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Opinion NEW DELHI TIMES United Nations being swayed by Pakistan false propaganda on Kashmir stated, “The issue of (Jammu and Kashmir) Turkish President Erdogan on Pakistan soil fault to believe in Pakistan-fed rhetoric. ◆ By NDT Pakistan Bureau that needs to be addressed is that of vacation seeking support for Kashmir. Guterres knows well that until and unless @NewDelhiTimes of the territories illegally and forcibly the pre-conditions of the UN resolutions occupied by Pakistan.” Kumar continued, Guterres said, “We have taken position about the are followed rest of the agreements on those [email protected] “Further issues, if any, would be discussed need for Security Council’s resolutions to resolutions have no value. India has said bilaterally. There is no role or scope for be implemented for effective de-escalation many times about mediation before. n February 16, on a tour to Pakistan, while third party mediation.” He hoped that “without clarifying who this “We” referred O speaking at a joint press conference in Gutteres will “emphasise on the imperative to”.” He talked of respect for human rights Islamabad with Pakistan Foreign Minister Pakistan is on a sponsoring spree-first for Pakistan to take credible, sustained and and “continental freedom in Jammu & Shah Mahmood Qureshi, the United Nations Erdogan and now Guterres-inviting to irreversible action to put an end to cross- Kashmir” and free movement of people Secretary-General Antonio Guterres offered Islamabad and extracting quotes of choice. border terrorism against India”. in Indian side as it has in Pakistan’s side. mediation on the Kashmir issue, calling for The dignitaries should avoid being mules Guterres also asked for free access to the available on hire. If Pakistan continues in resolution to the dispute by honouring the Guterres is blissfully unaware that Pakistan UN Military Observers Group in India and UN Security Council resolutions. is continuing a “proxy war” against India by this manner and does not mend its ways, the Pakistan (UNMOGIP). He was “deeply Indus Water Treaty 1961 could be next on concerned” and repeatedly stressed “the line. importance of exercising maximum restraint” along the Line of Control. The UN is a world body which represents the international community and should behave India’s objection was firm, crisp, loud and rationally rather than being one-sided. clear on Kashmir. The UN Chief has limited Its creditability can’t be ensured when its understanding of Kashmir and should focus leader is so hair-brained to keep the largest on Pakistan. The sooner he understands the democracy out from the decision. The UN better. Nobody, not even the UN Chief, can must get to ground realities and hear India separate Kashmir from India. What is there as well. Otherwise its authority, at least to mediate about? The UN resolution states whatever is still left out, will erode further. that it is Pakistan which has to pull its troops Nowadays, it struggles to collect annual first from Kashmir. Photo Credit : Getty Images subscriptions. India has been assiduously Guterres also offered his role as a mediator “backing militants” in Kashmir killing tens Guterres should have better stayed neutral paying its dues much ahead of times. saying his “good offices” could be used for of thousands of people in recent decades. and avoided partisan politics which has this purpose. On India-Pakistan relations, Pakistan is the epicentre of world terror but already eroded his credibility. Making loose Pakistan can’t just go to every country/ he stressed the need for de-escalation-both repeatedly denies the charge. statements to please people he visits on organization begging for Kashmir. Back in militarily as well as verbally. issues of international ramifications is naive. 1947, it snatched half of Kashmir through There have been offers in the past for The UN Chief has no power and mandate military deception and brute force and now Late in the evening, the same day, India mediation on the Kashmir dispute. In July to advise any member country. That power harbours evil intentions to snatch the rest promptly rejected his offer for mediation 2019, US President Donald Trump had rests only with the UNSC. through diplomatic deception. Pakistan won’t saying that “there is no role or scope for third expressed his willingness to mediate and get Kashmir. Excluding India from the UN party mediation”. The Ministry of External repeated the offer. Two days before Guterres’ Pakistan has been feeding visiting dignitaries could hinder multilateralism and it will not Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Raveesh Kumar offer, Pakistan extracted a statement from with lots of rhetoric for decades. It is Guterres’ bode well for international world order. Uprising in Canada. Who’s responsible? by these make-believe proletariats, play- ◆ By Tarek Fatah Author & Columnist, Canada acting the Bolshevik Revolution at CP rail intersections. These wannabe revolutionaries @TarekFatah have aligned themselves with five Wet’suwet’en [email protected] hereditary chiefs opposed to the pipeline, and not the 13,000 Indigenous British anada and its economy are being held Columbians represented by all the band C hostage by segments of our First councils that support it. Nations who justifiably feel slighted by what they claim is a lack of respect over centuries If the logic of our revolutionary activists that today has crystalized into the blockades was taken to its logical extreme, would these of our rail networks. protestors want Canada’s own ‘hereditary Ostensibly the blockades are in solidarity chiefs’, represented by the Queen, to with First Nations directly impacted by overrule the agreements signed by Ottawa the Coastal GasLink pipeline in British and voted on by the Canadian Parliament? Columbia. However, the inconvenient One would have expected Canada’s Photo Credit : Getty Images fact is that all 20 First Nations along the professional protestors to have sided with not going to talk with a gun pointed to our First Nations have kept everyone apart. pipeline route have signed agreements with the elected leaders of the Wet’suwet’en first heads.” Break down the walls to put an end to the the pipeline company through their elected nation. But they did not. Instead they back Oka standoff as well as the Wet’suwet’en band councils and thousands of Indigenous the unelected self-appointed Hereditary The essence one gathered from his remarks crisis. people support the project. Chiefs. On Monday Canadians got a was that he had nothing against the merits of As a start, let our Aboriginal and Indigenous chance to hear one such chief on CBC TV, the pipeline but felt insulted and humiliated One can understand the rift between members brothers and sisters own their own land and Hereditary Chief Frank Alec Woos of the that the elected Band Council members were of our First Nations – some who back their homes on reserves, while retaining all the Wet’suwet’en First Nation, as he reluctantly consulted, but not unelected chiefs. elected leaders versus those who follow the rights they have as First Nations. Putting engaged in a conversation with CBC host un-elected hereditary chiefs. But what about The larger question that has gone First Nations in Communist-style collectives Vassy Kapelos. the non-aboriginal protesters, aptly labelled unaddressed since the Indian Act of 1876 while the rest of us enjoy the benefits of by Conservative leader Andrew Scheer as and the 1948 UN Declaration of Universal Asked if he had had any talks with Ottawa building wealth and equity in our homes is “radical activists,” many of whom have no Human Rights is this: For how long will or the provincial NDP government of a travesty. connection to the Wet’suwet’en? Activists, we Canadians allow the Aboriginal and Premier John Horgan, Chief Woos said: As for unelected Hereditary Chiefs having Scheer reminded us, who have the luxury of Indigenous peoples, on whose land we have “I think this time the governments, the a veto over decisions made by elected Band spending days at a time at a blockade. built our great country, to live in poverty and federal government is desperate to talk to Councils, imaging if the Queen as hereditary be over-represented in incarceration? When Scheer referred to such full-time the hereditary chiefs… They are picking monarch of Canada possessed the same veto protesters as “privileged”, there was an outcry and choosing. No talks just yet… We are For too long we as well as the leaders of over our elected parliament. Think about it. www.NewDelhiTimes.com India’s only International Newspaper

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Editorial NEW DELHI TIMES Hafiz Saeed’s conviction: Is Pakistan sincere? heavy cost on the arch-enemy India. The proxies ◆ By Dr. Ankit Srivastava also slapped huge costs on Pakistan that was Chief Editor unaffordable for the terror country. These @AnkitNDT terror incidents spawned innumerable hassles [email protected] for Pakistan. The UN listed Hafiz Saeed as a terrorist and problems cascaded thereafter. n February 12, a Pakistan court gave O the verdict against Jamaat-ud-Dawa These terrorists have been involved in foreign supremo, Hafiz Saeed on the terror financing theatres, and the ensuing opprobrium it has cases. This is a major development as Pakistan brought for Pakistan. The LeT/JuD fighters is being forced by the FATF to dismantle the have also contributed to instability within active militant infrastructure. Pakistan in connivance with the Afghan Saeed remained the driving force behind Taliban, Punjabi Taliban and Al Qaeda. It Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) before moving on should be a welcome news for Pakistan that to establish JuD. The Kashmir-centric LeT Saeed has been sent to prison. Strangely was formed when the Afghan jihad was enough in Pakistan, the militant groups are winding down in the late 1980s and rose proscribed while their leaders and cadres (or fell?) to become one of the deadliest and continue to operate as per routine. The most violent and well-organised militant sentencing of Hafiz Saeed should now help change this situation. outfits in South Asia. Photo Credit : Getty Images initiative is too little, too late whereas getting to repeat them again and adopting sincere steps Saeed’s lawyer blamed that his conviction Post 9/11, the Musharraf administration rid of the terror network has become a must for to eliminate terrorism will help build trust and was a result of FATF “pressure” in view outlawed many jihadi and sectarian groups, Pakistan’s survival. normalize relationship with India. of its upcoming meeting. The government but they continued to operate with mere and security establishment are having a change of names. Unfortunately, Pakistan’s Hafiz Saeed’s arrest is certainly the most Hafiz Saeed needs to be investigated belated realisation that nurturing such jihadi infrastructure, so assiduously built welcome development. But the intentions of rigorously until he reveals the truth on its violent snakes in their courtyard has been under General Zia-ul-Haq’s watch, has yet Pakistan government’s, as well as the timing support base. Pakistan likes to outsource a dangerous policy and must end. Pakistan to be dismantled. Pakistan must ensure that of the decision, are certainly questionable. some dirty work. Saeed was exactly doing this won’t concede but must realise that using no armed groups espousing violence within The FATF pressure has played a big role in outsourced work. Now he needs to be sent to militant actors as tools of foreign policy has or outside are allowed to operate which will this. Anyhow, it is better late than never. If India for the trial of 9/11 terror attack. been a failed strategy. The top leadership in jeopardise its standing externally, and the Pakistan is genuinely interested in cleaning Islamabad understand this. peace domestically. the house and not trying to hoodwink The international community does not the world, it must sincerely endeavour to believe Pakistan and has absolutely no trust Once, the world powers supported the use Pakistan has encircled the terror master- get off the FATF watch-list. That would in its statements or assurances while it easily of religious militants against state or non- mind definitely out of fear of the FATF assure India and be a step in the direction reposes trust on other much smaller and state opponents. Today all nations publicly compliance. The world will wait to see of everlasting peace. These steps will change insignificant nations. And this is what the shy away from this strategy. The proxies had Pakistan’s strategy after the FATF team leaves mind-set, attitude and help progress further. terror-promoter country has achieved over tremendous nuisance value and imparted Pakistan soil. As things stand now, Islamabad’s Acknowledging past mistakes, resolving never last seven decades. New ‘START’ talks must include China development might threaten the US more administration is adopting the same tactic nuclear arsenal and committed to non-first- ◆ By NDT Special Bureau than Russia hence America is keen to contain toward START. use of nuclear weapons. Beijing blames that @NewDelhiTimes China’s strategic arms adventures. strategic greed of the US is pushing China Washington intends to build another nuclear to participate in the US-Russia nuclear [email protected] The US seeks Russia’s endorsement of pact that includes China with the objective disarmament and the American strategy is China’s inclusion but this tactic could drive S National Security Adviser Robert a wedge between Beijing and Moscow and U O’Brien said that the US and Russia jeopardize their comprehensive strategic would “start negotiations soon on arms partnership. China won’t agree to participate control, on the nuclear issue”. The two in any trilateral arms control negotiations. powers brace up for deadline of February Its categorical refusal will provide the US 5, 2021, to extend the Strategic Arms another excuse on the failure of the talks. Reduction Treaty (New START)-the last remaining agreement binding their nuclear Beijing contends that its arsenal is one-fifth arsenals-while the international community the size of Washington’s and Moscow’s hopes for its renewal. hence does not warrant limitations and control. Russian Foreign Minister blamed The US formally withdrew from the Intermediate- the US of evading serious discussion and Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty in August making public discouraging signals on 2019, disregarding domestic and international the future of START. He took the US’ Photo Credit : Getty Images opposition. Trump administration was questioned precondition on China’s participation as an to restrain China from developing its due to the difference of magnitude between and slammed both inside and outside the open provocation. strategic nuclear forces. Washington hopes the US’ and China’s strategic nuclear force. US for leading to a more dangerous world. to exert pressure on Beijing with the help of If China’s nuclear warheads were in the Negotiating with Russia on the New START The original START was signed in 1991. The Moscow and Western public opinion. thousands, the US will never conduct such offers Washington a moral high ground to New START i.e. START 2.0 was signed in frivolous “free navigation” in the South refurbish its image of a peacenik through the 2010 limiting the deployed strategic nuclear In the INF treaty, Russia had rejected the US China Sea and its moves in the Taiwan election campaign. warheads to 1,550-a two-thirds reduction offer to include China in the talks. The US Straits would be more restrained. from the original. It expires in 2021 and intends to include China to the New START Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov agreement with Russia is unlikely before the as it restricts the number of warheads and Moscow has offered Washington “any stated in the US in December 2019, that Presidential election. Trump’s sole focus is nuclear missile launchers the countries option” to extend the New START expiring Moscow was ready to extend the New on re-election. could own. on February 5, 2021. The fate of the treaty START at the earliest. O’Brien’s February -effectively the last instrument of control statement is the US response that paves the The US has neither publicly expressed the China has never made public the number of over the strategic offensive arms of Russia way for buck-passing and offers an excuse resolve to extend the agreement, nor offered its warheads though it is never comparable and the United States-is in the hands of the if negotiations break. Nobody would then a plan of extension. That makes the US with the US and Russia. On warheads, the two countries. blame America. The US’ roping in of China intent to break the existing system of arms US has 6,450, Russia 6,490 and China 280 into trilateral negotiations for limiting control and the current strategic balance and carries out the strategic nuclear program The new START, to be more relevant and strategic weapons and weakening latter’s of nuclear powers very apparent. After undeterred. China has undertaken a massive appropriate for world peace, must include strategic deterrence is a masterful and withdrawing from the Intermediate-Range and rapid development of its military China. Otherwise, it will be redundant even strategic gambit. China’s future military Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, the Trump strength in recent years, with low-level by the end of the current decade.

