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The Hindu Dated: November 28, 2019 ‘Conflict gold’ from Africa, South America entering legal international markets through India, says IMPACT International non-government organisation IMPACT, in its latest report, has said that India has become one of the largest gold smuggling hubs in the world. Ref:  https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/india-one-of-the-largest-gold-smuggling-hubs-in-the-world-report/article30099434.ece

Indian Express Dated: November 28, 2019 By:    Sanjana Bhalerao The top four emitters (China, USA, EU and India) contribute to over 55 per cent of the total emissions over the last decade, excluding emissions from land-use change such as deforestation, the report states. India is the fourth largest emitter of greenhouse gases, according to a new report called ‘Emissions Gap Report’ from the UN Environment Programme, which was released on Tuesday. Advertising According to the report, unless global greenhouse gas emissions fall by 7.6 per cent each year, the world will fail to meet the 1.5°C temperature goal of the Paris Agreement. The report is one of several studies released ahead of UN climate talks in Madrid next week aimed at spurring world leaders to limit climate change. The top four emitters (China, USA, EU and India) contribute to over 55 per cent of the total emissions over the last decade, excluding emissions from land-use change such as defore

Hindustan Times Dated: November 27, 2019 By:  Asian News International The Ministry of Home Affairs on Wednesday stated that since August 5 no one has died in police firing in law and order related incidents in Jammu and Kashmir, while 197 persons have been injured during the period. The Ministry stated that three security force personnel and 17 civilians have lost their lives during the same period. In reply to a question in Rajya Sabha on number of persons killed/ injured including civilians, BSF, CRPF and military persons since abrogation of Article 370, the Ministry stated, “As per Jammu and Kashmir government, since August 5 no one has died in police firing in law and order related incidents.” “During this period, 197 persons have been injured in law and order related incidents. During the same period, three security force personnel and 17 civilians have been killed in terror related incidents while 129 persons got injured,” it added. Ref:  https://www.hindustant

Hindustan Times Dated: November 27, 2019 By:  Indo Asian News Service Eight employees of Israeli spyware company NSO Group that sells controversial  Pegasus software  to help governments snoop on people have sued Facebook demanding that the social networking giant must unblock their accounts on its platform, as well as Instagram. The plaintiffs asked the Tel Aviv District Court to order Facebook to unblock the accounts until the issues are decided in court, Haaretz reported on Wednesday. They alleged that Facebook violated its agreement with them by blocking the accounts arbitrarily and without notice, and without providing a reason. Facebook said in a statement that it had disabled “relevant accounts” after attributing a “sophisticated cyber attack” to NSO Group and its employees. Facebook sued  NSO Group  in October for creating the Pegasus software that allowed its clients to spy on communications of 1,400 WhatsApp users, including some in India, that involved jour

LIVE MINT Dated: November 27, 2019 By:  Nikita Kwatra The economy’s momentum continues to slow with 10 of the 16 high-frequency indicators tracked by the Mint Macro Tracker in the red as of October The Indian economy’s report card continued to disappoint in October, with most indicators of economic activity flashing red, shows the latest edition of the Mint Macro Tracker. The tracker, launched in October last year, provides a monthly state-of-the-economy report based on trends across 16 high-frequency economic indicators. In October, 10 of the 16 indicators were in red (below the five-year average trend). This was the fifth month in a row when half or more of the sixteen indicators were in red. Only five indicators were in green (above the five-year average trend) for the latest month, while one maintained the trend. The latest reading shows a sharp deterioration from six months ago, when seven indicators were in red and seven in green. The deterioration looks even wo