Breaking News: An image of Justin Trudeau wearing brownface makeup at a party in 2001 has thrown the Canadian prime minister's re-election campaign into turmoil https://t.co/wCANag3WtC
"The risk of a no deal remains very real. That will maybe be the choice of the United Kingdom but never the choice of the European Union," European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker told the European Parliament #Brexithttps://t.co/1cV0v7yDuE
A screenshot from a Navy video published by former Blink-182 guitarist Tom DeLonge's company "To the Stars Academy" shows what the Navy is now calling an "unidentified aerial phenomenon." (U.S. Navy)
The Navy acknowledged for the first time last week that 'unidentified aerial phenomena' shown in widely-disseminated videos are real
SAN DIEGO — Strange flying objects captured on video by Navy fighter pilots off the coast of San Diego in 2004 and in Atlantic waters in 2015 were acknowledged by the Navy as "unidentified aerial phenomena" last week, the first time the service has acknowledged the objects are real.
The three videos, published by former Blink-182 guitarist Tom DeLonge's "To the Stars Academy," appear to show small, airborne craft flying and maneuvering at high speeds. The videos were shot by the Advance Targeting Forward Looking Infrared (ATFLIR) pods on Navy F/A-18s.
he news was first reported by The Black Vault, a website that publishes declassified government documents.
A Navy spokesman told The Black Vault that the Navy had no "descriptions, hypothesis of conclusions" about objects in the three videos. The videos are labeled on YouTube as "FLIR1," "Gimbal" and "Go Fast."
White House national Security Advisor John Bolton listens as U.S. President Donald Trump holds a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, U.S., August 16, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
The recently fired national security adviser made little secret of his disagreements with the president.
John Bolton, President Donald Trump's fired national security adviser, harshly criticized Trump's foreign policy on Wednesday at a private lunch, saying that inviting the Taliban to Camp David sent a "terrible signal" and that it was "disrespectful" to the victims of 9/11 because the Taliban had harbored al Qaeda.
Bolton also said that any negotiations with North Korea and Iran were "doomed to failure," according to two attendees.
All the North Koreans and Iranians want to do is negotiate for relief from sanctions to support their economies, said Bolton, who was speaking before guests invited by the Gatestone Institute, a conservative think tank.
Trudeau admits to 2nd incident where he donned makeup and sang 'Day O' in high school talent show
Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau says he knows now that his decision to dress up in brownface and a turban for a gala at a private school where he worked 18 years ago was a racist thing to do and he is now "deeply sorry."
Trudeau also admitted there was a second instance of racist behaviour. "When I was in high school I dressed up at a talent show and sang Day O with makeup on," he said.
Speaking to reporters on his campaign plane, Trudeau apologized for his actions, saying that he now recognizes his actions were racist.
WNU Editor: If a Liberal candidate did this, Prime Minister Trudeau would be demanding his/her resignation right away. But the one who is guilty is Justin Trudeau himself, and his only option right now is to come clean and apologize profusely (which he has tried to do tonight). But the damage has been done, and it is considerable. Women, young people, and minorities are the groups that support Liberal leader Justin Trudeau. How can they feel motivated to vote for him when a picture like this one shows up. And as for his apology .... I was not impressed. He told reporters tonight that he will be telling his children that when you make a mistake you need to own up to it. But I doubt that he will be telling them that it is a good idea to wait 18 years and only start saying you made a mistake once the nature and details of your error has been published in Time magazine. Bottom line. I do not think he can recover from this. This has been an election without a major issue to dominate the headlines. But now there is one, and it will revolve around the the character and judgment of one Justin Trudeau.
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Justin Trudeau, now the prime minister of Canada, appears in dark makeup on his face, neck and hands at a 2001 "Arabian Nights"-themed party at the West Point Grey Academy, the private school where he taught. TIME
Justin Trudeau, Canada's prime minister, wore brownface makeup to a party at the private school where he was teaching in the spring of 2001. TIME has obtained a photograph of the incident.
The photograph has not been previously reported. The picture was taken at an "Arabian Nights"-themed gala. It shows Trudeau, then the 29-year-old son of the late former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, wearing a turban and robes with his face, neck and hands completely darkened. The photograph appears in the 2000-2001 yearbook of West Point Grey Academy, a private day school where Trudeau was a teacher.
WNU Editor: This is a bombshell story in Canada, and it is happening right in the middle of an election campaign. As for the picture itself. Talk about looking creepy. And is that a student or his girlfriend that he is groping? For the past week the Liberal Party of Canada has been playing 15 year old video clips from Conservative opposition leader Andrew Scheer and his pro-life position, as well pointing out past comments made by other Conservative candidates years ago. The Prime Minister himself has been accusing the opposition of racism and stoking prejudices and hate. But how can you explain this? My bet is that the Prime Minister will be going in front of the cameras tonight to profusely apologize for what he did. On a side note. It was the American news website Time that broke this story, not a Canadian one. So is the Canadian press asleep on the job? And is there anything else out there that we should know (I am willing to bet that there is). And as for the other political parties running in this campaign, why did their oppo-research teams missed this? If I running their campaign, I would be firing them right now.
* Shia Iran and Sunni Saudi Arabia have engaged in a proxy conflict for years * Trump's Iran policy of maximum pressure is working * Iran's belligerent moves are an attempt to gain leverage in advance of any renegotiation of the Iran nuclear deal
Although the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen claimed responsibility for last week's attack on Saudi Arabia's Abqaiq oil processing plant, the audacious operation looks like the handiwork of the Islamic Republic of Iran. It is even emerging that the drones or cruise missiles were fired directly from Iranian soil.
Stirrings of war are on the horizon. President Donald Trump warned that a US response is "locked and loaded" and the Saudi King and Crown Prince are not best pleased.
For years, Shia Iran and Sunni Saudi Arabia have engaged in a proxy conflict. Currently, the regional rivals support different sides in the civil wars in Syria and Yemen. But why would Iran instigate a direct attack against Saudi Arabia and risk conflict not only with Riyadh, but possibly the United States as well? The attack seems especially irrational considering the timing. Just days earlier there was credible talk about a potential meeting between Trump and his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani at the United Nations. Meanwhile, Trump fired his hawkish national security advisor John Bolton, indicating a willingness to ease some sanctions.
At three in the morning on Saturday, residents of the Saudi oil town of Abqaiq were roused by something other than the pre-dawn call to prayer.
A massive series of explosions at the huge oil processing plant sent flames up to thirty feet into the air, gunfire was aimed at what seemed to be a drone in the sky. Abqaiq's residents fled with their families into the surrounding desert.
The events in this obscure town rocked world oil prices and dramatically raised the stakes in the ongoing tensions between the US and Iran.
Abqaiq is the Saudi Kingdom's largest oil processing hub, each day converting 5.7 million barrels of crude oil into differently graded products. These are then delivered by pipeline to petrochemical plants or tankers on the Saudi coast destined for the West.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday doubled down on accusations Iran is responsible for the weekend bombing on Saudi Arabia's oil facilities, telling reporters that the strike was "an act of war."
Pompeo, speaking from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, added that even if the "fraudulent claims" of responsibility by the Yemen Houthi rebels were true, "it doesn't change the fingerprints of the [Iran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei] as having put at risk the global energy supply."
His comments come hours after President Trump tweeted that he had ordered Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to "substantially increase sanctions" on Iran, amid escalating tensions between the two countries.
Chinese naval strategists want to push the United States Navy as far away as possible.
Key point: The navy's record dealing with sea mines is not very encouraging, despite recent technological advances.
In the closing phases of the Pacific War, American military strategists ingeniously combined two weapons systems, the revolutionary long-range B-29 bomber and the comparatively simple parachute-retarded influence sea mine with magnetic or acoustic exploders, to wreak havoc on the Japanese economy and Japanese morale. The effort to sow Japan's waterways thoroughly with thousands of mines was named, aptly enough, Operation Starvation and this effort proved highly effective in helping to reduce Japan to its knees. Nevertheless, the U.S. Navy has also been on the "receiving end" of skillfully employed mine warfare and these cases are more recent. The classic case is from the Korean War when mines laid off North Korea prevented U.S. forces from making an efficient invasion at Wonsan. A number of allied mine warfare ships were sunk in that operational fiasco. During the Persian Gulf War, two U.S. Navy ships, the Tripoli and also the Princeton, were both seriously damaged by Iraqi mines.
Beijing has praised Solomon Islands for severing diplomatic ties with Taiwan earlier this week, saying the decision will bring "unprecedented opportunities for development" for the Pacific nation.
Some $US500 million ($730 million) has reportedly been promised in financial aid by Beijing, far surpassing the financial support offered by Taiwan — meanwhile, Solomon Islands promised to terminate their relationship with Taiwan before China's National Day on October 1.
"China highly commends the decision of the Solomon Islands' government to recognise the one-China principle and sever the so-called 'diplomatic ties' with the Taiwan authorities," Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said.
Germany has extended its arms export moratorium on Saudi Arabia by 6 months. If parliament agrees, cabinet also plans to extend a Bundeswehr training mission in Iraq and reconnaissance flights tracking IS in Syria.
Germany's freeze on arms deliveries to Saudi Arabia begun last October andformalized in March would remain in place until March 2020, a German government spokesman announced Wednesday.
The ban — prompted by the killing of Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi — had been questioned within Chancellor Angela Merkel's own party following the mystery drone strikes on Saudi oil installations, which the US and Saudi Arabia blame on Iran or its allies.
But Merkel on Tuesday had said that she saw "no conditions, at the moment, for a changed stance" on the German government's side, signaling that the moratorium should be extended beyond its initial expiration date of September 30th.
WNU Editor: I do not understand the German government. On the one hand the German government condemns Saudi Arabia for the Khashoggi murder and imposes sanctions But on the other hand, even when German intelligence make it known that Iran is pursuing nuclear weapons .... German intel: Iran sought to acquire mass destruction weapons in 2018 (Jerusalem Post), the German foreign minister is pushing the U.S. for talks with Iran .... Germany urges US to talk with Iran (DW).
WASHINGTON ― Senate Republicans were advising against immediate military action against Iran in response to an attack on Saudi Arabian oil facilities, calling for more analysis and discussion first.
"I think it's appropriate that all of us get together and exchange ideas, respectfully, and come to a consensus―and that should be bipartisan," said Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Jim Risch, R-Idaho. "I can tell you I'm sure there will be differing views; there always are on matters like this with complex options."
The comments came as lawmakers expected a classified briefing in the coming days, and as the Trump administration made available a classified briefing book, in the Senate's security facility. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-N.Y., has reportedly requested the administration provide the House with an all-members briefing.
WNU Editor: Aside from Senators like Sen. Lindsey Graham (see above video), I see very little U.S. political will to engage in another Middle Eastern war. I certainly do not see any public support for such a war, and even less so from our international allies. Even the Saudis were reserved today when they presented their evidence of the weapons that were used in these military strikes.
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran on Wednesday threatened a crushing response to any military strike after attacks on Saudi oil sites blamed by Washington on Tehran, though it said the Islamic Republic had no desire for conflict in the Gulf region.
In a letter sent on Monday to the United States via the Swiss embassy, which represents U.S. interests in Iran, Tehran said it "denies and condemns claims" by U.S. officials that "Tehran was behind the attacks".
"It was also emphasized in the letter that in case of any aggression against Iran, that action will face an immediate response from Iran and the response won't be limited to its source," the state news agency IRNA reported.
The Etemad daily newspaper describing U.S. accusations of Iranian responsibility for the Saudi attacks as part of Washington's stated "maximum pressure" policy to isolate Iran.
* Iran has displayed the wreckage of drones and cruise missiles which it says were used to attack its oil refinery at Abqaiq and Khurais oil field * Defence ministry said wreckage is 'undeniable' evidence Tehran was to blame * Comes after Iran says its response to any US military attack would be 'crushing' * Mohammed bin Salman described the strike as an attack on the global economy * Donald Trump is said to be considering military strikes against Iran after the US and Saudi said it had evidence Iran was responsible
Saudi Arabia has today displayed remnants of drones and missiles it said were used in attacks on its oil facilities and described them as 'undeniable' evidence that Iran was involved.
Defence Ministry spokesman Colonel Turki al-Malki said a total of 25 drones and missiles including Iranian Delta Wing unmanned aerial vehicles were used during the attack on the Abqaiq refinery and Khurais oil field.
He said seven missiles either failed to hit their targets or failed to explode, with wreckage of several recovered from the desert.
WNU Editor: I have been blogging and posting on the Yemen war since the beginning. There is no way that the Houthi rebels have the ability or resources to conduct an operation involving 25 drones and cruise missiles.
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* Former President Jimmy Carter said he doesn't believe he could have managed the most powerful office in the world as an 80-year-old * Carter didn't tie his answer to any of his fellow Democrats running for president * The 39th US president was 56 when he left office in 1981 * Two leading 2020 candidates, Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders, would turn 80 during their terms if elected - Biden is 76, while Sanders is 78
Weeks shy of his 95th birthday, former President Jimmy Carter said Tuesday he doesn't believe he could have managed the most powerful office in the world at 80 years old.
Carter, who earlier this year became the longest-lived chief executive in American history, didn't tie his comments to any of his fellow Democrats running for president, but two leading 2020 candidates, Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders, would turn 80 during their terms if elected.
WNU Editor: He has a point. I am 59, and there are things that I just do not have the energy to do anymore. Case in point is this blog. In the past I could easily do 30 to 40 posts by midday. No more now. I am lucky if I could do 25 post per day. And as for something like the Presidency. You have to be a very unique person to be able to handle that job at 80.
* Partial results in Israel's election showed Netanyahu's Likud party and rival Benny Gantz's Blue and White party tied on 32 seats each, neither with a majority * If result holds, it puts political future of Israel's longest-serving leader in doubt * Avigdor Lieberman, leader of centrist Yisrael Beiteinu, emerged as king-maker * He has called for a secular national unity government made up of both parties
Benjamin Netanyahu is facing an uphill battle to keep his job after his party lost seats in Israel's election, leaving him deadlocked with his biggest political rival.
According to partial results, Netanyahu's Likud party and rival Benny Gantz's Blue and White party were tied on 32 seats each in the 120-seat Knesset.
If that result proves final then it would reduce Netanyahu's right-wing coalition government to 56 seats overall - five short of a majority - raising the prospect of an end to his record-breaking rule.
But Netanyahu, who is facing a corruption probe which would intensify if he was forced from power, refused to concede on Wednesday morning.
* The president tweeted that he asked the Treasury to 'substantially increase' sanctions on Iran * His comment came Wednesday morning after receiving options including military strikes * South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham tweeted that Trump's response to earlier Iranian downing of U.S. drone was seen 'as a sign of weakness' in Tehran * Trump is constrained by potential for a wider conflict that could further disrupt oil supplies and the global economy * Trump has been given options by military planners, according to NBC News * Targets include sensitive sites like Iran's oil processing facilities * U.S. military also discussed background support for Saudi strikes against Iran * President is reportedly wary of getting involved in Middle East military conflict
Donald Trump said Wednesday that the United States has 'many options' including some 'dastardly things' to respond to the attack on Saudi oil facilities – after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called it an 'act of war.'
The president was asked about comments the nation's top diplomat made about the bombing, which he also labeled an 'Iranian attack' as he traveled to Saudi Arabia.
Trump pushed back at critics, including Sen. Lindsey Graham, who said his lack of a military response against Iran for a summer attack on a U.S. drone was perceived in Tehran as 'weakness.'
* North Korea has continued to develop nuclear weapons even while discussing 'denuclearization' with the US, researchers believe * Hermit state was thought to possess 20-30 weapons at the start of the year * But Kim Jong-un will have likely amassed 40 of the weapons by the end of 2019 * Kim says he wants to restart nuclear talks with Donald Trump as soon as possible
North Korea could have built up to 40 nuclear weapons by the end of the year - a dozen more than Kim Jong-un had this time last year, researchers claim.
Dan Smith, of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, said his research shows that Kim has not stopped developing the weapons despite 'denuclearization' talks with the US.
Donald Trump last met Kim to discuss the possibility of giving up his nukes in Vietnam in February, but talks stalled after North Korea demanded immediate relief from US sanctions in return for only partial steps toward disarmament.
* President Trump says he ordered the Treasury Department to "substantially increase" sanctions on Iran. * The action comes after the U.S. accused Iran for the weekend attacks on critical Saudi oil installations. * It was not immediately clear what the president directed Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to do.
President Donald Trump said Wednesday he ordered the Treasury Department to "substantially increase" sanctions on Iran.
Trump's announcement follows strikes Saturday on the world's largest crude-processing plant and oil field in Saudi Arabia. The U.S. accused Iran of carrying out the attacks.
It was not immediately clear what steps the president directed Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to take. The Treasury Department, White House and State Department did not immediately respond to CNBC's requests to comment.
The strikes triggered the largest spike in crude prices in decades and renewed concerns of a budding conflict in the Middle East. All the while, Iran maintains that it was not behind the attacks.
* Saudi Arabia's oil production was slashed in half on Saturday during an attack on two of its main oil facilities. * The attack wiped about 5% of the world's daily production of crude oil, equal to about 5 million barrels. * Yemen's Houthi rebel group claimed responsibility for the attacks, though the US has pointed a finger towards Iran. * An expert told Business Insider that China has been one of the largest buyers of Saudi oil since 2009, and could be impacted by a halt to the country's oil exports.
Saudi Arabia's oil production was slashed in half following an attack on two of its oil facilities on Saturday, and China, along with other countries in Asia and the Middle East, may be the ones to pay the price.
Two major oil refineries in Saudi Arabia came under attack and knocked out production on about 5% of the world's daily production of crude oil, equal to about 5 million barrels. Yemen's Houthi rebel group claimed responsibility for the attacks, though the US has pointed a finger towards Iran.
The Saudi stock index TASI fell 2.3% on Sunday before recovering, Reuters said. Other Gulf markets, including Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates, also sank.
WNU Editor: As the above graph shows. Saudi Arabia is China's #1 source for oil imports, and it is growing. Interfere with this flow, the consequences become profound.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday picked U.S. hostage negotiator Robert O'Brien as national security adviser, replacing hardliner John Bolton who was fired abruptly last week after clashing with the president on a host of issues.
O'Brien, who will be the fourth person to hold the post in the Trump administration, has served as Trump's special envoy for hostage affairs at the U.S. Department of State since May 2018 and has a long history in Republican foreign policy circles.
"I have worked long & hard with Robert. He will do a great job!" Trump wrote on Twitter.
Trump fired Bolton after disagreements over handling foreign policy matters relating to North Korea, Iran, Afghanistan, Russia and Venezuela.
Dozens of reserve logistics ships are getting ready to sail amid concerns about the readiness of these vital support fleets during a major conflict.
U.S. Transportation Command, in cooperation with the U.S. Navy's Military Sealift Command and the Department of Transportation's Maritime Administration, kicked off a massive snap sealift exercise yesterday across the United States. It involves an unprecedented 28 ships from the Ready Reserve Force, a fleet of support ships with merchant marine crews that would be vital during any large scale conflict, but which has experienced serious readiness problems in recent years leading to concerns that they would be unable to support a sustained conflict abroad.