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International NEW DELHI TIMES International Political Scenario of the Week supporters and security forces or rival ◆ By NDT Bureau political supporters. @NewDelhiTimes [email protected] Argentina Afghanistan From February 26 to February 28, the state teachers’ union, the Sindicato Unido de Trabajadores de la Educación (SUTE), has Five months after Afghanistan’s Presidential called for a protest demanding improved Election, the country’s top electoral body working conditions and pay rises in Argentina’s declared incumbent President Ashraf Ghani Mendoza Province. The situation will remain a winner for a second term while his top peaceful with traffic disruptions being a rival Abdullah Abdullah’s team called the possibility. decision “illegal” and declared Abdullah the winner. “This announcement is unacceptable. In extreme case, the police may resort to using We stand against it. We will use all options tear gas and water cannon to disperse the on the table,” Faridoon Khwazoon, the protestors. spokesman of Abdullah’s election, team told Italy against the Ministry of National Education RFE/RL’s Pashto language Radio Azadi. Iraq to demand improved working conditions. Several unions have called on airport Protest marches involving hundreds of union There is a strong possibility of protests On February 19, Prime Minister-elect Mohammad employees to hold a 24-hour nationwide members are likely in Casablanca, Fez, by Abdullah supporters involving road Tawfiq Allawi finalised his Cabinet and stated strike on February 25, from 00:01 until Rabat, Inezgane, Marrakech and Tangier. blockades by hundreds of people around the that Parliament will hold a confidence vote 23:59. The strike is a protest against unfair electoral body’s main office in the capital on February 24. Protesters have unequivocally competition and wage dumping. The strike The Moroccan Social Front union umbrella Kabul and its regional offices in northern rejected Allawi as part of anti-establishment action is expected to cause disruption to group has also planned a demonstration on provinces – most notably Badghis, Baghlan, protests which began on October 1, 2019. hundreds of flights at Italian airports, leading February 23, in Casablanca for improved Balkh, Faryab, and Sar-e-Pul. Although Against this decision, tens of thousands to delays and cancellations. rights and basic services, and the national protests are likely to be largely peaceful, of protesters are likely to gather in central Morocco union of prefects will launch a strike and some participants will probably carry small- Baghdad to denounce his Cabinet. The risk protest on February 26, in front of the Ministry arms, increasing the risk of localised and of violence between protestors and security Three education-sector unions have called of Economy and Finance in Rabat. There is a sporadic gun battles involving Abdullah police is high. for strikes and protests on 20–26 February high probability of traffic disruptions. UAE resumes postal services Turkey’s intervention with Qatar The resumption of indirect postal services in Libyan crisis By NDT Bureau ◆ on February 9, 2020, can be seen as a result Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, @NewDelhiTimes of the UN Universal Postal Union (UPU) ◆ By NDT Bureau French President Emmanuel Macron on held at its headquarters in Switzerland on January 29, accused his Turkish counterpart, [email protected] @NewDelhiTimes January 29, 2020. The meeting was attended Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, of sending arms by postal representatives from Qatar and [email protected] n a major decision that signified a thaw the four boycotting nations. No reason for in relations between the United Arab n January 2, 2020, a motion sanctioning I the change was provided by the Emirates Emirates and Qatar, the former decided to the deployment of armed forces to Post after consultation on 29 January with O resume its postal services to Qatar, for the Libya was passed in the Turkish Parliament the Universal Postal Union-the United first time since the start of the blockade with a 325-184 vote. The motion gave Nations agency tasked with co-ordinating of Qatar in June 2017, as a result of Gulf Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan a global post-and there was no indication Arab political dispute. It may be recalled one-year mandate to send armed forces in that the resumption of services would be that on June 5, 2017, Bahrain, the UAE, support of Libya’s internationally recognized reciprocated by Qatar or any of the other Saudi Arabia and Egypt announced they will Government of National Accord (GNA). boycott states. Photo Credit : Getty Images sever ties with Qatar accusing it of funding Turkish Vice-President Fuat Oktay said the and Syrian fighters to Libya. In response, terrorism and extremist groups. bill would be valid for one year, but gave The policy change by the United Arab Turkey’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson no details about the scale of the potential Emirates is unlikely to prompt a further accused France of having energy ambitions military deployment. “We are ready. Our relaxation of the boycott. It is also very and of being behind Libya’s instability since armed forces and our Defence Ministry are unlikely that the Qatari leadership will the 2011 NATO intervention that ended ready,” Oktay said. consider the resumption of postal services the Ghadaffi regime. “The main (actor) from the UAE to be a gesture sufficient In November 2019, Turkey signed a defence responsible for the problems in Libya since enough to prompt Qatar to comply with co-operation memorandum with the GNA. the crisis started in 2011 is France,” Turkish the post-boycott demands of the UAE, The agreement allowed the provision of Foreign Ministry spokesman Hami Aksoy Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Egypt (GC3+1), training, consultancy, experience transfer, said in a statement. “It’s no secret that this namely that Qatar respond to GC3+1 planning and material support by Turkey country has given unconditional support to accusations of interference in the domestic for the establishment of Quick Reaction (military strongman Khalifa) Haftar in order affairs of the boycott states and reduce Force covering the police and military to have a say regarding natural resources in support for terrorism finance. responsibilities in Libya. If requested, it also Libya,” he added. envisages the establishment of a joint Office of The Qatari Minister of Foreign Affairs, Defence and Security Cooperation in Turkey Turkey’s intervention is part of a multi- Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, and Libya with enough experts and personnel. faceted strategy encompassing the military, Photo Credit : Getty Images stated publicly at the Munich Security intelligence, development, and commercial Qatari diplomats were given 48 hours to Conference on 15 February that discussions Libya has been in the midst of a crisis sectors, seeking to expand Turkey’s trans- return to their country while Qatari nationals for normalisation with the GC3+1 had since 2011 when Ghaddafi was killed. The Mediterranean power projection. Prior to the and visitors were told to pack up and leave been suspended at the end of January 2020. Libyan National Army (LNA) of General outbreak of the February 2011 revolution, within two weeks. “It’s been almost three years,” Mohammed Khalifa Haftar, endorsed by Tobruk’s House Turkey’s interests in Libya were focused bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani said at the of Representatives, is backed by Russia, on strengthening its economic interest. The The boycotting nations set 13 demands, Munich Security Conference. “We were France, Egypt, and most Gulf Arab states. shift to direct military intervention has both including closing Al Jazeera television, the not perpetrators and are open to any offer They oppose the Tripoli-based Government geopolitical and ideological connotations. most-watched news channel in the Middle to resolve this problem.” “Unfortunately, of National Accord (GNA), led by Prime Turkey seeks to check the influence of East, shutting down a Turkish military base, efforts did not succeed and were suspended Minister Fayez al-Sarraj and supported its regional rivals-the UAE and Egypt, downgrading ties with Iran and cutting links at the beginning of January and Qatar is not by Turkey, Qatar, and the UN. It may be who support Haftar and oppose Islamist to Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood. responsible for this,” he said. noted that after a meeting in Paris with movements close to Ankara. www.NewDelhiTimes.com India’s only International Newspaper

