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NEARBY In Manasarovar, Chinese lend a helping hand to Indian pilgrims

Well­equipped reception centres greet building these centres,” he in tents; now they stay in fairs Minister S. Jaishankar, yatris on the arduous trek in Tibet said. While two are open this buildings with attached who is visiting Beijing, said year, the other two will be bathrooms,” he said. “Even after meeting his Chinese Radhika Santhanam taking the arduous journey. open to yatris from 2020. those aged 70 can now go on counterpart Wang Yi that Six killed in Tibet Autonomous Region The reception centres, Jitendra Singh Rautala, the yatra,” he said. both countries are consider­ H.P. landslides For Indian pilgrims on the each with about 150 beds, 43, a pilgrim from Uttarak­ Besides the facilities that ing expanding the Kailash DEHRADUN/GOPESHWAR difficult trek to the high alti­ have rooms with charging hand who has been on the have already been made Manasarovar Yatra. Six persons, including a tude Kailash Manasarovar, points, a common kitchen yatra several times, said the available, Mr. Awang said the “Some suggestions were woman and her nine­month­ the Hindu holy site in Tibet, and a common washroom, new facilities are “great”. government is planning to made by the Chinese side to old daughter, were buried alive as landslides triggered things might have just got ea­ and provide food for the ya- “They have ensured that a set up oxygen bars along the expand Kailash Manasarovar by heavy rain hit three sier from this year. tris. According to Awang difficult trek has been made high altitude route. Howev­ Yatra and we are deeply ap­ different villages in the Ghat Accommodation facili­ Chering, Director­General of easier and comfortable,” he er, several pilgrims com­ preciative of these initia­ area of Chamoli district on ties, called reception the Foreign Affairs Office of said. plained that the toilet facili­ tives,” Mr. Jaishankar said. Monday. Erosion caused by centres, have been built at the Ali Prefecture, all the A private tour operator, ties continue to be very Mr. Wang said the pilgrim­ swirling waters of the various points of the pilgrim­ four new reception centres who did not wish to be poor. Vandana Neelkumar age has “increasingly be­ flooded Chuflagad river also age, thanks to an initiative by have similar facilities. named, credited both the In­ from Mumbai said inadeq­ come a pathway of washed away two buildings. the Chinese government to “The Chinese govern­ dian and Chinese govern­ uate toilet facilities inconve­ friendship”.

NORTH Ī PAGE 5 improve the material com­ ment has spent 36.8 million ments with this change. nienced women particularly. Ease of visiting: Chinese officials checking the papers DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD forts of the pilgrims under­ RMBs ($5.21 million) on “Earlier, yatris used to stay On Monday, External Af­ CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 12 of pilgrims. * RADHIKA SANTHANAM Foreigner ‘gang­raped’ by three men in Vasant Kunj NEW DELHI A 31­year­old Uzbekistan national was allegedly gang­ Decision on Kashmir doesn’t raped by three men in south­ Kashmir Valley kept under west Delhi’s Vasant Kunj on August 10, the police said on Monday. An officer said the affect LAC, Delhi tells Beijing victim had come to India two months ago. The woman lockdown during Id festival alleged that she was also Measures aimed at better governance, says Jaishankar beaten up by the accused Main mosques in Srinagar remain out of bounds; stone­pelting in some areas whom she has identified. Atul Aneja Beijing CITY Ī PAGE 3 special correspondent DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD New Delhi No sweets along External Affairs Minister S. The Kashmir Valley re­ border this time Jaishankar on Monday reas­ mained under lockdown on sured China that New Delhi’s the occasion of Id on Mon­ The customary exchange of decision to exercise greater day as severe restrictions on sweets between soldiers of administrative control over the movement of people and the BSF and the Pakistan Ladakh would have no im­ traffic continued. Rangers along the border plications for India’s exter­ Shaswati Das, a journalist did not take place on nal boundaries or the Line of with a business newspaper Monday on the occasion of Actual Control with China. who returned from Srinagar Id. The Pakistani side “The legislative measures Army man’s widow gets on Monday evening, said all refused to attend the were aimed at better gover­ ₹1.17 cr. in accident case main mosques remained out ceremony after the BSF sent nance and socio­economic NEW DELHI of bounds, and heavy stone­ across communication to development,” he told his Cordial meeting: Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar with Chinese A Motor Accident Claims pelting was reported in some Peace in the air: Kashmiris offering Id prayers at a mosque exchange sweets. Ī PAGE 13 Chinese interlocutors, refer­ Vice­President Wang Qishang on Monday. * REUTERS

Tribunal has awarded ₹1.17 areas. in Srinagar on Monday. * REUTERS DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD ring to India’s decision to re­ crore compensation to the voke the special status of nese concerns in this regard have any effect. wife of a rifleman in the Army Anti-India slogans on the condition of anonym­ around. We were careful “In these incidents, there Jammu and Kashmir and were misplaced,” he said. Speaking to the Indian who was knocked down by a Reuters said hundreds of pe­ ity that a group of boys enough to not take out our have been a couple of inju­ making Ladakh, which bor­ Mr. Jaishankar’s remarks media, Mr. Jaishankar said DTC bus near the Udhyog ople shouting anti­India slo­ snatched their cameras and cameras everywhere,” said ries which have been report­ ders China, a Union Territo­ follow the Chinese Foreign he had pointed out that re­ Bhavan bus stand in Lutyens’ gans spilled on to the streets heckled the team. the TV journalist. ed. Otherwise the entire Val­ ry. Ministry’s earlier response garding the boundary ques­ zone in 2016. The offending following prayers in the “They were agitated and IGP S.P. Pani told a press ley is peaceful. I strongly that India had “continued to tion, the two sides had vehicle had jumped the red neighborhood of Soura, the complained that TV news conference in Srinagar that deny any incident of firing ‘No territorial claims’ damage China’s territorial agreed to a fair, reasonable light and hit the Army personnel when he was site of a big demonstration channels were not giving the the festivities passed off anywhere in the Kashmir “There was no implication sovereignty by unilaterally and mutually acceptable set­ crossing over from the Sena on Friday, but authorities true picture. They accused peacefully barring a “couple Valley,” he said. for the external boundaries modifying the form of dom­ tlement based on the 2005 Bhavan side. He was posted largely sealed off the area us of giving one­sided news. of minor localised incidents of India or the Line of Actual estic law.” The Chinese Fo­ Political Parameters and at the Army headquarters. and kept the protest local­ The city was under a heavy of law and order which have CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 12 Control with China. India reign Office had also said Guiding Principles. CENTRE ASKS TWITTER TO CITY Ī PAGE 4 ised. security blanket and we been handled very profes­ was not raising any addition­ that this practice was “unac­ DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD A television journalist said faced issues while moving sionally.” BLOCK SOME ACCOUNTS Ī PAGE 13 al territorial claims. The Chi­ ceptable” and it would not ‘INTERNAL MATTER’ Ī PAGE 13 Hong Kong Mukesh Ambani unveils Jio Fiber Delhi­Lahore protesters bus service shut airport service for fixed broadband discontinued Customers to get Agence France-Presse Saudi Aramco to Staff Reporter Hong Kong free calls, LED TVs buy 20% stake New Delhi All passenger flights in and Piyush Pandey The Delhi Transport Cor­ out of Hong Kong were Mumbai The world’s largest oil poration (DTC) on Monday cancelled on Monday after After disrupting the mobile producer, Saudi Aramco, said it would “not be able” thousands of pro­democra­ telephony market and be­ has agreed to pick up a 20% to continue the Delhi­La­ cy protesters flooded the coming India’s largest profit­ stake in RIL’s oil to hore bus service as Pakis­ city’s airport to denounce able telco, Mukesh Ambani­ chemicals (O2C) business at tan had decided to discon­ police violence. led Reliance Jio plans to dis­ an enterprise value of $75 tinue it due to the Authorities said they rupt the fixed broadband Reliance Industries chairman billion in one of the largest withdrawal of the special were working to reopen it market with the launch of Jio Mukesh Ambani at the AGM foreign investments. Ī PAGE 15 status to J&K. by 6 a.m. on Tuesday, but Fiber on September 5. on Monday. * VIVEK BENDRE DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD The Pakistan Tourism hundreds of protesters re­ Jio Fiber will offer free Development Corporation mained in the arrivals hall voice calls for life from lan­ RIL chairman Mukesh way up to 1 Gbps or 1000 (PTDC) on Saturday con­ well into the night. dline phones, high­speed Ambani made the announce­ Mbps. We are pricing our veyed to the DTC its go­ Over 5,000 protesters broadband of a minimum ment at the 42 nd annual gen­ plans at less than one­tenth vernment’s decision to sus­ descended on the airport speed of 100 mbps, and a eral meeting of the company the global rates, to make it pend the service in on Monday, carrying pla­ free high­definition TV and on Monday. “In India, even accessible for all,” Mr. Amba­ addition to the two servic­ cards and raising slogans. dish with monthly plans the most basic Jio Fiber plan ni told shareholders. es to Amritsar. starting from ₹700 and going starts with 100 Mbps speed CHINA’S WARNING Ī PAGE 14 up to ₹10,000. and we have plans all the CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 12 DETAILS ON Ī PAGE 3

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They grow paddy and grass for jumbos between the paddy field and that venture close to human habitations the grass plantation. The three­step plantation RAHUL KARMAKAR paddy exclusively for the has a common thread — GUWAHATI elephants that often come environmentalist Binod A cluster of villages in down the hills of the Dulu Bora and the NGO central Assam’s Nagaon adjoining Karbi Anglong ‘Hatibondhu’, meaning district has found a way of district. ‘friends of elephants’, he is keeping crop­raiding The “jumbo kheti” associated with. “Growing elephants off their crops — (cropland) has been paddy for elephants was the by setting aside land to envisaged as the last line of idea of Pradip Kumar create a meal zone for them. mealy defence against some Drawing the line: The locals have planted 2,000 elephant Bhuyan, the director of our Most farmers of 12 villages 350­400 elephants that have apple, 1,500 jackfruit and 25,000 banana saplings. NGO. We had several in the Ronghang­Hatikhuli often paid for venturing too meetings with the villagers area of central Assam’s close to human habitations. up the hills. This plantation is on land and convinced them that Nagaon district do not have Five of them were About 10 km from the belonging to a tea estate. they would be setting an enough land to sustain their electrocuted by illegal paddy field, toward the hills, The locals have also planted example for the world to families. But they donated electric fences in the last 16 is an 8­hectare plantation of saplings of 2,000 outenga follow towards reducing 203 bighas (roughly 33 months, while half­a­dozen, Napier grass that 35 (elephant apple), 1,500 man­animal conflicts,” Mr. hectares) of community injured by spears and reformed hunters have jackfruit and 25,000 banana Bora told The Hindu on land and took turns to plant arrows, died in the jungles grown for the elephants. trees on barren land Monday. CM A ND-NDE YK EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

