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Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh to arrive in Jammu today

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On the second leg of his ongoing two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh will arrive in Jammu this afternoon (Friday, June 08).

Singh will visit R.S. Pura Sector along the Indo-Pak International Border to take stock of the prevailing security situation in wake of escalated tension along the border and subsequent shelling during ceasefire violations.

The Home Minister is also scheduled to interact with the people displaced due to shelling along the border and review the condition of the border people. Before leaving for New Delhi, Singh is scheduled to address media persons in Jammu this evening.

Hindusthan Samachar/Shri Ram Shaw

Karnataka gets a Cabinet, Congress, JD(S) rebellions

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Two weeks after H D Kumaraswamy was sworn in with great fanfare as CM of Karnataka, he finally got a 25-member cabinet + with 15 from Congress and 10 from JD(S) taking oath as ministers on Wednesday. But almost immediately, challenges facing the JD(S)-Congress combine became apparent as dissidence reared its ugly head in both the parties.
Congress high command’s imprint was all over the party’s list as many heavyweights of the previous Siddaramiah government were given the boot. H K Patil, RamalingaReddy, R Roshan Baig, M B Patil and Tanveer Sait were dropped leading to protests from their followers.
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M B Patil, who spearheaded the ill-fated move to give Lingayats a separate religion status, took exception to his omission and threatened to quit the party. Congressmen Krishna Byregowda and Vinay Kulkarni were deputed to pacify him. In Mysuru, Sait’s protestors took to streets with one pouring kerosene on himself. In Gadag, supporters of H K Patil announced they would resign from their posts.
Sources said by dropping the heavyweights, the high command meant to communicate its unhappiness with the local leadership’s wrong reading of the election which eventually force Congress to become a junior partner in the coalition government.

The JD(S) leadership also had to bear the brunt of its workers’ anger. Supporters of M C Manuguli laid siege to former PM H D Deve Gowda’s home and left for Raj Bhavan after they were told that his name had made it to the list.

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Of the 15 Congress ministers, seven are new faces. Six JD(S) legislators have become ministers for the first time.
To keep dissidence on the low burner both parties had decided to keep a few berths open. JD(S) with 12 portfolios had to make last-minute inclusions and its plan to keep at least three berths in reserve went awry and the party ended with just one in the bank. Congress has six berths to fill.

Most Women with Breast Cancer Can Skip Chemo

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Nearly 70 percent of women with a common type of early-stage breast cancer can undergo hormone therapy alone.
A MAJORITY OF WOMEN with early stages of a common type of breast cancer may safely be able to forego postoperative chemotherapy.

According to a long-awaited study presented Sunday at the American Society of Clinical Oncology, about 70 percent of women with early stages of the most common type of breast cancer can avoid chemotherapy and its debilitating side effects after surgery.

The findings were published in the New England Journal of Medicine and show that patients with an intermediate risk of cancer recurrence, which affects about 65,000 women a year in America, can avoid the post-op treatment and receive only hormone therapy, which has less severe side effects.

The study examined how well a vastly used genetic test assessed cancer risk based on 21 genes linked with breast cancer recurrence. It concluded that using this test to evaluate the risk of recurrence “can spare women unnecessary treatment if the test indicates that chemotherapy is not likely to provide benefit,” lead author Dr. Joseph Sparano said in a press release.

Sparano is the associate director for clinical research at the Albert Einstein Cancer Center and Montefiore Health System and vice chair of the ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group. He said the results of the study, designed and led by the ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group, “give clinicians high-quality data to inform personalized treatment recommendations for women.”

The study examined 10,273 women beginning in 2006 with hormone-receptor-positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-negative, axillary node-negative breast cancer. Participants’ tumors were analyzed using the 21-gene expression tests and given a risk score from zero to 100 for cancer recurrence. Women with scores of zero to 10 (low risk) received only hormone therapy. Women with scores of 26 and above (high risk) were treated with both hormone and chemotherapy. Women with scores between 11 and 25 (intermediate risk) were randomly assigned to receive solely hormone therapy or a mix of the therapies.

At the end of the study, which was the largest of its kind, researchers found the number of women who had survived, developed a recurrence or a second primary cancer was very similar in both the hormone therapy-only group and the chemotherapy group. At five years, the overall survival rate was 98 percent for women who only received hormone therapy and 98.1 percent for women who received both therapies.

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Women with a score of zero to 10 also had very low recurrence rates – 3 percent – with a hormone-only treatment at nine years.

According to the press release, these results suggest that “chemotherapy is not beneficial for most women in the intermediate-risk group,” which was uncertain before the study.

