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The Bombay High Court will on Wednesday hear a plea by NCP leader and state cabinet minister Nawab Malik challenging his arrest in connection with a case of alleged money laundering and “active involvement in terror funding” linked to a land deal in 1999 with the sister of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim.
Malik was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on February 23 and was later remanded in the central agency’s custody till March 3 by a special court.
His law firm Rashmikant and Partners filed a habeas corpus petition in the high court seeking to produce Malik before the court and claiming that his arrest was “illegal”, was done due to “political vendetta” and without following due process under the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC).
The NCP leader claimed the ED had taken action against him for being a “vocal critique of misuse of central agencies” since 2020. He added that he was not the first to be targeted by central agencies and that the “trend across the nation where central agencies are being misused by the party in power” is worrying. He sought immediate release with a declaration that his arrest was “illegal”. The minister also sought to quash and set aside the Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR) in the case.
Challenging his remand, Malik said a “lengthy” and “obscure” remand plea was filed by the ED to “obfuscate the real issue” and mislead the special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court judge.
Malik claimed the ED application revealed that it was a “mere sale purchase transaction of the property in question in Kurla for due consideration” and the agency could not make out any case or offence against him. He added that the special court order of February 23 on his remand was passed without jurisdiction.
The NCP spokesperson added that the said order was in breach of the petitioner’s “statutory rights” under section 41A of the CrPC, which mandates the investigating officer to issue a notice of appearance before the arrest, as well as a violation of provisions of the PMLA Act.
The plea claimed that the special judge failed to consider that the offences alleged were from over 20 years ago and the PMLA Act, which came into force in 2013, was applied retrospectively in the case.
On Tuesday, advocates Taraq Sayed and Kushal Mor, representing Malik, mentioned his plea before a bench led by Justice Prasanna B Varale, which asked them to approach an appropriate bench.
Thereafter, Malik’s lawyers mentioned it before an alternate bench led by Justice S S Shinde which ordered: “In light of the statement made by the counsel and in view of extreme urgency, we allow the grant of circulation of matter on March 2 to be listed before the appropriate bench.”
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A man is dead and another is hurt after a crash on Poplar Level Road early Sunday morning.
The Jefferson County Coroner's Office identified the victim as 47-year-old Kevin W. Simpson Sr. on Tuesday morning.
LMPD spokesperson Dwight Mitchell says officers responded to the crash at the 4500 block of Poplar Level Road around 2:30 a.m. That's not far from Gardiner Lane.
Mitchell said a car was trying to turn out of the parking lot of a business and was hit by a SUV.
Simpson Sr. was the driver of the car turning out of the lot and he died at the scene.
The driver of the SUV was taken to University Hospital with what is believed to be non-life threatening injuries.
The LMPD Traffic Unit is investigating the crash, and no charges were expected, according to Mitchell.
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Competition figures in two new movies — 21, about college students trying to beat the odds in Las Vegas, and Run Fatboy Run, which centers on a man trying to beat a romantic rival in a marathon. This being Hollywood, everybody wins — except maybe the audience.
At the outset of 21, a boyishly brilliant math student joins other collegiate brainiacs in an extracurricular activity. It involves the world's most popular card game — blackjack — and a card-counting scheme.
And for the next 90 minutes or so, counting cards is basically all they're gonna do, and though this "action" comes accompanied by much snapping of aces on green felt and many urgent electronic swooshes, the unfortunate truth is that our heroes are using a system that's basically impenetrable.
Now, I don't know, maybe all this is thrilling, and I'm just not getting it. Certainly there's an attractive young cast. And, card-counting being frowned upon by casinos, there are disguises involved, not to mention a certain amount of snarling from Laurence Fishburn and Kevin Spacey, which lends a bit of tension.
But because the director knows there's a limit to how exciting he can make the sight of cards being turned over, most of the film is taken up with explaining what's happening, or is going to happen, or has just happened. Which may be enough to keep audiences from heading for the nearest slot machine, but at best, 21 is a sort of collegiate Ocean's 16 — with dimmer stars and less oomph.
Run Fatboy Run, on the other hand, feels like a souped-up sitcom — which makes a certain amount of sense, as it's directed by former Friends actor David Schwimmer.
The premise? An out-of-shape security guard decides that the way to win back the bride he left standing pregnant at the altar is to compete in a London marathon against her rich new marathon-running American boyfriend. Simon Pegg is the runaway groom, Hank Azaria the long-distance interloper.
Now, Pegg is an appealing leading man, and he's been given a couple of sitcom-worthy sidekicks to help him through a training regimen that leads, inevitably perhaps, to much ado about blisters.
But Run Fatboy Run seems content to trot amiably past its plot points — and also past graceful leading lady Thandie Newton, who never breaks a sweat — to an overlong, overblown marathon finale with an over-prominent Nike plug.
For a movie about fleet-footed athletes, Schwimmer's direction is, well, pedestrian — but then it's not his fault that the material is kind of lame.
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PM Modi greets Channi, Nitish, Stalin on their birthday
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday greeted chief ministers of Punjab, Bihar and Tamil Nadu on their birthday.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday greeted chief ministers of Punjab, Bihar and Tamil Nadu on their birthday. The Prime Minister greeted Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin in separate tweets and prayed for their long and healthy life.
"On his birthday, best wishes to Punjab CM Shri @CHARANJITCHANNI Ji. Praying for his good health and long life," the Prime Minister said. "Best wishes to Tamil Nadu CM Thiru @mkstalin Ji on his birthday. I pray for his long and healthy life," he said.
"Birthday greetings to Bihar CM Shri @NitishKumar Ji. Praying for his good health and long life," he said in another tweet. (ANI)
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The National Board of Examination in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) has released the revised exam dates for the NEET MDS 2022. The exam was scheduled to be conducted on March 6 but was postponed. Candidates can check the notification on the official website – natboard.edu.in
The application process to apply for the exam will also be reopened on March 21. Candidates will be allowed to apply till March 30, 11:55 pm. The edit window for candidates who submit the application forms in the above-mentioned schedule will be available between April 1 to 4. The admit card will be issued on April 24.
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) had earlier announced its decision to extend the cut-off date for completion of an internship for the purpose of eligibility for NEET-MDS 2022 to July 31, 2022.
Candidates who have already submitted their applications and successfully paid the examination fee for NEET-MDS 2022 from January 4 to January 24 shall not be allowed to edit their applications during the mentioned windows.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Fat Tuesday is the last day of the Carnival season and a day for celebration.
WDRB's Keith Kaiser "Let the Good Times Roll" at Lou Lou Food & Drink for Mardi Gras.
Although some people use Carnival and Mardi Gras interchangeably, they are actually different things. Carnival is a time to eat, drink and be merry before fasting and making sacrifices during Lent.
It's filled with parades and other celebrations leading up to Mardi Gras, which is French for “Fat Tuesday.” Mardi Gras is always the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday.
Carnival officially ends at midnight on Fat Tuesday and Lent begins. Lou Lou Food & Drink has a whole day of fun planned in St. Matthews.
Some of Lou Lou’s menu has New Orleans and Cajun influences. Expect plenty of gumbo, jambalaya, hurricanes, crawfish étouffée, music, plenty of beads and more.
Click here to get connected to Lou Lou Food & Drink.
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Persepolis, an animated film about growing up in post-revolutionary Iran, was nominated for an Oscar this year. The movie's critical attitude toward the Iranian revolution and the Islamic republic led Iran's government to denounce it. Many who have watched the movie say they identify with the film's main character, a young woman who struggles to maintain her mental stability, as Iranians live through tumultuous times.
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Mahashivratri: Over 3.40 lakh people take holy dip in Ganga in Prayagraj
As devotees thronged to the Shiva temples on the occasion, necessary facilities have been ensured around Someshwar Mahadev, Mankameshwar and Nag Vasuki temples and proper parking arrangements have also been made, the official said.He said that apart from this, about 650 toilets have also been arranged in the Mela area.
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More than 3.40 lakh devotees have taken a holy dip in the Ganga here till Tuesday evening on the occasion of Mahashivratri, an official said.
A large number of Shiva devotees are doing 'abhishekham' with water and milk since morning at the Nagvasuki temple in Daraganj and the Mankameshwar temple on the banks of the Yamuna, an official of the Magh Mela Authority said.
The administration has arranged six ghats for the bathers on Mahashivratri, the last bathing festival of Magh Mela, he said. As devotees thronged to the Shiva temples on the occasion, necessary facilities have been ensured around Someshwar Mahadev, Mankameshwar and Nag Vasuki temples and proper parking arrangements have also been made, the official said.
He said that apart from this, about 650 toilets have also been arranged in the Mela area. In the places where toilets are not available, arrangements have been made for mobile toilets of the Municipal Corporation.
Three first aid centres and a hospital is also operational in the Mela area, he added.
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Actor Madhuri Dixit made her OTT debut last week with Netflix’s Fame Game, where she plays the role of a Bollywood superstar. In a career spanning almost over four decades, Madhuri has worked in more than 100 films, cementing her superstar status in Bollywood. However, in a recent interview, Madhuri mentioned that life as a star in India wasn’t easy for her.
Speaking to Bazaar, Madhuri said that she grew up in a very ‘protected’ environment. She added that her parents would accompany her everywhere. Things changed once she got married, as she began making decisions for herself. “I learnt a lot about life living in the US. When I was in India, there would always be around 20 people fussing over me at all times, but there I was very independent,” she said. Madhuri mentioned that she had to do everything on her own, including bringing up her children. Those experiences came in handy, as she says that she uses them when playing a role.
Madhuri Dixit married Dr. Shriram Nene in 1999, and the couple has two sons, Arin and Ryan. In an earlier interview to indianexpress.com, Madhuri revealed how her family kept her grounded, despite her superstar status. She had said, “When I go in front of the camera, I am a professional actress and I know what I am doing. I have read the script, and I am playing that character. I become that character for the camera. But once I am back home, I am a normal person because that’s the way I’ve been brought up. Even when I was working in films, at the height of my career, my mom used to scold me to keep my room clean. I’d tell her that I’ve people to clean it for me, but she would say, ‘No. It is your mess. You got to clean it up yourself’. That’s how I am. Once I am out of the studio and back home, I am myself. I am neither the actor, nor the star that people see on screen.”
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This year's Pritzker Prize for Architecture has been awarded to Frenchman Jean Nouvel.
Nouvel first came to international attention in 1987 as the architect of the Institut du Monde Arabe (MIA) in Paris. Over the course of his career, he has designed more than 200 projects worldwide, including the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis and a 75-story tower next door to the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
In announcing the jury's choice, Thomas J. Pritzker, chairman of The Hyatt Foundation, explained, "The jury acknowledged the 'persistence, imagination, exuberance, and, above all, an insatiable urge for creative experimentation' as qualities abundant in Nouvel's work."
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The teaser of upcoming Telugu movie Ramarao On Duty was released on Tuesday coinciding with the celebration of Maha Shivratri. The movie, starring Ravi Teja in the lead role, is helmed by debutant director Sarath Mandava.
The teaser introduces us to Ravi Teja’s Ramarao. And the director has used a generous amount of footage to emphasise the hero’s ability to write with both hands simultaneously. He can simultaneously write with both hands while sitting at his desk. He can do that while travelling in a car. He also can write with one hand and use a typewriter with the other hand. His ambidexterity seems to be the highlight of his personality, which otherwise seems like a typical larger-than-life archetype with nerves of steel and a heart of gold.
It’s safe to assume that Ramarao is an honest civil servant, who takes on corrupt men in power to help good people in poverty.
Besides Ravi Teja, the film also stars Divyasha Kaushik, Rajisha Vijayan, Venu Thottempudi, Nasser, Sr Naresh, Pavitra Lokesh, ‘Sarpatta’ John Vijay, Chaitanya Krishna, Tanikella Bharani, Rahul Rama Krishna, Eerojullo Sree, Madhu Sudan Rao and Surekha Vani.
Ramarao On Duty is due in cinemas on March 25.
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Archegos in settlement talks with banks -FT
Archegos Capital Management is in talks with global banks to avoid a legal battle that would expose details of the deals that led to the family office's meltdown last year, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday, citing three people familiar with the matter.
Archegos, Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley, and Mizuho did not immediately respond to Reuters' requests for comment.
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NPR News Architect Creates Estates for Wild Animals By Jennifer Sharpe Published March 4, 2008 at 11:00 AM MST Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Listen • 0:00 Jennifer Sharpe for NPRArtist Fritz Haeg stands in front of the geodesic dome in Los Angeles where he lived for many years. Copyright 2008 NPR
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Michael Douglas will portray the role of Benjamin Franklin in an upcoming limited series from Apple TV Plus. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the Oscar-winning actor will also executive produce the show with Kirk Ellis, Tim Van Patten, Richard Plepler, Tony Krantz and Mark Mostyn.
The project comes from Ellis and Patten, who have penned and directed the series, respectively. Based on Pulitzer Prize winner Stacy Schiff’s book A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America, the drama will explore the thrilling story of one of the greatest gambles of Franklin’s career.
A drafter and signer of the U S Declaration of Independence, Benjamin Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, a group of American revolutionary leaders who united the Thirteen Colonies, led the war for independence from Great Britain, and built a frame of government for the new United States of America.
At age 70, without any diplomatic training, Franklin convinced France – an absolute monarchy – to underwrite America’s experiment in democracy. “By virtue of his fame, charisma, and ingenuity, Franklin outmaneuvered British spies, French informers, and hostile colleagues, all while engineering the Franco-American alliance of 1778 and the final peace with England of 1783. The eight-year French mission stands as Franklin’s most vital service to his country, without which America would not have won the Revolution,” reads the plot’s synopsis.
The series is a co-production between ITV Studios America and Apple Studios. Stacy Schiff will serve as co-executive producer. The project has been casting for the past couple of months.
This is Kirk Ellis’ third project on Franklin, following the HBO miniseries John Adams, in which the personality was played by Tom Wilkinson, and History’s Sons of Liberty, in which he was played by Dean Norris.
Multihyphenate Orson Welles also essayed the role of Franklin in the 1954 film Royal Affairs in Versailles and 1961’s La Fayette, both French Italian productions.
Michael Douglas is also attached to play another famous figure in U S history, President Ronald Reagan in “Reagan & Gorbachev”, a limited series in the works at Paramount TV Studios.
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MICHEL MARTIN, host:
I'm Michel Martin, and this is TELL ME MORE from NPR News. For many of us, "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" is the iconic work about the South, about family, marriage, and hidden desire. The Tennessee Williams play became a hit movie starring Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman 50 years ago, and it's been revived for the stage several times since it first went to Broadway in 1955.
But the latest re-imagining of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" has a twist. It's being staged with an all-black cast with big-name stars like James Earl Jones, Terrance Howard, Anika Noni Rose and Phylicia Rashad. And the director of this innovative production is an icon in her own right, the multi-talented performer Debbie Allen.
The show opens on Broadway tomorrow night, and Debbie Allen joins us now from our New York bureau. Welcome, diva.
Ms. DEBBIE ALLEN (Director): Thank you, glad to be here.
MARTIN: This play is considered an American classic. Were you at all intimidated by the prospect of remaking it?
Ms. ALLEN: No, not at all because I mean what better venue or avenue for us than to take on something really powerful, and certainly black people have defined the culture of America for so many centuries. This is totally appropriate in its right and in its sensibility.
"Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" is so universal. This is what really is amazing. It's so universal. When I read it, it resonated to me. I mean, my daddy was called Big Daddy, you know. We had family members falling down because of alcohol and drugs. I don't think any family in America has been, you know, anesthetized from that. Everyone has been somehow affected by it.
It's about so many things. So no, I wasn't intimidated. You know, I'm from Howard University, and you know, we take it on. Scholarship and literature are always the foundation of everything that we developed in the drama department. So I immediately set on the task of picking which version were we going to invest in because he's written about four different versions, which is really amazing.
MARTIN: I didn't know that. Let me just ask you - well, let's just sort of start with kind of the basic issue, which for a lot of people this is the - not just the quintessential Southern play, but it's a quintessential play about kind of white Southern power.
I mean, if you look at the original directions for the set, it's a plantation house, and it's sort of meant to evoke the whole sense of sort of Southern grandeur and so forth. And so I'm just curious whether there was anything you had to change to make it make sense with the new cast, because of course we all know that African-Americans were present in these plantation houses, but they weren't, you know, in the main room, right?
Ms. ALLEN: Well, in 1955 they might not have been in the main room. They weren't in the Rose Bowl. But you just go forward a few years and you have, you know, black people on the Supreme Court. You have Ralph Ellison's "Invisible Man." You have black people of major, major accomplishment. You've had black people of major accomplishment this whole time.
You know, whenever the play was produced, it never said when it was. It just said in the South, in Mississippi, that's all - and it's summertime. That's all it really says. It's not a play that's about race. It's not about race. So that really - doesn't really affect how we portray the characters.
The changes that we had to make are things like there's a place where Maggie calls him a redneck. Well, that's not a name you call a black man in the South. And we just kind of re-envisioned it forward about 30 years or so.
MARTIN: Do you feel that this play has particular resonance to African-Americans, or is the African-American cast, does it bring things out that perhaps people otherwise might not see?
Ms. ALLEN: I think what it brings is a new audience to the theater. So for that reason it brings something that people might not see, but it is totally universal. I mean, America is right now facing so many challenges spawned by mendacity, which is the underlying theme of the play, mendacity - the lies, the liars, you know, what is the truth? People see the truth differently. When are you going to face the truth, or are you ever?
Here in America we're trying to find out. I mean that's a real big issue I think in this next presidential campaign. Americans want the truth from their leadership. They want to believe again and that's something that's been lost.
So it's so relevant to the times, and that it's black people playing the parts just adds - you see, it's hard for me to say what it adds because I didn't see it in its original inception, and even when I was hired on as the director, they gave me the movie of Elizabeth Taylor, but I went to put it on my DVD and it wouldn't play. So I said okay, God does not want me to look at this, so I can come into it fresh, and that's how I have guided this cast, with a real fresh sensibility to come in and really find the truth and the real behavior in the life of these amazing characters that Tennessee Williams created.
MARTIN: What's been the most challenging aspect of bringing this story to life for a new audience?
Ms. ALLEN: Well, the version that we have is the definitive version that he wrote, the last one that was done, in 1974, because Tennessee continued to write and rewrite this play through the years, because he didn't like the movie at all because they took out the whole relationship between Brick and Skipper, because I guess in that year, in that time, you couldn't even reference, you know, homosexuality or even those feelings between men. They couldn't even be discussed.
And the version that we have has quite a bit of powerful language and profanity even, but I have to tell you that it's how people would talk today, which is why I picked that version. But I think the greatest challenge for me has been the actual just day-to-day creativity in finding it.
MARTIN: Speaking of challenges, Phylicia Rashad stars as Big Momma, and she's known to most Americans, I think, as Claire Huxtable from "The Cosby Show." But she's also your sister.
Ms. ALLEN: Yes.
MARTIN: Is it a challenge to direct somebody you know so well?
Ms. ALLEN: No, it's actually great. I mean, directors get a lot more work and can fine-tune performances when they get to know their actors. I've spent time getting to know Anika. I spent time getting to know Terrance. Phylicia is one of the greatest actresses on the planet, and it's wonderful to, you know, be like a Rembrandt, if you will, just to take her and paint her a different way.
MARTIN: You've been a dancer, an actress, a choreographer, a director. How do you switch from all these roles, and is there one in which you feel most you?
Ms. ALLEN: Well, you know what? I have just grown up in the world of creativity. Literature and books have always been at the center of our lives as children. My mother, Vivian Ayers, raised us reading books, going to museums. So I've always had a tremendous imagination and a tremendous appetite for the challenge of creativity.
I went to Howard University, and there I studied classical literature. I was a minor in classics, translated all the great Greek writers, from Aeschylus to - just name one, all of them.
(Soundbite of laughter)
Ms. ALLEN: And so people don't quite know my whole background, and that's fine, but that has always informed my ability as a dancer and a choreographer.
MARTIN: And of course, there's this one moment that - when people say Debbie Allen, I bet you there's just millions of people who remember this one moment. Let's hear it.
(Soundbite of movie, "Fame")
(Soundbite of music)
Ms. ALLEN: (As Lydia Grant) You've got big dreams. You want fame. Well, fame costs, and right here is where you start paying in sweat.
(Soundbite of laughter)
Ms. ALLEN: Okay, you're cheating. That was good. Where'd you get that, Michel?
(Soundbite of laughter)
MARTIN: I can't reveal all my secrets.
Ms. ALLEN: You have resources, okay.
MARTIN: That's what I'm saying. We have skills down here.
(Soundbite of laughter)
MARTIN: That's you, of course, as Lydia Grant, the tough-as-nails-but-with-a-heart-of-gold dance teacher from the film "Fame," and later of course the television series. Tell the truth. How much of that is me?
Ms. ALLEN: A lot of it is me. A lot of it is me, and when we created that series with Bill Blin(ph), who was our original writer and executive producer, it was wonderful the way he was able to use me because I had so much that I brought, you know. Sometimes he would write DWD, Debbie will determine, those dance sequences. Sometimes I would just run my mouth, you know, and talk to them the way - I knew how to talk to them. You know, I knew what it was. It was who I really am, so...
MARTIN: It was great.
Ms. ALLEN: I had a great time.
MARTIN: If you're just joining us, you're listening to TELL ME MORE from NPR News. Our guest is star of stage and film, Debbie Allen, and we're talking about her latest project, a new version of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof." And you've directed episodes of so many television shows: "Girlfriends," "Everybody Hates Chris," "That's So Raven"; back in the day "A Different World," one of my favorites, I have to say.
Do you think that in the time that you've been doing this, that Hollywood has gotten better at allowing characters, African-American characters, kind of the full range of personalities that one would want?
Ms. ALLEN: Well, I think Hollywood is waking up to it. I mean, it's been a slow but sure wakeup call. Every new network has launched itself on the shoulders of the black audiences: Fox, the WB, all of them. They started with totally black, you know, programming, and then they expanded, because they knew that was an audience that they could build on.
But now you're seeing - you know, one of my favorite series that I hope will be back on soon now that the strike is over, "24." You know, they've had a black president for two years on that show, which is I think quite amazing. I always loved that, and here we're heading into a presidential campaign where it is very highly possible that this will be our nominee. He's African-American more than just a black man. He's many things.
But television is, you know, trying to get to where they reflect life. Still have work to do, let's put it that way. There's still a lot of work to be done, but I love that "Everybody Hates Chris" show. I loved directing that show, and "Girlfriends" has been a real joy.
But then the part of it that becomes difficult is that I become marginalized as a director, you know. It's a sad thing to say, but when my agent calls some of the other major shows that are predominately white shows, they don't choose me to come to direct. You know, I was directing "Family Ties" when I started, "Quantum Leap" when I started, and now there's a whole 'nother thing happening.
MARTIN: Why is that?
Ms. ALLEN: I don't know. It's hard to understand.
MARTIN: What are you saying? Are you saying that because you've been successful in directing African-American-oriented shows or those with predominately black casts, you're now the black director and people have amnesia about your other work?
Ms. ALLEN: Yeah, it's kind of like that. It's really - I mean, I would think I could get booked on any show anywhere, but it doesn't quite happen. You know, and there are some - it's not to say that there aren't African-Americans directing some of the shows, but at the point where I am in my career, my experience and my creativity, it's just kind of hard to look at that and see, well, why isn't that happening? What is that about? It's a good question.
MARTIN: That's painful.
Ms. ALLEN: It's not so painful anymore. I'm...
MARTIN: Kind of busy.
Ms. ALLEN: Well, I'm busy, but also I know I have to plow because there are so many other ones that are coming across my shoulders that will go all the way. So that's good.
MARTIN: Well, what about film? You produced "Amistad." Are the movies offering these opportunities in ways that perhaps television isn't?
Ms. ALLEN: It's hard to say that as well. I mean, I remember after I had done the first big musical movies for Disney on television - "Polly," if you remember that, many years ago. It was so big. Michael Eisner was the head of the studio at the time. Jeffrey Katzenberg was under him. And it blew them away how big the audience was. I mean, Michael Eisner believed in that. He's the one that got Disney into the musical business. It's how he grew up as a young man in New York. He understood that.
But after I did those Disney movies, and I not only came in under budget on the first one and had such a glorious product, every studio in town took meetings with me. They wanted to say, wow, Debbie Allen, let's see what happens. But I didn't get one feature film assignment, and that's been many, many years, and that was tough.
That was a very hard time for me. It was very hard. I remember one meeting; they told me I wasn't getting the job because I was a woman, and I was like, well, should I just, you know, do something with these breasts? Should I just cover them up? Honey, what can I do?
(Soundbite of laughter)
Ms. ALLEN: I can't change it. But things change, and this is the good news, and we are in America. And I've traveled the globe. You know, I don't know if you know this, I'm a cultural ambassador for the United States representing American dance to the whole world. So I go on major trips around the world, and it's so powerful who we are to the rest of the world. And the thing is that we can change and we grow, and the nature of the universe is change, and that's the hope that we have.
You know, I look at my daughter and look at my son, and I look at the opportunities they will have that I didn't. I look at the opportunities that I had that my mother didn't, and that's just the way of the world. So you just have to keep your hand on the plow and keep that heart in a good place and, you know, feel good about what you do. That's all you can do on a daily basis.
MARTIN: I hear you. Well, what's next for you?
Ms. ALLEN: I'm working on a musical with James Ingram called "The Bayou Legend." We've been working on this for almost a decade, and I'm looking forward to mounting that in the fall in Chicago and getting it to New York. I'm looking at taking one of my children's books, "Dancing in the Wings," and turning it into a movie.
I'm working with a very high-profile producer-writer who loves the work and loves the characters and would like to see them up on the big screen. So that could be my great opportunity there. And I have a big dance school, the Debbie Allen Dance Academy, in Los Angeles, and I have started over the last seven, eight years training a whole new generation of creative young people of all cultures, backgrounds, economic, you know, upbringings, to go out here and help change the world through the arts.
So that's a big mission for me with those young people. I'm always out there with a tin cup in my hand, raising money, girl, because you can never get enough money. You can never get enough help, and young people need the arts in their lives. There's nothing like the arts that will spark creativity.
MARTIN: Well, it's too bad you're not busy at all.
(Soundbite of laughter)
Ms. ALLEN: Oh, yeah, well, you know. It keeps you youthful. That's all I can tell you.
MARTIN: Okay. Legendary actress, dancer, choreographer Debbie Allen directs the new Broadway production of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof." It opens this week. Ms. Allen joined us from our studios in New York. Thank you so much for speaking with us, my diva.
Ms. ALLEN: Thank you so much. I look forward to seeing you. Come see the show. It's going to be great.
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Russia's top security official Dmitry Medvedev responded on Tuesday to comments by French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire promising to wage an economic and financial war against Russia.
"Today, some French minister has said that they declared an economic war on Russia. Watch your tongue, gentlemen! And don't forget that in human history, economic wars quite often turned into real ones," Medvedev, a former Russian president, wrote on his Twitter account (@MedvedevRussiaE).
Earlier on Tuesday Le Maire told France Info radio that "we are going to deliver a total economic and financial war against Russia," over its invasion of Ukraine.
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No one from the Indian Embassy reached out to stranded Indian students in Kharkiv in Ukraine, where a Karnataka native pursuing medicine was killed in shelling amid a Russian military offensive, the victim’s father alleged on Tuesday.
Naveen Shekarappa Gyanagoudar from the district was killed when he stepped out of his bunker to exchange currency and fetch some food, his uncle Ujjanagouda claimed.
The victim’s residence in Chalageri in this district slipped into gloom upon receiving the news of their child killed in the faraway European nation, with a large number of people thronging the house to console the bereaved family.
The boy’s father Gyanagoudar complained that no one from the Indian embassy reached the students stuck in Kharkiv, which is witnessing hostilities. His family members said Naveen was in the fourth year of his course in the Kharkiv medical college.
