Don't love the idea of some random Amazon employee reviewing your Alexa query about whether or not it's safe for the dog to eat honeydew? Now you can opt out.
(It is safe, and even healthy, for your dog to eat some honeydew, by the way.)
The new privacy feature is a months-later response to the April revelation that some Amazon employees manually review recorded exchanges with Alexa, and can see where the user is located. You can find it in the Alexa Privacy section of Amazon's website or smartphone apps.
All Alexa users should probably go ahead and opt out now, given Amazon's handling of the issue so far. When word first emerged that employees were manually reviewing Alexa recordings — a practice that wasn't disclosed in Alexa's terms and conditions at the time — Amazon claimed that those employees had no way to connect a recording with the user's location. Read more...
The Earth continues to drop casual hints about climate change, including a gigantic hailstorm in Alberta, Canada on Friday. The city of Edmonton was quickly placed under tornado watch, but in the meantime, residents found themselves the recipients of massive hail stones.
The hail stones were large enough to use for baseball, or cricket, or whatever they play in your part of the world – that's not important right now! They were a far cry from normal, pebble-sized hail stones, and in fact stretch the definition of the word "stone." Read more...
Still rocking an old generation high definition TV? If so, we think it's time you treated yourself and upgradedWalmart is currently offering a 75-inch Samsung 4K TV for $999.99, saving you $1400 off the listed price. Partner this with a PlayStation 4, and you can fully enjoy an immersive gaming experience.
Every morning, Cuthbert’s commute is broadcast to 53,000 people.
Unlike most people’s morning routines, his rush hour journey is neither long nor stressful. But then again, Cuthbert isn’t a person. And his commute is best described as a gentle waddle from barn to farmyard.
Cuthbert is a goose. Not just any goose, though. He’s a TikTok-famous goose.
The daily rush hour at Caenhill farm in Devizes, Wiltshire in the southwest of England, has stolen the internet’s heart, becoming an overnight sensation on TikTok, Twitter, and Instagram.
In his videos, farmer Chris Franklin often asks, “Who’s going to be first out today?” as he unbolts the barn door. Chickens rush out the moment the door swings open, followed swiftly by Smudge and Socks, two tiny, fluffy kittens, who come bounding out at breakneck speed. Next come Gilbert and Sully, two of the geese, with Ken the Rooster strutting behind them with an admirable amount of confidence. As runner ducks waddle out, Franklin yells, “Where’s Cuthbert? Cuthbert, where are you?” Out pops the veritable “star of the show,” as Franklin calls him. Read more...
Common wisdom is that if you're an actress over 30, it's time to pack it in.
Not to give up, per se. But the rich leading roles have too often if not entirely been shuffled over to younger actresses, bastions of beauty and promise instead of reminders that time is unrelenting and coming for us all. After a certain age, actresses find a dearth of compelling roles, and that's if they're even still getting scripts and auditions.
But as with so many archaic Hollywood norms, that's changing. There are more roles now than ever for women of varying backgrounds and ages, including those in Cindy Chupack's Otherhood, now streaming on Netflix. Chupack, who cut her teeth in the sitcom world with Modern Family and Sex and the City, has been telling the untold stories of women for decades, giving a spotlight and validation to these stories. Read more...
TL;DR: Snag the Dolby Atmos-equipped Samsung Q90R Soundbar for just $899.99 when you order it through the PCMag Shop. It's normally $1,699.99, so you'll save $800.
What was once a lovely place to spend a rainy afternoon is now a wallet-draining, ad-saturated hellhole starring overpriced, overly salty snacks, long bathroom lines, and bad-mannered kids who definitely aren't old enough to be in here. That's right — we're talking about the movie theater.
Mercifully, modern home entertainment systems have reached a degree of sophistication where living rooms can now be turned into personal cinemas, complete with booming surround sound and wall-sized TV screens. So long as you've got the right equipment, you can steer clear of your local multiplex and enjoy all your favorite flicks at home. Read more...
TL;DR: Get the reliable Embark Dog DNA test kit for $174.99. Usually priced at $199, you'll be saving 12% and learning more about your furry friend.
No one is going to argue with you if you claim that your dog is the best, most unique doggo in the world. No one will really take issue if you claim that your pup is the Goodest Boy in the world, either. Because it's true: All dogs are good dogs.
But have you ever wondered what truly makes your furry BFF unique? If you want to know, you can rely on the Embark Dog DNA test kit to deliver answers about your pooch's breed, ancestry, and relatives. (There's a reason we ranked it as our top pick in this roundup of the best dog DNA testing kits.) Read more...
TL;DR: Get the professional-level Insta-Famous Photography Bundle for $19. Normally priced at $194, you'll be scoring six classes at 90% off.
Ah influencers. Say what you will about them, but when it comes down to it, even the biggest of cynics can’t help double-tapping on visually stunning ‘grams. And hey, if you can’t beat them, might as well join them.
Now there’s a bundle of online courses that will help you become an Instagram travel influencer yourself. Aptly titled the Insta-Famous Photography Bundle, this six-part online course aims to teach you the ins and outs of travel photography — think landscape editing, adventure shots, aerial photography, and even a course specifically on storytelling with mobile photography — so that you can ultimately increase your Instagram engagement and follower account. Read more...
The temperature is getting hotter, and so are the summer sales.
If you happen to be on the hunt for some new (to you) tech this weekend, we've got you covered. From refurbished iMacs to limited edition Polaroid cameras, here are some of the best deals this weekend in the Mashable Shop.
First on the list is this 21.5-inch refurbished (read: good as new) iMac which comes packed with powerful quad-core processors and lightning-fast graphics cards to help you reach peak productivity. Its built-in Thunderbolt I/O technology allows for lightning-fast data transfers, while the 500 GB hard drive offers ample space to house your essential files. It also has a FaceTime HD camera to video chat with your friends and family in stunning clarity. Read more...
Day after day we — your friendly, neighborhood shopping writers — scour the internet to bring you all the details on the best possible deals on tech, gadgets, and products to make life a little bit easier.
On our quest to bring you said savings on the top-rated Instant Pots and headphones, we often find ourselves running into some pretty weird shit.
Both for comedic purposes and because if we had to see them, then everyone else should have to, too, we’ve rounded up some of the most head-scratching items currently available on Amazon. Some are oddly endearing, some are gross, and some are just downright confusing, but they can all be yours by tomorrow if you have a Prime account. Read more...
TL;DR: Sign up to the fast ExpressVPN for just £5.50 a month, and save 49% on list price.
As with most things in life, if you make a bigger commitment to a VPN, you'll be rewarded with a better deal.
If you are willing to commit to one year of ExpressVPN, you get access to a really great deal. The price drops by a massive 49%, and you get three extra months for free. What that means is you pay only £5.50 a month, for a total of 15 months. This also includes a 30-day money-back guarantee, which is a nice bonus.
The deal isn't the only impressive thing about ExpressVPN, though. You also get around the clock customer support, fast servers in 94 countries, loads of apps, zero activity logs, and strong encryption to make sure your data is kept private. Read more...
The latest item to qualify in the "the Dystopian Future Is Now" category is a system that aims to help bartenders keep track of their customers with facial recognition and AI.
There's just one teensy problem: Bartenders are really, really not into it.
The British company DataSparQ announced the launch of the "A.I. Bar" Thursday. It works by using cameras and sensors to place people who come up to the bar in a queue; it's like a digital "take a number" system, but based on facial recognition.
People can see where they are by viewing themselves on a screen (with a number above their head, depicting their place in line). Bartenders will know who to serve by consulting a tablet that has pictures of all the people, in order of who they should serve first. It's supposed to also help bartenders keep track of whose ID needs to be checked. Read more...
Facebook owns Instagram and WhatsApp, and Mark Zuckerberg is apparently goddamn sick of having to remind people of that fact.
According to The Information, Facebook is set to change the names of Instagram and WhatsApp to better reflect their second-tier status and better credit Facebook for the apps' growth. And just what, exactly, will the new names be?
Say hello to "Instagram from Facebook," and "WhatsApp from Facebook."
Which: LOL.
We reached out to Facebook to confirm the change, but have received no response as of press time. Facebook did confirm the news to The Information, however.
"We want to be clearer about the products and services that are part of Facebook," a Facebook spokesperson told the publication. Read more...
Conspiracy theories have been radicalizing believers across the country, and finally, the FBI is connecting the dots between conspiracy theorists and real-world violence. According to a new report from Yahoo! News, the FBI has published a document warning that conspiracy theories constitute a domestic terrorism threat.
"The FBI assesses these conspiracy theories very likely will emerge, spread, and evolve in the modern information marketplace, occasionally driving both groups and individual extremists to carry out criminal or violent acts," the document states.
The FBI also specifically calls out internet companies' role in proliferating the QAnon and Pizzagate theories, which led to violence. Read more...
A crowd of determined festival goers just stormed Lollapalooza, jumping the fence en masse to get in.
Photographer Jeremy Cohen, who's shooting the event, caught the phenomenon on video. In a Twitter DM to Mashable, he said he saw the mob "casually walk down the street."
"When they saw a spot with not many cops around, they stormed the gate all at once," Cohen said. "It was def planned ... [It] was very strategic."
He's photographed many music festivals, but added that he's "never before" seen anything like this.
In the video he posted, which is quickly going viral on Twitter, police were only able to stop one kid, who has a prosthetic leg. Read more...
Sorry, crypto companies, you can’t register a .bank domain name.
fTLD Registry Services, which operates the new top-level domain (TLD) extensions .bank and .insurance, is looking to ban cryptocurrency services from registering a domain name.
The registry, which is run by “a coalition of banks, insurance companies and financial services trade associations from around the world,” announced its proposed amendments to its registrant eligibility policies late last month. fTLD concurrently opened a public comment period on the changes; it will run until August 24.
While anyone can register most top-level domain extensions, some registries do apply restrictions to who qualifies for its names. The .bank TLD, which costs around $1,000 per year, is among those with the most restrictive policies. To qualify for a .bank domain name, the registrant must be a government-regulated retail bank, savings association, national bank, or bank holding or parent company. There are exceptions listed in the policy, however — one such entity that can also currently apply for a .bank domain are financial service providers. Read more...
Achieving a good night’s sleep isn’t always easy. Busy schedules, frequent stress, and bad rest environments can be culprits for sleep troubles. And it’s more common than you think.
According to the American Sleep Association, 50 to 70 million U.S. adults have a sleep disorder. If your sleepless nights are taking a toll on your health, it might be time for you to buy a new pillow.
Pillows nowadays come with many not-so-basic features, including hypoallergenic materials, anti-wicking fabrics, and memory foam technologies for head, neck, and shoulder support. With so many options, it can be hard to find the right fit. Before you buy a pillow, there are a few things you might want to consider. Read more...
It's a bird, it's a plane, it's one of up to 25 giant surveillance balloons currently floating over the Midwest and spying on everything in their path.
According to documents obtained by The Guardian, the U.S. military is currently in the process of testing a large-scale surveillance system made up of floating radar designed to monitor everything from individual cars to entire cities.
"Conduct high altitude MESH networking tests over South Dakota to provide a persistent surveillance system to locate and deter narcotic trafficking and homeland security threats," reads an FCC document authorizing elements of the test. Read more...
“While we conduct a thorough review, we are suspending Siri grading globally. Additionally, as part of a future software update, users will have the ability to choose to participate in grading.”
Eating healthier doesn't have to require some rigid, miserable diet and counting calories in an appBlenders, air fryers, and juicers are simple appliance buys that can transform the way you eat. If you're big on the taste of fruits and veggies already, juicing is a great way to squeeze the most nutrients out of the stuff you already love. Taking a green juice is way faster than eating a salad in the car — not to mention those citrus drinks are so refreshing. Read more...
The patent application suggest that Facebook may be thinking about escalating the amount of ads. Companies could potentially use the content of messages to create targeted ads.
Fortunately, there are a ton of options for travelers looking for a vacation rentals or really any alternative travel lodging. Here, we analyze two — Airbnb and Vrbo. Read more...
TL;DR: Get the Beats Solo3 wireless headphones for just $159.99 on Amazon. They're normally $299.95, so you'll save about $140.
Picture this: You're waiting for the train after work, drenched in sweat as if you're Ted Striker at the climax of Airplane!. You look like a mess, and feel worseThis is what hell must be like, you think to yourself as a baby wails on the neighboring platform, sending a rat scurrying out of the tracks. The air is thick and heavy. It smells like hot garbage.
Then, suddenly, as if God herself planted the thought in your brain, you remember you stashed your headphones inside your backpack before leaving for the day. They've still got plenty of juice left, so you pop 'em on your ears and press "play." "Truth Hurts" starts streaming through the ear cups, drowning out the sound of the subway and all of its miserable inhabitants with Lizzo's swaggering chorus. Life seems marginally better, if only for a few minutes. Read more...
Having a cat (or a few) can be an amazing experience. They’re soft, cute, cuddly, goofy in the best and weirdest way, and they’re always there for you to pet on a bad day. Plus, there’s nothing better — or more relaxing — than falling asleep to the sound of their purring.
But there’s one thing about being a cat mom or dad that universally sucks: scooping and cleaning the cat litter box. This tedious, repetitive, gross, and smelly task takes up way more time than we want it to. And if you get lazy, even for a moment — say after a long, bad day at the office — your cat thanks you in the morning with a gross turd in the tub. (Great, now you’ve got two stinky messes to clean up — definitely not worth it). Read more...
As the only fully-automated litter box complete with phone notifications, the Litter Robot III Open Air with Connect is the perfect choice for a home that’s cat odor-free.
Dimensions: 29.5 x 24.25 x 27 inches
Power: Plug-in
Litter Compatibility: Works with any clumping or scoopable litter, as well as small litter beats and crystals. Doesn’t work with litters that are strictly absorbent, non-clumping, newspaper-based or wood-based.
With high sides and a 24-inch long basin, the LitterMaid Automatic Multi-Cat Litter box is the clear choice for households with multiple or large cats.
Dimensions: 24 x 17 x 9 inches
Power: Plug-in & Battery (8 AA, not included)
Litter Type Compatibility: High-quality, lightweight clumping litter only. Doesn’t work with paper-based, pellets, crystal or heavy clumping litter
The CatGenie Self-Washing Cat Box is less a litter box and more a cat toilet, which, once installed in your bathroom, will save you buying or scooping cat litter ever again.
Dimensions: 19 x 16 x 17 inches
Power: Plug-in to electrical outlet (also requires drain and waterline hookup)
Litter Compatibility: Doesn’t use litter at all. Instead, uses washable granules
The PetSafe ScoopFree Ultra Self-Cleaning Litter Box is the only automatic litter box that uses crystal litter, a litter known for its odor-locking properties.
Dimensions: 19 ⅛ x 27 ⅝ x 16 inches
Power: Plug-in
Litter Compatibility: Crystal litter trays or requires purchase of forever tray to use other types of litter.
PetSafe ScoopFree Original Self-Cleaning Litter Box
The PetSafe Original is going to look great wherever you put it, and you can save some extra cash if you're willing to sacrifice the perks of the Ultra model.
Dimensions: 27.4 x 19 x 7 inches
Power: Plug-in
Litter Compatibility: Crystal litter trays or requires purchase of forever tray to use other types of litter.
Omega Paw Elite Self Cleaning Roll 'n Clean Litter Box
For the more eco-friendly types, the Omega Paw doesn't require any external power and also brings the benefit of a scoop-less litter box experience. Just tilt, collect, and move on.
Dimensions: 18.5 x 21.5 x 20 inches
Power: Manual
Litter Compatibility: Works with clumping cat litter
TL;DR: Visit Amazon to snag the 40mm Apple Watch Series 4 for $349, or the 44mm model for $379. They retail for $399 and $429, respectively, so you'll save $50 no matter which size you choose.
Apple *finally* put an edge on its smartwatch game in the new Apple Watch Series 4, transforming what was once an expensive iPhone accessory into a state-of-the-art fitness and wellness tracker that lives on your wrist. In our humble opinion, its the best device of its kind with few (if any) rivals; tech guru Ray Wong went so far as to call it "the smartwatch to beat." In summation: We stan.
But as Bret Michaels once told us, every rose has its thorn (just like every night has its dawn; just like every cowboy sings his sad, sad song). The Apple Watch's thorn happens to be a really high MSRP of $399 to $429, depending on its size — although if you visit Amazon right now, you can grab one on sale and save $50. Read more...
Blogging will be light for a few more days. Visiting family members are currently taking all of my time, but everyone will be leaving Sunday night. Regular blogging will return Monday morning.
THE ESTRANGED WIFE of Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum has petitioned an English court for a forced marriage protection order relating to their children and a non-molestation order after the breakdown of the marriage.
