Tech and tech-adjacent gifts might not seem like the most natural place to look for affordable presents for your friends, coworkers, and family. But useful gadgets, irreverent accessories, and even tech-fashion can make for some of the greatest stocking stuffers there are.
Want to give someone a gift without giving away the farm? Maybe you're part of a fun/dreadful white elephant gift exchange at work, or perhaps you're (totally reasonably) gifting on a budget. Either way, we've got you covered.
Here are some of the best tech gifts you can get for under (or around) 20 bucks.
Trends can be difficult to track, and just when you think you're on top of everything, a new movement will appear out of nowhere to remind you that you actually know nothing at all.
The good news is that we can help you stay up to date with all the latest trends, so you can at least pretend like you know what's going on with the world. We're not saying that we're massively trendy, but we do have a clear idea of what is selling, so we feel confident when we say that crystals are popular right now.
Some believe that crystals can help with your emotional needs, and many think that these precious stones can even aid with healing and personal growth. It’s important to note that there isn't any actual data to back this up, and it is you who has the power to enact change, but if a crystal helps to push you in the right direction, we're all for them. Read more...
Black Friday was a massive success for Argos in 2018. The popular retailer cut the prices of absolutely loads of products, with deals on TVs, laptops, tablets, speakers, and much more. The best deals stayed in place for a lot longer than other retailers, with most still live well past Cyber Monday. Read more...
The Amazon Black Friday sale will offer literally thousands of deals on the latest consumer electronics and Amazon devices, as well as on toys, games, fashion, jewellery, kitchenware, homeware, and basically everything you could ever want. Read more...
How did you celebrate your favorite celebrity's birthday this year?
Perhaps you wrote them a sweet social media post, scarfed down an entire cake in their honor, or did absolutely nothing out of the ordinary, because although you think certain celebrities are great, you're not close personal friends — or even Facebook acquaintances — with them.
When the birthday of a celebrity I admire arrives, I excitedly tweet a witty message at them in hopes that my well-wishes will stand out from the mass of other fan notifications and make them smile. But this year, when one of my all-time favorite Hollywood presences, John Krasinski, turned 40, I found myself donating money to an organization I'd never even heard of before. Read more...
Planning your viewing for next month? Then be sure to consider everything new on HBO Now.
On the TV front, the streaming service will deliver new episodes of Catherine the Great and Watchmen, as well as the premiere of His Dark Materials. Based on the best-selling trilogy by Sir Philip Pullman, the fantasy series will star Dafne Keen, James McAvoy, Ruth Wilson, and Lin-Manuel Miranda.
TL;DR: The versatile Surface Pro 7 starts at £799, and includes free delivery and returns with Microsoft.
Microsoft is locked in a battle with Apple for domination of the premium laptop market, with its Surface range going head-to-head with the various MacBook models. It's a titanic battle with no clear winner, but that might be about to change.
Microsoft has launched a new range of Surface devices, with the Surface Pro 7, Surface Laptop 3, and Surface Pro X hitting the shelves. This launch has the potential to take Apple's crown, but it's probably too early to say for sure.
TL;DR: Save up to 60% in the Xbox Shocktober Sale, with discounted games and bundles on offer.
It's the spookiest time of the year, and that means it's the perfect time to invest in some horror games to give yourself the fright you're craving.
New and classic classic horror titles such as Alien Isolation, Resident Evil 2, and State of Decay 2 have all been discounted for the rest of the month in Microsoft's Shocktober Sale. This shopping event runs until Oct. 31, and also includes popular games like Day Z, Dead by Daylight, World War Z, and much more.
TL;DR:Kaspersky Total Security is on sale for £54.99 with the code MASH50, saving you 50% on list price.
The world is a dangerous place, and the sad fact of life is that nowadays you need to invest in protection if you want to surf the web with peace of mind.
The list of cybersecurity services that are now available is long, and that's because the list of online threats is continuing to grow. You can now invest in password manager programs, security features for your kids, and of course, VPNs. You could shop for the best deals on each of these services, or you could opt for an all-in-one package. Read more...
TL;DR: The two-year Hide.me VPN plan is on sale for £4.99 a month, saving you 64% on list price.
What if we told you that you could get a VPN with around-the-clock customer support, a no-logging policy, over 1,000 servers in 57 countries worldwide, and 10 simultaneous connections for under £5 a month?
You probably wouldn't believe a word we said, but we're telling the truth. We promise.
Hide.me VPN is now on sale for just £4.99 a month for two years. This is down by a massive 64% on list price, which is a pretty staggering saving. The service is billed in one instalment of under £120, and comes with a generous 30-day money-back guarantee. This way you're covered in case things don't work out. Read more...
After months of rumors and speculation, the company is officially announcing Facebook News, a new section in its app dedicated to "high-quality" news.
Facebook News will get its own section of the Facebook app, similar to Watch or Marketplace, though only a small group of U.S. Facebook users will see it to start.
Unlike News Feed, where Facebook's algorithms tend to favor inflammatory headlines from sometimes questionable sources, Facebook has much stricter rules for publishers that are part of Facebook News, which will emphasize original reporting. Read more...
In Mashable’s series Wasted, we dig into the myriad ways we’re trashing our planet. Because it’s time to sober up.
A global problem requires a global solution. A little bit of collaborative fun thrown in the mix doesn't hurt, either.
Say hello to Litterati, a free app that both encourages users to pick up litter and to share their efforts with likeminded individuals. But the app does more than just provide a nudge to tidy up. Behind the profile pics, photo galleries, and cheery campaigns announcing participants' intention to clean up their neighborhoods lies a secret weapon: crowdsourced data. Read more...
This roundup is a who's who of the biggest names in technology. We've tracked down deals on Apple, Samsung, Bose, Microsoft, Google, and even more of the top brands.
You can save on a wide range of great devices in this stellar list, with deals on speakers, headphones, smartphones, laptops, video games, and more on offer. You can even pick up discounted Apple iPhones and MacBooks.
These are the best deals from across the internet for Oct. 25.
Best of the best
Save on everything from laptops to video games, with brands like Microsoft, Apple, and Lovehoney on offer.
Speakers and headphones
All the best deals on speakers and headphones from the likes of Bose, Ultimate Ears, JoyGeek, and more. Read more...
Both alumni of Chicago comedy icon Second City, the pair landed jobs at The Daily Show based on one brilliant sketch created for The Dana Carvey Show.
Colbert came up with "Waiters who are nauseated by food," based on his hungover days waiting tables, while Carell spun "Podiatrists who are nauseated by feet," without either of them knowing about the other's bit. And it got them both hired.
On The Late Show Thursday, the comedy stars took a trip down memory lane to this defining moment in their careers, and around 3:30 in the clip above, they re-enacted the best elements of the sketch. Read more...
Keegan-Michael Key is one of the most versatile actors in the game, so naturally, he absolutely obliterated Jimmy Fallon's "Wheel of Musical Impressions" game on Thursday.
Whether it's nailing a Bob Marley impression to "Hush, Little Baby," or doing a weirdly accurate R.E.M. version of "She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain," he's on fire.
Then, behold, his Frank Sinatra version of "Itsy Bitsy Spider." Take a bow. Read more...
TL;DR: These specially-treated roses from Rosephoria last up to a year and are up to 40% off. Save $134.99 on the round or square two-dozen boxes or $34.99 on an everlasting rose.
A fresh bouquet of flowers is an easy, yet thoughtful way to shower someone you love with love. But, you've gotta admit, it's also hella wasteful. Roses wither within a week (tops) and they definitely don't come cheap. Some people opt out of buying flowers all together because they're just going to die anyway.
But there's a smart new trend that's completely changing the way flowers can be gifted. Remember the Enchanted Rose from Beauty and the Beast? Thanks to Rosephoria, it's basically a real thing now. Read more...
It's a common misconception that only a blessed few can draw — like it's either you have the innate talent to sketch or you don't. But that couldn't be more wrong. Learning how to wield a pencil isn't quite synonymous with forcing yourself to learn how to carry a tune. While not everyone can achieve the greatness of, say, Van Gogh or Picasso, anyone who has the desire to transform a blank piece of paper into a work of art can absolutely do so, but only if they have the willingness to learn.
See, drawing is a skill that can be acquired. Much like grasping the laws of physics or coming to terms with the intricacies of a foreign language, you can also assimilate to putting a pencil to paper if you have the proper learning material. Whether you want to move on from your usual stick figures or wish to elevate your already intermediate sketching skills, we have some resources to help take your drawing skills to the next level. Take your pick from these courses, all of which are *drum roll* on sale: Read more...
Founder Jim Jannard said so on the company's forum (via The Verge), saying he'll be "shutting down the HYDROGEN project, ending a career that has included Oakley, RED Digital Cinema and HYDROGEN."
He also announced his retirement due to "a few health issues."
Jannard said that the Hydrogen One phone — the only smartphone the company has launched — will "continue to be supported in the future."
The move isn't particularly surprising due to the extremely poor reviews Hydrogen One has gotten, and the company's own admission in July that finishing the phone's feature and fixing its issues was "impossible," allegedly due to poor performance of RED's manufacturing partner in China. Read more...
Fantastic keyboard • Appealing physical design • More than enough juice for daily tasks
The Bad
ChromeOS has the usual drawbacks • Mediocre trackpad • High-end models are too pricey
The Bottom Line
Google's newest Chromebook is one of the best around, provided you don't pay too much for it.
⚡ Mashable Score4.0
😎 Cool Factor4.0
Ease of Use4.5
💪Performance4.5
💵Bang for the Buck4.0
With the new Pixelbook Go laptop, Google presented me with a legitimate quandary: How good does a laptop have to be for me to get over the restrictions of ChromeOS? Read more...
Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel have finally teamed up to help clarify matters for the many people who have difficulty telling the Jimmys apart.
Fallon joined Kimmel on Thursday's episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live! to state that, though both are white brunette American men who host late night talk shows, they are in fact two completely different people.
"We understand why people get us confused," said Fallon. "The names. We both wear suits. We both have shows."
"Both have dark hair," continued Kimmel. "We're both white guys — which is not as exciting as it used to be."
However, though they insisted they were entirely separate individuals, the Jimmys were soon rustled when they discovered their similarities ran deeper than they realized – down to matching DNA tests declaring both to be 100 percent that bitch. Read more...
On Thursday, Late Night with Seth Meyers' A Closer Look segment once again turned the host's critical eye towards — what else? — Donald Trump lying about his own screwups.
Examining the reactions of both Kurds in Syria and Trump's own Republican supporters, Meyers pointed out that, despite the US Commander in Chief's assertions, few people aside from Trump himself seem to think anything he's done lately has resulted in "a great outcome."
In fact, Republicans have been struggling to mount credible defenses around the president on everything from Syria to the alleged quid pro quo with Ukraine, futilely building pillow forts in a hurricane. Read more...
A former top Apple lawyer whose responsibilities included preventing insider trading has now been indicted for, uh, that.
Gene Levoff, Apple's former corporate secretary and director of corporate law, is accused of using insider knowledge to trade Apple stock between February 2011 and April 2016 — the exact behavior he was entrusted to prevent.
Illegal insider trading gives people with access to nonpublic company information an unfair advantage over everyone else, a bit like using secret cheat codes in a multiplayer game. Only instead of leaderboards and kill streaks, it's hundreds of thousands of dollars on the line. Read more...
At first, I was skeptical. When I got my iPhone 11 Pro Max a few weeks ago, the camera was buggy, slowish, and — at first glance — appeared to be no match to Huawei's excellent cameraphone in several key departments, such as zoom and low-lit photography.
With an unprecedented onslaught of software updates, Apple slowly but surely fixed the bugs on the iPhone camera. It got faster, it stopped blacking out, and it gained Apple's secretive new Deep Fusion tech, though only in iOS beta at that point.
Since I found the Huawei P30 Pro to have the most versatile and overall best camera around, I decided it was time for a side-by-side comparison to see whether Apple was able to catch up with Huawei's camera. And while a TL;DR will never do justice to this type of text, the short answer is yes. The camera on the iPhone 11 Pro Max is better, in many important aspects, than the one on the Huawei P30 Pro. Read more...
Jack Dorsey has some thoughts on Libra. Namely, it's bullshit.
Speaking at today's Twitter News Summit in New York City, the pro-Bitcoin CEO took Facebook's so-called cryptocurrency project to task for being, essentially, a gimmick. He insisted that Libra isn't even a real cryptocurrency, and that his company will have nothing to do with it.
Dorsey's comments, in response to the question if Twitter would ever join Libra, were captured by CNN media (and ex-Mashable) reporter Kerry Flynn.
"Hell no," said Dorsey. "Nothing within Libra had to be a cryptocurrency to do what they want to do. They use that label liberally. It’s completely incorrect." Read more...
A congressman, responsible for leading the lawmaking process and representing the interests of the American people, has a comically weak phone passcode.
An eagle-eyed viewer spotted Lance Gooden, a Republican representative from Texas, typing in his phone's passcode on camera on Wednesday during Mark Zuckerberg testimony before the House Financial Services Committee. Although Gooden can easily be targeted as a weak link in national security, his passcode appears to be a simple 777777.
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On Wednesday night, Harvey Weinstein showed up at a variety show hosted at the Downtime Bar in New York City. He was confronted by three women at the performance, who says they were heckled and one of them was eventually asked to leave.
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The rhythms of American life changed in the 2010s. How everything from TV to Trump to Instagram messed with your head just enough that time feels like it melted.
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The political dividing line in America used to be between Democratic cities and Republican suburbs. Now it runs through the center of the suburbs themselves.
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Following Wednesday's stunt by Congressional Republicans to storm a secure room, Judge Andrew Napolitano explained on "Fox and Friends" it's because of John Boehner that current House rules allow private interviews.
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Millennials aren't big fans of golf, which has significantly hurt the golf course industry. Now communities are debating what to do with these abandoned spaces.
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From their Disney-inspired creation to the furious pizza wars of the 1980s to their unnerving, dilapidated retirement years, these bots have seen some serious action.
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Glasgow has become notorious for the kind of mental and physical ills that plague city dwellers everywhere. Is urban life itself harmful to humans — or can we rethink cities so that they can help us to thrive?
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Top White House aide Kellyanne Conway, describing herself as "a powerful woman," aggressively and disparagingly told a female reporter that it was improper to write about her husband and threatened to investigate the reporter's personal life.
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Attorney General William Barr's administrative review of what would become the Mueller investigation is now a criminal probe.
