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Suspicious packages sent to Indian consulate, other missions in Australia

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Nasheman News : Police in Australia were on Wednesday investigating several suspicious packages sent to the Indian consulate and several other missions in Melbourne.

“The packages are being examined by attending emergency services. The circumstances surrounding the incidents are being investigated,” the Australian Federal Police said in a statement.

The packages were delivered on Wednesday, Efe news quoted the statement as saying.

Besides India, video footage showed emergency services workers attending the consulates of the US, Greece, France, Italy, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Korea and Switzerland.

Manuela Erb, the honourary consul of the Consulate of Switzerland told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation that the office had received a suspicious package that’s “believed to be non-hazardous, however they’re treating it as hazardous”.

On Monday, the authorities removed a suspicious package from the Argentine consulate in Sydney which was later found to be non-toxic.

Five Indians penalised for indulging in illegal betting in a day

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In all, 20 people, including six Indians, have been penalised in the first three days of the tournament.
Rangpur Riders
Rangpur Riders. (Photo Source: Twitter)

Nasheman News : The latest edition of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) kicked off on January 5 and on Tuesday, a mobile court fined as many as five Indian citizens for indulging in illegal betting through their mobile phones during matches of the tournament at Dhaka’s Sher-E-Bangla National Stadium. An inter-ministerial meeting a year ago empowered the local administration in Dhaka, Chittagong and Sylhet to operate mobile courts during cricket games to tackle illegal betting when the last edition of BPL was on. The same is being followed this year as well.

The mobile court of executive magistrate Imrul Hasan said the five Indians were penalised 4,000 Bangladeshi Taka each and were also expelled from the venue. Recently, a top anti-corruption official at the International Cricket Council said that with the spread of franchise-based cricket, the scope of corruption has also increased in the world of cricket.

“They were involved in betting with mobile phones. We imposed a fine of Tk 4,000 for each and expelled them from the ground. They will not be allowed to watch any more BPL game this season,” Hasan was quoted by Cricbuzz as saying. Three of the five Indians – Deepak, Sanjeeb Kumar and Sunil Kumar – hailed from the state of Haryana, said the magistrate.

Hasan also said that another Indian too was handed a similar punishment on Sunday. In all, 20 people, including six Indians, have been penalised in the first three days of the tournament, which will continue till February 5, he said. Even a Bangladeshi national was said to be jailed for entering the ground without a valid ticket and even threatening officials of the Bangladesh Cricket Board. He was identified as Sajeeb Ahmed from Madaripur.

Six games were completed in the current edition of the BPL till Tuesday with three-time champions Dhaka Dynamites (twice as Dhaka Gladiators) topping the list with four points from two games. Current champions Rangpur Riders also have four points though from three matches. Sylhet Sixers, Khulna Titans and Rajshahi Kings are yet to win their first game in this season’s tournament.

‘PUBG’ online game addiction fitness trainer admitted in hospital

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The doctor said the patient is recognising people but is still not conscious and his mind is completely under the influence of the ‘PUBG’ game.

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Nasheman News : The PUBG online game addiction has landed a fitness trainer in hospital in the sixth such case in the winter capital of Jammu & Kashmir.

As per reliable sources, a fitness trainer (name not disclosed), got addicted to play PUBG online nearly ten days ago and ultimately he was admitted to the hospital when after completing one of the rounds, he started hitting him with blows and injured himself.

“The patient is unstable at the moment and has partially lost his mental balance,” a doctor (neurologist) treating him, pleading anonymity said.

He said that he is recognising people but is still not conscious and his mind is completely under the influence of the ‘PUBG’ game.

“He is under observation and we have started the treatment. We are hopeful that he will be fine in days,” said a doctor.

However, hospital sources added that it was the sixth case in a row reported in the winter capital, adding, “these are the case that has been examined and diagnosed after the patients were brought to the hospital but we apprehend that there might be many other such cases existing around but either left ignored or not being understood by the families.”

 The doctors however, have appealed to the people to keep watch on their children especially when they prefer to sit alone and operate mobile phones for long hours.

