MANY KILLED IN KYRGYZ LANDSLIDE
Kyrgyzstan, 24 people were killed in a landslide that swept over houses in a village in the south of the country early today.
Nine of the dead include children. An initial statement by Emergencies ministry reported that four people had died and at least 20 were missing.
MILLION REGISTERED COMPANIES NOT FILING RETURNS
The winding up procedure of private and Public limited are so stringent that the authorities may be including companies which are obsolete with technology outdated or government policy has turned the business of many companies to go inert need to classifies as most the MSME and big companies don’t file their income tax returns as there is no business and business activities are not happening or being stopped due to many reasons thus when within ten years no return is filed an Directors has given in writing that company has gone defunct then those companies must obviously be its artificial person designation may be written off from the ROC name clause. These small exercise can reduce the number of registered companies not filing returns. This matter was brought to the notice of Dr Jitendra Singh, Minister of State DONER (IC), PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Government of India.
This matter pertains with Finance Minister and Minister of Company affairs but the companies which go defunct due to technology defunct or change in policy of the government or certain notification then those companies when go inert then those companies need to be given creamy defunct status and within three year of their non filing of returns and business winding up must be made easy and fast.
Revenue Secretary Hasmukh Adhia has said that as many as 8-9 lakh registered companies not filing annual returns with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, are a potential source of money laundering.
Speaking at the Enforcement Day event in New Delhi today, Mr Adhia said, the task force set up by PMO is monitoring these companies every 15 days. He said, some of these companies have been given notices.
NICOLAS DUPONT ANNOUNCES SUPPORT FOR LE PEN
French presidential candidate Nicolas Dupont-Aignan announced today his support for right-winger Marine Le Pen and said he had signed a pact with her on a future government. Dupont-Aignan is the leader of the right-wing Debout la France (France Arise) party. He was knocked out of the presidential race after winning 4.7 percent of votes in the first round.
Marine Le Pen and centrist Emmanuel Macron came out on top in the first tour. Dupont-Aignan said that under the governance deal with Le Pen his policy proposals would be incorporated in her campaign. He also branded her rival Macron as a lobbyist of financiers and media.
50TH YEAR OF ADB
As you all know, Asian Development Bank (ADB), the multilateral bank based in Manila, Philippines, is celebrating 50 years of its establishment this year.
In the Asia-Pacific region, ADB has come up as the third largest source of financial investment, after the World Bank and Govt. of Japan. India is a founding member of ADB. From a mere total lending of $3 billion inits first decade (1966-76), ADB has grown to$123 billion dollars lending institution in the last decade.These lending were used to make mega projects across the countries, including India, resulting in serious loss of livelihood, displacement, irreversible damage caused to water, forest, land and community life wrought by its very concept of development and irresponsible and opaque investment.
The ADB actively propagated three main achievements in its 2015 Report:
(i) that the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the Asia-Pacific countries is one third of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the world,
(ii) an infant born in Asia today, shall live 25 years longer compared with the person born in 1960, and
(iii) in 2016 there would be a record loan of 8.3 billion in the private sector.
Furthermore, the Report claimed that the carbon emission in this area has been reduced to the half of the emission in the world.
The mid-term Survey of Strategy 2015 and 2020 of the ADB has however admitted that the Asia and Pacific region have been facing increasing inequalities in income and access to socio-economic opportunities. Increasing investment in infrastructural projects has failed in providing social security to the marginalized sections which includes labourers and women.
The mid-term Survey of Strategy 2015 and 2020 of the ADB has however admitted that the Asia and Pacific region have been facing increasing inequalities in income and access to socio-economic opportunities. Increasing investment in infrastructural projects has failed in providing social security to the marginalized sections which includes labourers and women.
While the official celebrations of 50 years will happen in Yokohama city, Japan from May 4-7, people’s movements and other civil society organisations in India have decided to hold over 50 actions of protest in different parts of the country, challenging the narrative of ADB about the successes of their lending and highlighting the enormous damage the lending has caused to people and environment.
ADB is only one of the many international financial institutions (IFIs) promoting a distorted development model. The World Bank, its private sector arm International Finance Corporation, the newly formed Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank and New Development Bank are other multilateral development banks investing in India. Apart from that bilateral institutions like Exim banks and foreign private banks invest in projects here.
The 50+ actions during the occasion of ADB’s 50 years is an opportunity to highlight the unsustainable model of lending by these undemocratic institutions. Further, the lack of transparency and accountability of them and the immunity that they enjoy in every country they invest are issues these 50+ actions are raising.
