Seham was just 6 years old when she was first diagnosed with chronic kidney disease.

Together with her parents, she travelled hundreds of kilometres in search of diagnosis and treatment, from her home in Razeh District in Sa’ada governorate in Yemen’s north, to Hajjah and Sana’a in the country’s west.

“She was in a coma when she started her first dialysis session in Sana’a,” said Seham’s mother, Um-Seham. “We couldn’t afford the cost of living in Sana’a so we decided to return to Sa’ada. We had to move from our village to Sa’ada City, renting a one room apartment near the hospital.”

Now 10 years old, it is not only the kidney pain and gradual loss of vision that make Seham’s life challenging.

“Because of this disease, I had to stop going to school,” said Seham. “All I want is to be free from this disease and to go back again to my studies.”

Accessing dialysis has always been tricky in Yemen, the poorest country in the Middle East. But the conflict has created additional challenges, with health facilities facing a shortage of dialysis supplies and travel complicated by checkpoints and insecurity. In the midst of an economic crisis, many patients complain that they can barely afford the cost of transportation to and from the health centres for the multiple treatment sessions they need each week.

Seham is one of more than 5 000 kidney patients in Yemen who struggle to access regular dialysis sessions. Treatment for non-communicable diseases in general – a category which includes illnesses such as kidney disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, and cancer – are available in few health facilities (about 20%).

Ongoing conflict, high levels of poverty and the collapsing health system have left thousands struggling to access the care they need to stay alive. Non-communicable diseases are now killing more people than bullets or bombs, accounting for 39% of all mortality in Yemen.

Seham is one of the luckier ones. This week, the World Health Organization (WHO) transported 100 tonnes of supplies provided through a private-public partnership between Yemen and Germany to the dialysis centre she regularly attends at Al-Jumhoori Hospital in Sa’ada.

But the need for dialysis supplies remains high across Yemen. In some parts of the country, dialysis sessions have been reduced from three sessions per week to one session or less due to a lack of supplies. When there are not enough supplies in the hospitals, patients are required to purchase their own dialysis set (filters, tubes etc) for around US$ 40 per session – a cost that is impossibly high for many patients.

WHO and partners are supporting the local health authorities to provide health services across Yemen, including care for non-communicable diseases.

The Organization is calling on parties to the conflict and their allies to facilitate the safe and unimpeded passage of life-saving medicines and supplies to people in need across Yemen.

Olitia Foods Pvt. Ltd. has entered into a partnership with UK-based Greanleaf Trading Company for distribution across UK and the rest of Europe.

In the first phase, the distribution will span over UK and then venture to the other European countries. This agreement has been done for a substantial amount of olive tea. Greanleaf plans to approach stores like Tesco and Sainsbury’s.

This was announced at press conference in Jaipur addressed by Directors, Olitia Foods, Mr. Dharampal Garhwal and Ms. Sarika Sawhney. Also present on the occasion were Director, Greanleaf Trading Co., UK, Mr. Gurdeep Singh and Tea Expert, Mr. Avijit Dey.

Olitia Foods has brewed up an alternate to green tea. After years of research, they have come up with the world’s first processed olive tea. This is the first time in the world that machinery has been tailor-made for crushing, tearing and curling of the olive leaves.

It was in 2007 that the Rajasthan government began cultivating olives considering that the climate there was suitable for olives. With the help of technology from Israel, olives were planted on 5000 hectares of land.

An MoU was signed with Olitia Foods Pvt Ltd in 2016 for producing olive tea. Olitia Foods had promised an investment of Rs 10 crore for the purpose.

Laboratory tests have confirmed the presence of a strong antioxidant called Luteolin in olive leaves that can even help prevent several types of cancer — blood cancer, prostate cancer and ovarian cancer. After the studies and lab tests confirmed these properties of the olive leaves, the decision to process them was taken. It will medically benefit those who suffer from mental stress, cardiac disease.

