Sonia Gandhi hosts dinner for opposition parties

NEW DELHI: Leaders of 20 opposition parties tonight got together at a dinner hosted by UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi where possibilities of putting up a united front to defeat the BJP in the next general elections were discussed. The move is being seen as an attempt to forge opposition unity to defeat the BJP-led NDA. According to sources leaders of NCP RJD Samajwadi Party Bahujan Samaj Party Trinamool Congress DMK and Left parties attended the dinner among others. The prominent leaders in attendance were NCP s Sharad Pawar SP s Ram Gopal Yadav BSP s Satish Chandra Misra and former chief ministers Omar Abdullah Babulal Marandi Hemant Soren and Jiten Ram Manjhi besides JD(U) s Sharad Yadav and RLD s Ajit Singh. The RJD was represented by both children of party chief Lalu Prasad -- former deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav and Misa Bharti. The others present included TMC s Sudip Bandyopadhyay CPI-M s D Raja and Mohammad Salim DMK s Kanimozhi AIUDF s Baddrauddin Ajmal and leaders of Kerala Congress besides Kupender Reddy of the JD-S. Sonia Gandhi Rahul Gandhi former prime minister Manmohan Singh Ghulam Nabi Azad Mallikarjun Kharge Ahmed Patel AK Antony and Randeep Surjewala were among the Congress leaders present. According to sources leaders of Andhra Pradesh s ruling Telugu Desam Party which recently pulled out its ministers in the Modi government but continues to be a constituent of the NDA the BJD and the TRS were not invited. The BJD and the TRS rule Odisha and Telangana respectively. The dinner was hosted at the 10 Janpath residence where the leaders discussed the possibilities of all opposition parties getting together on one platform to defeat the BJP in 2019 Lok Sabha elections sources said. Sonia Gandhi had earlier called for https://dgtlmrktinbng.page4.me/ opposition unity saying parties should set aside their minor differences to get together in the larger interest of keeping the BJP out of power. Congress communications incharge Randeep Surjewala said the dinner was not organised for politics but for amity and friendship among opposition parties. He claimed at a time when the government was not allowing Parliament to function it was obvious that leaders of various parties who wanted to raise issues in national interest would get together to discuss the current political situation. This dinner was not hosted for politics but for amity and friendship. The intention is not political but to hold discussions in family-like setting at a time when the nation is confronted with a number of issues and thousands of crores being taken out of the country Surjewala told reporters after the dinner. He said opposition leaders got together to discuss issues in national interest create bonhomie in the opposition and exchange views. He also accused the government of running away from a debate on key issues such as banking frauds.
NEW DELHI: Leaders of 20 opposition parties tonight got together at a dinner hosted by UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi to explore the possibility of forging a broader unity among secular parties ahead of the 2019 general elections an event the Congress said was meant to promote amity and friendship . According to sources leaders of NCP RJD Samajwadi Party Bahujan Samaj Party Trinamool Congress DMK and Left parties attended the dinner among others. Prominent leaders in attendance were NCP s Sharad Pawar SP s Ram Gopal Yadav BSP s Satish Chandra Mishra and former chief ministers Omar Abdullah Babulal Marandi Hemant Soren and Jitan Ram Manjhi besides JD(U) s Sharad Yadav and RLD s Ajit Singh. Sonia Pawar jockey for opposition leadershipCongress functionary Sonia Gandhi will host a dinner for opposition parties on Tuesday in what is seen as a step towards trying to forge an anti-BJP alliance ahead of the 2019 elections. However Nationalist Congress Party of Sharad Pawar too plans to call the opposition camp for talks this month. The RJD was represented by two children of party chief Lalu Prasad former deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav and Misa Bharti a Rajya Sabha MP. The others present included TMC s Sudip Bandyopadhyay CPI-M s D Raja and Mohammad Salim DMK s Kanimozhi AIUDF s Baddrauddin Ajmal and leaders of Kerala Congress besides Kupender Reddy of the JD(S). Sonia Gandhi Congress president Rahul Gandhi former prime minister Manmohan Singh Ghulam Nabi Azad Mallikarjun Kharge Ahmed Patel AK Antony and Randeep Surjewala were among the Congress leaders present. Fabulous dinner tonight hosted by UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi Ji. An opportunity for leaders from different political parties to meet and bond informally Rahul Gandhi tweeted after the dinner. Much political talk but much more important tremendous positive energy warmth and genuine affection he wrote and tagged a group photo of the attendees. Fabulous dinner tonight hosted by UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi Ji. An opportunity for leaders from different poli https://t.co/6YGBP5d9Rk Office of RG (@OfficeOfRG) 1520959826000 Leaders from a cross section of parties registered their presence at the dinner. https://t.co/u3McC9TUer Congress (@INCIndia) 1520955632000 According to sources leaders of Andhra Pradesh s ruling Telugu Desam Party which recently pulled out its ministers in the Modi government but continues to be a constituent of the NDA the BJD and the TRS were not invited. The BJD and the TRS rule Odisha and Telangana respectively. Tejashwi Yadav and Sharad Yadav later told reporters it was the first step towards a comprehensive alliance of the 2019 elections. Asked if there was a consensus on Rahul Gandhi s leadership of the probable opposition alliance Tejashwi said The time has not yet come to decide on the prime ministerial candidate. While the NDA was breaking apart opposition parties were getting together he said apparently hinting at TDP pulling out of the Modi government. The dinner was hosted at Sonia Gandhi s 10 Janpath residence where the leaders discussed the possibility of opposition parties getting together on one platform to defeat the BJP in 2019 Lok Sabha elections sources said. Sonia Gandhi had earlier called for opposition unity saying parties should set aside their minor differences to come together in the larger interest of keeping the BJP out of power. UPA Chairperson Smt Sonia Gandhi hosted a dinner for opposition leaders today. Former PM Dr Manmohan Singh and Cong https://t.co/zch931ci66 Congress (@INCIndia) 1520954655000 Congress communications incharge Randeep Surjewala said the dinner was not organised for politics but for amity and friendship among opposition parties. He claimed at a time when the government was not allowing Parliament to function it was obvious that leaders of various parties who wanted to raise issues in national interest would get together to discuss the current political situation. This dinner was not hosted for politics but for amity and friendship. The intention is not political but to hold discussions in family-like setting at a time when the nation is confronted with a number of issues and thousands of crores being taken out of the country Surjewala later told reporters. He said opposition leaders got together to discuss issues in the national interest create bonhomie in the opposition and exchange views. He also accused the government of running away from debate on key issues such as banking frauds. Though the Congress termed the dinner as a non-political event it was loaded with political significance as it may set the tone for unity among secular parties to take on the BJP-led NDA in the 2019 general elections. Left and TMC leaders who were present said it was certainly a political dinner without political talks . It was a political dinner. But there were no political talks. It was a show of strength by the non-BJP parties a Left leader told PTI. It was a political dinner but there were no political talks. Sonia Gandhi asked me why Mamata Banerjee (West Bengal Chief Minister) didn t come. I told her it was because of her prior commitments said TMC leader in the Lok Sabha Sudip Bandyopadhyay.
Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi will host leaders of 17 Opposition parties at her New Delhi residence on Tuesday as the Congress moves ahead ambitiously to forge a united alliance to counter the Bharatiya Janata Party s (BJP) might. Sources close to the Congress confirmed that Tuesday s dinner could signify the coming together of all Opposition parties who would take on the BJP inside and outside Parliament. It would not only be a dinner but also showcase the strength of Opposition parties who would like to come together to form a front against the misrule of BJP a senior leader said. The Congress leader said a missive was sent to West Bengal chief minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) chairperson Mamata Banerjee but she is yet to confirm. TMC-Congress tie-up for Rajya Sabha polls Sonia Gandhi will host leaders of 17 Opposition parties at her New Delhi residence on Tuesday. PTI Things do look good for an alliance with the Trinamool Congress (TMC) after the party accepted Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi s nomination for Rajya Sabha polls. West Bengal sends five candidates to the Upper House of Parliament and Banerjee it was earlier said had prepared five TMC candidates names for all seats. However after Congress requested for a seat with Sonia herself putting in a request she accepted Singhvi s nomination. Banerjee s presence at the meeting will be critical because the TMC brings with it 34 MPs one of the biggest constituents of a possible Third Front. The TMC s tally in Lok Sabha is behind only the Congress 44 MPs and AIADMK s 37 parliamentarians. However what this does mean is that the Left parties formerly an ally of the Congress are now left in the cold. As reported by Firstpost in an earlier article the Congress-TMC alliance can contribute up to 35-38 Lok Sabha seats which gives it more heft as compared to a Congress-Left alliance. DMK not AIADMK The AIADMK is unlikely to align forces with Sonia Gandhi especially because the Congress is still allies with the DMK. And no amount of common hatred for BJP is enough to bring DMK and AIADMK together. The DMK has confirmed its presence at Tuesday s meeting with MK Kanimozhi being deputed to attend the dinner. Interestingly DMK working president MK Stalin spoke on the phone with Banerjee a couple of days ago and the topic of a joint front to counter the BJP was on the agenda. However a report on The Times of India said that Stalin is likely to be preoccupied in Chennai and Kanimozhi will be the party s representative in Delhi. Banerjee wanted the DMK to coordinate with other regional parties too. She feels comfortable working with the DMK. Banerjee suggested that all federal parties stay in touch and work cohesively as a bloc a DMK leader was quoted as saying in the report. The report suggested further that Sonia s plan to invite Opposition parties may have come about following talks of a Third Front a non-BJP non-Congress alliance of parties. The Congress may end up the bigger loser in case a Third Front does materialise as it s running short of regional allies and numbers to take on the BJP s might. Who will lead the alliance And if getting a disparate set of parties with no common ground linking them other than an opposition to the BJP s brand of politics wasn t hard enough it will be harder still to unite them on the issue of who will lead the alliance. The Congress by virtue of being the oldest and most established party will want for itself the honour of leading the alliance. However this is unlikely to go down well with others especially parties who have made their fortunes on a staunchly anti-Congress plank. Especially parties like Mamata Banerjee s Trinamool Congress who had broken ties with the UPA publicly in 2012 is unlikely to go back to the fold unless she is offered the chance to lead the alliance. Or even the AIADMK the largest non-BJP constituent of the Lok Sabha currently. Although not allied with either the BJP or the Congress the AIADMK is in a position of such numerical strength that it s likely to demand it s fair share of the spoils. A period of churn Sonia Gandhi s efforts to unite parties who might appear not to have much common ground will cap off a period of great churn in Indian politics. Long-time BJP ally Telugu Desam Party (TDP) has pulled out of the government. And though it remains part of the NDA continued delay in granting special status to Andhra Pradesh may cause it to pull out of the alliance altogether. A report on India Today said the Congress is eyeing the TDP and has invited its leaders to be part of Tuesday s dinner and also to explore the possibility of being in an anti-BJP alliance with other like-minded parties. TDP is miffed with the way BJP has treated them. We have extended invitations to them too. It is a step towards strengthening the fight against BJP and anyone who agrees with common minimum agenda of ours is welcome a senior Congress leader said. Even in Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has called for the emergence of a Third Front. On the Telangana Rashtra Samiti s (TRS) Foundation Day on 27 April Rao is reportedly planning to announce the alliance and is even planning to bring together other national leaders who are opposed to both Congress and BJP. The Congress would need the TRS to halt its plans of organising a Third Front and if possible to align its fortunes with its own plans of forging an anti-BJP alliance. In Jharkhand the Congress has already stitched together an alliance with the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) last week with JMM president Hemant Soren agreeing to support Congress candidate in the Rajya Sabha polls while the Congress will lend a hand to JMM in the Lok Sabha and Jharkhand Assembly polls both scheduled for 2019. Uttar Pradesh India s most populous and most electorally critical state has already witnessed an unprecedented coming together of bitter rivals Samajwadi Party (SP) and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) for by-elections held this week. SP and BSP who have traditionally been the two primary parties of Uttar Pradesh politics were both left annihilated by the BJP juggernaut in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections and also the 2017 Assembly polls. The BJP won 73 out of the state s 80 Lok Sabha seats while the SP managed five. The BSP failed to even open its account. The one-sided victory was repeated three years later when the BJP won 312 out of 403 Assembly seats while the SP and BSP managed 47 and 19 respectively. It s fairly evident from these numbers that the two parties are facing a battle for their mere survival. The election winning machine that is the BJP has been so powerful in India s largest state that the two have been left with no option but to join hands. While it is only for the two by-elections thus far success in them could lay down a template for the future. And if the Congress can join them there could be the possibility of a Mahagathbandhan -like grand alliance in the works. And it was one such Mahagathbandhan comprising RJD JD(U) and the Congress that dealt the last major defeat to the BJP when it defeated the saffron party in Bihar in 2015. Can Sonia and Co. conjure up the numbers for another? With inputs from agencies
