Cheuk-ting said Hong Kong citizens would keep fighting for their rights and freedoms despite the arrests of several prominent activists and lawmakers in the past two days, including activist Joshua Wong.
Protesters are demanding the full withdrawal of the extradition bill — which would have allowed Hong Kong residents to be sent to mainland China to stand trial — as well as democratic elections and an investigation into alleged police brutality in past battles with hard-line demonstrators.
“I do believe the government deliberately arrested several leaders of the democratic camp to try to threaten Hong Kong people not to come out to fight against the evil law,” Lam said at what was advertised as a Christian march earlier Saturday.
About 1,000 people marched to a Methodist church and police headquarters. They alternated between singing hymns and chanting slogans of the pro-democracy movement. An online flyer for the demonstration called it a “prayer for sinners” and featured images of a Christian cross and embattled Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam, who had proposed the extradition bill.
Anthony Kwan—Getty ImagesProtesters standoff with police in cloud of tear gas during a clash at an anti-government rally outside of Central Government Complex on August 31, 2019 in Hong Kong, China.
The Civil Human Rights Front, the organizer of pro-democracy marches that have drawn upward of a million people this summer, canceled its march after failing to win police approval. Police said that while previous marches have started peacefully, they have increasingly degenerated into violence in the end.
The standing committee of China’s legislature ruled on Aug. 31, 2014, that Hong Kong residents could elect their leader directly, but that the candidates would have to be approved by a nominating committee.
The decision failed to satisfy democracy advocates in Hong Kong and led to the 79-day long Occupy Central protests that fall, in which demonstrators camped out on major streets in the financial district and other parts of the city.
The participants in the religious march Saturday were peaceful and mostly older than the younger protesters who have led this summer’s movement and, in some cases, blocked streets and battled police with bricks, sticks and gasoline bombs Religious meetings do not require police approval, though authorities said late Friday that organizers of a procession with more than 30 people must notify police.
(VILLEURBANNE, France) — Police detained an Afghan man seeking asylum in France after one person was fatally stabbed and nine others injured Saturday outside a subway station near the city of Lyon, authorities said. The reason for the attack was unclear.
The assailant was a 33-year-old Afghan citizen who had applied for asylum in France and was awaiting a response, according to a national police official. The attacker provided contradictory information to police, but that the attack did not appear to be terrorism-related, two French officials told The Associated Press.
The victim who died was a 19-year-old man, and it was unclear if he knew the attacker, according to local police. Three of the injured are in critical condition, officials said.
The subway station in the Lyon suburb of Villeurbanne was cordoned off, with police combing the area.
A manhunt was initially launched for a second attacker but police later determined that the detained man was the main suspect, two officials said. Police are still looking for possible accomplices.
The officials were not authorized to be publicly named because of French government policy.
The national anti-terrorism prosecutor’s office has not been asked to participate in the investigation at this stage. An official with the Lyon regional administration said national security forces weren’t involved in the search, which includes a few dozen local police officers and a helicopter.
France remains on high alert after several deadly Islamic extremist attacks in 2015 and 2016.
(LONDON) — Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s provocative decision to suspend the British Parliament for a time before the country’s deadline for leaving the European Union came under fire Saturday in London and other cities where protesters took to the streets.
The demonstrations were called ahead of what is expected to be a pitched debate in Parliament this week as Johnson’s opponents scramble to try to pass legislation that would block him from carrying out Brexit on Oct. 31 without an approved withdrawal agreement.
An estimated 10,000 people gathered in central London, while others protested in in Belfast, York and others cities to show determination to block a “no deal” Brexit. Protesters in London briefly blocked traffic on a downtown bridge and in Trafalgar Square.
Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, who had urged his supporters to come out in large numbers, told thousands of people at a rally in Glasgow, Scotland that the message to Johnson was simple: “No way. It’s our Parliament.”
ANDY BUCHANAN—AFP/Getty ImagesBritain’s Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn addresses a protest against the government’s move to suspend parliament in the final weeks before Brexit in Glasgow on August 31, 2019.
Corbyn said Johnson, who became prime minister through a vote of Conservative Party members instead of a general election, does not have a mandate for shutting down Parliament or for leaving the EU without a deal in place. Many economists and academics think a no-deal Brexit would lead Britain into a prolonged recession.
“It’s not on, and we’re not having it,” Corbyn said.
Johnson’s decision to shutter Parliament for several weeks when a debate about Brexit plans had been expected galvanized angry crowds of protesters on Saturday. Organizers said protests were held in more than 30 locations throughout England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
In London, they chanted: “Boris Johnson, shame on you.” Some carried signs saying: “Stop the Coup” in reference to what they say is a move that threatens democracy.
The protests were organized by the anti-Brexit group Another Europe Is Possible and by Momentum, which is allied with the opposition Labour Party. The group is urging its membership to “occupy bridges and blockade roads.”
In Exeter in western England, pharmacist Bridie Walton, 55, said she was attending the first demonstration of her life. “Nobody voted for a dictatorship,” she said, condemning Johnson’s suspension of Parliament. “These are the actions of a man who is afraid his arguments will not stand scrutiny.”
Johnson’s plan is also being opposed by some in Parliament who plan to introduce legislation this week to try to prevent a disorderly departure from the European Union.
Their task will be made more difficult if Johnson’s plan to shut Parliament for part of the time period before the Oct. 31 Brexit deadline is carried out.
Wiktor Szymanowicz—NurPhoto/Getty ImagesThousands of demonstrators gather outside Downing Street on 31 August, 2019 in London, England to take part in Stop the Coup protests against the prorogation of the UK Parliament.
Johnson’s supporters may well be able to delay any proposed legislation from being enacted in time. Tactics could include introducing a variety of amendments that would have to be debated, or the use of filibusters to stall the process.
The shutdown of Parliament is also being challenged in three separate court cases scheduled to be heard next week. Former Prime Minister John Major has joined one of the lawsuits, raising the likelihood that he will argue in court that the current prime minister, a fellow member of the Conservative Party, is acting improperly by shutting Parliament.
Johnson, who helped lead the successful Brexit referendum campaign, says his government is actively pursuing a new deal with EU leaders and claims opposition to his policy will make it harder to wring concessions from Europe.
(MADRID) — Parents of babies and toddlers in Spain who have developed abnormal body hair plan to sue a pharmaceutical company that put a treatment for hair loss into packages meant for addressing acid reflux and other conditions.
Spanish health authorities have blamed the Minoxidil mix-up on Farma-Química Sur. They say the well-known topical treatment was put in packaging that was supposed to contain a syrup with omeprazole, which is used for stomach problems.
Spain’s Health Ministry has said at least 20 children from the age of a few weeks to two years have been affected.
The mother of a 10-month old boy said Saturday that families are getting preparing to file a joint lawsuit against Farma-Química Sur. The company has been closed down pending an official probe.
(DAKAR, Senegal) — As the world has watched with fear and fascination the fires burning in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, satellite images show a far greater number of blazes on the African continent.
While French President Emmanuel Macron has said he is considering launching an international campaign to help sub-Saharan African countries fight fires, experts say the situation there is different and not yet a growing problem — though it could become a threat in future. Angola had almost three times more fires than Brazil over a period last week, according to NASA satellite imagery, which indicated around 6,000 fires in Angola, more than 3,000 in Congo and just over 2,000 in Brazil.
Though Angola and Congo dominate in numbers of fires, they often occur in sparsely wooded savannas and on fields cultivated by small farmers, making them less of a concern for deforestation than those in the Amazon, said Sally Archibald, a professor at Wits University in Johannesburg.
“There are fire management questions in these (African) ecosystems, but fire is part of their ecology,” said Archibald, who studies fire management and savanna dynamics. “In South America, the equivalent non-forest woodlands have been largely converted to soybean agriculture already, but in Africa they are largely untransformed.”
Savanna fires release carbon dioxide, but within a year the grass regrows, sucking much of the carbon out of the atmosphere again. The fires may push toward the forests, but are mostly snuffed out at that border, Archibald said, unless trees are cut down making tropical forests more vulnerable. When a tropical forest is burned, the trees die and the carbon dioxide goes up and doesn’t return to the system quickly.
“The main message is: yes we have a lot of fire, but it’s not bad and can be very good for the ecology,” she said. “We don’t know how many deforestation fires we have but the best evidence is that our forests are not decreasing, they are in fact increasing.”
Most deforestation occurred in West Africa in the 19th century, Archibald said, adding that Cameroon and Gabon show increased forestation. However, ecosystems such as the Miombo Woodlands, which covers 10% of the continent over nine countries, do need to be managed. These woodlands push up against forests and because of an increase in population, more people are planting crops along the edges.
Getty ImagesA mixed savanna woodland and grassland on the high plateau in Upemba National Park looking over the Lufira River lowlands. The Lufira is one of the tributaries of the Congo River which rises in the high savannas and Miombo Woodlands of southeast Democratic Republic of the Congo in the Katanga region.
The Miombo Network, an advisory and sustainability group that Archibald is a member of, is working with the World Bank and policymakers to make sure there is proper fire management in these areas, she said.
NASA research scientist Niels Andela also said that savanna fires have shaped Africa’s landscape for thousands of years. “Fires are therefore often a critical component of these ecosystems and are not perceived as harmful by local communities,” he said. “Indeed, fires are often used for agricultural purposes, for example to keep the landscape open to support livestock, as well as sometimes as part of shifting cultivation.”
Andela said deforestation isn’t occurring on the same scale as in South America. “In part that may be simply due to limitations of existing infrastructure and lack of access to global markets, processes that drive large scale agricultural expansion elsewhere,” he said. “It is therefore certainly a possibility that this may change in future.”
Tosi Mpanu Mpanu, former chief negotiator for the Africa Zone at the 2015 United Nations climate change conference, said agricultural practices known as “slash and burn” need to be better managed, citing the over 3,000 fires in Congo.
“It is a great threat to our forests,” he said of the technique used by farmers in Congo and elsewhere in sub-Saharan Africa. “You need a global ambitious program or you train people to use other practices for people to go into intensive agriculture. You have to organize these small farmers by giving them fertilizer, seeds.”
The European Space Agency estimates 25-35% of climate-changing greenhouse gas emissions come from so-called biomass burning, which includes fires that are intentionally set to clear land for agriculture.
The majority of those fires occur in tropical regions of Africa. Using satellite data from the agency’s Copernicus program, researchers said in a December study that the total area burned in 2016 was 4.9 million square kilometers (1.89 million sq. miles). Most of the fires are 100 hectares (247.1 acres) or smaller in size.
Other areas with extensive biomass burning are Australia, South America and southeast Asia.
Globally, the amount of area burned declined by about 25% over the past two decades, largely because of savannas and grasslands being converted to agriculture, said James Randerson, an earth systems scientist at the University at California, Irvine.
Randerson said the tropical forests of Africa have yet to see widespread deforestation driven by industrial-scale agriculture that is transforming parts of the Amazon. But, he said, global economic forces could potentially change this as countries in east Asia, particularly China, seek to expand trade relations with African nations.
“That could put more pressure on the African forests,” Randerson said.
(SELA PRI KAMNIKU, Slovenia) — There’s no mistaking it depicts Donald Trump: a large wooden statue of the U.S. president has been erected in Slovenia, the homeland of his wife Melania.
The nearly eight-meter high (26 feet) construction shows Trump with his trademark hair style, blue suit, white shirt and a long red tie. His right arm — fist clenched — is raised high like that of New York’s Statue of Liberty. When triggered, a mechanism opens a red-painted mouth and shark-like teeth appear. “Like all populists, the statue has two faces,” its creator, Tomaz Schlegl, said. “One is humane and nice, the other is that of a vampire.”
Darko Bandic—AP A wooden structure made to resemble US President Donald Trump is constructed in the village of Sela pri Kamniku, about 20 miles northeast of Ljubljana in Slovenia.
The monument was built on private property among the lush greens and rolling hills of the sleepy village of Sela pri Kamniku, some 30 kilometers (20 miles) northeast of the Slovenian capital, Ljubljana. The statue has a temporary permit and has to be removed by Halloween, Oct. 31. Some local villagers, unhappy with its appearance, suggest torching it that day.
“I thought it will be a sculpture, one statue,” said Stane Supar, who owns land where it stands. “But now this huge thing has grown, and everyone tells me it’s a provocation.”
Schlegel, an architect, defended his project, saying it is “provocation against populism that the world is full of.”
“It is the Statue of Liberty, which no one today knows what it represents,” he said. “The pose is that of Superman. He can do and say whatever he wants without consequences.”
Two American tourists came Friday to this remote corner of Slovenia after hearing about the statue. “It seems like a really unusual location for a piece of art like this,” said Eddie Flawer from Santa Rosa, CA.
“I’m not very fond of Donald Trump and I didn’t know what to make of his hand up and doing the salute and the spikes coming out of the top of his head,” Flawer said. “But maybe it’s a metaphor of the Statue of Liberty which would make some sense since he seems to be doing everything in his power to negate the beauty and the spirit of the Statue of Liberty.”
JURE MAKOVEC—AFP/Getty ImagesA wooden structure made to resemble US President Donald Trump is constructed in the village of Sela pri Kamniku, about 20 miles northeast of Ljubljana in Slovenia.
It’s not the first time in Slovenia that a member of the Trump family has been carved in wood. A life-size sculpture of the U.S. first lady was unveiled in her hometown of Sevnica in June, drawing mixed reactions from the locals.
