Amaravati: With an aim to educate people from the state who seek to move to countries in the Middle-East to eke out a living, from being duped by unscrupulous agents, the Andhra Pradesh Non-Resident Telugu Society (APNRTS) is organising workshop in West Godavari district on Tuesday.
The society is planning to organise the workshops in parts of the southern state which see high numbers of migrations abroad for a living.
“Many people go to the Gulf countries from our state but a lot of them get deceived by unscrupulous agents’ words without proper awareness to face hardships,” the society, an entity of the Andhra government, said in a press release on Monday.
APNRTS called on people planning to migrate overseas, including NGOs and recruitment agents to attend the session and get their doubts clarified. The helpline numbers are: 0863-2340678 and 8500027678, for the same purpose.
Civil Supplies Minister Karumuri Venkata Nageshwara Rao and senior officials from the district administration will attend the workshop.
The society works for the safety and welfare of expatriates from Andhra Pradesh spread across the globe, including offering several other services useful for them.
Jerusalem: A Palestinian man rammed a car into pedestrians near a street market in Jerusalem, injuring five people before he was shot and killed, Israeli police said in a statement.
The incident took place on Monday on a busy street next to Jerusalem’s Mahane Yehuda Market, a crowded souk in the city centre, reports Xinhua news agency.
The suspect, a 39-year-old Palestinian man from the town of Beit Safafa in Jerusalem, was “neutralised” and killed at the scene, according to the statement.
CCTV footage shows that the driver deliberately crashed his car into the crowd, and “a preliminary examination has ruled out any mechanical fault in the vehicle”, Israeli police said.
Israel’s rescue service Magen David Adom said in a statement that a 70-year-old man sustained serious wounds in the attack.
At a ceremony to mark Israel’s Memorial Day for fallen soldiers, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the attack was “another attempt to murder Israeli citizens”.
“These terrorist attacks come with the expectation that they will overcome us and will uproot us from here, and if they could, they would murder us all. But they will not overcome us; we will overcome them.”
Following the attack, Israel is on heightened alert ahead of Memorial Day, which commemorates soldiers and civilians who have been killed in conflict and attacks since 1860, the BBC reported.
The occasion leads into Independence Day on Tuesday night and Wednesday. The day is celebrated with patriotic events, with this year marking Israel’s 75th anniversary.
Monday’s attack comes amid a surge in Israeli-Palestinian violence this year.
It came hours after Israeli troops shot and killed a 20-year-old Palestinian man in the Aqbat Jaber refugee camp in the West Bank during an arrest raid.
Since the start of this year, more than 90 Palestinians — militants and civilians — have been killed by Israeli forces.
Eighteen Israelis, a Ukrainian and an Italian — all civilians, except for an Israeli paramilitary police officer — have been also killed in attacks by (or suspected to have been carried out by) Palestinians and, in one case, an Israeli Arab.
(Except for the headline, the story has not been edited by Siasat staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
The rape case brought in New York against Donald Trump by the famed advice columnist E Jean Carroll has caught the attention of America as the latest legal drama to involve the former US president.
The case is so far the only one to come to court among more than a dozen allegations of rape, groping and other sexual assaults made against Trump.
What does Carroll accuse Trump of?
Carroll has filed two separate lawsuits against Trump. The first accuses him of defamation after he accused her of lying in her book, What Do We Need Men For? A Modest Proposal, in which she accuses Trump and other men of abusing her.
Carroll brought the second lawsuit after New York passed a law last year giving adult victims of sexual assault a window of one year to file civil actions against their assailants where the statute of limitations has expired. She is seeking damages after accusing Trump of assaulting her in a department store changing room in the mid-1990s.
The first lawsuit is on hold amid legal wrangling about whether the Trump can be sued for comments he made while president.
What was Trump’s response to the accusations?
Trump denied the allegations with his usual vigour, at various times saying that Carroll was “totally lying” and calling her a “nut job”. He also claimed that he would never have assaulted her because she was “not my type”.
Trump also claimed never to have met Carroll, even though they were photographed together with their spouses in 1987.
He said: “I’ve never met this person in my life. She is trying to sell a new book – that should indicate her motivation. It should be sold in the fiction section.”
Why is the US justice department siding with Trump in Carroll’s defamation lawsuit?
The justice department asked to move the defamation case from state to federal court on the grounds that Trump’s public statements in 2019 denying rape were made as part of his job as president. The administration then argued that Carroll is not suing Trump as an individual but as an employee of the US government, and that therefore the government should be substituted for Trump as the defendant.
“The government thus asserts that this case is virtually identical in principle to a lawsuit against a Postal Service driver for causing a car accident while delivering the mail,” said the judge in considering the position.
