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Rahul in MP; temple visit to precede rallies

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Congress President Rahul Gandhi arrived here on Monday in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh. He took a special flight to Ujjain to launch his two-day campaign with a visit to a temple.

Gandhi would be speaking at rallies in Ujjain and Indore on the first day and kick-off day-2, with a meeting of senior members of the press. He would visit Dhar, Khargosh and Mau before returning to the national capital.

The Congress chief was received by state President Kamal Nath and poll in-charge Jyotiraditya Scindhia, who accompanied Gandhi to Ujjain, where they performed special pujas at the Mahakaleshwar temple.

Gandhi was scheduled to address a rally in Ujjain’s Dashahra Maidan. He will proceed to Jhabua town later to address a gathering at the college ground.

There would be a roadshow in Indore around 5.45 p.m., police said and he would address people at the Rajwada Chowk.

According to the Congress on Tuesday, Gandhi would hold discussion with editors, journalists and businessmen at the Indore Radisson Blue Hotel.

Later he would head to Dhar and Khargosh before paying floral tribute at B.R. Ambedkar’s statue around 4.50 p.m. in Mau where another gathering would wait to hear him.

He would leave for Delhi from Indore around 7 p.m.

IANS

Delhi government jobs for those who excel in sports

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The Delhi cabinet on Monday approved government jobs for those sportspersons from the city who excel in their field.

“Cabinet approves jobs in Delhi government for those sportspersons who excel in their sports. Rules to be notified within one month,” Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal tweeted.

The step was taken to encourage and support city-based sportspeople.

In August, the cabinet had increased the cash incentive for sportspersons from the national capital for their achievements in Olympics, Asian Games and Commonwealth Games including Para Games.

IANS

Modi invites Japanese businessmen to invest in India

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday invited Japanese businessmen to engage more with India to speed up the investment process in New Delhi.

“I always talk about ‘strong India strong Japan’. On this occasion, I express my gratitude towards Japanese businessmen to show their faith in India. I invite you all to engage with India to speed up investment process there,” Modi said while interacting at the Business Forum Summit here.

Modi, who arrived here on Saturday for his annual bilateral summit with his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe, said: “Some years ago, I spoke about making a mini-Japan in India. It’s a matter of great happiness for me that today, you are working in an even larger number in India.”

The Indian Prime Minister thanked the Japanese government and companies, saying: “Our Delhi-Mumbai industrial corridor project is also moving forward,” because of Japan’s collaboration with India.

He said that under the ‘Make in India’ initiative, India has the potential to become a manufacturing hub.

“I have always kept ease of doing business as my priority. India was at 140th position in the ‘ease of doing business’ ranking of the World Bank when he took over the responsibility of the government in 2014. Now India has reached 100th position and we are working towards better ranking,” Modi added.

This is Modi’s third visit to Japan for the summit and his 12th meeting with Abe since 2014.

Man arrested in J&K for daughter’s rape

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 A man in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district was arrested on Monday for raping his daughter, police said.
Imtiyaz Ahmed Bhat, the accused’s son filed a complaint in Kunzer police station against his father for raping his sister.

Medical examination has confirmed rape, the police said, adding that statements of the victim and other witnesses were being recorded.

IBM to acquire Red Hat for $34 bn

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San Francisco Sending a strong signal towards dominating the emerging $1 trillion Hybrid Cloud market, tech major IBM has announced to acquire Open Source Solutions leader Red Hat for a massive $34 billion.

The acquisition, IBM’s biggest so far, will provide open approach to Cloud, featuring unprecedented security and portability across multiple clouds, a joint statement said late Sunday.

The deal, once goes through, will make IBM top Hybrid Cloud provider in an emerging $1 trillion growth market.

“The acquisition of Red Hat is a game-changer. It changes everything about the cloud market,” said Ginni Rometty, IBM Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer.

“IBM will become the world’s top hybrid cloud provider, offering companies the only open cloud solution that will unlock the full value of the cloud for their businesses,” she added.

Red Hat will operate as a distinct unit within IBM’s Hybrid Cloud team.

IBM will acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Red Hat for $190 per share in cash, representing a total enterprise value of approximately $34 billion.

Most companies today are only 20 per cent along their cloud journey, renting compute power to cut costs.

