#UPDATE Hong Kong's entire mass transit rail system is suspended after a night of violence sparked by a ban on pro-democracy protesters wearing face masks, as the government invokes emergency powers not used in more than half century https://t.co/2gwF4jxCYMpic.twitter.com/LBTKIGhwBE
President Donald Trump's efforts to pressure Ukraine into investigating a top rival in the 2020 U.S. presidential election prompted Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other Democrats in the House of Representatives to move ahead with an impeachment inquiry, threatening his presidency. The scandal has also featured an extensive cast of Ukrainian officials. Here are some of the other main American players in the drama. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas
Experts are raising questions about why the Justice Department did not open an investigation.
WASHINGTON — Weeks before the whistleblower's complaint became public, the CIA's top lawyer made what she considered to be a criminal referral to the Justice Department about the whistleblower's allegations that President Donald Trump abused his office in pressuring the Ukrainian president, U.S. officials familiar with the matter tell NBC News.
The move by the CIA's general counsel, Trump appointee Courtney Simmons Elwood, meant she and other senior officials had concluded a potential crime had been committed, raising more questions about why the Justice Department later declined to open an investigation.
The phone call that Elwood considered to be a criminal referral is in addition to the referral later received as a letter from the Inspector General for the Intelligence Community regarding the whistleblower complaint.
WNU Editor: This is why I am always skeptical of the media. Huge headline. Anonymous sources. Explosive allegations that the CIA's top lawyer made a criminal referral that the Justice Department choose to not pursue. And then buried in the NBC story is this ....
.... Justice Department officials said they were unclear whether Elwood was making a criminal referral and followed up with her later to seek clarification but she remained vague.
If CIA's general counsel Courtney Simmons Elwood made a criminal referral, she would not be vague when Justice Department officials asked for a clarification. Bottom line. There is no evidence to support the headline.
U.S. President Donald Trump gives a thumbs up after delivering remarks at Young Black Leadership Summit at the White House in Washington, U.S., October 4, 2019. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas
WASHINGTON — A second intelligence official who was alarmed by President Trump's dealings with Ukraine is weighing whether to file his own formal whistle-blower complaint and testify to Congress, according to two people briefed on the matter.
The official has more direct information about the events than the first whistle-blower, whose complaint that Mr. Trump was using his power to get Ukraine to investigate his political rivals touched off an impeachment inquiry. The second official is among those interviewed by the intelligence community inspector general to corroborate the allegations of the original whistle-blower, one of the people said.
WNU Editor: I do not know what this second CIA official can contribute to this discussion. The transcript has been released, and the Ukrainian President has made his position very clear that he was not aware that a U.S. military aid package was delayed, nor did he feel at anytime pressured by President Trump. In short .... we already know all the facts. So why the above New York Times post. You tell me.
The aircraft is designed to rapidly gather intel in contested areas by surprise and especially when key satellites are no longer operational.
China's big 70th-anniversary parade marking the founding of the PRC has come and gone. There were a number of revelations, some of which we are still analyzing, but the biggest ones were in the unmanned space. In the days leading up to the parade, we had covered both of the most impressive unmanned vehicles that were to be displayed. It's time to follow up with our analysis now that we have seen them in far greater detail. We posted our analysis on the GJ-11 Sharp Sword UCAV earlier today, now here are my takeaways from the official unveiling of the WZ-8—also referred to as the DR-8—high-speed reconnaissance drone.
* Microsoft security expert Tom Burt said in a blog post on Friday that hackers had targeted several email accounts - including those of expatriate Iranians * Burt confirmed four email accounts were breached but they did not belong to US campaigns or officials * He would not reveal which presidential campaign was targeted * Microsoft charged the group Phosphorus with the hacking attempt * The group made more than 2,700 attempts to hack accounts
Microsoft says hackers linked to the Iranian government have targeted a U.S. presidential campaign, as well as government officials, media targets and prominent ex-patriate Iranians.
The company declined to identify the campaign, citing privacy concerns.
Corporate vice president for security Tom Burt wrote in a blog post Friday that owners of four accounts that were successfully breached have been notified.
He said those accounts that were compromised were not related to U.S. campaigns or officials.
He says the attacks by a group Microsoft calls Phosphorous occurred during a 30-day period in August and September.
From Wikipedia: Based on the novel The Eagle Has Landed by Jack Higgins, the film is about a fictional German plot to kidnap Winston Churchill near the end of the Second World War. The Eagle Has Landed was Sturges' final film, and was successful upon its release.[2]
Fear of Isis and al-Qaeda has previously persuaded Iraqis to park their reservations about the government. But now people are no longer frightened for their families, there can be no ignoring the mass corruption and lack of basic services
Iraq is poised at a turning point in its modern history as its people wait to see if the government curfew and close down of the internet will end the ongoing demonstrations.
I am staying in the Baghdad Hotel, off Sadoon Street in central Baghdad, not far from Tahrir Square, the focus of most protest movements in Iraq. On Tuesday I was expecting to visit Iraqi army bases north of Baghdad to find out if Isis was still a threat and what the chances were of it making a comeback.
* Rampages erupted across Hong Kong tonight as demonstrators defied a mask ban backed by China * A 14-year-old boy was reportedly shot by a suspected off-duty officer during clashes in Yuen Long * The alleged cop was besieged, beaten and set ablaze by onlookers who threw petrol bombs at him * The city's leader Carrie Lam announced anti-mask law today in a bid to put an end to the city's unrest * Thousands of masked protesters marched in the city chanting 'Hong Kongers, resist' immediately after * Carrie Lam said the mask ban would come into force on Saturday, adding: 'We must stop the violence' * The new law was passed under colonial-era emergency powers introduced by British rulers in 1922 * China today said 'a critical time has arrived to end the violence', adding the chaos 'cannot continue'
A 14-year-old boy has been shot by a police officer at close range during clashes tonight, according to local reports.
The cop, said to be off duty, was besieged, attacked and set ablaze by a group of masked demonstrators, who hurled petrol bombs at him.
An unverified social media clip shows the man wearing a white T-shirt being beaten to the ground and then desperately running away from the flames after being assaulted in the middle of the road.
Rampages have erupted across Hong Kong as demonstrators in defiance of a new mask ban attacked Chinese bank outlets, vandalised subway stations and set street fires, prompting police to respond with tear gas.
The People's Liberation Army (PLA) also rolled out a hypersonic missile, known as the DF-17, which theoretically can maneuver sharply at many times the speed of sound, making it extremely difficult to counter. REUTERS/Jason Lee
On the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, President Xi Jinping was categorical about his country's future. "No force can stop the Chinese nation and the Chinese people from forging ahead," he said in front of thousands of people in Beijing. It's widely recognized that China intends to supplant the United States as the world's biggest and most technologically advanced country: that's part of why Donald Trump is, for better or worse, waging a trade war with China. Less well understood, but no less true, is that China seeks to become the world's dominant military power as well—and has made significant strides toward that end. In a speech last week, retired Admiral William McRaven, the former head of U.S. special forces, called China's intensifying military build-up "a holy shit moment for the United States."
* Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi said security measures are a 'bitter medicine' * Since Tuesday, security forces have fired live rounds and tear gas at protesters * The rallies were sparked by unemployment, corruption and public services * The UN has called on Iraq to investigate the force used by the anti-riot police
Iraq's Prime Minister says the country needs to do more to tackle corruption as the death toll rises to 44 after three days of anti-government protests.
In a televised address, Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi said security measures imposed in the wake of this week's violence, including a curfew, was like a 'bitter medicine' that needs to be swallowed.
Mr Abdul-Mahdi spoke after three days of demonstrations that have spread across many provinces in the country.
* Donald Trump maintained Friday that he was right to request assistance from foreign governments to investigate alleged corruption * Said asks he made of China and Ukraine were not politically motivated * But he could not provide an example of of a time he asked a foreign government to investigate anyone not named Clinton or Biden * Defended himself from a barrage of misconduct allegations on his way to a wounded warrior visit * Claimed his desire for an investigation into the Democratic presidential candidate was not linked to a China trade deal * Or a meeting at the White House for the Ukrainian president or a belief he could lose the 2020 presidential election to Joe Biden * 'I don't care about Biden's campaign. I care about corruption,' he insisted * Said he always thought Biden would lose the primary to one of his competitors
Donald Trump maintained Friday that he had an 'obligation' to request assistance from foreign governments to investigate alleged corruption and asks he made of China and Ukraine were not politically motivated in any way.
Trump insisted that the foreign investigations he's demanding are about Hunter Biden 'pillaging these countries and hurting us,' not his father's bid to become the next President of the United States.
While he could not provide an example of of a time he asked a foreign government to investigate anyone not named Clinton or Biden, Trump slapped down a barrage of misconduct allegations on his way out of the White House for a wounded warrior visit.
The Utah senator calls Trump's request "brazen and unprecedented."
Sen. Mitt Romney on Friday denounced Donald Trump for calling on China and Ukraine to investigate 2020 political rival Joe Biden, saying the president's request is "wrong and appalling."
The Utah Republican's statement marks the strongest condemnation of the president from any Republican senator. Most members of the GOP have responded to the president's China request with silence.
In a tweet, Romney said that "by all appearances, the President's brazen and unprecedented appeal to China and to Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden is wrong and appalling."
"Our center is to prevent terrorism thoughts from happening," the director of one of the centers tells NBC News.
MOYU COUNTY, China — In a classroom in far western China, a dozen adults wearing white lab coats sit at a long table, textbooks on animal husbandry open in front of them.
The din of chickens and geese and a bucolic mural of cows belie the fact that the students are in one of a vast network of camps in Xinjiang, a region that is home to more than 10 million Muslim Uighurs.
Around 10 percent of the Uighur population of Xinjiang is locked up, according to the U.S. government and human rights organizations. The Chinese Communist Party maintains these centers are a crucial part of its effort to counter terror, extremism and separatism.
Bu'ayixiemu Abulizi, director of the Moyu County Vocational Education and Training Center in Hotan Prefecture in the southwestern corner of Xinjiang, made it clear the role of the centers is to change the minds and thoughts of those who are forced to live there.
WNU Editor: Even though this entire NBC visit was staged by the Chinese, the Chinese are still openly admitting that their goal is to wipe out the Uighur's culture/religion/and language.
* Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam announces a face mask ban, effective Saturday. * The ban was made under the Emergency Regulations Ordinance, a colonial-era law that gives the city's leader the power to create regulations "in the public interest" in an "emergency or public danger." * Tensions hit new highs after police shot a protester on Tuesday, amid mass demonstrations on China's National Day.
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam on Friday invoked emergency powers and banned face masks, saying the order goes into effect Saturday.
Consequences for breaking the ban include up to one year in jail and a fine of 25,000 Hong Kong dollars ($3,187). Violators must be prosecuted within a year of the date on which the prohibition was broken, according to a copy of the ban.
In a press conference, Lam said the face mask ban was necessary because "almost all protesters who carry out vandalism and violence covered their face."
"The purpose was to hide their identity and evade the law and they have become more and more daring," Lam said.
As China paraded some of its most powerful weaponry during celebrations marking the Communist state's 70th anniversary on Tuesday, the United States Navy tested its newest piece of firepower in the Pacific.
In the waters off Guam, the USS Gabrielle Giffords fired off a Naval Strike Missile (NSM), a sea-skimming cruise missile that is difficult to spot on radar, and can maneuver to avoid enemy defenses.
The NSM, along with a variety of other weapons, were fired at a surplus US Navy frigate, the former USS Ford, which was towed to the Pacific to act as a target in an exercises called SINKEX.
