Jacob Rees-Mogg, a pro-Brexit politician, came under fire after slouching in parliament during a consequential debate and then — the internet came for him.
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* Carrie Lam has announced the formal withdrawal of Hong Kong's extradition bill * The bill would have allowed Hong Kong citizens to be sent to China to face trial * Hong Kong police fired beanbag rounds in late night skirmishes with protesters
Hong Kong is scrapping the hated extradition bill which has sparked months of protests and violence in the city.
Embattled Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam announced the bill's withdrawal at a meeting with lawmakers today and confirmed it in a public statement in which she called for dialogue with protesters but refused to meet several other demands.
The bill, which would have allowed extraditions to mainland China, sparked angry protests which have since mushroomed into a wider rebellion and demands for more democracy.
British lawmakers defeated Boris Johnson in parliament in a bid to prevent him taking Britain out of the EU without a divorce agreement. More here: https://t.co/Dz339VsHfypic.twitter.com/VhHgYZqMUI
Hundreds of doctors in public hospitals across Zimbabwe went on strike on Tuesday demanding their salaries be pegged to the US dollar in the face of spiralling living costs https://t.co/qxxc7aG2Lf
Cancer is now the leading cause of death in rich nations, overtaking heart disease, according to the results of two landmark, decade-long global surveys https://t.co/m3T6wSP6S3pic.twitter.com/FHTDBYh1T7
* President Trump wanted to double tariff rates on Chinese goods last month after Beijing's latest retaliation in the trade war before settling on a smaller increase, three sources tell CNBC. * Trump was outraged after he learned Aug. 23 that China had formalized plans to slap duties on $75 billion in U.S. products in response to new tariffs from Washington on Sept. 1. * Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer then enlisted multiple CEOs to call Trump and warn him about the impact such a move would have on the stock market and the economy.
President Donald Trump wanted to double tariff rates on Chinese goods last month after Beijing's latest retaliation in a boiling trade war before settling on a smaller increase, three sources told CNBC.
The president was outraged after he learned Aug. 23 that China had formalized plans to slap duties on $75 billion in U.S. products in response to new tariffs from Washington on Sept. 1. His initial reaction, communicated to aides on a White House trade call held that day, was to suggest doubling existing tariffs, according to three people briefed on the matter.
WNU Editor: The majority of Americans support President Trump's approach towards China on trade. Even though this poll has a large Democrat sample, 67% still think it is necessary to confront China over its trade policy now? (Page 234 of the latest Harvard/Harris poll).
An aerial view shows devastation after hurricane Dorian hit the Abaco Islands in the Bahamas, September 3, 2019. Hurricane Dorian has left much of tourism-dependent Bahamas in ruins and relief officials on Tuesday were preparing for an unfolding humanitarian crisis with the scale of the catastrophe only beginning to emerge. Michelle Cove/Trans Island Airways/via REUTERS
Joe Ronnie Hooper's service record remains one of the more difficult to fathom combat resumes in United States military history.
Throughout the course of his Army career — one that came in the wake of a three-year Navy enlistment — the Piedmont, South Carolina, native who was raised in Washington state earned two Silver Stars, six Bronze Stars, and eight Purple Hearts, among an abundance of other accolades.
Defense Secretary Mark Esper has signed off on spending $3.6 billion in Defense Department construction funds for 175 miles of wall on the southern border with Mexico, Pentagon officials told Fox News on Tuesday.
Esper has been briefing congressional leaders on the plans, including what military construction projects would be affected both in the U.S. and overseas.
The moves provoked an outcry Tuesday among some Democrats.
Protecting the A-10: Lawmakers oppose removing A-10s from the US Air Force's fleet, but they will have to find a budget offset to keep the attack planes flying. (Master Sgt. Becky Vanshur/US Air Force)
Twelve years after the U.S. Air Force decided to spend about $8 million per aircraft to repair and reinforce the wings on 252 A-10 "Warthog" ground attack aircraft, work was finally completed, in mid-2019 for the first 173 aircraft. The air force has issued a contract to have the remaining aircraft get the new wings. The wing replacement was part of a series of refurbishment and upgrade programs designed to keep the A-10s flying for another twenty years or, as an air force official recently admitted; "indefinitely." This is another sign of how much the air force attitudes towards the A-10 have changed. Not only that but in 2007 the feeling was that the A-10 may well be the last manned American ground attack aircraft, and the entire fleet was to be upgraded with new electronics, to make the aircraft as effective as possible until the unmanned replacements arrived. But before this 2007 decision could be implemented, factions in the air force leadership sought to once more get rid of the A-10. The main reason for the 2007 refurbishment decision was the fact that the A-10 was the most heavily used ground support aircraft in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the most popular with the troops doing the fighting. It still is.
Britain and France are at war with Germany following the invasion of Poland two days ago.
At 1115 BST the Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain, announced the British deadline for the withdrawal of German troops from Poland had expired.
He said the British ambassador to Berlin had handed a final note to the German government this morning saying unless it announced plans to withdraw from Poland by 1100, a state of war would exist between the two countries.
Indonesia is banning all nickel ore exports two years ahead of schedule, sending prices surging across the world.
Indonesia said on Monday it will stop nickel ore exports from January 1, 2020, two years earlier than initially flagged as it speeds up efforts to process more of its resources at home.
Bambang Gatot Ariyono, the mining ministry's director general for coal and minerals, said the ban will apply to all grades of nickel ore and ordered exporters to stop shipments from that date regardless of standing contracts.
"That is why we are announcing now so they have four months of transition time," Ariyono told reporters.
Boris Johnson could become Britain's shortest-serving Prime Minister if he calls and loses a snap election to end a power struggle with parliament over a potential no-deal Brexit — but the odds are in his favour.
According to Oddschecker, Johnson's Conservative party has a 1/3 predicted chance of winning the most seats in parliament if snap elections were called, which is an equivalent percentage chance of 75%.
The main opposition Labour Party, however, have odds of 4/1, equating to a 20% implied probability chance.
* Boris Johnson has lost a massive Commons showdown as Remainer MPs try to block a No Deal Brexit * Some 21 Tory MPs joined the revolt to inflict a stinging defeat on the government by 328 votes to just 301 * Mr Johnson warned he will never ask the EU for an extension beyond the Brexit deadline of October 31 * Pro-EU ex-ministers Justine Greening and Alistair Burt have announced they will stand down at the election
A furious Boris Johnson called for a snap election last night after Remainers seized control of Parliament to rule out No Deal Brexit.
The Prime Minister lost a crunch vote, giving a rebel alliance control of Commons business - with the aim of passing a law to stop the UK crashing out at the end of October.
One Labour could be heard shouting 'not a good start, Boris!' after the vote came in.
Tomorrow's wars will be faster, more high-tech, and less human than ever before. Welcome to a new era of machine-driven warfare.
Wallops Island—a remote, marshy spit of land along the eastern shore of Virginia, near a famed national refuge for horses—is mostly known as a launch site for government and private rockets. But it also makes for a perfect, quiet spot to test a revolutionary weapons technology.
If a fishing vessel had steamed past the area last October, the crew might have glimpsed half a dozen or so 35-foot-long inflatable boats darting through the shallows, and thought little of it. But if crew members had looked closer, they would have seen that no one was aboard: The engine throttle levers were shifting up and down as if controlled by ghosts. The boats were using high-tech gear to sense their surroundings, communicate with one another, and automatically position themselves so, in theory, .50-caliber machine guns that can be strapped to their bows could fire a steady stream of bullets to protect troops landing on a beach.
The secretive effort—part of a Marine Corps program called Sea Mob—was meant to demonstrate that vessels equipped with cutting-edge technology could soon undertake lethal assaults without a direct human hand at the helm. It was successful: Sources familiar with the test described it as a major milestone in the development of a new wave of artificially intelligent weapons systems soon to make their way to the battlefield.
Negotiators have cut the Afghan government out of discussions and have planned the departure of US troops before sealing a full peace agreement. Photograph: US Army/Reuters
* Nine ambassadors condemn US approach to negotiations * Letter says full withdrawal must come 'only after real peace'
The majority of America's ambassadors to Afghanistan since the removal of the Taliban government have condemned the US approach to negotiating a troop withdrawal, warning it risked a return to "total civil war".
Writing the day after a draft agreement was announced, the nine men, including a former deputy secretary of state, said they supported peace talks in Afghanistan.
But they warned the current approach risks spawning more violence and insecurity, because negotiators have cut the Afghan government out of discussions and have planned the departure of US troops before sealing a full peace agreement.
WNU Editor: Afghanistan is already engulfed by civil war .... U.S. withdrawal or not. But these envoys are probably right that cutting out the Afghan government from the negotiations was not a smart move. This also reminds me of President Obama's negotiations with Iran on a nuclear deal. He also kept all of America's closest allies in the Middle East out of the loop until an agreement was announced, thereby alienating everybody but the Iranians. As to my prediction on what will happen next in Afghanistan. The Taliban are playing the waiting game, firmly convinced that they have the mass majority of Afghans on their side, and that God will make them victorious. They just want the Americans out, and more importantly, its air power gone. After that, you can take it to the bank, it will be all out war.
* Boris Johnson has lost a massive Commons showdown tonight as Remainer MPs try to block No Deal * Some 21 Tory MPs joined the revolt to inflict a stinging defeat on the government by 328 votes to just 301 * Mr Johnson warned he will never ask the EU for an extension beyond the current Brexit deadline of October 31 * He is expected to table a motion calling an election for October 15 if the government loses the battle * Needs two-thirds of MPs for snap poll but Jeremy Corbyn has repeatedly dodged saying if he will back one * Pro-EU ex-ministers Justine Greening and Alistair Burt have announced they will stand down at the election * Another Remainer former minister Phillip Lee has defected to the Lib Dems wiping out the PM's tiny majority
A furious Boris Johnson called for a snap election tonight after he Remainers seized control of Parliament to rule out No Deal Brexit.
The Prime Minister humiliatingly lost a crunch vote that gives a rebel alliance control of Commons business - with the aim of passing a law to stop the UK crashing out at the end of October.
The victory for pro-EU MPs - by a huge margin of 328 to 301 - came despite Mr Johnson threatening to end the careers of Tories who joined the revolt by deselecting them.
WNU Editor: If an election is called it will need the support of two thirds of the parliament, but the Labour Party has made it clear that they will not support an election unless a no-deal Brexit is ruled out. From where I an standing there is a very real possibility that this election call may be defeated, thereby putting the government in limbo, or replacing it with a coalition that will be run by Jeremy Corbyn or some other party. Another reason why I believe this election call may be defeated are the polls. Recent polls indicate that the Conservative Party under Boris Johnson will easily win a majority if Brexit is on the ballot. If true, no election. But if the opposition believe that these polls are not right, then an election it will be. Bottom line .... we are going to know in the next 24 hours where all of this is headed.
One final note. Any politician or government who goes against the will of the people will always receive blow-back in the end. For the 53% who voted for Brexit and for those who voted for these former Tory MPs who crossed the aisle today, there must be a great deal of disappointment and anger among many of them tonight. And here is an easy prediction. Many of them are going to feel motivated to vote in the next election, and it is not hard to figure out where their vote is going to go .... whether it is this October, or next year which some in the anti-Brexit coalition are now voicing.
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Hong Kong anti-government protesters have shown no sign of backing down despite increasingly violent confrontations with police (AFP Photo/Lillian SUWANRUMPHA)
China is facing tough choices over how to tackle months of pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong: hold dialogue with protesters, play the long game or send in troops.
The protesters have shown no sign of backing down despite increasingly violent confrontations in which Hong Kong's police have used water cannon, tear gas and rubber bullets -- and even fired live warning shots.
In a leaked audio recording this week, the semi-autonomous city's leader Carrie Lam apparently sought to reassure businesses that Beijing "has absolutely no plan to send in the PLA (People's Liberation Army)".
But hours later Beijing again sent mixed signals about how it might ultimately handle the crisis, saying it will "never sit idly by" if the situation further deteriorates.
WNU Editor: Beijing will not authorize any talks with the protesters. It sets a precedent that regions in China itself will then start to demand and fight for. But as long as the Hong Kong government supports Beijing, and the Hong Kong police obey orders, Beijing is taking the "wait and see" approach. But in my mind there is no doubt about one thing. If Hong Kong was not an important and critical economic asset to China, Beijing would have ordered the para-military forces in to crack skulls and imprison thousands a long time ago.
* The UK Royal Navy frigate HMS Montrose has had almost daily confrontations with Iranian forces in the past two months, with 115 unpleasant interactions in the Persian Gulf since the start of July, The Times reports, citing the ship's commander. * Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has taunted the warship, which failed to prevent the seizure of a tanker that remains in Iranian custody. * The Iranians have also reportedly sent drones and fast attack craft within 200 meters of the warship, as well as targeted the frigate with missiles, according to the ship's commander. * The HMS Montrose is one of several ships participating in a US-led multinational security operation in the Gulf aimed protecting oil tankers and shipping from Iran.
A British warship that defended an oil tanker from Iranian forces but failed to save another has had 115 confrontations with Iran's elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Crops in the Persian Gulf since July.
Commander Will King, who commands the Royal Navy frigate HMS Montrose currently tasked with defending British interests and escorting ships in the Gulf, told The Times that his ship has been "heavily" tested by the Iranians, which have demonstrated a "continuous intent to disrupt or interfere with UK interests in the area."
Panel lists 160 key actors in Yemen war who could face charges, adding to pressure on UK to end Saudi arms sales
Britain, the US and France may be complicit in war crimes in Yemen by arming and providing support to a Saudi-led coalition that starves civilians as a war tactic, a United Nations report has said.
A UN panel of experts has for the first time compiled a list of 160 military officers and politicians who could face war crimes charges, including from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, the Houthi rebel movement and Yemeni government military forces. A secret list of those most likely to be complicit has been sent to the UN.
* Adrian Darya 1, formerly the Grace 1, turned off tracker at 4pm GMT yesterday * Vessel was some 45 nautical miles off the coast of Lebanon and Syria at time * Tanker with 2.1m barrels of oil was held in Gibraltar before release last month
An Iranian tanker carrying $130m worth of crude oil which is being pursued by the U.S. has turned off its tracking beacon, increasing speculation it is heading Syria.
The disappearance of the Adrian Darya 1, formerly known as the Grace 1, follows a pattern of Iranian oil tankers turning off their Automatic Identification Systems.
By doing this the destination of the cargo can be masked amid U.S. sanctions targeting Iran's energy industry.