DELHI THE HINDU 2 CITY TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE IN BRIEF Id-ul-Zuha at Jantar Mantar: A get­together for those who Men snatch luxury car from driver at gunpoint NEW DELHI missed festivities at home A high-end car was on August 9 snatched allegedly at poem, biryani and a long wait gunpoint by two unidentified People from J&K stand united over common grief men in south Delhi’s R.K. Kashmiris in city come together, express anguish over not being able to call family Special Correspondent Puram, the police said on GURUGRAM Monday. A car hit the vehicle Hemani Bhandari ago when he got admission Not “very happy” with the from behind after which the New Delhi driver came out to inspect in a Delhi University college turn of events over the past the damage. Two men came Every year on Id­ul­Zuha, and had plans to go home one week leading to suspen­ out of the offending vehicle Faiq Faizan says he gets hun­ before the festival. “There sion of all means of commu­ and threatened him at dreds of messages on his are security officers eve­ nication in Jammu and Kash­ gunpoint. While one of them phone from his relatives rywhere. I don’t know if my mir following the drove away with the luxury back home in Srinagar, in­ family is celebrating or not. amendment to Article 370, car, the other fled with the cluding one from his grand­ But every year, we would go Sunita (name changed), a offending vehicle . mother. This year, Faiq has to Nishat Bagh and Chashme Kashmiri Pandit schoolteach­ A few Kashmiris at the event organised at Wembley Estate in been trying their numbers Shahi to celebrate. This er in Faridabad, made it a Sector 50, Gurugram. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT but is unable to reach them. year…” he stopped mid­way point to be the part of a get­ Biker killed in road “My uncle [cousin grand­ only to try the landline back together in Gurugram to cele­ ment to ease the restrictions ganisers, said the objective accident in east Delhi father] used to send What­ home again. brate Id­ul­Zuha with the in the State before the festiv­ behind the get­together was NEW DELHI sApp message daily wishing Youth at a gathering at Jantar Mantar on Id-ul-Zuha on Muslims who could not re­ al. But it did not happen. I to stand with our own people A man, in his 30s, was killed Monday. * SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA after his bike was hit by a bus me good morning and some ‘No normalcy in J&K’ turn homes on the festive was able to speak to my in this hour of crisis. He re­ in east Delhi’s Pandav Nagar random forwards. I used to Elbee, a 21­year­old from day. mother for just two minutes gretted that irresponsible re­ on Monday. The police said get irritated at that but now, I sheermal, samosas and from a satellite phone on Jammu, said this year, she The 28­year­old stumbled which was three days back marks and messages on social they were informed about the realise the importance of sweets to the venue, to feel Sunday night. “I told him not had come to the city with upon the invite for the event with the help of a police offic­ media about Kashmiri girls accident around 8.30 p.m. those texts. It has been eight at home, away from home. to worry about mom and si­ her parents but her relatives organised at Wembley Estate er friend,” he said. and buying property in the When they reached the spot, days and I have not received A UPSC aspirant Zubair blings even though I have no and friends back home said in Sector 50 here by some Saqib said the government State were not doing any the man was found dead. The a single message from him,” Rashid said he had come to idea how they are. I don’t normalcy in Kashmir was Kashmiri Pandits on Insta­ had “backstabbed and be­ good to the situation which body was shifted for post- he said. Delhi only four months ago. even feel like it’s Id­ul­Zuha,” "fake news”. “Normal is the gram and traveled all the way trayed” the people of Kash­ seemed volatile. mortem. Hundreds of people, in­ “During the festival celebra­ he said. last thing the state of the to the Millennium City to take mir by taking away the spe­ He appealed for responsi­ cluding students from across tion back home, we would On Monday, Zubair wrote place would be,” she said. part. Sunita said she per­ cial status and expressed ble behaviour and the need to colleges in Delhi, gathered at wake up early morning and a poem and brought the Standing next to her was turbed over the manner the apprehension that “normalcy show the restraint. Jantar Mantar on Id­ul­Zuha. spend the whole day visiting crowd to tears. He recited, Fiza, a Class XI student, who things had unfolded. She had might never return to Kash­ Sanjay Bhat from Sector They said they wanted to be relatives,” he said recalling “In the broad daylight… in said her parents sent her to shifted to Delhi with her fami­ mir”. He, however, added 39, one of the organisers, with each other but not cele­ last year. But this time, he the midst of lakhs of peo­ Delhi from Srinagar on Sun­ ly more than two decades that events such as these sent said: “We don’t usually cele­ brate. “There is no celebra­ has tried contacting his ple… roads are painted with day fearing her “safety”. ago. across the message of “one­ brate Id­ul­Zuha but decided tion without our loved ones mother for over a “hundred sorrow… and bewildered my “Imagine, they sent me here Saqib, a young lawyer in ness” and spread religious to organise this event so that but we are here in Delhi for times since morning but people lie!” Showing the a day before the festival for Mumbai, came over to meet harmony. our Muslim brothers from the each other,” said Faiq, a 24­ could not connect”. The last Constitution, a book he al­ my safety and so that I could his brother in Gurugram on Aqib, an engineer, said State don’t feel left out.” year­old postgraduate from time he spoke to her was six ways carries in his bag, he concentrate on my exams the occasion and decided to Kashmiri Pandits and Mus­ Inspector­General of Pol­ Jamia Millia Islamia, while days ago, he said. said, “The people are being due in October,” she sobbed. be the part of the celebration. lims were “Kashmiris first” ice, Law and Order, Haryana, handing over a pot of biryani His father, a police officer ripped off their right to life, In solidarity, were author He said he planned to visit his and culturally one. “When Hanif Qureshi was the chief to his friend to be kept for in Kashmir, is managing law liberty and security”. Arundhati Roy, activists parents in Srinagar this time we meet we speak to interact guest on the occasion. The DELHI TODAY distribution. and order 100 km away from Nineteen­year­old Javed Harsh Mander, Shabnam too like every year, but was in the local language. No law organisers claimed that 70­ During the festivities, ma­ where he is posted. His fath­ Ahmed came to the Capital Hashmi, Sanjay Kam among told that it was not safe there. can separate us,” he added. odd people took part in the Dance: “Saare Jahan Se Accha ny of them brought biryani, er called him for 56 seconds from Srinagar about 15 days others. “We expected the govern­ Pankaj Dhar, one of the or­ celebrations. 2019: Khud Mein Kabir, Kabir Mein Hum”, a creative dance drama based on the life and literary works of Kabir, choreographed by Guru Ran­ CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC jana Gauhar at The Stein Auditorium, ‘Queen Victoria India Habitat Centre (IHC), 7 p.m. Haryana board told to evolve mechanism Exhibition: “Japa”, a solo painting Public service exhibition by Rahim Mirza at Visual rakhis are hit Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre (IHC), 11 a.m. ­ 7 p.m. to recover penalty from polluting units Exhibition: “Fontwala: Stone to this year’ mobile, what remains?” by Rajeev Staff Reporter NGT chairperson Justice compensation may be filed Prakash Khare and Shubhra Prakash. Press Trust of India The show surveys the development New Delhi Adarsh Kumar Goel said promptly,” it said. of Devnagri letter form from it’s The National Green Tribunal compensation should be le­ The directions came New Delhi earliest stone engravings to its di­ gital adaptations at Digital Art Gal­ directed the Haryana State vied promptly and there when the green panel was From featuring British lery, Triveni Kala Sangam, 205 Pollution Control Board should be no delay. hearing a plea moved by the Queen Victoria to the fic­ Tansen Marg, 10:30 a.m. ­ 6:30 p.m. (HSPCB) to evolve a mechan­ “Let HSPCB review its me­ Bandhua Mukti Morcha that tional character ‘Chhota Exhibition: “Rainbow”, a group ex­ hibition by artists belonging to the ism for ascertaining the envi­ chanism and evolve a new sought action against pollu­ Bheem’, a market in south army family at All India Fine Arts and ronment compensation to be one where the calculation is tion caused by ready mix Delhi is selling unconven­ Crafts Society, 1 Rafi Marg, 11 a,m. ­ recovered from polluting in­ made as soon as pollution is concrete plant, ceramic tional rakhis that are at­ 7 p.m. (Mail your listings for this column dustries by reviewing its cur­ detected. If for final compen­ plant and extraction of tracting buyers ahead of at [email protected]) rent one. A Bench headed by sation time is taken, interim groundwater in Faridabad. Rakshabandhan. A shopkeeper in Lajpat Nagar’s Central Market said rakhis featuring Queen Victoria are in high demand. “One ‘Queen Victoria’ rakhi costs ₹50,” he said. Each ‘Queen Vic­ Grooming lounge: A barber at work behind the Union Public Service Commission building in toria’ rakhi has an embel­ lished round dial like the New Delhi. * V.V. KRISHNAN CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC face of an old British­era coin with the relief image of the legendary empress wearing a crown em­ ‘Find formula to ease burden of hiked fee’ bossed on both sides and a red­and­saffron thread Manish Sisodia says govt. may consider having its own board holding it. He said other designs Press Trust of India CBSE, Mr. Sisodia said if lier, will now pay ₹1,200 for like rakhis with ‘Chhota New Delhi things continue like this, the five subjects, the CBSE said. Bheem’ pictures are also Deputy Chief Minister Man­ government may consider “Our officials had a meet­ doing good in the market. ish Sisodia on Monday said having its own board. ing with CBSE officials and Apart from traditional de­ he has directed the Educa­ urged them not to hike the signs with conventional tion Department to work out First hike in 5 years examination fee as it will rakhis, this market also a formula so that the stu­ CBSE on Sunday increased burden the students. Delhi is has a number of uncon­ dents do not have to bear the fees by up to ₹1,150, the the biggest stakeholder of ventional designs, the the burden of paying a hiked first hike in the last five CBSE and our opinion shopkeepers said. “I had fee. years. should be valued. This way, no idea about a rakhi fea­ This comes a day after the The fees for general cate­ we might be forced to con­ turing ‘Queen Victoria’. I Central Board of Secondary gory students for both the sider having our own have an interest in history Education increased the fees Classes were doubled from board,” Mr. Sisodia said, ad­ and want to surprise my of Class X and XII board ex­ ₹750 to ₹1,500 for five ding that the Directorate of brothers. So bought a cou­ aminations. Noting that the subjects. Education has been asked to ple of them,” said Priyan­ Delhi government is the big­ The SC and ST students, work out the formula on ka Sethi, who works in the gest stakeholder of the who were paying ₹350 ear­ how to ease the burden. private sector. Delhi airport receives Forum directs developer to hoax bomb threat pay ₹6 lakh compensation Flight operations affected for 70 minutes Accused failed to deliver the project Press Trust of India to be a hoax,” they said. Staff Reporter <> The developer New Delhi DCP (Airport) Sanjay Bha­ NEW DELHI needs to pay a Security agencies at Delhi tia said all the stakeholders A district consumer disputes compensation of international airport went were immediately informed redressal forum here direct­ ₹15,000 each into a tizzy after a hoax and alerted. ed a private developer to towards bomb call was received on “Terminal 2 was checked compensate a set of complai­ harassment and Monday, three days ahead thoroughly. A comprehen­ nants by paying over ₹6 lakh mental agony of Independence Day, af­ sive search operation was each for failing to complete a district consumer disputes fecting flight operations at done and nothing suspi­ project for which the com­ redressal forum Terminal 2 for around 70 cious was found. The caller plainants had already depo­ minutes, officials said. has been identified and he sited money. the money till date, amounts “A bomb threat call for has denied making any such The developers — U­Turn to deficiency in service,” the Terminal 2 was received by calls. The call has been de­ Housing Pvt. Ltd. — was di­ Bench observed. Delhi Police at 8.49 p.m. on clared as non­specific,” he rected to compensate after The directions came Monday,” they said. said. A case under relevant at least six complainants ap­ when the consumer panel The departure area of the sections has been registered proached the consumer pa­ was hearing a series of com­ IGI Airport Terminal 2 was and investigation is under­ nel alleging deficiency in plaints against the develop­ immediately evacuated and way, said Mr. Bhatia. services. ers. It was alleged that while all passengers were moved Officials said that opera­ the complainants paid over at Gate no 4 at the departure tional normalcy was res­ ‘Never completed project’ ₹6 lakh each towards book­ level, while arriving passen­ tored in departure as well as “From the unrebutted testi­ ing of the residential plots, gers were on hold inside air­ the arrival area of Terminal mony of the complainant the developers failed to com­ craft, officials also said. 2 at 10 p.m. and documents placed on re­ plete the project. “After a detailed search CISF officials also said a cord, we are convinced that A compensation of operation for about an hour mock exercise of the bomb the story put forth by the ₹15,000 each towards ha­ by the Bomb Disposal Squad threat was conducted at all complainant is true...The de­ rassment and mental agony and the Central Industrial IGI terminals between 9 veloper never completed the was also directed by the con­ Security Force, it was found p.m. and 10.10 pm. project, so, non­refunding sumer panel.

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THE HINDU DELHI TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2019 CITY 3 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Foreign DTC ‘unable’ to send bus to Block access to websites 7 arrested for national such as tamilrockers: HC killing driver alleges Lahore as Pak. suspends service near toll plaza gang rape ‘Sites stream films without permission’ Press Trust of India Noida Staff Reporter Pakistan took the decision following withdrawal of special status to J&K Staff Reporter authorisation. Seven contractual staff of NEW DELHI New Delhi It said a prima facie case Kalindi Kunj toll plaza were A 31­year­old Uzbekistan Staff Reporter PTDC had conveyed its deci­ The Delhi High Court has di­ was made out that if an inte­ arrested for allegedly killing national was allegedly New Delhi sion to suspend the service rected Internet service pro­ rim order was not passed, a commercial truck driver gang­raped by three men The Delhi Transport Corpo­ from its end to the DTC tele­ viders to block access to irreparable harm or injury after he refused to pay in south­west Delhi’s Va­ ration (DTC) on Monday said phonically over the weekend websites such as tamilrock­ would be caused to the ₹14,000 demanded by sant Kunj on August 10, the it would not be able to conti­ besides informing the auth­ ers, eztv, katmovies and li­ company. them, the police said on police said on Monday. nue the Delhi­Lahore bus orities concerned at the pu­ metorrents which are un­ The High Court issued di­ Monday. A senior police officer service as Pakistan had de­ blic transporter about a for­ authorisedly streaming rections to the Department They have been identi­ said that the victim, a resi­ cided to discontinue the ser­ mal, written communication movies and television of Telecommunications and fied as Manroop, Dharmpal, dent of south Delhi, had vice from its end due to the in this regard which it could series. the Ministry of Information Amit Kumar, Chetan Pra­ come to India two months withdrawal of special status expect later in the day on Sa­ Justice Sanjeev Narula, in Technology to suspend the kash, Mohammad Sirajud­ ago. to Jammu and Kashmir by turday. an interim order, directed domain name registration din, Manoj and Krishna The woman went to Va­ India. The Lahore­Delhi bus ser­ the Internet service provid­ of the websites infringing on Kumar. sant Kunj police station on The Pakistan Tourism De­ The Lahore-Delhi bus service is operated from Ambedkar vice is operated from Am­ ers to block access to all the the copyright of production The driver was on his

Sunday and alleged that velopment Corporation Stadium Terminal near Delhi Gate. * FILE PHOTO bedkar Stadium Terminal URLs and IP addresses of houses. way from Noida Sector 59 to she was gang­raped by (PTDC) had on Saturday con­ near Delhi Gate. these websites. It also restrained the web­ Ghitorni in Delhi on August three men inside an SUV veyed to the public transpor­ “Consequent to Pakistan’s tal with 19 passengers aboard While DTC buses ply to La­ sites from “hosting, stream­ 9. “Vimal Kumar Tiwari car on August 10 night. She ter the decision taken by the decision to suspend the bus on the evening of the same hore every Monday, Wednes­ Plea by Warner Bros. ing, reproducing, distribut­ [truck driver] paid a tax of alleged that she was also country’s government to sus­ service, the DTC is not able day. The bus service was not day and Friday, PTDC buses The court’s directions came ing, making available to the ₹1,400 at the toll booth for beaten up by the accused pend the service in addition to send bus [from Delhi to La­ operational on Sunday. ply every Tuesday, Thursday on a plea of U.S.­based en­ public and/or communicat­ passage, but his vehicle was whom she has identified, to two similar bus services hore] from August 12,” the The bus service between and Saturday from Delhi to tertainment company War­ ing to the public, or facilitat­ chased and stopped. The the police said. between Pakistan and DTC said in a statement. Lahore and Amritsar, in addi­ Lahore. ner Bros. claiming that ing the same, in any man­ staff asked him to pay a fine She went to AIIMS along Amritsar. tion to the one between Nan­ For the return trip, DTC these sites were hosting, ner, on their websites, of ₹14,000 and issued a fake with her friends after the A DTC bus was scheduled The last bus kana Sahib and Amritsar, buses leave Lahore every streaming and making avail­ through the Internet any ci­ ‘challan’. When he refused, incident. A case under IPC to leave for Lahore at 6 a.m. The last bus for Lahore left was also suspended, stated a Tuesday, Thursday, and Sa­ able to the public its original nematograph work/ con­ he was thrashed by seven Section 376D (gang rape) on Monday, but it did not due Delhi on Saturday morning Government of Pakistan Mi­ turday whereas the PTDC content, as well as that of tent/programme/ show in staff and dumped near a has been registered based to Pakistan’s decision to sus­ carrying two passengers nistry of Communication buses are available every others like UTV, Star, Para­ relation to which plaintiff drain,” SSP (Gautam Buddh on the victim’s complaint, pend the bus service, a se­ while the bus from the other statement. Monday, Wednesday and Fri­ mount, Universal and Net­ [Warner Bros.] has copy­ Nagar) Vaibhav Krishna the police added. nior government official said. side reached the Indian capi­ According to sources, the day. flix, without any right”. said. Man held for firing in air after Two women found dead in Man arrested for instant video goes viral on social media separate incidents in the Capital triple talaq to wife Woman alleges physical assault Accused wanted to celebrate his birthday in a ‘different’ way Families of both allege dowry harassment, suspect foul play Staff Reporter fused and physically assault­ Staff Reporter after it went viral on social uploaded the video on Tik­ Staff Reporter torture her and demand year­old woman was found NEW DELHI ed her,” the officer said. The NEW DELHI media on Saturday night. In Tok and after it went viral, he NEW DELHI money. The family suspects dead at her residence in A 26­year­old man has been husband then allegedly ut­ A 32­year­old man has been the video, he said, a person disappeared to evade arrest. A 27­year­old woman was foul play. Shahdara’s Jwala Nagar on arrested for allegedly di­ tered “talaq” thrice before arrested for allegedly firing in was seen firing in the air He was, however, arrested found dead at her residence The police have regis­ Sunday afternoon. vorcing his wife through tri­ threatening to kill her. the air while he was celebrat­ with a weapon in his hand. from Akhade Wali Gali after in north­west Delhi’s Kesh­ tered a case under Sections The police have initiated ple talaq in central Delhi’s Based on her complaint, ing his birthday on the night The video was first shared the police received a tip­off. av Puram on Sunday night, 498A (husband or relative inquest proceedings in the Kamla Market, the police a case under Muslim Wo­ of August 10 in central Delhi’s on TikTok app. “The police A countrymade pistol was the police said on Monday. of husband of a woman sub­ matter. said on Monday. men (Protection of Rights Chandni Mahal, the police scanned the video and seized from his possession,” No note has been recovered jecting her to cruelty), A police officer said that A senior police officer on Marriage) Act was filed said on Monday. found that it was shot in a the DCP said. so far, they said. 304B (dowry death) and 34 the woman’s family has al­ said that the accused has and Tauseef was arrested. The man then shared the street in Suiwalan, Chandni During interrogation, the of the Indian Penal Code leged that she was tortured been identified as Tauseef, Last week, a 38­year­old video on a video­sharing ap­ Mahal,” Mr. Randhawa said. accused said he had planned Four-month pregnant and an investigation is un­ and harassed for dowry and who divorced 22­year­old man was arrested in north plication which went viral During investigation, with to celebrate his birthday in a A senior police officer said der way. that she has been killed. Asma on Friday. “The wo­ Delhi’s Azad Market after his and caught police’s the help of human intelli­ “different” way. He had taken that the woman had got The woman’s body has A post­mortem has been man approached the police wife alleged that he had di­ attention. gence, the police identified the pistol from someone and married in December 2018 been preserved at Babu Jag­ conducted and the body stating that she had gone to vorced her through triple ta­ Deputy Commissioner of the man as Faizan, a resi­ recorded the video and and was four­month preg­ jivan Ram Hospital for post­ was handed over to the fa­ see her husband at his office laq after more than six years Police (Central) Mandeep dent of Chandni Mahal, who shared the same to make nant. The deceased’s father mortem, the police also mily. Further probe in the on Swami Shradhanand of marriage due to “non­ful­ Singh Randhawa said that a was celebrating his birthday himself popular on the social has alleged that her hus­ said. matter is under way, the Marg to ask him for money filment of demand for dow­ video caught their attention on Saturday. “The man had media. band and his family used to In another incident, a 26­ police said. for their children, but he re­ ry”. City wakes up to rain, witnesses dip in mercury Met forecasts light to moderate rain between Tuesday and Thursday Staff Reporter NEW DELHI It was a pleasant start to the week with Delhiites waking up to light rainfall that lasted till noon in several parts of the city. Although the humidity hovered between 85% and 69% making the weather sul­ try, the maximum tempera­ ture settled at 34.8 degrees Celsius which was two de­ grees cooler than the pre­ vious day. While the Safdarjung ob­ servatory recorded 2.2 mm rainfall, Lodhi Road received 10.8 mm. The weather sta­ tion at Palam received much less at 0.6 mm. A waterlogged road in Punjabi Bagh on Monday. * SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR The Met department has forecast a generally cloudy atures are likely to hover bet­ department has also forecast day and Thursday and sky for Tuesday. The maxi­ ween 35 and 28 degrees light to moderate rain/thun­ strong surface winds during mum and minimum temper­ Celsius respectively. The Met dershowers between Tues­ the day on Friday. ‘Monitoring committee on Stop selling fake Vistara sealing should be dissolved’ products, HC to portal CAIT urges Puri to approach apex court Pilot 18 directed to pay ₹2 lakh cost