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International NEW DELHI TIMES DCIST CRA seeks new technology Israel to probe failed company for US Army modernisation of Netanyahu’s Research Laboratory (ARL) and includes Collaborative Technology Alliance (RCTA), ◆ By NDT Bureau experts from several universities. which also involved ARL and took a similar, challenger @NewDelhiTimes partnership-led approach, concluding in sraeli prosecutors announced the opening 2019. [email protected] I of a criminal investigation into the failed start-up of Prime Minister Benjamin “We’re going to have soldiers that are he United States Army Research Netanyahu’s challenger, shaking up the commanders, we’re going to have soldiers Laboratory (ARL) has established an final days of what has been a bitter and T that are teammates, and we’re going to enterprise approach to intelligent systems tumultuous election campaign. have soldiers that basically are peers or that couples multi-disciplinary internal bystanders on the battlefield at the same The announcement did not say whether research, analysis, and operations with time,” he added. “We therefore need robotic Benny Gantz is a suspect. But it came less extramural research and collaborative systems that can interface with humans at than two weeks before the March 2 election ventures. The purpose of this Program multiple levels.” and during a campaign in which Gantz’s Blue Announcement (PA) is to solicit proposals Many of the future concepts advanced by the and White party has painted itself as a clean to establish a new collaborative venture- and scandal-free alternative to Netanyahu, US military have a high reliance on robotics ARL considers its work in terms of different the Distributed and Collaborative Intelligent who is to go on trial for corruption next and autonomous systems, noted Dr. Brett “axes of complexity”, Piekarski said, such Systems and Technology (DCIST) Collaborative Piekarski, Technology Collaborative Alliance month. Research Alliance (CRA)-that seeks to as environmental or operational. There are Manager at DCIST and the chief scientist for numerous such layers when it comes to advance the theoretical foundations of ARL’s Vehicle Technology Directorate. There intelligent systems science and help fulfil autonomy. “Once you add (different types have been several advances to date on ‘single of) terrain and unstructured environments, the research and development goals of the platform autonomy’, Piekarski said. However, U.S. Department of the Army. it really gets to be complex for autonomous future operating concepts will not rely on systems,” he said. “And if you add missions one platform operating in isolation, but on On the future battlefield, groups of on top of that, it gets even more complex.” groups of them working together. autonomous systems are expected to work together or with human operators to Such teams and sub-teams could combine ARL is working with the Futures and accomplish goals. This creates a range of different solutions, including multiple air Concepts Center (FCC) on such areas, he technological challenges that form the focus and ground systems, air-ground teaming, added. Like ARL, FCC is part of the Army of the US Distributed and Collaborative small drones, and robotic combat vehicles Futures Command (AFC), which was Intelligent Systems and Technology carrying advanced sensors. The aim is to established in 2019 to drive forward the (DCIST) Collaborative Research Alliance army’s six materiel modernisation priorities. “get all of those systems to work together Photo Credit : AP Photo (CRA). in a collaborative and intelligent fashion”, Piekarski added. The goal is to understand the complexities In a statement, the Justice Ministry said that CRAs and collaborative technology alliances faced by autonomous systems, he said, when after examining documents and considering (CTAs) are partnerships between army Humans will always be involved too. This they work collectively rather than individually, other evidence, “the acting state prosecutor bodies, private industry, and academia that presents challenges around “understanding and trying to identify the underlying has decided to move the subject of the focus on science and technology goals commander’s intent … getting the robots to capabilities that will be needed, which will in suspicions surrounding the company ‘Fifth to support the US Army modernisation. understand what that is and execute actions turn inform basic research that will produce Dimension’ to a criminal investigation.” DCIST, launched in 2018, is led by the Army on that”. This was a focus of the Robotics results over the next 5–10 years. “The investigation will be conducted by France to end Imam, Israeli police,” it added. Greece, US hold live-fire drill After retiring from the army, Gantz headed teacher deals to Fifth Dimension, a cybersecurity company that entered talks with Israeli police over the counter extremism following military base deal sale of its product. According to Israel’s state rench President Emmanuel Macron rmy aviation forces from Greece and of limited resources, to get the most bang comptroller, a governmental watchdog, the F announced measures intended to A the United States took part in a live- for our buck, and that is something that we police may have violated acquisition laws counter Islamic extremism in France by fire training exercise at the foot of Mount are continuing to do,” Panagiotis Tsakonas, by granting the company a multimillion giving the government more authority over Olympus, marking deepening defense ties a professor of international relations dollar contract without a public tender. Fifth the schooling of children, the financing of between the two countries. and security studies at the University of Dimension later went bankrupt. Athens, said. The revised Mutual Defense mosques and the training of Imams. Greece is ramping up its military cooperation Cooperation Agreement between Greece Gantz did not immediately comment. with the U.S. and France-and purchases and the U.S. was signed in October and But earlier in the day, amid reports that a of equipment from the two allies-amid ratified last month. It provides for increased criminal probe was imminent, he denied any wariness of worsening relations with joint U.S.-Greece and NATO activities at wrongdoing. Turkey over disputed sea and air space Greek military bases and facilities in Larissa, boundaries, including drilling rights in the “It all sounds like political pressure to get Stefanovikio, and Alexandroupolis, as well East Mediterranean. this thing on the public’s agenda,” Gantz as infrastructure and other improvements told Israel’s Army Radio. “I am totally at The chief of the Greek army and the U.S. at a U.S. Navy installation on the island of ease. This was checked in the past and no ambassador to Greece watched the training Photo Credit : AP Photo Crete. criminal suspicion was found.” drill conducted with attack helicopters in Macron, during a visit to the city of Mulhouse northern Greece. Washington and Athens Gantz and Netanyahu are locked in a tight in eastern France, said the government finalized a defense agreement three weeks race, the third vote in less than a year after sought to combat “foreign interference” ago that gives American forces expanded two elections in 2019 ended inconclusively. in how Islam is practiced and the way its access to Greek military bases. Pre-election surveys have predicted similar religious institutions are organized in the results in next month’s vote, potentially “The U.S.-Greece relationship is stronger secular country. extending the deadlock. than it has ever been,” U.S. Ambassador “The problem is when in the name of a Geoffrey Pyatt said. “Our defense ties and Photo Credit : AP Photo It’s not clear if the investigation into Fifth religion, some want to separate themselves our defense cooperation is an essential U.S. officials have typically avoided Dimension will move the needle. The from the Republic and therefore not respect component of that.” commenting on Greece’s strained relations months leading up to the campaign have its laws,” he said. with Turkey. Asked about reports saying After a financial crisis that lasted nearly a been marked by other bombshells, including the Turkish government plans to expand Macron said he plans to end a program decade, Greece is working to modernize the unveiling of President Donald Trump’s its drilling activity in East Mediterranean created in 1977 that allowed nine countries its navy, upgrade its fleet of F-16 fighter Mideast plan and the announcement that waters to which Cyprus has economic rights, to send teachers to France to provide foreign jets and to strengthen military ties with Netanyahu’s trial will begin March 17. Pyatt noted “the unhelpful and escalatory language and culture classes without any traditional allies as well as Turkey’s regional Neither had much of an effect on opinion nature of some of these Turkish actions.” supervision from French authorities. rivals, including Israel, Egypt, and Saudi polls. Credit : Associated Press (AP) Arabia.“The rule is to make the best use Credit : Associated Press (AP) Credit : Associated Press (AP)

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Delhi/NCR NEW DELHI TIMES IGI Airport becomes first Microsoft to launch India single-use plastic free Airport in India: DIAL Development Center (IDC) in Noida ◆ By NDT Bureau @NewDelhiTimes ◆ By NDT Bureau [email protected] @NewDelhiTimes [email protected] cting in line with Prime Minister A Mr. Narendra Modi’s vision to get rid icrosoft has announced the launch of of all single-use plastic from India by 2022, M its third India Development Centre Indira Gandhi International Airport in the in Noida. The official twitter handle of National Capital has become India’s first Microsoft India (@MicrosoftIndia) tweeted: airport free of single-use plastic usage. “We’re pleased to announce the launch of The announcement regarding this was made @microsoftidc NCR in Noida. It is our third by GMR-led Delhi International Airport development center in India to attract world- Photo Credit : Getty Images Ltd (DIAL). DIAL Chief Executive Officer class engineering talent from the region to The India Development Center represents IDC NCR will be home to Microsoft’s Videh Kumar Jaipuriyar said, “Our objective create solutions for global impact.” Microsoft’s strategy of globally shared engineering teams across various technology to make Delhi Airport free from single-use development to build products and services groups, including Microsoft’s Artificial plastics is in line with the Prime Minister’s According to information on the website for driving digital innovation. Intelligence (AI) & Research Group, Cloud vision to abolish all single-use plastic of Microsoft, IDC NCR is Microsoft’s & Enterprise Group, and Experience & from India by 2022. DIAL is committed to third Development Center in India, serving IDC, NCR will play a critical role in Microsoft Devices Group, along with Core Services preserve the environment and do its bit.” as a premier facility for driving cutting India’s expansion and growth story. The Engineering and Operations. IDC NCR will edge innovation. The center will build on facility will open opportunities for thousands also house Mixer, Microsoft’s live streaming Microsoft’s commitment to tapping India’s of engineers, with plans to expand to a full- gaming platform team, becoming the first world class engineering talent to create fledged development center, similar to IDC center to host the gaming team outside the solutions for global impact. facilities in Bengaluru and Hyderabad. company headquarters in Redmond.

No dearth of buses Photo Credit : Getty Images New Delhi Railway Supporting the business community towards in Delhi soon, achieving sustainability, the Confederation of India Industry-ITC Centre of Excellence assures Delhi CM Station to get makeover for Sustainable Development (CII-ITC CESD) has backed DIAL for its successful area, for which the authority has estimated Arvind Kejriwal ◆ By NDT Bureau voluntary implementation of measures an expenditure of around Rs. 6,500 crores. to eliminate single-use plastic within IGI ◆ By NDT Bureau @NewDelhiTimes Airport’s operations. @NewDelhiTimes [email protected] [email protected] he Railways is all set to invite bids for Rs. 2,000 crore T the project to revamp the New Delhi am Aadmi Party convenor Arvind Railway Station next month. allotted for Jewar A Kejriwal, who took charge as the Chief Minister of the National Capital on The makeover of the New Delhi Railway Airport: Uttar Monday, February 17, assured Delhiites that Station will have facilities for segregation Photo Credit : Getty Images of passengers who are arriving and boarding soon there would be no shortage of buses in The project is likely to take 3-4 years for the trains. Also, it will have refurbished the Capital city. its completion, from the date of award. It Pradesh platforms, shopping malls, eateries and is too be implemented under public private office complexes. ◆ By NDT Bureau Taking it to the micro-blogging site, Twitter, partnership (PPP) model. Railway Board @NewDelhiTimes the third-time Chief Minister tweeted, “It The first phase of development by the Chairman R. K. Yadav said, “It will be a did take time. But finally, we were able to Railway Land Development Authority world class station and the entire plan is [email protected] overcome all obstacles. (RLDA) will cover around 100 acres of the ready for roll out.” he government of Uttar Pradesh has T allotted a budget of Rs. 2,000 crore Delhi High Court instructs for the Jewar Airport to be built in Gautam Buddh Nagar.

SDMC to remove illegal This comes as the Uttar Pradesh government led by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, on Tuesday, February 18, presented the hoardings at public places budget for fiscal year 2020-21 in the state he Delhi High Court has asked the assembly in the Capital city, Lucknow. In ◆ By NDT Bureau T South Delhi Municipal Corporation the presence of Chief Minister Adityanath, Finance Minister Suresh Khanna presented @NewDelhiTimes (SDMC) to remove illegal hoardings at public places which not only entail security the budget. [email protected] Photo Credit : Getty Images risks but also deface public property. Announcing the same, Finance Minister So, buses have started arriving,” adding A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Khanna said, “A budget of Rs. 2,000 further, “I can assure all Delhiites, soon Justice C Hari Shankar passed the order crore has been proposed for the Noida there won’t be any dearth of buses.” It while hearing a matter, initiated on its own, International Greenfield Airport in Gautam is to be noted that currently, there are relating to illegal hoardings and boards at Buddh Nagar’s Jewar. The airport is around 6,000 buses are being operated public places. expected to go operational by 2023.” in the city. The Aam Aadmi Party, in the “guarantee The court said it expected that the civic Describing the budget as development- card” released in the run-up to the recent body will abide by the terms of the 2017 oriented, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath assembly elections had promised to induct outdoor advertisement policy and “illegal said the budget for FY 2020-21 would more than 11,000 buses. Also, it had hoardings will be removed forthwith”. The be instrumental in achieving $1 trillion promised to increase the length of the bench added that it sees no reason to further economy for the state in line with Prime Delhi Metro network to more than 500 monitor the case of removal of such illegal Minister Mr. Narendra Modi’s dream of kilometre. Photo Credit : Getty Images hoardings and violation of the policy. making India a $5 trillion economy. www.NewDelhiTimes.com India’s only International Newspaper

