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Time for action is China's double Rajvatan Singh Rathour- England collapse now: Climate offer is First Sikh Model in London to 302 All Out in change is here opportune 8 9 15 -India Fashion Week 22 Ashes Test India's Nominee Dalveer Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Bhandari re-elected to ICJ Bhandari secured 183 of the 193 votes in 2017 brings cheer with new balloons the General Assembly and all 15 votes in the Security Council Clear weather attracts large crowds, amid tight security India's Permanent NEW YORK CITY (TIP): Representative to The 91st annual Macy's the United Nations, Ambassador Syed Thanksgiving Day Parade Akbaruddin wound its way through New speaking at a York City to the store's 34th reception to vote Street location Thursday, for Justice November 23 morning. Bhandari (left) at a Taking flight on Turkey reception at the Day were 17 giant character United Nations balloons including Olaf from Photo / "Frozen," the Grinch, Charlie Mohammed jaffer- Brown and Scrat from the SnapsIndia "Ice Age" movie series, along with 28 legacy balloons, 26 floats, 1,100 cheerleaders and Prakash M Swamy dancers, 12 marching bands UNITED NATIONS (TIP): The General Assembly and the and six performance groups, Security Council of the United Nations, on November 20, Macy's said in a news release. elected the fifth judge to the International Court of Justice contd on Page 20 (ICJ) concluding the 2017 elections to the principal judicial organ of the United Nations. Justice Dalveer Bhandari, of The Olaf balloon glides over India, received the absolute majority of votes in elections - Central Park West during the contd on Page 20 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Town of Oyster Bay former Supervisor John ‘Do Your Bit’ Youth Group Leads Thanksgiving Venditto faces 21 new charges Lunch for Disabled

One count of securities fraud; one count of conspiracy to HOUSTON (TIP): On Friday, commit wire fraud related to securities offerings; and 19 counts Nov. 17, the Indo-American of wire fraud related to securities offerings community in Houston, led by second-generation Indo- MINEOLA, NY (TIP): American youth Rahul and Those who mistook a period of Varun Agarwal, celebrated lull for an end to investigation Thanksgiving with people with in to scandals of former disabilities and thanked them Supervisor of TOB John for their openness and warmth Venditto may have got a rude at the Volunteers of America Jiten Agarwal (left) and his sons Rahul and Varun Agarwal (far right) with CG Ray and Texas Rep. Kevin Parker. shock when Venditto was center in northwest Houston. indicted on Tuesday,November "Seeing the leadership of youth like Rahul and Varun, I am assured of America's bright future. 21 on 21 new federal criminal Nothing can be better than it" said Kevin Roberts, Texas State Representative from Houston and charges involving securities now a U.S. Congressional candidate in 2018. "Indo American community of Greater Houston is fraud in the town's public very progressive and they know how to give back to the community.Giving is an essence of being offering of more than $1 billion an Indian. Young generation is setting examples for generations to come on how to be innovative, in securities between 2010 and how to be compassionate and how to be so giving to the community," said India's Consul General 2016. in Houston, Dr. Anupam Ray. contd on page 20 According to a Newsday In the new indictment, federal prosecutors said: "Venditto caused false and misleading statements and omissions that report, the superseding presented investors . . . with a false picture of the TOB's indictment adds 21 more financial condition and the quality and integrity of its contd on Page 20 management." Bilkis Bano case: Supreme Court grants time to Gujarat to apprise it on action against policemen The Supreme Court bench listed the plea for hearing in the first week of January.

NEW DELHI (TIP): The Supreme Court on Friday, November 24, granted six weeks' time to the Gujarat contd on Page 20

Supreme Court of India on the morning of Friday, November 24, 2017 Photo courtesy / PTI THE INDIAN PANORAMA 4 INDIAN ABROAD FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2017 Indian-origin woman officer jailed for maid abuse in Singapore Indian-American Vin Gopal is the SINGAPORE (TIP): An Indian-origin former woman warrant officer in the Singapore Army was on Monday, first Indian to get elected as a senator November 20, jailed for four months and three weeks for abusing and beating her Indian maid. K Rajakumari, 57, who retired after 35 years of service, apologized to Sargunam Jeeva in Tamil and asked her not to in history of New Jersey tell anyone about her ordeal which included being hit by a plastic hanger until it broke. MONMOUTH, NJ (TIP): An evening to celebrate But the police officer investigating the case understood the Monmouth County small-business owner and newly elected language and Rajakumari was caught, 'The Straits Times' youngest state senator Vin Gopal was held on Friday, reported on Monday. November 17, 2017, which was organized by South Asian She was charged for repeatedly abusing her maid in 2012. Registration Initiatives - SARI led by prominent and successful After a 14-day trial, District Judge Imran Abdul Hamid business entrepreneur Ritesh Shah at Monroe Adult Day Care convicted Rajakumari on September 5 last year of five counts Center in Millstone Township, NJ, attended by more than 200 of causing hurt to Jeeva, then 35, in her condominium supporters, volunteers and community leaders. Senator-elect apartment. Vin Gopal won by more than 4,000 votes defeating long-time Jeeva first came to Singapore in late January 2012 but was incumbent politician Jennifer Beck. abused between February and March of the same year. Born in Neptune Township and raised in Freehold Rajakumari had picked her and she was to be paid Singapore Township, Gopal will be the first Indian-American senator to dollars 350 a month without any days off. be elected as a state senator in New Jersey. "It is time for new Vin Gopal is the youngest elected state senator Jeeva, who had studied up to eighth grade and could not leadership to tackle New Jersey's grave fiscal problems to help Photo Courtesy/ Chirag Patel, Universal Photography speak English, was regularly scolded with caustic remarks small business owners and hard-working middle class by Rajakumari by the second week of February 2012 and the families"says Senator-elect Gopal in his appreciation address Patil, Passaic County Freeholder John Bartlett and South abuse soon became physical. to his volunteers, community supporters, business owners and Brunswick Board of Education re-elected member Deven Patel On the night of March 3, 2012, after Jeeva ironed prominent community leaders. He added that Monmouth were amongst the local elected officials attend the evening to Rajakumari's uniform, the employer chided the maid for not County needs a Senator who will battle with the insiders in be a part of victory celebration. Ritesh Shah, a successful knowing how to do a proper job of ironing. She then hit Jeeva Trenton, not just show up and work only for few people. "I will business entrepreneur and prominent pharmacist who is a on her left upper arm with a plastic hanger until it broke. be your Senator who will spend every day fighting to lower Chair of South Asian Registration Initiatives - SARI welcomed Two days later, she scolded and slapped the maid hard on her property taxes, one who will work constantly to eliminate the everyone and stated that South Asian communities in face before pulling her hair and pushing her face against the red tape imposed on small businesses and fight against raising Monmouth County voted three times more than previous window grill and kicking her in the waist. minimum wage increase which will destroy small business election years to elect Vin Gopal and broke the barrier and Jeeva told the employer that she could not "withstand this owners in NJ" said Senator-elect Gopal. He also added that we myth of Asian communities don't get involved in elections or torture any more" and requested Rajakumari to send her needed a Senator who is going to do what's right in funding political process. He mentioned that SARI organized the back to the agent's house. But Rajakumari told her this was women's health care policies, not use the Senate to fulfill their biggest voter's registration, phone bank and GOTV campaigns not possible. That night, Jeeva gestured to a maid in a own personal wishes and ambitions. As your Senator, I will for many months prior to the election which was the integral neighboring home for help and the latter called the police. spend every day fighting against Trenton insiders and fighting part of Vin Gopal's victory. "Our work is not over but just A policeman later heard Rajakumari tell Jeeva in Tamil: for the needs of working people. That is my pledge to the begun as we must continue to engage in a grass root level to "Please forgive me, I won't do this anymore, please don't tell residents of Monmouth County." volunteer for the community and political process to make a anyone about the abuse". Unknown to Rajakumari, the The evening was attended by NJ's 11thLegislative District's difference", added Mr. Shah. He thanked all the volunteers, officer could speak the language. Rajakumari later admitted re-elected officials Assemblyman Eric Houghtaling and supporters and community for their time in helping the first to him that she had hit Jeeva. Assemblywoman Joann Downey and NJ's 33rd Legislative Indian Senator in the state. Amit Jani, young and energetic Rajakumari's lawyer Kalidass Murugaiyan had earlier District's third time elected Assemblyman Raj Mukherjiwere Indian American who is an outreach director for Asian asked the judge to sentence his client to probation, stressing among the many local public officials who addressed the American and Pacific Islander - AAPI for Governor elect Phil that she has had three hip replacements. audience and thanked everyone for their contributions in Murphy also attended the event and addressed the audience For each count of maid abuse, she could have been jailed electing Vin Gopal and urge everyone to stay engaged in the and thanked everyone for their support in electing large and for up to three years and fined up to Singapore dollars 7,500. future to fight against discrimination and help elected more record breaking numbers of state and local officials in New (Source: PTI) South Asians at all levels. Edison Township Councilman Ajay Jersey. NRIs, PIOs don't need to link bank Indian American caught in Indian-American White House Official Macy's money laundering a/c, PAN with Aadhaar: UIDAI scheme says Trump not anti-immigrant WASHINGTON (TIP): A prominent Indian- NEW DELHI (TIP): NRIs and PIOs are not required to SACRAMENTO (TIP): Indian American, who holds a key position in the White link bank accounts and other services with Aadhaar, the American Suraj Patel, 38, of Long Beach, House, has refuted the notion that US President Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) said on California, was ordered to pay Donald Trump is anti-immigrant. Friday, November17, while instructing various approximately $925,000 to Macy's after he "First of all, I don't think that the rhetoric is anti- implementation agencies to work out a mechanism to verify pleaded guilty to mail fraud and money immigrant. I think it's anti-illegal immigration," the status of such individuals. laundering in a $3.5 million distribution White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary Raj It said the Prevention of Money laundering Rules 2017 and scheme from which he profited. Shah said. Shah's comments come days after a key the Income Tax Act clearly stipulate that the linking of bank Court documents state that Rampertab Congressional committee passed a legislation that accounts and PAN respectively, "is for those persons who are was a Macy's employee who managed proposes to increase the minimum salary of H-1B "First of all, I don't think that eligible to enroll for Aadhaar". Macy's distribution center in Carson, visa holders from USD 60,000 to USD 90,000 and the rhetoric is anti- immigrant. I think it's anti- It said all central ministries and departments, state California and supervised the transport of imposes a number of restrictions on the work visa illegal immigration," White governments and other implementation agencies should merchandise to centers throughout the that is popular among Indian IT professionals. House Principal Deputy Press bear in mind that Aadhaar as an identity document can be country and in July 2010, Rampertab The bill prohibits H-1B dependent employers Secretary Raj Shah said. sought only from those eligible for it under Aadhaar Act, and began diverting the shipment to Patel, who from replacing American workers with H-1B that most NRIs/PIOs/ OCIs may not be eligible for its has established several shipping employees, there are no longer any exceptions. It also lengthens the no-layoff enrolment. companies. policy for H-1B dependent employers and their client companies for as long an H- The Aadhaar-issuing body said several representations Rampertab even obtained approval for 1B employee works at the company,which means they cannot lay off equivalent US had been received about problems faced by Non-Resident Patel's companies to become third-party workers. Shah said Trump was only trying to make immigration "more merit- Indians (NRIs), Person of Indian Origin (PIOs) and Overseas vendors for Macy's but did not disclose that based" and "reform" the legal system regarding it. Citizens of India (OCI) where Aadhaar was being demanded he operated and profited from the vendors. "President Trump has put forward a pretty serious set of proposals on with regard to various services and benefits. Prosecutors told cincinnati.com that immigration; not just on enforcement but also about reforming the legal system to It said that some Departments and implementing agencies Patel's companies had received more than make it more merit-based right with ideas that work for the US economy and for were asking NRIs/OCIs/PIOs to submit or link their $3.5 million in Macy's shipping and the American worker," he said. "To ask for immigration to support the US economy, Aadhaar for availing services and benefits, despite the fact packaging jobs between July and for asking for people who are coming here to be vetted for public safety or security that they were not entitled for the 12-digit biometric December 2010 and together Patel and threats, I don't think it's a very big leap. I think it's very reasonable. The public identifier. Rampertab generated more than $900,000 supports that," he added. Shah slammed the mainstream media for the "unfair" "The laws regarding submitting/linking of Aadhaar for in net profits from the diverted business. coverage on the issue, which "sometimes" leaves the White House "frustrated". availing the services/benefits applies to the residents as per They then used the proceeds to purchase "There's a tone in the media on this issue which is not fair. The mainstream the Aadhaar Act 2016... Most of the NRIs/PIOs/OCIs may not real estate and vehicles, including a 2010 media is just not paying attention to and is not focused and not giving kind of be eligible for Aadhaar enrolment as per Aadhaar Act...," the Aston Martin that cost $199,000. credit where it's due," he rued, asserting that in today's modern age, the president UIDAI said in a note dated November 15 to central ministries In September 2016, Patel pleaded guilty has many ways to get his message out. and states. to mail fraud and money laundering and "He uses it very effectively with Twitter and other social media. He uses it very It has further instructed the implementing agency to will serve one day in prison, followed by effective with public speaking with taking and when he does a question-and- device a mechanism "to ascertain the genuineness of status six months of home confinement as part of answer session we always say look, the President is his own best messenger," he of such NRIs/PIOs/OCIs". (Source: PTI) his three years of supervised release. said. (Source: PTI) THE INDIAN PANORAMA FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2017 SOUTH ASIA 5 Islamic schools in Pakistan Hafiz Saeed walks free, says he will plagued by sex abuse of children KEHRORE PAKKA (TIP): Kausar Parveen struggles fight for 'Kashmir cause' through tears as she remembers the blood-soaked pants of her 9-year-old son, raped by a religious cleric. Each time she begins to speak, she stops, swallows hard, wipes her tears and LAHORE (TIP): Mumbai attack begins again. mastermind and Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) The boy had studied for a year at a nearby Islamic school in chief Hafiz Saeed on Thursday walked the town of Kehrore Pakka. In the blistering heat of late April, from house arrest as a free man and in the grimy two-room Islamic madrassa, he awoke one night moments after the release he said he will to find his teacher lying beside him. gather people across Pakistan for the "I didn't move. I was afraid," he says. "cause of Kashmir" and help the The cleric lifted the boy's long tunic-style shirt over his Kashmiris secure "freedom". head, and then pulled down his baggy pants. The JuD head, who carries a bounty of "I was crying. He was hurting me. He shoved my shirt in my $10 million announced by the US+ for his mouth," the boy says, using his scarf to show how the cleric role in terror activities, was set free after tried to stifle his cries. He looks over at his mother. the Pakistan government decided "Did he touch you?"' He nods. "Did he hurt you when he against detaining him further in any touched you?" "Yes," he whispers. case. He has been under detention since "Did he rape you?" He buries his face in his scarf and nods January this year. yes. "I was detained for 10 months only to Parveen reaches over and grabs her son, pulling him toward stop my voice for Kashmir," Saeed told her, cradling his head in her lap. his supporters who gathered outside his Sexual abuse is a pervasive and longstanding problem at residence to celebrate his release. madrassas in Pakistan, an AP investigation has found, from The Judicial Review Board of Punjab the sunbaked mud villages deep in its rural areas to the heart province comprising judges of the of its teeming cities. But in a culture where clerics are Lahore High Court (LHC) had "Hafiz sahib received his release order made on the 'public safety law'. powerful and sexual abuse is a taboo subject, it is seldom unanimously ordered Saeed's release on from the jail officials. Now he is a free The board refused to give further discussed or even acknowledged in public. (AP) the completion of his 30-day house man," Ahmad said. He said after his extension to the detention of Saeed's arrest which expired tonight. release Saeed thanked to his supporters aides. They were set free last month. Nepal-India border to be sealed "I fight the case of Kashmiris. I will gathered outside his house. Under the law, the government can gather the people from across the "Saeed has been freed as the Punjab detain a person for up to three months for 72 hours ahead of polls country for the cause of Kashmir. And government decided not to detain him under different charges but for we will try to help Kashmiris get their further in any other case," a top official extension to that detention it needs KATHMANDU (TIP): Nepal will shut its border crossings destination of freedom." in the government told PTI. approval from a judicial review board. with India from Friday for 72 hours ahead of the first phase of Saeed said he was detained when he He said after a long deliberation by The JuD is believed to be the front parliamentary and provincial assembly elections on announced a month of solidarity for the officials concerned it has been organisation for the banned Lashkar-e- November 26 for security reasons. Kashmiris this January. He used the decided to follow the review board's Taiba (LeT) which is responsible for Nepal is holding provincial and parliamentary elections in release order to buttress his claims of decision. carrying out the Mumbai attack. two phases on November 26 and December 7. "innocence". Official sources said that Saeed's Saeed was put under house arrest The elections are seen as the final step in Nepal's transition "I am very happy that none of the release would invite strong criticism after the Mumbai terror attack in to a federal democracy following a decade-long civil war till allegations against me proved as three from India and the US.+ "How will the November 2008 but he was freed by court 2006 that claimed more than 16,000 lives. judges of the LHC ordered my release PML-N government handle the foreign in 2009. According to officials, the crossing points with India will be ...India had levelled baseless allegations pressure to again detain Saeed is to be India has repeatedly asked Pakistan to sealed from Friday morning till the evening of Sunday, against me. The LHC's review board seen," they said. re-investigate the Mumbai terror attack November 26. decision has proved that I am innocent," Punjab Assistant Advocate General case and also demanded trial of Saeed Local administration has declared Baitadi as an alcohol- Saeed said. Sattar Sahil said the government law and LeT operations commander Zakiur free zone from today till the completion of vote counting, said The JuD chief said that the US, on officer had presented "some important Rehman Lakhvi in the light of evidence Chief District Officer at Baitadi Siddharaj Joshi. India's request, pressured Pakistan to evidence" to justify Saeed's detention but it had provided to Islamabad. Baitadi falls into the farthest western regional district of detain him. all three members of the board Ten LeT militants killed 166 people Nepal bordering India. (AP) "... I was detained on the pressure of unanimously rejected it and ordered his and wounded dozens in Mumbai in the US on the Pakistani government. release. November, 2008. Nine of the attackers 'Nepal, China working on cross- The US did so on the request of India," On January 31, Saeed and his four were killed by police while lone survivor he claimed. aides - Abdullah Ubaid, Malik Zafar Ajmal Kasab was caught. border rail, dry port' Several JuD activists gathered outside Iqbal, Abdul Rehman Abid and Qazi Kasab was executed after a court Saeed's residence in Jauhar town in Kashif Hussain - were detained by the found him guilty and handed down Lahore to celebrate his release. Punjab government for 90 days+ under death sentence. "We are happy to see our leader free," Anti-Terrorism Act 1997 and the Fourth Saeed was declared a global terrorist a JuD spokesman Ahmad Nadim told Schedule of Anti- Terrorism Act 1997. by the US and the UN over his alleged PTI. However, the last two extensions were role in the attack. (PTI) Suicide bomber kills 14 at political

