We are going to stick a bunch of ridiculously sweet videos of aircraft doing amazing stuff in your stocking.
Well, Santa's hypersonic sleigh is about to launch this Christmas eve on the big fella's annual long-endurance sortie. As such, it's time to sit back, relax, pour some eggnog, and enjoy a curated set of the most fascinating aviation videos that have hit social media recently.
Kazakhstan's Almaty International Airport says the Bek Air plane crashed with 100 passengers and crew abroad. The plane hit a concrete fence and a two-story building shortly after takeoff. https://t.co/UdVslHgaf6https://t.co/N9kklIsYwz
880 tons of melted fuel. 770,000 tons of radioactive waste. 1.2 million tons of radioactive water. Delays up to 10 years for some parts of the cleanup. The numbers behind the decommissioning of Japan's tsunami-wrecked nuclear plant. https://t.co/bU9rXofDfL
Montreal's horse-drawn carriages will be taken off the roads on December 31, ending a long feud between the city and coachmen -- ending a means of local travel that dates back to the 1600shttps://t.co/J9oeW51kDs
The complex procedure took place at an altitude of two to six thousand metres at a speed of 600 km/hour. The two aircraft approached the fuel tank separately at prearranged times.
Breathtaking footage of MiG-31BM and Su-34 jets, refuelling in the skies over Russia's Chelyabinsk Region, were published by the Zvezda broadcaster.
In the video, shot from the cockpit, the pilots from the Shagol and Kansk airbases are seen flying the aircraft to an Il-78 tanker to refuel.
While Russian businesses are feeling confident and growing their revenues, a lack of ambition and risk-taking could limit potential.
2019 was an impressive year in the Russian business world.
The Russian stock market was one of the best performing anywhere in the world — up more than 40% in dollar terms and setting new record highs in the process.
Corporate profits soared — rising 12% and on track to pass the landmark 15 trillion ruble mark ($340 billion).
"Russia is a profitable place to do business," Alexis Rodzianko, President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Russia said. "The message I consistently hear is that Russia beats China and Europe on a profitability basis."
As a share of GDP Russia's corporate profits come in around 14% — more than twice the level in China and compared with 8.5% in the United States.
When asked who posed the greatest threat to world peace, Germans in a recent poll overwhelmingly pointed to one person — Donald Trump. The US president beat out the leaders of North Korea, Russia, China and Iran.
Although Washington is one of Germany's closest allies, public trust in the US has significantly eroded under President Donald Trump, a new YouGov survey showed.
Germans were asked who was more dangerous: North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Russian President Vladimir Putin or US President Donald Trump.
Some 41% of Germans said they thought Trump was the most dangerous out of the five world leaders.
In second place was Kim with 17%, followed by Putin and Khamenei with 8%. Coming in last was China's Xi with 7%.
Over 2,000 people in Germany took part in the survey, which was commissioned by news agency dpa.
WNU Editor: 41% of Germans said they thought Trump was the most dangerous. In second place was Kim with 17%, followed by Putin and Khamenei with 8%. Coming in last was China's Xi with 7%. No surprises for me in this poll. German media makes the American mainstream media look like rabid Trump supporters when they report on President Trump.
* President Donald Trump's stock market goes from strength to strength according to Wall Street figures * The S&P 500 is paced to reach its biggest annual gain since 2013 at 29% * The stock market index gained 28.6% this year compared to the 12.8% average * Nasdaq surpassed the 9,000-point level for the first time Thursday * Technology stocks paved the way for the huge increase as the United States stock markets reopened following the Christmas holiday * The S&P 500 has finished with a weekly gain in 10 out of the past 11 weeks * It is paced to reach its biggest annual gain since 2013 at 29% * Holiday retail sales rose 3.4%, with online shopping increasing 18.8% * Amazon was the biggest gainer in the S&P 500, climbing 4%. Macy's rose 1.8% and Nordstrom added 1.2%.
President Donald Trump's stock market goes from strength to strength according to Wall Street figures.
The numbers released Thursday revealed record highs as Nasdaq surpassed the 9,000 mark for the first time.
The benchmark S&P 500 has returned more than 50% since Trump was elected - more than double the 23% average for presidents by their third term, CNBC reports.
The index is set to gain 28% this year - more than the average of 12.8% for the third year of previous presidents.
Order is further evidence of Kim's growing authority in the regime
All-female units with the Korean People's Army received their first ever orders from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's younger sister, Kim Yo Jong, a military source told Daily NK on Dec. 20. Kim Yo Jong is the deputy director of the Propaganda and Agitation Department of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK).
According to sources, this is a clear sign that Kim Yo Jong has taken over the role that Kim Jong Il's younger sister, Kim Kyong Hui, once filled. It is also an indication that Kim, as befitting her "Mount Paektu lineage," has assumed a more politically significant role in the regime.
WNU Editor: In my opinion she is already the second most powerful person in North Korea. She is currently serving as North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's personal assistant and senior adviser, and being appointed to this military position only cements her growing role. I would also not be surprised if in ten years she will be running the internal security apparatus of the country. Why is she important? She is being positioned to step forward in the event that if something happens to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in the next decade or two, she will be positioned to ensure the continuation of the Kim dynasty in North Korea.
* HMS Tyne sailed to keep watch on the Smolnyy Perekov on Christmas Eve * The Portsmouth-based patrol ship then remained at sea on Christmas Day * HMS Tyne is due to return today, remaining ready for tasking at short notice
A Royal Navy patrol ship shadowed a Russian vessel through the English Channel as it passed close to British territorial waters.
The Portsmouth-based HMS Tyne sailed to keep watch on the Smolnyy Perekov on Christmas Eve, remaining at sea on Christmas Day to monitor the Russian vessel, the Royal Navy said.
HMS Tyne is due to return today, remaining ready for tasking at short notice over the rest of the festive period.
Commander Jon Browett, HMS Tyne's commanding officer, said: 'Leaving our families at this time of year is especially difficult, but national security doesn't stop for Christmas, and as one of the duty units over the festive period we had bags packed and were ready to go.
Turkey's actions raise the possibility of a troop deployment to Libya and have also prompted a major maritime territorial dispute in the Mediterranean.
The possibility that Turkish troops may intervene directly in Libya's simmer civil war is growing after lawmakers in Ankara approved a military cooperation deal that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan signed with his Libyan counterpart Prime Minister Fayez Al Sarraj last month. This reflects Turkey's apparent growing geopolitical ambitions, which have also recently prompted a crisis over maritime boundaries and resource rights in the Eastern Mediterranean and is inflaming a growing divide with traditional allies, chiefly the United States.
Turkey is preparing to send troops and advanced weapons to the embattled UN-backed Libyan government. The military muscle flexing puts it at odds with Russia and several Arab states backing Libya's rival government.
Turkey will send troops to Libya at the request of the UN-backed government in Tripoli as soon as next month, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday, in a move likely to deepen an international proxy struggle in the north African country ravaged by civil war.
* US Cyber Command will target Russian senior leadership and elites if alleged 2020 US election interference does not stop * Possible targets would likely not include President Vladimir Putin, as this would be too provocative
US military cyber officials are developing information warfare tactics that could be deployed against senior Russian officials and oligarchs if Moscow tries to interfere in the 2020 US elections through hacking election systems or sowing widespread discord, according to current and former US officials.
One option being explored by US Cyber Command would target senior leadership and Russian elites, though likely not President Vladimir Putin, which would be considered too provocative, said the current and former officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the issue's sensitivity. The idea would be to show that the target's sensitive, personal data could be hit if the interference did not stop, though officials declined to be more specific.
The approximate locations of Air Force-managed facilities in Turkey as of September 2017. From left to right: Cigli Air Base, Izmir Air Station, the Ankara Administration Office, the Yumurtalik Petroleum Products Storage Annex, Batman Air Base, and Mus Air Base. Google Maps
Turkey says it could shut down American military facilities if the United States sanctions it over buying Russian arms and its intervention in Syria.
The U.S. Air Force has announced that it will pay eight different Turkish firms tens of millions of dollars to update the infrastructure and complete other construction projects at facilities it operates in that country over the next five years. This comes amid threats from Turkey's government, including from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, to suspend or outright terminate American access to various bases in the country, including Incirlik Air Base, where the United States presently stores approximately 50 B61 nuclear bombs.
The Pentagon announced the Air Force deals, worth $95 million in total, in its daily contracting announcement on Dec. 23, 2019. The notice does not say how much each of the Turkish companies received. The Air Force only considered offers from local companies in accordance with the U.S.-Turkey Defense Economic Cooperation Agreement (DECA), which the two countries signed in 1980 and includes guarantees for Turkish participation in military construction projects.
Potential security engagements among the three have spotlighted their increasing convergence.
While much of the focus in terms of minilateral alignments in the Asian region tends to be on those involving U.S. allies and partners, be it the Quad or U.S.-Japan-ROK trilateral dynamics, there are other arrangements beyond this as well. Of particular note are the arrangements that have been forged by China and Russia over the past few years.
One of these is the China-Russia-Iran relationship. Like many other arrangements, this represents the outgrowth of the combination of existing links between the three countries and recent convergences due to various trends and developments, including growing opposition to the United States that has risen further under President Donald Trump. And it continues to attract headlines about other countries that could join as well, including Pakistan.
WNU Editor: For China it is all about oil. For Russia, it is providing energy to China and having allies in the Middle East. For Iran it is selling oil to China, and having security guarantees from both China and Russia.
BEIJING (Reuters) - China, Iran and Russia will hold joint naval drills starting on Friday in the Indian Ocean and Gulf of Oman, China's defense ministry said on Thursday，amid heightened tension in the region between Iran and the United States.
China will send the Xining, a guided missile destroyer, to the drills, which will last until Monday and are meant to deepen cooperation between the three countries' navies, ministry spokesman Wu Qian told a monthly news briefing.
The drill was a "normal military exchange" between the three armed forces and was in line with international law and practices, Wu said.
"It is not necessarily connected with the regional situation," he said, without elaborating.
* The first home-built Chinese carrier will deploy a range of aircraft from J-15 'Flying Shark' fighter planes to anti-submarine 'Sea Eagle' helicopters
China's first home-grown aircraft carrier, the Shandong, officially entered into service last week, making China one of only a handful of countries to have more than one carrier.
Although China lags well behind the US in terms of operational capability, the Shandong – together with its sister ship, the Liaoning – marks an important stepping stone in terms of naval development and could offer a platform for expeditionary missions abroad in future.
According to an article published by Naval and Merchant Ships, a publication issued by the Chinese Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, the following aircraft are expected to be deployed on the warship.
Key Point: Making sure Taiwan has the strong self-defense capabilities it needs will help keep the globe's greatest powder keg from ever igniting.
Various sources from within the People's Republic of China have allegedly suggested that time is running out for Taiwan's democracy. In their narrative, China's iron-fisted leader, Xi Jinping, is "losing patience" and could order the invasion of Taiwan in the early 2020s. The world's most dangerous flashpoint might witness an overwhelming amphibious blitz, perhaps before July 2021 to mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
China's aircraft carrier Liaoning takes part in a military drill of Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy in the western Pacific Ocean, April 18, 2018.
Beijing has sent its first Chinese-built aircraft carrier through the Taiwan Strait. With presidential elections in Taiwan weeks away, officials there have criticized the maneuvers as an intimidation tactic.
Beijing's first Chinese-built aircraft carrier sailed into the Taiwan Strait on Thursday, according to Taiwan's Defense Ministry.
The maneuver raises tensions in Taiwan ahead of presidential elections next month. President Tsai Ing-wen, known for her skeptical views of mainland China, is seeking re-election, while her challenger is hoping to unseat her with plans for warmer ties with Beijing.
The Defense Ministry said it had monitored the Shandong aircraft carrier and its accompanying vessels. The office of Taiwan's presidency issued a statement saying Beijing has an "international responsibility" to ensure cross-strait and regional peace.
Turkish PM to seek his parliament's support in January following Tripoli-based govt's request for military backing.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced military backing for Libya's internationally recognised Government of National Accord (GNA), now that the north African country requested it.
In a speech in Ankara on Thursday, Erdogan said on January 7 he will present a bill to the Turkish Parliament on deployment legislation.
"Since there is an invitation [from Libya] right now, we will accept it," Erdogan told members of his AK Party. "We will present the motion to send troops [to Libya] as soon as Parliament resumes."
"God willing, we will pass it in Parliament on January 8-9 and thus respond to an invitation" from the Tripoli-based GNA, he said.
EMMANUEL MACRON has been brutally attacked for his EU masterplan and accused of pretending "all of Europe shares the French ideas of European sovereignty" with Germany continuing to reject his ideas.
A SENIOR Eurocrat has penned a "love letter" to the UK – and reopened the Brexit row. European Commission vice-president Frans Timmermans claimed leaving the EU will inflict "unnecessary damage" on the UK.
MICHAEL SCHUMACHER'S wife Corinna has provided a rare health update on the former Formula One racer ahead of the 6th anniversary of his skiing accident.
MELANIA TRUMP has been criticised for her facial expressions when with her husband, Donald as the public have commented on why the First Lady looks stern during press conferences but one expert has explained why.
THE EUROPEAN UNION has come in for a scathing attack for not solving major problems around Brexit and Donald Trump, with one leading political expert fearing for the bloc's future and warning 2020 will be a "critical year".
RUSSIA, Iran and China will today kick off a four-day joint military exercise in the Gulf of Oman and the Indian Ocean in a bid to bolster ties between the three countries' navies.
THE heartbroken family of the three British tourists found dead in a Costa del Sol swimming pool on Christmas Eve told police they could barely swim, according to reports.
North Korea’s “Christmas gift” for the United States never arrived, although it still could.
The ominous statement from a North Korean official that “it is entirely up to the U.S. what Christmas gift it will get” had the U.S. and its allies on alert this week. Many observers predicted the North was preparing to test its first intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) since 2017. Since then, President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un have temporarily ratcheted down tensions with face-to-face meetings. They are beginning to rise again.
