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Thursday, December 12, 2019

J’khand poll: Voting for 12 seats ends, 57.96% votes cast

Voting ended for 12 of the 17 assembly seats at 3 p.m. in the third phase of the polls with 57.96 percent votes being cast on Thursday.


The voting will end at 5 p.m. for the Ranchi, Hatia, Kanke, Ramgarh, and Barkatha assembly seats.

There are a total of 309 candidates including 32 females whose fate will be decided by 56,06,743 voters including 26,73,991 women and 95 third gender. These 17 seats are spread across Ranchi, Hazaribagh, Chatra, Giridih, Bokaro, Koderma and Saraikela. More than 35000 security personnel have been deployed to ensure peaceful polling.

Jharkhand Governor Draupadi Murmu cast her vote at ATI Ranchi while AJSU president Sudesh Mahtyo cast his vote along with his wife at Silli. Jayant Sinha cast his vote in Hazaribagh.

A newly married couple cast their votes at polling booth number 225 of Hazaribagh. Priyanka was married on Wednesday night and she came with her husband for voting on Thursday morning. Maoist leader Maharaja Parmanik’s parents cast their votes at Ichagarh.

In the third phase, the key candidates are three ministers — CP Singh, Ramchandra Sahis and Neera Yadav, Former Chief Minister Babulal Marandi and former Deputy Chief Minister and All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU) president Sudesh Mahto.

Of the 17 seats, BJP, JMM, and Congress had won 10, three and two seats respectively in the 2014 Assembly elections.

There is a direct fight between the BJP, Congress and JMM candidates on seven seats. For the Silli seat, the fight is between AJSU president Sudesh Mahto and JMM sitting legislator Seema Devi. There is a triangular fight on six seats. For some seats, the fight is four-cornered or multi-cornered.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das have appealed to the voters to cast their votes.



Monday, September 23, 2019

प्रधानमंत्री नरेन्द्र मोदी पहुंचे ह्यूस्टन, ऊर्जा क्षेत्र में अमेरिका के साथ बड़ी डील, एमओयू साइन

 भारत के प्रधानमंत्री नरेन्द्र मोदी अपने सात दिवसीय अमेरिकी दौरे पर रविवार को ह्यूस्टन पहुंच गए। प्रधानमंत्री का विमान ह्यूस्टन के जार्ज बुश इंटरनेशनल एयरपोर्ट पर उतरा। प्रधानमंत्री का  ट्रेड ऐंड इंटरनेशनल अफेयर्स के निदेशक क्रिस्टफर ओल्सन और अन्य अमेरिकी आधिकारियों ने जोरदार स्वागत किया। प्रधानमंत्री ने अपने दौरे के पहले दिन ऊर्जा क्षेत्र की कंपनियों के सीईओ के साथ बैठक की।


यह बैठक स्थानीय होटल पोस्ट ओक में हुई। इस दौरान टेल्यूरिन और पेट्रोनेट के साथ पांच मिलियन टन लिक्विफाइड नेचुरल गैस (एलएनजी) के लिए मेमोरेंडम ऑफ अंडरस्टैंडिंग ( एमओयू) पर साइन किया गया। टेल्यूरियन और पेट्रोनेट ने स्थानांतरण अनुबंध को मार्च 2020 तक अंतिम रूप देने का लक्ष्य निर्धारित किया है। टेल्यूरियन ने फरवरी में पेट्रोनेट एलएनजी लिमिटेड इंडिया (पीएलएल) के साथ एक एमओयू साइन किया था। इसका उद्देश्य पीएलएल ड्रिफ्टवुड परियोजना में निवेश की संभावनाएं तलाशना था।