The Giffords is the first US Navy ship to deploy with the Naval Strike Missile, and analysts say it helps even the equation in the Pacific, where China has been increasing its missile arsenal in terms of quality and quantity.
Vice Admiral James Malloy, commander of the U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT)/5th Fleet is seen during U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's visit to the U.S. Naval Forces Central Command center in Manama, Bahrain, January 11, 2019. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Iran has not drawn back to a less threatening military posture in the region following the Sept. 14 attack on Saudi Arabia, the top U.S. admiral in the Middle East told Reuters, suggesting persistent concern despite a lull in violence.
"I don't believe that they're drawing back at all," Vice Admiral Jim Malloy, commander of the U.S. Navy's Bahrain-based Fifth Fleet, said in an interview.
The United States, Saudi Arabia, Britain, France and Germany have publicly blamed the attack on Iran, which denies involvement in the strike on the world's biggest crude oil-processing facility. The Iran-aligned Houthi militant group in Yemen has claimed responsibility.
Hong Kong has entered a second day of protest against a government ban on the wearing of facial coverings—an emergency measure intended to curb four months of anti-government unrest that has met with a disastrous reception.
On Saturday afternoon, hundreds began marching through downtown Hong Kong chanting “Fight for freedom! Stand with Hong Kong!” and “I have the right to wear a mask.” Marchers occupied major streets and most wore facial coverings in defiance of the ban, which applies to all public gatherings and renders violators liable to a year in jail.
Along Chater Road, beside the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, protesters unfurled massive banners reading “I Want Glory for Hong Kong” and “Murderous Hong Kong Police.” Protests also broke out in the tourist district on the Kowloon peninsula and in the northern town of Sheung Shui, where the shuttered storefronts of businesses with mainland Chinese connections were attacked and vandalized. Police were nowhere to be seen.
Thirty-one people were injured, three of them seriously, in overnight protests against the anti-mask measure. An undercover police officer was attacked with petrol bombs and momentarily set alight, authorities said, adding that protesters unsuccessfully tried to snatch his gun. Local media reported that a 14-year-old boy suffered a gunshot wound to the leg.
Barring intermittent services to the airport, the entire train network remained suspended today after multiple stations, facilities, and a train were attacked by anti-government protesters. Banks, supermarkets, shopping malls and many stores remain closed after a night of destruction that saw fires lit and shopfronts smashed.
Government facilities such as libraries, museums, and performance venues are also shuttered. Some Twitter users reported a run on ATMs, saying they were running out of cash. Panic buying took place at the few grocery stores that were open, with shoppers queuing as long as two and a half hours for staples.
Protesters also smashed scores of traffic lights overnight, causing disruptions to morning motorists. Businesses were urged to “make flexible work arrangements for staff” because of the conditions.
Photo by Miguel Candela Poblacion/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images A pedestrian walks past a vandalized Chinese bank branch during a protest in Hong Kong, China on October 4, 2019.
In a taped video message broadcast Saturday afternoon in Cantonese, Hong Kong’s beleaguered top official, Carrie Lam, decried what she called “extremely horrifying violence.” She said “the radical behavior of the masked protestors was shocking. The extent of the damage was reckless and unprecedented and, quite simply, enraged everyone.”
Sounding considerably less conciliatory than she has in recent addresses, she said: “The rioters’ extremist behavior brought a very dark night upon Hong Kong, and caused society to be half paralyzed. Everybody is worried, concerned and scared. The government has the strongest determination to stop the violence.”
Lam ended her address with an appeal to the Hong Kong public “to end the violence in accordance with the law, to condemn the violence together and distance themselves from the rioters.”
The mask ban came into effect at midnight under the colonial-era Emergency Regulations Ordinance after the High Court refused to grant an injunction against it brought by two activists.
Protesters see the measure as the start of a broader crackdown on their fledgling democracy movement and Lam has not ruled out invoking more emergency powers, describing the situation as “fluid and evolving.”
The Secretary for Justice, Teresa Cheng, refused to say if there were plans for martial law but emphasized that the government was considering all legal means at its disposal to defuse the crisis, Hong Kong’s government-funded broadcaster reported.
The ongoing political crisis was sparked by a now withdrawn extradition bill, which would have allowed the rendition of fugitives to mainland China for the first time. Opposition to the bill quickly grew into a democratic rebellion against the unrepresentative, Beijing-backed government. Many protesters are also calling for self-determination or independence for the former British possession, which was retroceded to China in 1997 after 156 years of colonial rule.
Hundreds of protesters met to declare the formation of a provisional government Wednesday evening, according to local media, claiming that the Hong Kong government “has lost its legality” and calling on top officials to “immediately vacate their positions.”
(WATERLOO, Iowa) — An Iowa high school science teacher has been placed on administrative leave after he made what appeared to be a threatening social media comment about 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg.
The Waterloo Community School District said Friday in an emailed statement that the teacher, Matt Baish, has been placed on administrative leave pending an investigation.
Baish’s removal followed a Facebook comment he purportedly posted about Thunberg’s planned appearance Friday in Iowa City for a student-led climate strike demonstration, asking “Who’s all going?” In response, a user named Matt Baish wrote, “Dont have my sniper rifle.”
West High School’s website lists Baish as a science teacher at the school. There was no answer Friday at a phone listing for Baish.
(CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.) — The first all-female spacewalk is back on, six months after a suit-sizing flap led to an embarrassing cancellation.
NASA announced Friday that the International Space Station’s two women will pair up for a spacewalk later this month. Astronauts Christina Koch and the newly arrived Jessica Meir will venture out Oct. 21 to plug in new, upgraded batteries for the solar power system. It will be the fourth of five spacewalks for battery work.
Koch was supposed to do a spacewalk with another female crewmate in March. But NASA had to scrap the plan just a few days in advance because there wasn’t enough time to get a second medium-size spacesuit ready. The second medium was put together on board in June.
NASA’s deputy chief astronaut Megan McArthur told reporters the all-female spacewalk will be a milestone. But she noted that women are so integrated at all levels at NASA now that they don’t tend to dwell on gender. “I’m sure that they’ll sit back and reflect on it, as we all will. We will all celebrate that,” McArthur said.
Koch and Meir, a marine biologist who arrived at the orbiting lab this week, are both members of NASA’s Astronaut Class of 2013, the first and only one with an even split between men and women. They’re also both making their first spaceflights.
Koch, an electrical engineer, is more than 200 days into an approximately 300-day mission, which will set a record for the longest single spaceflight by a woman.
“In the past, women haven’t always been at the table,” Koch said during a televised interview earlier this week. “And it’s wonderful to be contributing to the human spaceflight program at a time when all contributions are being accepted, when everyone has a role, and that can lead, in turn, to increased chance for success.”
Since the world’s first spacewalk in 1965, only 14 women have done them, versus 213 men, according to NASA. Expect more women spacewalking together on the horizon, though. “It turns out that over the next couple years, we’re having a lot of medium suit people fly,” said NASA’s space station program manager, Kirk Shireman.
Koch will serve as the lead spacewalker for an excursion on Sunday with Andrew Morgan, her U.S. male crewmate. There are 11 spacewalks coming up in the next few months — 10 U.S. and one Russian. Only one is two women.
(WASHINGTON) — Microsoft said Friday that hackers linked to the Iranian government targeted an undisclosed U.S. presidential campaign, as well as government officials, media targets and prominent expatriate Iranians.
Overall, the hackers attempted to penetrate 241 accounts — four successfully — though none of those penetrated was associated with presidential campaigns or current or past U.S. officials, Microsoft said. A company spokeswoman declined to identify those targeted, citing customer privacy.
The announcement is the latest sign that foreign governments are looking for ways to potentially disrupt the 2020 presidential election. U.S. intelligence officials have sounded the alarm about the risks for months.
Russia’s hacking of the Democratic National Committee and the Clinton campaign, as well as the subsequent leaks of emails during the 2016 election roiled the DNC, hurt the Clinton campaign and was a focal point in special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe.
Foreign hackers have long targeted U.S. government and politicians, generally with little notice. But the disruption caused by Russia’s attack has heightened awareness and prompted fears that other nations will try to follow Russia’s example. Iran in particular could have a stake in the outcome of the U.S. election after President Donald Trump withdrew the United States from a nuclear agreement and stepped up sanctions against the country.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said it was working with Microsoft to “assess and mitigate impacts.” Chris Krebs, director of the department’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, said much of the activity is likely “run-of-the-mill” foreign intelligence service work.
But, “Microsoft’s claims that a presidential campaign was targeted is yet more evidence that our adversaries are looking to undermine our democratic institutions,” Krebs said.
In a blogpost released Friday, Microsoft’s Tom Burt, corporate vice president for customer security and trust, said that owners of four accounts that were compromised by the hackers have been notified. The company would not identify those accounts.
The attacks by a group Microsoft calls Phosphorous occurred during a 30-day period between August and September.
Burt said the Iranian hackers used password reset and account recovery features to try to take over accounts. For example, they gathered phone numbers belonging to targets to help with a password reset. In other cases, they tried to get into secondary email accounts that might be linked to the Microsoft account to gain access via a verification email.
The hackers researched their targets, making more than 2,700 attempts to identify emails belonging to a specific Microsoft customer. A spokeswoman declined to provide more details.
The company has previously taken legal steps to combat Iran-linked hackers, suing them in federal court in Washington D.C., so Microsoft could take control of websites Phosphorous used to conduct hacking operations and to stop attacks.
In July, Microsoft announced that it had detected more than 740 infiltration attempts by nation-state actors in the past year targeting U.S.-based political parties, campaigns and other democracy-focused organizations including think tanks and other nonprofits.
The company declined to name or further characterize the targets or the actors. It said at the time that such targeting had similarly occurred in the early stages of the 2016 and 2018 elections.
Last year, Microsoft said it had detected attempts to infiltrate the networks of U.S. senatorial candidates and think tanks.
(PARIS) — New York-based pop artist Jeff Koons unveiled his long-awaited, giant sculpture titled “Bouquet of Tulips” in Paris on Friday, commemorating the victims of terror attacks that rocked France in 2015 and 2016. The 12.6-meter (41-foot) sculpture, fashioned from polychromed bronze, stainless steel, and aluminum, portrays a hand clasping a bouquet of balloon-like tulips.
At an inauguration ceremony attended by some families of the November 2015 Paris terror attacks, Koons called the flowers “a symbol that life moves forward.” He said the “inflatable flowers represent loss, rebirth, and the vitality of the human spirit.”
“I did, as a citizen in New-York, experience 9/11 and the depression that hung over the city and it really took years for the city to be able to come to life again”, Koons said.
Patricia Correia, whose daughter was killed in the Bataclan concert hall attack, thanked Koons for his tribute. “It’s a very strong testament between the two countries and for me it represents the colors of life, the roots which are here and continue growing despite all the tragic events we went through,” she told the AP.
Controversy over the placement of the sculpture stalled its installation for years after Koons announced the gift in November 2016. It was finally placed in the gardens of the Champs-Elysees — between the Petit Palais and the Concorde plaza.
Calling the work “a gift from the heart,” Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo described vibrant debate, particularly over art, as a hallmark of Parisian identity.”Nothing can be small in Paris,” she said. “Everything is big in Paris —emotions, controversies, and the traces that art leaves in our lives.”
Private French and American donors covered the costs of constructing and installing the sculpture.
This week marks the one-year anniversary of the brutal killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. It’s worth looking back to survey the fallout for Saudi Arabia and the world.
