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All of the data was collected from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Oxford Martin School at the University of Oxford, Indeed.com, and Salary.com.
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Electronics engineers work on small-scale electronic systems, like computers.
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Training specialists provide training and education in a certain area and usually function as part of an HR department.
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Safety representatives scrutinize health and safety conditions at job sites.
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Electrical engineers work on large-scale electrical systems, like transformers and power transmission.
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Web applications developers create and maintain online applications.
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Architects plan and design buildings and other construction projects.
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Systems engineers build and design complex systems, including spacecraft and bridges.
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Engineers design and build a wide range of structures and systems.
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Football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has landed in hot water for this photo of him on a private jet that was posted on the internet.
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Cristiano Ronaldo has been slammed as insensitive for a photo he posted to social media from his private jet, on the same day it is feared that fellow footballer Emiliano Sala has died in a plane crash.
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Sala had just signed a record transfer with EPL strugglers Cardiff for AUD$27.2 million and was on his way to Wales when his plane vanished from the radar when over the Channel Islands.
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Ronaldo appeared to be taking a selfie on his plane, and someone took a photo of the Portuguese great in action.
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Being abused for saying the very same thing 🤷🏼♂️. Lack of class and awareness is staggering.
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Do you have any class at all???
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Ronaldo, who was flying back from Madrid after accepting a deal for an AUD$30 million fine in his tax fraud case, appeared oblivious to the tragedy as he posed for a selfie while he sat in the comfort in his private jet.
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Earlier in the day Ronaldo finally put an end to his tax ordeal in Spain.
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Nearly four years after an investigation was opened, Ronaldo appeared at a court in Madrid on Tuesday to plead guilty to tax fraud and agree to a fine of nearly $AUD30 million.
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Ronaldo will not have to serve time in prison because judges in Spain can suspend sentences for two years or less for first-time offenders. The Portugal star smiled broadly after leaving court despite the unwanted trip back to Madrid, where he played until last summer.
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“It’s done,” he said briefly as he walked past some of the hundreds of journalists outside the courthouse.
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Ronaldo arrived in a black van and was wearing sunglasses, a black sports coat, black pants and white tennis shoes. He stopped to sign an autograph before walking up some stairs leading to the courthouse. He was accompanied by his lawyers and his partner, Georgina Rodriguez. Police officers escorted him.
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The court had dismissed Ronaldo’s request to enter the building directly from the parking lot, which would have allowed him to avoid the media. The request was made for security reasons, but the court said it didn’t think the measure was needed despite the player’s notoriety.
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Court officials said Ronaldo didn’t make any comments while in the courtroom to sign the agreement.
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On his way out of the courthouse, he again stopped to sign autographs for a few fans who were wedged among the journalists. He also made a thumbs-up sign as people gathered near the court.
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Ronaldo made the deal to plead guilty with Spain’s state prosecutor and tax authorities last year.
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The investigation reportedly began in 2015, and two years later a state prosecutor accused Ronaldo of four counts of tax fraud from 2011-14 worth $23.4 million. Ronaldo was accused of having used shell companies outside Spain to hide income made from image rights.
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The accusations didn’t involve his salary from Real Madrid, his club from 2009 until joining Italian champion Juventus last year.
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In 2017, Ronaldo spent about 90 minutes answering questions in court and told a judge he never tried to avoid paying taxes.
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Former Real Madrid player Xabi Alonso also was in court in Madrid on Tuesday. He is accused of defrauding tax authorities of about $3.2 million from 2010-12.
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The retired Spain midfielder denied any wrongdoing after spending nearly three hours in the courthouse.
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Alonso had initially been found innocent but the case against him was reopened. He could be sentenced to five years in prison and ordered to pay a fine of $6.3 million, in addition to the amount allegedly defrauded.
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The charges are related to Alonso’s income from image rights. He played for Madrid from 2009-14.
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Messi was found guilty three years ago, along with his father, on three counts of defrauding tax authorities of $6.5 million on income made from image rights.
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If it's not flying, Parrot's S.L.A.M.dunk can be used to build a PC with Ubuntu's 14.04 OS.
