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chhattisgarh-net Messages In This Digest (8 Messages) 1. 36garh Diary | 30 August | 2009 From: CGNet 2. UPA 2 : 100 days : Steady strides on security but Maoist pinpricks h From: CGNet 3. Off topic India's UID And The Fantasy Of Dataveillance From: CGNet 4. Dr Binayak Sen speaks in Mumbai From: Kamayani BaliMahabal 5. Sept issue of Media Scan From: आशीष कुमार 'ठंशॠ6. World Digital Library ! From: Shaan W. 7. Australia defends Aborigines policy From: Xavier Dias 8. Relief for sponge iron makers as ore prices dip 17% From: Xavier Dias View All Topics | Create New Topic Messages 1. 36garh Diary | 30 August | 2009 Posted by: "CGNet" cgnet...@gmail.com Sat Aug 29, 2009 6:58 pm (PDT) Dear friends, Pls find the 36garh Diary for 30th August 2009. This contains links to the news items related to Chhattisgarh from today's newspapers. http://cgnet.in/Med/diary/atdocument.2009-08-30.3069519930 Pls let us know how do you find it and we are also looking for volunteers who can help us make 36garh Diaries. We will be very keen to help you learn how to make them regards Moderators Back to top Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post Messages in this topic (1) 2. UPA 2 : 100 days : Steady strides on security but Maoist pinpricks h Posted by: "CGNet" cgnet...@gmail.com Sat Aug 29, 2009 7:10 pm (PDT) Steady strides on security but Maoist pinpricks hurt TNN 29 August 2009, The home ministry continues to be on its toes, maintaining the pace it set last December while launching its grand plan of shoring up the Jharkhand, despite being under central rule, continues to be a soft target for Maoists. country€ ¢â’ ’¹s security and intelligence infrastructure after the 26/11 Mumbai attacks. Though the deadline for the ministry€ ¢â’ ’¹s own Action Plan (II) ends only on September 30, its track record in the first 100 days of the second UPA government appears encouraging. There€ ¢â’ ’¹s perceptible improvement in intelligence sharing, which shows in the fact that the country has not witnessed any terror incident beyond the disturbed zones of Jammu and Kashmir and Northeast. However, the continuing Maoist mayhem remains a major concern particularly when the Red ultras have been successfully trapping and killing security personnel. The anti-Naxal operation being carried out in Lalgarh since June has shown some results as the Centre, in coordination with the state government , has been experimenting with an altogether new method to fight the ultras. Instead of adopting the usual practice of leaving the area after an operation, the security forces stay there till the local administration assumes full charge and puts basic civic/police infrastructure in place. Considering Lalgarh as a laboratory for anti-Naxal operations, the Centre is now in the process of replicating the strategy of full-area domination followed by infrastructure development in other states, including the worst hit Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand. Obviously, the task will not be easy unless states come fully on board. The recent chief ministers€ ¢â’ ’¹ conference on Naxal issues showed encouraging results with non-UPA ruled states like Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Orissa and West Bengal showing signs of narrowing differences over security matters. The conference took up each point of the home ministry€ ¢â’ ’¹s Action Plan II (June 1 to September 30) with states on August 17 and found near unanimity over the need to strengthen security and intelligence infrastructure. As for raising resources to augment police strength and training, for which the states collectively need Rs 25,000 crore, the ministry on August 6 wrote to the Finance Commission for increasing outlays. The 100-day period of the UPA II also took care of the home ministry€ ¢â’ ’¹s first Action Pan (February 21 to May 31), which among other things talked about increasing the strength of central paramilitary forces (CPMFs). The items that have spilled over from the first Action Plan have been included in Action Plan II and seem to be implemented to tackle terrorism, Naxalism and