meeting in Afghanistan KATHMANDU (TIP): Nepal and China are working on several key areas including cross-border railway connectivity, highways and construction of a dry port, China's envoy in KABUL (TIP): A suicide bomber Afghan security forces have struggled Kathmandu Yu Hong said on Saturday. Hong's statement killed 14 people at a political to combat the Taliban and other comes within days of Nepal cancelling a $2.5 billion gathering in the Afghan capital on insurgents since the U.S. and NATO hydropower project that was to be built by a Chinese state- Thursday in an attack claimed by the shifted to a counterterrorism and owned firm. Islamic State group. support role at the end of 2014. The "China has taken the request of the Nepal government for Kabul police spokesman Basir Taliban have seized a number of constructing cross-border railway line seriously," Hong said, Mujahid said another 18 people were districts across the country, and both adding a team has already begun preliminary feasibility study wounded, and that the casualties groups have carried out major attacks. for the project. included security forces and Both the Taliban and the Islamic Similarly, the expansion of Rasuwagadhi-Syafrubeshi road civilians. Interior Ministry State affiliate, which is largely made link, resumption of Araniko Highway and construction of dry spokesman Najib Danish said the up of disgruntled former Taliban ports in Tatopani, Rasuwa and Yaritoo are also on Beijing's attacker struck at the entrance to the fighters, are at war with the priority list,the Chinese envoy pointed outduring a press meet wedding hall where the event was government. Both groups want to organised on the 19th Congress of the Communist Party of being held. Mansoor, who attended the meeting impose a harsh version of Islamic China and Sino-Nepal relations by the Embassy of China in The Islamic State group claimed but was not harmed, said around 700 law on Afghanistan, but they are Kathmandu. the attack in a statement carried by supporters of the governor of the fiercely divided over leadership, "Nepal could benefit from China's prosperity in various its Aamaq news agency. The Taliban northern Balkh province were tactics and ideology, and have sectors including trade, investment and connectivity as denied involvement. attending a conference to highlight clashed on a number of occasions. Kathmandu has already joined the China-proposed One Belt Parliament member Hafiz his work. (AP) and One Road (OBOR) initiative," she said. (PTI) THE INDIAN PANORAMA 6 US FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2017 Woman accuses US Senator of unwanted groping, kiss Trump hails military and WASHINGTON (TIP): A radio broadcaster accused US Senator Al Franken on Thursday of touching her breasts while she slept and forcing a kiss on her in 2006 when he was 'big, beautiful, fat tax cuts' still a comedian and the two were preparing to perform before US troops in the Middle East. PALM BEACH, FLORIDA: US Anchor Leeann Tweeden related her experience in a first- President Donald Trump gave a bullish person account on the website of Los Angeles station KABC Thanksgiving address to troops overseas amid outrage over numerous reports of sexual misconduct by on Thursday, hailing progress in powerful men from Hollywood to Capitol Hill. Afghanistan and against ISIS, and Franken, a Democrat, issued an apology on Thursday. The telling them they were fighting for Senate's Democratic and Republican leaders called on the "something real," including a stock Ethics Committee to review the allegations and Franken said market at record highs and his promised he would cooperate. "big, beautiful fat tax cuts." Tweeden said Franken wrote a skit that included a kiss Speaking in a live video between the two and said he insisted upon rehearsing it, teleconference from Palm Beach, which she at first resisted. Florida, with military personnel serving "He repeated that actors really need to rehearse everything in Afghanistan, Iraq and elsewhere, and that we must practice the kiss. I said 'OK' so he would stop Trump told them they were "very, very badgering me," she wrote. "We did the line leading up to the special people." kiss and then he came at me, put his hand on the back of my He called troops in Afghanistan head, mashed his lips against mine and aggressively stuck his "brave, incredible fighters" who had tongue in my mouth." "turned it around" in the past three to She said she pushed Franken away but felt disgusted and four months. Trump took one of his trademark turn," he said. violated. "We opened it up; we said go ahead, swipes at the news media as he spoke Trump said he had told the troops Tweeden also said Franken groped her while she slept we're going to fight to win," he said. from a lavishly decorated room at his overseas the country was "doing great," during their flight home on a military plane. "I felt violated all "We're not fighting any more to just walk Mar-a-Lago resort, telling the military thanks to his cuts in "regulation and all over again. Embarrassed. Belittled. Humiliated," Tweeden around, we are fighting to win." personnel he was addressing that the waste and all the abuse." wrote. "How dare anyone grab my breasts like this and think Trump said the Marines were journalists were in the room, and "I told them ... you folks are fighting so it's funny?" inflicting "defeat after defeat" on Islamic adding: hard and working so hard, and it's nice She posted a photo taken at the time of Franken mugging State, and again credited his change of "Better me than you; believe me fellas, that you're working for something that's for the camera with his hands above her breasts as she sat in approach compared to that of the Obama better me than you." really starting to work." the military aircraft wearing a flak jacket with eyes closed. administration. Later, Trump and his wife, Melania, While optimism about a major tax "I certainly don't remember the rehearsal for the skit in the "They weren't letting you win before; handed out sandwiches and shook hands overhaul has helped push the US stock same way, but I send my sincerest apologies to Leeann. As to they were letting you break even. ... at a Coast Guard station in nearby market up for most of this year, Trump the photo, it was clearly intended to be funny but wasn't. I They weren't letting you win," he said. Riviera Beach and told personnel his is still seeking his first major legislative shouldn't have done it," Franken said in a statement. Trump told the troops they could look administration was building up wealth win after almost a year in office. Reuters was unable to independently verify Tweeden or forward at home to the benefits of "big, so it could protect the country through According to a majority of economists Franken's accounts. beautiful fat tax cuts," a stock market at military acquisitions. in a recent Reuters poll, US Republicans She told reporters in a later press conference that she record highs, jobs and economic growth. Talking about his plans for boosting are not expected to push the tax cuts considered the kiss an assault but accepted his apology. "We're doing well at home, the military spending, he said contractors through Congress this year. Economists "The apology? Sure, I accept it," she said. "People make economy is doing great," Trump said. saved the best equipment for US troops. are also skeptical that the legislation mistakes and of course he knew he made a mistake." "You're fighting for something real, "When we sell to other countries - you would provide a significant boost to the US President Donald Trump weighed in on Twitter, calling you're fighting for something good." never know about an ally - an ally can economy. (Reuters) the photo "really bad." "And to think that just last week he (Franken) was lecturing anyone who would listen about sexual harassment and respect for women," Trump tweeted. India, US will continue to work for Trump himself came under fire last year over alleged sexual misconduct after a decade-old outtake from his appearance on the television program "Access Hollywood" surfaced during the presidential campaign, in which Trump inclusive growth: Ivanka bragged about kissing and grabbing women without their consent. WASHINGTON: India and the US will Trump later apologized for the "Access Hollywood" continue to work together to increase comments, which he called "locker room talk." He told economic opportunities and inclusive reporters last month that allegations of sexual assault and growth, US President Donald Trump's misconduct leveled at him before the election by several daughter and adviser Ivanka Trump on women were "made-up stuff." (AP) Thursday said, days ahead of her visit to Hyderabad for a global business summit. Obama's doodles sold for over Ivanka, 36, will lead a high-powered American delegation of officials, women $11,000 at auction entrepreneurs and businessmen for the Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) WASHINGTON (TIP): Original, quirky pencil sketches 2017 in Hyderabad, a three-day summit made by former US President Barack Obama, which include beginning November 28. some self portraits and the words Making America The summit will be attended by 1,500 Competitive Again, has been auctioned for $11,113. entrepreneurs from 170 countries and The doodles are on a white 5x8 sheet of White House would have around 350 participants from stationery. The front side of the sheet features a total of 11 the US, a large number of whom are drawings, two of which appear to be forward-facing self- Indian-Americans. portraits. Ivanka would deliver the keynote Other doodles include a face in profile, another more address at the summit, which would be cartoonish looking face, and various shapes and squiggles. inaugurated by Prime Minister The reverse side features a few more small shape doodles, as Narendra Modi. Tuesday.Incredibly excited to be visiting essential tools for job creation, economic well as another self-portrait and two rectangles with the words She said that her aim for this summit India next week for the eighth annual growth and stability across "Making America Competitive Again". is to serve as an open and collaborative Global Entrepreneurship Summit communities, countries, and regions," "A unique, humorous glimpse into Obamas own doodling environment for the exchange of ideas, (GES), she said. she said. habits - odd shapes and self-portraits - this sheet also features to broaden networks, and to empower The summit, co-hosted by the US and The summit will be attended by over a single line of writing that bears an uncanny resemblance to entrepreneurs to take their ideas and India, "is a testament to the strong 1,200 entrepreneurs, of which 350 are the US President Donald Trump's campaign slogan Make passion to the next level. friendship between our two people and from the US, representing 38 US States. America Great Again," according to RR Auctions in the US. "The US and India will continue to the growing economic and security "I am particularly proud of the fact The online auction house had expected the item to be sold work together to increase economic partnership between the two nations," that this is the first time that women will for $8,000. Although undated, the sentence points to the subject opportunities and inclusive growth. I she said. be the majority of participants at the of a speech Obama delivered on May 4 in 2009, in which he very much look forward to my visit and "Entrepreneurship, domestically and GES. Currently 52.5 per cent of announced a set of proposals to crack down on illegal overseas to seeing Prime Minister Modi and abroad, is a key priority for this entrepreneurs will be women, attending tax evasion, close loopholes, and make it more profitable for Foreign Minister (Sushma) Swaraj once administration. The US recognises from 127 different countries," Ivanka companies to create jobs here in the US. (PTI) again," Ivanka told reporters on innovation and entrepreneurship as added. (PTI) THE INDIAN PANORAMA FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2017 US 7 Hafiz Saeed is terrorist leader In modernizing nuclear arsenal, US designated by UN and US: stokes new arms race Trump administration WASHINGTON (TIP): Mumbai attack mastermind and banned Jamaat-ud-Dawah (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed is a WASHINGTON: President Barack terrorist leader designated by both the United Nations and Obama rode into office in 2009 with the United States, the Trump administration said on promises to work toward a nuclear-free Wednesday, hours after a Pakistani court ordered his world. His vow helped win him the Nobel release from detention. Peace Prize that year. The banned Jamaat-ud-Dawah head, who carries a The next year, while warning that bounty of $10 million announced by the US for his role in Washington would retain the ability to terror activities, has been under detention since January retaliate against a nuclear strike, he this year. promised that America would develop "The US is aware of media reports that Pakistan (court) no new types of atomic weapons+ . ordered release of Lashkar-e-Taiba leader Hafiz Saeed from Within 16 months of his inauguration, house arrest," a state department spokesperson said when the United States and Russia negotiated asked about the decision of the judicial review board of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Punjab province which refused to extend Saeed's detention. Treaty, known as New START, meant to As such, Saeed is all set to be released from house arrest build trust and cut the risk of nuclear after the expiry of the detention order tomorrow. war. It limited each side to what the Responding to a question, the state department was treaty counts as 1,550 strategic nuclear quick to express its displeasure over the potential release warheads. ordered the defence department to really dangerous thinking," says of Saeed from house arrest. By the time Obama left office in complete a review of the US nuclear Kingston Reif, director of disarmament In May 2008, the United States department of the January 2017, the risk of Armageddon arsenal by the end of this year. and threat reduction policy at the Arms treasury designated Saeed as a specially designated global hadn't receded. Instead, Washington was Reuters reported in February that in a Control Association, a Washington- terrorist under executive order 13224, the spokesperson well along in a modernization program phone conversation with Russian based think tank. said. that is making nearly all of its nuclear President Vladimir Putin, Trump One leader of this group, William "Saeed was also individually designated by the United weapons more accurate and deadly. denounced the New START treaty and Perry, who served as defence secretary Nations under UNSCR 1267 (UN Security Council And Russia was doing the same: Its rejected Putin's suggestion that talks under President Bill Clinton, said Resolution) in December 2008 following the November 2008 weapons badly degraded from neglect begin about extending it once it expires recently in a Q&A on YouTube that "the Mumbai attack," the official said. after the Cold War, Moscow had begun in 2021. danger of a nuclear catastrophe today is LeT and several of its front organisations, leaders, and its own modernization years earlier Some former senior US government greater than it was during the Cold War." operatives remain under both state department and under President Vladimir Putin. It built officials, legislators and arms-control Perry told Reuters that both the treasury department sanctions, the state department new, more powerful ICBMs, and specialists - many of whom once backed United States and Russia have upgraded official noted. developed a series of tactical nuclear a strong nuclear arsenal -- are now their arsenals in ways that make the use "The US reiterates its stance that LeT is a designated weapons. warning that the modernization push of nuclear weapons likelier. The US foreign terrorist organisation responsible for the death of The United States under Obama poses grave dangers. upgrade, he said, has occurred almost hundreds of innocent civilians in terrorist attacks, transformed its main hydrogen bomb "Really dangerous thinking" exclusively behind closed doors. "It is including a number of American citizens," the into a guided smart weapon, made its They argue that the upgrades happening without any basic public spokesperson told PTI. submarine-launched nuclear missiles contradict the rationales for New START discussion," he said. "We're just doing The JuD is believed to be the front organisation for the five times more accurate, and gave its - to ratchet down the level of mistrust it." The cause of arms control got a banned Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) which is responsible for land-based long-range missiles so many and reduce risk of intentional or publicity boost in October when the carrying out the Mumbai attack . (PTI) added features that the Air Force in 2012 accidental nuclear war. The latest International Campaign to Abolish described them as "basically new." To improvements, they say, make the US Nuclear Weapons, a Geneva Rex Tillerson accused of deliver these more lethal weapons, and Russian arsenals both more organization, won the Nobel Peace Prize military contractors are building fleets destructive and more tempting to deploy. for its role in getting the United Nations flouting law on child soldiers of new heavy bombers and submarines. The United States, for instance, has a General Assembly in July to adopt a President Donald Trump has worked "dial down" bomb that can be adjusted to nuclear prohibition treaty. The United WASHINGTON (TIP): A group of about a dozen US state hard+ to undo much of Obama's legacy, act like a tactical weapon, and others are States, Russia and other nuclear powers department officials have taken the unusual step of but he has embraced the modernization planned. "The idea that we could boycotted the treaty negotiations. formally accusing secretary of state Rex Tillerson of program enthusiastically. Trump has somehow fine tune a nuclear conflict is (Reuters) violating a federal law designed to stop foreign militaries from enlisting child soldiers, according to internal government documents reviewed by Reuters. A confidential state department "dissent" memo not US Navy plane with 11 aboard crashes previously reported said Tillerson breached the Child Soldiers Prevention Act when he decided in June to exclude Iraq, Myanmar, and Afghanistan from a US list of offenders in the use of child soldiers. This was despite the into Pacific; 8 rescued department publicly acknowledging that children were being conscripted in those countries. Keeping the countries TOKYO (TIP): Eight people were Navy as the "premier training event" off the annual list makes it easier to provide them with US rescued and three remained missing between the US and Japanese navies, military assistance. Iraq and Afghanistan are close allies in after a US Navy plane crashed into the designed to increase defensive readiness the fight against Islamist militants, while Myanmar is an western Pacific Ocean on Wednesday, and interoperability in air and sea emerging ally to offset China's influence in southeast Asia. the Navy said. operations. Documents reviewed by Reuters also show Tillerson's The C-2 "Greyhound" transport The Navy's Japan-based 7th Fleet has decision was at odds with a unanimous recommendation by aircraft came down about 500 nautical had two fatal accidents in Asian waters the heads of the state department's regional bureaus miles (925 kilometers) southeast of this year, leaving 17 sailors dead and overseeing embassies in the Middle East and Asia, the US Okinawa as it was bringing passengers prompting the removal of eight top Navy envoy on Afghanistan and Pakistan, the department's and cargo from Japan to the USS Ronald officers from their posts, including the human rights office and its own in-house lawyers. Reagan aircraft carrier, the Navy said in 7th Fleet commander. "Beyond contravening US law, this decision... has a statement. The USS John S. McCain and an oil weakened one of the US government's primary diplomatic The Reagan was operating in the tanker collided near Singapore in tools to deter governmental armed forces and government- Philippine Sea during a joint exercise site is about 150 kilometers (90 miles) August, leaving 10 US sailors dead. supported armed groups from recruiting and using with Japan's Maritime Self-Defense northwest of Okinotorishima, a Seven sailors died in June when the USS children in combat and support roles..." said the July 28 Force when the twin-propeller plane Japanese atoll. Fitzgerald and a container ship collided memo. Reuters reported in June that Tillerson had crashed at 2:45 p.m. Japan time. The The names of the crew and off Japan. disregarded internal recommendations on Iraq, Myanmar cause of the crash was not immediately passengers are being withheld pending The Navy has concluded that the and Afghanistan. The new documents reveal the scale of clear and the incident will be notification of next of kin. collisions were avoidable and resulted the opposition in the state department, including the rare investigated, the Navy said. Philippine military spokesman Maj. from widespread failures by the crews use of what is known as the "dissent channel," which Eight people were rescued about 40 Gen. Restituto Padilla said his military and commanders, who didn't quickly allows officials to object to policies without fear of minutes later. They were taken to the alerted its ships and aircraft shortly recognize and respond to unfolding reprisals. Reagan for medical evaluation and are after learning about the crash but could emergencies. A Navy report The views expressed by the US officials illustrate in good condition, the Navy said. not provide help because of the distance recommended numerous changes to ongoing tensions between career diplomats and the former US and Japanese naval ships and from the country. address the problems, ranging from chief of Exxon Mobil Corp appointed by President Donald aircraft are searching for the missing. The Nov. 16-26 joint exercise in waters improved training to increasing sleep Trump to pursue an "America First" approach to Japan's Defense Ministry said the crash off Okinawa has been described by the and stress management for sailors. (AP) diplomacy. (Reuters) THE INDIAN PANORAMA 8 EDITORIAL FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2017

