Granted bail PAGE After remaining in police custody for a week, Congress leader Hardik Nation 8 Patel was granted bail by two courts DECCAN CHRONICLE SATURDAY | 25 JANUARY 2020 | HYDERABAD SHORT TAKES Karnataka rebel MLAs not BJP LEADER BJP takes to Hindutva HELD, GETS to get Cabinet berths: BSY BAIL FOR RANT as AAP has Delhi edge B. ARAVINDA ing bye-elections results. SHETTY | DC ■ IF THE Chief Minister The sudden U-turn of BENGALURU, JAN. 24 inducted half-a-dozen the Chief Minister, soon RABINDRA NATH Opinion polls predict yet another clean sweep by AAP rebel MLAs, it would after he returned from CHOUDHURY I DC In what could be termed lead to turmoil within Davos, came as big shock BHOPAL, JAN. 24 as a major blow to the the party to the rebel MLAs. SHASHI BHUSHAN | DC Referring to Shaheen rebel MLAs who helped to Among 17 MLAs, 12 Senior BJP leader and former NEW DELHI, JAN 24 EC ORDERS TWITTER TO TAKE DOWN Bagh’s anti-Citizenship install Bharatiya Janata MLAs have been re-elect- minister Badrilal Yadav was Amendment Act protests, Party (BJP) government the Cabinet,” said Mr. ed under the BJP ticket in on Friday arrested for making With opinion polls and KAPIL MISHRA’S IND vs PAK TWEET Mr Javedkar said : “We in Karnataka, six months Yediyurappa. Former the recently held bye-elec- objectionable comments on reports indicating that the have seen ‘Jinnah Wali back, the Chief Minister, MLAs, H.Vishwanth and tions. For two constituen- Rajgarh collector Nidhi Aam Aadmi Party led by New Delhi, Jan. 24: er Section 125 of the Repr- Azadi’ slogan being raised B.S.Yediyurappa, on M.T.B. Nagaraj were cies bye-elections are yet Nivedita a couple of days ago. Arvind Kejriwal has an Delhi police on Friday esentation of the People there. Now, Delhi people Friday, categorically stat- defeated in the bye elec- to be announced. He was later released on bail. edge in the forthcoming lodged an FIR against BJP Act, 1951, the sources need to decide if they ed that defeated rebel tions from Hunasuru and Sources close to BJP The BJP leader had made the Delhi polls, the BJP has candidate Kapil Mishra in said. Twitter, meanwhile, want ‘Jinnah Wali Azadi’ MLAs in recent the bye- Hoskote Assembly con- state unit, said that the remarks while addressing a fallen back on its national- connection with his con- removed the controversial or ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’.” elections, will not be stituencies respectively. BJP central leadership public meeting at Biaora in ist plank to consolidate troversial tweet in which tweet following the direc- The Union minister inducted into his cabinet, Thus both prominent has not given permission Rajgarh district. The meeting the Hindu vote bank. The he likened the election in tions of the Election blamed the AAP and the which likely to be expand- Kuruba leaders are ruled to the Chief Minister to had been organised by the top leaders of the party the city to an India versus Commission. “This Tweet Congress for instigating ed within in a week. out to enter BSY cabinet. induct all 12 newly elected party to protest against slap- ranging from home minis- Pakistan contest, sources from @KapilMishra_IND violent protests against Mr Yediyurappa, who In fact, all these days, MLAs to the Cabinet. ping of a BJP activist by the ter Amit Shah to informa- said. has been withheld in the CAA in the national landed in Bengaluru after Mr. Yediyurappa assured Party central leadership collector during a pro- tion and broadcasting The FIR was filed follow- India in response to a capital. “Delhi people a five-day visit to Davos, that he will not break the has instructed the Chief Citizenship Amendment Act minister Prakash Java- ing directions of the poll legal demand,” Twitter should ask both the par- Switzerland, said that the promises given to all 17 Minister to take only 6 to 8 (CAA) rally in Biaora last dekar have begun evoking authorities, they said. It wrote on the platform ties why did they instigate Cabinet expansion will rebel MLAs who had MLAs who came from week. Pakistan to woo the vot- was lodged at the Model along with an impression violence…? The nexus of take place in three or four switched over to BJP from Congress and JD(S). If the Police on Thursday regis- ers. The saffron camp is Town Police Station und- of the old tweet. AAP and Congress is days. the Congress and JD(S) Chief Minister inducts tered a case under the Indian trying to project that the behind the Shaheen Bagh “Union Home Minister, after dethroning H.D. half a dozen MLAs, it Penal Code against Mr Yadav. Delhi elections was actual- protest. Chief minister Amit Shah, will be visit- Kumaraswary headed would lead to another tur- The BJP leader was arrested ly a contest between India voters in the national cap- ter said that Mr Kejriwal, Arvind Kejriwal has sup- ing Bengaluru on coalition government. Mr. moil in the party. Rebel in two cases, one registered on and Pakistan. ital need to decide on Congress leader Rahul ported the protest. Mr Saturday, after discussing Yediyurappa repeatedly MLAs who are presently Thursday and the other filed On Friday, Mr Javdekar, whether they want Gandhi and Pakistan Kejriwal sympathises with him I will go for an assured interest of all intact, will not allow Mr. earlier, and later produced also BJP’s election in- “Jinnah wali azadi or Prime Minister Imran with people raising expansion. There is no rebel MLAs will be taken Yediyurappa to sleep before the local first class judi- charge for Delhi, speaking Bharat Mata ki jai.” On Khan “speak the same lan- ‘Jinnah Wali Azadi’ slo- question of inducting care including Cabinet peacefully, sources in the cial magistrate, Rajgarh dis- to the media said that the Thursday, the home minis- guage.” gans,” he said. defeated former MLAs to birth to all notwithstand- state BJP unit said. trict superintendent of police Pradip Sharma said. He was released on bail after furnish- ing personal bonds of `20,000 India’s R-Day chief guest each in the two cases. SC refuses to admit plea FADNAVIS’ PLEA IN SC on National Security Act DC CORRESPONDENT Mr Sharma’s plea said tional” and violative of OPEN COURT NEW DELHI, JAN. 24 NSA has been imposed fundamental rights gua- to curb and pressure ranteed under Article 19 New Delhi: The Supreme The Supreme Court on people protesting aga- (1) (freedom of speech Court has agreed to hear in Friday refused to enter- inst the CAA, National and expression) and 21 open court former Mahar-ash- tain a plea challenging Population Register (right to life) of the tra Chief Minister Devendra the imposition of (NPR) and National Constitution. Fadnavis’ plea seeking review National Security Act Register of Indian Seeking quashing of of its verdict which said the (NSA) in few states as Citizens (NRIC). the notification, the BJP leader will have to face also in the national cap- Delhi’s Lieutenant plea said : “The cause of trial for allegedly failing to ital amid anti-CAA Governor Anil Baijal on actions arose on Janu- furnish details of two pending protests. January 10 extended ary 10, when respon- criminal cases in his 2014 poll A bench of Justices detaining powers to dents (states) imposed affidavit. “Application seeking Arun Mishra and Indira Delhi Police under the NSA Act for next three oral hearing of review peti- Banerjee said that it NSA for a three-month months with effect from tions in open court is/are cannot pass a blanket period starting January January 19 in Delhi as allowed. List review petitions order with regard to the 19. This allows police to well as in Andhra Pra- before the court,” a bench of imposition of NSA and detain a person for 12 desh by the state gov- Justices Arun Mishra, Deepak asked lawyer M.L. months without trial. ernment to arrest and Gupta and Aniruddha Bose Sharma to withdraw the Mr Sharma had made detain...For protests said in its Thursday’s order. plea. the Ministry of Home against a person hold- On October 1, 2019, the apex The apex court asked Affairs and the govern- ing office of the prime court had set aside the Mr Sharma to file a ments of Delhi, Uttar minister and ministers Bombay HC order giving a fresh petition or an Pradesh, Andhra Pra- in the Central govern- clean chit to Fadnavis and had interim application in desh and Manipur par- ment.…” held that he did not deserve to pending pleas on the ties to the plea, which It had also sought a Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro waves as he arrives be tried. Citizenship termed the notification, direction that it be along with his daughters at AFS Palam, in New Delhi, Amendment Act (CAA) allowing police to declared that the NSA on Friday. Bolsonaro is the chief guest at the Republic giving specific details of invoke NSA to detain cannot be used against NIRBHAYA CASE Day parade on January 26. — PTI violations of NSA. persons, as “unconstitu- protesters. CONVICTS SEEK MORE PAPERS Reverse Bangla exodus BILL TO LINK New Delhi: The advocate VOTER ID WITH appearing for two of the four death row convicts in the 2012 AADHAAR SOON Nirbhaya gang-rape and mur- post-CAA, reveals BSF der case on Friday moved a New Delhi, Jan. 24: The Delhi court alleging that the RAJIB CHOWDHURI | DC because out of them, bound Bangladeshi government is likely to Tihar jail authorities are KOLKATA, JAN. 24 almost 90 per cent were migrants were largely bring a Bill in the Budget delaying in handing over cer- about to sneak into from Karnataka and session of Parliament to tain documents. Advocate A.P. The Bangladeshi migr- Bangladesh. It certainly some other southern give the Election Co- Singh moved an application ants’ exodus from India reflects a substantial states of the country. In mmission statutory bac- alleging that the jail authori- through cross-border to increase from the past comparison to the cur- king to collect the Aad- ties are yet to release the docu- their homeland has shot two years’ figures in the rent month’s data, the haar number of new ments that are required to file up drastically in the Bangladeshi migrants’ number of the applicants and existing curative petitions for Akshay first month of 2020 in outgoing,” BSF (South Bangladeshi nationals voters to check multiple Kumar Singh, 31, and Pawan wake of the Citizenship Bengal Frontier) caught by the BSF at the entries in electoral rolls. Singh, 25. The plea is likely to Amendment Act (CAA) inspector-general Y.B. Indo-Bangla border in Accepting the proposal be taken up for hearing on becoming a law in the Khuranyia said while 2018 stood at 1,677 out of to give it legal backing to Saturday. The SC recently dis- country in sharp con- replying to a question 2,330 persons, the statis- collect Aadhaar data, the missed the curative petition trast to that of the last on the CAA-impact on tics shows. It however Law Ministry is learnt to for other two convicts —Vinay two years. the Bangladeshi migr- rose to 2,194 out of 3,065 have asked the poll panel Kumar Sharma (26) and The trend was ants’ exodus. persons last year. The to ensure that the data is Mukesh Singh (32). The hang- revealed in a data He added, “The num- trend of the protected at multiple lev- ing of all four is to take place shared by the Border ber has increased Bangladeshi migrants els. The EC recently list- on February 1 at 6 am as per Security Force at its because of the steps we was however opposite ed out steps to protect the the court order. A 23-year-old South Bengal Frontier have taken along the then, according to the data from possible leaks. paramedic student, referred to Headquarters in New border.” Mr Khuraniya BSF officials who point- In a letter to the Law as Nirbhaya, was gang-raped Town on Friday. The also informed that ed to their inflow. Ministry, the EC recently and brutally assaulted on the BSF has caught 268 Ghojadanga in North 24 Khuraniya said that proposed that provisions intervening night of Bangladeshis out of 308 Parganas was the area the BSF has identified of the Representation of December 16-17, 2012, in a mov- persons for allegedly where Bangladeshi mig- 20 locations in the the People Act be amend- ing bus in south Delhi by six trying to cross the Indo- rants were often found unfenced areas along ed to allow EC seek people before she was thrown Bangla border in illegal trying to cross over to the 913.32 km-long bor- Aadhaar numbers of out on the road. ways till date this year the other side of the der for enforcing a sin- those applying to be vot- in West Bengal. “This is border. According to gle-row-fencing meas- ers and those who are an interesting aspect BSF sources, the home- ure to curb infiltration. already part of the elec- toral rolls. Sources said the ministry would soon CUISINE | SUSPICION Triggers row with comment on Bangla workers move the Union Cabinet to bring a Bill to amend the electoral law. “Action is being taken,” a senior ministry functionary BJP leader fears poha eaters said. According to the EC proposal sent in August last year, the electoral RABINDRA NATH peared later strengthening a Bangladeshi terrorist for on CAA. law should be amended CHOUDHURY | DC his