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DEC. FLASH NEWS (MID DAY)
Indian students in Israel protest against
CAA, NRC in front of Indian embassy, they also condemn shut down in Kashmir
Tel Aviv:About 2 dozen Indian students from various research institutes
in Israel staged a silent protest in front of the Indian embassy here on Friday
against the amended citizenship law and the proposed National Register of
Citizens, terming them acts of "state-sponsored instrument of class and
religious persecution".Holding Indian flags and posters with captions -
"CAA is non-secular", "students at work, country under
construction", "we built statue of liberty, now we want social
unity" and "criticism is integral to any democracy, listen to
youth''s ''mann ki baat''", the students mainly from Weizmann Institute
and Tel Aviv University stood in front of the Indian mission for several hours,
braving inclement weather.The students also condemned the violence and use of
"excessive force against our fellow peers and other citizens in
India".They termed the CAA and NRC as "acts of state-sponsored
instrument of class and religious persecution"."We call upon Prime
Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah not to curb our fundamental
right of freedom of expression and peaceful protest," the students said in
a statement. "CAA in combination with the proposed NRC fundamentally
contradicts the right to equality and secularism as per Article 14 and Article
15 of our Constitution respectively and can be used as a tool for harassment of
bonafide Indians, as is already being witnessed in Assam. Where is the promise
Ambedkar made?" it said.With the "abuse of state machinery" to
suppress the voice of dissent, destruction of property, the arrests of
academics and students, the civilian casualties, India continues to be in
search of achhe din, it said.The students also accused the Indian government of
spreading misinformation and attempting to incite communal riots and dividing
the society on the basis of caste and religion.They also condemned the
"shut down of basic human rights in Kashmir for over 144
days".Several Indian researchers at Israeli institutes told PTI that the
protest was sparked after intense internal debates in the student
community.They said while a lot of them were agitated against "police
brutality" on students, most of them did not want to come out in protest
on the issue of CAA and NRC.Meanwhile, local daily Ha''aretz published a full
page story on its Thursday issue with the headlines, "Indian Prime
Minister wants a Hindu Rashtra and the Muslim citizens are paying the price for
it".PTI
'Stop Brutality Against Protestors':
Indian techies across globe, pen open letter against CAA, NRC
A group of Indian and Indian-origin professionals working with tech
giants like Google, Uber, Amazon and Facebook have written an open letter
against the new religion-based citizenship law and the planned national
register of citizens, terming them as "fascist".They urged business
leaders like Sundar Pichai, Satya Nadella and Mukesh Ambani to "take a
stance and publicly denounce the fascist acts by the Indian
government".The letter by 'TechAgainstFascism' on online publishing
platform Medium also urged the leaders to refuse to shut off the Internet at
the "government's whim" and to ensure that content moderation is not
skewing pro-government.This comes at a time when thousands of Indians across
the country are protesting the amended citizenship law and the planned NRC. On
several occasions, these protests turned violent and have left around 20 dead
and several injured in clashes with the police."We - engineers,
researchers, analysts, and designers - of the technology industry,
unflinchingly condemn the fascist Indian government and the brutality it enacts
on citizens. The state-sponsored brutality against protestors must stop
immediately," the letter said.These employees -- who claim to be located
across San Francisco, Seattle, London, Israel and Bengaluru -- added that the
opinions expressed are their own and do not reflect those of their
employers.The employees called upon technology leaders like Sundar Pichai
(Alphabet), Satya Nadella (Microsoft), Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook), Jack Dorsey
(Twitter), Dara Khosrowshahi (Uber), Mukesh Ambani (Jio), Gopal Vittal (Bharti
Airtel), Kalyan Krishnamurthy (Flipkart), and Shantanu Narayen (Adobe) to
"take a stance and publicly denounce the fascist acts by the Indian
government".PTI
CAA May Affect Status Of India’s Muslims:
US Congress report
India’s amended citizenship law, along with a NRC, planned by the Modi
government "may affect the status" of Muslim minority in the country,
a report by Congressional Research Service has said. The report also said that
for the first time in independent India's history, a religious criterion has
been added to the country's naturalisation process. CRS is an independent
research wing of US Congress which prepares reports periodically on issues of
domestic and global importance for the lawmakers to take informed decision.
These are not considered as official reports of the U.S. Congress."In
tandem with a NRC planned by the federal government, the CAA may affect the
status of India's large Muslim minority of roughly 200 million," said the
CRS in its first ever report on the amended citizenship law.“India’s
Citizenship Act of 1955 prohibited illegal immigrants from becoming citizens.
