Khuda shall facilitate data to the Professors so that they can facilitate learning only slogan is not working in University.
If you are highest sinner among the sinner’s community, then also un-doubtly you will cross properly completely sin of sea by knowledge form of boat. (Gita: 4/36)
Here Lord Krishna is stating that if you are committing more sins than among the entire sinner’s community then also you will get liberation through the Brahma-knowledge. The proclamation of God is of assurance nature which implies that those who had abandoned sins and engaged in devotion and karma they are praiseworthy. Anyhow if awareness arose among those who have committed plenty of sins earlier they can also get liberation, they no need to get discouragement on this issue. Even if highest sinner among the sinners has will he can acquire libration in same birth. Old sins are not much obstacle in liberation as the present ongoing one. However in present if person abandon committing sins and develop strong will power and decide that no more he will commit sin and only he will acquire Brahma-knowledge than there is no delay in washing out of his sins.
This hypothesis can be understood by a given example. If at some place there is darkness for hundred years, than by lighting lamp there, removing of darkness will not take hundred years rather as soon as lamp is lightened darkness will disappear. The gist of above stanza (4/36) is that Lord Krishna is motivating people that they should not be bothered that they cannot be librated because of their past and or present sins. However, people should not think that they can achieve liberation after committing sins so to take this as liberty.
Generally these types of sinner-people do not belief in God Sovereignty. But that doesn’t imply that God will not embrace them. If he comes into contact with any Great Person or due to affect of some incident, situation and environment etc. and develop strong will power to acquire Brahma-knowledge, he will cross the sins of sea very well. The coming stanzas (9/30&31) also reinforce the same.
The relation with work of nature, body and world give birth of entire sins when person acquire Brahma-knowledge and completely unattached himself from these, then how sin can exist?
God-realisation is here mentioned as obtaining knowledge form of boat. This knowledge form of boat facilitates man to cross the sinful sea successfully. This knowledge form of boat is obtained from Gyana-Yagna of (4/33). Gyana-Yagna facilitates intelligence of acquiring Brahma-knowledge.
The direct election of Governor of State and President of India will check downfall of India Politic. The missing SC & ST in Narendra Modi Government demand separate system for them. See below. This is fall of vision of Mr. Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India, Mr. Raghuvar Das, Chief Minister of Jharkhand, Amit Shah, BJP President, Pius Goel,
Narendra Modi Government has drifted India from socialist Country . See below.
Khuda shall facilitate data to the Professors so that they can facilitate learning only slogan is not working in University.
The various protests, incidents and situations can be appraised with Brahma Sovereignty and karma.
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NCP sacks Ajit Pawar as party’s State legislature leader, but keeps doors open for his return
Shiv Sena, Congress, NCP ringfence MLAs in an attempt to keep horse trading at bay
The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) has sacked Ajit Pawar as its leader in the State legislature. However, the party has not yet cancelled his party membership.
NCP MLAs, who met in Mumbai, reportedly signed a letter stating that the earlier resolution to appoint Ajit Pawar as leader of the party in the legislature had been revoked. The meeting also revoked Ajit Pawar’s rights to issue a whip to party MLAs.
Ajit Pawar had allegedly submitted a letter signed by 54 party MLAs to Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari in support of the BJP. However, 45 of the 54 NCP MLAs were present at the party meeting in Mumbai this evening.
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Ajit Pawar took oath as Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis's deputy early on Saturday morning, claiming the support of all 54 party MLAs. The resolution approved by the NCP stated that any decision regarding the party would be taken by the party’s National President, Sharad Pawar, and State President Jayant Patil. Patil will henceforth be the party’s leader in the State legislature.
Intriguingly, the NCP has not expelled Ajit Pawar. Party sources said that NCP leaders are still hopeful that Pawar junior will return to the party fold. Sharad Pawar’s daughter and MP Supriya Sule has reportedly asked Ajit Pawar to resign from the post of deputy CM and return.
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Ajit Pawar is at his brother’s residence in Mumbai. The meeting of NCP MLAs continued till late in the evening.
Meanwhile, the Shiv Sena has lodged its MLAs in a Mumbai hotel while the Congress is shifting its MLAs out of the State. The NCP is also likely to keep its MLAs together as the ground is now open for horse-trading.
