INDIA NEWS
Oct 1-15, 2023 - Vol 4, Issue 5
WORLD NEWS
SL to propose strategic tax incentives in 114 dead, over 200 2024 budget to attract foreign investors
Colombo, Sep 25 (IANS) The Sri Lankan government will propose special tax breaks and concessions in the 2024 budget to attract large-scale foreign direct investors in information technology and vehicle assembly, state media reported on Monday.
Investment Promotion State Minister Dilum Amunugama was quoted as saying that the government will introduce a strategic tax policy, including tax breaks for up to a period of two to five years for investors in the IT sector, reports Xinhua news agency citing the state media. Amunugama said the proposals are being prepared by the Finance Ministry.
He said with these schemes, Sri Lanka plans to encourage investors to invest more than $50 million. Despite the economic crisis, the Board of Investment has been able to attract foreign direct investments of $1.75 billion exceeding the targeted amount of $1 billion for 2022, and the target for this year is $1.5 billion, Amunugama told a press conference in July.
Canadian leaders hailing Nazi as ‘hero’ shows how easily they are manipulated Hunka lives in Rota’s constituency and the Speaker was roped in by supporters of the Nazis, showing how easy it is to get Canadian leaders to back questionable causes and dubious personalities in exchange for votes or other forms of support. New York, Sept 26 (IANS) The spectacle of Canadian leaders, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Parliament Speaker Anthony Rota, hailing a Nazi who served with the evil SS that was involved in genocide and war crimes is the latest example of how politicians in that country are manipulated. Last week, Yaroslav Hunka, who fought for the Nazis as a member of the 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS, was called a hero by Rota, who thanked him “for all his service” and Trudeau joined in the standing ovation for him in Parliament. The tribute to a Nazi by Canadian leaders, who claim to champion human rights, would have passed off as just a service to a particular Canadian group except that they were caught out when Jewish groups exposed the real past of the 98-year-old Nazi soldier. After Hunka's past became public, Trudeau on Monday shamefacedly apologised for honouring a Nazi saying: “This is something that is deeply embarrassing to the Parliament of Canada and by extension to all Canadians."
The incident illustrates the easy manipulation of politicians by vested interests – especially those with foreign linkages – and how readily they go along for easy political gains, regardless of their public stance. After his praise of the Nazi was exposed, Rota told Parliament: "I am deeply sorry I offended many with my gestures and remarks. I have subsequently become aware of more information which causes me to regret my decision to do so." After Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky had addressed Parliament on September 22, Rota pointed to Hunka, who was in the public gallery and said: “He is a Ukrainian hero, a Canadian hero and we thank him for all his service”. Zelensky, who was unaware of Hunka’s war record, was trapped unawares in the pro-Nazi frenzy at Canada's parliament that is forever passing judgments on other countries and preaching human rights and he joined in the ovation, giving a fist bump. Rota said: “I wish to make clear that no one, including fellow
parliamentarians and the Ukraine delegation, was aware of my intention or of my remarks before I delivered them." The speaker had said while introducing Hunka, that he is “a Ukrainian Canadian war veteran from the Second World War who fought for Ukrainian independence against the Russians”. The incident played into Ruassia’s accusations that Ukraine is run by neo-Nazis, even though Zelensky is himself Jewish. Kremlin’s Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov expressed outrage about the Canadian honour and said: "Many Western countries, including Canada, have raised a young generation that does not know who fought whom or what happened during the Second World War." Canada has given refuge to members of the Nazi forces, which had carried out the horrific genocide of 6 million Jewish people.
Ottawa, Sep 27 (IANS) Anthony Rota has resigned as the Speaker of the Canadian Parliament over his invitation to, and the House's subsequent recognition of, a man who fought for a Nazi unit during the Second World War, media
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Rota announced his unprecedented decision to step aside after meeting with the House leaders from all parties on Parliament Hill on Tuesday afternoon. His move comes amid days of steadily growing pressure from MPs of all parties for him to "do the honourable thing" and vacate the Speaker's Chair, CTV News reported. "The work of this House is above any of us. Therefore, I must step down as your Speaker," Rota said, adding he was making the
an investigation was launched into the incident. It was not clear if the bride and the groom were among the victims.
Baghdad, Sep 27 (IANS) At least 114 people were killed and more than 200 injured after a massive fire ripped through a wedding hall in Iraq's Nineveh province, a top official announced on Wednesday. The updated figures were confirmed to the media by Nineveh Governor Najm alJubouri, reports Xinhua news agency. The fire broke out on Tuesday night in the al-Haytham Wedding Hall in al-Hamdaniya town, 35 km southeast of the provincial capital Mosul, the official Iraqi News Agency (INA) quoted the Iraqi Civil Defence as saying. It said that initial reports indicated that fireworks were used during the celebration, which may have caused the fire. The building was covered with highly flammable materials, which accelerated the blaze that led to the collapse of part of the building, the INA said, adding that
The incident that led to this historic scene unfolding in the House of Commons took place during Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's address to Canadian Parliament last Friday, CTV News reported. Rota apologized first on Sunday, and then again to all MPs on Monday, taking full responsibility for the mistake,
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Health Ministry spokesman Sayf al-Badr said that the situation is under control and that they were following the incident closely. The INA reported that the Health Minister directed authorities in the neighboring provinces of Kirkuk and Salahudin to send ambulances to help evacuate the victims. A statement by his media office said that Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani made a phone call to the Nineveh Governor to learn about the situation and ordered the interior and health ministers to support the affected people. "We are following the tragic developments in the town of alHamdaniya following the painful accident that caused a number of victims and injuries," Parliament Speaker Mohammed al-Halbousi said in a tweet.
Guglielmi said. According to CNN, Commander has been involved in at least 11 biting incidents at the White House and in Delaware, including a November 2022 incident where an officer was hospitalised after the President's younger dog clamped down on their arms and thighs.
Historians have documented atrocities committed by the division that Hunka served in against the people of Slovakia and Poland, murdering hundreds of people.
announcement with a "heavy heart" and that serving as House Speaker has been his "greatest honour".
Initial reports in Iraqi media said they had died in the blaze, with news agency Nina later reporting that they were alive but were being treated for burns.
Biden’s dog bites Secret Service agent
The Waffen-SS was declared to be a criminal organisation in World War II by the Nuremberg Trials held by the International Military Tribunal for Nazi war crimes.
Canada Parliament Speaker Anthony Rota resigns after calling Ukrainian Nazi veteran a ‘hero’ reported.
injured in Iraq wedding hall fire
Washington, Sep 27 (IANS) US President Joe Biden's twoyear-old German Shepherd, Commander, bit another Secret Service agent at the White House -- the 11th known biting incident involving the pet dog, the media reported “Yesterday (Monday) around 8 p.m., a Secret Service Uniformed Division police officer came in contact with a First Family pet and was bitten. The officer was treated by medical personnel on complex,” USSS chief of communications Anthony Guglielmi told CNN on Tuesday. The injured officer spoke with Secret Service Uniformed Division Chief Alfonso M. Dyson Sr. on Tuesday and "is doing OK",
In July, White House officials had said that the Bidens were working through new training and leashing protocols for the family pet following the incidents. “The First Family continues to work on ways to help Commander handle the often unpredictable nature of the White House grounds,” Elizabeth Alexander, the First Lady's Communications Director, told CNN when asked whether the new training had taken place or if any further action would be sought. Another of Biden’s dogs, Major, was involved in biting incidents at the White House. The German Shepherd was later moved out of the White House, and Commander arrived in 2021.
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