Staff Reporter toring committee was work­ Staff Reporter tags, bearing the mark ‘Vis­ NEW DELHI ing as an independent go­ New Delhi tara’ with an identical dev­ The Confederation of All In­ vernment department The Delhi High Court has or­ ice mark/logo form. dia Traders (CAIT) on Mon­ without any legal provision dered a web portal to stop Tata SIA Airlines said that day sent a memorandum to and were giving direct or­ offering counterfeit ‘Vistara’ it came to know in February the Union Urban Develop­ ders to all the government branded products, on a plea about ‘Vistara’ branded pro­ ment Minister Hardeep Puri, departments like the civic by Tata SIA Airlines Ltd. ducts on the website as also urging him to ask the Su­ bodies, DDA, Delhi police The court said Pilot 18 on various e­commerce por­ preme Court through the At­ etc. “They never followed Aviation Book Store, which tals such as Amazon and torney General to dissolve the Delhi Municipal Corpo­ operates the web portal Snapdeal. the monitoring committee ration Act 1957, in the last 13 www.pilot18.com, was not The High Court said, set up by it on sealing. years and has taken arbi­ just selling products bearing “The mark Vistara is quite Secretary General, CAIT, trary decisions and conduct­ the mark ‘Vistara’ but also popular in India and has ac­ Praveen Khandelwal said: ed various sealing drives products of various other quired a unique status. It is a “Now that the Supreme which may not be legally va­ airlines including Jet Air­ distinctive mark that enjoys Court has already constitut­ lid and as a result has greatly ways, SpiceJet and Air India, enormous goodwill and rep­ ed a Special Task Force affected Delhi’s business and this posed a serious se­ utation in the airline, travel headed by the Vice­Chair­ and industry,” he added. curity threat. and tourism industry.” man of the DDA, there is no CAIT’s Delhi state presi­ Justice Prathiba M. Singh The portal, however, longer any justification to dent Vipin Abuja and state directed Pilot 18 to pay ₹2 claimed that it had not used continue with the monitor­ general secretary Devraj Ba­ lakh as costs to the operator the trademark ‘Vistara’. Af­ ing committee and hence weja said the traders’ body of Vistara Airlines within a ter perusing the report by the 13­year­old committee was seeking advice from its month. the local commissioner, the should be abolished by the lawyers on this serious issue Tata SIA Airlines, which court said the portal was Supreme Court. The govern­ and would approach the Su­ operates Vistara, had making a false claim. ment is working to improve preme Court for dissolving claimed that the portal was The court said that on the the future of Delhi and the committee. They also using its trademarks and next date, September 12, it should immediately bring an pointed out that the mem­ selling badges, name tags will consider if any further amnesty scheme.” bers of the committee have and other accessories, in­ action is required to be ta­ He alleged that the moni­ crossed the retirement age. cluding mugs and baggage ken.

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DELHI THE HINDU 4 CITY TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE DDA demolished Ravidas Army man’s widow gets DDA to install separate STPs to ₹1.17 cr. in accident case provide treated water to 10 parks temple, took away idol: AAP Bus jumped red light, hit victim in 2016 Move comes after technical issues surfaced during supply Nirnimesh Kumar jumped the red light and Party writes to PM urging him to ask DDA to rebuild structure New Delhi drove into a wrong lane af­ Shinjini Ghosh lines were placed and DJB “For five other STPs the A Motor Accident Claims ter crossing the yellow di­ NEW DELHI was supplying the treated Notice Inviting Tender (NIT) Staff Reporter Tribunal has awarded ₹1.17 vider line and hit the vic­ The Delhi Development water which was being sup­ is under progress. This is for New Delhi crore compensation to the tim who was crossing the Authority (DDA) is in the plied to the parks. However, parks at Manak Vihar, Gokal AAP Minister Rajendra Pal wife of a rifleman in the Ar­ road on the zebra marks. process of installing sewage in some areas it turned out Pur I­Pocket, Dilshad Gar­ Gautam on Monday alleged my who was knocked “This testimony clearly treatment plants across the to be a hassle. As a result, den, LSR GK­1 and Pocket that the Delhi Development down by a DTC bus near establishes that the acci­ national capital that will pro­ the DDA has decided to have A­10 Kalkaji,” the official Authority (DDA) demolished the Udhyog Bhavan bus dent took place only due to vide treated water to be used its own STPs so that the un­ added. a temple of Sant Guru Ravi­ stand in Lutyens’ zone in rash and negligent driving in parks. treated water from DJB can Expressing concern over das in Tughlakabad. He said 2016. of the said bus by its driver. Earlier this year, the ur­ be treated by the urban bo­ the depleting ground water, they have written to Prime The offending vehicle Though the issue of con­ ban body, along with the dy itself,” said a senior DDA the National Green Tribunal Minister Narendra Modi urg­ had jumped the red light tributory negligence on the Delhi Jal Board, had started official. (NGT) last year had directed ing him to direct the DDA to and hit the Army person­ part of deceased has also supplying treated water to the Delhi Jal Board to con­ rebuild the temple at the nel when he was crossing been raised by counsel for various parks in Dwarka and Work in progress vene a meeting on the sup­ same location. over from the Sena Bhavan the respondents but there south Delhi. However, fol­ While one STP at the chil­ ply of treated water to parks On the other hand, the ur­ side. He was posted at the is no material on record to lowing technical issues that dren’s park in Dilshad Gar­ in South Delhi. ban body said the demoli­ Army headquarters. substantiate it,” Presiding surfaced, the DDA is now in­ den is already functional, The green panel had also tion was carried out follow­ tion is spreading across the temple. In reply to the claim pe­ Officer of the tribunal M.K. stalling sewage treatment work on five other STPs at directed the State govern­ ing the Supreme Court country very fast,” the letter “In compliance with the tition, the driver of the of­ Nagpal said. plants in 10 parks to facili­ Satpullah lake, Shalimar ment to provide a detailed orders on August 9. to the Prime Minister read. Supreme Court order, senior fending vehicle and the The victim was at that tate direct supply of treated Bagh, Harsh Vihar, Jahangir­ report on the laying of pipe­ Addressing a press confe­ officials of police, govern­ DTC submitted that the time 34­year­old and draw­ water. puri and Jhandewalan is un­ line dedicated for the supply rence at AAP headquarters, AAP takes a jibe at BJP ment and DDA were present vehicle had been falsely ing a monthly salary of “In the first phase, pipe­ der progress, officials said. of treated water. Mr. Gautam said, “There are AAP chief spokesperson Sau­ along with members of the implicated in the accident. ₹41,545. protests across the country rabh Bharadwaj said the BJP Guru Ravi Das Jayanti Sama­ The insurance company “Ordering the award in against the demolition of the leaders are silent on the is­ roh Samiti on the site...The which had insured the bus favour of the petitioners, Sant Ravidas temple in sue. “DDA is distributing standing semi­permanent offered ₹ 15.47 lakh as full Mr. Nagpal said: “The peti­ Steps taken to Tughlakabad. The DDA de­ land to everyone, but today, structure was dismantled and final settlement but tioners are thus awarded a molished the temple on Au­ it has become difficult for peacefully without any resis­ the petitioners rejected it. sum of ₹1.17 crore, which avert water gust 10 and also took away the body to give land for the tance or use of force, in the includes interest at 9% per the idol.” temple. We want to ask the presence of samiti mem­ Testimony of eyewitness annum from the date of fil­ crisis: Kejriwal “In many places, there BJP leaders and the Centre bers,” DDA officials said. Delhi Traffic Police ASI Na­ ing of detailed accident re­ are protests against the de­ why they don’t even have They added, “It is also render Pal Singh was an port till deposit within 30 Press Trust of India molition. In several districts 100 gaj land for Sant Ravidas clarified that the suit was eyewitness to the accident. days from today or till not­ New Delhi in Punjab, traffic has been af­ ji?” Mr. Bharadwaj said. He filed by Guru Ravi Das Jayan­ Testifying before the tribu­ ice of deposit is given to the Chief Minister Arvind Kejri­ fected due to the protests. added that the DDA had ear­ ti Samaroh Samiti and not by nal, he said that the bus petitioners, whichever is wal on Monday said his go­ The news about the demoli­ lier filed an FIR against the the DDA.” overtook the vehicles, earlier.” vernment has taken a num­ ber of steps to ensure that The Sangathan Parv-Sadasyata Abhiyan was organised by

the water situation in the the Delhi BJP e-library cell. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT national capital does not DUSU raises pitch to name its office after Veer Savarkar reach an alarming level. Referring to the Niti Professionals from various Staff Reporter dom fighter Veer Savarkar. Savarkar spent in jail in the for all the students. Succes­ ing to pollute the history.” Aayog report on water cri­ NEW DELHI DUSU president Shakti Andaman islands. The play sive Congress governments The students’ union pre­ sis in major cities, the CM The Delhi University Stu­ Singh announced this deci­ was organised by the stu­ have done hard work to ma­ sident added that the ABVP said that in coming years, fields join BJP during drive dents’ Union on Monday sion during the staging of a dents’ union. lign Savarkar’s name. Even would ensure that the DU­ water would be a major raised a demand to name play ‘Hey Mrituanjay’, Mr. Singh said, “Veer Sa­ today in Rajasthan, the SU office would be named concern but the document ‘Most of them have family roots in J&K’ the DUSU office after free­ which is based on the time varkar is a true inspiration State government is work­ after the freedom fighter. is creating “more alarm”. Staff Reporter it but our Prime Minister Na­ New Delhi rendra Modi...the presence Professionals from various of large numbers of Kashmi­ fields, including those with ris here is proof of...how pe­ family roots in Jammu and ople are happy [about the Kashmir, took up the mem­ withdrawal of special status bership of the Bharatiya Ja­ to Jammu and Kashmir],” nata Party (BJP) at its State Mr. Tiwari added. headquarters here on Leader of Opposition in Monday. the Delhi Assembly Vijender The Sangathan Parv-Sa- Gupta said, the removal of dasyata Abhiyan was organ­ special status to J&K had ised by the Delhi BJP e­li­ brought the “trust of crores brary cell. of people” leading to their “A large number of peo­ decision to join the BJP in ple from Jammu and Kash­ “record numbers.” mir, professionals, engi­ E­library cell convener neers, doctors, advocates, Shobha Vijender said, “We university professors, bank welcome their decision to officials, CEOs of multina­ connect with the party after tional companies and hu­ being influenced by nation­ man right activists have alism. It is a rare occasion joined the BJP today. This when intellectuals have as­ will prove to be an inspira­ sembled here in such large tion for us,” Delhi BJP chief numbers and the organisa­ ManojTiwari said. tional capacity of the BJP “Article 370 of the Consti­ and the leadership of Mr. tution had become a demon Modi... has inspired them to for our country and no party serve the country with new had the will power to abolish energy.”

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DELHI Timings Tuesday, Aug. 13 Six killed in H.P. landslides RISE 05:49 SET 19:03 Violence, protest disrupt Id, RISE 17:43 SET 03:37 Wednesday, Aug. 14 Swirling waters wash away two buildings in Chamoli RISE 05:50 SET 19:02 Press trust of india RISE 18:31 SET 04:30 Sawan festivities in 2 U.P. cities Dehradun/Gopeshwar Thursday, Aug. 15 Six persons, including a wo­ RISE 05:50 SET 19:01 Stones hurled at kanwariyas in Budaun; group protests namaz on road in Agra man and her nine­month­ RISE 19:10 SET 05:24 old daughter, were buried Special Correspondent the charges and counter­ alive as landslides triggered Ghaziabad charges levelled by both by heavy rains hit three dif­ Despite the Uttar Pradesh sides. No arrest has been ferent villages in Ghat area of police taking stringent mea­ made so far,” Mr. Singh said. Chamoli district on Monday sures to ensure peace on Id­ In Agra, members of the morning, officials said. ul­Zuha that fell on the last Bajrang Dal protested Erosion caused by swir­ Monday of Sawan month of against Muslims offering Id ling waters of the flooded the Hindu calendar, two inci­ namaz on road in the Khan­ Chuflagad River also washed dents of violence and protest dauli area. A group of 70 Baj­ away two buildings standing were reported from Budaun rang Dal members from Ali­ close to it. and Agra in western Uttar garh was returning from The State emergency op­ Water gushes down after a cloudburst in Chamoli district on Pradesh. Ayodhya. They were stopped eration centre in Dehradun Monday. * PTI In Budaun, stones were by the police in Khandauli as said the debris of landslides hurled at a kanwariya pro­ the residents were offering fell over three houses in Ban­ in Aligaon and three others which was in spate. cession when it was crossing namaz on the road. The jabgad, Aligaon and Lankhi in Lankhi village, it said. Erosion caused by the the Islamnagar area on Mon­ members of the right­wing villages in Ghat area of the Those killed in Lankhi vil­ swirling waters of the flood­ day morning. Many kanwari­ Id festivities passed off peacefully in Aligarh on Monday. * PTI group protested and threa­ district early on Monday, lage were identified as Ku­ ed river washed away two yas were injured in the inci­ tened to recite Hanuman trapping the occupants. mari Arti, Kumari Anjali and buildings standing close to dent and admitted to a ing. The kanwariyas fled the area to prevent any back­ Chalisa on the road. Zonal Ajay, it said. it. nearby hospital. area but returned to protest lash,” said Superintendent of coordinator of Bajrang Dal Suffocated to death Three houses in these vil­ However, there was no ca­ Police sources said the and blocked Bisuali Road. Police (rural) Surendra Ram Kumar Arya said namaz All of them suffocated to lages were totally damaged sualty in the incident as the SIT to probe kanwariyas were playing re­ Singh. was not allowed to be of­ death, it said, adding all the in the heavy rains which also buildings had been vacated ligious music on loudspeak­ Tight security “An FIR has been lodged fered on road meant for pu­ deceased except one were claimed the lives of half a do­ by their occupants in appre­ H.P. exam ers when the Muslim resi­ Senior officials of Budaun by the kanwariyas of nearby blic transport. women. zen livestock. . hension, District Disaster dents were preparing to and Sambhal rushed to the Siddhpur village against un­ Senior police officers While Rupa Devi and her Damage to buildings was Management Officer N.K. impersonation offer Id namaz. They object­ spot and controlled the sit­ known people for rioting rushed to the spot and en­ daughter Chanda were killed also reported from Ghat Joshi said. People living in ed to the music and it led to uation. “Extra police force and hurting religious senti­ sured that the bus was al­ in Banjbagad village, 21­year­ market close to Chuflagad, a the area are being evacuated Press trust of india commotion and stone pelt­ has been deployed in the ments. We are investigating lowed to pass through. old Naurati Devi was killed tributary of Nandakini river, to safer locations, he said. Shimla