“The next 80 per cent is about unlocking real business value and driving growth. This is the next chapter of the Cloud. It requires shifting business applications to hybrid cloud, extracting more data and optimising every part of the business, from supply chains to sales,a informed Rometty.

IBM and Red Hat will be positioned to accelerate Hybrid multi-cloud adoption.

“Open source is the default choice for modern IT solutions, and I’m incredibly proud of the role Red Hat has played in making that a reality in the enterprise,” said Jim Whitehurst, President and CEO, Red Hat.

“Joining forces with IBM will provide us with a greater level of scale, resources and capabilities to accelerate the impact of open source as the basis for digital transformation and bring Red Hat to an even wider audience,” he added.

IBM’s and Red Hat’s partnership has spanned 20 years, with IBM serving as an early supporter of Linux, collaborating with Red Hat to help develop and grow enterprise-grade Linux and more recently to bring enterprise Kubernetes and hybrid cloud solutions to customers.

These innovations have become core technologies within IBM’s $19 billion Hybrid Cloud business.

IBM and Red Hat will continue to build and enhance Red Hat partnerships, including those with major cloud providers, such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, Alibaba and more, in addition to the IBM Cloud.

“IBM is committed to being an authentic multi-cloud provider, and we will prioritise the use of Red Hat technology across multiple clouds” said Arvind Krishna, Senior Vice President, IBM Hybrid Cloud.

The Red Hat acquisition by IBM is the third-biggest in the history of US technology.

The biggest acquisition was the $67 billion merger between Dell and EMC in 2016 and JDS Uniphase’s $41 billion acquisition of optical-component firm SDL in 2000.

Last week, Microsoft closed a $7.5 billion acquisition of the code hosting and collaboration company GitHub.

(IANS)

Equity indices trade flat; banking stocks rise

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Mumbai Healthy buying in interest rate sensitive stocks and healthcare sector buoyed the key domestic equity indices to trade on a flat-to-positive note during Monday’s morning trade session.

However, broadly negative Asian stock markets dented investors’ sentiments.

Index-wise, the Sensex opened at 33,549.88 points from its previous close of 33,349.31 points.

Around 9.30 a.m., it traded at 33,370.57 points, up by a little over 21 points or 0.06 per cent.

Similarly, the Nifty50 of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) made marginal gains.

The NSE Nifty50 traded at 10,070.90 points during the morning trade session, up 40.90 points and 0.41 per cent.

(IANS)

Indonesian plane crashes off Jakarta

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Jakarta A Lion Air Boeing 737 passenger plane came down crashing minutes after taking off from here on Monday, said Indonesian officials.

“It has been confirmed that it has crashed,” Yusuf Latif, a spokesman for the national search and rescue agency told the media.

The scheduled Flight JT-610 was headed to Pangkal Pinang, the main city in the Bangka Belitung Islands from the Indonesian capital.

It lost contact with ground control a few minutes after take-off, as it was crossing the sea, the BBC reported.

At 6.45 a.m. a vessel traffic service officer, Suyadi, received a report from a tugboat, AS Jaya II, that the crew had seen the debris of a plane, The Jakarta Post reported

They suspected it to be the Lion Air flight floating near Tanjung Bungin in Karawang in West Java.

“At 7.15 a.m. the tugboat reported it had approached the site and the crew saw the debris of a plane,” Suyadi said. As of 9 a.m. there was no report about the passengers or the plane crew on board, he said.

Two other ships, a tanker and a cargo ship, near the location were approaching the site, Suyadi said, and a Basarnas rescue boat was also on its way.

Information gathered by the Jakarta Post said that the plane, Lion Air 610, took off from Jakarta at 6.20 a.m. and contact was lost at 6.33 a.m.

It was not immediately clear how many people were on board the plane, a Lion Air official earlier told the BBC, and added that the company did not yet know what had happened to the plane.

The aircraft was reported to be a Boeing 737 MAX 8, a model only in use since 2016.

(IANS)

Quake hits Japanese island

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Tokyo A 5.4-magnitude quake hit off Japan’s Torishima island on Monday, the Met office said. No tsunami warning was issued.

The tremors were felt at 10.28 a.m. at a depth of 110 km, Xinhua quoted the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) as saying.