The prospect of a future conflict with China or Russia is forcing the U.S. military to reexamine its current doctrine.
Doctrine is an Army's game plan. Doctrine not only tells an Army how to fight but also communicates intent to the fighting forces from those in the institutional Army who are the gatekeepers of ideas. The progression that leads to doctrine stretches across a temporal "reverse highway" that begins well into the future with a vision of how future wars will be fought. At some point along the highway visioning solidifies into warfighting concepts. All too often the concept phase of this journey is where dead ends and misleading road signs appear. Visioning is cheap and ephemeral. Concepts, on the other hand, ossify ideas and turn them into opinions. Opinions, even false ones, are defended by those whose influences are at stake. Opinions lead to investments that launch programs. Eventually, the highway ends at the doctrinal present, as organizations and weapons emerge to provide the tools and formations to fight our wars.
JUSTIN TRUDEAU has had his election hopes severely damaged after a controversial image emerged of the Canadian Prime Minister "wearing brownface" at a fancy dress party in 2001.
TROPICAL STORM JERRY is forecast to strengthen into a hurricane on Thursday as it continues to wreak havoc in the Atlantic Ocean. Where is the storm heading?
MELANIA TRUMP suffered severe humiliation after her invitations to school children to join her on a tour of the New York Stock exchange were rejected by their parents.
HORRIFYING footage shows the locations that would initially be targeted in a nuclear war between the United States and Russia, with 34million people being killed in less than five hours.
TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese court on Thursday ruled that three former executives for Tokyo Electric Power Company were not guilty of professional negligence in the 2011 Fukushima meltdown.
The ruling by the Tokyo District Court ended the only criminal trial in the nuclear disaster that has kept tens of thousands of residents away from their homes because of lingering radiation contamination.
The plaintiffs were expected to appeal the decision. A group of their supporters stood outside the court Thursday with placards reading “unjust sentence.”
The court said ex-TEPCO chairman Tsunehisa Katsumata, 79, and two other former executives were also not guilty of causing the deaths of 44 elderly patients whose health deteriorated during or after forced evacuations from a local hospital.
The executives were charged with failing to foresee the tsunami that struck the plant after an earthquake and for failing to take preventive measures that might have protected the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant on Japan’s northeastern coast.
Katsumata and co-defendants, Sakae Muto, 69, and Ichiro Takekuro, 73, pleaded not guilty during the trial’s opening session in June 2017. They said predicting the enormous tsunami was impossible.
Three of the plant’s reactors had meltdowns after the magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011, spreading radiation into surrounding communities and into the sea.
Prosecutors in December demanded a five-year prison sentence for each executive, accusing them of professional negligence for not taking sufficient measures to guard against the threat of a tsunami despite knowing the risks.
In the ruling the court said TEPCO officials were aware of a need to improve tsunami prevention measures and considering taking steps, but their measures were in line with government safety standards at the time.
It was unclear if they could have completed preventive measures in time for the tsunami.
Judge Kenichi Nagafuchi also said experts were also divided over evaluations of various tsunami predictions.
The prosecutors had argued TEPCO could have prevented the disaster had it stopped the plant to install safety measures ahead of the tsunami. But the court said the company’s responsibility for supplying electricity to the public meant that idling the plant would have caused a “social impact.”
The acquittal disappointed dozens of Fukushima residents and their supporters observing the ruling in the courtroom.
“Unbelievable,” some of them said.
Hiroyuki Kawai, a lawyer representing the more than 5,700 Fukushima residents who filed the criminal complaint to prosecutors, said before the ruling that he expected the legal battle to last about a decade because the losing side would appeal.
“This is only the beginning of a major battle,” he said at a rally ahead of Thursday’s ruling. “Our ultimate goal is to eradicate dangerous nuclear plants that have thrown many residents into despair.”
Prosecutors have told the court that the three defendants had access to data and scientific studies that anticipated the risk of a tsunami exceeding 10 meters (30 feet) that could trigger a loss of power and severe accidents.
Defense attorneys for the TEPCO executives told the court that the tsunami projection was not well-established. They said the actual damage was larger than projected, and that if TEPCO had taken steps based on the projection, it would not have prevented the disaster.
Prosecutors said TEPCO was already conducting a tsunami safety review following a 2007 earthquake in Niigata, another location in northern Japan, and the three former executives routinely participated in that process. In March 2008, a TEPCO subsidiary projected that a tsunami as high as 15.7 meters (47 feet) could hit Fukushima, prompting the company to consider building seawalls.
Prosecutors presented hundreds of pieces of evidence including emails between safety officials and the two vice presidents that suggested increasing concern and a need for more tsunami measures at the plant. More than 20 TEPCO officials and scientists testified in court.
Government and parliamentary investigations said TEPCO’s lack of a safety culture and weak risk management, including an underestimation of the tsunami risks, led to the disaster. They said TEPCO colluded with regulators to disregard tsunami protection measures.
The company has said it could have been more proactive with safety measures, but that it could not anticipate the massive tsunami that crippled the plant.
TEPCO has spent 9 trillion yen ($83 billion) on compensation related to the disaster. It needs to spend an estimated 8 trillion yen ($74 billion) to decommission the plant and 6 trillion yen ($55 billion) for decontamination.
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has strongly rejected claims by five human rights groups that he hasn’t condemned the Chinese government’s detention of more than a million Muslims in the Xinjiang region, saying he has spoken out forcefully.
“I don’t think anyone has been more persistent and more clear in talking to the Chinese authorities in relation to this issue than myself,” he told reporters Wednesday. “It is absolutely not true that I’ve only done discreet diplomacy.”
On the contrary, Guterres said that during his visit to Beijing in April, “I not only did raise the issue, but I made it public.”
The five rights groups said in a letter to the secretary-general circulated Tuesday that he would make an important contribution to addressing “one of the most pressing human rights issues of our time” by speaking out against China’s internment of the Uighurs and members of other predominantly Muslim ethnic groups and calling for the immediate closure of detention camps for them.
The letter was signed by Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, the International Commission of Jurists, the International Federation for Human Rights and the World Uyghur Conference.
Guterres said he told the Chinese “that it is very important to act in a way that each community feels that their identity is respected and that they belong, at the same time, to the society as a whole.”
“There couldn’t be a more clear message,” he said. “So, if there is an area where I believe I’ve been doing publicly much more than many other leaders around the world (it) is this.”
Guterres said he will continue acting to guarantee that “all human rights in all circumstances are fully respected in that situation.”
Does that mean detention centers should be closed?
“It will mean to do everything that is necessary for human rights to be respected,” Guterres replied.
Criticism has grown over China’s internment of the Uighurs and other Muslims, and Guterres has been criticized previously by human rights groups and some governments for his behind-the-scenes approach and failure to address their plight publicly.
China’s government insists the detention sites are “vocational” centers aimed at training and skills development. It has sharply criticized 22 Western countries that called for an end to mass arbitrary detentions and other abuses of Uighurs and other Muslims in the Xinjiang region.
In a report earlier this year to counter criticism of internment camps and other oppressive security in the traditionally Islamic region, China said it had arrested nearly 13,000 people it described as “terrorists” and had broken up hundreds of “terrorist gangs” in Xinjiang since 2014.
The five rights organizations cautioned Guterres “against any action that might lend credence to Beijing’s narrative that the unlawful detention of over a million Uighurs and other Muslims is a necessary measure to counter terrorism.”
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday called the attack on Saudi Arabia’s oil installations an “act of war” against the kingdom by Iran, as the Saudis displayed missile and drone wreckage and cited other evidence they said shows the raid was “unquestionably sponsored by Iran.”
Iran, which has denied involvement in the attack, warned the U.S. it will retaliate immediately if it is targeted.
President Donald Trump, meanwhile, said he is moving to increase financial sanctions on Tehran over the attack. He was noncommittal on whether he would order U.S. military retaliation.
At a news conference, Saudi military spokesman Col. Turki al-Malki said the attack Saturday that did heavy damage to the heart of the Saudi oil industry was “launched from the north and was unquestionably sponsored by Iran.” Yemen is south of Saudi Arabia, while Iran and Iraq lie to the north.
Al-Malki stopped short of accusing Iran of actually firing the weapons itself or launching them from Iranian territory.
Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthi rebels have claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it was in response to the Saudi-led war in Yemen that has killed tens of thousands of people.
At the news conference, the Saudis displayed broken and burned drones and pieces of a cruise missile that Al-Malki identified as Iranian weapons collected after the attack. He also played surveillance video that he said showed a drone coming in from the north.
Eighteen drones and seven cruise missiles were launched in the assault, Al-Malki said, with three missiles failing to make their targets. He said the cruise missiles had a range of 700 kilometers (435 miles), meaning they could not have been fired from inside Yemen.
“This is the kind of weapon the Iranian regime and the Iranian IRGC are using against the civilian object and facilities infrastructure,” Al-Malki said, referring to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard. He added: “This attack did not originate from Yemen, despite Iran’s best effort to make it appear so.”
Pompeo, who landed in Saudi Arabia shortly after the news conference, took a harder line, telling reporters: “The Saudis were the nation that was attacked. It was on their soil. It was an act of war against them directly.”
He said en route to Saudi Arabia that “it doesn’t matter” whether the Houthis claim they were behind the attack. “This was an Iranian attack,” he said.
“It doesn’t change the fingerprints of the ayatollah as having put at risk the global energy supply,” Pompeo said, referring to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khomenei.
The attack came after a summer of heightened tensions between Iran and the U.S. over Trump’s withdrawal from the 2015 Iranian nuclear deal.
Iran sent a note to the U.S. via Swiss diplomats Monday, reiterating that Tehran denies involvement in the aerial attack, the country’s state-run IRNA news agency reported. The Swiss have looked after American interests in Iran for decades.
“If any action takes place against Iran, the action will be faced by Iran’s answer immediately,” IRNA quoted the note as saying. It added that Iran’s response wouldn’t be limited to the source of the threat.
The U.S. State Department had no comment on the warning.
Trump, meanwhile, tweeted: “I have just instructed the Secretary of the Treasury to substantially increase Sanctions on the country of Iran!”
He did not elaborate, and it was not immediately clear what further means are available since he has already cut deeply into Iran’s oil market. National Security Council officials declined to comment.
IRNA also reported that Iran’s delegation to the annual U.N. General Assembly meeting has yet to receive the necessary U.S. visas. Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif was to travel to New York on Friday, with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani following on Monday.
The U.N. meeting had been considered as an opportunity for direct talks between Rouhani and Trump.
Asked in Los Angeles whether Rouhani will come to New York, Trump said, “I really don’t know. If it was up to me, I’d let them come.”
“I’ve always felt the United Nations is very important,” he added. “I think it’s got tremendous potential. I don’t think it’s ever lived up to the potential it has. But I would certainly not want to keep people out if they want to come.”
As the host of the U.N.’s headquarters, the U.S. is required to offer world leaders and diplomats visas to attend meetings. But as tensions have risen, the U.S. has put increasing restrictions on Iranians like Zarif.
In Tehran, Rouhani told his Cabinet that Saudi Arabia should see the weekend attack as a warning to end its war in Yemen, where it has fought the Houthi rebels since 2015 and sought to restore the internationally recognized government.
Rouhani said Yemenis “did not hit hospitals, they did not hit schools or the Sanaa bazaar,” referring to the Saudi-led coalition’s airstrikes.
He said the Houthis were responsible for the attack on the oil installations: “They attacked an industrial center to warn you. Learn the lesson from the warning.”
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Gambrell and Batrawy reported from Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Associated Press writers Robert Burns, Deb Riechmann and Darlene Superville in Washington and Angela Charlton in Paris contributed to this report.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau apologized Wednesday night for wearing brownface at a 2001 “Arabian Nights”-themed party—less than two hours after TIME published a previously unreported yearbook photo from the event at the private school where he was teaching.
In a new revelation, Trudeau also admitted that he wore blackface “makeup” in high school to sing “Day-O,” a Jamaican folk song famously performed by African-American singer and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte.
“When I was in high school I dressed up at a talent show and sang ‘Day O.’ With makeup on,” he said.
The publication of the photo embroiled his campaign in scandal, with Canadian reporters asking why he had not been forthcoming about the image if he knew it existed.
Five weeks before election day on Oct. 21, Trudeau is in a dead heat with the Conservative Party. According to CBC News’ poll tracker on Sept. 18, which aggregates all publicly available polling data, the Conservative Party and the Liberal Party were polling at 34.4% and 34.2% respectively. The New Democratic Party was polling at 13.5% and the Green Party was polling at 9.7%.
TIMEJustin Trudeau, now the prime minister of Canada, appears in dark makeup on his face, neck and hands at a 2001 “Arabian Nights”-themed party at the West Point Grey Academy, the private school where he taught.
Responding to the brownface photo to reporters, Trudeau acknowledged he was in the picture, which shows his face, neck and hands darkened. “I shouldn’t have done that. I should have known better but I didn’t and I’m really sorry,” Trudeau said.
During his statement, which he made aboard his campaign plane in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Trudeau was asked multiple times by reporters if he would resign. The prime minister avoided answering the question directly. “I take responsibility for my decision to do that. I shouldn’t have done it. I should’ve known better,” he said.
He added: “It was something that I didn’t think was racist at the time, but now I recognize it was something racist to do, and I am deeply sorry.”
When asked about what he has to say to members of his staff who are part of minority groups, Trudeau responded, “I have a number of calls to friends and colleagues tonight, and I will have many more calls to make.”
At least seven of Trudeau’s 35 cabinet ministers are from ethnic minority communities.
Trudeau went on to say, “I have worked all my life to try and create opportunities for people to fight against racism and intolerance, and I can just stand here and say that I made a mistake when I was younger, and I wish I hadn’t.”
When asked whether there were any other embarrassing photos or moments that he wanted to own up to, he responded: “The fact of the matter is that I’ve always—and you’ll know this—been more enthusiastic about costumes than is sometimes appropriate.”
Before Trudeau’s address, National Council of Canadian Muslims released a statement before Trudeau’s address, calling on the Prime Minister to apologize. Following his comments, the group tweeted: “We thank the Prime Minister for his apology.
“Prime Minister Trudeau’s apology came less than an hour after NCCM called on him to apologize for wearing blackface/brownface. Promises made, promises kept. That’s the NCCM way.”
The National Council of Canadian Muslims thanks the Prime Minister for his apology. @nccm called for the PM to apologize after the release of the photo. #Cdnpoli
Prior to Trudeau’s response, Jagmeet Singh, the leader of Canada’s New Democratic Party, which is farther left than the Liberal Party, addressed the incident. “Anytime we hear examples of blackface or brownface it’s really, it’s making a mockery of someone for what they live and what their lived experiences are. I think he needs to answer for it,” said Singh.
Following Trudeau’s response, Singh tweeted: “Tonight is not about the Prime Minister.It’s about every young person mocked for the colour of their skin. The child who had their turban ripped off their head. And those reliving intense feelings of pain & hurt from past experiences of racism. To you, I say you are loved.”
Tonight is not about the Prime Minister.
It's about every young person mocked for the colour of their skin.
The child who had their turban ripped off their head.
And those reliving intense feelings of pain & hurt from past experiences of racism.
After Trudeau’s apology, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer told reporters, “Wearing brownface is an act of open mockery and racism. It was just as racist in 2001 as it is in 2019. And what Canadians saw this evening is someone with a complete lack of judgement and integrity, and someone who’s not fit to govern this country.” He did not take questions.
Before Trudeau spoke, Elizabeth May, the leader of the Green Party of Canada, tweeted, “I am deeply shocked by the racism shown in the photograph of Justin Trudeau. He must apologize for the harm done and commit to learning and appreciating the requirement to model social justice leadership at all levels of government. In this matter he has failed.”
I am deeply shocked by the racism shown in the photograph of Justin Trudeau. He must apologize for the harm done and commit to learning and appreciating the requirement to model social justice leadership at all levels of government. In this matter he has failed.
An influx of capitalist culture and a swelling desire for material goods could one day spell the end for North Korea’s Kim dynasty and hasten the pariah state’s re-entry into the international community. That’s according to a high-ranking defector who spoke recently to TIME.
Thae Yong-ho, a former diplomat who held posts in Denmark, Sweden and the U.K. said that while the regime’s elusive leader, Kim Jong Un, may have no intention of undertaking reforms or giving up his nuclear weapons, change is inevitable.
Thae, who was once a member of North Korea’s elite, defected to South Korea with his wife and two sons in 2016. He lives under the protection of the South Korean government, and travels with an entourage of body guards.
As the DPRK’s deputy ambassador in London, Thae’s main responsibility was to counter criticism of Pyongyang’s human rights record and any negative media coverage. He has described becoming disenchanted with Kim Jong Un’s rule and escaped just as he was being recalled to Pyongyang. Since defecting, Thae has been sharing his insights on the secretive regime and advocating for tougher sanctions.
TIME sat down with Thae in the Taiwanese capital Taipei, amid news that U.S. President Donald Trump and Kim have been expressing interest in another summit.
North Korea says it wants to restart denuclearization talks with the U.S., but it’s also been conducting new missile tests. What’s going on?
It has long been North Korea’s policy to make America and South Korea used to North Korea’s pattern of provocations [even] amid the dialogue campaign. It is not the first time North Korea did this. North Korea wants control. They do not want to be controlled.
President Trump has pursued a strategy of cozying up to hostile leaders, including Kim Jong Un, in the hopes that it will pay off at the negotiating table. What do you think has been the effect of this?
I think President Trump is playing a very dangerous game with North Korea.
President Trump met three times with Kim Jong-Un, [but] in the past one and a half years, Trump has not taken any significant measures to stop the nuclearization of North Korea. Meanwhile Kim Jong Un has achieved quite a lot. First, he avoided a so-called military option, which President Trump had emphasized quite often in 2017. Second, he stopped President Trump from adding additional sanctions. Third, thanks to these meetings, Kim Jong Un actually strengthened his legitimacy and absolute rule over North Korea.
The President of America has so far flown to Asian cities Singapore, Hanoi and Panmunjom, to meet Kim Jong Un. In America’s history, I don’t think the President has ever traveled that kind of long distance to meet the leader of a small country.
Have the U.S.-North Korea negotiations made any progress toward denuclearization?
So far, no. There are a lot of signs that North Korea is continuing to produce its nuclear material and, even this year, North Korea conducted more than nine short-range missile tests. North Korea has shown it has new types of missiles. So actually, North Korea’s nuclear capability is more updated thanks to this current dialogue atmosphere with the Trump Administration.
What would be a more effective strategy?
In Hanoi last February it became very clear that Kim Jong Un will not destroy all his nuclear production facilities. He is not interested in the denuclearization process. Once this is proved, then America has to take very resolute actions by increasing additional economic sanctions.
President Trump has made it clear he wants the Nobel Prize for making peace with North Korea. What does Kim Jong Un want from these talks?
First, he wants nuclear status in this region. Kim Jong Un thinks the only way to achieve nuclear status is to buy the time. Like what India and Pakistan did.
Second, is that through this dialogue process with President Trump, Kim Jong Un, a man in his thirties, all of a sudden raised his rank to the same level as other important players in this region, like President Trump, Xi Jinping, Putin, President Moon. And domestically, he proved to North Korean people that he is very capable, even though he is young.
