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Israeli student killed in Australia while video chatting with sister

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Nasheman News :  A 21-year-old Israeli student was killed in Australia’s Melbourne city while she was on a video call with her sister, police said on Thursday.

Aiia Maasarwe, an Arab-Israeli student who was in Melbourne as part of her studies at Shanghai University, was attacked on Wednesday morning, reports the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

Her body was found by passers-by near a tram stop in the northern suburb of Bundoora.

Homicide investigators believe she was assaulted and killed in a random attack shortly after getting off the number 86 tram, just over a kilometre from her home.

She was returning from a show at The Comics Lounge in North Melbourne.

Detective Inspector Andrew Stamper said Maasarwe was talking to her sister, who is overseas, at about 12.10 a.m. (Wednesday) when it is believed she was attacked on the pavement less than 50 metres from the tram stop.

“The phone then appeared to fall to the ground and she couldn’t contact her. We think that’s the time.

“She heard the sound of the phone falling to the ground and heard some voices and that was it,” Stamper told the media on Thursday.

Maasarwe’s sister tried to call her back but was unable to reach her.

Stamper said some of Maasarwe’s belongings had been found in a park opposite where her body was found.

Two different items of clothing were also found nearby – a black baseball cap with 1986 written across the front, and a grey and black t-shirt 

The police are also investigating whether she was sexually assaulted before the murder.


Nairobi hotel attack death toll reaches 21

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Nasheman News : The death toll in Tuesday’s attack on a luxury hotel complex in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi has increased to 21, police have confirmed.

“We wish to inform that six other bodies were found at the scene and one police officer succumbed to his injuries,” Inspector General of Police Joseph Boinnet told the media late Wednesday. 

Twenty-eight people were admitted to hospitals and “five terrorists were eliminated”, Efe news quoted Boinnet as saying.

The victims comprise 16 Kenyans, one Briton, one American, and three people of African descent who have not yet been identified, said Boinnet.

“We have arrested two individuals who we have very strong reasons to believe facilitated the attack and are in our custody assisting the police with their investigations,” he said. 

The Kenyan Red Cross said in a statement late Wednesday that their psychosocial teams had reached 341 people with more expected to receive counselling through a hotline and at Chiromo mortuary. 

Earlier Wednesday, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta declared the police operation at the 14 Riverside complex over, with all terrorists “eliminated”. 

He added that he had met with the national security council and assured that anyone involved in planning, financing and executing the act would be brought to justice.

The Somali jihadi group al-Shabaab, which joined Al Qaeda’s international network in 2012, claimed responsibility for the attack in a broadcast on its radio station Andalus.

Nairobi had not seen any such attack since September 2013, when in an operation similar to Tuesday’s, at least four al-Shabaab terrorists stormed the Westgate Mall not far from the 14 Riverside complex that is frequented by foreigners and Kenyans.

In the Westgate attack, 67 people died during the four days the terrorists remained holed up in the building.

The worst terrorist attack in Kenya was the 1998 bombing at the US embassy in Nairobi which left more than 200 dead and thousands wounded.

Youngest US Congresswoman to give colleagues Twitter lessons

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Nasheman News : Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the youngest woman to serve in the US Congress, is set to give her Democratic colleagues in the House of Representatives lessons on how to use Twitter in a more effective way.

Ocasio-Cortez, 29, will be leading the discussion along with fellow Democrat, Representative Jim Himes of Connecticut, on Thursday to “discuss how they use Twitter as an effective and authentic messaging tool to connect with their constituents” and “the importance of digital storytelling”, CNN quoted a notice sent to Democratic House members, as saying on Wednesday. 

The young Congresswoman, who represents New York’s 14th District, has 2.4 million followers on her campaign Twitter handle, surpassing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s 2 million followers on her official account. 

She frequently hits back at critics on the platform which goes viral. 

Earlier this month a video of Ocasio-Cortez gleefully dancing when she was in college surfaced on Twitter, where the poster of the clip described the Congresswoman as a “clueless nitwit”.

Ocasio-Cortez shot back at critics by posting a video on Twitter of her dancing in front of her congressional office with the caption, “I hear the GOP (Republicans) thinks women dancing are scandalous. Wait till they find out Congresswomen dance too!” 

The video has garnered 20.5 million views.

She also uses social media to speak directly to constituents and viewers in a way members of Congress have rarely done before, CNN said. 

Ocasio-Cortez frequently hosts “Instagram Live” sessions where she answers questions submitted by viewers on the platform. One of her Instagram accounts has amassed 1.8 million followers.

The freshman Democrat took office in January after running an efficient grassroots campaign in the party primary where she unseated former Representative Joe Crowley, who was the fourth-ranking Democrat in the House and a 10-term congressman in New York.

India, Pakistan trade fire on LoC

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Indian and Pakistani troops traded gunfire along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Thursday, defence sources said.

Pakistan troopers used small arms and automatics to target Indian positions in Khari Karmara area.