insurgency in northeast in a much more effective manner. HITS Four NSG regional hubs € ¢â’ ’´ Mumbai, Kolkata, Hyderabad and Chennai € ¢â’ ’´ get operational on time. Peaceful conduct of Amarnath yatra, World Badminton Championship and Independence Day celebrations despite threats. MISSES Increasing casualties among securitymen in anti-Naxal ops. Jharkhand, despite being under central rule, continues to be a soft target for Maoists. Alleged fake encounter cases in Manipur virtually derail peace process, raising questions over methods of security forces. CHALLENGES Ridding states of Naxal presence. Hope rests on the upcoming grand anti-Naxal operation. Strengthening nationwide security, intelligence infrastructure. Handling the boiling Northeast. Focus has to be on a solution to Naga issues; elimination of Ulfa in Assam. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/india/Steady-strides-on-security-but-Maoist-pinpricks-hurt/articleshow/4947913.cms Back to top Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post Messages in this topic (1) 3. Off topic India's UID And The Fantasy Of Dataveillance Posted by: "CGNet" cgnet...@gmail.com Sat Aug 29, 2009 7:11 pm (PDT) India's UID And The Fantasy Of Dataveillance By Binu Karunakaran http://www.countercurrents.org/karun240809.htm According to one estimate Rs. 150,000 Crore (US$ 30.9 bn) of taxpayers' money will flow out into the gargantuan task of making our lives similar to that of aquarium fish and no less secure. Imagine that kind of money and political will power going into healthcare and sanitation or basic education and poverty alleviation Back to top Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post Messages in this topic (1) 4. Dr Binayak Sen speaks in Mumbai Posted by: "Kamayani BaliMahabal" kamay...@ymail.com   kamay...@ymail.com Sat Aug 29, 2009 7:12 pm (PDT) Dear All Dr Binayak Sen was in Mumbai on July 27th , 2009 and had an informal interaction with all associated with the Campaign. This is first part of his interaction with all of us. will upload others soon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QB74LYe-jrQ Adv Kamayani Bali Mahabal Mobile-00919820749204 skype:lawyercumactivist I carry a torch in one hand And a bucket of water in the other: With these things I am going to set fire to Heaven And put out the flames of Hell So that voyagers to God can rip the veils And see the real goal........................................By Rabia (Rabi'a Al-'Adawiyya) Back to top Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post Messages in this topic (1) 5. Sept issue of Media Scan Posted by: "आशीष कुमार 'ठंशà¥" ashishkumaran...@gmail.com Sat Aug 29, 2009 7:13 pm (PDT) [Attachment(s) from आशीष कुमार 'ठंशॠincluded below] € ¢à¤®à¥’ à¤¡à¤¿à¤¯à¤¾ € ¢à¤¸à¥’­à¤’µà¥’¨à¤¨ € ¢à¤’µà¤¾ € ¢à¤¸à¤¿à¤¤à¤®à¥’­à¤¬à¤° € ¢à¤’¥à¤’¢à¤’µ € ¢à¤’¦à¤ªà¤’µà¥’  € ¢à¤ªà¥’­à¤°à¤¤à¤¿à¤’µà¥’­à¤°à¤¿à¤¯à¤¾ € ¢à¤’µà¤¾ € ¢à¤’§à¤’¢à¤¤à¤’¼à¤¾à¤° € ¢à¤°à¤¹à¥’§à¤’·à¤¾ ------------------------------------------------ http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B95-3otTvfq8OGIwODc5YmEtNjliNS00MDZhLTllODItYzQxNjUyZjZiNmQ0&hl=€ ¢à¤’¯à¤¨ ---------------------------------------------- Attachment(s) from आशीष कुमार 'ठंशॠ1 of 1 File(s) media scan sept09.pdf Back to top Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post Messages in this topic (1) 6. World Digital Library ! Posted by: "Shaan W." myshaan...@yahoo.com   myshaan_80 Sat Aug 29, 2009 7:13 pm (PDT) Greetings to you all, € ¦  The World Digital Library (WDL) makes available on the Internet, free of charge and in multilingual format, significant primary materials from countries and cultures around the world from 8000 BC to 2009 AD and DOWNLOAD them in TIF and other known formats ! € ¦  Type of Data/Materials Available€ ¦  1.€ ¦ Maps€ ¦  2.€ ¦ Prints, Photographs€ ¦  3.€ ¦ Books€ ¦  4.€ ¦ Manuscripts 5.€ ¦ Motion Pictures 6.€ ¦ Sound Recordings € ¦  The principal objectives of the WDL are to: 1.€ ¦ Promote international and intercultural understanding; 2.€ ¦ Expand the volume and variety of cultural content on the Internet; 3.€ ¦ Provide resources for educators, scholars, and general audiences; 4.