It seems that for Congress Sonia Gandhi the number of parties represented at her dinner table is far more important than what substance they bring to the Opposition unity movement against the BJP-led NDA ahead of the 2019 General Elections. For nothing else can explain her decision to not invite parties that matter in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. The two states taken together account for 42 MPs in Parliament. Right alliances in these very states could help swing fortunes in Congress favour in 2019. While the Grand Old Party is boasting of the possible presence of representatives of 17 parties at Sonia s dinner no political party of import in Andhra and Telangana Chandrababu Naidu s TDP K Chandrashekhar Rao s TRS Jaganmohan Reddy s YSR Congress and Asaduddin Owaisi s AIMIM has been considered worth an invite by the former party president. File image of Sonia Gandhi. PTI In 2004 it was Andhra Pradesh that had contributed the most in scripting a historic win for Congress and defeat for Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led NDA. Out of the 42 seats available of the then united Andhra Pradesh Congress on its own had won 29. With allies which included TRS it won 34 seats. The party under the charismatic leadership of YS Rajasekhara Reddy (YSR) further increased its tally in 2009 to 33 on its own enabling the Congress-led UPA to return to power with an improved overall tally. Things changed for Congress in the state after YSR died in a chopper crash in September 2009 and then ahead of 2014 when Congress strategists went for a hurried bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh to create the new state of Telangana. Telangana was a long-standing demand championed by TRS and the Congress under the leadership of Sonia thought that bifurcation would help boost its electoral prospects which otherwise had dwindled. The manner in which the Manmohan Singh government chose to create Telangana out of united Andhra left people and parties in both the states complaining of marginalisation. The parliamentary poll results of 2014 proved that the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh made Sonia and Congress hated figures in both the states. The Congress scored zero in 25 seats of Andhra and could manage to win only two of 17 seats in Telangana. Things have not improved for the Congress since. In fact a number of party leaders over the last four years have deserted to other parties in the two states. The list of invitees for Sonia s dinner shows that Congress leadership has not learnt its lessons nor is it inclined to take a step forward to mend its ways. Why Sonia didn t invite Naidu is understandable to an extent though the TDP has pulled out two of its ministers from the Narendra Modi government at the Centre it continues to be a part of the NDA. The Congress looks up to Naidu as its prospective ally post-2019 elections just as it was eyeing Nitish Kumar in Bihar as its prospective ally in 2013-14. But then there is a difference. While Nitish was still part of the NDA and was running the coalition government with the BJP the Congress had started sending overt feelers to him since 2012. Whereas in Naidu s case the Congress prospective alliance with him and his party TDP is only in the minds of Congress leaders. Party president Rahul Gandhi s support for TDP s demand of special category status to Andhra Pradesh means nothing. Optics apart the TDP realises follies of his promise for the Congress was the party in power when the state was bifurcated the then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in his statement had mentioned special category status to Andhra but was never mentioned in the Act. It is indeed difficult to understand why Sonia left out TRS YSRCP and AIMIM. Let s take up the possible reasons one by one. Reddy s YSRCP has a huge support base in Andhra Pradesh and also in parts of Telangana. Reddy the son of YSR was essentially a Congressman and parted ways with Congress to form his own party when he thought the party his father nurtured in the state would not give him his due. Reddy though is sympathetic to Modi but is not part of the NDA. The Congress could have persuaded him to join hands with the party where his political DNA rests. Telangana chief minister and TRS chief Chandrashekhar has openly come out against Modi and the BJP. He is also an old ally of the Congress. In fact in the UPA-I government Manmohan had called him a Yogi in politics . Perhaps the Congress is wary of the independent posturing Chandrashekhar is now trying to create by reigniting his proposal for a Third Front as an alternative to both BJP and Congress and his desire to lead that prospective formulation. Yet another erstwhile Congress ally Owaisi has also not been invited. Owasi has a substantive following in Muslims in the state and amongst the younger Muslim community across the nation. But the Congress is perhaps wary of aligning with him again. It should be noted that at the recently held India Today conclave Sonia had suggested that Rahul was visiting so many temples to dispel the notion that Congress was a Muslim party . Interestingly the Indian Union Muslim League has been invited but not Owaisi. This is perhaps because Owaisi evokes a much stronger response from the Hindu community which is why Congress is wary of inviting him to the high table photo-op. The list of leaders and parties invited include one-member-MLA parties and a one or even zero-member-MP party; but for wider public perception the headcount makes an impression. Sonia s previous bid for Opposition unity or her lunch diplomacy during last year s presidential and vice-presidential elections didn t have any lasting impact. In fact while that so-called Opposition unity move was in motion Nitish deserted the Sonia camp to rejoin the NDA. Since then the Congress alliance with the Samajwadi Party has fallen apart. Samajwadi Party realised that its alliance with Congress was detrimental to its electoral health and dumped the party in the recent in bypolls to two parliamentary constituencies to join hands with the BSP.
UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi will host a dinner today which is likely to be attended by leaders of 17 opposition parties amid talk of forging a broader front against the BJP-led NDA ahead of the 2019 general elections. According to Congress sources leaders of Andhra Pradesh s ruling Telugu Desam Party which recently pulled out its ministers in the Modi government but continues to be a constituent of the NDA BJD and the TRS have not been invited. The BJD and TRS rule Odisha and Telangana respectively. They said former chief ministers of Jharkhand Babulal Marandi of Jharkhand Vikas Morcha and Hemant Soren (JMM) will attend the dinner along with former Bihar chief minister and Hindustani Awam Morcha chief Jitan Ram Manjhi who recently quit the NDA and joined forces with Lalu Prasad s RJD which is an ally of the Congress. Lalu s son and Leader of Opposition in the Bihar Assembly Tejashwi Yadav is also likely to attend but there was no immediate confirmation. Trinamool Congress leader Sudip Bandyopadhyay DMK s Kanimozhi and Ram Gopal Yadav of the Samajwadi Party are likely to be present and so would be leaders of left parties - CPI-M s Sitaram Yechury and CPI s D Raja. Leaders of other parties like JD-S and Kerala Congress Indian Union Muslim League Revolutionary Socialist Party and RLD are also likely to attend. Sources said while BSP has been invited its leader Mayawati may not send a representative as her party has aligned with JD-S for the Karnataka polls likely in April/March this year. The dinner being hosted at the 10 Janpath residence of Sonia Gandhi is expected to set the tone for opposition unity in the run up to the next general elections. Sonia Gandhi has called for opposition unity and said parties should set aside their minor differences to get together in the larger interest of keeping the BJP out of power in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
NEW DELHI: UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi will host a dinner on Tuesday which is likely to be attended by leaders of 17 opposition parties amid talk of forging a broader front against the BJP-led NDA ahead of the 2019 general elections. According to Congress sources leaders of Andhra Pradesh s ruling Telugu Desam Party which recently pulled out its ministers in the Modi government but continues to be a constituent of the NDA BJD and the TRS have not been invited. The BJD and TRS rule Odisha and Telangana respectively. They said former chief ministers of Jharkhand Babulal Marandi of Jharkhand Vikas Morcha and Hemant Soren (JMM) will attend the dinner along with former Bihar chief minister and Hindustani Awam Morcha chief Jitan Ram Manjhi who recently quit the NDA and joined forces with Lalu Prasad s RJD which is an ally of the Congress. Lalu s son and Leader of Opposition in the Bihar Assembly Tejashwi Yadav is also likely to attend but there was no immediate confirmation. Trinamool Congress leader Sudip Bandyopadhyay DMK s Kanimozhi and Ram Gopal Yadav of the Samajwadi Party are likely to be present and so would be leaders of left parties - CPI-M s Sitaram Yechury and CPI s D Raja. Leaders of other parties like JD-S and Kerala Congress Indian Union Muslim League Revolutionary Socialist Party and RLD are also likely to attend. Sources said while BSP has been invited its leader Mayawati may not send a representative as her party has aligned with JD-S for the Karnataka polls likely in April/March this year. The dinner being hosted at the 10 Janpath residence of Sonia Gandhi is expected to set the tone for opposition unity in the run up to the next general elections. Sonia Gandhi has called for opposition unity and said parties should set aside their minor differences to get together in the larger interest of keeping the BJP out of power in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
NEW DELHI: Congress functionary Sonia Gandhi will host a dinner for opposition parties on Tuesday in what is seen as a step towards trying to forge an anti-BJP alliance ahead of the 2019 elections. However Nationalist Congress Party of Sharad Pawar too plans to call the opposition camp for talks this month which the Maharashtra outfit claims will attract a better star cast. Congress will also be invited to the discussion. The proposed back-to-back shows by Congress and NCP give the impression of a tussle within the opposition to claim leadership of the anti-BJP camp. Reflecting the dissonance Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee recently launched consultations with regional parties to form a federal front and even offered its leadership to Telangana Rashtra Samithi chief K Chandrasekhara Rao. For Sonia s dinner all 17 opposition parties which have been attending consultations to adopt a common strategy in Parliament and outside against BJP as last happened on February 1 have confirmed attendance. In fact there are two additions to the group in the form of Jeetan Ram Manjhi of Bihar and Babulal Marandi of Jharkhand. Mamata is pre-occupied and according to Congress sources had conveyed in advance that she would not be able to travel to the capital in mid-March. Party MP Sudip Bandopadhyay is likely to represent her at the meeting. The chief minister is slated to be on a tour of north Bengal districts as that had been scheduled much in advance a TMC MP told TOI. Pawar meanwhile has confirmed his visit to 10 Janpath. However NCP leaders said they were confident that Mamata would come for the meeting called by Pawar around the month-end. They are also extending an invitation to Rao of TRS.
.story-content span .story-content p .story-content div color:#000!important;font-family: open sans Arial!important;font-size:15px!important ALSO READ Amit Shah attacks Rahul Gandhi in pocket borough of Amethi From Modi to non-Gandhi Congress chief: Highlights of Sonia Gandhi s speech Sonia: Congress may be led by someone outside Nehru-Gandhi clan; highlights Sonia announces retirement as Cong chief Amit Shah debuts in Rajya Sabha On Gujarat visit Rahul rakes up Jay Amit Shah s case span.p-content div id = div-gpt line-height:0;font-size:0 On the campaign trail As part of his campaign for the Karnataka assembly election Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be in Raichur part of Hyderabad-Karnataka region of the state for a rally on Tuesday. The Raichur region sends 31 MLAs to the 224-member Karnataka Assembly. In the 2013 Assembly elections the Congress had bagged victory in the belt which includes the six districts of Bidar Raichur Yadgir Ballari Gulbarga and Koppala. Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi has already completed on a trip to this region. Last year when BJP President Amit Shah had visited local newspapers reported farmers asked him some tough questions on http://kkdigital.mee.nu/ the BJP s promises related to agriculture. Dinner for unity Congress leader Sonia Gandhi has invited leaders of all the opposition parties for a dinner on Tuesday in a fresh bid to forge a united front against the ruling BJP. Sonia Gandhi s invitation comes at a time when talk of a non-BJP non-Congress front is doing the rounds following a proposal by TRS chief and Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao for a national consultation process on the matter. Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee is yet to confirm her acceptance. Banerjee has spoken to Rao and DMK working president MK Stalin for coordination inside and outside Parliament. Visit to PM s constituency French President Emmanuel Macron will be in Varanasi on Monday with Prime Minister Narendra Modi as part of his ongoing official visit. Macron will visit the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Trade Facilitation Centre in Lalpur areathere. He will also go to Assi and Dashaswamedh ghats and take a boat ride on Ganga. In the afternoon Modi will leave the French President and his wife Brigitte Marie-Claude Macron to catch up on constituency work and will return to Delhi in the evening. For Varanasi visits of foreign dignitaries are now a usual affair. Shinzo Abe had visited the city in 2015 and the President of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier is expected to visit later this month.

