Man charged with raping five-year-old girl at US embassy in Delhi
An Indian man has been charged with raping a five-year-old girl on the premises of the US embassy in India’s capital New Delhi, police said Thursday.The 25-year-old was arrested at the high-security compound on Sunday a day after the alleged incident at the living quarters for local housekeeping staff.Police officer Yogesh Kumar told AFP preliminary medical tests confirmed the girl had been raped. The man was charged under child rape laws that carry the death penalty. The sprawling diplomatic compound is one of the most secure in Delhi, with multiple layers of manned and electronic security. A US Embassy spokesperson in New Delhi said Friday that it was “deeply disturbed” by the allegations and it took “prompt action” including reporting the incident to the police and helping arrange medical assistance.”We are cooperating with the Indian-led investigation. We extend our sympathy and full support to the child and her family,” the spokesperson said in a statement.India is struggling to combat a growing number of sexual assault cases in the country.Violence against women in the South Asian nation has been under the international spotlight following the brutal gang-rape and murder of a Delhi student on a bus in 2012.Almost 34,000 rapes were reported in 2018, according to official data, with activists claiming the figure is just the tip of the iceberg.Experts said most child victims are known to their abusers, with their families frequently choosing not to report the crimes to authorities amid social taboos against speaking out.Topics :
Fitch researchers expect household spending to contract by 1.5 percent this year, down from a previous growth forecast of 1.2 percent. Factors including a slowdown in China’s economy and a drop in tourism inflows will deal a severe blow to consumer spending, which accounts for nearly 60 percent of Indonesia’s economy.“We [also] believe that private consumption will remain under pressure over the year as employment conditions continue to worsen,” Fitch said. Over 2 million people have lost their jobs during the pandemic, according to the Manpower Ministry.Read also: Indonesia’s household spending to tank as people lose jobs: FitchFitch added that investment will contract by 2.5 percent this year, from its initial projection of 1.5 percent growth as the government decided to postpone big-ticket infrastructure projects including the new capital city development.“We continue to believe that two factors could provide a cushion for growth this year, although they will be insufficient to prevent a full year contraction in growth,” Fitch said, citing net export contribution and expansionary government spending.Singapore-based DBS economist Radhika Rao also cut Indonesia’s economic outlook following underperforming GDP figures in the first quarter. She now projects the country’s GDP to grow by 1.3 percent from an initial projection of 2.5 percent on account of the deeper impact of the restrictions in the second quarter.“This assumes a gradual lift in restrictions from late in the second quarter and recovery sets in third quarter onward as social-distancing requirements ebb,” Rao said in a research note. “If these expectations don’t materialize, headline growth might register flat or net decline this year.”The government’s baseline projection is that economic growth will slow to 2.3 percent this year, the weakest in 21 years, or slump to 0.4 percent contraction in a worst-case scenario.Topics : Indonesia’s GDP grew slower than expected at 2.97 percent year-on-year (yoy) in the first quarter, as household spending and investment growth lost steam amid the coronavirus outbreak, Statistics Indonesia (BPS) announced on Tuesday. It was weaker than the government’s, the central bank’s and economists’ projections of around 4 percent.Read also: Indonesia’s economy heads into turbulence as Q1 growth plunges: EconomistsFour provinces and 22 local administrations nationwide have implemented large scale social restrictions since late March to contain the virus spread, forcing businesses to close and hitting demand as people are required to stay home.“The significant weakness in the first quarter suggests that Indonesia’s economy will suffer for the rest of the year as the first quarter figures do not fully reflect the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak domestically,” Fitch noted. Indonesia announced its first COVID-19 cases in early March and began implementing social restriction measures in mid-March. Fitch Solutions has forecast Indonesia’s GDP to contract by 1.3 percent this year, compared with 2.8 percent economic growth in its previous projection, as the country is likely to see a slow recovery and remain under lockdown for a prolonged period.The national economy is heading into contraction as the country is still in the early stages of combating the COVID-19 pandemic while postponed infrastructure projects will severely weigh on investment growth, researchers at Fitch Solutions wrote. The global economy is expected to contract by 2.8 percent this year.“We have factored in a slow recovery in Indonesia as the country is still in the early stages of combating the virus and may need to remain under lockdown for a more prolonged period,” Fitch said in a research note released Thursday. “A series of postponed infrastructure projects this year will severely weigh on investment growth in Indonesia.”
2/42 Tedder Ave, Main Beach sold for $1.31 million.More from news02:37Purchasers snap up every residence in the $40 million Siarn Palm Beach North9 hours ago02:37International architect Desmond Brooks selling luxury beach villa1 day agoTHIS Main Beach villa sold for $1.31 million under the hammer.In a twist of fate the buyer who bought it used to own the former house on the block nearly 24 years ago.First National Real Estate Surfers Paradise agent Russell Rollington said there were six registered bidders at the auction,“We had strong interest from local, Brisbane and interstate purchasers,” he said.The four-level luxury villa has open plan living areas with a sunken lounge overlooking the outdoor entertaining area and plunge pool.