Today Iranian President Hassan Rouhani reiterated that Tehran will not enter into direct talks with the U.S. unless Washington rejoins the 2015 nuclear deal.
* Boris Johnson is facing a massive Commons showdown tonight as Remainer MPs try to block No Deal * Rebel efforts clear first hurdle after Speaker John Bercow says he will allow emergency motion to be heard * Philip Hammond condemned PM's 'aggressive' threats and promises 'fight of a lifetime' against deselection * Mr Johnson warned he will never ask the EU for an extension beyond the current Brexit deadline of October 31 * He is expected to table a motion calling an election for October 14 if the government loses the battle * Pro-EU ex-ministers Justine Greening and Alistair Burt have announced they will stand down at the election * Another Remainer former minister Phillip Lee has defected to the Lib Dems wiping out the PM's tiny majority * Amber Rudd, the Work and Pensions secretary, urged Mr Johnson not to kick out MPs who try to stop No Deal
Speaker John Bercow teed up a huge Brexit showdown today by granting a Remainer bid for an emergency debate that could see them rule out No Deal.
Mr Bercow said he would allow Tory rebel Oliver Letwin to push a business motion seizing control of the agenda in the House - despite complaints from Eurosceptics that it flouts procedures.
Some MPs including Peter Bone shouted 'NO!' when the Speaker asked if the House wanted to hear the debate, but more than 40 members stood up in support - meeting the threshold for continuing.
* Storm has killed at least five people and destroyed 13,000 homes during its path of destruction in Bahamas * Floodwaters from the storm reached the second floors of some buildings and trapped people in their attics * Photos have captured some devastation with one photos showing dozens of capsized boats at a harbor * Video shows stalled cars among flooded roads, destroyed homes and Bahamians picking through debris * Bahamas prime minister Hubert Minnis told reporters on Tuesday: 'We are in the midst of a historic tragedy' * Exact toll of devastation in Bahamas will not be clear until storm passes and rescue crews can get on ground * Hurricane Dorian weakened to a Category 2 storm shortly after 11am Tuesday as it approaches United States
Hurricane Dorian has killed at least five people and destroyed as many as 13,000 homes during its path of destruction through the Bahamas.
The catastrophic onslaught sent floodwaters up to the second floors of some buildings, trapped people in attics and led to others fleeing from one shelter to another.
Dorian's relentless winds and rain battered homes and businesses on the islands of Abaco and Grand Bahama, which have a combined population of about 70,000 and are no more than 40 feet above sea level at their highest points.
The Grand Bahama airport was said to be under 6 feet of water. The exact toll of the devastation in the Bahamas will not be clear until the storm passes and rescue crews can get on the ground. The storm hovered over the islands for almost 24 hours.
Team from RNAS Culdrose is onboard RFA Mounts Bay 'ready to assist' as 'historic tragedy' unfolds in Bahamas
The Royal Navy is 'on standby' and 'ready to assist as deadly Hurricane Dorian creates 'an historic tragedy' in the Bahamas.
Royal Navy sailors from Cornwall are preparing to help in the Bahamas, which has been devastated by Hurricane Dorian. Personnel from Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose at Helston are currently aboard RFA Mount's Bay, the Royal Fleet auxiliary ship in the Caribbean.
A majority of Russians don't believe in the authorities' claim that Western powers are to blame for election protests in Moscow this summer, according to the independent Levada Center polling agency.
Weeks of demonstrations over elections for the city legislature have turned into the biggest sustained protest movement in Russia since 2011-2013. Russia has accused the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, Germany's Deutsche Welle media outlet and Google of meddling in Russia's internal affairs by allegedly promoting the protests and encouraging people to attend them.
WNU Editor: 26% of Russians surveyed blamed the West for meddling in the Moscow elections?!?!?!? I would like to know who those idiots are, because everyone I know in Russia (family, friends, contacts, etc.) certainly believe otherwise.
The Russian military has unveiled footage of large-scale exercises in Mongolia with a slick production value of shooting helicopters and firing rocket launchers.
The 11th annual Russian-Mongolian drills, the Selenga-2019, took place from Aug. 15-24 and involved 1,400 troops from both countries this year.
Russian President Vladimir Putin will sign a permanent treaty on friendship and extensive strategic partnership with Mongolian President Khaltmaagiin Battulga on September 3 during a two-day visit to the East Asian country, according to an interview published on the Kremlin's website.
The document builds on the existing 1993 Treaty of Friendly Relations and Cooperation and will have no expiration date.
It will "take our bilateral ties to a fundamentally new level," Putin told Mongolian newspaper Odriyn Sonin in an interview that was translated into Russian.
Lockheed Martin will make F-16s for India if it gets assured orders Pictured: A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon flies a mission in the skies near Iraq on March 22, 2003 during Operation Iraqi freedom. [Representational Image]Wikimedia Commons
For the umpteenth year in a row, Lockheed Martin's F-16 remains the world's most popular fighter jet.
The manufacturer of everything from F-35 stealth fighters to Blackhawk helicopters to the venerable F-16, Lockheed Martin is the world's biggest pure-play defense contractor. And according to the data specialists preparing Flightglobal's 2019 World Air Forces report, 45 years after the F-16 Fighting Falcon first took flight, some 2,280 of Lockheed's F-16s are still flying around the globe -- 15% of all fighter planes in existence today.
And as we just found out, that number is about to get a little bit bigger.
FRANCE is suffering from a no-deal Brexit crisis as authorities desperately scramble to ready themselves for Britain leaving the European Union without an agreement.
HURRICANE DORIAN has unleashed devastation on the Bahamas leading to the deaths of at least seven people - but the forbidding hurricane is now moving closer to the US where it is likely to wreak havoc once again. When will Dorian make landfall in South Carolina and Georgia?
VLADIMIR PUTIN has completed a diplomatic victory over US President Donald Trump, as Russia's sophisticated S-400 anti-aircraft missiles have been pictured in Turkey for the first time – and appear to be fully operational.
HURRICANE DORIAN, a deadly hurricane responsible for the deaths of at least seven people, is making its destructive path towards the coasts of the US Carolina states - but what other systems are churning right now?
HURRICANE DORIAN has begun to track towards the United States after battering the Bahamas for more than 24 hours. Here are the latest NOAA maps, forecast, euro and spaghetti models.
MELANIA TRUMP received a huge amount of backlash after returning from the G7 summit in Biarritz, France as footage from her visit was viciously criticised as social media users compared her to Michelle Obama.
(FREEPORT, Bahamas) — Bahamians rescued victims of Hurricane Dorian with jet skis and a bulldozer as the U.S. Coast Guard, Britain’s Royal Navy and a handful of aid groups tried to get food and medicine to survivors and take the most desperate people to safety.
Airports were flooded and roads impassable after the most powerful storm to hit the Bahamas in recorded history parked over Abaco and Grand Bahama islands, pounding them with winds up to 185 mph (295 kph) and torrential rain before finally moving into open waters Tuesday on a course toward Florida.
People on the U.S. coast made final preparations for a storm with winds at a still-dangerous 110 mph (175 kph), making it a Category 2 storm.
At least seven deaths were reported in the Bahamas, with the full scope of the disaster still unknown.
The storm’s punishing winds and muddy brown floodwaters destroyed or severely damaged thousands of homes, crippled hospitals and trapped people in attics.
“It’s total devastation. It’s decimated. Apocalyptic,” said Lia Head-Rigby, who helps run a local hurricane relief group and flew over the Bahamas’ hard-hit Abaco Islands. “It’s not rebuilding something that was there; we have to start again.”
She said her representative on Abaco told her there were “a lot more dead,” though she had no numbers as bodies being gathered.
The Bahamas’ prime minister also expected more deaths and predicted that rebuilding would require “a massive, coordinated effort.”
“We are in the midst of one of the greatest national crises in our country’s history,” Prime Minister Hubert Minnis said at a news conference. “No effort or resources will be held back.”
Five Coast Guard helicopters ran near-hourly flights to the stricken Abaco, flying more than 20 injured people to the capital’s main hospital. British sailors were also rushing in aid. A few private aid groups also tried to reach the battered islands in the northern Bahamas.
“We don’t want people thinking we’ve forgotten them. … We know what your conditions are,” Tammy Mitchell of the Bahamas’ National Emergency Management Agency told ZNS Bahamas radio station.
With their heads bowed against heavy wind and rain, rescuers began evacuating people from the storm’s aftermath across Grand Bahama island late Tuesday, using jet skis, boats and even a huge bulldozer that cradled children and adults in its digger as it churned through deep waters and carried them to safety.
One rescuer gently scooped up an elderly man in his arms and walked toward a pickup truck waiting to evacuate him and others to higher ground.
Over 2 million people along the coast in Florida, Georgia and North and South Carolina were warned to evacuate. While the threat of a direct hit on Florida had all but evaporated, Dorian was expected to pass dangerously close to Georgia and South Carolina — and perhaps strike North Carolina — on Thursday or Friday. The hurricane’s eye passed to the east of Cape Canaveral, Florida, early Wednesday.
Even if landfall does not occur, the system is likely to cause storm surge and severe flooding, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.
“Don’t tough it out. Get out,” said U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency official Carlos Castillo.
In the Bahamas, Red Cross spokesman Matthew Cochrane said more than 13,000 houses, or about 45% of the homes on Grand Bahama and Abaco, were believed to be severely damaged or destroyed. U.N. officials said more than 60,000 people on the hard-hit islands will need food, and the Red Cross said some 62,000 will need clean drinking water.
“What we are hearing lends credence to the fact that this has been a catastrophic storm and a catastrophic impact,” Cochrane said.
Lawson Bates, a staffer for Arkansas-based MedicCorps, flew over Abaco and said: “It looks completely flattened. There’s boats way inland that are flipped over. It’s total devastation.”
The Red Cross authorized $500,000 for the first wave of disaster relief, Cochrane said. U.N. humanitarian teams stood ready to go into the stricken areas to help assess damage and the country’s needs, U.N. spokesman Stéphane Dujarric said. The U.S. government also sent a disaster response team.
Abaco and Grand Bahama islands, with a combined population of about 70,000, are known for their marinas, golf courses and all-inclusive resorts. To the south, the Bahamas’ most populous island, New Providence, which includes the capital city of Nassau and has over a quarter-million people, had little damage.
The U.S. Coast Guard airlifted at least 21 people injured on Abaco. Choppy, coffee-colored floodwaters reached roofs and the tops of palm trees.
“We will confirm what the real situation is on the ground,” Health Minister Duane Sands said. “We are hoping and praying that the loss of life is limited.”
Sands said Dorian rendered the main hospital on Grand Bahama unusable, while the hospital at Marsh Harbor on Abaco was in need of food, water, medicine and surgical supplies. He said crews were trying to fly out five to seven kidney failure patients from Abaco who had not received dialysis since Friday.
The Grand Bahama airport was under 6 feet (2 meters) of water.
Late Tuesday, Dorian was centered about 95 miles (155 kilometers) east of Cape Canaveral, Florida, and it was moving northwest at 6 mph (9 kph). Hurricane-force winds extended up to 60 miles (95 kilometers) from its center, while tropical storm-force winds could be felt up to 175 miles (280 kilometers) from the core.
The U.S. coast from north of West Palm Beach, Florida, through Georgia was expected to get 3 to 6 inches of rain, with 9 inches in places, while the Carolinas could get 5 to 10 inches and 15 in spots, the National Hurricane Center said.
NASA satellite imagery through Monday night showed some places in the Bahamas had gotten as much as 35 inches (89 centimeters) of rain, said private meteorologist Ryan Maue.
Parliament member Iram Lewis said he feared waters would keep rising and stranded people would lose contact with officials as their cellphone batteries died.
Dorian also left one person dead in its wake in Puerto Rico before slamming into the Bahamas on Sunday. It tied the record for the strongest Atlantic storm ever to hit land, matching the Labor Day hurricane that struck Florida’s Gulf Coast in 1935, before storms were given names.
Across the Southeast, interstate highways leading away from beaches in South Carolina and Georgia were turned into one-way evacuation routes. Several airports announced closings, and hundreds of flights were canceled. Walt Disney World in Orlando closed in the afternoon, and SeaWorld shut down.
Police in coastal Savannah, Georgia, announced an overnight curfew. North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper ordered a mandatory evacuation of the dangerously exposed barrier islands along the state’s entire coast.
Having seen storms swamp his home on the Georgia coast in 2016 and 2017, Joey Spalding of Tybee Island decided to empty his house and stay at a friend’s apartment nearby rather than take any chances with Dorian.
He packed a U-Haul truck with tables, chairs, a chest of drawers, tools — virtually all of his furnishings except for his mattress and a large TV — and planned to park it on higher ground. He also planned to shroud his house in plastic wrap up to shoulder height and pile sandbags in front of the doors.
“In this case, I don’t have to come into a house full of junk,” he said. “I’m learning a little as I go.”
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Associated Press journalist Ramon Espinosa reported this story in Freeport, AP writer Danica Coto reported from San Juan, Puerto Rico, and AP writer Michael Weissenstein reported from Nassau, Bahamas. AP writers Tim Aylen in Freeport, Russ Bynum in Georgia and Seth Borenstein in Washington contributed to this report.
Aerial images from the Bahamas have revealed catastrophic damage in the wake of Hurricane Dorian.
The storm reached the island nation as a category 5 hurricane on Sunday and then slowly moved westwards, ripping off roofs, flooding houses and leaving at least seven people dead. Prime Minister Hubert Minnis has described the hurricane as a “historic tragedy” for the northern Bahamas that has damaged or destroyed homes, businesses and infrastructure.
On Tuesday, the Prime Minister visited the island of Abaco and surveyed the damage from a plane.
“We are in the midst of one the greatest crises in our nation’s history,” Minnis said.
Lia Head-Rigby, who runs a hurricane-relief organization and flew over Abaco, told the Associated Press that she saw “total devastation.”
“It’s decimated. Apocalyptic,” Head-Rigby said. “It’s not rebuilding something that was there; we have to start again.” She also said that her representative on the island had warned her that there are “a lot more” people dead.
Handout—Getty Images In this handout aerial photo provided by the Head Knowles Foundation, damage is seen from Hurricane Dorian on Abaco Island on September 3, 2019 in the Bahamas.
Early estimates suggest that in the wake of the storm, Abaco will need food for 14,500 people and Grand Bahama island will require food for 45,700 people, Herve Verhoosel, a spokesperson for the U.N. World Food Program, said on Twitter.