बैठक के बाद प्रधानमंत्री मोदी ने ह्यूस्टन में रह रहे सिख समुदाय के लोगों से मुलाकात की। सिख समुदाय के लोगों ने प्रधानमंत्री के फैसलों की सराहना की। उन्होंने प्रधानमंत्री को ज्ञापन सौंपा। सिख सुमदाय ने प्रधानमंत्री मोदी से आग्रह किया है वे 1984 के सिख विरोधी दंगों पर बोलें। ज्ञापन में दिल्ली एयरपोर्ट का नाम बदलकर गुरुनानक देव अंतरराष्ट्रीय हवाई अड्डा रखने की अपील की गई।
प्रधानमंत्री मोदी रविवार को अपने सम्मान में आयोजित होने वाले कार्यक्रम हाउडी मोदी में हिस्सा लेंगे। उनके साथ अमेरिका के राष्ट्रपति डोनाल्ड ट्रंप भी मौजूद रहेंगे। कार्यक्रम का आयोजन टेक्सास इंडिया फोरम ने किया है। इस कार्यक्रम में 50 हजार से ज्यादा लोग हिस्सा लेंगे। मोदी अमेरिका प्रवास के दौरान  50 किलोवाट क्षमता के गांधी सोलर पार्क का उद्घाटन भी करेंगे।

Friday, September 13, 2019

Google finally rolling out dark mode for Gmail on Android

Google has started rolling out the dark mode for its Gmail app Android, over a week after the release of Android 10.


The latest version of the Gmail app for Android is said to be available with version 2019.08.18.267044774, which is currently available on Play Store.

To access the Gmail app’s dark mode, Pixel users with Android 10 need to download the latest version of Gmail on their phone. Then, they can go to settings, select the “theme” option, and chose between light, dark and a system default option, CNET reported on Wednesday.

As per the report, the dark option will turn the background of the Gmail app dark gray, along with all the inbox folders and most emails.

US-based search engine giant teased the dark-themed Gmail app along with other new features on the Android website when Android 10 was launched.

To recall, Google first started testing the dark mode on Android earlier this year, when it started rolling it out for a handful of users.



Wednesday, September 11, 2019

जलियांवाला बाग में दंडवत होकर ब्रिटिश बिशप जस्टिन पोर्टल वेल्बे ने मांगी माफी बोले, शर्मिंदा हूं

ब्रिटिश ईसाई धर्मगुरु आर्कबिशप ऑफ कैंटरबरी जस्टिन पोर्टल वेल्बी ने जलियांवाला बाग घटना पर दुख जताया। उन्होंने यहां विजिटर बुक में लिखा कि उन्हें इस घटना पर बेहद शर्मिंदगी महसूस होती है। आर्कबिशप ने इस दौरान प्रार्थना भी की जिसमें उन्होंने परमात्मा से इस घृणित कार्य के लिए माफी मांगी।



अमृतसर पहुंचे। उन्होंने जलियांवाला बाग में स्थित शहीदी लाट पर दंडवत प्रणाम कर शहीदों को नमन किया। उन्होंने इस दौरान कहा कि शहीदों की यह यादगार सदा जीवित रहेगी। यहां होने वाले अपराध के लिए उन्हें खेद है।

एक धार्मिक नेता के रूप में वह इस दुखद घटना पर शोक प्रकट करते हैं। उन्होंने वर्ष 1919 में बैसाखी वाले दिन अंग्रेज हुकूमत के जनरल माइकल ओ डायर के आदेश पर किए गए नरसंहार की घटना पर असंतोष जताया।

नरसंहार में मारे गए लोगों को श्रद्धांजलि देने के बाद जस्टिन वेल्बी ने कहा, ‘मैं ब्रिटिश सरकार के लिए तो कुछ नहीं कह सकता। ना ही मैं सरकार का प्रवक्ता हूं लेकिन मैं ईश्वर के नाम पर बोल सकता हूं। यह पाप और मुक्ति का स्थान है। आपने याद रखा है कि उन्होंने क्या किया और उनकी यादें जिंदा रहेंगी। यहां हुए अपराध और उसके प्रभाव को लेकर मैं बहुत दुखी और शर्मिंदा हूं। धार्मिक नेता होने के चलते मैं इसपर शोक व्यक्त करता हूं।’
अपने दस दिवसीय भारत दौरे के आखिरी चरण में बिशप ने कहा, ‘मैं एक धर्मगुरु हूं, राजनीतिज्ञ नहीं। एक धार्मिक नेता के रूप में, मैं त्रासदी पर शोक मनाता हूं।यहां मैं लोगों के दुख को महसूस करने और ब्रिटिश लोगों की गोलियों से मारे गए लोगों की मौत पर पछतावा व्यक्त करने आता हूं।’