The rustic figure was cut from the trunk of a linden tree, showing her in a pale blue dress like the one she wore at Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration. Her face is depicted in a naive local style.
The first lady, born Melanija Knavs, changed her name to Melania Knauss when she started modeling. She settled in New York in 1996 and met Trump two years later.
(KABUL, Afghanistan) — The Taliban launched a large-scale attack on Kunduz, one of Afghanistan’s main cities, killing at least 15 people and wounding more than 75 others, government officials said Saturday, even as the insurgent group continued negotiations with the United States on ending America’s longest war.
The militants, who have demanded that all foreign forces leave Afghanistan, now control or hold sway over roughly half of the country and are at their strongest since their 2001 defeat by a U.S.-led invasion. Such attacks are seen as strengthening their negotiating position.
The U.S. envoy in the talks, Zalmay Khalilzad, said in a Twitter post that he raised the Kunduz attack with the Taliban and told them “violence like this must stop.” He is expected to visit Kabul on Sunday to brief the Afghan government.
A suicide bomber detonated his explosives at the main intersection in Kunduz after hours of efforts by Afghan security forces to push the militants into the city’s outskirts, provincial council member Ghulam Rabani Rabani told The Associated Press. The blast killed 10 people and wounded five others, Interior Ministry spokesman Nasrat Rahimi said.
The Taliban quickly claimed responsibility for the bombing, which occurred after the defense and interior ministers visited Kunduz and asserted that Afghan forces had repelled the attackers. The commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, Gen. Scott Miller, also visited the city, Khalilzad said.
Afghan officials confirmed casualties among security forces in the day of fighting but did not say how many and said at least 60 Taliban fighters had been killed. As night fell, they said gun battles continued on the outskirts of Kunduz, a strategic crossroads with easy access to much of northern Afghanistan as well as the capital, Kabul, about 200 miles (335 kilometers) away.
Presidential spokesman Sediq Seddiqi told reporters the attack was “completely against the peace talks.”
The bodies of at least three civilians and two members of the security forces were taken to the Kunduz hospital and at least 80 wounded civilians of all ages were treated, including women and children, said the provincial health director, Esanullah Fazeli.
Rabani said the insurgents briefly took control of the hospital earlier in the day, but Fazeli said the fighters left after staffers told them the patients could be hurt in any cross fire. “In a way we are thankful that the Taliban accepted what they were told,” he said.
The Taliban launched the “massive attack” from several different points overnight, said Sayed Sarwar Hussaini, spokesman for the provincial police chief, who reported “intense gun battles” around the city.
Hours later the Afghan defense minister, Asadullah Khalid, rejected speculation that Kunduz had collapsed.
The Taliban have continued bloody assaults on civilians and security forces even as their leaders meet with Khalilzad in Qatar to negotiate an end to nearly 18 years of war. Talks continued Saturday, and Afghanistan’s chief executive, Abdullah Abdullah, said Khalilzad would visit Kabul on Sunday to brief the government. Both the U.S. and Taliban in recent days have signaled they are close to a deal.
One Afghan analyst, former deputy interior minister Mirza Mohammad Yarmand, said the attack on Kunduz showed the Taliban are not interested in a cease-fire, which has been a key issue in the Qatar talks.
In the negotiations, the United States has also sought Taliban guarantees that Afghanistan will no longer be a launching pad for terror attacks such as the Sept. 11, 2001, attack on the U.S. by al-Qaida. The Taliban government had harbored al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden.
Some 20,000 U.S. and NATO forces remain in Afghanistan after formally ending their combat role in 2014. They continue to train and support Afghan forces fighting the Taliban and a local affiliate of the Islamic State group.
Many Afghans worry that an abrupt departure of foreign troops will leave Afghan forces vulnerable and further embolden the Taliban, who already portray a U.S. withdrawal as their victory. “We have lost the city in the past and know the Taliban can attack again from insecure areas,” a lawmaker from Kunduz, Fatima Azizi, told the local Ariana television channel on Saturday.
“Unfortunately, civilians are again the victims,” she said.
The Taliban seized Kunduz, at the heart of a major agricultural region near Tajikistan, for around two weeks in 2015 before withdrawing in the face of a NATO-backed Afghan offensive. The insurgents pushed back into the city center a year later, briefly raising their flag before gradually being driven out again.
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WBSETCL Recruitment2019 – Apply Online for 56 Apprentice Vacancies. West Bengal Government has announced a job notification for Graduate and Technician Apprentice vacancies. Interested check the vacancy & eligibility details and then register at NATS Portal for Apprentice Vacancy. Registration starts from 30th August 2019 and ends up by 14th September 2019.
Candidates who are selected by the West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company Limited will be paid a stipend during the training period of 12 months. Aspirants who have completed Degree or Diploma in Electrical Engineering can apply for the Apprentice Vacancies. Get more details regarding the WBSEDCL Apprentice job vacancy in below page. Also, check WBSEDCL Official Website @www.wbsedcl.in
Overview of WBSETCL Apprentice Recruitment 2019
Name of the Organization
West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (WBSEDCL)
WBSETCL Recruitment 2019 – Apply Online for 143 Assistant Engineer & Jr Executive Vacancies. West Bengal Government released notification regarding the vacancy for best of 143 candidates. Those of interested candidates can check the vacancy details and then register for the respected posts. WESEDCL Recruitment is through Online Process. The Online Application starts from 03rd January 2019 and ends up by 24th January 2019. WB State Electricity Distribution Company recruits those of fresh and energetic minds for the Assistant Engineer & Jr Executive Posts.
Latest WBSETCL Careers 2019-20 Details
West Bengal government is now ready to recruit 143 candidates for the post of Assistant Engineer & Jr Executive Posts. Interested can check for the eligibility criteria category. Only those who satisfy the given educational details and age limit will be called for the interview process. The age limit should be between 18 to 27 years as that young minds are wanted. The selection process for the candidates who appear for the WBSETCL Recruitment is selected based on written Examination and Interview Process. And there is good pay of salary is allocated for those who are selected by the West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (WBSETCL).
Important dates and links that are necessary to apply for the 143 posts are listed below for the reference of the job seekers. Make sure you go through all the details and then apply for the post. For more details refer to the WBSETCL Official Website ie. www.wbsetcl.in
To know the vacancy details according to the category wise candidates can refer to the Official Notification Link provided below.
Eligibility Criteria for WBSETCL Recruitment 2019-20
Applicants those who wish to apply for the 143 Assistant Engineer & Jr Executive Posts should check the eligibility details and then apply for the posts. We have listed important details regarding the eligibility criteria in the below section. Read the complete educational details and age limit details that are given on this page. You can also find the pay scale details, selection process and application fee for the respected posts under complete details category. For detailed information, candidates can check for the Official Notifications of WBSETCL Recruitment 2019.
Educational Qualifications
Candidates those who have done there graduation in respected disciplines are eligible for WBSETCL Vacancies
For detailed information about the educational qualifications, candidates can refer to the Official Notification Link given below.
Age Limit
Minimum age limit – 18 years
Maximum age limit – 27 years
Age Relaxation:
For SC/ ST Candidates – 05 years
For OBC Candidates – 03 years
WBSETCL Jobs 2019-20 Complete details for 143 Posts
Candidates those who want to register for the Online Application of 143 Assistant Engineer & Jr Executive Posts can check the vacancy and eligibility details and then can register for the application. Read the information given in the Official Notification and then go for the Online process. Be sure you register for 143 Vacancies before the last date closes ie. 24th January 2019. Follow the below given steps for easy registration and find the necessary links in the bottom of the page.
How to Apply Steps for WBSETCL Careers 2019-20
Download the Official Notification and read all the information given init
Then click on Apply Online link
If you are a new user for New Registration tab
Enter all your personal details to get your Username and Password
Then click on Log in tab
Now enter your registration id and dob
Then click on submit
Have a print of the completed application for future use.
WBSEDCL Recruitment 2019 – Apply Online for 1179 Office Executive & Jr. Operator Technical Cum Technical Assistant Vacancies. West Bengal Government released notification regarding the vacancy for best of 1179 candidates. Those of interested candidates can check the vacancy details and then register for the respected posts. WESEDCL Recruitment is through Online Process. The Online Application starts from 28th December 2018 and ends up by 18th January 2019. WB State Electricity Distribution Company recruits those of fresh and energetic minds for the Executive & Technical Assistant Posts.
WBSEDCL Jobs 2019-20 Notification
West Bengal government is now ready to recruit 1179 candidates for the post of Office Executive & Jr. Operator Technical Cum Technical Assistant Posts. Interested can check for the eligibility criteria category. Only those who satisfy the given educational details and age limit will be called for the interview process. The age limit should be between 18 to 27 years as that young minds are wanted.
The selection process for the candidates who appear for the WBSEDCL Recruitment is selected based on written Examination and Interview Process. And there is good pay of salary is allocated for those who are selected by the West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (WBSEDCL). Important dates and links that are necessary to apply for the 1179 posts are listed below for the reference of the job seekers. Make sure you go through all the details and then apply for the post. For more details refer to the WBSEDCL Official Website ie. www.wbsedcl.in
WBSEDCL Careers 2019 2020 Overview
West Bengal SEDCL Jobs 2019 List Out
Name of the Board
West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (WBSEDCL)
Name of the Posts
Office Executive & Jr. Operator Technical Cum Technical Assistant Posts
Number of Vacancies
1179 Vacancies
Starting Date to Apply
28th December 2018
Last Date to Apply
18th January 2019
Application Mode
Apply Online
Job Category
West Bengal Government Jobs
Job Location
West Bengal
Official Website
www.wbsetcl.in
www.wbsedcl.in Vacancy 2019 List for 1179 Posts
Name of the Posts
Number of Vacancies
Office Executive
745
Jr. Operator Technical Cum Technical Assistant
434
Total
1179
To know the vacancy details according to the category wise candidates can refer to the Official Notification Link provided below.
Eligibility Criteria for WBSEDCL Recruitment 2019-20
Applicants those who wish to apply for the 1179 Office Executive & Jr. Operator Technical Cum Technical Assistant Posts should check the eligibility details and then apply for the posts. We have listed important details regarding the eligibility criteria in the below section. Read the complete educational details and age limit details that are given on this page. You can also find the pay scale details, selection process and application fee for the respected posts under complete details category. For detailed information, candidates can check for the Official Notifications of WBSEDCL Recruitment 2019.
Educational Qualifications
For Office Executive Posts – Graduation in any discipline with 50% marks in aggregate from a recognized University Or Graduation in any discipline with minimum 50% marks in HS level and Must have passed certificate course/any other courses on the computer.
Junior Operator Technician cum Technical Assistant Posts– Madhyamik or equivalent and Trade Certificate under NCVT from any ITI under Directorate of Industrial Training, Govt. of West Bengal in Electronic-Mechanic/Wireman/ Electrician.
For detailed information, candidates can refer to the Official Notification Link given below.
Age Limit
Minimum age limit – 18 years
Maximum age limit – 27 years
Age Relaxation:
For SC/ ST Candidates – 05 years
For OBC Candidates – 03 years
WBSEDCL Jobs 2019-20 Complete details for 1179 Posts
Candidates those who want to register for the Online Application of 1179 Office Executive & Jr. Operator Technical Cum Technical Assistant Posts can check the vacancy and eligibility details and then can register for the application. Read the information given in the Official Notification and then go for the Online process. Be sure you register for 1179 Vacancies before the last date closes ie. 18th January 2019. Follow the below-given steps for easy registration and find the necessary links in the bottom of the page.
How to Apply Steps for WBSEDCL Careers 2019-20
Download the WBSETCL Recruitment Official Notification and read all the information given init
Then click on Apply Online link
If you are a new user for New Registration tab
Enter all your personal details to get your Username and Password
Then click on Log in tab
Now enter your registration id and dob
Then click on submit
Have a print of the completed application for future use.
www.wbsedcl.in Notification 2019-20 Important Links
WBSETCL Jobs 2019 – West Bengal State Electricity Transmission Company Limited (WBSETCL) has released notification for the 322 candidates in this December Month. Interested can check for the 322 vacancy details for Office Executive, Linesman & Other Posts in WBSETCL Recruitment 2019. This Online Application would start on 19th December 2018 and ends up by 11th January 2019. Check out the complete details of the 322 posts in the below section of this page.
Latest www.wbsetcl.in Careers 2019 Details
West Bengal government is now ready to recruit 322 candidates for the post of Office Executive, Linesman & Other. Interested can check for the eligibility criteria category. Only those who satisfy the given educational details and age limit will be called for the interview process. The selection process for the candidates who appear for the WBSETCL Recruitment is selected based on written Examination and Interview Process. And there is good pay of salary is allocated for those who are selected by the West Bengal State Electricity Transmission Company Limited (WBSETCL). Important dates and links that are necessary to apply for the 322 posts are listed below for the reference of the job seekers. Make sure you go through all the details and then apply for the post. For more details refer to the WBSETCL Official Website ie. www.wbsetcl.in
WBSETCL Recruitment 2019 – Office Executive, Linesman & Other Posts
Name of the Board
West Bengal State Electricity Transmission Company Limited (WBSETCL)
Name of the Posts
Office Executive, Linesman & Other Posts
Number of Vacancies
322 Vacancies
Starting Date to Apply
19th December 2018
Last Date to Apply
11th January 2019
Application Mode
Apply Online
Job Category
West Bengal Government Jobs
Job Location
West Bengal
Official Website
www.wbsetcl.in
WBSETCL Vacancy 2019 Details – 322 Posts
Name of the Posts
Number of Vacancies
Special Technical Assistant
35
Executive Assistant
37
Office Executive
100
Linesman
150
Total
322 Posts
Eligibility Criteria for WBSETCL Recruitment 2019
Applicants those who apply for the Office Executive, Linesman & Other Posts should check the eligibility details and then apply for the posts. Candidates can find the complete educational details and age limit details in the below section of this page. You can also find the pay scale details, selection process and application fee for the respected 322 Vacancies under complete details category. For detailed information, candidates can check for the Official Notifications of WBSETCL Jobs.
