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12 25/05/2017 NEWS ART & CULTURE POLITICS RELIGION LITERATURE FASHION KIDS FILMS www.samajweekly.com NEWS-IN-BRIEF Six injured in clash in UP village after Mayawati’s visit Lucknow, At least six persons were injured, one of them from gunshots, as caste tension flared again in Shabbirpur village and surrounding areas in Saharanpur district after BSP supremo Mayawati's visit. Members of two communities again fought a pitched battle in which many were injured, soon after the Dalit leader concluded her visit and drove back to New Delhi after accusing the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of stirring the caste cauldron in the state. Some Dalits pelted stones at houses of members of the Rajput community and set one house on fire before the former Chief Minister's visit. The Rajputs retaliated and both clashed in Chandrapura village, neighbouring Shabbirpur, of Uttar Pradesh. One person sustained gunshot injuries. Five others were injured by swords, two of them with critically, an official said. Additional police force was rushed to the scene of clashes. Additional Director General of Police (Meerut) Anand Kumar rushed to the village, where fire tenders and Provincial Armed Constabulary were requisitioned from Shamli and Muzaffarnagar. On May 5, a clash had occurred between the two communities when protests were raised over loud music played in connection with the celebration of Maharana Pratap Jayanti in Shabbirpur village. One person was killed and 16 others were injured in the clash. ‘Google tried to restrict gender discrimination case reporting’ London, Google tried to restrict the media coverage of a gender discrimination case brought by the US government alleging that the company had violated federal laws when it did not provide employees' salary history and contact information as part of an audit, a media report has revealed. The company tried to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the US Department of Labor, claiming that a government attorney may have violated ethics rules after he/she did an interview with the Guardian. Referring to the court documents, the newspaper on Monday said Google unsuccessfully argued that a judge should dismiss a lawsuit filed by the US Department of Labor (DoL). The DoL had accused Google of systematically underpaying women and the court battle centres on the company's refusal to hand over salary data the government has requested to which Google replied by saying that the data request was overly broad and violates its workers' privacy. The report observed that the motion for dismissal of the case shows Google's aggressive efforts to end the case. Critics said it appeared that Google was attempting to limit media scrutiny with unusual tactics that raise free press concerns and seem to contradict the corporation's public claims that it is committed to transparency and accountability in its efforts to promote equal pay. It was also reported that Google tried to restrict press access during a hearing last month. Army says it pounded Pak posts in ‘punitive’ strikes NEW DELHI : The Indian Army said on Tuesday it has attacked and destroyed Pakistani posts along their de-facto border as part of counter-insurgency operations to stop militants from crossing into India. In a rare move, the army also released what it said was a video of the military action that showed heavy artillery blasting temporary bunkers and shelters on a tree-covered mountain. The video was shot in Jammu’s Naushera sector on May 9, army officials told HT, a little over a week after the beheading of two Indian soldiers by a Pakistan army team. Pakistan military spokesman Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor called the Indian claim “false” and issued a video UK attack prompts Australia to maintain ‘probable’ threat level Canberra : Following the terror attack in Manchester, Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said on Wednesday that the threat level in his country will be maintained at "probable". The decision was made on Tuesday night during a meeting of the national security committee with Turnbull and his cabinet, members of the federal police, intelligence organisations, as well as the armed forces, Efe news reported. Turnbull announced the crucial security decision on ABC news after discussing with the national security service ASIO's chief security officer and his anti-terrorism coordinator. Australian authorities are currently working, together with New Zealand's police, intelligence services and facility operators, to strengthen security measures at various public events, including the Vivid Sydney festival and several rugby matches. The security measures in these places are "under constant review and you'll see heightened police presences, more obstacles, bollard, barriers put in the way to prevent vehicle-borne attacks." Turnbull said. For his part, the Australian Ministry of Foreign Affairs urged people traveling to the UK to exercise "a high degree of caution". Australia last raised its terror alert in September 2014 and has passed a series of anti-terrorism laws to prevent attacks on its territory. Since then, the country has suffered four violent actions and has thwarted 12 other terrorist conspiracy plans. Iran says US weapons sale to Saudi to jeopardize regional security Tehran, A