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Indian Express
23-06-2025
- Politics
- Indian Express
After Indus Waters Treaty suspension: India seeks pause in World Bank expert's proceedings over Kishanganga & Ratle
India has written to the World Bank's neutral expert, Michel Lino, requesting a pause in his proceedings on the Ratle and Kishanganga hydropower disputes, following the Union government's decision to place the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) in abeyance, The Indian Express has learned. Lino is understood to have sought Pakistan's views on India's request, which Islamabad has opposed. The disputes being heard by Lino since 2022 concern two Indian hydropower projects in Jammu and Kashmir — Kishanganga, on the Kishanganga river, and Ratle, on the Chenab river. A French dam engineer and, until recently, the president of the International Commission on Large Dams, Lino was appointed by the World Bank on October 13, 2022, under Article IX and Annexure F of the Indus Waters Treaty. His mandate is to hear both India and Pakistan and determine whether the design of these projects complies with the treaty. Pakistan claims India is violating the treaty, particularly on minimum water flow requirements. Following the Union Cabinet's decision to keep the the treaty in abeyance 'until Pakistan credibly and irrevocably abjures its support for cross-border terrorism,' the Indian government formally notified Lino and requested that he vacate the mutually agreed 'work programme' pertaining to the Kishanganga and Ratle disputes. In its response to Lino, Pakistan objected to India's stance and opposed any proposal to suspend the dispute resolution proceedings. As per the agreed 2025 work programme, which India now wants vacated, Pakistan was to submit its written response – or counter memorial – to India's submission by August 7. The fourth meeting of the neutral expert with both sides was scheduled for November 17 to 22. This meeting would have been significant, involving the presentation of India's written arguments (memorial) and Pakistan's counter, questioning by the neutral expert, and preparations for a second site visit to India, likely in December. After The Pahalgam attack, India kept the IWT in abeyance 'until Pakistan credibly and irrevocably abjures its support for cross-border terrorism'. Under the IWT, the waters of the 'Eastern Rivers' — Sutlej, Beas and Ravi – are for India's unrestricted use, while the 'Western Rivers' – Indus, Jhelum, Chenab – are primarily for Pakistan. Lino, who functions as a technical adjudicator under the treaty to resolve 'differences', is expected to consider Pakistan's comments before deciding whether to pause the proceedings. An email sent by The Indian Express to Lino seeking comment did not elicit a response. Even as India and Pakistan are now talking through the neutral expert, the two governments are learned to have directly exchanged letters at least once on the suspension of IWT. India formally notified Pakistan of its decision to keep the treaty in abeyance by a letter dated April 24. Pakistan replied (before Operation Sindoor was launched on May 7), signalling willingness to discuss Delhi's concerns and suggesting a date in May for talks. India has not responded to that offer. According to top government sources, New Delhi is currently not inclined to engage in discussions with Islamabad on the matter, and the treaty will remain in abeyance for now. Meanwhile, sources said the government has drawn up a plan to construct a canal to divert water from the Indus river system to various Indian states. It has also carried out two flushing exercises at Baglihar and Salal – two run-of-the-river hydroelectric projects on the Chenab in J&K – to clear sediment that hampers power generation. These are the first such exercises since Salal was built in 1987 and Baglihar in 2008–09. Pakistan had previously blocked such activities through objections under the IWT. Officials said flushing will now be conducted on a monthly basis. Earlier, The Indian Express had reported that the Centre is looking to fast-track four hydroelectric projects on the Chenab – Pakal Dul (1,000 MW), Ratle (850 MW), Kiru (624 MW) and Kwar (540 MW). Pakal Dul is the first storage-based hydro project being built in J&K. Ritika Chopra, an award-winning journalist with over 17 years of experience, serves as the Chief of the National Bureau (Govt) and National Education Editor at The Indian Express in New Delhi. In her current role, she oversees the newspaper's coverage of government policies and education. Ritika closely tracks the Union Government, focusing on the politically sensitive Election Commission of India and the Education Ministry, and has authored investigative stories that have prompted government responses. Ritika joined The Indian Express in 2015. Previously, she was part of the political bureau at The Economic Times, India's largest financial daily. Her journalism career began in Kolkata, her birthplace, with the Hindustan Times in 2006 as an intern, before moving to Delhi in 2007. Since then, she has been reporting from the capital on politics, education, social sectors, and the Election Commission of India. ... Read More
Telegraph
13-06-2025
- General
- Telegraph
Nick Ferrari: ‘I was a bit of an arse at school'
