For years, thousands of people paid a Madison-based company, named Murfie, to rip, stream, and store their CDs, vinyl, and cassettes. But a few weeks ago, Murfie's website went offline and nearly all communication from the company ceased.
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Devin Nunes is suing Twitter, Hearst, McClatchy, CNN, Fusion GPS and Democratic activists. Critics wonder how the California Republican pays for the work in his defamation lawsuits. It may be a contingency fee.
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Right out of high school Olga Liriano worked in the fashion industry and hobnobbed with celebs like designer Oscar de la Renta. Today, she works at a mall and lives at her parents' home in New Jersey after failing to find a fashion job for three years.
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits northern England to thank newly elected Conservative lawmakers for their successful campaigns and voters for their support. https://t.co/Zn6q5ZGgEd
VIDEO: Talks on finding a political solution to Mali's deepening crisis begin, hampered by a skeptical opposition and little sign of support on the ground https://t.co/nu44Rp1yRbpic.twitter.com/hnOWgz4bN7
U.N. climate talks in Madrid drag into a second day of extra time, with officials from almost 200 countries unable to break the deadlock on key points of difference. https://t.co/aH4HZMiCRR
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Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson reacts as he and his girlfriend Carrie Symonds arrive at the Conservative Party's headquarters following the general election in London, December 13. REUTERS/Hannah McKay
Erik Prince arrives for the New York Young Republican Club Gala at the Yale Club of New York City in Manhattan on 7 November 2019. Photograph: Jeenah Moon/Reuters
* Prince had plotted using mercenary army to overthrow Maduro * Speculation that Prince could be back channel for White House
Erik Prince, founder of the private security firm Blackwater and prominent supporter of Donald Trump, made a secret visit to Venezuela last month and met Vice-President Delcy Rodríguez – one of Nicolás Maduro's closest allies.
The visit, described by one source as "outreach" to Maduro's government, came just eight months after Prince floated a plan to deploy a private army to help topple the Venezuelan leader.
It was unclear what Prince, the brother of Trump's education secretary, Betsy DeVos, discussed with Rodríguez. The meeting was first reported by Bloomberg.
A meeting with Rodríguez, who is under US sanctions, could raise questions about whether Prince might have run afoul of US law, which prohibits Americans from virtually any business dealings with sanctioned individuals and specifically with the Venezuelan government. The Venezuelan vice-president's office also oversees the country's national intelligence service.
WNU Editor: I always believed that Erik Prince is someone that the White House's uses as a back-channel to foreign governments that have differences with the U.S.. This meeting confirms it.
* Progressives in the House are furious that most of their Democratic colleagues voted in favor of a $738 defense bill that excluded provisions aimed at ending US involvement in the Yemen conflict and limiting President Donald Trump's war powers. * The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) passed in a 377 to 48 vote on Wednesday, with 188 Democrats voting in favor and just 41 voting "nay." * "The NDAA is a capitulation to the White House's priorities," Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna told Insider on Thursday, adding that it essentially gave Trump "everything he wanted." * The legislation passed as Trump is on the verge of being impeached, in part over allegations he abused power by freezing military aid to Ukraine as part of a scheme to aid his 2020 reelection campaign.
The House on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed a $738 billion defense bill that funds the US-Mexico border wall, the Space Force, and continued US support for the Saudi-led war in Yemen, handing President Donald Trump a big win as Democrats are simultaneously on the brink of impeaching him.
The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) passed in a 377 to 48 vote. Different versions of the NDAA passed in the House and Senate earlier this year, and after months of deliberation the House Armed Services Committee unveiled a compromise package on Monday night. The NDAA now moves to the Republican-controlled Senate, where it's expected to pass next week.
WNU Editor: The Democrats gave President Trump everything that he wanted in his defense bill. They approved the new U.S.-Canada-Mexico trade deal thereby giving President Trump a huge victory on trade. If the Democrat leadership believed that President Trump was going to be defeated next year, they would be giving him nothing right now. So why are they giving him everything that he wants?
A U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer bomber aircraft lands at Avalon Airport, Geelong, Australia, in March 2017. A House Armed Services subcommittee is raising alarms about the dismal state of B-1 readiness, and could order the Air Force to produce a plan to fix it. (Master Sgt. John Gordinier/Air Force)
The 80s-era bomber may need to cut low-altitude flying due to old age.
* The B-1B Lancer heavy bomber was originally built in the 1980s. * The B-1B was built for low-level flight, flying beneath radars to bomb targets deep behind enemy lines. * Wear and tear to the airframes from decades of flight means the Air Force may restrict the B-1s from flying low.
The U.S. Air Force may soon have to restrict one of its bombers from a key mission profile: flying low. The B-1B Lancer bomber fleet is growing old and the Air Force is considering restricting its ability to fly low, which is reportedly hard on the aircraft, in order to keep the big airplanes flying.
The B-1B bomber was built during the 1980s as a heavy strategic bomber to fight a nuclear war. The B-1B was designed to use its anti-radar stealth design to penetrate Soviet territory, launch nuclear-tipped cruise missiles, and drop bombs before returning home. The bomber was also designed to fly fast at low altitude—below enemy radars—to evade detection.
* Area 51 is America's most secretive, secure military base in the Nevada desert * Visitors to the base are forced to wear foggles until inside a secure building * The frosted eyewear prevents wearers from seeing anything apart from what is directly in from of them and below * Glasses prevent the base from prying eyes from those who are already on site
Visitors to America's most secretive military base are forced to wear a special kind of eye wear while on site in order to keep sensitive information classified and away from prying eyes.
The special glasses are known as foggles and use a type of frosted glass to ensure that the wearer can only see what appears in front and below them. Any kind of peripheral vision is obscured.
The glasses, which are frequently used by pilots that are learning to fly using just their instruments also appear to be a useful tool when escorting visitors around Area 51 in Nevada, long thought to be country's most protected and mysterious base.
From jamming rifles to ground installations that fire nets, a new report lays out the expansive Wild West of anti-drone tech.
Drones are everywhere. Military drones buzz war zones dropping missiles; surveillance drones hover above neighborhoods, looking for anything out of place; even now, commercial drones hide in holiday wrapping, waiting for excited enthusiasts to fly them in a park.
As the market for drones has grown, so too has the market for tools to take them down. There's jamming rifles, spoofing software, and hundreds of other solutions for downing a drone. But what to buy the budding enthusiast?
The City of New Orleans has suffered a cybersecurity attack serious enough for Mayor LaToya Cantrell to declare a state of emergency.
The attack started at 5 a.m. CST on Friday, December 13, according to the City of New Orleans' emergency preparedness campaign, NOLA Ready, managed by the Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness. NOLA Ready tweeted that "suspicious activity was detected on the City's network," and as investigations progressed, "activity indicating a cybersecurity incident was detected around 11 a.m." As a precautionary measure, the NOLA tweet confirmed, the city's IT department gave the order for all employees to power down computers and disconnect from Wi-Fi. All city servers were also powered down, and employees told to unplug any of their devices.
U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper addresses reporters during a media briefing at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, Oct. 11, 2019.rin Scott / Reuters
"Next week in Washington DC, the United States will host the second ever India two-plus-two ministerial, where we will continue to advance our growing partnership as our strategic interests align," US Defence Secretary Mark Esper said.
Washington: There is an alignment of America's strategic interest with India, US Defence Secretary Mark Esper said on Friday as he identified China, followed by Russia, as Pentagon's top two challenges in the coming years.
"Next week in Washington DC, the United States will host the second ever India two-plus-two ministerial, where we will continue to advance our growing partnership as our strategic interests align," Mr Esper said during his appearance at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) think-tank.
On December 18, Mr Esper will host his Indian counterpart, Rajnath Singh, at the Pentagon for a bilateral meeting. Following this, he and Mr Singh will drive down to the Foggy Bottom headquarters of the State Department to join External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for the second India US 2+2 ministerial.
Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a speech during a high-level event in the Assembly Hall at the United Nations European headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, January 18, 2017. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
Despite commentary to the contrary, Beijing's success isn't perfect or unstoppable.
American opinion has moved away from its once-benign view of China. That older view, still favored by many business people, held that a prosperous China would threaten its neighbors less than a poor China, and anyway would offer the United States great economic advantages. Accordingly, this view recommended that the West engage China in a friendly way and accommodate Beijing as much as possible. The newer view has responded to overwhelming evidence that Chinese development is far from benign, that China flaunts common trade practices, steals technological secrets on a huge scale and spies outrageously. Moreover, this new view contends that Beijing acts aggressively in Asia, seems to have set itself on a thinly-veiled imperialist project that it calls the "Belt and Road," and shows no regard for human rights in Hong Kong and—still more outrageously—in its Xinjiang region. This new view frequently paints China as a dangerous economic, military, and diplomatic juggernaut, so unstoppable, in fact, that the United States, short of a disastrous military confrontation, has little choice but to engage China in disarming ways and accommodate it where it can.
WNU Editor: China has aspirations to be the world's super power. But aspiring to be one is not the same as becoming one. For the moment China is the world's second largest economy, and that position gives it a lot of influence and attention. But the rate that China has grown in the past three decades is now at an end. And if (heaven forbid) the economy goes into a recession, there are going to be political and social consequences that may dwarf what is happening in Hong Kong right now. Is China ready for that day? IMHO the answer is no.
* US Defence Secretary Mark Esper says Beijing is 'asserting illegitimate maritime claims' and 'threatening its neighbours' sovereignty' in South China Sea * 'Beijing and Moscow are not only violating the sovereignty of smaller states, they are also attempting to undermine international laws," he said.
Even as US and Chinese officials were reducing global economic tensions on Friday by confirming they had reached a "phase one" trade deal, the top US military official said that the Pentagon has put China on the top of its priorities – ahead of Russia – owing to Beijing's "brazen efforts" to undermine the territorial claims of its neighbours.
Speaking at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, US Defence Secretary Mark Esper condemned China for undermining international laws and violating the sovereignty of smaller states.
"Today, the international rules-based order that America and its allies have worked hard to establish is being tested … China first and Russia second are now the department's top priorities," Esper said.
The display of China's most prominent operational and developmental unmanned military aircraft is another sign that Beijing is betting big on drones.
A satellite image that was posted on Chinese internet shows an impressive lineup of the Chinese military aerial drones, some of which are in development while others are operational. The lineup occurred at Malan Air Base, a known hub of testing for these types of systems. The image is yet another stark reminder of how China is betting big on unmanned aerial military capabilities, from high-end unmanned combat air vehicles (UCAVs) to swarms of small expendable drones.
* Best pilots from carrier-borne squadrons sent to naval academy for warship training to meet 'urgent need' for commanders * They had to pass more than 10 assessments – from political thought to psychological testing – before they could join the programme
The Chinese navy is training fighter pilots experienced in carrier-borne operations to command and manage its warships as it seeks to expand its global naval power.
Its best pilots from carrier-borne squadrons – including some qualified to fly fighter jets during both daytime and at night – were sent to a naval academy for warship combat and command training late last month, PLA Daily reported on Monday.
Will stealth survive in the age of artificial intelligence?
Key point: It's long been a goal of aerospace developers to eliminate moving control surfaces from airplanes.
Researchers at BAE Systems and The University of Manchester successfully test-flew an experimental unmanned aerial vehicle with no moving control surfaces, BAE Systems announced in December 2017.
The 12-foot-span, jet-propelled MAGMA drone could help BAE develop stealthier warplanes. Control surfaces account for a significant portion of an airplane's radar signature.
