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2 1-10-2019 to 15-10-2019 ASIA www.theasianindependent.co.uk Withdrawal limit for PMC Bank depositors now Rs 25,000 Mumbai : The Reserve Bank of India on Thursday raised the withdrawal limit for depositors of Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative Bank Ltd to Rs 25,000 from Rs 10,000. "The Reserve Bank of India again reviewed the bank's liquidity position and, with a view to reducing the hardship of the depositors, has decided to further enhance the limit for withdrawal to Rs 25,000. "With the above relaxation, more than 70 per cent of the depositors of the bank will be able to withdraw their entire account balance. The Reserve Bank is monitoring the position of the bank and will continue to take necessary steps in the interest of depositors," the RBI said on Thursday. Islamabad : For all its criticism of India for denying rights to minorities, Pakistan's parliament has shot down a minority Christian member's constitutional amendment bill seeking to allow non-Muslims to become Prime Minister and 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 7878 456 484 The Asian Independent is an Intellectual Property of Samaj Media Enterprise Ltd The apex bank has also decided to appoint a committee of three members in terms of section 36AAA(5)(a) read with President of Pakistan. Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has been strident in his attack on India, alleging that New Delhi is denying Muslims their fundamental rights and that it is attempting to change the demography of Muslim-majority Kashmir valley. However, in his own National Assembly, the House with majority voice, blocked minority member Dr Naveed Aamir Jeeva's attempt to introduce the Constitution (Amendment) Bill 2019. Jeeva sought an amendment to Article 41 and 91 of the Constitution to allow non-Muslims to become Prime Minister and President of Pakistan. But Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Ali Muhammad opposed the proposed legislation, saying that Pakistan is an Islamic Republic where only a Muslim can be elevated to the slots of President and Prime Minister. He maintained that minorities in Pakistan are enjoying complete freedom, security and their rights are being protected. Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) member Maulana Abdul Akbar Chitrali appreciated the stance taken by the minister, saying that "no law against Islamic values and teachings can be passed, introduced or even debated in the parliament". The deliberations of Pakistan's National Assembly on Wednesday are another attempt to tell the minorities of Pakistan that they can never aspire to the highest position in the country. India, conversely, has had two Muslim Presidents, Zakir Husain and Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed. Mohammad Hidayatullah for a time was the acting President. Hidayatullah not only served as the Vice President of India, he was also the 11th Chief Justice of India. Mohammad Hamid Ansari served for 10 years as the Vice President of India. Section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act 1949, to assist the Administrator of Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative Bank Ltd. Mumbai police on Thursday arrested two directors of the Housing Development Infrastructure Ltd (HDIL) in the PMC Bank scam, an official said. Rakesh Wadhawan and his son Sarang Wadhawan, accused of loan default, have been arrested by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW). Properties worth Rs 3,500 crore of HDIL have also been frozen by the EOW, he said. "We arrested the two directors of HDIL after a detailed interrogation," the official said. PMC Bank used more than 21,000 fictitious accounts to hide loans it made, according to a police complaint lodged by officials, in the latest banking fraud case to spook the country's depositors and investors. Pakistani Sikhs demand religious school for children Mingora -The Sikh community in Pakistan has raised a demand for a religious school for their children to impart them knowledge of 'Gurmukhi'. They have also demanded government holidays on their festivals. The Sikh leaders in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Mingora have said that their community is living in the Swat valley for the last 300 years and feels safe here. They have some demands for the government including a school for Sikh children, a report in the Pakistani media said. Gulzari Lal, a Sikh, said: "We don't have religious schools to provide education to our children in Gurmukhi language. We'll be thankful to the government if it makes arrangements for the same". He said there are 300 Sikh families residing in the Swat valley and they need a community hall to organise their functions. The Sikh leaders have also demanded government holidays on their religious festivals. They said that there are Sikhs working in various government offices who don't get holidays on their festivals. Mingora Gurdwara Management Pakistan tells minorities they can't be PM, President Committee's head Banwari Lal thanked the administration for providing security to the Gurdwara but said that the security personnel are Muslims and it's difficult to differentiate between Sikhs and Muslims by just looking. He asked for Sikh security guards. Asked about these demands, officials said all legal demands of the Sikh community will be fulfilled. Imran Khan speaks to Bangladesh PM before her India trip Dhaka : Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan telephoned his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina on the eve of her visit to India on Thursday. "Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan phoned Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina this afternoon and exchanged pleasantries," the Bangladesh Prime Minister's Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim said on Wednesday, reported bdnews<strong>24</strong>.com. He said that the Pakistani Prime Minister, during the conversation, inquired about the condition of Hasina's eye, which was operated in London. Hasina had recently undergone a surgery on her left eye in London. Hasina met Prime Minister London : Scientists have developed a "smart shirt" that can accurately measure breathing and could be used to monitor lung disease by sensing movements in the chest and abdomen. Researchers from Radboud University Medical Centre in The Netherlands used the smart shirts, together with a mobile app, to reliably measure breathing in healthy people while carrying out a range of everyday activities. "Smart shirts are already available, but they tend to be used by professional or amateur sportsmen and women. We wanted to see whether a smart shirt could provide an accurate and more practical