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Delhi/NCR NEW DELHI TIMES ECI holds discussions DIAL launches service to pick related to electoral reforms luggage from home at T3 ◆ By NDT Bureau ◆ By NDT Bureau @NewDelhiTimes @NewDelhiTimes [email protected] [email protected] overing whole of the National Capital lection Commission of India held a C and the neighbouring states of Punjab, E detailed discussion with the Legislative Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, the Department of Ministry of Law and Justice service that allows passengers flying out of on various issues of pending electoral Delhi to get their luggage transported from reforms. Chief Election Commissioner their place of stay to the airport for check-in Sunil Arora, Election Commissioner Ashok has been launched by the Delhi International Lavasa, Sushil Chandra and senior officers Airport Ltd. (DIAL), the operator of the DIAL said that the charges for the service will of ECI met Narayan Raju, Secretary of the Indira Gandhi International airport that is vary depending on the number, size, weight Department along Mrs Rita Vashishth, Addl partnering with CarterX, a Bengaluru-based of the luggage and the distance of the pick- Secretary and other officers at the meeting. firm. up/ drop point. A CarterX spokesperson said, “The charges start from Rs. 299 and there is According to an official press release, The service was launched on February 14. no separate delivery fee for Delhi,” adding “While welcoming the Law Secretary Photo Credit : Getty Images The paid facility is also available to the further, “The locations in the neighbouring and other officers of the Ministry, CEC Matters discussed during the meeting flyers arriving at IGI Airport in the Capital states are considered outstation and charges Shri Sunil Arora thanked the Department interalia included : More than one city. are applicable pincode-wise.” for facilitating postal ballot facilities for qualification date in an year for becoming PwD and electors of above 80 years and Elector; Aadhar linkage with electoral roll; electors belonging to essential services by paid news and false affidavit as electoral 2 Underpasses, Subway to the recent amendment in the Conduct of offence/corrupt practice; Print media and Election Rules on ECI’s recommendation. social media intermediaries to be covered Shri Arora also mentioned that there are under Section 126 of the RP Act 1951; come up on Outer Ring Road more than 40 different proposals of electoral Substituting the term ‘wife’ by ‘spouse’ users. Once the project is completed, the reforms which are pending since long and in the RP Act 1951 to facilitate electoral ◆ By NDT Bureau commuters going from northeast Delhi’s Commission is at present discussing some registration to the spouse of women service @NewDelhiTimes Gopalpur side towards Majnu ka Tila and of these proposals. “Commission would officials in the category of service voter; ITO who were forced to travel in opposite [email protected] like to have such meetings with Legislative amendment in Contribution Form. Secretary direction for about 8 km and take a U-turn Department at regular intervals to pursue all Legislative Department. Raju assured that at Burari roundabout will be benefited with such pending proposals” he said. they are already examining these proposals”. reduced travel time using the underpasses for either way and for also decongesting the SC upholds Delhi HC order on giving roundabout. command positions to women Army officers The subway will be constructed at Jagatpur ◆ By NDT Bureau ith an aim to cut down the travel time, where people from both sides of the road W Delhi government’s PWD will be cross abruptly. @NewDelhiTimes constructing two underpasses for U-turns [email protected] and a subway on Outer Ring Road between Both the underpasses and the subway will be Wazirabad and Burari. The move aims to constructed at a total cost of Rs. 35 crores, pholding Delhi High Court order on decongest the stretch, making it safe for the said an official. U giving command positions to women officers in Army, the Supreme Court on Corps, Ordnance, Judge Advocate General, February 17, declared that government’s Signals, Engineers, Intelligence and Electrical RailTel to continue providing policy decision of 2019 to grant Permanent and Mechanical Engineering. A woman Colonel Commission to women Army Officers can now command a battalion of 850 men. Based free Wi-Fi at Railway Stations would now apply to all female officers, on merit, she can rise to the rank of Brigadier, including those having completed 14 years Major General, Lieutenant General and even of service. As per the top court’s order, the Chief of Army Staff. With this huge stepping across India women can now be full colonels and above stone, towards women entering the combat arms, ◆ By NDT Bureau in the Army Service Corps, Education sky’s the limit for women Army Officers. @NewDelhiTimes AAP to launch a nationwide campaign [email protected] to connect with one crore people n a recent announcement, RailTel Their target is to connect one crore people I has made it clear that it will continue ◆ By NDT Bureau with the party.” to provide free Wi-Fi at more than 5,600 railway stations across the country, after @NewDelhiTimes Google has announced to shut down its [email protected] ‘Station’ programme globally by the end of the year. he Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will T be launching a campaign as part of According to the deal between the two, its extension plan to connect to one crore Google was RailTel’s technology partner people all across the country, said senior for 415 stations of A1, A and C category party leader Gopal Rai. only, where the former provided the RAN Photo Credit : Getty Images The Minister after taking oath chaired a Photo Credit : Getty Images and technology support while the latter Wi-Fi in 5190 B, C, D stations as well. meeting with AAP state office bearers at the Second, posters inviting the people to provided the physical infrastructure and Adding further, it said, “We have roped Chief Minister’s residence, following which join the campaign will be published in all internet bandwidth (ISP). RailTel assured to in a number of partners along the journey he said, “In the meeting, it was decided legislative assembly constituencies in India provide free Wi-Fi at all the railway stations and currently RailTel is providing free Wi- that work would be done on three things. and thirdly, the state leadership of the party including those 415 under Google’s ‘Station’ Fi at 5,600 stations across the country. We First, the state units will start the “Rashtra will hold press conferences in capital cities programme. entered into a five-year contract with Google Nirman” campaign from February 23 to and later in major cities of the states to for supporting us with setting up Wi-Fi at March 23, they will run it in all states and spread the message of nation building by RailTel, in a statement said that apart from 415 stations only and the contract is going under it, volunteers will hold meetings. joining the AAP. these 415 stations, it has also provided free to expire soon.” India’s only International Newspaper www.NewDelhiTimes.com 8 24 February - 1 March 2020

Neighbourhood NEW DELHI TIMES Informal education brings Sri Lanka asks US to review hope to Rohingya refugee travel ban on its Army Chief ri Lanka asked the United States to The investigation cited evidence that the S review its decision to impose a travel hospital and a U.N. facility had been shelled. children in Bangladesh ban on the island nation’s Army Chief, who has been accused of grave human rights ozens of sprawling informal education About 350 Rohingya children are currently abuses during the final stage of the country’s D centers across refugee camps in enrolled at Kutupalong Primary School, civil war that ended 11 years ago. Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar are providing a which provides basic informal education glimmer of hope for thousands of Rohingya from pre-primary through fifth grade. The Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena refugee children who survived a massacre in children are taught subjects such as general summoned U.S. Ambassador Alaina their home country of Myanmar in 2017. science, mathematical, English, Burmese, B. Teplitz to the Ministry and formally and Bengali. conveyed Sri Lanka’s strong objections to the travel ban, which he said “unnecessarily Noor said many of their teaching activities complicates the U.S.-Sri Lanka relationship”. focus on play-based learning to provide Photo Credit : AP Photo The U.S. government has issued a travel education and at the same time give the “Witnesses alleged the use of cluster-type ban on the Army Chief, Shavendra Silva, children a chance to forget the daily struggles munitions by the Sri Lankan armed forces saying there is “credible information of his they face in the overcrowded camps. in their attacks on Putumattalan hospital and involvement” in human rights violations Particular attention is given to children who the United Nations hub,” the investigation’s during the final phase of the war. The ban are mentally challenged. report said. prohibits Silva and his family from traveling “We put these children in between two good to the U.S. Sri Lanka has denounced the ban After the war, Silva was promoted to Major students so that the kids can follow their and Gunawardena reiterated that “there were General. He was promoted again and Photo Credit :Getty Images example ... It is challenging, all kids are not no substantiated or proven allegations of became Sri Lanka’s Army Commander last Across makeshift camps in refugee city of similar. To understand them we have to rely human rights violations against him (Silva),” year amid international condemnation, but Kutupalong, hundreds of informal learning on their mental ability. We make a list of according to a Foreign Ministry statement. he is widely respected among Sri Lanka’s centers have been set up by international pupils who are behind. To bring them to a Silva in 2009 was in charge of the 58th ethnic Sinhalese majority. agencies and Rohingya community leaders normal level, we try to provide something Division, which encircled the final stronghold Pompeo urged Sri Lanka’s government “to to give the refugee children access to they like, such as games,” Noor added. of the Tamil Tiger rebels in the last stages promote human rights, hold accountable education. The opportunity to learn and of the civil war that killed at least 100,000 individuals responsible for war crimes improve skills is something the youngsters An estimated 400,000 of the Rohingya people. Human rights groups have accused and human rights violations, advance were never offered back in Myanmar. refugees in Bangladesh are children. Human the division of violating international human security sector reform, and uphold its rights organizations say only one-third of rights laws, including using artillery to shell other commitments to pursue justice and Sharmeen Noor, a mathematics teacher at them have access to education. Lack of a hospital, an allegation Silva has denied. Kutupalong Primary School, told VOA that basic services and health care have also put reconciliation.” Gunawardena said Silva their programs ensure the Rohingya children many children at the risk of malnutrition and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said was appointed army commander because of do not fall behind in their education despite infectious diseases. in a statement that ”the allegations of gross his seniority and asked the U.S. to verify the the absence of formal schooling. The centers human rights violations against Shavendra authenticity of the sources of information. can also create a positive impact to help The Bangladesh government announced Silva, documented by the United Nations Gunawardena said “it is disappointing that those traumatized by the Burmese army’s in January that it was working with the and other organizations, are serious and a foreign government should question the 2017 crackdown that forced nearly 700,000 United Nations’ children agency UNICEF credible.” prerogative of a democratically elected ethnic Rohingya to flee from Rakhine state to provide formal education to the children. According to a 2015 investigation by the President to call upon persons of proven to Bangladesh. U.N. office of the High Commissioner for expertise to hold key positions on national UNICEF described the move as “a major Human Rights, near the end of the war, security related matters.” “Those who have seen violence think about new phase” for education of the refugee Silva was tasked with capturing Sri Lanka’s it all the time,” said Noor. “They pay very children that initially targets 10,000 Putumattalan area from the Tamil Tigers. Credit : Associated Press (AP) little attention in class. As teachers, we are Rohingya students from grades six to nine working on this matter. We are trying our and will later be expanded to other grades. best to bring them into normal life. God willing, we will do it.” Credit : Voice of America (VOA) Nepal’s former Parliament Speaker acquitted of rape charges court in Nepal acquitted the former Mahara was a leader of the Maoist rebels A Speaker of Parliament on charges he who fought a violent campaign against the raped a government worker at her home government between 1996 and 2006. The while he was intoxicated last year. Maoists entered United Nations-monitored peace talks in 2006, ending their armed Krishna Bahadur Mahara, a senior revolt, and joined mainstream politics. He Communist Party leader, has been in jail played a key role in the peace talks with the since he was arrested in October following government. the woman’s accusation.

The court ruled that there was no evidence backing the allegation.

The woman accused Mahara of entering her house at night while her husband was away and assaulting her.

Mahara denied the charge and said the woman had been refused a position in his office and was likely angry as a result. Photo Credit : AP Photo Mahara was elected speaker of the House of He has served as Deputy Prime Minister, Representative last year after the Communist Information Minister and Home Minister. Party of Nepal won a majority of the seats in elections in November 2017. Credit : Associated Press (AP) www.NewDelhiTimes.com India’s only International Newspaper

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North America NEW DELHI TIMES Murdered Mexico City girl buried amid grief, outrage 7-year-old Mexico City girl whose come out, but a teacher emerged to say the area. By law, prosecutors don’t give the full message from Bishop Andrés Vargas Peña A brutal murder has generated national director was unavailable and the procession name of victims. Humberto Fernandez, the that acknowledged the indignation felt and outrage was buried as capital officials continued. head of the city’s school system, said there urged them to not grow accustomed to the pledged to tighten rules for children leaving is already a little-used rule requiring parents daily atmosphere of crime. In Mexico City, even grade-school students government schools on their own. or designated person to show up within 20 often simply walk out of school after classes minutes after classes, or their kids will be Mourners ate plates of a dish called Fatima, who was seen on video leaving her to meet parents waiting on the sidewalks, taken to a prosecutors’ office. romeritos on white plastic tables set up in school on Feb. 11 with a woman who was but there have been few controls to ensure the street outside the home. Votive candles not her mother and found days later dead someone is there to meet them. Fernandez said that rule was “very rarely spelled out the girl’s name on the sidewalk and wrapped in a plastic bag, was laid to rest “enforced because children were accepted outside the home. in front of grieving relatives and neighbours at only one downtown prosecutors’ office on Mexico City’s south side. in the city of 9 million. Fernandez said all Marisol Mercado Angeles, a 33-year-old prosecutors ’offices in the city’s 16 boroughs homemaker, held an umbrella to shield her Mexico City police said via Twitter that face from the beating sun. they had identified the woman who walked will receive children, and police patrol cars off with the girl and searched a home where will be obliged to help school officials take “We’re without words,” said the mother some of the girl’s things were found. them there. whose son attends the same school. “It’s something as difficult as it is painful.” The girl’s funeral procession paused outside Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum said the door of the school where she was authorities would now issue amber alerts and “There’s no security at the school,” Mercado abducted. It was plastered with hand-lettered start searching for children as soon as they said. “I think it is responsible, the school.” signs demanding justice — “not one more, are reported missing by a relative or teacher. enough already “— and one urging parent Authorities lost a full day in the search for The lower house of Mexico’s Congress held to pick their kids up punctually at 12:30” to Fatima because they waited for a formal a moment of silence for Fatima, whose case Photo Credit : AP Photo prevent incidents.” missing-person case file to be opened. has sparked outrage. That is apparently what happened to Fatima There was a minute of silence, then the who walked away with a woman. Mexico Family and neighbours packed a street in The cause of death has not been released. crowd chanted her name. One of the City prosecutor Ernestina Godoy said the the southern borough of Tlahuac for a Mass Five people have been questioned in the pallbearers cried out: “Soon it could be one girl “recognized her, and so they let her go underneath a massive yellow tarp strung case, and video footage of her abduction has of your children! Wake up people!” with her.” from roof to roof. been shown on television.