senior Iranian military official said that the recent US-Saudi Arabia arms deal will jeopardize regional security, media reports said. "The arms deal between the United States and Saudi Arabia not only would not contribute to security in the Middle East, but would lead to insecurity and tensions in the region," Tasnim news agency quoted the military aide to Iran's Supreme Leader Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi as saying. Washington earns huge profit from fomenting regional insecurity and creates tensions among Muslim countries, Rahim Safavi said. He noted that Iran's principal policy is respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of other states, stressing that regional security would materialize only through concerted efforts and direct dialogue to achieve a common understanding, Xinhua news reported. On Saturday, the US President Donald Trump sealed a $110- billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia in Riyadh. which he claimed showed its army shelling Indian positions after an “unprovoked ceasefire violation” on May 13. Indian army chief spokesman Major General Ashok Narula told journalists the aim of the military action was to “bring down the number of terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir so that youths are not adversely influenced by terrorists from across.” “Punitive fire assaults across the Line of Control are being undertaken by the Indian army,” said Major Narula, who heads the army’s public information wing. He did not give dates. The assault is also the latest escalation in tensions along the LoC, the volatile de-facto border. “There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.” -Buddha Virendra Sharma stands for one Southall of all faiths During the last 49 years Virendra Sharma has been a member of the community in Ealing Southall he has always stood for the unity of society. In that time he has been proud to support all faiths, and to serve the community and its members whatever their religion. He was proud to launch the Southall Faiths Forum which supports local dialogue to reduce tensions. "During elections strong feelings are common, but this is no time for people to raise issues for their own selfish reasons. It is important that we consider our community and put its needs above our own. I am proud to represent a diverse community made up of all religions and nationalities and I think it is important that politicians represent everyone, not just a narrow section."
www.samajweekly.com London : Britain was in anguish on Tuesday after 22 people were killed and nearly 60 injured when a suicide bomber targeted a concert hall in Manchester, described as the worst terrorist attack in the country for more than a decade. Victims included children – the youngest an 8-year-old girl – and teenagers who had gathered for a sell-out concert in the NEWS ART & CULTURE POLITICS RELIGION LITERATURE FASHION KIDS FILMS A profile of the Mayor and Mayoress Mayor and Mayoress City of the council, including Chair of the Scrutiny Panel, Licensing Committee, Member Wolverhampton 2017/18 Champion for Equalities and a Cabinet C Member holding different portfolios. ouncillor Elias Mattu is the 159th He has also held significant roles on outside bodies representing the council, including Mayor of Wolverhampton, and was elected on 17 May 2017 for the 2017- West Midlands Integrated Transport 18 municipal year. Authority, West Midlands Police and Crime He was educated at Graiseley School, Panel, West Midlands Equality and Diversity Wulfrun College and Wednesbury College of Board, west Midlands LGA, Association for Commerce and Technology. He studied law at Public Service Excellence (APSE) and its Wolverhampton University whist working as a Central Regions Vice-Chairman. volunteer at the Citizens Advice Bureau. He Furthermore, he has served as a Vice-Chair also studied for a certificate in Management of the St Chad’s Association and Graiseley and a Diploma in Leadership and School Governing Body for 22 years, including 12 years as the Chairman of the Governing Management at Warwick University. The Mayoress, Asha Mattu was educated at Body. Elias has a great passion for sports. to degree level where she achieved BA Elias and Asha Mattu Over the years, he has participated in many Honours in Special Needs and Inclusive different sports, including hockey, cricket, Practice. The Mayor, Elias Mattu was born in worked in Graiseley Primary School. They boxing, martial arts and power lifting. He Punjab, North India and came to live in Wolverhampton at the age of 9 and has lived here since. The Mayoress, Asha Mattu was born and raised in Coventry and recently have been married for almost 30 years. Elias has had an eventful and long career. He has been a Councillor for Graiseley Ward for 17 years. He has held several positions on became a regional power-lifting coach and referee and in the late 1980s opened his own club where he trained 5 British Power-lifting Champions and 1 European Champion. Suicide bomber kills 22 at Manchester concert Islamic State claims responsibility; 23-yr-old plotter arrested Worldwide smartphone sales grew over 9% in 2017 Q1 Mumbai, May 23 (IANS) Chinese smartphone manufacturers performed well as 380 million mobile units were sold globally in the first quarter of 2017 -- a 9.1 per cent increase over the first quarter of 2016, market