DUBAI PRINCESS HAYA fled the country earlier this year and has now asked for a forced marriage protection order in a UK court. But why exactly did Sheikh Mohammed Al Maktoum's wife flee Dubai?
VIRTUALLY every household in Ireland will be liable to pay a new "device-independent broadcasting charge" after the Government scraps the current television licence fee - irrespective of whether they even own a television.
VLADIMIR Putin will showcase Russia's next generation stealth strategic bomber, the PAK DA, when it undergoes trials at the superpower's Flight Test and Development Centre in the Zhukovsky, just outside Moscow, developer the Tupolev Aircraft Company has confirmed.
RUSSIA has condemned NATO's stance on the US officially pulling out of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty by saying the alliance is "completely discrediting itself" by supporting President Donald Trump's decision.
FRENCH President Emmanuel Macron has been dealt a blow after a poll showed his approval rating slumping below 30 percent, a possible reflection of the ongoing toll the Yellow Vest clashes have taken on his popularity.
(Bloomberg) — At Mexico’s state-run oil company, skinnier waists mean bigger bonuses.
Under Petroleos Mexicanos’s new collective bargaining contract with its union, workers who meet certain body weight standards will receive a “health incentive” of 5,545.40 pesos ($287) a year. To qualify, they must have a body mass index, or BMI, of not more than 25 — or a maximum waist circumference of 90 centimeters (35 inches) for men and 80 centimeters (31 inches) for women. The so-called health bonus is a 4.6% increase from the last union contract.
The policy runs counter to recommendations by health experts, who warn that BMI and other bio-metric markers are influenced by genetics and environmental factors, and aren’t easy to control. “Employers mandating differential treatment of individuals based on BMI serve to institutionalize the already pervasive stigmatization of obese people,” according to one report from The Obesity Society in Maryland.
Pemex and its union did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
“This is an uninformed policy,” said Dr. Scott Kahan, director of the National Center for Weight and Wellness in Washington. “It’s inconsistent with the science of what we know about body weight regulation and it’s tone deaf to progress being made in societal perceptions around obesity. On top of all of that, we have very strong scientific data now that weight shaming causes more weight gain.”
Pemex workers who are overweight or obese and decrease their weight by 10% annually will also get the bonus, and there are metrics for blood glucose levels, blood pressure and cholesterol, according to the contract seen by Bloomberg. Details of the contract, including a bonus for “productivity” equivalent to 30.85% of workers’ salaries, were first reported in national newspaper Reforma.
A more productive method of encouraging wellness among employees is to incentivize healthy behaviors, said Kahan. These can include giving workers’ insurance rebates for trips to the gym, or encouraging participation in lectures on healthy eating and living. Also, companies can reduce sweets and provide healthier snacks in the office, or give employees’ more time during their lunch break to buy wholesome food or exercise.
“There are a lot of companies big and small that are moving forward on this in much better and much more productive ways,” said Kahan.
Many of the globe’s far northern regions have been experiencing extreme weather events over the past two months. Plumes of smoke have been picked up by satellites from wildfires across Alaska and Siberia and Greenland has experienced rapid ice loss as usually frigid regions have experienced heatwaves and record temperatures.
As the Arctic faces extreme weather events caused by climate change, the events could have ripple effects that accelerate temperature increases across the world, according to scientists and experts.
“The basic chemistry and the basic physics of how the atmosphere absorbs heat — there’s no path where you can imagine that the Arctic is going to start to cool off again,” says Brian Brettschneider, a climatologist and post doctoral fellow at the International Arctic Research Center at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
“Cold air has to come from somewhere, cold air doesn’t just magically appear, and that somewhere has to be accounted for in the entire energy balance of the Earth. Right now the whole Earth has just warmed up,” Brettschneider tells TIME. “It would take a dramatic reversal of the chemical composition of the atmosphere.”
In Alaska, 2.4 million acres of wildfire have burned through July. In the northern Russian province of Siberia, more than 7 million acres have burned. Greenland has also seen several wildfires in July, but the largest threat to Greenland is a heatwave that spread from Europe to the Arctic country, causing 197 billion tons of ice melt in July alone.
This is a roaring glacial melt, under the bridge to Kangerlussiauq, Greenland where it's 22C today and Danish officials say 12 billions tons of ice melted in 24 hours, yesterday. pic.twitter.com/Rl2odG4xWj
Meteorologist Eric Holthaus says the Arctic is nearing a point of no return, as the global temperature increases closer to 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial era levels, which the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warns would have destructive consequences, creating more frequent and extreme weather events and causing high sea level rise.
“We haven’t crossed any major irreversible tipping points yet, but for each tenth of a degree that we get closer to 1.5 [degrees Celsius], it’s sort of like time’s running out,” Holthaus tells TIME. “We’re already there in some places where the ice just doesn’t exist in the times and places that it used to. That’s a permanent change effectively to those parts of the Arctic.”
“Extremes are a natural part of the climate system,” Ahira Sánchez-Lugo, a climatologist at NOAA tells TIME. “But the problem that’s happening right now is as the climate warms, what used to be an extreme hot temperature is now becoming more frequent.”
Sánchez-Lugo says the world can expect to see more intense and frequent drought, heavy rain in other areas and extreme heat waves as climate change continues.
A heatwave also struck in Alaska, which saw record-breaking temperatures in June and July, lowering humidity and moister content in plant life, making them more flammable. Lightening and thunder, which occur naturally, have sparked about 95% of wildfires in remote Arctic areas that experienced dry weather, according to Brettschneider.
Lance King—Getty ImagesSmoke rises from a wildfire on July 3, 2019 south of Talkeetna, Alaska near the George Parks Highway. Alaska is bracing for a dangerous fire season with record warm temperatures and dry conditions in parts of the state.
“It’s a natural process that initiates the fires, but it’s a warm environment that makes the fire more severe,” Brettschneider says.
Similarly, in Siberia, lightning strikes ignited fires that have burned to such an extreme that smoke has spread to Alaska and Canada. President Donald Trump on Thursday offered Russia President Vladamir Putin help in fighting the wildfires, which Putin took as a “sign that it is possible that full-scale bilateral relations will be restored in the future,” according to an online statement by the Russian government.
According to the Associated Press, Maxim Yakovenko, head of Russia’s meteorological services told reporters at a Friday press conference that the fires are linked to climate change.
Meanwhile, the heatwave that caused record-breaking extreme temperatures in Europe in July has struck Greenland, which was already experiencing warm temperatures. The Greenland ice sheet has been in a vulnerable position, and on August 1 lost 12 billion tons, according to Holthaus.
Why should people worry about wildfires and ice sheet melt?
As fires burn and temperatures increase in the Arctic, thousands of years worth of carbon stored in and plant life is released into the atmosphere, potentially accelerating global warming.
“You get the accumulation of plant material year after year after year that never fully decomposes, and that carbon becomes locked away in that plant material that doesn’t fully decompose,” Brettschneider says. “But, as you warm up the environment, you let that natural decomposition process fully play out… You end up with tens or hundreds or thousands of years of plant decomposition happening in one or two or ten years.”
That adds up to massive amounts of methane, and ultimately carbon dioxide, being released into the atmosphere, Brettschneider adds. “We think we have a handle on the trajectory of warming, but if we have this unexpectedly large release of methane from permafrost, then we’re going to have to change our assumptions about how fast warming is going to occur, and that change would be faster.”
More immediately, smoke from the wildfires can have damaging effects on people’s health.
Though the wildfires in Alaska and Siberia have happened in remote and hard to reach portions of the terrain — which has contributed to the slow response efforts in Siberia — some smoke has made its way into highly populated areas of Russia. Inhaling wildfire smoke can have a range of side effects from burning eyes and running nose, to lung and heart disease.
Along with record-breaking heat, wildfires pose another threat to ice sheet melt, according to Holthaus. As fires burn and release smoke into the atmosphere, they release black carbon, also known as soot. Soot is landing in Greenland because of the wildfires, making the ice sheet darker and and therefore absorbing more thermal energy and melting quicker, says Holthaus. He adds that researchers are still studying the extent of melt as a result of soot.
“Besides maybe coral reefs, Arctic sea ice has been the quickest response system in the world in terms of warming,” Holthaus says. “We still don’t know a lot about how ice sheets behave when they’re pushed to such extremes like what we’re doing right now… We’re sort of watching in real time what’s happening and trying to understand it.”
Melting ice sheets and glaciers contribute to sea level rise, and also contribute to global temperature increases as the surface goes from white to blue. Blue water absorbs heat rather than reflects it the way that ice does.
Keith Virgo—APAn image taken on June 18, 2019 of the Kangersuneq glacial ice fields in Kapissisillit, Greenland. Milder weather than normal since the start of summer, led to the UN’s weather agency voicing concern that the hot air which produced the recent extreme heat wave in Europe could be headed toward Greenland where it could contribute to increased melting of ice.
“Trying to understand how glaciers and ice sheets behave is extremely consequential science right now,” he adds. “It’s the question of do we have 50 years or 250 years until the ice sheet melts?”
If the Greenland ice sheet melted completely, the global sea level would rise by roughly seven meters, or 23 feet, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center.
“What’s special about the Arctic is that there really is an on and off switch,” Holthaus says. “Once the ice is gone, it really changes things dramatically, and that’s the process that we’re starting to see play out.”
(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump on Friday downplayed recent missile tests by North Korea and flattered the country’s leader as a friend with a “great and beautiful vision for his country,” as the U.S. tries to lure Kim Jong Un back to nuclear talks.
Trump’s series of three tweets — which took great pains to excuse the actions of a man he once dismissed as “Little Rocket Man” — shows just how much the president has riding on North Korea. Despite widespread skepticism that Kim will give up his prized nuclear weapons program, Trump regularly touts his personal diplomacy with Kim as a great success.
Trump tweeted that North Korea’s recent tests of short-range missiles weren’t part of the commitments he and Kim made at their historic June 2018 summit in Singapore, although he conceded they might be in violation of a U.N. resolution.
“There may be a United Nations violation, but Chairman Kim does not want to disappoint me with a violation of trust,” Trump tweeted. “There is far too much for North Korea to gain – the potential as a Country, under Kim Jong Un’s leadership, is unlimited.”
Trump said Kim can only achieve his “great and beautiful vision for his country” if he is the U.S. president.
“He will do the right thing because he is far too smart not to, and he does not want to disappoint his friend, President Trump!”
Trump has frequently called his diplomacy a success and said the U.S. would have been war with North Korea if he hadn’t made a breakthrough with Kim.
The North’s new missile launches came as the United Kingdom, France and Germany — following a closed U.N. Security Council briefing — condemned the North’s recent ballistic activity as violations of U.N. sanctions and urged Pyongyang to engage in “meaningful negotiations” with the United States on eliminating its nuclear weapons.
Trump’s chief U.S. envoy to North Korea, Stephen Biegun, had hoped to meet Friday in Thailand with a representative of North Korea. But North Korea stayed away from the annual gathering of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, which has served as a venue for their talks in the past.
Unable to meet with a North Korean official, Biegun met with his Japanese and South Korean counterparts to discuss prospects for resuming the stalled denuclearization negotiations with the North.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said earlier Friday that he wished North Korea had sent its foreign minister to the meeting. But he also expressed optimism that talks would resume soon.
“I always look forward to a chance to talk with him,” Pompeo told an audience at the Siam Society. “I wish they’d have come here. I think it would have given us an opportunity to have another set of conversations, and I hope it won’t be too long before I have a chance to do that.”
Pompeo said diplomacy is often fraught with “bumps” and “tos and fros,” but stressed that the Trump administration remains willing to restart the talks, which broke down after Trump’s second summit with Kim in Vietnam in late February.
Trump and Kim met again in June at the Demilitarized Zone between North and South Korea. After that, U.S. officials expressed hope talks would resume in a matter of weeks. Despite that hope, the negotiations have remained stalled.
“We are still fully committed to achieving the outcome that we have laid out — the fully verified denuclearization of North Korea — and to do so through the use of diplomacy,” Pompeo said Friday.
(KAMPALA, Uganda) — Researchers in Uganda have launched the largest-ever trial of the experimental Ebola vaccine that is expected to be deployed in neighboring Congo, where a deadly outbreak has killed over 1,800 people.
The trial of the Janssen Pharmaceuticals vaccine involves up to 800 people in the western district of Mbarara and is supported by Doctors without Borders and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Pontiano Kaleebu, a Ugandan researcher who leads the trial, said Friday that he regrets that the Janssen vaccine has not yet been deployed in Congo. The health minister there who stepped down last month had argued against its deployment, saying a second vaccine could create confusion on the ground.
Already more than 180,000 people in Congo’s yearlong outbreak have received an experimental but effective Merck vaccine, but health experts worry about the availability of doses as the virus now spreads in a major city, Goma, along the Rwanda border. The wife and 1-year-old daughter of the man who died this week of Ebola in Goma now have the disease.
Both the wife and child were doing well in treatment, Congo’s new Ebola response coordinator, Jean-Jacques Muyembe, told reporters on Friday.
But he warned that about half of the cases in this outbreak are going undetected and at that rate “this epidemic could last two or three years.” The current goal is to strengthen surveillance and bring the detection rate to 80%, he said.
Health experts have watched with dismay as the promise of the Merck vaccine in this outbreak has been largely overshadowed by severe challenges to virus containment efforts including rebel attacks and community resistance in a part of Congo that had never experienced Ebola before.
The Janssen vaccine has already been tested in about 6,000 people, most of them Africans, Kaleebu said. “We are excited about this (trial) … because this is one of the promising vaccines,” he said. “It’s one of those vaccines that have shown a lot of promise in animal studies but also in other trials that have been conducted.”
Ugandan researchers said the new trial is expected to last two years and will test how long any protection from Ebola would last. Juliet Mwanga, a co-investigator on the trial, said there is the need “to study many vaccines” in light of Congo’s epidemic.
Uganda has had multiple Ebola outbreaks in the past. While it is currently free of the virus, three people died in June after crossing into the country’s Kasese district on an unguarded footpath. Their family members were taken back to Congo for treatment.
The Ebola virus can spread quickly and be fatal in up to 90% of cases. Symptoms include fever, vomiting, diarrhea, muscle pain and at times internal and external bleeding. The virus is most often spread by close contact with bodily fluids of people exhibiting symptoms and with contaminated objects such as sheets. Health care workers are often at risk.
(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump celebrated a new agreement Friday to increase beef exports to the European Union, saying sales should increase by 46 percent in the first year.
Trump portrayed the agreement as standing up for farmers and ranchers. Producers have been hurt by retaliatory tariffs that China imposed after Trump imposed 25% tariffs on $250 billion in Chinese products.
The signing of the agreement comes the day after Trump increased pressure on China to reach a trade deal by saying he will impose 10% tariffs Sept. 1 on the remaining $300 billion in Chinese imports he hasn’t already taxed.
The European Commission announced in June that it had reached an agreement with the U.S. to allow more hormone-free U.S. beef onto the European market.
“Opening markets for our farmers is about more than just an industry. It’s about a way of life,” Trump said from the White House before the signing of the agreement.
During his two and a half years in the Trump Administration, Mike Pompeo has mostly managed to stay on President Donald Trump’s good side, even as other senior officials have come and gone. But the Secretary of State’s relationship with the President is now being tested after an apparent split over whether or not to further punish Turkey for buying an advanced Russian missile system.
Turkey, a NATO ally since 1952, is now receiving parts for Russia’s S-400, an advanced mobile surface-to-air weapon system designed to detect and shoot down aircraft and missiles up to 155 miles away.
Pompeo has publicly stated that Turkey’s purchase ran afoul of a 2017 law meant to punish Russia for election meddling and the Crimea annexation. “The law requires that there be sanctions,” Pompeo said on July 14. “And I’m confident that we will comply with the law, and President Trump will comply with the law.” That assertion was supported by the top Democrats and Republicans on the Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees, as well as the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
But Trump appears increasingly reluctant to punish Turkey––at a time that ties between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and western allies are increasingly under strain. Despite Pompeo’s apparent promise to impose sanctions, a senior Trump Administration official told TIME last Friday, “The United States does not preview sanctions decisions.” (Asked by TIME that same day whether Pompeo still believed that the law requires sanctioning Turkey, a State Department official echoed that the United States would not preview decisions in advance.)
The President has also undercut Pompeo by opening up an alternative channel of communication –– directing Sen. Lindsey Graham to work with Pompeo’s Turkish counterpart to resolve the issue.
Atilgan Ozdil/Anadolu Agency/Getty ImagesPictured here is the first F-35 stealth fighter jet that was destined for Turkey. In July, the U.S. canceled Turkey’s order for the advanced jet after it took delivery of an S-400 Russian missile system.
