SC accepts ADR’s plea challenging the amendments in the FCRA 2010 & 1976
July 2, 2018
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Bench comprising Chief Justice Deepak Misra, Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justice A M Khanwilkar today issued notice to the Central Government on a petition filed by Mr. EAS Sarma, Former Secretary, Government of India, and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR). The petition challenges the amendments made with retrospective effect in the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act, 2010 through the Finance Act, 2016 and Finance Act, 2018, which was passed as a Money Bill. (A copy of the petition is attached with the email).
These amendments were seen as an attempt to overturn the judgment passed by the Delhi High Court in March 2014 holding the two major political parties, BJP and INC, guilty of accepting foreign funding. The Delhi High Court ordered the Central Government and Election Commission of India to take action against BJP and INC within six months. (Click here for the copy of the judgment – https://bit.ly/2KsTB0c ).
These amendments to the FCRA law have opened doors to unlimited political donations from foreign companies and also legitimizing financial contributions received from foreign sources. The petition was necessitated due to the intransigence of the Central Government in complying with the Delhi HC order of March 2014 and instead trying to get BJP and INC off the hook by amending the FCRA 2010 in 2016 and subsequently the FCRA 1976 in March 2018.
Prof. Jagdeep Chhokar, Founder Member & Trustee, ADR said, “I hope that the Supreme Court will strike down the amendments introduced in FCRA 2010 by Section 236 of Finance Act, 2016 and by Section 217 of the Finance Act, 2018 as void, illegal and unconstitutional”.
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50th Foundation Day celebrations of WAPCOS
50th Foundation Day celebrations of WAPCOS celebrated on 3-7-2018 at 10:30 AM at Pravasi Bhartiya Kendra,Chanakya puri.New Delhi transcending boundaries touch lives, presence in critical regions around the globe.
Union Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenatio, Shri Nitin Gadkari is the chief guest at the 50th Foundation Day Celebration of WAPCOS.
Minister said WAPCOS not has made me proud but the nation proud with its action and its achievements to carry out such prestigious projects and its discipline character has helped nation transform many nations to is way to prosperity which was also visibly by the massive participation which supported their work carried out.
Those present included, the eminent minister dignitaries, Ambassadors, senates from the states were, DyMinister of Energy and water from Afghanistan, Senate member,Minister of Energy & Mines of Burundi, Minister of energy Burundi, Water Minister from Ghana and Congo, Minister of Justice and Minister of Mines & Energy of Liberia and many High commissioner and Ambassadors of various countries participated on the foundation day.
Union Ministers of State for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal said the MEA Sushma Swaraj has said the company workers and management team work like an army personnel.
Dr. Satya Pal Singh graced the occasion and in his address said we want to see the company grow to its glory in years centuries to come.
Shri U.P. Singh, Secretary, Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation is also present on the occasion.
WAPCOS was incorporated as a Public Sector Enterprise in 1969 by the Government of India with meager capital of million rupee now it is 310Cr Miniratana wiith profit touching Rs1100Cr It is a techno-commercial organization under the aegis of Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation.
WAPCOS in consultancy has done Survey & Investigation/Pre-Feasibility/DPRs for more than 550 Projects in Irrigation, Water Resources and Agricultural etc.
The company has successfully completed/on-going consultancy assignments in countries covering Asia, Africa, Middle East, and the Pacific Islands and is operating in more than 45 Countries, at present.
With changing technology each moment, Wapcos is emerging from its inception along with pace of technology at costing to its lowest is well equipped with viable projects for underdeveloped countries. Grown as an exclusive government run, Indian company, working at home and in nearly fifty countries around the world with dedicated team of professionals, tenacity,ductility, a true Indian multinational with footprints across the globe in line with Government of India’s flagship programmers on “Skill India” and “Make in India”.
The company has successfully undertaken some of the most challenging projects in inhospitable circumstances around the world; e.g. Afghan-India Friendship (Salma) Dam Project, Afghanistan. WAPCOS today has emerged as one of India’s best performing “Mini Ratna-I” CPSE.
