New Year's "gift", the government made petroleum products more expensive
The price of petrol and high speed diesel has been increased by Rs 4 per liter, light speed diesel by Rs 4.15 per liter and kerosene by Rs 3.95 per liter.
New Year's "gift", the government made petroleum products more expensive
New Year's "gift", the government has increased the price of petroleum products, petrol and high speed diesel price of Rs 4 per liter , light speed diesel price of Rs 4 15 paise while soil. The price of oil has been increased by Rs 3.95 paise. According to details, the federal government suddenly dropped the inflation bomb on the people busy celebrating the New Year late at night .
The Ministry of Finance has announced an increase in the prices of all petroleum products from January 1, 2022. According to the Ministry of Finance notification liter petrol 144 per 82 money from the 4 Rs, high-speed diesel to 141.62 rupees 4 Rs, light speed diesel 4 rupees 15 paise increase of 111 per 21 money while kerosene oil Rs 3 95 Money With the increase, 113 rupees became 49 paise.
The new prices of petroleum products have been announced from 12 noon, the prices have been fixed for the next 15 rupees.
Earlier, OGRA had announced a reduction in the price of LPG from January 1 . OGRA also issued a notification to reduce the price of LPG for January . The notification stated that the LPG Rs 5 per kg price of 90 has been short of money. After which the LPG per kg new price has been fixed at Rs 67 196 money .LPG 11.8 kg domestic cylinder price has been paid 69 rupees 63, LPG domestic cylinder after a decline in price The new price has been fixed at Rs 2320 81 paise.
The new LPG prices are applicable from January 1, 2022. On the other hand, according to media reports, the last week of the year 2021 also proved to be expensive for the people crushed in the mill of inflation. According to the statistics agency, during the last week of 2021, the prices of 22 items increased and the level of inflation for low income people reached close to 22%.
At least 12 killed in stampede at Hindu shrine in India
At least 12 people were killed and 13 injured in a stampede that took place early Saturday at a Hindu shrine in Indian-administered Kashmir, a senior government official told AFP.
"At least 12 people were killed and 13 others were injured," the official said, asking not to be named.
He added that "the outcome may be greater, as the road leading to the shrine located at the top of a hill was crowded with believers trying to visit it to perform traditional prayers on the occasion of the New Year."
The Mata Vaishno Devi shrine is one of the holiest Hindu sites in northern India, as tens of thousands of people visit it daily for prayers.
Another official in the disaster management confirmed the death toll, noting that the stampede occurred around 2:45 am on Saturday (21:15 GMT Friday).
"The government has ordered a high-level investigation into the stampede incident at Mata Vaishno Devi shrine," he said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was quick to express his regret over the incident and offered condolences to the families of the victims and wished a speedy recovery to the injured.
"I am deeply saddened by the loss of life," Modi said in a tweet, adding that he was following up on the details of the incident with local officials.
Taiwan president warns China against 'military adventurism'
Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen celebrated the New Year by sending a message to China saying that military conflict is not the solution.
"We should remind the Beijing authorities not to misjudge the situation and prevent the internal expansion of the military adventure," Tsai said in her New Year's speech, which was broadcast live on Facebook.
China says democratically governed Taiwan is part of its territory and has increased military and diplomatic pressure in the past two years to assert its claims to sovereignty.
In his New Year speech the previous day, Chinese President Xi Jinping said that the complete unity of the "motherland" is a common aspiration of people on both sides of the Taiwan Straits.
Taiwan says it is an independent country and has repeatedly pledged to defend its freedom and democracy .
"Military means are certainly not an option to resolve differences across the Straits," the Taiwan president said in her speech. Military conflicts will affect economic stability. The two sides jointly bear the responsibility for maintaining regional peace and stability.
She added that Taiwan's position has always been "not to concede when facing pressure and not to be reckless when receiving support."
She said both Taipei and Beijing should "work hard to take care of people's living standards and bring them peace" to find peaceful solutions to problems together.
"We will uphold our sovereignty, preserve the values of freedom and democracy, defend regional sovereignty and national security, and maintain peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region," she said.
