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‘MACRON’S WATERGATE’ IS ALEXANDRE BENALLA French President Emmanuel Macron has decided to take the hit for the unfolding Alexandre Benalla affair, saying he’s responsible for all the actions of his violent aide, who was filmed beating demonstrators during a May Day rally. “If they are looking for the one responsible, the only one responsible is me and me alone,” Macron told fellow parliamentary party lawmakers on Tuesday, as quoted by BFM TV.  “If they want the one responsible, he’s in front of you. Let them come and get me. I answer to the French people.” Emmanuel Macron’s presidency is being battered by its worst scandal so far and at the center of it is the protester-beating bodyguard Alexandre Benalla, a young man with a surprisingly successful career On May 1, a man wearing a police helmet was filmed roughing up unarmed protesters at an anti-Macron rally in Paris. In mid-July, he was identified as Macron’s bodyguard Benalla. This has given rise to a scandal that could s
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China to invest $14bn in S. Africa Many agreements were signed between China and South Africa during Chinese President Xi Jinping’s state visit. This includes nearly $15 billion in investment for the African country. The two countries also vowed to strengthen economic ties. China and South African relations have developed into a comprehensive, strategic partnership. The two countries have witnessed increasing political mutual trust, practical cooperation, people-to-people exchanges and strategic coordination. They’ve now pledged to draw a new blueprint for further developing bilateral relations. “We have full confidence in the bright prospects of our cooperation and friendship going forward. The president and I both believe that our two parties and countries are good friends, good partners, good brothers and good comrades,” Xi said. “We must continue to view our bilateral relationship from a strategic height and to continue to push forward our collaboration with the long t
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NATO Military structure,Finland & Sweden NATO  wants to integrate  Sweden  &  Finland  into their Military  Structures NATO  wants to integrate  Sweden  &  Finland  into their Military  Structures The Baltic Sea in Transition. Among the topics: US military presence in the region, NATOs decision to place multinational battle groups in the Baltic States and Poland, EU defence policy,  Finland  &  Sweden  and  NATO ’s new force  structure . Russia is concerned about recent NATO moves aimed at involving Finland and Sweden in the alliance’s activities and structures, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said Tuesday. A treaty was signed in May that provides for the two states’ full participation in the exercises of the alliance and the possibility of using its command-and-control systems for troops and weapons, he said at a meeting of the Defense Ministry’s board. “In exchange, NATO received unrestricted access to the airspace and territorial water
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 “Cheat India” shoots today in Lucknow The shoot of the keenly awaited Emraan Hashmi-starrer “Cheat India” commences today in Lucknow The makers of “Hindi Medium”, “Neerja” and “Tumhari Sulu”, have collaborated again, this time to produce “Cheat India”, a never-seen-before peek into the vagaries of the Indian education system Clearly aimed at Indian students, this edge-of-the-seat Emraan Hashmi-starrer rolls in Lucknow today. More than 75 actors from UP, including real students from various colleges and universities, have been cast. The makers released a teaser video of Emraan playing with the alphabets of ‘Teach’, which incidentally, are the same as those of ‘Cheat’. Hashmi’s naughty wink at the end leaves you wondering whether he’s the hunter or the villain! BHUSHAN KUMAR, TANUJ GARG, ATUL KASBEKAR AND EMRAAN HASHMI ARE PRODUCING THE FILM, SET FOR A JANUARY 25, 2019 RELEASE. Share this: Pak NA 272 votes for a new PM Polling stations are open in Pakista
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Rafale deal, BJP hits back Bofors was Congress downhill, will Rafel deal unexplained shall be of BJP downturn? Defence deal of national importance need public explanation which can be utterted in few words but the saffron is adamant not to speak on the issue, so was Former PM Rajiv Gandhi and had to pay bitterly with charges leveled by Mr VP Singh former PM. BJP has hit back at Congress’ allegations against the Rafale deal accusing Rahul Gandhi of misleading the Parliament and the nation. It said the UPA’s Defence Ministers had also termed the deal as confidential and accused Rahul of not doing his homework on foreign policy and security issues. The Congress on Monday showed no signs of relenting despite being cornered in every way over its baseless allegations over the Rafale deal. During the discussion on the no confidence motion, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had quashed Rahul Gandhi’s allegations and PM Modi had clearly stated that the deal was transparent and cle
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Improve the Efficacy of School Feeding Programmes Development Seminar |No Free Lunch: Using Technology to Improve the Efficacy of School Feeding Programmes Friday, July 27, 2018, 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Brookings India, No. 6, Second Floor, Dr. Jose P. Rizal Marg, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi Dear Mr. Sagar, I am writing to follow up on our invitation to you for attending our next Development Seminar on  “No Free Lunch: Using Technology to Improve the Efficacy of School Feeding Programmes”  with  Prof. Sisir Debnath, Assistant Professor, Indian School of Business.  Abstract:  Malnutrition among vulnerable children is often targeted using free school feeding programmes in developing countries. Prof. Debnath studies the role of technology in improving the delivery of school feeding programmes. Using the rollout of a mobile-based monitoring mechanism (Interactive Voice Response System or IVRS) that aids in cross-tallying the number of beneficiaries in the delivery chain, he finds th
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