School Days is a regular series by author Danny Danziger in which acclaimed British names and faces share the childhood stories that shaped them. This week, LBC radio presenter and broadcaster Nick Ferrari, 66, talks about learning the ropes early on at his father's press agency and playing the class joker. My father, Lino, arrived in this country from Switzerland at the age of four. He met and fell in love with my mum, Joyce, a police officer from Barrow-in-Furness who was the original Northern Rock. They produced three boys, Lino, Simone and Nicolo, which is what I was christened. I was the youngest, and there was quite a gap in age: my brothers were 11 and nine years older than me. Dad ran a press agency, and at a very young age I would be answering phones to news desks, which probably toughened me up a bit. Christiaan Barnard, the pioneering heart surgeon, was taking a heart from someone who had lived in our patch, and I took control of that story. But I also remember another one: a bus driver had driven into a collection of schoolchildren, and I went down there and saw all these school caps lying about on the side of the road. A load of kids had lost their lives. Education was always very key in my family. My middle brother, Simone, had been to Eltham College and absolutely loved it, and done very well there. I'd passed the 11-plus, so I could have gone to a grammar school, but my parents wanted to send me there. Eltham is a high-achieving school – I don't know if I'd ever get in now! I'd been there to visit my brother, so I was prepared for it, but it was still daunting. It had very strict discipline. Eltham had been set up as a school for the sons of missionaries and its most famous old boy was Eric Liddell, who was the subject of the film Chariots of Fire. There was a strong religious streak, with chapel every morning. The nibbos (new boys) went into chapel first and there was absolute respect and deference accorded to the older boys as they filed in. The prefects would proceed in last and sit in special seats at the back wearing gowns while the rest of us were in pews. The thing I loved about Eltham is it was a really good mix of kids. Of course, in a fee-paying school there are parents who are exceptionally wealthy, and some of my peers would arrive in the latest Volvo estate and have these amazing foreign trips during the holidays. My dad did well but he didn't have that kind of wealth: we were more middle or upper middle with our income bracket. I started as a clear A-student. I loved history and was good at it. Mr Chambers was the teacher who made the light bulb go on and it was just a joy to sit in his class. He wore his glasses down on the end of his nose, and looked like a wise old owl. I still use things he taught me today on the radio. Also, I led my house to win the debating society prize. The motion was: This House Believes the Monarchy Should Be Abolished, and I had to argue in favour of that, which was not my view at all because I think the monarchy is fantastic. I must have made a very cohesive argument. Sports were important to me. Eltham was a rugby school, there were a lot of playing fields, and I really enjoyed the game and was the right build for it. I ended up a very solid second- or third-XV player. The only reason that I started acting was because they did a production one year of a play called The Italian Straw Hat with the local girls' school, Farringtons in Chislehurst, and suddenly all these girls arrived. I realised the only way to talk to them was to join the drama club, but all the main roles had been filled, and I was made an extra with just two lines. I was desperately in love with the leading lady but I didn't get anywhere. I was popular within the school, had a good circle of mates, and was known throughout as Enzo, after Enzo Anselmo Giuseppe Ferrari, the founder of the Ferrari marque. Fatty came in there too, sometimes. After a couple of years, my attention in lessons began to wander: I was always looking out of the window, and was easily misled. I think my parents felt a degree of disappointment about that. The thing is I just wanted to entertain people, and entertaining people was so much more fun than studying, and I was good at it. Put me in a classroom and I'm going to try to be the entertainment, larking about, trying to impersonate the teachers, just basically being a bit of an arse. I was hopeless at anything to do with numbers. There was a maths teacher called Mr Seddon, and every lesson, I would call out, 'Sir, sir, I don't understand this equation' – it was almost like pantomime, and the class would all laugh, 'Good old Enzo, getting it wrong again.' But I had a very good relationship with Mr Seddon, and he gave me some decent reports which I probably didn't warrant. Any science I was also terrible at, and that was a shame because I had wanted to be a vet. We lived in a little village in Kent and had a bit of land on which my dad kept a few lambs, donkeys and chickens, and I absolutely loved being around animals. The minute I got home, I would be driving a bale of hay across the fields in a pick-up truck feeding various hungry donkeys. I've also delivered a foal, and can shear a sheep. I'm probably the only breakfast presenter who can shear a sheep now that John Humphrys has retired. I was sad to leave school as it had been part of my life for seven years. But I was ready to leave. I toyed with the idea of university, but then I got a job on a local paper in Woolwich, and off I went. Quite honestly I loved having cash in my pocket. A couple of years ago, I went back to Eltham to give a careers talk. I hardly recognised the place. The quad I used to walk around is all classrooms now, they have built out and back and on top and across. I couldn't believe how vast it is now, it's like the Tardis. When I picture myself from those days, I'm walking through the quad with a collection of my mates around me, Anthony, Chris, the other Chris, Mark and Mike, and I'm eating a bag of those sherbet flying saucer sweets which I'd just bought from the tuck shop, I've managed to scrape through some exam, and we're all having a great laugh and are in a good place. My feelings for the school while I was there were ones of enormous affection, and I realise those feelings haven't changed, all these years later.
