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Imphal Times Supplementary issue 4 National News By a Correspondent New Delhi Aug 23, To boost the initiative of ‘Skill India’ by our Hon’ble PM, Shri Narendra Modi, Chanakya IAS Academy signs MoU with MEPSC (Management and Entrepreneurship and Professional skill Council) to introduce vocational courses across PAN India. Chanakya IAS Academy, being a pioneer institute for civil services examination, run by success guru Mr. AK Mishra, has always been at forefront in making innovative developments for better education of students in the field of civil services and other competitive exams, has accomplished yet another milestone by joining hands with MEPSC under National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC). MOU was signed between the Founder and Managing Director of Chanakya IAS Academy, Mr. A.K Mishra and Col. Pokhriyal – CEO, MEPSC recently. Moving forward, Chanakya IAS Academy, being a Training Partner of MEPSC Chanakya IAS Academy signs MoU with MEPSC for introducing vocational courses will organize training programs on Management skills, Entrepreneurship, Train The Trainer, Professional skills and other skill related trainings that will create a diversity to the potency of an individual and will significantly contribute towards Nation’s requirement of skilled workforce and better employability skills. “Training and development programs intent to meet the twin challenges of continuous improvement and demands of change. There is an ever-emerging challenge of capacity-building of trainers. Thus, it is necessary to recognize the crucial role of the Trainer from being a provider to enabler, facilitator and change-agent where learner is in the focus.” Said Success Guru Mr AK Mishra, Founder and Managing Director, Chanakya IAS Academy Training of Master Trainers programme is designed to provide opportunities to Master Trainers for the development skills to facilitate, create and manage a learner based environment. Training of Master Trainers to provide advanced facilitation skills towards the end to end training as per the qualification pack for ‘Lead Trainer’. Agency New Delhi Aug 23, The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to examine a batch of petitions that challenge the triple talaq law on the ground that the law was not only disproportionate but also extremely excessive and stringent. The Centre has also asked the central government to respond to petitions filed by various groups against the law, formally called the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019. “We will examine this,” a bench of the top court comprising justices NV Ramana and Ajay Rastogi told senior advocate Salman Khurshid, who was appearing for one of the petitioners. The Supreme Court had rendered instant triple talaq — under which a Muslim man can divorce his wife by uttering the word “talaq” thrice in succession — unconstitutional in the Shayara Bano case in August 2017. The Centre had come up with a bill to make instant triple talaq punishable soon after but it got stuck in the Rajya Sabha where the NDA government Triple Talaq law to come under Supreme Court lens, notice issued to Centre Agency New Delhi Aug 23, Former Union minister P Chidambaram will be spending the weekend in CBI custody as the Supreme Court on Friday posted the hearing in both INX media cases — by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Enforcement Directorate (ED) — for Monday. The top court, however, granted the Congress leader interim protection from arrest in ED case till the next date of hearing. The former finance and home minister is in jail after Delhi High Court on Tuesday rejected his pre-arrest bail in connection with a money laundering case in INX media case. He was arreted by the CBI after a 90- minute drama and was produced in a special court on Thursday that gave the Central Bureau of Investigation the custody of Chidambaram till August 26. A bench comprising justices R Banumathi and A S Bopanna posted both the matters for hearing on Monday, August 26. The hearing witnessed exchange of words between prosecution counsel and Solicitor General Tushar Mehta and senior advocate and Chidambaram’s party colleagues Kapil Sibal and A M Singhvi. Mehta vehemently opposed the order granting protection from arrest to Chidambaram in the money laundering case registered by the ED.Arguing the case on Friday, Chidambaram’s lawyer Kapil Sibal said, “The petition raises the issue of his fundamental right to liberty. High court gave the order after seven months at 3:20 pm on Wednesday and said we could move an application asking for time. At 4 pm the application is rejected. We come to the SC, request for an early hearing. We are told to move the senior most judge the next day .. we prepare the petition overnight.. a notice is pasted at 12 in the night asking me (Chidambaram) to appear before CBI for two hours.. there is no provision for such a notice.” Solicitor General Tushar Mehta in his arguments said that there was no question of anticipatory bail as Chidambaram was in P Chidambaram gets protection from arrest in ED case but will spend weekend in CBI custody custody. “The court here is dealing with an offence against the finance minister who granted FIBP approval