Civil rights groups outraged by Pehlu Khan case closure
Civil rights groups have expressed outrage over the closure of investigation against six persons named in the FIR registered in the lynching of dairy farmer Pehlu Khan. The cattle rearer from Haryana was killed by a mob of cow vigilantes near Behror in Alwar district of Rajasthan on April 1 this year.The case against the six persons was registered on the basis of Pehlu Khan’s dying declaration made to the police officers in a private hospital at Behror. The CID-CB of the State police has reportedly cleared the accused of all charges, while arriving at a conclusion that they were not present on the spot when the offence was committed.Pehlu Khan, 55, and his two sons were transporting cows, after purchasing them in a cattle fair in Jaipur, to their hometown Nuh in Haryana, when they were waylaid on the Jaipur-Delhi national highway by a mob of self-styled cow vigilantes and beaten up. Pehlu Khan succumbed to his injuries after two days.The CID-CB has concluded on the basis of the mobile phones’ call data records and the statements of employees of a gaushala, situated 4 km away from the crime scene, that no case was made out against the six accused. Police have since arrested half-a-dozen other persons on the basis of video footage of the incident, bust most of them have been released on bail.The accused named in the FIR are Om Yadav, Hukum Chand Yadav, Sudhir Yadav, Jagmal Yadav, Naveen Sharma and Rahul Saini. According to the CID-CB’s report, no corroborative evidence has been found to prove that they were part of the crowd that had attacked Pehlu Khan.The People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), which spearheaded a campaign for getting justice to the victims in the case, said the police were protecting the accused — all of whom were office-bearers of right-wing Hindutva groups — under pressure of the BJP government. “The CID-CB is under the direct control of the Home Minister. Its blatant bias is very obvious,” PUCL president Kavita Srivastava told The Hindu.‘Will expose illegality’Ms. Srivastava said the rights groups, along with Pehlu Khan’s sons, who were also complainants in the police case, would challenge the CID-CB’s closure of investigation in the court.“The court will not allow closure without issuing notice to the complainants. We will expose the illegality of police action in the court.”Rajasthan Muslim Forum secretary Mohammed Nazimuddin said the failure of police to bring the guilty to the book would encourage others to attack innocent persons with impunity. “The way the police have been trying to save the accused since the beginning [in this case] shows that no rule of law exists in Rajasthan,” he said.The activists were also worried about safety of the participants in a “Karwan-e-Mohabbat” of Aman Biradari, which will be passing through Behror on Friday morning on way to Jaipur. Some right-wing groups have threatened that they would not allow the activists to enter the town and stop the march on the highway.
Following the adjournment of proceedings, Khan, 52, will be spending another night behind bars.Defence counsel Mahesh Bora argued that the circumstances of the alleged poaching incident in 1998, relied upon by the lower court, had been discarded by the Rajasthan High Court, which had acquitted him in two other related cases. He also contended that the evidence of witnesses was not reliable.The prosecution will make its arguments on Saturday after the Sessions Court peruses the lower court’s record. The Chief Judicial Magistrate had acquitted film actors Saif Ali Khan, Tabu, Neelam and Sonali Bendre, giving them benefit of doubt.Also Read A Sessions Court in Jodhpur will pronounce on Saturday its order on the bail application of actor Salman Khan, who was sentenced to five years in jail in a blackbuck poaching case. The court heard arguments on suspension of the sentence on Friday and summoned records from the Chief Judicial Magistrate’s court, which had handed down the punishment on Thursday.Lawyers representing Khan, who is lodged in the Central Jail in Jodhpur, appeared before Additional Sessions Judge Ravindra Kumar Joshi and sought the actor’s release on bail, while also filing the petition for suspension of his sentence and appeal against the magistrate’s judgment.Also Read On Salman Khan: A portrait of the artist as a ‘bad boy’ Salman Khan sentenced to five-year imprisonment in blackbuck killing case The case pertains to the killing of two endangered blackbucks in Kankani village, near Jodhpur, on the night of October 1-2, 1998, when Khan and other actors were shooting for Hindi film Hum Saath Saath Hain.The blackbuck is a species of antelope protected under Schedule 1 of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972.