Mourners called for the school director to Her body was found abandoned in a rural The priest leading the service read a Credit : Associated Press (AP) 3 employees suspended UN report questions police, Rockets strike near in $4M Puerto Rico US Embassy in online scam highlights violence in Haiti Baghdad; no injuries uerto Rico’s government said that it P suspended three employees as federal he United Nations issued a scathing proper investigation had not been launched. t least four rockets hit near the agents investigate an online scam that T report that accused Haitian police of While no arrest warrants have been issued A sprawling U.S. Embassy in Baghdad attempted to steal more than $4 million from not protecting an impoverished neighborhood in the Bel Air incidents, Cherizier is wanted and an Iraqi base hosting American troops the U.S. territory. from corrupt officers and gang leaders they say in other fatal attacks, including one in the inside the Green Zone but caused no shot at people and set fire to homes and cars in nearby slum of La Saline in which up to casualties and only minor damage, U.S. and a recent three-day attack. 59 men, women and children were killed in Iraqi officials said. November 2018. The report urged local authorities to The attack came just before 3:30 a.m. local prosecute those responsible for the violence “More than a year after the fact, the lack of time, according to Col. Myles B. Caggins III, that erupted in November in the Bel Air progress is particularly worrying and the a spokesman for the U.S. military operation neighbourhood, a largely pro-opposition involvement of Jimmy Cherizier ... in other in Iraq. He only said the rockets hit the base community in the capital of Port-au-Prince similar acts demonstrates the direct impact hosting U.S. and other coalition forces. known for organizing anti-government of impunity on the recurrence of violence,” protests. said the report issued by the UN Human However, three Iraqi security officials Rights Office and the United Nations said two of the rockets fell inside the U.S. “Far from being an isolated incident, the Bel Integrated Office in Haiti. Embassy compound, while another hit near Air attack illustrates the recent evolution the coalition base. of the current context in Haiti, mainly The report also stated that the gunfire in the characterized by the general insecurity in November attacks lasted about three hours Photo Credit : AP Photo The Iraqi officials spoke on condition of working-class neighbourhoods and slums, every day, and that victims called police for anonymity because they were not authorized Manuel Laboy, executive director of Puerto the impunity of members of criminal help, “including on several radio stations to speak to the media. Rico’s Industrial Development Company, gangs...the alleged collusion between them and on social media, without reaction.” said rigorous procedures were not followed and certain political and economic actors, The attack was the latest in a recent series when the agency received an email alleging the links between gang members and certain of rocket and mortar strikes on Iraqi bases a change in banking accounts that prompted agents of the Haitian National Police, as housing U.S. troops. A few days ago, a someone to transfer more than $2.6 million well as the lack of police intervention,” the mortar shell exploded in the K1 Iraqi military to a fraudulent account in the U.S. mainland report stated. airbase in Kirkuk province in northern Iraq. last month. No casualties were reported, Iraqi security The investigation cited sources alleging that officials said. “We do not take this lightly, and there are a government representative offered about consequences,” he said. $50,000 to organizations if they convinced An Iranian missile attack on Iraq’s Ain al- certain people in Bel Air to lift barricades set Asad air base on Jan. 8 injured dozens of Laboy declined to share the names and up by anti-government protesters in a key positions of those suspended, saying only Photo Credit : Getty Images U.S service members. It was in retaliation area that prevented access to major markets. The report states that Haitian police said that it was one employee from his agency for the U.S. drone strike in Baghdad that Days after the alleged meeting occurred, the they did not respond because of problems and two from Puerto Rico’s Commerce and killed Iran’s most powerful general, Qassem report said that a former policeman, Jimmy including a lack of vehicles, communication Export Company, which sent $63,000 as Soleimani, on Jan. 3. Cherizier, known as “Barbecue,” and other equipment and individual protection for part of the scam. He added that the FBI has alleged gang leaders repeated the request to officers. The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad has also been been able to freeze the money sent, which have the barricades lifted. a flashpoint amid wider U.S.-Iran tensions involves public pension funds. Two spokesmen for Haiti’s National Police in the region, which have played out inside The community refused, and on Nov. 4, did not immediately return messages for Iraq in recent weeks. “This situation did not affect and will not dozens of armed men opened fire in the comment. The report was released as affect pension payments to retirees,” he said. area and burned homes and cars as part of Haitians denounce a rise in crime blamed on Iraqi supporters of an Iran-backed militia a three-day rampage. At least three people The scam also targeted Puerto Rico’s armed gangs vying for more control as the stormed the embassy compound Dec. 31, were killed and six injured, although the Tourism Company, which sent $1.5 million, government weakened following months of smashing the main door and setting fire to U.N. said it believes the number could be police have said. massive protests. the reception area. higher. Cherizier told The Associated Press Credit : Associated Press (AP) by phone that he is innocent and that a Credit : Associated Press (AP) Credit : Associated Press (AP)

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Africa NEW DELHI TIMES Largest mass UN: Impact of long Libya war Pompeo in Africa graves uncovered on civilians is `incalculable visit praises he U.N humanitarian coordinator In the chaos that followed the country was in Burundi with T for Libya said that the impact of divided. Angola’s moves the country’s nine-year war on civilians A weak U.N.-recognized administration 6,000 bodies “is incalculable,” pointing to its intensity against graft that holds the capital of Tripoli and parts escalating “exponentially” since a rebel uthorities in Burundi say they have of the country’s west is backed by Turkey, S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo commander launched an offensive last April, A opened six mass graves containing which recently sent thousands of soldiers U. praised Angola’s president for his casualties rising and almost 900,000 people more than 6,000 bodies from unrest that and military equipment to Libya, and to a dramatic actions to recover billions of now needing assistance. occurred decades ago, the largest such lesser degree Qatar and Italy as well as local dollars looted by corrupt officials, saying discovery in years of work. militias. it would help attract investment to one of Africa’s largest economies. The East African nation has been unearthing On the other side is a rival government in the such graves from a past that includes east that supports self-styled Gen. Khalifa “This country has been held hostage to that massacres along ethnic lines. Some have Hifter, whose forces launched an offensive corruption for far too long,” Pompeo told warned that the work can be sensitive ahead to capture the capital last April 4 and are reporters. “This reform agenda that the of the presidential election in May. backed by the United Arab Emirates and President put in place has to stick.” Egypt as well as France and Russia. The country’s truth and reconciliation U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres President Joao Lourenco since taking commission said the latest mass graves to has decried violations of the U.N. embargo office in 2017 has acted even against be explored are in central Karusi province. Photo Credit : AP Photo since the Berlin conference by supporters of family members of former leader Eduardo There appear to be at least 18 such graves. dos Santos , who ruled for nearly four Yacoub El Hillo said a 55-point road map the warring sides. decade s. A recent investigation by a global for ending the war in Libya which was The province was plunged into crisis after El Hillo said “the increasing use of explosive consortium of journalists into dos Santos’ agreed to by 12 key leaders at a conference the assassination in 1993 of Melchior weapons has resulted in unnecessary loss of daughter Isabel, reputedly Africa’s richest in Berlin on Jan. 19, endorsed last week by Ndadaye, Burundi’s first ethnic Hutu and life.” pointing to attacks on civilians and woman, led to allegations of widespread the U.N. Security Council, and reaffirmed democratically elected President. Some civilian infrastructure, particularly health mismanagement of state funds, which she at a meeting in Munich has seen “serious Burundians say ethnic Tutsi families were facilities, that have doubled since 2019, has denied. violations” in the last 10 days, with new massacred after his death. resulting in at least 650 civilians killed or strikes in and around the capital Tripoli. injured. The United States also sees oil-rich but El Hillo, who is also the U.N. deputy largely impoverished Angola as a prime representative for the oil-rich North African He cited a U.N. mine expert in Libya who country in which to counter the influence country, said in a briefing to journalists said last week that the country has the of China. The southern African nation by video from Tripoli that the protracted world’s largest uncontrolled ammunition borrowed $40 billion from China between conflict is “severely impacting civilians in stockpile, with an estimated 150,000 to 2005 and 2019, representing about half of its all parts of the country on a scale never seen 200,000 tons of uncontrolled munitions external debt, according to the Africa Center before.” across the country. for Strategic Studies. Libya “is also the largest theater for drone The Berlin peace plan backed a cease-fire, Pompeo and Lourenco discussed China’s role called for compliance with a U.N. arms technology,” El Hillo said, stressing that “everyone has something flying in the in Africa, State Department spokeswoman embargo, and said all countries must refrain Morgan Ortagus said, without giving details. from interfering in the conflict between the Libyan sky, it seems.” U.N.-recognized government and the rebel Turkey’s recent move into Libya in “a forces of self-styled Gen. Khalifa Hifter, and very heavy way militarily speaking” was the country’s internal affairs. to support the government “and create a .The first meeting of a Libyan Political balance of power so that the capital does not Photo Credit : AP Photo Forum aimed at forming a new government fall,” he said. But the Commission’s President, Pierre has also been scheduled for Feb. 26 in On the other side, El Hillo cited reports of Claver Ndayicariye, said the bodies were Geneva. the UAE financing Chinese-made drones from 1972, when many ethnic Hutus were Libya has been in turmoil since 2011, and the Jordanian government selling six killed following a failed coup against leader drones to Hifter’s forces. Micombero Michel. when a civil war toppled longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi, who was later killed. Credit : Associated Press (AP) The people buried in the graves had been imprisoned and then taken in military trucks to the execution grounds, Ndayicariye said. Lesotho’s drought makes 500,000

Some in Burundi have been critical of the people hungry, UN says commission’s work and its choice of mass Photo Credit : AP Photo graves it chooses to investigate. Its mandate n estimated 500,000 people are the El-Nino induced drought. In a joint press conference with Pompeo, A threatened with hunger in Lesotho, covers crimes committed between German It is unlikely that the upcoming 2020 harvest Angolan Foreign Minister Manuel Augusto a quarter of the mountain kingdom’s colonization in 1885 to 2008 when the final season will significantly improve the food said the secretary of state’s visit is a sign population, according to the United Nations, rebel group signed a cease-fire agreement. situation as the rains came very late and that the Trump administration supports the which is appealing to the international many rural farmers did not even plant any government of Lourenco, a former Defence community for help. Emmanuel Nkurunziza, secretary of one crops, Niyonzima said. Minister, and his reforms. Tutsi organization, called it “a shame to say A drought last year and patchy rains this thousands of thousands of dead bodies in Asked when President Donald Trump might year have contributed to poor harvests that Lesotho’s women and young girls have been Karusi are Hutus killed in 1972 while it is visit Africa, Pompeo told reporters he would have left large parts of the rural population hit hardest by the food shortages and they known that in 1993 Tutsis were exterminated be taking back an invitation from Lourenco without adequate food, said U.N. resident will be more vulnerable to sexual abuse and in Karusi.” but warned that this election year is very coordinator Salvator Niyonzima. sexual exploitation as a result of the food insecurity, according to a U.N. report. busy. He added that “you cannot take Tutsis’ The European Union announced aid worth bodies and call them Hutus.” 1.5 million euros ($1.6 million) but much “Girls and young women who are heads of Pompeo’s visit to Africa is the first by a more is needed. households are also more exposed to sexual Cabinet official in 18 months. Analysts In a statement, a coalition of political parties abuse and sexual exploitation in exchange have said his challenge lies in countering in exile said the commission should halt its An estimated $74 million is needed to get for food,” the report says. “Occasional the messaging out of Washington, as the work because it doesn’t inspire confidence adequate food for the country, according to reports mention that some girls drop out of Pentagon considers cutting U.S. military in all Burundians. The statement alleged that an appeal launched last year by the Lesotho school to support the household and siblings. presence in Africa and new visa restrictions the commission was put in place to serve the government when it declared the shortage of Child marriages are likely to rise in the near target Nigerians, Sudanese, Tanzanians and interests of the ruling party. food an emergency. Lesotho, like other parts future and need to be monitored.” Eritreans. of southern Africa, received below normal Credit : Associated Press (AP) rainfall in the 2018-19 rainy season due to Credit : Associated Press (AP) Credit : Associated Press (AP) www.NewDelhiTimes.com India’s only International Newspaper