The judge rejected the claim that the president is just another government worker and said that, in any case, his statements about Carroll were not within the scope of his employment.
The issue is due to be considered by the Washington DC appeals court.
What will happen if Trump loses the sexual assault case?
If the jury finds that Trump did rape or otherwise assault Carroll, it is likely to order him to pay damages. It will also mean that for the first time in US history, a jury will have found a former president is a rapist.
Political scientists say it is unlikely to do much damage to Trump’s run for the Republican presidential nomination next year because his more ardent supporters regard the various legal cases against him as a conspiracy.
But it will add to his already considerable political baggage in the general election and prove a further obstacle to re-election as president.
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Khatron Ke Khiladi 12 host Rohit Shetty (Instagram)
Mumbai: Khatron Ke Khiladi, one of the most popular reality shows in India, is all set to return with its 13th season. The show, which tests the physical and mental strength of its contestants, has always managed to keep its audience on the edge of their seats.
As the show is set to begin its shooting soon, the excitement among fans has only intensified. Several big names from the entertainment industry have been doing rounds on the internet creating a buzz among fans.
Khatron Ke Khiladi 13 Contestants List 2023
Seven contestants who have confirmed their participation in KKK 13 are —
Anjali Anand
Shiv Thakare
Ruhi Chaturvedi
Anjum Fakih
Arjit Taneja
Soundous Moufakir
Archana Gautam
Nyrra Banerjee
With such a strong line-up of contestants, fans are eagerly waiting for the show to begin. This year, the show is likely to be shot in Argentina and is expected to begin shooting in the coming weeks. It will be interesting to see who emerges as the ultimate Khiladi in this season of the show.
Stay tuned to Siasat.com for more interesting scoops and updates on Khatron Ke Khiladi 13.
Islamabad: Pakistan Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir is in China on a four-day official visit aimed at enhancing bilateral military relations with the neighbouring country, according to the military’s media wing Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).
“COAS is on a four-day official visit to China for enhancing bilateral military relations,” Dawn news quoted the ISPR as saying in a brief statement.
During his visit, the army chief will hold meetings with the Chinese leadership, Radio Pakistan reported.
This is COAS Munir’s fourth overseas visit ever since he took charge as the army chief in November 2022.
Earlier this year, he undertook a week-long official visit to the UAE and Saudi Arabia and held meetings with the top leadership of the Gulf states.
During the visit, the officials reviewed Pakistan’s bilateral ties with the two countries and discussed ways to strengthen the relations.
Later in February, the COAS visited the UK for meetings on defence-related issues.
He also attended a conference at Wilton Park, an executive agency created by the UK Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office to foster open dialogue between governments, Dawn reported.
New Delhi: Twitter CEO Elon Musk on Tuesday said that verified accounts on the microblogging site will now be prioritised.
“Verified accounts are now prioritised,” he tweeted.
This development might give special attention to people who have had their accounts verified.
For instance, if your account is verified, people looking at Twitter are more likely to see your posts.
Last week, Musk removed all legacy verified accounts with Blue check marks.
American actor Charlie Sheen publicly begged Musk to return his blue Twitter check mark.
Sheen, like thousands of others, lost his official verification badge after a site-wide purge of legacy verified accounts.
He was among the ones who refused to pony up for Twitter Blue – Musk’s $8-dolllar-a-month subscription service.
However, Sheen’s blue check was soon restored.
Amitabh Kant, the former chief executive officer of NITI Aayog, also lost the Blue Tick on Twitter.
Earlier, it was said that Twitter will not remove verified status from the government accounts and accounts being run by government officials.
Kant’s Blue Tick has not yet been restored.
Moreover, Twitter’s ongoing Blue Tick saga took yet another twist later, as many influential and famous users have had their blue checks restored by Musk, despite not subscribing to the service.
Numerous influential and well-known Twitter users globally have had their Blue verification badges reinstated next to their usernames.
New Delhi: Advertisements should be banned for unhealthy food products, as it is increasing consumption of ultra processed foods which is in turn driving a surge in noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) like heart disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes and chronic lung disease, in India, according to an expert.
Speaking to IANS, Dr Arun Gupta, senior paediatrician, Convener of Nutrition Advocacy in Public Interest (NAPi) — a national think-tank on nutrition, said that India is sitting on a ticking time bomb for noncommunicable disease.
“There is enough evidence in the world, particularly, in the past five years, which shows the increasing consumption of ultra processed foods products, whether food or drinks, is linked to higher mortality, diabetes, cardiovascular disease (CVD), cancer, depression, kidney diseases and more” Dr Gupta.
