We're calling it now: Air fryers are the Instant Pots of 2019.
We're always on the lookout for new kitchen gadgets that will make cooking easier and more fun — so pumped was an understatement we first heard claims of a countertop appliance that can make our favorite greasy foods less unhealthy, all with speed similar to an Instant Pot. Air fryers started popping into mainstream eye back in 2017, and now that they've had their chance to marinate in the market (food pun intended), it feels like an appropriate time to compare the best ones. (And if you're in the market for a Black Friday deal, it's helpful to know which devices are the best so when the sales start you'll know which one to buy.) Read more...
Your Extremely Online friend may be glued the internet, but they're always there when you need them. They're your go-to for the latest in pop culture and political news. They're on top all the latest trends. They're the meme queens of the friend group (an extremely underrated role).
There are a number of things you could get this gem of a person for the holidays to show them you care. Many would make their online experience easier. Some might show them new things they didn't even know they needed. No matter where on the internet your Extremely Online friend spends their time, there's something on this list for them. Read more...
You can do more with your voice than ever before, including finding items you’ve misplaced. If you have a smart assistant like Alexa or Google Assistant, you can ask them to find your keys or locate the remote.
The Sticker is Tile’s newest tracker, and as you can probably gather from its name, it sticks onto the items you don’t want to lose. Pop one on the TV remote, a camera, your drill — whatever you want to keep tabs on. Read more...
The Dr. Manhattan vibrator made waves — figuratively but also presumably literally — when it debuted on HBO’s Watchmen a week ago. The network seems to have heard fans’ cries for more vibrator content, and they’ve delivered.
Peteypedia is Watchmen’s Pottermore-esque companion site that fills in gaps not explained in the show with in-universe documents such as memos and interrogations. One of the latest files on Peteypedia is the blueprint for the (very blue) vibrator:
"Excalibur" design sheet
Image: HBO
The file is titled “Excalibur, MerlinCorp. Raid (4/28/95)” and shows detailed diagrams of the vibrator along with annotated notes. The full name is listed as the “Electromagnetic Lithium Powered Excalibur,” which is not as Silicon Valley-snappy as the Lioness or Eva, but does make the toy sound pretty powerful. Read more...
TL;DR:Lovehoney is offering 20% off everything and free delivery, with the code 11SINGLES11.
This might come as a surprise to some, but Singles' Day is apparently the world's biggest online sales event, and last year's total sales exceeded Black Friday and Cyber Monday's sales combined. That's a lot of sales.
The 24-hour event was invented by Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba to celebrate the unattached, and has now made its way over to these shores. Lovehoney has dropped its Singles' Day Sale, with 20% off absolutely everything for one day only.
Kids and adults alike know Fred, Daphne, Velma, Shaggy, and Scooby as the Mystery Gang. Next summer, SCOOB! introduces audiences to the expert monster-unmaskers before they became those "meddling kids."
With Will Forte as Shaggy and Frank Welker reprising his iconic role of Scooby-Doo, SCOOB! tells the story of how the two pals met, and how they started solving mysteries with Fred (Zac Efron), Daphne (Amanda Seyfried), and Velma (Gina Rodriguez). The full-length animated filmalso features Kiersey Clemons, Ken Jeong, and Tracy Morgan.
SCOOB! will debut in theaters on May 15, 2020. Read more...
We all have that friend that has upcoming Netflix original release dates committed to memory. They're a critic, superfan, and expert binge-watcher all in one, and you know that they can finish the latest season of their favorite show within the first 24 hours of its release.
Give that Netflix stan in your life gifts that keep them comfy while they watch, pay tribute to their favorite shows, and get them one step closer to living life like the characters they love to binge-watch.
This sweatsuit looks just like what your favorite Stranger Things characters would wear in gym class at Hawkins, and doubles as the perfect chillaxing outfit for catching up on all three seasons of the show. Who wouldn't want to don a school spirited get up while watching those basketball scenes in the Hawkins gym? Read more...
The biggest Apple rumor outside of Apple Car has been revived in a big way.
According to a report by The Information, Apple is planning to launch an augmented reality (AR) headset in 2022, followed by a sleeker pair of AR glasses in 2023.
While we've heard loads of similar reports over the years, this one — if accurate — is different.
First, The Information claims that Apple CEO Tim Cook spoke about the project at an internal gathering of as many as 1,000 Apple employees, which is an uncommonly large number. Second, the report contains loads of details, not only about the AR headset/glasses hardware, but also about Apple's plans and ideas about the concept of wearable augmented reality devices. Read more...
This article contains spoilers for the Season 4 premiere of Rick and Morty
While basking in the excitement of watching a brand-new episode of Rick and Morty on Sunday after a long two-year wait, this slow, creeping realization dawned on me: This feels..different.
Not bad, necessarily. Not better, either. What the Season 4 premiere of Rick and Morty definitively declared is that we're embarking on a new era of Adult Swim's hit animated series, both in terms of the show's relationship to fan demands and also its notoriously time-consuming, delay-ridden writing process that caused three-year gaps between seasons. Read more...
TL;DR: You can save up to 15% on Dell laptops and desktops in the Dell pre-Black Friday sale.
Black Friday is the best time to shop for many different devices, including laptops and desktops. If you are in the market for an upgrade or a much needed replacement, now is the time to buy.
Most retailers haven't dropped big deals on laptops and desktops yet, but that hasn't stopped Dell getting ahead of the competition. You can now save up to 15% on selected devices in the Dell pre-Black Friday sale.
You might be thinking that you are best off waiting a couple of weeks for Black Friday to officially begin, but this is where you're wrong. These deals won’t get any better on Black Friday (according to Dell), so why wait? Read more...
Still, your uncle, friend, family member, or spouse may refute the reality of human-caused climate disruption. Or, they may argue, ostensibly with great wit, that it snowed recently or the climate has changed before during the planet's 4.5 billion-year-old history. Read more...
Unless you're planning on buying a tiny TV that everyone in the house will struggle to see, you're going to have to spend hundreds (or maybe thousands) of pounds on a new model.
With any major purchase like this, it pays to shop around and properly search for the best deal. Fortunately for you, we are now entering the biggest shopping period of the year, with Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals fast approaching.
With so many offers to consider, you will have plenty of opportunities to save on 4K TVs from the likes of LG, Philips, Sony Bravia, TCL, and many more top brands. Some deals have already started to drop in fact, and we have lined up the best for you to look through. Read more...
Year after year, 4K TV deals dominate the headlines when it comes to Black Friday and Cyber Monday, and we can't see anything changing in 2019.
We have already started to see the first TV offers filtering through, and when it comes to deals, the early bird often gets the worm. If you are ready to shop for a 4K TV, Currys PC World is offering plenty of juicy chances to save.
TL;DR: The Adobe photography plan is on sale for £8.32 a month, saving you £1.66 a month on list price.
Yes, it has officially begun. The first Black Friday deals are starting appear all over the place, and that means we're set for weeks of deals. Depending on your outlook, this is either fantastic news or reason to flee.
If you have opted not to ditch all of your possessions, catch a flight, and start a new life on some deserted island somewhere, we have a deal for you. Adobe's photography plan is now available for just £8.32 a month, saving you over £1 a month on list price.
If you're on TV and you happen to betray a very strong emotion, you had better be prepared to become a meme.
That was exactly what happened to Manchester City Football Club manager Pep Guardiola on Sunday night, although, in fairness, it was probably the last thing on his mind.
Here's Guardiola chastising the linesman towards the end of the key Premier League clash between his club and Liverpool F.C, which ended in Man City losing 3-1.
From the looks of it, there were precisely two decisions he wasn't happy with.
When you're watching His Dark Materials, it's easy to forget the sheer volume of work that's gone into the thing.
But that's also kind of the beauty of it.
The costumes, makeup, and extremely elaborate sets featured in the new BBC/HBO adaptation of Philip Pullman's beloved novels all fit so seamlessly that you don't really think about how tricky it must all have been to knit together. This complex world just exists onscreen.
The daemons are perhaps the greatest example of this. The animal manifestations of each character's soul pop up in so many scenes that they're pretty much part of the furniture — from the cheerful presence of Lyra's daemon, Pan, to the sinister silence of Mrs Coulter's golden monkey. Read more...
TL;DR: The stylish Apple iPad is on sale for £289 at Currys PC World, and comes with a free iPad case.
In this month of deals, you'll have a number of top retailers to consider, each with a set of advantages and disadvantages.
Amazon is tough to beat when it comes to price, but doesn't always offer the best set of extras, like payment plans, bonus gifts, and warranty options. This is where Currys PC World comes into its own.
Currys is now offering an Apple iPad for just £289. This is normally listed at £319, meaning you could save £30 with this deal. This isn't the biggest discount we've ever seen, but the set of extras that Currys offers makes this deal stand out from the crowd. Read more...
Climate protest group Extinction Rebellion floated a miniature house on the River Thames to draw attention to rising sea levels caused by climate change.
The protest was staged early Sunday, close to Tower Bridge, London.
An Extinction Rebellion statement called Monday's "Our House is Flooding" protest "yet another attempt to send an SOS to the government on climate inaction and draw attention to the threat humans face from climate change and rising sea levels."
The U.N.'s recent climate special report, published in September, found that sea level rise will persist for hundreds of years. Read more...
After saying that murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi Arabian operatives was a "mistake," Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi is trying to save face.
"That government said that they made a mistake ... It's a serious mistake," Khosrowshahi said during an interview on Axios on HBOin an answer to a question about Khashoggi's murder, and whether it impacted his decision to skip Saudi Arabia's annual investment conference afterwards.
"We've made mistakes, too, right, with self-driving ... and we're recovering from that mistake. People make mistakes, it doesn't mean they can never be forgiven," he said. Read more...
We're another week closer to the biggest shopping event of the year, and that means the frequency of impressive deals has increased once again. We're yet to reach capacity, but there are plenty of opportunities to consider.
We're not in the business of picking favourites, because all deals are equal in our eyes, but we would like to direct your attention towards the Philips DiamondClean toothbrush. You can now pick up this clever device for just £99.99 on Amazon. This is down by a massive 67% on list price, saving you almost £200. Read more...
Back in the summer of 2017, John Oliver did a Last Week Tonightmonologue on the coal industry, where he criticised the at-the-time CEO of Murray Energy, Bob Murray. The result? Oliver got sued. But now that the lawsuit has been dropped, he's finally free to talk about it — and he's free to go after Murray once again.
Oliver really, really doesn't hold back this time, either. In the video above, he describes the lawsuit as "a bullshit attempt to silence us," before going on to discuss examples of "serious allegations of workplace misconduct" against Murray which the Last Week Tonight team unearthed while researching their piece. Read more...
TL;DR: Learn to relax with the Aura meditation app — get a 1-year premium subscription for $39.99, a 57% savings.
Let's do a little meditation exercise: Clear the clutter in your head. Relax your entire body. Close your eyes. Breathe in, breathe out. Now do that ten more times.
Did that help relieve your stress for today? Yeah, we didn't think so. Meditating, even if it means sitting still and breathing for just a few minutes, can be incredibly challenging if done without guidance. But as with most things, there's an app for that.
Aura is a top-rated app (and we don't use this word loosely; it got featured on Apple's Best New App List) designed to help you feel better — physically, mentally, and emotionally. Specially developed by renowned meditation teachers and therapists, it delivers short, science-backed mindfulness exercises, all of which would are aimed at relieving your stress and anxiety. Aura uses machine learning to learn what's best for you and to better cater to your needs, something you can't find in other mindfulness apps. Read more...
Picture this: it's the year 2032. You've just ridden home from a long day of work in your self-driving, fully electric car, and your smart stove is whipping up a meal for you in the kitchen while your smart home audio system reads you the latest news updates. You notice a spot of dirt on the floor, so you summon your cleaning robot to take care of it. Your fridge's kombucha dispenser pours you an ice-cold glass of sparkling probiotic tea. You've hardly lifted a finger.
We can't teleport you to this idealistic, technologically advanced future, but we can hook you up with a robo-vacuum that's basically just as coolThe Roborock S6 is a super-smart vacuuming and mopping machine that uses the same 32-bit quad-core processor found in smartphones to intelligently navigate and clean your space. Read more...
Samsung's next-generation flagship, the Galaxy S11, likely won't launch until February 2020, but the rumor mill is already fully operational.
According to reliable leaker of all things mobile, @evleaks, the Galaxy S11 will come in three screen sizes — 6.2 or 6.4 (Blass isn't sure), 6.7 and 6.9 inches. That's a very big increase compared to this year's Galaxy S10, which is available in 6.1 inches (Galaxy S10), 6.4 (Galaxy S10+) and 6.7 inches (Galaxy S10 5G), and that's if we don't count the 5.8-inch Galaxy S10e.
It's unclear how the new models will be named, but Blass says all three will be available in 5G and LTE variants, with the largest model only coming with 5G. This would mean the total lineup would consist of five models total, making it the biggest launch for Samsung's Galaxy series yet. Read more...
What's better than a holographic Tupac? Holograms of rappers who are actually still alive and can consent to their images being used, you bunch of mercenary ghouls.
The League Of Legends worlds in Paris on Sunday night opened with a massive pre-show, culminating in the super-dramatic unveiling of a championship trophy that makes the Triwizard Cup look like your chipped office mugs.
But the centrepiece of the stage show was the first live appearance from True Damage, Riot's latest in-game supergroup, which features champions Akali (her second musical project in the game), Yasuo, Senna, Ekko, and Qiyana. Read more...
A young hockey fan just had what might be the best birthday do-over in history.
Kade Foster, an 11-year-old Toronto Maple Leafs fan, got the chance to celebrate his birthday with his favorite hockey team one week after his dad's tweets went viral, and it's just as heartwarming as you'd expect.
The celebration came about after Kade's father, Jason Foster, tweeted a photo from his son's planned birthday party, where none of his friends' showed up. Jason turned to his Twitter followers asking if they could share birthday wishes.
My son Kade had his 11th birthday party last night. None of his invited friends came. That hurt. I’m asking my Twitter friends to show him some love today. If you have a minute, please send him a birthday wish@Marner93@91Tavares@MapleLeafs#LeafsForeverpic.twitter.com/kn0vP1l6z8
Move over Prime Day, Alibaba's shopping holiday just set new spending records.
Singles Day, the Chinese ecommerce giant's annual "global shopping festival," has just begun and it's already set new records. Shoppers spent more than $13 billion (or 91.2 billion Chinese Yuan) in the first hour alone, Alibaba reported.
1 hour, 1 minute and 32 seconds after midnight on 11.11, total GMV has exceeded RMB91.2 billion, surpassing the total GMV of 2015 11.11#Double11pic.twitter.com/FelkYH8Afe
Ludwig Ahgren can press buttons faster than you. Hell, it's now a proven fact that he can press buttons faster than a computer program that's designed to press buttons.
The streamer, who operates under his first name on Twitch, showed off his lightning fast finger during a recent Mario Party 4 stream. One of the minigames, Domination, involves smashing a single button over and over again to create a lineup of Thwomps, the Mario enemy that's basically a big, spiky stone block with an angry face.
Mario Party 4 is a digital board game released for Nintendo's GameCube in 2002. As a typical game unfolds, competing players are regularly pitted against one another in short, simple minigames like Domination. Read more...
Time waits for no one — except Madonna. Her fans, it seems, are less than thrilled with this arrangement.
Angry concertgoers have been complaining about the start times for the pop star's current Madame X tour, reporting that shows often start several hours after the time listed on their tickets. It's gotten so bad that one fan is now suing the pop star over it, saying it amounts to a breach of contract, BuzzFeed News reported.
The class action lawsuit claims ticket seller Live Nation refused to refund more than $1,000 in tickets after the ticket seller pushed back the start time for a Miami show. Read more...
U.S. patrol heading towards M4 highway, continuing its way towards Ein-Issa without knowing its exact destination Patrol consists of 6 armored vehicles, 2 Bradley fighting vehicles, a crew of 40 members, preceded by mine combing team, overflights for protection pic.twitter.com/Y1rpbnhhTS
The Pentagon wasn't bluffing, apparently, on its prior statements that mechanized units would be heading into Syria as part of Trump's "secure the oil" plan.
Over the weekend multiple Bradley infantry fighting vehicles (IFV) were filmed leading convoys in around the northern cities of Tal Tamir and Kobani, escorting other armored vehicles along with infantry crew members. Syrian Kurdish and local media are mistakenly describing the armored Bradley M2 infantry fighting vehicles rumbling across the highways as "tanks".