आर्कबिशप ने यहां विजिटर बुक में इस अत्याचार को लेकर एक बार फिर से अपनी भावनाएं नहीं रोक सके। उन्होंने लिखा, ‘यह बहुत ही दुखद है और सौ साल पहले इस तरह के अत्याचारों को देखने वाली इस जगह की यात्रा करने में मुझे शर्म आ रही है। मेरी भावनाएं भड़क रही हैं।’

गौरतलब है कि 13 अप्रैल 1919 को ब्रिटिश इंडियन आर्मी के सैनिकों ने जनरल डायर के आदेश पर मशीनगन से निहत्थे लोगों को गोलियों से भून डाला था। ये लोग स्वतंत्रता सेनानियों सत्य पाल और सैफुद्दीन किचलू की गिरफ्तारी का विरोध करने इकट्ठा हुए थे। इस घटना के 100 साल बीत जाने के बाद भी ब्रिटेन ने इसके लिए औपचारिक तौर पर माफी नहीं मांगी है।




यह पूछे जाने पर कि क्या वह ब्रिटिश सरकार से वह औपचारिक माफी मांगने के लिए कहेंगे? उन्होंने जवाब दिया, ‘मुझे लगता है कि मैं जो महसूस करता हूं, उसके बारे में बहुत स्पष्ट हूं और मैं इसे इंग्लैंड में प्रसारित करूंगा।’





Wednesday, August 28, 2019

Trumping Trump’s unpredictability, makes India-US ties win-win

Given US President Donald Trumps unpredictability, India has been well prepared to meet and match his every mood, whether on trade or on Kashmir, as the successful conclusion and outcome of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's meetings with his show.




Even before his meeting with PM Modi in Osaka on the sidelines of the G20 in June, President Trump had taken to Twitter to vent irritation over India hiking its tariffs on US agricultural and industrial imports in retaliation to the US raising the tariff on steel and aluminium imports from India. “Unacceptable”, said the president, demanding that the tariffs be withdrawn.


Having realised by now the US President’s unpredictability, India has been going for meetings with him well prepared, and preferring to look at the larger picture in ties rather than getting bogged down with his utterances.

In a pointer to the burgeoning trade ties and just how mutually beneficial the relationship is — India-US bilateral trade reached $142 billion in 2018, witnessing a sevenfold increase since 2001 — and is expected to jump to $500 billion in five years.

Thus, rather than taking umbrage at the president’s testy language, Indian officials have been working with their US counterparts behind the scenes to soothe over the ruffles in ties.
And it has worked. For in his meeting with PM Modi in Biarritz, France, on the sidelines of the G7, President Trump did not mention his irritation over any trade issue. 

Being a hugely successful businessman, the US president understands the language of buy and sell and profit well, and anything that benefits his country is always a good thing.

On Kashmir, President Trump gave India some tense moments when he said in July that he would like to meditate on the issue and that PM Modi had suggested this to him during their Osaka meeting. India denied that PM Modi ever said such a thing and stressed that Kashmir is a bilateral matter.

India is now well prepared to tackle the US president’s unpredictable utterances. New Delhi now says just enough to convey its message, without going into any kind of quibbling over the wordings of what Trump has said, and prefers to work with US administration officials who know just how important the ties are.

Since Trump would be happy with anything that stands to benefit his country, India has already promised to buy more shale oil, with $4 billion worth of imports already in the pipeline. Indian ventures in the US are also creating jobs in the US. A CII report last year said that Indian companies have created more than 113,000 jobs in the US and invested nearly $18 billion in the country.

In the defence arena too, India has managed to soothe over US concerns over purchase of Russian S-400 Triumf missile systems. India’s defence purchases from the US, which stand at $ 18 billion since 2008, are set to rise with New Delhi lining up defence deals worth $10 billion over the next few years, which would obviously please the US president.

India has already bought C-17 and C-130J transport planes, the P-8i maritime reconnaissance aircraft, Harpoon missiles, Apache and Chinook helicopters and M777 howitzers. India is set to buy 10 more of the state-of-the-art P-8 aircraft, armed with Harpoon missiles and torpedoes, and more MH-60 Romeo helicopters and Apache attack helicopters.

These deals are beneficial to the US, and the president understands this well. So, when the two leaders met in Biarritz, there was affability in the air, and the US president voiced confidence in India’s ability to manage Kashmir, and most importantly Pakistan.