Aspirants those who want to register for West Bengal Jobs can check for the eligibility details and then go for the registration process. Check the official notification of WBSETCL Recruitment. Read all the information given on the page. Make sure your registration before the last date. Follow up the below given steps to register for the Online Application for 322 Office Executive, Linesman & Other Posts.
About West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company Limited
West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (WBSEDCL) was built up in 2007 after the unbundling of the state power leading group of West Bengal and in charge of giving the capacity to 96% of West Bengal with a client base of more than 1.68 crores over the state. The organization has accomplished a benefit of ₹95.13 crore (US$14 million or €12 million) (PAT) in the monetary year 2010-11. The Government of West Bengal unbundled the past West Bengal State Electricity Board (WBSEB) into two organizations viz., West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (WBSEDCL) and West Bengal State Electricity Transmission Company (WBSETCL).
The fundamental business of WBSEDCL is circulation and hydro age of power. It is likewise the Nodal Agency of the Government of West Bengal for undertaking Rural Electrification task in the State with a target of giving access of power to every rustic family unit in the state in accordance with the National Rural Electrification Policy. After fruitful execution of Purulia Pumped Storage Project in tenth Plan period with a limit of 900 MW hydel control, the Company has taken up the driven arrangement of actualizing Turga Pumped Storage Project in the thirteenth Plan time frame with an introduced limit of 4 x 250 MW. The Company is overseen by a Board of Directors involving twelve individuals out of which seven are Executive Directors including Chairman and Managing Director. Other than one Woman Director and four Independent Directors comprise the Board.
SKU Result 2019 – Students who have written their Semester Exams under the Sri Krishnadevaraya University can check out the SK Results here. The SK University Results released for the examinations like BA, B.Com, B.Sc, BBA, BBM MBA, and others. SKU Result Manabadi 2019 declared according to the semester wise. For detailed information about the semester exam results, students can check out the official website @skuniversity.ac.in
SKU Result 2019-20 @skuniversity.ac.in
Sri Krishnadevaraya University has released the SK Results for all the Under Graduate and Post Graduate Degree courses. Candidates can download the immediate results from the webpage. Sri Krishnadevaraya University will release the semester results according to the course wise. Once the university declares the results we will update with the latest provided link. Students can also download the SKU Result Marksheet from the below section. For those Students, to get the marks, the University has given the Sri Krishnadevaraya University Re-Evaluation Process. Students who are anxiously waiting for SKU Final Results 2019 need to pay attention to the information provided here.
Sri Krishnadevaraya University is a public university in Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh, India, founded on July 25, 1981. The university is named after a patron of learning and the arts, Sri Krishnadevaraya, of the Vijayanagara empire of the 16th century. The university is an offshoot of the erstwhile Postgraduate Centre of Sri Venkateswara University started in 1968. Subsequently, in 1976, the SVU Postgraduate Centre attained autonomous status. Its Vice-Chancellor for the first two terms was M. Abel. In 1987, with a capital outlay of Rs. 1.2 crores, Sri Krishnadevaraya Institute of Management was started with funding from the UGC.
SVU Revaluation Exam Result
Sri Krishnadevaraya University conducts regular as well as supplementary examination for those who are studying under the University. Those students who failed in the main semester examination has one more chance to score well. For each and every semester Students can apply for the revaluation after the announcement of the main examination results. The Sri Krishnadevaraya University will take a week or more to process the exam papers to announce the Sri Krishnadevaraya University Revaluation Exam Results. Currently, the University of Sri Krishnadevaraya has released the revaluation results for UG, PG with all-region Students. So Students can check the Revaluation results from the official website as well as on this. We have attached the direct link to get the Supply/Revaluation Results.
Indian Army Admit Card 2019 is here to download. A good number of candidates who applied for the post are eagerly waiting to download the Indian Army Exam Admit Card 2019 for various posts. The hall ticket will be here to download through online mode. However, contenders can get their Indian Army Hall Ticket 2019. However, the admit card contains important information like the examination date, timings, venue details which helps applicants to reach the exam hall on time. Hence stay tuned to our page and acquire hall ticket as soon as possible.
Indian Army Women GD Admit Card 2019 will be available soon on the official website. Candidates who applied for the post of Women Soldiers GD Exam can download the hall ticket from the upcoming section. Moreover, Aspirants should enter the vital details to download the Indian Army Admit Card.
Indian Army Women GD Admit Card 2019 – Download Here
Indian Army Admit Card 2019 has been released on 18th July 2019. The admit card will be issued to the candidates who have registered in the recruitment process. Applied Women candidates can check their application status from the official website. Later, you can download the Indian Army GD admit card if you are in the eligible list. Hence, all the examiners should carry the admit card for each and every selection rounds.
Indian Army GD Admit Card 2019
The Army Force has released the notification to recruit 100 Women Soldiers GD Officers. The application process has been completed on 30th June 2019. So, the board will shortlist the candidates by their eligibility. Hence, the Indian Army Force has published the exam date for the Common Entrance Exam and as well as for the PST examination. However, the force has issued the admit card for the examination. Let candidates can start preparations for the examination process.
Indian Army Women GD Admit Card 2019 – Download Here
Important Details to Check-in Indian Army Hall Ticket
Above table covers the details of Indian Army Force Recruitment. Candidates can get the exam date, admit card date from the above table. So that you can know the admit card status right there. Mostly, the Join Indian Army Admit card will be available only for the written exams of Indian Army posts. The admit card link will be sent to the registered candidates through E-mail. So, candidates keep your eyesight on your registered mail id to receive the notification according to the Indian Army Admit Card. The admit card will have the contents like,
Name of the Candidates
Exam Date, Time & Centre.
Post Applied for.
Application or Registration Number
Date of Birth
Important Instructions.
Indian Army Force GD PST Exam 2019
Women Soldiers GD Officers exam date has to be declared by the Higher Officials of Indian Army Force. Hence, Candidates can check with the official website for the exam date. Clear the Physical Standard Test and also the Medical Test to attend the Common Entrance Examination. May all the candidates can get the eligibility criteria of PST test from the Official Notification. Make sure with the eligibility and Participate in the PST Examination.
Needed Things to Download Indian Army GD Call Letter
Download the Indian Army Admit Card once it released. Check the admit card before downloading it. Make sure to carry the original ID proof along with the admit card. The original ID proofs such as,
Aadhar Card
College ID
Ration Card
Driving License
PAN Card
Voter ID
Any Valid ID Proof Issued By Gazetted Officer
Bank Passbook
Passport
Indian Army Admit Card 2018 will be here soon for the post of Fireman, Trades Man Mate and others. Those contenders who had applied for the post can make use of this page to acquire their Indian Army Exam Hall Ticket 2018. The hall ticket contains important information like the examination date and other important details which help applicants to reach the exam hall on time. However, we have provided direct links and steps to help candidates easily get their Indian Army Exam Admit Card 2018. Failing to carry the admit card will not be allowed to enter the exam hall.
Indian Army Admit Card 2019: Candidates can make use of this page to download Indian Navy Exam Admit Card 2019 for the post like Soldier Technical, Soldier Nursing Assistant, Soldier General duty & Others. As hall ticket is important for every aspirant to take up the examination. Moreover, the Indian Navy Hall Ticket 2019 contains important information like the examination date, timings, and venue that help applicants to reach the examination hall on time. However, the admit card will be here to download when released by the officials at joinindianarmy.nic.in. To help contenders easily get their admit card we have provided direct links and steps. Hence don’t waste your time and get your Indian Navy Exam Hall Ticket 2019 as soon as possible.
Indian Army Admit Card
Every year the officials of Indian Army conducts examination for various posts. And at this time the Indian Army Admit Card 2019 is important for each and every individual to take up the exam. Those aspirants failing to carry the Indian Army Exam Admit Card 2019 will not be allowed to take up the exams. And moreover, the hall ticket contains important information like the examination date, timings, and venue that help contenders to reach exam hall on time. We have provided direct links and steps to help contenders easily get their hall ticket. Admit card plays an important role for such applicants those taking up the exams. The admit card will be here to download through online mode. Hence make use of this page and get your admit card here as soon as possible.
The officials of Indian Army had released its notification to fill in applicants for the post of Soldier Technical, Soldier Nursing Assistant, Soldier General duty & Others. However interested and eligible contenders had made use of this opportunity and had applied for the post on or before 18th January 2019. Those candidates who were interested in army jobs had grabbed this chance. The mode of application for the post is online. The job location for selected applicants is in India. Those applicants who had applied for the post can make use of the link given below to download their Indian Army admit card.
The aspirants must know the Indian Army Exam pattern along with the syllabus and this would help the candidates to score better marks than the others. Candidates must know the exam duration, weight in each section, and the total number of questions. Using this, the candidates can prepare well for the exam. Hence to be part of the board prepare well for the examination.
Indian Army Group C Admit Card 2019: Indian Army has released the admit card for Various Army Ordnance Group C Posts. Hence, Candidates who applied for various posts can now download the admit card from the below table. Hence, the Indian Army Group C Hall Ticket has been released on 08th July 2019. Moreover, the exam date has been decided to conduct in the Month of July 2019. The exact date for the exam is yet to be released.
The Physical/Practical/Skill Test will be in Qualifying Nature.
The Exam Will be Objective Type.
The Exam will be of 150 Marks/ Questions.
The Time Duration for the Exam Will be of 2 Hours (20 Min extra for visually Handicapped Candidates).
The paper will consist of objective type – multiple choice questions only.
The questions will be set both in English and Hindi, except for General English & General Awareness.
There Will be No Negative Marking.
Download Indian Army Exam Hall Ticket 2019
The Indian Army Board has planned to generate Hall ticket just for the written examination. So, the candidates are curious to get the hall ticket as soon as possible. To acquire it fast, be ready with your registration number and other exam details. After that, just click the official link provided here and enter the required details to download it. Once you have acquired the hall ticket, you can find some details such as your Roll Number, Exam Date, Timings, center instructions, things to bring, applicants photograph, and venue details. Therefore, the contestants are required to give importance to download the Indian Army Admit Card 2019 because it is an entry pass to attend the exam.
Steps to Download Indian Army Exam Admit Card
Visit the official website of Indian Army i.e joinindianarmy.nic.in
It redirects to the home page.
Click on the download link.
Enter the application number, date of birth and password details.
Then, click on the submit button.
Now, the Indian Army Hall Ticket will display on the screen.
Download the admit card 2019.
Finally, take a print out of the Hall Ticket and carry the admit card while attending the examination.
Direct Link to Download Indian Army Hall Ticket 2019
RDVV Result 2019 – Dear Students of Rani Durgavati Vishwavidyalaya. We have really good news for you all. The Semester examination results are released by the University. Check out the below section to get the Annual and Semester wise Exam Results for the RDVV. Students can also get the Regular and Supplementary results along with the mark sheet. You can also obtain your MBA, BCA, B.Ed, M.A., B.Sc, B.Com, LL.B., and several other courses RDVV Result 2019 here.
RDVV Exam Result 2019 @rdunijbpin.org
Checking out for the recently released Rani Durgavati Vishwavidyalaya University results. Then get down the below section and gather the complete information about the result details. Students can get their desired exam results from the RDVV Result 2019 Portal. We have let the students of RDVV use this page and check the latest updated RDVV New Result. 1st, 2nd, 3rd and final semesters RDVV BA Private Result 2019 provided in here. So, check the page thoroughly to find the Result of RDVV using the Registration number or by name wise. Get the direct links to access the examination cell result page to get your semester results without any distraction.
Rani Durgavati Vishwavidyalaya, also known as the University of Jabalpur, is a government university in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India. The university was constituted and established on 12 June 1956 under the Jabalpur University. The UGC-Academic Staff College (Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma Bhawan) is one of the best in the country. It has so far conducted 73 orientation programmes and 195 refresher courses. Over 7600 teachers have been benefited by these courses. It accommodates an Administrative Block, Art Faculty building, Teaching and Research buildings of Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Bio-Science, System Science and Physical education departments.
Regular/ Supplementary Result for RDVV
Students are waiting for the results if they scored well they will lead to next year. But if they will not get more marks they can apply for the Revaluation Results. Once they applied for the Examination, the higher level Examiner will check the paper again. They can get the revaluation results within the time. Also if still get fail marks, they can apply for the supplementary examination. For each and every semester Students can apply for the revaluation after the announcement of the main examination results. The Rani Durgavati Vishwavidyalaya University will take a week or more to process the exam papers to announce the RDVV Revaluation Results. Do stay updated with the University to know about the Revaluation Exam Results.
