Germany backs India's strikes

NEW DELHI: Germany on Wednesday openly declared its support for India in its fight against terrorism .

  Answering a question on the  recent Indian surgical strikes on  terror camps across the line of  control, Martin Ney, the German  ambassador said, "it is absolutely  clear that there are two norms in  international law governing this  issue (cross-border terrorism).      The first clear norm is that every  state under legal occupation should ensure that no terrorism is emanating from its territory.

"Secondly, there is a clear international law that any state has the right to defend its territory from any form of global terrorism ," Ney said.

In addition, he said "When it comes to counterterrorism, Germany stands side by side with it its strategic partner (India). And these (statements) are not empty words. It is quite clear in the political declaration signed by Prime Minister Modi and Chancellor Merkel," he said.

"I can assure you standing with India side by side against terrorism are not empty political words but backed with concrete projects," Ney said.

India Makes Effort

India Makes Effort to Get Captured Soldier Released From Pakistan

Indian Army Soldier 

India has shown its eagerness to secure the early release of one of its soldiers, who was captured by Pakistani troops within the disputed region of Kashmir, where Delhi claims that it conducted surgical strikes on Thursday night.

Rajnath Singh, India’s Minister of Home Affairs, says, “All attempts are being made. The government will take up the matter with Islamabad for his early release.” However, it is not clear whether the captured soldier was involved in the airstrikes.

Indian Army sources had said “one soldier from 37 RR with weapon has inadvertently crossed over to the other side of the Line of Control. Pakistan has been informed by the DGMO on the hotline.”

Meanwhile, Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United Nations Dr. Maleeha Lodhi confirmed to Al Jazeera that Pakistan’s Army had captured an Indian soldier who was trying to enter Pakistani territory. The matter of the soldier’s release had dominated the Friday’s high-level security meeting in Delhi, which was attended by National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, officials from the defense ministry, para-military forces and home ministry officials.

Pakistan Army Denies Capturing any Indian Soldier along the LoC

Pakistan Army denied on Thursday reports that it had captured an Indian army soldier alongside the Line of Control (LoC) near the disputed Kashmir valley.

The military’s media wing, ISPR, when contacted, denied that an Indian soldier was in Pakistan Army’s custody.

18 March 2016 Current Affairs

‘Iron fist’ at Pokhran

Indian Air Force (IAF) put up its greatest ever show of air power. The event was witnessed by the President Pranab Mukherjee, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, cabinet ministers and political leaders, and the entire military brass. Also present were the air attachés of various countries. The attachés of China and Pakistan were not invited as these countries do not invite their Indian counterparts for similar exercises. The event earlier called ‘Vayu Shakti’ got its current name ‘Iron-Fist’ when last held in 2013.

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SC allows photos of CMs, Governors in Govt Ads

The Supreme Court has allowed publication of photographs of Governors, Chief Ministers and the Ministers of the department concerned in government advertisements. Ruling in this regard was on 18 March given by a SC bench headed by Justice Ranjan Gogoi on pleas by Union Government and states which had sought review of the Supreme Court judgement. This ruling of Supreme Court has modified its earlier 2015 order which only had permitted photographs of President, Prime Minister and Chief Justice of India (CJI) in the government advertisements.

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Astronomers Discovered Largest Sample of 9 monster Stars

British astronomers have discovered largest sample cluster of nine monster stars named as R136 using NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. The cluster is the largest group of very massive stars ever identified. The R136 cluster of monster stars have masses over 100 times and are 30 million times brighter than of our Sun in the star cluster located about 170,000 light-years away. It is located in the Tarantula Nebula within the Large Magellanic Cloud – a satellite galaxy of our own Milky Way. The young cluster hosts many extremely massive, hot and luminous stars whose energy is mostly radiated in the ultraviolet (UV).

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भारत पाकिस्तानच्या सैन्य ताकदीची तुलना

नवी दिल्ली : उरी हल्ल्यानंतर भारत आणि पाकिस्तान यांच्यात तणावाचे वातावरण निर्माण झाले आहे. त्यामुळे आता पाकिस्तानावर थेट हल्ला करावा अशी मागणी भारतातून केली जात आहे. सित

भारताकडून पाकिस्तानची अनेक स्तरावर कोंडी करण्याचा प्रयत्न होत आहे. तर पाकिस्तान आपले कटकारस्थान अजून आखत आहेत.

