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P rinted at . Chennai . Coimbatore . Bengaluru . Hyderabad . Madurai . Noida . Visakhapatnam . Thiruvananthapuram . Kochi . Vijayawada . Mangaluru . Tiruchirapalli . Kolkata . Hubballi . Mohali . Malappuram . Mumbai . Tirupati . lucknow . cuttack . patna NEARBY Panel will study the ‘1 nation, 1 poll’ issue PM’s panel rejects 11 parties, including Congress, DMK, BSP, Trinamool Congress and AAP, skip four­hour meeting former CEA’s paper Sobhana K Nair synchronisation. Sandeep Phukan Other than the Congress, RS bypolls: SC New Delhi on GDP growth the notable absentees in­ DU to release first cut­off A committee will be formed cluded the Trinamool Con­ seeks EC reply list on June 28 by the Narendra Modi­led go­ gress, the Samajwadi Party, ‘Lacks rigour, won’t stand up to scrutiny’ NEW DELHI vernment to prepare a road the Bahujan Samaj Party, the on petition Delhi University on map for “One nation, one Dravida Munnetra Kazha­ Wednesday announced a election”, Defence Minister gam, the Aam Aadmi Party Staff Reporter revised cut­off schedule for Rajnath Singh announced and the Rashtriya Janata Dal, New Delhi admissions to merit­based here at the end of an over among others. The Supreme Court on undergraduate courses. The four­hour meeting with pre­ The AIADMK sent Tamil Wednesday sought the first cut­off list will now be sidents of 21 political parties. Nadu Minister C.V. Shanmu­ response of the Election released on June 28 and Mapping the mood: Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Amit Eleven political parties, gam and Rajya Sabha MP Na­ Commission of India (EC) students will have to get Shah, Rajnath Singh and other Ministers after the all­party * SANDEEP SAXENA on a petition challenging their documents verified including the Congress, meeting in New Delhi on Wednesday. vaneethakrishnan, both of between June 28 and July 1, skipped the meeting con­ whom were denied entry its decision to hold the university said. The vened by the Prime Minister. will form a committee re­ the country’s agenda. If since the meeting was only separate bypolls for two second list will be announced Speaking to reporters at garding this issue.” there are differences of opi­ open to the party chiefs. Rajya Sabha seats in on July 4. the end of the meeting, Mr. All the political parties nion, they are welcome,” Mr. They submitted in writing Gujarat. The seats fell CITY Ī PAGE 3 Singh said: “Majority of the were given the opportunity Singh quoted the Prime Mi­ the AIADMK’s position on vacant on the election of DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD parties supported. CPI and to put forth their views, after nister as saying. the issue. BJP president Amit Shah CPI(M) raised questions which Mr. Modi spoke in sup­ Sources said Mr. Modi Among the NDA allies, the and Union Minister Smriti about its feasibility but port of the idea. “The Prime stressed that this formula Shiv Sena was missing. Irani to the Lok Sabha. didn’t oppose the move. The Minister said that this is not needs to be accepted even if Prime Minister then said he the government’s agenda but it takes 10 years to achieve CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 12 CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 12

CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Muzaffarpur Special Correspondent age or methodology, the A cry for water NEW DELHI author does neither.” AES death toll The Prime Minister’s Eco­ “Given the fact that his Oppn. slams U.P. govt.’s nomic Advisory Council paper lacks rigour in terms ordinance on varsities mounts to 115 (PMEAC) has released a de­ of specific data sources and LUCKNOW tailed note enumerating its description, alternative hy­ The draft ordinance to ban Press trust of india objections to former Chief pothesis, rationale of equa­ use of campuses of private Muzaffarpur/Patna Economic Adviser Arvind tion specifications, use of universities in Uttar Pradesh The death toll due to Acute for “anti­national activity” Subramanian’s paper on In­ dummies, and robustness­ Encephalitis Syndrome has not gone down well with dia’s GDP growth. check diagnostics of esti­ (AES) rose to 115 in Bihar’s the Opposition, with the The note said that Mr. mated equations, and Congress saying that the Muzaffarpur district on Subramanian’s paper “lacks choice of countries in the move smacks of “foisting RSS Wednesday, as a Public In­ rigour” and would not stand sample and a specific list, it ideology on educational terest Litigation was filed in up to academic scrutiny. would not stand the scruti­ institutions”. the Patna High Court urg­ ny of academic or policy re­ ing it to direct the State go­ Low GDP search standards,” the note NORTH Ī PAGE 7 DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD vernment to take adequate The paper, released in Har­ added. action to contain the vard University, postulated The Council, however, Car bomb used to target outbreak. that the GDP growth bet­ said this did not mean that Army patrol vehicle: NIA The deaths took place at ween 2011­17 was significant­ the paper should not be ta­ NEW DELHI the Shri Krishna Medical ly lower than the 7% shown ken seriously, but that “to A Maruti 800 car is suspected College and Hospital where by the official figures. believe it as gospel truth is to have been used in 138 children were still un­ “Having closely read the equally problematic.” Monday’s terror attack on an dergoing treatment. paper and taking into ac­ In a detailed rejoinder, it Army patrol vehicle on the The Supreme Court on Arihal­Pulwama road in count all information availa­ said the 17 indicators “cher­ Wednesday also agreed to South Kashmir, initial probe ble until June 19, 2019, the ry­picked” by the former hear a plea seeking a direc­ suggests. An improvised primary contributors of this CEA were sourced from the explosive device packed in a tion to the Centre to ur­ note reject the author’s Centre for Monitoring In­ car parked by the road was gently constitute a team of methodology, arguments dian Economy (CMIE), detonated when a mobile medical experts for the and conclusions in the said which was not in itself a patrol vehicle of the 44 treatment of the children paper,” the note by the primary source of Rashtriya Rifles passed by. Pot of woe: Women staging a protest with empty pots in front of the Coimbatore Corporation on Wednesday to highlight suffering from AES in Bi­ PMEAC said. “A critique of information.

* M. PERIASAMY har. NEWS Ī PAGE 13 the acute shortage of water. The protest was organised by the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. official GDP estimates must DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC D ETAILS ON Ī PAGE 9 specifically critique cover­ CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 12 HC raps police for ‘brutality’ in tempo incident Sunny Deol told to explain Asks for identification of all cops involved in assault on driver, minor son poll spend Soibam Rocky Singh five police officers who ran submitted that cross FIRs public interest seeking a CBI New Delhi after a 15­year­old boy who have been lodged on the probe into the incident. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Video clips of policemen had been trying to take his complaints of the two sides It posted the matter for CHANDIGARH dragging and assaulting a 15­ father away,” the Bench and the case transferred to further hearing on July 2. Actor­turned­politician year­old boy and his father, a asked. the Crime Branch for a de­ One of the petitioners, ad­ Sunny Deol, the BJP Mem­ tempo driver, in broad day­ “If this is not evidence of tailed investigation. The vocate Seema Singhal, has ber of Parliament from Pun­ light in north­west Delhi’s police brutality then what counsel further said that sought framing of appro­ jab’s Gurdaspur, has been Mukherjee Nagar drew the more do you need? This is a three officers involved in the priate guidelines for police issued a statutory letter to ire of the Delhi High Court, case of extensive disquiet in incident have been suspend­ reforms to prevent such “vio­ explain his 2019 Lok Sabha which described them as evi­ society. How can any un­ ed. To this, the Bench said, lent acts of police brutality election­related expendi­ dence of “police brutality”. iformed force do this? This “There are eight to nine pol­ and excessive force”. ture, an official said on “Why was the boy dragged would scare the citizens,” the ice personnel who can be “A service gun was point­ Wednesday. along the street in broad day­ Bench added. clearly seen [in the videos]… ed towards the minor boy by “We have issued a statu­ light,” asked a Bench of Jus­ Identify the five officers who these policemen threatening tory letter of accounts re­ tices Jayant Nath and Najmi Independent report dragged the boy along the him with dire consequenc­ conciliation to Mr. Deol Waziri after watching video The court also called for an street, all the while pelting es,” her petition stated, ad­ among other candidates. footage of the Sunday inci­ independent report on the him with sticks, and those ding that “the atrocities com­ Such a letter is issued to ev­ dent, which has since snow­ incident from an officer of who assaulted the father.” mitted by the police amount ery contesting candidate 26 balled into a political issue. the rank of Joint Commis­ The High Court also issued to violation of Section 4 of days after the declaration of “How can you [Delhi pol­ sioner of Police within a notices to the police, the the Model Code of Conduct results. If any discrepancy ice counsel] standing for the week. Centre and the city govern­ for the police”. is found, then the con­ State justify the action of the The Delhi police’s counsel ment on a petition filed in SEE ALSO Ī PAGE 3 cerned candidate is given the chance to explain,” said Gurdaspur District Election Officer­cum­Deputy Com­ A water clinic for elephants opens in Mathura missioner Vipul Ujjwal. A source, privy to the Injured, sick and geriatric jumbos undergo specialised treatment for rehabilitation matter, said that in the “sha­ dow registers” maintained Bindu Shajan Perappadan “In captive elephants their by the Election Commis­ NEW DELHI bodies are weakened due to sion the poll expenditure of India has opened its first improper nutrition, their Mr. Deol has been estimat­ specialised hydrotherapy bodies and delicate feet are ed to be above ₹70 lakh, treatment for elephants suf­ riddled with wounds and which is the statutory limit. fering from arthritis, joint painful abscesses. Osteoar­ “We can’t give any figure pain and foot ailments, near thritis and foot issues are for anyone unless reconci­ the Wildlife SOS’ Elephant common ailments. Water re­ liation of account has taken Conservation and Care sistance is useful for muscle place. We maintain record Centre (ECCC), which cur­ strengthening and cardio­ of the expenditure of candi­ rently houses 20 rescued vascular training while wa­ dates during the election animals and is run in collab­ Water baby: An elephant relaxing in a hydrotherapy pool in ter pressure can reduce oe­ and issue the letter after re­ oration with the Uttar Pra­ Mathura, Uttar Pradesh. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT dema and swelling,” he said. sults. If any discrepancy is desh Forest Department and The elephants at the Wil­ found after the candidate’s the NGO Wildlife SOS. and body and help in in­ sonography to treat injured, dlife SOS have been rescued reply, then we issue a notice Situated on the banks of creasing blood circulation. sick and geriatric ele­ from extreme distress. Some to the candidate. It is a nor­ the Yamuna in Mathura, the “The hospital started in phants,” said Dr. Yaduraj were privately owned and mal statutory process,” said hydrotherapy jumbo pool is 2018 already offers state­of­ Khadpekar, senior wildlife had the cruel history of be­ Mr. Ujjwal. 11­foot­deep and has 21 high the­art facilities, including veterinary officer. ing used for begging. Mr. Deol defeated Con­ pressure jet sprays that wireless digital X­ray, laser He said that with each ele­ gress’s Sunil Jakhar by a create water pressure that treatment, dental X­ray, phant rescue they had ob­ HYDROTHERAPY TO HEAL margin of 82,459 votes to massage the elephants’ feet thermal imaging and ultra­ served a disturbing pattern. FEET AND JOINTS Ī PAGE 12 win the Gurdaspur seat. CM YK DELHI THE HINDU 2 CITY THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Delhi’s sweet spot: 25°C to 31°C Study says power demand doesn’t rise with increase in temperature in this range

Nikhil M Babu cording to the study. New delhi The study also has a list of The Centre for Science and recommendations to reduce Environment, in a study energy consumption . Mr. which is to be released on Somvanshi said that we need Thursday, has found that smarter building designs. there is a temperature “sweet spot”, between 25 Recommendations and 31 degrees Celsius, in “Mandate sunshades for all which Delhiites are comfor­ windows and make a provi­ table. In this range, the pow­ sion for installing desert er consumption does not coolers in all new housing. rise with increase in temper­ Builders have resorted to ature, says the study. providing only ACs in new The study analysed Del­ buildings, making it difficult hi’s power consumption ov­ link between comfort, space by households,” Mr. Som­ for people to use any other er the past eight years. “Elec­ cooling and energy con­ vanshi said. means of cooling,” the re­ tricity consumed on days sumption in a climate­ "During May (2018), for as port states. “Run aggressive when heat index was stressed world”, written by many as 21 days, the late­ market awareness cam­ 25°C–31°C was observed to be Avikal Somvanshi, also night peak demand had paigns on multiple benefits unaffected by thermal stress found that there was a direct been higher—up from 14 days of energy­efficient buildings, (heat or cold),” the study correlation between thermal in 2016,” the report states. such as reduced operational states. Heat index is a mea­ discomfort and power con­ Explaining power con­ costs, health and comfort, sure of how hot it really feels sumption. sumption of January 2018, environmental and societal when relative humidity is Mr. Somvanshi, said: “The benefits,” reads another factored in with the actual More demand at night power consumption starts recommendation. air temperature. Thermal comfort is a state of picking up from around 4 Mr. Somvanshi said that The study also found that human satisfaction to the a.m., when people start wak­ the Bureau of Indian Stan­ in summer months in Delhi, thermal environment. “In ing up. They switch on the dards has been directed by the peak power consump­ Delhi, the peaks [power de­ geysers to get hot water for the Centre to come up with tion during the night was mand] are now more in shower. The power con­ comfort standards. “Unless more than the daytime, night rather than at day, sumption peaks around 10 we have these comfort stan­ which showed that the peak which is a weird behaviour. a.m. and starts to dip at a dards for summer and win­ power demand was driven At this time, the commercial time when most people go to ter and regulate unnecessary by domestic consumption. It establishments are not work­ office.” “This pattern doesn’t cooling, we will be wasting also found that the power ing and this shows that the reflect use of space heaters, energy. We keep designing demand in winter was dri­ peaks is being driven by hou­ but that of water heaters.” buildings which are driven ven more by the use of geys­ seholds. Though the overall Thermal stress can be at­ by comfort standards of the ers than spacial heaters. consumption has always tributed 25%–31% of the total AC industry, which is not try­ The study “A Midsummer been more for households, electricity consumed in Del­ ing to help us, but make pro­ Nightmare, Decoding the the peaks were never driven hi in the last five years, ac­ fit,” he said. EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

THE HINDU DELHI THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 2019 CITY 3 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE I N BRIEF DU admissions: first cut­off list for Man held for trying to kill Man held for flashing woman at metro station NEW DELHI A 25-year-old man has been UG courses to be out on June 28 rival, hiring contract killers arrested for allegedly flashing a woman at HUDA City Centre metro station on Accused suspected victim was in a relationship with his wife June 14, the police said on First list for postgraduate admissions to be released on July 17, says university Wednesday. Deputy S taff Reporter the undergraduate admis­ first and the window will be Staff Reporter Aphonse said, adding that Ji­ Commissioner of Police NEW DELHI NEW DELHI (Special Cell) P.S. Kushwah sion portal. Students will open for them till 3 p.m. of tender had started losing said that the accused has Delhi University on Wednes­ first have to get the approval the following day. A 34­year­old man has been contracts due to Nabodh. been identified as Dinesh, a day announced a revised of admission on the portal The new schedule for the arrested for allegedly trying The accused then resident of Sushant Lok, who cut­off schedule for admis­ and they are allowed to pay cut­off lists was released af­ to kill a man in Dwarka, the planned to eliminate Na­ works as an office boy at a sions to merit­based under­ the fees by 3 p.m. of the fol­ ter the university was or­ police said on Wednesday. bodh and gave the contract private company. graduate courses. The first lowing day. dered to keep the admission The accused, they said, sus­ to Rajbir and Santosh, whom cut­off list will now be re­ For PG admissions, the portal open till June 22. Ear­ pected that the victim was in he promised to pay ₹50,000 leased on June 28 and stu­ first list will be released on lier, the first cut­off list was a relationship with the form­ for the job. On the day of the Correction & Apology dents will have to get their July 17 and document verifi­ scheduled for June 22. er’s wife. incident, the three accused A report headlined ‘Monty documents verified between cation needs to be done bet­ The dates were post­ The accused, identified as lured Nabodh to an isolated Chadha gets bail in cheating June 28 and July 1, the un­ ween July 17 and July 19. The poned after the Delhi High Jitender alias Jitu, was also Accused Jitender in police spot. The four drank togeth­ case’, published in the Delhi iversity said. second, third, and fourth list Court, which was hearing incurring loss after he had custody. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT er and Rajbir then fired at city edition on June 18, was The second list will be an­ will be out on July 22, 27 and pleas against the university stopped working in partner­ the victim and Santosh at­ accompanied by a picture that nounced on July 4 and the August 2 respectively. Furth­ for effecting change in eligi­ ship with the victim, the pol­ ken up. Santosh was arrest­ tacked him with a knife. The was erroneously identified as that of Monty Chadha. The verification process will be er lists, if any, will be an­ bility criteria just a day be­ ice said. ed on June 15, but the other victim, however, managed image was actually that of carried out between July 4 further cut­off lists will be nounced depending on the fore the registrations were to Deputy Commissioner of two accused remained ab­ to flee and started shouting Pawandeep Singh Anand, a and July 6. The third, fourth announced later depending availability of seats, the un­ commence, said that chang­ Police (Dwarka) Anto Al­ sconding. Jitender was final­ for help. The three panicked Gurugram-based industrialist. and fifth cut­off lists will be on the number of vacant iversity said. es in eligibility criteria had to phonse said that the ac­ ly arrested on Tuesday, and fled the spot. Jitender We apologise to Mr. Anand announced on July 9, July 15 seats. Students will have to pay be made in accordance with cused, a resident of Najaf­ when he had come to take had left his house with the for the inadvertent use of the and July 20 respectively. The The university said that the fees online on the admis­ law that would require a mi­ garh, and his accomplices his family to flee to Mumbai, family and was hiding in Noi­ wrong image owing to an university, in a statement, for online fee payment, ap­ sion portal. They will have to nimum of six months of not­ Rajbir and Santosh allegedly the police said. da and Jhansi before he was archiving error. said that the schedule for plicants will have to log on to get an approval on the portal ice to the public at large. fired at Nabodh Kumar (21) During interrogation, Ji­ caught, the police said. on June 10 in Jafarpur Kalan. tender said that he and his Mr. Alphonse also said They also injured him with a wife had come to Delhi from that Jitender left his wife and knife, but Nabodh managed UP around eight years ago. children at a railway station Two members of to escape. He started working as a ma­ in Jhansi promising them Mukherjee Nagar case: constable The police said that on son and Nabodh was his that he would return. Ho­ June 10, they received an in­ neighbour. “Jitender and Na­ wever, when he failed to do Bachhan gang held formation that a man had bodh began taking contracts so after a day, the wife came gets ‘threats’ for social media post been stabbed and fired at. for smaller masonry works back to Delhi. “He contacted Men involved in over 100 snatching cases The victim later told the pol­ in partnership. Jitender said his wife later and on Tues­ ice that he had been at­ he suspected that Nabodh day, he had come to pick his Cop claims relative operates account bearing his picture STAFF REPORTER active on the outskirts of the tacked by Jitender and his and his wife were in a rela­ family to flee to Mumbai, but NEW DELHI city. The gang targets people accomplices. tionship. This led to the end was arrested,” the officer STAFF REPORTER C M welcomes HC order, the comment was written. The Delhi Police has arrest­ when they are alone, at iso­ An investigation was ta­ of their partnership,” Mr. said. NEW DELHI AAP MLA writes to Shah He also claimed that he has ed two members of the lated places. It selects unem­ After several videos of the NEW DELHI been receiving threats on ‘Bachhan gang’ for robbing ployed youth as its Mukherjee Nagar assault in­ Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on the social media after the people in the national capi­ members. cident went viral, the Delhi Wednesday welcomed the HC comment from the said ac­ tal, officials said on Wednes­ The police got a tip­off Arms supplier, police have started keeping order on the Mukherjee Nagar count bearing his picture day. The police said that the that members of the ‘Bach­ a watch on social media ac­ case. “Those entrusted with went viral. arrested persons were in­ han gang’ would arrive at accomplice protecting citizens cannot counts that are spreading volved in more than 100 Sultanpuri bus terminal with create discord in society and hatred and trying to disturb ‘Account deactivated’ snatching cases reported stolen motorcycles and arrested spread senseless violence,” the peace by circulating AAP chief tweeted. Meanwhile, “The social media account across the city. snatched mobile phones to morphed and edited videos. reported to the Delhi Police The accused have been sell those. The police laid a Staff Reporter AAP Tilak Nagar MLA Jarnail NEW DELHI A comment posted from Singh on Wednesday wrote to has been deactivated. We re­ identified as Rohit and Ra­ trap near the bus terminal the account of a city police Home Minister Amit Shah, quest everyone to stop hul, both aged 22 and resi­ and the two members of the A 42­year­old man has constable on the incident urging him to take action spreading rumours and re­ dents of Delhi’s Sultanpuri. gang were held. Ten two­ been arrested for allegedly was reported to the police against the other policemen port such activities to the They have confessed to their wheelers and three snatched supplying illegal arms to after it went viral on the so­ involved in the case. police. We are keeping a involvement in more than mobile phones were reco­ criminals in Delhi, the pol­ cial media on Wednesday. watch on the social media to 100 incidents of mobile and vered from them. The police ice said on Wednesday. The police said that the identify accounts that are purse snatching in Outer, Ro­ said that a total of 12 FIRs The man from whom he identified social media ac­ him. The constable told the spreading hatred by circu­ hini, North­West, and West were lodged at various pol­ used to procure the wea­ count belongs to a police police that the account was lating morphed and edited districts, the police said. ice stations in connection pons has also been constable who has been being operated by his rela­ pictures and videos of the The ‘Bachhan gang’ com­ with the theft and snatching arrested. identified. They also have tive and he had no know­ Mukherjee Nagar incident,” prises vehicle thieves and of the items that were reco­ DCP (South) Vijay Ku­ sought an explanation from ledge as to how and when said a police officer. mobile snatchers who are vered. mar said that the accused have been identified as Mo­ hammad Parvez, a resident of Jasola village, and Iqbal, Youth stabbed 3 sex workers a resident of UP’s Hapur. A Bumps ahead for GMDA’s plan total of five pistols and 30 to death gang­raped; 7 live cartridges have been recovered from their pos­ Staff Reporter to revive Aravali road project held, 2 at large session. NEW DELHI Parvez was convicted in An 18­year­old boy was Press Trust of India a murder case registered at stabbed to death and his ‘NHAI officials not amused by proposal to review road alignment’ Noida Kalkaji police station in friend was injured in north Three sex workers have 2008 and after being re­ Delhi’s Timarpur allegedly Ashok Kumar NHAI officials are ber last, following strong been allegedly raped by leased from jail, he started GURUGRAM <> after being attacked by two of the view that the protests by environmental­ nine men at a farmhouse supplying weapons. bike­borne men, the police The Gurugram Metropolitan GMDA should get ists and common people, the here after they were picked said on Wednesday. The Development Authority’s the study done and GMDA had in its meeting on up from Delhi, the police (GMDA) plan to revive the March 27 asked the NHAI offi­ two sides had an argument report prepared said on Wednesday. before the victims were at­ controversial road project cials to revive the six­lane Most of the accused are for the review of tacked, they said. passing through the Aravali road project through the bio­ private security guards, the alignment if The incident was report­ Biodiversity Park off Mehrau­ diversity park. The Chief Ex­ while one is a cab driver, ed on Monday and the teen li­Gurugram Road may again they want the plan ecutive Officer, GMDA, had the police said, adding that succumbed to injuries on hit rough weather with Na­ to be altered advised the NHAI officials to seven of them have been ar­ Tuesday. The deceased has tional Highways Authority of Sources in NHAI review the alignment for the rested after the matter was been identified as Suraj. India (NHAI) officials not be­ road causing minimum im­ reported around 5 a.m. His friend Irshad is cur­ ing keen on the authority’s also been initiated then. pact on the park and aiming The complainant and rently undergoing proposal to review its “After the GMDA advised to decongest the Delhi­Guru­ two of her friends said that treatment. alignment. the NHAI to revise the pro­ gram border at Sirhaul. they were waiting for a Suraj and Irshad were Highly placed sources in ject and review its alignment Besides, GMDA’s Urban client at Lajpat Nagar me­ drinking with two of their the NHAI told The Hindu earlier this year, the proposal Environment Department tro station in Delhi on Tues­ friends near a drain in Ti­ that its senior officials were was forwarded by the NHAI and the MCG have also ob­ day night when two men marpur when the two ac­ not amused by the GMDA’s Gurugram office to its Delhi jected to the project, raising approached them around cused came and asked proposal to review the align­ office, but senior NHAI offi­ environment related con­ 11.30 p.m. “A deal was them what they were do­ ment of the road for the re­ cials have decided to keep it cerns. The National Associa­ struck between them and ing. “An argument broke vival of the project. The in limbo as of now. The NHAI tion of Software and Service the women were told that out between the two sides sources said that the NHAI officials are of the view that Companies had in a letter to they would have to come to over this and the bike­ had already invested huge the GMDA should get the stu­ Chief Minister Manohar Lal Noida Sector 18,” SSP (Gau­ borne men stabbed Suraj sums of money and time in dy done and report prepared Khattar, in December last, tam Buddh Nagar) Vaibhav and Irshad,” the officer getting the plan prepared for for the review of the align­ made an appeal to not create Krishna said. The women said. No arrests have been the road as per the earlier ment if they want the plan to a bigger problem in order to were instead taken to a made so far. alignment and the process of be altered,” said the source. solve the problem of traffic farmhouse in Sector 135 land acquisition in Delhi had Though shelved in Novem­ congestion. and gang­raped.

7 rescued as fire breaks out in parking lot

Staff Reporter NEW DELHI Seven persons were res­ cued after a fire broke out in the parking lot of a resi­ dential colony in south­ east Delhi’s Abul Fazal En­ clave in the early hours of Wednesday, a Delhi Fire Service official said. The fire department said that a six­year­old boy sus­ tained minor injuries in the incident and was taken to a nearby hospital. He was discharged after treat­ ment. Three cars, four mo­ torcycles and two scooters were gutted in the fire. “A short­circuit in the electric meter at the parking lot led to the fire,” the officer said. CM YK EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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Hemani Bhandari software is such that it can­ unit is facing is manpower Stakeholders can register their land till August 4 NEW DELHI not share information. There crunch. Sources said that the The Cyber Prevention are websites, applications unit has about 150 officers in Shinjini Ghosh in October last year. the process is completed, we Awareness and Detection and service providers that total, out of which only 10%­ NEW DELHI While interested stakehol­ will make the consortiums (CyPAD) unit of the Delhi Pol­ give VoIP numbers and they 20% are technically sound. The Delhi Development ders can register their res­ that can then approach with ice is facing challenges due don’t share information with Authority (DDA) has re­ pective land on the online their respective layouts and to tech giants not sharing in­ us as well,” the officer said. Lack of manpower ceived applications for over portal till August 4, a senior designs. The DDA is also formation on time and man­ VoIP is a software which “Under the IT Act, only an 780 hectares under the land DDA official said that till now making templates for the power crunch. enables people to use Inter­ inspector­rank officer can in­ pooling policy, senior DDA around 782 hectares have layouts depending on the The CyPAD was inaugurat­ net as transmission medium vestigate such cases and we officials said on Wednesday. been accumulated under the land accumulated,” the offi­ ed by former Union Home wherein the caller can use an have about 12­13 inspectors The online portal for the policy. Under the policy, ho­ cial said. Minister Rajnath Singh in Fe­ Indian number but it will who have about 15 cases land pooling policy was wever a sector of 250 to 300 While approving the poli­ bruary this year. Cyber show as an international each,” the officer said. launched in February this hectares will be eligible to be cy, the urban body had said crime unit was earlier under number. However, 50 constables, year by Union Minister Har­ developed once a minimum that it will only act as “facili­ the Economic Offences Wing fresh out of academy, are re­ deep Puri and Lieutenant­ of 70% contiguous land with­ tator and planner” and that and the cases taken up by Time consuming “Appropriate legal action the social media platforms cently deployed in the unit Governor Anil Baijal. The in a sector is assembled. the “development will be ta­ the unit mostly pertained to Sources said that the formal can be taken against the fail to share information on and are being trained from much awaited policy that ken up by the developer enti­ financial irregularities. “But procedure to get the infor­ companies but we are trying time, Mr. Gupta said that scratch. The officer said that aims to provide around 17 Templates being made ties or consortiums.” now we have started taking mation is through Mutual Le­ to resolve it mutually,” the of­ there are three reasons for the unit has a strong techni­ lakh houses in the Capital, “We are in the process of su­ The policy has projected up cases that affect the pu­ gal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) ficer said. the same. “First, the depart­ cal team of about 10 officers including 5 lakh for the eco­ perimposing and ascertain­ dwelling units for approxi­ blic at large like stalking and and various provisions un­ Apar Gupta, lawyer and ment sometimes sends not­ headed by an inspector who nomically weaker sections, ing the extent of the land that mately 76 lakh people in the online cheating,” said a se­ der Information Technology executive director of Inter­ ice that is vague or not even conducts in­house training was approved by the Centre has been accumulated. Once Capital. nior officer at CyPAD. Act, but they are time con­ net Freedom Foundation, available with the platform. sessions. Sources claimed that tech suming. “By the time we get said tech giants are legally Second, the platforms have When questioned about giants like Twitter and VoIP the required information, it bound to share information based their compliance the technology to investigate (Voice over Internet Proto­ becomes useless as substan­ with the law enforcement teams not in India but cases, the officer said that Piped water reaches Badarpur: DJB col) service providers don’t tial amount of time lapses by agencies in India under Sec­ abroad so it takes time to the unit has access to some share information easily then,” the officer said. tion 91 of the Criminal Proce­ process. Third, it takes time of the latest technology, in­ Staff Reporter Arvind Kejriwal had visited drinking water. Camps are through Google and Face­ So far, the police have dure Code. “If they don’t for the compliance team to cluding retrieving data from New Delhi different parts of Badarpur being set up in the area to book. But Yahoo has been been able to extract informa­ comply with this, the CrPC turn the information to a law a damaged hard disk or mo­ The Delhi Jal Board (DJB) on constituency and assured provide people with water cooperative with law enfor­ tion from tech giants who further defines that criminal enforcement agency given bile phone. They are in the Wednesday said that resi­ the residents that Ganga wa­ connections,” an official cement agencies. “don’t cooperate” by mutual penalties may be instituted the impact it may have on process of acquiring more, dents of Badarpur have ter will reach their house­ statement said. “WhatsApp has recently understanding and by get­ against the online plat­ the privacy of its user,” he including sophisticated soft­ started getting piped drink­ holds soon. “Sewer lines and roads submitted an affidavit in a ci­ ting in touch with their forms,” Mr. Gupta said. said. ware for social media analy­ ing water from Wednesday. “The people of Badarpur are also being set up in the ty court that its encryption representatives. When asked about why Another problem that the sis. On June 6, Chief Minister now have access to clean constituency,” it said. Ozone pollution higher this summer, says CSE

Staff Reporter According to the analysis, New Delhi during this summer, the Delhi­ Ozone pollution has increased NCR region had more days in Delhi­NCR this summer with average ozone levels more compared to last year, an ana­ than the national air quality li­ lysis by the Centre for Science mits than the last summer. The and Environment, Delhi, has CSE tracked the daily ozone found. data released by the CPCB for “When temperature in­ Delhi and NCR from April 1 ­ creases, the rate of production June15, 2019, to arrive at the of ozone also increases. It can conclusion. cause fatigue, breathlessness, “As the air quality index is and asthma,” an official at the also beginning to show ozone System of Air Quality and as a dominant pollutant, it will Weather Forecasting said. Sur­ require strong action to cut face ozone is not a primary down gaseous emissions from pollutant, but it is produced combustion sources – vehicles due to chemical reactions of ni­ and industry,” said Anumita trogen oxides and carbon mo­ Roychowdhury, Executive Di­ noxide in the presence of sun­ rector (research and advocacy) light. of CSE, who did the analysis.