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The exam was conduct­ ed on Sunday but the State We are close to identifying the caller, say police government cancelled it af­ ter the arrest of people SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT There is no bomb branch teams and local pol­ CHANDIGARH <> posing as candidates. or any other threat ice teams carried out inten­ Over 39,000 candidates Chandigarh’s Elante Mall in Elante Mall. sive search of the area. had appeared for the ex­ was on Monday evacuated Search operation Authorities have been on amination in all 12 districts after the city police received high alert across the country has finished and of the State. a phone call about a bomb ahead of Independence Day A new date would be an­ being placed on the premis­ Mall is open to the and in view of developments nounced soon, the spokes­ es. However, no bomb was public related to Jammu and person said. found, the police said. Nilambari Jagadale Kashmir. SSP, Chandigarh He said 13 persons were The police swung into ac­ arrested, of which three tion after the call was re­ sections of law has been re­ ‘Mock drill’ were from Himachal Pra­ ceived at the control room gistered against the caller “Initially, I thought it was a desh, seven from Haryana, and an extensive search op­ and we are close to identify­ drill by security personnel two from Uttar Pradesh eration was carried out in ing him,” she added. as Independence Day is and one from Rajasthan. and around the mall by evac­ She said a call was re­ near, but soon I realised that The accused were pro­ uating all those inside the ceived at the police control something serious had hap­ duced before a Kangra premises. room that a bomb has been pened. I along with my fami­ court, which sent them to “It is now confirmed that placed in Elante Mall. “The ly members, who had come four­day police custody till there is no bomb or any oth­ caller refused to identify to watch a movie, rushed out August 16, he added. er threat in Elante Mall. himself. He used Internet in panic,” said Ajay Kumar, a A case was registered Search operation has fin­ protocol to make the call ,” local resident. against the accused under ished and the mall is open to she said. Senior police officials Sections 419 and 420 of the the public,” said Nilambari The mall was evacuated reached the site and ap­ Indian Penal Code (IPC) at Jagadale, Senior Superinten­ and a bomb disposal team, pealed to people to stay the Bhawarna police sta­ dent of Police, Chandigarh. anti­sabotage teams, opera­ calm. A cowherd leads his animals along a dried rivulet near Haridwar on Monday.* SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR tion in Kangra district. “A case under relevant tion cell teams, crime With PTI inputs CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Stampede near Bihar Drug racket Protests continue against temple demolition Six women busted in escape from temple leaves one dead Punjab Punjab Congress chief extends his party’s support to Ravidas community shelter home Devotees had gathered for darshan Pess trust of india hiana, Jalandhar, Phagwara, said, adding that they were Press trust of india Chandigarh Gurdaspur and Amritsar had “seized of the matter” and Press trust of india Press trust of india Victim appears to Patiala Protests continued at many blocked several State high­ “doing their best” to find a Lucknow Lakhisarai <> have suffered a A major drug racket was places in Punjab on Monday ways, causing hardships to way out. Six women inmates, one of A stampede broke out near heart attack busted by the police on by Dalits over the demolition commuters. “I had written to the Delhi them five months preg­ a temple here on Monday, Monday with the arrest of of a temple dedicated to Gu­ Meanwhile, Union Minis­ Lt Governor on July 17, bring­ nant, fled from a govern­ Sanjay Kumar Singh leaving one person dead SHO, Town police station two women. ru Ravidas in New Delhi’s ter of State for Commerce ing to his notice the repre­ ment­run shelter home and at least eight injured, Around 850 grams of he­ Tughlakabad on the direc­ and Industry and Hoshiar­ sentation by Sant Kulwant here, an official said on police said. A 60­year­old unidenti­ roin and cash worth ₹5 tions of the apex court. pur MP Som Parkash de­ Ram, president, Shri Guru Monday. The incident took place at fied person collapsed on the lakh was seized from the Protest marches were ta­ scribed the demolition of the Ravidas Sadhu Sampardai The district probation the Ashok Dham temple spot. There were no injury Manjit Kaur alias Bitto and ken out by Dalits in Nawan­ temple unfortunate. Society, pleading against the officer of Lucknow, Sudha­ here, situated in Town pol­ marks on his body, which Amarjeet Kaur alias Kalo, shahr, where shops re­ He said he would meet the demolition of the structure,” kar Pandey, said the six ice station area of the dis­ has been brought to the Sa­ they said. mained shut. Punjab Congress chief Lt Governor of Delhi and, if the Minister added. women fled from the Rajki­ trict, where a huge throng of dar hospital for post­mor­ The operation was car­ Punjab Congress chief Su­ Sunil Jakhar required, the Prime Minis­ ya Mahila Sharnalaya on devotees had turned up to tem. He appears to have suf­ ried out by two police nil Jakhar, too, on Monday ter, for resolving the matter. Lt. Governor’s reply Prag Narain Road on Satur­ pay obeisance to Lord Shiva fered a massive heart attack, teams in Rajgarh village on extended his party’s support every possible way to pursue Addressing a press confe­ He further said the Lt. Gover­ day at around 2.30 a.m. on the last Monday of the the SHO said. the Patiala­Sangrur road on to the Ravidas community, the case for the reallocation rence at his residence in nor in his reply on July 30 He said three of them auspicious month of He also asserted that Monday evening but appealed to them to en­ of the historic site and the re­ Phagwara on Monday before had informed him that the were from Lakhimpur, two ‘Shravan’. those said to be injured had The duo peddled drugs sure that the common peo­ construction of the temple. leaving for New Delhi, Som vice­chairman of the Delhi from Hardoi and one from At one point of time, the actually fallen sick, on ac­ for a Dhuri­based dealer ple were not adversely im­ However, in the interest of Parkash said the demolition Development Authority had Lucknow. crowd grew restless and ma­ count of the extreme hu­ Navjot Singh but after his pacted as a result of their people, he urged the Guru of the structure had hurt reli­ been asked to look into the The CCTV footage of the ny people began to jostle, midity and suffocation arrest from Sangrur last protests. Ravidas Jayanti Samaroh gious sentiments of all sec­ matter and take appropriate incident shows that “the leading to a stampede­like caused by overcrowded year, they became major Samiti, which is spearhead­ tions of society, not just Da­ action. women climbed on empty situation. The situation was, surroundings. players and began dealing Reallocation of land ing the protests, not to block lits. The Minister said a lapse drums with the help of a however, soon brought un­ They were being treated with some Delhi­based In a statement issued here roads and highways as that “Religious places and had occurred at the level of water supply pipe and der control, SHO of Town at the hospital and their African nationals who sup­ on Monday, Mr. Jakhar said was causing hardships to monuments of historic im­ the local committee of the reached the roof of a bath­ police station Sanjay Kumar condition was out of danger, plied them drugs which the party stood by the com­ commuters. portance should not be tem­ temple as it had not in­ room on the campus,” Mr. Singh said. he said. they sold in Punjab. munity and would help in Earlier, protesters at Lud­ pered with,” the BJP leader formed them in time. Pandey said. Woman set on From Assam to Chhattisgarh, a maiden 1,500­km journey for wild buffaloes fire after rape attempt Five females to be translocated to Raipur to revive the waning population of the endangered species in central India Sidharth Yadav across central India,a histori­ across the region to populate jendra Prasad Mishra said it provide the infrastructure, When the translocation Indo-Asian News Service Bhopal cal habitat, rests on hassle­ them later,” said Samir Ku­ will be a challenge. “We have the WTI will provide techni­ plan was mooted, several Pilibhit (U.P.) Around the end of monsoon free translocation, successful mar Sinha, Deputy Director readied plans for both rail cal support,” he said. conservationists initially A 25­year­old man here has in October, five female wild breeding and subsequent and Head of Species Recov­ and road methods. It will be questioned whether the buf­ been booked for setting a buffaloes will travel more restocking of other habitats ery Division, Wildlife Trust of finalised a few days before Endangered species faloes found in central India woman on fire after failed than 1,500 km crossing five in the region. India, Chhattisgarh. the translocation. We’ll try to The estimated population of would be similar to the ones rape attempt. States — the longest such Stating that 20­25 buffa­ bring subadults as they don’t the wild buffaloes ( Bubalus in the Northeast and be com­ The police lodged a case translocation in the country Survival hazard loes of Indravati National have long horns. It’ll be ea­ arnee) in the Northeast is patible. The government on Sunday against the ever — from Assam to the The survival hazard of in­ Park in Bijapur, Chhattis­ sier to translocate them.” around 3,000­4,000, the lar­ sent genetic samples to the man, a resident of Harkish­ Udanti Wildlife Sanctuary in breeding, continuing lineage garh, also frequently travel Chief Wildlife Warden of gest in the country and ac­ Centre for Cellular and Mo­ napur village, on charges Raipur district, to help revive and increasing male popula­ to neighbouring Kolamarka scape approach across the Chhattisgarh Atul Shukla counting for 92% of the lecular Biology, Hyderabad, of attempt to murder his el­ the waning population of tion have necessitated the Conservation Reserve in States as corridors cut across said the female buffaloes world population. It is listed and got the approval. der brother’s wife. Chhattisgarh’s State animal translocation. “Scientists Gadchiroli, Maharashtra, he them.” would most likely be brought under Schedule 1 of the Wild “There will be only a bit of The incident took place and expand its territory and government officials met said, “Over time, we’ll have On the translocation of the from Manas National Park in Life (Protection) Act, 1972, difference in the habitat. on June 11. But as the wo­ across States. earlier this year to finalise a to release their progenies in buffaloes, which are heavy Assam, kept under observa­ and classified as endangered Even in central India there man was unable to record With just nine buffaloes, translocation protocol. We other areas. Keeping them in and grow horns more than a tion here for a few days and in the IUCN Red List of are waterbodies and grass­ her statement due to sev­ including three females, left are also assessing the viabili­ one place won’t be sustaina­ metre long, later released into the wild. Threatened Species, accord­ lands for them to survive,” ere burn injuries. in the sanctuary, their revival ty of other historical habitats ble. There needs to be a land­ Regional head of WTI Ra­ “While the government will ing to the WTI. said Mr. Sinha. Published by N. Ravi at Kasturi Buildings, 859 & 860, Anna Salai, Chennai-600002 and Printed by S. Ramanujam at HT Media Ltd. Plot No. 8, Udyog Vihar, Greater Noida Distt. Gautam Budh Nagar, U.P. 201306, on behalf of THG PUBLISHING PVT LTD., Chennai-600002. Editor: Suresh Nambath (Responsible for selection of news under the PRB Act). Regd. DL(ND)-11/6110/2006-07-08 ● RNI No. UPENG/2012/49940 ● ISSN 0971 - 751X ● Vol. 9 ● No. 192

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Staff Reporter <> Fishermen are It predicted that the at­ ly to be from rough to very BHUBANESWAR advised not to mospheric system would be­ rough along the Odisha coast Heavy rain triggered a major venture into sea come more marked during and north­west and west­ landslide near Harishankar along during the the next 48 hours central Bay of Bengal,” a Temple, a major religious next 48 hours weather bulletin said. place situated on the slopes Weather bulletin Orange warning It warns “fishermen to not of the Gandhamardhan Hills Orange warning has been is­ venture into sea along and in western Odisha, on Collectors on high alert after sued for Mayurbhanj, Subar­ off the Odisha coast and Monday. weather authorities warned napur, Keonjhar, Balangir, north­west Bay of Bengal Hundreds of devotees, of heavy downpour, espe­ Bargarh, Kalahandi, Kandha­ and adjoining west­central gathered at the temple on cially in the northern region. mal, Rayagada, Nayagarh Bay of Bengal during the the last Monday of Shravan “Under the influence of and Puri districts. These dis­ next 48 hours”. month, experienced fright­ the cyclonic circulation over tricts are likely to receive The SRC has directed the ening moments as boulders north­east and adjoining heavy to very heavy rain. Ex­ District Collectors to pre­po­ and mud slurry flowed down east­central Bay of Bengal treme rain may occur in Bha­ sition dry food, drinking wa­ from the hilltop. and neighbourhood bet­ drak, Kendrapada and Jagat­ ter and health and sanitation According to the Balangir ween 3.1 km and 5.8 km singhpur districts. Incessant facilities in the wake of the district administration, no above mean sea level, a low rain is likely to continue on possibilities of flash flood at injuries were reported as the pressure area has formed ov­ Wednesday. different places. Officers of devotees were asked to keep er north­west Bay of Bengal “Under the influence of line departments have been a safe distance from the and adjoining West Bengal­ the above system, squally asked to stay prepared to stream. Bangladesh coasts,” said weather with wind speed ex­ move to affected areas in the The Special Relief Com­ Bhubaneswar Meteorologi­ ceeding 45 kmph is expected event of submergence of missioner put all the District cal Centre on Monday. and the sea condition is like­ roads and bridges.

Forest officials and visitors feeding elephants at the Nandankanan Zoological Park in Bhubaneswar on Monday. * PTI ‘Odisha would get floods due to Polavaram dam’ CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC Approach Supreme Court with detailed survey report, say anti­project leaders Four killed in lightning A. Shankar Rao is Staff Reporter the Saveri river overflowed blamed the flood on the Po­ detailed report on the possi­ BERHAMPUR and flooded large areas of lavaram project. CPI(M) Od­ ble losses in Odisha.” strike in West Bengal new DGP of Sikkim Recent waterlogging and Motu and Kalimela tehsils. isha secretary Ali Kishor Pat­ slow drainage of floodwaters The region was similarly naik demanded that the Chhattisgarh too hit Press Trust of India station area. Press Trust of India pal Secretary, it said. in Motu tehsil of Odisha’s flooded in 1986 and 2006. State government take note According to AIKMS, the Canning (W.B.) Lightning also killed Gangtok Mr. Rao is at present post­ Malkangiri district hints at However, then the floodwa­ of the recent flood situation State Water Resources De­ Four persons, including a another 27­year­old man Senior IPS officer A. Shan­ ed as the Officer on Special the vagaries this region ters had receded in a day or and on the basis of a detailed partment had in July 2018 minor girl, were killed in who was working in a field kar Rao has been appointed Duty at the State Tourism would face after completion two after the rain stopped . survey approach the Su­ conducted a survey in the lightning strike in South 24 at Parasmani locality in the as Sikkim’s new Director and Civil Aviation Depart­ of the Polavaram project in But this year the water has preme Court on the issue. areas to be affected, but the Parganas district of West Gosaba area. General of Police, a govern­ ment office in New Delhi. adjoining Andhra Pradesh, not receded even after a AIKMS national secretary report has not been made Bengal on Monday, the pol­ The police said a 12­year­ ment notification has said. A. Shankar Rao will be alleged anti­Polavaram or­ week. The CPI(M)’s Odisha Bhalachandra Shadangi said, public yet. PFAP added that ice said. old girl died the same way at Mr. Rao, a 1987­batch IPS the new DGP of Sikkim with ganisations and leaders of unit, peasants’ organisation “What was feared in Malkan­ Konta tehsil in Chhattisgarh A 52­year­old man and Dhablat under the Sagar officer of the Sikkim cadre, immediate effect, the notifi­ Odisha. All India Kisan Mazdoor Sab­ giri district has happened, has also suffered floods this his son, 27, were killed in police station limits while replaced S.D. Negi, who has cation issued by Tenzing Ge­ According to Malkangiri ha and the People’s Forum but the State government year due to the Polavaram lightning strike at Shanti­ she was returning home af­ been transferred to the La­ lek, Principal Secretary to district residents, this year Against Polavaram have has not come up with any project. gachhi in the Gosaba police ter playing with friends. bour Department as Princi­ the State government, said. EDUCATIONAL EDUCATIONAL EDUCATIONAL EDUCATIONAL SITUATION VACANT OBITUARY & GENERAL REMEMBRANCE DEATH