WAPCO has to its credit in development of over 15 Million Ha irrigation potential; more than 200 projects in ports and inland navigation; over 500 projects in water supply and sanitation, rural and urban development, roads and highway engineering amassing its value and potential in various sectors.
Hydro-Power sector; WAPCOS has completed almost 52 Hydro-Power Projects in 19 countries with an installed capacity of more than 20,500 MW; over 105 Hydro Power Projects in India with an installed capacity of more than 9,000 MW
Thermal Power project, the Company has successfully completed 12 overseas projects with installed capacity of more than 2,900 MW and 37 projects in India with an installed capacity of more than 12,000 MW.
While in Transmission & Distribution WAPCOS has accomplished more than 14 Projects in India and Abroad.
Former Prime Minister of Kenya calls on PM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi met H. E. Mr. Raila Odinga, Former Prime Minister and the Leader of Opposition in Kenya, in New Delhi today.
Prime Minister Modi fondly recalled their long association, going back over a decade when he had visited Kenya as the Chief Minister of Gujarat. Mr. Odinga also warmly recalled his earlier visits to India in 2009 and 2012.
The two leaders discussed the progress in India-Kenya relations in recent years, as well as regional and global issues of mutual interest.
Austria ‘to protect southern borders’
Vienna is prepared to take measures to protect its southern borders if an immigration deal within Germany’s coalition goes into effect, the Austrian government said on Tuesday. Austria was responding to a deal reached late on Monday between German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats (CDU) and her partners in Bavaria’s Christian Social Union (CSU), settling a row over immigration that had threatened to topple the German government. Under the deal, migrants who have already applied for asylum in other EU countries will be held in transit centers on the border while Germany negotiates bilateral deals for their return. “Should this agreement become the German government’s position, we see that as prompting us to take action to prevent negative consequences for Austria and its population,” Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said in a joint statement with two far-right members of his cabinet.
Wild Boar Football team missing found deep-water cave Pattaya
FIFA World Cup yielded many apparent divine interventions, a real-world miracle has happened in Thailand, when all players in a children’s squad and their coach, who had spent nine days in a flooded cave, were found alive.
The sudden and almost trace-less disappearance of the Wild Boar football team in northern Thailand on June 23 had kept the whole island nation on its toes for nine days, with parents and those who were glued to TV updates fearing the worst.
Its more than a week of no news and fading hopes, two British divers, part of an international team of rescuers involved in the effort, reached the so-called Pattaya Beach deep-water cave, where the boys and their mentor were holing up, on Monday.
Further Thai Navy SEALs, leading the large-scale search and rescue operation, posted a heartwarming video on its FB page, showing the moment the British divers first saw the frail-looking boys, crammed on a narrow ledge in complete darkness.
“How many of you?” one of the rescuers said in English. As the cave’s prisoners respond that all 13 of them were there, the rescue is seen exclaiming: “Thirteen? Brilliant!” As the boys are thanking their finders, the divers had to upset them, revealing that their ordeal is not yet over.
“We are coming, it’s OK, many people are coming … we are the first,” the diver says.
With the whole country and especially the boys’ relatives breathing a sigh of relief after days of suspense, the most challenging work has now begun.
The rescuers will wait till the water goes down, which is difficult to predict as heavy rains –that are set to continue– are hampering efforts to pump out water from around the refuge. In case it proves impossible for the moment, the rescuers may try to teach the boys how to dive so they can leave the cave by themselves, according to Capt. Akanand Surawan from the Royal Navy.
When Should We Trust Artificial Intelligence?
Seminar @ Brookings India: When Should We Trust Artificial Intelligence?
Development Seminar | When Should We Trust Artificial Intelligence?
Wednesday, July 4, 2018, 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Brookings India, No. 6, Second Floor, Dr. Jose P. Rizal Marg, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi
Dear Mr. Sagar,
I am delighted to invite you to our next Development Seminar on “When Should We Trust Artificial Intelligence?” with Dr. Vasant Dhar, Professor, Stern School of Business, NYU.