Weather Watch Rainfall, temperature & air quality in select metros yesterday

Temperature Data: IMD, Pollution Data: CPCB, Map: INSAT/IMD (Taken at 18.00 Hrs)

Forecast for Thursday: Heavy rainfall likely at isolated places over West Bengal, Odisha, Kerala, Mahe, coastal Karnataka, coastal Andhra Pradesh, Konkan & Goa, Telangana and Andaman & Nicobar Islands. Heat wave conditions likely in isolated pock- ets over Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Karaikal and Yanam city rain max min city rain max min Agartala...... —.... 36.8.... 27.0 Kozhikode ...... 49.1.... 33.6.... 23.4 Ahmedabad...... 52.9.... 36.1.... 25.3 Kurnool...... —.... 39.4.... 28.2 Aizawl ...... —.... 28.2.... 20.8 Lucknow...... —.... 32.0.... 28.7 Allahabad ...... —.... 35.5.... 29.4 Madurai...... —.... 40.8.... 27.9 Bengaluru...... —.... 32.3.... 21.5 Mangaluru...... 2.1.... 31.9.... 23.0 Bhopal...... —.... 31.6.... 24.4 Mumbai...... 18.6.... 32.6.... 25.7 Bhubaneswar ...... —.... 37.7.... 26.4 Mysuru...... —.... 32.9.... 21.8 Chandigarh ...... —.... 37.8.... 25.5 New Delhi ...... —.... 36.8.... 24.2 Chennai ...... —.... 41.1.... 30.4 Patna ...... —.... 41.6.... 29.8 Coimbatore...... —.... 34.5.... 22.8 Port Blair ...... 35.8.... 27.2.... 24.0 Dehradun...... —.... 34.6.... 21.5 Puducherry...... —.... 40.2.... 29.1 Gangtok...... 0.3.... 24.1.... 17.4 Pune ...... 0.3.... 29.6.... 23.3 Goa ...... 3.... 32.7.... 23.7 Raipur ...... —.... 40.7.... 27.5 Guwahati ...... —.... 37.0.... 27.2 Ranchi...... —.... 38.2.... 26.2 Hubballi...... —.... 29.0.... 23.0 Shillong...... 7.6.... 26.7.... 16.6 Hyderabad ...... —.... 38.4.... 27.4 Shimla...... —.... 25.4.... 15.3 Imphal...... —.... 30.8.... 22.7 Srinagar ...... 2.1.... 27.1.... 12.2 Jaipur...... 14.2.... 32.6.... 22.2 Trivandrum ...... —.... 32.5.... 26.1 Kochi...... 4.2.... 31.8.... 25.2 Tiruchi ...... —.... 40.1.... 28.6 Kohima...... 3.... 28.2.... 18.2 Vijayawada...... —.... 42.7.... 30.5 Kolkata...... 15.... 37.6.... 26.4 Visakhapatnam ...... 0.4.... 35.2.... 29.2 (Rainfall data in mm; temperature in Celsius) Pollutants in the air you are breathing Yesterday

CITIES SO2 NO2 CO PM2.5 PM10 CODE Ahmedabad...... — ...— 24 ..... — .....— ....— Bengaluru ...... 8 .43 72 ....41 ...80 ....* In observation made at * 4.00 p.m., Karnal, Haryana Chennai ...... 23 .34 45 ..118 .....— .... recorded an overall air Delhi ...... 13 124 75 ..271 .335 ....* quality index (AQI) score of Hyderabad ...... 14 .22 19 ....50 ...73 ....* 260 indicating an unhealthy Kolkata...... 3 .27 14 ..104 .109 ....* level of pollution. In * contrast, Eloor, Kerala Lucknow...... 2 .35 49 ..311 .....— .... recorded a healthy AQI Mumbai ...... 26 .20 97 ....24 ...57 ....* score of 40 Pune...... 62 ...8 29 ....32 ...32 ....* Visakhapatnam 22 .71 46 ..110 .166 ....*

Air Quality Code: * Poor * Moderate * Good (Readings indicate average AQI) SO2: Sulphur Dioxide. Short-term exposure can harm the respiratory system, making breathing difficult. It can affect visibility by reacting with other air particles to form haze and stain culturally important objects such as statues and monuments. NO2: Nitrogen Dioxide. Aggravates respiratory illness, causes haze to form by reacting with other air particles, causes acid rain, pollutes coastal waters. CO: Carbon monoxide. High concentration in air reduces oxygen supply to critical organs like the heart and brain. At very high levels, it can cause dizziness, confusion, unconsciousness and even death. PM2.5 & PM10: Particulate matter pollution can cause irritation of the eyes, nose and throat, coughing, chest tightness and shortness of breath, reduced lung function, irregular heartbeat, asthma attacks, heart attacks and premature death in people with heart or lung disease

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DELHI Timings Tiwari invites Thursday, June 20 Sisodia offers ‘full help’ to Bihar RISE 05:24 SET 19:22 ‘1 nation, 1 poll’ a slogan, RISE 21:54 SET 07:50 CM, Dikshit Friday, June 21 in wake of encephalitis deaths to join him RISE 05:24 SET 19:22 RISE 22:35 SET 08:44 need White Paper: AAP on Yoga Day Saturday, June 22 Deputy CM attacks Centre’s Ayushman Bharat scheme RISE 05:24 SET 19:22 Staff Reporter RISE 23:12 SET 09:38 Not allowed to attend all­party meeting on issue, says party Staff reporter New Delhi Staff Reporter Mr. Chadha told The Hindu. New Delhi BJP Delhi chief Manoj Tiwa­ New Delhi Mr. Chadha also raised Delhi Deputy Chief Manish ri on Wednesday invited The Aam Aadmi Party on questions on what will hap­ Sisodia on Wednesday of­ Chief Minister Arvind Kejri­ Wednesday said that there is pen if a State government fered “full help” to the Bihar wal and his counterpart no White Paper or policy dissolves the Assembly. government, including send­ from the Delhi Congress draft on the Central govern­ “As the law stands, if a go­ ing medical teams, ambu­ Sheila Dikshit to join him at ment’s proposal to conduct vernment chooses to dis­ lances, paramedical teams an event to be organised by simultaneous elections for solve itself, or loses its major­ and medicines, in the wake the party here on Interna­ Lok Sabha, State Assemblies ity... under a ‘simultaneous of deaths of children due to tional Yoga Day on June 21. and local bodies. elections’ regime, will the acute encephalitis syn­ Mr. Tiwari said the Delhi The party said that cur­ Raghav Chadha people of the State have to drome (AES). BJP will be holding around rently the idea is just a slo­ wait till the Lok Sabha elec­ At a press conference, Mr. 300 event across the Capi­ gan and urged the Central Modi had called an all­party tion to get another demo­ Sisodia said that the Delhi More beds, more ICUs, more the Ayushman Bharat tal where an estimated government to issue a docu­ meeting on the issue on cratically elected State As­ government will contact the modern machinery is the scheme. The Prime Minister three lakh people are ex­ ment on the plan. Wednesday and AAP said sembly? What if that waiting Bihar government on the is­ need of the hour,” Mr. Siso­ has been claiming that lakhs pected to attend. Of these, “We note with concern that though Mr. Chadha was period is one or two years or sue and added that the cen­ dia, said, adding: “Ayush­ of people have benefited 40 venues will see the par­ the lack of a vision docu­ supposed to attend it on be­ more?,” the letter read. tral government's Ayushman man Bharat Scheme is noth­ from the scheme, but it is in­ ticipation of Union Minis­ ment, policy draft or White half of party chief Arvind Bharat scheme was not help­ ing but a white elephant.” comprehensible that if this ters and MPs. Paper on the proposed con­ Kejriwal, he was not allowed ‘Anti-democratic tint’ ing the people of Bihar. Health Minister Satyendar scheme is designed to treat “Yoga is a positive pro­ I N BRIEF cept of ‘One nation, one poll’ to attend the meeting. He said in the letter that the “During such a severe Jain asked why children suf­ poor patients in private hos­ cess creating energy that or ‘simultaneous polls’,” “Two days ago, the Chief concept of “compelled” si­ healthcare crisis, it becomes fering from AES in Bihar are pitals free of cost, then why purifies the body, mind QS ranking for JGU read a letter written by AAP’s Minister’s office had in­ multaneous elections has an clear that what the people not being treated at private is this happening in Bihar? and thoughts. I will per­ NEW DELHI national spokesperson Ragh­ formed the office of the Par­ “anti­democratic tint basing truly need is a strong net­ hospitals under the Ayush­ He said that it is a very se­ form pranayam on the O.P. Jindal Global University av Chadha to Union Parlia­ liamentary Affairs Minister its foundation on premature work of healthcare infras­ man Bharat scheme. rious issue that the Ayush­ banks of Yamuna in Ghon­ (JGU) has become the youngest, and only new mentary Affairs Minister in writing that I will be at­ dissolution of any govern­ tructure, not insurance man Bharat scheme has sev­ da and I invite Chief Minis­ Indian university to break Pralhad Joshi. tending the meeting on the ment. The harrowing expe­ schemes such as Ayushman ‘A state run by the BJP’ ere shortcomings and is not ter Arvind Kejriwal and into the top 1,000 in the “In the absence of a clear CM’s behalf. But today, rience of emergency where Bharat. Instead of enriching In a separate statement, AAP helping the poor. “Before Pradesh Congress Presi­ Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) basis/vision, it would be fu­ about 90 minutes before the Lok Sabha and some Assem­ insurance companies, the chief Spokesperson, Sau­ forcing the scheme on oth­ dent chief Sheila Dikshit to World University Rankings, tile for any political party to meeting, the Parliamentary blies were extended before government should have fo­ rabh Bharadwaj said: “It is ers, the Centre should re­ perform yoga with me,” the university said in a comment on the merits or Affairs Minister’s office in­ five years and other Assem­ cused on building Mohalla also distressing that this is consider the scheme, identi­ Mr. Tiwari said. statement on Wednesday. demerits of a proposal such formed us that I can’t attend blies dissolved to suit Con­ Clinics, Poly Clinics, adding happening in Bihar, a State fy the shortcomings and fix Working BJP chief J.P. The QS global rankings 2020 as this,” it read. the meeting as only party gress’ political interest is capacity to existing hospitals run by the BJP, which was the problems in the Nadda is likely to attend were released in London. Prime Minister Narendra presidents were allowed,” worth recalling.” and building more hospitals. one of the early adopters of scheme,” he added. the event, he added. Reducing Delhi­Mumbai travel time by five hours Part of the Railways 100­day plan Press Trust of India Affairs for approval. New Delhi According to the propo­ The Railways plans to sal document, the rail­ bring down by five hours ways has set a target to the travel time in the busy ramp up the speed of the Delhi­Howrah and Delhi­ trains on these routes Mumbai routes with an in­ from the present 130 vestment of about ₹14,000 kmph to 160 kmph. crore in infrastructure ov­ The document, a part er the next four years. of the 100 day­plan being This is one of the 11 pro­ prepared by union minis­ posals prepared by the tries on the direction of Railways in the 100­day Prime Minister Narendra plan, with instructions to Modi, lays down the vision initiate immediate action for the national transpor­ to implement them by Au­ ter for the next three gust 31. months. The project is The two routes account proposed to be imple­ for 30% of passenger and mented within four years 20% of freight traffic. Pre­ from the date of approval. sently, the fastest train on The document also lists the Delhi­Howrah route 10 other targets for the takes 17 hours to complete railways which need to be the journey, while on the initiated within the next Delhi­Mumbai route the 100 days. quickest train takes 15.5 One of them is the rail­ hours. ways’ version of the “give The proposal is to re­ it up” scheme which was duce the travel time to 12 introduced by Railway Mi­ hours and 10 hours res­ nister Piyush Goyal for en­ pectively. The proposal is couraging people to give being sent to the Cabinet up their subsidies on train Committee for Economic tickets. L-G reviews ways to curb faecal sludge in drains

Staff Reporter the population is depen­ New Delhi dent on on­site sanitation Lieutenant­Governor Anil systems like septic tanks, Baijal on Wednesday especially in the periphery chaired a meeting to re­ of the city. These septic view the problem of faecal tanks are cleaned using sludge in drains and viola­ private operators and the tion of construction and faecal sludge is often demolition material dispo­ dumped in the drains. sal rules in the city Nearly four million litres of The meeting was con­ septage/faecal sludge is vened by the chairman of collected a day,” a state­ the Environment Pollution ment from Raj Niwas said. (Prevention and Control) “It was decided that all Authority, Bhure Lal. It vacuum tankers must be was attended by represen­ registered and should have tatives from several go­ GPS so that their move­ vernment departments. ment can be tracked,” the “In Delhi, nearly 50% of statement said further. Assault on 6­year­old: DCW issues notices

Staff Reporter ice, said: “It was ordered NEW DELHI that the duty officer, imme­ Taking suo­motu cogni­ diately upon receipt of sance of media reports complaint of a rape case, pertaining to the sexual as­ has to intimate the Rape sault on a six­year­old girl Crisis Cell. Please provide in Bawana, the Delhi Com­ detailed explanation on mission for Women (DCW) not informing the cell.” on Wednesday issued not­ The panel further ices to the Delhi Police and sought information on why Maharishi Valmiki Hospital the victim was not taken to seeking a detailed status a one­step centre for a report on the case. medical examination. Citing previous orders The DCW has asked the passed by the Delhi High authorities to furnish the Court, the DCW, in its not­ information by June 24.

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THE HINDU DELHI THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 2019 NORTH 7 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Oppn. smells ‘RSS ideology’ behind bid to regulate varsities Rajasthan to train youth in job-oriented skills Yogi government defends draft ordinance; private universities say ‘nothing new in it’ To set up livelihood business incubators in all districts of State Special Correspondent nesday that a department ₹71.99 crore in the previous Press Trust of India education”. “It is true that a “sort of dictatorship”. in constitution of our univer­ JAIPUR team would shortly visit the year, to facilitate the release Lucknow very big decision has been ta­ sity and abide by them,” he The Congress government in NSIC Technical Services of loans to unemployed The draft ordinance to ban ken. Not just in Uttar Pradesh ‘Lack of clarity’ said, adding that educational Rajasthan has launched a Centre in Okhla, New Delhi, youth. Loans worth ₹25 lakh use of campuses of private but in any educational insti­ The Congress leader said it institutions are sensitive to­ major initiative to establish to study its model. He said are given in the production universities in Uttar Pradesh tution across the country, an­ was an attempt by the Yogi wards the objectives. livelihood business incuba­ though the establishment of sector and ₹10 lakh in the for “anti­national activity” ti­national activities will nev­ Adityanath government to On the specific clause re­ tors (LBIs) in all districts to LBIs had earlier been sanc­ service sector through the has not gone down well with er be accepted,” he said. exert greater control over garding anti­national activi­ promote employment­ tioned for eight districts, the programme. the Opposition, with the UPCC general secretary private universities and the ties, he said, “There must be oriented skills training for progress on the work was ve­ The LBIs, to be esta­ Congress saying that the and spokesman Dwijendra education system, particular­ some plan and private un­ the youth in a big way. ry slow. blished with the Centre’s fi­ move smacks of “foisting RSS Tripathi, however, said, “The ly given the lack of clarity ov­ iversities will seek details on For the first time, the State nancial assistance, would ideology on educational hidden purpose behind the er what defines “anti­nation­ how to go about it. All want is replicating the model Margin money impart training to the youth institutions”. law is to create fear and pres­ CM Yogi Adityanath. al activities”. that there should be no anti­ adopted by the National Mr. Alok said a target had and encourage them to take Deputy CM Keshav Prasad sure on educational institu­ U.P. Private Universities national activities... I feel that Small Industries been set to provide margin up new ventures. Maurya defended the ordi­ tions for foisting RSS mocles and the universities Association secretary Pankaj patriotism and moral values Corporation. money of ₹101.93 crore this The task force committees nance, terming it “a very big ideology.” will constantly face the Agarwal welcomed the move should also be imparted Micro, Small and Medium year under the Prime Minis­ have been asked to dispose decision” to maintain the “The law, when enacted, threat of derecognition,” Mr. but said there is nothing new through the education Enterprises Principal Secre­ ter’s Employment Genera­ of the applications received sanctity of the “temple of will act as the sword of Da­ Tripathi said, adding it was in it. “We have these points system.” tary Alok said here on Wed­ tion Programme against under the PMEGP on time. EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

DELHI THE HINDU 8 SOUTH THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE I N BRIEF Mumbai police in Investor’s Cong. dissolves Karnataka PCC suicide sets off row in Kerala But no change I’m not part of Kannur to question in president, Special Correspondent AI likely to fly jumbo Siddaramaiah Thiruvananthapuram jet from Kozhikode soon working president Binoy Kodiyeri A 48­year­old expatriate KOZHIKODE Special Correspondent Congress: Baig from Kerala ended his life Air India has sought the Bengaluru permission of the Airports Woman had charged him with rape on Tuesday, allegedly after Special Correspondent Authority of India to operate In a first major step towards the local administration of Bengaluru Boeing 747­400, a wide­ restructuring the Congress Special Correspondent Anthoor refused to grant li­ KANNUR/Thiruvananthapuram bodied jet airliner, at the after its rout in the 17th gen­ Senior Congress leader and cence to his newly built Calicut International Airport eral elections, the All­India Shivajinagar MLA R. Rosh­ Two officers of the Maha­ auditorium. even as the national flag Congress Committee (AICC) an Baig, who was suspend­ rashtra police reached here The incident triggered a carrier is awaiting a final on Wednesday decided to ed from the party on June as part of the probe into a row after the Opposition approval from the Director dissolve the Karnataka Pra­ Still defiant: Karnataka MLA R. Roshan Baig addressing the 18 on charges of anti­party charge of rape against Binoy United Democratic Front

