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Indonesian tsunami rescue efforts continue as country marks 2004 disaster

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Nasheman News : Indonesian authorities on Wednesday resumed the search for 154 people missing after a tsunami hit the Sunda Strait coasts as the country commemorates the anniversary of the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami that killed around 230,000 people.

According to the latest official figures, which authorities say could increase, the death toll has reached at least 429, with more than 1,500 injured and some 16,000 displaced.

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The rain continues to hamper rescue work on the fourth day of searching the ruins of collapsed buildings, vehicles and thick vegetation, reports Efe.

Experts believe the giant waves were caused by the collapse of part of Anak Krakatau volcano after it erupted in the Sunda Strait.

Fear of a new tsunami caused by the volcano’s continued activity has led officials to warn residents to avoid the coasts.

On Tuesday afternoon, hundreds of people fled to high ground in Java’s Sumur district during a new Anak Krakatau explosion.

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Indonesia on Wednesday also commemorates the 167,799 people who lost their lives in the country in 2004 as a result of the December 26 Boxing Day tsunami caused by a magnitude-9.1 earthquake off the northern coast of Sumatra. The disaster also caused deaths in a dozen other nations around the Indian Ocean, killing around 230,000 people in total.

Various events will take place Wednesday night in the Sumatran province of Aceh, the hardest hit by the natural disaster, under the slogan “Build together, stay alert,” chosen for the 14th anniversary.

Indonesia is situated on the Pacific Ring of Fire, an area of great seismic and volcanic activity that is shaken every year by some 7,000 earthquakes, most of them moderate.


Syria’s air defences intercept Israeli missiles over Damascus

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Nasheman News : The Syrian air defences were triggered on Tuesday evening to a heavy Israeli missile attack that targeted areas in the countryside of the capital Damascus, media reported.

The Israeli attack was carried out from inside the Lebanese airspace, said the state TV, adding that the air defences have intercepted a number of missiles, some of which were intercepted while over Lebanon.

The residents in Damascus heard a series of explosions in the capital and saw the flaring air defence missiles chasing targets in the sky, Xinhua news agency reported.

Meanwhile, Lebanese reports said Israeli warplanes infiltrated the Lebanese airspace on Tuesday evening at the time of the attack.

The official media outlets haven’t given details about the targeted sites, but said the air defences were responding to the attack over the western countryside of Damascus.

For its side, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor said that the Israeli missile attack targeted areas in the western and southwestern countryside of Damascus.

It said a number of missiles hit three targets, which it claimed are weapon depots that belong to the Lebanese Hezbollah group.

The Israeli attack is the latest in a string of missiles strikes targeting Syrian positions throughout the crisis over the pretext that they are targeting positions of Iranian-backed forces and allied Hezbollah fighters.

The last attack was late last month and targeted military positions in the town of Kisweh in the western countryside of Damascus.

In September, Moscow equipped Damascus with the S-300 air defence missile system, but local reports said that this advanced system hasn’t been used yet.

Man arrested for painting swastikas on Trump’s Hollywood star

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  Authorities have arrested a 29-year-old man suspected of spray-painting swastikas on US President Donald Trump’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, media reported.

Jose Ortega of Los Angeles was arrested on Sunday on suspicion of felony vandalism, said a spokesman for the Los Angeles Police Department.

The star is located on Hollywood Boulevard near Highland Avenue in Los Angeles, Xinhua news agency reported late on Tuesday.

A witness saw Ortega tag the star late Sunday afternoon and called the police, authorities said. He is being held in lieu of more than $20,000 bail, according to Los Angeles County jail records.

The graffiti had since been cleaned off from Trump’s star.

Banks on nationwide strike on Wednesday, services likely to be affected

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Nasheman News :Services of banks are likely to be affected on Wednesday due to a nationwide strike call given by the United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU) to protest against bank mergers and pay revision.