It is not just India that has been studying the US president’s moves. Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan had tried his luck too during his meeting with Trump on July 22 in Washington. With his country having virtually nothing to offer in terms of business and relying heavily on US aid, Imran Khan had taken to flattery and played the Afghan card to win over the US president and made him utter his offer to mediate on Kashmir.

Pakistan thought it was victory, and hoped to build on it. But it has come to nought.

Source: Trusted Online News Portals in India

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Tuesday, August 27, 2019

Cabinet may relax FDI in retail, okay ordinance to roll back FPI surcharge

The Union Cabinet in its meeting on Wednesday would take up proposals to relax foreign direct investment (FDI) in various sectors, including single-brand retail and digital media, as announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her maiden Budget last month.



The liberal FDI regime is expected to attract foreign players to invest in the country which is facing a slowdown.

Seeking to make India more attractive FDI destination globally, Sitharaman had said that government would examine suggestions of further opening up of FDI in aviation, media (animation) and insurance sectors in consultation with all stakeholders.

The cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi may also consider approving an ordinance to roll back surcharge on foreign portfolio investors (FPIs). Sources said it had been decided to take ordinance route to scrap the higher surcharge.

In a sort of mini-Budget which included a flurry of measures to boost the economy, Finance Minister had last Friday announced rolling back the enhanced surcharge from long-term and short-term capital gains on FPIs thus returning to pre-Budget status.

The Budget proposal subsequently approved by Parliament raised surcharges on super-rich having annual taxable income more than Rs 2 crore. The surcharge of 25 percent was levied on those having taxable income between Rs 2 crore and 5 crores, and 39 percent on those with taxable income over Rs 5 crore.

While raising the levy, the government included all the individuals and association of persons (AOPs) under the purview of the enhanced surcharge. Since many foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) are structured as an association of persons (AOPs), limited liability partnerships and trusts, the higher surcharge applied to them.

Hit by the additional tax burden, the FPIs started pulling out money from the markets creating a negative sentiment. With massive capital outflow triggered by the levy, the government came under pressure and held a meeting with FPIs and domestic institutional investors to understand their concerns. Following the consultation, it decided to scrap the tax move.

Markets have responded positively to the surcharge roll-back with both BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty 50 indexes surging more than 2% on Monday, the first working day after the much-awaited announcement.

Source: Trusted Online News Portals in India

Tuesday, April 9, 2019

कन्या भ्रूण हत्या पर कैसे लगेगी रोक

देशभर में नवरात्रि का व्रत चल रहा है। नवरात्रि को मातृ शक्ति के पर्व के रूप में मनाया जाता है। नवरात्रि के नौ दिनों तक मातृ शक्ति के रूप में सर्वत्र मां दुर्गा की पूजा की जाती है। इस दौरान कन्याओं की चरण वन्दना कर उनका पूजन, अभिनन्दन किया जाता है। उनको भोजन करवाकर उपहार दिये जाते हैं।



वैसे भी हम सालभर प्रत्येक शुभ कार्य में कन्या पूजन करते हैं। लेकिन बड़ा सवाल है कि उसी कन्या को हम जन्म से पहले या जन्म के बाद मारने का पाप क्यों करते हैं?

आज भी समाज में बेटियों को बोझ समझा जाता है। हमारे यहां आज भी बेटी पैदा होते ही उसके लालन-पालन से ज्यादा उसकी शादी की चिन्ता होने लगती है। आज महंगी होती शादियों के कारण हर बेटी का बाप इस बात को लेकर फिक्रमंद रहता है कि उसकी बेटी की शादी की व्यवस्था कैसे होगी। समाज में व्याप्त इसी सोच के चलते कन्या भ्रूण हत्या पर रोक नहीं लग पायी है। कोख में कन्याओं को मार देने के कारण समाज में लिंगानुपात की समस्या बढ़ गयी है।

कन्या भ्रूण हत्या में ज्यादा चिंता का विषय है, इसमें मां का भागीदार होना। एक मां जो खुद पहले स्त्री होती है, वह कैसे अपने ही अस्तित्व को नष्ट कर सकती है? यह भी तब जब वह जानती हो कि वह लड़की भी उसी का अंश है।