The top administrators of RIKEN, Japan’s national network of research laboratories, will voluntarily return 1 to 3 months of their salaries to atone for their responsibility for the STAP stem cell fiasco.STAP, or stimulus-triggered acquisition of pluripotency, is the name given to an extremely easy way of deriving stem cells, which can theoretically develop into any of a body’s tissues. The method was defined in two papers that appeared in Nature this past January. After coming under fire by researchers who found problematic images in the papers, and by others who could not reproduce the findings, the papers were retracted this past July. An investigating committee found the lead author, Haruko Obokata, guilty of research misconduct. A RIKEN team is continuing experiments to try to get to the bottom of exactly what went wrong.Sign up for our daily newsletterGet more great content like this delivered right to you!Country *AfghanistanAland IslandsAlbaniaAlgeriaAndorraAngolaAnguillaAntarcticaAntigua and BarbudaArgentinaArmeniaArubaAustraliaAustriaAzerbaijanBahamasBahrainBangladeshBarbadosBelarusBelgiumBelizeBeninBermudaBhutanBolivia, Plurinational State ofBonaire, Sint Eustatius and SabaBosnia and HerzegovinaBotswanaBouvet IslandBrazilBritish Indian Ocean TerritoryBrunei DarussalamBulgariaBurkina FasoBurundiCambodiaCameroonCanadaCape VerdeCayman IslandsCentral African RepublicChadChileChinaChristmas IslandCocos (Keeling) IslandsColombiaComorosCongoCongo, The Democratic Republic of theCook IslandsCosta RicaCote D’IvoireCroatiaCubaCuraçaoCyprusCzech RepublicDenmarkDjiboutiDominicaDominican RepublicEcuadorEgyptEl SalvadorEquatorial GuineaEritreaEstoniaEthiopiaFalkland Islands (Malvinas)Faroe IslandsFijiFinlandFranceFrench GuianaFrench PolynesiaFrench Southern TerritoriesGabonGambiaGeorgiaGermanyGhanaGibraltarGreeceGreenlandGrenadaGuadeloupeGuatemalaGuernseyGuineaGuinea-BissauGuyanaHaitiHeard Island and Mcdonald IslandsHoly See (Vatican City State)HondurasHong KongHungaryIcelandIndiaIndonesiaIran, Islamic Republic ofIraqIrelandIsle of ManIsraelItalyJamaicaJapanJerseyJordanKazakhstanKenyaKiribatiKorea, Democratic People’s Republic ofKorea, Republic ofKuwaitKyrgyzstanLao People’s Democratic RepublicLatviaLebanonLesothoLiberiaLibyan Arab JamahiriyaLiechtensteinLithuaniaLuxembourgMacaoMacedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic ofMadagascarMalawiMalaysiaMaldivesMaliMaltaMartiniqueMauritaniaMauritiusMayotteMexicoMoldova, Republic ofMonacoMongoliaMontenegroMontserratMoroccoMozambiqueMyanmarNamibiaNauruNepalNetherlandsNew CaledoniaNew ZealandNicaraguaNigerNigeriaNiueNorfolk IslandNorwayOmanPakistanPalestinianPanamaPapua New GuineaParaguayPeruPhilippinesPitcairnPolandPortugalQatarReunionRomaniaRussian FederationRWANDASaint Barthélemy Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da CunhaSaint Kitts and NevisSaint LuciaSaint Martin (French part)Saint Pierre and MiquelonSaint Vincent and the GrenadinesSamoaSan MarinoSao Tome and PrincipeSaudi ArabiaSenegalSerbiaSeychellesSierra LeoneSingaporeSint Maarten (Dutch part)SlovakiaSloveniaSolomon IslandsSomaliaSouth AfricaSouth Georgia and the South Sandwich IslandsSouth SudanSpainSri LankaSudanSurinameSvalbard and Jan MayenSwazilandSwedenSwitzerlandSyrian Arab RepublicTaiwanTajikistanTanzania, United Republic ofThailandTimor-LesteTogoTokelauTongaTrinidad and TobagoTunisiaTurkeyTurkmenistanTurks and Caicos IslandsTuvaluUgandaUkraineUnited Arab EmiratesUnited KingdomUnited StatesUruguayUzbekistanVanuatuVenezuela, Bolivarian Republic ofVietnamVirgin Islands, BritishWallis and FutunaWestern SaharaYemenZambiaZimbabweI also wish to receive emails from AAAS/Science and Science advertisers, including information on products, services and special offers which may include but are not limited to news, careers information & upcoming events.Required fields are included by an asterisk(*)Late on 23 October, RIKEN released a 5-point action plan [in Japanese here] to prevent a recurrence of research fraud. These included strengthening research management and compliance and launching a reform committee. To take responsibility for the STAP problem, RIKEN President Ryoji Noyori will return 3 months’ worth of his salary to the institute. Five other top officials, including those in charge of research and compliance, will return either 1 or 2 months’ worth of their salaries.