What would be wrong with normalizing relations with a nuclear North Korea? We’ve accepted nuclear India and Pakistan.
India and Pakistan justified their acquisition of nuclear weapons as a deterrent to prevent a war with each other. But North Korea is the first country to use its weapons to threaten America. No nuclear state in the world has directly threatened one specific country’s security. And if America allows North Korea to be a nuclear state then I think many countries will follow suit. North Korea’s nuclear issue is not just about North Korea, this impacts the whole international non-proliferation objective.
You’ve referred to Trump’s policy on North Korea as the “Trump Doctrine” and compared it to the “Nixon Doctrine,” what do you mean by this?
In the 1950s and early 60s, American policy toward China was containment. They wanted to isolate China. But when China succeeded in testing the hydrogen bomb in 1967, the American strategy on the whole region started to change. President Nixon visited China in 1972 and America totally shifted, accepting China’s nuclear status.
What could this mean for the Korean Peninsula in the coming years? The recent developments are very alarming. The reality is that nobody is really serious about stopping this birth of a new nuclear state.
So the Trump Doctrine would hand North Korea what it wants?
Not everything it wants. But the Trump Doctrine would accept the birth of a new nuclear state in this region.
You’ve said that North Korean people, both regular citizens and the elite, don’t believe in the system. What gives you this impression?
If you read North Korea’s propaganda, it seems that everything is working, the country is prosperous, whatever. But if you look at the reality, the current regime can be termed a socialist skeleton. The bones have a socialist structure, but the flesh has already turned capitalist. The number of black markets and free markets are increasing every year. If you read Rodong Sinmun, North Korean media, they said North Korea will not collapse because of a military strike by imperialists, but it is possible if the young generations are not educated properly.
What do they mean by ‘educated properly’? What’s different about the younger generation?
If you look at the millennial generation of North Korea, they are the only ones who have grown up with computers. When computers were introduced in late 1990s, all of a sudden there was a boom of English learning. If you want to use a computer, you have to know English, right?
And they are not interested in watching communist or socialist cultural content. They are only interested in American or South Korean movies or dramas. I think that the young generations’ eyes are not on ideological things, but on material things. And even though the North Korean regime wants to stop it, they can’t stop this future.
Is there any indication that this infiltration of foreign culture is changing North Korea?
Of course. When I was young, when I dated girls, at that time we called each other ‘comrade.’ But now, the young generations in North Korea, they do not use ‘comrade,’ they use something like South Korea, oppa, like brother. When texting, they copy the South Korean [slang]. So the language of the culture is changing. Their dressing style is also moving toward South Korea’s. Now young ladies are eager to buy good brands of handbags. I think this new demand for materialism will one day bring change. I am absolutely sure that within 20 years, demonstrations similar to those in Hong Kong will take place in North Korea.
Is there anyone trying to change the regime from within?
At this moment no. But if we look back to what happened in Communist states in the past, for instance what happened in the former Soviet Union, Gorbachev was the third generation. When he entered power, he started to make changes. The military or security forces couldn’t halt this process because the new young forces demanded it. Now, in China, [President] Xi Jinping is second generation, while the demonstrators in Hong Kong are third generation. Of course, this is an ideological confrontation, but actually, also, this a generational confrontation. Now in North Korea, Kim Jong Un is the only one in his thirties in the North Korean leadership. The people around him are all in their late sixties, seventies or eighties. So power is still in the hands of the ruthless and merciless second generation. The young generation knows that if they stand up the crackdown will be immediate. But after 10 or 20 years, when the power is with the [third] generation, I think the people will be brave enough to go to the streets.
Since Kim Jong Un is third generation any chance he’ll embrace reforms?
No, this is Kim’s family business. They want to the dynasty to go on and on. So I think the final change of North Korea will be the collapse of the Kim Dynasty.
This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
When he heard that people in Hong Kong were forming a human chain to call for democracy on Aug. 23, a local designer who goes by the name Phesti borrowed from the imagery of local subway signs to create a logo of figures holding hands. Underneath, in typography identical to that used by the train system, he wrote “HongKongers stand as one.” The image quickly went viral.
A parody of subway information sign created by Phesti.
Like many involved in Hong Kong’s protests, Phesti hides his identity behind a pseudonym. He is one of hundreds of anonymous creators turning out protest art to support the city’s push for greater political freedom. Phesti says his designs are for “people like me, who are in the peaceful camp don’t dare to protest on the front line and engage in more aggressive action.” He hopes the work will make such individuals “feel like they can still participate in something and find a way of saying what’s on their mind.”
Since Hong Kong’s young people rose up in a pro-democracy rebellion three months ago, protest-related digital graphics, illustrations and paintings have exploded. The collection of agitprop ranges from infographics and memes, to illustrations based on news photos, and various adaptations of the famous 1830 painting by French artist Eugène Delacroix, Liberty Leading the People.
An adaptation of the painting ‘Liberty Leading the People’ by @harcourtromanticistA drawing by Fung Kin Fan based on a photo taken by Reuters correspondent James Pomfret showing a young couple in masks.A drawing by Arto inspired by a photograph of two high school students participating in school strike, in the style of Michaelangelo’s fresco painting ‘The Creation of Adam.”
Not all of the work is serious. Some is designed purely to give viewers a good laugh.
“A lot of people are holding in their feelings, so some of these illustrations may offer them emotional relief,” says Arto, a satirist whose cartoons are hugely popular. “Fighting ridicule with humor is probably more effective than waging a public opinion war,” he tells TIME.
Much of the work plays on Cantonese slang and makes reference to local music, global pop culture and advertising.
Graphic design by Arto encouraging people to join a general strike on Aug. 5. The character 罷 meaning ‘strike’ is pronounced as “ba”. The Chinese on this image reads as “ba la ba ba ba,” a reference to a McDonald’s jingle. The M is rotated 90 degrees to make a “3,” meaning strikes in three sectors: school, business and work.A poster inspired by Star Wars urging people to join a Sept. 15 march and rally organized by the Civil Human Rights Fronts, which was banned by the police. Source: Telegram
Creations such as Phesti’s and Arto’s thrive in online forums, chat groups, social media and on so-called Lennon Walls, where people leave supportive messages on colorful post-it notes. At protests and on public transport, iPhone users often share images via mass Airdrops.
When reading upright, the two characters mean “conscience.” When tilted 90 degrees counter-clockwise, one character becomes “return” and the other becomes an icon of an eye. The image refers to the incident where a female protester was hit in the eye by a projectile on Aug. 11. Source: TelegramA protest poster encouraging people to join the #protesttoo rally on Aug. 28 at Chater Garden by @yunnliu.
A large number of the artworks get posted first to a special channel on Telegram, a messaging app frequently used by protesters, and from there the channel’s 90,000 or so subscribers spread them elsewhere.
The uploaded works are created by a team of some 200 designers working in shifts, one of the channel’s administrators and university design student Y tells TIME. They brainstorm ideas with thousands of people in another chat group and then turn their crowd-refined suggestions into visuals of different styles.
A design in the style of the Chinese almanac encouraging students to boycott classes on Sept. 3. Source: TelegramA collection of stickers of popular protest slogans and sayings such as Bruce Lee’s “Be Water,” and the rallying cry “Hong Kong, Add Oil” Source: Telegram
The government is unlikely to make further concessions to the protest movement, which also shows no signs of backing down. With no end in sight to the unrest, Y said the workload for artists and designers would only increase, and many report feeling exhausted with some dropping out.
A poster showing protesters, a first aid volunteer and an elderly person in high-visibility vest. Source: TelegramY created this image of a bloodstained black-and-white bauhinia after police used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse protesters outside Hong Kong’s Legislative Council on June 12.
As the creator of a now iconic bloodstained version of Hong Kong’s official flower, the bauhinia, Y said he would keep the channel running until goals of the movement are achieved and do his best to take care of the wellbeing of other team members. “The common ground in this movement is not politics,” said Y. “It is humanity.”
A collection of “Be Water” graphics, inspired by a saying by the late martial arts star Bruce Lee. It is one of the mantras of the Hong Kong protests, encouraging people to adopt tactical fluidity and come and go from protests as needed. Source: TelegramA graphic urging people to take care of their mental health. It says “if you’re sad, don’t worry about troubling your friends. If you’re willing to share, they’re willing to listen.” Source: Telegram
Most members of the protest creative community are known to each other only by their online identities. Phesti made up his nickname by simply shuffling letters he uses for different online accounts. “Just like how front line protesters wear helmets, goggles and face masks, this name is my mask,” Phesti tells TIME. “I hope that one day, I too get to tear off this mask … and meet everyone.”
A poster with lyrics of ‘Glory of Hong Kong,’ the new protest anthem. Source: TelegramAn image depicting front-line protesters and press. Source: Telegram
A Canadian teenager has been diagnosed with “severe respiratory illness” linked to use of vaping products, health officials in Ontario, Canada, confirmed Wednesday.
“As far as we are aware this is the first case of vaping related illness that’s been reported in Canada,” said Dr. Christopher Mackie, the medical officer of health and CEO of the Middlesex-London Health Unit, at a press conference.
According to Mackie, the unidentified individual was a “high school age youth” who had “no other health issues whatsoever.” He added that “[the individual] had quite a severe illness course, including ICU life support.” The teenager recovered and is now at home. Mackie’s said his team was notified of the case late last week.
Mackie would not comment if the individual had vaped cannabis, which some have argued is driving the rise of vaping-related illnesses in the United States.
As of Sept. 11, the Center for Disease Control in the U.S. had identified 380 confirmed and probable cases of lung disease associated with vaping in 36 states and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Seven people have died from vaping-related respiratory illnesses in the U.S. since the first case was reported on Aug. 23.
“It’s important to point out that there are limitations to the science here,” Mackie said. “Many of the chemicals used in e-cigarettes have not been tested for their health impacts… It’s not known how e-cigarettes are causing these health concerns.” But he stressed that there was “no other potential cause [for the illness] identified other than vaping.”
“The use of these products is escalating, especially by high school-aged youth, which is a major concern for us,” Linda Stobo, the manager of chronic disease and tobacco control at the Middlesex-London Health Unit, said at the press conference.
Stobo cited a study by Professor David Hammond of the University of Waterloo that found vaping among Canadian youth ages 16-19 increased 74% between 2017 and 2018.
Israel’s second election in fewer than six months has ended in political deadlock, leaving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu facing an uncertain future and paving the way for protracted coalition negotiations. As the official count filtered in on Wednesday, no side emerged with a clear path to government.
“The era of Netanyahu is over,” claimed one opposition lawmaker as exit polls emerged Tuesday night. But while the prime minister is down, he’s not yet out. As pre-election polls had predicted, Netanyahu’s right-wing Likud party together with allied right-wing nationalist and religious parties fell well short of securing the 61 seats required for a parliamentary majority. But so did his principal opponent Benny Gantz, who leads the nominally centrist party Blue and White. With 91% of the votes counted, Blue and White had 32 seats, with Likud on 31. It remains to be seen which of the two leaders Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin, who occupies a largely ceremonial role, will ask to form a coalition.
Both, predictably, claimed they could. “In the next few days, we will begin negotiations to form a strong, Zionist government and in order to avert a dangerous, anti-Zionist government,” a weary looking Netanyahu told supporters in the Likud headquarters late Tuesday night. In Tel Aviv, Gantz said his party would “act to form a broad unity government that will express the will of the people.”
With Israel now set for coalition negotiations all options are on the table, including a third election. Here are some of the scenarios that might emerge in the coming weeks.
A “National Unity” Government
The most likely outcome, although it’s far from assured would be a so-called government of national unity, bringing together the two largest parties, and possibly others across the political spectrum. Gantz and secular nationalist party leader Avigdor Lieberman — who, as polls predicted, has emerged as a kingmaker — have both expressed their preference for a liberal national unity government. It would revolve around a partnership between Likud and centrist Blue and White, with or without Lieberman’s party, Yisrael Beiteinu.
There are several obstacles: the largest being Gantz’s vow not to sit in a government with Netanyahu, citing three looming corruption charges on which Israel’s attorney general has said he would indict Netanyahu, pending a hearing. Over the coming weeks Netanyahu is expected to pull out all the stops to persuade Gantz to rescind on his promise. On Wednesday evening, a senior member of Likud said the door was open for negotiations with Gantz, provided he drop his demand for the party to abandon Netanyahu.
Likud jettisoning Netanyahu is a remote possibility but there is unlikely to be any talk of a putsch until the implications of the election results are clearer. For now, the party Netanyahu has molded in his image has vowed to stick with its leader.
Political deadlock and a third election
Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin will soon decide whether to give Gantz or Netanyahu the first shot at forming a government. Given the latter’s failure to do so in May, and Blue and White’s marginal lead at the latest count, Gantz seems the likelier bet, Israel’s Haaretz suggests. Whomever is given the mandate would have 28 days to form a government, with the option to ask for a short extension.
Should Blue and White and Likud remain in political deadlock, and both sides thwart each other’s attempts to form a government, Israelis could be forced to vote in yet another election early next year.
A Center-left Government with Ultra Orthodox support
Even in a coalition with center left Labor-Gesher, former Prime Minister Ehud Barak’s left wing Democratic Union, and with a potential support arrangement with Israel’s Joint List — a political alliance of the main Arab-dominated parties in Israel that now comprises the third largest party in Israel’s parliament — Gantz would be short of a governing majority.
A center-left alliance passing the 61-seat threshold, then, would require Ultra Orthodox parties that traditionally ally with Netanyahu to instead sit with Blue and White, Labor-Gesher and the Democratic Union. The Haredim have worked with Labor governments in the past, but the probability they will do so without Blue and White making unpalatable concessions is slim. On Wednesday, local media reports, one of the two main Ultra Orthodox parties had already vowed to stand with Likud “all the way.”
A Right-Wing Government With Lieberman or Labor-Gesher support
Both would require major about faces from their party leaders. Netanyahu’s former right hand man Lieberman sunk the prime minister’s chances of forming a government in May when he made joining his coalition conditional on the passage of a bill that would withdraw Ultra Orthodox students’ exemption from serving in Israel’s military. Lieberman’s power has increased from five Knesset seats in April to at least eight. Although Netanyahu’s vulnerability to corruption charges has led some to speculate he may offer Lieberman a split Prime Ministership, the Yisrael Beiteinu leader’s largely secular base would regard concessions to the Ultra Orthodox — whose support Netanyahu also needs — as a betrayal. In a post election speech, Lieberman doubled down on his resolve to pass the mandatory military service bill and called a unity government “the only option.”
There were rumors in the run up to the election that Labor-Gesher chairman Amir Perez could be convinced to cross the aisle. But doing so would torpedo the legitimacy of what was once Israel’s largest party. Perez has vowed not to sit in a coalition with Netanyahu — and recommitted to that vow on Wednesday: “you have nothing with which to entice us,” he said in a statement address to Netanyahu.
While the Prime Minister may yet find a way to endure, his bid to offer the hard right annexation of Palestinian territories in exchange for their support on immunity from criminal prosecution is all but dead.
Graeme Gibson, the Canadian author of books including Five Legs and Perpetual Motion and longtime partner of author Margaret Atwood, has died. He was 85.
His publisher, Penguin Random House, announced his death in a press release Wednesday.
Atwood said in a statement that her longtime love “went out on a high.”
“We are devastated by the loss of Graeme, our beloved father, grandfather, and spouse, but we are happy that he achieved the kind of swift exit he wanted and avoided the decline into further dementia that he feared. He had a lovely last few weeks, and he went out on a high, surrounded by love, friendship and appreciation. We are grateful for his wise, ethical, and committed life.”
The Handmaid’s Tale author recently told TIME for its Sept. 3 cover story that she became a caretaker to Gibson while he battled dementia, bringing him to doctor’s appointments while completing her latest novel, The Testaments, a sequel to her acclaimed dystopian best-seller.
The literary couple met in writing circles in the 1970s they lived together in Toronto until his death. Although the two never married, they had a daughter together, Eleanor Jess Atwood Gibson, in 1976. Gibson previously had two sons — Matthew and Grae Gibson — with Shirley Gibson.
Leonardo Cendamo—Getty ImagesMargaret Atwood and Graeme Gibson in Mantova, Italy on December 7, 2017.
Gibson was born in London, Ontario, in 1934. His first book, Five Legs, was published in 1969. He went on to pen fiction books including Gentleman Death and Communion and non-fiction books including The Bedside Book of Birds and Eleven Canadian Novelists — which featured an interview with Atwood herself. His final book, The Bedside Book of Beasts, was published in 2009.
He was a founding member of multiple writers’ organizations, including the Writers’ Trust of Canada, PEN Canada and Writers’ Union of Canada, which created the Graeme Gibson Award in 1991 to honor “varied and remarkable contributions” to improve circumstances for Canadian writers.
The author’s passion for literature was only matched by his love for birds. He served as a council member of the World Wildlife Fund Canada and also served, with Atwood, as BirdLife International’s Rare Bird Club’s Joint Honorary President.
With a shared love of literature and birding, Gibson and Atwood remained close in their decades together, as noted in a 2017 New Yorker profile of Atwood, which also confirmed his early dementia diagnosis and their shared support for Canada’s dying-with-dignity movement.
(RIYADH, Saudi Arabia) — Saudi Arabia alleged Wednesday that Iranian cruise missiles and drones attacked the heart of the kingdom’s oil industry, showing journalists the remains of the weapons while stopping short of directly accusing Iran of launching the assault. Iran denies being involved and has threatened the U.S. it will retaliate “immediately” if Tehran is targeted over the attack, which was claimed by Yemen’s Houthi rebels.
The news conference by Saudi military spokesman Col. Turki al-Malki comes after a summer of heightened tensions between Iran and the U.S. over President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrawing America from Tehran’s 2015 nuclear deal with world powers.
While the U.S. has said Iran was behind the attack on Saudi oil installations this weekend, al-Malki made a point not to directly accuse Iran of firing the weapons or launching them from inside of Iranian territory. The kingdom has sought help from international investigators and the United Nations, both lengthening the probe and internationalizing its conclusions.
“The attack was launched from the north and was unquestionably sponsored by Iran,” al-Malki told journalists.
f.duckett—AP Drone attacks inside Saudi Arabia.
By stopping short of saying the missiles were launched from Iran, the kingdom potentially avoids a response that could lead to war among the heavyweight countries of the region and international superpower, the United States. However, not retaliating to the strikes also carries the risk of leaving Saudi Arabia exposed to continued attacks.
The news conference took place with a backdrop of broken and burnt drones and pieces of one cruise missile allegedly collected from the attacks.
Al-Malki described the drones as “delta wing” models, which looked like large triangles. The cruise missile had a small jet engine attached to it, he said.
Eighteen drones and seven cruise missiles were launched in the assault, Al-Malki said, with three missiles failing to make their targets. He said the cruise missiles had a range of 700 kilometers (435 miles), meaning they could not have been fired from inside Yemen. He played surveillance video he said showed a drone coming in from the north.
“This is the kind of weapon the Iranian regime and the Iranian IRGC are using against the civilian object and facilities infrastructure,” he said, using an acronym for Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard.