Ujjanagouda said Naveen along with others from Karnataka was stuck in a bunker in Kharkiv. He had gone out in the morning to exchange currency and to fetch some food when he was caught shelling happened, in which he was killed instantaneously.
On Tuesday when he rang up his father, Naveen said there was no food and water in the bunker, Ujjanagouda stated.
Learning about the tragedy, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai called up Gyanagoudar over phone and expressed his sorrow.
Bommai assured Gyanagoudar he would make every effort to bring back his son’s body to India. He also told him that he is touch with the officials in the external affairs ministry.
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MICHEL MARTIN, host:
I'm Michel Martin, and this is TELL ME MORE from NPR News. With spring around the corner, we want to know what's hot in spring fashion, the next big thing. And just to mix it up a little, we'd like to start with the guys, because ladies, you know, we always hog the fashion spotlight.
So we'll go to the gentlemen first and talk about the ladies next week. To help us get our spring fashion sense blooming, we're joined by fashion experts Michael Macko, the men's fashion director for Saks Fifth Avenue, and Adam Rapoport, style editor for GQ Magazine. Thank you both for joining us.
Mr. MICHAEL MACKO (Men's Fashion Director, Saks Fifth Avenue): Thank you, Michel. Thanks for having us.
Mr. ADAM RAPOPORT (Style Editor, GQ Magazine): Thank you, Michel.
MARTIN: So guys, you're feeling a little crusty. The winter's dragging on. You're ready for a change. Michael, is there one key item you're really going to want to have this spring to jumpstart your wardrobe?
Mr. MACKO: There's a few things you're going to want to have. At Saks Fifth Avenue, we have a thing called Wanted, where it's - we've selected the five items that guys are going to want to have. You're going to want a light-grey suit. You're going to want a shirt with a contrast collar and cuffs. You are going to want to have…
MARTIN: Hold on, I'm writing this down.
(Soundbite of laughter)
Mr. RAPOPORT: By that, he means like a light-blue shirt with like the white collar.
Mr. MACKO: Or even - there's stripes with - you know, we've seen pink collars and blue collars, or Dolce & Gabbana, black collars and white shirts.
Mr. RAPOPORT: I stand corrected.
(Soundbite of laughter)
Mr. MACKO: There's a few items. But we're seeing guys get dressed up again. You know, definitely the suit, you know, the suit's important for, you know, for spring. And there's others. Like guys always need, you know, shorts.
MARTIN: Well, let's take it one by one. So Adam, why don't you jump in?
Mr. RAPOPORT: Okay.
MARTIN: Why light grey?
Mr. RAPOPORT: Why light grey?
MARTIN: Yeah.
Mr. RAPOPORT: I think you can - I think part of it is, perhaps, you know, kind of, that "Mad Men" effect, if you will, Michael. If you look at that kind of early-'60s, James Bond, "Dr. No" light-grey suit, white shirt, black tie, you're never going to look better. Any guy, you wear that, you walk in a room, you'll be the best-dressed guy in the room.
Mr. MACKO: Absolutely, absolutely. You know, guys want fashion with a lowercase F. You know, guys don't want a capital. Guys don't want to be Fashion.
Mr. RAPOPORT: Yeah, I think a lot of guys, Michael, are - if I may, Michael -are more interested in style than necessarily fashion. I mean, there's those guys out there who do follow the trends of the runway and what's hot and whatnot, but I think most guys just want to look good.
Mr. MACKO: Yeah.
Mr. RAPOPORT: And I think in the summertime and spring, I think one thing you're not going to see are socks, which Michael actually is not even wearing right now, and it's about 49 degrees out here in New York.
(Soundbite of laughter)
Mr. MACKO: I'm pushing the season.
MARTIN: He's already there.
Mr. RAPOPORT: Yeah, he's already there, but I think you've been seeing that on the runways, and now you see it a lot everywhere. The guys, whether they're wearing jeans kind of rolled up a little bit with kind of dress shoes but no socks, or shorts with maybe even like…
MARTIN: Well, let's stay down there with the feet, since Michael's down there with no socks. What are on those feet? Are there any particular shoes we're going to want to look for this spring?
Mr. RAPOPORT: He's got some fancy shoes on.
Mr. MACKO: I have some fancy crocodile shoes on today. I got dressed up for radio.
(Soundbite of laughter)
Mr. RAPOPORT: I had to tell him there are no cameras here. So it's not (unintelligible).
MARTIN: What about - are there any particular styles, like heavy-sole boat shoe, anything in particular that's going to be spicy?
Mr. RAPOPORT: I think you see a couple different looks. This suit maker, Thom Browne in New York, has been very influential, wearing very kind of slim suits with short pant legs. And he'll wear like, you know, wingtips but no socks. You'll see guys wearing, you know, just loafers, or you mentioned boat shoes, which are very back in style.
Mr. MACKO: Definitely back. The Sperry Topsider is absolutely back.
Mr. RAPOPORT: And all of these kind of fashionable labels are making versions of the Sperry Topsider. So you wear kind of your slim-cut jeans or khakis rolled up with no sock. You basically want to show a little ankle, and for whatever reason, that's just kind of a cool look that probably, you know, the Italian guys have been doing for a while.
Mr. MACKO: Yeah.
Mr. RAPOPORT: Because Italian guys always look good, and they always beat us to the punch.
Mr. MACKO: But if you're going to show your ankle…
MARTIN: Well, speaking - oh, go ahead.
Mr. MACKO: There's one thing. If you're going to show your ankles, your ankles should be tan. They need to be tan, and I happen to have been in Florida last week, so I do have tan ankles.
MARTIN: Yeah, that's not a problem for some of us. Some of us have the permanent tan.
Mr. MACKO: One other tip, Michel…
(Soundbite of laughter)
Mr. RAPOPORT: Yeah, if you're a pasty white guy like Michael, you need the -yeah, you need a tan.
Mr. MACKO: On those ankles.
Mr. RAPOPORT: But you can wear those little - what do you want to call them, like little loafer socks or Peds…
Mr. MACKO: Oh, the Peds, yeah.
Mr. RAPOPORT: Which are those kind of like little socks that kind of hide below the ankle, you know what I mean, Michel?
MARTIN: I know what you mean. I'm just trying to figure out how many men in my life know about Peds.
Mr. RAPOPORT: Exactly. The ladies know.
MARTIN: What men do I know are going to wear Peds?
Mr. MACKO: But, yeah, your feet do perspire a lot, and it's really bad for your shoes.
MARTIN: Okay, moving up from the feet, I heard you say Italy and Europe. Anything interesting going on with trousers? I hear that, you know, Americans still kind of like the flat front, is that right? Or what about pleats? Anything going on?
Mr. MACKO: It's actually the opposite. You know, there's this constant battle between flat-front versus pleats. And, you know, one of the most common misconceptions most guys do make is that they equate more fabric equals more comfort, which is, you know, actually not true. You can actually be very comfortable in flat-front pants, and they are absolutely more flattering on almost all men.
Mr. RAPOPORT: This is Adam, and I had a friend, a Wall Street guy, who for years resisted buying flat-front pants, and his wife finally got him to buy a suit with flat-front pants a few weeks ago. And he said, dude, I've got to be honest. I look 10 pounds lighter. And it's not that the pants are tighter, they're just flatter. We're not saying you should go buy pants that are tight on you. Buy the correct size, but you don't need those balloon-y pleats out front.
Mr. MACKO: Yeah, nobody needs extra fabric around the waist. No one.
MARTIN: Well, yes, this is something that we ladies do know. Yes.
(Soundbite of laughter)
MARTIN: Having reclaimed my waist from pregnancy, I am not eager to cover it up again.
Mr. MACKO: Congratulations.
MARTIN: Thank you.
Mr. RAPOPORT: Yeah, every guy should try wearing flat-front pants. It will take 10 pounds off.
MARTIN: Okay. Talk to me again about color. I know we said we'd talk about the ladies next week, but I know that with women, they're pushing out a lot of bright colors, like the bright green, the bright yellow. What about for the guys? If you're going to go out and get a couple of nice polos, any particular colors you think or interesting, or do men just not buy that way?
Mr. MACKO: No, you know, color you can have fun with. You know, guys don't respond in the same way that women do to, you know, to color. I mean, you know, guys love - you know, there's a reason guys love navy and grey and black, you know, but - yeah. And a polo shirt is a perfect example, or a tie, where you can - you know, if you're going to invest in color, you don't want to invest too heavily.
You know, you don't want to buy a yellow suit, but you can buy a yellow polo shirt or a yellow tie or, you know, a yellow dress shirt. I think color should be used sparingly in men's wardrobes.
Mr. RAPOPORT: And I think you can balance that color. Like if - you know, if you look at a typical gingham shirt, you know, the little checked shirts that kind of look like picnic tablecloths that are very summery, you can buy one in kind of lime green or pink, and if you wear that with, like, a navy blazer or a grey suit, it kind of balances out the color.
It's not so full-on. And I think guys - you know, if you're going to have one colorful piece in your wardrobe, balance it with a very kind of solid grey, navy, black sort of piece. And I think that's an easy way to approach color, and I also think pattern, whether it's gingham, or in the summertime you see guys wearing madras shorts, which are those very kind of - how do you describe madras?
Mr. MACKO: You know, classic plaid, you know…
Mr. RAPOPORT: Patched together, very Kennedy, you know Hyannis Port, sort of.
Mr. MACKO: (unintelligible) Ralph Lauren.
Mr. RAPOPORT: Yeah, and you see a lot of that in the summertime that you don't see so much in the wintertime.
And I think Michel, if I may, I think one big thing which we've been seeing a lot of the last year, which Michael himself dresses very well in, is this very kind of classic American look, where you're seeing the boat shoes and you're seeing the Oxford-cloth shirt and you're seeing kind of khakis, but they're done kind of slimmer, a little bit cooler, a little bit younger, more fashion-y than stodgy, if you will.
Mr. MACKO: It's actually like so classic that it's cool again, and it all depends on who, you know, who the designers are and the cut. You know, and the cut is so important, too, and tailoring. That's another, just, you know, hint for guys. You know, whatever you buy, you should definitely have a tailor that you work with to make sure that everything fits you appropriately.
MARTIN: What about denim? Is there anything interesting going on in denim? That's been such a big deal for - again, I hate to be so sexist, but with women the last couple years, denim, denim, denim.
Mr. MACKO: As Adam pointed out before, yeah, there's - you know, it's the shorter denim, and you know, 7 For All Mankind is, you know, one of the leading denim companies, has made a jean called the Crop and Roll. And what it is, it's just a shorter inseam, and they created it because most denim comes with like a 34, 36-inch inseam, which is great if you have that, but a lot of guys don't have that long inseam and have to get their jeans shortened or tailored.
So they've created this - it's called The Flood. It's a 32-inch inseam, and then you roll that up, and it's the Crop and Roll, and you show a little bit of that ankle that we're talking about before, and that looks very cool and modern, especially with boat shoes or, you know, classic wingtip heavy loafer.
MARTIN: Okay.
Mr. RAPOPORT: Yeah, and I think with jeans, it's - the big thing with jeans also is, you know, to age or not to age. And I think a lot of the jeans you've seen in the last year or two were that very kind of dark, unwashed, stiff denim. That was a very different look than what we saw in the '80s and '90s, where everything was machine-faded and washed and distressed and buffed.
Mr. MACKO: Yeah.
Mr. RAPOPORT: And it's about kind of aging it yourself and buying the new pair, and the creases kind of fit the creases in your legs, and over the course of a year or two, you get the nice little holes and creases and worn patches, and it's like your own custom pair of jeans instead of someone customizing them for you.
MARTIN: Okay, so I'm a little confused there. Are you saying that people should go for what looks freshest to you this season, is the darker wash, and you start out with a darker wash, and you just kind of let it do its thing?
Mr. RAPOPORT: Yes, it depends. I mean, that's personally what I like, and it's a lot out there, and you make it your pair of jeans that belongs to you and no one else but you.
Mr. MACKO: And I think, Michel, Adam's point - you know, every guy should have those. And you should have several pairs of jeans, you know, that are going through those different cycles. So you should have that old, great, comfortable pair that you wear maybe on the weekends just to lounge around with her when you come home from work. They're the ones you put on.
You should have - if you're going to wear jeans out on a date, or if you have casual Friday, if your workplace allows that, the denim should definitely be dark and clean, not holes and not frayed bottoms, and, you know, that just -that should be left for Saturday.
(Soundbite of laughter)
Mr. RAPOPORT: One other thing, Michel, don't forget about white jeans, which are a great summer look.
Mr. MACKO: White jeans, especially at the beach with your boat shoes, or you can dress it up with like a sports coat or a cotton, navy blazer.
Mr. RAPOPORT: Navy blazer. Every guy looks so chic in white jeans and a navy blazer. Every guy. You can't go wrong.
Mr. MACKO: Simple, straight legs. Don't go for those boot - no more boot cuts, Michel. Get rid of your boot cuts. Simple, straight-leg white jeans, and you know, you wear that with something as simple as a navy polo shirt, you can't go wrong.
MARTIN: I think that hearts are - I think there are some hearts pounding all over, you know, the country now hearing this, get rid of those boot-cut jeans, because I think a lot of guys think they look pretty hot in those.
Mr. MACKO: Again - because they think there's more fabric, that equals more comfortable. It doesn't. It doesn't.
Mr. RAPOPORT: Yeah, we've been banging that drum for a while now. If you have Dane Cook's phone number, give him a call right now and let him know he needs to lose the boot-cuts, all right?
MARTIN: Okay. If you're just joining us, we're talking about men's fashion for spring with Michael Macko from Saks Fifth Avenue and Adam Rapoport from GQ Magazine.
I have to ask about the cost of jeans. Is there really a big difference between the $60 jean, the $200 jean, the - heaven-forbid - $600 jean.
Mr. MACKO: This is Michael. There's two things that drive the cost of - makes denim expensive. And we at Saks Fifth Avenue, we sell a lot of expensive denim. It's the fabric. It's if you have a Japanese fabric or an Italian fabric, that's what costs. And then as Adam pointed out before, there's a lot of machine - hand and machine work that goes into distressing and making actually something that's new look old, that you've had it for a long time. And the older and more distressed it is, the more expensive it gets.
Mr. RAPOPORT: The ones - because you buy good distressed and bad distressed, and the jeans, the companies that do it really well, it actually looks like it's a pair of jeans that's been around for 20 years, whether it's Ralph Lauren or whoever.
And then there are those kind of cheaper companies that have those kind of spider lines on the legs that just look fake. It's kind of embarrassing.
Mr. MACKO: So bad.
Mr. RAPOPORT: I was out - if I may, Michel - I am a guy who I argue very much for investing in a good pair of jeans. Because if you find that one pair of jeans that fits you well - and I think that's the most important thing, that you're comfortable in, that fits you well - you get so much wear out of those jeans now because you can wear them to work with a suit jacket. You can wear them on the weekends with a polo shirt, with a T-shirt.
You know, I have a pair of A.P.C. jeans, which is a French company, which probably cost a couple hundred bucks, maybe. But, you know, I wear them four days, three days, three to four days a week, and I've been wearing them for two years that much. And that's a big return on your money.
Mr. MACKO: I would even, you know, say that's just a good rule of thumb for, you know, for all - you know, guys, you know, if they bought less but better, they'd be so much better off. If you bought great classic, great navy blazer, white jeans, boat shoes, great, you know, gingham, striped shirts - all the things that we're talking about - great knit ties, all in very classic colors, you will always look chic. You're, you know, you're set. It all works, you know, it all works together.
MARTIN: Okay.
Mr. RAPOPORT: As long as it fits you well. If you buy a $2,000 suit that isn't tailored well, you might as well have thrown your money away.
MARTIN: Okay.
Mr. MACKO: Absolutely.
MARTIN: We only have a couple minutes left, so I'm going to put each of you on the spot. So let's see, who's going to go first? Adam, what have you bought this year that's worth splurging on? Have you bought anything this year that you maybe should've passed up?
Mr. RAPOPORT: You know, weirdly enough, we keep on talking about boat shoes, but I actually bought a pair recently from this company called Rogues Gallery up in Maine. And I am as unpreppy as you get, and I always - when I was a kid growing up in the '80s, I hated the whole preppy look, blah, blah, blah. They came out with a pair that's black leather with black rubber soles.
MARTIN: Stop it. Black leather boat shoes.
Mr. RAPOPORT: So it's kind of like a punk-rock boat shoe. Yeah, and I saw them, and I was just like I have to have those. I can't believe I'm buying boat shoes. But I put them on, they look great, and they're a very cool company. And, you know, and they're not crazy expensive, but they're - I never thought I'd buy boat shoes, and I never thought I'd pay that much for a pair of boat shoes.
MARTIN: Is there anything that - and I know you're in the business of, you know, displaying fashion in the pages and so forth…
Mr. RAPOPORT: Yes.
MARTIN: But is there anything that you could maybe kind of skip, more guys could kind of skip?
Mr. RAPOPORT: God, without pissing off any of our advertisers?
(Soundbite of laughter)
MARTIN: Yeah, there is that.
Mr. RAPOPORT: I don't know if I wanted to say that on NPR. Excuse us.
MARTIN: We're trying to keep it real.
Mr. RAPOPORT: Yeah, you know, I - I mean, there are some things - I'm not a big watch guy, for instance. You see these giant, oversized watches that cost you thousands and thousands of dollars. Michael's wearing one himself right now.
(Soundbite of laughter)
Mr. RAPOPORT: You know, I'll get there at one point. But listen, I pick up my Treo or my cell phone. I know what time it is, you know? So yeah, I'm not a watch guy. Maybe I will be one of these days.
MARTIN: Okay. Michael, what about you? What's worth splurging on this year, and what maybe could you skip? And, really, what have you bought?
Mr. MACKO: Absolutely shoes, absolutely shoes. And again, you know, I think if you have more ties, you know, spending, you know, a lot of money - you know, crocodile Gucci loafers do cost. But if you wear them a lot, you'll get your investment out of them. And if you enjoy wearing them and people compliment you on them, as Adam did to me today, it's - I think it's worth it.
Shoes are definitely something that - and shoes are something that men should realize women notice on them, also.
Mr. RAPOPORT: Absolutely, and you can't fake well-made shoes. Well-made shoes cost a lot for a reason, that they are well made. They take a lot of effort and manpower and quality ingredients. And if you buy well-made shoes, whether they're loafers or wingtips and you put shoe trees in them, you put taps on the heels and toes, they'll last you for a long, long time. It's a great investment and worth the money.
MARTIN: Okay, Michael, anything that maybe we could skip?
Mr. MACKO: Skip - as we were talking about before, boot-cut jeans, square-toed shoes. You know, square-toed is definitely on its way out. You know, we're going for a much more elongated last - a narrow last on shoes.
Mr. RAPOPORT: Last being the shape of the shoes.
Mr. MACKO: Yes.
Mr. RAPOPORT: But those square-toed rubber shoes that most of the guys wear with their suits, and their suits look nice, and you look down at their shoes, and you're like dude, what are you wearing like the rubbery square toes? That's a platypus show form. Come on, let's evolve up.
MARTIN: I'm looking in the booth, and one of my producers is just - his head is in his hands thinking he's going to have to throw out half his closet.
Mr. MACKO: If he has a goatee, tell him to shave it, too.
MARTIN: Oh, snap.
Mr. MACKO: He can come to Saks Fifth Avenue. We'll work with him. The other thing is more of a styling trick, but tuck your shirts in.
Mr. RAPOPORT: Yes.
Mr. MACKO: No one is untucking anymore. Everything should be tucked in, and it would be nice to throw a belt on, too.
MARTIN: I'm also looking in the booth, and the engineer is going if I tuck my shirt in, I wouldn't be dressed.
Mr. MACKO: The notion of wearing an untucked like striped dress shirt making you look younger, it doesn't make you look younger. It just makes you look like you're wearing a tunic, and you're walking around with, like, you know, a bathrobe on.
Mr. RAPOPORT: Tuck it in. Be a man.
MARTIN: Hear that men? Tuck it in.
Mr. MACKO: It's also put a belt on. Be a gentleman.
MARTIN: Okay, snap. Saks Fifth Avenue men's fashion director Michael Macko, and Adam Rapoport, the style editor at GQ Magazine. They were both kind enough to join us from our bureau in New York. Gentlemen, thank you both so much for speaking with us.
Mr. MACKO: Thank you.
Mr. RAPOPORT: Thanks, Michel. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.
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Drug peddler injured in police firing in Assam
An alleged drug peddler was injured in police firing when he reportedly tried to flee, and heroin worth Rs 4 crore in the international market has been seized from his possession, police said on Tuesday.Around 9 pm last night, the drug dealer was stopped at Jagiroad police checkpoint on National Highway-37.
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An alleged drug peddler was injured in police firing when he reportedly tried to flee, and heroin worth Rs 4 crore in the international market has been seized from his possession, police said on Tuesday.
''Around 9 pm last night, the drug dealer was stopped at Jagiroad police checkpoint on National Highway-37. However, seeing the police, he tried to flee... One round was fired and he was injured,'' Morigaon district Superintendent of Police Aparna N said.
He was shifted to Gauhati Medical College and Hospital after being administered basic treatment, the SP said.
Altogether, 33 people have been killed and at least 84 injured in police action, while allegedly trying to flee from custody or attacking personnel, since the BJP government, led by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, assumed office in May 2021.
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From Pink to Thappad, Manmarziyaan and her latest Loop Lapeta, Taapsee Pannu, with her meaty roles and memorable performances, has proven, one movie at a time, that she is one of the strongest forces to be reckoned with in the Indian film industry. She pushes the envelope with every project, evidently carving a legacy of her own.
And while her movies are all about stepping out of the comfort zone, her fashion sense, she says, is about staying in it, while also responding to moods. Taapsee — whose films often challenge societal norms and status quo — is also someone who has candidly spoken about embracing imperfections and accepting one’s true self.
In an exclusive interview with indianexpress.com, she talks about preparing for Loop Lapeta and Rashmi Rocket, her sense of style, and how she grew out of a love-hate relationship with her curly hair.
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Congratulations on Looop Lapeta! How did you prepare for playing an athlete in the film?
Thankfully I did Looop right after Rashmi Rocket in which I play a professional athlete because of which I got physically ready to play an ex athlete in Looop. The mental training regarding the mind frame of the character happened with the director where we discussed her back story and life politics in detail so as to know why she takes the decisions that she does.
What does your current workout routine look like?
Thanks to such back to back athletic characters, now I am addicted to working out. So I start my day with pranayama and then go to gym before I start work.
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You’re also starring in Rashmi Rocket and you had shared a glimpse of your training routine for the movie. What was the journey like?
I had to train for the film while I was shooting for other projects since I did not have the liberty to be at home and just build my body for the same. It was an exhausting routine wherein I had 2 hours of rigorous training, then going into 12 hours of shoot, coming back home and then being up for the same thing again. It was difficult for me to set into the routine as I have never been a gym person and took me about a month to start lifting serious weights.
When it comes to fashion, do you like experimenting with new styles, or do you like to stick with what you know works for you?
For me the main thing is comfort. I am not a person who keeps a tab on trends i just wear what i feel looks good on me. I love wearing cotton fabrics as they are extremely breathable and easy to move around in. What I have realized is, my style is constantly evolving as it keeps changing with my mood, the weather, the time and even the city that I’m currently in. My style is also influenced by the character that I am playing. It’s an easy going, cool and effortless vibe that I lean towards.
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Growing up, did you experiment with hair styles, or colour your hair?
I have always been experimental with my hair, right from the 12th standard where I tried straightening and then a few years later when I coloured them blue/purple. I took me time to realise how having curly hair is a blessing. I kept fighting it for years but when I realised its value, it showed me love back in return.
You have gorgeous curly hair; did you have a love-hate relationship with it growing up?
Honestly, I did have a love-hate relationship with my hair; there were times when I’ve tried homemade remedies to try to smoothen them and in the past have tried to fit into the conventional criteria of beauty. But with experience and exhaustion of not being able to fight with nature, I realised the beauty of acceptance. And once I accepted my curly hair and learnt how to take care of it and make them shine their best, there has been no looking back.
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What does your daily skincare and haircare routine look like?
Curly hair require a lot of TLC and my routine currently includes the plant based Advanced Curl Care Range from Arata. Additionally, when not shooting, I always avoid styling my hair or using a dryer; I let it dry naturally.
A lot of young girls grow up disliking curly hair, wanting to have straight hair instead. Anything you would like to say to them?
It is time to break through and change the conventional beauty standards as they are not only restrictive, but they also fail to elevate diversity. What you think is your shortcoming is actually what is setting you apart and sometimes making you different and special. The very idea that beauty is defined by a set of adjectives – straight hair, tall, slender, fair, etc., is harmful and excludes most of us who don’t fit the norm. Through experience I have learnt and embraced that my curly hair are my identity and now I proudly wear them as a crown.
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Jeff Deck of Boston had seen a lot of misspellings on signs around his city, and one day he decided he just couldn't take it anymore.
Deck cobbled together the Typo Eradication Advancement League and set off on a nationwide quest to repair the mistakes by any means necessary, including chalk and adhesive letters. For the next three months, the four team members will travel highways and byways wielding the red pen of justice and blogging their exploits.
Typos have been a passion of Deck's since he won a few spelling bees in junior high school. As TEAL makes its way around America, Deck expects to find endless examples of the lowly apostrophe being misused. "It seems that a lot of errors revolve around the apostrophe, that eternally misunderstood punctuation mark," he says.
Deck even found a misspelling on his doctor's business cards — which read "referal" instead of "referral." He mentioned it to the clerk, saying, "There's no way this is going to get fixed, is there?" And indeed, there was not.
Seen any good typo's lately?
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He made his Test debut under Virat Kohli and as the superstar-batter gears up for his 100th outing in the format, Indian pace spearhead and current vice-captain Jasprit Bumrah said the landmark game is a reflection of his former skipper’s dedication towards the game.
Kohli’s 100th Test would be against Sri Lanka beginning here on March 4. Bumrah made his Test debut under Kohli’s leadership in 2018.
“It is always a special achievement for a player. You know it is a testimony to his hard-work, dedication,” Bumrah said in an online press conference here.
“…(playing) 100 Test matches for your country is a great occasion and he has contributed a lot to the success of the Indian team and will contribute a lot more in the future as well,” he added.
“It is another feather in his (Kohli’s) cap. I just wish him the best and congratulate him for the achievement.”
— BCCI (@BCCI) March 1, 2022
Asked if he would like to gift Kohli something on the special occasion, Bumrah said, “If the Indian team wins, then there is no best (better) present than that. But he (Kohli) as a cricketer would like to give his best.”
“Whichever match we play, whether it is his 100th Test, yes obviously, (it is) a big achievement and it is a testimony to his hard work, but India’s main focus is on the series.
The Mohali test will be played behind closed doors and asked whether it was a bit of a downer, Bumrah said, “See, right now we are in the frame of mind, where we are focussing on what we can control.”
“(If) the crowds come, it is good for the energy, but that is something that we cannot control, we don’t have any power regarding that, we don’t decide the rules,” he made it clear.
“So, for us what we can control is our energy, so we are trying to focus on that, and that is the basic thing in everybody’s mind right now, that how do we prepare.
“We are in the best frame of mind, even if crowds are not there, so how do we keep that energy up. And with that, obviously, as I said, it is a big, big day, a big match for Virat Kohli,” added Bumrah.
So far, Kohli has scored 7962 runs from 99 Test matches after making his debut against the West Indies at Kingston in 2011.
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UK's Prince Charles says invasion of Ukraine is "brutal aggression"
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Britain's Prince Charles called Russia's invasion of Ukraine a "brutal aggression," media reports said on Tuesday.
The prince said the values of democracy and freedom were "under attack today in Ukraine in the most unconscionable way," the reports said.
