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  • Rape victim dies after being set on fire on way to court to testify against her attackers

    A RAPE victim has died after being set on fire on her way to an Indian court to testify against her brutal attackers.

    The woman was about to board a train in Uttar Pradesh to head to the hearing when she was doused with kerosene and set alight.

    She was airlifted to New Delhi for treatment but eventually succumbed to her shocking injuries late last night.

    The attack, the second major case of violence against women in the past two weeks, has sparked public outrage in India.

    The woman died after suffering a cardiac arrest, Dr Shalabh Kumar, the head of burns and plastic department at Safdarjung Hospital told Reuters.

    “She was having 95 per cent burns,” he said, adding the woman’s windpipe was burnt and “toxic and hot fumes” had filled her lungs.

    The woman had filed a complaint with Unnao police in March alleging she had been raped at gunpoint on December 12, 2018, police documents show.

    The woman named two local men, one of them was arrested by police, the other absconded.

    Having been subsequently jailed, the alleged rapist was released last week after securing bail, police officer S.K. Bhagat said in Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh state.

    On Thursday, the rape victim was seized by five men, including the two people she had named in her complaint, and beaten, stabbed and set on fire, a police statement revealed.

    Still ablaze, she walked nearly a kilometre seeking help before finally calling the police herself.

    All five of the accused have been arrested and are in custody.

    A fast-track court would now hear the case and the guilty would not be spared, said Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.

    FAMILY THREATS
    In India, lengthy trials, often a result of fewer courts and judges, tend to delay convictions, leaving poor, disillusioned victims with little money and patience to pursue the case.

    Also, long trials result in bails to the accused who often intimidate victims and their witnesses, and try tampering with evidence.

    The victim’s father has alleged that his family was been harassed and threatened by the family of the accused.

    “We tried to seek protection as the accused and their family kept threatening my daughter and my family, but we received little help from the government,” he said.

    “Now, every single accused should be either hanged or shot dead.”

  • New Delhi’s pollution crisis is a lesson to the world: politicians blowing hot air are not the solution to climate change

    New Delhi’s pollution crisis is a lesson to the world: politicians blowing hot air are not the solution to climate change

    • Elected leaders have preferred to play the blame game over severe pollution in India’s cities, especially the capital
    • This should show the world that political sloganeering is not the answer to an increasingly inhospitable climate

    The Indian capital of New Delhi was recently crowned the most polluted city in the world. Pollution was so severe in November that people were advised to stay home and schools were closed.
    Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, leader of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), said in October that the city was choking because farmers in neighbouring states had been burning straw left over after the harvest. In response, the government of the state of Punjab acted against nearly 3,000 farmers, but chief minister Amarinder Singh also said that Kejriwal was “playing political games” instead of addressing the problem.
    After Delhi’s air quality dipped further, the AAP temporarily reinstated its “odd-even” scheme, under which cars with licence plates ending in an odd number were only allowed on the streets on odd-numbered dates of the month while cars with even-numbered licence plates could only run on even dates, with some exceptions. The scheme has run several times since 2016, proving ineffective or, at best, a short-term fix.
    The party also announced that women could use the city’s public transport for free to encourage more women to use the public transport system instead of private cars, which would also improve their safety.
    While other politicians accuse the AAP of not taking the pollution crisis seriously and of vilifying farmers, long-term solutions have yet to be discussed. The arguments between the AAP and other parties – in some cases, long Twitter battles — have been vitriolic and futile.
    For example, a member of parliament from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) asked why the Delhi government hadn’t allotted funds for water sprinklers to minimise air pollution due to dust, with the central government, led by the BJP’s Narendra Modi, then having to step in with funding. Another BJP member of parliament said: “Earlier, the chief minister coughed alone. Now, the whole of Delhi coughs with him. The only thing he has given to Delhi for free is pollution.”
    Delhi’s pollution woes extend beyond air quality though: a study conducted by the Bureau of Indian Standards found that Delhi had the most unsafe water among 21 of the country’s major cities. Kejriwal dismissed the study, saying it was “false and politically motivated”.
    However, Delhi is not an outlier when it comes to pollution in India; the country has six of the world’s 10 most polluted cities.
    Indian politicians have been quick to capitalise on the issue of pollution. One central government minister promised earlier this year that Delhi would be free of air and water pollution in the next three years. Bold declarations such as this one are too frequent in Indian politics and have no space in serious discussions on climate change. It is not a matter to be taken lightly. Yes, climate change is a political matter to some extent, but the Indian people must determine that extent – not their politicians.
    Climate change needs long-term solutions not constant soapboxing. Indian farmers do not have adequate access to sustainable agricultural methods, especially given the extreme fluctuations in rainfall patterns the country has seen over the last few years.