About 60 per cent of deaths in the country are happening due to NCDs and it has been rising very sharply in the past 20 years.
India is also seeing a 25 per cent increase in obesity rates in the past five years, both in men and women.
So, I think there should be a ban on advertising by defining foods, which are healthy and unhealthy. Only healthy ones should be allowed to marketise, the unhealthy should not,” Dr Gupta said.
He explained that the ultra processed foods and drinks are those which are industrially manufactured. These are laden with chemical additives like flavours and emulsifiers, to increase its shelf life. These “can actually affect your microbiome”.
“Your food packet can be ultra-processed if it has more than 5 ingredients. Always read the label,” he said.
Being industrially formulated, it destroys the food matrix and then adding of these chemicals, causes inflammation in the body, which is the reason behind all these diseases, Dr Gupta said.
In addition, these foods are usually high on sugar, salt and flavours to “make it tasty, highly palatable so that people don’t stop eating them”.
This leads to overeating, which in turn causes obesity – the precursor of all the NCDs, including diabetes, he said.
Recently, a food influencer was threatened by Cadbury after he exposed in a viral post on Instagram that their nutritional drink Bournvita contains added sugar and colours which can be unhealthy.
According to Dr Gupta, people who can afford to eat a good diverse diet, which includes a good amount of vegetables or non vegetarian foods, and fruits, actually need not take additional nutritional drinks.
“It’s a fashion to drink more powders like Bournvita/Complan because of the aggressive marketing of the unhealthy products, where people think that I will be more healthy. But where is the marker of being more healthy? Some also claim that you can become tall and more strong? How does one get taller and stronger with their products?”
“Adding these chemicals, including added sugars, can make milk, which is already a healthy drink, unhealthy”.
He added he won’t even advise “consuming these products in moderation”.
While occasionally eating a mithai made at home or bought may not harm, eating industrially processed food or drinks can have serious health effects, Dr Gupta told IANS.
“About 20 years back nobody knew the harmful effects but now we know. So first thing, avoid any product which is advertised which is harmful to us”.
Besides adult men and women, the NCDs are also rising in children owing to heavy marketing of unhealthy food and drinks.
“Children should be kept away from these advertisements, if not, they should be told that these are harmful products, they’re not good for health, even though the company claims otherwise.
His advice to parents: “Do not buy anything which is advertised as a food product”.
The decision, climate experts and advocates said, felt “like a dam breaking” after years of legal delays to the growing wave of climate lawsuits facing major oil companies.
Without weighing in on the merits of the cases, the supreme court on Monday rebuffed an appeal by major oil companies that want to face the litigation in federal courts, rather than in state courts, which are seen as more favorable to plaintiffs.
ExxonMobil Corp, Suncor Energy Inc and Chevron Corp had asked for the change of venue in lawsuits by the state of Rhode Island and municipalities in Colorado, Maryland, California and Hawaii.
Six years have passed since the first climate cases were filed in the US, and courts have not yet heard the merits of the cases as fossil fuel companies have succeeded in delaying them. In March, the Biden administration had argued that the cases belonged in state court, marking a reversal of the position taken by the Trump administration when the supreme court last considered the issue.
The Rhode Island attorney general, Peter Neronha, said his state was now finally preparing for trial after “nearly half a decade of delay tactics” by the industry. A joint statement from the California cities of Santa Cruz, San Mateo and Richmond and Marin county said the oil companies knew the dangers of fossil fuels but “deceived and failed to warn consumers about it even as they carried on pocketing trillions of dollars in profits”.
The cases have been compared to tobacco lawsuits in the 1990s that resulted in a settlement of more than $200bn and changed how cigarettes are advertised and sold in the US.
“It was a really amazing feeling to see that the supreme court was ruling in a very logical way by continuing with the unanimous decisions that have been made in the previous courts to not [grant petitions for review] and to allow these cases to move forward,” said Delta Merner, lead scientist at the Science Hub for Climate Litigation.
“It removes this dam that industry has been building to prevent these cases from being heard on their merits,” she said. “We can finally have the real conversations about what the industry knew and what their actions were despite that knowledge.”
She hopes communities will have the chance to speak in court about the climate emergencies they are experiencing as a result of the industry’s actions.
As jurisdictional battles have dragged on, climate emergencies have added up.
The Suncor oil refinery in Commerce City, Colorado. Photograph: Ted Wood/The Guardian
The Colorado case was filed in 2018. In 2021, the state saw the Marshall fire, the most destructive wildfire in its history, which killed two people, destroyed nearly 1,000 homes and businesses, contaminated drinking water and amounted to billions in damages.