Iran sent a note to the U.S. via Swiss diplomats in Tehran on Monday, reiterating that Tehran denies being involved in the Saudi attack, IRNA reported. The Swiss have looked after American interests in Tehran for decades.
“If any action takes place against Iran, the action will be faced by Iran’s answer immediately,” IRNA quoted the note as saying. It added that Iran’s response wouldn’t be limited to the source of the threat, suggesting it would inflict damage beyond what it had suffered.
IRNA separately reported Wednesday that Iran’s first delegation for the annual U.N. General Assembly meeting had not left Iran because the U.S. has yet to issue them visas. Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif was to travel to New York on Friday, with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani following Monday, according to the agency. The U.N. meeting had been considered as an opportunity for direct talks between Rouhani and Trump.
As the host of the U.N.’s headquarters, the U.S. is mandated to offer world leaders and diplomats visas to attend meetings there. But as tensions have risen, the U.S. has put increasing restrictions on Iranians like Zarif. Since becoming Iran’s president in 2013, Rouhani has spoken each year at the General Assembly.
The U.S. State Department did not respond to requests for comment Wednesday. Trump separately tweeted: “I have just instructed the Secretary of the Treasury to substantially increase Sanctions on the country of Iran!” He did not elaborate, and Treasury officials could not immediately be reached.
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Bihar Police Result2019 is available for various Bihar Police vacancy. The candidates those who attended the Bihar Police Exams can check the result. A huge number of Contenders attend for the Bihar Police Exams, the result page will be busy on the day of Results. So, here we provide you a direct link to check the Bihar Police Result. Also, we provide results in PDF. Furthermore, get other details like Exam Pattern, Cut Off Marks, Merit List in the sections below. Also, check the official website of Bihar Police www.bpsssc.bih.nic.in for more details.
Bihar Police Steno Assistant Sub Inspector Final Result 2019 – The Bihar Police Subordinate Service Commission are recently uploaded the final result for the Post of Steno Assistant Sub Inspector on 19th September 2019. Those who have appeared for this recruitment can check and download your result from the below link, Along with this, applicants can check the complete details about Steno Assistant Sub Inspector Recruitment from the official website i.e, bpssc.bih.nic.in.
Bihar Police Steno Assistant Sub Inspector Final Result 2019
Name of the Organization
Bihar Police Subordinate Service Commission
Name of the Post
Steno Assistant Sub Inspector
No of Vacancies
174
Typing Test Result
07th September 2019
Final Result Release Date
19th September 2019
Official Website
bpssc.bih.nic.in
Bihar Police Steno Assistant Sub Inspector Final Result 2019 – Click Here
BSSC Bihar Police Excise Sub Inspector Mains Result 2019 @ bpssc.bih.nic.in – The Bihar Police Subordinate Service Commission has announced the Bihar Police Excise Sub Inspector Mains Result on 12th September 2019. Applicants those who have appeared for the Excise Sub Inspector Posts can download Mains Exam Result now. Here we have provided a direct link to access your Bihar Police Excise Sub Inspector Mains Result 2019.
Bihar Police Excise Sub Inspector Mains Result 2019
BSSC Bihar Police Excise Sub Inspector Mains Result 2019 – Click Here
Bihar Police Subordinate Service Commission has conducted the Steno Assistant Sub Inspector Exam on the month of August 2019. And Now the BPSSC Board has conducted the Typing Test and released the BPSSC Typing Test Results on 07th September 2019. Applicants those who have attended the Typing Test for Sub Inspector Post can check out the BPSSC Results 2019 here in the below section.
The Bihar Police Constable Result 2018 and Bihar Police Fireman Result 2018 will soon be out. Candidates have to wait until the Bihar Police Exam is done. The Bihar Police exam will be conducted soon in the month of November and December 2018. The number of posts for Bihar Police Constable is 9900 and there are 1965 posts for the Bihar Police Fireman. Candidates who will sit for this exam will be able to access their Bihar Police Results via the link below. The Bihar Police Result 2018 will be declared on the official site.
Bihar Police Result 2018 Details
Name of the Organization
Central Selection Board of Constable (CBCS), Bihar
Bihar Police Result 2018: for the Post of Subinspector Mains Exam is available now. However, the applicants who appeared for the Bihar Police SI Mains Exam can check the Result below. Hence, check the Bihar Police Result for SI 2018 in the link given below. Furthermore, if you find any errors while checking your Bihar Police Result visit the official website for queries.
Bihar Police Constable Final Result 2018 is available now. The Candidate those who are eagerly waiting for the Bihar Police Constable Result can check from the link given below. However, we provide you with a direct download link for Bihar Police Constable Final Result below. Also, check the other details about Bihar Police Recruitment for Constable 2017.
Bihar Police Result 2018: Looking for the Bihar Police Sub Inspector Recruitment Result 2018. Here is the link to download the Bihar Police Result 2018. However, candidates those who all attended the Bihar Police Subordinate Service Commission (BPSSC) exam 2018 can check their Result. BPSSC Result is out on 4th May 2018. Moreover, Download the BPSSC Result from the direct links below. The BPPSC Official link will be busy today i.e., www,bpssc.bih.nic.in. So, we providing you with a direct download for BPSSC Result 2018 here.
Bihar Police Result 2018: Hey guys here we have provided the great news for all the Bihar Police Driver Constable, Fireman Driver Result 2018. Candidates can check their Bihar Police Exam Result 2018 here. With the help, Bihar Police Merit List 2018 applicants can check out if they are qualified or not. The result will be here to download when released by the officials at biharpolice.bih.nic.in. To know your performance we have provided some of the steps to check your exam results.
Bihar Police Exam Result 2018
Applicants those who appeared for the examination are very eagerly waiting to check their Bihar Police Result 2018. Moreover, aspirants can access the official website to check their Bihar Police Merit List 2018. Since a huge number of contenders had applied for the post and the official website would be busy. However, applicants can make use of the links and follow the steps given below to check Bihar Police Results 2018.
A few days ago the Bihar Police Department had released its recruitment notification for the post of Driver Constable, Fireman Driver. As per the official notification the board had announced a total of 1669 vacant seats to be filled. The mode of application for the post was through online mode. Hence those applicants who have appeared for the post and attended the examination are now eager to check their Bihar Police Result 2018. Hence get ready with your hall ticket number to check your results.
The officials first release the cut off marks before the declaration of result. Hence, applicants, those who have dreamed of going to the further levels must acquire the Bihar Police Cut Off Mark 2018 for the post of Driver Constable, Fireman Driver. As cut off marks is the minimum qualifying marks contenders must score to get qualified for further rounds. However, the Bihar Police Cut off marks will be prepared by the examiners based on some aspects like
Previous Year cut off marks.
Exam paper toughness.
No of vacancies that are available
Performance of the exam participants in the written exam.
Bihar Police Merit List 2018
As the exam was held for 1669 posts lakhs of interested candidates have appeared for the exams. So the exam controllers will take some time to release the Bihar Police Result 2018. Moreover, the Bihar Police Exam Result 2018 is released by the officials and hence there can be no ambiguity. Follow the steps given below to check your results.
How to check the Bihar Police Exam Results 2018
First of all, log on to the official website of Bihar Police Department i.e. biharpolice.bih.nic.in
Now check for the new updates on the home page.
Search for the Bihar Police Exam Result 2018 online link.
Check whether it is the proper link or not.
After confirming, enter the required details like name, hall ticket number, password etc.
Cross check your details and click on the submit button.
Now Bihar Police Result 2018 will available on the screen.
Check your result and take the print out of the result if necessary.
Bihar Police Result 2018 – Lady Constable: The officials of Bihar Police have released its Lady Constable result. Candidates those who have attended the examination can check their results now. The Bihar Police Exam Results 2018 is released by the officials and hence there would be no ambiguity. The Bihar Police Lady Constable Exam Results can be viewed only by those aspirants who have attended the examination. For more details refer the link given below.
Bihar Police Lady Constable Result
Board Name: Bihar Police Post Name: Lady Constable Result Status: Released
Bihar Police Result 2018 out. Aspirants who had applied for the post of constable are no eagerly waiting to check their results. A huge number of applicants had taken up the examination and waiting for their results. And moreover, results can be viewed only by those candidates who have taken up the examination. Bihar Police Exam Result 2018 contains the names of qualified aspirants for further rounds. Candidates can check their Bihar Police Examination Results 2018on our page once when available at biharpolice.bih.nic.in.
Bihar Police Exam Result Date 2018
Hello, Guys here is a good news for those aspirants who have taken the exam. The long wait for results has come to an end. The Bihar Police Department has decided to release it’s Bihar Police Constable Results 2018. So candidates can check their results on our page when released by the board. And, aspirants get ready with your hall ticket and check your Bihar Police Result 2018. So, you can check your score within minutes. Keep an eye on this page to get your results in a single click and for more information regarding Bihar Police Constable Exam Merit list 2018, applicants can go through the below section.
The Bihar Police Department has released its notification. A large number of applicants had applied for posts issued by the organization. It had a total number of 9900 vacancies for the post of constable. Candidates interested in police jobs made use of this opportunity. The eligible candidates had submitted the application form before the given deadline. The selected candidates get a respectable pay from the organization. The job location for these post is in all over India and the mode of application was online. The selection process for these posts was written the examination, physical test etc. So interested candidates had grabbed this opportunity. Stay tuned to our page to get more updates on admit card and we have provided steps to help them easily download.
Cut off mark is the base marks candidates must score to get qualified. Furthermore, the Bihar Police Cut0ff Marks 2018 is the average marks obtain by all the candidates. This is because the Bihar Police Constable Cut off 2018 Marks is very necessary for all those who had attended for the tests conducted. Candidates failing to meet the cut off issued by the board cannot take up further rounds. so guys go to the official website and find which section has more cut off and prepare accordingly.
Bihar Police Exam Merit List 2018
Every year, the Bihar Police Department prepares the Bihar Police Merit List 2018 to help candidates to evaluate their performance in the exam. And, the board prepares the list based on the performance of the applicants for their respective job positions in the exam. So, the applicants are waiting for checking the Bihar Police Constable Results 2018 since from the time of exam completion. The results are prepared by the authorized people of Bihar Police Department so there will be no ambiguity. However, the candidates can check all Exam Results here.
Steps to Check Bihar Police Results 2018
First, applicants have to visit the official website i.e biharpolice.bih.nic.in
Then check the Bihar Police Results 2018.
The result page appears.
Enter your hall ticket number carefully and click on submit button.
A result page appears.
Check your name in the Bihar PoliceMerit List 2018.
Download the results.
Finally, take the printout of the Bihar Police Exam Results 2018.
Indian Coast Guard Result 2019 recently released the Chargeman, Motor Transport Driver, MT Cleaner Selection Results. This page is completely dedicated to providing you with the latest released Indian Coast Guard Exam Result 2019. However, applicants, those who have appeared for the Join Indian Coast Guard Examination conducted by the officials can check their Indian Coast Guard Results 2019 here. Only by checking results candidates can evaluate their performance. Hence visit our page to check all latest Results released by Indian Coast Guard 2019. However, for more details visit the official website of Indian Coast Guards Recruitment 2019 joinindiancoastguard.gov.in. Also, get a direct link to check your Indian Coast Guard Result 2019 in the sections below.
Navik Domestic Branch 02/2019 Selection List 2019 – Join Indian Coast Guard has Recently Uploaded Selection List for the Post of Navik (Steward, Cook) GD in Domestic Branch DB Batch 02/2019 Recruitment 2019 on 18th September 2019. Those Candidates Who have Appeared in this Recruitment Exam Can Download Selection List for Final Medical Exam. However, Candidates can also visit the official site of the Indian Navy to check the results for the post of Navik GD@ joinindiancoastguard.gov.in. Here candidates can get the results just by clicking one direct link provided below.
Navik Domestic Branch 02/2019 Selection List 2019
Indian Coast Guard Navik Domestic Branch 02/2019 Selection List 2019
Navik Domestic Branch 02/2019 Selection List for Final Medical Exam – Click Here
Assistant Commandant 01/2020 (Group 06- 09) Result 2019 – Join Indian Coast Guard has recently uploaded the result for the Post of Assistant Commandant AC Batch 01/2020 (Group 06-09) on 23rd August 2019. Those Candidates who have appeared in the other group exams can download the Assistant Commandant Result now. However, Candidates can also visit the official site of the Indian Navy to check the results for the post of Assistant Commandant@ joinindiancoastguard.gov.in. Here candidates can get the results just by clicking one direct link provided below.
Assistant Commandant 01/2020 (Group 06- 09) Result 2019
Indian Coast Guard Assistant Commandant 01/2020 Batch (Group 06-09) Result 2019
Assistant Commandant 01/2020 (Group 06- 09) Result 2019 – Click Here
Assistant Commandant 01/2020 Batch (Other Group) Result 2019 – Join Indian Coast Guard has recently uploaded the result for the Post of Assistant Commandant AC Batch 01/2020 (Other groups) on 02nd August 2019. Those Candidates who have appeared in the other group exams can download the Assistant Commandant Result now. However, Candidates can also visit the official site of the Indian Navy to check the results for the post of Assistant Commandant@ joinindiancoastguard.gov.in. Here candidates can get the results just by clicking one direct link provided below.
Assistant Commandant 01/2020 Batch (Other Group) Result 2019
Indian Coast Guard Assistant Commandant 01/2020 Batch (Other Group) Result 2019
Assistant Commandant 01/2020 Batch (Other Group) Result – Click Here
Indian Coast Guard Chargeman, MT Driver, MT Cleaner Selection List 2019 – Join Indian Coast Guard has recently published Chargeman, MT Driver, MT Cleaner Selection List on 26th July 2019. Aspirants those who have appeared for the Chargeman, MT Driver, MT Cleaner Examination can check out the Chargeman, MT Driver, MT Cleaner Result 2019 from the below link. Moreover, we provide you with the direct link to download the Indian Coast Guard Chargeman, MT Driver, MT Cleaner Selection List 2019-20. Check out the below section and get the Indian Coast Guard Chargeman, MT Driver, MT Cleaner Selection List 2019.
Indian Coast Guard Chargeman, MT Driver, MT Cleaner Selection List 2019
Indian Coast Guard Chargeman, MT Driver, MT Cleaner Selection List 2019
Indian Coast Guard Chargeman, MT Driver, MT Cleaner Selection List 2019 – Click Here
Indian Coast Guard Entry Navik GD Result 2019 – Join Indian Coast Guard has recently published 10+2 Entry Navik General Duty Exam Results on 23rd July 2019. Aspirants those who have appeared for the Navik GD Examination can check out the INS Chilka Results 2019 from the below link. Moreover, we provide you with the direct link to download the INS Chika Results 2019-20 for Navik GD Examination. Check out the below section and get the Indian Coast Guard Navik GD Results 2019.
Indian Coast Guard Assistant Commandant 01/2020 Batch Group 2 & 3 Result 2019– Join Indian Coast Guard has recently uploaded the result for the Post of Assistant Commandant AC Batch 01/2020 Group 2 & 3 on 19th July 2019. Those Candidates who have appeared in this Group 2 & 3 exams can download the Assistant Commandant Result now. However, Candidates can also visit the official site of the Indian Navy to check the results for the post of Assistant Commandant@ joinindiancoastguard.gov.in. Here candidates can get the results just by clicking one direct link provided below.
Assistant Commandant 01/2020 Batch Group 2 & 3 Result 2019
Indian Coast Guard Assistant Commandant AC 01/2020 Result 2019
Assistant Commandant 01/2020 Batch Group 2 & 3 Result 2019 – Group 2 | Group 3
Indian Coast Guard Assistant Commandant AC 01/2020 Result 2019 – Join Indian Coast Guard has recently uploaded result for the Post of Assistant Commandant AC Batch 01/2020 Recruitment 2019 on 17th July 2019. Those Candidates who have appeared in this recruitment exam can download the Assistant Commandant Result now. However, Candidates can also visit the official site of the Indian Navy to check the results for the post of Yantrik@ joinindiancoastguard.gov.in. Here candidates can get the results just by clicking one direct link provided below.
Assistant Commandant AC 01/2020 Result 2019
Indian Coast Guard Assistant Commandant AC 01/2020 Result 2019
Assistant Commandant AC 01/2020 Result 2019 – Download
Indian Coast Guard Yantrik Batch 02/2019 Selection list – Join Indian Coast Guard has recently uploaded selection list for Final Medical Exam for the Post of Yantrik 02/2019 Batch Recruitment 2019 on 16th July 2019. Those candidates who have appeared in this recruitment Exam can download selection list. However, Candidates can also visit the official site of the Indian Navy to check the results for the post of Yantrik@ joinindiancoastguard.gov.in.
Indian Coast Guard Yantrik Batch 02/2019 Selection list for Final Medical Exam 2019
Indian Coast Guard Yantrik Batch 02/2019 Selection list
Indian Coast Guard Yantrik 02/2019 Result/ Selection list for Final Medical Exam – Download
Indian Coast Guard Navik (DB) 10th Entry Select List 2019 – Indian Coast Guard has released selection list for the posts of Navik (DB) 10th Entry 02/2019 Batch. Those candidates who have been appeared for the selection process can check their result at below link. The Indian Coast Guard Navik (DB) 10th Entry Select List 2019 was declared on 13th July 2019. However, Candidates can also visit the official site of the Indian Navy to check the results for the post of Navik (DB)@ joinindiancoastguard.gov.in.
Indian Coast Guard Navik (DB) 10th Entry Select List (North Zone)
Indian Coast Guard Navik (DB) 10th Entry Select list 2019
Indian Coast Guard Navik (DB) 10th Entry Select List 2019 (North Zone only) – Download
Indian Coast Guard Assistant Commandant Selection List III Released – Indian Coast Guard has released selection list III for the posts of Asst Commandant – 02/2019 Batch. Those candidates who have been appeared for the selection process can check their result at below link. The Indian Coast Guard Result 2019 was declared on 30th June 2019. The ICG Assistant Commandant Selection List III is just a click away for download. However, Candidates can also visit the official site of the Indian Navy to check the results for the post of Assistant Commandant @ joinindiancoastguard.gov.in.
Indian Coast Guard Assistant Commandant Selection List III 2019
ICG Assistant Commandant Selection List III 2019 – Download
Indian Coast Guard Assistant Commandant Selection List II Released – Indian Coast Guard has released selection list II for the posts of Asst Commandant – 02/2019 Batch. Those candidates who have been appeared for the selection process can check their result at below link. The Indian Coast Guard Result 2019 was declared on 29th June 2019. The ICG Assistant Commandant Selection List II is just a click away for download. However, Candidates can also visit the official site of the Indian Navy to check the results for the post of Assistant Commandant @ joinindiancoastguard.gov.in.
Indian Coast Guard Assistant Commandant Selection List II 2019
ICG Assistant Commandant Selection List II 2019 – Download
Indian Coast Guard Navik GD Result 2019 is available now. Download the Indian Coast Guard Navik Result 2019 from the link present below. The Indian Coast Guard Result 2019 was declared on 23rd May 2019. The ICG Navik General duty Merit list is just a click away for download. However, Candidates can also visit the official site of the Indian Navy to check the results for the post of General Duty @ joinindiancoastguard.gov.in.