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The recent recognition of additional melt processes affecting Arctic and Antarctic glaciers ice caps and ice sheets suggests that low-end projections of global sea-level rise made by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) are underestimated. It also cautions that ecosystems in the Arctic will continue to be stressed threatening several species endemic to the region such as polar bears seals walruses and ice-associated algae. The point of no return for the Arctic has passed the report states but it adds that efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions could mitigate some of the predicted impacts of climate change on the Arctic and the rest of the world. The dead sea: Global warming blamed for 40 per cent decline in the ocean s phytoplankton 2 show all The dead sea: Global warming blamed for 40 per cent decline in the ocean s phytoplankton 1/2 NASA 2/2 INDEPENDENT GRAPHICS The new findings comes after the National Snow and Ice Centre reported in March 2017 that Arctic sea ice was the lowest it has ever been for the month of March since satellites began recording sea ice 38 years ago. NASA meanwhile noted that sea ice loss in the Arctic was on average 8 300 square miles per year between 1976 and 1996 compared with 19 500 square miles per year between 1996 and 2013 showing it had more than doubled in that period. This rapid loss of ice in the Arctic contributes not only to rising sea levels but it also reduces the properties of sea ice that reflect the sun s radiation back into space rather than absorb it like the ocean does contributing even further to global warming. More about: Arctic Sea levels Global Warming Reuse content
A phenomenon described as Dragon-skin ice was observed on an ongoing voyage of the Ross Sea in the Antarctic. The rarely seen ice is produced as a result of hurricane strength winds which remove ice from open water lakes exposing the water and making more ice form.The researchers will spend the next two weeks taking advantage of low-wind intensity periods to study the phenomenon and the currents it causes below water in more detail. The rarely seen ice is produced as a result of hurricane strength winds which remove ice from water from open water lakes exposing the water and making more ice form WHAT IS IT?Polynyas are areas of open water surrounded by sea ice. They are ice-factories that have 10 times the average amount of sea ice produced due to the strength of katabatic winds that flow from the interior of Antarctica.The Dragon-skin ice is produced as a result of these hurricane strength winds which remove ice from water from the polynyas exposing the water and making more ice form. The Dragon-skin ice was spotted by researchers aboard the Nathaniel B Palmer research ship.The ongoing voyage began in early April after most Antarctic expeditioners have already departed for warmer areas. Dragon-skin ice is very rare bizarre evidence of a darker chaos in the cryospheric realm not seen in Antarctica since 2007 said Dr Guy Williams a researcher at the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies at the University of Tasmania and one of the researchers who spotted the ice. Dr Williams is one of 27 scientists from eight different countries who are studying the behavior of coastal polynyas - areas of open water surrounded by sea ice. Polynyas are ice-factories that have 10 times the average  https://forums.unrealengine.com/member.php?772237-saplaunchpad amount of sea ice produced due to the strength of katabatic winds that flow from the interior of Antarctica. Imagine your standard ice cube tray filled once said Dr Williams After a week you get one tray of ice cubes. RELATED ARTICLES Previous 1 Next How climate change could kill off reptiles: Researchers warn... What it s REALLY like to spacewalk: NASA releases stunning... Barren flat and almost entirely under water: What Earth was... That really WAS a lot of April showers: Records reveal... BACTERIA could mean the end of the pothole: Radical self... Saturn s mysterious hexagonal storm gets its moment in the... Share this article Share 31 shares Polynyas are areas of open water surrounded by sea ice. They are ice-factories that have 10 times the average amount of sea ice produced due to the strength of katabatic winds that flow from the interior of Antarctica But if you empty and re-fill the tray each night you get so much more. That is what the katabatic winds are doing in the polynya removing the ice exposing the water and making more ice form. Dr Williams said that this enhanced sea ice growth has a vitally important effect on the local and global oceanography. Seawater mostly freezes are freshwater ice. This is because salty brine is rejected during ice formation making the underlying water very cold and dense enough to ultimately sink to the abyssal (deep) layer of the major ocean basins and.This kickstarts the southern limb of the global overturning circulation - a type of large-scale ocean circulation driven by differences in salt content and temperature which determine the density of sea water. We are currently at ground zero of a hurricane-strength (65 knots) katabatic wind event in the Terra Nova Bay polynya in the Ross Sea West Antarctica said Dr Williams. The Dragon-skin ice was spotted by researchers aboard the Nathaniel B Palmer research ship. The ongoing voyage began in early April after most Antarctic expeditioners have already departed for warmer areas It s quite incredible to experience such an epic demonstration of polar ocean-atmospheric interaction. After a couple of weeks of work in the advancing sea ice pack to the north we have found ourselves once again strapping everything down as the winds and waves buffet our progress. The researchers will spend the next two weeks observing the increase in salinity of the shelf waters below polynyas as salty brine rejected during sea-ice formation falls to depth below 1000 meters (3 280 feet) in the Drygalski Trough. Dr Williams is taking part in the PIPERS expedition to the Ross Sea polynyas as part of an ongoing collaboration between the University of Tasmania Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and Northeastern University on Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV) and Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) above and below sea ice. He s also using LIDAR laser scanning to increase on-ice surveying of the surface topography.
New Delhi: The Arctic Sea ice is thawing at a rapid pace over the past three decades the area of sea ice in the Arctic has fallen by more than half. A recent report estimates that the Arctic will be free of sea ice by 2040 much before an earlier estimate of 2070. Apart from gearing up for effects such as an increase in extreme weather incidents and rising sea levels countries including India must reinforce their commitment to a lower carbon economy.Melting of the Arctic ice has a direct correlation with the rising incidence of droughts floods and heatwaves. The warming Arctic affects ocean currents and winds with follow-on effects across the world including on the Monsoon. This impacts cropping patterns and food production and exacerbate water stresses. The quickened pace of sea ice melt will mean rising sea levels that will pose a danger to coastal cities including Mumbai . As permafrost thaws dormant viruses and bacteria could resurface to pose new public health challenges. The melting of the Arctic sea ice has been an issue of concern for scientists and environmentalists for long now it must concern the larger community. Growth will have to produce less carbon dioxide which warms the planet than at present.The climate change commitments made at Paris are far from adequate to meet the goal of restricting global temperature rise to well below 2 Celsius. Countries sub-national entities like cities and businesses all need to step up their efforts. This is not the time for countries to step back or make a downward adjustment to their commitment to take measures that would slow down global warming. The cost of not stepping up efforts is immense; one that the poorest who will be the worst affected can least afford.(This piece appeared as an editorial opinion in the print edition of The Economic Times)
The melting of the ice in the Arctic opens to new shorter routes between U.S. Asia and Europe. (Photo : Asmithproduction/YouTube screenshot) Th consequences of global warming greatly affect the Arctic and other regions all around the globe. Despite this effect the Arctic melting ice leads to opening of more sustainable transportation routes and extending shipping lanes according to a new study. The melting of the ice in the Arctic could allow fast deliveries between U.S. Europe and Asia. The distances will be cut along the Northern Sea Route (NSR) the Northwest Passage above Canada and top of Russia. This will lessen the costs and emissions utilizing less fuel according to The Times. The study was printed in the Geophysical Research Letters. The researchers have utilized global climate model simulations to speculate that in 2030 the melting ice could make the trip from Europe to East Asia in just 22 days. This is because the ships could be able to take a trip close to the North Pole. Nathanael Melia one of the researchers said that if human greenhouse gas emissions are not controlled the global shipping could use Arctic routes without ice-strengthened ships. It will also take advantage of the considerable distance saving they afford according to Melia. The researchers knew that the melting of the sea ice could happen rapidly. It will reduce decade in a decade and open up vast swaths of the Arctic Ocean Melia said. These shorter trade routes opening in the Arctic will have a large impact on the economy. The 30 percent shorter trip could mean big savings in the salaries of the crew as well as in fuel. With this study it indicates that the global warming could have a better impact in shipping that could enhance the environment according to Huffington Post. On the other hand heavy fuel shipping vessels use might harm the Arctic ecosystems. It would also make the shipping in the Arctic difficult particularly in the summer as well as the drifting ice that could pose dangers. Tagsarctic sea ice global shipping http://nws.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/nwsexit.pl?url=http://sapfioriui.com/ greenhouse gas emissions 2017 ScienceWorldReport.com All rights reserved. Do not reproduce without permission. The window to the world of science news. Related Articles Arctic s Melting Could Cost The World Economy Trillions Of Dollars The Arctic Is Greening Due To Marine Plankton Blooming Hundreds Of Arctic Blue Lakes Are Boiling Due To Methane Gas Scientists Propose To Freeze Arctic With New Technology Timo Lieber s Arctic Photography: An Alarming Reminder Of The Impact Of Climate ...
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Chelsea took a massive stride in the direction of the Premier League identify as they send Middlesbrough tumbling out of the league at Stamford Bridge.Diego Costa Marcos Alonso and Nemanja Matic scored the goals in a at ease victory which leaves Antonio Conte s facet now requiring just one win to comfortable the title.For Middlesbrough their relegation changed into showed a yr and an afternoon when they regained their reputation in the pinnacle flight with the Tessside membership relegated from the Premier League for a file fourth time. Andy Warren Host commentator Auto-update 22:03 That s a wrap That s it for stay updates this nighttime. Chelsea are nearly there - they could comfy the http://symmetryatwork.com/resumes/sap-fiori-2/ Premier League identify with victory at West Brom on Friday night. Thanks for following tonight s sport with us and make sure you check back in with us on Friday. We ll have every angle of that recreation covered so stay with us for that. 22:01 A unhappy cease for Boro - they go out with a whimper CRAIG HOPE: P.S. Middlesbrough have been relegated on Monday night time. That is all they've amounted to an afterthought a footnote. They have slipped away quietly barely having made an affect on their first Premier League season in eight years. Don t Mind Us may want to properly be the title for the DVD season assessment. Boro fanatic and comedian Bob Mortimer captured flawlessly their marketing campaign in one tweet following a lame 1-0 loss at Crystal Palace in February. Palace played with strength and passion Boro became up farted and left he wrote. READ THE FULL STORY HERE 21:fifty nine Chelsea are triple centurions three hundred Chelsea have turn out to be the 0.33 club to win 300 @premierleague domestic games after Man Utd (347) and Arsenal (306). Empire. %.Twitter.Com/CAhKJdW0rc OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) May eight 2017 21:fifty seven The full document MARTIN SAMUEL AT STAMFORD BRIDGE: Tony Pulis the manager of West Bronmwich Albion Chelsea s subsequent warring parties became at Stamford Bridge for this. What did he research? Probably that the fine he and his team can do on Friday night is delay the return of the Premier League trophy to Chelsea with the aid of some days. They are not going to inflict permanent damage to blow whatever extensive open to turn the identify on its head. The trip to West Brom is Chelsea s very last away match of the season and Chelsea validated on Monday night what they can do to vulnerable groups at home. READ THE FULL STORY HERE 21:forty nine Middlesbrough have been relegated 4 No aspect has been relegated from the Premier League on greater occasions than Middlesbrough. Tumble. %.Twitter.Com/qONF43I56K OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) May 8 2017 21:forty nine Chelsea at the moment are just one win from the Premier League title 21:49 FT: Chelsea 3-0 Middlesbrough 21:47 Wasn t notable... 