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CTV News
08-08-2025
- Health
- CTV News
Knife-wielding man fatally shot by police in West Virginia hospital emergency room
The emergency department entrance for CAMC General Hospital, on the northeast corner of Brooks and Washington Streets in Charleston, is seen on Friday, Aug. 8, 2025. (Christopher Millette/Charleston Gazette-Mail via AP) CHARLESTON, — Police in West Virginia shot and killed a knife-wielding man in a hospital emergency room after he attacked an employee early Friday, authorities said. The shooting occurred around 1:45 a.m. at Charleston Area Medical Center's General Hospital in Charleston, Police Chief Scott Dempsey said at a news conference. The suspect walked into the emergency room shortly after midnight seeking treatment for an undetermined injury. He began acting erratically, yelled and became aggressive toward others. The man eventually came out of a bathroom with a knife, lunged at others, moved furniture and sprayed a fire extinguisher, Dempsey said. Others in the emergency room, 'were trying to just de-escalate the situation, but it obviously was not working. And at some point they had to protect theirself by getting to safety,' Dempsey said. When an arriving officer ordered the suspect to drop the knife, the man went into an elevator and began attacking an employee before the officer shot the suspect. The suspect fell to the floor and later was pronounced dead. The employee was not injured, the chief said. The suspect's name was withheld pending notification of relatives. The emergency room was locked down for about two hours afterward, hospital spokesperson Dale Witte said in a statement. The Associated Press
India.com
01-07-2025
- Business
- India.com
Noel Tata's BIG win, Ratan Tata's company emerges as top contenders for Rs 40000000000…, will revamp…
Noel Tata and Ratan Tata (File) Tata Semiconductor and Israel's Tower Semiconductor have emerged as the top contenders for Rs 4,000-crore revamp project which will upgrade and improve the facilities for Semiconductor Laboratory (SCL) in Mohali, reported M int . The two firms are shortlisted for the chip research and manufacturing facility out of around a dozen companies. Tata Semicon In Race To Revamp Mohali Chip Lab The two companies have been qualified in the technical bid round. This round was to review the company's expertise. Now they will go to the next stage of financial bids that will finalize the winner. The winner of the project will be given the work to upgrade the unit's 180 nm fabrication line along with integrating advanced equipment which can boost production. The revamp project also includes replacing old machines and commissioning and testing of newer ones, it said. What Revamp Project Will Do? Bid Package 1 is upgrading the existing 8-inch wafer fabrication line at SCL. It includes a gap analysis and detailed study of the cleanroom and utilities, engineering modifications, and the commissioning of new (35 units), upgraded (22 units), and relocated equipment. It also handles decommissioning 25 existing 6-inch tools and providing a Comprehensive Annual Maintenance Contract (CAMC) for five years, which is extendable by three years. Bid Package 2 covers the supply and integration of three critical technology IPs into the existing 8-inch process as part of a technology transfer. The technologies include RF-CMOS, BCD (HV LDMOS), and CMOS Image Sensors (CIS), aimed at enhancing the capabilities of SCL's fabrication line.
Observer
19-04-2025
- Business
- Observer
Airport built in Nepal was littered with corruption, inquiry finds
KATHMANDU, Nepal — A government inquiry into a new $216 million international airport in Nepal's second-biggest city found that 'irregularities and corruption' by officials and lawmakers had allowed a Chinese state-owned contractor to ignore its obligations and charge for work it never completed. In a 36-page report released Thursday, a parliamentary committee's investigation into the airport in Pokhara found that China CAMC Engineering, the construction arm of a state-owned conglomerate, Sinomach, had failed to pay taxes, had not finished the project to specification and had used poor-quality construction, all because of corruption and a lack of oversight. In 2023, The New York Times reported that CAMC had inflated the project's cost and undermined Nepal's efforts to maintain quality control, prioritizing its business interests. Nepal's Civil Aviation Authority, the agency overseeing the airport's construction, was reluctant to upset Beijing on an important project for both countries, the Times found. Shortly afterward, an 11-member parliamentary committee started investigating the airport's construction. The international airport in Pokhara, a tourist destination at the foothills of the Himalayas, has become a financial albatross for the impoverished country, serving as a cautionary tale about the consequences of borrowing heavily from China for major infrastructure projects. The airport was built with a 20-year loan from the Export-Import Bank of China, a state-owned lender that finances Beijing's overseas development work. Nepal must soon start repaying the loan using the profits generated by the airport, which opened in 2023. The airport has fallen well short of its projections for international passengers. There is only one weekly international route landing in Pokhara. China celebrated the airport's construction as a 'flagship project' of its Belt and Road Initiative, President Xi Jinping's signature infrastructure campaign, which has doled out an estimated $1 trillion in loans and grants to other countries. But Nepal has quietly rejected that designation, because it has complicated diplomatic ties with India, its neighbor and rival to China for influence in the region. India, a major destination for Nepali travelers, has not approved any international routes to Pokhara. In August, Nepal's communist government, led by K.P. Sharma Oli, who has close ties to Beijing, formally requested that China convert the $216 million airport loan into