Why It Matters:
As journalists face increasing danger worldwide in a polarized political climate—fueled by a fractured media landscape where everyone is able to cocoon themselves within their preferred viewpoints and vilify all others—the Khashoggi killing stands out as the most brazen contemporary attempt to silence a prominent government critic and to blunt further dissent. It’s also a criminal act that came complete with Turkish intelligence recordings, leading the US intelligence community to determine that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MbS) ordered the murder.
But despite the evidence, the Saudis are back in good international standing, and it didn’t even take that long. At last year’s Future Investment Initiative conference (informally dubbed “Davos in the Desert”, much to the World Economic Forum’s chagrin) that took place less than a month after the killing, many international CEOs opted not to show up out of PR concerns but still sent their number 2’s, and business has continued as usual. While there were some awkward moments at the first G20 summit in Buenos Aires following the murder, by the time of this year’s G20 in Osaka, MbS had been welcomed back into the fold. For supporters of press freedom and human rights, that’s equal parts disturbing and disheartening. For most, it’s the world we live in.
What Happens Next:
While Saudi Arabia’s government relationships and business interests have remained largely intact over the last year, the country’s reputation—and the reputation of MbS, once vaunted as a new kind of Middle East leader—has taken a hit, and has led to criticism from US lawmakers from both sides of the aisle. That helps explain why MbS recently told 60 Minutes, when asked point-blank if he ordered the killing of his most high-profile critic: “Absolutely not. This was a heinous crime. But I take full responsibility as a leader in Saudi Arabia, especially since it was committed by individuals working for the Saudi government.”
Factoring into this skin-deep mea culpa is that Riyadh is hosting next year’s G20 Summit, and the last thing MbS needs is a boycott of the event by any of the world’s largest economies (and the foreign investment they can bring) because he failed to show appropriate contrition, especially when it doesn’t cost him a thing to do so.
But Saudi Arabia’s current problems can’t be solved by handwringing alone. Iran is at the top of the list—the decision to strike Saudi oil production facilities has been the most brash move Tehran has made since President Donald Trump walked away from the Iran nuclear deal. And given long-standing hostilities between Iran and Saudi Arabia, Riyadh is on the frontlines of those escalating hostilities, and the muted response from the US to the attack didn’t help. Donald Trump, maybe the single greatest friend the Saudis have ever had occupy the Oval Office, is preparing for the political fight of his life as impeachment proceedings kick into high gear. And the Saudi Vision 2030 plan to rewire the economy for the 21st century has failed to take off as hoped, meaning Saudi Arabia remains a petrostate in a world increasingly moving away from fossil fuels. Just this week, Fitch downgraded the country’s credit rating. In other words, plenty of problems piling up for the kingdom. Coupled with the passing of time, the Khashoggi murder becomes less and less of an issue, both for Riyadh and the rest of the world.
The Key Fact To Know About It:
24%: Less than a quarter of the countries of the world are deemed to be “good” or “fairly good” environments for journalists to work in according to Reporters Without Borders, down from 26% in 2018. For reference, Saudi Arabia clocks in at 172nd (out of 180) on this year’s list after having fallen three spots.
The Key Quote That Sums It All Up:
The perpetrators “wanted him to disappear but his image and his voice are chasing them everywhere.” –Wadah Khanfar, former director of Al Jazeera. True… the Saudis just don’t care. And neither do most governments and businesses dealing with the Kingdom.
(ZHYTOMYR, Ukraine) — Ukraine’s Prosecutor General said on Friday that his office is reviewing all the cases that were closed by his predecessors, including several related to the owner of a gas company where former Vice President Joe Biden’s son sat on the board.
Ruslan Ryaboshapka’s comments came amid an impeachment inquiry against U.S. President Donald Trump that relates to a call he made to the Ukrainian president asking him to investigate the Democratic presidential candidate and his son’s work in Ukraine.
Ryaboshapka told reporters in Kyiv that prosecutors are auditing all the cases that were closed or dismissed by former prosecutors, including several related to Mykola Zlochevsky, owner of the gas company Burisma that hired Hunter Biden in 2014, at the same time his father was leading the Obama administration’s diplomatic dealings with Kyiv.
Though the timing raised concerns among anti-corruption advocates, there has been no evidence of wrongdoing by either the former vice president or his son.
“We are now reviewing all the cases that were closed or split into several parts or were investigated before, in order to be able to rule to reverse those cases where illegal procedural steps were taken,” Ryaboshapka said.
Asked by The Associated Press about Trump’s comment Thursday that the U.S. has an “absolute right” to ask foreign leaders to investigate corruption cases, Zelenskiy said that Ukraine is “open” and that all the cases under investigation are “transparent.”
The Prosecutor General’s Office later said that among the cases they are reviewing, there are 15 where Zlochevsky is mentioned. None of the Zlochevsky-related cases has been revived yet, they said.
They did not specify how many, if any, were related to Hunter Biden’s work at Burisma.
Ryaboshapka was mentioned in the July 25 call between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who assured Trump that Ryaboshapka was “his man” and that he would resume investigations into Burisma.
The prosecutor general insisted on Friday that he did not feel any pressure over the Burisma case.
“Not a single foreign or Ukrainian official or politician has called me or tried to influence my decisions regarding specific criminal cases,” he said.
A whistleblower last month revealed that Trump in a phone call asked Zelenskiy to resume the probe into Joe Biden and his son. The July 25 call has since triggered an impeachment inquiry against Trump.
WASHINGTON — Top U.S. diplomats encouraged Ukraine’s newly elected president to conduct an investigation linked to Joe Biden’s family in return for a high-profile visit to Washington with President Donald Trump. It soon escalated into what one feared was a “crazy” swap that risked vital U.S. military aid.
That’s according to a cache of text messages released late Thursday by House investigators following a 10-hour interview with one of the diplomats, Kurt Volker, who stepped down as special envoy to Ukraine amid the Democrats’ impeachment inquiry.
The pages lay out the raw contours of a potential quid-pro-quo exchange — Trump gets his political investigation of a top Democratic rival in return for some price to be paid by the new Ukraine leader — now at the heart of the House investigation.
The text messages convey a distinct campaign among the three diplomats, who — apparently against some of their stated better judgment — appear to be trying to help Ukraine reset its relationship with Trump by pushing his interest in investigating his Democratic rival and the 2016 election.
Volker, in a text message on the morning of a planned July 25 phone call between Trump and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, wrote: “Heard from White House — Assuming President Z convinces trump he will investigate / “get to the bottom of what happened” in 2016, we will nail down date for visit to Washington.”
An adviser to the Ukrainian president appeared to go along with the proposal, which entailed investigating Burisma, a Ukrainian gas company where Joe Biden’s son Hunter served on the board.
“Phone call went well,” wrote Andrey Yermak in a text to Volker later that day after the two presidents spoke. Yermak suggested several dates when Trump and Zerenskiy could meet in September.
But all that planning started to unravel when Zelenskiy’s aide tried to lock in a date for the Trump meeting before putting out the statement on the investigations.
“Once we have a date we will call for a press briefing, announcing upcoming visit and outlining vision for the reboot of US-UKRAINE relationship , including among other things Burisma and election meddling in investigations,” Yermak wrote two weeks later.
“Sounds great!” texted Volker.
Volker and the two other diplomats _ William “Bill” Taylor, the charge d’affaires at the U.S. embassy in Ukraine, and Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union _ discussed the statement Zelenskiy would issue in support of the investigation. As the negotiations progressed, Sondland said Trump “really wants the deliverable.”
Then, Trump put a hold on $250 million in military assistance to Ukraine, which was depending on the funds as part of its defense against Russia.
“Need to talk with you,” Yermak wrote to Volker.
Taylor, the seasoned top diplomat in the Ukrainian embassy, conveyed his concerns and questioned whether the money was being withheld until Ukraine agreed to Trump’s demand.
“Are we now saying that security assistance and WH meeting are conditioned on investigations?” he wrote.
“This is my nightmare scenario,” Taylor texted his colleagues days later. Taylor said that by withholding the Ukrainian assistance, “we have already shaken their faith in us.”
House Democrats launched the impeachment inquiry over the Ukraine matter after a government whistleblower disclosed Trump’s call with Zelenskiy and the push to have a foreign government interfere in U.S. elections by digging up dirt on Biden.
As a Democratic front-runner, Biden could be Trump’s opponent in the 2020 presidential election. Trump and his lawyer Rudy Giuliani have tried, without evidence, to implicate Biden and his son Hunter in the kind of corruption that has long plagued Ukraine.
Hunter Biden served on the board of Burisma at the same time his father was leading the Obama administration’s diplomatic dealings with Kyiv. Though the timing raised concerns among anti-corruption advocates, there has been no evidence of wrongdoing by either the former vice president or his son.
Trump and Giuliani have also promoted an alternative theory of 2016 election interference, which puts Ukraine, not Russia, at the center, at odds with the 2017 findings of the U.S. intelligence community and special counsel Robert Mueller’s 2019 report.
Trump has said his call with Zelenskiy was “perfect” and portrays the impeachment inquiry as a sham.
The text messages released Thursday show that within a month of the call, Trump has canceled the visit with Zelenskiy, sending the diplomats into an effort to salvage a meeting with Vice President Mike Pence or possibly Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
What followed was the scramble, and finger-pointing, to apparently fix what had been launched.
Taylor told Sondland he was “counting on you to be right,” and Sondland snapped back, “Bill, I never said I was right.”
Sondland early on had texted that he wanted to get the conversation started with Ukraine “irrespective of the pretext” because he was “worried about the alternative.” Now, he was saying, they have identified the best path forward, and “let’s hope it works.”
Taylor then texted, “As I said on the phone, I think it’s crazy to withhold security assistance for help with a political campaign.”
After a more than four-hour pause, Sondland texted Taylor that he was incorrect, and wrote that Trump “has been crystal clear, no quid pro quos of any kind.”
He also wrote, “I suggest we stop the back and forth by text.”
In releasing the exchanges Thursday, the Democratic committee chairmen said they are “still only a subset of the full body of the materials” provided by Volker, which they hope to make public later.
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BPSC Admit Card 2019
The BPSC Admit Card contains important information like the examination date, timings, venue details which help contenders to reach the exam hall on time. However, we have updated all recently released BPSC Hall Ticket 2019 direct links below. The admit card can be downloaded only by those applicants who had applied for the post. The Applicants need to have his/her BPSC Online Login details to download the BPSC Admit Card. Hence, go through the article below and download the BPSC Admit Card, Interview Call Letter.
www.bpsc.nic.in Admit Card – Exam Hall Ticket 2019
BPSC 63rd Combined Interview Letter 2019 has been released on Today 20th August 2019. Thus, the Interview will be held from 27th August to 09th September 2019. Download the Interview Call Letter from the below section. From this page, Aspirants can get the Interview Schedule to download. Make sure with the dates and appear at the interview on the prescribed date and time.
BPSC 65th Pre Exam Admit Card 2019 – Bihar Public Service Commission has declared the exam date on 15th October 2019. Therefore, the BPSC Admit Card will release in the month of October 2019. The admit card will be released on the official website. Hence, download the admit card before the exam date.
BPSC Mains Admit Card 2019 – Bihar Public Service Commission has released the admit card for the Post of 1255 Revenue Officer, Supply Inspector, and Others. Moreover, the exam is going to be held from 12th July to 16th July 2019. Hence, the Bihar PSC Mains Admit Card has been published on 06th July 2019.
BPSC Admit Card – Assistant Mains Examination 2019. Bihar Public Service Commission has released the Call Letter for 51 Assistant Posts. The Admit Card has been officially published on the official Website on 10th June 2019. The BPSC Assistant Mains Examination will be held on 15th June 2019. Moreover, Online Registered Candidates can download the Hall Ticket from the below-given link.