Serie A was suspended until April 3, but that was only ever a place-marker date. According to the Corriere della Sera newspaper, the Italian games will not resume until closer to May 3. Loading… Promoted Content7 Facts About Black Holes That Will Blow Your Mind11 Most Immersive Game To Play On Your Table TopThe Highest Paid Football Players In The WorldA Hurricane Can Be As Powerful As 10 Atomic BombsTop Tastiest Foods From All Over The WorldWhich Country Is The Most Romantic In The World?6 Amazing Shows From The 90s That Need A Reboot Right Now9 Movie Scenes That Got Re-Shot And Saved The Whole MoviePlaying Games For Hours Can Do This To Your BodyBirds Enjoy Living In A Gallery Space Created For Them7 Non-Obvious Things That Damage Your PhoneTop 10 Most Romantic Nations In The World The opening game would’ve been in Rome between Italy and Turkey. As more and more countries go into lockdown, suspending their domestic leagues, UEFA are under immense pressure to move the tournament to next summer. This would give Serie A, La Liga, the Bundesliga and others the time necessary to complete the fixture list going into June.
Serie A will not resume until May 3 due to the Coronavirus pandemic, claim reports, using the time gained by the cancellation of Euro 2020 to finish the season. Multiple sources including L’Equipe suggested today that UEFA would inevitably postpone the European Championships, which were due to kick off on June 12. Read Also: Juventus ready to offer Zidane £7m They would have to conclude the campaign by June 30, as that is the date when player and coach contracts expire. None of the Serie A or B sides seem ready to accept the proposals put forward by the FIGC, which include play-offs for the Scudetto and relegation/promotion, or freezing the table as it stands now. FacebookTwitterWhatsAppEmail分享 
Loading… This was the first game back since the lockdown and the Partenopei held Inter to a 1-1 draw, allowing them to qualify 2-1 on aggregate, so they’ll face Juventus in the Final on June 17. “We weren’t expecting the Inter goal to come that early, but we reacted well and soaked up pressure to deserve our place in the Final,” the defender told RAI Sport. “Gattuso has given us a real confidence boost, as we had lost faith in ourselves a little bit and he reminded us that we are great players. We had struggled when under pressure, but we know how to suffer now and fight our way through difficulties. “There is another game coming up with the Final in a few days, so we’ll work hard to be ready.”Advertisement Koulibaly has barely featured this season due to injury, as he had just returned when the pandemic ground football to a halt in March. Gattuso replaced fired Carlo Ancelotti in December, but Koulibaly tore a muscle just days into the new tactician’s reign. read also:Koulibaly warned against United move “Many things are changing at Napoli, but above all, they are returning to the way they were. We are all aware that we can do more and this Final is a one-off match, so anything can happen. “I hadn’t started a match for six months, so I am very happy to be back playing with my teammates. They and all the fans gave me so much support during this difficult time and I want to repay them for that.” FacebookTwitterWhatsAppEmail分享 Napoli are regaining their ‘confidence’ under Gennaro Gattuso after reaching the Coppa Italia Final, according to Kalidou Koulibaly. Promoted Content10 Big Movie Stars Who Got Famous Thanks To Soap OperasCan Playing Too Many Video Games Hurt Your Body?A Hurricane Can Be As Powerful As 10 Atomic Bombs8 Things To Expect If An Asteroid Hits Our PlanetYou’ve Only Seen Such Colorful Hairdos In A Handful Of AnimeEver Thought Of Sleeping Next To Celebs? This Guy Will Show YouCouples Who Celebrated Their Union In A Unique, Unforgettable Way9 Talented Actors Who Are Only Associated With One Role10 Risky Jobs Some Women Do5 Of The World’s Most Unique Theme ParksWho Earns More Than Ronaldo?Pretty Awesome Shows That Just Got Canceled
Adam Johnson has vowed to win back his England place after admitting he has shown only glimpses of his top form since moving to Sunderland. Injury prevented his presence in the squad for the World Cup qualifiers against Moldova and Ukraine in September, and he was an unused substitute for the clashes with San Marino and Poland the following month. But as he battled to make his presence felt at the Stadium of Light, Roy Hodgson overlooked him for the November friendly against Sweden and last week’s victory over Brazil, and that is a situation he is determined to address as soon as possible. Johnson added: “The key word, in terms of form, is consistency. I think I have only shown tiny glimpses of my best form over the five or six months that I have been here. “It’s difficult for all players – you know it isn’t going to be rosy all the time – but you just have to come out the other end of it.” Press Association
The 25-year-old’s £10million summer arrival from Manchester City was greeted with glee on Wearside, but Johnson has struggled to hit the heights on a sustained basis and has lost his place in the international set-up as a result. Johnson told the Sunderland Echo: “It’s always difficult because I have been in the squad for a while and then I have been overlooked for the last couple of games. I have just got to get my head down and get better, really. If I do that, then I am confident that I can work my way back into the squad.” 
