In the next 36 hours, the very severe cyclonic storm Biparjoy is set to intensify and will be heading north-northwestwards in the next two days, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted.As per the weather agency, the cyclone over the east-central Arabian Sea was located 840 kilometers west-southwest of Goa and 870 km west-southwest of Mumbai at 11:30 pm on June 8.“Very severe cyclonic storm Biparjoy over east-central Arabian Sea at 2330 hours IST of 08th June, 2023 over about 840 km west-southwest of Goa, 870 km west-southwest of Mumbai. To intensify further gradually during next 36 hours and move nearly north-northwestwards in next 2 days,” IMD said in a tweet.The IMD has advised fishermen not to venture into cyclone-hit areas in the Arabian Sea.Meanwhile, coastal districts of Gujarat are gearing up for the likely impact of cyclone Biparjoy brewing in the east-central Arabian Sea. The administration has readied cyclone shelters and drawn plans to evacuate people from vulnerable areas and activate control rooms at the block levels.Collectors of coastal districts, including Kutch, Jamnagar, Dwarka, and Porbandar, held meetings with officers of the respective district administrations to prepare for the likely impact of Biparjoy.Moreover, in Maharashtra, the progress of the southwest monsoon that brings rain across the Indian sub-continent is being monitored after it arrived in Kerala on Thursday, seven days later than the normal arrival date, an India Meteorological Department official said.The normal date for onset of monsoon in Maharashtra is June 10 and in Mumbai is June 11, said S G Kamble, the Mumbai head of IMD Regional Meteorological Centre.Weather forecastConditions are favourable for further advance of the Southwest monsoon into some more parts of the central Arabian Sea, remaining parts of Kerala, some parts of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, IMD predicted.The Southwest monsoon might advance into some more parts of the southwest, Central and northeast Bay of Bengal, and some parts of northeastern states during the next 24 hours, as per the weather department.🌧️ GujaratLight to moderate rain is very likely at isolated places in the South Gujarat region namely Navsari, Valsad, and in Daman, Dadara Nagar Haveli, the IMD said.Further, dry weather is expected in all the districts of Saurashtra-Kutch, and Diu.🌧️ South IndiaLight rainfall with thunderstorms is very likely over Kerala, Lakshadweep, Coastal & South Interior Karnataka whereas isolated to scattered activity is expected over North Interior Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Andhra Pradesh during the next 5 days, as per IMD.Meanwhile, heavy rainfall is very likely at isolated places over Andaman & Nicobar Islands on June 9 and 10; Kerala from June 9 to 13; Lakshadweep from June 9 to 11; and Coastal & South Interior Karnataka during June 10-13.🌧️ Northeast IndiaScattered to fairly widespread rainfall with thunderstorms very likely over the northeast region during the next 5 days, the weather agency reported.Moreover, very heavy rainfall is likely at isolated places over Manipur, Mizoram, and Tripura on June 9 and Assam and Meghalaya on June 12 and 13; isolated heavy rainfall over Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur and Mizoram during June 9-13.Northwest IndiaAccording to IMD, a rise in maximum temperatures by about 2°C is very likely over the plains of Northwest India (except Rajasthan) during the next two days. (With ANI inputs)
A cyclonic storm that formed over east-central and adjoining southeast Arabian Sea near Goa at 11.30 pm on Tuesday, is likely to move nearly northwards and intensify into a severe cyclonic storm, and then into a very severe cyclonic storm during the next 24 hours, the India meteorological department (IMD) said in its morning bulletin.“The cyclonic storm ‘Biparjoy’ (pronounced as ‘Biporjoy’) over eastcentral and adjoining southeast Arabian Sea remained practically s stationary during last 3 hours and lay centred at 0230 hours IST of 7th June, 2023 over the same region near latitude 12.5°N and longitude 66.0°E, about 900 km west-southwest of Goa, 1,020 km southwest of Mumbai, 1,090 km south-southwest of Porbandar and 1380 km south of Karachi,” the meteorological department bulletin read,Cyclonic storm “Biparjoy” over eastcentral and adjoining southeast Arabian Sea at 0230 IST of 07 June near lat 12.5°N and lon 66.0°E, about 900km WSW of Goa. Likely to move nearly northwards and intensify into SCS during next 06 hour.