#NEW: NSA Robert O'Brien says Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, a top witness in the House impeachment inquiry, will be removed from his post at the White House National Security Council. pic.twitter.com/WkT4olZIM0
On Sunday, National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien said Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, who gave a bombshell testimony in the House impeachment investigation last month on President Donald Trump's Ukraine scheme, will be removed from his post at the White House National Security Council.
"Lieutenant Colonel Vindman, who has testified under oath, is serving on the National Security Council currently," CBS News's "Face the Nation" host Margaret Brennan said during her interview with O'Brien. "Will he continue to work for you despite testifying against the President?"
"Well look, one of the things that I've talked about is that we're streamlining the National Security Council," O'Brien replied. "It got bloated to like 236 people up from 100 in the Bush administration under President Obama."
The national security adviser said Vindman, who currently serves as the council's Director for European Affairs, will be removed as a part of the White House's "streamlining" efforts.
WNU Editor: According to Lieutenant Colonel Vindman's attorney he is still there and he is expected to remain as Ukraine director on the National Security Council until July, 2020 .... 'Still there': Vindman not removed from National Security Council despite alarm over vengeful firing (Washington Examiner). As to what is my take .... I do not think he is going to be there in the next day or two. National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien wants people that he knows and trusts working around him as well as a smaller and more manageable staff. Lieutenant Colonel Vindman does not meet those requirements.
WNU Editor: From ABC News .... ABC News' David Muir is granted rare access inside the formidable USS Florida, a nuclear powered guided missile submarine. Crew members discuss the conflict with Russia.
A group of masked men reportedly broke into Venezuela's embassy in Bolivia's La Paz, forcing its staff to run for their life. Venezuela's ambassador in Bolivia claimed the attackers wanted to butcher those inside.
"We are fine, but the embassy was taken. They want to massacre us," Venezuela's ambassador to Bolivia, Crisbeylee González, said in an audio message, obtained by RT Spanish.
#UPDATE Morales resigns after three weeks of sometimes-violent protests over his disputed re-election, then tweets there is a warrant for his arrest, but police commander Vladimir Yuri Calderon says this is not the case https://t.co/a8POK9oOLJpic.twitter.com/q1FYdD4JYG
With 91% of the votes counted in Spain, the ruling Socialists are leading, but will need support from smaller parties to form a government. The far-right Vox party more than doubled its seats in Parliament. https://t.co/5CEweV5Qz7
The Queen (left) and Kate Middleton (right) stood together in silence on the balcony earlier today as they observed the annual Remembrance Sunday Service at The Cenotaph.
After the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria caused turmoil in the region, Statista's Niall McCarthy notes that some units formerly stationed in Syria have moved to stay in Iraq.
The country had formerly been the base of more than 5,000 U.S. troops, as our graphic shows.
Trump's National Security Adviser said Germany, other NATO members "not paying their fair share" of defense spending is breaking up alliance. Screenshot: CBS "Face the Nation"
U.S. National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien said Germany and other NATO countries "not paying their fair share" in defense has hurt the alliance more than Turkey's recent incursion into Syria.
O'Brien, who replaced John Bolton in September as President Donald Trump's national security adviser, responded to infighting among NATO allies including France and Germany, saying the U.S. is still committed to the 29-member, 70-year-old North Atlantic Treaty Organization. O'Brien's "fair share" criticism of Germany comes amid widening cracks and public sniping about imbalance between NATO countries.
O'Brien and other NATO leaders say they hope to rectify such issues during next week's Heads of State and Government summit in London.
As protesters' death toll jumps, Amnesty calls for urgent end to 'relentless and unlawful use of lethal force'.
The death toll during demonstrations in Iraq surged to more than 300 as security forces were accused of "relentlessly" targeting protesters.
Six more people were killed in the capital Baghdad on Sunday and dozens of others hurt in clashes.
The head of the Iraqi parliament's human rights commission told Al Jazeera that 319 people have died since October 1 with more than 15,000 wounded. Most of the casualties were anti-government protesters, but security officers also died in the violence.
The partial results of the first round of the presidential elections in Romania confirm the exit polls that showed president Klaus Iohannis and former prime minister Viorica Dancila have qualified for the second round.
Data centralized by the Permanent Electoral Authority - AEP after the counting of almost 8.57 million votes counted from a total of 9.36 million votes cast in the country and abroad (91.5%), show Klaus Iohannis in the lead, with 3.09 million votes (36.6% of the valid votes), followed by Viorica Dancila – 2.016 million votes (23.9%). Dan Barna, the leader of Save Romania Union (USR), is third, with 1.168 million votes (13.9%). The difference between Dancila and Barna is of 848,000 votes with 790,000 ballots left to count.
Actor Mircea Diaconu, who ran as an independent, managed to get 781,000 votes (9.26%) and Theodor Paleologu, representing the Popular Movement Party (PMP), got 475,000 votes (5.64%).
The governing Socialist Party in Spain looks set to win the most seats in the general election, but fall short of a majority with almost all results in.
With more than 85% of the votes counted, the opposition conservative Popular Party follows in second place, and the far-right Vox party appears to have heavily increased its vote share.
Right-wing parties have the most votes combined, though no majority.
Spain has not had a stable government since 2015.
This was the country's fourth election in as many years.
Voter turnout at 18:00 local time (17:00 GMT) was 56.8%, almost four points lower than at the last general election in April.
Spanish politics has become increasingly fragmented in recent years with the emergence of new parties.
* President Evo Morales announced his departure after General Williams Kaliman said the South American nation's military chiefs wanted him gone * Kaliman said on national television Sunday that the military's chiefs wanted Morales gone to restore 'peace and stability and for the good of our Bolivia' * Kaliman stepped in within hours of Morales agreeing earlier in the day to hold a new election * Morales' claim to have won a fourth term last month had triggered fraud allegations, deadly protests and a split among security forces
Bolivia's embattled socialist president Evo Morales has resigned.
Morales announced his resignation shortly after the military called on him to step down amid continued protests following the South American nation's disputed elections.
General WIlliams Kaliman said on national television that the military's chiefs wanted Morales gone to restore 'peace and stability and for the good of our Bolivia'.
What does @realDonaldTrump plan to tell Turkey's Erdogan when he visits the White House this week? "We're very upset" about Turkey purchasing Russian weapons, National Security Adviser O'Brien tells @margbrennan. pic.twitter.com/WXtj80LyrJ
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is very upset about Turkey's purchase of Russian missile defense systems and could impose sanctions on Ankara if it does not "get rid" of them, White House National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien said on Sunday.
"Turkey will feel the impact of those sanctions," O'Brien told CBS's "Face the Nation" in an interview, referring to penalties under the U.S. law known as the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act, which he said would pass Congress with "overwhelming" bipartisan support.
His comments came ahead of a visit by Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan to Washington on Nov. 13 to meet U.S. President Donald Trump for likely crucial talks as the two NATO allies have been at loggerheads over a range of issues.
One key disagreement is Ankara's purchase of the Russian S-400 anti-aircraft missile system, which Washington says is incompatible with NATO defenses and threatens its Lockheed Martin (LMT.N) F-35 fighter jets.
A Russian Pantsir-S air defense missile-gun system during the final stage of the Keys to the Sky competition among air defense missile units at Ashuluk Firing Range, August 7, 2016. Image: Sergei Bobylev/Russian MoD/Tass
Warning comes after Russia deployed S-400 and Pantsir-S air defense systems to Serbia for drills
A U.S. State Department official has expressed concern about Serbia's interest in Russian air defense systems, warning Belgrade to be "careful and cautious" about buying them, in comments to North Macedonia television.
"We do of course have concerns not just about deployment of Russian military equipment on the territory of Serbia, but the possibility of Serbia acquiring significant Russian military systems," Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs Matthew Palmer told the Elsat television channel, in an interview that aired late on Friday, November 8.
WNU Editor: Serbia is feeling the pressure. My gut tells me that they will be dropping their request to buy Russia's Pantsir-S air defense system in the coming weeks.
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Though Erdogan has never made a secret of his desire to redraw Syria's map of Kurds and Arabs via his Turkish military incursion in northern Syria, and in the months prior to his ordering the operation even made statements tantamount to an open policy of ethnic cleansing, it was surprising how easily the White House gave the green light a month ago despite Ankara's stated aims.
But now a leaked internal US government memo published by The New York Times spells it out clearly, and underscores the fact that everyone in Washington knows NATO's second largest military is now engaged in ongoing ethnic cleansing. The internal State Department memo states bluntly the Turks are conducting "an intentioned-laced effort at ethnic cleansing".
WNU Editor: Turkish President Erdogan has been very blunt that his goal is to resettle 3 million Syrian refugees in Turkey to this part of Syria that has been home to the Kurdish population for generations. If that is not ethnic cleansing, then what is? The complete leaked memo is here .... Read the Memo by a U.S. Diplomat Criticizing Trump Policy on Syria and Turkey (New York Times)
Nikki Haley, the one-time Republican governor of South Carolina and former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, is no longer in public life. But if a recent visit to a high school near her hometown is any indication, the public isn't done with her.
The 47-year-old married mother of two has a new book, "With All Due Respect" (St. Martin's Press), recounting both her tenure in the Trump administration, and her journey from small town Bamberg, S.C., to the world stage.
She told "CBS Evening News" anchor Norah O'Donnell that she dislikes being described as "ambitious."
WNU Editor: Quoting Nikki Haley .... "Kelly and Tillerson confided in me that when they resisted the president, they weren't being insubordinate, they were trying to save the country". If this is true, all that I can say is that they were being insubordinate. If you disagree with an elected President who has a mandate to govern, you do not undermine him. You resign.
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* After the Berlin Wall came down on November 9, 1989, pieces of it scattered around the world. * These photos show the surprising places the pieces ended up, from the grounds of the Vatican to a bathroom in Las Vegas.
Three decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall, which once separated East Berlin from West Berlin, hundreds of the portions of the barrier stand scattered in countries throughout the world.
In fact, more pieces of it actually reside in other countries than in Germany itself, according to The Guardian.
We've put together a collection of images that show where pieces of the wall stand today and how they look in different countries, from a segment gifted to Nelson Mandela in South Africa to a massive display in Los Angeles.
COMING UP: Joint Chiefs Chair Gen. Mark Milley sits down with @martharaddatz and says there are "still" ISIS fighters in Syria: "Unless pressure is maintained...there is a very real possibility that conditions could be set for a reemergence of ISIS." https://t.co/ioOTF1c8I7pic.twitter.com/CsJn1WrKk5
Fewer than 1,000 U.S. troops will remain in Syria with a continued mission of defeating ISIS, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley said Sunday.
"The footprint will be small, but the objective will remain the same: the enduring defeat of ISIS," Milley said in an interview on ABC's "This Week."
ABC's Martha Raddatz questioned Milley on the number of troops expected to stay in Syria, noting that American troops have remained in the region even as President Trump has said he wanted the 1,000 to leave.
* Boris Johnson's Conservative party maintained its 12-point lead from last week * Party's early 'wobble' includes gaffe from Jacob Rees-Mogg about Grenfell fire * Support for traditional parties grown as backing for Nigel Farage has crashed
Boris Johnson's uncertain start to the Election campaign has not harmed his party's poll ratings, with the Conservatives maintaining their 12-point lead from last week.
The party's early 'wobble' – with gaffes such as Jacob Rees-Mogg suggesting that victims of the Grenfell Tower inferno should have ignored fire brigade advice to stay in the building – has not hit their support.
Their headline figure is 41 per cent, with Labour on 29 per cent – both up one percentage point from last week – with the Liberal Democrats up two points on 16 per cent.
WNU Editor: Brexit is the number one issue in this election. And if the above polls hold until election day, Boris Jonhson's Conservative will easily form a majority government. My prediction. The Conservative will have a 40+ seat majority in the House of Commons on December 13, and Brexit will be a fait-accompli in 2020.
Protesters smashed windows in a subway station and a shopping mall on Sunday as violence broke out across the New Territories of Hong Kong amid anger over a demonstrator's death and the arrest of pro-democracy politicians.
Police made arrests and fired tear gas to break up rallies as black-clad activists blocked roads and trashed shopping malls across Hong Kong on the 24th-straight weekend of anti-government protests.
Protesters vandalised a train station in the central new town of Sha Tin and smashed up a restaurant perceived as being pro-Beijing, just two weeks before planned district council elections, the lowest tier of voting in the Chinese-ruled city.
The polls have opened in Romania with incumbent Klaus Iohannis the favorite to win, but the vote may need to go to a second round. Thirteen others are vying for the presidency; the two main challengers are way behind.
Romanians began voting in their presidential election on Sunday with incumbent Klaus Iohannis likely to need a runoff to secure a second term.
Polls suggest the 60-year-old centrist liberal will receive some 40% support but will lack the absolute majority needed in the first round to guarantee his continued tenure.
That would mean a runoff on November 24 with either of the two other main candidates, the Social Democrats' (PSD) leader, Viorica Dancila, or center-right Dan Barna from the Save Romanian Union party.
Bolivian president's decision follows protests over disputed 20 October election result
The Bolivian president, Evo Morales, is to call fresh elections after international monitors identified serious irregularities in the last vote and recommended a new ballot.
The announcement comes after weeks of unrest over disputed election results, which escalated over the weekend as police forces joined anti-government protests, and the military said it would not "confront the people" who had taken to the streets.
WNU Editor: When the police abandoned their posts and the miltiary said that they will not confront the people, Bolivian President Morales had no choice but to concede to demands for a new election.
#UPDATE Bolivian President Evo Morales called new elections Sunday, bowing to demands to do so after three weeks of deadly protests amid charges he had won a fourth consecutive term through fraudhttps://t.co/lpialN0m2Tpic.twitter.com/b4mRi8czwT
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HONG KONG police have shot and wounded at least one anti-government student demonstrator, as violent clashes erupted following a weekend of demonstrations that resulted in almost 90 arrests.
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Hong Kong’s police watchdog lacks the power to conduct an investigation into the police force’s handling of months of protests in the city, a panel of experts appointed by the enclave’s government said in a report issued Friday.
The report’s findings are a major blow to Hong Kong’s embattled leader, Chief Executive Carrie Lam, who has insisted that the Independent Police Complaints Council (IPCC) is capable of conducting an independent investigation.
The findings will also strengthen the hand of protesters, who for months have been calling for an independent probe into the police.
Hong Kong’s IPCC has a shortfall in “powers, capacity, and independent investigative capability necessary to match the scale of events and the standards required of an international police watchdog operating in a society that values freedoms and rights,” according to a statement posted on Twitter by panel member Clifford Stott.
“Structural limitations in the scope and powers of the IPCC inquiry remain, inhibiting its ability to establish a coherent and representative body of evidence,” the statement read.
It went on to add that the IPCC may only be able to provide an “interim report, with limited but sufficient facts to allow preliminary conclusions to be drawn on some of the divers of the protest, the handling of key events, and the evolution of the disturbances.”
An independent inquiry into the police force is one of Hong Kong protesters’ five key demands. Only one demand — the total withdrawal of a controversial extradition bill which would have allowed China to put criminal suspects on trial in the mainland legal system — has been met.
Experts say that the report’s findings may force the government to take further action.
“This will put additional pressure on the Hong Kong as well as the central government to agree upon setting up a true independent commission of inquiry,” Jean-Pierre Cabestan, a professor in political science at Hong Kong Baptist University, tells TIME.
“It has demonstrated that the IPCC is ill-equipped to conduct an independent investigation of police brutality — a lack of capacity [that] many in the Hong Kong community have suspected from day one.”
The panel — comprised of five experts on police tactics from the U.K., Australia, New Zealand and Canada — was appointed by the IPCC in early September to help provide advice on its practices and procedures.
Hong Kong’s police force has faced public backlash for its handling of the protests. Rights group Amnesty International has criticized the force’s “reckless and indiscriminate tactics” and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights said that the extent of violence during the months of unrest warrants an independent and impartial investigation.
The panel’s statement was issued as Hong Kong was gripped by its 23rd straight weekend of anti-government protests. Tensions have escalated after a 22-year-old university student died on Friday, several days after sustaining injuries during a fall from the third story to the second story of a car park, near the scene of a street battle between protesters and police.
On Monday morning, a protester was reportedly in critical condition after police fired live bullets as protesters caused major disruptions to transport networks.
“After what happened the past weekend and this morning the commission is more necessary than ever as a first step to find a solution to the current crisis,” Cabestan says.
(KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia) — A Malaysian judge on Monday ordered former Prime Minister Najib Razak to enter a defense at his first corruption trial linked to the multibillion-dollar looting at the 1MDB state investment fund that helped spur his shocking election ouster last year.
A calm Najib said in court he would testify in his defense when the trial resumes.
High Court Judge Mohamad Nazlan Mohamad Ghazali said the prosecution had established its case on charges of abuse of power, breach of trust and money laundering. The seven charges relate to 42 million ringgit ($10.1 million) that allegedly went into Najib’s bank accounts from SRC International, a former unit of the 1MDB fund.
The judge said it was clear that Najib, who was also finance minister at the time, had “wielded overarching authority and power” in SRC and taken actions for “personal and private interest.” He said the prosecution has established the “ingredient of dishonesty” in misappropriating the funds.
Defense lawyers said Najib would be the first witness called when the trial resumes Dec. 3.
Najib is also charged in four other cases in the 1MDB scandal that led to investigations in several countries. His wife, several officials from his government, and the U.S. bank Goldman Sachs also face charges related to the scandal.
Monday’s ruling was seen as a key test for the legal system and the credibility of Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad’s government, which won a historic victory in the May 2018 election on an anti-corruption platform. The polls led to Malaysia’s first change of government since independence from Britain in 1957.
In an immediate reaction, Sports Minister Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman tweeted: “Praise God. May justice be on the side of the people.”
The patrician former leader, whose father and uncles were the country’s second and third prime ministers respectively, could face years in office if convicted. Najib, 66, denies any wrongdoing and accuses Malaysia’s new government of seeking political vengeance.
Mahathir, 94, was premier for 22 years until his retirement in 2003 but made a political comeback amid anger over the 1MDB scandal. His government soon reopened 1MDB investigations that had been quashed under Najib.
U.S. investigators say Najib’s associates pilfered more than $4.5 billion from 1MDB between 2009 and 2014 and laundered the money through layers of bank accounts in the U.S. and other countries to finance Hollywood films and buy hotels, a luxury yacht, art works, jewelry and other extravagances. More than $700 million from the fund allegedly landed in Najib’s bank account.
Truckloads of luggage stashed with cash, jewelry and hundreds of expensive designer bags worth a staggering 1.1 billion ringgit ($265 million dollars) were seized from Najib’s and his wife’s home and other properties.
In all, he faces 42 charges of criminal breach of trust, graft, abuse of power and money laundering in the five criminal cases.
His second trial, the biggest and most complex, started in August and is ongoing. Najib faces four counts of abusing his power to receive more than $731 million from 2011 to 2014, and 21 other charges of receiving, using, and transferring illicit funds linked to 1MDB. Dates for the other trials have not been set.
Najib’s lawyers say he is the victim of a conspiracy by rogue bankers including one identified by U.S. investigators as the mastermind behind the 1MDB fiasco. Prosecutors say Najib was the real power behind the fraud in the fund and its local unit.
(MADRID) — Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s Socialists won Spain’s national election on Sunday but large gains by the upstart far-right Vox party appear certain to widen the political deadlock in the European Union’s fifth-largest economy.
After a fourth national ballot in as many years and the second in less than seven months, the left-wing Socialists held on as the leading power in the national parliament. With 99.9% of the votes counted, the Socialists captured 120 seats, down three seats from the last election in April and still far from the absolute majority of 176 needed to form a government alone.
The big political shift came as right-wing voters flocked to Vox, which only had broken into Parliament in the spring for the first time. Sunday’s outcome means there will be no immediate end to the stalemate between forces on the right and the left in Spain, suggesting the country could go many more weeks or even months without a new government.
The far-right party led by 43-year-old Santiago Abascal, who speaks of “reconquering” Spain in terms that echo the medieval wars between Christian and Moorish forces, rocketed from 24 to 52 seats. That will make Vox the third leading party in the Congress of Deputies, giving it much more leverage in forming a government and crafting legislation.
The party has vowed to be much tougher on both Catalan separatists and migrants.
Abascal called his party’s success “the greatest political feat seen in Spain.”
“Just 11 months ago, we weren’t even in any regional legislature in Spain. Today we are the third-largest party in Spain and the party that has grown the most in votes and seats,” said Abascal, who promised to battle the “progressive dictatorship.”
Right-wing populist and anti-migrant leaders across Europe celebrated Vox’s strong showing.
Marine Le Pen, who heads France’s National Rally party, congratulated Abascal, saying his impressive work “is already bearing fruit after only a few years.”
In Italy, Matteo Salvini of the right-wing League party tweeted a picture of himself next to Abascal with the words “Congratulations to Vox!” above Spanish and Italian flags. And in the Netherlands, anti-Islam Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders posted a photograph of himself with Abascal and wrote “FELICIDADES” — Spanish for congratulations — with three thumbs-up emojis.
With Sunday’s outcome, the mainstream conservative Popular Party rebounded from its previous debacle in the April vote to 88 seats from 66, a historic low. The far-left United We Can, which had rejected an offer to help the Socialists form a left-wing government over the summer, lost some ground to get 35 seats.
The night’s undisputed loser was the center-right Citizens party, which collapsed to 10 seats from 57 in April after its leader Albert Rivera refused to help the Socialists form a government and tried to copy some of Vox’s hard-line positions.
Sánchez’s chances of staying in power still hinges on ultimately winning over the United We Can party and several regional parties, a complicated maneuver that he has failed to pull off in recent months.
Sánchez called on opponents to be “responsible” and “generous” by allowing a Socialist-led government to remain in charge.
“We extend this call to all the political parties except for those who self-exclude themselves … and plant the seeds of hate in our democracy,” he added, an apparent allusion to far-right and also possibly to separatist Catalan parties.
United We Can leader Pablo Iglesias extended an offer of support to Sánchez.
“These elections have only served for the right to grow stronger and for Spain to have one of the strongest far-right parties in Europe,” Iglesias said. “The only way to stop the far-right in Spain is to have a stable government.”
Pablo Casado, the leader of the Popular Party, also pledged to work to end months of political instability. He said “the ball was in the court” of Sánchez, though. In recent months his party and Citizens have struck deals with Vox to take over some cities and regional governments.
Bonnie Field, a professor on Global Studies at Bentley University in California, called the political situation a “mess government-wise.”
“Spanish politics are now increasingly complicated and any governing formula is going to require lots of negotiations, and people being open to criticism,” she said.
The Socialists took a hit in the country’s Senate, losing their absolute majority of 133 seats in the upper parliamentary chamber amid the significant conservative inroads.
Julia Giobelina, a 34-year-old web designer from Madrid, was angry at having to vote for the second time this year. But she said she cast her ballot in hopes of stopping Vox.
“They are the new fascism,” Giobelina said. “We citizens need to stand against privatization of health care and other public services.”
Spain returned to democracy in the late 1970s after a near four-decade right-wing dictatorship under the late Gen. Francisco Franco. The country used to take pride in claiming that no far-right group had seats in the national Parliament, unlike the rest of Europe. That changed in the spring, but the Socialists’ April victory was still seen by many as a respite for Europe, where right-wing parties had gained much ground.
Vox relied on its anti-migrant message and attacks on laws that protect women from domestic abuse as well as what it considers leftist ideology disguised as political correctness. Still, it does not advocate a break from the EU in the very pro-EU Spain.
It has nevertheless flourished after recent riots in Catalonia by separatists, capitalizing on Spanish nationalist sentiment stirred up by the country’s worst political conflict in decades. Many right-wingers were also not pleased by the Socialist government’s exhumation of Franco’s remains last month from his gargantuan mausoleum so he could no longer be exalted in a public place.
The debate over Catalonia, meanwhile, promises to fester.
The three Catalan separatist parties won a combined 23 seats on Sunday.
Many Catalans have been angered by the decision last month by Spain’s Supreme Court, which sentenced to prison nine Catalan politicians and activists who led a 2017 drive for the region’s independence. The ruling has triggered massive daily protests in Catalonia that left more than 500 people injured, roughly half of them police officers, and dozens arrested.
(BAGHDAD) — The United Nations’ mission for Iraq on Sunday proposed a roadmap out of the country’s social upheaval, while Amnesty International said Iraq’s crackdown on anti-government protests has descended into a “bloodbath.”
At least 319 protesters have been killed by security forces since the economically driven protests and unrest began last month, according to the latest figures from the Iraqi Human Rights Commission released Sunday.
Iraqi security forces put up concrete barriers in central Baghdad in an effort to hamper and block the movement of protesters. The measures come after security forces last Monday violently cleared demonstrators from three flashpoint bridges in central Baghdad. By the end of the day, six anti-government protesters were killed more than 100 wounded.
The widening security crackdown reflects government intransigence and narrowing options for protesters who have been on the streets of Baghdad and the mainly Shiite south’s cities for weeks. Authorities shut down internet access and blocked social media sites several times amid the demonstrations.
The leaderless protests are targeting Iraq’s entire political class and calling for the overhaul of the sectarian system established after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion. Security forces have used live ammunition, rubber bullets and tear gas in an effort to quell the protests.
On Sunday, the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq urged the country’s politicians to chart a way forward and proposed a roadmap, saying time is of essence.
In a statement it laid out a series of short- and longer-term measures to deal with the crisis, including electoral reform and a series of anti-corruption measures. As immediate measures, it called for the release of all peaceful demonstrators detained since Oct. 1, initiating a full investigation of cases of abduction and prosecuting and punishing those responsible for the excessive use of force.
Amnesty International said Iraqi authorities should immediately rein in security forces.
“The government of Iraq has a duty to protect its people’s right to life, as well as to gather and express their views. This bloodbath must stop now, and those responsible for it must be brought to justice,” said Heba Morayef, Amnesty International’s Middle East and North Africa Director.
“All government promises of reforms or investigations ring hollow while security forces continue to shoot and kill protesters,” she said.
The White House issued a statement Sunday night calling for a halt to the violence against the protesters.
“The United States is seriously concerned by continued attacks against protestors, civic activists, and the media, as well as restrictions on Internet access, in Iraq,” said the statement from the press secretary. “Iraqis won’t stand by as the Iranian regime drains their resources and uses armed groups and political allies to stop them from peacefully expressing their views. Despite being targeted with lethal violence and denied access to the Internet, the Iraqi people have made their voices heard, calling for elections and election reforms.”
The U.S. called for “the Iraqi government to halt the violence against protesters and fulfill President (Barham) Salih’s promise to pass electoral reform and hold early elections.”
The protesters’ most immediate demand is for the resignation of Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi’s government. He’s held the post for just over a year, and is refusing to step down.
On Sunday, security forces closed roads near the Khilani Square with one-meter high concrete barriers, trying to block protesters from reaching Baghdad’s landmark Tahrir Square, the epicenter of the protests, and the Sanak bridge.
At least 19 protesters were wounded when security forces used tear gas to repel them, according to police and hospital sources.
In the southern city of Nasiriyah, security and medical officials said 31 people were injured in confrontations outside the education directorate as security forces tear-gassed protesters trying to block employees from reaching the building in the city center. Among those wounded were two school students, the officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity in line with regulations.
On Saturday, five protesters were shot dead by live ammunition, while the sixth was killed by a direct hit to the head from a tear gas cannister, medical and security forces said.
The protesters were pushed back from the three bridges spanning the Tigris River toward the heavily fortified Green Zone, the seat of government. Protesters have tried to force their way across on an almost daily basis.
The deaths occurred as the protests intensified in the afternoon when demonstrators tried to get back to the bridges. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity in line with regulations.
The demonstrators complain of widespread corruption, lack of job opportunities and poor basic services, including regular power cuts, despite Iraq’s vast oil reserves. They have rejected government proposals for limited economic reforms, and instead called on the country’s political leadership to resign, including Adel Abdul-Mahdi.
“We consider the peaceful protests of our people as among the most important events since 2003,” Abdul-Mahdi said in a statement Saturday that vowed to meet the protesters’ demands for wide-ranging reforms. He added that electoral reforms would be put forward soon along with “an important government reshuffle” in response to the protests against the sectarian system imposed in 2003, though the statement didn’t provide further details.
Abdul-Mahdi reiterated an earlier order forbidding security forces to use excessive violence, such as live rounds, against peaceful protesters in a meeting with President Barham Salah and Parliament Speaker Mohammed Halbousi on Sunday.
At least 60 people were reported injured after violent unrest broke out across Hong Kong Monday morning.
Police fired live bullets as anti-government protesters caused major disruptions to transport networks in a bid to enforce a general strike. At least one man, said to be a 21-year-old student, was wounded by gunfire and is in hospital in critical condition. Police accuse him of attempting to snatch an officer’s weapon.
According to AFP, a second protester may have been hit. Police drew their weapons in at least two other clashes.
In a separate disturbance, a man was reportedly set alight after engaging in a tense argument with a group of youths. Local media said his condition was also critical.
Two petrol bombs were meanwhile thrown into a commuter train as passengers were boarding, the subway operator said. Miraculously, nobody was injured.
Disturbances were reported in several suburbs and on at least three university campuses, with outbreaks of vandalism and arson. Students hurled bricks and petrol bombs at police, who responded with rubber bullets and tear gas.
During the lunch hour, startled office workers ran for cover after police fired teargas at protesters occupying Pedder Street, in the heart of the financial district. The street is one of the city’s most exclusive, home to prestigious offices, top designer boutiques, and the glitzy Landmark shopping mall.
Many office workers were taking part in the protests. A 29-year-old banker named Alex said he didn’t go to work today but came out on the streets to protest instead after he heard the news of the morning’s shooting.
“The government just wants to bring the violence to the next level to make us afraid,” he told TIME. “Even though we are afraid we still have to come out. We still can’t give up.”
But Michael, a 47-year-old company owner, told TIME that the protesters were guilty of “Sheer terrorism—a hundred percent all the hallmarks of terrorism. We’re not telling this to the world, we’re not calling this terrorism, because we’ll lose investors, but it will be all down to zero if we declare this a terrorist state.”
He added: “They [the protesters] have nothing to lose. We have everything.”
Tourists were among those caught up in the unrest. When asked if she would return to the city, a 26-year-old traveler on her first visit to Hong Kong replied “To be honest I don’t think so. It’s dangerous here.”
ANTHONY WALLACE—AFP via Getty Images People react after tear gas was fired by police during a protest in Hong Kong on November 11, 2019.
Subway services were heavily disrupted as protesters threw objects onto the tracks, vandalized facilities, and set fires in stations and train compartments. Several stations were closed.
Protesters also set up roadblocks at several major choke points, bringing traffic to a standstill and forcing bus passengers to disembark and walk. The Cross Harbour Tunnel, the main road artery connecting the Kowloon peninsula to the financial and commercial districts of Hong Kong Island, was blocked. Police said as many as 120 locations were barricaded or obstructed.
At Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, where the protester shot by police remains in intensive care, about two dozen medical staff and black-shirted protesters staged a protest, chanting “Liberate Hong Kong” and “Hongkongers, avenge!”
“The problem Hong Kong is facing right now is uncontrolled police violence,” said a doctor taking part. “This use of live fire on unarmed civilians is unacceptable by international standards,” he told TIME.
“This behavior is absurd and unforgivable,” said a 24-year-old radiographer. “There’s no excuse, [the police officer who opened fire] was trying to kill.”
As night fell, protesters remained at the barricades on major roads, engaging in running battles with police, who deployed tear gas and water cannon.
At an evening press conference, Hong Kong’s embattled leader, Chief Executive Carrie Lam, called a press conference an appealed for calm. She also reiterated the government’s uncompromising stance.
“If there is still any wishful thinking that by escalating violence the [government] will yield to pressure to satisfy so called political demands, I am making this statement loud and clear: that will not happen,” she told media. “Violence will not give any solution to the problems Hong Kong is facing. Out joint priority now is to end the violence and return Hong Kong to normal as soon as possible.”
Monday’s disturbances come after a weekend of vigils and unrest as protesters vented their anger at the death Friday of a 22-year-old student, Alex Chow. Chow had been in a coma for several days after being found with serious head injuries near the site of a confrontation between police and activists.
Hong Kong’s anti-government unrest is now in its fifth month and represents the most serious challenge to Chinese Communist Party in decades. Protesters are demanding greater political freedom and have repudiated Beijing’s sovereignty over the semi-autonomous enclave, which was retroceded to China in 1997 after 156 years as a British colony.
The government denied that it would impose emergency powers in response to Monday’s protests and was also forced to quash rumors that it was planning to impose a daily cash withdrawal limit at banks.
Police said 266 protesters aged 17 to 24 have been arrested over the past week.