“The night hour mobile use should not be ignored and if possible, the cellphones should not be in the custody of their children during night time to prevent them from entering into trauma, which could be fatal if remains unchecked,” they added.

Meanwhile the locals have also appealed to the Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik to raise the concern at the right corner and get such kind of “life-threatening” online games banned in the state and the country has well.

Pertinently China’s Online Gaming Ethics Review Committee last year in December has reviewed 20 games for containing “ethics risk” and nine of these games have been reportedly banned including “Fortnite” and “PUBG”, whereas corrective action has been proposed for the remaining 11.

‘Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds'(PUBG) is an online multiplayer battle royale game developed and published by PUBG Corporation, a subsidiary of South Korean video game company Bluehole.

In the game, up to one hundred players parachute onto an island and scavenge for weapons and equipment to kill others while avoiding getting killed themselves.

The available safe area of the game’s map decreases in size over time, directing surviving players into tighter areas to force encounters.

The last player or team standing wins the round.

Undisclosed assets worth Rs 6,000 cr detected under fgn black money law

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Undisclosed assets totalling Rs 6,000 crore have been detected under the foreign black money law enacted by the government in 2015, Parliament was informed on Tuesday.

Further, as on October 31, 2018, 34 prosecution complaints have been filed under the foreign black money law.

“As an outcome of the actions taken by the Income-tax Department under the Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets) and Imposition of Tax Act, 2015′ (The Black Money Act), as on October 31, 2018, undisclosed foreign assets and income valued at over Rs 6,000 crore have been detected,” Minister of State for Finance Shiv Pratap Shukla said in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha.

Under the Act, a one-time compliance opportunity for a limited period was provided to those persons who have any foreign assets which have hitherto not been disclosed for the purposes of Income-tax.

In this compliance window, which closed on September 30, 2015, 648 declarations involving undisclosed foreign assets worth over Rs 4,100 crore were made. An amount of over Rs 2,470 crore has been collected by way of tax and penalty in such cases.

“Suitable action against the persons who have undisclosed foreign assets and income is taken under the Act. Such actions include enquiries, assessment of income, levy of taxes, penalties and filing of prosecution complaints in criminal courts, wherever applicable,” Shukla added.

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50% cap breached, OBCs should get 54% quota: Ram Gopal Yadav

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Nasheman News : Samajwadi Party leader Ram Gopal Yadav on Wednesday demanded 54 per cent quota for the Other Backward Classes (OBCs), saying the government had opened the doors for that by breaching the 50 per cent barrier on reservations set by the apex court.

While supporting the Constitution amendment bill to provide 10 per cent quota for upper castes in government service and higher educational institutions, he said the OBCs were given reservation corresponding to only half their population to ensure that the 50 per cent cap is not breached.

“But when you have broken the barrier of 50 per cent as set by the Supreme Court, I request that OBCs should be given 54 per cent reservation as per their population as opposed to 27 per cent now. Also, the population of Scheduled Castes is also now 25 per cent and they should be given reservation accordingly,” he said in the Rajya Sabha during a debate on the Constitution (124th Amendment) Bill, 2019 which was passed in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday.

He added that the Bill would not bring the results that the government was promising as the cut offs under the reserved class would be even higher than the general quota “as you would see in one year when public service commission results are announced”.

He also questioned the timing of the Bill saying it could have been brought any time over the last four and a half years and was yet brought on the last session of Parliament before the Lok Sabha polls.

“The government’s goal is not to help the poor. This bill is brought by the government with eyes at 2019 elections. Had you (government) been honest, this Bill would have been brought some two-three years back so that people would have actually benefited from it,” Yadav said.

The Samajwadi Party leader also asked the government to improve implementation of reservation for SCs and STs.

“Even after so many years of reservation, do they have enough representation in government jobs,” he asked.

He added that the new 10 per cent reservation for upper castes won’t yield desired and promised results because there were not enough jobs in the market as “many jobs were lost due to demonetisation”.

“When there are no jobs, what is the meaning of reservation?”