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Victoria Wood wrote and starred in Housewife 49, a film that follows one woman's life amid the challenges of wartime England. Wood tells Scott Simon what the film and role mean to her.
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Victoria Wood wrote and starred in Housewife 49, a film that follows one woman's life amid the challenges of wartime England. Wood tells Scott Simon what the film and role mean to her.
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As the noise of sirens, acting as the harbinger of war, pierced the chilly air of Ukraine’s Dnipro, a video emerged of some boys playing football amidst the chaotic situation in their country.
Despite all the tragedy and pain in a country ravaged due to the Russian invasion, this video of young passionate players harks back to a far peaceful time, even with the blaring of the air sirens constantly acting as a reminder of a harrowing present.
The country has been in a state of war since the invasion with all sporting activities, including the Ukrainian Premier League, having to suspend operations.
In a brief statement, the league said the suspension was due to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s decision to impose martial law. It did not give any planned date to resume.
Air raid siren? 🚨
Let us finish our kick about first Yh? https://t.co/KLvlaGgOqW
— Zorya Londonsk (@ZoryaLondonsk) March 1, 2022
On March 1, U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet says her office has confirmed that 102 civilians, including seven children, have been killed in the Russian invasion and 304 others wounded in Ukraine since Thursday. She cautioned that the tally was likely a vast undercount.
More than 70 Ukrainian servicemen were killed by a Russian rocket attack and dozens of civilians have died in “barbaric” shelling, Ukrainian authorities said on March 1, as a huge Russian military convoy approached the capital Kyiv.
The Indian embassy in Kyiv, in an advisory issued Tuesday, asked Indians to leave Kyiv urgently through ‘any means available’. The advisory comes as Moscow strengthened its attack on Ukraine and closed in on the capital, Kyiv, even as talks aimed at stopping the fighting yielded only an agreement to keep talking.
Meanwhile, an embattled Ukraine moved to solidify its ties to the West by applying to join the European Union, a largely symbolic move for now.
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Kejriwal condoles death of Indian student in Ukraine, urges Centre to bring stranded citizens back
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday condoled the death of a student in shelling in Ukraines Kharkiv and prayed for the safety of Indians stranded there.The Ministry of External Affairs MEA confirmed the death of the Indian student in a tweet and said it was in touch with his family.The student, Naveen Shekarappa Gyanagoudar, was a native of Chalageri in Karnatakas Haveri district.Feel terrible to hear this news.
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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday condoled the death of a student in shelling in Ukraine's Kharkiv and prayed for the safety of Indians stranded there.
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) confirmed the death of the Indian student in a tweet and said it was in touch with his family.
The student, Naveen Shekarappa Gyanagoudar, was a native of Chalageri in Karnataka's Haveri district.
''Feel terrible to hear this news. Prayers for his family. Pray for the safety of all other Indians stranded and hope they will be back home soon. Hope the conflict will soon come to an end,'' Kejriwal tweeted. Several Indians are still stranded in Kharkiv where Russia has launched a major military offensive.
Earlier in the day, Kejriwal urged the Central government to bring back Indians stranded in Ukraine at the earliest and provide them with all help.
Kejriwal's remarks came after a news report claimed that Indians stranded in Ukraine are allegedly not getting help from the Indian embassy in Ukraine.
India began the evacuation of around 14,000 of its stranded citizens on February 26.
To scale up the rescue operations, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday asked the Indian Air Force to evacuate Indians stranded in Ukraine due to the Russian military offensive against that country.
The IAF is likely to deploy several C-17 aircraft as part of Operation Ganga from Tuesday, sources said.
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MICHEL MARTIN, host:
I'm Michel Martin, and you're listening to Tell Me More from NPR News. Spring is almost here and that means it's time to say goodbye to your winter wardrobe and dress up in the season's latest fashions. Last week, we learned about what's new in men's wear. Now it's time to find out about the next big thing in women's fashion. So, if you're looking in your closet and trying to figure out what to hang up and what to maybe toss out, help is here. Joining us now is Agnes Commack. She's the fashion director for Essence Magazine. Also with us is trend analyst Najwa Moses. She's the brains behind the Styleaholics fashion website and podcast. Welcome, ladies.
Ms. AGNES COMMACK (Fashion Director, Essence Magazine): Thank you.
Ms. NAJWA MOSES (Styleaholics Fashion Website): Thank you.
MARTIN: Agnes, we talked about men's fashion last week. And I have to tell you there was some very distressing news, that boot-cut jeans are out. Please, tell us that's not so. Because you know, boot-cut jeans make you look cute.
Ms. COMMACK: Even though the boot-cut jean is out, which I believe is out too, it's time for some fresh options. I know you've been seeing a lot of the skinny jean. It's continuing to be hot. People that are any size can wear a skinny jean. Nobody should ever tell you that a plus size woman cannot wear a skinny jean because she can.
MARTIN: OK. So, skinny jeans. Agnes, anything else you're really excited about for spring?
Ms. COMMACK: Um, also in denim. We're either seeing a skinny jean, we're seeing a wide-leg jean, and I also love a high-waisted pant. I think it's fun, it's fresh. It's just a great way to accentuate the shape and just look cool and hip.
MARTIN: OK. Najwa, what are you excited about for spring?
Ms. MOSES: Well, I'm really excited about the - we're going very bold this spring. And you're seeing like huge, huge jewelry. I'm talking about like tons of layered, chunky necklaces, and bracelets, and pendants, and broaches. You know, you kind of, the way that you tend to wear that jewelry you sort of let it be like the centerpiece. Maybe you wear like a huge necklace that's got wood, or bone, or you know, maybe has even a tribal feel to it. And you wear maybe a simple dress or simple top and simple jeans with it. We're going to be seeing a lot of tribal prints this season. Everyone from Oscar de la Renta to Diane Von Furstenberg...
MARTIN: Can I just pause here and ask about that? Now, how do you all feel about that? I mean, this is every couple of years we see this so-called tribal, you know, look. And then they pull out the safari suits and so forth. I'm just - does this every push your buttons? I mean, on the one hand I do see the sometimes the African-American models get a little bit more prominence when they're pulling out the safari look. On the other hand, I don't - is there any ambivalence about this for either of you?
Ms. COMMACK: No. I think - I feel that fashion is a revolving door, and there are things that go in and out of style. And tribal and safaris is just one of those looks that come in and out of style. You see it one season and it's pretty popular and then you know, maybe next season it'll be something different.
MARTIN: I'm guess what I'm wondering more about is the cultural appropriation aspects of it.
Ms. MOSES: I think it's OK. I mean, I have to agree with Agnes, maybe because we're fashion people. A lot of times I like it because people are bringing it fashion forward. So, like I went out and bought a traditional African top and then I belted it with a skinny belt and then I wore my skinny jeans with it. So, I think, it doesn't bother me. I mean, because people kind of use it, they may trim out a blazer with it or they may make a stretch skirt in it. And it's not just like African print. I mean, you have, you know, Asiatic prints, you have Eastern European prints. So, it's just more about just kind of this global influence coming out in a print basis.
MARTIN: I see what you're saying. It's kind of like a multicultural thing.
Ms. MOSES: Yeah. And each time they bring it out it's different.
MARTIN: Mm hm.
Ms. MOSES: You know, it's not so much the kente cloth now. It's a different kind of print, it's more fitted, it's more belted. Maybe it was a top before, but now you see more pants. Maybe it was a jacket before, now you see more dresses. Each time they bring it out it's done in a more - in a fresh way, right?
MARTIN: And who am I kidding? I love tan. I'm not going to lie to you. I love tan, OK? I'm sorry, my friends - I'm the joke among my friends because I can wear tan every day. But they won't let me, thankfully. What about color? I'm seeing a lot of bright colors. Is that every spring or are they particularly - any colors that you're particularly going to see this spring that you guys - that you ladies like?
Ms. COMMACK: I think every spring, color is important. This season I think it's less about a pastel and more about a bright, bold color.
Ms. MOSES: Yes.
Ms. COMMACK: I'm seeing lots of yellow, lots of great blues, lots of great purples. Think rainbow. Think rainbow colors, and that's what you're going to see in the stores for the season.
MARTIN: Najwa, what about you?
Ms. MOSES: I see, well what I also see is a strong trend in metallics. And at the same time that you have like the tribal prints coming out you have a lot of sheers, and what I call clears, coming out. So, you have a lot of dresses done in like satins, silks, ruffles, chiffons, in a den of muted tones like beige, off-white, grey, and then at the other spectrum you have people with like these bolded prints. So I think yes, I agree with Agnes. Every season you see a lot of color, this season I'm seeing a lot of candy colors which I think is still reflective of that eighties retro feel that we're still having right now in fashion. But there's also a lot of clears going on this season. You're going to see a lot of clear bags are returning, clear bangles, clear heals...
MARTIN: Really? That's funny.
Ms. MOSES: So I think that's really good because it's going to be a great balance to have these accessories that are clear against like these bold prints and these tribal prints.
MARTIN: I've never understood, how do you work the clear accessories?
Ms. MOSES: I think the clear accessory is interesting. I mean on like let's say you have on like a pencil skirt in a sort of tribal print and it has a lot of like let's say greens or yellow and blacks and then you paired that with maybe a dark denim blazer, a black blazer, then you can throw on like a really chunky clear bangle and you're fine, you know and that's enough. Or you can do the same type of maybe a cocktail ring with a clear globe on it.
MARTIN: See here's my problem with clear. I don't want everybody to see what's in my bag. I really don't. I really don't. Do you need to see the old pacifier and the used tissues? No you don't.
Ms. MOSES: Yeah, not with a bag, but definitely the jewelry with the big oversized beads and the bangles and the rings. There are some amazing designers like Alexis Petard (ph) who does it in a great way and you can get them in different colors. So it just - it would look amazing against our skin - against any skin.
MARTIN: It is kind of fun for summer too. Looking ahead to summer there's just something fun about a big kind of retro bag for summer. Isn't there something about that?
Ms. MOSES: Yes.
MARTIN: But speaking of purses, if you could just stay on accessories for just a minute here. I know we saw a lot of the big bags in the last couple of years. What do you all think about that?
Ms. MOSES: Yes. Right now what I'm actually seeing, because I go out every night and I'm always trend-spotting with photos and at parties or events and it's something I've been asking about across the blogs, like is everyone carrying these luggage sized handbags? I am seeing these handbags, they're just getting bigger and bigger and bigger, and I'm like, am I the only one with weak shoulders and weak wrists? Like these things are huge and what I do love about them, they're sort of structured geometrically - they usually tend to be in like a kind of an oval bowling bag shape or they tend to be in a squared shape. I'm seeing them in candy colors, and I'm seeing them in that patent leather finish. So I'm seeing them like in taupes and blues and purples. They're beautiful to behold, but I just don't know if they're beautiful to be-hold. Like I mean they're huge, you know. And then I'm seeing retro fanny packs, but not like the ugly little ones that they had in the eighties, but more like you may have in leather...
Ms. COMMACK: I don't know if I'm ready for a fanny pack.
Ms. MOSES: I have one. I bought one. I love them. I had a retro fanny pack, and it's purple and it has like a doorknocker hook on it. It was made by an independent designer.
Ms. COMMACK: That's something that I'm not that excited about.
Ms. MOSES: You can't do it, Agnes?
Ms. COMMACK: Can't do it. I love a lot of unique shapes, but the fanny pack...
MARTIN: Yeah, I have enough fanny of my own, I don't need to add to it, I got to be honest about that.
Ms. MOSES: Yeah, I love it. And then the clutch is here. The clutch has been here to stay. And now you have the bowtie clutch which is the bow or the big bow on the end of the clutch and you can slip your hand through it. You have the oversized clutch. I love a clutch.
Ms. COMMACK: I love a clutch, and we've been seeing clutches for the last couple of seasons, and I think you're going to see it for a couple more seasons.
MARTIN: I think clutches are so ladylike, but I also feel that the opportunity to use them in so limited. Like at church or you go to a lunch - do you know what I mean? I just still find myself grabbing my huge bag.
Ms. COMMACK: No, you can get it a little bigger, not as big as those big bags with the huge shoulder straps, but you can get them a little bigger and you can still put, you know, quite a few things in your clutch bag and I think they're just an interesting different shape versus, you know, something that's a little bit bigger and rounder, you know?
Ms. MOSES: I agree. If you're having one of those things when you just don't have to carry too much stuff or maybe you're going out at night. Instead of carrying like maybe a hobo bag you can totally throw a bigger sized clutch on and in fun colors, and they come in a variety of shapes. And some of them come out. They fold out like an accordion so you can get more things in them.
MARTIN: If you're just joining us you're listening to Tell Me More from NPR News, and we're talking with fashion mavens Agnes Comic of Essence Magazine and Najwa Moses of Styleaholics about the trends for spring for ladies. Agnes, I think we've all had that experience where we fall in love with a style that's in the magazines, but you know maybe you're not 90 pounds and are there some hot trends that you think work just for everybody? I know we've been talking about a lot of them, but perhaps the more mature customer? Perhaps the larger-sized customer? You want to be fashionable, but you don't want to, you know, look your boss lady? Well I don't mind looking like the boss lady, but you know what I'm saying.
Ms. COMMACK: Well, you know you'd be surprised. For the smaller customer as well as a larger customer there are things that you can do that you can transition from someone that's a size two to someone that' s a size 12. For instance, the knit theme was very, very, very big this season and it's very popular for spring and there's some wonderful knits out there for a woman in the plus size market.
MARTIN: What's the trick to wearing knits if you're not 90 pounds? Is it the right undergarments or is it fit? What?
Ms. COMMACK: It's definitely the right undergarments. I feel you shouldn't go anywhere without a spank. Spank I think is the best invention anywhere with everything.
MARTIN: For those who aren't aware, who aren't addicted to them like I am? What are they?
Ms. COMMACK: It's not a girdle exactly, but it's this lycra lorex - the best way to describe it is pantyhose without the hose part, although sometimes you can get it with a hose and you pull it up and it pulls you in. It sucks you in and it doesn't - it's not as meaty as a girdle so you don't see the lumps and bumps.
MARTIN: We prefer smoother. We prefer a body smoother, Agnes, right?
Ms. COMMACK: Yeah, to me it's very close to a body smoother, but it's wonderful and you can lose inches off your waist and your hips in a spank.
MARTIN: I can't believe I just revealed my secret to the world.
Ms. COMMACK: Yes.
Ms. MOSES: I'm telling everybody you're telling everybody, spanks are the best.
MARTIN: OK, Najwa, is there anything from last season that you really just want to take out of your closet right now and just make it go away?
Ms. MOSES: Well, it's not in my closet.
MARTIN: Excuse us.
Ms. MOSES: It's not in my closet, but brightly, those crocks that everybody was wearing last season. They have to go. They have to go. Super wide belts which had a long run, but it's time to put them down. The skinny belt is in. The cinched waist silhouette is still here to stay, but you're going to work with a little bit of a skinny belt. I think leggings are still here to stay, but you know you want to wear them appropriately. If you know that you have areas that are not exactly smooth or pleasant to look at...
Ms. COMMACK: You should always cover your butt.
Ms. MOSES: So that it works appropriately.
MARTIN: Cover your butt.
Ms. MOSES: I don't know, I think it depends.
Ms. COMMACK: I think, I really do think like you said. You need to have the right coverage. I think seeing your backside in a legging is equivalent of someone wearing a stocking out in the street.
MARTIN: Break it down, Agnes. Break it down. Is there anything, Agnes, either from last season that you would just say it's time to let it go besides my beloved boot cut jeans? Or is there something new coming out this spring that you think, you know what? Maybe bypass.
Ms. COMMACK: A Capri pant, please don't do them. I don't want to see anymore Capri pants.
MARTIN: Ever?
Ms. COMMACK: Well, not right now. Not right now. It may come back, but right now to me a Capri pant is not something that I'd like to see anybody in. And like I said before although color is nice and the bright and bold color is wonderful, those pale pastels like peach - don't wear them anywhere. It's not nice.
Ms. MOSES: I think an alternative to the Capri, because I agree with Agnes, let me just say frankly it's tired and it's very dated and it makes you look like you're 70 and living in South Florida. I think leggings are a great alternative and also I'm noticing...
MARTIN: Could I just tell you that there are tears here in the studio?
Ms. MOSES: Really? Well tear on and move on.
MARTIN: I'll just say - we are like, a group of us here are actually kind of...
Ms. MOSES: Crying?
MARTIN: Give us a minute.
Ms. MOSES: You should wear the Capris in the house.
MARTIN: OK, all right.
Ms. MOSES: But you're also seeing shorts. We're seeing winter shorts, really, really short, that you were supposed to wear with like fun leggings or tights, and then we're also seeing denim shorts made a little bit longer going to the knee and they're fitted all the way through.
Ms. COMMACK: Those are perfectly acceptable. I agree with you.
MARTIN: But you know I can imagine some of our listeners are saying. You know who died and left you all queen? You know who decides? Who decides what's hot, and do you find that people are more interested in fashion as a result of all the attention like "Project Runway" or "America's Next Top Model"? Do you know what I mean? I'm just curious but...
Ms. COMMACK: Yes.
Ms. MOSES: Of course, I think anything that's media related that brings fashion to the forefront makes people more interested.
MARTIN: Do you think it makes it more "small D" democratic in the sense that people sort of feel like I'?m free to do my own thing or do you feel that it works the other way? That perhaps people, because the style experts as it were have so much more prominence that their word means more.
Ms. COMMACK: No, I think that there are people who, in very case, there are people who are leaders and there are people who are followers and it's the same thing with fashion. There are people who are going to go out there and have a wonderful sense of style and pull their look together and I may say, oh you know what that Capri pant doesn't work, but if somebody goes out there and puts it together in the right way then it'll be hot for them. I mean fashion - the great thing about fashion and fashion is an art form, is that it's subjective to who it is that's wearing it. They can do whatever they want with it and have fun with it. We're talking about what we see is in and what we see is out, but I could walk down the street tomorrow, especially in New York City, and see somebody rocking something that I would say, you know what, I'd never wear that, but it looks pretty fantastic on this person.
MARTIN: OK. Najwa, what about you?
Ms. MOSES: I agree with Agnes. I think right now when you saw like the return of the 80s starting with like the spring of '01 you saw people like really opening up their taste level, and the fact that they weren't scared to be individuals and this happened in music and in fashion. I think now more than ever people - the fact that people want to work in fashion, and you know you have all these movies, you have "Sex and the City" and you have a Gucci movie coming out and you have something going on with Coco Chanel and Houston, I mean now more than ever people just really have this appetite for fashion. It's pretty cool. I think the appetite for fashion is definitely growing.
MARTIN: So what do you have on?
Ms. MOSES: Oh, actually I have on a pajama top. I have on a flannel pajama top, just talking about flipping it out, Agnes. OK, I have this blue flannel pajama top which I belted with this blood-red belt, which is not wide, but it's a medium width, it's not skinny.
MARTIN: Wait, wait, Najwa, please, are you really wearing pajamas?
Ms. MOSES: I am wearing a flannel - but let me tell you, I picked it up off the floor of Old Navy. I'm not afraid to say I went to Old Navy. And I thought it was a top and I was like oh I'm going to make this a jacket and I get there and they're like oh the bottom's missing. I was like the bottom? They're like it's a pajama top. I'm like, oh well can I just have it anyway and it was like three bucks.
Ms. COMMACK: Lingerie looks are very big so you were right on target.
Ms. MOSES: Oh yes. And I have on some skinny jeans, old school, and I have like an over the knee black boot.
MARTIN: Excuse me, excuse me. Agnes, what do you have on?
Ms. COMMACK: I'm going to say I'm a very simple girl so - and I'm in New York, and I can be a little bit of a slob sometimes so I spill stuff on myself.
MARTIN: Agnes, stop lying. You are the diva of divas so don't even, please go ahead.
Ms. COMMACK: I'm wearing a black tiered skirt and some snake flats...
MARTIN: Simple.
Ms. COMMACK: And a cashmere cardigan and a little lingerie lacey top.
Ms. MOSES: Nice.
MARTIN: Simple.
Ms. MOSES: Simple. Snake skin.
MARTIN: Simple, but snakeskin. Agnes Commack, our diva is the fashion director for Essence magazine. She joined us from her office in Manhattan. Najwa Moses is a fashion writer. Creator of the website and podcast Styleaholics, and she was kind enough to join us from our New York bureau. Ladies, thank you so much.
Ms. MOSES: Thank you.
Ms. COMMACK: Thank you.
MARTIN: Remember, with Tell Me More the conversation never ends. In the coming days we will be talking about the war. As we approach the fifth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq we would like to hear from you. If you have served in Iraq, if you have a loved one there, please tell us how the war has changed your life. Share your story. We plan to broadcast some of your messages next week. Please go to our blog at npr.org/tellmemore. You can also call our comment line at 202-842-3522. Again that's 202-842-3522.
And that's our program for today. I'm Michel Martin and this is Tell Me More from NPR News. Let's talk more tomorrow. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.
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Indian shooting ace Saurabh Chaudhary won the gold medal in the men’s 10m air pistol event, opening the country’s account in the year’s first ISSF World Cup here on Tuesday.
The Asian Games gold medallist shot 16 in the gold medal contest to finish ahead of Germany’s Michael Schwald (6).
The bronze in the event was bagged by Artem Chernousov of Russia, whose country’s flag was removed owing to its involvement in the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.
SAURABH TAKES THE GOLD 🥇
19-yr old Olympian @SChaudhary2002 clinches 🥇after defeating 🇩🇪's M. Schwald (16-6) in Gold medal match of 10m Air Pistol event at @ISSF_Shooting World Cup, Cairo
Strong & composed performance by the Shooter to bring home 🇮🇳's 1st medal at the event pic.twitter.com/J8OVusanKy
— SAI Media (@Media_SAI) March 1, 2022
The 19-year Saurabh, an Olympian who also has a Youth Olympic gold medal to his name, was third in the men’s 10m air pistol qualification stage with a total of 584 points, making it through to the elimination as one of the top eight shooters.
He topped the final stage relay 1 with a score of 38, making it through to the medal match, which was contested by the last four shooters. There he again topped with a score of 42.5.
Esha Singh, Shri Nivetha and Ruchita Vinerkar are representing India in the 10m air pistol women’s event.
Over 500 shooters from 60 nations are taking part in the Cairo World Cup which has 20 medal sets on offer.
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NOAH ADAMS, host:
From NPR News this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Noah Adams.
The nation's attic has a new chief. Today Wayne Clough was named secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. There have been only 11 secretaries of the Smithsonian since it was founded back in 1846. Wayne Clough will be the 12th. He's been the president of Georgia Tech since 1994. A civil engineer born in Douglas, Georgia, he's now 66.
He appeared at a news conference today at the Smithsonian castle.
NPR's Elizabeth Blair was there in attendance. Why, Elizabeth, Wayne Clough?
ELIZABETH BLAIR: Well, Smithsonian officials say he comes from academia; he has a proven track record running a large public institution. And even today Wayne Clough, himself, said there are a lot of similarities between a big state school, like Georgia Tech, and the Smithsonian, particularly the people, whether they are curators or academics.
Mr. WAYNE CLOUGH (Secretary, Smithsonian Institution; President, Georgia Technology University): They are driven by an ability to create, and that's what they want to contribute. So the two institutions are similar, and as I told the search committee, fortunately one thing is different, the Smithsonian as of yet does not have a football or basketball team.
(Soundbite of laughter)
Mr. CLOUGH: And so we'll just pass on that for the time being because there's plenty to do.
ADAMS: That's the incoming secretary of the Smithsonian Wayne Clough. Elizabeth, you can hear the hallowed hall echo there at the Smithsonian castle.
BLAIR: That's right. It was in this very regal looking room. It's the west wing of the castle. Behind him there was a stuffed snow leopard and a stuffed black bear, and then below that there was a Gibson electric guitar. The west wing room has just lots of little pieces from all of the different museums on display.
ADAMS: Well, that's sort of emblematic of the challenge he's got in front of him.
BLAIR: Many, many challenges. For starters, the last secretary, Lawrence Small, was very controversial. He came from a corporate background, and by all accounts, he was living a champagne lifestyle at taxpayer's expense; that's how one senator put it. He would throw parties that cost thousands of dollars and say they were fundraisers and charge it to the Smithsonian. His salary and compensation reached above $900,000. And part of this was that he kept the Board of Regents, which is supposed to oversee what happens at the Smithsonian, at arms length. And many have also criticized the Board of Regents, saying that while Lawrence Small was kind of running the ship in a very imperialistic style, they were asleep at the switch. And many of those people, by the way, are still there.
ADAMS: Well, if you put aside the difficulties of the past few years with Mr. Small and just look at what confronts Wayne Clough in running something like the Smithsonian, what kind of job is it?
BLAIR: Well, the mission statement of the Smithsonian already poses a problem, it's the increase and diffusion of knowledge, and that has baffled secretaries from the very beginning. Right now, the biggest problem is money. They have a $2.5 billion backlog, and that is just for maintenance and repairs. And the problem is Congress. Congress funds 70 percent of the Smithsonian. They have said, don't come to us looking for that money. But it's also very hard for the Smithsonian to find big private donors because most private donors don't really want to spend money on fixing the leaky roof.
But I definitely got the sense from Wayne Clough today that he has worked with boards before, and that's very important. That he will be able to be independent from the board and challenge them when necessary. He really does seem like someone who knows how to run a place as complex as the Smithsonian.
ADAMS: NPR's Elizabeth Blair on the naming of Wayne Clough as the new secretary of the Smithsonian. He takes over in July. Thank you, Elizabeth.
BLAIR: Thank you. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.
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Indian students chant 'Vande Mataram' on return from Ukraine; Union Min RK Singh welcomes them
Union Minister of Power and New and Renewable Energy RK Singh on Tuesday welcomed Indian students who reached Delhi airport after they were evacuated from conflict-hit Ukraine due to ongoing Russian military operations.
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Union Minister of Power and New and Renewable Energy RK Singh on Tuesday welcomed Indian students who reached Delhi airport after they were evacuated from conflict-hit Ukraine due to ongoing Russian military operations. Students were seen joyously waving the national flag as they chanted "Vande Mataram" upon the touchdown in the national capital.
Speaking to ANI, the Union Minister reiterated India's evacuation mission under 'Operation Ganga' and said that the government is "committed to bringing back every Indian stranded there." "Four ministers deputed just to organise this. There are help desks of states, help desk of Ministry of Power, officers of the Ministry. Students will be provided whatever assistance they need," he added.
On returning to the native country, Vindhya Doshi, an Indian student said, "I am very happy and relaxed now because the situation on the borders around Ukraine was terrible. I thank the Government of India and the Indian Embassy who supported the students. We are relaxed now." The special flight carrying Indian nationals came from Hungary's capital city Budapest.
"We are really thankful to the Indian government for evacuating us from Ukraine," said Samarita Hazarika, another Indian student. India has been ramping up its efforts to evacuate Indian nationals stuck in Ukraine.
Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri left for Budapest to aid the evacuation of Indian citizens stranded in war-hit Ukraine. Union Minister of Law and Justice, Kiren Rijiju also left for Slovakia on Tuesday. The government has deployed 'special envoys' to four neighbouring countries bordering Ukraine to coordinate and oversee the evacuation process of Indian nationals.
"Union Ministers Jyotiraditya Scindia will be going to Romania, Kiren Rijiju to Slovak Republic, Hardeep Puri to Hungary, VK Singh to Poland... to coordinate and oversee the evacuation process," the Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said on Monday. (ANI)
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Social media company Hike has announced the launch Rush Avatars, which will be non-fungible tokens (NFTs) used as a digital identity by users on Hike’s web3 play-to-earn (P2E) gaming platform called the Rush Gaming Universe. This is built on the Polygon network.