BFUHS Results 2019 – The Baba Farid University of Health Science has declared the MBBS, BDS, MS, MD, B.Pharm, M.Pharm, Bsc Nursing, MSc Nursing Exam bfuhs.ac.in results 2019. The University has published the results of B.Sc Nursing, B.Sc Nursing (Post Basic) PG Nursing, MBBS, BPT, DMRIT, and other Courses results available here. Students those who have appeared for these examinations can check their BFUHS Results from the official website of the University i.e, bfuhs.ac.in. Here on this page, we have provided a direct link to get the BFUHS Results from the below table. It will help the students to check and download the results without any hesitation. Hence, Students can check more details like Academic regulation, Courses, Admissions and other details at Baba Farid University of Health Sciences Webpage.
BFUHS Results 2019
On this page of BFUHS Results 2019, Students can get a direct link to check and download their results. Here on this page, Students can find the results for Under Graduate, Post Graduate, Regular, Revaluation, and Supplementary results. We people from recruitment.guru will provide all recent results once released by BFUHS to make avail for students. By this, students can find the recent results given by the university won't confusion. Along with BFUHS Results, we will update the latest news regarding the exam results from the BFUHS regularly. Hence, Scroll down the entire page and get the Baba Farid University of Health Sciences Results in 2019 here. So, we advise the Students who are pursuing under Baba Farid University can evaluate their performance by getting the results through our website.
Baba Farid University of Health Sciences was established under an Act passed by the Legislature of the State of Punjab in July 1998. The mission of the University is to create an intellectual, academic and physical environment, conducive to the free flow of ideas and exchange of information between various faculties of the University and between this University. Also, Universities of Health Sciences in the country and abroad, thereby opening a window to the world. They include health planners, health managers, health professionals, biomedical and social scientists and educators in the health sciences of the country.
BFUHS Supply/Revaluation Results
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 the Baba Farid University of Health Science can also get all Results Also. Just we are advising the Students to frequently visit this page to get latest updates of all BFUHS Result 2019.
GPSC Result 2019 Declared | Check GPSC State Tax Inspector Result 2019 Released @ gpsc.gujarat.gov.in – The Gujarat Public Service Commission (GPSC) declared the GPSC State Tax Inspector Class 3 Result 2019 on 30th August 2019. Candidates who had attended for the GPSC State Tax Inspector Preliminary Examination on 9th June 2019, can find out the GPSC Result 2019 from this page. At the bottom of this page, we have given a direct link to download the GPSC State Tax Inspector Prelims Exam Result 2019.
GPSC Latest Result Update: The Gujarat Public Service Commission (GPSC) has announced the GPSC State Tax Inspector Result 2019 on 30th August 2019. Get GPSC State Tax Inspector 2019 Direct link from the below table.
GPSC Result 2019 @ Prelims Result
Applicants those who are interested in this Post can download the GPSC State Tax Inspector Details here. GPSC State Tax Inspector Exam date 2019 has declared on the official website and mentioned in the below table. Here we have provided a quick link to download your GPSC Exam Result 2019. We have provided steps to download the GPSC State Tax Inspector Exam Result. State Tax Inspector (Class 3) Exam conducted on 9th June 2019. Important thing is that applicants can get the results from according to their region which they have applied. Applicants can get the direct link for the GPSC State Tax Inspector Result 2019.
GPSC State Tax Inspector Result 2019 – Overview
GPSC State Tax Inspector Details – Cut off Marks, Merit List
Through this article, we had furnished all valuable information about the GPSC State Tax Inspector Results 2019 with related links. Candidates who are looking for the GPSC State Tax Inspector Result 2019 can stop your search and take a look at this article once.
In this section, we had shared information about the GPSC State Tax Inspector Cut off Marks 2019. The GPSC State Tax Inspector Cut off is the minimum marks which candidates need to secure in the examination. Candidates who will secure the same or above the Cut off marks in the examination, they should consider as qualified. The Cut Off Score should differ based on the category and few factors. The GPSC State Tax Inspector Cut Off Marks 2019 will be released by the GPSC officials at the official site.
GPSC State Tax Inspector Merit List 2019 @ gpsc.gujarat.gov.in
The higher officials will be announcing the GPSC State Tax Inspector Merit List 2019 based on the Cut off Marks. We wish more candidates name will be available in the Merit List. Because if their name will appear on the Merit list they will get some priority at the time of Interview. Aspirants who have attended the GPSC State Tax Inspector Examination 2019 can get the Merit List from the official website. And Aspirants who have shortlisted in the merit list of Mains examination can prepare for the further selection process.
How to check GPSC State Tax Inspector Result 2019?
Initially, candidates log in to the official site @ gpsc.gujarat.gov.in
On the home page, left side Result Option is available.
Now click on that option.
A page will open about all exams result related.
Now select the GPSC State Tax Inspector Result 2019 link and click on it.
Enter Hall Ticket Number, Date of Birth details and submit them.
As per given information result will display on the screen.
Check the GPSC State Tax Inspector Exam Result 2019 and download it
Salem District Cooperative Bank Recruitment2019 – Apply Online for 141 Assistant Vacancies. Here is a New Job Notification for Bank Job Seekers. Authorities of SLMDRB Recruitment Board has advertised a notification for the Assistant Job Vacancies in various branches of Salem Cooperative Bank. Accordingly, 141 Vacancies are available for the Assistant Post. The online application process has been started from 28th August 2019. Interested job aspirants can apply for the Assistant jobs through SLMDRB Recruitment.
The final date to submit your application for the Assistant Job in Salem District Cooperative Bank is 30th September 2019. Applicants will have Written examination on 23rd November & 24th November 2019. Aspirants who have completed Degree and Cooperative training can apply for the SLMDRB Recruitment on or before the last date. Candidates qualified in the examination will get Assistant job in Salem District Cooperative Bank.
Salem District Co-operative Bank Vacancy 2019 Details
Post Name
Bank Name
No.of. Vacancies
Assistant
Salem District Cooperative Institutions
52
Salem District Central Cooperative Bank
89
Total
141
Salem Co-operative Bank Assitant Jobs 2019 – Category Wise
Category
Salem District Cooperative Institutions
Salem District Central Cooperative Bank
General
16
27
BC
13
23
BCM
02
03
MBC
10
18
SC
08
14
SCA
02
03
Tribes
01
01
Total
52
89
Eligibility Criteria for Salem SLMDRB Recruitment 2019
Educational Qualification:
Passed (10+2+3 pattern) from a recognized board.
Completed Degree in any Stream from a recognized institution and Co-Operation Training.
Age Limit:
Minimum Age Limit – 18 Years
Maximum Age Limit – 30 Years
Age Relaxation:
OC Candidates – 30 Years
Physically Disabled (OC) – 40 Years
Ex-Servicemen (OC) – 48 Years
SC/ SCA/ ST/ BC/ BCM/ Widows – No Age Limit
Salary Details:
Aspirants shortlisted by the SLMDRB Recruitment Board will be placed at various branches and salary will be provided based on the pay matrix level fixed for the specific branches of Salem District Co-operative Bank.
Rs. 4300 – Rs. 54000/-
Application Fee for SLMDRB Recruitment:
Pay the Fee through 'SBI Collect'/ Challon for 'Journal ID'.
Application Fee is Not Refundable.
General/ BC/ BCM/ MBC Candidates – Rs. 250/-
SC/ SCA/ ST/ Widow/ Physically disabled Candidates – No Fee
Selection Process:
Written Examination.
Interview.
How to Apply Online for SLMDRB Recruitment 2019?
Click on the Apply Online Link given below.
Select the desired branch and hit on the Apply Option.
Pay the application fee (if applicable).
Fill the Personal, Category, Educational, Address & Application Fee details asked in it.
Fill the Co-operative Training Qualification Details.
Then, upload the scanned copies of photo & signature in a proper format.
Tick on the declaration tab after reading the given terms and conditions.
Finally, submit the application form and take a printout for future reference.
Salem District Co-operative Bank was set up to offer bank to the common hinterland for the provincial part with the branches basically settled in rural and semi-urban locales. The people and their picked officials who address a colossal number of master supportive bodies like milk affiliations, urban cooperatives, provincial cooperatives, cultivating, and non-rustic cooperatives, and distinctive others, accordingly, pick the bank’s head. These banks are all things considered addressed by a State Apex Central Co-employable bank for each state and it goes about as a complete bank and peak body for the DCCBs in the state.
It has been extensively observed wherever all through the country that the close-by government authorities who hold the impact over the cooperatives get picked as President of the DCC bank and a president post would mean supporting for their future political aspirations. Notwithstanding, this example, which has transformed into a national miracle, passes on its own special positive conditions and obstacles.
MP High Court Admit Card 2019 is available. Candidates those who applied for MP High Court Vacancy 2019 can start to download the Admit Card. However, we provide you a direct link to download High Court of MP Admit Card. Also, get an individual download link for respective MP High Court Recruitment. Furthermore, visit the official Website of MP High Court MP online for any queries and for more recruitment details.
MP High Court Mains Admit Card 2019 will be released on 01st Week of September 2019 for the post of District Judge. Thus, the MP High Court Mains Exam will be held on 07th September & 08th September 2019. Aspirants should download the admit card before the exam date. Those who cleared the MP High Court Prelims examination can download the Mains admit card from the below section.
MP High Court District Judge Mains Exam Admit Card 2019
MP High Court District Judge Mains Admit Card 2019 – Download Here
MP High Court Civil Judge Grade II Interview Call Letter has been released. Thus, the Court has released the Interview Schedule now. Hence, Applicants who cleared the examinations conducted by the MP High Court Selection Board will only eligible to attend the Interview. Download the Interview Call Letter from the below table. The Interview will be conducted from 01st August to 14th August 2019.
MP High Court Civil Judge Grade II Interview Letter 2019
MP High Court Interview Call Letter 2019 – Download
Madhya Pradesh High Court Group D Posts Admit Card 2019 is available now. Here we updated the link for MP High Court Group D Examination 2019 Hall Ticket. Hence, the aspirants who applied for MP High Court Group B Recruitment 2019 can download the Admit Card below.
MP High Court announced the Admit Card for the post of District Judge (Entry Level) 2019. The Candidates those who applied can download the MP High Court Admit Card for District Judge below. However, the Board has given the List of Eligible Candidates for the MP High Court Suitability Test 2019. Download MP High Court District Judge Eligible Candidates list for Suitability test 2019 below.
MP High Court District Court Admit Card 2019
Organization Name
High Court of Madhya Pradesh
Post Name
District Judge (Entry Level)
Number of Vacancies
28
Category
Admit Card
Starting Date to Apply
13th April 2019
Last Date to Apply
30th May 2019
Admit Card Date
27th June 2019
Prelims Exam Date
1st July 2019
Suitability Exam Date
22nd July 2019
Official Website
www.mponline.gov.in
MP High Court District Judge Pre Exam Admit Card – Get Here
M. P. H. J. S Suitability Test Eligible Candidates List 2019 – Download.
MP High Court Steno Admit Card
MP High Court Admit card 2019: Looking for MP High Court Admit Card for English Steno, Assistant Grade III Mains Exam 2019. Here is the link below for the MP High Court Admit card 2019. However, candidates those who applied for the MP High Court Vacancy for English Steno & other vacancies can start to download their Admit Card from 8th May 2019. The Exam date for MP High Court Mains Exam is 16th May 2019. So, Applicants are advised to download the MP High court Admit Card today. Moreover, Aspirant without MP High Court Admit card is not allowed to enter the Exam Hall. So, Get your Admit Card from the link below. Applicants need to have their Application Number & Date of Birth (DOB) details to get their Madhya Pradesh High Court Admit card 2019.
MP High Court Group D Interview Letter 2019: Madya Pradesh High Court announced the Results of Main Exams last month. The Applicants those who are qualified in the Mains exam will be waiting for the Interview letters from the MP High Court. MP High court Admit Card Contains the details of Candidates. Keep the MP High Court Admit Card near to you while downloading the MP High Court Interview Letter 2019.
MP High Court Admit Card Details 2019
Organization Name
High Court of Madhya Pradesh
Category Name
Admit cards
Job location
Madya Pradesh
Job Designation
Watchman, Driver, Sweeper & Others
Vacancy
739
Exam date
25th February 2019
Official website
mphc.gov.in
Status
Released
Aspirants those who want to download the MP High Court Interview Letter need to have their Application Number and Date of Birth details with them. Candidates can get there Interview Letter easily through the link given below.
MP High Court Admit Card 2019: Recently, the High Court of MP has sent the MPHC Admit Card 2019. For the Posts such as Driver, Attendant, etc. Now, it is the time for all the applicants of the before mentioned posts. Furthermore, all the necessary details such as Register No, Date and Venue of the Examination will be available in the MP High Court Hall Ticket 2019. And the direct link to download your MP High Court Call Letter 2019 are given below. Moreover, the MP High Court Online Screening will be held on 28th January 2019. And the Interview will be held on 25th February 2019. Furthermore, it is mandatory for the applicants to carry the MP High Court Call Letter 2019.
MP High Court Online Screening and Interview Admit Card 2019 – Click Here
UPSC Admit Card for Various posts is available now. The Candidates those who applied for the respective UPSC vacancy can download the Admit Card. Here we help you find the UPSC Admit Card for respective Vacancy easily. Furthermore, we provide you an individual direct link to download UPSC Admit Card. Also, check the official website of UPSC for more details or for any queries on UPSC Admit Card 2019.