Trump “told me to call Turkey,” Graham told Defense One. “I’m in the camp of, if they don’t activate the [Russian] S-400, the sanctions don’t have to be applied,” Graham said, adding that he relayed this by phone to Turkish foreign minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu (who, prosecutors alleged, directed a six-figure deal with Mike Flynn’s firm during the 2016 campaign.) But not activating the system may not be a viable option for Turkey, which just purchased the $2.5 billion technology from Russia.
Later that day, Pompeo was asked on Bloomberg TV whether Graham’s position was shared by the Administration. “I’m not going to talk about internal deliberations,” Pompeo replied. “We’re all working, everyone’s working together to do our best…there could be more sanctions to follow, but frankly what we’d really like is for the S-400 not to become operational, that’s our objective.”
(Graham, a former Trump adversary who has over the past three years increasingly morphed into a defender of the President, was also reportedly asked to work on developing a new Iran deal.)
“Everything about the way that this has developed benefits Vladimir Putin, and benefits Russian interests,” Ross Wilson, who served as a U.S. Ambassador to Turkey under President George W. Bush, tells TIME. “And that’s exactly why the Russian authorities struck this deal, as a way to as a way to estrange the United States and Turkey from one another, as a way to loosen Turkey’s ties with the [NATO] alliance, reflecting a strategy that goes all the way back to Soviet times of trying to break up the alliance.”
After Turkey began receiving the S-400 from Russia, the U.S. canceled Turkey’s order of more than 100 Lockheed-manufactured F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter jets. (Key U.S. allies, including the U.K., Israel, Japan and Australia, have also signed on to buy the fighter for their own defense forces.) Pentagon and NATO leaders have long said that Turkey’s use of the S-400 could allow Russia to observe and “attempt to exploit” vulnerabilities in F-35 stealth capabilities, which means that Turkey’s arms deal with Russia also violates NATO’s interoperability policy. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper testified at his confirmation hearing that he told Turkey’s defense minister, “You can either have the S-400 or you can have the F-35. You cannot have both.” When Turkey took delivery of S-400 parts last month, Washington made good on its threat just days later.
But Trump has balked at even having to drop Turkey from the F-35 fighter program, publicly saying that the cancelation “is not a fair situation” –– let alone having to impose further economic sanctions.
Meanwhile, Turkey has taken to arguing that the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA), the U.S. law that mandates sanctions, gives Trump the authority to waive or delay penalties. But to get such an exemption, Trump would need to submit a justification to congressional committees, where he would face bipartisan pushback. If Trump elects to formally waive or delay the sanctions, it could set up a clash with Republican lawmakers that would draw renewed attention to the 2017 veto-proof passage of the law to punish Russia for interfering in U.S. elections –– and the President’s own tepid response to that interference. Such a showdown would also be a test of whether the relatively new law gives Congress the ability to constrain the president on foreign policy, a realm mostly controlled by the executive branch.
There is concern that sanctions on Turkey could paradoxically benefit Russia by widening the growing rift between the U.S. and its increasingly wayward ally. “I think the Administration is absolutely right to try to respond to this in a way that doesn’t unduly harm the alliance,” Wilson, the former ambassador, says. “How it’s going to do that — it’s not very easy to see.”
Asked whether the Trump Administration ultimately intends to impose economic sanctions on Turkey, the senior Administration official told TIME last week that “nothing has changed about our serious concerns over Turkey’s pursuit of the Russian S-400, as evidenced by previous statements from the Administration as well as the President’s comments last week.” (The State Department official also echoed that language, signaling that at least for now, Pompeo’s messaging has shifted to remain in lockstep with Trump.)
Those comments came during a cabinet meeting on July 16, when Trump indicated that he blamed the Obama Administration for not selling Turkey an alternative system — the Raytheon-manufactured Patriot missiles, which would not create the same security risk, and which the Trump Administration offered to sell to Turkey for $3.5 billion. Trump made no promises on sanctions, and summed up the cancelation of the F-35 deal by saying, “Because of the fact he [Erdogan] bought a Russian missile, we’re not allowed to sell him billions of dollars’ worth of aircraft. It’s not a fair situation. Do you have something to add to that, Mike?”
“No, sir,” Pompeo replied. “I think you explained it well.”
“I think so. Good. You said the right thing,” Trump said, to laughter.
The New York-born rapper will also be allowed to leave the country for the first time since his July 3 arrest while he awaits the decision if the judge in the case. A verdict is scheduled to come on Aug. 14, Karin Rosander, spokeswoman for Swedish Prosecution Authority tells TIME.
A photo after the trial shows A$AP Rocky smiling as he gets into a vehicle. He thanked his fans and supporters in an Instagram statement posted Friday, saying “I can’t begin to describe how grateful I am for all of you.”
The scuffle escalated into an international incident over the last month, withPresident Donald Trump telling Sweden’s Prime Minister Stefan Löfven that he was “very disappointed” he refused his personal request to secure bail and help free the musician. However, Sweden does not have a bail system and the country’s constitution forbids the prime minister from trying to intervene in a legal case.
After the court announced the rapper’s release, Trump tweeted, “It was a Rocky Week, get home ASAP A$AP!”
A$AP Rocky released from prison and on his way home to the United States from Sweden. It was a Rocky Week, get home ASAP A$AP!
Prosecutors have asked that the Grammy-nominated artist receive a sentence of at least six months in prison. The maximum sentence for assault in Sweden is two years.
Anne Ramberg, the secretary-general of the Swedish Bar Association, tells TIME she would be “shocked” if A$AP Rocky would still have to serve time in a Swedish prison. “If the court released him today that means either he will not be convicted or he will be convicted but he will not be sent to prison for more time than he has already been detained,” Ramberg says.
In the unlikely event that the rapper would face a longer prison sentence, she says, extradition laws between Sweden and the U.S. do exist.
A$AP Rocky, 30, was first taken into custody on July 3 after afight broke out in Stockholm. Prosecutors say the alleged victim, Mustafa Jafari, was beaten and hit with a bottle.
Jafari, 19, was left with cuts, bruises and a blood-stained shirt, court records allege. He is now asking for $14,700 in damages for his physical and psychological injuries, lost income and damage to his appearance.
Video footage circulating online shortly after the fight showed A$AP Rocky and what appeared to be members of his entourage, including his security team, hitting Jafari, who was born in Afghanistan. A$AP Rocky took the stand Thursday to testify that he acted in self-defense after pleading not guilty to the assault charges.
The rapper said hedid everything possible to avoid conflict with the two men whom he said followed his entourage, the Associated Press reported. He further alleged that the men appeared to be under the influence of drugs and said Jafari provoked one of his bodyguards, who then “started pushing him away, begging him to leave, go from there.”
Jafari said through his lawyer, Magnus Stromberg, that he was angry because the security guard had broken his headphones after an argument that occurred earlier.
A$AP Rocky had posted an Instagram video that appears to show Jafari and a friend following him even after he warned them to leave. “We don’t want to fight you all, we’re not trying to go to jail.”
However, Stromberg tells TIME that video had edited out a scene showing the rapper’s bodyguard throwing Jafari to the ground.
American interest in the trial was enough that Trump’s special envoy for hostage affairs, Robert C. O’Brien, was evenin the Swedish courtroom earlier this week and told the New York Times on Tuesday that, “The President asked me to come here and support these American citizens.” The State Department previously said it would be following the case closely.
The Swedish government confirmed O’Brien’s presence in Stockholm, and said that “this case isnot in any way a ‘hostage affair,’ “ the Associated Press reported.
The court’s ruling may come down to a glass bottle, specifically: whether the rapper or the two other suspects, who have also been charged with assault, used the bottle to hurt Jafari. A$AP Rocky has denied doing so.
It’s important for the prosecutor to prove whether a glass bottle was used because that could prove “you armed yourself against a person who was not armed,” Dennis Martinsson, a senior law lecturer at Stockholm University, tells TIME. “Then (the prosecutor) would say it’s clearly not a case of self-defense.”
Showing that the bottle was used as a weapon could also result in a longer prison sentence, Martinsson says.
A young woman who says she and a friend witnessed the fight occur outside of a fast-food restaurant they were eating in, testified anonymously as a witness via video link on Friday, and said she did not actually see A$AP Rocky hitting a man with a bottle—changing her story from what she said in initial police reports, the AP reported.
She testified that she could not say with certainty whether the rapper’s entourage threw the bottle to the ground or hit Jafari with it but she did hear a bottle being crushed, according to the AP. She also saw the rapper and his partners beating and kicking Jafari.
Stromberg, Jafari’s lawyer, tells TIME that a “brutal assault” started when his client was hit from behind with a bottle.
“They cannot explain why my client has lots of cuts in his underarms, on his head and left hand,” Stromberg says, adding that police found glass on the side of the street where he says the rapper grabbed and threw Jafari but not where he landed — disputing the idea that Jafari may have simply fallen on broken glass.
Video footage also shows A$AP Rocky holding a bottle that is sticking out from his sleeves, Stromberg says. And a text from A$AP Rocky’s assistant uncovered during the investigation states: “Harlem came out and smashed a bottle on a person.” Prosecutors tried during the trial to figure out whether “Harlem” was a nickname for the rapper, who has denied that he hit anyone with a bottle.
But the defense has argued these texts may not have been usable evidence, according to independent journalist Maddy Savage.
The defence has argued that texts from #ASAPRocky's assistant imply that bottles were used in the fight. But the rapper's lawyer says these can't be used as evidence, since the woman was not called as a witness to explain the messages.
Slobodan Jovicic, A$AP Rocky’s lawyer, denied the accusation that a bottle was used in the attack on Jafari in a press conference on Tuesday. “I’m pretty sure that when we are done, we’re going to show that no bottle has been used or not in the way that the prosecutor is claiming anyway,” Jovicic told reporters.
The bottle is not the only evidence the court is considering. How the court interprets the surveillance footage, which showed the argument escalate outside a fast-food restaurant, is even more important, according to Martinsson.
Jafari’s lawyer says the video shows A$AP Rocky’s security guard lifting and throwing his client. “Usually a security guard takes care of his client. In this case, they are claiming that A$AP Rocky had to defend his security guard,” Stromberg said.
Both lawyers say the media attention and political spotlight has not been helpful.
“The enormous attention makes it even more stressful,” Stromberg says. “The assault has haunted (Jafari) and he is very, very scared.”
Asked whether political influence could affect the verdict, Jovicic told reporters on Tuesday: “Absolutely not.” Jovicic said the verdict would depend on the evidence and arguments put forth by the prosecution and defense.
(PARIS) — Cleanup work at fire-ravaged Notre Dame Cathedral will resume later this month but under stricter lead-protection rules, amid growing public concern about toxic pollution.
Under pressure from labor inspectors concerned about lead risks, the Paris region administration suspended cleanup work at the cathedral last week, and ordered new checks of schools and nurseries in the neighborhood.
The administration announced in a statement Friday that workers will be allowed back starting Aug. 12, but in smaller numbers and with tougher new decontamination measures and equipment “to prevent any release of polluting elements to the outside.”
Critics say authorities didn’t move fast enough to protect workers and residents when the cathedral’s massive lead roof and spire melted in the April fire, spewing toxic dust into the Paris air.
A lawsuit has been filed, and a union-led collective is demanding the “total confinement” of the site.
Astronomical levels of lead were measured in the area at the time. And they remain exceptionally high at some spots inside the cathedral, and in soil of the adjacent park and forecourt, according to the Paris regional health agency. Those areas have been closed to the public since April 15 and are likely to stay that way for years.
No dangerous levels have been registered, however, in nearby streets, where tourists and residents continue to circulate and souvenir shops and restaurants have reopened.
The health agency released a 109-page report last month detailing efforts to monitor lead levels among the population and in the soil and nearby buildings.
But environmental groups say authorities weren’t aggressive or open enough about warning the public about lead levels at the time of the fire.
Children are especially vulnerable to health problems from lead poisoning and exposure, so authorities ordered a deep clean for neighborhood schools and recommended blood tests for children under 7 and pregnant women who live near Notre Dame.
The new security measures for the cathedral will limit the number of workers allowed inside at any time to 30-40 instead of the 60-70 currently allowed, at least until new decontamination kits are delivered in the autumn when the pace of work is expected to pick up.
The main focus is “to ensure that the work doesn’t generate any pollution outside the work zone,” the statement said.
The U.K. faces “consumer panic”, “food shortages” and “gaps” in security if it leaves the E.U. without a deal in place on its future relationship with the bloc, a leaked government document states.
The U.K.’s new prime minister, Boris Johnson, has pledged to take the country out of the bloc “come what may” by the current deadline of October 31. He has refused to rule out a no-deal Brexit unless E.U. leaders allow him to overhaul the agreement they had negotiated with his predecessor Theresa May – something the E.U. says is impossible.
In the first two weeks, it warns, the U.K. would face “potential consumer panic and food shortages, even in areas which are not directly affected at the border” and “possible friction at sea between U.K./E.U. fishing vessels.”
The document also cites security risks, including the “possible increased risk of serious organized crime” and “operational gaps” in security as extra policing becomes “unsustainable”.
Northern Ireland, a region of the U.K. that has a land border with the Republic of Ireland, is singled out as being particularly at risk, with “small businesses [facing] distress and potential law and order challenges” in the first month after leaving without a deal.
The document also warns of increased volatility in the British economy and further devaluation of the British pound, which lost 4% of its value against the dollar in July alone.
On Thursday, British finance minister Sajid Javid, appointed by Johnson last week, announced $2.6 billion in extra funding to prepare for a no-deal Brexit, bringing the total amount allocated by the government up to $7.6 billion. Javid asked the treasury to make no-deal preparations its “absolute top priority”.
The prospect of leaving without a deal has divided the U.K., with strong supporters of Brexit, including Johnson, casting a no-deal as an acceptable price to pay for getting out of the E.U. by October 31 — more than three years after the country voted to leave in 2016 and following more than six months of delays from the original March 29 deadline for leaving.
But a majority of British lawmakers voted against leaving with no deal in a non-binding parliamentary vote in March, including some from Johnson’s own Conservative Party.
Johnson’s control of parliament is fragile. On Friday, his majority was reduced to just one seat in a parliament of 650, when the Conservatives lost a special election in the Brecon and Radnorshire region of Wales to anti-Brexit party the Liberal Democrats.
It remains unclear whether lawmakers can block Johnson from taking the U.K. out of the E.U. without a deal, which will happen by default on October 31 unless a new deal is reached or a new extension granted by the E.U.
Hong Kong’s civil servants symbolically turned against the city’s government Friday evening, joining forces with the protest movement that has rocked Asia’s financial center this summer.
The staid two-hour gathering at a garden in the heart of the financial district reflects just how far the sustained demonstrations have reverberated across Hong Kong. Beyond prompting teenage protesters to take to the streets, discontent over the city’s governance has flared even among usually apolitical sectors of society, and further polarized establishment and pro-democracy camps.
On Friday evening, it was clear that many within the administration are unimpressed by their bosses’ handling of the snowballing political crisis. To chants of “add oil”—the protesters’ mantra of encouragement—bureaucrats and civil servants ended the work week by shuffling into Chater Garden, which was the site of a flash mob by financial workers the previous night.
“I’ve seen a lot of unfairness over the past two months, I’m very unsatisfied with how the government and police have handled things,” says an official from Hong Kong’s Food and Environmental Hygiene Department who gave her name as Kat.
The gathering under spitting evening skies risked blowback from the city’s embattled leaders, who have already warned of possible retribution against wayward administrators.
Before the civil servants assembled, the government sought to dampen turnout by calling on “the principle of political neutrality.”
“Civil servants should be dedicated; be committed to the rule of law, objectivity and impartiality; and at all times ensure that their behaviour would not impede their performance of official duties in a fair and professional manner,” the Hong Kong government said in a statement Thursday.
According to the civil servant’s code of conduct, government staffers are required to be loyal to the city’s administration and not take part in political events that could be construed as a conflict of interests.
The neutrality appeal was to little avail, however. As the event started, the train station emptying into the garden quickly devolved into a crush of people trying to join the rally. Demonstrators spilled into nearby roads and out into the surrounding area. “Loyalty is earned not imposed,” read one of the signboards.
Chants for Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam to step down rang out across the crowd.
“I think many civil servants in different departments are unhappy about the situation, namely about how this has become a ‘lame duck’ administration,” says Willy Lam, an adjunct professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong’s Center for China Studies. “So this has precipitated an unease and explains this unprecedented phenomenon of civil servants coming out in rallies whose purpose [is] to put pressure on Carrie Lam.”
Hong Kong’s Beijing-backed leader has come under mounting pressure to restore calm to the city, which has increasingly been the scene of tear gas-strewn battles between protesters and police. On Wednesday, the Chinese military released a video depicting soldiers quelling protesters in a drill that was seen a thinly veiled warning to the city’s authorities: end the unrest, or we will.
