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Aug122017

China Eastern denies insulting Indian at Shanghai airport

China Eastern Airlines on Saturday denied the alleged insult of an Indian at Shanghai Pudong International Airport reported by an Indian news outlet.

In a statement, the company said that after checking related materials and the airport CCTV footage, it found the news reports did not conform to the fact.

Instead, the airlines employees offered meticulous service, it said.

The company said it is dedicated to providing quality flight service for passengers around the world.

The Times of India reported on Thursday that North American Punjabi Association executive director Satnam Singh Chahal wrote a letter to Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj to complain that he had unfair treatment at the Shanghai airport as he took China Eastern Airlines flight MU564.

Chahal was on his way from New Delhi to San Francisco and had a stopover in Shanghai to catch his next flight of the same airlines to his destination, the India newspaper reported.

Aug122017

Greens call for ban on grouse hunting as shooting season opens

GovWorldMagGreen Party

12 August 2017

The Green Party has called for a ban on grouse hunting as shooting season opens [1] and an end to government subsidies for grouse shooting estates [2].

The UK government spends millions of pounds subsidising the grouse shooting industry, which is harmful to the environment and other wildlife [3].

Grouse shooting season officially opens on August 12 across the UK.

Amelia Womack, Green Party deputy leader, said:

“Killing for fun has no place in a decent society. But grouse shooting is even worse, because it also has a detrimental impact on the environment and other animals. We should ban grouse shooting immediately. Or at the very least, the government should end subsidies for moor estates. Throwing money at a cruel activity that is almost solely a pursuit of the rich is outdated, wasteful and disgraceful.

“Not only is it bad for wildlife, but it’s bad for human society too. The Green Party has long warned that grouse shooting threatens other wildlife and over-managed grouse shooting estates contribute to flooding [4] as well as being a cruel sport which damages the environment. We simply cannot continue to let such large areas of land be destroyed for the brief enjoyment of a very small group of elites.

“We can end the injustice of grouse shooting. Michael Gove has promised a green Brexit, where farmers will only get payouts if they agree to protect the environment and enhance rural life [5]. Grouse shooting estates tick neither of these boxes and we’re calling on Gove to recognise this. When he reshapes subsidies for agriculture during the Brexit negotiations, the payouts for grouse shooting estates must be cut. It’s cruel, it’s unfair and it’s ecologically disastrous. Grouse shooting must end.”

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Aug122017

Beijing closes 171 tourist sites amid rain, flights disrupted

GovWorldMagEast Asia

Heavy rain in Beijing on Saturday forced authorities to close 171 tourist sites and disrupted at least 278 flights.

Thirteen roads had been flooded in Beijing when rainfall peaked on Saturday morning, according to the municipal flood control authority. Relief workers are draining the water.

At Beijing Capital International Airport, 119 flights were delayed and another 159 were canceled as of noon on Saturday.

The rain weakened in the afternoon, but the flood control authority still warned people against going out, especially near rivers or to climb mountains.

Aug122017

China cracks down on earthquake rumors and fraud

GovWorldMagEast Asia

[unable to retrieve full-text content]China’s Ministry of Public Security has been investigating crimes related to earthquake rumors online and charity fraud after a deadly earthquake struck southwest China’s Sichuan Province, the ministry said Saturday.

Aug122017

On the opening of a national anti-doping laboratory based at Moscow University

RussiaRussia

The Moscow University Charter has been updated with guidelines about the addition of a new structural unit, a national anti-doping laboratory. Using contemporary methods, the laboratory will implement measures to provide anti-doping support to Russian national sports teams and carry out independent testing of samples of biological materials for doping control, while also conducting research aimed at preventing and fighting doping in sports.

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Introduced by the Ministry of Education and Science.

Following the results of an October 11, 2016 meeting of the Presidential Council for the Development of Physical Culture and Sport, it has been decided to establish a national anti-doping laboratory as part of Moscow University (item 2c of the list of presidential instructions of November 9, 2016, No. Pr-2179).

In this connection, according to the signed decree, the Moscow University Charter (approved by the government decree of March 28, 2008, No.223) has been updated with conditions about the creation of a new structural unit, a national anti-doping laboratory. Using contemporary methods, the laboratory will implement measures to provide anti-doping support to Russian national sports teams, carry out independent testing of samples of biological materials for doping control, while also conducting research aimed at preventing and fighting doping in sports.

The introduced amendments will allow the national anti-doping laboratory to carry out its activities at Moscow University (independent of government authorities) both in accordance with the International Convention against Doping in Sports of October 19, 2005 and Russian Law.