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भारत और पाकिस्तान के बीच आईसीसी वनडे वर्ल्ड कप और एशिया कप में होने वाले मुकाबले का हर किसी को इंतजार है. इन दोनों ही मुकाबलों के होने से पहले ही भारत पाक क्रिकेट मैच का मजा देखने मिलने वाला है. इमर्जिंग एशिया कप में 19 जुलाई को भारत और पाकिस्तान के बीच मुकाबला होने जा रहा है. इस मुकाबले को जीतने वाला ग्रुप में टॉप पर रहते हुए आगे बढ़ेगा.

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Indians In Germany Stage Protest To Reunite Baby Ariha With Parents

Members of the Indian community in Germany staged a protest in Frankfurt in an appeal to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to help reunite baby Ariha Shah, currently in German state services custody, with her Indian parents.

Waving the Indian national flag and holding banners reading “Modiji Save Ariha!” and “Ariha is Indian”, the group braved the rain on Saturday to make an appeal for the two-year-old toddler to be returned to her parents Bhavesh and Dhara Shah.

The parents have been fighting for their daughter since September 2021, when the German authorities intervened amid allegations of harassment.

“Today, Indian community in Frankfurt, Germany held protests against the injustice happening with Indian baby Ariha in Germany,” said a tweet from the "Save Ariha" account, along with videos.

In December last year, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar had raised the issue during discussions with his German counterpart Annalena Baerbock, and the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) addressed the matter again at a recent weekly briefing as an "important and sensitive" issue.

“The child is an Indian national and she was placed in the custody of Germany's Youth Welfare Office of the (Jugendamt) on 23rd September 2021, when she was seven months old. She has now been in foster care for more than 20 months,” said MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi in a statement last month.

“Our efforts have been guided by the best interests of the child, which we believe can be fully realised only when she is in her home country, where her socio-cultural rights can be safeguarded. Accordingly, we have been requesting Germany to return the child to India.

"Our Embassy has been repeatedly requesting German authorities to ensure that Ariha's connection with our cultural, religious and linguistic background is not compromised and has sought consular access to the child, as well as cultural immersion at the Indian Cultural Centre in Berlin,” he said.

However, the government's requests have not been met and the MEA said it was dismayed to learn that the child was abruptly shifted away from her current foster parent to a specialised foster care arrangement.

“Ariha's continued placement in German foster care and infringement of her social, cultural and linguistic rights is of deep concern to the government of India and to the parents. We would like to reiterate that Ariha Shah is an Indian national and her nationality and socio-cultural background is the most important determinant of where her foster care is to be provided.

"We urge German authorities to do all that is necessary to send Ariha to India at the earliest, which is also her inalienable right as an Indian national,” the MEA statement added.

A Change.Org petition calling for the baby's repatriation to India has attracted nearly 60,000 signatures. It notes that Ariha, a Jain Gujarati baby girl, was born in Berlin while her father was posted in Germany on a work visa as a software engineer. The paternal grandmother accidentally injured the baby when the parents took her to hospital. They were later accused of sexual assault and the baby was removed from their custody.

While a criminal investigation was closed without charge in February last year, the baby is yet to be returned to the parents after Berlin Child Services filed a civil custody case. 

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Assets Of Those Involved In Drug Trade Should Be Confiscated: Amit Shah

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday pitched for harsher punishments such as confiscation of assets of those involved in the drug trade and their public shaming, saying such action will act as strong deterrence.

Mr Shah addressed a conference on "Drugs Smuggling and National Security" during which he also watched through video conferencing the destruction of more than 1.40 lakh kg of drugs worth Rs 2,378 crore in various parts of the country.

He said it is the aim of the Modi government to create such an India where not even a single youth is addicted to drugs and to achieve this it is necessary for both the states and the Centre to work together.

Harsher punishment will act as a stronger deterrent as it will send a stronger message, he said, adding confiscation of assets of those involved in the illicit drug trade should be increased.

He emphasised that public shaming or boycotting of such individuals will discourage others from joining the drug trade. "We need to move ruthlessly towards the confiscation of assets." 

The home minister said states should collaborate with the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on financial investigations and refer the cases to the ED.

"Until we conduct financial investigations of drug traffickers and break their interest chain, our campaign will not be successful. Our approach should be such that those who consume drugs should be considered as victims, while those who engage in the trade should be marked as culprits," he said.

Mr Shah said those who use drugs are victims and everyone should make efforts to bring them back to the right path rather than leaving them to become addicts permanently.

"The fight against drugs is to ensure that no youth is under the influence of narcotics and the country is safe and free from illegal substances. Our aim is to make the country's drugs free and secure. I appeal to all chief ministers and LGs (lieutenant governors) to extend all possible cooperation for it," he said.

The home minister said that in the last one year, 10 lakh kg of drugs worth Rs 12,000 crore were destroyed and it is a very significant achievement.

He said when the state and central governments along with all the agencies come together on a single platform then only "we will be able to make the country free from drugs".

"We will be able to succeed in this campaign against drugs by following 'whole of government approach' with cooperation, coordination, collaboration," he said.

He said that earlier the main area of drug smuggling was called 'Golden Triangle' and 'Golden Crescent' but the government of India has proposed internationally that it should be named as 'Death Triangle' and 'Death Crescent'. 

"This approach shows the direction and intensity of our fight against drugs," he said.

The destruction of the narcotics, the bulk of it from Madhya Pradesh, was carried out in different cities as Mr Shah watched through video conferencing from New Delhi.

The drugs destroyed include 6,590 kg seized by the Narcotics Control Bureau's (NCB) Hyderabad unit, 822 kg seized by the Indore unit and 356 kg by the Jammu unit, officials said.

Besides, various law enforcement agencies from different states also destroyed drugs -- 1,03,884 (1.03 lakh) kg in Madhya Pradesh, 1,486 kg in Assam, 229 kg in Chandigarh, 25 kg in Goa, 4,277 kg in Gujarat, 2,458 kg in Haryana, 4,069 kg in Jammu and Kashmir, 159 kg in Maharashtra, 1,803 kg in Tripura and 4,049 kg in Uttar Pradesh.

With the destruction of drugs on Monday, the total quantity of drugs destroyed in just one year has reached around 10 lakh kilograms with a value of Rs 12,000 crore.  

From June 1, 2022, to July 15, 2023, regional units of the NCB and anti-narcotics task forces of the states collectively destroyed around 8,76,554 (8.76 lakh) kg seized drugs worth around Rs 9,580 crore which is more than 11 times the target.

Mr Shah said a total of 1,250 cases were registered between 2006 and 2013, while 3,700 cases have been registered in the nine years from 2014 to 2023, which shows an increase of 200 per cent.

A total of 1,360 arrests were made in the earlier period, which has now gone up to 5,650, which shows an increase of 300 per cent.

The quantity of drug seized was earlier 1.52 lakh kg, which has now increased by 160 per cent to 3.94 lakh kg.

He said drugs worth Rs 5,900 crore were destroyed between 2006 and 2013, while drugs worth Rs 18,100 crore have been seized and destroyed between 2014 and 2023 and this shows the success of the campaign.

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