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THE HINDU DELHI TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2019 NATION 9 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE IN BRIEF CBSE cites resource crunch for Headgear made mandatory hiking fee for Class X, XII exams for children above four years Mettur dam in Tamil Nadu Safety measures for children travelling on motorcycles to be opened today Other competitive tests are now conducted by the National Testing Agency SALEM/DHARMAPURI Priscilla Jebaraj S. Anil Radhakrishnan Resource Development. THIRUVANANTHAPURAM In view of the heavy rain in NEW DELHI the catchments of the “CBSE is a self­financed Cauvery, Tamil Nadu Chief The Central Board of Secon­ body, and the Board works In a significant move, pro­ Minister Edappadi K. dary Education (CBSE)’s de­ on no profit­no loss basis,” tective headgear of pre­ Palaniswami will open the cision last week to double ex­ said an official statement. scribed standards has been gates of the Mettur dam for amination fees for Class 10 Currently, its main sourc­ made mandatory for chil­ irrigation on August 13. The and 12 students, stems in es of revenue are the affilia­ dren above four years while dam now holds 62 tmc ft of part from its the loss of reve­ tion fee paid by almost travelling on a motorcycle. water. nue from other all­India en­ 21,500 schools and the ex­ The safety measures for Water tank collapses in trance tests for professional amination fee paid by Class the children travelling on Gujarat, kills 3 courses, which are now con­ 10 and 12 students. motorcycles have been in­ AHMEDABAD ducted by the newly created cluded in the Motor Vehicles Three persons died while six National Testing Agency As with NIOS (Amendment) Act 2019 that were injured when a water (NTA). The statement pointed out is passed by Parliament. tank in Ahmedabad’s Bopal Parents and students Extra burden: A file photo of students of Class 12 Central that the hike makes CBSE’s With the President of In­ area collapsed on Monday across the country got a Board of Secondary Education leaving a centre after writing rates comparable to the oth­ dia giving assent to the Act, morning. The injured were shock when they were asked their annual examination. er central board, the Nation­ that has amended the Motor * ILLUSTRATION: SREEJITH R.KUMAR taken to hospital for to pay ₹1500 to register for al Institute of Open School­ Vehicles Act, 1988, on Au­ treatment. The overhead tank the board examinations, as but all our costs have gone authorities were not able to ing (NIOS), which charges gust 9, the Union Ministry of provide for measures for the breathing space till the mar­ collapsed due to a cave­in opposed to the ₹750 paid by up many fold in that time,” quantify the losses specifi­ between ₹1200 and ₹ 2000 Law and Justice has notified safety of the children below kets get ready with the pro­ and it’s debris fell on a nearby last year’s batch. said the Board’s Controller cally caused by the removal per student. the Act in the Gazette of In­ four years of age riding or tective headgear of pre­ canteen, where labourers The hike was even steeper of Examinations Sanyam of competitive examina­ “The cost of paper and dia. being carried on a motorcy­ scribed standards. The were sitting. for government school stu­ Bhardwaj. tions. printing has shot up,” added To make the protective cle. parents should be made Man slaps Haryana BJP dents from SC/ST communi­ A senior official at the Na­ Mr. Bhardwaj.. headgear mandatory for With this amendment, aware of the need of protec­ MLA at public meeting ties in Delhi who had been Cross-subsidies tional Testing Agency told Former CBSE chairperson children, Section 129 of the children from the Kindergar­ tive gear for children. AMBALA paying just ₹50, with the “Earlier, we used to conduct The Hindu it had processed Ashok Ganguly said the principal Act has been re­ ten classes will have to wear “Pillion riders, including A woman legislator of the state government paying competitive examinations 60 to 70 lakh candidates this Board should look at other placed in the Act as “Every the protective headgear if children, are more prone to ruling BJP in Haryana was another ₹300 per student to such as NEET and JEE­Main, year, most of whom ap­ options to manage its person, above four years of they have to travel on motor­ the injuries than the rider of slapped by a man when she the CBSE on their behalf. as well as the NET exam, and peared for examinations ear­ finances. age, driving or riding or be­ cycles. the motorcycle in case the was meeting people after These students will now save money from that which lier conducted by CBSE. “Losing revenue from ing carried on a motorcycle At present, only protec­ vehicle collides. Helmets of addressing a public meeting have to pay ₹1200 to CBSE, could then be siphoned to The Board is an autono­ professional entrance exam­ of any class or description tive headgear for children prescribed standards fas­ in a village in Ambala district and the State government subsidise the school exami­ mous institution, which re­ inations would certainly af­ shall, while in public place riding cycles are available in tened to the head by straps on Monday, police said. PTI has not indicated whether it nations. But that is now im­ ceives no funding from the fect finances, but that does wear protective headgear the market across the coun­ or other fastenings can avoid will reimburse the amount. possible. We faced losses of government, but functions not mean CBSE has to raise conforming to such stan­ try. The decision of the Un­ head injuries,” Mr. Elango­ Case against Munnar The Hindu school students, officials “We have not increased ₹100 crore from last year’s under the supervision of the money from students,” he dards as may be prescribed ion government will see the van told . IDUKKI the fees in the last five years, school exams alone.” CBSE Union Ministry of Human said. by the Central government”. markets flooded with pro­ The former Natpac direc­ The police have charged cases tective headgear for chil­ tor says law enforcers should against the senior students Exemption dren. For the parents, carry­ enforce rules to restrict tra­ and the hostel authorities of Only Sikhs wearing turban ing headgear of children is vellers to two on a motorcy­ Model Residential School, have been exempted from another issue. cle. “Often, the children Munnar for ragging junior Congress demands rollback of fee hike the provision of Section 129 Road safety expert and hold on to the rider and the students. The students of that makes helmets manda­ former director of the Na­ chances of thrown off are Class 1X students lodged a SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Scheduled Tribes (ST) will as scholarship for SC stu­ tory for all riders of motorcy­ tional Transportation Plan­ high. If at all children are al­ complaint after they faced NEW DELHI have have to pay 250% more. dents, as against ₹6,000 cles above four years of age. ning and Research Centre lowed as a pillion riders, various forms of harassment. The Congress on Monday de­ Instead of ₹350, they will crore given in the revised es­ The Act says the Central (Natpac) T. Elangovan has they should be of 13 years manded that the Central have to pay ₹1,200. And gen­ timates of 2018­19 Union government may by rules called for providing a and above.” Five held for raping Board of Secondary Educa­ eral [category] students will Budget. woman in Rajasthan tion (CBSE) immediately roll have pay double, from ₹750 Similary, scholarships for JAIPUR back the hike in examination to ₹1,500,” he added. SC students pursuing Ph.D. Five people have been fees for Class X and Class XII courses have also been cut arrested on Monday for students, and called it “an Cutting scholarships from ₹602 in 2014­15 to ₹283 ‘Read Mahabharata properly’ allegedly abducting and assault on India’s future gen­ The Congress alleged that crore in 2019­20. raping a 20­year­old woman erations bys the Prime Minis­ the Centre has been consis­ “If the government Special Correspondent Monday urged him to read comparison,” Mr. Alagiri after thrashing her ter Narendra Modi­led go­ Congress chief tently cutting down on scho­ doesn’t rollback the hike in CHENNAI the Mahabharata properly said in a statement. boyfriend in Rajasthan's spokesperson Randeep Banswara district last vernment”. larships that are meant to be fees, then it will be proven A day after actor Rajinikanth and understand it. “How can those who Surjewala. * FILE PHOTO month, police said. The “Once again an insensitive given to SC students after that the BJP (Bharatiya Jana­ equated Prime Minister Na­ “Rajinikanth is a good snatched away the rights of incident had occurred on Modi government has at­ passing the Class X exams. ta Party) wants to counter rendra Modi and Home Mi­ man. He does not think of crores of people be Krishna July 13, after which the tacked the future generation chief spokesperson Randeep In the latest Union Bud­ Babasaheb Ambedkar’s call nister Amit Shah to Lord anything bad against and Arjuna? Dear Rajini­ victim's boyfriend had by increasing the CBSE exam Surjewala in a statement. get, the Congress claimed, to the Dalits to educate and Krishna and Arjuna, Tamil anyone. He has an interest in kanth, kindly read the Ma­ allegedly committed fee for Class X and Class XII “Now, students belonging the government has allocat­ organise themselves,” said Nadu Congress Committee spirituality. Hence, it is very habharata again. Read it pro­ suicide, they said. PTI students,” said Congress’ to Scheduled Castes (SC) and ed ₹2,926 crore to disburse the Congress spokesperson. president K.S. Alagiri on surprising that he made the perly,” Mr. Alagiri said.

Weather Watch Rainfall, temperature & air quality in select metros yesterday ‘No toxic chemicals in PET bottles’ 3­year moratorium on opening law colleges CSIR study concludes that metals and chemicals ‘were below’ detection limits BCI wants all teacher posts filled Jacob Koshy or other secondary chemi­ NEW DELHI cals. Legal Correspondent tions in all parts of the coun­ PET bottles are safe, a com­ They tested these bottles NEW DELHI try to feed the law courts prehensive evaluation by the when they were subject to The Bar Council of India on and to serve the people. CSIR­Central Food Techno­ 40C and 60C temperature as Monday imposed a morato­ There is no dearth of advo­ logical Research Institute, well as when test­chemicals rium on opening law colleg­ cates and the existing insti­ Mysore has determined. were stored in them for 10 es for a period of three tutions are sufficient to pro­ For years there’s been a days. Along with metals, the years. The restriction, ho­ duce the required number swirling debate internation­ scientists also measured te­ wever, will not apply to Na­ of law graduates annually,” ally on whether PET (Po­ rephthalic acid, Isophthalic tional Law University, if pro­ the statement said. lyethylene Terephthalate) acid, Ethylene Glycol, BPA posed by a government in a Mushrooming of law col­ bottles, which are the main­ (bis­phenol A) and phtha­ State where there is no such leges without proper infras­ stay of plastic bottles and Safe to use: The analysis found that no chemicals breached lates. BPA is a synthetic or­ varsity. tructure was raised by BCI disposable food containers, the EU­specified norms. * VIPIN CHANDRAN ganic compound and used in Besides, the BCI can open member from Delhi, Bed Pa­ leach harmful chemicals the manufacture of PET bot­ any model institution of Le­ rakash Sharma. The issue when exposed to high their detection limits (BDL) different stimuli such as eth­ tles but is now phased out af­ gal Education, like the Na­ was raised in Parliament Temperature Data: IMD, Pollution Data: CPCB, Map: INSAT/IMD (Taken at 18.00 Hrs) temperatures. of 0.001 mg/kg. anol of varying concentra­ ter research found a link bet­ tional Law School of India too. The Council resolved Forecast for Tuesday: Heavy to very heavy rain likely at isolated The CFTRI analysis, com­ Bisphenol­A was below its tions, acetic acid and vegeta­ ween the presence of BPA University it opened in Ben­ that it would consider pend­ places over Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand, Uttar missioned by an industry bo­ detection limit of 0.02 ble oil. and the disruption of hor­ galuru, a statement signed ing proposals only. No fresh Pradesh, Maharashtra, Goa, Odisha, Telangana, Kerala, Jammu & dy, concluded that antimo­ mg/kg. These were supposed to mone regulation, as well as by its chairperson Manan application would be enter­ Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Delhi, Rajasthan, Jharkhand, ny, arsenic, barium, For their analysis, the re­ simulate the kind of chemi­ breast cancer. Kumar Mishra said. tained for any new West Bengal, Gujarat, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh cadmium, chromium, co­ searchers collected four dif­ cals contained in packaged They were also below the The Council requested institution. city rain max min city rain max min balt, lead, mercury, seleni­ ferent kinds of PET contain­ food and drink that could EU regulation norms of the State governments and un­ The Council said there Agartala...... 21.6....36.6....25.3 Kozhikode...... 9.4....30.0....24.4 Ahmedabad...... 6.8....32.8....25.0 Kurnool ...... —....33.8....25.4 um and zinc “were below” ers and exposed them to trigger the leakage of metals “specific migration limit”. iversities to stop unfair were about 1,500 law colleg­ Aizawl...... —....33.3....22.4 Lucknow...... 20.6....35.6....27.6 means and ensure that va­ es. Among the problems Allahabad...... 8.6....35.4....27.9 Madurai...... —....39.6....26.5 cancies of law teachers in all that plague these institu­ Bengaluru ...... —....27.6....20.2 Mangaluru ...... 0.3....29.4....23.0 Bhopal ...... 11.2....27.7....23.2 Mumbai ...... 5.6....31.2....24.8 the colleges are filled within tions are lack of infrastruc­ Bhubaneswar...... 1.2....33.4....26.5 Mysuru ...... —...... —....20.0 four months. “At present, ture and chronic teaching Chandigarh ...... 4.0....34.8....27.2 New Delhi ...... 0.2....34.8....28.0 PM’s health insurance scheme will cover Chennai ...... —....36.9....29.4 Patna ...... 9.8....36.6....28.2 there are enough Institu­ vacancies. Coimbatore ...... —....31.2....22.4 Port Blair...... 52.5....29.4....24.2 Dehradun...... 126.6....30.5....24.3 Puducherry ...... —....37.8....27.2 Gangtok...... 2.3....27.5....18.6 Pune...... 1.6....28.3....21.8 cancer treatment also, say officials Jana Sangh founder's Goa...... 9.6....31.0....24.3 Raipur ...... —....31.0....26.4 Guwahati ...... 0.6....39.1....28.4 Ranchi...... 16.8....29.6....22.5 bust vandalised Hubballi...... —....27.0....21.0 Shillong...... —....29.5....19.0 JAIPUR Hyderabad ...... —....31.4....23.7 Shimla...... 9.4....22.9....17.7 A bust of Bharatiya Jana Imphal ...... 2.4....29.5....20.7 Srinagar...... —...... —...... — ‘Govt. has realised that cancer care costs are causing massive financial crisis’ Jaipur ...... —....30.0....25.2 Thiruvananthapuram...... 5.2....30.9....23.6 Sangh founder Syama Kochi ...... 25.6....28.0....22.6 Tiruchi...... —....38.4....26.6 Bindu Shajan responsible for maximum cancer and oral cancers. Prasad Mookerjee has Kohima ...... —....31.6....19.6 Vijayawada ...... —....35.3....28.2 Perappadan mortality, with about 0.3 The need for including been found vandalised in Kolkata ...... 0.5....32.0....27.7 Visakhapatnam ...... 10.0....31.6....25.0 NEW DELHI Rajasthan's Bhilwara (Rainfall data in mm; temperature in Celsius) million deaths per year. cancer treatment into the If all goes as planned, cancer Government figures note healthcare package came district, police said on Pollutants in the air you are breathing Yesterday Monday. A case has been CITIES SO2 NO2 CO PM2.5 PM10 CODE treatments will soon be co­ that the estimated number from the fact that “the go­ registered, they said. PTI Ahmedabad..... 57 .44 .55 ....82 .129 ....* vered under the Ayushman of people living with the dis­ vernment realised that can­ Bengaluru ...... 01 .51 .70 ....31 ...60 ....* In observation made at * 6.00 p.m., Guwahati, Assam Bharat Yojana­ Pradhan ease stands at around 2.25 cer care costs were causing Chennai ...... 06 .18 .56 ....18 .....— .... recorded an overall air Delhi ...... — .43 105 ....49 ...79 ....* quality index (AQI) score of Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana million, with over 11 lakh massive financial crisis Hyderabad ...... 66 .53 .16 ....60 .107 ....* 345 indicating a dangerous (PM­JAY), which is the Cen­ new cancer patients regis­ among people and many Kolkata...... 22 .38 .15 ....87 ...87 ....* level of pollution. In * contrast, Eloor, Kerala tral Government’s health in­ tered each year. had to go without treatment. Lucknow...... 01 .26 103 ....35 .....— .... recorded a healthy AQI Mumbai ...... 11 .16 103 ....22 ...39 ....* score of 24 surance scheme that aims to “In India, the risk of deve­ The Ayushman Bharat Yoja­ Pune...... 74 .08 .67 ....45 ...45 ....* give medical cover to over 10 The Ayushman Bharat loping cancer before the age na is now planning to in­ Visakhapatnam 17 .50 .59 ....68 ...98 ....* crore poor and vulnerable Scheme provides coverage of 75 years for males stands clude all types of cancers Air Quality Code: * Poor * Moderate * Good (Readings indicate average AQI) families of approximately 50 of upto ₹5 lakh per family at 9.81% and females at and their treatment under 2 SO : Sulphur Dioxide. Short-term exposure can harm the respiratory system, per year. * FILE PHOTO making breathing difficult. It can affect visibility by reacting with other air crore beneficiaries, provid­ 9.42%. Total deaths due to its healthcare packages. particles to form haze and stain culturally important objects such as statues ing coverage of up to ₹5 lakh cancer in 2018 was 7,84,821 Talks are on and we should and monuments. per family per year for se­ sued, according to senior (Men: 4,13,519; Women: have a road map within the NO2: Nitrogen Dioxide. Aggravates respiratory illness, causes haze to form by reacting with other air particles, causes acid rain, pollutes coastal waters. condary and tertiary care health officials. 3,71,302). The risk of dying next three months. The CO: Carbon monoxide. High concentration in air reduces oxygen supply to hospitalisation. According to the World from cancer before the age healthcare packages for can­ critical organs like the heart and brain. At very high levels, it can cause So far, 16,000 hospitals Health Organisation, the of 75 years stood at 7.34% in cer treatment are not very dizziness, confusion, unconsciousness and even death. PM2.5 & PM10: Particulate matter pollution can cause irritation of the eyes, have been empanelled, rate of mortality due to can­ males and 6.28% in females. comprehensive and we feel nose and throat, coughing, chest tightness and shortness of breath, reduced nearly 34 lakh beneficiaries cer in India is high, with can­ Lung cancer is the most that improvements can be lung function, irregular heartbeat, asthma attacks, heart attacks and premature have been admitted, and 9 cer the second­most com­ common type of cancer in made,” said a senior health death in people with heart or lung disease crore e­cards have been is­ mon disease in India, India, followed by breast official.

