सरकार ने कुछ स्वर्ण आभूषण और अन्य उत्पादों के आयात पर ‘अंकुश’ लगाया

सरकार ने सोने के कुछ आभूषणों और अन्य सामान के आयात पर बुधवार को ‘अंकुश' लगाने की घोषणा की. इस कदम से कुछ गैर-जरूरी वस्तुओं के आयात पर रोक लगाने में मदद मिलेगी. अब आयातक को इन स्वर्ण उत्पादों के आयात के लिए सरकार से लाइसेंस की अनुमति लेनी होगी.

हालांकि विदेश व्यापार महानिदेशालय (DGFT) ने स्पष्ट किया है कि ये अंकुश भारत और संयुक्त अरब अमीरात (UAE) के बीच लागू मुक्त व्यापार करार (FTA) के तहत होने वाले आयात पर लागू नहीं होंगे.

डीजीएफटी ने एक अधिसूचना में कहा कि इन उत्पादों के आयात की नीति को तत्काल प्रभाव से संशोधित कर 'मुक्त' से 'अंकुश' की श्रेणी में डाल दिया गया है.

चालू वित्त वर्ष की अप्रैल-मई की अवधि में मोती एवं मूल्यवान रत्नों का आयात 25.36 प्रतिशत घटकर चार अरब डॉलर पर आ गया है. इस दौरान सोने का आयात भी 40 प्रतिशत घटकर 4.7 अरब डॉलर रह गया है.

चालू वित्त वर्ष में अप्रैल-मई के दौरान कुल व्यापारिक आयात 10.24 प्रतिशत घटकर 107 अरब अमेरिकी डॉलर रह गया. अप्रैल-मई 2023 में व्यापारिक व्यापार घाटा अप्रैल-मई 2022 के दौरान 40.48 बिलियन अमेरिकी डॉलर के मुकाबले 37.26 बिलियन अमेरिकी डॉलर रहा.

(इनपुट पीटीआई से भी)

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Delhi BJP Removes Spokesperson, She Alleges "Chauvinism"

The BJP's Delhi unit on Wednesday removed Neha Shalini Dua as its spokesperson for allegedly violating the official party line while expressing her views on various issues, including GST.

Hitting back, Dua charged a section of the BJP's Delhi unit leaders with "chauvinism" and urged the party's central leadership to take note of the action against her.

पार्टी का सम्मान करती हूं लेकिन कुछ पुरुष अपने आपको अगर भाजपा समझ कर सोचें मुझे काम करने और बोलने से रोक लेंगे तो उनकी गलती है मैं अपने शीर्ष नेतृत्व से अनुरोध करती हूं पार्टी इसपर संज्ञान लें ताकि जो लोग महिलाओं को सोचते हैं उनकी चमचागीरी… pic.twitter.com/I5ohP2TEOk

— Neha Shalini dua dutta (@NehaShalini2) July 12, 2023

"Delhi BJP has with immediate effect relieved Neha Shalini Dua from the post of spokesperson of Delhi BJP for repeatedly violating (the) party line," a statement from the Delhi BJP's media department said.

The statement also added that "all media channels and newspapers are informed that Neha Shalini Dua's views should not be taken as (the) party line".

The news channels have been requested to not invite Ms Dua as the Delhi BJP spokesperson, it said.

Earlier this month, the Delhi BJP issued Ms Dua a showcause notice to explain her violation of the party line.

"Earlier also you violated the party line. Even today you uploaded a video on GST, which is not the official stand of the party," said a letter to Ms Dua by Harsh Malhotra, the Delhi BJP general secretary, on Wednesday.

The letter added that according to the order of the Delhi BJP president, Ms Dua is being immediately relieved from the post of spokesperson of the BJP's Delhi unit but she can continue as a party worker.

Ms Dua said on Twitter that some men in the party thought they could stop her from speaking, which was their fault.

In another tweet, she said that four notices were sent to her in the last two years, revealing a "cheap chauvinist" mindset, and urged the BJP's central leadership to take cognisance of the action against her.