General of Civil Aviation to desh Congress Committee media at his residence on Wednesday. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT activities, said that he is Kodiyeri, the elder son of walked out of the Kerala recommence operations of (KPCC) in order to revamp it. still a disciplined soldier of Communist Party of India Assembly accusing the go­ aircraft under Code E. However, the president former Minister R. Roshan made a request to Congress the Indian National Con­ (Marxist) Kerala secretary vernment of having abet­ and working president will Baig for indulging in anti­ president Rahul Gandhi that gress, but not of “Siddu Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, re­ ted the suicide. 9­month­old molested, remain unchanged, said a re­ party activities. we need to organise the [Siddaramaiah] Congress.” gistered on a complaint by a The Opposition killed in Hanamkonda lease issued by AICC general committee we had made be­ Speaking to reporters on Mumbai­based woman. Binoy Kodiyeri slammed the government WARANGAL secretary K.C. Venugopal. LS poll debacle fore elections.” Wednesday, he said: “I The officers from Mum­ and said it would settle on­ In a gruesome incident, a With this, KPCC president The dissolution is being lar­ Further revealing the have been punished for bai visited the office of the Pradesh Congress Commit­ ly for a police investigation. mentally deranged youth kidnapped a nine­month­old Dinesh Gundu Rao and gely seen from the perspec­ plans, Mr. Rao said: “We in­ speaking the truth.” While District Police Chief Pra­ tee president Mullappally Intervening in the pro­ baby and killed her after working president Eshwar tive of the party’s effort to tend to reorganise not only over the past few days, Mr. teesh Kumar on Wednesday. Ramachandran challenging ceedings after Congress molesting her late on Tuesday Khandre will continue to restructure KPCC after a KPCC but all units, including Baig has been accusing the Police officers here re­ the CPI(M) to institute an in­ lawmaker Sunny Joseph in Hanamkonda, Telangana. hold the posts. drubbing in the Lok Sabha the district block­level com­ Karnataka Congress lead­ mained tight­lipped about quiry in the case. The CPI sought leave for an ad­ The police said the baby girl Dissolution of the KPCC elections. mittees. It will be a total reor­ ers of being responsible for the purpose of their visit. (M) had repeatedly glossed journment motion on the was sleeping along with her would mean that 21 vice­pre­ KPCC campaign commit­ ganisation of the party at all the party’s drubbing in the “I am not the investigat­ over complaints against the issue, Leader of the Oppo­ mother and other family sidents, one treasurer, 65 tee head and former Minis­ levels.” Lok Sabha polls, his sus­ ing officer; you ask the in­ CPI(M) State secretary’s sition Ramesh Chennithala members on the terrace of general secretaries, 170 se­ ter H.K. Patil had tendered The decision has come in pension also comes in the vestigating officer, you ask sons when he was Home Mi­ said the CPI(M)­controlled their house. The accused, who cretaries, and heads of va­ his resignation from the post the wake of intense resis­ backdrop of his alleged the Mumbai police,” Mr. Ku­ nister in the previous Left Anthoor municipality in was trying to steal cell rious cells will not hold the following the party’s defeat tance within the State Con­ role in the I Monetary Advi­ mar told reporters outside government, he claimed. Kannur had denied the in­ phones climbed up two posts anymore. On Tuesday, in the Lok Sabha polls. gress as several leaders have sory (IMA) scam that has his office in the afternoon. Leader of the Opposition vestor, Parayil Sajan, per­ floors, picked the baby and the AICC had suspended se­ Mr. Rao, speaking on the made critical remarks about left thousands of investors Binoy was booked by the Ramesh Chennithala said mission to open the audito­ escaped. nior Congress leader and development, said, “We the poll defeat. in dire straits. Oshiwara police on the that the allegations were rium he had built in his charge of raping the 33­year­ grave and the public had a son’s name at Bakkalam. old woman from Mumbai. right to know the truth. “So­ He had worked for two de­ She accused Binoy of having mething is rotten in the cades in Nigeria and invest­ Putta Sudhakar Yadav cheated her into carrying State of Denmark. The scan­ ed his entire savings in the A.P. proposes ordinance to out a long­term conjugal re­ dal reflected the moral de­ project. He said Sajan took lationship on the promise of cline of the CPI(M),” he said. his life after realising that quits as TTD Chairman marriage. However, CPI(M) leaders the auditorium would be a abolish temple trust boards appeared to rally around non­starter under the cur­ Special Correspondent Purpose of visit their party secretary. Law rent disposition. Tirumala The visit of the police offic­ Minister A.K. Balan said the Mr. Chennithala said the Have no option as heads of boards refused to quit: Minister TTD Chairman Putta Sudha­ ers from Mumbai took place personal affairs of a private municipal authorities had kar Yadav tendered his re­ amid reports that the Maha­ individual did not concern found no violations in the Special Correspondent the heads of several temple Besides addressing the signation on Wednesday. In rashtra police had asked Bi­ the party. He perceived a construction, but chairper­ Tirumala trust boards, including that concerns of devotees over a letter to TTD Executive Of­ noy to appear before it in malevolent political motive son P.K. Shyamala, wife of The Andhra Pradesh govern­ of the TTD, had refused to the safety of the precious je­ ficer Anil Kumar Singhal, he three days. This triggered in the escalating attempts CPI(M) central committee ment is contemplating an or­ step down following the wellery belonging to the Ti­ cited personal reasons for speculation that the officers from various quarters to member M.V. Govindan, dinance for abolition of the TDP’s defeat in the recent rumala temple, an inquiry resigning from the post. had come to serve a warrant corner the CPI(M) leader­ had obsessively spurned governing committees of va­ elections. would be ordered into the Though there was de­ on him at his residence. ship on the issue. He said the investor’s pleas. rious temples constituted by circumstances that led to the mand for his resignation Putta Sudhakar Yadav In a related incident, the that the moves to crucify the Mr. Joseph blamed the the previous TDP govern­ Cabinet for new board controversial seizure of 1,381 soon after the YSRCP came State police have sought le­ CPI(M) would not pass mus­ ‘turf war’ between CPI(M) ment, according to Endow­ The Cabinet, at its recent kg gold by the election auth­ to power, Mr. Yadav refused, ment terminate me with the gal opinion on the admissi­ ter with the public. Kannur secretary P. Jayara­ ments Minister Vellampalli meeting, also recommended orities in Chennai. saying it was a “God given same order,” was his argu­ bility of the complaint of Fisheries Minister J. Mer­ jan and Ms. Shyamala for Srinivasa Rao. the constitution of a fresh Efforts would also be opportunity” and that he ment. blackmail and extortion cykutty said that the party the suicide. Sajan sought Addressing the media TTD board of trustees to en­ made to find an amicable so­ had “a divine sentiment” at­ Following his refusal to filed against the woman by had no stake in the issue and Mr. Jayarajan’s help. Ms. here on Wednesday, Mr. Sri­ sure that the ongoing deve­ lution to the problems being tached to the post. step down from the post, Binoy in April. if a person had committed a Shyamala told him “your nivasa Rao said the govern­ lopmental activities were faced by the hereditary “The government had ap­ TTD officials boycotted the The case continued to crime that individual would contact in high places ment had no option but to carried on without any hin­ priests working in temples pointed me by way of a G.O., meeting of the trust board dominate television news have to bear the legal liabili­ won’t work here,” he al­ take the ordinance route as drance. across the State. and let the ruling govern­ when he tried to chair it. through the day with Kerala ty that came with it. leged. 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Staff Reporter Amount involved put at ₹35 lakh Alappuzha Ajas, 33, who murdered a R. Avadhani woman civil police officer SIDDIPET here after setting her on Telangana’s multi­crore irri­ fire, died on Wednesday. gation projects and the Reh­ Ajas, a CPO with the Alu­ abilitation and Resettlement va traffic station, too sus­ (R&R) package for oustees of tained burns in the attack the Mallannasagar and Kon­ and had been admitted to dapochamma reservoirs the Government Medical have caught the eye of gree­ College Hospital, dy profiteers. Though the Alappuzha. administration tried to do Courts in Kerala have “His condition deterio­ its best, some local leaders, rated a couple of days ago in connivance with officials, Officials claim that some and he succumbed to the submitted forged docu­ documents in Mallannasagar 16 lakh pending cases injuries around 5.30 p.m.,” ments and got cheques is­ project have been forged. said R.V. Ramlal, Superin­ sued in the names of some tendent, Government Med­ ineligible persons. to some ineligible villagers. Plea to set up more courts ignored ical College Hospital, Alap­ In one such case, the hus­ There were rumours that a puzha. band of a sarpanch allegedly huge amount had changed K.S. Sudhi the number of cases from a The victim, Soumya lured some ineligible per­ hands. Officials who were KOCHI particular area, the conve­ Pushpakaran was killed on sons with a promise of an tipped off stopped payment; Successive State govern­ nience of the litigant public, Saturday. Soumya, a moth­ R&R package. According to they put the figure for which ments have been ignoring the availability of transpor­ er of three children, was on sources, he took letters cheques were issued at just the proposals for setting up tation facilities to the area, a two­wheeler and Ajas, from ineligible persons, in ₹35 lakh. new courts though over 16 and the requests from va­ driving a rented car, return of which he sought ₹1 “We made the entire pro­ lakh cases are pending in va­ rious quarters, including dashed her bike. He lakh from each of them. Ho­ cess transparent and took rious courts across Kerala. bar associations. hacked her, poured oil on wever, officials who got the precautions that genuine Going by the latest fi­ It was in 2009 that the ex­ her, and set her afire. information alerted the oustees get the R&R pack­ gures, 16.83 lakh cases of isting priority list was ap­ On Sunday, he recorded banks and stopped the re­ age. However, in seven cas­ both civil and criminal na­ proved by the State govern­ his statement before a ma­ lease of cheques. es, cheques were issued to ture are pending in various ment. gistrate. In another case, a field as­ candidates who were below courts in the State. Criminal According to the police, A view of the laterite stone ruins of Fort Immanuel, built in 1503. The ruins, which were sistant at Vemulaghat was 18 years and ineligible. So, cases form the major chunk Revised proposal Ajas confessed that he mur­ covered by sand, surfaced on the Fort Kochi beach on Wednesday due to sea erosion. Fort suspended for providing ‘stop payment’ orders were of the undecided cases. Till As the pressure mounted on dered Soumya for rejecting Emmanuel was the first European fort at Kochi. * THULASI KAKKAT wrong information and try­ issued,” Collector P. Venkat­ May this year, 12.51 lakh cri­ the government, it sought a his marriage proposal. CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC ing to get the R&R package aram Reddy told The Hindu. minal and 4.31 lakh civil cas­ revised proposal from the es were on the list. High Court for setting up The highest pendency new courts. Despite a go­ was reported from Ernaku­ vernment order in 2016, lam with 2.83 lakh criminal which approved the revised Govt. schools hit as Karnataka Public Schools take lead and 45,108 civil cases await­ list, no new courts were es­ ing decisions. tablished, which added to Wayanad had the mini­ the pendency of cases and Parents prefer to send children to KPS with English medium sections; dwindling admissions to State­run institutions mum number of undecided denial of speedy dispensa­ cases, 12,662 criminal and tion of justice, they say. Special correspondent dwindling. KPS, besides be­ schools. But, parents have “There are reasons for the 4,611 civil cases, according The revised list had the Bengaluru ing equipped with English lined up to get a seat in our parents to opt for KPS, in­ to official data. proposals for setting up two Karnataka’s initiative to open medium sections, have class­ school,” he said. stead of a regular small Incidentally, a priority Additional District and Ses­ English medium sections in es from Lower KG to Class 12. school with one teacher. By list for the establishment of sions Courts in Manjeri and select government schools The Education Department Publicity campaigns setting up one KPS, we are new courts in the State is one in Kasaragod. has found support among has decided to set up 276 go­ Teachers of KPS have under­ closing down at least two or gathering dust despite re­ While 12 courts were pro­ the public. However, the vernment schools as KP taken several publicity cam­ three government schools,” peated reminders from the posed in the Sub Courts/Ad­ move seems to have brought schools. paigns which have led to a said an officer, who did not Kerala High Court and the ditional Sub Courts and Ad­ its own share of problems for Mahadev, headmaster of huge demand for these want to be named. successive Chief Justices, ditional Chief Judicial government schools, which the KPS at Rayarakoplu in schools. Another officer said the point out judicial sources. Magistrate Court categories do not have English medium. Alur taluk of Hassan district, Compared to government idea of KPS was to be on par across the State, 53 new With parents preferring to said that with all seats filled primary schools where stu­ with private schools that col­ Criteria for priority ones were suggested in the send children to the Karnata­ up in the school, he has been dents are admitted only to lect a heavy fee. The High Court draws up munsifs/magistrate/judicial ka Public Schools (KPS) that trying to convince parents to Kannada medium classes, “Government schools are the priority list of courts — first class magistrate and have English medium sec­ let children continue in go­ KPS have smart classrooms, also facing the heat. In some the places where new courts mobile court segment. tions, government schools in vernment schools close to interactive blackboards and schools, those located near a have to be established — af­ Yet, no new courts were Children at the newly launched Karnataka Public School at neighbouring villages have their homes. “We don’t want a sufficient number of KPS, there have been no new ter considering factors like set up, they say. Rajendranagar in Mysuru recently. * M.A. SRIRAM seen their strength further to disturb other government teachers. admissions,” the official said. 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IN BRIEF Pride of place for IISc. Onboard scuffle as AI pilot Bengaluru asks crew to wash lunchbox Special Correspondent New Delhi Top Indian institutions 1 5 dead in two road Airline likely to ban home­packed food for pilots punch well above their accidents in U.P. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT SAMBHAL/FATEHPUR weight in terms of research NEW DELHI At least 15 people were killed impact, with the Indian In­ and 36 injured in two stitute of Science (IISc.) Air India has de­rostered a accidents in Uttar Pradesh, Bengaluru has ranked se­ pilot and a cabin crew after police said on Wednesday. cond in the world in terms the two entered into fisti­ Seven people died when a of citations per faculty, ac­ cuffs in full public display in­ bus collided with a truck in cording to the QS World side an aircraft after the Fatehpur on Wednesday. In University Rankings for former asked the crew to Sambhal, eight people were 2020. wash his lunchbox. killed when their vehicle In fact, IISc scored a per­ The altercation took place collided with a lorry. PTI fect 100 in that indicator, on Monday aboard AI 772 Bereaved: A woman mourning Muskan Sahni, who died from AES at the State­run Sri Krishna while five Indian Institutes which was scheduled for ED lens on relative Medical College and Hospital in Muzaffarpur, Bihar, on Wednesday. * AFP The altercation took place on Monday on an aircraft of Chanda Kochhar of Technology (IIT) — in take off from Bengaluru to Roorkee, Kanpur, Delhi, Kolkata at 11.40 am. The scheduled for take off from Bengaluru to Kolkata. NEW DELHI The Enforcement Directorate Kharagpur and Guwahati — fight delayed the flight as the has searched a Mumbai stood in the top 100 ranks airline had to arrange for a file,” said an airline at Air India’s headquarters premises of the sister­in­law with scores ranging from replacement for both. employee. in New Delhi on Thursday. of Chanda Kochhar, former Plea seeks expert team 93.8 to 71.2. However, In­ “The pilot was carrying “It was an altercation that Consequently, Air India is ICICI Bank managing director dian institutions have not his home­made food which should not have happened. likely to ban pilots from and chief executive officer, in breached the top­100 bar­ was served to him by the We will take action to ensure bringing their own food on connection with the Videocon rier in any of the other indi­ crew. He later asked the such incidents do not recur,” board an aircraft. “We have Group loans case, according to treat AES patients cators: academic reputa­ crew to wash his tiffin. The said Air India Chairman and taken a serious note. We will to an agency official. tion, teacher­student ratio, crew refused to do so and Managing Director Ashwani soon ask pilots to not bring employer reputation, and that’s when the scuffle hap­ Lohani. their own food on flights,” Hotel owner held for The deaths are a direct result of negligence, SC told the ratio of international pened. Washing tiffin boxes The two employees have said a senior official. sanitation workers’ death students and faculty. is not part of their job pro­ been called for questioning (With PTI inputs) AHMEDABAD PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Vadodara Police have arrested New Delhi Muzaffarpur A national the owner and the manager The Supreme Court on Wed­ of the Darshan Hotel, where toll hits 115 tragedy: Cong. seven persons, including four nesday agreed to hear a plea seeking a direction to the SC seeks reply on Allot land or forego sanitation workers, died of Press Trust of India Special Correspondent asphyxiation while cleaning a Centre to urgently constitute Muzaffarpur New Delhi septic tank. Hotel owner, a team of medical experts Hasan Abbas Boraniya and his for the treatment of the chil­ Fresh deaths due to Acute The Congress party on Maharashtra quota institutes, States told brother Imdad Boraniya, who dren in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur Encephalitis Syndrome Wednesday described the is the manager, were arrested suffering from suspected (AES) have been reported deaths of infants in Bihar Petition challenged State ordinance ‘Land allotment delays double costs’ from their residence in the Acute Encephalitis Syn­ in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur as a “national horror and Staff Reporter Special Correspondent city, late on Tuesday night, drome (AES), which has district, taking the total tragedy” and asked the New Delhi NEW DELHI the police official said. claimed more than 100 lives. number of casualties to Centre to immediately A Vacation Bench of Jus­ 115. The deaths took place constitute an expert team The Supreme Court on Wed­ The Human Resource Deve­ 1 held for sex offence tices Deepak Gupta and Su­ nesday asked the Maharash­ lopment Ministry has in Eastern Command at the Shri Krishna Medical of doctors to deal with the rya Kant agreed to hear the College and Hospital situation. “It is a sorry tra government to file its res­ warned States that if they KOLKATA plea on June 24 after the pe­ ponse on a petition fail to allot land for perma­ One person has been arrested (SKMCH), where 20 fresh state of affairs and we feel titioner’s counsel sought an challenging a Bombay High nent campuses to house on charges of sexual cases were brought since that the State government urgent listing of the matter. Court decision to dismiss a Centrally funded premier misconduct against a minor Tuesday night. The has been both unprepared girl inside the Army The plea also sought a di­ number of children and insensitive... we can plea against 16% quota for educational institutes with­ Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank Headquarters, Eastern rection to the Centre for pro­ admitted to the hospital see the insensitivity in the Marathas in admission to PG in a stipulated time, those Command, here on viding medical equipment with AES are 372 since Chief Minister’s delayed medical and dental courses. 4, restrained courts from could be shifted to other Wednesday. Police said the and support for the effective June 1, the district visit to the hospital,” said The petition filed by Nag­ entertaining any plea relat­ States. “The financial implica­ accused went inside treatment. administration said. Mr. Gogoi. pur resident Sameer chal­ ed to admission to PG medi­ Currently, IIT­Goa and tions are severe. If the esti­ Fort William to meet a The petition, filed by ad­ lenged the State govern­ cal courses. NIT­Sikkim are operating mate for the construction of relative and eventually vocate Manohar Pratap, ment’s decision on quota The petitioner had chal­ out of temporary campuses. an IIT is prepared in molested the 12­year­old girl. claimed he was deeply sad­ for Marathas in PG medical lenged the Maharashtra Re­ Both had allotted plots for 2007…and it only starts con­ dened by the deaths, mostly of young children were los­ The petitioner sought a courses for the current aca­ servation for Socially and permanent campuses that struction in 2017, that Headless body found in the age group of 1 to 10, in ing their lives every year but direction to the Centre for demic session, through an Educationally Backward ran into ecological hurdles. means the cost estimates near Assam temple the past week and the fi­ the governments (State and constituting a board of ex­ ordinance. Classes (Amendment and They are now likely to face a are almost 10 years old. Ex­ GUWAHATI gures were rising day by day. Centre) had done nothing to perts and immediately send­ A Bench of Justices Dee­ Validation) Ordinance, 2019 one­month deadline to allot penditure would be double The headless body of a “The deaths are a direct prevent its spread. ing it to Muzaffarpur to re­ pak Gupta and Surya Kant before the High Court. land, according to Ministry that of the original esti­ woman was recovered near result of negligence and in­ “This year i.e. in 2019, the view and assist the said either the High Court or The plea said that the officials. mate,” said a senior Ministry the Kamakhya temple in action on the part of the res­ epicentre of the disease is emergency situation. the Supreme Court has to High Court had ordered the The “zero tolerance poli­ official. Five IITs — in Jam­ Guwahati on Wednesday evening. Police are not ruling pective State governments of Muzaffarpur where more He asked the Supreme adjudicate on the issue as conduct of the admission cy” that HRD Minister Ra­ mu, Dharwad, Tirupati, Bhi­ out the possibility of a human Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and the than 126 children have lost Court to direct the Centre the “petitioner cannot be process afresh by eliminat­ mesh Pokhriyal Nishank laid lai and Palakkad — are still in sacrifice. The body was Union of India in handling their lives in the past week. and the State for arranging left remedy less.” ing the reservation for the down during recent review the process of constructing recovered on the stairs the epidemic­like situation Media reports show there is 500 stationary and 100 mo­ Senior advocate Shekhar current academic session. meetings on such institutes permanent campuses. leading to the Jai Durga which arises every year due acute shortage of doctors, bile ICUs with doctors to Naphade, appearing for the This High Court order was comes after delays in land “In future, no institution temple, one of many places to the outbreak of AES also medical facilities, intensive deal with the patients. petitioner, argued that the upheld by the Supreme allotment led to severe cost will be sanctioned unless of worship scattered around called Japanese encephali­ care units and other medical He also sought a compen­ Bombay High Court did not Court, it added. overruns in the construc­ land has already been allot­ Kamakhya temple on the tis,” the plea said. equipment in the nearby sation of ₹10 lakh to the be­ consider the matter as the The Supreme court will tion of previous IITs, NITs, ted by the State govern­ Nilachal Hills. It claimed that thousands hospitals,” the petition said. reaved families. Supreme Court had on June hear the case on June 24. IIMs and IIITs. ment,” added the official. U.P. site expected to get PIL plea in Madras High Court seeks ‘national importance’ tag pre­censorship of TV programmes Largest necropolis of late Harappan age notice to the IBF, returnable hearing, he agreed not to which expressly prohibit Damini Nath site, where excavation and Bench seeks a by July 10, to the petition press the PIL petition sex, obscenity and deroga­ New Delhi preservation work is still on­ response from filed by 38­year­old advo­ against the actor since he tory content. An ancient site with cha­ going after being started in cate K. Suthan of Chennai. had no role to play in decid­ But the rules were not riots, swords and other ob­ 2018, was deemed to have IBF by July 10 The judges wanted to know ing the content of the reality followed by many television jects pointing to the pre­ national importance due to if a committee or a board, show. After recording his channels, the petitioner sence of a warrior class the finds uncovered. Among Mohamed Imranullah S. akin to the Central Board of submission, the judges or­ contended. He claimed that around 4,000 years ago in the treasures unearthed are CHENNAI Film Certification, could be dered notices to IBF, Star Vi­ the content of Big Boss in Uttar Pradesh's Baghpat dis­ three chariots, legged cof­ The Madras High Court on constituted for censoring te­ jay and Endemole Shine In­ particular was against “our trict could be declared a site fins, shields, swords and Wednesday sought the res­ levision content. dia which produces the culture and it leads to social of national importance helmets – all which point to­ ponse of the Indian Broad­ The petitioner had pri­ reality show for the degradation.” soon. wards a warrior class that casting Foundation (IBF), marily complained about channel. When the Centre insists The Archaeological Sur­ must have existed around an association of both news the “obscene” content of a In his affidavit, the peti­ upon mandatory pre­cen­ vey of India (ASI) has started 2,000 BCE, according to an and non­news television Tamil reality show titled Big tioner pointed out that the sorship for movies, which the process of declaring the ASI statement. channels in the country, to a Boss anchored by actor Ka­ IBF had constituted an inde­ are watched only by select site at Sadikpur Sinauli, In an official statement public interest litigation pe­ mal Haasan and telecast by pendent self­regulatory bo­ audience who prefer to pay which is spread over 28 hec­ about the excavation earlier tition for the constitution of Star Vijay. He had made the dy named Broadcasting for it and which adheres to tares, of national impor­ this year, ASI said the site, a censor board for editing television channel and the Contents Complaints Coun­ different certification tance, issuing a notification which is 68 km northeast of programmes aired by enter­ actor too respondents to the cil (BCCC) for examining norms, such censorship on June 6 seeking objec­ Delhi, was the “largest ne­ tainment channels. case and urged the court to content­related complaints should be made mandatory tions, if any, from the public cropolis of the late Harap­ A Division Bench of Jus­ issue notices to them seek­ against entertainment chan­ for television programmes for a period of two months. pan period of the early 2nd tices S. Manikumar and Sub­ ing an explanation. Howev­ nels and the council too had too watched by an entire fa­ An ASI official said the millennium BCE”. ramonium Prasad ordered er, during the course of framed elaborate rules mily, the petition insisted. Activists pan Assam elephants’ proposed trip to Gujarat

Propose to move vel more than 3,000 km proaches instead of real ele­ amid the heat wave in metal phants in processions and Supreme Court wagons they are not likely to events,” said Manilal Valli­ against event survive in. Only the Supreme yate, chief executive officer Court can do something of PETA India. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT about it, and a group of acti­ Officials in the Assam For­ GUWAHATI vists from across the world est Department said Chief Animal rights activists in As­ are getting together in a bid Wildlife Warden Ranjana sam and elsewhere in India to save the elephants the tor­ Gupta granted permission have decided to petition the ture,” Guwahati­based ani­ for the transit on a six­month Supreme Court against the mal rights activist Nandini lease after fixing microchips proposed “torturous train Baruva said. on the elephants and taking trip” of four juvenile ele­ “Experts have already DNA samples. She reported­ phants from the State to Guj­ warned of the dangers of ly ignored the request from arat for a religious event in transporting these elephants two people who came to Ahmedabad. over such a huge distance, meet her for taking the ele­ NGOs such as People for A file photo of elephants at a festival in Guwahati. forcing them to work in heat, phants for the Jagannath the Ethical Treatment of Ani­ and of the risk of these ele­ Rath Yatra in Ahmedabad in mals (PETA) too have violation of the apex court’s any manner. phants ending up in the ille­ the first week of July, but la­ panned the imminent jour­ 2016 order prohibiting peo­ “It appears that the Assam gal wildlife trade. We have ter relented. ney of the elephants in rail­ ple in possession of ele­ government is under pres­ long recommended the use Ms. Gupta did not answer way wagons, reminding that phants from parting with the sure from very powerful pe­ of mechanical elephants or phone calls despite repeated the decision is an apparent animals by way of transfer in ople to let the elephants tra­ other novel and humane ap­ attempts. CM YK EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

DELHI THE HINDU 10 EDITORIAL THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE What a $5 trillion economy would look like The economy must be evaluated in terms of how much it contributes to the ease of our living sible aspiration, ‘Make in India’. First, Indians should feel empo­ is the means to this outcome. In­ Though technically applicable to wered by the economy. We know come transfers, pushed relentless­ every sector, it was clearly fo­ that currently they do not feel so. ly by policy entrepreneurs, evade Beyond Mayday cussed on manufacturing. Articu­ India is placed very low in the Un­ the issue altogether. The Jet Airways case has takeaways for the lated very early on in Mr. Modi’s ited Nations’ World Happiness Re­ first term (2014­19), and accorded port. Happiness, best understood Conserving nature bankruptcy code as well as for other airlines P ulapre Balakrishnan a certain prestige in the pronoun­ as a sense of well­being, is directly Finally, an economy, whatever its et Airways may have finally run out of runway. Two cements that followed, it played related to empowerment, or being size, cannot be meaningfully eval­ months after Jet halted all flight operations, lenders out as a damn squib. One of the able to undertake the functionings uated independently of the extent t the meeting of the Govern­ reasons for this was the absence of we value. This is, in the first in­ of presence in it of natural capital. to the beleaguered full service airline have decided J ing Council of the NITI commensurate investment outlay. stance, related to being educated Till now, by referring to the imper­ to refer it to the National Company Law Tribunal and in­ AAayog last week, Prime Mi­ To raise the share of manufactur­ GETTY IMAGES/ISTOCKPHOTO and experiencing good health. We ative for growth, to eradicate po­ itiate insolvency proceedings in a bid to recover the mo­ nister Narendra Modi announced ing in the economy from its pre­ the government. That resources are in India facing an education verty, any effort to conserve na­ ney owed to them. The lenders’ consortium arrived at the target of a $5 trillion economy sent 16% to 25%, an ambition de­ could have been mobilised on sector that is broken down and the ture has not just been ignored but this conclusion after unsuccessfully trying to rope in a for India by 2024. It is necessary to clared by both the United such a scale in so short a time in an majority are battling with almost treated with derision, by both white knight — an investor who would have helped put think big when seeking to make a Progressive Alliance and National economy devastated by colonial non­existent public health infras­ right and left. This is no longer a the airline’s flights back in the air, thus saving thou­ difference, for transformation Democratic Alliance governments, rule is testimony to the availability tructure. The private sector has credible political stance. Two­ does not come from modest plans. requires a scaling up of invest­ of the three ingredients — design, some worthy initiatives in these thirds of the world’s most polluted sands of jobs and potentially helping turn around the Hopefully, the Prime Minister will ment. This did not come about. resources and governance — ne­ areas but they await an effective cities are in India, when we accept carrier. And while, theoretically, the Insolvency and also use the drive to growth to Whether this was due to the cessary when contemplating a public presence on a gigantic less than a fifth of its population. Bankruptcy Code was conceived to help achieve a reso­ place India’s official statistics on a corporate sector, Mr. Modi’s cho­ move to the next level, which is scale. So, the first attribute of the Air pollution shortens lives and lution that could potentially protect a running business firmer footing, so that we can be sen vehicle, not having the where­ what aiming at a $5 trillion econo­ valuable economy would be ac­ lowers productivity, reducing the and help revive it through capital restructuring under a sure that economic policy­making withal or due to it not being con­ my amounts to. cess to quality health and educa­ capacity to earn a living when new promoter, in Jet’s case the chances of a resolution is based on reality. However, get­ vinced of the plan is beside the tion for all. alive. The poor are the most affect­ seem rather remote now. The lenders have to shoulder ting the numbers right will not point. Investment there must be The wish list The second attribute of a valua­ ed as they cannot afford to live in ideally end the task. What this task and if the private sector is, for While lauding the efforts of lead­ ble economy would be equality of gated communities that somehow a fair share of the blame as the delay in initiating the in­ is may be illustrated by a question whatever reason, not coming for­ ers of early independent India, ho­ opportunity. For over three de­ manage to commandeer scarce solvency process has drastically eroded some of the air­ that was asked some years ago ward to invest, then the govern­ wever, we would do well to re­ cades now income inequality has natural resources. Some part of line’s key assets, including customer goodwill, its air­ when a high­speed expressway ment must. This is no more than member their follies. Principal been rising in India. According to environmental depletion in India craft fleet, routes and landing slots and even its connecting the polar extremities accounting, but Mr. Modi’s govern­ among them was the failure to ar­ some measures, India is today is due to the pursuit of unbridled experienced flight crew. Ironically, while the banks may of one of our States had been pro­ ment seems to be unfavourable to ticulate, possibly even adequately more unequal than China, itself a growth. have viewed Jet’s request for emergency lines of credit posed. A wit had asked what we this diagnosis, perhaps on ideolog­ imagine, the contents of the eco­ society widely perceived as highly This implies that any improve­ in the run­up to the suspension of operations as ‘good would hope to find once we have ical grounds. Remember ‘mini­ nomy that was being raced to­ unequal. Now some part of in­ ment in the life of the majority reached our destination. mum government’? wards. If this is repeated now, a equality of opportunity is related would require a re­alignment of money chasing bad money’, nothing could potentially A similar question can be asked A small digression should clari­ moment of triumphalism different to unequal distribution of income the growth process so that it is less kill an airline more effectively than protracted ground­ of plans for growing the economy. fy matters. The first attempt to in character but nevertheless but a part of it is not. Gender in­ damaging. This would very likely ing. And one doesn’t even need to look too far back in What would we like to see in the make in India was in the 1940s. Fi­ there, it would amount to not hav­ equality manifested as women require that we have slower time to recall what happened to Kingfisher Airlines. proposed $5 trillion economy? nance Minister Shanmukham ing learned the lessons of history. having less opportunity in life is growth but the process can be It would surely have been instructive for the credi­ Moreover, unlike in the case of an Chetty’s first budget speech had Something missing from “internal not going to go away with a re­dis­ configured to channel more of it tors to revisit the Chapter 11 bankruptcies that a clutch expressway, which can always be identified increasing “internal pro­ production” and ‘Make in India’ is tribution of income along class towards poorer groups. We may of U.S. legacy airlines opted for in the early 2000s. That built by simply borrowing money duction” as the economic priority. the difference these intentions lines or across social groupings. end up in a situation of less tangi­ protection helped Delta and United to not only survive and ideas from the global market, And this was achieved quite soon. would make to the lives of Indians. India is a serious outlier in this re­ ble goods in the aggregate than a quantum leap in the size of the Along with the quickening of the At least in the 1940s, the priority gard, and becoming richer as a so­ otherwise but one in which more the crisis of confidence in aviation triggered by the ter­ economy is not so easily achieved. economy as a whole, the share of was to get the economy moving in ciety may do little to change the people are happier than in the rorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the surge in jet fuel It will require design, funding and manufacturing had risen, the the first place. This is no longer the status quo. Shockingly, a sex ratio, past. Such an economy is more and labour costs and the intense competition from low­ governance. mocking epithet ‘Hindu rate of issue. Today the economy must be already unfavourable to women, valuable. cost carriers, but emerge stronger and rank among the growth’ notwithstanding. This had evaluated in terms of how much it has shown a secular worsening top five contemporary American carriers. A look at Without investment not emerged as part of the moral contributes to the ease of our liv­ since 1947. Inequality in India can P ulapre Balakrishnan is Professor of some of Jet’s industry­specific operational metrics, at The importance of funding, and to victory of an oppressed people. ing. So what would be some of the only be ended by equalising capa­ Ashoka University, Sonipat and Senior least until the recent cash­starved implosion, show an an equal extent design, may be The reason was that it had resulted characteristics of a valuable bilities across individuals. Con­ Fellow of the Indian Institute of seen in the failure of the quite sen­ from a surge in investment, led by economy? certed public action via education Management, Kozhikode airline that had consistently posted growth in terms of revenue passenger kilometres and cargo tonnage till the 2017­18 financial year. So it wasn’t a lack of business that led to Jet’s stall and crash. For the health of India’s The forgotten funds airline industry, it will be crucial for policymakers to re­ view several issues that affect viability : from the way The government must utilise cess proceeds and publish an annual account of how they have been spent aviation turbine fuel is taxed, to the charges airports le­ on both direct and indirect taxes. total proceeds have been ment’s expenditure on education; vy. The carriers too need to reappraise their pricing The revenue obtained from in­ ₹4,25,795.81 crore. for example, in 2017­18, the public strategies and ensure that in the quest for market share come tax, corporation tax, and in­ In order to utilise the cess pro­ expenditure on school and higher they don’t end up in a race to the bottom . The direct taxes can be allocated for ceeds lying in the CFI, the govern­ education was estimated to be government must take a closer, harder look at the IBC various purposes. Unlike a tax, a ment has to create a dedicated ₹79,435.95 crore. In other words, and examine the viability of a framework akin to Chap­ cess is levied to meet a specific fund. As long as a dedicated fund the cumulative unutilis ed SHEC ter 11 that may ultimately be more suited to industries A lex M. Thomas & purpose; its proceeds cannot be is not created, the cess proceeds funds far exceeded the expendi­ like aviation. Varun Nallur spent on any kind of government remain unutilised. The dedicated ture on both school and higher expenditure. Recent examples of fund for primary education is the education for the year 2017­18. cess are: infrastructure cess on ‘Prarambhik Shiksha Kosh’, or Deadlock in Libya he season of filing tax re­ motor vehicles, clean environ­ GETTY IMAGES/ISTOCKPHOTO PSK, (created in October 2005, a Going forward turns brings with it an in­ ment cess, Krishi Kalyan cess (for goals, a cess is preferred over a tax year after the cess was introduced) Taxes in democratic societies indi­ Prime Minister al­Sarraj’s peace plan can work Tcreased emphasis on the ac­ the improvement of agriculture because it is relatively easier to in­ while that for higher and secon­ cate the presence of a collective only if the big powers help enforce a ceasefire countability of the private sector and welfare of farmers), and edu­ troduce, modify, and abolish. dary education is the ‘Madhyamik socioeconomic vision aimed at im­ towards the government. In this cation cess. To make the point The e ducation c ess, at 2%, and Uchchtar Shiksha Kosh’ (set proving livelihoods. Just as tax­ ibya’s UN­recognised government’s decision to period of accounting and accoun­ clear, the proceeds from the edu­ which was first proposed in 2004, up in August 2017). It is baffling payers have a responsibility to pay launch a peace initiative aimed at stabilising the tability, as citizens, it is equally im­ cation cess cannot be used for was aimed at improving primary why the government set up the taxes, the government ought to en­ Lcivil war­stricken country is a welcome move. portant to apply the same princi­ cleaning the environment and vice education. In 2007, an additional dedicated fund for higher and se­ sure that tax proceeds are appro­ Prime Minister Fayez al­Sarraj of the Tripoli­based go­ ples to the working of the versa. cess of 1% was introduced to fund condary education in 2017, 10 priately utilised. Since a cess is in­ vernment has proposed setting up a national peace fo­ government. A key area is the so­ From the point of view of the secondary and higher education years after the introduction of troduced with a specific purpose, cial accounting of the education government, the proceeds of all (SHEC). And recently, in the 2019 SHEC; it is also shocking that this it is completely unjustified when rum with help from the UN, to be followed by simulta­ cess, which is a compulsory con­ taxes and cesses are credited in Union Budget, a 4% health and fund has remained dormant as of the proceeds remain unutilised for neous presidential and parliamentary elections. Mr. tribution made by all taxpayers, the Consolidated Fund of India education cess was announced March 2018. so many years. Moreover, in the al­Sarraj made the offer at a time when the rebel army both individuals and firms. (CFI), an account of the Govern­ which incorporates the previous Moreover, data from the 2017­18 current context of self­imposed fis­ of warlord Khalifa Haftar was fighting the Tripoli go­ ment of India. It constitutes all re­ 3% education cess as well as an ad­ annual financial audit of govern­ cal discipline and the consequent vernment troops on the outskirts of the capital. But an The difference ceipts, expenditures, borrowing ditional 1% to provide for the ment finances conducted by the reduction of public expenditure, offer for peace alone won’t make any difference in the A cess is levied on the tax payable and lending of the government. health of rural families. Comptroller and Auditor General the opportunity cost of unutilised complex, war­torn polity. The country descended into and not on the taxable income. In The CFI details are published an­ (CAG) show that ₹94,036 crore of education cess proceeds is signifi­ a sense, for the taxpayer, it is nually as a part of the Union Bud­ What data show SHEC proceeds is lying unutilised cantly high. Finally, it is impera­ chaos after protests against dictator Muammar Qadhafi equivalent to a surcharge on tax. get documents. And the approval Data from various years of the Un­ in the CFI. In fact, it appears that tive that the government imme­ in 2011. A NATO invasion helped oust Qadhafi, but Direct taxes on income are com­ of Parliament is necessary to with­ ion Budget show an increase in the the government finally set up the diately begins utilising cess neither the foreign powers nor their local allies man­ pulsory transfers of private in­ draw funds from the CFI. While amount of education cess collect­ ‘Madhyamik and Uchchtar proceeds and also publishes an an­ aged to fill the vacuum left by the regime that had been comes (both individual and firm) the tax proceeds are shared with ed via corporation tax and income Shiksha Kosh’ after consecutive nual account of the manner in in power for four decades. Today there are two govern­ to the government to meet collec­ the States and U nion Territories tax. Initially, the education cess CAG reports, repeated Lok Sabha which they have been utilised. ments in Libya, one based in Tobruk and the other in tive aims such as the expansion of according to the guidelines by the was also levied on customs, excise, queries, and newspaper articles. the capital Tripoli. The self­styled Libyan National Ar­ schooling infrastructure, an in­ Finance Commission, the cess and service taxes. When tax pro­ The degree of economic injus­ A lex M. Thomas teaches economics at my, commanded by Mr. Haftar, backs the Tobruk go­ crease in health facilities, or an im­ proceeds need not be shared with ceeds increase, the cess collected tice becomes sharper when the Azim Premji University. Varun Nallur provement of transportation in­ them. also rises . From the inception of unspent account is seen in con­ works with the Bengaluru District vernment and has captured huge swathes of territory, frastructure. A cess can be levied To meet specific socioeconomic the education cess until 2019, the junction with the Central govern­ Institute, Azim Premji Foundation while the Tripoli government, which has international recognition, is defended by a host of militias, including LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Letters emailed to [email protected] must carry the full postal address and the full name or the name with initials. Islamist groups. Mr. Haftar claims he is fighting terror groups and wants to unify Libya under his leadership, while Mr. al­Sarraj says his government is legitimate. Oath-taking Even the Speaker looked on “Water crisis is being storage, the Chief Minister’s unfairly. I have been a has several tanks which can The current crisis was triggered when Mr. Haftar It is unfortunate that a very helplessly. MPs of the ruling exaggerated, says CM” and remark is appalling. Instead resident of Chennai for four be used to recharge solemn occasion such as party in the hubris of their “Have to make do with of parrying issues, the decades and have seen groundwater. Again, their moved his troops to Tripoli in April 2019 to oust the go­ oath­taking by the new MPs victory have forgotten that available water till monsoon, government must focus on several such scarcities in the catchment areas have been vernment of Mr. al­Sarraj. But in contrast to other bat­ of the 17th Lok Sabha has the general election is over says CM”, both June 19). saving much of the bounty of past. This year’s problem has encroached. Most tles Mr. Haftar’s forces had fought in the east and the been trivialised by many of and they now represent the Ministers denying water the Northeast monsoon by been blown out of importantly, many residents south, they were stopped on the outskirts of the capital them in their act of raising whole country. The ruling scarcity cannot be oblivious desilting and dredging proportion. Looking are ready to install rainwater by forces loyal to the government. Hundreds of people slogans on religious lines party has also exposed its to queues of women across existing reservoirs. The Chief forward, the following harvesting systems but do have already been killed, but both sides have refused to and by taunting political true underbelly — of the city with empty water Minister must understand actions should be initiated not have the necessary agree to a ceasefire despite international calls. The re­ opponents to demean them intolerance and pots and waiting in the that this is not a question of on a war­footing, preferably technical skills. The gional dynamics are also at play in the Libyan crisis. or their ideology majoritarianism, forgetting blistering summer heat for saving face but water. under the watch of the government must help in (“Competitive slogans the basic principles of the arrival of water tankers. Sam Vijay Kumar J., Madras High Court. their proper installation and Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the UAE are backing Mr. Haf­ drown out Lok Sabha oath­ secularism and inclusiveness Residents are now V anur, Villupuram, Tamil Nadu Catchment areas to the main maintenance. A high­ tar’s forces, while Turkey and Qatar back the Tripoli go­ taking”, June 19). as enshrined in the experiencing what life is like reservoirs should be powered committee must vernment. When Mr. Haftar launched the Tripoli offen­ Once the elections are over, Constitution. The silent with scant water. While poor ■ It is strange that Chennai, immediately cleared of monitor illegal sive, the U.S. had also taken a favourable view , all parliamentarians should senior leaders must now rain has affected water with its extensive estuarine encroachments. Almost all encroachments around President Donald Trump having talked to him on the set their differences aside remind those down the line supply, the human factor in ecosystem, now has scant political parties are waterbodies. Technology phone. Libya illustrates what regime change wars could and venture out to that the need of the hour is the making of the crisis potable water. The responsible for allowing such using drone surveillance can do to a country. Changing a regime using force could be discharge the huge not further division and cannot be denied. Buckingham Canal, though encroachments. All drinking be used for this. responsibility of nation polarisation based on Encroachments, pollution not a natural flowing river, is water lakes should be S.V. Radhakrishnan, easy as the examples of Iraq and Libya suggest, but re­ building. While taking the religion. and the gross neglect of a disaster, but can be fixed to desilted and the channelling Chennai building a new state is not, and it can’t be done with the oath or affirmation, Dr. K. Varkey, water bodies (Chennai city, play an important role in of sewage into waterbodies more letters online: aid of military power. All the countries that invaded the members should stick to its O ddanchatram, Dindigul, Tamil Nadu “Dead fish prompts study of water supply considerations. should be stopped. Chennai www.hindu.com/opinion/letters/ oil­rich north African nation and backed its paramili­ form as prescribed in both illegal sewage connections”, According to research, the corrections & clarifications: letter and spirit. This will Chennai’s water woes June 19) and reckless total water supply to Chennai tary groups, including the U.S., Britain and their Gulf al­ As a reader has rightly pointed out, Taiwan legalised same­sex lies, should share some responsibility for Libya’s crisis help nurture an If there is one thing that can exploitation of groundwater can touch a comfortable marriages in May 2019 and the Data Point graphic ­ “Not a free today. At least now, they should look beyond their nar­ environment of mutual be most aptly described as are some of the key human level if enough attention is world yet” ( June 19, 2019, OpEd page) missed this fact. The Inter­ goodwill and trust. the elixir of life, it is water. contributions that have paid to recharging national Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association’s row geopolitical interests and use their influence to rein Kamal Laddha, The water crisis in Chennai is exacerbated the crisis. groundwater. report, from which the data was gathered, takes into account only in the militias the war has unleashed and help establish those events which happened till March 2019. The graphic should Bengaluru for real. Tamil Nadu Chief G. David Milton, P.S. Subrahmanian, have mentioned this. As this clarification was missing from the order in the country. Prime Minister al­Sarraj’s offer Maruthancode, Tamil Nadu Chennai Minister Edappadi K. graphic, the statement that “No Asian country allows same­sex could be a new beginning only if a ceasefire is reached, ■ The shameful behaviour on Palaniswami’s claim that the marriage” is wrong. a solemn occasion destroyed water crisis is “exaggerated” ■ With the city’s major ■ The State government is and respected, by all sides. The Readers’ Editor’s office can be contacted by Telephone: +91-44-28418297/28576300; the dignity of the House. is simply not true (Page 1, reservoirs touching dead being criticised rather E-mail:[email protected] CM A ND-NDE YK EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