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S.L.A.M.dunk is a development kit that runs on Ubuntu and the Robot Operating System and can be used to make auxiliary devices for drones. It's essentially a small computer that can be programmed to, for example, help drones avoid obstacles.
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The development kit itself doesn't have wings, and needs to be attached to a drone and flight controller. Otherwise, the kit can also be used to create robots, said Canonical, which partnered with Parrot in the development of the kit.
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S.L.A.M.dunk has a fish-eye camera that can capture 1500 x 1500 pixel resolution images at 60 frames per second. The camera allows the drone to process images, with which it will be able to identify obstacles. It also has an ultrasound sensor, magnetometer and barometer. The kit doesn't need GPS to operate.
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S.L.A.M.dunk is powered by Nvidia's Tegra K1, an older mobile chip that was used primarily in tablets and development kits like the Jetson TK1. It has a powerful graphics processor and is capable of running a full version of Ubuntu.
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The development kit has an HDMI port as well as ports for keyboards and mice, which means you can build PCs with it. The price will be announced when the kit ships in the fourth quarter.
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I’ve been writing for over a year now that the Joint Chiefs have been blocking the White House’s efforts to expand the war to Iran. No matter what you might think of Gen. Pete Pace, this really is TERRIFYING news, unless you crave a wider war in the Persian Gulf and South Asia.
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Pace has been the most visible symbol of the push-back within the military against the Long War.
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George W. Bush, in effect, just fired the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Peter Pace, USMC. This is unprecedented, as it is the first time the JCS Chair has not been reappointed.
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Pace's replacement will be Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Michael Mullen, if the Senate approves his nomination.
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"The enemy now is basically evil and fundamentally hates everything we are -- the democratic principles for which we stand ... This war is going to go on for a long time. It's a generational war."
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Read that again. Mullen says he thinks we're in a Long War with Evil. Who does that sound like? Click the link above and take a look at Admiral Mullen. That man, if confirmed by the Senate, will have all of our lives in his hands. Is he the man you want to have that responsibility? You do have a say in that - let your Senator know what you think.
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When Pace goes, there may be a further shake-out of the Joint Chiefs to remove the other top brass who have reportedly opposed the Surge into Iran. I am afraid that may leave it all in the laps of Congress.
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Either the Senate Democrats get their act together, block this appointment, AND get on with the overdue job of Impeachment, or we should be ready to start losing more American cities.
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If you liked the preventable losses of the WTC and NOLA, you're going to love the impact of the next act of malign incompetence of the Bush-Cheney Administration. If you liked the optional war in Iraq, now appearing on Central Stage, global war with Iran and Shi'a Islam.
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By the way - a war with Iran still doesn't make any military sense. Least of all for the troops on the ground in Iraq, who will be facing an uprising by at least 60 percent of the Iraqi population, which is Shi'a. Maybe, just maybe, Congress understands that. Our Senators can show their understanding of this issue by denying the Admiral's confirmation.
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Blocking Mullen and Impeaching Bush may be the most important things we ever do.
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FYI: The term of the next Chair starts October 1.
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That doesn't give us much time.
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WEST HAM have suffered another injury blow after new signing Carl Jenkinson picked up a hamstring strain and could miss the start of the new season.
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Jenkinson made his first appearance for the Hammers yesterday against Malaga following his season-long loan move from Arsenal and was hoping to make a big impact for the east London club.
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But the 22-year-old picked up the injury on the hour mark during the 2-0 defeat in the Schalke Cup in Germany.
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The talented full-back had to leave the pitch immediately and he is now facing a battle to be fit for the big kick-off against Tottenham in two weeks.
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The news could not have come at a worse time for manager Sam Allardyce who is already missing club record signing Andy Carroll for four months with a serious ankle injury, while fellow right back Guy Demel is also sidelined with a hamstring problem and didn't travel to Germany.
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Summer arrival Enner Valencia has only just met up with the club following his performances for Ecuardor at the World Cup during the summer and will need at least three weeks before he is considered for first-team duty.
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West Ham midfielder Mark Noble says the team are crying out for Valencia to make his debut and ease the goalscoring problems which are affecting the club at the moment.