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Jan 12, CMC – Former Sports Minister Brent Sancho says the dramatic resignation of men’s head coach Tom Saintfiet has left Football Association president, David John-Williams, with plenty explaining to do.The 43-year-old Belgian quit the post on Tuesday after a mere five weeks in charge, citing a lack of support from the FA and also claiming that John-Williams had “double-guessed” his appointment from the very first day.Saintfiet also charged that in his four games in charge, he was never afforded the opportunity to “work with the players nor staff requested.”“I think that is where he has some very strong questioning to face. I think the statements made by Mr Saintfiet contains some very serious allegations as it relates to staff selection and player selection,” Sancho contended.“That is something I would hope the president would be able to clear up – Saintfiet making it known he was not able to select the right team, select the right players, the right staff around it. Those are some very serious allegations.”Saintfiet lost three of the four games he presided over during his short stint. In a two-match international friendly series against Nicaragua in Managua last month, T&T lost 2-1 before bouncing back with a 3-1 victory.But in last week’s Caribbean Cup playoff series – a qualifier for July’s CONCACAF Gold Cup – T&T slumped to a 2-1 defeat to Suriname and then succumbed 4-3 to Haiti.Saintfiet, who arrived with an unheralded record, had been a controversial appointment following last November’s sacking of the popular Stephen Hart and Sancho said the spotlight would now fall on John-Williams’s decision-making.“When you make such a decision as president of any organisation, hiring a coach who was relatively successful like coach Hart and replacing him with one who clearly doesn’t have the qualification, who doesn’t have the history to put us in the position – and the position is very clear, for T&T to qualify for Russia – then you put yourself in a very precarious position and that is what David John-Williams has done with that decision,” said the former national star.The FA faces a race against time to find a new coach with T&T set to face Panama and Mexico in late March, in the next round of CONCACAF final round qualifiers for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
Related Articles All-in Global: ‘Fantastyc’ markets around the world July 16, 2020 BtoBet integrates Incentive Games content July 29, 2020 Share Share Submit StumbleUpon FES and Incentive Games launch esports prediction game June 2, 2020 Aberdeen based DFS operator Premier Punt is on the verge of completing its crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs with 99% of its £200,000 successfully raised. John Gordon, Premier PuntThe company, which launched in 2013, is offering 6.67% equity for the funding with an overall valuation of £2.8m. Premier Punt Founder John Gordon commented: “Crowd funding has been a fantastic experience. It really fits into our company ethos: Made for the Fans, by the Fans. We are now letting the fans own it too. We feel that Crowdfunding is a fantastic thing to do, and a successful round of public crowdfunding is another form of certification for the company.”The past 12 months for DFS in the United Kingdom has been and has led to Oulala and Mondogoal moving away from the B2C element and focusing on strictly B2B activities. Other companies have left the space entirely, whilst the big two of DraftKings and FanDuel merged.Gordon added: “So we find ourselves in a good position for 2017. We have the single game that FD and DK do not have, which is eloquently suited to our app, you can choose a line-up in seconds (as opposed to the FD and DK 11-a-side format).“We will use the funds to move into overseas markets and make more proprietary gambling software. We are fortunate to have a digital marketing company invest in us so marketing is gratis for us!”Premier Punt, which is the Official Fantasy Partner of Southampton FC, took home the ‘Highly Commended’ award in the SBC Awards category of Best Fantasy Sports Product last year and late last month it was announced that the company is in the process of adding a sportsbook element to both their site and app which should go live in February.