UPSC Civil Services Admit Card 2019 – Candidates who have applied for the post of UPSC IAS Examination can download the hall ticket from the below section. Moreover, the admit card has been released on 30th August 2019. The UPSC Civil Services IAS Mains exam will be conducted on 20th September 2019.
UPSC Engineering Services Admit Card 2019 – Union Public Service Commission has announced the Interview Schedule for the post of 581 Engineering Services Officers. Hence, Aspirants can download the interview schedule from the below table. Download the UPSC Call Letter once it gets released on the official website. The Interview Schedule has been issued on 19th August 2019.
UPSC Interview Letter 2019 – Get Here (From September 2019)
UPSC CSBF AO Admit Card 2019 – Candidates can get the admit card for the post of Various Administrative Officer in Central Sheep Breeding Farm (CSBF) and Air Safety Officers. Hence, the admit card has been released on 26th July 2019. Moreover, the UPSC exam will be held on 11th August 2019.
UPSC CAPF Admit Card 2019 is Available Now. Download the UPSC Admit Card from 24th July 2019. Moreover, the Exam will be held on 18th August 2019. Eligible Aspirants can download the admit card from the below-given table.
UPSC IAS IFS Mains Admit Card 2019 is yet to be released. Candidates who have applied for the posts can download the mains admit card once the board releases it on its Official Website. Thus, the UPSC IAS Mains Exam Date has been declared from 20th September to 29th September 2019. Likewise, the UPSC IFS Mains Exam Date has been declared on 01st December 2019. Candidates can get the Mains Exam Schedule from the below segment. However, the UPSC Mains Exam Admit Card link will be activated after its release.
UPSC IES ISS Admit Card 2019 is published. Candidates who have applied for the post of IEE/ ISS can only download the UPSC Admit Card. Aspirants can get the direct link to download the Hall Ticket. Hence, to get selected in the Union Public Service Commission it’s must to clear the Engineering Service Examination with the required marks announced by the board. The Examination will be on 30th June 2019.
UPSC CDS II Admit Card 2018 is now available. UPSC Board now allowing the aspirants who applied for UPSC Exam 2018. Can now download UPSC CDS II Admit Card 2018. Hence, the direct link for UPSC Admit Card 2018 download is given below. If you face any problem while downloading the Admit Card, visit the Official upsconline.nic.in Admit Card page.
UPSC Civil Services Admit Card 2018 is now available. UPSC Board now allowing the aspirants who applied for UPSC IAS, IPS Recruitment 2018 for UPSC Admit Card Download. Hence, the direct link for UPSC Admit Card 2018 download is given below. If you face any problem while downloading the Admit Card, visit the Official upsconline.nic.in Admit Card page.
Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission announced the Call Letter for the LT Grade Teacher Posts. Hence, Candidates who are eagerly waiting for the UPSC Admit Card can download below. Also, visit the official Website if you find any errors in downloading your UPSC Admit Card.
Union Public Service Commission is now allowing the Candidates to download UPSC CAPF AC Admit Card 2018. However, the Aspirants who are eagerly waiting for the UPSC CAPF AC Admit Card can download from the link below.
UPSC CAPF AC Admit Card 2018
Post Name
CAPF, BSF, CISF, ITBP, SSB
Exam Name
Central Armed Police Forces (ACS) Examination 2018
Union Public Service Commission Admit Card 2018 – Download Dy Controller, Foreman (Chemical), Scientific Officer (Chemical), Assistant Chemist Posts. However, Candidates who applied for the Above mentioned Vacancies can download the UPSC Admit Card below.
UPSC Civil Services Mains Exam Dates 2018 are announced. The Candidates those who cleared the UPSC Civil services Prelims Examination 2018 can check the Mains Exam Schedule 2018. However, check the UPSC Mains Exam Schedule in the link below.
UPSC Admit Card for Engineering Service Mains Exam 2018 is available. The Union Public Service Commission allowing the Candidates those who cleared the Prelims to download UPSC Mains Exam, Admit card. However, download UPSC Admit Card from the link below.
UPSC Admit Card for Combined Geo-Scientist and Geologist Examination, 2018 is available now. The Candidates those who applied for the UPSC Exam can download your UPSC Admit Card for the link given below. However, check the exam date and other below before downloading the UPSC Admit Card.
UPSC Admit Card 2018
Name of the Board
Union Public Service Commission
Exam Name
Combined Geo-Scientist and Geologist Examination, 2018
UPSC Admit Card 2018: Looking for UPSC Civil Services Admit Card 2018. Here you are in the right place to download your UPSC Admit Card for Civil Services and Indian Forest Examination. Union Public Service Commission announced the Admit Card for Civil Sevice and Indian Forest Examination 2018 on 7th May 2018. However, all the candidates who applied for the UPSC Exam Can start to download their Admit Card from the link given below. The Aspirant needs to have a registration Id or Roll Number to download their UPSC Admit Card 2018. In case of forgot Registration Id, you can recover RID from the other link given below. Furthermore, click on the link below to download the UPSC Admit Card for Civil Service & Indian Forest Examination. Moreover, Candidates are advised to visit the official site i.e., www.upsconline.nic.in for any queries or related Notifications.
UPSC E-Admit Card Notification for Civil Services & Indian Forest Examination 2018 – Get Here
For all those aspirants who have applied for UPSC CDS Exams, the UPSC Admit Card 2018 has been released now. Therefore, the applicants can start downloading the UPSC Exam Hall Ticket 2018. Moreover, the UPSC Exam Admit Card 2018 is issued only for those who had applied for CDS Posts. Furthermore, the direct links to download the UPSC Call Letter is given below.
Candidates can check the UPSC NDA NA Admit Card here. The UPSC has released the Hall Ticket for the NDA NA exam on 22nd April 2018. All the candidates looking to join the Indian Army, Navy or Air Force can download your hall tickets and start preparing for the exams. Therefore, go through all the details carefully and download the Admit Card.
Are you guys in search of UPSC Admit Card 2018 ?? then here is the great news for such contenders. The officials have released it’s UPSC Exam Hall Ticket 2018 for the post of Engg Services. A good number of applicants had applied for the post and is now waiting to acquire their UPSC Exam Admit Card 2018. As it is important for candidates to enter the exam hall with the hall ticket.
Latest UPSC Admit Card 2017 will be available soon to download. Those candidates who have applied for civil service examination requires UPSC Hall Ticket 2017. As it is important for aspirants to attend the examination. Moreover, it contains important information like timings, a venue which would help applicants to reach the examination on time. Those candidates can download their Union Service Commission Admit Card 2017 in our article below. However, applicants can get their UPSC Exam Admit Card 2017 here.
UPSC Civil Services Exam Admit Card 2017 – Click Here
Union Public Service Commission Hall Ticket 2017
The UPSC Admit Card 2017 to be released soon. Candidates can make use of this page to download IES/SS hall ticket. As Hall Ticket 2017 is mandatory to be carried while attending the examination. We have provided direct links to help aspirants easily download their Union Public Service Commission Admit Card 2017. Moreover, aspirants can get important information that would help individuals to reach the examination on time. Hence guys don’t waste your time and download UPSC Exam Admit Card 2017.
UPSC Civil Services Admit Card 2019Released for Civil Services IAS Exam. The Commission issued the admit card on 30th August 2019. Hence, Candidates can download the UPSC Mains Admit Card from the upcoming page. The UPSC Civil Services IAS Mains Exam held on 20th September 2019. Make sure to download the admit card before the exam date. Get complete information about the UPSC Civil Services Examination through this article.
UPSC Civil Services Admit Card 2019
The Union Public Service Commission will conduct the examination on 20th December 2019. Moreover, the admit UPSC Hall Ticket is now available at the end of the section. Candidates those who applied for the post of UPSC IAS examination can download the UPSC IAS Exam Admit Card. Applied candidates of Indian Administrative Services will be selected based on the selection process conducted by the Union Public Service Commission.
Applicants who are interested to take down the examination must clear the UPSC IAS Prelims examination. Check the UPSC Prelims Result from the below section. Hence, Aspirants should download the UPSC Hall Ticket by providing the valid login credentials for UPSC Admit Card Download. Therefore, the admit card will not be sent through post to any of the candidates. The hall ticket can be downloaded only via Online mode.
Candidate’s Name
Date of Birth
Exam Venue and Address
Exam Timing
Date of examinations
UPSC Civil Services Mains Exam 2019
The UPSC Civil Services Prelims exam has been conducted on 30th April 2019. The Board has released the UPSC Prelims Result on 12th July 2019. Now, the board has decided to conduct the UPSC Mains Examination on 20th September 2019. Candidates are suggested to download the UPSC Civil Services Mains Examination Syllabus to prepare well for the examination. Hence, Examiners can make the preparation easy to take down the examination. Follow the general instructions stated on the UPSC Civil Services Admit Card. Download the UPSC Syllabusfrom here for the UPSC IAS Exam preparation.
Important Things to Download UPSC Civil Services Admit Card
Carry the important documents listed below while downloading the UPSC Hall Ticket. Likewise, Participants have to take any of the Government ID proof to enter the examination hall. The ID proof is mandatory to participate in the exam.
Original Photograph
Voter Card
Pan Card
Employee ID
College ID
PAN Card
Passport
Driving License
Any other ID proof issued by a Gazetted Officer
Bank Pass Book with the photograph
How to Download UPSC Civil Services Admit Card 2019
Visit the “UPSC Mains Admit Card”
Enter the Login details
Click on to the Submit Button.
A Call Letter page will arise on the screen.
Enter all the valid details in that.
Check once for the clear view of the details you entered.
Now go to the Download option to get the Admit Card.
Take a photocopy of it.