Mr. Dharmpal Garhwal, Director at Olitia Foods, hopes to better the condition of farmers by involving them in the cultivation of olives with the State government. With the introduction of exotic crops, farmers are no longer dependent on the conventional crops. They can earn more profits for their efforts. Unlike other crops, olive plants don’t need soft water which is scarce in Rajasthan. Since olives don’t sprout throughout the year, olive tea leaves give farmers more income as these grow back in 40-50 days.

The olive tea is called a modern day elixir because its health benefits are more than any other tea. Packed with antioxidants, this tea clears the skin of toxins and carcinogens. It energizes even when it has no caffeine. It reduces wrinkles, acne and gives the skin a young glow. It eats away cholesterol and reduces blood pressure. It improves immunity and hence prevents cold and flu.

Olitia Foods is looking forward to give the world a modern day elixir, the olive tea. They have also received proposals from various countries including the USA and from the Gulf for MoUs. This product being produced by the farmers of Rajasthan will reach all across the globe.

Olitia Food Pvt. Ltd. is a venture to bridge the gap between a farmer and the market. They are enabling the farmers at the grassroots’ level by helping them produce better with simple organic methods.

The olive seeds were sowed in cocopeat for the first year in a laboratory controlled environment. After this, these plants were transferred to the field. The ideal sized leaves are crushed and dried to produce the olive tea.

The olive refinery is operational in the state at Bikaner, also the country’s first. The tea comes in several flavours such as lemongrass, holy basil, exotic, and mint. More flavours like ginger and tulsi will be introduced shortly.

Research has shown than olive reduces risk of cancers as olive tea has anti melanoma effect which provides protection against cancer at an early stage and prevents the growth of cancerous cells in human body.

Olive leaf extracts reverses the cardiovascular stress and chronic, disease-causing inflammation. The LDL-cholesterol levels can be reduced by a high dosage of olive tea extracts. Hydroxytyrosol present in olive leaf extracts helps in keeping the heart healthy.

Olive Tea leaves is also said to fight multiple viruses effectively. Cough and cold which has been a run-of- the-mill problem and has no conventional cure, can be easily relieved by consuming olive tea. Olive tea can act as a medicine for other viral diseases such as flu and herpes. It is rich in antioxidants and benefit the body by neutralizing and removing the free radicals from the bloodstream as it contains numerous phenols that neutralize the action of free radicals.

Olive tea extracts are found to have oleuropein which helps in relaxing the blood vessels, prevents the formation of blood clots and helps in reducing the systolic and diastolic blood pressure significantly. It has been found out that olive tea extracts have been used to amplify the power of immunity system of the body.

One day after the horrific murder of eight years old student, Pradyuman Thakur, in Ryan International School at Bhondsi, Gurugram, which shocked the nation, the conductor of the school bus, Ashok Kumar 42, has confessed that he killed the boy.
In the confession after his arrest he admitted, “I was doing some objectionable activities alone inside the bathroom. The boy came inside and saw me. I got scared and pulled him inside. Then I attempted to have sex with the boy, he objected. I pulled him again and he fell on the ground. I panicked and slit his throat with a knife. I stabbed him twice near the part of his throat and ears. The boy cried and yelled, I flew away.”
Pradyuman’s father Vinod Chand Thakur said that he used to drop Pradyuman at school every day. On 8th August, he dropped his son and daughter at the gate of Ryan International School and came back home. After fifteen minutes, he got distressed calls from Ryan International School that his son fell in the bathroom. The school management took the boy to Artemis hospital. Vinod reached the hospital and saw the body of his son.
The victim’s father complained, “Simply arresting the bus conductor is not sufficient. It is negligence of part of the school administration and they should be booked.” 
“The school couldn’t even ensure basic safety for my son, how will then parents send children to school,” told the victim’s mother Jyoti to ANI. 
The police is investigating different possible angles and motives behind the murder. The Deputy Commissioner of Police South Gurugram, Ashok Bakshi, said, “The accused has been arrested and we are also integrating POCSO Act in this case. More names will be added soon.” 
Amid calls for strict action against the school, the acting principal is suspended. “Principal Neerja Batra has been suspended. A special committee is probing the case. We took action against the security agency of the school,” said Gurugram Deputy Commissioner of Police Simardeep Singh.Angry protestors outside the school and commissioner office are demanding strict actions against Ryan International School. Most of them are adamant to punish the bigger culprits, the school administration. The outrage among other parents seems obvious as their wards are also studying in that school. The protestors also tried to block Sohna Highway but the police handled the situation. 
Vinod Thakur reached the Police Commissioner’s office with lawyer to demand action against the school. The alleged assailant Ashok Kumar will be produced before the court this afternoon.

