China building 'most advanced' naval warships for Pakistan: Report

The CSSC did not specify the ship's type but said it is being constructed at its Hudong-Zhonghua shipyard in Shanghai. China, an 'all-weather ally' of Islamabad, is the largest supplier of weapon system to Pakistan. Both the countries also jointly manufacture JF-Thunder a single engine multi-role combat aircraft. The ship's class is Type 054AP, which means it is based on the Type 054A of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy, the report quoted the Pakistani Navy as saying. The Pakistani Navy previously said four such ships had been ordered, according to the report. Once constructed, the warship 'will be one of the largest and technologically advanced platforms of the Pakistani Navy and strengthen the country's capability to respond to future challenges, maintain peace and stability and the balance of power in the Indian Ocean region,' the report said. It will also support the Pakistani Navy's initiative of securing sea lanes for international shipping by patrolling distant waters, the daily quoted the CSSC as saying. The mention of the Indian Ocean is regarded as significant as China, which has already taken over Pakistan's strategic Gwadar port under the multi-billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), looks to assist the Pakistani navy to restore the balance of power in India's backyard. China has acquired the logistical military base in Djibouti and taken over the Hambantota port of Sri Lanka under a 99-year debt swap deal. China recently denied a New York Times report that it finalised a plan to build advanced fighter aircraft under the CPEC in Pakistan, adding a military dimension to it. India protested to China over the CPEC as it is being laid through the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). Pakistan became the first country to hook on to China's BeiDou Satellite Navigation System, a rival to the US Global Positioning System (GPS) which went global recently. The system was expected to be used for military applications. The report said Type 054A is the best frigate in service with the PLA Navy. Military sources said the ship has a fully loaded displacement of about 4,000 metric tonnes and is equipped with advanced radars and missiles. About 30 Type 054As are in service with the PLA Navy. An insider in China's shipbuilding sector with knowledge of the Type 054AP programme told the Daily that the ship is the largest and most powerful combat vessel China has ever exported. 'Based on pictures circulating on the internet, the ship will have vertical launch cells that can fire Chinese HQ-16 air-defence missiles and other kinds of missiles. Vertical launch cells will bring flexibility to the user in terms of weapons portfolio, thus giving it a stronger fighting capability,' he said, adding that the Type 054AP is the best frigate Pakistan can access in the international market. 'The service of Type 054APs will double the combat power of the Pakistani Navy's surface fleet,' he said. Commenting on the ship's construction, Cao Weidong, a senior researcher at the PLA's Naval Military Studies Research Institute, said in the past, the Pakistani Navy would ask its Chinese contractors to use Western radars or weapons on ships constructed by the Chinese shipbuilders because it believed the Western naval technologies were better than Chinese ones. 'But it seems that all weapons and radars on the new ship will be Chinese products, which reflects our progress in the industry and the Pakistani Navy's confidence in our technology and capability,' he said. Cao said there are many nations selling frigates in the market, so Pakistan must have made thorough comparisons in terms of combat capability and costs. 'I believe the reason they chose our type is that ours is one of the few that can carry out all of the air-defence, anti-ship and anti-submarine tasks,' he said, expecting the service of the Chinese frigate to substantially boost Pakistan's defence capability. Dailyhunthttps://anotepad.com/notes/s4dbrf

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All clear for Balika Grih demolition

The police and administrative officials pacified them by showing them the order of the Supreme Court, which had set aside the special leave petition filed on behalf of the owner."The demolition process will start once the materials are shifted from the Balika Grih premises to the office of the Muzaffarpur regional development authority. The police forces have already been deployed for the purpose. The CBI handed over the key of the Balika Grih to the civic body officials on Monday," municipal commissioner Sanjay Dubey said on Tuesday.Three storeys of the four-storey building have been constructed in violation of building bylaws. On December 7, officials of the civic body inspected the premises and ordered shifting of the materials from there. However, it couldn't start work as the owner of the building had moved the Supreme Court.The apex court had earlier set December 10 as the deadline for demolishing the illegal portion. Muzaffarpur district magistrate Mohammad Sohail had asked sub-divisional officer (east) Manoj Kumar to execute the order of the apex court, which is monitoring the sexual abuse case.The CBI had sealed the rooms where the girls were housed before they were shifted from the Balika Grih, which was run by the NGO Seva Sankalp Evam Vikas Samiti. The NGO's proprietor, Brajesh Thakur, is a key accused and is lodged in Patiala jail in Punjab. He was shifted out of Bihar on the apex court's orders. 1446357 Dailyhunthttps://www.advancedphotoshop.co.uk/user/zeerakeerase