भारत पाकिस्तानच्या सैन्य ताकदीची तुलना

या पार्श्वभूमीवर भारत आणि पाकिस्तानच्या सैन्य ताकदीचा घेतलेला हा आढावा

देश	भारत	पाकिस्तान
ग्लोबल फायर पॉवर क्र.	३	१३
संरक्षण बजेट	४ हजार कोटी डॉलर	७००  कोटी डॉलर
सैन्य दल	२ कोटी २९ लाख सैनिक	४३ लाख ४५ हजार
सक्रीय सैनिक	१३ लाख २५ हजार सैनिक	६ लाख २० हजार
सक्रीय सैनिक रिझर्व	२१ लाख ४३	५ लाख १५ हजार
सर्व प्रकारची सैनिकी विमाने	२०८६ (८०९लढाऊ,६७९ हल्ला करणारे) वाहतूक ८५७, सर्व्हिस विमाने ३४६	९२३ (३९४ लढाऊ, ३०४ हल्ला करणारे) वाहतूक २६१, सर्व्हिस विमाने १५१
हेलीकॉप्टर	६४६(१९ हल्ला करणारे)	३०६ ( ५२ हल्ला करणारे )
टँक	६४६४	२९२४
तोफा	७४१४	३२७८

मिसाईल	२९२	१३४
युद्ध नौका	२९५	१९७
विमान वाहतूक जहाज	२	०
पाणबुडी	१४	५
सर्व प्रकारची सैनिकी विमाने	२०८६ (८०९लढाऊ,६७९ हल्ला करणारे) वाहतूक ८५७, सर्व्हिस विमाने ३४६	२०८६ (८०९लढाऊ,६७९ हल्ला करणारे) वाहतूक ८५७, सर्व्हिस विमाने ३४

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भारत पाकिस्तानच्या सैन्य ताकदीची तुलना

नवी दिल्ली : उरी हल्ल्यानंतर भारत आणि पाकिस्तान यांच्यात तणावाचे वातावरण निर्माण झाले आहे. त्यामुळे आता पाकिस्तानावर थेट हल्ला करावा अशी मागणी भारतातून केली जात आहे. सित

भारताकडून पाकिस्तानची अनेक स्तरावर कोंडी करण्याचा प्रयत्न होत आहे. तर पाकिस्तान आपले कटकारस्थान अजून आखत आहेत.

या पार्श्वभूमीवर भारत आणि पाकिस्तानच्या सैन्य ताकदीचा घेतलेला हा आढावा

देश	भारत	पाकिस्तान
ग्लोबल फायर पॉवर क्र.	३	१३
संरक्षण बजेट	४ हजार कोटी डॉलर	७००  कोटी डॉलर
सैन्य दल	२ कोटी २९ लाख सैनिक	४३ लाख ४५ हजार
सक्रीय सैनिक	१३ लाख २५ हजार सैनिक	६ लाख २० हजार
सक्रीय सैनिक रिझर्व	२१ लाख ४३	५ लाख १५ हजार
सर्व प्रकारची सैनिकी विमाने	२०८६ (८०९लढाऊ,६७९ हल्ला करणारे) वाहतूक ८५७, सर्व्हिस विमाने ३४६	९२३ (३९४ लढाऊ, ३०४ हल्ला करणारे) वाहतूक २६१, सर्व्हिस विमाने १५१
हेलीकॉप्टर	६४६(१९ हल्ला करणारे)	३०६ ( ५२ हल्ला करणारे )
टँक	६४६४	२९२४
तोफा	७४१४	३२७८

मिसाईल	२९२	१३४
युद्ध नौका	२९५	१९७
विमान वाहतूक जहाज	२	०
पाणबुडी	१४	५
सर्व प्रकारची सैनिकी विमाने	२०८६ (८०९लढाऊ,६७९ हल्ला करणारे) वाहतूक ८५७, सर्व्हिस विमाने ३४६	२०८६ (८०९लढाऊ,६७९ हल्ला करणारे) वाहतूक ८५७, सर्व्हिस विमाने ३४

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सचिन तेंडुलकर पी. व्ही सिंधुला देणार मोठी भेट

सचिन तेंडुलकर पी. व्ही सिंधुला देणार मोठी भेट

मुंबई : रिओ ऑलिम्पिकमध्ये इतिहास रचणारी बॅडमिंटन स्टार पी.व्ही सिंधुवर बक्षिस आणि पैशांचा वर्षाव होत आहे. अनेक राज्य सरकारांनी तिला बक्षिस जाहीर केलं आहे. भारताचा दिग्गज क्रिकेटर सचिन तेंडुलकरने देखील तिला एक बक्षिस जाहीर केलं आहे. 28 ऑगस्टला सिंधुला सचिन BMW कार भेट देणार आहे.
लंडन ऑलिम्पिकमध्ये ब्रॉन्ज पदक जिंकणाऱ्या सायना नेहवाल हिला देखील सचिनने कार भेट केली होती. याआधी २०१२ मध्ये अंडर-१९ चॅम्पियनशिप जिंकणाऱ्या सिंधुला सचिनने स्विफ्ट कार भेट केली होती.