The Rush Gaming Universe is a virtual world and ‘social gaming universe’ that Hike is in the process of building. According to the company, the platform is doing annual winnings of over $50 million. With Rush, Hike is trying to build a web3 gaming platform that is accessible to non-crypt-native gaming users.
To celebrate the launch of the Rush Avatar, the platform is offering a ‘Launch Edition’ NFT that it says will be given to the most active rush players. The NFTs come in a spectrum of rareness, ranging from ‘The Boss’, which is relatively rare with only 1999 minted copies all the way to ‘Khiladi’ which will be the most common one offered to most players.
Hike is planning on airdropping these Rush Avatar NFTs to active players in its gaming community free of cost. About 10 per cent of the supply of this launch edition will be reserved for future community giveaways, NFT sales and partnerships. The airdrop will be launched for Android users first, followed by an airdrop for Apple users that Hike says will happen soon.
What is P2E gaming?
P2E games are those that reward the users with some digital assets for playing the game. In theory, the users can then turn around and sell or trade these digital assets to earn an income from playing games. But at the same time, gamers need to have NFTs in order to play the game in the first place. Usually, this means spending money or cryptocurrency on purchasing the tokens that allow you to play the game.
While most gaming many companies are turning to using ‘loot boxes’ and other methods to get players to spend more, P2E games encourage players to spend more time on the platform by helping them earn an income with their time spent on the platform. Hike’s free airdrop for its active gamers seems to be an effort to strengthen the community on its platform, which is very important for P2E games.
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Director Terry Sanders examines the largely unsung role of doctors and nurses in Iraq, who labor mightily to save lives and limbs against fearsome odds.
The documentary began as a profile of the Uniformed Services University, which graduates about a quarter of all the active-duty physicians in the armed services, but which is frequently targeted by budget-cutters in Congress. But Sanders soon saw there was a larger story to tell, and he followed graduates into the war zone.
The film that's emerged is admirably restrained — it doesn't editorialize at all — but it's hard to watch 19-year-olds having limbs amputated without thinking about the politics of war.
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"Prove you are with us", Ukraine president urges EU
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged the European Union on Tuesday to prove that it sided with Ukraine in its war with Russia and a day after signing an official request to join the bloc. "The European Union is going to be much stronger with us, that's for sure. Without you, Ukraine is going to be lonesome," Zelenskiy told the European Parliament by video link. "Do prove that you are with us.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged the European Union on Tuesday to prove that it sided with Ukraine in its war with Russia and a day after signing an official request to join the bloc.
"The European Union is going to be much stronger with us, that's for sure. Without you, Ukraine is going to be lonesome," Zelenskiy told the European Parliament by video link.
"Do prove that you are with us. Do prove that you will not let us go. Do prove that you are indeed Europeans and then life will win over death and light will win over darkness. Glory be to Ukraine," he continued.
(This story has not been edited by Devdiscourse staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
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The prestigious Metropolitan Opera Monday started their opening night production of Don Carlos by singing the Ukrainian national anthem in solidarity with those in the war-hit country. The video of their tribute went viral on social media as many netizens said it reminded them of a scene from the 1942 movie Casablanca in which an actor sings French La Marseillaise to drown out a German patriotic anthem.
Among the members was 24-year-old Vlad Buialskiy, whose entire family is in Ukraine amid the fighting, reported NBC New York. “I want to help my family and my country as much as I can, but I’m here in this hard moment because all my family, all my friends are there,” he was quoted as saying by NBC.
The Met Chorus singing the Ukrainian national anthem before tonight’s opening of Don Carlos at the Met Opera, a day after the Opera announced it’s cutting ties with Pro-Putin artists @NY1 pic.twitter.com/EWkoviUF6p
— Stef Manisero (@StefManisero) March 1, 2022
Reminds me of the scene from Casablanca when they sang La Marseillaise
— Stretmediq 🇺🇸🇺🇦 (@stretmediq) March 1, 2022
The audience standing gave me chills and brought tears to my eyes.
Beautiful moment.— Laura 😷🇺🇸🇺🇦 (@Changinglenses) March 1, 2022
Endless thanks for posting this
— BCM (@bcmortimer) March 1, 2022
Thanks – very inspiring.
— Cristiane Young (@Crisopera1) March 1, 2022
The 141-year-old opera company also released a statement, announcing that they will cut ties with artists who support Russian President Vladimir Putin. Peter Gelb, the general manager of the opera house, said in the statement that they will dedicate the rest of their season to the “bravery of Ukrainian leadership, civilians, and artists”.
Earlier in the same spirit, Teatro Real, a famed opera house in Spain, draped the hero in a Ukrainian flag during the funeral march scene in their production of Götterdämmerung.
El equipo artístico de ‘El ocaso de los dioses’, en la última función de la ópera, esta noche, ha envuelto el cadáver de Siegfried en la bandera de Ucrania, como un acto simbólico de homenaje a las víctimas de la guerra. #StopWarInUkraine pic.twitter.com/ta9Kw4mrfy
— Teatro Real (@Teatro_Real) February 27, 2022
Before that, the choir of Great St Bartholomew, which is the oldest church in London, performed Ukraine’s national anthem before the start of their service on February 27.
🇺🇦 Ukraine’s glory has not perished 🇺🇦
The choir of London’s oldest church singing the National Anthem of Ukraine at the start of our service this morning.
📺 You can watch the whole service here: https://t.co/vwKaGckTbb pic.twitter.com/K1bsG8o2O8
— Great St Bartholomew (@StBartholomews) February 27, 2022
In their latest episode, the popular show Saturday Night Live opened their programme with a sombre by a group called Ukrainian Chorus Dumka of New York. The group dressed in traditional Ukrainian attire sang an 1885 hymn titled Prayer for Ukraine.
“Prayer for Ukraine” performed by Ukrainian Chorus Dumka of New York pic.twitter.com/5pi2l1Olpx
— Saturday Night Live – SNL (@nbcsnl) February 27, 2022
As the infighting between Ukraine and Russia intensifies, more and more establishments are voicing their support for Ukrainian civilians who are struggling under the Russian invasion.
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Bob Elliott and Raymond Goulding probably couldn't make it as a comedy team today: Their humor was slow-paced and subtle. It evolved over minutes — you had to pay attention. And there was no controversy or foul language.
But from their start in radio in the 1940s until their retirement in the 1980s, the duo known simply as "Bob and Ray" brought laughter into millions of American homes. Americans of a certain age will still crack a smile at the mere mention of their names.
Bob and Ray brought memorable characters to the world of comedy, first on radio and later on television. Their sketches were often parodies of the media: "Mary Backstayge, Noble Wife" was an ongoing spoof of soap operas; Wally Ballou was a bumbling news reporter.
In other skits, they mocked the world of "talking heads:" In one recurring bit, Elliott played an expert on the Komodo dragon; in another, he was a spokesman for the Slow Talkers of America — and a frustrating interview subject for Goulding.
Bob Elliott turns 85 on Wednesday, and he celebrates the occasion with Susan Stamberg by bringing some favorite characters back to life and reminiscing about others. Ray Goulding died in 1990.
Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.
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Waiting in the traffic is probably something most people find irritating. While it’s common to see commuters losing their calm if found in such a situation, a photo reportedly from Mizoram showing people waiting patiently has impressed everyone online.
In an undated picture being circulated on the internet, scores of cars and two-wheelers are seen stuck in a traffic jam. However, not a single driver can be seen trying to cross onto the other side of the road that is absolutely empty.
Sandeep Ahlawat, a Twitter user who posted the photo, appreciated the people for waiting patiently and following traffic rules without making a fuss. “I have seen this kind of discipline only in Mizoram. There are no fancy cars, no big egos, no road rage, no honking…. no one is in a tearing hurry,” Ahalawat remarked. “There is calm and serenity all around,” he said.
I have seen this kind of discipline only 👇in Mizoram. There are no fancy cars, no big egos, no road rage, no honking and no तू जानता नहीं है मेरा बाप कौन है…. no one is in a tearing hurry…there is calm and serenity all around… pic.twitter.com/ZAkXNNcES4
— Sandeep Ahlawat (@SandyAhlawat89) March 1, 2022
The sight not only impressed Ahlawat but also started a conversation online about the lessons that be learned from the people stuck in the traffic. Business tycoon Anand Mahindra also weighed in lauding the commuters and saying that the photo is “inspirational”.
Reacting to the picture, he tweeted: “What a terrific pic; Not even one vehicle straying over the road marker.” Another user replied saying: “Unbelievable credit must go to the state police to do maintaining that discipline. Great.”
Others too joined the conversation sharing similar experiences they had in different cities while hoping that it can soon become a reality in the rest of the country as well.
What a terrific pic; Not even one vehicle straying over the road marker. Inspirational, with a strong message: it’s up to US to improve the quality of our lives. Play by the rules… A big shoutout to Mizoram. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 https://t.co/kVu4AbEYq8
— anand mahindra (@anandmahindra) March 1, 2022
We need pan India to be like this!!👍 https://t.co/f2RrvpmY1D
— Swaminathan (@swamiplsi) March 1, 2022
This photo should be displayed in Delhi, it’s something drivers in Delhi should learn. https://t.co/6hH4e4j0ce
— Sheniehu Thuluo (@Shen_Ciekhan) March 1, 2022
I repeat again- the people from the North eastern part of India are more disciplined than any other part of our country. Respect 👏 https://t.co/FnhjlNEJKC
— କଳିଙ୍ଗୱିକିଜ୍ଞାନ/kalingawickygyan (@Wick_gyan) March 1, 2022
Unbelievable credit must go to the state police to do maintaining that decipline. Great 👍
— 𝓛𝓲𝓿𝓮 𝓕𝓻𝓮𝓮 (@sauravranu) March 1, 2022
Beach road, Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh😊 pic.twitter.com/MEAkbQPSkk
— Nitish Gupta (@Palukurinitish) March 1, 2022
This one I captured in Gangtok, No honking n it was so calm there pic.twitter.com/Mod8lYFCkV
— KingKataria (@iamkataria) March 1, 2022
Doesn’t matter how strong rules and laws it all depends on the general people who are supposed to follow them.And it all comes from inside 🙂
— Agrawal Rishi (@AgrawalRishi1) March 1, 2022
A big shout out to mizoram people.
If this type of discipline follwed by North Indian people the moratality rate by accident will reduced to zero and triffic jam will also reduced.— bring_critic (@iamshubham2796) March 1, 2022
It is as if the white line on the road is a raised barrier… truely exemplary for the rest of India to follow 👍👍👍
See the condition with the barrier 😆😂
👇 pic.twitter.com/gwLFACC5rw— Dr Charuhas #Wanderlust (@charuhasmujumd1) March 1, 2022
#Mumbai people are always in tearing hurry to reach their destination. Roads are narrow, traffic is insane. Commuting in a Metro City that never sleeps isn’t easy. Tier 2 cities can afford to follow traffic rules.
— Jayanti Dey (@jdey63) March 1, 2022
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Kerala CM requests Malayalis in Ukraine to follow advisory to leave Kyiv by any means
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With the Indian Embassy in Ukraine advising all Indians to leave the city of Kyiv urgently by any means, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday requested all Malayalis there to follow this advisory.
The advisory came amid increasing fighting between Russian forces and Ukrainian troops around Kyiv.
''Alert: All Keralites in Kyiv take note of this advisory and safely leave the city as per the instructions given. #IndiansInUkraine,'' the CM tweeted. He also made the same request in a Facebook post during the day.
The CM requested Malayalis, including students, stranded in Ukraine to rely on the train services or any other mode of transport to leave the city.
Meanwhile, in some viral videos, Malayali students were seen saying there were thousands like them who were sitting in bunkers or hostels and that it was very risky to move out of there, especially in view of the death of an Indian student following shelling in Kharkiv city.
They pleaded that the Indian government should at least try to rescue those who somehow managed to reach the border.
The students also said that they were willing to wait in bunkers and metro stations, but someone should let them know when they can be rescued.
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Long, long ago, in a job far, far away, Jason Geyer had the opportunity to design merchandise for the new Star Wars "pre-quels" coming out. The idea was to create merchandise that stores could use for displays and giveaways.
But because Geyer worked not for Lucasfilm but for an independent company, he had to base his ideas on the original Star Wars trilogy. Geyer and a colleague, Steve Ross, decided to go for it — presenting plans for products ranging from a Death Star grill to Princess Leia headphones.
Some of their creations made it through, while others went the way of the Jabba the Hutt bean bag chair. Geyer recently stumbled across the rejected plans and blogged them on Action Figure Insider.
Geyer says he was one of the biggest Star Wars fans around — until he worked on this project. He was used to churning out promotional toys for cartoons and fast-food chains. "But when this came on, and it was Star Wars, it was really amazing," he says.
Ross says they started studying the characters and places in Star Wars, searching for inspiration, in a "Wouldn't it be cool if ..." process. Thus came the prototypes for the Han Solo refrigerator, with the hero frozen in carbonite on the front, and the Cloud City lamp all set for a bedside table — the stuff of the true fan's dreams.
On our blog, a listener challenge: Pitch your own ideas for Star Wars merch.
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Mini Augustine, 56-year-old senior bank manager at the regional office of Canara Bank in Kerala’s Kottayam district, is not only well-versed in financial matters, but is also an accomplished rider. While it is assumed that people shy away from adventure and danger as they age, Augustine has defied stereotypes by becoming the oldest woman to reach the Khardung La pass in Ladakh on a motorbike in 2017. She recently went on a 2600 km trip to Rajasthan on her bike.
She has been riding motorbikes for 28 years now. “My last trip was to Rajasthan. Royal Enfield took us on a heritage tour through the state and it was a mesmerizing journey to witness the cultural artefacts. There were 27 riders with me and we set on a 2,600-kilometre road trip from December 17 to 26, last year. I hired a ‘Classic’ model Bullet and it took a while for me to get a grip of the vehicle.”
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Recalling her ride to Ladakh in 2017, Augustine said that it was her dream. “I could not find any woman who did that. I prepared myself for a year before venturing on the journey. During an earlier trek, I had mountain sickness and a porter had to carry my backpack. I did not want that to be repeated during my dream journey.”
Talking about the prep that went into it, she said, “I practised Surya Namaskar and did jogging for a year and it helped me embark on my trip sans backache or mountain sickness. I even went blindly over the tips and tricks I heard here and there. Somebody told me garlic will help me with mountain sickness. Out of my desire to fulfil my dream, I consumed garlic a lot.”
She said she became the oldest woman to achieve the feat. “There were 62 riders in the team and there were men over the age of 60. Among women, I was the oldest at the age of 51. So far, nobody has crossed the benchmark. Out of the 62 riders, five people could not, unfortunately, complete their journey due to mountain sickness and mechanical issues of their bikes.”
The journey came with its own set of challenges. “Manoeuvring a bullet from Delhi to Ladakh was a daunting yet possible task. It was difficult to ride through the rough terrain. I was not sure if I would be able to complete the journey. With determination and courage, I moved on. My husband helped me relentlessly as he stayed connected with me through WhatsApp,” she said.
She recalled one particular incident that still sends shivers down her spine. “We went beyond 80-kilometre speed and there was a sharp dip. I was cautious throughout the journey, keeping in mind my age. I was riding through a curve and saw one rider ahead of me falling into a depression. Another rider also followed suit. I was witnessing the accidents right in front of me while I was riding,” Augustine said.
She also speaks about the joy that came with overcoming the challenges. “One time, I had to stay behind as my Bullet had to be repaired, late in the night. There were Royal Enfield riders with me, however, I was about 40 km behind my companions. We kept riding through the night amid the deep gorges. The terrain was rough with not even a blade of grass. I was relieved and ecstatic as I traversed the area to reach a serene land glimmering in bright sunshine.”
The veteran motorbike rider also craves guidance and friendship from women riders of her age. However, she could not find anybody. She also said that she was late to join riders group. “I have witnessed a sea change in the way people ride. Earlier, it was really hard to repair bikes. If a wheel gets punctured, it used to take half a day for a mechanic to reach the spot. Nowadays, bikes are good and rides have become relatively easy with technological upgradation. There are kickstart, self-start options. Notably, acceptance for women riders in the society has also increased. There were no surveillance cameras and the looming fear of mischief mongers deterred my solo trips.”
Augustine also fondly remembers how she helped a man in need get a free lunch. “A man waved me to stop while I was riding in Thrissur. He asked me if I can drop him to a nearby temple. As he sat behind me, he realized it was a woman clad in jacket and helmet. He felt uneasy and was hesitant. However, I reassured him that everything was fine and happily dropped him at the temple.”
Augustine proudly recalled that she learnt to ride a bike at the age of 27, and already knew how to ride a moped. “It was in 1994 when I was working in Chennai, my husband Biji Paul persuaded me to ride a Bullet. First, he taught me to kickstart a bike and today he is my relentless supporter for long road trips.”
The Covid pandemic halted her trips but she plans to start again soon. “I bought a new bike in January, last year. However, it was idle for a long time,” she said. Augustine plans to embark on trips through the Konkan coast, Gujarat and the Northeast next.
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MICHEL MARTIN, host:
I'm Michel Martin, the conversation continues on Tell Me More from NPR News. Just ahead, scholar Paula Giddings explores the life of Ida B. Wells in her new book "Ida: A Sword Among Lions." And what do you do when offensive comments are made in your presence? It might be as simple as you think. I'll tell you more. But first, every month we check in with the Magazine Mavens, editors of some of our favorite magazines. The April book is on the stands so what better time to check in with Lynya Floyd, Senior Editor for Health and Relationships at Essence Magazine. Damarys Ocana, writer at large at Latina magazine, and Suzan Colon, Senior Articles Editor for "O" the Oprah Magazine. Thank you ladies for taking the time.
MAVENS: Thanks for having us, thanks for taking the time.
MARTIN: Unfortunately, there are almost too many things to talk about this month, so let's try to kind of go through as much as quickly as we can. Lynya, let me start with you. Your magazine had an article titled, "Fear Factor: The Secret Anxieties That Keep Us From Being Who We Really Want To Be." Could you talk a little bit about that? And what are some of our biggest fears?
Ms. LYNYA FLOYD (Senior Editor, Essence Magazine): Absolutely. At Essence we definitely want women to chase after their dreams, and that's one of the reasons why we decided to pursue this topic in the book. We want women to be able to capture what they want to get out of their lives. And one of the first ways they have to do that is by analyzing the fear, analyzing what's holding them back. And so, we definitely want to get women to tap into that and to figure out what is it that's keeping me from what I want from my life. And one of the ways we encourage women to do that was by journaling. It's scientifically proven. Do it. Pen it down, you'll get at the heart of some of those issues that are holding you back and be able to move forward.
MARTIN: What were some of the other tips you offered for overcoming your fears. I was intrigued by some of these that seem to me, and I may be wrong about this, particularly resonant with women, like the idea that if I let myself shine, people will hate me. I'm not sure, I think of too many men as thinking that way. What are some of the things that you suggested to help people overcome these negative thoughts?
Ms. FLOYD: I think that's a really good point that you bring up. And people do worry about the reaction that others will have to them shining, even jealousy is something that can come out. And one of the ways to overcome that is to flip it. You know, instead of thinking about the negative, focus on the positive. Think about the great things that will come out of chasing after what you want in your life.
MARTIN: Wanted to ask the other ladies before we go to some of the issues in your magazines - what are the subjects resonated with you. I think, Suzan, I think "O" has also covered this issue in recent months, this whole question of fear, and fear of success. Being one thing, fear of being alone, did this article resonate with either of you? Suzan?
Ms. SUZAN COLON (Senior Articles Editor for "O" the Oprah Magazine): Well, I think so, I mean, I think it's always about pushing past the fear factor because if you don't do that, you're not really living, you're just sitting in a cage trapped. And you know the spiritual joke about that is that you can rattle the bars of the cage all you want, but the fact is that the door is open. You know, all you have to do is walk through it. And I think all of our magazines, O, Latina, and Essence, every month have a subtle message of, the door is open. Just walk past that fear.
MARTIN: Damarys, what about you? Do you think that readers at Latina experience some of these things also?
Ms. DAMARYS OCANA (Writer at Large, Latina Magazine): Oh, absolutely. We have an article this month called, "Decline and Conquer" all about exploiting your confidence to help you get ahead in the work place, and just getting over fears, getting over anxieties and embracing your fabulocity.
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Ms. OCANA: And making the most of your talents.
MARTIN: In fact, Damarys, why don't you stick with me for a minute and talk about that because all of your magazines have emphasis on helping women build wealth. And Damarys your article this month, "Climb and Conquer" specifically about career tips. Talk a little bit more about that.
Ms. OCANA: We're always to tell women how to get ahead, career-wise, I mean, we try to do that in every aspect of their lives, obviously, but one of the things that we've gotten the most feedback on from readers is they want to know how to get the job of their dreams, how to hold on to it, how to get ahead, so this story really hits on that with 10 tips that can help you do that. Number one tip is to brand yourself and to present yourself in a way that people know your talents, and so, you can't unfortunately get by on just your work alone. You have to present yourself in a certain way, know what your strengths are. You need to sort of be your own PR person.
MARTIN: Do you think that's culturally difficult for some of your readers?
Ms. OCANA: Absolutely.
MARTIN: Exactly, because some people think, oh, you know, this is the American way, get yourself out there, but do you think some of your readers are going to have a hard time saying, gee, I'm putting myself out there, that's not something I'm raised to do?
Ms. OCANA: I think it's true because I think that Latina women are raised to take care of families, to take care of their loved ones, and they take leadership roles in that, and that's not a problem. When it comes to doing that in the workplace, I think we have a little too much respect for authority in a way, where we tend to just put our heads down and work. And that's not really how it works all the time. You really have to be your own best salesman.
MARTIN: One of my favorite tips "Chisme is for tabloids."
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MARTIN: Explain that.
Ms. OCANA: Chisme is gossip.
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MARTIN: Gossip, there you go.
Ms. OCANA: And we all do that around the water cooler.
MARTIN: Shh, don't tell anybody.
Ms. OCANA: Well, you, I think that's a really good tip, because you know, you come in and you want to be sort of friendly, and you want everybody to like you and so you just start talking about your life and that might not be such a great idea, you know, and our advice is just to give it a little time, get the lay of the land, understand who is who in the office, who is the superstar in the office and why they're the superstar, and then you can just know how to navigate. And the point also in this tip to leave your personal life at home. I mean, you can be friendly, but you don't get too deep into it.
Ms. FLOYD: If I could just piggy-back for one second, though, because work and wealth in our money column is extremely popular with our readers, and one of the sections that really resonates with them is our Side Hustle Column. Which is basically things that you can do on the side to earn extra cash, weekends, nights, that kind of thing, and that ties back in, because that's another way that you can pursue a financial or a work-related passion that you might have, because it's something that you're doing on the side, you've still got your regular gig going, but you're making room for something for exploring something else in your life, and for hopefully, blossoming that into an even bigger impact in your life.
MARTIN: Well, the other thing that I like about that column is that it breaks is that it breaks it down into steps. This is exactly what you need to do. Suzan, this month's "O" focuses on friendship. What gave you the idea for that?
Ms. COLON: Yes. Well, there - you know, friends are just such an important part of all of our lives, and I think it's so important that sometimes you can even take it for granted. It's just such an integral part of any woman's life, so we decide to honor our friends by exploring all of these different aspects of friendship. And just celebrating them, really.
MARTIN: There was a very interesting article about a very unique set of friendships in "O" this month and that is women who all used the same sperm donor.
Ms. COLON: Yes, yes.
MARTIN: And, developed relationships with each other. You just tell me a little bit about why they sought each other out and how they were able to develop this relationship.
Ms. COLON: Well, this is our story called "The Children of Donor X." And these women, they have children who are all from the same sperm donor, but they did not previously know each other, but they started reaching out to each other because of kind of a scary reason - some of the children are autistic. And there was a previously either unscreened or unscreenable factor in Donor X's sperm, making some of these children predisposed to autism. So, initially these women have sought each other out via the Internet, and they began visiting each other. And they, the good news here is that they have formed a new type of family in this age of sperm donors, they have formed this bond. The women call each other "sister-moms" and their children get together and play together, and they are a new kind of family.
MARTIN: If you are just joining us, this is Tell Me More from NPR News. And we're having our monthly visit with the magazine mavens. Joining me are Lynya Floyd of Essence Magazine, Suzan Colon of "O" the Oprah Magazine, and Damarys Ocana of Latina Magazine. The celebrity interviews, always fascinating. Lynya, your cover woman this month is Erykah Badu. First of all, why did you chose her for the cover, and she really is a complicated person, isn't she?
Ms. FLOYD: She is a complicated person, but she also has a lot of elements of her that will resonate with our readers. And she has a new album coming out, New America, so we definitely wanted to have her talk about that and look at some of the songs on the album, but also delve into her personal relationships and get her views about marriage, get her views about relationships, get her views about motherhood. You know, all those topics definitely hit home with our readers and they're looking for ways to approach those topics in their own life.
MARTIN: Anything about her that surprised you or the folks putting the article together? She seems such like a mysterious character, you know, you just - you know what I mean, just like a woman of mystery?
Ms. FLOYD: Definitely, and we tried to delve into some of those mysterious. I don't want to give too much away. I want people to run out and read about Erykah. She's definitely is an exciting character, but surprises? I think people might be a little surprised when they hear some of her views about marriage, when they delve into that.
MARTIN: Definitely.
Ms. COLON: I'm already wanting to read it.
MARTIN: Exactly.
Ms. FLOYD: Yeah. She is amazing.
MARTIN: Damarys, there are two celebrities in Latina this month that intrigued us. One, your cover woman is Kat Deluna. Why did...
Ms. COLON: Yes.
MARTIN: Why did you pick her?
Ms. COLON: Well, she is this sort of new phenomena that we are seeing in the Latina community. She's got a fantastic voice, a five octave soprano, which is beyond me - you know how she can hit those high C's. She is just extremely bubbly, very talented and great and we think that she's going to do really well.
MARTIN: You made me go check out her video, "Whine Up" and what I love is this little girl at the beginning of the video who says, "Yo, Kat, I hear you can do the opera thing?"
Ms. OCANA: Right.
MARTIN: It is just hilarious. Let's hear some of it.
Ms. KAT DELUNA (Singing): Sense is telling me you're lookin I can feel it on my ski Boy I wonder what would happe If I trip and let you in Don't get shook for my aggressio I just might be the on Let's skip this conversatio Just whine your body up Don't wanna wait no more
MARTIN: That Kat DeLuna is so cute, but there is another celebrity you interviewed in Latina this month, Chris Abrego. I don't know if everybody knows that he is the brains behind a number of the top reality shows, like "Flavor of Love," and "The Surreal Life." I have to tell you, I did not - I didn't know whether I wanted to salute him or slap him for this?
Ms. OCANA: Yes. We kind of felt the same way. We kind of felt the same way, but I mean, it is a moment, I mean, you know, he has just had an enormous impact on VH-1. It was a channel that wasn't doing all that well, and then he came up with all these crazy, you know, not necessarily very intellectual shows.
Ms. COLON: It is not PBS, but it that way.
MARTIN: They are popular though. There are people who say that these shows are extremely demeaning to people of color, that they show the worst stereotypes. It is just really interesting to hear how he addresses this question, which you ask in the piece, so, you know, I recommend this piece also. Suzan, you - "O" this month has an article this month about a woman who was very much in the news last year, C. Vivian Stringer...
Ms. COLON: Oh, yes.
MARTIN: Coach of the Rutgers Women's Basketball team.
Ms. COLON: Go Scarlet Knights.
MARTIN: Just a very different side of her than I think people - you know, they see her, this aggressive coach out on the court...
Ms. COLON: Yes, yes. The other side of her though, that people got to see, I guess a more national level was this extremely poised soft spoken and not very bitter, considering the circumstances, woman during the Don Imus scandal last year. And the reason she was able to be this incredibly soft spoken and just very, kind of, together woman was because she has been through so much worse, prior to this and in her excerpt from her book, "Standing Tall: A Memoir of Tragedy and Triumph," she outlines one of those days, where you just think you don't have anything else, you just don't have a shred left, and somewhere she dug deep and rallied and you know, she is an amazing woman. Her composure is incredible.