A probe by Attorney General William Barr into the origins of the Russia investigation has changed from an administrative review into a criminal investigation, a person familiar with the review confirmed to NBC News.
The review is being conducted by Connecticut U.S. Attorney John Durham. The New York Times first reported Thursday that the administrative review has turned into a criminal investigation.
It's not clear when the change occurred, but the probe began in May as an administrative review.
WNU Editor: Some in the mainstream media are calling this a "so-called investigation" (see above CNN video), and some like Rachel Maddow are dismissing it .... Criminal inquiry opened into Trump-Russia probe's origins: NYT (MSNBC). But this is a serious story. U.S. Attorney John Durham now has the power to call witnesses under oath, obtain documents, call a grand jury, and to levy indictments. The allegations and claims that President Trump colluded with Russia need to be investigated. These allegations resulted in the creation of the Mueller Special Counsel that financially impacted many who had to hire attorneys when subpoenaed, while severely disrupted President Trump's agenda and priorities. Bottom line. We do need to know if senior government officials used their positions to undermine an incoming new administration, and if they did, to be held accountable. My gut is telling me that a number of people are going to face criminal charges, and that the true origins of the Russian collusion allegations are going to be known.
Update: Senior US Democrats are now condemning this criminal investigation. I cannot say that I am surprised. This criminal investigation has the potential to expose and reveal political interference in President Trump's election campaign and transition by senior officials from the former Obama administration. For someone who has been following this story for a long time, this is a pivotal moment. I always believed that the Russian collusion narrative was a hoax. The Mueller report also came to this conclusion when it stated that there is no evidence to support these allegations. And now (after all of this time) we are going to learn how these allegations came about, and the officials responsible for it. My guess is that in the coming weeks and months former senior intel and justice department officials are going to be testifying under oath and/or facing criminal charges. And here is an easy prediction. For the next few days this is going to be the main stream media's top story, and they are going to condemn it as a witch hunt or worse.
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Trying to break the impasse over #Brexit, Boris Johnson says he would give parliament 'more time to study the excellent deal,' but lawmakers must back a general election on Dec. 12 https://t.co/eUkAMOWNoRpic.twitter.com/u25o0qw9vV
A wildfire exploded in size in Northern California amid dangerous winds, prompting the state's largest utility to impose electrical blackouts. The fire comes two years after deadly blazes tore through the same area, killing 44 people. https://t.co/cDiq6N3uJypic.twitter.com/ruv6MEmKi5
Washington — The Justice Department's internal watchdog said a highly anticipated report on the department's use of secret surveillance warrants during the Russia investigation is "nearing completion" and will likely be released publicly, according to a letter obtained by CBS News.
Inspector General Michael Horowitz wrote to congressional leaders on Thursday with an update on his investigation into alleged abuses of warrants obtained under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). Horowitz said he expects the report "will be released publicly with few redactions," but declined to provide a timeline.
Key point: It is unknown what the true mission of America's special space vehicle is.
A Dutch skywatcher achieved a rare feat in late June and early July 2019. Using a 10-inch-diameter telescope fitted with a camera, Ralf Vandebergh photographed the U.S. Air Force's secretive X-37B space plane in mid-mission 210 miles over Earth's surface.
"We can recognize a bit of the nose, payload bay and tail of this mini-shuttle, with even a sign of some smaller detail," Vandebergh told Space.com.
Vandebergh had been hunting for the robotic spacecraft for months and finally managed to track it down in May 2019, according to Space.com reporter Leonard David. But it took a few more weeks to actually photograph the roughly 29-feet-long robotic shuttle.
"When I tried to observe it again [in] mid-June, it didn't meet the predicted time and path," Vandebergh told David. "It turned out to have maneuvered to another orbit. Thanks to the amateur satellite observers' network, it was rapidly found in orbit again, and I was able to take some images on June 30 and July 2, [2019]."
TikTok has had real impacts on cultural trends in the years since its launch. For example, 'Old Town Road,' formerly the number one song in the world, picked up steam on TikTok
* Chinese social media app TikTok is being eyed as a potential security threat * US lawmakers are calling on the intelligence community to assess the app * Skeptics say TikTok may be exporting data on users to the Chinese government
Chinese social media upstart TikTok is being scrutinized by US lawmakers who question whether the app is a national security threat.
In a letter addressed to the US National Security Director, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senator Tom Cotton, a Republican, are calling on intelligence officials to assess the potential risks posed by TikTok.
'With over 110 million downloads in the U.S. alone, TikTok is a potential counterintelligence threat we cannot ignore,' wrote the senators in their letter.
'Given these concerns, we ask that the Intelligence Community conduct an assessment of the national security risks posed by TikTok and other China-based content platforms operating in the U.S.'
WNU Editor: Tic Tac is an incredibly popular app with hundreds of millions of users. It is also true that Islamic State militants have used this platform to promote propaganda videos .... ISIS has begun using teenage app TikTok to post shocking clips of victims being BEHEADED - sparking a frantic battle to delete the accounts (Daily Mail), as well as rising concerns that it can be used to influence elections and other political causes with disinformation. But for the U.S. the big concern is that this app may be exporting data on users to the Chinese government.If that is true the options are limited. Ban an app that 110 million Americans have downloaded, or permit it with all of its risks. Not much of a choice in my opinion.
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Erdogan threatened to send refugees to the West to 'see how they deal with it' Turkey is facing anger from Europe over its military onslaught against the Kurds Russian troops are carrying out patrols to evacuate Kurds from northern Syria Moscow warned the Kurds they will be 'mauled' by Turkey if they do not leave There were clashes today involving Kurdish fighters and Bashar al-Assad's forces The Kurds have also backed a German plan for an international security zone
Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan today warned the West that the 'gates to Europe' will be opened to Syrian refugees 'when the time comes'.
In a provocative speech, Erdogan savaged Western powers for refusing to take in millions of refugees and threatened to send to Europe to 'see how they deal with it'.
Erdogan hopes to resettle some of Turkey's four million refugees in the 'safe zone' he has carved out in northern Syria, but is facing anger from NATO over his attack on Kurdish fighters there.
The nascent RuNet is meant to allow the country to survive an attack — and Putin to monitor and control the population.
Russia will test its internal RuNet network to see whether the country can function without the global internet, the Russian government announced Monday. The tests will begin after Nov. 1, recur at least annually, and possibly more frequently. It's the latest move in a series of technical and policy steps intended to allow the Russian government to cut its citizens off from the rest of the world.
"On Monday, the government approved the provision on conducting exercises to ensure the stable, safe and holistic functioning of the Internet and public communications networks in the Russian Federation," notes an article in D-Russia. (The original article is in Russian. We verified a translation with the help of a native Russian speaker.) "The exercises are held at the federal (in the territory of the Russian Federation) and regional (in the territory of one or more constituent entities of the Russian Federation) levels."
* Boris Johnson challenges Jeremy Corbyn to back snap election on December 12 * Mr Johnson said vote on holding election to take place on Monday next week * If MPs vote for election the PM will give them until November 6 to pass his deal * Downing Street is threatening a daily Commons vote if Mr Corbyn bottles it * No 10 source said the Government would go on strike by pulling all legislation * PM believes his plan will give MPs the chance to 'get Brexit done' if they want to * It would also protect against unending delay and prolonging Brexit 'nightmare' * EU is expected to grant the UK a three month extension to January 31
Boris Johnson tonight threw down the gauntlet to Jeremy Corbyn as he challenged the Labour leader to back his bid for a general election on December 12 and vowed to hold a vote every day if they refuse.
Mr Johnson will hold a vote in the House of Commons on Monday on triggering a snap poll after telling Mr Corbyn the Brexit 'nightmare' cannot be allowed to continue.
But as Mr Corbyn refused to commit, Downing Street threatened to stage daily Commons votes on a snap election until he concedes, saying it would not let him 'hold the country hostage'.
WNU Editor: Parliament is split on the issue of Brexit. A general election will resolve it, but it will probably not happen. All the polls show a substantial lead for the Conservatives if Brexit is the issue, and I am sure the oppositoin is aware of that.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan shake hands during a joint press conference after their talks in the Black Sea resort of Sochi on October 22, 2019. Photo: Sergei Chirikov / poll / AFP
Russia-Turkey deal establishes 'safe zone' along Turkish border and there will be joint Russia-Turkey military patrols
The negotiations in Sochi were long – over six hours – tense and tough. Two leaders in a room with their interpreters and several senior Turkish ministers close by if advice was needed. The stakes were immense: a road map to pacify northeast Syria, finally.
The press conference afterwards was somewhat awkward – riffing on generalities. But there's no question that in the end Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan managed the near impossible.
* Tanks to come from units already in Middle East, report says * Trump has said US 'secured oil' despite withdrawal
The US is reportedly planning to deploy tanks and other heavy military hardware to protect oil fields in eastern Syria, in a reversal of Donald Trump's earlier order to withdraw all troops from the country.
The most likely destination for US armoured units is a Conoco gas plant near the city of Deir Ezzor, the site of a February 2018 clash between US special forces and Syrian regime-backed militias fighting with Russian mercenaries.
Fox News reported such a deployment was "likely" and that the tanks would come from units already in the Middle East. CNN said it would happen relatively soon.
The United States has drawn up a plan to send troops and tanks to guard Syria's eastern oil fields amid a withdrawal from the country's north, Newsweek has learned.
A senior Pentagon official told Newsweek Wednesday that the United States is seeking—pending White House approval—to deploy half of an Army armored brigade combat team battalion that includes as many as 30 Abrams tanks alongside personnel to eastern Syria, where lucrative oil fields are under the control of a mostly Kurdish force involved in the U.S.-led fight against the Islamic State militant group (ISIS). The Pentagon-backed militia, called the Syrian Democratic Forces and dominated by the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG), will continue to be involved in securing these oil fields, the official said.
* Edward Snowden, the NSA whistleblower who blew the lid on the US government's classified mass surveillance programs, shut down a conspiracy theory that the US is secretly housing alien lifeforms. * Speaking on an episode of "The Joe Rogan Experience" podcast, which aired on Wednesday, Snowden said he did not find any evidence of extraterrestrials when he snooped through the databases of the CIA and NSA. * "Everybody wants to believe in conspiracy theories because it helps life make sense," he told Rogan. "It helps us believe that somebody is in control, that somebody is calling the shots."
Edward Snowden shut down the conspiracy theory that the US government is secretly harboring aliens at its top secret facilities during an episode of "The Joe Rogan Experience" podcast, which aired on Wednesday.
Snowden, an American whistleblower who revealed details of classified US government surveillance programs in 2013, addressed rumors about secret extraterrestrial lifeforms in his recently released memoir "Permanent Record."
"I know, Joe, I know you want there to be aliens," he said. "I know Neil deGrasse Tyson badly wants there to be aliens. And there probably are, right?"
* The 59-year-old politician has declared victory to secure a fourth straight term * Comes after riots and general strike as locals claim he is trying to steal election * Hours after declaring victory he said he's open to holding a runoff if necessary
Bolivian President Evo Morales has declared himself the outright winner of the country's presidential election following days of riots over accusations of vote fraud.
The 59-year-old politician said he received the ten percentage point lead over his nearest rival that he needed to win in the first round of voting.
With more than 98 per cent of the votes counted from Sunday's election, he said he had the votes needed to avoid a second round run-off against his rival, ex-president Carlos Mesa.
'We won in the first round,' Morales told a news conference. He called this 'good news.'
Africa has become the fastest urbanizing region of the world, with rural migrants moving into cities a clip that has even surpassed that of China and India, as the continent becomes one of the final frontiers of the forth industrial revolution. This rapid transition presents big challenges but also offers big rewards for countries willing to risk billions in an infrastructure building revolution unlike anything the world has seen before – and no country has answered Africa's call quite like China.
By 2050, Africa's 1.1 billion person population is slated to double, with 80% of this growth happening in cities, bringing the continent's urban headcount up to more than 1.3 billion. The population of Lagos alone is growing by 77 people per hour. According to McKinsey, by 2025 more than 100 cities in Africa will contain over a million people.
* Lawmakers pummel Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg for company practices * 'Perhaps you believe that you are above the law,' Rep. Maxine Waters said * And Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez grilled him on Facebook's decision not to fact check political ads in the 2020 election * Zuckerberg testified before House Financial Services Committee for more than six hours on Wednesday * He was grilled on Facebook's plans to prevent election interference and its proposal to launch Libra, a digital currency * Rep. Rashida Tlaib told him anti-Muslim posts led to death threats to her office * 'It is hate speech, it's hate, and and it's leading to violence and death threats in my office,' she said during her questioning of the CEO * In his opening statement, Zuckerberg acknowledged criticism of Facebook * 'I understand we're not the ideal messenger right now. I'm sure people wish it was anyone but Facebook putting this idea forward,' he said
Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday struggled to convince lawmakers to back his cryptocurrency and to defend Facebook's decision not to fact check political ads in the 2020 election.
The Facebook founder was in the congressional hot seat for more than six hours as he faced questions about his company's practices, how he'll attempt to combat false and inflammatory information on Facebook's platform, and what the social media giant will do to fight election interference in the 2020 contest.
Democratic Chairwoman Maxine Waters, who has been critical of Facebook's diversity practices and its plan for a digital currency, set the tone for the multi-hour event, lit into Zuckerberg.
And other lawmakers, including Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, followed her lead, pummeling Zuckerberg on a variety of topics related the social media platform he created.
WNU Editor: It is quite a sight to see. U.S. House Democrats demanding Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to ban/censor conservative Facebook sites and advertising, and conservative Republicans staying mute. Is it me, or was Mark Zuckerberg the only adult in the room?
Partisan political division and the resulting incivility has reached a low in America, with 67% believing that the nation is nearing civil war, according to a new national survey.
"The majority of Americans believe that we are two-thirds of the way to being on the edge of civil war. That to me is a very pessimistic place," said Mo Elleithee, the executive director of Georgetown University's Institute of Politics and Public Service.
WNU Editor: I have seen enough conflicts in my life to know that the U.S. is still far away from a "civil war". But political animosities are at an all time high, and criminalizing political policy positions (which is what this impeachment inquiry is all about) is only going to make it worse.
House Republicans stormed a closed-door hearing Wednesday to protest Democrats' impeachment inquiry process, breaking up the deposition of a top Defense Department official who was testifying about President Trump's dealings with Ukraine.
"They crashed the party," said Rep. Harley Rouda (D-Calif.), a member of the Oversight and Reform Committee, one of three House panels leading the impeachment probe.