While Peoples’ Forum Against ADB, a platform of people’s movements and civil society organisations working on the impacts of international financing, is the one coordinating these 50+ events, the actions are organised by local organisations in a manner which is relevant to them, to highlight their struggles / issues and seek transparency and accountability from IFIs.
Apart from their investments these institutions have influenced to make changes policies of the government. Privatization of commons and public services are now beyond the reach of the public and regulation by democratic institutions have been weakened. In many states basic facilities like water and electricity have been privatized, and in this ADB and other IFIs have major contribution.
Whether it is ADB/World Bank or any public sector bank of the country,all financial institutions run on public money directly or indirectly. It is hard earned money of the public which has been invested in the banks or insurance companies.The banks have in turn loaned lakhs of crores rupees of public funds to mainly private companies, at cheap interest rates, which is basically money of the public being utilized for the devastating the people themselves.
Friends,we have to demand accountability from these institutions for their irresponsible and opaque investments of our money. The 50th year of ADB is an opportune moment to spread the struggle against financial institutions, international banks and the neo-liberal economic development model in general, all of which have failed the people completely.
During the 39th Annual Meeting of ADB in the year 2006 at Hyderabad, more than 100 trade unions, NGOs, social movements came together and a parallel Summit was organised to oppose ADB’s policies. The collective effort progressed with the formation of People’s Forum Against ADB which includes many member organisations from India and other Asian countries. This year, the protest actions are spread across the country against the increasing imprints of ADB’s inequitable and unjust development model. The actions planned at different places has overwhelmingly reached over 100 which were planned initially at 50 places, some planned by NAPM friends and comrades. The support and enthusiasm that is still prevalent among the people of the country resisting the attacks of financial institutions on their life and livelihood along with other issues will only motivate us to strengthen this struggle. We need to stand by them and show our solidarity.
We believe more friends of NAPM will participate and plan this kind of protest actions and strengthen the spirit of our other comrades. Hence let us raise our voice against the increasing attack on our fundamental rights and repression supported by these financial institutions. Let us participate in the resistance at local, regional, state and national level campaigns. Share your message of resistance on Facebook and Twitter through photos and videos and let’s make IFIs accountable.
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NEW BEIJING DIGITAL ART INSTITUTE TO PREPARE GAMES STUDENTS FOR ABERTAY UNIVERSITY<
A state-of-the-art new learning space will prepare Chinese computer games students for one of the world’s top postgraduate courses at Abertay University.
Abertay Principal and Vice-Chancellor Professor Nigel Seaton attended the unveiling of the new Pixseed Institute of Digital Art in Beijing, where students will train for five months before coming to Dundee to join the University’s MProf Games Development programme.
The visit on Thursday followed the signing of a cooperation agreement between Abertay and school owner Perfect World Education in December, with a view to furthering collaboration and cultural exchange between the two countries’ games sectors.
Pixseed opens as Abertay celebrates 20 years since becoming the first University in the world to offer computer games degrees, with a programme of events running on campus in Dundee throughout the year.
And just last month, Abertay’s MProf course was ranked inside the world’s top ten games courses by the prestigious Princeton Review, while undergraduate courses were rated best in Europe.
Prof Seaton said the five-month Master of Professional Practice in Games Development Orientation Programme (MPPOP) in Beijing would provide Chinese students with the ideal preparation for entering Abertay.
He added: “Pixseed is a fantastic resource and acts as a tangible marker of the growing collaboration between Abertay University and Perfect World, as well as reflecting the strength of collaboration between the UK and China in Higher Education.
“Abertay’s MProf programme was recently ranked in the global top ten for postgraduate computer games courses, indicating the outstanding quality of teaching and support that students joining us from Beijing can expect to receive.
“I am confident that the creative industries of both countries are well placed for further success as we continue to share our talent and expertise, and to grow together.”
Pixseed is a talent incubator that focuses on digital art fields such as games, comics and animation, TV and movies to cultivate talent in design, research and development and management.
All courses will use classic games as case studies in teaching and practicing and students will get internship opportunities in Perfect World Education and its affiliated companies, as well as other enterprises.
Pixseed was unveiled during a ceremony attended by President of Perfect World Education Investment Co. Ltd Wang Yuyun and representatives from the Chinese games and animation industry.
Wang Yuyun said: “We have experience in judging the job market and we know how to train a suitable talent.