to a company called INX media, controlled by Peter and Indrani mukherjea.. CBI has a statement of indrani ...that is the predicate offence. ED proceedings on money laundering started after this predicate offence was made out.” Mehta argued. Stating that Chidambaram has been evasive and not answering questions, Mehta urged the court to examine the evidence adduced so far . ‘The court must satisfy it’s conscience before extending a protective benefit to Chidambaram,” Mehta said arguing against any interim protection to the Congress leader in ED case. The INX Media case relates to alleged irregularities in Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) clearance given to the media group for foreign investment to the tune of Rs 305 crore in 2007, when Chidambaram was finance minister. CBI registered a first information report on May 15, 2017, alleging irregularities in the manner the clearance had been awarded. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) filed a money laundering case a year later. The agency alleges that the former directors of INX Media, Indrani Mukerjea and Peter Mukerjea, made a payment of $5 million and $450,000 to Chidambaram in 2007-08 and 2008-09, allegedly for giving the FIPB approval. Peter Mukerjea and Indrani Mukerjea are behind bars in connection with the murder of Sheena Bora, Indrani’s daughter from another marriage. Chidambaram was arrested late on Wednesday night after the Delhi High Court on Tuesday rejected his pre-arrest bail. His legal team desperately sought to have the Supreme Court hear the matter on Tuesday and Wednesday but failed. Chidambaram then made an appearance at the Congress HQ and made a statement. He was arrested by CBI shortly after. The Enforcement Directorate is yet to arrest him. People familiar with the matter said Singhvi and Sibal want to thwart the possibility of Chidambaram being picked up by ED even when he is granted bail in the CBI case. While some legal experts say Chidambaram’s SLP has now become infructuous as he has been taken into custody by CBI, Congress leaders point out that the SLP was filed much before the arrest took place and not otherwise. So, there is still a possibility to argue the petition, they added. The usual norm for the SC has been to send the petitioners seeking bail to an appropriate court. A special court had rejected arguments by his lawyers, who sought his bail by stressing that the personal liberty of their client was under threat. The CBI sought Chidambaram’s five- day custodial interrogation, saying that the senior Congress leader did not cooperate in the probe and that there was a need to unearth a “larger conspiracy”. “Considering the facts and circumstances as brought to the notice of the court, I am of the view that police custody remand of the accused, P Chidambaram, is justified and accordingly the accused is remanded to police custody till August 26,” judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar ruled. He allowed Chidambaram’s family members and lawyers to meet him for half-an-hour every day during this period. Sibal, who appeared for Chidambaram in the special CBI court, said all other accused in the case, including Karti, have already been granted bail. Singhvi, who also argued for Chidambaram, said the agency could not seek his remand on the ground of “evasive replies”. In the special court, solicitor general (SG) Tushar Mehta, who appeared for CBI, said the agency was not extorting a confession from Chidambaram. Mehta said Chidambaram’s custodial interrogation was necessary to unearth the “quid pro quo and larger conspiracy” in a serious case. The CBI’s arguments were based on three key points: Chidambaram did not cooperate with the investigation and gave evasive replies on many crucial questions; his replies were in contradiction to the stand taken by other co-accused and witnesses; and the probe revealed that Karti received payments from several companies, which received FIPB approvals during Chidambaram’s tenure as finance minister. Chidambaram’s arrest triggered a war of words between the government and the principal opposition party. Addressing a press conference in New Delhi on Thursday, Congress’s chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said: “Over the last two days India witnessed the broad daylight murder of democracy and the rule of law by a government hell-bent upon using the CBI and ED as personal revenge-seeking departments for the party in power.” He said the “vindictive, selective and malicious manner” in which Chidambaram was “persecuted and prosecuted is nothing short of a brazen personal and political vendetta”. The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at the Centre hit back at the Congress for defending Chidambaram. Senior BJP leader and information and broadcasting minister Prakash Javadekar said the law is now catching up with the Congress. “It’s a case of massive corruption. It’s a scam.” did not have a majority. In the interim, the “triple talaq” ban was enforced through an ordinance. The bill was finally passed after several aborted attempts during the monsoon session, a feat made possible due to the opposition’s depleted strength in the Rajya Sabha. The petitions filed by two organisations and an individual - Samastha Kerala Jamiathul