Detective Senior Sergeant Daren Edwards wasn't going to let a TV interview get in the way of catching this perp, who has now been charged with public nuisance and stalking offenses.
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The figure represents an increase of over 2 million in the number of refugees, asylum-seekers and internally displaced people from the year before, and a near 65% increase from a decade ago. It is also the highest number in the history of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees.
While New Yorkers may come off as cold-hearted and jaded to the outside observer, they're ultimately just people waiting for the right Backstreet Boys song to come on.
YouTube comedy journeyman Julian Smith made the perfect video (for you) to tear apart those weird people all over your newsfeed who feel "oppressed" because they are straight.
Startup investor Paul Graham once said he could tell a winner with one simple question: Could you describe this person as an animal? Read how this winner grew Native from $0 to $100m in two years flat.
Who said you need to go into massive debt to get ahead? An Entire MBA in 1 Course Ft. Chris Haroun is a deep-dive into all things business: from starting out, to going public. You'll learn pro-tips from an expert without needing to pay an MBA tuition for it — in fact, you'll pay just $10.99 if you enroll today.
Your head is pounding, your muscles are cramping and your heart is racing. Then you get dizzy and the vomiting starts. Heatstroke kills thousands of people every year. This is what it feels like — and how to know when you're in danger.
I didn't expect that spending a week with a couple thousand lesbians on a cruise ship would push me to radically reconsider the future I'd planned for myself.
Eight accusers have come forward against the "Bright" screenwriter and Hollywood scion alleging a pattern of emotional, physical and sexual abuse that spans a decade.
Permafrost at outposts in the Canadian Arctic is thawing 70 years earlier than predicted, an expedition has discovered, in the latest sign that the global climate crisis is accelerating even faster than scientists had feared.
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Google, some of whose employees must stretch to buy a home in the Bay Area, said Tuesday it will make a major investment to combat a housing crisis in its backyard.
Now, armed with a better understanding of the molecules that deliver a sweet kick, scientists might be getting closer to finding a viable sugar alternative.
The man who "won" the Broward County auction for Parcel 494105-15-1371 is now the significantly less-proud owner of a 1' x 100' strip of land that starts at the curb and runs between the driveways and garages of two villas, under the dividing wall and on to the back of the lot.
Music lovers have no reason to care about this device. The iPod Touch has little in common with the beloved iPod Classic (discontinued in 2014), or even the Shuffle and Nano (put out to pasture in 2017).
Fiverr, an Israel-based startup, is a sort of white-collar TaskRabbit — a freelance platform for services like digital marketing and ghostwriting. But financial results can only tell you so much about a company, which is why we decided to hire Fiverr workers to write about Fiverr's IPO.
YouTuber Elijah Daniel, 25, is making waves on social media this week after announcing that he's buying the small American town Hell and re-naming it for Pride Month.
As population growth continues to decline, the curve representing the world population is getting less and less steep. By the end of the century — when global population growth will have fallen to 0.1% according to the UN's projection – the world will be very close to the end of the demographic transition.
Reynolds speaks about how he survived growing up with four brothers, trying to stay "invisible" in high school, the battle to bring "Deadpool" to the silver screen and the tribulations of owning a gin business.
What's it like in 2019, when things have felt on fire for so long we can't remember what the sky looked like before it was filled with smoke? Was it clear? Yellow? And the moon was at night and the sun not at night?
More than 1,000 years ago in Spain's La Rioja region, monks made notes in the margins of Latin texts. These are believed to be the Spanish language's first steps onto the page.
During Monday's celebration in Toronto, Raptors center and massive fella Marc Gasol wrapped his mitts around a bottle of wine and didn't let go until it was all done.
Almost every country in the world uses metric measurements. Every country except for the United States that is. It's usually not a big problem. But there have been some close calls throughout history when people used metric instead of imperial, or vice versa with disastrous results.
Macedonian army helicopter Mi-24 fires during the 'Decisive Strike' exercise hosted by the army of North Macedonia with United States, Albania, Bulgaria and Lithuania's armed forces, at Krivolak training base, North Macedonia. REUTERS/Ognen Teofilovski
WNU Editor: The above picture came form this photo-gallery .... Editor's Choice Pictures (Reuters).
The commander of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards Corps said on Tuesday that Iran's ballistic missiles were capable of hitting "carriers in the sea" with great precision.
"These missiles can hit with great precision carriers in the sea ... These missiles are domestically produced and are difficult to intercept and hit with other missiles," Brigadier General Hossein Salami said in a televised speech.
A new poll has found that after emerging victorious in Venezuela's recent US-backed failed coup attempt led by opposition leader Juan Gaido, socialist leader Nicolas Maduro commands a popular majority of Venezuelans' recognition as the legal head of the country, even after over 50 countries rejected his January reelection as invalid.
The five-month political stalemate appears to be "subtly helping" Maduro, according to a Miami Herald report of a new Datincorp poll conducted over the weekend, even after dozens of countries have followed America's lead in recognizing only Guaido as the "interim present". The poll found that a majority 41% of Venezuelans consider Maduro the country's "constitutional president" against 36% who recognize Guaido.
* Colombian leader Ivan Duque said that Nicolas Maduro's days were numbered * He said Maduro's family and inner circle know that the military will break away * Maduro's grip on power is threatened by de facto president Juan Guaido * On April 30, he rallied the military against Maduro but was foiled by the top brass
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro 'no longer feels safe' and is looking for a safe exit before his army turns on him, the Colombian leader claims.
Ivan Duque said Maduro's family and inner circle were looking to find sanctuary before the eventual collapse of his grip on the military.
Speaking to The Times, Duque said: 'They no longer have the idea that they will have safe haven somewhere else in the world.'
Attacks on the villages of Yoro and Gangafani 2 compound a dire security situation in central Mali
Unidentified gunmen on motorbikes attacked two villages in central Mali, killing at least 41 people in a part of the country where ethnic reprisal attacks have surged in recent months, a local mayor said on Tuesday.
The attacks on Monday evening on the villages of Yoro and Gangafani 2 compound a dire security situation in central Mali, where ethnic militias regularly slaughter civilians from rival groups and Islamist militants are also active.
The victims of Monday's raids were mostly ethnic Dogons, said Issiaka Ganame, the mayor of Yoro, where 24 people were killed. Another 17 died in Gangafani 2.
An F/A-18F Super Hornet makes an arrested landing on the flight deck of the US Navy Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Gulf of Oman, May 22, 2019. US Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Matt Herbst/REUTERS
The Donald Trump administration is calling on nations that import the bulk of oil from the Gulf to help protect freedom of navigation in the region after the United States blamed Iran for attacking shipping vessels.
The vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Paul Selva, said today that the Pentagon and State Department had approved plans to reach out to China, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Indonesia and other oil importers about a possible response to defend tanker traffic. He did not offer any details about what those nations may be asked to do.
Release of colour images adds more clarity to debate but fails to prove responsibility
The sophistication of the attacks on two shipping tankers in the Gulf of Oman last week had already led most independent analysts to conclude Iran was responsible for the high-profile explosions.
But there has been scepticism from some key countries, including Germany and Japan, after the US initially released a grainy black and white video it said showed Iranian forces removing an unexploded mine from one of the two targeted ships. Iran has denied involvement.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China and the United States are rekindling trade talks ahead of a meeting next week between Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping, cheering financial markets with hope that an escalating trade war between the two countries would abate.
Trump said on Tuesday that teams from the two sides would begin preparations for the leaders to sit down at the G20 summit in Osaka. China, which previously declined to say whether the two leaders would meet, confirmed the get-together.
"Had a very good telephone conversation with President Xi of China. We will be having an extended meeting next week at the G-20 in Japan. Our respective teams will begin talks prior to our meeting," Trump said in a post on Twitter.
Tehran (CNN)Iran's Ministry of Intelligence said on Tuesday that the country has managed to "deal a heavy blow against America's international spy network."
In a statement, the ministry said it recently targeted the network, along with its international allies, and succeeded in "preventing American plans from succeeding."
"We have intelligence allies and we exchange information with them. Currently we are engaged in the battle of intelligence with the United States. In this battle we should use ours and our allies capabilities," the statement said.
A US official disputed the ministry's claim that it had recently successfully targeted "a so-called spy network," and dismissed Iran's claim that they dealt a "heavy blow" to it.
VIDEO: A full-scale model of the Future Combat Air System (#FCAS) jet is unveiled at the #ParisAirShow in front of the defence ministers of France, Germany and Spain and French President Emmanuel Macron. #ParisAirShow2019pic.twitter.com/x3XRWGmfMV
German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen has described the signing as a "big day for the European defense union." The 'Future Combat Air System' is due to be operational by 2040.
Germany, France and Spain on Monday signed a deal for a next-generation European fighter plane.
The framework was agreed between the defense ministers of each nation with French President Emmanuel Macron in attendance at the Paris Air Show in Le Bourget, just north of the French capital.
The arrangement will include a joint air combat system that could also control drones and satellites.
German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen said it was a "big day for the European defense union."
* German Chancellor Angela Merkel was seen visibly shaking in the heat in Berlin * Concerns for her health after the 'trembling spell' next to new Ukraine president * Mrs Merkel dismissed incident as dehydration brought on by the 28C (82F) heat * Chancellor seemed to recover after she drank 'at least three glasses of water'
German Chancellor Angela Merkel dismissed concerns about her health after visibly trembling at an official ceremony, saying she was just a bit dehydrated in the heat.
Merkel appeared unsteady and was shaking as she stood in the midday sun in Berlin on Tuesday next to visiting Ukraine's new president Volodymyr Zelensky, whom she was welcoming to her office building with military honours.
Mrs Merkel's whole body visibly shook and she pursed her lips as she tried to contain the situation as she stood with Zelenskiy in the 28C (82F) heat while a military band played their national anthems outside the chancellery.
But following the anthems, Mrs Merkel seemed better, walking quickly along the red carpet with Zelenskiy into the building, pausing to greet the military band and taking a salute.
WNU Editor: She says that she was dehydrated .... Angela Merkel blames dehydration for shakes (The Guardian). I have been dehydrated many times, but I never shook like that.
'It was not Iraq. It were other people', says president
Donald Trump has said he knows who was behind the al-Qaeda terror attacks on the US in September 2001 and added that "Iraq did not knock down the World Trade Centre".
"It was not Iraq," the president told ABC News. "It were other people. And I think I know who the other people were. And you might also."
Almost 3,000 people died when 19 terrorists - most of them Saudis - hijacked four passenger planes on 11 September, 2001. Two of the planes were crashed into the Twin Towers in New York City, one into the Pentagon in Virginia and one was brought down in Pennsylvania after passengers fought back.
The al-Qaeda terror network, led by Osama bin Laden, claimed responsibility for the atrocity.
Facing twin challenges in the Persian Gulf, President Donald Trump said in an interview with TIME Monday that he might take military action to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon, but cast doubt on going to war to protect international oil supplies.
"I would certainly go over nuclear weapons," the president said when asked what moves would lead him to consider going to war with Iran, "and I would keep the other a question mark."
* President Trump said Patrick Shanahan decided not to go forward with confirmation * Trump had yet to send the formal nomination of Acting Defense Secretary Pat Shanahan to the Senate * Both Shanahan and wife Kimblerly told authorities the other had hit them in a dispute in 2010 * The counter claims are described in years of divorce filings * Trump announced the nomination May 9 * The holdup was revealed amid increased tensions with Iran as the U.S. sends more troops to the region * 2010 incident in Seattle ended up with the couple on front lawn of their home after police were called after both were drinking
President Donald Trump announced he is pulling the nomination of Acting Pentagon chief Patrick Shanahan – following revelations about years-old domestic violence claims involving Shanahan and his former wife.
'Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan, who has done a wonderful job, has decided not to go forward with his confirmation process so that he can devote more time to his family,' Trump wrote on Twitter Tuesday.
'I thank Pat for his outstanding service and will be naming Secretary of the Army, Mark Esper, to be the new Acting Secretary of Defense. I know Mark, and have no doubt he will do a fantastic job!' the president wrote.
WNU Editor: Apparently this family affair involves a domestic violence dispute with his ex-wife which resulted in her arrest .... FBI examining 2010 domestic fight involving acting defense secretary Shanahan; accounts differ on aggressor (USA). Other reports are saying that the children do not want to revisit this dispute, a dispute that since it is now being reported, would have been brought up in the confirmation process and covered non-stop by the media. Sighhhh .... this is not how you want to end your career. I now understand why President Trump has delayed this process, and why he was asking allies a few weeks ago on who would they support as a Defense Secretary.
....I thank Pat for his outstanding service and will be naming Secretary of the Army, Mark Esper, to be the new Acting Secretary of Defense. I know Mark, and have no doubt he will do a fantastic job!
* Trump tweets that he and Xi will meet at the G20 summit, while Xi is quoted as saying he will meet Trump to 'exchange opinions' on Sino-US relations * The two negotiating teams 'will begin talks prior to our meeting', Trump writes
US President Donald Trump confirmed on Twitter on Tuesday that he and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, will meet next week at the G20 summit in Japan, while the Chinese president was quoted as saying he was "willing" to meet Trump at the international forum to "exchange opinions" on Sino-US relations.
Meanwhile, the two negotiating teams "will begin talks prior to our meeting", the US president tweeted.
* Hong Kong's embattled leader Carrie Lam apologised today, this time in person * The Beijing-backed leader said she intends to finish her term as chief executive * Leader reiterated that the extradition bill is 'very unlikely' to pass after protests * Apology comes after protesters rejected a brief statement she put out Sunday * Sunday's mass protest against the extradition bill drew nearly two million people
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam today apologised to the public a second time over a controversial extradition law that sparked some of the city's most violent mass demonstrations.
'I have heard the people loud and clear ... I offer my most sincere apology to each and every Hong Kong citizen,' the chief executive said during a press conference. 'This incident has made me realise that I have to do better.'
The apology came after protesters rejected a brief government statement she put out on Sunday following an unprecedented march, which organisers said drew nearly two million people. The statement failed to pacify many marchers who said they no longer trusted her and doubted her ability to govern.
Had a very good telephone conversation with President Xi of China. We will be having an extended meeting next week at the G-20 in Japan. Our respective teams will begin talks prior to our meeting.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he had spoken to Chinese President Xi Jinping and that the two leaders' teams would restart trade talks after a long lull in order to prepare for a meeting at the G20 summit later this month.
The United States and China are in the middle of a costly trade war that has pressured financial markets and damaged the world economy. Talks between the two sides to reach a broad deal broke down last month and interaction since then has been limited.
Trump has made no secret that, despite his threat to escalate the dispute with more U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods, he would like to meet with Xi at the Group of 20 meeting in Japan next week.
The Russian military has received its first pair of new MiG-35 jets. The multi-role fighter aircraft is set to replace the older generation MiG-29 warplanes and may be later shipped overseas, its manufacturer said.
Four more to be delivered this year, the head of the MiG Corporation, Ilya Tarasenko announced on Monday. He added that the jets can be exported overseas, with India being among the possible buyers.