THE HINDU DELHI THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 2019 OPED 11 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Game of Chicken in the Gulf State of the artefacts Why an Iran­U.S. conflict looks like a realistic possibility The discourse surrounding the identification of stolen er members to come up with a solid cultural property should not be politicised mechanism to save the deal. When it did not materialise — the EU has set heritage enough, and it is a concern that has up a channel with Iran called Instex remained alive for decades. However, what (Instrument in Support of Trade Ex­ is of more immediate relevance is the dis­ changes), but this is used mainly for course surrounding the identification of sto­ Stanly Johny transacting essential goods, not high­ len cultural property. value exports such as oil and gas — Instead of seeking answers to questions Iran moved to the last option, “maxi­ Rohan P. Kothari germane to the identification of the arte­ When two powers are heading to­ mum resistance” to “maximum facts, such as why it took so long or how ma­ wards each other in an escalating pressure”. ny objects still remain to be identified/re­ game for leverage, the situation is of­ Iran’s response has been gradual. The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has turned, popular TV news bulletins turned ten referred to as a Game of Chicken. In May, it gave a 60­day deadline to seldom found itself in the gleam of the public the conversation towards base, communal This is a concept in game theory. The other signatories to fix the deal and eye. Its work does not necessarily contain sentiment. Tickers were populated with strategic calculus of the Game of also vowed to keep unspent enriched the stuff of high drama . The ASI is seen as a questions such as “Does no one care about Chicken is that each player thinks the uranium and heavy water, which it bespectacled, burrowing outlier amongst Hindu heritage?” Or, “Why is Hindu Heritage other will either slow down or had been exporting ever since the the larger governmental bodies that line the loot not a poll issue?” They referred to the swerve away and therefore become deal was sealed. This week, as the avenues of central Delhi. fact that the antiquities identified included the “chicken”. This will not only deadline is set to expire in two However, this has changed since famed idols from Hindu temples. These are not the avoid a crash, but also give the persis­ weeks, Tehran said it will keep the art dealer Subhash Kapoor’s arrest in Tamil ways in which the public ought to be in­ tent player an advantage over the low­enriched uranium and threa­ Nadu, and the subsequent unearthing of a formed about the ASI’s work, and it is irres­ other. The risk of the game, of “War clouds have gathered over the Gulf with U.S.­Iran ties sinking to levels tened to begin enriching the urani­ multi­million dollar antiques smuggling rack­ ponsible for the news media to controver­ course, is that if no player backs off, a seen in the final years of George W. Bush’s presidency.” Iranians at a rally in um to higher levels of purity. Under et. Kapoor was at the centre of that racket. sialise a dialogue that has barely been crash is certain. May in Tehran after U.S.­Iran tensions escalated. * AFP the agreement, Iran is allowed to en­ ‘Operation Hidden Idol’, initiated by the U.S. understood. There is no better theoretical de­ rich uranium to 3.67%, which it plans Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s scription to understand the Iran­U.S. pressure” the U.S. has put on Iran With help from the European to raise to 20%, taking the country Homeland Security Investigations, eventual­ Not another photo op, please tensions that are unfolding now. U.S. would force it to return to the table. powers and Russia and China, Presi­ closer to weapons­grade level (90%). ly culminated in the seizure of several S. Vijay Kumar, co­founder of the India Pride President Donald Trump began the The sanctions have been effective dent Obama got the Iranians to the If Iran starts producing high­en­ hundred historically significant artefacts. Project, had written with uncanny foresight escalation by pulling the country out in isolating and choking Iran’s econo­ table. After months­long painstaking riched uranium, it would be a breach Over 200 of these were returned to India in that the absence of a robust idol theft investi­ of the Iran nuclear deal in May 2018. my. After the U.S.’s pullout, the nu­ diplomatic engagement, all sides of the nuclear deal. June 2016, but many still remain on Ameri­ gation apparatus “threatens to turn the pre­ He then reimposed crippling sanc­ clear deal was practically a dead agreed to the nuclear deal, which This may sound dangerously ag­ can soil. sent identification into just another photo tions on Iran, termed a branch of the agreement. The other signatories to scuttled Iran’s nuclear programme in gressive, but it is not totally irration­ In May, the ASI released a statement that opportunity”. It is therefore not altogether Iranian armed forces a terrorist the deal — the U.K., France, Germa­ return for the lifting of international al. First, it proves that Mr. Trump’s two of its officials had visited New York and unsound to picture election rallies where group, and sent more troops to West ny, Russia, China and the European sanctions. After the deal was signed, “maximum pressure” doesn’t work. identified close to 100 antique objects in a crowds are riled up on the plank of a new­ Asia in a bid to force “behaviour Union (EU) — did nothing concrete to the U.S. and Iran cooperated in Iraq Second, it holds Mr. Trump primarily tranche seized by the U.S. investigative auth­ found zest for lost idols. Indeed, in the re­ change” in Tehran. The U.S. adminis­ save Iran from U.S. sanctions. Corpo­ in the fight against the Islamic State responsible for the collapse of the orities from Kapoor’s storage units. This cent past, efforts have been made by the cur­ tration calls this strategy the “maxi­ rations that had shown interest in in­ (IS). But once the direct war against deal and seeks to deprive the U.S. of statement was purportedly given to a news rent political dispensation to present itself as mum pressure” approach. But with vesting in Iran, including Chinese the IS in Iraq was over, Mr. Trump any help from Europe in the event of agency, without any press release being a stalwart of India’s heritage, albeit not activ­ Iran now threatening to breach the companies, pulled out after the sanc­ pulled the U.S. out of the deal. a conflict. Third, if Iran is actually made available either through the ASI or the ated by the purest motivations. Whatever the nuclear deal and increasing anti­U.S. tions. The U.S. also scared off the responsible for the tanker attacks in Ministry of Culture. A post on the ASI’s Face­ posturing might be about, the agencies in military rhetoric, this strategy ap­ top­buyers of Iran’s oil, including In­ Iran’s options the Gulf, it is an indication to coun­ book page made things clearer: out of more charge of securing the return of stolen an­ pears to be failing. As a result, war dia, resulting in a massive drop in Broadly, Iran had a choice of tactical tries dependent on oil that flows than 230 items in the possession of the In­ tiques have little to show, or have shown very clouds have gathered over the Gulf Iran’s oil exports. But where Mr. pathways. One was to return to talks through the Strait of Hormuz what dian Consulate in New York, close to 100 had little so far. with U.S.­Iran ties sinking to levels Trump erred was in his calculation on the U.S.’s terms and negotiate disruption caused by war would been identified and declared to be antiques. Awareness about laws to protect India’s seen in the final years of George W. that economic misery would force another nuclear deal for sanctions look. If Iran is not behind the attacks, The post trailed off stating that the Consulate ancient heritage is negligible. Working under Bush’s presidency. Iran to give up its resistance and re­ relief. But this would have been hu­ the “maximum pressure” strategy would be advised to transport the antiques unreasonable resource constraints, India’s turn to talks. miliating for nationalist Ayatollahs has raised the stakes so high that back to India. While there is some confusion bureaucratic and investigative agencies are Returning to talks who have built their political capital even a third party is capable of carry­ in the media about how many objects are doing far less than they can. In a climate that Unlike some members of his admi­ Back to hostility on anti­Americanism since 1979. ing out false flag attacks to trigger an currently with the Indian Consulate, it is is already so apathetic, it is no one’s real gain nistration, Mr. Trump has said he Iran has cooperated with the U.S. in The second was to wait out Mr. all­out conflict. Either way, Iran is us­ clear that the return of these objects to India to politicise and cheapen the issue of safe­ doesn’t want a war with Iran. But he the past. After the September 11, Trump’s presidency and hope that ing counter­escalation for is likely to take significant time. guarding our past. was unhappy with the nuclear deal 2001 attacks, it assisted the U.S. war his successor would take the U.S. deterrence. Some may remember the kind of scathing reached between Iran and world in Afghanistan. It arrested and de­ back to the nuclear deal. This is still But the danger in the Game of Asking all the wrong questions criticism that the ASI came under from the powers in 2015 under his predeces­ ported Taliban members who not impossible as there are Demo­ Chicken is that the risk of a crash is There is little point in discussing how de­ academic community when it released its re­ sor, Barack Obama. The deal, its crit­ crossed into its territory and also cratic presidential candidates who always there unless one power layed the ASI’s or the Indian government’s port on the purported remains of a temple ics argued, paid Iran for not making a conducted search and rescue opera­ back the deal. But with sanctions bit­ swerves away. Will Mr. Trump do so response in general has been compared to under the Babri Masjid. Allegations had been nuclear bomb, while leaving unad­ tions for downed U.S. aircrew mem­ ing, Iran can’t wait till the next U.S. after realising that his “maximum foreign agencies engaged in the work of re­ made that it had misplaced its scientific tem­ dressed critical issues such as its bal­ bers. Iran also played a critical role in presidential election. Also, there’s no pressure” approach has failed? Or patriation of cultural property. The Home­ per, handling the survey with a predeter­ listic missile programme and its “dis­ the formation of the first post­Tali­ certainty that Mr. Trump will not be will Iran be able to sustain its “maxi­ land Security Investigations’s International mined goal in mind. A loss in credibility can­ ruptive” activities in the region. Mr. ban Afghan government. But thereaf­ re­elected. mum resistance” in the wake of con­ Operations Division, which deals with track­ not be allowed to happen, not when so many Trump wants Iran to return to talks ter, the U.S. turned hostile to Iran, The third option was to force the tinued U.S. targeting? If not, there ing illegally smuggled antiquities, has 64 at­ of our public institutions are falling into on terms set by the U.S. so that they with President Bush lumping the EU to defy U.S. sanctions and save will be war. taché offices in 46 countries. India’s Idol decay. can renegotiate the nuclear issue. He country together with Iraq and North the deal. Iran, in fact, waited for a Wing can barely manage Tamil Nadu. We may have hoped that the “maximum Korea as the “Axis of Evil”. year after the U.S. pullout for the oth­ [email protected] have not prioritised the conservation of our Rohan P. Kothari is a Bengaluru-based advocate

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FIFTY YEARS AGO JUNE 20, 1969 Water woes Priority for housing (From an Editorial) The crisis in Tamil Nadu shows that The backlog in housing goes on mounting, because the build­ we have a lot to learn about rainwater ing effort has lagged far behind need. Mr. K. K. Shah, Union Mi­ harvesting from our ancestors nister, is not the first of Government spokesmen to admit this gap, but his warning against the socially explosive con se­ Markandey Katju quences of any further neglect of this prime need of millions living in substandard conditions should stir the State Housing In Delhi Water Supply & Sew- Ministers in conference at Bangalore to some dynamic action age Disposal Undertaking v. at least now. The difficulty in financing other sectors of the State of Haryana (1996), the Plans has led the Government to relegate allocations for hous­ Supreme Court said, “Water is ing to a minor place. Even so, the tempo of new construction a gift of nature. Human hand could be stepped up if the urge of most citizens to poss ess cannot be permitted to con­ their own homes is capitalised by intelligent official policies. vert this bounty into a curse, Mr. Shah has done well to emphasise this means of get ting an oppression.” thousands of new houses built on a hire­purchase bas is, and But human beings have there is no doubt that many middle class people will tighten

R. RAGU converted water into precise­ their belts to save some money to meet the instalment c om­ ly that in Tamil Nadu, where mitment. there is now an acute shortage of water. Many people are struggling to find adequate water in Chennai and other parts A HUNDRED YEARS AGO JUNE 20, 1919. CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC of the State. There are pictures going around of rows of wo­ CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC men holding plastic buckets and waiting for tankers . IT DATA POINT An offensive term. firms, restaurants and the construction industry have all ad­ mitted that they are struggling without water. Clash es over In dismissing the appeal of an Indian who claimed dama ges water have been reported in some parts. It is a bad situation. from a European for terming him a ‘coolie,’ the Judge P resi­ Yes, there was no rainfall last year, which is why major re­ dent of the Natal Provincial Division of the Supreme Cou rt servoirs that supply water to the city are drying up. But said: “Whatever might be the significance attaching to the could this situation not have been anticipated by the author­ term ‘coolie’ in India, what they were concerned with was its ities? Could there not have been timely desilting of lakes? meaning in Natal, and the people affected could not expect Our ancestors knew that there would be drought in the Europeans here to have a knowledge of a class distinction and future. That is why they built ponds in and near every vil­ of the customs ruling in India, and therefore could not be sur­ lage, and tanks in every temple. They knew how to harvest prised if such find distinctions were misunderstood by the Eu­ water. There were tanks even in the Harappa­Mohenjodaro ropeans in Natal.’’ Now we should say, says ‘Indian Opini on’ civilisation. Have we learnt more water harvesting tech­ commenting on this grotesque view, that that is not a fair view niques or have we gone backwards in the past few millen­ of the matter; we venture to say that the most ignorant Euro­ nia? pean in Natal knows full well that, when he calls an Indian, not There was acute water shortage in Tamil Nadu when I was of the labouring class, a ‘coolie,’ the term is offensive. Chief Justice of the Madras High Court in 2004­2005. In L. Krishnan v. State of Tamil Nadu (2005), a Bench that I had CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC presided over noted that most of the lands marked in the re­ CONCEPTUAL venue records of the State as ponds or lakes had been en­ croached on. Illegal houses and shops had been constructed Rotten kid theorem in those areas. The Bench directed removal of all these ille­ Family Economics gal encroachments. In M.K. Balakrishnan v. Union of India (2009), I presided over a Bench of the Supreme Court . We The rotten kid theorem says that in the presence of par ents noted the acute water shortage in several States, and set up who care equally about the welfare of all their children, even a committee chaired by Thirumalachari Ramasami, a form­ selfish children within the family may possess a strong incen­ er Secretary in the Union Ministry of Science and Technolo­ tive to be kind to their siblings. This is because any harm gy, to work out scientific solutions to the problem. caused by the selfish child to the other children in the family In China, some parts experienced frequent floods, while will push the parents to allocate more wealth to the well­being others experienced drought. The Huang He was known a s of the other children and will in turn reduce the selfish child’s the ‘river of sorrow’. After the Chinese Revolution of 1949, own share of the family wealth. The rotten kid theor em was the authorities constructed huge dams. Canals were built to proposed by American economist Gary Becker in his 19 74 carry excess water to areas with drought. Flood as well a s paper, “A theory of social interactions”. drought problems were solved. Why could not this have been done in India? CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC I appeal to the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu to immediate­ ly set up a committee comprising scientists, administrators MORE ON THE WEB 3 and other eminent people to consider the seriousness of the the problem and find solutions. Watch: Family builds their house around a 150-year-old tree

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DELHI THE HINDU 12 NEWS THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE FROM PAGE ONE Birla unanimous choice, promises impartiality Panel to study ‘One Says he will YSRCP refuses safeguard the post of Deputy nation, one poll’ issue interests of all Lok Congress president Rahul ment falls after two years, Sabha members Speaker Gandhi skipped the meeting then there should be a re­ but his party made known election with the new go­ Special Correspondent Sobhana K. Nair its opposition to the propo­ vernment holding power New Delhi New Delhi sal of simultaneous polls at a only for the remaining Om Birla, BJP MP from Kota The YSR Congress Party press conference by spokes­ three­year period,” a top in Rajasthan, was unani­ has made it clear that it will person Gaurav Gogoi. The YSR Congress leader said. mously elected Lok Sabha not take the post of Deputy Congress MP said the propo­ Odisha Chief Minister Na­ Speaker on Wednesday. In Speaker of the Lok Sabha sal violates basic features of veen Patnaik, who was one his maiden address from the even if it is offered till the the Constitution like flexibil­ of the first to leave the meet­ chair, Mr. Birla promised to government grant special ity and federalism. ing told reporters that his run the House in an impar­ status to Andhra Pradesh. But former Congress MP party supported the idea. tial manner and “safeguard “We will not accept the Milind Deora, who now On the other agenda of the the interests of the members position. What do we get heads the Mumbai Con­ meeting, to pay tribute to irrespective of the strength out of it? What do we gress, said the proposal is the father of the nation, Ma­ of their parties in the achieve out of it?” a party worth a debate. In a state­ hatma Gandhi on his 150th House”. leader told The Hindu. ment he argued that “being birth anniversary, Mr. Pat­ Prime Minister Narendra Starting point: Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeting Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Wednesday. * PTI Sources said the BJP sent in continuous election naik suggested that “ahim­ Modi proposed Mr. Birla’s feelers to the YSCRP and it mode is a roadblock to good sa” and “non­violence” name after he received sup­ others became infructuous. tional positions in the BJP, that people do not stay hun­ ry, made an eloquent appeal rejected them. “We don’t governance, distracts politi­ should be added to the port from almost all parties, In his speech, Mr. Birla as­ but had special words for Mr. gry in Kota,” Mr. Modi said. to the new Speaker, urging want to align with the rul­ cians from addressing real Preamble of the including a rather late sub­ sured the members that they Birla’s philanthropic “[I] on behalf of the govern­ him not just to be fair in his ing dispensation unless issues and adds populism to Constitution. mission of notices support­ would be “heard”, and activities. ment and the Treasury running of the House but al­ and until they accord spe­ the character of gover­ ing his candidature from the urged the government to res­ benches assure you full sup­ so to urge the government to cial category status to And­ nance.” ‘Noble, not practical’ Congress and the Dravida pond to them. ‘Life of service’ port in conducting the keep away from the “ordi­ hra Pradesh,” the leader The CPI (M) and CPI have Many other parties re­ Munnetra Kazhagam. The Praising Mr. Modi for run­ “Om Birlaji’s life has been de­ House. I also assure you that nance route”. said. strongly opposed the idea. mained ambivalent and motion moved by the Prime ning a transparent govern­ voted to service. I cannot for­ your order will prevail and Referring to sloganeering “We hold the Opposition “Why were the State elec­ flagged the need for further Minister was adopted by a ment, the Speaker said he get how he stayed for you must be tough even if in the House during the oath­ equally responsible for tions detached from the study. NCP’s Sharad Pawar, voice vote. expected the “government months in Kutch when it was anyone from our side [Trea­ taking ceremony, Mr. Andhra Pradesh not get­ general elections? It was be­ according to sources, said A total of 13 motions were to be more responsible and affected by a devastating sury benches] crosses the li­ Chowdhury said the House ting the special status tag. cause of the gross misuse of the idea was noble but not moved in support of Mr. Bir­ answerable in the House”. earthquake. In the same mit.” heard in the past two days It was the Congress which Article 356 of the Constitu­ practical. “He said during la, but since the one moved Mr. Modi, in his turn, way, he stayed in Kedarnath The newly appointed Con­ religious slogans such as “Jai bifurcated the State but did tion. As long as this article the meeting that simultane­ by Mr. Modi, the Leader of spoke of his long association during the floods there. He gress leader in the Lok Sab­ Shri Ram” and “Allahu Ak­ not fulfill the condition of remains we can’t have si­ ous elections will have a lot the House, was adopted, the with Mr. Birla in organisa­ has also worked to ensure ha, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhu­ bar”, and it was unseemly. special status.” multaneous elections,” CPI of grave implications and (M) General Secretary Sita­ the idea needed further in­ ram Yechury told reporters. tensive study,” a top Opposi­ He said his suggestion of re­ tion leader said. Scribes get bail in U.P. moving Article 356 was met Trinamool Congress lead­ IB to report directly to Amit Shah with silence. Simultaneous er Mamata Banerjee too had elections, Mr. Yechury said, expressed a similar opinion CM defamation case will subvert democracy. in her letter to Parliamen­ Home Minister allocates work to deputies Kishan Reddy and Nityanand Rai “Any suppression of the will tary Affairs Minister Pralhad Not released yet sial content allegedly defam­ of the people by prolonging Joshi declining the invite. Vijaita Singh ice Forces (CAPF) and the ing Mr. Adityanath “without or shortening Assembly or She said that this formula New Delhi Foreigners Division. due to order in verifying” its authenticity. Parliament is anti­demo­ can’t be hurriedly imple­ Almost a fortnight after The Jammu and Kashmir another case Kaushik was held on the cratic and is against federal­ mented and there is a need Home Minister Amit Shah desk and Northeast have night of June 10 in connec­ ism,” he added. for a white paper. took charge, he allocated been allocated to Mr. Reddy. pending: lawyer tion with the case. According to sources, re­ The Telugu Desam Party, work to the two junior Minis­ This is the first time that J&K Press Trust of India Two FIRs were registered gional parties such as Biju which didn’t attend the ters in North Block. While and Northeast divisions have Noida (U.P.) against them at the Phase 3 Janata Dal, YSR Congress meeting since its president the management of other de­ been allocated to the same Three journalists of a Noida­ police station. and Telangana Rashtriya Chandrababu Naidu is partments has been distri­ Minister. In the previous Ca­ based TV news channel, who One of the FIRs was Samiti have supported the abroad has submitted a buted among the two Minis­ binet, the Northeast division were arrested for allegedly lodged under Sections 153 idea. Andhra Pradesh Chief memorandum. The TDP has ters of State, Mr. Shah will was handled by Kiren Rijiju airing defamatory content (promoting enmity between Minister Jagan Reddy, ac­ argued that “One Nation hold charge of the Intelli­ and Kashmir desk was with against Uttar Pradesh Chief different groups), 501 (print­ cording to sources, said that One Election” is a serious gence Bureau (IB) himself. the other Minister of State, Minister Yogi Adityanath, ing or engraving matter though his party in princi­ and sensitive subject that re­ Former Home Minister Raj­ Hansraj Gangaram Ahir. were on Wednesday granted known to be defamatory), ple agrees with the idea, he quires much deliberation. nath Singh also had IB report In all, there are 22 divi­ bail in the defamation case 505 [1] (Whoever makes, pu­ is opposed to the fixed te­ BSP chief Mayawati told directly to him. sions in the Home Ministry. by a local court, their lawyer blishes or circulates any nure of legislatures. “If say a reporters in Lucknow that The distribution of work Both Mr. Rai and Mr. Red­ said. statement, rumour or re­ State government falls be­ holding simultaneous na­ comes at a time when Mr. dy were State presidents of However, Nation Live port) and 505 [2] (statements cause of a certain exigency, tional and State elections Shah is expected to under­ the Bharatiya Janta Party scribes Ishika Singh, Anuj conducing to public mis­ you can’t prolong the go­ “appears to be an undemo­ take his first official visit as a (BJP) in Bihar and Telangana Shukla and Anshul Kaushik chief). The other FIR was re­ vernment for simultaneous cratic and unconstitutional” Home Minister to Jammu respectively. have not been released from gistered under Sections 420 polls alone. So if the govern­ idea for a vast country. and Kashmir to oversee the In tandem: Amit Shah with G. Kishan Reddy, left, and During the Lok Sabha jail because the order in (fraud) and 467 (forgery of preparations and security ar­ Nityanand Rai in New Delhi. * FILE PHOTO election, they reported to another case of fraud and documents) of the IPC and rangements for the Amar­ Mr. Shah, who is the BJP pre­ forgery still pending in the related offences after it nath Yatra that commences der was issued late Tuesday As per the new set of res­ sident. Prime Minister Na­ court, the lawyer said. emerged that the channel RS bypolls: SC seeks on July 1. night. ponsibilities, Mr. Rai will rendra Modi has asked all Ca­ Singh and Shukla were ar­ was “operating illegally” The two Ministers of Mr. Shah is known to put look after the Left­wing Ex­ binet Ministers to delegate rested on June 8 and re­ without having the “requi­ State, Nityanand Rai and G. in long hours in the office. tremism division, Centre­ more work to Ministers of manded in 14­day judicial site permissions” from the EC reply on petition Kishan Reddy, did not have The three Ministers took State relations, border man­ State and involve them in de­ custody, two days after the government to operate un­ defined roles till now. The or­ charge on June 1. agement, Central Armed Pol­ cision­making. channel aired the controver­ der the name ‘Nation Live’. A Bench of Justices Deepak Of the 183 total seats in Gupta and Surya Kant asked the Assembly, the BJP has the poll panel to respond by 100 seats and Congress 71. Monday on the petition filed The petition filed through Joint election not must, Cong. urged by Gujarat Congress leader advocate Varun K. Chopra Rahul turns 49, Modi wishes Pareshbhai Dhanani. submitted that though the to adopt RSS The question whether Congress was in a minority Delhi HC ruled in 2009 such vacancy is ‘casual’ or in the Assembly, it had the him good health and long life outreach style statutory needed to be de­ requisite numbers to pro­ Ruling was on casual RS vacancies cided, the Bench remarked portionately elect a member Special Correspondent as it posted the case for to the Rajya Sabha. Special Correspondent Stalin, Mayawati and Mamata extend birthday wishes Guwahati further hearing on June 25. “The BJP which is run­ New Delhi Former Assam Chief Minis­ Counsel appearing for ning the government at the The issue of holding sepa­ SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT ter Tarun Gogoi has ad­ the poll panel argued that a Centre, in order to some­ rate bypolls to two Rajya NEW DELHI vised the Congress to petition in such issues can­ how have its party rule the Sabha seats, which has been Prime Minister Narendra adopt the outreach model not be entertained. Rajya Sabha despite not hav­ challenged in the Supreme Modi was among the many of the Rashtriya Swayamse­ Mr. Dhanani, the Opposi­ ing complete proportion to Court by the Gujarat Con­ top political leaders who vak Sangh (RSS) for its Mis­ tion leader in the Gujarat As­ secure both seats to the gress, had come up before wished Congress president sion 80, which envisages sembly, in his plea contend­ Council of States, is trying to the Delhi High Court in Rahul Gandhi good health winning that many seats in ed that the conduct of use the Respondent’s (ECI) 2009. and a long life on his 49th the State’s 2021 Assembly election for each vacancy Office to somehow impede It had then held that it has been quoted by the birthday on Wednesday. election. separately would only lead the mandate under the RP was not mandatory to hold Election Commission in its “Best wishes to Shri Rahul Assam has a total of 126 to one result — the victory of (Representation of the Peo­ joint election in the case of press note for bypolls to fill Gandhi on his birthday. May Assembly seats. the party which commands ple) Act,” the petition casual vacancies. six casual vacancies in the he be blessed with good He insisted that he was simple majority in the State stated. “It is not necessary for us Rajya Sabha from Bihar, Guj­ health and a long life,” Mr. opposed to the RSS ideolo­ legislature. “This would Mr. Dhanani’s petition to express any opinion on arat and Odisha. The EC’s Modi tweeted early in the gy but appreciated how the turn the very objective of has sought direction to the the issue as to whether the note mentions that byelec­ morning, putting behind the Sibling support: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi organisation — “the Bhara­ proportional representation poll panel to hold simulta­ elections to regular vacan­ tions to all Houses, includ­ bitter exchanges between Vadra hugs her brother and party president Rahul Gandhi on tiya Janata Party’s back­ i.e. to give each minority neous by­elections and poll­ cies are required to be held ing the Rajya Sabha, are the two leaders during the his 49th birthday at the AICC headquarters. * PTI bone” — reached out to pe­ group an effective share as ing for filling of all vacancies together. However, there considered separate vacan­ election campaign. ople at the grassroots level. per its strength, on its in all States, including Guja­ cannot be any doubt that in­ cies. Separate notifications Mr. Gandhi soon recipro­ of western U.P. Priyanka premo Mayawati and West “The reason behind our head,” he said in his plea. rat, for the Rajya Sabha. sofar as casual vacancy is are issued and separate poll cated tweeting, “Thank you Gandhi Vadra and Leader of Bengal Chief Minister Mama­ party’s debacle is dwin­ concerned, holding of joint is taken for each of the va­ for your greetings Narendra the Opposition in the Rajya ta Banerjee took to Twitter dling mass contact. The election is not mandatory, cancies. Modi ji. I appreciate them.” Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad to wish the Congress chief. Congress must follow the even if more than one ca­ In Gujarat, two Rajya Sab­ Though the party or its were among those who Punjab Chief Minister RSS model minus the reli­ PM’s panel rejects sual vacancy occurred at ha seats fell vacant after BJP workers did not resort to any wished Mr. Gandhi at the Captain Amarinder Singh gious ideology to recon­ about the same time,” the president Amit Shah and celebrations because of the party headquarters. The added a personal touch to nect with people,” Mr. Go­ High Court said in the Satya­ Union Minister Smriti Irani encephalitis deaths in Bihar, Congress chief appeared in a his wishes. “Wish you a very goi said. “There is no harm former CEA’s paper pal Malik vs Election Com­ were elected to the Lok Sab­ Mr. Gandhi did meet his col­ joyous mood, shared light happy birthday, dear @Ra­ in learning how the RSS mission of India case on Ja­ ha. On Gujarat Congress’s leagues and workers at the moments with party work­ hulGandhi. Proud of who has expanded through a “Further, a cursory look at cause their relationship to nuary 20, 2009. petition, the Supreme Court party headquarters. ers and offered sweets to re­ you have become over the network of socio­cultural the indicators suggests a GDP was unstable, the fact The same order, which has sought a response from Former Prime Minister porters. Several senior Op­ years; I see my dear friend organisations in Assam and strong link with industry in­ is that tax collections are pertained to two casual va­ the Election Commission by Manmohan Singh, Congress position leaders including (late) Rajiv (Gandhi) in you,” elsewhere in the north­ dicators (a sector that con­ hard data that are not based cancies from Uttar Pradesh, June 24. general secretary in charge DMK chief MK Stalin, BSP su­ he said. east,” Mr. Gogoi added. tributes an average of 22% to on surveys and should not India’s GDP), while the re­ have been ignored. presentation of services “Unlike many indicators, (60% of GDP) and agricul­ tax data is not collected Hydrotherapy to soothe elephants’ feet and joints ture (18% of GDP) is as good through surveys or by agen­ as missing,” the PMEAC cies through arcane tech­ Bindu Shajan Perappadan cles of the elephants over­ these long­ranging animals,’’ uses the therapeutic benefits said. niques. These are hard NEW DELHI grow and become more he said, pointing to the bene­ of water to perform physical “It is difficult to believe numbers and should be an Captive elephants are made prone to cracking,” said Dr. fits they will get from the rehabilitation in animals.” that indicators in the servic­ important indicator of to navigate environments Yaduraj Khadpekar, senior new hydrotherapy clinic. “Exerting hydrostatic es sector would not corre­ growth,” the note said. that their bodies were not veterinary officer at the Wil­ Kartick Satyanarayan, co­ pressure that compresses late with Indian GDP.” “Further, there have been built for. “Standing on con­ dlife SOS Elephant Conserva­ founder and CEO Wildlife muscle and joints, hydrothe­ The note pointed out that no major changes in tax crete for long periods be­ tion and Care Centre (ECCC), SOS, said: “An effective com­ rapy helps in relieving while Mr. Subramanian had laws until the end period in comes an invitation to the situated on the banks of the plementary treatment for chronic muscle aches as well stated in his paper that he the author’s analysis (March early onset of arthritis. Also, Yamuna in Mathura. the elephants’ painful joints as rebuild muscle memory was not including tax collec­ 31, 2017). GST was intro­ due to lack of proper foot “As such, standing and and feet is hydrotherapy, a with its natural resistance,” tion data in his analysis be­ duced on July 1, 2017.” care, the toenails and cuti­ walking becomes painful for form of physical therapy that he said. CM A ND-NDE YK EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