GUEST COMMENT AS I SEE IT Time for action is now: Climate Politics and Padmavati Chief Ministers cannot cite law and order threats as an change is here excuse to curb free expression The smog that choked millions did not stop at the iven the violence and the threats, it is perhaps not surprising that the producers of Padmavati have decided India-Pak or India-Nepal borders. Nor at the borders Gto 'voluntarily' defer its release. But irrespective of how of Indian states. What matters for India is not this changed timetable plays out, the conduct of politicians over “merely electoral victories for PM Modi, but what he does the past few days has been cynical and deeply unmindful of the By KC Singh with the power he wields. Instead of tilting at windmills, rule of law. In February 1989, days after Ayatollah Khomeini of Iran had issued a fatwa against him for his novel The Satanic oxic smog lingered over North why does he not start with "swacch" air? To do that he Verses, Salman Rushdie published an open letter to Rajiv Gandhi, India in the first half of needs an integrated plan that is greener and yet then Prime Minister. He reminded the Prime Minister that his TNovember, dissipating after equitable for the farmer, the worker, the urbanite and book had already been banned in India in October 1988, under the showers and strong winds. The air the entrepreneur", says the author. Customs Act, and that while issuing the curb on its import the quality in New Delhi and the NCR Finance Ministry clarified that the "ban did not detract from the remains poor as Particulate Matter (PM Smog over Delhi literary and artistic merit of Rushdie's work". "Thanks for the 2.5) hovers above safe limits. First to be good review," wrote Rushdie, adding that it appeared "as if your blamed were farmers of Punjab and Government has become unable or unwilling to resist pressure Haryana, although stalk burning after from more or less any extremist religious grouping". It is worth paddy harvesting is done across many recalling that letter, as it provides a benchmark to map the race to states, and in Pakistan. Climate experts the bottom in the current row over Padmavati. Today,as a number later argued that the crisis was of Chief Ministers across north India rail against the film and exacerbated by a sandstorm in Arabia, threaten to disallow its screening without requisite cuts, there is well to India's west. no longer even that perfunctory clarification that their action has The political drama that followed nothing to do with the artistic merit of the film. And it is no reflects lack of accountability among longer the case that the governments are unwilling to resist Indian leaders. The chief ministers of pressure from extremist groups such as the Karni Sena. Chief Delhi, Haryana and Punjab commenced Ministers now are actually rallying opinion against the film to a blame-thy-neighbor game. Arvind whip up caste and religious anxieties. Kejriwal sought meetings with the other Yogi Adityanath of Uttar Pradesh has forged an absurd two hoping to escape being pilloried, equivalence between "those giving death threats" and Sanjay normal for any mishap in Delhi even Leela Bhansali, the film's director, for "hurting public though both the Lieutenant-Governor sentiments". Vijay Rupani in Gujarat has taken a cue from and the Union government plead before Shivraj Singh Chouhan in Madhya Pradesh and called for a ban. the Supreme Court that he has no This is in complete disregard of the Supreme Court judgment in powers. Punjab CM Capt Amarinder S. Rangarajan v. P. Jagjivan Ram that the state cannot cite Singh only wanted the PM to convene a action on "nationally determined with 137 nations of the G-77 plus China, concerns about a "hostile audience" in curbing freedom of meeting as he needed thousands of contributions" (NDCs) under the 2015 to make developed countries concede expression. Vasundhara Raje of Rajasthan, in fact, has argued crores to coax his farmers to not burn Paris Agreement on climate change. that acceptance by developing nations of that the "censor board" must go beyond just certifying a film, and stubble. The CM of Haryana, ML Ironically, India and China having come voluntary commitment at Paris was should be mindful of the possible results after its release. And Khattar met Kejriwal after some on board at Paris on President Barack contingent on the developed nations Amarinder Singh in Punjab has said he opposes a ban but dithering. But PM Modi was not seen or Obama's urging by giving up their cutting emissions and providing finance "cinematic license" cannot extend to twisting "historical facts". heard. What "baat", if any, was in his standard developing country chant that for adaptation and mitigation by the The fact that these open appeals against cinematic expression are "mann" could only be deciphered from "polluters pay", now found themselves developing world. At Paris, developed going mostly unchallenged across the political spectrum carries his intervention at the East Asia left holding the baby as President Trump nations promised $100 billion by 2020 to dark forebodings. The issue here is no longer Padmavati, its Summit in the Philippines on November walked out of the accord. Fortuitously, help dispense green technologies. artistic merit or the factuality or otherwise of multiple retellings 14, or at election rallies in Gujarat. US withdrawal is not implementable Canada and the UK formed this time at of the narrative. What is of real concern is the spectacle of state There was naturally no mention of the before November 4, 2020 - a day after the Bonn a 19-nation alliance to phase out functionaries ignoring their constitutional responsibility in crisis across North India. next US presidential election. The coal power by 2030. upholding free expression, and placing themselves alongside But the issue is broader than a tri- leadership of climate change action thus Nuclear power, once considered the those out to intimidate, and release sectarian furies. state squabble. The pollution levels in falls on Europe and the big emitters, answer to clean energy, is being PM Modi's own constituency, Varanasi, India and China. Germany, the biggest abandoned by the developed world. Two (THE HINDU) at the far end of UP were equally European economy and host at Bonn, new reactors - Westinghouse's AP1000 hazardous. Senator Sherry Rehman, conceded that it would be unable to meet and Areva's EPR - are about to be THE INDIAN PANORAMA senior leader of Pakistan People's Party its commitment to reduce greenhouse- commissioned in China and Finland, PRESIDENT/PUBLISHER: NEW YORK : Chitagam and friend of the late Benazir Bhutto, gas emissions to 40 per cent below the respectively. They are considered Prof. Indrajit S. Saluja FRESNO: Tarlochan Singh bemoaned in The Express Tribune that 1990 level, by 2020. That is due to its proofed against natural disasters, terror VICE PRESIDENT: Chitagam Saluja DALLAS: Harjit Dhesi, Amarjit "half of Pakistan is enveloped in a nasty reliance on coal for power production attacks or even missile hits. India will CHIEF EDITOR: Prof Indrajit S. Dhillon toxic smog". She argued that these due to its decision to abandon nuclear have to choose a middle path between Saluja OVERSEAS CORRESPONDENTS weather vagaries were attributable to power generation after the Fukushima reducing dependence on thermal power ASSISTANT EDITOR: Bidisha Roy DELHI BUREAU CHIEF: climate change which was costing nuclear disaster as well as its strong and choosing renewables plus nuclear GRAPHICS DIRECTOR: Ashishpal Singh Pakistan 6 per cent of GDP. Quoting a growth and low oil prices. power. The obvious conclusion is that CHANDIGARH: Manjit Sidhu Om Parkash Malik UNDP report, she warned that Pakistan, UN climate chief Patricia Espinosa India needs to reassess its relations with LUDHIANA: A.S. Arora, R.P.Sharma DIRECTOR ADMINISTRATION: already water stressed, would be dry by lamented that "we need more action, China and Pakistan as climate change is Gauri Beri The Indian Panorama 2025 if it did not stop diverting 90 per more ambition and we need it now". a shared threat and a cause for CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS: P.O. Box No. 190067, South cent of its waters to crops. She sensibly That is, indeed, necessary if the world collaboration that rises above narrow Baldev Singh / BJ Videos Richmond Hill, NY 11419, linked water, climate, energy and has to ensure that global temperatures nationalistic divisions. agriculture. do not exceed 2 degree Celsius above the Senator Sherry Rehman has framed Gunjesh Desai / Masala Junction Tel: 646-247-9458 The Union government announced mean pre-industrial age temperature. the issue well. The smog that choked Jay Mandal, Email: [email protected] that the National Thermal Power The pledges at Paris were, unfortunately, millions did not stop at the India-Pak or Mohammad Jaffer/ SnapsIndia DALLAS EDITION Corporation is to now buy stubble from voluntary and the current trajectory of India-Nepal borders. Nor at the borders Mohammad Shahzad, Zia Khan P.O. BOX 121695, farmers for power generation. The global warming can lead to the melting of Indian states. What matters for India Nisha Rani ARLINGTON, TX 76012 question arises why this was not done of ice-sheets by the end of this century is not merely electoral victories for PM Vaaho Photographers Lovllien Kaurr, VP & Bureau Chief after a similar crisis last year, when and their disappearance from Greenland Modi, but what he does with the power Vijay Shah -Photo Journalist. E-mail [email protected] besides the odd-even scheme and the and Antarctica. The consequent rise in he wields. Instead of tilting at DISTRIBUTOR : Sukhwinder Singh Phone: 646-247-9458 shutting of schools, no long-term sea levels and climate change leads windmills, why does he not start with CORRESPONDENTS : www.theindianpanorama.com solution was put in place. As usual, the paleo-climatologist Lee Kump to "swacch" air? To do that he needs an SACRAMENTO: Parminder S. Aujla Published by Prof. Indrajit Saluja National Green Tribunal rushed in conclude that the rate at which we are integrated plan that is greener and yet where angels feared to tread, assuming discharging carbon dioxide is 10 times equitable for the farmer, the worker, the DISCLAIMER the role of executive, and in effect, even the level when mass extinction occurred urbanite and the entrepreneur. His The Indian Panorama assumes no responsibility for the claims made in stalling whatever little the Delhi during the pre-dinosaur stage which Gujarat model, as is now being argued, advertisements. We only sell space. Views published in the newspaper Government was planning to do. killed 90 per cent of life in the ocean and is skewed in favor of the last. are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Coincidently, nearly 200 nations 75 per cent on land. (The author is a former Secretary, newspaper. All rights are reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part converged on Bonn for the review of India and China succeeded, along without permission in writing from The Indian Panorama is prohibited. Ministry of External Affairs) THE INDIAN PANORAMA FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2017 PERSPECTIVE 9 China's double offer is opportune India should consider Chinese twin offers on BRI route and border dispute since they address its military and strategic concerns. The timing of the Chinese offer is opportune. In December, the foreign ministers' trilateral By Pravin Sawhney meeting between India, China and Russia is to be held in Delhi followed by the 20th round of border resolution talks between special representatives of India and China. The Chinese his could well be India's opportunity to interlocutor,“ Yang Jeichi, has been elevated as member of the Politburo of the Communist Party manage China. In an interesting of China", says the author Tgesture, China has offered to assuage India's sovereignty concern on the Belt and Pacific as the Indo-Pacific has sought Road Initiative (BRI). China has also proposed maritime partnership with India from East to start a series of dialogues for an "early Asia - with the pivot in ASEAN -across the harvest" on the disputed border issue, Indian Ocean Region. The US has also provided India agrees to consider finding proposed connectivity on land and sea to common ground between its Act East policy counter the BRI. and other development strategies, and the Important issues BRI. Both Chinese proposals have come from its While all this appears exciting, India Ambassador in India, Luo Zhaohui. "We can should consider three issues: change the name of the China Pakistan 1 Its national power (economic, military Economic Corridor (CPEC). Create an and technological) does not compare favorably alternate corridor through Jammu and with China; the Indian Navy warships lack Kashmir, Nathu la (pass) or Nepal to deal with long-legs, numbers and endurance. Not to India's concerns," he said at Jawaharlal forget its limited annual allocations and an Nehru University in New Delhi. Earlier, he unenviable shipbuilding industry. wrote in this newspaper (November 16), 2 The BRI is a strategic threat since it making a connection between the BRI and Act impedes India's rise by getting its East policy. In what may not be a coincidence, neighborhood and "extended neighborhood" the Russian Ambassador in India, Nokolay on board the BRI. Soon, this would translate Kudashev, said that China and India should into military threat for India (on land and talk on the BRI and set aside their differences seas) since the People's Liberation Army in favor of economic cooperation. military moniker called the Line of Actual Moreover, India has two strategic concerns would develop defense ties with nations that The timing of the Chinese offer is Control (LAC), which can be shifted by - the said and the unsaid. The said one is about have joined the BRI to protect its own people, opportune. In December, the foreign military force by the powerful side, India is the CPEC which passes through territory held assets, infrastructure and interests there. ministers' trilateral meeting between India, constantly worried about intrusions and by Pakistan, but is claimed by India. China 3 The US administration, with its China and Russia is to be held in Delhi transgressions by Chinese troops. has responded by saying that a mutually withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific followed by the 20th round of border This is why, departing from protocol, PM acceptable route could be formulated. The Partnership and 'America First' policy, has resolution talks between special Narendra Modi, during Xi Jinping's visit to unsaid concern, which is the trickier, is this: handed over the economic leadership of the representatives of India and China. The India in September 2014, publicly sought India believes that joining the BRI would limit Asia-Pacific to China. This has resulted in a Chinese interlocutor, Yang Jeichi, has been clarification on the LAC at the joint press its strategic options necessary for its rise. The review of the regional balance-of-power by US' elevated as member of the Politburo of the conference. Unlike the present LAC, best option, India believes is to partner with allies Japan, South Korea and Vietnam, who Communist Party of China. transgressions on an agreed LAC - a de facto the US, and other like-minded democracies are gravitating towards China. India's military anxiety border - would be an act of aggression and friendly nations, in ensuring that the Since these nations are hedging their bets, tantamount to a declaration of war. Since present regional architecture does not get does it make sense for India to position itself India should consider the Chinese offer China did not want to lose the advantage of upended by the BRI. as China's rival, especially when China is a since it could address India's two core exercising military coercion by sauntering India, therefore, has announced its Act East power which cannot be contained? India's concerns: military and strategic. Let's start across the LAC at will, it rejected Modi's policy with connectivity,trade and security as interests would be better served by with the military anxiety. Given the proposal. This proposal, which is the best that its three pillars. Its other development considering the Chinese double offer. unbridgeable gap between the Indian and India could get short of the border resolution strategies include Sagarmala, Spice Route and Strategic hedging or as the foreign secretary,S Chinese military power; the fact that the (which is unlikely anytime soon), could be the Mausam initiatives, the Asia-Africa sea Jaishankar, recently said, "rigidity of disputed border is neither agreed on maps nor "early harvest" hinted by Luo in exchange for corridor with Japan, and the Quadrilateral - positions no longer holds" should be adopted ground; that the terrain favors China owing to India considering the BRI. India, the US, Japan and Australia - dialogue soonest. better infrastructure and acclimatization of for strategic and maritime cooperation. Strategic concerns (The author is editor, Force) troops; and above all, that the border has a Moreover, the US, by renaming the Asia- HAITIANS AND OTHER REFUGEES DESERVE AMERICA'S HELP