Ulama, relegious organisation of Sunni Muslim scholars; Amir Rashid Madni a politician and Islamic scholar and a Muslim organisation ‘ Jamiat Ulama- I- Hind’ - have asked that the law be held unconstitutional and struck down. The judges did have a few questions before they agreed to issue notice and asked the petitioner why a practice already held null and void could not be made a punishable offence. Senior lawyer Salman Khurshid told the bench that there were many dimensions, including making the practice a punishable offence and a jail term of up to three years, which should be examined by the top court. The Centre has pitched the ban on instant triple talaq as a huge step for empowerment of women. According to the law, the practice of instant triple talaq is a cognizable offence. A cognizable offence is one in which the police may carry out an arrest without a warrant, and is used for serious crimes such as theft, rape and murder. Jamiat-Ulama-I-Hind, one of the three that petitioned the court, said the provisions imposed excessive and disproportionate punishment and defined instant triple talaq, also called talaq-e-biddat, a non-bailable offence. There are graver offences under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for which lesser punishment is prescribed, the organization has submitted. Section 4 of the Act punishes a guilty muslim man with three years of imprisonment and shall also be liable to pay fine. Some of the IPC offences, quoted by the petitioner, with lesser punishment are rioting (2 years), bribery (one year), adulteration of food or drink (six months or fine or both), causing death by negligence and rash driving or riding on a public way (six months or fine of Rs 1,000 or both). Agency New Delhi Aug 23, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the Indian Community at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, UNESCO building in Paris this afternoon. Mr. Modi will also inaugurate the memorial of the tragic victims of Air India crash from the UNESCO headquarters which happened India, France to work together to combat terrorism, PM Modi to address Indian community in Paris today in 1950 and 1966. Homi Jehangir Bhabha, the father of Indian Nuclear Program was passed away in the accident in 1966. More than a lakh Indians from different parts of the country have been living in France for more than four generations. In the last financial year alone, India’s export to France has been pegged at five billion dollars. The export ranges from minerals, mineral oil, textiles, electrical items among Agency New Delhi Aug 23, The Asia-Pacific Group of the global watchdog for terror financing and money laundering has put Pakistan in the Enhanced Expedited Follow Up List (Blacklist) for Pakistan blacklisted by Asia-Pacific Group of FATF for its failure to comply with terror funding standards its failure to meet its standards. The Asia Pacific Group (APG) of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has also found that Pakistan was non- compliant on 32 of the 40 compliance parameters of terror financing and money laundering. The officials said, FATF APG meeting was held in Canberra, Australia and the discussions lasted over seven hours over two days. On 11 effectiveness parameters of terror financing and money laundering, Pakistan was adjudged as low on 10. The official said despite its efforts, Pakistan could not convince the 41-member plenary to upgrade it on any parameter. Now, Pakistan has to focus on avoiding the blacklist in October, when the 15-month timeline ends on the FATF’s 27-point action plan. Agency New Delhi Aug 23, Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani today gave away the Poshan Abhiyaan Awards for 2018-19 in different categories at a function in New Delhi. The awards were given to the States, Districts, blocks and Anganwadi Workers for their contributions in scaling up the Abhiyaan and ensuring that it reaches every household in the country. WCD Ministry sets target to connect 44 cr people through Poshan Abhiyaan to tackle malnutrition The awards are aimed at motivating the primary stakeholders and encourage large scale citizen participation in creating awareness to combat malnutrition. The awards are also intended to foster a spirit of healthy competition among States to improve service delivery to beneficiaries. Speaking on the occasion, Mrs Smriti Irani said, as many ad 363 awards were given and 22 crore rupees were disbursed to the awardees. She expressed hope that with the help of all the stakeholders, the challenges of malnutrition will be addressed and the country will become malnutrition free. She said, from next month, a month-long Poshan Abhiyaan will begin in which the government has set a target to connect 44 crore people through this campaign. She said, last year, 22 crore people added through this programme. ten other products amounted to five billion dollars. Earlier in the day, Mr. Modi met the Prime Minister of France Eduardo Philippe. The Prime Minister, who reached France yesterday, met the French President Emmanual Macron and held bilateral talks. In his statement yesterday after the talks, the Prime Minister appreciated France’s support to fight against cross border terrorism and vowed to work for peace in the region.