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DELHI THE HINDU 10 EDITORIAL TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE An abrogation of democratic principles The Kashmir move affects the robust nature of Indian democracy in addressing internal conflicts and alienation tion and have rarely been disap­ room for any consultative process While the bottomline of Con­ pointed. In view of the difficult and no space for dissent. gress governments has been a circumstances under which the The decision to divide the S tate commitment by their opponents Crisis as opportunity Dogra Maharaja Hari Singh had ac­ is particularly fraught with the risk to abjure the path of violence and ceded to India, Article 370 itself of­ of deepening regional and com­ abide by the Indian Constitution, The Nehru­Gandhi dynasty must withdraw fered an excellent example as to munal fault lines. While Ladakhi the erstwhile Vajpayee­led Nation­ Navnita Chadha Behera how the special needs and politi­ Buddhists, for instance, are now al Democratic Alliance (NDA) re­ without leaving a vacuum in the Congress cal aspirations of the people of J&K celebrating the fulfilment of their gime was even more generous in onia Gandhi’s return as the Congress party presi­ could be politically and constitu­ long pending demand for Union offering the broad framework of dent — an interim measure, apparently — ends the he recent abrogation of Arti­ tionally accommodated by India’s Territory’s status, the voices of ‘insaniyat, jamhooriyat and Kash­ Sleadership vacuum since the party’s massive de­ cle 370 ending the special Constitution makers. Kargilis who are still under a strict miriyat’. feat in the 17th Lok Sabha election, but only superficial­ Tstatus of Jammu & Kashmir Decades later, when Ladakhi curfew are yet to be heard. They ( J&K) in the Indian C onstitution Buddhists launched an agitation in may not support this decision be­ Political fallout

ly. When Rahul Gandhi succeeded her in 2017, Ms. AFP along with the Jammu and Kash­ 1989, demanding Union Territory cause ‘a Union Territory without a In a significant point of departure, Gandhi had held the post for 19 years, the longest te­ mir Reorganisation Bill, 2019, bi­ status, the Indian C onstitution and coalition­making among diffe­ legislature’ not only negates the the present government is pursu­ nure for anyone in the party’s 134­year history. Despite furcating the State into two Union once again made space for politi­ rent communities certainly helped idea of decentralisation of power ing a hard, top­down approach. a spirited poll campaign, Mr. Gandhi could not reverse Territories ( J&K and Ladakh), cal experimentation by introduc­ in shaping the peace process, in to the grassroots (the undergirding The Home Minister has categori­ the fortunes of the party that had already been in a free­ have delivered a knock­out blow to ing intermediate state structures — turn bolstering India’s deeply di­ principle of the autonomous hill cally ruled out any dialogue with fall. In what some of his party leaders thought was an the long­drawn­out peace process the creation of two autonomous verse and plural character. council) but could well lead to a militants and the Hurriyat, and impetuous decision, he resigned as the party president, in Kashmir. hill councils for Leh and Kargil. In J&K’s context too, it has also shifting of the loci of power to Leh, has even castigated the main­ These moves also herald a para­ proven to be a critical common resulting in losing whatever gains stream regional political leader­ after the Lok Sabha defeat, pushing the organisation in­ digm shift in the fundamental pre­ Weakening federalism factor helping to explain the fai­ they have assiduously made over ship of the National Conference to a tailspin. While the collapse of the party was on his mises and parameters of India’s Against this backdrop, it is for the lures and successes of various pol­ the years. and Jammu and Kashmir Peoples watch, its vitals had been corroded in the years before approach towards the Kashmir is­ first time in independent India’s itical demands. The Kashmiri idea The celebrations by Kashmiri Democratic Party for being cor­ he took over. While holding that post for nearly two de­ sue, with long­term implications history that the Bharatiya Janata of self­determination in a multi­ Pandits are anticipated because of rupt, promoting family rule and cades was unwise, the cardinal failure of Ms. Gandhi ’s for its political strategy of tackling Party government has used consti­ ethnic, multi­religious and multi­ the gross injustice and displace­ fomenting separatism and vio­ leadership was in not preparing the ground for a transi­ such internal conflicts. There are tutional provisions for opposite lingual society, for instance, was to ment they have suffered since lence. This move has nullified the tion, even if it were to be within the family. Mr. Gandhi three cardinal principles which ends: to undermine and weaken call for a plebiscite as mandated by their forced exodus from the Val­ very idea of a process of dialogue successive political regimes have India’s federal character by down­ the UN resolutions of 1949 or seek ley in the early 1990s. It remains to and runs the risk of discrediting who was to take over as party president, did not join hitherto followed in addressing in­ grading a State and territorially di­ an independent and sovereign be seen whether the abrogation of the mainstream politicians and the government, undermining his credibility as a Prime ternal conflicts and seeking politi­ viding it into two Union Territories State of J&K, but this was not the Article 370 by itself, would facili­ obliterating the middle ground Ministerial aspirant. While Ms. Gandhi allowed politics cal reconciliation with alienated without the consent of the people approach taken by other commun­ tate their return to the Valley with­ between the militants and main­ to be reduced to intrigues in her durbar, Mr. Gandhi segments of the populace . These of J&K. ities such as the Dogras, Kashmiri out the support of local Kashmiri stream politicians. spent his time on misjudged priorities such as revamp­ in turn have bolstered the robust The method adopted to execute Pandits, Gujjars, Bakkarwals, and Muslims and rising violence. The Prime Minister in his recent ing the student and youth wings of the party. and resilient nature of Indian de­ this decision is of special concern Ladakhi Buddhists. In the 1950s, Instead of making all communi­ address to the nation, expressed In her second coming as party chief, Ms. Gandhi mocracy. The future, however, ap­ because by equating or replacing as indeed in the 1990s, the de­ ties equal stakeholders in the hope that new leadership in Kash­ pears much more uncertain. Here the Constituent Assembly of J&K mand by Kashmiri Muslims for a peace process, the BJP govern­ mir would emerge from grass­ must use her authority to not only pave the way for a is why. (which was dissolved in 1957) with right to self­determination or aza­ ment’s decision may well end up roots politics. It is important to smooth transition of leadership but also ensure that the the Legislative Assembly of J&K, di was politically checkmated by pitching one community against note that in 1,407 out of 2,135 hal­ role of the family in the party is reimagined. It is true Accommodative parameters and Parliament appropriating the these communities as their politi­ the other. A deepening of societal qas or village clusters, there was that in the absence of any coherent unifying thought — The first principle entails adhering latter’s powers since the S tate is cal choices were very different ; fissures and communal fault lines no voting at all in the panchayat as evidenced in the squabble among its leaders over the to the letter and spirit of the Indian under President’s rule, the Central time and again, an exclusively Val­ do not go hand in hand with the elections that were held in 2018. Centre’s decision to unilaterally change the constitu­ Constitution. Its far­sighted and government has acted unilaterally ley­focussed approach has agenda of peace­making. This does not lend credence to tional status of J&K — the family has been the glue that malleable nature has stood the test to reorganise the State of J&K. doomed the prospects of the The t hird principle refers to a youth being optimistic about join­ held the Congress together. However, what used to be of time. Since 1947, India has faced This rests not only on legally peace process. promise and the practices of hold­ ing mainstream politics especially a wide­ranging nature of political shaky ground but also flies in the ing a dialogue process and sharing after the abrogation of Article 370, the best solution for all crises in the Congress — the sur­ demands ranging from secession, face of constitutional norms and Demographic impact political power with opponents of a move which is only likely to dee­ name — is itself a crisis for the party, in the current polit­ to the creation of a separate S tate propriety. If this passes judicial The BJP government’s move has, all hues. In Kashmir, successive pen the alienation. The Modi go­ ical climate. The focused attack on the Nehru­Gandhi for Jammu, Union Territory status scrutiny, it can then be done to however, not only completely Central governments have until vernment faces an uphill task in legacy by the advancing Hindutva troops has contribut­ for Ladakh and others seeking af­ any State in India, with drastic im­ swung the pendulum but is also now never shut the door of dia­ identifying credible local partners ed to the diminishing influence of the family, but the firmative discrimination for the plications for its federal character. antithetical to the very idea of in­ logue in the face of political oppo­ in ushering in peace to the Valley, fact is also that an increasing number of people abh or Dogri language, Scheduled Tribe The s econd principle pertains clusivity. By turning J&K, especial­ nents who have ranged from the which may well end up in facing dynasty politics and the privileges associated with it . status for Gujjars and Paharis and to the maxim of ‘inclusivity’, that ly the Valley, into a virtually open Sheikh Abdullah­led Plebiscite yet another impasse. so on. is, a political demand being made air prison, with a full clampdown Front in the 1960s to the Muslim Ms. Gandhi has an opportunity, nay a responsibility, to In response, the central leader­ must be inclusive in terms of re­ and information blackout , the United Front in the 1980s to the Navnita Chadha Behera is the author of proactively help the old guard and the younger genera­ ship has tried finding ways and presenting the interests of all message is clear: that New Delhi Hurriyat leadership since the ‘Demystifying Kashmir’ and ‘State, tion within the Congress to reconcile their differenc es means within the overarching pa­ those in whose name it is made. alone will decide the political fu­ 1990s. This also holds true for mil­ Identity and Violence: Jammu, Kashmir and devise a common purpose of existence. At the rameters of the Indian C onstitu­ This supported bridge building ture of the people of J&K with no itant groups. and Ladakh’ helm of the party yet again, Ms. Gandhi must now focus on ending the centrality of the family in Congress, in a thoughtful manner. Countering the Right’s hegemony In a fightback, only a deep fostering of intra­subaltern solidarity using culture can help Strongman candidate breaking up Dalit sub­castes and down machination even if there is status of groups that are higher­up Gotabaya nomination may strengthen view fully exploiting intra­sub caste ten­ fear, intimidation, control of me­ in the ladder­like structure even if sions and mutual prejudices. dia and destabilisation of institu­ they are simultaneously victi­ that Rajapaksas are pursuing family interests tions. The current dispensation is mised by dominant groups. Sub­ n naming his brother Gotabaya Rajapaksa as his par­ Everyday prejudices bringing into the open all the cul­ division of Dalits is viewed as a ty’s presidential candidate, former Sri Lankan presi­ Similarly, it is making advances in tural contradictions that existed pulling down of the relatively well­ mobilising lesser mobilised Other historically. While the Congress’s to­do castes within Dalits; a sub­di­ dent Mahinda Rajapaksa has apparently gone by his Ajay Gudavarthy I Backward Classes (OBC) groups inclusive nationalism attempted to vision of OBCs is seen as a mode of instinctive understanding that the people may favour a against dominant OBC groups accommodate social groups politi­ allowing for the domination of tra­ strong leader who prioritises internal security. Mr. Go­ ndia has witnessed the rise of such as Yadavs and Kurmis. It is cally without overcoming social ditional caste Hindus. Gandhi at­

tabaya, a former defence secretary credited with being the Hindu Right as not just a further sharpening the conflict GETTY IMAGES prejudices, the BJP’s muscular na­ tempted ‘change without conflict’; the brain behind the crushing military defeat inflict ed Ipolitical but also a cultural between OBCs and Dalits. Added clear historically; politically the tionalism lies in including them he failed to usher in faster change on the Liberation Tigers in 2009, is the candidate of the force like never before. The has to all this is allowing the dominant kind of mobility they have got after politically but dividing them so­ but offered a semblance of bury­ Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP). The party was been made possible by a series of Rajput caste to vent its angst the implementation of the Mandal cially. The divisions existed; the ing conflict. Today, we are witness­ tactical moves which has allowed against the mobility Dalits have ac­ Commission has only sharpened Right is only widening them. ing conflict and change itself is sus­ launched in 2016 by Mahinda Rajapaksa loyalists, but for a consolidation of power with crued so far: by allowing street vio­ the differences. Violent attacks pended between mobility and he has taken over its leadership only now. Sri Lanka is the traditional castes and classes. lence and mob lynching of Dalits. against Dalits by the OBCs are a A new multitude reinforcing traditional hierarchies. set to have a presidential election before the year is out, The Right has managed to do It is reinforcing social power of do­ continuous, if less discussed as­ The fight against the Right is only Mere critiquing and electoral de­ one that would be a virtual referendum on the perfor ­ this by exploiting and magnifying minant castes at one end and frag­ pect of Indian politics. The Khair­ focusing on critiquing its strategies feat of the Right is not going to mance of a power­sharing arrangement between politi­ micro­level social conflicts that lie menting this through a mobilisa­ lanji incident was the most recent and exposing it without offering a work. cal rivals from the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) and dormant in order to create a meta­ tion of lesser mobilised sub­castes attack against Dalits by the Kunbis positive fight to construct an intra­ Castes, religious groups and re­ the United National Party (UNP). The alliance of Maith­ level hierarchy and reinforce the of subaltern castes. It is sharpen­ who are listed as OBCs in subaltern solidarity. There needs gional identities should fight it up­ ripala Sirisena and Ranil Wickremesinghe came to pow­ hold of traditional power. It has ing dormant prejudices that have Maharashtra. to be a robust cultural programme front by overcoming the prejudice led to a weakening of the resis­ existed for a long time between Within the minority religion of fighting prejudices, encourag­ within. To truly fight the Right, re­ er in 2015 on the promise of ‘good governance’, and a tance of lower end social groups subaltern castes, caste and reli­ too, which includes Muslims, ing inter­dining and inter­marriag­ latively dominant social groups democratic departure from nearly a decade of authori­ by fragmenting them and allowing gion, and religion and region. there are castes, sects and other es. Not mere tolerance but positive must be prepared to lose a bit of tarian rule, majoritarian triumphalism and denudation intra­caste, intra­religious and in­ Similarly, the relation between differentiations. For instance, in celebration of cultural differences social power they wield, however of democratic institutions under Mr. Mahinda Rajapak­ tra­regional differences to articu­ Dalits and OBCs has been fraught Kashmir, there are differences bet­ is required. Whether or not the small it may be. It would also sa. The Sirisena­Wickremesinghe combination does not late themselves in order to de­legi­ with mutual suspicion and dislike, ween Sunnis and Shias, between Right can be made to retreat de­ mean being critical of one’s own seem to have done enough to revive the economy or in­ timise the resistance and mobility in spite of four decades of ‘Bahu­ Sunnis of the Valley and those in pends on this deep cultural pro­ social location, however op­ troduce political and economic reforms. Their alliance of vulnerable social groups that jan’ identity having been mobil­ the border areas of Poonch and gramme. We are not clear how one pressed it may be. Is this realistic have so far benefited and accrued ised, mostly in the north. In fact, Rajouri, and those living in La­ should go about it. This may have at the current historical juncture? collapsed last year due to persistent differences, and in some social power. The Right ne­ B.R. Ambedkar himself identified dakh. They neither inter­marry to happen as more of a cultural The Right compulsively requires October 2018, Mr. Sirisena sought to replace Mr. Wic k­ gates the power of such groups in the OBCs as ‘savarnas’ and some­ nor do they enjoy amicable rela­ than a political fight. It has to be fear, anxiety and insecurity to remesinghe with Mr. Rajapaksa. The courts stalled th e the name of justice and power to times equates them with Aryans. tions. Class and regional prejudic­ about humanity, not power; it has block the process. What are the move and restored the UNP leader’s office. Earlier thi s those even weaker and further This again collates in complex es overlap with that of sect and to be more about everyday reali­ cultural resources on the other year, the Easter Sunday bomb blasts in churches and neglected. ways with regional dynamics bet­ caste. ties than about a programmatic side of the political divide? hotels, may have brought back popular apprehensions In terms of caste, it is now well ween the north and the s outh. The Bharatiya Janata Party idea of justice. about national security and accentuated differences in known that the Right has made sig­ What the location of the OBCs is in (BJP)­Rashtriya Swayamsevak Every move towards solidarity Ajay Gudavarthy is Associate Professor, nificant advances in terms of this complex matrix is not very Sangh­led hegemony is not a top­ is also perceived as lowering the Centre for Political Studies, JNU the multi­ethnic country. In this backdrop, the candida­ ture of Mr. Gotabaya Rajapaksa is no surprise. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR However, Mr. Gotabaya’s presence in the fray comes Letters emailed to [email protected] must carry the full postal address and the full name or the name with initials. with its own controversies. His strongman image evokes fear among minorities. His name is linked wit h Putting back the hood One is also in agreement especially on an auspicious reimposed. The words change in India’s water conservation techniques war crimes, murder, corruption cases as well as with The situation in Kashmir is with Jeremy Corbyn, the occasion. Extra deployment attributed to Abraham management methods. such as drip irrigation the infamous ‘white van abductions’ that led to many not normal (Page 1, Leader of the U.K.’s of paramilitary forces in Lincoln come to mind: “You There has to be a water technology from Israel can disappearances. That he holds dual citizenship is “Restrictions return to Opposition Labour Party, places of congregation would can fool all the people some revolution which lays stress also help make India water Valley”, August 12). The that the Kashmir issue have been a better option of the time, and some of the on reuse of waste water, secure. another controversy, but it is now claimed he has re ­ whole of Kashmir is under should be resolved through than imposing a blanket ban. people all the time, but you setting up farmponds and V.S. Sindhuri, nounced his U.S. citizenship and obtained a new Sri arrest. If things were fine, UN resolutions. At some stage or the other, cannot fool all the people all making scientifically done Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh Lankan passport. With Mr. Mahinda likely to aim for the why are the T. Anand Raj, the security arrangements the time”. rainwater harvesting more letters online: PM’s position in a Gotabaya presidency, the candidacy communications systems Chennai will need to be relaxed. Tilak Subramanian V., mandatory. Adapting water www.hindu.com/opinion/letters/ may reinforce their detractors’ view that the Rajapaksas still blocked? If the people V. Lakshmanan, Kunjibettu, Udupi, Karnataka ■ Tirupur, Tamil Nadu corrections & clarifications: are keen on securing their family’s interests. His broth­ of Kashmir really The abrogation of Article In the “From the Archives” column (OpEd page, Aug. 12, 2019), er Basil Rajapaksa recently said in support of Mr. Gota­ appreciate the “bold 370 was hailed as a Water revolution decisions” made by the masterstroke by the Central ■ Gagging the fourth estate is The sudden burst in the entry corresponding to a hundred years ago should have said baya that elimination of corruption in Sri Lanka “needs August 12, 1919. Central government, there government especially as it akin to derailing democracy. monsoon activity has In “The forms of federalism in India” (FAQ page, Aug. 11, 2019), a terminator”, but the appellation only evoked sarcastic should have been was seen to be the long­ How long is the Central exposed the deep faultlines approbation for its deadly and destructive import. H e a sentence that read “Despite being a single administrative unit, widespread jubilation with coveted weapon to combat government planning to gag in India’s water management the Union Territory is ‘non­contiguous’. That is, its territory is lim- will most likely have the support of President Sirisena’s the tricolour hoisted on all terrorism. But the possibility the media and policies. While Chennai ited to one extent of land” should be amended to say not limited to SLFP. However, the UNP is yet to decide on its candi­ buildings. that prayers may not be correspondingly the voices remains parched, large parts one extent of land. date. It will have to choose from among its leader, Mr. You cannot force someone permitted at Jamia Masjid, of Kashmiris? One can of east and south India are In the Sunday Magazine piece “Nemat Sadat: Gay, Muslim, Afghan, immigrant” (In conversation, Literary Review, Aug. 4, Wickremesinghe, deputy leader Sajith Premadasa, and to tag your line, at one of the largest mosques, redraw land boundaries but reeling under floods. The gunpoint. India and may hurt religious hearts have to be won. There erratic nature of the 2019) the reference to Nemat Sadat’s growing up in South Carolina Parliament Speaker Karu Jayasuriya. A larger question should be corrected to read as southern California. Elsewhere in Pakistan cannot redraw the sentiments. It is one thing to is clearly a fear of mass monsoon rains, now is whether Sri Lanka still believes in the platf orm the same piece, a quote attributed to him as saying that he had to map of Kashmir using ink say that law and order will be gatherings and processions, overexploitation of prove himself as a Muslim should be corrected to read as an of reform and progress that decided the 2015 elections, or bloodshed. Kashmiris maintained and quite which is the only way to groundwater and cropping ex-Muslim. or would not mind a reversion to the Rajapaksa era. have to express a oneness another to deny citizens the explain why restrictions of patterns of agriculture The Readers’ Editor’s office can be contacted by Telephone: +91-44-28418297/28576300; in their hearts and minds. basic right to offer prayers, all kinds are being should lead to a radical E-mail:[email protected]