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Ten years after he first entered the United States, Amit Sharma (name changed) is watching his American dream come to an end. The software engineer for a large technology outsourcer went to America in June 2009 on a coveted H-1B visa to work onsite with a large energy utility, expecting to spend perhaps three years on this assignment.However, with visa extensions, his years in the US mounted, and he started dreaming of permanent residency and a life in sunny Florida. This June, however, he received some crushing news — a combination of his employer's declining fortunes and worsening business and immigration climate meant that the Green Card, which had seemed within reach, was never going to be his. In early September, Sharma is set to unhappily head back to India and an uncertain future.Indian employees like Sharma, who covet a job in the US (the largest contributor of business to India's $170 billion tech outsourcing industry), are despairing that what used to be their golden ticket to a life in the US is turning to dust.For thousands of Indians, who earn permanent residency after clocking up the years using the H-1B work visa programme, this situation has been in the making for a while. For the past couple of years, a bearish outlook by the Donald Trump administration in the US has resulted in mounting visa rejections.Global tech companies such as Amazon and Microsoft as well as Indian code factories such as TCS and Infosys have all faced the heat from this changed stance. 70929186 According to US Citizenship and Immigration Services data, the H-1B rejection rates for Indian outsourcers has gone up from around 4-5% two years ago to around 40-50% today. In the background, immigration officials are getting more stringent with checks or RFE (request for evidence). According to estimates from USCIS, the RFEs for H-1B visas from Indian applicants went up from an average of 5% in 2016 to 50% in 2018.The mounting work visa rejections have meant that apart from the business difficulties they are causing the companies and their clients, the cultural cache of a job with an Indian tech outsourcer, which came with a reasonable chance of a stint in the US and possibly an eventual Green Card, is now diminishing. It is one thing to take a job in Bellandur in Bengaluru with the possibility you could end up in Boston, and quite another if that is not a possibility.Like Sharma, Praveen Kumar and his wife Neha (names changed), living in another city in Florida, are also on the brink of abandoning their own American dream, 14 years after Kumar first landed there. In this time, he has risen up the ranks in his job with a large electrical utility and become a member of the energy committee with the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers). This means he has been in meetings in Washington DC and schmoozed with senators discussing the future of energy and engineering in the US, even as his own fate hangs by a thread. "We have gotten to enjoy the quality of life and the American way," Kumar admits. "But with this immigration flux, it is hard to not get stressed out about what tomorrow holds." 70929189 Six years after they got into the queue for a Green Card, the couple may have to walk away from it all, settling instead for more stability for immigrants in neighbouring Canada or the familiar comforts of life back in India.As the H-1B visa pile-up has lengthened, it could be a decade or more before things change for them, he adds. "Along with work stress, this additional burden is not something we signed up for when we chose to relocate.""The changes made to H-1 norms for computer programmers, the uncertainty with visa extensions despite prior approvals, the 'Buy America Hire America' initiatives have all had a negative impact on the number of H-1B petitions being approved and the number of visas being approved," says Poorvi Chothani, managing partner of Lawquest International, a law firm headquartered in Florida and focused on immigration law. "The number of visa denials for B-1 visas is at the highest I have ever seen and the number of H-1B visas being delayed by hundreds of days and/or denied is also at its peak." 70929192 Across the United States, from Florida to San Francisco, Seattle and Texas, Indian immigrants are hunkering down and planning their next steps. The challenge is unwinding their American lives (houses, cars, children and their education) and figuring out what to do next. For people with children, for example, the challenge is magnified, because they need to figure out schooling and the necessary adjustment of moving back, besides starting afresh, often after a decade or more outside India. "The area I grew up in (Malleswaram—a conservative, quiet neighbourhood in Bengaluru), is unrecognisable from the time I grew up there," says Kumar, the engineer in Florida. "After a decade-and-a-half in the States, it is a shock to go back home."Other recent returnees say that they have yet to adjust to life "back in India," struggling with new levels of noise, pollution and chaos, after living in American suburbia. "The complex is great, but the roads outside are not," says Ganesh L, who has returned to India's IT capital and consults remotely from his home-office in a gated community in Whitefield, a tech hub in Bengaluru's eastern periphery."The immigration climate has worsened," says Peter Bendor-Samuel, CEO of Everest Group, a leading outsourcing advisory. "The current administration has not only restricted the number of H-1Bs, (but) also dramatically increased scrutiny of the applications process."This has resulted in soaring denial rates, heartburn for applicants and upset strategies for a sector that requires a regular funnel of engineers to be shipped to the US to help with coding and often project implementation duties. "This has made the process far less reliable and difficult to manage," he adds. In the first few days of April each year, USCIS allows applications for H-1B visas, typically permitting some 85,000 applications annually. 70929195 Due to the massive number of applications, this quota is booked out in days. While there is no lack of applicants, what has worsened this year has been prolonged waits, skyrocketing demand for additional information and the consequent delay in the entire process. Now, the USCIS may lengthen the process further — it wants to have a round of pre-registration of applicants for this category of visas — adding another layer of uncertainty to an already nerve-wracking process.Chothani, the immigration lawyer, says all these moves are causing lengthy delays for applicants and their families. She points out that a couple of years ago, most H-1B applications were approved with the initial documentation, but now as many as 60% of them receive an RFE. While the option of hastened processing called Premium Processing is often used by companies (with a statement update in around a fortnight), the usual route can now stretch to eight months.Indian IT executives and lobbies such as Nasscom maintain that a narrowing and denial of H-1B visas may hit uncomfortably close to home for the US. The issue of these visas is much higher to American companies such as Amazon and Google than to Indian outsourcers, they point out. A crippling shortage of science and engineering talent in the country means Indian workers are pivotal to these companies' continued growth.Delays in granting and renewing visas and graduating to a Green Card or citizenship are keeping technology immigrants on a knife-edge, suspended between chasing the dream and giving up on meeting friends and family back home. "We missed out on a lot (of ) occasions—my dad's 85th birthday, my nephew's birth (he is now five) and we haven't even met him," says Amrita Kumari (name changed), who has lived in the US for around a decade with her husband, who has an H-1B visa. "I'm not sure if I'll be able to make it to my niece's wedding this December...Not being able to be there in person at the time of need is the hardest."The couple is, however, optimistic they will get their delayed Green Card towards the end of 2019 or early in 2020. 70929198 Another couple in Texas expect the worst. "We are ready to leave at a moment's notice," say Raj Singh and Sunita (names changed), a thirty-something couple, who have lived in the same city for nearly a decade. So, they sold their cars and in late August sold their house, and are in the process of figuring out what to do with their investments. "Immigration (department) has never been so hostile."Among the Indian community in tech worker-heavy cities such as Austin, conversations are increasingly dominated by stories of those who lost their visas, the tales of the undecided applications and the ones who chucked it all up and returned home. "We have never felt so much tension during something as routine as our Sunday temple visits," Singh says.Meanwhile, a looming legislative measure in the US can make the future of H-1B hopefuls more uncertain. In August, the Office of Management and Budget (a part of the US President's office) reviewed a proposed regulation from the Department of Homeland Security that would mandate that employers pre-register for the H-1B visa category without paying the fees for the employees they intend to sponsor. Then, there will be a lottery and only the shortlisted employees can start the actual application for H-1B. The US administration hopes this lottery system will streamline the system rather than bog it down in another layer of paperwork and bureaucracy. The IT industry is divided on this proposed measure, with Indian companies contending that they will be discriminated against, since this system could be opaque. Immigration experts worry that the timing could be a concern, with companies expected to start planning their 2020 H-1B plans by September this year.Thus, as US President Donald Trump ratchets up his protectionist agenda, thousands of tech workers continue to wonder what the future holds. ....
Banking details of Indians with accounts in Switzerland will be available to tax authorities from Sunday as the automatic exchange of information regime kicks off between the two countries. The move, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) said, is a significant step in the government's fight against black money and the era of "Swiss bank secrecy" will finally be over from September. The CBDT frames policy for the Income-Tax Department. Between August 29 and August 30, a Swiss delegation, led by deputy head of the tax division in the state secretariat for international finance Nicolas Mario Luscher, called on Revenue Secretary A B Pandey, CBDT Chairman P C Mody and CBDT Member (Legislation) Akhilesh Ranjan before the regime kicked in, it said. The first automatic exchange of financial account information (AEOI) under the provisions common reporting standard will start from September. "India will receive information of the calendar year 2018 in respect of all financial accounts held by Indian residents in Switzerland," the CBDT said in a statement. The information will include accounts that were closed during 2018. During the meeting, both sides discussed bilateral exchange of information matters to expedite execution of tax information sharing requests made by India in specific cases, it said. "Enhancing collaboration in offshore tax compliance matters was also discussed," the CBDT said. NES ANB ANB
By James JosephThe government on Thursday announced the start of the Fit India Movement. It has the makings of an ambitious nationwide campaign with Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself flagging it off and tasking a 28-member committee headed by sports minister Kiren Rijiju to give it shape and traction.Such a movement could not have come a day sooner. For all the remarkable progress India has made in tackling communicable diseases, our nation of 1.3 billion sits on a time bomb when it comes to non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as cardiovascular disease, chronic respiratory diseases, cancers and diabetes.Some 60% of deaths in India result from NCDs, making them the leading cause of deaths in the country — ahead of communicable diseases, injuries and prenatal, maternal and nutritional conditions.The answer to this pandemic, clearly, is fitness. But therein, we stare at a missing link. Fitness, in public consciousness and debates, is mostly about exercise. The attention to diets is scant in comparison, even in public health circles. The impact of dietary habits on the health of individuals is glossed over.Inattention to dietary habits, to be sure, is not atypical of nations with an accelerating national income. But there is evidence and lessons that India needs to take note of — and act upon — fast.Can't Outrun Bad Diet Readers of this publication are likely to have someone with an NCD in the family or in close circles. Real-life examples stare at us. Just in the last one year, we have lost political leaders and former ministers Arun Jaitley, Sushma Swaraj, Manohar Parrikar, and Ananth Kumar to NCDs. Move to the states and leaders with diabetes stand out: Amarinder Singh in Punjab, Arvind Kejriwal in New Delhi, Devendra Fadnavis in Maharashtra, K Chandrashekar Rao in Telangana, Pinarayi Vijayan in Kerala… The list could go on.Think about it. If we cannot protect our leaders from the scourge of NCDs, what chance does the rest of the nation have? The World Health Organization lists diet as the No. 1 risk factor for NCDs. Specifically, the lack of vegetables and fruits on the one hand, and the excess of calories on the other.For Indians, excess calories in diets can mostly be traced to rice and wheat or products made from these. We just do not have enough fibre in our diets despite having a rich heritage of the same in our diets of the past.(Disclosure: I run a company that sells the flour of green jackfruit, which has high fibre content.)According to a report published in Lancet in 2017 by the Indian Council of Medical Research, early deaths due to poor diet in India have increased by 35% over a decade to more than half a million a year, overtaking deaths due to tobacco use. Average fasting plasma glucose in India has increased by 40% from 1990. Onset of diabetes in India — we have the second largest diabetes population in the world after China — is a decade earlier, from the mid-40s, compared to the developed world. 70926355 Needed: Eat (Right) Movement Unless we make serious dietary corrections as a people, the number of deaths amongst us — we lose about 9.5 million Indians a year — will increase and, that too, at younger, productive ages.The World Economic Forum estimates the cost of NCDs between 2012 and 2030 to be $3.55 trillion, primarily on account of early deaths and loss of healthy life due to disease.How can we prevent that? Studies such as those by Roy Taylor of the Newcastle University have shown that type-2 diabetes and associated complications can be addressed with a very low calorie diet.Type-2 diabetes is the most prevalent type of diabetes among the affected 70 million Indians.A very low calorie diet in the Indian context would translate into a higher percentage of vegetables and fruits on our plates and very low amounts of carbohydrates.It is amply clear to me – and, increasingly, to the doctors I interact with – that we need a massive grains-to-greens change in our diets if we have to achieve the goals of Fit India Movement. For that, we must start right at the top: the Parliament canteen. Our lawmakers and politicians lead incredibly busy lives with diet being an early casualty and NCDs commonplace.If we can demonstrate to them that a diet dominated by greens and less of grains can deliver better numbers in their next health tests, getting them to root for policy change towards NCDs will be that much easier. Imagine the push needed to to transpose food subsidies from grains to vegetables and fruits.One of the first people who supported me in my green jackfruit journey was someone who occupied premises less than a kilometre away from Parliament.In November 2014, when I met former president APJ Abdul Kalam, he instantly saw how green jackfruit could both add fibre to diets and also reduce calories by replacing rice or wheat — all this at a scale to cover millions of Indians. "There is a Diabetes Express running in India and you must find a way to add green jackfruit to what people normally eat across India," Kalam had told me.The author is the founder of Jackfruit365.com
What's the point of so much shuttling?" Saket Modi, 29, asked himself a few months ago.Last year, the cofounder of Lucideus, a cybersecurity startup, spent four months in Silicon Valley. This year, in the first four months itself, he had to make seven trips from Delhi to California. Eventually, in July, Modi, who was living out of a suitcase, rented a studio apartment in Palo Alto and shifted base to the US."There is something in the hawa here. It is pure magic," he says over a WhatsApp call from the US. "The Valley plugs you into the cutting-edge world of technology and startups so beautifully."Serendipitous meetings, for one, are frequent in the Bay Area. Just the other day, says Modi, he ran into Oyo founder Ritesh Agarwal at Curry Up Now, an Indian restaurant. Weekend get-togethers among top tech executives, especially of the Indian diaspora, add glue to ties. Anand Chandrasekaran, Lucideus' first angel investor who was earlier director at Facebook and chief product officer at Snapdeal, invited Modi home for dinner one day. "He is family," says Chandrasekaran. 70926686 There are plenty of opportunities to forge new relationships and deepen existing ones. Earlier this month, Modi went on a weeklong fishing trip to Alaska with former Cisco chairman John Chambers and a few other entrepreneurs. "What an incredible experience it was! One week of almost no internet, and spending time together in water all day. It was out of this world. At the end, you become friends," recalls Modi.Lucideus, founded in 2012 and incubated at IIT-Bombay, counts Chambers, ex-Googler Rajan Anandan and Citigroup's former senior vice-chairman Victor Menezes among its angel investors. After honing its product and strategy in the Indian market and now boasting an impressive customer list, including HDFC Bank and Delhi airport, Lucideus is setting its sights high and casting its net wide. The US has 40% of the $135 billion market for cybersecurity that Lucideus is tackling. Understandably, Modi's shift to the US brings him closer to his customers. 