—With reporting by Laignee Barron, Aria Chen and Hillary Leung/Hong Kong
LA PAZ, Bolivia — Bolivian President Evo Morales announced his resignation Sunday under mounting pressure from the military and the public after his re-election victory triggered weeks of fraud allegations and deadly protests.
The decision came after a day of fast-moving developments, including an offer from Morales to hold a new election. But the crisis deepened dramatically when the country’s military chief went on national television to call on him to step down.
“I am sending my resignation letter to the Legislative Assembly of Bolivia,” the 60-year-old socialist leader said in a statement.
Morales’ claim to have won a fourth term last month plunged the country into the biggest crisis of his nearly 14 years in power. The unrest left three people dead and over 100 injured in clashes between his supporters and opponents.
Earlier in the day Sunday, the Organization of American States said in a preliminary report that it had found a “heap of observed irregularities” in the Oct. 20 election and that a new vote should be held.
Morale agreed to that. But within hours, military chief Gen. Williams Kaliman made it clear that would not be sufficient.
“After analyzing the situation of internal conflict, we ask the president to resign, allowing peace to be restored and stability to be maintained for the good of our Bolivia,” Kaliman said.
The leadership crisis escalated in the hours leading up to the resignation announcement. Two government ministers in charge of mines and hydrocarbons, the Chamber of Deputies president and three other pro-government legislators announced their resignations. Some said opposition supporters had threatened their families.
In addition, the head of Bolivia’s Supreme Electoral Tribunal stepped down after the OAS findings were released. Also, the attorney general’s office said it will investigate judges on the tribunal for alleged fraud.
Morales in 2996 became the first president from Bolivia’s indigenous population, and he went on to preside over a commodities-fed economic boom in South America’s poorest country. The former leader of a coca growers union, he paved roads, sent Bolivia’s first satellite into space and curbed inflation.
But many who were once excited by his fairy-tale rise have grown wary of his reluctance to leave power.
He ran for a fourth term after refusing to abide by the results of a referendum that upheld term limits for the president. He was able to run because Bolivia’s constitutional court disallowed such limits.
After the Oct. 20 vote, Morales declared himself the outright winner even before official results indicated he obtained just enough support to avoid a runoff with opposition leader and former President Carlos Mesa. A 24-hour lapse in releasing results fueled suspicions of vote-rigging.
The OAS sent a team to conduct what it called a binding audit of the election. Its preliminary recommendations included holding new elections with a new electoral body.
“Mindful of the heap of observed irregularities, it’s not possible to guarantee the integrity of the numbers and give certainty of the results,” the OAS said in a statement.
During the unrest since the election, protesters have torched the headquarters of local electoral tribunal offices and set up roadblocks that paralyzed parts of Bolivia.
Pressure on Morales increased ominously on Saturday when police on guard outside Bolivia’s presidential palace abandoned their posts and police retreated to their barracks in at least three cities.
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Associated Press writer Luis Andres Henao in Buenos Aires, Argentina, contributed to this report.
(TEHRAN, Iran) — Iran has discovered a new oil field in the country’s south with over 50 billion barrels of crude, its president said Sunday, a find that could boost the country’s proven reserves by a third as it struggles to sell energy abroad over U.S. sanctions.
The announcement by Hassan Rouhani comes as Iran faces crushing American sanctions after the U.S. pulled out of its nuclear deal with world powers last year.
Rouhani made the announcement in a speech in the desert city of Yazd. He said the field was located in Iran’s southern Khuzestan province, home to its crucial oil industry.
Some 53 billion barrels would be added to Iran’s proven reserves of roughly 150 billion, he said.
“I am telling the White House that in the days when you sanctioned the sale of Iranian oil and pressured our nation, the country’s dear workers and engineers were able to discover 53 billion barrels of oil in a big field,” Rouhani said.
Oil reserves refer to crude that’s economically feasible to extract. Figures can vary wildly by country due to differing standards, though it remains a yardstick of comparison among oil-producing nations.
Iran currently has the world’s fourth-largest proven deposits of crude oil and the world’s second-largest deposits of natural gas. It shares a massive offshore field in the Persian Gulf with Qatar.
The new oil field could become Iran’s second-largest field after one containing 65 billion barrels in Ahvaz. The field is 2,400 square kilometers (925 square miles), with the deposit some 80 meters (260 feet) deep, Rouhani said.
Since the U.S. withdrew from the 2015 nuclear deal, the other countries involved — Germany, France, Britain, Russia and China — have been struggling to save it. However, they’ve offered no means by which Iran can sell its oil abroad.
Any company or government that buys Iran’s oil faces harsh U.S. sanctions, the threat of which also stopped billions of dollars in business deals and sharply depreciated Iran’s currency, the rial.
Iran has since gone beyond the deal’s stockpile and enrichment limits, as well as started using advanced centrifuges barred by the deal. It also just began injecting uranium gas into centrifuges at an underground facility.
The collapse of the nuclear deal coincided with a tense summer of mysterious attacks on oil tankers and Saudi oil facilities that the U.S. blamed on Iran. Tehran denied the allegation, though it did seize oil tankers and shoot down a U.S. military surveillance drone.
(ROME) — A roadside blast wounded five Italian Special Forces soldiers in northern Iraq on Sunday as they were on a training mission to assist Iraqi troops, Italian military officials said.
The Italian Defense Ministry said three of the wounded were in “grave condition” in the explosion. An Iraqi security official said the bomb exploded next to their vehicle as they were traveling just outside Kirkuk, wounding six Italian soldiers.
The discrepancy in the number of wounded wasn’t immediately explained. The wounded were evacuated by U.S. military helicopters to hospital in Baghdad.
One Italian soldier lost a leg to amputation due to injuries from the bomb and another suffered serious internal injuries, Italian Gen. Nicola Lanza de Cristoforis told state TV.
The defense ministry said the soldiers are part of a special forces team who were carrying out the “mentoring and training” of Iraqi armed forces involved in the fight against Islamic State group.
Iraq declared victory against IS two years ago, but the group continues to stage insurgent-type attacks across the country, particularly in northern Iraq.
Currently, Italy has about 800 regular soldiers and 80 special forces in Iraq.
(MOSCOW) — Police in the Russian city of St. Petersburg plan to interrogate a prominent professor who has been detained on suspicion of killing a female student after he was pulled from a frigid river with a backpack containing severed arms.
Oleg Sokolov, a history professor at St. Petersburg State University who is an expert in French revolutionary military history, was found Saturday in the Moika River with the rucksack. Police later found the body of his student in his apartment, Russian news reports said.
Lawyer Alexander Pochuev said Sokolov has signed a statement of guilt, the Russian media reports said. Sokolov was hospitalized Saturday for hypothermia but was taken to a police station Sunday for questioning.
Reports said Sokolov had been awarded France’s Legion of Honor for his work.
(WASHINGTON) — The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff says about 500 or 600 U.S. troops will remain in Syria to counter Islamic State fighters.
President Donald Trump recently approved an expanded military mission to secure oil fields across eastern Syria. His decision locked hundreds of U.S. troops into a more complicated presence in Syria despite his pledge to bring them home.
Gen. Mark Milley (MIHL’-ee) tells ABC’s “This Week” that pressure must be maintained on IS fighters still in the region.
It’s unclear whether Milley’s prediction of keeping 500 to 600 American troops there includes the roughly 200 who are at the al-Tanf garrison in southern Syria.
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The Board of Calcutta High Court (CHC) is planning to release the LDC Mains result in the month of November 2019 tentatively. A huge number of Candidates applied for the Lower Division Assistant (LDA) Posts. The Calcutta High Court Recruitment is to recruit 200 Candidates for the LDA Posts. Here everyone can get the Calcutta High Court LDA Exam Result. Along with the results, applicants can check the Calcutta High Court Merit List from the below sections.
Calcutta High Court LDA Mains Result 2019 – Overview
Preliminary Screening Test Competitive Written Test Viva-Voice Test
Job Location
Calcutta
Official Website
calcuttahighcourt.gov.in
Applicants who have participated in the LDA Mains Examination are eagerly waiting to know the results. We will help you to find the Calcutta High Court Result of LDA. The Calcutta High Court Recruitment processes for the Lower Division Assistant Posts are a Preliminary Examination, mains examination, and Viva-Voce Test. Candidates who will clear all those rounds can be qualified for the Lower Division Assistant (LDA) Posts.
Calcutta High Court LDA Cutoff Marks 2019
The Lower Division Assistant Cutoff Marks will be released by the Calcutta High Court Board Members on the official website. The Cut off marks will publish after the Calcutta High Court Result Lower Division Assistant declaration. The Calcutta High Court has not yet announced the exact date of the Result announcement. Normally the Cutoff marks will decide based on some categories. The number of candidates who have appeared for the exam, number of vacancies, Previous year Cut off marks and the category of the Candidates. Candidates can wait for some time to know the Cutoff Marks.
Calcutta High Court Merit List 2019
The Calcutta High Court will announce the CHC Lower Division Assistant Merit List 2019 along with the Calcutta High Court LDA Result 2019 on the official website. The qualified/selected candidates list will decide based on the Competitive Written Test, Viva-Voice Test. If the candidate’s name appears in the qualified candidate’s list and they clear the Viva Voce Test, the candidates can have a chance to get the Lower Division Assistant Post.
How to Download the Calcutta High Court LDA Result 2019?
Initially, Applicants should visit the official website Calcutta High Court (CHC) @ calcuttahighcourt.gov.in
On the home page, candidates should search for the Notification option
Search for the Recruitment (District Judiciary) option and click on it
A new page will open on the screen with various results.
Search for the Calcutta High Court LDA Recruitment Result
Check and download the Calcutta High Court LDA Exam Result.
Direct Links to download Calcutta High Court Result 2019
RTMNU Results 2019 – The Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, Nagpur announces the Semester Exam results for the M. Sc 2nd Sem, LL.M. 2nd, 4th sem, LL.B. 8th sem results and other exam results. Those who are checking out for the updated semester wise results for Supplementary & Regular Examination can get it here. The Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, Nagpur offers all kinds of UG & PG Courses. Hence, Check other information of RTMNU Results in the below sections of this page.
RTMNU Results 2019-20
Get the updated and lastest Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University Results of Nagpur Branch. Here is the RTMNU Results Hub listed for the LLM, LLB, MSC and other Graduate & Post Graduate programming courses. Students of Nagpur City who are pursuing their degree under RTM Nagpur University can check out the complete semester examination results from the below section of this page. For detailed information and to know the previously released RTM Nagpur University Results candidates can get on the official website @nagpuruniversity.org for both the supplementary and regular results.
About Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University
Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University is also known as Nagpur University which located in the city of Nagpur in the central Indian state of Maharashtra. RTMNU is one of the oldest universities and the second oldest in Maharashtra. The university named on the Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj, who was a spiritual leader, orator, and musician from Vidarbha. The university is a member of the Association of Indian universities and the association of Commonwealth universities.
Nagpur University was established in the year 1923 with 6 affiliated colleges and 927 students. By 1947 the number of students increased to 9,000. This year even Library & Sports activities were drastically increased. The Governor of Maharashtra state will act as Chancellor of the university. While Mr. Siddharthavinayaka P. Kane is the Vice-Chancellor of the university.
RTMNU Revaluation Results
Students are waiting for the results if they scored well they will lead to next year. But if they will not get more marks they can apply for the revaluation results. Once they applied for the Examination, the higher level Examiner will check the paper again. They can get the revaluation results within the time. Also if 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. Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University will take a week or more to process the exam papers to announce the RTMNU Revaluation Results. Do stay updated with the University to know about the RTMNU Revaluation Results.
CG Vyapam Syllabus 2019 is updated here for the posts of Stenographer, Assistant Teacher, Lecturer, Teacher, Deputy Engineer, Assistant Programmer & Other. Candidates who are applying for the given posts can get here the complete Syllabus Details along with Exam Pattern. So go through the below links.
CG Vyapam Syllabus 2019
Below are links for the Syllabus of the various posts that are conducted under the Chhattisgarh Professional Examination Board (CG Vyapam). For detailed information go through the links –
The Applicants who applied to the Chattisgarh Vyapam Vacancies can check the Syllabus and Exam Pattern in the article below. However, we update the latest CG Vyapam Syllabus for various Recruitments 2019. Hence, keep visiting and check all the latest Chattisgarh Vyapam Syllabus and Exam Pattern. Also, download the CG Vyapam Syllabus PDF 2019 from the section below and start your Preparation.
CGPEB Stenographer Syllabus Pdf
Chhattisgarh Professional Examination Board (CGPEB) had released recruitment notification for various Stenographer & Steno Typist posts. Candidates who are interested in this job had already applied for CGPEB Steno exam 2019 and waiting for exam date to release. Here is the good news for you people, exam date is released and it is scheduled on 18th November 2019. Thus, prepare for the exam as soon as possible using CG Vyapam Stenographer syllabus & exam pattern and start preparing for the exam. Also, check for CGPEB Steno Previous Year Papers Pdf for better exam preparation.
CG Vyapam Steno Exam 2019 – Overview
Description
Details
Organization Name
Chhattisgarh Professional Examination Board (CG Vyapam)
Post Name
Stenographer, Steno Typist
Vacancies
Various
Category
Syllabus
CGPEB Steno Exam Date 2019
18th November 2019
Official Website
www.cgvyapam.choice.gov.in
Selection Process
Written Exam
Personal Interview
CG Vyapam (CGPEB) Steno Exam Pattern Pdf
Subjects
No of Questions
Marks
General Knowledge
50
50
Computer Awareness
30
30
General Mental Ability
30
30
General Hindi
40
40
Mathematics
30
30
General English
20
20
Total
200
200
The exam will be of objective type questions.
Duration of exam will be 3 Hours.
CGPEB Stenographer Exam Syllabus Pdf
General Knowledge
General Science.
Indian History.
Famous Places in India.
Inventions and Discoveries.
Literature.
Countries and Capitals.
Geography.
Rivers, Lakes and, Seas.
Environmental Issues.
Civics.
Indian Economy.
Biology.
Artists.
Famous Books & Authors.
Current Affairs.
Indian Parliament.
Sports.
Famous Days & Dates.
Heritage.
Tourism.
Indian Politics.
English
Substitution.
Spotting Errors.
Fill in the blanks.
Passage Completion.
Error Correction (Phrase in Bold).
Sentence Improvement.
Para Completion.
Error Correction (Underlined Part).
Active Voice and Passive Voice.
Sentence Arrangement.
Synonyms.
Joining Sentences.
Antonyms.
Sentence Completion.
Prepositions.
Idioms and Phrases.
Reasoning Ability
Non-Verbal Series.
Coding-Decoding.
Number Ranking.
Decision Making.
Embedded Figures.
Data Interpretation.
Statements & Arguments.
Number Series.
Blood Relations.
Mirror Images.
Clocks & Calendars.
Cubes and Dice.
Analogy.
Alphabet Series.
Syllogism.
Directions.
Arithmetical Reasoning.
Statements & Conclusions.
Aptitude
Banker's Discount.
Volume and Surface Area.
Logarithm.
Compound Interest.
Races and Games.
Square Root and Cube Root.
Time and Distance.
Simplification.
Problems on H.C.F and L.C.M.
Allegation or Mixture.
Partnership.
Time and Work.
Probability.
Area.
Decimal Fraction.
Chain Rule.
Stocks and Share.
Problems on Ages.
Surds and Indices.
Ratio and Proportion.
Numbers.
Average.
Height and Distance.
Permutation and Combination.
Boats and Streams.
Simple Interest.
Pipes and Cistern.
CG Vyapam Pharmacist Syllabus 2019 PDF
Chhattisgarh Vyapam Pharmacist Syllabus 2019 and CGPEB Pharmacist Grade III Exam Pattern is announced for CG Vyapam Written Exam. The Chhattisgarh Professional Examination Board (CG Vyapam) Board Authority will conduct an examination on 04th November 2019for filling 163 vacancies of the Pharmacist Grade III Posts. All the applicants who have filled the application form must take part in the exam. Before going to appear for any exam, having an idea about exam strategy and syllabus is mandatory. Without knowing CGPEB Ayurveda Pharmacist Syllabus it is impossible to crack the examination.
Applicants can also get CG Vyapam Ayurveda Pharmacist Syllabus 2019 downloading links at the end of this page for applicants’ reference. Download Chhattisgarh Vyapam Exam Syllabus & CGPEB Pharmacist Exam Pattern to score qualifying marks in the examination. Get CG Vyapam Previous Papers for Pharmacist Posts from here. It will provide details about topics from which the questions will be asked. Hence, Make sure to prepare well for the exam. Therefore, for the applicant’s reference and better practice, we have enclosed the list of topics and preparation materials that are essential for the CG Vyapam Exam.