Instead of rudders, ailerons and other conventional control surfaces, MAGMA relies on two new technologies for maneuverability. Wing circulation control "takes air from the aircraft engine and blows it supersonically through the trailing edge of the wing to provide control for the aircraft," according to BAE Systems.
* Advances in offensive weaponry, namely Chinese long-range missiles, have stoked more debate about the viability of the aircraft carrier in future wars. * But just because those threats are there doesn't mean the carriers are obsolete, the Navy's top uniformed official said this month.
WASHINGTON — Just because China might be able to hit US Navy aircraft carriers with long-range anti-ship missiles doesn't mean carriers are worthless, the service's top officer said December 5.
The chorus of doom and gloom over China's anti-access weapons is too simplistic, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael Gilday said, but that doesn't mean the Navy should refrain from adjusting the way it fights.
"Let's look at this like a physics problem," Gilday proposed. "[People will say]: 'Hypersonics go really fast and they travel at long ranges. Carriers can only travel ['X' distance], so carriers are going to have to go away.' That's a very simplistic way to look at the problem.
"I've been in two big war games since I've been [CNO], and I absolutely believe that we have to wring more out of what we have today in terms of how we are going to fight with it."
Russian warships launching Kalibr land attack missiles against targets in Syria. Kalibr is much slower than Zircon but the latter would launch in a similar fashion. TASS
* Russia's new Zircon missile travels at a whopping Mach 9, or almost 7,000 miles an hour. * The sea-launched missile can strike targets on land or at sea. * All of Russia's modernized or upcoming warships will carry Zircon, giving them a weapon that even the U.S. Navy might not be able to stop.
All of Russia's new and upcoming warships will carry a new hypersonic missile capable of traveling nearly 7,000 miles per hour. According to the head of Russia's main warship manufacturer, all modern warships serving in the Russian Navy and those on the drawing board will carry the weapon. Zircon is reportedly capable of striking both ground and naval targets and is likely so fast as to make it unstoppable against modern naval defenses.
Nuclear submarines have many parallels to fictional starships, but in this case, these super high-tech vessels are made to dive down, not fly up.
The image above looks like it could be ripped from a space action science-fiction thriller, the classic shot of hulking and futuristic starships under construction in orbit, but its origin is far more down to earth than that. It was taken at BAE Systems' Devonshire Dock Hall located in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England. The massive enclosure is the largest of its kind in Europe and it is where modern Royal Navy submarines are born.
ISLAMABAD - Officials in Afghanistan said Saturday Taliban infiltrators have killed at least 25 government security forces in the eastern volatile Ghazni province.
The overnight insider attack happened in the Qarabagh district where a group of seven security personnel Friday night turned their guns on fellow soldiers at a local Afghan army base.
District chief Ghulam Habib Zerak told VOA the assailants collected arms and a military vehicle from the base before fleeing and rejoining insurgents in the area. He said at least two Afghan soldiers were wounded in the incident.
The Taliban claimed in a statement the attack killed 32 security forces and its fighters captured the base, though insurgent claims are often exaggerated.
The years-long war for post-Gaddafi Libya now threatens to spill over into the Mediterranean as Turkey and Greece line up on either side of the conflict. Each side is now threatening the others' allied ships in southern waters after a controversial maritime deal expanded Turkish claims off Libya's coast.
On Thursday Benghazi-based General Kalifa Haftar declared his Libyan National Army has begun its "final decisive battle" to wrest control of the capital of Tripoli from the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA).
Over the course of a career that spanned from 1975 to 2007, this is how my mother ― an agent working for the CIA ― blended in with her surroundings.
I distinctly remember my mother getting home from work every evening around 4 p.m. She would hustle to her bedroom before properly greeting us — a one-inch kitten heel flying in one direction, a tweed brown blazer in the other. I always found it peculiar that the first thing she wanted to do when she entered our home in Maryland was to find an entirely new outfit to wear for dinner.
In retrospect, her nightly routine reflected my mother's need to shed her post-Cold War espionage persona for the maternal visage she wore at home. Working for the Central Intelligence Agency as a staff operational officer was sufficiently demanding to propel my mother, Suzanne Matthews, to her closet doors every evening. Despite this, she carried the stress of her job home, like a tracking device discreetly placed in her lapels.
The Trump administration's shadow war with North Korea is set to intensify in the next three weeks, as Pyongyang appears to be preparing an end to its more than 18-month moratorium on testing of its nuclear program, and as North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's self-imposed year-end deadline for diplomacy draws near. A trio of events looms at the year's end, including North Korea's plenum — a rare gathering of senior leaders in Kim's ruling Worker's Party — an ominously promised "Christmas gift" that is presumed to be a weapons test, and Kim's planned New Year's speech.
The debate among national security analysts is largely not whether Kim Jong Un will test, but rather, which technology he will display. Those details will influence the magnitude of the U.S. response, but it is still unclear how President Trump will react. The consensus among most national security analysts is that a test would demand a strong response, but that President Trump would be unlikely to imperil the prospects for diplomacy with North Korea, which has been the centerpiece of his foreign policy.
US Navy personnel pull down an American flag during a maritime exercise on the USS John S McCain in the South China Sea near waters claimed by Beijing in a file photo. Photo: AFP/Noel Celis
Pentagon-PLA engage in telephone diplomacy while seeking new naval protocols to head off a brewing conflict
Top US and Chinese generals have recently doubled down on military-to-military diplomacy after months of rising tensions, as the two sides bid to head off conflict in the hotly contested South China Sea.
In recent weeks, the two superpowers have teetered on the brink of confrontation, including over an incident in which China reportedly intercepted US littoral combat ships roaming in Beijing-claimed waters.
Against the backdrop of a bitter trade war and diplomatic spats over pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, which China believes the US has covertly backed, the Pentagon and People's Liberation Army (PLA) now seem determined to de-escalate on the South China Sea front.
WNU Editor: I am not sure if this is going to work. China believes that its claims over the entire South China Sea are justified and non-negotiable, and that any entry into this region is a violation of its territory. With that point of view, how can you find a compromise?
FIRST LADY Melania Trump has sparked a stinging rebuke from mainstream US television over her apparent "silence" following her husband's tweets about climate activist Greta Thunberg this week.
RIGHT-wing MEP Jordan Bardella on Thursday accused President Emmanuel Macron of destroying the country's pension system, as his government announced controversial plans to overhaul a system it says is too costly and unfair.
AN OVERWHELMING majority of French people are worried by President Emmanuel Macron's plan to overhaul the country's convoluted pension system, a poll published on Thursday found, as the country remains paralysed by massive transport strikes against the reform.
SHOTS have been fired in a shopping mall in Atlanta with terrified employees reported to be hiding in store cupboards while police flock to the scene, with the latest being a victim has been shot in the neck.
(MADRID) — Chilean officials presiding over this year’s U.N. climate talks said Saturday they plan to propose a compromise to bridge yawning differences among countries that have been deadlocked on key issues for the past two weeks.
With the meeting already into extra time, draft documents presented overnight failed to achieve consensus. Observers and environmental groups warned that they risked undoing or stalling on commitments made in the 2015 Paris climate accord.
Later Saturday, Chilean diplomat Andrés Landerretche told reporters that a fresh compromise would be circulated Saturday afternoon, but insisted that there would have to be trade-offs if there was to be a deal supported by all countries.
“It’s impossible to have a consensus outcome if you don’t compromise,” he said.
Asked whether some decisions might be postponed until next year, Landerretche said: “We don’t foresee any suspension. We are working with a view toward finishing our work today.”
But observers said there were still huge obstacles to overcome.
“I’ve been attending these climate negotiations since they first started in 1991, but never have I seen the almost total disconnection we’ve seen here (…) in Madrid between what the science requires and the people of the world demand, and what the climate negotiators are delivering,” said Alden Meyer, a climate policy special at the Union of Concerned Scientists.
Meyer said the current drafts didn’t reflect urgent warnings from scientists that greenhouse gas emissions need to fall sharply, and soon.
“The planet is on fire and our window of escape is getting harder and harder to reach the longer we fail to act,” Meyer said.
Growing concern about climate change has been reflected in mass protests staged around the world over the past year, often by young activists concerned about the future they and their children might face as the planet heats up.
Demonstrations took place inside and outside the venue of the talks in the Spanish capital, with Swedish teenage activist Greta Thunberg one of the most prominent voices calling for urgent action to curb emissions.
Some countries said it was time to heed those demands.
“We have the science. We have the collective will to deliver enshrined in the Paris agreement. And now it is time to step up,” said Ola Elvestuen, Norway’s environment minister.
“A weak encouragement will not be understood by the outside world,” he said. “It will send a message that we are not listening to science.”
Senior European officials, including ministers from Spain, Germany and the EU’s top climate official, Frans Timmermans, were engaged in last-minute negotiations to prevent the talks from collapsing.
But among the countries pushing back against agreeing new measures to help poor countries and set new emissions cutting targets was the United States, which under President Donald Trump has announced it is pulling out of the Paris accord.
“I’ve just heard the comments of many others here today on the need to include an expansive additional language on gaps and needs,” Kimberly Carnahan, a State Department official representing the U.S., said during a morning debate.
“We don’t support such language and we would not think that it would lead to the balance of this text, but rather take us quite far in the other direction.”
Small island nations, which fear disappearing beneath the waves over the coming decades as global warming leads to sea level rise, bristled at the U.S. position.
“(Decisions) should be made by countries that are going to be bound by those decisions and not by parties who are not going to be bound by the Paris agreement,” said Ian Fry, ambassador for climate change of the Pacific state of Tuvalu.
Harjeet Singh of the humanitarian group Action Aid said the European Union would also shoulder blame if the talks in Madrid fail to make progress.
“It does a lot of sweet talking but it doesn’t really help people,” he said.
Among the main issues at stake are rules for international carbon markets and a system for channeling money to help poor countries cope with the economic impact of climate change.
(LONDON) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson pledged Saturday to repay the trust of voters in the working-class hearland of northern England who rejected the Labour Party and helped give him an 80-seat majority at this week’s election.
Speaking to cheering supporters at a cricket club in Sedgefield — the constituency once held by Labour former prime minister Tony Blair — Johnson acknowledged the seismic shift that helped sweep him to victory in Thursday’s election.
“I know that people may have been breaking the voting habits of generations to vote for us,” he told supporters. “And I want the people of the northeast to know that we in the Conservative Party and I will repay your trust.”
In a victory speech outside 10 Downing Street on Friday, Johnson called for an end to the acrimony that has festered throughout the country since the divisive 2016 Brexit referendum, and urged Britain to “let the healing begin.”
Johnson’s campaign mantra to “get Brexit done” and widespread unease with the leadership style and socialist policies of opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn combined to give the ruling Conservatives 365 seats in the House of Commons, its best performance since party icon Margaret Thatcher’s last victory in 1987. Labour slumped to 203 seats, its worst showing since 1935.
While Johnson was on a victory lap Saturday, Corbyn — who has pledged to stand down next year — was under fire from within his own party, where there was little sign of healing starting any time soon.
Former lawmaker Helen Goodman, one of many Labour legislators to lose their seat in northern England, told BBC radio that “the biggest factor was obviously the unpopularity of Jeremy Corbyn as the leader.”
Another former Labour lawmaker criticized the election campaign more broadly as muddled. Anna Turley told the BBC that the party put forward an overwhelming number of policies and voters “just didn’t believe we were the party that could deliver on any of it.”
John McDonnell, Labour’s finance spokesman, said Saturday he would stand down from the position when Corbyn is replaced.
“I’ve done my bit. We need to move on at that stage with that new leader,” he told reporters.