Abstract: Modern day AI machines learn and improve themselves based on ever-increasing amounts of data that humans and machines generate with each passing day. This happens largely through supervised learning which is a major branch of Artificial Intelligence. But such machines also make mistakes. In his talk, Dhar will walk us through various situations in our everyday lives – investing, playing sports, riding in driverless cars, using social media platforms – to encourage us to question the faith we put in technology. He proposes methods to inform executive and policy makers in evaluating the risks associated with data infrastructure initiatives, such as those proposed in his recent Hindustan Times editorial.
Discussant: Anna Roy, Adviser NITI Aayog, Government of India
Speaker Profile: Vasant Dhar is a professor at the Stern of School of Business and the Center for Data Science at New York University. He is Editor-in-Chief of the journal Big Data, and the founder of SCT Capital Management, a machine-learning-based hedge fund in New York City. His recent TEDx talk was on “When do we trust machines?”.
Media Invite
[7/3, 8:08 AM] Naresh Kumar Sagar: You are cordially invited to 50th Foundation Day celebrations of WAPCOS on 3-7-2018 at 10:30 AM at Pravasi Bhartiya Kendra,Chanakya puri.Union Minister for WR,RD &GR Shri Nitin Gadkari to be chief guest.MOS Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal and Dr. Satya pal singh will also grace the occasion.
Regards
[7/3, 8:09 AM] Naresh Kumar Sagar: You are cordially invited to cover
2nd Mithila Aam Mahotsav
at
Press Club of India
on 3rd July 2018, 12 pm noon
Guest names are shri Shahnawaj Hussain ji BJP, shri Prabhat Jha ji BJP ( confirmation awaited) , shri Kirti Azad ji, shri KC Tyagi ji JDU, shri Manoj Jha ji RJD, shri Shakeel Ahmed ji congress and shri Pranav Jha Ji congress, shri Sanjeev Jha Ji MLA Burari , shri Neeraj Pathak ji vice chairman Maithili Bhojpuri Academy, shri Vikas Sharma ji and Many more other is joining.
Event managed by: Credible media voices private limited.
Organised by : Maithil Patrakar Group and Press Club of India.
[7/3, 8:10 AM] Naresh Kumar Sagar: MEDIA INVITE
Regards
[7/3, 8:09 AM] Naresh Kumar Sagar: You are cordially invited to cover
2nd Mithila Aam Mahotsav
at
Press Club of India
on 3rd July 2018, 12 pm noon
Guest names are shri Shahnawaj Hussain ji BJP, shri Prabhat Jha ji BJP ( confirmation awaited) , shri Kirti Azad ji, shri KC Tyagi ji JDU, shri Manoj Jha ji RJD, shri Shakeel Ahmed ji congress and shri Pranav Jha Ji congress, shri Sanjeev Jha Ji MLA Burari , shri Neeraj Pathak ji vice chairman Maithili Bhojpuri Academy, shri Vikas Sharma ji and Many more other is joining.
Event managed by: Credible media voices private limited.
Organised by : Maithil Patrakar Group and Press Club of India.
[7/3, 8:10 AM] Naresh Kumar Sagar: MEDIA INVITE
National Executive Meeting of Lok Janshakti Party
Date 3rd July 2018
Venue : Malwankar Hall, Constitution Club, Rafi Marg, New Delhi
12.30 – 12.45 Hrs – To light the lamp and Garlanding Baba Saheb’s
Photo by National President, LJP
13.00 – 13.30 Hrs. – Inauguration Speech of Shri Chirag Paswan,
Chairman, Central Parliamentary Board, LJP
13.30 – 14.30 Hrs. – Press Conference followed by Lunch
[7/3, 8:10 AM] Naresh Kumar Sagar: MEDIA INVITE
[7/3, 8:10 AM] Naresh Kumar Sagar: MEDIA INVITE
The National Students Union of India(NSUI), cordially invites all the members of the Press fraternity to kindly be present at the NSUI headquarters at5, Raisina Road on Tuesday, 3rd July 2018 from 12 pm onwards.
