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- It is not “climate” change its “Climate Disorder”:Goa MP
- ‘Goa’s Israeli drug dealer is a wanted man at home’
- Voters to be photographed, finger-printed for first time in Goa
| It is not “climate” change its “Climate Disorder”:Goa MP Posted: 06 Oct 2010 08:55 AM PDT Issue of climate change is , in fact, an issue of climate disorder and that it should be renamed as such said Mr Shantaram Naik, Member of Parliament from India while intervening in a discussion on the three days conference on "Effect of Climate Change On Human Health" organized by World Health Organisation in in Thimpu, Bhutan. Prime Minister of Royal Government of Bhutan Shri His Excellency, Intervening further Mr Naik said that when one goes from one area to another and gets cold and cough , one often remarks that it is due to change of climate but today, we are not, in reality, discussing about climate change but "climate disorder". Mr Naik also said that issue of possible rise in sea level should be scientifically studied as people living in coastal areas including , Mr Naik said, his State Goa, have been told that after some years the costal areas of the State will be wiped out. At this Dr Poonam Ketrapal Singh, Deputy Regional Director of World Health Organisation said that similar is the case of Mumbai, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka etc and,therefore, she assured the delegates that WHO will look into these aspects. The Indian delegation to Thimpu consisted of ,besides Mr Naik, Mrs Mabel Rebello,M.P., Mrs Viplov Thakur M.P., Shri Surinder Singla,former Finance Minister of Punjab and Shri Manmohan Singh ,Executive Secretary of Indian Association of Parliamentarians on Population and Development. Delegates from India, Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Indonasia and Bangla Desh are participating in the Seminar. Mrs. Mabel Rebello who made her presentation on effect of climate change on human health said that climate change would badly affect India's water resources and therefore it will be difficult for the country to feed its population which is today, 120 crores. Respiratory deceases like asthama would increase by 20%.Smt Viplov Takhur said that we should try to identify deceases which are caused due to clime change from the ones which are normally caused on account of other factors. Shri Surinder Singla said that WHO should select a limited number of health issues so that finance ministers of various countries, with limited budgets, are able to do proper justice to at least a few serious health issues. |
| ‘Goa’s Israeli drug dealer is a wanted man at home’ Posted: 06 Oct 2010 08:32 AM PDT Israeli drug dealer Yaniv Benaim alias Atala, who jumped bail in August and escaped to Israel, has 16 criminal cases against him in his home country, a senior police officer said Wednesday. Deputy Superintendent of Police (Crime Branch) Chandrakant Salgaonkar told reporters here that Atala, who has been linked to Goa Home Minister Ravi Naik’s son, was a wanted man in Israel. ‘Atala is a wanted man in Israel. The Interpol has written to us that he has 15 convictions in offences ranging from drug peddling, assault, theft and fraud,’ said Salgaonkar adding that Atala had come to India in order to flee the law in Israel. The officer further said that, according to the Interpol report, the Israeli police were also investigating a case against him which involved obstructing law officers from discharging their duties. ‘There are no chances of Atala roaming freely there (in Israel). The Israeli police will take necessary action against him,’ Salgaonkar said. The officer further said the Goa police had already asked Interpol to contact the authorities in Israel to track Atala down. Atala is one of the main cogs in the police-politician-drug mafia nexus, in which Home Minister Ravi Naik’s son Roy is linked, according to a witness in the drug mafia case. Atala was arrested in March after his Swedish model girl friend Lucky Farmhouse uploaded videos of him boasting of his links to senior policemen and politicians on www.youtube.com. Seven policemen have been arrested for being a part of the narcotics mafia in the state. The police investigation into the drug nexus case in which several senior police officials and politicians are linked has also been criticised by the opposition and media as well as the Bombay High Court — the latter even observing that the investigators were trying to prevent political skeletons from tumbling out in course of the investigations. Courtesy:Sify |
| Voters to be photographed, finger-printed for first time in Goa Posted: 06 Oct 2010 08:22 AM PDT For the first time in India's electoral history, voters casting their ballot in a by-election here scheduled Oct 18, will be fingerprinted and photographed at the time of voting, a top official said. According to North Goa District Collector Mihir Vardhan, the novel policy of photographing and fingerprinting of voters at the polling booth itself was approved by the Election Commission two days ago and is being introduced in consultation with candidates contesting the by-poll. "The software has been developed by Goa Electronics Ltd (GEL). This will help us in identifying and zeroing down on the exact voter and will make the process transparent," Vardhan said. The fingerprinting and photography have been made compulsory for all voters, which includes women wearing burkhas. "We have also started a voters facilitation centre at every polling booth, which will be computer equipped. Each voter will be able to search their name, serial number or part number immediately at the click of a button," Vardhan said. "We had purchased netbooks for all our talathis (ground level revenue officials) for carrying out crop surveys. The same netbooks will be used to carry out both exercises at the Valpoi by-poll," Vardhan said. There are 17,912 registered voters in the Valpoi legislative assembly constituency. The by-poll was necessitated after the elected legislator Vishwajeet Rane, who contested as an Independent candidate in the last assembly poll, resigned to join the Congress party. He is contesting against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Santosh Haldankar. Courtesy: T |
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