90 1 minutes: Matic lets fly from 40 yards and his attempt is just as a ways off beam. 21:forty six Three mins brought on Terry is seeing lots of the ball on this little cameo. His team-buddies seem keen to get him worried. The crowd have pretty much stopped cheering his each touch. 21:forty And we do get to look John Terry... He s http://noisetrade.com/fan/sapfiorilibrary on for David Luiz for 5 mins. He grudgingly takes the armband from Gary Cahill. 21:38 Change for Boro Rudy Gestede replaces Negrado 21:37 Final change for Chelsea Pedro gives way at allow Nathaniel Chalobah to get a couple of minutes. 21:35 Saved by means of Guzan! 79 minutes: Fantastic keep from Guzan who manages to show a thumping attempt from Moses away. A exceptional shop but it matters little. 21:34 A circle of relatives affair Antonio Conte celebrates after Nemanja Matic ratings their 1/3 purpose as wife Elisabetta Muscarello and daughter Vittoria appearance  on from the stands 21:33 Chances maintain coming seventy seven mins: A speedy counter from Chelsea after Negrado gave the ball away in domestic territory in the long run sees Pedro fireplace over the pinnacle. 21:30 Is our pal from Algeria going to get his wish? John Terry is out warming up to a large ovation at Stamford Bridge. 21:28 A bit of history for Cesc 10 - @cesc4official has now assisted 10 desires in six specific Premier League seasons - extra than another player. Benevolent. %.Twitter.Com/48d4RbKrBD OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) May eight 2017 21:27 Chelsea trade seventy one minutes: Hazard off Willian on. 21:26 Boro are truly down and out 21:25 Matic makes it three 21:21 GOAL Chelsea three-zero Middlesbrough It s properly-worked from a corner it comes again to Fabregas who pokes the ball lower back into the field with Matic chesting it down and firing past https://www.intensedebate.com/people/saplaunchpad Guzan. If it wasn t already throughout then it's miles now. That s Matic s first intention at Stamford Bridge and a tenth help of the season for Fabregas. 21:12 Two Boro modifications Forshaw off with Leadbitter on. Bamford on for Traore as he receives on against his former membership. He never performed for Chelsea. 21:12 55 minutes: Fabregas from variety with Chambers throwing his head at the ball and diverting it just extensive. Negrado offers away a 2nd nook which Cahill heads huge. 21:10 Everyone s getting involved fifty four mins: This time it s Cahill who shoots from variety forcing Guzan to palm the properly-hit shot away to prevent the third. 21:09 Only a be counted of time without a doubt Yet extra joy for Alonso who yet again gets in in the back of and fires a ball across the container (that could have been a shot) but is only a backyard ahead of a flying Costa. Surely the 0.33 is on the way. 21:07 Hosts maintain to threaten 51 minutes: Azpilicueta attempts his success but it s over the pinnacle. Matic had a shot blocked mins earlier. 21:02 Off (the pinnacle of) the bar 46 mins: You sense it s going to be a protracted old 1/2 for Boro before relegation is confirmed. Pedro s simply fired an effort from outside the box off the pinnacle of the bar. 21:01 The teams are returned and we re prepared to move No changes at the destroy for either side. 20:fifty eight Match Zone Match Zone shows just how dominant Chelsea have been in midfield with Cesc Fabregas s warmness map showing the time and space he s had to select passes and lurk out of doors the Boro region. Such a affected person move for the second one intention too. Warning: If you're a stats nerd you could wander away in this for hours. VISIT OUR MATCH ZONE HERE Cesc Fabregas s warmness map Diego Costa s commencing goal The outstanding passing flow for Marcos Alonso s intention 20:50 He s in properly organization 20 - Costa s purpose method he s the 3rd player to score 20 desires in a PL season for @ChelseaFC on 2 activities (HasselbainkSkygazers were given a treat last night when our solar system s largest planet moved into alignment with the moon.Jupiter and the moon were visible sharing the same patch of the night sky for those lucky enough to catch a glimpse.If you missed it there will be further opportunities to see Jupiter on June 3 July 28 and December 14. Scroll down for video Jupiter was visible to the naked eye as a tiny star-like object (circled bottom right) just below the moon (top right). The gas giant planet is currently moving away from its opposition its closest point to Earth each year THE CONJUNCTION Conjunction occurs when two or more celestial bodies are visible in the night sky in close proximity.Those with a keen eye were able to witness the event at around 23:00 BST last night when the 12-day-old waxing gibbous moon passed are one degree north of Jupiter.Jupiter was visible as a tiny star-like object just below the moon at around 33 degrees above the horizon - or one and a half spans of an outstretched hand at arm s length.The gas giant planet is currently moving away from its opposition the position directly opposite the sun from the Earth that occurs once a year which makes it easier to spotThe event was witnessed by many in the Western hemisphere.Among them was photographer and amateur astronomer Andrew Bartlett who captured images over Merthyr Tydfil in South Wales.When two or more celestial bodies are visible in the night sky in close proximity this is known as a conjunction. Observers in the UK were able to witness the event at around 23:00 BST last night when the 12-day-old waxing gibbous moon passed one degree north of Jupiter.Jupiter was visible to the naked eye as a tiny star-like object just below the moon at around 33 degrees above the horizon for UK observers - or one and a half spans of an outstretched hand at arm s length.During this time Jupiter was 3.5 moon diameters away from the moon - this is roughly 12 159 kilometres (7 555 miles). Those with a powerful telescope may have even been able to make out Jupiter s own moons Io Europa Ganymede and Callisto as well as its famous red spot. RELATED ARTICLES Previous 1 Next Meet Jelly: The world s SMALLEST smartphone with a 4G... Is this the ultimate party speaker? MailOnline puts Sony s... Burger King s smart speaker stunt revealed how easy it is to... Does reading make you nicer? Study finds those who are... Share this article Share 63 shares Eager astronomers hoping to catch another glimpse of Jupiter and the moon in conjunction have a number of opportunities to do so this year. There are a number of mobile apps which can make this process easier including SkySafari (pictured) NEXT CHANCES TO SEE JUPITER Eager astronomers hoping to catch another glimpse of Jupiter and the moon in conjunction have a number of opportunities to do so this year according to Space.comOn June 3 the waxing gibbous moon will be around three moon diameters from Jupiter.On July 28 the waxing crescent moon will be around four moon diameters from Jupiter.And on December 14 the waning crescent moon will be around six moon diameters from Jupiter.There are a number of mobile apps which can make this process easier.Among them is SkySafari for iOS and Android which allows you to simulate the night sky from anywhere on Earth.By setting the app to the correct time it will show Jupiter as it appears at that moment. The term gibbous refers to when more than half of the moon s surface is lit up but less than a full moon.The word itself has its roots in the latin gibbus meaning hump-backed and they are often easier to spot in the sky than a crescent moon.A waxing gibbous moon rises between midday and sunset and sets in the early hours of the next morning. Jupiter could be seen near the moon in various locations depending on where it was viewed from.In Europe it appeared below the moon while in America it was visible almost directly to the right.The gas giant is currently moving away from its opposition the position directly opposite the sun from the Earth that occurs once a year. This means that the sun Earth and Jupiter line up with our planet sitting between the sun and the gas giant.Opposition marks Jupiter s closest point to us and the planet appears brighter in the night sky than at any other time in the year.This makes observing Jupiter in the night sky much easier.Eager astronomers hoping to catch another glimpse of Jupiter and the moon in conjunction have a number of opportunities to do so this year according to Space.com. Jupiter (pictured) and the moon were visible sharing the same patch of the night sky at around 11pm last night. Photographer and amateur astronomer Andrew Bartlett captured this image over Merthyr Tydfil in South WalesOn June 3 the waxing gibbous moon will be around three moon diameters from Jupiter.On July 28 the waxing crescent moon will be around four moon diameters from Jupiter.And on December 14 the waning crescent moon will be around six moon diameters from Jupiter.There are a number of mobile apps which can make this process easier.Among them is the SkySafari App for iOS and Android which allows you to simulate the night sky from anywhere on Earth. Created by Gabriel Fiset using data from the JunoCam instrument on Nasa s Juno spacecraft this image shows dozens of gigantic oval storms dotting the cloudscape. The image was taken from an altitude of about 32 400 miles (52 200 km) above the planet s beautiful cloud topsBy setting the app to the correct time it will show Jupiter as it appears at that moment. Jupiter s positioning allowed a team of Nasa scientists to observe the planet using Hubble s Wide Field Camera 3 back in April.They were able to capture extremely detailed images including its red spot.Amy Simon a planetary scientist at Nasa s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt Maryland said: Every time we look at Jupiter we get tantalizing hints that something really exciting is going on. JUPITER IN CLOSEUPJupiter showed off its famous Great Red Spot and colourful swirls in a dazzling close-up snapped by Nasa s Hubble Telescope last month.On April 3 2017 Jupiter made its nearest approach in a year and came just 415 million miles (668 million kilometres) from Earth.This allowed Nasa s Hubble a space telescope that has orbited the Earth since 1990 to capture spectacular views of the planet s colourful atmosphere.Jupiter offered spectacular views of its legendary Great Red Spot an anticyclone that has raged for at least 150 years. This https://www.buzzfeed.com/saplaunchpad  famous storm is larger than Earth and its smaller companion at farther southern latitudes dubbed Red Spot Jr was also visible. Jupiter showed off its famous Great Red Spot and colourful swirls in a dazzling close-up snapped by Nasa s Hubble Telescope last month (pictured)Hubble photographed exquisite details in Jupiter s atmosphere as small as about 80 miles (129 kilometres) across.With its immense and powerful storms and hundreds of smaller vortices the atmosphere of Jupiter is divided into several distinct colourful bands parallel to the equator. These bands with alternating wind motions are created by differences in the thickness and height of the ammonia ice clouds.The lighter bands rise higher and have thicker clouds than the darker bands. The bands are separated by winds that can reach speeds of up to 400 miles (644 kilometres) per hour.
Get daily updates directly to your inbox SubscribeThank you for subscribing!Could not subscribe try again laterInvalid Email Amateur astronomers might not all be able to find a new type of aurora borealis but there s nothing stopping you spotting some planets this month. May is a great time to see Venus Jupiter and Saturn in the night sky. You won t need a telescope or binoculars to see the gas giants but if you want the most detail a bit of magnification doesn t hurt. On the night of May 7 Jupiter will be very clear and will be sharing the night sky with an almost-full moon. Read More Huge hurricane captured between Saturn s rings in incredible Cassini space probe images (Photo: Getty) Both objects will be bright and should make for some great photographs. Two weeks into the month it will be possible to spot Saturn in the http://www.purevolume.com/listeners/sapfiorilibrary hours before midnight - although it won t be high in the sky. May 14 is perhaps the best night to get a picture of Saturn if you ve got a telescope to hand. Venus will also be visible at this time of the month - with the best time to catch it being very early in the morning. Read More China and Europe teaming up to build a village on the MOON - and it could be a tourist destination (Photo: Getty) The planet will be just above the Earth s horizon before sunrise which is the best time to spot it. If you look to the east on the mornings of May 22 and May 23 you ll see Venus alongside a crescent moon. This marks the transition of the northern hemisphere s night sky from spring to summer.