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Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has asked winger Anthony Martial to deliver more consistent performances after the French forward dazzled in a pre-season victory over Real Madrid on Sunday.Martial produced an impressive performance, including a fine run to set up United’s opening goal for Jesse Lingard before United defeated Madrid on penalties at the Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara.Mourinho said he saw an improvement in Martial’s work ethic in training ahead of the new campaign but the 21-year-old will need to do more on the pitch to impress him.”Obviously we want more consistency in his talent,” Mourinho told reporters. “I think today was positive for him, that’s why I left him for 90 minutes on the pitch.”He was enjoying it and trying things, it’s important to try things in these friendly matches, so it’s good for Anthony and his confidence.”I can say he is training better than before, he’s working harder than before. It’s just a question to bring his talent more in a consistent way.”United face Barcelona on Wednesday in Washington D.C. with a doubt over the fitness of midfielder Ander Herrera, who was substituted after suffering a knock in the second half.”It must at least be very painful because for Ander to come off, it has to be very painful,” the Portuguese added.”I want to wait and see what it is…it was in front of the bench, it was a bad contact. Maybe it is his ribs but I don’t know.”advertisementMourinho is already without defenders Marcos Rojo, Luke Shaw and winger Ashley Young ahead of the season after the trio suffered long-term injuries at the end of last campaign.United kick off their Premier League campaign at Old Trafford against West Ham United on August 13.
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Getty Images Austria Bayern München Austria v Georgia Bayern München v Anderlecht Hoffenheim v Bayern München WC Qualification Europe UEFA Champions League Bundesliga Bayern Munich face an anxious wait over David Alaba’s fitness after he was substituted on Austria duty with an apparent ankle injury. David Alaba gave Bayern Munich an injury scare when he was substituted seven minutes before half-time during Austria’s World Cup qualifier against Georgia on Tuesday.Alaba went down to the turf holding his left ankle following a challenge with Georgia midfielder Valeri Qazaishvili at the Ernst-Happel Stadion, and it soon became clear he would be unable to continue..@David_Alaba has had to come off in the 38th minute of #AUTGEO. #MiaSanMia pic.twitter.com/7aLMv8MYbt— FC Bayern English (@FCBayernEN) September 5, 2017Austria were trailing to Valerian Gvilia’s early goal at that stage but Alaba’s replacement, Rapid Wien attacking midfielder Louis Schaub, smashed home an equaliser from close range before half-time. Article continues below Editors’ Picks Brazil, beware! Messi and Argentina out for revenge after Copa controversy Best player in MLS? Zlatan wasn’t even the best player in LA! ‘I’m getting better’ – Can Man Utd flop Fred save his Old Trafford career? Why Barcelona god Messi will never be worshipped in the same way in Argentina That would be the end of the scoring, as Austria suffered a damaging 1-1 home draw against Georgia. Bayern won the first two games of their Bundesliga title defence against Bayer Leverkusen and Werder Bremen, with Alaba playing every minute.FCB evens to beat Hoffenheim -1 handicapCarlo Ancelotti’s men are back in action at Hoffenheim on Saturday and begin their Champions League campaign when Anderlecht visit the Allianz Arena next Tuesday.