#HurricaneDorian Early numbers suggest the island🌴 of Abaco may require food🍲 for 14,500 people and Grand Bahama island for 45,700 people.
⚠️But we must wait until the three-day @WFP joint assessment is complete for final numbers on food security. More details to come
On Monday, Minnis promised to “provide relief and assistance as soon as possible” to Bahamians in need of help. He also asked Bahamians who were not impacted by the storm to be willing to take in people in need.
“This is the time for us as Bahamians to show our love, our care and our compassion for our fellow brothers and sisters,” Minnis said.
The United States Coast Guard has been deployed to provide assistance on Abaco and has been working to rescue civilians, Minnis has said. The Guard has rescued at least 21 injured people on Abaco, the Associated Press reported.
The storm is continuing westward towards the coast of Florida on Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service. It’s expected to bring “life-threatening” storm surge and strong winds to the eastern coast of Florida, as well as the coasts of Georgia and the Carolinas.
The embattled leader of Hong Kong, Chief Executive Carrie Lam, is to formally withdraw a divisive bill that has caused 13 weeks of unrest, according to a local media report.
Citing unnamed sources, the South China Morning Post said Wednesday that Lam was set to scrap proposed legislation that would have allowed extradition of fugitives to mainland China for the first time. The paper added that pro-government lawmakers had been summoned to meet Lam at 4:00 p.m. local time.
Reuters said it had confirmation from a government source of the report in the Post.
The bill’s withdrawal is a key demand of protesters who have repeatedly clashed with police in increasingly violent demonstrations, at various times ransacking the legislature, shutting down the city’s airport, besieging police headquarters and turning Hong Kong’s normally bustling retail and entertainment districts into war zones.
The Post quoted one source as saying that the withdrawal was to be a “gesture” made in “a bid to cool down the atmosphere.”
Another source told the Post that Lam had softened her stance after a recent closed-door meeting with prominent local figures. “She heeded their views on how to de-escalate the tensions,” the source said.
The paper reported that Hong Kong’s benchmark Hang Seng index had jumped 3.73 per cent in anticipation of the news. However, early indications suggested that the gesture would not be enough to placate protesters.
“It has come in too little too late. She has created such havoc, a word she’s used herself, and the damage is done,” democratic legislator Claudia Mo told TIME. “I think the protestors will just carry on with their quest for democracy and human rights.”
Mo also wondered if the bill’s withdrawal was a ploy, with Lam “playing tactics ordered by Beijing.”
Samson Yuen, assistant professor of political science at Hong Kong’s Lingnan University, told TIME that “It will take some steam, some violence off the streets, but it won’t take people off the streets. In the medium term, protests will still continue, mainly because the protesters’ focus has broadened.”
Intense opposition to the bill unified a broad spectrum of society and quickly snowballed into a rebellion against Lam’s administration. Her initial response was to suspend, rather than scrap, the measure, but this merely incensed protesters, who launched an all-out push for greater for full political freedom, with many demanding self-determination or even independence for the former British possession.
Critics of the bill feared that Beijing would use it to apprehend dissidents and political opponents in the enclave, whose 7.2 million inhabitants and linguistically and culturally distinct from mainland Chinese after 156 years of colonial rule.
(JOHANNESBURG) — South Africa’s president condemned days of widespread looting and arson attacks on foreign-owned businesses across Johannesburg and the capital Pretoria, calling the violence “totally unacceptable.”
“We are a country that is completely committed against xenophobia,” President Cyril Ramaphosa said in a video statement published on Twitter Tuesday. “We do not allow and cannot tolerate attacks on people from other African countries.”
Police fanned out across neighborhoods in Johannesburg and Pretoria as the violence extended into a third day in South Africa.
Police have arrested more than 100 people in five areas impacted by the violence. Many gutted, emptied shops remained closed as shop owners, many of them foreign, feared to return to their property.
Police minister Bheki Cele confirmed on Tuesday that five people had died since the the violence started on Sunday night.
“There is no justification whatsoever for people who have a sense that their jobs are being taken by people from foreign lands to attack them, to destroy properties, and actually to kill them,” said Ramaphosa. “This must be stopped.”
In Alexandra, a township in Johannesburg which was in lockdown on Tuesday after a spate of attacks in the morning, some foreigners had returned to their shops to assess the damage.
Abdullahi Duale, a Somali shop-owner whose store was looted in the early hours of the morning, said this was not the first time his business had been looted.
“The last time they took everything in the shop, and now they repeated it,” said Duale. “We are always afraid that it can start anytime.”
Others whose shops had survived the night were packing their belongings and leaving the area by morning.
Gauteng Premier David Makhura visited Alexandra with police officials and called for calm, pleading with the community to refrain from the violence.
Makhura said police had the capacity to deal with the unrest and would not need any reinforcement from the army, a concern that has emerged in recent days. In July, the government deployed armed soldiers to assist police in controlling gang-related violence in Cape Town.
The government would only consider calling on the army in Gauteng if the police said they were not able to diffuse the situation, he said.
“The job of the police is to police, and we know that the job of the army that is a very different job altogether. The army comes in to shoot down at the enemy,” said Makhura. “So far the police are doing well.”
On Monday, African governments warned citizens living in South Africa to take safety precautions and expressed frustration with latest wave of attacks targeting foreign-owned businesses in South Africa.
The Ethiopian Embassy in South Africa advised citizens to close their shops “until peace is restored”, according to Ethiopian media, and Zambia’s Ministry of Transport and Communications warned Zambian truck drivers not to travel in to the country.
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari said he has dispatched a Special Envoy to South Africa to convey his concerns to President Ramaphosa.
Buhari’s office said he had has also instructed the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, to summon the South African High Commissioner to Nigeria and get a brief on the situation; express Nigeria’s displeasure over the treatment of its citizens and to get assurances of the safety of their lives and property.
Onyeama called the violence “sickening” on Twitter on Monday.
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AP writer Sam Olukoya in Lagos, Nigeria contributed to this report.
(KABUL, Afghanistan) — The Taliban on Tuesday defended their suicide bombing against an international compound in the Afghan capital that killed at least 16 people and wounded 119, almost all local civilians, just hours after a U.S. envoy said he and the militant group had reached a deal “in principle” to end America’s longest war.
Angry Kabul residents whose homes were shredded in the explosion climbed over the buckled blast wall and set part of the compound, a frequent Taliban target, on fire. Thick smoke rose from the Green Village, home to several foreign organizations and guesthouses, whose location has become a peril to nearby local residents as well.
Romanian President Klaus Iohannis condemned the attack, “which, unfortunately, ended the life of a Romanian citizen and seriously wounded another one. I reiterate our profound commitment to combating terrorism at the international level.”
“People were screaming and saying, ‘My children are trapped in the rubble,'” one witness, Faiz Ahmad, said. A large crater was left in the street from a tractor packed with explosives. Five attackers were killed in the Monday night attack and some 400 foreigners rescued, Interior Ministry spokesman Nasrat Rahimi said.
The Taliban continue to kill Afghan civilians in attacks they say are meant for foreign “invaders” or the Afghan government, apparently sacrificing the support of the people they might wish to rule, even as the U.S. envoy says the deal with the insurgents only needs the approval of President Donald Trump to become a reality. The accord would include a troop withdrawal that the Taliban already portray as their victory.
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told The Associated Press that “we understand that peace talks are going on … but they must also understand that we are not weak and if we enter into talks … we enter from a strong position.”
He said the attack was a response to raids by U.S. and Afghan forces on civilians across the country. While he acknowledged there should be less harm to civilians, he said they shouldn’t live near such an important foreign compound.
Questions are growing among some in Washington about the dangers of trusting the Taliban to make peace. On Tuesday, several former U.S. ambassadors to Afghanistan warned in a joint statement published by the Atlantic Council that “it is not clear whether peace is possible,” saying the Taliban have “made it clear that the war will go on against the Afghan government.”
A full U.S. troop withdrawal that moves too quickly and without requiring the Taliban to meet conditions such as reducing violence could lead the militant group to avoid making compromises with other Afghans, the former envoys warned. Civil war could follow and give al-Qaida and the local Islamic State affiliate space to grow, they said: “All of this could prove catastrophic for U.S. national security.”
The attack occurred just hours after U.S. envoy Zalmay Khalilzad briefed the Afghan government on an agreement “in principle” with the Taliban that would see 5,000 U.S. troops withdraw from five bases in the country within 135 days of a final deal on ending nearly 18 years of fighting. Between 14,000 and 13,000 troops are currently in the country.
Hours before Monday’s attack, Khalilzad showed a draft deal to the Afghan president after declaring that they are “at the threshold of an agreement” following the end of the ninth round of U.S.-Taliban talks in Qatar.
Khalilzad has not commented publicly since the blast, which rocked Kabul as many residents watched him speak in a nationally televised interview about the deal and Afghanistan’s future.
Shaken Kabul residents questioned whether the Taliban will respect any agreement, especially after foreign troops withdraw.
“This what the Taliban are up to in Afghanistan; totally committed to total destruction. Can they be trusted!!??” presidential spokesman Sediq Seddiqi tweeted.
The Taliban want all of the some 20,000 U.S. and NATO troops out of Afghanistan immediately, while the U.S. seeks a withdrawal in phases that would depend on the Taliban meeting certain conditions such as a reduction in violence.
Attacks have surged in recent months, including Taliban assaults on two provincial capitals over the weekend, as the group also seeks to strengthen its negotiating position with the Afghan government in the even more challenging intra-Afghan talks that are meant to follow a U.S.-Taliban deal. The Taliban have rejected talking with the government so far, dismissing it as a U.S. puppet.
Some analysts also have warned that some factions of the Taliban might be expressing displeasure with the U.S. deal, though Taliban political leaders at the talks in Qatar have insisted that their tens of thousands of fighters would respect whatever agreement is reached.
The militant group is at its strongest since the U.S.-led invasion to topple its government after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the U.S. The Taliban now control or hold sway over roughly half of Afghanistan.
The United Nations and others say civilians are suffering, often caught in the cross-fire as government forces, backed by the U.S., pursue the militants with airstrikes and raids. Afghanistan was the world’s deadliest conflict in 2018.
The Taliban spokesman, Mujahid, said that whenever there is a reduction of violence in Afghan cities, the government asserts that the militant group is no longer able to carry out attacks because of stronger Afghan security forces.
“They should realize that they can’t stop the Taliban,” Mujahid said. “Hopefully they must understand that by now.”
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Associated Press writer Vadim Ghirda in Bucharest contributed.
Travalyst, an initiative that includes global partners such as TripAdvisor and Visa, is meant to incentivize “organizations and destinations to do right by the places, spaces and animals we all need to protect,” Harry said during a speech at the launch of the initiative. “By promoting and incentivizing sustainable decision-making, by helping us as consumers stay better informed, and by empowering communities, Travalyst will strive to change both the travel industry and the world for the better— and for the long term.”
After the speech, Harry defended is use of a private jet on a recent trip to Nice, France, telling reporters: “I spend 99% of my life traveling the world by commercial, occasionally there needs to be an opportunity based on a unique circumstance to ensure that my family are safe — it’s generally as simple as that.”
Harry and Meghan Markle faced criticism for their private flight to visit the home of Elton John. The couple, along with their son Archie, used a private jet for the journey and some British media outlets criticized the royals as hypocritical because of their activism on climate change. Private jets usually have a significantly larger carbon footprint per passenger than commercial flights of the same distance.
Elton John later said in a public statement that he funded the plane and ensured the flight was carbon neutral by making a contribution to Carbon Footprint, an organization that aims to offset carbon emissions through special projects like establishing clean water programs and efforts against deforestation.
Travalyst has been in the works for two years, according to Buckingham Palace. Other partners include Booking.com, Ctrip and Skyscanner. The partners aim to tailor sustainable tourism efforts to the needs of regions across the globe by measuring impact on a community level. “Communities will be at the center of everything we do and we’re not going to reinvent the wheel,” Harry said.
“What is clear across this vast landscape is that our world faces environmental challenges of unprecedented scope and scale,” he added during his speech Tuesday. “These human-caused challenges often need a giant system shift to make a significant enough impact. And that is what this partnership is here to try and do.”
(LONDON) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson suffered key defections from his party Tuesday, losing a working majority in Parliament and weakening his position as he tried to prevent lawmakers from blocking his Brexit plans.
On a day of high drama and acerbic debate in the House of Commons, lawmakers returned from their summer recess to confront Johnson over his insistence that the U.K. leave the European Union on Oct. 31, even without a withdrawal agreement to cushion the economic blow. Many shouted, “Resign!”
As protesters on the streets outside Parliament denounced a “coup,” the lawmakers turned to a key piece of legislation that would prevent an immediate no-deal Brexit. If it passes this week, Johnson’s Downing Street office said he’ll call an early election — taking his argument directly to the people for a third general election in four years.
“Enough is enough,” Johnson said. “The country wants this done and they want the referendum respected. We are negotiating a deal and I am confident of getting a deal.”
Johnson’s tenuous position became clear even as spoke in Parliament for the first time since it reconvened. Lawmaker Phillip Lee rose from his chair on the Conservative benches and sat down with the Liberal Democrats, a defection that meant Johnson lost his slim working majority.
That makes Johnson vulnerable should lawmakers opt to try to oust him in a vote of no confidence and will complicate passage of legislation.
Earlier Tuesday, two other prominent Conservatives signaled their intention not to seek re-election rather than bend to Johnson’s will. Former Cabinet minister Justine Greening and former Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt also signaled their intention to stand down.
Jeremy Corbyn, leader of the main opposition Labour Party, lambasted the weakened Johnson, accusing him of “riding roughshod” over the constitution in order to crash Britain out of the EU without a deal.
“He isn’t winning friends in Europe. He’s losing friends at home. His is a government with no mandate, no morals and, as of today, no majority,” Corbyn said.
Johnson, who became prime minister in July, has tried to crack down on members of his Conservative Party who oppose his Brexit plans, warning they would be expelled from the party if they supported parliamentary efforts to block or delay the withdrawal.
Dominic Grieve, who was attorney general in David Cameron’s government, says the expulsion threats demonstrate Johnson’s “ruthlessness.” Greening said she feared her beloved party was “morphing into Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party.” Former Treasury chief Philip Hammond warned of the “fight of a lifetime” if officials tried to prevent him from running in the next election.
All three oppose Johnson, with Hammond saying he expected a procedural motion to take control of business. If it passed, a vote to block a no-deal would be considered Wednesday.
