Islamabad, Sep 25: Nearly 50 people, including women and children, were injured on Tuesday in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir after a strong quake jolted several cities in the northern parts of Pakistan including capital Islamabad.
Pakistan Meteorological Department’s earthquake centre said the 5.8-magnitude earthquake was located near the mountainous city of Jehlum in Punjab province. Its depth was at 10 kilometres. However, Minister for Science Fawad Chaudhry said that the intensity of the quake was 7.1.
The quake was powerful and created panic as people ran out of building, eyewitnesses said.
Around 50 people, including women and children, were injured and shifted to a hospital in Mirpur in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir after a building collapsed following the earthquake, according to Pakistan’s National Disaster Management Authority. Parts of a mosque also collapsed in the area.
TV channels showed the footage of heavily damaged roads in Mirpur, with many vehicles overturned.
Several cities including Peshawar, Rawalpindi, Lahore, Skardu, Kohat, Charsadda, Kasur, Faisalabad, Gujrat, Sialkot, Abbottabad, Mansehra, Chitral, Malakand, Multan, Shangla, Okara, Nowshera, Attock and Jhang felt the tremor.
Guwahati, Sept 1: More than 19 lakh applicants have been left out of the final and updated
National Register of Citizens (NRC) for Assam, which was published on Saturday.
Out of 3.30 crore applicants, over 3.11 crore names were included in the final list of the citizenship document.
“Taking into account all the persons already included and after disposal of all Claims and Objections and proceedings under Clause 4(3), it has been found that a total of 3,11,21,004 numbers of persons are found eligible for inclusion in Final NRC leaving out 19,06,657 numbers of persons including those who did not submit claims,” a statement issued by NRC state coordinator Prateek Hajela informed here.
A total of 3,30,27,661 members applied through 68,37,660 applications.
The process of receipt of NRC Application Forms started during the end of May 2015 and ended on August 31, 2015.
As per Orders of the Supreme Court, Draft NRC (Complete Draft) was published on July 30, 2018, wherein 2,89,83,677 numbers of persons were found eligible for inclusion.
Thereafter, claims were received from 36,26,630 numbers of persons against exclusions.
Verification was also carried out of persons included in Draft NRC under Clause 4(3) of the Schedule of the Citizenship (Registration of Citizens and Issue of National Identity Cards) Rules, 2003.
Objections were received against inclusion of 1,87,633 persons whose names had appeared in Complete Draft.
Another Additional Draft Exclusions List was published on June 26, 2019, wherein 1,02,462 persons were excluded.
The process of NRC Update, with midnight of March 24, 1971, as cut off date, was started in Assam as per order of the Supreme Court of India in 2013. Since then, the Apex Court has been closely monitoring the entire process.
More than 52,000 state government officials were involved in the updating work, carried out at a cost of over Rs 1200 crore.
“The entire process of NRC update has been meticulously carried out in an objective and transparent manner. Adequate opportunity of being heard has been given to all persons at every stage of the process. The entire process is conducted as per statutory provisions and due procedure followed at every stage,” the NRC statement said.
The status of both inclusion and exclusion can be viewed online in the NRC website (www.nrcassam.nic.in).
The hard copies of the Supplementary List of Inclusions will be available for public view at NRC Seva Kendras (NSK), offices of the Deputy Commissioner and offices of the Circle Officer during office hours.
“Any person who is not satisfied with the outcome of the claims and objections can file appeal before the Foreigners Tribunals,” the statement added.
New Delhi , Aug 30 : The economic growth slowed to a seven-year low of 5 per cent in April to June quarter from 8 per cent a year ago, government data showed on Friday.
The slowdown was largely due to a sharp dip in the manufacturing sector and agriculture output, said the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation in a statement.
The previous low was recorded at 4.9 per cent in April to June 2012-13. Consumer demand and private investment have weakened amid global trade frictions and dampening business sentiment.
The manufacturing sector grew by 0.6 per cent as compared to a growth of 12.1 per cent in Q1 2018-19. Agriculture, forestry and fishing’ sector grew by 2 per cent as compared to growth of 5.1 per cent in Q1 2018-19.
On the other hand, mining and quarrying sector grew by 2.7 per cent as compared to a growth of 0.4 per cent in the corresponding quarter of previous fiscal. Electricity, gas, water supply and other utility services sector grew by 8.6 per cent as compared to growth of 6.7 per cent in Q1 2018-19.
Although the Reserve Bank of India has cut the key lending rate four times in succession by a total of 110 basis points, several economists are apprehensive of this translating into growth soon. One basis point is one-hundredth of a percentage point.
The ongoing economic slowdown has started hurting corporates as well, with companies reporting a sharp decline in both revenue and profit growth numbers in the June quarter.
The passenger vehicle industry suffered its worst performance in 19 years last month with a 31 per cent drop in sales and the ninth consecutive month of declining sales, underscoring a sharp decline in demand.