Gervais's "I don't really give a damn"-style of hosting generated a lot of different responses from the audience, so here's a roundup of the best reactions to his jokes from celebrities at the Golden Globes last evening.
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Because of a combination of genetic quirks, Joanne Cameron has never experienced the extremes of rage, dread, grief, anxiety, or fear. What if we were all like that?
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Unregulated surveillance, ruthless bosses, sexual harassment... after years working at tech startups, Anna Wiener is taking them on in "Uncanny Valley."
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Welcome to one of the favorite traditions of the Golden Globes: having Ricky Gervais insult everyone and generally not give a flying f*ck about the ceremony.
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Put your oral hygiene front and center in 2020 with the ProSonic Whitening Toothbrush! With 40,000 brush strokes per minute, this brush provides elite cleaning. Right now, it's 56 percent off at just $34.99.
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It's been plagued by reshoots and release date delays, but "The New Mutants," which seems to offer a darker, edgier flavor than the usual X-Men movie, will premiere in theaters on April 3.
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Our family was featured in a national newspaper as the picture of fiscal responsibility. A few months later we were drowning in debt, and I realized we were looking at everything dead wrong.
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Netflix's new reality show "The Circle" is basically the IRL version that "Black Mirror" episode where Bryce Dallas Howard obsessively ranks everything on social media to the point of extreme isolation.
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Two consecutive mayors of the city launched their presidential bids last year on a promise of combating climate change, yet neither was able to stem the tide of garbage flooding the nation's largest metropolis and contributing to greenhouse gas emissions.
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An international team of astronomers used the Atacama Large Millimeter Array to create the most detailed image yet of the gas surrounding two supermassive black holes in a merging galaxy.
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The FOAF project, begun in 2000, set out to create a universal standard for describing people and the relationships between them. Now defunct, it hints at what social networking might have looked like had Facebook not conquered the world.
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And no amount of data or complex modeling will rectify the building industry's staggering impact on the environment. Design culture itself needs to change.
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Jonathan Leo loves his cars, but not commuting in them. He lives in San Diego and works for the Navy, so he takes the city's trolley to work as often as he can. Then, on the weekends, he unloads his 2012 Mercedes Benz C230 on some of California's best roads.
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When something is not right for us, we know because we get stopped up. We feel dread and anger, which are both signs that we aren't honoring our internal signals that are telling us something isn't right.
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Despite her best efforts to build a social justice startup focused on sex education, there were tensions between startup culture and the social justice space.
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Korean cinema soared to new heights in the 2010s, becoming one of the largest film industries on the planet, responsible for some of the most critically acclaimed films of the decade.
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These greeting cards from the late 19th and early 20th-century celebrate the New Year with lucky pigs, foxes fleeing for their lives and at least one drunk frog.
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Letting go of the bitterness you feel toward people who have hurt you — even if they don't deserve it and you'll never see them again — is good for your health.
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Recent awards seasons have each seen one lucky film become their season's Oscar villain. Will this year's be "Joker," "1917," "The Irishman" or something else?
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Oil prices continued to rise Monday as tensions escalate between the United States and Iran.
Futures for Brent crude, the global benchmark, gained 2.4% to reach $70.24 per barrel — the first time prices have hit that amount in more than six months.
US oil futures advanced 2.1% to reach $64.36 per barrel.
Oil prices rose more than 3% on Friday after Qasem Soleimani, a top Iranian commander, was killed in a US strike ordered by President Donald Trump. The killing risks further escalating tensions in the Middle East, which is home to major oil producing countries and key energy supply routes.
The Department of Homeland Security on Saturday updated its terrorism threat advisory system following the US airstrike targeting a top Iranian general and is warning of the potential for Iranian cyber attacks.
Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf issued a new National Terrorism Advisory System bulletin in the wake of the drone attack, which killed the head of the Revolutionary Guards' Quds Force Qasem Soleimani.
The bulletin details the attack and potential Iranian threat, including previous plots against US infrastructure and cyber targets.
Minutes ago, during his first interview with State Media of #Iran's Islamic Regime, the new commander of #IRGC Quds Force, Esmail Ghaani said that they will take revenge of #Soleimani's death by means removing #US troops from the region (#MiddleEast). pic.twitter.com/Tm5JDoi13Y
Former CIA director and retired U.S. Army General David Petraeus calls the killing of Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani 'bigger than Bin Laden' pic.twitter.com/vV3h8801hD
War epic "1917" shocked the Golden Globes on Sunday by claiming the top prize for best drama film, while Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood" won comedy honors, boosting their prospects for next month's Oscars https://t.co/aO6FgvjxBv
In the four decades since the 1979 Iranian Revolution, few Iranian leaders have achieved the global profile attained by Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani, the military commander killed in an American airstrike on Thursday. After the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Suleimani emerged as the United States's most capable adversary in that country. His American counterpart at a key point during the occupation, Gen. David Petraeus, described Suleimani as "a truly evil figure" in a letter to Robert Gates, then the U.S. defense secretary. Over the years, Suleimani gained a reputation as a fearsome military leader who controlled a network of ideologically driven militia proxies across the Middle East.
A more nuanced portrait of Suleimani emerges from a leaked archive of secret Iranian spy cables obtained by The Intercept. The documents were generated by officers from the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and Security, or MOIS, stationed in Iraq between 2013 and 2015, when the Iranian war against the Islamic State was at its height, and Suleimani was running the show.
WNU Editor: Aside from the few million in Iran who showed up for his funeral today, there are also many who are applauding his death. The above post gives a sobering explanation on why.
The leaders of Germany, France and Britain on Sunday urged Iran to drop measures that go against the 2015 nuclear deal, after Tehran announced it would no longer abide by a limit on enrichment.
"We call on Iran to withdraw all measures that are not in line with the nuclear agreement," German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Emmanuel Macron and British PM Boris Johnson said in a joint statement.
The 2015 agreement negotiated between Iran and the UN Security Council permanent members -- Britain, France, China, Russia and the United States -- plus Germany offered Tehran relief from stinging sanctions in return for curbs to prevent it acquiring nuclear weapons.
This Media Post will serve as a reminder that war powers reside in the Congress under the United States Constitution. And that you should read the War Powers Act. And that you're not a dictator. https://t.co/VTroMegWv0
— House Foreign Affairs Committee (@HouseForeign) January 5, 2020
Democratic lawmakers have expressed frustration with the Trump administration's secrecy in striking Iranian military leader Qassem Soleimani.
President Donald Trump on Sunday tweeted that his social media posts "serve as notification" to Congress that the U.S. will retaliate against any attack from Iran — and the House Foreign Affairs Committee wasn't having it.
"These Media Posts will serve as notification to the United States Congress that should Iran strike any U.S. person or target, the United States will quickly & fully strike back, & perhaps in a disproportionate manner," Trump wrote. "Such legal notice is not required, but is given nevertheless!"
The House Foreign Affairs Committee, which is chaired by New York Democrat Eliot Engel, responded on Twitter: "This Media Post will serve as a reminder that war powers reside in the Congress under the United States Constitution. And that you should read the War Powers Act. And that you're not a dictator."
WNU Editor: This is what I was afraid about. The Democrat controlled House of Representatives impeached President Trump a few weeks ago, even calling President Trump a threat to national security who should be removed from office immediately. In such a partisan environment it is hard to see how both branches of government can now cooperate when there is no longer any trust between the two, especially on the issue of Iran. And speaking of Iran. The Democrats and the Washington foreign policy establishment have always believed in President Obama's Middle East strategy that sought to realign American interests with those of Iran. A part of me wonders if the White House delayed telling these committees what they decided to do because they felt that some of the members would have moved heaven and earth to make sure that Qassem Soleimani was untouched, knowing too well that his death would have put an end to this policy. This is all speculation on my part, but it explains the overwhelming negative reaction this weekend from these same politicians and foreign policy pundits on the death of Iranian General Soleimani. Even calling President Trump a dictator.
U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks during a campaign rally at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania, U.S., December 10, 2019. (Photo credit: REUTERS//TOM BRENNER)
* Tensions in the Middle East spiraled last week after Trump called for a U.S. airstrike in Baghdad that killed a top Iranian general, Qasem Soleimani. * "If they do ask us to leave, if we don't do it in a very friendly basis, we will charge them sanctions like they've never seen before ever," Trump said on Air Force One. "It'll make Iranian sanctions look somewhat tame."
President Donald Trump threatened Sunday to slap sanctions on Iraq after its parliament passed a resolution calling for the government to expel foreign troops from the country.
Tensions in the Middle East spiraled last week after Trump called for a U.S. airstrike in Baghdad that killed a top Iranian general, Qasem Soleimani.
Speaking to reporters on Air Force One, the U.S. president said: "If they do ask us to leave, if we don't do it in a very friendly basis, we will charge them sanctions like they've never seen before ever. It'll make Iranian sanctions look somewhat tame."
* Crowds gathered on streets and bridge near the square amid police presence * During rally the local cellphone network is understood to have been switched off * Comes as Kim Jong Un said country would soon reveal new 'strategic weapon'
Thousands of North Koreans gathered in a mass rally on Sunday morning expressing support for leader Kim Jong Un after his threats to create a 'new strategic weapon' over anger at stalled nuclear talks with the US.
Crowds gathered on the streets and the bridge near Kim Il Sung square amid a heavy police presence in Pyongyang, as reported by NK News.
During the rally the local cellphone network is understood to have been switched off, and a number of senior party figures are said to have attended.
It is not absolutely clear what the rally is for, but suggestions are that it was a political rally to express support for Kim Jong Un's comments last week where he expressed frustration over stalled nuclear talks.
Move follows deadly air strikes in Tripoli by war lord in bid to oust UN-backed government
Turkish troops have begun deploying to Libya in a bid to prop up the UN-recognised government in Tripoli, the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has announced.
The move followed a vote in the Turkish parliament backing deployment and further deadly attacks in Tripoli by an airforce under the control of Marshal Khalifa Haftar, the warlord who has been trying to oust the government since April.
* Juan Guaido had been expected to be re-elected parliament speaker in a vote * However, police blocked him and his allies from attending the vote on Sunday * Guaido attempted to climb a fence to get access to Congress but was denied * US and Colombia have both slammed Sunday's vote against Guaido as a farce
Venezuela's opposition denounced a 'parliamentary coup' on Sunday after its leader Juan Guaido was prevented from entering the National Assembly by police while a rival tried to take his role as speaker.
Guaido led a small group of lawmakers trying to access the palace where the opposition-controlled National Assembly was set to elect a new speaker, when they were pushed back by national guardsmen wielding heavy riot shields.
He had been expected to be re-elected as speaker in a vote on Sunday but only regime lawmakers and opposition deputies critical of Guaido were allowed to enter the building.
As scuffles broke out, the US-backed leader tried to mount an iron fence surrounding the legislature, only to be repelled again.
The eulogist at the funeral procession of prominent Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani in Iran put an 80-million-dollar prize on US President Donald Trump's head on live state TV.
"We are 80 million Iranians, if each one of us puts aside one American dollar, we will have 80 million American dollars, and we will reward anyone who brings us [Trump]'s head with that amount," he said, addressing a large crowd in Iran's north-eastern city of Mashhad.
The funeral procession was being broadcast live on Iran's Channel One as the eulogist made his proposal.
* Six people were wounded with one rocket thought to have hit a family home * Iraq's military said in a statement three Katyusha rockets had fallen in Baghdad * It is the second day in a row that the embassy has been targeted by an attack
Multiple rockets have been launched at the US embassy in Baghdad.
They are believed to have missed the embassy, with local reports suggesting they hit an apartment complex instead and killed civilians.
It is the second night in a row that the embassy has been attacked and comes after the US killing of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani.
Iraq's military said in a statement on Sunday that three Katyusha rockets had fallen in Baghdad; two inside the heavily fortified Green Zone and one in the nearby Jadriya area.
* Less than a week after Iran's top military commander was killed by U.S. drone strike, the regime said Sunday that it would further scale back compliance with an international nuclear pact. * Iran will not respect any limits established in the 2015 nuclear deal on the number of uranium enrichment centrifuges, according to a state-run television broadcast. * While the other signatories of the nuclear deal — France, Germany, the U.K., Russia and China — have tried to keep the agreement alive, Tehran said its steps could be reversed if Washington lifted sanctions.
WASHINGTON — Less than a week after Iran's top military commander was killed by U.S. drone strike, the regime said Sunday that it would further scale back compliance with an international nuclear pact.
Iran will not respect any limits established in the 2015 nuclear deal on the number of uranium enrichment centrifuges, according to a state-run television broadcast. Therefore, Iran would have no limit on its enrichment capacity, the level to which uranium could be enriched, or Iran's nuclear research and development.
The hackers in their message made reference to the death of Qassem Soleimani, and depicted President Donald Trump being beaten by a fist with the Revolutionary Guard insignia
* Fdlp.gov website was defaced by hackers and taken offline on Saturday * Site is run by the little-known Federal Depository Library Program * The FDLP makes government publications available to the public for free * Follows defacement of websites for several obscure non-government entities * Iran has vowed 'harsh revenge' for the US killing of a high-level military leader
A website operated by the U.S. government has been hacked by a group claiming to represent the government of Iran.
The website operated by the little-known Federal Depository Library Program, fdlp.gov, was hacked and defaced on Saturday, and has been taken offline.
Interesting. Trump's goal is to warn: the gloves are off. We aren't going to hit unmanned oil platforms & empty air bases. We're not out "to send a message." It's the America of Andrew Jackson & Harry Truman speaking now. Iran has never heard this voice & doesn't understand it. https://t.co/NdzaH04Zmi
WATCH: Sen. Elizabeth Warren says that "people are asking" why the Iran strike took place now. #MTP#IfItsSunday@ewarren: "We know Donald Trump is very upset about this upcoming impeachment trial. But look what he's doing now. He is taking us to the edge of war." pic.twitter.com/ChR29Usv6x
"I think it was a reckless decision that increased the risk to Americans all around the world." - Rep. Adam Schiff on the President's order to kill Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani. "I think it's going to increase the risk of war with Iran." #CNNSOTUpic.twitter.com/zPQObdrIwc
* Speaking on Meet the Press Sunday morning, Elizabeth Warren said Trump may be pushing the US into a war in a rage over his impending impeachment trial * 'Look at what he's doing now. He is taking us to the edge of war,' she said * Warren slammed Trump for his Saturday tweet threatening to hit Iranian cultural sites saying: 'You are threatening to commit war crimes' * 'The more the walls close in on this guy, the more irrational he becomes,' Biden said in response to Trump's tweet * AOC branded the president as a monster for his threat * Trump's incendiary tweet warned Iran that Washington would target 52 Iranian sites 'some at a very high level & important to Iran & the Iranian culture' * The attack would occur if Iran hit an Americans or American sites * Geneva Convention bans striking 'monuments, works of art or places of worship'
Elizabeth Warren has accused President Donald Trump of ordering strikes on Iran and taking the country to the edge of war to distract from his impeachment trial, as Democrats slam the president as a 'monster' for threatening to commit potential war crimes against the Middle Eastern country.