Published on November 23, 2019
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Food regulator slaps notice on McDonald’s for disparaging advertisement
NEW DELHI , NOVEMBER 22, 2019 18:39 IST
UPDATED: NOVEMBER 22, 2019 18:43 IST
A full page advertisement by McDonald’s in newspapers had said, “Stuck with Ghiya-Tori Again? Make the 1+1 Combo you love”.
Food regulator Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has slapped a showcause notice on McDonald’s for disparaging freshly cooked food and vegetables in its advertisements to promote fast food.
FSSAI slapped a showcause notice on Hard Castle and Connaught Plaza Restaurant Ltd — the franchise that operates McDonald’s fastfood chain in India, seeking response on why action should not be initiated against them, a statement by the regulator said.
McDonald’s had over the last weekend carried advertisements in newspapers seeking to get traffic at its outlets by allegedly disparaging home cooked food and healthy vegetables.
A full page advertisement by McDonald’s in newspapers had said, “Stuck with Ghiya-Tori Again? Make the 1+1 Combo you love”.
“FSSAI has noted with concern incidence of irresponsible advertising by some food companies to promote sales of their own foods often considered unhealthy as substitute for healthy foods,” Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) said.
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6 bank unions call for Dec. 10 dharna before Parliament
NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 21, 2019 16:37 IST
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“Experience of mergers has clearly shown that no benefit accrues to any of the stakeholder,” the unions said.
Six bank employee unions have said they will stage a dharna in front of Parliament on December 10 against the proposed merger of several public sector banks, to stop 'anti-people’ banking reforms, to ensure the recovery of bad loans and several other issues.
The unions are the All India Bank Employees Association, the All India Bank Officers' Confederation, the All India Bank Officers Association, the Bank Employees Federation of India, the Indian National Bank Employees' Federation and the Indian National Bank Officers' Congress.
“Experience of mergers in the country and across the globe has clearly shown that no benefit accrues to any of the stakeholder,” the unions said in a joint statement. “On the other hand, in the name of rationalisation of branches, a large number of branches would be closed affecting the common man. Millions would be affected as employment - both direct and indirect - would take a hit.”
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2 lynched in West Bengal on cattle theft suspicion
COOCHBEHAR (WB), NOVEMBER 22, 2019 10:27 IST
UPDATED: NOVEMBER 22, 2019 15:50 IST
Two persons were lynched on suspicion of cattle theft in Coochbehar district in northern West Bengal on Thursday.
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https://www.dailysabah.com/americas/2019/11/22/protests-in-colombia-turn-violent-amid-general-strike
Protests in Colombia turn violent amid general strike
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Demonstrators clash with riot police during a protest in Bogota, Colombia, Nov. 21, 2019. (Reuters Photo)
Hundreds of thousands of Colombians took to the streets of the capital Bogota on Thursday in order to protest President Ivan Duque's government, amid a general strike.
Colombian people across the country took part in mostly peaceful rallies but the demonstrations in Bogota took a violent turn when a small group of masked people threw eggs at police, who responded by firing tear gas, local media reported.
At one point, protesters tried to enter the nation's congress and tore down a piece of black cloth protecting a historic building in the iconic Plaza Bolivar.
Authorities said dozens were injured, including 37 police officers and 42 civilians, most of whom sought medical treatment after inhaling tear gas. At least 36 people had been detained, though it was unclear how many would face charges.
Later in the day, Duque announced that he had heard the protesters' demands, but did not respond to their request for direct dialogue.
The Colombian office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights voiced concern over the deployment, saying states must limit the use of military forces "for the control of internal disturbances."
Police estimated 207,000 people overall took part in the protests.
Analysts are nonetheless doubtful that Colombia's protest will come close to resembling the mass demonstrations in Chile and elsewhere, noting several key variances, even if there are some similar underlying economic factors.
Unlike other recent protests, there is no specific crystalizing event that sparked the demonstration, but rather an array of complaints that vary widely depending on who is asked.
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Only 4 out of 82 Secretaries from SC/ST communities
NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 21, 2019 22:17 IST
UPDATED: NOVEMBER 21, 2019 22:25 IST
There are only 11 SC/ST faculty members at the 20 IIMs; no SC/ST faculty at all in 12 IIMs including IIM-Ahmedabad and IIM-Kolkata.