“And more importantly, we are able to integrate top-class digital innovation education resources from across the world, and that is why we are fully confident in the future of Pixseed.”
The MPPOP is Perfect World’s first education programme and the company is focusing on developing talent with an international outlook for the Chinese market.
M6.8 – MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES
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VITAMIN D AWARENESS CAMPAIGN WITH TV STAR ANUP SONI GOES VIRAL ON SOCIAL MEDIA!
New Delhi / National, April 28, 2017: VitaminDguru.com, the popular website promoting awareness of Vitamin D recently launched its awareness campaign with TV star Anup Soni across social media. The awareness campaign has been released online across VitaminDguru.com’s Facebook page, YouTube channel and other social media channels to a phenomenal response by the viewers. The films have racked up total views of over 2.5 lakhs in the brief time since the launch.
A delighted Anup Soni said, “I am thrilled to be associated with such a noble cause. This campaign highlighting the importance of Vitamin D and various serious outcomes associated with its deficiency has reached so many people in such a short time! I hope that the films will create awareness about the problems caused by deficiency of Vitamin D and would lead the viewers to take appropriate steps.”
This series of films in this social awareness initiative has Anup Soni, the popular TV star from serials like ‘Balika Vadhu’ and ‘CID’, who is currently anchoring the reality crime TV serials ‘Crime Patrol’, informing viewers about the importance of Vitamin D, its prevailing deficiency among people and the health issues resulting from it.
In the first film, Anup Soni has highlighted the fact that every day, crores of people are committing a crime on their body by not being aware that they can be suffering from deficiency of Vitamin D. The second film has him shocked about the fact that over 90% of Indians have Vitamin D deficiency. In the third film, Anup Soni informs viewers to be aware of the possibility that 4 out of 5 members of their families can be deficient in Vitamin D, especially in growing children and senior citizens.
This is Vitamin D Guru’s first awareness campaign that has Anup Soni, a leading TV star in taking the message about Vitamin D deficiency to the public. Vitamin D deficiency is a looming problem for society and the financial burden arising from the problems related to it needs to be addressed and create awareness. This campaign will reach out to the public and help them to be aware of and battle Vitamin D deficiency which is a silent threat.”
The public service films are based on scientific and medical research available that show the harmful effects of deficiency of Vitamin D with the aim of creating awareness of the importance of Vitamin D in the general population and make the viewers conscious of the harmful effects of its deficiency.
The films can be viewed on –
Film 1
Film 2
About Vitamin D Guru
Vitamin D Guru is a public service initiative started in 2014. Over the past two years, with its digital arm www.vitamindguru.com, the initiative has continuously provided educational and awareness related information with respect to the importance of Vitamin D and the harmful effects which may be caused due to its deficiency. Vitamin D (commonly known as the “the sunshine vitamin”) is important for good overall health and strong and healthy bones amongst a host of other health benefits. A significant population globally is Vitamin D deficient or insufficient hence its awareness is of paramount importance.
GAURAV GILL SPEEDS UP FOR EARLY LEAD DURING APRC 2017 ROUND 1 IN WHANGAREI
New Delhi, April 28, 2017: India’s Gaurav Gill of Team MRF Tyres, the defending champion, put the hammer down with a scorching night run of the Super Special Stage and led team-mate Ole Christian Veiby by 2.5 seconds as the International Rally of Whangarei, the first round of the FIA Asia Pacific Rally Championship got underway here on Friday.
Gill along with co-driver Stephane Prevot came up with an imperious drive during the two loops of the 1Km long Super Special Stage that was also used for the morning’s shakedown where APRC debutant Veiby was the quickest. However, in the night run, it was Gill all the way as he clocked one minute, 49.2 seconds while Veiby had 01:51.7, well clear of third placed Jan Ketomaa (Ville Mannisenmaki) of Mpart Sport (01:52.9).
After the shakedown session, Gill expressed satisfaction even as he shrugged off Veiby being quicker than him, albeit by five-tenths of a second, and reiterated his confidence going into the new APRC season after having dominated last year when he won all six rounds of the championship.
“I am hoping it would rain tomorrow, not much, but just enough so that it will help us. Our MRF tyres have been working well and a bit of rain will be to our advantage,” said Gill during the pre-event press conference that followed the shakedown session.
The picture-postcard beautiful region did experience mild showers in the afternoon, but the skies cleared by the time the Super Special Stage commenced after the ceremonial flag-off.
