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J-K security situation not grim, some cases of targeted killings taken place: BJP

Srinagar: Condemning the fatal attack on a former police officer inside a mosque in Baramulla district, the BJP said on Sunday the security situation is not grim in Jammu and Kashmir even though there are some cases of targeted killings.

Ashok Koul, the BJP’s general secretary (Organisation, J-K), said killing a police officer who has served the nation for 40 years is cowardly and condemnable. “I am sure the government will crush it.”

He added, “It is not a grim security situation. Yes, target killings are taking place, but, the situation is not like what it was in 2016-17, or before that in 2010 or how the situation was from 1990.

“The situation is better, but incidents have taken place which should not. I am sure the government will crush it,” BJP’s general secretary, organisation, J-K, Ashok Koul, told reporters here.

Condemning the killing of former SSP Mohammad Shafi Mir, who was shot inside a mosque in Baramulla district early Sunday morning, Koul said the neighbouring country would be given a befitting reply for such acts.

“We condemn these target killings. No society can tolerate it. Killing a police officer who has served the nation for 40 years is cowardly and condemnable. We condemn these actions of the neighbouring country and will give a befitting reply to it,” the BJP leader said.

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New MP CM bans unregulated use of loudspeakers at religious places

Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Wednesday banned the “unregulated usage of loudspeakers at religious places and other public spaces”.

Yadav also ordered imposing a ban on meat sales “in the open”.

As per the order issued on Wednesday evening, the Chief Minister directed the officials to frame guidelines regarding the imposition of a ban on “unregulated use of loudspeakers in religious places and other public places” across the state.

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He asked the officials to identify the places where meat is being sold in open places and furnish a detailed report to the Home Department by December 31.

A senior Home Department official said that a Flying Squad will be constituted in each district to monitor the sound levels (permissible decibel limits) of loudspeakers and DJ systems playing music at religious places.

Yadav (58), who became the 19th Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh and fifth BJP leader to be sworn in for the top post.

He was associated with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) during his college days in 1993.

Reacting to CM Yadav’s very first order, Congress spokesperson Abbas Hafeez said the BJP is trying to divert attention from the real issues and the promises it made during the election.

“It would have been better had the CM signed first order on one of the promises it made to the people during the election campaign. But the BJP is trying to make people indulge in religious conflict. CM Mohan Yadav trying to compete with other BJP Chief Ministers,” he added.

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Parliament security breach: No passes for visitors’ gallery till further orders, says sources

New Delhi: After the security of Parliament was breached, the Secretary General of Lok Sabha has written to the Ministry of Home Affairs over a review of security and decision has been taken that no passes will be issued for the visitors’ gallery till further orders, Sources said.

Earlier, Lok Sabh Speaker Om Birla met with leaders of political parties over the security breach incident, and he agreed with the Opposition leaders raising concerns related to security, assuring that security would be reviewed.

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According to sources, the Secretary General of Lok Sabha has written to the Ministry of Home Affairs over a review of security.

No passes will be issued for the public gallery till further orders. Speaker Om Birla has also taken charge of the matter related to issuing passes to personal assistants of MPs, sources added.

On the 22nd anniversary of the Parliament terror attack, there was a major security breach when two intruders entered the Lok Sabha chamber from the visitor gallery during Zero Hour.

In a security breach in Lok Sabha, two men jumped into the House from the visitors’ gallery and had canisters in their hand, Congress MP Karti Chidambaram said.

They released yellow gas from canisters and shouted slogans before being overpowered by MPs.

Visuals showed an unidentified man jumping from the visitor’s gallery of Lok Sabha after which there was a slight commotion. The House was adjourned till 2 pm.

The incident happened when members were raising matters of urgent public importance and BJP MP Khagen Murmu was raising his issue.

Simultaneously, two individuals, including a woman, sprayed colored gas and shouted slogans outside the Parliament premises.

Earlier in the day, Congress MP Karti Chidambaram said that two men jumped into the House from the visitor’s gallery and had canisters in their hands.