Out of 82 Secretaries to the Government of India, only four are from Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe communities, Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Jitendra Singh told the Rajya Sabha on Thursday.
“There is one Secretary each belonging to the SC/STs in the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, Department of Land Resources, Department of Pharmaceuticals and Ministry of Labour & Employment,” he said in response to a written question from Communist Party of India MP K. Somaprasad.
It’s not just the top echelons of government service that have low representation from these communities. There are only 11 faculty members from them currently teaching at the 20 elite Indian Institutes of Management in the country, Human Resource Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank told the Rajya Sabha in answer to a question from Congress MP Partap Singh Bajwa.
Two of the top IIMs in the country, those at Ahmedabad and Kolkata, are among the 12 IIMs that do not employ any SC/ST faculty at all. Five IIMs, including the ones at Bengaluru and Lucknow, employ one SC/ST faculty member each, while the IIMs at Kozhikode, Shillong and Jammu have two each.
The HRD Ministry is now cracking down on this situation. On Wednesday, it sent out an order to all IIM directors directing them that reservation rosters must be prepared and followed for all future recruitment, in accordance with the Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Teachers’ Cadre) Act, 2019. This mandates the following quotas: 15% reservation for SCs, 7.5% for STs, 27% for socially and educationally backward classes (usually termed OBCs) and 10% for economically weaker sections.
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Some of the IIMs have been resisting faculty reservation on the grounds of a Central government order issued almost half a century ago, which excludes scientific and technical positions from the scope of reservations. In Wednesday’s letter to IIM directors, the Ministry explicitly notes that these fresh orders supersede all previous orders with respect to reservation at IIMs.
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Economists, academics demand release of NSSO consumer spending data | Full statement
November 21, 2019 16:20 IST
Updated: November 21, 2019 16:25 IST
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“It should be noted that consumption surveys are known to give results that diverge from macroeconomic estimates of the National Accounts.”
Over 200 economists, academics and journalists on November 21 issued a statement demanding the release of NSSO consumption survey data. The government had on November 15 put the report on hold citing data quality issues, after a media report said consumer spending had slowed down for the first time in more than 40 years.
Here is the full statement:
Statement on release of NSSO consumption survey data
We the undersigned demand that the Government of India releases the report and data of all NSSO Surveys that have been completed and approved by the NSSO’s internal systems, including the results of the 75th round Survey of Consumer Expenditure, 2017-18.
A media leak published in Business Standard has revealed that the 2017-18 Consumer Expenditure Survey shows a sharp decline in average consumption. It has been suggested that the survey results are not being released because they support other evidence that the economy is experiencing a downturn. The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has now announced that the results of the survey will not be released at all, because they show a higher divergence with the "administrative data" than for earlier surveys.
It should be noted that consumption surveys are known to give results that diverge from macroeconomic estimates of the National Accounts. Also, National Accounts estimates are based not only on administrative data but on a combination of sources including NSSO and other surveys. Several committees have looked into these discrepancies. While further work can be done to identify sources of and reduce these discrepancies, the common understanding has been that the flaws lie as much in the methods deployed for arriving at macroeconomic estimates as they do in surveys.
Consumption surveys are crucial for monitoring trends in poverty and inequality, and are also of critical value for national income accounting, and for updating macro-economic data such as price indices. They can provide an important check on administrative and macroeconomic data, which is important both for policy makers and the general public. The fact that data on supply of goods and household consumption are diverging points to the need for questioning supply side data (which are being widely questioned within and outside India) as much as it points to the continuing need for improving survey methods.
It is of fundamental importance for the nation that statistical institutions are kept independent of political interference, and are allowed to release all data independently. The record of the present government on this score has been very poor. Until recently, India has good cause to be proud of its statistical system, and the sample surveys conducted by the NSSO have served as a shining example and a model to the rest of the world. While there has been much discussion and debate about the methodology of the surveys, these have been scientific and technical in nature, devoted to trying to improve the system to enable better measures of crucial indicators.
However, this government has chosen to attack the credibility of this pre-eminent statistical institution simply because the results of the surveys do not accord with its own narrative about the economy, without providing any adequate reasons, and by misrepresenting essential features of the surveys. It has repeatedly shown its disinclination to make public any information that may show its own performance in a poor light. Last year, before the parliamentary elections, the results of the Periodic Labour Force Survey were not allowed to be released until the Parliamentary Elections were over, despite the resignation of two members of the National Statistical
Commission, and a leak in the media. Subsequently, results of other surveys including the 75th round (Consumer Expenditure), 76th round (Drinking water, Sanitation, Hygiene, and Housing Conditions) and more recent quarterly data of the PLFS surveys, have not been released.