She also uploaded a video on her Twitter handle in which she defended her views on the GST, saying it was not in violation of the party line. 

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Court Orders Magisterial Probe In 2022 Public Flogging Incident In Gujarat

The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday ordered an inquiry by the chief judicial magistrate (CJM) of Kheda district into a 2022 incident where some members of the Muslim community, arrested for stone-pelting, were allegedly flogged by the police.

A division bench of Justices A S Supehia and M R Mengdey was hearing an application filed by some of the men who were flogged by police after they were arrested for allegedly pelting stones at a garba event at Undhela village in October 2022.

The application, seeking action for 'contempt of court' against the policemen, cannot be rejected without verification of facts, the judges said.

The bench directed the registrar general of the high court to send a pen drive containing video and photographs of the alleged incident to the CJM Kheda.

The chief judicial magistrate shall verify the contents and prepare a comprehensive report within three weeks after an inquiry, identifying the role of each of the accused (police personnel), the HC said.

The CJM shall forward the report to the high court, the judges said, adjourning the hearing to August 8.

During the Navratri festival in October 2022, some villagers as well as policemen were injured after a mob of members of the Muslim community allegedly hurled stones at a 'garba' (traditional dance) event at Undhela village.

Subsequently, videos purportedly showing police personnel publicly flogging three of the 13 men arrested for stone-pelting went viral on social media.

Some of the accused approached the HC, claiming that the police personnel involved in the act committed a contempt of court by flouting the Supreme Court's directions.

The HC noted that the petitioners relied on video and photographs in support of their case, and even a report submitted by the Inspector General of Police referred to the video when he named six of the 13 policemen who were allegedly found present during the incident.

The IG's report revealed prima facie (on the face of it) complicity of six respondents, but it was silent about the others and the individual role of each of the respondents, the court noted.

The petitioners also did not attribute specific roles to individual respondents, it said.

The court, therefore, finds it appropriate to call for "an appropriate report holding an inquiry so that the exact complicity of each of the respondents is verified and the verification of the photographs (and videos) are done," the high court said in the order.

The provisions of the Evidence Act do not apply strictly to the proceedings under the Contempt of Courts Act, and the court has only to verify the allegations made by the complainant, it said.

To verify the contents of the video as well as complicity of each of the respondents, "we deem it appropriate to direct the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) Kheda to verify the contents of the pen drive as well as photos placed on record in the petition," the HC said. 

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India Always First To Respond During Emergency, Says Maldives Minister

Maldives Foreign Minister Abdullah Shahid on Wednesday said that Maldives has an outstanding relationship with India and every time, Maldives had an emergency, India has always been the first to respond.

"We have confidence in India that every time the Maldives has to dial international 911 in an emergency, India has always responded- 1988, the mercenary attack in the Maldives undermining our sovereignty, the 2004 tsunami, the 2015 water crisis in Mali, and the most recent COVID-19 pandemic," the Foreign Minister of Maldives told ANI about how India has been helpful to the Maldives in the past and in recent times.

Abdullah Shahid said that India has earned a lot of respect and love from the countries of the world, including Maldives when it reached out during the COVID-19 pandemic with the Indian vaccine.

"I have travelled to many parts of the world. From everywhere I travelled, I heard the gratitude of those countries which India reached out to during the COVID pandemic with the Indian vaccine. And this kind of sharing has created a lot of respect, a lot of love for India around the world. And so is it in the Maldives," the Foreign Minister of Maldives said.

He further said that Maldives is encouraged by the policy of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the SAGAR policy, and the neighbourhood first policy. The outstanding relationship between India and Maldives has enormously flourished.

"No doubt that President Solih has this India-first policy in his foreign policy. And we are encouraged by the policy of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the SAGAR policy, and the neighbourhood first policy. So this outstanding relationship has enormously flourished," he said while speaking to ANI.

On asking how he looked at the analogy that Maldives is always seen as a place where India and China are always competing and when people compare the two countries and the fight for influence, Maldives' Foreign Minister said that President Solih has India-first policy in his foreign policy.