WNU Editor: The main stream media is calling this a stunt .... The Republicans sink even lower: Matt Gaetz's stunt outside the SCIF is despicable and dangerous (New York Daily News). My take is different. These proceedings are being held in secret, and it involves impeaching a sitting U.S. President and nullifying the 2016 election. They should be public, and televised live. Shame to the mainstream media who say that this should all be held behind closed doors, and all testimony be kept secret.
DONALD TRUMP has been mocked by the White House's former photographer over plans to build a wall separating the US from Mexico - in Colorado, located 400 miles from the border.
THE FALKLANDS were the setting of a brutal war in 1982 as the UK successfully defended the territory from Argentine invasion – but, despite support from the US, CIA papers reveal that Washington had a plan to relocate islanders in Scotland should Argentina have retained the archipelago.
GERMAN MEP David McAllister from Chancellor Angela Merkel's party revealed to BBC Today that there was a "frustration" and lack of "unanimity" between the leader of his party and French President Emmanuel Macron.
A FRENCH MP from President Macron's party revealed to the BBC's Today programme the one condition that would have France supporting the Brexit deadline extension.
MICHELLE OBAMA fought back tears as she gave an impassioned speech thanking military caregivers for their important, but often unrecognised sacrifices.
MELANIA TRUMP awkwardly dodged questions about her husband while she visited Capitol Hill in Washington as President Trump faces an impeachment inquiry.
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ULURU, Australia (AP) — Nature seemed to be siding with indigenous Australians’ demand for Uluru to be respected as a sacred site on Friday when high winds threatened to prematurely end the generations-old tradition of climbing the sandstone monolith.
Rangers warned hundreds of anxious tourists who gathered at the base of the iconic rock before dawn that they would miss their last opportunity to ever scale its 348-meter (1,140-foot) summit unless blustery conditions subsided.
But the winds calmed and the first of around 1,000 climbers began their ascent at a chain handhold up the steep western face three hours later than scheduled. An indigenous onlooker booed them.
The ascent was permanently closed to climbers late in the afternoon, while those already on the rock had until unset to find their way down. A potential medical problem was reported with a climber but authorities could not immediately provide details.
Janet Ishikawa flew from her Hawaiian home to central Australia to make the climb on the final possible day. She likened the Uluru controversy to a furor over plans to build a giant telescope on Hawaii’s highest peak, which protesters consider sacred.
“It’s a total overreaction. All of a sudden they want to take ownership of all this stuff,” Ishikawa said. “They say you shouldn’t climb because of all this sacred stuff. I can still respect it and climb it.”
The ban was a unanimous decision made two years ago by 12 members of the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park Board of Management. But it’s an outcome that has divided both indigenous Australians as well as the wider world.
The polarity of opinions has been highlighted in recent months as thousands of visitors converged on one of Australia’s most famous landmarks to make a final trek to the top. Tourists have been illegally camping on roadsides for miles (kilometers) because the local camping ground and accommodation were booked.
Sammy Wilson, who chaired the board that banned the climb, described the prohibition as a cause for celebration. Wilson is member of the Anangu tribe who are Uluru’s traditional owners.
“If I travel to another country and there is a sacred site, an area of restricted access, I don’t enter or climb it, I respect it,” Wilson said. “It is the same here for Anangu. We welcome tourists here. We are not stopping tourism, just this activity.”
There has long been tension within the indigenous population around the money that climbers bring and the rock’s significance as a sacred site.
“I am happy and sad, two ways,” said Kevin Cooley, a resident of the Mutitjulu indigenous community in the rock’s shadow who collects the Uluru tourists’ garbage. He fears that tourist numbers and the local economy will decline.
The biggest drop in foreign visitors could be the Japanese who have proven to be the most committed climbers. Signs around the rock have long discouraged climbing, describing Uluru as a “place of great knowledge” and noting that Anangu traditional law prohibits climbing.
The proportion of visitors who climb has been steadily declining, with more than four in five respecting the Anangu’s wishes in recent years.
The Anangu refer to tourists as “munga,” or ants. The analogy was clearest in recent weeks with queues forming long before the climb opens at 7 a.m. each day at the base of the rock’s steep western face. From there, an eclectic mix of climbers begin their ascents in narrow columns.
Prominent indigenous academic Marcia Langton reacted to the stream of climbers with a tweet: “A curse will fall on all of them.”
“They will remember how they defiled this sacred place until they die & history will record their contempt for Aboriginal culture,” Langton added.
Minister for Indigenous Australians Ken Wyatt said he was disappointed by the final rush to climb the rock, which is renowned for its changing colors with the seasons and the time of day.
“It would be equivalent to having a rush of people climbing over the Australian War Memorial, if I can be so brazen in that regard, because sacred objects, community by community, are absolutely important in the story of that nation of people,” said Wyatt, who is indigenous.
Reaching the rock doesn’t guarantee the summit is attainable. Climbing is often canceled at short notice because of high winds or heat.
At least 37 climbers have died, mostly from medical events, since 1948, when the first road was built in the hope of attracting tourists. Every death causes the Anangu anguish.
Denying climbers access to the World Heritage-listed landform is part of an evolution of the Australian narrative since British colonization that has traditionally edited out the original inhabitants.
While the rock had been known as Uluru for thousands of years, British-born explorer William Gosse was credited with discovering it in 1873 and named it Ayers Rock after the then-premier of the British colony of South Australia, Sir Henry Ayers.
In 1993, it became the first official dual-named feature in the Northern Territory when it was renamed “Ayers Rock / Uluru.” The order of the names was reversed a decade later at the request of regional tourism operators.
But the tourist accommodation nearest Uluru retains the name Ayers Rock Resort, in deference to the monetary value of the international brand recognition that has built up around it.
The date of the closure is also significant in the history of restored indigenous influence in the region. Saturday — the day from when climbing becomes punishable by a 6,300 Australian dollar ($4,300) fine — marks 34 years since the federal government gave the Anangu the land title to the national park in which Uluru stands.
The traditional owners immediately returned the park to the government under a 99-year lease on condition that the park is jointly run by a board with a majority of Anangu members.
Grant Hunt, chief executive of Ayres Rock Resort operator Voyages Indigenous Tourism Australia, dismissed predictions of a significant decline in tourism. He said bookings in November after the climb’s closure were at a record high, with around 95% occupancy booked for the first three weeks.
“The traveling public have become much more culturally mature than they were 20 years ago,” Hunt said. “Most people expect this and in fact want it to happen.”
“There’s a minority who still don’t, of course, and you always get that with any decision, but certainly our research and feedback says about 80% of people are supportive of the climb closing,” he added.
Flames scorched the subway entrance as plumes of dense, gray smoke surged skyward. Wood, traffic cones and cardboard—whatever protesters could lay their hands on—were tossed onto the pyre. Other protesters broke into the station and activated the sprinkler system, flooding the concourse.
On any other Friday evening, Causeway Bay station would have seen a steady stream of rush-hour commuters. But on Friday, Oct. 4, it was a battleground. In a bid to deter participation in the anti-government protests that had roiled Hong Kong for months, the enclave’s embattled administration activated colonial-era emergency regulations to ban the wearing of masks at public gatherings. That evening, furious mobs took to the streets, smashing shopfronts, fighting running battles with police—and destroying dozens of subway stations.
The extent of the damage forced the Mass Transit Railway (MTR)—which records nearly 5 million passenger journeys a day—to completely shut down the next day, for the first time in its 40-year history. More than half the network remained shut three days later, and stations have been closing as early as 6.00 p.m. for repairs ever since.
Attacks have continued. Petrol bombs have been hurled into stations and objects thrown on to the tracks. Fixtures have been destroyed. According to official figures, more than 138 out of 161 stations have been vandalized. Local media reports say that 800 ticket machines, 1,800 turnstiles, and 50 escalators have been wrecked. Protesters have smashed up station offices and even burned recreation rooms for MTR staff. The gleaming airport express link—which makes the 35 kilometer journey from the airport downtown in 22 minutes and is often a visitor’s first impression of the territory—has also been operating at limited capacity and on occasion shut down altogether, adding to the damage done to Hong Kong’s image as a tourist destination.
Globally, Hong Kong’s MTR—which declined to arrange for a spokesperson to be interviewed for this article—is a byword for excellence and efficiency. It exports its expertise to railway systems in mainland China, Melbourne, London, and Stockholm. But to protesters, it is now a major target. They accuse the MTR of colluding with the police and, playing on the system’s Chinese name, scathingly call it “Communist Rail.”
Their chief grievance is the closure of stations at protest sites. The train operator says it does this for passenger safety. The corporation’s chief of operations, Sammy Wong, said during a press conference on Oct. 11, “We have to guarantee the safety of our commuters and station staff, and of our railway service.”
But the protesters say the closures are to deny them the means of getting to or from protests. Images of riot police using shuttered stations as resting and staging areas have fueled the mistrust, although it would presumably be difficult for the MTR to refuse such requests given that the Hong Kong government is a 75% shareholder.
Faith in the system is at such a low ebb that many gloss over the estimated $5 million worth of damage done to it and say that the train operator is closing early each evening not to make repairs but to impose a de facto curfew on the city.
The MTR’s local reputation hit a low point on Aug. 31, when police stormed into a subway carriage at Prince Edward station in pursuit of protesters who had been demonstrating in the area. Harrowing live footage showed officers attacking passengers with pepper spray and batons, seemingly indiscriminately. Many were seen bleeding. The MTR shut the station—because, rumor had it, people had been beaten to death inside, and the MTR wanted to facilitate the removal of the bodies. In the days after, many people left floral tributes. The MTR denied that anybody had been killed, but the fact that such a wild rumor was so readily, and widely, believed underscores how far the once-loved train network—and police force—have fallen in the eyes of many Hongkongers.
Anthony Kwan—Getty Images Pro-democracy protesters set a fire at the entrance of a subway station in Hong Kong on Oct. 4, 2019.
‘What they’re doing is selfish’
In many ways, an attack on the MTR is an attack on Hong Kong itself—literally and symbolically. The network is the city’s circulatory system, keeping its 7.4 million people on the move across 231 kilometers of track and at admirably low fares. Other than the trip to the airport, no journey costs more than about $6.50. Stations, when they’re not being attacked, are paragons of cleanliness and efficiency.
The rail service has also shaped Hong Kong since the unveiling of its first 15-kilometer line in October 1979. As the network developed over the years, developers followed suit, building residential estates, malls and offices on top of stations, in areas no longer considered far-flung. Chan Chi-kit, a professor at the Hang Seng University of Hong Kong, who researches Hong Kong identity, says the railway represents the modernization of the city, “shaping the memories of generations of Hongkongers.” But, he adds, “Whether the MTR can go back and represent what it did in the good old days, we will have to wait and see.”
To be sure, the MTR has its defenders. Many ordinary Hongkongers are infuriated at the transport chaos caused by the attacks on the system, and the protesters have lost some support as a result.
“I think it’s disrespectful to Hong Kong people,” said a 35-year-old woman who asked to be identified as Ms. Chan. “Maybe it’s not home, or work, they need to get to. Maybe it’s some sort of emergency that cannot wait. Have the protestors ever considered that? What they’re doing is selfish and affects every single Hongkonger. I think if they keep doing this, they will start to lose public support. They’ve already lost mine.”
“I feel sorry for the MTR staff and the cleaners who have to pick up after the protesters,” adds Jack, 32. “I think the protestors are simply venting their anger. This is not the Hong Kong I grew up in.”
However, others, even some who work for the MTR, believe the vandalism is justified. A senior supervisor at the rail service, who spoke to TIME on condition of anonymity, says she has observed a higher level of cooperation between the management and police in recent weeks.
“If we just keep doing our job well, transporting people to where they would like to go, no one would be destroying our facilities,” she says. “We deserve it.”
(HOUSTON) — A group of 30 fans at the Houston Rockets’ season opener against Milwaukee held signs and wore shirts in support of anti-government protesters in Hong Kong on Thursday night.
Houston general manager Daryl Morey angered China with a since-deleted tweet in support of the protesters earlier this month.
Wednesday’s opening-night games were not televised in China in the wake of Morey’s tweet that caused tension between the NBA and Chinese officials.
Many in the group wore black T-shirts with white letters that read: “Fight for Freedom.”
The Hong Kong protests have come to Houston. Much respect to the young activist who doesn’t like basketball but who disguised himself in a James Harden beard. pic.twitter.com/ku52fiskXb
The majority of the group was from Houston’s Vietnamese community, but it also included people from Hong Kong.
Chris Wong, who was born in Hong Kong and moved to Houston 10 years ago, said he joined the group to support freedom of speech.
“The NBA and American corporations are facing the issue of free speech,” he said. “They have to ask themselves how much freedom are they willing to give in exchange for the access to the market in China? That’s why we want to send this message to everyone.”
One man held a sign the read: “Thank you Morey,” with a red heart after Morey’s name. Another sign read: “No censorship in America” and a third declared: “Freedom is not FREE.” Another man held a sign that said: “Fight for freedom, stand with Hong Kong,” which are the exact words included in Morey’s tweet.
Tram Ho helped organize the group and said the reason for putting it together was simple.
“We wanted to support the pro-Democracy movement in Hong Kong,” she said. “The NBA’s Morey … tweeted a benign tweet to support the (movement and) the Chinese government overreacted and tried to censor us and that’s not right. So that brought me the idea that we would support … the pro-democratic movement.”
Rockets owner Tilman Fertitta quickly rebuked his GM after his tweet with a tweet saying that Morey does not speak for the team, but the damage was done. The Chinese Basketball Association, headed by former Rockets star Yao Ming, suspended its ties to the Rockets over the tweet. Events in China promoting a Lakers-Nets series were canceled, NBA media partner Tencent said it was evaluating its plans to cover the league and some Chinese corporations have suspended relationships with the NBA.
Prince Turki Al-Faisal, a former Saudi intelligence chief and an influential royal family member, told U.S. lawmakers to get off their “high moralistic horses” as ties between the historical allies remain frayed a year after the murder of columnist Jamal Khashoggi.
Prince Turki criticized congressional representatives on Wednesday for the “horror” and “disdain” they express for Saudi Arabia, saying U.S. lawmakers are unable to perform their jobs to address “issues of racism and racial inequality” and to reform gun ownership laws. He also said that most U.S. media has a “consistently blinkered view” of Saudi Arabia, one that portrays negative events in the kingdom as “being the norm.”