For the best preparation of CG Vyapam Written Examination for Pharmacist Grade III Vacancy applicants must be aware of Chhattisgarh Vyapam Ayurveda CGPEB Pharmacist Exam Pattern details. To crack the written examination, candidates must be aware of CG Vyapam Exam Topics which can be possible through the CGPEB Pharmacist Exam Pattern 2019. The CG Vyapam Pharmacist Exam Pattern 2019 is tabulated below. Aspirants can look into the CG Vyapam Pharmacist Ayurved Exam Pattern 2019 to get an idea about total questions, marks, exam duration and also other details.
CG Vyapam Pharmacist Grade III Exam Pattern 2019
S.No
Type Of Examination
Name of the Subject
Time Duration
1
Objective Type
Reasoning
2 Hours
2
Mathematics
3
English
4
Science
5
Related Topics
Selection Procedures:
Chhattisgarh Professional Examination Board selection will be based on given following rounds
All the candidates start your Exam preparation by downloading the topic wise CG Vyapam Exam Syllabus 2019 and the Exam Pattern 2019. It is necessary to know about the Chhattisgarh Professional Examination Board Syllabus and Exam Pattern before appearing the Exam. If you have an idea about the Syllabus and Exam Pattern, you can perform well in the Exam.
Pharmacist Syllabus
Introduction for Different Dosage Forms
Mixing and Homogenization
Processing of Tablets
Processing of Capsules
Study of Immunological Products
Size Reduction
Drug Price Control Order 1995
Quality Control of Drugs
The Structure of the cell
The Composition of Blood
Nutrition & Health Classification of Foods
Disease Manifestation
An Elaborate Study of the Pharmacy Act 1948
The packaging of Pharmaceuticals
Drug Interaction
Drug and Magic Remedies Act 1954
Elementary Tissues of the Body
Drug & Cosmetics Act of 1939
Introduction of Controlled and Extended Drug Delivery System
Physics Syllabus
Volume and pressure
Work
Gravitation
Current and Electricity
Human Eye
Optics
Heat and related theories
Velocity
Basic concepts of Physics
Energy
Magnetism
Power
Electromagnetic Induction
Atomic Theory
Ayurveda Pharmacist Syllabus 2019
Equipment for miniature radiography
Fluorescent screen photography
Physics (10+2 level)
Hospital Practice and care of the patient
Equipment of radio diagnostic radiography
Cystography
Biology (10+2 level) – Especially Human
Must be conversant with radiographic photography
CGPEB Pharmacists Syllabus
Adverse Drug Reaction
The packaging of Pharmaceutical Products
Drug Dependence
Sterilization of Surgical Instrument, Glass Ware
The Drug in Clinical Toxicity
Antibiotics Used in Chemotherapy
Patents Act 1970
Poisons Act 1919, MTP Act 1970
Capsules, Tablets/Parental Products
Pharmacokinetics
Clinical Pharmacokinetics
Factories Act 1948
Bioavailabilities of Drugs
Antiviral Drug
Sustained Release Formulation
Insulin and Oral Hypoglycemic agents
Alkaloid Containing Drugs
Transdermal Drug Delivery System
Regulatory Control
Drug Regulatory Affairs
Medicinal and Toilet Preparation Act 1955
General and Physical Chemistry Syllabus
Thermochemistry
Structure of Atom
Chemical Kinetics
Electrochemistry
Nuclear Chemistry
Surface chemistry
Colloids and catalysts
Thermodynamics
Solutions
Solid State
Chemical Bond
Chemical Equilibrium
Organic Chemistry
Organic compounds
Ethers
Polyhalogen compounds
Aldehydes
Ketones
Carboxylic Acids and Derivatives
Haloalkanes
Alkynes and Benzenes
Polymers Classification
Biomolecules
Inorganic Chemistry
Transition metals
Chemical Periodicity
Chemical Analysis
Principles of Metallurgical operations
Co-ordination compounds
Comparative study of elements
Ayurveda Pharmacist Zoology Syllabus
Taxonomy Evolution Economic Zoology
Developmental biology and Genetics
History of Mammalian Organs
Endocrine System
Structure and Function of Animal Tissues
Pharmacist Biology Syllabus
Cell and Cell structure
Biotechnology
Methods of Food preservation
Viruses and Bacteria
Five Kingdom classification
Role of Plants in Human Welfare
Ecosystem
Genetics
Enzymes
Tissue and tissue systems
Mathematics Syllabus
Algebra
Linear programming
Coordinate geometry of two dimensions
Statistics
Numerical methods
Differential Equations
Trigonometry
Differential Calculus
Coordinate geometry of three dimensions
Vector Algebra
Integral Calculus
Important Links Related To Chhattisgarh Professional Examination Board
CG Vyapam Syllabus 2019 is available here for the posts of Lecturer, Teacher and Assistant Teacher posts. Candidates who are applying for the posts can get here the complete syllabus details along with exam pattern. So go through the complete syllabus details that we have mentioned here.
Recently, the Chhattisgarh Professional Examination Board (CG Vyapam) have released 14,580 vacancies for the Lecturer, Teacher and Assistant Teacher posts. Candidates who are applying for the given posts can go through the CG Vyapam Recruitment 2019 for further details.
CG Vyapam Lecturer Syllabus 2019 – Details
Description
Details
Name of the Board
Chhattisgarh Professional Examination Board (CG Vyapam)
Here candidates can download the syllabus pdf for lecturer, teacher and assistant teacher posts. In the given syllabus the exam pattern, as well as the syllabus, is mentioned in descriptive nature. Go through the below links –
CG Vyapam Syllabus for Assistant Programmer is updated here. The Aspirants who are going to attend the Examination can check the details below. Here we have given the details about the CG Vyapam Assistant Programmer Examination Syllabus and Pattern 2019. Hence, check the CG Vyapam Recruitment details and Exam Pattern in the following sections.
The Written Examination is going to be conducted for the Applicants who are appearing the Exam. The Candidates are going to have a 100 Objective Type Multiple Choice Questions. Where each Question carries one Mark. However, for detailed Syllabus and Pattern download the CG Vyapam Syllabus pdf for Assistant Programmer 2019 below.
The Previous Year Question Papers for the Assistant Programmer Exam can be found from the link given. Hence, interested candidates can click on the link and download the free CGPEB Question Papers Pdf for Asst Programmer.
Applied to the CG Vyapam Assistant Grade-III, DEO, Stenographer and other Vacancies 2019. Then you are in the right place. Check the CG Vyapam Assistant Officer Syllabus and Exam Pattern details in the section below. However, we updated the latest Cg Vyapam Syllabus and Exam Pattern for Assist, DEO & Other Posts. Hence, download the CG Vyapam Syllabus Pdf from the link below. check the CG Vyapam Recruitment 2019 details before going to a syllabus.
CG Vyapam Syllabus ADEO 2019
Description
Details
Posts Name
Assistant Grade 3, DEO & others
No. of Vacancies
150
Category Name
Syllabus
CG Vyapam ADEO Exam Pattern 2019
The Chhattisgarh Vyapam ADEO Exam Pattern is updated in the section below. The Aspirants who applied for the ADEO 2019 Recruitment can check the details below. However, check the details clearly and start preparing for the written Examination. Furthermore, candidates can check the CG Vyapam Previous Papers in the section below. For more details check the official Chhattisgarh Vyapam Website.
Furthermore, check the CG Vyapam AGDO Exam Previous Year Question papers from the link below. Also, download free CG Vyapam Old Question Papers and Study Material Pdf and start preparation. All the best for your CG Vyapam AGDO Written Examination 2019.
The Updated CG Vyapam Syllabus for Combined Secondary Examination 2019 is available here. The CG Vyapam Recruitment for Various Deputy Engineers Vacancy is given a few days back. Hence the Applicants who are applying for the Posts can check the CG Vyapam Syllabus and Exam Pattern in the sections below. However, check the Exam Pattern clearly. Also, download the CG Vyapam Civil, Electrical and Mechanical Engineer Syllabus 2019 Pdf in the following sections.
The Chhattisgarh Vyapam Combined Secondary Examination Syllabus for Civil, Mechanical and Electrical engineering Posts is given below. The CG Vyapam CSG Exam Pattern 2019 is updated in the table following according to the Category. Hence, check the CG Vyapam CSG Exam Pattern below. Also, download the CG Vyapam CSE 2019 Syllabus for Civil, Electrical, and Mechanical In the following section. Furthermore, for more details check the official Website of Chhattisgarh Vyapam.
The Previous Papers for Chattisgarh Combined Secondary Examination for Deputy Engineers Vacancies 2019 is available. However, Just click on the link given below to check the Chhattisgarh Vyapam CSE 17 Question papers. Also, download CG Vyapam Engineering Previous Papers Free.
Download CG Vyapam Syllabus for the Lab Technician, Lab Assistant, Technical Assistant, & Others posts. Contenders can also check the CG Vyapam Exam Pattern 2019. In the following sections, we have updated the Latest Chhattisgarh Vyapam Exam Syllabus 2019 and Test Pattern for the candidates’ reference. Hence, go to the following section and download them.
Selection Process:
Written Test
Interview
Chhattisgarh CG Vyapam Exam Syllabus 2019
Name of the Organization
Chhattisgarh Professional Examination Board
Post Name
Lab Technician
Total Vacancies
228
Job Category
Syllabus
Job Location
Chhattisgarh
Official Website
cgvyapam.choice.gov.in
Chhattisgarh CG Vyapam Exam Pattern 2019
S. No
Exam Type
Names of Subjects
1.
Objective Type Questions
Computer Knowledge
2.
English Language
3.
Hindi Language
4.
Maths
5.
General Knowledge
CG Vyapam Lab Technician Syllabus – General Knowledge
Candidates looking for the CG Vyapam Syllabus can check the following article. We have updated the CG Vyapam Revenue Inspector Syllabus along with the exam pattern. Hence, go to the following article and get the syllabus. Prepare well by referring the Chhattisgarh Vyapam RI Exam Syllabus updated here for reference. Also, check the CG Vyapam Exam Pattern 2019 from the following sections.
Selection Process:
Candidates are selected based on their performance in the following tests.
Are you the one who is in search of CG Vyapam Syllabus 2019? Then you are on the right page. Here is the updated CG Vyapam Accountant and Sanitary Inspector Syllabus. Download it now and start your preparation. Get the Chhattisgarh Vyapam Exam Syllabus along with the Exam Pattern. The board has not released the CG Vyapam Exam Written Test date. Therefore, candidates need to start their preparation to crack the exam. Hence, applicants can approach the Chhattisgarh Professional Examination Board 2019 Syllabus Pdf, Exam Pattern.
The applicants searching for the CG Vyapam Syllabus 2019 can check here. We have uploaded the syllabus as per the CG Vyapam notification. Interested candidates can check and download the Chhattisgarh Professional Examination Syllabus along with the Exam Pattern for Staff Nurse. The syllabus is very important for the aspirants going to appear for the exam. Therefore, download the CG Vyapam Staff Nurse Exam 2019 Syllabus from the link provided and start your preparation. Moreover, interested aspirants can also visit the official website of Chhattisgarh Professional Examination Board @ cgvyapam.choice.gov.in and download the CG Vyapam 2019 Syllabus Pdf along with the Test Pattern.
Selection Process:
The applicants applied for the CG Vyapam Recruitment 2019 have to undergo the following recruitment process,
The Chhattisgarh Professional Examination Board Officials will conduct a written examination of 100 marks. There will be 100 questions of objective type. Applicants will get 2 Hours to complete the test. Also, there will be negative marking of 0.25 for every wrong answer. Hence, applicants are requested to prepare well by referring to the CG Vyapam Exam 2019 Syllabus.
Download CG Vyapam Exam Syllabus for Staff Nurse
Here, we have updated the Latest CG Vyapam Staff Nurse Syllabus 2019. Applicants can start their preparation by referring to the syllabus and exam pattern. The Chhattisgarh Vyapam Syllabus Pdf is essential for the aspirants applied for the Staff Nurse exam. Referring the syllabus will help the candidate to understand the scheme of the paper. Also, it will be helpful to understand the important topics for the exam. Hence, read the article carefully and download the CG Vyapam Exam 2019 Syllabus in Pdf format.
CG Vyapam Staff Nurse Exam Syllabus 2019
Anatomy.
Physiology.
Microbiology.
Fundamentals of Nursing.
Medical-Surgical Nursing.
Maternal and Child Health Nursing.
Community Health Nursing.
Nutrition.
Mental Health Nursing.
Psychology.
Sociology.
Professional Trends.
Nursing Research.
Computer Education.
Nursing Education.
Nursing Administration.
CG Vyapam Syllabus for Anatomy:
Cell Structure.
Classification of bones.
Type of Tissue.
Types of muscles, joints.
Structure of heart.
Blood vessels.
Structure of Respirator.
Organs.
Sense organs.
Structure of Ethe ye.
Digestive organs.
Spleen.
Lymph nodes.
Organs of the urinary system.
Male & Female reproductive organs.
Autonomic nervous system.
Staff Nurse Syllabus for Physiology:
Functions of joints.
Actions of Chief muscle.
Functions of the neuron.
Blood composition.
Functions of the heart.
Blood pressure – Blood circulation.
Pulse.
Respiration – Mechanism of Respiration.
Metabolism.
Functions of skin /Function of the kidney.
Regulation of body temperature.
Fluid and Electrolyte Balance.
Functions of Pituitary Thyroid.
Parathyroid.
Pancreas Adrenals.
Functions of Eye, Ear, Nose, Tongue, Menstrual cycle, Menopause’.
Functions of Reproductive organs, Testes & its functions.
Check Staff Nurse CG Vyapam Syllabus of Microbiology:
Classification of Microorganism.
Pathogenic and non- pathogenic organisms.
Transmission of infection.
Modes of transmission of infection.
Immunity.
Immunization schedule.
Sterilization.
Disinfection Chemotherapy.
Antibiotics.
Asepsis.
Cross infection.
Infection control Pasteurisation.
Microscope.
Examination of the slide.
Methods of sample collection.
Factors influencing microbial growth.
Chhattisgarh Vyapam Syllabus of Fundamentals of Nursing:
Introduction to Nursing, Definition of Nurse, Meaning of Nursing, Ethics of Nursing, Health Care Agencies, Hospital & Community.
Nursing Care of the Patient/Client Admission of Patent, Bed, and Bed Making Maintenance of Therapeutic environment psychosocial Environment, Nursing process, and Nursing Care Plan, Recording & Reporting, Discharge of Patient.
Basic Nursing care & needs of the patient Hygienic needs of physical needs, Nutritional Needs, Safety Needs, Activity & exercise.
Assessment of patient/client – physical Assessment.
Therapeutic Nursing Care & Procedure. Asepsis – Hand Washing, Disinfection, Autoclaving care of temlization of Articles, Liven, Care of Respiratory System, Gastro-Intestinal Tract, Urinary System, Skin & Mucous Membrane.
Basic needs are care of the special condition. Unconscious, Handicapped, Dying Patient.
Introduction of Pharmacology concept, classification, Administration of Drugs General Action of Drugs, Nursing implication in Administration of Drugs.
First Aid, Emergency Care, Bums, Fire, Accidents, Hemorrhage, Community Emergency Flood, – Earthquakes – Famine – Disaster, Personal Hygiene.
CG Vyapam Syllabus for Medical-Surgical Nursing:
Causes of diseases.
Inflammation.
Shock.
Anesthesia.
Control of infection.
Pre-operative & post-operative care.
Tuberculosis.
Preventive and rehabilitative aspects of the respiratory system.
Angina Pectoris.
Cardiac arrests.
Varicose veins and aneurysms.
Anemia.
Blood transfusion.
Stomatitis.
Dental caries.
Tumors.
A hernia.
Gastritis.
Peptic ulcers.
Colitis.
Fistula.
Appendicitis.
Hepatitis.
Carcinoma.
Sprains.
Fractures.
Arthritis.
Osteomyelitis.
OT Technique.
Acute & Chronic nephritis.
Cystitis.
Uraemia.
Pyelitis.
Prostatic Hypertrophy.
A migraine.
Meningitis.
encephalitis.
Spinal cord compressions.
Neuritis and neuralgia.
Heatstroke, etc.