Referring to China, he said that Maldives is not a battleground for anyone.

"Maldives is not a battleground for anyone. Maldives is a ground for everyone to come together," Abdullah Shahid said.

"We are friend to all and enemy to none. However, we have the geographic reality of India as our largest next-door neighbour. We are very happy that we have had an outstanding relationship with India," he added.

Speaking on India's G20 presidency, Shahid on Wednesday said that the G20 leadership of India should be admired for the simple reason that India did not restrict G20 activities to G20 alone. Prime Minister Narendra Modi picked the theme of sharing with everyone.

"G20 leadership of India should be admired for the simple reason that the Prime Minister has picked the theme of sharing with everyone. It's not about G20, but also sharing. The theme he (PM Modi) has taken for G20 is how the rest of the world takes comfort in India's Chairmanship of G20," Shahid said while speaking to ANI.

"India has the largest population in the world and it is a country full of talent being respected around the world. Even as chair of G20, India has not restricted the G20 activities to G20 alone. It has reached out to countries all around, large and small countries. So India has this habit of sharing its development, its wealth, and its knowledge," he added.

Prime Minister Modi has stated multiple times that India's G20 Presidency is guided by the principle of 'One Earth, One Family, One Future' and in line with ''Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam." PM Modi has stated that India's G20 Presidency has worked to "further global good and create a better planet."

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"Will Decide When Time Comes": Akhilesh Yadav On Opposition's PM Face

Amid intense speculation over the leader of the opposition parties for the prime ministerial role, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav was asked whether he considers himself a contender for the position.

"We have many faces (for the PM post)... When the time comes, we will decide," Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav said.

On Monday, the Samajwadi Party chief was asked if he considered himself a contender for the prime ministerial post.

Earlier, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, after the Opposition's June 23 meeting, had said the 2024 elections will be fought together and discussions on the PM face will happen at their meeting this month.

There have been suggestions in the opposition camp that the largest and the strongest party should lead the battle in states.

Uttar Pradesh is among the states where the Samajwadi Party, the Bahujan Samaj Party, and the Congress have clashing ambitions. The Samajwadi Party appears keen to get the support of other national parties to win the maximum Lok Sabha seats from the state.

The SP wants to emerge as the key player in Uttar Pradesh, which holds significance for the Congress's national ambitions. The united opposition is yet to chalk out the seat sharing arrangement.

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BJP Got 3 Times More Donations Than Other Parties In 7 Years: Report

More than half of all donations received by political parties between 2016-17 and 2021-22 were through Electoral Bonds and the BJP received more funds than all other national parties put together, a report by think tank Association for Democratic Reforms said.

According to the ADR, donations worth around Rs 16,437 crore were received by the seven national parties and 24 regional parties in India between 2016-17 and 2021-22. Of this, Rs 9,188.35 crore -- around 56 percent -- were received through Electoral Bonds.

The Bharatiya Janata Pary (BJP) declared donations worth Rs 10,122.03 crore between 2016-17 and 2021-22, followed by the Congress (Rs 1,547.43 crore) and the Trinamool Congress (Rs 823.30 crore), the report said.

The total donations declared by the BJP is more than three times the total donations declared by all the other national parties, it said.

Donations worth Rs 4,614.53 crore, about 28 per cent of the total, were received from the corporate sector and Rs 2,634.74 crore (16.03 per cent) were received from other sources.

More than 80 per cent of the donations, around Rs 13,190.68 crore, were received by the national parties, and Rs 3,246.95 crore (19.75 per cent) by regional parties, the ADR said.

For the national parties, there was a 743 per cent increase in donations from electoral bonds between 2017-18 and 2021-22, while corporate donations increased by 48 per cent.

The highest donations were received in 2019-20, the year of general elections (Rs 4,863.50 crore), followed by Rs 4,041.48 crore in 2018-19 and Rs 3,826.56 crore in FY 2021-22.

The BJP, which got three times more donations than all other national parties put together, got over 52 per cent of it through Electoral Bonds. Around 32 per cent of the donations to the BJP came from corporate houses.