This suppression of essential data is terrible for accountability and for ensuring that citizens have the benefit of official data collection that is paid for with their taxes. It is also counterproductive for the government, which may be kept in the dark about actual trends in the economy and therefore not be able to devise appropriate policies. Undermining the objectivity and credibility of an independent statistical system is fundamentally against the national interest.
In the interest of transparency and accountability, all data must be released without delay and irrespective of what the results are. The government may wish to defend itself against interpretations of the statistics that it disagrees with. But this is best done through technical papers and seminars. To prevent release of data that are adverse, and diverge from its own understanding, is neither transparent nor technically sound.
Indeed, in order to produce transparent and robust information on distribution, it is also important for the government to grant researchers access to (anonymous) tax microfiles.
We therefore demand that the government should immediately release the report and unit-level data of the 75th Consumer Expenditure Survey. The government should also commit to release all other survey data after the usual processes to check for possible errors have been concluded.
Signed
. A Vaidyanathan, Former Member, Planning Commission
2. A K Shiva Kumar, Ashoka University
3. A V Jose, Visiting Fellow, CDS, Thiruvananthapuram
4. Abhijit Sen, former Member, Planning Commission
5. Abhirup Sarkar, ISI Kolkata
6. Achin Chakraborty, IDS, Kolkata
7. Aditya Bhattacharjea, Delhi School of Economics
8. Aijaz Ahmad, University of California, Irvine
9. Ajit Zacharias, Levy Institute, Bard College, New York
10. Alejo Julca, Independent researcher
11. Alex M. Thomas, Azim Premji University
12. Alicia Puyana, Flacso, Mexico City
13. Alpa Shah, London School of Economics
14. Aman Bardia, New School for Social Research, New York.
15. Amit Basole, Azim Premji University
16. Amit Bhaduri, Emeritus Professor, JNU
17. Amitabha Bhattacharya
18. Amiti Sen, Journalist
19. Amiya Bagchi, Emeritus Professor, Institute of Development Studies Kolkata
20. Anamitra Roychowdhury, JNU
21. Andres Lazzarini, Goldsmiths University, London
22. Angus Deaton, Princeton University
23. Anita Dixit, Pratichi Institute
24. Anjana Thampi, IWWAGE, New Delhi
25. Anup Sinha Retired Professor of Economics IIM Calcutta
26. Anwar Shaikh, New School for Social Research
27. Arindam Banerjee, AUD, Delhi
28. Arjun Jayadev, Azim Premji University
29. Arthur MacEwan, University of Massachusetts Boston
30. Ashok Kotwal, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver
31. Ashwini Deshpande, Ashoka University
32. Astha Ahuja, University of Delhi
33. Atul Sood, JNU
34. Atul Sarma, Visiting Professor, ISID, New Delhi
35. Atulan Guha, IIM, Kashipur
36. Ayushya Kaul, Jamia Millia Islamia
37. Avinash Kumar, JNU
38. Awanish Kumar, St. Xavier's College, Mumbai
39. B Srujana, Tricontinental Institute for Social Research
40. Barbara Harriss-White, Emeritus Professor, Oxford University, and Emeritus Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford
41. Ben Fine, SOAS
42. Bhanoji Rao, Governing Board Member, GITAM and IFHE Universities
43. Bharat Ramaswami, ISI Delhi
44. Bibhas Saha, Durham University
45. Bindu Oberoi, University of Delhi
46. Biswajit Dhar, JNU
47. Byju, V, Thiruvananthapuram
48. C P Chandrasekhar, Retired Professor, JNU
49. C Saratchand, University of Delhi
50. Carlo Cafiero, Senior Statistician, FAO
51. Chalapati Rao KS, ISID, Delhi
52. Chirashree Das Gupta, JNU
53. Chris Baker, Editor, Siam Society
54. Chrostophe Jeffrelot, Sciences Po and King’s College London
55. D Narasimha Reddy, University of Hyderabad
56. D Narayana, Former Director, Gulati Institute of Finance and Taxation
57. Daniela Gabor, University of West England, Bristol