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South America NEW DELHI TIMES Peru gas workers Warren Buffett’s son helps unearth centuries of history in Lima’s soil Colombia kick cocaine curse ith Colombian military snipers in He is focusing on Tibu, heart of the or nearly two decades, workers for W position, Howard Buffett descends remote, notoriously lawless Catatumbo F a company building gas lines across from a helicopter and trudges through the region bordering Venezuela where Buffett Peru’s capital have found themselves wet grass in steel-toe boots chewed through accompanied President Iván Duque. unearthing a treasure trove of history. by his dog’s teeth. On one recent afternoon, a team came across Tibu has the second largest coca crop in four burials accompanied by ceramics from Waiting under a tin-roofed shack is a small all of Colombia — 28,200 acres (11,400 a pre-Incan civilization. Two years earlier, group of coca farmers. They’ve never hectares), according to the United Nations. they found the bodies of farmers who had heard of multi-billionaire investor Warren Drug production as well as violence has been among the first wave of Chinese Buffett, but after decades of neglect by their skyrocketed in the area since armed groups immigrants in the 19th century. own government they’re grateful for the filled the void left by retreating rebels who “Lima literally sits atop a cultural bank,” outstretched hand of his eldest son, who they signed a peace deal with the government in Photo Credit : AP Photo with one layer of history atop another, said refer to simply as “the gringo.” 2016. first time with national and international Alexis Solis, one of 40 archaeologists who markets. It’s a challenge made more difficult work for the Calidda national gas company “There’s a saying here: The less you know, The Howard G. Buffett Foundation has by lurking guerrillas who last year detonated that is installing lines across the city. the better,” said Rubén Morantes, his committed to spending $200 million a homemade bomb as army engineers were leathery skin and calloused hands a testament over the next few years to transform the working on the road, killing five people and The cooperation is a step forward for to a lifetime of tillage in one of Colombia’s impoverished municipality into a model of injuring several. preservation in a metropolis whose rapid most-dangerous territories, where outsiders comprehensive state building. Plans include “The only way we have confidence that growth over the past century led to the are traditionally mistrusted. strengthening security forces and helping farmers can grow legal crops is if they can destruction of many important sites. farmers secure land titles and substitute coca get those crops to market,” Buffett told — the raw material for cocaine — with licit For nearly two decades Buffett has farmers during a visit last month with Duque crops like cacao. crisscrossed the world giving away part of to La Gabarra, a rural outpost in Tibu. It was his father’s fortune to promote food security, the first time any Colombian president had conflict mitigation and public safety. But his The first component is building 300 visited the blood-soaked hamlet. latest gamble is one of the most daunting yet: kilometers (185 miles) of roads to connect helping Colombia kick its cocaine curse. the municipality’s 37,000 residents for the Credit : Associated Press (AP) Bolsonaro repeats debunked Venezuela Photo Credit : AP Photo Gas line worker Segundo Chávez last year sexual comments about journalist suspends airline found the body of a child inside a base — a burial characteristic of the pre-Incan razil’s President Jair Bolsonaro Hours later Bolsonaro spoke to journalists Chancay people who flourished from about B repeated a debunked sexually charged again at the same spot. “Is there anyone after Guaidó’s 1200 to 1470 b— and he recalled how allegation about one of the country’s more from Folha there? So, I sexually attacked his shouts of discovery attracted nearby prominent journalists drawing fire from your reporter? OK. I don’t want to talk to residents from their houses. press freedom advocates and even some you,” he said before walking away. flight home recent allies. “It was an ancient burial, 80 centimeters The Brazilian Press Association issued a enezuelan authorities suspended deep,” Chavez said as he looked at two other statement calling Bolsonaro’s comment V a Portuguese airline days after it recent discoveries — still unrecovered — cowardly and embarrassing to Brazilians. carried opposition leader Juan Guaidó and in a ditch in a street in the Puente Piedra his uncle home from an international tour “This misogynous behavior is undeserving aimed at ousting President Nicolás Maduro. neighborhood: bones of an adult in a huge of the office of the President and an affront to vase and the those of a baby found with a the Constitution,” the statement said. Folha, Guaidó‘s flight to Caracas on TAP Air ceramic figure of a “Cuchimilco,” a sort of issued a statement calling Bolsonaro’s Portugal ended his three-week tour through guide through the world of the dead in the comment an attack to all professional Europe and into the Trump White House. Chancay culture. journalists. “He also tars the dignity, the Venezuelan authorities arrested Guaidó’s The Colombia-based company says it has honor and the decorum as stated by the law uncle upon landing, accusing him of trying installed about 10,000 kilometers (6,000 for the exercise of the presidency,” the daily to bring a small amount of explosives into the nation. miles) of natural gas lines across Lima over Photo Credit : AP Photo added. the past 16 years, and it’s reported about Bolsonaro referred to Patricia Campos Campos Mello declined to comment on Vice President Delcy Rodríguez said the 300 archaeological finds, some of them Mello, a reporter for newspaper Folha de Bolsonaro’s insult. carrier’s flights into and out of the country 2,000 years old. It says it has spent about $2 S.Paulo who last year won the International had been suspended for 90 days, hours of the million the archaeological effort. Press Freedom Award after coverage of She has suffered online abuse and received transportation minister said they had opened threats from supporters of the Brazilian Peruvian law requires that archaeological his presidential campaign. She’d also been an investigation into “serious violation” of president since October 2018, when discoveries be reported and turned over to honored for earlier reporting from the local regulations. Folha published her report on a network the Culture Ministry. Middle East, U.S. and Africa. of businessmen who allegedly sponsored Guaidó, 36, rose to prominence a year ago, claiming presidential powers and vowing to But some developers have been cavalier A witness in a congressional hearing the production of false news against rival end Maduro’s rule amid a historic economic about following the law and preserving the testified she had insinuated an offer of sex in candidate, Fernando Haddad. crisis. Guaidó says Maduro’s government nation’s history. In 2013, workers for real exchange for help with a story that triggered has targeted his uncle, Juan José Márquez, estate developers destroyed a 4,500-year- an investigation of Bolsonaro’s campaign by The wave of insults against the journalist as a means to attack him. old pyramid-shaped structure on the edges Brazil’s top electoral court. Her newspaper returned last week after the testimony in Congress. of the city. quickly debunked the assertion by releasing Venezuela also issued a letter of protest to the transcripts, screenshots and recordings of What is now Peru’s capital, located in a valley Like U.S. President Donald Trump, French government, saying its ambassador their conversations. irrigated by three rivers fed from the Andes, Bolsonaro frequently speaks off the cuff, in Caracas, Romain Nadal, interfered in the doesn’t shy from comments perceived as nation’s internal affairs when he went to housed human civilizations thousands of Still, Bolsonaro echoed the insinuation as he politically incorrect and often uses the press greet Guaidó upon his arrival at the airport. years before the Spanish arrived in 1535. spoke outside the presidential residence in as a foil to rally support. He has repeatedly It is scattered with cemeteries, irrigation Brasilia. France and the European Union recognize canals, structures and ancient roads, with said that journalists willfully misconstrue Guaidó as Venezuela’s interim president thin, vulnerable layers of deposited earth “He talked about the journalist’s harassment, his statements and are seeking to undermine until fresh elections can be held. separating vastly different eras. hitting on him. She wanted a scoop, she his administration. wanted to give a scoop, at any price, against A small delegation of foreign diplomats “The physical difference between the present The incident in Brasilia follows two recent me,” Bolsonaro said with a smile, using a went to greet Guaidó, who violated a travel and antiquity is but a few centimeters,” Solis examples of Bolsonaro making offensive Portuguese word for “scoop” that can have ban by Maduro’s government, risking the said. arm gestures at a group of journalists. sexual connotations. That drew laughs from possibility of arrest upon his return. 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Opinion NEW DELHI TIMES Erdogan comments on Kashmir; India responds ◆ By NDT Bureau Turkey as it is to Pakistan, he stated. United Nations Security Council and the touched $8 billion. Turkey has already lost European Union Parliament. 260 crore business opportunities and could India took strong exceptions to Erdogan’s @NewDelhiTimes lose further. Risking $8 billion trade with comments. Ministry of External Affairs While referring to Kashmir, Erdogan India for Pakistan’s $800 million trade is [email protected] spokesperson Raveesh Kumar rejected laughably talked of resolution not through foolishness. Erdogan’s references to Jammu and Kashmir conflict or oppression but on the basis of f late, Turkish President Recep Tayyip which is an integral and inalienable part of justice, fairness, peace and dialogue. Look Turkey could lose business deals just like O Erdogan has been behaving like the India. He called upon the Turkish leadership who is talking. Erdogan has been autocratic Malaysia. Erdogan wants deals and contracts tin-pot dictator of a non-descript despotic to develop a proper understanding of the and the most ruthless dictator of the Turkish in Pakistan and expanded Turkish influence country. His pretentions of becoming the facts including the grave threat posed by history, ruling Ankara with brute force. at the expense of the Arabs. He has already unquestioned leader of the Islamic world terrorism emanating from Pakistan to India pitted Pakistan against Saudis. whom Islamists of all hues and denominations and the region and asked not to interfere in His sermons criticising India’s democratic would admire, adore and walk miles to see, India’s internal affairs. initiatives in Kashmir is simply laughable. Ever-hungry Pakistani would have been Turkey’s repression of the Kurds is going on happy with some flour, sugar and money; for decades now. Kurdistan movement is the making a regrettable anti-Kashmir statement longest-running feud in history. to please Pakistan was a bonus Erdogan should have better avoided. Now he is to Turkey is not kind to Kurds even in an blame at home if Turkey is made to feel the Islamic country like Syria. Erdogan has heat to bear the economic repercussions like imprinted his name in the annals of history Malaysia. Meddling unnecessarily in India’s through massacre of Syrian Kurds with internal affairs must extract a price. American connivance but India has never condemned Turkey’s actions in Syria. Turkey has a horrendous record of handling The story of Islamist forces of Turkey the Kurds. Before sermonising India, Turkey occupying Cyprus through brute force is should solve longstanding problems with widely known. Who on earth can forget Turkish Kurds, stop their oppression and Photo Credit : Getty Images Turkey’s genocide in Armenia that remains give them freedom. Pakistan’s nuisance in Kashmir, which are well-known. His dreams took wings one of the blackest spots in its history? continued for decades but intensified post- Kashmir can’t be compared with the Armenian after he ruthlessly suppressed a rebellion at India never spoke a word on the Armenian 1989 culminating in merciless driving out genocide by Turkey. Turkey now emerges home killing thousands and putting much genocide, Cyprus invasion or Kurdish of lakhs of native Hindus, was finally halted as a new platinum brother of Pakistan. more into jails even without a trials. massacre, nor interfered in Turkey’s internal on August 5, 2019, when India repealed affairs. Pakistanis are welcome to work and live in In the recent visit to Pakistan, he was Article 370 of its Constitution taking back Turkey. overpowered by strong urge to impress the special status of the region. Erdogan thinks of himself as a very powerful Pakistanis and the hard-core Islamists and leader and punches much above his weight. More Muslims are living in India than Mullahs across the world of his Islamic On October 31, 2019, J&K was bifurcated into Should India support the cause of Cyprus Turkey and Malaysia combined; both should credentials. While addressing a joint session two Union Territories- Jammu and Kashmir and Kurdistan to showcase its concerns for respect that. Erdogan’s understanding of of the Parliament, Erdogan compared what and Ladakh-for better administrative control. human rights violations by Turkey? Kashmir is limited. Turkey must free Cyprus happened a hundred years ago in Çanakkale Pakistan’s heinous “Kashmir project” thus and Kurdistan first before commenting in Turkey during the World War I to events grounded to a halt. Out of sheer frustration, India-Turkey bilateral trade crossed $10 over Kashmir. Courting Turkey could cost in Kashmir. Kashmir issue is as close to Pakistan keeps on dragging the issue to the billion in 2019; India’s export to Turkey Pakistan Saudi Arabia’s financial support. Philippines terminates Visiting Forces Agreement with USA Armed Forces to fight against insurgency ◆ By NDT Bureau that has severely impacted the security @NewDelhiTimes situation in the country. The US Special Forces had helped the Armed Forces of [email protected] the Philippines (AFP) to end a siege of the southern town of Marawi City by militants n February 11, 2020, Filipino President allied to Islamic State. O Rodrigo Duterte gave a formal notice to the United States of his decision to scrap The siege of Marawi, perpetrated by the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) after Islamic State-linked militants from May repeated threats to downgrade the two to October 2017, left 1,100 people dead. countries’ military alliance. “The President At the time, President Rodrigo Duterte has directed Executive Secretary Salvador acknowledged military assistance from the Medialdea to tell Secretary Teddy Boy United States. However, at the same time, he Locsin of the Foreign Affairs to send the also reminded Washington not to interfere in notice of termination to the US government the internal matters of his country, especially last night. And the Executive Secretary Photo Credit : Getty Images refraining from commenting on the war on sent the message to Secretary Teddy Boy Philippines for the U.S. service members Philippines. Moreover, the VFA was also drugs. Locsin, and the latter signed the notice on official business and also provides a serving as a bulwark against Chinese of termination and then sent it to the US series of procedures for how to resolve strategic ambitions. A major factor behind On a wider scale, this decision to terminate government today,” Presidential spokesman issues that may come up as a result of the the Philippines termination of VFA was the Panelo told in a press briefing. According to VFA also reflects the desire of Duterte to U.S. forces being present in the Philippines. unhappiness of President Rodrigo Duterte chart an “independent foreign policy” of his Panelo, the termination will take effect after The VFA sets out the terms of the presence of with the revocation of the U.S. visa of one 180 days from the date of formal notice. country which entails distancing from the the US forces in the Philippines following the of his key allies, Senator Ronald “Bato” US as one of its key objectives. The Philippines and the USA signed the closures of the Clark Air Base and the Subic Dela Rosa. Dela Rosa led President Rodrigo VFA Agreement in 1999. The Philippines- Bay Naval Base. The VFA waives passport Duterte’s war on drugs when he was the PNP It may be recalled that in September 2016, United States Visiting Forces Agreement, and visa requirements for the US personnel chief from July 2016 to April 2018. Duterte had remarked: “In our relations sometimes the PH–US Visiting Forces and shields them from the Philippine justice with the world, the Philippines will pursue Agreement, is a bilateral visiting forces system. Without the VFA, military interactions The 2018 Country Reports on Human Rights an independent foreign policy. I repeat: The agreement between the Philippines and the between the two countries would have to be Practices: Philippines by the US Department Philippines will pursue an independent foreign United States consisting of two separate organised on an ad hoc basis. of State mentioned that extrajudicial killings policy…We will observe and must insist on documents. The first of these documents were the chief human rights concern in the time-honoured principles of sovereignty, is commonly referred to as “the VFA” or The VFA was significant as it entailed a the country for many years and witnessed sovereign equality, non-interference, and “VFA-1”, and the second as “VFA-2” or clear procedures and processes for how a sharp rise with the onset of the antidrug the commitment of a peaceful settlement of “the Counterpart Agreement”. The VFA to handle issues arising as a result of the campaign. Termination of VFA will reduce disputes. 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Think - Tanks NEW DELHI TIMES Intuitions: The inner voice leading to your destination right at a certain point of time and yields that tend to pull us strongly in the opposite ◆ By Dr. Pramila Srivastava better results. Listening to our gut feeling direction. But, it is our intuition that never @PramilaBK never leaves an option for us to regret things fades away and resides in us forever. we have been a part of. It actually gives us [email protected] the courage to accept things the way we have It is so deeply rooted in our inner self that created them and make smart move learning he ability to understand something even if we have been distanced with it even from the failure. “T instinctively, without the need for for the longest times, its presence can still conscious reasoning” is how a dictionary be felt inside us, waiting for us to summon defines the word ‘intuition’. It is an ability inbuilt The instincts are pure results of the brain using a its wisdom. There are many obstructers that in an individual to have direct knowledge of combination of logic and emotions while making would dim the luminescence of our inner something without any observation or reason. decisions. Even if they imply uncertainties and feelings but it is we who can lighten our way do not guarantee a good outcome, then also through our own inner instincts. We are born with intution. But being born one must go with the gut because sometimes with it does not give an assurance that we will the answers we arrive at through our learned The key to master and value the sacred gift always abide by it and follow it. Being born and carful thoughts are perhaps inferior to the of getting intuitions is by learning to listen as Homo sapiens, we have a direct connect reactions given out immediately. to them. The more we get attentive towards with our inner selves that possesses in us them, the more powerful and accurate they the ability to feel and know things without Usually, our intuition is worth trusting come out to be. Our intuitions are always on detailed study or conscious reasoning. Yes, rather than taking advice from someone else point but it is our doubt and fear of losing this is the gut feeling, which is actually real because the one our seek advice from can things or getting trolled for our acts that and is used by us quite often. turn us down but our instincts that connect makes us turn the blind eye to our instincts. our body, mind and spirit can never frame Also, known as instincts, these intuitions us in any deplorable situation because our When things turn out the way we’ve thought are not thoughts but are grounded feelings instincts can never lie to us. them to be, we begin following our gut Photo Credit : Getty Images that are structured based on the several feeling, so, intuitions will always be there, way for the gut feeling and slower the survival instincts, automatic recall of learned Our gut feeling is something that is so it’s just a matter of learning the act to trust pace to shift our perspective and clear our information, emotional responses, societal personal that it can be felt only by us and them. Meditation can play a great role in distractions. conditioning and associations. not anyone else. It is only us who is allowed letting us master the act of believing the gut. to make the call as nobody else can weigh Taking out time from the everyday routine It is often said to trust our instincts and in. Trusting our instinct reflects the way we A connection between us and our inner being, and simply relaxing and living in the don’t let them go considering a matter of trust ourselves. The process of building that physically, spiritually and psychologically moment can help it rise to the surface. Stop coincidence. The voice in our gut is what trust is not as simple as the phrase “follow is one of the best ways to help listen to our running from place to place, take a break must not be taken for granted as it is wise your inner self” implies, especially when intuitions. 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Technology & Health NEW DELHI TIMES Ensure healthy vegetarian diet to your child A family stays together with food. All example of really bad parenting. If the three they know best, and the child should have ◆ By Smt. Maneka culture, all respect, starts with food choices. year old rejects a vegetable the first time what she wants. The same parents do not Sanjay Gandhi I know that if my son were to eat meat it they simply remove it from the diet. But it allow her to have sweets, or any cereal that would strain our family ties. He has been takes 3-4 times to get a child to accept food, @ManekaGandhiBJP contains too much sugar, no matter how brought up a vegetarian, and it has made him any food (I am not talking about sugar, at much she cries. into a fine person. Anasuyaa is the gentlest all). These are parents who probably don’t M y granddaughter, Anasuyaa 5, is a soul I have ever met: she picks up snails like vegetables themselves, and force the Another oddity I see in people is that if a child vegetarian and a very healthy eater. from the pathways and carries them to one child into their own food tastes. is vegetarian because of religious reasons, She loves vegetables, specially broccoli. She side to see that they are not run over. We its fine. But if you keep a child vegetarian doesn’t like maida in any form, including have not taught her that. Sometimes the media is so strange. I have because you care about their health, the cakes. She likes the idea of icecream, read nonsensical news stories about “Vegan environment, climate change and suffering but will rarely go beyond a few licks. My We have simply let her be the way the couple force their diet on child , kill toddler”. to animals, that’s considered radical. How son went through a phase of offering her universe meant humans to be, pure, gentle, If your child is obese, or diabetic, because weird that society values religious decisions lollipops, which she took to please him but with curiosity and compassion towards all. you give them pizzas, pastry, or hamburgers, over moral ones. never ate. Her idea of a great meal is lots of Even her teachers say that she is unique in twice a week, or if you warm up food in a salad, two rotis, a little rice, dal, mushrooms her respect for everyone. And I owe that microwave … that’s fine. What about the A friend of mine is very rich, and an art and vegetables. to the fact that we have left her vegetarian, parents that force kids to eat McDonald’s, collector. His grandson, aged 4, loves, really mostly vegan, and explained food to her junk food and sweets, a bucket of chicken, loves, cows. So they have statues of cows in A few weeks ago she was given an egg by a since she was two. How many parents or luncheon meat sandwiches. These are their vast garden, and he talks to them. And friend’s mother, which she ate. She told me explain food to their children ? How many the ‘forcings’ that should be shamed. In then sits down to dinner and eats their meat. and I was very angry. When I took the matter understand nutrition themselves ? this case, the parents did not keep their If I try and tell him, their whole family warns up, the only defence that the person came up child vegan – they simply fed her just fruit, me off because it might upset him and put with was “Anasuyaa is very thin and she which is criminal idiocy – as much idiocy him off meat. But, if a simple identification needs protein” and then she followed it up as feeding chicken soup to a child that is of what he is eating puts him off meat, then with a standard accusation, “How can you ill (chicken soup is used in labs to grow surely it’s a sign he shouldn’t be eating it ? force your child to be vegetarian. She should bacteria). So many of our children in India be allowed to eat what she wants .What you are vegan naturally, and look how well they A lot of children don’t realize that the meat are doing is not democratic and its bad for do. Childhood obesity is talked about all the they are eating are dead animals. They don’t the child. ” time, but it doesn’t get shamed. Try getting talk about it at school, because teachers see a newspaper article on parents whose child This is the most annoying argument of it as the parent’s job. But we need better died of organ failure through bad eating. Not all, and is pushed by the feebleminded. food education, and now it is important that happening. So, vegetarians and vegans should be that we don’t hide where food is actually ASHAMED for making their children eat so, When I was younger I used to speak to sourced and what it’s actually made of. Photo Credit : Getty Images while the others, no doubt, offer their infants children in schools. When I finished, almost You owe it to your child to “force” them to Your children are not born feral. Every an a la carte menu at each meal time ? 90% would turn vegetarian. Then, they recognize animals as sentient beings, instead activity is forced on a child – make sure would go home and tell their parents. And of forcing them to eat them. When the child Parents force their choices on you the day your choices are good and mindful, and one parent would turn this into power play is old enough, and wants to eat meat when you come to the world, starting with the then make the child do them. My son’s IQ is and become aggressive in their need to he is older, that choice can be left to him. name and religion. Every parent forces their over 150, Anasuyaa has come first in several dominate, “You want to be vegetarian. Go But, until then, a healthy and ethical food children to eat in a particular direction. But chess championships, and is often first in her and live with Maneka Gandhi. ”, or “Why should be the norm. the parents, who force their child to eat class- if you want to be a tiger mother and should I cook separately for you. This is not To Read Full Article : https://www. meat at a young age, are doing much more expect wonderful things from your child, a restaurant”. damage, because they start early in ruining start with giving them the food that their newdelhitimes.com/ensure-healthy- the child’s health and laying the foundation body and soul really needs. If an elder child insists that her younger vegetarian-diet-to-your-child for obesity and organ breakdowns. They also sibling be vegetarian, then she is the radical To join the animal welfare movement take away the natural sensitivity the child is I have parents who say to me very proudly and fanatic : not the parents who force contact [email protected], born with towards the rest of creation. “My child hates vegetables” . That is an chicken nuggets on the four year old because www.peopleforanimalsindia.org Last month was hottest January ever, US NASA’s space snowman reveals secrets: scientists say Few craters, no water ast month was the warmest January ever ASA’s space snowman is revealing an estimated 22 miles (36 kilometers) long New Horizons flew past Arrokoth on L recorded, U.S. government forecasters N fresh secrets from its home far beyond tip to tip. At a news conference in Seattle, January 1, 2019, more than three years say, with human-led climate change the Pluto. More than a year after its close New Horizons’ chief scientist Alan Stern of after the spacecraft visited Pluto. Originally leading cause. Global temperatures were encounter with the snowman-shaped object, Southwest Research Institute said its size nicknamed Ultima Thule, the object received 1.13 degrees Celsius higher than the 20th the New Horizons spacecraft is still sending was roughly that of the city. its official name in November; Arrokoth century average, the National Oceanic and back data from more than 4 billion miles means sky in the language of the Native Atmospheric Administration reported-the (6.4 billion kilometers) away. As for the snowman shape, it’s not nearly as American Powhatan people. highest in at least 141 years. flat on the backside as previously thought. “The data rate is painfully slow from so Record-high heat was felt in parts of Latin Neither the small nor big sphere is fully far away,” said Will Grundy of Lowell America, Asia, Scandinavia, and over parts round, but far from the flatter pancake shape Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, one of the of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. scientists reported a year ago. The research lead authors. team likened the somewhat flattened Parts of Russia were 5 degrees higher and spherical forms to the shape of M&Ms. Astronomers reported that this pristine, sea ice around Antarctica was nearly 10% primordial cosmic body now called Arrokoth- below average. No rings or satellites have been found. The the most distant object ever explored-is light cratering suggests Arrokoth dates back The outlook for all of 2020 also points to a relatively smooth with far fewer craters than to the formation of the solar system 4.5 warming planet, with experts predicting the expected. It’s also entirely ultrared, or highly billion years ago. It likely was created by a year will rank among the five hottest ever reflective, which is commonplace in the slow, gentle merger between two separate Photo Credit : AP Photo recorded. faraway Twilight Zone of our solar system objects that possibly were an orbiting pair. Launched in 2006, the spacecraft is now known as the the Kuiper Belt. The resulting fused body is considered a Global warming can cause floods and more 316 million miles (509 million kilometers) contact binary. powerful storms in some parts of the world Grundy said in an email that to the human beyond Arrokoth. The research team while others will suffer droughts, eventually eye, Arrokoth would look less red and darker This kind of slow-motion hookup likely is looking for other potential targets to leading to what a United National panel says brown, sort of like molasses. The reddish arose from collapsing clouds in the solar investigate. Powerful ground telescopes still will be food shortages and a widespread color is indicative of organic molecules. nebula, as opposed to intense collisions under construction will help survey this part refugee crisis. While frozen methane is present, no water theorized to form these planetesimals, or of the sky. Credit : Voice of America (VOA) has yet been found on the body, which is little orbiting bodies. Credit : Associated Press (AP) www.NewDelhiTimes.com India’s only International Newspaper