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Imphal Times Supplementary issue 4
National News
By a CorrespondentNew Delhi Aug 23,
To boost the initiative of‘Skill India’ by our Hon’blePM, Shri Narendra Modi,Chanakya IAS Academysigns MoU with MEPSC(Management andEntrepreneursh ip andProfessional skill Council) tointroduce vocationalcourses across PAN India.Chanakya IAS Academy,being a pioneer institute forcivil services examination,run by success guru Mr. AKMishra, has always been atforefront in makinginnovative developments forbetter education of studentsin the field of civil servicesand o ther competitiveexams, has accomplished yetanother milestone by joininghands with MEPSC underNational Skill DevelopmentCorporation (NSDC).MOU was signed betweenthe Founder and ManagingDirector of Chanakya IASAcademy, Mr. A.K Mishraand Col. Pokhriyal – CEO,MEPSC recently.Moving forward, ChanakyaIAS Academy, being aTraining Partner of MEPSC
Chanakya IAS Academy signsMoU with MEPSC for
introducing vocational courses
will organize training programson Management sk ills ,Entrepreneurship, Train TheTrainer, Professional skills andother skill related trainingsthat will create a diversity tothe potency of an individualand will signif icantlycontribute towards Nation’srequirement of sk illedworkforce and betteremployability skills.“Training and developmentprograms intent to meet thetwin challenges ofcontinuous improvement anddemands of change. There isan ever-emerging challengeof capacity-build ing oftrainers. Thus, it is necessaryto recognize the crucial role
of the Trainer from being aprovider to enabler,facilitator and change-agentwhere learner is in thefocus.” Said Success GuruMr AK Mishra, Founder andManaging Director,Chanakya IAS AcademyTraining of Master Trainersprogramme is designedto provide opportunities toMaster Trainers for thedevelopment sk ills tofacilitate, create and managea learner based environment.Training of Master Trainersto provide advancedfacilitation skills towards theend to end training as per thequalification pack for ‘LeadTrainer’.