Speaking on Meet the Press Sunday morning, Warren alluded that Trump may be charging the US into a war in a rage over his impending impeachment trial.
'We know Donald Trump is very upset about this upcoming impeachment trial. But look at what he's doing now. He is taking us to the edge of war,' the Democratic hopeful said.
'We've been at year for 20 years in the Middle East and now he's talking about expanding that war. This has been something that has cost thousands of American lives...The job of the president is to keep us safer. The job of the president is not to move us to the edge of war,' she added.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo joined FOX News Sunday to discuss breaking news regarding heightened US-Iran tensions in the wake of an attack that killed Soleimani. The Trump administration says he was planning imminent attacks. Secretary Pompeo reacts. #FNS#foxnewspic.twitter.com/zo7nkdtrZ1
* Pompeo's comments in an interview on ABC's "This Week" follow reports that some senior White House officials were skeptical about the rationale for the drone strike. * "The intelligence assessment made clear that no action -- allowing Soleimani to continue his plotting and his planning, his terror campaign -- created more risk than taking the action that we took last week," Pompeo said.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Sunday that the U.S. air strike that killed Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani has made the world safer, and that taking no action would have created more risk.
Pompeo's comments in an interview on ABC's "This Week" follow reports that some senior White House officials were skeptical about the rationale for the drone strike, which they viewed as the most extreme and improbable option in response to Iranian-led violence in Iraq.
"The intelligence assessment made clear that no action - allowing Soleimani to continue his plotting and his planning, his terror campaign - created more risk than taking the action that we took last week," Pompeo told ABC's George Stephanopoulos.
The Pentagon only offered Trump the option of killing Suleimani in order to make other possibilities appear more palatable. When Trump ultimately went with that, Pentagon officials were stunned. https://t.co/FJalugJMzU
While senior officials argue the drone strike was warranted to prevent future attacks, some in the administration remain skeptical about the rationale for the attack.
WASHINGTON — In the chaotic days leading to the death of Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani, Iran's most powerful commander, top American military officials put the option of killing him — which they viewed as the most extreme response to recent Iranian-led violence in Iraq — on the menu they presented to President Trump.
They didn't think he would take it. In the wars waged since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, Pentagon officials have often offered improbable options to presidents to make other possibilities appear more palatable.
After initially rejecting the Suleimani option on Dec. 28 and authorizing airstrikes on an Iranian-backed Shia militia group instead, a few days later Mr. Trump watched, fuming, as television reports showed Iranian-backed attacks on the American Embassy in Baghdad, according to Defense Department and administration officials.
By late Thursday, the president had gone for the extreme option. Top Pentagon officials were stunned.
Mr. Trump made the decision, senior officials said on Saturday, despite disputes in the administration about the significance of what some officials said was a new stream of intelligence that warned of threats to American embassies, consulates and military personnel in Syria, Iraq and Lebanon. General Suleimani had just completed a tour of his forces in Syria, Lebanon and Iraq, and was planning an "imminent" attack that could claim hundreds of lives, those officials said.
WNU Editor: Leaks from the US intelligence community to the New York Times continues. The problem I have with these leaks is that they have a history of being wrong. And while I will always post them, everyone must remember who the source of these leaks are coming from.
More News On The New York Times Claiming that President Trump Chose The 'Most Extreme Action' Against Iran
BAGHDAD, Jan 5 (Reuters) - Iraq's parliament passed on Sunday a resolution telling the government to end the presence of foreign troops in Iraq and ensure they not use its land, air, and waters for any reason.
"The government commits to revoke its request for assistance from the international coalition fighting Islamic State due to the end of military operations in Iraq and the achievement of victory," the resolution read.
"The Iraqi government must work to end the presence of any foreign troops on Iraqi soil and prohibit them from using its land, airspace or water for any reason."
The Iraqi government will now need to approve it, but that is not going to happen right now .... U.S. Troops Unlikely to Be Forced Out of Iraq Despite Calls for Their Expulsion, Analysts Say (Newsweek). The current Prime Minister is in a care-taker role, and the Sunni-Kurd opposition do not favour this move. Iraq is now deeply split not only along sectarian lines, but many within Iraq's Shiite community have been leading the protest movement against the Iranian influence in the country, and the corruption that they have spawned.
More News On Iraq's Parliament Passing A Resolution To Expel US-Led Coalition Troops From The Country
Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Sunday the US military in the Middle East would pay the price for killing Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani, which he said marked 'the start of a new phase' for the region.
Nasrallah, speaking in a televised address marking Soleimani's death in a targeted US air strike, said responding to the killing was not only Iran's responsibility but the responsibility of its allies in the region too.
As thousands listened at a rally in the southern suburbs of Beirut, the Hezbollah leader said the US killing of Soleimani marked "the start of a new phase and new history not just for Iran or Iraq but the whole region". He called the killing a "clear, blatant crime" that will transform the Middle East.
IRAN'S top military adviser has revealed the most concrete and direct details of the country's imminent military response to the US killing of Qassem Soleimani amid secrecy over Tehran's planned retaliation.
FORMER US President George W. Bush was heavily criticised in 2001 over his secret attack contingency plan on seven countries, unearthed reports reveal.
BRUSSELS is preparing to roll out the red carpet for Iranian foreign affairs chief Mohammad Javad Zarif despite influential member states refusing to shed a tear for the country's murdered Major-General Qasem Soleimani.
WORLD WAR 3 fears have escalated since Friday when a US-sanctioned airstrike killed a high-ranking Iranian general in Iraq. Will there be another war? Are we heading for World War 3?
SHOCKING satellite images have mapped the overwhelming scale of the Australian wildfires from space, with NASA footage even showing smoke stretching as far as South America.
DONALD TRUMP's America could easily be defeated by Iran in any future military conflict, according to the outcome of a US military simulation carried out in 2002.
MELANIA TRUMP was forced to defend herself after MSNBS host Chris Matthews made a snide remark about her robot-like demeanour during the 2016 election.
IRAN has placed an $80million bounty on American President Donald Trump's head following the death of General Qassem Soleimani who was killed last week.
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Mudslides and power blackouts hampered the search for people missing in massive floods in Indonesia’s capital, where more than 60 people have died and some of the tens of thousands of evacuees were living in damp, cramped emergency shelters.
More than a thousand soldiers and health workers sprayed disinfectant in hard-hit areas on Sunday to fend off diseases that could spread in the floods. Monsoon rains and rising rivers submerged a dozen districts in the greater Jakarta area after extreme New Year’s Eve rains, causing landslides in hilly areas on the outskirts of the capital that buried scores of people.
It’s the worst flooding in the area since 2007, when 80 people were killed over 10 days. More rain is in the forecast, and the potential for more extreme rainfall is possible for the next month.
National Disaster Mitigation Agency spokesman Agus Wibowo said Monday the death toll from flash flood and landslides in and around Jakarta rose to 66 and rescuers are still searching for two people reportedly still missing in Lebak, a district in neighboring Banten province.
In Lebak district, where flash floods and mudslides damaged more than 2,000 houses in several villages, some were swept away, rescuers were still searching for a 7-year-old boy reportedly dragged away by flash flooding that killed at least nine people, said Zainal Arifin, a local search and rescue agency chief.
He said mudslides that covered much of the area, blackouts and lack of telecommunications were hampering the search efforts.
About 11,000 health workers were deployed to provide medical care for people affected by the flooding, Health Minister Terawan Agus Putranto said in a statement. He said there had been no recorded cases of serious waterborne diseases, after disinfectant spraying started Sunday.
Waters have receded in most parts of greater Jakarta, allowing many residents to return and clean up, but scores of tightly packed settlements close to rivers that often suffer from floods during the rainy season remained inundated or covered in mud and debris.
Government data on Monday showed some 35,500 people were unable to return to their homes, with the receding floodwaters still .6 meters (2 feet) high in places.
In an emergency shelter at a sports center in south Jakarta, mothers breast-fed their babies near piles of smelly wet garbage.
“My baby is not sleeping as the rain comes in, the wind comes in,” Yuyun Yuniarti said while holding her 7-month-old baby in a sling. “It is disgusting here, but we are stuck.”
Yuniarti said food and medicine appeared to be sufficient, with authorities and private organizations delivering regular supplies of food at most shelters in recent days.
A temporary clinic was treating patients close to where Yuniarti was sleeping, including many suffering from respiratory illnesses.
Indonesia’s meteorology agency said more downpours were forecast for the capital in the coming days, and that the potential for extreme rainfall would continue until next month across the vast archipelago nation.
Indonesia is hit by deadly floods each year, and this year’s have been particularly bad in Jakarta, with nearly 400,000 people seeking refuge in some 270 shelters across the greater metropolitan area as floodwaters reached up to 6 meters (19 feet) in some places.
An unidentified form of pneumonia has broken out in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, prompting authorities to quarantine those infected and raise hospital alerts. Wuhan’s health bureau announced Sunday that close to 60 patients have been diagnosed with the virus, and neighboring Hong Kong has announced suspected cases. (A suspected case in Singapore turned out to be a false alarm.)
The mysterious strain has been linked to a seafood market which has been closed for sanitation since Jan. 1. Medical experts are attempting to identify the illness. While they say it is unlikely that this new strain of pneumonia could cause a repeat of 2003’s deadly SARS outbreak in 2003, which killed hundreds in mainland China and spread as far as the U.S. and Canada, they stress that vigilance should not be relaxed.
Here’s what to know about the virus.
How serious is the pneumonia outbreak?
According to Wuhan’s health bureau, 59 patients have been diagnosed with the virus, including seven in critical condition as of Sunday. Some of the patients operated stalls at the seafood market. All of the patients are in quarantine, and 163 people who had been in close contact with them have been placed under medical observation. The World Health Organization says symptoms include fever and difficulty breathing.
How fast is it spreading?
The first case was discovered in Wuhan on Dec. 12, the city’s health bureau says. On Sunday, authorities in Hong Kong reported that nine more patients were found to have fever or respiratory symptoms after returning from Wuhan, bringing the number of cases in the city to 17.
How are authorities outside China responding?
Governments are stepping up precautionary measures in the wake of the outbreak. Hong Kong’s Hospital Authority has imposed shorter visiting hours at hospitals and is requiring all visitors to wear face masks. The city has also enhanced the airport’s thermal imaging system to screen the temperatures of travelers coming from Wuhan. Additional manpower has been assigned to the train station that connects the city to mainland China to carry out temperature checks.
Singapore’s Ministry of Health announced Thursday that it is implementing temperature screenings for travelers arriving on flights from Wuhan. Taiwan’s Centers for Disease Control has asked doctors and airport quarantine officials to notify the bureau of patients who have traveled to Wuhan and exhibit any symptoms.
The World Health Organization (WHO) says it is monitoring the situation and “in close contact with national authorities in China.”
Could this evolve into a large-scale outbreak like SARS?
Wuhan’s health bureau said that the viral pneumonia is not SARS, MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome) or bird flu. It also said there is no evidence of human-to-human transmission, but medical experts have expressed their reservations. “They did not exclude this possibility completely,” Leo Poon, a virologist and SARS expert at the University of Hong Kong, tells TIME.
Still, the fact that there have not been any deaths so far — 10% of those who contracted SARS in 2003 died — is reason to believe that the outbreak will not take a more serious turn, Poon adds.
Yuen Kwok-yung, a microbiologist at the University of Hong Kong, says there have been marked advances in scientific research and laboratory diagnostic capabilities since the SARS outbreak over a decade ago.
“It is highly unlikely that this will lead to a major 2003-like epidemic,” Yuen says, “though we cannot be complacent.”
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s justice minister vowed Monday to strengthen border departure checks and review bail conditions after Nissan’s former chairman, Carlos Ghosn, fled the country.
Masako Mori told reporters at a news conference the ministry has already acted to prevent a recurrence but declined to give details.
She was asked about reports that Ghosn had hidden in a box and that baggage checks at a regional airport might have been insufficient.
Ghosn skipped bail while awaiting trial on various financial misconduct allegations and later said from Lebanon that he did it to escape injustice.
Mori declined to say who might be held responsible for such a high-profile flight, stressing it was still under investigation.
She said Ghosn left illegally, denouncing it as an “unjustifiable” crime.
“Japan’s justice system allows investigating the facts while it ensures the individual basic human rights at the same time,” Mori told reporters at the ministry.
“It is set with appropriate procedures and it is operated appropriately.”
But she acknowledged the case was being looked at under an ongoing review of the nation’s judicial system, including introducing electronic tethers to monitor those out on bail.
“We are aware of the criticisms,” Mori said, referring to human rights advocates’ descriptions of Japan’s legal system as “hostage justice.”
Ghosn and others say Japan’s system takes too long and is inhumane. Ghosn was banned from meeting with his wife while out on bail. Preparing for his trial has taken about a year, and a date has not been set. Ghosn was detained, twice, for a total of 130 days before he was released on bail a second time.
Mori said each nation has its own judicial system and arrests are rarer in Japan than in other countries, suggesting arrests are made only when the authorities are fairly confident they have a case.
“Simple comparisons are misleading,” she said.
Details of Ghosn’s stunning escape last week are unclear. But Turkish airline company MNG Jet said two of its planes were used illegally, first flying him from Osaka, Japan, to Istanbul, and then on to Beirut, where he arrived last Monday and has not been seen since.
Ghosn promised to talk to reporters on Wednesday. His lawyers in Japan said they knew nothing about the escape and felt betrayed by his action.
Once an auto industry superstar, Ghosn was first arrested in November 2018. While out on bail, he was living in a home in an upscale part of Tokyo under strict surveillance as part of the conditions for his release. That raises questions about how he left undetected.
Security cameras at his home operated 24 hours a day, but the footage only had to be submitted to the court on a monthly basis, according to lawyers’ documents detailing Ghosn’s bail conditions.
Ghosn had been charged with under-reporting his future compensation and breach of trust in diverting Nissan money for his personal gain. He insists he is innocent.
His bail has been revoked, and Interpol has issued a wanted notice. Japan does not have an extradition treaty with Lebanon, but Mori left open the possibility Japan could seek Ghosn’s return.
She did not give details and stressed that any retaliatory action, such as economic sanctions, must be decided on very carefully.
She also declined to say whether Japan contacted the U.S. or France for help, and how they might be working together.
“It is indeed possible to ask for extradition of criminals based on the principle of reciprocity,” she said in replying to a reporter’s question about Lebanon.
“But, upon doing that, we need to carefully study whether it is possible to guarantee this principle of reciprocity and their internal justice system.”
(SYDNEY) — Two more people are missing in remote parts of New South Wales as rain and cooler temperatures brought some measure of relief Monday to Australian communities battling wildfires.
But the rain was also making it challenging for fire crews to complete strategic burns as they tried to prepare for higher temperatures that have been forecast for later in the week.