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BPSC Interview Call Letter – Accounts officer Competitive Examination 2019. The Board is now allowing the 206 candidates to download the Call Letter to attend the interview between the dates 24th to 28th September 2019. Hence, aspirants who are eligible can download the Interview Call Letter from the direct link below. All the best for BPSC Interview for Accounts Officer 018.
BPSC AO Interview Call Letter – www.bpsc.nic.in Admit Card 2019
BPSC Accounts Officer Interview Call Letter 2019 – Download
Bihar Public Service Commission has given the interview call Letters for the Post of Mining Development Officer 2019. Hence, the Applicants who are eligible for an interview can download the BPSC Call Letters from the link below.
BPSC Interview Call Letter 2019
Post Name
Mining Development Officer
No of Vacancies
Various
Category
Admit Card
Admit Card Date
18th August 2019
Official Website
bpsc.bih.nic.in
BPSC Mining Officer Interview Call Letter 2019 – Download
Bihar Public Service Commission Admit Card will be released soon. Eligible candidates who are attending the 64th Combined Preliminary Examination can download the admit card here. Candidates can Just click on the link to download the BPSC Admit Card 2019. Click on the link to enter the login details and download your BPSC 64th Combined Prelims Exam Admit Card 2019. However, share the link with your friends and family who are in search of the BPSC Admit Card for 64th CCE Prelims Examination 2019.
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BPSC Admit Card 2019 for Child Development Project Officer Recruitment Test 2019 is available now. The Candidates who applied for the Bihar Public service Commission CDPO Recruitment 2019 can download the Admit Card. However, Just click on the link given below to download BPSC Admit Card 2019.
BPSC Admit Card for Child Development Project Officer 2019
BPSC 63 Pre Combined Competitive Examination 2017 Admit Card is available now. However, The Candidates those who made BPSC Online Application for BPSC 63rd CCE Exam 2017 can download the Admit Card from the direct link given below.
BPSC Admit Card 2019: Bihar Public Service Commission has released the Second phase of BPSC Interview Letters for 56th – 59th Common Combined Competitive Examination on 16th May 2019. However, The next 639 Candidates can start to download their BPSC Interview Letter from the link given below. Also, the Aspirant needs to have your Roll Number or Registration Number along with then at the time of downloading the BPSC Admit Card/Interview Letter 2019. Moreover, candidates should check the 2nd Phase of Interview letters before 22nd May 2019.
BPSC Admit card 2019: Bihar Public Service Commission released the BPSC Interview Letter for 56-59th Common Combined Competitive Examination 2019. The 481 Candidates who appeared for BPSC Examination can download their interview letter from the link below. Candidates can also get the Proforma to be submitted at the time of the BPSC Interview. Click on the links below to get Proforma and Interview/ Admit Card. Aspirants need to have their 6 digits roll number to download their interview Letter. Candidates need to carry the Interview Letter and Proforma with then for an interview on 7th-20th May 2019.
BPSC Combined 56-59 Exam Interview Letter 2019 – Get Here
MLSU Results 2019 released for M.Sc, M.Com, MBA, MA, B.Ped II sem & Other Courses on 3rd October. Dear Students you can now your मोहनलाल सुखाड़िया विश्वविद्यालय परिणाम 2019 here through Online Mode. Mohanlal Sukhadia University has published the results for various courses every day. We have provided a direct link to check your results and anyone can check the results from the official website of the University i.e, mlsu.ac.in. Students who have appeared for the MLSU Examination can verify their results by using the below link. Here on this page recruitment.guru we used to update the latest information from time to time. As the university offers all kinds of courses like UG/PG, Diploma, Ph.D., and others. Applicants can check their supplementary & Regular results on this page. However, check out complete details of MLSU Result from this webpage.
MLSU Result 2019
Mohanlal Sukhadia University has announced the results for the M.Sc, M.Com, MBA, MA, B.Ped II sem and others. Students who have appeared for those exams can check this from the official website of the University. On this page, we will be updating the News, Time Schedule, Previous Papers, Admit Card and others. We will be updating all the details in a detailed manner. Anyone can check the MLSU Result 2019 from the link mentioned in the below table. We advise the Students to keep in touch with this webpage to get all updates related to MLSU Result 2019.
Latest MLSU Exam Result 2019
Name of the Exam
Announcement Date
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MA DRAWING & PAINTING (CBCS) II Sem Examination Result
Mohanlal Sukhadia University also called the University of Udaipur is a public university in Udaipur city in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It consists of four constituent colleges and 60 affiliated colleges from various districts. The earlier agricultural university was turned into a multi-faculty university in 1964 and named the University of Udaipur. In 1984 it was renamed as Mohanlal Sukhadia University in memory of politician Mohanlal Sukhadia. Recognition of the Department of Geology, Botany, Physics and Zoology by UGC for its 'Special Assistance Programme' and support received from DST under FIST programme to various Science Departments is the testimony of scientific advances made by the faculty members.
Mohanlal Sukhadia University Supply/Revaluation Results
Those students who have attended the regular examination under Mohanlal Sukhadia University and still failed. Here comes one more opportunity to clear the examination. To increase the scoring along with that students to fail in the previous examination will get a chance to clear through Revaluation Exams Mohanlal Sukhadia University Results. For each and every semester Students can apply for the revaluation after the announcement of the main examination results. The Mohanlal Sukhadia University will take a week or more to process the exam papers to announce the Revaluation results. Do stay updated with the University to know about the Revaluation Exam Results.
Karnataka High Court Admit Card 2019 has been released for Viva-Voce on 04th October 2019. Hence, the Viva-Voce will be held on 26th October 2019. Thus, the admit card is available at the below section to download. Therefore, Aspirants are suggested to download the Karnataka High Court Admit Card from the upcoming table.
Karnataka HC Viva-Voce Hall Ticket 2019 – Download Here
Karnataka High Court Group D Admit Card 2019 – Candidates who are applied for the Typing Test should download the admit card for the exam process. Thus, the hall ticket has been available on the official portal. The Typing Test will be conducted on 14th September 2019. The High Court of Karnataka will issue the Typing Test Admit Card soon. Here you can get the Typing Test Date notice from the below table.
Karnataka High Court Typist Admit Card 2019 – Download Here
Karnataka High Court Typist Exam Date 2019 – Check Here
The Karnataka High Court Authority will be issuing the Karnataka High Court Admit Card 2019. Furthermore, the High Court of Karnataka Hall Ticket 2019 is for Civil Judges Written Exams @ www.karnatakajudiciary.kar.nic.in. Henceforth, the applicants of this post can stay tuned to this page and get the latest updates about the KHC Hall Ticket 2019. Also, the applicants can download your respective Karnataka High Court Exam Hall Ticket 2019 here once it is released by Karnataka HC.
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Download Karnataka High Court Civil Judge Admit Card 2019-19
Karnataka High Court Admit Card 2019 is very important for the candidates to appear for the Civil Judges Posts Exams. Also, after downloading the Karnataka High Court Exam Hall Ticket 2019 the candidates must take a printout of it. Additionally, all the required details like Regno, Date, Venue of the exams are present in the Karnataka High Court Exam Admit Card itself. Hence, the candidates need not worry about it.
The KHC Recruitment 2019 Notification was released by the Karnataka High Court Authority. Also, there was a huge number of vacancies at the High Court of Karnataka Department. And only the interested and qualified applicants for the respective posts had applied for High Court of Karnataka Jobs. Moreover, only the applicants who had submitted all the details properly in the Online Application form only they were considered.
Karnataka HC Civil Judge Prelims and Mains Admit Card 2019
High Court of Karnataka Prelims Admit Card
S.l No
Exam Type
Subject
Total Marks
Time Duration
1
Written Test (Objective)
Law
100 Marks
2 Hours
2
English Proficiency
3
Hindi Proficiency
High Court of Karnataka Mains Admit Card
S.l No
Exam Type
Subject
Marks
Time Duration
1
Written Test (Subjective)
Law Paper 1
100
2 Hours
2
Law Paper 2
100
3
Hindi Essay
50
4
English Essay
50
The Karnataka High initially conducts the Prelims examination for the applicants. After that, the qualified applicants in the prelims rounds will be allowed for the mains exam. Therefore, it is compulsory for the applicants to score at least the minimum qualifying marks. Therefore, the Karnataka High Court Exam Pattern becomes most important for the applicants to secure good marks. For this reason, we have given the Exam Pattern for both Karnataka High Court Prelims and Mains Exams.
HC Karnataka Civil Judge Exam Admit Card 2019
The Karnataka High Court Admit Card 2019 has to be downloaded from the online mode. Moreover, the KHC Hall Ticket 2019 will be released for only those individuals who had applied for the respective Civil Judges posts. Most importantly, the applicants willing to attend the Written Examination must keep there High Court of Karnataka Call Letter 2019. Without that, though the candidate is eligible will not be allowed to appear for the Karnataka HC Civil Judge Prelims and Mains Admit Card 2019.
Steps required to download the Karnataka High Court KHC Exam Call Letter 2019
First of all, the candidates must visit the Karnataka High Court Official Website – www.karnatakajudiciary.kar.nic.in.
Next, on the home page of Karnataka High Court Click on the HC Karnataka Admit Card Link.
Or, just click on the direct link given below which will be available as soon as the officials of the High Court of Karnataka releases it.
After that, enter the application number and the password and click on the submit button.
Then, take the printout of the Karnataka High Court Exam Admit Card 2019 and take the printout of it to the venue of the Karnataka High Court Exams.
Download KHC CJ Exam Admit Card 2019
Karnataka High Court Hall Ticket 2019 – Click Here
UPSC IES ISS Exam Result 2019 (Declared)@ www.upsc.gov.in:The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has released the UPSC IES, ISS Result 2019 on 04th October 2019.Applicants who have appeared for the Indian Economic Service & Indian Statistical Service Recruitment Exam can check your results from the below link. The qualifiers of the written examination will be called for the personality test. Applicants can get all the details of UPSC IES/ISS Result 2019.
UPSC IES ISS Exam Result 2019
Applicants who have appeared for the Indian Economic Service & Indian Statistical Service Recruitment Exam 2019 can check and download your result from the below link. Moreover, the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) officials have declared the Result on the official website. As we know all the candidates may wait for the UPSC IES ISS Exam Result 2019. We had furnished the complete details of the UPSC IES ISS Written Exam Result 2019. For the sake of the students, we had given the direct link to download the UPSC IES/ISS Final Result 2019. Also here we have attached some easy steps to download your UPSC IES ISS Exam Result 2019.
UPSC IES, ISS Result 2019 – Details
Check UPSC IES, ISS Result Name & Roll Number Wise
Description
Details
Organization Name
Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)
Post Name
Indian Economic Service & Indian Statistical Service
Union Public Service Commission organizes this exam, Indian Economic Services, and Indian Statistical Services Examination. Candidates who qualify Preliminary Exam then they have to clear Mains Examination, then Followed by the Physical Test (Personal Interview). The process of selection for the post is in two-phase Exam & Personal Interview. For qualified candidates, the basis for the final merit list shall be the sum-total marks of written test and personal interview.
UPSC IES, ISS Cut Off Marks 2019
Applicants who have appeared for the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) IES and ISS Written exam can check your result from the below link. Also, all the candidates can get your Cut off marks and merit list from the official website i.e, www.upsc.gov.in. Moreover, applicants can get the UPSC IES, ISS Result 2019 by roll number and name wise. Here we have provided a direct link to download your result.