zoom More international terminal portfolios are likely to move into the hybrid category in the coming years, as pure carrier terminal portfolios diminish over time, shipping consultancy Drewry said.Therefore, the majority of global/international terminal operator portfolios should end up being run more as profit centres than cost centres. Drewry’s latest report on global/international terminal operators shows that terminal portfolios owned by carriers – but operated at arm’s length – are the key growth sector.The emergence of the mega-liner alliances coupled with large-scale M&A in the container shipping sector is changing the nature of the terminals business as well.In this year’s report, a key finding is the rise of hybrid global terminal operators. Although the stevedores remain the largest category, it is the hybrids that have shown the strongest growth over the last few years, while the pure carrier portfolio volumes have declined.Global/international hybrids are companies for which the main activity is container shipping, but one where a separate terminals division exists as a business unit. These companies generally handle third-party traffic as well as the associated liner shipping business, and are generally more profit centres than cost centres. However, the extent to which the terminal divisions operate independent of their parent shipping line varies and the dividing line between stevedores and hybrids on the one side, and carriers and hybrids on the other, is not distinct.The operators and their categories are already undergoing change. Hanjin is no more, and OOCL is being acquired by China Cosco and so will move across to the hybrid category. When the three Japanese lines merge in 2018 and their international terminal portfolios come together as part of this process, the international MOL and K Line terminals may well join NYK in the hybrid category.Lastly, the recent corporate restructuring and strategic change by APM Terminal’s parent AP Moller suggests that in the future, APMT will operate in closer conjunction with Maersk Line, moving it more towards the hybrid category.This will leave just Evergreen, Yang Ming and Hyundai with terminal portfolios in the carrier category.When looking at the three alliances, 2M and Ocean members have far more substantial terminal interests than THE alliance members. The Ocean alliance is seeing a greater coalescence of terminal interests, with the acquisition of OOCL by China Cosco and an MoU between CMA CGM and China Cosco designed to foster cooperation between their two terminal portfolios.“The rise of the hybrids is a reflection of the increasingly intertwined nature of terminal businesses and liner shipping, with the emergence of the three mega-alliances along with liner industry consolidation meaning that the risks of terminal operations are increasing, as well as the costs,” Drewry said.Addressing these challenges is resulting in closer cooperation between terminals and lines, both day-to-day and strategically, through joint investments, joint ventures and also by opting for the hybrid category as a strategic solution.
Laurie HamelinAPTN NewsIt’s been over a month since the body of 29 year old Shawnee Inyallie was discovered in Delta, B.C. near the Fraser River.But her family is still searching for answers.Patrick Pete never gave up hope while looking for his missing sister.For almost four months, Pete and his family organized searches and handed out posters.“The searches, they helped keep hope alive,” he said. “If we didn’t find her then we had hope that we would be able to find her somewhere alive and well.”Inyallie was homeless, but regularly returned to her hometown in Chawathil First Nation in Hope, B.C., to visit family.She was last seen on July 17 in a homeless camp in Delta, B.C.Hunters discovered her body in a marsh by the Fraser River on Nov. 4.“Not knowing where she was, what she was doing, how she was, and now that we know, it all hurts,” he said. “One of the hardest things was at work I had to pull down the posters and it just brought a big realization that all of the searches didn’t bring up anything.“Now there isn’t anything.”In late November Pete received a worrisome phone call from the RCMP detachment in Hope.At the time he had been trying to contact the investigating officer without any luck.“Everything came together real weird because we had been trying to get in contact with the RCMP for almost a month,” he said. “And then out of nowhere they were in for an urgent meeting and I kind of had a feeling.“We had to push them extra hard for them to give anything back to us and I don’t really think it should have been like that.”Pete said he’s frustrated.“When I’d go to the homeless camps or if I was putting up posters, the people that weren’t homeless they were always in a hurry, they didn’t stop to help, they wouldn’t look at the posters. It was the homeless people that showed the most compassion.“Everybody has to realize that it doesn’t matter if someone is homeless, if they are a drug addict, an alcoholic, they are somebody’s people. She was our sister, she was missing.”Although the search for Shawnee is over, her family is now searching for answers.“They said there was no foul play, but we are waiting on the toxicology report. It’s hard to get passed thinking that she could have done this to herself, or it was an accident.”It leaves me confused as to what happened to her.”Results of the toxicology report are expected to take three to six months.lhamelin@aptn.ca@lauriehamelin