@WMO@ndmaindia@DDNewslive@airnewsalerts pic.twitter.com/jXdgDJcHFR— India Meteorological Department (@Indiametdept) June 7, 2023Gale winds with speed 80-90 km per hour to 100 km per hour are expected to prevail over the eastcentral Arabian Sea and the adjoining areas of westcentral and southeast Arabian Sea. It is likely to escalate to 105-115 km per hour to 125 km per hour over the same area from Wednesday evening. the IMD said. The areas adjoining westcentral and south Arabian Sea and those along the north Kerala-Karnataka-Goa coasts are likely to experience squally winds with speed 40-50 km per hour to 60 km per hour.According to the IMD, the intensity of Cyclone Biparjoy, its location of formation in the Arabian Sea and its subsequent movement are likely to affect the onset of the southwest monsoon over Kerala.This is the second cyclone to form within three weeks in the North Indian Ocean. Cyclone Mocha, which formed in the Bay of Bengal, barrelled into Bangladesh and Myanmar causing massive destruction.In 2021, Cyclone Yaas had formed at the time of the monsoon onset.
On June 5, when a court in Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi convicted jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari and sentenced him to life imprisonment for the murder of a local strongman Awadhesh Rai in 1991, his younger brother and Congress leader Ajay Rai hailed the verdict, highlighting that this marked the end of a 32-year-long wait for justice for his family.Awadhesh was 30 years old when he was shot dead. Ajay was then 22. According to the prosecution’s case, on August 3, 1991, Awadhesh was standing outside his house in the Maldiya area of Varanasi when some assailants arrived in a car and opened fire at him. Ajay Rai and an associate were present at the spot, who rushed Awadhesh to the hospital. However, he was declared dead on arrival.An FIR was registered against five accused, including Mukhtar Ansari and his associates, at the Chetganj police station. The complainant was Ajay, who claimed to have witnessed Mukhtar and other assailants gunning down his brother. According to former government counsel Alok Chandra, who had pursued the case, the murder was the fallout of a local “supremacy dispute”. Apart from being a local muscleman, Awadhesh was also engaged in politics and business.In the course of over three decades, Ajay, who switched several parties but continued his legal battle against Mukhtar in his brother’s murder case in which he was a witness and complainant. Before joining the Congress, he had been with the BJP and also the Samajwadi Party (SP).A musclemen turned politician himself, 53-year-old Ajay is a five-time MLA, who has been booked in several criminal cases over the years. He was said to be associated with gangster-turned-politician Brijesh Singh. He belongs to the Bhumihar caste, retaining his hold over his community as well as over Brahmins and seers of the Varanasi region. It is for this reason that the Congress fielded him from the Varanasi seat against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in both the 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha elections.Ajay started his political career with the BJP, getting elected as the MLA on the party’s ticket thrice from the Kolasla constituency of Varanasi during 1996-2007. He was eyeing the Varanasi parliamentary seat and parted ways with the saffron party after it decided to field Murli Manohar Joshi from there in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections. He then joined the SP and contested against Joshi on its ticket. While Mukhtar Ansari also contested that election on the BSP’s ticket, Ajay came third after Joshi and Mukhtar.However, Ajay soon broke ties with the SP as well and decided to contest the Kolasla seat bypoll as an Independent candidate that he won.Ahead of the 2012 Assembly polls, the then All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary in charge of UP Digvijay Singh managed to get Ajay join the Congress fold. He then contested from the newly-formed Pindra seat in Varanansi as a Congress candidate and won.While Ajay could not win the 2017 election from Pindra and lost to Avadhesh Singh of the BJP, he was chosen by the Congress to contest against PM Modi from the Varanasi parliamentary seat in the 2014 general