Delhi High Court Admit Card 2019 has been released on 04th October 2019. The Court has released the hall ticket for Judicial Services Mains Examination. So, the admit card is now available to download at the below section. Hence, the exam date has been declared on its official website. Thus, Candidates can get the exam date from the Delhi High Court Admit Card. So, Aspirants are suggested to download the hall ticket soon to get the exam date.
Delhi High Court Hall Ticket 2019 will be released for 35 Chauffeur posts. Moreover, the exam date will also be released on the official website. Download the hall ticket from the upcoming section and carry for the examination. Thus, the candidates should carry any of their Government ID proof along with them to take down the examination. Get your exam dates and a direct link to download the Delhi High Court Admit Card from the webpage.
Delhi High Court Chauffeur Admit Card 2019 – Download Here
Delhi High Court Admit Card 2019 for Sr. Personal Assistant will be released on the Last Week of September 2019. In recent, the board has published the Stage II Exam Date for the post of Delhi High Court SPA. Hence, the Delhi HC Admit Card will be released on the official website on the declared date. Stay connected with the official portal to download the hall ticket. Moreover, Aspirants can get a direct link to download the hall ticket.
Delhi High Court Admit Card 2019 – Download DHC judicial services prelims, mains, Junior judicial assistant (technical) written exam admit card. The Delhi high court is now allowing the applicants to download the hall ticket for various vacancies online. Hence, go through the page and find the link to download Delhi high court admit card 2019.
Welcome to our Delhi High court Admit Card page. Here we help the Contenders find the Admit Card for High Court of Delhi Recruitment 2019. Also, Aspirants can download the High Court of Delhi Exam Hall Ticket from the link below. However, Just click on the respective link below and download your Delhi High court Admit Card 2019.
Enter the login details if Required and press submit.
The Admit Card is displayed on a new page.
Take a photocopy or save as PDF for future references.
Don't forget to carry the Admit Card to the Examination centre.
Important Dates for Delhi HC Exams 2019
Exam Name
Examination Date
Exam Date for SPA
28th April 2019
Exam Date for JT
26th May 2019
Exam Date for SJT
08th June 2019
Admit Card Release Date for SPA
22nd April 2019
Admit Card Release Date for JT
17th May 2019
Admit Card Release Date for SJT
29th May 2019
Details displayed on the Delhi High Court Admit Card 2019
Delhi High Court has planned to conduct exams for the Sr. Judicial Translator & Sr. Personnel Assistant & Other Posts. Those who have registered for the High Court Jobs in Delhi it is time to download the Admit Card 2019 for the upcoming Examination. For attending the Exams Hall Ticket are a mandatory one. So candidates should download the Admit Card 10 days before the Examination. The downloaded Call Letter should contain several pieces of information which should be proper and a valid one. Be sure that the below-listed information is correct and there is no mistake at any chance.
Name of the Candidate
Registration Number
Name of the Examination
Exam Date and Timing
Examination Centre
Instruction on the Admit Card
Delhi High Court Exam 2019 Information
Delhi High Court releases the hall ticket for Sr. Judicial Translator & Sr. Personnel Assistant Exams. Those who manage to pass through the Written Exam conducted by the Delhi High Court will be selected for the posting. This is a huge competitive exam conducted by the Delhi High Court. The exams will be conducted as per the date and schedule. Candidates are asked to be on time to the examination hall, latecomers will not be allowed to take down the exam under any circumstances. While entering the Examination Hall, candidates Admit Card will be verified with the ID Proof. For the verification process, candidates are asked to bring any one of the below listed ID Proof details. Make sure your Hall Ticket details and ID Proof matches. In case of any mismatch or the particular person forgets to bring any of the listed will not be allowed to take down the examination.
Punjabi University Result 2019 – Check out Punjabi University Result New here for B.Voc., BBA, BA, MA, B.Ed, M.Ed, and Other Courses. Students can get Punjabi University Results 2019 with a direct link. And now, PBI UNI has declared the Punjabi University Result 2019 for various Courses under Punjabi University Left.
Recently the University has published the results of Diploma in Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Add On Courses II Sem and other Courses results are available here. Students who have been appeared for that examination can check their results from the official website of the University i.e, punjabiuniversity.ac.in. Also, we have provided a direct link to the Students to download/ verify the Punjabi Uni Results from the below table. It will help the students to get the results without any confusion. We advise the Students to regularly check the Official website of the University to get the latest updates regarding the Examination results.
Punjabi UNI Result 2019 | Punjabi University Result 2019
The Punjabi University released the much-awaited Www Punjabi University Results Ac In online. So, check out the पंजाबी यूनिवर्सिटी रिजल्ट्स २०१९ for Under Graduate and Post Graduate Regular, Supplementary and Revaluation results. Furthermore, Students can get the Punjabi University Semester Wise Exam Result from this page. So, verify the entire article to download the Punjabi University Result in B.A. M.A and so on results. Here, we have provided direct links to find your results through individual links on this page. Furthermore, download the results for Arts, Science, Engineering, Medical, Management Courses simply by following the steps provided below. In fact, you can get the results for the other Universities on our official site.
Punjabi University is a state university located in Patiala, Punjab, India. Punjabi University teaches and researches in science, engineering, and technology, humanities, social sciences, performing arts and sports. It was established on 30 April 1962 and is only the second university in the world to be named after a language. The institution has more than 70 teaching and research departments, covering disciplines in Humanities, Science, Fine Arts, Computer Science, and Business Management. To obtain a doctorate degree from the university one should pass the Punjabi language exam (Punjabi Pravesika) conducted by the university twice a year. Students who study Punjabi as a subject until the 10th standard need not pass the test to qualify.
Students are waiting for the PBI Uni Left Result 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 they 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. However, the PBI UNI will take a week or more to process the exam papers to announce the Punjabi University Revaluation Result. In the same way, stay updated with the University to know about the Punjabi University Revaluation Result.
IBPS RRB Result 2019 Out!! | Check IBPS RRB Officer Scale 1 & Office Assistant Result @ ibps.in- The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) has recently uploaded Officer Scale 1 & Office Assistant Result, Marks List on 04th October 2019. Those Candidates who have attended the Examination for the post can check and download your result from the below link. Here on this page, all the applicants can get complete details of IBPS RRB Result 2019.
Latest Updates: IBPS CRP RRB VIII Officer Assistant I (Prelims) Marks List was released on 04th October 2019.IBPS RRB PO Result 2019 preliminary exam soon on its official website, the link for which is ibps.in.
IBPS RRB Result 2019
Exam Name
Result Release Date
IBPS RRB Result Link
IBPS CRP RRB VIII Officer Assistant I (Prelims) Exam Marks
IBPS CRP RRB VIII Officer Assistant I Prelims Result 2019Declared– The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) has Recently Uploaded Mains Admit Card/ Result & Marks List for the Post of Office Assistant (Multipurpose), Officer Scale I, II, III Recruitment 2019 on 04th October 2019. Those Candidates Who have Appeared in this Recruitment Exam Can Download Mains Exam Admit Card/ Office Asst. Result now.
IBPS CRP RRB VIII Officer Assistant I Prelims Result 2019
IBPS CRP RRB VIII Officer Assistant I Prelims Score Card Release Date
04th October 2019
Official Website
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IBPS RRB PO (Prelims) Result 2019 – IBPS RRB Result (PO) 2019 for prelims exam result to be announced soon @ ibps.in. The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) conducted the IBPS RRB Prelims Exam for the posts of PO and Clerk on 4th August and 17th August respectively. Candidates who appeared for the exam can check their result on the official website after the declaration of results. Those Candidates who have appeared for this Recruitment can check and download results from the below link. Check your results via the link mentioned below. Hence, all those might be looking for the IBPS RRB Result (Prelims) Result 2019 now!
IBPS CRP RRB VIII Officer Scale I Prelims Result 2019 – The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) has recently uploaded Prelims Score Card for the Post of Officer Scale I, II, III Recruitment 2019 on 24th September 2019. Those Candidates who have appeared for this Recruitment can check and download results from the below link. Check your results via the link mentioned below. Hence, all those might be looking for the RRB VIII Office Assistant, Officer Scale I Prelims Exam Result now!
IBPS CRP RRB VIII Officer Scale I Prelims Result 2019
IBPS CRP RRB VIII Officer Scale I Prelims Score Card Release Date
24th September 2019
Official Website
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IBPS RRB VII Office Assistant, Officer Scale I Allotment Reserve List 2019 – The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) has recently uploaded Allotment Reserve List for the Post of Office Assistant (Multipurpose), Officer Scale I, II, III Recruitment 2019 on 29th August 2019. Those Candidates who have appeared for this Recruitment can check and download results from the below link. Check your results via the link mentioned below. Hence, all those might be looking for the RRB VII Office Assistant, Officer Scale I Allotment Reserve List now!
IBPS RRB VII Office Assistant, Officer Scale I Allotment Reserve List 2019
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IBPS RRB Prelims exam 2019 was conducted to fill a total 8354 vacancies to the posts of Office Assistant (Multipurpose), Officer Scale-I, Officer Scale-II (Agriculture Officer), Officer Scale-II (Marketing Officer), Officer Scale-II (Law), Officer Scale-II (CA), Officer Scale-II (IT), Officer Scale-II (General Banking Officer), and Officer Scale – III.
IBPS RRB Result is generally released within a month of conduction of exam. Going by the trends, it is highly expected that the IBPS might release the result by this week (30 August 2019). IBPS RRB PO Expected Cutoff is listed below for all categories (Gen/OBC/SC/ST). IBPS RRB (PO). Candidates who appeared for the exam shared that the difficulty level of the exam was 'Moderate'. Candidates were able to make around 55-64 good attempts out of a total of 80 questions from Reasoning & Numerical Ability sections. As per the exam analysis, the difficulty level of the exam was 'Easy to Moderate' level. Candidates made around 60-72 good attempts in the Clerk examination.
IBPS RRB PO Prelims Expected Cut off 2019
After considering the thorough exam analysis of the IBPS RRB PO & Clerk Prelims exams and taking in view the total number of candidates who appeared for the exam and total vacancies, we have listed here the expected cutoff of the IBPS RRB PO Prelims 2019 and IBPS RRB Clerk Prelims 2019 (Category-wise).
IBPS RRB PO Prelims Expected Cut off 2019
Category
Cutoff
General
57-62
OBC
52-56
SC
46-50
ST/PWD
40-45
IBPS RRB Clerk Prelims Expected Cut off 2019
Category
Cutoff
General
60-70
OBC
54-59
SC
48-52
ST/PWD
45-50
The table above covers the previous cut off marks. This cut off marks is decided by the board and it varies for each category. Applicants those who meet the minimum qualifying marks will be allowed to take up further rounds.
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Arunachal Pradesh Police Result 2019 (Declared)@ arunpol.nic.in:The Arunachal Pradesh Police Department released the Arunachal Police HC, Constable, Constable Dvr, Cook, Barber, Sweeper, Water Carrier, Washer Man Result 2019 on 03rd October 2019.Applicants who have appeared for the Arunachal Police Group C Examination can check your results from the below link. So applicants can easily download the Arunachal Police Fire & Emergency Services Group C Result 2019 by the links given below.
Arunachal Pradesh Police Result 2019
Applicants who have appeared for the Arunachal Police Group C Exam 2019 to fill up the 241 HC(T), Constable, Constable(Dvr), Cook, Barber, Sweeper, Water Carrier, Washer Man Group C Posts can check and download your result from the below link. Moreover, the Arunachal Pradesh Police Department officials have declared the Result on the official website. As we know all the candidates may wait for the Arunachal Police Group C Result 2019. We had furnished the complete details of Arunachal Police Group C Merit List 2019. For the sake of the students, we had given the direct link to download the Arunachal Police Group C Cut Off Marks 2019.