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Entertainment & Lifestyle NEW DELHI TIMES “Love Island” Ex-host Caroline Flack found dead in London aroline Flack, a British television presenter said in a statement. A family lawyer said people under intense scrutiny and pressure, Dancing” in 2014, the British version of C who hosted the controversial reality Flack had killed herself and was found in increased by blanket tabloid newspaper “Dancing With The Stars”. While hosting TV show “Love Island,” has died at age 40, her London apartment. coverage of the show. “Love Island,” Flack made her West End her family said. stage debut in 2018, playing Roxie Hart in Flack hosted “Love Island” from its launch Two former “Love Island” contestants, the musical “Chicago”. in 2015, but stepped down last year after Sophie Gradon and Mike Thalassitis, died being charged with assaulting her boyfriend, by suicide in 2018 and 2019. Fellow TV presenters expressed shock over Lewis Burton. She denied the charge and her death. was scheduled to stand trial starting next Their deaths renewed a debate about the month. ethics of reality TV that has raged in the Talk show most Piers Morgan tweeted that U.K. since producers started making British Flack “was a fun, bright & sparky person British commercial network ITV, which equivalents of sensationalist American whose whole world collapsed recently, both broadcasts the show, said in a statement programs like “The Jerry Springer Show” professionally & personally. that “everybody at “Love Island” and ITV two decades ago, putting ordinary people is shocked and saddened by this desperately under a microscope on reality shows such as She told me it had been the worst time of her sad news.” “Big Brother”. life, and was clearly struggling to cope with losing everything she held dear. This is such “Caroline was a much-loved member of the Until her arrest, Flack enjoyed a meteoric sad, awful news.” “Love Island” team, and our sincere thoughts career rise after co-hosting Saturday and condolences are with her family and morning children’s television shows. She Another well-known host, Eamonn Holmes, friends,” the network statement said. fronted companion shows to the popular tweeted: “Caroline Flack....Dear God. Shocked ITV programs “I’m A Celebrity...Get Me beyond belief. May she have found peace. “Love Island” deposits young and attractive Photo Credit : AP Photo Out of Here!” and “The X-Factor”. #Rip Has to be repercussions for Love Island contestants in a tropical paradise, where they now surely? “We can confirm that our Caroline passed must pair up or risk being exiled. Critics Flack’s career blossomed further after away on the 15th of February,” the family claim the program puts vulnerable young she won the BBC show “Strictly Come Credit : Associated Press (AP) Dazzling Sydney First look of Kangana Ranaut “Parasite” director Concert raises millions Bong greeted by for Australian Bushfire as IAF pilot in Tejas released Relief applause in South ◆ By NDT Bureau ueen, Adam Lambert, Alice Cooper Korea Q and Michael Buble have played at a @NewDelhiTimes irector Bong Joon-ho smiled and waved huge concert to support bushfire victims in [email protected] at a waiting crowd as he arrived home Australia. More than 70,000 people attended D in South Korea, his first trip back since he the televised ‘Fire Fight Australia’ event in akers of the movie Tejas have unveiled won four Oscars for his movie “Parasite,” Sydney. M the first look of the movie’s lead including the award for Best Picture. actress Kangana Ranaut who plays an India Air Force Pilot. Directed by Sarvesh The crowd clapped and cheered as Bong Mewara, the movie is slated to be released walked out of the arrivals gate at Incheon in April next year. The film will be produced International Airport. by Ronnie Screwvala.

