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Time of India
3 days ago
- Politics
- Time of India
BJP-TIPRA Motha relation turns sour in Tripura?
Agartala: The relation between the two ruling partners in Tripura govt — BJP and TIPRA Motha — has gradually become strained, as the latter party feels the govt is not considering their issues of concern seriously and that their demands have not been fulfilled. TIPRA Motha leaders have confronted the govt on several issues since they joined the ruling front and got two ministerial berths last year. After a long persuasion, the ministry of home affairs (MHA) appointed an interlocutor to negotiate TIPRA Motha's core demand for Greater Tipraland and associated socio-economic, cultural and social issues, but there has been no headway. BJP and TIPRA Motha have been facing differences on selection of scripts for Kokborok (dialect spoken by tribals). While Motha and other tribal parties demanded for the Roman script, BJP argued for Bengali or Devanagari script for the language. The ruling party of Tripura ADC has been fighting for direct funding from the Centre and empowerment, for which they said to have forged an alliance with BJP, but this has not happened yet, Motha leaders said. Recently, TIPRA party launched an agitation demanding action against district magistrate (Gomati) TK Chakma for alleged misbehaviour with ADC CEM Purna Chandra Jamatia and Motha founder Pradyot Kishore Debbarman. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like 5 Books Warren Buffett Wants You to Read In 2025 Blinkist: Warren Buffett's Reading List Undo They had a protest locking down the administrative offices in the district on last Monday and issued a seven-day ultimatum to the govt for taking action against DM Chakma. On Thursday, chief minister Manik Saha, without naming anyone, issued a warning to the adversaries who had been allegedly trying to tarnish the image of his govt. Get the latest lifestyle updates on Times of India, along with Eid wishes , messages , and quotes !
Time of India
03-05-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Tunnel boring machine launched for Kanpur Metro corridor underground section
Kanpur: The 'Gomati' Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) was launched on Saturday from the launching shaft at Rawatpur to construct the 'downline' tunnel up to Double Pulia. This is part of the approximately 4.10 km long Rawatpur–Double Pulia underground section of the kanpur metro project's Corridor-2 , which runs from CSA to Barra-8. Tunnel construction on the 'up-line' of this section is already underway with the 'Parvati' TBM, which was launched on March 29. The newly launched 'Gomati' TBM will first build the tunnel from Rawatpur to Kakadeo station, followed by Kakadeo to Double Pulia section on 'downline'. Previously, this machine completed 620-meter-long 'up-line' tunnel from Rawatpur to Company Bagh Chauraha. Corridor-2 comprises approximately 4.10 km of underground and 4.50 km of elevated sections, forming a total length of around 8.60 km. Three TBMs—Gomati, Saraswati and Parvati—are actively working in underground section. The tunneling work first began on a 620-meter stretch between Rawatpur and Company Bagh Chauraha. On the occasion, Sushil Kumar, Managing Director of UPMRC, said, "The civil construction of Corridor-2 is progressing rapidly. With the launch of the Gomati TBM on the downline from Rawatpur to Double Pulia, another milestone has been achieved. The machine will first build a 780-meter tunnel up to Kakadeo station. After reaching Kakadeo, it will be shifted to the other end of the station using the dragging method, and then continue with a 1,020-meter tunnel up to Double Pulia. TBMs allow safe tunneling even in densely populated urban areas. Once completed, Corridor-2 will significantly improve connectivity for people on both sides of the railway line."