suspicion of them fur- the last one-and-a-half The ruling Congress on to empower electoral reg- BHOPAL, JAN. 24 ther. years. “I was never escort- Friday regretted his state- istration officers to seek According to him, the ed by security personnel ment alleging that the BJP Aadhaar number of Kailash Vijayvargiya, BJP contractor had hired some even when I was a minister leader had cooked up a existing voters as well as national general secretary workers to renovate a room in the Madhya Pradesh gov- story to lend credence to of those applying to and in-charge of party in his house. ernment earlier. Now, I controversial Citizenship enrol themselves in the affairs in West Bengal, trig- However, he grew suspi- have to move around being Amendment Act (CAA). voters' list. gered a political row when cious when he found that escorted by half-a-dozen Narendra Saluja, the In August 2015, a SC he expressed fears over the staple diet of the work- security men due to threat Congress spokesman here order on Aadhaar put threats from infiltrators ers was ‘poha’, a cuisine from terrorists”, he added. on Friday expressed doubt brakes on Election from Bangladesh. made of flattened rice and He said 8000 out of 38000 about the claims of Mr Commission’s project to Mr Vijayvargiya, while they communicated with villages in West Bengal Vijayvargiya and asked link UIDAI (Aadhaar) addressing a seminar in each other in an incompre- have no Hindu inhabitants him if he had ever reported number with voters’ elec- support of CAA on hensive language. He later and have been intruded by the matter to police. “Mr toral data to check multi- Thursday evening, narrat- found that they were Bangladeshi infiltrators. Vijayvargiya, who has been ple entries in electoral ed how he grew suspicious Bangladeshi infiltrators. Mr Vijayvargiya said accorded Z plus security, rolls. The EC was then about the food habits of the The workers curiously did CAA was not going to strip should clarify why he has collecting Aadhaar num- workers engaged by a con- not turn up when he citizenship of Indians. He not reported the matter ber as part of National tractor during the renova- queried on them from their accused Opposition par- concerning his security to Electoral Roll Purific- tion of his house in Indore contractor. Vijayvargiya ties, including the police. He has cooked up a ation and Authentication and how the construction also indicated that he has Congress, of creating fear story to lend credence to Programme (NERPAP). workers suddenly disap- been under surveillance of psychosis among Muslims CAA,” Mr Saluja said. — PTI MP booked PAGE Kerala police booked case against Karnataka BJP MP Shobha Karandlaje for alleging Hindu families were Nation 9 denied water in Muslim dominated Malappuram district DECCAN CHRONICLE SATURDAY | 25 JANUARY 2020 | HYDERABAD

IN BRIEF Spiritual sea Periyar’s statue Coonor student stabbed in Toronto vandalised in TN Ooty: A 23-year-old Rachel SINDHIYA SAMUEL and People found the face and Albert hailing from Coonor P.A. JEBARAJ | DC right hand of the Periyar is battling for life after being CHENNAI, JAN. 24 Statue damaged on Friday stabbed near the York morning and alerted the University campus in Tension prevailed in police who rushed to the Toronto, Canada, Kanchipuram district of spot and covered the bust late on Tamil Nadu after a statue of with a tarpaulin sheet. Wednesday. Her Dravidar Kazhagam foun- Senior police officers visited grief-stricken der and social reformer Per- the spot and conducted a father Albert, a iyar was vandalised by unid- preliminary enquiry. Foll- businessman liv- entified miscreants in the owing the incident, police ing at early hours of Friday. security was beefed up in Brooklands in Coonoor, said The disfiguring of the the locality and Salavakkam his family heard the shock- statue at Kaliyapettai villa- police launched an investi- ing news only on Thursday ge, Salavakkam comes amid gation into the incident. night from a friend in a row over actor Rajinika- Locals suspect the alleged Canada. He said Rachel, his nth's remarks about a pro- involvement of Rajinikanth younger daughter, flew to cession in which the Dra- fans as Periyarist organisa- Canada a few months back vidian stalwart participated tions are organising prot- to pursue masters in man- nearly 50- year-ago. ests against Rajnikanth. agement. “We do not know who stabbed her and how it happened,” he added. Sand smugglers kill Gulf returnee Thiruvananthapuram: A Gulf returnee farmer was crushed to death by sand smugglers using an excavator when he An aerial view of Sangam, the confluence of River Ganga Yamuna and mythological Saraswati, as devotees gather to take a holy dip on the tried to stop them from occasion of Mauni Amavasya during Magh Mela festival in Prayagraj on Friday. — PTI excavating sand from his compound in Katakada on the outskirts of Kerala’s cap- ital Thiruvananthapuram on Thursday midnight. The assailants escaped after the AIIMS, RML set murder. The victim has been Corona: 2 students identified as Sangeeth, 36. While one of the assailants up isolation wards surrendered before the police, five others are absconding. The incident under observation New Delhi, Jan. 24: took place around midnight The Centre-run All Ind- 2 IN MUMBAI on Thursday when a gang ia Institute of Med-ical entered their premises and Kerala health department issues a series Sciences (AIIMS) and UNDER WATCH started excavating mud the Ram Manohar using an excavator. The of guidelines to check possible outbreak Lohia (RML) Hospital FOR VIRUS RISK farmer had returned from in the national capital the Gulf one-and-a-half- GILVESTER ASSARY I DC health authorities said have set up isolation year-ago and availed a loan THIRUVANANTHPAURAM, NURSE IN SAUDI that though she has not wards and kept beds DC CORRESPONDENT to start a vegetable farming JAN. 24 presented any symptoms, ready for providing MUMBAI, JAN. 24 and poultry farming in the TESTS POSITIVE she has been kept under treatment to any sus- plot adjoining his house. Two Malayalee medical observation to comply pected case of novel Two persons who students who returned with the treatment proto- coronavirus infection. returned from China from China recently have FOR MERS VIRUS col. The authorities here Novel coronavirus have been kept under been placed under obser- said that 46 Indian stu- (nCoV) is a large family observation at a Mum- HOUSEBOATS vation in Kochi and DC CORRESPONDENT dents of Wuhan Medical of viruses that causes bai hospital for possible Kottayam respectively for THIRUVANANTHPAURAM, College including Mala- illnesses ranging from exposure to the novel suspected coronavirus JAN. 24 yalees who are stranded the common cold to coronavirus which has INSPECTED infection even as the there at the moment, are acute respiratory syn- infected a large number Kerala health department It has been confirmed safe. dromes, but the virus of people in the neigh- AFTER FIRE issued a series of guide- that a Malayalee nurse in The health authorities that has so far killed 25 bouring country. lines to check possible Saudi Arbaia had tested directed all airports and people and affected 830 As many as 1,789 pas- DC CORRESPONDENT outbreak in the state. positive for the MERS seaports to continue with in China is a novel sengers underwent the- THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, The student who arrived coronavirus. Dr Tarik Al high surveillance in the strain and not seen rmal screening at the JAN. 24 in Kochi was admitted to Azraqi, chairman, Scien- wake of coronavirus out- before. Chhatrapati Shivaji M- the Ernakulam Medical tific Regional Infection break in China. In the It emerged from a aharaj International The police on Friday carried College hospital after he Control Committee, Aseer event of people returning seafood and animal Airport for the coron- out extensive inspection on showed symptoms of Region, has confirmed from China or other market in China's Wuh- avirus since January 19 the boats operating in Alapp- fever. He has been admit- that the nurse being treat- places, presenting sus- an, and is suspected to and two of them, who uzha district to weed out ted to the isolation ward ed at Aseer National pected symptoms coron- have spread to as far as had travelled to China, unsafe ones. The decision to for close surveillance. He Hospital is suffering from avirus, they should be the United States. Acc- were admitted to the inspect them was taken in the had earlier taken treat- MERS-CoV & not 2019- immediately taken to iso- ording to the World He- civic-run Kasturba Hos- wake of a fire incident in a ment at a private hospital NCoV (Wuhan). lation wards set up in alth Organisation (W- pital in the city as a pre- houseboat on Thursday. which referred him to Her condition is said to medical college hospitals HO), the common caution. Sixteen persons had a narrow medical college hospital. have improved and she in the state. symptoms of the novel escape when the boat caught Health authorities said has been shifted out from The authorities have coronavirus strain fire in the midst of a cruise in the samples containing the ICU to a ward. directed that all persons include respiratory der observation any su- Vembanad lake in Alappuzha his body fluids would be Of the 30 nurses of the coming from China symptoms such as spected cases of novel district. The houseboat had no despatched to the hospital who were kept should get in touch with fever, cough, shortness coronavirus infection. licence and was operating ille- National Institute of under observation, 23 district medical officers of of breath and breath- AIIMS Director Dr gally. Many of the boats do not Virology, Pune, for labora- have reported for duty. the respective districts. ing difficulties. Randeep Guleria said, have even basic safety kits. tory investigations. He The health department The medical superin- “We have an isolation The inspection conducted by will continue to remain has also arranged an tendent of RML Hos- ward and we have beds port department officials rev- under observation till the her medical course in exclusive number Disha pital Dr Minakshi Bh- kept ready for provid- ealed that the boat was operat- hospital receives the China has been kept 1056 and land line 0471- ardwaj confirmed that ing care and treatment ing for the past seven years reports from the Pune under observation in 2552056 for conveying any an isolation ward has for suspected coron- without licence. institute. Kottayam. She returned to information related to been set up to provide avirus cases in Delhi or A girl who is pursuing Kerala recently. District suspected corona virus. treatment or to keep un- elsewhere in India.” WRITE | ANGLE Cong leader cries foul over 2021 Census in south states EC tells SC parties Tharoor: I won’t be ex-writer must bar criminals

New Delhi, Jan. 24: SUCHETA DASGUPTA | DC allow me to go for brief, ■ JAIPUR, JAN. 24 intense periods of writing in The EC told the A BENCH of which I would complete a Supreme Court Friday Justices R.F. Nariman I am a former minister, and story, and then move to the that its 2018 direction and S. Ravindra Bhat one day I will be a former next one the next time I asking poll candidates asked the Election MP, but I hope I will never be returned,” Namita said. to declare their crimi- Commi-ssion (EC) to a former writer, said Shashi The inspiration behind nal antecedents in the come up with a Tharoor on the second day of Rudrani Rana was, in fact, a media has not helped framework within one JLF 2020 in a freewheeling man — an intelligent man — curb criminalisation of week which can help talk where he also remi- who, to her, could perhaps politics, and suggested nisced about how he began have been a great writer but that political parties curb criminalisation of his writing life as a campus became “too attached to the should be asked not to politics in nation's journalist and got his byline role of being an unsung give tickets to those interest. published in almost every genius rather than a recog- with criminal back- English publication, includ- nised one”. ground. ing Eve’s Weekly and What is the writer’s muse? A bench of Justices issued notification Chandamama, before leav- MP Shashi Tharoor at a discussion on the second day of JLF It can be many things — R.F. Nariman and S. regarding the amended ing for the United States 2020 in Jaipur on Friday. — DC ranging from cancer for Lisa Ravindra Bhat asked Form-26 and directions aged 19 for graduation. Ray which has, for her, been the Election Commi- to political parties and The following year, he dis- objected to the government’s a gateway to a new, more per- ssion (EC) to come up candidates for publica- covered that he had won the directive to the finance com- DC AT JAIPUR ceptive, world in which she with a framework with- tion of criminal Radhika Kripalani Young mission to move away from finds energy and direction in one week which can antecedents. Journalist Award and his the 1971 census to the 2011 LITERATURE FEST through Buddhist medita- help curb