SRINAGAR, INDIA: Two separate gun battles between rebels and government forces in restive Indian-administered Kashmir on Thursday left eight dead including six suspected rebels, police said. A firefight broke out before dawn when government forces besieged a residential area in the city of Pulwama after being told about the presence of anti-India insurgents. Police said that militants fired at the soldiers and a young man, in whose house the militants were hiding, was killed in the crossfire. “After the security forces retaliated, three terrorists were killed in the ensuing encounter and their bodies retrieved,“ a police statement said, referring to the suspected rebels. The slain militants belonged to Pakistan based Jaishe-e-Mohammad militant group, two of whom were locals while the other was a Pakistani citizen, the statement added. The dead civilian’s brother was also wounded during the gun battle. Soldiers surrounded an orchard in neighbouring Shopian district … [Read more...] about Eight killed during armed clashes in Indian Kashmir
Foreign language jobs in indian government
Ninety foreign experts employed in ministries
He told members of Lower House (Pyithu Hluttaw) that the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation employed the most number of experts at 45, costing the government nearly US$ 7 million in salaries. He explained that some of the payments for the experts and consultants come from the foreign funding for the projects that they are handling while others are paid by international donors, and still others are volunteers. U Saw Valetine said some of the consultants work from the project design phase until the completion of the projects. He said these experts expose locals to international experience as well as facilitate cooperation in handling loan procedures and in capacity building of government employees. However, U Sein Win, an agricultural expert and a member of the Lower House representing Maubin township, said the experts are little help in local projects. “They are just teaching by using our data. Our experts are not poor. It just happens … [Read more...] about Ninety foreign experts employed in ministries
Foreign domestic workers in Lebanon protest abuses
BEIRUT: Hundreds of foreign domestic workers demonstrated in the Lebanese capital Sunday to demand the scrapping of a sponsorship system that they complain leaves them open to abuse from employers. Lebanon hosts more than 250,000 registered domestic workers, the vast majority of them women, from countries including Ethiopia, the Philippines and Sri Lanka. They are excluded from the labour law, and instead obtain legal residency though their employers’ sponsorship under the so-called “kafala” system. The protesters marching in Beirut held up placards reading “No to slavery and yes to justice” and “Stop kafala”. “We want the cancellation of this system. There are employees imprisoned in houses and they need to have days off,“ Dozossissane, a 29-year-old Ethiopian, told AFP. Lebanon’s labour ministry introduced a standard contract for domestic workers in 2009, but the forms are often written in Arabic, a language many cannot … [Read more...] about Foreign domestic workers in Lebanon protest abuses
US private sector adds 275,000 jobs in April: ADP
Business U.S. private employers added 275,000 jobs in April, well above economists' expectations and the most since last July, a report by a payrolls processor showed on Wednesday. 01 May 2019 08:45PM Bookmark REUTERS: U.S. private employers added 275,000 jobs in April, well above economists' expectations and the most since last July, a report by a payrolls processor showed on Wednesday.Economists surveyed by Reuters had forecast the ADP National Employment Report would show a gain of 180,000 jobs, with estimates ranging from 141,000 to 225,000.Private payroll gains in the month earlier were revised up to 151,000 from an originally reported 129,000 increase.The report is jointly developed with Moody's Analytics.The ADP figures come ahead of the U.S. Labor Department's more comprehensive non-farm payrolls report on Friday, which includes both public and private-sector employment.Economists polled by Reuters are looking for U.S. private payroll employment to have grown by … [Read more...] about US private sector adds 275,000 jobs in April: ADP
Lowest foreign net outflow in 16 weeks
PETALING JAYA: Offshore investors sold RM72 million net of local equities last week, marking the lowest weekly foreign net outflow in 16 weeks, said MIDF Research. In its fund flow report, the research house said that selling was at a measurable pace last week, although foreign investors remained net sellers for the fifth consecutive week. “Bursa started the week with a foreign net outflow of RM95.2 million on Monday while the local bourse was little changed at 1,622 points. The foreign net outflow occurred despite gains seen in the KL Construction Index following the reinstatement of the Bandar Malaysia project announced on Friday in the preceding week,” it said. On Tuesday, international investors turned net buyers on for the first time in nine trading days after purchasing RM38.6 million net before advancing to RM105.9 million net on Wednesday. According to MIDF Research, the surge of foreign funds into Bursa on Wednesday was partly attributable to the overnight record … [Read more...] about Lowest foreign net outflow in 16 weeks