औरत ही औरत के ऊपर होने वाले अत्याचार की जड़ होती है, यह कथन पूरी तरह से गलत भी नहीं है। घर में सास द्वारा बहू पर अत्याचार, गर्भ में मां द्वारा बेटी की हत्या और ऐसे ही कई कारण हैं जिससे महिलाओं की स्थिति ही शक के घेरे में आ जाती है।

बहुत से लोग शिक्षित होने के बावजूद समाज के कन्या भ्रूण हत्या जैसे घृणित कार्य को अंजाम दे रहे हैं। जिस देश में स्त्री के त्याग और ममता की दुहाई दी जाती हो, उसी देश में कन्या के आगमन पर पूरे परिवार में मायूसी और शोक छा जाना समझ से परे है।

आज भी पुरानी सोच वाले लोग बेटियों की बजाय बेटों को ही ज्यादा तव्वजो देते हैं। बालक-बालिका दोनों प्यार के बराबर अधिकारी हैं। इनके साथ किसी भी तरह का भेद करना ठीक नहीं है।

भारत में पुरुषों की संख्या में तेजी से बढ़ोतरी हुई है। सरकार की लाख कड़ाई के बावजूद भारत में हर साल लगभग तीन से सात लाख कन्या भ्रूण नष्ट कर दिये जाते हैं। इसलिए यहां महिलाओं से पुरुषों की संख्या 5 करोड़ ज्यादा है।

सोनोग्राफी के प्रचलन से लड़के की चाह रखनेवाले लोगों को वरदान मिल गया और कन्या भ्रूण की पहचान कर हत्या की शुरुआत हुई। इस प्रकार से पहचान कर कन्या भ्रूण की हत्या के कारण भारत में पुरुषों की संख्या में तेजी से उछाल आया।

समाज में निरंतर परिवर्तन और कार्य बल में महिलाओं की बढ़ती भूमिका के बावजूद रुढ़िवादी विचारधारा के लोग मानते हैं कि बेटा बुढ़ापे का सहारा होगा और बेटी हुई, तो वह अपने घर चली जाएगी।

बेटा अगर मुखाग्नि नहीं देगा, तो कर्मकांड पूरा नहीं होगा। भारत में 1994 में महिला भ्रूण की पहचान करनेवाले मेडिकल पेशेवरों के विरुद्ध कानून बना, लेकिन आज भी चोरी-छिपे अवैध ऑपरेटर यह काम कर रहे हैं।

पिछले 50 सालों में बाल लिंगानुपात में 63 प्वाइंट की गिरावट दर्ज की गयी है। केंद्र और राज्य सरकारों द्वारा लिंगानुपात को बढ़ाने के लिए अनेकानेक प्रयास किये गये हैं लेकिन स्थिति सुधरने की बजाय बिगड़ती ही गयी है। सुप्रीम कोर्ट द्वारा भी इस दिशा में लगातार चिंता जतायी जाती रही है।

सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने गूगल, याहू और माइक्रोसॉफ्ट जैसी सर्च इंजन कम्पनियों को भ्रूण लिंग जांच से जुड़े विज्ञापन और कंटेंट दिखाने पर फटकार लगाई। कोर्ट ने इन कम्पनियों को एक विशेषज्ञ समिति बनाने के निर्देश दिया है जो भ्रूण लिंग जांच से जुड़े आपत्तिजनक शब्द पहचानकर उससे जुड़े कंटेंट ब्लॉक करेंगी।

हाल ही में सम्पन्न हुए राष्ट्रमंडल व एशियाई खेलों में भारतीय महिला खिलाड़ियों ने जो प्रदर्शन किया वो काबिले तारीफ था। हमारे देश के पुरूष खिलाड़ियों के बराबर पदक जीत कर महिला खिलाड़ियों ने दिखा दिया कि यदि उनको भी बराबरी का दर्जा व सुविधा मिले तो किसी भी क्षेत्र में वे पुरूषों से कम नहीं हैं। आज देश के हर क्षेत्र में महिलायें पुरूषों के साथ कंधा मिलाकर काम कर रही हैं। अब तो महिलायें सेना में जंगी जहाज भी उड़ाने लगी हैं।

