From homemakers to kingmakers: Battle to win over India's women voters in the world's biggest election - CNA

UNDERLYING PATRIARCHAL CULTURE

Yet, the image of a fairer and more equitable Indian society is often challenged by shocking incidents reflecting the country’s deep-rooted patriarchy.

Various politicians across party lines have been accused of sexual assault.

In one incident last year, India’s female Olympic wrestlers accused the then-wrestling federation president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, a BJP Member of Parliament, of sexual assault. But their pleas for action have allegedly fallen on deaf ears. 

Police detained the athletes during their attempt to march towards the new parliament building while Mr Modi was inaugurating it last May. 

Observers said that in Indian elections, women issues seem to get less attention than religion, temple politics and minorities.

But Ms Vanathi Srinivasan, president of the BJP’s women’s wing, said Mr Modi has forced some change and turned the attention to Indian women. 

“After BJP came to power in 2014, every political party is very keen on attracting the women voters,” she added.

“So now, slowly the political parties are moving towards the women electorate … who have not been given the proper attention. It is an ongoing process.”

Psephologist Yashwant Deshmukh, founder and director of polling agency Centre for Voting Opinion and Trends in Election Research, said that politicians are “going all out” to get the female vote by “announcing one scheme after the other”.

“Law and order, harassment, rape - all these are becoming huge issues now,” he added.

“Even though the issues which are directly related to the female vote are not being talked about much in the media, as far as politicians are concerned, I think they are very clear that this is the biggest vote bank they need to address.”

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Chinese tourist dies in Hong Kong after fall off cliff on landmark Lion Rock - Bangkok Post

PUBLISHED : 13 May 2024 at 10:36

Hong Kong’s Lion Rock, where a tourist died on Sunday after falling from a cliff. (Photo: South China Morning Post)

HONG KONG: A hiker died on Sunday after he plunged off a cliff at Hong Kong's Lion Rock.

Police said they were alerted to the incident about noon and were told the man, a tourist, was unconscious.

A Government Flying Service helicopter airlifted the man to Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, but he was later pronounced dead.

The victim, 37, from mainland China and who has not been named, was said to be part of a group of about a dozen friends who started out on a hike on the city landmark in Kowloon at about 10am (9am Thailand time).

Hiking accidents in Hong Kong have become more common after many of the most scenic destinations have gone viral on mainland social media.

Two mainland tourists were found floating unconscious in the waters off a cape in Shek O in January after going for a hike with family members.

Marine police pulled a woman, 57, and a man, 55, from the water but the pair, a brother and sister, were later pronounced dead by doctors.

A 61-year-old, another brother, injured his foot but was able to return to shore on his own.

Authorities have highlighted Lion Rock as one of the most dangerous hiking spots in the city after a string of fatal accidents.

A middle-aged man fell from a 50-metre cliff last August after he lost his footing.

His body was not found until two hours later and he was certified dead at the scene.

Another man died after a cliff fall near the peak of the rock in September 2022.

A rescue team later found his body about 80 metres below the cliff face.

Hiking experts have warned that Lion Rock is not suitable for beginners because of its rugged terrain.

They also warned fog was common, which reduced visibility and made routes treacherously slippy.

Police said the investigation into the latest tragedy continued.

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Man dressed like monk in Thailand crashes car & splits it in half, in critical condition - MS News

Man in monk robes in hospital after crashing car & splitting it in half

On 12 May, a man presumed to be a monk crashed his car into the guard rails of a bridge, splitting the car in half.

The accident occurred in Udon Thani in the northeastern region of Thailand.

The man has been transported to the hospital where he is believed to be in critical condition.

Car split in half after crash

Heavy rainfall in northeastern Thailand has caused hazardous driving conditions across the region.

In the late afternoon at around 6pm, a man lost control of his car, which caused it to crash into a bridge’s guard rails.

Source: Khaosod

The collision caused the car to split into two, sending the front-end over the bridge into the ditch below.

The driver was thrown out of the vehicle as a result of the impact. He was discovered unconscious about 15 metres away from the spot of the collision.

Source: Khaosod

In an interview with Channel 3 reporters, a nearby motorist said he saw the car lose control due to the wet conditions of the road.

The car then hit the guard rails, causing it to spin and hit the side of the bridge, which split the car.

Belongings suggest he was a monk

It has not been confirmed if the driver is a monk.

However, he was dressed in monk’s robes and the car contained many items that monks use, such as additional robes and a container monks use to collect alms.

Source: Khaosod

There are also conflicting reports as to the man’s identity.

Khaosod is reporting that the man is a 59-year-old monk who was on his way home after dropping off a relative in Khon Kaen.

However, according to Channel 3, the car also contained documents belonging to multiple people. So the police are still unsure as to who the man is.

The cause of the crash is under investigation.

The police also issued a warning, urging drivers to be cautious when driving during and after rain.

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Chip Technology Spending Gets $81 Billion Boost in China Rivalry - Bloomberg

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1. Chip Technology Spending Gets $81 Billion Boost in China Rivalry  Bloomberg
2. Next U.S.-China chip battle will require more than export controls  Nikkei Asia
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Ukrainian shelling kills 7 in Russian apartment block collapse, Russia says - CNA

The Russian defence ministry said on Sunday (May 12) that its air defence forces had destroyed two Soviet-era conventional ballistic missiles launched overnight by Ukrainian forces over the Belgorod region.

Both Ukraine and Russia say they do not target civilians, although many civilians have been killed by both sides in the war. Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022.

The conflict in eastern Ukraine began in 2014 after a pro-Russian president was toppled in Ukraine's Maidan Revolution and Russia annexed Crimea, with Russian-backed separatist forces fighting Ukraine's armed forces.