MARTIN: It is very moving to think, particularly somebody in a sport where you think aggressiveness is what it is all about, showing that you're tough.
Ms. COLON: Yes.
MARTIN: And to be able to be able to show that vulnerability, it is quite a moving piece, just as you said, so, ladies, I'm going to put you on the spot, as always, did each of you have a favorite article this month and what was it? Suzan?
Ms. COLON: Yes, I do have a favorite article, and it is this wonderful piece in our Friendship Package called, "The Music of the Night," by Sara Broom. She is just one of the most lyrical writers I have read recently. She used to work at "O," and then she ran enough to Burundi to work for African Public Radio. She recently returned home to New Orleans, and I'm just stunned by her writing. I mean, you know, I just can't believe I knew this person, and I just - she wrote about - "The Music of the Night" is her feature about her poetry parties that she used to throw in her apartment in Harlem, where she thought is was a shame that all of her great friends did not know each other. And so, she not only invited them to come over to her house, but challenged them, bring a piece of poetry, bring something that you want to read to everybody else. People - her guests would do soliloquies from Othello and read "The Prophet" by Khaleel Jubran and sing, you know, Edith Piaf songs and all of this and you know and all of this and you know, it is just an incredible piece. It really is just so lovely.
MARTIN: Suzan, you didn't mention your article.
Ms. COLON: No, that is not my favorite. I do like it, but, you know, oh, my favorite piece is mine.
MARTIN: Damarys, what about you? What was your favorite article this month?
Ms. OCANA: Well, I mean, I did love the cover a lot, just because it showed this young girl who has so much desire and exhibits so many of the qualities that our young people have, as far as, you know, they want to pursue their dreams. They don't always have the means, but they always have that desire. She has just been singing since she was knee high to a grasshopper, and that was her dream to do it and you know, she talks about staying indoors, when all the other kids were, you know, playing outside and she would stay indoors and practice on her karaoke machine, and you know, and all this stuff. And you know, not the least reason is that she wants her family to be all right, financially, to be OK and that is part of chasing her dream. That is a big part of it. So, that was very impressive to me.
MARTIN: That is a lovely piece. Lynya, what about you? Your favorite article this month?
Ms. FLOYD: I am delighted that you asked, because I have to give a personal plug to our health section because I am the health and relationships editor, and we have a recurring feature in the magazine, where we give best advice from black doctors, and this month we are giving readers best advice from black doctors on cancer, all types of cancer, actually the top ones that affect African-American women. We talk about not being a passive patient which, I think, anyone can fall victim to, especially our readers do sometimes fall victim to. And just ways that you can be a little more aggressive, and a little more involved in your health care, whether it is talking to your doctor about prevention, whether it is seeking out a specialist, and because African-American women, or African-Americans in general actually, are lagging so behind in terms of health care, we really want to give our readers all the tools that they need to keep themselves in the best shape possible.
MARTIN: Can we go to the web for the other tips?
Ms. FLOYD: We do have information on Essence.com.
MARTIN: OK. Lynya Floyd, Senior Editor for Health and Relationships at Essence Magazine. Damarys Ocana, writer-at-large for Latina Magazine and Suzan Colon, Senior Editor for O, The Oprah Magazine. Ladies, Mavens, thank you so much.
Ms. COLON: Thank you.
Ms. OCANA: Thank you.
Ms. FLOYD: Thank you.
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MARTIN: Coming up, author Paula Giddings on her new book on the life of Ida B. Wells. A civil rights champion and courageous journalist. It is a special Wisdom Watch and it is next on Tell Me More.
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MARTIN: I'm Michel Martin and you are listening to Tell Me More from NPR News. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.
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UK welcomes Jaguar Land Rover pause on selling to Russia
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Britain's business minister said on Tuesday he welcomed a decision by Jaguar Land Rover to pause the delivery of vehicles into the Russian market.
"There is now a rapidly growing number of companies and governments joining the whole international community in isolating Russia, both diplomatically and financially," Kwasi Kwarteng said on Twitter.
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Standing Finance Committee to start review of budget today
Tuesday, March 01, 2022THE House Standing Finance Committee (SFC) will commence its review of the recently tabled 2022/23 Estimates of Expenditure (budget) today, starting at 9:00 am.
The budget was tabled by Minister of Finance and the Public Service Dr Nigel Clarke on February 10, following the ceremonial opening of Parliament for its 2022/23 fiscal year, which actually starts on April 1.
The early resumption of the Parliament is due to the need to complete the deliberations on the annual budget prior to March 31 when the fiscal year formally ends. In the meantime, the Auditor General's Department has been reviewing the estimates and will report to Parliament for the benefit of the SFC, which includes all 63 MPs.
Dr Clarke has hinted that the Government does not intend to introduce additional taxation during the debate, however there are a number of concerns which have been raised since the tabling of the budget. These include the effect of inflation and the current invasion of the Ukraine by the Russian Republic.
In a release recently the Private Sector of Jamaica (PSOJ) raised the issue of public sector salary adjustments, which could risk the country's fiscal gains. The PSOJ has also suggested that there is also a risk of interest rates increasing more than budgeted due to inflationary pressures, which could lead to debt-service costs coming in higher than budgeted.
Dr Clarke had responded that while the concern is valid, policymaking involves trade-offs. He said that the current structure of public-sector compensation is unsustainable, and the sector has been unable to attract and retain skilled personnel with the competence needed to run a modern bureaucracy.
Following the SFC's review of the estimates, the auditor general's response will be sent to the SFC which will review the issues over at least two days, March 1-2, before sending its report to the House.
The budget debate will commence on March 8 with the contribution from Dr Clarke, and will continue as follows: March 10, Julian Robinson, Opposition spokesman on finance; March 15, Mark Golding, leader of the Opposition; March 17, Prime Minister Andrew Holness. It will close on March 22 with Dr Clarke.
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TV personality Steve-O of Jackass fame is sharing what looks like insanity with he world. It is clever entertainment or dangerous drug-addiction? TV critic Andrew Wallenstein takes issue with the self-destructing star.
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Caricom heads open 33rd session today
Tuesday, March 01, 2022With global anxieties mounting over the ballooning Russia-Ukraine crisis, Caribbean Community (Caricom) Secretary General Dr Carla Barnett said on Monday that the issue is not on the agenda of the 33rd inter-sessional meeting of heads of government, which gets under way today in San Pedro, Ambergris Caye, Belize.
However, Jamaica's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Senator Kamina Johnson Smith had said at a press conference on the weekend that the region's approach to the development would be discussed when heads meet over the two days, and that national concerns would be addressed by the Cabinet. She was responding to questions concerning whether Jamaica had been contemplating sanctions against Russian interests on the local front.
On Monday during a virtual press conference Dr Barnett pointed journalists to statements previously issued by Caricom on Russian hostilities against Ukraine.
“The community has already issued two different statements — before the invasion calling for calm, and the other one after the invasion to ask for a return to diplomacy as a means of settling disputes. Those considerations go deep to the core of what Caricom stands for — the principles of territorial integrity, of self-determination, of the use of diplomacy and international relations to settle, rather than going to war. I would expect that to continue to be the case,” she said.
Dr Barnett noted that, in addition to the statements, individual member states have issued similar calls for Russia to back away, “not only because of the wrongness of it, but because of the impact, not only on the Ukraine, but the international community and on the economy as well”.
She said the Russia-Ukraine matter may arise, but stressed, “It is not an issue that is currently on the agenda, but it is a matter that the community has been discussing and has been making pronouncements on.”
Meanwhile, the secretary general said the most critical issue on the agenda is the advancement of a protocol which will allow groups of member countries that agree on particular aspects of the Caribbean Single Market and Economy (CSME) to move ahead, allowing the remaining countries to join when they can.
She pointed out that this is the most progress that has been made on the CSME so far, and would dispense with the long-standing idea that “we all have to agree to every single step before we make a single step”.
Barnett said this is one of the things that has hamstrung forward movement in the community.
“There is a growing feeling that if there can be like mind among a set of countries, and they want to move forward on a particular aspect of the single market and economy, they ought to be able to move forward together,” Dr Barnett.
She argued that integration processes are expected to have hiccups, which is why mechanisms are established to settle disputes.
“The reason we have a structure for raising issues that may be counter to the treaty is because we expect, as we roll out the integration process, that there will be a need for dispute settlements [and] judgements to be made if someone is violating any of the fundamental principles,” she stated.
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UK ban on Russian-linked ships to come into effect on Tuesday
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Britain's ban on any vessel connected with Russia from entering British ports will come into effect on Tuesday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson's spokesman said.
"The legislation will take effect this afternoon," the spokesman said. "The legislation will apply to Russian-flagged, owned, registered, controlled, chartered or operated vessels, and would include private yachts."
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How do objects acquire their monetary value? What makes something worth $2 rather than $100? By poking fun at such questions, artist Justin Gignac has found a way to turn trash into something closer to treasure.
A few years ago, Gignac, then an intern at MTV, wanted to a make a point to a colleague about what people consider valuable.
"We were having a discussion about the importance of package design. And someone dared mention that they thought package design wasn't important," Gignac says. "So I figured the only way to prove them wrong would be to try to package something that absolutely nobody in their right mind would ever want to buy."
The something was garbage. He wandered around New York City collecting trash. He arranged it in tiny boxes and hawked them on the street.
Several years and more than 1,000 sales later, the cubes now go for as much as $100.
Each tightly sealed box comes with a "Garbage of New York City" label and a small sticker with the date that the trash was picked. They are also signed and numbered.
Gignac says the cubes that he initially sold as a $10 gag gift began to be viewed more as art as the prices increased. "People's perceptions have completely changed," he says.
He recently teamed up with his girlfriend and "creative director," Christine Santora, on another novel project. They create paintings of items they would like to have — a piece of pizza, a dinner at a nice restaurant, financial security — and sell them for the actual price of the item depicted.
"We definitely are very selective about the things that we paint," Gignac says. "It makes you stop and think, 'Do I want this video game that badly that I'm going to spend a couple days painting it?'"
They created a Web site, wantsforsale.com, to sell the paintings.
Gignac says he enjoys experimenting with what people are willing to pay.
"People have this kind of preconceived notion of certain things and how much they should be, whether it's art or how much garbage shouldn't cost," he says. "I think it'd be great if we have a gallery show at some point to do like a 6-foot-by-8-foot painting of a taco and still charge $1.99 for it, because that's how much a taco costs."
In December, Gignac and Santora launched a similar site, needsforsale.com, designed to help get charities needed equipment and supplies. They sold a painting of a kitchen sink, for example, and gave the $100 profit to Habitat for Humanity.
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BJP leaders condole Indian student's death in shelling in Ukraine
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BJP leaders on Tuesday condoled the death of an Indian student in shelling in Kharkiv city of war-hit Ukraine.
The student, Naveen Shekarappa Gyanagoudar, was a native of Chalageri in Karnataka's Haveri district.
The BJP's foreign affairs department in-charge Vijay Chauthaiwale mourned the incident terming it ''very tragic'' and offered his heartfelt condolences.
BJP general secretary C T Ravi tweeted, ''Deeply distressed with the unfortunate death of Karnataka student Naveen Gyanagoudar in bomb shelling in Ukraine. I pray for the Sadgati of Naveen's soul and offer my deepest condolences to His family members.'' The student's death was confirmed by the Ministry of External Affairs.
The MEA said the foreign secretary is calling in ambassadors of Russia and Ukraine to reiterate its demand for ''urgent safe passage'' to Indian nationals who are still in Kharkiv and in other cities which have become conflict zones.
''Similar action is also being undertaken by our ambassadors in Russia and Ukraine,'' the MEA said.
The Kharkiv city is witnessing increasing fighting between the Ukrainian troops and Russian forces.
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Young female dancer shot dead in Pakistan's Punjab province
Last month, a male dancer was killed when a man opened fire on a dancer girl during a performance in Rawalpindi city. Police said the performance was underway when a drunk man named Imran opened fire on Mehak Noor. Police said Imran had forced Noor to develop a relationship with him.
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A 19-year-old female dancer has been shot dead in Pakistan's Punjab province, the second such killing of an entertainer in the last one month in the country. According to the police, Ayesha - a stage dancer by profession - was going to the theatre in Jandawala Phatak area of Faisalabad city, 180 km from provincial capital Lahore, when she was shot dead by unidentified gunmen on Monday evening. A police official said the girl's family had not named any suspect in the FIR. "Police are probing the matter on different aspects like whether she was killed in the name of honor," he said. Interim reports said Ayesha, a divorcee, was in a relationship with a man from her housing locality in Faisalabad. "We will interrogate him and the ex-husband besides her family members to get a clue on the killer(s)," he said.
Last month, a male dancer was killed when a man opened fire on a dancer girl during a performance in Rawalpindi city. Police said the performance was underway when a drunk man named Imran opened fire on Mehak Noor. Noor was unhurt, but her fellow performer Navid received bullet injuries and died on the spot. The accused has been arrested. Police said Imran had forced Noor to develop a relationship with him.
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Putin stripped of FINA order; Russia, Belarus can compete as neutrals
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The International Swimming Federation (FINA) on Tuesday decided to withdraw the FINA order awarded to Russian President Vladimir Putin following the invasion of Ukraine.
The world aquatics body also announced that no athlete or aquatics official from Russia and Belarus will be allowed to compete under their countries' names but can participate as neutrals.
''The FINA Order awarded to Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2014 has been withdrawn,'' FINA said in a statement.
''Until further notice, no athlete or Aquatics official from Russia or Belarus be allowed to take part under the name of Russia or Belarus. Russian or Belarusian nationals, be it as individuals or teams, should be accepted only as neutral athletes or neutral teams.
''No national symbols, colors, flags should be displayed or anthems should be played, in international Aquatics events which are not already part of the respective World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) sanctions for Russia,'' the statement added.
The world body added that it was deeply concerned about the impact of the war on the aquatics community and the wider population of Ukraine.
FINA's decision follows the International Olympic Committee's request to keep Russian athletes out of sporting events around the world.
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UK's Queen Elizabeth conducted two virtual audiences via video link - palace
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Britain's Queen Elizabeth conducted two virtual audiences via video link from Windsor Castle on Tuesday, Buckingham Palace said in a statement.
She spoke with incoming ambassadors from Andorra and Chad.
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Buckingham Palace says Queen Elizabeth II cancels planned engagements because she still has mild COVID-19 symptoms.
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BRIEF-EU Seeks To Block Seven Russian Banks From Swift, Including VTB - Bloomberg News
March 1 (Reuters) -
* EU SEEKS TO BLOCK SEVEN RUSSIAN BANKS FROM SWIFT, INCLUDING VTB - BLOOMBERG NEWS Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage:
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Chhattisgarh: STF jawan injured in encounter with Naxals in Sukma district
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A jawan from the Special Task Force (STF) of the Chhattisgarh police was injured in a firing between Naxals and the security forces in Sukma district, police said on Tuesday.
The gunfight took place on Monday night after Naxals opened fire with rifles and under-barrel grenade launchers (UBGLs) at a newly set up police camp at Potakpalli village under Kistaram police station limits, Inspector General of Police (Bastar range) Sundarraj P told PTI.
The STF and other units were stationed in the camp, which was established last month in Potakpalli, located over 450 km from capital Raipur, and considered as a core area of Maoists, the official said.
The exchange of fire lasted for around two hours, following which the ultras escaped into dense forests, he said.
“An STF jawan sustained minor injury in the skirmish and was administered treatment at the camp itself,” the IG said, adding that his condition was said to be normal.
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FACTBOX-Ukraine's long road to joining the European Union
It has to have the ability to take on and implement effectively the obligations of membership, including the aims of political, economic and monetary union. Procedure * Ukraine has submitted its formal application to the council of EU governments and now the Commission will issue an opinion.
Ukraine formally applied for EU membership on Monday, but the process will likely take years despite the support of member countries after Russia's invasion. Ukraine could secure candidate status this year, but talks on adjusting its laws to match EU regulations will take much longer.
It took Poland, similar to Ukraine in population and communist history, 10 years from applying for membership in 1994 to actually joining in 2004, and that was in a time of peace and stable democratic institutions. Below are the conditions Ukraine will have to meet and steps it will have to take to become a member of the 27-nation bloc.
* Any applicant country has to respect human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality and the rule of law, human rights, including the rights of persons belonging to minorities, a pluralistic society and support non-discrimination, tolerance, justice, solidarity and equality between women and men. * It has to have stable institutions guaranteeing democracy, the rule of law, human rights and respect for and protection of minorities, a functioning market economy and the capacity to cope with competition and market forces in the EU. It has to have the ability to take on and implement effectively the obligations of membership, including the aims of political, economic and monetary union.
Procedure * Ukraine has submitted its formal application to the council of EU governments and now the Commission will issue an opinion. This on average takes 15-18 months, but senior EU officials say it can be accelerated if there is the political will.
* If the opinion is favourable, Ukraine will get the status of candidate country, if all EU governments vote unanimously in favour. * As a candidate country, Ukraine will start negotiations on aligning its laws with the legal framework of the European Union. EU laws are divided into policy areas - so-called chapters - of which there are now 35. A chapter is closed when the candidate country shows that it has already implemented EU laws of a given chapter, or that it will do so by the date of accession.
* There can be transitional arrangements on whether and how some rules can be introduced gradually to give the accession country time to adapt. This is mainly discussed during the final stages of the negotiations. * When all chapters are closed, the EU and Ukraine would prepare an accession treaty, which must be approved by all EU governments and get the consent of the European Parliament. The treaty is then signed by each EU country and by the accession country and ratified.
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Canada to petition ICC to probe alleged Russian war crimes - foreign minister
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Canada will petition the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday to probe alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity by Russian forces in Ukraine, its Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said.
The office of the ICC prosecutor on Monday said it will seek court approval to open an investigation into alleged war crimes in Ukraine, just days after Russia's invasion of its neighbour.
Joly, speaking to reporters in Geneva after taking part in a walk-out of a virtual speech by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to the U.N. Human Rights Council, said: "Today also Canada will petition the International Criminal Court...against Russia for crimes against humanity and war crimes. And it was also important for us to show that we are steadfast in terms of our support to Ukraine".
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Ukraine's Zelenskiy urges EU: 'Do prove that you are with us"
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged the European Union on Tuesday to prove that it sided with Ukraine in its war with Russia, one day after signing an official request to join the bloc. "We are fighting to be equal members of Europe," Zelenskiy told an emergency session of the European Parliament via video-link.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged the European Union on Tuesday to prove that it sided with Ukraine in its war with Russia, one day after signing an official request to join the bloc.
"We are fighting to be equal members of Europe," Zelenskiy told an emergency session of the European Parliament via video-link. "Do prove that you are with us. Do prove that you will not let us go. Do prove that you are indeed Europeans and then life will win over death and light will win over darkness," he said in Ukrainian in a speech translated to English by an interpreter talking through tears, as emotion gripped the parliament.
EU lawmakers, many wearing #standwithUkraine T-shirts bearing the Ukrainian flag, others with blue-and-yellow scarves or ribbons, gave Zelenskiy a standing ovation. "The EU will be much stronger with us. Without you, Ukraine will be lonesome," Zelenskiy said, with Kyiv likely well aware that Ukraine's membership bid will be long and difficult.
EU lawmakers are expected to call Russia a "rogue state" and urge the 27-nation bloc to agree even tougher sanctions, according to a draft text they will vote on later on Tuesday. The European Union has taken unprecedented steps, including financing weapons deliveries to Ukraine, after Russia's President Vladimir Putin launched war on its neighbour last week.
According to a draft resolution and amendments backed by the assembly's main parties, lawmakers will call for the scope of sanctions to be broadened and "aimed at strategically weakening the Russian economy and industrial base, in particular the military-industrial complex." Russia's invasion of Ukraine "effectively makes Russia a rogue state," the lawmakers are set to say.
While Putin "recalls the most dreadful statements of 20th century dictators," Zelenskiy is being "heroic," the draft of the non-binding resolution said. The European Parliament will also urge EU leaders to be tougher on oligarchs and officials close to the Russian leadership, restrict oil and gas imports from Russia, ban Russia and its ally Belarus entirely from the SWIFT bank messaging system, and to close all EU ports to Russian ships or ships headed to or from Russia.
"The message from Europe is clear. We will stand up, we will not look away when those fighting in the street for our values stand down Putin's war machine," EU Parliament President Roberta Metsola said, speaking in front of the EU and Ukrainian flags. Russia calls its actions in Ukraine a "special operation."
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Delhi govt nod to withdraw R-Day violence, 16 others cases filed during anti-farm law stir
The Delhi government has given its approval to withdraw 17 cases, including one involving the violence on Republic Day last year, registered here during the anti-farm law protests, a senior government official said on Tuesday.He said the file related to the cases was sent by Lt Governor Anil Baijals Office to Delhi Home Minister Satyendar Jain on January 31.
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The Delhi government has given its approval to withdraw 17 cases, including one involving the violence on Republic Day last year, registered here during the anti-farm law protests, a senior government official said on Tuesday.
He said the file related to the cases was sent by Lt Governor Anil Baijal's Office to Delhi Home Minister Satyendar Jain on January 31. It was approved by Jain and sent to CM office on February 25. The CMO sent the file to LG office on February 28 and the LG approved it on the same day, the officer said. The Delhi Police had identified 17 out of the 54 cases registered during November 2020 to December 2021 for withdrawal.
One of the cases is related to about 200-300 protesters and 25 tractors reaching the Red Fort and entering its premises through the Lahori Gate, resulting in damage to ticket counters, doorframe metal detector and baggage scanners at the monument.
Another case was registered at the Jyoti Nagar police station in northeast Delhi against protesting farmers entering Delhi from the side of UP's Loni border, riding 150-175 tractors and allegedly obstructing policemen from discharging their duty and assaulting them.
The protesting farmers in convoys of tractors had entered the national capital on Republic Day last year leading to violence and vandalism on the roads as well as at the Red Fort situated in the walled city. Most of the cases were registered for violation of COVID-19 protocols and guidelines by the protesters during their over one-year-long anti-farm law stir at Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur borders of Delhi.
The protesters, mostly from Punjab and Haryana, laid siege at Delhi borders in November 2020 demanding that the Centre withdraw the three farm laws. The protest ended in December 2021 after the Modi government withdrawing the farm laws.
The Centre had also agreed to the demand of the agitating farmers, protesting under the umbrella organisation -- Samyukta Kisan Morcha -- for the withdrawal of cases registered against the them between November 2020 to December 2021.
In a letter, the Centre on December 9, 2021 had stated that it was agreed to immediately withdraw cases against the protesters and their supporters registered during the farmers stir.
Following this, the SKM had lifted siege on the border points of national capital and elsewhere in Haryana and Punjab on December 11, 2021.
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Archegos in settlement talks with banks -FT
(https://on.ft.com/3Iy8mJr) Last week, Bloomberg News reported Credit Suisse Group AG was trying to help the U.S. Department of Justice potentially build a case related to block trading against rivals Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Archegos collapsed in March last year after its highly leveraged stock bets went sour.
Archegos Capital Management is in talks with global banks to avoid a legal battle that would expose details of the deals that led to the family office's meltdown last year, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday, citing three people familiar with the matter.
The potential legal battle is focused on billions of dollars of swaps contracts agreed between the banks and Archegos, at a time when the practice of block trading has come under regulators' scanner in the United States. (https://on.ft.com/3Iy8mJr) Last week, Bloomberg News reported Credit Suisse Group AG was trying to help the U.S. Department of Justice potentially build a case related to block trading against rivals Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
Archegos collapsed in March last year after its highly leveraged stock bets went sour. The family office run by Bill Hwang defaulted on margin calls, triggering losses of up to $10 billion that sent shockwaves through Wall Street. Archegos, Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley and Nomura did not immediately respond to Reuters' requests for comment. UBS, MUFG and Mizuho declined to comment.
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PM Modi speaks to father of Indian student killed in shelling in Ukraine's Kharkiv
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday spoke to the father of Naveen Shekharappa, an Indian student who died in shelling in Kharkiv, Ukraine this morning.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday spoke to the father of Naveen Shekharappa, an Indian student who died in shelling in Kharkiv, Ukraine this morning. One Indian student has lost his life in Kharkiv this morning because of shelling in the area, said MEA in a statement.
Karnataka State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) Commissioner Dr Manoj Rajan identified the deceased as Naveen Shekharappa from Chalageri village of Haveri district in Karnataka. Taking to Twitter, Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi shared the information and expressed condolences to the family.
"With profound sorrow, we confirm that an Indian student lost his life in shelling in Kharkiv this morning. The Ministry is in touch with his family. We convey our deepest condolences to the family," he wrote in the tweet. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a high-level meeting on Monday evening over the Ukraine crisis said that the entire government machinery is working round the clock to ensure that all Indians there are safe and secure, informed Bagchi. This was the second high-level meeting chaired by the Prime Minister during the day over the prevailing situation in Ukraine.
MEA on Monday said that the 'Special Envoys' including Union Ministers Hardeep Singh Puri, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Kiren Rijiju, and Gen (Retd) VK Singh will travel to neighbouring countries of Ukraine to coordinate evacuations of stranded Indians amid ongoing Russian military operations. On February 24, the Prime Minister chaired a Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) meeting in New Delhi on the Ukraine crisis.
The union government has launched Operation Ganga to bring back stranded students and Indian citizens from the conflict-torn Ukraine.(ANI)
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UN says some 660,000 fled Ukraine so far
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The UN refugee agency says that about 660,000 people have fled Ukraine for neighbouring countries since the Russian invasion began.
The number, given on Tuesday, was up from a count of more than 500,000 a day earlier.
Shabia Mantoo, a spokeswoman for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, said in Geneva that "at this rate, the situation looks set to become Europe's largest refugee crisis this century".
She said the agency is urging governments to continue allowing access to all those who are fleeing, including third-country nationals living in Ukraine who are forced to escape the violence. She added: "We stress that there must be no discrimination against any person or group." ___ Berlin: The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe says some of its observers in Ukraine are trapped in Kharkiv and Kherson due to fighting in those cities.
The Vienna-based organisation announced Friday it was evacuating members of the monitoring mission from Ukraine.
In its latest report, published late Monday, the OSCE said "due to ongoing kinetic activity, including continued shelling and reports of fighting, as well as the dynamic movement of front lines, the monitoring teams located in the cities of Kharkiv and Kherson continue to shelter in place".
"The teams are conducting dynamic security risk assessments to establish a window to allow them to move safely," it added.
The OSCE said its chief Monitor and senior management would remain in Ukraine until the evacuation process was complete. The mission comprising some 500 observers was tasked with monitoring the line of contact between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian separatists in the east of the country.
__ Geneva: The UN human rights office called Tuesday for the release of all peaceful protesters who were arrested after taking part in anti-war demonstrations in Russia.
The Geneva-based office said reports suggested about 6,400 people have been arrested in Russia since last week for taking part in peace protests.
"We understand the vast majority are released within hours, many after paying an administrative fine, while some are given prison sentences ranging from seven to 25 days under various laws," it said. "There are also reports of unnecessary and excessive use of force by police during and after the arrests." "Arresting people solely for exercising their rights of peaceful assembly and freedom of expression constitutes an arbitrary deprivation of liberty," it added. "We call for the immediate release of all those arbitrarily detained and for the authorities to abide by their international obligations to respect and ensure the rights to freedom of expression and of peaceful assembly." Separately, it also urged the release of some 744 people detained in neighboring Belarus, saying some had been arrested for chanting "no war" and expressing support for Ukraine.
___ Geneva: The Red Cross is appealing for 250 million Swiss francs ($272 million) to help people affected by the war in Ukraine.