Trial mining is expected to start next year on a potential prolific diamond corridor in Australia’s most famous gem producing region – Western Australia’s Kimberleys. This follows a historic Mining Agreement between Perth-based POZ Minerals and the Bunuba Dawangarri Aboriginal Corp.The agreement covers the southern portion of POZ Minerals’ wholly-owned Blina alluvial diamond project area in the Ellendale Diamond Province in the West Kimberleys. The Bunuba are the traditional owners for this area.This agreement has allowed the Native Title Tribunal to grant Mining leases M04/466 and M04/467, the two key licenses at the heart of the Blina diamond project.Blina’s 40-km long diamond bearing palaeo-channel, named Terrace 5, with channel widths of 200-500 m, drains the central section of the mined Ellendale field. The Terrace 5 alluvial diamonds appear to be mostly derived from the E9 lamproite pipe, also host to the now closed Ellendale diamond mine – once responsible for half of the world’s production of rare fancy yellow diamonds.POZ Minerals’ Executive Chairman, Jim Richards, in paying tribute to the approach by the Bunuba people in facilitating new mining opportunities, said the agreement paved the way for diamond bulk sampling and trial alluvial mining operations at Blina over 2018.A fauna and flora survey has commenced to facilitate the grant of mining permitting.This agreement has facilitated the Native Title Tribunal permitting the grant of Mining leases M04/466 and M04/467, two of four mining lease applications and two exploration leases within a 161 km² project area 100 km east of Derby.Richards said diamonds previously recovered from Terrace 5 gravels are considered large, with an average stone size of around 0.4 ct. Most stones are of gem quality and a significant amount are fancy yellows.The largest diamond recovered to date from Terrace 5 weighed 8.44 ct (from pit BLBS082), with stones larger than 2 ct common.“The key to exploring the Terrace 5 diamondiferous channel is to find the best alluvial trap sites which are most likely to host the highest diamond grades,” Richards said.“These trap sites usually occur around the sediment/bedrock interface. POZ Minerals has completed a ground geophysics survey using the latest in-ground penetrating radar (GPR) technology, and is assessing this data in order to generate targets for the bulk sampling program.”The terms of the Mining Agreement with the Bunuba people include new employment and training opportunities for them, including at least a quarter of any onsite workforce consisting of local indigenous employees, earthmoving contracts, plus share options in POZ Minerals and profit share arrangements.“We believe the Mining Agreement with the Bunuba people will have a long lasting and significant benefit for both parties,” Richards said.“It delivers POZ certainty over tenure and future development options, including full scale mining, whilst the Bunuba group ensures that its heritage is protected and that employment, training and financial benefits will flow to the group.”The Ellendale lamproite field which hosts the Blina project area is one of the largest lamproite fields globally and many of its pipes have proven to be diamondiferous, including the Ellendale 4 (E4) and Ellendale 9 (E9) pipes which have been commercially mined.The E9 mine (currently not producing) immediately adjacent to Blina was reported in 2014 to be the world’s leading source of rare fancy yellow diamonds and to have contributed an estimated 50% of the global supply of these yellows.
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A man crossing Mill Plain Boulevard in east Vancouver was hospitalized with severe injuries after he was struck by a westbound driver late Tuesday night.Vancouver Police Department spokeswoman Kim Kapp said the man was crossing Mill Plain at Southeast Park Crest Avenue, going north, shortly before midnight Tuesday.A woman driving west hit him. According to witnesses, she had a green light and was traveling near the speed limit at the time of the crash, Kapp said.The driver stayed at the scene and called 911. Kapp said she was cooperative with police and there were no indications speed or driver impairment factored into the collision.The man was taken to PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center for his injuries.Kapp said the department’s traffic investigators were looking into the crash.