Ryan International School has become a trend on Twitter as the outrage against the cold-blooded murder of Pradyuman Thakur, a student of standard 2, has shaken up the conscience of many parents in Delhi-NCR and country as well. The confession by the conductor on sexually assaulting the eight years old boy inside the bathroom of the school premises and callously stabbing him twice near the parts of ears and throat has left a many in distressed and baffled. But this is not the first incident in the ‘finishing school’ of Ryan International Group   of Institutions. 
On January 30th 2016, Devansh Kakrora, a student of class I was drowned inside a septic tank inside the premises of the Ryan International School at Vasant Kunj. Before he could reach the AIIMS hospital he succumbed to excess amount of water in his body. 
The father of Devansh, Rahmeet Meena, had then complained about injuries on Devansh’s private parts. He also alleged that cotton was found on his private organs, a very clear indication that he was sexually assaulted. However, Delhi police in its preliminary inquiry didn’t consider the point of sexual assault. He also alleged the principal to threaten him. He said, “I was being threatened by the principal many a times.”
The administration of Ryan International School was alleged of showing extreme negligence as the building was not sealed where construction work was being carried away. The electrician, gardners and swimming coach were standing near the tank, but they remained mute spectators during the incident. If they had shown some courage then Devansh could be saved. When all remained silent, a brave student of class XI had shown valor and courage to jump inside the tank and take Devansh out, unfortunately Devansh could not survive. 
The negligence of Delhi police was also condemned by the Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodiya. The police had booked the principal and the class teacher for criminal negligence in May this year. But even after 1 and half years the parents of Devansh await for justice.
Ryan International Group of Institutions is a big name in the field of education sector. It is being operated in more than 17 states. They have 11 schools running in Delhi-NCR (3 in Haryana). It has more than 300 schools in India and abroad. Established in 1976 by Dr. A.F. Pinto, the first school was set up in Mumbai. They have the motto of “Excellence of Education & All Round Development”, but the continuous horrifying incidents and the attempt to cover up the crimes are big reasons to worry.
Once again the big school has been caught neglecting the basic security and safety measures for the children. In a similar manner, Pradyuman Thakur was attempted to sexual assault by the bus conductor Ashok Kumar. Ashok confessed that he killed the boy stabbing knife twice in his throat. 
The mother of the victim sobbingly said that Pradyuman was a bright kid. The school teachers had always praised and applauded him. The theory of Blue Whale Challenge was also coined by the school authorities as they said that he died attempting to play the game. But the logical mother was not sold with this explanation. 
Now the parents await justice. They have appealed PM Narendra Modi to propose a CBI investigation in this matter as the records of the Ryan International School is very dubious on the graph of responsibility and safety for the children. The group of school has earlier also tried to cover up and influence the police probe, so Pradyuman’s parents want CBI inquiry in this murder case and sexual assault. The Gurugram police has been already probing into the matter with under the ‘POCSO Act’ too.  

Making a passionate plea to eliminate viral hepatitis from WHO South-East Asia Region, film star Amitabh Bachchan, WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Hepatitis in the Region, has stressed on the need for increasing awareness about the preventable disease and ending discrimination against the affected.

“If this ailment is detected in time and care can be taken, there are medications that can halt this virus. A very high burden of hepatitis exists in the South-East Asia Region. Whatever work we can do to eliminate hepatitis – to detect and cure it – we must do,” Mr Bachchan said while addressing the Seventieth Regional Committee session of WHO South-East Asia Region.