58. David Kotz, Professor Emeritus, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
59. Debabrata Pal, JNU
60. Debraj Ray, New York University
61. Deepak K Mishra, JNU
62. Dev Nathan, Institute for Human Development
63. Devaki Jain, ISST, New Delhi
64. Devika Dutt, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
65. Dilip Mookherjee, Boston University
66. Dinesh Abrol, ISID, Delhi
67. Dipa Sinha, AUD
68. Dipankor Coondoo, Retired Professor, ISI
69. Dipankar Dey, Dept of Business Management, Calcutta University
70. E. Ahmet Tonak, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
71. E Bijoykumar Singh, Manipur University
72. Emanuele Citera, The New School For Social Research
73. Farzana Afridi, ISI, Delhi
74. Francesco Saraceno, Sciences Po
75. Gaurav Khanna, University of California, San Diego
76. Giovanni Andrea Cornia, University of Florence
77. Hanjabam Isworchandra Sharma, Manipur University
78. Haroon Akram-Lodhi, Trent University, Canada
79. Hema Swaminathan, IIM Bangalore
80. Himanshu, JNU
81. Indra Nath Mukherji, JNU
82. Indraneel Dasgupta, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata
83. Indranil Chowdhury, University of Delhi
84. Indranil Mukhopadhyay, OP Jindal University
85. Ingrid Kvangraven, York University
86. Iqbal Singh, Akal University, Bathinda
87. Ishan Anand, Ambedkar University, Delhi
88. Ishita Mukhopadhyay, University of Calcutta
89. J. Mohan Rao, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
90. Jan Breman, University of Amsterdam
91. Jan Kregel, Levy Institute
92. Jason Hickel, Goldsmith College, London
93. Jayan Jose Thomas, Economist, New Delhi
94. Jayati Ghosh, JNU
95. Jens Lerche, SOAS
96. Jesim Pais, SSER
97. John Harriss, Professor Emeritus, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver
98. Jose Antonio Ocampo, Columbia University
99. Joydeep Baruah, OKD Institute of Social Change and Development, Guwahati
100. Kalyani Menon-Sen, Feminist Learning Partnerships
101. Kathleen McAfee, San Francisco State University
102. K J Joseph, Gulati Institute of Finance and Taxation
103. K N Harilal, Member, Kerala State Planning Board
104. K Nagaraj, Retired Professor, MIDS
105. K P Kannan, Retired Professor, CDS
106. K V Ramaswamy, IGIDR
107. Kumarjit Mandal, University of Calcutta
108. Kunibert Raffer, retired Associate Professor, University of Vienna
109. Lawrence King, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
110. Lucas Chancel, Co-Director, World Inequality Lab
111. M S Bhatta, Retired Professor, Jamia Millia Islamia
112. M S Sriram, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
113. M Vijayabaskar, MIDS
114. Maitreesh Ghatak, LSE
115. Mahalaya Chatterjee, Calcutta University
116. Malabika Majumdar, Retd. Professor, University of Delhi
117. Mandira Sarma, JNU
118. Martin Ravallion, Georgetown University
119. Mary E John, CWDS
120. Mira Shiva, Public Health Physician
121. Mridul Eapen, Member, Kerala State Planning Board
122. Mritiunjoy Mohanty, IIM, Kolkata
123. Mustafa ?zer, Anadolu University
124. Mwangi wa Githinji – University of Massachusetts, Amherst
125. Nalini Nayak, SEWA, Kerala
126. Naveed Ahmad, Department of higher education Jammu and Kashmir (cluster University Srinagar)
127. Narender Thakur, University of Delhi
128. Nisha Biswas, Scientist
129. Nishith Prakash, University of Connecticut
130. Nitin Sethi, Independent journalist
131. Oliver Braunschweig, The New School for Social Research
132. Padmini Swaminathan, independent researcher, Chennai
133. Parthapratim Pal, IIM Calcutta
134. Pasuk Phongpaichit, Professor, Faculty of Economics, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok
135. Prabhat Patnaik, Emeritus Professor, JNU
136. Pranab Bardhan, University of California, Berkeley
137. Pranab Kanti Basu, Retired Professor, Visva Bharati University
138. Praveen Jha, JNU
139. Priya Mukherjee, William & Mary, Virginia
140. Pulin B Nayak, Retired Professor of Economics, Delhi School of Economics