Christmas came and went without a launch. Analysts say North Korea may still fire a missile. But, some say, the heightened anxiety over the North’s actions could be the point of the message.
Jenny Town, managing editor of the North Korea research group 38 North, notes that the “Christmas gift” comment was made by a lower-level official. “It wouldn’t have been uncharacteristic for them to do something like this [an ICBM test], but this was hyped up more than it should have been,” she says.
Mintaro Oba, a former U.S. State Department official who specialized in the Koreas, says the ominous statement was a “public communications tactic.”
“It tried to heighten the fear of increased tension in a language Americans would latch onto,” he says.
Earlier this month, North Korea’s vice minister of foreign affairs in charge of U.S. affairs, “reminded” the U.S. that the North had set an arbitrary deadline of the end of 2019 for progress on nuclear talks.
“[North Korea] has done its utmost with maximum perseverance not to backtrack from the important steps it has taken on its own initiative,” the official, Ri Thae Song, said in a statement on North Korea’s state news agency. “What is left to be done now is the U.S. option and it is entirely up to the U.S. what Christmas gift it will select to get.”
Perhaps in response, Aircraft Spots, which tracks U.S. military aircraft movements, found numerous U.S. surveillance aircraft flights over and around the Korean peninsula this week, including on Christmas Day. Among them: an RQ-4 Global Hawk drone; an E-8C Joint STARS ground surveillance plane; a RC-135S Cobra Ball, which is designed to detect ballistic missile launches; and a U.S. Navy P-3C Orion maritime surveillance aircraft, which can hunt submarines.
Master Sgt. Robert Wieland–U.S. Air Force photoA U.S. Air Force RC-135S Cobra Ball, which is designed to detect ballistic missile launches, was tracked near North Korea amid concerns the North could be preparing a new missile launch.
U.S. officials remain watchful. Before the year is over, Kim is expected to chair a year-end conference with his party and give a New Year’s speech. Both are opportunities that the leader could use to claim that he is working — successfully — to advance relations with the U.S.
Despite three meetings between Trump and Kim, talks over the hermit nation’s nuclear program appear to have stalled. The North has fired multiple shorter-range missiles this year with minimal response from the U.S. Analysts said North Korean leaders might expect that an ICBM launch would force the U.S. back to the negotiating table on more favorable terms.
Breanna Ancheta–U.S. NavyA P-3C Orion maritime surveillance plane was one of one the U.S. military aircraft tracked over or near the Korean peninsula this week in the wake of North Korea’s reference to giving a “Christmas gift” to the U.S.
The anticipation of an ICBM launch sparked fears that the New Year could see a return to the “fire and fury” rhetoric of 2017, when Washington and Pyongyang exchanged hostile threats as North Korea ramped up development of its nuclear and long-range missile arsenal.
Even if no test comes before the New Year, analysts say it is likely that the U.S. and its allies remain on high alert. Recent satellite images showed that Pyongyang is expanding a factory linked to the production of long-range nuclear missiles, and increased activity at North Korea’s main nuclear facility was reported last month.
“Scientists and engineers are working on North Korea’s weapons programs every day,” says Daniel Pinkston, a security and international relations expert at Troy University. “And I don’t see any signs or indications that they will stop.”
South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency reported Friday that North Korean media has been touting satellite launches in other countries, and might use the guise of a satellite launch to test an ICBM. Since the technology used for a satellite launch and an ICBM test is similar, Pinkston says, such a test could be used to refine their ICBM program.
Trump, who has bragged about his personal relationship with Kim, brushed off the “Christmas gift” comment. “Maybe it’s a present where he sends me a beautiful vase as opposed to a missile test,” he joked.
NEW DELHI (AP) — Paramilitary and police forces were deployed and the internet shut down Friday in Muslim-majority districts in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, which has experienced the highest death toll in protests that have erupted nationwide against a new citizenship law that excludes Muslims.
Security drones buzzed over western Uttar Pradesh, where protests turned violent after last week’s Friday prayers.
Twenty-three people have been killed nationwide since the citizenship law was passed in Parliament earlier this month in protests that represent the first major roadblock for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist agenda since his party’s landslide reelection earlier this year.
Most of the deaths — 16 people — have occurred in Uttar Pradesh, according to state government spokesman Awanish Awasthi. Twenty percent of the state’s 200 million people are Muslim. The state government is controlled by Modi’s governing Bharatiya Janata Party. Government officials have repeatedly said security forces haven’t killed anyone.
Modi has defended the new citizenship law and accused the opposition of pushing the country into a “fear psychosis.”
The law allows Hindus, Christians and other religious minorities who are in India illegally to become citizens if they can show they were persecuted because of their religion in Muslim-majority Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan. It does not apply to Muslims.
Tens of thousands of protesters have taken to India’s streets to call for the revocation of the law.
TOKYO (AP) — Japan on Friday approved a contentious plan to send its naval troops to the Middle East to ensure the safety of Japanese ships transporting oil to the energy-poor country that heavily depends on imports from the region.
The Cabinet’s decision reflects tensions that have escalated between Iran and the U.S. since President Donald Trump withdrew from Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal.
Despite being a U.S. ally, Japan’s troop dispatch is not part of a U.S.-led coalition protecting Middle East waterways, apparently an attempt to maintain neutrality in a show of consideration to Iran.
Under the plan, Japan will send about 260 Maritime Self-Defense Force personnel with a destroyer and a P-3C reconnaissance aircraft, mainly for intelligence-gathering in the Gulf of Oman, the Arabian Sea and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait connecting the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.
Japan will stay away from the Strait of Hormuz, where the U.S.-led coalition is operating.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe explained the plan to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani when he visited Tokyo last week.
Japan, which has friendly ties with both Iran and the U.S., also seeks to serve as a mediator between the two and play a greater role in restoring stability in the region, officials said.
The Middle East supplies more than 80% of Japan’s oil needs.
Sending warships to areas of military tension is a highly sensitive issue in Japan because its pacifist post-World War II constitution limits the use of force by the military strictly to self-defense. Abe, however, has gradually expanded Japan’s military role in recent years.
In June, a Japanese-operated tanker was attacked in the Gulf of Oman. Washington said Iran was responsible and urged Japan to join the U.S.-led military initiative.
MOSCOW (AP) — A Kazakhstan plane with 98 people aboard has crashed shortly after takeoff early Friday, killing at least 15 people, officials in Almaty said. At least 66 others survived with injuries, 50 of them hospitalized.
The Bek Air aircraft hit a concrete fence and a two-story building after takeoff from Almaty International Airport. It lost attitude at 7:22 a.m. (0122 GMT), the airport said.
In a statement on its Facebook page, the airport said there was no fire and a rescue operation got underway immediately following the crash.
Around 1,000 people were working at the snow-covered site of the crash. The weather in Almaty was clear, with mild sub-zero temperature that is common at this time of the year.
Footage showed the front of the broken-up fuselage rammed a house and the rear of the plane lying in the field next to the airport.
The plane was flying to Nur-Sultan, the country’s capital formerly known as Astana.
The aircraft was identified as a Fokker-100, a medium-sized, twin-turbofan jet airliner. The company manufacturing the aircraft went bankrupt in 1996 and the production of the Fokker-100 stopped the following year.
All Bek Air and Fokker-100 flights in Kazakhstan have been suspended pending the investigation of the crash, the country’s authorities said.
TOKYO (AP) — Japan on Friday revised a roadmap for the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant cleanup, further delaying the removal of thousands of spent fuel units that remain in cooling pools since the 2011 disaster. It’s a key step in the decades-long process, underscoring high radiation and other risks. The government and the plant operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co., still keep a 30- to 40-year completion target.
A look at some of the challenges:
More than 4,700 units of fuel in pools
More than 4,700 units of fuel rods remain inside the three melted reactors and two others that survived the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. They pose a high risk because their storage pools are uncovered and a loss of water in case of another major disaster could cause fuel rods to melt, releasing massive radiation. Their removal at Units 1 and 2, after repeated delays, is now delayed by up to 10 years from the initial target of 2018, with more preparation needed to reduce radiation and clear debris and other risks.
Fuel rods removal at No. 1 reactor pool will begin sometime in 2027-2028, after debris is cleaned up and a huge rooftop cover installed to contain radioactive dust. Fuel removal at Unit 2 pool is to begin in 2024-2026. Work at No. 3 reactor pool began in April 2019 and all 566 units will be removed by March 2021. TEPCO has emptied the pool at Unit 4, which was offline and only suffered building damage, and aims to have all remaining rods in reactor pools removed by 2031 for safer storage in dry casks.
1.2 million tons of radioactive water
TEPCO has been unable to release the 1.2 million tons of treated but radioactive water kept in nearly 1,000 tanks at the plant, fearing public repercussions and impact on the area’s struggling fishing and farming. The water keeps growing by 170 tons daily because it is used to cool the melted fuel.
The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry recently drafted a proposal to release the water to the sea or the air, or a combination of both. TEPCO says it can only store up to 1.37 million tons until the summer of 2022. Time is limited because preparation is needed before any water release. TEPCO and the government say the tanks pose risks if they were to spill out the contents in another major earthquake, tsunami or flood. They also need to free up space to build storage for melted fuel removed from reactors beginning 2021.
The water is still somewhat contaminated, but TEPCO says further treatment can remove all but radioactive tritium to levels allowed for release. Experts say tritium is not harmful to humans in small amounts and has been routinely released from nuclear plants around the world.
880 tons of melted fuel
Removing an estimated 880 tons of molten fuel from Fukushima’s three melted reactors is the toughest and unprecedented challenge. It’s six times the amount dealt with in the aftermath of the 1979 Three Mile Island partial core melt.
A removal is to begin in 2021 at Unit 2, where robotic probes have made bigger progress than at Units 1 and 3. A robotic arm was developed to enter the reactor from the side to reach the melted fuel that has largely fallen to the bottom of the primary containment vessel. A side entry would allow a simultaneous removal of fuel rods in the pool from the reactor’s top. A melted fuel removal will begin with just a spoonful, which will be carefully measured and analyzed per International Atomic Energy Agency instructions. The government hopes to gradually expand the scale of removal, though further expertise and robotic development is needed. The first decade through 2031 is a crucial phase that would affect future progress. Units 1 and 3 fell behind due to high radiation and water levels respectively, requiring more investigation.
770,000 tons of radioactive waste
Japan has yet to develop a plan to dispose of the highly radioactive melted fuel and other debris that come out of the reactors. TEPCO will compile a plan for those after the first decade of melted fuel removal. Managing the waste will require new technologies to reduce its volume and toxicity. TEPCO and the government say they plan to build a site to store the waste and debris removed from the reactors, but finding one and getting public consent would be difficult.
Additionally, there will be an estimated 770,000 tons of solid radioactive waste by 2030, including contaminated debris and soil, sludge from water treatment, scrapped tanks and other waste. They will be sorted out, treated, compacted for safe storage under a plan to be compiled by 2028.
8 trillion yen
The government says Fukushima’s decommissioning cost is estimated at 8 trillion yen ($73 billion), though adding compensation, decontamination of the surrounding areas and medium-term storage facilities would bring the total to an estimated 22 trillion yen ($200 billion). Japan Center for Economic Research, a think tank, estimates that decommissioning alone would cost 51 trillion yen ($470 billion) if the water is not released and a tritium removal technology is pursued.
10,000 workers
More than 10,000 workers will be needed annually in coming years, about one third assigned to work related to the radioactive water. Securing experienced workforce for the decadeslong cleanup is a challenge in a country with rapidly aging and declining population. Nuclear Regulation Authority Chairman Toyoshi Fuketa raised concerns about a possible labor shortage following recent minor mishaps at the plant. TEPCO has expressed intention of hiring workers for the decommissioning under Japan’s new policy allowing more unskilled foreign labor, but the plan is on hold following government instructions to address language and safety concerns.
Scandinavian writer Ari Behn — the ex-husband of Norwegian Princess Martha Louise and among the people who had accused actor Kevin Spacey of sexual misconduct — died this week, his manager said. He was 47.
Behn died by suicide Wednesday, his manager told the Norwegian news service NTB. Authorities said he was found at his home in Norway.
The Norwegian royal family said in a written statement that Behn was “an important part of our family for many years and we carry warm and good memories of him with us.”
Behn, who was Danish-born, and Martha Louise, the oldest daughter of Norway’s King Harald and Queen Sonja, were married for 14 years. The couple divorced in 2017 and have three children.
The match had critics before it even became official. Negative coverage dogged Behn after a Las Vegas travelogue he hosted on Norwegian TV in the early 2000s briefly showed him around prostitutes, some of them using cocaine.
Behn said at the time that it was mere reporting, not endorsement, and Martha Louise defended him.
Behn also wrote books and plays, including 1999’s “Trist som faen,” or “Sad as Hell,” a short story collection that was translated into several languages.
In 2017, Behn accused Spacey of groping him under the table at a Nobel Peace Prize concert in Oslo a decade earlier. It didn’t appear that Behn ever pursued criminal charges or a lawsuit against Spacey.
Spacey didn’t comment on the allegations at the time, which came amid a string of similar accusations. A lawyer for Spacey didn’t respond to an email seeking comment Thursday.
Behn’s death came a day after Spacey, 60, released a YouTube video in which he pretends to be Frank Underwood, the scheming politician he played in the Netflix series “House of Cards.” He did not address the cascade of allegations against him.
Spacey was dropped from “Cards” after several people stepped forward with allegations of sexual misconduct. The final season aired last year.
Massachusetts prosecutors this year dropped a criminal case alleging the Oscar winner groped an 18-year-old man at a bar on the resort island of Nantucket in 2016. The unnamed accuser in that case invoked his Fifth Amendment right not to testify about text messages from the night of the alleged encounter.
Police in London have also said they are investigating allegations of sexual misconduct by Spacey, but there has been no public update on that inquiry for months.
Los Angeles prosecutors this year tossed a sexual battery charge against Spacey after the unnamed accuser in that case died.
Another player in the Spacey saga, Linda Culkin, was fatally struck crossing the street in Quincy, Massachusetts, in May.