Aerial refuelling allows multipurpose jets and strategic aircraft to perform lengthier flights over longer ranges to conduct missions far away from the air bases where they are stationed.
Russian TV channel Zvezda has shown rare footage of Russian Su-35S and Su-30SM jets shot from the pilot's perspective refuelling mid-air. The camera installed in the cockpit, shot the full process of aerial refuelling – the take-off, approach to the Il-78 fuel tanker, connection of the probe to the fuel hose with a drogue and the landing. The whole process happened at an altitude of 5-6 kilometres and at a speed of around 600 kilometres per hour.
American companies are now starting to understand that, deal or no deal, the friction between Washington and Beijing will continue.
n Sunday, the Communist Party's most important journal expounded on Sino-U.S. relations in advance of the anticipated meeting between President Donald Trump and Chinese ruler Xi Jinping at the end of this month at the Osaka G-20.
A thirteen-thousand-character essay in Qiushi—Seeking Truth—stated that China wants a "win-win agreement" but is prepared to "resolutely struggle to the end."
Beijing has yet to confirm that Xi will meet Trump in Japan.
Trump has said "it doesn't matter" whether the two of them sit down, and he is right. As a practical matter, he has already won the so-called "trade war." Trump prevailed by convincing the world's manufacturers that they must leave China.
In one sense, the importance of the planned talks is hard to overestimate. As the Washington Post's editorial board stated in an editorial Saturday, "The United States and China are at a hinge point in the most important bilateral relationship of the 21st century."
WNU Editor: Gordon G. Chang's analysis is spot on. Supply chains are now looking for alternative locations that are more stable and dependable than China, and as a result this trade war is only going to further the deindustrializae China. What also strikes me about this entire story has been China's unwillingness to compromise and/or keep to their past promises on addressing its massive trade surplus with the U.S.. The golden rule in business is that you never make your number one customer angry with you. The U.S. has been (and still is) China's number one customer for its exports, but China is going out of its way to antagonize this customer, even declaring a people's war against the U.S.. Talk about being arrogant and short-sighted.
Is this a signal of the US to ease tensions? If so, it is too weak. Chinese people are now very distrustful of Washington, whose every move seems to be either a trick or bargaining chip. Beijing believes Washington tends to bully and be greedy, therefore it has toughened up. pic.twitter.com/8vxHRcDj0D
With the deadline for arranging a meeting between the two world leaders coming down to the wire, Beijing would apparently like to make it clear to Washington that, if Trump wants a meeting with Xi in Osaka, he's going to need to work a little bit harder.
On an already busy Tuesday morning, Global Times editor Hu Xijin brushed off what he described as a feeble attempt by Washington to ease tensions with China in a tweet, threatening to revive trade fears as markets continue their MTD rebound.
Nuclear-weapon powers continue to modernize their arsenals despite an overall reduction in warheads, a report has found. Reductions may slow if a US-Russia treaty is not renewed past 2021.
Nuclear powers are continuing to modernize their arsenals despite an overall decrease in the number of nuclear warheads, a Sweden-based peace research institute said Monday.
Nine nuclear-weapon powers — the United States, Russia, the United Kingdom, France, China, India, Pakistan, Israel and North Korea — had an estimated 13,865 nuclear weapons at the start of 2019, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) reported. Deployed warheads and those held in reserve or awaiting dismantlement are included in the estimate.
A secretive Israeli investigative firm employs aggressive tactics that sometimes blow up.
In 2017, a private investigator masquerading as an adviser to a wealthy Indian businessman blundered trying to dig up dirt on an outspoken Russia critic. An undercover operative unsuccessfully tried to prod a former Canadian judge to disparage Jews in the same year. Last year, agents were exposed engineering a smear effort against financier George Soros.
The would-be secret agents all worked for Black Cube, a private Israeli investigative firm often referred to in press reports as a "private Mossad."
The firm has helped clients by covertly eliciting damaging information about competitors or legal opponents, among other things. But a number of its cases in recent years have been marred when flimsy cover stories were exposed by bumbling agents and risky tactics, according to a review of past cases and Black Cube internal documents, along with former employees, rivals, targets and clients.
In an interview, Efraim Halevy, a member of Black Cube's advisory board, defended the firm's use of fake identities, saying businesses need these tactics because "documents are becoming less prevalent" and the only evidence is "human sources." He stressed that creating "virtual" situations to gain access and information have "to be done in a legal manner."
Despite some missteps, Black Cube "has to turn clients away because it cannot service all the demands," said Mr. Halevy, a former head of the Mossad, an Israeli government intelligence agency. He said Black Cube has worked on 300 cases since being founded in 2010 by two former Israeli military intelligence officers, Dan Zorella and Avi Yanus. He objected to the term "private Mossad," arguing that the firm specializes in business rather than political espionage.
WNU Editor: This is a critical report from the WSJ on this Israeli firm. But even though WSJ points out their failings, it looks like this Israeli firm's business is booming. But to me the big winner by far in the world of providing private intelligence has got to be Christopher Steele's Orbis Business Intelligence, Ltd.. The fact that he was paid $10 million by a firm working for the Hillary Clinton campaign to produce a ridiculous Russian dossier that is false .... but was still used by former officials in the Obama officials to justify spying on then candidate Trump and later as President Trump .... proves to me how valuable these firms are to clients who want to damage their opposition.
(GENEVA) — A record 71 million people have been displaced worldwide by war, persecution and other violence, the U.N. refugee agency said Wednesday, an increase of more than 2 million from last year and an overall total that would amount to the world’s 20th most populous country.
The annual “Global Trends” report released by the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees counts the number of the world’s refugees, asylum-seekers and internally displaced people at the end of 2018.
The figures, coming on the eve of World Refugee Day on Thursday, are bound to add fuel to a debate at the intersection of international law, human rights and domestic politics, especially the movement in some countries, including the U.S., against immigrants and refugees.
Launching the report, the high commissioner, Filippo Grandi, had a message for U.S. President Donald Trump and other world leaders, calling it “damaging” to depict migrants and refugees as threats to jobs and security in host countries. Often, they are fleeing insecurity and danger themselves, he said.
The report also puts a statistical skeleton onto often-poignant individual stories of people struggling to survive by crossing rivers, deserts, seas, fences and other barriers, natural and man-made, to escape government oppression, gang killings, sexual abuse, militia murders and other such violence at home.
UNHCR said 70.8 million people were forcibly displaced at the end of last year, up from about 68.5 million in 2017 — and nearly a 65% increase from a decade ago. Among them, nearly three in five people — or more than 41 million — are displaced within their home countries.
“The global trends, once again unfortunately, go in what I would say is the wrong direction,” Grandi told reporters in Geneva. “There are new conflicts, new situations, producing refugees, adding themselves to the old ones. The old ones never get resolved.”
The phenomenon is growing in both size and duration. Some four-fifths of the “displacement situations” have lasted more than five years. After eight years of war in Syria, for instance, its people continue to make up the largest population of forcibly displaced people, at some 13 million.
Amid runaway inflation and political turmoil at home, Venezuelans for the first time accounted for the largest number of new asylum-seekers in 2018, totaling more than 340,000 — or more than one in five worldwide last year. Asylum-seekers receive international protection as they await acceptance or rejection of their requests for refugee status.
UNHCR said that its figures are “conservative” and that Venezuela masks a potentially longer-term trend.
Some 4 million people are known to have left the South American country in recent years. Many of those have traveled freely to Peru, Colombia and Brazil, but only about one-eighth have sought formal international protection, and the outflow continues, suggesting the strains on the welcoming countries could worsen.
Grandi predicted a continued “exodus” from Venezuela and appealed for donors to provide more development assistance to the region.
“Otherwise these countries will not bear the pressure anymore and then they have to resort to measures that will damage refugees,” he said. “We are in a very dangerous situation.”
The United States, meanwhile, remains the “largest supporter of refugees” in the world, Grandi said in an interview. The U.S. is the biggest single donor to UNHCR. He also credited local communities and advocacy groups in the United States for helping refugees and asylum-seekers in the country.
But the refugee agency chief noted long-term administrative shortcomings that have given the United States the world’s biggest backlog of asylum claims, at nearly 719,000. More than a quarter-million claims were added last year.
He also decried recent rhetoric that has been hostile to migrants and refugees.
“In America, just like in Europe actually and in other parts of the world, what we are witnessing is an identification of refugees — but not just refugees, migrants as well — with people that take away jobs, that threaten our security, our values,” Grandi said. “And I want to say to the U.S. administration — to the president — but also to the leaders around the world: This is damaging.”
He said many people leaving Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador through Mexico have faced violence by gangs and suffered from “the inability of these governments to protect their own citizens.”
At more than 1.5 million, Ethiopians comprised the largest population of newly displaced people — nearly all internally — last year, prompting the head of the Norwegian Refugee Council to decry a “forgotten crisis” in the east African country
“We need a 180-degree shift in attitudes,” said NRC Secretary-General Jan Egeland.” Wealthier nations must share the heavy-lifting, dig deep and support generous countries like Ethiopia to ease the human suffering of millions fleeing from conflict worldwide.”
The UNHCR report noted that, by far, the most refugees are taken in in the developing world, not wealthy countries.
The figures marked the seventh consecutive year in which the numbers of forcibly displaced rose.
“Yet another year, another dreadful record has been beaten,” said Jon Cerezo of British charity Oxfam. “Behind these figures, people like you and me are making dangerous trips that they never wanted to make, because of threats to their safety and most basic rights.”
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping praised North Korea for moving in the “right direction” by politically resolving issues on the Korean Peninsula in an essay published in both countries’ official media Wednesday on the eve of Xi’s visit to Pyongyang to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.Xi had nothing to say on the biggest outside worry about North Korea — stalled nuclear weapons talks between Washington and Pyongyang — in the article published on the front page of North Korea’s main newspaper, Rodong Sinmun, and by China’s Xinhua news agency. But experts believe he could use his summit with Kim, which the North is calling a state visit, to endorse North Korean calls for an incremental disarmament process in which every action Pyongyang takes is met with U.S. concessions on sanctions and security issues.
Much of the article focused on lauding the neighbors’ seven-decade relationship. Xi said his visit on Thursday and Friday will “strengthen strategic communication and exchange” between the traditional, though sometimes strained, allies. The nations fought together in the 1950-53 Korean War against the United States, South Korea and their allies, but there has been friction in recent years, especially over the North’s relentless push for nuclear bombs.
Xi, who is locked in a bitter trade war with President Donald Trump, will likely meet with the U.S. leader at the G-20 meetings in Japan. He may try to use his summit with Kim as leverage, by reminding Trump of Beijing’s influence with Pyongyang, which could either help or disrupt the U.S.-North Korea diplomacy, experts say.
Kim also wants to strengthen his own position against Trump and is obviously seeking to cement China, the North’s only major ally and economic lifeline, as a major player in the process.
“China supports how (North Korea) is maintaining the right direction to politically resolve the issues on the Korean Peninsula and supports efforts to find a solution (to serve North Korea’s) rational interests through dialogue,” Xi wrote on Rodong Sinmun.
Lee Sang-min, spokesman for Seoul’s Unification Ministry, said the Rodong Sinmun op-ed wasn’t the first a Chinese leader wrote in North Korean state media. The newpaper also published statements by former Chinese leaders Zhang Zemin and Hu Jintao when they visited the North in 2001 and 2005, respectively, the ministry said. Chinese state media has published essays from Xi ahead of his visits to other countries.
Nuclear negotiations between the United States and North Korea have been at a standstill since February when a summit between Kim and Trump collapsed over what the Americans described as excessive North Korean demands for sanctions relief in exchange for only a partial surrender of its nuclear capabilities.
Kim has said he would seek a “new way” if the United States persists with sanctions and pressure against North Korea. The Trump administration has said sanctions will remain in place until the North commits to fully and verifiably relinquishing its nuclear and missile program upfront.
Kim met Xi four times in China last year during a diplomatic outreach that also included meetings with Trump, South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
While Kim is trying to leverage his nuclear weapons and missiles for economic and security benefits, there are doubts about whether he will ever fully deal away an arsenal he may see as his strongest guarantee for survival.
Kim during his summits with Trump and Moon signed vague statements on a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula, but the North for decades has pushed a concept of denuclearization that bears no resemblance to the American definition, vowing to pursue nuclear development until the United States removes its troops and the nuclear umbrella defending South Korea and Japan.
Some experts say Kim’s moves to make sure China is a major player in the process have been seen as a sign that the North’s traditional stance essentially remains. During previous periods of tension, Beijing has called for “dual suspension” of the North’s nuclear and missile activities and of the large-scale military exercises between the U.S. and South Korea.
Twice in as many weeks protesters have thronged to Hong Kong’s streets in unprecedented numbers to demand the government withdraw a proposal that would allow extraditions to mainland China. Both times, Hong Kong’s top official refused to scrap the widely unpopular legislation.
The protests, sit-ins and marches convulsing Asia’s financial capital over the past week have forced Chief Executive Carrie Lam to backpedal, but her apology and decision to indefinitely suspend the bill have done little to mollify detractors. The protesters want nothing short of her resignation and a full cancellation of the proposed legislation.
One week after an estimated 1.03 million people joined a June 9 march, defiant protesters crammed back into the streets in even larger numbers for another repudiation of Lam, as well as to decry the police’s use of tear gas and rubber bullets just days prior. Organizers said nearly two million of the city’s seven million residents took part in the march, even after Lam had announced the bill’s suspension the previous day.
The government insists the extradition measure will prevent Hong Kong from becoming a haven for criminals. But critics fear Beijing will use the provision to apprehend its many political opponents in this freewheeling and semi-autonomous enclave.
The snowballing crisis has exposed a deep-seated rift between the former British colony and its sovereign power China. For the second time in five years, young, angry protesters are out on the streets pushing back against perceived meddling from Beijing, and fighting to sustain the freedoms that distinguish this territory from the mainland. As they see it, the autonomy of China’s freest city is at stake.
Here’s why they are unwilling to backdown without a full cancellation of the extradition proposal.
What is the extradition bill?
The proposed bill would amend two existing laws and allow Hong Kong to transfer suspects to countries that it currently lacks a formal extradition agreement with. Crucially, one of those jurisdictions would be mainland China.
The update to the Fugitive Offenders Ordinance and the Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Ordinance was proposed in February ostensibly to prosecute a Hong Konger for the murder of his pregnant girlfriend in Taiwan. But Taiwan has sharply criticized the bill, and says it won’t sign any deal that would entangle Hong Kong with China’s opaque legal system.
Under the proposal, 37 crimes would be eligible for extradition on a case-by-case basis. Each arrest warrant would need a green light from Hong Kong’s Chief Executive, who is elected by a small college of predominantly pro-Beijing voters from a list of candidates preapproved by Beijing.
Why are people concerned?
Opponents worry that if the bill passes, anyone who irks Beijing could be targeted and potentially sent to the mainland, including dissidents.
Though the bill excludes political crimes, critics point out that China frequently charges dissidents, including religious leaders and human rights activists, with criminal offenses like “running an illegal business” and “picking quarrels.”
