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2 July 2019 ASIA www.theasianindependent.co.uk World Council of Churches Dr. Harshindar Kaur bats for protection of women’s rights by sensitizing society Team AI : Devinder Chander Editor-in-chief Columnists V.B. Rawat Farzana Suri Arun Kumar Rahul Kumar Harminder K. Bhogal Head Office Samaj Media Enterprise Ltd Suite 507, Hawthorns House Halfords Lane, Smethwick, Birmingham U.K.,B66 1BB +44 7878 456 484 +44 121 565 4810 Email : info@theasianindependent.co.uk Advertisement Enquiries +44 7475 475 343 The Asian Independent is an Intellectual Property of Samaj Media Enterprise Ltd Geneva (Switzerland) : Dr. Harshindar Kaur from India was specially invited to deliver lecture on perspectives of gender justice as she had already represented India in United Nations twice before this event. Ms. Jennifer Philpot Nissen, Executive for Human Rights, World Council of Churches introduced Dr. Harshindar Kaur to the house saying that she is the only one till date to raise constant voice about female feticide and infanticide at international level for past 26 years.Dr. Kaur in her address said that looking at ever increasing crimes against women, it seems that all religions have failed to protect women rights. All suggestions for improving sex ratio at world level by Dr. Harshindar Kaur were accepted in toto by the committee. Dr. Kaur in her lecture stated that at the time of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji, atrocities on women were at peak but Guru ji demolished centuries old disparity against women by his revolutionary ideology which led to decrease in crimes against women in that era. She batted for the sensitization of society on one hand starting from school level, giving awareness about XY chromosomes in the society and registering case of murder in all cases of female infanticide.Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit General Secretary of World Council of Churches thanked the participants and specially invited Dr. Harshindar Kaur to deliver presentation at UN on 8 March 2020 to take some concrete steps to stop feticide at international level. US tourist released after obscene photo at Giza pyramids Cairo, Egyptian authorities have released a US tourist who was arrested after he allegedly tried to photograph himself mooning in front of the Giza pyramids. The man was taken into custody on Saturday while trying to capture the moment inside the pyramid complex, which includes the Great Pyramid of Giza, the Pyramid of Khafre and the Pyramid of Menkaure, located on the outskirts of Cairo, a security official told Efe news on Sunday. The foreigner did not have his passport on him when he was caught by workers at the complex. Apparently under the influence of an intoxicant, the tourist has been investigated for public indecency, the security official said. The tourist, nonetheless, was released less than 24 hours after his arrest. The South Giza Islamabad : Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan will seek US President Donald Trumps help to resolve the longstanding Kashmir issue with India when he meets the American leader next week in Washington, officials said. Senior officials at the Foreign Ministry told The Nation newspaper on Sunday that the agenda was being worked out for the July 22 meeting at the White House. "The Prime Minister will definitely take up the Kashmir issue District Attorney’s Office decided to release the tourist and another person travelling with him after the American and his friend each paid a 5,000 Egyptian pounds ($300) fine, the office said in a statement. The two were accompanied by a representative of the US Embassy, the security official said, adding that the tourists could now leave the North African nation. This is the most recent episode in a string of controversial incidents at the pyramids in the past few years. In 2018, a Danish couple recorded a video atop the Great Pyramid of Giza of themselves having sexual IMRAN KHAN to seek Trump's help on Kashmir with the US President and seek his help for the resolution of the dispute with intercourse. In 2015, an adult-content video shot in Giza sparked controversy in Egypt. That same year, Andrej Ciesielski, of Germany, was arrested and handed a lifetime ban on entering Egypt after he climbed one of the pyramids and posted a video of his adventure on social media. Climbing the pyramids is forbidden by law. A Belgian model and a photographer were arrested in 2017 in the southern Egyptian city of Luxor after she posed naked inside the Karnak Temple Complex. According to reports, the model was pretending to be Queen Nefertari, the favourite wife of Pharaoh Ramesses II of the 19th Dynasty (1539-1075 BC). An Egyptian judge released the two after warning them against repeating “such stupid and disgraceful” acts. India," said one official. Another official said that Pakistan will brief the US about Islamabad's efforts for regional peace. "The ongoing support to the US talks with the Afghan Taliban will be discussed. Pakistan is ready to go further for Afghan peace and stability," he said, adding that Islamabad had also been urging talks with New Delhi and Khan will provide details of the country's efforts so far to President Trump. This will be Khan's maiden visit to the US since assuming power following the Pakistan Tehreek-e- Insaf's victory in the 2018 general elections. 