JSW Energy March net profit plunges 92% on output woes

Mumbai: JSW Energy Ltd on Saturday said a 91.Seventy four% decline in consolidated internet profit for the zone ended on 31 March at Rs24.Seventy six crore especially on the lower back of the autumn in sales. The enterprise had pronounced a internet earnings of Rs299.Ninety four crore in the corresponding region remaining monetary. Its overall revenues for the quarter declined 29.21% to Rs1 862.06 crore from Rs2 630.71 crore a year-in the past the business enterprise stated in a assertion. The total profits from operations on the consolidated degree decreased by 29% in large part due to decrease technology more often than not from the thermal flowers and subdued service provider realisations. The gas price for the current sector decreased with the aid of sixteen% Y-O-Y to Rs1 half crore usually because of lower in generation offset via an growth inside the international expenses of coal it said. During the region JSW Energy generated four 063 http://fiorisap.myblog.de/ million devices as in opposition to five 804 million gadgets a 12 months ago whilst the service provider income at some stage in January-March 2017 have been 1 312 million gadgets and the income under lengthy-time period  power purchase agreement were 2 833 million units. Its deemed plant load issue (PLF) at some point of the sector became fifty two% as in opposition to sixty nine% within the corresponding duration of the previous yr. For the 12 months the full profits from operations stood at Rs8 264 crore as in opposition to Rs9 824 crore over the previous 12 months a decline of 16%. Its earnings additionally declined to Rs629 crore from Rs1 447 crore in FY16. On the outlook of the arena the organisation said Industrial interest stays subdued and need to get a few assist inside the coming months as production PMI has been rising at a steady tempo. However inflation has been inching up slowly and could eventually reduce the scope of in addition interest charge cuts in the near term. Expectations of a ordinary monsoon along with the authorities initiatives on infrastructure and investment cycle revival ought to help in enhancing the overall GDP boom and electricity demand. It further said the electricity demand continued to gradual down for the second one 12 months in a row with handiest 2.Five% boom for FY 2017 even as growth in supply is continually outpacing the demand increase. Tepid demand mixed with the terrible economic health of the discoms and lack of PPAs has pushed an oversupply within the market with falling tariffs and occasional PLF. Through increased decommissioning of vintage inefficient and polluting flowers the authorities can address a part of the overcapacity within the region. Most of the states have joined the UDAY scheme and the discoms have to be capable of gradually enhance their performance if they keep to pursue the prescribed operational reforms the organisation stated. Further the authorities s purpose to provide round-the-clock strength deliver to all should additionally raise strength demand over the long term it said.PTITopics: JSW Energy income fourth quarter JSW Q4 effects JSW Q4 earnings During the zone all of the plant life operated at lower plant load thing (PLF). Led via lower electricity technology and subdued merchant realisations JSW Energy a Sajjan Jindal-led organization suggested a 91.74% yr-on-12 months drop in consolidated internet earnings to Rs 24.76 crore for the region ended March 31 of 2016-17. Total strength generated at some point of the region dropped 31% year-on-12 months to four 064 million units towards 5 894 mln devices a yr ago. Merchant income all through the zone have been at 1 312 million units and income beneath long time power buy agreement have been 2 833 million units. During the sector all the plant life operated at decrease plant load thing (PLF). Vijaynagar in Karnataka operated at 77% PLF in comparison with ninety nine% a yr ago Ratnagiri changed into down to forty seven% as towards ninety two% a year in the past Barmer operated at 82% compared with 86% whilst the hydro undertaking in Himachal operated at 14% unchanged from last 12 months duration.Revenue from operations have been down 29% yr-on-yr to one 862 crore even as the gas value was lower with the aid of sixteen% to Rs 1 1/2 crore led https://www.intensedebate.com/people/fiorisaps through lower in generation. The income earlier than interest tax depreciation and amortisation become down 41% to Rs 660 crore in general on account of decrease sales and higher worldwide coal expenses. Also Watch: For the whole 12 months 2016-17 income from operations dropped sixteen% to Rs 8 263 crore while EBITDA became down 17% to Rs 3 541 crore. Full yr consolidated net earnings dropped to Rs 622.Fifty one crore from Rs 1 460.27 crore a 12 months in the past. The new authorities in Uttar Pradesh has already launched into a programme to accelerate 24 7 electricity for all and it's far expected that other states will observe the UP instance. This must lead to strong boom in call for which has otherwise been subdued for the past two years the agency stated in a statement. ALSO READ Apollo Hospitals slides after reporting marginal rise in profitability in Q2 Apollo Hospitals advances after receiving funding from World Bank s arm Apollo Hospitals Q3 internet dips forty% to Rs 73 cr Apollo Hospitals Enterprise provides replace on Apollo Health and Lifestyle Volumes leap at Apar Industries counter span.P-content div id =div-gpt line-height: 0px; font-size: 0px; Network Media

The man Anthony Joshua credits with putting him on the way to boxing superstardom has supported his previous protege to beat Wladimir Klitschko in a standout amongst the most anxiously expected heavyweight battles of late years.