With a cushion of 2.5 seconds, Gill hopes to build on the early momentum on Saturday when the rally moves north to run two loops of four Special Stages which the two-times champion is only too familiar with unlike Veiby, a regular in the World Rally Championship–2, and who is breaking new ground in this regional series.
Provisional classification (after Super Special Stage): 1. Gaurav Gill / Stephane Prevot (Team MRF Tyres, Skoda Fabia R5) (1min, 49.2secs); 2. Ole Christian Veiby / Stig Rune Skjærmoen (Team MRF Tyres, Skoda Fabia R5) (01:51.7); 3. Jan Ketomaa / Ville Mannisenmaki (Mpart Sport, Mitsubishi Mirage) (01:52.9).
ADR’S 13TH ANNUAL NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ELECTORAL AND POLITICAL REFORMS
Punjab and Haryana Election Watch to Host ADR’s 13th Annual National Conference on Electoral and Political Reforms
Chandigarh, April 28th, 2017: Punjab & Haryana Election Watch (P&H EW) today announced the 13th Annual National Conference on Electoral and Political Reforms of Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and National Election Watch (NEW) at a Press Conference held at Press Club, Chandigarh. This two-day event will be held on April 29th and 30th, 2017 at the Golden Jubilee Hall, Panjab University, Chandigarh.
Mr. Jaskirat Singh, trustee ADR and Mr. Parvinder Singh Kittna, state coordinator Punjab Election Watch (PEW) gave an overview of the two reports which were being presented at the press conference. At the Press Conference, two reports (attached) were released on ‘Analysis of Election Expenditure Statements of MLAs Punjab Assembly Elections, 2017’ and ‘Analysis of Sources of Funding of Major Political Parties of Punjab FY 2004-05 to 2014-15 (11 years)’.
Discussing the report, Prof Trilochan Sastry, Founder Trustee, ADR & NEW, said “voters should not vote for candidates who try to bribe them for votes as they will only be focusing on getting that money back and more, once they are elected. Prof. Sastry informed the press that there needs to be a systematic change in the way political parties function today. They have to be 100 percent transparent and accountable and the right step in moving towards that direction would be for the political parties to adhere to the CIC ruling and come under the ambit of the RTI.
The Chief Election Commissioner, Dr. Nasim Zaidi, will be inaugurating the National Conference and will give the key note address as the Chief Guest on 29th April, 2017. Representatives of the National Election Watch from each state chapter, members of political parties, government institutions and academicians will be present to deliberate on issues related to electoral and political reform in the country.
LUV-KUSH RAMLILA BOLLYWOOD ACTORS TO REVEAL THEIR RAMLEELA CHARACTERS
PRESS INVITATION
LuvKush Ramlila Committee cordially invites
You to attend the cover of Press conference and to share
with you the uniqueness of
with you the uniqueness of
LUV-KUSH RAMLILA
(Bollywood actors to reveal their Ramleela characters)
(Bollywood actors to reveal their Ramleela characters)
Guests:
– Manoj Tiwari (BJP President & Bhojpuri Superstar)
– Anup Jalota (Singer & Musician)
– Asrani (film actor)
– Shankar Sahni (Singer)
– Ashok Aggarwal (Chairman of Ramlila Committee)
Time : 11:30 a.m.
Date : 30th April, 2017 (Sunday)
Venue : Constitution Club of India, Rafi Marg
Date : 30th April, 2017 (Sunday)
Venue : Constitution Club of India, Rafi Marg
NEW BEIJING DIGITAL ART INSTITUTE TO PREPARE GAMES STUDENTS FOR ABERTAY UNIVERSITY
A state-of-the-art new learning space will prepare Chinese computer games students for one of the world’s top postgraduate courses at Abertay University.
Abertay Principal and Vice-Chancellor Professor Nigel Seaton attended the unveiling of the new Pixseed Institute of Digital Art in Beijing, where students will train for five months before coming to Dundee to join the University’s MProf Games Development programme.
The visit on Thursday followed the signing of a cooperation agreement between Abertay and school owner Perfect World Education in December, with a view to furthering collaboration and cultural exchange between the two countries’ games sectors.
Pixseed opens as Abertay celebrates 20 years since becoming the first University in the world to offer computer games degrees, with a programme of events running on campus in Dundee throughout the year.
And just last month, Abertay’s MProf course was ranked inside the world’s top ten games courses by the prestigious Princeton Review, while undergraduate courses were rated best in Europe.