Arunachal Police Group C Result 2019 – Details
Arunachal Police Group C Result 2019 | Check Cut Off Marks, Merit List
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Details
Organization Name
Arunachal Pradesh Police Department
Exam Name
HC(T), Constable, Constable(Dvr), Cook, Barber, Sweeper, Water Carrier, Washer Man Group C Posts
Aspirants by checking the Arunachal Police & Fire & Emergency Services Group C Result 2019 can check here. As the officials also released the details of Arunachal Police Group C Medical Examination 2019. So all the candidates are suggested to know the location of the medical examination which is going to held on 21st October 2019. As the clear details regarding the Arunachal Police Group C Medical Examination 2019 are mentioned in the result PDF.
Arunachal Pradesh Police Constable Cut Off Marks 2019
Candidates who attended the medical examination must check the Arunachal Police Group C Cut Off Marks 2019. As the Arunachal Police Group C Cut Off Marks 2019 provides the details of the minimum qualifying marks that should be scored by the aspirants. Therefore the check carefully only those will be selected. Moreover, the higher authority will release according to the categories of SC, ST, BC, OC.
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How to check Arunachal Police Group C Result 2019?
Candidates must visit the official website of Arunachal Pradesh Police Department by using arunpol.nic.in
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Under Public Information hit on Recruitments.
Check for the Result Notice under Compassionate Ground in Arunachal Pradesh Police Department-2019.
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SSC CPO Recruitment 2019 – Apply Online for Various SI & ASI Job Vacancy. Staff Selection Commission is going to fill the vacancies of Sub-Inspector & Assistant Sub-Inspector through Competitive Computer Based Examination. Interested aspirants can submit your application for the desired post. SSC CPO Apply Online link is active now. This SSC CPO Notification 2019 is advertised to recruit the eligibles for the Sub-Inspector (SI) vacancy in Delhi Police, Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) & Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) vacancy in CISF. Get SSC CPO Careers @www.ssc.nic.in.
Recruited candidates will be placed anywhere in India. Departmental Candidates with a minimum of 3 years experience also can apply through proper mode. The closing date of the Online Application for the SSC CPO Recruitment is 18th September 2019. Individual before starting with the SSC CPO Application process read this article. Check whether you fulfill the requirements of the SSC PO Recruitment Board for the SI & ASI Post.
Staff Selection Commission (SSC) is an under Government of India to recruit staff for different posts in the different Ministries and Departments of the Government of India and in Subordinate Offices. The Estimates board of trustees in the Parliament prescribed the setting up of a Service Selection Commission in its 47th report (1967–68) for directing assessments to enlist lower classes of posts. Afterward, in the Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms, on 4 November 1975 Government of India comprised a commission called Subordinate Service Commission. The elements of the Staff Selection Commission were re-imagined by The Government of India through the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and on 21 May 1999. At that point, the new constitution and elements of the Staff Selection Commission (SSC) became effective from 1 June 1999. Consistently SSC conducts the SSC Combined Graduate Level Examination for selecting non-gazetted officials to different government employments.
AWES Admit Card 2019. Army Welfare Education Society has released the official notification for 8000 Trainee Graduate Teachers & Post Graduate Teachers. Hence, TGT & PGT exams will be held on 19th & 20th October 2019. Moreover, the admit card has been released on 04th October 2019. Therefore, exam appearing candidates must download the hall ticket from the below given direct link.
AWES Admit Card 2019
Applicants of AWES Recruitment process must download the admit card from the official website. Make sure to download the hall ticket before the exam date. Contenders are suggested to stick to the official portal to download the AWES Admit Card. Those who applied for the posts can get the direct link to download the admit card. The AWES Hall Ticket contains the details of examiners and the TGT & PGT exam.
AWES Admit Card Download – Overview
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Details
Name of the Board
Army Welfare Education Society
Name of the Post
Trainee Graduate Teachers & Post Graduate Teachers
The Hall Ticket must be filled by the details of candidates. Thus, Candidates have to download the admit card by entering the details as in the application form. Hence, Applicants are suggested to take down the exam along with the AWES Admit Card to the exam hall. Make sure to download the hall ticket without mistakes.
Candidates Name
Name of the Candidate's Father
The venue of the Exam Centre
Date & Time of the Test
Reporting Time to the Exam Hall
Gender (Male/ Female)
Roll Number
Duration of the Online Test
Space for Invigilator's Signature
Registration Number
Name of the Test Centre
Category of the candidates
Space for Applicant's Signature
Name of the Exam Conducting Board
Photograph of the Candidate
Applicant's Date of Birth
Name of the Written Test
Important Guidelines for the Exam Takers
Full Name of the Applicant
Examination Centre Code
Signature of the Board Counselor
AWES TGT & PGT Exam 2019
The TGT & PGT Exam is going to be held on 19th & 20th October 2019. Thus, after completing the registration process the aspirants will be conducted by the written examination. Start making your preparations for the exam. Exam details like exam date, exam time and center details are printed on the AWES Admit Card. Get the AWES Exam Pattern to make the preparation easy. Download the AWES Syllabus 2019 from here.
Post
Paper
Contents
Marks
PGT/TGT
Part A
General Awareness, Mental Ability, English Comprehension, Educational Concepts, and Methodology
90
Part B
Specific to Subject
90
PRT
Part A
General Awareness, Mental Ability, English Comprehension, Educational Concepts, and Methodology
90
Documents Along with AWES Hall Ticket 2019
Carry the Government original ID proofs to participate in the exam. If any mistakes are done with the admit card inform the board immediately to get the corrected one. Check to the details in the AWES TGT Admit Card.
Original Photograph
Voter Card
Pan Card
Employee ID
College ID
PAN Card
Passport
Driving License
Any other ID proof issued by a Gazetted Officer
Bank Pass Book with the photograph
AWES Admit Card Download 2019-20
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By Deepak SharmaFrom a fleet of Rolls Royce Phantoms in India to the luxury business jet Falcon 2000, the high-flying Wadhawans, arrested in the multi-crore PMC Bank scam, owned the most fabulous machines the world of hijinks has ever seen.Now the ongoing investigation into the scam hints that the huge real estate empire built by the Wadhawans also had a vital contribution to and connection with the now disgraced Chairman of Punjab and Maharshtra Co-operative (PMC) Bank, Waryam Singh.On Friday, as the Enforcement Directorate(ED) gathered details of the bank fraud from the Mumbai Police, Rakesh Wadhawan and his son Sarang (Sunny) Wadhawan, promoters of Housing Development and Infrastructure Limited (HDIL), were questioned on a couple of 'shady' companies, including Privilege Airways Pvt Ltd which owns the DA 2000 Falcon jet manufactured by French company Dassault, and Broadcast Initiative Pvt Limited which was virtually run by Waryam Singh, the controversial head of PMC Bank who obliged Wadhawans in the Rs 4,335 crore loan fraud.Records reveal that Privilege Airways was formed by Rakesh Wadhawan on February 16, 2006, ostensibly to oblige politicians and celebrities.Waryam Singh, a conduit between politicians and Rakesh Wadhawan, was a frequent flier on the same Falcon 2000. Waryam Singh, a Director in Privilege Power and Infrastructure Limited, owned by Rakesh Wadhawan, had facilitated a dialogue between several state governments and HDIL to set up multi-crore power projects out of Maharashtra.Sources said that after establishing Privilege Airways and Power Infrastructure, the Wadhawans eyed the setting up of a satellite news channel with an objective to make a strong footprint in the corridors of power in Delhi.A senior IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre and Waryam Singh played a key role in achieving this objective for HDIL.According to a former editor of a news channel owned by the Wadhawans, "It was Waryam Singh who prompted Wadhawan to takeover Broadcast Intiatiaves Ltd CN, the company which owned a Hindi (national) news channel run by Bollywood producers Adhikari brothers. The sole aim of setting up the news channel was to liaison with the people in power."The former editor-level telly journalist said that Waryam Singh finally pressured a journalist working in the political bureau of Live India to fix his appointments with Central ministers.Records of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs reveal that Waryam Singh was appointed as the Director of Broadcast Initiatives Limited on September 27, 2010, which ran the Live India Channel from Mandir Marg, New Delhi.Earlier, Mi-Marathi, a regional news channel, was re-launched from Mumbai for which a separate company Mi-Marathi Media Limited was established. The Wadhwans brought in Waryam Singh as the Director in this company on May 13, 2010.Waryam Singh, who was close to two Union Cabinet Ministers in the UPA-2 government, wielded enormous media power to enhance HDIL's business prospects.However, the channel could not secure TRP ratings despite hiring some of the top news anchors. Later, a multi-crore distribution scam surfaced in the company and after an internal financial audit, Rakesh Wadhwan decided to sell the news channel to a chit fund operator from Maharashtra.Documents in possession of IANS show that Waryam Singh also held 1.9 per cent stake in HDIL till September, 2017. Waryam Singh, who joined the HDIL board as Director in 2005, finally resigned from Wadhawan's company to join as Chairman in 2015.No wonder the Reserve Bank of India, probing the link between HDIL and PMC Bank, had earlier written to the Central Registrar of Cooperative Societies, a department which comes under the Union Ministry of Agriculture, to take action in this connection against Waryam Singh.IANS tried to contact the concerned Joint Secretary of Agriculture Ministry looking after the cooperative societies, but no response could be obtained from the official relating to the action taken by the Ministry against Waryam Singh.