The wildfires have so far scorched an area twice the size of the U.S. state of Maryland. They have killed at least 24 people and destroyed about 2,000 homes.
More than 135 bushfires were still burning across the state, including almost 70 that were uncontained. The Rural Fire Service is warning the rain won’t put out the largest and most dangerous blazes before conditions deteriorate again this week.
Australia’s capital, Canberra, had the worst air quality of any major city in the world on Monday morning. The Department of Home Affairs, which is responsible for coordinating the country’s response to disasters, told all non-critical staff to stay home because of the abysmal air quality.
“With the more benign weather conditions it presents some wonderful relief for everybody, the firefighters, the emergency services personnel, but also the communities affected by these fires,” Shane Fitzsimmons, the Commissioner of the New South Wales Rural Fire Service, told reporters. “But it also presents some real challenges when it comes to implementing tactical and strategic back-burns and other techniques to try and bring these fires under control.”
New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian said that there was no room for complacency.
“Unfortunately, overnight, it’s become apparent that we have two people unaccounted for in New South Wales,” she said at a news conference, adding she still held out hope for some good news to emerge about them.
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has come under criticism for his response to the fires. He said this week that there has been plenty of blame thrown around, but that the commentary has not been productive.
Morrison announced on Saturday he would dispatch 3,000 army, navy and air force reservists to help battle the fires. He also committed 20 million Australian dollars ($14 million) to lease firefighting aircraft from overseas.
But the moves did little to tamp down the criticism that he had been slow to act, even as he has downplayed the need for his government to address climate change, which experts say helps supercharge the blazes.
Australians know to expect summer wildfires. But the blazes arrived early this year, fed by drought and the country’s hottest and driest year on record.
Scientists say there’s no doubt man-made global warming has played a major role in feeding the fires, along with factors like very dry brush and trees and strong winds.
Morrison, chided for past remarks minimizing the need to address climate change, has deflected criticism while trying to change his tone.
He has faced widespread criticism for taking a family vacation in Hawaii at the start of the wildfire crisis, as well as for his sometimes distracted approach as the disaster has escalated and his slowness in deploying resources.
His handling of the deployment of reservists also came in for criticism. Fitzsimmons, who is leading the fight in New South Wales, said he learned of the deployment through media reports.
“It is fair to say it was disappointing and some surprise to hear about these things through public announcements in the middle of what was one of our worst days this season, with the second-highest number of concurrent emergency warning fires ever in the history of New South Wales,” he said.
Morrison was also forced to defend a video posted on social media Saturday that promoted the deployment of reservists and the government’s response to the wildfires.
(CARACAS, Venezuela) — Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó was violently blocked Sunday from presiding over a special session of congress where rivals proclaimed a substitute leader — moves opposition officials condemned as a hijacking of the country’s last democratic institution.
Hours later, however, a majority of congress members held an emergency meeting at an opposition newspaper office and voted to reelect Guaidó as their leader.
Guaidó — whose legal challenge to the socialist government has been based on his role as head of congress — headed a small group of lawmakers trying to access the neoclassical palace where the opposition-controlled National Assembly was set to elect its leader.
But they were pushed back by national guardsmen wielding heavy riot shields. As scuffles broke out, the U.S.-backed leader tried to mount an iron fence surrounding the legislature, only to be repelled again. His blue suit was ripped apart during the chaotic standoff.
Inside, the situation was similarly rowdy, as a rival slate headed by lawmaker Luis Parra were sworn in as legislative leaders. Opposition leaders immediately denounced the session as a “show” carried out by a group of “traitors” paid off by President Nicolás Maduro.
They complained Parra’s election was invalid on numerous grounds — arguing the session was never officially opened, no quorum count was taken and no formal vote was called — merely a rushed show of hands as socialist deputies stormed the dais
When they gathered later for an impromptu session at the El Nacional newspaper, the last major daily critical of the socialist government, 100 of the legislature’s 167 members voted to reelect Guaidó for the final year of the Assembly’s 2015-2020 term. Several of the lawmakers who have been forced into exile were represented by alternates at the impromptu session.
“The dictatorship has once again committed another mistake,” said Guaidó shortly after being sworn in.
Still, senior Maduro officials celebrated the gambit as a comeuppance for the 36-year-old lawmaker, who has been struggling to maintain unity in the unwieldy opposition coalition.
“This is what I’ve been dreaming would happen,” Maduro said at an event inaugurating a baseball stadium near Caracas. “The entire country repudiates Juan Guaidó as a puppet of American imperialism.”
Parra, meanwhile, called a session for Tuesday, setting up a fight over the rival claims to the legislature’s leadership in the days ahead.
A year ago, Guaidó asserted at a street demonstration that his position as legislative leader made him Venezuela’s interim president in place of the “usurper” Maduro, whose 2018 reelection has been rejected as invalid by the legislature, as well as by the U.S., European Union and several Latin American governments. Key opposition figures were barred from running in that election.
There was no indication of weakening support among the more than 50 governments that recognize Guaidó as Venezuela’s rightful leader. The European Union said it would continue to recognize Guaidó, Brazil’s government called the initial session an “affront to democracy,” and the top-ranking U.S. diplomat in Latin America called Sunday’s events in the chamber a “farce.”
“This morning’s phony National Assembly session lacked a legal quorum. There was no vote,” Assistant Secretary of State Michael Kozak said on Twitter.
Meanwhile Argentina’s newly installed leftist government, which has been at pains to distance itself from the conservative-led backlash against Maduro in Latin America, also criticized the move.
“To impede by force the functioning of the legislative assembly is to condemn oneself to international isolation,” Argentina’s Foreign Minister Felipe Solá said on Twitter. ”The course to follow is exactly the opposite. The asssembly should choose its president with complete legitimacy.”
Guaidó faced a major test in uniting articulating a new vision in his campaign to remove Maduro. But his reelection for a second straight year as head of congress had been widely expected.
The weeks leading up to Sunday’s vote were marked by tension, with the opposition denouncing a covert government campaign to intimidate and bribe lawmakers into voting against Guaidó.
Parra is one of a small handful of lawmakers who recently broke with Guaidó and have since been expelled from their parties for alleged involvement in a corruption scandal involving allies of Maduro.
Socialist lawmakers argued that Guaido’s absence forced them to initiate their session without him. But opposition lawmakers had faced challenges from security forces who set up several barricades downtown.
At one checkpoint, security forces demanded that each lawmaker present credentials, arguing they were under orders to deny entry to several lawmakers banned from carrying out their duties by the loyalist supreme court.
“Is your family in Venezuela?” Guaidó asked the young police officers, who stood firmly in nervous silence.
“Today you’re complicit with the dictatorship, you’re complicit with those who are responsible for the hunger inside Venezuela,” he added.
Support for Guaidó inside the opposition has taken a hit since several minority parties in November splintered off to create a separate bloc to negotiate directly with Maduro — something that Guaidó has refused, arguing that talks are simply a time-buying exercise aimed at keeping Maduro in power.
The small group of opposition lawmakers who broke with Guaidó argue that in stubbornly sticking to a naive plan of removing Maduro by force, he has put his political ambitions above the needs of Venezuelans who have largely tuned out from the political fight while enduring an economy in shambles and under stiff U.S. sanctions.
“In 2019 you represented the hopes of the nation, but today you’re its biggest deception,” said José Brito, one of the lawmakers who turned against Guaidó.
Venezuela sits atop vast oil and mineral resources, but it has been imploding economically and socially in recent years. Critics blame the plunge on years of failed socialist rule and corruption, while Maduro’s allies say U.S. sanctions are taking a toll on the economy. The South American nation’s 30 million people suffer soaring inflation and shortages of gasoline, running water and electricity, among basic services.
An estimated 4.5 million Venezuelans have abandoned their nation in an exodus rivaling war-torn Syria.
Maduro, who took over after the 2013 death of former President Hugo Chávez, says Guaidó is a puppet of the United States. Maduro also says he’s determined to win control of the National Assembly in elections later this year.
Maduro maintains military backing and control over most branches of the government, despite the deepening crisis.
“Guaidó will have to not only re-energize his base and convince them to stay engaged, but keep his coalition in line as well,” said Geoff Ramsey, a researcher at the Washington Office on Latin America. “And the clock is ticking.”
(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump insists that Iranian cultural sites are fair game for the U.S. military, dismissing concerns within his own administration that doing so could constitute a war crime under international law. He also warned Iraq that he would levy punishing sanctions if it expelled American troops in retaliation for a U.S. airstrike in Baghdad that killed a top Iranian official.
Trump’s comments Sunday came amid escalating tensions in the Middle East following the killing of Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran’s elite Quds force. Iran has vowed to retaliate and Iraq’s parliament responded by voting Sunday to oust U.S. troops based in the country.
Trump first raised the prospect of targeting Iranian cultural sites Saturday in a tweet. Speaking with reporters Sunday as he flew back to Washington from his holiday stay in Florida, he doubled down, despite international prohibitions.
“They’re allowed to kill our people. They’re allowed to torture and maim our people. They’re allowed to use roadside bombs and blow up our people. And we’re not allowed to touch their cultural sites? It doesn’t work that way,” Trump said.
The targeted killing of Soleimani sparked outrage in the Middle East, including in Iraq, where more than 5,000 American troops are still on the ground 17 years after the U.S. invasion. Iraq’s parliament voted Sunday in favor of a nonbinding resolution calling for the expulsion of the American forces.
Trump said the U.S. wouldn’t leave without being paid for its military investments in Iraq over the years — then said if the troops do have to withdraw, he would hit Baghdad with economic penalties.
“We will charge them sanctions like they’ve never seen before ever. It’ll make Iranian sanctions look somewhat tame,” he said. “If there’s any hostility, that they do anything we think is inappropriate, we are going to put sanctions on Iraq, very big sanctions on Iraq.”
He added: “We’re not leaving until they pay us back for it.”
The administration has scrambled to contend with the backlash to the killing of Soleimani. Though he was responsible for the deaths of hundreds of Americans, the targeted American strike marked a stark escalation in tensions between Washington and Tehran.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the U.S. military may well strike more Iranian leaders if the Islamic Republic retaliates. He tip-toed around questions about Trump’s threat to attack Iranian cultural sites, a military action that likely would be illegal under the laws of armed conflict and the U.N. charter.
Pompeo said only that any U.S. military strikes inside Iran would be legal.
“We’ll behave inside the system,” Pompeo said. “We always have and we always will.”
Trump’s warnings rattled some administration officials. One U.S. national security official said the president had caught many in the administration off guard and prompted internal calls for others in the government, including Pompeo, to clarify the matter. The official, who was not authorized to speak publicly to the issue, said clarification was necessary to affirm that the U.S. military would not intentionally commit war crimes.
Oona Hathaway, an international law professor at Yale and a former national security law official in the Defense Department’s legal office, said Trump’s threat amounted to “a pretty clear promise of commission of a war crime.”
The president’s threats to Iran did little to quell Tehran’s furor over the death of Soleimani. Iranian state television reported that the country would no longer abide by any limits of the 2015 nuclear deal it signed with the United States and other world powers. Trump withdrew the U.S. from the deal in 2018 and stepped up economic sanctions on Tehran — actions that accelerated a cycle of hostilities leading to the last week’s killing.
The administration also pushed back Sunday on questions about the legality of the strike on Soleimani. Pompeo said the administration would have been “culpably negligent” in its duty to protect the United States if it had not killed him. He did not provide evidence for his previous claims that Soleimani was plotting imminent attacks on Americans. Instead of arguing that an attack had been imminent, he said it was inevitable.
“We watched him continue to actively build out for what was going to be a significant attack – that’s what we believed – and we made the right decision,” he said, adding later: “We continue to prepare for whatever it is the Iranian regime may put in front of us within the next 10 minutes, within the next 10 days, and within the next 10 weeks.”
Congressional Democrats were skeptical.
“I really worry that the actions the president took will get us into what he calls another endless war in the Middle East. He promised we wouldn’t have that,” said Chuck Schumer of New York, the Senate’s top Democrat.
Schumer said Trump lacks the authority to engage militarily with Iran and Congress needs a new war powers resolution “to be a check on this president.” To which Pompeo said: “We have all the authority we need to do what we’ve done to date.”
Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., said the administration violated the Constitution by not consulting with Congress in advance.
Congressional staffs got their first briefings from the administration on Friday, and members were expected to be briefed this week.
But Trump made clear Sunday that he saw little reason to give Congress advanced warning if he orders the military to carry out further actions against Iran.
“These Media Posts will serve as notification to the United States Congress that should Iran strike any U.S. person or target, the United States will quickly & fully strike back, & perhaps in a disproportionate manner,” he wrote on Twitter. “Such legal notice is not required, but is given nevertheless!”
Democrats in Congress have complained that Trump’s order to kill Soleimani took place without first consulting with or informing top lawmakers, noting that Congress still holds sole power to declare war. Trump did meet the 48-hour deadline required by the War Powers Act to notify Congress of the deadly drone strike, though the document provided Saturday was entirely classified and no public version was released.
Moving swiftly to rebuke Trump for not consulting with Congress, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said late Sunday the House would introduce and vote this week on a war powers resolution to limit the president’s military actions regarding Iran. In a letter to House Democrats, Pelosi called the airstrike “provocative and disproportionate” and that it had “endangered our servicemembers, diplomats and others by risking a serious escalation of tensions with Iran.” A similar resolution was introduced in the Senate.
Some of the Democrats running to challenge Trump in November questioned whether he had a long-term plan for the Mideast.
Former Vice President Joe Biden said Trump was ill-prepared for the repercussions of the strike on Soleimani and had alienated allies by not alerting them of the plans. “I think we need a president who could provide steady leadership on Day One,” he said. “The next president is going to inherit a divided nation and a world in disarray.”
Pete Buttigieg, the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana. said: “When you’re dealing with the Middle East, you need to think about the next and the next and the next move. This is not checkers. And I’m not sure any of us really believe that this president and the people around him” are “really going through all of the consequences of what could happen next.”
Pompeo appeared on ABC’s “This Week,” CNN’s “State of the Union,” NBC’s “Meet the Press,”’ CBS’ “Face the Nation,” ”Fox News Sunday” and Fox News Channel’s “Sunday Morning Futures.” Schumer was on ABC, Warner was on NBC and Buttigieg was on CNN.
The Iraqi parliament approved a draft bill Sunday requiring the government to ask Washington to withdraw American troops from the country. The move is largely symbolic, as it sets no timetable for withdrawal and is subject to Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi’s approval. But it reflects mounting volatility facing U.S. forces in the region, and the uncertainty of U.S. strategic interests there in the wake of the American drone strike that killed a top Iranian official Thursday.