Sean Murphy, a mentor at Finchley and District Amateur Boxing Club in north London, where Joshua first learnt to box, trusts the 27-year-old will be the fresher of the two warriors when they meet on Saturday night before 90,000 fans at Wembley in a challenge that will be viewed by millions around the globe.

With just 18 proficient sessions added to his repertoire, Joshua does not have the 41-year-old Ukrainian's abundance of involvement in the ring, yet he is unbeaten and Murphy proposed the energy was with him. Joshua experienced childhood in Watford and joined Finchley when he was 18.

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"Klitschko was the title holder for four, five years, he ruled it," Murphy said. "In any case, he hasn't boxed for year and a half. Josh is the new child on the piece. He has packs of energy. He's won his last 18 battles and he's been occupied. He's been boxing general, and that is the thing that I think will have the effect. All the measure of competing you do in the rec center ain't the same as getting in the ring and battling, and I feel that will be a major favorable position for Josh in light of the fact that his planning will be that bit better."

Murphy, who has been with Finchley and District ABC for a long time, said Joshua, the IBF heavyweight title-holder, who will include the WBA and IBO titles to his count on the off chance that he wins on Saturday night, was a shrewd boxer who might gain from past errors.

"The one battle in his expert vocation he didn't box to guideline was against Dillian White since he had a score to settle. The following day I addressed him on the telephone. I stated: 'you took an excessive number of punches.' He stated: 'I know however I needed to go out there and have a battle with him. I needed to thrash him and beat him unexpectedly.'

"He's shrewd, he's not doltish. He went to fight Klitschko. His retribution was 'one day will need to battle him, see what he does.' All the time he has a ulterior rationale."

Addressing the Observer in his little office, a couple of yards from where scores of kids – some as youthful as nine and a number of them young ladies – were competing angrily, Murphy, a previous expert boxer, said Joshua did not quickly strike him as a future world heavyweight champion.

"Not immediately, but rather with him advancing, going directly through the tenderfoots, I thought there was something there. When you're a mentor you must gel with your boxer. I've had 200 boxers in here, some who I haven't got on with and have made it. It's that identity where you click. I done that with Joshua. He made inquiries. I took him competing to the expert rec centers to bring him on speedier."

Murphy reviews a young fellow who was "constantly glad, continually grinning". He stated: "He got on with everybody, he was exceptionally curious, asking 'why am I doing this, why am I doing that?' He lifted it up rapidly. In around two months he was prepared to box. A great deal of alternate mentors thought he wasn't. When I said he was preparing, they resembled 'goodness he's not prepared,' but rather I said 'no, no, no I believe he will be okay.' He won his initially couple of sessions and after that everybody resembled 'gracious, he's not an awful fellow.'"

Contrasted and numerous boxers Murphy has gone up against, Joshua was moderately old when he took up the game. "He was 18 when he strolled in here," Murphy said. "He was getting stuck in an unfortunate situation in the city. He wouldn't answer you back. A few children give you a touch of cheek.

What stamped Joshua out was his longing to learn, Murphy said. "He return from the Europeans and stated: 'I need to chip away at my left snare.' I stated: 'why's that?' And he grinned and stated: 'this geezer, he done around three individuals with left snares, thumped them out.'

"So we were doing half-hour, a hour sessions, working left snares, utilizing his legs. That is the place his energy is. Dealing with the specialized side of it. He's particularly a stickler, continues going over a similar move over and over. I prepared Josh to his qualities, to stand up, to toss decent long punches on the grounds that he's a major fella."

Klitschko has 68 battles added to his repertoire, 64 of them wins, 53 of them by knockouts, however Murphy said individuals expected to look past Joshua's 18 proficient sessions. "He had 40 odd sessions in the novices, he's been to the Europeans, the World Championships, the Olympics. He's dealt with all that well, took it in his walk. At that point he's turned professional and he's done everything that has been asked of him. This is simply one more stride on the stepping stool to significance for him."

Murphy will be at Wembley on Saturday night, alongside 23 others from Finchley ABC, who have all been given tickets by Joshua. The 6ft 6in monster, who tips the scales at right around 18 stone, still returns to the club to give out prizes. A year ago he paid for it to be kitted it out with new punchbags, fight bars and ropes. The other week he astounded Murphy by giving him the keys to a £70,000 BMW by method for a thank you for helping him locate his actual business.

The two men are plainly still close. So does Murphy encounter any anguish at the possibility of Joshua being forced to bear a punch from a hard-hitting contender referred to his fans as Dr Steelhammer?

Murphy snickers at the thought. "Nah I cherish it," he says. "I receive a buzz in return. I've been to a great deal of Josh's battles at the O2 and the climate is mind boggling."

Jeremy Corbyn has occupied from his typical crusade stump discourse to convey an uncommon retelling of his own history, his inspirations and his perspectives on administration.

The discourse at his previous college in London reviewed the decision strategies of the previous Labor pioneer Neil Kinnock and previous Conservative PM John Major, who discharged video histories trying to charm voters. Taking inquiries from the press and gathering of people a short time later, Corbyn denied the discourse was a rebranding exercise and demanded it was a unique case.

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"As you probably are aware, I am exceptionally opposed to discussing myself and that has been the account of my life … I am not going to spend the entire decision crusade discussing myself any more, so you had the possibility today," he said.

Work strategists are quick to difference what they depict as a frosty Conservative head administrator with what they see as Corbyn's hotter identity. They are likewise on edge to differentiation his readiness to take inquiries from the media with what they claim is Theresa May's evasion of investigation.

Talking at the London Metropolitan University before around 200 individuals, the majority of them Labor supporters, he started: "toward the beginning of today will say a couple words in regards to you, and even some about me."

After protracted sections about the Conservatives' effect on expectations for everyday comforts, he stated: "And now for a sentence I've yet to absolute in my political life. Enough about you, shouldn't something be said about me?"

All through his 34 years as a MP, he had been assaulted for what he had faith in, he stated, however it had not changed his center qualities.

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A significant number of the issues he distinguished toward the begin his profession were as yet present. "In 1983, I stood up in parliament interestingly and utilized my lady discourse to censure profoundly harming cuts out in the open administrations and the NHS. It's a disaster that I could make a fundamentally the same as discourse today and it would by and by remain constant."

He said he thought being a MP could bring significant and enduring change and reviewed his initial days as a parliamentarian. "At the time, youthful nonconformists were being shot dead in the city by the supremacist politically-sanctioned racial segregation administration in South Africa. Nelson Mandela and many ANC pioneers were in jail. The Conservative government declined to force sanctions, engaged the pioneers of the administration and prohibited challenges outside the South African international safe haven in London," he said.

"Being a MP conveyed regard for that boycott and the more extensive reason for South Africa's freedom, and got a gathering of us captured. Be that as it may, the space for individuals in Britain to sort out in support of opportunity in South Africa was guarded and fortified. Also, I understood then that political pioneers can, on the off chance that they need to, make and safeguard the space for others to compose and change nations."

His measuring stick for measuring the execution of Labor and Conservative governments in the course of the most recent three decades was the degree to which they managed injustice and made a superior society, he said.

"In that time, I've seen head administrators and pioneers of the restriction travel every which way, yet for every one of their accomplishments and disappointments, what I didn't see was a managed endeavor to free this nation of what truly keeps individuals down. I never heard a reasonable welcome for everybody in the nation to cooperate and make a genuine contrasting option to our fixed economy," he said.

"So when I was made a request to put my name forward in Labor's 2015 administration race, I fondled I ought to step."

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As pioneer he said he had constrained the administration into U-turns on assessment credits, inability installments and endeavors to expand national protection for the independently employed.

On his administration logic, he said his commentators had a privilege to put forth a contemplated defense and test him. In the event that pioneers go unchallenged, they can commit probably the most harming errors, he said. "Furthermore, if party pioneers put themselves in front of serving the general population, they quit tuning in and even put our nation at hazard."

He said there were signs the prime mA http://www.gameinformer.com/members/fiorisap/default.aspx  Metropolitan cop who has been creeping the London Marathon in a gorilla outfit since the race started on Sunday morning has finished the 26-mile course.

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Tom Harrison, who passes by the name Mr Gorilla, is raising cash for the Gorilla Organization. The 41-year-old Londoner begun at 10.34am on Sunday and crossed the end goal at 11.45am on Saturday.

He has rested at companions' homes in the nighttimes in the wake of finishing around 10 to 12 hours and 4.5 miles for every day and has swapped between slithering on hands and knees and up on hands and feet to spare his rankled knees.

Harrison crossed the end goal on the Mall flanked by his two children and beating his trunk. He stated: "It was intense at focuses, yet I am truly happy I did it."

The Putney-based cop said he had run the marathon in the gorilla suit a year ago, yet this time needed to do "that tad bit more". He stated: "The primary couple of days, individuals were giving me bizarre looks and a generous amount of space. Be that as it may, by day three more individuals had begun catching wind of it: I began getting individuals beeping their horns and applauding and cheering."

On his remarkable perspective of the capital in the course of recent days, he stated: "One thing I saw was that being at fumes tallness, it was truly getting my throat. You simply see the contamination side of things a great deal more.

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"The other thing was exactly how restricted my view was. I had aides before me instructing me to go left, right et cetera so I didn't hit light posts or trees."

