Fishing boats resume operations in Tamil Nadu
Mechanised fishing boats resume operations after 61-day annual fishing ban, in Thoothukudi on Saturday.
Violating the Tamil Nadu Marine Fishing Regulation Act, thousands of fishermen in the district ventured into the sea for fishing on Friday evening, hours before the end of the 61-day ban period at midnight without obtaining fishing permits from Fisheries department.
Despite stern warning from officials, mechanised boat fishermen in Rameswaram, Mandapam and Pamban set out for fishing in more than 1,500 trawlers around 6 p.m. on learning that their counterparts in Pudukottai district had ventured into the sea around 11.30 a.m. itself.
152 flight cadets pass out of Air Force Academy in Dundigal
Cadets celebrating at their graduation during the 152th Combined Graduation Parade at the Dundigal Air Force Academy in Hyderabad on Saturday
The blue skies of Air Force Academy in Dundigal, 45 km from Hyderabad, turned vibrant with a colourful march-past on the ground and amazing aerobatics in the air by various aircraft of Indian Air Force here on Saturday to mark the combined graduation parade of 152 flight cadets as Flying Officers of the Indian Air Force.
The Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee and Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal B.S. Dhanoa reviewed the parade and conferred the ‘President’s Commission’ on behalf of the President of India to the graduating flight cadets who had successfully completed their basic and professional training.
Four Congress CMs meet Manmohan Singh
Four Congress Chief Ministers and Karnataka’s H. D. Kumaraswamy met former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to discuss issues of their respective states, especially those related to farmers and tribals, to be taken up at the Niti Aayog meeting.
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy and Puducherry’ V Narayansamy held a meeting with Mr. Singh at the Congress headquarters in New Delhi. Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel also joined the meeting later.
Mr. Kumaraswamy of the JD(S) is heading a coalition government with the Congress in Karnataka.
They discussed the proposed agenda and issues of their respective states to be taken up with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Niti Ayog meeting, sources said.
West Bengal doctors stir continues
Junior doctors during protest at NRS medical college and hospital on the fifth consecutive day.
Junior doctors during protest at NRS medical college and hospital on the fifth consecutive day.
Striking junior doctors turned down Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s invitation for a meeting at the state secretariat, which was called to resolve the impasse, and continued their protest for the fifth consecutive day on Saturday.
The doctors, who are protesting against the assault on two of their colleagues at NRS Medical College and Hospital here, has sought unconditional apology from Banerjee and set six conditions for the state government in order to withdraw the stir.
Pride Month celebrations at New York
A National Park Service ranger places rainbow flags, representing LBGTQ pride, along the fencing of Christopher Park, in New York's Greenwich Village.
June is chosen as the Pride Month, celebrated each year to mark the 1969 Stonewall rebellion, a series of violent confrontations between the gay community and police, that occurred near Christopher Park at a gay bar called the Stonewall Inn.
Thousands of Venezuelans rush to Peru
A Venezuelan migrant carrying her son, stands on the Pan-American Highway outside an immigration office in an attempt to cross from Ecuador into Peru moments after stricter entry requirements went into effect, in Tumbes, Peru on Saturday, June 15, 2019.
With its relatively stable economy and flexible immigration laws, Peru had become a main destination for millions of Venezuelans escaping hyperinflation, medical shortages and political repression at home. But from today, June 15, the South American nation will begin demanding passports and visas from Venezuelan migrants, requirements that many will not be able to meet.
The new demands have prompted thousands of poor migrants to make a desperate dash for the Peruvian border, where they can still enter before the weekend begins by presenting national ID cards.
On Thursday, the U.N.’s refugee agency said 5,400 Venezuelans entered Peru through the Tumbes crossing almost three times the daily average.
Efforts to rescue miners in Chile on
Men enter the San Jose mine to work on the rescue of three Bolivian miners trapped deep underground since the night before when it collapsed in Tocopilla, Chile, Friday, June 14, 2019. Local authorities confirmed that the men are alive.
Specialized teams have begun an effort to rescue three Bolivians trapped deep underground in a mine in northern Chile, authorities said Friday.
The San Josş mine collapsed late Thursday, trapping the men at a depth of nearly 330 feet (100 meters). Local officials confirmed that the men are alive.
“We’ve been in contact with them through bangs and sounds,” Antofagasta regional Gov. Marco Antonio Dţaz said, adding that geotechnical experts from mines across the region have been assisting the rescue efforts, which included detonating small explosives to try to remove a large rock blocking the mine shaft.
Firefighters joined other rescue teams at the mine some 900 miles (1,500 kilometers) north of the Chilean capital, Santiago. - AP
“Stop the reform or we stop the country!” shouted strikers in front of the Candelaria Church in downtown Rio de Janeiro.
Brazilians protest pension reforms
Thousands of people filled the streets of Brazil’s main cities Friday, and schools, banks and some public transportation shut down, as Brazilians angry over a pension reform and budget cuts held the first general strike of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro’s administration.
The nationwide strike was called by Brazil’s unions and mainly targeted the pension reform Bolsonaro is currently pushing for in Congress, but it comes on the heels of massive protests in May against steep cuts to the public education system and amid discontent over an economic downturn. - AP
The standoff between police and protesters in the former British colony is Hong Kong’s most severe political crisis since the Communist Party-ruled mainland took control in 1997 with a promise not to interfere with the city’s civil liberties and courts.
Hong Kong leader expected to delay extradition bill
Umbrellas became a symbol of protest in Hong Kong in 2014 after demonstrators used them to shield themselves from both police pepper spray and a hot sun. Five years later, umbrellas were out in force again on Wednesday as thousands of protesters faced off with police outside the legislature. - AP
(With inputs from Agencies)