“Before TAILORx, there was uncertainty about the best treatment for women with a mid-range score of 11–25 on the Oncotype DX Breast Recurrence Score test. The trial was designed to address this question and provides a very definitive answer,” Sparano said. “Any woman with early-stage breast cancer age 75 or younger should have the 21-gene expression test and discuss the results with her doctor to guide her decision to the right therapy.”

Dissidents in Congress, JD(S) after Cabinet expansion

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Not long after the much-anticipated development of the State Cabinet on Wednesday, dissidence ejected in both the Janata Dal (Secular) and the Congress.

A few senior leaders of the two parties communicated their outrage against their party leaders for “disregarding their status and service”.

In a few regions, Congress workers organized dissents for denying Cabinet ministry for their leaders.

Congress pioneers, for example, M.B. Patil, H.K. Patil, Shamanur Shivashankarappa, B.C. Patil, B.K. Sangameshwar, M.T.B. Nagaraj, Satish Jarkiholi, Eshwar Khandre, N.A. Haris, S.R. Patil, and Dinesh Gundu Rao are said to have been frustrated over the way in which the Cabinet development was done by the party.

Mr. M.B. Patil, former Water Resources Minister who denied to make it to the Cabinet, said he would not take any post offered by the government.

Addressing the media after the swearing-in function of new Ministers, he stated, “I will approach the former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister G. Parameshwara to know why I was excluded in the Cabinet.”

The six-time MLA who initiated the development of partitioned religion tag for Lingayat community, stated, “My dignity is harmed by this decision. I would prefer not to take up any post offered by the party from now on. I will proceed as a MLA.”

Mr. B.C. Patil, three-time MLA from Hirekerur, likewise impacted State and central party leaders of the Congress for denying him a Cabinet berth. “MLAs who enjoyed coercion politics and those with money power have been given Cabinet berth,” he said. The Congress has closed the entryway for sincere and hardworking party leaders, he charged.

Mr. Nagaraj, MLA for Hoskote, and Mr. Sangameshwar, MLA for Bhadravati, too criticized party leaders. Mr. Nagaraj, one of the wealthiest MLAs of the party, is said to have lashed out at Mr. Siddaramaiah, who had supposedly promised him a Cabinet berth.

3 Year Old boy passes away shocked grandmother, aunt die.

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Three of a family, including a three-year-old kid, died around the same time in Kodala town in Wadagera taluk of Yadgir region on Wednesday.

The casualties were identified as Pradeep (3), Shantamma (45) and Bhagyamma (20).

As per sources, Pradeep was experiencing vomiting and diarrhea. He died whileon the way to Yadgir after fundamental treatment at the Community Health Center in Bendebembali town.

Shocked by the grandchild’s dead, his grandmother, Shantamma, who was with him, died in the hospital.

Following 60 minutes, her daughter and Pradeep’s aunt, Bhagyamma, also passed away in the district general hospital after complaining of serious health issues.

Shantamma and Bhagyamma may have passed away due to hypertension, the doctors said and included that the reason for these two deaths could be known only after examination.

The three deaths in a family in a day has stunned residents of Kodala village.

Read more at https://www.udayavani.com/english/news/state/299706/sick-boy-passes-away-grandmother-aunt-die-shock#vWJBlvT7BZxfCe5c.99

Necessary to address larger agenda of women empowerment: Maneka

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In order to address the larger agenda of Women Empowerment, the focus on Women by each of the sections of the Government needs to be constant as well as evolving.

This was stressed by Smt. Maneka Sanjay Gandhi, Minister for Women and Child Development in her letter to the various Ministers of the Union Government.

She also noted that complete convergence of the inter-ministerial efforts for effective implementation of various initiatives and schemes is needed. A focal point in the key Ministries at the central level so that the women are kept in focus in the overall Governance scheme is also necessary, the Minister specified in the letter.

To keep Women in focus in all the Government schemes, the Minister requested to create a division headed by Joint Secretary (or designate one of the existing Joint Secretaries as head) to spearhead engendering of Government schemes/programmes from conceptualization to the last mile implementation. The Minister added that this will have a major impact in the long run in the quest for women empowerment.

She also informed that the Ministry of Home Affairs has decided to create a new division to address the issues of Women safety which would bring focus and synergy in the efforts of the Government in addressing the crimes against women.

The Minister also listed significant initiatives and achievements of the Ministry of Women and Child Development and thanked the Ministries for their collaboration in making these initiatives successful.

Hindusthan Samachar/Shri Ram Shaw

38 Indian Nationals safely disembark at Porbandar

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Operation NISTAR successfully culminates

They were stranded at at/off Socotra Islands

Indian Naval Ship Sunayana entered Porbandar harbour today (Thursday, June 07) after successfully evacuating 38 Indian Nationals at/off Socotra Islands during a swift Humanitarian and Disaster Relief Operation (HADR), code named Operation NISTAR.