सिंधुला दिली जाणारी ही BMW कार त्याचा मित्र आणि माजी क्रिकेटपटू व्ही. चामुंडेश्वरनाथ स्पॉन्सर करणार आहे. सिंधुने रिओ ऑलिम्पिकच्या बॅडमिंटन स्पर्धेमध्ये सिल्वर मेडल जिंकणारी ती पहिली भारतीय महिला खेळाडू ठरली आहे.

RIO 2016: मेडल जीतने के बाद कोच को ही उठाकर पटका

RIO 2016: मेडल जीतने के बाद कोच को ही उठाकर पटका

रियो ओलम्पिक के दौरान पदक जीतने वाले खिलाड़ियों को आपने अलग-अलग अंदाज में खुशी मनाते देखा होगा. कुछ रोकर तो कुछ मुस्कुराते हुए और कुछ नाचते हुए खुशियां मनाते हैं लेकिन जापान की एक महिला पहलवान ने गोल्ड मेडल जीतने के बाद एक अलग अंदाज में ही अपनी खुशी का इजहार किया.

फ्रीस्टाइल स्पर्धा के 63 किलोग्राम भारवर्ग में रिसाको कावाई के गोल्ड मेडल जीतने पर जब उनके कोच काजुहितो साकाई पास पहुंचे तो बजाय गले मिलने के कावाई ने उन्हें वहीं मैट पर दो बार कुश्ती का दांव लगाते हुए पटक दिया.

कावाई ने अपने कोच को एक नहीं बल्कि दो बार पटका हालांकि दो पटखनिया देने के बाद कोच को अपने कंधों पर उठा लिया और जीत का जश्न मनाया.

कावाई ने फाइनल मुकाबले में बेलारूस की मारिया मामाशुक को मात देकर यह गोल्ड मेडल हासिल किया.

रियो ओलम्पिक के दौरान कावाई के जश्न मनाने का यह अंदाज सोशल नेटवर्क भी छा गया और सबसे जश्न मनाने का सबसे विचित्र अलग के रूप में चर्चित हुआ.

खुशी से पागल कावाई ने बाद में बताया कि उन्होंने पहले ही कोच से इस बारे में कह दिया था और यह पूर्व नियोजित था.

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काँग्रेसचे ज्येष्ठ नेते नारायण राणे

मुंबई : भाजपाकडून प्रसाद लाड आणि अपक्ष मनोज कोटक यांनी अर्ज मागे घेतल्यामुळे विधान परिषदेची निवडणूक अखेर बिनविरोध झाली. गेल्या दोन वर्षांत दोनदा पराभवाला सामोरे गेलेले काँग्रेसचे ज्येष्ठ नेते नारायण राणे यांचा मागच्या दाराने का होईना, विधिमंडळात प्रवेश झाला.

परिषदेच्या दहा जागांसाठी बारा अर्ज दाखल झाल्यामुळे घोडेबाजार होणार, अशी अटकळ होती. भाजपाचे पाच जण निवडून येणार असताना पक्षाने सहा उमेदवार दिले, तर भाजपाचेच मनोज कोटक यांनी बंडखोरी करत अपक्ष अर्ज दाखल केल्याने या निवडणुकीत चुरस निर्माण झाली. काँग्रेस-राष्ट्रवादीच्या आमदारांत खिंडार पाडण्यासाठीच भाजपाने चाल खेळल्याची चर्चा होती. मात्र, ‘निष्ठावंत की उपरे’ या वादामुळे नाराजांच्या नाकदुऱ्या काढता काढता भाजपा नेत्यांच्या नाकीनऊ आले होते. प्रवीण दरेकर आणि आर. एन. सिंह यांच्या उमेदवारीला निष्ठावंत कार्यकर्त्यांचा तीव्र विरोध होता. परंतु, मुंबई महापालिका निवडणुकीसाठी दरेकर आणि उत्तर भारतीयांचे नेते सिंह हे पक्षाला ‘मायलेज’ देऊ शकतात, ही बाब मुख्यमंत्री देवेंद्र फडणवीस आणि प्रदेशाध्यक्ष रावसाहेब दानवे यांनी नाराजांच्या गळी उतरविल्याने अखेर प्रसाद लाड आणि मनोज कोटक यांनी आपली उमेदवारी मागे घेतली. त्यामुळे आता विधानपरिषदेच्या दहा जागांसाठी दहाच उमेदवार राहिल्याने ही निवडणूक बिनविरोध झाली आहे. अधिकृत घोषणा १२ जून रोजी करण्यात येईल.

