SINDHU CHAMPION OF INDIA SUPER SERIES TOURNAMENT
Rio Olympics silver medallist P V Sindhu today produced a superlative performance to beat reigning Olympic champion Carolina Marin of Spain 21-19, 21-16 to lift her maiden India Open Super Series title.
In front of a cheering home crowd at the Sirifort Sports Complex, the third seeded Indian dominated the match from the start. Sindhu had last defeated Marin in the BWF Super Series in Dubai last year.
Earlier, Viktor Axelsen of Denmark clinched the men’s
singles title of the tournament beating Chinese Taipei’s Tien Chen Chou in straight games. Third seed Axelsen edged past Chou 21-13, 21-10 to claim his maiden India Open title.
singles title of the tournament beating Chinese Taipei’s Tien Chen Chou in straight games. Third seed Axelsen edged past Chou 21-13, 21-10 to claim his maiden India Open title.
THOUSANDS RALLIES FOR UNITED EUROPE
Thousands of people have joined rallies across Germany and other European countries to show their support for the idea of a united Europe.
The weekly demonstrations organized by a grassroots group calling itself Pulse of Europe began at the end of 2016 to counter growing nationalist sentiment on the continent and attendant opposition to the European Union.
Participants in Berlin said they turned out for a wide variety of reasons, but primarily to support the values, culture and openness that have developed in the seven decades since Europe was ripped apart by World War II.
ALEKSANDAR VUCIC WON SERBIA’S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Ipsos polling group, Conservative Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic won Serbia’s presidential election today in a landslide with 58 percent of votes.
Opposition candidate Sasa Jankovic came second with 14 per cent, Ipsos said based on 40 per cent of votes counted from a sample of polling stations.
FINANCE MINISTERS AND HEADS OF DELEGATION AT THE SASEC
Finance Ministers and Heads of Delegation at the SASEC Finance Ministers’ Meeting today in Delhi
RULING REPUBLICAN PARTY IN ARMENIA LEADS IN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION
The ruling Republican Party in ex-Soviet Armenia leads in a parliamentary election. The Central Election Commission’s (CEC) preliminary results showed the Republican Party got 53.20 per cent of the votes, while the opposition Tsarukyan’s Alliance got 26.56 per cent.
The government-loyal Dashnaktsutyun Party got 8.07 per cent, enough for the party to enter parliament. Preliminary results were posted on the CEC website and based on results from 18 per cent of the polling stations yesterday.
MORENO CLAIMS VICTORY AS OPPONENT LASSO DEMANDS RECOUNT INECUADOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Leftist candidate Moreno claims victory as opponent Lasso demands recount in #Ecuadorpresidential election http://dw.com/p/2aWtv?maca=en-tco-dw …
FAILED IRRIGATION PROJECTS FUNDED, 16 VITAL PROJECTS STOPPED
April03, 2017 (C) Ravinder Singh progressindia2015@gmail.com
It was horrible BJP government who promised ‘Har Khet Ko Pani’ irrigation supplies to all farms had lately came up with a program to complete 99 pending projects out of 326 spill over projects from 11th Plan which were largely supposed to be ready by March2017.
But precisely nothing was achieved in first three years when 16 Vital Projects which could Store and Regulate over 20 BCM to 30 BCM waters were not funded at all.
When you have Combination of Congenital Dullards, Bharti, Panagariya, Chand, Kant – as Can Be Read in the minutes just two years before next election is due 1. Had no idea of the Water Crisis, Requirements for Crop Production and Deficiency, 2. Didn’t invest in Storages and 3. Wanted to invest in Failed Projects in the past.
[16. The Adviser (PMKSY), NITI Aayog made a presentation on the draft roadmap for PMKSY highlighting the gap between the irrigation potential created and utilized. He informed that project prioritization had been placed at the core of the road map. Details of projects prioritized for implementation during the period 2015-16 to 2019- 20 were also presented. The Additional Secretary (Knowledge and Innovation Hub), NITI Aayog, expressed the need to accord highest priority to projects under Command Area Development & Water Management (CAD&WM) in order to utilize the already created potential (varying between 40 lakh to 70 lakh ha). The Additional Chief Secretary, Irrigation Department, Government of Uttar Pradesh, observed that absence of CAD&WM projects was not the only reason for the gap between Irrigation Potential Created (IPC) and Irrigation Potential Utilized (IPU); there were many other factors which required analysis. The Chairman advised that the area expected to be covered under assured irrigation with CAD&WM projects and the funds required for completion of these projects may be re-assessed and affirmed soon. The Secretary, MoWR,RD&GR informed that the CWC had been assigned to re-assess the existing status of all the pending irrigation projects and the actual fund requirement for their completion.]
As Per ‘Handbook on Water & Related Information 2016’ P-36 – of 326 On Going Projects, some since 1976 against Original Estimates of Rs.64,734 Cr, Revised Estimate is Rs.206,978 Cr, Rs.1,80,186 Cr was spent upto XIth Plan, Rs.1,46,839 Cr more need be invested. Of the 105 BCM Live Storage Potential, 6.4 BCM Live Storage Was Created BUT Over 15 BCM Live Store was Lost to Siltation in XI Plan.