The murder last year of Khashoggi, a U.S resident and Washington Post columnist, as well as the long-running war and humanitarian crisis in Yemen and the detention of Saudi female activists have all strained the kingdom’s relations with much of the Washington establishment outside the White House. Senior lawmakers in both parties remain unified on the issue of punishing the kingdom.
Prince Turki spoke at an event in Washington about a week before Saudi Arabia hosts its annual investment forum, the Future Investment Initiative. The Oct. 29-31 event is set to attract some of Wall Street’s top dealmakers, as well as representatives from major institutional investors across the globe, after many skipped the forum last year.
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Jared Kushner, a White House adviser and President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, plan to attend the investment event. Mnuchin last year boycotted the investment meeting after Khashoggi was killed and dismembered by Saudi agents in Turkey.
How many congressional leaders “have deigned to pay a visit to the kingdom?” Prince Turki said at the event. “Should they visit Riyadh they may learn something about universal health care, which the kingdom has provided for its citizens since its establishment” or “they may get an insight into our improving and evolving educational system.”
Saudi Arabia has been working hard to remake its image since the Khashoggi killing, marketing it as a tourist destination. It is building major tourism projects, transforming its Red Sea coastline to bring in holidaymakers and developing an entertainment city near the capital of Riyadh. The kingdom also said it plans to drop a requirement for men and women who visit to prove they’re related in order to share a hotel room.
Last month, Saudi Arabia announced it would drop its strict dress code for foreign women, who will no longer be required to wear an abaya, the flowing cloak that’s been mandatory attire for decades. “Modest clothing” will still be called upon, according to Ahmed Al-Khateeb, chairman of the Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage.
A few days after former President Barack Obama launched the first U.S. airstrikes against ISIS positions, Yezidi activist Mirza Dinnayi was crammed into a Soviet-era helicopter, several hundred feet above Mount Sinjar in northern Iraq.
The year was 2014. Dinnayi had volunteered to guide an Iraqi Arab pilot delivering supplies to stranded Yezidis, a mostly Kurdish-speaking religious minority, encircled by ISIS fighters and trapped without food or water on a mountain plateau. As the helicopter landed, desperate refugees swarmed its doors and the aircraft lurched upwards with at least 34 people on board, well above its maximum load. When it crashed after takeoff, killing the pilot, Dinnayi broke a leg and two ribs, and struggled to breathe beneath the crush.
“I asked my God, is ISIS correct in their faith and is ours false? Is that why we are dying and they are winning the war?” Dinnayi told TIME from Yerevan, Armenia on Saturday, hours before accepting this year’s Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity. As his life flashed before him, he prayed only that he would not die that day. “I saw a light in front of my eyes and I took some fresh air, and then I had hope again. I heard the voices of people screaming my name and they picked me out.”
The ISIS assault on Sinjar only strengthened Dinnayi’s resolve to help fellow Yezidis, a people the jihadist group regards as heretical “devil worshipers” and targeted for genocide. Since March 2015 he has helped some some 1,100 Yezidis secure asylum in Germany, where he has lived since 1994. He also helped persuade conservative Yezidi elders to re-admit to the community women enslaved by ISIS.
Now, these barely healed wounds are being reopened. Five years after the ISIS slaughter of Yezidis pushed the U.S. to enter Syria, President Trump’s tacit green-lighting of a Turkish military offensive there has upended the dynamics of the complex war and again left the long-persecuted minority feeling vulnerable. “They fear another genocide,” says German psychologist Jan Ilhan Kizilhan, who formerly worked in Iraq and has helped resettle Yezidis both there and in Germany. In Iraqi refugee camps, he adds, traumatized women and children “report increased fears, sleep disturbances and nightmares. They remember their hostage-taking, torture and rape.”
Although the offensive is now effectively over after Turkey’s President Erdogan met with Russia’s Vladimir Putin on Oct.22, the UN says the fighting in northeast Syria has displaced more than 170,000 people, including some residents of Yezidi villages. The ethno-religious minority of about 550,000, mostly residing in Iraq but with a substantial number in northern Syria, is now confronting the terrifying prospect that their ISIS tormentors could regroup.
Since the operation began, there have been regular reports of prison breaks at facilities that hold ISIS affiliates in northeast Syria. As recently as Oct 20, the formerly U.S.-allied Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) reported that its internal security agency had thwarted another escape attempt by a group of ISIS mercenaries at the Al Hol Prison camp, which holds some 70,000 prisoners, including thousands of ISIS family members.
There is little clarity about who is taking responsibility for the captured ISIS fighters and sympathizers. As Turkey readied its military operation, Trump announced that its forces would now be responsible for all ISIS fighters captured in the past two years. But the U.S.’ former envoy to the global coalition to defeat ISIS, Brett McGurk, says Turkey has neither the desire nor the capability to shoulder the burden. Turkey’s former foreign minister told TIME recently that taking responsibility for ISIS would be a “nightmare” for Ankara.
Turkey’s government has called claims it is undermining the fight against ISIS “malicious and baseless” and accuses the SDF of setting free ISIS terrorists “to fuel chaos in northern Syria,” an allegation Trump has echoed, without offering evidence. On Oct 14, two U.S. officials told Foreign Policy that armed factions loyal to Turkey had deliberately released ISIS sympathizers.
The self-declared caliphate was already in the process of rebuilding itself. Despite Trump’s claims ISIS is “100% defeated” a Pentagon report released in August said the group has “solidified its insurgent capabilities in Iraq and was resurging in Syria” and that it has as many as 18,000 militants divided between the two countries. Kurdish Peshmerga fighters in Iraq told Israel’s Haaretz newspaper recently that the Iraq-Syria border is now a “front line” in the fight against ISIS. International Crisis Group says the SDF contends with daily hit and run attacks from the jihadist group.
The Yezidis were subjected to some of ISIS’s worst abuses. Since 2014, some 10,000 Yezidis living in the Sinjar region of Iraq—mainly men and boys over 12—have been murdered. Seventy mass graves have been subsequently erected. Additionally, 7,000 Yezidi women and children were abducted, sold as slaves, and raped, according to Germany’s DW.
They have Kurdish forces to thank for preventing an even worse genocide. Although U.S. airstrikes played a key role in halting the ISIS advance on Mount Sinjar, it was militants from the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) and their Syrian affiliates the YPG on the ground that broke ISIS lines and created a humanitarian corridor that allowed the trapped Yezidis to escape into Syria.
Some Yezidis, along with thousands of Arabs and hundreds of western volunteers, joined the Kurdish-dominated SDF, which lost around 11,000 fighters routing ISIS from its Syrian strongholds. Turkey regards the SDF’s dominant militia, the YPG, as indistinguishable from the PKK, with which it has fought a decades-long insurgency and which the U.S., Turkey, and the European Union have labelled a terrorist group.
Turkey’s President Erdogan says that his objective is to sweep the YPG from Turkey’s southern border, but he has also announced plans to repatriate up to 2 million predominantly Arab refugees in the formerly Kurdish dominated area.
Victor Boyko—Getty ImagesMirza Dinnayl tours the Ziarat Yazidi Temple during the 2019 Aurora Forum on October 20, 2019 in Yerevan, Armenia.
It is not only the prospect of imprisoned ISIS fighters escaping that worries Yezidi activist Dinnayi. Turkey’s proxy force in Syria is derived from former rebels who fought the Assad regime, and includes extremist elements rebranded under the umbrella Syrian National Army (SNA).
In northwest Syria’s Afrin, formerly under SDF control in co-operation with Russia, there was a small Yezidi contingent among the majority Kurdish population until Turkey took control of the region in March 2018. Since then Yezidi temples have been destroyed, Dinnayi says, and Yezidis and Christians have been “expelled and deported.”
Human Rights Watch tells TIME it has not seen any forcible expulsions or deportations, but the situation is certainly bleak for the civilian population there. Although the Turkish government tightly controls media and NGO access to Afrin, rights groups have documented more than 100 cases of arbitrary detention, torture and in some cases executions of civilians by pro-Turkey armed groups.” This is something that we’ve seen happen regularly over the past year and ten months and there are no signs that anyone’s been held accountable,” says Sara Kayyali, Human Rights Watch’s Syria researcher. “Is it likely to happen again in North east Syria? Yes. Especially in the areas backed by Turkish factions.”
Turkey-backed armed groups are far from the only bad actors in Syria, of course. The Assad regime has committed countless atrocities against civilians, while Russian warplanes have repeatedly bombed hospitals to crush resistance to the regime, the New York Timesreports. The YPG has continued to use child soldiers despite promising the UN it would not. But since Turkey’s offensive began, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights recorded multiple incidents of Turkish proxy militias in northeast Syria looting abandoned homes, and kidnapping and executing civilians, including Kurdish politician and women’s rights activist Hevrin Khalaf. In one video, fighters appear to mutilate the corpse of a female Kurdish fighter. In another, fighters vow to kill Kurds who they refer to as “pigs” and “infidels.”
Günay Yildiz, a non-resident scholar with the Middle East Institute (MIE) in Washington believes that groups who allied with the U.S. will be vulnerable to further persecution on both political and religious grounds. “I expect widespread revenge killings against the Kurds, including civilians, and especially Yezidis,” he says. Russia’s presence might shield the Kurds from extremists in some areas, he adds, but the Assad regime’s incremental takeover of SDF authority means that “gradually, they will lose everything.”
A Trump tweet on Oct 23 did not give that impression. “Big success on the Turkey/Syria Border. Safe Zone created! Ceasefire has held and combat missions have ended. Kurds are safe and have worked very nicely with us. Captured ISIS prisoners secured” he wrote, contradicting the statement made a day earlier by his own special representative for Syria, James Jeffrey, that around 100 ISIS fighters had escaped, their whereabouts unknown. Speaking at the White House later that day, Trump said the ceasefire had saved the lives of “many, many Kurds.”
For Dinnayi, the U.S. actions in Syria, and the lack of practical support from other western governments, make them complicit in persecution he fears will come. “You are not only watching our ethnic cleansing,” he says, “you are collaborating indirectly in that ethnic cleansing.”
(LA PAZ, Bolivia) — Bolivia’s Evo Morales declared himself the outright winner of the country’s presidential election Thursday, which would give him a fourth straight term in office following a vote that has sparked days of protests by his opponents and supporters over accusations of fraud. With more than 98 percent of the votes counted from Sunday’s election, Bolivia’s first indigenous president said he had the 10 percentage point lead over his nearest rival, former president Carlos Mesa, needed to win outright and avoid a second round runoff between the two.
“We have won in the first round. There are 1.58% (of the votes) left to count but we won with the rural vote,” Morales, the region’s longest ruling leader with 14 years in office, told a press conference.
Mesa announced that he would form an alliance to “defend the vote” in the streets and alleged that the leftist president had perpetrated “a monumental fraud” to get re-elected. Morales, in turn, urged his supporters to defend his win and denied electoral fraud, demanding his detractors show proof.
The Andean nation had been on a knife-edge since the bitterly disputed vote. If it had gone to a runoff between Morales and Mesa, analysts said a united opposition might have stood a chance of defeating the incumbent president. As the morning broke, the official vote count gave Morales a 46.83% to 36.7% lead over Mesa.
International vote monitors have expressed concern at an earlier unexplained daylong gap in reporting results before a sudden spurt in Morales’ vote percentage. The Organization of American States has asked that the vote go to a second round because of the concerns – a request Morales rejected.
Opposition backers continued to stage rowdy protests, while Morales’ backers staged a march in the capital to show their support for the president.
Protesters have burned Supreme Electoral Tribunal offices in three cities and staged demonstrations since Monday. The opposition bastion of Santa Cruz has seen two days of a partial strike “in defense of the vote and democracy.” On Thursday, Morales supporters announced marches in coca-growing region of Chapare, a bastion of support for the president.
Morales has repeatedly said he won outright and that his opponents are conspiring to oust him. He earlier said that a quick count of the vote also gave him a first round win. “I want to denounce to the people and the world that a coup d’etat is underway,” Morales said at a news conference Wednesday. “The right wing has prepared it with international support.”
Morales did not specify where the alleged international support for the coup was coming from, but he regularly rails against U.S. imperialism in Latin America.
Suspicions of electoral fraud rose when officials abruptly stopped releasing results from the quick count of votes hours after the polls closed Sunday with Morales topping the eight other candidates, but also falling several percentage points short of the percentage needed to avoid the first runoff in his nearly 14 years in power.
Twenty-four hours later, the body suddenly released an updated figure, with 95% of votes counted, showing Morales just 0.7 percentage point short of the 10-percentage point advantage needed to avoid a runoff. That set off an uproar among the opposition and expressions of concern by international monitors.
The OAS observer mission asked for explanations and the European Union and the U.N. expressed concern about the electoral process and called for calm. The United States and Brazil, among others, also expressed concerns.
Michael G. Kozak, acting U.S. assistant secretary of state for the Western Hemisphere, warned Wednesday that Bolivian authorities will be held accountable if the process isn’t fair. “I think you will see pretty strong response from the whole hemisphere, not just the U.S.,” Kozak said during a House hearing.
In Caracas, Venezuela’s socialist president, Nicolas Maduro, voiced support for his ally Morales. “It is a coup d’etat foretold, sung and, one can say, defeated,” he said.
The crisis was aggravated by the resignation of the vice president electoral council, Antonio Costas, who said he disagreed with the decision to interrupt transmission of the vote count.
Morales, 59, a native Aymara from Bolivia’s highlands, became the country’ first indigenous president in 2006 and easily won the two following elections amid more than a decade of a commodities-fed economic boom in South America’s poorest country. He paved roads, sent Bolivia’s first satellite to space and curbed inflation.
But he has faced growing dissatisfaction, especially over his refusal to accept the results of a 2016 referendum to keep limits on presidential terms. The country’s top court, considered by critics as friendly to the president, ruled that limits would violate Morales’ political rights as a citizen.
(BRUSSELS) — The European Union on Thursday awarded its top human rights prize to economist Ilham Tohti for his work defending China’s Uighur minority, and urged Beijing to release him from jail.
A moderate though outspoken Uighur critic of Beijing’s policies in the northwestern region of Xinjiang, Tohti was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2014.
Despite being known as a moderate who argued against Uighur separatism, he was convicted of fanning ethnic hatred, advocating violence and instigating terror through his classroom teaching and a website on Uyghur issues.
In awarding the Sakharov Prize, the European Parliament described Tohti as a “voice of moderation and reconciliation” who campaigned for the implementation of regional autonomy laws in China.