BY ALBERT BALDEO incapable of repatriating tens of thousands of people. remain until July 22, 2019, but could face deportation after "Our country has been the leading provider of Conscious of, and humbled by, its people's suffering, the that date. This is unconscionable, and a more humane Haitian government had asked the Trump administration to solution must be found. humanitarian aid for refugees" -Elizabeth Esty extend the protected status. After all, America has a El Salvador has the largest group of Temporary Protected "I believe in the promise of America. Being a Cuban conscience. Haitians are the second-largest group of Status beneficiaries in the United States, nearly 200,000 foreigners with temporary status. The protection is extended people. The Department of Homeland Security is scheduled refugee, having come here when I was eight, I know that to people already in the United States who have come from to announce next month whether it will rescind or renew this is a shining city on the hill" -Ileana Ros-Lehtinen countries severely affected by natural disasters or armed protection for that country, which is plagued with gang conflict that prevents their citizens from returning or violence and high unemployment. The protection applies to "I have been a foreigner all my life, first as a daughter of prevents their country from adequately receiving them. Salvadorans who were in the United States without diplomats, then as a political refugee and now as an Roughly 40,000 people who lost their homes in the permission on February 13, 2001, and was granted after immigrant in the U.S. I have had to leave everything earthquake still live in camps for the displaced, and a cholera deadly earthquakes destroyed their home country. epidemic killed thousands of people in the aftermath of the Protections for Nicaraguans ended last month, and similar behind and start anew several times, and I have lost most earthquake. Struggling to recover from the earthquake, they protections for Hondurans loom large. These countries' of my extended family"-Isabel Allende relied heavily on the money expatriates send to them back citizens living in here need help and humanitarian home to survive, but that lifeline will now be cut from them. consideration also. he recent attack on immigrants and minorities by the Moreover, the decision to end the program will uproot the Others who now benefit include people from Nepal, Trump administration to end temporary protected lives of Haitians who have been in the United States for years, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Syria and Yemen, and the Tstatus and send 60,000 Haitians back to suffering and most of whom live in Florida, home to roughly two-thirds of Trump administration must not continue to err on the side of pain in their country-the poorest country in the Western Haitian TPS enrollees. Haitians sent home will face dire cruelty and hostility to these nationals. That's not the Hemisphere, is the latest in an alarming trend. Haiti cannot conditions, including lack of housing, inadequate health America we want, nor is that the America we have been! provide for them, and this decision is inhumane and services and unemployment. It will precipitate double (Albert Baldeo is a civil rights activist and community unconscionable. This status was extended to Haitians, as hardship. advocate. As President of the Baldeo Foundation and Liberty America has done in the past with several other countries, Indeed, a permanent legislative solution must be found Justice Center, he has continued to fight for equal rights, after a destructive earthquake hit the island nation in 2010. within the 18-month grace period. The move means that the dignity and inclusion in the decision-making process. He can With its poor economy, infrastructure and resources, Haiti is Haitians given temporary protected status, or TPS, may be contacted at the Baldeo Foundation: (718) 529-2300) THE INDIAN PANORAMA 10 INDIA FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2017 VYAPAM CASE: CBI Prez nod to CHARGESHEETS 592 Padmavati cleared bankruptcy code ordinance NEW DELHI (TIP): The by British Censors ordinance to amend Insolvency and Bankruptcy LONDON/NEW DELHI (TIP): Even Code which will bar wilful though the makers of "Padmavati" have defaulters from bidding for deferred the release of the film in India, the their own companies under British Board Of Film Classification (BBFC) bankruptcy proceedings, got has cleared it. The Sanjay Leela Bhansali the President’s approval. The directorial will hit the screens in the UK on Ordinance aims to keep out Dec. 1. persons who have wilfully Starring Ranveer Singh (as Sultan defaulted, are associated with Alauddin Khilji), Deepika Padukone (as Rani non-performing assets, or are NEW DELHI (TIP): As many as 592 persons, including Padmavati, in the lead) and Shahid Kapoor (as habitually non-compliant and, four promoters of private medical colleges in Madhya Maharawal Ratan Singh), "Padmavati" is therefore, are likely to be a Pradesh, have been named as accused in a chargesheet filed being distributed internationally by risk to successful resolution of by the CBI in connection with alleged irregularities in a Paramount Pictures. his wife's honor, and Sultan Alauddin Khilji – insolvency of a company. Vyapam case, officials of the probe agency said. According to the official website of the an ambitious and obsessive invader. Besides putting in place Those listed included JN Choksey, chairman of LN BBFC, "Padmavati" will be released "uncut" in In India, "Padmavati" is in the eye of a restrictions for such persons Medical College; SN Vijaywargiya of People’s Medical the UK. storm following protests from conservative to participate in the resolution College; Ajay Goenka of Chirayu Medical College (all in The magnum opus sets out to tell the tale of groups over alleged tampering with historical or liquidation process, the Bhopal) and Suresh Singh Bhadoriya of Index Medical Rani Padmavati – the legendary Mewar queen facts. Bhansali has been denying the amendment also provides College, Indore, they said. known as much for her beauty and contention. such check by specifying that While three promoters did not any comment when intelligence as she was for her courage – her The release of the film, which was earlier the Committee of Creditors contacted, Bhadoriya claimed neither his nor his college’s husband Maharawal Ratan Singh, a glorious slated for Dec. 1 in India, has been deferred as ensure the viability and name was mentioned in the CBI chargesheet. Rajput ruler and a warrior king who fought the filmmakers are yet to secure a censor feasibility of the resolution The chargesheet was filed in a special CBI court in Bhopal till his last breath to defend his kingdom and certificate. plan before approving it. in the case of Pre-Medical test (PMT) conducted by the Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board or Vyapam in 2012. The test was conducted for selection to various medical colleges of the state. Among those named, 334 are India’s Manushi Chhillar candidates, 155 guardians of some of these candidates, 46 invigilators during the examination, 26 officials of four private medical colleges, 22 middlemen and two officers of department of medical education, MP, the officials said. crowned Miss World 2017 The two state government officials named in the chargesheet are SC Tiwari, the then director, and NM SANYA (TIP): India’s Manushi Chhillar was on Srivastava, the then joint director in the medical education Nov 18 crowned as Miss World 2017 at a grand department, they said. event held in Sanya in China. Of all the people named in the chargesheet, 245 have been The 20-year-old medical student from Haryana made accused for the first time. Others have been named in had won Femina Miss India World 2017 in May this a different chargesheet filed earlier by the CBI. The probe year. agency is looking into various cases of massive The announcment was made on the pageant’s irregularities in various examination conducted by the official Twitter handle. Vyapam to select candidates for medical colleges and also for “The winner of Miss World 2017 is Miss India state government jobs. Source: PTI Manushi Chhillar,” the tweet said. Manushi had made it to the top 5 along with Tibet wants to stay with China, contestants from England, France, Kenya and Mexico. seeks development: Dalai Lama The first and the second runners-up were Miss England Stephanie Hill and Miss Mexico Andrea KOLKATA (TIP): Tibet does Meza. not seek independence from The coveted title was last won by Priyanka China but wants greater Chopra for India in 2000, a year after Yukta development, Tibetan spiritual Mookhey had made the country proud. leader the Dalai Lama said here In 1997, Diana Hayden had bagged the title, today. while Aishwarya Rai had the honours in 1994. China and Tibet enjoyed a Reita Faria was the first Indian to win the close relationship, though there crown in the 1966. Source: PTI were occasional "fights", he said at an interactive session organised by the Indian Chamber of Commerce. "The past is past. We will have to look into the future," he 3 die, 9 injured as train derails in UP said. He stressed that Tibetans wanted to stay with China. "We are not seeking independence... We want to stay with LUCKNOW/NEW DELHI (TIP): At “The injured have been rushed to the China. We want more development," the spiritual leader of least three people were dead and nine left hospital and officials have left for the spot. the Tibetan people said. injured after 13 coaches of the Vasco Da Relief operations are under way,” North The Dalai Lama said China must respect Tibetans culture Gama-Patna express jumped the rails Central Railway PRO Amit Malviya said. and heritage. "Tibet has a different culture and a different near Manikpur railway station in Uttar He said that soon after the accident, a script... The Chinese people love their own country. We love Pradesh on Friday. medical train reached the spot and by 5.20 our own country," he said. Confirming the casualties, Chitrakoot am, an accident relief train was Holding that no Chinese "understand what had happened SP Pratap Gopendra Singh said a father- dispatched for the spot. in the last few decades", he said the country had changed son duo from Bettiah district of Bihar The divisional railway manager over the years. "With China joining the world, it has changed died on the spot while the third person Lucknow, he said. (DRM), Allahabad, has already reached 40 per cent to 50 per cent of what it was earlier," he said. died at a hospital. According to ADG (Law and Order), the spot while the General Manager, NCR The Dalai Lama also referred to the ecological “Of those injured, two were serious Anand Kumar, prima facie it appeared is on his way, he said. significance of the Tibetan Plateau and recalled that a and admitted to district hospital, that fractured railway track is the cause In the aftermath of the derailment, Chinese ecologist had said its environmental impact was Chitrakoot. Seven with minor injuries are of accident as per local assessment. movement of trains was disrupted on the like that of the South Pole and the North Pole. being treated at Manikpur,” Singh said. Providing a breakup of the derailed Patna-Allahabad route. "The ecologist called it the Third Pole," the Buddhist The Patna-bound Vasco Da Gama coaches, North Central Railway PRO The train derailment in Chitrakoot leader said. The Dalai Lama said, "From Yangtze to Sindhu Express (12741) derailed at 4.18 am, Amit Malviya said the coaches which comes less than 12 hours after a Bolero rivers, major rivers ... come from Tibet. Billions of lives are soon after leaving platform number 2 of jumped off the rails were coaches had collided with a passenger train near involved. Taking care of the Tibetan Plateau is not only good the Manikpur railway station in numbered S3-S11, two general coaches Lucknow killing four and injuring two. for Tibet but for billions of people." Source: PTI Chitrakoot district, about 250 km from and two extra coaches. Source: PTI THE INDIAN PANORAMA FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2017 INDIA 11 GUJARAT ELECTIONS INDIA HITS OUT AT PAK OVER HAFIZ SAEED’S RELEASE NEW DELHI (TIP): India on Hardik Patel accepts Cong Thursday expressed “outrage: over Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed’s imminent release from detention and dubbed it as quota deal, pledges support an attempt by Pakistan to “mainstream UN-proscribed AHMEDABAD (TIP): Patidar terrorists.” Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) has The ministry of external formally accepted the formula offered by affairs said that this confirms the Congress party on granting the “lack of seriousness on reservation quotas to his community, Pakistan’s part in bringing convener Hardik Patel said. terrorists to justice and its nefarious designs to shield and He said that while his organization or support non-state actors.” its members will not join the Congress “India, as indeed, the entire international community is or hold any PAAS events under the outraged that a self-confessed and UN-proscribed terrorist is banner of the party, they will directly or being allowed to walk free and continue with his evil agenda,” indirectly support the party to defeat the MEA spokesperson Raveesh Kumar told a press conference ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in here. the upcoming Gujarat assembly Describing Saeed as the “prime organiser” of the elections. November 26, 2008 Mumbai attacks, Kumar said that the He said that the new formula would banned Jamaat-ud-Dawah (JuD) head is also responsible for not change the existing 49% quota for “unleashing numerous other terror attacks against scheduled castes and tribes, and other Pakistan’s neighbours.” backward classes (OBCs). “His release confirms once again the lack of seriousness on As per the new formula, the Patidars the part of the Pakistani government in bringing to justice would be extended all benefits that are MODI TO KICK OFF BJP’S CAMPAIGN ON NOV 27 perpetrators of heinous acts of terror, including by given to OBCs, he said, while adding that AHMEDABAD (TIP): Prime Minister Narendra individuals and entities designated by the UN. It also appears a survey would be carried out and a Modi will address eight rallies on November 27 and 29 to be an attempt by the Pakistani system to mainstream special category could be created for the in different parts of Saurashtra and south Gujarat, proscribed terrorists. It is evident that Pakistan has not purpose. where polling for the first phase of assembly polls will changed its policy of shielding and supporting non-state “Congress has accepted our demand be held on December 9. actors and its true face is for all to see,” Kumar said. for reservations. When Congress comes On the morning of November 27, Modi will address Saeed will soon walk free after a Pakistani judicial body to power, it will pass a bill in the state people in Bhuj town of Kutch district and later in the yesterday ordered his release from house arrest. assembly for reservations under Article day in Jasdan town of Rajkot, Dhari in Amreli and Responding to a separate query, Kumar said that India has 31-C and Article 46 of the Constitution Kamrej in Surat district, Gujarat BJP in-charge sought sovereign guarantee from Pakistan on the safety and without altering current 49% quotas for Bhupender Yadav told a press conference here. security of Kulbhushan Jadhav's wife if she visits that SC/ST and OBC categories. The 50% cap On November 29, Modi will address poll rallies in country. Source: PTI (on reservations) is a suggestion given Morbi and Prachi villages near Somnath, Palitana in by the Supreme Court and it can be Bhavnagar and at Navsari in south Gujarat. “Each rally has been organised in ‘ENSURE SECURITY OF relooked into. There is neither any law such a way that people from five to six surrounding constituencies can also attend nor any provision in our Constitution it,” said Yadav. The polling for the two-phase elections in the state, having a total of JADHAV’S WIFE, MOTHER’ that sets a 50% limit on reservation,” he 182 assembly seats, will take place on December 9 and 14 and votes will be counted added. on December 18. NEW DELHI (TIP): India on Congress, he said, has promised to While 89 seats of Saurashtra and south Gujarat region will go to polls in the first Nov 23 sought “sovereign carry out a survey of Patidars phase, the election in the remaining 93 constituencies in central and northern guarantee” from Pakistan on the examining parameters like economic regions will be held in the second phase. On November 26 and 27, several safety and security of the wife and condition, social condition, education prominent BJP leaders will address rallies in different parts of state where the mother of Kulbhushan Jadhav – and employment. The Congress will put first phase of polling is scheduled to be held. Source: PTI an Indian naval officer who has the reservation formula in its manifesto, been sentenced to death by a he said. said that Congress had fielded one PAAS based independent advisory group. Pakistani court for espionage – if “Our aim is to defeat the BJP. Our candidate without consulting them. According to Kumar, such a move can be they get to visit him. organization members are free to join Patels form 12-14% of the state’s challenged in court. “This is what the Islamabad has allowed Jadhav’s wife to visit him. However, any party they want and we will not population and are dominant in many Supreme Court’s 13-judge bench in India has sought permission for his mother to meet him. oppose them so long as they don’t work assembly constituencies in Saurashtra, Kesavananda Bharati held,” he added. At a media briefing here, External Affairs Ministry against the interests of our community. Surat and North Gujarat. Congress leader Kapil Sibal on spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said: “We have conveyed that We will soon reshuffle our core working “This would be along the lines of the Wednesday thanked Hardik Patel for the wife of Jadhav would like to travel along with her mother- committee. If in defeating the BJP we Tamil Nadu law. The Tamil Nadu law is declaring his support to the party, and in-law for the meeting. We have also sought sovereign have to give support to the Congress we under challenge before the Supreme said their united fight would dethrone guarantee from the Government of Pakistan to ensure the will support them as they have accepted Court of India and its eventual fate will the BJP, according to a PTI report. safety, security and well being of the wife and the mother of our demands for reservation,” Patel also impact this law. The question will Gujarat deputy chief minister Nitin Jadhav and that they shall not be questioned, harassed or said. still be whether the inclusion of such a Patel, in his reaction, called Hardik Patel interrogated during their visit and stay in Pakistan.” On the recent clashes between PAAS law in the 9th Schedule goes against the a Congress stooge, and claimed the PAAS “We have further asked that a diplomat of the Indian High workers and Congress members in basic structure of the Constitution,” said leader had misled his community and Commission in Islamabad shall be allowed to accompany Surat, Patel said PAAS wanted the Alok Prasanna Kumar, visiting fellow at worked to divide it. them at all times, including during the meeting,” Kumar Congress to field good candidates. He the Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy,a Delhi- Source: Livemint added. Source: Agencies Indian Navy gets its first woman pilot, 3 women NAI officers KANNUR (TIP): In a first, a woman has been Though Shubhangi is the first Naval woman pilot, the inducted as a pilot in the Indian Navy. Navy’s Aviation branch has had women officers Shubhangi Swaroop, who hails from Uttar Pradesh, operating as air traffic control officers and as ‘observers’ will soon be flying Maritime Reconnaissance aircraft. in the aircraft who are responsible for communication Three other women cadets, Astha Segal from New and weapons, Southern Naval spokesperson Commander Delhi, Roopa A from Puducherry and Sakthi Maya S Sreedhar Warrier told PTI. from Kerala, also created history by becoming the The NAI branch is responsible for auditing and country’s first women officers at the Naval Armament assessing the state of weapons and ammunition of the Inspectorate (NAI) branch of the Navy. Navy. After their Naval Orientation course, all the four in All the four will be undergoing subsequent their early 20s, had passed out of the Ezhimala Naval professional training in their respective chosen Academy at a glittering function here on Wednesday branches before being employed on duty, Commander attended by Naval chief Admiral Sunil Lanba. Warrier said. For Shubhangi, who is the daughter of a Naval Shubhangi would be trained at the Air Force Academy commander, it’s a dream come true on being selected as at Hyderabad which trains pilots of the Army, Navy and a pilot. the Air Force, he said. Source: PTI THE INDIAN PANORAMA 12 BOLLYWOOD FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2017 RICHA CHADHA ALMOST LOST BHOLI PUNJABAN ROLE