In an unprecedented press conference Monday, the top Chinese government department responsible for Hong Kong affairs denounced the demonstrators’ “riotous behavior” and urged city officials “to govern, develop and manage Hong Kong well.”
But the protests show no sign of abating. A series of demonstrations are planned for the weekend, and next Monday, a general strike threatens to grind the city to a halt.
The sustained protests, which are set to enter a ninth consecutive week, have posed one of the greatest popular challenges to the Communist Party’s control.
What began as a protest against a now-suspended extradition bill has since spiraled into a movement demanding greater democracy. Many in Hong Kong, a former British colony which retroceded to China in 1997, are now openly rebelling against Beijing’s authority over their semi-autonomous enclave, and calling for self-determination.
Last week, a group of 100 administrative officers reportedly endorsed the growing call for an independent investigation into various incidents around the protests, including the police response and a mob attack at a train station on July 21.
In an open letter, the officers slammed the government for turning a deaf ear on the public and “sugarcoating instead of admitting the problem.”
“Facing the immediate political crisis, we feel the obligation to voice out in a bid to guard the Government’s credibility and respectability,” the letter said.
Even the usually more pro-establishment Hong Kong Law Society spoke out on Thursday, issuing a statement in support of an independent inquiry.
Danny Kwok, a 42-year-old IT technician who joined the civil servant’s rally Friday, said the addition of these officials could be a tipping point for the protest movement.
“I’m not a civil servant, but I think it’s very important that I and everyone here comes out to this rally,” he says. “Civil servants have the most power in Hong Kong to put pressure on the government.”
— With reporting by Hillary Leung and Abhishyant Kidangoor / Hong Kong
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CGPSC Assistant Director Syllabus 2019 – Concerned Subjects
Planning
Research
Survey.
Chhattisgarh PSC Assistant Director Syllabus 2019 – General Knowledge
Centers of Chhattisgarh.
History of Chhattisgarh and Contribution of Chhattisgarh in a national movement.
Environment.
History of India and Indian national movement.
Physical, Social and Economic geography of India. (With special refer
Tribes, Special tradition, Teejand festival, Dance, archaeological and tourist
Constitution of India and Polity, Administrative structure of Chhattisgarh Local Government of Chhattisgarh and Panchayati Raj.
Current affair and sports (With reference to India and Chhattisgarh).
Economy, Commerce, Industry, Forest, Agriculture and Handloom Industry of India. (With special reference to Chhattisgarh)
CGPSC Assistant Director Syllabus
Logical reasoning, aptitude, comprehension
Culture of India
Matters relating to History and
General Knowledge
Selection Criteria for CGPSC Assistant Director Recruitment
Written Exam
Interview
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CGPSC State Service Exam 2019 Syllabus
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RSMSSB Syllabus 2019 Pdf for Industry Inspector Investigator, Pharmacist, Librarian Grade III, Stenographer & other posts available here. Rajasthan Subordinate and Ministerial Services Selection Board released the exam date for Investigator/Inspector posts. The candidates who had applied for the posts and searching for exam date & syllabus details can get all relevant details on this page. However, get all the required details for any RSMSSB Recruitment Post by clicking on the link given with respect to that post in below table.
Lower Division Clerk and Junior Assistant Syllabus of RSMSSB details are updated here. The Aspirants who applied for the RSMSSB LDC, Jr Assist Vacancies can check the Syllabus and Exam Pattern details in the sections below. Also, aspirants can download the syllabus for RSMSSB LDC PDF from the link below. However, for more details check the Official RSMSSB Recruitment details for more details. Also, aspirants can find the RSMSSB LDC, Jr Assist Previous papers link below.
The Rajasthan Subordinate & Ministerial Services Selection Board, Jaipur Examination for Jr Assistant Posts 2019 has Paper-I and Paper-II. Hence, check the RSMSSB Both Papers Exam Pattern for LDC, Jr Assist Posts 2019. Also, check the details clearly and start preparing for the RSMSSB Exam 2019. Also, find the RSMSSB LDC Syllabus PDF file in the link below and download for free. The syllabus below is only for reference it may vary with original sometimes.
RSMSSB Clerk Gr-II Paper-I Exam Pattern 2019
S No
Name of the Subject
Marks
Duration
1
Mathematics
100
3 Hrs
2
General knowledge
3
General Science
4
General Hindi & English
Total
100
3 Hours
The RSMSSB exam will be in Descriptive type.
The question paper is for 100 marks.
The duration of the exam is 3 hours.
RSMSSB JA & Assistant Exam Pattern – Paper 2
S No
Typing Test language
Test mode
Total marks
Duration (Mins)
1
Hindi
Speed typing test
25
10
2
Accuracy typing Test
25
10
3
English
Speed Typing test
25
10
4
Accuracy typing test
25
10
Total
100
40
The Typing Test is Conducted in Both Hindi and English Languages.
The question paper is for 100 marks.
Duration of his exam is 40 Minutes.
The RSMSSB announced a Notification to conduct Junior Assistant & Clerk grade – II exam in September 2019. The aspirant must have a basic knowledge of Syllabus and its exam pattern otherwise candidates will face difficulty in the examination. Here, We have updated all the required Rajasthan Subordinate and Ministerial Services Selection Board Junior Assistant & Clerk Grade – II Syllabus and Test pattern. Candidates are advised to download here and prepare well for this exam.
RSMSSB Junior Assistant Syllabus 2019 – English Language
Grammar
Use of prepositions
Narrations
Active and passive voice
Spellings
Clauses
Comprehensions
Sentence formation
Idioms and Phrases
Antonyms
Confusion words
Synonyms
Spot the Error
Passage
Arrangements
Sequence of Sentence
Transformation of sentence
One word Substitutions
Shuffling of Sentence in the passage
JA & Clerk Grade – II Syllabus for RSMSSB Exam 2019 – General Knowledge
International Issues
International Current Affairs
India and Its Neighbor Hoods
History of India
General Science
Indian geography
Indian Economy
Culture
Indian Constitution
Places in India
Books and Authors
political Science
Indian polity
RSMSSB Mathematics Syllabus 2019
Compound interest
Cubic origin
Logarithm
Volume
Percentages
Discount
Equations
Profit & Loss
Ratio and Proportion
Cartesian Coordinates
Simple linear shapes
Similar triangles
Multiplication Factors
Angles and lines
Quadratic Equations
Rajasthan State MSSB Junior Assistant Syllabus 2019 – General Science
Want to find the syllabus for Industry Inspector/Investigator post of 2019? Then, you can get complete details of RSMSSB Investigator Recruitment 2019 syllabus in this section of the article. Candidates who have applied for the written exam can get all details related to RSMSSB Investigator exam paper pattern 2019 in this page. However, continue reading this article to get a glimpse of the exam date, selection process and also previous year question papers.
RSMSSB Investigator Exam Syllabus 2019
Description
Details
Organization Name
Rajasthan Subordinate and Ministerial Service Selection Board (RSMSSB)
Name of the Post
Investigator/Inspector
Vacancies
62
Category
Syllabus
Exam Date
28th July 2019
Official Website
www.rsmssb.rajasthan.gov.in
राजस्थान अधीनस्थ और मंत्रालयिक सेवा चयन बोर्ड assigns separate committee for selection of Investigator posts. The selection involves the following process:
Written Test
Interview
RSMSSB Investigator Vacancy 2019 Exam Paper Pattern
Understanding exam pattern helps to know the structure of the exam, duration, the number of questions asked, marks allotted, negative marking and much more details related to RSMSSB Exam 2019 for Investigator post. Further, check the exam pattern details in the below table.
Subjects
Marks
Exam Duration
Logical Reasoning
100 Marks
3 Hours
English
Quantitative Aptitude
General Knowledge
General Awareness
Current Affairs
The exam will be of Objective type questions.
Each question carries 2 marks in the exam.
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The RSMSSB Pharmacist Syllabus 2019 is available here. The Rajasthan Subordinate Board has recently given the Pharmacist Vacancies. However, check out the RSMSSB Recruitment 2019 for Pharmacist Details here. Also, check the RSMSSB Pharmacist Syllabus and Exam Pattern details in the section below. Furthermore, the applicants can check out the RSMSSB Previous Year Question Papers for Pharmacist Examination from the link at the end of the article.
The Rajasthan Subordinate Selection Board conducts the online computer-based written examination for the post of Pharmacist. Hence, the aspirants who are looking to crack the RSMSSB Pharmacist Exam can check the RSMSSB Pharmacist Syllabus & Exam Patten Section wise in the table below. Also, download the topic wise listed RSMSSB Pharmacist Syllabus Pdf from the link below. Furthermore, check the Official RSMSSB Syllabus page for more details.
The Aspirants who are appearing for the Pharmacist Examination are advised to check the Old Question Papers for Pharmacist Examination below. However, click on the link below and download free RSMSSB Exam Study Material with solutions Pdf.
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The Syllabus for RSMSSB 2019 Pdf download link is available here. Candidates who are interested in acquiring the RSMSSB Agriculture Supervisor Syllabus and Exam Pattern 2019 can get it here. Using the Rajasthan SMSSB Syllabus, you can obviously get to know the topics to read. Moreover, you can also check this page to be clear about the RSMSSB Exam Pattern, Exam Dates, and for RSMSSB Agriculture Supervisor Previous Papers.
RSMSSB Syllabus – Exam Overview
Board Name
Rajasthan Subordinate and Ministerial Services Selection Board
Following are the detailed RSMSSB Supervisor Syllabus for various topics. Refer the detailed Rajasthan RSMSSB Syllabus to score high marks in the written exam.
RSMSSB Exam Syllabus 2019 for Agriculture Subjects
Importance Of Agriculture
Crop Improvement
Balanced usage
The growth pattern of crops in India and Rajasthan in terms of area, production and productivity
Seed Science And Technology
Crop Protection Principles And Practices
Cost concepts
AV aids
Communication models
Management of resources
Risk and uncertainties in agriculture
Agmark
Cooperatives
Seed village concept
disease and nematodes of major crops in Rajasthan
Conservation of soil and water
Crop Management & Allied Agricultural Activities
Seed testing laboratories
Soil fertility and productivity
Farm Planning and budgeting
Investment analysis
Dry farming
Rainfed agriculture
Integrated nutrient management
Heterosis breeding and Hybrid seed production technologies
Principles of management
Pest and disease surveillance and forecasting weather on pest and disease incidence
Farm Business And Finance Management
Fundamentals Of Crop Production
Natural Resource Management
Agricultural seasons of India
Physiological disorders in crop plants and their management
Cropping patterns in India
Agricultural Marketing And Market Intelligence
Package of practices of different crops
ISTA standards for seed testing
Entrepreneurship Development
Latest varieties of major crops in Rajasthan
Seed testing
Commodity Boards
Seed Act
Agribusiness management
Agricultural Extension: Principles And Methods
Rural Sociology
Use of ICT in the transfer of technology
आरएसएमएसएसबी कृषि पर्यवेक्षक पाठ्यक्रम 2019 for General Knowledge
राजस्थान की रियासतें एवं ब्रिटिश संधियां, 1857 का जन-आंदोलन
स्थापत्य कला की प्रमुख विशेषताएं
राजस्थान के धार्मिक आंदोलन एवं लोक देवी देवतायें
मुग़ल-राजपूत सम्बन्ध
महत्वपूर्ण ऐतिहासिक पर्यटन स्थल
राजस्थान के प्रमुख राजवंश एवं उनकी उपलब्धियां
राजस्थानी संस्कृति, विरासत एवं परम्परा
राजस्थान की प्रमुख चित्रकलाएं, शैलियां एवं हस्तशिल्प
मेले, त्यौहार, लोक संगीत, लोक नृत्य, वाद्य यंत्र एवं आभूषण
कृषक एवं जनजाति आंदोलन, प्रजामण्डल आंदोलन
राजस्थान के इतिहास के प्रमुख स्रोत
राजस्थान का एकीकरण
राजस्थानी भाषा एवं साहित्य की प्रमुख कृतियाँ, क्षेत्रीय बोलियाँ
राजस्थान की प्रमुख प्रागैतिहासिक सभ्यताएं
www.rsmssb.rajasthan.gov.in Syllabus in Hindi 2019
पर्यावरणीय एवं पारिस्थितिकीय मुद्दे
कृषि- जलवायु प्रदेश एवं प्रमुख फसलें
खनिज सम्पदाएँ
मरुस्थलीकरण
अपवाह तंत्र
मुख्य भौतिक विभाग- मरुस्थलीय प्रदेश, अरावली पर्वतीय प्रदेश, मैदानी प्रदेश, पठारी प्रदेश
वन एवं वन्य जीव संरक्षण
पशुधन
मृदा
प्राकृतिक वनस्पति
स्थिति एवं विस्तार
बहुउद्देशीय परियोजनाएं
जलवायु
सिंचाई परियोजनाएं
परिवहन
जल संरक्षण
Rajasthan RSMSSB Syllabus 2019 for General Hindi
General Hindi
Pronouns
Adjectives
Grammar
One Word Substitution.
Adverbs
Translation of Sentences.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Vocabulary etc.
Raj SMSSB Agriculture Supervisor Syllabus 2019 for Horticulture
Basic Horticulture And Plant Propagation
Production Technology Of Fruits And Vegetables
Production Technology Of Flower Crops And Landscaping
Soil And Fertility, Irrigation And Weed Management
Post-Harvest Handling And Value Addition Of Horticultural Crops
Insect Pest And Diseases Of Horticultural Crops And Their Management
Livestock Management And Poultry Production
Commercial Agriculture
Reduction Technology Of Spices, Plantation Crops, Medicinal And Aromatic Crops
Farm Management, Marketing And Extension Education
RSMSSB Librarian Syllabus 2019 is updated here. Hence, candidates who have applied for the 700 RSMSSB Librarian Grade 3 post can check the syllabus along with the exam pattern. We have updated subject wise RSSB Syllabus in the Pdf format. Download Rajasthan RSMSSB Librarian Exam Syllabus Pdf 2019 from the following links updated here.
RSMSSB Junior Instructor Syllabus 2019 Pdf is available here. Candidates who want to refer the RSMSSB Syllabus and Exam Pattern can get it here. In the following section, you can check the detailed Rajasthan SMSSB Junior Instructor and Exam Pattern without any trouble.
RSMSSB Syllabus 2019 Pdf – Overview
Board Name
Rajasthan Subordinate and Ministerial Services Selection Board
Job Designation
Junior Instructor
No. of vacancies
402
Mode of Application
Online
Selection Process
Written test
Job Category
Rajasthan State government job
Job Location
Rajasthan
Official Website
www.rsmssb.rajasthan.gov.in
Category name
Syllabus
RSMSSB Jr Instructor Exam Pattern 2019
Subject names
Total Questions
Total Marks
Concerned Subjects
100
100
General Knowledge (Rajasthan History, Culture, Literature, Ancient History & Geography)
50
50
Total
150
150
It has 2 sections.
There will be 150 questions in total
Each question carries equal marks. (i.e., 1 mark)
The total marks will be 150 and the duration to complete the exam is 3 hours.
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Check the detailed RSMSSB Junior Instructor Syllabus and Exam Pattern in the below section.
RSMSSB Syllabus 2019 for Computer Operator and Programming Assistant (COPA)
Configuration and using Networks-sharing
Programming in VBA – Data Types, String Variables, All Functions
Using Accounting Software – Company Creation
Familiarization with DOS CLI & Linux Operating Systems
Computer hardware basics and Software installation -Bios, Boot Order, Formatting and Loading, Installation, Configuration
Typing Practice in Hindi & English
Models, Projects
Conferencing, ISO, PROTOCOLS, Security, DHCP Server
Working with JavaScript, Variables, arrays
Working with complete all features of MS office
RSMSSB Jr Instructor Syllabus 2019 for Mechanic Diesel Engine
Gasoline Fuel Systems
Electronic Diesel control
Occupational Safety & Health
Principles
Intake & exhaust systems
Petrol Engine Basics
Ventilation Air Conditioning (HVAC)
Energy conservation
System of measurement
Marking material
Cylinder block
Introduction to Engine
Combination Pliers
Rajasthan SMSSB Syllabus for Electrician
Transmission of electrical power
Fundamental of electricity
Kirchoff's Laws and applications
Circuit Breakers
Digital electronics
Transformer
DC Motors
Distribution of power
Underground Cable
Basic Electronics
E.M.F.