India to chair the Anti-Terrorism Committee of the Security Council in 2022
India has said that India, as chairman of the CTC for 2022, will make determined efforts to enhance the role of the CTC in strengthening the multilateral response to counter-terrorism.
India, which chaired the UN Security Council's Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) in 2022, has voted in favor of a resolution reaffirming the order of the Executive Directorate of the CTC that calls on countries to "consider terrorist acts of its intent". There has been a call to remain united against the tendency to categorize on the basis of Aadhaar. The United Nations Security Council, through its written silent process, has implemented the mandate of the Executive Directorate of the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTED) by 31 December 2025. Its interim review will be done in December 2023. India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations TS Tirumurti tweeted, "India on Thursday voted in favor of the UN Security Council resolution to reaffirm the mandate of the CTED. India will chair the Anti-Terrorism Committee of the Security Council for one year from January 1, 2022.
India said, "India, as Chair of the CTC for 2022, will make determined efforts to enhance the role of the CTC in strengthening the multilateral response to counter-terrorism and most importantly ensure that the global response to the threat of terrorism is clear." , remain undivided and effective." He said, "We cannot allow anyone, anywhere, to justify terrorist acts in any way. The fight against terrorism should be at the center of our common agenda.
The CTC is assisted by the Executive Directorate, which makes its policy decisions and assesses the 193 UN member states on an expert basis. India said that it has been facing the brunt of cross-border terrorism for decades and has been at the forefront of global counter-terrorism efforts.
After 11 years of fighting them, an American soldier meets a Taliban commander
Told by Thomas Gibbons, the New York Times reporter in Kabul and a former US Marine; How did a Taliban field commander meet in the Afghan Marga district of Helmand province after 11 years of trying to kill each other on the battlefield.
Kibbons Nef described - in his lengthy report - the moment he met Mullah Abdul Rahim Jallab in one of the dark and dusty rooms over a cup of hot tea in Marga, recalling the details of their battle that took place in a cold winter weather on the morning of February 13, 2010, when they were together almost of the same age. Ie 22 years old.
Kibbons Nef said that Mullah Jallab was at that time part of a group of Taliban fighters who tried to defend the area from thousands of elements from the US, Afghan and coalition forces who were sent to control this place, which was then an important stronghold of the movement.
He pointed out that Mullah Jallab did not know his identity before their meeting. Where he was a corporal in a company of marines that his fighters attacked that morning about 11 years ago.
Kibbons Neve and Mullah Jalab, now a high-ranking leader of the movement, met in a county government building that the Americans had renovated years ago before they were forced to leave the country after a brutal decade-long war.
He stated that he and two of his colleagues from the New York Times were "guests" to the Afghan field commander and that he told him during their meeting that the Marga battle was important in the eyes of the United States and that most people had only heard one version of her story and not from the perspective of the Taliban.
This military operation, which the US military called a "joint operation" (Operation Moshtarak) - according to the author - was important to impose control over the region and the first decisive and failed battle in the context of the efforts of the Marines during the administration of former President Barack Obama to contain the movement's rebellion.
"After 11 years, Mr. Jallab and I still remember the call to prayer that morning in Koro Chara, a small village in the middle of almost flooded poppy fields near the center of Marga. The surrounding leafless trees looked like dead outstretched hands," he added.
Mullah Jallab describes that day, saying, "The sky over Marga was full of helicopters and they dropped American soldiers in different areas It was a very difficult battle."
Kibbons-Neff recalled the moment he moved with a team of 7 infantrymen to a small brick hut, after landing with more than 250 other soldiers from hovering helicopters. On the other hand, Mullah Jalab gathered a group of the movement's fighters in a nearby village with the first moments of sunrise. After they prayed in the mosque, the shooting started."
The writer asserts that Mullah Jalab's description of that battle as "extremely difficult" is not wrong; By the end of that day, many American and Afghan soldiers had been killed on the battlefield and the Taliban had lost lives.
With the curtain coming down on the last chapters of the war and the US Army withdrawing its forces from the country last August - concludes Kibbons-Neff - "It is now possible to reach again to places where I once fought as a Marine, and to areas of land where friends of mine died, and I watched In it, my country's military failures intensified as they unfolded."