The International Committee of the Red Cross and the Red Cross federation said in a statement Tuesday they fear "millions of people face extreme hardship and suffering without improved access and a rapid increase in humanitarian assistance." "Casualty figures keep rising while health facilities struggle to cope," said the head of the ICRC, Robert Mardini.
"We already see long-term disruptions in regular water and electricity supplies," he added. "People calling our hotline in Ukraine are desperately in need of food and shelter." ___ Rome: The Italian ambassador to Ukraine has been sheltering 87 Italians, including children and newborns, in his home in Kyiv.
Italian Premier Mario Draghi told Parliament on Tuesday said most of those being sheltered should be leaving today for Lviv, a city in western Ukraine.
Unlike several other Western countries, Italy kept its embassy services functioning in Ukraine's capital in the run-up to the invasion by Russia but moved the embassy to the ambassador's residence.
There are some 2,300 Italians in Ukraine, more than half of them residents of the country.
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Dancing on Ice's Connor Ball is rallying back and preparing to get his skates back on after suffering a nasty fall at the weekend.
Viewers saw The Vamps superstar take a tumble on the ice for a second week in a row which resulted in the blade of his skate cutting open his leg.
Although he admitted to being 'gutted' about the routine mess-up, the 25-year-old told his followers he'll be back to training as soon as possible
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Performing to George Ezra's 'Paradise', the star was dressed as a pirate with his professional skating partner Alexandra Schauman, who also fell onto the ice.
Despite the blunder, the judges were impressed with Connor and Alexandra who gave them a total score of 34.
Posting a series of images from the night on his Instagram, the last image showed his followers the extent of his leg injury which he warned people not to look at if they're squeamish.
The caption reads: "What a crazy night, I really did get too much into the whole pirate thing.
"Thank you for all the messages I really appreciate it, I'm absolutely gutted about the routine but so grateful you guys still went absolutely mad and voted me through I can’t thank you enough!!
"Once again an accident that never happened in training at all which makes it all the worse for me but gonna put it in the past and get back to training asap!!
"A huge thank you to the whole team for putting me back together as always and supporting me through everything, it really means a lot. much love.
After the skate, presenter Phillip Schofield said they were all 'gutted' for him before asking if he was ok.
Connor replied: "I don't want to look at what's going on under there right now but I'll check after. The blade went into my leg so I don't know if something is cut open."
Phil then reassured the 25-year-old that regardless of the fall the performance was 'amazing' which the star appreciated.
After sharing the injury on his Instagram, stars from this year's line-up were quick to comment their support for the star.
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Kimberly Wyatt said: "Wow!!!!!! To sustain an injury that bad and keep going the way you did!!! you have the heart of a lion! Fall or not it was an epic performance mate."
Ria Hebdon commented: "Oh mate! You were amazing and should be so proud. Rest up xx"
Liberty Poole added: "Such a talented skater con really pushing yourself !! Keep smashing it "
With his skating partner saying: "You are such a trooper and keep impressing me with sooo much progress & skills every week "
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Ukraine says Russia plans to spread fake news about Ukrainian surrender
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- Ukraine
Ukraine believes Russia is preparing a mass disinformation campaign to suggest senior military and political figures have surrendered, Ukrainian Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov said on Tuesday.
"To 'confirm' this fake information, seemingly signed 'documents', as well as fake, edited videos will be distributed," he said in an online statement.
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This Morning presenter Phillip Schofield has revealed his shockingly chiselled bicep on Instagram.
The 59-year-old shared a close-up image of his flexed arm with his t-shirt rolled up to impress his fans.
He told his three million followers that it was arm day before joking his muscle was trying to be a 'Brazilian nut'.
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The daytime presenter, who usually wears long-sleeved shirts on This Morning, took people by surprise this morning after revealing his ripped bicep.
Despite recently contracting coronavirus, it seems as though the 59-year-old managed to stay in good shape.
Captioning the image on his Instagram, he wrote: "Aww the hazelnut is trying to become a Brazil nut.. one day a pecan (laughing face emojis)
Recently, the star marked a huge career milestone as he celebrated being on TV for 40 years.
Last week Lorraine Kelly dedicated her entire show the Phil as he was surprised with videos of family, friends and colleagues throughout the years.
We also learnt that his co-star Holly Willoughby got the role on This Morning thanks to Phil.
She said: "I don't know why you were so convinced of that and I thank you every day because I know that really you were on your own with that school of thought, and it was really down to you standing by that, that I got that job.
"Without a doubt, without you, there is no way I would be doing This Morning today."
Holly described her colleague and close friend as 'generous, kind and patient' before admitting he has guided her through presenting and helped her along the way.
This Morning continues weekdays on ITV at 10am.
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Lokomotiv Moscow head coach Markus Gisdol has resigned from his post due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Gisdol only moved to the Russian capital in October and oversaw just 12 matches before announcing his departure on Tuesday.
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However, German coach Gisdol told BILD he left the role as he cannot continue working in a city where Russia’s leader Vladimir Putin is in the Kremlin giving orders on the Ukraine invasion.
"For me, football coaching is the best job in the world,” Gisdol said.
"But I cannot pursue my calling in a country whose leader is responsible for a war of aggression in the middle of Europe.
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"That is not in line with my values, which is why I have resigned from my position as coach of Lokomotiv Moscow with immediate effect.
"I can't stand on the training ground in Moscow, train the players, demand professionalism and a few kilometres away orders are given that bring great suffering to an entire people.
"That is my personal decision and I am absolutely convinced of it.”
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Russia-Ukraine War: What to know on Day 6 of Russian assault
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Russia's war on Ukraine is now in its sixth day, with a miles-long convoy of Russian tanks and armored vehicles inching closer to the Ukrainian capital and fighting intensifying on the ground.
Russia on Tuesday stepped up shelling of Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, pounding civilian targets there. Casualties mounted and reports emerged that more than 70 Ukrainian soldiers were killed after Russian artillery recently hit a military base in Okhtyrka, a city between Kharkiv and Kyiv, the capital.
But Ukrainian fighters are putting up a fierce resistance and surprisingly, Russia has not been able to dominate the skies. There are increasing fears that as Russia becomes more isolated under an avalanche of Western sanctions, Vladimir Putin could become even more reckless and set off a world-altering war.
Across Ukraine, civilians continue to bear the brunt of the conflict with families and children huddled in underground subway stations, basements and other shelters.
The Red Cross appealed Tuesday for 250 million Swiss francs (USD272 million) to help people affected by the war. The International Committee of the Red Cross and the Red Cross federation said they fear "millions of people face extreme hardship and suffering without improved access and a rapid increase in humanitarian assistance." On Monday, a Ukrainian delegation held talks with Russian officials at the border with Belarus, though they ended with no agreements except to keep talking.
Meanwhile, Western sanctions triggered by the invasion sent the Russian ruble plummeting, leading ordinary Russians to line up at banks and ATMs. And Russian teams were suspended from all international soccer matches, including qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup, pushing the country toward sports pariah status.
WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE FRONT LINES? Ukrainian authorities say the center of Kharkiv was hit Tuesday by renewed Russian shelling that struck the administration building along with residential buildings. There was no word on casualties. Previously, officials in Kharkiv, a city of 1.4 million, said at least 11 people were killed and scores were wounded in shelling Monday.
The Russian military convoy threatening Kyiv — a city of nearly 3 million people — is far bigger than initially thought, with satellite images showing it occupying much of a 40-mile (64-kilometer) stretch of road north of the Ukrainian capital. The convoy was no more than 17 miles (25 kilometers) from the city center on Monday, according to satellite imagery from the Maxar company.
Kyiv's outgunned but determined troops have slowed Russia's advance and held onto Kyiv and other key cities — at least for the time being. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy — who had earlier cut diplomatic ties with Moscow and declared martial law and whose defiance has drawn much admiration from the West — asked NATO to impose a complete no-fly zone over Ukraine for Russian airplanes, helicopters and missiles.
Britain's deputy prime minister, Dominic Raab, rejected the call Tuesday, saying it would risk widening the war by putting the alliance in direct conflict with Russian forces.
Zelenskyy called the attack Tuesday on Kharkiv's main square "frank, undisguised terror," blaming a Russian missile and calling it a war crime. "Nobody will forgive. Nobody will forget." Over the weekend, Russian artillery hit a military base in Okhtyrka, a city between Kharkiv and Kyiv, where more than 70 Ukrainian soldiers were killed, the head of the region wrote on Telegram, posting photographs of the charred shell of a four-story building and rescuers searching through the rubble.
Ukrainian authorities say Russian forces have blocked Kherson, a major port on the Black Sea. Russian troops have made significant gains along Ukraine's coast in an apparent effort to cut it off from both the Black and the Azov seas.
WHAT ARE ORDINARY UKRAINIANS AND CIVILIANS DOING? For many, it has meant sheltering in basements and subway stations while Russian forces attack cities and street fights rage. Others have scrambled to escape, leaving homes and husbands, fathers and sons to fight, taking trains and buses or walking for miles to a safer country.
Across Ukraine and in refugee shelters across the borders, parents have struggled to comfort their children. Mothers rock them on subway platforms or carry them for miles in the cold. At one border station in Poland, refugees were met by boxes of donated clothes and toys.
Hundreds of thousands of civilians have sought safety at night in Kyiv's subway system and other makeshift shelters around the country, where parents try to calm their children's fears.
On Monday, U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet said her office had confirmed that 102 civilians, including seven children, have been killed in the Russian invasion and 304 others wounded since Thursday, though she cautioned the tally was likely a vast undercount.
WAR SANCTIONS AND WORKAROUNDS Western officials believe Putin wants to overthrow Ukraine's government and replace it with a compliant regime, reviving Moscow's Cold War-era influence. His comments have raised fears that the invasion of Ukraine could lead to nuclear war, whether by design or mistake.
The United States and the European Union have levied sanctions on Russia's biggest banks and its elite, frozen the assets of the country's Central Bank located outside the country, and excluded its financial institutions from the SWIFT bank messaging system — but have largely allowed its oil and natural gas to continue to flow freely to the rest of the world.
Sanctions experts expect Russia to try to mitigate the impact of the financial penalties by relying on energy sales and leaning on the country's reserves in gold and Chinese currency. Putin also is expected to move funds through smaller banks and accounts of elite families not covered by the sanctions, deal in cryptocurrency and rely on Russia's relationship with China.
WHAT HAPPENED AT THE UNITED NATIONS? The U.N.'s two major bodies — the 193-nation General Assembly and the more powerful 15-member Security Council — held separate meetings Monday to discuss Russia's war on Ukraine.
The council meeting opened with the news that the United States was kicking out 12 Russian U.N. diplomats whom Washington accuses of spying.
The assembly will give all U.N. members an opportunity to speak about the war and more than 110 signed up to do so, with speeches to continue Tuesday. The assembly, which allows no vetoes, is expected to vote later in the week on a resolution coordinated by European Union envoys, working with Ukraine.
The draft resolution, obtained by The Associated Press, demands that Russia immediately stop using force against Ukraine and withdraw all troops.
Meanwhile, the International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor said he plans to open an investigation "as rapidly as possible" into possible war crimes and crimes against humanity in Ukraine — both alleged crimes committed before the Russian invasion, but also any new crimes that either side might have committed since the invasion started.
HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE FLED UKRAINE? The U.N. refugee agency says that about 660,000 people have fled Ukraine for neighboring countries since the Russian invasion began. The number, given on Tuesday, was up from a count of more than 500,000 a day earlier.
UNHCR spokeswoman Shabia Mantoo said in Geneva that "at this rate, the situation looks set to become Europe's largest refugee crisis this century." Earlier, when the overall figure still stood at around half a million, she said the count included 281,000 in Poland, more than 84,500 in Hungary, about 36,400 in Moldova, over 32,500 in Romania and about 30,000 in Slovakia. The rest were scattered in other countries, she said.
U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi, has said the U.N. expects the total to reach 4 million in the coming weeks.
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Beavers could pose a threat to the integrity of the Grand Western Canal, causing leaks or breaches, a report says.
In a progress report submitted to the Grand Western Canal’s Joint Advisory Committee it states: “Since the government decision in 2020 to allow beavers to remain on the River Otter in East Devon and spread naturally, the beaver population within that catchment has grown and some beavers have moved to surrounding catchments.
“Recently, beaver signs have been found on the River Exe, north of Tiverton.
“Whilst beavers have the potential to provide significant benefits in terms of water quality, flood alleviation and nature recovery, they can cause problems at specific locations.
“Embanked structures such as canals and reservoirs are examples of such locations where beavers will need to be managed - and possibly removed - due to their habit of digging into banks.
“Typically they will dig an underwater hole in a bank and then burrow upwards to create a chamber. These chambers are often extended over time and if they reach the surface, branches, mud and vegetation are piled on top.
“Given that much of the canal is embanked on one side or both, beavers would clearly pose a threat to the integrity of the canal in terms of causing leaks or breaches. Devon Wildlife Trust, who took a leading role in the partnership that oversaw the River Otter Beaver Trial, fully understand the danger that beavers pose to the canal and have offered their support in helping to trap and relocate any which do arrive at the canal.
“They also offered a training session with one of their beaver officers to look at the field signs so that the Canal Ranger Service know what to look out for and can provide an initial assessment of any signs reported by members of the public.”
The Canal Ranger Team spent a morning at Otterhead Lakes in the Blackdowns in mid February where they were shown feeding signs, a burrow and a dam.
Feeding signs are typically small branches cut at an angle, and floating, bark-stripped sticks.
Any beavers living on the canal are unlikely to build dams, except possibly in front of any weirs where there is a flow of water – the noise and flow being the trigger to initiate dam-building behaviour.
The report concludes: “Beavers are quite a large and conspicuous animal – their feeding signs are fairly obvious in the winter, and late evening sightings are likely in the summer and so it is unlikely that a beaver could exist for long on the canal without being noticed.
“If they were to arrive at the canal, every effort would be made to trap and relocate them as quickly as possible.
“Although they are currently quite close on the Exe, there are no likely routes for beavers to take to get from the Exe to the Canal and so colonisation would be more likely through the Culm catchment in the coming years.”
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EU must increase capacity to prevent war, says EU foreign policy chief
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The European Union must significantly increase its capacity to deter wars, the bloc's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell told EU lawmakers on Tuesday.
"One of the lessons that we have to learn from the invasion of Ukraine is that more than ever Europe must think strategically about itself, it's environment and the world," Borrell told an emergency session of the European Parliament.
"We need to increase our deterrence capacity in order to prevent war."
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A seven-year-old boy from Bideford has successfully accomplished his mission of running a kilometre every day for 100 days.
On November 15, Jack Hopkins set himself the challenge of 100 consecutive runs.
On February 22, he finally crossed the finish line, having raised an incredible £4,816 for charity.
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However, having braved wind, rain, dark nights and storms - he even ran during Storm Eunice - Jack couldn't resist pulling on his trainers one more time for an extra 'celebration run' the following day.
The event was held at Affinity Devon, where Jack was joined by friends and family for a final run followed by a party, donated by World of Wonder.
The money raised by Jack is going to the Tony Hudgell Foundation, set up to enhance the lives of children who have been affected by physical, emotional, or psychological abuse.
The charity was founded by Tony Hudgell, a seven-year-old boy who became a double amputee after enduring life-changing injuries at only six weeks old.
Earlier this month, Jack, who attends Appledore Primary School, travelled to London to complete 1km with Tony Hudgell.
Jack and his mum, Katie Roberts, are now fundraising ambassadors for the charity.
Jack initially set out to raise £2,000, but is now on track to reach £5,000.
Katie said: "It has been way beyond our expectations. We are so grateful to everyone who has donated, supported and commented on Jack's page – without them this wouldn’t have happened.
"This has been an amazing experience and one we will never forget.
"Right now we are enjoying some time together without any pressures of running and social media."
However, Katie hinted that Jack was already hatching his next fund-raising challenge.
You can still donate to the Tony Hudgell Foundation by visiting Jack's Just Giving page.
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Russia shells square in major Ukraine city
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Russian shelling has pounded the main central square in Ukraine's second-largest city, Kharkiv, and other civilian targets.
Meanwhile on Tuesday, a convoy 65 km (40 miles) long of tanks and other vehicles threatened the capital, Kyiv, on the sixth day of the Russia invasion of its neighbor.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Moscow of resorting to terror tactics to press Europe's largest ground war in generations.
In strategic Kharkiv, videos posted online showed explosions hitting the region's Soviet-era administrative building and residential areas. A maternity ward moved to a shelter amid shelling.
Zelenskyy called the attack on Kharkiv's main square "frank, undisguised terror," blaming a Russian missile and calling it a war crime.
___ Moscow: A senior Russian official has launched a new stark warning over its sanctions against his country for its war in Ukraine.
Dmitry Medvedev, a deputy head of Russia's Security Council, was retorting to a comment by French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire on Tuesday that the European Union was going to unleash an all-out economic and financial war against Russia.
"Today, some French minister has said that they declared an economic war on Russia," said Medvedev, who served as placeholder president in 2008-2012 when Vladimir Putin had to shift into the prime minister's post because of term limits. "Watch your tongue, gentlemen! And don't forget that in human history, economic wars quite often turned into real ones."Medvedev said on Twitter.
___ Warsaw: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says Russian President Vladimir Putin is using "barbaric and indiscriminate tactics against innocent civilians" in Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Speaking on a visit to Poland, Johnson said Putin was prepared to "bomb tower blocks, to send missiles into tower blocks, to kill children, as we are seeing in increasing numbers." Johnson thanked Poland for taking in hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians fleeing the violence. He said the UK would send more humanitarian aid and would take in refugees "in considerable numbers".
The British government has been criticised for not matching the European Union, which says it will let Ukrainians stay for up to three years without applying for asylum. Britain says it will allow Ukrainians in the country to bring their immediate family members to the UK. That applies to partners and children, but not parents or siblings.
___ Limassol: A French nuclear-powered aircraft carrier has docked in Cyprus' main port of Limassol as part of a two-month deployment to the eastern Mediterranean.
The Charles de Gaulle leads a strike group composed of two destroyers and a frigate tasked with anti-submarine and air defence duties, as well as a supply ship and a nuclear-powered submarine.
The French navy said the carrier's deployment was intended to project France's military might in the region and to support the fight against the remnants of the Islamic State group on Iraqi soil that "still constitute a threat".
The carrier's 20 Rafale marine fighter aircraft had been set to conduct flights over the Black Sea and hold joint air exercises with the Romanian Air Force. But it was unclear how the ongoing war in Ukraine could alter the strike group's mission.
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Russia's Putin united EU and NATO - EU Commission head
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The Russian invasion of Ukraine has united the 27-nation European Union and the NATO military alliance, the head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen said on Tuesday.
"If (Russian President Vladimir) Putin was seeking to divide the EU, to weaken NATO, and to break the international community, he has achieved the exact opposite," she told the European Parliament.
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A busy post office in Exeter has reopened today (Tuesday) after it was hit by flooding.
Customers were unable to use Heavitree Post Office in Fore Street yesterday, February 28, after it suffered water damage.
It has been confirmed that it was caused by a leak from the property above the premises.
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The damage is not believed to have been extensive because the post office was able to reopen as usual today, March 1.
A spokesperson for the Post Office said: "Heavitree Post Office was temporarily closed yesterday because of a flood from the property above. The branch has re-opened today."
The post office isn't the only premises to have suffered flooding with the past 12 months. Last summer, award-winning The Daisy Cafe had to close after torrential rain managed to seep into the building in Fore Street, Heavitree, causing part of the ceiling inside the cafe to fall down.
Due to health and safety issues, the cafe has had to close and reopened after repair works were carried out.
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MWC 2022: Telefónica boosts cloud cover with AWS, Microsoft
Hot on the heels of the operator inking a cloud sourcing deal with arch rival AWS, leading Spain-based telco Telefónica has signed a deal with Microsoft to expand their global collaboration
Demonstrating exactly how the leading telcos will extend their reach and change their modus operandi, Telefónica’s Tech division is to become an AWS Premier Consulting Partner, while the operator has extended the scope of its collaboration with Microsoft.
Telefónica Tech and Amazon Web Services (AWS) said they are committed to fostering innovation in the cloud.
Telefónica Tech plans to launch several value-added services such as edge computing and cloud-native private 5G networks that run on AWS Outposts, and the collaboration is designed to open up new opportunities in 5G and use cases for edge computing, as well as machine learning, internet of things (IoT), video and game streaming and Industry 4.0.
Fundamentally, Telefónica Tech and AWS will develop joint go-to-market activities to support customers’ use of cloud services and enable more 5G and edge services for customers. In Spain, Telefónica is launching TV-commerce app Selección Hogar de Movistar on its pay-TV subscription service, allowing users to browse more than 20,000 home products and a wide selection of products available on Amazon.es.
With the launch of the Living App on Movistar+, users of the TV platform in more than one million homes in Spain will be able to access over 20,000 products, such as decoration, cooking, DIY, lighting, electrical appliances and gardening, with, assured the operator, the option of fast delivery.
“This agreement with AWS strengthens our partnership and allows us to go to market with a comprehensive and cutting-edge proposition,” said Telefónica Tech CEO Jose Cerdán. “Our customers demand greater innovation in the design of cloud solutions and demand to use AWS services from the most appropriate location. The professional and managed services that Telefónica Tech will offer will therefore be key to helping companies in this complex process of adopting the public cloud with edge locations.”
In addition, Telefónica Tech will continue to expand its managed and professional services with the creation of an AWS competence centre that will use best practices recommended by AWS to help customers transition to the cloud in a fast and secure way. This AWS competence centre will offer new services relating to cost optimisation, devops and automation, application modernisation, and other cloud-related capabilities. Telefónica Tech currently has a qualified team of around 4,000 expert professionals serving the Telefónica Group’s 5.5 million B2B customers in 175 countries.
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The agreement includes a joint go-to-market proposition with AWS, with the aim to bring innovation to customers faster and to help them better leverage the agility of the cloud. Telefónica Tech will also provide its enterprise, SMB and public sector customers with native professional services on AWS at any stage of their cloud journey, offering support through the various stages of platform assessment, design and deployment, and migration.
“We are excited to work with Telefónica to bring our successful collaboration to the next level and build out customer-centric solutions on AWS, especially on 5G and edge computing,” said Adolfo Hernandez, vice-president of global telco industry AWS. “This collaboration means AWS can bring the highest level of cloud-native expertise to an even wider audience with Telefónica, significantly accelerating the pace of innovation and cloud adoption.”
Telefónica’s relationship with Microsoft has to date been focused mainly on confidential computing initiatives for the business and public sector segment, digital transformation and connectivity. The new initiatives are designed to contemplate the development and commercialisation of new proposals and solutions for the home, based on the advanced network capabilities of Telefónica and its technological platforms in different markets.
In addition to gaming video, a key element of the deal will be centred on video, and the new alliance plans to facilitate access to select LinkedIn Learning content on Telefónica’s Movistar+ television platform, which features original productions and premium content.
Also in the deal, expansion of the communications capabilities of Movistar Home with the integration of Microsoft Teams will be evaluated, turning the Telefónica device into a home communications centre. This is designed to enable users to connect to video conferences and make calls through Teams using the device screen with voice commands, with the help of Aura.
Another of the lines of collaboration will be to provide Telefónica users with more secure and controlled access to data and work on initiatives to increase the security of products and services supported by Telefónica’s fourth platform and Microsoft data services. Telefónica is also looking to run joint commercial and marketing initiatives on Surface devices in Telefónica's markets in Europe.
Telefónica is also looking to extend the use of Microsoft 365 to other markets where it has a presence, after the agreement reached last year with Vivo in Brazil, which became one of the first operators in South America to offer a monthly subscription to Microsoft 365.
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IG BSF inaugurates CCTV surveillance system at Indo-Bangladesh border
Sanjay Singh Gehlot, Inspector General (IG) of Border Security Force (BSF) Guwahati frontier visited the border outposts at Indo-Bangladesh (Indo-BD) and inaugurated the Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) surveillance on Monday.
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Sanjay Singh Gehlot, Inspector General (IG) of Border Security Force (BSF) Guwahati frontier visited the border outposts at Indo-Bangladesh (Indo-BD) and inaugurated the Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) surveillance on Monday. According to the press release, the IG, in presence of Brigadier Ravindra Singh Rawat (Retired), Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) of Gopalpur sector, Sukumar Pattanaik, Commandant 75 Battalion BSF, officers, and subordinate officers inaugurated CCTV surveillance system.
"The CCTV surveillance system is installed with command and control system to monitor all the activities going on at the border in order to enhance round-the-clock surveillance to control various border crimes," added. Further, Gehlot interacted with troops and briefed them to remain extra vigilant and also to maintain a high level of operational preparedness.
Keeping in view of the vulnerability of the border, heightened activities of the smugglers and anti-national elements on the border, the release stated that the CCTV surveillance system will help the soldiers at the border to vigil the border day and night to curb smuggling and border crimes on Indo-BD border. (ANI)
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A woman with a personality disorder has been jailed for 10 years for stabbing to death her partner in a 'sudden and unexpected' assault in Exmouth.
Tanya Hoskin, 52, plunged a kitchen knife into Nigel Johnston while the pair were shielding together over Christmas on December 27, 2020.
She snapped as a result of a build-up of frustration at their life together and after the couple had spent the day drinking together at their home in Tennyson Way.
Read more: Exmouth murder trial: Tanya Hoskin guilty of manslaughter
Mr Johnston, 54, collapsed in the kitchen and died of a single deep wound despite the best efforts of paramedics to save his life.
His final words to her were 'Oh no, I'm bleeding', 'I'll be all right' and 'I don't blame you'.
The former cafe and holiday park worker stood trial for murder at Exeter Crown Court. The jury found her not guilty but guilty of manslaughter.
She was sentenced on Tuesday. In a note read to the court, Hoskin apologised, saying: "He was my soulmate. I'm sorry I put my friends and family alike through such pain."
Mr Justice Linden said it was not a case where Hoskin had overreacted to a threat of violence by Mr Johnston.
"It's a case where you were drunk and angry and the frustration to Mr Johnston which had built up for many months led you to stab him when you could easily have walked away." he said.
He added: "To use the knife in the way you did was wholly unwarranted and grossly disproportionate."
The judge said the evidence showed the attack had been 'sudden and unexpected'.
The background to the case involved a long, volatile, on-off relationship between the couple.
They had known one another since 1987, were married in 1989 and had two children. The relationship ended in the early 1990s but they got back together in 2014 after Mr Johnston’s second marriage ended.
He suffered from multiple health problems and Hoskin was his paid carer.
Much of the trial focused on the character and mental health of the defendant and whether Mr Johnston was violent to his partner and posed a threat to her at the time he was killed. Hoskin said she was a victim of domestic violence.
Neighbours told the trial they would hear rows between the pair. The prosecution said Hoskin was aggressive and would hurl insults at Mr Johnston, saying he was ‘f***ing useless’. Another said Hoskin was kind-hearted and would do anything for anybody.
A friend of the couple said Mr Johnston could be ‘silly’ when he was drunk but was a 'placid' man.
On December 27 the pair shared a bottle of wine at home. Just before 6pm they went to McColl's and bought a bottle of pink gin. Hoskin said she had one gin and coke and had started another but was not very drunk.
The couple dragged a mattress downstairs and planned to watch films on the TV.
The jury was played a voice recording made by Hoskin between 8.30pm and 8.46pm in which the pair had a drunken, rambling argument.
Hoskin asked Mr Johnston if he would protect her if there was a ‘Zombie Apocalypse’ and said she would leave with the first zombie that asked her to.
She could be heard slapping drunken Mr Johnston and goading him about ‘not being man enough’. She also asked him why he sometimes grabbed her around the throat and put her in a ‘sleeper hold’.
Shortly before the stabbing Hoskin sent a message to her sister in Exeter saying Nigel was 'getting on my last nerve' saying he was 'freaking out' and ‘my brain is hurting'.