The Goodwill Ambassador said, “This is a moral and social issue. Discrimination against people with Hepatitis continues to happen socially in our midst. There are women who are refused marriage, women who are refused the ability to bear children because they have hepatitis B and there are countries who deny visa to people with hepatitis. Discrimination needs to stop. People must know that there is a cure for hepatitis.”

“Each year viral hepatitis infects millions of people across the Region, killing 410 000 people – more than HIV and malaria combined. It is also a major cause of liver cancer and cirrhosis, contributing to premature morbidity and mortality, and undermining economic growth and the push to achieve health and wellbeing for all,” Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, Regional Director South-East Asia, said, stressing on the need for countries to prioritize action to reverse this trend.

At the Regional Committee meeting, Member countries adopted the regional action plan to end viral hepatitis as a public health threat by 2030. Using the framework of universal health coverage to ensure that no one is left behind, WHO has developed the plan in consultation with Member countries, community leaders, development partners, academia and professional societies. The regional action plan provides a framework for implementing evidence based interventions.

As preventive measures WHO has been advocating for vaccinating newborns with Hepatitis B first at birth and then two to three doses of the vaccine as part of routine immunization schedule, safe blood and safe injection practices; improved sanitation, safe water and food safety; and most importantly scaling up testing and treatment of Hepatitis B and C to prevent complications such as liver cirrhosis and cancer.

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee have developed a new, low-cost method for treating Osteoarthritis– a degenerative joint disease which leads to loss of bone cartilage and eventual inflammation of bone and joints.

The new treatment involves injecting ferro-magnetic nano-particles with thermal properties for treatment of the afflicted knee joints. The research published in the `Journal for Materials Science—Biomaterials.’   

According to a member of the research team, Prof K.L. Yadav, the team at IIT Roorkee developed a specific ferrite nano-material, which will provide prolonged thermo-regulated treatment.  These polymers based nano-particles when injected around the knee joint along with normal heat therapy will be able to provide long term heat therapy for the patient.

“Currently, the treatment of osteoarthritis is done using anti-inflammatory drugs and steroids, which have critical side effects on patients. Also, the treatment using such drugs cannot inhibit the natural progression of this degenerative disease,’’ says Prof Yadav, Head of Physics Department at IIT, Roorkee.

“Other than these, techniques such as knee replacement are also used, but are expensive and have a long recovery time. We wanted to develop a low cost, affordable, safe and simple therapeutic technique to inhibit the progression of the disease and enable the patient to recover faster,” Prof Yadav said.  

“We developed magnetic polymer matrix composite using ferromagnetic nano-particle structures insulated with Poly (vinylidene fluoride) polymer. It is proposed that the synthesized material in a liquid form may be injected into the affected knee joint. Once the liquid is inserted into the knee joint, the hyperthermia treatment through electromagnetic radiation can be given on the specific area at regular intervals. The heat generated during this process by the nano-particles will spread over the afflicted area for a long duration without affecting the nearby cells or tissues. This will help us in getting a focussed treatment only in the area where the therapy is required,” he explained.

The IIT Roorkee is among the foremost of institutes of national importance in higher technological education and in engineering, basic and applied research. Since its establishment, the Institute has played a vital role in providing the technical manpower and know-how to the country and in pursuit of research.

The Institute ranks amongst the best technological institutions in the world and has contributed to all sectors of technological development. The Institute had celebrated its Sesquicentennial in October 1996 and now completed more than 170 years of its existence. It was converted to IIT on September 21, 2001.  

Farmers often use toxic chemicals to destroy unwanted vegetation in their fields but such use can also adversely affect yield of crops. Now Indian scientists have found a way of making rice crop tolerant to herbicides.

A consortium of scientists led the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU), Coimbatore has identified a novel mutant of rice which can withstand the use of a commonly used broad spectrum herbicide, Imazethapyr.

Herbicides act by disrupting key enzymes and proteins involved in essential processes associated with growth and development of plants. Imazethapyr is a popular herbicide but is not traditionally used on rice fields as it adversely affects the yield.