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COP28: 44% drop in climate finance to agrifood systems in Asia, concern for farmers

Dubai: The amount of climate finance flowing to agrifood systems is strikingly low and continues to diminish compared to global climate finance flows, a new report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) warned on Sunday.

However, the drop in finance is a matter of concern for smallholder farmers.

The decline is happening at a time when more financing is urgently needed to help reach the goals of the Paris Agreement and support the implementation of the United Arab Emirates Declaration on Sustainable Agriculture, Resilient Food Systems, and Climate Action signed by over 150 world leaders at the underway United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai, says the FAO.

Climate finance refers to local, national or transnational financing — drawn from public, private and alternative sources of financing — that seeks to support mitigation and adaptation actions to address climate change.

Between 2000 and 2021, climate-related development financial support for agrifood systems amounted to $183 billion, with more than half of the funding delivered after 2016.

However, in 2021, contributions plummeted to $19 billion, a 12 per cent decline compared to 2020.

The most affected region was Asia, with a sharp drop of 44 per cent compared to 2020.

Africa and Europe experienced a mild increase of four per cent, while Latin America and the Caribbean saw a modest increment of six per cent.

Although there has been an overall global increasing trend in absolute terms since 2000, doubling from $9 billion allocated in 2010 to $19 billion in 2021, the growth rate of climate-related development finance towards agrifood systems falls significantly short of the average growth rate of three to four times observed in climate-related development finance overall.

Smallholder farmers are on the frontlines of climate change, especially in the developing nations, agricultural advocates told IANS.

They say the nations now need to reach out to the farmers with resources that can strengthen their operations and build resilience as they are exposed to a wide range of risks arising from weather variability, natural hazards, and pests and diseases.

Delhi-based Climate Trends compiles evidence to showcase the extent of India’s agricultural vulnerability amidst changing summer monsoon season. Citing scientific evidence and public data, Climate Trends says the summer monsoon rainfall has declined by six per cent since the 1950s.

In the central region of India, where about 60 per cent of agriculture is rainfed, summer monsoon rains have declined by 10 per cent.

While the monsoon rains have weakened, the intensity of the rains has increased, triggering dangerous floods.

“The message is loud and clear: we must turn around from the ecological disaster we are headed towards. Let us work together for the sake of all life on the planet,” Indian spiritual leader Sadhguru told IANS at COP28 where he was for ‘save soil’ campaign.

Agriculture expert Meena Pokhrel of Nepal Agricultural Cooperative Central Federation Ltd told IANS that in the fields every seed matters with smallholder farmers echo a plea for resilience.

“Strengthening our foundations with resources isn’t just a need; it’s a collective investment in safeguarding our harvests, ensuring sustenance, and weathering the storms of change.”

Stating that resources are definitely needed to build resilience, Vandana Thottoli, Business development advisor with Dutch Fund for Climate and Development at SNV, said not all climate-smart agriculture practices need to be resource heavy.

“Mulching, using bio slurry, composting and other activities can still be done with limited resources.

“Resources will always be limited, and allocation might not always be equitable in developing nations, due to a myriad of reasons. So using resources efficiently and wisely needs to be stressed.”

Neslon Kipkosgey, 30-year-old farmer from Uganda, said: “Yes, developing nations can help us in strengthening our operations and build our resilience in the face of climate change. For example, I require improved seed varieties that are resilient to extreme weather conditions.”

According to the FAO report, amid worsening climate impacts and slow progress on reducing greenhouse gases, embracing sustainable agrifood systems practices — covering production, distribution and consumption — can help nations adapt, build resilience, and cut greenhouse gas emissions while ensuring food security and protecting biodiversity.

“The unique potential of agrifood systems to tackle the climate crisis can only be realized by scaling up investments in agrifood systems solutions and actions. The diminishing trends of both agrifood and adaptation investments is a missed opportunity to equip farmers around the world with the knowledge, the much-needed technologies and innovation to enhance their resilience and adapt to climate change impacts,” said FAO Deputy Director-General Maria Helena Semedo.