  • 起亚汽车年产30万辆印度工厂竣工，加速攻占全球第四大市场

    起亚汽车的年产量达30万辆的印度工厂竣工，通过为当地量身定做的新车进军世界第四的印度市场。继最近决定投资印度尼西亚之后，起亚汽车还计划在印度增加销量，以挽回现代汽车集团在中国市场的销售颓势。

    起亚汽车5日(当地时间)在位于印度安得拉邦阿南塔普尔的印度工厂举行了竣工仪式，并表示将在明年上下半年推出“高级多功能车(MPV)”和小型运动型多功能车(SUV)2款车型。高端MPV将于明年2月在德里车展上亮相，这是一款针对印度高收入人群的车型。而入门级的小型SUV车型不仅面向印度，还面向亚洲及中东等新兴市场。起亚汽车印度工厂的第一辆车“Seltos”从7月上市到上个月共售出了4.0649万辆。11月销量达到1.0045万辆，以单一车型为准，在印度市场内销量排名第四。

    起亚汽车印度工厂于2017年10月动工，今年7月生产出Seltos，正式投产。印度市场汽车生产量居世界第五，年销量仅次于中国、美国、日本，是世界第四大汽车强国。印度人口约13亿，但汽车普及率仅为每千人30多辆。中国每千人的汽车普及率为141辆，美国为837辆。近年来，印度的汽车销量快速增长，预计到2030年左右，印度的汽车销量将超过日本，成为世界第三大汽车市场。

    起亚汽车相关人士解释说，“向印度出口整车时附加的关税为60%，因此在印度之外制造汽车供应的价格竞争力较低。需要确保当地生产工厂。”

    此前，现代汽车于1996年首次进军印度市场。目前，现代汽车的印度钦奈1、2工厂年生产能力为68万辆，明年计划增加到75万辆。如果加上起亚汽车的30万辆，合计将超过100万辆，很有可能超过现代•起亚汽车的中国年产量。

    现代•起亚汽车相关人士表示：“现代汽车出口印度工厂生产的汽车的40%，起亚汽车也计划将部分产量出口到非洲、中东、亚太、中南美等新兴市场。印度将成为现代汽车集团进军海外市场的桥头堡。”

    起亚汽车还加快了进军印度未来移动出行市场的步伐。今年3月，起亚汽车向印度第一大网约车服务(Car-hailing)企业奥拉(ola)投资6000万美元(约677亿韩元)，正在挖掘新产业。此外，公司还计划与印度第二大共享汽车(car sharing)企业“Revv”合作，为移动出行服务提供专业化的车辆供应、管理及维修解决方案等。

    最近，印度汽车市场因利率上调和贷款强化、环境限制等而出现不景气，这是危险因素。据韩国汽车产业协会分析，截至今年第三季度(7~9月)，印度汽车累计销量仅为218万辆，与去年同期相比减少了16.4%。

    起亚汽车社长朴韩宇自信满满地说：“为了达成明年16万辆规模的生产目标，将倾尽全力新增2款车型生产线。今后3年内工厂的机器