THE HINDU DELHI THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 2019 NEWS 13 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Car bomb used to target Army patrol vehicle: NIA Pak. must share It was the third Major IED intelligence: Malik such attack in the past four months attack averted, Militancy tackled, says J&K Governor

Vijaita Singh claim police Special Correspondent New Delhi Srinagar A Maruti 800 car is suspect­ Peerzada Ashiq Days after Pakistan report­ ed to have been used in Mon­ Srinagar edly shared intelligence on day’s terror attack on an Ar­ The Jammu and Kashmir an impending militant at­ my patrol vehicle on the police on Wednesday tack in Jammu & Kashmir, Arihal­Pulwama road in foiled militants’ design to Governor Satya Pal Malik South Kashmir, initial probe detonate another impro­ said in Srinagar on Wednes­ suggests. vised explosive device, day that it was “duty­bound” An improvised explosive days after two soldiers to do so. <> Both militant device (IED) packed in a car were killed in a car­fitted “Pakistan is duty­bound recruitment and parked by the road was deto­ IED attack in south to share intelligence inputs stone-throwing nated when a mobile vehicle Kashmir. with us. But how many at­ incidents have patrol of the 44 Rashtriya Ri­ “A sophisticated and tacks Pakistan was able to come down fles passed by. Two Army well­designed IED has stop in its own backyard also Satya Pal Malik personnel were killed and been recovered from the remains to be seen,” Mr. Ma­ J&K Governor six others injured in the at­ possession of a group of lik said. tack. The Army said it was “a militants apprehended in a His statement assumes tancy problems in the Val­ failed attempt”. counter­insurgency opera­ significance after intelli­ ley. Both militant A team of the National In­ tion. Thereby, a major ter­ gence was passed on to J&K recruitment and stone­ vestigation Agency (NIA) vi­ ror attempt was foiled,” a security agencies by Pakis­ throwing incidents across sited the scene of the explo­ Fallen comrade: Army personnel carrying the coffin of havildar Amarjeet Kumar, who was killed in an IED attack in Pulwama on police spokesman said. tan’s security agencies on a the Kashmir Valley have sion on Tuesday and picked Monday, at the Jaiprakash Narayan Airport in Patna on Wednesday.* PTI He said five militants of “likely attack by militants of come down,” he said. “Peo­ up samples for forensic the Hizbul Mujahideen the Ansar Ghazwat­ul­Hind ple have understood that examination. Jammu­Srinagar highway trace the source of explo­ changed hands seven times tary explosive mostly found were arrested in raids con­ to avenge the killing of the this way will lead us A senior government offi­ near Pulwama. sives used. A senior govern­ and the last person to own it in Army stores. ducted after “specific in­ group’s chief Zakir Musa in nowhere.” cial said they were not cer­ The second such case be­ ment official told The Hindu was Bhat, a resident of Bij­ puts about their presence” Tral recently”. tain about the explosives ing investigated by the NIA that the NIA had not received behara in Anantnag. Forces warned in the volatile Shopian. The Governor said his ad­ ‘No threat to tourists’ used in the attack, the third was reported on March 30, the forensic report that The NIA said Bhat ac­ Security forces deployed in “During the questioning ministration had been able Mr. Malik said there was no of its kind in the past four when “some terrorists ex­ would establish where the quired the vehicle on Febru­ the Kashmir Valley have of the apprehended mili­ to disrupt the militant infras­ threat to tourists in Kashmir. months. ploded a car laden with ex­ explosives came from. ary 4, 10 days before the at­ been alerted to car­borne tants, it was revealed that tructure in the State since “Stray incidents [of vio­ plosives near Banihal (in tack. A student of IEDs and extra measures they were planning to tar­ June last year. However, mil­ lence] are still taking place. Probe stuck Ramban district) with inten­ Lone link Siraj­ul­Uloom in Shopian, were being taken to sanitise get police and security itants were “still receiving di­ Even America, France, En­ The NIA is also investigating tion to kill the CRPF jawans.” The lone link, Sajad Bhat, Bhat later joined the JeM. routes for the Amarnath Ya­ forces by planting an IED in rections from outside be­ gland and other countries the February 14 Pulwama Six alleged Hizbul Mujahi­ who would have provided As per the initial post­ tra that commences on July the area,” the police said. cause the militancy is facing failed to stop it [violence terror attack, in which 40 deen terrorists, including a details about the Pulwama blast analysis conducted by 1. More than two lakh pil­ The arrested were iden­ a defeat”. against tourists in those CRPF personnel were killed Ph.D. scholar, were arrested conspiracy, was killed in an the National Security Guard grims are expected to visit tified as Aqib Nazir Rathar, “You are witness to how countries],” he said. after a car bomber — Adil for the “failed attack”. encounter with security forc­ (NSG), hours after the Febru­ the shrine. Amir Majeed Wani, Sameer the previous governments He said his administration Ahmed Dar, a Jaish­e­Mo­ The NIA’s investigation in­ es on Tuesday. ary attack, the suicide bom­ Around 30,000 security Ahmed Bhat, Faisal Farooq tackled militancy. You are would ensure the smooth hammad ( JeM) terrorist — to the February 14 incident is The Maruti Eeco car used ber’s vehicle was packed forces have been deployed Ahanger and Rayees aware of our administra­ conduct of the Amarnath Ya­ rammed into a bus on the stuck, as the agency is yet to in the February incident had with RDX, a high grade mili­ for the Yatra’s security. Ahmed Ganai. tion’s role in tackling mili­ tra, which begins on July 1.

IN BRIEF ED arrests two Minister terms son’s U.S. wants fair and reciprocal trade former IL&FS arrest ‘unfortunate’ with India, says State Department executives Law will take its course: Prahlad Patel Special Correspondent NEW DELHI Special Correspondent ‘India is one of our closest strategic partners in the Indo­Pacific region’ The Enforcement Directo­ India, Russia discuss NEW DELHI ways to strengthen ties rate on Wednesday arrest­ Sriram Lakshman NEW DELHI A day after his son was ar­ Among the challenges in ed two former top execu­ Washington DC External Affairs Minister S. rested along with six per­ the Indo­U.S. relationship tives of the IL&FS group in Jaishankar met Russian sons in an attempt­to­mur­ The State Department on that Mr. Pompeo is expected connection with a money Deputy Prime Minister Yury der case in Madhya Pradesh, Wednesday reacted to In­ to discuss, are the U.S.’s pre­ laundering case. Trutnev on Wednesday and Union Culture and Tourism dia’s announcement of reta­ ferential trade access sys­ Those arrested were discussed ways to strengthen Minister Prahlad Singh Patel liatory tariffs on certain U.S. tem, the Generalized System Arun Kumar Saha, the then ties between the two nations on Wednesday termed the imports, reiterating U.S. Pre­ of Preferences (India was re­ joint managing director of and Prime Minister Narendra situation “sad and unfortu­ sident Donald Trump’s mes­ cently taken off the benefici­ IL&FS and a member of the Modi’s visit to Vladivostok for nate”. sage of reciprocal trade and ary list as of June 5), 5G net­ committee of directors of the Eastern Economic Forum The “law will take its the strength of U.S.­India work infrastructure, and IL&FS Financial Services later this year. The meeting course”, Mr. Patel said here, ties. data localisation. Limited (IFIN); and Karu­ comes days after Prime declining to comment on the Prahlad Singh Patel “India is one of our closest Regarding 5G, the U.S. is nakaran Ramchand, then Minister Modi met Russian case. strategic partners in the In­ trying to dissuade countries managing director of President Vladimir Putin in that Prabal Patel, 26, Monu do­Pacific region. The U.S.­ Strong link: U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo is from letting Chinese telecom IL&FS Transportation Net­ PTI Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Five injured Patel, 27, and about a dozen India partnership stands expected in New Delhi next week. * AFP giant Huawei participate in work (ITNL). Mr. Ram­ Mr. Patel’s son, Prabal Patel, others attacked them at Bail­ upon a shared commitment building their next­genera­ chand was also a member ACB raid on properties of and his nephew, Monu Patel, hai Bazaar around 11.30 p.m. to democratic values and the U.S. companies see great op­ cess concerns with India. tion networks citing security of the IFIN committee of di­ ousted J&K Bank chief were among those booked on Monday. Guns were fired, rule of law. As the President portunity in India.” U.S Secretary of State Mi­ concerns. The U.S. is also rectors. SRINAGAR for attempt to murder after and one person was hit. Se­ has repeatedly stated, the Last Friday, the Office of chael Pompeo is expected in concerned about the direc­ They allegedly sanc­ A team of the Anti­Corruption an attack that left five peo­ ven persons, including Pra­ United States wants fair and the United States Trade Re­ New Delhi next week for dis­ tion in which India’s policies tioned and disbursed loans Bureau on Wednesday carried ple, including a Home bal Patel, were arrested in reciprocal trade,” a State De­ presentative (USTR) told The cussions prior to the G­20 with respect to data portabil­ without taking proper se­ out fresh searches on the Guard, injured at Gotegaon this connection,” Superin­ partment spokesperson told Hindu that there was no meeting in Osaka, Japan, ity across borders is going curity to the groups which properties of the expelled in Narsinghpur district on tendent of Police Gurukaran The Hindu via email, adding, trade action to announce at where Prime Minister Naren­ and that has become one of were already in financial J&K Bank chairman, Parvez Ahmad Nengroo. An official Monday night. Singh said on Tuesday. “The United States is India’s the moment but that the U.S. dra Modi will meet U.S. Pre­ the areas of disagreement in distress and were unable to said the ACB team searched “The victims have alleged (With PTI inputs) top market for exports and continued to raise market ac­ sident Donald Trump. trade discussions. repay earlier loans. the private residences of Mr. Nengroo in Srinagar. Several magistrates were part of the search team. The team did not divulge any details about Intense lobbying on in the seizures made during the searches.

Plan to waive registration BJD for Rajya Sabha ticket fee for electric vehicles NEW DELHI The Road Transport and Three Odisha seats fell vacant after the recent elections Highways Ministry has proposed to waive Special Correspondent registration fee for all electric BHUBANESWAR or battery­operated vehicles. Intense lobbying is on in the A senior official of the ruling Biju Janata Dal in Od­ Ministry said this would entail isha for ticket to contest a benefit of ₹600 to ₹3,000 three vacant Rajya Sabha for buyers. The Ministry seats from the State. issued a draft notification on Tuesday to amend the Central With the BJD likely to win Motor Vehicle Rule, 1989, all three, given its strength of which lays down the 112 in the 147­member As­ registration fee for the sembly, aspirants are renewal or issuance of thronging Naveen Nivas, re­ registration certificates, and sidence of Chief Minister has sought stakeholder and party president Naveen comments. Patnaik, to press their case. Bright prospects: The possible choices include Prasanna The Election Commission Kumar Patasani, left, and Ramesh Chandra Chyau Patnaik. Bangladesh, South Korea last week announced July 5 to telecast DD India as the byelection date. The Bhubaneswar MP, and Ra­ The aspirants for the Ra­ NEW DELHI BJD candidates are likely to mesh Chandra Chyau Pat­ jya Sabha seats include pro­ The Indian government has file their papers on June 25, naik, former Berhampur minent leaders who lost in signed agreements with the last date for doing so, MLA. Both were assured Ra­ the Lok Sabha and Assembly Bangladesh and South Korea, party officials said on condi­ jya Sabha berths by the par­ elections and those who under which Doordarshan tion of anonymity. ty president when they were could not be given ticket to India will be available in those The seats fell vacant after denied ticket for the Lok contest those elections. countries. This was Achyuta Samanta, Soumya Sabha and Assembly announced by Information Ranjan Patnaik and Pratap elections. Woman candidate and Broadcasting Minister Keshari Deb resigned follow­ Party officials, however, Besides, there is a strong Prakash Javadekar here on ing their victories in the re­ said Mr. Patasani’s chances possibility of the party Wednesday. The move is part cent Lok Sabha and Assemb­ may have been hurt by the choosing at least one woman of a robust cultural exchange, ly elections. While Mr. fact that the BJD’s nominee for the Rajya Sabha. The BJD in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Act East Samanta was elected to the for the Bhubaneswar Lok has only one woman Rajya policy, he said. The Lok Sabha from Kandhamal, Sabha seat, former Mumbai Sabha member at present. government has also Mr. Patnaik and Mr. Deb Police Commissioner Arup With the BJD having given approved the proposal of were elected to the Assemb­ Patnaik, lost the election. 33% of the Lok Sabha ticket Prasar Bharati for making KBS ly from Khandapada and Mr. Chyau Patnaik may be to women candidates, sever­ World, an English 24x7 Aul, respectively. chosen since the party’s no­ al women leaders are hoping channel of the government of The possible choices of minee for the Berhampur for the best if the party de­ Republic of South Korea, the party include Prasanna Assembly seat, Bikram Ku­ cides to adopt the same for­ available on the DD Free Dish. Kumar Patasani, former mar Panda, won. mula for the Upper House. CM YK EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

DELHI THE HINDU 14 WORLD THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE UN report links MBS to Khashoggi killing It is 2016 redux as Trump Says execution of the dissident journalist was the responsibility of the state of Saudi Arabia launches re-election campaign Agence France-Presse Slams media and attacks Democrats over immigration Geneva There is “credible evidence” Sriram Lakshman trenched political class that great hoax” and accused the linking Saudi Crown Prince Washington “enriched itself” at the ex­ Democrats of conducting a Mohammed bin Salman U.S. President Donald pense of the people. “witch­hunt” to overturn the (MBS) to the murder of jour­ Trump launched his cam­ “We did not merely results of the 2016 election. nalist Jamal Khashoggi, a UN paign with a rally in Orlan­ transfer power from one The crowd chanted, expert said on Wednesday, do, Florida, focusing on party to another but we “Lock her up”, when Mr. calling for sanctions on the themes that he has repeated­ transferred power to you, Trump’s 2016 Democratic Prince’s foreign assets. ly touted during the first the proud citizens of the Un­ opponent Hilary Clinton was The allegation regarding three years of his presiden­ tied States of America,” he mentioned in this context. Prince Mohammed’s possi­ cy. said, of his Inauguration Day The President accused ble direct role in Khashoggi’s Mr. Trump spoke for over in January 2017. Democrats of trying to ruin execution was detailed in a an hour to a crowd of about “We broke down the Supreme Court Justice Brett new report by the UN special 20,000 at the Amway Cen­ doors of Washington back­ Kavanaugh’s life and family. rapporteur on extra­judicial, ter, emphasising tried and rooms where deals were cut Mr. Kavanaugh was publicly summary or arbitrary execu­ tested themes — illegal immi­ to close our companies, give accused by three women of tions, Agnes Callamard. gration, an America­first pol­ away your jobs, shut down sexual misconduct and Ms. Callamard, an inde­ icy, fake media, the econo­ our factories and surrender faced a rocky Senate confir­ pendent human rights exp­ my, and a characterisation your sovereignty and your mation last year. The Presi­ ert who does not speak for of himself and his base as very way of life... and we’ve dent also touted his record the United Nations, called on victims of an increasingly ended it,” Mr. Trump said. for filling judicial vacancies. UN Secretary General Anto­ leftist Democratic party try­ He said that he was nio Guterres to initiate a for­ ing to overturn the 2016 “draining the swamp”, his Illegal migration mal international criminal election results. trademark reference to the Mr. Trump accused the De­ investigation into the case. Supported by boos and Washington political esta­ mocrats of wanting to flood She told reporters it was chants from the crowd, Mr. blishment, and that is why the country with illegal mi­ clear “the execution of Mr. Trump took shots at the me­ the swamp “was fighting grants in order to bolster Khashoggi was the responsi­ dia early on in his speech. A back so viciously and their support base. He bility of the state of Saudi few minutes into the speech, violently”. termed “morally reprehensi­ Arabia”. has never been found. Ri­ ful deaths”. The report spec­ not found concrete evidence the killing... (and) whether the crowd chanted, “CNN At one point in his ble” the Democrat agenda of She added: “There is cred­ yadh initially said it had no ifically came across evidence of who ordered the killing, he could have prevented the sucks”, and laughed and speech, he called for a vote “open borders” [Democrats ible evidence, warranting knowledge of his fate, but la­ that the crime scenes were but pointed out to reporters execution,” she said. clapped when Mr. Trump on whether to keep his 2016 have not actually articulated further investigation of high­ ter blamed the murder on “thoroughly, even forensical­ that “people directly impli­ The UN expert also insist­ pointed to the media gallery campaign slogan, “Make “open borders” as a policy]. level Saudi Officials’ indivi­ rogue agents. Saudi prosecu­ ly, cleaned” by the Saudis, in cated in the murder reported ed that any international and said, “By the way, that’s America Great Again,” or to On Tuesday morning, in dual liability, including the tors have absolved the what “may amount to ob­ to him (the Crown Prince)”. sanctions over Khashoggi’s a lot of fake news back adopt a new one, “Keep what critics said is a cam­ Crown Prince’s.” Crown Prince of structing justice.” “What needs to be investi­ killing “ought also to include there...” America Great,” [which paign ploy, Mr. Trump Khashoggi, a Washington responsibility. gated is the extent to which the Crown Prince and his won]. tweeted that immigration Post contributor and critic of But Ms. Callamard said Cover­up efforts the Crown Prince knew or personal assets abroad, until ‘Drain the swamp’ Mr. Trump railed against agents would, next week, Prince Mohammed, was probes by Saudi Arabia and Ms. Callamard said the Saudi should have known what and unless evidence is pro­ The President repeatedly re­ the Special Counsel Robert begin “removing the mil­ murdered at the Saudi con­ Turkey “failed to meet inter­ Crown Prince must have would (happen) to Mr. vided and corroborated that turned to the theme of his Mueller’s investigation into lions of illegal aliens who sulate in Istanbul on October national standards regarding been aware of the cover­up Khashoggi, whether he di­ he carries no responsibilities base and himself taking back Russian meddling in the have illicitly found their way 2. His dismembered body the investigation into unlaw­ efforts. She stressed she had rectly or indirectly incited for this execution”. the country from an en­ 2016 elections, calling it “a into the United States.” Sri Lanka Minister slams monk Mike Pompeo MH17 crash: 3 Russians, 1 Ukrainian to face charges cancels Reuters er, as the Netherlands has signing criminal responsibili­ blic appearances. Ukrainian over racially charged comments Nieuwegein said Russia has not cooperat­ ty for the plane’s authorities said they would Sri Lanka visit Three Russians and a Ukrai­ ed with the investigation. destruction, named the four try to detain Kharchenko, nian will face murder charg­ Justice Minister Ferdinand suspects as Russians Sergey the suspect believed to be on Samaraweera calls for unity against ‘Talibanisation’ of faith Special correspondent es for the 2014 downing of Grapperhaus said in a letter Dubinsky, Oleg Pulatov and their territory. Colombo Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 to Parliament that the Neth­ Igor Girkin, and Ukrainian Most of those on board Meera Srinivasan they should be stoned to U.S. Secretary of State Mi­ over eastern Ukraine which erlands had taken unspeci­ Leonid Kharchenko. It said the crashed plane were Colombo death. I don’t say this, but chael Pompeo has can­ killed 298 people, in a trial to fied ”diplomatic steps” international arrest warrants Dutch. The investigation Sri Lanka’s Finance Minister what should be done is this,” celled his visit to Sri Lanka start in the Netherlands next against Moscow for failing to for the four had been issued. team formed by Australia, Mangala Samaraweera on the monk said, according to due to “scheduling con­ March, an investigation team fully comply with legal Girkin, 48, a battle­har­ Belgium, Malaysia, the Neth­ Wednesday slammed a translation by the local me­ flicts”, the American mis­ said on Wednesday. requests. dened Russian nationalist, is erlands and Ukraine found Buddhist monk’s controver­ dia of his speech in Sinhala. sion in Colombo said on The suspects are likely to The Dutch­led interna­ believed to live in Moscow that the plane was shot sial comments targeting The Buddhist clergy in Sri Wednesday. be tried in absentia, howev­ tional team, tasked with as­ where he makes regular pu­ down by a Russian missile. Muslims and urged “true Lanka wields significant in­ Mr. Pompeo was sche­ Buddhists” to unite against fluence in national politics. duled to arrive in Sri Lanka the “Talibanisation” of the Hard­line monks have in the on June 27 on a short visit. religion. past resorted to hate speech “Due to unavoidable sche­ In a tweet, Mr. Samara­ with little consequence. duling conflicts during his weera said on Wednesday: Finance Minister Mangala upcoming visit to the Indo­