Over years, many herbicide-tolerant crops, including those resistant to imazethapyr, have been developed but most of them are protected under patents. The mutation identified by the group can be used without restriction in public funded rice breeding. 

Scientists used rice variety Nagina 22 in the study since it is already tolerant to heat and drought, and ideally suited for Indian conditions. In this variety, they identified a gene (HTM-N22) and the mutations within it which are responsible for development of tolerance to imazethapyr. This will enable test development for identification of the tolerant variety in rice breeding programs and protect rice cultivation from weeds. In terms of distinctness, uniformity and stability, the tolerant variety appeared indistinguishable, according to results of the study published in journal Rice.

The researchers expect HTM-N22 to have an easy process of registration for widespread commercialization since the development of this mutant did not require genetic engineering of the rice crop. They believe that the most significant use of the herbicide-tolerant mutant will be in its usage in publicly-funded rice breeding programs in India and elsewhere without the fear of infringing intellectual property.

The institutions that participated in TNAU-led project are Indian Agricultural Research Institute, National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology, Punjab Agricultural University, Indian Institute of Rice Research, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bengaluru; National Rice Research Institute, Cuttack; and National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, New Delhi. The network project was funded by Department of Biotechnology. (India Science Wire)

Delayed meeting of India-China Special Representatives should be convened. Reference to LeT and JeM in BRICS joint statement bound to raise the hackles of Pakistan.

The crucial meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Xiamen has raised hopes of ending the nine-week-old Doklam standoff. 

The discussions between the two leaders lasting more than an hour on Tuesday (September fifth) was “forward looking” about the Sino-Indian relationship, observed Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar. Modi and Xi desired that the defence and security personnel must maintain strong contact and cooperation ensuring that the sort of situation that arose in Doklam did not recur.  

On its part the Chinese Foreign ministry said Xi told Modi that Beijing and New Delhi should stick to the basic judgement that the two sides constitute opportunities instead of posing threats to each other. It was hoped India views China’s development in a correct and rational way and let the world know that peaceful coexistence is the only correct choice for the two countries. 

This was a reaffirmation by the two leaders of the understanding reached during the Astana summit in June this year to build mutual trust and respect for maintaining peace and tranquility at the Line of Actual Control (LAC). 

India has had notable diplomatic gains at the Xiamen summit in countering terrorism which was on the BRICS agenda. Being Pakistan’s all weather friend, China agreeing reference to LeT and JeM in the joint statement is bound to raise the hackles of Islamabad. 

It comes at a time when US President Donald Trump has pointedly asked Islamabad to cease providing safe havens forthwith to the two groups and others.  In any case Beijing has compounded matters for itself by opposing Mazood Azhar’s designation as an international terrorist by the United Nations. That the BRICS joint statement finds no mention of Beijing’s much touted ‘One Belt, One Road’ initiative as well as its stand on the South China Sea is not surprising. 

Simultaneously, China is seeking to enlarge its leadership in the BRICS grouping to countries like Thailand, Mexico, Kenya and Egypt among others. In any case its expansionist design is well known. The significance of BRICS to India cannot be undermined coupled with the need to keep China involved multilaterally. Impartial observers emphasise the delayed meeting of the Special Representatives must be convened encompassing the problems connected with the Sikkim boundary as well as the India-China-Bhutan trijunction.  It is imperative that the BRICS decision on terrorist groups like the LeT and JeM are implemented in keeping with the desire of the BRICS leaders. 

And it is indeed crucial that the outcome of the India-China bilateral discussions are concretised. To prevent Doklam type of incidents in future, there is a felt need for a new mechanism. At the same time New Delhi cannot lower its guard amid apprehensions that transgressions by the PLA will not recur. With the Chinese Communist Party Congress scheduled next month in October, the hosts could not have afforded anything but a successful BRICS summit. 

Informed sources said the clash between Indian and Chinese troops in Doklam makes it necessary for the two armies to sort out issues. The Indian Army believes apart from the LAC being properly demarcated, necessary CBMs (confidence building measures) have to be put in place. 