criminalisa- However, the plea filed father collected it on his census. tion to the urge to document tion of politics in by Upadhyay alleged behalf. “And soon, we will have the ers, we should let the words lived social history for 2019 nation's interest. that the EC neither Tharoor regretted that he 2021 census in which some do the work, create the mean- Man Booker International It asked BJP leader amended the Election no longer has the bandwidth southern states will actually ing. I like making tragedies awardee Jokha Alharthi and advocate-petitioner Symbol Order, 1968 nor for writing fiction — for lose population. The result is out of nothing — there who, unfortunately, was Ashiwini Upadhyay the model code of con- which you have to “not only that about 40 Lok Sabha should be nothing behind the trolled by the intelligentsia and the EC to sit togeth- duct (MCC) so the said create a world of illusion in seats will disappear and be words,” said Jacobson. in Beirut — they resented er and come up with notification has no your mind — a glass palace, reborn in the north, and you In a frank talk with the fact that despite their suggestions which legal sanction. so to say — but also inhabit it can imagine what political Tharoor, Namita Gokhale, large literary heritage, they would help curb crimi- The EC neither pub- for a few hours every day and consequence that’s going to too, opened up about her had lost the honour of being nalisation of politics. In lished a list of leading if you don’t do that when you have,” he said. process as well as her moti- the first Arab to win this September 2018, a five- newspapers-news chan- return you find cracks begin- Craft and process figured vation for writing Jaipur prize to a woman from judge Constitution nels for the purpose nor ning to appear in the palace - large among themes dis- Journals, her new book. Oman. bench had unanimous- clarified the timing for and too often the whole cussed today, with Man “People now see me more It can also be the need to do ly held that all candi- declaration of criminal palace is destroyed”. Booker winner Howard as a literary festival organis- some life accounting at the dates will have to antecedents by candi- At some point in his life, he Jacobson slamming the liter- er which pushes my writer end of completing a work declare their criminal dates, it said. would certainly write an ary subgenre of the self to the background, and which can form the purpose antecedents to the EC This led to the candi- autobiography. A “book of Holocaust novel. like Rudrani Rana, the char- of writing, say, a memoir. before contesting polls dates publishing the words” by him, with anec- “I don’t like concentration acter in my novel, I, too, Says Avi Shlaim, historian, and called for a wider required information dotes attached to each of camp novels. I don’t think sometimes feel angry about who has completed one: “My publicity, through print in newspapers and them, will be published by they should be written. I that. This book was a return mother is not a reliable and electronic media news channels that Penguin sometime in the don’t like big themes. I feel to my roots as a writer in source. She is completely about antecedents of were not very popular first half of this year. you are cheating when you short snatches. The form of narcissistic and that colours candidates. On October and at odd hours, it On a political note, Tharoor choose big themes. As writ- it was such that it would her narrative.” 10, 2018, the EC had added. — PTI New minister PAGE North Korea confirms Ri Son Gwon as new World 10 foreign minister DECCAN CHRONICLE SATURDAY | 25 JANUARY 2020 | HYDERABAD

IN BRIEF Iran nuclear deal Trump can’t be trusted: Democrat meet in February

Brussels: The remaining par- Lead impeachment manager Schiff says Prez put his personal interests ahead of the nation ties to the Iran nuclear deal will meet in Vienna next Washington, Jan. 24: ■ US SENATORS tion into Biden and a sec- month, the EU’s diplomatic Lead House impeachment ANTI-ABORTION ond into an unsupported chief announced Friday, after manager Adam Schiff have been accused story that Kiev helped Britain, France and Germany called dramatically for the of falling asleep, RALLY TO SEE 1ST Democrats in the 2016 elec- launched a dispute process. Senate to remove Presi- playing games and tion. To puncture a key The move gives the European dent Donald Trump from breaking other rules White House argument members more time to try to office Thursday, saying the SITTING US PREZ that the US constitution find a way to persuade Iran to US leader cannot be trust- during President requires a specific crime come back into line with the ed to put the country’s Donald Trump’s Washington: It was just to remove a president, deal after Tehran made a interests ahead of his own. impeachment trial. four years ago that a polit- they played old videos in series of steps away in “The American people Jim Risch and Jim ical committee supporting which two of Trump’s protest at the US pulling out deserve a president they one of Donald Trump's closest defenders, Repub- and reimposing sanctions. can count on, to put their Inhofe are among Republican rivals unveiled lican Senator Lindsey interest first,” said Schiff. members who have an ad slamming his views Graham and storied crimi- His impassioned words apparently nodded on abortion, complete with nal defense attorney Alan Lanka to probe capped a long day in which footage from a 1999 inter- Dershowitz, said that Democrats detailed Tru- off during the view in which he declared, abuse of power itself is a missing in war mp’s illicit scheme to pres- lengthy hearings. “I am pro-choice in every clear impeachable offense. sure Ukraine to help his respect.” And they detailed the Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka’s presi- 2020 reelection campaign. scores of videos, internal Now, as he heads into the extensive role of Trump’s dency has said that death “You know, you can’t documents and extensive 2020 election, Donald personal lawyer Rudy certificates for thousands of trust this president to do witness testimony to lay Trump will become the Giuliani in the scheme to people missing presumed what is right for this coun- out a strong case that the first sitting president to pressure Zelensky, even dead from the country’s civil try. You can trust he will US leader abused his pow- address the March for Life, while US intelligence and war will be given out only do what’s right for Donald ers. Schiff ’s prosecution taking the stage Friday at diplomatic chiefs dis- after proper investigations. Trump,” Schiff added. team detailed how Trump the annual anti-abortion agreed with it. The statement on Friday fol- “He’ll do it now. He’s flagrantly undertook last gathering that is one of “Donald Trump chose lowed comments from done it before. He’ll do it year to force Kiev to help the movement’s highest Rudy Giuliani over his President Gotabaya for the next several mon- him tarnish his possible profile and most symbolic own intelligence agencies. Rajapaksa that those missing ths. He’ll do it in the elec- 2020 reelection rival, for- events. He chose Rudy Giuliani were “actually dead” had tion if he’s allowed to. This mer vice president Joe It’s Trump’s latest nod to over his own national caused anguish among rela- is why, if you find him Biden. “President Trump the white evangelical vot- security advisors... That tives that the government guilty, you must find that used the powers of his ers who have proven to be makes him dangerous to would close the issue without he should be removed.” office to solicit a foreign US President Donald Trump shared this photoshopped image of himself with Barack among his most loyal our country," said Schiff, addressing what happened to “Because right matters. nation to interfere in our Obama on Instagram. Though the image has no caption it is suspected that Trump is backers. — AP who leads the House their loved ones. “After the And truth matters. elections for his own per- referring to an earlier accusation of his that his predecessor used to spy on him. Intelligence Committee. necessary investigations, Otherwise we are lost.” sonal benefit,” House There were few signs steps would be taken to issue As the 100 senators sat as Judiciary Committee 1789, no president has lated his oath... The presi- dismantled Republican in secretly freezing aid to that any of the Republican a death certificate and the jurors and millions of Chair Jerry Nadler told abused his power in this dent’s conduct is wrong. It claims that Trump did Ukraine last July was to majority that Trump com- necessary support for the Americans watched on tel- the chamber. way,” Nadler said. is illegal. And it is danger- nothing wrong. force Ukraine President mands in the Senate would families to rebuild their lives,” evision, House impeach- “Since President George “The president has ous.” Over nine hours the They left few doubts that Volodymyr Zelensky to buy into the evidence and Rajapaksa’s office said. It also ment managers mustered Washington took office in repeatedly, flagrantly, vio- Democrats methodically Trump’s sole motivation announce one investiga- turn against him. — AFP noted that Rajapaksa in his earlier comments that emer- ged on Monday did not refer to the number of people reported to be missing since France not to the end of the drawn-out Tamil separatist war in May 2009. But official figures show that more than 23,500 complaints in respect of miss- go soft on Pak ing people had been regis- tered with the authorities. SRIDHAR will comply with its obli- Among those were some KUMARASWAMI | DC gations. There is also 5,000 security personnel. NEW DELHI, JAN. 24 speculation that the US is The question of missing peo- going soft on Pakistan as ple has been a hot-button France is “determined to it needs Islamabad’s help issue for successive Sri continue combating mo- to cut a deal with the Lankan governments. ney laundering and ter- Taliban in Afghanistan. ror financing, and will Pakistan is currently on objectively evaluate, wit- the FATF “greylist” and hout any concession, looks confident of escap- Duterte threatens Pakistan’s actions” ing the FATF “blacklist” regarding Islamabad’s with the help of its all- to end US pact obligations mandated by weather friend China and global anti-terror watch- other nations like Manila: Philippine President dog Financial Action Malaysia and Turkey. Rodrigo Duterte has threat- Task Force (FATF) during Amid mounting con- ened to end a pact key to the forthcoming FATF cerns in New Delhi, annual war games with plenary meeting in Paris Pakistan is now also try- American troops if the US on February 16, French ing to get its name of the does not restore the travel diplomatic sources told FATF’s grey list and is visa of an official who oversaw this newspaper on Friday. apparently trying to his drug war. It is the latest in This is some relief for enlist American support a long line of Duterte's threats India amid worrying for this. The FATF’s grey to shrink or sever ties with his- reports that during the list comprises nations torical ally Washington, which FATF’s just-concluded like Pakistan who are have periodically followed Asia/Pacific Group meet- seen to have failed to ful- criticism of his deadly nar- ing at Beijing, several fil their obligations to cotics crackdown. Duterte other global powers combat terror-financing. spoke after Ronald Dela Rosa, including the United French diplomatic the former national police Followers of Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr gather in Baghdad on Friday. Supporters of the radical cleric gathered in central Baghdad for a rally to States softened their posi- sources told this newspa- chief who is now a senator, demand that American troops leave the country amid heightened anti-US sentiment after a drone strike ordered by Washington earlier this tions on the issue of per, “France is dete- said the US had cancelled his month killed a top Iranian general. —AP Pakistan’s compliance to rmined to continue com- visa but did not tell him why. anti-terror measures. bating money laundering Dela Rosa was the first According to these and terror financing, and enforcer of Duterte's interna- reports, Islamabad has will objectively evaluate, tionally condemned campaign, KUWAIT succeeded in convincing without any concession, in which police say they have Iraqi protesters call for US troops exit several countries that it Pakistan’s actions.” killed just over 5,500 alleged SUMMONS dealers and users. Human Baghdad, Jan. 24: the critical numbers al-Sistani, Iraq’s most access to the gates to the rights advocates say the toll Thousands rallied in called for by radical cleric revered Shiite cleric, zone. There was a heavy IRAN ENVOY is way higher. Baghdad on Friday to Muqtada al-Sadr. called on political parties security presence as the demand that American Apparently seeking to stop stalling and move the protesters, mostly Shiites Kuwait city, Jan. 24 Pak govt rejects troops leave the country, show