Indian Coast Guard announced the Assistant Commandant AC Male GD Pilot 01/2019 Batch Result. The Aspirants who are eagerly waiting to be a part of Indian Coast Guard Careers can Check the Result from the link given below. For more, lastest Indian Coast Guard Recruitment details visit our page.
Indian Coast Guard AC Male GD Pilot Result – Check Here
Join Indian Coast Guard announced the Navik (Domestic Branch) Final Result. Hene, the Candidates who are eagerly waiting for the Result can check below. Also, download the India Coast Guard Navik Result from the link below. Furthermore, for any queries visit the official website of Indian Coast Guard.
Indian Coast Guard NVK DB Chilka Result 2018 – Click Here
Indian Coast Guard Navik Final Result 2018 – Download
Join Indian Coast Guard Result for Assistant Commandant Mail GD 2018 is available now. Hence Aspirants who are eagerly waiting for the AC Result can download from the link below. Also, visit the official website if you find any issues or for any queries regarding the Indian Coast Guard AC Result 2018.
Join Indian Coast Guard Result for Assistant Commandant Male GD Pilot (SSA) Branch Recruitment 2017. The Board has officially announced the Final Selection list for AC Batch GD pilot, Pilot CPL Vacancies 2017. However, aspirants can download the Indian Coast Guard Final Selection list form the links given below.
Indian Coast Guard Final Selection List 1 – Download
Indian Coast Guard Final Selection List 2 – Download
Indian Coast Guard As Navik Result 2018
Indian Coast Guard Result 2018: Join Indian Coast Guard as Navik (Domestic Branch) 10th Entry – o2/2018 batch Result is released on 9th May 2018. Candidates who attended for the India Coast Guard as Navik Examination held in April 2018 can check their Result Here. However, As the official site will be busy today we are providing you with a direct link to check your Indian Coast Guard Result 2018. Moreover, Aspirants can download their Indian Coast Guard as Navik Result 2018 PDF from the link given below. Jobseekers are advised to take a photocopy or save the PDF for future references. Moreover, Download the list of candidates called for Medical Examination from 28th May to 01st June 2018 below for Navik (Domestic Branch) 02/2018.
Join Indian Coast Guard as Navik Result 2018 – Get Here.
Latest Indian Coast Guard Result 2018: Candidates who had appeared for the Indian Coast Guard Navik Exam can check results. A good number of contenders had applied for the post and appeared for the examination. Hence such candidates are eagerly waiting to check their Indian Coast Guard Exam Result 2018. Also, To help each individual check their Indian Coast Guard Merit List 2018 we have provided direct links.
Indian Coast Guard Navik GD Result 2018 – Click Here.
Join Indian Coast Guard Recruitment 2018 – Result
Are you guys in search of Indian Coast Guard Result 2018 ?? then here is the great news for such applicants. The officials of Indian Coast Guard has released its results for the post of MTS(Peon). A good number of contenders had applied for the post and appeared for the examination. Hence such candidates are eagerly waiting to check their Indian Coast Guard Exam Result 2018. However, to help each individual check their Indian Coast Guard Merit List 2018 we have provided direct links.
Indian Coast Guard MTS(Peon) Result 2018 – Click Here.
Join Indian Coast Guard Result 2018: The officials of Indian Coast has released its Indian Coast Guard Exam Result 2018 for the post of Assistant Commandant. However, candidates, who have appeared for the examination can check your Indian Coast Guard Merit List 2018. Moreover, By checking results applicants can evaluate their performance in the examination. However, make use of the link given below to check your Sarkari Results.
Delhi High Court Hall Ticket 2019 will be released for 35 Chauffeur posts. Moreover, the exam date will also be released on the official website. Download the hall ticket from the upcoming section and carry for the examination. Thus, the candidates should carry any of their Government ID proof along with them to take down the examination. Get your exam dates and a direct link to download the Delhi High Court Admit Card from the webpage.
Delhi High Court Chauffeur Admit Card 2019 – Download Here (Available Soon)
Delhi High Court Admit Card 2019 for Sr. Personal Assistant will be released on the Last Week of September 2019. In recent, the board has published the Stage II Exam Date for the post of Delhi High Court SPA. Hence, the Delhi HC Admit Card will be released on the official website on the declared date. Stay connected with the official portal to download the hall ticket. Moreover, Aspirants can get a direct link to download the hall ticket.
Delhi High Court Admit Card 2019 – Download DHC judicial services prelims, mains, Junior judicial assistant (technical) written exam admit card. The Delhi high court is now allowing the applicants to download the hall ticket for various vacancies online. Hence, go through the page and find the link to download Delhi high court admit card 2019.
Welcome to our Delhi High court Admit Card page. Here we help the Contenders find the Admit Card for High Court of Delhi Recruitment 2019. Also, Aspirants can download the High Court of Delhi Exam Hall Ticket from the link below. However, Just click on the respective link below and download your Delhi High court Admit Card 2019.
Enter the login details if Required and press submit.
The Admit Card is displayed on a new page.
Take a photocopy or save as PDF for future references.
Don't forget to carry the Admit Card to the Examination centre.
Important Dates for Delhi HC Exams 2019
Exam Name
Examination Date
Exam Date for SPA
28th April 2019
Exam Date for JT
26th May 2019
Exam Date for SJT
08th June 2019
Admit Card Release Date for SPA
22nd April 2019
Admit Card Release Date for JT
17th May 2019
Admit Card Release Date for SJT
29th May 2019
Details displayed on the Delhi High Court Admit Card 2019
Delhi High Court has planned to conduct exams for the Sr. Judicial Translator & Sr. Personnel Assistant & Other Posts. Those who have registered for the High Court Jobs in Delhi it is time to download the Admit Card 2019 for the upcoming Examination. For attending the Exams Hall Ticket are a mandatory one. So candidates should download the Admit Card 10 days before the Examination. The downloaded Call Letter should contain several pieces of information which should be proper and a valid one. Be sure that the below-listed information is correct and there is no mistake at any chance.
Name of the Candidate
Registration Number
Name of the Examination
Exam Date and Timing
Examination Centre
Instruction on the Admit Card
Delhi High Court Exam 2019 Information
Delhi High Court releases the hall ticket for Sr. Judicial Translator & Sr. Personnel Assistant Exams. Those who manage to pass through the Written Exam conducted by the Delhi High Court will be selected for the posting. This is a huge competitive exam conducted by the Delhi High Court. The exams will be conducted as per the date and schedule. Candidates are asked to be on time to the examination hall, latecomers will not be allowed to take down the exam under any circumstances. While entering the Examination Hall, candidates Admit Card will be verified with the ID Proof. For the verification process, candidates are asked to bring any one of the below listed ID Proof details. Make sure your Hall Ticket details and ID Proof matches. In case of any mismatch or the particular person forgets to bring any of the listed will not be allowed to take down the examination.
IBPS PO Previous Year Question Paper available. Many of the candidates had applied for the Probationary Officer Job at Institute of Banking Personnel Selection Board on or before the last date @ ibps.in. For such candidates, we have provided the IBPS PO Question Paper with Answer pdf to prepare better for the exam and have a career on this board.
IBPS PO Previous Year Question Papers
The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection has announced the PO/MT 5102 vacancies. Hence, it’s a very good opportunity for the applicants to start a career in Bank Jobs. However, we help you in your preparation.
Here is the free IBPS PO Previous Year Question Papers Pdf in the sections below. Also, check with the IBPS PO Notification, Syllabus & Exam Pattern for both Prelims and Mains Examinations 2019. Also, check out with Various IBPS PO Study material from a link below.
Furthermore, the contenders can also find and download the IBPS PO Mains Question Paper. As well as IBPS PO Prelims Question Paper from the link given below in the post.
The applicants applied for the IBPS Probationary Officer Exam 2019 have to undergo the following recruitment process,
Written Examination (Prelims & Mains).
Personal Interview.
IBPS PO Exam Question Paper Pattern 2019
The Aspirants who have applied for the IBPS Probationary Officer/Management Trainee exams are advised to check out the Exam Pattern for both IBPS Prelims and Mains Exam Patterns. Hence, we update the details immediately when the Board makes any changes to the IBPS PO Syllabus and Exam Pattern 2019.
The IBPS PO Prelims examination is an online examination and hopefuls are allotted aggregate term of 1 hour to finish the exam. It comprises of 3 segments with an aggregate of 100 questions and the maximum marks scored by a student is of 100.
IBPS PO Previous Year Question Paper Pattern 2019
Subjects
No of Questions
Marks
Timing
English Language
30
30
20 Mins
Quantitative Aptitude
35
35
20 Mins
Reasoning Ability
35
35
20 Mins
Total
100
100
1 Hr
The candidates will be also given negative marks in IBPS PO Prelims exam and 1/4th of the marks will be deducted for each wrong answer marked by the candidate.
It is important for the candidates to clear the cutoff for each of the 3 segments to sit for the IBPS PO Main exam.
IBPS PO Mains Syllabus & Exam Pattern 2019
IBPS PO Mains Exam Pattern has been changed. So, check here the latest exam pattern & prepare according to it for the exam.
Subjects
No of Questions
Marks
Timing (Mins)
Reasoning & Computer Aptitude
45
60
60
General/Economical/Banking Awareness
40
40
35
English Language
35
40
40
Data Analysis & Interpretation
35
60
45
Total
155
200
3 Hrs
English Lang (Letter Writing & Essay)
2
25
30
No separate paper will be for Computer Applications. However, the logical section has collaborated with Computer Aptitude and this whole segment will comprise of 45 questions of an aggregate of 60 marks.
Logical section collaborated with Computer Aptitude i.e. of 45 marks for 60 marks
The time duration of IBPS PO 2019 Mains Exam has been changed from 140 minutes to 180 minutes.
Question Paper will be available in both Hindi and English Languages.
No Negative Marking for unattempted questions.
Each Question carries one Mark.
IBPS Probationary Officer Previous Question Paper Download Links
IBPS PO Question Paper for Both Prelims and Mains Examination are available here. The Candidate who is appearing for IBPS PO Exam 2019-19 can download the Previous Paper from the link given. Also, refer to the IBPS PO Exam Syllabus and Test Pattern for Prelims and Mains from the link given. Applicants can download the Syllabus Pdf for free of cost from the link. However, hope our material will help you in your preparation.
Download Links to IBPS Previous Year Question Papers Pdf
Looking for IBPS PO Syllabus 2019? The Updated Syllabus Pdf is available here. The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection has recently released a notification for various Probationary Officer 2019. Check out the IBPS PO Recruitment details on our page. Also, check out the IBPS PO Syllabus topic wise and Exam Pattern for both Prelims and Mains Examinations in the section below. Also, check out the IBPS Probationary Officers Previous papers Pdf from the link at the end of the article. The page is dedicated to IBPS PO Banking Syllabus 2019.
IBPS PO Syllabus 2019 Pdf
Its that time of the year that applicants wait for the most wanted job i.e. Bank PO Jobs. Whether you are graduate or a postgraduate every aspirant apply for the Probationary Officer Posts and wish to secure their career. So, Institute of Banking Personnel Selection is going to recruit talented candidates for the Probationary Officer posts. Here, we have updated the complete Syllabus and Exam pattern details here.
IBPS PO Exam Syllabus 2019 is updated here. Candidates can get here the Probationary Officer Examination Details like Exam Date, Exam Pattern, Syllabus Pdf & all other necessary information. So, go through the below sections carefully.
Candidates applying for the Probationary Officer (PO) will be selected based on the following criteria –
IBPS PO Selection Process:
Prelims Examination
Mains Examination
Interview
IBPS PO Exam Pattern 2019
The Aspirants who applied for the IBPS Probationary Officer/Management Trainee are advised to check out the Exam Pattern for both IBPS Prelims and Mains Exam Patterns. However, we listed the Section wise topics details in the tables below. Also, check out the IBPS PO Syllabus section wise below. Furthermore, keep visiting, the IBPS Board may Change the Exam Pattern and Syllabus details at any time. Hence, we update the details immediately when the Board makes any changes to the IBPS PO Syllabus and Exam Pattern 2019.
IBPS PO Prelims Syllabus & Exam Pattern 2019
The IBPS PO Prelims examination is an online examination and hopefuls are allotted aggregate term of 1 hour to finish the exam. It comprises of 3 segments with an aggregate of 100 questions and the maximum marks scored by a student is of 100. The candidates will be also given negative marks in IBPS PO Prelims exam and 1/4th of the marks will be deducted for each wrong answer marked by the candidate. It is important for the candidates to clear the cutoff for each of the 3 segments to sit for the IBPS PO Main exam.
Subjects
No of Questions
Marks
Timing
English Language
30
30
20 Mins
Quantitative Aptitude
35
35
20 Mins
Reasoning Ability
35
35
20 Mins
Total
100
100
1 Hr
IBPS PO Mains Syllabus & Exam Pattern 2019
IBPS PO Mains Exam has experienced a significant number of changes. We should examine every one of these adjustments in detail. BPS PO Mains Exam has experienced a significant number of changes. We should examine every one of these adjustments in detail.
Subjects
No of Questions
Marks
Timing (Mins)
Reasoning & Computer Aptitude
45
60
60
General/Economical/Banking Awareness
40
40
35
English Language
35
40
40
Data Analysis & Interpretation
35
60
45
Total
155
200
3 Hrs
English Lang (Letter Writing & Essay)
2
25
30
Introduction of Descriptive Paper: Just like SBI PO 2019 Exam, IBPS presented Descriptive Paper in its Mains Examination where hopefuls will be made a decision on their composing abilities. An exposition and a letter will be given to possibility to compose that will establish 25 marks and that must be finished in a period length of 30 minutes.
Therefore, generally speaking, the time assigned for each of the individual section has additionally been changed.
No separate paper will be for Computer Applications. However, the logical section has collaborated with Computer Aptitude and this whole segment will comprise of 45 questions of an aggregate of 60 marks.
The time distribution for IBPS PO 2019 Mains Exam has additionally been changed from 140 minutes to 180 minutes.
Question Paper will be available in both Hindi and English Languages.
If Question is not-attempted No Negative Marking for those questions.
Each Question carries one Mark.
Get IBPS PO Syllabus Topic Wise 2019
Everyone would like to score more marks in the IBPS written exam. So, to excel in the exam, the aspirants should read the syllabus mentioned in the following sections thoroughly. In this section, we have mentioned the syllabus for both prelims and mains exam. Prepare for all the topics for both the exams to score good marks.
Computer Knowledge
Internet
Memory
Keyboard Shortcuts
Computer Abbreviation
Microsoft Office
Computer Hardware
Computer Software
Operating System
Networking
Computer Fundamentals/Terminologies
English Language
Reading Comprehension
Cloze Test
Para jumbles
Miscellaneous
Fill in the blanks
Multiple Meaning/Error Spotting
Paragraph Completion
Vocabulary
Grammar
Verbal Ability
Quantitative Aptitude
Simplification
Profit & Loss
Mixtures & Allegations
Simple Interest & Compound Interest & Surds & Indices
Work & Time
Time & Distance
Mensuration – Cylinder, Cone, Sphere
Data Interpretation
Ratio & Proportion, Percentage
Number Systems
Sequence & Series
Permutation, Combination &Probability
Simplification
Average
Percentage
Quadratic Equation
Problems of Ages
Profit and Loss
Number Series
Time and Work
Data Sufficiency
Linear Equation
General Awareness
Financial Awareness
Current Affairs
General Knowledge
Reasoning
Logical Reasoning
Alphanumeric Series
Ranking/Direction/Alphabet Test
Data Sufficiency
Coded Inequalities
Seating Arrangement
Puzzle
Tabulation
Syllogism
Blood Relations
Input Output
Coding Decoding
Verbal Reasoning
Circular Seating Arrangement
Linear Seating Arrangement
Double Lineup
Scheduling
Directions and Distances
Ordering and Ranking
Download IBPS PO Syllabus Pdf Free Download Links
Now that you have known the topics to cover for the exam. And, you may want to download the IBPS PO Syllabus so that you can access them at any time. Therefore, we have provided the download links for IBPS PO Syllabus 2019 Pdf and Exam Pattern below.
Here is a list of some of the changes that occurred in the IBPS PO Exam 2019. Make sure you are up to date with the following changes in the exam.
The time duration for IBPS PO Mains Exam is 180 min and a total score of 200 marks.
The previous IBPS Exam Pattern used to have 200 questions but now it reduced to 155
IBPS has now introduced descriptive papers in the main exam for PO officer.
The Sectional time limit of each section in IBPS PO Exam pattern was more, now they reduced it for 20 min each.
The reasoning section and computer application section will be clubbed together which will consist of 45 questions each of total 60 marks. However, the time duration for the completion of the section is 60 mins.
HARTRON Recruitment 2019 – Apply Online for 180 DEO Vacancies. Recent Haryana Employment News!! Haryana State Electronics Development Corporation Recruitment Board announced a Notification for Data Entry Operator Posts. Interested and eligible candidates who are searching for Govt Jobs in Haryana can get the HARTRON Jobs details here. Eligible candidates can submit their application through Online Mode from 17th September 2019.
HARTRON Recruitment is inviting applications from the eligible for the Data Entry Operator Post on Job Work basis. The Closing Date of the Online application is 03rd October 2019. Interested should submit their application on or before the closing date. For more details about the HARTRON Recruitment candidates are required to check the below section.
Overview of HARTRON Panchkula Recruitment 2019 – DEO Jobs
No.of Vacancies (Computer Professionals to be taken on panel)
Fatehabad
20
Kurukshetra
20
Palwal
20
Panchkula
100
Sirsa
20
Total
180
Eligibility Criteria for HARTRON Recruitment 2019 @ hartron.org
Educational Qualification
Minimum 50% marks in 10+2/ Graduation and 'O' Level/ One-year computer course or
Diploma(3 years) in any stream/ B.Sc ( Comp. Sc./IT)/ BCA/ Diploma(2 years) in Office Management and Computer Applications or
ITI (1 year) course in stenography/ NCVT in stenography with minimum 60% marks.
Key depressions of 133 per minute/ Data Punching speed of 8000 key depression per hour.
Age Limit:
Kindly refer to the HARTRON Recruitment Notification 2019.
Application Fee:
Applicants can pay the fee through Net Banking/Debit Card/ Credit Card/ Payment Gateway.
Application Fee is Not Refundable.
Registration Fee – Rs. 354/- (including bank charges)
HARTRON DEO Job Salary:
Rs. 13,500/- Per Month.
Selection Process:
Written Examination.
Interview.
How to Apply Online for Panchkula HARTRON Recruitment 2019?
Aspirants willing to apply for the Data Entry Operator Job Vacancy at various district offices of Haryana State Electronics Development Corporation should fulfill the eligibility criteria that are listed in the Notification of HARTRON Recruitment. Applications not satisfying the conditions for the Data Entry Operator Job will not be entertained for further process. Interested and eligible candidates are suggested to apply for the HARTRON DEO Jobs.
Step 1 – Registration Process
Have a Valid mail ID and mobile number before registration.
Click on the Registration tab
Read the instructions carefully.
Enter proper details in the registration form.
Submit and get unique registration number.