70926694 Modi isn't alone. A growing number of Indian entrepreneurs are shifting base to Silicon Valley, looking at it as their second headquarters. Jaspreet Singh, cofounder of data-protection startup Druva, perhaps kick-started the trend in 2012 when he moved to the US. It was the same year that Krishna Gopal Depura registered MindTickle, a sales-enablement platform, in the US. He says the company was designed to be in the US so they registered it there. "Till 2015, I was shuttling between the US and India, spending about one to three weeks every month there," he says. He eventually moved to the US in 2015.The trend has gained momentum. Girish Mathrubootham, cofounder of Freshworks, has just moved to the US even as his company, which creates software solutions for enterprise support and sales, gears up for an IPO.Vinod Muthukrishnan, cofounder of CloudCherry, moved to the US in 2017. The other cofounder and CTO, Nagendra CL, soon followed him. 70926717 70926724 Umesh Sachdev, cofounder of Uniphore, shifted to the US last year and now has six of his eight CXOs, all locally hired, located there. Uniphore's revenue growth has surged to 300%-plus from sub-100% after Sachdev's US shift. "These days many Indian entrepreneurs reach out to me as a sounding board as they contemplate their US shift," he says.A slew of other startups like Zinier, a modern field service management platform; Zenoti, which has business software for salons and spas; Helpshift, a customer relationship management platform; and CleverTap, a mobile marketing platform, too have joined the wave. 70926753 These startups share a few common characteristics.Most of them are B-to-B, riding the SaaS (Software as a Service) wave, on the back of cloud computing. US enterprise customers form their biggest market. Unlike fund-hungry B-to-C startups, these are bootstrapped or very measured in their fundraising, and have a frugal businessbuilding approach. They straddle India and the US and are equally strong in both countries — in India, where product development happens, and in the US, which is the hub of sales, marketing and customer support. Often, their customer-facing cofounder relocates to the US while the other holds the fort in India. The Indian SaaS wave began with companies like Zoho that targeted the long tail of small and mid-sized customers mostly via desk-selling. Now startups are moving up the value chain, targeting large Fortune 1000 enterprises. "Since the US is their biggest market, moving there dramatically improves founders' understanding of their customers, helps build relationships and accelerates growth," says Rajan Anandan, MD of Sequoia Capital India.Beyond H-1B Dollar dreams and an American zip code have always enthralled Indians. The 1970s and the '80s saw a wave of bright IITians migrating to the US.They worked hard to integrate themselves into the economy and society. Another wave began in the 1990s, triggered by Y2K. On the back of labour and cost arbitrage, IT services outsourcing took off, creating success stories like Infosys, Wipro and TCS and sending relatively low-paid techies on H-1B visas to America. This helped millions of Indians live their American dream. Three out of four H-1B visa holders are Indians, according to a 2018 report of the US Citizenship and Immigration Services. 70926767 Under US President Donald Trump, the visa regime is getting stricter.Meanwhile, the Indian route to the US has taken a new turn with entrepreneurs like Modi. Comfortable in their skin and confident in their world view, they are pitching their tent in the mecca of tech world, Silicon Valley, and paying top dollars to hire local talent. The conversation is no longer about cost arbitrage and their dreams are no longer limited by the US boundary. Smart, young and nimble, they compete on equal terms with top MNCs and well-funded startups from across the world, baiting fussy corporate customers with their compelling next-gen tech tools. 70926796 It is a marker of the changing times. In the digital era where innovative garage startups are upending industries, and century-old businesses like Ford Motor are challenged by newbies like Tesla, Indian entrepreneurs are thinking big and global.Chambers, who has invested in Uniphore and Lucideus, elucidates: "Both the companies have what I look for in any startup — the ability to be No. 70926821 1 or 2 in their industry segment (globally) because they are disrupters."Indian Roots, Global Shoots For enterprise software, the biggest market is the US. "You have to be where your business' centre of gravity is," says Sumant Mandal of March Capital Partners, a technology investment firm based in California, also an investor in Uniphore. 70926841 Druva's Singh moved to the Valley in 2012 after being nudged by its investor Sequoia. "Israeli startups used to do this. Sequoia thought India could be the next. There was little precedence then," he says. His visa got rejected. "The consulate in India did not even agree that I was an entrepreneur," he says. So Druva went by the Israeli playbook — first hire somebody in the US and then get that person to hire the founder in the US on an L-1 visa. Now, almost all of Druva's CXOs are based in the US. The US's enterprise market is very different from India's. In India, IT is a support function and customers' priority is cost optimisation rather than quality. In the US, both venture capitalists and customers are very mature and willing to pay.They are also more open to dealing with a startup and trying new products. "In the US, you don't sell features but value propositions," says Depura of MindTickle.Indian startups land there with some unique advantages. 70927079 "Thanks to the IT outsourcing wave, nobody understands the IT architecture of enterprises and their processes the way Indians do," says Ankur Kothari, cofounder of US-based Automation Anywhere.Abhinav Chaturvedi, partner, Accel, lists another: "India's advantage is the cost per employee, a critical metric." The abundant engineering talent in India is also a big plus. Modi recently met a founder of a $600 million Silicon Valley startup who groaned that Facebook had lured away three of his engineers at three times the salary. "What chance do I have? I can't tell you how lucky we are on talent in India," says Modi.Among the big positives in the US is an evolved investor ecosystem. "When we were raising Series A, we had six term sheets from possible investors," says Modi. Term sheets — which outline the terms and conditions of a business agreement — from Indian investors ran into 15 pages with too much legalese. "With poor exits, they are extra cautious," he says. He eventually went with Chambers, who had given a one-page term sheet, and money reached their account within 45 days. 70927086 Says Chandrasekaran: "Having a market in your backyard is a big advantage. If you start in India the bar is set very high as Indian customers don't have a big budget and the product is built to the most stringent requirements."India also offers a great testing ground to fine-tune products and build scale and credibility before reaching out to fussy global customers. "Once you are a champion in the US and India, you are prepared to tackle both developed and developing countries," Modi says.Says Ashish Gupta, serial entrepreneur and investor: "These guys are competing against some of the best Valley-funded startups. Their future looks bright. Odds are favourable to them."The network effect is providing some tailwind.Indians have risen up the ranks, especially to CTO roles, in US enterprises. The IT outsourcing wave has created networks, familiarity and credibility. This means that Indian founders have a rich network of mentors and angel investors to help open doors to Silicon Valley.Modi of Lucideus has an enviable tech advisory board that includes the CTO of PayPal, Sri Shivananda, an Indian."Of course, your product has to be good, but with so many Indian CXOs here, you get your foot in the door relatively easy," says Depura.The valley life Living in Silicon Valley has its own charms and challenges. "I wanted our office in Palo Alto, in the heart of Silicon Valley and close to Stanford," says Sachdev. But when he began house-hunting there, he realised the rentals were "crazy". He finally leased a cheaper space in Fremont, about 15 miles away, and hence has a longer commute.Workday begins early in the US. Breakfast meetings mean 7:30 am. For Pavan Sondur of Unbxd, which has operations spread across multiple time zones, the day begins even earlier — he is in office by 5 am. Unlike in India, meetings are data-driven. And there is a big thrust on automation tools. Sachdev, for instance, uses 11 HR automation tools.In Silicon Valley, tech-driven entrepreneurs seem to speak the same language. "This is the densest region in the world for talent in artificial intelligence and machine learning," says Sondur.Solutions to complex business issues — how to hire, how many to hire, what's the optimal revenue per employee — are often tossed around over Friday drinks.Work culture, too, is markedly different. Instead of the relationship-driven culture in India, it is more professional in the US. Contracts are sacrosanct.The founders have had to make plenty of lifestyle adjustments as well. "In India, there is so much help. The US has more of a DIY culture. Even billionaires do their dishes.That adjustment was tough," says Sachdev.It is tough on spouses too. Singh's wife had to quit her MNC job in India to join him. She reskilled herself and did her third master's to start work in the US.The after hours have taken a distinctly Californian vibe. Indoors-bound Indians, used to weekend movies and parties with family and friends, are turning outdoorsy."The infrastructure for outdoor activities is incredible here," says Muthukrishnan of CloudCherry. Beaches, forests, trekking trails, skiing slopes, lakes for angling add to the weekend life. If you are nostalgic for cricket, even that is possible. "We have many cricket teams featuring a strong Indian diaspora," says Muthukrishnan, who plays cricket every weekend. Meanwhile, whisky- and beer-loving Indians like Sachdev are developing a taste for wine in the land of vineyards.It is not entirely rosy. Local hiring is among the biggest pain points. Almost all of them are hiring their senior executives locally. "Bay Area is costly. We are a small company. With no network and credibility, initial hiring is tough," says Muthukrishnan.Unfamiliarity with cultural nuances can create problems. "It takes a while to decipher their body language — what they say and what they mean," says Depura, who made a lot of hiring mistakes initially. People with great communication skills are able to convince that they are the best. "You need to be cautious. In the US, reference checks are important," he says.Indian startups need to grasp the value proposition of equity, which is something that Silicon Valley understands.Also, there will be a learning curve for Indian companies as they shift their thrust on from IT services to software products.Two much? Managing two headquarters and team expectations in two geographies is challenging.Chaturvedi of Accel says, "It is critical to have good communication channels." Sachdev faced issues at Uniphore. When the founders moved to the US, the company created a layer of director and vice-presidents in India. But, with the C-suite in the US, the staff in India felt a bit disconnected. "Travelling frequently — once in six weeks — and getting an India MD have helped," says Sachdev.Israel has struggled to transition from a startup nation to a scaleup nation. Its startups, high on innovation and technology, were often acquired before they scaled up. Will Indians too face the same predicament? Cloud-Cherry has just been acquired by Cisco. "VCs in India are smaller. So the ecosystem may not have patience and may seek exits to get their money back," says Singh of Druva. After a few cycles, he hopes, things will get better. "Initially, we got lucky. Now we are seeking investors who have experience and are aligned with our vision."Even as the wave grows, it is clear that it holds enormous potential if Indian startups play their cards right. "This is the first time I am seeing globally competitive startups coming out of India. I am excited," says Mandal of March Capital. Adds Chandrasekaran: "These startups are leveraging the best of both worlds. They are going to be trailblazers."And hopefully they will be the rightful inheritors to the bastion that India's IT services industry has created.
A proposal to introduce private passenger trains is well on track. The only issue is the venture by Indian Railways (IR), part of its move to modernise operations, may run late.Also on the table is a somewhat daring proposal: to corporatise all its seven production units, such as the Raebareli-based Modern Coach Factory and the Integral Coach Factory in Chennai, which last year sprang a surprise by rolling out the high-speed Train 18, later renamed the Vande Bharat Express. The project to corporatise the production units has also been delayed as trade unions representing about 82,000 workers in the seven factories have fiercely opposed the idea of converting their workplace into a public sector undertaking (PSU). They see the move as a ploy to eventually sell the asset to a private conglomerate.ET Magazine has learnt that these two reformist ideas, despite being delayed, are well on the shortlist of six transformative projects the IR has retained from a wider list of 11. The new Narendra Modi government had approved these 11 in mid-June for implementation within 100 days of returning to power. The government will complete 100 days on September 6 if the days are counted from the prime minister taking oath on May 30. Railway Board Chairman Vinod Kumar Yadav's letter dated June 18, which had enclosed the 100-day action plan, has asked railways officials to complete their tasks by August 31.ET Magazine spoke to railway officials, three retired chairmen as well as union leaders to assess the progress on the ground and to understand how the projects will shape up.70926343 When this article went to print, only two of the six projects had been completed: the Rs 13,490 crore project to increase train speed on the Delhi-Kolkata and Delhi-Mumbai routes from 130 kmph to 160 kmph and the handing over of two trains to Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) to run. The IR subsidiary has not yet started operating the trains.Of the other projects (see Key Targets and Status below), the railways has almost completed the blueprint for eliminating 2,568 manned level crossings in key routes by 2023. The ambitious project involving construction of road overbridges and underpasses will cost over Rs 50,000 crore, according to the railways' assessment. IR has decided to ask only for central funds, thereby avoiding any negotiations with respective state governments for sharing of financial burden. The proposal will be sent to the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs for approval as soon as inter-ministerial consultations — mainly with the ministry of finance and the NITI Aayog — are over.In addition, the railways has now provided WiFi facilities to 3,767 railway stations, according to data available till August 28, up from 1,603 in May-end. The target was to cover 6,485 stations by August 31, according to the Railway Board chairman's letter.70926347 An idea that were part of the 100-day action plan but was stopped in its tracks was voluntary surrender of subsidies while buying tickets. That would have helped the railways boost revenue from the loss-making passenger segment. IR recovers only 53 per cent of the cost incurred from passenger transport business. Other ideas that are no longer being pursued — possibly because of political ramifications — are rightsizing IR and introduction of performance-led appointment in Railway Board, the apex decision-making body of India's largest transporter.However, IR has not shied away from pursuing at least two challenging tracks — operating private passenger trains and converting its factories into a PSU despite opposition. SS Khurana, who was Railway Board chairman in 2009-10, says it will be good for the IR if it loses its monopoly and faces some competition.70926352 But there are bottlenecks. "The challenge will be to convince private players to invest. They will continue to be worried, as stations, platforms, tracks and signalling remain with the railways," he says.Private operators who had been running container trains since 2006 in limited pockets have at times expressed their frustration that their business was completely dependent on the railways alone.Another former chairman of the Railway Board, Vivek Sahai, however, says the government needs to be careful. "It must not hand over all its lucrative routes to private companies," he says, citing the example of how Air India is now getting pushed into a tight corner due to competition from private players.The details of how the government will bring in private players are not yet clear.70926357 Last month, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said in the Lok Sabha that privatising the national transporter was out of question. But a careful reading of the minister's speech indicated that he was in favour of getting private players on board for the sake of what he says "national interests". Goyal also defended the government's intention to corporatise some of the railways' units. The minister's statement was in a way an extension of what Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in her budget speech. The FM said the government would need Rs 50 lakh crore to improve railway infrastructure between 2018 and 2030. The requirement of such a gigantic amount was seen as an indication to open up the IR for private bidders.The arrangement to let IRCTC operate trains could well be the basic template to engaging private players. According to a railway minister circular dated August 13, the railways would hand over two Tejas train rakes to IRCTC on a trial basis. The subsidiary would get advertising rights on the coaches and, most importantly, the freedom to decide its own fare.70926364 In return, it will pay the railways a monthly fee, called haulage charge in industry parlance. The pact will be valid for three years. IR has already handed over to IRCTC the Delhi-Lucknow Express and the Ahmedabad-Mumbai Central Express for operations.IRCTC on August 22 filed draft papers for its initial public offering. The government is looking to reduce about 12.5 per cent stake via the share sale and mop up Rs 500-600 crore.If a private conglomerate is willing to run its own trains under similar arrangements, and if the railways doesn't withdraw its trains from the same routes, there is unlikely to be any major resistance. That would not be called a sell-off. But there are concerns in some quarters that the railways might eventually turn into an Air India jostling for space in profitable routes with private players.70926374 In its 100-day action plan, IR said it would float an expression of interest to identify potential routes and private operators willing to participate in the bidding process, apart from preparing a request for quotation and request for proposal. These would be required for an effective public-private partnership deal. The railways also said it would initiate consultations with trade unions before engaging any private player.The trade unions are opposed to the very idea of private players entering the domain of railway operations. But, it seems, their stand on private trains is somewhat softer as compared with the stand against the railways' move to put the factories under one PSU. "We have protested both at the grassroots and apex level (Railway Board) against the board's move to corporatise railway production units. Let the factories get more freedom, we have no issue. But we will oppose if they are made into a PSU. We understand that is the first step towards divesting the railway jewels," says Shiva Gopal Mishra, general secretary of All India Railwaymen's Federation. Their fear is understandable as NITI Aayog has made its intentions clear on this subject. It has repeatedly said the government must divest all PSUs, barring a few that are in strategic sectors such as oil and defence.70926379 As documents suggest, the railways plans to create a PSU called Indian Railway Rolling Stock Company. A CEO would head each of the production units. The CEOs would report to a chairman and managing director. The transporter wants its newest production unit, the Modern Coach Factory at Raebareli, to be hived off first. On August 27, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra joined workers at the Raebareli unit protesting the move.The proposed corporatisation has positives and negatives, says Arunendra Kumar, who was Railway Board chairman from 2013 to 2014. Becoming a PSU will give the coach factory more operational flexibility, he says. "It will help production units to look for international technologies, cut costs and explore export markets. But it will also mean the railways floating tenders worth thousands of crores of rupees annually to buy locomotives and coaches. What if the tender process gets delayed?"Discussions with Rail Bhawan officials indicate the transporter is willing to bite the bullet and undertake dramatic reforms, including running of private passenger trains and corporatising its factories. The only hiccup is that the decisions won't arrive at the speed of a Vande Bharat Express.