चिंताजनक यह कि सरकार की लाख कोशिशों के बावजूद समाज में कन्या भ्रूण हत्या की घटनाएं लगातार बढ़ती जा रही हैं। समाज में लड़कियों की इतनी अवहेलना, इतना तिरस्कार चिंताजनक और अमानवीय है। सरकार ने ‘बेटी बचाओ, बेटी पढ़ाओ’ कार्यक्रम की पहल की है। इस कार्यक्रम को एक राष्ट्रव्यापी जन अभियान बनाना होगा।

भारत में लगातार घटते जा रहे इस बाल लिंगानुपात के कारण को गंभीरता से देखने और समझने की जरूरत है। प्रधानमंत्री नरेन्द्र मोदी ने राजस्थान के झुंझुनू में ‘बेटी बचाओ, बेटी पढ़ाओ’ अभियान का शुभारम्भ करते वक्त कन्या भ्रूण हत्या जैसे घृणित कार्य को समाज पर कलंक बताया था। उन्होंने कहा था कि सरकार हर सम्भव कन्या भ्रूण हत्या पर रोक लगाएगी।

जाहिर है लिंगानुपात कम होने का कारण प्राकृतिक नहीं है। यह एक मानव निर्मित समस्या है, जो कमोबेश देश के सभी हिस्सों, जातियों, वर्गों और समुदायों में व्याप्त है। भारतीय समाज में व्याप्त लड़कियों के प्रति नजरिया, पितृसत्तात्मक सोच, सामाजिक-आर्थिक दबाव, असुरक्षा, आधुनिक तकनीक का गलत इस्तेमाल इस समस्या के प्रमुख कारण हैं।

अब समय आ गया है कि समाज के पढ़े-लिखे लोगों को आगे आकर कन्या भ्रूण हत्या जैसे घिनौने कार्य को रोकने का माहौल बनाना होगा। ऐसा करने वाले लोगों को समझा कर उनकी सोच में बदलाव लाना होगा।

आज लड़कियां लड़कों से किसी भी क्षेत्र में कमतर नहीं हैं। दुश्कर से दुश्कर कार्य लड़कियां सफलतापूर्वक कर रही हैं। देश में हर क्षेत्र में महिला शक्ति को पूरी हिम्मत से काम करते देखा जा सकता है। इस नवरात्रि पर लोगों को इस बात का संकल्प लेना होगा कि न तो गर्भ में कन्या की हत्या करेंगे न ही किसी को करने देंगे, तभी देश में कन्या भ्रूण हत्या पर रोक लग पाना संभव हो पाएगा।

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Wednesday, February 27, 2019

Google rolls outs AI grammar checker for G Suite users

US Internet giant Google has said its artificial intelligence (AI)-based grammar checker, corporate web tools and services are available for all users of G Suite, to help them improve writing.

Unlike standard spellcheck in Google Docs, Google applies Machine Learning technology to grammar checker as one of the AI tools that can let software understand complex grammar rules and identify any “tricky” grammatical errors by users in writing, Xinhua news agency reported.
“Using machine translation, we are able to recognize errors and suggest corrections as work is getting done,” G Suite product manager Vishnu Sivaji said in a statement on Tuesday.
He said that G Suite customers will see inline, contextual grammar suggestions in their documents as they type, just like spellcheck.
“If you’ve made a grammar mistake, a squiggly blue line will appear under the phrase as you write it,” Sivaji added.
He said Google has been working closely with language experts to decipher the rules for the machine translation model and used them as the foundation of automatic suggestions in Google Docs, which was all powered by AI.
Google grammar checker will be an extra tool for users to improve their writing alongside spellcheck, which was first introduced in Google Docs seven years ago.