RADHIKA APTE: MEN ALSO FACE SEXUAL ABUSE IN FILM INDUSTRY

ctor Radhika Apte said sexual abuse is not limited to women in the film Aindustry as she knows a lot of men who have been subjected to a misdemeanour. Recently, Hollywood witnessed the Harvey Weinstein scandal, which has put the spotlight on sexual harassment in the entertainment industry. Names such as Kevin Spacey, James Toback, Brett Ratner, among others have also joined the infamous list. In Bollywood, Irrfan Khan was the first actor to come forward and share his story of how he was asked to compromise for work in his struggling days. Radhika said as "more and more women" are opening up about their experience, it is important to have a platform where complaints can be addressed. "Not just women, men also go through sexual abuse. I am specifically talking about the industry, I know a lot of men who have gone ctress Richa Chadha, who played casting director of the film Honey Trehan (producers). Excel and I have a long through this as well. It's high time this comes Bholi Punjaban in 'Fukrey', said she and resolved the misunderstanding, read a association now and I love working with out," Radhika tells in an interview. "Also, as the Ahad almost lost the role due to some statement. them. To think that this almost didn't industry becomes more open and people from miscommunication. Initially, Richa was "I am glad Honey came to the rescue and happen is scary in retrospect," said Richa. different parts come here - not just for people misguided and misinformed about the connected me with Mrighdeep Singh Now, 'Fukrey 2' is coming soon. from their own production house or family - it's character by someone, till she spoke to the Lamba (director) and Excel Entertainment Source: IANS more important that we have a platform," she said. Source: PTI MOVIE REVIEW to be tough and asks Deu to help him in the process of recovering money from the villagers. He also offers him a hefty commission for this. The rest of KADVI HAWA the story is about how this deal helps and destroys CAST: SANJAI MISHRA, RANVIR SHOREY, the already messed up situation in both of their TILLOTAMA SHOME, lives. How both of them are right with their hands BHUPESH SINGH. handcuffed with the chains of nature. DIRECTOR: NILA MADHAB PANDA Sanjai Mishra reached a point in his life where he doesn’t need any validation on what he does. Being et in a small village of Rajasthan, Mahua, topless with a mere dhoti to cover your body in Kadvi Hawa is the story about an old blind more than half of the film – which actor would be Sretired farmer, Deu (Sanjai Mishra) and his able to see through the reality with such apprehension towards the drastic climate change transparency? It’s the toughest to play a blind due to global warming. His son, Mukund (Bhupesh character because there’s a very thin line which you Singh) has a huge amount of loan to repay to the can cross and overact. Mishra aces his role being bank. Gunu Babu (Ranvir Shorey) is a loan recovery within that line. officer who is also known as Yamdut – The God Of Ranvir Shorey excels as a frustrated loan Death in the village. His alias is not in a funny way recovery officer. Throughout the film, he had to but a very depressing one – “Tum jab bhi yahan aate express his helplessness and he emotes the same ho 4-5 logo ki zindagi saath le jaate ho” complains with his signature inventiveness. Facing of a stellar Deu while talking to Gunu Babu in a scene. performer like Sanjai Mishra, you need a Ranvir Gunu Babu is from Odisha where he has already Shorey to maintain the balance. Tillotama Shome sacrificed his house and father to the floods. He plays the wife of Bhupesh Singh and does well, wants his remaining family to move in with him though you feel she should’ve had more screen before the next cloud bursts his life. It’s not easy to space with a strong subplot of her side of the story. recover money from someone who himself is Bhupesh doesn’t have much to do, a couple of exhausted of life. Gunu Babu realises this is going scenes which are good if not remarkable. THE INDIAN PANORAMA FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2017 HOLLYWOOD 13 JENNIFER LAWRENCE FELT ‘GANG-BANGED’ BY NUDE PHOTO HACK

hile hundreds of Hollywood women are stepping forward with their sexual misconduct stories, WJennifer Lawrence recently looked back at her own invasion of privacy. According to a report, the 27-year-old Oscar winner revisited the cloud storage hack in 2014 that put her nude photos onto the web. "I feel like I got gang-banged by the f**king planet," she said. "Like, there's not one person in the world that is not capable of seeing these intimate photos of me. You can just be at a barbecue and somebody can just pull them up on their phone. That was a really impossible thing to process." "When the hacking thing happened, it was so unbelievably violating that you can't even put it into words," the 'Passengers' star added. "I think that I'm still actually processing it. When I first found out it was happening, my security reached out to me. It was happening minute-to- minute - it was almost like a ransom situation where they were releasing new ones every hour or so." Other women who were affected reached out to Lawrence about the idea of suing the company, but the 'Hunger Games' star knew that it wouldn't have brought peace. CARMEN EJOGO JOINS Instead, she said, she focused on healing. "none of that was gonna really bring me peace, none of ‘TRUE DETECTIVE’ 3 that was gonna bring my nude body back to me and Nic [Lawrence's former boyfriend Nicholas Hoult], the person ctor Carmen Ejogo has joined the cast of that they were intended for. It wasn't gonna bring any of 'True Detective' season three. that back. So I wasn't interested in suing everybody; I was A just interested in healing," Lawrence continued. Reportedly, Ejogo will star opposite the As for the current wave of sexual harassment scandals Mahershala Ali in the new installment of the tv sweeping Hollywood, Lawrence said she was never series. personally harassed by Harvey Weinstein, with whom she She will play Amelia Reardon, an Arkansas worked with on 'Silver Linings Playbook'. schoolteacher with a connection to two missing "It was bizarre. I heard that he was a dog, but he was children in 1980. always almost paternal to me. He was never inappropriate The third season tells the story of a macabre with me," she stated. "I thought we had a nice relationship crime in the heart of the Ozarks, and a mystery where when he acted like an a..hole, I called him an a...hole. that deepens over decades and plays out in three I actually think the word I used was 'a sadistic monster', but separate time periods. it was just never of that nature so that was really shocking." Ali is set to play Wayne Hays, a state police Source: ANI detective from Northwest Arkansas. Source: PTI MOVIE REVIEW way to revive Superman from the dead. How he comes back to life and how the army faces this devil is what the story is about. JUSTICE LEAGUE Written by Chris Terrio and Joss Whedon, Justice League is CAST: AMBER HEARD, AMY ADAMS, BEN AFFLECK, BILLY CRUDUP, an amalgamation of two ideologies into one. Zack Snyder CONNIE NIELSEN, DIANE LANE, EZRA MILLER, GAL GADOT, HENRY stepped down the director’s seat to resolve his personal issues CAVILL, JASON MOMOA, JEREMY IRONS, RAY FISHER and Whedon took over the driver’s seat. Having the dark DIRECTOR: ZACK SNYDER backdrop with funny one-liners shows where the movie could’ve been and where it is. GENRE(S): ACTION, ADVENTURE, SCI-FI, FANTASY ack takes too much time to introduce everyone and gets s the ending of Batman V Superman clearly (Pun them together to form a team. Alien to the concept of intended!) showed the end of Clark Kent, but everyone brightness, the makers again refuse to learn anything from A knew he’s coming back. Batman (Ben Affleck) is on their competitors keeping the proceedings dark. When you’re recruiting spree collecting the best superheroes around the bringing someone back to life, you need a super convincing world to face one big challenge. Wonderwoman (Gal Gadot) is plot. Snyder takes the juvenile way out keeping everyone the male version of Superman while he’s gone, saving the unconvinced and disappointed. lives of people who are in troubles. Aquaman (Jason Momoa) When Christian Bale backed out from playing Batman, straight out of Game Of Thrones, Cyborg (Ray Fisher) – a hopes were personally dead for me of seeing anyone else as a failed experiment and Flash (Ezra Miller) – the man who’s Batman. Ben Affleck surely has the charm but is affected always in a rush join Batman to create the Justice League. badly by the scripts required for his superhero. I don’t know As every superhero movie, there’s a villain who wants to why they’ve made his voice has been so artificial to destroy the world. As unusual looking as his name, understand. He’s strictly okay in this one too! Steppenwolf (Ciaran Hinds) is collecting three ancient Gal Gadot, whose standalone movie kind of revived DC mother boxes which are been floating around at three comics, is the gleaming portion of this dark cloud. Her smile different places around the earth. Post collecting these boxes, is bright enough to eliminate the ill-lit plot. Jason Momoa and Steppenwolf will become powerful enough to achieve his Ezra Miller are the revelations of this film. They both have target. As he’s busy with his search, our superheroes find a their movies lined up which could do well minus Snyder. THE INDIAN PANORAMA 14 WORLD FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2017 'China for more dams on Tibetan rivers instead of Brahmaputra' Ousted Catalan leader's party shelves BEIJING (TIP): China, which is constructing many hydropower projects in Tibet, plans to focus on dam building 'unilateral' independence push on rivers close to its provinces and not on the Brahmaputra which sparked concerns in India, state media reported on MADRID (TIP): The party of Thursday. ousted Catalan leader Carles China had last month rejected as "false and untrue" a media Puigdemont now favours talks with report that it was planning to build a 1,000-km long tunnel to Madrid to achieve independence divert water from the Brahmaputra river in Tibet close to instead of pushing to break away from Arunachal Pradesh to the parched Xinjiang region. Spain unilaterally, its coordinator said India, as a riparian state, had flagged its concerns to China Thursday, the latest sign it was about various dams being built by it on the Brahmaputra river, softening its position. which is known in China as Yarlung Tsangpo. Spanish media have reported that An article in Global Times said that "the Jinsha, Lancang Puigdemont's PdeCat party and its and Nujiang rivers are famous waterways in Tibet with former government ally, the far-left ERC enormous hydropower potential, but they do not run through party, were planning to abandon a call India." for Catalonia to break away from Spain "This does not necessarily mean hydropower stations in "unilaterally" in their programmes for a transboundary rivers flowing from China to India, such as the December 21 regional election. Yarlung Zangbo River (Brahmaputra), will be isolated from "The draft follows this line. It is not the plan to transfer Tibet's electricity out, but they may be not finished. It seems like a good route to the first choice," the article said. work on," PdeCat partycoordinator The Zangmu dam over the Brahmaputra, which became Marta Pascal said in an interview with returned to democracy after the death of which officially opens on December 5, partially operational in 2014, raised serious concerns in India Cadena Ser news radio when asked longtime dictator Francisco Franco in the independence coalition as a whole as the first major hydropower project among few more about the reports. 1975. could lose its absolute majority. planned by China on the trans-border river in Tibet. Catalonia "lacks two things" to Regional authorities said 90 percent The ERC has also said that the The dam's reservoir capacity of just 86.6 million cubic declare independence, Pascal added: chose to split from Spain in the separatist movement needs to win meters of water accounts for a tiny portion of the average "That this be effective and above all to referendum, though less than half of more support for its cause, even annual runoff of the Brahmaputra, the article said. count on the support of more people." eligible voters turned out in a region though it takes a harder line on "In any case, India does not need to be oversensitive to Madrid imposed direct rule on deeply divided on independence. independence than the PdeCat party. Tibet's hydropower development plan," it said. Catalonia and dismissed its Puigdemont had hoped to form a "The process of building a republic Tibet wants to accelerate water-resource exploitation and government after the parliament of united separatist front for the new has started. We want this to be make it a new source of economic growth by selling excess the once semi-autonomous region elections, as was the case in the negotiated," the ERC's spokesman in hydropower to economically prosperous regions, it said. voted in favour of independence last region's last elections in 2015, when the Catalan parliament, Roger "But there are still a number of challenges. Once hidden month, and called the new elections in the pro-independence camp secured a Torrent, told AFP, adding that the costs of transmission are considered, sending electricity over a bid to "restore normality". majority of 72 seats in the 135-seat regional election next month would long distances is inherently inefficient. The assembly approved the parliament, even though it won just effectively be like another "To transfer Tibet's electricity out, the exploitation of independence declaration following a 47.8 percent of the vote. "referendum". hydropower resources in the region is likely to be mainly banned secession referendum on But the ERC rejected a joint ticket, "This is why we urge the Spanish concentrated on the Jinsha River, Lancang River and Nujiang October 1, which sparked Spain's worst and opinion polls suggest that while it government to accept the results," he River, which are located close to the border area between Tibet political crisis since the country is leading in the current campaign, said. (AFP) and other Chinese provinces," it said. India's concerns figured in the official media coverage of the USD three-billion Suwalong project over the Jinsha river which state-run Xinhua news agency is proceeding smoothly. UN court convicts ex-Bosnian Serb The Jinsha is a tributary of the Yangtze river. The Suwalong project is located at the junction of Mangkam county of Tibet and Batang county of Sichuan province in southwest China. It will be the largest power station in Tibet upon completion, commander Mladic of genocide bigger than Zangmu dam over the Brahmaputra. The power station has a designed capacity of 1.2 million THE HAGUE (TIP): The United kilowatts and will be able to generate about 5.4 billion kwh of Nations' Yugoslav war crimes tribunal electricity per year. convicted Bosnian Serb military chief A 112-meter-high dam will be built to form a reservoir that Gen. Ratko Mladic on Wednesday of can store about 674 million cubic meters of water. Generators genocide and crimes against humanity, are expected to start operations in 2021. (PTI) and sentenced him to life in prison for atrocities during Bosnia's 1992-1995 Zimbabwe's next leader prepares war. Mladic, 75, was found guilty of to take power commanding forces responsible for crimes including the worst atrocities of HARARE (TIP): Zimbabwe's incoming president the war _ the deadly three-year siege of Emmerson Mnangagwa was preparing on Thursday for his the Bosnian capital, Sarajevo, and the new role as president after a triumphant return home 1995 massacre of some 8,000 Muslim following the dramatic departure of Robert Mugabe, ending 37 men and boys in the eastern enclave of years of authoritarian rule. Srebrenica, which was Europe's worst Mnangagwa, who has close ties to the army and the security mass killing since World War II. establishment, returned to Zimbabwe on Wednesday where he A three-judge panel at the court received a hero's welcome, telling crowds of supporters in formally known as the International Harare they were witnessing the start of a new democratic Criminal Tribunal for the Former era. The 75-year-old will be sworn in as president at an Yugoslavia convicted Mladic of 10 of 11 inauguration ceremony on Friday. counts in a dramatic climax to a It was his first public speech since Mugabe fired him as vice groundbreaking effort to seek justice president on November 6 over a succession tussle with the for the wars in the former Yugoslavia. first lady, in a move which prompted the military's Presiding Judge Alphons Orie read intervention and eventually led to Mugabe's resignation on out the judgment Wednesday after Tuesday."Today we are witnessing the beginning of a new and ordering Mladic out of the courtroom unfolding full democracy in our country," he told hundreds of for the final verdict over an angry supporters, some wearing shirts emblazoned with his image. outburst. tribunal, which was set up in 1993, thumbs-up to photographers in court. He arrived at the headquarters of the ruling ZANU-PF in a Mothers of Srebrenica's victims while fierce fighting was still raging in He nodded regularly as presiding Judge presidential-style motorcade surrounded by a large security clapped when the convictions were Bosnia. Alphons Orie read out descriptions of detail. read out. Mladic's son Darko said: "I'm Emotions ran high outside the atrocities by Bosnian Serb forces, one In the crowd, two young men held up stuffed crocodiles in a not surprised. The court was totally courtroom, with a small skirmish by one. nod to Mnangagwa's nickname, earned for his reputation for biased from the start." reflecting lingering tensions between Then Mladic's lawyer asked for a stealth and ruthlessness. Bosniaks and Serbs watched from Serbs and Bosniaks over the trial and delay because the general was suffering "Great speech all round, can't describe how I felt seeing him near and far as the long-awaited climax the war. high blood pressure. The judge refused, after what he went through. All I want is job creation," said approached. Wednesday's judgment Despite ailing health, Mladic looked and Mladic burst out with criticism Remigio Mutero, 30, an unemployed IT graduate. (AFP) marks the end of the final trial at the relaxed, greeting lawyers and giving a and was ordered to leave the room. (AP) THE INDIAN PANORAMA FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2017 WORLD 15