“True Buddhists must unite Samaraweera. * THE HINDU Lone voice Pacific region that includes NOW against the Talibaniza­ Mr. Samaraweera, the only accompanying President tion of our great philosophy near the famous Buddhist prominent politician so far Donald J. Trump to the G20 of peace & love of all beings. temple of the tooth relic. to directly challenge the As­ Summit in Japan, U.S. Se­ No Buddhist can condone a In the two months since giriya­affiliated monk’s ra­ cretary of State Michael R. statement to stone another the April 21 Easter bomb­ cially charged comments, Pompeo is unable to visit human being to death, even ings, which killed about 260 earlier challenged a fasting Sri Lanka as previously an­ if it emanates from the robed people, reactionary forces in Buddhist monk’s demand nounced,” the U.S. Embas­ orders. #lka” the country have resorted to that three Muslim politicians sy in Colombo said. anti­Muslim violence and resign over alleged links to The development comes Monk’s message hate speech on more than Easter suspects. in the wake of a raging de­ His message comes days af­ one occasion. Following the collective bate within Sri Lanka’s pol­ ter a senior monk attached Further, referring to a resignation of nine Muslim itical class on the govern­ to the Asgiriya Chapter — Muslim doctor who has been Ministers early in June, he ment’s proposed signing of one of the two most influen­ at the centre of an unsub­ tweeted: “Hatred is never the Status of Forces Agree­ tial Buddhist orders in Sri stantiated sterilisation scare, appeased by hatred. By non­ ment (SOFA), more recent­ Lanka — accused Muslims of the senior monk said the hatred alone is hatred ap­ ly referred to as the ‘Visit­ “destroying the country”, doctor was doing a “heroic” peased. This is a law eternal. ing Forces Agreement’, and called for a boycott of deed by destroying “hun­ Today, it was left to our Mus­ with the U.S.Amid specula­ Muslim­run shops and busi­ dreds of thousands” Sinha­ lim Ministers to exhibit this tion, a senior official told nesses. lese children. sacred teaching of Lord The Hindu: “SOFA was not “Don’t eat from those “These traitors must not Buddha while impostors in on the cards during Secre­ (Muslim) shops,” the monk be allowed to live in free­ robes incited hatred in his tary Pompeo’s visit this said, at a temple ceremony dom,” he said in Sinhala. name. A shameful day for time... his cancellation has in the central city of Kandy, “Some women devotees said our beloved #lka” nothing to do with that.” ELSEWHERE A fortnight after resignation, 2 Muslim MPs return to govt. 7 others have decided not to rejoin the administration Morsi was murdered, Meera Srinivasan Lanka Muslim Congress says Erdoğan Colombo ANKARA (SLMC) and the All Ceylon Turkish President Recep A fortnight after resigning Makkal Congress (ACMC). Tayyip Erdoğan on from their ministerial posi­ All Muslim MPs met on Wednesday vowed to try to tions in protest, two Muslim Tuesday and held discus­ ensure the Egyptian legislators were on Wednes­ sions on next steps. Local government is tried in day sworn in to the posts media reported that the international courts for the they earlier held. meeting was “inconclusive”. death of Mohamed Morsi. Parliamentarians Kabir “The two of them were un­ “Mohamed Morsi flailed on Hashim and Abdul Haleem der a lot of pressure from the courtroom floor for 20 took oath but seven other their party and its leader­ minutes and the authorities former Ministers, who re­ Kabir Hashim, who took oath ship to re­join as Ministers. did not help him. This is why I signed with them, did not as­ as Minister on Wednesday. We appreciate their need to say Morsi did not die, he was sume ministerial charge. work within their party,” murdered,” Mr. Erdoğan said Citing growing instances of succumbing to undue SLMC deputy leader H.M.M. at an election rally. Reuters of Sri Lanka’s Muslims being pressure from the Buddhist Hareez said. “demonised” and “framed” clergy. Soon after, the monk However, the other form­ U.S. again blames Iran over tanker attack following the Easter terror called off his “fast unto er Ministers decided that attacks, all nine Muslim Mi­ FUJAIRAH death”. Days later, senior they would not take up the A Japanese­owned tanker nisters had stepped down on clergy met the Muslim lea­ posts until their concerns attacked in the Gulf of Oman June 3. This sudden move dership and reportedly are fully addressed. “So ma­ last week was damaged by a came in the wake of a fasting urged them to withdraw ny Muslims have been arbi­ limpet mine resembling Buddhist monk’s demand their resignations. trarily arrested. And our pol­ those used by Iran, the U.S. that three key politicians, in­ iticians have been accused of military said on Wednesday, cluding a Minister, resign ov­ UNP members several things — let the auth­ as Tehran slammed er alleged links with the The two Ministers who took orities probe all that and accusations against it. The Easter bombing suspects. charge on Wednesday are clear any doubts. We have Japanese­owned Kokuka The resignations sparked from the ruling United Na­ decided that the ministerial Courageous came under anger among critics who ac­ tional Party (UNP). The se­ posts can wait until then,” attack last Thursday. AFP cused the country’s leaders ven others are from the Sri Mr. Hareez told The Hindu. CM YK EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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Bharti Airtel ...... 341.10...... -4.05 50.8% for ₹1,136 crore and price, Apollo Munich is va­ had invested ₹300 crore in looking to raise resources. market operations. BPCL...... 379.35...... -6.20 another 0.4% stake held by a lued at a multiple of 1.2 times the health insurance ven­ Most HFCs are facing a li­ “So far as liquidity is con­ Britannia Ind ...... 2875.70...... 8.45 few employees for ₹10.84 the gross written premium of ture, would use the proceeds quidity crunch with banks cerned, RBI is doing open Cipla ...... 533.70...... -13.90

Coal India ...... 257.05...... -3.30 crore. FY19 which is ₹2,194 crore. from this deal to reduce debt becoming reluctant to ex­ market operations… they Dr Reddys Lab ...... 2550.85...... -40.40 Post the acquisition of and invest in infrastructure. tend loans as the shadow are buying government Eicher Motors...... 19790.70...... 58.85 shares by HDFC, Apollo ‘Strong synergies’ There is a three­year non­ banking sector fights a crisis bonds and putting liquidity GAIL (India)...... 307.75...... -0.30

Grasim Ind ...... 882.05...... 2.40 Munich would be merged “We believe this valuation is compete clause in the deal of confidence post the debt in the system. HCL Tech...... 1084.10...... -5.50 with the former’s general in­ reasonable and this transac­ which means that Apollo default of IL&FS in Septem­ “So, there is adequate li­ ...... 2175.40...... 22.40 HDFC surance subsidiary — HDFC tion will result in strong syn­ cannot re­enter the health ber last year. quidity in the banking sys­ HDFC Bank...... 2428.35...... 11.10 Hero MotoCorp ...... 2606.15...... -61.65 ERGO. ERGO is a subsidiary ergies and bring in econo­ insurance sector for three “We are not looking at tem. Now it is up to indivi­ Hindalco ...... 190.05...... 0.10 of Munich Re, which has mies of scale,” Mr. Parekh years. buying out the companies. dual banks whom to lend to Hind Unilever ...... 1811.70...... 2.10

Indiabulls HFL ...... 555.50...... -54.30 been a joint venture partner insurer in the combined acci­ diversified distribution net­ said. Munich Health Germany We can buy retail, indivi­ and whom not to lend to,” ICICI Bank ...... 419.80...... -2.35 of HDFC ERGO since 2008. dent and health insurance work is essential to streng­ The combined entity would pay ₹294 crore to dual portfolios only,” Keki Mr. Parekh said. IndusInd Bank ...... 1381.35...... -27.65 Munich Re will continue vertical, with an 8.2% market then market position,” said would have a market share, Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Mistry, vice­chairman and “In the affordable hous­ Bharti Infratel ...... 272.10...... 2.00

Infosys ...... 751.90...... 1.75 to hold 49% stake in HDFC share. Deepak Parekh, chairman, in overall insurance, of 6.4% and Apollo Energy to sup­ CEO, HDFC told reporters ing space, we see phenome­ Indian OilCorp...... 154.40...... -3.25 ERGO post the merger. “What is particularly at­ HDFC Ltd. HDFC ERGO compared with 5.1% of HDFC port the transaction. on the sidelines of an event nal growth happening. ITC ...... 277.20...... 2.10 The acquisition would tractive for us is Apollo Mun­ would retain all the em­ ERGO and a combined gross Mr. Parekh said he expect­ when asked if the company High­value flats...there is a JSW Steel...... 260.55...... -3.00

Kotak Bank ...... 1497.80...... 35.95 make HDFC ERGO the se­ ich’s strong agency network ployees of Apollo Munich. written premium of ₹10,807 ed 9­12 months to secure the was looking to acquire slowdown in demand in the L&T...... 1505.15...... -0.15 cond­largest private sector with over 70,000 agents. A Based on the acquisition crore. requisite approvals. stressed HFCs. last six months,” he added. M&M ...... 615.15...... -10.75

Maruti Suzuki ...... 6424.65...... -14.35

NTPC ...... 134.65...... 2.25

ONGC ...... 167.35...... 1.20 PowerGrid Corp ...... 200.30...... 2.50 Banks’ association tweaks ‘Extend date AI sale: FinMin Reliance Ind ...... 1277.35...... -3.65 FM holds talks with financial State Bank ...... 338.85...... -1.20 for filing GST Sun Pharma ...... 375.20...... -3.25 to prepare Tata Motors ...... 154.65...... -3.65 inter creditor agreement Tata Steel ...... 494.10...... 21.80 returns’ sector regulators on budget new proposal TCS ...... 2259.90...... 9.05 Tech Mahindra ...... 735.60...... -5.95 Aims to align ICA with RBI norms Titan ...... 1275.10...... 17.60 Press Trust of India Meeting comes as growth hits a five­year low of 6.8% Press Trust of India UltraTech Cement...... 4485.00...... -26.45 SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Guwahati New Delhi UPL...... 950.30...... -49.40 enter into an ICA within the Mumbai Vedanta ...... 168.50...... 0.40 review period. Tax and legal consultants Press trust of India general review of the cur­ The Finance Ministry is Wipro ...... 294.05...... -3.95 The Indian Banks’ Associa­ RBI had said ICA must on Wednesday complained Neww Delhi rent state of the economy, of preparing a fresh proposal YES Bank...... 103.20...... -6.10 Zee Entertainment ...... 353.00...... 13.65 tion has tweaked the inter­ “provide that any decision about the time­limit of Finance Minister Nirmala the overall macro­economic for the sale of Air India, in­ creditor agreement (ICA) agreed to by lenders repre­ three months given to file Sitharaman reviewed the situation, global develop­ corporating issues such as that was framed by the Sash­ senting 75% by value of total the GST returns for 2017­18 state of the economy and ments, and there was a dis­ crude oil prices and ex­ E XCHANGE RATES akt Committee, to keep it in outstanding credit facilities as hundreds of amend­ discussed various budget­re­ cussion on the forthcoming change rate volatility, I ndicative direct rates in rupees a unit line with the revised guide­ and 60% of lenders by num­ ments, notifications and lated suggestions and propo­ budget and various budget­ flagged by EY last year on except yen at 4 p.m. on June 19 CURRENCY TT BUY TT SELL lines of the Reserve Bank of ber shall be binding upon all circulars had made the Act sals at a meeting with finan­ related suggestions and pro­ possible reasons for the go­ very complex. US Dollar...... 69.48...... 69.80 India (RBI) on stressed as­ the lenders.” cial sector regulators here posals,” the RBI governor vernment failing to attract Euro ...... 77.87...... 78.23 sets resolution announced IBA has now drafted the The Tax Bar Association on Wednesday. said after the meeting. bidders for the carrier. British Pound...... 87.41...... 87.85 on June 7. ICA in consultation with Cy­ (TBA) said that the govern­ Ms. Sitharaman will pre­ Asked if any stimulus was The proposal, to be Japanese Yen (100) . .. . 64.10...... 64.39 ment had made the entire Chinese Yuan ...... 10.06...... 10.11 ril Amarchand Mangaldas, sent the first budget of the required to prop up the eco­ placed before the Air India Swiss Franc ...... 69.66...... 69.98 Review period who also advised on the ICA GST procedure and filing of new government on July 5 Nirmala Sitharaman nomy, the Governor said, “It Specific Alternative Me­ Singapore Dollar ...... 50.81...... 51.05 The revised norm had man­ recommended by the Sash­ returns very ‘confusing against the backdrop of In­ is for the government to de­ chanism, will also include Canadian Dollar...... 51.95...... 52.19 with hundreds of changes Malaysian Ringitt ...... 16.63...... 16.73 dated that if there was a de­ akt Committee. dia’s economy hitting a five­ Ministry officials were pre­ cide, and its the Finance Mi­ the option of selling either

Source:Indian Bank fault by any lender, all len­ As many as 36 banks and in the rules and taxes.’ year low growth of 6.8% in sent at the meeting of the Fi­ nister’s prerogative to take a 100% or 76% of the govern­ ders should review the financial institutions had “The due date for filing 2018­19. nancial Stability and Deve­ call on such matters.” ment’s stake in Air India. borrower account within 30 endorsed the Sashakt Com­ GSTR­9, 9A and GSTR­9C Financial sector regula­ lopment Council (FSDC) Mr. Das further said the The Centre, last year, in­ for the year 2017­18 should B ULLION RATES CHENNAI days of the default, which is mittee recommendations. tors, including RBI Governor headed by the Finance Mi­ Bimal Jalan committee, look­ vited bids to sell 76% stake J une 19 rates in rupees with previous termed ‘review period’, and The revised ICA has been be extended by at least four Shaktikanta Das, SEBI Chair­ nister, the government said ing into the size of capital re­ in Air India, along with the rates in parentheses to chalk out a resolution circulated by the IBA to the months till October 31, man Ajay Tyagi, and IRDAI in a statement. serves that the RBI should transfer of management Retail Silver (1g) ...... 40.3...... (40.1) plan. It has been made man­ member banks and finan­ 2019,” said TBA president chief Subhash Chandra “As discussed in the other hold, is likely to submit its fi­ control. However, it did not 22 ct gold (1 g) ...... 3147...... (3145) datory for all the lenders to cial institutions. Gopal Singhania. Khuntia, and top Finance FSDC meetings, there was a nal report by June­end. attract any bidder. Sensex swings 555 points, Jet pilots, engineers want to be Will appeal against ends with modest gains made party in bankruptcy case SEBI’s penalty: NDTV Over 1,900 stocks lose ground on BSE Broadcaster ‘yet to receive order copy’ SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT uncertainty ahead of the Two Dutch firms also seek nod to file intervention petition MUMBAI U.S. Fed decision on interest SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT ceived by the company, this Equity markets witnessed a rates. Sentiment has also ta­ Special Correspondent MUMBAI order is likely to be set aside MUMBAI volatile session on Wednes­ ken a hit due to the slow on­ News broadcaster and listed in appeal,” it added. Nitin Bansal day with the benchmark set of the monsoon and re­ The hearing in the bankrupt­ entity New Delhi Television On June 17, the capital Sensex swinging in a range ports of a 44% deficit in cy case against Jet Airways is Ltd. (NDTV) will file an ap­ markets regulator passed an of more than 550 points be­ rains till now, they added. scheduled on Thursday at peal against the monetary adjudication order, impos­ India has fore ending the day with However, reports of top the Mumbai bench of the Na­ penalty of ₹12 lakh that has ing a penalty of ₹12 lakh for modest gains. level talks between the U.S. tional Company Law Tribu­ been imposed on the com­ alleged delay in disclosing highest data The 30­share Sensex and China over the trade nal (NCLT) by a bench com­ pany by the Securities and the change in ownership of touched a low of 38,881.05 — war issue did provide some prising V.P. Singh and Exchange Board of India the shares of the company. usage: report down 555 points compared comfort, which was reflect­ Ravikumar Duraisamy. (SEBI) for alleged delay in As per the SEBI order, the to the day’s high of ed in the positive trend in making mandatory company failed to make Special Correspondent 39,435.80 — during intra­ most markets across Bankruptcy plea disclosures. timely disclosures about In­ NEW DELHI day trades before closing at geographies. A consortium of 26 bankers Hopes afloat: Jet’s employees have demanded an In a stock exchange state­ diabulls Financial Services India has the highest aver­ 39,112.74, up 66.40 points. Meanwhile, the ongoing led by State Bank of India expeditious process for an early solution. * PAUL NORONHA ment issued on Wednesday, acquiring 6.4% stake in the age data usage per smart­ The broader Nifty closed liquidity crisis in the non­ had filed for bankruptcy on the company said while it company and thereafter the phone, reaching 9.8 GB per almost unchanged at banking finance companies Tuesday seeking to recover ways moved the NCLT seek­ tious process for an early so­ had not received a copy of promoters acquiring month at the end of 2018, 11,691.45. segment is also affecting over ₹8,000 crore which ing to be made parties to the lution. “Emphasis should be the order yet, it would file 20.28% shares post an open according to a new study Across the board, stocks stocks across sectors in In­ they had lent to Jet Airways, bankruptcy hearings. The that NCLT process should an appeal when it received offer. According to SEBI, by Swedish telecom equip­ lost ground as the market dia, with auto majors bear­ which has been grounded pilots and engineers unions speed up and see if they find the order and believed that there was a delay of 170 days ment maker Ericsson. breadth was significantly ing the brunt. since April 17, 2019. On Wed­ want to be made party to the a bidder, else there will be the order would be set in making the required The report, released on weak with more than 1,900 Auto majors like Tata Mo­ nesday, the unions repre­ case, while the two Dutch no pilots, engineers and staff aside. disclosures. Wednesday, also forecasts stocks losing ground on BSE tors, Hero Motocorp, M&M senting Jet Airways’ pilots firms want the tribunal’s left to fly the planes,” said “With respect to the me­ that this figure is likely to as against only 660 gainers. and Bajaj Auto were among and engineers and two nod to make an intervention Captain Rohit Chaudhaury, dia reports about an order SAT stays SEBI ban double to 18 GB per month Market participants attri­ the top losers in the Sensex Dutch logistics firm who had petition. Jet’s employees Senior Commander, Jet Air­ having been passed by the The firm’s statement comes per smartphone by 2024. buted the volatility to the pack. provided services to Jet Air­ have demanded an expedi­ ways. Securities and Exchange a day after it received relief “Increased numbers of Board of India against New from the Securities Appel­ LTE subscriptions, attrac­ Delhi Television Limited im­ late Tribunal (SAT) against tive data plans being of­ posing a penalty of the SEBI order that barred fered by service providers, Celebi Aviation to invest ₹12,00,000... due to certain the promoters (Prannoy Roy and young people’s chang­ Rain­hit cricket World Cup alleged non­compliances... and wife Radhika Roy) from ing video viewing habits by the company, we wish to holding any directorship in have driven monthly usage €45 million in taxibots inform you that the compa­ the firm for allegedly con­ growth,” Nitin Bansal, may cost insurers millions ny has not received any cealing material informa­ head of Ericsson India and Service at key airports in 5­6 years such order from SEBI,” stat­ tion from shareholders head of network solutions, ed the company statement. while entering into loan southeast Asia, Oceania Star India has global media rights for the tournament SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT 40 Taxibots to Indian air­ “However, an order dated agreements between 2008 and India, said. NEW DELHI ports over this time period. June 17, 2019 passed by SEBI and 2010. In 2018, mobile data Reuters Turkish ground handling Apart from Delhi Airport, to this effect has been While staying the SEBI or­ London traffic per smartphone per company Celebi Aviation on where Taxibot operations uploaded on the SEBI der, the tribunal said that it month stood at 7 GB for Lost revenues from a record Wednesday announced that have already commenced, website. would hear the matter on North America, 3.1 GB for number of rain­hit cricket it would make an invest­ we are also in talks with The company will be fil­ September 16, and in the Latin America, 6.7 GB for World Cup games in En­ ment of up to €45 million to Bengaluru and Hyderabad ing an appeal against the meantime barred the two Western Europe, 4.5 GB for gland and Wales may result bring Taxibots at key Indian airports,” Murali Ramachan­ said order if and when the individuals from creating Central and Eastern Eu­ in insurance claims of a few airports over the next five to dran, CEO­India, Çelebi same is received by the com­ any encumbrance on their rope, 3 GB for Middle East million pounds for each six years to provide eco­ Aviation, said. pany, and as per advice re­ holding in the company. and Africa, 7.1 GB for abandoned fixture, insu­ friendly taxiing solution to The company has signed northeast Asia and 3.6 GB rance sources say. airlines and airports. an agreement with Delhi In­ for southeast Asia and Broadcasters, organisers, Taxibot is a semi­robotic ternational Airport Limited Oceania region. venues, advertising spon­ equipment that tows an air­ for seven years and is alrea­ Interestingly, according sors and catering establish­ Star India may have lost at least $1.26 million for each craft from the terminal gate dy providing the service to to Ericsson, Indian smart­ ments are among the firms abandoned match, insurance specialists estimate. * AFP to the runway with the air­ SpiceJet. The airport be­ phone users are willing to to have missed out after four craft’s engine turned off. came the first to use the se­ pay more than 66% premi­ matches were called off in Lloyd’s of London, estimat­ tournament but has licensed This helps airlines to cut mi­robotic equipment glo­ um for 5G services. an exceptionally rainy June. ed, for example, that the further rights to sports down fuel consumption by bally for taxiing of aircraft in “In fact, more than half Companies typically buy football World Cup in Russia broadcasters in other 85% during the takeoff stage May. There are two Taxibots of smartphone users in In­ contingency, or cancella­ in 2018 was insured for more countries. as well as reduce carbon at Delhi airport and there dia expect their own pro­ tion, insurance for sporting than $10 billion. Insurers say However, it is likely to dioxide emissions. are plans to get three more vider to switch to 5G or will events, which covers eve­ cover for the cricket equiva­ have lost at least £1 million “Our investment may go in the near future. wait for a maximum of six rything from rain stopping lent will be much lower. ($1.26 million) for each aban­ up to €45 million over the Celebi has entered into a months before moving to play to terror attacks. Star India has the global doned match, insurance next five to six years if the partnership with KSU Avia­ another provider that Beazly, an agency of media rights for the cricket specialists estimate. industry takes to this tech­ tion and invested approxi­ SEBI’s order said NDTV failed to make timely disclosures does,” Mr. Bansal said. nology. 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I N BRIEF OVL, partners may invest Mahindra to Won’t allow FDI in multi­brand raise prices by $20 billion in LNG unit up to ₹36,000 retail, predatory pricing: Goyal Associated infra also to be set up Special Correspondent Press trust of india pacity of 12.88 million MUMBAI Urges small retailers to spruce up shops, avail Centre’s schemes such as MUDRA new delhi tonnes per annum. Feedgas Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. ONGC Videsh Ltd. and its In­ will come from the Golfin­ (M&M) has decided to in­ Renault unveils Triber Special Correspondent foreign companies. dian as well as foreign partn­ ho/Atum field in offshore crease the prices of perso­ globally in India NEW DELHI “Piyush Goyal urged small ers have agreed to invest Area 1. To be built on the nal vehicles by up to NEW DELHI Commerce Minister Piyush retailers, kirana stores to $20 billion in constructing a Afungi peninsula in Cabo ₹36,000 effective July 1, Renault globally unveiled its Goyal on Wednesday reiter­ make use of modern tech­ gas liquefaction and export Delgado province, the pro­ 2019. This price increase is compact multi­purpose ated that the central govern­ nology and avail benefits of terminal in Mozambique to ject would also involve the due to the implementation vehicle Triber here in India, ment will not allow foreign Government of India monetise vast offshore natu­ construction of associated of AIS 145 safety norms where it aims to double sales direct investment in multi­ schemes like MUDRA to im­ ral gas reserves they had infrastructure, storage tanks across all passenger vehi­ by 2022. Renault Triber brand retail, and also as­ prove their business, spruce found. and export jetty facilities. cles in India, the firm said. is the outcome of a joint sured small traders that he up their shops, improve In separate but almost The LNG project would Sport utility vehicles project between Renault would not allow predatory stocks by storing high quali­ identical regulatory filings, be fed with nearly 100 mil­ Scorpio, Bolero, TUV300 teams in India and France. pricing by multinationals. ty products and pass on the Oil and Natural Gas Corp. lion cubic feet of natural gas and KUV100 NXT would “India is a key market for “Commerce and Industry benefits to people employed (ONGC), Bharat Petroleum a day from the Golfinho/ see a substantial increase. Groupe Renault. We aim at Minister again reiterated that by them,” the release added. Corp. Ltd. (BPCL) and Oil In­ Atum fields in the Rovuma The XUV500 and Maraz­ doubling our sales by 2022,” Allaying fears: No entry will be allowed for multi­brand retail Groupe Renault CEO Thierry India will not allow multi­ The Confederation of All dia Ltd. (OIL) said their sub­ Basin, which are set to be zo would only see a margi­ on the pretext of B2B, the Commerce Minister said. * AFP Bollor said. The firm also said brand retail by foreign com­ India Traders (CAIT) submit­ sidiaries along with Anadar­ developed as part of the Off­ nal increase in prices. Ra­ it would stop selling diesel panies and on the pretext of ted a memorandum to the ko Petroleum of the U.S. shore Area 1 gas project. The jan Wadhera, president, vehicles in India from 2020 B2B, no entry will be allowed owners and traders. “He also sociations of kirana stores Minister demanding that the have taken a final invest­ companies plan to commis­ automotive sector, M&M, when BS­VI norms kick in. PTI for multi­brand retail,” the asserted that predatory pric­ had raised the issues of the same restrictions and condi­ ment decision for Area­1 sion the project during said: “Safety regulations Commerce Ministry said in a ing will not be allowed and need for a level playing­field tions imposed on global e­ Mozambique LNG project. 2024. OVL holds 16% stake led to some cost rise. Solar tariff stays low at release following a meeting necessary action will be ta­ and the adverse impact of commerce players be made The project would initial­ in Mozambique Rovuma Hence, we are taking a ₹2.5 per unit in auction between Mr. Goyal and re­ ken against defaulters.” anti­competitive practices applicable to domestic e­ ly consist of two LNG trains Area­1 offshore project, price hike across some of NEW DELHI presentatives of kirana store Representatives of the as­ such as predatory prices by commerce companies also. with a total nameplate ca­ while OIL holds 4%. our passenger vehicles.” State­owned power giant NTPC, Mahindra Susten, Hero Solar Energy and Azure Power Maple on Wednesday IT staff in W.B. launch Plastic sector asks Centre not to HCL inks agreement emerged as the lowest bidders for 750­MW solar projects, in an auction by the effort to form trade union hike import duty on raw materials with Cricket Australia Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI). The four firms Aim to oppose ‘unfair labour practices’ To deliver ‘digital experience’ to fans quoted a tariff of ₹2.5 per ‘Government must support MSMEs in infra and financing’ unit each in a reverse auction Indrani Dutta tion is to be accompanied by Special Correspondent community.cricket.com.au. conducted by the Solar KOLKATA the signatures of 100 or 10% Special Correspondent minimum gap in customs New Delhi “…this partnership will Energy Corporation on IT and ITES employees in of (whichever is lower) MUMBAI duty between raw materials HCL Technologies on Wed­ serve as a blueprint for or­ Wednesday for Rajasthan West Bengal have launched employees. The plastic industry, which and finished goods at 12.5%. nesday said it has signed a ganisations worldwide who Tranche II (750 MW) projects, an effort to form a trade un­ The application filed with is expected to double its size At the All India Plastics multi­year deal with Cricket are exploring technology a source said. pti ion to protest ‘unfair labour the Registrar of Trade Un­ by 2025, has urged the go­ Association/Processors Meet Australia, the national go­ platforms that can scale ex­ vernment to support micro, 2019 here, Meela Jayadev, IndiaMart’s ₹475­crore practices in the industry.’ ions is usually followed by verning body for the game isting value chains into eco­ IPO to open on June 24 The proposed name for the hearings. small and medium Enter­ president of the All India in that country. system­centric business mo­ NEW DELHI union is Kolkata — Forum Sources said that alth­ prises (MSMEs) in the sector Plastics Manufacturers’ As­ As part of the deal, the dels, resulting in inspiring IndiaMart InterMesh, an for IT Employees (FITE). ough similar trade unions and not to increase import sociation (AIPMA), said: firm would help deliver a and exceptional experienc­ online marketplace for An application has been had been “allowed” in some duty on raw materials. “The fast­growing plastics digital experience to cricket es,” said Michael Horton, business products and filed by a section of em­ States, they were sceptical Speaking at a convention, industry will help India be­ fans, players, partners, em­ HCL executive vice presi­ services, on Wednesday said ployees who are keen to about the Trinamool go­ industry leaders strongly op­ come a $5 trillion economy, ployees and volunteers dent and country manager, it would launch its initial keep their trade union (as vernment allowing the same posed the proposal of the In­ for which the Centre needs across Australia and around Australia and New Zealand. public offering (IPO) from and when it is formed) free in this sector. dian Chemical Council to Meela Jayadev to support MSMEs in terms the world. The firm did not Cricket Australia CEO Ke­ June 24 and has fixed a price of any political patronage. “That is the sense we hike import duty on raw ma­ of good infrastructure, easy disclose the deal amount. vin Roberts said: “Cricket is band of ₹970—973 per share. The application is accompa­ were given during our year­ terial as it could lead to sup­ to 20% to stop the imports of financing and favourable HCL Technologies would rapidly evolving, and part of The IPO for the sale of up to nied by the signature of 140 long, informal interactions ply disruption and, in turn, cheap and unsafe materials regulatory policies.” manage Cricket Australia’s that evolution involves ad­ 48,87,862 equity shares, the employees. with the State labour de­ will affect the cost competi­ to India. “The sector is expected to digital products, including vancements in technology company said in a statement. The sector employs about partment officials and some tiveness of 50,000 plastic It has also demanded the employ six million people by Cricket Australia Live App, and the digital landsca­ At the upper end of the price 1.8 lakh people in the State, Ministers. But, we do not processors in India. imposition of anti­dumping 2025 compared to 4.5 mil­ cricket.com.au, bigbash.co­ pe…HCL, as our official digi­ band, the offer is expected to a source said. As per stipula­ want to be linked to any pol­ They have asked the or safeguard duty on import lion now,” said Arvind Meh­ m.au and community crick­ tal technology partner, will raise about ₹475 crore. The tions, any such application itical party,” a source in­ Centre to increase the cus­ of cheap plastic finished ta, chairman, governing et applications such as My­ help take our digital offer­ issue will close on June 26, it for a trade union registra­ volved in the initiative said. toms duty on finished goods goods and maintaining the council, AIPMA, said. Cricket as well ings to the next level.” added. PTI EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