Agriculture is one of the sectors with the highest adaptation finance needs for implementing the Nationally Determined Contributions (or national climate plans), but climate finance for adaptation is also on a downward trend.

The FAO report mentions that according to a recent analysis from the Climate Policy Initiative, only four per cent of global climate finance went to agrifood systems between 2019 and 2020.

To transform agrifood systems and achieve not only climate action but all the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), nations would need to mobilise about $680 billion a year until 2030.

The report highlights the increasing popularity of blended finance, which combines public and private funds to encourage climate-smart agricultural projects with significant financial, environmental, and social benefits.

It emphasizes that effectively addressing climate change in agrifood systems requires a comprehensive and customized financing approach that aligns with the specific needs and priorities of different regions and sectors.

To accomplish this, the authors stress the importance of understanding the most suitable financial instruments and the appropriate allocation of climate finance to different sectors, a crucial step in pursuing global climate objectives while also responding to local needs and contexts.

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Where there is a scam, there is a Congress leader: Irani on cash recovery

Amethi: Union minister Smriti Irani on Saturday took a dig at the Congress over the recovery of “unaccounted” cash from the premises of a party leader during income tax raids, saying this is not the first time a Congress MP is found involved in “corruption”.

The seizure of “unaccounted” cash after the income-tax department raided an Odisha-based distillery group and entities linked to it is expected to reach Rs 290 crore, making it the “highest-ever” black money haul by any agency in a single operation, official sources said on Saturday.

The tax department has deployed about 40 large and small machines to count the currency notes and brought in more department and bank staffers to finish the process, which began on December 6 following raids against Boudh Distillery Private Limited and others, the sources said.

Besides these, more vehicles have also been requisitioned by the department to transport the seized cash to government banks in the state.

A premises linked to Congress’s Rajya Sabha MP from Jharkhand, Dhiraj Prasad Sahu, was also searched as part of the operation, the sources said.

“Why is it that where there is a scam, there is a Congress leader,” Irani, the local BJP MP, told reporters at Gauriganj here. “This is not the first MP of Congress who is involved in corruption.”

“Not only humans but also machine got tired in counting the notes, but money continues to be recovered from the house of a corrupt leader of the Congress. Rs 200 crore worth of corruption has come out of the house of a corrupt Congress MP. Whose ATM is this in the Gandhi family, the answer to this question will be awaited,” Irani said.

While addressing the Vikasit Bharat Sankalp Yatra here, Irani targeted the Nehru-Gandhi family without naming them. “The area where India’s top politicians have ruled for years and enjoyed power, they did not think about it.”

She said India will be a developed nation by 2047.

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Very little for people to rejoice over election results outside J-K: Omar Abdullah

Jammu: National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Sunday said there was very little for the people of Jammu and Kashmir to rejoice over the victory of other parties in elections held in other states.

The former chief minister of the erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir state made the remarks on a day the BJP won assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh while the Congress wrested power away from the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) in Telangana.

“There was very little for the people to rejoice over the victory of others in the elections held across various states in the country because it has been years now since the locals have seen elections in Jammu and Kashmir,” Omar said in his address to the party’s zonal workers during its one-day convention at Tikri in Udhampur district.

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He said, “We can only see the spectacle in other states but cannot have it here. Democracy ends where Jammu and Kashmir begins.”

Taking a swipe at the central government, the National Conference vice-president said people who blow the trumpet of democracy across the world do not allow it to come to Jammu and Kashmir.

“They have shown that they not just hate the idea of assembly but panchayats and urban local bodies as well. It’s no wonder that they might wind up district development councils as well,” Abdullah said.

“What is the fault of the people of Jammu and Kashmir that they are being deprived of their democratic right and are not even being given the opportunity to elect their assembly (members)?” he asked.

On the contrary, he alleged that “crownless kings” have been imposed upon the people of Jammu and Kashmir who take decisions related to the Union Territory but do not involve the people in those.

Criticising the central government and BJP leaders for “misleading the country” on Article 370, Abdullah said, “These people give speeches every day enumerating the negatives related to Article 370 but if I may ask them what exactly did its revocation change for the people of Jammu and Kashmir?”