The former nursing assistant had pleaded guilty to sending death threats and bomb threats to Spacey and his associates. She was sentenced to over four years in federal prison in 2014.
Prosecutors said at the time that Culkin became obsessed with Spacey after a patient told her of being attacked by him.
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Marcelo reported from Boston. Associated Press video journalist David Keyton in Stockholm, Sweden, contributed to this report.
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After the U.S. Ambassador to Zambia criticized the country’s harsh record on gay rights, the Zambian government considered his position “no longer tenable,” — effectively requiring him to leave Zambia, according to the U.S. State Department.
The State Department said in a statement emailed to TIME that it was “dismayed by the Zambian government’s statement,” which they “consider to be the equivalent of a declaration that the Ambassador is Persona Non Grata.”
Dismayed by the Zambian government’s decision requiring our Ambassador Daniel Foote’s departure from the country.
Ambassador Daniel Foote had said in November that he was “horrified” by a recent 15-year prison-sentence doled out to a gay couple, according to the Associated Press. (Zambia is one of several African countries that criminalizes same-sex sexual relations; legal terminology refers to the act as a crime “against the order of nature.”) The ambassador stressed that the couple’s relationship hurt no one, unlike the government’s corruption, according to the AP.
The agency did not immediately respond to a request for confirmation about whether Foote had been recalled from Zambia as a result of the government’s statement.
Earlier this month, Foote also issued a forceful public statement that called attention to Zambia’s record on gay rights and its impact on efforts to eradicate the country’s AIDS epidemic. “Discriminatory and homophobic laws, under the false flags of Christianity and culture, continue to kill innocent Zambians, many of whom were born with the virus,” Foote said.
Zambian President Edgar Lungu said on Sunday in a speech broadcast by state-owned television channel ZNBC that he had “complained officially to the American government” and was awaiting a response. He said about Foote: “We don’t want such people in our midst. We want him gone.”
Lungu later told Sky News on Monday, “we are saying no to homosexuality” and indicated that he was aware his stance could jeopardize U.S. aid to the country. “If that is how you are going to bring your aid, then I’m afraid the West can leave us alone in our poverty,” he said. But the president maintained his point of view, characterizing the ambassador’s comments as breaching the state’s sovereignty.
Foote took issue with the response he received for speaking out on the gay couple sentenced to prison. “I was shocked at the venom and hate directed at me and my country, largely in the name of ‘Christian’ values, by a small minority of Zambians,” he said.
The spokesperson for the state department also stressed the United States’ commitment to protecting gay rights in its statement. “The United States firmly opposes abuses against LGBTI persons,” the statement said. “Governments have an obligation to ensure that all people can freely enjoy the universal human rights and fundamental freedoms to which they are entitled.”
(PALM BEACH, Fla.) — President Donald Trump is speaking out against the “carnage” involving thousands of civilians in a rebel stronghold in Syria.
In a tweet Thursday, Trump wrote: “Russia, Syria, and Iran are killing, or on their way to killing, thousands of innocent civilians in Idlib Province. Don’t do it! Turkey is working hard to stop this carnage.”
The tweet refers to an intense air and ground bombardment by government forces in southern and eastern Idlib province, the last rebel-held bastion in the country.
Syrian government forces about a month ago launched a renewed effort to take the province, which is dominated by al-Qaida-linked militants and is also home to 3 million civilians. The United Nations has warned of the growing risk of a humanitarian catastrophe along the Turkish border.
A Syrian relief group said Wednesday that more than 200,000 men, women and children fled their homes in buses, trucks and cars in recent weeks. Many have been heading toward the Turkish border for safety.
Before a ground offensive began a week ago, the U.N. reported that some 60,000 Idlib residents had already been displaced since the government’s bombing campaign started late last month.
Videos posted online by activists and the opposition’s Syrian Civil Defense, also known as White Helmets, showed long lines of cars, trucks and buses heading north. People carried their valuables and loaded bags and mattresses on buses.
Trump also addressed the plight of civilians in Idlib in June, accusing Russia, Syria and Iran of “indiscriminately killing many innocent civilians” in a bombing campaign. “The World is watching this butchery,” he tweeted then, imploring them to “STOP!” Several months later he announced he would withdraw U.S. troops from northeastern Syria.
Iraqi President Barham Saleh offered to resign as weeks of deadly anti-government protests show no sign of abating.
The president is being torn in opposite directions by politicians who want him to name a prime minister from their ranks and demonstrators who reject any establishment candidate.
Adel Abdul-Mahdi stepped down as prime minister last month as protests raged over government corruption, poor services and Iran’s sweeping political influence. Mahdi remains in office until a successor is found.
Protesters rejected one nominee, and Saleh rejected the candidacy of a second, Assad Al-Edani of the Al-Binaa political bloc. In a letter to the Iraqi parliament speaker on Thursday, he said the new prime minister must be someone who can unify rather than divide the nation.
“Out of an eagerness to spare blood and preserve civil peace, I apologize for not naming Edani prime minister,” the letter continued. “I am ready to submit my resignation to parliament.”
About 500 people have died and more than 20,000 have been wounded in clashes between security forces and protesters since Oct. 1, according to the independent Iraqi High Commission for Human Rights.
(BANDA ACEH, Indonesia) — Thousands of people knelt in prayer in Indonesia’s Aceh province at ceremonies Thursday marking the 15th anniversary of the Indian Ocean tsunami, one of modern history’s worst natural disasters.
The massive Dec. 26, 2004, tsunami was triggered by a magnitude 9.1 earthquake off Sumatra island. The giant wall of water killed about 230,000 people in a dozen countries as far away as East Africa. Indonesia’s Aceh province, which was closest to the earthquake, was hit first and hardest.
More than 170,000 people died in Indonesia alone, about three-quarters of the overall death toll.
“No words can describe our feelings when we tearfully saw thousands of corpses lying on this ground 15 years ago,” acting Aceh Gov. Nova Iriansyah said at a ceremony in Sigli, a town in Pidie district, “And now, we can see how people in Aceh were able to overcome suffering and rise again, thanks to assistance from all Indonesians and from people all over the world.”
Weeping survivors and others attended religious services and memorial ceremonies. Relatives of the dead and religious and community leaders presented flowers at mass graves of victims in the provincial capital, Banda Aceh.
Shops and offices were closed, boats were not allowed to sail and flags were being flown at half staff throughout Aceh on Thursday and Friday.
Disaster-prone Indonesia, a vast archipelago of more than 17,000 islands that is home to 260 million people, lies along the “Ring of Fire,” an arc of volcanoes and fault lines in the Pacific Basin.
Thursday’s commemoration came four days after the anniversary of last year’s Sunda Strait tsunami, which followed the eruption and partial collapse of the Anak Krakatau volcano. That tsunami struck coastal regions of Banten on Indonesia’s main island of Java and parts of southern Sumatra island, leaving more than 400 people dead and 14,000 injured.
In Thailand, hundreds of people attended a tsunami memorial ceremony at Ban Nam Khem, a small fishing village that lost about half of its population of 5,000 when the waves rolled in.
More than 8,000 people in Thailand died or went missing in the disaster, and the bodies of almost 400 victims remain unidentified and unclaimed.
Western visitors and local residents attended the service at the Ban Nam Khem Tsunami Memorial Park in Phang Nga province, where they viewed a photo display of victims. A Thai woman handed over an offering of food for Buddhist monks presiding over the proceedings.
The lucrative tourist industry centered around the island of Phuket was devastated by the disaster — as many as half of the victims were foreigners — but quickly bounced back and has grown much bigger.
Many local residents had their houses rebuilt and jobs restored, but still have to cope with the loss of friends and family.
Niwan Chantharawong left a floral offering at a commemorative wall in Ban Nam Khem. She recalled the horror of losing two children in the tragedy.
“I think they didn’t die on the day that the tsunami hit. We couldn’t find them until the 28th and their bodies hadn’t decomposed at all,” she told Thai PBS television, with tears welling up. “I often imagine how much they would have thought about me before taking their last breaths. But we could not find them, and we couldn’t help them. This has stuck with me. And every time I think about it, it hurts.”
Officially, there are between 8,200 and 8,300 dead in Thailand, but about a third of that total are missing, with no confirmation of their fate. An unknown number of bodies were swept out to sea, and the ad hoc evacuation of foreign tourists meant that at least some survivors were never accounted for. Also unclear was what happened to thousands of undocumented workers from Myanmar who did low-wage labor in the area, coming from poor, remote areas with little way to plug into the effort to account for casualties.
According to police Col. Kittipong Thongthip, there are 394 unclaimed bodies at the Bang Maruan tsunami victim cemetery in Phang Nga, where white gravestones are marked with numbers, not names.
Kittipong, who as local police chief oversees the cemetery, said 25 bodies had been confirmed to be migrant workers from Myanmar, but could not be further identified. There are no clues as to the identities of the other 369.
“I don’t think we will be able to prove who those bodies are,” he said by phone. “It’s 15 years now and nobody comes to see their missing loved ones here anymore.”
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Karmini reported from Jakarta, Indonesia. Associated Press writer Busaba Sivasomboon in Bangkok contributed to this report.
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IOCL Recruitment 2020 @ www.iocl.com.| IOCL Northern Region Recruitment Notification released!! Candidates who were waiting forIndian Oil Corporation Limited Recruitment can now make note that the officials have released the job notification. IOCL wants to fill up 312 vacancies for the post of Technical & Non-Technical Apprentices. Eligible and interested candidates to apply online for IOCL jobs from 26th December 2019. The last date to apply for IOCL Recruitment is 22nd January 2020. Applications will be accepted only in the online mode.
IOCL Northern Region Recruitment 2020
Candidates, those who were searching for Latest Govt Jobs in IOCL can utilize this IOCL Recruitment 2019 opportunity. Candidates should register themselves at RDAT or BOAT or NSDC portal. Applications are invited from candidates meeting the following qualification & other parameters for engagement as Apprentices under the Apprentices Act in the Trade/Disciplines mentioned below. You can also check the IOCL Notification in the official website @ www.iocl.com
The details of the vacancy as given in the IOCL Marketing Division – Northern Region Recruitment 2019 for Apprentice Posts is mentioned below
Name of the Post
Number of Vacancies
Technical & Non-Technical Apprentices
312
Total
312
State Wise IOCL Apprentice 2020 Vacancy Details
Name of the State
Number of Vacancies
Delhi
41
Haryana
43
Himachal Pradesh
08
Jammu & Kashmir
08
Punjab
42
Rajasthan
41
Uttar Pradesh
108
Uttarakhand
12
Chandigarh
04
Total
312
Eligibility Criteria for IOCL Trade & Technician Apprentice Vacancy 2020
Candidates interested in IOCL Apprentice Recruitment 2020 can check their eligibility with the details below to apply.
Academic Qualification:
Candidate must have completed 12th/3 years Diploma/ ITI from recognized Institute/University with minimum 50 % marks in aggregate for General & OBC candidates & 45% in case of SC/ST candidates against reserved positions.
Read the official notification for more details on IOCL Careers.
Age Limit:
Minimum – 18 Years
Maximum – 24 Years
For age limit and age relaxation details as given in the IOCL Recruitment Northern Region, refer to the official notification
Selection Process:
Written Test
Interview
Pay Scale for IOCL Recruitment Northern Region 2020:
Rate of stipend payable to apprentices per month shall be as prescribed under the Apprentices Act, and Corporation's guidelines.
Refer to the official website for more details on the pay scale for IOCL Northern Region Jobs.
IOCL Recruitment 2019: Candidates who were waiting forIndian Oil Corporation Limited Panipat Refinery Recruitment can now make note that the IOC Panipat officials have released the job notification. Ther want to fill up 37 vacancies for the post of Junior Engineer Assistant. They want eligible and interested candidates to apply online for IOCL jobs from 20th December 2019. The last date to apply for IOCL Recruitment is 17th January 2020. Applications will be accepted only in the online mode.
IOCL Panipat Refinery Recruitment 2019-20
Candidates, those searching for Latest Govt Jobs in IOCL can utilize this IOCL Recruitment 2019 opportunity. Before beginning the Junior Engineer applying process verify if you are eligible for the posts. If you meet those eligibility requirements, you can apply for IOCL Jobs. Therefore, eligible aspirants will have to send their online applications before the last date. You can also check the IOCL Notification in the official website @ www.iocl.com
Overview of IOCL Panipat Refinery Jobs 2019
Name of the Organization
Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) Panipat Refinery & Petrochemical Complex
Candidates interested in IOCL Panipat Refinery Jobs can check their eligibility with the details below to apply.
Academic Qualification:
Candidate must have completed 3 Years Diploma or BSc in a recognized institute/ university in India
Read the official notification for more details on IOCL Careers.
Age Limit:
Minimum – 18 Years
Maximum – 26 Years
For age limit and age relaxation details as given in the IOCL Panipat Recruitment 2019, refer to the official notification
Selection Process:
Written Test
Interview
Physical Test
Pay Scale for IOCL Panipat Refinery Recruitment 2019:
Rs. 25,000/- to Rs. 1,05,000/- per month
Refer to the official website for more details on the pay scale for IOCL Panipat Refinery Jobs
IOCL Panipat Refinery Online Application Fee:
General Candidates – Rs. 150/- (Rupees One Hundred and Fifty Only)
SC/ ST Candidates – No application Fee
How to apply for IOCL Panipat Refinery Recruitment 2019?
Visit Indian Oil Corporation official website www.iocl.com
Download the IOCL Panipat Refinery Apprentice Notification directly
Verify the eligibility conditions and check the instructions mentioned in the advertisement
If eligible click on the IOCL Panipat Refinery Jobs online apply link
Fill the online form and submit the application after checking filled details
Pay the application fee, if applicable
Take printouts of the application for future reference
After applying online, send the print out of the application form to the address given below along with self-attested photocopies of all documents through the ordinary post before the last date through ordinary post
Postal Address:
Post Box No. 128, Panipat Head Post Office, Panipat, Haryana – 132103
Important Links for IOCL Panipat Refinery Recruitment 2019-20:
IOCL Recruitment 2019 – Apply Online for 131 Technical & Non-Technical Apprentice Vacancy. Indian Oil Corporation Limited is looking for the eligibles to fill up the 131 Apprentice Vacancy under various categories. Suitable candidates can apply to fill up the vacancies of Accountant Apprentice, Technician Apprentice & Trade Apprentice. Eligible aspirants who are willing to apply for the Apprentice Vacancy in Indian Oil Corporation Limited can apply online from 24th October 2019. Application form with completely filled details must be submitted on or before 26th November 2019.