a grant. Nepali officials have expressed optimism about the request, but there was no formal announcement about an agreement when Oli met Xi in November. The parliamentary committee's report found that CAMC had failed to complete the work of digging, refilling, and adding gravel to the runway, as well as other key components of the airport, despite a contract requiring it to do so. It also found that the construction firm received payment for aspects of the project that were never built, including a fuel supply facility and a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system. In some of those cases, Nepal's civil aviation authority was forced to pay for items that CAMC failed to deliver as promised. The report also stated that Nepali authorities had waived $16 million in taxes for CAMC, even though the contract stated that the company was obligated to pay customs duties and value-added tax on equipment imported from China. The contract called for two runways for takeoff and landing. However, the airport effectively has only one operating runway, because the second runway is closed for safety reasons, the report said. China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and CAMC did not immediately respond to requests for comment. 'It's a massive scale of corruption,' said Rajendra Lingden, who led the inquiry. 'The corrupt bureaucrats and politicians involved in this scam must be punished.' The parliamentary committee called for the suspension of the top officials at the aviation agency, including its current director general, citing the risk that they may destroy documents related to the airport's construction. A spokesperson for Nepal's aviation agency declined to comment on the investigation's findings. This article originally appeared in
New York Times
18-04-2025
- Business
- New York Times
China-Built Airport in Nepal Was Littered With Corruption, Inquiry Finds
A government inquiry into a new $216 million international airport in Nepal's second-biggest city found that 'irregularities and corruption' by officials and lawmakers allowed a Chinese state-owned contractor to ignore its obligations and charge for work it never completed. In a 36-page report released Thursday, a parliamentary committee's investigation into the airport in Pokhara found that China CAMC Engineering Co., the construction arm of a state-owned conglomerate Sinomach, failed to pay taxes, did not finish the project to specification, and used poor quality construction, all because corruption and a lack of oversight. In 2023, The New York Times reported that CAMC had inflated the project's cost and undermined Nepal's efforts to maintain quality control, prioritizing its own business interests. Nepal's Civil Aviation Authority, the agency overseeing the airport's construction, was reluctant to upset Beijing on an important project for both countries, The Times found. Shortly afterward, an 11-member parliamentary committee started investigating the airport's construction. The international airport in Pokhara, a tourist destination at the foothills of the Himalayas, has become a financial albatross for the impoverished country, serving as a cautionary tale about the consequences of borrowing heavily from China for major infrastructure projects. The airport was built with a 20-year loan from the Export-Import Bank of China, a state-owned lender that finances Beijing's overseas development work. Nepal must soon start repaying the loan using the profits generated by the airport, which opened in 2023. The airport has fallen well short of its projections for international passengers. There is only one weekly international route landing in Pokhara. China celebrated the airport's construction as a 'flagship project' of its Belt and Road Initiative, President Xi Jinping's signature infrastructure campaign, which has doled out an estimated $1 trillion in loans and grants to other countries. But Nepal has quietly rejected that designation, because it has complicated diplomatic ties with India, its neighbor and rival to China for influence in the region. India, a major destination for Nepali travelers, has not approved any international routes to Pokhara. In August, Nepal's communist government, led by K.P. Sharma Oli, who has close ties to Beijing, formally requested China convert the $216 million airport loan into a grant. Nepali officials have expressed optimism about the request, but there was no formal announcement about an agreement when Mr. Oli met Mr. Xi in November. The parliamentary committee's report found that CAMC failed to complete the work of digging, refilling, and adding gravel to the runway, as well as other key components of the airport, despite a contract stipulating that it was required to do so. It also found that the construction firm received payment for aspects of the project that were never built, including a fuel supply facility and a heating, ventilation and air conditioning system. In some of those cases, Nepal's civil aviation authority was forced to pay for items that CAMC failed to deliver as promised. The report also stated that Nepali authorities waived $16 million in taxes for CAMC, despite the contract stating that the company was obligated to pay customs duties and value-added tax on equipment imported from China. The contract called for two runways for takeoff and landing. However, the airport effectively has only one operating runway, because the second runway is closed for safety reasons, the report said. China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and CAMC did not immediately respond to requests for comment. 'It's a massive scale of corruption,' said Rajendra Lingden, who headed the inquiry. 'The corrupt bureaucrats and politicians involved in this scam must be punished.' The parliamentary committee called for the suspension of the top officials at the aviation agency, including its current director general, citing the risk that they may destroy documents related to the airport's construction. A spokesman for Nepal's aviation agency declined to comment on the investigation's findings.