The legislature’s president, David Sassoli, praised Tohti for dedicating his life to advocating the rights of China’s Uighur minority.
More than one million Uighurs — also spelled Uyghurs — have been detained in camps since 2017 and criticism has grown over China’s internment of them and other Muslims.
China’s government insists the detention sites are “vocational” centers aimed at training and skills development. 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.
“By awarding this prize, we strongly urge the Chinese government to release Tohti and we call for the respect of minority rights in China,” Sassoli said.
Dacian Ciolos, the president of Renew Europe, a pro-business group of parties in the European Parliament which supported Tohti’s bid for the award, said he “fully embodies the spirit of the Sakharov prize, as he is a fearless voice fighting for human rights and fundamental freedoms.”
The EU award, named after Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov, was created in 1988 to honor individuals or groups who defend human rights and fundamental freedoms. Last year’s winner was Oleg Sentsov, the Ukrainian filmmaker who was recently released from a Russian prison camp after being accused of plotting acts of terrorism.
Others on the shortlist for the award this year were Marielle Franco, a Brazilian city councilwoman who campaigned for Afro-Brazilian and LGBT rights before she was gunned down last year, native Brazilian leader Chief Raoni, environmentalist Claudelice Silva dos Santos and five Kenyan students known as The Restorers who developed an app to support girls subjected to genital mutilation.
The prize will be presented in a ceremony in Strasbourg on Dec. 18.
(MILAN) — The U.S. ambassador to Italy has returned to Italian officials the head of a statue stolen from an archaeological site in Rome in 1968.
Ambassador Lewis Eisenberg handed over the marble head of the mythical figure Pan to Culture Minister Dario Franceschini Thursday on the 50th anniversary of a Carabinieri unit dedicated to the recovery of cultural artifacts.
Carabinieri special investigators spotted the marble head in a California auction catalog in 2016 and notified their U.S. counterparts.
U.S. attache Armando Astorga said the piece entered the United States in the mid-2000s, after spending many years in private hands in Europe.
So far, the investigation has not determined the original thief.
U.S. Homeland Security Investigations has repatriated some 12,000 items to over 35 countries since 2007.
Around the world, 2019 has been a year of public protest, and in some countries it’s not hard to understand why. In Hong Kong, demonstrators want to preserve the city’s autonomy within a repressive Chinese political system. In Algeria and Sudan, the issue is frustration with decades of dictatorship. In Ecuador, Nicaragua and Haiti, it’s poverty and bad governance. In Iraq and Lebanon, the protest focus is endemic corruption.
But what’s going on in Chile, one of South America’s most peaceful and prosperous countries? Earlier in October, a team of government technocrats announced that a weakening currency and higher fuel costs demanded an increase from 800 to 830 pesos in the cost of rush-hour public-transit fares in Santiago, Chile’s capital. That’s a rise of about 4 U.S. cents. In protest, younger commuters began dodging the fares, prompting a police crackdown and a wave of arrests.
The public anger, and the protests, then boiled over. Demonstrations spread to other cities, and some turned violent. Shops were looted, fires were set, and the government declared a state of emergency. Curfews were established in the country’s largest cities. Startled Chileans have seen nothing like this since the end of the Pinochet dictatorship nearly three decades ago, and President Sebastián Piñera seems slow to recognize the public anger as legitimate.
This surge of public fury didn’t come from nowhere. Chile’s new middle class has expectations for improving living standards. There have been protests in recent years over the cost and quality of education and health care and over pensions that don’t help the elderly make ends meet, but little has changed in response. There is also the reality that Chile has one of the widest gaps between rich and poor of all the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries. But to understand why Chile’s unrest is especially worrisome for other middle-income countries, look to the larger problem of unfairness.
In 2017, three Yale University scholars published a report in which they argued that concerns about inequality miss the mark. “There is no evidence,” they wrote, “that people are bothered by economic inequality itself. Rather, they are bothered by something that is often confounded with inequality: economic unfairness.” In other words, their study found that people will accept that some within society have more than others if they believe the better-off have earned their wealth and, crucially, if those less well-off have a fair chance to do better in the future.
That would mean Chileans, and those who live in other relatively peaceful and prosperous countries, are angered by doubts that the political system that governs their lives can provide a fair shot to get ahead. Why, they might ask, should poorer people who rely on public transit have to pay the price for a strong dollar and higher diesel costs? Particularly at a time when the wealth gap continues to grow. This is not a preference for one political party over another. It’s an explosion of anger at an entire system that some consider hopelessly rigged.
In that sense, Chile is a sign of protests to come in places where you might not expect to see unrest. Widening wealth gaps are a global phenomenon, and a future in which new technologies eliminate lower-skilled jobs and make life better for the highly educated is likely to widen the divide still further.
And though Chile’s government has backed down on the fare increases, the protests continue.
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SSC MTS Result 2019 Expected Today- The SSC MTS 2019 Paper-1 Result is going to be announced on 25th October 2019 as per the official notification released by the commission. Applicants who appeared for the SSC MTS Tier I Exam on 02nd August to 6th September 2019 can check your result from the below link. Also, Tier II Exam will conduct on 17th November 2019. The SSC MTS Tier 1 Result will be published in a PDF format containing the roll numbers of qualified candidates.
SSC MTS Result 2019 – Paper 1
As per the SSC MTS Notification, there are two age groups, i.e 18 to 25 years and 18 to 27 years, State, Category Wise Cut Off will be considered in the SSC MTS Final Result. The vacancies will be filled first in the 18-25 year age groups. SSC MTS Final Result will be finalized by the officials of the Staff Selection Commission after normalizing the marks for all slots and regions across India. Here on this page, we have provided a direct link to download MTS Exam Result 2019, the result link will work once the result announces it by officially. Apart from this, we have given SSC MTS Expected Cut Off 2019, SSC MTS Result 2019 Date and others.
The Staff Selection Commission will declare the Multi Tasking Staff Tier I Result Soon. All the applicants can get the SSC MTS Result Direct Link from this article. Applicants should clear the SSC MTS Result 2019 Tier 1 to attend the Tier II Examination. Applicants can check their result with their Application number. Candidates who have cleared the Tier I Results will get the Admit card to attend the SSC MTS Tier II Examination.
SSC MTS 2019 Cut Off
All the applicants who are going to complete the SSC MTS Tier II Examination can check their Cut off Marks from the official website i.e ssc.nic.in. The cut-off will depend upon the level of difficulty of the SSC MTS 2019 Exam as well as the number of candidates appearing for the exam. Along with the SSC MTS Result Direct Link, here we have provided some steps to download SSC MTS Result 8300 Post easily from the official website.
How to check SSC MTS Paper 1 Result?
Visit the official website of Staff Selection Commission i.e ssc.nic.in
In the home page should click on the results tab
A new page will be open, in that we can select the categories
Search for the SSC MTS Result 2019 link
Click on the result link, it will open with a pdf file
Download or take a print out of the result for further use.
MCL Syllabus 2019: Dear candidates !! Mahanadi Coalfields Limited Officials are going to conducting the Written Examination for 20 Deputy Surveyor Posts. Aspirants can use this wonderful opportunity to achieve their career. Mahanadi Coalfields Limited Written Examination will be conducted on 03rd November 2019. So, all the applied candidates are requested to refer the MCL Dy Surveyor Syllabus 2019 to score the qualifying marks in the written examination. Here, we providing a quick link to the MCL Syllabus to prepare well for the examination. So, every candidate can utilize this amazing opportunity to acquire the dream job through the Mahanadi Coalfields Limited Dy Surveyor Written Examination.
Mahanadi Coalfields Limited is the recruiting organization for the Dy Surveyor Jobs. Subsequently, many aspirants have gone through the notification and now are busy in the exam preparation. So, for this purpose to help the aspirants in their preparation we are here with the MCL Junior Overman Syllabus 2019. However, with the help of this MCL Dy Surveyor Exam Syllabus candidates can prepare well for the examination. In the meantime, you can also get the Deputy Surveyor Syllabus, Exam Pattern and MCL Deputy Surveyor Admit Card here. Therefore, have a look at the below sections to getting more information about MCL Deputy Surveyor Syllabus and Exam Pattern.
Contenders without knowing the MCL Deputy Surveyor Exam Pattern, how can you write the written exam. For that here we provide the Deputy Surveyor Exam pattern for the sake of candidates. Aspirants can crack the exam in a very easy manner by referring to this syllabus you can easily answer every question in the written test. All the questions in the exam will be multiple-choice questions applicants once refer to the MCL Dy Surveyor Exam Pattern 2019 on this page. Here the exam pattern we mentioned in the tabular format on this page and get some idea of the written examination pattern.
MCL Deputy Surveyor Exam Pattern 2019
S.No
Type of Examination
Name of the Subject
1
Written Examination
General Awareness
2
Quantitative Aptitude
2
Reasoning
4
English Language
5
General Knowledge
6
Professional Knowledge
Selection Procedures:
Mahanadi Coalfields Limited has set the selection procedure quite simple. It comprises of
MCL Deputy Surveyor Syllabus 2019 is very helpful to the candidates who are preparing for the written examination. Candidates who are dreamed to crack the job in this department those aspirants must and should download the MCL Deputy Surveyor Syllabus2019 on this page. And now onwards start your preparation for the written test. By reading the MCL Dy Surveyor Syllabus you can gain more knowledge about the subject that's why here we provide the direct link for the searching candidates. Without knowing the topics included in the Syllabus it is impossible to qualify in the written exam.
General Awareness
Famous Places in India
Heritage
Indian Parliament
Indian Politics
Biology
Current Affairs
Artists
Countries and Capitals
Civics
General Science
Indian History
Literature
Inventions and Discoveries
Indian Economy
Famous Days & Dates
Rivers, Lakes and, Seas
Sports
Environmental Issues
Famous Books & Authors
Tourism
Geography
Quantitative Aptitude Topics
Areas
Boats and Streams
Simple Interest
Time and Work Partnership
Averages
Problems on Numbers
Volumes
Profit and Loss
Problems on L.C.M and H.C.F
Time and Distance
Percentages
Simple Equations
Compound Interest
Quadratic Equations
Problems on Trains
Ratio and Proportion
Pipes and Cisterns
Permutations and Combinations
Probability
Odd Man Out
Races and Games
Numbers and Ages
Mixtures and Allegations
Indices and Surds
Mensuration
Simplification and Approximation
Reasoning Syllabus
Mirror Images
Grouping Identical Figures
Figure Matrix Questions
Problems on Age Calculation
Decision Making
Number Series
Alphabet Series
Arguments
Ven Diagram
Inference
Blood Relations
Analogy
NonVerbal Series
Test of Direction Sense
Coding and Decoding
Number Ranking
Arithmetical Reasoning
English Language
Rearrangement of a sentence in paragraph
A deriving conclusion from the passage
Choosing the correct or incorrect sentence
Active and Passive voice
Double Synonyms
Sentence completion
Direct and Indirect Speech
One word substitution
Synonyms
Transformation
Passage completion
Reconstruction of sentences
Spelling test
Choosing the appropriate filler
Comprehension
Vocabulary test
Common errors
Spotting errors
Theme detection
Idioms and phrases
Sentence improvement
Passage correction
Antonyms
Homonyms
General Knowledge
Inventions in the World
Sports
Basic Computer
Indian Parliament
Indian History
Famous Days & Dates
Famous Books & Authors
Indian Economy
Indian Politics
Chemistry
Botany
Geography
Physics
Zoology
Environment
Indian Culture
Professional Knowledge
Use of Blasting Cards
Safety Provisions and Precautions in Underground transportation
Mining Methods
Coal Mines Regulations, 1957 related to Mining Sirdar & Shot-firers Mine Ventilation
Dealing with the Occurrence of Fire and Gas, Air-Blast or Inundation in Mines
Use of Equipment like Methanometer, Anemometer, Multi-Gas Detector, etc.
Mine Gases
Handing over and Taking over Charge
Detection & Removal of inflammable and toxic gases in Mines
Explosives and Accessories and their use in Mines
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CSPHCL Result 2019 Announce Soon @ cspdcl.co.in | Check CSPDCL DEO Written Exam Merit Listhere – The Chhattisgarh State Power Holding Company Limited has planned to release the CSPHCL Result DEO 2019 on 4th Week Of October 2019 (Tentatively). Applicants who have appeared for the CSPHCL Written Exam on 21st August 2019 to 27th August 2019 can check your result from the below section. Here we are dedicated to updating the latest result link, and the link will activate at the time of the result announcement.
CSPHCL Result DEO 2019 – Get Here
Candidates who are waiting to know the CSPHCL Data Entry Operator Result can keep track of this page to get your result on time. The Chhattisgarh State Power Holding Company Limited has announced the list of Shortlisted Candidates for the Computer Typing Exam of various Regions. Here we have attached the CBT Exam shortlisted list along with the CSPHCL CSEB Result 2019 Link. So applicants can easily check your Result from the bottom of the table.
CSPHCL Data Entry Operator Result 2019 – Overview
CSPHCL CSEB DEO Result 2019
Description
Details
Organization Name
Chhattisgarh State Power Holding Company Limited (CSPHCL), CSEB
All the candidates can check your CSPHCL Data Entry Operator Result 2019 from the below link or on the official website. Along with the Direct Result link here we have provided some steps to download your CSPHCL DEO Result. After checking your result, candidates should monitor the CSPHCL DEO Cut off to attend the next round. Applicants who qualified in the written test can attend the Personal Interview.
CSPHCL DEO Cut off Marks 2019
Applicants who secured the minimum CSPHCL CSEB Cut Off Marks can move to the next level selection process for the Data Entry Operator post. Candidates must check their CSPHCL CSEB DEO Cut Off Marks 2019 to know their result status. Candidates can check the following details Mentioned on CG CSPHCL Result.
Applicants Name
Post Name
Enrollment Number
Roll Number
CSPHCL CSEB DEO Merit List 2019
All the exam participants can check their roll Numbers and Names in the CSPHCL DEO Merit List 2019. Because Merit List contains the candidates' names of who score highest marks in the CBT exam. So all the candidates must download the CSPHCL Merit List 2019 from the given below link. Also can check your CSPHCL Cut off Marks and CSPHCL Merit List from the official website fssai.gov.in.
How to check the CSPHCL CSEB Result 2019?