Harrison said he was most anticipating getting a back rub for his throbbing shoulders, and having some espresso, as it had disturbed his stomach amid the race. "Your stomach is not used to being in that position, so it gave me a touch of acid reflux," he said.

He was met toward the end goal by Gorilla Organization seat Ian Redmond and progressive Bill Oddie, who gave him a trophy and a stuffed gorilla.

The Gorilla Organization is devoted to http://sapfioriui-com.cabanova.com/  moderating gorillas in Rwanda, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Harrison's JustGiving page for his marathon exertion has so far raised more than £23,000 for the philanthropy.

In his ensemble, the cop has participated in a progression of pledge drives for the cause, including the Great Gorilla Run, Tough Mudder and running a similar marathon a year ago.

"He's quite recently this amazing identity who appears to me to be completely dauntless, yet he cherishes the gorillas." said Jillian Miller, the philanthropy's chief. "I thought he was distraught at to start with, yet you know when Tom sets his heart to accomplish something, he totally does it."

At my age there is no such thing as a decent winter. There is a great day in mid-March when you feel the sun on your back surprisingly, and it rectifies you.

I was no great at amusements and the main time I came top of the frame was the point at which my folks offered to get me another bicycle on the off chance that I did as such. I found an outlet for my vitality by setting off to the nearby mail station, purchasing as much lemonade as I could convey, and pitching to the hearties by the glass what I'd purchased by the container.

There have been two minutes throughout my life when I have seen genuine history. To begin with, my folks happened to have booked us into an inn on Piccadilly Circus on VJ night. And after that, by possibility, I was in Berlin the day the Russians shut the Wall. I think we are at one of those minutes once more. I think [signing Article 50] is the most exceedingly bad choice we've made since the war.

I am horrified by individuals who put on a show to lament the decrease in principles of open life and just worsen them. The bias of the editorial manager of the Daily Mail, combined with that of Nigel Farage, have been among the most intense main thrusts of this catastrophe.

Individuals were searching for a substitute and Europe was the advantageous applicant

The garden has been my treatment. Regardless of what has occurred in my political life I can pot out a few seedlings and it is altogether overlooked. I think you can connect my work in making the garden to the work I did in urban hardship. Both are about evolving viewpoint, presenting new visuals, disposing of wreckage.

Uplifting news once in a while comes around the bend for everyone. It is dependent upon you to be set up for it and snatch it.

I am stressed when individuals need to utilize me as a good example for dyslexia. My issue is that I see it generally as an offer assistance. It showed me to short out systems which were tedious.

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I was aggressive. Be that as it may, you aren't occupied with power for its own particular purpose, just for what it will enable you to do. Control enables you to contribute.

I had just been in parliament a year when I voted twice against my gathering on race issues. The inclination that Enoch Powell's discourse evoked was much more divisive than anything in Britain since.

I think you can interface our work in making the garden to the work I did in urban hardship. Both are about evolving point of view, presenting new visuals, disposing of wreckage.

Grains is still where my heart thumps speediest, the place that is known for my fathers. I am exceptionally pleased to be benefactor of the Morriston Orpheus choir.

Life has essentially gone to arrange. Thinking back, I don't think I could have requested any more.

I was given to my dad, however I don't think his unexpected passing transformed me. I had as of now been leader of the Oxford Union, and began my own business. The kick the bucket was thrown.

Referenda at times mirror the issue under discourse. This one was no special case. Individuals didn't care for a long time of solidified expectations for everyday comforts and they were restless about migration. They were searching for a substitute and Europe was the advantageous applicant.

You have just a single decision when things aren't going great: figure out how to pay the bills.

Retirement doesn't highlight on my motivation, since I have never viewed the things I do as work. I have no feeling of mortality. I perceive my impediments, however I trust the best of times are yet to come.

Tom Fort is one of those delightfully inquisitive sorts of kindred who composes delightfully inquisitive sorts of books about delightfully inquisitive sorts of things. He is the writer of – among others – Against the Flow (2010), about his encounters angling in eastern Europe; Downstream (2009), about punting on the River Trent; The Book of Eels (2002), a book about eels; and The A303 (2012), which is … and so forth. One may portray him as a sort of present day curator. He is the reasoning man's Bill Bryson. Quite, Bill Bryson is the reasoning man's Bill Bryson. Stronghold is especially his own man.

In The Village News – a sort of history and gazetteer with a touch of the travelog – Fort meanders, or cycles rather, between different topics and areas. He visits the town of Twyford in Berkshire, and Foxton in Cambridgeshire, Robin Hood's Bay, Bibury, Pitton, Chopwell in Tyne and Wear, and numerous, numerous others, and comments and dreams on the condition of cricket pitches, fell strolling, the torment, the historical backdrop of horticulture, the modern transformation, The Archers, All Creatures Great and Small, The Vicar of Dibley and the frequently decimating impacts of stores – what he calls "imperium Tescorium". In any case, at last, similar to any great town bulletin, The Village News basically brings just uplifting news: "Excepting some disturbance that annihilates society and every one of its structures, the town hints at each getting by into the not so distant."

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The difficulties, both old and new, Fort concedes, have been incredible. Having survived the different dangers of financial gloom, elimination, perpetual destitution and the ravagings of war, the best risk to town life in England as of late has been tremendous riches.

The families that move in originated from everywhere throughout the financially propelled world, and the one thing they have in like manner is riches. Their kids go to non-public schools, and when at home they for the most part withdraw inside their high dividers and CCTV-checked security doors to seek after their private, fixed off lives.

Yet, Fort's is no paean to ye merrie Englande of olde with its squires, yeomen and heavy worker stock. In fact, he is curt and cavalier of numerous who have guaranteed to be guards of town life and its ways, including HJ Massingham, HV Morton – portrayed as "an awful hostile to Semite and Little Englander of the most noticeably bad kind" – and the previous Telegraph reporter and One Man and His Dog moderator Robin Page, with his furies against "incomers, second-homers, out-suburbanites" and all the rest. Post draws on different teaches and sources – social history, paleontology, fiction, verifiable, collections of memoirs – to show how town life in England has dependably been different and evolving. We get Richard Jefferies, obviously, and the Thomases Gray and Hardy, and Ronald Blythe, additionally Miss Read and Lark Rise to Candleford, and books and writers a great deal less outstanding who give different viewpoints on town life: George Sturt, writer of The Bettesworth Book: Talks with a Surrey Peasant; Fred Kitchen's Brother to the Ox: The Autobiography of a Farm Laborer (1939); and Rowland Parker's The Common Stream (1975).

Of course maybe, the book truly wakes up when Fort talks about his home town, Sonning Common in Oxfordshire, of which he comments:

The rundown of properties it doesn't have is great in its way. There are no structures in it with any sensible claim to engineering merit or memorable intrigue. There are no truly old residences – one place of Tudor beginning, abundantly modified, is not by any stretch of the imagination in the town by any means. There is no park. The congregation, 1960s utilitarian, is concealed beside an auto repair workshop … There is no cricket ground, beautiful or other something else.

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Post's life in Sonning Common, as it were, is the sort of town life that perusers who don't live in the Cotswolds or the Lake District may as of now be acquainted with or undoubtedly strive for: untidy, sprawling and superbly normal.

Taking everything into account, Fort shows a sort of masterplan. He envisions himself as the administration's town tsar, or official for country groups. He would battle for the working of new homes in towns all through England, however would keep theoretical property organizations from overwhelming the market. He would "take up arms against the obsession with the isolates and the semi-confined" and advance the working of terraced roads and high-thickness lodging. He would prepare the "save armed force of grandads and grannies and retirees" and set them to chip away at "the cutting of grass, the repair of streets, the encouraging of elderly occupants, the upkeep of schools, the hacking of branches off risky trees". He is – as he concedes – no master, yet he unquestionably has loads of smart thoughts. The Village News might be a light read yet somebody in Whitehall should consider it important.

Theresa May is slipping into a "presidential dugout mindset" since she is an uncertain pioneer who needs to feel more grounded, Jeremy Corbyn has stated, as he looks to differentiation his own particular initiative qualities with those of the executive.

The Labor pioneer thought about his faith in "engaging others to make up their psyches and gone ahead board when they are prepared" with the head administrator's attention on soundbites and pressing dispute.

The Labor pioneer drew the correlations taking after a progression of individual assaults from May and Boris Johnson. The last not long ago marked Corbyn not only a "lamb headed mugwump" but rather a peril to security.

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In his most individual discourse of the crusade up until now, Corbyn attracted thoughtfulness regarding his activism against the South African politically-sanctioned racial segregation administration and in support of Nelson Mandela in the 1980s, when the Tory government was declining to force authorizes on the administration.

He highlighted his lady House of Commons discourse in 1983, when he censured Tory slices to open administrations, saying it was a catastrophe that he could give a comparable discourse today and it would remain constant.

Corbyn said the times of Tony Blair's prevalence demonstrated what can turn out badly if pioneers go unchallenged in light of the fact that his Labor government "become tied up with Conservative thoughts" about the economy that left Britain with no safeguard against the worldwide money related emergency.

Tending to a group of people of supporters in east London, Corbyn said he perceived comparable attributes in May. "It showed me that if pioneers go unchallenged, they can commit probably the most harming errors. Furthermore, if party pioneers put themselves in front of serving the general population, they quit tuning in and even put our nation at hazard," he said.

"Scarcely nine months into Theresa May's prevalence, there are clear cautioning signs that she and her nearest counsels are slipping into that presidential fortification mindset. Though it is the occupation of administration to hold open the space for contradiction, new thinking and fit-for-reason approach.

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"So while it won't not be the stuff of soundbites, I have dependably had faith in standing firm and enabling others to make up their psyches and gone ahead board when they are prepared. The mentality gets group focuses and nurseries assembled, and progressively protects them from conclusion.

"The mentality arranges hard for better conditions in the working environment. It is the outlook that serves the many, not the few."

Corbyn said he thought political pioneers needed to offer into personal stakes while controlling people in general. "I would not like to be that way, and it wasn't clear to me there could be another way," he said.

"In any case, I've realized there is. Though unreliable pioneers need to feel more grounded by requesting that you give them more power, I perceive solid initiative as furnishing you with more power."