AgencyNew Delhi Aug 23,
The Supreme Court on Fridayagreed to examine a batch ofpetitions that challenge thetriple talaq law on the groundthat the law was not onlydisproportionate but alsoextremely excessive andstringent. The Centre has alsoasked the central governmentto respond to petitions filedby various groups against thelaw, formally called the MuslimWomen (Protection of Rightson Marriage) Act, 2019.“We will examine this,” abench of the top courtcomprising justices NVRamana and Ajay Rastogi toldsenior advocate SalmanKhurshid, who was appearingfor one of the petitioners.The Supreme Court hadrendered instant triple talaq —under which a Muslim man candivorce his wife by uttering theword “talaq” thr ice insuccession —unconstitu tional in theShayara Bano case in August2017. The Centre had come upwith a bill to make instant tripletalaq punishable soon after butit got stuck in the Rajya Sabhawhere the NDA government
Triple Talaq law to come under SupremeCourt lens, notice issued to Centre
AgencyNew Delhi Aug 23,
Former Union minister PChidambaram will be spendingthe weekend in CBI custody asthe Supreme Court on Fridayposted the hearing in both INXmedia cases — by CentralBureau of Investigation (CBI)and Enforcement Directorate(ED) — for Monday. The topcourt, however, granted theCongress leader interimprotection from arrest in ED casetill the next date of hearing.The former finance and homeminister is in jail after Delhi HighCourt on Tuesday rejected hispre-arrest bail in connectionwith a money laundering casein INX media case. He wasarreted by the CBI after a 90-minute drama and wasproduced in a special court onThursday that gave the CentralBureau of Investigation thecustody of Chidambaram tillAugust 26.A bench comprising justices RBanumathi and A S Bopannaposted both the matters forhearing on Monday, August 26.The hearing witnessedexchange of words betweenprosecution counsel andSolicitor General Tushar Mehtaand senior advocate andChidambaram’s partycolleagues Kapil Sibal and A MSinghvi. Mehta vehementlyopposed the order grantingprotection from arrest toChidambaram in the moneylaundering case registered bythe ED.Arguing the case onFriday, Chidambaram’s lawyerKapil Sibal said, “The petitionraises the issue of hisfundamental right to liberty.High court gave the order afterseven months at 3:20 pm onWednesday and said we couldmove an application asking fortime. At 4 pm the application isrejected. We come to the SC,request for an early hearing. Weare told to move the senior mostjudge the next day .. we preparethe petition overnight.. a noticeis pasted at 12 in the nightasking me (Chidambaram) toappear before CBI for twohours.. there is no provision forsuch a notice.”Solicitor General Tushar Mehtain his arguments said that therewas no question of anticipatorybail as Chidambaram was in
P Chidambaram gets protection from arrest inED case but will spend weekend in CBI custody
custody. “The court here isdealing with an offence againstthe finance minister whogranted FIBP approval to acompany called INX media,controlled by Peter and Indranimukherjea.. CBI has a statementof indrani ...that is the predicateoffence. ED proceedings onmoney laundering started afterthis predicate offence was madeout.” Mehta argued.Stating that Chidambaram hasbeen evasive and not answeringquestions, Mehta urged thecourt to examine the evidenceadduced so far . ‘The court mustsatisfy it’s conscience beforeextending a protective benefitto Chidambaram,” Mehta saidarguing against any interimprotection to the Congressleader in ED case.The INX Media case relates toalleged irregularities in ForeignInvestment Promotion Board(FIPB) clearance given to themedia group for foreigninvestment to the tune of Rs 305crore in 2007, whenChidambaram was financeminister. CBI registered a firstinformation report on May 15,2017, alleging irregularities inthe manner the clearance hadbeen awarded. The EnforcementDirectorate (ED) filed a moneylaundering case a year later.The agency alleges that theformer directors of INX Media,Indrani Mukerjea and PeterMukerjea, made a payment of$5 million and $450,000 toChidambaram in 2007-08 and2008-09, allegedly for giving theFIPB approval. Peter Mukerjeaand Indrani Mukerjea arebehind bars in connection withthe murder of Sheena Bora,Indrani’s daughter from anothermarriage.Chidambaram was arrested lateon Wednesday night after theDelhi High Court on Tuesdayrejected his pre-arrest bail. Hislegal team desperately sought