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Sunday, February 3, 2019

Rahul sounds poll bugle from Patna’s Gandhi Maidan

Sounding the poll bugle from Patna’s historic Gandhi Maidan on Sunday, Congress president Rahul Gandhi predicted a Congress led alliance government in Delhi and promised minimum income guarantee to all the poor people and waiving the loans of the farmers in the country.
Addressing a mammoth rally organized by the Congress after 28 years in Patna, Rahul declared to fight from front foot with the help of RJD, RLSP, HAM and other allies not only in Lok Sabha polls this year but also in 2020 Bihar assembly election. “We with Lalu Yadav and Tejashwi Yadav will fight from front foot and make big score to uproot the present regimes,” he said.
(Rahul went hammer and tongs against the Narendra Modi and the BJP and repeated“Chowkidar chor hai” slogan). “today entire nation knows that chowkidar is chor (thief) who benefitted his few industrialist friends and cheated the common people, poor and farmers.
“To favour his 15-20 friends Modi demonetized Rs 500 and 1000 currency notes and brought Rs 2000 notes. Demonetization is worlds’ biggest scandal. He waived 3.5 lakh crore of rupees of his friends but not of any farmer. He went to foreign countries taking Anil Ambani and got him struck arms deal. Anil Ambani alone had a loan of Rs one lakh crore which was waived,” alleged Rahul.
Rahul also criticized Bihar CM Nitish Kumar and said he too was making false promises like Modi and asked people to vote them out. “All the opposition parties should unite to ensure that neither BJP nor Nitish’s party win a single seat in Bihar,” he said.
The Congress chief was critical about the educational decline in Bihar and said once Nalanda University was world fame and students from across the globe would come here for education but now nothing was happening for its revival. Similarly he said Patna University was a premier institute in the country but lost its glory. “I promise
that with Congress coming to power in Delhi we will declare Patna University as Central University,” he announced amid much applause by the youths.
Others who addressed the rally included Madhya Pradesh CM Kamalnath, Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot, Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel, Sharad Yadav, Tejashwi Yadav, Jitan Ram Manjhi, Tariq Anwar, Sadanand Singh and Satyanarain Singh of CPI among others.
This was one of the biggest rally at Gandhi Maidan in recent memory and first by Congress after 28 years, the last one was addressed by Rajiv Gandhi in 1990. All the roads led to the maidan since morning and people in group carrying Congress flags were seen moving towards the venue. “This rally and the enthusiasm of them people is clear indication that people have decided for change and the impact of the rally will be seen in the election,” said Bihar Congress president Madan Mohan Jha.        
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Tuesday, November 20, 2018

New drug shows promise in halting spread of brain cancer

Scientists have developed a novel drug that could block glioblastoma — the deadliest form of brain cancer — from spreading.
The tissues in our bodies are largely made of fluid. It moves around cells and is essential to normal body function. But in some cases, this fluid may be doing more harm than good.
In people who have glioblastoma, this fluid has a much higher pressure, causing it to move fast and forcing cancer cells to spread.
The AMD3100 drug, which has already been used in clinics, was found effective in stopping the inevitable cancer cell spread, the researchers said.
“I am hopeful that since the drug that we used to block flow stimulation is currently used in patients that maybe clinicians, when they do consider using convection enhanced delivery, will combine that with this drug,” said lead author Chase Cornelison, a postdoctoral researcher at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
In the study, published in the journal Scientific Reports, the team explored the flow of interstitial fluid — that surrounds cells in the body — in the spread of glioma cells.
Composed of circulating cerebrospinal fluid, cellular waste and blood plasma, the interstitial fluid flow has been previously linked with an increased invasion rate of glioblastoma, or brain tumour cells.
The researchers tested the AMD3100 drug and found that it could block the rapid movement of the brain’s interstitial fluid flow and the spread of cancer cells.
They also tested the drug on mice with glioblastoma to test how a particular approach to delivering cancer treatment, called convection enhanced delivery, caused glioma cells to invade the rest of the brain.
“It (glioblastoma) is so deadly, and there hasn’t been a shift in treatment response in decades. Something needs to change… Looking at fluid flow, maybe there’s an answer there that we haven’t seen,” added Jennifer Munson, Assistant Professor.

Friday, November 16, 2018

Steep rise in government data requests from India in 2018 first half: Facebook


Steep rise in government data requests from India in 2018 first half: Facebook


Facebook has recorded 16,580 data requests from the Indian government in the first six months of 2018 — a steep rise compared to a total of 22,024 requests in the full year of 2017 and 13,613 in 2016.

In the January-June 2018 period, Facebook provided some data to the government in 53 per cent of the cases, although the social networking giant did not reveal which kind of data as it published its transparency report late on Thursday.

Facebook responds to government requests for data in accordance with applicable law and its terms of service.