THE HINDU DELHI THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 2019 SPORT 17 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Dhawan ruled out with fracture The man behind Team India’s fitness flourish We have had the least number of injuries in the last three­four years: trainer Basu ICC accedes to BCCI’s request to name Pant as the replacement K.C. Vijaya Kumar Southampton In the distant past, Indian cricketers would jog, dunk some biscuits in tea, train in the nets and off the field, dig into greasy food while the ca­ lories soared. Cut to the pre­ sent, the Men in Blue pre­ pare scientifically as they blend ideal work­outs, moni­ tored diets and perfect K.C. Vijaya Kumar sleep­patterns. Southampton At the Hampshire Bowl Shikhar Dhawan has been here on Wednesday, Indian ruled out of the ICC World team’s trainer Shanker Basu Cup following a final confir­ explained to the media about mation that the fracture in how Virat Kohli’s men gear his left thumb will need up for their sporting battles. Reaping the rewards: Shanker Basu, right, seen with manager Sunil Subramaniam, feels that more time to heal. Subse­ “Rome was never built in a India’s brand of training which started in 2015 is yielding dividends now. * COURTESY: BCCI.TV quently, the BCCI sought day and this team’s brand of permission from the ICC to training started in 2015,” Ba­ sort of sleep­wake cycle but camp could have been power­oriented or endu­ name Rishabh Pant as the re­ su said. what happens during the IPL counter­productive.” rance­oriented, whether you placement and the request is that the boys take a beat­ are gluten­intolerant or lac­ was approved. Immense value ing. This World Cup prepara­ Self awareness tose­intolerant. We gave The Indian team manager There is a zing to Indian fast tion was critical (especially) Basu reiterated that the them the report card and Sunil Subramaniam, who ad­ bowlers these days and Basu with the IPL preceding it. We players were nudged to they made informed deci­ dressed the media at the Tough luck: Shikhar Dhawan will feel hard done to not take any further part in the mega show, attributed that to prime fit­ used to jokingly say that the watch their diet and become sions and that was really grat­ Hampshire Bowl here on especially considering the terrific touch he was in. * AP ness: “In the last one year, IPL is a sort of Mount Ever­ self­aware. “We introduced a ifying,” Basu said. Wednesday, said: “Shikhar ( Jasprit) Bumrah, (Mo­ est, then we come to the base Dexa­scan which is used for has a fracture on the base of injury, stated that a decision added 136 runs during last hammed) Shami, Ishant camp and then we are com­ checking bone density and Blessing in disguise his first metacarpal (near the would be taken after 10 to 12 Sunday’s clash against Pakis­ (Sharma), Bhuvi (Bhuvnesh­ ing to Kilimanjaro here. Dur­ fat percentage. The moment He also lauded Shami’s meta­ thumb) on his left hand. Fol­ days as it needed a fair time­ tan at Old Trafford. war Kumar) and Umesh (Ya­ ing the IPL, the boys sleep you have a number in your morphosis: “He failing the lowing several specialist opi­ frame to judge Dhawan’s Meanwhile, Dhawan lim­ dav) have bowled much late — 2 o’clock, 3 o’clock. To hand and it says 20, 30, 10 or fitness test was a blessing in nions, he will remain in a state of recovery. bered up with the rest of the quicker. We did a few lifes­ get them back to sleeping 12, there is a sort of healthy disguise. After that, he was a cast till mid­July which rules squad here in a morning tyle modifications and we got early and to do a training re­ competition within the team. changed man. We have done him out of the ICC World Contingency measure training session. He ban­ this GPS last year. It gave us gimen was a challenge and What are the ways you can his fat testing over three Cup. We have written to the As a contingency measure, tered with his teammates, data that is of immense va­ we had only eight days to bring down the fat percen­ years and it is the same. He ICC and requested for Rish­ Pant was asked to join the kept an eye on Jasprit Bum­ lue, based on that we under­ come here. Since the boys tage? One is healthy eating has changed his entire train­ abh Pant as the replace­ team as stand­by and get ac­ rah’s solo effort in the ad­ stood our training methodol­ have done it over the last habits. Everybody started ing regimen and training is ment.” climatised to the conditions joining nets and warmly ogy and prepared our four years, they quickly un­ eating better, they lost fat part of his lifestyle. This is Dhawan was struck on his in England. Interestingly, in greeted a senior scribe and schedules. All this helped derstood the value of sleep­ and moved better. We have 2.0 version of Shami.” hand by a delivery from Pat all its communication specif­ strode away with a laconic our fast bowlers bowl at wake cycle, good nutrition had the least number of inju­ Moving from the tropical Cummins during the course ic to Dhawan’s injury back smile. Pant, the opener’s re­ CWC19. Unfortunately, the more than 140 and 145 clicks programme, supplements, ries in the last three to four heat of India to England’s al­ of his 117 against Australia at then, the BCCI did not men­ placement, did his practice thumb won’t recover on (kmph).” training, strength work, con­ years. The players have cut leged summer where tem­ the Oval on June 9. The tion the word ‘fracture’. stints too. time. But the show must go Asked about the lifestyle ditioning and warm­ups. It on junk (food). This team is peratures dip and the rain is southpaw, however, conti­ Now with Dhawan being Dhawan posted a video­ on. I am grateful for all the modifications and also the has made a difference. The as good as an athletic team. a constant companion, Basu nued batting till he was dis­ deemed unavailable, India message and a note on Twit­ love and support from my IPL’s impact, Basu replied: IPL is a gruelling tournament We also did a DNA test that has a tough task on his hands missed in the 37th over. The will continue to stick with ter which stated: “I feel emo­ team mates, cricket lovers “We educated them about and, after it concluded, we gives you an indication of in the coming days but he team­management, on Rohit Sharma and K.L. Rahul tional to announce that I will and our entire nation. Jai the circadian rhythm. The decided to rest the players what sort of a person you ex­ trusts his wards to stay warm learning about the opener’s as its opening pair. The duo no longer be a part of Hind!” human body has a particular because a pre­World Cup actly are — whether you are and fit. India back in training after a break Ice-cool Williamson pilots New Zealand to the top Afternoon drizzle forces suspension of team practice Kiwis’ exciting four­wicket win puts South Africa on the brink of elimination

Special Correspondent Shayan Acharya Southampton BIRMINGHAM After a two­day break fol­ New Zealand rode on Kane lowing the big game against Williamson’s unbeaten cen­ Pakistan at Manchester’s tury to clinch a thrilling four­ Old Trafford, Virat Kohli’s wicket victory against South men were back in training at Africa at Edgbaston on the Hampshire Bowl here on Wednesday. Wednesday. First up, most In a game reduced to 49 of them including the skip­ overs­a­side, New Zealand per and M.S. Dhoni in­ restricted the Proteas to 241 dulged in a spot of sepak for six. The Kiwis lost opener takraw, a sport akin to vol­ Colin Munro early before leyball but one in which on­ Martin Guptill and William­ ly the legs and head were son forged a 60­run stand. permitted to be used while Guptill was hit­wicket off a relaying the ball across the Follow the coach: Vijay Shankar and B. Arun during practice delivery from Andile net. in Southampton on Wednesday. * AP Phehlukwayo. There was chit­chat and Chris Morris then re­ comedy too as Hardik Pan­ K.L. Rahul, Pandya and and Kuldeep Yadav had to moved Ross Taylor and Tom dya and Yuzvendra Chahal Dhoni had a hit, while Mo­ do his shuttle runs as part of Latham in quick succession. got struck awkwardly while hammed Shami and Jasprit his fitness regimen. Bhuv­ With the side in trouble at 80 the rest laughed. Later, the Bumrah wheeled their arms neshwar Kumar, who is re­ for four, Williamson was in­ Men in Blue trooped to the over. Coach Ravi Shastri covering from a hamstring volved in two crucial part­ adjacent practice ground then had a long chat with strain, jogged a bit and even nerships — 37 with Jimmy and had a round of nets till Kohli and Pandya. ran up the stairs but he is Neesham (23) and 91 with Co­ an afternoon drizzle forced Dinesh Karthik, mean­ unlikely to be fit in time for lin de Grandhomme (60, them to seek the indoor fa­ while, did his wicketkeeping Saturday’s clash against Af­ 47b, 5x4, 2x6). cility. Rohit Sharma, Kohli, drills at the main ground ghanistan. Getting it wrong David Miller dropped de Grandhomme off Imran Ta­ hir in the 37th over and a few Aussie test awaits Bangladesh balls later, Williamson edged to the ’keeper — later con­ PREVIEW firmed by replays. Though a Kane is able: Williamson combined style with substance confident Tahir appealed, during his match­winning knock. * REUTERS IANS his teammates didn’t back him. ies contained nine boundar­ du Plessis (23), too, departed failed to fire. While Amla Nottingham Williamson made the Pro­ ies and a six. soon, failing to keep out a contributed 55, van der Dus­ Buoyed by its emphatic win teas pay for that lapse, guid­ perfect yorker from Fergu­ sen remained unbeaten on over West Indies, Bangla­ ing the team home. He fin­ Deadly strikes son, who finished with three 67. During the course of his desh will be brimming with ished with a flourish, Earlier in the day, Trent wickets. innings, Amla became the confidence when it faces a smashing Phehlukwayo for a Boult vindicated his captain’s Barring Hashim Amla and second fastest, after Virat stiff test against Australia in a six to reach his century. His decision to field first, castling Rassie van der Dussen, the Kohli, to reach the 8000­run crucial World Cup fixture at unbeaten 106 off 138 deliver­ Quinton de Kock. Skipper Faf other South African batsmen mark in ODIs. Trent Bridge, here on Thursday. SCOREBOARD NEW ZEALAND VS SOUTH AFRICA On Monday, Bangladesh came out with a command­ S OUTH AFRICA Colin Munro c & b Rabada 9 (5b, ing performance in the game Getting ready: Glenn Maxwell gets throwdowns at a training Quinton de Kock b Boult 5 (8b, 2x4), Kane Williamson (not out) against the Windies as it session ahead of Australia’s match against Bangladesh. * AFP 1x4), Hashim Amla b Santner 55 103 (138b, 8x4, 1x6), Ross Taylor comfortably chased down (83b, 4x4), Faf du Plessis b Fer­ c de Kock b Morris 1 (2b), Tom 322­run target in Taunton. no more underdog and, now, the top of its game so far. It guson 23 (35b, 4x4), Aiden Latham c de Kock b Morris 1 (4b), Shakib al Hasan (124 not out) it would aims to make a place has suffered batting collaps­ Markram c Munro b de Grand­ James Neesham c Amla b Morris homme 38 (55b, 4x4), Rassie van 23 (34b, 3x4), Colin de Grand­ and Liton Das (94 not otu) in the semifinals. es and has been put under der Dussen (not out) 67 (64b, homme c du Plessis b Ngidi 60 played brilliant knocks as the Mashrafe Mortaza’s men pressure. 2x4, 3x6), David Miller c Boult b (47b, 5x4, 2x6), Mitchell Santner Bangla Tigers made mockery have been excellent so far, Despite that, it has been Ferguson 36 (37b, 2x4, 1x6), An­ (not out) 2 (3b); Extras (lb­1, of the Windies total and but it would be really inter­ able to register four victo­ dile Phehlukwayo c Williamson b nb­1, w­6): 8; Total (for six wkts. crossed the line with more esting to see if they can live ries. Ferguson 0 (5b), Chris Morris in 48.3 overs): 242. than 50 balls to spare. up to the challenge of com­ Pacers Mitchell Starc and (not out) 6 (7b, 1x4); Extras FALL OF WICKETS With wins against South peting against the five­time Pat Cummins are proving to (lb­7, w­4): 11; Total (for six wkts. 1­12 (Munro, 2.1), 2­72 (Guptill, Africa and Windies, Bangla­ champion. be a nightmare to face for the in 49 overs): 241. 14.6), 3­74 (Taylor, 16.1), 4­80 desh has declared that it is Australia has not been at opposition, barring India FALL OF WICKETS (Latham, 18.1), 5­137 (Neesham, which took them for plenty 1­9 (de Kock, 1.5 overs), 2­59 (du 32.2), 6­228 (de Grandhomme at the Kennington Oval. Plessis, 13.6), 3­111 (Amla, 27.4), 47.1). 4­136 (Markram, 32.3), 5­208 Skipper Aaron Finch and SOUTH AFRICA BOWLING (Miller, 44.5), 6­218 (Phehluk­ Rabada 10­0­42­1, Ngidi 10­1­ David Warner are providing wayo, 46.3). solid starts and laying the 47­1, Morris 10­0­49­3, Phehluk­ NEW ZEALAND BOWLING platform for the likes of wayo 8.3­0­70­1, Tahir Henry 10­2­34­0, Boult 10­0­ 10­0­33­0. Steve Smith, who has been a 63­1, Ferguson 10­0­59­3, de Toss: New Zealand. rock in the middle order. Grandhomme 10­0­33­1, Sant­ Thus, it would require a ner 9­0­45­1. Man-of-the-match: Kane below par performance from NEW ZEALAND Williamson. the defending champions to Martin Guptill hit wkt. b New Zealand won by four lose against Bangladesh. Phehlukwayo 35 (59b, 5x4), wickets with three balls to spare.

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Record-breaking Marta secures Brazil’s last-16 berth Overtakes Klose as the all-time leading scorer in history of World Cups WOMEN’S WC insisted Marta. “We have this thing now, we need to do what we Agence France-Presse Valenciennes (France) need to do to keep this thing going in the Marta said she was competition and then representing women in whoever we have to play we football after becoming the will be prepared.” leading scorer in the history of the men’s and women’s Hat-trick for Kerr World Cups on Tuesday by Kerr became the first firing home the penalty that Australian woman to score a downed Italy and secured World Cup hat­trick when Brazil’s place in the last 16 she tapped home in the of this year’s tournament in 69th minute following two France. first half headers, and her All for the team: The fact that Hashmatullah was allowed to ignore medical advice is bound The 33­year­old, widely fourth was the goal that considered the best player to raise questions about how the ICC is dealing with head injuries at this World Cup.* AFP secured second spot. in the history of the Italy meanwhile will take women’s game, slammed on one of the four best home from the spot in the third­placed finishers after 74th minute against Group topping the group ahead of Mother’s pride sees C winner Italy to secure Australia on goal difference, qualification and take her while Brazil has to wait to World Cup tally to 17 after know its opponent. Debinha was bundled over Goal! Marta fires home a penalty to help Brazil down Italy* ROBERT CIANFLONE/GETTY IMAGES “It’s hard to think of such by Elena Linari. Hashmatullah carry on a thing as a ‘good defeat’, one, definitely, not only for Marta’s record­breaking It means Brazil could face but you could say that we’re Representing women breaking the record but for spot­kick wasn’t enough to either France or Germany happy for qualifying and Was back on his feet after being felled by a Wood bouncer That puts her one ahead of being able to represent secure second place in the in the next round, a tough finishing first in the group,” former Bayern Munich and women in doing so,” she group however, as Sam test for a team that has at said Italy coach Milena WC EXTRAS It seemed the 24­year­old tendance at Old Trafford. Lazio striker Miroslav Klose said. Kerr’s incredible four­goal times spluttered in the Bertolini. was about to retire but, don­ But the fact he was al­ in the all­time rankings, and “And for being able to haul in Australia’s 4­1 group stage. The results: ning a new helmet, Hashma­ lowed to ignore medical ad­ the veteran attacker said the help my team which is what hammering of Jamaica saw “I think that when you Agence France-Presse Group C: Jamaica 1 (Solaun 49) tullah carried on to top­ vice is bound to raise ques­ goal was more than just a the Matildas leapfrog Brazil Manchester matters most, qualifying for play a big competition like a lost to Australia 4 (Kerr 11, 42, score for Afghanistan with tions about how the ICC is personal triumph. the next stage of the on goals scored as three World Cup, you can’t 69, 83); Italy 0 lost to Brazil 1 Afghanistan’s Hashmatullah 76 in an otherwise lopsided dealing with head injuries at “The feeling is a joyful tournament.” sides finished on six points. choose who you play,” (Marta 74­pen). Shahidi said his desire not to 150­run loss. “I got up early this World Cup. worry his mother was the because of my mum,” he “The ICC doctors came to main reason he got back up told reporters. me, and our physios, and after being felled by a Mark my helmet was broken in the Wood bouncer in a World Big brother watching middle,” Hashmatullah said. Federer opens grass season with a bang Cup match against England “I lost my father last year, so “They just told me ‘let’s VAR denies Brazil in on Tuesday. I didn’t want her to hurt. My go’. I told them I can’t leave Sharapova makes a winning return from injury Hashmatullah was on 24 whole family was watching, my teammate at that mo­ Venezuela stalemate when he took his eye off a even my big brother was ment. My team needed me. I TENNIS awaits Sharapova in round Laslo Djere 6­4, 6­4. 90mph delivery from the here in the ground watch­ carried on. two after the top­seeded Doubles: First round: Oliver fast bowler that thudded in­ ing. I didn’t want them to be “After the match I went to Peru rallies to beat Bolivia German defeated Belgium's Marach & Jurgen Melzer bt Agence France-Presse to the side of his helmet and worried for me,” added the ICC doctors and talked Ysaline Bonaventure 7­5, 4­6, Marcelo Demoliner & Divij Sha­ Halle saw him hit the ground im­ Hashmatullah. to them. They took care of 6­2. ran 7­5, 7­6(5). Roger Federer began his At Mallorca: Second round: So­ mediately after the sickening Afghanistan President me and said it will be fine, Important results: fia Kenin bt Ons Jabeur 6­2, impact. Ashraf Ghani was also in at­ Inshallah (God willing).” run­up to Wimbledon with a win as he beat Australian At Halle: Second round: Pierre­ 2­0 retired; Elise Mertens bt Hugues Herbert bt Sergiy Stak­ John Millman in straight sets Samantha Stosur 6­3, 6­3; Ya­ hovsky 2­6, 7­6(2), 6­4; Karen fan Wang bt Alison Van Uyt­ to reach the second round of Khachanov bt Jan­Lennard vanck 7­6(3), 6­3. the ATP tournament here on Struff 6­3, 3­6, 6­4; David Gof­ First round: Maria Sharapova bt Afghan players in restaurant row Tuesday. fin bt Radu Albot 4­6, 6­4, 6­3. Viktoria Kuzmova 7­6(8), 6­0; Agence France-Presse filmed by a member of the Ahmadzai. “I am in the mid­ Federer won his first First round: Roger Federer bt Paula Badosa bt Alison Riske 6­ Manchester public, and confronted him. dle of a World Cup and try­ grass­court game of the sea­ John Millman 7­6(1), 6­3 ; Jo­ 7(2), 7­5, 7­5; Caroline Garcia bt Police were called after Skipper Gulbadin Naib ing to get our team to per­ son 7­6(1), 6­3 on a muggy Wilfried Tsonga bt Benoit Paire Victoria Azarenka 1­6, 6­4, 7­5. 6­4, 7­5; Borna Coric bt Jaume Samantha Stosur bt Saisai members of the Afghanistan played down the incident af­ form to the level we expect,” evening in Halle to set up a Munar 7­6(2), 6­3; David Goffin Zheng 6­4, 7­5; Angelique Ker­ squad were involved in an al­ ter the match, saying he had tweeted Simmons. second­round meeting with French veteran Jo­Wilfried bt Guido Pella 6­1, 6­1; Richard ber bt Ysaline Bonaventure 7­5, tercation at a Manchester no fresh information. “But at the end of the Nailing it: Peru’s Farfan nods the ball home. * REUTERS Tsonga. “It is always impor­ Gasquet bt Peter Gojowczyk 4­6, 6­2; Alize Cornet bt Sara restaurant. The incident On Wednesday, the World Cup I will tell the Af­ 6­3, 6­4; Jan­Lennard Struff bt Sorribes 6­0, 6­1. tant to win your first game took place the night before team’s campaign plunged ghanistan people about the COPA AMERICA Bolivia scored its first goal its match against England. further into crisis, with part that Mr Dawlat Ahmad­ in five games but it was not on grass, because otherwise According to the BBC, the coach Phil Simmons promis­ zai had to play in our prepa­ enough to give its first Copa the grass season can be very unnamed squad members ing to lift the lid on tensions ration and his part in the dis­ Reuters America point as Peru came short,” said Federer. took exception to being with chief selector Dawlat missal of #AsgharAfghan.” SALVADOR from behind to win 3­1 in Rio Tsonga, 34, said it would Copa America host Brazil de Janeiro. be “something special” to had three goals ruled out Bolivia had not scored face Federer after he beat and missed a series of since drawing 2­2 with Nica­ compatriot Benoit Paire 6­4, Platini freed chances as it was held 0­0 ragua in March but it took 7­5 on Tuesday. All out for 6! by Venezuela on Tuesday. the lead after 28 minutes Maria Sharapova made a after being Roberto Firmino had a when Marcelo Moreno winning return from injury IANS In the Kwibuka women’s goal chalked off late in the scored a VAR­assisted on Tuesday by beating Vik­ Kigali (Rwanda) tournament, Rwanda quizzed first half after the referee penalty. toria Kuzmova 7­6(8), 6­0 to Cricket fans on Tuesday bowled out Mali for a mere awarded a foul against the Paolo Guerrero equalised reach the second round of were busy talking about six runs, the lowest total in Reuters host, before substitute Ga­ for Peru on the stroke of half the Mallorca Open. PARIS Afghanistan player Rashid a women’s T20Is. briel Jesus found the net on time when he rounded the The five­time Grand Slam Khan, who broke an ugly The Mali innings lasted Michel Platini, the former the hour mark only for a Vi­ keeper and slotted the ball champion has not played record against England by nine overs, but only one of head of UEFA, was freed in deo Assistant Referee (VAR) into the empty net and the since the end of January af­ becoming the most its six runs came off the the early hours of Wednes­ review to deem Firmino off­ big Internacional striker ter taking time out to recov­ expensive bowler in the bat, courtesy opener day after having been ques­ side in the build­up. turned provider 10 minutes er from a shoulder injury, World Cup history. Rashid Mariam Samake. After tioned over the awarding Philippe Coutinho looked into the second half when but edged a tight opening set conceded 104 in his nine that, it was a sequence of of the 2022 FIFA World to have finally found the he crossed for Jefferson Far­ against Kuzmova before overs as England posted ducks, with five extras, Cup to Qatar. winner when he netted fan to nod home and put Pe­ strolling through the se­ 397 for six and then reported ESPNcricinfo. It “I replied to all the ques­ from close range but VAR in­ ru ahead. cond. restricted Afghanistan to took Rwanda four balls to tions calmly, whilst still not tervened again. The results: Victory on the grass will 247 for eight. However, this finish its chase as it created knowing why I was there,” Brazil leads the group on Group A: Bolivia 1 (Moreno 28) come as a timely boost to unwanted record was the record for the biggest said the French football four points ahead of Peru, lost to Peru 3 (Guerrero 45, morale for Sharapova, with relegated the same day by margin of victory in terms great as he left the police which beat Bolivia 3­1 earlier Farfan 55, Flores 90+6). the start of Wimbledon now Women’s T20 side of Mali. of balls remaining — 116. station where he had been in the day and also has four Brazil 0 drew with Venezue­ less than two weeks away. Back in business: Sharapova, who has not played since the detained. points. la 0. Angelique Kerber now end of January, beat Kuzmova in the first round. * AFP