Step 2 – Application Process
Click on Apply Online Tab.
Enter the Registration number and D.O.B.
Submit and get into the application form page.
Fill up the form with the required details asked in it.
Upload scanned copies of photograph and signature.
Submit the application form after rechecking the details entered.
Step 3 – Payment & Re-Print
After submitting the application form pay the respective application fee.
Take a printout for future reference.
Important Dates for HARTRON Jobs 2019
Starting Date to Apply
17th September 2019
Last Date to Apply
03rd October 2019
Important Links for HARTRON Recruitment Notification 2019
About Haryana State Electronics Development Corporation (HARTRON):
Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (HSIIDC) (est. 8 March 1967), previously Haryana State Industrial Development Corporation (HSIDC), headquartered at Panchkula, is a 100% state claimed the office of the Government of Haryana in the Indian province of Haryana. For simplicity of working together, Haryana is the main state in India to present a Labor Policy in 2005 and Land Pooling Policy in 2017, for which HSIIDC goes about as the nodal agency. Haryana Financial Corporation gives monetary help to set up new mechanical units and for the extension and expansion of the current industries. Various colleges, instructive and preparing organizations, including the country’s first aptitudes college Haryana Vishwakarma Skill University, give the HR to gain by the framework made by the HSIIDC.
WB Police Result 2019 | Check WB Police Constable Prelims & WB warder Result @ policewb.gov.in – West Bengal Police Department is all set to upload the Results for various Posts. In this article, applicants can get the WB Police Warder Result, WB Police Constable Prelims Result and all other WB Police Recruitment Results. We have dedicated this page to upload all the Recent results released from the West Bengal Police Department. Aspirants those who are looking for WB Police recruitment 2019-20 exam result can find on our page. Moreover, aspirants can visit the official website of WB Police for checking the result.
WB Police Driver Result 2019 Released @ wbpolice.gov.in | Check Driving Test Date (Out): The department of the West Bengal Police had released the West Bengal Police Driver Result 2019 on 18th September 2019 and finalized the WB Police Driving Test Date. Candidates who had applied for the Contractual Engagement of Driver can now download the WB Police Driver Result 2019 and check the merit list, selection list from this page. Moreover, applicants can get the complete details from the official website i.e, wbpolice.gov.in.
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West Bengal Police Constable Final Result 2019 – Hello Folks!! Now the West Bengal Police Department has announced the Final Result and Interview Schedule for the Constable Posts. Applicants those who are waiting for the West Bengal Police Constable Final Result can check and download your results from the below link. The Date for Interview Schedule (Tentative) starts From 26th August 2019. Moreover, applicants can get the complete details from the official website i.e, wbpolice.gov.in.
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WB Police Warder Result 2019 – All the applicants those who have appeared for the WB Police Female Warder Recruitment Examination can download the WB Police Warder Result 2019 from the official portal @ policewb.gov.in as well as on this page. Moreover, the West Bengal Police Department will announce the WB Police Female Warder Result 2019 tentatively in the month of August 2019. All the participants must get ready to check the West Bengal Police Warder Result 2019. Here we will be updating the latest live Result link and it will activate at the time of Result announcement.
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WB Police Constable Prelims Result 2019 – Candidates who had appeared for WB Police Constable Prelims Exam on 4th August 2019 may eagerly wait for the West Bengal Police Constable Result 2019. Applicants can check this WB Police Result 2019 to get all your WB Police Result. We expected that the officials will declare the WB Police Constable Result 2019 in the month of September 2019 (Tentatively). The WB Police Constable Cut off Marks 2019 is also will announce along with the WB Police Constable Prelims Result. Here candidates can just by clicking the below link to get your WB Police Constable Prelims Result 2019 easily.
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The West Bengal Police Department has announced the West Bengal Police Constable Recruitment 2019 & WB Warder Posts. A huge number of applicants have appeared for the WB Police Exam 2019 and now waiting for the Results. We are here to help you out with the West Bengal Police Result. Here in this main page applicants can view & check your WB Police Result. Alson with this WB Police has announced the latest West Bengal Police Recruitment 2019 through this link applicants can get to know the recent Updates.
Also, the officials will soon update the West Bengal Police Constable Mains Exam Date. Until the announcement of the Exam date, applicants can prepare for the Mains Examination. For the Mains Exam Preparation, applicants can make use of the West Bengal Police Lady Constable Syllabus as well as the West Bengal Police Previous Papers through checking the WB Police Female Warder Result 2019, candidates can get an idea for qualifying to the next round. If the candidate qualifies in all the selection rounds then he/ she will be get hired for the Female Warder post.
WB Police Merit List
Candidates can get the West Bengal Police Lady Constable Merit List from the official website. The officials will soon release the Results along with the West Bengal Police Constable Exam Cut off and Merit List. After the result announcement candidates can refer the West Bengal Police Constable Mains Syllabus to get selected into the Mains Examination. Based on the Merit List and Cut off Marks the applicants will be called for the Interview Process. Candidates in the WB Police Warder Merit List 2019 will be allowed to attend the further rounds of the selection process.
How to check West Bengal Police Result
Visit the official website of West Bengal Police Recruitment Board @ policewb.gov.in
Now, Click on the Recruitment Column on the right side of the Home page.
Then, check for the West Bengal Police Result 2019.
Candidates can find the Prelims Result For Constable West Bengal & Warder on the screen.
Now enter the required fields such as Application Sl. No, Date of Birth, District asked for.
Check your details twice before submission.
Download the WB Police Constable Prelims Result 2019.
Patna High Court Result 2019- for General Mazdoor & District Judge HJS Mains posts are be available here. Candidates appeared for the General Mazdoor & District Judge HJS Mains exam can check the Patna Court General Mazdoor Results 2019 on the Official Website. So, participants can make use of this page and verify the Patna Court 2019 Results. Even anyone can find the Patna Court General Mazdoor Results 2019 Download links here. We will be updating the latest Upcoming Patna HC Result Link, it will work once the result will be announcing it officially.
Patna High Court District Judge Result 2019: The authority of the Patna High Court conducted the 10th Limited Competitive Examination on 18th August 2019, A huge number of candidates appeared for the examination. Now all the candidates eagerly waiting for the Patna High Court District Judge (Entry Level) Result 2019. Mostly the authority will disclose the Patna High Court Result 2019 tentatively in the month of September 2019. Candidates can download the Patna High Court District Judge Exam Result 2019 from the direct link provided below in the table.
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Patna HC District Judge HJS Final Marks 2019: Patna High Court has been released the result of Patna High Court District Judge HJS on 09th August 2019. The officials have declared the Patna High Court judge Result via online from the official website patnahighcourt.gov.in. As we know that everyone will be waiting for the Patna High Court District Judge HJS Final Marks. Finally, now it gets released Today. Hence check patnahighcourt.gov.in District Judge HJS Merit List 2019 to know your qualifying status.
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Patna High Court District Judge HJS Result 2019: Patna High Court has been released the result of Patna High Court District Judge HJS on 22nd June 2019. The officials have declared the Patna High Court Judge HJS Result 2019 via online from the official website patnahighcourt.gov.in. As we know that everyone will be waiting for the Patna High Court District Judge HJS Mains Result, Finally now its get released. Final Written Main Exam Result has been published. Hence check patnahighcourt.gov.in District Judge HJS Merit List 2019 to know your qualifying status.
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Patna High Court General Mazdoor 2019 Result: Patna High Court is going to announce the Admit Card of General Mazdoor (Computer Knowing) Posts. Patna Court Result 2019 is to be released by the board of Patna High Court. Mostly, the officials declare the Patna Court General Mazdoor Results 2019 via online from the official website. So get ready with your login credentials to check the Patna Court 2019 Results. The Patna Court General Mazdoor Results 2019 will be released in the form of pdf called Merit List. Hence check patnahighcourt.gov.in General Mazdoor Merit List 2019 to know your qualifying status.
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Patna High Court Merit List 2019
Patna Court General Mazdoor Merit List 2019 will be released on the official website i.e, patnahighcourt.gov.in All the aspirants who are curious to know the score can verify the Patna Court Selection List 2019 on this page. There will be two Tier procedure of selection comprising Online written Test followed by Interview. Final merit list will be prepared on the basis of performance in Online (written) Test and Interview have taken together.
Here we provide the pdf links of the Patna Court General Mazdoor Exam Merit List 2019. Thus, the exam participants who are unable to find the marks on the official website can download Patna Court General Mazdoor 2019 Qualified List from here. To view the Patna High Court Result along with the merit list, check step by step process given below. Candidates have to obtain minimum marks to get the selection in Patna High Court as a General Mazdoor as per the cut-off criteria.
Steps to download Patna High Court Result 2019?
Visit the Patna High Court Official Website i.e, patnahighcourt.gov.in
Now, Search for the Patna Court General Mazdoor Exam Results 2019 on the screen.
And then, click on the Patna Court Result 2019.
Now, Patna Court Login page will be displayed.
Start filling the necessary details such as Roll Number, Date of Birth, Password in the provided fields.
Now, you will get the Patna Court Exam Results 2019
Download Patna Court General Mazdoor Results 2019.
Finally, take the printed copy of the Patna Court Exam 2019 Results for reference.
Patna Court General Mazdoor Results 2019 Download Links
Patna Court General Mazdoor Cutoff Marks (Available Soon)
HPSSC Recruitment2019 – Apply Offline for 85 Clerk Job Vacancies. HPSSC Notification has been released for 85 Vacancies. Himachal Pradesh Public Selection Commission is going to engage desirous and eligible candidates for the Regular Class-IV Posts. Aspirants searching for HP Government Job can try for this HPSSC Recruitment. The HPSSC Application form is started to accept from 31st August 2019. HPSSC released the Notification to fill the vacancies of Clerk under 20% Quota of Limited through Direct Recruitment
Last Date for the receipt of application form is 15th October 2019. There are 85 Clerk vacancies are available under various Departments and categories. Aspirants who are suitable for the vacancies as per the HPSSC Notification will be selected by the HP Staff Selection Commission. Recruited candidates will have work and salary on a Contractual Basis. Go through the details regarding HPSSC Recruitment Vacancies given below
Overview of HPSSC Clerk Recruitment Notification 2019
Refer to the Official Notification of HPSSC Recruitment 2019.
Salary Details:
Aspirants selected for HPSSC Recruitment Clerk post will have a fixed contractual amount regarding the pay scale for the Clerk post as a monthly salary.
Application Fee:
Pay the fee either through a Crossed Bank Draft or Crossed Indian Postal Order drawn in favor of the Secretary, H.P. Staff Selection Commission Hamirpur.
The Demand draft should be payable at any Bank branch.
General Candidates – Rs. 360/-
Reserved Candidates – Rs. 120/-
Selection Process:
Written Test.
Interview.
How to Apply Online for HPSSC Recruitment 2019?
Download the Official Notification given below.
Read the details given in it and ensure with eligibility level.
Download the application form given below and take a print.
Fill the blanks in the application form with basic details.
Attach the demand draft proof copy without fail.
Recheck the details that you entered in the application are correct.
Submit the application form and take a printout for future references.
About Himachal Pradesh Staff Selection Commission (HPSSC)
The Government of Himachal Pradesh in the exercise of the forces gave under article 162 read with the stipulation of Article 309 of the Constitution of India established the H.P. Staff Selection Commission with its home office at Hamirpur vide warning No. Per (AP.B) B (1)- 1/98 dated sixth October 1998. The commission has been endowed with the obligation of making suggestions to all class-III administrations/posts including such posts on contract premise under the HP Govt. Other than this, the commission has added to make suggestions to all such class-III posts of the state open area Undertakings, Boards, Corporations, Universities, and Local Bodies, and so forth., as might be endowed to the Board by such Boards/Corporations/Universities and Local Bodies and so forth.
HPSSC gets different demands of Clerk, Junior Office Assistant, Senior Scale Stenographer, Junior Scale Stenographer, Steno Typist, Computer Operator and Data Operator from various offices or diverse state open part Undertakings, Boards, Corporations, Universities, and Local Bodies. It has been set up to enlist fit equipped, profoundly talented people by directing composed tests, proficient tests (Typing, Programming, Short Hand, Data Entry and so on.) and individual meetings according to the prerequisite and suitability. The commission is resolved to create determination and enrollment strategies that adjust to the higher guidelines in testing and guarantee choice by reasonable methods for the most capable, fit and gifted people for client department. The commission persistently attempts to guarantee that the enrollment is done simply on legitimacy in fair-minded and target way on schedule.
India's consumer goods industry could post its slowest pace of revenue growth in a decade and a half this financial year, Credit Suisse said, even as category leaders Dabur and Godrej Consumer sounded more optimistic about sales revival in the second half of FY20.Liquidity constraints and lower farm incomes will likely affect revenues at India's leading consumer companies, which Credit Suisse said had harnessed savings from the GST rollout and fuel costs to expand operating margins and earnings over the past few years."Despite the slowdown over FY16-19, FMCG companies grew their earnings faster by expanding margins from levers like the fall in crude prices and GST savings," Credit Suisse said in a report on the consumer sector. "We expect 2Q and 3Q FY20 to see a further slowdown in revenue growth of our coverage universe to about 5%. This will make FY20 the slowest year of growth for FMCG in 15 years. The last period of such low growth was 2000-03."BSE FMCG Index Down 7.4%The BSE FMCG index has declined 7.4% in 2019 so far, while the broader Sensex has gained 1.4%. 71193813 "Our recent interactions with Hindustan Unilever's management indicate further moderation in growth across consumption categories. Rural remains under stress and category growth rates are now trailing urban consumption. The macro environment remains tough and recent measures such as budget and rainfalls will take time to show up," said a CLSA report. "Following subdued 1Q FY20 results and further moderation in 2Q, there is risk to our sector earnings forecasts." The local unit of Anglo-Dutch Unilever, long considered a proxy for broader consumer sentiment in India, posted sales growth of 7% during April-June, a seven-quarter low.Sales of consumer goods were disrupted in the immediate aftermath of the November 2016 demonetisation and in the runup to the rollout of GST, which subsumed all other indirect taxes. The sector expanded 10% in the three months to June, marginally slower than 10.6% in the first quarter of FY19. However, sequentially, revenue growth has been consistently declining in the past four quarters from their peak of 16.2% in the three months to September 2018."The second half for consumer sector has historically grown slower than the first half. We expect growth over the next few quarters tapering off further. Also boosting demand through price cuts or discount is not feasible given low margins and increasing raw material costs," said B Krishna Rao, senior category head at Parle Products that gets more than half its sales from rural markets.To be sure, some leading companies are still upbeat on a revival and expect better consumption demand in the second half of the financial year. Godrej Consumer Products (GCPL) said the current slowdown is temporary, although the pace of recovery will depend on actions New Delhi takes to help drive growth."While there is stress in the current environment, leading to a demand slowdown, we do expect the situation for consumer staples to gradually improve in the second half of the fiscal year," GCPL managing director Vivek Gambhir said. "On the back of a good monsoon, rural incomes should improve. The government is also taking steps to address liquidity concerns in the market. Given the lower penetration rates in many FMCG categories, we believe that the headroom for growth is tremendous."Furthermore, most analysts said that larger companies can negotiate the broader economic slowdown better than smaller and regional ones. "FMCG industry growth has slowed over the last two quarters and is likely to be modest even in Q2. However, given the fact that larger FMCG companies have gained market share from smaller players, the impact of the slowdown has hit larger players to a lesser extent," wrote Harit Kapoor and Bhakti Thacker of Investec in an investor note factoring an 11% average earnings growth for its FMCG coverage, despite estimated average revenue growth at 8.1% for FY20."We are hopeful of seeing the green shoots of revival in the coming quarters with benefits of a likely fiscal stimulus reaching rural consumers," said Lalit Malik, chief financial officer, Dabur India, which plans to increase its reach to 55,000 villages by March next year. "We are also expanding our product basket in the rural market by way of newer low-unit packs to feed these markets and push demand growth."Nielsen revised down its sectoral forecast for 2019, estimating growth in the 9-10% range, compared with its previous projection of 11-12%. The research firm, however, expects food categories to grow at a higher rate of 10-11%.Over the past decade, sales of branded daily needs in the nation of 1.3 billion people have increasingly relied on the rural hinterland, home to more than 800 million people, whose purchase behaviour is largely linked to farm output.India's farm economy has been under strain. Agricultural output expanded 2.7% in the three months to December, the lowest in about three years.
MUMBAI: A Delhi High Court-appointed arbitrator has asked Essel Group chairman Subhash Chandra not to sell his unpledged stake in Zee Entertainment Enterprises (ZEE) till next month in an ongoing dispute with Indiabulls Housing Finance over default in repayment of loans worth Rs 200 crore.The order, passed by Justice Badar Durrez Ahmed (Retd) on August 28, restrains Chandra from selling, directly or indirectly, shares of ZEE till October 16, the date of the next hearing. The order exempts ZEE shares already pledged with nonbanking finance companies and mutual funds but is likely to complicate matters for these lenders as they seek to recover their money.Essel Group has certain claims against Indiabulls Housing Finance and likewise Indiabulls Housing Finance also has certain claims against Essel Group, said an Essel Group spokesperson."The mentioned stay issued by the Hon'ble Arbitrator has not been received by Essel Group as yet. The same will be reviewed by Essel Group once received, before making any further comments", he added.Emails sent to Indiabulls Group did not elicit any response till the time of going to press."Considering the totality of circumstances at this stage and to balance and protect the rights of the parties, I feel that it would be appropriate to pass an order restraining the respondent (Subhash Chandra) from creating any third party rights, selling, encumbering, alienating, transferring or disposing of in any manner whatsoever any of the assets/properties mentioned by the respondent in the affidavit which has been filed," the order stated."It would also be necessary to pass an order restraining the respondent from directly or indirectly divesting his shareholding, if any, in ZEEL (Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd). However, this would relate only to shares which are not pledged or encumbered with mutual funds/banks/NBFCs or other financial institutions and in which no third party rights had been created prior to the deed of guarantee dated 05.12.2018," it said.The Essel Group, which owns ZEE, had reached an agreement in January under which the lenders agreed not to sell the Zee Entertainment shares pledged with them till September 30 and gave Essel time to find a buyer for a portion of Chandra's stake.Earlier this month, the Essel Group transferred Rs 4,000 crore to lenders after selling 11 per cent of the promoter stake in ZEE to Invesco-Oppenheimer. The group was also in discussions with other buyers to sell another 7-8 per cent stake and repay the lenders in full.That process may get complicated now with the arbitrator's order. The promoter stake in ZEE is now reduced to 25 per cent after the deal with Invesco-Oppenheimer, of which 52 per cent is pledged. The deal with mutual funds and other lenders stipulates that Essel repay all loans by the end of this month. Since the unpledged shares of ZEE can't be sold, Essel will have to work with prospective buyers and lenders on finding a solution that satisfies everybody. One of the possibilities include lenders getting repaid and removing the pledge, thereby enabling buyers to get unencumbered shares. The promoters can then bring down the debt though their stake becomes even smaller in the company. The Essel Group's 25 per cent stake is now worth Rs 8,051 crore while the debt with mutual funds and other lenders is more than Rs 5,000 crore.Indiabulls had moved the Delhi High Court in December 2018 after Essel promoter firms defaulted on repayment of loans.