Armed with his hefty new majority, Johnson is set to start the process next week of pushing Brexit legislation through Parliament to ensure Britain leaves the EU by the Jan. 31 deadline. Once he’s passed that hurdle — breaking three years of parliamentary deadlock — he has to seal a trade deal with the bloc by the end of 2020.
“We’ve just been going over the timetable we can definitely get it in before Christmas, and we’re out on Jan. 31,” Johnson said.
While Johnson’s large majority means he has relatively clear air ahead on Brexit, he faces turbulence over renewed calls for a referendum on Scottish independence following the strong election showing of the Scottish National Party.
The front page of Saturday’s edition of The Scotsman newspaper featured photos of Johnson and Scottish National Party leader Nicola Sturgeon and the headline: “Two landslides One collision course.”
Johnson owes his success, in part, to traditionally Labour-voting working class constituencies in northern England that backed the Conservatives because of the party’s promise to deliver Brexit. During the 2016 referendum, many of those communities voted to leave the EU because of concerns that immigrants were taking their jobs and neglect by the central government in London.
In Sedgefield, he paid tribute to his new lawmakers who turned those concerns into a big election victory.
“Thank you for your wonderful achievement in transforming our party, transforming the political map of this country,” he said.
(KHARTOUM, Sudan) — A court in Sudan convicted former President Omar al-Bashir of money laundering and corruption on Saturday, sentencing him to two years in a minimum security lockup.
That’s the first verdict in a series of legal proceedings against al-Bashir, who is also wanted by the International Criminal Court on charges of war crimes and genocide linked to the Darfur conflict in the 2000s.
The verdict comes a year after Sudanese protesters erupted in revolt against al-Bashir’s authoritarian rule. During his three decades in power, Sudan landed on the U.S. list for sponsoring terrorism, and the country’s economy was battered by years of mismanagement and American sanctions.
Al-Bashir has been in custody since April, when Sudan’s military ousted him after months of nationwide protests. The uprising eventually forced the military into a power-sharing agreement with civilians.
Sudan’s military has said it would not extradite him to the ICC. The country’s military-civilian transitional government has not indicated whether they will hand him over to the The Hague.
The Sudanese Professionals’ Association, which was the backbone of the protest movement, welcomed Saturday’s verdict as a “moral and political conviction” against the former president and his regime.
Under Sudanese law, al-Bashir, 75, will be sent to a state-run lockup for elderly people who are convicted of crimes not punishable with death. But he will remain in jail amid an ongoing trial on separate charges regarding the killing of protesters in the months prior to his ouster.
The former strongman appeared in the defendant’s cage on Saturday wearing a traditional white robe and turban. He had arrived in a white Land Cruiser SUV amid tight security at the Judicial and Legal Science Institute in the capital, Khartoum.
As the verdict was read, a handful of al-Bashir’s supporters briefly disrupted the proceedings, shouting Islamist slogans before being pushed out of the courtroom by security forces.
Hundreds of al-Bashir’s supporters also protested near the presidential palace in Khartoum, where security forces closed off access to the palace and the military’s headquarters.
Defense lawyer Mohammed al-Hassan said Saturday’s verdict was expected and that an appeal would be filed before a higher court, adding that the ex-president’s “morale is high.”
Al-Hassan also said security forces detained al-Bashir’s second wife, Widad Babakr, last week for questioning about her alleged bank accounts and assets. That’s part of a wider corruption-related investigation into the al-Bashir family’s wealth. Babakr had been under house arrest in Khartoum since al-Bashir’s overthrow.
Prosecutors had questioned al-Bashir last week over his role in the Islamist-backed military coup which brought him to power in 1989.
Anti-government demonstrations erupted last December over steep price rises and shortages, but soon shifted to calls for al-Bashir to step down. Security forces responded with a fierce crackdown that killed dozens of protesters in the months prior to his ouster and arrest.
Millions of U.S. dollars, euros and Sudanese pounds were later seized in al-Bashir’s home.
In August, al-Bashir told the court he had received through his office manager $25 million from Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman.
He said the crown prince did not want to reveal that he was the source of the funds, so he did not deposit the money in the country’s central bank.
He said the money was being used for donations not for his own benefit. Al-Bashir however did not provide documents or records for the spending.
(BEIJING) — China expressed cautious optimism Saturday about a first-step trade agreement that dials down a trade war it blames the U.S. for starting.
Chinese experts and news media joined government officials in saying the deal would reduce uncertainty for companies, at least in the short term. They remained cautious, saying both sides will have to show a willingness to compromise to resolve the more fundamental differences between them.
“It at least stabilizes the situation and lays a foundation for the next round of trade talks or canceling additional tariffs in the future,” said Tu Xinquan, a professor at the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing. “I cannot predict what achievement can be made during the future talks.”
The two countries announced a “Phase 1″ agreement Friday under which the U.S. will reduce tariffs and China will buy more U.S. farm products. Chinese officials said the nine-chapter text, which includes intellectual property, technology transfer, financial services and dispute settlement, has to undergo legal and translation review before it can be signed.
At a late night news conference in Beijing, timed to coincide with the U.S. morning, the officials said the United States would begin phasing out tariffs on Chinese imports, rather than continue to raise them. The deal was announced just two days before higher tariffs were set to kick in. China would make similar tariff cuts, the officials said, but they gave no details.
China portrayed the agreement as in line with the opening up of its economy and the deepening of its economic reforms. Increased imports of high-quality products from the United States and elsewhere will “meet the growing needs of the people for a better life,” said Wang Shouwen, a deputy commerce minister and trade negotiator.
Bai Ming, an economic expert described as being close to the commerce ministry, told the state-owned Global Times newspaper that the U.S. tariff cuts demonstrate a positive attitude.
“They are not showing enough of it, but it’s an improvement,” he was quoted as saying.
In a separate piece, the Global Times called the agreement a new beginning. It pointed to stock market gains in recent days as word of a possible deal emerged. The dispute between the world’s two largest economies had rattled markets and depressed global growth.
“China and the U.S. have been locked in a trade war for about 20 months and neither side could overwhelm the other to recklessly impose its own will on the other,” said the newspaper, which is known for its nationalistic views.
It added, though, that both countries are capable of prolonging the trade war, and that resolving their differences will require patient negotiations.
“Rome was not built in a day,” it wrote.
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Associated Press researcher Henry Hou contributed to this report.
(SEOUL, South Korea) — North Korea said Saturday that it successfully performed another “crucial test” at its long-range rocket launch site that will further strengthen its nuclear deterrent.
The test possibly involved technologies to improve intercontinental ballistic missiles that could potentially reach the continental United States.
The announcement comes as North Korea continues to pressure the Trump administration for major concessions as it approaches an end-of-year deadline set by leader Kim Jong Un to salvage faltering nuclear negotiations.
North Korea’s Academy of Defense Science did not specify what was tested on Friday. Just days earlier, the North said it conducted a “very important test” at the site on the country’s northwestern coast, prompting speculation that it involved a new engine for either an ICBM or a space launch vehicle.
The announcement suggests that the country is preparing to do something to provoke the United States if Washington doesn’t back down and make concessions to ease sanctions and pressure on Pyongyang in deadlocked nuclear negotiations.
An unnamed spokesman for the academy said scientists received warm congratulations from members from the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea Central Committee who attended the test that lasted from 10:41 to 10:48 p.m. Friday at the Sohae Satellite Launching Ground, where the North has conducted satellite launches and liquid-fuel missile engine tests in recent years.
The spokesman said the successful outcome of the latest test, in addition to the one on Dec. 7, “will be applied to further bolster up the reliable strategic nuclear deterrent of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea,” referring to North Korea’s formal name.
Kim Dong-yub, a former South Korean military officer and currently an analyst from Seoul’s Institute for Far Eastern Studies, said the North mentioning its nuclear deterrent makes it clear it tested a new engine for an ICBM, not a satellite-launch vehicle. Kim said it was notable that North Korea announced the specific length of the test, which he said possibly signals a larger liquid-fuel ICBM engine.
North Korea’s current ICBMs, including the Hwasong-15, are built with first stages that are powered by a pair of engines that experts say are modeled after Russian designs. When the North first tested the engine in 2016, it said the test lasted for 200 seconds and demonstrated a thrust of 80 tons-force.
The North Korean statement came a day before Stephen Biegun, the U.S. special representative for North Korea, was to arrive in South Korea for discussions with South Korean officials over the nuclear diplomacy. It was unclear whether Biegun would attempt contact with North Korean officials at the inter-Korean border, which has often been used as a diplomatic venue, or whether such an effort would be successful.
During a provocative run of weapons tests in 2017, Kim Jong Un conducted three flight tests of ICBMs that demonstrated potential range to reach deep into the U.S. mainland, raising tensions and triggering verbal warfare with President Donald Trump as they exchanged crude insults and threats of nuclear annihilation. Experts say that the North still needs to improve the missiles, such as ensuring that their warheads survive the harsh conditions of atmospheric reentry, for them to be considered a viable threat.
Relations between Kim and Trump became cozier in 2018 after Kim initiated diplomacy that led to their first summit in June that year in Singapore, where they issued a vague statement on a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula, without describing when or how it would occur.
But negotiations faltered after the United States rejected North Korean demands for broad sanctions relief in exchange for a partial surrender of the North’s nuclear capabilities at Kim’s second summit with Trump in Vietnam in February.
Trump and Kim met for a third time in June at the border between North and South Korea and agreed to resume talks. But an October working-level meeting in Sweden broke down over what the North Koreans described as the Americans’ “old stance and attitude.”
Kim, who unilaterally suspended nuclear and intercontinental ballistic missile tests last year during talks with Washington and Seoul, has said North Korea could seek a “new path” if the United States persists with sanctions and pressure against the North.
North Korea has also conducted 13 rounds of ballistic missile and rocket artillery tests since May, and has hinted at lifting its moratorium on nuclear and long-range missile tests if the Trump administration fails to make substantial concessions before the new year.
Some experts doubt that Kim would revive the tensions of 2017 by restarting nuclear and ICBM tests, which would cross a metaphorical “red line” and risk shattering his hard-won diplomacy with Washington. They say Kim is likely to pressure Trump with military activities that pose less of a direct threat to the U.S. and by bolstering a united front with Beijing and Moscow. Both are the North’s allies and have called for the U.N. Security Council to consider easing sanctions on Pyongyang to help nuclear negotiations move forward.
Saturday’s news of the test came after U.S. Ambassador Kelly Craft criticized the North’s ballistic testing activity during a U.N. Security Council meeting on Wednesday, saying that the tests were “deeply counterproductive” and risk closing the door on prospects for negotiating peace.
She also cited North Korean hints of “a resumption of serious provocations,” which she said would mean they could launch space vehicles using long-range ballistic missile technology or test ICBMs, “which are designed to attack the continental United States with nuclear weapons.”
While Craft said that the Trump administration is “prepared to be flexible” and take concrete, parallel steps toward an agreement on resuming talks, North Korea described her comments as a “hostile provocation” and warned that Washington may have squandered its chance at salvaging the fragile nuclear diplomacy.
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RIMS Ranchi Result 2019 will be out soon for the Staff Nurse Grade A Post @ rimsranchi.org. Check and download Cut off Marks, Merit List Here. Many Candidates have participated in the Written Exam and eagerly waiting for the RIMS Ranchi Staff Nurse Grade A Result 2019. The Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) has conducted the Written Test on 13th October 2019.So, Candidates who had completed the Examination can check and download the result. As the Board of RIMS is going to release the Result in the month of December 2019 (Tentatively). So, all the aspirants can check and download the RIMS Ranchi Result 2019 from this site.