control, al-Sadr's talks forward. “The for- hailing from the capital Kuwait’s foreign min- Lunar Year: though their numbers fell supporters did not engage mation of the new govern- but also Iraq’s southern istry summoned Iran's short of the “million- in altercations with secu- ment is constitutionally provinces, walked on foot ambassador Friday after report on graft man” march called for by rity forces or target the long overdue, it is neces- to an assembly point in a high-level Iranian off- New spin in HK an influential Shiite cler- separate, anti-government sary for the various par- Baghdad’s Jadriya neigh- icial implicated the emi- ic. protests in neighboring ties concerned to cooper- borhood, waving Iraqi rate in the US drone att- SHAFQAT ALI | DC Transparency Internati- The rally came amid Tahrir Square, a possibili- ate,” al-Sistani said in a flags and wearing symbol- ack that killed top gener- ISLAMABAD, JAN. 24 onal should unveil its sou- stir messages heightened anti-US senti- ty feared by activists in sermon delivered via a ic white shrouds. al Qasem Soleimani, off- rces from where the data ment after a US drone the lead-up to Friday’s representative, “it is an Al-Sadr, whose party icial news agency KUNA Pakistan on Friday reject- was gathered. Hong Kong, Jan. 24: Hong strike earlier this month march. important step toward won the most seats in the reported. Deputy Forei- ed Transparency Inter- Earlier, Pakistan’s rank- Kong’s anti-government killed a top Iranian gener- Officials and experts resolving the current cri- May 2018 parliamentary gn Minister Khaled al- national’s annual Corr- ing had dropped to 120 out protests are putting a new spin al in the Iraqi capital. said the rally was the cler- sis.” elections, had called for a Jarallah expressed Kuw- uption Perceptions Index of 180 countries with a on a Lunar New Year tradition. Since mid-morning, large ic’s attempt to capitalise Roads and bridges lead- “million-man” demonstra- ait's “amazement” at the (CPI) 2019. worse score of 32 out of Every year, adults hand out red crowds gathered on the on brewing anti-American ing to the heavily fortified tion to demand the with- claim that one of its air Special Assistant to 100, according to the ann- packets stuffed with cash to Muslim day of prayers as feeling and show he had Green Zone, the seat of drawal of American bases had been among Prime Minister on Info- ual CPI released by the children and young, single loudspeakers blasted “No, the upper-hand on the Iraq’s government troops following the US those used to carry out rmation Dr Firdous Ash- Transparency Internati- adults. Messages printed on no America!” at a central Iraqi street as negotia- and home to several for- drone strike near the Jan.3 attack, KUNA iq Awan said the govern- onal. In the previous rep- them generally convey wishes square in Baghdad. A tions among political eign embassies, including Baghdad’s airport that said. It said he was refer- ment led by the Pakistan ort, Pakistan scored 33 for prosperity and happiness, child held up a poster elites over who should be the US Embassy, were killed top Iranian general ring to a statement by Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) bel- out of 100, which implies but artist Jason Kwan has reading, “Death to the next prime minister blocked off by concrete Qassem Soleimani and Brigadier-General Ami- ieves the report is biased. that no improvement cou- designed rubber stamps for America. Death to Israel.” stumble on. barriers. senior Iraqi militia com- rali Hajizadeh, aerospa- Speaking at a news con- ld be observed in terms of those who want to add a politi- But by the afternoon the In his weekly Friday ser- Iraqi security forces mander Abu Mahdi al- ce commander of Iran’s ference in Islamabad, the eradication of corruption cal message. Kwan says stamp- rally had failed to reach mon, Grand Ayatollah Ali stood guard, blocking Muhandis. —AP Revolutionary Guards. special assistant said the from the state. ing the packets can be thera- peutic for those who have taken part in the protests and offer a ■ sense of participation. DIVORCE | DEAL No reporters or photographers were allowed to witness the low key ceremony Many of the printed messages were drawn from the protest movement, expressing a desire for greater democracy or an EU chiefs sign Brexit deal ahead of House vote investigation into alleged police abuses. Although a rub- Brussels, Jan. 24: British Charles Michel the EU member states will friendship will remain. We ber stamp can convey relatively Prime Minister Boris approve the deal in writ- start a new chapter as little in terms of details and Johnson was to receive and I have just ing. Then, on Friday, partners and allies.” information, I think the rubber Britain’s EU divorce signed the Agreement January 31, Britain spends The former Belgian pre- stamps could evoke the memo- agreement Friday after on the Withdrawal of its last day in the EU mier, whose council repre- ries of the Hong Kongers who Brussels’ top two officials the UK from the EU, before leaving the bloc at sents EU member govern- have gone through this, Kwan signed it at a closed door opening the way for 2300 GMT as clocks strike ments, added, in French: said. The Lunar New Year holi- ceremony in the dead of midnight in Brussels. “I’m keen to write this new day is the most important on night. its ratification by the “Charles Michel and I page together.” Official the Chinese calendar and falls Officials from both sides European Parliament have just signed the photographs of the official on Saturday this year. accompanied the docu- Agreement on the signing ceremony, con- Hong Kong’s protests began in ment across the Channel VON DER LEYEN, Withdrawal of the UK ducted before dawn in the June to oppose proposed extra- to London, where Johnson European Commission from the EU, opening the European Council’s head- dition legislation that would was to add his signature to president way for its ratification by quarters in Brussels, have allowed Hong Kong resi- those of EU chiefs Ursula the European showed chief EU Brexit dents to be sent to stand trial in von der Leyen and Charles Parliament,” European negotiator Michel Barnier mainland China. The bill was Michel. Number 10 said Commission president von looking on. No reporters withdrawn, but the demonstra- that Johnson would sign it On Wednesday next der Leyen tweeted. In a or photographers were tions widened to other later in the day then week, the text will go to separate tweet, European allowed to witness the low demands, fueled by a distrust of return it to Brussels, the European Parliament Council president Michel key ceremony, despite the Communist Party-ruled where the EU will make a for ratification and on said: “Things will news agencies offering to Britain’s Prince Charles at the Russian Orthodox Church of Mary Magdalene on the central government in Beijing. copy for each party. Thursday diplomats from inevitably change but our organise a pool. —AFP Mount of Olives on Friday. — AFP Gore’s take PAGE Cost of plastic bottles doesn’t reflect the price being paid, says former US vice World 11 president and environmentalist Al Gore DECCAN CHRONICLE SATURDAY | 25 JANUARY 2020 | HYDERABAD

IN BRIEF 0z to probe crash China rushes to construct new hospital that killed US crew Chinese govt to build 1,000-bed hospital in 10 days to treat coronavirus in Wuhan city Sydney: Police investigators will join a probe into the Beijing, Jan. 24: China crash of a firefighting plane on Friday added four more VIRUS NOT YET that killed three American cities to a transport ban crew helping to battle around the epicentre of a Australia’s devastating bush- deadly virus, bringing the GLOBAL HEALTH fires, officials said Friday. number affected by the The Hercules C-130 water- shutdown to over 41 mil- EMERGENCY: WHO bombing aircraft erupted in a lion as authorities scram- fireball on impact in the ble to control the disease. Geneva, Jan. 24: A dead- Snowy Mountains on Authorities in Xianning, ly virus outbreak in Thursday as firefighters raced Xiaogan, Enshi and China and beyond does to tackle another outbreak of Zhijiang cities - all located not yet constitute a global the deadly blazes. Hazardous in Hubei province where emergency, the World materials specialists were the virus first emerged - Health Organization said working to secure the crash said public transport serv- on Thursday, urging site before air transport ices including train sta- China to keep its lock- safety investigators can tions would be closed. down of some 20 million begin sifting through the evi- Some cities also anno- people “short”. dence with police support. unced the closure of enter- “I am not declaring a Authorities said three men tainment venues includ- public health emergency aged 42, 43 and 45 were ing theatres and karaoke of international concern believed to be on board at bars. The country is rush- today,” WHO chief Tedros the time of the crash, which ing to build a new hospital Adhanom Ghebreyesus left no survivors. in a staggering 10 days to told reporters after a two- treat patients at the epi- day emergency meeting in centre of a deadly virus Geneva on the virus. Storm Gloria outbreak that has stricken He stressed though that hundreds of people, state the decision to hold off on ebbs, toll 11 media reported Friday. issuing the declaration The facility in the cen- used for the gravest epi- Barcelona: The death toll tral city of Wuhan is demics “should not be from a violent storm that has expected to be in use by taken as a sign that WHO wrought havoc across huge February 3 to serve a ris- does not think the situa- swathes of Spain’s eastern ing number of patients tion is serious.” and southern coastline rose infected by a coronavirus “This is an emergency in to 11 on Thursday, with res- that has left at least 26 peo- China, but it has not yet cue workers still searching ple dead and millions on become a global health for four people. The latest lockdown in an effort to emergency,” he told victim was a 50-year-old man curb the spread. reporters in Geneva on who was fishing in coastal Dozens of excavators Thursday. — AFP Ametlla de Mar, according to and trucks were filmed civil protection authorities in working on the site by the northeast Catalonia state broadcaster CCTV. This aerial photo on Friday shows excavators at the construction site of a new hospital being built to treat patients from a deadly virus outbreak region. Earlier, emergency It will have a capacity of in Wuhan, China. Authorities are rushing to build a new hospital in a staggering 10 days to treat patients. — AFP JAPANESE BACK services found the body of a 1,000 beds spread over man inside a vehicle in 25,000 square metres, the FROM WUHAN Cabaces, 60 kilometres (37 official Xinhua news SOUTH KOREA miles) northwest of the port agency said. Construction city of Tarragona and a local began as reports surfaced Fever-hit patients fret in Wuhan TESTS POSITIVE official reported the death of of bed shortages in hospi- CONFIRMS 75-year-old woman whose tals designated as dealing Wuhan, Jan. 24: Trapped ■ At hospitals across gloves, face mask and gog- “This is what we are Tokyo, Jan. 24: Japan’s house collapsed because of with the outbreak, which SECOND CASE in a Chinese city at the Wuhan, tense patients gles. worried about.” health ministry said on heavy rain in Alcoi, a town in has now infected 830 peo- centre of a deadly viral with high temperatures The thermometers were Patients waited for sev- Friday it had confirmed the eastern Alicante region. ple across China. Seoul, Jan. 24: South Ko- outbreak, residents who turned out in large num- briefly checked, then eral hours for tempera- the country’s second case Xinhua said the new rea on Friday confirmed should have been celebrat- bers to get checked as the dropped in a large metal ture checks at the Red of a novel coronavirus facility is aimed at “allevi- its second case of the ing Lunar New Year lined box. Cross hospital. strain, in a man who trav- 2 jumbos escape ating the shortage of med- SARS-like virus as con- up to have their tempera- death toll rose to 26 and One nurse took a ther- Many could be seen sit- elled from the Chinese ical treatment resources cerns mount about a wi- tures taken by medical the number of cases mometer from a middle- ting on stools because the city of Wuhan. In a state- from circus and improving the ability der outbreak. Several staff wearing full-body topped 800, most of them aged woman, pausing to queue was so long. ment, the ministry said to care for patients”. nations including the US protective suits. in the city. The streets examine the reading, Hubei governor Jiang the man in his 40s was a Russia: Residents of In 2003 China erected a have stepped up checks on At hospitals across were otherwise empty and before quickly turning Chaoliang said in a meet- resident of the Chinese Yekaterinburg were flabber- hospital on Beijing’s rural airport passengers to Wuhan in central Hubei quiet on Friday. back to the patient and ing Friday that