Maternal and Child Health Nursing Syllabus for CG Vyapam Exam:
Karnataka GDS Result 2019 @ appost.in | Get Direct link for Karanataka GDS Result 2019 Merit list here: Karnataka Postal Circle will soon announce the result for the post of Gramin Dak Sevak (GDS). Candidates those who have applied for the post can check and download your result from the below link. Here we have given a quick link to access your result easily. Candidates can get the complete details from the official website www.appost.in. On this page, anyone can check the Gramin Dak Sevak (GDS) Result 2019 by using the direct link.
Latest Update on 11th November 2019:The Karnataka GDS Result 2019 is Under process. All the candidates are advised to keep checking this page for more updates. Here we will be updating the Karnataka GDS Result Expected Date soon……
Karnataka GDS Result 2019 – Download Here
The application process for the recruitment of eligible candidates for the post of Gramin Dak Sevak (GDS) was invited in the month of August 2019. This recruitment process conducted to fill up 2637 candidates for Gramin Dak Sevak Posts in Karnataka state. The Karnataka Post circle GDS merit list will be purely based on the marks of the candidates in SSC. On this page, anyone can check the All-State Postman & Mail Guard Result Result 2019 by using the direct link Indian Post Office Result 2019. Registered candidates can download their GDS Merit list 2019 Karnataka from this page directly by visiting this page. The result link will activate at the time of the result announcement.
Karnataka Postal Circle GDS Result 2019 – Overview
The Karnataka GDS Result (cycle II 2019) will be declared soon. The Provisional shortlisted candidates will invite for the Document verification process. Based on the Document verification process, the final result will declare. Applicants should keep track of this page to get all the latest updates. A huge number of applicants may think that when GDS Result published in Karnataka.
Karnataka GDS Expected Cut-Off marks 2019
After the Document Verification process, the final result will announce. As per the selection process for the post of GDS, after the declaration of GDS Merit List 2019 Karnataka shortlisted candidates will be called for verification of all the original documents and certificates. The complete information about the DV date, time, venue and other information will be intimated to candidates by the district recruiting authority. The final recruitment will be carried forward at the district level by the designated authority. Also, applicants can get the Karnataka GDS Result 2019 Merit list and Karnataka Post circle GDS result from this page.
Community/category
Expected Cut-off marks
Unreserved (UR)
95
Other Backward Classes (OBC)
89.90
Schedule Caste (SC)
83.84
Scheduled Tribe (ST)
83
PWD-A
78
PWD-B
77
PWD-C
78
Economically Weaker Section (EWS)
87.89
How to check Karnataka GDS Result 2019 Merit list?
Candidates must visit the official website of the Gramin Dak Sevak Engagement portal appost.in
On the home page, search for the "Results" tab.
Click on "Karnataka (2637 posts)" link.
The desired merit list for Karnataka GDS will be download by clicking the respective result link
Check the downloaded merit list PDF and search for the name.
KSOU Results 2019 declared through Online mode. Students who have written the semester examination under the Karnataka Open State University can check out the results. We give you the KSOU UG Results, KSOU PG Exam Results, and Other Diploma & Degree Results direct link in the below section. So, verify this article to download your semester wise exam results from this page. Moreover, you can get the complete details regarding the Exam dates and Result dates from this site easily. Check out the KSOU Result 2019 at the ksoumysore.karnataka.gov.in official website. Students Can Check University Website Regularly for know about Result.
KSOU Results 2019-20
Students of Karnataka Open State University its time to check out your examination results. Every year the Karnataka Open State University conducts semester examination for all Under Graduate, Post Graduate and Diploma and Other Degree Courses. The University conducts semester examination twice in a year. During the time of results, students may face a lot of problems with the server to check out their KSOU Exam Result. So we people from Recruitment.Guru has made few efforts to get you out to the main server of the results page. Students just by clicking on the below-given link you can directly download the Karnataka Open State University Exam Results 2019 according to the semester wise. We give you regular updates about the university results as soon as updated on the official website. Students can also download the KSOU Result Mark Sheet 2019 from the below section.
Karnataka State Open University started as the Institute of Correspondence Course and Continuing Education, a wing of the University of Mysore. It was formally established on June 1st, 1996 under the Karnataka State Open University Act of 1992, with the objective of introducing and promoting the system of open university and distance learning in the state of Karnataka. The university hosts 13 departments managed by 57 faculty members. It offers programs leading to degrees from the graduate level to the doctoral level and offers a variety of diploma and certificate programs. Karnataka State Open University is situated on 36 acres along the Mysore-Mangalore highway, in the Manasagangotri campus of the University of Mysore.
KSOU Revaluation Results 2019-20
Those students who have attended the regular examination under the Karnataka State Open University and still failed. Here comes one more opportunity to clear the examination. To increase your scoring along with that students to fail in the previous examination will get a chance to clear through Revaluation Exams KSOU Results. For each and every semester Students can apply for the revaluation after the announcement of the main examination results. The Karnataka State Open University will take a week or more to process the exam papers. And then the Board will announce the KSOU Revaluation Results. Do stay updated with the University to know about the Revaluation Exam Results.
Punjab GDS Result 2019 – @ appost.in | Check Punjab GDS Results Merit List PDF: Punjab Postal Circle is going to announce the result for the post of Gramin Dak Sevak (GDS) by November 2019. Candidates those who have applied for the post can check and download your result from the below link. Here on this page, we will be updating the latest result link and it will activate at the time of result announcement. Punjab GDS Result will be published in the form of a merit list of the candidates who submitted their applications successfully.
Punjab GDS Result 2019 – Click Here @ appost.in
The application process for the recruitment of eligible candidates for the post of Gramin Dak Sevak (GDS) was invited in the month of August 2019. This recruitment drive has been conducted for the recruitment of 851 candidates for the post of GDS in Punjab state. The Punjab Post circle GDS merit list will be purely based on the marks of the candidates in SSC. On this page, anyone can check the All-State Postman & Mail Guard Result Result 2019 by using the direct link Indian Post Office Result 2019. Registered candidates can download their result from this page directly by visiting this page. The Punjab Postal Circle GDS Merit List pdf link will activate at the time of the official announcement.
Punjab Postal Circle GDS Result 2019 – Overview
Punjab Postal Circle GDS Merit List 2019 – Get Cut off Marks
Candidates having their names in the Punjab GDS merit list will be called for the next selection round document verification (DV). Punjab GDS Final Selection list will decide, after the completion of the Document Verification Process. The given article includes all the crucial information about Check Punjab GDS Results Merit List PDF. Candidates here will get details about Punjab GDS Result Online announcements, how to download the Punjab GDS Results 2019, document verification and about other related details.
Punjab Postal Circle GDS Merit List 2019
The Merit list decided by the authorities which will be based on some rules. The candidates get selected based on the Merit qualify in the 10th/SSLC Examination. Selection will be purely based on merit. The Punjab GDS Merit list will prepare by provisional, and the final selection list will announce later. Here we have provided some simple steps to download your Punjab GDS Result & Merit Lists here.
How to access Punjab GDS Result 2019?
Candidates must visit the official website of the Gramin Dak Sevak Engagement portal www.appost.in.
On the home page, search for the "Results" tab.
Click on the "Punjab (851 posts)" link.
The desired merit list for Punjab GDS will be download by clicking the respective result link
Check the name in the Punjab Postal Circle Gramin Dak Sevak Results 2019
NCERT Recruitment for LDC 2019 Notification released. National Council of Education Research Training Board Recruits candidates for the Film Assistant, Technician, Producer & Other Post. Selected candidates for these jobs in NCERT has to work in CIET, NCERT Chacha Nehru Bhavan, Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi – 110016. The offline application process starts on 5th November 2019. This Offline Application can be sent to the address provided below on or before 23rd November 2019. To know more details, please visit www.ncert.nic.in.
NCERT Recruitment 2019 – Job Overview
Name of the Board
National Council of Educational Research (NCERT)
Advertisement No.
No. F, 3-9/2019/CIET
Name of the Post
Film Assistant, Technician, Producer & Others
Educational Qualification
Matriculation/10th/ITI/Diploma/Degree
Number of Vacancies
36
Starting Date to Apply for NCET Jobs is
5th November 2019
Last Date for submission of Application Form is
23rd November 2019
NCERT LDC Examination Date 2019
To be notified soon
Examination Centre
New Delhi
Application Mode
Offline
Job Location
CIET, NCERT Chacha Nehru Bhavan, Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi – 110016
About National Council of Educational Research (NCERT):
The National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT) is an autonomous organization created in 1961 by the government of India to assist and advise central and state governments on policies and programs to improve quality school education. The main objectives of NCERT and its constituent units are: to undertake, promote and coordinate research in areas related to school education; prepares and publishes standard manuals, additional material, newsletters, magazines and develops teaching kits, digital multimedia material, etc.,
Organizes initial training and in-service of teachers; develop and disseminate innovative teaching techniques and practices, collaborate and establish networks with state departments, universities, NGOs and other educational institutions; serve as a center for the exchange of ideas and information on issues related to school education; and act as a nodal agency to achieve the goals of universalizing primary education.
Details for NCERT Job Vacancies 2019
Post Name
Vacancies
Film Assistant, Technician, Producer & Others
36
Total
36
NCERT Vacancy 2019 Details – Category Wise
Sl. No
Name of the Post
Vacancies
1
Film Producer
1 (UR)
2
Sound Recordist Grade – I
1 (UR)
3
T.V. Producer Grade – I
1 (UR)
4
Assistant Engineer Grade. ‘A’
5 (UR – 1, OBC – 3, EWS – 1)
5
T.V. Producer Grade – II
2 (UR – 1, OBC – 1)
6
Script Writer
1 (UR)
7
Cameraman Grade – II
2 (UR – 1, OBC -2)
8
Engineering Assistant
1 (OBC)
9
Audio Radio Producer Grade III
1 (UR)
10
T.V. Producer Grade – III
3 (SC -1, OBC – 2)
11
Field Investigator
1 (UR)
12
Technician Grade – I
7 (2 – UR, 3 – OBC, 1 – ST, 1 – EWS)
13
Floor Assistant
2 (OBC)
14
Film Assistant
2 (1 – UR, 1 – OBC)
15
Photographer Grade – II
1 (UR)
16
Electrician
1 (UR)
17
Lightman
1 (OBC)
18
Dark Room Assistant
1 (UR)
19
Carpenter
1 (UR)
20
Film Joiner
1 (UR)
Total
36
Eligibility Criteria for National Council of Educational Research (NCERT) Jobs 2019
All applicants of NCERT LDC Jobs must know that their application forms will be accepted by the board only if they fulfill the eligibility conditions given below.
NCERT Recruitment Educational Qualification
Matriculation/10th/ITI/Diploma/Degree/PG or it’s equivalent with desired experience
For post wise qualification details, Please check the official notification pdf provided below.
Age Limit
Name of the Post
Age Limit
Film Producer
Maximum Age – 40 Years
Sound Recordist Grade – I
Maximum Age – 35 Years
T.V. Producer Grade – I
Maximum Age – 35 Years
Assistant Engineer Grade. ‘A’
Maximum Age – 35 Years
T.V. Producer Grade – II
Maximum Age – 35 Years
Script Writer
Maximum Age – 35 Years
Cameraman Grade – II
Maximum Age – 35 Years
Engineering Assistant
Maximum Age – 35 Years
Audio Radio Producer Grade III
Maximum Age – 30 Years
T.V. Producer Grade – III
Maximum Age – 30 Years
Field Investigator
Maximum Age – 30 Years
Technician Grade – I
Maximum Age – 30 Years
Floor Assistant
Maximum Age – 30 Years
Film Assistant
Maximum Age – 30 Years
Photographer Grade – II
Maximum Age – 30 Years
Electrician
Maximum Age – 25 Years
Lightman
Maximum Age – 30 Years
Dark Room Assistant
Maximum Age – 30 Years
Carpenter
Maximum Age – 25 Years
Film Joiner
Maximum Age – 30 Years
Age Relaxation:
As per the norms
Salary
Name of the Post
Salary
Film Producer
Rs.67700-208700/-
Sound Recordist Grade – I
Rs.56100-177500/
T.V. Producer Grade – I
Rs.56100-177500/
Assistant Engineer Grade. ‘A’
Rs.56100-177500/
T.V. Producer Grade – II
Rs.35400-112400/-
Script Writer
Rs.35400-112400/-
Cameraman Grade – II
Rs.35400-112400/-
Engineering Assistant
Rs.35400-112400/-
Audio Radio Producer Grade III
Rs.29200-92300/-
T.V. Producer Grade – III
Rs.29200-92300/-
Field Investigator
Rs.29200-92300/-
Technician Grade – I
Rs.29200-92300/-
Floor Assistant
Rs.25500-81100/-
Film Assistant
Rs.25500-81100/-
Photographer Grade – II
Rs.29200-92300/-
Electrician
Rs.19900-63200/
Lightman
Rs.19900-63200/
Dark Room Assistant
Rs.19900-63200/
Carpenter
Rs.19900-63200/
Film Joiner
Rs.19900-63200/
Selection Process
Written Examination/Interview
Application Fee
For General/ OBC Candidates – Rs.200/-
SC/ST/ PWD/ Women Candidates – Nil
Application Fee must be paid through DD/IPO in favor of Secretary, NCERT, New Delhi.
How to apply OFFLINE for NCERT Recruitment 2019?
Firstly, Download the NCERT LDC Application form.
Take a print out of it.
Fill the application form with correct data the same as in your certificates.
Attach the self-attested copies of the required documents.
Post the application form to the specified address
Make sure it reaches the address before the due date.
Documents to Enclose:
A recent photograph of the applicant should be affixed on the application form.
Date and signature of the applicant is on the application form.
Photocopies of the educational certificate (self-attested).
Photocopy of caste/ disability/ service certificate (self-attested).
Postal Address:
Under Secretary, CIRT NCERT, Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi
Important Dates for www.ncert.nic.in Recruitment 2019
Notification Release Date
5th November 2019
Starting Date
5th November 2019
Last Date
23rd November 2019
Important Links for NCERT Jobs 2019
NCERT Recruitment Notification Pdf & Application Form
NCERT Recruitment 2019 – Apply Online for 15 Store Keeper, Proof Reader & Other Vacancy. National Council of Educational Research and Training Institue invites Application from 5th November 2019 for 15 Vacancies. This NCERT Notification is to engage eligible candidates for the Posts of Head Publication, Store Keeper, Proof Reader, Editor, Assistant Editor, Editorial Assistant, Professional Assistant & Computer Operator. Interested and eligible can apply for this NCERT Job Vacancy.
The application should be reached to the respective address on or before 23rd November 2019. Keep scrolling the page to get more details about the NCERT Jobs. Aspirants who are fulfilling the eligibility conditions like qualification, experience, age limit & others can send their application in the prescribed proforma before the final date. For more details, you can also refer to NCERT Notification 2019.
National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) Recruitment Details
Organization Name
National Council of Educational Research & Training (NCERT)
NCERT Recruitment 2019 – Eligibility Criteria for NCERT Job in Delhi
Educational Qualification:
Proof Reader:
Passed Matriculation or any other examination recognized as equivalent to the said examination by the Govt of India With English as one of the subjects.
Knowledge of Typography
Qualify In a test of proof-reading as may be prescribed by the Council from time to time.
Store Keeper:
Passed Matriculation or equivalent an examination from a recognized Board/University
2.5 years experience of Procurement/ Inspection/ Custody/ Maintenance and verification of Stores in a Govt./ Semi- Govt. organization or a Private Organization of repute.
Computer Operator
M. sc (Electrons) or M. Sc. (Computer Science) or B. Tech in computer science or MCA
Professional Assistant
Graduate or Postgraduate or equivalent & Diploma in Library Science.
Editorial Assistant/ Assistant Editor:
Degree in Arts/ Science with experience in a relevant field.
Proficiency in the language required.
Editor:
Master’s Degree from a recognized university.
7 Years of experience in a relevant field.
Knowledge of Typography & Proofreading should be proficiency in English.
Essential -Hindi Proficiency.
Head Publication
Graduate or Postgraduate & Diploma (3 years) in Printing Technology.
Postgraduation Diploma (2 years) in Book publishing with specialization in book production.
15 Years of experience in a relevant field.
Knowledge of Book Production techniques & the modern process of printing.
Age Limit for NCERT Recruitment:
Name of the Post
Maximum Age Limit
Head Publication
50
Editor
40
Assistant Editor
35
Editorial Assistant
30
Professional Assistant
30
Computer Operator
35
Store Keeper
27
Proof Reader
30
Application Fee:
Aspirants willing to apply for the NCERT Jobs should pay the Non-Refundable Application fee through DD/ IPO payable in favor of “Secretary, NCERT at New Delhi”.
