September 13 to be announced as ‘Women Employees’ Day’, says CM Siddaramaiah
Bengaluru: Appreciating the contribution of women employees to the functioning of the government, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has said that September 13 will soon be announced as ‘Women Employees’ Day’.
Siddaramaiah, who participated in the Mahila Sammelana organized by the Akhila Karnataka Rajya Sarakari Mahila Naukarara Sangha, Bengaluru, on Thursday, said that the state government has decided to permit women employees to take one day paid menstrual leave per month. “Discussions are on with the Women and Child Welfare Minister about letting the Sangha use the Balabhavan for its official activities. Also, September 13 will be announced as ‘Women Employees’ Day’,” he added.
The CM also said that women employees were already contributing to the government work as much as men adding that the government is committed to eliminating gender inequality in our society.
“Women of the earlier generations were deprived of education, but the enforcement of the Constitution has ensured equal rights, including education, for everyone. Literacy rate in India was merely 10-12 per cent, but today, it is 78 per cent. Since women play a major role in shaping the personalities of their children, they should necessarily develop a sense of rationality and scientific temper in them. The women should help children develop awareness about blind beliefs in society too,” Siddaramaiah said.
Speaking about the efforts of the government further, the CM said, “The Shakti Yojana has provided free rides to3.5 crore women. We consider this social capital, and the money saved is being used to provide education to children, among other facilities. Our government has also implemented the Sixth and Seventh Pay Commission, to empower women financially and socially, just as Dr. BR Ambedkar too wanted.”
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Trump vows to ‘finish job’, thanks Middle East allies; urges countries to show courage, buy US oil
Says US will ‘hit Iran extremely hard’ over next 2-3 weeks, threatens power plants
Washington: US President Donald Trump has said the United States is close to achieving its objectives in Iran, while thanking key allies in the Middle East for their support.
“We are gonna finish the job. We are getting very close,” Trump said, expressing appreciation to Israel, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the UAE and Bahrain. “They’ve been great and we will not let them fail in any way shape or form,” he added.
Trump claimed that US military operations against Iran have delivered major results over the past month. Referring to “Operation Epic Fury”, he said American forces had carried out “swift, decisive, overwhelming victories on the battlefield”.
He said Iran’s naval and air capabilities had been severely weakened and its ability to launch missiles and drones had been significantly reduced. “Their ability to launch missiles and drones is dramatically curtailed, and their weapons factories and rocket launchers are being blown to pieces – very few of them left,” he said.
The US president also repeated his criticism of the 2015 nuclear deal signed under former President Barack Obama, claiming it would have allowed Iran to develop nuclear weapons. Iran has consistently maintained that its nuclear programme is peaceful.
Trump said the US military campaign aims to weaken Iran’s ability to support proxy groups and prevent it from developing nuclear weapons. “Taken together, these actions will cripple Iran militarily,” he said, adding that key strategic objectives are “nearing completion”.
In a separate remark, Trump urged countries dependent on Gulf oil to take action and suggested they should rely more on American energy supplies. He called on them to show “delayed courage” and secure the Strait of Hormuz, which has been affected by the ongoing conflict.
“[They] should have done it before, should have done it with us, as we asked. Go to the strait and just take it, protect it,” he said, adding that the United States has sufficient oil resources.
The remarks come as tensions remain high in the region, with continued military exchanges and growing concerns over global energy supplies.
“We will continue until our objectives are fully achieved. Thanks to the progress, we’ve made, I can say we are on track to complete all of America’s objectives shortly, very shortly,” the US president said.
We are going to hit them extremely hard over the next two to three weeks. We are going to take them back to the stone ages where they belong,” he added.
He further added that “regime change was never our goal” but that “regime change has occurred because of their original leader’s death”.
He’s also warned Iran of strikes on power plants if no deal is agreed.
“If during this period of time, no deal is made, we have our eyes on key targets. If no deal is reached we are going to hit every one of their electric generating plants very hard, and probably simultaneously,” he says.