hospitals city where the outbreak gasted to see a couple of ele- outskirts in barely a week detect the coronavirus, province, tense patients instructing her to “go and must make sure patients began and arrived in phants wandering the snowy to cater to a rapidly rising which first emerged in with high temperatures see the doctor”. are “admitted in time,” Japan on January 19. streets of Russia’s third-larg- number of patients suffer- the central Chinese city of turned out in large num- the Wuhan Fifth Hospital. At another hospital, 42- according to a statement He reported having had est city after they escaped ing from SARS, or Severe Wuhan. The virus has bers to get checked as the “I don't know the results year-old Huang Wei said on the government's web- a fever for several days from a circus. Unreceptive to Acute Respiratory Synd- caused alarm in China death toll rose to 26 and (of tests) yet. I'm a bit wor- he was worried the situa- site. before his arrival but said attempts to bring her back, rome, which killed 349 and abroad because of its the number of cases ried.”Most of the people at tion would worsen if sick Wuhan must also ”make that his condition had sta- one of the female elephants people in mainland China genetic similarities to topped 800, most of them the hospital were middle- people stood next to each every effort” to increase bilised by the time of his crossed a busy street and he- and 299 in Hong Kong in Severe Acute Respiratory in the city. aged or older, and were other, and that the city of isolation places and beds, arrival in Japan. aded to a residential building 2002-2003. Syndrome (SARS), which The streets were other- being given mercury ther- 11 million people would Jiang said. On January 22, he to roll and cavort in the snow Xiaotangshan Hospital killed nearly 650 people wise empty and quiet on mometers on arrival. not have the medical All staff at both hospi- reported a fever and he is on Thursday. One man who consisted of prefabricated across mainland China Friday, with people After taking their tem- capacity to cope with a tals were in full-body pro- now in a Tokyo hospital tried to stop her by holding structures and Xinhua and Hong Kong in 2002- ordered not to leave the peratures themselves bigger outbreak. tection, but some of the receiving treatment, the on to her trunk was pushed reported Friday that 2003. On Friday, Seoul’s city and public events can- from their mouth or “The medical treatment patients waiting to be ministry said. The state- across the street, his feet slid- Wuhan was building the health ministry said a celled. armpit, jittery patients is not sufficient, the time checked were not even ment added that the man ing on the ice. The local circus new facility based on the South Korean man in his “I have a fever and handed the instruments is too long, and cross- wearing masks — in defi- denied having visited the said the two elephants — same model. The city of 50s started experiencing cough, so I'm worried that back to medical staff infection may be caused ance of an order by city market in Wuhan identi- Karla and Ranni —belonged to over 11 million people has symptoms while working I'm infected,” a 35-year- decked in full white pro- by queueing in the hospi- authorities. fied as the source of the an Italian company that ran a been centralising its treat- in Wuhan on Jan 10. He man surnamed Li said at tective suits with a hood, tal,” he said. — AFP outbreak. — AFP show in Yekaterinburg during ment of the new virus by was tested upon return- the New Year holidays. isolating patients in 61 ing to the country earlier clinics and designated this week, and was con- hospitals. firmed to be South Chinese officials have Korea’s second case of the US investigating second suspected case DABBA, HARTAL, said the virus likely origi- virus, the ministry added. nated from wild animals “The patient was ade- ENTER OXFORD at a seafood market in the quately aware of the situ- Houston, Jan. 24: Auth- ment on Facebook. “The ■ If the case is con- while testing was per- sent to the headquarters city but it has since spread ation in Wuhan... and orities in Texas are inves- patient traveled from firmed, the patient formed, with the result of the Centers for Disease to several countries cooperated well,” the min- tigating a second suspect- Wuhan, China, where the likely to arrive over the Control and Prevention DICTIONARY around Asia and beyond. istry said in a statement. ed case on US soil of a coronavirus originated,” would be the second next day or two. (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, — Agencies — AFP deadly Chinese virus, it added. person to be infect- The patient had “mild which should arrive late New Delhi, Jan. 24: The latest namely a college student The patient’s age is ed with the upper respiratory symp- Thursday or early Friday, edition of the Oxford Advanced ■ THE VIRUS has all but shut down China’s who had recently retur- somewhere between 20 pathogen on US soil toms” including cough with a result expected Learner’s Dictionary features 26 ned from the city at the and 30 and they returned and congestion and within 24 hours after that. new Indian English words, biggest holiday of the year, the Lunar New heart of the outbreak, offi- to the United States, appeared to be improving. If the case is confirmed, including Aadhaar, chawl, Year, which falls on Saturday. Instead of cials said. Brazos County, where they are attending presented to an area emer- Such symptoms are com- the patient would be the dabba, hartal and shaadi. family reunions or sightseeing trips, many of just northwest of Texas A&M University, gency department yester- mon in the middle of win- second person to be infect- The 10th edition of the diction- Houston, “is investigating days before health screen- day mostly out of con- ter flu season, but the ed with the pathogen on ary, which was launched on the country’s 1.4-billion people are hunkering a suspected case of the ings began at airports on cern, not out of symp- patient was being scre- US soil after a man in his Friday, has 384 Indian English down as the nation scrambles to prevent the 2019 Novel Coronavirus January 15, local health toms,” said Wilke, adding ened further on the basis 30s near Seattle reported words and incorporates over virus from spreading further (2019-nCoV),” its health official Eric Wilke told that they were now being of their travel history. himself to authorities on 1,000 new words such as chatbot, authority wrote in a state- reporters. “The person kept isolated at home A blood sample has been January 19. — AFP fake news and microplastic. The dictionary focuses on language change and its evolution through the years, and has ensured that the language and WOMAN | POWER Young activist had told the WEF to see an immediate end to investment in fossil fuels examples used in the new edi- tion are relevant and up to date with the times, Oxford University Press (OUP) said. The new edition comes with interactive online support Greta tears into corporate, political elite through the Oxford Learner's Dictionaries website and an app. Davos (Switzerland), The website includes advanced Jan. 24: Teenage activist features such as audio-video Greta Thunberg on Friday United Nations agency hails tutorials, video walkthroughs, said activists’ calls on the self-study activities and corporate and political enhanced iWriter and iSpeaker elite at Davos to seriously tools. “This edition has 26 new fight climate change had report on climate refugees Indian English words of which been “completely igno- 22 figure in the printed diction- red”, but vowed not to be Geneva, Jan. 24: The UN We cannot afford to be ary. The other four are in the dig- subdued by stinging per- refugee agency praised on reactive... We as LOT NEEDS TO BE ital version,” said Fathima sonal criticism from the Friday an expert panel’s UNHCR are looking to work Dada, Managing Director Trump administration. finding that sending with states to see how we (Education Division) at OUP. The 50th edition of the migrants back to coun- DONE IN CHINA, Some of other new Indian annual Swiss Alps forum tries severely hit by cli- can mitigate the impact of words in the dictionary are aun- wrapped up with the men- mate change could breach what is already evident INDIA: MNUCHIN tie (while aunty already figures ace of climate change their human rights. — ANDREW HARPER in the English dictionary, auntie hammered into the minds “Whole communities are Special Adviser, UNHCR Davos, Jan. 24: US is an Indianism), bus stand, of participants but doubt going to be at increasing Treasury Secretary deemed university, FIR, non-veg, over whether any concrete risk,” said Andrew Steven Mnuchin said on redressal, tempo, tube light, veg action would be forthcom- Harper, special adviser for from New Zealand. Friday that China and and videograph. ing. climate action at UNHCR, Even though the experts India are among the coun- The four new Indian English Thunberg had told the praising the UN Human ruled that deportation was tries where a lot of words in the online version of World Economic Forum Rights Committee’s find- justified because the improvement is required the dictionary are current (for (WEF) she wanted to see ing as a “wake-up call”. farmer —Ioane Teitiota — on the environmental electricity), looter, looting and an immediate end to “We cannot afford to be did not face an immediate front. upazila (one of the areas that a investment in fossil fuels. reactive... We as UNHCR risk, the case opens the Speaking at the WEF district is divided into for “Before we came here we Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg at a ‘Fridays for Future’ demo on the final are looking to work with way for more such litiga- 2020, he said, “We are not administration purposes). had a few demands for this day of the 50th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos on Friday —AP states to see how we can tion. “This has far-reach- trying to minimise the According to OUP, the new edi- WEF. Of course these mitigate the impact..,” he ing implications for the importance of climate tion provides better, more accu- demands have been com- ence. “As long as the sci- sis, then world and busi- accountable,” she lament- told reporters in Geneva. international protection issues. There are way too rate and understandable defini- pletely ignored. We expect- ence is being ignored — as ness leaders can, of ed before joining other The committee of experts of displaced people in the many people in develop- tions with examples, usage notes ed nothing less,” the facts are not being course, continue to ignore young people in one of her made their ruling in a case context of climate change ing world without access and additional resources to help Thunberg told reporters taken into account — and the situation. They do not regular “Fridays brought by a farmer from and disasters,” UNHCR to electricity and we need the learner use the right word in in the ski resort on as long as the situation is have to do anything as for Future” protests in Kiribati who was appeal- said in a statement. to keep that in mind too.” the right context. the last day of the confer- not being treated as a cri- they are not being held Davos. —AFP ing against deportation — AFP — PTI Sightseeing Chinese travellers took a record 108 million trips outside the mainland in 2019 Million 110 Bajaj-Triumph combo plans first bike in 2022 100 Bajaj Auto and iconic British motorcy- cle brand Triumph have started 90 developing new mid-capacity motor- cycles in the 200-800 cc range priced 50 below `2 lakh that will be launched in 2022 to challenge the dominance of heavyweight Royal Enfield. This is the first time 70 in its 118-year history that Triumph has collaborated with 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 another company. The 200-800 cc bike market size in India is estimated at over 1 million units annually. SATURDAY | 25 JANUARY 2020 | HYDERABAD Source: Euromonitor International/Bloomberg quick ■ Total shortfall for current fiscal could be about `3 L cr Animal spirits perk up ANIRBAN NAG a year ago. The drag was NEW DELHI, JAN. 24 Shaking of a slump mainly because of a fall in 4 Country faces first fall in 3 5 export of engineering India’s economy appears to goods, which constitute a be shaking off a slump, as 2 6 third of non-oil exports. BITES activity in the services and Capital goods imports con- manufacturing sectors 1 7 tinued to contract and expanded for a second were lower by 16.5 per cent INDICATORS % direct taxes in 2 decades straight month in Note: Overall activity reading is generated year-on-year in December December. aggregating 3-month weighted average after a 22 per cent drop in Sensex 41,613.19 0.55 ABHIRUP ROY Direct tax The concerns are exacer- The needle on a gauge Source: Bloomberg November. This was the Nifty 50 12,248.30 0.56 MUMBAI, JAN. 24 bated by a gaping shortfall measuring so-called ani- seventh consecutive month collection in the goods and services mal spirits signaled the of continuous decline, S&P 500* 3,310.75 -0.44 India’s corporate and tax (GST) that is expected economy may be taking a Looking good underscoring the weak- Dollar (`) 71.36 0.05 income tax collection for 2019-20 to further hurt total collec- turn for the better, as five of India’s private sector activity ness in the capex cycle. Pound Sterling (`) 93.83 -0.07 the current year is likely to 2018-19 tions. the eight high-frequency expanded in December fall for the first time in at 2017-18 The total tax collection indicators tracked by Consumer activity: `) Buisiness activity Score: 6 Euro ( 78.77 -0.48 least two decades, several 2016-17 shortfall for the current Bloomberg News came in 54 Weakness in demand for Gold (10gm)* (`) 40,780▼96 0.23 senior tax officials told 2015-16 fiscal year could be about stronger last month. The passenger vehicles persist- Reuters, amid a sharp fall Rs 3 lakh crore—the high- dial was last at the current ed, with local sales falling Brent crude ($/bbl)* 60.63 -1.41 2014-15 in economic growth and 2013-14 est shortfall ever recorded. position in August. 