The place of posting will be in Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Goa, and Dadra & Nagar Haveli. Read the further section to know eligibility, educational qualification, experience, salary, and other details.
Overview of Indian Oil Corporation Ltd Recruitment 2019
IOCL Recruitment 2019 – Apply Online for 380 Apprentice Vacancy. Central Government has recently advertised an Indian Oil Corporation Job Notification for the Apprentice Vacancy in IOCL Pipeline Division. Indian Nationals satisfying the requirements of Indian Oil Corporation Ltd Recruitment Board for the Apprentice Vacancy can register for IOCL Jobs. IOCL Recruitment 2019 Apply Online Link will be active from 04th November 2019. The training period for the selected aspirants will be 1 year under the Apprentices Act, 1961.
Get more details about IOCL Job Openings for 380 Apprentice Post from the below section. Make sure you are eligible for this IOCL Apprentice Job and apply on or before the final date 22nd November 2019. Candidates willing to apply for the Indian Oil Corporation Vacancy should register in the proper portal before starting with the application procedure. Go through the below page and know more details of IOCL Notification.
IOCL Recruitment 2019 – Eligibility Criteria for Apprentice Job
Educational Qualification:
Diploma Course should be three years (or two years through lateral entry after ITI of minimum one year duration/10+2) full time or Bachelors degree from a Govt. recognized Institute.
Trade/ Discipline
Qualification
Technician Apprentice – Mechanical
Diploma in Mechanical Engineering / Automobile Engineering
Technician Apprentice – Electrical
Diploma in Electrical Engineering/ Electrical & Electronics Engineering
Diploma in Electronics & Communication Engineering/ Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering/ Electronics & Radio Communication Engineering/ Instrumentation & Control Engineering/ Instrumentation & Process Control Engineering/ Electronics Engineering
Trade Apprentice – AssistantHuman Resource
Bachelors degree (Graduation)
Trade Apprentice – Accountant
Bachelors degree (Graduation)
Data Entry Operator (Fresher Apprentices)
Minimum 12th pass (but below graduate)
Domestic Data Entry Operator (Skill Certificate Holders)
Minimum 12th pass (but below Graduate). Additionally, candidates should possess the Skill Certificate of Domestic Data Entry Operator for the training of less than one year issued by an awarding body recognized under the National Skill Qualifications Framework or any other authority recognized by the Central Govt.
Age Limit:
Age Limit for the candidates who are applying for the Indian Oil Corporation Ltd Career as on 31.10.2019 should be:
Minimum Age Limit – 18 Years
Maximum Age Limit – 24 Years
Salary Details:
As per the Apprentices Act, 1961/1973 Apprentices Rules 1992 (as amended) and Corporation's guidelines.
Application Fee:
Refer to the Official Notification of IOCL Recruitment.
Selection Process:
Written Test.
Interview.
How to Apply ONLINE for IOCL Apprentice Recruitment 2019?
Click on the Registration Link given below.
Register yourself for the IOCL Apprentice through the given link below.
Click on the Apply Online link given below.
Log in using your registration number & password.
Fill the Application form duly and properly.
Finally, submit the application form & take a printout for future reference.
ImportantDates for IOCL Pipeline Division Jobs 2019
IOCL Recruitment 2019 – Apply Online for 1574 Apprentice Post. Indian Oil Corporation Limited is inviting application for the Apprentice Vacancy. Recent Notification for IOCL Careers has released to engage eligible candidates as Apprentices in its Refineries under Apprentices Act, 1961/1973. Online registration starts on 23rd October 2019.
Candidates will be recruited on contractual basis for a fixed-term period. IOCL Recruitment 2019 Apply Online Link will be disabled after 15th November 2019 for the 1574 Apprentice Vacancy. Candidates met with the eligibility requirements of the IOCL Recruitment Board can apply for this IOCL Job Openings at Paradip Refinery, Bongaigaon Refinery & Others. Scroll down for more details about the Indian Oil Corporation Ltd Career 2019.
IOCL Recruitment 2019 – Apply Online for 38 JEA Vacancies. Indian Oil Corporation Limited invites application from the bright, young and energetic personnel for the Junior Engineering Assistant post in the IOCL refinery unit at Vadodara. Online Application opens for the eligibles from 10th October 2019. Interested Indian National can check for the eligibility details and then apply on or before 30th October 2019. Apprentices who have completed IOCL apprenticeship training in any of IOCL Refineries are also eligible to apply for IOCL Vacancy 2019.
Candidates make sure that you are medically fit as per Indian Oil’s pre-employment medical standard before applying for the IOCL Careers. Applicants who get qualified in the Written Test and Skill/ Proficiency/ Physical Test will get recruited for IOCL Job Vacancies. Aspirants possessing higher professional qualifications like Engineering Graduates/ MBA/ MCA/ CA/ CS/ ICWA/ LLB or equivalent are not eligible for the IOCL Recruitment 2019 for the Junior Engineering Assistant Vacancy. Go through the below page and know more details of IOCL Notification.
Overview of IOCL JEA Recruitment 2019 Notification
Eligibility Criteria for Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) Careers 2019
IOCL JEA Job 2019 – Educational Qualification:
Diploma (3 years regular) in Chemical/ Refinery & Petrochemical Engineering or B.Sc. (Maths/ Physics/ Chemistry/ Industrial Chemistry) from a recognized Indian Institute/ University with a minimum of 50% marks in aggregate for General, OBC and EWS candidates & 45% in case of SC/ST candidates against reserved positions.
Experience – Minimum 1 year of post-qualification experience in operation (rotating shift) of Pump House, Fired Heater, Compressor, Distillation Column, Reactor, Heat exchanger, etc. in a Petroleum Refinery/ Petrochemicals/ Fertilizer/ Heavy Chemical/ Gas Processing Industry.
Age Limit for IOCL Recruitment JEA Job:
Minimum Age Limit – 18 Years
Maximum Age Limit – 26 Years
Age Relaxation:
OBC Candidates – 03 Years
SC/ ST Candidates – 05 Years
IOCL JEA Salary:
Rs. 11,900 – Rs. 32,000/-
Application Fee:
Candidates willing to apply for the IOCL Recruitment should pay the Non Refundable Application Fee through SBI E Collect.
For General/ EWS/ OBC Candidates – Rs. 150/-
IOCL Recruitment Selection Process:
Written Test.
Skill/Proficiency/Physical Test (SPPT).
IOCL Recruitment 2019 Apply Online Steps for JEA Vacancy:
Click on the IOCL Recruitment 2019 Apply Online link provided below.
Read the given instructions and click on the ‘Next’ option.
Start filling the personal details asked on that page.
Upload the scanned copies of photograph & signature.
Enter the qualification and experience details properly.
Pay the respective application fee (if applicable).
After filling the application form, submit and take a print for the further process.
Post the hard copy of the duly filled online application form to the below-mentioned address.
Postal Address:
Dy. General Manager (A&W), Indian Oil Corporation Limited, P.O. Jawahar Nagar, Vadodara, Gujarat -391320.
ImportantDates for IOCL Vadodara Recruitment 2019
Starting Date to Apply Online
10th October 2019
Last Date to Apply Online
30th October 2019
Last Date for the receipt Hard Copy of Online Application
Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) is one of the largest public sector companies which meet entire country energy demands. IOCL has been functioning since 1959. Headquarter of IOCL has been located in New Delhi, India. Indian Oil Corporation produces products such as fuels, lubricants, petrochemicals, and etc. Currently, there are more than thirty thousand employees are working. They have more than 47,800 customers are there. Because of its performance, IOCL is being a Maharatna Company.
Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) (NSE: IOC, BSE: 530965), better known as IndianOil, is an Indian oil and gas company headquartered in Mumbai and based in New Delhi. This is the largest commercial oil company in the country, with a net profit of SEK 19,106 (2,848 million dollars) for the 2016-2017 fiscal year. Ranked # 1 on the Fortune India 500 list for 2016 and ranked # 168 on the Fortune Global 500 list of top global companies in 2017. As of March 31, 2017, IndianOil had a staff of 33,135, of which 16,545 were in the Officers Group. This is the largest oil company in India, with a workforce of more than 33,000 people, a turnover of 506,428 crores and a net profit of Rs 21 346 crores in 2017-18.
Ganpat University Result 2019 Updated: Dear Students !!! Ganpat University Kherva, Gujarat has declared the results for various Courses. Check out Under Graduate and Post Graduate Exam Results 2018-19 on this page. Students who have appeared for the Examination can check the Ganpat University Result 2019 from the official website i.e, ganpatuniversity.ac.in. Here we have provided the direct link to get the results from the below table. It will help the students to get the Exam Results without any hesitation. Also, Students can find all Regular, Supplementary ad GU Revaluation Results from this article.
Ganpat University Result 2019 @ ganpatuniversity.ac.in
Ganpat University has conducted all its exams successfully. So, many students were waiting for the Ganpat University Result. For all those Students, we have provided the Ganpat University Results Link here. Here on this page, we will be updating the Upcoming Ganpat University result link, it will work once the result will be announced officially. Apart from this, we used to update the latest updates regarding the Ganpat University Exam Time Table, Syllabus, Previous Paper, and others. Students are advised to keep in touch with our page recruitment.guru to get the latest updates about Exam Results. Students can have the latest updated Ganpat University Results easily by following the steps available in the below sections.
Latest Ganpat University Exam Result 2019
Name of the Exam
Download Link
Ph. D Course Work (FACULTY OF COMPUTER APPLICATIONS)
Visit the official website of Ganpat University i.e ganpatuniversity.ac.in
In the home page, you will find the Examination tab
Students can select on the View Result then students should provide the roll number and other details
A new page will be open, Results will appear on the screen
Take the printout of the result until the official marks card is released by the Ganpat University Board.
About Ganpat University
Ganpat University is a private university in Kherva, Mehsana in the state of Gujarat, India. It is a well reputed State Private University established in 2005 through the State Legislative act no 19 of 2005, Government of Gujarat and recognized by the UGC under the section 2 of the UGC Act, 1956 having campus spread over more than 300 acres of land with world class infrastructure and more than 10,000 students on campus. The University offers Diplomas, Under Graduate, Post Graduate and Research Programs under the Faculties of Engineering and Technology, Pharmacy, Computer Applications, Sciences, Education, Management, Humanities, and Social Science and Human Potential Development. Ganpat University and the township of Ganpat Vidyanagar, a high-tech education campus is a joint initiative.
Ganpat University Supply/Revaluation Results
Students are waiting for the results if they scored well they will lead to next year. But if they will not get more marks they can apply for the Revaluation Results. Once they applied for the Examination, the higher level Examiner will check the paper again. They can get the revaluation results within the time. Also if still get fail marks, they can apply for the supplementary examination. For each and every semester Students can apply for the revaluation after the announcement of the main examination results. The Ganpat University will take a week or more to process the exam papers to announce the Ganpat University Revaluation Results. Do stay updated with the University to know about the Revaluation Exam Results.
Vikram University Results 2019 Released: Candidates studying under Vikram University, Ujjain it time for you people to check down the examination result details. The University has released the examination results for the previously conducted semester examination. Students can get the complete set of Under Graduate, Post Graduate, and Dual Degree Courses Exam Results from this webpage. Below provided are the direct links to access the Vikram University Results 2019-20 page.
Vikram University Results 2019-20 @ vikramuniv.ac.in
Check out for the Vikram University Semester Exam Results 2019 from the official site. The University has conducted various UG/PG examinations for the students of Vikram University. And here is the results for those exams. We people from recruitment.guru has updated this page with the latest updated Vikram University Results 2019. We have also the Revaluation Exam Results update on our webpage. Applicants can get a clear view of the University updates regarding results. We advise the candidates to stay updated on our webpage to get all the recent updates about Vikram University Results 2019.
Vikram University was established in the year 1957 by the Home Minister of India "Govind Vallabh Pant". The Vikram University opted for a rigorous evaluation by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) of the University Grants Commission. The Apes Council of NAAC awarded the grade of A to the Vikram University. The interesting part is, The Vikram University school and administrative blocks are connected to the satellite. His excellency inaugurated the Ethernet connectivity network to make the Vikram University Global. The Governor of Madhya Pradesh acts as Chancellor of the university and also S.S.Pandey is the Vice-Chancellor of the Vikram University.
Regular / Supplementary Results for Vikram University
Those students who have attended the regular examination under Vikram University and still failed. Here comes one more opportunity to clear the examination. To increase your scoring along with that students to fail in the previous examination will get a chance to clear through Revaluation Exams Vikram University Results. For every semester Students can apply for the revaluation after the announcement of the main examination results. Vikram University will take a week or more to process the exam papers to announce the Revaluation results. Do stay updated with this page to know about the Revaluation Results.
UPSC Admit Card 2020 Released for Geologist, Geophysicist, Chemist, Junior Hydrogeologist. The Union Public Service Commission is going to conduct the exam on 19th January 2020. However, the board has to issue the admit card for the above-said posts for the sake of examination. So, they have released the UPSC Admit Card on 26th December 2019. Get the UPSC Geologist Admit Card through the direct link at the bottom of the table.
UPSC Admit Card 2019 – The Union Public Service Commission has officially updated the Admit Card details for Engineering Preliminary Exam on 13th December 2019 for various posts. Hence the candidate who had applied for the UPSC Recruitment can download the UPSC Admit Card from the below link. Only the applied candidate can download their Admit Card details. The Admit Card details available on the official portal before the exam. The candidate needs to download the Admit Card before the last date ends.