50 – Assistant Director, Personal Secretary & Others
[11-11-2019]
Know more about NCERT:
In addition to research, development, training, extension, publication and dissemination activities, NCERT is an agency that implements bilateral cultural exchange programs with other countries in the field of school education. NCERT also interacts and works with international organizations visiting foreign delegations and offers various training services to educational personnel in developing countries. The main NCERT units located in different parts of the country are:
VMU Results 2019 announced by the Vinayaka Mission's Research Foundation, Salem, Tamil Nadu. As a recent notification, the board has announced the VMU Exam Results for D.PHARM, BHMS conducted in October 2019 month. Students can also gather VMU Regular, Supplementary Results along with VMU Revaluation Result details here. We will also update the information about the Vinayaka Mission's Research Foundation. Hence for more details check out the below section. For any queries refer through VMU Official Website @vinayakamission.com
VMU Results 2019 @vinayakamission.com
The Vinayaka Mission's Research Foundation has released the examination results for the UG, PG Programming Course. Get the direct links to access the Semester wise VMU Examination Results from our webpage. Moreover, the MBBS, PG Medical, BDS, BPT, BHMS, MBA, B.Tech, MPT, MDS VMU Result 2018 direct links enlisted in here. All the students of VMU University can check out the below section to get you results and mark sheet details without any obstruction. We have also included the VMU BHMS Results, VMU MBBS Result and VMU BA Result 2019. So, check this entire article to find the process to check the VMU Distance Result and for results link.
Updated VMU Exam Results 2019-20
Examination Name
Result Link
D.PHARM examination results provisionally published held in OCT 2019. The last date for submission of re revaluation is on 18.11.2019
MBBS -II YR, III MBBS PART I & PART II examination results provisionally published held in Aug 2019. The last date for submission of revaluation application is on 27.09.2019 & II YR NEET batch students are eligible only for re totaling
Vinayaka Mission's Research Foundation (VMRF) is a NAAC (National Assessment and Accreditation Council) Accredited and UGC recognized deemed university and research institution centred on Salem, Tamil Nadu, India. Nearly 15,000 students study in the various constituent colleges, and every year approximately 2,000 medical, dental, homoeopathy, paramedical, engineering and management professionals besides arts and science graduates graduate from the VMRF campuses. VMRF runs research in the fields of medicine, dentistry, paramedical sciences, homoeopathy medicine, allied health, engineering, technical, management, humanities, and sciences.
VMU Revaluation Results 2019
Students of VMU should get to know the details regarding the Revaluation Results. Once after the main examination is conducted, the University will give you one more chance. In case you fail or score low marks in the semester exam, the university will give you a second chance called Revaluation mode. Applicants do check with the Official Website to know about the Revaluation procedure. Students can get the Regular, Revaluation and Supplementary Results for the VMU here.
This Revaluation process may take a few weeks to process the results. Through the process of revaluation, students can increase their semester exam ranking or those who failed in the examination will get a chance to pass. The exam paper will be evaluated once again for those who have applied for the Revaluation process. So, we advise the candidates to stay updated with our webpage or with the Official website to gather more information about the VMU Revaluation Results.
Affiliated Colleges for Vinayaka Mission's Research Foundation
VMSDC Salem – Vinayaka Missions Sankarachariyar Dental College
AVMC Pondicherry – Aarupadai Veedu Medical College
VMCON Pondicherry – Vinayaka Missions College of Nursing
VMCON-K Karaikal – Vinayaka Missions College of Nursing
VMCP Salem – Vinayaka Missions College of Pharmacy
Vinayaka Mission Kirupananda Variyar Arts and Science College, Salem
VMACON Salem – Vinayaka Missions Annapoorana College of Nursing
Vinayaka Missions College of Physiotherapy, Salem
Vinayaka Mission’s Medical College & Hospital, Karaikal
VMMCH Karaikal – Vinayaka Missions Medical College and Hospital
AVIT Kanchipuram – Aarupadai Veedu Institute of Technology
VMKVEC Salem – Vinayaka Mission Kirupananda Variyar Engineering College
VMHMCH Salem – Vinayaka Missions Homoeopathic Medical College & Hospital
VMKVMC Salem – Vinayaka Missions Kirupananda Variyar Medical College
TNMGRMU Results 2019 – Dear Folks!! Here we have a piece of good news for you. Yes, The Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University has published the results for various Courses. The University recently released the results for B.Pharm First Year, B.P.T. Third Year, B.Sc result and other results are available here. Students who are studying under The Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University can check their TNMGRMU Results from the official website of the University i.e, tnmgrmu.ac.in. Also, we provide all the Regular, Supplementary and the Revaluation Results from this article. Moreover, you can obtain your TN Dr. MGR Medical University Results regarding the Dental, Medical, Allied Health Sciences, and the Distance Education Result all in one place.
TNMGRMU Results 2019 @tnmgrmu.ac.in
Dr. MGR Medical University Results in 2019 of Dental, Indian Medicine and Homoeopathy, Allied Health Sciences and Ph.D. announced. All the candidates who have attended these examinations can check out this website. Here, on this page, we have included all the regular, supplementary and revaluation exam results easily. Here on this page, we have provided the direct link to download and verify the TNMGRMU Results from the below table. Also, we will be updating the Upcoming TNMGRMU Results link, it will work once the University will announce the results officially. In fact, Students can get the Result links, and the download process of the Dr. MGR Medical University Results 2018 -19 on this page. Furthermore, refer to our official site to know other University Result Details all in one place.
The Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University, or TNMGRMU for short, is a government medical university centered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is named after the former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Dr. M.G.Ramachandran (M.G.R.) and is the second-largest health sciences university in India. The University offers undergraduate qualifications in medicine (MBBS), dentistry (BDS), Nursing, Allied health professions, and Indigenous Medicine. It also provides postgraduate courses in various medical and dental subspecialties. The university is planning to set up a 500-bedded hospital on four acres of land on the outskirts of the Raj Bhavan campus, with 300 beds set to be installed in the first year.
TNMGRMU Supply/Revaluation Results
Students have a chance to apply for the revaluation, if the students may get low marks in the examination, they can apply for the Revaluation results. So again the head of the Examiner will review the answer paper. After revaluation, students may get high marks. Still, if anyone got low marks, they can apply for the Supplementary Examinations. For Revaluation/Supplementary, Students should pay the fee. Students can get all the results from this page Regular, Revaluation and Supplementary Results. Students of the Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University can also get all Results Also. Just we are advising the Students to frequently visit this page to get the latest updates of all TNMGRMU Results 2019.
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New Delhi: The government could boost its revenues by more than Rs 55,000 crore if it implements a task force report that calls for a complete rejig of income tax slabs and capital gains tax regime, two persons familiar with the content of the report said."There could be an overall gain in revenues if the recommendations are implemented in full," one of the persons said. The government has begun examining the report of the task force on direct taxes, and it is expected that some its recommendations may find place in the upcoming budget.The report, which is yet to be made public, has suggested a radical shift to taxation approach by suggesting no prosecution or reopening of assessment for people who declare and pay higher income tax for a past period of up to six years with interest and 50 per cent penalty."It has been seen that taxpayers do not pay higher tax for a past period for fear of reopening of assessment and prosecution," said the second person cited earlier. It would give a boost to revenues, the person said.The report has also suggested new income-tax slabs of 10 per cent for people earning up to Rs 10 lakh per year, 20 per cent for those with incomes of over Rs 10 lakh and up to Rs 20 lakh, 30 per cent for incomes of over Rs 20 lakh and up to Rs 2 crore, and 35 per cent for individuals earning more than Rs 2 crore. It has not suggested any change to current income tax exemption limit. 71998098 The current IT rates are 5 per cent plus 4 per cent cess for people earning between Rs 2.5 lakh and Rs 5 lakh, 20 per cent plus 4 per cent cess for incomes of more than Rs 5 lakh up to Rs 10 lakh, and 30 per cent plus 4 per cent cess for those earning over Rs 10 lakh.The task force has suggested removal of surcharge that ranges between 15 per cent to 37 per cent . It has also proposed restricting deductions available to individuals to provident fund, medical and education expenses, housing loan and charity to bring efficiency gains. Currently, individuals can avail a host of deductions in lieu of interest on savings in fixed deposits, equity-linked savings schemes and insurance. The task force has suggested removal of deduction available in lieu of interest and rentals.On the capital gains tax regime, the task force has suggested three categories: equity, non-equity financial assets, and all others including property. Indexation benefits is proposed to be restricted to non-equity financial assets and all other assets categories.Along-term capital gains (LTCG) tax of 10 per cent is proposed for gains on sale of equity assets held for more than 12 months. For equities held for a shorter period, 15 per cent short-term capital gains tax has been proposed.For non-equity financial assets held for over 24 months, a LTCG of 20 per cent with indexation has been proposed for gains on sale. In case of all other assets, a 20 per cent tax with indexation on gains on sale post holding a period of 36 months has been proposed.At present, equities, preference shares, equity-based mutual funds, zero coupon bonds, Unit Trust of India units are considered long-term assets if held for a period of over 12 months. Debt-oriented mutual funds, jewellery held for a period of over 36 months are treated as long-term. Real estate held for over 24 months is treated as a long-term asset.The task force has not suggested discontinuation of securities transaction tax levied on equities. It has suggested changes to taxation of employee stock option plans to incentivise startups.The report has suggested 25 per cent tax for foreign companies and a branch profit tax rate of 15 per cent if these are repatriated. It suggested scrapping of dividend distribution tax, and instead tax dividends in the hands of recipient. It has also suggested widening of presumption taxation to enhance tax base.The report called for public rulings. The task force, with Central Board of Direct Taxes member Akhilesh Ranjan as convenor and chief economic advisor KSubramanian as member, had submitted its report on August 19.
By Anoop Narayanan & Priyanka GuptaThere have been media reports of a security and data breach of the Facebook-owned social messaging platform WhatsApp that, among other things, has affected about 1,400 WhatsApp users worldwide, and more than 100 Indians. These reports also indicate that WhatsApp did not adequately report the security breach to the Indian government.The media has been busy discussing about NSO, the Israeli technology company focusing on cyber intelligence, which has been accused by WhatsApp of helping NSO's clients to break into phones via a spyware. But it would be important to understand certain legal aspects of such a reported breach.A few questions arise. Has WhatsApp violated Indian laws? If yes, what are the applicable laws and what are the violations? And what are the penalties in Indian law for such violations? Further, from a public interest perspective, how do such legal provisions protect the public, and what are the remedies?India's Information Technology (IT) Act, 2000 governs the reporting of data breach incidents, under which the government constituted the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) as the nodal agency for cybersecurity. CERT-In Rules mandate service providers, intermediaries, data centres and body corporates (handling sensitive personal data) to report all cybersecurity incidents 'as early as possible'.As to the reporting procedure, CERT-In prescribes separate forms for vulnerability and breach reporting. It appears from Cert-In's vulnerability note of May 17, 2019 relating to WhatsApp's reporting that the social messaging platform had reported a buffer overflow vulnerability that a remote attacker could exploit through a decoy WhatsApp call to target user phones and access information on the target systems.The Cert-In report also reflects that the solution to patch the vulnerability was to upgrade to WhatsApp's latest version. Along with that, it provided web links to certain international online articles published a few days prior to the CERT-In report. These reported cases of exploitation of WhatsApp's vulnerability by attackers who had targeted a select number of users using NSO's Pegasus spyware.Although it appears that WhatsApp has, prima facie, complied with its reporting obligations under the Cert-In rules, it is unclear whether the reporting was adequate and prompt. Further, Cert-In rules enable it to seek relevant information from any entity to carry out its functions. From the publicly available documents, it is unclear whether CERT-In had analysed WhatsApp's reporting, ascertained the inadequacy, and demanded additional information, despite rating the vulnerability severity as 'High' in its report.While WhatsApp's compliance issue remains open now, and may be subjected to judicial analysis, one must understand the legal consequences. The law prescribes a penalty of `25,000 for non-reporting of a security incident, which is not even a trifle for large corporates. Further, one-year imprisonment and `100,000 fine is prescribed for not providing information called for by CERT-In. As regards imprisonment, there will be several open issues, specifically for companies operating in India from overseas jurisdictions without any people present in India. Similar issues are discussed in the traceability case before the Supreme Court.Further, from a public interest perspective, it is relevant to understand the key objectives of CERT-In. The purpose of reporting a cyber incident to CERT-In is to address and prevent data breach, and to develop security guidelines to prevent similar incidents in the future. The role of CERT-In and its objectives are critical. But it is unsure if CERT-In is reaching out to the general public other than through its website notifications. Additionally, we have not come across any provision or policy requiring CERT-In to publish public notices alerting citizens about the vulnerabilities or breaches.A larger concern that remains is about people affected by such cyberattacks. In the absence of any statutory provision to notify such persons and assess their loss, the reporting mechanism does not provide any direct benefits or remedies to them. Hopefully, the proposed privacy law containing notification requirements to the data subjects will bring some respite.Millions of people use technology services like WhatsApp. However, it is impossible for the average user to understand cloud technology, never mind anticipate and detect such breaches, or protect themselves by adopting immediate remedial measures against cyberattacks. Considering the vast use of technology for personal, professional and financial transactions, the public must be immediately notified regarding such breaches, irrespective of whether all are personally affected or not.Hopefully, GoI will introduce provisions for public notification of cyber & data security breaches to help citizens stay informed and protected.
By Archit GuptaThe GST Council has proposed that the electronic invoicing (e-invoice) system may be implemented on a voluntary basis from January 2020. Until now, there have been no standards set for e-invoicing in India. After consultation with the relevant trade and industry bodies, as well as the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), the GST Council finally approved of the standard for e-invoicing in its 37th Council meeting held in September, in Goa.E-invoicing in India will be a big move, due to the volume of business transactions undertaken every day, as well as the plethora of different, non-standardised formats used in invoice generation. The main objective is to enable interoperability across the entire GST eco-system i.e. an e-invoice generated by one software should be capable of being read by any other software. Basically, through machine readability, an invoice can be uniformly interpreted.In addition to the above, this new system of e-invoicing aims to make invoice reporting an integral part of a business process and remove the tedious task of invoice-compilation at the end of a return period. Claiming fictitious Input Tax Credit (ITC) by raising fake invoices is also one of the biggest challenges currently faced by tax authorities. The e-invoice system will help to curb the actions of unscrupulous taxpayers and reduce the number of fraud cases as the tax authorities will have access to data in real-time.One of the biggest points of uncertainty doing the rounds was that e-invoices will be generated from the common portal of the tax department. However, in a recent release by the GST Network (GSTN), they have clarified that the adoption of e-invoicing standards will merely impact the standardisation of invoices for easy data access and retrieval, without affecting its physical or printed appearance. To put it simply, taxpayers will continue to use their existing ERP systems to generate their invoices just as they have done before, however, with the new standard being adopted by the particular software in place, data sharing and readability now becomes easier. The GSTN has also announced that they will provide accounting and billing software options free of cost to small taxpayers. This is a welcome move to those businesses which currently do not use any accounting software, and it paves the way for a completely online and electronic GST ecosystem in the future.The second important part of the implementation of e-invoicing is the reporting of these invoices, which have been generated as per the standard, to a central system called the Invoice Registration Portal (IRP). The IRP will generate a unique Invoice Reference Number (IRN), followed by the digital signing of the invoice and the generation of a QR code. The QR code will contain the vital parameters of the invoice and gets sent back to the original taxpayer who generated the invoice.In theory, the process may seem a bit complicated. However, the objective of this part of the process is to pre-populate data in the relevant GST returns and reduce the reconciliation process. In fact, there are currently over 60 countries which have adopted this method of invoice generation and population, and India could be one such country soon to be added to the list.There are certain concerns the industry still has about the implementation of e-invoicing in India. One of them being the time limit that businesses will have to generate these invoices. Another is whether the invoices will have an expiry date. It would also be helpful if the government clarified if a business would be exempted from raising e-invoices under special circumstances. All these concerns should be addressed before the system gets implemented to avoid unnecessary doubts and difficulties for taxpayers.In order to make way for the successful implementation of e-invoicing, there are certain factors that the government will need to consider. One of them being the reporting of B2C invoices. E-invoicing will apply only to B2B invoices, though the maximum amount of fraud and tax evasion takes place through B2C sales, as no ITC is involved. An essential goal for such a system must also be to plug this loophole and lay down a mechanism so that customers are able to report non-compliant invoicing which can then help curb tax evasion at its source.A second and equally major point to consider would be that the network must come with minimal glitches, as downtime and failure impact compliance negatively. The capacity for the upload of e-invoices is based on the GSTR-1 data submitted over the last two years, as per the release. Hence, if the GSTN is prepared with the numbers, it should also be prepared with up-to-date robust technological systems, with the necessary back-end infrastructure and customer support in place.Similar to the new return system, a trial version for e-invoicing will help put things in place. This will give taxpayers and professionals a real-time working experience, and any issues arising during the trial run can be resolved before a full-fledged implementation. Currently, this system will be launched on a voluntary basis from the 1st of January, 2020. This could be for taxpayers above a certain turnover, or invoices above a certain value, which is yet to be notified.The e-invoicing system has the potential to turn the Indian economy into a digital & transparent system and must be well thought through keeping the above situations in mind.(Archit Gupta is Founder and CEO - ClearTax.)