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T V PICKS ICC World Cup: Star Sports 1 Rijiju felicitates Indian contingent WA rejects both AAI elections & 2 (SD & HD), 3 p.m. FIFA Women’s World Cup : Sony Ten 1 & 2 (SD & HD), The team won one silver and two bronze medals at World Championships Suspension of the Indian federation looms if issues are 9.30 p.m. & 12.30 a.m. (Friday). not resolved before end of July ARCHERY IN BRIEF Special Correspondent Y.B. SaraNGI test event ( July 11­18) and and one representative of NEW DELHI KOLKATA for accepting entries for the two factions and The Union Sports Minister World Archery (WA) has the World youth cham­ chaired by the IOA” with Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday declared as invalid the two pionships in Madrid (Au­ the goal of holding new felicitated the Indian archery Archery Association of In­ gust 19­25). elections (at a neutral contingent which excelled at dia (AAI) elections held in WA will monitor the sit­ place) as soon as possible the World Archery Cham­ Delhi and Chandigarh on uation until July 31 and will and handling transitional pionships held in Hertogen­ June 9 and has served an wait for the Supreme matters. ultimatum that the Indian Court’s order regarding the WA, which had sent a re­ E nrique steps down as bosh, Netherlands last week. federation will be suspend­ Spain coach India earned an Olympic elections before re­exa­ presentative to mediate ed in case its internal is­ mining the outcome. and sort out the issue of MADRID berth and bagged three Luis Enrique has stepped medals. sues are not resolved by two elections, had earlier down as Spain coach for India won one silver and the end of July. Athletes may suffer said that in case of AAI’s personal reasons and will be two bronze medals at the In a recent meeting held “If at the end of July there suspension, Indian archers replaced by his assistant event, making it the best­ev­ in Den Bosch, the WA Ex­ is no clear decision, WA could compete only under Roberto Moreno, the Spanish er medal haul in an archery ecutive Board said, “None will suspend the AAI and the international federa­ Football Federation world championship. India of the two elections held is will not allow any Indian tion’s flag. announced on Wednesday. had won two silver medals in considered as valid” and it athlete to participate at any Moreno has been in charge the same event in 2015. The would not accept repre­ WA event with National Waiting for SC order for Spain's last three matches silver was won by the men’s sentatives of both factions team participation. While the Arjun Munda and will now lead the team recurve team comprising Well done! Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju with the archery team. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT as legal representatives of This would particularly faction said it would wait through Euro 2020 Atanu Das, Tarundeep Rai AAI. apply for the Asian archery for the outcome of the Su­ qualifying and the final and Pravin Jadhav. forts. In the women’s catego­ that the men’s team has al­ the potential to win an Olym­ WA deactivated India’s championships (an Olym­ preme Court order, the tournament. AFP Das made his internation­ ry, Jyothi Surekha Vennam ready won an Olympic quo­ pic medal. We will provide member association ac­ pic qualifying event in B.V.P. Rao faction sought al debut in 2008 and is won India’s first individual ta, and even the women whatever support the ath­ count for modification of Bangkok) and the Asian pa­ the Prime Minister’s inter­ ranked 22nd in the world. He medal in women’s com­ archers are very confident. letes ask for — be it in coach­ entries as India did not ra­archery championships vention to resolve the was also a part of the last In­ pound archery when she India has traditionally been ing or technical facilities.” have any legal representa­ (in October),” WA said in a issue. dian men’s recurve team that clinched a bronze following a very strong in archery and if Besides extending all tion in the world body. letter addressed to various IOA president Narinder won a silver medal in the shoot­off win over Turkey’s we can win an Olympic gold training support, Sports stakeholders. Batra said WA giving a ti­ world championship in Yesim Bostan. Surekha is also in the sport then we will be Authority of India is also Strict guidelines “In this case, a transito­ meline was “disrespectful 2005. a trained swimmer and en­ able to prove that. making arrangements for a It also listed strict guide­ ry committee would be es­ and discourteous” towards tered Limca Book of Records Hummels rejoins Jadhav began his career as The government is going mental trainer for the team lines for making changes to tablished (sic) composed the court. Dortmund from Bayern an athlete before shifting to at the age of four for crossing to extend all assistance to to help the athletes improve the country’s final entries of representatives of the He also alleged that the BERLIN archery. Son of a labourer, he the Krishna river three times. these players, and also to their focus and skills, in for World Cup Stage IV in Indian Olympic Associa­ “WA is compromising with Mats Hummels is to rejoin gave credit to the govern­ Speaking on the occasion, those who have performed preparation for the Olym­ Berlin (July 1­7) and Tokyo tion (IOA), Sports Ministry the autonomy” of AAI. Borussia Dortmund on a ment for supporting his ef­ Rijiju said, “I am very happy well in other sports and have pics. three­year deal after leaving Bayern Munich, Bayern confirmed on Wednesday. Bayern confirmed Hummel’s Prabhat in departure to AFP subsidiary Hockey India sacks Jude Felix Hema pips Lajja on the last shot SID on Wednesday afternoon, India u-19 after German magazine Kicker Advertises for new junior men’s hockey coach Gurpreet dominates men’s 25­metre standard pistol reported that Dortmund had squad signed Hummels for an Press Trust of India the Junior World Cup, sub­ SHOOTING estimated fee of €38 million. New Delhi ject to the satisfactory com­ SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT The 30­year­old defender Hockey India on Wednesday pletion of a six­month pro­ Special Correspondent CHENNAI twice won the Bundesliga sacked the junior men’s bation period. The last date NEW DELHI The all­India junior selec­ title with Dortmund before hockey team coach Jude Fe­ for the submission of appli­ World Cup silver medallist tion committee has named joining Bayern for €35 million lix after the National side fin­ cations is July 5. Lajja Gauswami faltered on Prabhat Maurya as replace­ in 2016. AFP ished a disappointing sixth Our Special Correspon- the last shot while K.C. He­ ment for Rasikh Salam in in the just­concluded eight­ dent adds from Bengaluru: ma shot consistently in the the India under­19 squad nation tournament in Felix felt the Indian team climax to emerge on top in for the tri­series in England Madrid. had come a long way during women’s rifle 3­position starting on July 21. The development came to his tenure, a period in which event in the National shoot­ Rasikh has been banned light after HI advertised for Jude Felix. * FILE PHOTO: the side also won a silver me­ ing selection trials at the Dr. by the BCCI for two years the position on its official SHREEDUTTA CHIDANANDA dal at the Youth Olympic Karni Singh Range, Tughla­ after submitting a wrong website on Wednesday. Games. kabad, on Wednesday. birth certificate. Paul Scholes fined for A source in HI said the de­ and 1­2 to Great Britain. In­ “The team has improved Lajja, who led by 0.5 Relaxed: K.C. Hema and Lajja Gauswami in a lighter mood The squad: Priyam Garg breaching betting rules cision to remove Jude was dia’s only win in the event a lot in the last two years,” point before the last shot, during the women’s rifle 3­position event * KAMESH SRINIVASAN (Capt.), Yashasvi Jaiswal, LONDON on expected lines following was against Austria (4­2). he said. “I was 100% sure we delivered a 7.4 on the 45th Thakur Tilak Verma, Divyansh Former Manchester United a series of below­par perfor­ Jude, who took over the were going to win the Junior shot as against 10.2 by Hema. Adarsh Singh, who finished The results: Saxena, Shaswat Rawat, midfielder Paul Scholes has mances by the reigning ju­ reins in August 2017, con­ World Cup (in 2020). But I Both had a modest 1152 in second with 576, topped the 50m rifle 3­position: Women: Dhruv Chand Jurel (wk), been fined £8,000 by nior world champions. firmed the development. was never sure of my own junior list ahead of the 1. K.C. Hema 454.4 (1152), 2. Shubhang Hegde, Ravi Bish­ qualification, which was ve­ noi, Vidyadhar Patil, Sushant England’s Football “Yes, I am no longer the World Champion Sidhu Lajja Gauswami 452.1 (1152), 3. “It was expected, espe­ position; I was just working ry good considering the Mishra, Prabhat Maurya, Sa­ Association after accepting a coach of the junior team. I Sunidhi Chauhan 442.4 (1155). cially after India’s below­par from camp to camp. sweltering conditions. twins, Vijayveer and meer Rizvi, Pragnesh Kanpil­ charge of breaching betting Junior women: 1. Zenab Hus­ performance in the recent was conveyed the decision “The teams that we In the junior women’s sec­ Udhayveer. lewar, Kamran Iqbal, Priyesh rules. He was charged in April sain Bandookwala 445.6 (1141), eight­nation tournament in 2­3 days via an email,” he played (in Madrid) all fielded tion, Zenab Hussain Ban­ Patel (wk), Karan Lal, Pur­ for placing 140 bets on The organisers have 2. Yashika Shinde 443.9 (1135), Madrid,” the HI source told said. a lot of older players who nank Tyagi, and Anshul Kham­ matches between August dookwala prevailed by 1.7 planned the Kumar Suren­ 3. Prasiddhi 433.1 (1135). 2015 and January this year. “It PTI. According to the adver­ won’t be featuring in the Ju­ point over Yashika Shinde. boj. dra Singh championship and 25m standard pistol: Men: 1. In that tournament earlier tisement published by HI on nior World Cup, whereas we was a genuine mistake and Gurpreet Singh continued the selection trials in such a Gurpreet Singh 581, 2. Adarsh was not done with any this month, the Indian colts its website, the new coach had the same bunch that we to dominate the 25­metre way that shooters complete Singh 578, 3. Vijayveer Sidhu deliberate intention to flout lost 0­4 to Australia, 2­3 to will be given a contract till intended to take to the tour­ standard pistol event, as he their events in quick succes­ 576. the rules,” said Scholes. AFP Mitrabha Netherlands, 1­3 to Spain December 31, 2021 i.e. till nament next year.” shot 581 once again in the sion, which has spread the Junior men: 1. Adarsh Singh trials, after having won the competition to about a 578, 2. Vijayveer Sidhu 576, 3. Guha secures gold the previous day. fortnight. Udhayveer Sidhu 573. Minerva dents CFC’s Call for free, fair selection IM title BOXING with the Indian Army,” is Jamil returns to North-East Special Correspondent knockout hopes the reason for the boxers KOLKATA Special Correspondent leaving the camp. Mohun Bagan signs Spanish forward Salva Chamorro Mitrabha Guha, one of the Rafi’s final­minute strike saves the KOLKATA “He is always favouring young talents from Bengal, Raising doubts about the se­ boxers from Services,” he Special Correspondent signing a three­year deal of the club’s residential aca­ secured the International Chennai side’s blushes lection procedure in the Na­ added. Yadav requested KOLKATA with NEUFC. demy. “The North­East is the Master title after defeating tional camp, the Delhi Ama­ Ajay Singh to take corrective Indian Super League (ISL) This will see the coach re­ hotbed of talent and it is an GM Ziaur Rahaman of Ban­ A FC CUP matches. Abahani jumped teur Boxing Association measures to “ensure free side North East United FC turning to the region where exciting opportunity to be gladesh in the third round to the top spot with 10 (DABA) has alleged that and fair” selection. (NEUFC) announced the ap­ he found success after for­ back in the region that of the second Goa Interna­ PRESS TRUST OF INDIA points from five matches some campers left the Patia­ BFI executive director pointment of I­League win­ gettable stints with East Ben­ breathes football. Jamil said. tional Grandmasters chess GUWAHATI while Minerva, which has la camp due to “unfair se­ R.K. Sacheti said some had ning coach Khalid Jamil in a gal and Mohun Bagan. Meanwhile, Mohun Bagan tournament. Mohammed Rafi struck a drawn all its five matches, is lection process.” left due to injury and weed­ joint role where he will head NEUFC is yet to announce its signed Spanish forward Sal­ After winning the first last­minute goal to snatch a out of the tournament. In a mail to Boxing Feder­ ing­out process. “Every the academy and work as first team head coach. va Chamorro from second three rounds in the tourna­ 1­1 draw for Chennaiyin FC If Chennaiyin has to qual­ ation of India (BFI) presi­ quarter we weed out lower the assistant coach of the tier Greek football club, ment, Mitrabha successful­ against Minerva Punjab in ify for the inter­zone playoff dent Ajay Singh, DABA gen­ ranked boxers and invite first team. Primary role Doxa Drama FC. ly crossed the required Elo their penultimate group semifinals, it needs to beat eral secretary D.N. Yadav new boxers. The allegation Jamil, who helped Aizawl The Guwahati­based club The 29­year­old striker rating of 2400 to ensure match of the AFC Cup here Manang Marshyangdi in the said apart from the selec­ related to head coach C.A. FC become the first I­League said Jamil’s primary role will began his professional ca­ the title. on Wednesday, but the re­ final group match in Kath­ tion process, the “beha­ Kuttappa is not correct as he champion from the north­ be scouting and grooming reer in Villarreal playing for Mitrabha had earned his sult dented the team’s mandu on June 26 and hope viour of the head coach, was not part of the selection east region in 2017, will be talent from across the region Villarreal C and B between final IM norm at the Mum­ chances of qualifying for the that Minerva either draws or who is currently employed trials,” said Sacheti. making his ISL debut after and oversee the expansion 2008 and 2012. bai Mayor’s Cup. knockout stage. loses against Abahani on the Samuel Lalmuanpuia same day here. gave ‘host’ Minerva the lead Only one team from the in the 62nd minute and the group will qualify for the in­ National car racing promises to be more competitive Lakshmi stuns Prerna former I­League champion ter­zone playoff semifinals was on the verge of posting and if Chennaiyin and Aba­ The weekend will see 59 entrants from across the country competing in 11 races its maiden win in the AFC hani finish on equal points, to make last four Rayan Rozario Cup, but Rafi shattered the the ISL side will go through ber of entries of 19 young as­ Punjab side’s hopes by scor­ on better head­to­head Coimbatore pirants. “At the outset, Favourites advance in men’s section ing the equaliser in the 90th record. After the riders scorched the MMSC would like to acknow­ Sports Bureau sweat. Suraj Prabodh, who minute. Kari Motor Speedway circuit ledge and appreciate MRF’s The match also saw Mi­ had recently beaten Dalwin­ With Abahani Dhaka a couple of weeks ago, it is unstinted commitment and CHANDIGARH nerva goalkeeper Arshdeep der for the title back at the beating Manang Marshyang­ now the turn of the drivers active involvement in the Na­ Qualifier Lakshmi Sahithi Singh injuring his nose after training base in Jassowal, al­ di of Nepal 5­0 in another to prove their mettle when tional Championship, be it Reddy continued to assert a collision with Chennaiyin so made it with a 6­3, 7­5 vic­ Group E match in the Ban­ the second round of the MRF two­wheeler or four­wheeler herself, beating four­time forward C.K. Vineeth tory over Hardeep Singh gladesh capital, Chennaiyin The result: Minerva Punjab 1 MMSC FMSCI Indian Nation­ races. In fact, MRF have National champion Prerna Sandhu. dropped to second with (Lalmuanpuia 62) drew with al car racing championship been the backbone of motor­ Bhambri 6­2, 6­4 in the eight points from five Chennaiyin FC 1 (Rafi 90). gets underway here on sport in India due to the sup­ quarterfinals of the The results (quarterfinals): port they have extended and ₹200,000 AITA­ranking ten­ Friday. Vrooming on: The country's best stars will be locked in a tight Men: Mohit Mayur bt Neeraj battle at the Kari circuit. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT. continue to do so, for all for­ nis tournament at the CLTA It’s going to a lot more Yashpaul 6­0, 6­3; Suraj Pra­ mats of the sport,” said Vicky Complex on Wednesday. bodh bt Hardeep Singh Sandhu competitve and exciting tus accorded to the Volkswa­ make series in 2010 through Chandhok, the MMSC vice­ In the semifinals, Laksh­ 6­3, 7­5. than the previous years as gen Ameo Cup. It has been the Polo Cup and further president and Chairman of mi Sahithi will face Sravya the championship is in a new rechristened as the Ameo raced the Vento and now the the Meet. Dalwinder Singh bt Jagmeet avatar following a re­jig of Shivani Chilakalapudi, class and the eventual win­ Ameo. There will be three races Singh 6­2, 6­4; V.M. Ranjeet bt regulations. The weekend while favourite Salsa Aher Puru Upadhyay 6­0, 6­0. ners in the Pro and Rookie Besides the Ameo races, each for the ITC, Ameo Class card will see 59 entrants takes on Kashish Bhatia. categories, after four rounds the championship will also and the Formula LGB catego­ Women: Lakshmi Sahithi Red­ from across the country and 10 races spread across see intense battles in the ries, and two in the Super In the men’s section, dy bt Prerna Bhambri 6­2, 6­4; competing in eleven races. four race weekends, will be popular and premium In­ Stock class. There will be three National champions — Sravya Shivani bt Avika Sagwal declared the National dian Touring Cars (ITC), the free practice sessions on Fri­ Mohit Mayur, Dalwinder 6­2, 6­4. Ameo Cup champions. Super Stock and the entry­le­ day followed by qualifying Singh and V.M. Ranjeet Kashish Bhatia bt Renne Battling it out: Minerva’s Gopalan tries to slip past the But the talking point is the Volkswagen Motorsport vel Formula LGB 1300 that and five races on Saturday —made it to the semifinals Singhla 0­1 (retd.); Salsa Aher Chennaiyin FC defenders. * PTI National championship sta­ India started it all with a one­ has attracted the most num­ and six more on Sunday. without breaking into a bt Bhargavi Kalaga 6­1, 6­2.

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the game on his radio * THE HINDU ARCHIVES AND RITU RAJ KONWAR Inspired by the Land of the STORMS IN THE WORLD CUP Rising Sun Besides the matches themselves, there were other dramas being played out around the World Cup Interestingly, singer-songwriter Komorebi mainly Kepler Wessels represented Australia from 1982 to 1985. In 1991 performs electronic music he played for South Africa and captained its team for the 1992 World Cup. Imran Khan returned to International cricket in 1988 after announcing his retirement the previous year. This was done on the request of Pakistani President General Zia­Ul­Haq. As India slumped from 98/1 to 120/8 after Sachin Tendulkar’s dismissal in the 1996 World Cup semifinal, the crowd went berserk at Eden Gardens. They set fire to the stands and threw bottles onto the field as a result of which the match was stopped and Sri Lanka was announced the winner. During the 1999 World Cup, when India faced South Africa, captain Hansie Cronje and Allan Donald wore earpieces to get instructions from coach Bob Woolmer. When the case was referred to the on­field umpires, the players were asked to remove the equipment. However, this was not considered to be against the game’s laws. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

in the match against Zimbabwe was came in, because in those days, just never broadcast, because on that four or five cameras covered the day the BBC was on strike! We had match and not every ball could be to read about that match the follow­ traced to the fielder. B Sachit, who ing day in the newspapers. Sadly, was in class 9 remembers watching TOTAL RECALL thanks to poor reception, we mis­ the 1983 finals on TV, his first live sed out on the final over of the India match, flying from Visakhapatnam The world may be going gaga over K­pop, but for singer­ The radio and early-TV generation swear that there is little to match vs West Indies match. We caught up to Kolkata, because televisions were songwriter Tarana Marwah aka Komorebi, inspiration comes about India’s victory later on the available only in metro cities. the excitement of experiencing a cricket match on a transistor from the nation a little more to the East. BBC Sports Round Up, and celebrat­ “The score on the board was just The 25­year­old Delhi­based artiste says her stage name Team Metroplus ed all over again,” he says. 183, made by the underdogs, India. in Japanese means “sunlight that filters through tree Former State­level cricketer K In the 1960s, an afternoon sum­ Not really enough to win the World leaves”. “Growing up in Canada, I watched a lot of anime and The visual experience of cricket Pradeep cycled from home to Tri­ KEEPING SCORE mary of matches used to run on the Cup, that too against the West In­ listening to the soundtracks inspired me to make music. I came from monochromatic, grainy punithura Cricket Club in Ernaku­ In the 1950s and 60s, The radio for overseas listeners. V Ba­ dies. But then Madan Lal bowled a don’t sing in Japanese though,” she says, adding that photographs in newspapers, says lam to hear the World Cup com­ Hindu office on Mount Road, lan, who was 16 years old when he short one around the off­stump and anime’s “larger than life, colourful appeal” inspires her. sports writer A Prasanna Kumar. mentary. “Commentators such as Madras, was a regular haunt visited Chennai from Kolkata, re­ Viv Richards hit the ball miles up in Komorebi’s musical journey began when she was quite But then came radio, where“The John Arlott, Christopher Martin­Jen­ for cricket fans who gathered calls a test match was being played the air. Kapil Dev, who was at the young. “I started learning Western classical when I was commentators’ narrative skills and kins and Tony Cozier painted thrill­ to keep track of every run between England and India at Che­ mid­field, started running towards seven. Then I jumped into jazz and did a lot of choir singing, our own imagination played a big ing word pictures. They talked scored. Above is a picture pauk stadium. “The summary was the ball, and India waited with bat­ and finally, I came to electronic music.” Her style of music is role in our enjoyment of the game.” about the ground, the spectators, taken outside the office being given by a local hotel owner. ed breath. Dev took the catch, and definitely a mix, she says. “It is electronic overall. I write what they were eating, what the premises during the 1964 He forgot to mention that three that is one moment I’ll remember songs as well but it is presented as electronic music. Some Radio first weather was like and even de­ Second Test match between wickets had fallen, and only real­ forever,” says Sachit. tracks are more acoustic electronic and others are “Matches were driven more by pas­ scribed the surroundings of the India and Australia at Bombay.AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA ised later, when he did announce In 1992, the World Cup brought completely electronic.” sion rather than big money,” feels match venue. They even knew how it,” says the Delhi­based veteran in floodlights and third umpires. “It While most singer­songwriters primarily play acoustic former statistician for Andhra Crick­ to use a pause or silence.” cricket commentator on Doordar­ was also the time the teams shed music, what drew her to electronic music? Komorebi says, “I et Academy, G Phani, who cycled Ajay Tankha, a former lecturer at Retired Air Force officer Wing shan. Over the radio, one could get their whites and wore colourful un­ am primarily a keyboardist so it is fun to translate my for kilometres to join his friends to Delhi University, says earlier com­ Commander R Srinivasan was in away with the wrong names of iforms,” remembers Parthasarathy, knowledge of playing keyboards and piano into synthesisers. I love the way a synth sounds; it is a different listen to the cricket commentary. mentators like the Maharajkumar of Leh at that time of the the 1983 players, but television changed eve­ part of the umpiring panel for the ball game. Using my knowledge (of these elements) has “At the time of 1983 World Cup, I Vizianagram (Vizzy), Dicky Rutna­ world cup. “I had a Philips transis­ rything. From then on, commenta­ 1996 World Cup. became a part of my identity as an artiste.” was in Machilipatnam. There was gur and Jasdev Singh in Hindi, had tor, one of my first ‘big’ purchases tors had to be extra cautious. (With inputs from Madhur Tank­ Komorebi’s latest work is the video for her song, ‘Little just one transistor and we used to their own personalities and styles. bought for a princely ₹865, on ha, Aishwarya Upadhye, Pankaja One’, from her debut album Soliloquy, which released in listen to the match together. We They kept the excitement level high which we heard the BBC broadcast. TV debut Srinivasan, Praveen S, Saraswathy 2017. “The song is close to me. It is about my relationship made our own parallel score board with voice modulation. Every word Unfortunately, the most exciting The commentators continued to be Nagarajan, Srinivasa Ramanujam with my brother, in the form of a lullaby. The director, Misha to be able to predict the outcome.” had intent. century of the season by Kapil Dev important even after television and Sujatha Varma) Ghose, and I talked about how to bring certain things to light such as nostalgia, dysfunction and memories. It is very relatable; something that anyone can listen to, feel and understand,” she says. IN OUR BACKYARD The OG camo The Oriental Adding that she writes her own music and collaborates Garden Lizard’s tendency to with other musicians, Komorebi says, “Inspiration comes Abhishek Gulshan backbone. Their usual forag­ take on the colour of the from anything that is personal to me. This whole project is ing technique is to sit and surface on which it sits, has an extension of the internal working of my mind and my Most of us know why the wait, where they spend most inspired idioms and sayings in perspective on the world.” Her future plans revolve around phrase, changing colours like of their time perched in one many languages the release of her next album, as a video game. “We are still a ‘girgit’ came about. An location waiting for their * ABHISHEK GULSHAN working on it. We want to combine the two worlds and make Oriental Garden Lizard can prey to pass. Then, with a it interactive and dynamic,” she says. change its colours to suit a quick burst of speed, they ry them under moist soil. Six situation, mostly as a camou­ sprint after their prey, or seven weeks later, they’re Catch her live at Turquoise Cottage, Green Park, tonight at 9: 30. flaging mechanism. It as­ snatching them up with their ready to hatch. Stream Little One on YouTube. Soliloquy is available on SoundCloud. sumes the colour of the sur­ tongues. One serious threat to these Aparna Narain face it is on. This trait gives it When these lizards feel natural pest controllers is the its scientific name Calotes threatened, they often drop use of insecticides and pesti­ versicolor, where ‘versicolor’ their tails as a defence me­ cides in our gardens. These has been derived from the la­ chanism. It is a rather nifty chemical­laden insecticides DESIGN tin words verso (“turn”) and evolutionary trick. Most li­ often kill their prey base color (“colour”). zards are born with a line of which either forces them to The Oriental Garden Li­ weakness in their tail, techni­ The move to a different territory Peacock throne zard is perhaps one of the cally called a fracture plane. or die after ingesting these most common reptiles that The tail when detached, infected insects. For 2019, the Delhi­based we may stumble upon in our Natural pest controllers do mother­daughter duo Iqrup backyard. It is a natural bio­ Delhi-native far more than what we give and Ritz is focusing on the logical pest controller that them credit for. They natural­ arts and crafts of India. The keeps a check on the insect ly protect our gardens and collection includes indoor population in the ecological rid them of harmful insects. cane and bamboo system. The use of organic insecti­ furniture made in It should hardly come as a cides and pesticides is far collaboration with surprise then that this lizard GIRGIT more beneficial for this artisans in various is an insectivore, feeding neighbourhood lizard that states of the North primarily on insects. These helps in maintaining the sen­ East. The aim was to lizards prey mainly on The Calotes versicolor are natural biological pest sitive balance in the encourage their craft crickets, grasshoppers, ecosystem. practices and butterflies, and can so­ controllers that exist commonly among us livelihoods. One of the pieces in this collection, the handmade Mor Armchair is metimes also eat rodents The writer is the founder of the inspired by the open plumes of a peacock. Its frame is or smaller lizards. whips and wiggles around Males become highly terri­ push­ups. They tend to at­ NINOX ­ Owl about Nature, a retro­classic, reimagined. Oriental Garden Li­ since the nerves are still fir­ torial during breeding sea­ tract females by inflating nature awareness initiative . He formerly led a programme at zards are verte­ ing. This wiggling distracts son. Their heads and throats their throats and brightening WWF­India as a naturalist and is Available on iqrupandritz.com. ₹43, 550 brates, meaning the predator, which gives the turn red during this time. the red colour. the Delhi­NCR reviewer for Ebird, a they have a lizard enough time to run They try and ward off other Lizards also lay eggs — that Cornell University initiative, spine or a away. This process of self­am­ males from their territories is, they are oviparous . They monitoring rare sightings of birds For a listing or to be featured here, email us at putation is called autotomy. by displaying continuous lay about 10­20 eggs and bu­ in the region [email protected]

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EXHIBITION DESSERTS MUSIC FOOD MUSIC Food diplomacy Mango special DJ Karma live Back to school Aeon of Lanzark live An exhibition titled The Food Diplomacy: Makan The king of fruits finds itself in a variety of dishes This Thursday night at Social will be a whole As the academic year re­starts, this menu has The contemporary jazz fusion band, Aeon of Ngga Makan Asal Kumpul uses an Indonesian such as electric drinks, smoothies or lip­ night of hip­hop and R&B. The Grind ft. DJ taken inspiration from school­time memories Lanzark will showcase its versatility: they are term in its name to convey the idea that food smacking desserts on this curated mango menu, Karma & Friends (a line­up of guest artistes) will ranging from triangular jam paranthas, to bread known for music inspired by a variety of styles, practices are critically related to the society’s which includes tarts, pastries, doughnuts and be live in concert. DJ Karma is a pioneering rolls, ISBT Maggi, and Gupta Burgers. Try Farrraa including modern jazz, 70’s fusion and health and culture. Artists on display include Adi more. There is also a happy hour offer on the promoter of hip hop and R&B in Delhi, having Combo with samosa Panini, Banta Soda and progressive rock. The band seeks to explore a Sundoro, Fransisca Retno, and Fajar Abadi. beverages on this menu. opened for international artists like Sean Paul chocolate brownie or the Rainy Day box with unique sound infused with storytelling. Venue: Korean Cultural Centre, 25A Ring Road, Venue: The Chocolate Box, Radisson Blu MBD and T­Pain in the past. bread pakoda, masala chaach, and 5 star toffee. Venue: The Piano Man, 32nd avenue, Sector 15 Lajpat Nagar – IV, Hotel, Noida Venue: Nehru Place Social Venue: Café Delhi Heights, DLF Promenade Part 2, Gurugram Time: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Time: 11 a.m. ­ 9.30 p.m. Time: 10 p.m. ­ 12:30 a.m. Time: 12 Noon to 12 midnight Time: 8: 30 p.m.

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Ancient citadel (Clockwise from left) Wat Arun, streetfood in Bangkok and tuk-tuks

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for lunch. The chain store 7­Ele­ ven is everyone’s best friend for quick munchies. Grab a yoghurt and make way for the glorious fruit cart. It is filled with the sweetest pineapples, juiciest gua­ vas and toothsome mangoes. Order a Grab bike and weave your way rapidly through traffic to Wat Arun, the scenic Buddhist temple on the banks of the Chao Phraya river. Head to the east bank and pay four baht to sail to the other side. It is a good place to introduce oneself to old shrines and the captivating Thai culture. Stroll around, and if you are into photography, your lens will not shy away. Next, find your way to Saran­ rom Park for a serene afternoon. Sit back and unwind for an hour or two by writing, reading or wha­ tever charges your imaginative side. Don’t be surprised if a squad of college students runs up and records a video of you conversing with them in English.

Eat to shop Find yet another Grab bike and get to bustling Yaowarat street, lo­ cated in one of the largest China­ towns. Large billboards in yellow and red push against golden noo­ dle baskets and Chinese cutlery tel or Airbnb before noon, be­ for sale. Get lost in the numerous cause it’s crucial to make the most sois and discover Chinese an­ Lounging with the of your day. The temperature hov­ tiques. The aroma here is a blend ers around 25 degrees Celsius or of spicy bird’s eye chillies, fra­ higher, so grab yourself an iced grant teas, and flavour­centric coffee from a local street vendor. seafood. Dive in and eat, then bar­ If you are not Thai, his hands are gain with a tuk­tuk driver for a going to go straight for that Nés­ ride to Pratunam market, where cafe glass bottle. Stop him and ask you can splurge on clothes and for that rich Thai coffee. Whether accessories. They always have you want it served black, swee­ sales in the little lanes, so shop to tened with condensed milk, or your heart’s content. angels just good old sugar, the choice is Head over to Jack’s Bar close to yours. But try this local cup of joe. the Shangri­La Hotel and breathe For breakfast, go light with the in the Bangkok air from the deck intention of keeping some room overlooking a sunset­skyscraper Here’s an indulgent way to spend landscape. Local beers here, such a day in Bangkok as Leo and Singha, are available cheap, and combined with the view, there is a chance you will Apoorva Prakash nation and a perfect getaway for BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI choose to end your night here. every solo traveller in the midst of If not, head to Gaa for their dis­ In 1942, Kanchanaburi in Bangkok is a destination that wel­ traffic. Since globalisation took Thailand was under Japanese tinctive 14­course tasting menu comes travellers of all sorts to the over in the 20th Century, we have control. It was here that Asian and it is okay to make a reserva­ city’s inbred maze. Architecture all formed our likes and dislikes. forced labourers and Allied tion for one. Helmed by head chef and culinary delights form the This captivating city, however, POWs, building the infamous and owner Garima Arora from stand­out highlights of this capi­ has always managed to outshine Burma Railway, constructed a Mumbai, simple and local Thai in­ tal. ‘Soi’, which means lanes, is a and cater to every diverse human. bridge. Almost half of the gredients combine with her In­ part of the local lingo and hap­ If you desire a self­indulgent day, prisoners died. dian roots to make for a memora­ pens to be casually thrown Bangkok has plenty to offer. ble meal. Chances are high that around by every passing tuk­tuk you may make a friend while you or bike taxi. Yes, bike taxi is a Carpe diem are tasting adventure around the well­versed concept around this Step out of your plush hotel, hos­ City of Angels.

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CQDs are futuristic materials whose demand is on the rise G un 'that ended Van Gogh’s life' sold RAHUL KARMAKAR PARIS GUWAHATI The revolver with which A team of scientists in Assam Vincent van Gogh is believed has developed a chemical to have shot himself sold for process that turns ‘dirty’ €162,500 at a Paris auction coal into a biomedical ‘dot’ on Wednesday — nearly three to help detect cancer cells. times the estimate. Billed as The team, led by Binoy “the most famous weapon in Kumar Saikia and Tonkes­ the history of art”, the rusty 7 mm Lefaucheux revolver was war Das, has applied for a bought by a private collector patent for their chemical with a telephone bid. The method of producing car­ troubled Dutch painter died bon quantum dots (CQDs) in July 1890. AFP from cheap, abundant, low­ quality and high­sulphur coals. Binoy K. Saikia, second from right, in the lab with coal and CQDs are carbon­based carbon quantum dots (inset). * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT nanomaterials whose size is less than 10 nm, or He is a scientist in the po­ Photobiology. nanometre. lymer petroleum and coal “Our source material is “Carbon­based nanoma­ chemistry group of the abundant, low­quality In­ terials are used as diagnostic Council of Scientific & Indus­ dian coal not directly suita­ tools for bio­imaging, espe­ trial Research­North East In­ ble for thermal electricity C at-fox of Corsica may cially in detecting cancer stitute of Science and Tech­ production. Even if the sell­ be a new species cells, for chemical sensing nology (CSIR­NEIST) in ing price is twice our cost of In the forest of northern and in opto­electronics. A Assam’s Jorhat. production of ₹50 per ml, it Corsica, two wildlife rangers few chemical companies in The CQDs that the CSIR­ will be much cheaper than have revealed a striped, tawny-coated animal, one of the U.S. and Japan have been NEIST team developed emit the imported CQDs with 16 felines known as “cat- manufacturing CQDs. What a bluish colour with “high­ market price of up to ₹2,000 foxes” and thought to be a we have done is develop flu­ stability, good­conductivity, per ml,” he said. new species. “We believe that orescent carbon nanomate­ low­toxicity, environmental Scientists said CQDs are it’s a wild natural species rials at one­twentieth the friendliness, and good opti­ futuristic materials whose which was known but not cost of imported CQDs,” Mr. cal properties”. The study demand in India has been scientifically identified Saikia told The Hindu on was published in the Journal increasing leading to a con­ because it’s an extremely Wednesday. of Photochemistry and siderable volume of import. inconspicuous animal with nocturnal habits,” they said. AFP Entrapped turtles rescued in Goa The ghost nets are hazardous to marine life

Prakash Kamat ported to the Forest depart­ Watch — Goa, expressed PANAJI ment immediately. Drishti is strong concern over the inci­ The sea turtles entrapped in a lifeguard agency contract­ dent. The nets in which the Thailand temple has altar a net and washed ashore on ed by Goa Tourism depart­ marine mammals get entan­ featuring David Beckham three beaches in Goa last ment to guard its coastline, gled are commonly called BANGKOK Soccer legend David Beckham week have been released for the safety of tourists and ghost nets. These are fishing has such a global appeal and back into the ocean. others. nets that have been lost or fan base that a Buddhist Earlier this week, Drishti The turtles were freed discarded by fishermen in temple in Thailand has a lifeguards spotted sea turtles from the net and examined. the ocean. The nets are ha­ gold-painted statue of the in a fishing net and washed As medical intervention was zardous to turtles and other footballer on an altar. The up on the shore in Betalba­ not required, the turtles marine life Pariwat temple has turned it tim, Cavelossim, and Rajbag were released back into the Once caught, the weight into a surprising tourist Canacona, South Goa. ocean. Marine Wildlife of net may not allow them to attraction. REUTERS The incidents were re­ Stranding Network, Ocean surface.

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