During the Iraqi parliament’s emergency session, in which some members repeatedly chanted “no to America,” Mahdi revealed new information about the run up to the American drone strike that killed Qasem Soleimani, a prominent Iranian military leader who commanded the country’s elite Quds Force. Mahdi said President Donald Trump called him and asked him to mediate with Iran even as the American president was secretly ordering Soleimani’s killing. Mahdi also said he was set to meet Soleimani, who was carrying a response to an initiative from Saudi Arabia intended to deescalate tensions.
Mahdi urged parliament to rescind its 2014 invitation to U.S. forces, which was made when ISIS was embarking on a lightning offensive across Iraq and Syria that ultimately resulted in the militant group capturing territory roughly the size of Britain. He stressed that a timetable be established so an orderly withdrawal could be carried out.
But parliament’s resolution amounts to a symbolic measure, as the current caretaker government doesn’t have the legal power to carry it out, Farhad Alaaldin, former advisor to Iraqi President Barham Saleh tells TIME. “It would be up to the new government to take this forward,” said Alaaldin, now chairman of Baghdad-based think tank Iraq Advisory Council. Mahdi has been a caretaker prime minister since he resigned after weeks of mass protests over government corruption this past fall.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo shrugged off the vote as that of a resigned prime minister “under enormous threats from the very Iranian leadership that we are pushing back against… We are confident that the Iraqi people want the United States to continue to be there to fight the counter-terror campaign,” he said on Fox News Sunday.
But the symbolic vote nevertheless matters as a sign of the uncertainty and volatility sweeping the region in the wake of Soleimani’s death.
Kurdish and Sunni politicians largely boycotted the vote. Those two groups fear a U.S. troop departure would result in other allied countries withdrawing, and would trigger a flight of Western investment. “If the U.S. training mission leaves, you can expect a fairly quick departure of other foreign missions including NATO, for a host of reasons, among them, force protection,” says Barbara Leaf, a former U.S. ambassador now at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
Most factions also fear a U.S. departure could produce a resurgence of ISIS. While ISIS has largely been defeated in Iraq, thousands of fighters remain and continue to launch attacks in Iraq and Syria. American forces remain in both countries to ensure the surviving militants do not regain power and territory.
Even before the Iraqi vote Sunday, the U.S.-led military coalition said it has “paused” training and operations to counter the terror group in Iraq in order to protect bases from outside attack. The announcement came after the drone strike against Soleimani.
Iranian officials have promised “harsh revenge” for Soleimani’s assassination, which Trump responded to by threatening to target “52 Iranian sites,” including “some at a very high level & important to Iran & the Iranian culture.” Iran’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif counter-tweeted that targeting sites of cultural significance is a war crime.
A U.S. military official said on Sunday that he was unfamiliar with any list of exactly 52 targets. “There are different lists, depending on the nature of the possible targets — missile bases, nuclear facilities, naval bases, airfields, et cetera — but I don’t know of a list that adds up to that number or one that includes cultural or historic sites like Persepolis.”
The decision to kill Soleimani, carried out on Trump’s order, caught U.S. military and intelligence officials by surprise. One senior military official familiar with the proposed retaliatory actions for further Iranian-backed attacks on U.S. or coalition forces said the only more severe measure would have been strikes on Quds Force bases or leaders inside Iran, which some officials warned would have been a clear act of war.
Intelligence officials also had warned of an Iraqi popular and political backlash against stepped-up U.S. strikes on Shiite militias, especially against a backdrop of previous civilian casualties. But on Saturday and Sunday three officials said it was not clear whether Trump had considered that warning and others about Iranian retaliation in making his decision. “Many Iraqis, especially among the majority Shiites, don’t think of us as liberators, but as occupiers,” said one former military intelligence officer who served multiple tours in Iraq.
Over the past six months, Iranian-backed proxy forces has been accused of several attacks in the region, including a recent rocket attack on a military base in Iraq, which killed an American contractor and injured four U.S. service members working to fight ISIS, also known as Daesh. “Our first priority is protecting all Coalition personnel committed to the defeat of Daesh. Repeated rocket attacks over the last two months by elements of Kata’ib Hezbollah have caused the death of Iraqi Security Forces personnel and a U.S. civilian,” the U.S.-led coalition said in a statement. “As a result we are now fully committed to protecting the Iraqi bases that host coalition troops. This has limited our capacity to conduct training with partners and to support their operations against and we have therefore paused these activities, subject to continuous review.”
The coalition issued its statement before the Iraqi parliamentary vote, but added: “We remain resolute as partners of the Government of Iraq and the Iraqi people that have welcomed us into their country to help defeat ISIS,” the statement said. “We remain ready to return our full attention and efforts back to our shared goal of ensuring the lasting defeat of Daesh.”
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran said Sunday it would no longer abide by any of the limits of its unraveling 2015 nuclear deal with world powers after a U.S. airstrike killed a top Iranian general in Baghdad, abandoning the accord’s key provisions that block Tehran from having enough material to build an atomic weapon.
Iran insisted in a state television broadcast it remained open to negotiations with European partners, who so far have been unable to offer Tehran a way to sell its crude oil abroad despite U.S. sanctions. It also didn’t back off of earlier promises that it wouldn’t seek a nuclear weapon.
However, the announcement Sunday represents the clearest nuclear proliferation threat yet made by Iran since President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew from the accord in May 2018. It also further raises regional tensions, as Iran’s longtime foe Israel has promised never to allow Iran to be able to produce an atomic bomb.
The announcement came Sunday night after another Iranian official said it would consider taking even-harsher steps over the U.S. killing of Gen. Qassem Soleimani on Friday. Hundreds of thousands of people flooded the streets Sunday in Iran to walk alongside a casket carrying the remains of Soleimani, the former leader of its expeditionary Quds Force that organizes Tehran’s proxy forces in the wider Mideast.
The leader of one such proxy, Lebanon’s Hezbollah, said Soleimani’s killing made U.S. military bases, warships and service members spread across the region fair targets for attacks. A former Revolutionary Guard leader suggested the Israeli city of Haifa and “centers” like Tel Aviv could be targeted.
Iran’s state TV cited a statement by President Hassan Rouhani’s administration saying the country will not observe limitations on its enrichment, the amount of stockpiled enriched uranium as well as research and development in its nuclear activities.
“The government of the Islamic Republic of Iran has in a statement announced its fifth and final step in reducing Iran’s commitments under the JCPOA,” a state TV broadcaster said, using an acronym for the deal. “The Islamic Republic of Iran no longer faces any limitations in operations.”
It did not elaborate on what levels it would immediately reach in its program.
The International Atomic Energy Agency, the United Nations watchdog observing Iran’s program, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. However, Iran said that its cooperation with the IAEA “will continue as before.”
Meanwhile, Iraq’s parliament voted in favor of a resolution calling for an end of the foreign military presence in their nation, an effort aimed at expelling the 5,000 U.S. troops stationed there over the war against the Islamic State group.
Soleimani’s killing has escalated the crisis between Tehran and Washington after months of trading attacks and threats that have put the wider Middle East on edge. The conflict is rooted in Trump pulling out of Iran’s atomic accord and imposing sanctions that have crippled Iran’s economy.
Iran has promised “harsh revenge” for the U.S. attack, which shocked Iranians across all political lines. Many saw Soleimani as a pillar of the Islamic Republic at a moment when it is beset by U.S. sanctions and recent anti-government protests.
The U.S. Embassy in Saudi Arabia separately warned Americans “of the heightened risk of missile and drone attacks.”
Late Saturday, a series of rockets launched in Baghdad fell inside or near the Green Zone, which houses government offices and foreign embassies, including the U.S. Embassy.
Trump wrote on Twitter afterward that the U.S. had already “targeted 52 Iranian sites (representing the 52 American hostages taken by Iran many years ago), some at a very high level & important to Iran & the Iranian culture.”
Trump did not identify the targets but added that they would be “HIT VERY FAST AND VERY HARD.”
The 1954 Hague Convention, of which the U.S. is a party, bars any military from “direct hostilities against cultural property.” However, such sites can be targeted if they have been re-purposed and turned into a legitimate “military objective,” according to the International Committee of the Red Cross.
Iran, home to 24 UNESCO World Heritage sites, has in the past reportedly guarded the sprawling tomb complex of the Islamic Republic’s founder, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, with surface-to-air missiles.
After thousands in Baghdad on Saturday mourned Soleimani and others killed in the strike, authorities flew the general’s body to the southwestern Iranian city of Ahvaz. An honor guard stood by early Sunday as mourners carried the flag-draped coffins of Soleimani and other Guard members off the tarmac.
The caskets then moved slowly through streets choked with mourners wearing black, beating their chests and carrying posters with Soleimani’s portrait. Demonstrators also carried red Shiite flags, which traditionally both symbolize the spilled blood of someone unjustly killed and call for their deaths to be avenged.
Officials brought Soleimani’s body to Ahvaz, a city that was a focus of fighting during the bloody, 1980-88 war between Iraq and Iran in which the general slowly grew to prominence. After that war, Soleimani joined the Guard’s newly formed Quds, or Jersualem, Force, an expeditionary force that works with Iranian proxy forces in countries like Iraq, Lebanon and Yemen.
Authorities then took Soleimani’s body to the city of Mashhad later Sunday. State TV estimated that a million mourners came out to the Imam Reza shrine to pay their respects, although that number could not be independently verified. Soleimani’s remains will go to Tehran and Qom on Monday for public mourning processions, followed by his hometown of Kerman for burial Tuesday.
This marks the first time Iran honored a single man with a multi-city ceremony. Not even Khomeini received such a processional with his death in 1989. Soleimani on Monday will lie in state at Tehran’s famed Musalla mosque as the revolutionary leader did before him.
Although it’s unclear how or when Iran may respond, any retaliation was likely to come after three days of mourning declared in both Iran and Iraq.
Mohsen Rezaei, a former leader of the Guard, told a crowd of mourners in Tehran that the Israeli city of Haifa and other “centers” like Tel Aviv could be targeted. Rezaei earlier alleged without offering evidence that Israel leaked information to the U.S. about Soleimani’s whereabouts, which allowed them to carry out the drone strike.
“Rest assured we will level to the ground Haifa and Israeli centers so that Israel will be wiped out,” he said. “The issue is very serious for the Iranian nation. You hit us and you should get hit. You attacked us and it is the Iranian nation’s right.”
Iranian officials planned to meet Sunday night to discuss taking a fifth step away from its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, one that could be even greater than planned, Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi told journalists.
“In the world of politics, all developments are interconnected,” Mousavi said.
Iran previously has broken limits of its enrichment, its stockpiles and its centrifuges, as well as restarted enrichment at an underground facility.
The Iranian parliament on Sunday opened with lawmakers in unison chanting: “Death to America!” Parliament speaker Ali Larijani compared Soleimani’s killing to the 1953 CIA-backed coup that cemented the shah’s power and to the U.S. Navy’s shootdown of an Iranian passenger plane in 1988 that killed 290 people. He also described American officials as following “the law of the jungle.”
Rain fell at the shrine in Mashhad late Sunday as an imam delivered a sermon over the coffins of Soleimani and others stood. The crowd surged and shouted as he preached. Mourners threw clothing up to officials accompanying the remains to have the fabric be brushed against the caskets in a belief it would carry God’s blessings to them.
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Gambrell reported from Dubai, United Arab Emirates and Karam reported from Beirut. Associated Press writers Aya Batrawy in Dubai, Qassim Abdul-Zahra in Baghdad, Sarah El Deeb in Beirut and Kelvin Chan in London contributed to this report.
NAIROBI, Kenya — Al-Shabab extremists overran a key military base used by U.S. counterterror forces in Kenya before dawn Sunday, killing three American Department of Defense personnel and destroying several U.S. aircraft and vehicles before they were repelled, U.S. and Kenyan authorities said.
The attack on the Manda Bay Airfield was the al-Qaida-linked group’s first attack against U.S. forces in the East African country, and the military called the security situation “fluid” several hours after the assault.
Five attackers were killed, Kenyan military spokesman Paul Njuguna said.
Al-Shabab, based in neighboring Somalia, claimed responsibility for the assault.
One U.S. serviceman and two contractors with the U.S. Department of Defense were killed in the fighting, according to a statement issued late Sunday by the U.S. Africa Command, or Africom.
The attack on the compound “involved indirect and small arms fire. After an initial penetration of the perimeter, Kenya Defense Forces and U.S. Africa Command repelled the al-Shabaab attack,” said the AFRICOM statement. “Reports indicate that six contractor-operated civilian aircraft were damaged to some degree. Manda Bay Airfield is utilized by U.S. forces whose missions include providing training to our African partners, responding to crises, and protecting U.S. interests in this strategically important area.”
Al-Shabab claimed that there were 17 U.S. casualties, nine Kenyan soldiers killed and seven aircraft destroyed. The U.S. Africa Command dismissed the al-Shabab claims as exaggerated and said U.S. and Kenyan forces repelled the attack.
Kenya is a key base for fighting al-Shabab, one of the world’s most resilient extremist organizations. A large plume of black smoke rose above the airfield Sunday and residents said a car bomb had exploded. Lamu county commissioner Irungu Macharia told The Associated Press that five suspects were arrested and were being interrogated.
An internal Kenyan police report seen by the AP said two fixed-wing aircraft, a U.S. Cessna and a Kenyan one, were destroyed along with two U.S. helicopters and multiple U.S. vehicles at the Manda Bay military airstrip. The report said explosions were heard at around 5:30 a.m. from the direction of the airstrip. The scene, now secured, indicated that al-Shabab likely entered “to conduct targeted attacks,” the report said.
The U.S. military said only that “initial reports reflect damage to infrastructure and equipment.” The Kenya Civil Aviation Authority said the airstrip was closed for all operations.
The military’s Camp Simba in Lamu county, established more than a decade ago, has under 100 U.S. personnel, according to Pentagon figures. U.S. forces at the adjoining Manda Bay airfield train and give counterterror support to East African partners. A U.S. flag-raising at the camp in August signaled its change “from tactical to enduring operations,” the Air Force said at the time.
According to another internal Kenyan police report seen by the AP, dated Friday, a villager that day said he had spotted 11 suspected al-Shabab members entering Lamu’s Boni forest, which the extremists have used as a hideout. The report said Kenyan authorities didn’t find them.
Al-Shabab has launched a number of attacks inside Kenya, including against civilian targets such as buses, schools and shopping malls. The group has been the target of a growing number of U.S. airstrikes inside Somalia during President Donald Trump’s administration.
The latest attack comes just over a week after an al-Shabab truck bomb in Somalia’s capital killed at least 79 people and U.S. airstrikes killed seven al-Shabab fighters in response.
Last year, al-Shabab attacked a U.S. military base inside Somalia, Baledogle, that is used to launch drone strikes but reportedly failed to make their way inside. The extremist group also has carried out multiple attacks against Kenyan troops in the past in retaliation for Kenya sending troops to Somalia to fight it.
This attack marks a significant escalation of al-Shabab’s campaign of attacks inside Kenya, said analyst Andrew Franklin, a former U.S. Marine and longtime Kenya resident.