research firm Gartner said on Tuesday. The firm also said the shift in buyer preference is positively affecting Chinese manufacturers such as Huawei, Oppo and Vivo in their strategy to build desirable features at affordable prices. "The top three Chinese smartphone manufacturers are driving sales with their competitively priced, high quality smartphones equipped with innovative features," Anshul Gupta, Research Director at Gartner, said in a statement. Their combined market share in the first quarter of 2017 accounted for 24 per cent, up seven percentage points year-on-year. "Furthermore, aggressive marketing and sales promotion have further helped these brands to take share from other brands in markets such as India, Indonesia and Thailand," Gupta added. Samsung's smartphone sales declined 3.1 per cent in the first quarter of 2017. "Although Samsung announ ced that preorders for the Galaxy S8 and S8+ are up 30 per cent year-over-year, the absence of an alternative to Note 7 and the fierce competition in the basic smartphone segment are leading Samsung to continuously lose market share," Gupta said. "Sales of iPhones were flat, which led to a drop in market share year over year. Similar to Samsung, Apple is increasingly facing fierce competition from Chinese brands Oppo and Vivo, among others, and its performance in China is under attack," he noted. Manchester Arena (capacity: 21,000) by popular US singer Ariana Grande. Political parties suspended campaigning for the June 8 election and investigators hunted for accomplices of the bomber, identified as 22- year-old Salman Abedi. BBC said the individual was “British or UK born”. One 23-year-old man was arrested in Chorlton, south Manchester, in connection with the incident. Hours later, police set off a controlled explosion and raided a house in Elsmore Road, about 6 km from the arena. The country was struggling to come to terms with the tragedy claimed by the so-called Islamic State, as Britain remained at the threat level of ‘severe’, which officially means a terror attack is ‘highly likely’. In London, Scotland Yard stepped up its presence in public places and reviewed its plans for several public events planned over the summer. A spokesman of the Indian high commission told Hindustan Times there was no information of any Indian casualty, but added a list of nationalities of the victims was awaited from police. A response unit has been set up by the mission. India’s President Pranab Mukherjee, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress president Sonia Gandhi condemned the attack. Queen Elizabeth said: “The whole nation has been shocked by the death and injury in Manchester last night of so many people, adults and children, who had just been enjoying a concert”. The Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said the blast with a ‘home-made device’ was carried out by one individual. It 25/05/2017 13 China to block India's NSG bid again Beijing : China on Monday said it has not changed its position on India's membership of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), indicating it will again block New Delhi's plea at the plenary session in Bern next month. "China's position on the non-NPT members' participation in the NSG has not changed," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said on Monday. ss"We support the NSG group following the mandate of the 2016 plenary session and following building consensus as well as the intergovernmental process that is open and transparent to deal with the relevant issues in a two-step approach," she added. At the NSG's plenary session in Seoul in June 2016, China opposed India's application. It again scuttled India's bid in the November consultative group meeting. The plenary meet of the 48-member elite grouping, which regulates global nuclear trade, is likely to take place at Bern in Switzerland in June. India has been backed by the US and other members in the group, but China opposes its entry, citing its non-signatory status to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Beijing argues that if India can be let in why not Pakistan, which is also not an NPT member. India finds the NPT discriminatory in nature. The US, Switzerland, Mexico, Italy, Russia and Britain have backed New Delhi's NSG bid. The issue of the Dalai Lama visiting Arunachal Pradesh has added to the cold vibes between the two. was the first terror attack on this scale since the July, 2005, serial blasts across London’s transport network, killing more than 50 people. Prime Minister Theresa May chaired an emergency meeting -called Cobra -- in Downing Street and later addressed the nation, announcing that many of the injured had “life-threatening injuries”. Pakistan to unveil new budgets Islamabad : The Pakistan government is set to unveil the nation's latest budget on May 24 and 26, the media reported on Sunday. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Saturday formally sent advice to President Mamnoon Hussain to summon the National Assembly and Senate sessions for the presentation of the federal budget 2017-18, Dawn online reported. According to official sources, Sharif has also sent a summary to the President requesting him to summon a joint session of both houses of Parliament on June 1 for the mandatory annual presidential address.
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