The press conference would be presided over by the Honorable National Incharge – NSUI & AICC Joint Secretary Ms. Ruchi Gupta along with NSUI National President Mr. Fairoz Khan. NSUI would be exposing the people in power in this briefing.
Lawlessness is taking over as thugs and criminals run riot across the country. The issue of concern involves abuse of power and undermining the basic tenants of democratic institutions of India for political opportunism and might. At this juncture of our nation’s history, it is important for an organization like the NSUI – representing the young and free- to speak out the truth against the people in power, on the ideals of Satyagraha.
We would be graced by your presence at the event tomorrow.
Thank You,
NSUI Secretariat
NSUI Secretariat
Contact: Reetam Singh
Phone Number: +91-7576026976
[7/3, 8:16 AM] Naresh Kumar Sagar: INVITATION
Phone Number: +91-7576026976
[7/3, 8:16 AM] Naresh Kumar Sagar: INVITATION
Dear Madam/Sir,
You are cordially invited to cover the following event:
Function
Inaugural Session of the National Consultation on “Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) in the Electoral Process,” to be inaugurated by Shri O.P.Rawat, Chief Election Commissioner, in presence of the Election Commissioners.
A dedicated Systematic Voters Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP) Portal with a section on PwDs will also be launched during the event.
Date
3rd July, 2018, Tuesday
Time
10 am onwards
Venue
Hotel Lalit, Barakhamba Road, New Delhi
WC: Japan lost, Asian challenge ends
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Hillary: Naresh – When my friend Howard Dean and I
Naresh —
When my friend Howard Dean and I first talked about forming a new organization, it was because we were blown away by the energy and commitment shown by activists — new and old — in the aftermath of the 2016 election. We asked ourselves: What can we do to help them?
Onward Together was formed as a way to support and connect the groups that are doing the work that absolutely needs to be done right now — from mobilizing voters to encouraging and training new activists to recruiting people who are ready to run for office themselves. In 2017, we partnered with 11 organizations headed up by by smart, passionate leaders. We offer funding and strategic advice, and connect them with resources.
And this spring, we finally had a chance to bring those leaders together in one place, and it was really something special.
The leaders who joined us in New York come from every background. Some of them have been doing this work for years, while some were motivated by the 2016 election. They have different interests and approaches, but all share a belief that our country can be made better by the people who love it.
I really hope you’ll take a moment to watch this video, because I think you’ll find these activists as inspiring as I do — and I hope you’ll learn more about a group you’d like to support yourself.
Onward!
Hillary
Government agree on DMA on NMC Bill.
The government agrees to consider DMA demands on Ayushmaan Bharat and the NMC Bill
On the occasion of Doctors Day celebrations by Delhi Medical Association on 1st July 2018 at MAMC Auditorium, in his address, the Chief Guest Mr. J.P. Nadda, Hon’ble , Health Minister Govt. of India assured the doctors that the packages given in the Ayushmaan Bharat by Government on which the doctors resented that they are very low and impractical, can be reconsidered and can be changed. On the issue of NMC bill for which President Dr. Ashwani Goyal raised the point in his welcome address that crosspathy should not be allowed and there should be the proper representation of doctors in the NMC be there. The Health Minister Sh. J.P. Naddaji promised that the govt will see to it that the modern medicine will not be prescribed by the doctors of other pathies.
On this occasion Delhi Medical Association honoured with Vashisht Chikitsa Ratan Award to Senior members from medical field for their outstanding contribution towards the medical profession and in the service society includes, Dr. Randeep Guleria, Dr. Balram Bhargava, Dr. Ashok Seth, Dr. T.S. Kler, Dr. A.S. Soin, besides other stalwarts of the medical profession. DMA also honoured Dr.J.S. Guleria, Dr G.P. Seth, Dr. M.G. Abbott and Dr. M.L. Dang with DMA Life Time Achievement Award.
Dr. Ashwani Goyal, President, DMA said that our doctors are making the nation proud with their outstanding and dedicated medical services as India is becoming the hub of medical excellence for the nation and whole world. He complimented the doctors for their academic achievements in the medical field alongwith their zeal to serve the humanity and in the various programmes of the government.