“Launching a deliberate assault of this type against a well-defended permanent base occupied by (Kenya Defence Forces), contractors and U.S. military personnel required a great deal of planning, rehearsals, logistics and operational capability,” he said. Previous attacks against security forces have mainly been ambushes on Kenyan army or police patrols.
The early Sunday attack comes days after a U.S. airstrike killed Iran’s top military commander and Iran vowed retaliation, but al-Shabab is a Sunni Muslim group and there is no sign of links to Shiite Iran or proxies.
“No, this attack was no way related to that incident” in the Middle East, an al-Shabab spokesman told the AP on condition of anonymity for security reasons.
One analyst, Rashid Abdi, in Twitter posts discussing the attack, agreed, but added that Kenyan security services have long been worried that Iran was trying to cultivate ties with al-Shabab.
“Avowedly Wahhabist Al-Shabaab not natural ally of Shia Iran, hostile, even. But if Kenyan claims true, AS attack may have been well-timed to signal to Iran it is open for tactical alliances,” he wrote.
But a former member of the U.N. committee monitoring sanctions on Somalia, Jay Bahadur, said in a tweet that “the attack is far more related to AS wanting a do over on their spectacular failure at Baledogle four months ago.”
When asked whether the U.S. military was looking into any Iranian link to the attack, U.S. Africa Command spokesman Col. Christopher Karns said only that “al-Shabab, affiliated with al-Qaida, has their own agenda and have made clear their desire to attack U.S. interests.”
The al-Shabab claim of responsibility said Sunday’s attack was part of its “Jerusalem will never be Judaized” campaign, a rarely made reference that also was used after al-Shabab’s deadly attack on a luxury mall complex in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, in January 2019.
Somalia’s government, which is fighting al-Shabab with the help of a multinational African force, The Federal Republic of Somalia joins the rest of the world in condemning the cowardly attack that targeted joint Kenyan and U.S forces based at Manda Bay Airfield, Kenya earlier today.
(TEHRAN, Iran) — The leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah group vowed Sunday to end the U.S. military’s presence in the Middle East, saying U.S. bases, warships and soldiers were all fair targets following the recent U.S. killing of an Iranian general.
Hassan Nasrallah said the U.S. military “will pay the price” for the U.S. drone strike that killed Gen Qasem Soleimani in Iraq Friday. His comments further heightened tensions in a region already on high alert and bracing for Iranian retaliation.
President Donald Trump has threatened to bomb 52 sites in Iran if it retaliates by attacking Americans. Iran vowed to take an even-greater step away from its unraveling nuclear deal with world powers as a response to Soleimani’s slaying.
“The suicide attackers who forced the Americans to leave from our region in the past are still here and their numbers have increased,” Nasrallah said.
It was not clear which suicide bombings Nasrallah was referring to. A 1983 attack on a U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut, Lebanon killed 241 U.S. servicemen. President Ronald Reagan eventually withdrew all American forces from the country. Suicide bombings in Iraq in the 2000s also put pressure on the Americans to withdraw.
Nasrallah spoke from an undisclosed location, and his speech was played on large screens for thousands of Shiite followers in southern Beirut, interrupted occasionally by chants of “Death to America.” The comments were Nasrallah’s first since Soleimani’s killing.
Nasrallah spoke shortly before the Iraqi parliament voted in favor of a bill to expel the U.S. military from Iraq by canceling the military agreement between the two countries. More than 5,000 U.S. soldiers are in Iraq, based on an invitation by the Iraqi government in 2014 to help fight the Islamic State group.
Earlier Sunday, tens of thousands of mourners accompanied a casket carrying the remains of the slain Soleimani through two major Iranian cities as part of a grand funeral procession across the Islamic Republic for the commander killed by an American drone.
Nasrallah said Soleimani was not only Iran’s concern but the entire so-called “axis of resistance,” a term used to refer to anti-Israel militant groups in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Yemen and the Palestinian territories. He said it was up to those groups to decide if and how they would retaliate.
He praised Soleimani and said “the shoe of Qasem Soleimani is worth the head of Trump and all American leaders.”
Soleimani’s killing escalated the crisis between Tehran and Washington after months of trading attacks and threats that have put the wider Middle East on edge. The conflict is rooted in Trump pulling out of Iran’s atomic accord and imposing crippling sanctions.
Iran has promised “harsh revenge” for the U.S. attack, which shocked Iranians across all political lines. Many saw Soleimani as a pillar of the Islamic Republic at a moment when it is beset by U.S. sanctions and recent anti-government protests.
Retaliation for Soleimani could potentially come through the proxy forces which he oversaw as the head of an elite unit within the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard. Soleimani’s longtime deputy Esmail Ghaani already has taken over as the Quds Force’s commander.
The U.S. Embassy in Saudi Arabia separately warned Americans “of the heightened risk of missile and drone attacks.”
Late Saturday, a series of rockets launched in Baghdad fell inside or near the Green Zone, which houses government offices and foreign embassies, including the U.S. Embassy.
Trump wrote on Twitter afterward that the U.S. had already “targeted 52 Iranian sites (representing the 52 American hostages taken by Iran many years ago), some at a very high level & important to Iran & the Iranian culture.”
Trump did not identify the targets but added that they would be “HIT VERY FAST AND VERY HARD.”
The 1954 Hague Convention, of which the U.S. is a party, bars any military from “direct hostilities against cultural property.” However, such sites can be targeted if they have been re-purposed and turned into a legitimate “military objective,” according to the International Committee of the Red Cross.
Iran, home to 24 UNESCO World Heritage sites, has in the past reportedly guarded the sprawling tomb complex of the Islamic Republic’s founder, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, with surface-to-air missiles.
After thousands in Baghdad on Saturday mourned Soleimani and others killed in the strike, authorities flew the general’s body to the southwestern Iranian city of Ahvaz. An honor guard stood by early Sunday as mourners carried the flag-draped coffins of Soleimani and other Guard members off the tarmac.
The caskets then moved slowly through streets choked with mourners wearing black, beating their chests and carrying posters with Soleimani’s portrait. Demonstrators also carried red Shiite flags, which traditionally both symbolize the spilled blood of someone unjustly killed and call for their deaths to be avenged.
Officials brought Soleimani’s body to Ahvaz, a city that was a focus of fighting during the bloody, 1980-88 war between Iraq and Iran in which the general slowly grew to prominence. After that war, Soleimani joined the Guard’s newly formed Quds, or Jersualem, Force, an expeditionary force that works with Iranian proxy forces in countries like Iraq, Lebanon and Yemen.
Authorities then took Soleimani’s body to Mashhad later Sunday. His remains will go to Tehran and Qom on Monday for public mourning processions, followed by his hometown of Kerman for burial Tuesday.
This marks the first time Iran honored a single man with a multi-city ceremony. Not even Khomeini received such a processional with his death in 1989. Soleimani on Monday will lie in state at Tehran’s famed Musalla mosque as the revolutionary leader did before him.
Soleimani was the architect of Iran’s regional policy of mobilizing militias across Iraq, Syria and Lebanon, including in the war against the Islamic State group. He was also blamed for attacks on U.S. troops and American allies going back decades.
Though it’s unclear how or when Iran may respond, any retaliation was likely to come after three days of mourning declared in both Iran and Iraq.
Iranian officials planned to meet Sunday night to discuss taking a fifth step away from its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, one that could be even greater than planned, Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi told journalists.
“In the world of politics, all developments are interconnected,” Mousavi said.
Iran previously has broken limits of its enrichment, its stockpiles and its centrifuges, as well as restarted enrichment at an underground facility.
After the airstrike early Friday, the U.S.-led coalition has scaled back operations and boosted “security and defensive measures” at bases hosting coalition forces in Iraq, a coalition official said on condition of anonymity according to regulations.
Meanwhile, the U.S. has dispatched another 3,000 troops to neighboring Kuwait, the latest in a series of deployments in recent months as the standoff with Iran has worsened. Protesters held demonstrations in dozens of U.S. cities Saturday over Trump’s decisions to kill Soleimani and deploy more troops to the Mideast.
In a thinly veiled threat, one of the Iran-backed militias, Asaib Ahl al-Haq, or League of the Righteous, called on Iraqi security forces to stay at least a kilometer (0.6 miles) away from U.S. bases starting Sunday night. However, U.S. troops are invariably based in Iraqi military posts alongside local forces.
The Iranian parliament on Sunday opened with lawmakers in unison chanting: “Death to America!” Parliament speaker Ali Larijani compared Soleimani’s killing to the 1953 CIA-backed coup that cemented the shah’s power and to the U.S. Navy’s shootdown of an Iranian passenger plane in 1988 that killed 290 people. He also described American officials as following “the law of the jungle.”
“Mr. Trump! This is the voice of Iranian nation. Listen!” Larijani said as lawmakers chanted.
A spokesman for Iran’s armed forces, Gen. Abolfazl Shekarchi, likewise threatened the U.S. by saying Iran and the “resistance front will decide the time, place and way” revenge will be carried out.
Iraq’s parliament is meeting for an emergency session Sunday. Its government has come under mounting pressure to expel the 5,200 American troops who are based in the country to help prevent a resurgence of the Islamic State group.
The U.S. has ordered all citizens to leave Iraq and temporarily closed its embassy in Baghdad, where Iran-backed militiamen and their supporters had recently staged two days of violent protests in which they breached the compound. Britain and France have warned their citizens to avoid or strictly limit travel in Iraq, as London said it would begin escorting ships through the Strait of Hormuz. Oman, long an interlocutor between Iran and the West, urged Tehran and Washington on Sunday to pursue dialogue.
No one was hurt in the embassy protests, which came in response to U.S. airstrikes that killed 25 Iran-backed militiamen in Iraq and Syria. The U.S. blamed the militia for a rocket attack that killed a U.S. contractor in northern Iraq.
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Gambrell reported from Dubai, United Arab Emirates and Karam reported from Beirut. Associated Press writers Aya Batrawy in Dubai, Qassim Abdul-Zahra in Baghdad, Sarah El Deeb in Beirut and Kelvin Chan in London contributed to this report.
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Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University has declared the Agra University Results 2020 for various Courses. The DBRAU University has conducted the Semester Examination successfully and announced the DBRAU Results 2020. Here Students can check the Agra University Results for all Graduate Students including UnderGraduate, Postgraduate and Regular/Supplementary Courses. We used to update all the information regarding the DBRAU Result, Time Table, Score Card and others. We have provided a direct link to check and download the Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University Results 2020. We advise the students to keep in touch with our recruitment.guru page to get more details about the DBRAU Results 2020.
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DHS Haryana Recruitment 2020: Apply Offline for 447 Medical Officer Job Vacancies Now @ haryanahealth.nic.in: Applicants who are eagerly waiting for Haryana Govt Job may note this advertisement and apply for the Medical Officer Posts. Directorate of Health Services invites the Offline application for 447 Vacancies in the State of Haryana under the control of the Health Department. Interested and eligible candidates can apply for the Posts through Offline Process. The last date to apply for these jobs is 22nd January 2020. Read the entire article for detail on DHS Haryana Vacancy 2020. All the important details are given below.
DHS Haryana Recruitment 2020
Applications are invited (only Offline) from suitable, qualified and dynamic professionals of Indian nationality. The person appointed will be on probation for a period of two years. Reservation benefits will be admissible to the bonafide residents of Haryana State only. A direct link to the official notification along with the Offline application form is given below. Candidates also visit the official website by clicking on the link below.
DHS Haryana Medical Officer Recruitment 2020 | 447 Openings
Eligibility Criteria for DHS Medical Officer Recruitment 2020
Applicants who are looking for the DHS Haryana Notification 2020 can get the complete details of the Haryana Health Department Recruitment Notification from the below sections.
DGHS Haryana Medical Officer jobs 2020 – Educational Qualification:
Graduate in Medicine and Surgery of a recognized University or degree of any other University or Institution recognized by the Medical Council of India to be applicable for DGHS Haryana Medical Officer Jobs 2020.
Registered as a medical practitioner with the Medical Council of India or any other State Medical Council in Indian Union
Adequate knowledge of Hindi
Age Limit for HCMS Recruitment 2020:
Minimum Age Limit – 22 Years
Maximum Age Limit – 42 Years
Age Relaxation:
SC/BC – 47 Years
Widows/Women’s/Divorced Women’s/Unmarried Women – 47 Years
Salary Details – DGHS Haryana Medical Officer Jobs 2020:
Applicants can refer to the Haryana Health Department Recruitment Notification for more information and the selected candidates will get salary as per the organization norms.
Application Fee:
General/DESM – Rs.500/-
Women candidates of all categories – Rs.250/-
SC/BC/ESM/PH/EWS/DFF) (For candidates of Haryana State Only) – Rs.250/-
Health Department Haryana Vacancy – Selection Process:
Interview (Walk-in)
Other Important Instructions for DHS Haryana Notification 2020
The photograph should pasted on the right-hand top corner at the space provided in the application form duly attested by a Gazetted Officer
Application complete in all respect, along with relevant testimonials, certificates (self-attested), original challan form and one recent passport size photograph, should be sent to the following address.
How to Apply for Haryana Medical Officer Recruitment 2020?
Download the DHS Haryana Recruitment Notification given below.
Read the official notification carefully and check your eligibility details
Read the job details given in the Official Notification.
Then download the Offline application form from the below link
Candidates are required to fill the application form in their own handwriting
Start filling the Application Form with all the required details.
Recheck the details are properly on the application form.
Enclose all required documents to the application form and recheck the details which entered in the form
Pay the application fee if required
After successfully completing the application form
Send the duly filled application to the following Registered postal address on ort before the last date 22nd January 2020.
NOTE: Application complete in all respects should be sent in a cover superscribed "Application for the post of Medical Officer" to reach the following address:
Director General, Health Services, Haryana, Swasthya Bhawan Sector-6, Panchkula-134109.
Walk-in-Interview Venue:
O/o DGHS, Haryana, Sector-6, Panchkula
Important Dates for DHS Haryana Medical Officer Recruitment 2020
Frequently Asked Questions About DHS Haryana Recruitment 2020:
1. What is the mode of application form DHS Medical Officer Recruitment 2020? A. Applications for HCMS Recruitment will be accepted only in the Offline mode. Candidates can apply for Medical Officer posts by following the steps given above
2. Where will the candidates be placed after selection? A. The selected candidates will be placed in Haryana which has an office of Directorate of Health Services (DHS).
3. What are the important dates I must know for HCMS Recruitment 2020? A. Candidates must make note of the following date
Starting Date of Application – Started
Last Date To Apply Offline – 22nd January 2020
4. What are the eligibility criteria for DHS Haryana Notification 2020? A. Candidate should Graduate in Medicine and Surgery of a recognized University or degree of any other University or Institution recognized by the Medical Council of India to be eligible for Health Department Haryana Vacancy. The candidate must be below 42 years of age.
5. What is the selection process for Haryana Medical Officer Recruitment 2020? A. Candidates will select based on the Interview.