election, when Modi picked Varanasi as his constituency for the first time. In that election, when the then fledgling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)’s chief Arvind Kejriwal also took the plunge to contest against Modi, Rai finished third behind the runner-up Kejriwal.In the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, the Congress again pitted Ajay against PM Modi in Varanasi. While Modi garnered over 6.5 lakh votes, SP candidate Shalini Yadav secured 1.95 lakh votes, with Ajay again coming third with1.52 lakh votes. AICC general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra had then held a road show in his favour.After Mukhtar Ansari’s conviction in his elder brother’s murder case, Ajay hailed the court’s verdict, saying, “This is the end of a long wait for us. My parents, I, Awadhesh’s daughter, and the whole family kept patience… Governments came and went and Mukhtar strengthened himself. But we did not give up. Because of our lawyers’ efforts, today the court has found Mukhtar guilty in the murder case of my brother…we are thankful to the court.” He maintained that he and his family fought for 32 years for justice in the case.Ajay also demanded that his security be tightened now. “The man, who stood constantly against all odds should be provided security by the government. If required, I would continue to fight the case even in the Supreme Court,” he said. He has long been demanding security from the government, expressing fear for his life.A prominent Bhumihar leader of the Purvanchal region, Ajay is currently one of the six regional heads of the Congress party in UP. He is party in charge of the Prayagraj zone, where the Bhumihar community has a dominant presence. With the Lok Sabha elections less than a year away and the Congress continuing to remain on the margins of UP politics, Ajay’s work seems to be cut out now amid speculation that major players like the BJP and SP are also looking to make overtures to him.
A Varanasi court on Monday convicted gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari for the murder of Congress leader Awadhesh Rai that took place more than 30 years ago.Awadhesh Rai, the brother of Congress leader Ajay Rai, was shot dead on August 3, 1991, at the gate of his Lahurabir residence. A case in the matter was registered against Ansari and others.“Mukhtar has been convicted in the Awadhesh Rai murder case of 1991. The court will pronounce its judgment later in the day,” a lawyer told reporters in Varanasi.Reacting to the development, Ajay Rai said, “This is the end of our many years of waiting. I, my parents, Awadhesh’s daughter, and the whole family kept patience… Governments came and went and Mukhtar strengthened himself.“But we did not give up. Because of our lawyers’ efforts, today the court has found Mukhtar guilty in the murder case of my brother,” Rai added.Earlier in April, a Ghaziapur court convicted Ansari and sentenced him to 10 years imprisonment in an Uttar Pradesh Gangsters and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act case lodged at Mohammadabad police station in Ghazipur district in 2007. This is the fourth case in which Ansari, who is lodged at Banda district jail, has been convicted.More details awaited…
A Varanasi court on Monday convicted gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari for the murder of Congress leader Awadhesh Rai that took place more than 30 years ago.Awadhesh Rai, the brother of Congress leader Ajay Rai, was shot dead on August 3, 1991, at the gate of his Lahurabir residence. A case in the matter was registered against Ansari and others.“Mukhtar has been convicted in the Awadhesh Rai murder case of 1991. The court will pronounce its judgment later in the day,” a lawyer told reporters in Varanasi.Reacting to the development, Ajay Rai said, “This is the end of our many years of waiting. I, my parents, Awadhesh’s daughter, and the whole family kept patience… Governments came and went and Mukhtar strengthened himself.“But we did not give up. Because of our lawyers’ efforts, today the court has found Mukhtar guilty in the murder case of my brother,” Rai added.Earlier in April, a Ghaziapur court convicted Ansari and sentenced him to 10 years imprisonment in an Uttar Pradesh Gangsters and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act case lodged at Mohammadabad police station in Ghazipur district in 2007. This is the fourth case in which Ansari, who is lodged at Banda district jail, has been convicted.More details awaited…