141. R Nagaraj, IGIDR
142. R Ramakumar, TISS
143. R V Ramana Murthy, University of Hyderabad
144. Ragupathy, Goldsmiths University, London
145. Rahul Roy, ISI, Delhi
146. Rajah Rasiah, University of Malaya
147. Rajesh Madan, Noida
148. Rajeswari Sengupta, IGIDR
149. Rajesh Bhattacharya, IIM, Kolkata
150. Rajiv Jha, University of Delhi
151. Rakesh Ranjan, University of Delhi
152. Ramaa Vasudevan, Colorado State University
153. Rammanohar Reddy, Editor, The India Forum, and Visiting Professor, Goa University
154. Ranjan Ray, Monash University
155. Ranjini Basu, Focus on the Global South
156. Ratan Khasnabis, Adamas University, and Retired Professor, Calcutta University
157. Ravindran Govindan, Laurie Baker Center for Habitat Studies, Trivandrum
158. Ritu Dewan, Director (retd), Dept of Economics, University of Mumbai
159. Rohit Azad, JNU
160. Romar Correa, University of Mumbai
161. Rosa Abraham, Azim Premji University
162. Runa Sarkar, IIM Calcutta
163. S Krithi, TISS, Hyderabad
164. Sagari R Ramdas, Food Sovereignty Alliance
165. Saikat Sinha Roy, Jadavpur University
166. Samarjit Das, ISI, Kolkata
167. Sanjay Reddy, The New School for Social Research
168. Santosh Das, ISID, New Delhi
169. Saradindu Bhaduri, JNU
170. Sarmistha Pal, Surrey Business School
171. Satish Deshpande, Delhi University
172. Satyaki Roy, ISID, Delhi
173. Saumyajit Bhattacharya, Delhi University
174. Seema Kulkarni, SOPPECOM, Pune
175. Servaas Storm, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
176. Shambhu Ghatak, Senior Associate Fellow, Inclusive Media for Change
177. Shantanu De Roy, TERI University
178. Shiney Chakraborty, ISST, New Delhi
179. Shipra Nigam, Consultant Economist, New Delhi
180. Shouvik Chakraborty, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
181. Shyjan Davis, University of Calicut
182. Siwan Anderson, Vancouver School of Economics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
183. Smita Gupta, Economist
184. Smitha Francis, ISID, New Delhi
185. Snehashish Bhattacharya, SAU
186. Sona Mitra, IWWAGE, New Delhi
187. Stefano Zambelli, Provincial University of Trento
188. Suchetana Chattopadhyay, Jadavpur University.
189. Subin Dennis, Tricontinental Institute for Social Research
190. Sudhir Kumar Suthar, JNU
191. Sudip Chaudhuri, IIM, Kolkata
192. Sudipta Bhattacharyya, Visva Bharati
193. Sujata Patel, NIS, Shimla
194. Sukanta Bhattacharya, University of Calcutta
195. Sushil Khanna, IIM, Kolkata
196. Sripad Motiram, University of Massachusetts Boston
197. Sunanda Sen, Retired Professor, JNU
198. Surajit Das, JNU
199. Surajit Mazumdar, JNU
200. Suresh Aggarwal, Former Professor, Department of Business Economics, University of Delhi
201. Suranjan Gupta, New Delhi
202. T Sabri ?ncü, Former Head of Research, CAFRAL
203. Takahiro Sato, Kobe University
204. Taposik Banerjee, Ambedkar University, Delhi
205. Thomas Piketty, Paris School of Economics
206. Upasak Das, University of Pennsylvania
207. Utsa Patnaik, Emerita Professor, JNU
208. Uttam Bhattacharya, Institute of Development Studies, Kolkata
209. Vamsi Vakulabharanam, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
210. Velupillai Kumaraswamy, former Professor, University of Trento and New School University
211. Venkatesh B Athreya, Professor of Economics (Retired), Bharathidasan University
212. Vikas Rawal, JNU
213. Yogendra Yadav, Swaraj India, and former member, UGC
214. Yoshifumi Usami, University of Tokyo
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Number of Kurdish parents protesting PKK reaches 57 as another family joins
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Another family on Thursday joined an ongoing protest by Kurdish families in front of the pro-PKK People's Democratic Party (HDP) headquarters in southeastern Turkey's Diyarbak?r province against PKK terrorists for the abduction of their children. With this addition, the number of families protesting against the PKK reached 57.