Dr. Mahesh Sharma, Hon’ble Minister for the state for Culture complimented the missionary services rendered by the medical profession to the society and inspired the medical fraternity present on the occasion to strive for compassionate healthcare especially to the poor public of the country. He congratulated the doctors on the occasion of Doctors Day. He highlighted the various public welfare programmes being run by the govt. of India to give better health care to the residents of the country
Dr. Harish Gupta, Chairman Doctors Day, said that on the call given by the Government, DMA is committed and will be working on the elimination of Tuberculosis from the country by 2025.
Dr. G.S. Grewal, Hony. State Secretary, DMA highlighted the various programme being done by the Delhi Medical Association like Aao School Chale, Beat Plastic Pollution on Environment Day, Programme on Menstrual Hygiene, Elderly abuse programme etc.
Book launch of ‘The Most Dangerous Place: A History of the United States in South Asia’
SRINATH RAGHAVAN, SHYAM SARAN, SUHASINI HAIDER, RUDRA CHAUDHURI
TUESDAY, 3 JULY 2018
7:00 PM
Multipurpose Hall, India International Centre, New Delhi
About the book:
South Asia looms large in American foreign policy. Over the past two decades, the United States has invested billions of dollars and thousands of human lives in the region, to seemingly little effect. As Srinath Raghavan reveals in The Most Dangerous Place, this should not surprise us. Although the region is often regarded as peripheral to America’s rise to global ascendancy, the United States has long been enmeshed in South Asia. For 230 years, America’s engagement with India, Afghanistan and Pakistan has been characterised by short-term thinking and unintended consequences. Beginning with American traders in India in the eighteenth century, the region has become a locus for American efforts-secular and religious-to remake the world in its image. Even as South Asia has undergone tumultuous and tremendous changes from colonialism to the world wars, the Cold War and globalisation, the United States has been a crucial player in regional affairs.
The definitive history of US involvement in South Asia, The Most Dangerous Place presents a gripping account of America’s political and strategic, economic and cultural presence in the region. By illuminating the patterns of the past, this sweeping history also throws light on the challenges of the future.
About the author:
Srinath Raghavan is a Senior Fellow at the Centre for Policy Research.
The book launch will be followed by a panel discussion featuring Shyam Saran, Senior Fellow at the Centre for Policy Research and former Foreign Secretary, Govt of India, Suhasini Haider, Diplomatic Editor, The Hindu and the author.
The discussion will be moderated by Rudra Chaudhuri, Sr Lecturer at South Asian Security and Strategic Studies, Kings College, London.
This talk has been organised by Penguin Random House.
Brazil beat Mexico
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Sagar Media Inc: William Member at aggressive miss goal in direction gets corner Mexico now on aggressive effort. Nymer injured in pain first leg injury , then colloid on leg on his leg shiver.20 minutes Left.Mexico on attack
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Sagar Media Inc: #BRAMEX, AFTER Half time at the Samara Arena: Brazil 1 – 0 Mexico. Mexico get corner and is playing aggressive football. Brazil played aggressive to hunt goal still second attack.Brazil win get in QFs. Stadium continue roars.
Over 200 Migrants Drown in Three Days in Mediterranean — Death Toll for 2018
So far this year, the Libyan Coast Guard has returned some 10,000 people to shore from small vessels.
“I am traveling to Tripoli once again this week and will see firsthand the conditions of migrants who have been rescued as well as those returned to shore by the Libya Coast Guard,” said William Lacy Swing, IOM Director General. “IOM is determined to ensure that the human rights of all migrants are respected as together we all make efforts to stop the people smuggling trade, which is so exploitative of migrants,” said Swing.
IOM staff were deployed to provide support and first aid to the the 41 migrants who survived the capsize of their small rubber vessel that capsized off AlKhums. This is the second major shipwreck in as many few days. On Friday, a rubber dinghy capsized north of Tripoli and the 16 survivors (young men from Gambia, Sudan, Yemen, Niger and Guinea) were rescued by the Libyan Cost Guard. However, an estimated 103 people lost their lives.