No Gain in Net Live Storage Capacity is EXPECTED from Present Government. More documents for study.
http://pmksy.gov.in/pdflinks/AIBP_ProjectList.pdf , http://pmksy.gov.in/pdflinks/PMKSYAllocation201617_280916.pdf
http://pmksy.gov.in/pdflinks/Funds_Allocation_Release_to_DoRD.pdf , http://pmksy.gov.in/pdflinks/MinutesofMeeting_19_02_16.pdf
THERE IS NO DIRECT FUNDING OF THE IRRIGATION & STORAGE PROJECTS – AMOUNT NOT EVEN PEANUTS – GOI Furiously investing in Bullet Trains, Air Travel, Expressways, Power, Transmission Lines, Oil & Gas etc. But on Food Production & Food Security.
Ravinder Singh, Inventor & Consultant, INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES AND PROJECTS
Y-77, Hauz Khas, ND -110016, India. Ph: 091- 9871056471, 9718280435, 9650421857
Ravinder Singh* is a WIPO awarded inventor specializing in Power, Transportation,
BRITISH FM PHILIP HAMMOND VISITING INDIA
British Finance Minister Philip Hammond will head a business delegation to India next week in an effort to boost international trade as UK begins the process of leaving the European Union. Chancellor of the Exchequer Hammond will be joined by International Trade Minister Mark Garnier and Bank of England Governor Mark Carney for the high-level talks in New Delhi and Mumbai.
Mr Hammond said in a statement that as Britain leaves the EU and embarks on an exciting new phase of its economic history, looking to boost trade and investment beyond the borders of Europe and strengthening their relationships with the world’s most vibrant economies is more important than ever.
Next week’s talks form part of the annual UK-India Economic and Financial Dialogue and Hammond’s delegation will include leaders from the field of UK financial services. The Treasury statement said, India’s finance sector is undergoing a significant transformation, with new payment firms, small finance banks and insurance players entering the field.
ARMENIANS TO ELECT NEW PARLIAMENT
Armenians will elect a new Parliament today in a closely fought race between the ruling party and a former coalition partner that heralds the start of a parliamentary system of government.
Sunday’s election is expected to be a close race between the majority-wielding Republican Party of Armenia, backed by President Serzh Sarkisian, and an alliance of businessman and former world champion arm wrestler Gagik Tsarukyan’s Prosperous Armenia party.
The poll election is a key democratic test for the small landlocked nation of 2.9 million, which has no history of transfers of power to an opposition through the ballot box.
Under controversial constitutional reforms, parliament, rather than voters, will elect the president for the first time, and the office of Prime Minister will become more powerful, reducing the presidency to a largely ceremonial role.
The opposition says the changes are a ruse to let President Serzh Sarksyan slip into an enhanced Prime Ministerial role at the head of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) when his presidential term ends in 2018. Sarksyan, 62, denies the reforms were designed to extend his political career.
The outcome of today’s vote was difficult to predict, with polls showing the RPA neck-and-neck with an opposition alliance led by wealthy businessman Gagik Tsarukyan.
The campaign has already been marred by opposition claims that the government is preparing mass electoral fraud.
Ahead of the vote, the European Union delegation to Armenia and the US embassy said in a joint statement that they were “concerned by allegations of voter intimidation, attempts to buy votes, and the systemic use of administrative resources to aid certain competing parties”. Media agencies
ALEKSANDAR VUCIC STANDS FOR PRESIDENCY
Serbia goes to Poll for presidential elections, with Aleksandar Vucic hoping to tighten his grip on power amid opposition accusations he is shifting the country to authoritarian rule.
Vucic, the 47-year-old prime minister, is hoping to clinch more than 50 percent of the ballot in Sunday’s poll, winning a five-year mandate as president outright.
PARAGUAY’S CONGRESS BUILDING SET ON FIRE
Protesters stormed Paraguay’s Congress building and set it on fire after a secret Senate vote to approve a bill that would allow President Horacio Cartes to run for another term.
Paraguay’s President Horacio Cartes has sacked the Interior Minister and the Chief of Police after violent protests in Friday against a bill that would allow the president to run for a second term in office.
President Cartes’ term is due to end in 2018. The protesters stormed the Congress and set fire to the building. The authorities have arrested four police officers after a protester, Rodrigo Quintana, was killed.
Political leaders yesterday paid their respects to the dead man. His body was laid out at the headquarters of the opposition Liberal party in the capital, Asuncion. They condemned the killing and called for an investigation into his death.
Hundreds of people clashed with riot police in Asuncion on Friday and broke into Congress, battering down entrances and fences and shattering windows as per aljazeera new channel.
LANDSLIDES KILL 250 IN MOCOA
Colombia, at least 250 people died hundreds more are missing after torrential rains along with severe flooding and mudslides in devastated the city of Mocoa, in southwest Colombia, according to a statement released by the army.
Security forces said, they are searching for the missing people and more than 1000 soldiers and police are involved in the rescue effort. The flood buried whole neighbourhoods and forced residents to flee their homes.
An army statement said, there were at least 400 injured and 200 still missing in the capital of Putumayo province. President Juan Manuel Santos declared a state of emergency in the region and flew in to oversee the rescue effort.
Many of the victims did not have enough time to climb on top of their roofs, or seek refuge on higher ground.
“We’ve declared an emergency in the area so we can help people as best we can,” Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos, who flew to Mocoa on Saturday to oversee rescue efforts, said.
He added that 30 percent of monthly rain fell in just one night.
“All of our hearts are with the victims of this tragedy.”
An estimated 220 people were still missing, while another 400 were injured, according to the Red Cross. reports media agencies
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