Just before 9pm she had a 10-minute voice conversation with her sister, Candy Hutchings, in which she complained again about Mr Johnston’s irritating behaviour. She said he was trying to bite her and it was not funny.
Ms Hutchings said she thought Mr Johnston was just clowning around.
"She was shouting and hysterical but he wasn't,” said Ms Hutchings.
"Then I heard a clinking of metal." She thought it was a knife. "It sounded like it was being knocked against the edge of something," she added.
She then heard Nigel say: 'Oh no, I'm bleeding'.
"He was really calm," said Mrs Hutchings. "There was astonishment in his voice"
She could then hear Hoskin repeatedly saying sorry to Mr Johnston and getting hysterical.
Mrs Hutchings put the phone down and called 999. Paramedics arrived quickly but could not save Mr Johnston who suffered massive internal bleeding.
A post-mortem revealed the knife had entered just above his left nipple and penetrated to a depth of between 20-23cm.
The blade took a steep downward path into the left kidney via the portal vein. This caused substantial blood loss.
"His life could not have been saved," said a Home Office pathologist.
Hoskin ran to a neighbour’s house for help. She returned to try and revive Mr Johnston.
She was heard to say: "Don't leave me, I love you. You've got the children. It will be okay."
When police arrived a short time later she told them: “I stabbed him. He was going for me. He attacked me first. I attacked him back, there you go.”
Hoskin was taken into custody where she was verbally and physically abusive to officers, calling one a ‘bitch’ and threatening to rip her eyes out and kicking another in the testicles.
She admitted four charges of assaulting police in the execution of their duty.
Mr Johston was pronounced dead at 9.50pm.
The prosecution alleged Hoskin had a history of unpredictable rages and verbally abused Mr Johnston. It was claimed she lost her temper during a drunken flash of anger.
Hoskin said she has amnesia and did not know why she had stabbed him.
The last thing she could remember was lighting a cigarette for herself and Nigel as they sat in the kitchen.
"I don't remember doing it but apparently I did," she told the trial.
Hoskin initially told police Mr Johnston was never violent. She said she felt ‘slightly downtrodden’ and had previously considered walking out of the relationship.
But during the trial she claimed she was a victim of domestic abuse. Hoskin said Mr Johnston would sometimes approach her from behind and put her in a 'sleeper hold' until she stopped breathing or would fall unconscious.
Hoskin denied murder. She claimed she must have been acting in self-defence or it was an accident.
Forensic psychiatrist Dr Bradley Hillier assessed Hoskin’s mental health.
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He said she suffered from Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD) and Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder (EUPD). Hoskin's memory blackout, he said, could be explained by her unconscious mind repressing the trauma of the killing.
A person with these conditions constantly experiences a heightened state of being under threat. They can be harmful to themselves and others due to ‘hypervigilance’ and a ‘startled response’.
Hoskin said this caused her to ‘fight or flight’ when threatened. She said she had ‘two personalities’ and her aggressive side ‘would take on the world’ if threatened.
Asked how she now felt about Mr Johnston’s death, she said: "Pretty cut up. I don't really have any emotions. I don't even see Nigel as being dead. I still think of him as being alive."
Hoskin said the root cause was mental trauma caused by a traumatic childhood. She had also been in a violent relationship before getting back together with Mr Johnston.
Mr Michael Turner QC, in mitigation, said the evidence heard at trial showed Mr Johnston had been physically abusive to Hoskin during the relationship and she may have reacted because of violence shown in the past.
He said it was impossible to know exactly what triggered the stabbing but 'something must have happened' and Mr Johnston was trying to bite her at the time.
Hoskin cradled Mr Johnston as his life slipped away saying she was sorry for what she had done.
Mr Turner said she had written a note which said she knew she had lost her family, home and dogs due to her actions.
"He was my soulmate. I'm sorry I put my friends and family alike through such pain."
Mr Justice Linden said: "I do not accept self-defence or mental disorders significantly reduce you responsibility for what happened."
"I'm sure Mr Johnston had no opportunity at all to defend himself or was incapable of doing so."
The judge said it was clear Mr Johnston did not do anything that came close to Hoskln being able to justify stabbing him and she was more than capable of repelling any movement from him.
"This is not a case where you were driven to the edge by the abusive behaviour of Mr Johnston, rather you were frustrated with him and your circumstancs more generally."
"I accept there was no pre-planning," he added. "You picked up the knife and acted in the moment. You regretted your actions as soon as it was apparent the enormity or what you had done and were anxious to do what you could to save Mr Johnston's life."
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Vatican judge tosses defense motions as fraud trial advances
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- Italy
A Vatican tribunal on Tuesday resoundingly rejected defense motions to dismiss a landmark financial fraud case and ruled the trial will go ahead with the questioning of a cardinal scheduled for later this month.
Judge Giuseppe Pignatone read aloud his rejection of two-dozen defense arguments from the past seven months that sought to have the charges dropped against the 10 defendants, who deny wrongdoing.
The case involves the Holy See's bungled 350 million-euro ($301 million) real estate investment in a London property.
Pignatone set March 17 for the next hearing. Cardinal Angelo Becciu, a former top Vatican official, is expected to be questioned about allegations he funneled Holy See money to a Sardinian charity run by his brother.
Vatican prosecutors have accused the Holy See's longtime money manager, Italian brokers and lawyers of fleecing the Vatican of tens of millions of euros in fees and of then extorting 15 million euros from the Vatican to get full ownership of the property.
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Controversial foul-mouthed American billionaire Dan Peña is due to be a guest speaker at Exeter University - despite his arrival sparking a protest and online campaign among students who have accused him of inciting 'hate speech'.
The flamboyant Mexican-American businessman is affectionately known as the '$50 Billion Man', which refers to the unique business strategy he created, but his actual net worth is said to be closer to $500 million.
Many of his views have been shared on social media and YouTube, and some have been criticised and deemed by some to express racist, misogynist, ableist and homophobic views.
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It has prompted students at Exeter University to calls upon its student guild to cancel the talk.
However, it is claimed that it will go ahead due to freedom of speech.
The free talk is being hosted by the University of Exeter Public Speaking Society today, March 1, from 5.30pm to 9pm at Forum Alumni Auditorium.
An online petition to cancel the talk has so far been signed by more than 500 people. Yesterday, February 28, a protest was held on campus.
The petition, started by third-year history student Emma de Saram, states: "The student guild president has stated that the speaker has passed through the external speaker policy and risk assessments due to freedom of speech.
"However, there is clearly a difference between hate speech and free speech and we have grave worries that the physical and mental well-being of students is at serious risk if Peña is allowed to deliver his talk and express his views."
Explaining why protests are now being held on campus, Emma told Devon Live: "We were in the forum protesting today against Dan Peña coming to campus as he is known for his aggression, racism and sexism.
"I have been campaigning against this since last Wednesday, but the students guild are allowing him on the basis of freedom of speech.
"We are continuing our campaign until the talk at 5pm today. This process has been emotionally exhausting for me personally. I walked around the forum with a megaphone today and we all leafleted."
Peña began his career as a financial analyst on Wall Street. He went on to become president of Great Western Resources, Inc, a Houston-based oil company.
In a move backed by shareholders, Peña was ousted as president of the company in 1992 and subsequently awarded $3.3 million by an American jury, for suing the company over his dismissal. [
In 1984, Peña bought Guthrie Castle in Angus, Scotland from which he has operated several businesses. He branded himself as a teacher of business philosophy courses.
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According to Wikipedia, in 2017, the castle and estate manager employed by Peña at Guthrie Castle was found to have committed fraud by double or triple booking wedding facilities and paying the higher charges into their own account. Peña is said to have forgiven the employee and covered the £130,000 stolen from clients
The founder of Quantum Leap Advantage (QLA) will continue coaching throughout 2022.
He has been reported as saying: "Then, at 77, I will reassess my political and coaching future.”
Reputed facts about Peña include:
- He says his idols in politics and business are two Brits: former Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Andrew Carnegie, one of the most successful businessmen of all time
- His daughter was born in Scotland and his sons started their education here
- He had a distinguished career with the US army, entering voluntarily as a private and climbing the ranks to 1st lieutenant
- He also served in Military Police and was Intelligence and Security Officer at NATO Headquarters during the 1960s
- His mantra is “praise the Lord and pass the ammunition”
The University of Exeter Students Guild has been approached for a comment.
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UK freezes assets of Belarusian army officials for 'destabilising' Ukraine
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Britain on Tuesday froze the assets of four top Belarusian army officials for destabilising Ukraine and undermining or threatening its sovereignty and independence after Russia invaded Ukraine.
Andrei Burdyko, Victor Gulevich, Sergei Simonenko and Andrey Zhuk are now subject to an asset freeze, as per the government's notice https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1057992/Notice__Russia_010322.pdf. Two defence companies - JSC 558 Aircraft Repair Plant and JSC Integral - were also added.
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Two Indian-origin men charged for breaching COVID-19 regulations in Singapore
Two Indian-origin men, were among a group of six persons, charged by a Singaporean court on Tuesday for breaching COVID-19 safety regulations during a New Years Eve gathering, involving hundreds of people, according to a media report.
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Two Indian-origin men, were among a group of six persons, charged by a Singaporean court on Tuesday for breaching COVID-19 safety regulations during a New Year's Eve gathering, involving hundreds of people, according to a media report. Ateesh Ashutosh Rao and Shyama Kumar Sharath each face two charges in court - failing to keep a safe distance and not wearing a mask properly, The Straits Times newspaper reported.
The six charged are aged between 19 years and 23 years. They face charges ranging from having groups of more than five people, to not maintaining the mandated social distance of 1 metre at a New Year's Eve gathering in Clarke Quay, a riverside row of restaurants, pubs and bars here. Sharath and Rao intend to plead guilty. They are slated to be in court next on April 5. Two of the charged persons intend to get a lawyer and are scheduled to be in court next on March 15. The New Year's Eve gathering is believed to have involved hundreds in a countdown party in front of Riverside Point. Videos online show a rowdy crowd cheering, singing and celebrating in what the authorities have branded a blatant flouting of COVID-19 safe management rules and a potential superspreader event. Three other Indian-origin men, Harjaz Singh, Verma Pulkit and Kotra Venkata Sai Rohankrishna - all aged between 19 and 22 - were similarly charged in January in relation to the New Year's Eve gathering. Kotra faced an additional charge for allegedly attending a gathering in a Spider-Man costume with three others, where he interacted with about 20 people. Earlier this month, Verma and Singh were sent to court to face an additional charge of attending the gathering for a common purpose without a reasonable excuse. Verma allegedly attended a gathering with eight others to celebrate the New Year, while Singh is accused of attending a gathering of at least six others. Those found guilty of breaching COVID-19 regulations can be fined up to SGD10,000 (USD 7,372) , jailed for up to six months, or both.
The coronavirus has claimed 1,019 lives and infected 724,424 people so far in Singapore. On Monday, the city-state reported 13,544 new COVID-19 cases and 12 fatalities.
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Lib Dem claims that Torridge residents will pay on average £736 more per year for heating as a result of the energy price cap rise of 54 per cent, are ‘absurd’ Sir Geoffrey Cox MP has said.
Torridge and West Devon Liberal Democrats chair Stephen Middleton has hit out at Government proposals to deal with soaring energy bills and urged Rishi Sunak to rethink the planned National Insurance tax increases which will pile further pressure on household budgets.
He said: “Energy bills are going through the roof, forcing families in our community to choose between eating and heating.
“Meanwhile, broadband bills are set to rise by 9.3 per cent with inflation at its highest rate in almost thirty years. But all the Conservatives are doing is clobbering people with an unfair tax hike and spreading the pain over the coming years.”
The Liberal Democrats have calculated that energy bills for homeowners in Torridge will rise by an estimated £736 per household in April. In West Devon, the increase is even higher, at £809 per household.
They have set out a ‘cost-of-living rescue plan’ that would save thousands of local families nearly £1,000 this year.
The cost-of-living rescue package being proposed by Liberal Democrats includes taking £300 off the heating bills of vulnerable and low-income households by doubling the Warm Home Discount and expanding it to all those on Universal Credit and Pension Credit.
This would be funded through a one-off Robin Hood tax on the record profits of oil and gas producers and traders.
The party would also scrap the Conservatives’ planned tax rises – the National Insurance tax hike and the freezing of Income Tax thresholds being introduced in April – and ensure low-income families can access cheaper broadband deals.
As many as 5,701 households in Torridge and West Devon would stand to benefit from the full package of support, saving them up to £975 each a year.
Nearly 24,000 households would save up to £420 thanks to the scrapping of the National Insurance hike and the Stealth Tax on the income tax personal allowance. 2,729 poorer pensioners would receive the expanded Warm Home Discount while 10,201 struggling families would gain access to cheaper broadband deals, helping them cope with the cost-of-living crisis.
In total, the package represents savings of £15,356,616 across Torridge and West Devon for 36,829 households feeling the pinch.
Mr Middleton said: “We are fighting for a fair deal for people in our community who are being let down by a Conservative Government that is taking them for granted.”
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However, Sir Geoffrey Cox, MP for Torridge and West Devon, said: “Recent claims by Torridge and West Devon Liberal Democrats, asserting that local communities are being "taken for granted" by the Government, are unfounded and absurd.
“My parliamentary colleagues and I remain committed to improving the energy performance of low-income households’ homes, supporting low-carbon heat installations, and – crucially – helping to reduce fuel poverty.
“To this end, the Government has announced a three-part plan to help with household fuel bills and protect people against a potential rise in energy costs. Worth £350 per household, in a total package of support worth £8.6 billion.”
He said this will deliver:
• A £200 ‘smoothing’ rebate on energy bills for all households, to be paid back over the next five years at £40 per year – starting from April 2023;
• A non-repayable £150 cash rebate for homes in Council Tax bands A-D – equivalent to 80 per cent of all households, helping both lower and middle-income families;
• £144 million of discretionary funding for local authorities to support households not eligible for the council tax rebate.
“The Government is also continuing with plans to increase the Warm Homes Discount and extend eligibility by one-third to 3 million vulnerable households, which is worth £150,” Mr Cox added.
“Households struggling with their bills are also eligible for insulation measures, with those on specific benefits potentially able to receive support towards heating improvements.
“The Government also provides Winter Fuel Payments to all pensioners, with Cold Weather Payments and the Warm Home Discount providing over one million vulnerable pensioners with a £140 rebate on their energy bills. With more than a third of my constituents here in Torridge and West Devon aged over 60, this is a package of support that I am glad to endorse.
“While my political opponents fantasise about "Robin Hood taxes" and "rescue plans", my Government colleagues and I continue to deliver for those most in need.“
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Russia cuts off Ukraine military from the Sea of Azov -TASS
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Russian forces have cut off the Ukrainian military from the Sea of Azov north of the Black Sea, the TASS news agency quoted Russia's defence ministry as saying on Tuesday.
The forces of Russian-backed separatists have reached the borders of Ukraine's Donetsk province and joined Russian troops, another agency, RIA, quoted the ministry as saying.
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As the situation in the Ukraine continues to worsen, people across the globe are keen to do their bit for the innocent citizens who are being heavily impacted by the horrors overseas.
Hundreds have been injured or killed, with homes, possessions and businesses all being destroyed as Russia continues to invade the Ukraine.
Russian shelling has pounded civilian targets in Ukraine’s second-largest city and a 40-mile convoy of tanks along with other military vehicles have threatened the capital.
Read more: Russia pounds Ukraine’s second city as 40-mile convoy nears Kyiv
And, as the tragic event unfolds, the people of Devon are asking what can they do in order to support those who have been impacted by the invasion.
A number of vigil's have taken place across the county, with one being held in Barnstaple last night (February 28).
Hundreds of people showed up to the vigil, where candles were lit, and speeches were given from council leaders and Ukrainian citizens.
A number of donation points have also been set up across Devon, where residents are able to donate items such as sleeping bags, warm clothing, shoes, toiletries ready to be sent overseas.
Below, Devon Live has put together a list of all of the places where you can make a donation for Ukraine in Devon:
'World of Wonder Devon are offering a drop off point for those who wish to support the refugees in Ukraine'
Torquay town centre collection point
People in Torquay town centre are being invited to donate basic first aid and hygiene supplies at the Punk Emporium, 97 Union Street. Under the banner of "Punk Against War", they are also seeking bandages, plasters and other first aid essentials.
Torquay pub collects vital first aid supplies
Collections of basic first aid and hygiene products have begun at Molloy’s in St Marychurch, Torquay.
Items needed include bandages, plasters, tweezers, burns gel, wipes, dressings, eye wash and nappies.
“Everybody wants to do something to help,” said Stacey Pearce at Molloy’s. “We are collecting essentials to help injured people."
The popular pub has previously acted as a collection centre for local homeless charities, and Stacey said they were hoping to do as well again.
She said: "When we did the first homeless collection we just put a sign outside, and people who had never even been into the pub gave generously. People really want to do all they can to help."
Smiley's Cafe in Honiton offering free food and drink to Ukrainian citizens
Smiley's Cafe in Honiton, owned by Sue Nicholson, are offering free food and drink to Ukrainian lorry drivers.
Donations in North Devon
Richard Easterbrook and Ukraine citizen Maria Lutsyk are collecting stuff at;
- All North Devon Tyres depos - Barnstaple, South Molton, Tiverton, Cullompton
- Pilton Bluecoat school
- Pilton Bluecoat Church Hall
Items can include all non-perishable food, sleeping bags, tents, camping equipment, first equipment.
A lorry will be transporting the donations over to Poland then Ukraine.
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Devotees throng Lord Shiv temples on Mahashivratri in U'khand
A two-km-long queue was seen outside the Daksha Prajapati temple, Haridwar SP traffic Manoj Katyal said, adding that so far, around one lakh devotees have visited the shrine.With adequate deployment of police personnel, the crowds at all the temples were managed well, the officials said.
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After strict COVID-19 restrictions were removed, a large number of Shiva devotees thronged temples across Uttarakhand on Mahashivaratri on Tuesday, causing the traffic to crawl at a number of places.
The ancient Neelkanth Mahadev temple near Rishikesh witnessed a big turnout since the early hours of the day as enthusiastic devotees turned up at the temple to offer 'jalabhishek', leading to a long traffic jam along the route.
By evening about two lakh people had visited the temple, Additional SP (Pauri) Manisha Joshi said. The Virbhadra Mahadev temple, situated at the confluence of Rambha and Ganga rivers in Rishikesh, also saw similar crowds and so did the Daksha Prajapati mandir at Kankhal in Haridwar and the Tapkeshwar temple along the banks of Tons river in Dehradun. A two-km-long queue was seen outside the Daksha Prajapati temple, Haridwar SP (traffic) Manoj Katyal said, adding that so far, around one lakh devotees have visited the shrine.
With adequate deployment of police personnel, the crowds at all the temples were managed well, the officials said.
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Motorway drivers in Devon will get a shock as they head up and down the M5 as fuel prices hit all-time highs.
But they may be surprised to find huge differences in price between the motorway service stations.
We have analysed the prices for all 10 motorway services heading North out of Devon. It might be worth finding out the cheapest and most expensive so that you can plan your journey should you need to fill up en route.
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The cheapest in Devon is Cullompton services where unleaded is 154p a litre and diesel is 160p.
After that you will need to reach Frankley on the outskirts of Birmingham to find cheaper service station fuel.
The most expensive are Exeter Moto and Michael Wood near Bristol.
Here are all 10 motorway service stations on the M5 and the prices for different fuels today, Tuesday March 1, 2022:
M5 EXETER MOTO MOTORWAY SERVICE AREA - Unleaded 169.9; Diesel 171.9; Premium Diesel 181.9
M5 CULLOMPTON MOTORWAY SERVICE - Unleaded 153.9; Diesel 159.9 and Premium Diesel 172.9
M5 TAUNTON DEANE MOTORWAY SERVICE - Unleaded 169.9; Diesel 171.9 and Premium Diesel 183.9
M5 BRIDGWATER MOTO MOTORWAY SERVICE - Unleaded 169.9; Super Unleaded 169.9; Diesel 171.9
M5 SEDGEMOOR MOTORWAY SERVICE AREA - Unleaded 169.9; Diesel, 171.9; Premium Diesel 183.9.
M5 GORDANO WELCOME BREAK MOTORWAY SERVICE AREA - Unleaded 169.9; Diesel 171.9; Premium Diesel 181.9
M5 MICHAEL WOOD CONNECT MOTORWAY SERVICE - Unleaded 169.9; Super Unleaded 183.9; Diesel 171.9
M5 GLOUCESTER GATEWAY MOTORWAY SERVICE AREA NORTHBOUND -Unleaded 165.9; Diesel 169.9; Premium Diesel 178.9
M5 STRENSHAM CONNECT MOTORWAY SERVICE AREA SOUTHBOUND - Unleaded 165.9, Diesel 169.9; Premium Diesel 181.9
M5 FRANKLEY MOTO MOTORWAY SERVICE AREA NORTHBOUND (M5 between J3 and J4) Unleaded 153.9; Diesel 157.9
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy said the average price of a litre of petrol at UK forecourts on Monday was 149.22p. That is up from 147.77p a week earlier. Nationally a litre of diesel rose from 151.95p to 153.36p over the same period.
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NATO chief says the alliance sees no need to change its nuclear weapons alert level, despite Russia's threats, reports AP. PTI
NATO chief says the alliance sees no need to change its nuclear weapons alert level, despite Russia's threats, reports AP.
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Willand Folk Dance Club is preparing to celebrate 60 years.
The club was formed in the 1960s when Bill Rutter, the area organiser from the English Folk Dance and Song Society, contacted Gladys Godfrey, a prominent character in the village, and her husband George, to organise a dance in the Village Hall.
Bill promoted this dance widely throughout the county to youth groups and other dance clubs. The dance had Dennis Darke and the Greensleeves Country Dance Band with Irene Harcourt calling.
As a result of this, Gladys and George formed the Willand Square Dance Club with support from the English Folk Dance and Song Society. Soon, the club was brimming with young people with a thirst for dancing knowledge and technique.
The club moved on to form a dance team which became popular with organisations for displays, i.e., W.I’s, village fetes, retirement homes, Friday evenings in the Sidmouth Connaught Gardens, Whit Monday tours of coastal towns, to name but a few.
The club also danced as a team at one of the early Sidmouth Folk Festivals.
Marilyn Broom, chairperson of the club said: “Sadly, we no longer have a dance display team and also a large number of prominent people, George and Gladys, Irene Harcourt, Dennis Darke, Dick Witt and Ron Beeson to name but a few, along with some of early members are no longer with us, but no doubt they are keeping an eye on us from their resting places.
“Following on from this, the BBC recorded many of their ‘Friday Night is Dance Night’ programmes which was aired nationwide. These were with the Greensleeves Country Dance Band and Dick Witt calling.”
Later came the link with the Westerveseda Dance Group from Northern Germany. The club hosted this club who brought a strong contingent of dancers, and their German coach driver. Day trips were organised all over the county to include displays from both teams at various venues. There was social dancing and other activities held in the evenings.
Marilyn said: “The German coach driver was intrigued by our Devon country roads.
“There were civic receptions with the Mayor of Tiverton where official exchanges of gifts were made.
“Club members, their parents and other folks from the village accommodated all of these visitors from Germany and a great time was had by all. On the club’s return visit to Westerveseda, Gladys led the Willand team dancing through the streets, as part of a procession before 5,000 people.
“The club also held annual fancy dress dances, an annual dinner dance and took part in village variety shows.”
In 2001 the club changed its name to Willand Folk Dance Club as the term ‘Square Dance’ was being associated more and more with American Square Dancing.
“Without the enthusiasm of the above mentioned people our club may not be here to-day,” Marilyn said. “We have been so fortunate to have people to follow in their footsteps and put the club where it is today.
“There are so many memories that can be recalled by more than just a few. Today we are a club made up of dancers, organising club evenings and monthly Saturday dances for dancers who come from many parts of the South West from Bristol to West Cornwall.
“We always welcome new faces and hope that they can develop our enthusiasm for dancing. Our Callers and Bands now come from many parts of the UK and many feel privileged to be asked to come to Willand.
“If you are reading this, and were once a dancer with us, we would love to hear from you. Why not come and see us – there are still some of the original members around. We would love to hear your memories of the club.”
The group is marking their 60th Anniversary on March 5 at Willand Village Hall with Simon Maplesden and Jigs for Gigs, Bring and Share Supper.
Visit willandfolkdanceclub.co.uk for more details or call Marilyn Broom on 01404 47200 or 07746038754. She will be delighted to hear from you.
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Sorting fact, disinformation after Russian attack on Ukraine
Associated Press journalists around Ukraine and beyond are documenting military activity during Russia's invasion. With disinformation rife and social media amplifying military claims and counterclaims, determining exactly what is happening is difficult. Here's a look at what could be confirmed Tuesday as Russia's military assault on Ukraine was in its sixth day.
DIRECTLY WITNESSED — Russian shelling continued to hit civilian targets in Ukraine's second-largest city, Kharkiv. In video verified by the AP, explosions burst one after the other through a residential area of the city.
— Hospital workers transferred a Kharkiv maternity ward to a bomb shelter. Amid makeshift electrical sockets and mattresses piled up against the walls, pregnant women paced the crowded space, accompanied by the cries of dozens of newborns.
— Flames shot up from a military base northeast of Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, in the suburb of Brovary, according to footage shot from a car driving past that was verified by the AP. Associated Press photos showed wounded men being treated at a hospital in Brovary.
— In Moscow, people lined up to withdraw cash as sanctions imposed by Western countries threatened to drive up prices and reduce the standard of living for millions of ordinary Russians.
SATELLITE IMAGERY — A convoy of Russian tanks continued to threaten Kyiv. The convoy of armored vehicles, tanks, artillery and support vehicles was 25 kilometers (17 miles) from the center of the city and stretched about 65 kilometers (40 miles), according to satellite imagery from Maxar Technologies.
ANNOUNCED BY RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES — Russia's Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu reiterated Tuesday that the Russian military “strikes only military facilities and uses exclusively precision weapons” despite abundant evidence documented by the AP of indiscriminate shelling of homes, schools and hospitals across Ukraine.
ANNOUNCED BY UKRAINIAN AUTHORITIES — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says a Russian missile strike hit a central square in the city of Kharkiv, calling it an act of “undisguised terror.” — Ukrainian authorities say Russian forces have blocked a major port on the Black Sea. Ihor Kolyhayev, the mayor of the port of Kherson located on the estuary of the Dnieper River, said Tuesday that it has been sealed by the Russian troops. Kolyhayev's statement confirms Monday's Russian military claim that it has sealed the city while pressing its offensive in the south.
— Kharkiv authoriteis say the administration headquarters in the city center came under Russian shelling. Images posted online showed the building's facade and interior badly damaged by a powerful explosion that also blew up part of its roof. The state emergencies agency said that attack wounded six people, including a child. The day before, authorities said at least 11 people were killed and scores of others were wounded during Monday's shelling of the city.
ANNOUNCED BY OFFICIALS ELSEWHERE — The U.N. human rights office says it has recorded the deaths of 136 civilians, including 13 children, in Ukraine since the start of Russia's invasion on Feb. 24, but warned the toll may be far higher.
— Britain's defense ministry says Russia's advance on Kyiv has made little progress in the last 24 hours because of logistical issues.
— The separatist forces in Donetsk say they have established two corridors for the evacuation of civilians from Mariupol, an indication that a large attack on the key Azov Sea port could be imminent. Mariupol, an industrial center, is seen as a key target for Russian forces for its economic value and its location, which would help Russia establish a land corridor between Crimea and the Russian mainland.
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Like so many things that have been affected by the coronavirus pandemic, Ofsted inspections of education providers were halted.
With the easing of Covid restrictions, they have resumed again with Covid-related deferral requests taken on a case-by-case basis.
Ofsted inspect schools to provide information to parents, to promote improvement and to hold schools to account for the public money they receive.