Adding to grim and tragic scene, the bodies of three babies were taken from the sea by the Libyan Coast Guard. IOM provided assistance at the disembarkation point, including provision of food and water and health assistance. IOM is also in the process of providing psychosocial aid at Tajoura detention centre where the survivors have been transferred. The need for physcosocial support is high as the survivors spent traumatizing time in the water as their engine broke only 30 minutes after departing Garaboli. The survivors have received psychosocial first aid at the detention centre and IOM continues to monitor their condition.
From Friday to Sunday, close to 1,000 migrants were returned to Libyan shore by the Libyan Coast Guard, who intercepted small crafts as they made their way towards the open sea. Upon disembarkation to shore, migrants have received emergency direct assistance, including food and water, health assistance and IOM protection staff has provided vulnerability interviews. Those rescued and returned by the Libyan Coast Guard are transferred by the Libyan authorities to the detention centres where IOM continues humanitarian assistance.
“There is an alarming increase in deaths at sea off Libya Coast,” said IOM Libya Chief of Mission Othman Belbeisi, adding: “Smugglers are exploiting the desperation of migrants to leave before there are further crackdowns on Mediterranean crossings by Europe.”
From Friday to Sunday, close to 1,000 migrants were returned to Libyan shore by the Libyan Coast Guard, who intercepted small crafts as they made their way towards the open sea. Upon disembarkation to shore, migrants have received emergency direct assistance, including food and water, health assistance and IOM protection staff has provided vulnerability interviews. Those rescued and returned by the Libyan Coast Guard are transferred by the Libyan authorities to the detention centres where IOM continues humanitarian assistance.
“There is an alarming increase in deaths at sea off Libya Coast,” said IOM Libya Chief of Mission Othman Belbeisi, adding: “Smugglers are exploiting the desperation of migrants to leave before there are further crackdowns on Mediterranean crossings by Europe.”
“Migrants returned by the coast guard should not automatically be transferred to detention and we are deeply concerned that the detention centres will yet again be overcrowded and that living conditions will deteriorate with the recent influx of migrants,” added Belbeisi.
Two other search and rescue operations by the Libyan Coast Guard are currently ongoing.
For more, information please contact:
Christine Petre IOM Libya, Email: chpetre@iom.int Tel + 216 577 9636
Leonard Doyle IOM Spokesperson, Email: ldoyle@iom.int, Tel: +41 792857123
For more, information please contact:
Christine Petre IOM Libya, Email: chpetre@iom.int Tel + 216 577 9636
Leonard Doyle IOM Spokesperson, Email: ldoyle@iom.int, Tel: +41 792857123
Ramleela in fourteen different languages
This year Ramleela in fourteen different languages, focusing on digital technology!
Well, this year the world’s biggest Ramleela will be showcased in a grand manner in comparison with past years. As this time along with artists their performances, costumes Ramleela will be revealed in 14 different languages along with more digital technology. In the recent press conference held in Constitution Club of India, Delhi, many ideas and details were revealed by the Chairman of LuvKush Ramleela, Ashok Aggarwal.
Along with him, the event was graced by Avtar Gill, Rupesh Kataria, Shankar Sahni, Ritu Shiv Puri, Payas Pandit, who will be performing this year in Ramleela. And as per the details by Chairman Ashok Aggarwal, “nowadays youngsters are more into social media and digitality, after studying these trends in depth, we decided to add more digital technology. According to him, last year more than nine hundred thousand viewers watched Live Ramleela on Youtube, the highest number of viewers was from European countries and the rating kept on increasing.”
Talking about the characters this year, he told media, Avtar Gill will portray Vibhishan, Ritu Shiv Puri will be Sita’s mother Sunaina. Shankar Sahni will be Guru Vashisht. This year LuvKush Ramleela will be highlighted for the National and International audience through Television. Well, the 40-year-old LuvKush Ramleela will be showcased from 10th October till 21st October 2018.
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