6. What is the application fee that I will have to pay for DHS Haryana Recruitment? A. General/DESM candidates will have to pay – Rs. 500/- as application fee and Women candidates of all categories have to pay Rs. 250/-, SC/BC/ESM/PH/EWS/DFF) (For candidates of Haryana State Only) – Rs.250/-.
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Bank of Maharashtra Syllabus 2020: The BOM Sub Staff Syllabus is Changed..!! Yes here is the Updated BOM Sub Staff Written Exam Syllabus 2020 details. Applied for the Bank of Maharashtra Part-time Sub Staff Vacancies 2020. Then you are at right place. Check the all-new updated Bank of Maharashtra Syllabus for Part-time Sub Staff Vacancies 2020. Here we have given the BOM Syllabus and Exam Pattern details in the section below. Also, don’t miss to check the Bank of Maharashtra Exam Question Papers for Sub Staff from the link at the end of the article.
The BOM Careers has recently given the Syllabus and Exam Pattern details for Part-Time Sub Staff Vacancies 2020. However, we updated all the Bank of Maharashtra Exam Pattern details like Subjects, Marks, Time Duration Etc in the table below. Also, given the subject wise topics details in the section following. Furthermore, download the BOM Syllabus pdf for Sub Staff from the link given. For more details, aspirants can check the Official Bank of Maharashtra Website.
S.No
Subjects
Marks
1
Knowledge of English Language
30
2
Elementary Arithmetic/ Numerical Ability
60
3
Local Language
10
The questions will be Objective Type only.
The question paper will be in Hindi & English Languages
BOM Sub Staff Syllabus and Exam Pattern Updated 2020
Structure
Amended Structure
Min Qualifying Marks (35%)
Minimum Qualifying Marks (35%)
Knowledge of English Language
10.5
31.5 (Common Passing i.e.,35% or More)
Elementary Arithmetic/ Numerical Ability
21
Local Language
3.5
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Previous Papers Download:
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BOM Part Time Inspection Staff Syllabus 2020 Pdf is available for download. So, the candidates who have applied for the exam can also check the direct link to download the Bank of Maharashtra Syllabus. Interested candidates can also check the BOM Inspection Staff Syllabus & Exam Pattern 2020 @ bankofmaharashtra.in
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The candidates who are willing to attend the exam can also check the BOM Inspection Staff Exam Pattern along with the syllabus. We have provided the direct link to download the BOM Part Time Inspection Staff Syllabus on this page. So, the applicants can check the test pattern and know the details like the exam duration, which subjects consist of high weightage and the total number of questions. Applicants who are willing to start their career with Bank Jobs can apply for this examination.
So, the applicants have to prepare according to the weightage of the marks. A few days ago Bank of Maharashtra published a notification in Latest Employment News to fill the Part-Time Inspection Staff Vacancies. A huge number of candidates all over Maharashtra have applied for the exam. Now the candidates are searching for the Bank of Maharashtra Syllabus. For those candidates, we have given the direct link to download the BOM Syllabus on this page.
Selection Procedure for BOM Inspection Staff Recruitment 2020
The candidates who are willing to attend the exam can also check the selection criteria. They should qualify for all the rounds given below to obtain final employment.
Written Test
Interview
BOM Inspection Staff Exam Pattern 2020
S.No
Exam Type
Name of the Subject
1.
Objective Type
Local Language
2.
General Ability/Aptitude
3.
English Language
The candidates can also check the BOM Inspection Staff Previous Papers and prepare well for the examination. We suggest the applicants practice the number of old papers and improve your time management skills.
BDU Results 2020 Updated: Bharathidasan University announces the results for UG, PG, MPhil, and other courses online. Students of Bharathidasam University can check the regular, supplementary and revaluation results online on our page. Hence, Check other information of Bharathidasam University Results in the sections below. Here, we have provided a direct link to get the BDU Results from the below table, which will help the students to get the results easily, without any hesitation. For more information about Bharathidasan University Results 2020 visit the official website i.e, www.bdu.ac.in.
Students of Bharathidasan University can find all results including regular, supply, revaluation for UG/PG & Distance courses on our page. Here Students can check Latest Semester Exam Bharathidasan University Exam Results and Revaluation Results for UG, PG, CDE, and others. We people from recruitment.guru will provide all recent results once released by BDU to make avail for students. Apart from these results, we always used to update the latest information regarding the BDU Exam Time Table, Admit Card, Syllabus, and others. So, students of BDU can keep checking our page for regular updates and can evaluate their performance in exams by checking their Bharathidasan University Results 2020 through our site.
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Bharathidasan University was established in 1982 and was named after the great revolutionary Tamil Poet Bharathisaran. Bharathidasan University is shortly known as BHU, which is having its main campus in Palkalaiperur. It is having a downtown campus at Khajamalai, which houses the autonomous PG centre of the university. It has affiliated colleges in the districts of Karur, Nagapattinam, Perambalur, Pudukkottai, Tiruvarur, and Tiruchirapalli. Bharathidasan University was recognized by University Grants Commission of India. NACC has given recently re-evaluated and given an A+ grade to the University.
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Students are waiting for the results if they scored well they will lead to next year. But if they will not get more marks they can apply for the Bharathidasan University Exam Results. Once they applied for the Examination, the higher level Examiner will check the paper again. They can get the revaluation results within the time. Also if still get fail marks, they can apply for the supplementary examination. For every semester Students can apply for the revaluation after the announcement of the main examination results. Bharathidasan University will take a week to process the exam papers to announce the Bharathidasan University Results. Do stay updated with this page to know about the Revaluation Results.
Guys here is the great news for Applicants those who are in search of HSSC Result 2020. All recently released posts results will be here to download. Check It Out, Guys!! Candidates who had applied for the HSSC Jobs can make use of this page to check their HSSC Exam Results 2020. By checking results contenders can evaluate their performance in the examination. Moreover, the result is released by the authorized people and hence there would be no ambiguity. Refer to the link given below to check your results.
Haryana SSC Operator, Mason, Supervisor & Other Post Result 2020 willsoon release on its official site of hssc.gov.in. Haryana Staff Selection Commission (HSSC) has commenced the examination for various posts such as Operator, Assistant Revenue Clerk, zilledar, Draftsman, Junior Draftsman, Tracer, Assistant Draftsman, Plumber, Electrician, Earth Work Mistry, Fitter, Artificer, Mason, Turner, Welder, Supervisor, Blacksmith, Chargeman Mechanical, Sub Divisional Clerk, Accounts Clerk and Other Posts from 23rd to 29th December 2019. A huge number of candidates have participated in the written examination and waiting for the HSSC Operator Result 2020. This is the right place to get your HSSC Exam Results 2020. Moreover, the Department is planning to declare the Results in the month of January 2020 (Tentatively) to fill 754 Vacancies. Here, we will update the quick link to download the Haryana Staff Selection Commission Result 2020 from this page by just clicking the link. And also get all the latest updates regarding the HSSC Results 2020
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HSSC Instructor, Librarian, Other Posts Result 2020 willsoon release on its official site. Haryana Staff Selection Commission (HSSC) has commenced the examination for various posts. They are the Surveyor Instructor (Theory), Forger and Heat Treater (Black Smith) Instructor, Librarian, Turner Instructor, Welder (Gas and Electric) Instructor, Computer Operator and Programming Assistant Instructor, Fitter Instructor, Employability Skill Instructor, Surveyor Instructor, Computer Instructor, Mechanical Refrigerator and Air Condition Instructor, and Other Posts. The Board has conducted the written examination on scheduled dates (i.e) from 3rd to 18th December 2019. Moreover, the authority is planning to release the Haryana Librarian, Instructor, Store Keeper and Other Post Exam Result 2020 in the month of January 2020 (Tentatively).
Haryana Librarian, Instructor, Store Keeper, Other Post Exam Result 2020
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Surveyor Instructor (Theory), Forger and Heat Treat, and Other Posts
Haryana SSC Clerk Result 2019 – Haryana Staff Selection Commission (HSSC) has announced the Result of Written Examination for the Clerk Post on 18th December 2019. Therefore, the HSSC Board has conducted the HSSC Clerk Examination on 21st, 22nd, 23rd September 2019 to fill 4858 vacancies. Many aspirants appeared for the Written Examination and searching for the Results. Moreover, the HSSC has announced the Results. Hence, the candidates can now check and download the Haryana Staff Selection Commission Clerk Exam Result 2019. Additionally, aspirants can download the HSSC Clerk Cut Off Marks 2019, HSSC Clerk Merit List 2019 from this page. Therefore, we have provided a direct link to download the Result and it is activated now.
HSSC Sub Inspector Result 2019 – Haryana Public Service Commission has announced the Result of Written Examination and Notice to candidates for Scrutiny of Documents for the post of Sub Inspector of Food & Supplies Department, Haryana, Against Advt. No. 07/2015, Cat. No.10 on 11th August 2019. On the basis of Written Examination held on 24th September 2017 and 01st October 2017 for the post of Sub Inspector of Food & Supplies Department. The Sub Inspector Result is also available on the website of HSSC i.e, www.hssc.gov.in.
HSSC Sub Inspector Result 2019 – Haryana Public Service Commission has announced the Result of Written Examination and Notice to candidates for Scrutiny of Documents for the post of Sub Inspector of Food & Supplies Department, Haryana, Against Advt. No. 07/2015, Cat. No.10 on 11th August 2019. On the basis of Written Examination held on 24th September 2017 and 01st October 2017 for the post of Sub Inspector of Food & Supplies Department. The Sub Inspector Result is also available on the website of HSSC i.e, www.hssc.gov.in.
HSSC Senior Scale Stenographer CBT & DV Result 2019 – Haryana Public Service Commission has announced the Senior Scale Stenographer CBT & DV Result on 05th August 2019. Successful completion of the Written Examination, Applicants will wait for the Haryana Canal Patwari Result. Candidates can download the HSSC Senior Scale Stenographer CBT & DV Result pdf from the link given below. Furthermore, candidates can visit the official website to get more information regarding the HSSC Senior Scale Stenographer CBT & DV Result 2019 i.e, hssc.gov.in
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Haryana Patwari Result 2019 – Haryana Public Service Commission is going to announce the Haryana Patwari Result 2019 soon. HSSC has planned to appoint 892 Candidates for Canal Patwari in Revenue & Disaster Management Department. So for these posts, HSSC will conduct Written Examination from 13th July to 18th August 2019. Successful completion of the Written Examination, Applicants will wait for the Haryana Canal Patwari Result. Candidates can download the HSSC Canal Patwari Results pdf from the link given below.
Haryana Staff Selection Commission has finally announced the Final Result for the Post of Tabla Player on 10th June 2019. However, the Aspirants who are eagerly waiting for the HSSC Tabla Player Result can check the result below. Also, candidates can download the HSSC Tabla Player Result pdf from the link given below.
Haryana Staff Selection Commission has finally given the PGT History (Rest of Haryana) Result on 09th June 2019. However, the Aspirants who are eagerly waiting for the HSSC PGT History Result can check the result from the below table. Also, candidates can download the HSSC PGT History Result pdf from the link given below.
Haryana Staff Selection Commission has finally given the Lower Division Clerk Result on 08th June 2019. However, the Aspirants who are eagerly waiting for the HSSC Lower Division Clerk Final Result can check their result below. Also, candidates can download the HSSC Lower Division Clerk Result pdf from the link given below.
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HSSC Result 2020
HSSC Result 2020: The Haryana Staff Selection Commission has released it’s HSSC Exam Results 2020. Applicants can make use of this page to get Haryana SSC Results 2020. By checking results aspirants can evaluate their performance in the examination. The results list is prepared by the officials and hence there would be no ambiguity. However, the HSSC Merit List 2020 will be here to download when released by the officials at www.hssc.gov.in. The HSSC Results 2020 consists of the name of the shortlisted contenders and only those aspirants can take up further rounds. Stay tuned to our page and get your results here.
Gujarat University Results 2020Declared!!! Gujarat University conducted the UG, PG Programme, M.Phil/Ph.D. Programmes Courses Semester Examination. Participants who have appeared for the written exam check your Gujarat University Results 2020 here. Candidates can also check the results for all the examination courses conducted by the Gujarat University Ahmedabad i.e., @ gujaratuniversity.ac.in
The Gujarat University Released for all kinds of UG, PG Programme, M.Phil/Ph.D. Programme results. Examiners who have attended the semester examination and waiting for the examination results, then its time to check it out. Get all the updated Gujarat University Ahmedabad Results. This is one of the best universities in Gujarat which has affiliated more than 350 colleges. The University has declared the semester exam results for all the students who are pursuing their degree in Gujarat University. Scroll down the entire section to gather more details about www.gujaratuniversity.ac.in Result 2020.
Gujarat University was established in the year 1949. In fact, the university was evolved in 1949 but the initial movement started by the many leaders of India like Mahatma Gandhi, Sardar Patel, Anand Shankar Dhruv, Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar and Kasturibhai Lal Bhai eas recommended to start this university in 1920 later it built after Independence. The Gujarat University started with the name of Ahmedabad Education Society later it converted to Gujarat University by the Gujarat University Act. When comes to its strength, it equipped with 285 colleges out of this 35 approved institution and 20 recognized institution, as in 2014. The Governor of Gujarat will act as the Chancellor of the university. while Mr.Himanshu Pandya is the Vice-Chancellor and Piyush Patel is the Registrar of the Gujarat University.
Gujarat University Revaluation/ Supplementary Results
Students, those who have not cleared or got low marks the University examinations can apply for the Revaluation. This is is a chance for the students to increase their marks in subjects in which they have scored low marks. If students have written the main exam well and still got a low score or having doubts in the correction of the exam paper it is a choice to increase their marks. The University has released the revaluation results for UG, PG with all-region Students. So Students can check the Revaluation Results here. We have provided a direct link to get the Gujarat University Revaluation Results.
Durg University Result 2020 Released @ durguniversity.ac.in: B.A, BCA, B.Ed, M.Sc, B.Com, B.Sc, M.A, M.Com, MCA Results. Hello Folks!! Here we have good news for you. Durg University has published the Results for various Courses. It announced by Annual/Semester vice for all the Students who have appeared for the Examination. Students can check the Results from the official website of the University. Moreover, we have provided a direct link from the below table to get the Durg University Results 2020. Moreover, Students can download the Results at the University online web portal.
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The Durg University UG/PG Results are released on the official website. We update this Durg University Results 2020 page with the latest Result that is released on the official website by the official DUD board. So to know more about the DUD degree Result and other Result candidates must bookmark this page. It announced by annual and Semester wise for all Courses. Students those who have appeared for these Examinations can check this from this page recruitment.guru. Apart from this Students may get detailed information regarding the Admit Card, Syllabus, Time Table and others. Here applicants can download the Hemchand Yadav University BCA, B.Ed, M.Sc, B.Com Results 2020 on this recruitment.guru webpage.