UPSC Admit Card 2019
Union Public Service Commission has published the Recruitment Notification for Engineering Preliminary Exam with Various Vacancies. Therefore, now the board has released the exam schedule for the above said UPSC Vacancies. Thus, the Commission is going to issue the UPSC Admit Card at the scheduled date on its official portal. So, Make sure to download the Admit Card from the official website or from the direct link given here. Contenders are suggested to download the UPSC Exam Schedule from the official by with given below given link.
Details to be noticed while UPSC Admit Card 2019 Download
Download the Union Public Service Commission Admit Card along with the registration form. The www.upsc Admit Card will be issued by the officials with the printed details as listed below. Moreover, Contenders are suggested to download the hall ticket from the direct link section.
Candidates Name
Name of the Candidate's Father
The venue of the Exam Centre
Date & Time of the Test
Reporting Time to the Exam Hall
Gender (Male/ Female)
Roll Number
Duration of the Test
Space for Invigilator's Signature
Registration Number
Name of the Test Centre
Category of the candidates
Space for Applicant's Signature
Name of the Exam Conducting Board
Photograph of the Candidate
Applicant's Date of Birth
Name of the Written Test
Important Guidelines for the Exam Takers
Full Name of the Applicant
Examination Centre Code
Signature of the Board Counselor
UPSC Engineering Preliminary Exam 2019
The Union Public Service Commission is going to conduct the Engineering Preliminary exam for various posts. The exam date has been scheduled on 06th January 2020. Thus, the board has released the syllabus for the preparation of the examination. Moreover, the admit card will also be available in the below section. Download the UPSC Syllabus from this section and make your exam preparation well.
Get the UPSC Admit Card from the bottom of the table and follow the general instructions given in the hall ticket. Thus, the allotment of the exam centre will be declared by the board on its official website.
UPSC Engineering Preliminary Exam Pattern:
Written Exam
Subject
Total Marks
Duration
Paper-I
General English
300 Marks
3 Hours
Paper-II
General Knowledge
300 Marks
3 Hours
Paper-III
Optional Subject-1 Paper-I
200 Marks
3 Hours
Paper-IV
Optional Subject-1 Paper-II
200 Marks
3 Hours
Paper-V
Optional Subject-2 Paper-I
200 Marks
3 Hours
Paper-VI
Optional Subject-2 Paper-II
200 Marks
3 Hours
Documents Along with UPSC Admit Card 2019
Get the list of documents that have to be carried for the examination. Among those examiners have to carry any of the valid Identity Proof to take down the exam. It will help you in the exam hall during the verification process.
Original Photograph
Voter Card
Pan Card
Employee ID
College ID
PAN Card
Passport
Driving License
Any other ID proof issued by a Gazetted Officer
Bank Pass Book with the photograph
How to Download UPSC Admit Card?
Click on the UPSC Admit Card Link.
Enter the Login details on the home page.
Now enter the image in the box that is available on the page.
Log in to get the UPSC Admit Card page.
The Hall Ticket will appear on the screen.
Fill the needed credentials into the hall ticket.
After filling recheck the details that you have entered.
Once done with the checking Submit the admit card.
Finally, download the hall ticket after the submission.
Take a photocopy of the UPSC Civil Services Admit Card.
Carry for the exam and for the upcoming selection rounds.
The Gujarat Sub Ordinate Selection Posts releases the GSSSB Call Letter 2019 for all the Examinations conducted by this board. Furthermore, the authority of this GSSSB board issues the GSSSB Admit Card 2019 only for the applicants for the job posts. Hence all the candidates who had applied for the respective posts can stay tuned to this page to get the latest updates about the GSSSB Exam Dates, GSSSB Call Letter Download, etc @ ojas.gujarat.gov.in. Moreover, the Admit Card contains details such as Date, time, reg number, etc.
The Selection Board has released the admit card for the post of Inspector Class II. Candidates who have applied for the post can download the hall ticket for the Class II written examination. Moreover, Inspector Class-II Examination will be conducted on 06th January 2020. Hence, the direct link to download the GSSSB Hall Ticket is now available to download from the bottom of the section.
The Gujarat Subordinate Services Selection Board has declared the admit card for the post of Additional Assistant Engineer, Agriculture Oversheer, Senior Pharmacist, Assistant Pharmacist, Librarian, Physio Therapist, Tutor Cum Physio Therapist, Laboratory Assistant, Surveyor, Assistant Machine Man, Sub Overseer, Technical Assistant, and Others. The GSSSB Call Letter is available from Today onwards i.e. (24th December 2019). Moreover, the GSSSB Exam will be held from 06th January to 09th January 2020.
Post Name
Additional Assistant Engineer, Agriculture Oversheer, Senior Pharmacist, Assistant Pharmacist, Librarian, Physio Therapist, Tutor Cum Physio Therapist, Laboratory Assistant, Surveyor, Assistant Machine Man, Sub Overseer, Technical Assistant, and Other Posts
The board has issued the admit card for the Office Superintendent exam on 16th December 2019. Moreover, the exam date has been declared as 29th December 2019. Thus, the candidates are suggested to download the admit card from the direct link provided at the below table.
GSSSB Officer Superintendent Hall Ticket 2019 – Download
GSSSB Chief & Probation Officer Admit Card 2019
The Gujarat Subordinate Services Selection Board has announced the hall ticket for the post of Chief & Probation Officers on 05th December 2019. Likewise, they have declared the exam date as 15th December 2019. Moreover, the admit card is now available at the bottom of the table to download. So, Get the GSSSB Admit Card from the direct link provided here.
GSSSB Probation Officer Exam Date Notice 2019 – Check
GSSSB Admit Card 2019
The Board has planned to conduct the examination in the month of December 2019 for Additional Assistant Engineer and others. Thus, the board will issue the admit card for the above-said posts in December 2019. To download the admit card we will provide the direct link in the upcoming section. And the link will be available after the board releases it.
Post Name
Additional Assistant Engineer, Agriculture Oversheer, Senior Pharmacist, Assistant Pharmacist, Librarian, Physio Therapist, Tutor Cum Physio Therapist, Laboratory Assistant, Surveyor, Assistant Machine Man, Sub Overseer, Technical Assistant, and Other Posts
Gujarat Secondary Service Selection Board has released the admit card on 17th October 2019. Hence, the GSSSB Exam date has been rescheduled for 17th November 2019. Eligible Aspirants can download the GSSSB Hall Ticket from the below section. The GSSSB Admit Card will be released for the candidates of GSSSB Bin Sachivalaya Clerk and Office Assistants.
The admit card has the details of the examiners and also the exam. Make sure to get the GSSSB Admit Card by providing valid information. Enter the required login credentials which are asked on the home page of the hall ticket.
Candidates Name
Name of the Candidate's Father
The venue of the Exam Centre
Date & Time of the Test
Reporting Time to the Exam Hall
Gender (Male/ Female)
Roll Number
Duration of the Online Test
Space for Invigilator's Signature
Registration Number
Name of the Test Centre
Category of the candidates
Space for Applicant's Signature
Name of the Exam Conducting Board
Photograph of the Candidate
Applicant's Date of Birth
Name of the Written Test
Important Guidelines for the Exam Takers
Full Name of the Applicant
Examination Centre Code
Signature of the Board Counselor
How to Get GSSSB Exam Admit Card 2019-20?
Click on the GSSSB Admit Card.
Enter the Login details on the Home Page.
Now enter the image in the box that is available on the page.
Tap on Login to get the Admit Card.
Admit Card page will appear on the screen.
Fill the needed credentials into the hall ticket.
After filling recheck the details that you have entered.
Once done with the checking Submit the admit card.
Finally, download the hall ticket after the submission.
Take a photocopy of the GSSSB Exam Hall Ticket.
Carry for the exam and for the upcoming selection rounds.
CDAC Recruitment 2019 – Apply Online | 14 Vacancies | Manager, Finance Officer & Others. Centre for Development of Advanced Computing is presently handling various projects of National importance under various departments. Latest Job Notification has recently released to fill the vacancies allotted for Manager, Finance Officer & Other Posts. Interested and eligible candidates are can apply for the Posts through Online Process. The Last Date to Apply Online for these vacancies is 12th January 2020.
CDAC Recruitment 2019
Applications are invited (only online) from suitable, qualified, experienced and dynamic professionals of Indian nationality for various Group ‘A’ positions to be filled by way of Direct Recruitment/Deputation/Transfer (absorption) basis. Details of the positions available at various C-DAC locations are as below. Details like eligibility criteria, the application process, pay scale and other CDAC Recruitment details are mentioned in the below sections. Hence, refer to the following sections for complete details. However, you can also know more CDAC Careers @ cdac.in.
CDAC Recruitment 2019 – 14 Openings for Manager, Finance Officer
Name of the Board
Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC)
Centre Head (S&T) Joint Director /Associate Director Level – 13 or 13A
02
Manager (HRD) Level-12
03
Manager (Legal) Level-12
02
Senior HRD Officer Level-11
02
Senior Legal Officer Level-11
02
Purchase Officer Level-10
01
Finance Officer Level-10
02
Total
14
CDAC Jobs 2019 – Category-Wise Vacancy Details
Post Name
Categories
UR
SC
ST
OBC
EWS
Total
Centre Head (S&T) Joint Director /Associate Director Level – 13 or 13A
02
–
–
–
–
02
Manager (HRD) Level-12
02
01
01
–
01
05
Manager (Legal) Level-12
Senior HRD Officer Level-11
02
–
–
02
01
05
Senior Legal Officer Level-11
Purchase Officer Level-10
Finance Officer Level-10
–
02
–
–
–
02
Total Vacancies
14
Eligibility Criteria for www.cdac.in CDAC Recruitment 2019
Educational Qualification:
Post Name
Academic Qualifications
Centre Head (S&T) Joint Director /Associate Director Level – 13 or 13A
1st Class B.E./B.Tech./MCA/or equivalent degree in relevant discipline with 11 years experience
Manager (HRD) Level-12
Two years of Full-Time MBA in Human Resource Management or equivalent relevant professional qualification with 12 years of relevant experience
Manager (Legal) Level-12
LLB (Bachelor of Laws) or equivalent relevant professional qualification with 12 years of relevant experience
Senior HRD Officer Level-11
Two years of full-time MBA in Human Resource Management or equivalent relevant professional qualification with 7 years of relevant experience
Senior Legal Officer Level-11
LLM (Master of Laws) with 4 years of experience
Purchase Officer Level-10
Two years of Full-Time MBA/Post Graduation in Material Management or equivalent relevant professional qualification with 3 years of relevant experience
Finance Officer Level-10
CA or Two years Full-Time MBA in finance/CS or equivalent relevant professional qualification with 3 years of relevant experience
Age Limit:
Post Name
Upper Age Limit
Centre Head (S&T) Joint Director /Associate Director Level – 13 or 13A
Years 41 for Level 13/ 46 for Level 13A
Manager (HRD) Level-12
40 years
Manager (Legal) Level-12
40 years
Senior HRD Officer Level-11
35 years
Senior Legal Officer Level-11
35 years
Purchase Officer Level-10
35 years
Finance Officer Level-10
35 years
Salary Details:
Post Name
Pay Matrix
Staring Basic Pay
Centre Head (S&T) Joint Director /Associate Director Level – 13 or 13A
(₹ 123100/ 131100-215900/ 216600)
₹ 123100/ 131100
Manager (HRD) Level-12
(₹ 78,800-2,09,200)
₹ 78,800/-
Manager (Legal) Level-12
(₹ 78,800-2,09,200)
₹ 78,800/-
Senior HRD Officer Level-11
(₹ 67,700-2,08,700)
₹ 67,700/-
Senior Legal Officer Level-11
(₹ 67,700-2,08,700)
₹ 67,700/-
Purchase Officer Level-10
(₹ 56,100-1,77,500)
₹ 56,100/-
Finance Officer Level-10
(₹ 56,100-1,77,500)
₹ 56,100/-
CDAC Recruitment Application Fee:
Applicants can refer to the official notification for more information.
CDAC Recruitment 2019 – Selection Process:
Written Test/ Online Test.
Interview
Group Discussion.
General Instructions
Candidates those who are applying for multiple posts should submit separate applications and the application fee should be paid separately for each application
In case the candidate is called for further Selection Process, he/ she has to bring the downloaded application form with all Original Documents together with One Separate Set of Photocopy of all documents duly Self Attested at the time of further Selection Process, failing which he/ she will not be permitted to appear in the Further Selection Process.
Only Indian Nationals are eligible to apply
Only shortlisted candidates who are found apparently eligible based on the online application data and subsequent screening process will be called for participating in the Selection Process.
How to Apply for CDAC Recruitment 2019?
Download the Official Notification given below.
Read the official notification carefully and check your eligibility details
Read the job details given in the CDAC Recruitment Notification.
Then click the Online application form from the below link
Start filling the Application Form with all the required details.
Recheck whether the details are properly filled in the application form.
Attach all required documents to the application form and recheck the details which entered in the form
Pay the application fee if required
After successfully completing the application form submit the application
Take a printout of the application for future reference.
CDAC Recruitment 2019 – Apply Offline for 102 Vacancies. Centre for Development of Advanced Computing is presently handling various projects of National importance under various departments. Latest Job Notification has recently released to fill the vacancies allotted for Project Engineer, Project Manager Posts. Interested applicants can attend the CDAC Noida Project Manager Walkin 2019. Interested and eligible candidates are required to appear for a Walk-in-interview as per the schedule. Candidates who register themselves at the venue between 9 AM to 12 PM will be allowed to attend the interview.
The consolidated period will be 2 years or co-terminus with the project whichever is earlier. CDAC is looking for the bright & result oriented professionals for the following Positions in various Projects. Interested candidates can appear for 102 Project Engineer, Assistant, and Technician Posts Walkin In Interview on 19th, 20th, and 21st December 2019. Details like eligibility criteria, the application process, pay scale and other CDAC Recruitment details are mentioned in the below sections. Hence, refer to the following sections for complete details. However, you can also know more CDAC Careers @ cdac.in.