“Our troops effectively retaliated to the unprovoked ceasefire violation. Firing exchanges started at around 4.30 a.m. and continued till 6.30 a.m. No casualty or damage was reported from our side,” the sources said.

Ceasefire violations by Pakistan Army have been intermittently continuing on the LoC in Rajouri and Poonch districts since earlier this month.

‘Benami’ flats booked for Re 1 per sq.ft in Amrapali projects, SC told

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Nasheman News :A court-appointed auditors informed the Supreme Court that posh flats which were part of Amrapali Group were booked on sums as low as Re 1, Rs 5 and Rs 11 per sq.ft in the name of over 500 people.

The forensic auditors issued notices to 655 people on whose names “benami” flats were booked but no one was found in 122 such locations, the auditors told the top court while submitting an interim report.

Two audit forensic auditors — Pawan Kumar Agarwal and Ravi Bhatia — told a bench of Justice Arun Mishra and Justice Uday Umesh Lalit that it was found that 23 firms which were part of Amrapali consortium were floated in the name of office staff. These firms were fronts to divert home buyers’ money.

The auditors said that Chief Financial Officer Chander Wadhwa had transferred Rs 4.75 crore to “unidentified persons” on October 23, 2018.

On October 26, 2018, Wadhwa answered all questions of the bench and apologised for his early memory loss. On October 26, 2018, the top court had directed Wadhwa to extend full co-operation and directed Amrapali Group of companies to furnish details of all the bank accounts of its 46 companies.

The court warned Wadhwa of contempt proceedings for his action and said that he is putting spoke in the wheels of justice.

“You very well knew that questions will be asked by the court and hence you transferred the money. We want the entire tranche of money back in seven days’ time,” the bench said.

The auditor also told the bench that Amrapali Group had challenged the Income Tax order related to deleting of the paragraph which mentioned of Rs 200 bogus bills and vouchers for purchasing raw materials.

The court asked to present the orders of the Income Tax Department.

The agreement between JP Morgan Real Estate fund and Amrapali Group were in violation of the provisions of law, the auditors told the court.

The court warned that it may direct Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) to probe the matter.

However, JP Morgan counsel told the court that it would explain everything about the agreement.

The court has listed the matter for further hearing on January 24 and sought legal suggestions on the issue.

The court was hearing various petitions filed by home buyers seeking possession of over 40,000 flats booked in the projects of Amrapali Group.

Amit Shah infected with Swine Flu, admitted to AIIMS

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Nasheman News : BJP President Amit Shah on Wednesday got admitted to All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) owing to swine flu infection, the authorities said.

According to AIIMS sources, Shah (54) arrived at AIIMS later in the evening and is under the observation of the institute’s Director Randeep Guleria.

Shah also took Twitter to inform about his health condition where he wrote that he is being taken under observation.

“I am infected with Swine Flu for which treatment is going on. With God’s grace and people’s love and good wishes, I hope to recover soon,” Shah said.

Revelation – 2019

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The Annual Flagship Event of SIBMB.

Celebrating a decade of exponential growth and success, Symbiosis Institute of Business Management-Bengaluru presents, Revelation 2019 – the Annual Flagship Event of SIBMB. Revelation is South India’s most resonating Management, Cultural and Sports festival driven by the confluence of analytical and creative minds at SIBM Bengaluru. The three-day extravaganza hosts events spread across 4 attractive verticals namely- Management, Cultural, Informals, and Sports, considering every sphere of talent, leaving no stones unturned.

In the 7th edition of Revelation, weput forth the theme ‘Viser Invictus’ – An opportunity to aim for the unconquered territories.Viser Invictusprovides a limitless arena where you can re-envision yourself, achieve the extraordinary and escalate your infinity. Theunconquered territory is defined according to what it means to a person rather than taking it as a finish line. It is to tread the path of self-discovery and realize that one’s true capabilities go far beyond the ordinary; to march ahead on a path which is unconventional and unexplored by many and to transcend horizons.

Revelation 2019 celebrates the spirit of hard work, discipline and principled unity. It generates motivation to tread the unconventional path in life and constantly challenge the stereotypes, thereby becoming a better version of oneself with each endeavour.  The theme of Revelation 2019, “Viser Invictus”, inspires people to aim for the unconquered. It provides a limitless arena where you can re-envision yourself, achieve the extraordinary and escalate your infinity.

With cash prizes up to Rs. 5,00,000/- we are expecting an even larger footfall and participants in number than Revelation 2018. 

Revelation 2018 had approximately 900 participants from around 48 colleges across the country. The participants of the various events conducted last year had an enthralling experience competing with their counterparts from colleges across India.

Date18th – 20thJanuary, 2019.
Time: 8:30 A.M. to 6:00 P.M.
Venue: Symbiosis Institute of Business Management (SIBM) Bengaluru

About SIBM Bengaluru:

Ever since its inception in 1978, SYMBIOSIS has been synonymous with progress. The trend of progress has been continued by setting up of SIU’s first campus outside Maharashtra at Bengaluru in 2008. SIBM Bengaluru provides a holistic approach to management.