Stop making irresponsible Rajvatan Singh Rathour- First Sikh remarks: China to Australia over Model in London -India Fashion Week mention of South China Sea in LONDON (TIP): Rajvatan Singh song 'El Sueno'. policy paper Rathour has become the first Sikh Model Transforming "Cat Walk" into a "Tiger to walk on the ramp in Olympia London Walk", Rajvatan was adjudged "BEST BEIJING (TIP): China urged Australia on Thursday to in India Fashion Week 2017 along with WALK" award in International "Sardar" refrain from making "irresponsible remarks" after Canberra The National Asian Wedding Show World model contest in Aug 2017 in issued a foreign policy paper citing security risks in the organised on 11th& 12thNov.Rajvatan also Melbourne representing United disputed South China Sea caused by Beijing's activities completed shoot for a London based Kingdom.Moreover, Rajvatan there. Khush magazine and soon will be hassuccessfully modelled for UK brands A Chinese foreign ministry spokesman said Australia appearing in it. Top Bollywood actresses such as Wootz Brand, Anokhi House, and should not take sides because it isn't directly involved in the like Sonam Kapoor, Aditi Rao have also have worked with photographers such as territorial disputes. appeared on the same page. J Dhillon, Gurvir Johal, Abs Kochhar, and "Australia is not a party directly concerned in the South The Patiala, Punjab born Harmeet Singh Sana, and stylists such as China Sea issue, and it has made clear many times that it Rajvatan,moved permanently to UK in Sahil Gulati, on various projects. does not take sides," spokesman Lu Kang said. "We hope the 2006 along with his family. In 2017 he Rajvatan has also featured in projects Australian side will honour its commitment and stop completed his Masters of Science in related to Sikhs in World War I as an making irresponsible remarks." International Politics from Royal Army man, as well as numerous fashion Earlier Thursday, Australia released its first detailed Holloway, University of London. In 2015, projects carried out by photographer policy document in 14 years on its national interests and he was appointed to be the Head Delegate Manpreet Malhi from University of diplomacy. representing Brunel University at the Hertfordshire. Along with acting and It said Australia is "particularly concerned by the conference in the European Council at modelling Rajvatan is also involved in the unprecedented pace and scale of China's activities" in the Cambridge University's Model United UK Punjabi community as a professional South China Sea. Nations Conference. Rajvatan Bhangra dance instructor, and a China claims virtually the entire South China Sea, pitting representedas a delegate in the Social, choreographer. He is currently the it against Taiwan and four Southeast Asian nations with Cultural and Human Rights Committee in captain of Gabru Furteley a UK Bhangra overlapping claims in the waterway, which straddles busy Oxford University's Model United Nations Conference in 2014. Team, which has competed Internationally. Therefore, international sea lanes and potentially has vast undersea During his time in university, he became interested in Rajvatan possesses specific qualities that many film directors, deposits of oil and gas. modelling, something which started off as a hobby in 2014, designers,fashion directors and choreographers may look for. The US and others have accused Beijing of further slowly became a passion for him to potentially pursue it as a Facebook link - https://www.facebook.com militarizing the region and altering geography to bolster its career.Rajvatanwas co-star in Diljit Dosanjh'srecently released /RAJVATANUK/?ref=bookmarks claims. China says the seven islands it constructed on reefs and outcrops in the Spratly chain, which are equipped with airstrips and military installations, are mainly for civilian purposes and to boost safety for fishing and maritime trade. Elizabeth II, Prince Philip mark "Australia opposes the use of disputed features and artificial structures in the South China Sea for military purposes," the foreign policy report said. (AP) 70th wedding anniversary Lebanon's PM Hariri says LONDON (TIP): Queen Elizabeth II resignation on hold pending and Prince Philip celebrate 70 years of marriage on Monday, becoming talks Britain's first reigning couple to mark a platinum wedding anniversary. BEIRUT (TIP): Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad Hariri on The decades-spanning marriage of Wednesday said he had agreed to suspend his surprise the Queen -- the nation's longest serving decision to resign, at the request of President Michel Aoun, sovereign -- has outlasted those of all pending talks on the political situation. prior British monarchs. The new decision came hours after the premier landed The royal couple will not hold any back in Lebanon for the first time since announcing his public events but have invited family resignation in a statement from Saudi Arabia on November and friends to Windsor Castle for a 4. "I discussed my resignation with the president of the private dinner on Monday evening, republic who asked me to wait before submitting it... and according to media reports. allow for more consultations," Hariri told reporters after Earlier in the day the bells of meeting Aoun. Westminster Abbey, where Elizabeth "I agreed to this request." Lebanon has been gripped by the married the Duke of Edinburgh on political crisis precipitated by Hariri's resignation, November 20, 1947, will ring out in full including the question of whether the premier was being celebratory peal. detained in Saudi Arabia, where he remained for two weeks The abbey's company of ringers -- a after stepping down. team of 10 -- will deliver the tribute Aoun had refused to accept Hariri's resignation while the uninterrupted for around three hours premier was still abroad, and even accused Riyadh of having and 20 minutes, from 1300 GMT. engagement announcement at The 96-year-old Duke of Edinburgh "detained" the prime minister. Hariri holds dual Saudi- Also in honour of the occasion, Buckingham Palace, their wedding retired from the public eye this summer, Lebanese citizenship, and denied he was being held against Buckingham Palace on Saturday issued amid the splendour of Westminster enjoying his newfound free time his will by Riyadh, a close political ally, but accepted a new photographic portraits of the Abbey, and the first part of their reading and painting. French invitation to visit Paris, leaving the kingdom on Queen and the Prince, taken earlier this honeymoon at a country estate in the For her part the Queen, at 91, is November 18. month in the White Drawing Room at county of Hampshire. slowly passing over some of her official After stops in Egypt and Cyprus on Tuesday, he landed in Windsor Castle. The fairy-tale royal wedding in 1947 duties to her son Prince Charles, now Beirut close to midnight, and on Wednesday appeared at the They are framed by Thomas was a morale boost during the tough aged 69. country's Independence Day celebrations marking 74 years Gainsborough's 1781 portraits of George years immediately after World War II. The royal couple first met as since the end of France's mandate in Lebanon. He appeared III and Queen Charlotte, whose 57-year Their marriage endured, as Philip teenagers, and eventually married when relaxed, at times smiling and appearing to joke with those union -- bridging the 18th and 19th accepted living in his wife's shadow, and Elizabeth was a 25-year-old princess. alongside him during the military parade to mark the centuries -- is the next longest British the Queen seemingly forgiving his Philip, the son of a Greek prince national holiday. royal marriage. periodic gaffes. banished from that country, renounced In announcing his resignation, Hariri had said he feared In one of the photographs released, They had four children -- Charles, his titles and Greek Orthodox faith and for his life, invoking the 2005 assassination in Beirut of his the Queen poses in the same cream Anne, Andrew and Edward -- though became a British citizen in order to father, former prime minister Rafik Hariri. He also harshly dress she wore at her diamond wedding their marriages have been less marry, adopting his mother's anglicised criticised Saudi Arabia's arch-rival Iran, and its Lebanese anniversary thanksgiving service 10 successful, with all except Edward name, Mountbatten.Prior to the ally Hezbollah, saying they had taken over Lebanon and years ago, along with a yellow gold, ruby having divorced. wedding he told the Queen Mother he destabilised the region. and diamond brooch Philip gave her in The couple also boast eight had "fallen in love completely and The resignation of the Sunni leader was seen as raising 1966. Meanwhile the Royal Mail, grandchildren and five great- unreservedly" with her daughter. the temperature in a long-running rivalry between Saudi Britain's postal service, has issued a grandchildren, with a sixth great- Since described by Elizabeth as her Arabia and Iran that has played out across the region. In new set of six stamps to commemorate grandchild expected in April, when "rock," Philip once remarked: "My job Lebanon, the political scene is deeply divided between the historic landmark. Prince William and wife Kate first, second and last, is never to let the Hariri's Saudi-backed bloc, and that led by the powerful Shia It includes images of the pair's Middleton's third child is due. Queen down." (AFP) Hezbollah group, which is backed by Iran. (AFP) THE INDIAN PANORAMA 16 WOMEN FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2017 WAYS TO UPGRADE YOUR WARDROBE

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Rose water acts as a natural astringent that helps to cleanse Highlights skin pores and gently tone your Astringents help skin. Apply homemade rose fight bacteria and water daily to cleanse your skin also help remove and keep it away from various traces of makeup infections. All you need to do is Our skin has the to boil a cup of water and add tendency to rose petals in it. Let the water produce oil that boil until it soaks up the colour is healthy of the rose flower. Now mix a few Do look out for drops of lemon essential oils to any allergie Go shopping in your closet Make one change from the same three or four stores? Try this rose infused water and stir Do you find you wear 20% of your Changing something about an shopping someplace you don’t normally well. Apply it daily before going wardrobe 80% of the time? Then it’s outfit can almost make it seem new. visit. Look for indie brands and to bed without having to worry time to re-evaluate what you wear. Go to Are you sick of your suits? Why not designers. Discovering your options can about using chemicals. your closet. Inspect every hanger, and consider new dress shirts? Is it time even be as easy as a walk through your Apple Cider Vinegar Astringent rediscover what you aren’t wearing. If for new ties? Do you wear the same local mall or shopping district. you bought something, whether it was jeans, T-shirt, and belt all the time? Accessorize last week or last year, you probably like Then change up your belt. Even small the way you looked in it at some point. or subtle changes can make it feel as Just adding an accessory or two can So why aren’t you wearing that item if you are wearing something new. change your look completely. Add a more often? You’ve probably forgotten Why not add in one trendy item, like pocket square and bright tie, or even a about that slick blue sweater or those ’70s-inspired skinny pants or a bow tie, to that same old suit. Don’t jeans that make your partner tell you textured sweater? Just adding a few forget about the impact a great hat or how nice your butt looks. Don’t be afraid new pieces to your current wardrobe scarf can make on your usual jeans and to look at what you already have with a can do a lot. T-shirt. A little bit of accessorizing can new perspective. Lie out your clothes on Stop shopping at the same stores go a long way when it comes to the bed, then try them on. See if you can upgrading your style. coordinate old things in new ways. Does everything in your closet come Source: Cheatsheet

Raw and organic apple cider vinegar has always been FOOD CORNER touted as a beneficial substance for the skin. It helps in shrinking skin pores and further absorbs excess oil from the skin, thus helping to even out complexion. Add about 25 milliliter of apple cider vinegar in 100 milliliter of distilled CHILLI PANEER water in a bowl. Stir well and add a few drops of lemon essential oils. Pour the mixture into a container and apply it Ingredients on your face and neck regularly. Chamomile Astringent 6 oz paneer (cut into bite sized pieces), 1 cup bell pepper, (sliced, capsicum, Shimla mirch, I am using yellow and green, Chamomile not only shrinks the skin pores but also bell pepper for color), 2 Tbsp all-purpose flour (plain flour, removes the dirt and further controls oil secretion making it maida), 2 Tbsp corn starch or arrow root powder, 1/2 tsp salt, 2 look healthier. Take two cups of water and add dried Tbsp oil (canola or vegetable oil), 1 Tbsp ginger (shredded, chamomile flowers and dried mint and boil them. Allow them adrak), Tbsp green chili (chopped), 1 tsp chili flakes, 2 Tbsp to cool for few minutes and pour in an empty container. Apply soy sauce, 1 Tbsp vinegar, 1 Tbsp tomato paste, 1-1/2 tsp corn starch or arrow root powder, 1/2 cup water this astringent daily to revitalise your skin. Method Cucumber astringent Did you know cucumber acts as a natural astringent and To make batter mix flour, corn starch, and salt in a bowl. cleanses and lightens your skin? Take freshly cut slices of Add the water slowly to make a smooth batter (batter should be consistency of pancake batter or dosa batter). cucumber and rub them on your skin to reduce dark spots, them out over paper towel. Do same with bell pepper. before washing your face off with water. Heat at least 1/2 inch of oil in a frying pan over medium For sauce heat the oil in sauce pan over medium heat; high heat. Oil should be moderately hot. add ginger, and green chili stir for about one minutes. Lemon astringent Dip the paneer into the batter, making sure it is Add all the ingredients for sauce except corn starch, (soy Lemon has ascorbic acid that makes it act as a natural completely covered by the batter. Then drop the paneer sauce, vinegar, chili flakes, and tomato paste), Stir for 1 astringent that helps to shrink and constrict skin pores. It minutes. mix water and corn starch and add to the sauce. pieces slowly into oil in the frying pan. (do not overlap reduces excess oil secretion, redness and brightens your skin them) Cook for another two minutes, sauce should be thick consistency. Sauce gets thicker as it sits. to get an even skin tone. All you need to do is to add lemon juice Fry the paneer in small batches. Fry them turning in water and use it on your face to see positive results. occasionally, until they are very light golden brown. Take Add paneer, and bell pepper into sauce and serve hot. THE INDIAN PANORAMA FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2017 HEALTH & FITNESS 17 HEAVY DRINKING AND SMOKING CAN MAKE YOU LOOK OLDER LONDON (TIP): If you do not want to look older than your true age, stop heavy Consuming eggs during drinking and smoking, new research suggests. pregnancy helps cut risk Heavy drinking and smoking are linked to visible signs of physical of food allergies in babies ageing, according to the study published online in the Journal of Epidemiology & here’s no need to say no to eggs during pregnancy. Community Health. Rather, eating eggs, peanuts and shellfish during Light to moderate drinking is not Tpregnancy may help in protecting the new born from associated with looking older than one's food allergy symptoms, says a recent study. Researchers at years, the findings showed. Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School "This is the first prospective study to have shown that pregnant mice, exposed to egg, transferred show that alcohol and smoking are protective antibodies to their offsprings through their breast associated with the development of milk. visible age-related signs and thus This research in mice reinforces recent guidance that generally looking older than one's actual women should not avoid allergenic foods while they are age," said the researchers. pregnant or breastfeeding. The research indicated that a The findings are based on information mother’s diet can protect nursing newborns against food from more than 11,500 adults in allergies. Denmark whose heart health and visible Researcher Dr James R Baker said that this elegantly ageing signs were tracked for an average designed and controlled study shows that mothers should of 11.5 years as part of the Copenhagen feel free to eat a healthy and diverse diet throughout City Heart Study. pregnancy and while breastfeeding. “Eating a range of Before each of the clinic visits, Janne nutritious foods during pregnancy and breastfeeding will Tolstrup from University of Southern not promote food allergies in developing babies, and may Denmark and her colleagues quizzed the protect them from food allergy,” Baker added. participants about their lifestyle and men. Analysis of drinking and smoking between 15 and 30 years was associated The study’s findings are consistent with new dietary general health and asked to state how patterns revealed a consistently with a 41 per cent heightened risk among recommendations for pregnant and nursing mothers. much they drank and smoked. heightened risk of looking older than women and a 12 per cent heightened risk Allergists now recommend that, unless mothers already And they were checked for four signs one's true age and developing arcus among men. "This may reflect that heavy have diagnosed food allergies, they should not avoid of ageing that have previously been corneae, earlobe creases, and yellow- drinking and smoking increases general allergenic foods while pregnant and nursing. linked to a heightened risk of orange plaques on the eyelids among ageing of the body," the researchers said. At the same time, Baker noted that maternal and early cardiovascular ill health and/or death. those who smoked and drank heavily. The occurrence of the visible signs of childhood diets do not cause food allergies in children. Aided These were: earlobe creases; a greyish For example, compared with a weekly ageing was no different among light to by a protein in the offspring’s gut lining and some immune opaque coloured ring or arc around the alcohol intake of up to 7 drinks, a tally of moderate drinkers than it was among non- cells, the food protein-antibody complexes are taken up and peripheral cornea of both eyes (arcus 28 or more was associated with a 33 per drinkers, the analysis showed. introduced to the offspring’s developing immune system, corneae); yellow-orange plaques on the cent heightened risk of arcus coneae Male pattern baldness was not triggering the production of protective cells that suppress eyelids (xanthelasmata); and male among the women, and a 35 per cent consistently associated with heavy allergic reactions to the food. pattern baldness (receding hairline or a heightened risk among men who drinking or smoking, possibly because it is An adult can consume nearly 300 milligrams. During bald patch on the top of the head). knocked back 35 or more drinks every strongly influenced by genes and pregnancy, eating two eggs a day may put you over the The average age of the participants week. circulating levels of male hormones recommended amount of cholesterol, and it will not take was 51, but ranged from 21 to 86 among Similarly, compared with not smoking, (androgens), the researchers said. into account any of the other cholesterol foods you have the women, and from 21 to 93 among the smoking one pack of 20 cigarettes daily for Source: IANS taken for the day. Eating one to two eggs on most days in a week is not harmful. Eggs are rich in proteins which are essential during pregnancy. Every cell of the growing baby is made of Faster you eat, more kilos you gain protein, so having eggs in limited amounts during pregnancy is good for the foetus. WASHINGTON DC (TIP): Are you wondering why your Apart from being a package of 12 vitamins and minerals, waistline is expanding? Don’t watch what you eat; watch how eggs contain choline and Omega-3 fatty acids which develops you eat. baby's overall growth and brain health. This prevents neural People who eat slowly are less likely to become obese or tube defects in the foetus. develop metabolic syndrome, a cluster of heart disease, Women with normal blood cholesterol levels can have an diabetes and stroke risk factors, according to preliminary egg or two every day to have a balanced diet low in saturated research presented at the American Heart Association’s fats. If your cholesterol levels are high, avoid egg yolk. Scientific Sessions 2017, a premier global exchange of the latest advances in cardiovascular science for researchers and clinicians. Metabolic syndrome occurs when someone has any of three PAGE SPONSORED BY risk factors that include abdominal obesity, high fasting blood sugar, high blood pressure, high triglycerides and/or low HDL DR. SATISH AND GITANJLI ANAND cholesterol, said Japanese researchers. The researchers evaluated 642 men and 441 women, average DR. SATISH ANAND age 51.2 years, who did not have metabolic syndrome in 2008. Former Chairman, Board of They divided the participants into three groups depending on Trustees, AAPI National how they described their usual eating speed: slow, normal or E-Mail: fast. [email protected] After five years, the researchers found that fast eaters were more likely (11.6 percent) to have developed metabolic syndrome than normal eaters (6.5 percent) or slow eaters (2.3 help prevent metabolic syndrome. GITANJLI ANAND percent). “When people eat fast they tend not to feel full and are more Former President, India Faster eating speed was associated with more weight gain, likely to overeat. Eating fast causes bigger glucose fluctuation, Association of Long Island higher blood glucose and larger waistline. which can lead to insulin resistance. We also believe our (IALI) Author Takayuki Yamaji from Hiroshima University said research would apply to a U.S. population,” he added. E-mail: that eating more slowly may be a crucial lifestyle change to Source: ANI [email protected] THE INDIAN PANORAMA 18 SCIENCE & TECH FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2017 Mars 2020 mission performs first supersonic parachute test SCIENTISTS SEND MESSAGE LOS ANGELES (TIP): NASA has completed the first test of its Mars 2020 mission's parachute-testing series, the Advanced Supersonic Parachute Inflation Research TO CONTACT ALIEN LIFE Experiment (ASPIRE), the US space agency announced. The Mars rover mission set to launch in 2020 will seek LONDON (TIP): With the aim of signs of ancient Martian life by investigating evidence in contacting alien life, astronomers have place and by catching drilled samples of Martian rocks for sent a radio message to a neighbouring potential future return to Earth, according to NASA, Xinhua star system, one of the closest known to news agency reported. contain a potentially habitable planet. The mission will rely on a special parachute to slow the The target star is GJ 273, also known spacecraft down as it enters the Martian atmosphere at over as Luyten's star, a red dwarf in the 5.4 km per second. northern constellation of Canis Minor, Landing on Mars is difficult and not always successful. just 12 light years away, said However, well-designed advance testing helps. researchers at Messaging The parachute tested during this first flight was almost an Extraterrestrial Intelligence (METI) exact copy of the parachute used to land NASA's Mars International. Science Laboratory successfully on the Red Planet in 2012. The star has two planets. One of The test began with a 58-foot-tall Black Brant IX sounding them, known as GJ 273b, orbits within rocket launch and upper-atmosphere flight last month from the its "habitable zone" and could the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center's Wallops Flight potentially harbour liquid water, and Facility in Wallops Island, Virginia. perhaps life, they said. The payload is a bullet-nosed, cylindrical structure By the calculations of the holding a supersonic parachute, the parachute's deployment researchers, we could get a message mechanism, and the test's high-definition instrumentation, back within 25 years. including cameras, to record data. "I think that is an unlikely outcome, The rocket carried the payload as high as about 51 km. but it would be a welcome outcome," Forty-two seconds later, at an altitude of 42 km and a velocity Douglas Vakoch, president of METI of 1.8 times the speed of sound, the test conditions were met International, was quoted as saying by and the Mars parachute successfully deployed. Thirty-five 'New Scientist'. minutes after launch, ASPIRE splashed down in the Atlantic The message was beamed from an Ocean about 54 km southeast of Wallops Island. antenna in Norway more than roughly "Everything went according to plan or better than eight hours over a three-day period in planned," said Clark. October, Vakoch said. an understanding of time similar to our on the planets of our solar system, the "We not only proved that we could get our payload to the It begins with information about own. structure of DNA, a cartoon-like correct altitude and velocity conditions to best mimic a counting, arithmetic, geometry, and The message was sent on the picture of what a human being looks parachute deployment in the Martian atmosphere, but as an trigonometry, and includes a anniversary of the "Arecibo message," a like, and other basic information about added bonus, we got to see our parachute in action as well." description of the radio waves that radio transmission beamed towards a the earth and its inhabitants. Future tests will evaluate the performance of a strengthened carry the message, as well as a tutorial distant star cluster in 1974 from the However, the new message is simpler parachute that could also be used in future Mars missions. on clocks and timekeeping, to see if any Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico. and may be more readily understood, The next ASPIRE test is planned for February 2018. potential inhabitants of GJ 273b have That message contained information Vakoch said. Source: PTI The Mars 2020 team will use data from these tests to finalise the design for its mission. Source: IANS US warns businesses about cyber bug in Intel chips