‘Panic’ grips Rohingya as Myanmar army battles Buddhist rebels

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The Myanmar army has set up security camps and bunkers along the border [Reuters]
The Myanmar army has set up security camps and bunkers along the border [Reuters]

Frequent clashes between Myanmar security forces and Buddhist rebels in Rakhine state have spread alarm among thousands of Rohingya refugees living in no-man’s-land on the country’s border with Bangladesh, as concerns grow over the intensified fighting.

More than 730,000 members of the mostly Muslim minority have fled Myanmar to escape a brutal military-led crackdown that started in 2017. Most of the Rohingya have taken shelter in sprawling refugee camps in neighbouring Bangladesh but some have been living in limbo on the border, unwilling to enter the settlements or return home.

They are now caught on the sidelines of fighting between Myanmar troops and the Arakan Army, an armed group seeking more autonomy for western Rakhine state’s Buddhist-majority population.

“Heavy fighting is going on between the government troops and Arakan Army inside Myanmar,” Rohingya leader Dil Mohammad told AFP news agency.

Thousands flee clashes between Buddhist group and Myanmar army

“The situation is very tense,” he said, adding that the security build-up and daily gunfire had created “panic”.

Myanmar soldiers last week set up security camps and bunkers along the border after fighting saw 13 police killed.

Some of the fortifications are directly adjacent to a border fence running alongside a stream and overlooking shacks erected by an estimated 4,500 displaced Rohingya living in the narrow strip of land.

Refugee community leader Nur Alam said gunfire could frequently be heard after dark on the other side of the border.

“Every night it is close by. The Myanmar border guard have set up 10 new posts near our camp. It’s very intimidating,” he told AFP.

Last week, an Arakan Army spokesperson outside Myanmar told Reuters news agency that the group attacked the security forces in response to a broad military offensive in the north of Rakhine state that also targeted civilians.

UN appeal

Meanwhile, the United Nations said in a statement on Wednesday it was “deeply concerned” about the situation in the area.

‘Myanmar wants to drive out all Muslims’: Q&A with Kyaw Hla Aung

“Mr Ostby further appeals to all sides to intensify efforts to find a peaceful solution to the situation and to ensure humanitarian access to all people affected by the violence,” the statement added.

A Bangladesh official said they were aware of the border tensions.

“We will talk to the relevant authorities to discuss what to do,” local administrator Kamal Hossain said.

Rohingya in Buddhist-majority Myanmar have suffered decades of persecution. Impoverished western Rakhine state, in particular, is scarred by deep ethnic and religious hatred.

A report by UN investigators in August last year found that Myanmar’s military carried out mass killings and gang rapes of Rohingya with “genocidal intent” and said the commander-in-chief and five generals should be prosecuted under international laws.

Myanmar has denied any wrongdoing, saying it was defending itself against Rohingya fighters who attacked police posts.

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In first rally after passage of Quota Bill, Citizenship Bill, PM Narendra Modi pats Centre’s back

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In first rally after passage of Quota Bill, Citizenship Bill, PM Narendra Modi pats Centre's back

Nasheman News : Prime Minister Narendra Modi patted his government’s back for the passage of Upper Caste Reservation Bill and Citizenship Amendment Bill in his first rally after the two key Bills were passed. The two Bills were passed in Lok Sabha where the government enjoys a majority. The Bill to provide ten per cent reservation in education and government jobs to economically weaker sections was tabled in Rajya Sabha on the last day of the Winter Session on Wednesday and will be taken up for discussion during the day.

Hitting out at the opposition parties for raising objections, he said that the Bill is a “strong answer” by Parliament to those “spreading lies”. He assured that none of the reservations allotted to the weaker sections will be reduced to add this 10 per cent quota. “The rights of the deprived sections, including the dalits and the tribal people, will not be affected because of this bill. The opposition wanted some part of the reservation of weaker sections to be taken away to be given to upper castes but we were adamant that nothing will be taken away from them. This is an additional quota being made for the people from general category,” PM Modi said at a rally in Solapur in Maharashtra. 