RIMS Ranchi Result 2019 – Available here
The Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) will declare the result for the post of RIMS staff nurse vacancy 2019 as soon as possible on the official webpage of rimsranchi.org. A huge number of Aspirants appeared for the written exam on 13th October 2019. After completing the Written Examination candidates are waiting for the RIMS Ranchi Staff Nurse Grade A Result 2019. Hence, to check the status of the Result be in touch with our website. Moreover, the result will be released in the month of December 2019 (Tentatively). Hence, you can check and download RIMS Ranchi Staff Nurse Result 2019 using our website.
To check results candidates should have their roll number and password along with them. Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) will release the RIMS Ranchi Staff Nurse Grade A Result based on the performance of the candidates. As the higher authority commenced the exam on 13th October 2019, candidates can check their RIMS Ranchi Exam Results 2019 from the month of December 2019. The selection process is based on two processes namely Written Test and Interview. Aspirants can also get the details about the steps to download the RIMS Grade A Result 2019.
RIMS Ranchi Staff Nurse Cut Off Marks 2019 @ rimsranchi.org
From this article, you can have detailed information about the RIMS Ranchi Cut Off Marks 2019. The Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) has not released the exact cutoff marks. Selecting the Candidates for the Next level is completely depends upon the minimum Cut Off Marks scored in Written test. Hence, the candidates should know the cutoff marks before appearing for the examination to score high marks. The board of higher authority has some conditions for fixing Cut Off Marks. They are given below.
Candidates category (General, OBC, SC, ST)
The number of seats available
The number of candidates attended the exam
The difficulty level of the question paper
Analysis based upon the previous year cut off marks
RIMS Ranchi Staff Nurse Grade A Merit List 2019
In this section, the Candidates can have an idea about the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences Staff Nurse Merit List 2019. Generally, the authority will announce the Merit List after releasing the Result. All the candidates whose names are listed on the RIMS Ranchi Grade A Merit List 2019 have the highest preference to move for the next level of the selection process. Therefore the selected candidates will be known based on the name of the aspirant and the Roll Numbers. Moreover, the final RIMS Ranchi Staff Nurse Merit List 2019 will be given after the Written Test, Interview. We will Update the RIMS Ranchi Merit List 2019 here.
How to check the RIMS Ranchi Staff Nurse Result 2019?
Initially, applicants can visit the official website of the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) @ rimsranchi.org
Then the Homepage of RIMS Appears on the Screen.
Then Scroll down the screen and search for the Recruitments
Under the recruitment check for the link related to the RIMS Ranchi Staff Nurse Exam Result.
And click on the link.
Then the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences Staff Nurse Result 2019 will be provided in a PDF.
Check and download the RIMS Staff Nurse Grade A Result 2019 PDF.
Finally, Save the PDF for the next level of the interview process.
HP Patwari Result 2019 to be released soon for the Patwari Post @ www.himachal.nic.in. Check and download Cut off Marks, Merit List Here. Many Candidates have participated in the Combined Screening test and eagerly waiting for the HP Patwari Result 2019. The Himachal Pradesh Department of Revenue Board has conducted the Combined Screening Test on 17th November 2019. The HP Patwari Result is expected to be released in the December 2019 (Tentative).So, all the aspirants can check the HP Revenue Patwari Result 2019 Release Date from this webpage.
HP Patwari Result 2019- Download here
The Himachal Pradesh Department of Revenue will announce the Himachal Pradesh Patwari results as soon as possible on their official website www.himachal.nic.in. A huge number of candidates appeared for the written exam on 17th November 2019. All the aspirants are waiting for HP Patwari Combined Screening Test Result 2019. Moreover, the result will be released in December 2019. Hence, you can check the shortlisted aspirants for the post of Patwari. Here, we will update the latest result link, and the result link will be activated at the time of the official announcement. The Applicants can also check cut off Marks and Merit List here. So, participants Vist our page frequently.
Candidates can have information about the results, cut off marks, and merit list here. To check results candidates should have their roll number and password along with them. Himachal Pradesh Department of Revenue will be releasing the HP Patwari final exam result based on the performance of the candidates. Here on this page candidates can get the HP Patwari Expected Cut off 2019 from the below sections. The selection process is based on the Combined Screening Test.
HP Revenue Patwari Cut Off Marks 2019
All the aspirants can have detailed information about HP Revenue Patwari Cut Off Marks 2019. The Himachal Pradesh Department of Revenue has not yet released the exact cutoff marks. The board of higher authority will be releasing the HP Patwari District Wise Cut Off Marks 2019 according to the categories of the aspirants SC, ST, BC, OC. The cutoff marks play an essential role in every participant life. The candidates should know the cutoff marks before appearing in the examination to score high marks. The board will soon announce the cutoff marks in their official web page.
Category Name
Expected Cut Off Marks
General
63-65
OBC
60+
SC
55+
ST
50+
HP Patwari Merit List 2019
In this section, the applicants can know more clearly about the Himachal Pradesh Revenue Patwari Merit List PDF. Generally, the authority will announce the Merit after releasing the Result. The contenders who score maximum marks in all the sections will be listed on the merit list. Here you can check and download your HP Revenue Patwari Merit List from this page. We will update the latest information on our web page. In the upcoming section, we have given the stepwise procedure to check the HP Patwari Result 2019.
How to check the Himachal Pradesh (HP) Patwari Result 2019 Online?
Initially, applicants can visit the official website of the Himachal Pradesh Department of Revenue @ www.himachal.nic.in.
The Homepage Appears on the Screen.
Then Scroll down the homepage, you will get the latest announcement.
Then search for the HP Patwari Result 2019 for the combined screening test.
And Click on the link and download the HP Patwari Exam Result 2019 PDF
MAHADISCOM Result 2019 – Get Graduate, Diploma Engineer Trainee Selection List @ www.mahadiscom.in. Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Co. Ltdwill soon release MAHADISCOM Result 2019 for Upkendra Sahayak posts in the month of December 2019 (Tentative).Mahavitaran Vidyut Sahayak has successfully conducted the MSEDCL Exam on 25th August 2019. Candidates who had participated in Mahadiscom Recruitment Exam are eagerly looking for the Mahadiscom Result. So, for them, Recruitment.guru is providing MAHADISCOM Result.
MAHADISCOM Upkendra Sahayak Result 2019 – The officials of MAHADISCOM has announced the notification for 2000 vacancies for the post of Upkendra Sahayak. The Board has conducted the Upkendra Sahayak Examination on 25th August 2019. Most of the candidates have applied and attended the examination by various Examination centers. Now all those candidates may eagerly be waiting to know their result status. We are here to help you out with the MAHADISCOM Exam Result 2019. Moreover, the higher officials are planning to release the Result in the month of December 2019 (Tentatively). Here we will be updating the MAHADISCOM Latest Result link, it will activate at the time of the result announcement by officially. Candidates can get the MAHADISCOM Selected Candidate List from this page.
MAHADISCOM Upkendra Sahayak Exam Result 2019 – Click Here
MAHADISCOM Engineer Trainee Result 2019 –The officials of MAHADISCOM has announced the notification for 450 Diploma Engineer Trainee, Graduate Engineer Trainee Vacancies. Most of the candidates have applied and attended the examination by various Examination centers. Now all those candidates may eagerly be waiting to know their result status. We are here to help you out with the MAHADISCOM Exam Result 2019. Here we will be updating the MAHADISCOM Latest Result link, it will activate at the time of the result announcement by officially. Candidates can get the MAHADISCOM Selected Candidate List from this page.
MAHADISCOM Engineer Trainee Result 2019 – Click Here
Mahavitaran is decided to fill 450 vacancies like Diploma Engineer Trainee, Graduate Engineer Trainee posts. A huge number of interested candidates had applied for the Government jobs in Maharashtra. Now, the Applicants are eagerly seeking for the MAHADISCOM Diploma Engineer Trainee, Graduate Engineer Trainee Result 2019. Mahadiscom has conducted an Engineer Trainee Exam in the month of December 2019. Participants are looking for the MAHADISCOM Graduate Trainee Result.
Mahadiscom www.mahadiscom.in
Below we have enclosed the MAHADISCOM Diploma, Graduate Engineer Trainee Result 2019 for all sets. So, candidates who appeared for the Mahadiscom Asst Engineer Exam can download the Mahadiscom DET, GET Result directly from here. Otherwise, you can also get these from the official website www.mahadiscom.in. All the candidates can get the direct link for MAHADISCOM Selected Candidate Listfrom this page.
MAHADISCOM Merit List 2019
Applicants who score high marks in the written examination will be placed in the MAHADISCOM Merit List. The merit list will contain the roll number and name of the Candidates who qualified in the written exam. All the aspirants can download the MAHADISCOM DET, GET Merit List. Along with the Results, candidates can get some simple steps to download your result from the official website.
MAHADISCOM Cut Off Marks 2019
Applicants can check the MAHADISCOM Cut Off Marks from the official website www.mahadiscom.in. After the result declaration, Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited Officials will publish the Cut off Marks on the official website. Candidates should get minimum or maximum marks to qualify for Diploma Engineer Trainee, Graduate Engineer Trainee Posts.
How to check the MAHADISCOM Diploma/Graduate Engineer Trainee Result 2019?
Initially, applicants can visit the official website of Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL), www.mahadiscom.in
On the home page, click on the News & Latest Announcements section
A new page will open with various results
Click on the related link with MAHADISCOM DET, GET Results
Applicants can check and download for further reference.
Direct links to download MAHADISCOM Result 2019
MAHADISCOM Engineer Trainee Result 2019 – Diploma, Graduate
BBMB Recruitment 2019 – Apply Online | 45 Fireman, Surveyor, Turner, Sewerman, Boatman, Shift Attendant, OTA & Other Vacancies. The Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) has announced a Job Notification for 45 Vacancies of Fireman, Surveyor, Turner, Sewerman, Boatman, Shift Attendant, OTA & Other Posts. Applicants who are looking for the Chandigarh Government Job can apply for the vacancy through the Online process. The Last date of the application is said to end up by 30th December 2019.
The selected candidates will be appointed on regular basis on a probation period of 3 years on initial of the pay scale as per Punjab C.S.R or DC Rate as applicable whichever is higher. The candidates who wish to apply for more than one post should submit the separate application form for each post. Check the eligibility details and then apply for the vacancy before the last date. Read further to know more about the Bhakra Beas Management Board Fireman Vacancy 2019.
Eligibility Criteria for BBMB Fireman, Sewerman & Other Jobs 2019
Educational Qualification:
Fireman – Matric or’10 +2 or Graduate with a basic course on elementary Fire Fighting from a recognized institute of State/Central Govt. of India.
Turner – Matric or Middle pass with ITI Cedficale in the Trade of Turner & 1-year experience in the trade
Surveyor – Matriculation with ITI Certificate in the Survey Trade and 2 Years’ experience in the trade.
Sewerman, Boatman and Shift Attendant – Should be literate*, physically sound and mentally alert.
OTA – Matric with Physics and Chemistry or Equivalent qualification
Pharmacist – Pre Medical/ 10*2 (Medical) with two years diploma in Pharmacy of Allopathic System of Medicine and Dresser’s Course from the recognized institute.
Marine Fitter Grade I – Should hold a certificate of competency as First Class Molor Engine Driver issued by MMD Ministry of Transport or should have received a training certificate from the Cater-Piller Service Agency.
Applicants will be shortlisted by the BBMB Recruitment Board and called for the further selection process.
Interview.
Other Important Instructions for Departmental Employees
Departmental Employees are also eligible to apply if they possess the requisite qualification as mentioned above on the closing date of application.
Serving Government employees must send a copy of their on-line application form through proper channel before the closing date specified below.