22 killed in Pakistan cloudburst Islamabad : At least 22 people were killed and several others were reported missing after a cloudburst caused flash flooding in Pakistan's Neelum Valley, an official said on Monday. The cloudburst caused largescale devastation as over 150 houses and two mosques were affected in the overnight flooding in the tourist resort of Neelum Valley, Xinhua news agency quoted the disaster management official as saying. Several people were still stranded in their houses and efforts were underway to evacuate them. Meanwhile, the authorities have set up make-shift camps to adjust the displaced people. Cloudburst is a rare phenomenon in which a large amount of water pours down on the ground due to the burst of clouds. Normally rainfall over 100 mm per hour is considered as a cloudburst. Boeing 737 MAX unlikely to restart operations by 2020 Washington : The globally grounded Boeing 737 MAX planes are unlikely to restart operations until 2020 as it will take time to fix a flightcontrol software and complete other work, government and industry officials have said. The aircraft is currently expected to return to the air in January 2020, 12 months after the company proposed the initial replacement of software implicated in two deadly crashes, Xinhua news agency quoted US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) officials and industry leaders as saying on Sunday. Boeing executives, FAA engineers and global aviation regulators have extended the safety analyses to cover a growing list of almost all the issues from emergency recovery process to potentially suspect electronic components. The Wall Street Journal on Sunday quoted officials at the FAA and pilot-union leaders as saying that no firm timeline has been established but one scenario anticipates the plane could return to the air in January 2020. American Airlines have already extended its ban on Boeing 737 MAX flights through November 2, the company said on Sunday in a statement, right after United Airlines announced its decision to keep Boeing 737 MAX flights out of schedule until November 3. American Airlines' announcement on Sunday marked the fifth time that it has pushed back the expected time that the MAX would resume flying. The airline had previously announced on March 24 that it was extending its cancellations through April 24. The Boeing 737 MAX was grounded worldwide following the deadly crashes of Lion Air Flight 610 in October 2018 in Indonesia and Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 in March this year that killed a total of 346 people. * The Asian Independent and people associated with it are not responsible for any claims made by the advertisers and do not endorse in any products or services advertised. Please visit www.theasianindependent.com/tc for more information.
www.theasianindependent.co.uk ASIA Will myself decide on my successor: Dalai Lama Dharamsala : Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, respected by millions as a living god, who has been caught in a controversy over his recent joke that his successor a female Dalai Lama would have to be "more attractive", has clarified that his reincarnation is to be decided by him. The Buddhist monk had apologized for his "attractive" female successor remark, saying he genuinely meant no offence and offered his sincere apologies if people were hurt by what he had said. However, aides in his private office in this northern Indian town on Monday clarified there is no question of search for his successor as the Dalai Lama, 84, announced in 2011 that he would decide at 90 whether or not he should have a successor. The issue of reincarnation is his personal right, an aide in the Dalai Lama's office told IANS. At the same time, the globe-trotting monk warned that any candidate chosen for political ends by anyone, including China, should not be recognised or accepted. The aide said still there is no certainty that whether the institution of the Dalai Lama should continue or not after the 14th and current Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso. "My reincarnation is to be decided by myself, nobody has the right to decide about that," he often said in his remarks. "One day you will hear that the Dalai Lama has passed away, but I will come back, even if the institution of Dalai Lama is no longer recognised. I will be back," a post on his website quoting the Dalai Lama said. But who is next after the Dalai Lama? At the present moment, the Dalai Lama's institution is useful to the Tibetan culture and the Tibetan people. "Thus, if I were to die today, I think the Tibetan people would choose to have another Dalai Lama. In the future, if the Dalai Lama's institution is no longer relevant or useful and our present situation changes, then the Dalai Lama's institution will cease to exist," the monk said in a post. "Personally, I feel the institution of the Dalai Lama has served its purpose. More recently, since 2001 we now have a democratically elected head of our administration, the Kalon Tripa. "The Kalon Tripa runs the daily affairs of our administration and is in charge of our political establishment. Half jokingly and half seriously, I state that I am now in semi-retirement." In August 2011 when Lobsang Sangay took over the reins of the government-in-exile from monk and scholar Samdhong Rinpoche, who held the post for 10 years but was overshadowed by the Dalai Lama, the Dalai Lama announced: "When I am about 90, I will consult the high lamas and re-evaluate whether the institution of the Dalai Lama should continue or not." On his birthday on July 6 this year, he said, "I am now 84, but I hope to be able to celebrate the occasion with all of you for many more years to come." Clarifying this month on his remark during a BBC interview that have caused disquiet, the Dalai Lama recalled the conversation on the physical appearance of a female successor with the then Paris editor of Vogue magazine, who had invited him in 1992 to guest-edit the next edition. She asked if a future Dalai Lama could be a woman. His Holiness replied, "Certainly, if that would be more helpful," adding, as a joke, that