The strike is likely to affect the country’s banking sector. It has been called to oppose the amalgamation of Bank of Baroda, Dena Bank and Vijaya Bank by the consortium of nine unions in the banking sector which includes the All India Bank Employees Association (AIBEA) and the National Organisation of Bank Workers (NOBW).

“10 lakh bank employees and officers of the 21 public sector banks, old generation private banks and foreign banks under the banner of the UFBU will join the one-day strike on December 26 against merger of public sector banks and wage revision of bank employees,” NOBW Vice President Ashwani Rana was quoted as saying in a statement issued on Tuesday.

On wages, the unions are demanding a hike of 25 per cent, increment for all bank employees under scale 1 to 7 (instead of the IBA’s offer to only those employees in junior scale of 1 to 3) and rejection of the proposal to introduce variable pay.

Though wage revision in state-run banks happens every five years, it may be difficult for them to raise wages substantially as high NPAs and losses have hurt the sector.

“Bank employees wage revision is due since November 1, 2017. So far the IBA (Indian Banks’ Association) has offered 8 per cent wage hike which is not acceptable to the United Forum of Bank Unions,” he said.

According to Rana, the Additional Labour Commissioner had called a conciliation meeting on December 20 to wade off the strike. 

“The United Forum of Bank Unions served a strike notice to the Indian Bank Association and the MDs of Bank of Baroda, Vijaya Bank and Dena Bank on merger of these banks. Since there was no assurance by the IBA on stopping the merger of these three banks and fresh offer on wage revision, the UFBU decided to go ahead with the strike on December 26,” Ranan said.


Kamal Nath expands his cabinet, MP gets first Muslim minister in 15 years

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Nasheman News : Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath on Tuesday expanded his cabinet inducting 28 ministers including Arif Aqueel, the lone Muslim face in the new council of ministers.

Aqueel, MLA from Bhopal North, is the first Muslim minister in the state after 15 years. 

Keeping the regional balance in view, Kamal Nath inducted nine MLAs from the Malwa Nivad region, six from central Madhya Pradesh, five representing the Gwalior-Chambal region and three from Bundelkhand in his cabinet. 

Governor Anandiben Patel administered the oath of office to the new ministers at the Raj Bhavan here. 

The ministerial team includes 11 loyalists of the Chief Minister, nine from Congress veteran’s Digvijay Singh’s camp, seven from Jyotiraditya Scindia’s camp, and one from former state party chief Arun Yadav’s camp.

There are only two females in the cabinet-Vijay Laxmi Sadho from Maheshawr and Imarati Devi from Dabra.

The cabinet expansion was done after both Kamal Nath and Scindia held discussions with the party central leadership. 

Congratulating the new ministers, both Kamal Nath and Scindia asked them to work towards fulfilling the Congress’ commitment of ensuring the progress and welfare of the state. 

The session of the newly elected Assembly is scheduled to begin from January 7.

Web Series Round Up

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 2018 was the year of unconventional stories, from family drama that followed a unique perspective, to sibling love & bonds of friendship; all narrated in the form of web series. The Viral Fever, Girliyapa, The Timeliners & The Screen Patti released stellar content that made viewers laugh, cry & enjoy each moment of the year 2018. Here we list a few of the top shows of 2018

 College Romance

 It is all about Yaar Pyaar Aur Bakchodi. It is a story that revolves around 3 friends in college, Karan, Trippy & Naira who all fall in love & their humorous love stories take off! While they believe they are officially adults, their actions speak otherwise.  College Romance starring Manjoy Singh, Apoorva Arora & Keshav Sadhna has received over 36 million views, & still counting!  