Surrounding southern islands felt the jolt which measured 2 on Japan’s seismic scale. It was also felt at some places on the eastern seaboard.

No reports of accidents or injuries to persons or property, including vessels in the vicinity have been reported due to the quake, the JMA said.

(IANS)

Death toll in China mine accident rises to 19

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Jinan The death toll from a rock burst at a coal mine in east China’s Shandong Province has risen to 19, as six more miners were confirmed dead, local authorities said on Monday.

Rescuers found one body Sunday morning and five more bodies Sunday night, the resue headquarters said, reports Xinhua news agency.

The accident occurred at Longyun Coal Mining Co. Ltd. in Yuncheng County on October 20. A total of 22 people were trapped in a 74-meter-long tunnel after coal fell at both ends from the rock burst. One has been rescued.

Rescuers have cleared 55 meters of the tunnel as of 6 a.m. on Monday and are working on the remaining 19 meters to search for the last two miners who remained trapped, the report said.

Rock burst accidents are often caused by fractures in rocks due to mining.

(IANS)

BJP sends state leaders to Ballari to counter Congress’ campaign

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The Ballari bye-election has turned into a major election battle with both the Congress and the BJP sending their strongmen to the district for campaigning.

The bye-election to the Lok Sabha seat from the Ballari Parliamentary constituency has turned into a major election battle with both the BJP and the Congress throwing their weight behind their nominated candidates.

The BJP stepped up campaigning for the Ballari bye-elections by bringing in state leaders Shobha Karandlaje, CT Ravi, V Somanna and Basavaraj Bommai to boost local strongman Sriramulu in his attempts to ensure a win for his sister J Shantha.

Senior Congress leaders, including DK Shivakumar, Krishna Byre Gowda, Priyank Kharge and former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, have been campaigning in the district backing their candidate VS Ugrappa.

The BJP, meanwhile, brought in leaders like Shobha Karandlaje, V Somanna, and Basavaraj Bommai only this week.

For the Congress, Siddaramaiah held a rally in Hampasagara on Monday where he launched a stinging attack on Sriramulu, whom he had defeated in the Assembly elections earlier in the year.

Meanwhile, DK Shivakumar, district minister in-charge of Ballari, visited a jeans and trouser producing unit in Millerpet and undertook a door-to-door campaign seeking votes for Ugrappa.

“Every time there is a bye-election, the party assigns personnel to ensure victory. If there are 100 resources that can be utilised, then very well, we should use it. It is not only specific to Ballari,” said Social Welfare Minister Priyank Kharge.

BJP leader Shobha Karandlaje too began campaigning in the district after she addressed a meeting in Hosapete on Thursday while Sriramulu has been taking part in road shows and rallies in the district in a frenetic manner.

“The election is going to be much tighter than we expected. The Congress has brought in several leaders to Ballari and it was only Sriramulu campaigning until this week. Now, the BJP has also brought in leaders like Shobha Karandlaje to boost the campaign here,” an official working with Sriramulu told media.

The Congress campaign has been hampered by tension within its ranks between Shivakumar and the Jarkiholi brothers – Ramesh and Satish. The brothers refused to share stage with Shivakumar at a rally in Kudligi on Wednesday. However, Congress leaders tried to play the incident down.

“These days, people are reading too much between the lines. I don’t think there is any disagreement between them. They have different responsibilities and they are efficient enough to carry them out. If everybody is in the stage at the same time, who will do the other work?” Priyank Kharge told media.

As the Congress faces an uphill task wrest the election away from the BJP, which is banking on the strong grassroots presence of Sriramulu, the party will need Shivakumar and the Jarkiholi brothers on the same page.Sriramulu, who belongs to the Valmiki community, is a popular face in Ballari. The elections are taking after Sriramulu vacated his MP seat after he was elected as MLA of nearby Molakalmuru constituency.

He has previously been elected as the MP from Ballari and his closeness to mining baron and former BJP minister Janardhana Reddy is seen as a sign of power by residents of the district.

The Congress has responded to the challenge by bringing in several ministers to campaign in the district.

However, the fact that Ugrappa is an outsider will work against him and the Congress will have to find a way to convince voters that in spite of being an outsider, he represents a steady alternative to Shantha, whose campaign is being micromanaged by Sriramulu.

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