I watched 'Super 30' last night on Hotstar on my 60-inch smart TV and trust me I did not miss watching it in the cinema hall," said a top film producer. "In fact, the experience was much better as I was in the comfort of my living room. I think I should have released some of my own films directly on the video streaming services… could have saved money spent on marketing and got a much wider audience." The producer has released around 30 movies, out of which 10 were hits, he says.He's not the only one. A lot of producers feel that faster broadband, cheaper smart TV sets and proliferation of video streaming services will have an impact on the film industry in general and multiplexes in particular.Though it is just the beginning, but some of the questions being raised in the board room of the studios and multiplexes are on the business models and what next.Will multiplexes lose footfalls? Will OTT cannibalize or compliment the multiplex business? Will multiplexes have to redraw their business plans? Is direct to OTT release a viable business plan for a filmmaker?WHY RELEASE DIRECTLY ON OTT?Established industry norms are undoubtedly being challenged. With limited theatrical window and the likes of Netflix, MX Player (owned by BCCL, which also owns ET), Prime Video, Hotstar, and 30 other overthe-top (OTT) video streaming services vying for consumers attention, filmmakers, who were finding it hard to get release dates and screens have got new distribution platform and revenue streams.The problem of finding release date can be judged by the fact that a total of 1,776 films were released in 2018, an average of 34 films per week. If one considers only Hindi films, the number was 238, or over four films a week. There are only 9,600 cinema screens, of which multiplexes account for just over 3,000 screens. But because multiplex accounts for close to 60% of box-office revenue, these chains have control over the release window and decide when to pull out films.Hence, for many small and low-budget films, which grow through word-of-mouth promotions, it is becoming more viable to release them directly on the OTT platforms. For instance, Karan Johar's 'Lust Stories', Ronnie Screwvala's 'Love Per Square Foot', Yoodlee Films' (Saregama India) 'Brij Mohan Amar Rahe' are some of the films which were directly released on to Netflix.ECONOMIC LOGIC FOR SMALLER FILMSEven for a small budget film with a cost of production of under Rs 10 crore, the marketing, promotions and distribution costs have gone up to almost another Rs 15-20 crore. If the film is released in multiplexes, the box office revenue constitutes almost 55-60% of a film's total earnings, But a producer's share is only around 45% of the net box office revenues. Thus, even to breakeven, a typical small film has to recover over Rs 50 crore at the box office.But, instead, if the filmmaker can get the cost of production and some premium over and above for exclusive rights from an OTT service, it will make sense for him to have a direct to OTT release, which may also give wider audience reach.So no wonder that Screwvala (RSVP) has another six movies lined up, out of which four will be released on Netflix, while Johar's digital content studio Dharmatic Entertainment has signed exclusive output deal with Netflix for all its films and series. Yoodlee's entire business model is based on OTT.Screwvala feels OTT will "disrupt" both the economics as well as audience consumption patterns forever. "The rhetoric that audiences will always look at going to the theatres to be a family outing will not make sense," he said giving example of restaurants, where delivery services like Swiggy and Zomato have disrupted the business models. "Many restaurants have had to shut down and most make of their money only on home delivery. The same uberisation of content will also happen," he argued. 71448009 SO IS THERE AN IMMINENT THREAT FOR MULTIPLEXES?The answer could be a "resounding YES" or a "big NO" or a meek "too early to say", depending on who is answering."There is enough passion and love for movies, enough fondness for the cinema experience and there is enough content to be enjoyed on the giant screens," said Alok Tandon, CEO, Inox Leisure. "...if the industry's performance in FY19 is anything to go by, this situation is only getting better, with best ever revenues, footfalls, rollouts and introduction of new technologies."Multiplex executives feel entertainment will not just co-exist but flourish in the country. Kamal Gianchandni, CEO, PVR Pictures, said that cinema as a platform has existed for many years and has competed with many forms – VHS, DTH, PPV, VCD etc and survived."Last financial year was the best in the last 10 years for PVR on all metrics, be it occupancy, footfalls, revenue or operating profits. The OTT players were fairly aggressive on marketing and in spite of that cinema chains had a fabulous year. It clearly shows that cinemas and streaming platforms are not just co-existing but prospering," Gianchandnai said.Shariq Patel, CEO of ZEE Studios, echoed the sentiment by adding that he doesn't see multiplexes or cinema chains going out of business. "If that had to happen, it would have happened a long time back with the advent of VCR. We have been hearing about death of cinemas ever since home entertainment started."But experts also feel that multiplexes will have to react to the OTT threat and introduce new consumer offerings and enhance their customer experience."What it will mean is that multiplex chains will have to start coming up with janta theatre as they penetrate further in smaller markets. That's the business model they will have to cater to. Spectacular movies big on special effects will drive people to theatres, while for normal drama and high concept films, they will be equally comfortable or prefer to watch at home," said one industry player requesting anonymity.Multiplex chains like PVR, Inox and Cinepolis have been working towards taking the experience element to a new level by developing experience-driven entertainment centres. The focus has been on multiple formats like IMAX, 4DX, ScreenX as well exhaustive F&B concepts. However, many experts feel that the plexes will also have to work on their cost for a price sensitive market like India.Ashish Pherwani, Partner and Head, Advisory, Media and Entertainment at EY India, said that film release windows will keep evolving with the spread of technology. "Customer segmentation is key, and given it's the age of the democratised consumer, ample content will need to be available on every platform at different prices."OTT: A COMPETITION OR COMPLEMENT?While some see OTT as a substitute, it is equally true that OTT is also driving people to the multiplexes by creating more hunger for content. "With such powerful mediums driving growth, we are heading towards the Golden Period of Indian cinema, once again," Johar said.For example, availability of 'John Wick' I & II on OTT platforms drove audiences to the theatres when the third chapter of Keanu Reeve-starrer hit the screens earlier this year."John Wick 3 did six times more box office business than John Wick 2. Many people discovered earlier films on streaming platforms and it helped. So there is a positive cycle between streaming platforms and cinemas as far as India goes," Gianchandani said.OTT players have created a new set of stars and their edgier content has found purchase with the younger audience. In such a changing milieu, it's easier for films like 'Kabir Singh', 'Article 15', 'Badhaai Ho', 'Raazi', and 'Uri: The Surgical Strike' to succeed in multiplexes."If we look at the box office numbers for the well loved and highest grossing movies this year , there is a definite increase and high concept movies are breaking out in theatres like never before. However, what we see is that there aren't too many average performing movies, theatrical performance is getting polarised like never before.. we see streaming services offering great content options and that's great for the consumer. As an industry we need to put out very compelling content which lends itself for cinema viewing, for the consumer to go out to the theatres," Said Amrita Pandey, CEO of Junglee Pictures, owned by the Times Group.UNDER SCREENED MARKETIndian film industry's biggest challenge has been the dichotomy of under penetration of screens and low occupancy rate. With 8 screens per million population, India is by far one of the most under screened nations in the world so there is still room to grow. India has 30-35 million frequent moviegoers and another 70-75 million who watch movies occasionally."As more cinemas get built, this number will go up. The industry took 20 years to build 3,000 multiplex screens, another 10 years we all will continue to build more. The number should reach 10,000 screens by then and this OTT Vs multiplex debate is premature," Gianchandani said.So while the definitive verdict is not out there yet, Karan Johar, owner of Dharma Productions, sums up by saying that films are and will always remain part of India's culture."We love going to cinema I think we will continue to go to the cinema screens. It is not an either OTT or multiplex market. Both are going to grow," said Johar.
Venkatesh KiniLast month, while trekking the Himalayas, I saw a tea shop at 14,000 ft. The setting was stunning. There was a stream on one side, lush greenery on the other, and a spectacular mountain in the background. But even here, to my disappointment, a pile of empty food wrappers and beverage bottles ruined the scenery — proof of how far plastic waste and pollution have pervaded India and the rest of the world. If you look at it objectively, India is enriching other countries by buying their crude oil and ruining its own environment by converting it into plastic waste. It is time to find a better way. India has put off the ban on single-use plastic items, an announcement that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was earlier scheduled to make on October 2. This is unfortunate, as it would have put India at the forefront of regulations to solve plastic pollution, well ahead of even the EU. It seems that industry lobbies have been successful in pointing out all the ways a plastic ban would 'harm the economy'. The fact remains that single-use plastic ban must be implemented and made to succeed by having local authorities with good training and effective supervision enforce a prohibition. The pending ban, however, can only be the beginning, since along with single-use plastic usage, many widely littered items of plastic are also permitted. Here, industry should step up to show leadership. It can create a golden opportunity for India to lead the world in innovations to solve plastic pollution. India Inc must embrace solutions rather than lobbying against regulations, since polluters will find their business and reputation under threat if they do not clean up their act. The good news is that there are hundreds of solutions and alternatives to single-use plastics that are ready now, or in the pipeline. Many have been developed by startups led by environmentally focused entrepreneurs — ecopreneurs. Some are being incubated in large progressive companies. All of them will need investments of time, effort and money to be scaled up. This requires visionary leadership in corporations, patient capital from investors, and collaborative efforts between competitors within industries. Plastic Money The plastic circular economy touches a wide swathe of industries. This includes the petrochemical sector that produces the raw materials, processors that produce the plastics, converters who create finished products, brand-owners who use plastics in their packaging and, finally, the entire recycling and waste management industry. There are innovations transforming all these sectors, upending old business models and raising hopes of a future where plastic pollution can be solved. Some examples of upstream innovations are bioplastics made from algae, waste agricultural and food residues, using bacteria or mushrooms as micro-converters. Some bioplastics like PHAs (polyhydroxyalkanoates) are soil- and marine-safe — that is, they safely degrade in the environment within weeks or months, leaving no harmful residues. Some startups have already launched biodegradable straws made from PHA in other countries. India has a long history of using natural materials for packaging. The paan is a mouth-freshener and digestive in an edible package made from betel leaves. My favourite meals are those eaten using banana leaf plates. A new breed of Indian entrepreneurs is applying technology to create edible and biodegradable disposable cutlery and utensils. There is a worldwide market for these solutions. The best solutions are ones that eliminate packaging completely. A great example is the emergence of water dispensers and 'water ATMs' around the country. Thanks to new filtration technologies, Internet of Things (IoT) and other advancements, Indian entrepreneurs have created solutions that can replace packaged plastic bottled water in most locations. This alone can reduce millions of tonnes of plastic waste. Where packaging cannot be eliminated, the next best option is reusability. Many of you will remember drinking soft drinks from glass bottles that were returned to the shopkeeper. These returnable glass bottles were replaced to a large extent by plastic because of convenience. GoI should provide incentives to bring them back and help reduce plastic waste even more. Finally, where single-use plastic cannot be avoided, a plethora of tech nologies can help recover and sort the waste. Examples are smart bins, sorting machines, reverse vending machines and smart packaging technologies that make it easier to separate different materials. Once sorted, there are many options to recover value from waste plastics, ranging from chemical recycling that produces virgin quality polymers, to 'waste-to-energy' solutions that produce fuels. Apart from that, waste plastics can also be converted into clothes, shoes, furniture, building materials and even roads. Plastic Surgery With all these solutions in the pipeline, Indian industry need not worry about plastic bans. Instead, they should become part of the solution rather than perpetuate the problem. And since plastic is made from crude oil, reducing India's dependence on the material will help reduce its import bill. At the same time, the country can promote the efforts of homegrown entrepreneurs, find a use for waste agricultural materials and become a world leader in sustainable technologies.The writer is former president, CocaCola India, and co-founder of Ubuntoo, an environmental solutions platform
NEW DELHI: The Cabinet has approved a new process of strategic disinvestment with a view to expediting privatisation of select PSUs, officials said on Friday.The Union Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at its meeting on Thursday evening approved the new policy under which the Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM) under the Ministry of Finance has been made the nodal department for the strategic stake sale.This was done with a view to streamlining and speeding up the process, reducing the role of administrative ministries which often used to place hurdles in the path of major stake sales, officials said.While presently PSUs for strategic sale are identified by NITI Aayog, the tweak in policy has now brought DIPAM into the picture. DIPAM and NITI Aayog will now jointly identify PSUs for strategic disinvestment, they said.Also, DIPAM secretary would now co-chair the inter-minister group on disinvestment, along with the secretary of administrative ministries concerned.The change comes within a week of a group of secretaries agreeing for sale of government's entire 53.29 per cent stake in Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd and its 63.75 per cent stake in Shipping Corporation of India (SCI), 30 per cent in Concor, 100 per cent NEEPCO and 75 per cent in THDC.Officials said strategic sale may involve two-stage bidding beginning with an expression of interest (EoI) or a preliminary intent showing bid, and a final financial bid. Pre-bid meetings with likely bidders and roadshows to attract potential investors will form part of the process to provide clarity on every aspect of the stake sale.Also, data centre will be set up for bidders to look for information on the PSUs up for sale, they added.Officials said the idea is to complete the stake sale within a timeframe, say 4-5 months.The government has set a target of mobalising Rs 1.05 lakh crore from disinvestment proceeds and achieving this has become more critical after it doled out Rs 1.45 lakh crore stimulus by way of a cut in corporate tax.Disinvestment proceeds will be critical for the government to stick to its target of keeping fiscal deficit at 3.3 per cent of the GDP in the current fiscal year ending March 31, 2020.