MUMBAI: For the first time, De Beers — once known for its formidable clout — is changing a quaint practice that marked the secretive world of diamonds. In a major shift, the 131-year-old De Beers is letting diamond houses return some of the rough stones sold by the group. It's a sign, traders say, of a slow market and a probable decline in De Beers' control over the supply of roughs.For decades, representatives of chosen diamond houses assembled in a room, and each was given a box of diamonds — a mix of good and lesser quality rough stones. The buyers, called 'sightholders', took the box without a word — accepting whatever stones De Beers offered. The ritual, which took place in London, later moved to Botswana after the family that controlled the group sold a chunk of its stake.According to industry circles, De Beers has recently allowed sightholders to return around a fifth or more of what they purchased across certain categories at its 'sight' (as the ritual is called), besides cutting prices of the roughs by 5% on average, to support them amid a crisis in India's midstream, or diamond polishing, industry.India is the global hub for cutting and polishing roughs, with an estimated 9 out of 10 diamonds processed by the country being polished in Surat, and to a much lesser extent in Mumbai.72000123 Buyers allowed to return up to 20% of stonesThanks to this over concentration, the industry has been grappling with an oversupply of polished inventory and tight liquidity conditions that have plagued other sectors as well, including auto and realty."Traditionally, the rejection rate has been 10% and that too in very select category of roughs. This month, sightholders had the flexibility to return around 20% of the stones across more categories," said Anoop Mehta, director of Mohit Diamonds, one of over 30 Indian sightholders.Another sightholder said rough prices this month were reduced on average by 5%, in addition to the higher rejection rate permitted. In the October cycle, the rejection rate was 30%, he said.Sightholders cannot reject the entire box. However, they were given the flexibility to defer the purchase of the full box by a few months.De Beers sells rough diamonds through 10 events ('sights') annually in Botswana where its 80-odd sightholders are given a box containing diamonds filled in plastic bags. In each of the past three sales cycles, culminating in the one on October 2, De Beers made less than $300 million — which Bloomberg termed as being unprecedented citing data going back to 2016. This is being attributed to the financial stress and oversupply in India's midstream industry.While De Beers did not comment on the reduction in prices or rejection rate cited by the diamantaires, a company official said the group had "provided (its) sightholder customers with a range of flexibility options to support them during a challenging period for rough diamond buyers".The official added that the flexibility was "not in relation to a slowdown in consumer demand for diamond jewellery, but rather some challenges specific to the industry's midstream including high levels of wholesale diamond inventories and tightness in midstream liquidity".Exports of cut diamonds downReflecting the stress in the system, India's exports of cut and polished diamonds dipped by 14% to a provisional 13.9 million carats in the first half of FY19 from 16.1 million carats in the same period of FY18, according to the commerce ministry-sponsored Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC). In value terms, exports in April-September 2019 shrank 19% from a year ago.Given the acute stress in the midstream industry over the past year, sightholders such as publicly listed AsianStar said De Beers' move to allow return of stones was "welcome". "There has been a slowdown globally owing to the US-China trade war, weak economic growth in the Euro zone, closure of Hong Kong and slower growth back home," said Vipul Shah, MD of AsianStar. "Given the multiplicity of these adverse factors, the move by De Beers is welcome."From a monopolistic control of the market until the 1980s, De Beers' hold has loosened with the discovery of new mines in Russia, Australia and Canada. Russia's Alrosa is the world's largest miner by caratage. In 2018, Alrosa mined 36.7 million carats as compared to 35.3 million carats by De Beers and 18.4 million carats by Rio Tinto.Pranay Narvekar, partner at gems and jewellery consulting firm Pharos Beam, estimates global output of roughs at 140-145 million carats this year, down from 148.4 million carats in 2018, owing to reduced production by De Beers.
NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Environment has granted clearance to the Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL) to set up a Rs 766-crore 2G ethanol plant in Haryana's Panipat district.Making the announcement through a tweet on Sunday, Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said, "Happy to inform that Environment Clearance is given to IOCL to set up new 2G Ethanol plant in Panipat."He also said that the project would help in achieving the goal of doubling farmers' income."This project not only promotes use of environment friendly fuel but also aids in fulfilment of government's goal of doubling farmers' income," he tweeted.The IOCL had submitted a proposal seeking environment clearance for its proposed 100 KLPD Ligno-Cellulosic 2G ethanol plant at Baholi in Panipat district of Haryana.The estimated investment in setting up the plant is Rs 766 crore.Ethanol produced will be used for blending in transportation fuel, an official source said.Recently, the central government had notified that no environmental clearance would be required by sugar mills to produce additional ethanol from sugarcane juice.
NEW DELHI: Traders' body CAIT on Sunday demanded a high-level enquiry by the Centre to probe the "unholy nexus" of e-commerce firms, companies owning brands and banks for causing price distortion in the country's e-commerce market. Praveen Khandelwal, Secretary General of the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) also urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to constitute a Group of Ministers (GoM) to look into the alleged distortions, both in the e-commerce and brick & mortar format of retail. Union Minister Piyush Goyal had earlier this week said that the government was looking into alleged predatory pricing by Walmart-owned Flipkart and Amazon. In a statement, CAIT claimed that not only e-commerce firms like Amazon and Flipkart, but a large number of companies owning brands, particularly in mobile, FMCG, electronics, electrical appliances, footwear, garments and other sectors, and various banks are also responsible for distortion in prices of different products on online portals. "It is apparent that these brand owning companies are also exploiting the offline market, being hand in glove with e-commerce companies having separate price policy for both online and offline market, which is a clear violation of the Competition Act," the traders' body said. It also criticised the banks giving cash back and various types of discounts for purchasing goods from e-commerce portals by making payments through their respective credit/debit cards. CAIT said the "vicious nexus" of brands, banks and other service providers was creating distortion in the e-commerce market and creating an uneven playing field which runs contrary to both the FDI policy and the Competition Act. Khandelwal said CAIT representatives will soon meet Commerce Minister Goyal, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das on this subject and demand justice. The traders' body said it will also seek an appointment with the prime minister to apprise him of the "unholy nexus" and seek remedial measures.
New Delhi: Overseas investors remained net buyers in the domestic capital markets with an investment of over Rs 12,000 crore in the first week of November as market sentiments improved following economic reforms by the government.The latest depositories data showed that foreign portfolio investors (FPI) infused a net Rs 6,433.8 crore in equities and Rs 5,673.87 crore in debt segment between November 1-9.This took the total net investment in the domestic markets (both equity and debt) to Rs 12,107.67 crore.The latest inflows come after two consecutive months of foreign investments. In October, FPIs invested a net Rs 16,464.6 crore while in September they had put in Rs 6,557.8 crore.However, Umesh Mehta, head of research at Samco Securities termed the FPI purchases "half-hearted" saying that they invested "an average of Rs 550 crore per day this week which is nothing compared to their aggressive past purchases which tally around Rs 1,500-2,000 crore per day.""It seems that FPIs are feeling left out and have joined the herd; clearly visible through their halfhearted purchases in Indian markets. FPIs are currently nibbling a few shares just to maintain their asset allocation weights in the portfolio towards Indian equities," Mehta said.Himanshu Srivastava, senior analyst manager research at Morningstar Investment Adviser India said, mainly the domestic factor led to the foreign inflows."Measures announced by the government to boost domestic economy and foreign investment like abolishing super-rich surcharge, cutting corporate tax and recapitalisation of banks has started to pay dividends. Besides, stock markets touching new all-time highs and better than expected earnings growth would have also encouraged investors," he added.
The Indian credit sector is not headed toward any form of blow-up as Cassandras would like us to believe, said Romesh Sobti, MD of IndusInd Bank. In an interview with Saloni Shukla, he also spoke in detail on his 2020 superannuation and said that he did not expect an extension beyond the age of 70 from the RBI, which is why his successor — an internal candidate at the bank — will have a parallel run with him for at least 3-4 months. Edited excerpts:With non-banks exiting the space they had taken over, are banks taking back the share? In the last 5-7 years, NBFCs were offering almost all services that banks traditionally were doing; we all know that it led to liquidity mismatches. Now, we are seeing that there is a clear differentiation between retail and wholesale NBFCs. One SBI report says retail NBFCs have managed ?2.36 lakh crore worth of securitisation; that's massive liquidity. About $9 billion dollars of ECBs and bonds have been raised by them; these are staggering numbers. So, the shift is happening. Retail NBFCs will continue to grow and compete with banks but their returns may reduce because the cost of funds is going up. I think the whole concept of co-origination will take off now. On the wholesale side, we are clearly seeing mitigation in the competition.What is your view on larger non-bank lenders turning into banks if the RBI were to allow it? I don't foresee NBFCs readily converting into banks. We saw of a recent case which didn't go through due to whatever reasons, but the retail NBFCs have created their niche and the wholesale space could be mitigated through merger with banks. I see a lot of inter-mingling. Several years ago, we wanted to set up an MFI; we were told it's a separate space, and now we own an MFI. All said and done, the NBFC sector will not fade away. But how they approach growth may differ. Valuation-linked growth will no longer be the norm; now it is bottom-line linked. Liquidity norms of banks are gradually being applied to non-banks.The worry in the NBFC sector is that there are a few time-bombs waiting to explode. What can the govt and the regulatory authorities do?If I look at only the RBI actions, there have been nine policy actions to facilitate credit and liquidity to this sector. The issue now is risk averseness, which is directly linked to resolutions. If recoveries start flowing from IL&FS and in the new calendar year we expect that to happen, things will start to look up. If the share sale of the media company happens, if the real estate company we have now started talking about gets over its cash flow issues ... once these bumps are smoothened out, it will be better. In the case of the housing finance company, we were hoping to find a resolution, but it is embroiled in other complicated issues now. But the biggest account which cast a shadow was IL&FS and if a few thousand crores start flowing in from that you will see a clear toning down in the risk averseness. We have seen the RBI take a tough stance that they are monitoring the top 50 NBFCs and time and again they have said they don't see systemic issues.The government has also taken steps for the housing sector. We know it's more beneficial to lend but we are watching for resolutions to happen.When will the fresh recognition of stress stop and resolution start ?This is the long and dark shadow of IL&FS. If we resolve that part of the shadow, only then will this stop. Every time a new name pops up, we have to see the extent of the residual loss the banking industry took on them. The banking industry is facing issues with a media company, a diversified NBFC, a housing finance company ... one has to see the residual loss left in these cases.The other issue is that a few years ago, the exposures were small but now they have swelled. Suddenly you realise one troubled NBFC has ?1.2 lakh crore of loan book ... that is why I keep harping on resolutions. End of the day it's not the NPA but the credit costs that hit your P&L; once that's sorted, it will be business as usual.We have seen a slowdown in banking system credit. The festive season also didn't move the needle. What lies ahead?In our book we saw retail and vehicle credit grow normally. In the microfinance book the growth is back as the issue with floods has played out. On the corporate side, the growth was muted due to recoveries and repayments in a few accounts. While we may be a bellwether on credit growth because our book is small, overall we should see growth over 20%.PSU lending is happening, collections in MFI have gone to the preflood levels; in the vehicle sector we are growing because of the market share shifts but the sector is not growing; non-vehicle retail is also being talked about a lot.In unsecured portions, the CIBIL data do not show stress emerging in that segment. So, although there have been Cassandras that believe something is wrong, in my mind we are not headed for any form of blow-up in the credit sector.It boils down to corporates. Hopefully, it will be better growth as compared to Q2. It's a mixed bag but we don't see uniform momentum upwards.Is the auto sector finally looking up?The festive season has surprisingly done well as the passenger vehicle data showed. Maruti, for instance, showed very good numbers. So, for me the message is the consumer is willing to buy at a price.The board has chosen a successor and the name has been sent to RBI for approval…We have been occupied with succession planning for years. There have been no assumptions on extensions. As an organization, we didn't have plan A. It was always this plan.Are you disappointed that you didn't get an extension?No. I never expected it. At 65 when the rules came in, there was no RBI policy on the CEO's age. So, it became slightly discretionary. But when the rules came in, it was made a defined policy. The board has remained focused; two years ago they had sought to know who are the potential successors. And it's not only the CEO; over the last 12 years, we have created a solid bench strength and we are leveraging that now. We are finding people from within to lead us; that's part of the succession play in an organisation.Has that started happening here?Yes, it has been happening for a while now but its subtle and non-obtrusive. You give the potential candidate a wider role and the organisation starts sensing that. The parallel run would be for 3-4 months, not for 12-18 months.What is sacrosanct about age of 70?What is sacrosanct is what the regulator says. The Companies Act also lays down 70 but has a proviso that you could go beyond 70 if the shareholders approve. If the regulator lays down a policy, it's a rule. Period. You don't contest these sorts of things. I have conveyed it is my job to give you a good successor and do a smooth handover, and that is what we will do.
Maharashtra impasse: BJP says can't form govt; Governor calls Shiv Sena Maharashtra governor Bhagat Singh Koshiyari on Sunday evening sent a letter to the Shiv Sena to "indicate the willingness and ability" to form the government in the state.
Weak consumer spend hits India Inc sales in July-September Lower expenses due to lesser tax outgo and input cost saw net profit go up 7.65% but profit before tax fell 13%.
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A home loan is called a 'good' loan because it helps you acquire a tangible asset that can appreciate over the long term.A look at the latest home loan interest rates of some leading banks Source: LM
ఏపీ ముఖ్యమంత్రి కార్యాలయ ముఖ్య కార్యదర్శి, సాధారణ పరిపాలన విభాగం పొలిటికల్ సెక్రటరీ, సీనియర్ ఐఏఎస్ ప్రవీణ్ ప్రకాశ్ కీలక నిర్ణయం తీసుకున్నారు. ఆయన నిర్ణయం ఉద్యోగ వర్గాల్లో చర్చనీయాంశమైంది. పలువురి అభినందనలు అందుకుంటున్నారు. చాలా ఏళ్లుగా ఏపీలో జీతాల చెల్లింపు విషయంలో పర్మనెంట్ ఉద్యోగులకు, కాంట్రాక్టు, అవుట్ సోర్సింగ్ ఉద్యోగులకు మధ్య వివక్ష ఉంది. లక్షల్లో జీతాలు తీసుకునే ఐఏఎస్ల నుంచి పెద్దపెద్ద పర్మనెంట్ ఉద్యోగులకు ఒకటో తేదినే జీతాలు పడుతున్నాయి. ఒకటి రెండు రోజులు […]
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ఒక్క రోజు కూడా గ్యాప్ ఉండదు. పొద్దున్నుంచి రాత్రి వరకు ఏదో ఒక షూటింగ్. వద్దంటే లక్షల్లో డబ్బులిచ్చే ఛానెళ్లు-నిర్మాతలు. మరోవైపు వేల సంఖ్యలో అభిమానులు. ఇంతమందిని వద్దనుకొని బిగ్ బాస్ హౌజ్ లోకి వెళ్లింది శ్రీముఖి. ఆమె హౌజ్ లోకి వెళ్లినప్పుడే చాలామంది ఆశ్చర్యపోయారు. వంద రోజుల పాటు ఇన్ని షూటింగ్స్, క్రేజ్, డబ్బు వదిలేసి ఆమె వెళ్లడం బాగాలేదని విమర్శించారు కూడా. కానీ శ్రీముఖి ప్లానింగ్ వేరు. శ్రీముఖికి కావాల్సింది డబ్బు కాదు. అప్పటికే […]
M. Sc. (Mathematics) Second Semester [CBCS]