He termed the passage of the bill in the Lok Sabha as a “historic” step which seeks to uplift the deprived sections and also illustrates the commitment of the government to prioritising the good of those needing it the most. “There are misconceptions being spread about the Quota Bill. Rajya Sabha was extended by a day for this Quota Bill only. I am confident that like yesterday, we will pass the bill in Rajya Sabha too,” PM Modi said. 

He also applauded his government for the Citizenship Amendment Bill, which seeks to provide Indian citizenship to non-Muslims from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan. “The Bill is important as migrants from other countries who want to stay here will be given Indian citizenship now. India will give shelter to these migrants. We have taken the onus of taking care of these people who have come to India,” he said. He assured the people of Assam and North East that their rights will not be curtailed in any way through the bill’s provisions.

PM Modi was speaking in Solapur after the inauguration of a highway project built at an investment of over Rs 970 crore. He added that Solapur will soon be covered under the Udaan scheme which seeks to link far off places with air connectivity. During his visit, he also laid the foundation stone of a project worth over Rs 1,800 crore of 30,000 houses under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana. 

No Indian content on Pakistan TV, it damages our culture: SC

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Nasheman News : Pakistan’s Chief Justice Saqib Nisar on Wednesday said that the country’s Supreme Court will not allow Indian content to be shown on Pakistani TV channels as it “damages our culture”.

Nisar’s remarks came as a three-member apex court bench heard an appeal filed by the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) against the High Court’s decision to ban the broadcast of Indian content on TV channels in the country, Dawn newspaper reported.

Pemra’s counsel Zafar Iqbal Kalanauri told the Supreme Court that foreign content was banned on court orders before a High Court issued a stay.

The authority’s Chairman Saleem Baig said that 65 per cent of the content shown on Filmazia channel was foreign and that the number at times goes as high as 80 per cent.

At this, the Chief Justice remarked: “We will not allow Indian content to be aired on (Pakistani) channels.”

On being told that “Filmazia was not a news channel but was an entertainment channel and that it did not do any propaganda”, the Chief Justice countered the Pemra counsel by saying: “It is, however, damaging our culture.” 

The top judge adjourned the hearing in the case till the first week of February as the Pakistan Broadcasters Association’s counsel Faisal Siddiqui was not in attendance. 

In 2016, Pemra had imposed a ban on airing Indian content on local television and FM radio channels.

The decision was largely seen as a tit-for-tat move after similar actions were taken by some channels and the entertainment industry in India against Pakistani content and artists, the report said.

In 2017, the Lahore High Court lifted the Pemra-imposed ban, declaring it null and void as the federal government had no objections regarding the same.

In October 2018, the Supreme Court reinstated the ban on the transmission of Indian content on local television channels.

Massive fire at under-construction hospital building

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A massive fire broke out on Wednesday at an under-construction building of a hospital in Nagpur.

According to initial reports, at least 20 people are trapped inside the building, most of them labourers.

The cause of the fire was not immediately known but it is believed that short circuit caused the blaze. No casualty has been reported so far. Eyewitnesses said that thick black smoke was rising from the 10-storey building. 

At least 10 fire tenders are at the spot and efforts are on to control the raging inferno. Army jawans are also helping firefighters in controlling the blaze.

Rescue operations were underway when the last reports came in. Some reports claimed that the fire has been brought under control.

On December 29, 12 firefighters were injured while trying to douse the flames when a fire broke out in Sadhana House in Worli, Mumbai.

On Dec 27, seven people lost their lives after a broke out on the 14th floor of an apartment in Chembur, Mumbai.

Trade strike: Protesters vandalise SBI manager’s cabin in Thiruvananthapuram

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Trade strike: Protesters vandalise SBI manager's cabin in Thiruvananthapuram

Nasheman News : As the 48-hour nationwide trade strike entered its second day on Wednesday, angry protesters stormed into the cabin of a State Bank of India (SBI) manager here and vandalised it

“At around 10.15 a.m., angry protesters came into my cabin and asked if I did not know that today is a protest day. I told them that although we are open, banking operations were not taking place. Then they threw the computer and other properties on my table,” Santosh Karunakaran, the manager, told the media here.

This branch is located near Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s office and also the temporary union office of the protesters.

The bank has lodged an official complaint and the police have launched a probe.

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