नारायण राणेंच्या ‘एन्ट्री’ने कॉंग्रेसला बळ गेल्या दोन वर्षांत सलग दोनदा पराभवाला सामोरे गेलेले काँग्रेसचे आक्रमक नेते नारायण राणे यांचे या निवडणुकीतून विधान परिषदेत आगमन झाल्याने पक्षाचे बळ वाढले असून, सत्ताधारी पक्षासमोर मोठे आव्हान निर्माण झाले आहे. २०१४च्या लोकसभा निवडणुकीत राणे यांचे चिरंजीव नीलेश राणे यांचा शिवसेनेचे विनायक राऊत यांनी पराभव केला, तर त्यानंतर झालेल्या विधानसभा निवडणुकीत स्वत: राणे कुडाळ मतदारसंघातून सेनेच्या वैभव नाईक यांच्याकडून पराभूत झाले. हे दोन्ही पराभव

पचवून राणे पुन्हा वांद्रे मतदारसंघातील पोटनिवडणुकीत उतरले; पण तिथेही त्यांचा निभाव लागला नाही. शिवसेनेचे प्रकाश उर्फ बाळा सावंत यांच्या पत्नी तृप्ती सावंत यांनी राणेंचा पराभव करून सर्वांनाच आश्चर्याचा धक्का दिला.राणे यांना प्रशासनाचा चांगला अनुभव आहे. शिवाय, आपल्या आक्रमक स्वभावामुळे ते सरकारला सळो की पळो करून सोडू शकतात.

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Fraud Charges Mar a Plan

Fraud Charges Mar a Plan to Aid a Struggling Vermont Region

An entire block was razed in Newport, Vt., more than a year ago in the expectation of a new “renaissance” development that was promised by two businessmen but has yet to materialize; the businessmen have been accused of “massive fraud.” Credit Jacob Hannah for The New York Times

NEWPORT, Vt. — Jo-Ann Brooks grimaced as she looked out the window of her jewelry store in this tiny town in northern Vermont, near the Canadian border. Across Main Street, an entire block of shops and apartments was razed more than a year ago in the expectation of a new “renaissance” development that has yet to materialize. In its place is a gaping hole, with old concrete cellars.

“We call it Little Beirut,” Ms. Brooks said. “It looks like it was bombed.”

The hole is a visual monument to the failed plans of two ambitious businessmen who vowed to revitalize this struggling region, known as the Northeast Kingdom. With an $850 million dream, they promised the biggest economic development in Vermont history. They planned to finance it through a federal program that allows wealthy foreign citizens to invest $500,000 in projects in distressed areas in return for green cards, leading to permanent residency in the United States.

Instead, the two have been accused of perpetrating the biggest fraud in Vermont history — as well as in the history of that federal visa program, known as EB-5.

The businessmen, Ariel Quiros and William Stenger, raised $350 million through the EB-5 program from hundreds of foreign investors from at least 74 countries. The money was intended for an array of projects, including a ski resort, hotels and a biotech research firm. Instead, according to a 52-count civil complaint filed last month by the federal Securities and Exchange Commission and a 15-count civil complaint filed by the State of Vermont, they engineered a “massive eight-year fraudulent scheme” in which they “systematically looted” millions of dollars out of the foreign investors.


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The complaints said the two used a “Ponzi-like” scheme to divert $200 million intended for future projects into a dizzying swirl of fraudulent accounts set up to try to keep earlier projects afloat. Some were completed, others were not. In addition, Mr. Quiros was accused of siphoning off $50 million for his personal use, which included buying a luxury condominium in Trump Place New York.

The S.E.C. said the two left a trail of debt. Their actions have jeopardized the immigration status of their investors, who are already in the United States, and have thrown into doubt the future of the visa program. And they have left the promise of a revitalized Newport unfulfilled, having failed to rebuild the “renaissance” block on Main Street, the biotech firm and a hotel, marina and conference center.Photo

Felipe Accioly Vieira, 50, a business analyst who moved his family to Vermont from Brazil in 2013, invested in townhouses at Jay Peak that are half finished through a federal program that allows foreign nationals to invest in projects in return for green cards. CreditJacob Hannah for The New York Times

Beyond that, the state’s top officials, including Senators Patrick J. Leahy and Bernie Sanders and Gov. Peter Shumlin, supported and promoted the program. Mr. Leahy and Mr. Shumlin have said they felt betrayed; Mr. Sanders has not commented.Continue reading the main story



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In court papers, Mr. Quiros, 58, of Key Biscayne, Fla., and Mr. Stenger, 66, of Newport, denied the allegations. And in an interview, Mr. Stenger defended the work that has been finished, like parts of a high-end ski resort at nearby Jay Peak, and expressed regret about what remains unfinished, notably the biotech firm. A federal court has appointed areceiver to take possession of all property and assets, which he may sell off.

