The Chief Secretary of Assam, Shri Vinod Kumar Pipersenia chaired a meeting with the visiting Inter-Ministerial team of Government of India to assess the damage caused by recent floods in Assam, in Guwahati today.
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UN chief condemns suicide attacks on camps in northeastern Nigeria
25 July 2017 – Strongly condemning yesterday’s suicide attacks on the two camps for internally displaced persons in northeastern Nigeria, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has called for the perpetrators of this “heinous” act to be swiftly brought to justice.
According to a statement issued by his spokesman, the Secretary-General reiterated the UN support to the Government of Nigeria in its fight against terrorism and violent extremism.
“These terrorist acts are targeting people who had already fled their homes as a result of Boko Haram violence,” said Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General, in the statement.
Preliminary media reports said that at least eight people have been killed in the attacks that took place near the Borno state capital of Maiduguri.
Mr. Haq said the Secretary-General offered his condolences to the people and Government of Nigeria for the loss of life, while also wishing a quick recovery to those injured.
Borno state has been plagued by violent attacks carried out by the Boko Haram insurgents, and Maiduguri has been targeted many times.
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News story: G-Cloud 8 will expire on 28 July 2017
A G8 call-off contract can still be signed if a G8 service was shortlisted before 22 May. All G8 contracts must be signed before G8 expires.
G-Cloud 8 contracts that have already been signed aren’t affected by the expiry of the G8 framework.
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News story: Appointments to the Attorney General’s Special Advocate Panel
The Attorney General is seeking to appoint new members to his panel of Special Advocates, and wishes to recruit advocates at the junior level, in particular those with expertise in Family and Employment Tribunal work.
Special Advocates
The Special Advocate competition is open to both self-employed barristers and solicitor-advocates with at least 5 years’ advocacy experience.
The role of the Special Advocate has developed in proceedings before a wide variety of forums, both statutory and non-statutory in origin, where a party, with the permission of the forum, seeks to rely upon ‘closed’ evidence. Closed evidence may raise issues concerning national security. Individuals and their legal representatives are excluded from hearings where closed evidence is used.
Special Advocates perform an important role by representing the interests of the excluded party in those hearings and subjecting the sensitive material to scrutiny, thereby promoting the fairness of the proceedings.
Application
To obtain details of how to apply, email PanelCounsel@governmentlegal.gov.uk.
Completed applications must be submitted by noon on Monday 18 September 2017.
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Police in SW China investigating orphan ‘fight club’: report
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Reports say that two 14-year-old orphans from Liangshan had been adopted by the owner of a fight club in Sichuan’s capital, Chengdu, for the sole purpose of becoming cage fighters. [Screenshot: qq.com] |
Education authorities in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, have dispatched a team to try to recover orphans who have allegedly been adopted into a human ‘cockfighting’ ring, reports thepaper.cn.
This follows reports that two 14-year-old orphans from Liangshan had been adopted by the owner of a fight club in Sichuan’s capital, Chengdu, for the sole purpose of becoming cage fighters. Video has reportedly surfaced showing the teenagers fighting each other in an iron cage while surrounded by people yelling and taking pictures.
Local police in Chengdu have reportedly launched an investigation as well.
Officials with the Education Bureau in Butuo County, Liangshan, say the two teenagers will be returned to their boarding school if it’s proven they’ve been adopted for the sole purpose of becoming fighters.
Local authorities in Liangshan have also ordered investigations to determine if others may have been adopted from the city by the same owner of the ‘fight club.’
The man who adopted the teenagers is reportedly a military veteran who has taken in around 400 children since 2000.
The man who is in charge of the club responded that the previous reports of the club displayed incomplete information.