Changing the government would not be so simple, however. A no-confidence vote would spark a 14-day period in which Johnson could try to overturn the result. If he failed, there would be a general election.
During that key 14-day period, another lawmaker could try to win Parliament’s backing in a vote. If they succeeded, Johnson should, in theory, have to step down and let the winner form a government.
But these rules were introduced in a 2011 law and have never been tested.
As Brexit faces crucial days, international investors are showing concern. The pound sterling fell as low as $1.1960 on Tuesday, down about a cent on the day before, stabilizing around $1.1990.
That was its lowest level since a “flash crash” in October 2016, when uncertainty after the Brexit referendum was particularly high. Not counting that brief plunge — in which the currency fell to $1.1789 for about two minutes before recovering — the pound is now at its lowest level in 34 years.
A no-deal Brexit is considered dangerous because it will sever decades of seamless trade with Europe’s single market of 500 million people. Economists warn that trade would be disrupted by tariffs and customs checks between Britain and the bloc. Leaked government documents predicted disruptions to the supply of drugs and medicine, a decrease in the availability of fresh food and even potential fresh water shortages because of disruption to supplies of water treatment chemicals.
Johnson insists the potential for leaving without a deal must remain as a bargaining chip in negotiations with the EU.
Though the EU is Britain’s biggest trading partner, a no-deal Brexit would also be disruptive to Europe — a fact not lost on Brussels. Johnson’s supporters said lawmakers were weakening the government’s negotiating position with the EU.
“The one thing that has helped focus minds in the EU is that we’re leaving come what may and we’ve got a very focused task of what a good deal would look like,” Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab told ITV. “But the lingering doubt they’ve got is: Will the shenanigans in Parliament somehow lead to the cancellation or the delay of Brexit?
“That’s encouraging them, and weakening our position to actually get the deal we all want.”
The bloc is adamant it will not renegotiate the agreement struck with former Prime Minister Theresa May, which Johnson considers unacceptable.
Johnson has told French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel he could come up with a better alternative to the main sticking point in the stalled Brexit negotiations — the deadlock on the Irish border question.
But with the clock ticking, the EU said Tuesday it had received no proposals from the British government aimed at overcoming the impasse in Brexit talks.
European Commission spokeswoman Mina Andreeva said the EU’s executive body, which supervises Brexit negotiations on behalf of Britain’s 27 European partners, is operating on the “working assumption” that Britain will leave the bloc on Oct. 31.
Journalists imprisoned, harassed and threatened for doing their work in countries spanning from Colombia to India to Iran are included on September’s list of cases that make up the most serious threats to press freedom.
The list—released each month by the One Free Press Coalition, which was founded by a dozen news organizations, including TIME, with the goal of defending journalists under attack—identifies 10 of the most urgent examples of threats to press freedom around the world.
Last year, TIME named The Guardians the 2018 Person of the Year, recognizing four journalists and one news organization for their work in the face of threats to press freedom. Jamal Khashoggi, one of the journalists recognized in the issue, remains on top of this month’s 10 Most Urgent list, as the one-year anniversary of his killing and dismemberment inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2, 2018 approaches.
Khashoggi’s death remains controversial, particularly following a United Nations special report released in June that found “credible evidence” calling for further investigation into Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s role in the killing. The report was the result of a five-month investigation into what U.N. Special Rapporteur Agnes Callamard called a “deliberate, premeditated execution” of Khashoggi, a Washington Post columnist and an outspoken critic of bin Salman.
1. Jamal Khashoggi (Saudi Arabia): No independent investigation into killing, despite conclusions from intelligence reports
As the one-year anniversary of Khashoggi’s death approaches on Oct. 2, officials have not yet opened an independent criminal investigation into his death. No one has been held responsible for Khashoggi’s killing, even as the United Nations and U.S. intelligence officials have concluded that the Saudi crown prince was involved in the journalist’s death. Calls for the White House to release intelligence reports on the killing have been ignored, as was a February deadline for Trump to reply to Congress under the U.S. Global Magnitsky Act.
2. Lydia Cacho (Mexico): Mexican investigative reporter targeted with attacks and death threats for her freelance work
Although she’s had government-provided protection for about a decade, Cacho continues to face threats and attacks for her freelance reporting and promotion of the freedom of expression, including a raid on her home in July in which burglars killed her pets and stole devices that contained information about sexual abuse cases she was investigating.
3. Erick Kabendera (Tanzania): Detained under a number of charges in retaliation for critical reporting
Kabendera was charged in early August with money laundering, tax evasion and assisting an organized crime racket as part of what appears to be an aim to justify the government detaining him over his critical reporting. Most recently, his journalism focused on alleged divisions in Tanzania’s ruling party. Because he has been charged with money laundering, Kabendera does not qualify for bail.
4. Claudia Duque (Colombia): Colombian investigative journalist could face 10 years in prison
After facing numerous threats through a 26-year career in journalism, including kidnapping, illegal surveillance and psychological torture, Duque could potentially face a 10-year prison sentence for talking about the impunity surrounding a case regarding her perpetrators. In July, the court overseeing the trial ordered an injunction banning Duque from questioning the court, facing her perpetrators or sharing her opinions about the case.
5. Azory Gwanda (Tanzania): Tanzanian government claims missing journalist died—but later backtracked
Gwanda, a freelance journalist covering mysterious killings in rural Tanzania, went missing in November 2017. Since then, the Tanzanian government has neglected to fully investigate or give clear answers about what happened to him. In July, a Tanzanian government official said Gwanda had “disappeared and died,” but later backtracked that statement.
6. Roberto Jesús Quiñones (Cuba): Journalist sentenced to prison on “resistance” and “disobedience” charges
In August, Quiñones was sentenced to one year in prison following his arrest in April as he was covering a trial for CubaNet. Cuban authorities said Quiñones’s behavior during his detention constituted “resistance” and “disobedience,” and charged and imposed a fine on him for his conduct. Quiñones was sentenced to a year in prison for refusing to pay the fine. The U.S. has criticized Cuba for imprisoning Quiñones, with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo calling out the country’s “flagrant disregard for legal norms.”
7. Aasif Sultan (India): Imprisoned in Kashmir for more than a year
Sultan, a reporter for Kashmir Narrator, has been imprisoned in Kashmir for more than a year following his arrest in August 2018 during a raid on his home. He has been charged with “complicity” in “harboring known terrorists” and repeatedly been asked to reveal his sources. Sultan’s case is highlighted as citizens in Kashmir contend with a communications blackout imposed by the Indian government in early August.
8. Azimjon Askarov (Kyrgyzstan): Kyrgyz court upholds life sentence for journalist who reported on human rights violations
Despite international calls for Askarov’s release from prison, a Kyrgyz court in July upheld the journalist’s life sentence. Askarov has been imprisoned for nine years on charges for reporting on human rights violations.
9. Khadija Ismayilova (Azerbaijan): Faces rampant harassment and impediments to reporting for her investigative work
After being released from prison in 2016 for writing about the money flows and property holdings used by the Azerbaijani president and his family in 2014, Ismayilova again faces harassment. This year, courts upheld tax evasion charges against Ismayilova that date back to her role as bureau chief for Radio Free Europe/Radio Libery a decade ago. She also faces a travel ban, financial penalties, frozen assets and an inability to report.
10. Masoud Kazemi (Iran): Imprisoned journalist sentenced to more than four years in prison
Kazemi, the editor-in-chief of the political magazine Sedaye Parsi, was sentenced to four and a half years in prison on charges that he spread anti-state propaganda and insulted Iran’s supreme leader and other government officials. The charges are based on tweets Kazemi wrote in November 2018 about his reporting on corruption in Iran’s Ministry of Industry. Kazemi will be banned from working as a journalist for two years following his release.
On a recent weekday afternoon, twelve employees sat awaiting shoppers in a luxury jewelry store in Hong Kong’s prime tourist district, Tsim Sha Tsui—known to locals simply as “TST.” Next door, in a high-end watch shop, seven workers chatted with each other, no customers in sight.
The area is home to luxurious hotels, gourmet restaurants and designer boutiques, but it has also been the site of several violent clashes between police and pro-democracy protesters, who have staged weekly rallies across the city since early June calling for greater political freedoms for the former British colony. A recent weekend demonstration on TST’s main strip, the so-called “Golden Mile” of Nathan Road, ended with heated scuffles between protesters and police, who fired tear gas to disperse them. Slogans like ‘Free HK!’ and ‘Revolution!’ remain daubed on walls in the area.
A smattering of shoppers still pop in and out of the glitzy stores — where long lines snaking out of the front doors were, until recently, a common sight — but there is decidedly less buzz these days.
What started as a bad year for businesses in Hong Kong, due to the damaging trade war between Washington and Beijing, has now become a terrible one. With protests entering their third month, many businesses in the culinary hub and retail mecca are in deep trouble.
“It’s very, very bad for customers,” said Jimmy, a tailor who works on Nathan Road, told TIME. He estimates that his shop’s customer numbers have dropped by 60% in recent weeks. “If it stays like this, Hong Kong is dead.”
The unrest has, at times, crippled key infrastructure, like tunnels and highways, the international airport, and the city’s subway trains—so much so that Hong Kong’s beleaguered top official, Chief Executive, Carrie Lam, said that protests have hurt the economy more than the 2003 SARs epidemic and the 2008 financial crisis. But she has refused to acknowledge protesters’ demands, which include her own resignation.
Tourism, which accounts for about 5% of the city’s GDP and is designated one of “Four Key Industries” by the Hong Kong government, has taken a massive hit. A Hong Kong Tourism Board spokesperson told TIME that preliminary figures show a double-digit percentage decline in the number of visitor arrivals in the first half of August compared with the same period in 2018, and that the number of bookings in September and October has “dropped significantly.”
The board says that declines in tourism are due to a combination of factors, but several countries, including the U.S. and Australia, have issued travel warnings for the city and a Tripadvisor travel forum called ‘Is HK save to travel?’ has drawn almost 600 responses.
Tourism arrivals from mainland China, which normally account for almost 80% of Hong Kong’s tourists, have been particularly hard hit, with many travelers understandably deterred by anti-Chinese attitudes in Hong Kong. During one night of protests in August, a mainland citizen that protesters suspected of being an undercover police officer, and another who is a reporter for a state-run newspaper in China, were both held hostage, assaulted, and abused for several hours.
Workers in related sectors say it’s been a tough few weeks.
“Across the board we’ve seen a decline compared to last year, especially on Saturdays and Sundays which are the typical protest days,” William, a manager for a major restaurant group in Hong Kong, told TIME. “Sundays have especially been hit hard … we’ve seen around a 15% drop compared to last year.”
Hong Kong’s hotel occupancy rate had already dropped to 86% by the end of July, down from 91% a year earlier, and retail sales dropped 13% between July and the same month last year, according to a government press release. Sales of items like jewelry and watches declined 24.4% over the same period. Retailers are struggling so much that the Hong Kong Retail Management Association, which represents over 8,000 retail businesses, wrote a letter in August urging landlords to offer rental reductions to retail outlets.
While tourism accounts for only a relatively small portion of the city’s economy, other sectors like financial services and professional services, which make up more than 30% of the city’s GDP, may also be risk if the situation deteriorates and the city’s reputation is damaged further.
“There has been significantly creeping concern about Hong Kong integrity as a financial center for some time,” says Christopher Balding, an associate professor at Fulbright University Vietnam, who also taught business and economics for almost a decade at the HSBC Business School in Shenzhen. He says that the freedom and rule of law protesters are fighting for are directly related to Hong Kong’s ability to maintain its position as a global financial hub.
Some businesses are considering leaving the city altogether. “A number of startups, including fintech companies, are actively exploring alternative markets, particularly Singapore, as a base for their future operations in an effort to hedge their exposure to the ongoing social unrest in the city,” Benjamin Quinlan, CEO and managing partner of independent strategy consultancy Quinlan and Associates, who also sits on the board of a fintech association, tells TIME.
Other companies have been caught directly in the crosshairs of the spiraling political crisis. The city’s flagship airline, Cathay Pacific, saw its share price drop to its lowest point in nearly a decade as a controversy over staff involvement in protests unfolded. Several staff members were fired and the company’s CEO resigned over the issues. According to local media reports, dozens of cabin crew staff from flights where mysteriously depleted or empty emergency oxygen bottles were found before take-off in recent weeks have also been temporarily suspended while the airline and authorities investigate the matter.
Protesters say that corporate chaos and an economic downturn is just what they want. “The protesters are going to use the economy to force the government to reply our requests,” Joseph (a pseudonym), 24, who has worked as a flight attendant for Cathay Pacific for the last two years and was among the black-clad face-masking-wearing protesters who shut the international airport down for two days in mid-August, tells TIME.
He says he’s not worried about potential harm to his company’s bottom line, or the economy. “I always think that the freedom is much more important than the economy.”
The city’s Financial Secretary Paul Chan — who recently introduced a stimulus package for more than $2.4 billion targeting students, small and medium enterprises and low-income families — warned on August 15 that the city is on the verge of recession and job cuts.
Some prominent business people agree. “The next worry is the loss of jobs because of the high rents and operational costs for businesses in Hong Kong,” says Allan Zeman, a Hong Kong developer who owns property, restaurants, and bars in the fashionable Lan Kwai Fong quarter.
Despite the relief measures, economists say a recession is likely. “I think we are one foot in recession already,” says Kevin Lai, chief economist at Daiwa Capital Markets in Hong Kong. He believes that the protests are just one reason for the downturn, and other factors like a slowdown in China, a drop in domestic consumption driven by Hong Kong’s high debt burden, and an overall global slowdown are also important contributors to the city’s current economic malaise.
Still, the protests have worsened an already bad economic situation in Hong Kong, and some businessmen like Zeman think the protesters campaigning against Beijing’s control over the city may be short-sighted. “Hong Kong without China is just another city without raw materials, just a service industry. It’s so dependent on China.”
But more demonstrations are planned for the coming weeks, and Hongkongers like Cathay Pacific flight attendant Joseph have no plans to stop fighting. He thinks that a bad economy is a price worth paying, if it means some of the protesters demands might be met.
“Between freedom and a job, I will choose freedom,” Joseph says. “Maybe tomorrow I am not Cathay staff anymore, but I am still a Hongkonger, forever.”
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KSP Admit Card 2019: The Karnataka State Police announces the Admit Card for Various KSP Recruitment 2019 Soon. The Candidates who appeared for the Karnataka State Police Exam can start to download there Admit Card when announces. However, we provide a direct link to download your KSP Exam Hall Ticket below. Get an individual link for various Karnataka Recruitment 2019-20 in the sections below. Also, aspirants can visit the official website i.e., ksp.gov.in to get more details and for any queries regarding KSP Admit Card 2019.