Among numerous amendments to the act since 1955, none contained a religious
aspect,” the CRS said in its two-page report.The changes sparked significant
controversy, including large-scale and sometimes violent protests. Opponents of
the CAA warn that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his BJP are pursuing a Hindu
majoritarian, anti-Muslim agenda that threatens India's status as an officially
secular republic and violates international human rights norms, it said. CRS
claims that the amendment's key provisions allowing immigrants of six religions
from three countries a path to citizenship while excluding Muslims may violate
certain Articles of the Indian Constitution, in particular Articles 14 and
15.PTI
Expert had told House panel on CAB: Don’t
name religions, just say persecuted minorities
New Delhi :PROMINENT CONSTITUTIONAL expert and former secretary general
of the Lok Sabha, Subhash Kashyap, had warned the Joint Parliamentary Committee
on the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill two years ago that the legislation should
omit any “reference to religions like Hindus, Sikhs, Parsis, etc.” — and use
only “persecuted minorities”.Tendering evidence before the JPC on CAB 2016,
Kashyap suggested that “persecuted minorities” would include all those whom the
legislation aimed to cover. “My view was that it would have meant the same
thing. I had said it to the Joint Parliamentary Committee. It was not necessary
for them to specify Hindus, Sikhs, Christians, etc. They could have achieved
the purpose without that, too,” Kashyap said. Indian Express.
CAA protest: In show of solidarity, Kerala
church choir performs wearing skull caps, headscarves
Thiruvananthapuram :As protests continue across the country against the
Citizenship (Amendment) Act, a church in Kerala decided to show its solidarity
this Christmas season by having Christmas carollers wear skull caps and
headscarves during their performance.On December 23, in front of the altar at
St Thomas Mar Thoma Church in Kozhenchery in Pathanamthitta district, the male
carollers donned skull caps and the women wore headscarves and performed
Mappila — traditional songs sung by the Muslim community — renditions of
traditional carols.Mar Thoma Church is a non-Catholic Christian community and
the St Thomas Church at Kozhenchery is a prominent parish.Daniel T Philip, the
church’s assistant parish priest, “We wanted to pledge solidarity with all
communities, including Muslims, who are worried about the new citizenship law.
As we are celebrating Christmas, there is a grave concern among minorities,
particularly among Muslims, whether they would become refugees in this country.
We wanted to share their concern and express solidarity with
them.”indianexpress
Jamia Students Observe Day-log Hunger
Strike against Alleged Police Brutality During Anti-CAA Protests
Jamia Millia Islamia students on Friday observed a day-long hunger
strike against alleged police brutality during the protests against the amended
citizenship law.The students demanded an impartial judicial inquiry into the
deaths and violent action during the agitation, release of illegally detained
protestors and the arrest of those involved in violence. Their other demands
included medical aid to those injured in alleged police brutalities,
compensation to those whose property were destroyed in police action and end to
arbitrary communications blackout.The Jamia Coordination Committee, which
comprises various political parties on the campus, alleged police have
responded to peaceful protests violently and brutally since the agitation began
on Dec.12. The students were joined by members of the public in their protest
against the "outrightly discriminatory" Citizenship Amendment Act and
the "genocidal step" of creating an NRC, they said."If the
government does not take immediate tangible action on these demands by January
1, we will give a call for nationwide hunger strikes in other universities and relay
hunger strike will be held in Jamia for these demands," the JCC said.PTI
Kerala: BJP deflecting focus from
Citizenship Act protests, allege Jamia students
KOZHIKODE: Aysha Renna, Ladeeda Farzana and Shaheen Abdulla, three
Keralite students of Jamia Millia Islamia University, have become the faces of
resistance now.The protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA)
kick-started by Jamia students and the way the three bravely fought police
excesses in their university have had reverberations across the country.
Newindianexpress caught up with the students, who were here to participate in a
programme, titled ‘Festival of Ideas and Resistance’, on Friday. “Many brutal
atrocities on the protesters are going unreported in Uttar Pradesh. Mohammad
Sageer, an eight-year-old boy, was playing in Varanasi’s Bajardiha area when a
crowd came running to protect themselves from the police. Sageer died of police
baton-charge,” laments Shaheen, an MA Convergent Journalism student who hails
from Villyapally near Vadakara. Aysha, MA History student from Kondotty, told
New indianexpress that BJP’s round-the-clock functioning IT Cell focuses more
on her alleged “Islamic politics” rather than the issue the students
raised.“The comment about Yakub Memon in my Facebook page in 2015 has been used
by BJP IT personnel now to deflect the attention from what is actually
happening today against Muslims and other minority sections,” said Aysha.