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Merit List :- (Session 2017-18) :- M.Sc. Home Science (Human Development 4th Sem. May-June 2018) M.Sc. Home Science (Food Science & Nutrition 4th Sem. May-June 2018) M.Sc. Home Science (Textile & Clothing 4th Sem. May-June 2018) M.Sc. Computer Science (4th Sem. May-June 2018) M.Sc. Mathematics (4th Sem. May-June 2018) M.Sc. Biotechnology (4th Sem. May-June 2018) M.Sc. Microbiology (4th Sem. May-June 2018)
The Government of Chhattisgarh, exercising its powers and bringing Chhattisgarh ACT, The Chhattisgarh Vishwavidyalaya Adhiniyam, 2015, dated 24th of April, 2015, an Act further amending the Chhattisgarh Vishwavidyalaya Adhiniyam, 1973, has established Hemchand Yadav Vishwavidyalaya, Durg. The Hemchand Yadav Vishwavidyalaya has come into existence after the division of the existing Pt. Ravishankar Shukla Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur and the jurisdiction of the Vishwavidyalaya comprise 116 affiliated colleges in the districts of Durg, Bemetara, Balod, Rajnandgaon, and Kabirdham.
Durg University Supply/Revaluation Results
Students are waiting for the Results if they scored well they will lead to next year. But if they will not get more marks they can apply for the revaluation Results. Once they applied for the Examination, the higher level Examiner will check the paper again. They can get the revaluation Result 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. Durg University will take a week to process the exam papers to announce the Durg University Revaluation Results. Do stay updated with this page to know about the Revaluation Results.
Krishna University Results 2020 Declared: Hello Students !!! The Krishna University has released UG/PG Results as Semester wise. Also, Krishna University has announced the results for Revaluation papers. Here on this page, we have updated all the results for the courses like M.Tech, B.Ed, MBA, B.P.Ed, and UG & PG Results. Students who are engaged with Krishna University can check their results on this web page through the direct links given below. To get more information about the Krishna University Results, Students can regularly check the university official website i.e, krishnauniversity.ac.in.
This is the right time for students who are studying at Krishna University to identify their performance on the exam by checking University Results. We are from recruitment.guru moderated this page with the most recent results for both regular & Supplementary examinations. Here we will update the results as soon as released from the official website. on this page, the Students will not get any confusion with other results. Moreover, we will update the latest information about Krishna University Results 2020 Name Wise, Exam Schedule, Admit Card, Previous Paper, Syllabus, and others. Here on this page, we have provided a direct link to get the Krishna University has declared UG/ PG & Other Exam Results 2020.
Krishna University was established in Machilipatnam Krishna district Andhra Pradesh, India, in 2008. It was established by the state of Andhra Pradesh. Facilities include laboratories, internet, reading room, guest house, and extra-curricular activities. The Krishna University has a mission that, To develop the Krishna University as a highly reputed higher education institution of the perennial source of knowledge like river Krishna, for a just and sustainable knowledge economy and society.
Krishna University Supply/Revaluation Results
Students who score well 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. Krishna University will take a week or more to process the exam papers to announce the Krishna University Revaluation Results. Do stay updated with the Krishna University official website to know about the Revaluation Exam Results.
GATE Admit Card 2020 Released – Graduate Aptitude Test for Engineering has been released by the officials on 03rd January 2020. Hence, the exam will be held on 01st, 02nd, 08th, 09th February 2020. The admit card should be downloaded by each and every candidate those who applied for the examination. Gate Hall Ticket is an important document to take down the examination. The examination will be held at various centres which are scheduled by the officials.
GATE Admit Card 2020
The admit card has been issued now. Hence, the Graduate Aptitude Test for Engineering is an important exam for the Engineers all over India. Therefore, the admit card is now available on its official portal. Make sure to download the hall ticket from the below section to take down the examination. Download the admit card by providing valid details while filling. Get more information from the bottom of the section.
Aspirants are suggested to download the admit card by providing the below-given details. Thus, the hall ticket should be downloaded through Online mode only. Therefore, the details in the admit card should match the details in the application form. Thus, Aspirants are suggested to download the Gate Admit Card before the exam date.
Candidates Name
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The examination will be held on 01st, 02nd, 08th, 09th February 2020. Hence, the admit card should be downloaded from the bottom of the section. Get the exam pattern of GATE exam and prepare for the exam along with the syllabus.
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Online
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Three – General Aptitude, Engineering Mathematics, Subject-Specific Section
Difficulty Level
Moderate
Negative Marking
1/3rd for 1-mark questions, 2/3rd for 2-marks questions
Total Number of Questions
65
Maximum Marks
100
Time Duration
3 hours
Documents Along with GATE Hall Ticket
The documents that should be carried for the exam along with the GATE Admit Card is stated below. Therefore, all the contenders must download the hall ticket after checking the details in it.
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Voter Card
Pan Card
Employee ID
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Passport
Driving License
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Bank Pass Book with the photograph
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First Click on the GATE Admit Card.
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Kalyani University Result 2020 Updated: Aspirants who are waiting for Kalyani University Results can get the updated University results for UG, PG, Diploma and Other Courses. We update with the latest information regarding the university results. We have provided the information like how to check the University of Kalyani Results and Result Links when will the Kalyani University will be released the Semester and Revaluation Results. For more detailed information about the Kalyani University Results 2020 students can visit the official website i.e klyuniv.ac.in. and also our recruitment.guru page.
Kalyani University conducts semester examinations every year for the students who are pursuing the degree. Twice a year the semester examination takes place. We have also provided the Kalyani University Results for the Distance Education. Detailed information about Kalyani University Revaluation Result and the Supplementary Exam Result are provided below. Students just click on the below link and register your roll number and wait for the results, within a few minutes students can view their exam results. We update this Kalyani University Results 2020 page with the latest results that are released by the Kalyani University. Keep in touch with our page to get the latest Kalyani University Results 2020.
The University of Kalyani was established on 01st November 1960 by the Kalyani University Act 1960 of the state of West Bengal. The Kalyani University is a state university and its activities are guided by the Kalyani University Act 1981 enacted by the Government of West Bengal. It is a state government administered affiliating & research university located in the Nadia district of West Bengal. Kalyani University offers undergraduate and Post Graduate Programs for the students. The university is situated in the eastern bank of the Ganges which is only 2000 meters from the university. It is situated at Kalyani which is 50 kilometers far from Kolkata. The Kalyani University is close to Kalyani Ghoshpara Railway Station. The University of Kalyani has been ranked in the band of 101-150 overall and ranked 86 among the universities by the National Institutional Ranking Framework in 2018.
Kalyani University Revaluation Results 2020-21
Students, those who have not cleared/ got low marks the University examinations can apply for the Revaluation. This is is a chance for the students to increase their marks in subjects in which they have scored low marks. If students have written the main exam well and still got a low score or having doubts in the correction of the exam paper it is a choice to increase their marks. Currently, the University has released the revaluation results for UG, PG with all-region Students. So Students can check the Latest Revaluation Results from the official website of Kalyani University as well as on this web page. We have attached the direct link to get the Supplementary/Revaluation of Kalyani University Results.
MUMBAI: Almost half the top 500 listed companies are yet to comply with the Sebi rule on splitting the roles of the chairperson and managing director.The new rule based on the recommendations of the Uday Kotak committee on corporate governance will be effective from April 1. This stipulates that the chairperson of the board should be a non-executive director and should not be related to the managing director or CEO. It doesn't apply to companies that don't have identifiable promoters as per the shareholding pattern.According to data compiled by nseinfobase.com, the chairperson has an executive role in 213 companies, while the chairman is also MD or CEO in 161 of them, including RIL, Hindustan Unilever, ONGC, Coal India, NTPC, Bharat Petroleum Corp and Power Grid Corp. HUL will split the role to comply with the rule, ET reported on December 28. The chairman is related to either the MD or CEO in 79 companies, including Bajaj Finserv, Bajaj Auto, Adani Port, Shree Cement, UPL and Lupin.The rule varies globally. Sebi's view is that separation of powers provides a more balanced governance structure, enabling effective supervision."What is causing anxiety is making the emotional business decision of choosing the chairman and managing director from among different family members," said Amit Tandon, founder and managing director, Institutional Investor Advisory Services. "In the UK, this split is for all practical purposes, mandatory. In the US, there has been a gradual shift in the past one decade and about 53% of S&P 500 companies have split the two roles." 73114830 Sebi chairman Ajay Tyagi said in November that companies had been given sufficient time to comply with the requirement.The regulations "were notified in May 2018 and we made them applicable from April 2020. The idea was to make people understand and plan for it", Tyagi said. "I agree with the argument that this may not solve it (corporate governance issues), but that doesn't mean that you will not try to solve it."A Wipro spokesperson said the company will comply with all applicable regulatory norms. A Bharti Airtel spokesperson said, "As a responsible corporate, we have always been and will be compliant with all regulations."Reliance Industries, SBI, HUL, Bajaj Finserv and Coal India didn't respond to queries."Most promoters have for long treated their companies as proprietary firms, with all powers (and most gains) concentrated in the family," said Prithvi Haldea, chairman of Prime Database. "It has been found worldwide that concentration of these two roles in one person or in one family has led to poor governance. Though not relevant, I fear that slowing of the economy is being used as a pressure point to do away with, or at least postpone, this regulation." However, the role of chairman will be much more accountable going forward, Haldea said.
Iran on Sunday announced its fifth step back from a nuclear deal saying it will forego the "limit on the number of centrifuges", amid mounting tensions with the United States. In a statement, Tehran said it would continue cooperating "as before" with the International Atomic Energy Agency, which monitors the implementation of the nuclear deal. The announcement came after a US drone strike Friday killed top Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani in Iraq, sparking fury in Iran which has vowed to avenge his death. The nuclear accord between Iran and the United Nations Security Council's five permanent members -- Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States -- plus Germany was agreed in 2015. It has been hanging by a thread since the US withdrawal in May 2018, despite efforts to salvage it led by the three European nations that remain parties to the deal along with China and Russia. On Saturday, France urged Iran to stick to the landmark 2015 nuclear accord. "France fully shares with Germany the central objective of de-escalation and preservation of the Vienna (nuclear) accord," Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said. With China, "we in particular noted our agreement... to urge Iran to avoid any new violation of the Vienna accord," he added. And the European Union said Sunday it had invited Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif to Brussels for talks.
By Dhirendra KumarThe apparent decline of the auto sector, with new car sales just not taking off, is now seen as a deep crisis by many people, as the auto industry is the bellwether of some equity investors' mood.This is indeed the way it used to be. It used to be hard to imagine a modern economy doing well and auto sales not growing. For about 100 years now, this has been more or less true for most of the world. In India, this has been true since the late 80s, with the rise of Maruti. However, we may be seeing a fundamental shift today. Electric vehicles, app-based ride hailing, vehicles-as-a-service are here and the connection between a certain level of prosperity and a certain level of car usage is now broken. In fact, the narrative has changed so fast that the impending doom of the auto industry is just a breath away from becoming conventional wisdom.At this point, I could say one of the two things, both equally convincing. One, I could say that habits don't change so fast, people will be buying cars for decades. Or two, I could agree with the new conventional wisdom that the auto industry is doomed.Either way, it does not actually matter to my real topic here, which is how investors can possibly cope with what looks like a high rate of change. This goes well beyond just the auto industry. Whenever anyone looks back at a longish period of equity investing, it's almost a tradition to say that there were a lot of ups and downs. Of course, such a statement is pointless–it's what statisticians call a 'vacuous observation'. Something that is true, and yet pointless.There are always ups and downs in the equity market, in fact, it would be news if there was an extended period of time when there were no major ups and downs. In fact, one gets an exaggerated sense of stability when one observes the equity markets as a whole, especially using large cap indices like the Sensex or the Nifty as references. However, for the last few years, it has been clear to any thinking investor that something bigger than this normal volatility is afoot. The wind of change that is driven by technology has now become a storm of transformation. In just a few years, not just companies, but the entire industry is looking completely different from what they actually used to.There are two aspects to this. One, entirely new types of businesses have been created. Google and Facebook are the biggest examples but there are many others. Nothing like Uber or Ola ever existed earlier. I mean, taxi is not a new phenomena in this world, but the scale at which such companies can organise and aggregate information, transforms the simple act of calling a taxi into a completely new kind of activity. The kind of strong waves of change that are hitting the auto industry happen once every few years. In fact, in the beginning of the auto industry, there was a similar shift from animal-drawn urban transport to motorised transport.So what should investors do? At the most basic level, this is one of the most basic problems that diversification solves. Companies and sectors will face all kinds of wrenching changes, some temporary and some permanent. However, there is often something else that does not change.Many years ago Amazon's founder and CEO Jeff Bezos wrote this: I very frequently get the question: "What's going to change in the next 10 years?" And that is a very interesting question; it's a very common one. I almost never get the question: "What's not going to change in the next 10 years?" And I submit to you that that second question is actually the more important of the two – because you can build a business strategy around the things that are stable in time. It's impossible to imagine a future 10 years from now where a customer comes up and says, "Jeff, I love Amazon; I just wish the prices were a little higher." "I love Amazon; I just wish you'd deliver a little more slowly." Impossible.Bezos has put his finger right on not only the most important thing in running a business, but also in being an equity investor.In the firestorm of change, investors should focus on what does not change.(The writer is CEO, Value Research)
MUMBAI: Debt investors of Reliance Home Finance (RHFL), a unit of Reliance Capital, are planning legal action that may include a request for initiating recovery proceedings in the National Company Law Tribunal against the stressed financier, which defaulted on bond repayments due earlier this month.Multiple industry sources aware of the developments told ET that IDBI Trusteeship, which is representing the interests of RHFL's non-convertible debenture (NCD) holders, has appointed Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas as the legal adviser for the affected investors, numbering about 20,000."The legal firm has conducted a conference call with investors and has already prepared an application draft on behalf of the investors," one of the participating investors told ET.Investors are weighing the option of filing the case in either the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) or Debt Recovery Tribunal (DRT) to recover their money. IDBI Trusteeship has already reached out to the company's lenders for approval, said another person who invested in RHFL bonds. "The NCLT application is likely, but through the Companies Act, as there are certain instances of irregularities," said an investor.A forensic report has also allegedly pointed to some deviations. ET could not independently verify contents of the forensic report.IDBI Trusteeship did not immediately comment.A Reliance Capital spokesperson said that RHFL has sufficient assets to honour repayment claims from its bond buyers."Reliance Home Finance has good quality retail assets and close to Rs 500 crore, (with) which it wants to pay retail investors, but is unable to proceed with such payments owing to the complete restraint placed by the banks, led by the lead lender, on making any preferential payments."The company also said that it is working on a resolution plan it wants to share with bondholders."On the issue of trustees calling for full loan repayment, we have already called for a debentureholders' meeting and will be sharing the resolution plan as one of the agenda items," the spokesperson said in response to a query from ET.RHFL had raised Rs 3,500 crore via public issuance of NCDs from about 20,000 investors. 73114763 If IDBI Trusteeship decides to file a case using the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), it may have to approach the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The central bank recently referred Dewan Housing Finance (DHFL) to the dedicated insolvency courts in the first such case involving financial companies."The IBC route is not actively under consideration for now," said a person involved in the matter.The government has empowered RBI to refer any financial services company for insolvency proceedings."The new amendment related to financial services companies (Sec 227 of IBC) is applicable only when the administrator (RBI ) refers any such company to NCLT," said Anil Goel, founder of AAA Insolvency. "If a trustee wants to take a company to NCLT acting on behalf of investors, it has to first approach the RBI."IDBI Trusteeship Services is yet to receive any confirmation from RHFL pertaining to principal and interest due on January 3, it said in a note to investors.On November 19, Swapan Kumar Bagchi, MD & CEO of IDBI Trusteeship Services, wrote to RHFL's chief investment officer, recalling the entire loan amount on the immediate maturity date of January 3 after the company was downgraded to 'D', or default."In case you fail to make the payments…, the trustee shall be constrained to take such steps as may be advised for enforcing the securities and realising the dues at your own risk," the letter said.Nippon India Mutual Fund, SBI Mutual Fund, Indian Iron and Steel PF, an arm of sovereign backed SAIL, Oriental Bank of Commerce, Emami group entity Frank Ross, the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), and Maharashtra government-owned SICOM were among those that invested in these bonds that were once rated AA+ - just a notch lower than the highest grade.