she should be attractive, said a statement by his office. The Dalai Lama was at least partially responding to the unfamiliar ambience of working with a team whose prime focus was the world of high fashion. On the Chinese stating that the next Dalai Lama will be born in Tibet and chosen by them, he said: "If the present situation regarding Tibet remains the same, I will be born outside Tibet away from the control of the Chinese authorities. This is logical. The very purpose of a reincarnation is to continue the unfinished work of the previous incarnation." His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, describes himself as a simple Buddhist monk. In 1989, the Dalai Lama won the Nobel Peace Prize for his non-violent struggle for Tibet. He was awarded the US Congressional Gold Medal in October 2007, even in the face of protests by China. The Dalai Lama now lives in exile along with some 140,000 Tibetans, over 100,000 of them in different parts of India. Over six million Tibetans live in Tibet. May grooves to Abba's 'Dancing Queen' at black-tie event London : Outgoing British Prime Minister Theresa May was caught on camera dancing to Swedish pop-group Abba's iconic single "Dancing Queen" due a black-tie event, UK media reports said. The outgoing leader showed off her moves at Henley Festival - a black-tie music event where tickets cost up to 135 pounds a head, during the weekend, reports the Independent newspaper. Besides dancing to the "Dancing Queen", the song she famously walked out to at the Conservative Party conference last year, May also sang along to other Abba hits including "Mamma Mia", "Take A Chance" and "Money Money Money" which were performed by a tribute band. May's dance moves became a subject of media focus after she twice awkwardly danced in front of the cameras on a trip to South Africa and Kenya last summer. May and her husband Philip will depart Downing Street on July 24, after being succeeded as Prime Minister by either Boris Johnson or Jeremy Hunt, the BBC reported. She was forced to announce her exit in May, amid a revolt by Conservative MPs unhappy about her failure to take the UK out of the European Union (EU) on March 29 and her decision to open Brexit talks with the opposition Labour Party. May assumed office on July 16, 2016, after then Prime Minister David Cameron resigned following following the outcome of the EU membership referendum in which 52 per cent of voters voted in favour of leaving the 28-member bloc. July 2019 3 Bareilly couple's friend arrested Bareilly : Police in Bareilly have arrested Gaurav Arman, who had helped Ajitesh Kumar elope and marry Sakshi Misra, the daughter of BJP MLA Rajesh Misra. According to reports, Arman, a close aide of the BJP MLA also, was arrested on Saturday in a 10- month-old case of rioting. A case against 27 people was registered in September 2018 when a group allegedly stopped a Muharram procession in Bareilly. Arman and the MLA were among those named in the FIR but no action has been taken against the latter. Circle officer Kuldeep Kumar said: "It is an old matter in which some other accused have already been arrested. Arman has been taken into custody in connection with the same case. Our investigation is on." On Sunday, the police escorted Sakshi and Ajitesh to Allahabad as the couple's petition in the Allahabad High Court will come up for hearing on Monday. Meanwhile, an investigation was launched into photos of Ajitesh on Facebook where in some he is seen holding a gun. Ajitesh has deleted his Facebook account. The couple has accused the BJP MLA and his men of threatening them with dire consequences after their inter-caste marriage. Sakshi is a Brahmin while Ajitesh is a Dalit. The Uttar Pradesh ST/SC Commission has sought a report from District Magistrate V.K. Singh and SSP Muniraj G in the matter. Muslims, Dalits to apply for arms licenses Lucknow : Muslims, Dalits and tribals will now start applying for arms licenses for self-defence, following increase in incidents of mob lynching. The pan-India movement will commence from Lucknow on July 26. Shia cleric and General Secretary of Majlis-e-Ulama-e-Hind, Maulana Kalbe Jawwad will be organising the first camp in Lucknow on the suggestion of Supreme Court lawyer Mehmood Pracha. According to the cleric, these camps would be organised in at least 12 cities, including six in Uttar Pradesh, where these communities are under threat and need legal help. "SC/ST and minorities have been pushed to the edge by the government, which is soft on perpetrators of mob violence," Maulana Kalbe Jawwad said. "In such a scenario, there is no option left, but self-defence. Many from these communities face discrimination and they will avail of our legal expertise to fill up forms and apply for arms license." The camp will ensure that applicants with criminal antecedents or those with political or business interests are kept out. "This campaign is not for the Shia community, in particular, but for all minorities who feel threatened. Once the applicants get their licenses, we will deploy experts for arms training. And we will also act against those who misuse their license," he said. "Legal experts will be coming to Lucknow for holding the camp. Clerics from others sects will also be included in the movement. The brunt of mob lynching is borne by Sunnis and Dalits too," Jawwad added. "If the government had taken strong steps against perpetrators of hate crime, we would not have had to take up such a measure. There are tough laws in the Constitution and Indian Penal Code (IPC) which the government should invoke. The draft bill on lynching is a mere eyewash. If the government wakes up, we will withdraw the movement," the cleric said.
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