The allegations against Mr. Stenger particularly stung people here because they had known him for decades as a friend and civic-minded neighbor. He was not accused of siphoning money for his personal use, but the S.E.C. said he “extremely recklessly ceded control of investor funds to Quiros” and “did almost nothing to manage investor money, even when confronted with red flags of Quiros’ misuse.”

In an email interview, Mr. Stenger said he could not discuss the specific allegations against him. But in his most extensive comments yet on the situation, he said he knew he had let people down.

“Betrayal is a strong term, and I understand the disappointment because I’m terribly disappointed not to be able to finish the work I started,” he said. Still, he said, the projects have generated 6,500 direct and indirect jobs of the 10,000 he promised for rural Orleans County, the poorest in the state. He estimated that 650 of nearly 800 investors already have or would get their green cards.

“I’m terribly upset that some of these folks could be at risk,” he said, adding that he was seeking to make them financially whole.Video
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He said his “biggest heartbreak” was the failure to build the biotech firm, called AnC Bio, which the S.E.C. said was “nearly a complete fraud.”


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“The community of Newport was fully supportive, and I feel I’ve let them down,” Mr. Stenger said.

Mr. Leahy, a longtime Stenger backer, has been one of the biggest supporters of the EB-5 program, seeing it as an important tool for economic development. Indeed, it is working successfully in other projects in Vermont. But because of fraud in the program elsewhere, he was already pushing for an overhaul. Now, he says unless fundamental changes are made, “EB-5 will die, and it should die.”

Mr. Shumlin deflected questions about whether state officials, by participating in the marketing campaign and not being skeptical sooner, bore some responsibility for the fraud. Until 2014, one state agency was responsible for both promoting the EB-5 program and regulating it. In addition, according to VTDigger, an online news organization, Mr. Shumlin accompanied the developers abroad to recruit investors and appeared in a promotional video for Mr. Stenger in which he said the projects were audited, though they were not; Mr. Shumlin has said that he misspoke regarding the audit and the video was taken down.

“There isn’t a human being on this earth, when you go through a disappointment like this, that doesn’t ask, ‘Couldn’t something have been done to find this sooner?’ ” Mr. Shumlin said in an interview. “We all wish the answer were yes, we all wish we got subpoena power to look at accounts earlier. But there was no reason to believe that what the developers were representing wasn’t true.”

But others say the state was lax in pursuing hints of trouble, in part because officials trusted Mr. Stenger and had high hopes that the development could stimulate the economy.Photo

The hole is a visual monument to the failed plans of two ambitious businessmen who promised to revitalize this struggling region, known as the Northeast Kingdom. Credit Jacob Hannah for The New York Times

Michael Gibson, an EB-5 financial adviser based in Florida withUSAdvisors.org, which specializes in risk analysis and due diligence on EB-5 investments, shared emails with The New York Times showing that he, for one, had raised questions with state officials as early as 2009.

“I didn’t know there was a Ponzi scheme or fraud,” Mr. Gibson said. “But I had suspicions that they couldn’t repay their initial investors and that they were taking investor money to pay for ongoing operations. And everyone told me to bug off.”


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Many of the immigrant investors — about 400 of whom do not yet have permanent residency feel stranded, financially and because they could face deportation. One has already filed a class-action suit.

Mohammed Adil, 49, an Indian who runs a fashion retail company and who wanted his four daughters to be educated in the United States, said he invested $550,000 in Jay Peak in 2012.

“I thought, if the government is giving out visas, there must be checks and balances on this program,” he said. “Now we have ended up in the soup, our money is probably gone and our green card is in trouble.”

Similarly, Felipe Vieira, 50, a financial analyst who moved his family to Vermont from Brazil in 2013, invested in townhouses at Jay Peak that are half finished. His chief concern is staying in the United States.

“Going back would feel like an enormous personal failure,” he said.

Even as they contemplate financial losses, some investors said they might put more money into the unfinished projects; creating at least 10 jobs is a condition of obtaining a green card.

“The investors don’t want to liquidate; they want these jobs to continue so they can get their green cards,” Mr. Shumlin said. Noting that Jay Peak plans to stay open and pay its employees, he added, “In two years, this will look like a bump in the road to good jobs and great resorts.”

खडसेंचे सीडीआर कोणाच्या सांगण्यावरून काढले?