BENGALURU | MUMBAI: The Reserve Bank of India has ordered commercial banks and non-banking lenders to stop providing unregulated entities access to consumer data held by credit bureaus, dealing a blow to scores of fintech startups that have based their business models on such information.In a letter to banks and NBFCs, the central bank said it noticed that they had appointed agents and permitted them to access the database of credit information companies. Such actions are against the Credit Information Companies (Regulation) Act, 2005 (CICRA), it said and warned of penalties if any of the regulated entities violated its order.The RBI also asked all lenders to inform it within 15 days of the measures they had taken to curb this practice.ET has seen a copy of the letter. The central bank did not respond until press time Wednesday to an email seeking comment.Meeting with heads of credit companiesAs per the Credit Information Companies Regulation Act, banks and NBFCs are mandated to report every retail loan to all the four credit bureaus and keep them updated on the repayment behaviour of the consumer. This allows other lenders to use this data and evaluate the customers before issuing any loans. Banks and NBFCs are expected to keep the data in confidence, according to RBI's outsourcing policies for them.As per the current practice, banks partner with fintech marketplaces and institutional agents and give them authorisation to access the data directly from credit information companies, without seeking the consent of the customers. 71194511 "This was the interpretation of the CICRA under the purview of which banks and credit bureaus were operating," said a person in the know. "This kind of outsourcing model has been prevalent for a few years. These agents include online marketplaces, IT companies, analytics firms and institutional agents."The practice came to light during the annual audits of some banks, the person said.The RBI sent the letter to all banks on Monday, said this person. On Tuesday, representatives of the central bank met the heads of the four credit information companies — TransUnion CIBIL, Equifax, Experian and CRIF High Mark — seeking information about the practice."The RBI sought clarity on the provisions under which the data was being shared under CICRA," said a senior executive at one of the companies. "The practice had been happening for a few years. We made our positions clear to the RBI."Industry insiders ET spoke to said this move could radically affect the business models of fintech companies, since many of them were relying on the data to evaluate customers while they applied for loans through them. Online marketplaces, such as SIDBI's PSB Loans in 59 Minutes platform, could be impacted due to the restriction, they said."This will be a major blow to the sector. Though we rely a lot on non-financial data sources, we do take bureau data as one of the information points. Now we will not have any visibility on the past credit behaviour of the customer," said the founder of a lending marketplace, who did not wish to be named.The RBI order could, however, benefit the startups that have moved away from the pure-play loan sourcing business and are taking exposure on their own books. One such company, MoneyTap, has recently secured its own NBFC lending licence, ET had reported. Several other players have also either applied or are planning to apply for lending licences.
By Anirban NagIndia's slowdown and a simmering shadow banking crisis is putting Prime Minister Narendra Modi's goal of crafting a $5 trillion economy by 2025 at risk.The nation entered 2019 as the world's sixth-biggest economy poised to become the fifth. Instead, it has slipped a notch to seventh place as a collapse in consumption slowed gross domestic product growth to the weakest in six years. External shocks from trade wars to surging oil prices are exacerbating that pain.Troubled by the grim prospects, the central bank has lowered interest rates to a nine-year low and Governor Shaktikanta Das wants other stakeholders -- from the government to banks to the private sector -- to step up. But with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman facing lower revenue prospects that threaten her budget gap goal, the heavy lifting on stimulus appears to lie with the Reserve Bank of India.Das may be able to ease a financing squeeze, but it'll take delivery on big bang reforms to unlock the productivity gains needed to power the economy toward Modi's goals. While his return to office this year with a bigger mandate stoked expectations among investors for bolder reforms, that hope is fading 100 days into his second term as global investors head for the exit.Unemployment at a 45-year high has hurt demand for everything from soaps to 7-cent cookies, while car sales have slumped the most on record and new investments have been sluggish as a lingering shadow banking crisis curbs lending. That's caused growth to decelerate for five straight quarters to 5% in the three months to June - the weakest since March 2013 - and well below the 8% plus annual expansion needed to achieve the goal.What Bloomberg's Economists Say"We expect the first-term reforms of the Modi government, including a clean-up of the banking sector, a new bankruptcy law, and a new indirect tax structure, to mark a transition to a faster-growth trajectory. These should lift potential growth to 8% from around 7.4% now. At the same time, we expect a recovery in actual growth, picking up from an estimated 6.2% in fiscal 2020 to 8.5% in fiscal 2025." -- Abhishek Gupta, India economist"For the economy to reach $5 trillion, it will take the types of reform that were long promised: massive reductions in regulations, streamlining of labor laws, privatization of state entities, investments in infrastructure," said Vivek Wadhwa, a distinguished fellow and professor at Carnegie Mellon University's College of Engineering at Silicon Valley. "Yet little happened," he said.That laundry list needs to be implemented quickly as India, according to most economists, faces a structural as well as a cyclical slowdown. New measures announced so far by the government to bolster growth are seen falling short of addressing the pain points.Underpinning the target of $5 trillion is the government's forecast of 8% average GDP growth, according to Shilan Shah, senior India economist with Capital Economics in Singapore. "That is setting a very high bar," he said.Oil PricesVolatile oil prices following the attack on an oil facility in Saudi Arabia are an added risk to the economy that imports 80% of its crude oil needs, while slowing global growth spawned by trade tensions have subdued demand for its exports."There is clearly a demand recession going on right now," said Girija Pande, chairman of Singapore-based Apex Avalon Consulting Pte. and a former CEO of Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. "One has to boost aggregate demand and one of the ways of doing that is by lowering rates."Another way is by attracting large dollops of foreign investments into fresh projects and be part of trading blocs like the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership. While India has jumped in the ease of doing business rankings, it has not been enough to attract significant foreign capital to become part of global supply chains despite some initial hopes that businesses might relocate to shield themselves from the ongoing U.S.-China trade war.While Modi has seen through far-reaching reforms -- giving RBI an inflation targeting mandate, introducing a nationwide consumption tax and passing an insolvency law -- in his first term, he's fallen short of overhauling the banking system. Besides, large parts of the economy are yet to recover from his decision to ban high-value bills in 2016."Investors should await clarity in the coming months on what steps the government will take to ease labor laws, reform the banking system and privatize state-owned enterprises," said Amitabh Dubey, an analyst at TS Lombard."But at the same time they should be prepared for a continuation of past policies: namely, a mix of reform, state control and populism."
By Faizan HaldarNEW DELHI: Air India could slash by as much as a quarter the base price of real estate assets including plots, apartments and a commercial tower it plans to auction, officials at the staterun airline said.Two years ago, the national carrier had put on the block as many as 111 properties with a cumulative price tag of Rs 9,500 crore, hoping to monetise assets to reduce its mounting debt. It has so far managed to sell only 32 of those, raising about Rs 1,000 crore, the officials said.In fact, several properties have been put on sale multiple times since, but failed to attract bidders even at the base price. For instance, it recently cut the price of a 2,000-square-metre plot in Mumbai's Pali Hill, after trying to auction it six times for Rs 200 crore. The base price of a bungalow in Nairobi will also be reduced as it could not fetch any buyer so far."Because of the slowdown, we have noticed that even prime properties are not finding buyers at the rate we are bidding," said an Air India official. "The Mumbai's property is at a prime location, and despite reducing the price by 25%, it could not find a buyer. We will have to see what to do next … a property in Amritsar was sold at the sixth attempt."It has found success overseas though, with the sale of properties in Tokyo, Hong Kong, London and Mauritius. An office space in London was sold at Rs 45 crore, while flats in Tokyo and Hong Kong were sold to India's Ministry of External Affairs. A group of ministers is scheduled to meet on Thursday to discuss the disinvestment.Prime infrastructure such as Air India's Mumbai's Nariman Point building and a 30-acre housing society in Delhi will be given to the government and the proceeds will be used to reduce debt."The land of the Vasant Vihar housing complex has been handed over to the Ministry of Urban Development and, similarly, all the major transactions will happen within the government," said the official. "We don't want any controversy later and that is why we keep the base price higher than market price to avoid allegations of selling it at lower rate," he said, suggesting that the price would still be above market rates.71193889 "There is a committee which decides on lowering the rate in case the property is not finding any buyer," said Air India spokesperson Dhananjay Kumar. "Based on the recommendation, the call is taken whether to reduce it by 10% or more. In some cases, the property is sold when the rate is reduced by 10%."In 2011-12, the government prepared a turnaround plan for Air India and had tasked it to sell properties worth Rs 500 crore every year. Most of the transactions have happened in last two years and before the start of the process to sell its own stake, the airline wants to get rid of most of the properties.Air India had debt of Rs 59,000 crore on its books, of which the government transferred Rs 29,400 crore last year to Air India Asset Holdings, a special purpose vehicle (SPV) that houses the debt and assets of the national carrier. The government is repaying the debt through government-guaranteed bond issues in three batches. It is also looking at an option to further reduce the remaining debt of Rs 30,000 crore by half. The money generated from property sale will also go to the SPV.The airline had posted a net loss of Rs 8,400 crore in 2018-19.Air India has been issuing auction notices relating to properties it owns across the country, including the iconic 23-story building located in Nariman Point in Mumbai.In June, it sold 23 properties in 14 cities in India, including a holiday home at Lonavala and flats is Delhi's Asiad Village. Last year, properties in Mumbai, Bengaluru and Ahmedabad, and land in Kolkata, Pune, Bhuj, Goa, Gwalior, Thiruvananthapuram and Nashik were sold.
MUMBAI: Airfares for the upcoming festival season starting October have inched up from their lows in September and are also higher than the same time last year, said airline and travel company executives. But a creeping slowdown in demand for travel will keep the fares reined in compared with the high levels of April-June when the grounding of Jet Airways led to a capacity shortage that set ticket prices soaring, they said."Year on year, the current bookings for this year's travel during the festive season (Diwali + Dusshera) is about 6% higher than last year," said Balu Ramachandran, head of air travel business at travel portal Cleartrip.A spokesperson at Makemytrip said the portal's data shows a 5% increase in travel bookings as well as fares for the Diwali season.But airline executives sounded less optimistic. "I am seeing a direct correlation between fares and loads/bookings," said a senior airline executive."For those who have raised fares, bookings have dropped. For those that have kept fares low, bookings may be higher but still not higher in revenue terms. I see an overall weakening of revenue environment compared with the April-June period," he said.Jet stopped operating on April 17, running out of funds and unable to raise money to stay afloat. Its gradual cutting of flights and ultimate stoppage of operations took out more than 500 daily flights from the system and created a shortage of capacity.Fares were up by more than 25% in May, a trend that sustained through the summer and into August. By that time, airlines were temporarily allocated most of the slots of Jet Airways. Capacity started being deployed and fares slumped in September.An overall negative sentiment has weakened consumption in India, a trend seen especially in a slowdown in the automotive sector. There are fears that this will be spread to the air travel industry, especially in the leisure segment."In September, you are getting fares between Delhi and Mumbai for Rs 2,500. This one month has wiped out majority of the gains made in the previous months. We can only hope that the festive season will be healthier in terms of yields," said a second senior executive at a low fare carrier.
ET Intelligence Group: Nestle India emerged stronger from the 2015 'Maggi crisis', strengthening its hold over the snack-foods market and doubling its profits and stock price under new leader Suresh Narayan. Colgate-Palmolive India, under its new MD Ram Raghvan, is scripting a growth story the Street believes could be similar to that of Nestle.The new boss at India's biggest oral-care company has put in place a strategy that involves more aggressive product launches and is aimed at increasing the frequency of usage, mainly in the rural markets. Colgate is stepping up its marketing initiatives and outreach at a time when competitive intensity, especially from Patanjali, is waning.As part of its strategy to expand the natural toothpaste portfolio, Colgate is now launching India's first black toothpaste with bamboo charcoal. Although Colgate India has been present in the natural segment, this would allow it to directly compete with Patanjali's toothpaste range for the first time.Analysts attending a recent meet with Colgate's management have all turned bullish on the stock. "We like Ram's plans to drive category growth of increasing usage in rural, and not just driving the penetration and premiumisation agenda," Manoj Menon, a leading FMCG analyst with ICICI Securities, said in a report. 71194625 Colgate's net sales and net profit have remained mostly flat for the last 12 quarters. In the June quarter, net sales were at Rs 1,076 crore, 4 per cent higher year on year, but net profit fell 10.5 per cent.The new MD told analysts that growth is back on agenda, and while profitable growth is important, revenue growth will be priority. Margins within a band are acceptable. Analysts estimate double-digit earnings growth (12-15 per cent) in the next three years.Positive management commentary has led to increased interest in the stock, which is up 6 per cent but remains the cheapest among large FMCG companies. It is trading at earnings multiple of 45 times. In contrast, HUL, Nestle, Dabur and Marico are trading at more than 50 times.
By Nupur AcharyaIndia still ranks among the most expensive countries in the world in terms of fees charged on equity and hybrid mutual funds, even after implementation of a number of investor-friendly measures in recent years.The country's asset-weighted median expense ratio for equity mutual funds is 1.93%, according to a study of by Morningstar Inc. That's higher than all 26 countries in the study except Canada, Italy and Taiwan. India's rate for hybrid funds is 1.78%, more expensive than all but Germany and Canada.Overall, India's fee and expenses grade improved to average from below average in 2017, when Morningstar conducted its last survey. The upgrade follows the nation's moves to ban up-front commissions and cap investment charges, the report said."While still a small fund market relative to many others in this study, India's fund industry has seen rapid growth in assets under management," Morningstar said. This growth led the country's market regulator to "require managers to pass economies of scale back to investors through lower ongoing charges."71184732 Retail investors have been a force behind mutual funds' growing heft since Prime Minister Narendra Modi swept to power in 2014. Individual investor accounts have since more than doubled to 84 million, while industry assets have tripled to $370 billion, data from the Association of Mutual Funds in India show.So why is its average cost of equity and hybrid mutual funds still among the highest in the world?The reason is that the majority of individual investors in the country still seek the services of mutual fund distributors and opt for "commission embedded" plans which add to the cost, Morningstar said. The information provider noted that exchange-traded funds still represent a small portion of India's fund industry."Most Indian investors prefer active management, given active managers' relative success versus passive investments in capitalizing on inefficiencies in the developing Indian investment markets," the report said.
Digital infrastructure provider Tata Communications today announced a partnership with Cisco for a secure, fully-managed, multi-channel, cloud-based Cisco Webex Contact Center solution. This joint offering is an end-to-end managed solution and gives contact centre users a seamless user experience across up to 150 countries on the back of Tata Communications' global network, expanding the global reach of Cisco Webex Contact Center."Businesses are looking to differentiate their brand through more human and intelligent customer experiences. They're looking to get deeper and leverage AI and predictive analytics to provide next-level, seamless customer experience," said Peter Quinlan, Vice President, Business Collaboration, Tata Communications. "The powerful combination of Cisco and Tata Communications' capabilities means that enterprises are able to benefit from the scalability and cost-effectiveness of a cloud-based contact centre along with orchestration, integration, monitoring, management and support services worldwide - enabling enterprises to create a unique, compelling customer experience."This collaboration between Tata Communications and Cisco builds on a long-standing relationship between the two companies. Tata Communications has been a key Contact Centre as a Service (CCaaS) partner of Cisco since 2015. "Globally, customers expect a consistent and proactive experience end-to-end. Contact centres are constantly innovating to provide that level of personalised customer experience," said Vasili Triant, Vice President and General Manager Cisco Contact Center Solutions."By virtue of this partnership, Cisco and Tata Communications now offer a fully managed Webex Contact Center with an end-to-end SLA guarantee. It is a unified omnichannel solution that is easily deployed, managed from the cloud, and available for contact centres of all sizes," said Ken Landoline, Principal Analyst - Customer Engagement, Ovum.The solution will allow for simplified licensing; pre-deployed hardware and software with integrations to workforce optimisation.
దేశంలో అనేక మందికి వ్యసనంగా మారుతున్న ఈ- సిగరెట్లపై కేంద్రం కొరడా ఝులిపించింది. వాటిని నిషేధిస్తూ కేంద్ర కేబినెట్ నిర్ణయం తీసుకుంది. వీటిని నిషేధిస్తూ తక్షణం ఆర్డినెన్స్ తీసుకురానున్నారు. నిషేధాన్ని ఉల్లంఘిస్తే ఏడాది జైలు, లక్ష జరిమానా విధిస్తారు. రెండోసారి తప్పు చేస్తే ఐదు లక్షల జరిమానా లేదా మూడేళ్ల జైలు విధిస్తారు. ఒక్కోసారి రెండూ విధించవచ్చు. ప్రస్తుతం ఈ- సిగరెట్ల వినియోగంలో చైనా మొదటి స్థానంలో ఉండగా భారత్ రెండో స్థానంలో ఉంది. మన వాళ్లు […]
చరిత్రలో ఎన్నడూ లేని విధంగా రికార్డు స్థాయిలో ఏపీ ప్రభుత్వం చేపట్టిన సచివాలయ ఉద్యోగాల భర్తీకి సంబంధించిన ప్రక్రియ వేగవంతంగా సాగుతోంది. దాదాపు 20 లక్షల మంది ఈ ఉద్యోగాల కోసం పరీక్షలు రాశారు. వీటి ఫలితాలు గురువారం లేదా శుక్రవారం వెలువడే అవకాశం ఉంది. గురువారమే ఫలితాలు విడుదల చేయాలని అధికారులు భావించారు. కానీ కొన్ని పోస్టులకు వెయిటేజ్ మార్కులను కలిపే పక్రియ ఇంకా ఉండడంతో మరోరోజు పట్టవచ్చని చెబుతున్నారు. బుధవారం సాయంత్రానికి ఈ పక్రియ […]
సెట్స్ పైకి వచ్చిన మొదటి రోజు నుంచి విరాటపర్వం సినిమాకు లీకుల బెడద పట్టుకుంది. సహజసిద్ధమైన లొకేషన్స్ లో షూటింగ్ జరుగుతుండడం ఈ సినిమాకు పెద్ద సమస్యగా మారింది. ప్రజల మధ్య షూట్ చేయడంతో ఎవరికి వారు వీడియోలు, ఫొటోలు తీసి నెట్ లో పెట్టేస్తున్నారు. మొన్నటికి మొన్న జగిత్యాల బస్టాండ్ లో సాయిపల్లవిపై ఓ సీన్ తీస్తే సోషల్ మీడియాలో ఆ వీడియో వైరల్ అయింది. ఇప్పుడు అలాంటిదే మరో వీడియో బయటకు వచ్చింది. విరాటపర్వం […]
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Math tests can be daunting, especially if you don't consider math your best subject. But you can be successful on a math test with the right strategies and preparation. Studying for a test over a period of days or weeks is the best way to pass a math test, but there are also some things you can do if you only have one day to prepare. If your test is even sooner, then focus on what you already know and use test-taking strategies to maximize your score.
Do the assigned homework for your class. Your math teacher will likely assign homework on a regular basis that is meant to help prepare you for tests. Make sure that you always do the homework, even if it is optional or not worth many points. Doing this extra work will help to prepare you for the tests, which will help you pass the class.[1]
Complete extra problems if you are having trouble with a concept. For example, if your teacher assigns all of the even problems at the end of the chapter, do the evens and the odds.