€ ¦ Build capacity in partner institutions to narrow the digital divide within and between countries. Visit below for full details: http://free-gis-data.blogspot.com/2009/04/world-digital-library.html € ¦  € ¦  Thanks for your time! € ¦  Sincerely, The Publisher, http://free-gis-data.blogspot.com € ¦  Note: This site will be updated with more and more free GIS/RS stuff daily, so please keep visiting in future! Back to top Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post Messages in this topic (1) 7. Australia defends Aborigines policy Posted by: "Xavier Dias" reachxd...@gmail.com Sat Aug 29, 2009 7:47 pm (PDT) News <http://english.aljazeera.net/>Asia-Pacific Australia defends Aborigines policy *The UN specialist said Australia's Aborigines still suffer from 'entrenched racism' [Reuters]*** Australia has defended a controversial policy that allows for official intervention in remote aboriginal communities, which a UN expert says is discriminatory. James Anaya, a UN Special Rapporteur on Indigenous Rights, has criticised the policy, saying it violated international obligations on human rights by imposing radical restrictions on Aborigines during a crackdown on child sex abuse in the communities. Under the intervention programme, tough restrictions were imposed on Aborigines in the Northern Territory in response to a report that found child sex abuse was rampant in remote indigenous communities. Anaya's comments came as Australia launched its latest bid to address inequality, ill-health and poverty among its 500,000 indigenous people, and announced it will form a new national representative body this year to advise it on related policies. But on Friday the Australian government rejected Anaya's harsh criticisms, who said the aboriginal minority still suffers from "entrenched racism". *Controversial programme* Jenny Macklin, the Australian indigenous affairs minister, said she knows the programme was controversial and even acknowledged that some parts of the crackdown two years ago were contentious. "We as a government and as a country have to confront the realities of indigenous people, particularly in remote parts of Australia," she said. Macklin said the government's priority was to protect the rights of indigenous children who are subject to high levels of abuse, and to do something to fix the Third World living conditions faced by many of the Aborigines. *"Stigmatising aboriginal people further will not help aboriginal children's health and education outcomes or improve safety in communities"* Rodney Dillon, Amnesty International "Many of these families tell me it's putting food on the table for their kids that used to be spent on grog [alcohol]," said Macklin. "I don't think anyone could disagree that that isn't a good thing." Aborigines make up 2.5 per cent of Australia's 22 million population and suffer disproportionate rates of infant mortality, health problems and suicide. Despite pumping billions of dollars into community programmes, housing and education in recent decades, the Aborigines remain the poorest, unhealthiest and most disadvantaged group with an average life span 17 years shorter than other Australians. In 2007 John Howard, the former Australian prime minister, suspended the Racial Discrimination Act in the Northern Territory as he sent troops and police to help curb alcohol-fuelled sex abuse and domestic violence in isolated desert communities. His successor Kevin Rudd has refused to scrap the policy since taking office, despite issuing a historic apology for the wrongs suffered since white settlement in 1788. *Rights violation* In backing Anaya's report on intervention programmes, Amnesty International, the London-based human rights watchdog, said Australia was stigmatising the aboriginal communities and failing to fulfil its human rights obligations. Rodney Dillon, the group's indigenous-rights advocate, echoed the UN's concerns and said the implementation of the policy in the Northern Territory "does not fulfil Australia's international human rights obligations". "It's the government's responsibility to provide health care and education to all its citizens," he said. "Stigmatising aboriginal people further will not help aboriginal children's health and education outcomes or improve safety in communities." B 6 Abhilasha Apts 11 A Purulea Rd. P.O. Ranchi Jharkhand 834001 INDIA Tel/fax: (O) +91 651 2532035 / 2531874 / 2532104 Cell +91(India) 9431185072 Back to top Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post Messages in this topic (1) 8. Relief for sponge iron makers as ore prices dip 17% Posted by: "Xavier Dias" reachxd...