Project Manager (Business Development / IT Services)
01
Project Manager (Embedded Software Systems )
01
Project Manager (Software Design & Development)
06
Total Vacancies
102
Eligibility Criteria for www.cdac.in CDAC Recruitment 2019
Educational Qualification:
Post Name
Educational Qualification
Project Engineer
1st Class B.E/B. Tech. in Computer Science/IT/Computer Applications/Electronics/ Computer & Networking Security /MCA Or Post Graduation Degree in Computer Science/IT/Computer Applications/Electronics/ Computer & Networking Security
Minimum 2 years of post-qualification work experience relevant to the job description.
Project Manager
B.E/B. Tech./MCA minimum of 11 years of post-qualification relevant work experience to the job description
Masters in Technology (M. Tech)/Masters in Engineering (M.E) minimum 07 years of post-qualification relevant work experience to the job description
Ph. D minimum of 04 years of post-qualification relevant work experience to the job description.
Age Limit:
Maximum Age Limit for Project Engineer – 37 Years
Maximum Age Limit for Project Manager – 50 Years
Salary Details:
Post Name
Pay Scale
Project Engineer
Rs.64000/-
Project Manager
Rs. 37200/-
CDAC Recruitment Application Fee:
Applicants can refer to the official notification for more information.
CDAC Recruitment 2019 – Selection Process:
Written Test/ Online Test.
Interview.
NOTE: The originals Photocopies of each of the following documents must be brought at the time of the Interview and enclosed the Photocopies of documents with the application.
Qualification Degree Certificates-Mark-sheets of 10th, 12th, Graduation, Post-Graduation along with consolidated mark sheets and degrees as applicable
Photo Proof Identity Card, Proof of Address
Age Proof Document, ID Proof (PAN Card/ Aadhar Card)
Work Experience- Certificates (starting from first to last company, along with offer letters and experience certificates). Please bring a document with respect to your present employment (latest salary slip and I-card).
Caste Certificate
Income & asset certificate {in case of Economically Weaker Section (EWS)}
How to Apply Offline for CDAC Recruitment 2019?
Download the Official Notification given below.
Read the official notification carefully and check your eligibility details
Read the job details given in the CDAC Recruitment Notification.
Then download the application form from the below link
Start filling the Application Form with all the required details.
Recheck whether the details are properly filled in the application form.
Finally, attend the Walkin Interview with all the required documents on time at the following Postal address.
Address for Walk in Interview:
Centre for Development of Advanced Computing Anusandhan Bhawan, C-56/1, Block C, Institution Area, Sector – 62, Noida – 201307.
About the Center for the Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC)
The Center for the Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) is the principal R and D association of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) to convey R and D exercises in the fields of software engineering, gadgets, and related fields. Various territories of C-DAC have developed on various occasions, a significant number of which have been uncovered because of the ID of conceivable outcomes. C-DAC is today one of the primary R and D associations in the nation in the field of data innovation and hardware. It attempts to fortify national innovative capacities with regards to worldwide advancements around there and to react to market needs in certain key territories.
In the wake of being denied a Cray supercomputer by the United States in 1987 because of a dread of it being utilized for military purposes, India began a program to build up an indigenous supercomputer in a joint effort with Russia. Supercomputers were viewed as a twofold edged weapon equipped for aiding the advancement of atomic weapons.
UPPSC RO ARO Syllabus2020 for Review Officer (RO) and Assistant Review Officer (ARO) is available here for free download. The aspirants who are looking for RO ARO Syllabus can find here the complete details. Get the detailed UPPSC RO ARO Prelims & Mains Syllabus 2020 as well as the Exam Pattern in the below section.
UPPSC Samiksha Adhikari Syllabus 2020
UPPSC Syllabus 2020 required for the Written Examination going to be conducting for the selection of candidates for Review Officer & Assistant Review Officer Posts is available here in our recruitment.guru website. Applicants who have applied for these RO/ARO Jobs may probably be checking for the UPPSC Samiksha Adhikari Exam Syllabus. For those applicants, we are providing the complete syllabus required to prepare for the Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission RO/ARO Written Exam.
Here on our site, we have provided the UP Review Officer Exam Pattern along with the UPPSC RO ARO Syllabus. Check the Exam Pattern given in the pdf which is enclosed below. Have a look at the Syllabus given below & prepare thoroughly for the UPPSC RO/ARO Exam 2020.
Uttar Pradesh PSC RO ARO Syllabus 2020 Details – uppsc.up.nic.in
The applicants applying for the posts of RO & ARO will be selected based on their performance in the following rounds. So, the applicants should qualify in all the rounds given below to obtain final employment.
UPPSC RO ARO Selection Process
Preliminary Written Exam
Main Examination
Interview
UPPSC RO ARO Exam Pattern 2020
UP Samiksha Adhikari Prelims Exam Pattern
Subjects
No. of Questions
Duration
General Studies (Paper-I)
140
2 Hours
General Hindi (Paper-II)
60
1 Hour
Total
200
3 Hours
There will be two papers in the Examination.
The Exam will consist of Objective Type Questions.
There will be a negative marking of 0.33 marks (one third) for each wrong answer.
UPPSC RO ARO Mains Exam Pattern
Subject
No of Questions
Max Marks
Time Duration
General Studies
120
120
2 Hours
General Hindi and Drafting
Part – 1 (Conventional)
–
100
2 1/2 Hours
Part – 2 General Vocabulary (Objective Type)
–
60
1/2 Hour
Hindi Essay
–
120
3 Hours
There will be three papers in the Main Examination.
The paper will consist of Objective Type Questions.
There will be a negative marking of 0.33 marks (one third) for each wrong answer.
UPPSC RO ARO Syllabus 2020
Candidates who are looking for the syllabus for the posts of Review Officer and Assistant Review Officer can get here the complete subject wise topics of UPPSC RO ARO Syllabus in Hindi Pdf. So go through the below sections-
Paper 1: UP RO ARO Syllabus for General Studies (Prelims & Mains)
Indian National Movement
Indian Polity, Economy &
Culture
General Science
History of India
Indian Agriculture, Commerce and Trade
Population, Ecology, and Urbanisation (in Indian Context)
General Intelligence
World Geography and Geography and Natural Resources of India
Current National and International Important Events
Special Knowledge regarding Education, Culture, Agriculture, Industry Trade, Living & Social Traditions of Uttar Pradesh
Paper 2: UPPSC Syllabus for General Hindi (Prelims)
पर्यायवाची शब्द
वर्तनी और वाक्य शुद्धि
विलोम
तस्सम और तद्भव
अनेक शब्दों के एक शब्द
विशेष्य और विशेषण
Paper 2: UPPSC RO ARO Mains Syllabus for General Hindi and Drafting
The General Studies Syllabus for both Preliminary and Main Exam is the same but the difficulty level will vary.
Part-1 (Conventional)
The Heading of Given Passage, Precis, and explanation of the underlined parts.
Precis in Tabular Form of any given Govt. Letter Correspondence.
Official / Demi-official letter.
Office Memo/Memo/Circular.
Communique/Annotation & Reports/Reminder.
Definition Vocabulary (Administrative and Commercial)
English to Hindi.
Hindi to English.
Idioms and Phrases Computer Knowledge.
Part-2 General Vocabulary (Objective Type)
Sentence and Correction in framing.
One word for several words.
A Noun as Defined by an adjective.
Same usage and same nature words.
Paper 3: UPPSC RO ARO Syllabus for Hindi Essay
Literature and Cultures.
Social Field.
Political Field.
Science, Ecology, and Technology.
Economic Field.
Agriculture and Commerce.
National and International Events.
Natural Calamities – Earth Stumbling, Cyclone, Earthquake, Flood, Drought, etc.
National department Plans.
Download Important Links of Samiksha Adhikari Syllabus in Hindi 2020
UPPSC Samiksha Adhikari Syllabus Pdf – Download Here
NABARD Recruitment 2020 Notification @ www.nabard.org || 73 Office Attendant Group ‘C’ Vacancies in NABARD Careers: National Bank for Agriculture & Rural Development (NABARD) being one of the premier Banking Institutes of India. Applications are invited from Indian citizens for the post of Office Attendant in Group ‘C’ in the Subordinate Service in National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD). Applicants who are waiting for the Central Govt Jobs in Across India can apply for this post through Online. The link will be LIVE from 25th December 2019 to 12th January 2020.
NABARD Recruitment 2019-20
Candidates can apply only ON-LINE on the NABARD website www.nabard.org between 25th December 2019 and 12th January 2020 NABARD is an all India Apex Organization, wholly owned by the Government of India and is equal opportunity employer. Before applying, candidates should read all the instructions carefully and ensure that they fulfill all the eligibility criteria for the post. Here we have provided the complete details of NABARD Bank Office Attendant Vacancies.
Vacancies & Reservation for the post of Office Attendant (OA)
State/Office
UR
SC
ST
OBC
EWS
PWBD
EXS
EXS
DISEXS
Andhra Pradesh
01
06
14
03
Arunachal Pradesh
01
Chhattisgarh
03
Goa
01
Gujarat
03
Haryana
04
01
Himachal Pradesh
01
Jammu & Kashmir
01
Karnataka
03
Karnataka (BIRD Mangaluru)
02
Kerala
02
01
Maharashtra (HO-Mumbai)
07
08
06
02
Meghalaya
01
Mizoram
01
Nagaland
02
New Delhi
03
Odisha
01
01
Rajasthan
02
01
01
Telangana
01
01
Uttar Pradesh
06
02
Uttrakhand
02
Tripura
01
Total
48
01
09
13
02
73
Eligibility Criteria for NABARD Office Attendant Recruitment 2020
Candidates who are interested in applying for NABARD Bank Office Attendant Vacancies must fulfill all the below-listed eligibility conditions without fail. Check Educational Qualification, age limit, selection process, examination pattern, Salary for NABARD Jobs for Graduates 2020.
Educational Qualification:
Office Attendant Group ‘C ‘– A candidate should have passed 10th Standard (S.S.C./Matriculation) from the concerned State/UT coming under the State/Regional Office to which he/she is applying.
Age Limit – NABARD Bank Vacancy 2020:
As on 1st December 2019, Age Limit for NABARD Recruitment 2019 for Office Attendant is as follows,
Minimum Age – 18 Years
Maximum Age – 30 Years
Age Relaxation
SC/ ST – 5 Years
OBC – 3 Years
PWBD – 10 Years
Ex‐Servicemen – 3 Years
Widows/divorced women/ women judicially separated who are not re‐married – 10 Years
Candidates who had ordinarily been domiciled in the State of Jammu and Kashmir between 1st January 1980 and 31st December 1989 – 5 Years
Selection Process for NABARD Bank Recruitment 2020:
Online Tests
Language Proficiency Test (LPT)
NABARD Office Attendant Salary:
Basic pay of Rs.10940/- p.m. in the scale of Rs.10940-380(4)-12460-440(3)-13780-520(3)-15340- 690(2)-16720-860(4)-20160-1180(3)-23700 applicable to Office Attendants in Group ‘C’ and they will be eligible for Dearness Allowance, Local Compensatory Allowance, House Rent Allowance, and Grade Allowance as per rules in force from time to time. At present, initial monthly gross emoluments are approximately Rs. 24000/-
Application Fee for NABARD Jobs 2020
SC/ST/PWBD/EXS – Rs.50/-
Others – Rs. 450/-
How to apply for NABARD Recruitment Notification 2019?
Firstly, visit NABARD Official website i.e. www.nabard.org
Check for the NABARD Recruitment Notification pdf below.
Ensure that you meet all the above-listed eligibility points.
Click on Apply Online Link provided below.
Candidates should register themself on the application
Fill in an application form with all necessary details
Attach scanned copies of necessary documents
Pay prescribed application fee
Finally, hit on the submit button to complete your application process.
Frequently Asked Questions About NABARD Recruitment 2020:
1. What is the mode of application form NABARD Recruitment 2019-20? A. Applications for NABARD Office Attendant Recruitment will be accepted only in the Online mode. Candidates can apply for Office Attendant posts by following the steps given above
2. Where will the candidates be placed after selection? A. The selected candidates can be placed anywhere in any state of India which has an office of National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development.
3. What are the important dates I must know for NABARD Jobs 2020? A. Candidates must make note of the following date
Starting Date of Application – 25th December 2019
Last Date To Apply Online – 12th January 2020
Last Date to Pay Application Fee Online – 12th January 2020
4. What are the eligibility criteria for NABARD Bank Office Attendant Jobs? A. Candidate should have passed 10th Standard (S.S.C./Matriculation) from the concerned State/UT coming under the State/Regional Office to which he/she is applying to be eligible for NABARD Jobs. The candidate must be below 30 years of age.
5. What is the selection process for NABARD Bank Careers? A. Candidates will be selected based on Online Tests and Language Proficiency Test (LPT).
6. How much will I be paid for NABARD Jobs 2020? A. Candidates will be paid Basic pay of Rs.24000/- p.m.
7. What is the application fee that I will have to pay for NABARD Office Attendant Recruitment? A. SC/ST/PWBD/EXS candidates will have to pay – Rs. 50/- as application fee and other candidates have to pay Rs. 450/-.
History of National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD):
NABARD was created following the recommendations of the B.Sivaraman Committee (by Law 61 of the Parliament of 1981) of 12 July 1982 to implement the law of the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development of 1981. NABARD Bank replaces the Rural Planning and Agricultural Credit Department (ACD). and the Credit Cell of the Reserve Bank of India and the Agricultural Refinancing and Development Corporation (ARDC). It is one of the major agencies that provide credit for the development of rural areas. NABARD is the specialized bank for agriculture and rural development in India.
The initial NABARD corpus was 100 crore. Following the review of the composition of the capital stock between the Indian Government and the RBI, the capital disbursed as of 31st May 2017, amounted to Rs. 6,700 crore, while the Indian government had 6,700 crores (100%). participation). The authorized share capital is 30,000 crore. NABARD's international partners include organizations affiliated with the World Bank and global development agencies active in agriculture and rural development. These organizations help NABARD by advising and providing monetary support for the improvement of the population in rural areas and by optimizing the agricultural process.