Sameer Verma ensures a dramatic victory for Mumbai Rockets at PBL

1 Son Wan Ho had the upper hand in the initial stages. Showing some impressive footwork, he managed to repeatedly draw errors to race ahead to 11-5 before wrapping up the opener 15-6. Refusing to relent after that fine start, the Hong Kong Open champion ruthlessly kept attacking the Antonsen forehand wing to hit winners. However, this time his 4-3 lead was overturned by a resilient Antonsen who upped the ante to go up to 8-5 in a stunning turnaround. Son fought back valiantly to make it an even affair at 8-8 only to see a spirited Antonsen take the game 15-11. The decider turned out to be one scintillating affair where nothing could separate the two. In a highly exciting finish to the match, a charged up Antonsen kept coming back every time Son got a point before he sneaked past the Korean to take the 6-15, 15-11, 15-14 win. Virat Kohli named skipper of Cricket Australia's ODI Team Of The Year World No. 12 Sameer Verma kept firing on all cylinders to make a fabulous start to his match against Awadhe's Lee Dong Keun. The match, however, had a different complexion in the second game when the Malaysian started injecting pace and power into his shots to trouble Sameer. A stunned Verma conceded the second game to build a 4-2 lead in the decider. The momentum kept oscillating between the two until 9-9 when Sameer found a wondrous down-the-line smash. Buoyed up by that winner, Sameer kept adding points steadily to take the 15-11, 8-15, 15-11 win. Earlier, Awadhe Trump Beiwen Zhang started off the tie on a confident note, looking every bit the World No. 10 shuttler that she is. The India Open champion was coming off a strong win over PV Sindhu in her earlier assignment and she simply continued from there. Controlling the shuttle beautifully, Zhang kept the young World No. 202 Shreyanshi Pardeshi on the move. Opening up the court smartly she banked on her precise shuttle placement and great netplay to dash all hopes of the youngster and record a commanding 15-10, 15-10 win. Mumbai's Trump men's doubles pair of Lee Yong Dae and Kim Gi Jung then brought back their side into contention with a strong 15-7, 15-9 win over Awadhe's Yang Lee and Season 4 debutant MR Arjun. The Mumbai duo had lost their last match but rebounded in style in this one. Dailyhunthttp://www.tripntale.com/profile/131855

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Youth, farm issues to dominate political discourse in election year

As Ray has now returned to Odisha, it is expected that he and Mohapatra will take a decision on their future course of action soon. Sources said the two leaders are thinking of a platform other than BJD and Congress, though nothing has been finalised as yet. Though Ray's joining BJD had been cleared, there seems to be opposition for Mohapatra from a section of the ruling party. Senior leader Damodar Rout had teamed up with former Union Minister and chief of Samatakranti Party Braja Kishore Tripathy after he was expelled from BJD and had announced a new political party - 'Biju Samatakranti Dal. The proposed coalition was, however, short lived and Rout's plans to launch a crusade against corruption received a jolt following differences with Tripathy. However, on Tuesday, the former minister hinted at floating a new political outfit. "We have decided to float a new party with a new name in 2019 and I have that confidence. The new party will become an alternative to the present ruling dispensation," he said. Besides, former MP Baijayant Panda is yet to make anything clear about his future course of action. Panda had said discussions are on whether he will support any party or others will support him in fighting evils like crime against women, unemployment and corruption in Odisha. Congress and BJD have, however, downplayed the impact of such political formations. "Let alone regional, two major national parties including BJP and Congress are also not in a position to give a fight to BJD," BJD spokesperson, Sasmit Patra said. Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee president Niranjan Patnaik said regional parties have a very short life span in Odisha. Dailyhunthttps://wanelo.co/zeesanbasgar