NEW DELHI: The government has accepted the resignation of State bank of India's managing Director Anshula Kant, following her appointment as MD and chief financial officer of the World Bank."The government hereby accepts the resignation of Anshula Kant, Managing Director of the bank, with effect from August 31 in relaxation of the notice period," SBI said in a BSE filing.Kant was appointed as the managing director and chief financial officer of the World Bank.As MD and CFO, Kant will be responsible for financial and risk management of the World Bank Group.
"The first quarter GDP numbers of FY20 have not surprised us but have rather disappointed us," says Shubhada Rao, Chief Economist, Yes Bank in an interview with ET NOW. Excerpts...ET Now: What is your take on GDP numbers? And also, the government has come out with bank consolidation which Mythili Bhusnurmath has gone out of the way to say is terrible in nature and is going to do nothing. What is your initial reaction?Shubhada Rao: Well let me make a comment on GDP. While we were quite clearly on the lower end of the forecast band, we expected it to come in at 5.5%. But the actual figure has come in at 5% and on GVA we were at 5.3% which has actually come at sub-5% i.e. 4.9%.There were ample signals and we were always looking at a much lower GDP, much lower than the fourth quarter of the previous year. So I do not think there is a surprise there. It is just the degree or the momentum of the slowing which has continued right into the first quarter of our fiscal year is somewhat of a disappointment because clearly we were looking at manufacturing which would lead the numbers to the downslide and also on the spending side the government expenditure has not done very well particularly in the last few quarters.On the GDP side, it is the capital formation which once again has disappointed and disappointed very heavily. I do not have the numbers right now but I can guess from the capital goods production and the capital goods imports that the investment in the economy has remained once again subdued.Remember, in the previous quarter we had seen the capital formation or the investment nose dive from an average of 12% to below 4% and probably it has hovered around this range so quite clearly consumption remains on significantly weaker path, investment remains on a very subdued platform, the net exports are unlikely to have become a tad better and we have not had a great conducive global environment either. So putting all the drivers of growth together, I would probably feel that this quarter GDP, the first quarter of FY20 GDP has not surprised us but perhaps disappointed us even more.I do not get a very different sense for the second quarter but one hopes that the cash transfers happen in the third and the fourth quarter to support consumption-led growth and we could see some respectability numbers in the second half of the year. Altogether, we are seriously looking at somewhere close to 6.4% or we need to review our computation for the year but it is unlikely to be over 6.3% or 6.4% GDP growth for the entire fiscal year.Mythili Bhusnurmath: What disturbs you more -- the overall GVA growth or the manufacturing growth at 0.6% because remember manufacturing is where the jobs are going to come from? And we also have Make in India and a host of other schemes and nothing seems to have worked.Shubhada Rao: Manufacturing growth at 0.6% is basically saying that your manufacturing is just not growing. This is the sector which raises employment opportunities and it has remained on an extremely weak turf. Though I would say the services are relatively holding up on a comparative scale.If I were to look at industry vis-Ã -vis services, the industry is completely the biggest driver of this downslide and rightly so. It being a labour-intensive sector is the one which is reflecting the pain on the ground as well and that is why consumption remains quite weak on the turf. If I look at the previous Friday's few measures, I feel that those are where the government has begun to listen to some of the problems on the ground, those are supply side of measures. But what is going to become relevant from here on is what the government is doing to put money into the hands of people to revive the consumption or the ability to purchase things, goods and services. Unless and until you have a very tangible action on that front, growth is going to remain elusive so it has to be move in tandem, the supply-side measures as well as the revival of demand and consumption side of measures to be able to see some respectability in growth returning.Mythili Bhusnurmath: Given the fact that the slowdown is so much worse than what we had anticipated, does it seem particularly unfortunate that the government chose this particular moment of time to announce that huge public sector banking reorganisation. I know Yes Bank has been through some hard times recently but are you saying thank God we are not a public sector bank?Shubhada Rao: Well, the financial sector is going through a challenging time and there is no doubt about it. It started in September of 2018 and today we have a highly integrated financial sector. It is not just public sector banks or private sector banks or NBFCs, the financial sector is entirely very closely integrated. So what happens to the rest of the sector also begins to reflect on the banking sector and vice versa. I am not really in a position to critically evaluate the mega-merger announcement that has taken place. One hopes that individually and independently, keeping the merger story aside if the government is expediting on the PSU capitalisation, at least the credit appetite to an extent can return for the second half starting October and March.I know a lot of us are pinning our hopes on some growth recovery and with the festive season kicking off in October, if we see some steps taken by the government on cash transfers materialising in a much more broader and expeditious manner, then the consumption could revive. But as I said the reforms are more of long term benefits accruing to the overall sector. What you really need to see is short-term measures upfront which could act as some kind of adrenaline to push the economy towards at least a 6% plus growth going forward and that is what we would remain hopeful of. We need to carefully evaluate the expenditures of the various ministries which are actually executing some money transfers to the rural economy.
DUBAI/LONDON/RIYADH: The board of Saudi Aramco has determined that listing the state energy giant in New York would carry too many legal risks to make it a realistic option, five sources said, although they said a final decision lay with Saudi Arabia's crown prince. New York was the exchange favoured by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman before plans for the initial public offering were put on hold last year, the sources said, even after Aramco's lawyers and some government advisers had raised legal concerns. New York offers the largest investor base in the world, vital for an IPO that aims to attract as much as $100 billion, a sum that could prove tough for other exchanges to raise. US President Donald Trump urged the kingdom to list in New York. One source familiar with the IPO plan told Reuters the board, made up of cabinet ministers and Aramco executives, had concluded at an August meeting that a US listing would not be considered "unless Aramco is offered sovereign immunity that protects it from any legal action." "This is, of course, hard if not impossible to achieve," the source added. Like other sources who spoke to Reuters, he asked not to be named because of sensitivities surrounding the fate of the IPO which the crown prince hopes will value the company at $2 trillion. Some insiders and bankers say that figure is too high. The move to rule out New York and scale back on the valuation suggests technocrats in Aramco and the government are pushing for a more realistic IPO plan, the sources said. Alongside New York, exchanges in London, Hong Kong and Tokyo have been keen to woo Saudi officials to secure a deal to trade shares in Aramco, which is expected to have a primary listing in Riyadh. But Saudi officials say the New York disclosure process and complex regulations might legally interfere with the sovereignty of the Saudi government, which would remain the major Aramco shareholder, probably retaining a 95% stake. "Listing in New York is no longer an option," one industry source familiar with the IPO process said. Riyadh and London were now the main options, with the domestic listing first to be followed by an international offering at a later stage, four of the sources said. "The likelihood of a local listing is increasing, with 1-2% of Aramco being listed locally," another source familiar with the IPO process said, adding that "the other possibility is listing in London". LITIGATION RISKS Three sources said potential litigation risks in the United States included US Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA) and proposed US legislation known as "NOPEC", which could lead to Aramco being sued in US courts. "The whole system is highly litigious, but of course Aramco has lots of investments in the US which will continue," said another industry source, who has discussed the IPO process with Saudi officials. NOPEC legislation would make it illegal for foreign nations to work together to limit fossil fuel supplies and set prices, opening Saudi Arabia and other members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries to US legal challenges. JASTA allows lawsuits against the Saudi government as it says it helped plan the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the United States and should pay compensation. Riyadh denies the charges. Aramco could also become embroiled in existing lawsuits against oil companies in the United States for their role in climate change, the sources said. Saudi Aramco said in a statement it "continues to engage with the shareholder on IPO readiness activities", when asked by Reuters if New York had been dropped as a listing venue. "The company is ready and timing will depend on market conditions and be at a time of the shareholder's choosing," it added, without elaborating. Tadawul, the main Saudi stock exchange, has said it expected inflows of $15 billion to $20 billion this year after its inclusion in the FTSE Russell and MSCI emerging market indices, helping secure liquidity for Aramco's local listing. The crown prince has favoured a New York Stock Exchange listing in part because of Riyadh's longstanding ties with Washington, sources familiar with Saudi thinking have said. Aramco began life in the 1930s as a US-Saudi venture. Selling a 5% stake in Aramco has been a centrepiece of Vision 2030, a plan to diversify the Saudi economy away from oil. But the IPO, initially slated for 2017, has faced repeated delays. The IPO is now not expected until Aramco completes its acquisition of a majority stake in petrochemicals giant Saudi Basic Industries Corp (SABIC), pushing it back to 2020 or 2021. Aramco has already asked major banks to submit proposals for potential roles in the planned IPO, two sources said. Saudi banks were pitching for various roles in the IPO in late August in the eastern Saudi city of Dhahran, while international banks would be pitching for mandates for the share sale in early September in London, one of the two sources said. (Additional reporting by Clara Denina in London and Stephen Kalin in Riyadh; Editing by Edmund Blair)
National Association of Software and Services Companies or Nasscom, the non-profit set up 21 years ago to help scale up India's information technology and business process management industry, is changing its focus as digital disruption and US visa barriers hit the traditional outsourcing business model of member companies. Thus, in June, Debjani Ghosh, the association's president, was at Dubai Internet City to cut the ribbon for a "landing zone" for Indian small and medium enterprises (SMEs) willing to tap the West Asia market and create jobs in the region. Ghosh now hopes to create similar SME zones in the United States, Europe and Japan to help Indian IT and BPM companies find their feet globally. Recently, the association took 45 small companies on a tour of five American states, including New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Michigan and Texas. In many places, the state governors met the Nasscom delegation. Countries across the world are eager to welcome Indian small businesses, says Ghosh, who was previously the South Asia managing director of Intel Corporation, the US-based chipmaker. New Business Climate Essentially, there are two problems facing the $177 billion Indian IT BPM sector, says Keshav Murugesh, Nasscom's chairman. One is the rapid disruption being brought about by digitalisation for which the industry needs to reskill itself and keep thinking on its feet. The other issue is the increased rejection rate of H1-B visas (on which outsourcers send Indians to work on client sites in the US) and the perception that American jobs are being outsourced to India. His solution? To develop India as a hub for innovation and co-creation with skilled manpower.70928264 "The future is less about protecting turfs and more about skills and transformation of business. Our focus is to encourage the world to invest in India and take advantage of our unique position to transform companies in this era of tech disruption," says Murugesh, the chief executive of WNS Global, one of India's biggest BPM companies. Nasscom, he says, has tried to bust the myth that India is taking away US jobs. He presents three points. First, while most of H1-B visas (76% in FY2017) went to Indians, a big chunk went to employees of US-headquartered multinational corporathat American jobs are being outsourced to India. Second, according to a research by IHS Markit, average wages for Indian IT professionals in the US was nearly $94,800 while Indian companies paid $96,300, he says. This demolishes the myth on low wages. Third, Indian IT companies in 2017 directly added $57.2 billion to the US gross domestic product, a figure higher than the GDP of six American states, he adds. To keep doing this and more, India also needs to be at the top of IT industry trends. There are many ways in which Nasscom is tackling the digitalisation and IT employee re-skilling challenge. In the last 10 years, Nasscom's membership has changed, forcing these new measures. Many member companies are now focused on the domestic market and run business-to-consumer ecommerce operations, unlike older members that are traditional software and BPM companies. Scale-up Challenge According to Ghosh, Indian IT has a unique problem with innovation. "As a culture, we do not know how to scale up innovation". Hence, much of Nasscom's focus will be on creating models that can be scaled up, she says. This means fast digitalisation of the industry. "Whether you are tech or non-tech, big or small, digitalising yourself or others, creating solutions for digitalisation is the single-point focus. Some of our new members are banks and hospitals," she says. One key project is FutureSkills, which was created based on research done by the Boston Consulting Group. The tasks are to ensure that college courses are linked to the needs of the IT industry and that employees of member companies are re-skilled in latest technologies. The programme covers 10 new technology areas and 155 new job roles. Earlier this year, there was an indication that change is on the way when Nasscom refused to give out IT industry guidelines for 2020. Ghosh says predictions have become meaningless in a constantly evolving business environment. Nasscom will instead develop a set of 10-12 parameters that it will talk about every year. "We've thrown away the crystal ball."
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