Jaipur Metro Rail Recruitment 2020 – 39 Maintainer, Station Controller, JE & Other Vacancies. Jaipur Metro Rail Corporation Limited has recently announced a Job Notification to hire 39 Candidates for Maintainer, Station Controller, JE & Other Posts. Candidates who are looking for Jobs in Jaipur Metro for 12th Pass can apply for these Posts through Online Process. The starting date of the application is 23rd December 2019. Applicants can apply for these Posts through Online mode. The last date to apply for these vacancies is 23rd January 2020.
Jaipur Metro Rail Recruitment 2020
Applications are invited from dynamic and motivated persons who possess the prescribed qualification for the post (s) being advertised and meet other Corporation Ltd. (JMRC). Information about the Posts Pay, Qualification, and other eligibility criteria, the application process, screening methodology and other terms & conditions of recruitment is given in the following Sections.
Eligibility Criteria for Jaipur Metro Rail Corporation Limited Recruitment 2020
Educational Qualification:
Post Name
Educational Qualification
Station Controller / Train Operator (SC/TO)
Graduation in any discipline from a recognized University with minimum 50% marks or equivalent Grade/ Level AND Mathematics or Physics as one of the subjects passed in Senior Secondary (10+2) or Higher Secondary (10+1) or equivalent examination of a recognized Board.
Junior Engineer(Electrical)
Degree in Civil Engineering from a recognized University (or equivalent Engineering qualification) with minimum 50% marks or equivalent Grade/Level
Junior Engineer(Electronics)
Degree in Electronics/ Electronics & Communication Engineering from a recognized University (or equivalent Engineering qualification) with minimum 50% marks or equivalent Grade/Level
Junior Engineer (Civil)
Degree in Electrical Engineering from a recognized University (or equivalent Engineering qualification) with minimum 50% marks or equivalent Grade/Level
Customer RelationsAssistant (CRA)
Graduation in any discipline from a recognized University with minimum 50% marks or equivalent Grade/ Level
Maintainer (Electrician)
State Trade Certificate in 'Electrician' Trade or equivalent certificate, issued by SCVT, pursuant to a course of minimum two years' duration
Maintainer (Electronics)
State Trade Certificate in 'Electronic Mechanic' Trade or equivalent certificate, issued by SCVT, pursuant to a course of minimum two years' duration
Maintainer (Fitter)
State Trade Certificate in 'Fitter' Trade or equivalent certificate, issued by SCVT, pursuant to a course of minimum two years' duration
Age Limit for JMRC Recruitment:
Aspirants must know that as per Jaipur Metro Rail Corporation Recruitment 2019 Notification, you must possess below the age to fill the available Vacancies in Jaipur Metro Rail Jobs for the Maintainer, Station Controller, JE & Other Post.
Minimum Age Limit – 21 Years
Maximum Age Limit – 41 Years
Age Relaxation
SC/ST/BC/MBC Male Candidates – 5 Years
General/EWS Female Candidates – 5 Years
SC/ST/BC/MBC Female Candidates – 10 Years
PWD General Candidates – 10 Years
BC/MBC PWD Candidates – 13 Years
PWD SC/ST Candidates – 15 Years
Application Fee for Jaipur Metro Rail Recruitment
Categories
Application Fee
Persons with Disabilities (OL – R or L)
Rs.250/-
SC/ST candidates of Rajasthan
Rs.250/-
Non-Creamy Layer OBC/EWS/MBC candidates of Rajasthan
Rs.400/-
For all other candidates
Rs.500/-
Service Charges – Jaipur Metro Vacancy 2019-20
Submission of Application & Deposition of fees through e-Mitra kiosk in Rajasthan
Rs. 45 per transaction
Payment of fees online by Credit Card / Debit Card / Net Banking/ UPI /Other online modes
About Jaipur Metro Rail Corporation Limited (JMRC)
Jaipur Metro is a rapid transit system in the city of Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. Construction on the most elevated part of the first line, called Phase 1A, comprising 9.63 kilometers (5.98 mi) of the route from Mansarovar to Chandpole Bazaar, started on 13 November 2010 and was completed in 2014.
After receiving safety clearance from Commissioner of Metro Rail Safety (CMRS) in May 2015, Jaipur Metro began commercial service between Chandpole and Mansarovar on 3 June 2015. The Jaipur Metro Rail system is India’s sixth metro rail system after those in Kolkata, Delhi NCR, Bangalore, Gurgaon, and Mumbai. Jaipur Metro is the first metro in India to run on a triple-story elevated road and metro track.
KUHS Results 2019 Declared: Dear Folks !!! Kerala University of Health Sciences announced the course wise results through its official website i.e., kuhs.ac.in. Here on this page, we provide the result for various KUHS courses like Nursing, Ayurveda, Pharmacy, Paramedical, Medical, Homoeopathy, Unani, Siddha, Dental and others. Hence, go through the information of Kerala University of Health results in sections below. We recruitment.guru moderated this page with the most recent results given by the KUHS for various courses. Students of KUHS can find both regular and supplementary exam results on our page. And this article is completely enclosed with the latest updated KUHS Results 2019.
Students studying at the Kerala University of Health Sciences (KUHS) used to check their exam results this month. Here on this page, we have provided a direct link to get the KUHS Results from the below table. We update the results on our page immediately when the official website updates. By this student who is eager to check the result can find without any delay. Also, reduces the confusion in finding their performance in the examinations. Students of KUHS can find both Undergraduate, Postgraduate of regular and supplementary exam results on our page. So, we advise the students of Kerala University of Health Sciences to check the KUHS Results 2019 through our recruitment.guru website.
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Withheld Release of First Professional MBBS Degree Regular Examinations(2018 adm) – August 2019 of Amala Institute of Medical Sciences, Jubilee Mission Medical College, Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church Medical College, Pushpagiri Institute of Medical Science
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About Kerala University of Health Sciences
Kerala University of Health Sciences was established in the year 2010. The university is located in the government medical college, Thrissur. It was established on the basis of the Kerala University of Health Act 2010. There are 282 professional colleges of Kerala affiliated under this university. All affiliated colleges imparting professional education in health care in Kerala. All branches of treatment would come under the university and medical colleges now functioning under different Universities.
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Not filing goods and services tax (GST) returns could cost you your property and money. According to a TOI report, a new set of rules have given the green light to GST authorities as a strategy to ensure better compliance.With over 1 crore GST-registered entities failing to file return on time, the new set of rules enable GST-authorities to attach your property and banks accounts if despite repeated reminders you fail to file tax returns.Top officials of the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs have been told to go hard on defaulters. The process to nudge the entity and its officials will begin three days ahead of the deadline for filing GSTR-3A of the final returns. The due date for the same is by the 20th of every month.Post the due date, a system-generated message will be sent to all the defaulters asking. All the authorised signatories of the entity, proprietor of the entity, partners of a firm, directors of companies or the kartas in case of HUFs will also receive the system generated message. If the entity fails to comply, five-days after the due date, an electronic notice will be served. giving it 15 days to furnish the returns.If the notice elicits no response, tax officials have been told to undertake an assessment of the tax liability after factoring in the available data.The CBIC, in the three-page standard operating procedure issued on Tuesday has decided to go strong against "defaulters".The SOP issues states, "For the purpose of assessment of tax liability... the proper officer may take into account the details of outward supplies available in the statement furnished under section 31 (Form GSTR-1), details of supplies auto-populated in FORM GSTR-2A, information available for e-way bills, or any other information available for any other source, including from inspection." Officials can initiate recovery action, according to the SOP, if the entity fails to respond to the assessment order for 30 days. VAT and service tax carried such provisions but were invoked in extreme cases only.
MUMBAI: India's grocery consumption basket shrank by an average 5 kg per household in the 12 months ended September from the year earlier, although they spent slightly more overall. Consumers shopped more often but bought less each time, spreading their budgets to ease the financial pinch amid the slowdown, according to a study by Kantar Worldpanel, a global consumer research firm owned by communications and advertising giant WPP."The average basket size in (the year ended) September 2018 was 222 kg while it dropped 3% to 217 kg in 2019," said K Ramakrishnan, South Asia MD at Kantar. "But spends have gone up 2% from Rs 14,724 to Rs 15,015 in the same time frame."Most companies increased promotions in 2018 by offering additional grammage or bigger packs while keeping prices intact. However, these could have been withdrawn or normalised in 2019, resulting in divergent value and volume growth trends, companies said. "Even if we sold the same number of packs in both years, volume will still show a drop in 2019 as additional grammage will reflect only in the base year," said B Krishna Rao, senior category head at Parle Products. "Also, there could be a shift from large packs to smaller ones, which impacts volume growth." 72987924 India's economy expanded 4.5% in the September quarter, the slowest in more than six years, pulled down by manufacturing, which contracted 1% in gross value added against a 6.9% increase a year earlier. Consumer goods have been hit by stress in rural demand — which accounts for about a third of the market and has been outpacing urban sales — due to lower farm incomes and liquidity constraints that have squeezed the wholesale channel."There are issues around overall economic growth, agrarian income, impact and outflow in the banking situation," Nestle India chairman and managing director Suresh Narayanan told ET last week.Steps by the government to revive the economy could have a knock-on effect on consumption."The government has looked at areas like taxation (and) ease of doing business among other things," Narayanan said. "If some of the measures that the government is contemplating also leads to more money in the hands of consumers, hopefully recovery should happen." In a trend reversal, edible oil, tea, spices, snacks and atta, among others, have seen a shift to branded products from the unorganised market. The items cited above have seen a 5% decline in unbranded products even as the overall categories grew. Branded products account for less than half the overall consumption of many commoditised segments. Local and unbranded products, which are cheaper, have been nibbling away at the share of leading consumer product companies for years. Kantar data also revealed that in categories that have at least 50% penetration, consumers have started buying them on two extra occasions during the year but in smaller quantities each time. For instance, shopping occasions for biscuits grew from 40 last September to 48 times this year; the purchase quantity per visit dropped to 117 grams from 138 grams.
NEW DELHI|KOLKATA: The telecom department will shortly urge the sector regulator to clear the way for auctioning the coveted spectrum in the 26 GHz band, aiming to reduce 5G deployment costs and, therefore, allow affordable ultra-fast mobile broadband services.The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) will seek pricing recommendations from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) for this band, a senior government official said. "We will be taking a Trai reference for the 24.75 to 27.25 GHz millimetre wave band (popularly known as the 26 GHz band), and look at an auction sometime later next year," the official said on condition of anonymity.The 26 GHz band spectrum is widely seen by telecom operators worldwide as amongst the most efficient airwaves for delivery of affordable 5G services. Indian telcos have urged the government to emulate the US, South Korea, Japan and Hong Kong to leverage the global 5G ecosystem developing around the 26 GHz band. These airwaves are also ideal for industrial applications.But government insiders hinted that 26 GHz band spectrum is unlikely to be auctioned in the upcoming sale since the approval process and price discovery mechanism may take more time. For now, DoT has only earmarked spectrum in the 3.3-3.6 GHz band for 5G services. But experts believe the government and Trai have enough time to set a starting price for 26 GHz spectrum since the International Telecom Union (ITU) recently finalised rules around global 5G deployments on this wave band at the World Radio Conference-2019 in Egypt. "There's no economic logic in conducting two separate 5G auctions in 2020. Since ITU has ratified the 26 GHz band for 5G globally, there is nothing stopping the government from asking Trai to quickly fix an appropriate reserve price for these airwaves to include them in the upcoming sale by April next year," said a top industry executive specialising in spectrum regulation and management. 72987832 Backing the view, Com First (India) director Mahesh Uppal said, "It's in the government's interest that mobile operators get adequate, quality spectrum in the 26 GHz band and are not forced to lock their funds instead in 3.5 GHz airwaves."Earlier this month, the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) — which represents Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio and Vodafone Idea — asked telecom secretary Anshu Prakash to push Trai to include 26 GHz in the list of 5G airwave bands earmarked for the upcoming sale.Telcos had also said any reservation of 26 GHz band spectrum for government agencies such as Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) would adversely impact 5G deployments in India, going forward. They had suggested that future satellite deployments by Isro should be done in other frequency bands.Last week, the Digital Communications Commission (DCC), the highest decision-making body in the DoT, cleared the country's largestever spectrum auction likely around March-April 2020 that can potentially fetch the government over Rs 5 lakh crore if the carriers bid for the whopping 8,300 units of 4G and 5G airwaves on offer.But analysts ruled out the possibility, citing a combination of high reserve prices, incumbents' stretched balance sheets, the absence of India-relevant 5G use cases and an immature device ecosystem.
