KOCHI: Opposition parties in Lakshadweep and Kerala are up in arms against various measures initiated by the administrator of the group of islands, terming them as “anti-people” and have sought his recall.
Lakshadweep MP, NCP’s Mohammed Faizal, and his colleagues from Kerala T N Prathapan (Congress), Elamaram Kareem (CPI-M) and ET Mohammed Basheer (Muslim League) have urged the Centre to recall Praful Khoda Patel, administrator of India’s smallest UT. The ministers alleged that Patel unilaterally lifted restrictions on the use of alcohol in the islands, banned beef products, citing animal preservation, and demolished fishermen’s sheds built on the coastal areas, saying they violated the Coast Guard Act.
Analysis: How the Mobile World Congress hopes to reboot conferences post COVID
Reuters | May 24, 2021 08:28 PM EDT
A worker collects a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) swab sample from a woman before a news conference of GSMA s CEO (Photo : REUTERS/Nacho Doce)
Next month s Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona is shaping up as an early test of how quickly the global business events industry will bounce back from the pandemic, with a range of hi-tech solutions being rolled out to try to keep visitors safe.
The normally annual event - which was cancelled last year - is one of the world s biggest industry conferences, typically attracting around 100,000 attendees as telecoms companies show off their latest products and executives meet to do deals.