Remember the Hawk in Dove's Clothing

Atal Bihari Vajpayee was the perfect Indian politician, a democrat who had cracked the Hindutva code—tolerant when necessary and combative in a crisis. He joked once, 'The problem with a toofan is that we should be careful not to be blown away ourselves.' Modi created a storm. Now is the time to harness its power before it wrecks the mandate that India gave him. The mandate was for development, jobs, stability, arresting the economy's drift, decisive governance and law and order. Perception is the engine of decision, and Vajpayee was the master of managing both. He knew the rhythm of life in India is slow and steady. Nobody is in a hurry. The majority of Indians avoid extreme action that shakes them out of their cosy nooks. Vajpayee tuned himself and his party to that pulse. Liberals who hail him as a Nehruvian pacifist are delusional. Vajpayee and Nehru had as much in common as rasgulla and Christmas pudding. ABV was a hawk who managed to look like a dove to his political enemies. Nehru lost wars with Pakistan and China. Vajpayee carried out Smiling Buddha, a series of nuclear tests in May 1998 that marked India as a nuclear power. He won the Kargil War. After the Parliament attack, he ordered Operation Parakram that mobilised the military on the Pak border, ready to go to war. Yet he remained acceptable to all parties—they found little to criticise him credibly. Not much time is left for the national elections. Narendra Modi must concentrate on bringing development back on the table, for it won him the massive mandate in 2014. Farmers are angry. So are Dalits. Unemployed youth are restless. The economy needs reassurance. Vigilantism and activism must give way to rule of law. The air has become toxic with confrontation; against the RBI, the judiciary, media and the law. Dial it down. Put the velvet glove on the iron hand. Let's have more humour than abuse. More innovation than invective. More affability than arrogance. More spunk than spite. Above all, restore the national spirit to the halcyon days of the NaMo phenomenon. The torch of Vajpayee's subtle Hindutva passed to Modi's brand of nationalism. Please do not go raging into the good night. Rave, rave about the brightness of its flame. Dailyhunthttps://foretagslanns.blogspot.com/2018/12/which-real-estate-broker-is-right-for.html