KSP Armed Police Constable Admit Card 2019 is released on 03rd September 2019. Moreover, the admit card has been issued on its official website. Thus, the board is going to conduct the examination on 15th September 2019. Hence, the KSP Admit Card can be downloaded from the below given direct link.
KSP Armed Police Constable Admit Card 2019 – Click Here
KSP Armed Reserve SI Admit Card 2019. Candidates who have applied for the post of 40 Armed Reserve Sub Inspectors can download the admit card from the below table. Hence, Download the admit card after its release on the official website. Moreover, the KSP Police Exam will be conducted in the month of August 2019.
KSP Jailor& Warder Admit Card 2019: Karnataka State Police has announced the Written Examination Date on 23rd June 2019. Hence, to appear at the examination Admit Card is the Important factor. However, KSP Jailor and Warder Admit Card have been released in the Month of June 2019. Both the Male and Female Applicants who have applied for 662 Jailor and Warder Posts can start downloading the Admit Card from the below-provided link.
KSP Jailor and warder Admit Card 2019 – Click Here
KSP Special Reserve Police Admit Card 2019 – Karnataka Special Reserve Police Admit Card has been released on 14th June 2019. Contenders who applied for the post of 218 Special Reserve Police Constable can download the Admit Card now. Candidates complete the Online Applying process download the KSP Hall Ticket. Aspirants can get the direct link of KSP Special Reserve Police Admit Card from the below section.
KSP Special Reserve Police Constable Admit Card 2019
KSP Special Reserve Police Constable Admit Card 2019 – Click Here Available Soon
Karnataka Police Constable Admit Card for Both Male and Female will be available soon. The Aspirants who are eagerly waiting for the KSP Constable Admit Card has to wait few more days. Moreover, keep Visiting we update the link below immediate when the board announces the KSP Admit Card for Constable Vacancy 2018.
Karnataka State Armed Police Constable Recruitment Admit Card is available Soon. The KSP Recruitment announces the Admit Card online. So, candidates can check the KSP Admit Card form the link given below.
KSP Hall Ticket 2018
Name of the Organization
Karnataka State Police
Name of the Post
Armed Police Constable
No of Posts
688
Category
Admit Card
Starting Date to Apply
14th June 2018
Last Date
5th June 2018
KSP Exam Date
Update Soon
Admit Card Release Date
Update Soon
Official Website
www.ksp.gov.in
Karnataka Police Admit Card
Click Here↓
KSP Admit Card for the Civil Police Constable (Men & Women) is going to announce soon. So, the candidates those who appeared for the KSP Civil Police Constable Exam 2018 check their Admit Card here.
Karnataka Civil Police Admit Card
Board Name
Karnataka State Police
Post Name
Civil Police Constable
KSP Civil Police vacancies
2113
Category
Admit Cards.
KSP Online Apply Date
11th June 2018
Closing Date
30th June 2018
Exam Date
Announce Soon
KSP Admit Card Date 2018
Update Soon
KSP Official Website
www.ksp.gov.in
Karnataka Civil Police Admit Card link
Check Here↓
Karnataka Special Reserved Constable & Police Constable Recruitment 2018 Admit Card is available Here. Candidates can check the KSP Special Constable Admit Card when Released. Click on the Admit Card link given below.
KSP Constable Admit Card 2018
Name of the Board
The Karnataka State Board
Post Name
Special reserved Police Constable
No of KSP Jobs
1244
Category
Admit Cards.
KSP Online Apply Date
4th June 2018
Last Date to Apply
25th June 2018
Karnataka Police Exam date
Announce Soon
Admit Card Date
Available Soon
Official Website
ksp.gov.in
KSP Constable Admit Card 2018
Get Here↓
Karnataka State Police Exam Hall Ticket 2018 Details
The KSP Exam Hall Ticket is important for attending the Written Examination. The Candidate without KSP Admit Card is not allowed to write the Exam. Furthermore, there will be a verification of details on the KSP Exam Hall Ticket. So, we Advise the Applicants to check the details on KSP Admit Card 2018 once before. Also, go through the list of details on the KSP Admit Card 2018 below.
Full Name of the Applicant
Roll No/Reg No/Hall Ticket No
Signature & Photograph of Candidate
Post Applied for
Exam Date, Time, and venue.
Instructions on the Karnataka Police Admit Card
Steps to check the KSP Admit Card 2018
Click on the link Karnataka State Police Admit Card given below.
We Redirect you to the KSP Exam Admit Card page.
Look for the respective Admit Card link
Open the Link and enter the login details
Press the Submit Button
The KSP Exam Hall Ticket is displayed on a new page
Take Xerox Copy or save as PDF for Further References.
Keep the Admit Card copy safe until the end of the selection.
Karnataka State Police Admit Card 2018 – Check Here
TNPSC Group 4 Result 2019 @ tnpsc.gov.in – Check TNPSC Group Result Current news on this page. Applicants those who have written the TNPSC Group Exam can get the Result link from the below section. The Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission has conducted the Group 4 Combined Civil Services Exam on 01st September 2019. Now it’s time to discuss the TNPSC Group 4 Answer Key and Results. All the exam participants will soon receive the TNPSC Group Exam Result Date and Answerkey for the Examination. We advise the applicants to keep track on this page to get TNPSC Group 4 Updates.
TNPSC Group 4 Result Latest Updates: According to the official update, TNPSC will soon announce the TNPSC Group 4 Exam Result Date. The TNPSC Group IV Result 2019 will announce in October 2019 (Tentatively).
TNPSC Group 4 Result @ tnpsc.gov.in
Here on this page, we will help you out with the TNPSC Group 4 Combined Civil Services Result 2019. A huge number of candidates are waiting for the TNPSC Group Result latest updates. We will constantly update all the latest news and TNPSC Group Result link on this article. Along with the Results, we will update the direct link for the TNPSC Group cut off Marks and provided some steps to download TNPSC Group IV Result @ tnpsc.gov.in. All the applicants can check and download your results with the help of Admit card details like Registration number wise and Name wise Results. TNPSC Group 4 Selection process consists of Written Test and Personal Interview.
TNPSC Group 4 Results 2019 – Overview
TNPSC Group 4 Updates | Check Combined Civil Services Cut Off Marks, Merit List
Description
Details
Organization Name
Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission
Post Name
Combined Civil Services Exam IV (Village Administrative Officer, Junior Assistant (Non – Security), Junior Assistant (Security), Bill Collector Grade I, Field Surveyor, Draftsman, Typist, Steno-Typist (Grade – III))
Applicants those who are searching for the TNPSC Group 4 Result link can get the direct link from the below table. Also from the above table applicants can get the complete details of TNPSC Group 4 Updates. Here we have mentioned the Exam details, Result date, and the TNPSC Group 4 Result official website link tnpsc.gov.in result. Also, we will mention the TNPSC Group 4 Certificate Verification Date, Interview Schedule date after the Result announcement. Therefore, candidates are advised to keep their admit cards or hall tickets ready in advance before trying to check or access the results online.
TNPSC Group 4 Merit List
TNPSC Group 4 Exam will play a major role in the Selection process. The applicants should get the TNPSC Group Result 2019 Cut off Marks and should attain into the TNPSC Group IV Merit list. So the candidates will get a higher priority at the time of the interview process. TNPSC Group IV Result login page is hosted on the official website of the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission i.e. TNPSC, to ensure easy accessibility to it for the candidates. However, candidates who are not familiar with the online checking process for TNPSC Group IV Result name list can follow the steps provided below.
How to check TNPSC Group IV Results 2019?
Visit the official website of Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission i.e, tnpsc.gov.in
On the home page search for the TNPSC Group IV Result link
Find and click on Group 4 Result login
Then it will be redirected to a new page and click on 'TNPSC Group 4 Result Check' option
Enter your Registration number in the provided fields
Click on the search button, Then TNPSC Group IV Exam Result displayed on the screen
Download or take a print out of the result for further reference.
JSSC Recruitment2019 – Apply Online for 1985 ANM Job Vacancies. Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission (JSSC) invites applications for the recruitment of Auxiliary Nurse Midwife (ANM) Posts. Interested candidates can check with your eligibility level and then apply for the JSSC vacancy. JSSC Application process starts from 05th September 2019. The vacancies for the ANM post is available under different categories like Regular and Backlogs.
Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission is looking for the candidates who have completed ANM training. Eligibles apply for the ANM Jobs through JSSC Recruitment 2019. The last date to apply for the JSSC Vacancy is 04th October 2019. Therefore interested can register through the below-listed links. Scroll down and get all the details related to the JSSC Jobs in the below section of this page.
Eligibility Criteria for Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission Recruitment 2019
Below listed are the eligibility criteria for ANM JSSC Vacancy interested check whether you fulfill the conditions as per the JSSC Recruitment Notification 2019.
Educational Qualification:
Passed in 10th Class/ Matriculation with minimum 45% marks e form a recognized board.
Completed ANM Training (18 months) from a recognized institution.
Registered with Jharkhand State Nursing Council
Age Limit:
Minimum Age Limit – 18 Years
Maximum Age Limit
UR/ OBC – 38 Years
SC/ ST – 40 Years
Salary Details:
Basic Pay – Rs. 5200 – Rs. 20200/-
Grade Pay – Rs. 2400/-
Application Fee:
UR/ OBC – Rs. 1200/-
SC/ ST – Rs. 300/-
NOTE – Pay the fee through Online Mode using Net Banking/ Credit Card/ Debit Card.
JSSC ANM Selection Process:
Written Test.
Interview.
How to Apply ONLINE for JSSC Recruitment 2019?
Download the Official Notification link
Read all the information given in it
Click on Apply Online Link
If you are a new user go for new registration tab
Fill all the personal details and get your registration id and password
Then use the user ID and password and login into the portal
Register for the respected post you wanted to apply.
Enter the required details that are asked in it.
Recheck the entered details which are properly filled.
Then click on the "Submit" button and take a printout for future use.
The Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission(JSSC) has been comprised by the Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission Act 2008 (Jharkhand Act 16, 2008) which was distributed vide Gazette warning no. 829 dt. 6 December 2008 of Jharkhand Government distributed vide Gazette warning nos. 153 dt. 24 February 2011 and 687 dt. 11 October 2011 separately. At first, The Office of the Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission was situated at Dhurwa, Ranchi, till 01-08-2016. Since the settlement missed the mark concerning the genuine prerequisites of the Commission, its office was moved to Kalinagar, Chaay Bagan, Namkum, Ranchi, Jharkhand – 834010 of which establishment stone was laid by then Hon’ble Chief Minister, Shri Hemant Soren and Later was initiated on 02.08.2016 by Hon’ble Chief Minister, Shri Raghuvar Das.
As there has been a gigantic increment in the number of applicants showing up for the focused assessment, Jharkhand staff choice commission was set up by the Jharkhand staff choice Act-2008 (Jharkhand Act-16 of 2008) to assume control over the obligation to prescribe for the enlistment against gathering C posts or as might be dictated by the state government every once in a while. The staff determination commission is working under the aegis of a branch of Personnel, Administrative Reforms and Rajbhasa, Govt. of Jharkhand. Jharkhand staff determination commission comprises of a Chairman, two Members and a Secretary.
OPSC Admit Card 2019 will be here to download. The officials of Odisha Public Service Commission has decided to release it’s OPSC Exam Hall Ticket 2019 for the post of Medical Officer (Assistant Surgeon). Admit card is an important document to enter the examination hall. Moreover to help contenders easily acquire their OPSC Hall Ticket 2019 we have provided direct links and steps. Failing to carry OPSC Call Letter 2019 will not be allowed to enter the examination hall. Stay tuned on our page and acquire your hall ticket as soon as possible.
OPSC AAE Admit Card 2019. Odisha Public Service Commission has yet to release the admit card for the post of 130 Assistant Agriculture Engineer AAE. The Board will release the admit card on August 2019. Thus, the OPSC exam is going to be held in the month of August/ September 2019. Candidates get to the direct link in the below table and download it before the examination.
OPSC Geologist Admit Card 2019 – Odisha Public Service Commission has the latest announcement to release the admit card for 35 Geologist, Geophysicist, Mining Officers. OPSC Admit Card will be available on 01st Week of September 2019. Hence, the Odisha Public Service Commission has decided to conduct the examination on 08th September 2019.
The OPSC Admit Card for Lecturer in Automobile, Drilling Engg, English & Textile Technology. Odisha Public Service Commission issued the Interview Call Letter for the Posts of Lecturer. All the Candidates those who qualified for an interview round can download the OPSC Interview Call Letter for various Lecturer Vacancies below.
Odisha Public Service Commission Released the Interview Call Letter for the Posts of Lecturer. The Candidates those who qualified for an interview round can download the OPSC Interview Call Letter for various Lecturer Vacancies below.
Odisha Public Service Commission released the Call Letter for PGT Vacancies 2019. Candidates those who applied for the OPSC Recruitment Notification Advt No. o6 of 2017-18 can download their Admit Card for Viva Voce below. However, we provide a subject wise OPSC Exam call letter link below. Also, visit the Official Website if you have any queries regarding the OPSC Admit Card 2019.
Odisha Public Service Commission announces the Admit Card online. The Candidates applied for OPSC Jobs at OPSC Online can download the Admit Card. However, we provide the link for OPSC Veterinary Assistant Surgeon Exam Hall Ticket below.
Assistant Horticulture officer OPSC Exam Hall Ticket will be available here. The OPSC Online Admit Card 2019 can be downloaded from the link given below.
Odisha Public Service Commission has published the Interview Call Letter for the post of Civil Judge. The OPSC Civil Judge Interview will be held from 15th July to 19th July 2019. Moreover, the OPSC Admit Card has been released on 10th July 2019.
Are you guys in search of OPSC Admit Card 2019 ?? then here is the great news for such applicants. The officials will release the OPSC Exam Hall Ticket 2019 through online mode and hence there would be no ambiguity. Moreover, the OPSC Exam Hall Ticket 2019 contains important information like the examination date, timings, venue details which help applicants to reach the exam hall on time. However, we have provided direct links and steps to help individuals easily get their hall ticket. The admit card can be downloaded by only those contenders who had applied for the post.
