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02 World<br />
Friday, <strong>August</strong> 09, <strong>2019</strong> | www.goantimes.titosgoa.com | 12 Pages<br />
Rajya Sabha passes Jammu and Kashmir<br />
Reorganisation Bill; scraps Articles 370, 35A<br />
New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha on Monday<br />
passed the Jammu and Kashmir<br />
Reorganisation Bill that seeks to scrap<br />
Article 370 and Article 35A in Jammu<br />
and Kashmir, while also bifurcating the<br />
state into union territories of Jammu<br />
and Kashmir and Ladakh.<br />
The Bill was passed by the Upper<br />
House through a voice vote, with 125<br />
being in favour and 61 against it and<br />
there was also one abstention.<br />
With the passage of the Bill in the<br />
Rajya Sabha, it will now be discussed<br />
in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. The Bill<br />
lays the ground for the stalemate in<br />
Kashmir to be resolved after 70 years,<br />
Beggars in Swedish<br />
town ordered to<br />
pay for licence to<br />
collect money<br />
Beggars living in a small town in<br />
Sweden now need to buy a permit if they<br />
want to collect money on the streets.<br />
The permit, which was introduced in<br />
the town of Eskilstuna last week, costs<br />
250 SEK (£21) per person, and is valid<br />
for up to three months.<br />
It applies to designated areas around<br />
the town, including the town centre,<br />
several shopping complexes and other<br />
busy areas.<br />
Prospective beggars are advised on<br />
the local government website that they<br />
can apply for a permit by either filling<br />
out an online form, or by visiting their<br />
local police station.<br />
Anyone found begging without a<br />
permit, the website adds, will be asked<br />
to leave the designated spot and could be<br />
convicted of violating the Ordinance Act.<br />
Such a violation carries a fine of up to<br />
4,000 SEK (£342).<br />
Speaking to local media, councillor<br />
Jimmy Jansson said he was trying<br />
to "make it difficult" for beggars<br />
to collect money on the streets by<br />
"bureaucratising" the act. He later said<br />
he hoped police would enforce the new<br />
regulations on the streets so much so that<br />
"a new permit is needed for each day".<br />
But local newspaper Eskilstuna-<br />
Kuriren reported that beggars had<br />
already devised a way to get around the<br />
rule - by selling berries on the streets<br />
instead.<br />
with the Centre now gaining greater<br />
legislative control in the region.<br />
Speaking in the Upper House, Union<br />
home minister Amit Shah said:<br />
“Because of Article 370, democracy has<br />
never percolated, corruption was at its<br />
peak and poverty was entrenched in<br />
the area. There are people of different<br />
religions in the valley and we are not<br />
politicizing on the basis of religion.<br />
The people of J&K want democracy and<br />
if you see clearly you will know how<br />
much Article 370 has harmed J&K."<br />
On Monday, the Upper House also<br />
passed the Jammu and Kashmir<br />
Reservation (Second Amendment) Bill.<br />
It seeks to extend the 10 percent quota<br />
to economically weaker sections to the<br />
state which has special constitutional<br />
provisions.<br />
Addressing the members of Rajya<br />
Sabha, Amit Shah said, “Repealing<br />
Article 370 is the only way out to<br />
resolve the crisis and deadlock in<br />
Kashmir. It will take some time, but<br />
this is the only way."<br />
Shah also added that no legal scrutiny<br />
could nullify or dilute the efficacy of<br />
the Bill, adding that it was imperative<br />
for Article 370 to be abrogated in order<br />
to eradicate terrorism from the region.<br />
Amit Shah, earlier today, moved<br />
the Rajya Sabha, announcing the<br />
government has decided to repeal<br />
Article 370 of the Constitution which<br />
grants special status to J&K. Shah<br />
also said the government has decided<br />
to bifurcate the state into two Union<br />
territories – Jammu and Kashmir, which<br />
will have a legislature, and Ladakh,<br />
which will be without a legislature.<br />
"Yeh Dosti...": Israel Embassy<br />
tweets with Benjamin<br />
Netanyahu-PM Montage<br />
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra<br />
Modi today thanked Prime Minister<br />
Benjamin Netanyahu, whom he is<br />
to host on a day-long state visit next<br />
month, for his message on International<br />
Friendship Day, declaring that the<br />
relationship between India and Israel<br />
was "strong and eternal".<br />
"Thank you for a happy corporate day<br />
for wonderful citizens of Israel and my<br />
good friends @netanyahu India and<br />
Israel have proved their friendship over<br />
time. Our relationship is strong and<br />
eternal. Wish friendship between our<br />
countries grow and bloom even more in<br />
the future," PM Modi wrote in Hebrew.<br />
Earlier today, the Israeli embassy in<br />
India posted a message on its Twitter<br />
feed, that was accompanied by a<br />
fragment of lyric from a popular song<br />
from the 1975 Bollywood hit movie<br />
"Sholay", starring Amitabh Bachchan,<br />
Dharmendra and Hema Malini.<br />
"Yeh dosti hum nahin todenge (We will not<br />
break this friendship)," the message said.<br />
May our ever strengthening<br />
friendship & growing partnership<br />
touch greater heights," the message<br />
continued. It also had a selection of<br />
images in which the leaders are seen<br />
shaking hands and embracing each<br />
other, including the famous photo of<br />
them at a beach<br />
Last month Prime Minister Modi<br />
made a surprise cameo in his Israeli<br />
counterpart's re-election campaign. A<br />
large election advertisement banner,<br />
featuring PM Modi shaking hands with<br />
PM Netanyahu, was draped outside a<br />
building in Tel Aviv.<br />
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Philippines declares<br />
dengue epidemic as<br />
deaths surge<br />
The Philippines has declared a<br />
"national dengue epidemic" after at<br />
least 622 people lost their lives from the<br />
mosquito-borne disease this year.<br />
At least 146,000 cases were recorded<br />
from January to 20 July - a 98%<br />
increase on the same period last year -<br />
the health department said.<br />
The epidemic was declared so that<br />
officials can identify areas in need of<br />
emergency attention.<br />
The infection causes flu-like illness,<br />
but occasionally becomes more severe.<br />
The global incidence of dengue<br />
has grown dramatically in recent<br />
decades, according to the World Health<br />
Organization (WHO).<br />
The Philippines declared an initial<br />
"national dengue alert" in July.<br />
Dengue fever affects more than 400<br />
million people each year around the<br />
world, most of them in tropical or subtropical<br />
zones. Most cases of severe<br />
infection are detected in children.<br />
Symptoms can include a fever, pain<br />
behind the eyes and a red rash.
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