Wiring systems
Ohm's Law,
Electric wirings
Resistors
Domestic Appliances
Magnetism
D.C. Generators
Earthing
Hydro Electric
D.C. Machines,
Alternating Current
Electrical measuring instrument
Power generation
Nuclear, Non-conventional
RSMSSB Kanishtha Anudeshak Syllabus 2019 for Electronics Mechanic
Trade and Orientation
Antenna & wave propagation
Soldering and Desoldering
Electronic Circuit simulation software
Basics of AC and Electrical Cables
SMD Soldering and De-soldering
Digital Storage Oscilloscope
Combinational Circuits
Transformers
Counter & shifts Registers
Communication electronics
Tools and their uses
Transducers and Applications
Passive Components
Analog and digital communication
Fibre Optic communication
Solar Power (Renewable Energy System)
www.rsmssb.rajasthan.gov.in Syllabus 2019 for Fitter
Preventive maintenance
Tools and equipment used in the fitting shop
Dial test indicator
Physical & Mechanical properties of engineering metal
General turning operations
Lapping Honing
Assembling techniques
Jigs and fixtures
Digital micrometer
Pipes and pipe fitting
Circular saw machines
Grinding wheel
Foundation bolt
Vernier calipers
Lubrication and lubricants
Drilling processes
Bearing metals
Rajasthan SMSSB Syllabus 2019 for Mechanic Refrigeration & Air Conditioner Mechanic
Window Air Conditioner
Basic Refrigeration
Cooling Tower
Refrigerator(Single Door)
Walk-In Cooler & Reach-In Cabinet
Three Door Refrigerator
Commercial Compressor
Evaporator
Expansion Valve
Thermal Insulation
Expansion Value
Refrigerant
Water Treatment
Retrofitting
Water Cooled Condenser
Frost Free Refrigerator(Double Door)
Fundamentals of Central Air Conditioning
RSMSSB Welder Exam Syllabus 2019
GTA W process
Introduction welding
A different process of metal
Resistance welding process, Inspection method
Arc welding power sources
Arc length & arc blow
Gas Welding Equipment
Joining methods
Thermit welding process
Brass and aluminum by gas welding
Submerged Arc welding process
Destructive and Non-Destructive test
Workshop Calculation and Science RSMSSB Jr Instructor Exam 2019
Force, friction center of gravity, pressure
Simple trigonometry and problems of height and distance
Electrical & Electronic Symbol
Assembly & Disassembly Drawing
ALGEBRA and Graph
Motion, Speed & velocity, work, power & Energy
A system of units and their conversion, fraction and decimal
Mensuration, problems on estimation and costing of material
Simple Machine, stress & strain
Square and Square root, ratio and proportion, a percentage
Heat & Temperature
Basic electricity, insulating material, Problems on AC circuits, series & parallel connections
Rajasthan SMSSB Written Test Syllabus 2019 for Geography
जल संरक्षण
अपवाह तंत्र
प्राकृतिक वनस्पति
स्थिति एवं विस्तार
वन एवं वन्य जीव संरक्षण
मरुस्थलीकरण
कृषि- जलवायु प्रदेश एवं प्रमुख फसलें
पर्यावरणीय एवं पारिस्थितिकीय मुद्दे
मुख्य भौतिक विभाग- मरुस्थलीय प्रदेश, अरावली पर्वतीय प्रदेश, मैदानी प्रदेश, पठारी प्रदेश
खनिज सम्पदाएँ
जलवायु
परिवहन
मृदा
बहुउद्देशीय परियोजनाएं
सिंचाई परियोजनाएं
पशुधन
RSMSSB Exam Syllabus 2019 for General Knowledge
राजस्थान की प्रमुख प्रागैतिहासिक सभ्यताएं
कृषक एवं जनजाति आंदोलन, प्रजामण्डल आंदोलन
राजस्थान के इतिहास के प्रमुख स्रोत
स्थापत्य कला की प्रमुख विशेषताएं
मुग़ल-राजपूत सम्बन्ध
राजस्थान के धार्मिक आंदोलन एवं लोक देवी देवतायें
महत्वपूर्ण ऐतिहासिक पर्यटन स्थल
मेले, त्यौहार, लोक संगीत, लोक नृत्य, वाद्य यंत्र एवं आभूषण
राजस्थान का एकीकरण
राजस्थानी संस्कृति, विरासत एवं परम्परा
राजस्थानी भाषा एवं साहित्य की प्रमुख कृतियाँ, क्षेत्रीय बोलियाँ
राजस्थान की रियासतें एवं ब्रिटिश संधियां, 1857 का जन-आंदोलन
RSMSSB PTI Syllabus 2019 and Exam Pattern download links are provided in the below section. Aspirants who are seeking the Rajasthan SMSSB Syllabus can get it here. Moreover, you can also get exact details of what are all the subjects to cover, total marks, the total number of questions, exam duration, and so on.
Rajasthan SMSSB PTI Syllabus 2019 – Overview
Organization Name
Rajasthan Subordinate and Ministerial Services Selection Board
Name of the Post
Physical Training Instructor Grade III
No. of Vacancies
4500 Jobs
Application mode
Online
Official Site
www.rsmssb.rajasthan.gov.in
Selection Process
Written Test
Job category
State Govt Jobs
Work Location
Rajasthan
Exam Mode
Online / Offline
Category Name
Syllabus
RSMSSB Physical Training Instructor Pattern 2019 for Paper I
Subject Names
Max Marks
Total no. of questions
Geographical, Historical, Cultural and General Knowledge of Rajasthan
80
100 Questions
Current Affairs of Rajasthan
20
General Knowledge of World and India
60
Educational Psychology
40
Total
200 marks
Raj SMSSB PTI Test Pattern 2019 for Paper II
Topic names
Total marks
No. of Questions
General Knowledge of Physical Education
60
130 Questions
General Knowledge of sports, Physical Education, and its current affairs
40
Theories, Definitions, and History of Physical Education
20
Education and Games Psychology
20
Methods, Supervision, and Organizations of Physical Education
20
Theories of Training and Decisions
20
Science of Basic Physical Anatomy, its FunctThe scienced Health Education
40
Entertainment, Camp, and Yoga
40
Total
260 Marks
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Syllabus of RSMSSB 2019 for General Knowledge
Ancient Culture & Civilisation of Rajasthan, Kalibangan, Ahar, Ganeshwar, Bairath.
History of Rajasthan from 8th to 18th Century
Geography, History, Culture of Rajasthan.
Distribution
Growth, Literacy
History of freedom struggle in Rajasthan
Integration of Rajasthan
Role of women during the Medieval and Modern period.
Society and Religion
Climate
Drainage
Vegetation
Agriculture
Livestock
Dairy development
Population
Current Affairs of Rajasthan
Socio-economic, political, games and sports aspects
Raj SMSSB for General Knowledge of World & India
Continents
Oceans and their characteristics
Environmental problems
Globalization and its impacts
Population trend and distribution
Major Landmarks in the Constitutional History of India with special reference to Government of India Acts of 1919 and 1935
Gandhi's contribution to the National Movement
Ambedkar and Constitution; Making
India and U.N.O.
Location and its advantages
Monsoonal system
Drainage characteristics
National income-concept & trends, poverty, reduction schemes
Features of India's foreign policy
Nehru's contribution in its making.
Salient features of Indian Constitution
Duties and Directive Principles of State Policy
Major Political Parties.
www.rsmssb.rajasthan.gov.in Syllabus 2019 for Educational Psychology
Scope and implications for the teacher in classroom situations.
Various psychologists and their contributions to education.
Learning
Different theories of learning and implications for a teacher
Role in learning, emotional intelligence
Concept and practices, human cognition
Motivation
Individual differences
Development and implications in the education of
Transfer of learning, factors affecting learning, constructivist learning
Development of Learner
Physical, emotional and social development,
Development of a child as an individual
Concept development
Personality
Meaning, theories, and assessment
Intelligence and creativity
Meaning, theories, and measurement
Self-concept, attitudes, interest, habits, aptitude and social skills.
Raj SMSSB PTI Syllabus 2019 for General Knowledge of Physical Education of secondary and senior secondary standards
Physical Education: Meaning, Aims, objectives, Scope, Need and Importance.
Games and Sports as a cultural heritage.
Prevention and First Aid for Common Sports Injuries.
Common Postural Deviations/deformities.
Sociological Foundation: Traditions, Leadership, Group dynamics, Socialization, and Social Interaction.
Misconceptions about Physical Education.
Therapeutic Modalities in Rehabilitation.
Physical and Health-related fitness test.
Philosophical Foundation: Idealism, Pragmatism, Naturalism, and Realism.
Raj SMSSB Exam Syllabus 2019 for General Knowledge of sports, Physical Education, and its current affairs
Proper sports gear of above Games / Sports.
History of above Games / Sports.
Sports Personalities
Modern Olympic Games: I.O.C, Start of Olympics, Olympiad, Objectives, Motto, Olympic Charter, Olympic the venue, Olympic Flag/Ring, Olympic Mascot, Olympic oath, Olympic Flame/torch, Medals, Opening and Closing ceremonies
Fundamental Skills of above Games / Sports.
Sports associations or federations.
Latest general rules of above Games / Sports.
Sports Awards
Important tournaments and venues
Rajasthan PTI Syllabus 2019 for Theories, Definitions, and History of Physical Education
Survey of Modern Physical Education in India: Pre and post-independence period.
Physical education in ancient India: Vedic period, Epic period and Medieval period.
Contribution to the growth of physical education by leaders and movements
Definitions and principles of Physical Education.
Physical education in the city/states of Greece and other countries.
Rajasthan PTI Exam Syllabus 2019 – Methods, Supervision, and Organizations of Physical Education
Types of teaching methods, principles of teaching, presentation technique, principles of class management.
Teaching Aids.
Lesson planning: types of lesson, objectives, and parts of lessons.
Public relation: meaning, importance in physical education and sports.
RSMSSB PTI Syllabus 2019 for Education and Games Psychology
Psychology: Meaning, Definitions, Nature, Branches, and Scope.
Individual differences.
Sports Psychology: Meaning, Definitions, and Nature.
Growth and Development,
Importance of Psychology in Education with special reference to Physical Education.
Psycho-physical unity.
Transfer of training.
RSMSSB Written Exam Syllabus for PTI for Theories of Training and Decisions
Sports training: Principles, Characteristics, and methods.
Training load and Periodization.
Motor abilities: Meaning, Types, Principles, and methods of developing.
Coaching: Meaning, Techniques, tactics and Lead-up games activities.
Officiating: Meaning, Importance and Principles.
Qualities, qualifications & responsibilities of a good official.
Raj RSMSSB Exam Syllabus 2019 – Science of Basic Physical Anatomy, its Functions and Health Education
Anatomy: Meaning, concept, need, and importance in physical education & sports.
Muscles: Structure and Functional Classification, General Characteristics (Properties)
Cell, tissue, organ and organ system.
Food, nutrition, balanced diet and diet according to sports activities.
Health education: concept, objectives, importance, and principles.
Health problems.
RSMSSB PTI Grade III Syllabus 2019 for Entertainment, Camp, and Yoga
Recreation: Definition, Types, Scope, Significance, Philosophy, and Objectives.
Theories of play.
Yoga: Meaning, Types, Stages, Scope, Objective, Significance, and yogic kriyas.
Pranayama
Organization and administration: Agencies offering recreation, facilities, equipment and their maintenance.
RSMSSB Syllabus 2019 Pdf – Rajasthan Women Empower Department releases the recruitment notification. This is for the post of Supervisor. There are 180 vacancies are available to fill. Hence, be alert candidates to fill the online application form. In this page, you can get the apply online link for the RSMSSB Supervisor Recruitment. Moreover, here we have updated the RSMSSB Supervisor Syllabus 2019. Hence, let’s start your preparation with the RSMSSSB Supervisor Syllabus and Exam Pattern 2019 available here. You can check the apply online link here which is available at www.rsmssb.rajasthan.gov.in.
Here is a detailed RSMSSB Syllabus. Check it before start your exam preparation. This will help you to know the topics to cover for the exam. Let’s start reading the RSMSSB Syllabus here.
RSMSSB Supervisor Syllabus for General Hindi
Antonyms.
Synonyms.
Pronouns.
Adverbs.
Adjectives.
Translation of Sentences.
One Word Substitution.
Grammar.
Vocabulary etc.
RSMSSB Supervisor Syllabus 2019 for English
Synonyms
Substitution
Error Correction (Underlined Part)
Error Correction (Phrase in Bold)
Fill in the blanks
Sentence Improvement
Para Completion
Prepositions
Sentence Completion
Active and Passive Voice
Spelling Test
Joining Sentences
Sentence Arrangement
Transformation
Idioms and Phrases
Antonyms
Spotting Errors
Passage Completion
Rajasthan SMSSB Supervisor Syllabus 2019 for Mathematics
Dear Aspirants!! Check out the latest Rajasthan SMSSB Syllabus 2019 Pdf here. You can also get RSMSSB Examination Pattern on this page. Check the Syllabus of Informatics Assistant Posts available in Rajasthan Subordinate and Ministerial Service Selection Board here. However, candidates who have already applied for RSMSSB Jobs can also download the RSMSSB Exam Syllabus from the link provided below. Also, visit the RSMSSB Official Website i.e. www.rsmssb.rajasthan.gov.in for RSMSSB Exam Dates and other necessary details.
Rajasthan Subordinate and Ministerial Service Selection Board ( RSMSSB )
Name of the Post
Informatics Assistant
Total Vacancies
1302
Apply Mode
Online
Job Category
Syllabus
Job Location
Rajasthan
Official Website
www.rsmssb.rajasthan.gov.in
Download RSMSSB Syllabus & Exam Pattern 2019 for Informatics Assistant
RSMSSB Examination Pattern for the year 2019 is tabulated in the below sections. Recently, RSMSSB Online applications have been called for filling up 265 Vacancies for Informatic Assistant posts. However, candidates who have not applied for these RSMSSB Jobs 2019 can apply now. Now, those applicants who have already applied and are worrying about their upcoming Examination Pattern. Do not worry!! We’ll help you out to get completed details about RSMSSB Syllabus and Examination Pattern in the following sections. Check out this page for RSMSSB Informatics Assistant Syllabus & Examination Pattern 2019 here. Topic Wise syllabus, Exam Pattern details well presented in further sections. Additionally, refer all this information and be a part of RSMSSB Recruitment 2019.
All you need to do is, first, go through the RSMSSB Examination Pattern & Syllabus 2019. Make a list of Subjects, examination timings, important topics, and plan accordingly. Now, Check out RSMSSB Syllabus, also know which topic has high weight-age of marks. Set your mind and start your preparation with confidence. Have a look at below table to get an idea of how RSMSSB Question Paper looks.
Here is the detailed Syllabus for RSMSSB Informatics Assistant Examination 2019. Thus, interested applicants can now check and download the RSMSSB Syllabus 2019 Pdf here.
Download RSMSSB Informatics Assistant Exam Syllabus – English Language
Vocabulary.
Direct & Indirect Speech.
Active voice & Passive voice.
Parts of Speech.
Antonyms.
Passages.
Usage of Articles.
Sentence Arrangements.
Para Completion.
Error Correction.
Reading Comprehension.
Grammar.
Error Detection.
Idioms & Phrases.
One word Substitutes.
Synonyms.
Fill in the blanks.
Rajasthan SMSSB Informatics Assistant Syllabus 2019 – Hindi Language
Translation of Hindi Sentences into English.
Sandhi.
Upsarg and Pratay.
Verb.
Samasas.
Sentences Correction.
Antonyms/ Synonyms.
Tenses.
Speech.
Phrases.
Error Detection.
Translation of English Sentences into Hindi.
RSMSSB Exam Syllabus for Informatics Assistant Posts – Quantitative Aptitude
Probability.
Simple Interest.
Problems on Ages.
Permutations & Combinations.
Mensuration.
Boats & Streams.
Percentages.
Simplifications.
Time & Work.
Allegations & Mixtures.
Time & Distance.
Number System.
Averages.
Profit & Loss.
Compound Interest.
Geometry.
Partnerships.
Ratios & Proportions.
LCM & HCF.
Rajasthan RSMSSB Computer Knowledge Syllabus 2019
Computer System Overview (I/O devices, pointing devices, and scanner).
Introduction to Operating System.
Presentation Software (MS PowerPoint).
DBMS Software (MS Access).
Representation of Data (Digital versus Analog).
Number System — Decimal, Binary & Hexadecimal).
Word Processing (MS Word).
Spread Sheet Software (MS Excel),
Introduction to Data Processing.
Introduction to online & offline messaging, World Wide Web Browsers, Web publishing.
Creation & maintenance of Web sites.
HTML Interactivity Tools.
Multimedia and Graphics.
Introduction of Internet Technology and Protocol, LAN, MAN, WAN, Search Services/Engines.
Voice Mail and Video Conferencing.
