Hawaii is considering a new Bill that will ban cigarette sales to anyone under the age of 100 in the US state by 2024.

Hawaii has some of the most restrictive cigarette laws in the US. In 2016, it became the first state to raise the age to buy cigarettes to 21.

Now, the new Bill calls for raising the cigarette-buying age to 30 by next year, up to 40, 50 and 60 in each subsequent year, and up to 100 by 2024.

The age limits would not apply to e-cigarettes, cigars or chewing tobacco.

"The legislature finds that the cigarette is considered the deadliest artifact in human history," the proposed Bill says.

It also notes that Hawaii "is suffering from its own addiction to cigarettes in the form of the large sums of money that the state receives from state cigarette sales taxes", to the tune of $100 million annually.

The Bill's sponsor Representative Richard Creagan, said: "Basically, we essentially have a group who are heavily addicted. In my view, enslaved by a ridiculously bad industry which has enslaved them by designing a cigarette that is highly addictive, knowing that it highly lethal. And, it is."

Federal law requires US states to set the minimum tobacco-purchasing age at 18.

The neighboring country of Pakistan is not able to respond to its objection to Jammu and Kashmir issue. Getting defeated in and fight by India on every stage, Pakistan is once again raising the issue of Jammu and Kashmir on the world stage. On Monday, a program related to Jammu and Kashmir is being organized inside the British Parliament in London. In this program, Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi is likely to join India has strongly opposed this event.

British High Commission on this issue says that Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi is coming to London on a private visit, during which he will be participating in several programs. On behalf of the commission, it has been said that there is no program of an official meeting with her government.

On the issue of Kashmir, the British High Commission said that it can only resolve the issue of Jammu and Kashmir by negotiating only with India and Pakistan. However, on the program to be held in Parliament, the commission said that any MP in the Parliament can organize any event, the government can not force it.

In a statement issued by Pakistan's Foreign Ministry, it was said that some members of the All Party Parliamentary Group of Pakistan will raise the issue of Kashmir in the House of Commons in Britain. Members of the Labor Party will also be present during this time. In this program, the alleged human rights violation in Jammu and Kashmir will be told.

Terror groups supported by Pakistan will continue to conduct terrorist attacks in both India and Afghanistan, America's spymaster has said.

Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats also said Pakistan's "narrow approach to counterterrorism cooperation-using some groups as policy tools and confronting only the militant groups that directly threaten Pakistan-almost certainly will frustrate US counterterrorism efforts against the Taliban."

"Militant groups supported by Pakistan will continue to take advantage of their safe haven in Pakistan to plan and conduct attacks in India and Afghanistan, including against US interests," Coats told the members of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.

Coats and heads of other top American intelligence agencies appeared before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on their worldwide threat assessment. Prominent among them included CIA Director Gina Haspel, who has just returned from a trip to India; FBI Director Christopher Wray and Defense Intelligence Agency Director Robert Ashley.

The comment on South Asia is part of the US intelligence community's assessment of worldwide threats in 2019 and was presented in the form of a written document to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence by Coats.

Coats said that the challenges facing South Asian states will grow in 2019 because of Afghanistan's presidential election in mid-July and the Taliban's large-scale attacks, Pakistan's recalcitrance in dealing with militant groups, and Indian elections that risk communal violence.

"We assess that neither the Afghan Government nor the Taliban will be able to gain a strategic military advantage in the Afghan war in the coming year if coalition support remains at current levels," he said.

Afghan forces generally have secured cities and other government strongholds, but the Taliban has increased large-scale attacks, and Afghan security suffers from a large number of forces being tied down in defensive missions, mobility shortfalls, and a lack of reliable forces to hold recaptured territory, Coats said.

Between the largest political and economic crisis in Venezuela, the US has banned the oil company PDVSA. Along with this, the US has told the Venezuelan army that it has done peaceful work to delegate power to Opposition leader Khwan Goid?.

Venezuela has been going through a financial crisis for a long time. Even the public is craving for bread. Despite the oil reserves, food and drink crisis in Venezuela has become a topic of discussion throughout the world. Inflation has reached the record level of the world due to the food crisis. Indeed, due to the fall in oil prices in 2014, Venezuela faced a financial crisis, after which the situation worsened, and the country got big debt under the debt. Explain that Venezuela is based on oil exports.