Facebook Twitter Google+LinkedInPinterestWhatsAppPARIS, FR and MIAMI, FL – November 10, 2016 – C&W Networks, a division of C&W Communications (C&W), one of the largest full service communications and entertainment providers in the Caribbean and Latin America region, now part of Liberty Global (LiLAC Group), again won the Best Caribbean Wholesale Carrier award on November 8 at the 12th Global Carrier Awards in Paris. The award recognizes C&W Networks’ innovation in new service technology, excellence in customer experience and leadership in the wholesale telecoms market across the Caribbean region.The Global Carrier Awards have become the most prestigious awards among the wholesale telecoms industry by celebrating innovation, excellence and vision and setting the benchmark for performance throughout the marketplace. The awards were independently judged by a panel of over 20 judges, which includes leading analysts, industry experts and the senior editorial team of Capacity magazine. The judging panel was carefully selected to cover a wide range of market areas and regions and were aided by a new scoring system, which was refined for 2014 to ensure that the shortlisting and winners decisions remained objective and transparent. This year’s submissions attracted a record number of over 200 entries.“C&W Networks won the Best Caribbean Wholesale Carrier award at the 2016 Global Carrier Awards in our brand new Paris location. In recognition for increasing revenue and profitability, network reach, scale and reliability this provider of choice in the Pan-Caribbean region boasts a world-class Net Promoter Score of 50% above industry standard,” said the Global Carrier Awards organization. “And with its demonstrated success in completing strategic acquisitions, ongoing network expansion and rollout of innovative services this carrier continues to exceed all expectations.”“We are elated to be recognized as the Best Caribbean Wholesale Carrier for the fourth time across the region. We are very proud to receive this recognition for our success in a challenging and rapidly evolving marketplace. In anticipation of growing customer demands that rely more and more on advanced technologies, we’ve greatly expanded our capabilities in new services and network security over the past year – which the judges recognized tonight. The award highlights the commitment of our teams and their tireless efforts across the region to better serve our carrier clients and their customers and our ongoing commitment towards striving to be the best Caribbean telecoms carrier,” said Paul Scott, President of C&W Networks.In selecting C&W Networks as the Best Caribbean Wholesale Carrier winner, the judges recognize that the company operates the largest subsea network across the Pan-Caribbean region, serving over 260 local, regional and international carriers. Its diverse IP backbone, along with its over 38,000 in-country fiber backhaul and local terrestrial networks that are continually expanding throughout the region were also key factors that impressed the selection committee. In addition, the selection committee noted the beneficial impact to the region from C&W Networks that has enabled unmatched scale and reach spanning some 48,000 kilometers of submarine fiber reaching 42 countries.“Throughout 2016, we have been laser focused on finding the best ways to connect, protect, manage and optimize carrier services for our clients and their customers. We are enabling them to capture new revenue, protect profits, and grow their businesses. We are proud to be providing the tools they need to be successful in today’s global telecoms market and will continue to deliver greater connectivity, flexibility and scalability across the Caribbean region,” said Scott Related Items: Facebook Twitter Google+LinkedInPinterestWhatsApp
Clark County Fire District 6 is prepared to offer a class on emergency preparedness following the devastating earthquake that struck Japan Thursday, but needs at least 15 participants to commit before moving forward. Topics in the course include disaster medicine, light search and rescue, psychological first aid, fire safety, disaster fire suppression, utility shutoff and patient triage. “Nobody is safe from the effects of a devastating earthquake or natural disaster. This should serve as a reminder of the importance of being prepared.” Dawn Johnson, a District 6 spokeswoman, said in a news release announcing the class.The release warns that first responders will not be able to meet all of the demands for emergency care brought on by a large-scale disaster. Community Emergency Response Team training is meant to teach individuals how to sustain themselves, their families and neighbors until fire and medical services can arrive. The course costs $30, which includes a hard hat, vest, utility shutoff tool and gloves. Classes will be held at fire station 1, 8800 Northeast Hazel Dell Avenue.