Asharq Al-Awsat
05-04-2025
- Politics
- Asharq Al-Awsat
Libya's Anti-NGO Push Seen as Diversion from Internal Failures, Analysts Say
Libya's suspension of 10 international humanitarian groups, part of a broader crackdown on African migrants, is aimed at masking domestic failures and securing external concessions, particularly from Europe, analysts have said, AFP reported. Libya's Tripoli-based authorities announced on Wednesday a decision to suspend the Norwegian Refugee Council, Doctors Without Borders (MSF), Terre des Hommes, CESVI and six other groups, accusing them of a plan to "settle migrants" from other parts of Africa in the country. War-torn Libya is a key departure point on North Africa's Mediterranean coast for migrants, mainly from sub-Saharan African countries, risking dangerous sea voyages in the hope of reaching Europe. Anas al-Gomati, director of the Tripoli-based Sadeq Institute think tank, said "this isn't about NGOs -- it's about creating enemies to distract from failures". The UN-recognized government of Abdulhamid Dbeibah is "tapping into conservative anxieties while masking their inability to provide basic services", he told AFP. The ultimate goal, according to Gomati, is to "extract concessions from Europe which, fearing potential migration surges, will offer new funding packages and prop up the government in Tripoli". On Wednesday, Rome announced the allocation of 20 million euros to the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to finance "voluntary repatriations" for 3,300 sub-Saharan migrants who arrived in Algeria, Tunisia and Libya. "This isn't coincidence -- its coordination. The Libyan authorities shut down NGOs providing monitoring and protection (for migrants) precisely as Italy announces 20 million euros for 'voluntary' returns," said Gomati. "Italy gets to claim they're funding 'voluntary' returns while Libya gets to demonstrate 'sovereignty', all while vulnerable migrants face extortion in detention before being labelled 'volunteers' for deportation." Libya analyst Jalel Harchaoui noted that the Tripoli government is adopting a similar tone to Tunisian President Kais Saied, who in early 2023 denounced what he called "hordes of sub-Saharan migrants" who threatened to "change the country's demographic composition". Harchaoui, of the London-based Royal United Services Institute, said Dbeibah was facing considerable difficulties, particularly in gaining access to public funds, and his once pragmatic relationship with the Haftar family in the east had deteriorated. Following the NGO ban, aid groups have expressed concern for both their Libyan colleagues and the migrants who have been made more vulnerable in a country that, according to the IOM, is home to more than 700,000 residents from sub-Saharan countries. The International Commission of Jurists on Friday condemned the "recent collective expulsions, arrests, violent attacks and the surge of hate speech, including that which constitutes incitement to violence, against migrants, refugees and asylum seekers in Libya". The organization noted that the Libyan interior ministry has pledged "the deportation of 100,000 migrants every four months".
Miami Herald
30-01-2025
- Health
- Miami Herald
The race to recovery is already won before one runner begins the Life Time Miami Half-Marathon
Completing the Life Time Miami Half-Marathon is an achievement for anyone but for Farouk Gomati, crossing the finish line Sunday will mark the culmination of an 11-year journey that is nothing short of miraculous. Gomati's journey began in 2013. At the time, he lived in Miami and toured the globe playing music. He was newly married and just welcomed a newborn son. 'I was on the top of the world,' Gomati said. 'I wasn't stressed, and I was doing what I love.' Then it all came crashing down. Gomati, a professional drummer who toured around the world with Colombian evangelical singer Alex Campos, was diagnosed with Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS). GBS is a rare condition that occurs when your immune system attacks your peripheral nerves, leaving those diagnosed most often paralyzed from the legs down, but in some rare cases, completely paralyzed. Gomati was a rare case. Just days after returning home to Miami after a tour, Gomati woke up with a weird tingling in his toes. 'The sensation kept on going for the whole day, but I was not feeling bad, so I didn't pay attention to it actually,' Gomati said. The next morning, the feeling had reached his ankles. The third day, up to his hands. And by the fourth day he was mute. He went to the emergency room multiples times during this period, but he was sent home every time as they claimed he was just excited to be a new father. On the fifth day, he was finally admitted. One day later, Gomati was put into a medically-induced coma for three weeks and diagnosed with GBS. 'I woke up and the first thing I thought was, Oh, thank god I'm not dead,' Gomati said. 'But after the initial relief, a constant agony arrived when I realized that I was 100% paralyzed. It felt like being underwater and feeling you're going to drown, but you never actually drown.' That is where Gomati's miraculous recovery began, at rock bottom. 'They told my wife, if he makes it, he's going to be connected to a ventilator for the rest of his life and in a wheelchair,' Gomati said. 'My wife told them, 'You know what? I believe in miracles. I won't accept that.'' She was right and Gomati began to improve shortly after waking up. His nervous system started returned, and soon he was off a ventilator learning to breathe again. Within two years, Gomati was almost fully recovered, and it was nothing short of a miracle. He credits his family and faith with his recovery but still must fulfill one final promise. 'There was one day in the rehab center where I was just so depressed. I didn't want to do rehab therapy. I didn't want to do anything.' Gomati said, 'So I started having this conversation with God. Asking him things like, 'Why is this so difficult or what is going on.'' Then Gomati made the promise he will fulfill Sunday. 'If one day I can say that I'm a walking miracle because I got off the wheelchair and I'm able to walk again, I promised God, I would run a race and share my story.' Gomati said. Eleven years after that promise, Gomati is on the top of the world again. He has a happy family, and he has shifted his career to become the president of Interworld Freight, the family business, but he still needs to fulfill his promise. Gomati's entire family will be at the finish line and when he crosses, most will consider him nothing short of a living miracle, but he will look over at his family and into the sky, because to him, faith and family are the only reason he is still here.