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Noble said: "Obviously no pressure on him, but we need him at the moment.
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"We need another striker and we are light on players at the minute. Jenko has gone down with a slight hamstring.
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"Guy Demel is not here and big Andy is missing. We just need our squad back together and raring to go for the start of the season.
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"I don't even think the manager knows his best 11 at the minute with players getting injured and players who are not quite fit yet.
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"Hopefully we can get another couple of signings in who can improve the squad and we can enjoy the season." Allardyce faced more unrest from the travelling West Ham supporters following their failure to hit the target once again and the lack of goals must be a major concern as they prepare for the start of the new campaign.
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Malaga cruised to victory with first half goals from Ezequiel Resccaldani and on-loan Liverpool attacking midfielder Luis Alberto.
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Baton Rouge Police Department's racial makeup hardly resembles the community it serves.
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NEW ORLEANS — As it confronts the controversial shooting of a black man by white officers Tuesday, the Baton Rouge Police Department must face the fact that its own racial makeup hardly resembles the community it serves.
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Black officers made up just 30% of the Baton Rouge police force in 2013, the last year data were available, even though black residents comprised 55% of the city’s population, according to a review of federal data last year by Governing magazine.
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Baton Rouge is among just six majority-black cities with populations over 100,000 that have majority-white police forces, according to a WWL-TV analysis of 269 police jurisdictions compiled by Governing.
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Of 13 majority-black cities in the U.S., only Baton Rouge; Baltimore; Cleveland, Ohio; Mobile, Ala.; Montgomery, Ala.; and Shreveport, La., failed to have a majority-black police force. And among them, Baton Rouge’s 25-percentage-point disparity between the share of black officers and black citizens was the largest, WWL-TV determined.
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The BRPD had 658 officers counted in the 2013 data, and 194 of them were black. There were 457 white officers for a city that’s just 36% white.
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That stands out, especially in comparison with the New Orleans Police Department, which has been under a federal court order for decades and has long boasted a percentage of black officers almost exactly in line with the demographics of the city as a whole. NOPD was 58% black in 2013, while the city population was 59% black.
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Of the 1,261 NOPD officers counted in the 2013 data, 734 were black, 486 were white, 24 were Hispanic, 13 were Asian, 3 were American Indian and one listed two or more races or ethnicities.
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The percentage of black officers on more than 12,000 state and local police forces nationwide is about 12%, close to African-Americans’ share of the total U.S. population, according to the federal Bureau of Justice statistics.
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Governing looked at the 269 state and local police agencies in jurisdictions of more than 100,000 residents, and found African-Americans under-represented by about 6% on average.
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But Baton Rouge’s disparity far exceeds that, with a police force that is 25% less black than the city as a whole.
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The largest disparities nationally were for Asians and Hispanics in communities where their populations have exploded recently and the police force hasn’t kept up with the trend. The Baton Rouge Police Department also had no Asian or Hispanic officers counted in the 2013 data, even though those ethnic groups made up a total of about 6% of the city population.
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Rapid change in the racial demographics was a significant issue in Ferguson, Mo., when a white officer shot an unarmed black teen in 2014. The black community in the town had grown in recent years and the almost all-white police force had not hired black officers to adjust. Such changes are not a factor in Baton Rouge or New Orleans, which have been majority black cities for decades.
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Gadkari says payment mechanism in 8-10 days; analysts say imports from Iran this year may be far less than projected.
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As the US sanctions on Iran are to resume on November 4, India may cut down on import of crude oil from the Persian Gulf country but would pay for whatever quantities it would still buy from it entirely in rupees. A payment mechanism, similar to the one which prevailed during the last incidence of the sanctions (till 2015), is being set up between the two countries, official sources said, adding that state-run Indian Oil Corp and Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals (MRPL) could make the payments through the Iran Federal Bank branch in Mumbai.
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Speaking at an event here, road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari said the mechanism would be finalised between the two countries in 8-10 days.
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The sources said Iran, which has emerged as the third largest supplier of crude to India in recent months, is open to accepting rupee payment for oil and may use the money to pay for equipment and food items it buys from India.