“There’s real impacts that are happening now, and that’s why it’s so important for these cases to have the opportunity to be heard, and have a chance for justice,” Merner said.
The cases allege fossil fuel companies exacerbated climate change by concealing and misrepresenting the dangers associated with burning fossil fuels. The lawsuits say the companies created a public and private nuisance and violated state consumer protection laws by producing and selling fossil fuels despite knowing the products would cause devastating climate emergencies, including melting ice caps, dramatic sea level rise, and extreme precipitation and drought. Local governments are seeking damages for the billions of dollars they have paid for climate mitigation and adaptation.
The oil companies have denied the allegations.
Financial accountability
“We were all pretty excited. It feels like justice might be possible,” Richard Wiles, president of the Center for Climate Integrity, said after reading the decision on Monday.
“There’s clearly trillions of dollars of damages in the US alone from climate change that has to be dealt with.”
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The plaintiffs aren’t suing the companies to put them out of business, but the cases could ultimately affect the industry’s bottom line.
If the lawsuits are successful, they could limit the fossil fuel industry’s ability to greenwash and lie to consumers, Merner said. Rulings against the companies could also reinforce banking industry concerns that fossil fuels are a risky investment.
In state court, fossil fuel companies will attempt to have the cases dismissed.
The Chevron attorney Theodore Boutrous said in a statement he was confident the cases would be dismissed, arguing that climate change requires a coordinated federal response, “not a disjointed patchwork” of actions from numerous state courts. “These wasteful lawsuits in state courts will do nothing to advance global climate solutions, nothing to reduce emissions and nothing to address climate-related impacts,” he said.
“I don’t think there’s any reason for that confidence yet,” said Korey Silverman-Roati, climate law fellow at the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, in response to Boutrous.
It’s unclear what will happen in state courts, but Silverman-Roati pointed to the Hawaii case, in which a state court denied the industry’s motion to dismiss.
If plaintiffs clear motions to dismiss, the cases move to discovery. The plaintiffs will use the process to try to gather more evidence of what the companies knew and when they knew it. Internal company documents will probably become public when the trials get under way.
Recent studies have shown that Exxon accurately predicted that its products would cause climate change.
Attribution science will play a key role in connecting local climate disasters to the industry’s responsibility. “Studies can explain how much hotter a heatwave is, or how much greater the intensity of a downpour is during a hurricane event due to climate change. And they can look to see where those emissions came from, and what percentage of those emissions tie into those direct climate impacts,” Merner said.
With each decision in favor of plaintiffs, the cases are snowballing and more local governments are filing new cases. “There’s a growing number of lawsuits. And I imagine after today, that will continue,” Merner said.
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Hyderabad: Get ready to shower some pink love on Ram Charan and Upasana, Tollywood’s power couple, who are expecting their first child — a baby girl! Yes, you read that right! The news has sent the internet into a frenzy, with fans and followers eagerly anticipating the arrival of the newest member of the family.
The Mirchi 9 website stated in its report that Charan confirmed the baby’s gender in a recent interview with a national media journalist. “My first Jaan is Upasana. My second Jaan is my pet dog Rhyme. And my 3rd Jaan is on her way”, Charan says in the video as per the news portal. Not only that, but the couple hinted at the pregnancy with a pink-themed baby shower in Hyderabad recently in which Upasana donned pink outfit.
Allu Arjun fueled the flames with a mysterious post that included a pink heart emoji wrapped in a gift. Interestingly, Ram Charan and Upasana will become the first Tollywood celebrity couple to have a baby girl as their first child.
Fans are excited for the soon-to-be parents, and they can’t wait to see the adorable little girl. It’s time to paint the town pink and rejoice with Ram Charan and Upasana on this joyous occasion!
Hyderabad: A youth was bludgeoned to death with boulders by family members of a woman he was harassing, in Telangana’s Mancherial district on Tuesday.
Mahesh (24) was killed in broad daylight by three persons at Indaram village in Jaipur mandal of the district.
Mahesh was allegedly harassing a woman of the same village by uploading her private videos on social media.
The deceased was also responsible for the suicide of the woman’s husband.
According to villagers, Mahesh and the woman had an affair in the past. About six months ago, her family married her to another man.
To apparently take revenge, Mahesh uploaded some videos and pictures of intimate moments with the woman. Upset over this, the woman’s husband committed suicide.
After her husband’s death, the woman returned to her parents’ house. However, Mahesh again started harassing her by sharing the videos with others.
Unable to bear this any further, the woman’s family members killed him.
Police rushed to the village and launched a hunt for the assailants, who were absconding.