महसूल मंत्री एकनाथ खडसे

जळगाव/ मुंबई : जळगावात कोणतीही चौकशी अथवा गुन्हा दाखल झालेला नसताना पोलीस अधीक्षक डॉ.जालिंदर सुपेकर यांनी महसूमंत्री एकनाथराव खडसे यांचे मोबाईल फोनचे रेकॉर्ड (सीडीआर) कोणाच्या सांगण्यावरून काढले,असा सवाल करत एटीएसकडून स्टेटमेंटसाठी आपल्यावर दबाव येत असल्याचा आरोप एथिकल हॅकर मनीष भंगाळे याने केला. दाऊदच्या निवासस्थानावरुन खडसेंना आलेल्या कॉल्सची माहिती दाखवून त्याचा डेमो सादर केला. दाऊदच्या पत्नीच्या क्रमांकावरून खडसेंच्या मोबाईलवर सात वेळा संभाषण झाले आहे. यावेळी मार्च व एप्रिलचे बील त्याने दाखविले. जिल्हाधिकाऱ्यांची भेट घेऊन त्यांच्याकडे लेखी तक्रार केल्याचे भंगाळे याने सांगितले.

रक्षा खडसेंनी घेतली मोदींची भेट

महसूल मंत्री एकनाथ खडसे यांच्या स्नुषा आणि रावेरच्या खासदार रक्षा खडसे

यांनीही गुरुवारी पंतप्रधान नरेंद्र मोदी यांची भेट घेतली, अशी माहिती आहे. आपल्या सासऱ्यांविरुद्ध कोण लोक काम करीत आहेत हे त्यांनी मोदींच्या कानी घातल्याचे समजते.

ई-मेलचा पासवर्ड बदलण्याचा प्रयत्न

गेल्या तीन दिवसापासून दररोज रात्री दहा वाजता माझ्या ई-मेल आयडीचा पासवर्ड बदलण्याचा प्रयत्न कोणाकडून तरी केला जात आहे. याबाबत मी मुंबई पोलिसांना विचारणा केली असता आमच्याकडून असा प्रयत्न होत नाही. गरज वाटेल तेव्हा आम्ही तुमच्याकडून हा पासवर्ड घेऊ शकतो, असे उत्तर मला देण्यात

आले. एकूण तांत्रिक पुरावे नष्ट करण्याचा हा प्रयत्न असल्याचे भंगाळे म्हणाला.कृषीमंत्री म्हणून मला शेतकऱ्यांच्या प्रश्नांवर लक्ष केंद्रीत करू द्या. विरोधकांकडून नियोजनबद्धपणे माझ्यावर खोटे आरोप केले जात आहेत. बिनबुडाच्या आरोपांना मी उत्तर देणार नाही. प्रसारमाध्यमांनी मला शेतकऱ्यांसाठी प्रामाणिकपणे काम करू द्यावे, असे माझे आवाहन आहे.

- एकनाथ खडसे, महसूलमंत्री

आंतरराष्ट्रीय कॉल्सचे प्रकरण देशाशी निगडित विषय असताना, खडसे हे केवळ मंत्री व सत्ताधारी पक्षाचे असल्याने त्यांच्यावर कारवाईस विलंब होत आहे. तसेच जळगावचे पोलीस अधीक्षक जालिंदर सुपेकर यांनी देशहिताच्या दृष्टिकोनातून सीडीआर काढले असते तर मग एकट्या खडसेंचेच का? अन्य चार जणांचे का काढले नाही, असा सवाल भंगाळे याने केला.

>> खडसे-दानवे भेट झालीच नाही !

जालना : जमीन खरेदी प्रकरण व इतर आरोपांमुळे अडचणीत आलेले महसूलमंत्री एकनाथ खडसे यांना भाजपाध्यक्ष अमित शहा यांनी प्रदेशाध्यक्ष रावसाहेब दानवे यांची भेट घेण्यास सांगितले होते. त्यानुसार शुक्रवारी सकाळी खडसे हे खा. दानवे यांची भेट घेणार होते. मात्र आरोग्याच्या कारणास्तव खडसे यांनी भेट न घेता दानवे यांच्याशी दूरध्वनीवरून चर्चा केल्याचे सूत्रांनी सांगितले. एकनाथ खडसे यांच्यावरील आरोपांबाबतचा अहवाल पक्षश्रेष्ठींनी मुख्यमंत्र्यांकडून मागविला होता. मुख्यमंत्री फडणवीस यांनी तो सादर केल्यानंतर अमित शहा यांनी खडसे यांना खा.दानवे यांची भेट घेण्यास सांगितले होते.