MUMBAI: Audit partners at top professional services firms including the Big Four have started demanding a "risk premium", as regulatory scrutiny is increasing over them and has on several occasions led to legal action.They are seeking risk premium in the form of salary hikes and special bonuses, following actions by the Securities and Exchange Board of India, National Financial Reporting Authority as well as the Serious Fraud Investigation Office and Enforcement Directorate against audit firms and partners, sources said.Regulatory scrutiny, investigation and legal action have increased against auditors in recent years following the unearthing of several alleged corporate scams, where the authorities have claimed they had failed to flag the wrongdoings."The audit partners want that they and their teams be compensated for taking the risk that could even land them in jail," said a partner with one of the top multinational firms.ET spoke to the India and audit practice heads of multinational audit firms as well as promoters and senior partners of top Indian audit firms. Most of them spoke on the condition of anonymity.In some cases, the partners are demanding as much as a 25-30% salary hike and bonus equivalent to 40% of annual salary, said a senior partner. Lately, regulators have been going after audit partners of top firms. In October, the Economic Offence Wing of the Mumbai Police arrested audit partners of an EY India affiliate firm, SV Ghatalia & Co, for allegedly failing to flag lack of internal control mechanism at National Spot Exchange Ltd and allegedly conspiring with the exchange to project a "healthy picture" in the audit.Bank accounts of some partners and senior executives of Deloitte Haskins & Sells and BSR & Associates, a KPMG affiliate firm, could be frozen after certain alleged irregularities were found at IL&FS Financial Services (IFIN) that they had audited. Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) in August had moved National Company Law Tribunal and requested the tribunal to pass an order to freeze the bank accounts of 23 proposed respondents including that of auditors.The NFRA, in a recent report, had also made allegations against Deloitte India partners and executives over their role in IFIN's audit. These steps have caused panic among many audit partners, who fear they are being victimised even when real villains such as promoters, bankers, civil servants and other advisers are walking away.The complaint is that even if other teams — like advisory or due diligence — give wrong advice to the audit client, the regulators are only going after auditors and partners signing balance sheets."Risk has increased for the audit firms due to the regulatory environment. As a firm we are seeing that often when our partners are not comfortable with certain positions taken by clients, we have been either moving out as auditors or stating our position in the audit reports," said Nikhil Singhi, a partner at Singhi & Co, one of the biggest Indian auditing firms.This is happening at a time when audit fees are under pressure following the implementation of the audit rotation rule. According to industry insiders, most of the top professional services firms — mainly the big four of EY, PwC, KPMG and Deloitte — were growing at about 20% annually, but their audit revenue was either stagnant or expanding at a much slower pace. 72986018 The total revenue of the top firms —the Big Four plus Grant Thornton and BDO — could be around Rs 15,000 crore from their India operations. Within the big four, the audit business is Rs 2,200-2,500 crore, but it is a steady business."The profession is in a state of transition. When a scam breaks out, there is an immediate reaction and auditors are being blamed or criminal action is being taken against them. The various stakeholders don't distinguish whether an auditor is involved or not or has been negligent or despite his best efforts could not figure out a well-crafted scam," said Ved Jain, a former president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.Industry trackers said regulatory expectations had gone beyond professional standards and auditors were now being held responsible for business decisions and failures. Though the proportion of audit business has been going down steadily (17-21% in the big four firms) and there is increasing risk of regulatory action, for the professional services firms, it provides a good entry into clients and a few profitable services can be then cross-sold.
New Delhi: Wikimedia Foundation, a nonprofit that hosts and operates Wikipedia along with other free and collaborative projects, has expressed concerns over proposed changes to the IT intermediary rules. Wikimedia wrote to the Union minister for electronics and IT, Ravi Shankar Prasad, on issues around automated filtering of content, setting up of a local entity and traceability of content, proposed under the rules.In the letter, Amanda Keton, General Counsel, Wikimedia Foundation said the new draft rules have not been made public even after a year since official consultations on the draft were completed."We remain concerned that requirements in the bill will hinder our mission to provide free access to knowledge in India, rather than support it," Keton wrote.The government first released the Draft Information Technology [Intermediary Guidelines. (Amendment) Rules] 2018 for public consultation last year.The ministry of electronics and IT recently told the Supreme Court that it planned to finalise the guidelines — which put greater responsibility on social media and internet platforms — by January 15. 72988196 The Data Protection Bill of 2019 introduces definitions of social media intermediaries and a layered approach to obligations which may mitigate most negative effects on websites posed by the requirements in the draft intermediary guidelines, the letter, sent earlier this week, said. "Yet, even with such an approach we remain concerned about requirements which encourage or necessitate automated filtering of user uploads, either explicitly or implicitly through short take-down times and could severely disrupt the availability and reliability of Wikipedia," it said.It also expressed concerns about "the material burden" that requirements such as local incorporation rules would place on the Wikimedia Foundation's nonprofit model."Rules which require the removal of content or cooperation with law enforcement within short time periods could also prove impracticable without significant additional investments in either new employees or technology," it pointed out.India is its fifth largest market in terms of the number of views. Wikipedia is available in 23 Indian languages. Imposing traceability requirements on online communication is a serious threat to freedom of expression as it could interfere with the ability of Wikipedia contributors to freely participate in the project, it said."Requiring websites to track their users will discourage free communications and has the potential to even discourage legal economic activity on the internet..."
NEW DELHI: Indian consumers' focus on authentic, regional and healthy cuisines and the delivery models of food aggregators have made the country one of Sodexo's two most complex markets, a top executive at global food services and facilities management company said."Multiple factors are impacting the way we do business in food services. Consumers have never been so demanding and have a very clear idea of what they want — for example Keto diets, blood group diets, Friday menus, different ethnicities, and preferences for specific retail brands to mirror in their cafeterias," Sodexo's Asia Pacific MD, corporate services, Vineeta Tikekar told ET.The $24.2 billion French company, with presence in over 80 countries, operates through two business models in India—on-site services or facility management and the consumer-facing coupons business. India contributes about 7-8% to Sodexo's global revenue. "This is a young, emerging market which is consuming food differently, is a lot more indulgent-led and with higher ticket sizes, which are being split into different day parts," Tikekar said.Sodexo is also working on smart vending, or offering fresh food out of vending machines, and is underway with pilot projects with online grocery delivery store Big Basket's BB instant.A Sodexo-Oliver Wyman report on food services and consumer trends has forecast a strong disruption in the food market by 2030, driven by evolving consumers and corporate expectations.Food delivery by aggregators and hyper local delivery startups have had a massive impact on dine-in consumption. "There has been a noticeable disruption in consumption trends in the Indian food market. With 520 million people expected to live in Indian cities by 2025, and 17% of urban employees working in office-based services sectors, eating out-of-home is all set to get even more pronounced," the report said.
As expected, the domestic stock market stayed depressed on the day of the expiry of monthly derivative series. NSE Nifty opened in the red and continued to drift lower as the session progressed. The selloff intensified in the last hour with the index finally ending with a loss of 88 points or 0.72 per cent at 12,126.55. With just three sessions to go this year, the headline index is back at its key support zones. The 12,103 level was the Double Top resistance, which Nifty had breached on the upside. It will be crucial to see if this point acts as a support while the index suffers a full throwback. For the breakout to remain in force, the 50-stock pack has to keep its head above 12,100 on a closing basis. The volumes are expected to stay low due to year-end holiday season. Friday will be an important session where index's action against 12,100 will be crucial to watch out for. There are mild chances of a technical pullback, and 12,165 and 12,210 levels are likely to act as resistance. Support may come in lower at 12,060 and 12,000. Volatility is expected to rise if the market extends fall.72983834 The Relative Strength Index (RSI) stood at 55.30 and stayed neutral, showing no divergence against the price. The daily MACD remained bullish and traded above its signal line. However, the daily MACD was seen narrowing its trajectory. A large black body emerged on the candles. The body was bigger than the previous black body, which suggests more pressure on the downside during the session. As per pattern analysis, Nifty has suffered a full throwback after breaking above the 12,103 level, which was a stiff Double Top resistance. A throwback happens when the index returns to the same point from which it broke out earlier. There are chances that Nifty may see a modest technical pullback initially from the current levels and resistance at some point. Given the current technical setup, pullbacks should not be construed as resumption of the rally. There are higher chances of the market getting vulnerable at higher levels. The volumes are likely to continue to remain on the lower side. We would recommend traders to avoid large exposures as well as maintain a stock-specific and cautious view on Friday. (Milan Vaishnav, CMT, MSTA, is a Consulting Technical Analyst and founder of Gemstone Equity Research & Advisory Services, Vadodara. He can be reached at milan.vaishnav@equityresearch.asia)
Warburg Pincus is likely to raise its stake in IndiaFirst Life Insurance, a joint venture between Bank of Baroda, Andhra Bank and the buyout firm. Chief executive RM Vishakha told Shilpy Sinha in an interview that with the PE firm on board, the company is looking to grow at 25% annually for the next five years. Edited excerpts:How does the prospect of Warburg being the largest shareholder change the game for Indiafirst?This year has started well where we have reported a 29% growth in individual annual premium equivalent on a Y-o-Y basis in the first half of FY20, compared with 11% industry growth. Our ambition is to grow at over 25% a year for the next five years and to be among the top 10 private life insurers in the country. Our shareholders are all aligned on our growth strategies.Insurers are turning more to technology firms like Ola, Uber than to brick and mortar distributors. How do you look at it?We believe in strategic alliances as a key focus area. Most of the current tie-ups being offered by insurers are group term products. We are keen on disrupting the market with alliances in a differentiated manner. As an example, if we were to tie-up with a cab aggregator, our proposal would be to provide options where the user could keep increasing his or her insurance cover while also investing in a suitable long-term plan by parking his surplus earnings on any given day.What are the growth expectations from partnerships, against agency and other channels?We are a bancassurance-led, multichannel distribution company. The growth expectations for any channel is substantially dependent on the base. Our foray into agency and other channels is relatively new. Therefore, our growth expectations from agency and other channels is not comparable to the expectations in bancassurance.Warburg Pincus has come in recently after the FDI norms were raised to 49%. Are there any discussions around them raising stake from 26% currently?It is a shareholder decision and not something that I can comment on. Having said that, any prudent shareholder will always seek opportunities to increase their shareholding depending on multiple factors prevalent at that given time.What is the impact of public sector bank mergers on IndiaFirst life insurance, with Andhra Bank -- a shareholder --being merged with a bigger bank?In one word, positive. Within a short span of time we have gained extended distribution, we have integrated systems and have activated new bank branches. By when will you need to raise more capital? Will it be through an IPO?We have always been a very capital-efficient company. We have done far more and good business with less capital. The industry average for capital efficiency ratio has been 1.97. we always had a capital efficiency ratio of 2.71, which is among the best in the industry. Our capital requirement has primarily been for maintaining reserves, solvency commitments. There are multiple avenues for raising capital provided by the regulator. We have raised money through a listed NCD in 2017. We still have additional capacity through which we can raise further NCD capital. An IPO has multiple parameters to be considered. Raising capital is just one of the reasons why any company will be going for an IPO. It is and will always be a shareholder decision.Insurers are reducing exposure to ULIPs and focusing on term products.It is a very positive development that in the past 20 years of privatisation of insurance we see an awareness about term plans. Thanks to the introduction of competitively-priced, standalone term products. Government initiatives like Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana, the evolution of web-aggregators there has been greater awareness and a certain amount of pull that the insurance industry is seeing for term products.How does lower insurance cover under the new product guidelines change the industry?This is an option given to customers to decide on the insurance cover they require when looking at a shorter-term policy; and align their insurance requirement to the period of cover. As per original regulations, even if you took a policy for a minimum of 5-7 years, you needed to have 10 times the sum assured.
New Delhi: Wikimedia Foundation, a nonprofit that hosts and operates Wikipedia along with other free and collaborative projects, has expressed concerns over proposed changes to the IT intermediary rules. Wikimedia wrote to the Union minister for electronics and IT, Ravi Shankar Prasad, on issues around automated filtering of content, setting up of a local entity and traceability of content, proposed under the rules.In the letter, Amanda Keton, General Counsel, Wikimedia Foundation said the new draft rules have not been made public even after a year since official consultations on the draft were completed."We remain concerned that requirements in the bill will hinder our mission to provide free access to knowledge in India, rather than support it," Keton wrote.The government first released the Draft Information Technology [Intermediary Guidelines. (Amendment) Rules] 2018 for public consultation last year.The ministry of electronics and IT recently told the Supreme Court that it planned to finalise the guidelines — which put greater responsibility on social media and internet platforms — by January 15. 72988196 The Data Protection Bill of 2019 introduces definitions of social media intermediaries and a layered approach to obligations which may mitigate most negative effects on websites posed by the requirements in the draft intermediary guidelines, the letter, sent earlier this week, said. "Yet, even with such an approach we remain concerned about requirements which encourage or necessitate automated filtering of user uploads, either explicitly or implicitly through short take-down times and could severely disrupt the availability and reliability of Wikipedia," it said.It also expressed concerns about "the material burden" that requirements such as local incorporation rules would place on the Wikimedia Foundation's nonprofit model."Rules which require the removal of content or cooperation with law enforcement within short time periods could also prove impracticable without significant additional investments in either new employees or technology," it pointed out.India is its fifth largest market in terms of the number of views. Wikipedia is available in 23 Indian languages. Imposing traceability requirements on online communication is a serious threat to freedom of expression as it could interfere with the ability of Wikipedia contributors to freely participate in the project, it said."Requiring websites to track their users will discourage free communications and has the potential to even discourage legal economic activity on the internet..."
Bharti Infratel: 'Hold' on with target price of Rs 293, says Edelweiss After extending the long-stop date for the first time on October 24, 2019, once again BHIN has extended its timeline of merger completion with Indus Towers by another two months to February 24, 2020.
Insurance selling: Why new firms need to show they have better products and service standards Credibility is a by-product of a very systematic and conscious effort to live up to the expectations of the customers, not once but almost every time.
Planning to buy health insurance? Take a look at key norms that changed in 2019 Insurers can't deny coverage to people with a history of clinical depression, personality or neurodegenerative disorders, sociopathy and psychopathy.
Mannapuram Finance to raise up to Rs 350 crore via NCDs The company said that financial resources and management committee will meet again to discuss the allotment of the proposed issue.
Nirmala Sitharaman to meet heads of PSBs tomorrow, likely to discuss credit flow to MSMEs The RBI is in the process of issuing draft guidelines on corporate governance for regulated entities.
RIL share swap arrangement values Reliance Retail at Rs 2.4 lakh crore Upon the implementation of the scheme, Reliance Retail Ventures, the holding company, will hold 100% of the paid-up equity share capital of the company, RIL said.
FCI facing food storage crisis; costs to spiral Since October during the on-going kharif rice procurement season, the FCI has purchased over 22 MT, which is half of the total quantity it bought in the previous season.
IL&FS Case Lapses: SEBI slaps fine on ICRA, Care Earlier this year, rating agency ICRA had terminated the employment of Naresh Takkar, CEO and MD of the rating agency.
How Jet Airways, DHFL insolvency cases highlight gaps in IBC Under Section 53 of the IBC, secured creditors are given priority over unsecured ones when it comes to distribution of sale proceeds from liquidation.
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