Recently the officials of Odisha Public Service Commission had released its notification to fill in applicants for the post of Medical Officer (Assistant Surgeon). The board had released a total of 2173 vacant seats to be filled. Moreover, the mode of application for the post was online. Only those applicants who met the eligibility criteria had applied for the post on or before 17th January 2019. However, the job location for the selected aspirants is in Odisha. Those candidates interested in Odisha Government Jobs had made use of this opportunity and now such applied contenders are eagerly waiting to take up the examination. For such aspirants, we have provided direct links to acquire their OPSC Hall Ticket 2017.
OPSC Admit Card 2019 @www.opsc.gov.in
Name of the Board
Odisha Public Service Commission
Category
Admit Card
Exam Date
Update Soon
Admit Card Release date
Update Soon
Status
Will be Updated Soon
Official website
www.opsc.gov.in
Download OPSC Exam Admit Card 2019
The officials release its OPSC Exam Hall Ticket 2019 every year for applicants those attending the examination. As admit card is important for applicants to enter the examination hall. The OPSC Hall Ticket 2019 is released by the officials through online mode and hence there would be no ambiguity. Moreover the admit card contains important information like the examination date, timings, venue details which help applicants to reach exam hall on time. Hence get ready with your application number and acquire your hall ticket as soon as possible.
Steps to Download OPSC Hall Ticket 2019
First, candidates must visit the official website of Odisha Public Service Commission i.e www.opsc.gov.in
On the home page click on the careers tab.
Then candidates must search the OPSC Exam Admit Card 2019.
Click on the appropriate link.
Next applicants can enter the application number and password and download the admit card.
And carry the VITEEE Exam Hall Ticket 2017 while appearing for the exam.
Gauhati High Court Interview Letter 2019 – The High Court has announced the interview date for the post of Judicial Services Grade III. The Interview will be held on 05th, 06th, 09th, and 10th September 2019. For the Interview process, the board has released the Interview Call Letter from the below section. Thus, the Gauhati High Court Admit Card is published on 03rd September 2019. Those who are eligible to participate in the interview can download the call letter.
Gauhati High Court Interview Letter 2019 – Overview
Gauhati High Court Admit Card 2019 has been released.The Court decides to release the Admit Card for the Grade III Examinations. As they published the recent recruitment notification for the post of Assam Judicial Services. Moreover, the Board has announced to conduct the Written Examination to select the Candidates who have applied for the Posts. Likewise, they had taken an initial step for the selection process.
Gauhati High Court Hall Ticket 2019
Gauhati High Court allows the aspirants to download the Admit Card only if he/she registered in the recruitment process. Meanwhile, check the eligibility and make sure of registration before downloading the Gauhati Hall Ticket. In case, Aspirants failed to register for their examination in the prior cannot download the Admit Card. The Admit Card has been released in the month of June 2019.
Gauhati High Court Mains Exam Admit Card 2019 – Overview
Candidates should be responsible to download the Admit Card after the release date. The Judicial will not any responsibility in order to that. If Candidates fail to bring his/her Gauhati Grade III Call Letter along with them to the exam venue, they cant take part in the Gauhati Written Examination. So, candidates must download the Hall Ticket for the Grade III Examination going to be conducted by the Gauhati High Court. Check out the details in the Admit Card which follows,
Full Name of the Candidate.
Name of the Applicant's Father.
Gender (Male/ Female).
Registration Number
Candidate's Date of Birth
Exam Centre, Code, and Venue.
Duration of the Examination.
Hall Ticket/ Roll Number.
Name of the Test.
Important Guidelines for the Exam.
Signature of the Commission Councillor.
Space for Invigilator's Signature.
Reporting Time to the Exam Cell.
Photograph of the Applicant.
Space for Candidate's Signature.
Gauhati High Court Mains Exam Pattern 2019
The Court has given the Exam Pattern for the Gauhati High Court Mains Examination going to be held on 09th June 2019. Moreover, Aspirants who are going to attend the examination should go through the exam pattern given below. Start preparations according to that. Appear at the exam after the complete preparation similar to the Grade III Examination. Gauhati High Court conducts the examination at the declared venue. The Court advice the candidates to enter the examination hall before 30 minutes. Aspirants will not be allowed to the examination hall if they arrive after the given timeline. So, Make sure to appear at the correct time for Gauhati High Court Written Examination.
Gauhati High Court (GHC) Grade 3 Mains Test Pattern 2019
S.No.
Subject Names
Total Marks
1.
English
100
2.
General knowledge
100
3.
Law Paper-I
100
4.
Law Paper-II
100
5.
Proficiency Test of Assamese Language
50
Gauhati High Court Garde III Syllabus 2019
Law Paper I:
Constitution of India
Code of Civil Procedure
Transfer of Property Act
Indian Contract Act
Law Paper II
Indian Penal Code
Criminal Procedure Code
Indian Evidence Act
Law of Torts
Download Gauhati High Court Admit Card 2019
Gauhati High Court Hall Ticket can be downloaded by the candidates by their own responsibility. Download the Admit Card before the examination date. Hence, the Hall Ticket for the Examination process is a must. Keep it safe until all the selection procedure completes. If you are unable to download the Admit Card contact to the Board without delay. Meanwhile, if you had any mistakes in the Admit Card details rise a mail to the Gauhati High Court Hall Ticket. Candidate should appear at the examination center along with the ID Proofs listed below.
Aadhar Card
Gauhati HC Garde III Admit Card
College ID
Ration Card
Driving License
PAN Card
Voter ID
Any Valid ID Proof Issued By Gazetted Officer
Bank Passbook
Passport
Battery Operated pocket calculator
How to Download Gauhati High Court Admit Card 2019
1st Step: Click on the Direct Link of ” Gauhati High Court Admit Card”
2nd Step: Enter the Registration Number/ Roll Number on the page.
3rd Step: Enter the Captcha given on the page.
4th Step: Now, Login and the Admit Card will appear on the screen.
5th Step: Fill all the credentials into it.
6th Step: Finally, Submit the Admit Card and download it.
7th Step: Take a print out of the Admit Card for future use.
Direct Links to Download LIC Mains Admit Card 2019
RTMNU Results 2019 – The Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, Nagpur announces the Semester Exam results for the B. Tech, B. Sc, M.Com, M.Phil, B.Com Degree Courses. Those who are checking out for the updated semester wise results for Supplementary & Regular Examination can get it here. The Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, Nagpur offers all kind of UG & PG Courses. Hence, Check other information of RTMNU Results in the below sections of this page.
RTMNU Results 2019-20
Get the updated and lastest Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University Results of Nagpur Branch. Here is the RTMNU Results Hub listed for the B.Tech, M.Tech, M.Pharmacy, MBA, MCA, Pharma D & other Graduate & Post Graduate programming courses. Students of Nagpur City who are pursuing their degree under RTM Nagpur University can check out the complete semester examination results from the below section of this page. For detailed information and to know the previously released RTM Nagpur University Results candidates can get in the official website @nagpuruniversity.org for both the supplementary and regular results.
Updated RTMNU Results Summer 2019-20
Examination Name
Release Date
Results Link
Bachelor of Computer Application Second Semester (Reassessment)
About Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University
Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University is also known as Nagpur University which located in the city of Nagpur in the central Indian state of Maharashtra. RTMNU is one of the oldest universities and second oldest in Maharashtra. The university named on the Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj, who was a spiritual leader, orator and musician from Vidarbha. The university is a member of the Association of Indian universities and the association of Commonwealth universities.
Nagpur University was established in the year 1923 with 6 affiliated colleges and 927 students. By 1947 the number of students increased to 9,000. On this year even Library & Sports activities were drastically increased. The Governor of Maharashtra state will act as Chancellor of the university. While Mr. Siddharthavinayaka P. Kane is the Vice-Chancellor of the university.
RTMNU Revaluation Results
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. Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University will take a week or more to process the exam papers to announce the RTMNU Revaluation Results. Do stay updated with the University to know about the RTMNU Revaluation Results.
BU Bhopal Result 2019 – Barkatullah University released for BBA, MA MSc PG Diploma & Other Courses Semester on 30th August 2019. Get the latest update about the Barkatullah University Results for all the Under Graduate and Post Graduate Degree courses. Latest Barkatullah University Results 2019 Released for all Bachelor and Master Degree Examinations announced @ bubbhopal.ac.in. Live and Upcoming Updates of BU Bhopal Online Result 2019 Available here.
BU Bhopal Result 2019-20 @bubhopal.ac.in
Students those who are doing their UG, PG and Diploma Courses under the Barkatullah University its time to check out your exam results. Barkatullah University has released the examination results for Bachelor Degree semester wise exam results. Students just click on the Result link to download the results. Correct Roll Number should be entered to get your BU Bhopal Exam Results 2019. As the University conducts semester exam twice a year. Once the examination results are out by the Bhopal University, students can check out our webpage to gather the result details. During the period of the announcement of results, students will not be able to access the official site. But provide you with the direct link to download the BU Bhopal Results without any hurdles. Scroll the entire article to gather the necessary details about the Barkatullah University Bhopal Results 2019-20.
Barkatullah University was established in 1970 as Bhopal University is a public university situated at Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. In the year 1988, it was renamed in as Barkatullah Vishwavidyalaya (University) after the name of freedom fighter Prof. Barkatullah who belong to the state of Madhya Pradesh. University campus covers an area of nearly 400 acres that include the academic buildings, residential building, and other necessary infrastructure. University is focused on interdisciplinary teaching and research.
The funding of the university is done by the Government of MP and the Barkatullah Vishwavidyalaya has a residential campus and serves as an affiliating university for 494 colleges in seven other districts of Madhya Pradesh. Apart from Bhopal District, the university has affiliated colleges in Vidisha, Raisen, Betul, Hoshangabad, Harda, and Rajgarh.
BU Bhopal Revaluation Results 2019-20
Those students who have attended the regular examination under Barkatullah University and still failed. Here comes one more opportunity to clear the examination. To increase your scoring along with those students who have failed in the previous examination will get a chance to clear through Revaluation Exams at Barkatullah University Bhopal Results. For every semester examination conducted by the Barkatullah Bhopal University, Students can apply for the revaluation after the announcement of the main examination results. Barkatullah University will take a week or more to process the exam papers to announce the Revaluation results. Do stay updated with this webpage to know about the BU Bhopal Revaluation Exam Results 2019.
AP DED Result 2019 | Check AP D.Ed Result 2019 Released Now @ bseap.org – Applicants those who have appeared for the D.Ed/D.El.Ed. 1st Year Exams May/ June 2019 can check your Results now. The Board Of Secondary Education Andhra Pradesh has released the AP DED 1st Year Results 2019 on Today 23rd August 2019. Here on this article, we have provided a direct link to download your AP DED Results 2019. To help the candidates, we have provided a quick link to check and analyze your results within a second.
Latest Update: The Board Of Secondary Education Andhra Pradesh declared the AP DED 1st Year Results 2019 online Today!!!
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Directorate of Government Examination, Andhra Pradesh has released the AP D.El.Ed 1st year results online Today 23rd August 2019. Candidates who have appeared for the examination can visit the official website to check the results of AP D.El.Ed exam 2019. The examination was conducted by the Directorate of government examination from 03rd – 10th June 2019. Candidates can check the AP D.El.Ed 1st year result 2019 on the official website bseap.org. Candidates can also check the results of 1st year AP D.El.Ed through the direct link provided below. Applicants can get the AP DED Result from this article at any time.
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NRHM MP Recruitment2019 – Apply Online for 2779 Staff Nurse and ANM Vacancies. National Health Mission of Madhya Pradesh has advertised a notification for the Staff Nurse and ANM Posts. Job seekers who are looking for MP Govt Jobs get the job details about NHM Vacancies in the below section. Online Applications are invited from 28th August 2019.
The last date to submit your application for the NHM Jobs is 19th September 2019. Candidates who are willing to apply for the Staff Nurse and ANM post must satisfy all the eligibility criteria for NHM Career as per the Notification. Scroll down the page to get more information regarding the NRHM MP Recruitment 2019
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Aspirants willing to apply for NRHM MP Recruitment have to fulfill the conditions which are prescribed in NRHM MP Recruitment Notification. Before applying for the Staff Nure and ANM Vacancies make sure that you satisfy the eligibility criteria of NHM Careers 2019.
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National Health Mission (NHM) was propelled by Hon’ble Prime Minister on 12 April 2005 under which open, moderate and quality wellbeing offices are given to the country populace, particularly the more fragile segments, dated 1 May 2013. The Union Cabinet has given its choice to the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) just as the National Health Mission to the National Urban Health Mission (NUHM). Mission (NHM) has affirmed the dispatch as a sub-mission. The mission’s accentuation is on neatness, instruction, sustenance as a completely useful, network possession, with between sectoral combination at all levels to guarantee concurrent activity on a wide scope of wellbeing determinants. The National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), presently under National Health Mission is an activity attempted by the administration of India to address the wellbeing needs of under-served country regions.
The Union Cabinet headed by Dr. Manmohan Singh vide its choice dated 1 May 2013, has affirmed the dispatch of National Urban Health Mission (NUHM) as a Sub-mission of a larger National Health Mission (NHM), with National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) being the other Sub-mission of National Health Mission. Under the NRHM, the Empowered Action Group (EAG) States just as the North Eastern States, Jammu, and Kashmir, and Himachal Pradesh have been given exceptional core interest. The push of the mission is on building up a completely useful, network claimed, decentralized wellbeing conveyance framework with between sectoral intermingling at all levels, to guarantee concurrent activity on a wide scope of determinants of wellbeing, for example, water, sanitation, instruction, nourishment, social and sexual orientation uniformity.