alternative for measuring lung function," said Denise Mannee, a technical physician from Radboud University. The researchers can now test out the smart shirts with patients who have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). COPD is a growing problem with around 64 million people suffering with the condition worldwide. The smart shirt, called the "Hexoskin", senses how the fabric stretches when the wearer's chest expands and contracts and uses these measurements to gauge the volume of air inhaled and exhaled. It also records heart rate and movement. During the study, the team Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the UNGA in New York and the two leaders are scheduled to meet again * 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. This 'smart shirt' can accurately monitor lung disease asked a group of 15 healthy volunteers to wear a smart shirt while doing everyday activities including lying down, sitting, standing, climbing stairs and vacuuming. Participants said the smart shirts were comfortable and could be worn underneath their normal clothes. At the same time, the volunteers also wore the equipment traditionally used to measure breathing that includes a face mask and bulky backpack. Researchers compared the measurements recorded using the two techniques for each person doing each activity on the two occasions. In general, they found that the measurements were very similar. When lying, the difference between measurements taken by the two pieces of equipment was just 0.2 per cent on average, which only represents a few millilitres of air. In more strenuous activities there were slightly greater differences, for example with vacuuming the difference was 3.1 per cent on average, or around 40ml. "These results are important because they indicate that the smart shirt can be worn by patients while they go about their daily lives to accurately measure their lung function," said Mannee. The researchers now plan to repeat tests on the smart shirts with COPD patients. during her India visit. Imran Khan during his UNGA visit had not held any meeting with Hasina. Jolt for Congress in Maharashtra as Nirupam won't campaign Mumbai : In a pre-poll jolt for the Congress in Maharashtra, senior party leader Sanjay Nirupam declared on Thursday that he will "not campaign" in the October 21 Assembly elections. The former Mumbai Congress chief and three-time MP's decision came after the party rejected his plea for nominating at least one Muslim or minority candidate from each district in the state. "For Mumbai, I had recommended only one name of a potentially winner Muslim candidate from Versova, but that has been rejected without assigning reasons. This means the party has no need for me. I shall sit at home during elections," a jilted Nirupam told IANS. However, former minister and senior Congress leader Naseem Khan has filed his nomination from the Chandivali assembly seat on Thursday after putting up a huge show of strength. The development came just a day after the party's former Haryana chief Ashok Tanwar staged a protest along with his supporters outside the residence of Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi, alleging that election tickets were being sold. Shortly after Nirupam's announcement, speculation was rife in political circles that he would walk over to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and contest from Borivali assembly seat, but he declined to comment on this.
www.theasianindependent.co.uk Is it possible to speak of social justice and democracy without talking about the privileges of those who have looted the resources as well as exploited the social system and provided it ‘divine’ sanctity to justify the caste discrimination. I have found this biggest challenge in India from those who claim to fight for the ‘poor’. Now we should all fight for ‘peace’ and talk about ‘protecting’ the ‘nature’. Question is who is destroying the nature and how is peace possible. Is peace possible unless there is a sense of guilt and acknowledgement of fact of exploiting nature as well as people historically. How can we protect our nature unless those who have amassed huge wealth and resources by hook or by crook, voluntarily do so. Is it possible that the crook will voluntarily leave their privileges whether they got from socially hierarchical positions, caste hierarchies or state patronage ? We are telling the people that the end is coming. Yes, end is already there but should people stop asking question now. Should people stop seeking justice now. We know the earth is exploited but then who exploited it. Why we hesitate in naming and shaming them. The exploitation of the earth is not done by the Adivasis or indigenous people. It is not done by the Dalits. It is not exploited by the farmers. So why should all these communities be made to suffer the guilt and thuggery of those who really exploited it. There are massive campaign against exploitation of nature. There is natural calamities now. Climate change is the real crisis but can we handle it without involving the Dalits and Adivasis in it. There is consciousness but if we all are worried about it then we need to also think of leaving our privileges. How will you do it when the meaning of economic growth is related to sale of cars and other vehicles. How will you maintain the environment, a great level of clean air and clean water if millions wash their sins ( literally) in the rivers. Ofcourse, there is dirt also going from the big factories. Tomorrow, we will celebrate Gandhi Jayanti. There will be marches and talks. People would speak about his dreams, non violence and what not as if he was the only person who spoke about it. Will write about it in the coming days but my UK to reveal updated plan for Brexit negotiations London : The UK government has planned to reveal an updated plan for Brexit negotiations which is expected to be made public in the next few days, a media report said on Tuesday. Proposals for reaching a new Brexit deal had been expected ahead of a crucial European Union summit (EU) on October 17, the BBC said in its report. With the detailed proposals on the table, the UK side hopes that by the end of the week, both the EU and UK would be in a period of intense negotiations where both sides thrash out a final text. But there was no certainty over whether the EU will accept the premise of the plans in order to move to the next phase of talks. The biggest obstacle to a deal is the backstop - the plan to prevent a hard border between Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic. The policy - agreed to by former Prime Minister Theresa May in her withdrawal deal with the EU, which was rejected three times by Parliament - is unacceptable to many Conservative MPs. Since