to have the Supreme Court hearthe matter on Tuesday andWednesday but failed.Chidambaram then made anappearance at the Congress HQand made a statement. He wasarrested by CBI shortly after.The Enforcement Directorate isyet to arrest him.People familiar with the mattersaid Singhvi and Sibal want tothwart the possibility ofChidambaram being picked upby ED even when he is grantedbail in the CBI case.While some legal experts sayChidambaram’s SLP has nowbecome infructuous as he hasbeen taken into custody by CBI,Congress leaders point out thatthe SLP was filed much beforethe arrest took place and nototherwise. So, there is still apossibility to argue the petition,they added. The usual norm forthe SC has been to send thepetitioners seeking bail to anappropriate court.A special court had rejectedarguments by his lawyers, whosought his bail by stressing thatthe personal liberty of theirclient was under threat. The CBIsought Chidambaram’s five-day custodial interrogation,saying that the senior Congressleader did not cooperate in theprobe and that there was a needto unearth a “largerconspiracy”.“Considering the facts andcircumstances as brought tothe notice of the court, I am ofthe view that police custodyremand of the accused, PChidambaram, is justified andaccordingly the accused isremanded to police custody tillAugust 26,” judge Ajay KumarKuhar ruled.He allowed Chidambaram’sfamily members and lawyers tomeet him for half-an-hour everyday during this period.Sibal, who appeared forChidambaram in the special CBI
court, said all other accused inthe case, including Karti, havealready been granted bail.Singhvi, who also argued forChidambaram, said the agencycould not seek his remand onthe ground of “evasivereplies”.In the special court, solicitorgeneral (SG) Tushar Mehta,who appeared for CBI, said theagency was not extorting aconfession from Chidambaram.Mehta said Chidambaram’scustodial interrogation wasnecessary to unearth the “quidpro quo and larger conspiracy”in a serious case.The CBI’s arguments werebased on three key points:Chidambaram did notcooperate with theinvestigation and gave evasivereplies on many crucialquestions; his replies were incontradiction to the standtaken by other co-accused andwitnesses; and the proberevealed that Karti receivedpayments from severalcompanies, which receivedFIPB approvals duringChidambaram’s tenure asfinance minister.Chidambaram’s arrest triggereda war of words between thegovernment and the principalopposition party.Addressing a press conferencein New Delh i onThursday, Congress’s chiefspokesperson RandeepSurjewala said: “Over the lasttwo days India witnessed thebroad daylight murder ofdemocracy and the rule of lawby a government hell-bentupon using the CBI and ED aspersonal revenge-seekingdepartments for the party inpower.”He said the “vindictive,selective and maliciousmanner” in whichChidambaram was “persecutedand prosecuted is nothingshort of a brazen personal andpolitical vendetta”.The ruling Bharatiya JanataParty (BJP) at the Centre hitback at the Congress fordefending Chidambaram.Senior BJP leader andinformation and broadcastingminister Prakash Javadekarsaid the law is now catchingup with the Congress. “It’s acase of massive corruption. It’sa scam.”
did not have a majority. In theinterim, the “triple talaq” banwas enforced through anordinance.The bill was finally passedafter several aborted attemptsduring the monsoon session,a feat made possible due tothe opposition’s depletedstrength in the Rajya Sabha.The petitions filed by twoorganisations and anindividual - Samastha KeralaJamiathul Ulama, relegiousorganisation of Sunni Muslimscholars; Amir Rashid Madnia politician and Islamic scholarand a Muslim organisation ‘Jamiat Ulama- I- Hind’ - haveasked that the law be heldunconstitutional and struckdown.The judges did have a fewquestions before they agreedto issue notice and asked thepetitioner why a practicealready held null and voidcould not be made apunishable offence.Senior lawyer SalmanKhurshid told the bench thatthere were many dimensions,including making the practicea punishable offence and a jailterm of up to three years,which should be examined bythe top court.