The number of points of contact have to be increased for having regular contacts along with establishing a hotline between the two Armies. Areas in Ladakh are also under dispute. Lately there have been incidents of intense violence not evidenced in the past having the portends of leading to a breach of trust among the local military Commanders. Doubts can be removed when the LAC is demarcated properly and all doubts about its alignment is dispelled.  

The world is watching the on-going ‘Rohingya Crisis’ in the Rakhine state of Myanmar, the epicenter of the tension. As of now, more than 1.1 million Rohingya Muslims have been affected and thousand stranded and forced to leave their homeland. About 73,000 thousand Rohingya Muslims have fled to Bangladesh since 9th October after an insurgent group attacked Burmese border police posts, charging a crackdown in which troops have been accused of murder and rapes. The Rohingyas were also accused of gangrape and murder of Buddhist woman in Rakhine province.
Myanmar Military has said that more than 400 Rohingyas have died in the violence in Rakhine region. Buddhist-majority Burma calls it ‘ethnic cleansing’, while Rohingya human rights activists countered that as many as 1,000 civilians have been massacred by the government soldiers. Over 2,625 houses have been burnt down. The Telegraph UK reported that new satellite imagery depicts the collateral destruction of a Muslim village, and raised serious concerns about level of devastation in Northern Rakhine state may be far worse than originally thought. 
Rohingyas are considered as the most ‘persecuted’ Muslims in the world. The de-facto Leader and state counselor Aung San Suu Kyi is now on target of many human rights organization as she is the flag bearer of peace in the world. The Nobel peace prize laureate is now being criticized by many Islamic countries for not standing against the brutality on the Rohingyas Muslims. The government has blamed the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA), the insurgent pact that launched attacks on Myanmar military check posts one week ago. 
Meanwhile, an estimated of 40,000 Rohingya Muslims living in India, are illegal immigrants. Now the government has planned to deport all of them. But deporting them back to the place where they fled from doesn’t seem a very safe option for the Rohingya Muslims. Union Minister of state for Home Affairs Kiran Rijiju said, “As far as we are concerned they are all illegal immigrants. They have no basis to live here. Anybody who is an illegal immigrant will be deported”. In a major setback to the Rohingya Muslims, the Burmese government has cut down all the aids provided by the United Nations, including refugee camps, food, sanitation and other basic amenities. Now the world awaits for the next update on Rohingya crisis but the roots of this turmoil lies in the history of Myanmar which has different versions. 
Why This Crisis and Who are Rohingya Muslims
The Buddhist-majority government of Myanmar framed new citizenship laws in 1982 after getting independence from the British rule. Close to 90% of the Myanmar population are Buddhists. Myanmar never could accept the Rohingyas as part of their culture and ethnicity. For the last 35 years, they have been living technically homeless and stateless. Only 40,000 Rohingyas are treated as citizens in Myanmar.
Rohingya Muslims, called as the Boat People, claim that their ancestors have lived here before 1948. So technically they should be acknowledged as the citizens of Myanmar. The Myanmar government in this regard asks them to provide documents dating back 1823 to prove it. Myanmar government considers the Rohingyas as Bengali as they were brought to Burma during British Burma time. British went back, may be forgotten, left these people behind. 
When British left India, Rohingyas wanted the Rakhine state to be merged with Eastern Pakistan (Bangladesh). They approached Mohammad Ali Jinnah with this request. Jinnah refused the request quoting it as an internal matter of Myanmar.Deprived and left aloof, Rohingyas concentrated at Rakhine and Myanmar remained hostile to this group. The government didn’t grant their citizenship rights and also voting rights. In 2012, in a skirmish between Rohingya Muslims and Burmese, at least 100 Rohingyas were killed. It led to sense of hatred among the Rohingya Muslims and the formation of ARSA. On 25th August, they launched an attack on Myanmar police posts killing more than 15 policeman and 15 civilians. This escalated the tension between them leading to ‘ethnic cleansing’ by Myanmar army. Houses were burnt, thousands of Rohingyas have been persecuted and many fled to the neighboring border of Bangladesh in search of refuge.Dhaka now refused to accept more refugees citing their over population crisis. Prime Minister Sheikh Haseena said to BBC, “We are already an over populous country, cannot afford more. It is a matter of national security.”
Nobel Laureates Condemns Aung San Suu Kyi
Nobel peace prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi is being widely criticized for her stand on the Rohingya violence. She has said, “We have to separate terrorists from the civilians.”  She has defended the governments stand at many occasions. Now her fellow Nobel laureates have condemned her to be idle on this violence when the world awaits her strong revolutionary remark which she is known for. Desmond Tutu has appealed Suu Kyi to end the violence against her country’s Rohingya Muslim minority. The 85 years old archbishop said in heartfelt letter to Suu Kyi, “I am now elderly, decrepit and formally retired, but breaking my vow to remain silent on public affairs out of profound sadness”. He further criticized the Nobel laureate in the strongest words, “Your emergence into public life allayed our concern about violence being perpetrated against members of the Rohingya. It is not ethnic cleansing, it is genocide.
Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai also condemned Suu Kyi for her vow of silence on the Rohingya violence. She urged the global community to intervene to protect the Myanmar Minority Muslims. “We need to wake up and respond to it- and I hope Aung San Suu Kyi responds as well,” she further resorted.Modi’ Visit to Myanmar and India’s Stand on Rohingyas
Prime Minister Narendra Modi went to Myanmar but it seems that he didn’t touch the volcano of Rohingyas violence. He also stated that this is an internal matter of Myanmar. State Minister Kiran Rijuju has cleared that India is not bound to accept any international law when there is internal national security is concerned. He also slammed the international organizations to criticizing India for ‘harsh’ policies.  He added, “We cannot throw them in Indian Ocean or shoot them to deport, we are identifying them to deport.”
Most of the Rohingyas in India are registered under United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHRC), known as UN refugee agency. The Centre has stated that it has started the deportation process for Rohingyas but Aung San Suu Kyi has said that it is not going to be easy to Myanmar to accept these Rohingyas back in Burma. Rohingyas are mostly concentrated in Jammu & Kashmir. Few extremist organization and the separatists are alleged to provoke and brainwash these refugees.
Now the ‘Jews of the East’, the Rohingyas, are being read and watched by the world but despite so much of writing, criticism and uproar, the violence is increasing in Myanmar. The world is looking towards the East criticizing the crisis but, ironically, unwilling to open its doors to welcome the Rohingya Muslims. 