1.2 per cent in December IN 10-Yr bond yield 6.578 -0.019 cut in corporate tax rates. 2012-13 “With revenue sources “Animal spirits” is a term from a year ago, according Prime Minister Corporate and stretched, we’re not assum- coined by British econo- to the Siam. That capped US 10-Yr T-bill yield* 1.722 -0.017 2011-12 Narendra Modi’s govern- income tax ing any rise in the capex mist John Maynard 48 the worst yearly passenger ment was targeting direct collection in 2010-11 bill in FY21,” Pranjul Keynes to refer to vehicle sales on record. A * As of 9:30 pm IST Output prices Score: 4 tax collection of Rs 13.5 2019-20 is likely to 2009-10 Bhandari, chief economist investors’ confidence in Nielsen study on demand lakh crore ($189 billion) for fall for first time 2008-09 at HSBC in India, said in a taking action, and the 54 for FMCG showed volume the year ending March since 2000-01 2007-08 note, adding she expects gauge uses the three- growth dropped to 3.5 per 31—a 17 per cent increase 2006-07 the government to resort month weighted average to cent in the last quarter of Forex reserves over the prior fiscal year. 2005-06 account for about 80 per to higher borrowing from smooth out volatility in the 2019 from 3.9 per cent in the But a sharp decline in 2004-05 cent of the government’s the market. single-month numbers. same period of 2018. touch record demand has stung busi- 2003-04 projections for annual rev- The government is likely The nascent recovery 50 Funding conditions held nesses, forcing companies 2002-03 enue, and the shortfall may to keep the fiscal deficit would need a helping hand, out hope, showing consid- $462.16 billion to cut investment and jobs, 2001-02 leave the government under 3.8 per cent of gross with expectations building Order books Score: 7 erable improvement in denting tax collections and 2000-01 needing to boost borrow- domestic product, sources that finance minister 60 December, according to the The country's foreign exchange prompting the government 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 ing to meet expenditure told Reuters earlier this Nirmala Sitharaman will Citi India Financial reserves rose $943 million to to forecast 5 per cent commitments. month, while letting it slip provide some stimulus Conditions Index. Credit touch a life-time high of Note: 2019-20 until Jan. 23 growth for this fiscal Figures in lakh crore Source: Reuters The tax officials also say from its earlier set target of when she presents the growth remained tardy $462.16 billion in the week year—the slowest in 11 ` that a surprise cut in the 3.3 per cent for the year. budget February 1. though, with demand for ended January 17, RBI data years. headline corporate tax Tax officials have been Here are details of the loans rising at a slower 7.1 showed. In the previous week, The tax department had Reuters said despite their rate last year aimed at stuck between the increas- dashboard: 45 per cent pace from a year the reserves had increased by managed to collect only Rs best efforts, direct tax col- wooing manufacturers ing number of complaints Mar Jul Oct ago compared with a near- $58 mn to $461.21 bn. Foreign 7.3 lakh crore as of lections this financial year and boosting investment of harassment from Indian Business Activity: The Source: IHS Market, Bloomberg ly 8 per cent growth in currency assets rose by $867 January 23, more than 5.5 were likely to fall below the in Asia’s third-biggest businesses, dubbed “tax dominant services index November. mn to $428.45 bn. Gold per cent below the amount 11.5 trillion collected in economy is another reason terrorism” by Indian rose to the highest level in past two months suggests reserves increased $70 mn to collected by the same point 2018-19. behind the sluggish tax media, and the govern- five months in December that the worst is behind, Industrial activity: Ind- $28.56 bn. last year, said a senior tax “Forget the target. This collections. ment’s push to meet the as improving new work but the recovery is likely to ustrial output rose for the official. will be the first time that “We’ll be very happy if target. orders helped boost activi- be prolonged,” said Teresa first time in four months in After collecting taxes we’ll see a fall in direct tax we can even break even The government asked ty. The seasonally adjusted John, an economist at November. The pick up from companies in collection ever,” said a tax with what we collected last its officials at a meeting on Markit India Services PMI Nirmal Bang Equities in was broad-based, led by Govt to repeal advance for the first three official in New Delhi. year,” said another senior December 20 to identify index climbed to 53.3 from Mumbai. “Still, sluggish mining, manufacturing quarters, officials typically He estimates that direct tax official in the financial and initiate stern action 52.7 in November. growth and rising inflation and electricity. Mining and garner about 30-35 per cent tax collections for this year capital, Mumbai, the against wilful tax evaders, India’s manufacturing indicate that India may manufacturing, in particu- Plantation of annual direct taxes in could end up roughly 10 biggest tax generator, sources said. PMI also rose -- to 52.7 from well remain in stagflation lar, posted a second month the final three months, per cent below fiscal 2019. accounting for about a “The message from the 51.2 a month ago -- boosted for most of 2020.” of sequential growth. Labour Act data from the past three The finance ministry did third of revenues from top is very clear—go all out by the fastest increase in Production of consumer years shows. not immediately respond direct taxes. “But given the and collect,” said a senior new orders since July. Exports: Exports rema- goods also rose. But eight senior tax offi- to requests for comment. state of the economy, I’m tax official in Kolkata. “The relative stability in ined a laggard, falling 1.8 cials interviewed by Direct taxes typically not too hopeful.” — Reuters macro indicators over the per cent in December from --Bloomberg Ahead of budget, Das calls for structural reforms SC stays NCLAT FC BANKING BUREAU revive demand and growth. Das also listed out some tourism, e-commerce and spending. lenges for central banks is The Centre is going to repeal order on RoC’s MUMBAI, JAN. 24 “Structural reforms and of the priority areas where startups and also making Admitting that correctly the assessment of the cur- the Plantation Labour Act fiscal measures may have structural reforms are nec- the domestic economy a assessing the current eco- rent economic situation. (PLA), 1951 that makes it Ahead of the Union Budget to be continued and further essary and if carried out in part of the global value nomic situation and thus The precise estimation of role in Tata case mandatory for planters to pro- next week, Reserve Bank activated to provide a earnest can act as potential chain. formulating the necessary key parameters such as vide workers non-cash benefits Governor Shaktikanta Das durable push to demand growth drivers and Das urged the states to monetary policy is a chal- potential output and out- PRAMOD KUMAR such as housing and drinking reiterated that monetary and boost growth”, Das through backward and for- play an important role by lenge now, he said this is put gaps on a real time NEW DELHI, JAN. 24 water, chairman of the PM EAc policy “has its own limits” said on Friday, addressing ward linkages can give sig- enhancing capex that has why monetary policy basis is a challenging task, Bibek Debroy said in Kolkata. and the government will the students of St nificant push to growth. high multiplier effect, and around the world is in a although they are crucial The Supreme Court on “The government is going to have to use fiscal measures Stephen's College, Delhi, He called for prioritising can boost the Centre's state of flux today. for the conduct of mone- Friday put on hold the repeal the Plantation Labour and structural reforms to his alma mater. food processing industries, focus on infrastructure "One of the major chal- tary policy. National Company Law Act besides bringing in a new Appellate Tribunal’s code on wages," Debroy said. order clarifying the Registrar of Companies' (RoC) role in the Tata Bank of Baroda reports `1,407-crore loss Sons-Cyrus Mistry case. US pushing India to buy A bench comprising Patanjali eyes FC BUREAU Chief Justice S.A. Bobde, MUMBAI, JAN. 24 Justices B.R. Gavai and `35K cr turnover Ultratech net Indian Bank Surya Kant stayed the State-owned lender Bank $5-6 bn more farm goods January 6, NCLAT order, next year of Baroda (BoB) on Friday which Tata Sons, has reported a net loss of Rs soars 80% profit up 62% ADITYA KALRA & Ahead of a Trump visit respond outside regular contended cast further Patanjali group, which has 1,406.95 crore for the NEHA DASGUPTA to New Delhi to meet business hours. aspersions on it. acquired Ruchi Soya, expects to December 2019 quarter on NEW DELHI, JAN. 24 Prime Minister Narendra While India has offered Tata Sons approached have a turnover of Rs 35,000- higher provisioning for Mumbai, Jan 24: Chennai, Jan 24: Modi next month, negotia- partial relief on medical the top court against the Rs 40,000 crore in the next bad loans. Ultratech on Friday Indian Bank on Friday The United States wants tors on both sides are ham- device price caps that have NCLAT order of January financial year and to become The bank had reported a reported a consolidated reported 62.3 per cent India to buy at least anoth- mering out terms for a hurt American pharma 6 contending that it has the largest company in the profit of Rs 736.68 crore in net income of Rs 712 jump in net profit at Rs er $5-6 billion worth of trade deal that would giants and a roll-back in cast further aspersions FMCG sector in the coming the preceding September crore for the December 247.16 crore for American farm goods if include New Delhi rolling tariffs on some US goods, on Tata Sons while clari- years, replacing market leader quarter and Rs 471.25 quarter, up 80 per cent December quarter over New Delhi wants to win back higher tariffs on some Trump’s team wants a fying that it was not cast- HUL, said Yoga Guru Ramdev. crore in the year-ago quar- from Rs 396 crore in the a reduction in bad reinstatement of a key US farm goods such as sweetener of $5-6 billion in ing any aspersions on the Patanjali expects a joint ter. year-ago period. loans, from Rs 152.26 trade concession and seal a almonds, walnuts and additional trade for US RoC’s role. turnover of up to Rs 25,000 BoB, which merged Consolidated revenue of crore a year ago. Net wider pact, four sources apples, one of the sources goods to restore GSP privi- The January 6 order crore in the current year. Dena Bank and Vijaya the Birla Group flag- NPAs as a percentage familiar with the talks told said. leges, three sources said. came after the tribunal's Bank with itself earlier ship slipped to Rs 10,176 of assets reduced to 3.5 Reuters. Both governments had That demand was con- December 18 order this year, said its total crore from Rs 10,294 per cent from 4.42 per US President Donald hoped to work out a limited veyed by the US to India in restoring Cyrus Mistry income increased to Rs crore, the company said cent. Trump cited trade barriers trade deal last year, but late December. as executive chairman of 21,809.08 crore during the in a statement. last year when removing struggled to reach an As part of the negotia- Tata Sons. quarter as against Rs India from its Generalized agreement. tion, the US wants India to The tribunal, by its ED issues fresh 14,562.85 crore in the year- System of Preferences India’s commerce min- increase imports of frozen December 18 order, had ago quarter. 