Read more: Parents want a new Tiverton High School built
School inspections are required by law. Ofsted provide an independent assessment of the quality and standards of education in schools, and check whether pupils are achieving as much as they can.
Schools are given an overall grade from one to four with grade one being outstanding, grade two good, grade three requires improvement, and grade four inadequate.
Ofsted inspectors make graded judgements on the following areas using the four-point scale:
- Effectiveness of leadership and management
- Quality of teaching, learning and assessment
- Personal development, behaviour and welfare
- Outcomes for pupils.
The majority of schools and academies in Devin were graded at least good in their last inspection - but a select few have been rated outstanding.
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Although Ofsted has resumed inspections, most of these results are from before the pandemic struck.
Here is the full list of schools in Devon currently rated outstanding in alphabetical order:
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Bombay HC to hear Nawab Malik's plea against his arrest in money laundering case tomorrow
The Bombay High Court will hear on Wednesday the petition filed by Maharashtra Minister Nawab Malik seeking quashing of the case registered against him by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) which is probing money laundering case in connection with underworld don Dawood Ibrahim.
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The Bombay High Court will hear on Wednesday the petition filed by Maharashtra Minister Nawab Malik seeking quashing of the case registered against him by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) which is probing money laundering case in connection with underworld don Dawood Ibrahim. Malik in his plea says his arrest was illegal and has sought to be released immediately.The ED has also summoned Faraz Malik, son of Nawab Malik in the case.
Malik has been remanded to ED custody till March 3. He was sent to ED custody for seven days by a court in Mumbai in connection with the money laundering case. Meanwhile, the ED had also summoned Faraz Malik, son of NCP leader.
After being summoned by ED, Faraz Malik's lawyer has requested a week's time to submit the related documents to the investigative agency. However, ED has denied the request. Earlier, Malik's brother Kaptan Malik was also been summoned by the agency.
Earlier in February, the ED conducted raids at the residence of Dawood Ibrahim's sister Haseena Parkar in Mumbai in connection with the money laundering case. Searches were carried out by the ED at several places linked to people associated with the underworld in Mumbai, informed sources said.
Meanwhile, Bharatiya Janata Party had demanded the resignation of the State Minister but the Maha Vikas Agadhi (MVA-- comprising Shiv Sena, Congress and NCP) government has rejected the demand for Nawab Malik's resignation. (ANI)
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Police recover 2 grenades, other munition from unoccupied house in Gurugram
A team of more than 50 personnel was working under the joint supervision of DCP crime Rajiv Deswal and DCP east Vijender Vij.The bomb disposal team was called and successfully defused the grenades and MK practice grenades after digging a 7-ft pit inside the plot, a police statement said.
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Police recovered two hand grenades and other munition from an unoccupied house in Sector 31 area of Gurugram on Tuesday, officials said here.
Acting on a tip off, police raided the premises at around 10 AM and found the illegal cache after a five-hour search, they said, adding a bomb squad was called to defuse the explosives.
''Police recovered two hand grenades, 19 practice grenades, 43 empty cartridges in two polythene bags hidden inside a commode,'' a senior officer said.
The house owner has been identified as Ravinder Aggarwal, a resident of Delhi's Punjabi Bagh area, and he has been called to join the investigation, the officer said.
The house is just metres away from a CNG pump where a triple murder occurred in early hours of Monday. Police barricaded the area and restricted the movement of vehicles. A team of more than 50 personnel was working under the joint supervision of DCP (crime) Rajiv Deswal and DCP (east) Vijender Vij.
''The bomb disposal team was called and successfully defused the grenades and MK practice grenades after digging a 7-ft pit inside the plot,'' a police statement said.
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Bulldozers have moved in to knock down vandal-hit changing rooms in Torquay as hopes for a new beginning remain.
The buildings at Torre Valley North - used as a headquarters by Torbay Athletic Club - were attacked by vandals in July last year.
They started a fire in one of the changing rooms, pulled the cladding off the building and kicked in the walls. Ceilings were ripped down, hand basins smashed to pieces and furniture destroyed.
The vandals left the buildings in such bad condition that demolition was deemed the only option.
Torre Valley North is Torbay’s only running track, with lines marked out on the grass field. Cricket and rugby are also played on the field.
But now there are hopes the vandalism could spark a new beginning for the facilities – and that could even mean the purpose-built track the bay has wanted for half a century.
Users of Torre Valley North were encouraged to come up with a ‘master plan’ for its future, and a ‘shovel-ready’ scheme could include a running track.
Now demolition work has begun on the old changing rooms.
Torbay MP Kevin Foster and local councillor Andrew Barrand were among those meeting with the athletics club to discuss the way forward.
Mr Foster said: “There was sadly no other option for the building other than demolition, as a sustained attack last year had seen vandals break through the wooden walls.
“Changing facilities, which can be used by all three sports clubs, have been placed at the Rec and I am advised toilet facilities will be placed at Torre Valley North in the near future.
“Yet from this act of destruction has grown a desire for a Phoenix-like recovery which will not only see previous facilities restored, but long-needed athletics provision for our bay made a reality.
“So this sad end will now be the start of a positive new future for sport in the bay.”
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Love a nice lazy summer walk during lunchtime? It could make you less productive, suggests study
Ample amount of studies have shown that being in a hot environment reduces one's cognitive performance. A brief walk can enhance cognition. But what happens when you go for a brief walk on a nice, hot summer day, as so many students and office workers do during lunch breaks? A recent study has suggested that one might be better off avoiding the heat.
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Ample amount of studies have shown that being in a hot environment reduces one's cognitive performance. A brief walk can enhance cognition. But what happens when you go for a brief walk on a nice, hot summer day, as so many students and office workers do during lunch breaks? A recent study has suggested that one might be better off avoiding the heat. In a study published in 'Building and Environment', researchers from the University of Tsukuba discovered that just 15 minutes of walking outside on a hot day impaired cognitive performance, and this was most striking in men who don't get enough sleep.
Those who work or study in urban heat islands, such as large cities in Japan, generally have the convenience of air-conditioning indoors over the summer months, which largely counters the negative impact of heat on learning and productivity. However, brief exposure to hot environments during commuting or breaks is inevitable, and whether such exposure affects cognition has not been known. "Previous experiments have used specialized climate chambers to test these effects. However, outdoor thermal environment differs significantly from indoor thermal environments in terms of radiation and wind," said senior author Professor Hiroyuki Kusaka. "Radiation and wind have significant effects on thermal perception. Therefore, in order to assess the effects of outdoor heat stress on cognitive performance, experiments should be conducted in real outdoor environments."
Researchers simulated a real-world scenario during the Japanese summer in which workers or students leave an air-conditioned indoor environment to walk or have a break in a hot outdoor urban environment. Ninety-six students completed a simple arithmetic test in an air-conditioned room before either staying indoors, walking outside or resting outside for 15 minutes. They then returned indoors to complete a second arithmetic test, and any changes in performance were measured. Walking in a hot outdoor environment impaired cognitive performance; however, it was not simply the exposure to the hot environment that impaired cognition. Rather, it was the combination of walking and being outside in the summer heat that had impacted cognitive performance. Furthermore, this effect was more pronounced in people, specifically men, who were sleep-deprived, having slept less than 5 hours.
"Japanese office workers and students, especially men, need to be aware of this situation as they work and study," said Kusaka. The team hoped that their findings will help guide ways to improve productivity and learning in workers and students in Japan, and perhaps even further afield as the impact of climate change moves to the forefront. (ANI)
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Three Devon bookshops are in the running to be crowned Independent Bookshop of the Year at the 2022 British Book Awards.
Archway Bookshop in Axminster, East Gate Bookshop in Totnes and The Bookery in Crediton have been included in a list of nine independent retailers competing to be the South West’s regional finalist.
In total, 62 bookshops from nine regions and countries are in the running for the award. The regional and country winners will be announced on March 16.
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These will then form the shortlist for the Independent Bookshop of the Year Award. The winner will also compete to be crowned Retailer of the Year at the awards ceremony on May 23.
Tom Tivnan, managing editor of The Bookseller which runs the British Book Awards, said: “The received wisdom in the book trade when the pandemic first hit was that independent booksellers might be the most vulnerable.
“They have proved anything but as through close ties to their communities, indies have flourished for the last two years.
“This year’s Independent Bookshop of the Year regional and country finalists reflect a broad diversity across the UK and Ireland with the thread of innovation running through, no matter if they are one of the UK’s most venerable indies or one of its newest.”
The Bookery wrote on its Facebook page: “We’re absolutely delighted to be British Book Awards regional finalists. Huge thanks to our brilliant team and to everyone who has supported us during the last year, we couldn’t have done it without you.
“Congratulations to our fellow indies on the list, it’s been another tough year but we’re excited for better times to come.”
Archway Bookshop said: “Wow and double wow! A little way to go yet to actually get an award but how galvanising it is just to be up there amongst the finalists in such a prestigious scheme run by our industry.”
The East Gate Bookshop said being a regional finalist was “exciting news”.
The other independent bookshops in the South West category are: Little Toller Books in Beaminster, Max Minerva’s in Bristol, Persephone Books in Bath, Shrew Books in Fowey, Storysmith in Bristol and Winstone’s Hunting Raven in Frome.
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Communal polarisation, only weapon left with BJP to win elections, says CPI(M) leader Yechury
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Unleashing a scathing attack on the BJP and the RSS, CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Tuesday said the only weapon left with the saffron party to win elections is communal polarisation.
Inaugurating the Kerala state conference of the ruling CPI(M) here, Yechury said there was a systematic approach by the BJP government to undermine and assault the fundamental foundation of the Indian Constitution.
During his speech, Yechury mentioned a recent statement of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, that the Left ideology was a dangerous one, and said the communist ideology poses an alternative to everything that the BJP government is doing now.
The CPI(M) leader also said that the BJP has embarked on undermining the independent institutions of the country and attacked the Election Commission of India for not taking any action against the ''violation of model code of conduct'' even during the ongoing state assembly elections. ''Instead of addressing the problem of the people the only focus of the BJP is to sharpen communal polarisation...The only way they think they can garner people's support is by sharpening communal polarisation and it has reached a stage that it's the only electoral weapon left with the BJP to continue to win elections,'' Yechury said.
Commenting on Russia's attack on Ukraine, Yechury said invasion was not the answer and it must end immediately.
He said the previous governments of the country had evacuated lakhs of people during the Gulf war and the Libyan crisis and none of them were made to hold the Indian flag and postcards thanking the Prime Minister.
''That is the actual job of the government,'' Yechury said.
He said the union government has embarked on undermining independent institutions under the constitution which serve as checks and balances to ensure that constitutional rule prevails in our country.
Citing examples, Yechury said it's been nearly three years since the pleas challenging the constitutional validity of the abrogation of Article 370 and the CAA remain unheard. ''The challenges to the legalisation of political corruption through electoral bonds remain unheard. Then the Election Commission... even in these Assembly elections, every day you see a violation of the model code of conduct but the election commission does not act. The agencies like the ED and CBI are acting as the political agents or arms of the government and its political agenda,'' the Left leader said.
He said the country was witnessing a ''systematic assault of the Indian constitution and the undermining of all independent institutions'', adding that the BJP needed it to ensure the advancement of the ''fascistic RSS Hindutva agenda and to replace the secular democratic republic of India as defined by our constitution with their version of a fascistic Hindutva rashtra.'' He urged the party followers to strengthen the party in order to isolate the BJP not in just the elections but through ideological, organisational and cultural campaigns. ''Our PM in an orchestrated interview given to an electronic media has said that the Left today in India exists only in one corner in Kerala and went on to add that this is a dangerous ideology and they will have to fight to end this ideology. Why is it dangerous Mr PM? It is dangerous because it poses an alternative to everything that this government has been doing,'' Yechury said. He said Kerala was showing an alternative to the country and its people against the BJP which has been destroying the unity and integrity, livelihood of people and looting the country. ''And because Kerala is showing an alternative, it is dangerous for them,'' he said.
The state conference of the ruling CPI(M) ahead of its 23rd party congress is being held from March 1 to 4. The party congress will be held at Kannur from April 6-10.
Around 450 delegates including observers are taking part in the conference. Party state secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan will present the political organisational report in the conference. As part of the state conference, the party has arranged a major art and history exhibition and various cultural programmes. All the events are being held strictly in accordance with the COVID-19 health protocols.
Thousands of sculptures of historical figures and historical events have been set up across the city marking the conference. State Minister P Rajeeve, who is also the chairman of the reception committee, welcomed the delegates to the conference. The public meeting on March 4 will be inaugurated by Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. The party has planned a number of cultural events as a party of its state conference and on March 1, the KPAC, a prominent theatre group in Kerala will be performing the historical play - ''Ningalenne Communisttakki'' (You made me a communist). On March 2, party politburo member Prakash Karat will inaugurate a seminar on Constitution, Federalism and Secularism-the future of Indian democracy. A cultural meet is scheduled on March 3, which will be inaugurated by politburo member M A Baby in which prominent cultural leaders of Kerala are slated to participate.
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BJD steamrolls opposition to massive in Odisha Panchayat polls
The party won just one seat out of 28 ZP seats in Angul.With BJD winning a landslide victory in the rural polls in the state, party president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said the massive mandate for the party has increased its commitment for seva service to the people.Taking to twitter, Patnaik said, I thank the people from the core of my heart for their liking for BJD and support to the BJD candidates.
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The ruling BJD Tuesday steamrolled to a massive victory in the three-tire panchayat elections by winning 766 of the 852 seats declared by the State Election Commission (SEC).
While the BJD swept the elections, the state’s principal opposition party- the BJP could secure only 42 Zilla Parishad seats, followed by Congress with 37 ZP seats. Independent candidates won in three seats while four other seats went to smaller parties.
Of the state's total 853 Zilla Parisahad seats, the commission had held elections for 851 seats while one seat was won by BJD uncontested.
BJD secured some 52.73 per cent of 2,10,28,403 valid votes polled during five phases of polling held between February 15 and 24. While its rival BJP garnered a respectable but inadequate 30.07 per cent of votes and Congress 13.57 per cent. Independent candidates secured only 1.33 % of votes, while other parties got 2.79 per cent of votes.
The ruling BJD, which has secured 476 ZP seats in the previous 2017 rural polls, this time in 2022 gained 290 more seats. The BJP, on the other hand lost 255 ZP seats in 2022. While the saffron party had secured 297 ZP seats in 2017 elections, its tally has now come down to just 42.
Observers said the huge victory meant BJD would be able to consolidate its iron grip on rural Odisha, making it that much more difficult for rivals to wrest power from it in future elections. The Congress, which had bagged 60 ZP seats in 2017, has this time round won a mere 37 seats. The seats won by Independents and others, which were 17 in the previous election, have dipped to just seven in this election.
The ruling party, with its landslide victory, is now all set to form the Parishad in all the 30 districts of the state. The BJP had last time formed the Parishad in eight districts while Congress had formed Parishad in two districts.
While BJP, the state's main opposition party, failed to win any of the ZP seats in 10 districts, the Congress could not open its account in 18 districts.
The districts where BJP could not win any ZP seats were Bhadrak, Deogarh, Jagatsinghpur, Jajpur, Jharsuguuda, Koraput, Malkangiri, Mayurbhanj, Nabbarangpur and Rayagada.
Similarly, Congress candidates could not open their accounts in the districts of Angul, Bargarh, Bhadrak, Boudh, Cuttack, Deogarh, Dhenkanal, Ganjam, Jajpur, Jharsuguda, Kendrapara, Keonjhar, Khurda, Mayurbhanj, Nayagarh, Puri, Sambalpur and Sundargarh.
The counting for the three-tier panchayat elections were spread over February 26, 27 and 28.
The BJD has reversed its losses in 2017 and wrested all the 10 districts held by the opposition BJP and Congress. The party has this time established its hold over Balangir, Bargarh, Deogarh, Gajapati, Kalahandi, Mayurbhanj, Sambalpur, Sonepur, Rayagada and Jharsuguda.
In 2017 the BJP had won 476 seats and could form zilla parishads in 20 districts, while BJP formed had done so in eight districts and the Congress in two.
The BJP, which had formed ZPs in eight districts after winning 297 seats in 2017, faced a drubbing this time round in its bastions in western Odisha, Mayurbhanj and Malkangiri where it drew a blank.
It also fared badly in Angul, the home district of Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan who is considered the face of the saffron party in Odisha. The party won just one seat out of 28 ZP seats in Angul.
With BJD winning a landslide victory in the rural polls in the state, party president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said the massive mandate for the party has increased its commitment for “seva” (service) to the people.
Taking to twitter, Patnaik said, “I thank the people from the core of my heart for their liking for BJD and support to the BJD candidates. This massive mandate has reinforced our commitment towards service of the people. The dedicated service by the winning candidates and our party workers has made the BJD a movement.” Senior BJP leader Bijoy Mohapatra blamed a lack of clear strategy and lack of preparations for the huge loss. “It’s obvious if a party is unprepared and going to election. There was no clear strategy, neither was there any meeting prior to the polls in BJP,” Mohapatra said.
OPCC president Niranjan Patnaik admitted the defeat and alleged that the state government utilized public money to influence voters through welfare schemes before the election. PTI AAM JRC AAM JRC JRC
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UK's Truss says Russia becoming a 'global pariah', urges more action
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British foreign minister Liz Truss said on Tuesday that Russia was becoming a "global pariah" since Moscow launched an invasion of Ukraine last week and urged countries to isolate it further.
"...We are working to squeeze the Putin regime harder and harder by steadily tightening the vice," Truss told the Geneva-based U.N. Human Rights Council, accusing Russian President Vladimir Putin of "violating human rights on an industrial scale".
"I urge nations to condemn Russia's appalling actions, and isolate it on the international stage," she said.
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PM Modi speaks to deceased student's father to offer condolences
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday spoke to the father of Indian student Naveen Shekarappa Gyanagoudar, who died in shelling in war-hit Ukraine.Official sources said Modi offered his heartfelt condolences to the family following the tragedy.Gyanagoudar was a native of Karnatakas Haveri district.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday spoke to the father of Indian student Naveen Shekarappa Gyanagoudar, who died in shelling in war-hit Ukraine.
Official sources said Modi offered his heartfelt condolences to the family following the tragedy.
Gyanagoudar was a native of Karnataka's Haveri district. Earlier, the external affairs ministry in a tweet confirmed his death.
''With profound sorrow we confirm that an Indian student lost his life in shelling in Kharkiv this morning,'' it said. The ministry said it is in touch with Gyanagoudar's family.
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BSP candidates decided in Amit Shah's room; party's aim to help BJP: Om Prakash Rajbhar
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The names of Bahujan Samaj Party candidates were decided in Home Minister Amit Shah's room and the party is fighting the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls with an aim to help the BJP, alleges SBSP chief Om Prakash Rajbhar, while cautioning people against voting in favour of the Mayawati-led party.
The Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party (SBSP) chief also slammed Yogi Adityanath over his repeated bulldozer jibes, saying ''will put his bulldozer on pokland (machine), and send it back to his home''.
In an interview with PTI during his hectic campaign schedule in the Poorvanchal region, Rajbhar said people have made up their mind for a change of government, and expressed confidence that the Samajwadi Party-led alliance of which his party is a part will get a clear majority.
On claims made in some quarters that his party may again join hands with the BJP after the polls, Rajbhar said the BJP people are ''the biggest liars''.
''They are trained in Nagpur to lie,'' he alleged, in an apparent reference to the RSS headquarters in Nagpur.
The SBSP had contested the 2017 polls in alliance with the BJP. It is now in alliance with the SP to take on the BJP.
Asked about Prime Minister Narendra Modi's accusation against the Samajwadi Party of supporting terrorists, he instead took a dig at the saffron party, saying if it aligns with Mehbooba Mufti it is fine, but when the SP-led alliance talks about rights of Muslims, it is wrong. Asked whether parties such as the BSP could play a spoiler for their alliance, Rajbhar said, ''What do I say…people are not even taking notice of parties such as the Congress and BSP.'' People have made up their mind to throw the BJP out of power and the only alternative is the SP-led coalition, he said.
Asserting that the BSP is fighting polls with an aim to help the BJP form government, he alleged that BSP candidates are decided at Shah's behest, in his room and only given the symbol in the BSP office. He cautioned people against voting in favour of the Mayawati-led party.
Talking about the major issues that people would keep in mind while casting their votes, Rajbhar said a big issue was stray cattle, followed by unemployment.
He highlighted that the SP-SBSP alliance has promised about 300 unit free electricity, free medical facilities to the poor and a caste census within six months, among other things. ''People have faith in us. We talk about rights and so people are with us,'' he asserted.
Stressing that ''change is in the air'', Rajbhar said that in the whole of Uttar Pradesh, people are fed up of inflation, corruption, ''goonda raj'' and the stray cattle issue. The response of the people is there for everyone to see and that is the feeling prevailing in all parts of UP, the SBSP chief said. He said the BJP was talking about terrorism but not about basic things such as food, shelter, clothing, education, and medicine.
''How people will get education, how they will get employment, how peace and calm is maintained. They are not bothered about all that. They (the BJP) only spread hatred,'' he alleged.
On Yogi Adityanath's statement that it was a 80 per cent versus 20 per cent election, Rajbhar said, ''We talk about 85-15''-- a reference to the backward community.
Asserting that it was turning out to be a ''no-contest'' with the BJP, he exuded confidence that his party in alliance with SP and other partners, will form the next government in the state with full majority.
''Be it Ballia, Mau, Ghazipur, Ambedkar Nagar, Azamgarh, the BJP will not open its account here. I have been moving around in all mandals, the people of the state want change,'' Rajbhar said.
He also countered Adityanath's statement that there had been a vast improvement in the law and order situation in the state.
''The law and order is so good that in Hathras the body of a girl was set afire with petrol, following her rape. A trader was killed in a hotel in his (Adityanath) own district,'' he said.
''Any Dalit, oppressed, deprived is being beaten up in police station when he or she goes there to complain, FIRs are not being lodged,'' Rajbhar claimed.
The law and order that they talk about is only on TV and papers, it is in ''a bad shape'' on the ground, he alleged.
In a public meeting here on Monday, Rajbhar said the stray cattle issue had become a headache for farmers but the BJP government did not bother about it. He elaborated on his alliance promise to ensure that cattle would be well taken care of in 'Goshalas' and not venture into fields.
The SBSP chief said he had first hand experienced how the BJP ''duped'' people, including his party, by the promise of 'Achche Din'. He also accused the BJP leaders of dealing only in 'jumlas'.
The SBSP is contesting 18 seats in alliance with the SP. Rajbhar himself is in fray from Zahoorabad in Ghazipur district of eastern Uttar Pradesh facing a triangular contest from Kalicharan Rajbhar of the BJP and Shadab Fatima of the BSP.
Poorvanchal will go to the polls in the last two phases on March 3 and March 7. The results will be declared on March 10.
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Sukhbir, Harsimrat meet Bikram Majithia in Patiala jail
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SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal and his wife and former Union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Tuesday met Bikram Singh Majithia in Patiala jail.
Talking to reporters in Patiala, Badal accused Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi and Deputy Chief Minister Sukhjinder Randhawa of registering a ''false'' case against Majithia.
The Shiromani Akali Dal chief said they have complete faith in the judicial system and the entire party stands behind Majithia.
Majithia, who is Harsimrat Kaur's brother, was sent to judicial custody for two weeks on February 24 after he surrendered before a Mohali court in connection with a drugs case. The court had rejected his bail plea on February 25.
The Supreme Court had recently directed the Punjab Police to not arrest the former Punjab minister till February 23 in a drugs case so he can undertake electioneering in the state.
A bench comprising Chief Justice N V Ramana and Justices A S Bopanna and Hima Kohli had, however, directed Majithia to surrender before a trial court after the Punjab assembly polls on February 20.
Majithia was booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act on December 20 last year.
On the students from Punjab who are stranded in Ukraine, Badal urged the Centre to intensify its efforts to bring them back safely from the war-torn country.
''The students who are stuck in Ukraine should be evacuated immediately,'' he said.
When asked how many seats the SAD-BSP alliance will win in the assembly polls, Badal exuded confidence, ''We will win 80 seats.'' The polling for 117 assembly segments in Punjab was held on February 20 and the counting of votes will take place on March 10.
Badal took an exception to the Centre's recent decision of making changes in the rules for selection of two functionaries of the Bhakra Beas Management Board.
''The SAD has always supported the federal structure but slowly the rights of the states are diminishing,'' he said.
The recent change in the rules for appointment of BBMB's two members hkicked up a row with several political leaders in Punjab strongly opposing the Centre's move.
The BBMB, which is a statutory body under the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966 and manages the water resources of Sutlej and Beas, has a whole-time chairman and two members -- member (irrigation) and member (power).
According to convention, member (power) is always from Punjab and member (irrigation) is from Haryana and they are selected from a panel of senior engineers. However, now the changes in the rules for selection allow anyone to apply for these posts.
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Cong says it will take to streets if fuel prices hiked after assembly elections
The Congress will take to the streets if the prices of petrol, diesel and LPG are raised after the elections, she said.The assembly elections in five states will conclude on March 7.We will agitate and we will try our best to not allow the common people to suffer due to inflation, which is man-made or Modi-made disaster.The Indian National Congress assures the middle-class families that we will agitate while seeking relief from this insensitive government from this rising inflation, the Congress leader said.
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The Congress on Tuesday attacked the government over the rise in prices of commercial LPG and milk and said it will take to the streets if fuel prices are hiked after the assembly elections.
Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi said by raising the price of LPG, the government has proved that it has nothing to do with the suffering of people.
He suggested that the prices of petrol and diesel could increase next.
''By increasing the price of LPG once again, the Modi government has made it clear that it has nothing to do with the sufferings of the common people. Today LPG, tomorrow petrol-diesel,'' Gandhi said in a tweet in Hindi, using the hashtag ''#KiskeAchheDin''.
Congress leader Alka Lamba said on the first day of March, milk prices have been raised by Rs 2 each and this has come as a jolt for children and women.
She said the commercial LPG cylinder price that has been raised by Rs 105 in Delhi has crossed Rs 2000 each.
''It is feared that domestic LPG rates would also be hiked by Rs 27 soon after the elections are over,'' she said.
The Congress spokesperson said the BJP has ''conceded defeat'' in Uttar Pradesh elections as LPG rates have been hiked even during the midst of assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh and people are going to ''punish'' the ruling BJP over the issue of prices.
Talking about the GDP rates, she said it has fallen to 5.4 percent in December October-against 8.5 percent in the preceding quarter.
''The growth is only on paper and in political speeches of BJP leaders and in 'jumlebaazi' (rhetoric) but not on the ground where the common people have to suffer and unemployment is growing,'' Lamba alleged.
''The Indian National Congress has always taken the issue of price rise of petrol, diesel and LPG seriously. The Congress will take to the streets if the prices of petrol, diesel and LPG are raised after the elections,'' she said.
The assembly elections in five states will conclude on March 7.
''We will agitate and we will try our best to not allow the common people to suffer due to inflation, which is man-made or Modi-made disaster.
''The Indian National Congress assures the middle-class families that we will agitate while seeking relief from this insensitive government from this rising inflation,'' the Congress leader said.
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BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) _ ADT Inc. (ADT) on Tuesday reported a loss of $58 million in its fourth quarter.
The Boca Raton, Florida-based company said it had a loss of 7 cents per share. Losses, adjusted for non-recurring costs, came to 3 cents per share.
The home security company posted revenue of $1.38 billion in the period.
For the year, the company reported that its loss narrowed to $341 million, or 41 cents per share. Revenue was nearly unchanged at $5.31 billion.
ADT expects full-year revenue in the range of $6.2 billion to $6.4 billion.
ADT shares have decreased 13% since the beginning of the year, while the S&P's 500 index has dropped 8%. The stock has dropped nearly 4% in the last 12 months.
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