Later, speaking at the function organised by Students Islamic Organisation
(SIO), the three students, including Ladeeda, BA Arabic student from Kannur,
said they would not be satisfied even if the CAA-NRC plans are dropped, but
they would uphold the politics of SIO till BJP steps down. newindianexpress
Protests at UP Bhavan, Jama Masjid, many
detained
Protesters, who had come to UP Bhavan here to demonstrate against FIRs
filed by UP police against AMU, were detained on Friday by Delhi police.Ahead
of the protest, UP Bhavan was corralled under heavy police deployment. Roads
approaching the building located in the posh diplomatic area were barricaded at
several pointsProtesters who managed to reach the building were forcefully
detained in police vans. Despite protesters demanding a reason for their
detention, police didn't give any.A protest was also staged at Jama Masjid
during the day. Exactly a week back, the site of protests at nearby Delhi Gate
had turned violent after few protesters resorted to pelting stones at the
police standing behind the barricades. To contain them, the police had trained
water cannons at them followed by a lathicharge in which several protesters
were badly injured.Flag marches were conducted in some areas of the northeast
district in the national capital and heavy police force was deployed in parts
of the city ahead of Friday prayers and protests calls by some organisations
against the amended citizenship act, police said.The police organised flag
marches in northeast Delhi's Seelampur, Jafrabad, Welcome and Mustafabad areas,
they said.Heavy police deployment was also witnessed in Jamia Nagar, Jama
Masjid and Chanakyapuri areas, the police said. telegraphindia
CAA protests: Hundreds march towards PM
residence with hands tied, stopped by police
New Delhi:Hundreds of people with their hands tied marching towards
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s residence to demand the release of Bhim Army
chief Chandrashekhar Azad and to protest against the amended Citizenship
Amendment Act (CAA) were stopped by the police on Friday.Amid heavy security
arrangement and drone surveillance, the protesters including Bhim Army members
started from Dargah Shah-e-Mardan in Jor Bagh in the national capital and were
stopped by police at a barricade en-route PM Modi’s residence at Lok Kalyan Marg.
They participated in the march with their hands tied, saying they did it so
that they could not be blamed for violence and arson during the protest.“We
have tied our hands and are protesting so tomorrow they do not attack us and
lie that we were not protesting peacefully,” said Majid Jamal, one of the
participants in the protest.thestatesman
CAA protest peaceful, 350 detained in
Delhi
Delhi Police film protests, run its images
through face recognition software to screen crowd
New Delhi :Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Ramlila Maidan rally on Dec.22
— where he said there was no talk of NRC — was the first political rally where
Delhi Police used a facial recognition software to screen the crowd.This was
also the first time Delhi Police used a set of facial images collected from
footage filmed at the city’s various protest events to filter “law and order
suspects” at the Prime Minister’s rally.Following a Delhi High Court order in a
case related to missing children, the Delhi Police had acquired Automated
Facial Recognition System (AFRS) software in March 2018 as a tool to identify
lost and found boys and girls by matching photos.Sources said Delhi Police has
so far created a photo dataset of over 1.5 lakh “history-sheeters” for routine
crime investigation. Another dataset meant for monitoring sensitive public
events has over 2000 images of terror suspects and — the latest addition —
alleged “rabble-rousers and miscreants”.indian express
Muslims in Bulandshahr Pay Rs 6 Lakh for
Damage to Public Property During Anti-CAA Protests
Members of the Muslim community in Bulandshahr in Uttar Pradesh handed
over a demand draft of Rs 6,27,507 to the district administration on Friday.