becoming Prime Minister, Boris Johnson has stressed to EU leaders the backstop would have to be replaced if any deal was to be passed by Parliament. Johnson has argued that the backstop would keep the UK too closely aligned with EU rules after Brexit. The UK is due to leave the EU on October 31, and Johnson has said this will happen whether or not there is a new deal with Brussels, the BBC reported. At the Conservative Party conference on Monday, he said: "I'm cautiously optimistic. We have made some pretty big moves, we are waiting to see whether our European friends will help us and whether we can find the right landing zone." MPs have passed a law requiring Johnson to seek an extension to the deadline from the bloc if he was unable to pass a deal in Parliament, or get MPs to approve a no-deal Brexit, by October 19. ASIA Peace without demolishing caste privileges is not possible ? question is who should become non violent. How do we speak of non violence from those who are exploited for centuries. Talking and teaching non violence and peace to the communities exploited and shamed by the caste system will never bring peace. Why dont we By Vidya Bhushan Rawat social and human rights activist teach peace and non violence to those who celebrate violence in every day life, in their festivals, in their every deed. So, it is easy to preach everything to the communities who have protected our environment and our lives. Important for us to name and shame those who exploited our system. It is they who need to learn importance of non violence and peace. It is they who need to leave their privileges and not those who are being hounded out in the name of environment protection. Expose those who built big corporate resort in our forests and then talk about Adivasis encroaching those land. So far not heard a single sentence Nagaland CM leads drive against plastic pollution Kohima : Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio on Wednesday kicked off the state-wide plastic waste collection drive on the occasion of the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. The programme is part of the Swachhata Hi Seva initiative undertaken by the Central government to curb the menace of plastic pollution in the country. Speaking at the event at old NST bus stop here, Rio honoured the Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi and called him the true advocate and torchbearer for cleanliness and sanitation in the country. He also highlighted and praised the various initiatives undertaken by the Central government, under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, for achieving a clean India. "God has created our planet so beautifully. Mother Earth can provide for all our needs but it cannot sustain our greed and it is because of our greed that today so many environmental issues such as global warming and plastic pollution are taking place" he said. The Chief Minister also called upon the people of the state to come forward and work together with the government to ensure that they protect the environment against all kinds of pollution and make the state a plastic free state. Rio also said that the government is a mirror image of the people and that it is time for the public to stop blaming the government for everything and start taking initiative and actively participate in taking the state forward in all aspects. "Unless the public co-operates and works together hand in hand with the government, our dream of a better Nagaland will be never be a reality," he asserted. The mass movement against plastic waste was officially kicked off with everyone present taking the pledge not to use plastic. The Chief Minister, along with some of his colleagues and high-ranking state officials, also participated in the collection of plastic waste in the state capital. 1-10-2019 to 15-10-2019 3 from peace nicks about why the two Valmiki children were killed ? This is not the first case and nor will this last. The Savarna violence on Dalits continue unabated. Who should we talk about peace. Shouldnt the criminals be punished. What do you do with the community which join hands in the name of caste. ‘We must unite’, we must end caste system, we must not segregate, it is too much they say. Please go to your village, without taking your privileged people along with you. Stay with the most marginalised, organise their meet and then see the reactions of your privileged friends you have not asked to come. Who should end caste system. Can it go by just removing surnames. Who will remove the poison in the belly ? There are good people in every caste, they say. Yes, you dont decide your caste, you did not choose your religion and that is fair enough but why dont you speak against the caste atrocities, the untouchability that these caste inflict. Why dont you stand with those who face such violence and I call it divine violence. Empty rhetoric wont work. Caste is privilege and see it, if you have sensitivity and understanding from the villages we all ‘love’ so much. Will they go to those caste communities who still feel proud of their violence and have no shame in their misdeeds. We have not heard much from political class as well as champions of peace on any murders that are committed in the name of caste and come from those villages highly romanticised by the preacher of ‘peace’. Vidya Bhushan Rawat is a social and human rights activist. He blogs at www.manukhsi.blogspot.com twitter @freetohumanity Email: vbrawat@gmail.com Allahabad professor commits SUICIDE Prayagraj : A professor in the Allahabad University (AU) allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from a ceiling fan in his house near Chandralok Crossing, under Kotwali police station here, on Wednesday. The deceased Sanjeev Bhadauria, 58, was a professor in Defence and Strategies Department of the university. Though police are yet to ascertain the reason why the deceased took this extreme step, sources said Bhadauria had been ill since the past few months and had recently undergone a prostate operation. SSP (Prayagraj) Satyarth Anirudh Pankaj said, "On Wednesday, Bhadauria told his wife Neeta that he was going to buy some medicines and get a blood test done. When he did not return for several hours, she went to the second floor of the house to look for him. She found him hanging from the ceiling fan of the room there." A suicide note was recovered near the body, which said, "I am going to commit suicide and nobody is responsible for my death." His wife immediately called the neighbours who informed the police about the alleged suicide. Inspector (Kotwali) Bachche Lal said it appears to be a case of suicide according to preliminary investigation. The body has been sent for post mortem.
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