Leading President Nicolas Maduro, opposition leader Khwann Guadido has opened a front in this condition of the country. Even now he has declared himself as the Interim President and forced Nicholas Maduro to leave his throne. This move of Guadido has created a major political confrontation in Venezuela.

America with opposition leader Khwann Guadido

Khwan Guaido has been recognized as the interim president, with about 20 countries including the United States. Along with this, the United States has banned PDVSA, a company that supplies oil from Venezuela. This has been done so that President Nicolas Sarkar can not get revenue from oil.

US Finance Minister Steven Manushin has said that the money for the sale of oil will not reach Nicholas Maduro's government. He said that the oil company PDVSA, if Kawang Guido is considered to be the leader of the country, he can avoid these restrictions and supply oil.However, the US has given permission to supply oil to PDVSA subsidiary Citgo. The company is located in the US and the Trump Administration has said that it can continue to supply oil by depositing money in a secure account. Explain that Venezuela is solely based on the US for the sale of oil and 41 percent of its oil exports to the United States.

At the moment, the whole hawks are on Venezuela's army. Venezuelan defense minister criticizing Guido, said that the army will not change its course and Nicholas will continue to support the government.

Ugo Chavez made Nicholas successor

In Venezuela's politics, Nicolas Maduro is counted among the leaders who are closest to former President Ugo Chavez. Before death, Ugo Chavez declared Nicholas his successor.Since then, he is handling the power of Venezuela. Now after the restrictions by the Trump Administration, Nicholas has announced the end of the relationship with the US. Even Nicholas government has ordered American diplomats to leave Venezuela within 72 hours.

By the intervention and restrictions of the US, the road to Nicholas has become difficult. In such a situation, now it is necessary to see how long Venezuelan people will be struggling with this political crisis and who will live with Venezuelan leader Nicolas and Guayido?

India's eye

Bharati is also keeping an eye on Venezuela's crisis. Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ravish Kumar has said that we are keeping an eye on the present circumstances of Venezuela and we are seeing that Venezuela's people can not solve the present problems of violence without violence. He said that there is a close and friendly relationship between India and Venezuela and we believe that for the progress and prosperity of the Venezuelan people, democracy, peace and security are the most important.

In America, a Khalistan organization has warned of 'burning Indian flag'. This organization has said that it will burn this flag in front of the Indian Embassy building located in Washington DC on the occasion of Republic Day. The organization 'Sikh for Justice' has also sent an invitation to all its supporters to join this protest.

It is tragic that according to American law, such an event can not be stopped. The organization has requested the people in their invitation to demonstrate in a public park in front of the Indian Embassy located in Massachusetts Avenue in Washington, DC.

Khalistan organization said in its statement, "We will oppose Article 25 (b) of the Indian Constitution in which Sikhs are said to be Hindu." Significantly, the national flag is also dear to the Indians, and it is considered a criminal act to burn the nation's flag in India. But according to American law, doing so is not a crime. Apart from the 'first amendment' of the American Constitution, the 'rights' of burning or disrespecting the national flag of the protesters has also been protected.

Similarly, the U.S. Supreme Court twice has confirmed in 1989 and 1990 that the right to humiliate the American national flag also falls under a kind of freedom of expression. In the 1989 Texas vs. Johnson case, the U.S. Supreme Court declared the ban on the US flag being declared illegal.

The Indian government has often asked the American administration to stop anti-India demonstrations there, but every time from the US, the same answer is that these all come under the 'freedom of expression' under the American Constitution.

The Khalistan organization taking advantage of this legal path is preparing to perform anti-India demonstrations on the occasion of the 70th Republic Day of India. Sources in the Government of India say that they have already given information to many countries about this organization and its funding, and have expressed their concerns. This Khalistani organization advocates the alleged Kashmir movement while favoring Pakistan.

The US administration can not stop such a performance, even if it is in front of the Indian Embassy. But a statement from US President Donald Trump is interesting about this.

Donald Trump, tweeted on November 29, 2018, after being elected the president, "Nobody should have the right to burn the American flag, those who do so should punish them, strip their citizenship or take them Be put in jail for a year!

But at the moment, no law has been made in this regard. Now the concern of the Indian Embassy Administration is that the function of Republic Day will be dealt with efficiently without interference.