Black Stars midfielder Andre Ayew says the huge match winning bonues and appearance fees the players receive are justified because of the work that it entails.Speaking to pressmen ahead of the 2015 African nations Cup qualifier against Uganda on Saturday, Ayew noted that playing for Ghana means fighting for the nation, adding that it is a job that merits payments as well, considering that injuries could occur on national duty. “For every Ghanaian player, we love our country; we fight, when we come here it is a job. Not only are we fighting for our country but we’re working. Somebody can come here to play [it has happened before], go back with injury and don’t play for their clubs for like eight months, one year. It is our job so we come, play and are lucky that we can have good money because we have a job that can give us good money.”The Marseille midfielder says the Black Stars players are not obligated to let the whole world know about their acts of charity, if so required, noting that the public has no idea of what players do for other people when they get the money.“Charity? I don’t think if myself, Agyeman [Badu], coach or captain are going to do charity, we have to let the whole world know we are going to donate money. Do you know what we’ve done for people here in Ghana or what we do? If I’m going to do charity, it is from my heart and I’m not going to call every media person or anybody to come and see and go to tell in the newspaper I have come to do this or that. I think that’s not how we do charity.”Ayew, who scored twice during the 2014 World Cup, added that there are several projects the players are involved in, noting that the renumerations from national duty alone sometimes isn’t enough to fund such projects. He was quick to state that because the players die for the nation, it is right that they are duly renumerated, but added that it is a mistake to equate football with money.“These are things we have done and are doing. We don’t even use the Black Stars money [alone] to do it. When we get bonuses, we use it here in Ghana; whether on our families, we buy lands, the money stays in our country. We don’t take somebody’s money but when we go out there and play, we get their money and come and use it in our country. What we take from our country, I think we gain it because we die for our country. We love our country but I think money is not football and football is not money. It is two different things; it’s just that it is a game which has become a job for us so I believe that everybody should understand that charity or giving out is things that we do but that doesn’t mean that we should show or call people to come and see what we are doing.”
PSC Golf from the Ferdinand GolfMonday, March 9, Greenwood A & C – StablefordThis was the third of our Monthly Tournaments and once again we had a terrific number of golfers participating in the event, which had many lucrative rewards including prizes on every hole for A & B flights and a fabulous prize for a hole in one on the par three C8 hole. There were also prizes for the top five in each flight and the chance to qualify for a place in the Ferdinand Championship Tournament, to be played at the end of this year. Checking in went extremely smoothly with our first tee time at 10.40 am from 2 tees, A & C and our first groups were able to get away a few minutes ahead of schedule. The weather was terrific but fairly hot and the golf course was in terrific shape and with very few delays during the round there were practically no reports of slow play. Many thanks go to the Greenwood management & staff for their help & cooperation during the event.John Hughes & Geoff Parker. Thanks also goes to our hole sponsors: Ferdinand Bar, Phantom Bar, RR123 Remodel & Construction, Solens Autolakerer, Anna Coffee & Drink, DTA Transport, Beergarden Restaurant, Alby & Micky Pizza, Lewinski’s, Pizza Italiano, Hotel Dania, Beefeater Steakhouse & Zanzi Bar.Presentations were at the Phantom Bar that evening with the delicious buffet supper provided by Hotel Dania and once again the place was packed and excellent live music entertained us all.Nick Shaw.After the meal it was time for presentations. The rule of the day was that winners had to be present on the evening to receive their awards and the awards that weren’t collected will carry forward to the next Monthly Monday Tournament on April 6 at Phoenix Golf Course. As it was all of the “novelty” prize winners were in attendance so there were no carry overs for that reason. The Flight winners were then announced followed by the announcement of the five qualifiers for the Ferdinand Championship at the end of next year, this month being Geoff Parker, John Hughes, Bill Steinman, Donald McMillan and Terry Mangan.A Flight (0-18)1st Geoff Parker (14) 44pts2nd Brian Gabe (17) 40pts3rd Bill Steinman (14) 39pts4th Kevin Hamilton (15) 38pts5th Ian Pickles (15) 37 pointsB Flight (15+)1st John Hughes (19) 40pts2nd Donald McMillan (22) 39pts3rd Terry Mangan (20) 39pts4th Hans Moerk (20) 35pts5th Dick Braimbridge (35) 35ptsThursday, March 12, Silky Oak – StablefordSilky Oak was the choice for a pleasant change and although the Green Valley complex was packed with a very big tournament being played there, it was nice and quiet on the Silky Oak course and we got our first four-ball away ahead of our 11.30 am scheduled time.The weather was great with a nice breeze to cool things down and the course was in good shape, although some did find the greens a bit hard to handle. With the large distances between many greens to tees it made for a rather slow round and ours was completed in a little over four and a half hours. I must say I enjoyed the day as the course is different and local knowledge is certainly a big advantage, although this was only my second time.Nick Shaw took the honours with a fine 38 points, two points ahead of Jacob Olsen in second place and your writer scraped into third spot with an honest 36 points.1st Nick Shaw (19) 40pts2nd Jacob Olsen (8) 38pts3rd Peter Blackburn (15) 36ptsNear Pins: #5 Christian Boysen.Long Putts: #18 Nick Shaw.Note: The Ferdinand Golf Society welcomes golfers of any persuasion – low & high handicappers alike, female golfers and beginners. We generally play Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays at Phoenix, meeting at The Phantom Bar in Soi Buakhow at 8.00 am with transport departing at 8.30 a.m. For bookings or more information, contact Peter on 080 635 1386 or email to petermal colmblackburn@gmail.com.