Your textbook may have a section in the back where you can check your answers. If it does, use it to see how you are doing.
Write out the required formula for each problem as you do the homework. This will make it easier for you to remember it when you take a test.[2]
Review your notes and focus on what will be covered on the test. If you take good notes, this will be a valuable resource for helping you pass your exams. Try to read your notes on the same day you took them to reinforce the information that you learned in class that day.[3]
For example, you could read through your notes after your class, before you do your homework, or when you study.
Read the assigned chapters to understand concepts. Although you may not enjoy reading your math textbook, it is a great way to ensure that you understand the concepts and terms your teacher covers in class. Take time to carefully read the chapters your teacher assigns and ask questions if something is unclear.[4]
Highlight or underline important passages while you read so that it will be easy for you to come back to them later on.
Mark important pages with sticky notes so you can quickly refer to them.[5]
Create flashcards to remember important terms and formulas. Flashcards are index cards with information on both sides. You can use flashcards to help you memorize math formulas, key terms, and concepts. Write the formula, term, or concept on 1 side of the card, and then write an explanation and an example on the other side.[6]
For example, if you want to memorize the math formula for a quadratic equation, then you could write the formula on 1 side of the card, and then write an explanation of how to use the formula along with an example on the opposite side.
Ask your teacher or math tutor if you don't understand something. There will be concepts that give you trouble, and when this happens, it's best to ask for help as soon as possible. Talk with your math teacher or a math tutor about any concepts that you don't understand. They can provide more information to help you grasp the concept.[7]
Review your notes for the most important formulas and information. If you have been taking notes in class, you can use them to target what you study over the next 24 hours. Identify any important formulas or other information that your teacher stressed in class. This will likely show up on the test, so read through your notes on it carefully.[8]
If you don't have good notes, ask a classmate if they would mind sharing their notes with you. They may be willing to let you read their notes or even make a copy of them to help you study.
Take a practice test if your teacher provides one. Some math teachers will give their students a practice test that they can use to study. If your teacher provides a practice test, take it and read through it several times and make sure you understand everything on it. Some of the same problems may show up on the actual math test, so making sure you fully understand the test will increase your chances of passing.
You can also make your own practice test using problems from class and your book.[9]
Another option is to look up relevant practice tests online.
Create a study sheet with the most important information. Identify all of the most important formulas, concepts, terms, and other information that you think you will need to know to pass your test. Then, write this information down on a note card or sheet of paper. Keep it on you and take it out to read through it whenever you get a chance.[10]
For example, you could read over your study sheet while riding the bus, waiting in line, or even right before class. sheet of paper depending on your teacher's guidelines. Write any information on this sheet you think you will need to know to pass the test.[11]}}
Watch YouTube videos for quick explanations of difficult concepts. If you are still struggling to understand a concept, check to see if there are any YouTube video explanations of them. These may be easier to follow than material in a textbook or your notes.[12]
For example, if you are struggling to understand how to add and subtract fractions, find a video that explains it in an engaging, clear way.
Skip problems that you are unsure about and come back to them. It's best to complete the easiest problems on a test first since these will take you less time. If you encounter a problem that has you stumped, skip it and come back to it after you have tackled all of the easiest problems.[13]
Read through word problems and extrapolate the numbers. Word problems can be very confusing, especially when they contain lots of extra information that does not contribute to the math of the problem. Take a minute to read through each of the word problems on a test first, and identify the relevant numbers to solving the equation. Then, plug the numbers into a formula that will help you to find a solution.[14]
For example, if the problem reads: "Albert has 27 cars that he wants to park on his lawn, and each car requires a space. Albert's lawn is . How many of the cars can he park on his lawn?"
The relevant numbers for this problem are the number of cars, the amount of space per car: , and the total size of Albert's lawn: .
Show all of your work and include any additional information you can. Even if you get an answer wrong, some teachers will award extra points if you show your work and include extra information that demonstrates your knowledge. Make sure to write out as much detail as you can for each problem, especially if you are unsure about the answer.[15]
For example, if you need to complete an equation using a specific formula, write the formula out first. Then, complete the equation using the formula and show any additional calculations you need to do to complete the problem.
Eliminate any options that you think are wrong. As you go through the test, you may encounter some problems that you are not sure about. To increase your chances of getting points for a question you are unsure about, you can eliminate any responses that you think are wrong. Try to solve the problem, and then eliminate any answers that are clearly wrong.[16]
For example,say you complete the problem and get 72 as your answer, but the options available are a) 56, b) 71, c) 77, and d) 112. You could eliminate a and d since they are far off from your answer. Your best option would likely be b since it is the closest to the answer you got.
Guess the answer if all else fails. If the problems are multiple choice and you are not sure what the right answer is, then you can try to guess the answer. Go with the option that seems like the right response if you have an idea of what that might be. Some additional ways of guessing the answer include:[17]
Avoiding choices that are very different from the other responses.
Opting for an "all" or "none" answer if these are options.
Going with the longest answer option for a word problem.
Practicing is important to improve your performance on math tests. If something doesn't click right away, just keep trying and you will get it eventually.
French knots can look like a complicated way to add texture to embroidery, but they're really simple. Bring your needle up through the fabric and wrap the embroidery floss around the needle a few times. When you push it down into your fabric and bring the needle through, you'll see a delicate dot. French knots are great for filling in embroidered images or creating patterns so it's a useful stitch to know.
Thread a needle and place your fabric or hoop in your lap. For a small French knot, thread a single strand of embroidery floss through the eye of a needle. If you'd like a larger knot, use 2 to 4 strands of floss. Then, place the fabric you're embellishing or the hoop you're embroidering on in your lap since you'll need both hands to make the French knot.[1]
If you're making a French knot on thick fabric, use a large needle with several strands of floss or yarn.
Bring the needle up through the fabric. Hold the needle under your fabric and push the tip of it through where you want to make the knot. Pull the needle to extend the floss so only about is left underneath the fabric.[2]
If you're worried that you'll accidentally pull the floss completely through the fabric, hold the underside in place until you make the knot.
Hold the needle horizontally so it points away from your work. Lower the needle towards the surface of your fabric and hold it horizontally behind the floss so the floss forms a loop. Point the tip of the needle away from the center of your hoop or fabric.[3]
Use the hand that's not holding the needle to pinch the floss that's coming away from the fabric so it's taut. This will prevent the floss from getting tangled.
Wrap the floss around the needle 2 to 3 times. Keep holding the needle horizontally and use your other hand to wind the floss 2 or 3 times around the needle. Go slowly so the floss doesn't slide off of it.[4]
If you'd like a smaller knot, try wrapping the floss around the needle only 1 time. The more you wind the floss, the bigger the knot will be.
To prevent the wrapped floss from sliding off, you can use your non-dominant hand to hold the working floss taut.
Push the wrapped needle down through the fabric. Point the tip of the needle right next to where you began the stitch. Then, insert it and bring the needle down through the fabric. To prevent tangling, hold the floss with your other hand until you've completely pulled the needle through the fabric.[5]
The floss will form a loop until you pull the needle completely through. Use your fingers to prevent the loop from tangling as you make the stitch.
Pull the floss until a knot forms and anchor the back to secure the stitch. If you're going to make more French knots that aren't more than apart, just start stitching the next knot. If you do want to tie off the knot, slide the needle under a stitch to make a loop under your fabric. Bring the needle through the loop and pull tightly before you cut the floss.[6]
Use French knots to create punctuation for embroidered words. If you're embroidering a word or phrase, you may need to dot an "i" or make a period. French knots can make these really stand out so your word or phrase is visible.[7]
For a fun way to embroider a word, trace the outline of the word on your fabric. Then, make lots of French knots around the border for each letter. Leave the actual word empty so the space is visible because it's surrounded by French knots.
Fill embroidered flower petals or centers with French knots. Make a simple flower by placing a cluster of French knots at the top of an embroidered stem. You could also sew the outline of a large flower and fill in the petals with French knots so your flower is full of rich color and texture. To make the center of the flower stand out, make the French knots in the middle a different color.[8]
For example, to make a daisy, create white French knots that radiate out from a center point. Then, make a few yellow French knots in the center.
Sew delicate stars or snowflakes using French knots. Stitch rows of French knots to make star or snowflake patterns that are as simple or detailed as you like. Although there's no need to connect the knots, you could use a straight stitch to join them and make the stars or snowflakes clearer.[9]
Try sewing constellations using French knots. To make brighter stars in the constellation, use 2 or 3 strands of thread instead of 1.
Sew textured patterns on your projects. You can still use French knots even if you're not sewing text or images. Create a simple design of French knots to fill your fabric or create edging. For example, alternate French knots in different colors or sizes to add interest to the edge of your project.[10]
Consider switching the thread color to make your pattern stand out even more.
Work with yarn to make a French knot on your knitted or crocheted pieces. French knots aren't only for sewing or embroidery. You can embellish finished knitted or crocheted pieces with French knots in matching or contrasting yarn. For example, if you want to add texture to a knitted scarf, make French knots along the ends of the scarf.[11]
French knots are a great way to add interest to a crocheted baby blanket. You can make a pattern with the knots or use them to make a flower design.
If you're struggling to make a French knot, try wrapping the yarn around the needle in a figure-8 motion before inserting it through the fabric. This will create a colonial knot, but it looks just like a French knot.
The two step, also called the Texas two step or the country two step, is a fast traveling dance that's popular with country music lovers. The movement of the dance is similar to walking, so it's fairly easy to learn. Start by getting into your dancing position, with one partner leading. Then, practice moving in a quick, quick, slow, slow pattern to a 6-beat count. After you master your footwork, you can add turns.
Stand close to your partner and face them. Stand tall with your back straight and your legs about hip-width apart. Position yourselves about apart with your feet slightly off center from each other.[1]
Keeping your body close to your partner's will help you stay together while you're dancing.
Put your right hand on your partner's left shoulder blade if leading. Wrap your right arm loosely around your partner's side under their left arm. Then, position your right hand at the middle of their left shoulder blade, keeping your palm flat.[2]
Don't press down into their skin. Keep your hand soft against their shoulder blade.
Place your left hand above the lead's right bicep if you're following. Lay your left arm over your partner's right arm and put your left hand just above their right bicep. Gently grip their arm so that it will be easier to follow their movement.[3]
Don't dig your fingers into their bicep or squeeze down too hard.
Use your free hand to hold your partner's hand. Hold your arm out to the side at about shoulder level. Use a firm but comfortable grip to hold your partner's hand. Keep your arm loose with your elbow slightly bent.[4]
If you're the lead, use your left arm to hold your partner's hand.
If you're following, use your right arm.
Stand to the left so you can see over your partner's right shoulder. You don't want to be perfectly centered because it will make it hard for you to see. Both partners should be about a step to the left rather than directly centered. Make sure you can see over your partner's right shoulder so you'll be aware of your surroundings.[5]
If you can't see over their shoulder, take another step to your left.
Count 1 beat for the first quick step. Step forward with your left leg if you're leading, or step backward with your right leg if you're following. Both you and your partner should step at the same time. Keep your step quick because it's a single beat.[6]
During the dance, maintain a stance that is comfortable for walking. The movement of the two step is similar to walking.
Take a quick second step to the 2nd beat. Move your right leg forward if you're leading or your left leg back if you're following. Make the step quickly and together, counting out 1 beat.[7]
Don't worry about bringing your feet together because it isn't necessary.
Step slowly on beats 3 and 4. Slow down your movement so that this step takes 2 beats instead of 1. Step forward with your left leg if you're the lead or step backward with your right leg if you're following. Once again, both partners should step together.[8]
You'll step the same way as you did for the first step, but this time it will be slow.
Take another slow step on beats 5 and 6. If you're the lead, move your right leg forward. If you're following, step backward with your left leg. Go slowly so that your step takes 2 beats.[9]
Step the same way as you did in the second step but go slowly.
Follow the line of dance if you're dancing alongside other couples. The line of dance is an imaginary line that goes around the dance floor. Faster dancers stay to the outside of the dance floor, while slower dancers move closer to the inside. Stay in the line that best matches your pace so that you don't accidentally bump into other dancers.[10]
This line will move counter-clockwise.
If people are line dancing, they'll do it at the center of the dance floor inside the line of dance.
Add the turn after you complete a set of steps. Turns go at the end of a quick, quick, slow, slow set. After you complete a set, the lead will twirl the follower. The turn will replace a set of steps so that the pattern of the dance isn't affected.[11]
Keep holding hands but release each other's shoulder and bicep. You and your partner will hold hands throughout the turn. However, the lead will remove their hand from the follower's shoulder blade, and the follower will let go of the lead's arm. As you turn, raise your joined hands so that it will be easier for the follower to twirl.[12]
It's okay to temporarily release each other's hands during the turn if necessary. Don't twist your wrist as you turn.
Turn on the 2 quick steps if you're following. If you're the follower, quickly turn as you count out your quick, 1 beat steps. If you're leading, take 2 quick steps forward but make sure you're giving your partner enough room to turn.[13]
It's still up to the lead to keep the dance moving forward at the right pace.
Return to your dancing position on the slow steps. After the turn, get back into your dancing frame. Then, take 2 slow steps to complete the set. Continue into your next set of steps.[14]
Dating can make you feel anxious and frustrated, especially if you're feeling pressured to find "the one." Changing your mindset about dating can transform your experience from angst and dread to fun and play. Make finding connections your goal instead of searching for the one to take the pressure off. Additionally, you can use tools and strategies to help you self-soothe and manage your feelings of anxiety.
Adopt a "practice makes perfect" attitude about dating. Treating dating like a skill you can build will help you break free of your anxiety. Consider each date you go on as a chance to practice your skills. Do your best to have fun and keep the conversation going. If you make a mistake, try to laugh at yourself and remind yourself that it'll make a great story one day.
It's okay if you have setbacks when it comes to dating. When you're building a skill, you won't have a steady path of progress. There are always going to be obstacles.
Everyone feels nervous on a first date, and it's normal to make mistakes. You're doing just fine!
Focus on making connections with people who interest you. You might be feeling anxious about dating because you feel pressure to fall in love or find a partner. Relieve this pressure by looking at dating as a chance to relate to other people. When you go on a date, get to know the person and search for common interests. It doesn't matter if it goes farther than a few dates. What's important is that you'll have made a connection with them.
If it helps, create a list of questions you want to ask them before the date. You might ask, "What are you most excited about?" "What do you respect most about your mother or father?" "What's the most thoughtful gift you've received?" or "Tell me about a time that something didn't go as planned but ended up helping you get to where you are now."
Stop looking for "the one" on every date. Trying to fall in love is stressful, so it's understandable that you'd feel anxious. However, you're probably going to kiss a lot of frogs before you find a good partner, so take the pressure off yourself. Give yourself permission to take your time and go on a lot of dates as you look for a good partner.
When you meet a person that's an awful match for you, treat it like a success. You now know something you don't want in a partner!
Be your own source of love and validation to take the pressure off. It can feel like you need a partner to complete you, but this simply isn't true. The only person who can truly complete you is yourself! Instead of looking for a partner who will meet your needs, figure out what you want and give it to yourself. This will help you approach dating with a relaxed, open mind.
For instance, tell yourself things like, "You're enough," "You can do this," and "Your hard work is going to pay off."
If you want something, go out and get it for yourself. As an example, buy yourself nice jewelry or start saving for a house.
Allow yourself to feel your emotions. Give yourself permission to experience your emotions, then try to name how you're feeling. For instance, you might feel worried, afraid, or confused about dating and relationships. Don't try to fight your feelings! Letting yourself feel them is the first step to helping them pass.
You might say to yourself, "I'm feeling really afraid because my last relationship went so badly," or "I'm worried that all relationships end because my parents got divorced."
Identify the reasons you feel anxious about dating. Think about why you feel nervous and about the relationships you've had in the past. Additionally, consider the relationships that your family members had between each other. Then, write down the reasons why you think that dating might make you anxious. Once you know why you're nervous, you can start to address those concerns.
For instance, you might realize that you're anxious because you've been used in the past. Similarly, dating might make you nervous because your older sibling had a bad experience with an ex.
Express your feelings of anxiety to help you manage them. Keeping your feelings bottled up makes things worse. You need to find a natural release that works for you. Here are some ways you might express your anxiety:[1]
Talk to someone about how you feel.
Scream into a pillow.
Try shaking your body to release your anxious emotions. Work from your shoulders down to your feet, shaking your body as you go.
Write your feelings in a journal.
Use breathing exercises to calm yourself down. Try the 4-7-8 breathing technique to help you release your emotions. Press your tongue behind the top of your teeth, then inhale through your nose for a 4 count. Hold your breath for a 7 count, then release a whooshing breath to an 8 count. Repeat 3-4 times without pausing between breaths.
This should help energize you with oxygen, which will help you relieve anxiety and stress.
Exercise daily to help release your feelings of anxiety. When you exercise, your body burns off excess energy, which helps reduce your anxiety. Additionally, exercise releases endorphins that make you feel happier. Choose an exercise you enjoy so you'll be able to do it every day, such as the following:[2]
Look for ways to relate to other people in your daily life. Be curious about the people you meet. Ask them questions about themselves, look for common interests, and keep an open mind. Try to share something about yourself, as well. As you get better at relating to people, dating will come more easily.[3]
This comes back to making a connection with others. By learning to relate with people, you'll be more comfortable on dates.
For instance, talk to people in line at the grocery store, start a conversation while you're in a waiting room, or invite your coworkers out to lunch.
Try out different ways of flirting with people. Flirting can help you make a quick connection with someone and express an interest in them. Since you can do it without going on a date, it's a great way to test the waters with people to help you slowly move past your anxieties about dating. Here are some easy ways to flirt:[4]
Laugh and smile a lot.
Make brief eye contact, then look away.
Give the person a compliment.
Show off your neck.
Touch the person on their arm.
Mirror their body language.
Ask about a shared interest.
Choose fun activities for your dates to avoid awkward conversations. Sitting across from someone at a dinner table can feel really scary, especially if you've just met them. Instead of putting the focus of your date on conversation, invite the person on an active date. This will keep you out of your head so you're less likely to feel anxious. Here are some date ideas:
Go bowling.
Play mini golf.
Attend a concert.
Take a dancing lesson.
Go to a cooking class.
Attend a local festival.
Focus on what your date is doing or saying to get out of your thoughts. Overthinking things during your date will increase your anxiety. However, you can avoid this by paying close attention to your date. Actively Listen to everything your date says, and repeat what they say back to them. Additionally, watch their body language and how they move so you're focused on the moment.[5]
Don't worry about figuring out what your date might be thinking. Just be with them in the moment.
If your date isn't saying much, try asking them open-ended questions to encourage them to talk. You might ask, "What's the most interesting thing about your job?" or "How did you get started with your hobby?"
Keep the conversation fun during your first few dates. You might get nervous about dating because it's difficult to open up to people. However, there's no rush to reveal everything about yourself. When you first start dating someone, stick to light, fun topics, such as your hobbies or funny stories.[6]
For instance, you don't need to tell them about your past relationships. Instead, talk about your latest interests.
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