By Deepak SharmaFrom a fleet of Rolls Royce Phantoms in India to the luxury business jet Falcon 2000, the high-flying Wadhawans, arrested in the multi-crore PMC Bank scam, owned the most fabulous machines the world of hijinks has ever seen.Now the ongoing investigation into the scam hints that the huge real estate empire built by the Wadhawans also had a vital contribution to and connection with the now disgraced Chairman of Punjab and Maharshtra Co-operative (PMC) Bank, Waryam Singh.On Friday, as the Enforcement Directorate(ED) gathered details of the bank fraud from the Mumbai Police, Rakesh Wadhawan and his son Sarang (Sunny) Wadhawan, promoters of Housing Development and Infrastructure Limited (HDIL), were questioned on a couple of 'shady' companies, including Privilege Airways Pvt Ltd which owns the DA 2000 Falcon jet manufactured by French company Dassault, and Broadcast Initiative Pvt Limited which was virtually run by Waryam Singh, the controversial head of PMC Bank who obliged Wadhawans in the Rs 4,335 crore loan fraud.Records reveal that Privilege Airways was formed by Rakesh Wadhawan on February 16, 2006, ostensibly to oblige politicians and celebrities.Waryam Singh, a conduit between politicians and Rakesh Wadhawan, was a frequent flier on the same Falcon 2000. Waryam Singh, a Director in Privilege Power and Infrastructure Limited, owned by Rakesh Wadhawan, had facilitated a dialogue between several state governments and HDIL to set up multi-crore power projects out of Maharashtra.Sources said that after establishing Privilege Airways and Power Infrastructure, the Wadhawans eyed the setting up of a satellite news channel with an objective to make a strong footprint in the corridors of power in Delhi.A senior IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre and Waryam Singh played a key role in achieving this objective for HDIL.According to a former editor of a news channel owned by the Wadhawans, "It was Waryam Singh who prompted Wadhawan to takeover Broadcast Intiatiaves Ltd CN, the company which owned a Hindi (national) news channel run by Bollywood producers Adhikari brothers. The sole aim of setting up the news channel was to liaison with the people in power."The former editor-level telly journalist said that Waryam Singh finally pressured a journalist working in the political bureau of Live India to fix his appointments with Central ministers.Records of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs reveal that Waryam Singh was appointed as the Director of Broadcast Initiatives Limited on September 27, 2010, which ran the Live India Channel from Mandir Marg, New Delhi.Earlier, Mi-Marathi, a regional news channel, was re-launched from Mumbai for which a separate company Mi-Marathi Media Limited was established. The Wadhwans brought in Waryam Singh as the Director in this company on May 13, 2010.Waryam Singh, who was close to two Union Cabinet Ministers in the UPA-2 government, wielded enormous media power to enhance HDIL's business prospects.However, the channel could not secure TRP ratings despite hiring some of the top news anchors. Later, a multi-crore distribution scam surfaced in the company and after an internal financial audit, Rakesh Wadhwan decided to sell the news channel to a chit fund operator from Maharashtra.Documents in possession of IANS show that Waryam Singh also held 1.9 per cent stake in HDIL till September, 2017. Waryam Singh, who joined the HDIL board as Director in 2005, finally resigned from Wadhawan's company to join as Chairman in 2015.No wonder the Reserve Bank of India, probing the link between HDIL and PMC Bank, had earlier written to the Central Registrar of Cooperative Societies, a department which comes under the Union Ministry of Agriculture, to take action in this connection against Waryam Singh.IANS tried to contact the concerned Joint Secretary of Agriculture Ministry looking after the cooperative societies, but no response could be obtained from the official relating to the action taken by the Ministry against Waryam Singh.
MUMBAI: Budget carrier GoAir said on Friday it will induct one aircraft every month as part of its aggressive fleet and network expansion plans.Announcing the induction of two new A320neos, GoAir managing director Jeh Wadia, in a release, said the new planes will help it launch flight services to Singapore and Aizwal besides catering to the seasonal demand.The delivery of the two aircraft, one from the European aviation major Airbus' Hamburg facility and other from its Toulouse plant, was taken in one single day, which is a record of sorts for any airline, he said."The induction of twin aircraft in the GoAir fleet is in sync with our strategy of aggressive growth and expansion of our network. Our plan is to add at least one aircraft on average every month," Wadia said.The airline plans to start operation to its eighth international and 25th domestic destination--Singapore and Aizwal, subject to regulatory approvals, he said.Industrialist Nusli Wadia-promoted no-frills GoAir have placed an order with Airbus for 144 narrow-body planes, in two tranches.In June 2011, the airline placed an order for 72 new A320neo aircraft valued at about Rs 32,400 crore on the list price.Then in January 2017, the airline firmed an order for another 72 A320neos worth Rs 52,000 crore.GoAir is looking to fly 100 million passengers in the next two years, Wadia said adding the airline has doubled its fleet to 53 at present from 27 two years ago.The number of daily flights has also grown by 41 per cent to over 325 as compared to 230 daily services in the same period last year, he said.
There has to be a counter cycle fiscal push in terms of stimulating demand from the consumer side. Until and unless that happens, the growth revival could take that much longer, says SK Ghosh, Group Chief Economic Advisor, SBI, talking on the RBI credit policy. Excerpts from an interview with ETNOW. Being the group chief economic advisor to one of the largest banks in the country, what has been your own takeaway from the monetary policy and the takeaways from the governor's commentary?These rate cut of 25 bps were a little bit lower than our expectations of larger rate cut, but having said that, the good thing is that the policy has clearly emphasised and communicated that there will be future rate cuts depending on the inflation trajectory. So possibly, there will be more rate cuts in December. But I sincerely believe that beyond a point of time, these rates cuts are unlikely to work because we are in a situation when demand has been a significant laggard and if you look into the resource flow to the commercial sector in the first half of last year and this year (1st of April to September), this year this number is down from Rs 7.5 lakh crore last year to less than Rs 1lakh crore this year. That means the credit growth in spite of the successive rate cuts by the RBI just refuses to pick up and this is an indication that currently the problem lies elsewhere. The transmission will continue because the central bank has kept the liquidity in a surplus mode and it has promised to keep it for an extended period. But my sense is that even as the RBI continues to cut rates, it still will be difficult to give a fillip to demand side as the household sector stands leveraged and only a countercyclical policy could help at the current stage. The second thing is that given the current growth conundrums, there could be downsides to the 6.1% growth projections because in the second quarter, high frequency indicators are not promising. In fact, they are indicating that growth could actually slow down even further in the second quarter. But it could still be a little bit higher than Q1 because of the base effect. So, the growth rate is unlikely to be at 6.1% and inflation could pick up marginally, but it would still remain at a comfortable level. At the end of the day, we will continue with rate cuts but I am not sure how far that is going to help stimulate demand when the problem lies elsewhere in terms of slow income growth.Would you agree that both the RBI and the government need to be lambasted for not doing enough? The government has given the tax cuts to the wrong kind of companies, RBI also has not addressed the basic issue, which is real estate. Would you see real estate as the crux of the problem?Both real estate and automobile sectors are doing badly and the problem in the real estate sector arises from the meltdown in the NBFC sector. Funds are not flowing to the real estate sector. In order to solve the real estate sector problem in one go, it is going to be very difficult given the fact that the sector has gone through a lot of upheavals in the last two to three years. The number of inventories which are still unsold has declined from the peak levels but it is still at very high level and the problem is that the NBFC sector is not lending to the commercial sector. So that is point number one. The second point is that in terms of government policy, there is a lot of pressure on the fiscal because all the markets -- the bond market, the equity market and the forex market -- have different expectations. The equity market will be very happy if there is a fiscal push; the bond market will be very nervous, while the exchange market could go either way.Satisfying all the markets in one stroke is very difficult. But I would maintain that the steps which the government has taken in terms of reviving corporate investment will not pay back in the current year but possibly it will pay back in the next fiscal year and that is point number one. From that point of view, do not expect growth to go up dramatically in the next couple of months. Growth can only be at that level. It could be even lower than 6.1%, but my only solace from the measures which the government and the RBI have taken is that it is going to lay the foundation of a stronger growth not in the current fiscal but possibly in the next fiscal. I still believe that too much has been read into this fiscal push and other things. So yes, fiscal push in a country like India will always remain an issue because there is always a credibility issue with the fiscal given that there has been loan waivers. There has to be a counter cycle fiscal push in terms of stimulating demand from the consumer side. Until and unless that happens, the growth revival could take that much longer.
By Malcolm ScottCentral bank chiefs from Australia to India are pointing the finger at the wave of global monetary easing to help justify their latest interest-rate cuts.Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Philip Lowe in August warned peers gathered at the annual Jackson Hole confab that additional stimulus risked driving up asset prices. Yet this week he shunted aside any such concerns as he pushed his own benchmark interest rate to a record low. He laid the groundwork for that by explaining his currency could strengthen if he didn't act too.India's Shaktikanta Das on Friday delivered his fifth-straight reduction. With echoes of Mario Draghi's "whatever it takes" vow, Das said he'll remain accommodative for "as long as it is necessary" to revive growth. And he also pointed to the global shift to easier policy.A soft jobs report Friday could seal the case for Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell to cut again on Oct. 30. And speculation is heating up that Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda will need to push his key rate deeper into negative territory -- if for no other reason but to avoid an untimely strengthening of the yen. As for incoming European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde, the prospect of a no-deal Brexit may add to reasons to ease more. 71444300 With virtually all the world's major central banks easing (China is somewhat of an exception) and pointing at each others' shifts as reasons to act, the race to the bottom risks blunting the policy impact.Sure, lower borrowing costs may help spur the economy if there's enough demand for credit, and repaying existing debts becomes cheaper, freeing up cash for spending. But the currency channel -- the weakening you'd normally expect if a country was alone in cutting -- is negated."If everyone is easing, there is no exchange-rate channel," Lowe himself said in June.The spanning-the-globe easing is also driving down bond yields, running the risk of creating inflated asset values and the related stability risks that Lowe and others have been warning about.At least the blame will fall on many shoulders if the race to the bottom ends badly.
SINGAPORE: India is emerging as the testing and acquisition playground for global consumer technology companies, especially the so-called FAANGs, according to a veteran Internet analyst.RBC Capital Markets' Mark Mahaney, who calls himself Wall Street's "oldest Internet analyst" after covering the sector for more than two decades, said India is now more popular than markets like China because it has the same growth dynamics but with fewer regulations.As one of the largest economies and most populous countries in the world, India has turned into a testing ground for companies such as Facebook, which has used it to beta-test a payments feature for WhatsApp. Netflix rolled out a mobile plan in India at Rs 199 ($2.80), much cheaper than what it charges for a basic plan elsewhere, and has created original content to capture more market share."India does have regulations but it doesn't seem to be as protectionist as China," said Mahaney. India has been considering a new law that would require personal data to be stored locally, which could impair the operations of the Internet giants but Mahaney remains confident they can still penetrate the market.Besides organic growth, acquisitions are another strategy for these companies in India, especially since they are facing more scrutiny back home and in western Europe. "There's an opportunity to build growth" in Asia, particularly in India, Mahaney said.Amazon.com has already tried its hand at deals in the South Asian nation by attempting to acquire Indian ecommerce pioneer Flipkart Online Services, before it was snapped up by Walmart last year.Facebook, Netflix, Amazon and Alphabet can all win big in India, said Mahaney, who has a buy rating on the stocks. "India is less than 5% of Amazon's total revenues but it has the potential" to get to that level within five years, Mahaney said.
Apple orchard talk keeps Delhi cops on toes Delhi has been on a high alert following a warning from the Intelligence Bureau that Pakistan-backed Lashkar-e-Taiba and JeM might target the city during the festive season.
Hyderabad: Gay sex partner killed ISRO scientist for money, say cops Police examined evidences like CCTV footages of movement of suspects, fingerprint recovered at the crime scene and phone of deceased
Nationalism not a negative sentiment, says Foreign Minister S Jaishankar During the conversation with the journalists at a session of the World Economic Forum, Jaishankar also says that the Kashmir issue did come up in meetings with the US
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