The official Instagram and twitter handle of Kangana Ranaut (team_kangana_ranaut and @KanganaTeam respectively) shared Photo Credit : Team Kangana Ranaut (@KanganaTeam) the image with the caption, “For all the made by our brave women in uniform go brave hearted and strong headed women in unnoticed by the nation. Tejas is a film where Uniform who make sacrifices for our nation I have the honour of playing the role of one day in and day out…Kangana to play an air such Air Force pilot that puts country before force pilot in her next #Tejas”. self. I hope we instil a sense of patriotism and pride in the youth of today with this Talking about her upcoming film, Kangana film. I am looking forward to the journey said in a statement, “Very often the sacrifices with Sarvesh and Ronnie on this one.” Photo Credit : Getty Images “Mama, just killed a man,” said Queen Akshay Kumar signed as Brand Adam Lambert. “Put a gun against his head. Photo Credit : AP Photo Pulled my trigger, now he’s dead. Mama, “It’s been a long journey in the United life had just begun.” Ambassador for snack brand Kurkure Dilen Gandhi, Senior Director and Category States and I’m pleased that it got wrapped ◆ By NDT Bureau up nicely,” Bong said, speaking in Korean. Fans in Sydney were treated to a spectacular Head-Foods, PepsiCo India, said, “We “Now, I am happy that I can quietly return rendition of ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ by Queen @NewDelhiTimes believe that Akshay Kumar personifies the brand tenets of Kurkure as both of them to creating, which is my main occupation.” and the American singer Adam Lambert. [email protected] complement each other. By combining They were joined by Olivia Newton-John Kurkure’s chatpatapan with Akshay’s multi- He also joked that he would wash his hands and Alice Cooper, along with Australian faceted personality, we are confident to to join the movement to defeat a new virus stars 5 Seconds of Summer, Tina Arena and create a blockbuster association that will not that has sickened tens of thousands, mostly Delta Goodrem. only create non-stop humour, but also deepen in China. our engagement with the consumers.” The ‘Fire Fight Australia’ concert aimed to “I’ll diligently wash my hands from now on raised almost $7 million for bushfire relief. In a statement, Akshay Kumar said, and participate in this movement to defeat Fire services, devastated communities and “The brand’s quirky and unconventional coronavirus,” he said. animal welfare charities are to benefit. campaigns have stood the test of time and are remembered by one and all. I love “Parasite” was the first non-English- Australia’s bushfire crisis began in entertaining the audience and am looking language film to win Best Picture in the 92- September. More than 30 people have been ollywood star Akshay Kumar has been forward to adding zing and liveliness in a year history of the Academy Awards, and killed, and thousands of homes destroyed, B roped in as the brand ambassador for memorable and unique way with Kurkure”. is the first South Korean movie to ever win while millions of hectares of land have been Pepsico’s popular snack brand Kurkure. an Oscar, stunning moviemakers and fans scorched. Social media platform Instagram was used Akshay will be seen donning a number of around the world. as the medium to reveal Kumar’s association fun and off-beat characters as part of the new Credit : Voice of America (VOA) with Kurkure through a video. advertising campaign for the snack brand. Credit : Associated Press (AP)

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Sports NEW DELHI TIMES Last shot wins: Team LeBron FIFA and FIFPRO set up wins All-Star Game 157-155 layers were taking charges, bodies LeBron, while James-his team’s captain- global fund to financially P were hitting the floor, calls and non- and Chris Paul each scored 23, and Davis calls were being screamed about on both finished with 20. ends. The fourth quarter of the NBA All-Star protect unpaid footballers Game was as intense as the final moments FIFA has set aside USD 16m for the fund up of a playoff game, the biggest stars in the ◆ By NDT Bureau to 2022, with this allocation to be divided league holding absolutely nothing back. @NewDelhiTimes as follows: USD 3m in 2020, USD 4m in 2021 and USD 4m in 2022, plus a further And in the end, Anthony Davis was a [email protected] hometown hero by making a free throw. USD 5m set aside for the retroactive protection of players’ salaries for the period ontrary to the belief that professional Kobe Bryant-ever the competitor-would between July 2015 and June 2020. As per C footballers across the globe are have simply loved the way this night went. the agreement, a monitoring committee will well paid, there are a number of cases “That was pretty damn fun,” a sweat-soaked, be constituted comprising of representatives of footballers having a short and fragile exhausted LeBron James said at the end. Photo Credit : AP Photo from both FIFA and FIFPRO. This committee career. A 2016 report by FIFPRO, the global will process, assess and act on applications Davis made a game-ending free throw to “This one’s for him,” Leonard said, speaking representative for professional football players for grants from the FIFA FFP. This new give Team LeBron a 157-155 win over of Bryant afterward. which drew on the evidence of 14,000 players Team Giannis in the revamped NBA All- mechanism will come into operation on Giannis Antetokounmpo, who captained his in 54 countries and 87 leagues in Europe, the Star Game, the format overhauled to put in July 1, 2020. team, led his squad with 25 points, Kemba Americas and Africa found that more than elements for charity and ensure that someone Walker had 23 for Team Giannis, Joel Embiid 45% of the surveyed player earned less than FIFA President Gianni Infantino welcomed was going to hit a shot to end the game. scored 22 and Rudy Gobert added 21. $1000 (USD) a month while the median net this new initiative, stating: “This agreement That someone was Davis, the Chicago native monthly salary worldwide ranged between and our commitment to helping players in a who missed the first free throw and made The finish was frantic, and then some. James $1000 and $2000 (USD). difficult situation show how we interpret our the second to end the NBA’s midseason tried a layup that would have put his team one showcase that went down as the closest All- point away-it was blocked by Antetokounmpo, Star Game since the Eastern Conference called a goaltend at first but ruled a clean block topped the Western Conference 141-139 after review. Team LeBron controlled the in 2010. Kawhi Leonard, the game’s MVP resulting jump ball and James tried a 40-footer and the first recipient of the trophy now to end it but missed. named for Bryant, scored 30 points for Team Credit : Associated Press (AP)

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