Introduction to e-Commerce.
Security: Protecting Computer Systems from Viruses & Malicious attacks.
Introduction to Firewalls and its utility, Backup & Restoring data.
Algorithms for Problem Solving.
Concepts of files and its types.
Introduction to C Language.
Principles and Programming Techniques,
Introduction of Object Oriented Programming (OOP) concepts.
Introduction to Integrated Development Environment and its advantages.
The major development in the field of Information Technology & Communication.
Developmental Program and schemes of State government.
Environmental Conservation.
Various Resources of Power
Lok Debian-Devata.
Famous Forts.
Temples & Hawelies.
Saints of Rajasthan
Population in Rajasthan
Fairs & Festivals.
Paintings – various schools in Rajasthan.
Major tourist centers and heritage conservation.
Jewellery.
Folk Drama.
Vegetation and Soil.
Major Irrigation Projects.
Handicrafts.
Major Physiography divisions of Rajasthan
History of Rajasthan.
Famous Historical & Cultural Places of Rajasthan.
Folk literature.
Folk Art.
Customs.
Folk Music & Dance.
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Download RSMSSB Computer Grade IV (Sanganak) Syllabus
Here we have updated the RSMSSBSyllabus for the candidates who have applied for Computer Grade IV Posts. Rajasthan Subordinate and Ministerial Service Selection Board have announced the Exam Date for Computer Grade IV (Sanganak) Posts. The exam will be conducted in the coming months; therefore aspirants are searching for RSMSSB Sanganak Syllabus Pdf. For the sake of those hardworking applicants, we have updated here the complete syllabus along with the RSMSSB Computer Grade IV Exam Pattern 2019. Hence, go through the entire article and download the syllabus. Also, interested candidates can refer the Rajasthan RSMSSB Computer Grade IV Syllabus and Test pattern at the official website of Rajasthan Subordinate and Ministerial Service Selection Board @ www.rsmssb.rajasthan.gov.in.
Rajasthan Subordinate and Ministerial Service Selection Board ( RSMSSB )
Name of the Post
Computer Grade IV (Sanganak)
Number of Vacancies
400
Apply Mode
Online
Job Category
Syllabus
Job Location
Jaipur, Rajasthan
Official Website
www.rsmssb.rajasthan.gov.in
Exam Pattern for RSMSSB Sanganak Exam 2019
Name of the Subjects
No of Questions
Total Mark
General Knowledge
30
30
Statistics, Economics and Mathematics
70
70
Total
100
100
The RSMSSB Exam Pattern that has designed for the applicants who are going to appear for the RSMSSB Examination has mentioned above. Candidates are requested to refer the RSMSSB Computer Test Pattern before appearing for the Exam. There will be 100 questions that will cover four topics namely General Knowledge, Statistics, Economics, and Mathematics. Aspirants will get 2 hours to complete their test.
राजस्थान अधीनस्थ और मंत्रालयीय सेवा चयन बोर्ड संगणक (कंप्यूटर) Syllabus 2019
Candidates who have applied for the Rajasthan RSMSSB Recruitment 2019 can download the RSMSSB Sanganak Syllabus 2019 Pdf from this page. Hence, do not waste time by searching here and there. We have gathered complete information of the RSMSSB Computer Grade IV Syllabus and Exam Pattern 2019 which will help you to score good marks in the examination.
RSMSSB Computer Grade IV Syllabus – General Knowledge:
Major Irrigation Projects.
Development Programmes.
Vegetation and Soil.
Major physiographic divisions of Rajasthan.
Schemes of the State Government.
Handicrafts.
Various Resources of power and Population in Rajasthan.
Natural Resources – Minerals, Forest, Water, Livestock, Wild Life, and its Conservation.
Environmental Conservation.
Rajasthan SMSSB Sanganak Exam Syllabus:
Famous Forts.
Customs.
History of Rajasthan.
Folk Literature.
Folk Art.
Major tourist centres and Heritage Conservation.
Fairs & Festivals.
Folk Drama.
Temples and Hawelies.
Paintings- various schools in Rajasthan.
Famous Historical & Cultural Places of Rajasthan.
Lok Debian-Devata.
Saints of Rajasthan.
Folk Music and Dance.
Jewelry.
RSMSSB Statistics, Economics, and Mathematics Syllabus:
Collection, Classification, Tabulation and Diagrammatic Presentation of data. Measures of Central Tendency, Dispersion, Moments.
Design of Sample Survey: Sampling Unit, Sampling frame, Sampling fraction, Sampling with and without replacement, Population Parameter and Sample estimator, Simple random sampling, stratified random sampling, systematic sampling, cluster sampling.
Time Series Analysis: Components, Measurements of Trend, Seasonal, Cyclical and irregular variations.
Index Number: Uses, types, and limitations of index numbers, construction of index numbers, simple and weighted aggregate method, Simple and weighted average price-relatives, Chain base index numbers, Base shifting, Cost of Living index numbers.
Correlation and Regression: Correlation and its coefficients, Linear Regression.
Hello Aspirants! Here is the Latest Rajasthan SMSSB Syllabus 2019 along with the Exam Pattern. Check the proper syllabus of Rajasthan SMSSB Lab Technician, Radiographer Assistant Posts. The eligible applicants can also download the RSMSSB Exam Syllabus from the link given in the following sections. Also, visit the official website of the Rajasthan Subordinate and Ministerial Service Selection Board @ www.rsmssb.rajasthan.gov.in for RSMSSB Exam Dates and other useful information.
The questions will be based on the posts you are applying for. The written test will be a multiple objective types of question.
Name of the Subject
Exam Type
General Knowledge
Objective
Technical Subjects
Download RSMSSB Paramedical Exam Syllabus
Here is the detailed Syllabus for RSMSSB Paramedical Exam 2019. Hence, interested candidates can check and download the Pdf format of the Rajasthan RSMSSB Exam Syllabus 2019.
KSRTC Result 2019 is available here. The Candidates those who applied for KSRTC Recruitment 2019 can check the results. Generally, Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation Limited announces the result in its official website i.e., ksrtc.in. However, we provide you a direct link to respective www.ksrtc.in jobs 2019 Results here. Also, get an individual KSRTC Result link in the sections below. Furthermore, check the details like KSRTC Cut off, KSRTC jobs selection list, KSRTC Merit list, and KSRTC Final Result. Also, visit the official website of KSRTC for more details about KSRTC Result 2019.
KSRTC Non-Supervisor Provisional Selection List 2019 – Hello Folks!! Here you can find the KSRTC Non-Supervisor Provisional Selection List 2019 and Cut off Marks. Yes, the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation Ltd has declared the KSRTC Non-Supervisor Provisional Selection List and Cut off marks on 02nd August 2019. Applicants those who are eagerly waiting to know your KSRTC Non-Supervisor Provisional Selection List can check and download your result from the below link. We have provided a direct link to view and analyze your results Guys!! Moreover, applicants can get the complete details from the official website ksrtc.in.
KSRTC Non-Supervisor Provisional Selection List 2019
Non-Supervisor Post Provisional Selection List & Cut off Marks
02nd August 2019
Official Website
ksrtc.in
KSRTC Non-Supervisor Provisional Selection List 2019 – Click Here KSRTC Non-Supervisor Post Cut off Marks – Click Here
KSRTC Result 2019 for technical Assistant & other Posts will soon be available. They have not yet specified for the results but soon they will upload the link to view KSRTC Result 2019. But as of now, they have released the KSRTC Answer Key 2019 for Technical Assistant 2019. You can download the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation Ltd Answer key from the link mentioned below. So we request the candidates to check the answer key released by the KSRTC Board.
Karnataka Road Transport Corporation has finally given the Provisional Selection List for the Post of Driver Cum Conductor Recruitment 2015. However, the Aspirants who are waiting for the KSRTC Result for Driver Cum Conductor Exam held in 2015 can download the Selection List below.
KSTRCT Recruitment Notification for Security Guard is not containing any official Exam or Result date. Generally, the Result is announced after the month or twice form the date of examination. So, the Applicants those who applied has to wait a few more days. Furthermore, get the Cut-off, Merit list and the Final Result details in the section below.
KSRTC Cut Off – www.ksrtc.in jobs 2019
The Karnataka Recruitment Authorities announces the Cut off along with the result or two or three days after the KSRTC Result. However, we provide you the Cut Off marks details in our page. Also, we provide you a download link for KSRTC Cut Off immediately when they are announced. So, keep visiting our site for immediate updates.
KSRTC Merit list 2019
The Merit list is Announced after the Cut off Marks. The Candidates those who qualify in the written are taken and Merit list is given out by the KSRTC. So, candidates can check the Merit list after the release of results. Also, download Merit list, we give you the link for KSRTC Merit list here.
KSRTC Jobs Selection List 2019
The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation Jobs Selection list or Final Result announce after the completion of selection process. The Candidates who’re in the selection list are eligible for the KSRTC Jobs. So, keep visiting our website for more updates on KSRTC Result and Selection list. Also, check for the links in the section below.
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RSMSSB Result 2019 Announced – Rajasthan Subordinate and Ministerial Service Selection Board has recently uploaded results for various Posts. Now RSMSSB has declared the Aganwadi Supervisor DV Schedule, Lab Assistant & Informatics Assistant Result, Cut off Marks in the official website. Here on this page applicants can get all Results regarding the RSMSSB. We have dedicated this page to upload all the Recent results released from the Rajasthan Subordinate and Ministerial Service Selection Board. Aspirants who are looking for RSMSSB recruitment 2019-20 exam result can find on our page. Moreover, aspirants can visit the official website of Rajasthan SMSSB for checking the result.
RSMSSB Informatics Assistant Provisional Selection List 2019 – Rajasthan Subordinate and Ministerial Service Selection Board have recently uploaded the Provisional Selected List 2019 for the Post of Informatics Assistant (Suchna Sahayak) Recruitment on 02nd August 2019. All registered Candidates those who have appeared in this Exam can download Provisional Selected List from the below link. Check your results via the link mentioned below. Hence, all those might be looking for the RSMSSB Informatics Assistant Provisional Selected List 2019 now!
RSMSSB Informatics Assistant Provisional Selection List 2019
Organization Name
Rajasthan Subordinate and Ministerial Service Selection Board
RSMSSB Informatics Assistant Provisional Selection List 2019 – Click Here
RSMSSB NTT Teacher Result 2019 – Rajasthan Staff Selection Board (RSMSSB) has recently uploaded the result for the Post of NTT Teacher Recruitment 2018 on 01st August 2019. Those Candidates who have appeared in this Recruitment Exam Can Download Final Answer Key, Result and Cutoff Marks, DV Schedule here. Check your results via the link mentioned below. Hence, all those might be looking for the RSMSSB NTT Teacher Result. Here we have provided a direct link to download your result.
RSMSSB NTT Teacher Result 2019
Organization Name
Rajasthan Subordinate and Ministerial Service Selection Board
RSMSSB Aganwadi Supervisor Result, DV Schedule 2019 – Rajasthan Staff Selection Board (RSMSSB) has recently uploaded Result, DV Schedule for the Post of Aganwadi for Women Recruitment 2018 on 27th July 2019. Those Candidates who have appeared in this Recruitment Exam Can Download Final Answer Key, Result and Cutoff Marks, DV Schedule here. Check your results via the link mentioned below. Hence, all those might be looking for the RSMSSB Aganwadi Supervisor Result & DV Schedule 2019 now!
RSMSSB Aganwadi Supervisor Result, DV Schedule 2019
Organization Name
Rajasthan Subordinate and Ministerial Service Selection Board
RSMSSB Aganwadi Supervisor Result, DV Schedule 2019 – Click Here
RSMSSB Supervisor (Women Empowerment) Revised Result 2019 – Rajasthan Subordinate and Ministerial Service Selection Board have recently declared the Revised Result, Cutoff Marks for The Post of Supervisor in Women Empowerment Department Recruitment 2018 on 25th July 2019. Applicants those who have applied for this Recruitment Exam can download Revised result and Cutoff marks from the below table. As we know all those candidates are waiting for the RSMSSB Supervisor (Women Empowerment) Revised Result & Cut off marks. Everyone can check and download your results from the below links.
RSMSSB Supervisor (Women Empowerment) Revised Result 2019
Organization Name
Rajasthan Subordinate and Ministerial Service Selection Board
RSMSSB Supervisor (Women Empowerment) Revised Result, Cutoff Marks 2019 – Click Here
RSMSSB Informatics Assistant Final Result 2019 – Rajasthan Subordinate and Ministerial Service Selection Board have recently uploaded the Final Result for the Post of Informatics Assistant (Suchna Sahayak) Recruitment 2018 on 23rd July 2019. All registered Candidates those who have appeared in this Exam can download Final Result from the below link. Check your results via the link mentioned below. Hence, all those might be looking for the RSMSSB Informatics Assistant Final Result 2019 now!
RSMSSB Informatics Assistant Final Result 2019
Organization Name
Rajasthan Subordinate and Ministerial Service Selection Board
RSMSSB Informatics Assistant Final Result 2019 – Click Here
RSMSSB Aganwadi Supervisor Result & Cutoff Marks 2019 – Rajasthan Staff Selection Board (RSMSSB) has recently uploaded final Answer Key, Result, Cutoff Marks for the Post of Aganwadi for Women Recruitment 2018 on 23rd July 2019. Those Candidates who have appeared in this Recruitment Exam Can Download Final Answer Key, Result and Cutoff Marks here. Check your results via the link mentioned below. Hence, all those might be looking for the RSMSSB Aganwadi Supervisor Result & Cutoff Marks 2019 now!
RSMSSB Aganwadi Supervisor Result & Cutoff Marks 2019
Organization Name
Rajasthan Subordinate and Ministerial Service Selection Board
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RSMSSB Lab Assistant Result & Cutoff Marks 2019 – Rajasthan Subordinate and Ministerial Service Selection Board (RSMSSB) are recently uploaded Result, Cutoff Marks for the Post of Laboratory Assistant Recruitment 2018 on 23rd July 2019. Those candidates who have appeared in this recruitment exam can download Result, Cutoff Marks from the below link. Check your results via the link mentioned below. Hence, all those might be looking for the RSMSSB Lab Assistant Result & Cutoff Marks 2019 now!
RSMSSB Lab Assistant Result & Cutoff Marks 2019
Organization Name
Rajasthan Subordinate and Ministerial Service Selection Board
RSMSSB Lab Assistant Result & Cutoff Marks 2019 – Server 1 | Server 2
RSMSSB Result – Industry Inspector 2019
RSMSSB Result – for the post of Industry Inspector is out now. The board is now allowing the applicants to check the Result. Hence, the applicants can check the RSMSSB Result for Industry Inspector post in the link given below.
RSMSSB Result for Sanganak (Computer) 2019 is available now. The Candidates those who are waiting for the RSMSSB Computer Result 2019 can check from the link given below. The Board has given the RSMSSB Sanganak Document Verification Schedule on 6th July 2019. The candidates who cleared the Written Exam Can check the Schedule and be prepared for a Verification. However, download the RSMSSB Sanganak Doc Verification Schedule 2019 from the link below.
RSMSSB Result – Sanganak (Computer) Recruitment 2019
Rajasthan Subordinate and Ministerial Service Commission announces the result for agriculture supervisor. Aspirants can find the result online here. Just click on the link given below to check agriculture supervisor result 2019.
Post Name
Agriculture Supervisor
No of Vacancies
1832
Category
Sarkari Results
Exam Date
Update Soon
Result Date
Update Soon
Official Website
www.rsmssb.rajasthan.gov.in
RSMSSB Result for Agriculture Supervisor
RSMSSB Information Assistant Exam Result 2019
RSMSSB Lab Technician, Radiographer Assistant, Ophthalmic Assistant & other recruitment exam result. A huge number of contenders had applied for the post and have been attended the examination. Candidates are selected based on their performance in written examination and personal interview. Hence, aspirants can check the result for written examination from the link in the table below.
Officials of Rajasthan Subordinate and Ministerial Service Selection Board releases the RSMSSB Exam Results 2019 online. The board allows the applicants to check the result online. Hence, aspirants can find the direct link to check exam result on our page.
To make it easy for the visitors of our page, we have given the different links to check the result respective of the vacancies. Hence, find the link you looking for and check the RSMSSB exam result 2019-20 below. Aspirants can download the RSMSSB result pdf online for respective vacancies. Check the merit list, the provisional selection list, and the final selection list given by the RSMSSB.
RSMSSB Cut Off Details
Every year the officials of Rajasthan Subordinate and Ministerial Service Selection Board releases the notification and conducts its examination. The board decides the cut off mark and hence there is no ambiguity. Candidates who meet the qualifying mark are only eligible for further rounds. Failing to meet the qualifying marks is not eligible for upcoming rounds. Hence it is important for contenders to meet the required marks and prepare well for the examination to be part of Rajasthan Subordinate and Ministerial Service Selection Board.