The administration was present in the Upper Kot area of the district to ensure
that Friday prayers were conducted peacefully.After the prayers, members of the
community met DM Ravinder Kumar and SSP Santosh Kumar and handed over the
demand draft. The locals also handed over roses to officers of the district
administration."With this, Bulandshahr has made a good start, they have
realised that the government property has been bought from the tax-payers
money. It is their own loss and damage,” Kumar said. "The people in
Bulandshahr have come with an 'avedan' (request) letter and a demand draft of
Rs 6,27,507. People have felt this (violence) should not have happened."
he added.However, there have also been several reports and CCTV footage showing
the police burning properties of local residents in the state.news18
124 Arrested By UP Cops For "Inciting Content", 19,000 Social
Media Accounts Reported
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Police has arrested 124 people in the last one
week for posting "inciting content" on social media. The crackdown by
the police comes at a time when the state is on the edge after violent protests
in many parts over the new citizenship law.Close to 20,000 social media, with
over 9,000 Twitter and Facebook profiles, have been reported.ndtv
In Yogi’s UP there is no Ram Rajya: blind
eye to property destroyed by police and BJP, Sangh supporters
The spokesman of Uttar Pradesh Government issued a press note earlier
this week stating that 498 people were issued notices for arson during anti-CAA
protest across the state with maximum 148 being booked in Meerut. A sum of
Rupees 6 lakhs were even collected from the people by way of compensation for
damage to public property, the state claimed. While the state took recourse to
a Supreme Court guideline and an order of the Allahabad High Court, it
conveniently disregarded the part of the guideline which maintained that the
penalty could be levied and collected only after a trial and conviction.
Without a trial and conviction, the notices and the collection, say legal
experts, are illegal.While the CM and his ministers and officials are silent on
this part of the guideline, they are also quiet on the property damaged by
policemen in uniform. A large number of video clips and footage have emerged to
show policemen destroying even CCTV cameras, private vehicles, parts of mosques
and individual homes. The argument that the police had to break doors to get
inside is unconvincing in view of the clips circulating on social
media.Complaints are pouring in against the police with graphic details of how
the policemen tormented people, particularly Muslims in Muzaffarnagar, Rampur,
Kanpur, Bijnor and Sambhal while arresting alleged rioters. They forcibly
entered houses at night while they could have cordoned off the area and
arrested the people in the morning. They are seen damaging property and
misbehaving with women. The videos show police damaging cars and two-wheelers
parked in lanes and bylanes of the localities. Going by the complaints property
worth several Crore are said to have been damaged by the police in Lucknow
alone.“This government is harassing innocent people. First, the people were
beaten up and booked in false cases and now the family members are receiving
recovery notices. If the government is so keen about recovery it should also
pay compensation to people whose properties were damaged by police,” Akhilesh
Yadav, the national president of SP said.He told this reporter that law should
even handed and apllicable equally to everyone. If people have damaged public
property and are being asked to pay compensation, the police too should be
asked to pay compensation. A similar notice should also be served to policemen
who are identified through CCTVs and mobile video clips.The majority of the
people who have got the notice are poor.nationalheraldindia
Meerut SP tells protesters go to Pak if you don’t want to live here; his
defence: they raised pro-Pak slogans
Muzaffarnagar :A top police officer in Meerut has been caught on camera
asking local residents to tell protesters to “go to Pakistan” during clashes on
Dec.20, when four persons died during protests against the new citizenship
law.The video clip, shot in Lisari Gate, shows SP City Akhilesh N Singh saying:
“Kahan jaoge, is gali ko theek kar doonga (Where will you go, I will sort out
this lane)”, referring to four protesters police were chasing.The officer then
turns to three persons and says: “Yeh jo kaali aur peeli patti baande huye hain
inse keh do Pakistan chale jao…khaoge yahan ka, gaoge kahin aur ka… Yeh gali
mujhe yaad ho gayi hai. Aur jab mujhe yaad ho jaata hai toh mein naani tak
pahunch jaata hun (The ones tying black and yellow bands, tell them to go to
Pakistan. You eat here but sing praises of another place… This lane is now
familiar to me. And once I remember, I can even reach your grandmother).”In the
video, the officer, surrounded by other personnel, can also be seen warning the
three men standing at the junction of two lanes. “Agar kuch ho gaya toh tum log
keemat chukaoge… Har ek-ek aadmi ko jail mein bandh karoonga (If something
happens, you guys will pay the price. Every man from each house will be
arrested),” the official can be heard saying.indianexpress
‘We Are Example For the Country’: UP CM Yogi Praises His Crackdown
Justifying the Uttar Pradesh crackdown on protests against the
Citizenship Amendment Act, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath took to Twitter on
Friday, and wrote that the state government’s actions have “shocked every
protester.” The official Twitter handle of the office of chief minister
tweeted, “Every rioter is shocked. Every troublemaker is shocked. Seeing the
strictness of the Yogi government, everyone is silent. Do anything, now the
compensation will be from the one who did the damage, this is Yogi ji's
announcement. Every violent protester will cry now because there is a Yogi
government in UP.”He ended his tweet with the hashtag ‘#TheGreat_CmYogi’.THE
QUINT
The revenge of the ‘yogi’ in
Adityanath’s ‘Ram Rajya’: high level judicial inquiry needed to examine
excesses
Splinter In JD(U) Over CAA? Minority Cell
Leader Tenders Resignation After Prashant Kishor
JD(U) leader Khwaja Shahid, on Friday tendered his resignation from the
party after Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's stand over the newly implemented
Citizenship (Amendment) Act. Shahid's resignation, who held the post of JDU's
minority cell, comes after the party leaders supported CAA and also days after
party Vice President Prashant Kishor aired his concerns over the Act and
offered his resignation. Kishor also deleted his designation from his Twitter
bio. However, CM Nitish Kumar has not accepted his resignation yet. However,
Party President and CM, Nitish Kumar opposed NDA alliance, as he stated that
asserted that NRC will not be implemented in the state. Kumar's statements made
him the first from NDA camp to have voiced disapproval of the proposed move to
have an all India NRC which triggered country-wide tension and protests.