Mehmet Aytekin came from eastern Elaz?? province in hopes of finding his brother Hüseyin Aytekin, who was kidnapped four years ago.
"I don't think he went on his own free will. We spoke four months after he left. He didn't say where he was, just said he was alright. After that, we never spoke again," Aytekin told Anadolu Agency.
Aytekin joined the protest on its 80th day.
The sit-in has been ongoing since Sept. 3. Initially, a lone mother, Hacire Akar, started the protest in front of the offices of the HDP in Diyarbak?r in September. Akar wanted her 21-year-old son Mehmet Akar, who had been missing for three days after he was abducted by the PKK terrorist group, to be returned to her. Following her sit-in, and with the help of security forces in Diyarbak?r, Akar was finally reunited with her son.
"So many young people are dying in the mountains and in Syria for nothing. Not only my brother, but lots of young people are in this situation. I want my brother back," Aytekin said.
"We've been here for 80 days. We are anxiously waiting for our children. What happened to our children? We don't know if they're alive or dead," one of the mothers, Fatma Bing?l, said.
Bing?l joined the protest for her son, Tuncay Bing?l, who was kidnapped by PKK terrorists five years ago when he was 14 years old.
"I call on all the other parents: Support us and raise a voice for us. Everybody must defend their own rights. They should also come here to fight and ask for their own children. They should not be afraid of anything," she added.
Similar events have taken place in the past and have continued since the PKK launched its more than 30-year terror campaign against Turkey, which has led to the deaths of some 40,000 people, including women, children and infants. In 2011, families whose children were kidnapped by the PKK terrorist organization gathered for a sit-in protest in Diyarbak?r to show their discontent toward HDP officials.
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Centre clears strategic divestment in five PSUs
Our Bureau | Updated on November 20, 2019 Published on November 20, 2019
BPCL, Concor, Shipping Corp, NEEPCO and THDCIL to be sold
The Centre on Wednesday gave in-principle approval for strategic disinvestment of the government shareholding in five public sector enterprises along with management control.
These five PSUs are Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL); Shipping Corporation of India; Container Corporation of India; Tehri Hydro Power Development Corporation (THDCIL), and North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Ltd (NEEPCO).
Both THDCIL and NEEPCO will go to NTPC, which will acquire the government’s holding of 74.23 per cent and 100 per cent, respectively.
In the case of Concor, the Centre plans to sell 30.8 per cent while retaining 24 per cent.
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Numaligarh Refinery
Briefing newspersons on the Cabinet decisions, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Wednesday that in the case of BPCL, the government will carve out Numaligarh Refinery and ensure that the refinery will be retained by the government.
“In the case of BPCL, the strategic disinvestment will be for BPCL minus Numaligarh Refinery,” she said.
Meanwhile, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has also given in principle approval of bringing down government shareholding to below 51 per cent while retaining management control in select public sector enterprises.
This is a Budget announcement which is being implemented now.
Based on Wednesday’s closing price on the BSE, if the government offloads its entire stake in all the three listed companies (BPCL, Concor and SCI), it can earn over ?84,000 crore. As of now, the government holds 53.29 per cent stake in BPCL, 63.75 per cent in Shipping Corporation and 54.8 per cent in Concor.
Strategic disinvestment means offering stake along with control and management of the company. It could be offered to a private company or even to another CPSE.
Post approval by the CCEA, the government will initiate the formal process, which includes appointment of various advisors, approval at the board and shareholders’ level, obtaining clearances from regulators, inviting bids from potential investors and, finally, completing the transaction.
An Alternative Mechanism, which is an inter Ministerial body, will decide on the timing, price and quantum of shares to be put on the block for an outright sale.
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Sitharaman has already indicated that sale of BPCL will be completed by March 2020. Sale of other two is also expected to be completed soon. Sale of these companies is critical for achieving the disinvestment target of ?1.05 lakh crore, out of which only ?17,364.26 crore has been realised so far and there are only four months to garner the balance.
Published on November 20, 2019