Initially, applicants can visit the official website of Chhattisgarh State Power Holding Company Limited (CSPHCL), CSEB, cspdcl.co.in
On the home page, click on the CSPHCL CSEB Result 2019 Link
Enter the required details in the link
A new page will open with CSPHCL Result DEO 2019 on the screen
Finally, check and download your CSPHCL Exam Result.
KTET Admit Card 2019 on 25th October 2019 | Kerala Pareeksha Bhavan is going to release the admit card on its official portal i.e. ktet.kerala.gov.in. The Kerala Teacher Eligibility Test is going to be held on 16th, 17th & 24th November 2019. So, Candidates are advised to download the admit card from the bottom of the section. We Recruitment. Guru will provide the direct link to download the hall ticket after the release from the official portal.
KTET Admit Card 2019
Candidates need to enter their Application Number, Application ID, and Password in order to download KTET Hall Ticket. Without the Kerala Teacher Eligibility Test Admit Card candidates will not be allowed to take down the examination. So, Aspirants are suggested to download the hall ticket soon once it got released. He/ She should not wait until the last moment to download the Kerala TET Admit Card or else you will face some difficulties due to the last time rush to the website.
The direct link to download the admit card will be available from tomorrow onwards. Make sure with the details in the Kerala Pareeksha Bhavan KTET Admit Card. The board will issue the hall ticket to only the candidates who have successfully submitted the application during the registration process. Read out the Kerala TET Admit Card details from this section before downloading it.
Candidates Name
Name of the Candidate's Father
The venue of the Exam Centre
Date & Time of the Test
Reporting Time to the Exam Hall
Gender (Male/ Female)
Roll Number
Duration of the Online Test
Space for Invigilator's Signature
Registration Number
Name of the Test Centre
Category of the candidates
Space for Applicant's Signature
Name of the Exam Conducting Board
Photograph of the Candidate
Applicant's Date of Birth
Name of the Written Test
Important Guidelines for the Exam Takers
Full Name of the Applicant
Examination Centre Code
Signature of the Board Counselor
Kerala Teacher Eligibility Test
The Kerala Pareeksha Bhavan has declared the exam date to be held on 16th, 17th & 24th November 2019. From this section, contenders can get the KTET Exam Syllabusfor the exam preparation. Moreover, Candidates can get the exam schedule from the upcoming page. Make sure to download the KTET Syllabus and Kerala TET Question Papers to prepare for the examination.
KTET Exam Schedule 2019:
Category
Date of Examination
Duration
K-TET I
16/11/2019 – Saturday
10.00 am – 12.30 pm
K-TET II
16/11/2019 – Saturday
2.00 pm -4.30 pm
K-TET III
17/11/2019 – Sunday
2.00 pm -4.30 pm
K-TET IV
24/11/2019 – Sunday
2.00 pm -4.30 pm
Documents along with KTET Admit Card
Read out the list of documents that are bulleted below. Carry any of the valid original identity proof to the examination hall for the verification process along with the Kerala Pareeksha Bhavan KTET Admit Card.
Original Photograph
Voter Card
Pan Card
Employee ID
College ID
PAN Card
Passport
Driving License
Any other ID proof issued by a Gazetted Officer
Bank Pass Book with the photograph
KTET Hall Ticket Download Steps 2019-20
Click on the KTET Admit Card.
Enter the Login details on the Home Page.
Now enter the image in the box that is available on the page.
Tap on Login to get the KTET Hall Ticket.
Admit Card page will appear on the screen.
Fill the needed credentials into the hall ticket.
After filling recheck the details that you have entered.
Once done with the checking Submit the admit card.
Finally, download the hall ticket after the submission.
Take a photocopy of the Kerala TET Exam Admit Card.
Carry for the exam and for the upcoming selection rounds.
TNPSC Group 4 Result Date 2019 Announced | Get Tamil Nadu PSC Exam Result for Group 4 Services Result@ tnpsc.gov.in – The Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission is going to release the Group IV Services Examination Result. The Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission has conducted the Group 4 Combined Civil Services Exam on 01st September 2019 and the Applicants those who have written the Exam can get the Result link from the below section. All the exam participants will soon receive the TNPSC Group 4 Exam Result Date. We advise the applicants to keep track of this page to get TNPSC CCSE Exam Updates.
Latest Updates:The TNPSC Group 4 Exam Result will announce on December 2019.
TNPSC Group 4 Result 2019 @ December 2019
Here on this page, we will help you out with the TNPSC Group 4 Combined Civil Services Result 2019. A huge number of candidates are waiting for the TNPSC Group 4 Results latest updates. We will constantly update all the latest news and TNPSC Group Result link on this article. Along with the Results, we will update the direct link for the TNPSC Group cut off Marks and provided some steps to download TNPSC Group IV Result @ tnpsc.gov.in. All the applicants can check and download your results with the help of Admit card details like Registration number wise and Name wise Results. Moreover, the TNPSC Group 4 2019 Selection process consists of Written Test and Personal Interview.
TNPSC Group 4 Results 2019 – Overview
TNPSC Group 4 Updates | Check Combined Civil Services Cut Off Marks, Merit List
Description
Details
Organization Name
Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission
Exam Name
Combined Group IV Civil Services Exam 2019
Post Name
Village Administrative Officer, Junior Assistant (Non – Security), Junior Assistant (Security), Bill Collector Grade I, Field Surveyor, Draftsman, Typist, Steno-Typist (Grade – III))
Minimum Qualifying Marks for selection (All Communities) Minimum Qualifying Marks for selection (All Communities)
90 Marks
Official Website
tnpsc.gov.in
Applicants who are searching for the TNPSC Group 4 Result link can get the direct link from the below table. Also from the above table applicants can get the complete details of TNPSC Group 4 Updates. Here we have mentioned the Exam details, Result date, and the TNPSC Group 4 Results official website link tnpsc.gov.in result. Also, we will mention the TNPSC Group 4 Certificate Verification Date, Interview Schedule date after the Result announcement. Therefore, candidates are advised to keep their admit cards or hall tickets ready in advance before trying to check or access the results online. Also, applicants should check the TNPSC CCSE Group IV Cut Off for the Next round.
Here TNPSC Group 4 Exam will play a major role in the Selection process. The applicants should get the TNPSC Group Result 2019 Cut off Marks and should attain into the TNPSC Group IV Merit list. So the candidates will get a higher priority at the time of the interview process. TNPSC Group IV Result login page is hosted on the official website of the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission i.e. TNPSC, to ensure easy accessibility to it for the candidates. However, candidates who are not familiar with the online checking process for the TNPSC Group IV Result name list can follow the steps provided below. Along with the CCSE Group 4 result, candidates can check your TNPSC Group 4 Answer Key from the below table.
TNPSC Group 4 Cut off Marks 2019
Applicants can check the TNPSC Group 4 Cut Off Marks here. The Department will be announcing cut off marks in the last week of September 2019. The Tamil Nadu PSC Group IV service expected the Cut Off list which is announcing by the commission before the declaration of result. Each contender who will participate in the exam can download your TNPSC Group 4 Cut Off Marks 2019. Here cutoff list is called a scorecard of an exam. The cut off marks are a very important part of the exam, through this a contender can check the minimum required marks to qualify for an examination.
(Previous Year) TNPSC Junior Assistant Cut off Marks
Category
Male
Female
GENERAL
184
183
BC
182
181
MBC
182
182
BC(M)
174
172
SC
178
177
SC(A)
175
174
ST
176
173
Click Here To Check TNPSC Group IV service Expected Cut Off Marks [Available Soon]
Also, applicants should check the TNPSC Group 4 Minimum Qualifying Marks 2019 Details and Tamil Nadu PSC Group IV Cut off Marks 2019 to get more knowledge about the Results. Applicants can check TNPSC Group 4 Result Current news on this page.
TNPSC Group 4 Minimum Passing Marks for Typist Jobs (Previous Year)
Category
Male Marks
Female Marks
Unreserved
172
171
BC
169
167
MBC
168
167
How to check the Tamil Nadu PSC Group IV Exam Result?
Visit the official website of Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission i.e, tnpsc.gov.in
On the home page search for the TamilNadu PSC CCSE Group IV Results link
Find and click on Group 4 Result login
Then it will be redirected to a new page and click on 'Tamil Nadu PSC Group IV Exam Result' option
Enter your Registration number in the provided fields
Click on the search button, Then TNPSC Group IV Exam Result displayed on the screen
Download or take a print out of the result for further reference.
Maharashtra HSC Clerk Admit Card 2019-20: Maharashtra State Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board, Pune will release the hall ticket in the month of November 2019. However, the exact exam date will be revealed on its official site soon. The Maharashtra HSC Board Hall Ticket 2019 will be available soon on its official website. Moreover, the Maharashtra HSC Board is going to issue the admit card for the post of Junior Clerk. Maharashtra Higher Secondary Education Board will conduct the Written Test and the Interview at various centers scheduled by the officials.
Maharashtra HSC Clerk Admit Card 2019
The admit card will be issued by the board on the declared date. Thus, Candidates can get important dates from the overview section. Hence, Aspirants can get the admit card details from the upcoming page. Make sure with the details in the admit card before downloading it. Check with the details in the admit card once completed filling. Thus, all the examiners should download the Maharashtra HSC Board Admit Card through Online Mode.
Maharashtra HSC Hall Ticket 2019 – Overview
Description
Details
Name of the Board
Maharashtra State Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board
Details to be noticed in Maharashtra HSC Exam Admit Card
Download the hall ticket by entering the valid details in it. Moreover, Candidates should have valid Registration Number and the Password to login the hall ticket. Check with the details that you have entered in Maharashtra HSC Admit Card.
Candidates Name
Name of the Candidate's Father
The venue of the Exam Centre
Date & Time of the Test
Reporting Time to the Exam Hall
Gender (Male/ Female)
Roll Number
Duration of the Online Test
Space for Invigilator's Signature
Registration Number
Name of the Test Centre
Category of the candidates
Space for Applicant's Signature
Name of the Exam Conducting Board
Photograph of the Candidate
Applicant's Date of Birth
Name of the Written Test
Important Guidelines for the Exam Takers
Full Name of the Applicant
Examination Centre Code
Signature of the Board Counselor
Maharashtra HSC Exam
The Maharashtra Higher Secondary Education Board will conduct the examination at various centers in the month of November 2019. Moreover, Aspirants have to download the Maharashtra HSC Clerk Admit Card to participate in the examination. Hence, Candidates are suggested to go through the exam pattern from this section and start the exam preparation. Download the Maharashtra Board HSC Syllabus from the official portal.
Name of the Subject
Standard
Number Of Questions
Maximum Marks
Marathi
12th
50 Questions
50 Marks
English
12th
50 Questions
50 Marks
General Knowledge
10th
50 Questions
50 Marks
(Logical Ability/ Reasoning Intelligence)
10th
50 Questions
50 Marks
Total
200 Questions
200 Marks
Documents Along with Maharashtra HSC Admit Card
The list of the documents that are to be carried along with the Maharashtra HSC Clerk Admit Card. The admit card should be downloaded without making mistakes. If any mistakes made while downloading the Maharashtra HSC Clerk Hall Ticket he/ she should inform the board immediately.
Original Photograph
Voter Card
Pan Card
Employee ID
College ID
PAN Card
Passport
Driving License
Any other ID proof issued by a Gazetted Officer
Bank Pass Book with the photograph
Maharashtra HSC Admit Card Download Steps 2019
Click on the Maharashtra HSC Clerk Admit Card.
Enter the Login details on the Home Page.
Now enter the image in the box that is available on the page.
Tap on Login to get the Maharashtra Clerk Hall Ticket.
Admit Card page will appear on the screen.
Fill the needed credentials into the hall ticket.
After filling recheck the details that you have entered.
Once done with the checking Submit the admit card.
Finally, download the hall ticket after the submission.
Take a photocopy of the Maharashtra Clerk Exam Admit Card.
Carry for the exam and for the upcoming selection rounds.
Maharashtra HSC Clerk Hall Ticket 2019 – Important Links
CCL Recruitment 2019 – Apply Online for 75 Junior Overman Posts. Central Coalfields Limited announced a Job Notification for the Indian Nationals. CCL Ranchi Apply Online link for Junior Overman vacancy is available now. Aspirants willing to get placed in Central Coalfields Limited can register for the CCL Vacancy from 11th October 2019to 10th November 2019. Aspirants can get the eligible conditions for the Grade C Post in the below section.
CCL Recruitment Board is looking for eligible candidates to recruit them for the Junior Overman Post Vacancy. This Job Notification CCL/Recruitment/Adv-Stat./092019/01 has been published for the candidates who possess Valid Overman's certificate, Gas Testing Certificate, & First-Aid Certificate. The willing candidates can apply on or before the last date. Other Important Details related to CCL Jobs has been listed on this page. Refer this page to check your eligibility for CCL Recruitment.
Central Coalfields Limited Recruitment 2019 – Grade C Job Highlights
CCL Recruitment 2019 – Apply Online for 750 Trade Apprentice Job Vacancies. Central Coalfields Limited invites online application for the Trade Apprentice Post. Human Resource Health Department shortlist the applicants by either written test/ interview/ merit-based. Aspirants can apply through Online mode only. Interested can submit their Central Coalfields Limited Online Application from 16th September 2019.
Candidates who have passed with SSLC and ITI can apply for the vacancy. The last date to submit the application for the CCL Recruitment is 15th October 2019. Aspirants looking for Central Government Jobs can use this opportunity. As per the Apprenticeship Scheme of CCL Recruitment 2019 training will be provided for the selected aspirants with a stipend.
ITI in Mechanic earth moving machinery/ Mechanic & repair of heavy vehicle
COPA
Passed ITI
Pump Operator cum Mechanic
Machinist
Turner
Age Limit:
Minimum Age Limit – 18 years
Maximum Age Limit – 30 Years
CCL Apprentice Salary:
Candidates selected for the Apprentice training will be provided a stipend during the training period. Refer to the Official Notification of CCL Recruitment 2019
Application Fee:
Refer to the CCL Recruitment Official Notification 2019.
Selection Process:
Written Test
Merit List
Interview
How to Apply ONLINE for CCL Recruitment 2019 for Apprentice Posts?
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Central Coalfields Limited (CCL) is a backup of Coal India Limited (CIL), an endeavor of the Government of India. CCL deals with the nationalized coal mineshafts of the Coal Mines Authority, Central division. CCL headquarters is at Darbhanga House, Ranchi, Jharkhand. It by and by has 65operative mines (20 underground and 45 opencast) in zones of East Bokaro, West Bokaro, North Karanpura, South Karanpura, Ramgarh Giridih, and Hutar. Coal India Limited is the biggest coal delivering organization in the nation. Coalfields are situated on remote timberland or stream banks where there isn’t just the absence of restorative office yet in addition absence of fundamental offices.