If the bill becomes law, foreign residents and even visitors transiting through the regional hub could also be detained and sent to the mainland, a move that will potentially spook investors and send tycoons packing.
Amid concern over the Communist Party’s creeping encroachment on Hong Kong, the extradition bill is seen as a final blow to the former city’s autonomy, which was guaranteed for 50 years at the 1997 handover to China. If the law passes, critics warn it will end the city’s independent judiciary, and open the floodgates to China’s restrictive political system.
The proposal comes amid a broader tightening of controls across China under President Xi Jinping, who came to power in 2012 and whose tenure has been marked by rising nationalism and intolerance of dissent. Its failure to pass in Hong Kong marks a rare defeat for the China’s strongman.
Opposition to the law spans socioeconomic and ideological divides, unifying even groups and organizations that do not typically participate in the city’s political sparring.
While the large-scale street occupations this week have recalled the the 2014 pro-democracy demonstrations, hostility toward the extradition proposal has galvanized an even wider segment of Hong Kong society. Business associations, housewives, lawyers, church leaders, trade unions and even horse racing columnists have all vocally opposed the bill.
Many city residents, even if not protesting themselves, have demonstrated support by restocking supply stations dotting the city and handing out “democracy hot dogs.” As the mostly young demonstrators were pushed back by charging columns of riot police Wednesday, dozens of motorists came to their aid, parking cars, buses and delivery vans in the middle of central boulevards to halt traffic and help prolong the street occupation.
More than 100 businesses even declared a rare strike last week “to defend freedom.”
How has the government responded?
Facing mounting pressure and heated street protests, Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said Saturday she was halting work on the extradition bill with no timeline for resurrecting it. Rather than appeasing protesters, her sudden backtracking and refusal to fully withdraw the bill drove the largest demonstration in the city’s history—indeed one of the largest demonstrations seen anywhere in modern times.
After pro-democracy lawmakers led a march on her office Monday calling for her to “talk to the people instead of [Chinese President] Xi Jinping,” Lam offered a rare public apology. Protesters derided her contrition as insincere, and vowed to fight on.
Lam has steadfastly denied receiving “any instruction or mandate from Beijing” on the bill, but Chinese officials have spoken out in support of the legislation, and the foreign minister even offered a full-throated endorsement of the embattled Hong Kong leader Monday. Beijing’s flag-waving state media has blamed “foreign forces” for stoking the uprising to undermine China.
The bill is suspended, so why aren’t the protests over?
As long as the bill is suspended and not canceled, protesters fear the approval process could resume. If the bill were put to a vote, it would almost certainly pass as the legislature is controlled by pro-Beijing lawmakers.
What does the international community say?
The protesters were “obviously having a big impact,” President Donald Trump told TIME, adding “I think that they’ve been very effective in their dealings with China.”
Last week, U.S. lawmakers reintroduced a bill that would require an annual assessment of Hong Kong’s political autonomy to determine if it is sufficiently independent from China to retain its special trading status. Nancy Pelosi, Ted Cruz, Ilhan Omar and Elizabeth Warren are all among the growing number of U.S. politicians speaking out in support of the protests.
Australia, the E.U., Taiwan the U.K., and Germany have also expressed concern over the extradition law and its potential impact on foreign citizens living in Hong Kong.
The protesters have shown no sign of backing down, and have given Lam a deadline of 5 p.m. Thursday to meet their demands, or face further demonstrations.
“The whole of Hong Kong is angry at them—the government and the police,” said a young called Kanas, in a crowd of demonstrators outside the legislature late Tuesday. “Now there is seething public discontent, so she wants to slightly calm everyone down [and make us think] ‘At least she is willing to say sorry, shall we be less radical?’”
The 20-year-old added: “We must not be cheated by these superficial apologies.”
On a footbridge leading to the Hong Kong’s Legislative Council building, about three dozen people are intoning “Sing Hallelujah to the Lord,” giving barely a pause after the short, four-line verse ends before starting it again.
Around the corner in Tamar Park, by the Central Government Offices, a group is singing the same hymn — and so is another down the road outside the Chief Executive’s Office.
The song is performed as a round. Its minor-key melody is heard everywhere at the mass demonstrations against Hong Kong’s controversial extradition bill and has become the movement’s anthem.
The reason? Religious gatherings are exempt from the definition of a “gathering” or “assembly” under Hong Kong’s Public Order Ordinance and are thus more difficult to police.
The Christian hymn was written by the Indiana-born Linda Stassen in 1974. According to the Complete Book of Hymns, Stassen was a follower of the Jesus People movement and wrote the song as an assignment for a music composition class, with the words inspired by the early Church. The song has since been included in many Christian hymnals, its popularity stemming from its austere, beautiful simplicity.
Protestors young and old have joined in the singing of the song since taking to the streets on June 9 to oppose the contentious bill.
The proposed legislation would allow China to extradite fugitives from the semi-autonomous enclave for the first time. The bill’s detractors say Beijing will use it to apprehend dissidents and critics of the communist regime, threatening the city’s cherished freedoms.
The demonstrations have brought the busiest parts of the city to a standstill amid scenes reminiscent of the Umbrella Movement of 2014. Hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of people have marched on two consecutive Sundays in a massive repudiation of Beijing. Organizers say that two million people participated in the last march, out of a population of seven million.
The demonstrations have prompted a suspension of the controversial bill and an apology from the city’s top official, Chief Executive Carrie Lam, in the days after. Police have also retracted their earlier characterization of the demonstrations as a riot.
However, until the bill is completely withdrawn, protesters vow to continue their actions—and their intonations of “Sing Hallelujah to the Lord.” Non-Christians have also enthusiastically taken up the hymn.
Sherman Cheng, a 22-year-old protester who works in marketing, says she is not religious. “To me, the song represents Hong Kong people coming together to express the same desires—for our political demands to be met.”
“[The song is] a very good way to express not just an emotion, but our desires in a peaceful, spiritual, religious way,” Catholic priest Cyril Cheung told TIME Monday after leading a round of hymns and bible verses in Tamar Park. He added that the tune spoke to everyone, regardless of their beliefs.
Christians have been at the forefront of the anti-extradition demonstrations. The city’s Catholic diocese has issued a statement urging the government not to rush the bill. Several Christian groups have also voiced concerns about the controversial proposal.
Cardinal Joseph Zen, the Bishop Emeritus of Hong Kong, earlier called for people to come out and join the protests.
“I truly in my heart want all people to fight for our fights in a peaceful way,” Father Cheung said. “It’s our responsibility to stand up and fight for the whole society.”
As it continues to explore new business models that may work in a world focused on privacy rather than broadly sharing data online, Facebook on Tuesday revealed plans for its own global digital currency, Libra, which aims to allow users to make purchases or send money with close to zero transaction fees.
Facebook said it hopes Libra will make it easier for the estimated 1.7 billion unbanked adults worldwide to access banking services and transfer money electronically. “Just as people can use their phones to message friends anywhere in the world today, with Libra, the same can be done with money — instantly, securely and at a low cost,” Facebook said in a Libra white paper.
3/ Because it's time for the internet to have a protocol for money, and it's time to try something new for the 1.7 billion people who are still unbanked 30 years after the invention of the web.
Users will be able to make transactions with Libra by 2020, Facebook says, both through a standalone app called Calibra as well as with Facebook’s own family of apps. Unlike bitcoin and some similar offerings, the price of Libra is tied to low-risk assets, which should prevent the speculative behavior and wild price swings plaguing other digital currencies. The currency will be overseen by the Libra Association, a Switzerland-based collective of more than a dozen companies, including Visa, Uber and Mastercard, each of whom have invested at least $10 million in the technology. Users of Libra will pay $1 to use Libra which will sit in a bank account and earn interest which will pay the Libra Association.
Libra arrives at a turbulent time for Facebook. It has made little progress in recovering from the Cambridge Analytica scandal that undermined the public’s trust in the company. It’s expecting as much as a $5 billion fine from the Federal Trade Commission over that and other data breaches. And multiple Democratic presidential candidates have called for big technology companies like Facebook and its rivals to be broken up as monopolies.
A lack of trust in Facebook could be the company’s biggest hurdle in making Libra a success, experts say. “It’s a bold and strategic move that has clear risks as well as opportunities tied to it,” Wedbush Securities Analyst Dan Ives told the Associated Press. “For now, it really comes down to execution, and how comfortable consumers feel around Facebook and cryptocurrency.”
Facebook has promised that Libra users’ financial histories will be kept private and separate from Facebook data. But some experts worry about concentrating all that data in one place regardless. “The whole of point of having an entity like Bitcoin is to exactly avoid one party having all the data on who is paying whom,” says Carsten Sorensen, associate professor at the Department of Management at the London School of Economics. “One possible reading is that this is an attempt from Facebook to try and divert a little bit of all the flack it had for all its invasion of our privacy.”
Others argue that Facebook is wise to relegate oversight of Libra to a consortium. “Facebook is just one of the dozens of members who are going to run it, and so I think that’s how they are addressing the concern,” says Jerry Brito, executive director of the Coin Center, a cryptocurrency research and advocacy non-profit.
A dozen Chinese tourists, armed with their cameras, are capturing the sights, standing on sandstone cliffs looking over dusty plains 1500 feet below. The sky is clear: in the distance, hundreds of villages on the plains of Dogon country stretch as far as the horizon.
Behind them, hardly visible, a handful of Malian soldiers wait with assault rifles at the ready. Their military green outfits and flak jackets blend in with the light brown cliffs.
The tourists take pictures of the view and pose with the villagers who welcomed them earlier with a few songs, an activity organized by Mali’s Ministry of Tourism, which says it wants to show visitors “the real Africa.” Then they return to their convoy of vehicles, surrounded by armed men dispatched by the government to ensure their protection.
Just four days before their arrival, an hour’s drive south in Bankass, armed men slit the throat of a nearby village chief before carrying his lifeless body away on a motorbike.
The Bandiagara cliffs, in central Mali, are one of West Africa’s most renowned tourist attractions. Today, they are at the heart of the new frontline of Mali’s 7-year-long conflict. Over 500 people have died in the violence in central Mali in the past six months alone, where the rise of Islamist extremist groups and ethnic militias has turned into deadly violence between Fulani herders and Dogon and Bambara farmers.
In March, 160 Fulani civilians — among them children, pregnant women, elderly people — were killed in their homes in the Ogossagou village by suspected Dogon militiamen. On June 10, at least 35 Dogon civilians were shot and burned alive in their village by suspected Fulani militiamen, only a few miles away from the cliffs.
The trip is part of the government’s latest strategy to revive a once-thriving tourist industry. A decade ago, people came from all over the world to see Mali’s landscapes and monuments, which include four UNESCO World Heritage sites. That industry virtually disappeared after violence surged in 2012, and countries like France, the United States and the United Kingdom warned their citizens to avoid holidays in the country and most major tour operators pulled out. Now, the country, home to more than 18 million people, is hoping to tap into the world’s biggest market for tourism: China. The visitors here in Bandiagara are tour operators and journalists, in town to assess the possibility of offering travel packages to their customers back home. The destination was a hard sell. It is fast becoming an impossible one.
Insights—Universal Images Group via Getty ImagesThe Bandiagara Escarpment, Mali.
Trouble in Mali’s tourism industry started brewing as early as 2009, with a series of high-profile kidnappings of Western tourists and aid workers that were attributed to Tuareg rebels and Islamist extremist groups. In early 2012, the country eventually descended into full-blown conflict after Tuareg independentists, who had long felt marginalized by the government, launched an uprising in the north. The rebellion was quickly hijacked by jihadist groups, and by that summer, they were ruling nearly half of the country.
Between 2010 and 2013, 40,000 jobs in tourism disappeared, according to statistics from the World Travel and Tourism Council. “By the end of 2012, we found ourselves with heavily indebted tourist companies. Some of them could not even pay social contributions, water or electricity bills,” Sidy Keita, the director of Mali’s Agency for the Promotion of Tourism, tells TIME in the capital, Bamako.
The country’s most famous tourist hotspot, Timbuktu, fell into the hands of Al-Qaeda allies, who banned music, soccer and forced women to cover their heads and bodies with large, black veils. Before all this, the city on the edge of the Sahara desert had been best known as an ancient center of learning, home to hundreds of thousands of manuscripts, a city that countless European explorers had tried — and often failed — to reach.
Andrea Borgarello—Getty ImagesA librarian in Juma Al Majid Centre for the manuscripts conservation and restoration of Timbuktu shows one of the old manuscripts on January 19, 2010 in Timbuktu, Mali.
The Islamists destroyed some of its famous earthen mosques and mausoleums. In 2016, the International Criminal Court in The Hague handed a nine-year sentence to Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi, who worked for the morality police as well as the Islamic Court set up by Al-Qaeda-linked Ansar Dine during the town’s takeover, for his role in the destruction. He is currently in prison, his sentence marking the court’s first conviction for the destruction of historic and religious monuments.
A third of hotels in the occupied regions closed down in 2012, according to the Ministry of Tourism. In Timbuktu, the signs that used to advertise eco-hotels are barely readable through the dust, while brightly-painted NGO boards spring up in their place among the desert sands. Ibrahim Ag Hami, a former Timbuktu tour guide, says the only people who ask him to show them around these days are journalists and soldiers, the result of a war that has raged for the better part of a decade.
Despite a peace agreement reached between the government, pro-government militias and rebel groups in 2015, the conflict spread further south, where jihadist groups exacerbated tensions between farmers and herders over resources.
By 2018, most attacks were occurring in the central Mopti region, also home to the Bandiagara cliffs — another favorite on the tourist trail. Before what’s commonly referred to as “the crisis,” tourists would typically stop in Timbuktu, Dogon country and visit the mosque of Djenne. “Today, these are the spots most affected by the crisis,” Keita says. Since 2018, civilian deaths have mounted faster than at any other time during the conflict, and large-scale massacres are becoming more common in the center of the country.
Andrea Borgarello—Getty ImagesIn front of the Great Mosque of Djenne on January 22, 2010 in Djenne, Mopti region, Mali. The Mosque is located in the old town of Djenné, World Heritage Site by UNESCO, on the flood plain of the Bani River
Desperate to stop the decline, in November the Agency for the Promotion of Tourism in Mali invited tour operators and journalists from China to showcase what the country had to offer. Chinese tourists have become a sought-after clientèle, as the emergence of a booming middle class has turned the country into the world’s bigger sender of tourists abroad. In 2018, Chinese tourists made 150 million tripsabroad, spending $120 billion — and both numbers are on the rise.
The Agency partnered with the China Business Network (CBN), a Beijing-based company that also works with authorities in Jamaica and the UAE to attract more business. It translated Mali’s official tourism website into Chinese, posted pictures of Mali’s tourist attractions on WeChat and Weibo — some of the country’s most popular social networks — and promoted them during international travel fairs.
With good marketing, Mali is hoping to shed its recent image as a war-torn, terror-plagued country, following in the footsteps of countries like Egypt and Tunisia, which despite terror attacks have kept the tourists coming.