Yeh Meri Family 

Riddled in nostalgia, Yeh Meri Family remains to be one of the most loved web series of the year 2018. A quick ride down the 90’s, the show is the perfect amalgamation of fun, emotions & memories, keeping family values at its very core. Summer vacations, exam pressure, sibling wars, family dinners, Flames & slam books; Yeh Meri Family is the ultimate nostalgia pill. Directed by Sameer Saxena, starring Mona Singh & Akarsh Khurana, the show has been viewed over 25 million times

Flames# Padhaai Aur Pyaar

The story of a young romance unfolding as a chemical reaction. Studious Rajat falls for Ishita, the new girl in the tuition. Rajat’s BFFs, Pandey & Anusha’s friendship are beginning to turn into a relationship. The equations of friendships evolve in the 1st ever season of this teenage romance stars Ritwik Sahore, Sunakshi Grover & Tanya Manaktala garned over 24 million views till date, spreading love & friendship with the TVF family.

Engineering Girls

 With over 23 million views, this Girliyapa Original, tells the story of 3 feisty girls, Teja, Maggu, & Sabu, as they navigate the halls & the hostels of their engineering college. Written by Jasdeep ‘Sardarboy’ Singh & Prakriti Kargeti, the 5 Episode series provided a fresh & a new perspective to engineering college experience. Staring Barkha Singh, SejalKumar & Kritika Avasthi, the show follows the misadventures of the trio who want to leave a mark on the world, despite the odds; as they chase their dreams of finding love & starting their own company, while being a part of the drama club & trying to submit their practical files on time. 

Awkward Conversations With Parents 

   This 5 Episode series revolves around Ishan, who somehow always get caught up in an awkward situation with his parents! In an endeavor to break the taboo of not having open conversations with one’s parents; this show features an awkward conversation in each episode and was an instant hit with the youth. Starring Ritvik Sahore the series has received over 16 million views & still counting.  

Small Screen Round Up

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Ranveer Singh The First Bollywood Star To Grace “The Kapil Sharma Show” 

Ranveer Singh will be the 1st ever Bollywood Star to grace the return of “The Kapil Sharma Show” on Sony Entertainment Channel from 29th Dec, 2018 @ 9.30 pm every Sat-Sun. Ranveer Singh is popularly known for the fashion statement that he makes. People await his public appearance with bated breath in anticipation of how he will surprise them yet again. Ranveer Singh will be seen on “The Kapil Sharma Show” & was seen in his elements shooting for the same. Not only did he make a grand entry on the sets, Ranveer Singh ensured that he took the entertainment quotient a few notches higher with his presence. Ranveer Singh revealed however, that it’s now his darling wife Deepika Padukone & the beautiful diva herself, who decides what he should wear. Ranveer Singh wore a red velvet jacket for the shoot & when a jealous Kapil Sharma asked him if Deepika Padukone selected it for him, Ranveer Singh agreed wholeheartedly. Ranveer Singh said that it is Deepika Padukone who manages & decides his wardrobe, “I’m looking like a tempting “Red velvet cake today” 

Tune in to “The Kapil Sharma Show” & a lot more revelations starting from 29th Dec, 2018 every Sat-Sun at 9:30pm on Sony Entertainment Television.

UNREGULATED INTERNET POSES RISK TO CHILDREN. PARENTS BEWARE

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 Rajya Sabha MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar wrote to the Honourable Minister for Law & Justice, Electronics & Information Technology, Sh. R S Prasad urging his intervention to curb the growing digital sexual abuse of children as well as to regulate and shut down Mobile apps which threatens the safety of children.

Quoting a media report , Chandrasekhar said “There is an exponential growth in a few short video mobile apps due to their simple-to-navigate interface, and free availability on Google Play or App Store. Apps such as Kwai, Clip, TikTok, NewsDog, LiveMe and Helo, which threatens the safety of children are easily accessible and are becoming a new breeding ground for ‘grooming’ underage children for child pornography.”

“According to INTERPOL, around 2.4 million instances of online child sexual abuse were reported from India in 2017. US-based National Center for Missing and Exploited Children also reported that over 24.46 lakh children were abused in 2017 in India. These are just the reported cases, there could be many that go unreported.” Rajeev said.