70% of Macau gaming market driven by 400,000 premium players: brokerage Singapore Betting Taxes fall 0.9% to SG$2.7 billion in FY2018/19 Strong VIP growth sees Okada Manila GGR climb 72% in August Global ratings agency Fitch has predicted mid-single digit growth for the Asian gaming industry in 2019, buoyed by new and recent property openings in Macau and stability provided by the mass market sector.Providing its outlook for the region through the next 12 months in a note this week, Fitch said its forecast reflects a “long-term positive outlook as we believe greater China, with a growing middle class, is underpenetrated.” RelatedPosts Load More Contributors to GGR growth will include the opening of SJM’s Grand Lisboa Palace, the ramp-up of MGM Cotai and Morpheus tower at City of Dreams which both opened in 2018 and new infrastructure projects such as the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge, it added.However, Fitch expects the VIP sector to continue its recent slowdown into 2019 with mass market to continue its trend “as the primary growth driver over the past few months.”“We expect this trend to continue into 2019 as VIP is more sensitive to the economic and credit conditions on mainland China. We expect Chinese-related VIP weakness to spill over into other markets including Singapore and Las Vegas Strip,” Fitch said.Discussing Singapore specifically, where GGR declined 3% year-on-year in 1H18 after growing 14% in 2017, Fitch said, “The recent weakness is largely driven by the VIP segment, which is slowing across the region and facing increased competition from expansions in Philippines and other newer markets.“We expect VIP weakness to carry into early 2019 and the full-year 2019 to be about flat, offset by a stable mass market.”
BILLERICA, MA — The Shawsheen Tech Alumni and Friends Association is holding its Annual Homecoming 5K Walk/Race on Saturday, October 6 at the Tech (100 Cook Street, Billerica). Walkers start at 8:30am. Runners start at 9am.Online registration before September 30 costs $15. (Register HERE.) Day-of registration begins at 8am by the gym entrance and costs $20. The event is FREE to current Shawsheen Tech students. Proceeds to support the Shawsheen Tech Alumni Scholarship Fund.1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners will receive trophies. Post-race food and beverages will be provided. This is a rain or shine event.Have a question? Contact Dan Dorazio at 978-314-6936 or svthsaa[at]gmail.com.Like Wilmington Apple on Facebook. Follow Wilmington Apple on Twitter. Follow Wilmington Apple on Instagram. Subscribe to Wilmington Apple’s daily email newsletter HERE. Got a comment, question, photo, press release, or news tip? Email wilmingtonapple@gmail.com.Share this:TwitterFacebookLike this:Like Loading… RelatedShawsheen Tech’s Alumni Association Holds Successful 5KIn “Sports”Shawsheen Tech Alumni Association Announces 3 Class ReunionsIn “Education”The Wilmington Insider For October 6, 2018In “5 Things To Do Today”
Hyderabad: Nehru Zoological Park veterinary staff at last, caught the young male leopard in the early morning hours on Wednesday, which had made the International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) it’s home. Since February from ICRISAT area the leopard was foraying into other areas due to which the institute’s staff and forest department officials searching for it and spending sleepless nights. Since it’s movements were also noticed in the Greyhounds complex near Narsingi, the commandos were also alerted. Also Read – Corruption major stumbling block in PRLI progress: Nagam Janardhan Reddy Advertise With Us According to Zoo Park officials, the leopard after spending a few weeks in the Greyhounds complex area in the late-night hours Tuesday it returned to ICRISAT campus again. The Zoo Park veterinary staff who were already in preparation to catch the leopard tranquillized it, when it came nearer to a baited goat which was tied by the Zoo staff to trap the leopard. After tranquillizing drugs, the immobilized leopard was placed in a trap cage and shifted to the zoo. The officials said that the leopard is in a healthy condition without any injuries.