@gmail.com Sat Aug 29, 2009 7:48 pm (PDT) Business Standard Relief for sponge iron makers as ore prices dip 17% Dilip Kumar Jha / Mumbai August 26, 2009, 0:02 IST Soaring prices of the raw material had squeezed their margins to almost nil. After the year-high iron ore price squeezed their margins to almost nil, sponge iron producers are now heaving a sigh of relief as 17 per cent fall in ore prices since the beginning of the month. The prices of iron ore, the only raw material for sponge iron making, with iron content between 63 and 63.5 per cent, shot up in early August to $115-118 a tonne as long-term contracts between Chinese steel mills and global miners, including Vale, BHP and Rio, were delayed for uncertainty. China, meanwhile, continued to feed steel mills with iron ore procured through spot market purchase. As a consequence, standalone sponge iron producers margins slumped from a normal 12-15 per cent to almost nil as they failed to pass on the price rise in iron ore to steel makers amid slowdown in local demand. Since construction activities are less during the monsoon season, demand for raw material, including sponge iron, declines. Integrated sponge iron producers, however, continued with margins between 15 and 20 per cent as they sourced iron ore from their own mines. But, as iron ore prices have declined now to $85 a tonne from $115-118 a tonne early this month, independent sponge iron producers will also get a reason to smile in the current volatile market. Producers of secondary steel, which accounts for about 60 per cent of Indias 54 million tonnes steel production, use both sponge iron and scrap for steel-making. Generally, sponge iron demand peaks in the event of shortage of scrap supplies. Sponge iron prices remained almost unchanged in the last two months and it is currently quoting at Rs 13,000 a tonne. Unfortunately, hot-rolled coil and scrap prices are on fire while cold-rolled prices are cooling off. This is a peculiar situation for the steel industry when two important segments are moving in opposite direction, said Amitabh Mudgal, vice president, Marketing and Corporate Affairs, Monnet Ispat, one of the largest sponge iron producers in the country. Prices of shredded scrap jumped about 30 per cent to $263 a tonne, while hot-rolled coil shot up by 39 per cent to $465 a tonne in the last two months. Hot-rolled sheet prices, in contrast, lowered 8.7 per cent since April this year to trade in August at $430 a tonne. Meanwhile, many steel mills in the largest producing country had been purchasing ores only for immediate delivery due to the rising uncertainties in the steel market, which has weakened since early August. Experts believe that iron ore prices may decline further if China does not start picking up afresh. Iron ore prices in China have been following steel prices closely for months, partly because domestic steel mills are setting up volumes of iron ore purchases with their production schemes and cash positions, which are co-related with steel prices. The sponge iron output jumped 8 per cent to 15.94 million tonnes during 2008-09 as compared to 14.76 million tonnes in the previous year Back to top Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post Messages in this topic (1) Recent Activity  7 New Members  1 New Files Visit Your Group Yahoo! Finance It's Now Personal Guides, news, advice & more. Celebrity kids and families Surviving in the spotlight Y! Messenger PC-to-PC calls Call your friends worldwide - free! Need to Reply? Click one of the "Reply" links to respond to a specific message in the Daily Digest. 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