“Such Apps have a high demand from vernacular entertainment consumers in different states in India. The abusers try to contact children using these vernacular languages. With easy availability of internet and smart phones, there has been a surge in cases of child sexual abuse, harassment, bullying and blackmail where the perpetrator finds his victim on one of the available social video apps.” Chandrasekhar said.

MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar shared his recommendation on steps which could be taken and urged the Ministry to add and modify as they deemed necessary: –

  1. Create a permanent institutional framework to monitor and regulate online content that falls under the category of Digital Exploitation of Children. A suggested institutional framework could be a permanent inter-ministerial group consisting of representatives from the Ministry of Home Affairs, Women and Child Development and Law and IT to arrive at a technology-based solution to the problems of Digital Child Abuse.
  1. To immediately initiate extensive consultations, awareness programmes. with all stakeholders and draft well-crafted roles for each group — including ISPs, the police, parents, schools etc.
  1. Review and amend the IT Act, 2000 to provide strict penalties to intermediaries who facilitate such content and strengthen legal framework including Commissions for Protection of Child Rights Act.
  1. Ban such mobile applications which do not curate the inappropriate content involving children.
  1. Direct intermediaries such as Google and Apple to take strict measures for removing/banning such apps from GooglePlay and AppStore which allow exchange of child pornographic images/videos and enable paedophiles to “groom” the children.
  1. Formulate a dedicated legal framework where specific guidelines regulate mobile applications which makes viewing and sharing of sexually explicit images/videos of children a punishable offence.
  1. Review and amend POCSO Act ,2012 to make Digital Child Abuse and Online Child Grooming a punishable offence.

“Children constitute 44.4% of India’s current population and are the future of our nation. It is our responsibility to ensure that they get a safe and happy childhood that they deserve. This issue requires serious attention. Regrettably, your ministry has done very little so far on this issue. I hope you and your ministry will take strict action to prevent Digital Child Abuse in India.” MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar wrote in his letter.

The internet, if not regulated and monitored can make it a biggest threat to parents who are deeply concerned about the safety of their Children. The Government must involve with parents and schools in mission mode to ensure that Digital India is also an India free of sexual exploitation” Chandrasekhar concluded.

At 3.6, Delhi records lowest temperature so far

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[NASHEMAN NEWS] New DelhiIt was a bitter cold morning in the national capital on Wednesday as the mercury dipped to 3.6 degrees Celsius, four notches below the season’s average — the lowest so far this season, the Met said.

“While there was shallow to moderate fog in most parts of the city, a few places saw dense fog causing visibility issues,” an India Meteorological Department (IMD) official said.

The sky will remain clear with no chances of rain. There would be haze and mist later in the evening. The humidity at 8.30 a.m. was 97 per cent.

There was a slight relief, as the pollution levels improved to ‘very poor’ from ‘severe’ category, according to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). 

The Air Quality Index was at 398. The major air pollutants were PM2.5 and PM10.

The maximum temperature was expected to reach around 20 degrees Celsius, the season’s average.

Tuesday’s maximum temperature settled at 21 degrees Celsius, a notch above season’s average, while the minimum temperature was recorded at 5.6 degrees, two notches below the season’s average.

3rd Test: India 123/2 at Tea vs Australia

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 [Nasheman news] MelbourneIndia were 123/2 at tea on the opening day of the third Test on Boxing Day at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) here on Wednesday.

India lost just the wicket of Mayank Agarwal (76) in the second session of play, while Cheteshwar Pujara was batting on 33 when the break was taken.

Pacer Pat Cummins, who earlier dismissed opener Hanuma Vihari (8) in the morning session, also accounted for the wicket of the debutant opener.

The visitors added 66 runs in the afternoon session, thanks to a crucial 83-run partnership between Mayank and Pujara.

Brief Scores: India 123/2 (Mayank Agarwal 76, Cheteshwar Pujara 33 batting; Pat Cummins 2/24) vs Australia at Tea on Day 1.

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