Coal India is required to set up its restorative administrations viz Dispensary, Kalari Hospital and Regional Hospital in the coal belt. Has been made with the goal that the representatives can improve therapeutic offices, their workers and their wards A backup organization of the harvest region to deal with individuals from the Health Central Coalfields Ltd., Coal India Ltd., Has set up dispensaries for beginning social insurance in a three-layered framework in each task. Local Hospital has been set up for the second stage of well-being examination.
Punjabi University Result 2019 – Check out Punjabi University Result New here for B.Voc., BBA, BA, MA, B.Ed, M.Ed, and Other Courses. Students can get Punjabi University Results 2019 with a direct link. And now, PBI UNI has declared the Punjabi University Result 2019 for various Courses under Punjabi University Left.
Recently the University has published the results of Diploma in Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Add On Courses II Sem and other Courses results are available here. Students who have been appeared for that examination can check their results from the official website of the University i.e, punjabiuniversity.ac.in. Also, we have provided a direct link to the Students to download/ verify the Punjabi Uni Results from the below table. It will help the students to get the results without any confusion. We advise the Students to regularly check the Official website of the University to get the latest updates regarding the Examination results.
Punjabi UNI Result 2019 | Punjabi University Result 2019
The Punjabi University released the much-awaited Www Punjabi University Results Ac In online. So, check out the पंजाबी यूनिवर्सिटी रिजल्ट्स २०१९ for Under Graduate and Post Graduate Regular, Supplementary and Revaluation results. Furthermore, Students can get the Punjabi University Semester Wise Exam Result from this page. So, verify the entire article to download the Punjabi University Result in B.A. M.A and so on results. Here, we have provided direct links to find your results through individual links on this page. Furthermore, download the results for Arts, Science, Engineering, Medical, Management Courses simply by following the steps provided below. In fact, you can get the results for the other Universities on our official site.
Punjabi University is a state university located in Patiala, Punjab, India. Punjabi University teaches and researches in science, engineering, and technology, humanities, social sciences, performing arts and sports. It was established on 30 April 1962 and is only the second university in the world to be named after a language. The institution has more than 70 teaching and research departments, covering disciplines in Humanities, Science, Fine Arts, Computer Science, and Business Management. To obtain a doctorate degree from the university one should pass the Punjabi language exam (Punjabi Pravesika) conducted by the university twice a year. Students who study Punjabi as a subject until the 10th standard need not pass the test to qualify.
Students are waiting for the PBI Uni Left Result if they scored well they will lead to next year. But if they will not get more marks they can apply for the Revaluation Results. Once they applied for the Examination, the higher level Examiner will check the paper again. They can get the revaluation results within the time. Also if they still get fail marks, they can apply for the supplementary examination. For each and every semester Students can apply for the revaluation after the announcement of the main examination results. However, the PBI UNI will take a week or more to process the exam papers to announce the Punjabi University Revaluation Result. In the same way, stay updated with the University to know about the Punjabi University Revaluation Result.
RGU Result 2019 | Dear Students!! It’s time to check your results from here. Yes, Rajiv Gandhi University has declared the results for various Courses, anyone can check the results on the official website. Students can check the RGU Result on this page. Here we have provided a direct link to download and verify the RGU Result from the below table. The University has published the results of Under Graduate, Post Graduate, Regular, Supplementary Students. Students can check the results from this site at any time. Check the complete detail of Rajiv Gandhi University Results on the official website i.e, rgu.ac.in. Furthermore, students can find the RGU Result links for Odd and Even semester of B.A, B.Ed, B.Sc, LL.B, M.Phil, and other exam results all at one point.
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RGU Result 2019
The University has declared the results of some courses. And the results of the remaining courses will be declared very soon by the University and will be uploaded on the website. Students Can Check University Website Regularly for know about Result. Currently, RGU announces the results for the Re-Checking result of UG Courses BA V Sem, BA III Sem, B.Sc I III V Sem, LLB BALLB, M.Phil III Sem Economics. Students can check their results from the official website of Rajiv Gandhi University. By using the enrollment number, Students can view their results online. All affiliated colleges students can check results from the Rajiv Gandhi University official web portal. Students can check the below table for the Rajiv Gandhi University Result.
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BA LLB IX Sem (5 Year Course) -LLB V sem (3 Year Old Course and LLB V sem 3 year New Course
MCA VI-BCA VI M.Tech (CSE) IV Psychology IV Social Work IV Economics IV-II Commerce IV-II MBA IV-II M.Phil (AITS) II Diploma in Computerized Accounting II PGDBI II PGD in Tourism Management II PGD Geo-Informatics II Sem
MA Sociology II_IV-Mass Com II_IV-M.ED II_IV –MA Geography II_IV M.Phil (Geography) II –MA Psychology II MA Anthropology II_IV MCA II_IV_VI BCA II_IV MA Political Science II_IV PGDMC II-M.Tech (CSE)_II MA History II Sem
MCA V sem, Physical Education III, Geography III, Mass Comm III, MBA III, Sociology III, Psychology III, Anthropology III, PGD Banking & Insurance I and BCA V semester
Rajiv Gandhi University (RGU) is Central University, earlier known as Arunachal University, established in 1984, is the oldest university in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. Rajiv Gandhi University has been a Central University under the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India since 9 April 2007. Rajiv Gandhi University, formerly known as Arunachal University, was established by the state government of Arunachal Pradesh, in 1984. In 2005 the same has been renamed as Rajiv Gandhi University.
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Students have a chance to apply for the revaluation, if the students may get low marks in the examination, they can apply for the Revaluation results. So again the head of the Examiner will review the answer paper. After revaluation, students may get high marks. Still, if anyone got low marks, they can apply for the Supplementary Examinations. For Revaluation/Supplementary, students should pay the fee. Students can get all the results from this page Regular, Revaluation and Supplementary Results. Students of the Rajiv Gandhi University can also get all Results Also. Just we are advising the Students to frequently visit this page to get the latest updates of all RGU Results 2019.
Dear Candidates !! The Great News is here. Aspirants who are searching for SSC Syllabus to preparing well for the Examination can get the SSC Syllabus 2019 for the Sub-Inspector, Assistant Sub-Inspector, Stenographer, Junior Hindi Translator, and Junior Translator Posts provided here. Everyone can utilize this to get qualifying marks and to achieve their dream job.
SSC Syllabus 2019: Hello Folks !! Staff Selection Commission is going to conducting a Computer-Based Examination for filling the various vacancies of the Sub-Inspector, Assistant Sub-Inspector Posts. It is an excellent opportunity for candidates who are waiting for Government Jobs. So all the Applicants of SSC Recruitment can check the Complete Syllabus Pdf along with the Part-I & Part-II Exam Pattern for Examination. The SSC Syllabus & Exam Pattern is necessary for the contenders to make the Perfect exam preparation plan. All the searched applicants can get the SSC SI & ASI Syllabus 2019 provided here to prepare well and get qualifying marks in the Computer-Based Examination.
Basic algebraic identities of School Algebra and Elementary surds
Graphs of Linear Equations
Triangle and its various kinds of centers
Congruence and similarity of triangles
Circle and its chords
Tangents
Angles subtended by chords of a circle
Common tangents to two or more circles
Triangle
Quadrilaterals
Regular Polygons
Circle
Right Prism
Circular Cone
Right Circular Cylinder
Sphere
Hemispheres
Rectangular Parallelepiped
Regular Right Pyramid with triangular or square base,
Trigonometric ratio
Degree and Radian Measures
Standard Identities
Complementary angles
Heights and Distances
Histogram
Frequency polygon
Bar diagram & Pie chart
English Comprehension:
Correct English
Basic comprehension
Writing ability, etc.
Part-II
English Language & Comprehension:
Error recognition
Filling in the blanks (using verbs, preposition, articles etc)
Vocabulary
Spellings
Grammar
Sentence Structure
Synonyms
Antonyms
Sentence Completion
Phrases and Idiomatic use of Words
Comprehension etc.
SSC Stenographer Syllabus 2019 PDF
Staff Selection Commission has released a notification for recruiting SSC Stenographer for Grade ‘C’ and ‘D’. Staff Selection Commission Officials are conducting Online Examination on 05th May to 07th May 2020for filling the various vacancies of the Stenographer Posts. So, the candidates are requested to refer the SSC Stenographer Syllabus 2019 to get well prepared for Online Examination. In order to help the candidates, we are providing SSC Stenographer Syllabus and Exam Pattern on this page. So, all candidates can utilize this to score qualifying marks in the examination.
SSC Junior Hindi Translator Syllabus 2019: Staff Selection Commission has recently issued a job notification for filling various vacancies of the Junior Hindi Translator Posts. Candidates can use this opportunity to get their dream job. The Staff Selection Commission will be conducting the SSC Junior Hindi Translator Online Examination on 26th November 2019 and it will be announced its Written Examination date soon. As there is an ample amount of time for the examination, candidates can begin their preparation well in advance by referring to the latest exam pattern and syllabus. So, to help all candidates with their preparation, we are providing detailed SSC Junior Hindi Translator Syllabus.
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Part-I
General Hindi:
Grammatical Topics i.e. Samas, Sandhi, Kriya, Visheshan, etc
Hindi Synonyms
Hindi Paragraphs
Hindi Proverbs
Hindi Antonyms
General English:
Fill in the Blanks
Error Recognition
Articles
Verbs
Preposition
Spelling Test
Vocabulary
Grammar
Synonyms
Sentence Structure
Antonyms
Sentence Completion
Correct use of words
Phrases and Idioms
Part-II
Translations:
Paragraph Translation from Hindi to English
Paragraph Translation from English to Hindi
Essay Writing:
Essay in English
Essay in Hindi
SSC Junior Translator Syllabus 2019 PDF
SSC Junior Translator Syllabus 2019: The Staff Selection Commission officials are planning to conduct the Online Examination for all the applied candidates on 26th November 2019 and the Written Examination date will be updated soon. So, all applicants must and should follow the details given on this page. Accordingly, to help out the aspirants, we had furnished the details of the SSC Junior Translator Exam Pattern and the Selection Procedures 2019. Also, get the SSC Junior Translator Syllabus 2019 PDF from the direct link provided at the bottom of the page. So, the aspirants can utilize this syllabus to score the highest marks in the examination.
MUMBAI | BENGALURU: Infosys has directed law firm Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas and consultancy EY to complete investigations into whistleblower allegations of accounting malfeasance within the next fortnight, according to a person directly aware of developments at the software services major battling to return to a business-as-usual mode.Chief executive officer Salil Parekh and CFO Nilanjan Roy — the two executives accused of financial malpractices by the anonymous group "ethical employees" — have been recused from the investigations, but they have been tasked with keeping the company on an even footing and "are meeting clients and investors to allay fears", the person said."The (company) has asked investigators to try and comp lete (the process) as soon as possible, as short as two weeks," said the source. The Bengaluru-headquartered company will then "follow the rule book, whatever be the result." the person added.India's second largest software exporter is also facing investigations by the US Securities and Exchange Commission and the Securities and Exchange Board of India after the whistleblowers alleged that Parekh and Roy were using aggressive accounting strategies and potentially hiding information from auditors to boost revenue and profit margins. 71747781 "While we will take a detailed look into the allegations to ensure that all serious accusations are examined closely, we are also clear that "shoot and scoot whistleblower allegations do not harm business continuity," said a top official close to the development.The NYSE- and BSE- listed company is also facing a class action law suit in New York. On Thursday, the Infosys stock closed at Rs 635.40, down more than 2%, on BSE. The company's 52-week low was Rs 600.65."The focus is to ensure a speedy investigation and to not let this issue derail the growth momentum that Infosys has seen over the past year. You should not have distractions in a challenging business environment," said a second person aware of the issue. Infosys declined to comment on ET's queries.People aware of the developments within the software services powerhouse, once regarded as the industry bellwether, said there is rising concern over the spate of allegations that have roiled the company in recent years. "Disgruntled elements keep using the whistleblower policy to cause reputational damage and derail Infosys time and again," said one person who spoke to ET on the condition of anonymity.Corporate governance experts are also of the view that there is a clash of cultures within the nearly four-decade-old company. Shriram Subramaniam, managing director of proxy advisory firm InGovern said, "The conservative mindset is embedded in Infosys. So any aggressive behaviour or practice may trigger angst."In 2017 Infosys founder NR Narayana Murthy had raised concerns over corporate governance at the company, which culminated in then CEO Vishal Sikka resigning from the company.