The government significantly ramped up security since a string of terror attacks in the capital in 2015, most notably at the Radisson Blu, where more than 20 people died. Now customers visiting most high-end restaurants and hotels in the capital are met by two metal gates and guards, sometimes armed. The Ministry’s plan is to deploy more security staff on roads that would be used by tourists.
Michele Cattani—AFP/Getty ImagesAn armoured vehicle of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) patrols during the annual rendering of the Great Mosque of Djenne in central Mali, on April 28, 2019.
But it may not be enough. “Egypt and Tunisia have wonderful tourism infrastructure,”says Peter Marlow, an expert on tourism security who has worked across the globe, including in Egypt. That infrastructure includes upmarket hotels, restaurants, tour operators, and high-quality transport services. “I don’t think Mali can compete as far as infrastructure or reputation,” Despite efforts, both countries “have suffered terribly in the number of tourists […] they get.”
Indeed, Chinese tourism in Mali is far from a reality. In 2017, fewer than 4,000 Chinese people visited the country, and over half were traveling for business, according to Ministry of Tourism figures. At the Lili hotel in Bamako — which calls itself Mali’s only Chinese hotel — most of the customers are on business trips. “With the current situation, it would be hard to convince clients to do tourism in Mali,” Moriba Traoré, the hotel manager, tells TIME. He estimates that out of up to 150 customers who visit every month, 85 percent are Chinese. In total, he sees less than 10 tourists from China a month, he says.
Most embassies still discourage tourists from visiting Mali, including the Chinese embassy — which says it was not aware of the trip. “We discourage Chinese tourists from coming here. But these are individual acts, and we can’t stop people who want to do it,” a Chinese diplomat tells TIME on the condition of anonymity.
Were the war to end, Mali would still be far from ready to welcome thousands of new tourists. Malian officials are keenly aware of the work needed to revive the industry and then adapt it to the Chinese market. There are only two Chinese-speaking tour guides in the country.
For the tour operators who visited in November, the destination will be a hard sell: “tour operators, to sell any destination, need direct flights,” says Adam Wu, who heads the China Business Network. Currently, the fastest route from Beijing to Bamako takes around 20 hours of travel, going through Algiers or Paris.
But for a cash-strapped government that has provided few alternatives to now-unemployed former tourism workers — from hotel and restaurant staff to sellers of traditional masks and jewelry — and the families they supported, waiting for the war to be over is not an option.
“We can’t leave hundreds of thousands of people in absolute misery,” says Moctar Ba, APTM’s deputy director. Yet authorities are wary of moving too fast, and the promotion efforts remain shy. It would only take another high-profile terror attack, another kidnapping of tourists, for their efforts to be wiped away completely. “We won’t be able to press the green button and tell people to come to Mali for another 10 or 15 years.”
Tuesday’s Google Doodle features a short animation of three falafel balls jumping into an open pita filled with hummus, tomato, and cucumber. As Google itself put it, falafel is “the best thing that ever happened to chickpeas – with the possible exception of hummus, of course.”
Although, as Google notes, the origins of falafel are unclear, it is a treat that has been enjoyed across cultures for centuries.
India is by far the largest exporter of chickpeas in the world, producing over 9 million metric tons of the crop in 2017, according to Statista. Australia is a distant second at 2 million metric tons. Israel has long had a love affair with the crispy chickpea delight, paying homage to the popular street food with its own song: And We Have Falafel.
While some claim the treat has Egyptian roots, Google notes that the nation puts its own twist on the deep-fried balls with their variation dubbed “ta’amiya,” which uses fava beans instead of chickpeas.
Different cultures also use a variety toppings to put their own spin on their falafel sandwiches. Google notes that fried eggplant is popular in Iraq, while mango sauce is popular in India and hot sauce in Yemen.
Falafel is often found in areas with prominent Middle-Eastern or Jewish populations, as well as large metropolitan areas like New York City, where falafel has endured as a popular street food.
And falafel fans should know that the world’s largest falafel was prepared by ten chefs at the Landmark Hotel in Amman, Jordan, in 2012. According to Guinness World Records, the treat weighed in just shy of 165 pounds and the group “followed the traditional recipe of chickpeas, parsley and coriander with mixed spices.”
“They’re obviously having a big impact,” Trump told TIME when asked what message he had for the Hong Kong protesters. “And I think that they’ve been very effective in their dealings with China.”
Massive demonstrations have been roiling the streets of Hong Kong in recent days that began in opposition to a bill that would allow mainland China to extradite criminal suspects from the semi-autonomous region. Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam shelved the bill and issued a public apology on Tuesday but has not acceded to all the demands of the protesters, which include canceling the bill entirely.
“It’s been pulled back,” Trump said, “and it’ll be pulled back further.”
When asked during an interview with TIME in the Oval Office on June 17 if he supports the demands of the demonstrators, Trump said, “I’m going to let the protesters speak for themselves. I have our own argument with China, and I think it’s going to work out successfully, but I’m going to let China and the protesters work out their own problem. It looks like it’s going to be worked out.”
Trade tensions have been increasing between the United States and China as negotiations over a trade deal have faltered and Trump has increased tariffs on some Chinese goods. Trump spoke to China’s President Xi Jinping on June 18, the morning after his comments to TIME and ahead of the two leaders’ planned meeting at the G-20 summit in Japan.
According to a readout of the call provided by the White House, the two leaders discussed “addressing structural barriers to trade with China and achieving meaningful reforms that are enforceable and verifiable” and “regional security issues.” The Hong Kong protests are not mentioned.
-With reporting by Brian Bennett, Massimo Calabresi and Edward Felsenthal/Washington
A new lawsuit filed on Tuesday alleges that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo broke the law by allowing President Donald Trump to seize the notes from a key meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin and failing to take any steps to preserve records of their other face-to-face meetings.
The lawsuit filed by American Oversight and Democracy Forward, two progressive non-profit government watchdog organizations, says that the Federal Records Act requires Pompeo to preserve the meeting notes prepared by State Department employees.
“President Trump has taken unusual, and in some cases extreme, measures to conceal the details of these meetings, not only from the public at large, but also from key members of his administration,” the filing says. As a result, there is a “total absence” of a detailed record of Trump’s five in-person interactions with Putin over the last two years, even in classified files, the filing says.
Tuesday’s lawsuit comes a week before the next G20 summit, which will take place in Osaka, Japan, on June 28 and 29. Although there is no official meeting planned, the Kremlin has said the two leaders could meet informally.
“On the eve of another meeting between Presidents Trump and Putin, Secretary Pompeo’s actions ensure that our relationship with Russia remains shrouded in secrecy, with the American government left in the dark,” said Anne Harkavy, the executive director of Democracy Forward.
While the lawsuit alleges that Pompeo repeatedly failed to document the president’s meetings with Putin, it focuses on Trump’s actions at the G20 in Hamburg in July 2017, where he met with the Russian president for two hours with no aides present. Trump “took possession of written notes documenting the meeting from the official who created them” and instructed them not to discuss what was said at the meeting with other members of his administration, the filing says, citing details first reported by the Washington Post.
Not only was there was no official read-out or public statement, but the absence of documentation left White House and State Department aides scrambling to find out what had been said. This caused confusion when the Russian side claimed a number of agreements had been reached.
“We aren’t talking about old outtakes from ‘The Apprentice,’” American Oversight Executive Director Austin Evers told TIME. “This may be the only written record of a meeting between two heads of state, and the interpreter’s notes can’t be seized or destroyed just because President Trump might want them hidden.”
Experts say Trump’s efforts to conceal the substance of such key meetings with a foreign leader are unprecedented in the modern era. They warn that it may pose serious problems for the next administration, which will be left to guess what Trump communicated to Russia, what was communicated back, and what promises were made.
“It’s really surprising how far this has gone,” said Douglas Cox, a law professor who specializes in government records law at the City University of New York. “When you’re talking about meetings at this level of importance that involve foreign policy and national security, the idea that they wouldn’t be fully documented and that in the future we won’t know what happened is remarkable and disturbing.”
The new tests presented by Trump’s actions are also exposing the limits of federal records laws, which offer little deterrence or consequences, and have traditionally been interpreted quite narrowly. The organizations are also suing David Ferriero, the Archivist of the United States, for failing to carry out his duties under the Federal Records Act and the Administrative Procedure Act. While the lawsuit notes that the “unlawful seizure of the meeting notes” should legally be referred to the Attorney General, it would be unlikely to result in meaningful action.
“In the vacuum created by the limitations on Congress’s ability to take action and in view of the Attorney General’s unwillingness to fulfill his responsibility, one would hope that the courts might recognize the need to step in and be more aggressive in enforcing these laws,” Cox said.
Democrats have raised the prospect of forcing the interpreter who was present at the meeting to testify, or subpoenaing their notes. Critics have warned that would create a dangerous precedent when it comes to confidential conversations the president has with world leaders.
“It may be unprecedented to subpoena a translator to reveal the details of a private meeting between the president and another world leader,” Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., a New Jersey Democrat, wrote in a letter to the House Oversight Committee last summer when the idea of calling the interpreter before Congress was first raised. “But Trump’s actions are unprecedented in a way that harms our national security.”
Merkel’s whole body visibly shook and she pursed her lips as she tried to contain the situation as she stood with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in the 28-degree Celsius (82-degree Fahrenheit) heat while a military band played their national anthems outside the chancellery.
But following the anthems, Merkel seemed better, walking quickly along the red carpet with Zelenskiy into the building, pausing to greet the military band and take a salute.
About an hour later, following their meeting, Merkel told reporters at a joint news conference that they had discussed bilateral issues and the Minsk peace process during Zelenskiy’s first visit to the German capital as president.
Merkel, who turns 65 next month, smiled broadly after a reporter asked whether her shaking was cause for concern. She replied that she was fine.
“Since then I’ve drunk at least three glasses of water, which I apparently needed, and now I’m doing very well,” she said.
She laughed and gave Zelenskiy a smile when he assured reporters the chancellor had been secure at his side.
“She was totally safe,” he said.
The dpa news agency reported that this was not the first time Merkel has been seen shaking under similar circumstances in the hot sun. It did not give a date for that incident, but said it was also ascribed to Merkel not drinking enough water.
And in 2014, Merkel postponed a television interview at the last minute after reported weakness, but her spokesman said at the time she was able to carry it out later after eating and drinking something.
It is not publicly known if Merkel, who has led Germany since 2005, has any health problems. German privacy laws are very strict on that type of information.
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In the home page can view the JNU Entrance Exam Results 2019 link
Students should click on the results
It will open in a new page and enter the login credentials
JNU Entrance Exam Results 2019 will be open
Download or take a print out of the result for further reference.
Important Links to Download JNU Entrance Exam Results 2019
APPSC Previous Papers is available here for the posts of Deputy Surveyor, Assistant Professor, Junior Assistant cum Typist an Other. Applicants who are applying for the given APPSC Jobs 2019 can get here complete APPSC Question Papers Pdf. Also, get an overview of the examination through the Exam Pattern and start practicing the old question papers given here.
APPSC Deputy Surveyor Previous Papers Pdf is available here to download. Candidates who have applied can download the APPSC Exam Papers and start their exam preparation. A total of 29 vacancies is released for the Deputy Surveyor posts. Aspirants who are searching for APPSC previous year question papers need not worry as we provide here the updated details for the examination.
Applicants applying for Deputy Surveyor posts can get here the complete APPSC old question papers. The candidates will be selected based on the written examination. Before downloading the question papers have a look at the exam pattern to get an overview of the examination.
APPSC Exam Pattern 2019 – Deputy Surveyor
Papers
Subjects
Total Marks
Paper – I
General Studies and Mental Ability (SSC Standard)
150
Paper – II
Drawing & Surveying
150
It will consist of Objective Type Questions
For every wrong answer, 0.25 marks will be deducted
Download APPSC Previous Year Question Papers for Deputy Surveyor
The APPSC Previous Papers for the Assistant Professor is updated here. So, the aspirants applied for the above job role can check the details here. We have uploaded the Last 5 Years AP PSC Previous Year Papers with Solutions. Also, check the old question paper of Assistant Professor Exam from the following section. The Andhra Pradesh PSC Exam Papers can help you to get good marks in the written examination. Hence, go to the following section and check out the AP PSC Assistant Professor Previous Question Papers in the Pdf format. Interested and eligible candidates can also visit the official website of Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission @ psc.ap.gov.in for more details.
The candidates who applied for the Andhra Pradesh Junior Assistant cum typist jobs may be searching for the preparation materials. Because there is a written test for the post of Junior Assistant. And to start the exam preparation, preparation materials like APPSC Junior Assistant Exam Papers are very important. The candidates will get an idea about the level of difficulty of the examination while revising the APPSC Junior Assistant Previous Question Papers. Go through the below section for free download APPSC Previous Papers.
For the sake of the aspiring candidates, we are providing the APPSC Junior Assistant Question Papers here. So download and start the exam preparation to withstand in the heavy competition. Many candidates applied for the Andhra Pradesh State jobs. So every applicant must prepare well for the junior assistant cum typist exam to obtain a position in the APPSC recruitment. Check the below links for free download APPSC Previous Papers Pdf. View the Andhra Pradesh PSC Official website i.e. psc.ap.gov.in for more APPSC Junior Assistant Exam Papers.
APPSC Previous Papers – www.psc.ap.gov.in
Description
Details
Organization Name
Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission
Name of the Posts
Junior Assistant cum Typist
Job Location
Andhra Pradesh
Category
Previous Papers
APPSC Junior Assistant Exam Pattern 2019
No. of Papers
Subjects
No. of Questions
Marks
Time
Paper 1
General Studies and Mental Ability
150
150
150 Min
Paper 2
Secretarial Abilities
150
150
150 Min
Total
300
300
300 Min
There will be an objective type test for the Junior Assistant & CO posts.
In the Objective test, there are two papers.
Paper I has questions from general studies and is for 150 marks.
Paper II has Questions from Secretarial Abilities and is for 150 marks.
Refer the APPSC Previous Papers pdf for the Junior Typist exam for better preparation. View the official website of the Andhra Pradesh PSC i.e. www.psc.ap.gov.in for more details about the Computer Operator, Junior Assistant exam. Within seconds you can download the APPSC Junior Assistant Previous Question Papers for free of cost from the below links.
The Andhra Pradesh PSC is conducting the Written Exam for hiring the candidates in Hydrogeologist Posts. To crack the Written Exam, APPSC Previous Papers are needed. For your preparation, we are providing some sample papers for the Hydrogeologist Exam. These sample Papers/ Solved Question Papers will help you for getting the additional knowledge for the PSC Written Exam. This additional knowledge differs you from the candidates who are preparing well. To make your preparation different from the others. So Download these papers from the following links.
As per the latest Employment News, Andhra Pradesh PSC has released a Notification for 12 Hydrogeologist posts. Candidates who have aimed for the PSC Jobs can make use of this notification. As per the paper Notification, APPSC Online application has already started. As per the official notification released, we have provided the Syllabus and Previous Year Papers for Hydrogeologist Exam. But to get this job you need to have last year solved question papers. So for your convenience, we have provided Exam papers of Hydrogeologist Exam for the past years. Hence make a look at these sample papers & get preparation tips to crack this Written Exam.