With the BJP on Thursday appointing election heads for all 48 Lok Sabha and 288 Assembly seats in Maharashtra, the Shiv Sena led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has found itself on the back foot. The party, however, tried to downplay the move, saying that it will not sour their alliance as it was an attempt to build the party base and asserted that it will contest all 22 seats like the undivided Shiv Sena did in the 2019 elections.“We have an alliance with BJP. There is nothing wrong if BJP appoints election heads. These election heads have been appointed for building the organisational network and expanding its base,” Shinde Sena spokesperson Naresh Mhaske told The Indian Express on Friday.“Our leaders and BJP leaders will be working in coordination in all Lok Sabha and Assembly seats. The election heads appointed by BJP will help its candidate in a particular constituency from where the party is contesting. Similarly, the election heads will also work for our candidate where BJP is not contesting,” he added.Mhaske said the Shinde Sena will contest 22 seats in the coming Lok Sabha elections. “In 2019, the Shiv Sena which was in alliance with BJP had contested 22 seats. This time too, we will contest 22 seats,” he said. In 2022, the Shiv Sena split following a rebellion led by Shinde; the other faction is led by Uddhav Thackeray.MP Shrirang Barne, who was elected twice from the Maval Lok Sabha constituency, also said that the appointment of an election head does not mean that the same person would be fielded by the BJP. “It is their strategy to build their party and organisational network. But one thing is certain. I will be contesting from Maval Lok Sabha in 2024,” Barne told The Indian Express on Friday. The BJP has appointed Prashant Thakur, party MLA from Raigad district, as its Maval Lok Sabha election head. Three Assembly seats from Raigad district are part of the Maval Lok Sabha constituency.On the other hand, BJP’s Bhosari MLA Mahesh Landge has been appointed as the Shirur Lok Sabha election head. Landge is keen to contest the Lok Sabha election. “I am one of the aspirants for the Shirur Lok Sabha seat,” he said.Amit Gorkhe, who has been appointed as BJP’s election head for Pimpri, said that he was an aspirant for the Pimpri Assembly seat. “But my appointment does not mean I will be automatically contesting the Assembly seat. My job is to expand the party’s network and make the party stronger in the seat. If a Sena candidate contests from here, both BJP and Sena will work together in the constituency for his victory,” Gorkhe said.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde announced Monday that the Shiv Sena and BJP have decided to jointly contest all elections including the upcoming 2024 Lok Sabha elections, state Assembly and local body polls. This was decided during a meeting between Shinde, Deputy CM and BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis, and Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi.In a tweet, Shinde said, “It was also decided in this meeting that Shiv Sena and BJP will jointly contest all upcoming elections in the state (including elections to Lok Sabha, Vidhan Sabha, local bodies)”.काल, रविवारी रात्री मी आणि उपमुख्यमंत्री @Dev_Fadnavis यांनी दिल्लीत केंद्रीय गृह आणि सहकार मंत्री @AmitShah यांची भेट घेतली.कृषि, सहकार विभागाशी संबंधित विविध बाबींवर आम्ही चर्चा केली. राज्यात शेतकरी, महिला सक्षमीकरण अशा विविध क्षेत्रात गतीने कामे सुरू असून अनेक रखडलेले… pic.twitter.com/MdLoqiPoy2— Eknath Shinde – एकनाथ शिंदे (@mieknathshinde) June 5, 2023Shinde said that the Shiv Sena-BJP alliance for Maharashtra’s development is “strong”. “In the future, we will contest elections together and win with a majority to make Maharashtra the number one state in the country in all fields, to continue the race of development,” he added.Several issues of the state including agriculture and cooperation were discussed during the meeting with Shah. Shinde said that pending projects in the state have been streamlined now and they are on way to completion.“We have always received guidance from Prime Minister Narendra Modi for various projects. We met Shah to discuss issues related to the cooperation sector,” the chief minister said.The visit comes ahead of the completion of one year of Shinde-Fadnavis led government in the state.