54 per cent resulting in net assets (NPA) ratio (GSP) programme that istry and the US Embassy poultry products, the first said the RoC had not fol- summons in Air The bank, in a stock loss of Rs 1,407 crore for declined to 10.43 per cent allowed zero tariffs on $5.6 in New Delhi did not source said. The U.S. has lowed proper procedure exchange filing, said its the quarter ending at December-end 2019 billion of exports to the respond to a request for already been pushing India in approving conversion net interest income grew 9 December 2019," the against 10.91 per cent by US. In retaliation, India comment. The office of the to cut the high import of Tata Sons from a pub- Asia PMLA case per cent to Rs 7,128 crore. lender said. the end of same quarter a slapped higher tariffs on US Trade Representative taxes on poultry products. lic to a private company. The Enforcement Directorate "Bank's provisions rose Its gross non-performing year ago. over two dozen US goods. did not immediately —Reuters has issued fresh summons to senior executives of Air Asia airlines, including CEO Tony Fernandes, for questioning next month in connection with a Soros rues rise of nationalism in India Lalit raids unearth `1K cr money laundering case, officials Davos, Jan. 24: Soros said humanity was al dictators and the ranks a Hindu nationalist state, said. The ED has asked New Delhi, Jan 24: Fernandes to appear before the Billionaire investor at a turning point. "We live of authoritarian rulers imposing punitive meas- The functions under its CMD deposits with foreign investigating officer in New George Soros, known for at a transformational continued to grow". ures on Kashmir, a semi- Income-Tax Department's Jyotsna Suri. banks," it said. Delhi on Feb. 5 and his deputy his outspoken liberal moment in history. The Stating that he had last autonomous Muslim searches on the Bharat "The investigation has The CBDT said the group and former deputy group CEO views, has criticised virtu- survival of open year hoped things to region, and threatening to Hotels group, that runs the successfully lifted the veil, is a "leading member of Bo Lingam on Feb. 3. ally all economic powers of societies is The improve, including deprive millions of chain of Lalit Hotels, has leading to detection of the hospitality industry, the world, including the endangered and biggest and on international Muslims of their citizen- led to the detection of undisclosed foreign assets running a hotel abroad and US and China, for being we face an even most frighten- cooperation, ship," he claimed. 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Shoaib Malik Shreyas fireworks, Rahul onslaught help India chase 204 Malik leads Pak’s Auckland, Jan. 24: The in the ninth over thanks The Black Caps roared immensely talented to their whirlwind part- back into contention with SCORECARD victory vs Bangla Shreyas Iyer enhanced his nership, albeit both had a double blow. First, New Zealand: Martin Jadeja 2-0-18-1. reputation as a finisher chances. Rahul survived a Rahul was out caught off Guptill c Rohit b Dube India: Rohit Sharma c Lahore: Recalled Shoaib Malik with a scintillating 29- mix-up as New Zealand Sodhi in the 10th over and 30, Colin Munro c Chahal Ross Taylor b Santner 7, smashed a solid half-century to ball-58 in India’s six-wick- failed to hit the stumps then seven balls later, b Thakur 59, Kane Lokesh Rahul c Southee anchor Pakistan’s five-wicket et victory over New twice, and then Ish Sodhi Martin Guptill pulled off Williamson c Kohli b b Sodhi 56, Virat Kohli c win over Bangladesh in the first Zealand in a high-scoring dropped a sitter off Kohli. a screamer at deep mid Chahal 51, Colin de Guptill b Tickner 45, Twenty20 international in first T20 at the Eden Park Continuing his fine form, wicket to send back Kohli. Grandhomme c Dube b Shreyas Iyer (not out) Lahore on Friday. Malik’s 45- here on Friday. Rahul notched up his half- India lost their set bats- Jadeja 0, Ross Taylor 58, Shivam Dube c ball 58 not out for his eighth Iyer built on KL Rahul’s century off 23 balls while men for six runs and their (not out) 54, Tim Seifert Southee b Ish Sodhi 13, KL RAHUL Twenty20 fifty as Pakistan (56 off 27 balls) blazing Kohli fell short of his ploy to send Shivam Dube c Iyer b Bumrah 1, Manish Pandey (not out) overhauled a modest 142-run start and Virat Kohli’s landmark by just five (13) up the order only had Mitchell Santner (not 14. Extras (nb 1, w 10) 11. R B 6s 4s target in 19.3 over to take a 1-0 useful 45 off 32 balls as runs. Together, they pro- limited success. Dube and out) 2. Extras (lb 1, w 5) Total (for four wickets in lead in the three-match series. India made short work of vided the base for India’s Iyer added 21 runs to pro- 6. Total (for five wickets 19 overs) 204. Bangladesh had managed 141-5 a 204-run target, knocking middle order to finish the vide some acceleration, in 20 overs) 203. FoW: 1-16, 2-115, 3-121, 4- 56 27 3 4 in their 20 overs with openers it off with an over to chase. before the all-rounder was FoW: 1-80, 2-116, 3-117, 4- 142. Mohammad Naim scoring 41- spare. Credit should be Sodhi’s second dismissal 178, 5-181. Bowling: Southee 4-0- ball 43 and Tamim Iqbal hit 34- given to Indian bowlers of the night. Iyer then Bowling: Bumrah 4-0-31- 48-0, Santner 4-0-50-1, ball 39 as Pakistan’s three-man for restricting New took charge of proceed- 1, Thakur 3-0-44-1, Shami Bennett 4-0-36-0, pace attack kept them in check Zealand towards the end ings as he smacked five 4-0-53-0, Chahal 4-0- Tickner 3-0-34-1, Sodhi on a flat Gadaffi stadium pitch. considering the dimen- fours and three sixes to 32-1, Dube 3-0-24-1, 4-0-36-2. The win further consolidated sions of the Eden Park. propel India to victory. Pakistan’s chances of hanging Earlier, Colin Munro He added 50 off 29 balls 26-ball 51-run innings as Sharma catching on to their world number one and Kane Williamson had with Manish Pandey, who the Black Caps’ made smartly to dismiss ranking in the shortest format. smashed quick-fire half- hit 14 not out off 12 balls good use of the peculiar Guptill. It brought If they lose any of the remain- centuries as New Zealand with a six. It was an Eden Park shape to pile on Williamson to the ing matches — on Saturday and scored 203-5. In pursuit of immaculate display by the the runs. New Zealand crease and the Monday, also in Lahore, 204, India lost Rohit young batsman who quickly got off the blocks onslaught continued as Australia will replace them at Sharma (7) early in the showed the with openers Munro and he put on 36 off 24 balls the top. Lahore’s foggy weather second over as he benefits Martin Guptill (30 off 19 with Munro. prompted Pakistan Cricket played one too many of reap- balls) putting on 68-0 in The latter reached Board to start the match at shots in a bid to go ing expe- the power play. his half-century off 2pm (0900 GMT) but it failed after spinner rience It was the highest power 36 balls before hol- to attract more than 10,000 Mitchell Santner (1- batting play score for New ing out off Thakur. people in a capacity of 24,000 50). Rahul and in the middle Zealand against India in India quickly got stadium. — PTI Kohli then took order and per- T20Is (previous best 66-0 a second wicket charge of the innings haps answering in 2019). Shardul Thakur in the space of Atharva and Ravi with an 80-run part- India’s questions regard- (1-44) and Mohammed four balls nership coming off ing the number four situa- Shami (0-53) proved to be with script India win only 47 balls. tion. expensive in their open- The duo launched a This was after Munro, ing spells. India were Bloemfontein: Left-arm spinner good array of Williamson and Ross forced to use as many six Atharva Ankolekar showed big strokes with seven Taylor (54 not out off 27 bowlers in the first eight heart while leg-spinner Ravi fours and four sixes balls) made the Indian overs. Dube (1-24) got Bishnoi was all guile in India’s between them as bowlers suffer. Jasprit the breakthrough 44-run win against New New Zealand Bumrah (1-31) put in a with Rohit Zealand as they set-up a quar- struggled to con- good shift with clever ter-final date with Australia in tain the runs. change of pace and con- the ICC U-19 World Cup here on India crossed 100 trol. Also Yuzvendra Ravindra Friday. Chahal (1/32 in 4 overs) Jadeja (1-18) dis- During a rain-hit final group A and Ravindra Jadeja (1/18 missing Colin de league encounter reduced to SHREYAS IYER in 2 overs) kept a check on Grandhomme (0). New 23-overs per-side, India scored the run-flow during the Zealand, at 117-3 in the 115 for no loss in 23 overs with back-end. Munro scored 13th over, were placed pre- openers Yashasvi Jaiswal (57 R B 6s 4s 59 off 42 balls, including cariously but Williamson not out off 72 balls) and six fours and two sixes, and Taylor put on 61 off 28 Divyansh Saxena (52 no off 62 58 29 3 5 while Williamson hit four balls to decimate the balls) hitting half-centuries. fours and four sixes in his Indian attack. — PTI New Zealand needed 193 as per DLS method calculations but managed only 147 in 21 overs as International India emerged group toppers with six points. A win like this sets up the whole tour for us: Kohli Left-arm orthodox Ankolekar, fitness camp who played through pain with a Auckland, Jan. 24: India about the tight scheduling in never spoke of the jet lag in we took that confidence in INDIA’S HIGHEST SUCCESSFUL CHASES IN T20s fractured finger on his right also beat the jet lag besides the pre-match press confer- the team. We didn’t want any here. You can’t be harsh on hand, had remarkable figures of New Zealand in the T20 ence but there was no such excuse,” said Kohli. anyone on this kind of pitch. Target Opponents Venue Year at Polo Club 3 for 28 in five overs with some series opener here and skip- talk within the team. New Zealand is a good I think we did well in the 208 West Indies Hyderabad 2019 accurate wicket-to-wicket bowl- per Virat Kohli said Friday’s “We enjoyed this. Landing seven and a half hours ahead middle overs, to restrict ing. — PTI convincing win was just the two days before and playing a of India time. India came them under 210 was a good 207 Sri Lanka Mohali 2009 DC CORRESPONDENT BRIEF SCORES kind of start his team was game like this, it was fantas- into the series high on confi- effort,” he said. 204 New Zealand Auckland 2020 HYDERABAD, JAN. 24 India 115 for no loss in 23 overs looking for. tic... This sets up for the dence, having beaten “I think fielding is one (Divyansh Saxena 52 n.o, India, who arrived here whole tour for us. Felt like 80 Australia 2-1 at home in the thing that we can improve 202 Australia Rajkot 2013 Hyderabad-based Yashasvi Jaiswal 57 n.o) bt New only a couple of days ago, percent support was for us ODI series that concluded on on, just getting used to the 199 England Bristol 2018 Academia Sports Village Zealand (DLS target 193 in 23 chased down New Zealand’s and the crowd was right Sunday. ground dimensions and the 198 Australia Sydney 2016 is conducting an exclu- overs) (Rhys Mariu 42; Fergus 203 for five with an over to behind us. You need that sort “We had a really good ball snaking a bit,” added sive high-profile interna- Lellman 31, Ravi Bishnoi 4/30, spare. Kohli had spoken of push chasing 200 plus. We series against Australia and Kohli. — PTI Stats: S. PERVEZ QAISER tional physical condition- Atharva Ankolekar 3/28). ing camp for Indian play- ers above 12 years of age and also coaches from RACE HEATS UP | FOR SELECTOR’S JOB across various disci- CRAWLEY HITS plines. The short-term High- Intensity Plyometric MAIDEN FIFTY, Training (February 3 to Now, Agarkar is 12), a first-of-its-kind international arrange- SA FIGHT BACK ment, will be held at the Hyderabad Polo and Johannesburg: Zak Crawley’s the frontrunner Riding Club (HPRC) com- maiden Test half-century gave plex at Aziz Nagar, England a solid foundation New Delhi, Jan. 24: Moinabad. before South Africa struck back Former India pacer Ajit The camp will be con- on the first day of the fourth Agarkar on Friday entered ducted by globally and final Test at the Wanderers the race for the national acclaimed fitness coach, Stadium on Friday. Holding an selector’s job and is a fron- Robert Hrvoje Condic, the unbeatable 2-1 series lead, trunner for the chairman’s Croatian mentor who has England were 192 for four when post. worked on several tennis bad light ended a rain-short- Agarkar confirmed that and football internation- ened day. England’s youthful he has applied for the als besides serving as the opening pair of Crawley (66) national selector’s posi- fitness coach of the and Dom Sibley (39) shared tion. Agarkar, who is a for- Croatian football team, England’s first century opening Bhupinder Singh Hooda, former chief minister of Haryana, presents the winners trophy to Hyderabad team at mer chairman of Mumbai which finished runner-up partnership since 2016 and the Lal Bahadur Stadium on Friday night. senior selection commit- at the 2018 FIFA World blunted South Africa’s fast tee, is in contention for the Ajit Agarkar Cup in Russia. bowlers on a pitch which both chairman’s post as the new He will be in town for captains expected to be chal- constitution doesn’t have who would have put in a lot the coaches’ clinic and lenging for batsmen. Crawley, provisions for zonal sys- of