About 14,000 people were killed there between 2014 and the end of 2021, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), including 3,106 civilians.

Russian forces earlier this month opened a new front in Ukraine's northeastern Kharkiv region, which neighbours Russia's Belgorod region which has come under repeated attack from Ukraine by drones, artillery and Ukrainian proxies.

President Vladimir Putin suggested in March that Moscow could try to establish a buffer zone inside Ukrainian territory due to the attacks on Belgorod.

There was no immediate comment from Ukraine. Reuters was unable to immediately verify battlefield accounts from either side.

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Second night of auroras seen amid 'extreme' solar storm - The Straits Times

Fluctuating magnetic fields associated with geomagnetic storms induce currents in long wires, including power lines, which can potentially lead to blackouts. PHOTO: REUTERS

WASHINGTON - Auroras lit up skies across swathes of the planet for the second night in a row on May 11, after already dazzling Earthlings from the US to Tasmania to the Bahamas the day before.

A powerful solar storm – which could continue into May 12 – has triggered spectacular celestial shows usually confined to the far northern reaches of the planet, hence their nickname of the “northern lights”.

“I have the sensation of living through a historic night in France... It was really charged, with solar particles and emotions,” Eric Lagadec, an astrophysicist at the Observatoire de Cote d’Azur, wrote on social media after the first night.

“Find good spots, away from the lights, with a clear view to the north!”

Late in the evening of May 11, pictures again started trickling onto social media as people in the US reported sightings, though not as strong as during the night of May 10.

The first of several coronal mass ejections (CMEs) – expulsions of plasma and magnetic fields from the Sun – came just after 1600 GMT (midnight in Singapore) on May 10, according to the US-based National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC).

It was later upgraded to an “extreme” geomagnetic storm – the first since the “Halloween Storms” of October 2003 that caused blackouts in Sweden and damaged power infrastructure in South Africa.

The storm on May 10 was listed as hitting level five geomagnetic conditions – the highest on the scale. May 11 saw G3 to G5 conditions, with G4 or higher conditions predicted on May 12 and G3 conditions possible into May 13.

But no major disruptions to power or communications networks appear to have been reported this time around, despite initial worries from the authorities.

There have only been “preliminary reports of power grid irregularities, degradation to high-frequency communications, GPS and possibly satellite navigation,” the SWPC said.

Elon Musk, whose Starlink satellite internet operator has some 5,000 satellites in low Earth orbit, said his satellites were “under a lot of pressure, but holding up so far”.

However, China’s National Center for Space Weather issued a “red alert” in the morning of May 11, warning the storm will impact communications and navigation in most areas of the country, state news agency Xinhua reported.

Auroras were visible in the northern half of the country, according to media reports.

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Worldwide excitement

Excitement over the phenomenon – and otherworldly photos of pink, green and purple night skies – popped up across the world, from Mont Saint-Michel on the French coast to Payette, Idaho – in the western US – to Australia’s island state of Tasmania.

Unlike solar flares, which travel at the speed of light and reach Earth in around eight minutes, CMEs travel at a more sedate pace, with officials putting the current average at 800km per second.

The CMEs emanated from a massive sunspot cluster that is 17 times wider than our planet.

People with eclipse glasses can also look for the sunspot cluster during the day.

The Sun is approaching the peak of an 11-year cycle that brings heightened activity.

NOAA’s Brent Gordon encouraged the public to try to capture the night sky with phone cameras even if they couldn’t see auroras with their naked eyes.

“You’d be amazed at what you see in that picture versus what you see with your eyes.”

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Spacecraft and pigeons

Fluctuating magnetic fields associated with geomagnetic storms induce currents in long wires, including power lines, which can potentially lead to blackouts. Long pipelines can also become electrified, leading to engineering problems.

Spacecraft are also at risk from high doses of radiation, although the atmosphere prevents this from reaching Earth.

NASA has a dedicated team looking into astronaut safety and can ask astronauts on the International Space Station to move to places within the outpost that are better shielded.

Even pigeons and other species that have internal biological compasses could be affected. Pigeon handlers have noted a reduction in birds coming home during geomagnetic storms, according to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

The most powerful geomagnetic storm in recorded history, known as the Carrington Event after British astronomer Richard Carrington, occurred in September 1859. AFP

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One dead in suspected Indonesia tiger attack, hunt ongoing - CNA

PEKANBARU, Indonesia: A man has been found dead in western Indonesia after a suspected attack by a Sumatran tiger authorities were still hunting, a local official said on Saturday (May 11), the latest case of conflict between humans and the critically endangered species.

There are only several hundred tigers on the western island of Sumatra left in the wild and they are often targeted by poachers for their body parts, while rampant deforestation has significantly reduced their habitat.

A team of conservationists was deployed to search for the big cat on Saturday after the 26-year-old male victim was found dead at a plantation in Riau province on Sumatra island on Thursday afternoon with wounds indicating a tiger attack.

"Our team has left this morning (to search for the tiger). Based on the report, the area is within the tiger habitat," local conservation agency head Genman Suhefti Hasibuan told AFP on Saturday.

Local police chief Budi Setiawan said on late Friday they had received a report that two workers heard their friend screaming while they were spraying weeds in an acacia plantation.

The workers tried to look for their colleague but instead found tiger footprints on the ground.

They reported the incident to the plantation management who deployed more people to search for the victim.

The victim's body was later found with a severed right hand as well as bite wounds on his neck, Setiawan said.

In February, at least four farmers in Indonesia's westernmost province of Aceh were attacked by Sumatran tigers in two separate incidents.

Sumatran tigers are considered critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature with less than 400 believed to remain in the wild.

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