republicworld
Rahul Gandhi says ‘NRC, NPR more
disastrous than demonetisation’
New Delhi :Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said that the
National Popular Register (NPR) and the NRC will prove to be “more disastrous
for the people” than the note ban in Nov.2016. Speaking on the sidelines of the
party’s 135th foundation day at the AICC headquarters in the national capital,
Rahul alleged that the basic idea behind the exercises was to ask all poor
people whether they are Indian or not.“His (Prime Minister Narendra Modi) 15
friends will not have to show any document and the money generated will go into
the pockets of those 15 people,” he said, referring to his allegation that the
government was working for the benefit of “15 crony capitalists”. “This will be
more disastrous for the people than demonetisation. This will have twice the
impact of demonetization,” he added.indianexpress
CAA: More than 2 lakh take out rally in Aurangabad
More than two lakh people under the banner of 20 Muslim organizations
and other parties include Congress on Friday took out a rally to voice their
anger and protest to the Citizenship Amendment Act, NRC in Aurangabad in
Maharashtra.The organizations that participated in Friday’s massive rally were
Jamiat-e-Hind, Jamathe Islami Hind, AIMIM, Muslim Awami Committee, Tameere
Millat, Muslim Lawyers Forum, Doctors Forum and Raza Academy.Congress, NCP, RJD
and Samajwadi Party workers alo joined the rally.The Aurangabad city police
have deployed heavy bandobast.maktoobmedia.com
Gujarat: Modasa observes bandh to
protest CAA and NRC
Modasa :Hundreds of shops at multiple market places in Modasa town of
Aravalli district, including Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC)
wholesale market, were closed on Friday as the area observed a shutdown in
protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and NRC.The bandh, called
by Aravalli Muslim Coordination Committee, was observed in select pockets of
Modasa, even as Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel arrived in the town to
inaugurate a newly built circuit house.The area wore a deserted look since
Friday morning as shops were shut in market complexes from Hajira to College
Road in Modasa town. The otherwise busy ‘Makhdoom’ intersection of Modasa was
also near empty.“This is our way of holding a symbolic protest against the
draconian CAA, NRC and now NPR. We have realised that it is a prolonged fight
and we have a long way to go. When the protests against CAA had begun across
India, the residents of Modasa decided to wait and watch. The escalation of
violence in Ahmedabad during the protests weakened our spirits but then we
realised that by doing a non-violent protest, we can ensure that the spirit of
our community doesn’t weaken further. We were told by the police that no
permission will be given for a rally or a protest, so we decided to shut down
our businesses for a day as a symbolic protest,” said Suleiman Khan, convener,
Muslim Coordination Committee.The biggest effect of the bandh was seen at APMC
market complex, which is the single biggest agricultural market in Aravalli and
Sabarkantha, as it observed complete shutdown with over a 1,000 shops remaining
closed on Friday.Indian Express
Gujarat: BJP leaders greet
Pakistani nationals with flowers in Rajkot
Rajkot :Amid protests against the new citizenship law across the
country, BJP Thursday organised an event where families of Sodha community from
Pakistan who are living in Rajkot on long-term visa (LTV) were greeted with
flowers.The party organised a meeting of intellectuals and party workers in
Swaminarayan Gurukul, a school run by monks of Swaminarayan sect on Gondal Road
of the city, to “raise public awareness about the Citizenship Amendment Act and
to welcome Pakistani nationals living in India”.Gujarat BJP spokesperson Bharat
Pandya, Rajkot MP Mohan Kundariya, BJP’s Rajkot district unit president Devraj
Sakhiya, former minister Jasuben Korat, local BJP MLAs and other local leaders
of the party presented bouquets of flowers to the Pakistani
nationals.indianexpress
In new holiday list, Ladakh drops