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THE HINDU DELHI TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2019 OPED 11 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE The perilous state of academic freedom Rooting AI in ethics A technology should be evaluated both on the basis of its The present wave of anti­intellectualism, where informed opinions are ridiculed, poses a serious threat utility and the intention of its creator has only intensified attacks on aca­ demic freedom. The exclusion of sev­ gets a go ahead. According to the 2010 cen­ eral important books from university sus, Caucasian Americans constitute 72.4% syllabi, entirely on non­academic of the country’s population. So an AI system grounds, exemplifies this. State inter­ that identifies Caucasian American faces bet­ ference has increased, sacrificing ter is useful for a majority of Internet users in Rajeev Bhargava critical pedagogical practices in the the U.S., and to Google. name of the government’s idea of na­ N. Dayasindhu To express opinions is the funda­ tional interest. The continuing victi­ Going by intention mental right of every Indian; so also misation of the Jawaharlal Nehru Un­ We can intuitively recognise whether an ac­ However, from a deontological perspective, to claim that her opinions are true. iversity (JNU), one of the premier tion is ethical or not. Let us look at the theo­ the system should have been rejected as its But whether in fact they are true isn’t academic institutions of the country retical basis of understanding ethics with an intention probably was not to identify peo­ in the hands of the person who ex­ by the current government’s own example. A cigarette company wants to de­ ple from all races, which would have been presses them. Their truth, validity agents (teachers, researchers and their intrinsic worth but with an eye reckoning, illustrates this. cide on launching a new product, whose the most ethical aim to have. In fact, the and even plausibility are determined students). Since academic practices on who articulated them — one of ‘us’ primary feature is reduced tar. It plans to tell question that comes to mind is — shouldn’t through contestation and scrutiny by are sustained within institutions, or one of ‘them’, A person’s caste, Knowledge a ‘commodity’ customers that the lower tar content is a digital platform companies, whose markets others. academic freedom includes the auto­ creed or political proclivity mattered Alarmingly, new threats to academic ‘healthier’ option. This is only half true. In span many countries, aim to identify faces of More importantly, some types of nomy of institutions where teaching more than the evidence or argument freedom have emerged. One comes reality, a smoker may have to inhale more all races with an equal accuracy? scrutiny are more scrupulous, tho­ and scholarly research is conducted. provided. Such habits of the mind from the corporatisation of acade­ frequently from a cigarette with lower tar to Social media is not the only context where rough and rigorous than others. My intellectual interest in academ­ were hardly conducive to the growth mia, by which I mean the modelling get the flavour of a regular cigarette. AI facial recognition systems are used today. They uncover indefensible, baseless ic freedom was provoked when, in of a tradition of scholarly work. of universities on business corpora­ Let us analyse this from three dominant These systems are increasingly being used or unsustainable opinions. They de­ 1999, I was asked to contribute a A more serious danger to academ­ tions. This has naturalised the view­ ethical perspectives: for law enforcement. Imagine the implica­ monstrate that other opinions are short essay on the state of academic ic freedom in India came, I believed, ing of administration as manage­ First, the egoistic perspective states that tions of being labelled a threat to public safe­ less­biased, withstand the test of freedom in India to Academe, a jour­ from illiberal communities. I illus­ ment, faculty as paid personnel, and we take actions that result in the greatest ty just because limited data based on one’s time, and have a greater openness in nal of the American Association of trated my point by pointing to the students as consumers who have a good for oneself. The cigarette company is skin colour was used to train the AI system. accepting their fallibility. In doing so, University Professors. In that article, fate of the late historian Mushirul Ha­ right to demand what should be likely to sell more cigarettes , assuming that Americans are taking note. Recent news re­ these inquiries produce a better, I claimed that the freedom of scho­ san, who was victimised by extremist taught, as if knowledge can be pur­ the new product wins over more new cus­ ports suggest that San Francisco has banned clearer understanding of the world, lars and autonomy of academic insti­ fellow­Muslims for a rather innocu­ chased as a commodity according to tomers. From an egoistic perspective, hence, use of facial recognition by law enforcement. providing a deeper insight into the tutions is usually threatened by inter­ ous remark on the ban on Rushdie’s one’s taste! When corporate power the company should launch the new ciga­ The ethical basis of AI, for the most part, complexities of the human condi­ nal as well as external factors. Satanic Verses. exercises control over faculty and rette. Second, the utilitarian perspective rests outside the algorithm. The bias is in the tion. Therefore, they are of a diffe­ Internal threats appear when aca­ Interestingly, barring the brief pe­ curricula, vice chancellors and col­ states that we take actions that result in the data used to train the algorithm. It stems rent qualitative worth than others, demic institutions are weakened riod of Emergency, academic free­ lege principals can hire, fire, and greatest good for all. Launching the new ci­ from our own flawed historical and cultural more deserving of being called from within, as when academics dom in post­Independence India, I change faculty assignments with as garette is good for the company. The new perspectives — sometimes unconscious — ‘knowledge’. Knowledge­production themselves lose sight of the stan­ claimed, was not throttled by the much whim as any corporate CEO. brand of cigarette also provides a ‘healthier’ that contaminate the data. It is also in the begins with opinions but does not dards of excellence internal to the state. I did not remember instances But the most serious threat to the choice for smokers. And more choice is good way we frame the social and economic pro­ end with them. practice of research and teaching. of seminars being monitored, aca­ world of knowledge comes from ‘an­ for customers. Hence, the company should blems that the AI algorithm tries to solve. Academic freedom protects such External threats develop, on the oth­ demic books being banned, or the ti­intellectualism’ that finds the very launch the product. With the proliferation of AI, it is important spaces of contestation and scrutiny er hand, when academic institutions imprisonment of academics for their idea of thought reprehensible. The egoistic and utilitarian perspectives for us to know the ethical basis of every AI through which knowledge is pro­ are undermined by oppressive com­ views. However, covert and overt Thinking, reasoning, questioning together form the ‘teleological perspective’, system that we use or is used on us. An eth­ duced. It refers to the freedom of munities, the coercive apparatus of pressures on academic institutions and critique are deemed dangerous, where the focus is on the results that achieve ical basis resting on both teleological and de­ scholars to conduct critical enquiry, the state or unbridled market forces. by democratically elected govern­ to be treated with utter disdain. The the greatest good. ontological perspectives gives us more faith and the freedom of teachers and stu­ I had then argued that Indian acade­ ments were commonplace. As it be­ distinction between knowledge and Third, the ‘deontological perspective’, on in a system. Sometimes, even an inclusive in­ dents to collectively deliberate on mia was severely threatened by op­ gan to lose its dominance, an edgy opinion is entirely blurred; ideas of the other hand, focusses more on the inten­ tention may need careful scrutiny. For in­ any idea without fear of sanction, pressive communities and self­im­ and insecure Congress Party had informed authority, professional aca­ tion of the maker than the results. The com­ stance, Polaroid’s ID­2 camera, introduced in censure or illegitimate interference. posed impediments by academics, started becoming increasingly un­ demic standards and academic ex­ pany deceives the customer when it says that the 1960s, provided quality photographs of To sift knowledge from mere opinion but less so by the market or the state. principled and randomly interven­ pertise are ridiculed. The very idea the new cigarette is ‘healthier’ . Knowingly people with darker skin. However, later, re­ requires a sound training in research I took my own community to task tionist. In West Bengal and Kerela, that the task of education is to trans­ endangering the health of humans is not an ports emerged that the company developed and an awareness of professional for having succumbed to what I the Communists could never resist il­ form students into critical agents, ethical intention. So, the company should this for use in dompas, an identification doc­ standards of scholarship, norms of called the over­ideologisation of the legitimately interfering in college who actively question the common not launch this cigarette. ument black South Africans were forced to peer engagement and time­tested, mind. Many academics, in a hurry to and university appointments. sense of a society, is severely under­ carry during apartheid. disciplined ways of knowing (metho­ bridge the gap between theory and The Bharatiya Janata Party­led mined. The flawed facial recognition system Understanding and discussing the ethical dologies). This is true of all practices practice, seemed to me to have re­ coalition, in power at the Centre If these trends continue, the un­ In the context of Artificial Intelligence (AI), basis of AI is important for India. Reports involving standards of excellence. placed patient, open­ended delibera­ then, had harmed the institutional iversity as a site of autonomous scho­ my hypothesis is that most commercially suggest that the NITI Aayog is ready with a For instance, it is not my subjective tion with dogma and prefabricated, integrity of the prestigious Institute larship, independent thought, and available AI systems are optimised using the ₹7,500 crore plan to invest in building a na­ opinion that Viv Richards was a great lazy solutions. Other internal threats of Advanced Study, Simla. Its govern­ uncorrupted inquiry will be disas­ teleological perspectives and not the deonto­ tional capability and infrastructure. The batsman. This fact is established by to academic freedom flowed from ing body was packed with hand­ sembled. Our best young minds will logical perspective. Let us analyse a facial re­ transformative capability of AI in India is the collective judgment of the greats wider societal malaise. For instance, picked supporters. emigrate and the very future of our cognition system, a showcase for AI’s suc­ huge, and must be rooted in an egalitarian of international cricket. merit­based institutions were being What is the state of academic free­ country imperilled by another ‘brain cess. An AI system introduced in 2015 with ethical basis. Any institutional framework converted to little fiefdoms run by dom today, twenty years after that drain’. India may not easily recover much fanfare in the U.S. failed to recognise for AI should have a multidisciplinary and Patiently acquired skills academic tin gods doling out petty article was written? I fear that more from this blow. faces of African Americans with the same ac­ multi­stakeholder approach, and have an ex­ In short, academic freedom protects patronage to loyal supporters and and more academics in positions of curacy as those of Caucasian Americans. plicit focus on the ethical basis. the patiently acquired skills and creating suffocating tyrannies for power appear to be not just over­ide­ Rajeev Bhargava is a political theorist with Google, the creator of this AI system, quickly practices of all such knowledge­pro­ others. In such contexts, ideas were ologised but politically indoctrinat­ the Centre for the Study of Developing took remedial action. However, from a teleo­ N. Dayasindhu is the co-founder and CEO of Itihaasa ducing and knowledge­transmitting applauded or condemned not for ed. A deepening societal intolerance Societies, New Delhi logical perspective, this flawed AI system Research and Digital. Views are personal

CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC A mixed bag at film awards CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC FROM THE ARCHIVES The recently announced National Awards ignored FIFTY YEARS AGO AUGUST 13, 1969 some of the best Malayalam and Tamil films T.N. Chief Minister’s demand Kunal Ray footballer from Nigeria who arrives The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Mr. M. Karu­ The recent announcement of the Na­ in a small hamlet in Kerala, was nanidhi, has addressed a letter to the Prime tional Film Awards (NFA) produced awarded the best Malayalam film. But Minister pleading for representation to the mixed reactions, as indeed it has in it deserved a wider recognition. State Government on the boards of manage­ every previous year. One wonders ment of the nationalised banks of a regional whether these awards are still reflec­ Devoid of nationalism character and on the regional advisory tive of the various quality bench­ Sports films in India are prone to boards of all­India banks. In his letter, Mr. marks, and the public’s expectations overtones of nationalism. Every ren­ Karunanidhi has also urged that the States from them too seem to have consis­ dition soon descends into a rags to should have representation on the National tently nosedived. riches story or transforms into a tale Credit Council. Mrs. Gandhi’s decision to na­ On the positive side, it is gratifying of survival of the fittest. Sudani from tionalise 14 scheduled banks, Mr. Karunanid­ that recognition was bestowed upon Nigeria (in picture) departs from con­ hi said, was a “bold and timely step — per­ a film such as Badhaai Ho, which, vention in every way imaginable by haps the most significant in the last 20 years though made in the format of a main­ locating the game amongst its people of the history of independent India.” He stream Hindi film, touched upon is­ and eschewing all winner­loser nar­ hoped it would mark the “real beginning of a sues that are usually never discussed. ratives. It also breaks stereotypes in new era” in which the Government, on be­ Most often, mother and father cha­ the representation of Muslim charac­ half of society, would take command of the racters in Hindi films barely play sup­ ters. Besides that film, there were resources and use them for the uplift of the porting roles, as if they are nothing many others like Lijo Jose Pellissery’s common man. He offered to Mrs. Gandhi, on beyond their parent identities. They quirky Ee. Ma. Yau; Amal Neerad’s CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC behalf of the Government and the people of are either benevolent or the oppo­ Varathan and B. Ajith Kumar’s Eeda, Tamil Nadu, “our solid and unflinching sup­ site, obsessing about their child’s an adaptation of Romeo and Juliet set DATA POINT port” in implementing this measure and any private life and matrimony. in conflict­prone Kannur. These films further socialist steps she might undertake But who are these parents as peo­ were replete with new stories, captiv­ to bring light into the life of the common ple? Hindi cinema doesn’t concern it­ ating performances and fresh possi­ man. In the course of his letter, Mr. Karuna­ self with characters bilities for film language; nidhi referred to the fear in some political beyond a certain age but their exclusion was rath­ circles that there might not be much advan­ Badhaai Ho is different in er unfortunate. tage to the interests of this State as a result of its exploration of love and From Tamil cinema, bank nationalisation. desire in the life of a cou­ Mari Selvaraj’s Pariye- ple whose eldest son is rum Perumal and Vetri­ A HUNDRED YEARS AGO AUGUST 13, 1919 making his own marriage maaran’s Vada Chennai The Madras Council. plans. The father charac­ found no mention in the ter still recites love poems to his wife, awards. Pa. Ranjith’s Kaala and Le­ The first meeting of the Madras Legislative they have an active sex life and the nin Bharathi’s Merku Thodarchi Ma- Council during Lord Willingdon’s regime as mother is soon pregnant. Have we lai, a film that deals with the lives of also after its reconstitution under the recent seen this in Hindi cinema before? landless labours, were also ignored. elections and nominations of members, was Overall, there appears to be a held yesterday [August 12]. It must be admit­ A versatile actor trend in terms of films that have been ted that the proceedings of the Legislative The film also underscores the versa­ omitted by major industry awards — Council have of late lost much of their inter­ tility and talent of Ayushmann Khur­ they have all been movies whose nar­ est in the public mind, both on account of rana, a leading mainstreamfilm actor ratives diverge from the mainstream the futility of the popular voice in the discus­ who has experimented with an array political view. Uri and Padmavat sions under its present constitution, and of of unconventional characters. From were rewarded for their hyper­na­ the short period that divides the existence of his debut in Vicky Donor to his last tionalism, and perhaps that is not the present Council from what is going to outing as an honest cop in Article 15, surprising. take its place under the Reform Bill, which is here is an actor who has defied Hindi But should directors make films engrossing so much of the public attention cinema leading norms. Very few of only for awards? Films are not re­ at the present time. In the course of his his contemporaries have risked the membered for awards but the stories opening speech His Excellency said that by a choices that he has made. they tell. Some of the films men­ deliberate decision of the Government, the But having praised these films for tioned here will be remembered and number of nominated officials has been re­ having got what they deserve, were seen across time purely for reasons duced, and that of non­officials has been in­ these really the finest produced in of cinematic merit and the conviction creased. The public must feel grateful for the 2018? of their craft. Award or no award, our adoption of this principle, which is a sound Beyond the ambit of the NFA, films ought to chronicle different sto­ constitutional measure. It must be said, ho­ some of the most daring Indian films ries and voices because in diversity wever, that in the opinion of the public, the of 2018 were made in Tamil and Ma­ lie our deepest strength. nominations of non­official members have layalam. Zakariya Mohammed’s Su- been, with notable exceptions, of a charac­ dani from Nigeria, a film centred on ter such as not to diminish the support to the Kerala’s love for football, including The writer teaches literary and cultural Government side, nor to increase the weight the whirlwind of events that engulf a studies at FLAME University, Pune of the popular vote.