Copy of Online Application form complete in all respects along with enclosures must reach in the office of undersigned on or before 30.12.2019 up to 1600 hours.
The applicant should send a copy of his/her On-line application form through Registered/Speed Post Courier in the office.
And, clearly specify the post applied for and his/her mailing address on the envelope.
General Instructions
A candidate whether belongs to the General category or reserved categories can submit only one application for a particular post. Scanned copies of essential certificates, like, date of birth, qualification, experience, reservation proof with domicile.
The applicant shall fill in all the columns of the form and write N/A in case any column is not applicable.
Apply ONLINE Steps for BBMB Fireman, Sewerman & Other Jobs 2019
Download the Official Notification, read the details carefully
Check your eligibility details before applying for the Post
Then, Click on Apply Online Link Provided Below.
Start filling Registration Form with all the required details.
Recheck whether the details are properly filled & move to the next step.
Upload scanned copies of your recent photograph and necessary documents.
Finally, press the submit button to finish the Application Process.
Take the print out for further reference.
Important Date for BBMB Chandigarh Recruitment 2019
BBMB has an installed capacity of 2918.73 MW – the third-largest installed hydropower capacity in India. BBMB also transmits Power in the Northern Grid through a widespread network of 3751.96 Ckt. Km. of 400, 220, 132 and 66 kV transmission lines. BBMB maintains some of the largest water reservoirs in the country such as Bhakra and Pong Dam reservoirs and also operates 98 Km. long water conductor system including channels & tunnels. Bhakra – Nangal & Beas Projects have been the harbinger of green & white revolutions, rapid industrialization & urbanization in the Northern Region, besides protecting the downstream areas from ferocious floods.
Maharashtra GDS Result 2019 – Check Maharashtra GDS Results Merit List PDF @ appost.in: MH Postal Circle is going to declare the Maharashtra Postal GDS Result 2019 for the post of Gramin Dak Sevak (GDS) 3650 Posts as soon as possible on their official website. Therefore, many candidates have applied for this post from 01st November 2019 to 30th November 2019. The applicants are now searching for the Maharashtra Post Office Gramin Dak Sevak Result 2019. Hence, Candidates, who have applied for the post can check and download the 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.
Maharashtra GDS Result 2019 – Download Here
The application process for this recruitment of the post of Gramin Dak Sevak was invited in the month of December 2019. India Post had announced this recruitment to fill 3650 vacancies of Gramin Dak Sevak (GDS) in Maharashtra Circle. However, the Selection process completely based on the 10th marks of the Candidates. On this page, anyone can check the All-State Postman & Mail Guard Result 2019 by using the direct link Indian Post Office Result 2019. So, the Registered candidates can download their Maharashtra Post Office GDS Result 2019 from this page directly by visiting this page. Moreover, the Maharashtra Post GDS Result 2019 link will activate at the time of the official announcement.
Maharashtra Postal Circle GDS Result 2019 – Overview
Maha Postal Circle BPM ABPM Dak Sevak Selection List, DOPMAH GDS Cut off Marks
The aspirants who applied for the Maharashtra Post Office GDS recruitment can get information about the Maharashtra Gramin Dak Sevak Merit List PDF 2019. MH Post GDS Selected Candidates List 2019 will decide, after the completion of the Document Verification Process. Candidates will get details about Gramin Dak Sevak Result Online announcements. And also, how to download the Maharashtra Post Office Result 2019, document verification and other related information.
Maha Gramin Dak Sevak Merit List & Cutoff Marks
The authority will decide the Merit List depends on some Conditions. Candidates with a high score in the 10th/SSLC Examination is the main criteria for this post. Most Importantly, Selection is purely based on Merit. Here we have provided some instructions to download Maharashtra GDS Result 2019 & Merit Lists here. Here we have provided a direct link to download the Maharastra GDS Merit List 2019.
How to download GDS Maharashtra Result 2019-20?
Firstly, Candidates must visit the official website of the Gramin Dak Sevak Engagement portal www.appost.in.
Then, on the home page, search for the "Results" tab.
Click on the "Maharashtra (3650 posts)" link.
The desired merit list for Maharashtra GDS will be download by clicking the respective link
Check the name in the Maharashtra Postal Circle Gramin Dak Sevak Results 2019
Direct link to download Maharashtra GDS Result 2019
APPSC Group 3 Result 2019 – Get APPSC Panchayat Secretary Mains Result 2019 @ psc.ap.gov.in | Are you waiting for APPSC Panchayat Secretary Result 2019? then you can just check this post. The Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission officials had successfully conducted the Main Exam on 26th August 2019. Those candidates who have appeared for the Mains Examination waiting for the result. Moreover, the officials will announce the APPSC Panchayat Secretary Mains Exam Result 2019 in the month of December 2019 (Tentatively).
APPSC Group 3 Results 2019 @ Check Here
Applicants can expect the APPSC Group 3 Result 2019 very soon in the official site @ psc.ap.gov.in. Additionally, we have given the quick link to access the APPSC Group 3 District Wise Selection List at the end of the page. Also, Candidates should keep in touch with our page or check the official site frequently to get the APPSC Group 3 Latest News/Updates. So that you can know more details of the APPSC Group 3 Panchayat Secretary Results 2019. Here on this page applicants can get the APPSC Group 3 Results, we will be updating the latest result link and it will activate at the time of result announcement.
APPSC Panchayat Secretary Mains Result 2019 – Details
APPSC Panchayat Secretary Result 2019 | Group 3 Cut Off, Merit List
In Andhra Pradesh state, a huge number of candidates had appeared for the Screening Test. Almost every candidate who had registered/ applied for the exam. Candidates who had competed in the exam can download the APPSC Panchayat Secretary Result 2019 from the official site tentatively this month.
Moreover, the candidates can check their APPSC Group 3 Mains Result with the help of the Answer Keys. To get hired by the officials, aspirants must qualify all rounds such as Screening Test, Mains Exam, Interview. Candidates who qualify all rounds with good merit to get shortlisted for the 1051 Panchayat Secretary (Group 3) posts.
APPSC Group 3 Cut off 2019
The members of the organization will announce the APPSC Group 3 Cut off Marks from the official website. And every candidate has to score the equal or maximum marks to the Cut Off Marks to get shortlisted for the further rounds. Mainly, we have given the APPSC Panchayat Secretary Cut Off Marks 2019 according to the Category wise.
Expected APPSC Panchayat Secretary (Group III) Cut Off Marks 2019
Category
Cut Off Marks
OC
70-75
BC
65-70
SC
55-65
ST
50-65
PH (Physically Handicapped)
50-55
Ex-Serviceman
45-50
APPSC Group 3 District Wise Selection list
The APPSC officials are going to announce the APPSC Panchayat Secretary Merit List 2019 in the official site at the time of the Results. These APPSC Panchayat Secretary Merit List 2019 contains the Names, Marks, Admit Card Number of the candidates who score the top or high marks in the Screening Test. Aspirants who qualified in the screening test will be promoted to further rounds of the selection process.
How to check APPSC Group 3 Exam Results 2019?
Visit the official site of the APPSC by using the psc.ap.gov.in
Find the APPSC Panchayat Secretary Result 2019 link in the Results block.
After finding click on it.
Now, enter the details in the login form.
And your APPSC Group 3 Result 2019 will get on the screen.
Download the results along with the Cut Off Marks, Merit List, and Score Card.
Take a hard copy of the APPSC Group 3 Mains Result for future usage.
SJVN Recruitment 2019 – Apply Online | 230 Apprentice Vacancy. Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited has recently announced a Job Notification to fill 230 Apprentice Posts for Various Departments. Uttarkhand Domiciles who are looking for the Government Job male can use this SJVN Apprentice Notification 2019. There are 230 Vacancies that are allocated for Graduate Apprentice, Technician Apprentice & Technician ITI Apprentice Posts. Interested aspirants can apply through Online mode. The SJVN Apprentice Apply Online Link is active from 10th December 2019.
Candidates who have an interest in SJVN Jobs 2019 can apply before 31st December 2019. SJVN invites applications from eligible candidates who are domicile of Himachal Pradesh for undergoing one-year apprenticeship training under the Apprenticeship Act. Further information such as Eligibility Criteria, Salary, Age limit, instructions, and other details regarding SJVN Vacancies 2019 provided below.
Information Communications Technology/ IT/ Computer Assembly & Maintenance
03
Total
230
SJVN Recruitment 2019 – Eligibility Criteria for SJVN Apprenticeship 2019
Educational Qualification:
Graduate Apprentices – Degree (full-time) in Engineering / Technology in relevant branch, from Institute/ University recognized by AICTE.
Technician (Diploma) Apprentices – Full-time diploma in Engineering/Technology in relevant branch, from Institute/ University recognized by AICTE/ Board of Technical Education of State.
Technician (ITI) Apprentices – ITI Passed in relevant discipline from any recognized University/ Institute
Age Limit for SJVN Recruitment 2019:
Minimum Age Limit – 18 Years
Maximum Age Limit – 30 Years
Age Relaxation:
OBC Candidates – 03 Years
SC/ ST Candidates – 05 Years
PWD Candidates – 10 Years
Application Fee:
General Candidates – Rs. 100/-
SC/ ST/ PWD Candidates – No Fee.
NOTE: Pay the Non-Refundable Fee for SJVN Recruitment through Debit Card/ Credit Card/ Net Banking.
SJVN Ltd Career – Salary Details:
Candidates selected for Apprentice Post of SJVN Vacancies 2019 will be provided a Stipend as follow:
Graduate Apprentice – Rs. 10,000/- Per Month
Diploma Apprentice – Rs. 8,000/- Per Month
ITI Apprentice – Rs. 7,000/- Per Month
SJVN Recruitment 2019 – Apprentice Selection Process
Merit-Based.
How to Apply Online for SJVN Limited Apprentice Recruitment 2020?
Click on the Apply Online Link given below.
If you are a New User Register yourself for the SJVN Jobs.
Enter your valid mail ID, Name & Security Code appear on the image.
Login to the SJVN Recruitment Application page using your mail ID.
Fill the required details asked in the application.
Upload scanned copy of Photograph & Signature.
Pay the Application fee through Online Mode (if applicable).
After completely filled the application, recheck the details entered.
Finally, submit the application form & take a print for future reference.
SJVN Limited, a Mini Ratna, Category-I and Schedule – ‘A’ CPSE under authoritative control of Ministry of Power, Govt. of India, was fused on May 24, 1988, as a joint endeavor of the Government of India (GOI) and the Government of Himachal Pradesh (GOHP). SJVN is presently a recorded Company having investors an example of 61.93 % with Govt. of India, 26.85% with Govt. of Himachal Pradesh The present paid-up capital and approved capital of SJVN is Rs. 3,929.80 Crore. Starting with a solitary Project and single State activity (for example India’s biggest 1500 MW Nathpa Jhakri Hydro Power Station in Himachal Pradesh) the Company has appointed five undertakings totaling 2015.2 MW of introduced limit including wind and sun-powered power.
SJVN is actualizing power extends in Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Maharashtra and Gujarat in India other than neighboring nations viz. Nepal and Bhutan. Its Missions are To drive financial development and streamline investor’s and partner’s enthusiasm by Creating and working undertakings in a practical and socio-condition neighborly way.
Beltron Result 2019 – Bihar State Electronics Development Corporation Ltd. (BELTRON), Patna has declared CBT Exam results for the post of Data Entry Operator. Those Candidates who have been appeared for the Examination can check the results from the official website i.e, bsedc.bihar.gov.in. Beltron DEO CBT Exam Results are going to release in the month of December 2019 (Tentatively). For your comfort, we furnished a direct link at the end of this page to download the Beltron DEO CBT Exam Results 2019.
