Information is vital for communication – CSE Workshop

New Delhi, Jan 30: Information is all boon for those who strive for their career in journalism or either communication advocacy. This was objected during a three day workshop at Central for Science & Environment, New Delhi on a workshop for E-Outreach: Information for strategic communication. The participation were in of opinion that blogging, e-communication and other online initiatives help build shape writing career.

“The E-outreach programme creates high quality digital text, audio, video and HTML contents of educational value for knowledge dissemination,” said Kiran Pandey, the Course Director. She further added that the main benefit of the strategic communication is the “democratization” of the thoughts, ideas, suggestions, value statements etc that occurs through anonymity. In theory, all views should be seen as equal, with their merit tested against the logic of the argument, She further added.

The workshop was mainly targeted for South Asian participants, where writers and journalists from Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan were present.

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Task-force recommends expert panel to resolve SR issue

KATHMANDU, Sept.3: The dispute resolution taskforce under the Constitutional Committee (CC) has recommended the CC to form a expert panel to resolve the mostly contentious issue of State Restructuring.

The recommendation was floated by the taskforce coordinator and Chairman of UCPN (Maoist) Puspa Kamal Dahal at a meeting of the CC in Singhadurbar on Saturday morning.

Along with the recommendations, the taskforce also presented a report on the progress made it in resolving contentious issues surfaced within various drafts of the new statute.

The committee is yet to resolve 22 disputed issues surfaced on the constitution drafting processes.

Khanal pessimistic about peace & constitution by present govt.

KATHMANDU, Sept. 3: The CPN-UML Chairaman Jhala Nath Khanal has stated that since the incumbent government is based on a majority, the UML is not still confident that it would be able to successfully complete the peace process and the constitution- making process.

Inaugurating the fifth convention of the CPN-UML Kathmandu Ward 22 Committee at Tebahal today, the former prime minister said that the UML would play a supportive and constructive role if the government strives to complete the peace process and the constitution drafting process.

While stating that consensus on the outline, number, standard, post and rehabilitation package of the army integration is essential in order to complete the peace process, he said all issues could be resolved in a week if the political parties wished to do so.

He expressed concern over the failure to form a government of consensus, despite his resignation from the post of prime minister for the same.

The UML chief also claimed that the present three months’ extension of the Constituent Assembly term is not sufficient, and an additional three months would be required to complete the new constitution.

Speaking at the same program, UML central member and Valley in-charge Rajendra Shrestha said the failure of governments in Nepal to complete its full term has led to increasing problems for the country.

- THT Report

Miser Israeli PM wife tortures Nepali Worker Malla

Kathmandu, Sept.3: A Nepali woman working in the house of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who grabbed headlines the day before for her complaints against the premier's wife, Sarah Netanyahu, has accused the top lady of harassing and misbehaving with her to save money.

Tara Malla, a Syangja resident, who was looking after the Israeli PM's ailing father-in-law, Shmuel Ben Artzi, 96, told the Post from Jerusalem that the Netanyahu family upped harassment and torture on her of late because she was to receive an extra allowance in the case of Artzi's death while she was still at work. “If the old man, whom I looked after had died with me still at the job, I would have received extra money. I think the family thus wanted to kick me out and started compelling me to do so by resorting to violence,” Malla said.

Following the allegations, the Netanyahus had fired Malla, saying that she was negligent in her care of the old man and that she outwitted the family while extorting money from Artzi.

In a series of interviews to Israeli dailies, Malla on Wednesday rejected the claims and had in turn accused the family of double standards.

Malla had gone to Israel 28 months ago after being promised of a monthly payment of US $800. According to Malla, she was paid much less than what was promised and that she had to be on duty round-the-clock, although she was supposed to work for only eight hours.

Courtesy: E-Kantipur report

Mohan Vaidya meets PM Bhattarai

Kathmandu, Sept.3: UCPN (Maoist) senior vice chairman Mohan Baidya met another vice chairman and Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai at the latter’s official residence in Baluwatar Saturday morning to discuss the latest internal dispute over the handover of the keys of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) arms containers to the Army Integration Special Committee (AISC).

PM Dr Baburam Bhattarai

At the meeting Baidya known to have reiterated his stance that the handover of the keys to the AISC is not a respectable move as he reminded Bhattarai of the support he gave while nominating as the prime ministerial candidate.

The meeting came hours before a crucial meeting of the Maoist standing committee that will take up the new dispute in the party.

UCPN (Maoist) Vice chairman Baidya

The Baidya faction including general secretary Ram Bahadur Thapa boycotted the SC meeting on Friday, opposing the decision to hand over the keys of the arms containers.

The hardliner faction obstructed vehicular traffic in the capital and around the country to protest the move yesterday.

Both party chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal and PM Bhattarai are in favour of expediting the peace process as per the recent action plan brought up by the party and the four-point agreement with the Madhesi alliance.

Source: nepalnews.com

Writ petition filed for disablsed-friendly environment

KATHMANDU, Sept 3: Advocate duo, Sudarshan Subedi and Deependra Shakya, filed a writ petition at the Supreme Court (SC) demanding disabled friendly environment in the country.

The advocates on Friday resorted to register the writ partition on behalf of Nepal Disabled Human Rights Centre and the people living with severe disability.

Among the demands put forward by he writ are arrangement of unemployment allowance and helper, and educational and health services to people with severe disability and intellectual disability, construction of commune home for helpless and orphan and rewriting of Protection and Welfare Act-2039.

General Secretary of the Centre, Maheswor Ghimire informed that the writ petition was filed when even the government and stakeholders did not pay any attention despite approaching several times to the pitiable condition of people living with natural disability and people having no caretaker. RSS

WikiLeaks make concerned to Australia

Sydney, Sept.3 (AFP): Australia said it has extreme concerns about the latest release of unredacted diplomatic cables by whistleblowing website WikiLeaks, after at least one purportedly identified a government spy.

Anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks on Friday dumped its full unredacted archive of US diplomatic cables online, confirming in a message on Twitter that all 251,287 of the US embassy documents had now been posted on the Internet.

Australian Attorney-General Robert McClelland said he was concerned that the group had discontinued its practice of deleting identifying features where he said the safety of individuals or national security could be put at risk.

"It appears this hasn't occurred with documents that have been distributed across the Internet this week and this is extremely concerning," he said.

McClelland said he had been advised that many of the new batch of documents contained identifying information, including at least one cable in which an agent with Australia's spy agency ASIO is purported to have been identified.

"ASIO and other government agencies officers are working through the material to see the extent of the impact on Australian interests," McClelland said in a statement released late Friday.

"I will not provide a running commentary on WikiLeaks, however this disturbing development confirms the government's position regarding WikiLeaks and others disseminating classified material."

Under Australian law it is a crime to publish, or cause to be published, the identity of an ASIO officer, he added.

Australia last week lashed out at WikiLeaks, calling it "incredibly irresponsible" for publishing a secret US cable naming Australians with suspected links to Yemeni terrorism.

WikiLeaks had been slowly releasing the leaked US cables since November, working with its media partners to sift through the information to erase the names of potentially vulnerable sources.

But in a tweet announcing the release on Friday, it said: "Shining a light on 45 years of US 'diplomacy', it is time to open the archives forever."

WikiLeaks' previous releases, in which American diplomats have spoken openly about foreign governments and their officers, have proven deeply embarrassing for the United States.