thought before applying. will introduce to the 21, and Sibley, 24, put on 107 Hyderabad emerge champions tem. If anyone thought that coaches and players the before Sibley was caught down It can also be confirmed Siva’s nomination as a Plyometric training regi- the leg side by wicketkeeper DC CORRESPONDENT Chennai by eight wickets that former India medium chairman of selectors is a men that is widely patron- Quinton de Kock to give new HYDERABAD, JAN. 24 while Hyderabad scored a pacer and junior chairman given, will now think ised by the biggest con- cap Beuran Hendricks his first nine-wicket win over HYDERABAD UNDER 23 of selectors Venkatesh again. It will be every temporary champions Test wicket. South Africa Hyderabad beat Tamil Karnataka. Prasad has once again interesting to see who all and top-grade athletes. claimed three more wickets to Nadu by six runs to win BRIEF SCORES applied for senior selec- are short-listed,” a senior Bearing the signature of have England at a slightly pre- the 7th Rajiv Gandhi All Final: Hyderabad 139 in 20 TEAM POST A VICTORY tor’s post although he has BCCI official said. Robert Hrvoje Condic, the carious 157 for four but captain India Under 19 Day and overs (Gaurav 23, Prateek 24, DC CORRESPONDENT only around one and half With West Zone’s Jatin certificates, which will be Joe Root and Ollie Pope took Night Cricket Varun Goud 20, Samuel Raj HYDERABAD, JAN. 24 years of his cumulative Paranjpe still having a issued on the concluding 2/24, Sunny 2/26, Pranshu the tourists safely through to Championship at the Lal 2/21) bt Tamil Nadu 133/8 in 20 term left. With BCCI set- year left, will BCCI accom- day, are recognised by the close in deteriorating light. Bahadur Stadium here on overs (Sharath Raj 20, Varun Hyderabad beat Rajasthan by 41 runs to take six points ting January 24 as the modate two national selec- Croatian and European Rain prevented any play before Friday night. Goud 2/26, Anirudh 2/20, from their Col C. K. Nayudu Trophy Under 23 cricket deadline for sending appli- tors from Mumbai in case coaches, Clubs and lunch and the South African Batting first, the hosts Kevin 2/26, Koushik Reddy match at the Gymkhana ground on Friday. Needing 179 cations, the 42-year-old Agarkar manages to Associations. bowling was surprisingly made a modest 139 in the 2/4). for an outright win, the visitors were all out/137 in their Agarkar is certainly the impress the yet to be Lower-body plyometric unthreatening when it did get stipulated 20 overs as Semifinals: second innings in the face of tight bowling by T. most high-profile name formed Cricket Advisory exercises are suitable for under way. Both teams opted Samuel Raj (2/24), ■ Chennai 81 in 14.5 overs Krishna Charit (3/40), Ajay Dev Goud (2/19), S. with 26 Tests, 191 ODIs and Committee. many disciplines, includ- for an all-seam attack on a Pranshu (2/21) and (Sanjay 21, Samuel Raj 5/15, Praneeth Raj (2/25) and C. T. Rakshann Readdi (2/32). 3 T20 Internationals, pick- “The BCCI president ing basketball, track & Vinay 3/15) lost to Tamil Nadu pitch which usually favours fast Sunny (2/26) did well to 84/2 in 11.1 overs (Adnan Khan BRIEF SCORES ing 349 wickets across for- Sourav Ganguly on the field events, football, bowlers but there was no dis- keep Hyderabad in check. 52, Tushar 19). ■ Col C. K. Nayudu Trophy: Hyderabad 241 in 83.4 mats. first day had spoken about hockey, rugby, baseball cernible swing or sharp move- However, the Tamil ■ Karnataka 71 in 18.2 overs overs & 174 in 92.3 overs (Shreyas Vala 50, S. S. Diwan Agarkar remains India’s transparency. If the intent and tennis. ment off the surface as Nadu batsmen could not (Venkat 27, Taha 3/18, Ritvik 5 for 71, A. S. Garg 2 for 11) bt Rajasthan 237 in 70.4 third highest wicket-taker is correct and the heart is It is scientifically estab- England’s openers scored at pull off the chase and 2/14, Saqlain 2/10) lost to overs & 137 in 36 overs (S. Praneeth Raj 2 for 25, C. T. in ODIs (with 288 scalps) in right place, why do we lished that the perform- better than three runs an over. managed only 133 for the Hyderabad 75/1 in 10.5 overs Rakshann Readdi 2 for 32, T. Krishna Charit 3 for 40, behind Anil Kumble (334 need to have zonal biases ance levels of those into a England were 100 for no wicket loss of eight wickets in (Anuraag 37, Vignesh 17). Ajay Dev Goud 2 for 19). Points: Hyderabad 6, wickets) and Javagal and follow the conven- sport that involves jump- INDIVIDUAL AWARDS at tea but South Africa changed their allotted overs. For ■ Rajasthan 0. Srinath (315 wickets). One tion?” the official asked. ing, sprinting or kicking Best Batsman: Tushar (Tamil ■ their tactics after the interval, Hyderabad, Koushik Nadu). Best Bowler: Saqlin South Zone Boys Under 14: Hyderabad 124 in 62.3 of the fastest bowlers dur- Apart from Agarkar and can be improved with bowling more short-pitched Reddy (2/4), Anirudh (Hyderabad). Best overs (S. Harshit 44, B. Pranav Reddy 4 for 21, M. Vijay ing his time, Agarkar was Sivaramakrishnan, the lower body plyometric deliveries. — AFP (2/20), Kevin (2/26) and Wicketkeeper: Gourav Reddy Prasad 2 for 25) & 105/7 in 20 overs (Aawez Ahmed 33 quickest to 50 wickets, other prominent names to exercises. Brief scores: England 192/4 in Varun Goud (2/26) turned (Hyderabad). Best Fielder: n.o, B. Pranav Reddy 2 for 26, S. V. Rahul 2 for 11) drew reaching the feat in only 23 have applied include For details regarding 54.2 overs (Z. Crawley 66, D. in fine spells of bowling. Jasper (Karnataka). Best with Andhra 286/2 in 50 overs (B. Yashwant 78, Rahul games. “Ajit entering the Nayan Mongia, Chetan registrations, call Sibley 44, J. Rose 25; V. Earlier in the semifi- Allrounder: Taha Shaik S. V. 119 — 125b, 15x4, 1x6, Varun Satwik 63) fray is an interesting devel- Sharma, Rajesh Chauhan. 9515125592 or log on to Philander 1/37) vs South Africa nals, Tamil Nadu beat (Hyderabad). opment. He is someone — PTI www.sportsvillage.club. Ready for new challenge PAGE Romelu Lukaku believes he made the right decision to leave Manchester United for a new challenge at Inter Milan, saying Games 14 he had to “re-find” himself after a difficult time at Old Trafford DECCAN CHRONICLE SATURDAY | 25 JANUARY 2020 | HYDERABAD

BOBBY’S LATE SHOW RESULTS MEN’S SINGLES 3ND ROUND ROCKS WOLVES AS Novak Djokovic (SRB x2) bt Yoshihito Nishioka (JPN) 6-3, 6-2, 6-2; Roger Federer (SUI x3) bt John Millman LIVERPOOL CRUISE (AUS) 4-6, 7-6 (7/2), 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (10/8); Fabio Fognini (ITA x12) bt Guido Pella (ARG x22) 7-6 (7/0), 6-2, Wolverhampton, Jan. 24: 6-3; Marton Fucsovics (HUN) bt Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp Tommy Paul (USA) 6-1, 6-1, 6-4; Milos hailed another moment of magic Raonic (CAN x32) bt Stefanos from Roberto Firmino as the Tsitsipas (GRE x6) 7-5, 6-4, 7-6 (7/2); Marin Cilic (CRO) bt Roberto Bautista Brazilian’s late winner opened up a (ESP x9) 6-7 (3/7), 6-4, 6-0, 5-7, 6-3. 16-point lead at the top of the WOMEN’S SINGLES 3ND ROUND Premier League with a 2-1 victory at Coco Cori Gauff (USA) bt Naomi Osaka Wolves on Thursday. Gauff of the (JPN x3) 6-3, 6-4; Wang Qiang (CHN The European champions’ now 14- US celebrates her Oh my gosh. Two years ago I lost the first x27) bt Serena Williams (USA x8) 6-4, game winning streak in the league 6-3, 6-4 win over 6-7 (2/7), 7-5; Ons Jabeur (TUN) bt seemed set to end as Raul Jimenez round in the juniors and now I’m here — this Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 7-5, 3-6, 7- Japan’s Naomi Osaka in is crazy. I was just telling myself one point at 5; Ashleigh Barty (AUS x1) bt Elena cancelled out Jordan Henderson’s their Australian Open Rybakina (KAZ x29) 6-3, 6-2; Alison early opener. third round match in a time and just keep fighting because you Riske (USA x18) bt Julia Goerges Liverpool were even grateful to Melbourne on never know what happens on this court. (GER) 1-6, 7-6 (7/4), 6-2; Maria Sakkari goalkeeper Alisson Becker for not Friday. — AFP (GRE x22) bt Madison Keys (USA x10) falling behind in the second half. — COCO GAUFF, 6-4, 6-4; Petra Kvitova (CZE x7) bt However, like crucial victories after reaching the Australian Open Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS x25) 6-1, against Leicester, Aston Villa and 6-2. Crystal Palace earlier in the cam- fourth round paign, Liverpool left it late to snatch Regd. No. H/SD/509/2018-20 another vital three points in their Printed and Published by T. Venkateswarlu quest to end a 30-year wait to win the on behalf of Deccan Chronicle Holdings title as Firmino smashed home six Limited. Printed at Deccan Chronicle Press minutes from time. situated at Plot No. 9 Alwal Village, Vallabh “You just have to find a way to win Nagar Taluk, Medchal Malkajgiri Dist. and have someone who makes the Telangana and Published at 36, S.D. Road, perfect decision and that was Bobby Gauff out of CoCoon Secunderabad-3. RNI Registration No. 3081/1957. Editor: again,” said Klopp, adding, “A Aditya Sinha worldie I would say from Bobby, a super goal.” Teen stuns champion Osaka; Serena crashes out; Wozniacki retires Liverpool, who now have 22 wins in 23 league games this season, also Melbourne, Jan. 24: tim and Federer fighting ousted Japanese defend- down to clinch his 100th Friday, after defeat to one in the world. People have a game in hand over second- Serena Williams back from 4-8 down in a ing champion Osaka, 22, win at the Australian Ons Jabeur, it looked thought that I was crazy placed Manchester City to come. crashed out, 15-year-old fifth-set tie-break with in dismissive style, win- Open. “Oh God, it was like a changing of the being from a small coun- However, victory could still come at Coco Gauff stunned John Millman. ning 6-3, 6-4 in just 67 tough. Thank God it was guard in women’s ten- try. But I made it hap- a cost as Mane hobbled off with a Naomi Osaka and Roger Serena’s bid for a minutes to reach round a super tie-breaker (10 nis. pen,” said Wozniacki, hamstring injury in the first half. Federer survived a five- record-equalling 24th four. points), otherwise I Her defeat came just the Melbourne winner “We don’t know exactly (the severi- set thriller as the form Grand Slam was shat- Federer came within a would have lost this one. minutes after in 2018. ty of the injury). He felt something in book went flying out of tered by the unlikely fig- whisker of repeating It came down to the wire Denmark’s Wozniacki DIVIJ BOWS OUT the hamstring,” added Klopp, whose the window at the ure of China’s Wang his 2018 US Open upset in the end,” said was knocked out by India’s Divij Sharan and side are also still in the hunt for the Australian Open on Qiang, who triumphed by Millman as he was Federer. Tunisia’s Jabeur, bring- his New Zealand part- FA Cup and Champions League. Friday. in three tough sets 6-4, taken to five punishing With Serena now 38, 23 ing a tearful end to the ner Artem Sitak were Defeat leaves Wolves still six points Men’s title-holder 6/7 (2/7), 7-5 — after sets by the tough years older than Gauff, former world number knocked out of the off the top four in seventh, but Nuno Novak Djokovic eased winning just one game Australian. the two players are at one’s final tournament Australian Open men’s Espirito Santo’s side showed why into the last 16 but else- when they played at the The 20-time Grand opposite ends of their before retiring. doubles competition they are on form the most likely chal- where there were sur- US Open in September. Slam champion was fac- careers. “I had a dream when I after going down 6-7, 3-6 lengers to fourth-placed Chelsea for a prises all over Gauff then stepped up ing defeat in the super And with Serena’s was a kid. I wanted to in straight sets to Bruno place in next season’s Champions Melbourne Park with her giant-killing tie-breaker but he close friend Caroline win a Grand Slam. I Soares and Mate Pavic League. — AFP Serena the biggest vic- Melbourne debut as she clawed back from 4-8 Wozniacki retiring on wanted to be number on Friday. — Agencies Prime Time

Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets Hyderabad’s Rashtriya Bal Puraskar awardees mountaineer Samanyu Pothuraju (above) and shooter Esha Singh (below) at his residence in New Delhi on Friday.

CHENNAI HAVE ADVANTAGE Chennai, Jan. 24: Lakshya Sen and Tommy Sugiarto bagged their third consecutive wins for Chennai Superstarz as the hosts clashed with Bengaluru Raptors at the Premier Badminton League at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium here on Friday. Sen displayed exceptional temperament and anticipation skills to blow away the 38th ranked Brice Leverdez of France 15-5, 15-4. In another match, Sugiarto’s stubborn defense and refusal to break down wore out B. Sai Praneeth, who lost the match 13-15, 15-10, 11-15. — Agencies

Badminton world champion P. V. Sindhu shares a light moment with former Indian cricket captain and Hyderabad Cricket Association president Mohammad Azharuddin at the book launch of I’MPOSSIBLE by former cricketer Dr K. Hari Prasad in Hyderabad on Friday. — DEEPAK DESHPANDE