Andhra Pradesh PSC Syllabus & Exam Pattern
APPSC Andhra Pradesh PSC Screening Test is conducted for testing the eligibility of the applicants for the Hydrogeologist Posts. Those who are qualified in the Written Test am can move on to the next rounds. To clear the First round of Recruitment, aspirants must prepare well for the written Exam. In this present module, we are providing some sample Syllabus and Exam Pattern for the Driver Post along with the APPSC Previous Papers.
APPSC Hydrogeologist Exam Pattern
Examination
Subjects
Questions
Marks
Time
Paper 1
General Studies and Mental Ability
150
150
150 Min
Paper 2
Geology(P.G. Standard)(Including Hydrogeology)
150
300
150 Min
Total
300
450
300 Min
Andhra Pradesh PSC Previous Year Question Papers Pdf
Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission Hydro Geologist Previous Papers provided here. Candidates can Download PSC Exam Question Papers with Solutions. Here we have some sample papers of APPSC Hydrologist Exam so that you can take these papers as a reference. These are model Question papers which we have provided as the reference. With this reference, you can easily understand the subjects covered under Andhra Pradesh PSC Examination. So, without being late download, the papers are given here. With a just single click, candidates can get these Old papers in your hands. Hence don't waste your time and begin your preparation for cracking Exam.
APSC CDPO Admit Card 2019 – Assam Public Service Commission has updated the Admit Card on the Official Website i.e. apsc.nic.in. Thus, to select candidates who have applied for Computer Operator (Typist), Child Development Project Officers Post, the Board conducts the examination in two phases. A few days back the Board releases the Selected and Rejected list of Candidates on the basis of their Online Application. All the selected candidates can download the Admit Card released by the board. Hence, start downloading from Today 18th June 2019.
APSC Admit Card 2019
Both the Applicants of Computer Operator and Child Development Project Officers can download the Admit Card from the below section. All Aspirants can find the direct link of the APSC Admit Card 2019. Selected and eligible candidates should download the APSC Hall Ticket to attend the examination. Go through the article completely to know more about the APSC Admit Card 2019.
The Higher Authorities of Assam Public Service Commission has released the Official Admit Card. Candidates can download from the direct link given below. To download the APSC Admit Card candidate’s Login ID and Password is necessary. In case Candidates forgot their Login ID and Password then they should reach to APSC CDPO Recruitment and get back your registration ID. For candidates attention, there is very less time to download the APSC Admit Card. So, Hurry to download APSC Computer Operator Admit Card as soon as possible. Enter the below-mentioned details correctly in the Admit Card.
Name of the Applicant.
Exam Date, Time & Centre.
Post Applied for.
Application or Registration Number
Father Name and
Important Instructions.
APSC Phase I and Phase II Exam 2019
As per the notification of Assam Public Service Commission, the board is going to conduct the examination on 23rd June 2019. Similarly, the board announces the Exam Pattern and Syllabus for the exams. Contenders are suggested to go through the syllabus released by the Board. There will be two rounds for the eligibility test. Phase I and Phase II exam will be conducted by the Assam Public Service Commission. Cleared candidates of Phase I and Phase II will be allowed to next rounds of the Interview.
APSC CDPO Hall Ticket 2019 – Download
Download the APSC Admit Card and check for the details you entered in it. make Corrections before the Exam by reporting the Higher Authorities. Take any One of the ID Proof to the Exam Hall for the verifcation process.
Aadhar Card
College ID
Ration Card
Driving License
PAN Card
Voter ID
Any Valid ID Proof Issued By Gazetted Officer
Bank Passbook
Passport
How to Download APSC CDPO Admit Card 2019-20
Click on “APSC CDPO Admit Card” Link.
Assam Public Service Commission Page will appear.
Enter Login details and submit.
Click on the Download Computer Operator Admit Card
Now, the Admit Card will appear on the Screen.
Fill all the details.
Finally, Submit the Admit Card and Download it.
Take a print out and carry with you for the exam.
Direct Links to download APSC CDPO Admit Card 2019
Free download Maharashtra Engineering Services Question Papers Pdf from the below shareable links. Refer MPSC Engineering Services Previous papers for the Engineering Services Examination 2019 that is going to be conducted in the coming days. For more details regarding the MPSC Engineering Services Exam, view the official website of the Maharashtra Public Service Commission i.e. www.mpsc.gov.in.
Candidates applying for the Maharashtra Engineering Services Examination 2019 need to qualify the prelims and mains examination that will be conducted under MPSC. The examination is going to be organized on 23rd June 2019. For those aspirants, we are providing here the Maharashtra Engineering Services Previous Year Question Paper in the below sections. Before downloading the question paper pdf go through the MPSC engineering services exam pattern to get an idea of the examination.
The prelims exam will consist of Objective Type Questions
The total duration of the examination will be 90 Mins
Mains Exam Pattern:
Subject
Paper
No of Questions
Marks
Relevant Subject (Civil/ Electrical/ Mechanical)
Paper-I
100
200
Paper-II
100
200
It will consist of Objective Type Questions
Each question will carry 2 Marks
The total duration for each paper is 2 Hours
Download MPSC Engineering Services Exam Papers Pdf
The available Maharashtra Engineering Services Question Papers are taken from the official website. So the candidates without any hesitation can refer these MPSC ESE Previous Papers for the exam preparation. Follow the official website of the Maharashtra PSC i.e. www.mpsc.gov.in for latest updates regarding the Engineering Services exam.
MPSC Engineering Services Prelims Previous Year Question Papers 2018
TN TRB Admit Card 2019 – TamilNadu Teachers Recruitment Board has released the Admit Card for the Online Registered Candidates for Computer Instructors Grade I Post. Hence, Contenders can get the direct link of the admit card from the below section. Moreover, Applicants download the TN TRB Hall Ticket so as to sit in the Examination.
trb.tn.nic.in Hall Ticket 2019
Tamilnadu Teachers Recruitment Board has issued the admit card on the official website. Hence, the TN TRB Hall Ticket has been published on 16th June 2019. So, Candidates download the admit card from the direct link provided below. Make use of the direct link and get the admit card for the exam going to be conducted by the board. For TN TRB examination each and every examiner will be provided with the TN TRB Hall Ticket.
TRB now released the provisional Hall Ticket for the candidates who have applied for TNET Examination. Moreover, the board has received many applications from the Candidates and now the shortlisted applicants with the eligibility criteria will only get the Admit Card. The admit card has been released on the official website i.e tn.trb.nic.in. Check the details that you have entered in the TN TRB Hall Ticket before downloading. Almost all the details about the TN TRB examination will be determined in the admit card. Candidates can attend the exam if they carry the admit card without any mistakes. So, make sure to download the Hall Ticket without making any mistake in the following contents.
Name of the Applicant.
Exam Date, Time & Centre.
Post Applied for.
Application or Registration Number
Father Name and
Important Instructions.
TN TRB Computer Instructor Grade I Exam 2019
Tamilnadu Board decided to conduct the exam for Computer Instructor Grade I examination. Interested Aspirants to join in Tamilnadu Teacher Recruitment Board must attend the exam. The Board had scheduled the TRB Examination on 23rd June 2019. Hence, Contenders should appear for the examination before 30 minutes. However, the examination is going to be conducted through Online Mode.
The examination will consist of Single Paper.
Time duration will be of 3 Hours to complete the examination.
The Question paper will be of Multiple Choice of Questions.
Total Marks has been allocated as 150 Marks.
The examination covers the main subject of Computer Science, general knowledge, and Educational Psychology.
tn.trb.nic.in Hall Ticket 2019 – Download
From this article, we have provided with the steps to download the Admit Card. We have attached the direct link to download the TN TRB Hall Ticket 2019. Follow the steps to download the TN TRB Admit Card. Contenders must appear for the exam along with any one of the ID Proof. Aspirants should not fail to bring the admit card given by the board. Candidates are strictly prohibited to enter the examination hall without the TN TRB Hall Ticket 2019.
Aadhar Card
College ID
Ration Card
Driving License
PAN Card
Voter ID
Any Valid ID Proof Issued By Gazetted Officer
Bank Passbook
Passport
How to Download TN TRB Admit Card 2019-20
Click on “TN TRB Admit Card” Link.
Teachers Recruitment Board Page will Appear.
Enter the User ID and Password to Login.
Now, the Admit Card will appear on the Screen.
Fill all the details.
Finally, Submit the Admit Card and Download it.
Take a print out and carry with you for the exam.
Direct Links to download TN TRB Garde I Admit Card 2019
DDU Entrance Exam Result 2019 Declared – Dear Students!! Gorakhpur University has announced the DDU Entrance Exam Result 2019 for UG Courses. The DDU Entrance Exam result has been published on 17th June 2019. Students those who have been appeared for this Entrance Examination to get the admission from the official website of Gorakhpur University i.e, ddugu.ac.in. The University has recently uploaded the Results of Undergraduate Joint Entrance Examination 2019. Students can verify their result just by clicking the link provided below in the table.
DDU Entrance Exam Result 2019 | JEE
The DDU Entrance Exam Result of JEE has been announced for UG Courses B.A, B.Sc (Maths), B.Sc (Bio), B.Sc (Ag), B.Sc (MLT), B.Sc(Home Science), B.Com, B.B.A, B.C.A, B.Sc (Nursing), B.Sc (PT). A huge number of Students has appeared for this Joint Entrance Examination. As we know that all the Students may be waiting for the Results. Here we have clearly provided the result link and we advise the Students to click on the below link to check and download the Test Results. Apart from this, we have included the Merit List, Cut Off Marks and Other details related to the DDU Entrance Exam Result 2019.
DDU Entrance Exam Result 2019 – Overview
Description
Details
Organization Name
Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur
The Joint Entrance Examination has been organized by the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur. Now, the University has been announced the DDU Entrance Exam Result 2019. Totally 34748 Students have appeared for this Entrance Examination. All those Students can get the results from the official website as well as on this page recruitment.guru. We are here to help you out with the steps to download the DDU Entrance Exam Result 2019. Also here on this page, applicants can get a clear idea about the next process like Cut Off Marks, Merit List, and Counseling process.
The Result will consist of Roll number and marks obtained in the Entrance Exam. the main part of the Entrance Examination is the Cut Off Marks. Students should get equal marks or maximum marks according to the Cut Off setup which will prepare by the officials. After one or two weeks of the result announcement, the officials will announce the cut off marks for all the students separately under their Category. Students must attain the minimum marks of the Cut Off to stay in a safe place to get an admission from their desired University.
DDU Entrance Exam Merit List | ddugu.ac.in
After the declaration of the Result, the candidates will be selected on the basis of their performance in the Entrance Examination. If the Students will get the high Cut Off Marks in the Entrance Examination, their name will appear for the Meri list. According to the Cut Off Marks, the Merit list will be prepared. This Merit list will be prepared by the officials. Those who have got selected for the Merit list can wait for the next process regarding the Admission Process. The University will announce the details officially from the online portal. We advise the applicants to keep stay on this page to get the latest & Updated information related to the Admission.
Steps to download Results of UG Joint Entrance Examination 2019
Visit the official website of the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gorakhpur University i.e, ddugu.ac.in
In the Home page click on the Admission tab which is on the middle of the page
A new page will be open, many links will appear on the screen
In that click on the Results of Undergraduate Joint Entrance Examination 2019
In the New page, students should enter the Test Roll No & Date of Birth
Give Submit button, DDU Entrance Exam Result 2019 will appear on the screen
Download or take a printout of the result for further reference.
Important links to download DDU Entrance Exam Result 2019
Tobacco Recruitment 2019-20 Notification – Apply Online for 41 Field Officer (FO)/Technical Assistant (TA) & Accountant/Superintendent Vacancies. Tobacco Board is inviting online applications from B.Sc/Any Degree pass candidates to fill up 41 New Vacancies. The vacant positions are to fill up Field Officer (FO)/Technical Assistant (TA) & Accountant/Superintendent openings. Candidates interested in Tobacco Cultivation & Grading can apply from 18th June 2019. However, direct Online application link is provided below. Applicants must that, 15th July 2019 is the last date to fill up all your Tobacco Board Job application forms. Selected candidates will be posted in Guntur, Karnataka or Andhra Pradesh (AP) with a salary of Rs.9,3000/- to Rs.34,800/- per month.
Read on to know about eligibility conditions – educational qualification, selection process, application fee, salary, application procedure, and others.
Tobacco Board Guntur Recruitment 2019 – Overview
Name of the Board
Tobacco Board
Advertisement No.
Employment Notification No: 01/2019
Name of the Post
Field Officer (FO)/Technical Assistant (TA) & Accountant/Superintendent
Important Instructions for candidates applying for Tobacco Board Recruitment:
The posts are purely temporary but are likely to continue.
Present place of posting is likely to be in Andhra Pradesh/Karnataka State and the person recruited will be transferred to any of the existing Tobacco Board's offices or likely to be opened in India.
The qualifications prescribed are minimum and possessing higher / additional qualification does not entitle the candidate to be called for test.
The Tobacco Board has the right to fix criteria for screening the applications.
Tobacco Board Vacancy 2019 details
Post Name
Vacancies
Field Officer (FO)/Technical Assistant (TA)
25
Accountant/Superintendent
18
Total
41
Tobacco Board Jobs – Category wise Vacancy details
Category wise vacancy details for www.indiantobacco.com Recruitment 2019 are listed below.
Field Officer (FO)/Technical Assistant (TA
Accountant/Superintendent
SC – 02
SC – 02
OBC – 08
OBC – 04
UR – 13
UR – 08
EWS – 02
EWS – 01
Total = 25
Total = 18
Total = 41 Vacancies
Eligibility Criteria for Tobacco Board Recruitment 2019
Below are the list of eligibility conditions to be fulfilled by candidates applying for Karnataka and AP Tobacco Board Notification 2019.
Educational Qualification for Tobacco Board Jobs
Essential
Desirable
B. Sc in Agriculture
Knowledge in Tobacco Cultivation & Grading
Degree from a recognized university or institution
Diploma/Certificate Course in Tally Accounts Software from a recognized institution
–
Age Limit
Minimum Age – 18 Years
Maximum Age – 30 Years
Age Relaxation:
Relaxation of age will be given as per Government of India guidelines applicable to Group-B for SC/ST/OBC/PwD/ Meritorious Sportspersons/ Tobacco Board Departmental candidates
Salary:
Field Officer (FO)/ Technical Assistant (TA):
Pay of Rs. Rs.35400; 7th CPC-level-6 of pay matrix (pre-revised 6th CPC PB-2; Rs. 9,300- 34,800 GP Rs.4,200/-)
Accountant/Superintendent:
Pay of Rs. Rs.35400; 7th CPC-level-6 of pay matrix (pre-revised 6th CPC PB-2; Rs. 9,300- 34,800 GP Rs.4,200/-)
Selection Process
Selection procedure for Tobacco Board Recruitment is as follows,
Written Examination
Interview
Tobacco Board Recruitment Application Fee
Rs.500/- + GST for all candidates
The payment done by using Debit Cards (RuPay/Visa/MasterCard/Maestro), Credit Cards, Internet Banking, IMPS, Cash Cards/ Mobile Wallets.