On June 5, when a court in Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi convicted jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari and sentenced him to life imprisonment for the murder of a local strongman Awadhesh Rai in 1991, his younger brother and Congress leader Ajay Rai hailed the verdict, highlighting that this marked the end of a 32-year-long wait for justice for his family.Awadhesh was 30 years old when he was shot dead. Ajay was then 22. According to the prosecution’s case, on August 3, 1991, Awadhesh was standing outside his house in the Maldiya area of Varanasi when some assailants arrived in a car and opened fire at him. Ajay Rai and an associate were present at the spot, who rushed Awadhesh to the hospital. However, he was declared dead on arrival.An FIR was registered against five accused, including Mukhtar Ansari and his associates, at the Chetganj police station. The complainant was Ajay, who claimed to have witnessed Mukhtar and other assailants gunning down his brother. According to former government counsel Alok Chandra, who had pursued the case, the murder was the fallout of a local “supremacy dispute”. Apart from being a local muscleman, Awadhesh was also engaged in politics and business.In the course of over three decades, Ajay, who switched several parties but continued his legal battle against Mukhtar in his brother’s murder case in which he was a witness and complainant. Before joining the Congress, he had been with the BJP and also the Samajwadi Party (SP).A musclemen turned politician himself, 53-year-old Ajay is a five-time MLA, who has been booked in several criminal cases over the years. He was said to be associated with gangster-turned-politician Brijesh Singh. He belongs to the Bhumihar caste, retaining his hold over his community as well as over Brahmins and seers of the Varanasi region. It is for this reason that the Congress fielded him from the Varanasi seat against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in both the 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha elections.Ajay started his political career with the BJP, getting elected as the MLA on the party’s ticket thrice from the Kolasla constituency of Varanasi during 1996-2007. He was eyeing the Varanasi parliamentary seat and parted ways with the saffron party after it decided to field Murli Manohar Joshi from there in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections. He then joined the SP and contested against Joshi on its ticket. While Mukhtar Ansari also contested that election on the BSP’s ticket, Ajay came third after Joshi and Mukhtar.However, Ajay soon broke ties with the SP as well and decided to contest the Kolasla seat bypoll as an Independent candidate that he won.Ahead of the 2012 Assembly polls, the then All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary in charge of UP Digvijay Singh managed to get Ajay join the Congress fold. He then contested from the newly-formed Pindra seat in Varanansi as a Congress candidate and won.While Ajay could not win the 2017 election from Pindra and lost to Avadhesh Singh of the BJP, he was chosen by the Congress to contest against PM Modi from the Varanasi parliamentary seat in the 2014 general election, when Modi picked Varanasi as his constituency for the first time. In that election, when the then fledgling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)’s chief Arvind Kejriwal also took the plunge to contest against Modi, Rai finished third behind the runner-up Kejriwal.In the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, the Congress again pitted Ajay against PM Modi in Varanasi. While Modi garnered over 6.5 lakh votes, SP candidate Shalini Yadav secured 1.95 lakh votes, with Ajay again coming third with1.52 lakh votes. AICC general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra had then held a road show in his favour.After Mukhtar Ansari’s conviction in his elder brother’s murder case, Ajay hailed the court’s verdict, saying, “This is the end of a long wait for us. My parents, I, Awadhesh’s daughter, and the whole family kept patience… Governments came and went and Mukhtar strengthened himself. But we did not give up. Because of our lawyers’ efforts, today the court has found Mukhtar guilty in the murder case of my brother…we are thankful to the court.” He maintained that he and his family fought for 32 years for justice in the case.Ajay also demanded that his security be tightened now. “The man, who stood constantly against all odds should be provided security by the government. If required, I would continue to fight the case even in the Supreme Court,” he said. He has long been demanding security from the government, expressing fear for his life.A prominent Bhumihar leader of the Purvanchal region, Ajay is currently one of the six regional heads of the Congress party in UP. He is party in charge of the Prayagraj zone, where the Bhumihar community has a dominant presence. With the Lok Sabha elections less than a year away and the Congress continuing to remain on the margins of UP politics, Ajay’s work seems to be cut out now amid speculation that major players like the BJP and SP are also looking to make overtures to him.