“What benefits did our people reap from its revocation? Contrarily, it was Article 370 that gave land rights to our people. It was the very same provision that made the right to free education up to the university level possible in Jammu and Kashmir. Our people, particularly the landless, poor and the workers — irrespective of their religious and regional affiliations — reaped the benefits of Article 370 while its abrogation has not yielded any benefit. People are only suffering,” he added.

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Gadkari says ‘relieved and happy’ after rescue of 41 workers from Silkyara tunnel

New Delhi: Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday said he is “relieved and happy” as all 41 trapped workers have been rescued from the collapsed Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand.

“I am completely relieved and happy as 41 trapped laborers in the Silkyara Tunnel Collapse have been successfully rescued,” Gadkari said in a post on X.

I am completely relieved and happy as 41 trapped laborers in the Silkyara Tunnel Collapse have been successfully rescued.

This was a well-coordinated effort by multiple agencies, marking one of the most significant rescue operations in recent years. Various departments and…

— Nitin Gadkari (@nitin_gadkari) November 28, 2023

The 41 workers, who were trapped in the tunnel since November 12, were rescued on Tuesday evening.

The Road Transport and Highways Minister said that the government will do a safety audit of all under-construction tunnels.

“This was a well-coordinated effort by multiple agencies, marking one of the most significant rescue operations in recent years. Various departments and agencies complemented each other despite facing numerous challenges,” Gadkari said.

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He expressed gratitude to each agency and individual involved in this rescue operation as well as deep appreciation for the international rescue experts, administrative officers, and the Uttarakhand government for their swift and effective response.

“I take this opportunity to thank the Hon’ble PM Shri @narendramodi Ji, who has been constantly monitoring the entire operation and providing guidance and support whenever required. CM Uttarakhand Shri @pushkardhami Ji and my colleague Shri @Gen_VKSingh Ji almost camped there during the operation,” he said.

I take this opportunity to thank the Hon’ble PM Shri @narendramodi Ji, who has been constantly monitoring the entire operation and providing guidance and support whenever required. CM Uttarakhand Shri @pushkardhami Ji and Shri @Gen_VKSingh Ji almost camped

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Gadkari also expressed his gratitude to the officers and engineers of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) for their sincere efforts.

The minister said that the ministry has learnt a lot of lessons from this incident. “We will also do a safety audit of all under-construction tunnels,” he said.

Noting that the Himalayan geology is “fragile”, Gadkari said the ministry will try to find solutions to the problems being faced there.

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Despite challenges, efforts on to rescue trapped workers in Uttarakhand: PM Modi

Hyderabad: Despite challenges from nature in the evacuation process of the 41 workers trapped inside a tunnel in Uttarakhand, the government stands firmly to bring them out to safety, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday.

Modi prayed for the safe evacuation of the workers who have been trapped in a tunnel in Uttarakhand for the last 15 days at a ‘Koti Deepotsavam’, a religious event of lighting lamps during the Hindu Kartika month, here.

He said the government is making continuous efforts to evacuate the workers safely and as early as possible.

“But, we have to complete this relief and rescue operation with lot of alertness. Nature is continuously giving us challenges in this effort. But, we are standing firm. We are making efforts round-the-clock. We have to pray for the safe evacuation of those workers and to do it as early as possible,” Modi said.

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The government and all agencies together are leaving no stone unturned to bring them out safely, he said.

“When we are praying to God today and talk about human welfare, then we have to pray for all those worker brothers who have been trapped inside a tunnel in Uttarakhand for the past two weeks,” he said.

The family members of the workers need to be given courage that the whole country is with them, he said.

He prayed that every lamp lit in the ‘Dev Diwali’ and ‘Koti Deepotsavam’ would bring light in the lives of those trapped workers at the earliest.

It has been 15 days since the 41 workers were trapped inside the Silkyara tunnel after a portion of it collapsed on November 12. The rescue operation was started soon after the incident but the work was delayed due to hurdles in drilling.

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