By Jaideep MishraA perceptible improvement to India's ranking in the World Bank's 'ease of doing business' (EDB) index is welcome news. It provides scores for a set of 10 distinct areas of business regulation, and it's significant that India's position has now moved 14 places to 63rd among 190 economies. We could do much better.It is notable that while India's ranking has improved impressively in the last few years, there is much scope to enhance the EDB with proactive policy action, such as in the domain of enforcing contracts, registering property and starting a business. It should then be eminently possible to move into the top 50 of the global index, and, in the foreseeable future, to the top 30.The rankings in the EDB index point to transparent rules on the ground to promote efficient markets, rev up enterprise and boost the development delivery mechanism, and, therefore, help change perceptions and investor sentiments. But it cannot be enough said that the rankings are merely indicative and very much work-in-progress.For instance, on the 'getting credit' parameter, while India has a relative high rank of 25, the fact is that the banking and financial sector faces rising contagion risks and requires sustained reform measures to better allocate resources economy-wide. Consider another parameter, 'getting electricity', for which India's current rank is an impressive 22. Recent schemes to universalise access to power certainly seem to have helped matters.But the fact is that state power utilities remain financially moribund, underperforming and underinvested, in the backdrop of reckless giveaways and rampant populism in tariff design in power distribution across the board. Moreover, the index pertains essentially to two jurisdictions, Delhi and Mumbai, to gauge the overall national business environment. The survey results can well be indicative. But they do call for elaborate caution, and to desist from interpreting too much. We clearly need much improved EDB nationwide, and not merely in the two main business and policymaking centres.It is glaring that under at least four heads enforcing contracts, registering property, starting a business, and paying taxes — the scenario has hardly improved, as per the latest scores. For example, for enforcing contracts, India's rank was 163rd among 190 economies last year. Ditto this year. It implies much time and cost overruns in resolving commercial disputes, which is certainly not conducive for a thriving business environment. The way forward is to carry out longpending reforms of judicial processes to do away with routine legal delays.Similarly, India still scores very low when it comes to registering property. The figure has barely improved to 154th, which is nothing to write home about. High stamp duty rates seem a perverse incentive to undervalue and underreport real estate transactions. There remains a host of rigidities in housing and real estate that need to be reformed to promptly do away with extensive opacity.India also scores lowly for starting a business, a poor 136th. Its global rank has only moved just one notch in the past year, and primarily due to the decision to abolish filing fees for the simplified online format for incorporating a company and its memorandum and articles of association. Other countries seem to have done more.India needs to move faster on the reform front, to better attract global savings and investments. The available data suggest that the resources required for starting a business can be considerably higher in the lower income economies. It would stultify entrepreneurship and risk-taking, and, thereby, discourage profit earning. We need to policy-induce much greater EDB to boost entrepreneurship nationally. It would lead to better employment opportunities, higher tax revenue for governments, and also give rise to improved personal income as well.As for paying taxes, India's score has risen somewhat to 115th. But we can, and need to, further simply the indirect goods and services tax (GST) regime, and make taxes, both on income and consumption, easy and taxpayer-friendly. The average time for filing taxes can be significantly higher in lower-middle income economies like India.It is also a fact that India's high global rank in dealing with construction permits, 27th in the ranking, is more a reflection of recent reform measures in the two mega urban centres, and may not quite hold nationwide. The way ahead is to have reforms in place to better coagulate funds for built spaces. Further, while our rank for resolving insolvency is a credible 52nd, the fact remains that bankruptcy resolution
MUMBAI | NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court ruled that adjusted gross revenue (AGR) for telcos should include all revenue accrued to carriers, including that from noncore activities, backing the telecom department's stance in a 16-year-old case. But it left the authorities in a bind over how to recover more than Rs 1.3 lakh crore in dues, penalties and interest from a sector already under financial stress without causing further damage."The government is in a fix and the problems are plenty. If we go ahead and demand the AGR dues, most will not be able to pay," a senior government official told ET, asking not to be named. "If we increase the payment period, then it will increase the interest and penalties."Of the 15 companies that had been served demands for licence fees worth a total of more than Rs 92,000 crore and spectrum usage charges (SUC) of a combined Rs 41,000 crore, only three — Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea and Reliance Jio — are operating. The rest have either exited or are undergoing bankruptcy proceedings such as Aircel and Reliance Communications.Licence fees and SUC are both calculated on the basis of AGR.Vodafone Idea, facing a demand of more than Rs 39,000 crore as per Department of Telecommunications' (DoT's) court filings, will be the worst affected as it copes with falling revenue, a shrinking user base and quarterly losses of nearly Rs 5,000 crore combined with debt of more than Rs 99,000 crore, analysts said. Shares plunged to a 52-week low before closing 23.4% down at Rs 4.33 on the BSE Thursday.Vodafone Idea said in a release that it's considering filing a review petition.Bharti Airtel, which faces demands of more than Rs 41,000 crore in licence fees and SUC, fell nearly 10% soon after the news, but recovered to end 3.3% higher at Rs 372.45, on hopes of revenue market share gains due to a weaker Vodafone Idea, said experts. Tata Teleservices, which has sold its consumer mobility business to Bharti Airtel, owes the government about Rs 12,907 crore in licence fees and spectrum usage charges, as per DoT.71749366 By some industry estimates, the liability for Vodafone Idea could be even higher at Rs 58,000 crore and for Bharti Airtel at Rs 43,000 crore, including licence fee, penalties, interest, compounded interest and SUC.The official cited above said that the government itself has admitted that the sector is under stress with debt of more than Rs 7 lakh crore and a 25% fall in AGR in the two years to March 31. "Operators have asked for some relief and we are working on that but now the problem is much bigger," he said.The government will have to take quick action, otherwise "one of the telcos" will be in serious distress, which may further change the industry structure, the official added, without naming the operator.The top court in a 153-page order ruled in favour of the DoT in the case that dates from 2003, saying that all revenue accruing to telecom operators, including those from handset sales, rent, dividends, interest income, profit from sale of scrap, termination fees and roaming charges, would also be included in AGR. However, gains from the sale of capital assets and insurance claims by telecom companies will not be a part of it. Telcos had argued that only revenue derived from licensed services should be considered part of AGR."In the instant case, the demand had been raised by the licensor, and after that, untenable objections have been raised which had no foundational basis, and the licensees have taken inconsistent stands," ruled a bench led by Justice Arun Mishra, dismissing the objections of the mobile phone companies. The other members of the bench were justices AA Nazeer and MR Shah."The conduct of the licensees was highly unfair, and anyhow and somehow, they had attempted to delay the payment," the bench observed.Operators have thus far calculated AGR on the basis of a telecom tribunal judgement in 2015, which includes some noncore elements. Accordingly, operators had paid up only what they estimated was due as licence fees and spectrum charges, but DoT continued to demand the remainder.Soon after the order, officials at the department scrambled to discuss the way forward and how to soften the blow, with more meetings to be held over the next few days. They expect representations from operators to follow soon, said government officials aware of the development.Bharti Airtel said it was "disappointed" by the verdict, which will "further weaken the viability of the sector as a whole." Vodafone Idea said that the order had "damaging implications" for the industry. The telco said it will study the legal possibilities, which include a "review application.""The question that arises is whether this is the financial straw that finally breaks the back of operators," Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) director general Rajan Mathews said. COAI is an industry body that represents private operators.Meetings in the telecom department will also have to consider the viability of spectrum auctions and when they can be held in light of the verdict. "How can spectrum auctions happen in the next few months when operators are in no position to pay after the ruling?" said one of the officials cited above. "What complicates matters is that some of the airwaves are expiring by FY21."Telecom minister Ravi Shankar Prasad had recently said that spectrum auctions will be conducted within this financial year.Analysts projected a grim outlook."Telecom sector is under immense financial stress admitted by all stakeholders. Further demand of Rs 92,000 crore (in licence fees) will dampen the sentiment of telecom operators and raising funds for broadband, network expansion and Digital India will hit a significant roadblock," said Prashant Singhal, emerging markets, technology, media and telecom leader, EY.He added that the impact will not be limited to just telecom operators but will have a domino effect on the larger digital value chain. "This requires immediate intervention by all stakeholders to get the sector back in shape."Tower firm Bharti Infratel fell 8.5% to end at Rs 237.45 on fears that its tenancies will be hurt due to the weaker finances of its main tenants – Vodafone Idea and Airtel. The stock was also hit by the uncertainty over its merger with Indus Towers.Lenders such as Yes Bank, State Bank of India, Union Bank, Bank of India and IndusInd Bank also fell on fears of the effect the verdict may have on the debt repayment capability of companies such as Vodafone Idea, said analysts. According to the Reserve Bank of India, banks' exposure to the telecom sector amounted to Rs 90,600 crore as of November 2018.
MUMBAI | NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court ruled that adjusted gross revenue (AGR) for telcos should include all revenue accrued to carriers, including that from noncore activities, backing the telecom department's stance in a 16-year-old case. But it left the authorities in a bind over how to recover more than Rs 1.3 lakh crore in dues, penalties and interest from a sector already under financial stress without causing further damage."The government is in a fix and the problems are plenty. If we go ahead and demand the AGR dues, most will not be able to pay," a senior government official told ET, asking not to be named. "If we increase the payment period, then it will increase the interest and penalties."Of the 15 companies that had been served demands for licence fees worth a total of more than Rs 92,000 crore and spectrum usage charges (SUC) of a combined Rs 41,000 crore, only three — Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea and Reliance Jio — are operating. The rest have either exited or are undergoing bankruptcy proceedings such as Aircel and Reliance Communications.Licence fees and SUC are both calculated on the basis of AGR.Vodafone Idea, facing a demand of more than Rs 39,000 crore as per Department of Telecommunications' (DoT's) court filings, will be the worst affected as it copes with falling revenue, a shrinking user base and quarterly losses of nearly Rs 5,000 crore combined with debt of more than Rs 99,000 crore, analysts said. Shares plunged to a 52-week low before closing 23.4% down at Rs 4.33 on the BSE Thursday.Vodafone Idea said in a release that it's considering filing a review petition.Bharti Airtel, which faces demands of more than Rs 41,000 crore in licence fees and SUC, fell nearly 10% soon after the news, but recovered to end 3.3% higher at Rs 372.45, on hopes of revenue market share gains due to a weaker Vodafone Idea, said experts. Tata Teleservices, which has sold its consumer mobility business to Bharti Airtel, owes the government about Rs 12,907 crore in licence fees and spectrum usage charges, as per DoT.71749366 By some industry estimates, the liability for Vodafone Idea could be even higher at Rs 58,000 crore and for Bharti Airtel at Rs 43,000 crore, including licence fee, penalties, interest, compounded interest and SUC.The official cited above said that the government itself has admitted that the sector is under stress with debt of more than Rs 7 lakh crore and a 25% fall in AGR in the two years to March 31. "Operators have asked for some relief and we are working on that but now the problem is much bigger," he said.The government will have to take quick action, otherwise "one of the telcos" will be in serious distress, which may further change the industry structure, the official added, without naming the operator.The top court in a 153-page order ruled in favour of the DoT in the case that dates from 2003, saying that all revenue accruing to telecom operators, including those from handset sales, rent, dividends, interest income, profit from sale of scrap, termination fees and roaming charges, would also be included in AGR. However, gains from the sale of capital assets and insurance claims by telecom companies will not be a part of it. Telcos had argued that only revenue derived from licensed services should be considered part of AGR."In the instant case, the demand had been raised by the licensor, and after that, untenable objections have been raised which had no foundational basis, and the licensees have taken inconsistent stands," ruled a bench led by Justice Arun Mishra, dismissing the objections of the mobile phone companies. The other members of the bench were justices AA Nazeer and MR Shah."The conduct of the licensees was highly unfair, and anyhow and somehow, they had attempted to delay the payment," the bench observed.Operators have thus far calculated AGR on the basis of a telecom tribunal judgement in 2015, which includes some noncore elements. Accordingly, operators had paid up only what they estimated was due as licence fees and spectrum charges, but DoT continued to demand the remainder.Soon after the order, officials at the department scrambled to discuss the way forward and how to soften the blow, with more meetings to be held over the next few days. They expect representations from operators to follow soon, said government officials aware of the development.Bharti Airtel said it was "disappointed" by the verdict, which will "further weaken the viability of the sector as a whole." Vodafone Idea said that the order had "damaging implications" for the industry. The telco said it will study the legal possibilities, which include a "review application.""The question that arises is whether this is the financial straw that finally breaks the back of operators," Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) director general Rajan Mathews said. COAI is an industry body that represents private operators.Meetings in the telecom department will also have to consider the viability of spectrum auctions and when they can be held in light of the verdict. "How can spectrum auctions happen in the next few months when operators are in no position to pay after the ruling?" said one of the officials cited above. "What complicates matters is that some of the airwaves are expiring by FY21."Telecom minister Ravi Shankar Prasad had recently said that spectrum auctions will be conducted within this financial year.Analysts projected a grim outlook."Telecom sector is under immense financial stress admitted by all stakeholders. Further demand of Rs 92,000 crore (in licence fees) will dampen the sentiment of telecom operators and raising funds for broadband, network expansion and Digital India will hit a significant roadblock," said Prashant Singhal, emerging markets, technology, media and telecom leader, EY.He added that the impact will not be limited to just telecom operators but will have a domino effect on the larger digital value chain. "This requires immediate intervention by all stakeholders to get the sector back in shape."Tower firm Bharti Infratel fell 8.5% to end at Rs 237.45 on fears that its tenancies will be hurt due to the weaker finances of its main tenants – Vodafone Idea and Airtel. The stock was also hit by the uncertainty over its merger with Indus Towers.Lenders such as Yes Bank, State Bank of India, Union Bank, Bank of India and IndusInd Bank also fell on fears of the effect the verdict may have on the debt repayment capability of companies such as Vodafone Idea, said analysts. According to the Reserve Bank of India, banks' exposure to the telecom sector amounted to Rs 90,600 crore as of November 2018.
MUMBAI | BENGALURU: Infosys has directed law firm Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas and consultancy EY to complete investigations into whistleblower allegations of accounting malfeasance within the next fortnight, according to a person directly aware of developments at the software services major battling to return to a business-as-usual mode.Chief executive officer Salil Parekh and CFO Nilanjan Roy — the two executives accused of financial malpractices by the anonymous group "ethical employees" — have been recused from the investigations, but they have been tasked with keeping the company on an even footing and "are meeting clients and investors to allay fears", the person said."The (company) has asked investigators to try and comp lete (the process) as soon as possible, as short as two weeks," said the source. The Bengaluru-headquartered company will then "follow the rule book, whatever be the result." the person added.India's second largest software exporter is also facing investigations by the US Securities and Exchange Commission and the Securities and Exchange Board of India after the whistleblowers alleged that Parekh and Roy were using aggressive accounting strategies and potentially hiding information from auditors to boost revenue and profit margins. 71747781 "While we will take a detailed look into the allegations to ensure that all serious accusations are examined closely, we are also clear that "shoot and scoot whistleblower allegations do not harm business continuity," said a top official close to the development.The NYSE- and BSE- listed company is also facing a class action law suit in New York. On Thursday, the Infosys stock closed at Rs 635.40, down more than 2%, on BSE. The company's 52-week low was Rs 600.65."The focus is to ensure a speedy investigation and to not let this issue derail the growth momentum that Infosys has seen over the past year. You should not have distractions in a challenging business environment," said a second person aware of the issue. Infosys declined to comment on ET's queries.People aware of the developments within the software services powerhouse, once regarded as the industry bellwether, said there is rising concern over the spate of allegations that have roiled the company in recent years. "Disgruntled elements keep using the whistleblower policy to cause reputational damage and derail Infosys time and again," said one person who spoke to ET on the condition of anonymity.Corporate governance experts are also of the view that there is a clash of cultures within the nearly four-decade-old company. Shriram Subramaniam, managing director of proxy advisory firm InGovern said, "The conservative mindset is embedded in Infosys. So any aggressive behaviour or practice may trigger angst."In 2017 Infosys founder NR Narayana Murthy had raised concerns over corporate governance at the company, which culminated in then CEO Vishal Sikka resigning from the company.
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