The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and Communist Party of India (CPI) received 100 per cent donations from "other" sources, which means donations less than Rs 20,000 for which political parties do not need to declare the details of the donor.

Among the regional parties, more than 89.81 per cent of the BJD's total donations came from Electoral Bonds worth Rs 622 crore, the DMK declared the second highest donations from bonds of Rs 431.50 crore, followed by the TRS which declared Rs 383.65 crore and YSR-C which declared Rs 330.44 crore.

The direct corporate donations declared by the seven national parties are more than five times the corporate donations declared by 31 regional parties during the six-year period.

In the six-year period, direct corporate donations declared by the regional parties increased by around 152 per cent.

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अभनत रजकमर रव न ऑनलइन ठग क खलफ UP पलस क अभयन क सरह

बॉलीवुड अभिनेता राजकुमार राव ऑनलाइन खरीदारी की आड़ में हो रही धोखाधड़ी के खिलाफ जारी उत्‍तर प्रदेश पुलिस के अभियान का समर्थन किया है. यूपी पुलिस द्वारा ट्विटर पर साझा किए गए एक वीडियो संदेश में राव ने पुलिस के साइबर अपराध जागरूकता अभियान की सराहना की और लोगों से ऑनलाइन खरीदारी की आड़ में हो रही धोखाधड़ी के प्रति सतर्क रहने की अपील की है. प्रदेश में इस वक्‍त रेंज स्तर पर साइबर थाने कार्यरत हैं.  मुख्यमंत्री योगी आदित्यनाथ ने हाल ही में राज्य के हर जिले में साइबर क्राइम पुलिस थाने खोलने की योजना की घोषणा की है. 

एक वरिष्ठ अधिकारी ने बताया कि भविष्य में उत्‍तर प्रदेश पुलिस अन्य सितारों और खिलाड़ियों को भी साइबर अपराध जागरूकता अभियान से जोड़ेगी. उनके अनुसार, पुलिस जनता को साइबर क्राइम और इससे सम्‍बन्धित हेल्‍पलाइन के बारे में क्षेत्रीय भाषाओं में भी जागरूक करेगी. 

प्रदेश पुलिस ने अपने आधिकारिक हैंडल से #मिशनग्राहक और #कौनहैवो हैशटैग से किये गये एक ट्वीट में कहा ‘‘क्लिक करने से पहले सोचें. अपनी उत्‍कंठा को अपनी साइबर सुरक्षा को नुकसान न पहुंचाने दें. ''

यूपी पुलिस के इस ट्वीट को अभी तक लगभग 20 हजार से अधिक लोगों द्वारा देखा जा चुका है. साथ ही करीब 400 लोगों द्वारा रिट्वीट और 500 से अधिक लोगों ने इसे लाइक किया है. 

उल्लेखनीय है कि पुलिस महानिदेशक/पुलिस महानिरीक्षक के सम्मेलन में क्षेत्रीय भाषाओं में साइबर क्राइम एवं हेल्प लाइन के बारे में आमजन को जागरूक किए जाने की अपेक्षा की गई थी. इसी क्रम में उत्तर प्रदेश पुलिस द्वारा फिल्म अभिनेता राजकुमार राव के माध्यम से आमजन को साइबर सुरक्षा के प्रति जागरूक किये जाने का प्रयास किया गया है. 

साइबर धोखाधड़ी पर त्वरित कार्यवाही के लिए हेल्प लाइन नम्बर 1930 है. इस हेल्पलाइन की मदद से अभी तक प्रदेश में करीब 52.50 करोड़ रुपये की राशि सम्बन्धित बैंकों में फ्रीज/होल्ड कराई गई है. साथ ही साइबर अपराधों में प्रदेश के थानों द्वारा कुल 5,432 साइबर अभियुक्तों को गिरफ्तार किया गया और 89.46 करोड़ रूपये की धनराशि बरामद की गई है. 

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* गाजियाबाद में धर्मांतरण रैकेट का भांडाफोड़, पुलिस ने तीन लोगों को गिरफ्तार किया

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