“Each and every request we receive is carefully reviewed for legal sufficiency and we may reject or require greater specificity on requests that appear overly broad or vague,” the company said.

Facebook also received 15,963 requests from India for “legal process,” 23,047 users’ requests and 617 emergency requests (half of these were met).

In May this year, Facebook said it recorded a massive increase in the total number of Indian government requests for 2017 — a rise of nearly 62 per cent compared to the global average of 30 per cent.

The social networking major also accepts government requests to preserve account information pending receipt of formal legal process.

“When we receive a preservation request, we will preserve a temporary snapshot of the relevant account information but will not disclose any of the preserved records unless and until we receive formal and valid legal process,” said Facebook which received 1,000 such requests from India.

Globally, the government requests for account data increased by around 26 per cent compared to the second half of 2017 — increasing from 82,341 to 103,815 requests.
In the US, government requests increased by about 30 per cent, of which 56 per cent included a non-disclosure order prohibiting Facebook from notifying the user.

“During the first half of 2018, the number of pieces of content we restricted based on local law increased 7 per cent, from 14,280 to 15,337,” said Facebook.

It also identified 48 disruptions of Facebook services in eight countries in the new reporting period, compared to 46 disruptions in 12 countries in the second half of 2017.
During this period, Facebook and Instagram took down 2,999,278 pieces of content based on 466,810 copyright reports, 203,375 pieces of content based on 69,756 trademark reports, and 641,059 pieces of content based on 29,828 counterfeit reports.

Saturday, November 10, 2018

Austria demanding transparent information from Russia on alleged espionage’

Austria is demanding transparent information from the Russian side for the moment on alleged espionage, Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said on Friday.
“If the suspicion is confirmed, such cases, whether in the Netherlands or in Austria, don’t improve the relationship between Russia and the European Union,” Kurz noted, reports Xinhua news agency.
Austrian law enforcement agencies are investigating a retired colonel who allegedly worked for the Russian intelligence since the 1990s until this year, Kurz said earlier in the day.
Kurz added he would discuss the issue with his European partners.
The Russian Foreign Ministry on Friday told Austrian ambassador to Russia Johannes Aigner that Vienna’s accusation that a retired Austrian colonel spied for Russia is based on suspicion without any evidence.
The ministry said in a statement that it summoned Aigner and expressed a protest.
Vienna’s moves have complicated the Russian-Austrian relations, which until recently had a positive dynamic, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.

Saturday, November 3, 2018

Technology News : Apple leads as global tablet market decline 8.6% in Q3: IDC

Technology News : Apple leads as global tablet market decline 8.6% in Q3: IDC

Apple continued to lead as the global tablet market declined 8.6 per cent during the third quarter of 2018 as shipments fell to 36.4 million, the International Data Corporation (IDC) reported.

Samsung maintained its position as the second leading tablet manufacturer and Amazon.com became the third largest tablet manufacturer in the third quarter, said the IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Tablet Tracker on Friday.

Slate tablets accounted for the majority of the market with 31.6 million units, down 7.9 per cent from the previous year.

Detachable tablets also declined, down 13.1 per cent from the previous year, to account for 4.8 million unit shipments.

“The detachable market has failed to see growth in 2018, a worrying trend that has plagued the category off and on since the end of 2016,” said Lauren Guenveur, Senior Research Analyst for IDC’s Tablet team.

With 26.6 per cent, Apple continued to lead the tablet market with nearly double the shipments of its nearest competitor.

The refreshed $329 iPad with Pencil support that launched in late March continued to drive volume.

Samsung’s detachable portfolio grew modestly, however that growth was outweighed by continued declines in the slate category. The company registered 14.6 per cent market share globally.

Huawei at fourth spot was the only company among the top 5 to deliver year-over-year tablet shipments growth in 3Q 2018.

Lenovo rounded out the top 5 with 2.3 million units shipped in the third quarter, a decline of nearly 25 per cent compared to a year ago.

“The tablet market is more like the traditional PC market than ever before,” said Jitesh Ubrani, Senior Research Analyst with IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Device Trackers.

“Not only do these markets move in sync with each other, but the decreasing margins and overall decline, particularly in slate tablets, has led to the top 5 companies capturing a larger share as many small vendors have exited the space,” he explained.

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