Social Media Round Up

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By: Faizan Rizwan & Shaheen Raaj

What’s App Messages No Longer Need To Be Typed

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What’s App user can now directly start dictating a message from within the app using a new mic icon on the keyboard. What’s App now has a mic feature that will let users   dictate messages & send to contacts. This means What’s App users will no longer need to type messages that can simply be dictated, though they will need to manually press send in order to send messages across. The dictation feature is available for What’s App for Android & iOS. The dictation feature is already available for smart voice assistants such as Google Assistant & Siri. However, the feature is now in-built in What’s App & users can directly start dictating a message from within the app using a new mic icon on the keyboard. To use the dictation feature, users will need to open What’s App & then the contact they wish to send message to, next, pull out the keyboard used for typing What’s App message. What’s App user on Android will find a black mic icon on top right, while this icon is present on bottom right for iOS users. Click on the mic icon to start dictating a message. It does seem to understand to put ‘,’ when one says “comma” & ‘?’ when “question mark” is said, but puts the “full stop” word itself instead of an actual ‘.’. Nevertheless, when done dictating a message, one will need to press the send button to finally send. What’s App user can edit the message before sending, though that will need to be done by typing. The feature might come in handy for long messages when one can just use their voice instead of fingers to frame a message. 

Jaitley diagnosed with rare cancer

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Nasheman News : Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, who left for the US for medical treatment, has been diagnosed with a rare kind of cancer and may not be able to present this years Interim Budget on February 1, sources said.

Jaitley had left for the US on Sunday for what was believed to be a medical check-up relating to his kidney ailment. However, sources said he was diagnosed with soft tissue sarcoma, a rare type of cancer, and decided to go for treatment in New York.

There was no word on when he was likely to return, but some sources said he was expected back on January 19, but others said it could be later. 

Jaitley, 66, had undergone a renal transplant surgery on May 14 last year. Officials have been tight-lipped about the trip which has come at a time when the Finance Ministry is busy with the preparations of the vote-on-account budget to be presented in the Lok Sabha on February 1 — his sixth and the last by the BJP-led NDA government in its current term.

By convention, an interim budget normally does not contain fresh proposals, especially relating to taxation measures. But the coming vote-on-account budget may spring some surprises like increase in the exemption threshold for income tax assessees and some measures to address agrarian unrest.

Jaitley was admitted to AIIMS last year in early April following which he underwent dialysis. He had a renal transplant surgery on May 14, 2018. In his absence, Railways Minister Piyush Goyal was given the additional charge of Finance Ministry on May 14.

Jaitley stopped attending office at the beginning of April and was back in North Block – the seat of Finance Ministry – on August 23. 

Earlier, in September 2014, he underwent a bariatric surgery on account of severe diabetics. 

New IS module: NIA raids 7 places in Punjab, UP

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Nasheman News : The NIA on Thursday raided seven places in Uttar Pradesh and Punjab in connection with its ongoing probe into a new Islamic State (IS)-inspired module Harkat-ul-Harb-e-Islam, officials said.

The National Investigation Agency teams launched simultaneous searches at seven locations, including Uttar Pradesh’s Rampur, Bulandshahr, Meerut, Hapur and Amroha and Punjab’s Ludhiana, early in the day, a senior NIA official told media.

The fresh searches came five days after counter-terror probe agency arrested a suspect from Hapur for being affiliated with the global terror outfit. 

NIA officials also rounded up 50-year-old Mohammad Habib, a resident of Kaloli village in Bulandshahr district. The general store owner has spent over 25 years in Saudi Arabia and can be brought to NIA office in Delhi for questioning, according to an NIA source. 

The raids that were still underway, kicked off after the NIA got leads from those arrested during their interrogation. The agency is looking into the role of a foreign mastermind behind the new module. 

The action comes in the wake of a case it registered on December 20 under several sections of the Indian Penal Code, the Explosive Substances Act and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.

On January 11, it had arrested a suspect named Muhammad Absar from Hapur district. Earlier on January 4, Naeem, the alleged arms supplier of the Harkat-ul-Harb-e-Islam, was arrested from Meerut. 

The initial arrests though had come late last year on December 26, when 10 members, including mastermind Mufti Mohammad Suhail of the new IS module, were arrested from Delhi and Uttar Pradesh after carrying out searches at 17 places. 

The arrested men were allegedly planning to attack some political personalities, security establishments as well as crowded places in Delhi and the National Capital Region. 

The NIA also seized 25 kg of explosive material, including potassium nitrate, ammonium nitrate, sulphur, sugar material paste, mobile phone circuits, batteries, 51 pipes, remote control car triggering switch, wireless digital doorbell for remote switch, steel containers, electric wires, knife, sword, IS-related literature and Rs 7.5 lakh in cash.

The agency had also seized a country-made rocket launcher, 12 pistols, 112 alarm clocks, 100 mobile phones, 135 SIM cards, several laptops and various electronic gadgets, besides 150 rounds of ammunition .

The NIA had ever since been carrying out follow-up searches in Uttar Pradesh to identify more suspects of the new IS module.

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