NEW DELHI: Oil prices will give up the recent surge if there is no major retaliatory action by Iran within weeks since the top Iranian general's killing has raised regional tension and stoked fears of supply disruption but hasn't changed the actual demand-supply situation, chairman of Hindustan Petroleum Corp has said."The news has been factored in the price. Now it's about the perception of the people, whether it will escalate or not," HPCL chairman MK Surana told ET in an interview. "Some new trigger can only take it further in the next few weeks. But if there is none, prices will come down."Oil prices had climbed about $3 on Friday to reach $69 a barrel. Increased risk perception, efforts at short-covering, and speculation could still drive oil prices up a bit but not beyond $75 a barrel, Surana said."This event has the potential, depends on how Iran responds. The past few events make us believe that the impact will be limited," Surana said, mainly referring to how the September attack on Saudi Arabia's installation, which had removed 5% of global oil supplies, provoked no quick retaliation. A fast restoration of supplies by Saudis and abundant supply in the world market ensured prices were back to pre-attack levels quickly.What would be important to see is not just how Iran retaliates but also how the world responds to that retaliation, Surana said, adding that he would also be keenly watching the exchange rate over the next few weeks. "If the bond yield is going up based on the risk perception of the people, it will have an impact on the movement of dollar in and out of the country," Surana said. Rupee depreciation increases import bill for refiners like HPCL.Higher crude prices also push up pump prices for petrol and diesel in the country that are already at 13-month high. Local rates of petrol and diesel have already risen Rs 2.5-3 per litre in two months."Had Iran been a full-fledged supplier, the impact could have been much bigger," Surana said. US sanctions have severely curtailed Iran's production and exports, and cut off world's dependence on Iranian crude. Besides, the world's dependence on Middle East is much lower today than it was a decade ago as the US and Russia have become key oil producers, and can swiftly respond to demand-supply signals, Surana said."Availability of surpluses is still there. Which is why the production cut news hasn't increased prices substantially," Surana said, referring to the limited effect of recent extension of production cut agreement between OPEC members and allies.The US-China trade tensions hasn't resolved fully and so the demand concerns remain, he said, in a bid to bolster his point that neither demand nor supply situation has changed significantly and therefore just the increased risk perception on Iran can't keep driving prices for long.
NEW DELHI: Air India, which the government is trying to sell, is keeping a close eye on about 40,000 pieces of art and other artefacts to ensure that it doesn't lose any more of them, said people with knowledge of the matter. They include works by MF Husain, VS Gaitonde and Anjolie Ela Menon, and are valued at hundreds of crores of rupees.An investigation in 2017 had discovered that executives had walked off with several items over the years.The airline recently completed the exercise of tagging every painting and artefact it has received over the years. They are under 24-hour CCTV surveillance and the log is checked every second day to ensure everything is intact, said the people.To be sure, the hoard won't go to Air India's buyer but will most likely end up at the National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), said the people. The civil aviation ministry will decide on their eventual destination."Though we have not done the evaluation as it is likely to get transferred to a government agency, considering the paintings are of MF Husain, VS Gaitonde and Anjolie Ela Menon, the value runs into hundreds of crores," said one of the persons. "Besides, we have ancient stone sculptures, the value of which can be evaluated by professionals."A case had been filed after the thefts became known in 2017 but it's not known if any of the pieces have been recovered. Air India then decided to put together a list of all such valuables and entrust their security to a separate team."With the sale of the airline imminent, the major threat was to ensure safety of these paintings and sculptures," said another of the persons. "We have a digital record and every item has been given a number. We have approximately 40,000 items. The items at the regional centres are the responsibility of the station manager and he/she will be responsible for any theft. Besides round-the-clock monitoring, a physical check is carried out routinely."According to Air India, most of the paintings were gifted or purchased when the artists weren't famous.The government, which failed to get any bids in its attempt to sell a stake in Air India in 2018, has sought to sweeten the offer this time around. This includes putting up the entire 100% stake in the airline on sale, substantial restructuring of debt and liabilities and allowing the new owner to offer a voluntary retirement scheme (VRS) to employees.According to the plan being discussed, the government will pay Air India's dues amounting to Rs 22,000 crore to vendors such as airports and oil companies before putting the airline up for sale. It may also waive the airline's entire working capital debt of about Rs 15,500 crore so that Air India is left with a loan burden of only about Rs 20,000 crore.The airline posted a net loss of Rs 8,400 crore in FY19.The airline is also selling properties in various states and abroad to pay off debt.
ET Intelligence Group: After a dip in the previous quarter, aggregate net profit of the Nifty50 companies is expected to catapult in the December 2019 quarter due to lower comparable base a year ago, lower corporate tax rate, and better performance by select banks and finance companies amid lower provisioning towards bad loans.The top line growth, however, is expected to be modest amid demand slack and higher base a year ago. Although the downward trend seems to have bottomed out, analysts do not expect a major turnaround anytime soon.According to the ET Intelligence Group's estimates, net profit of the Nifty 50 companies is likely to jump by a ninequarter high at 55.2 per cent year-on-year in the December quarter compared with 12.2 per cent drop in the previous quarter as several companies fully adjusted for the deferred tax assets in the aftermath of the government's decision in September to cut corporate tax rates.Profits had fallen sharply by 23.5 per cent in the year-ago quarter. The actual profit growth will depend upon the extent of deferred tax adjustments by companies.Net sales may increase by 3.6 per cent in the September quarter on a higher base of 24.1 per cent growth in the year-ago quarter. The operating margin may expand by 240 basis points to 18.6 per cent."We expect the repeat of the second quarter performance. The topline may continue to drop for our universe of companies while net profit is likely to grow by 12 per cent boosted by corporate tax cuts in the December quarter," said Gautam Duggad, research head of institutional equities, Motilal Oswal Financial Services (MOFSL).The pressure on revenues will continue given the sluggishness in consumer as well as industrial demand. "Going by the weak IIP and core infra numbers for October and November, weak corporate advance tax collections for the December quarter though in part due to corporate tax rate cut and the low GDP forecast for FY20, the Q3 corporate revenues and profits may not be too exciting. However most of this negativity is (captured) in the (stock) prices," said Deepak Jasani, retail research head, HDFC Securities.While there are signs of demand revival, analysts are observing caution. Duggad believes that though the declining trend in the corporate performance may have bottomed out, it would be too early to draw a conclusion. "We see mixed signals. For instance, auto demand improved in November but fell again in December. The volume of bikes sold was poor. Though things may not deteriorate much from hereon, the recovery will be rather gradual than quick," Jasani said.Analysts are not in a hurry to revise earnings estimates aggressively. MOFSL's FY20 Nifty50 earnings per share estimate has remained more or less stable at Rs 535 compared with Rs 530 at the end of the previous quarter. This is 10 per cent higher than Nifty's FY19 EPS of Rs 480.SECTORAL EXPECTATIONSAutomobiles: Volume growth appears to be bottoming out for the passenger vehicles segment, but the pressure has continued for two-wheelers and commercial vehicles. The realisations are likely to be subdued due to the record festive discounts and high promotional activity. This will weigh on the revenue of the automakers, while profit growth is likely to supported by the corporate tax cut.Banking and finance: Select private sector banks are likely to report lower bad loan growth. ICICI Bank and Indusind Bank are expected to report higher profit growth.State Bank of India may report fresh slippages in the aftermath of the DHFL bankruptcy. Nonbanking lenders including HDFC and Bajaj Finance are expected to report robust bottomline growth.Capital goods: The order activity and execution has moderated owing to lower capital expenditure by the states and the Union Government. The orders from the state governments which were prime drivers for the pick-up in the execution earlier have turned wobbly following order reviewing activity of some of the state governments including Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra. The management commentary of L&T regarding the order growth guidance which is currently 10-12 per cent for FY20 will be keenly watched by the Street.Cement: Cement prices increased by 4 per cent year-on-year in the December 2019 quarter to Rs 337 per 50 kg bag. Since the fall in cement prices was higher in FY19 than in FY20 till date, cement companies may record higher revenue growth in comparison with the last year's December quarter. Large companies such as Ultra-Tech Cement, Ambuja Cements, ACC, and Shree Cement are expected to record 7-16 per cent growth in revenues in the December 2019 quarter. Lower per coke prices are likely to help these companies to report 85-96 per cent growth in their earnings.FMCG: While the topline growth will be impacted by the low sales volumes, the bottomline growth will continue to be healthy — aided by cut in the corporate tax rate. The volume growth will be subdued despite the festive demand boost in consumer buying given the slowdown in rural demand. Despite this, most FMCG companies are likely to maintain their profit margins due to rationalisation of expenses and lower corporate tax.IT: Top IT companies are expected to report 1.5-3 per cent growth in dollar denominated revenue. Wipro and Tech Mahindra will benefit from the inorganic revenue stream and may report better revenue growth than peers. The management commentary on the demand trend in the banking and financial vertical, which is a major source of revenue for Indian IT companies, will be critical. Infosys is expected to revise its FY20 revenue guidance upwards.Metals: Metals companies are expected to post a strong quarter after weak first half of FY20. After a consistent fall in the first six months of the fiscal, domestic steel prices have risen by 10 per cent since its lows in September. In addition, the benefit of fall in raw material (iron and coking coal) prices in the second quarter will benefit the companies in the current quarter due to lag effect. This is positive for JSW Steel, Tata Steel, JSPL and SAIL. The trend is similar for aluminium as well, a positive for Hindalco. Aluminium prices are up 7 per cent in the past three months. However, zinc prices remained flat, which may lead to a flat set of numbers for the largest zinc producer, Hindustan Zinc and Vedanta, its parent company.Pharma: Pharma companies are likely to post subdued growth in the quarter to December. Pricing pressure in the US generics market, price control concerns in the domestic market and USFDA regulatory woes will continue to impact the performance. Measures such as cost cutting, rationalisation of R&D expenditure and exiting from low-margin products are likely to aid margin growth.
BY NAGARAJ SHETTITECHNICAL RESEARCH ANALYST, HDFC SECURITIESThe underlying trend of Nifty continues to be range-bound and the key overhead resistance of 12350-12400 is unlikely to be broken before the index shows any meaningful downward correction, said technical analysts. Jubilant Foodworks, Wipro, ICICI Bank, Maruti & Tata Motors are some of the top short-term picks.Where Are We: A small negative candle was formed on Friday with a gap-down opening. This is placed just after the long bull candle of Thursday. This pattern indicates a range-bound movement in Nifty below the key overhead resistance of 11350. We observe a triangle pattern at highs, which has been developing for 5-6 sessions. A breakout/ breakdown of such patterns could determine a near-term direction (up 12280 and down 12190). What Is In Store: The Nifty is now placed near the key overhead resistance of long-term trend line of around 12350-12400 levels. Hence, this area is going to be a key hurdle for the market on the way up. The present range movement could be similar to the previous two top reversal patterns (mid of April 2019 and early June 2019). There is a possibility of another 1 or 2 weeks of range movement or false upside breakout attempt, before showing downside correction. What Could Investors Do: The underlying trend of Nifty continues to be range-bound at the highs. Though, Nifty is placed near the key resistance, there is no indication of a reversal pattern at highs. But, the daily/ weekly chart patterns signal a limited upside. The key overhead resistance of 12350-400 is unlikely to be broken on the up, before it shows a meaningful downward correction. Buy Jubilant Foodworks for 3-5 weeks at CMP of 1683. Buy Wipro for 3-5 weeks at CMP of 251.
Indian IT services companies Wipro, Infosys and HCL Technologies have faced fresh lawsuits on employee discrimination in the US last month at a time when these firms are seeing an increased hostility for visas in their largest export market.In December, Wipro received a lawsuit over allegations of racial discrimination by an African-American employee named Kevin Clark. He has alleged that he was not given projects and ultimately terminated based on his race. While Clark sought damages for emotional pain and distress, he has also demanded a compensation of $25 mn and other costs.The same month, India's second largest software services exporter Infosys received a lawsuit from Cathy Szczepinski in Ohio for alleged violation of fair labour standards and denial of overtime payment. Whereas, HCL Technologies received a lawsuit over allegations of discrimination by an employee named Sierra Claytor based in North Carolina."Wipro is committed to being an equal opportunity employer and the employment policy adheres to the highest standards of integrity, fairness and ethical corporate practices. The company does not comment on pending litigation," said a Wipro spokesperson.Infosys and HCL Technologies did not respond to ET's queries until press time. Indian companies have been increasingly facing restrictions in getting the coveted H-1B visas due to the Donald Trump administration's decision to favour US technology companies for work permits. This has made Indian tech services companies increase hiring local workers in the US. With increasing number of clients demanding digital technology-led services, Indian tech services players are pushed to deploy more local employees to work with clients.In October, Infosys faced a class action suit from an investor as the company's ADS fell 12% following a whistleblower's allegations of accounting malfeasance. Analysts said the "lawsuits and the cost to settle these claims will not materially hurt these firms" but the lack of diversity both on race and gender could impact these firms to some extent. "The Indian service providers are in a very tough spot. All of them have adjusted their personal policies to accommodate US and EU expectations. They have trained their managers in US and EU techniques and have instituted industry best practice procedures regarding HR and anti-discrimination. Having said all that, their US and EU organisations suffer from a significant lack of diversity both from an ethnic and gender perspective," said Peter Bendor-Samuel, CEO at Everest Group, an IT advisory and research firm.
Top trends in 2020 in fashion industry Platforms like Instagram or Pinterest to post your designs and see how people receive the same can be the starting point.
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