Daily Mirror
09-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Your Freeview TV gets a brand new channel today, but it comes at a cost
ITV is shaking up its channels today with the lauch of a new service on Freeview. There's good news and bad news if you have a Freeview TV in your living room. It's been confirmed that this service is getting a major shakeup today, with an all-new channel arriving in UK homes. Although that's clearly great for those wanting more things to watch, it does come at a cost, with another popular platform being closed to make way for the upgrade. So, what's new and what's disappearing? From today, June 9, those heading to channel 28 on the planner will no longer see ITVBe. Instead, this reality service is being switched over to ITV Quiz instead. As you may well have guessed by its name, ITV Quiz will be showing back-to-back quizzes and game shows throughout the day and night. Although upcoming content has yet to be confirmed, a quick look at this week's TV guide shows that Freeview users will be treated to shows such as Who Wants to be a Millionaire, Tipping Point, Wheel of Fortune, Lino, Deal or No Deal, and Tenable. ITV has confirmed that it's launching the new channel to "draw on ITV's popular, market-leading UK quiz and game shows". ITV Quiz should appear automatically but if you aren't seeing the changes then you might want to perform a quick retune. Although this is great for quiz fans, what happens if you love binge-watching reality shows via ITVBe? ITVBe has long offered content such as Dinner Date, The Only Way Is Essex, The Real Housewives of Atlanta and Abbey Clancy: Celebrity Homes. From today, many of these programmes will move to ITV2 to make way for those game shows on the new service. Along with Freeview, this change will also impact Sky, Freely and Virgin Media users.
Tatler Asia
19-05-2025
- Lifestyle
- Tatler Asia
Home tour: a family home wrapped in an architectural steel screen in Malabon, Manila
Explore how Lino Architecture balances subtle elements of brutalism and sustainability in the Malabon family home Amid the relentless demands of the Philippines' tropical climate, it can be difficult to balance sustainability and aesthetics. But for Don Lino of Lino Architecture, this is a challenge he's willing to take on. 'How does one create a simple, functional space that still looks interesting?' he asked himself before designing this property in Malabon, a city in the northern part of Metro Manila. Upon approaching the property, viewers are enthralled by a steel architectural screen cladding the entire home. 'The scaling of the pattern works with the composition of the whole architectural elevation,' says Lino. 'The landscape at the base of the façade complements the masculine material.' The contrast between the lush greenery and the steel material around the Malabon home adds undeniable visual interest to the space. In case you missed it: 7 luxurious swimming pools you'll want to dive into this summer Photo 1 of 3 The steel bricks wrapped around a family home in Malabon, Manila Photo 2 of 3 The living room of a family home in Malabon, Manila Photo 3 of 3 The minimalist colour palette of a family home in Malabon, Manila Lino took inspiration from traditional clay bricks, which help reduce heat. He adds a modern interpretation to the material with the aluminium tubes, which absorb and release the heat while ensuring natural light pours into the home. 'Even the detailing and spacing of the patterns played a role in this,' he says. The result is a barrier that balances usability and contemporary design. Once the homeowners enter through the porch, they are immersed in the home's open plan. A seamless flow between the living room, dining area and kitchen is laid over a double-height ceiling. This gives the family flexibility in planning gatherings with loved ones or simply lounging around. The living room features a muted palette of greys, allowing the marble textures to take centre stage. The couch has pillows that ground the space with their earth tones, working harmoniously with the stone material on the coffee table. Above The outdoor area with a playground at a family home in Malabon, Manila Above The outdoor area at a family home in Malabon, Manila