The Indian Nationals were stranded for nearly ten days after severe Cyclonic Storm – Mekunu devastated the area around Socotra Island. INS Sunayna was diverted from Gulf of Aden deployment to Socotra Island for search and rescue operations after Indian Navy received a distress call from Directorate General of Shipping and Indian Sailing Vessels Association.

The 38 Indian nationals were successfully rescued/ evacuated in the early morning of 03 Jun 2018. All evacuees were safely embarked onboard the ship and were immediately provided with medical care, food, water and telephone facilities. Thereafter, the ship also undertook intensive surface search and aerial reconnaissance of the area to look for any more survivors.

Upon entering harbour INS Sunayna was received by Rear Admiral Sanjay Roye, Flag Officer Commanding Gujarat, Daman n Diu Naval Area. After initial briefing about the scheduled disembarkation formalities, all 38 Indian nationals were put through mandatory customs clearance and immigration checks. They were served light refreshments. Post completion of all the administrative formalities, they were handed over to the civil police to facilitate their return to native places.

Hindusthan Samachar/Shri Ram Shaw

Gangster Abu Salem gets seven years in extortion case

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A court here on Thursday sentenced extradited gangster Abu Salem to seven years rigorous imprisonment in a 2002 extortion case.

“…the convict is a hardcore criminal (who) indulged in the activities of extending threats and extortion under the fear of death, and he has been previously involved in several cases of similar nature, therefore, he deserves severe punishment of such magnitude that the same should be a lesson for the convict and an alarming lesson for others,” Additional Sessions Judge Tarun Sahrawat said.

The court also slapped a fine of Rs 10,000 on him.

On May 26, Abu Salem was convicted under Section 387 (putting person in fear of death or of grievous hurt in order to commit extortion) and Section 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code, but acquitted under charges of the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act.

The court has acquitted co-accused Pawan Kumar Mittal alias Raja Bhai, Mohd Ashraf alias Bablu, Majid Khan alias Raju Bhai and Chanchal Mehta in the case.

According to the prosecution, the gangster demanded money from a Delhi-based businessman and threatened to eliminate his family members if the amount was not paid.

Kabul announces ceasefire with Taliban

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The Afghan government on Thursday announced an eight-day ceasefire with the Taliban in response to a historic ruling issued by hundreds of religious scholars.

The ceasefire starting from the 27th day of Ramadan (June 13) will continue until the fifth day of Eid-ul-Fitr, President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani said in a statement.

“With the ceasefire announcement, we epitomize the strength of the Afghan government and the will of the people for a peaceful resolution to the Afghan conflict,” Tolo News quoted Ghani as saying,

“This ceasefire is an opportunity for the Taliban to introspect that their violent campaign is not wining them hearts and minds but further alienating the Afghan people from their cause.”

On Monday, more than 2,000 Afghan religious scholars from across the country gathered in Kabul and issued the ruling, saying “the ongoing war in Afghanistan is forbidden under Islamic law”.

However, at the end of the gathering, a suicide bomber detonated himself where 14 people were killed and 17 others wounded.

The Taliban has denied any involvement in the attack.

What RBI’s consumer confidence survey says about 4 years of Modi govt

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The fourth anniversary of the Narendra Modi government has led to much discussion about its track record on the Indian economy. Predictably, the pros and cons have divided among ideological lines, making it difficult to have an impartial view. Thankfully, we now have the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI’s) consumer confidence survey, which should be free of bias.

The survey is conducted in the six cities of New Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai, Kolkata and Hyderabad and therefore reflects opinions among the citizens of metropolitan India.

The RBI survey says that 48% of those surveyed in May 2018 felt that the general economic situation has worsened from a year ago, while 31.9% said their economic situation had improved. That gives a net response of -16.1 percentage points (31.9 less 48). Four years earlier, in June 2014, the net response was -14.4, better than it is now.

The consumer confidence survey also has data on people’s expectations—whether they expect economic conditions to get better a year from the date of the survey. In May 2018, the percentage of respondents who thought the economic situation would get better was 49.5%, while 27.8% thought it would worsen. That sounds good, until we consider that the June 2014 survey had 56.7% who thought the economy would get better in a year’s time and only 17.6% who thought it would get worse.

Expectations about the economy have come down sharply.

Data for perceptions and expectations about employment. It shows that people’s perceptions about the availability of jobs have worsened considerably, as have expectations about job prospects.

people think their incomes have increased or decreased in the last one year and whether they expect improvement in the next year. The survey numbers show a similar trend of fading expectations. Slightly more than half—50.8%—of those surveyed in May 2018 expect their income to increase in the next year. This measure was as high as 63.9% in June 2014.

In short, the National Democratic Alliance government has a tough task on its hands in the one year before the elections to change the mood of disillusionment.

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