How to apply ONLINE for Tobacco Board Recruitment Notification 2019
Below are the details guidelines or procedure to apply for Tobacco Board Guntur Jobs 2019.
ONLY ONLINE APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED
The ONLINE application procedure includes 3 steps:
APPLICATION REGISTRATION
PAYMENT OF FEES
DOCUMENT SCAN AND UPLOAD
FINAL APPLICATION SUBMISSION
APPLICATION REGISTRATION:
Firstly, visit Tobacco Board Official Website i.e. www.indiantobacco.com
On the home page, click on “APPLY ONLINE” which will open a new screen
To register application, choose the tab “Click here for New Registration” and enter your name, e-mail ID, phone no & Others.
A Provisional Registration Number and Password will be generated by the system and displayed on the screen
An Email & SMS indicating the Provisional Registration number and Password will also be sent.
If you are unable to complete the application, click on “SAVE AND NEXT” button.
Fill in all the asked details carefully.
PAYMENT OF FEES:
Click on ‘Payment‘ Tab and proceed for payment.
Pay Rs.500/- + GST as your application fee
Finally, Click on the ‘Submit’ button.
The application form is integrated with the payment gateway and the payment process to be completed by following the instructions.
After submitting your payment information in the online application form, PLEASE WAIT FOR THE INTIMATION FROM THE SERVER. DO NOT PRESS BACK OR REFRESH BUTTON IN ORDER TO AVOID DOUBLE CHARGE.
On successful completion of the transaction, an e-Receipt will be generated
Non-generation of ‘E-Receipt’ indicates PAYMENT FAILURE. On failure of payment, Candidates are advised to login again using their Provisional Registration Number and Password and repeat the process of payment.
Finally, Candidates must take a printout of the e-Receipt and online Application Form containing fee details.
Please note that if the same cannot be generated, online transaction may not have been successful.
There is a facility to print application form containing fee details after payment of fees.
DOCUMENT SCAN AND UPLOAD:
Upload your recent scanned copy of the photograph
Also, upload signature, left thumb impression and hand-written declaration Image.
Upload scanned copies of necessary documents
FINAL APPLICATION SUBMISSION:
Click on the Preview Tab to preview and verify the entire application form before FINAL SUBMIT
After verifying, hit on FINAL SUBMIT button to complete your recruitment process.
Address:
TOBACCO BOARD Government of India, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Department of Commerce G.T. Road, GUNTUR – 522 004 Andhra Pradesh [AN ISO 9001:2015 CERTIFIED ORGANISATION] www.indiantobacco.com
Helpline:
e-mail: info@indiantobacco.com
Important Dates for Tobacco Board Field Officer and Accountant Jobs 2019
Council for the Promotion of Tobacco Exports. The Commission, established from July 1 to 19, 1976, opened its headquarters in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India. The Law of the Tobacco Board aims to develop the tobacco industry in the country. The various activities of the commission described in the law for the promotion of the industry are:
Regulating Virginia Tobacco’s production and hardening with respect to demand in India and abroad.
Constant monitoring of the Virginia tobacco market, in India and abroad, ensuring a fair and profitable producer price and reducing the sharp fluctuations in product prices.
Maintain and enhance existing international markets and develop new markets abroad for Indian Virginia Tobacco and its products, and design product-specific marketing strategies, including group marketing with limited brands.
Creation of auction platforms for the sale of Virginia tobacco by registered producers and operating as an auctioneer in auction platforms established by it or registered.
Recommend to the central government the minimum prices that must be set for exportable tobacco from Virginia to avoid unhealthy competition among exporters. (As part of its Exim policy, the government decided to abolish the fixing of M.E.P. as of 1-4-1993).
Regulation of other aspects of Virginia tobacco marketing and Virginia tobacco export taking into account the interests of producers, manufacturers, distributors and the nation.
Propagation of information useful to producers, distributors and exporters (including packers) of Virginia tobacco and tobacco manufacturers and other interested parties.
Buy Virginia tobacco to producers when it is deemed necessary or useful to protect the interests of producers and dispose of it in India or abroad when it seems appropriate.
Promote the classification of tobacco at the producer level.
Sponsor, assist, coordinate or promote scientific, technological and economic research to promote the tobacco industry.
The Haryana Staff Selection has given the HSSC Syllabus 2019. The candidates who have applied for the exam and searching for the syllabus can now easily find the Haryana SSC Syllabus 2019 here. Also, you can find the HSSC Exam Pattern & Syllabus 2019 on our page. Refer to the updated HSSC Exam Syllabus & Test Pattern 2019 for Haryana Constable, Sub Inspector, Craft Instructor, Computer Instructor, Engineer Posts. You can also know more about the Haryana Staff Selection Commission Syllabus 2019 at www.hssc.gov.in.
Haryana SSC Syllabus 2019
Candidates who are applying for the various posts under HSSC like Instructor, Welder, Excise & Taxation Inspector, Group 4 & all other posts can get here the complete details. So, go through the below links and start preparing your examination before its too late.
The HSSC Group D Syllabus 2019 is updated below. However, the HSSC Group D Vacancies 2019 Online application is going to start from 29th August 2019. Hence, check out the HSSC Recruitment 2019 details before going to the Syllabus. Later, here is the HSSC Syllabus and Exam Pattern details for Group D Vacancies 2019. Also, check the Marks and other details in the HSSC Syllabus Pdf provided below. The Haryana Group D Recruitment 2019 is having a huge Vacancies. Hence, there will be a huge number of candidates going to apply, parallel there will be a Tuff competition for the written Examination. So, go through the HSSC Syllabus for Group 4 Exam 2019 Carefully and Start your Preparation.
The Haryana Staff Selection Commission Board is going to conduct the written Examination and Consider the Socio-Economic Criteria and Experience in the selection of candidates for Group 4 Vacancies. Hence, the applicants of Haryana Group 4 Vacancies 2019 are advised to check the Syllabus and Exam Pattern details in the table below. Later, don’t forget to download the HSSC Syllabus Pdf for Group 4 Exam 2019. For more details aspirants can visit the Official Haryana PSC Website.
Haryana Group 4 Recruitment is done for a total of 100 Marks. Where the written Exam is for 90 Marks and Socio-Economics and Experience is for 10 Marks. The HSSC written Exam Syllabus and Marks details are given below.
HSSC Syllabus & Exam Pattern – Group 4 Exam 2019
Sections
Subjects
Marks %
I
General Awareness
75 %
Reasoning
Maths
Science
English & Hindi
II
History, Current Affairs, Literature, Geography, Civics, Economics, Culture Etc of Haryana
25%
Total
90 Marks
Questions Type – Objective Type Multiple Choice Questions.
90 Marks for written Test.
10 Marks for Socio-Economical & Experience.
For more details download the HSSC Syllabus Pdf below.
Furthermore, check the HSSC Previous Papers from the link below. Also, download free HSSC Group 4 Exam Question Papers with Solutions and Last 5 Years Previous Question Papers Pdf for free. Also, download HSSC Group D Admit Card from November 2nd from our HSSC Hall Ticket Page. All the best for your HSSC Group 4 Examination 2019.
Haryana SSC Syllabus for Fire Operator Cum Driver is updated here. Candidates who have applied for the 1646 Fire operator Cum driver posts can check the HSSC Fire Operator Syllabus and Exam Pattern here. Furthermore, you can also get the download links for Haryana SSC Fire Operator Syllabus and Test Pattern on this page.
Haryana SSC Fire Operator Syllabus 2019 – Overview
Are you looking for HSSC Fire Operator Syllabus 2019 Pdf download links? If yes, here it is. In this page, we have given the direct links to download the Haryana SSC Fire Operator Syllabus and Test Pattern in the Pdf format. Check the HSSC Syllabus 2019 for Fire Operator Cum Driver post here.
HSSC Exam Syllabus 2019 for General Knowledge
Geography.
Indian History.
Indian Economy.
Artists.
Sports.
Famous Places in India.
Famous Books & Authors.
Rivers, Lakes, and Seas.
Biology.
Countries and Capitals.
Indian Parliament.
Tourism.
Famous Days & Dates.
General Science.
Heritage.
Inventions and Discoveries.
Literature.
Civics.
Environmental Issues.
Indian Politics.
Current Affairs.
Haryana SSC Syllabus 2019 for English
Sentence Improvement.
Fill in the blanks.
Joining Sentences.
Substitution.
Error Correction (Underlined Part).
Idioms and Phrases.
Active Voice and Passive Voice.
Sentence Arrangement.
Passage Completion.
Antonyms.
Synonyms.
Sentence Completion.
Spotting Errors.
Para Completion.
Error Correction (Phrase in Bold).
Prepositions.
HSSC Fire Operator Exam Syllabus 2019 for Aptitude
Volume and Surface Area.
Races and Games.
Simple Interest.
Probability.
Surds and Indices.
Square Root and Cube Root.
Ratio and Proportion.
Permutation and Combination.
Decimal Fraction.
Height and Distance.
Pipes and Cistern.
Average.
Time and Distance.
Numbers.
Boats and Streams.
Allegation or Mixture.
Chain Rule.
Simplification.
Logarithm.
Stocks and Share.
Area.
Partnership.
Problems on H.C.F and L.C.M.
Banker's Discount.
Compound Interest.
Time and Work.
Problems on Ages.
Haryana SSC Driver Syllabus 2019 for Reasoning
Analogy.
Decision Making.
Arithmetical Reasoning.
Blood Relations.
Directions.
Syllogism.
Number Series.
Coding-Decoding.
Alphabet Series.
Cubes and Dice.
Embedded Figures.
Data Interpretation.
Clocks & Calendars.
Statements & Arguments.
Non-Verbal Series.
Embedded Figures.
Clocks & Calendars.
Number Ranking.
Statements & Conclusions.
Mirror Images.
HSSC Fire Operator Syllabus 2019 Pdf – Download here
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Haryana SSC Sub Inspector Syllabus 2019 – Overview
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HSSC Constable Syllabus in Hindi 2019
HSSC Syllabus 2019 – General Studies
Geography
Economical Scenario in India
Indian Constitution
About Five years plans
Indian Culture
The Contribution of Haryana in the National Movement
History of India
Political Science
Constable & SI Syllabus for HSSC Exam 2019 – General Science
Principles
Technologies
The Earth
Chemistry
Techniques of Physics
Competency of Scientific Methodology
Haryana Staff Selection Commission SI Syllabus 2019 – Numerical Ability
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Socioeconomic, Political and Cultural History of Modern India with special emphasis on
Indian Constitution; Indian Political System; Governance and Public Policy.
Logical Reasoning; Analytical Ability and Data Interpretation.
Movement and formation of the Haryana state.
Indian National Movement.
Current Affairs – Regional, National, and International.
Society, Culture, Heritage, Arts and Literature of Haryana.
International Relations and Events.
Social and Economic Geography, Physical and Demography of Haryana, and
Environmental issues; Disaster Management- Prevention and Mitigation Strategies.
Reasoning
Logical Games.
Statements and Assumption.
Number Series.
Blood Relations.
Analyzing Arguments.
Logical Problem.
Statement and Conclusion.
Theme Detection.
Verbal Reasoning.
Letter and Symbol Series.
Making Judgment.
Matching Definitions.
Verbal Classification.
Logical Deduction.
Analogies.
General English
Transformation.
Para Completion.
Joining Sentences.
Antonyms.
Synonyms.
Spotting Errors.
Spelling Test.
Sentence.
Error Correction.
Idioms and Phrases.
Fill in the blanks.
Sentence Arrangement.
Active and Passive Voice.
Prepositions.
Substitution.
Improvement.
Aptitude
Multiplication.
Weight.
Division.
Data Handling.
Time.
Decimal Fractions.
Measurement.
Shapes & Spatial.
Understanding.
Numbers.
LCM & HCF.
Pedagogical Issue.
Geometry.
Money.
Patterns.
Volume.
Addition and Subtraction.
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HSSC Exam Syllabus Details 2019
Name of the Board
Haryana Staff Selection Commission (HSSC)
Name of the Posts
Instructor, Welder, Store Keeper, Electrician Instructor, Librarian & Other Posts
Number of Vacancies
2641 Vacancies
Category
Syllabus
Official Website
www.hssc.gov.in
Recently, HSSC has released various vacancies as mentioned above that will be recruited on Direct Recruitment of 1007 Vacancies, On Contract Basis 773 Vacancies and for Turner Instructor, electrician Instructor & Other of 861 Vacancies i.e. a total of 2641 Vacancies. For more details go through the HSSC Jobs 2019 given.
Socioeconomic, Political and Cultural History of Modern India with special emphasis on
Indian Constitution; Indian Political System; Governance and Public Policy.
Logical Reasoning; Analytical Ability and Data Interpretation.
Movement and formation of the Haryana state.
Indian National Movement.
Current Affairs – Regional, National, and International.
Society, Culture, Heritage, Arts and Literature of Haryana.
International Relations and Events.
Social and Economic Geography, Physical and Demography of Haryana.
Environmental issues; Disaster Management- Prevention and Mitigation Strategies.
Reasoning
Logical Games.
Statements and Assumption.
Number Series.
Blood Relations.
Analyzing Arguments.
Logical Problem.
Statement and Conclusion.
Theme Detection.
Verbal Reasoning.
Letter and Symbol Series.
Making Judgment.
Matching Definitions.
Verbal Classification.
Logical Deduction.
Analogies.
General English
Transformation.
Para Completion.
Joining Sentences.
Antonyms.
Synonyms.
Spotting Errors.
Spelling Test.
Sentence.
Error Correction.
Idioms and Phrases.
Fill in the blanks.
Sentence Arrangement.
Active and Passive Voice.
Prepositions.
Substitution.
Improvement.
Aptitude
Multiplication.
Weight.
Division.
Data Handling.
Decimal Fractions.
Measurement.
Shapes & Spatial.
Understanding.
Numbers.
LCM & HCF.
Pedagogical Issue.
Geometry.
Volume.
Addition and Subtraction.
General Knowledge
Awards.
History GK.
National & International Days.
Geography of General Knowledge.
Sports.
Latest current affairs.
Events.
HSSC JE Syllabus 2019
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Haryana Jr Engineer Exam 2019 – Overview
Description
Details
Organization Name
Haryana Staff Selection Commission (HSSC)
Post Name
Junior Engineer
Vacancies
1624
Category
Syllabus
HSSC JE Exam Date
13th July to 18th August 2019
Official Website
www.hssc.gov.in
The selection of the candidate is based on written exam and Socio-Economic criteria & experience.
Detailed Haryana SSC Jr Engineer Syllabus
Haryana SSC JE Exam Pattern 2019 – HSSC Jr Engineer Syllabus
Name of the Subjects
Weightage
Total Marks
General Awareness, Reasoning, Maths, Science, Computer, English, Hindi & Relevant Subject
75%
90
History, Current Affairs, Literature, Geography, Civics, Environment, Culture, etc.