Come Thursday, Reliance Jio Infocomm is likely to offer free home broadband services for a limited period as part of a preview offer to the 5 lakh-odd customers who've signed up for JioFiber's trials, following which, they will be charged."Jio is mulling multiple free service time-bands, ranging from a fortnight to a month for customers who've already opted for the trials," a person aware of the matter told ET.Reliance Jio's much awaited fiber-based home broadband services will go live on September 5.During the limited preview period, the 5 lakh-odd customers who've opted for trials may be allowed to avail of any JioFiber plans for free, the person cited said.At press time, Jio did not respond to ET's queries.JioFiber plans will be priced between Rs 700 and Rs 10,000 a month. They will offer base speeds of 100 Mbps with a maximum limit of 1 Gbps, making it the country's fastest pure-fibre-based home broadband service.Customers who've opted for JioFiber trials now get 100 GB of startup data and a free landline. Once the 100 GB is exhausted, they get nearly an extra 1000 GB for free by way of 40 GB free recharges 24 times. These services are available now against a refundable security deposit of Rs 2,500. From September 5, they will have to opt for specific JioFiber plans, which will initially be free for a limited span, and then charged.Jio has reportedly indicated that it will offer free installation of its home broadband service to all customers. "As part of our initial rollout, we are offering complimentary JioFiber installation and connection to all our customers. Other than the refundable security deposit, as of now there are no additional installation charges," Jio has said on its website.Bank of America-Merrill Lynch has recently said Jio's parent Reliance Industries (RIL) is likely to unveil three home broadband offerings, including a base pack offering 100 Mbps download speeds, a bundled broadband pack with television services and a high-end converged broadband offer with TV and IoT devices thrown in, wherein a consumer could also control security, lighting and kitchen appliances. A possible sweetner, it said, could be a free landline phone, just as Jio offers free voice with its 4G mobile services.Experts have said Jio's promise of a free high-definition or 4K LED smart TV along with a 4K set-top box to those opting for its yearly home broadband plans could be a potential game-changer and induce customer churn at urban-focussed TV distributors.Airtel has already launched a digital entertainment services platform, christened Airtel Xstream, ahead of Jio's home broadband blitz, taking the rivalry between the two telcos to the next level.
Walmart-owned Flipkart on Tuesday announced the introduction of 'Hindi' interface on its platform as it aims to tap into the next 200 million customers coming online to experience e-commerce.The Hindi interface - being launched ahead of the festive sales - has been unveiled after months of intensive research and understanding the requirements of the native language customers coming online, primarily from tier-II and III cities, a statement said.Industry research suggests that 90 per cent of new internet users in India are native language speakers, and it becomes imperative to offer a native e-commerce experience to impart familiarity, comfort and aid in decision making."With the Hindi capability, users will be able to see all the information and search for their desired products in Hindi - a language whose internet user base is expected to outgrow English by the year 2021," the statement said.Flipkart will also introduce audio-visual navigation capabilities in its app in the upcoming phases to handhold first-time users, it added."We are committed to developing solutions that will help the adoption of e-commerce by the next 200 million consumers who come online. We have deployed around 80-90 per cent of our resources towards solving for Bharat with our Hindi interface being one of the biggest catalysts in this transition," Flipkart Group CEO Kalyan Krishnamurthy said.As language is a convenience and not a barrier, Flipkart believes this native language capability will play a significant role in further adoption of e-commerce in the country, he added.Flipkart plans to launch this capability in few more Indian languages in the coming months to take forward its learnings of bringing more consumers online through native language interface.Last year, Flipkart had acquired Liv.ai, an artificial intelligence (AI) start-up which has built a platform that converts speech to text in 10 Indian languages.Interestingly, Amazon had started its Hindi offering last year, a move that the US-based e-tailing giant had said was aimed at bringing the next 100 million customers online.
The government is preparing a new code on social security, as part of its mammoth overhaul of the country's labour laws to condense them into four codes. The codes on occupational safety and wages have come to light and are more amalgamation of extant laws than articulation of new principles to suit emerging reality.The code on social security offers a chance for fresh thinking. Should the code cover only the organised sector workers or those who toil in the unorganised sector, too? If the latter, why not extend the coverage to all of society? In reality, selective coverage will be meaningless. Every citizen should be eligible for social security, for social security to yield meaningful social cohesion and dignity.No Aping the WestThe conventional notion of social security is that the government would make periodic payments to look after people in their old age, ill-health/disability and indigence. This idea should itself change. Social security should conceptually change from writing a cheque for the beneficiary to institutional arrangements to care for beneficiaries, including by enabling them to look after themselves, to alarge extent.The write-a-cheque model of social security is a legacy from the rich world at the optimal phase of its demographic transition, when the working population was numerous enough and earning enough to generate the taxes to pay for the care of those not working. This model is ill-suited for less well-off India with growing life expectancy, increasing urbanisation and resultant migration, in a context of radical shifts in the nature of production and of work.Urbanisation radically changes society's requirements. Housing for all, for example, has different meanings under a static ratio of urban-torural folk and under a progressive shift to urbanisation, with people migrating from village to town.Someone might have a home in the village, but needs a place to stay in the city where he goes to work. Housing for all will not meet this requirement. What an urbanising society needs is a plentiful supply of affordable rental accommodation.Similarly, social security under urbanisation will be different from social society in a static society. For example, should the beneficiary unit be the family or the individual? What is considered a family in a traditional society could be spatially distributed in an urbanising society, dependent parents staying back in the village while the earning members work in different cities. Social security would have to target the individual rather than the family.How to pay for social security for the entire population is a big question. But how much is to be paid for would depend on how social security is conceptualised. Who are the elderly, and what are they capable of ? If anyone who crosses the age of 60 is seen as a doddering dependent incapable of doing anything productive or earning anything, the social security bill would be an order of magnitude larger than if those over 60 are recognised as people capable of contributing to society but on a flexible schedule and at varying levels of intensity of work during their hours of work. Old people's homes are probably ill-suited for anyone but invalids.Ideally, elders and younger families should live together in close proximity in a framework of community living. Elders could take care of preschoolers and schoolkids after school hours.They could tutor them in math and science, recount folklore and myths that constitute tradition and provide emergency response in case of accidents. In return, young members of the community could take care of the seniors in various ways, running errands, as companions and emergency responders.Tap Seniors' CapabilityTeenagers could accumulate social work points for the voluntary work they do in looking after the elderly who are housebound, and these pointscould count towards college admissions or their own eligibility for volunteer service when they need it. Social security should keep the accounts.Work is changing, with technology liberating many kinds of work from geographic location, rendering some others redundant and yet others amenable to being divided up into bits to be performed by independent so-called gig workers. Retired schoolteachers in India could help teenagers struggling with their homework in South Africa or North Carolina. A software engineer in Kolkata could collaborate with his former classmate in Salem to deliver a tool outsourced by a Bengaluru-based company.Social security should include worker retraining, not just unemployment allowance. It should help/mandate the gig workers buy insurance and save for old age, perhaps by automatically deducting a fraction of the payments received into their bank accounts into insurance/pension accounts, say, in the National Pension System. Social security should help elders deploy their skills to match the demand anywhere in the world.Comprehensive healthcare and a quality education system would plug into social security, improving worklife earnings and enhancing the earning capacity of the next generation. It would be useful to rethink social security in holistic, if unconventional, terms.
MUMBAI: The next two months are crucial for the Indian economy that's facing its worst slowdown in six years amid debate about whether the downturn is cyclical or structural as the key automobile industry faces headwinds, said State Bank of India chairman Rajnish Kumar. He reiterated his support for the government's move to consolidate state-owned banks."If we see the automobile sector, today I read Kia Motors reported very good numbers… That sector is going through a lot of churning," Kumar told ET in an interview ahead of SBI's annual banking and economics conclave. "There are issues around environment, change in public mindset. We don't know how much of this is cyclical and how much is structural… but October and November are two very crucial months for the economy."The success or otherwise of the festive season, which traditionally accounts for a bulk of consumption, will determine whether Indians feel emboldened enough to resume spending.India's growth slumped to a six year low of 5% in the June quarter.'Strong Execution Needed'Monthly automobile sales have collapsed, in some cases as much as 50%, plunging dealerships into losses and triggering job cuts. The government has announced stimulus measures and reforms including a merger of state-run banks aimed at strengthening them and bolstering credit expansion in order to revive growth."Suggestion to consolidate PSU banks was given 25 years ago… This had to be done," said Kumar. "If there is a strong execution team, then any credit slowdown can be taken care of. The biggest issue is IT, human resource and customer integration."Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said last week that the government would merge 10 state-run lenders to create four mega banks that would help facilitate the flow of credit.
Odds that Andrea del Sarto shaped Maidavolu Narasimham's outlook to banking are rather long, but Robert Browning's melancholy poem aptly describes the illustrious banker's financial reforms agenda: 'Less is More'. Narasimham's minimalism provides intellectual underpinnings for the latest consolidation drive at state-run banks, a course of action the 13th governor of the Reserve Bank of India had prescribed when North Block first began unshackling its economy.So, when finance minister Niramala Sitharaman last Friday announced the merger of 10 banks into 4, she was translating into action a tiered banking blueprint suggested in 1991 by Narasimham, who holds the distinction of being the only RBI cadre official to have headed the regulator. As chair of the 1991 Committee on the Financial System – he also led the 1998 Committee of Banking Sector Reforms – Narasimham had argued in favour of three-four mega banks at the top of the pyramid, supported by a wider base of last-mile financiers."I have always said that India needs bigger banks…many PSBs were sub par in size and this merger will help them," said Arundhati Bhattacharya, former chairman, State Bank of India (SBI). "The kind of investments one needs to make in compliance and technology is enormous and…the return on investment is not enough (for smaller banks). The bigger the entity, the stronger you become."Technology, therefore, has been the central decision-making theme in choosing the banks to be merged. But that's just the beginning of a complex process. Thrust on better governance, a more liberal approach to the composition of boards, succession planning on a par with private sector peers, and competitive executive compensation would determine whether the reforms provide independence and ensure accountability at these banks first brought under federal control five decades ago. 70969418 TALENT AND REWARDS"For each senior-level position, a set of two-three people will be trained, so that they get expertise in that area and be ready to take that position, if need be," Sitharaman said last week. "We want to make sure that board committees are strengthened and adequately compensated. Many board members were paid a pittance; so the boards will be given a flexibility to get the best in the field." Initiatives to strengthen bank boards and professionalise 'talentship' come in the 50th year of bank nationalisation, and five years after the PJ Nayak panel gave its recommendations on bank governance."All these banks were thin at the top because they were struggling to get good quality GMs and CGMs, and these mergers will create the bandwidth for better midmanagement," said Kuntal Sur, partner at PwC India. "This will, in turn, help in better loan monitoring, overseeing the end-use of funds, and better recovery." The very vocal former governor, Raghuram Rajan, had also said that India could be staring at a "national calamity" if the enormous national assets with state-run banks start to deteriorate due to loss of talent and capabilities.In its first innings, the Modi administration experimented with several reforms. It brought in former Citibanker PS Jayakumar to head Bank of Baroda to help turn around the sagging bank. Rakesh Sharma, who now leads IDBI Bank, was also hired in 2015 from the private sector to lead big state-run banks.LARGER, YET FASTER"A bigger bank helps in more independent decision making. SBI is a case in point," said Saurabh Tripathi, partner, Boston Consulting Group. "Its size and scale allow its management the bandwidth and stature to deal with government ministries with confidence and make faster decisions. The smaller banks still wait for government signaling." State-run banks, because of their disproportionate 90% share in industry bad loans, have also given dismal returns to North Block. The government has infused more than Rs 3 lakh crore in them since FY15, but the combined market capitalisation of PSBs is just Rs 5 lakh crore."The benefits of the merger could be less bureaucracy and faster decision-making because we will no longer need an okay from three or four lenders for one bad asset resolution," said Pratip Chaudhuri, former chairman, SBI. "But to say that these banks will improve profitability will be far-fetched because the government's aim has and will remain social benefits and compliance. Share prices and profits were never part of the government agenda and that will not change." But that must change for the mergers to yield the desired results. Similarly, the merged banks shouldn't be 'clones' of one another as they individually were. "Even after the merger, if these banks continue to do the same thing, they will generate the same nonperforming loans," said PwC's Sur."These banks need to focus on rebuilding strategies; they don't need to focus on all geographies, they can concentrate only on corporate or SME or trading. So, they have to find a niche somewhere."BOARD-DRIVEN BANKSSitharaman has tied management accountability to bank boards, enhancing by implication the board's status. "The fact that the management of the bank is accountable to the board …is a very strong factor and there is a lot of flexibility provided, like compensation of non-executive directors," said PS Jayakumar, MD, Bank of Baroda. "So, I think it is a structural reform, an element of which is the way these banks would be run." In May 2014, a committee headed by PJ Nayak, former chairman and CEO of Axis Bank, laid out a road map for setting PSU banks free from the government's ownership, and making them board-run.The panel proposed diluting state ownership to 50% of the banks' paidup capital, revamping their boards, and removing government's role in appointments of bank chiefs – recommendations that helped found the Banks Board Bureau. Four years later, North Block seems to have begun walking the talk. "There is a need to get people with human resource, technology and risk experience as part of the bank boards. Empowering boards will go a long way because at the moment, there is two-way control and when there is a unity of control, it will be better managed," said Bhattacharya.MERGER PANGSPast mergers have shown that integration is rather messy, with different cultures standing in the way. "The first one or two years in any merger will have its own challenges, something we also found while integrating ING Vysya," said Dipak Gupta, joint managing director at Kotak Mahindra Bank. "Crucial in the success of any merger are technology, process alignment and people and culture. The alignment of people and culture is the toughest." Critics also argue that as the merger process takes more than a year and occupies leadership mindspace, the managements may have little bandwidth to chase credit growth."The amalgamation process takes up to six months and the management bandwidth of the merging banks may get occupied," said Anil Gupta, vice president, sector head - financial sector ratings, ICRA. "The amalgamation will require harmonisation of asset quality and provisioning among the merging banks and may increase credit provisions this year, as was seen in the recent merger of Bank of Baroda." Of course, investors anticipating a miracle would fall in the 'overoptimistic' camp. It has been three years since Mint Road tightened the noose on 11 PSBs and put curbs on their lending processes. Following RBI's directive to banks on Asset Quality Review in December 2015, 11 banks were put under operational curbs, with varying sets of restrictions. Of these, five have exited the straitjacket, while Dena Bank has been merged with Bank of Baroda."Given their weak RoAs and interim profitability pressure, we do not expect a significant catch-up unless one sees a sharp improvement in risk practices," said Mona Khetan, banking analyst, Reliance Securities. Between FY16 and FY19, bad loans rose for all 11 banks with IDBI Bank reporting the maximum rise of 16.49%. Except for Bank of India, all others have made losses in the past three years. "PSBs have lost the edge to private banks in the last several years — just like MTNL and BSNL lost out, Air India lost to private airlines, and government insurers lost huge businesses to private companies," said Varinder Bansal, managing partner, Pantomath Asset Management Company. "It's not the size that gives you the edge but the culture that you imbibe."THE CULTURE OF MERITThat's the culture change these mergers are seeking to accomplish — making bank managements accountable to professional boards instead of the political leadership. The Modi administration has so far not interfered with "calls from Delhi" to spare large corporate defaulters. Indeed, Sitharaman took at the dig at the UPA regime when she said that this government never indulged in "phone-banking." That's a good beginning for staterun banks that need all the impetus and independence they can muster to help nearly double India's economy to $5 trillion in five years.
