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Live Mint 21 Oct 2019 Washington: As India has emerged as the one of the fastest growing civil aviation markets of the world, it is time that the government take steps to make the aviation sector globally competitive beginning with reduction on its tax structure, the head of a low-cost airline has said. Ajay Singh, Chairman and Managing Director, SpiceJet, in an interview to PTI rued that the civil aviation sector in India is highly taxed and identified it as one of the major stumbling blocks in making it globally competitive. "I think lowering of taxes and looking at aviation in a holistic sense as a job creator, as something that connects India to itself and to the world. It's important that we take a more holistic approach to aviation," he said Singh was in Washington DC last week as part of a business delegation that accompanied Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman who was here to attend the annual meeting of the International Monetary Fun

Live Mint 21 Oct 2019 Prashant K. Nanda New Delhi: Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIM-B) Monday said that it has completed its summer placement with over 100 companies making 446 offers to its students in domains including marketing, finance and consulting. IIM-B said, of all the offers made, 127 were for the consulting domain from firms like Bain & Co (19), Accenture Strategy (18), Boston Consulting Group (13), AT Kearney (12), McKinsey & Co (11) and Nomura Consulting (6). While 79 offers were for marketing roles, 72 were for the finance and investment domains and 58 offers were in the broad domain of Information and Technology. There were 11 offers made in the Analytics by firms like American Express (4) and United Health Group and 16 offers from the operations sector including five from taxi aggregator Uber. Of the 72 offers were made by finance, banking and investments sector, Goldman Sachs made 13 offers, Avendus Capital (7), Citibank (5)

The Telegraph 21 October, 2019 Imran Ahmed Siddiqui and Muzaffar Raina The Indian Army on Sunday said it had destroyed with artillery attacks at least three “terror camps” inside Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and killed nearly 20 people across the Line of Control. The fusillade, said to be retaliation for alleged Pakistani shelling that killed two Indian soldiers and a civilian, marks a “calibrated escalation” from the small-arms fire usually exchanged by the armies of India and Pakistan and came on the eve of the Assembly elections in Maharashtra and Haryana. “So far, as per the information available with us, six to 10 Pakistani soldiers have been killed and nearly as many terrorists,” Indian Army chief Gen. Bipin Rawat said in New Delhi on Sunday evening. “Three terror camps have been destroyed and on the fourth one also, we have caused severe damage,” he added. Islamabad rejected the claims, offered to arrange a visit to the sites by foreign diplomats to expose Indian “fals

Indian Express 23 October, 2019 On October 4, Hyderabad Police was able to crack the murder case of an Isro (Indian Space Research Organisation) employee who was found dead in his flat on October 1. A facial recognition software confirmed that a man seen in a CCTV footage was the one wanted by the police. Earlier, on May 1, senior Telangana Police officers received a message from Bengaluru Police about a Telugu-speaking girl who was found in Mysuru and appeared to have lost her way. Officials at the Rachakonda Police Commissionerate, which has a large jurisdiction on the outskirts of Hyderabad, ran the photo through the Facial Recognition System (FRS). Within a few minutes, the system correctly tracked the girl and she was reunited with her family the very next day. On February 9, a 14-year-old mentally-challenged boy who went missing from Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh last June was traced by Telangana Police. The boy’s photo had popped up on “Darpan” — another facial recogn

The Hindu 21 October, 2019 China’s defence minister said on Monday that resolving the “Taiwan question” is his country's ”greatest national interest,” and that no force could prevent China's “reunification.” Separatist activities are doomed to failure, Defence Minister Wei Fenghe said at the opening in Beijing of the Xiangshan Forum, which China styles as its answer to the annual Shangri-La Dialogue security forum in Singapore. Tensions between China and Taiwan have ratcheted up ahead of the self-ruled island's presidential election in January. Taiwan is China's most sensitive territorial issue. “China is the only major country in the world that is yet to be completely reunified,” Mr. Wei said. “Resolving the Taiwan question so as to realise China's full reunification is the irresistible trend of the times, China's greatest national interest, the righteous path to follow and the longing of all Chinese people.” Proudly democratic Taiwa

Indian Express October 22, 2019 Even through Partition, three wars, and extended tension, and despite the circuitous route involving the Middle-East, one service did not stop between India and Pakistan. In the wake of abrogation of Article 370 however, Pakistan has stopped postal mail between the two countries. t’s been more than one-and-a-half months since Pakistan last accepted a consignment from India, on August 27, forcing the Indian postal authorities to put mail marked for the country “on hold”. Said R V Chaudhary, the Director of Postal Services (Mail and Business Development), Delhi, “It was a unilateral decision on their part. This is the first time they have taken such a stand… We are not sure when the order will be lifted.” Of the 28 Foreign Post Offices (FPOs) across the country notified to deal with international consignments, only Delhi and Mumbai FPOs are designated to handle postal mails to and from Pakistan. While the FPO on Central Delhi’s Kotla Marg a

Indian Express October 22, 2019 In the first significant escalation of hostilities on the Line of Control since the abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir, the Indian Army targeted several terrorist launchpads in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir. India said it was in retaliation to “unprovoked” firing by Pakistan, leaving two Indian soldiers and a civilian dead in border Kupwara district. Army Chief General Bipin Rawat said the Indian side had “caused severe damage to terrorists’ infrastructure across… Six-10 Pakistani soldiers have been killed, three camps have been destroyed”. He added that they had information that terrorists had arrived at camps in the forward areas and said that, in the last one month, with Diwali approaching, repeated infiltration attempts had been made. Pakistan summoned Indian Acting High Commissioner Gaurav Ahluwalia in Islamabad and lodged an official protest. Pakistan Army spokesperson Major General Asif Ghafoor accused India of unprovoked c

Hindustan Times Oct 21, 2019 The US armed forces demolished their own airbase in Al-Hasakah province in northeast Syria before abandoning it and withdrawing troops, Syrian media reported on Sunday. The United States bombed its military base with landing facilities for transport aircraft in the Tal Baydar settlement close to the town of Tal Tamr, where fighting between the US-backed Kurdish forces and the Turkish army is underway, the Syrian Arab News Agency reported. According to the report, the US troops are currently preparing to abandon another base in Al-Hasakah near As-Sabheyeh dam. On October 7, the United States announced withdrawing its troops from northeast Syria, two days before Turkey launched its military operation in the area with the declared aim to clear it of terrorists and Kurdish militia, which for Ankara are interchangeable. The White House said at the time that it would not “support or be involved in” Turkey’s operation. A week later, US Defe

The Washington Post  Oct. 21, 2019  Toluse Olorunnipa, Josh Dawsey and David A. Fahrenthold  President Trump was forced to abandon his decision to host next year’s Group of Seven summit at his private golf club after it became clear the move had alienated Republicans and swiftly become part of the impeachment inquiry that threatens his presidency. In a round of phone calls with conservative allies this weekend, Trump was told Republicans are struggling to defend him on so many fronts, according to an administration official who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal matters. Democrats, meanwhile, continued to blast Trump for awarding the massive government contract to his own company and said they might add the alleged “emoluments” violation to the articles of impeachment they are preparing. Trump’s prized Doral resort is in steep decline, according to company documents, showing his business problems are mounting The White House has been strug