WASHINGTON (TIP): The US government on Tuesday urged businesses to act on an Intel Corp alert about security flaws in widely used computer chips as industry researchers scrambled to understand the impact of the newly disclosed vulnerability. UC Browser returns to Google Homeland Security gave the guidance a day after Intel said it had identified Play Store with ‘updated settings’ security vulnerabilities in remote- NEW DELHI (TIP): UC Browser reappeared on Google’s management software known as Play Store on Wednesday,a week after it was removed for not "Management Engine" that shipped with adhering to Google’s policies. eight types of processors used in UC Web, the parent company, says the new version now business computers sold by Dell adheres to Google rules. Technologies Inc, Lenovo Group Ltd, HP “During the brief absence of UC Browser on Play Store, we Inc , Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co and continued to meticulously check our technical settings while other manufacturers. also witnessing an uninterrupted passion of our users for Security experts said that it was not break in without those credentials if manufacturers, though it was up to them the product, who looked upon the alternative version, UC clear how difficult it would be to exploit they have physical access to the to distribute patches to computers users. Browser Mini, and made it to the top of ‘Free Apps’ category the vulnerabilities to launch attacks, computer, he said. Dell's support website offered patches on the Play Store,” said Young Li, Head-International though they found the disclosure Intel said that it knew of no cases for servers, but not laptop or desktop Business Department at Alibaba Mobile Business Group. troubling because the affected chips where hackers had exploited the computers, as of midday Tuesday. An alternative to Google Chrome, UC Browser is a popular were widely used. vulnerability in a cyber attack. Lenovo offered fixes for some servers, mobile browser in India. The application is mainly known "These vulnerabilities affect Homeland Security advised computer laptops and tablets and said more for its data compression technology that cuts mobile data essentially every business computer and users to review the warning from Intel, updates would be available Friday. An usage. UC Browser has more than 100 million monthly active server with an Intel processor released which includes a software tool that HP representative said the company users in India. According to a third-party tracker in the last two years," said Jay Little, a checks whether a computer has a would soon post fixes on its support site. Statcounter, UC Browser enjoys 45% of the mobile browser security engineer with cyber consulting vulnerable chip. It also urged them to Security experts noted that it could segment. Earlier this month, UC Web announced the browser firm Trail of Bits. contact computer makers to obtain take time to fix vulnerable systems had gone past 500 million downloads. For a remote attack to succeed, a software updates and advice on because installing patches on computer Its mysterious disappearance from Google Play Store was vulnerable machine would need to be strategies for mitigating the threat. chips is a difficult process. initially linked with alleged “unhealthy” methods to promote configured to allow remote access, and a (http://bit.ly/2zqhccw) Intel "Patching software is hard. Patching the app installs. UC Web, however, turned down the hacker would need to know the spokeswoman Agnes Kwan said the hardware is even harder," said Ben allegation, stating that the app was not pulled out from Play administrator's user name and company had provided software patches Johnson, co-founder of cyber startup Store for “misleading” and “malicious” promotions. password, Little said. Attackers could to fix the issue to all major computer Obsidian Security. Source: Reuters THE INDIAN PANORAMA FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2017 BIZ & FINANCE 19 TWO BOEING 747 JETS TASK FORCE TO REVIEW AUCTIONED ON CHINESE INCOME TAX LAWS ONLINE SHOPPING PORTAL NEW DELHI (TIP): After the indirect tax regime was transformed by REPORT IN SIX MONTHS the implementation of the Goods and It will redraft the 50-year-old Services Tax (GST), the 56-year-old Income Tax Act in consonance Income Tax Act is now set for an with the economic needs of the overhaul. country On Nov 22, the finance ministry set up The task force will submit its a six-member task force to draft a new report to the government within direct tax law that will better serve the six months country’s economic needs by widening BEIJING (TIP): The sky seems to be the limit for Chinese Chief Economic Adviser Arvind the tax base, improving compliance and online shopping portal Taobao, which auctioned off two Subramanian will be a permanent ease of doing business. Boeing 747 jumbo jets on Tuesday for nearly $50 million. special invitee in the six-member Prime Minister Narendra Modi body Chinese air cargo company SF Airlines bought the pair for observed at a tax officials’ conference in over 320 million yuan ($48 million), the official Xinhua news early September that the Income Tax Act agency reported. of 1961 was more than half-a-century-old bracket be taxed at 10%. The current tax advocate; Mansi Kedia, consultant, After six failed attempts over two years to sell three 747s and needed to be re-drafted. slab is more liberal than that--income up ICRIER; and G.C. Srivastava, advocate. from defunct carrier Jade Cargo International, a court in the Arbind Modi, member, Central Board to Rs 2.5 lakh per annum is exempt from Chief economic adviser Arvind southern Chinese city of Shenzhen decided to auction them of Direct Taxes, was named convener of tax for individuals (Rs 3 lakh in the case Subramanian will be a permanent online. the six-member panel that has been of senior citizens) and income of up to special invitee in the task force, which The jets were put up for sale Monday on Taobao, which tasked to draft a new law. Modi was also Rs 5 lakh is taxed at 5%. will submit its report in six months. handles billions of dollars in orders for everything from a key contributor to the direct taxes code “The committee has not been given everyday items like food and stationery to the bizarre -- such proposed by the previous United any specific direction to evolve a new Experts welcomed the move but as giant cargo planes and even bottled flatulence. Progressive Alliance government. law. It is open to the committee to come remained nervous about any major The third freighter could not be sold because only one Almost all the ideas in the proposed up with a draft by studying existing disruption in direct tax laws after the buyer registered for the auction. direct taxes code--including General provisions and models in other unsettling initial impact of the GST roll Taobao, the shopping platform of e-commerce giant Anti-Avoidance Rules meant to crack countries,” a person briefed about the out. GST dismantled inter-state barriers Alibaba, is immensely popular in China and estimated to down on complex corporate development said, requesting to trade. hold more than 90 percent of the consumer-to-consumer arrangements aimed at tax evasion and anonymity. “In light of the disruption caused in market. Its hundreds of millions of users include courts provisions to tax offshore transfer of Globally, governments have been on a the past on account of structural trying to auction off assets of bankrupt businesses. assets located in India--have already drive to combat what is regarded as reforms, it is desirable to have a stable Source: AFP been adopted in the existing Income Tax aggressive tax planning by businesses tax regime till at least 2019,” said Amit Act. Also, a key proposal in the erstwhile using a complex web of subsidiaries Maheshwari, partner, Ashok Uber paid hackers $100,000, direct taxes code of phasing out across jurisdictions to keep tax outgo Maheshwary and Associates LLP corporate tax exemptions and lowering artificially to a minimum. “The move to overhaul direct tax laws concealed data stolen from of the tax rate to 25% from 30% is being The other members of the panel are to improve ease of doing business, implemented in stages. Girish Ahuja, chartered accountant; widening the tax base and to provide 57 million accounts For individuals, the direct taxes code Rajiv Memani, chairman and regional stringent penalties for evasion is proposed that income in the Rs 2-5 lakh managing partner of EY; Mukesh Patel, welcome. China’s Tencent becomes more M&M drives into US market valuable company than Facebook WASHINGTON (TIP): Indian automobile giant HONG KONG (TIP): Mahindra & Mahindra China’s social media and (M&M) has opened a new video game giant Tencent $230-million plant for an off- became more valuable highway vehicle in Detroit, TORONTO/SAN FRANCISCO (TIP): Uber Technologies company than Facebook on the world’s car capital, which Inc paid hackers $100,000 to keep secret a massive breach last Tuesday. Tencent’s Hong got its first automotive year that exposed the data of some 57 million accounts of the Kong-listed shares have production facility in 25 ride-service provider, the company said on Tuesday. doubled in value this year, years. The new plant will Discovery of the company’s cover-up of the incident and on Monday it became create 250 new jobs in the US, resulted in the firing of two employees who led Uber’s the first Asian company the world’s top automotive response to the hack, said Dara Khosrowshahi, who was with a market market. named CEO in August following the departure of founder capitalisation of half a “This is an exciting day for Travis Kalanick. trillion dollars. Mahindra...,” Mahindra Khosrowshahi said he had only recently learned of the By the end of the trading Group Chairman Anand breach, which happened in October 2016. day on Tuesday, Tencent’s Mahindra said. “None of this should have happened, and I will not make outstanding shares were “This building opening excuses for it,” Khosrowshahi said in a blog post on the worth a combined 4.08 represents our company’s company website. trillion Hong Kong dollars growing presence in North The company’s admission that it failed to disclose the ($523 billion), surpassing America and locally in the breach comes as Uber seeks to recover from sexual Facebook’s $519 billion. Metro Detroit area where we harassment allegations and multiple federal criminal probes Despite its stratospheric have tripled our workforce that culminated in Kalanick’s ouster in June. climb, Tencent is still some way behind the world’s most valuable company, Apple, which is during the past 18 months. The company said two hackers gained access to currently valued at $873 billion. We are committed to proprietary information used by Uber and stored on GitHub, Last week, Tencent said profit had grown nearly 70 percent in the third quarter, when growing the Mahindra brand a service that allows engineers to collaborate on software compared with the same period last year, well outpacing expectations. Its accelerating growth in North America and code. The two people downloaded the data, which included has sent its shares shooting higher in recent days. Michigan,” he said. names, email addresses and mobile phone numbers of Uber Critics say many of China’s tech companies copy the latest idea seen in the US. That has not “It is pretty rare and users around the world and the names and driver’s license been the case for Tencent, which has transformed its WeChat smartphone app into a product extraordinary,” said numbers of 600,000 U.S. drivers, Khosrowshahi said. wholly unlike other social networking applications seen around the world. Michigan Lieutenant “While I can’t erase the past, I can commit on behalf of “Tencent is an enterprise that focuses on innovation,” said Huang Hao, an associate Governor Brian Calley at the every Uber employee that we will learn from our mistakes,” researcher at the National Academy of Economic Strategy of Chinese Academy of Social Mahindra automotive plant Khosrowshahi said. “We are changing the way we do Sciences. “Its product ideas are not simple emulations of those of foreign businesses.” launch event yesterday in business, putting integrity at the core of every decision we But it also has a distinct advantage over some of its western peers: Facebook and Twitter are Detroit metropolitan area. make and working hard to earn the trust of our customers.” blocked in China, cutting off a market of up to 1.3 billion people. Source: Reuters Source: PTI Source: Reuters THE INDIAN PANORAMA 20 TURN PAGE FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2017