RSMSSB Exam Merit List 2019
Merit list is given by the officials on the official website. The resulting sheet consists of the name of applicants qualify and only those contenders are allowed to attend further rounds. However, click on direct links and steps to help applicants easily acquire their results.
Steps to Download RSMSSB Results 2019
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JPSC Result 2019 will be all mentioned on this page. This is where you will find all the results related to Jharkhand PSC. However, you need to visit the page to access all the recent results released by the Jharkhand Public Service Commission. Here on this page, we have provided a direct link to check and download your results. Also, Candidates can get the complete details of JPSC Result. Because here we will be updating the latest additional information about the Jharkhand Public Service Commission Result 2019.
JPSC Assistant Professor Interview Result 2019 – Jharkhand Public Service Commission has published the JPSC Assistant Professor Interview Result 2019 on Today 02nd August 2019. JPSC had invited online applications for recruitment to 262 Posts of Jharkhand Assistant Professor of Medical Colleges. JPSC has conducted the Interview on 20th June 2019 to 08th July 2019. And, Now applicants are waiting for the JPSC Assistant Professor Interview Result 2019. We have updated the result link, Here candidates can check your JPSC Assistant Professor Interview Result 2019.
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JPSC Civil Judge (Junior Division) PT Result 2019 – Jharkhand Public Service Commission has announced the Civil Judge (Junior Division) PT Result on 21st July 2019. Jharkhand JPSC Ranchi has conducted the Preliminary Test for the Civil Judge PCS J Post on 27th May 2019. A huge number of applicants have appeared for this Jharkhand Civil Judge 2019 PCS J Post Recruitment. All of your waiting time is over now. After two months of time, JPSC Civil Judge Junior division Result has finally released. Here on this article, we have uploaded a quick link to get your JPSC Civil Judge Result 2019. Click on the below link to get your JPSC Civil Judge Pre Result 2019.
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JPSC Result 2019 result for Food Safety Officer (FSO) has been released. on the 26th of October 2018. The exam was on 11th March 2018 for about 24 posts. Jharkhand Public Service Commission Board Released FSO on the official site @ www.jpsc.gov.in.
JPSC Result 2018: The Board announced the Pre-Exam Revised result for Post of Combined Civil Services Competitive Exam 2016. The Candidates who appeared for the JPSC Combined Competitive Pre-Exam 2016 can check the result now. However, Just click on the link below to check the JPSC Revised Prelims Result 2018. Also, visit the Official Website for any queries or for complaints regarding the JPSC civil Services Result.
JPSC Result 2018: Candidates can make use of this page to get their JPSC Exam Result 2018 for the post of Specialist Doctors. A good number of applicants had applied for the post and attended the examination. Hence such applied contenders are eagerly waiting to check their JPSC Results 2018. However, the result will be here to download when released by the officials at jpsc.gov.in. By checking results applicants can evaluate their performance in the examination. To help candidates easily get their JPSC Merit List 2018 we have provided direct links and steps.
JPSC Exam Results 2019
Are you guys in search of JPSC Result 2019 ?? then here is the great news for such applicants. The officials of Jharkhand Public Service Commission has decided to release its JPSC Exam Results 2019 for the post of the Specialist doctor. The result is released by the officials and hence there would be no ambiguity. Moreover, the JPSC Merit List 2019 consists of the name of shortlisted applicants and only such aspirants can take up further rounds. However, we have provided direct links and steps to help individuals easily get their results. Hence, candidates, those appeared for the examination stay tuned and read through the article to get your results.
Recently the officials of Jharkhand Public Service Commission has released its notification to fill in applicants for the post of Gynaecologist, Anaesthetist, Physician, Surgeon. A huge number of applicants had made use of this opportunity. However, those contenders who met the required eligibility criteria had made use of this opportunity and had applied for the post on or before the last date. The mode of application for this post was online. Candidates those who are selected will have their job location in Jharkhand. Selected contenders will receive respectable pay from the board. However, those applicants who had applied for the post and had appeared for the examination. Hence such applicants can make use of this page to check your results.
The officials of Jharkhand Public Service Commission has decided the cut off marks for applicants. The cut off is the minimum qualifying marks applicants must score to get qualified for further rounds. Those contenders failing to get the required marks will not be allowed to take up further rounds. Moreover, the JPSC Cut Off marks are decided by the board and hence there would be no ambiguity. The cut off marks vary for the different organization. Hence it is important for candidates to meet the required marks to be part of the board. So guys prepare well for the examination to be part of the board.
JPSC Merit List 2019
Every year the officials release its notification to fill in applicants for various posts. Hence such applied contenders take up the examination and are eagerly waiting to check their JPSC Results 2019. The result is released by the officials and hence there would be no ambiguity. However, the JPSC Merit List 2019 consists the name of shortlisted applicants and only such candidates can attend further rounds. Moreover to help applicants easily get their results we have provided direct links and steps. Moreover, the result can be viewed only by those individuals who had applied for the examination. Follow the steps given below to check your results.
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Kerala Judicial Service Syllabus 2019 is updated here. The Kerala High Court has postponed the Judicial Service Examination Dates to 31st August 2019 & 01st September 2019. H0wever, the Exam Pattern and Syllabus for Kerala Judicial Service Recruitment is given below. To get a clear idea about the Examination, check out the Kerala Munsiff Magistrate Syllabus Pattern for both Prelims & Mains. We have also included the Munsiff Magistrate Syllabus for Judicial Service Examination at the bottom of the page. Moreover, get to know the KHC Munsiff Magistrate Prelims & Mains Exam 2019 details separately. For further more details scroll down the entire article.
Kerala Judicial Service Exam Syllabus 2019
The High Court of Kerala is going to conduct Judicial Service Exam 2019 through Prelims and Mains Examination. However, applied candidates would have been searching for the Syllabus and Exam Pattern details. Here our recruitment.guru team has made an effort and listed out the necessary information for the Judicial Service Exam. As per the recent announcement made by the Kerala High Court is that 24th & 25th August 2019 Exams are to be conducted on 31st August 2019 & 01st September 2019. So applicants, wake up you have got an extra timing to make yourself ready.
To clear the Judicial Service 2019 Examination, candidates should have to focus on Kerala HC Munsiff Magistrate Syllabus and Test Pattern. Exam Pattern will give you a detailed idea of the Number of Questions and Time Duration. Kerala HC Syllabus will let you know topics to be covered for the Judicial Service Examination. Clearing this Judicial Service Exam will lead your career to Law field.
Kerala High Court 2019 Judicial Service Exam – Details
Check out the Judicial Service Exam Pattern 2019 from the below-mentioned table. Get to know the Kerala High Court Prelims and Mains Exam 2019 Test Pattern for Judicial Service Exam. Get to know the marks, time duration, and the number of questions that are covered under the Prelims and Mains Examination. However, for any queries or for more details check the Kerala High Court Official Website.
Kerala Munsiff Magistrate Exam Pattern 2019 – Prelims
Test
Questions
Marks
Duration
Written Exam
100 Q's
200
2 Hrs 30 Mints
Kerala High Court Judicial Services Exam Pattern – Mains
Exam
Paper
Marks
Duration
Written test
I
100
3 Hours
II
100
3 Hours
III
100
3 Hours
IV
100
3 Hours
Total
400
Munsiff Magistrate Syllabus for Kerala High Court Judicial Service Exam 2019
Below listed are the Kerala High Court Judicial Service Exam 2019 Syllabus details. Here is the list out of Judicial Service Prelims Syllabus and Kerala Judicial Service Mains Exam 2019 Syllabus in details. Make sure you do not skip any of the topics below and get out the complete Kerala High Court Syllabus 2019 Structure.
Kerala Judicial Service Exam 2019 Prelims Syllabus
Part A
Code of Civil Procedure
Indian Contract Act
Negotiable Instruments Act
Transfer of Property Act
Specific Relief Act
Kerala Building (Lease and Rent Control) Act.
Part B
Code of Criminal Procedure
Indian Penal Code
Indian Evidence Act
Part C
Constitution of India
Legal G.K.
Reasoning & Mental ability
Kerala Judicial Service Mains Exam 2019 Syllabus
Paper I
English Grammar
General Essays
Translation of Malayalam
Depositions/Documents in English and vice-versa
Precis writing
Paper-II
Part-A: Indian Contract Act, Transfer of Property Act, Limitation Act, Specific Relief Act, Easements Act, Kerala Building (Lease and Rent Control) Act, Hindu SuccessionAct, Indian SuccessionAct – Parts Y VI &X, Dissolution of Muslim ManiageAct.
Part-B: Kerala Court Fees and Suits ValuationAct, Kerala Stamp Act, Kerala State Legal Services Authorities Act, The Kerala Panchayath Raj Act -Ch. X, XI, XXIA &XXIII, Kerala Municipality Act -Ch.IX, X, XXIV &XXV Negotiable Instruments Act (except Ch. XVII), and Registration Act.
Paper III
Part-A: Indian Penal Code, Indian EvidenceAct, AbkariAct, Negotiable InstrumentsAct -Ch. XVII, The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act.
Part-B: Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, Kerala Police Act, Probation of Offenders Act, Forest Act, N.D.P.S. Act (provisions relating to bail and trial by Magistrates).
Paper IV
Part-A: Code of Civil Procedure, Civil Rules of Practice, Kerala Civil Coutts Act, Order in Interlocutory Application/ Framing of issues/Judgment writing (Civil).
Part-B: Code of Criminal Procedure, Criminal Rules of Practice, Framing of charges/Order in Criminal Miscellaneous Petitions/ Judgment Writing (Criminal).
Bombay High Court Recruitment 2019 – Apply Online for 204 Clerk & Peon Vacancies: The Registry of the High Court, Bombay has granted permission to recruit 204 suitable candidates for the posts of Clerk & Peons. Online applications are invited online from aspirants who fulfill eligibility criteria from 3rd August 2019. However, application forms to fill up these job vacancies in Mumbai High Court must be submitted before 17th August 2019.
However, selected candidates for Clerk & Peon posts in the High Court of Judicature at Bombay will get a pay of Rs. 15,000/- to 62,200/- + Grade Pay + other allowances as per the rules. To know additional details about these recruitment process, please visit www.bombayhighcourt.nic.in. You can check educational qualification, age limit, selection criteria and other details below. However, in addition to the above eligibility criteria, the candidate must have adequate knowledge of Marathi language.
Eligibility Criteria for Mumbai High Court Jobs 2019
All applicants of Bombay High Court Notification 2019 must fulfill the list of eligibility conditions provided below. On successfully satisfying the below-provided eligibility conditions, start your online application process.
Educational Qualification:
As per the Rules
Experience:
As per the Rules
Age Limit:
Minimum Age Limit: 18 Years
Maximum Age Limit: 38 Years
Age Relaxation:
As per the Rules
Selection Process:
Written Examination
Skill Test
Interview
Application Fee:
Personal Assistants – Rs.300/-
Stenographer – Rs.200/-
Application Fee must be paid through ONLINE mode only
Salary:
Clerk – Rs.19,900/- to Rs.62,200/- per month
Peon – Rs.15,000/- to Rs.47,600/- per month
How to apply for Bombay High Court Recruitment 2019 Clerk & Peon
All candidates can start filling the online application form by following below steps:
Before commencing the application process, a candidate must have his/her latest passport size photograph and signature duly scanned in separate files in the .jpg/.jpeg format in such a manner that size of each file should not exceed 40 KB and shall attach the same at the appropriate places shown in the online application form.
Step 2: How to fill Online application form 2019
Now, click on Apply Online Link provided below.
Start filling the application form with necessary details
Upload details of marks obtained
Make sure you will in all the asked details
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Important Dates for Bombay High Court Job Vacancies 2019:
Official Advertisement Date
2nd August 2019
Start Date to Apply
3rd August 2019
Last Date to apply
17th August 2019
Important Links for High Court of Bombay Clerk & Peon Vacancy 2019
The High Court of Bombay, which is the Superior Court of Colleges and one of the highest courts in the country. He has appellate jurisdiction over the states of Maharashtra, Goa, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli. In addition to its headquarters in Mumbai, it has banks in Aurangabad, Nagpur, Panaji (Goa). It can be said that the legal history of Bombay began in 1661 when it became a British possession. The city and the island of Bombay received by the British under the dowry of the Portuguese princess Catalina de Braganza, sister of Alfonso VI, monarch of the Portuguese era when she married King Charles II.
The distant ascendancy of the Supreme Court, while interesting, is not very inspiring until we arrive at the Court of the Clerk & Peon created by the Charter of 1798. We stick to the British period because our Supreme Court has no conceivable link today. and these tribunals Of the law as it existed in Portugal, and even in the Muslim era, the judicial history of Bombay begins with the Charter of 1668 which accompanies the transfer of Bombay from the Crown to the East India Company. In 1670, the administration of justice was in the hands of the judges who sat at the customs of Bombay and Mahim. The 1670 system was very basic and had several disadvantages and the judicial system was too much like the executive government of the island.
NEW DELHI: India's biggest automaker, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd, has cut the number of workers it employs on temporary contracts following a plunge in vehicle sales, it told Reuters. Untitled Carousel 70477408 The auto industry, which accounts for nearly half of India's manufacturing output, is going through one of its worst slowdowns in nearly a decade, with vehicle sales falling rapidly and little sign of a revival anytime soon. The company said it employed 18,845 temporary workers on average during the six months ended June 30, down 6%, or 1,181 people, from the same period last year, adding that job cuts had accelerated since April. It is the first time the reduction has been reported. The listed company doesn't have to disclose reductions in temporary workers. Maruti Suzuki, majority-owned by Japan's Suzuki Motor Corp, said it had not reduced its permanent workforce -- which numbered 15,892 at the end of March -- over the past year but declined to say whether further reductions were planned. It said previously that it had cut production by 10.3% in the first six months of the year. Maruti Suzuki, which produces about one in two of the passenger vehicles sold in Asia's third-largest economy, on Thursday reported a 33.5% decline in sales in July to 109,265 vehicles compared with July 2018.
The government has begun to look at providing quick relief to foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) structured as trusts from the super-rich surcharge, worried about the exit of overseas investors from the capital market and overall sentiment turning negative, said people with knowledge of the matter. This could be by way of a circular, they said.This follows the intervention of the Prime Minister's Office. One of the options is ringfencing entities registered with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) from the increased surcharge, said the people cited above.The finance ministry was looking at measures to allow FPIs to convert themselves into companies from a trust structure to escape the surcharge. But policymakers are of the view that this would take time and something needed to be done immediately. Conversion would require several changes to the income tax law, something that would have to possibly wait for the next budget, and wouldn't provide quick relief.A circular could be issued under Section 119 of the Income Tax Act empowering the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) to direct assessing officers to provide relief to a class or category of taxpayers.SC-backed PowerEntities regulated by Sebi including FPIs and Alternate Investment Funds (AIFs) can be protected through this, said the persons cited above. The Supreme Court has held that a circular issued under Section 119 by CBDT to mitigate the effects of a tax provision on a class of taxpayers is valid in law and binding on assessing officers.Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman had in the July 5 budget raised the surcharge levied on top of the applicable income tax rate to 25% from 15% for those with taxable incomes between Rs 2 crore and up to Rs 5 crore, and to 37% for those earning Rs 5 crore and more, taking the effective tax rate for them to 39% and 42.74%, respectively. This increased surcharge impacts individuals, Hindu Undivided Families (HUFs), trusts and associations of persons (AoPs). 70506698 Foreign portfolio investors, sovereign wealth funds and alternate investment funds that are structured as trusts or AoP are covered by this. This measure has contributed to stock market volatility since the budget was announced. As many as 40% of FPIs registered with the regulator are said to be affected by the budget move.Sitharaman had subsequently told ET that the surcharge was not aimed at FPIs."No, to be honest, I don't think it was an intent; we didn't aim to touch the FPIs," she said in an interview published on July 29."The intent was more to look at putting in a surcharge from the point of view of incomes above Rs 2 crore and Rs 5 crore and within them, make sure we calibrated. But of course, it has touched those FPIs that are registered as trusts. Although I don't want to be tempted to repeat the dialogue, it is possible, and we are, as a government, willing to even help out if FPIs registered as trusts want to come over to being companies."While temporary relief can be provided by way of a circular, the government needs to look at a more lasting solution, tax experts said."Ideally, this (circular) should be followed by a proper amendment in the statute in due course," said Sudhir Kapadia, national tax leader, EY India."This was done effectively on a previous occasion on the issue of MAT (minimum alternate tax) on FIIs (foreign institutional investors) when initially assessing officers sought to impose this levy on FIIs in a few cases."