Moving outdoors, the living room and dining area overlook a garden deck. In the nearby lanai, the family hosts gatherings under the trellis. The cooling winds make any sunset celebration effortless, allowing the adults to unwind with a cocktail as the children explore a nearby play area. The outdoor area also benefits from the architectural screen wrapped around the Malabon home. The materials create cross-ventilation while filtering in the afternoon light, working in tandem with the home's western orientation. More from Tatler: Exploring Rustan's Design Circle 2025 through the eyes of 4 female interior designers Photo 1 of 5 A bedroom overlooking the main garden at a family home in Malabon, Manila Photo 2 of 5 A desk in a bedroom overlooking the main garden at a family home in Malabon, Manila Photo 3 of 5 A bedroom overlooking the main garden at a family home in Malabon, Manila Photo 4 of 5 A bathroom of a family home in Malabon, Manila Photo 5 of 5 A bathroom of a family home in Malabon, Manila Returning inside the home, one walks through the living room and up the stairs into the family's rooms. Along the way, visitors see the family's collection of art pieces, which add unexpected colour and dimension to the space. The bedrooms overlook the main garden, with natural wood materials and minimalist colour schemes creating a serene atmosphere. When asked why he created more neutral interiors for this Malabon family home, Lino said, 'I wanted to make sure the spaces worked well together, ensuring their flexibility so the family could grow into them as time goes on. This paves the way for future furniture and accessories for the family to reflect their unique character.' NOW READ Considered creativity: exploring Pristine Lampard's Dalisay Collection Earth, wind and iron: how Yola Johnson's unique design philosophy comes to life in her Manila home 8 eco-minded resorts championing responsible travel in the Global South Credits Photography: Chroma Studio Manila
Scottish Sun
10-05-2025
- Sport
- Scottish Sun
‘Could get a tank in there' – League One playoffs overshadowed by ludicrous offside call leaving fans furious
BLOODY KEL 'Could get a tank in there' – League One playoffs overshadowed by ludicrous offside call leaving fans furious Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) FOOTBALL fans were left furious after the League One playoff match between Leyton Orient and Stockport was marred by a "ludicrous" offside call. Charlie Kelman opened the scoring for Orient in the first half, despite seemingly being significantly offside when he tapped in his 26th goal of the season. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 4 Charlie Kelman's opening goal against Stockport cause huge controversy Credit: Reuters 4 Kelman appeared to be offside as the ball was flicked on Credit: Sky Sports 4 Kelman appeared onside from the initial header Credit: Sky Sports 4 He was significantly beyond the last man after a flick on from Omar Beckles Credit: Sky Sports Kelman got on the end of a loose header in the box to put his side 1-0 up heading into half-time. However, there was a huge gap between the last Stockport defender and the 23-year-old forward when the ball was nodded on by Omar Beckles. Beckles jumped up to flick on a speculative Sean Clare ball that was heading into the box. Kelman was narrowly onside from the Clare ball, but was very clearly beyond the last man when Beckles tried to flick it on. READ MORE IN FOOTBALL Hatts off Luton release five players including Chelsea title winner and club legend It's not clear if Beckles did manage to get a touch on the ball, but the officials seem to think he didn't as the goal was awarded and the game subsequently overshadowed by the decision. Fans were convinced that Beckles did touch it and immeatley took to social media to voice their opinions. One wrote: "Could get a tank in there!" While another added: " @Specsavers, do you have room for this Lino?" CASINO SPECIAL - BEST CASINO BONUSES FROM £10 DEPOSITS MORE TO FOLLOW... THIS IS A DEVELOPING STORY.. The Sun is your go to destination for the best football, boxing and MMA news, real-life stories, jaw-dropping pictures and must-see us on Facebook at and follow us from our main Twitter account at @TheSunFootball.