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Currently, India makes the payment to Iran in euros using European banking channels.
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While some reports suggested that the payments could be routed through UCO Bank and IDBI Bank, official sources told FE a decision has not yet been taken in this regard. During the phase of last sanctions, Indian firms used to get payments for exports to Iran using the oil payments held in rupee balances at UCO Bank.
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India imports around 10% of its crude oil requirement from Iran. For 2018-19, India had planned to import about 25 million tonne of crude oil from Iran, up from 22.6 million tonne imported in 2017-18. But the actual volumes could turn out to be far less as companies like Reliance Industries have totally stopped buying oil from Iran and others too are scaling it down in hopes of winning a sanction waiver from the US.
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However, reduced purchases from Iran would indeed have an impact on India’s crude import bill and trade deficit.
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It is more lucrative for Indian oil importers to buy from Iran as they get a credit of 60 days compared to around 30 days by other suppliers. India’s oil purchases from Iran, worth around $9 billion accounted for over 80% of its total imports from the Persian Gulf nation in 2017-18.
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India has a goods trade deficit of over $8 billion with Iran (thanks to massive oil imports), so our exporters may not face much problem in getting payments via rupee, said analysts. Farm commodities make up for a half of India’s $2.6 billion in goods exports to Iran. In fact, at $900 million, basmati rice alone accounted for over a third of India’s total exports to Iran in 2017-18, payments for which were made mostly in the euros by Iran.
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US President Donald Trump had in May withdrew from the 2015 nuclear accord with Iran, re-imposing economic sanctions on the Persian Gulf nation. Some sanctions took effect from August 6 while those affecting the oil and banking sectors will start from November 4.
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During the last phase of sanctions, India first used a Turkish bank to pay Iran for crude oil. However, starting February 2013, it paid almost 50% of the oil import bill in rupees and kept the rest pending till opening of payment routes. India started clearing the dues when the restrictions were eased in 2015.
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Currently, Indian oil firms first transfer funds to State Bank of India (SBI), which, in turn, uses Germany-based Europaeisch-Iranische Handelsbank to pay in euros to Iran.
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As reported recently, SBI has told Indian oil refiners that the euro payment route to Iran for crude oil import will not be available after November 3. This would effectively mean that the last physical transaction between Iran and Indian refiners — Indian Oil, BPCL and HPCL — will happen around the first week of September, giving refiners get a 60-day credit window.
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“As far as quantity of import from Iran is considered, there are alternatives. Also, comparable grade of oil is also available. However, there were discounts given by Iran (which others may not offer),” MK Surana, chairman and managing director, HPCL, had told FE earlier.
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The BCCI on Friday made it clear that under-fire coach of the Indian team Duncan Fletcher has its "full backing and support" and there was no immediate plans to remove him despite calls for his ouster.
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The BCCI on Friday made it clear that under-fire coach of the Indian team Duncan Fletcher has its "full backing and support" and there was no immediate plans to remove him despite calls for his ouster from former greats like Sunil Gavaskar.
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Fletcher was summoned by BCCI chief N Srinivasan for a meeting on Thursday to discuss the team's sagging performances of late but no warning was given to him that his job was on the line.
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"Let me set the record straight. Duncan Fletcher has the wholehearted backing and support of BCCI. There has been no discussion on his removal. We told him that we have a lot of faith in his coaching abilities and he should not be worried about anything else," BCCI secretary Sanjay Patel told PTI over phone from Chennai.
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"There is no truth in reports that Fletcher was given a warning by the president (Srinivasan)," Patel, who was present at the meeting, said.
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Asked about Gavaskar's comments that Fletcher should be removed immediately, Patel said, "Mr Gavaskar is entitled to have his opinion just like I have an opinion. It is not necessary that the BCCI is in agreement with what Mr Gavaskar thinks. It's his opinion and the BCCI has nothing to do with it."
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Fletcher's trip to Chennai a day before the team's departure to Bangladesh gave rise to speculation about BCCI boss making it clear that the board was not happy with his performance after India lost back-to-back tours in South Africa and New Zealand. Fletcher's one year contract extension ends on March 31 this year.
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