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  • Jamal Khashoggi’s Fiancee Urges Biden To Release CIA’s Classified Report Into The Murder

    Hatice Cengiz, the fiancee of slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi, has urged the US president-elect, Joe Biden, to release the CIA’s classified report on his murder as soon as he enters the White House. Khashoggi, a columnist for Washington Post disappeared while visiting Saudi Consulate on his trip to Istanbul in 2018. Later, Suadi officials admitted that Khashoggi was mistakenly killed during an extradition operation. However, the crown Prince continues to deny any knowledge of the same.

    Calling on the American authorities to release the classified documents, she asserted that it would “greatly assist in uncovering the truth” about people responsible for his murder. Although official investigation reports have not been released as yet, media reports have alleged the role of Saudi Prince Mohammad Bin Salman in his killing

    Biden had repeatedly denounced Saudi Arabia’s sordid activities and promised that he would withdraw the US from an arms deal with Riyadh signed by his predecessor. During his 2020 election campaign, Biden had even promised that he would make Saudi Arabia “the pariah they are” if he was elected. Sticking to the same, the incoming Biden administration was considering the release of documents to provide transparency, The Gaudian reported citing a White House source.

  • UK-France Ink New Agreement Aimed At Tackling Illegal Migration Via English Channel

    The UK and France have signed a new agreement aimed at taking all necessary steps to prevent and fight the illegal migration through the English Channel. The agreement between the two countries was signed by UK Home Secretary Priti Patel and France Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin. According to the UK Home Office press release, under this new deal, the number of French coastline officers will be increased and provided with better equipment to tackle the situation and prevent illegal migration from December 1 onwards.

    The agreement signed by the UK and France is built on a cooperation framework which, as per the press release, has already proven effective in increasing the number of migrants intercepted and prevented crossing attempts from 41 percent in 2019 to about 60 percent in the last few weeks. Under the deal, there will be ‘more police patrols on French beaches along with enhanced intelligence sharing between our security and law enforcement agencies’. Apart from increasing the number of French coastline officers, this agreement will ensure that they are provided with ‘enhanced package of cutting edge surveillance technology’ that will include drones, optronic binoculars, fixed cameras and radar equipment’. 

    All these steps are being taken to ensure that the security forces personnel have all essential equipment and are adequately prepared to prevent the migrants from ‘leaving French beaches in the first place’, according to the new agreement between UK and France. Speaking further about the same, UK Home Secretary Priti Patel shared the government’s plan to introduce a new asylum system which is ‘fair and firm’. London and Paris have been aiming to fix their ‘broken asylum system’ to ensure that the migrants in need of asylum can obtain it through safe and legal mediums while ensuring that those who come from ‘safe European Union countries’ in a bid to abuse the rule are turned away. 

  • Crop Insurance- Farmers will be able to insure Rabi crops by December 15

    Under the Prime Minister Crop Insurance Scheme Rabi 2020-21, farmers can insure Rabi crops till 15 December 2020 to avoid the damage due to adverse weather like drought, flood, pest disease, hailstorm, natural disaster. Under the Prime Minister Crop Insurance Scheme, indebted and indebted farmers who are land holders and share croppers can join. Under the Prime Minister Crop Insurance Scheme, indebted farmers can get crop insurance on voluntary basis. The farmer must submit the declaration form signed in the prescribed form, the last date of insurance, 7 days before 15 December 2020 to the concerned bank. Short-term agricultural loans sanctioned or renewed by the concerned bank for the respective seasons are compulsorily insured if the farmer does not submit the declaration in the prescribed form.
    Officials of the Department of Agriculture Bemetara said that all non-indebted farmers, who are notified crop growers, are willing to join the scheme. They can join the scheme by getting the sowing confirmation certificate verified by the Regional Patwari or Rural Agricultural Extension Officer and submitting other documents. Under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana, 1.5 percent farmer premium amount is prescribed for rabi crops. Under this, the farmer will have to pay a premium of Rs 555 per hectare gram and Rs 450 per hectare of irrigated wheat. For wheat irrigated, a premium of Rs 330 per hectare will be payable for the crop.
    Under the insurance scheme, indebted farmers will be compulsorily insured by the bank, cooperative society. They only have to produce declaration and sowing certificate. Aruni farmers can be insured in bank, cooperative society and public service center by giving insurance proposal form, latest Aadhar card, bank passbook, land ownership evidence B-1 Panchasala or tenant or partner farmer document, sowing certificate and declaration letter.
    Farmers can insure their crops through their respective committees, concerned banks, insurance supply company (Agriculture Insurance Company Limited), Public Service Center for crop insurance. Farmers have to be insured from one place in case of agriculture loan being sanctioned from different financial institutions for a notified area and notified crop. The farmer will have to inform the bank concerned. The insurance company will have the right to cancel all the documents of the farmer in the event of indebtedness and indebted farmers double insurance of equal acreage, measles. In order to change the name of the crop notified by the farmer, he can change the crop by submitting the sowing certificate in writing to the concerned bank, two days before the last date of the insurance application. In order to get crop insurance, all the indebted and indebted farmers must make available the latest photocopy of the Aadhaar card to the concerned bank or institution. In case the Aadhar card is not available, crop insurance will not be available.