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A large number of applicants have appeared in the examination and now they are eagerly waiting for the result. For all the applicants we are providing a direct link to check your DEO CBT Exam Results 2019. The BELTRON 3rd DEO, Programmer exam has successfully conducted on 27th November 2019 in Patna at various examination centers for those who have done Registration Online or through BKC/BKS. The BELTRON DEO Score Card 2019 for the candidates who were appeared in the written test has been publishing category wise.
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If the Candidate who secures highest marks only available in DEO Merit List 2019 PDF. However, the Candidate who is unable to get maximum marks those Registration Number/Name is not Consider in BELTRON DEO Final Selection List 2019-20. The Final Provisional List will be declared for BELTRON Programmer Jobs based on the Written Exam and Skill Test. So, Candidates must qualify in examination also get merit Marks. Finally, Stay with us for regular Updates regarding BELTRON DEO Results 2019-20.
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All the Candidates who appeared in DEO Test must Clear Minimum Cut off Marks. The BELTRON 3rd DEO, Programmer Cut Off Marks 2019 varies according to Category wise. So, for that concern, you must clear individual cut off Marks to move to further selection Procedure. The Minimum Qualifying Marks for Programmer Written Examination are 40% for OCs, 35% for BCs and 30% for SCs / STs / Ex-Servicemen. Those Candidates who clear BELTRON Programmer Category Cutoff Marks will intimate to select based on merit marks.
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BSSC Result 2019 – Bihar Staff Selection Commission BSSC is recently uploaded Additional Result for the Assistant Teacher Recruitment 2016 on 11th July 2019. Those Candidates who have appeared in this Recruitment Exam can download Additional Result now. It’s time to check your BSSC Assistant Teacher Result. By clicking one direct link, applicants can check and download the BSSC Result easily. Interested candidates can refer to this article and get the latest information about the BSSC 2019 Results, Merit List, Live Updates. We are also providing a direct link to download your Bihar SSC Sanitary Inspector Result.
BSSC Assistant Teacher Result 2019 – The Bihar Staff Selection Commission has conducted the Examination for the post of Assistant Teacher on 04th December 2016. In the same month, the main result has been declared on 30th December 2019. Then after two years now the organization has announced the Bihar BSSC Assistant Teacher Additional Result on 12th July 2019. Applicants who wish to get the details for the BSSC Assistant Teacher Results can check here at any time. The organization has recruited a totally of 211 Assistant Teacher Posts. All registered candidates can download additional Result now.
BSSC Sanitary Inspector Result 2019 @ bssc.bih.nic.in | The Bihar Staff Selection Commission has conducted the Examination for the Sanitary Inspector (SI) on 24th November 2019. Many Applicants have applied for this post. After completing the examination candidates are waiting for the BSSC Sanitary Inspector Result 2019. We have good news for those candidates, the Board of BSSC is going to release Sanitary Inspector Result 2019 in the month of December 2019 ( tentatively). All the Aspirants can download the result from this page.
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NRHM Chandigarh Recruitment 2019 – Apply Offline | 37 House Surgeon Posts. Chandigarh National Health Mission inviting application to fill 37 vacancies for House Surgeon Jobs. Individuals who are willing to provide health services for the community can apply for this NRHM Chandigarh Jobs. Eligible candidates can apply for the House Surgeon Vacancy through Offline Process. Candidates can start applying for the Post and the last date to send the application by 19th December 2019.
Applications are invited for filling up 37 posts of House Surgeons for six months’ tenure from 01st January 2020 to 30th June 2020 in the Various Departments of Govt Multi Speciality Hospital Sector 16, Chandigarh. For details regarding qualification, experience, vacancies, Application Form and other instructions, candidates are advised to visit this page. Applicants can get the complete details of the Venue of the Walkin Interview and Reporting time from the below sections.
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Pay Scale – Rs.31500/- PM
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NOTE: All Eligible Candidates are requested to appear on 26th December 2019 at 10.00 AM along with the Original Documents/Certificates to the following address.
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The National Health Mission has launched by the government of India in 2013 subsuming the National Rural Health Mission and National Urban Health Mission. It has further extended in March 2018, to continue until March 2020. It is headed by Mission Director and monitored by National Level Monitors appointed by the Government of India.
The National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), now under National Health Mission is an initiative undertaken by the government of India to address the health needs of under-served rural areas. Launched on 12th April 2005 by then Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the NRHM was initially tasked with addressing the health needs of 18 states that had been identified as having weak public health indicators. The Union Cabinet headed by Dr. Manmohan Singh vide its decision dated 1st May 2013, has approved the launch of the National Urban Health Mission (NUHM) as a Sub-mission of an overarching National Health Mission, with National Rural Health Mission being the other Sub-mission of National Health Mission.
NEW DELHI: In a thumbs up to the Indian government's Unified Payments Interface (UPI) scheme, Google has written to the US Federal Reserve Board detailing the successful example of UPI-based digital payment in India in order to build "FedNow" -- a new interbank real-time gross settlement service (RTGS) for faster digital payments in the US.In a letter written by Mark Isakowitz, Vice President, Government Affairs and Public Policy, US and Canada, Google, the company said it worked closely with the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), the payment regulator government by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), to build 'Google Pay' for the Indian market.NPCI deployed a real-time payment system UPI in 2016.According to Google, UPI was thoughtfully planned and critical aspects of its design led to its success."First, UPI is an interbank transfer system (there are now over over 140 member banks, after initially launching with 9 participating banks). Second, it is a real time system. Third, it is 'open' -- meaning technology companies can build applications that help users directly manage transfers into and out of their accounts held at banks," Isakowitz wrote to Ann Misback, Secretary, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.Adoption of the system was rapid, growing from 100,000 monthly transactions, to 77 million, to 480 million, to 1.15 billion monthly transactions in the first four years. "After just three years, the annual run rate of transactions flowing through UPI is about 10 per cent of India's GDP, including 800 million monthly transactions valued at $19 billion," said the company in the letter dated November 7 that was surfaced on Saturday."Google has been a successful market participant in India's use of UPI, and Google Pay provides one of the three leading mobile applications that use UPI, as measured by transaction volume," the letter elaborated.Google said the use of debit, credit and pre-paid cards also nearly doubled during the same period. Google Pay's monthly active user-base grew three times to reach 67 million in September this year -- up from 22 million in the same month last year.According to a latest Worldline report tiled "India Digital Payments Report - Q3 2019", the total volume of UPI transactions in Q3 2019 in India touched 2.7 billion, a whopping 183 per cent increase from the same July-September quarter a year ago. In terms of value, UPI clocked Rs 4.6 trillion, up 189 per cent from Q3 2018.The number of transactions done on mobile wallets was 1.04 billion, an increase of just 5 per cent over previous year period while the value of transactions in the July-September period was Rs 466 billion, an increase of 2 per cent over Q3 of the previous year, said the Worldline report.According to a recent Assocham-PWC study, digital payments in India will more than double to $135.2 billion in 2023 from $64.8 billion this year with a compounded annual growth of 20.2%.Google said that after learning its lessons from the India digital payments market, it offers specific suggestions to the Fed Reserve to "support real-time low-value and high-value payments, use standardized messaging protocols with extended metadata, and provide clear standards for an Application Programming Interface (API) layer that enables licensed non-financial institution third parties to access and submit requests into this payment system".
There are many things wrong with India's economy that need to be fixed. Politics is the biggest area of reform.Let's name the elephant in the room, and gently coax him out, so that we can see some of the things that jumbo occludes. If social schism goes up and casts a permanent pall of violence, latent or in intermittent, explosive action, the economy can no longer prosper. Sri Lanka is living proof.The country has had enviable levels of social development and should have been the leading nation of South Asia, but has lost more than three decades to a Buddhist chauvinism-induced revolt of its 15% Tamil minority. The Citizenship Amendment Act-National Register of Citizens combination and other gentle ministrations aimed at India's Muslim minority promise to shred social cohesion, without which sustained prosperity is difficult.Education. In a period of rapid technological change, the idea of teaching schoolkids skills is tomfoolery. Skills get obsolete with technology. The auto component industry of Pune, Manesar, Hosur and Coimbatore will die when electric motors replace the internal combustion engine. ITI diplomas in automobile engineering will be worth zilch. Children must learn to learn throughout their lives. Learn they are heirs to the entirety of human knowledge — from how to make fire, how to fuse two atoms of hydrogen to produce energy, and quantum computing to understanding evil and why some music and some fashion work while others don't.How can India's most precious resource, its crores of children, adolescents and young adults, be actually educated, taught to be lifelong learners, instead of being merely sent to school and a free meal? It is a tough challenge, essentially because of the politics in which education, schools and teachers are embedded, but must be addressed.How do we make healthcare an effective, pooled and pre-paid part of everyday life, rather than a calamity that throws an afflicted family into the jaws of poverty? Building a political economy around insurance is the wrong way to go about it. That is the route the US took, to end up spending 18% of GDP on healthcare, to get the same results as Europe that spends half as much. Government spending on public health is just 1% of GDP in India. How to spend scarce tax rupees on healthcare must be thought through. Healthcare and social security in general can no longer be the responsibility of a single department or ministry. Clean water and air, without which good health is not possible, depend on cropping practices, industrial regulation, pollution control, environmental protection and law enforcement.India is in competition with China for the world's diabetes and heart disease crown, as people move from hard labour to service sector jobs that warp the spine. Tackling this part of health calls for urban planning that creates playgrounds and parks, stadia and pools, playing courts and pitches.Social security is an umbrella term that encompasses care of expectant mothers and children, unemployment allowance, disability payments, old age security, skills training and reskilling, housing and healthcare.In a rapidly urbanising and, therefore, migrant, society, housing for all is about as useful as charkha-for-all in lieu of clothing. Mr Biswas might have a house of his own in the village, but when he comes to the town, looking for better work, what he needs is affordable rental housing. That calls for rational rent laws, an end to the artificial shortage of urban land, rapid connectivity and intelligent urban planning to create mixed-use, densely populated, yet ghetto free habitats. In other words, social security and healthcare must be reimagined as governance, and parcelled out to different parts of the government sensitised to their new priorities. This is politics.India's power sector is in crisis, as 15% to 55% of its output, depending on the region, is not paid for — entirely on account of bad politics that trains people to expect power for free or impunity when they steal it.Indian industry is not as inefficient as our trade deficit with China would suggest. Industry routinely inflates project costs to create a war chest with which to pay off the neta-babu-political thug nexus, besides paying for that getaway to Thailand. The inflated cost structure makes for pricier output. Handsome returns from inflated project costs disincentivise attentive management. To fix this, political funding must cease to come off the books of companies.
NEW DELHI: The ministry of road transport and highways has said that at least 75% toll lanes at toll plazas in the country must have electronic toll collection, temporarily relaxing an earlier mandate for 100% electronic toll collection (ETC) on National highways. In a letter sent to the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), in July this year, the highways ministry had asked for conversion of all toll lanes at all national highways to 'FASTag lanes December 1st onwards, a move that will make travel through toll plazas seamless and also remove congestion. The ministry on November 29, provided a two weeks' extension for the rollout, which begins on Sunday, December 15. It was earlier decided that one hybrid lane will be allowed at every toll plaza to facilitate and monitor over dimensional or over-sized vehicles where FASTag and other modes of payment will be accepted and that it will be eventually phased out."Depending on the traffic pile up at high traffic volume fee plazas, not more than 25% 'FASTag lane of fee plaza,' may be temporarily converted to hybrid lanes," the ministry told NHAI in a fresh communication on Saturday. The ministry said that this was a temporary measure to be adopted for 30 days only to facilitate smooth flow of traffic, and avoid inconvenience to users. It should be ensured that the least possible number of the declared FASTag lanes be converted into hybrid lanes temporarily and further that at least 75% lanes of every fee plaza remain declared and operational as FAStag lanes in order to incentivize the vehicles carrying FASTag, the ministry further said.Introduced in 2014, the RFID-based FASTags affixed on vehicle windscreens would enable toll to be debited from a linked account, without requiring vehicles to stop for transactions.