A Varanasi court on Monday convicted gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari for the murder of Congress leader Awadhesh Rai that took place more than 30 years ago.Awadhesh Rai, the brother of Congress leader Ajay Rai, was shot dead on August 3, 1991, at the gate of his Lahurabir residence. A case in the matter was registered against Ansari and others.“Mukhtar has been convicted in the Awadhesh Rai murder case of 1991. The court will pronounce its judgment later in the day,” a lawyer told reporters in Varanasi.Reacting to the development, Ajay Rai said, “This is the end of our many years of waiting. I, my parents, Awadhesh’s daughter, and the whole family kept patience… Governments came and went and Mukhtar strengthened himself.“But we did not give up. Because of our lawyers’ efforts, today the court has found Mukhtar guilty in the murder case of my brother,” Rai added.Earlier in April, a Ghaziapur court convicted Ansari and sentenced him to 10 years imprisonment in an Uttar Pradesh Gangsters and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act case lodged at Mohammadabad police station in Ghazipur district in 2007. This is the fourth case in which Ansari, who is lodged at Banda district jail, has been convicted.More details awaited…
A Varanasi court on Monday convicted gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari for the murder of Congress leader Awadhesh Rai that took place more than 30 years ago.Awadhesh Rai, the brother of Congress leader Ajay Rai, was shot dead on August 3, 1991, at the gate of his Lahurabir residence. A case in the matter was registered against Ansari and others.“Mukhtar has been convicted in the Awadhesh Rai murder case of 1991. The court will pronounce its judgment later in the day,” a lawyer told reporters in Varanasi.Reacting to the development, Ajay Rai said, “This is the end of our many years of waiting. I, my parents, Awadhesh’s daughter, and the whole family kept patience… Governments came and went and Mukhtar strengthened himself.“But we did not give up. Because of our lawyers’ efforts, today the court has found Mukhtar guilty in the murder case of my brother,” Rai added.Earlier in April, a Ghaziapur court convicted Ansari and sentenced him to 10 years imprisonment in an Uttar Pradesh Gangsters and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act case lodged at Mohammadabad police station in Ghazipur district in 2007. This is the fourth case in which Ansari, who is lodged at Banda district jail, has been convicted.More details awaited…
Around sixty girls were hospitalised after being poisoned at their school in northern Afghanistan’ Sar-e Pol province, local police said on Monday.The big point: Some unknown persons had allegedly entered two girls’ schools in Sancharak district and poisoned the classes, Sar-e-Pol’s police spokesperson Den Mohammad Nazari was quoted as saying by news agency Reuters. The education of girls in Afghanistan has faced several challenges since militant organisation Taliban seized control of the country in August 2021.The details: Mohammad Rahmani, who heads the provincial education department, stated that 60 students – mostly girls – were poisoned in Naswan-e-Kabod Aab School and 17 others were poisoned in Naswan-e-Faizabad School. “After reaching school in the morning, the students suddenly started feeling dizzy, headache, and nausea,” Rahmani was quoted as saying by AP.FYI: Even under Afghanistan’s previous foreign-backed government, girls’ educational institutions had been the target of several poisoning attacks, including suspected gas attacks. In neighbouring Iran, poisoning incidents at girls’ schools are estimated to have affected an almost 13,000 mostly female students since November.Some context: The Taliban-run higher education ministry in December 2022 had suspended access to universities by female students. Even before the order, female students had been deterred from attending high school and colleges since the new regime began in 2021. The administration has only allowed girls up to the age of 12 to attend gender-segregated primary schools.
Around 60 Afghan girls were hospitalised after being poisoned at their school in northern Afghanistan, police said Monday.The poisoning, which targeted a girls’ school in the Afghan province of Sar-e Pol, comes after intense scrutiny of girls’ education in the war-torn nation since the Taliban took over and barred most teenage female students and after a wave of poison attacks on girls’ schools in neighbouring Iran.“Some unknown people entered a girls’ … school in Sancharak District .. and poisoned the classes, when the girls come to classes they got poisoned,” said Den Mohammad Nazari, Sar-e-Pol’s police spokesperson, without elaborating on which substance was used or who was thought to be behind the incident.Nazari said the girls had been taken to hospital but were in “good condition.” No one had been arrested.In neighbouring Iran, poisoning incidents at girls’ schools sickened an estimated 13,000 mostly female students since November.During Afghanistan’s previous foreign-backed government, several poisoning attacks, including suspected gas attacks, on girls’ schools had taken place.The Taliban administration has prevented most female students from attending high school and university since taking over in 2021, sparking condemnation from international governments and many Afghans.Taliban authorities have kept primary schools open for girls, up until the age of around 12 and say they are in favour of female education under certain conditions.