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05 April 2016 Current Affairs

PM Narendra Modi Launched ‘Stand Up India’ Scheme

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 5 April launched the ‘Stand up India’ scheme as part of the government’s efforts to support entrepreneurship among women and SC & ST communities. Prime Minister also inaugurated a Kaushal Kendra (Skilling Center) under Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana in Noida. The Scheme is intended to facilitate at least two projects per bank branch, on an average one for each category of entrepreneur. It is expected to benefit at least 2.5 lakh borrowers within 36 months. It provides for refinance window through Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) with an initial amount of 10000 crore rupees. It will create credit guarantee mechanism through the National Credit Guarantee Trustee Company (NCGTC).

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Suresh Prabhu Flags Off India’s Fastest Train Gatiman Express

Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on 5 April flagged off the Gatiman Express which is the India’s first Semi-High Speed Train (SHST) with a capability of running at a maximum speed of 160 KMPH and runs between H. Nizamuddin to Agra, at the Hazrat Nizammuddin Railway Station in New Delhi. The train completed its maiden journey from Delhi to Agra in 100 minutes as compared to about 2-3 hours that other trains take to cover the distance.The Gatimaan Express, which is indigenously built, will run six days a week, except Friday, in both directions. The train runs at a speed of 160 km per hour, covering the 184 kilometre distance between Delhi and Agra in 105-110 minutes. In October 2014, the India Railways applied for safety certificate from Commission of Railway Safety to start the service. In June 2015, the train was announced officially and numbered 12049/50. Besides, the Gatimaan Express provides free Wi-fi to its passengers. Also, the train will have stewards and hostesses on the lines of flight attendants.

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RBI cuts Repo Rate by 25 Basis Points To 6.5%

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has cut down repo rate by 25 basis points to 6.5 percent from 6.75 per cent, with immediate effect. It was announced in the first bi-monthly monetary policy review of the RBI for the 2016-17 fiscal. First bi-monthly monetary policy for the 2016-17 says Repo rate: RBI has reduced the policy repo rate under the liquidity adjustment facility (LAF) by 25 basis points from 6.75 per cent to 6.5 per cent. It is the rate at which RBI lends to the financial system. Cash reserve ratio (CRR): RBI has unchanged CRR and kept it at 4.0 per cent of net demand and time liabilities (NDTL). Reverse repo rate: RBI has adjusted (hiked) reverse repo rate under the LAF to 6 per cent.

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Researchers Create World’s Smallest Diode

A single-molecule diode, the world’s smallest, has been created by a team of researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and the University of Georgia. The breakthrough could impact the development of molecular electronic devices. The nanoscale diode or molecular rectifier operates like a valve to facilitate electronic current flow in one direction. A collection of these nanoscale diodes, or molecules, contains properties that resemble traditional electronic components, such as a wire, transistor or rectifier.

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04 April 2016 Current Affairs

Mehbooba Mufti Sworn In As First Woman CM of J&K

Mehbooba Mufti of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) was on 4 April sworn in as the Chief Minister (CM) of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K). She was administered oath to the office by Governor NN Vohra at Raj Bhawan in the winter capital city of Jammu. With this, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti became the first woman CM of J&K. Bharathiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator Nirmal Singh took oath as Deputy Chief Minister. Mufti, the daughter of PDP founder Mufti Mohammad Sayeed is the second Muslim woman to become the Chief Minister of a state in India. Syeda Anwara Taimur was the first Muslim woman CM in Assam in 1980 and continued to hold the chair till 30 June 1981.

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Bengaluru’s IISC Tops India’s Best University List

“The Union Minister for Human Resource Development Smriti Zubin Irani on 4 April released the India Rankings 2016 under National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in New Delhi. The Indian Institute of Science at Bengaluru (IISc) in Karnataka has been ranked the best in university category of ‘India Ranking 2016′ by the union HRD ministry. The Institute Of Chemical Technology, Mumbai, follows in second place. Jawaharlal Nehru University was ranked third, followed by the University of Hyderabad and Tezpur University, Assam. The Indian Institute of Management in Bengaluru was ranked the top management institute while Indian Institute of Technology-Madras was the top engineering institute in India. The Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Manipal in Karnataka topped among the pharmacy (research and teaching) institutes, followed by the University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences in Chandigarh and Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi. NIRF Survey was the first of its kind of indigenous ranking framework for higher education institutions in the country. NIRF ranking covers six categories of institutions including universities, engineering, management, pharmacy, architecture and colleges.”

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New Planet with Triple-Star System Found

A research team of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics published a paper in The Astronomical Journal on 4 February 2016 on their findings of a stable orbit planet with a triple-star system. The team described how they came to see that a binary system once thought to be a single star, was actually a pair of stars orbiting one another, and how that led to the revelation of the triple-star system.