MUMBAI: HDFC chairman Deepak Parekh exuded optimism that the slowdown, driven by lower consumption, is "temporary" in nature as there is adequate demand for assets across the country. Untitled Carousel 70493541 There has been a distinct slowdown in the economy which was reflected in the lower GDP growth of 6.8 percent in FY19, he said."While there has been an across-the-board slowdown in consumption, given the inherent demand and low penetration levels, I believe this is temporary in nature," he told the shareholders at the 42nd AGM here Friday.There remains adequate demand for affordable housing across the country, which is supported by the government flagship credit-linked subsidy scheme and incentives provided to developers to increase the supply of affordable homes.The demand for commercial real estate has been buoyant, especially across the top eight cities, he added. "One is seeing increased demand for commercial real estate, particularly from the IT sector, e-commerce and professional and services sector," Parekh said, adding even the demand for retail space has picked up in certain pockets.In recent times, several investors such as pension funds, sovereign funds & private equity players with deep pockets have evinced interest in the country's commercial real estate sector, he said.He said the challenge in the housing sector has been with the upper middle segment and high end luxury housing."It is this segment where unsold inventory levels are high. This is where the price of the apartments are typically upwards of Rs 2 crore," he said, adding "I would like to reiterate that the demand for smaller sized homes at affordable price points is still strong".Parekh said the problem got compounded with the tight liquidity situation that prevailed since last September. This particularly impacted the non-banking finance companies and housing financiers and blamed it on banks' risk averseness."Banks are reluctant to lend and there has been a flight to safety where a select, few, high rated NBFCs and HFCs have access to funding, while for several others, access to credit has been chocked," he said.Due to this a number of NBFCs and HFCs have curtailed disbursements. This in turn has had spillover effects into a number of other sectors."One is hopeful that normalcy will be restored soon and by the time the festive season sets in, some of the risk averseness should taper off. To my mind, what is critical is re-instilling confidence in lenders to support growth in the economy," he added.
MUMBAI: A harassment tool or a better performance enabler? Indian companies are mostly anxious about recent changes in Companies Act making compliance with corporate social responsibility (CSR) norms more stringent. Some see more positive than negative.CSR norms violations now may attract fines ranging between Rs 50,000 and Rs 25 lakh, and even imprisonment of up to three years for defaulting executives after Parliament amended the Companies Act, 2013, on Wednesday."The nature of the amendment is like penalising tax evaders but it may become tools in the hands of authorities who may use it to exert pressure on companies," said a top executive of a prominent manufacturing company, speaking on the condition of anonymity."In the current scenario, there is a lot that is spooking businesses — people are reluctant to sit on boards as directors anymore due to increased scrutiny," the executive said.CSR rules mandate that every company with a net worth of Rs 500 crore or more, or turnover of Rs 1,000 crore or more, or a net profit of Rs 5 crore or more, during any financial year has to constitute a CSR committee and has to spend 2% of the average net profit over the last three financial years on CSR activities.70506782 Smaller Cos may Face ConstraintsFinance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said Wednesday that the amendments seek to check the practice of companies "getting away" by providing an explanation on why they were unable to fulfil CSR norms.Legal practitioners, however, believe that such clauses are harsh and can be misused. "Imprisonment for violation of CSR requirements is arguably too harsh. Penalties are more appropriate for such violations," said Sudip Mahapatra, partner at law firm S&R Associates.But the new provisions may lead to better adherence by company executives. "Companies will have to proactively ensure compliance with CSR requirements and now boards will have to pay more attention to the deployment of CSR funds," Mahapatra added.Industry observers say most large-cap companies have adhered to the prescribed minimum in their spending and some companies spend more than what is required of them. Smaller companies, however, may have human resources constraint.Seshagiri Rao, joint MD at JSW Steel, said that there should have been some relaxation for MSMEs that often lack an organised CSR unit to carry out the mandate, and that third parties or NGOs hired for this purpose by smaller companies may not properly fulfil the CSR mandate.After the amendment, companies are allowed to transfer the money they fail to spend in a year to an "unspent CSR account" from which they can draw within next three years to spend on CSR activities. If a company is still unable to spend the amount within that period it can transfer it to a government fund specified in schedule 7 of the Companies Act, such as the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund, failing which the fines and imprisonment clauses will kick in."By and large the amendment is an enabling one, at least for CSR activities…it is being made to appear draconian but it is actually not," said, Neelima Khaitan, CSR head at Vedanta. Through the amendment, the government has actually given companies time to spend any unspent money judiciously, instead of rushing to spend it in one financial year, she said.
MUMBAI: Tata Motors plans to set up a network of 500 public fast-charging stations for electric vehicles in five cities in the next 24 months in partnership with Tata Power to address potential EV buyers' concerns over per-charge range and long charging time.The first 300 of these fast-charging stations will come up by the end of this fiscal across key locations in Mumbai, Delhi, Pune, Bengaluru, and Hyderabad, the Mumbai-based carmaker announced on Friday."The top three barriers to EV adoption are price, range anxiety and (lack of) charging infrastructure. Without an ecosystem in place, you can't see demand in the market," Shailesh Chandra, president of the electric mobility business at Tata Motors, told ET. "From a consumer perspective… they will know that something has started getting in motion now and they can think of buying electric cars."The development is in sync with the government's push towards electric mobility. This is the first major private initiative in this space. The companies refused to reveal financial details of the move.Tata Motors chairman N Chandrasekaran had earlier this week said the company plans to launch four electric cars in the coming 18 months. These include the electric variants of the Tigor, Nexon, upcoming hatchback Altroz, and another unnamed vehicle. The cars will have a range of upwards of 200 km in a single charge. So far, Tata Motors has sold Tigor EV exclusively to government and private fleets. These cars have a claimed range of about 140 km per charge.
MUMBAI: State Bank of India (SBI) swung to a profit from a year-ago loss but fell short of expectations, prompting chairman Rajnish Kumar to invoke divine intervention."Every morning I am looking at the sky and praying to God that the three large NCLT accounts stuck in the middle of resolution get resolved — these alone will give us more than Rs 16,000 crore writeback," Kumar said, referring to Essar Steel, Bhushan Power and Steel and Alok Industries, where SBI has made 100% provisions against bad loans. The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) decides on cases under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code.Net profit for the June quarter at the state-owned lender was Rs 2,312 crore compared with a loss of Rs 4,876 crore in the year earlier. Profit fell short of the Rs 4,106 crore expectation due to widening losses in the corporate loan book while the treasury and retail segments performed well.Debt WaiversThe increase in fresh slippages to the most in more than a year spooked investors as it suggested that asset quality pressures persist. The stock fell 2.8% to close at Rs 308.45 on Friday on the BSE. Kumar expressed the hope that recoveries, especially from companies undergoing bankruptcy proceedings, will increase.Total provisions fell 35%, margins expanded and a rise in other income made up for tepid net interest income growth. Fresh slippages increased to Rs 16,212 crore from Rs 9,984 crore a year earlier and were at the highest since Rs 29,037 crore reported in the quarter ended March 2018."While we were not ruling out volatility in corporate slippages… higher slippages across segments (including retail) remain a concern," said Mona Khetan, analyst at Reliance Securities.Besides corporate loans, slippages also rose in agricultural accounts, mainly due to loan waivers in Maharashtra, as well as in the accounts of some small and medium enterprises (SMEs)."Debt waiver issues emanating from just one state contributed around Rs 2,000 crore to the slippages," Kumar said.Indian banks, especially private sector lenders, are on the mend with many reporting profit and lower provisions for bad loans in the first quarter of this fiscal. State-run lenders in general are still struggling. SBI had been an exception, showing signs of strength. "Our focus remains on improving operating profit and how to keep fresh slippages under control," Kumar said. "If we maintain the pre-provision operating profit momentum and maintain a 12% growth and all goes well, then the picture looks alright. But making tall claims is not in the nature of SBI."While overall loans grew 12.47% to Rs 22.38 lakh crore, state-run corporations dominated, accounting for nearly 100% growth in sectors such as power, roads and ports.The services sector loan growth by Rs 1.05 lakh crore was dominated by state and large private institutions in the non banking finance company (NBFC) sector — they accounted for all the disbursals while for others it shrank.Kumar cited two large accounts that were still classified as standard for which Rs 2,300 crore had to be set aside as provisions, pending restructuring, without giving more details.A large company classified as a Maharatna by the government was also marked as a nonperforming asset (NPA) due to some technical issues, he said."One regular account of a Maharatna company, which slipped into NPA books of another bank, further impacted the gross slippages," he said. "One bank did not successfully implement the resolution plan fully on time. This account added about Rs 2,000 crore to the slippages, but the situation can be corrected."Kumar expressed confidence that stress in the retail segment will not hit the bank much because SBI's personal loans are mostly to government employees who have greater job security than others.
Do not look at short-term factors, sentiment, earnings, flows. You cannot really make money by focussing on those sorts of factors on any consistent basis, says Saurabh Mukherjea, Founder and Chief Investment Officer, Marcellus Investment. Excerpts from an interview with ETNOW. Mukherjee says his focus has always been on companies with clean accounts, essential products and monopoly franchises. Excerpts from an interview with ETNOW. What is your take on the fact that after today's fall, sub that 10,900 mark, we have erased all of our 2019 gains and the Nifty has turned negative for 2019 for real?I have to confess that none of us at Marcellus really spend that much time figuring out what the market outlook is, what is going to happen next week or next month. We have never been. Our focus consistently has been to analyse and look for companies whose governance is good, accounting is actually bona fide, genuine accounts, companies who sell essential products and have monopoly franchises there in. So clean accounts, essential products, monopoly franchises and that is what we spend all our time doing. Honestly, we really have very little interest in knowing what the sentiment is today or what it will be tomorrow morning that sort of question is probably best asked to other punters who try to do short-term trading. Our emphasis has been to look after the 500 families whose wealth that we manage, to look after the wealth by focussing on consistent compounders, high class companies, say an Asian Paints or HDFC Bank or say Dr Lal PathLabs, companies that we own personally and that is it inside the 500 portfolios that we manage for family offices across the country.One of the key issues has been that FIIs have been consistent sellers and have accelerated the selling post budget. What do you think can be done to bring FIIs back?It is important that there is no knee-jerk reaction to this. Obviously whatever has happened has happened, we are a large economy, one of the six, seven large economies in the world and I am sure the government did whatever it did on 5th July with the best intentions. There has been an inadvertent consequence, which is that some of the FIIs who have trust structures have ended with a higher tax rate than they or the government had bargained for. I think remedial measures can be found and it does not necessarily mean reversing the tax rate. A more liberal FII regime which allows foreign investors to invest more easily in India will lead to them coming in. I was in America 10 days ago talking to some of the pension funds and endowments who are discussing whether they will give us some money to invest and their view was that this remains one of the most attractive economies in the world to invest in. So there is an underlying foreign investor desire to invest in the Indian stock market. I am sure if the government comes up with a couple of measures with SEBI to make it easier for foreign money to come into India, the FII flows will return in due course. But again, one should not be trying to second guess FII flows or DII flows. If you try to second guess these sorts of things and make investments therein, it is a very dicey way to think about stock market investing.How would you look at the earnings season because after all earnings will decide where the prices go?It has been very similar to the earnings seasons we have seen for the last 30 quarters odd in our country. If you do not have a capex cycle you are not going to see anything dramatically different in the earnings season. I am not so sure again why people get worked up every time the quarterly earnings season comes around. The economy has been in slow motion mode for six, seven years now and therefore in that context, it is a little challenging for companies to show decent earnings growth. There is obviously some companies of the ilk of Pidilite or Kotak Bank or a HDFC Bank, which can consistently chug out good numbers but their ability to chug out good numbers has been proven a long time ago. You and I do not need to wait for the next earnings season to assess that a Pidilite or a Dr Lal Path Labs will consistently grind out good results, that is a well established fact. What I am trying to repeatedly highlight is do not look at short term factors, sentiment, earnings, flows you cannot really make money by focussing on those sorts of factors on any consistent basis.
By Chandan TapariaNSE Nifty opened in the negative and drifted towards 10,850, but recovered sharply to extended its gains towards the 11,080 level. The index finally settled with a gain of 17 points. The headline index formed an Outside Bar on the daily scale, as it traded in the broader range of 230 points and covered the entire price move of the last session. It remained highly volatile, but formed a bearish candle on the weekly scale as overall trend remained under pressure. The index has been making lower highs lower lows from the last four weeks. The medium-term trend is under pressure, but the index is turning from deep oversold territory. A hold near 11,000 could see a bounce back towards 11,111 and then 11,150 while on the downside, supports are seen at 10,900 and then 10,850.On the options front, maximum Put open interest was at 11,000 followed by 11,200 strike while maximum Call open stood at 11,500 followed by 11,700 strike. We have seen Put writing at 10,900 followed by 10,800 strike while Call writing was seen at 11,000 followed by 10,900 strike. Option data suggests a trading range between 10,800 and 11,300 level. India VIX moved up by 4.31 per cent to the 15.18 level. Nifty Bank continued its formation of lower highs lower lows on the daily scale from the past four trading sessions and it failed to hold above 28,500. It formed a Doji Candle on the daily scale and a bearish candle on the weekly scale as overall trend remained under pressure. However, now it has to hold above 28,250 zone to witness a bounce towards 28,555 zones while a hold below the same could drag it towards swing low of 27,900 and then 27,750 level.Nifty futures closed with a gain of 0.04 per cent at 11,019. Builtup of long positions were seen in Voltas, Tata Global, MFSL, TVS Motor and Bharti Airtel while Shorts were seen in Ashok Leyland, Motherson Sumi, Jindal Steel and Indigo.(Chandan Taparia is Technical & Derivative Analyst at MOFSL. Investors are advised to consult financial advisers before taking an investment calls based on these observations)
BRUSSELS/BENGALURU: Alphabet Inc's Google will allow rivals to compete to be the default search engines on new Android devices in Europe, but they will have to pay for the privilege.In its latest proposal to ward off fresh EU antitrust penalties, Google on Friday announced plans to auction spots on a "choice screen" from which users will select their preferred search engine.The move comes a year after the European Commission fined the U.S. tech giant 4.34 billion euros ($4.81 billion) for blocking rivals by pre-installing its Chrome browser and search app on Android smartphones and notebooks.The EU competition enforcer also ordered the company to halt its anti-competitive practices or face fines up to 5% of Alphabet's average daily worldwide turnover.Google said in a blog post that users in Europe will, from early 2020, be able to pick a default search engine from four options, including Google, when they set up a new Android smartphone or tablet.Rival search engines can apply to join Google among the four options in separate auctions for each individual country. In the event that fewer than three search providers meet or exceed the bid threshold, Google will fill any remaining slots randomly from a pool including those that asked to take part in the auctions but did not submit bids.COOL RECEPTIONWhile consumers will have a choice of default search engine on their new Android devices for the first time, the plans were not well received by some of Google's rivals."It's Google's way of creating a new revenue stream while giving rivals an option. Basically they are complying with the EU order in the letter but not in the spirit," said Ecosia, which describes itself as an ethical search engine that uses profits to plant trees.Ecosia was one of the rivals used as an example in Google's blog post."If we choose to enter an auction and pay Google for the privilege of being a search engine option on Android, this will potentially be at the expense of millions of trees we could otherwise have planted," said Ecosia Chief Executive Christian Kroll."The EU's anti-competition ruling is clear - Google has too much power. The decision over which search engines are able to use Android, which is the second-largest operating system in the world, shouldn't be up to Google. It should be up to users."Czech search engine Seznam said it was not clear what the implications will be."It is hard to comment based on a screenshot and a few sentences. Seznam, and I believe others, too, were not contacted by Google about this proposition, so we have to wait for all-important details," said Michal Feix, Seznam's former chief executive and now partner at a consultancy advising the company.EU WATCHING CLOSELYGerman rival Cliqz criticised the proposal, saying some companies could lose out to competitors with deeper pockets."If the highest bidder wins the contract and not the best search engine, then the user is the biggest loser. The choice should be about selecting the most private or innovative provider," said Cliqz Chief Executive Marc Al-Hames.Google described the auction process as a "fair and objective method" to determine which search providers are given as options for device users."It allows search providers to decide what value they place on appearing in the choice screen and to bid accordingly," the company said.The European Commission plans to monitor the process closely."The decision provides rival search providers the possibility to strike exclusive pre-installation deals with smartphone and tablet manufacturers. This was not possible before," a spokesman said."We have seen in the past that a choice screen can be an effective way to promote user choice."The Android proposal asking rivals to pay echoes a separate plan related to its comparison shopping service, offering to allow competitors to bid for advertising space at the top of a search page.
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