25%
The exam will be of Objective type questions.
The written exam will be for 90 marks and rest 10 marks for Socio-Economic Criteria & Experience.
Haryana SSC Junior Engineer Syllabus
General Studies and General Abilities
Current Affairs – Regional, National & International.
Social Exclusion; Rights issues such as Gender, Caste, Tribe, Disability etc.and inclusive policies.
Environmental Issues; Disaster Management- Prevention and Mitigation Strategies and Sustainable Development.
Socio-economic, Political and Cultural History of Haryana.
Analytical Abilities: Logical Reasoning and Data Interpretation.
Indian Constitution; Indian Political System; Governance and Public Policy.
General Science; India's Achievements in Science and Technology.
Economic and Social Development of India and Haryana.
Moral Values and Professional Ethics in Education.
Basic English.
General Abilities
Number Series.
Analogies.
Coding-Decoding.
Number Ranking.
Judgement.
Non/Verbal Series.
Directions.
Embedded Figures.
Mirror Images.
Arrangements.
Clocks & Calendars.
Decision Making.
Blood Relations.
Syllogistic Reasoning.
Problem Solving.
Cubes and Dice.
Visual Memory.
Alphabet Series.
Arithmetical Reasoning.
General English
School Level English Grammar: Articles, Tense, Noun & Pronouns, Adjectives, Adverbs, Verbs, Modals, Subject-Verb Agreement, Non-Finite, Reported Speech, Degrees of Comparison, Active and Passive Voice, Prepositions, Conjunctions, Conditionals.
Vocabulary: Synonyms and Antonyms, Phrasal Verbs, Related Pair of Words, Idioms and Phrases, Proverbs.
Words and Sentences: Use of Words, Choosing Appropriate Words and Words often Confused, Sentence Arrangement, Completion, Fillers and Improvement, Transformation of Sentences, Comprehension, Punctuation, Spelling Test, Spotting of Errors.
Are you searching for Rajasthan Patwari Syllabus 2019 Pdf? Then, this is the best place to get actual results for your search. Here we have given detailed RSMSSB Patwari Pre, Mains Exam pattern & syllabus in Hindi Pdf. You can also check for exam dates, cut off percentage, study material, previous papers details in the below sections of the article. However, continue reading the entire article to gather all the information provided.
Rajasthan Patwari Syllabus Pdf
Rajasthan Subordinate Ministerial Services selection Board released a notification for recruiting 4400 patwari vacancies. Many candidates appear for this exam every year. Since it is expected that competition will be high this time as well, applicants need to have proper guidelines & study materials to score good marks in the exam.
Here we have updated the latest RSMSSB syllabus & exam pattern details subject wise. Aspirants can also download official syllabus pdf both in Hindi & English by using the link given in the bottom section of the article.
The selection of the applicant for Patwari post is based on Prelims, Mains written exam followed by an interview process. Certainly, check for exam pattern and syllabus pdf details below.
Rajasthan (RSMSSB) Patwari Exam Syllabus & New Pattern 2019
This exam pattern gives you a rough idea about the structure of the exam, the number of questions asked, marks allotted and other norms of the exam. The exam pattern is given for both prelims and mains stages in the below table along with the required details of the exam.
Negative marking of 1/3rd marks will be there for each wrong answer.
Each question carries 2 marks.
Rajasthan Patwari Syllabus 2019 in Hindi Pdf Download9
The detailed RSMSSB Exam 2019 syllabus for Patwari post given here. Below the syllabus is given in the subject wise from which questions will be asked considering both Prelims & Mains exam. Applicants searching for the updated syllabus can go through below list of topics that need to be studied to crack the exam successfully.
RSMSSB Patwari Mathematics Syllabus:
Average
simplification
Profit & loss
SI & CI
Trigonometry
Partnership
Percentage
Ratio & proportion
Field book
Mensuration
Height & distance etc.
Rajasthan Patwari Syllabus for General Knowledge:
Current Affairs of Country and State
Indian politics
Schemes of state government
Literature & culture of Rajasthan
Geography and history of Rajasthan
Knowledge of District, Local and state level administration
Land measurement etc.
www.rsmssb.rajasthan.gov.in Patwari Syllabus for Hindi
Idioms & phrases
Synonyms
Antonyms
Paragraph
Error correction
Noun-Pronoun Adjective, adverb
Punctuation
General Hindi grammar etc
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Looking for HSSC JE Syllabus 2019 Pdf? Then read the article to get all the required details related to the syllabus. Here we have given the direct link to download the Haryana SSC Junior Engineer Syllabus & Test Pattern for Civil, Electrical & other streams. So, applicants who were seraching for the latest syllabus & exam pattern can check the details below and download syllabus pdf for referring during the preparation of the exam.
HSSC JE Syllabus 2019 Pdf
Haryana Staff Selection Commission (HSSC) released notification to fill up 1624 Junior Engineer Posts. Candidates who are interested in this post need to apply before 4th July 2019. after which applications will not be accepted.
The exam is expected in the upcoming months. Thus, to help aspirants in their preparation of the exam to get selected for the post. We have given completely updated Haryana SSC Jr Engineer Syllabus Subject Wise that can be referred and need to practice accordingly to score good marks in the exam.
Before starting to prepare for the exam aspirants need to understand the exam prerequisites and schedule details which are given in the above table.
Selection Process:
Written Exam
Socio-Economic Criteria & Experience
HSSC JE Exam Pattern 2019 – www.hssc.gov.in
To help candidates in their preparation of the exam we have given exam pattern in terms of subjects. Check the test pattern given and prepare accordingly to score good marks in the exam.
Name of the Subjects
Weightage
Total Marks
General Awareness, Reasoning, Maths, Science, Computer, English, Hindi & Relevant Subject
75%
90
History, Current Affairs, Literature, Geography, Civics, Environment, Culture, etc.
25%
The exam will be of Objective type questions.
The written exam will be for 90 marks and rest 10 marks for Socio-Economic Criteria & Experience.
Candidates can check subject wise Haryana HSSC Jr Engineer syllabus in below lists. Sy preparing for the exam according to subject wise, aspirants can easily crack the exam and get a job in HSSC as Junior Engineer.
HSSC JE Syllabus 2019 – General Abilities
Reasoning
Analogies
Similarities
Space Visualization
Problem-solving
Analysis
Judgment
Decision making
Visual memory
Discrimination
Observation
Relationship concepts
Arithmetical reasoning
Verbal and figure classification
Arithmetical number series
General Awareness
Current Events
Sports, History
Culture, Geography
Economics
General Polity
Indian Constitution
Scientific Research etc.
English
Pronouns.
Active and Passive voice.
Noun.
Subject-verb Agreement.
Articles.
Direct & Indirect speech.
Tenses.
Types of sentences.
Connectors.
Unseen passage.
Prepositions.
Verbs.
Aptitude
Discount.
Circle and its chords.
Graphs of Linear Equations.
Averages.
Mixture and Allegation
Trigonometric ratio.
Quadrilaterals.
Percentages.
Time & work.
Regular Polygons.
Interest
Square roots.
Ratio and Proportion.
Profit & Loss.
Standard Identities
Time and distance.
HSSC JE Civil Syllabus 2019 Pdf
Environmental Engineering.
Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering.
Surveying.
Structural Engineering.
Water Resources Engineering.
Transportation Engineering.
Haryana HSSC JE Electrical Syllabus
Power Electronics and Drives.
Digital Signal Processing.
Electrical Circuits and Fields.
Digital Electronics.
Control Systems.
Power Systems.
Communication Engineering.
Computer Control of Processes, Networks.
Electrical Machines.
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Recently, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das rightly underscored the need for governance reform in public sector banks that are reeling under bad loans. "It is important to enhance the quality and stability (in PSB boards) through further streamlining appointment process, succession planning and compensation. These aspects could be evaluated by bank boards and reviewed by the Banks Board Bureau. We also need to create a pool of independent directors across various areas of expertise, Das said in his recent convocation address at the National Institute of Bank Management in Pune.The govt, as a majority shareholder, should make this happen. Three years ago, it had outlined an ambitious plan, known as Indradhanush, to improve the functional and operational autonomy of these banks where politicians and bureaucrats are said to wield a lot influence. The BBB is meant to stop such interference.But what needs to be done quickly is to vest ownership of all banks in a single holding company, assign BBB as its board and leave it to appoint the PSB boards. Hands length ownership will be good for the holding company. The government can continue to be a majority owner with 51% stake, and the balance can come in as private capital that includes foreign capital. The holding company can tap the market for funds and raise large doses of capital for infusion into banks. This will help banks grow so they can lend more and get the wheels of the economy moving.Such a structure will enhance the functional and operational autonomy of banks that need to take the right commercial decisions. The compensation for senior bankers should also hinge on performance. Large chunks of their salary must be linked to the bank's performance over a longer period of time, and, of course, with clawback provisions. This will motivate them to work without fear.Independent directors in the boards of banks should have domain expertise for sure. But they must also be capable of thinking independently and challenging the management if the need arises.The creation of a holding company for banks should come as a part of the Budget announcement.
By Cindy WangGiant Manufacturing Co. saw the writing on the wall early on. The world's biggest bicycle maker started moving production of US-bound orders out of its China facilities to its home base in Taiwan as soon as it heard Donald Trump threaten tariff action in September."When Trump announced the plan of 25% tariffs, we took it seriously," Chairwoman Bonnie Tu said in an interview at Giant's Taichung City headquarters in Taiwan. "We started moving before he shut his mouth."Giant is part of a growing number of global firms that are pivoting production out of China in reaction to the increasingly hostile trade relations between the two superpowers. Intel Corp. this week became the latest to say it's reviewing its global supply chain, while Li & Fung Ltd., the world's largest supplier of consumer goods, said the trade war is spurring it to diversify away from China."Last year, I noticed that the era of Made In China and supplying globally is over," Tu said. The maker of mountain and racing bicycles closed one plant in China at the end of 2018 and shifted most U.S. orders out of the country. Giant announced last July it is setting up a factory in Hungary "as moving production close to your market is a trend."Giant currently has one plant each in Taiwan and the Netherlands, and still has five remaining in China. The Taiwanese site will be working double shifts to keep up with the relocated orders. The company said it is seeking a partner in Southeast Asia.Not Level"The world is no longer flat," said Tu, borrowing from Thomas Friedman's book "The World Is Flat," whose title in a metaphor for viewing the world as a level playing field for companies and trade. "The concept is no longer affordable in every place."Li & Fung's chief executive officer echoed Tu's sentiments, saying China became the factory to the world because it is so efficient in producing goods. Sourcing became very easy, CEO Spencer Fung said in a presentation in Hong Kong on Monday."They just put all their eggs in the China basket because the Chinese are very capable," said Fung. Now, "the trade war is basically forcing people to rethink their entire global sourcing strategy and to diversify away from China."Giant shares soared 9.8% on Monday for their biggest gain ever, after the company said it expects a quarter of its revenue this year to come from e-bikes. The stock retreated 3.5% in trading Tuesday. Li & Fung jumped 7.3%, the most in three months, in Hong Kong Tuesday.Giant's willingness to quickly steer orders away from China -- long regarded as the world's low-cost workshop -- has been noticed by investors and analysts. The stock, which doesn't carry a single sell rating from brokerages tracked by Bloomberg, has climbed more than 70% this year to the highest level since 2015, after four straight years of declines.Giant's global brand awareness and flexible manufacturing are key to avoiding tariff risks, Daiwa analysts Helen Chien and Anita Li wrote in a June 5 report, in which they initiated coverage of Giant with an outperform rating.Tariffs are adding $100 on average to the price of bicycles made in China and exported to the U.S., compared with those made in zero-tariff areas, Tu said, explaining the rationale for the switch to the Taiwanese site.The switch, however, comes with higher costs for employee payouts, automation and no China-like economy of scale for suppliers. Tu declined to peg the relocation costs beyond saying the company's "bottom line would be better without the U.S.-China trade war."That's why Giant is open to reverting production to its Chinese plants if the U.S. and China are able to hammer out a trade deal. If America "decides to remove the 25% tariff, we will move the production back to China right away," Tu said.
NEW DELHI: The US has warned the Indian government that companies found supplying equipment or other products of American origin to Huawei or its units could face punitive action, said people with knowledge of the matter. The May 27 letter, sent to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), is being seen as part of US efforts to intensify pressure on India to act against the Chinese company.The MEA has in turn sought the views of the Department of Telecom (DoT), Niti Aayog, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Department of Commerce and the principal scientific adviser on the implications of US' curbs on Huawei for Indian firms, a senior government official told ET."Three questions have been posed by the MEA — to examine information provided by the US, including possibility of action against Indian firms that supply US-origin software and equipment to Huawei and also to provide views on the recommendations of a recent 5G security conference at Prague and overall opinion on the matter," the official said.Sources told ET the recommendations of the Prague conference in May had been 'general' and didn't single out any company. 69850501 Call for Robust Security FrameworkBut the latest communication from the US authorities to India had largely to do with details of the recent ban on equipment from Huawei and a list of its units. These included 35 registered companies in China and affiliates such as Huawei Sri Lanka, Huawei Pakistan and Huawei Hong Kong.Crucially, the Chinese were not invited for the conference, which saw telecom chiefs from 32 countries, and which essentially recommended that governments adopt 5G network standards that Huawei might not be able to meet, due to Chinese laws requiring cooperation in intelligence-gathering efforts, sources said.An official said the Prague summit called for a robust security framework."A country's communications system should be designed with resilience and security, and should have its own security policies," he said, citing the summit's key recommendation. It didn't name any company or country. "So, on the issues of privacy and security, we are in confirmation with these principles outlined at the Prague conference that each country's communication network should be safe and secure."However, the matter of Indian companies being possibly accountable and punishable for supplying US hardware or software to Huawei or its associates is not easy to resolve."Huawei has the maximum 5G patents and there is no doubt that they have taken the lead in this technology," the official said. "Now, if we permit our companies to deploy Huawei, and somewhere in the entire supply chain or network operations, if some US software is deployed, the probability for which is high, how would it impact our companies?"While no Indian company was mentioned in the detailed list provided by the US authorities, the communication required careful study and response, said the people cited above.It comes as the Indian government is holding internal top-level discussions to take a final decision on whether to permit Huawei to participate at all in 5G trials, which are expected to commence shortly. The DoT's views have also been sought on the matter, but the telecom department has been divided on the issue so far, said people with knowledge of the matter.One section contends that the country can't depend on just two network equipment suppliers — Nokia and Ericsson — and points out that there are risks from European vendors as well. It argues that Huawei should be given an opportunity in the 5G trials, which will also allow India to scrutinise security vulnerabilities, if any. The other section insists that Chinese vendors are a security threat, given that they have to share information with the government under the law of that country.