Ashutosh Kumar, 21, has a little secret. The final-year BTech student at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras has landed an impressive job offer from an MNC in this season of campus placements. His parents are thrilled, too. He comes from a business family — his father and his two brothers manage businesses — and they see the youngest Kumar as a welcome outlier.He, however, has other plans. In 2016, in his first year at IIT, he joined their aero-robotics club. He loved it. By the third year, when he was making drones as a pastime, his senior Pranjal Mehta — cofounder of the startup ePlane.ai — asked him to come on board. He joined as an intern, and was hooked. As the startup was incubated on campus, he would hop into their lab to work on projects between and after classes."I had worked as a summer intern in a large aerospace US MNC. I figured large companies are not for me. Startups are exciting," he says. Kumar has an offer to join ePlane full time. And that's where he is headed when he graduates next year. Of course, startup salary doesn't compare with the MNC offer. "But it will take care of my basic needs. For now, that's good," he says.December's here. And campus placement news from IITs is spreading some winter cheer. Across top IITs, reports of robust job offers, record preplacement offers and a healthy rise in salaries are a diversion from gloomy economic sentiments. International job offers have jumped. Jaw-dropping, croreplus salary for fresh graduates has grabbed attention. The number of recruiters hiring for global positions and the countries they come from have gone up. Their sectoral spread has also widened. 72620316 Ayush Singhal, 22 IIT-Delhi. "The salary isn't the best but work-life balance, smart people as colleagues and cutting-edge work are big hooks"R&D Centres of MNCs Take CentrestageROAD AHEAD: Job with Microsoft R&D Centre in HyderabadHe is doing a five-year math-and-computing dual degree programme. Creating products from scratch excites him. He will join Microsoft next year.THUMBS UPWhat's Gaining Traction in IITs*Founders' Dream: Entrepreneurship has become aspirational on campus*Legacy Charm: Top consulting firms that offer fat salaries still have clout, dominating Day One hiring*Tech Edge: Global MNCs like Amazon, Netflix, Facebook turn big recruiters for India and global roles*Small is Beautiful: Startups, with their frenetic growth and empowering work culture, are luring smart graduatesTHUMBS DOWNWhat's Losing Sheen in IITs*Going Overseas: There is a big dip in engineering graduates going overseas for master's or PhD*IT Outsourcing Giants: They still hire big but aren't the most sought-after recruiters among top graduates*Missing PSUs: Once known for hiring graduates in their core areas, they aren't recruiting much*Old MNCs: Firms like HUL and P&G are outpaced by new-age MNCsIn an economy staring at a job drought, HR heads complain about a war for talent at IITs. Vying for the best, interviews started at 5 am on Day 1 at IIT-Madras. However, stratospheric salaries and record job offers for graduates of IITs — India's premier engineering colleges — may not be the best marker to judge the health of the economy. In a country where close to a million people join the workforce every month, 10,000-odd IITians, graduating every year, are the crème de la crème. They are leagues apart from the rest. Looking for broad corporate signals from placements at top IITs, too, may be flawed. 72620044 Achal Dave, 22 IIT-Guwahati. "Internships leading to job offers is a win-win for both. Nvidia understands me well. I too got a real feel of working there"Appeal of Preplacement OffersROAD AHEAD: Will join Nvidia in Bengaluru where he interned in 2018.Interested in deep learning and ML, he wants to focus on hardware issues. After an internship at Nvidia where he worked with a global team on the latest technology, the company seems a perfect fitBut IIT campus placements are important for a very different reason. The trends and patterns hold clues to the larger shifts in India's corporate landscape. Where are India's top talent headed? Where are they in demand? What do the brightest tech minds want? What is shaping their career choices? What are the sectors, companies and jobs that have become most aspirational? 72620677 There are some significant shifts in IIT campus placements over a decade — between 2009-10 and 2019-20. These offer insights into the present corporate environment — and the future.Shifting PatternsGlobally, the balance of power in the corporate world is shifting from the West to the East, as Asia, led by China Inc and billions of Asian consumers, seeks its place under the sun. Rise of Asia is visible on IIT campuses, too, that were once dominated by MNCs from the West. At IIT-Madras, Singapore-headquartered Micron has emerged as the biggest recruiter, making 31 offers, says Professor Manu Santhanam, adviser (placement), IIT-Madras.More than 15 Japanese firms registered for placements at IIT-Bombay. Sony Japan and Honda hired five and six students respectively. Last month, Sony announced the setting up of its first global R&D centre in India, which will start operations next year. Other Asian recruiters on IIT campuses include Taiwan's TSMC and MediaTek, Japan's Denso, Fast Retailing and Ebara Corporation and Deskera from Singapore apart from Australia's Threesides.OnePlus illustrates this trend. Early this month, the leader in India's premium smartphone segment opened its largest R&D centre outside China in Hyderabad to work on nextgeneration technology like 5G and AI. Last year, in its debut on IIT campus, it hired 13 fresh graduates. This year, it is hiring 70. "Our 250-staff R&D centre will ramp up to 1,000-1,500 within three years," says Vikas Agarwal, GM, OnePlus India. Expect their campus hiring to go up, too. 72620583 "I see founders' snowball effect. As IITians turn into founders, they move like a tribe recruiting each other" Ashwini Asokan, cofounder, Mad Street DenFor a long time now, Wall Street has lost its eminence even as Silicon Valley has become the nerve centre of the corporate world. Over the past decade, this has manifested in myriad ways on IIT campuses. "Job offers by MNCs like FMCG giants have lost their aspirational value and have been replaced — in both their offerings and aspirational quotient — by some of the largest tech firms like Microsoft and Samsung as well as finance/investment majors," says a professor at one of the top IITs. Today, global technology companies dominate in multiple levels — salaries, job offers and hiring across disciplines.The dream of going for master's and doctorates in the US, too, has waned. Ashwin Mahalingam, associate professor, IIT-Madras, recalls that in 1998, 40 of 49 students in his class, including himself, left for the US after BTech. "Today it would be under 20%," he says. Agrees Anurag Mehra of IIT-Bombay. A decade back, as a faculty member, he would write recommendations annually for at least 10-15 of his students applying for higher studies overseas. "Today, there are years when I don't write even one," he says. 72620798 Ashutosh Kumar (left) and Pranjal Mehta, Ashutosh Kumar, 21 IIT-Madras-"A big corporate job is not for me. I like the close-knit startup culture where I can make a difference"Chasing Startups Started by SeniorsROAD AHEAD: Will join ePlane — a startup cofounded by his senior Pranjal Mehta — where he interned in 2018Interested in aero-robotics, Kumar made drones as a pastime. Working in ePlane will give it a meaningful purpose. It is incubated at IIT-MHowever, internship offers from top universities are rising. In 2018-19, at IIT-Bombay, international university internships stood at 148, led by the US at 40, and Japan at 26. For top talent, the job market has turned truly global. International job offers have risen across IITs this year, with Kanpur and Guwahati saying their international offers have doubled. IIT-Madras got 34, IIT-Delhi 17, IIT-BHU 4, IIT-Kharagpur 20 and IIT Kanpur 10-plus — and counting. PLACEMENT PROBLEMSSpeed Hiring: Packing a lot of interviews in a few days puts pressure on recruiters and studentsSlot Bidding: Bagging Day 1 slots, where pay packages play a deciding role, is a status symbol Stiff Rules: As soon as a student lands offers, they are under pressure to accept itCore Jobs Come Later: Day One is dominated by non-core firms; when core firms' interviews come up, top students are taken.The recruiter pool is diversifying even though it has a strong flavour of software and new-age digital companies. International job offers have been made by established oldtimers like Microsoft, ANZ and Sony as well as new-age firms like Uber, Cohesity and Rubrik from the US, Optiver from Amsterdam, Micron, and Mercari and SMS DataTech from Japan. Meanwhile, bright graduates are finding equally compelling options at home. MNC R&D centres in India — called global in-house centres or GICs — have emerged as significant campus recruiters. At IIT-Madras, core/R&D centre job offerings comprised an impressive 43% in the first phase of placement. 72621128 Samyak Jain, 22 IIT-Delhi-"Freedom to work, solve real problems and shape solutions — that's what I have always dreamt of. My startup offers me all that"Entrepreneurship Becomes PopularROAD AHEAD: Build his startup Myways based out of IIT-DelhiHis entrepreneurial dreams have shaped most of his decisions, including joining IIT-Delhi. Enabling factors like monthly grants and workspace on IIT campus are helping his fledgling startupAchal Dave, a final-year student from IIT-Guwahati who interned with Nvidia and is joining their GIC centre in Bengaluru, says, "Their India centre is not doing maintenance job. I get to work on exciting, cutting-edge, next-gen technology." Lalit Ahuja, founder of Dallas-headquartered ANSR Consulting, agrees. Having set up 50 GICs in India so far, he says the pace is hastening. "I am adding one every three weeks," he says. Many legacy MNCs like retailers, automobile firms and banks, hurting from the onslaught of digital players, are setting up GICs to reinvent themselves. Many digitally native MNCs like Netflix and Facebook and newer startups like UiPath also have big GIC plans in India. 72621304 "We are moving away from hiring on campus in a constrained environment. Internships leading to job offers work better" Amit Verma, director (HR), Nvidia India.According to consultancy firm Zinnov, between FY2015 and FY2019, GICs grew from 1,000 to 1,250 centres in India even as their headcount (mostly engineers, scientists and researchers) rose from 745,000 to 1 million. It expects GICs to touch 2,350 centres by 2030. "I see big growth coming from Asia-Pacific companies," says Anand Subramaniam, delivery head, GIC accelerator platform, Zinnov. Today traditional Indian firms barely show on the IIT radar except for stray companies like Bajaj Auto and Tata's Jaguar Land Rover. Indian IT outsourcing companies too have lost their sheen while PSUs have almost fallen off the map. "PSUs offered good core jobs to our students. They aren't coming anymore," says AK Agarwal, professor, IIT-BHU. In 2008-09, 85 of 856 offers at IIT-Bombay came from government and PSUs, making up 10%. In 2018-19, it stood at 1%.Meanwhile, startups like Flipkart, Ola and Byju's make their appearance. The IITs' stormy affair with startups has matured over the last decade. Around 2016, amid funding squeeze in the startup world, many companies like Flipkart, Portea, InMobi and Car Dekho reneged or deferred their job offers, leading to many being blacklisted from the campuses. There is a more nuanced understanding of the startup world now. "We are cautious and understand that startups face funding issues that are not in their control," says Professor CS Shankar Ram, placement adviser, IIT-Madras.Undoubtedly, entrepreneurship and startup jobs are gaining ground across campuses. "Success of unicorn founders has an impact," says Professor PVM Rao, head, Department of Design, IIT-Delhi. Incubation cells in IITs, with enabling policies offering grants and workspace, help. Samyak Jain at IITDelhi says a monthly stipend of `35,000 (as part of Design Innovation Fellowship) and a grant of `2 lakh from the government to build his project have helped him as he bootstraps his startup. At IIT-Madras, Pranjal Mehta, 22, declined job offers from top consulting firms to build his drone startup ePlane. "Initially, my parents were uneasy. After I bagged some great job offers, they had faith in what I could do," he says. Incubated in a campus lab, with Professor Satyanarayanan Chakravarthy as cofounder and mentor, ePlane has six staff members and 20 interns, mostly IITians.Preplacement offers are rising. Over 1,200 preplacement offers have been made across 23 IITs. IIT-Madras got 167 while IIT-Delhi got 186. Amit Verma, HR head, Nvidia India, says five years ago, internship programmes contributed 10% of their recruits but they now chip in about 40%. "We are dialling down on campus recruitment as we don't want to hire in such a constrained environment," he adds.Problems to FixA few things have not changed, though. For instance, how campus placements are structured and the strong hold that consulting and financial services firms — offering fat pay packets — still have on IIT graduates. A large number of top IIT graduates do not take up jobs related to their core areas. Partly, it