May has been rehashing a stock expression about her own "solid and stable authority" at each open door, while saying Corbyn is a "hazard to the nation and the economy". Various Labor MPs have abstained from putting Corbyn on their race flyers on the grounds that May has an individual lead in the surveys, wanting to underscore the gathering's approaches and part as a resistance.Be that as it may, helpers to the Labor pioneer trust the general population will be won round the more they are presented to Corbyn's hotter and more university style, as the Conservatives try to make the battle about May's picture as leader.

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More youthful voters will probably back Labor, as indicated by conclusion surveys, with the most recent Guardian/ICM survey demonstrating a solid lead for the gathering with 18 to 24-year-olds and level-pegging with the Conservatives among 25 to 34-year-olds.

May is holding her very own crusade rally on Saturday, making a beeline for Scotland in a sign the gathering is pursuing a modest bunch of SNP seats. The Conservatives are hoping to outflank Labor north of the fringe, and will target seats, for example, Moray, which is held by the SNP's representative pioneer, Angus Robertson. It has not been Tory since 1987.

At the rally, May is relied upon to state: "My message to the general population of Scotland today is clear. On the off chance that you vote in favor of http://www.findthebest.com/profile/1409326/z4root me it will reinforce my submit the Brexit transactions. It will reinforce the union, fortify the economy and together the UK and Scotland will prosper. Since when Scotland is thriving, whatever is left of the United Kingdom is prospering as well."

The head administrator was condemned for keeping away from specialists at a business focus in Leeds, as she asserted the Conservatives were a danger to seats in Labor's northern and Midlands heartlands.

Odisha cancels land allotment to Posco project

ALSO READ Steel corporations mull Rs 1 000 a tonne hike from April Why govt ought to fall short of its steel ambition Domestic metallic makers start new 12 months with charge hike JSW Steel Blackstone http://prochurch.info/index.php/member/89185 in talks to shop for Monnet Ispat China shutting down metal potential not likely to change international scenario span.P-content material div id =div-gpt line-peak: 0px; font-size: 0px; India s biggest FDI task a mega steel plant worth 12 billion proposed via South Korean maker Posco in Odisha has finally been consigned to history. Putting at relaxation each hypothesis and flip-flop by using the metal large the kingdom authorities has slammed the door on the task it as soon as termed an international commitment . The kingdom government thru its land acquisition arm Odisha Industrial Infrastructure Corporation Ltd (Idco) has made it abundantly clean that the Posco chapter is closed. In a letter to Posco India dated April 27 Idco has cancelled allotment of one 880 acres of forest and non-wooded area land surpassed over to the company for the metallic plant to be built close to Paradip. Idco had obtained 578 acres of non-wooded area land and 1 301 acres of forest land at Kujang and Erasama in Jagatsinghpur district. The received patch of land changed into later transferred to Posco India to facilitate established order of a mega metal plant of 12 million tonnes envisaged to start with but later truncated to 8 million tonnes. For the eight-million-tonne plant Posco India had asked for two 700 acres of land. Odisha s industries minister Debi Prasad Mishra stated the state authorities was confined to take the step as Posco allowed the land to lie for three years with out showing any cause to expand the challenge. Also Posco had defaulted on land dues really worth Rs fifty four crore for which Idco had held again switch of stability land to the enterprise. We had requested Posco India to clean the land dues however the organisation communicated that it has no plan to installation the metallic mission. The land changed into saved idle for 3 years and there was no visible sign of any construction pastime with the aid of the enterprise. Idco has written to Posco days again to scrap the land allotment Mishra said. The country government has accepted the taking back of land obtained for the Posco metal project to its land bank. Idco has already initiated paintings on erecting a compound wall across the land to save it from encroachment and forestall law and order troubles. The cancellation of land allotment to Posco has opened up a window of possibility for Sajjan Jindal-led JSW Steel. The metal enterprise has been eyeing this land in Odisha for its proposed 10 million tonne metal mill where it has devoted an funding of Rs https://cycling74.com/author/177841/ 50 000 crore collectively with the setting up of different related infrastructure. Jindal called at the Odisha chief secretary and different senior authorities officers on Friday night to speak about his mission plans. Our company is very keen to invest on a metal plant in Odisha. The Posco web page is one of the opportunities. Besides other capacity web sites are also being examined Jindal stated. Earlier in a letter to the country authorities in February this 12 months Posco had communicated its goal to give up the land because it had no aim to use it urgently. Posco India had signed a memorandum of information (MoU) with the Odisha government on June 22 2005 to position up a 12 million tonne metal plant near Paradip. The venture by no means showed any signal of taking off at the floor with protracted agitation with the aid of the undertaking affected humans and the organisation s aborted bid to win a captive iron ore mine. BHUBANESWAR: After going through turbulent times for 12 years the kingdom authorities subsequently added the curtain down on the tons-hyped mega Posco metallic challenge because it cancelled the 1880 acres of land allocated to the South Korean organization. The Odisha Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (idco) state s nodal employer for land acquisition has intimated to the Posco employer the government s decision to withdraw the land allotted for putting in place the 12 mtpa capability metallic plant. Though Idco in its letter sent to the organization on Thursday cited land no longer placed to apply as the reason at the back of the government s choice sources stated the South Korean metal behemoth sensing that the challenge had little threat of commencing had in February knowledgeable the government https://www.phphulp.nl/profiel/fiori-sap/36444/ its willingness to give up the whole land. The government s choice communicated to the enterprise is broadly seen right here as end of the Posco excessive drama that began with a bang and ended with a whimper. The MoU among Posco and the nation authorities for established order of the 12 mtpa metal plant with an funding of Rs fifty two 000 crore what become then billed as India s largest FDI changed into signed on June 22 2005. The mission ran into difficult climate with every passing day. While agitation by way of nearby villagers refusing to part with the land persisted unabated the undertaking confronted troubles like getting iron ore mining hire  and protests via social activists on surroundings troubles and alternative livelihood for the hundreds of people depending on the location for fishing and crops. If talks in the corridors of power are any indication the government is making plans to reallot the land to some other prospective investor. One of the names doing the rounds most is JSW which resources stated is involved to set up a ten mtpa ability metal plant there. The hypothesis won foreign money after JSW CMD Sajjan Jindal met chief secretary on Friday. Industries minister Debi Prasad Mishra stated here that the authorities had now not but taken any final decision on the destiny use of the land allotted to the Posco. Meanwhile the Posco Pratirodh Sangram Samiti (PPSS) that spearheaded the agitation towards the South Korean agency said right here on Saturday that it would re-begin the agitation if the government gave the land to every other employer for putting in industries. A unique Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act courtroom choose changed into suspended on Saturday for granting bail to Samajwadi Party leader and previous Uttar Pradesh minister Gayatri Prajapati (pictured above) in a rape case said ANI. A departmental inquiry has additionally been ordered towards OP Mishra. Prajapati and of his accomplices had been granted bail on April 25.The suspension order comes an afternoon after the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court stayed the bail granted to Prajapati. The former minister had been arrested on March 15 for allegedly gangraping a 35-yr-vintage female and molesting her minor daughter in 2014.Prajapati had maintained that he became harmless. This is a conspiracy to malign me he had said after his arrest. He have been absconding after the Supreme Court had directed an FIR towards him on February 17. A lookout word and a non-bailable warrant were issued towards him and the police had also seized his passport.On March 7 two of Prajapati s aides had been arrested in Noida near Jewar on the Yamuna Expressway even as his security defend Chandrapal were picked up on March 6 near the Police Lines vicinity of Lucknow. A 22-yr-vintage man booked under POSCO Act allegedly attempted to kill himself within the lock-up at Borivli police station closing night an reliable said these days. Shahrukh Pathan is presently present process remedy at health facility wherein his circumstance is stated to be out of danger he said. Pathan a resident of suburban Malad (west) changed into yesterday remanded in police custody via a courtroom after he became arrested with the aid of Malwani police below Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POSCO) Act. According to the respectable Pathan tried to hold himself final night with the aid of tying his blouse to a knob within the cell. However a constable spotted him in nick of time. Pathan became taken out of the lock-up and rushed to hospital he stated. Police have recorded statements of two other inmates who have been sharing lock-up with Pathan the professional stated including similarly research is underway.(This article has now not been edited via DNA s editorial crew and is car-generated from an employer feed.) Television actor Parth Samthaan who changed into booked for molestation underneath Section 354 of the Indian Penal Code earlier this 12 months has now been booked beneath the stringent Protection of Children from Sexual Offen ces (POCSO) Act by using the Bangur Nagar police. The stringent sections of POCSO Act have been advert ded in opposition to Samtha an after the 20-12 months vintage complainant in her 2nd declaration on Sunday claimed that he had also molested her 4 years in the past when she turned into 16 years antique. Samthaan has acted in se veral Hindi television indicates consisting of Kaisi Yeh Yaariyan and Best Friends Forever? The case became filed in March following a announcement via the aspiring model who claimed that Samthaan had demanded sexual favours from her. According to the police the complainant who lives in Evershine Nagar Malad (West) became acquainted with the accused. READ ALSO: Parth Samthaan to romance Mukti Mohan in an upcoming show? Police officers stated they're probing the matter and no arrest has been made yet because the actor has moved the Dindoshi courtroom searching for anticipatory bail. For all of the cutting-edge and warm Television News download the TV Times App WATCH: Parth Samthaan s adventurous journey to Himachal Pradesh Samajwadi Party leader and previous Uttar Pradesh minister Gayatri Prajapati changed into granted bail in a rape case on Tuesday with the aid of a unique court under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act in Lucknow. He became arrested on March 15 over fees of allegedly gangraping a 35-year-antique lady with six others https://www.interspire.com/forum/member.php?u=451712 and molesting her minor daughter in 2014.The 49-year-vintage had maintained that he became innocent. This is a conspiracy to malign me he had said after his arrest. He were absconding for while after the Supreme Court had directed an FIR towards him on February 17. A lookout word and non-bailable warrant were issued towards him and the police had also seized his passport. On March 7 Prajapati s aides had been arrested in Noida close to Jewar at the Yamuna Expressway while his safety guard Chandrapal was picked up on March 6 close to Police Lines area in Lucknow. The Supreme Court had directed the Uttar Pradesh Police to provide protection to the female s own family.