NEW DELHI: India may cut the goods and services tax (GST) on electric vehicles to 5% from 12% to provide a stimulus to the sector that's a high priority for the Narendra Modi government.The GST Council is set to take up the proposal at its June 20 meeting, said a senior government official aware of the development. "There is a proposal to cut tax rates on EVs among other issues," the official told ET. Lower duties are expected to encourage global manufacturers to invest in India's planned shift to electric vehicles in order to try and bring down pollution levels. This comes as Punjab has written to the Centre seeking a review of tax rates.Tackling SlowdownThe state has sought new rates for automobiles, textiles, micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and real estate to provide a boost to the economy, which has slowed to the lowest in five years in FY19.Punjab finance minister Manpreet Badal has suggested to union finance minister and GST Council chairman Nirmala Sitharaman that tax rates for these sectors need to be lowered to address the slowdown. 69850547 The automobile sector has sought urgent measures to boost demand, after recording the steepest decline in sales in 18 years. Passenger vehicle sales have been sliding and fell by 21% in May, prompting closure of dealerships and plant shutdowns.The RBI consumer confidence index, based on a survey in 13 cities, fell to 97.3 in May, indicating pessimism about jobs and prices.Electric VehiclesPolicymakers favour incentivising electric vehicles in line with the government's long-term strategy. The Niti Aayog has prepared a roadmap that envisages all vehicles sold after 2030 being electric. The roadmap lays down that all two-and three-wheelers should go electric from 2023 and all commercial vehicles from 2026.Experts said tax cuts would encourage manufacturing. "A reduction in the GST rate on EVs would incentivise global players to set up their manufacturing facilities in India and is also in line with the phased manufacturing programme of the government," said Pratik Jain, national leader, indirect taxes, PwC. Under this, customs duties on EVs are proposed to be gradually increased. However, what needs to be seen is whether such a move would lead to an inverted duty structure, Jain added.Anti-Profiteering FrameworkThe council is also expected to consider a proposal to extend the tenure of the National Anti-Profiteering Authority (NAA) by a year as there are a number of pending cases at various stages of disposal.The meeting is expected to take up several changes to the GST law to check tax evasion.
MUMBAI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is likely to summon Jet Airways founder Naresh Goyal for questioning over alleged wrongdoing related to stake sales in the unit that ran the grounded carrier's loyalty programme, said people with knowledge of the matter.The agency is also studying allegations of tax evasion of more than Rs 650 crore made by the income tax department against Jet Airways and its units to see if these violated provisions of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA).Jet Airways incorporated Jet Privilege Pvt Ltd (JPPL) as a wholly owned unit in 2012. After Etihad bought a 50.1% stake, it was hived off as an independent entity. Jet Airways holds the remaining 49.9%. Etihad had bought a 24% stake in Jet Airways in 2013. The ED had in the past sent queries to Jet regarding the $150 million stake sale in JPPL but it was only in May that senior executives of the airline were called in for detailed questioning.69850529 FIPB ApprovalsThe Jet Airways stock plunged to an all-time low on Tuesday, a day after lenders decided to refer the airline to bankruptcy court after failing to come up with a viable rescue plan for the carrier that stopped flying on April 18.The central agency is trying to ascertain whether Etihad received the necessary approvals required from the now-defunct Foreign Investment Promotion Board for making investments in the country."The preliminary probe indicates that the deal is in violation of the FDI (foreign direct investment) provisions and Jet Airways classifying it as an 'air transport service firm' — a sector that allows more than 49% FDI through automatic route — was only to circumvent the norms in order to get more FDI," said one of the persons cited above. "Since Goyal was founder and a major stakeholder then, he will be summoned in due course to explain this."The probe will seek to ascertain if this was an arrangement struck between the two in order to get more overseas investment into the airline and if that was in contravention of FDI norms, the person said.In the tax matter, the IT investigation wing discovered alleged irregularities in transactions between Jet Airways and its Dubai-based group firms, ET reported on June 15. The airline was found to be paying commissions every year to its general sales agent in Dubai, which was also part of a group unit. These may have been aimed at evading taxes to the tune of Rs 650 crore, ET had reported, citing people aware of the matter. Details pertaining to those alleged irregularities have also cropped up in the JPPL deal probe while studying the books of accounts."A preliminary inquiry has indicated that this also amounts to violation under FEMA as fake invoices were floated and the monies that should have come to India were routed abroad," said another official aware of the matter. "This transaction will also be studied in detail and a decision will be taken if a case has to be made out under FEMA."Earlier this month, Goyal was summoned by the IT department's Mumbai wing under Section 131 of the Income Tax Act that empowers the income tax authorities to conduct inquiries and summon persons, examine them under oath, compel the production of books of account and documents, and issue commissions.Multiple revenue and enforcement agencies are probing Jet Airways for alleged irregularities. Other than the ED and the IT department, the ministry of corporate affairs (MCA) is also investigating the airline for alleged violations of the Companies Act. The ministry's regional office concluded several transactions to be of a "suspicious nature" in a May report.It recommended a detailed investigation into Jet Airways after an inspection of its accounts.Sources added that the government is likely to hand over the probe to the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO), the investigation arm of the MCA. Based on a request by the MCA, a lookout circular had been issued against Naresh Goyal and his wife Anita to ensure that they didn't leave the country while investigations were pending. Following this, they were taken off a Dubai-bound plane in Mumbai on May 26.Emails sent to Jet Airways didn't elicit a response.The carrier had previously told ET that it was in compliance with the law.This was in response to a February 26 report by ET that said income tax authorities had discovered irregularities in the airline's transactions with Dubai-based group companies and that the authorities might ask Jet Airways to explain these related-party deals."Jet Airways reiterates that it has always complied with all regulatory and corporate governance requirements, as required by law, with respect to the transactions entered into with related parties," it had said at the time. "Such disclosures have been made by the company in its duly audited and published financials as part of 'related-party transactions'."It was cooperating with the authorities, including the Registrar of Companies (RoC) through the course of a tax survey conducted last year, the carrier had said.
By Christopher CondonFinancial markets have gotten used to the Federal Reserve adjusting its benchmark interest rate in small increments. They might want to be ready for a change.While no move is expected as officials gather this week, economists and investors generally agree the Fed is going to cut rates this year.Bets on the Fed's next moves got even more complicated Tuesday amid geopolitical turns. Investors first increased bets on a Fed cut after European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said additional stimulus would be needed unless the outlook improved. That prompted President Donald Trump to tweet that Draghi was "unfairly" weakening the euro.Investors then dialed back rate-cut speculation somewhat after Trump later tweeted encouraging words about U.S.-China trade talks.The last two times the Fed began an easing cycle, in 2001 and 2007, it opted for a half-percent move over a quarter point adjustment.If and when the Federal Open Market Committee decides to ease again this year, its members will seriously contemplate doing the same.Here are the arguments for and against:For: Surprise, Surprise!William Nelson, chief economist at the Bank Policy Institute in Washington and a former senior Fed staffer, said policy makers almost always seek to avoid surprises when raising rates but often approach cutting with the opposite aim."The FOMC is actually eager to deliver an easing surprise, and in fact at times judge the success of their easing actions precisely by the market impact that only comes from a surprise," he said.For: Ahead of the CurveIn their own review of the 25-versus-50 debate, economists at Morgan Stanley pointed out that if the Fed is trying to address looming economic risks, "it makes sense to get ahead of the curve to bolster confidence and leave markets more settled."Failing to do so can leave the Fed needing to act again soon and make officials appear too timid, they added in the May note.For: Gone Too FarFormer Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan frequently argued that the last move in a series of hikes or cuts was often viewed in hindsight as unnecessary."Therefore, when we move in a different direction for the first time, it's probably wise to remember that the existing level of rates embodies one more move than we needed to do," he told colleagues on a Jan. 3, 2001 telephone conference call when the Fed delivered a surprise inter-meeting 50-basis-point cut.Though far from certain, that may end up being true for the Fed's December rate hike. The move, when paired with a signal of more increases to come, spooked investors who had begun to worry about slowing global growth.For: Close to ZeroThe target range for the federal funds rate currently stands at 2.25% to 2.5%, which means the Fed many not have enough ammunition to fight a full-blown recession. That makes it more important for the Fed to be aggressive when it cuts, getting the most impact out of every step downward."Hitting the zero-lower bound is a problem, so you don't want to hold your fire" in the face of deteriorating economic conditions, said Scott Brown, chief economist at Raymond James Financial Inc. "That means you need to go sooner than you would otherwise, and larger."For: What Inflation?With inflation running persistently below the Fed's 2% target, and inflation expectations falling, that means the potential negative consequences of cutting too much are meaningfully reduced. The Fed is less likely to unleash unwanted higher inflation with aggressive cuts.Against: Please Remain CalmThose who argue against a big cut note that a swift move down carries real risks. Most importantly, it could mistakenly convey a sense of panic.In the face of a 50 basis-point cut many investors will inevitably ask, "What does the Fed know that we don't know?" said Raymond James' Brown.Against: Bubbles AheadThe most tangible risk would be the threat of feeding incipient financial market bubbles. Rates have been easy for more than a decade, spurring repeated worries about asset valuations. Corporations are widely viewed as over-leveraged, especially among companies rated below or just above investment grade.If the Fed aggressively eases borrowing costs, that will only add to the piles of debt the Fed already worries will amplify the next recession.
By Chandan Taparia Nifty50 remained highly volatile and hovered between positive and negative territories throughout Tuesday's session, but finally closed on a flat note near the 11,700 mark.The index formed a Small-Bodied candle at its crucial support of 50-day EMA, and has been forming lower highs and lows for past five sessions. Now it has to negate the formation of lower highs by surpassing the 11,727 mark to get some stability and bounce towards 11,761 and then 11,820 levels, while a failed attempt would mean the weakness will continue till 11,600 and 11,550 levels.On the options front, maximum Put open interest was at 11,500 followed by 11,700 levels, while maximum Call OI was at 12,000 followed by 12,500 levels. There was Call writing at 11,800 followed by 11,700 levels, while Put writing was seen at 11,600 and then 11,700 levels. Options data suggested a lower trading range between 11,500 and 11,929 levels.India VIX fell 0.85 per cent to 14.52 level.Bank Nifty traded in a range between 30,200 and 30,550 levels for most part of the session, but failed to test the 30,600 level. It formed an small-bodied candle on the daily scale and has been making lower highs and lows for last five sessions. As long as it holds below 30,600, the index may extend its weakness towards 30,000 and then 29,600 levels, while on the upside, resistance is seen at 30,600 and then 31,000 levels.Nifty futures closed positive at 11,714 with a marginal gain of 0.15 per cent. Long buildup was seen in SRF, PVR, IGL and REC while shorts were seen in Piramal Enterprise, CEAR, Dabur and Indiabulls Housing Finance.(Chandan Taparia is Technical & Derivative Analyst at MOFSL. Investors are advised to consult financial advisers before taking an investment calls based on these observations)
NEW DELHI: Users across various parts of the world, including India, could not access 'Google Calendar' on Tuesday evening.Navigating to google.calendar.com and the app presented users with a 'Not Found Error 404' message.Google, on its G Suite Status Dashboard, said: "We're investigating reports of an issue with Google Calendar. We will provide more information shortly. The affected users are unable to access Google Calendar".Netizens took to Twitter to complain about the outage. While many referred to the disruption as 'snow day', many others shared GIFs of chaotic workplaces to express how their day was like without the popular scheduling solution.Interestingly, the disruption occurred a few hours after Google G Suite tweeted about 'Scheduling made simpler with @googlecalendar'.
NEW DELHI: Even as unemployment in the country stands at a 45-year high, more people are now part of the formal workforce, and in temporary staffing (also part of the formal workforce), according to a report released by the Indian Staffing Federation (ISF) and research firm IMRB Kantar today.The report attributes this to reforms like changes to EPF (employee provident fund), ESI (employee state insurance) and the introduction of the goods and service tax (GST), as well as demonetization-linked reforms to the growth of the formal workforce. The report, titled 'Impact of Key Reforms on Job Formalization and flexi staffing', used data from the latest National Sample Survey Organization (NSSO) to come up with the figures, which showed that the percentage of people who are casual workers fell from 70% to 68% between 2015 and 2018, and consequently, more than 7 million jobs were formalized. E-commerce, manufacturing and the government have been the main contributors to the formalization of the workforce.The total number of formal jobs in the country now stands at 74.9 million, and is projected to increase to 102 million by 2021. Formal jobs are those in which workers get access to benefits like provident fund and insurance.The report showed that the formal temporary workforce in India – also known as the flexi workforce – reached 3.3 million in 2018, up from 2.1 million in 2015.According to Rituparna Chakraborty, president, ISF, reforms like the proposed merging of 44 labour laws in India into four will further drive formalization.The report says that an additional 11 million jobs will move from informal to formal by 2021, while the number of flexi staffers would increase by 2.8 million in the same time period.ISF represents the interests of more than 100 temporary staffing firms – also known as flexi staffing firms – and over 1 million people employed through these firms. Temporary staffing firms act as an intermediary between workers and companies which are looking for temporary workers.
Operation cleanup | Govt sacks another 15 officers on charges of corruption Under 56 (j), the performance of an officer who has turned 50 or 55 or has completed 30 years of service (whichever is earlier) is being reviewed to ascertain if he/she is liable for compulsory retirement.
10,000 SSI units planned, 50 industrial parks under pilot project in Maharashtra Considering the job-creation potential of micro, small and medium enterprises, the state said it will set up industrial parks at each taluka level.
Maharashtra: OBC becomes the focal point as state goes for social engineering The state has made a provision of Rs 200 crore for the Maharashtra State Other Backward Classes Finance and Development Cooperation.
Gujarat University to start a certificate course on GST The syllabus will be designed by ICAI Western branch, course will be conducted by CAs and experts
Chennai: Students find new way to have fun on Bus Day Bus day celebrations are held on the first day of college. They have had a history of creating a nuisance
Ahmedabad: Cyclone Vayu brings both respite & misery Impedes easy vehicular movement and leads to cave-ins, waterlogging across city; locals rescue cars and strays
Razorpay raises $75 million from Sequoia, others in Series C funding Razorpay said a large portion of the funds will be used to develop new technologies and scale up its recently expanded product suite, Razorpay X and Razorpay Capital.
IL&FS scam: Audit firm noted lapses by IFIN but looked the other way In emails to IFIN's officials, the audit team noted 17 instances, including a loan of `12 crore extended to a subsidiary of Unitech, which was then used to repay interest on previous loans.
AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi takes oath in Urdu; ends it with Jai Bhim, Allah-o-Akbar and Jai Hind Owaisi had complained to the Election Commission against Prime Minister Narendra Modi for ending his poll speech by chanting Jai Sri Ram at a rally near Ayodhya
EU to India: How will you double farmers' income by 2022? Ahead of a meeting of the WTO's committee on agriculture on June 25-26, countries have submitted questions on various farm policies adopted by India, purportedly with an aim to gauge if these are trade-distorting and can be challenged at the multilateral body.
Rs 2,654-cr bank fraud: Gujarat High Court grants three-months bail to DPIL promoters The brothers are behind bars for the past one-and-a-half years in connection with the Rs 2,654-crore bank fraud case.
