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  • Those who secured jobs illegally are now agitating over DA: Mamata

    Those who secured jobs illegally are now agitating over DA: Mamata

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    Mamata Banerjee speaks to Sharad Pawar, expresses support after arrest of Nawab Malik

    Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee claimed on Wednesday that the state government employees who had secured jobs “illegally” and “unethically” during the previous Left Front regime are now holding demonstrations over pending dearness allowance (DA) arrears.

    “Those who secured jobs during the previous regime by virtue of recommendations made on pieces of paper by the ruling party leaders are now holding agitations over dearness allowance. Why should I take advice from them? They are all thieves and dacoits. Moreover, goons associated with the BJP are now making tall claims in the matter,” Banerjee said during her sit-in agitation against the Centre over non-payment of dues, which will continue till 7 p.m. on Thursday.

    According to the Chief Minister, ever since Trinamool Congress came to power in the state, her responsibility towards the common people has been of utmost significance to her.

    “Remember, the party built by me has immense appeal among the people of the state. Trinamool has formed the government in the state to work for the sake of the common people. Now the party is receiving accolades from across the country,” Banerjee said.

    Justifying her decision to hold the sit-in demonstration, Banerjee said that due to the non-release of funds under the 100-day job scheme under MGNREGA, the poor people of the state are being deprived of their legitimate dues against the services they had rendered.

    “I am ready to hold many more sit-in demonstrations demanding people’s legitimate rights. I am in this agitation as the national President of the All India Trinamool Congress and not as the Chief Minister of West Bengal. I want to see how powerful they (Centre) are,” Banerjee said.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • High Seas Treaty secured after marathon UN talks

    High Seas Treaty secured after marathon UN talks

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    More than 100 countries reached agreement on a United Nations treaty to protect the high seas, following marathon talks at U.N. headquarters in New York that ended late Saturday.

    The High Seas Treaty will put 30 percent of the planet’s seas into protected areas by 2030, aiming to safeguard marine life.

    “This is a massive success for multilateralism. An example of the transformation our world needs and the people we serve demand,” U.N. General Assembly President Csaba Kőrösi tweeted after the U.N. conference president, Rena Lee, announced the agreement.

    The negotiations had been held up for years due to disagreements over funding and fishing rights.

    “After many years of intense work under EU leadership, countries agree on ambitious actions,” Virginijus Sinkevičius, EU commissioner for the Environment, Oceans and Fisheries, said in a tweet. “This is major for the implementation of the COP15 30 percent ocean protection goal.”

    The European Commission said the treaty will protect the oceans, combat environmental degradation, fight climate change and battle biodiversity loss.

    “For the first time, the treaty will also require assessing the impact of economic activities on high seas biodiversity,” the Commission said in a statement. “Developing countries will be supported in their participation in and implementation of the new treaty by a strong capacity-building and marine technology transfer component,” it said.

    “Countries must formally adopt the treaty and ratify it as quickly as possible to bring it into force, and then deliver the fully protected ocean sanctuaries our planet needs,” said Laura Meller, a Greenpeace oceans campaigner who attended the talks, according to a Reuters report.

    The treaty will enter into force once 60 countries have ratified it. 



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    ( With inputs from : www.politico.eu )