is a function of job supply —there are fewer exciting jobs in core areas. Partly, it is a function of how the entire campus placement machinery works.Vibhor Jain (name changed), 24, an IIT-Bombay alumnus, got an offer that everyone aspires for on placement day — a well-paying consulting job. "When you land a consulting job, everyone envies you. But the work was pathetic and unethical (like data manipulation)," he says. He quit within a year and now works at an aircraft maker's Bengaluru GIC. "It is a nurturing environment. My mentor is great. They are now supporting me to do PhD. It doesn't pay like consulting does but I prefer this any day," he says.Then what makes consulting and investment banking the preferred jobs for IITians? These sectors offer the fattest pay packets and land the most coveted Day 1 slots for hiring. "Besides good exposure, there is massive glamour quotient. Travel, perks, salaries — their pre-recruitment pitch can be dazzling," says Manish Shetty, an IIT-Bombay alumnus, who is pursuing his PhD in the US. 72621395 Ravi Khanna Walia, 22 IIT-Delhi-"Both learning curve and growth are sharper in a startup. That's what I want when I am starting my career"Niche Firms are HotROAD AHEAD: Will be joining Dream11 in Mumbai next yearAfter interning with a large MNC making telecom gear, he decided to join a startup working on new products where there is a lot of opportunity to innovateSnigdha Lal, 24, also an IIT-Bombay alumnus, remembers the preplacement pitch by a top management consultancy. "They talked about expedition to Antarctica and engagement with Akshaya Patra. I was spellbound. I was not zoned out even for a second," she says. Nobody tells you the flip side. "All my talented seniors, who were all-rounders and role models, had picked consulting jobs," says Lal. She, too, joined a consulting firm but quit within a year to pursue her master's.To fix campus placements, we need to take a look at how it works. It kicks off in August with preplacement marketing pitches by companies and online screening tests. By mid-November, students get a list of companies for which they qualify. Campus placements' first phase at top IITs is typically from December 1 to 15 before restarting in January. The most sought-after recruiters, judged by the student-led placement cell, are often the ones offering the highest pay packets and they get the prime, first-day slots in the final placement phase."The placement week is crazy," says Ayush Singhal, a final-year BTech student at IIT-Delhi. At IIT Madras, interviews began at 5 am this year, says Ashutosh Kumar, a final-year student. Students, busy, anxious and stressed, rush from one interview to another. Some would pack in 10 interviews in the morning slot — between 5 am and 2 pm. In Delhi, Singhal says: "Top students get multiple offers. Many students get none and deal with rejection after rejection."Dealing with rejection is hard in this whirl of expectations. One of Singhal's friends didn't land a job till Day 3. "He got depressed, felt ashamed. He wouldn't talk to us. Eventually, he came to us and cried," he says. Almost the entire semester goes in students' preparing for job placements, without focusing on studies and grades. Recruiters, too, are not happy.They flag four problems with the current placement process. One, the highest bidder gets the first access. Two, packing a lot of interviews in a few days and taking spot decisions is a terrible practice, as students and recruiters barely get to know each other. Not surprisingly, attrition of these graduates in the first year is high.Three, landing slots on the first day has become a status symbol, often dominated by non-core, high-paying recruiters from consulting and banking sectors. The best students get the earliest interview slots. Placement rules are such that the moment they get an offer, students are almost coerced to accept it."We have had branch toppers who would have loved to explore jobs in the core area but ended up with a financial sector job," says Kumar of IIT-Madras.Four, the entire focus is on top salaries and the number of job offers one gets; there is poor attention to those who are left behind and have landed no jobs.IITs are waking up to the issues around placement procedures. "There is a lot of stress and it is difficult for students to keep their focus on academic activities. We are trying to figure out how to improve it," says IIT-Madras professor Ram. IIT placement committees are mulling on how to rejig the model. Pushing for more internships which, in turn, lead to preplacement offers should go a long way in correcting the skewed template.Right or wrong, the career choices of IITians have a signalling effect for the country at large, especially for the new wave of students following in their footsteps.
MUMBAI: Cash-strapped Air India is now finding it hard to continue operations in the absence of any equity infusion from the government so far this fiscal. The divestment-bound airline's CMD Ashwani Lohani said in a late Saturday night Facebook post: "Air India needs to survive till it is sold. I wonder why is it so difficult for this appreciation to sink in..."Air India management had on Monday sent an urgent SOS to the government, seeking immediate sovereign guarantee for raising Rs 2,400 crore as fresh loan to somehow keep flying till outcome of the second divestment process is known. Given the government's tight fiscal position that makes equity infusion difficult, AI was asked to raise fresh loans. However there has been no response to that so far and AI is finding it difficult to continue operations like this. Lohani's plain-speaking Facebook post added: "...in this environment of disinvestment, expecting a radical improvement bordering on a turnaround is an impractical thought. That output can be given sans inputs is a grossly impractical thought. Air Indians are indeed putting in their best even at this critical juncture and that is very very appreciable."Sources say Air India has a chance to be sold only if it is flying till the change in ownership takes place. The grounded Jet Airways, for instance, did not get any solid buyer and its slots and flying rights were given to other Indian carriers.Air India has a total debt burden of close to Rs 74,000 crore - that includes nearly Rs 60,000 crore of aircraft and working capital debt and Rs 14,000 crore of net current liabilities or payables. A special purpose vehicle, AI Asset Holding Ltd, has taken on Rs 29,464 crore of the airline's debt along with some assets."Of the remaining debt, we are finding it hard to do debt servicing of close to Rs 225 crore per month. That is the shortfall between our expenses and income," said sources.The expression of interest (EoI) for AI sale is yet to be issued. The government is sweetening the deal by attaching a least possible debt tag - limited to aircraft loans only that the new buyer will anyway take and no working capital debt - for the sale. On its part, the government is walking a financial tightrope and has not been able to been any equity to Air India this fiscal - apart from taking away Rs 29,464 crore of the airline's debt and relieving it from servicing of that significant portion of debt.
NEW DELHI: Adani Transmission Ltd (ATL) on Saturday said it has received a Letter of Intent for a power transmission project in Maharashtra.The Letter of Intent (LoI) to ATL has been awarded under a tariff based competitive bidding model from Maharashtra State Electricity Transmission Company Ltd (MSETCL)."ATL has received the LoI from MSETCL to build, own, operate and maintain a transmission project in Maharashtra for a period of 35 years," a company statement said.The project 'Kharghar Vikhroli Transmission Pvt Ltd' comprises approximately 34 km of 400 kV and 220 kV transmission lines along with 400kV GIS (Gas Insulated Switchgear) Substation at Vikhroli in Mumbai.According to the statement, this will be the first ever 400 kV substation facility in Mumbai.The project is critical to Mumbai as the existing capacity of transmission corridor is not sufficient to carry further power into the city. It would enable additional power to be brought into the city, thus helping in meeting the future demand of Mumbai.The project will also help bring down the cost of electricity for the people of Mumbai, it added.ATL is the transmission and distribution business arm of Adani Group. It is the country's largest private transmission company with a cumulative transmission network of around 14,738 circuit kilometer. Out of this, 11,477 ckt km is operational and 3,261 ckt km is at various stages of construction.
Mumbai: Moody's said that Indian non-bank lenders could face solvency stress in 2020 despite surplus system liquidity, with high-street banks advancing less money to a financing industry segment battling fund constraints for a while.Ever since the default by IL&FS became public in September 2018, NBFCs as a sector has been facing a severe liquidity crisis."Funding difficulties are forcing NBFC to reduce lending, resulting in funding constraints at borrowers relying on non-bank lenders for refinancing" Moody's said in a report on Friday. "This increases the risk of loan losses for NBFCs, and as a result, they will continue to have difficulty in obtaining funding."As the financials of NBFC customers weaken, banks will reduce lending to them, and this in turn will further worsen their funding stress.Central bank data showed that bank funding to NBFCs has slowed down."These consequences will ultimately lead to more nonperforming loans (NPLs) for banks," Moody's said. Japan-based financial major Nomura also said NBFC liquidity concerns as the major reason for the economic slowdown in the country.Funding difficulties are forcing NBFC to reduce lending, resulting in funding constraints for borrowers relying on non-bank lenders. Many borrowers are slow shifting to banks for funds.Major portfolio of NBFCs loans comprises of loans to the real estate sector, as well as structured or equity-backed loans to promoters of large companies in various industries."These borrowers have had relatively easy access to credit in the past few years as finance companies have aggressively pushed for high-yield loans to them," Moody's said. Among the 19 largest NBFCs by assets, excluding government- owned companies, 10 have such exposures.As the financial health of NBFCs deteriorates due to more loan losses, they will have greater difficulty obtaining funding, which will exacerbate their funding constraints. This can result in more NPLs from NBFCs for banks.
Mumbai: Indian stock brokers have sought the reintroduction of rebates on the payment of securities transaction tax (STT), withdrawal of dividend distribution tax, and restoration of the exemption on long-term capital gains tax in listed shares.The Association of National Exchanges Members of India (ANMI) has also sought reduction in the rate of STT, and listed these four demands in a letter addressed to the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT); these will be included in the budget recommendations to the finance ministry.ANMI is of the view that reintroduction of Section 88E under the Income Tax Act and reduction in STT are required to boost volumes, helping the government increase its revenue.As per a World Bank study, India's turnover to market-cap ratio has fallen by over 43% from 101 in 2004 to 58 in 2018. It is measured as total traded value of all shares in a year divided by Average Market Capitalisation of the entire market in that year.The present form of adversarial taxation on dividend of around 15% results into double/triple taxation of corporate earnings, according to ANMI."The tax on the dividend should be in the form of equalisation to balance the difference between corporate and highest rate of personal tax. Hence, it is recommended that DTT be withdrawn and the tax be levied at 10% on the recipient and should be deducted by the corporate as TDS," the letter said.The reintroduction of LTCG led to strong negative sentiment regarding equity investment and there was a sharp fall in the prices of equity shares, said ANMI. Even after a period of 22 months, the midcap index is lower by 11% and small cap index is lower by 31%; the large cap index has gained by a mere 7% over January 31, 2018 prices."The actual collection of LTCG on listed shares would only be marginal while investments in equity have sharply declined," according to ANMI.The demands also include a proposal on the National Development Mission, which suggests a strategy to augment the efforts of the government to raise risk capital / equity for recapitalising public sector banks and encourage disinvestment in government companies.
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FMCG brands jump on the e-commerce bandwagon Most products being introduced to e-commerce are priced in the premium range and are being promoted through digital media — social media, banner ads on marketplaces — by these companies.
Govt to use non-personal data to make people-centric policies The seven-member panel, which was formed in September, is currently in discussions with stakeholder ministries and companies, including social media platforms and firms involved in developing and using technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning.
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