Martyr’s Day, Sheikh Abdullah birthday
Srinagar :2 holidays observed by the erstwhile state of Jammu and
Kashmir do not figure in the holiday list for year 2020 for the Union Territory
of Ladakh.Earlier, July 13 was observed as Martyrs’ Day, commemorating the
deaths of 22 people killed when the forces of Maharaja Hari Singh opened fire
on them on this day in 1931. Meanwhile, December 5 is the birth anniversary of
former J&K prime minister and chief minister Sheikh Abdullah, who was also
the founder of the National Conference.However, neither finds place in the new
holiday list prepared for the newly formed Union Territory of Ladakh. An order
dated December 26, which was issued by General Administration Department of the
UT of Ladakh, states that the list has been prepared with the order of Lt
Governor of Ladakh.indianexpress
Day after his removal, deputy
mayor of Srinagar held for fraud
Srinagar :Srinagar’s former Deputy Mayor Sheikh Imran has been arrested
for “illegal appropriation of subsidy,” the Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption
Bureau (ACB) said on Friday.“Case FIR 3/2019 was registered by ACB against
Shiekh Imran Director M/S Kehwa Square Pvt. Ltd. Bohri Kadal Srinagar, officers
of J&K Bank and other Govt officials, for illegal appropriation of subsidy
with inflated project cost for establishment of CA storage at Lassipora,
Pulwama,” the ACB said in a statement.Earlier this year, the ACB had registered
a case against Imran and other officials.indianexpress
Move to merge cadres: With
postcards, petitions to PM, railway officers intensify stir
New Delhi :From next week, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will start
receiving thousands of postcards from serving Railway officers demanding a
rollback of his Cabinet’s decision to unify all railway cadres into
one.Thousands of postcards are being readied to be sent to Modi and Railway
Minister Piyush Goyal, signed by civil servants and others from Railways,
demanding two unified services — one technical and one non-technical — instead
of one for civil servants. A separate petition addressed to the PM and Goyal,
signed by aggrieved officers from all 68 divisions of Indian Railways, is being
mobilised, too, rebutting the justification for one unified cadre.“Merger of
services will hurt the development of Railways and safety of passengers.
#NoToIRMS #yestotwoservices #SaveIndianRailways,” say the postcards, addressed
to Prime Minister of India, Raisina Hill, New Delhi. Some postcards simply say
“No To IRMS” and “Yes to two services”.indianexpress
Railway officials write to PM Modi, oppose move to merge 8 services
Delhi temperature drops to 2.4
degrees, brace for coldest New Year's Eve: IMD
Delhi continues to shiver morning as the national capital recorded its
coldest day of the season today. At 6.10 am, the temperature plummeted to 2.4
degrees Celsius, according to India Meteorological Department (IMD). The
national capital is all set to witness the coldest New Year's Eve as heavy
downpour is expected in the city, according to the Met department.The
Safdarjung observatory, which provides official figures for Delhi, recorded the
lowest temperature of the season at 2.4 degrees Celsius in the morning.At 8.30
am today, Delhi temperature recorded as 1.7 Degrees Celsius at Lodhi Road, 3.1
Degrees Celsius at Palam and 1.9 Degree Celsius at Aya Nagar, according to IMD
officials.livemint
Delhi in for second-coldest December since 1901
UN condemns human rights abuses
against Myanmar's Rohingya
UN General Assembly approved a resolution Friday strongly condemning
human rights abuses against Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims and other minorities,
including arbitrary arrests, torture, rape and deaths in detention. 193-member
world body voted 134-9 with 28 abstentions in favor of the resolution which
also calls on Myanmar’s government to take urgent measures to combat incitement
of hatred against the Rohingya and other minorities in Rakhine, Kachin and Shan
states.General Assembly resolutions are not legally binding but they do reflect
world opinion.AP
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