A parent shares her personal journey in coping with a dyslexic daughter

What was the problem? Dyslexia is the most common learning disability and though awareness is growing, it is still not well understood. Statistics show that 10 per cent to 15 per cent children in India suffer from this neurological disorder in different degrees. While dyslexic children mostly possess average to above average intelligence, difficulty in acquiring reading skills holds them back in school. So how do you address this issue? A parent shares her personal journey in coping with dyslexia. Identifying dyslexia I guess it is different for every child. For us, the writing problem was more apparent than the reading one. My daughter would write mirror images of certain alphabets in English and Hindi from the time she started learning to write in kindergarten. I discussed it with the class teacher who said it was quite common but usually settled by the time children reached Class One or Two. Mirror images also posed a problem while reading. She would often confuse the letters 'b' and 'd'. Being our first child, we were not sure at what age she should start reading or writing fluently. Her teachers in KG and Class One did highlight the fact that her written work was below class level, even though she participated actively in classroom discussions and asked very relevant questions. There were other signs. For example, she couldn't write the full English alphabet by the end of class one, though she had memorised it through rhymes. Mirror imaging occurred in Maths, too, and she found it hard to memorise tables by rote. Latest Videos The letter reversals didn't stop by the end of Class Two, and I was still reading out almost everything that she needed to study and whatever else she wanted to read. I was getting seriously worried now, and wondering whom to discuss it with, when her class teacher suggested that we get her assessed by the special educators in school. In Class Three, the in-class special educator began to help her. Finally, the school asked us to get her formally assessed by a child psychologist. She was diagnosed with specific learning disorder and dysgraphia and we enrolled her in the Special Education Needs (SEN) programme in Class Four. Acceptance Having observed obvious and persistent signs right from the beginning, it was clear to me that something was different and needed to be addressed, so acceptance wasn't hard. And being a problem solver by nature, I was keen to get her the right help and support. Understanding the problem There are so many resources available these days that understanding the problem isn't hard. I researched a lot on the Internet, from identifying dyslexia, to why it occurs, to different methods of dealing with it, to famous dyslexics. I also read a number of books on dyslexia. We were also lucky to be in a school where the support system is in place right from Nursery if a child needs it. The fact that their mainstream teachers are trained to identify potential learning problems in children is indeed praiseworthy. The SEN department of the school supported and guided us very well and continues to do so. The hard part was making her understand and accept it as she grew older and realised she was different from her friends. How we stayed connected with books My daughter loved stories right from the beginning, often expecting me to create one from a set of characters she chose. Losing that cherished connection was not an option. I spent a lot of time reading aloud to her and to my son, who is younger, and still do. It is great way of bonding with your children. We would laugh together at funny situations, feel scared together and I would often be told, "Mom I hope you're not going to start crying!" I got to enjoy some of the books I had loved growing up, again, and read them from a different perspective. I also discovered new books and new favourite authors. She connects deeply with pictures and art so we often purchase highly illustrated versions of books for her. She will often ask me stop reading to let her examine the pictures closely. We also learnt about dyslexia friendly books brought out by a British publisher named Barrington Stoke, thanks to my sister who lives abroad. These are printed on yellowish paper instead of white, using a special font, which makes it easier for dyslexic children to decipher alphabets. These books were very empowering as my daughter could take them to school and read them during the DEAR (Drop Everything And Read) time. We have suggested to the school that they acquire some for the library so that other children can read them too. As she grew older, she started listening to audio books. We have subscribed to Audible which has some very well-produced titles, although they are a little expensive. I also record chapters and lessons from her textbooks so she can listen to them instead of struggling with reading while revising. This has helped her to become more independent. Benefits gained 1. Better language skills. 2. Enhanced vocabulary. 3. Remaining part of the peer group by reading the same books as her friends. 4. Sometimes being ahead of the peer group. 5. Most importantly, enjoying good literature and being able to appreciate it. Tips for other parents 1. If your child cannot read fluently, it doesn't mean she/he cannot or should not remain connected to books. 2. Read a lot to your kids. 3. There are many solutions available, especially using technology. 4. A number of famous people in various fields are dyslexic. Find out and keep a running list in your head to motivate your child. 5. Every child has a gift. Play to her/his strengths. 6. Remind them everyday of their gifts. So, if your child has a reading disability, it does not mean that they cannot enjoy good literature. Just stay motivated! (Author, poet and translator, Deepa Agarwal writes for both children and adults and has over 50 books to her credit. She interacts regularly with children, conducting creative writing workshops and storytelling sessions in schools.) Dailyhunthttps://fastighetsmaklarestockholm.blogspot.com/2018/12/basta-erbjudanden-och-tjanster-av-real.html

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I-T dept grills Karnataka minister Shivakumar in tax evasion

Last September, the Enforcement Directorate had registered a money laundering case against him and a few others for allegedly indulging in hawala transactions. The I-T department had accused Shivakumar and his associate SK Sharma of transporting "huge" amounts of unaccounted cash on a "regular basis" through hawala channels with the help of three other accused. The other accused are Sachin Narayan, Anjaneya Hanumanthaiah and N Rajendra. Narayan is a business partner of Shivakumar and Sharma is the proprietor of Sharma Transports, which runs a fleet of luxury and passenger buses and provides transport services to various concerns and individuals on rental basis, IT department had said in its complaint. Hanumanthaiah, an employee posted at Karnataka Bhavan in New Delhi, was allegedly responsible for storing and handling unaccounted cash of Shivakumar in the national capital, it had said. Rajendra, a caretaker at Karnataka Bhavan, also works for Sharma, apart from looking after the immovable properties of Shivakumar and Sharma, it said. Unaccounted cash of about Rs 20 crore was seized during raids in New Delhi and Bengaluru last August, and I-T officials said the money was "directly relatable" to Shivakumar. Shivakumar, however, claimed the I-T department was targeting him and not letting him "breathe", but asserted he would fight the case legally. A special court had granted him conditional bail in this case some time back and will hear the matter again on September 20. Dailyhunthttps://www.sbnation.com/users/zeesanbasgar

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