KOLKATA: Consumer electronics and smartphone makers are giving retailers record margins during the festive season as they seek to ensure a boost in sales, said people with knowledge of the matter. Leading retail chains said this will be passed on as a discount in order to persuade consumers who are holding off from making purchase decisions on account of the gloomy economic climate.Brands usually pass on 2-3 percentage points of extra margin in the period between Navratri and Diwali. This year it's been raised to 4-6 percentage points from Ganesh Chaturthi onwards in the west and this will be rolled out across the country, said the chief of one of India's four large retail chains. This will lead to a price drop of 4-6% during the festive season, while some of the amount will also be used for marketing.All leading brands such as Samsung, LG, Sony, Panasonic and Xiaomi have increased the festive season trade margin this year, executives said. They said the industry does not want to take any chances since sales have slowed in July-August, dropping by about 8-10% for the quarter so far from the year earlier, with Independence Day sales not doing too well even in ecommerce."Retailers will not retain any of the hiked festive season margins and almost the entire portion will be passed on as discount," said Vishal Mewani, director of Mumbai's leading chain Kohinoor Electronics.70969351 Decline in Discretionary Spending"Business is down in the current quarter and unless we go all out to push sentiments through higher discount and marketing, revival of sales during festive season is unlikely."Brands have started to feel the heat of a slowdown in sales, said Pulkit Baid, director of Great Eastern Retail, a leading chain in the east. "They would be doling out additional support for the trade and lure them to stock up inventory," he said. "Trade margin revision is inevitable."The sales drop in the last two months has jolted the industry since almost all categories, except televisions, had continued to grow in the first six months of the calendar year from the year earlier. Television sales have remained flat this year, leading to an inventory pileup. Smartphone sales have slowed to single digits from double-digit pace this quarter. Consumers are cutting down on discretionary spending amid growth slowing to a six-year low and stock market volatility. LG and Samsung didn't respond to queries. Sony and Xiaomi declined to comment.Panasonic India MD Manish Sharma said the focus is on providing the right margin and drive higher volume sales. "This is important right now to ensure cash rotation is faster," he said.Xiaomi has entered into advance one-year contracts with all large cellphone retailers to ensure a certain quantity of inventory is sold to them through the year in return for extra margin of 2-3 percentage points. Industry executives said Chinese cellphone brands like Xiaomi, RealMe, Oppo and Vivo are planning to drop prices till Diwali on both Amazon and Flipkart as well as in brick-andmortar stores."Cellphone prices will be the lowest this festive season since retailers will pass on some benefit to consumers from the extra margins from brands to boost demand," said Atul Kapoor, CEO of cellphone retail chain Spice Hotspot. "This is after consumers started to hold back on buying newer smartphones." The festive season is the largest buying occasion for televisions, appliances and smartphones, accounting for 40-45% of annual business.
Any credit slowdown due to the big bank mergers can be averted if the managements execute perfectly the integration, State Bank of India chairman Rajnish Kumar tells Saloni Shukla and MC Govardhana Rangan in an exclusive interaction. Mergers will give banks the necessary economies of scale, decision-making bandwidth, and speed up resolution of bad assets and approval of large-ticket loans, he added. Edited excerpts:The theme for the SBI conclave this year is on the role of the knowledge economy in taking India to the $5-trillion mark. How do you see the banking system contributing to that goal?If India must become a $5-trillion economy, we have to achieve a certain level of productivity improvement. That can only come if we make full use of the latest technology. If you look at technology and banking, there are huge opportunities to build scale, the industry is adopting robotics, artificial intelligence … everybody is on the digital platform today. Banks being financial intermediaries, we must align with what the real economy wants.India reported a 25-quarter low rate of GDP expansion. How do you see the situation on the ground?If we see the automobile sector, today I read Kia Motors reported very good numbers … that sector is going through a lot of churning. There are issues around environment, change in public mindset, aggregators coming in where you book a ride and there is no worry with ownership. The NBFCs also witnessed a huge slowdown in lending … all these factors have come at the same time. We don't know how much of this is cyclical and how much is structural … but October and November are two very crucial months for the economy.The government has merged 10 banks into 4 … critics say this could lead to a further credit squeeze. What is your assessment?Suggestions to consolidate PSU banks were given more than 25 years ago; this had to be done. Whenever it happened people would say it's not the right time. I would like to know when was the good time to merge these banks? If there is a strong execution team, then any credit slowdown can be taken care of. We need to be careful of the entity that gets merged into the main bank; it should avoid slippages and the monitoring should not be lax. The biggest issue is IT, human resource and customer integration; we need to protect customers coming into the anchor banks.What could go right and what could go wrong while merging these banks?We will build economies of scale; the second-biggest bank post-merger will be one-third the size of SBI, so there is lot of scope. Advantages of a merger are several, the decision making in so many banks, the control points at the ministry – it's a complicated exercise. It is difficult when you have so many banks and virtually no difference in the business model. If the owner is one, with a different level of equity stake, why do we need so many entities if there is no differentiation between the strategy, products or business plans they offer.A large bank will be more capital efficient and the capability to lend will go up. In a consortium today, if I want to do a closure of a Rs 25,000-crore loan it's very difficult due to the number of participants involved. Imagine in a resolution of a stressed loan, things will become much smoother when 12 banks take decisions rather than 27 banks. There is also a huge scope of rationalisation of branches; there is a lot of overlap.But I believe we will need a strong oversight from Department of Financial Services and we will need a strong management team to execute continuity of business without disruption. Otherwise, if the human resource or data merger is not smooth, there could be a potential loss of customers.There are some concerns of another wave of bad loans due to potential failure of accounts where inter-creditor agreements (ICA) are currently ongoing. What is your evaluation?We can't stop fresh cases of bad loans. But for our bank we have disclosed the total number of ICAs signed and their contribution toward bad loans and our SMA pool. What is heartening to see is that after 7th July, there haven't been any new additions to the ICA accounts. One or two cases may keep on coming, but stress over Rs 2,000 crore has been recognised. The size of the problem is known; we don't anticipate much more than what is already disclosed.'Large Banks Will be Capital Efficient'The slow recovery process is also exacerbating the problem…Yes, it's not to our satisfaction; if recoveries can be faster the net slippage ratio can be managed under the tolerance limit. The question is when we will recover our money and it is a fairly large sum. More than fresh slippages, the slow pace of recovery is worrisome.On the three big stressed loans, ZEE, ADAG & DHFL … how is the resolution progressing?These are in various stages of resolution. Zee is proceeding as per plan, for the other two, we have a sixmonth window until December. We are working out resolution plans. If they don't work, we will take legal action as per RBI guidelines.The RBI and the ministry are very keen that banks implement external benchmarking of loans … how soon will be the transition?It will depend on each bank's asset liability position, on the liability side how much variable rate linked deposit they can get. We started linking working capital loans which are ideal for repo-linked lending rate; the long-term loans are all MCLR based. If it is a 20-year loan, it can't be linked to repo-based lending rate. In international markets, we have seen long-term loans being linked to six-month labor; it essentially depends on what periodicity you reset your loan rate. In overseas markets, the deposits are also not fixed like we have in our country.
It is not the size, it is the nimbleness that matters and unless the government attracts the right talent by giving appropriate compensation and the appropriate freedom to work, the model of mega PSU banks is unlikely to succeed, says Nilesh Shah, MD, Kotak AMC. Excerpts from an interview with ETNOW. What do you make of the mega PSU bank consolidation which has been announced? Do you think the major consolidation is a baby step but it is in the right direction?From May 2014, all the listed PSUs are down in market cap by 21% and majority of them are public sector banks. On the other hand, the Sensex is up roughly about 66% so effectively 66% plus 21 it is an 87% underperformance in the last five years in public sector stocks. There are multiple causes for this. One of the reasons why public sector stocks have not performed is not because they do not have incredible assets. Many of these companies are monopolies. Whenever we have seen private sector hiring public sector employees, they create a miracle. It is all related to environment. Compensation of public sector employees at the top is significantly at a discount to the market price. However, the average public sector employee gets more salary than the average private sector employee. The administration freedom is hugely restricted in public sector organisations compared to private sector organisation. So this merger is a step in the right direction but it is not the final destination. We must empower public sector organisations to take administrative decisions without external influence. We must ensure that the top management of PSUs are compensated in line with the market salaries. If we can give them administrative freedom, with this incredible talent and assets, I am sure PSUs will create a miracle. Will the PSB mergers lead to improving operational efficiency? Large entities are being created. Investors are worried about weak banks being merged into large banks. What do you think it will do?If size was the only criteria, than dinosaurs would not have been extinct. The reality is that in today's world where we are seeing a fundamental change in how the banking system operates, fintechs emerging out of any part of the world can come and disrupt the banking system. It is not the size, it is the nimbleness that matters and unless you attract the right talent by giving appropriate compensation and give that talent appropriate freedom to work, this model is unlikely to succeed. This is the second major announcement by the government in the last two weeks. How do you think the FIIs and DIIs are going to react with the perspective that there is intent from the government to implement reforms and lead growth?Undoubtedly investor sentiments were impacted by multiple factors. In the case of FPIs, it was FPI surcharge. It was also non-settlement of trades on the exchanges related to derivatives. Clearly these announcements by the government are a step in the right direction. However, let us remember that this is a test match. You have played one over particularly well but you must continue this tempo for many overs before spectators get convinced that yes the steam is there for winning by a handsome margin. The market will be in yeh dil mange more (we want more) mode, and they will be expecting more steps from the government to lift the sentiments as well as the economic fundamentals. The government announcements are going to impact overall sentiment but the fiscal is controlled. Do you think that the fiscal control steps at the grassroot level is something that the Street wants to hear?We have taken lots of good steps in the past. For example, in the past, growth was coming because every Tom, Dick and Harry could borrow money from banks. Now with IBC, that is not the case, NPAs have been recognised and provided for and when you do not give money at free, the growth is bound to get impacted. In the past, our fiscal profligacy was visible. Now even with off-budget borrowing and Seventh Pay Commission implementation, fiscal situation is reasonably under control. It is not the most ideal but it is better than what it was before. Third, in the past, we were victims of double digit inflation. Today by grace of God, with lower oil prices and some debt management by RBI and the government, inflation is in lower single digit. In the past subsidy leakages were happening. Now, subsidy leakage through direct benefit transfer has been controlled. We have taken multiple such steps which have improved our macroeconomic situation. In the past, tax compliance was an issue. Fair tax was paid probably only by the salaried class. Today tax compliance has improved a lot. It has still not reached ideal stage but it has improved a lot but more importantly there are certain fundamental issues which we have not settled and while government has announced many steps. There are three fundamental issues which remain. In policy making, today we do not know whether the priority is towards growth inflation or fiscal prudence. As a country, we need to set our house in order by giving growth a priority. If growth is there, there will be higher volume, higher revenue, higher taxation and fiscal will be taken care of, not the other way around. The GDP numbers are looking pretty weak. Can it get worse before they start improving?Undoubtedly July and August will have some impact of floods and monsoon. More importantly, the data so far coming from automobile sales and others shows that July, August, September will be probably worse than April, May, June. But looking at the GDP numbers, the overall situation, the sentiment, lending growth being low, would rates come down further and as one of the catalysts for growth perhaps? Nilesh Shah: Undoubtedly today the average corporate India is paying interest burden of 6% real interest rate. I do not think, there are any countries in the world where corporate world is paying this kind of interest rates. Globally, you do not make 6% real return in equity, how are you making that in debt? In fact, on one side, India gets invited into G7 even though it is not a member. We are in the August company of US, UK, France, Germany, Japan and so on. On the other hand, our real interest rates and nominal interest rates put us in the bracket of countries like Argentina which has just defaulted; Iran, Turkey which are going through massive crisis; Ukraine which has gone through massive crisis! Do you think the weak trend in auto sales is going to continue? Do you think auto will be one of the lead indicators for a pickup in growth? Are you banking on the festive season playing out in the next month?Undoubtedly auto will be a lead indicator of pick up, auto, auto components and auto financing is roughly about 49% of India's manufacturing GDP. If half of your manufacturing GDP is under cloud, undoubtedly recovery cannot happen. Now let us just analyse auto sector. On the whole, it gets impacted by way of regulatory actions. When insurance cost were increased for three years and five years for motor cars and two wheelers, if you do an analysis on most of the petrol pumps and I did that in a rich area of Mumbai called Juhu, most two-wheelers are filling petrol of Rs 50 and Rs 100! When they are told to pay five years insurance upfront, it is bound to impact demand. On the other hand, there were policy intervention about electric vehicles by 2023. The government intended all bikes to have electric engine. That is a tall target and the large manufacturers who are exporting all over the ,world were not in agreement with that. The third came by way of financing. Many NBFCs which were financing two-wheeler financing or four-wheeler financing, stopped financing and the interest burden on consumer was very high. So, effectively multiple factors came together at the same time -- higher insurance cost, lack of financing, worry about the electric vehicle policy -- putting the auto sector in trouble. They will look forward to the steps taken by the government to revive the sector.
KOLKATA: Come Thursday, Reliance Jio Infocomm is likely to offer free home broadband services for a limited period as part of a preview offer to the 500,000-odd customers who have signed up for JioFiber's trials."Jio is mulling multiple free service timebands, ranging from a fortnight to a month for customers who have already opted for the trials," a person aware of the matter told ET. Reliance Jio's fibre-based home broadband services will go live on September 5.During the limited preview period, the 500,000-odd customers who have opted for trials may be allowed to avail of any JioFiber plans for free, the person cited said. At press time, Jio did not respond to ET's queries. JioFiber plans will be priced between Rs 700 and Rs 10,000 a month. They will offer base speeds of 100 Mbps with a maximum limit of 1 Gbps.Customers who have opted for JioFiber trials now get 100 GB of startup data and a free landline. Once the 100 GB is exhausted, they get nearly an extra 1000 GB for free by way of 40 GB free recharges 24 times. These services are available now against a refundable security deposit of Rs 2,500.Jio has reportedly indicated that it will offer free installation of its home broadband service to all customers. "As part of our initial roll out, we are offering complimentary JioFiber installation and connection to all our customers. Other than the refundable security deposit, as of now there are no additional installation charges," Jio has said on its website.
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Nilgai shot, buried alive in Vaishali dist of Bihar The forest department of Vaishali district has claimed to have killed over 300 nilgai in the last four days.
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