between States and gives advisory opinions on conceal millions in indirect loan guarantees to legal questions that have been referred to it by an unidentified Co-conspirator. Sources have other authorized UN organs. The election of the said the Co-Conspirator is former restaurateur first members of the World Court took place on Harendra Singh. 6 February 1946, at the first session of the UN In a parallel action, the Securities and General Assembly and Security Council. Exchange Commission also filed a separate Bhandari was re-elected with more than two- civil suit, accusing Venditto and the town of thirds of the UN members backing him, forcing securities fraud. The 21 new charges Venditto Britain to withdraw its candidate amidst high faces are: one count of securities fraud; one drama in the hard-fought race to the world count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud court. In one of its "biggest diplomatic related to securities offerings; and 19 counts of victories" in the UN, Bhandari got 183 of the 193 wire fraud related to securities offerings. votes in the General Assembly and secured all Venditto's arraignment on the new Rahul and Varun Agarwal (in yellow "Do Your Bit" shirts) serve a Thanksgiving meal to the 15 votes in the Security Council to fill the final indictment is tentatively scheduled for disabled at the Volunteers of America center along with representatives of Indo-American and vacancy on The Hague-based International December 5th. The Manganos - who are not other charitable organizations. Court of Justice after separate but charged with securities fraud - are also simultaneous elections were held at The UN required to appear and plead to the superseding contd from page 1 in a news release. "We are thrilled to once again headquarters. The Ministry of External Affairs indictment. come together as a nation to give this gift of joy and Permanent Mission of India to the United The overall securities fraud and conspiracy ‘Do Your Bit’ Youth... and wonder to all." Nations in New York mounted stellar efforts counts includes all 30 security offerings the town Featured stars included Harry Connick Jr., since June when New Delhi confirmed Dalveer made between 2010 and 2016. But some are not Many people with disabilities got very Whoopi Goldberg, Steve Harvey, Jane Bhandari's name for the International Court of included in the individual wire fraud counts emotional, hugged and thanked members of Krakowski, Gaten Matarazzo, Chrissy Metz, Justice. because the federal statute of limitations on such Indo-American community for such a nice John O'Hurley, Martha Stewart and Thalia, India's Ambassador to the United Nations crimes goes back only five years, to December of gesture. Lunch was sponsored by "Do Your Bit" along with performances by Gwen Stefani and Syed Akbaruddin sought the support of nearly 2012. Each fraud count carries a maximum foundation founded by Rahul and Varun the Radio City Rockettes. 175 nations, including the permanent members penalty of 20 years in prison, but if Venditto is Agarwal and hosted by Volunteers of America. of the Security Council. External Affairs convicted he is most likely to get a lesser sentence. Everyone enjoyed generous servings of India's Nominee Dalveer... Minister Sushma Swaraj telephoned her Venditto previously was charged with traditional turkey, stuffing, green beans and counterparts from nearly 60 countries to get obstruction of justice, conspiracy to commit pumpkin pie. There was also Indian staples of conducted independently, but concurrently - Bhandari re-elected. bribery, and making false statements to chole and bhature. Representatives from at the Security Council and the General Prime Minister Narendra Modi sought the investigators in connection with his dealings several Indo American organizations like Assembly. He remained the sole candidate for support during his meetings with world with Singh concerning the loan guarantees. Meenakshi Temple, Sewa International, India the position after the United Kingdom leaders. "India never indulged in negative (Source: Newsday) House, Indian Muslim League, BAPS, withdrew the nomination of Christopher campaign. It was run on the strength of our Gurudwara served lunch and thanked Greenwood. candidate and strength of India strong Bilkis Bano case... everyone. Prominent Indo American Bhandari joins Ronny Abraham of France, constitutional system," a diplomat said. community leaders, Family-to-Family network, Antônio Augusto Cançado Trindade (Brazil), British Permanent Representative to the UN government for apprising it on whether any and Indian Consular staff. Lunch guests Nawaf Salam (Lebanon), and Abdulqawi Matthew Rycroft also mounted hectic efforts. disciplinary action has been initiated against thanked their Indian hosts, and everyone joined Ahmed Yusuf (Somalia) as the five judges who Rycroft said in his letter to the members the policemen convicted in the 2002 Bilkis Bano in prayer for Thanksgiving blessings. (Source: will serve along with ten other judges at the ICJ. current deadlock is unlikely to be broken by gangrape case. A bench comprising Chief Indo American News) Their nine-year terms begin 6 February 2018. further rounds of voting and the UK therefore Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M The Court is composed of 15 judges, who are has decided to withdraw Greenwood's Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud, considered Macy’s Thanksgiving... elected by an absolute majority in both the nomination. the submission of Additional Solicitor General General Assembly and Security Council. Five "In taking this step, we have borne in mind Tushar Mehta, representing the state "For more than 90 years, Macy's seats come up for election every three years. the close relationship that the United Kingdom government, that some more time be given to Thanksgiving Day Parade has signaled the There is no bar on consecutive terms. and India have always enjoyed and we will get instruction on the authorities concerned in start of the holiday season for millions of Established in 1945, and based in The Hague continue to enjoy...," Rycroft said. According to the case. families." said Susan Tercero, group vice- in the Netherlands, the ICJ - informally known sources, three hours before the voting, General The bench listed the plea for hearing in the president of Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade as the 'World Court' - settles legal disputes Assembly president Miroslav Lajcak and Italian first week of January. The bench, however, ambassador Sebastiano Cardi in his capacity as made it clear that the separate plea, seeking Security Council president for the month of enhancement of compensation to be awarded to November convened a consultative meeting Bilkis Bano, would be taken up next week for with Rycroft and Akbaruddin. India refused to hearing. budge against any kind of pressure and insisted The apex court had already granted time, on to complete the democratic process. It was a October 23, to the state government to apprise it mystery what transpired in the next two hours whether any departmental action had been NEW YORK- DALLAS that forced Britain to withdraw from the race. In initiated or taken against police officers whose Washington, US President Donald Trump conviction was upheld in the Bilkis Bano convened a meeting with secretary of state Rex gangrape case. The Bombay High Court had on Tillerson and the US Ambassador to the UN May 4 upheld the conviction and life MARKETING Nikki Haley. With Bhandari's election, Britain imprisonment of 12 people in the gangrape will not have a judge on the world court's 15- case, while setting aside the acquittal of seven member panel for the first time. Also for the first people including policemen and doctors. time in 70 years, a permanent member of the Bilkis Bano, who was gang-raped in March, STAFF REQUIRED Security Council lost to a non-permanent 2002, while she was pregnant, lost seven of her member for a seat in the ICJ. Bhandari's victory family members in the aftermath of the Godhra We are looking for marketing persons for The Indian Panorama is also a big boost for India in Kulbhushan train burning incident. print editions and the web portal at a couple of locations which Jadhav's case. The ICJ is likely to deliver its The bench had convicted seven persons, verdict in the case in December. Pakistan has including five policemen and two doctors, for include Long Island, Queens, Manhattan and Buffalo in New already appointed an ad-hoc judge to the ICJ for not performing their duties (sections 218) and York,Jersey City and Edison in New Jersey, Stamford in Connecticut, the case. Bhandari's victory means, now India tampering of evidence (section 201) under the Atlanta in Georgia, Houston and Dallas in Texas, and Chicago in will also have its own judge in the court. The ICJ Indian Penal Code (IPC). The convicted Illinois. has a bench of 15 judges, five of whom are policemen and doctors are Narpat Singh, Idris elected every three years for a nine-year term. Abdul Saiyed, Bikabhai Patel, Ramsingh Persons with experience in newspaper reporting will be preferred. To be elected, the candidate needed majority in Bhabhor, Sombhai Gori, Arun Kumar Prasad both the chambers. (doctor) and Sangeeta Kumar Prasad (doctor). The individual must be a person with experience in marketing and A special court had on January 21, 2008, public relations, confident, independent and able to handle Town of Oyster Bay... convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment 11 men in the case. They later approached the marketing on his/her own with minimum support from the counts to the alleged corruption and Bombay High Court challenging their management. kickback case which Eastern District federal conviction and sought for the trial court's order prosecutors have already brought against to be quashed. The CBI had also filed an appeal Compensation will be based on experience with up to 40% revenue Venditto, Nassau County Executive Edward in the high court seeking harsher punishment of created by the individual. Mangano and Mangano's wife, Linda. The death for three of the convicted on the grounds Manganos are not accused in the securities that they were the main perpetrators of the fraud. The thrust of the new charges accuse crime. According to the prosecution, on March 3, Anyone who would like to work with us part time and on Venditto and unnamed others of being 2002, Bilkis Bano's family was attacked by a mob instrumental in the creation of the securities at Randhikpur village near Ahmedabad during the basis of revenue sharing may email to fraud and then failing to disclose in the town's the post-Godhra riots and seven members of her public offerings what federal prosecutors said family were killed. The trial in the case began in [email protected] or contact at 646-247-9458. is the crux of the fraud: having the town Ahmedabad. (Source: PTI) THE INDIAN PANORAMA FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2017 ASTROLOGY 21

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Horoscope Forecast for DECEMBER 2017 BY BEJAN DARUWALLA Email: [email protected] / Phone: +91-8141234275 / www.bejandaruwalla.com Ganesha says in digital terms speed + space + spirituality + showmanship = Sagittarius. Add to it the great divide between illusion / reality, evolution / revolution, freedom / captivity, knowledge / wisdom. The archer pierces the eye of the Sun and hits infinity. Finally, Sagittarius is all about freedom. Sagittarius is both fast and furious.

Aries: Leo: Sagittarius: The body and physicality means much to Time to sing, make merry and also marry. "Seaweeds, sawdust, skeletons, skulls" Aries. Therefore, December is a good time In other words, hobbies, the fine arts, were never meant for you. You are meant to do away with "Old habits, patterns and exhibitions, romance, children, crash into for space travel, research, knowledge of deep-seated memories from the your life. Throw a party and also join a your own self and most certainly you have subconscious, claw our being backwards." satsang, a Christian Mass, a Parsee the power to break with a mighty jerk all You have a great opportunity to be new and Navjote. Be both busy and happy.Nietzsche the chains that bind you. Osho the shining clean from December onwards. Go asks, "Is man one of God's blunders, or is Sagittarian could well be the Master you for it. Pilgrimages and pious deeds are God one of man's blunders?" What say may follow. Your choice. fated. you? Capricorn: Taurus: Virgo: The dead world sleeps / The living world Tantra and mantra, prayers and hymns House, home and property will figure very cares not is what most of us believe. But for should give an extra boost to life and living prominently in your scheme of things. It you Capricornians the dead world can come this month. At the same time health will interest health conscious Virgos to alive now and the living world could dare precautions are absolutely essential. Life know that "The advent of massive human and care for one and all. This is the special is a concoction of concord and conflict. genome databases is enabling researches significance of Jupiter and Saturn for you This truth will be seen and felt by you in to look for possible connections between in December. Hidden secret and mighty December. The last week finds you calm of mental illnesses and the environmental powerful forces will help you with or mind as pressures ease. and societal conditions that drive their without your knowledge. Ganesha smiles. development." Gemini: Aquarius: Psychologists tell us again and again that Libra: Shri Shri Anandamurti speaks of today life is all about RELATIONSHIPS. I Libra is all about beauty, poise, harmony Surrendering to the Universal Rhythm and agree totally with it now because the Sun and spirituality. Therefore, Volcanic hair this applies very specially to you cosmos in your seventh angle is mainly about from lava of volcano stretches 6 feet long embracing Aquarians in the month of meeting people. But relationships can also could excite you. Use all media of December when the Sun, the power planet, be with Nature and with your own self. transport and publicity to get what you is in your eleventh angle. Connecting to Travel with a stop-over is more than desire. Preachers, pundits, priests, tv the universal rhythm is to me very possible. Reach out to people and you will anchors, politicians, professors will spiritual, extremely important and also find God. succeed in impinging on the minds of the very natural and our destiny. entire world. Cancer: Pisces: Most Cancerians are emotional, intuitive Scorpio: Aristotle said, "The energy of the mind is and can link up with God naturally and Scorpio many times stands for trusts, the essence of life." To this I add power, easily. But in December hard work, public money, banking and helping out position, prestige, promotion and a big sustained labor and intense concentration others with money and active support as round of profit and pleasure. Sounds will result in awards and rewards. You well as secret co-operation. Scorpio Bill interesting, doesn't it? The only snag is do jolly well deserve the grace of God as well Gates is the best example of it. By your not be overly aggressive, sly and greedy. as promotion and perks. However, you oratory and charm you can change the After all nobody is perfect. It is our must learn to take excellent care of your world. Great praise this but well deserved. imperfection which makes us so very health and wellness. A mix of honey and money. special. You may or may not agree with it.

Bejan Daruwalla is world's most famous astrologertoday. journals andnewspapers in many parts of the world which Bejan Daruwalla is available for astrological He appears regularly on world wide TV shows.Bejan who includeBerkley Communications (London) Times of consultations. He can be reached at has been a professor in English, hasauthored a number of India(Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai) and The books on astrology. India'sPrime Minister Narendra Modi IndianPanorama ( New York and Texas). Bejan's [email protected] , on March 29, 2012,lunched one of Bejan's books, '2012- predictionshave mostly been correct and people the and on phone 011-91-8141234275 End of theWorld? Bejan contributes to a number of world overrely on his predictions. www.bejandaruwalla.com THE INDIAN PANORAMA FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2017 SPORTS 22 ENGLAND COLLAPSE TO 302 ALL OUT IN ASHES TEST

BRISBANE (TIP): England lost six wickets to collapse to 302 all out as Australia roared back in the first Ashes Test on day two at the Gabba on Nov 24. The tourists were building their first innings in an 83-run partnership between Dawid Malan and Moeen Ali before Malan's dismissal triggered a clatter of wickets before lunch. Joe Root's team tumbled from 246 for four to be all out as Australia seized the upper hand following an attritional opening day. Fast bowlers Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins each took three wickets and spinner Nathan Lyon two to bundle out the tourists with six wickets for 56. Malan, the Middlesex left-hander, hit 11 fours in his third Test fifty before he top-edged a Mitchell Starc lifter and was caught by Shaun Marsh at deep square leg for 56. Seven balls later, in the 104th over, off-spinner Lyon removed all-rounder Moeen Ali leg before wicket for 38, with the dismissal confirmed on review. Lyon, who was threatening with his drift and turn, struck again with the first ball of his next over, bowling Chris Woakes for a duck. Wicketkeeper Jonny Bairstow followed shortly afterwards for nine, as he attempted to pull Pat Cummins only to dolly to gloveman Tim Paine for his first catch on his Test return after seven years in the wilderness. Jake Ball smacked three fours before he was snapped up by a diving David Warner at leg slip off Starc for 14, and Stuart Broad was dropped by Marsh before he went for 20 to an outfield catch by Peter Handscomb. Starc finished with three for 77, Cummins took three for 85 and Lyon two for 78. Malan had looked in command before his false shot to a Starc lifter and batted for 130 balls in his first Ashes Test, hitting some impressive Australia's Mitchell Marsh (2nd L) celebrates with teammates after taking a successful catch to dismiss England's batsman Dawid Malan on boundaries. Source: AFP the second day of their first Ashes Test match, in Brisbane. ‘NO TIME TO PREPARE Hong Kong Open: Sindhu sails FOR SA, NEED BOUNCY TRACKS VS LANKA’ through, Nehwal exits NAGPUR (TIP): India captain Virat Kohli admitted that the team management had “no choice” but to request for hard bouncy tracks for HONG KONG (TIP): Second seed PV the ongoing Test series against Sri Lanka with Sindhu sailed into the women's singles little time left to prepare for the South Africa quarterfinals with a comfortable win series. The skipper once again spoke in a while compatriot Saina Nehwal crashed roundabout manner on the cramped schedule, out of the Hong Kong Open Superseries. which hampers preparation. Sindhu, who slipped a place to be Asked if he had asked for bouncy tracks, number three in the world rankings Kohli gave a direct answer, saying: “Yes, because released on Thursday, defeated Japan's unfortunately we get only two days before we fly Aya Ohori 21-14, 21-17 in a second round to South Africa after this series gets over. So we match lasting 39 minutes. It was Sindhu's have no choice but try to be in a game situation third win over the Japanese in as many and think of what’s coming ahead of us. meetings. “Had we got a month off ideally, we would The Indian faces another Japanese, have done a proper preparation in a camp sort of fifth seed Akane Yamaguchi, in the scenario but we have to sort of make do with quarterfinals on Friday. what we have.” The Indian team will finish their Tenth-ranked Nehwal, however, ran out limited overs engagement against the islanders of steam to lose to China's Chen Yufei and on December 24 (final T20) before they fly off to eighth seed 21-18, 19-21, 10-21 in a second South Africa on December 27. Kohli stressed on round match lasting an hour. The players the necessity to space out series as at times the met for the first time. team needed to do its preparation differently for It was also curtains for India in the a bigger series. “As usual cramped for time, men's singles after 10th-ranked HS which I think we needed to assess in future as Prannoy went down fighting to Japan's well because we very easily assess the team Kazumasa Sakai 21-11, 10-21, 15-21 in a 54- when we go abroad but we don’t look at how minute battle. The 23-ranked Japanese got many days we have got to prepare before we go to the better of Prannoy for the third time in a particular place to play,”the skipper said ahead as many matches. of the second Test against Sri Lanka. THE INDIAN PANORAMA FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2017 TRAVEL 23 MYSORE: CITY OF ROYAL PAST & REGAL REMNANTS ocated at the base of the Chamundi Hills about 150 kms away from LBangalore, Mysore is the second most populous and the second largest city in the state of Karnataka. One of south India’s most famous tourist destinations, Mysore is synonymous to royal past and regal remnants. Glittering royal heritage and magnificent monuments and buildings mark the city’s tourism scene. The most famous dynasty that ruled the city is of the Wodeyars. This is also the place that has seen the rise and revolt of Tipu Sultan. Apart from history, Mysore is also known for the production of premium silk, sandalwood and incense. Not to mention the fact that Mysore is one of India’s best places to practice yoga. When you are in Mysore you are so close to royalty that you feel like a king of lost land itself. The reason behind this is simple; almost all the major places to visit in Mysore are related to some story of history and glory. In this city, you are never too far away from a heritage building or a mansion with royal connections and lineages. There is a reason why Mysore is called the City of Palaces! The iconic Mysore palace continues to be the face of all the heritage buildings of the city but there are other places also that will take you a step closer to royal living. These places include Jaganmohan Palace, Royal Orchid Metropole, Clock Tower, Gun House, Town Hall, Wellington Lodge, Rajendra Vilas Palace, Karanji Mansion, Jayalakshmi Vilas Mansion, Lalitha Mahal Palace, Crawford Hall, Brindavan Gardens, St.Philomena's Church, Jayachamarajendra Art Gallery, Shri Chamundi Temple and Srirangapatna. BRINDAVAN GARDENS One of the most popular places amongst the locals of Mysore and by tourists is the famous Brindavan Gardens. Located about 19kms from the heart of Mysore these gorgeous gardens are laid out below the Krishnaraja Sagar dam built across the river Cauvery. These gardens are famous for the illuminated dancing fountains that looks stunning after sunset. The Krishnaraja Sagar Dam itself is a superb example of excellent engineering and is one of the major tourist attraction in Mysore. ST PHILOMENA'S CHURCH This gorgeous St.Philomena's Church was built in 1956 and is one of the major churches in the country. The illuminated church looks stunning in the evening and is a magnificent site not to be missed. The Cathedral is amongst the most regal churches in India. Drawing motivation from Germany's Cologne Cathedral, this colossal church was built in the neo-Gothic style. ART GALLERY The Jayachamarajendra Art Gallery in Mysore is considered as one of the best art Chamundi hills is the most famous temple in Shakti Peetha or powerful energy centres, and Mahishasura. galleries in South India because of its Mysore, since Goddess Chamundi or one of the eighteen Maha Shakti Peethas of the brilliant collection of paintings and artifacts Chamundeshwari is the presiding deity of world. It is also called Krouncha Peetham MAHARAJA’S PALACE that once belonged to the Wodeyars of Mysore. Mysore. She is the tutelary deity held in great because the area where it is located was known Mysore Maharaja Palace is one of the The three-storied Jaganmohan Palace was regard for hundreds of years by the royal by the name of Krouncha Puri in the Vedic Era. biggest and the most stunning monuments in converted into this art gallery in 1875. The family of Mysore. Initially the temple was The holy temple of Goddess the country. Also known as Amba Vilas, it is gallery has a remarkable collection of small, but over the past few centuries, as a Chamundeshwari is perched atop the located in the heart of the city of Mysore. The Rembrandt paintings. This collection is so result of the aids and development made by the Chamundi Hill. It is located 13 kilometres from palace was initially built by the Wodeyar kings exclusive that after Mysore it is Russia where Mysore Maharajas it has become a big temple. the city of Mysore or Mysuru as it was in the 14th century. Designed by the famous these paintings could be found. In the ancient times, human and animal originally named. The heritage city stand-out British architect, Henry Irwin, it was built for sacrifices were often made at this temple, but for the shrine of Chamundeshwari, who is the the twenty-fourth Wodeyar Raja. It was the SHRI CHAMUNDI TEMPLE were stopped in the 18th century. slayer of demons Chanda and Munda, as well residence of the Wodeyar Maharaja of the The Chamundi Temple on top of the The temple of goddess Chamundeshwari is a as the invincible king of demons, Mysore State. Source: HappyTrips THE INDIAN PANORAMA 24 ADVERTISEMENT FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2017