NEW DELHI: Civil Aviation Ministry on Friday unveiled new tougher rules to tackle on-board disruptive and unruly behaviour by air passengers. 

Civil Aviation Minister P Ashok Gajapathi Raju said that the new rules will allow for the formation of a national, “No Fly List” of such unruly passengers. He said the promulgation of the No – Fly List in India is unique and first-of-its-kind in the world. 

Emphasizing the Government’s commitment for ensuring safety of air passengers, Mr. Raju said the concept of the No-Fly List is based on the concern for safety of passengers, crew and the aircraft, and not just on security threat.

Unruly behavior of passengers at airport premises will be dealt with by relevant security agencies under applicable penal provisions. The revised rules will be applicable to all Indian airlines on both domestic and international carriage of passengers. The CAR would also be applicable to foreign carriers subject to compliance of Tokyo Convention 1963.

Minister of State for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha said that the new rules have been promulgated after a lot of deliberation and consultation with all stakeholders. 

The revised rules define three categories of unruly behavior – Level 1 refers to behaviour that is verbally unruly, and calls for debarment upto three months; Level 2 indicates physical unruliness and can lead to the passenger being debarred from flying for upto six months and Level 3 indicates life-threatening behaviour where the debarment would be for a minimum of two years.

The complaint of unruly behavior would need to be filed by the pilot-in-command. These complaints will be probed by an internal committee to be set up by the airline which will decide the matter within 30 days. 

The airlines will be required to share the No-Fly list, and the same will be available on Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) website.