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Philippines Launches World’s First Public Immunization Program For Dengue

The Philippines on 4 April launched the first public immunization program for dengue fever, seeking to administer to a million school children the world’s first licensed vaccine against a mosquito-borne disease that the World Health Organization estimates infects 390 million people a year globally. Mexico was first country in the world to approve first-ever Dengvaxia Dengue fever vaccine for the public use and Philippines was the first county in Asia to allow it. However with the launch of first public dengue vaccination programme, Philippines became first country to introduce, adopt and implement the first-ever dengue vaccine through the public health system and under public school settings.

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Union Government Notified new Hazardous Waste Management Rules

Union Environment Ministry released the Hazardous and Other Wastes (Management and Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2016. The new rule for management of hazardous wastes was released by Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Prakash Javadekar. This is the first time that the rules distinguish difference between hazardous and other wastes. The other wastes include waste tyre, paper waste, metal scrap, used electronic items, etc. and are recognized as a resource for recycling and reuse. These resources supplement the industrial processes and reduce the load on the virgin resource of the country.

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03 April 2016 Current Affairs

India and Saudi Arabia signed 5 MoUs

India and Saudi Arabia on 3 April signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) under which both nations agreed to exchange intelligence related to money laundering, terrorism financing and related crimes. The MoU, which was signed between Financial Intelligence Units of both countries, was one of the five MoUs concluded during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the nation. The other MoUs include an agreement on labour cooperation between the Ministry of Labour of Saudi Arabia and Indian Ministry of External Affairs for the recruitment of general category workers. Besides, an MoU was also concluded on technical cooperation program between the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) and the Saudi Standards, Metrology and Quality Organisation (SASO). Another MoU was signed in the field executive program for cooperation in the field of handicrafts between Indian Export Promotion Council for Handicraft (EPCH) and Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage. An understanding to create a framework for Investment Promotion Cooperation between India and the Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SAGIA) was also concluded.

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PM Narendra Modi Conferred Saudi Arabia’s Highest Civilian Honour

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on 3 April conferred Saudi Arabia’s highest civilian honour- the King Abdulaziz Sash. The prestigious award was bestowed upon Indian Prime Minister by incumbent Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz at the Royal Court. The award has been named after Abdulaziz Al Saud, the founder of the modern Saudi state. The award is bestowed upon citizens of Saudi Arabia and foreigners for meritorious service to the Saudi Kingdom. King himself makes awards to foreigners. World leaders who have received the honour include US President Barack Obama, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, British Prime Minister David Cameron and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.

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Novak Djokovic and Azarenka Won 2016 Miami Open Titles

“* Men’s Singles – Novak Djokovic of Serbia has won the 2016 Miami Open Title in the men’s singles category on 3 April 2016. In the final match played on outdoor hard courts at the Tennis Centre at Crandon Park Florida, US, he defeated Kei Nishikori (Japan). It was his third consecutive and overall sixth ATP Miami Open title, equalling Andre Agassi’s Miami record total. It was also his record 28th career ATP Masters title.

* Women’s Singles – Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) won the 2016 Miami Open Title in the women’s singles category. In the final match she defeated Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia) by 6–3, 6–2 score. It was her third Miami Open Title.”

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Nico Roseberg Won 2016 Bahrain Grand Prix 

Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg from Germany has won the 2016 Gulf Air Formula One Bahrain Grand Prix held at Bahrain International Circuit in Manama on 3 March. Bahrain Grand Prix title race was the second race of the 2016 season of Formula One in which total 11 teams had participated. It was Rosberg’s overall sixteenth championship title of F1 in his career and the second win in the 2016.

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West Indies Won ICC T-20 Cricket World Cup

“West Indies has won the ICC Cricket World Men’s T-20 Cup 2016 by defeating England by 4 wickets in the final match on 3 April played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. With this win, West Indies became the only team to win the ICC World Twenty20 title twice. Earlier it had won its first title in 2012 by defeating Sri Lanka.
Player of the match – Marlon Samuels (West Indies).
Player of the series – Virat Kohli (India).”

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West Indies Won Women’s Title of World T20 

“West Indies Women’s on 3 April won their maiden Women’s Cricket World T-20 title. In the final clash at Eden Gardens, Kolkata, West Indies defeated reigning champions Australia by 8 wickets.

* Player of the match – Hayley Matthews (West Indies Women

* Player of the series – Stafanie Taylor (West Indies Women)”

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World’s First White Tiger Safari In Madhya Pradesh

Union Minister for Environment and Forests Prakash Javdekar on 3 April inaugurated a White Tiger Safari at Mukundpur in Satna district of Madhya Pradesh. The Safari is situated adjacent to the Mukundpur Zoo which is spread over 75 hectares. The first of its kind safari has cost 50 crore rupees and is spread over an area of 25 hectares. With its inauguration, the safari houses three white tigers, including one male named Raghu and two females named Vindhya and Radha.

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