Prof Seaton said the five-month Master of Professional Practice in Games Development Orientation Programme (MPPOP) in Beijing would provide Chinese students with the ideal preparation for entering Abertay.
He added: “Pixseed is a fantastic resource and acts as a tangible marker of the growing collaboration between Abertay University and Perfect World, as well as reflecting the strength of collaboration between the UK and China in Higher Education.
“Abertay’s MProf programme was recently ranked in the global top ten for postgraduate computer games courses, indicating the outstanding quality of teaching and support that students joining us from Beijing can expect to receive.
“I am confident that the creative industries of both countries are well placed for further success as we continue to share our talent and expertise, and to grow together.”
Pixseed is a talent incubator that focuses on digital art fields such as games, comics and animation, TV and movies to cultivate talent in design, research and development and management.
All courses will use classic games as case studies in teaching and practicing and students will get internship opportunities in Perfect World Education and its affiliated companies, as well as other enterprises.
Pixseed was unveiled during a ceremony attended by President of Perfect World Education Investment Co. Ltd Wang Yuyun and representatives from the Chinese games and animation industry.
Wang Yuyun said: “We have experience in judging the job market and we know how to train a suitable talent.
“And more importantly, we are able to integrate top-class digital innovation education resources from across the world, and that is why we are fully confident in the future of Pixseed.”
The MPPOP is Perfect World’s first education programme and the company is focusing on developing talent with an international outlook for the Chinese market.
CAIT PLANS TO LAUNCH DIGITAL RATH
CAIT plans to launch Digital Rath for faster adoption of GST and Digital Payments
~~Digi Varta National Campaign to be launched on May 01, 2017~~
New Delhi, April 28, 2017: The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) plans to launch a Digital Rath for encouraging adoption of GST & digital payment among trading community & other verticals of non-corporate sector. This would be a part of its 60 days “Digi Varta” national campaign, to be launched in the Country on 1st May, 2017 which will continue till 30 June, 2017. The announcement was made at a two days National Conference of trade leaders held at New Delhi which concluded today. Payment technology global major MasterCard, lead bankers of the Country HDFC Bank & Tally Solutions Limited, premier Accounting Software Company of India shall be part of the Digi Varta Campaign. More than 150 prominent trade leaders from 27 States & Union Territories attended the Conference.
CAIT National President Mr. B.C.Bhartia said that the campaign will help traders to adopt digital payments and meet the deadline of July 1, 2017 to transit from the current taxation system to the new Goods & Service Tax (GST) regime. To enable small enterprises realise the benefits of digitalisation and adopt technology at a fast pace 6 Zonal Conferences will be held at New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Nagpur, Banglore & Guwahati will be held followed State level Conferences in each State. The campaign will include market camps, seminars and workshops to be organised in close vicinity of small traders by Master Trainers* being trained by CAIT in association with its partners.
CAIT Secretary General Mr. Praveen Khandelwal informed that a special feature of this campaign will be the introduction of a “DIGITAL RATH” to be continuously driven through various geographies of the country to educate and empower small business and the trading community on enhanced adoption of digital payments and consequently realise seamless transition to GST tax regime, benefitting last mile delivery of key objectives of the Union Government.
Both Mr. Bhartia & Mr. Khandelwal further said that through the launch of this national campaign in association with Mastercard, HDFC Bank and Tally Solutions, we strive to provide GST related hardware and software, financed through a special loan to help small businesses embrace digital payments and GST taxation system. CAIT stays committed to redress the challenges being faced by our traders including education amongst traders, incentives for adoption of technology, availability of affordable tools etc. to trigger transition to modernise business operations and procedures, benefitting industry at large.”
*About Master Trainers
CAIT, in association with Mastercard, launched a campaign in the year 2015 to train trade leaders as “Master Trainers” and has organised more than 100 training conferences in 2015 and 2016, including workshops in over 30 cities across the country through which they were successful in reaching out to over 5 lakh traders. This was further expanded with CAIT’s partnership with Tally Solutions and launch of “Mission GST” in the year 2016 under which more than 5,000 trade leaders were educated and empowered across the country as master trainers to further impart knowledge of GST in their respective states and cities.
‘INDIA AND THE WORLD: FROM IDEALISM TO REALPOLITIK ‘
NMML Invitation_’India and the World: From Idealism to Realpolitik ‘_Ms. Suhasini Haidar_ 03.00 pm
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