The Centre has pitched the banon instant triple talaq as a hugestep for empowerment ofwomen. According to the law,the practice of instant tripletalaq is a cognizable offence.A cognizable offence is one inwhich the police may carry outan arrest without a warrant,and is used for serious crimessuch as theft, rape and murder.Jamiat-Ulama-I-Hind, one ofthe three that petitioned thecourt, said the provisionsimposed excessive anddisproportionate punishmentand defined instant triple talaq,also called talaq-e-biddat, anon-bailable offence.There are graver offences underthe Indian Penal Code (IPC) forwhich lesser punishment isprescribed, the organization hassubmitted.Section 4 of the Act punishes aguilty muslim man with three yearsof imprisonment and shall also beliable to pay fine. Some of the IPCoffences, quoted by thepetitioner, with lesser punishmentare rioting (2 years), bribery (oneyear), adulteration of food or drink(six months or fine or both),causing death by negligence andrash driving or riding on a publicway (six months or fine of Rs1,000 or both).
AgencyNew Delhi Aug 23,
Prime Minister Narendra Modiwill address the IndianCommunity at the UnitedNations Educational, Scientificand Cultural Organization,UNESCO building in Paris thisafternoon. Mr. Modi will alsoinaugurate the memorial of thetragic victims of Air India crashfrom the UNESCOheadquarters which happened
India, France to work together to combat terrorism,PM Modi to address Indian community in Paris today
in 1950 and 1966. Homi JehangirBhabha, the father of IndianNuclear Program was passedaway in the accident in 1966. More than a lakh Indians fromdifferent parts of the countryhave been living in France formore than four generations. Inthe last financial year alone,India’s export to France hasbeen pegged at five billiondollars. The export rangesfrom minerals, mineral oil,textiles, electrical items among
AgencyNew Delhi Aug 23,
The Asia-Pacific Group of theglobal watchdog for terrorf inancing and moneylaundering has put Pakistan inthe Enhanced ExpeditedFollow Up List (Blacklist) for
Pakistan blacklisted by Asia-Pacific Group of FATFfor its failure to comply with terror funding standards
its failure to meet itsstandards. The Asia Pacific Group (APG)of the Financial Action TaskForce (FATF) has also foundthat Pakistan was non-compliant on 32 of the 40compliance parameters ofterror financing and money
laundering. The officials said,FATF APG meeting was heldin Canberra, Australia and thediscussions lasted over sevenhours over two days.On 11 effectivenessparameters of terror financingand money laundering,Pakistan was adjudged as low
on 10. The official said despiteits efforts, Pakistan could notconvince the 41-memberplenary to upgrade it on anyparameter. Now, Pakistan hasto focus on avoid ing theblacklist in October, when the15-month timeline ends on theFATF’s 27-point action plan.
AgencyNew Delhi Aug 23,
Women and ChildDevelopment Minister SmritiIrani today gave away thePoshan Abhiyaan Awards for2018-19 in different categoriesat a function in New Delhi. Theawards were given to theStates, Districts, blocks andAnganwadi Workers for theircontributions in scaling up theAbhiyaan and ensuring thatit reaches every household inthe country.
WCD Ministry sets target to connect 44 crpeople through Poshan Abhiyaan to tackle
malnutritionThe awards are aimed atmotivating the pr imarystakeholders and encouragelarge scale c itizenpar ticipation in cr eatingawareness to combatmalnutrition. The awards arealso in tended to foster aspirit of healthy competitionamong States to improveserv ice delivery tobeneficiaries.Speaking on the occasion,Mrs Smriti Irani said, as manyad 363 awards were given and22 crore rupees were
disbursed to the awardees.She expressed hope that withthe help of all thestakeholders, the challengesof malnutr ition will beaddressed and the countrywill become malnutrition free. She said, from next month, amonth-long Poshan Abhiyaanwill begin in which thegovernment has set a targetto connect 44 crore peoplethrough this campaign. Shesaid, last year, 22 crore peopleadded through th isprogramme.
ten other products amountedto five billion dollars.
Earlier in the day, Mr. Modi metthe Prime Minister of FranceEduardo Philippe. The PrimeMinister, who reached Franceyesterday, met the FrenchPresident Emmanual Macronand held bilateral talks. In hisstatement yesterday af terthe talks, the Prime Ministerappreciated France’ssupport to fight against crossborder terrorism and vowedto work for peace in theregion.