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FROM PAGE ONE Sonia Gandhi Prosecution nod for 80 officials pending wishes all on Kashmir Valley under They have been charged under Prevention of Corruption Act, and files are with various departments occasion of Id Special Correspondent ments last year. The Com­ es and in 544 of them, the SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT lockdown during Id New Delhi mission has superinten­ CBI secured convictions. NEW DELHI Sanction for the prosecution dence over function of the “The conviction rate dur­ Congress president Sonia of over 80 public servants, Central Bureau of Investiga­ ing the year was 68% against Gandhi, in her first mes­ District Magistrate Shahid Valley but the landline including four IAS officials, tion. In 2018, as per its an­ 66.9% in 2017. At the end of sage after assuming charge Choudhary told The Hindu phone services could be op­ under the Prevention of Cor­ nual report, the CBI had re­ the year 2018, 9,255 cases as the interim President of that in the past one week, erationalised after August ruption Act is awaited from gistered 765 cases and 134 were pending in various the party, greeted citizens only eight persons with pel­ 15. various government depart­ preliminary enquiries, com­ courts,” said the Commis­ on the occasion of Eid al­ let injuries were admitted ments for the past over four pared to 939 cases and 137 sion. As part of its function­ Adha and wished peace, and treated at government Lockdown since Aug. 5 months. Two cases are pend­ enquiries in 2017. ing, the Commission ten­ good health and happiness hospitals in Srinagar. The Valley has been placed ing since 2013. dered advices in 3,162 cases to all. When The Hindu visited under a lockdown since Au­ According to the Central Prone status during the period. “May this auspicious oc­ the SMHS hospital in Srina­ gust 5, the day two Bills in Vigilance Commission ment. In one case, the re­ mod Singh and two others of Investigation was finalised in It included recommenda­ casion bring peace, good gar on August 8, there were the Rajya Sabha were (CVC), 47 such requests were quest for sanction to prose­ the Chhattisgarh govern­ 611 cases and 109 inquiries, tion for major penalty pro­ health and happiness to at least 20 patients who moved to annul Article 370 pending for more than four cute the then Secretary of ment, in connection with a while 1,541 cases and inqui­ ceedings in 508 cases and all,” she said in her were hit by pellets. that gave special status to months as on June 30. The Health, B.L. Agarwal, was case registered in 2010. ries were still under probe. minor penalty proceedings message. Mr. Choudhury said ma­ the State and to split it into highest of seven requests made to the DoPT in Febru­ According to the recently In all, 898 cases were pend­ in 151 cases as its first­stage Former party chief Ra­ ny choppers flew from two Union Territories. were with the Department of ary 2013. released CVC’s annual re­ ing investigation for more advice. The CVC advised ma­ hul Gandhi, who is in Tangdhar and Gurez in bor­ A Home Ministry spokes­ Personnel and Training The same month, another port, sanction for prosecu­ than a year as on December jor penalty for 101 cases and Wayanad to take stock of der areas to ferry patients. person said on Twitter: “In (DoPT), while five were with request was moved against tion in 108 cases was given 31, 2018. Courts gave judg­ minor penalty for 76 cases as the flood situation, also Srinagar, keeping in view the Uttar Pradesh govern­ the then Joint Director Par­ by the government depart­ ment in 850 under­trial cas­ second­stage advice. conveyed his Id greetings Aerial survey the possibility of terrorists & National Security Adviser mischievous elements try­ Ajit Doval who is camping in ing to disturb public order­ Srinagar for the past one &peace, reasonable restric­ Raise voice for week undertook an aerial tions were imposed on large BJP to screen survey. gatherings in sensitive idea of India: A senior official said In­ areas. People offered ternet services will remain prayers in large numbers at Manmohan suspended in the Kashmir local mosques.” defectors in Bengal Special correspondent New Delhi Several new entrants have raised row Expressing concern about Special Correspondent Chinese lend a helping the ongoing crisis in Kash­ Kolkata mir following the nullifica­ West Bengal BJP president tion of Article 370, former Dilip Ghosh on Monday said hand to Indian pilgrims Prime Minister Manmohan the party had put up a Singh said that it was es­ screening mechanism in sential to “raise your place through which repre­ voice” to ensure that the sentatives of other parties idea of India prevailed in willing to join it would have the long run. to go through. Speaking for the first Ever since the party’s up­ time since Parliament beat performance in the re­ changed the status of Jam­ cent Lok Sabha polls, the mu and Kashmir on August party has been grappling Dilip Ghosh 5, Mr. Singh told The Hindu New Dangal: Babita Phogat and Mahavir Singh Phogat joining the BJP in the presence of Union with the issue of induction

that it was important that Minister Kiren Rijiju at the BJP headquarters in New Delhi on Monday.* SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA of leaders from other par­ some retired bureaucrats all voices were heard. ties in its fold. and officials joined the par­ “The outcome of this is “The party will be there ty in the presence of Mr. not to the liking of many and people from different Ghosh at the State BJP head­ people of our country. It’s Wrestler Babita Phogat and sections will continue to quarters. important that the voices join it. There has been a Commenting on the Tri­ of all these people are controversy recently over a namool Congress roping in heard. It’s only by raising father Mahavir join the BJP few people. The manner in I­PAC and poll strategist our voice that we can as­ which a large number of pe­ Prashant Kishor, Mr. Ghosh sure in the long run, the ople are joining the party re­ said there were reports of idea of India, which is so­ She is likely to be given party ticket in Haryana election quires the presence of a representatives of I­PAC in­ mething very sacred to us, screening mechanism,” Mr. terfering in the affairs of the can prevail,” Mr. Singh Special Correspondent secretary Anil Jain, and State nohar Lal Khattar, after he Ghosh said. Since the issue government. Divine path: Prayer flags against the backdrop of Mount said. NEW DELHI unit chief Subhash Barala. courted controversy on his involved the “image of the “The administration is

Kailash. * RADHIKA SANTHANAM He was speaking on the Babita Phogat, international­ Ms. Phogat praised Prime “brides from Kashmir” party”, discussions were being handed over to Prash­ sidelines of a memorial level wrestler, and her fath­ Minister Modi at her induc­ remarks. held on this in the recently ant Kishor. The Chief Minis­ The Kailash Manasarovar Deputy Commissioner of meet for former Union Mi­ er, Mahavir Phogat, on Tues­ tion for “writing history” by “Manohar Lal Khattar ji concluded Chintan Baithak ter has lost her confidence Yatra is important for Tibet, Ali prefecture Ge Qingmin nister S. Jaipal Reddy. day joined the Bharatiya Ja­ doing away with the special has not made any such state­ and in Delhi. and has leased out the admi­ said Deputy General of the said while the Chinese go­ nata Party (BJP). Ms. Phogat status for Jammu & Kashmir, ment that portrays women “There is a screening nistration,” he alleged. Foreign Affairs Office of the vernment is committed to Deep crisis is likely to be considered for and said she was a “big fan” wrongly and I urge the me­ committee in every district, The BJP leader, who was Tibet Autonomous Region improving facilities for the Earlier, during his address party ticket for the Haryana of his. dia not to distort his state­ which will look into the is­ elected MP from Medinipur, Sun Xiabo. yatris, there were some ex­ at the meet, Mr. Singh said, Assembly election to be held ment,” she said. sue if any important person also responded to the Trina­ “We all understand the pectations from India too. “India is passing through a later this year. ‘Youth icon’ from the district joins the mool Congress’s allegations significance of providing deep crisis and it requires The struggle of the Phogat Mr. Rijiju called Ms. Phogat a ‘Lived the ideals’ party. Similarly, at the State­ that the BJP­led government better service for Indians, When in Tibet cooperation of all right­ sisters — Geeta, Vinesh, Pri­ “youth icon” for the coun­ BJP media head Anil Baluni level there is a similar arran­ at the Centre was harassing who undertake the pilgrim­ “We hope the yatris are al­ thinking people to chal­ yanka, Ritu, Sangita and try, having brought it glory said Mahavir Phogat had gement,” Mr. Ghosh said. Durga Puja committees by age in Tibet,” Mr. Sun said ways adequately prepared lenge the dark forces.” Babita — to compete as wres­ by winning several medals in lived the ideals of the Cen­ The remarks come a day issuing notices from the In­ “We will maintain this for the drastic climate con­ Former Union Ministers tlers had inspired the hit wrestling internationally. tral government’s scheme after two groups of workers come Tax department. policy and do what we can ditions in Tibet. Two, we Mani Shankar Aiyar and 2016 Hindi film Dangal. Mr. Phogat, who has Beti bachao, beti padhao, by of the BJP clashed in the The BJP had nothing to make Indians visiting Ti­ hope the Indian side can im­ Subodh Kant Sahay, CPI(M) The father and daughter coached his three daught­ coaching his daughters as Durgapur area of Pashchim against Durga Puja and bet feel at home,” he added. prove road conditions near general secretary Sitaram joined the party in the pre­ ers, also came in for praise wrestlers against societal Bardhaman district over re­ across the country, com­ Lipulekh Pass.And three, Yechury and his CPI coun­ sence of Sports and Youth from Mr. Rijiju. pressure of that time. Babita presentatives from other munity pujas were being Important role we hope that the yatris al­ terpart D. Raja were Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju, Ms. Phogat also defended Phogat is a Commonwealth parties joining the party. held in the BJP­ruled States, Tibet can play an important ways abide by the laws of present. the BJP’s Haryana general Haryana Chief Minister Ma­ Games gold medallist. Even during the day, he said. role in promoting relations the People's Republic of Chi­ between China and India, na when they're in Tibet,” Mr. Sun added. “China's re­ he said. lationship with India is on (With inputs from Atul the priority of Chinese di­ Aneja in Beijing) Army plans to raise age of On Id, Twitter war rages over plomacy and Tibet has a ve­ (The writer is in Tibet on ry long history of exchanges the invitation of the Embas- with India in terms of cul­ sy of the People’s Republic of retirement of skilled staff ture and religion,” he said. China) animal sacrifice and rights Mukesh Ambani unveils Proposal aims to retain experts and reduce pension costs Many call for eco­friendly festival, ban on slaughter Dinakar Peri in various stages of comple­ Priscilla Jebaraj ple viewed a video shared NEW DELHI tion and implementation. Sidharth Yadav by the Indian chapter of the Jio Fiber for broadband The Army has conducted a Currently, restructuring NEW DELHI People for Ethical Treat­ new study on “age enhance­ for Army headquarters, #EidMubarak was one of ment of Animals showing Premium Jio Fiber After receiving over 15 mil­ <> ment for retirement” of per­ force restructuring, cadre the most popular Twitter animals at Mumbai’s Deo­ lion registrations from near­ customers will be sonnel in specialised areas review of officers and review hashtags on Monday, as nar slaughterhouse on the ly 1,600 towns for Jio Fiber, able to watch to retain skilled manpower, of terms and conditions of wishes for the festival of Id eve of Id. the company plans to reach movies in their Army sources said. Junior Commissioned Offic­ al­Azha, or Bakrid, re­ Other Twitter users 20 million residences and 15 living rooms the “We don’t want to lose ers ( JCO) and ORs are taking sounded across social me­ pointed out that animals million business day these movies skilled manpower. We have place. dia. In India, however, a were slaughtered every day. establishments. are released in identified specialists in va­ counterpoint was provided “Gentle reminder: Animals theatres rious disciplines and looking For lower ranks also by other trending hashtags are slaughtered daily in In­ HD TV Mukesh Ambani if we can raise their retire­ As part of reviewing the such as #EcoFriendlyEid, #Stop_Killing_Animals and dia and not just on Id. Under the Jio Fiber welcome RIL Chairman ment age to between 55 and Not all personnel go through terms and conditions of the #BloodlessEid and #BloodlessEid ruled Twitter. Would be great if you keep offer, the company will offer 58,” a senior Army source severe stress and need to be ORs, the Army is consider­ #Stop_Killing_Animals. your animal love to yourself free high definition (HD) told The Hindu. retired early. * AP ing increasing the pensiona­ Twitter analytics estimat­ and asked Muslims to give on our festival day,” tweet­ LED TV and a set top box home solutions. These include areas such ble service of jawans and ed that #EidMubarak re­ up animal sacrifice, adding ed Mumbai­based fashion free for customers opting Jio Fiber premium cus­ as medical assistants, radiol­ age would offer a dual bene­ lance naiks by two years ceived more than 63,000 the #EcoFriendlyEid blogger Amena Azeez. for Jio’s annual plans called tomers will also be able to ogists and electronics and fit of retaining expertise from the current 15 years mentions on the site in In­ hashtag. Mythologist and author as Jio­Forever plans. watch movies in their living mechanical engineers post­ which saves the cost of re­ and further up to 20 years in dia by Monday evening, Followers of the self­ Devdutt Pattanaik tweeted “The experience of Jio rooms the same day these ed at Corps Headquarters placing them and also reduc­ a phased manner. while #BloodlessEid had styled godman Rampal, an image of deforestation Fiber and Jio Set Top Box movies are released in and base workshops. es the mounting pension The officer cadre manage­ 28,000 mentions and #Eco­ who is currently serving a and chopped trees, saying, really comes to life when theatres with the Jio First­ In the armed forces, per­ burden on the Army. ment study was ordered last FriendlyEid almost 15,000. life sentence in the Hisar “Killing plants is non­vio­ combined with an LED tele­ Day­First­Show offer start­ sonnel of Other Ranks (ORs) The personnel continue year to enhance functional One widely shared Central Jail for murder, lence because I eat plants vision. So, Jio Fiber custom­ ing from the middle of 2020. start retiring in the 35­37 age in active service for longer efficiency, correct structural graphic created by the Hin­ tweeted memes and videos and use their dead body as ers who opt for our annual group and officers at 54 un­ duration and do not have to ratio and meet legitimate ca­ du Janajagruti Samiti cited produced by his Satlok Ash­ wood. Killing rats and ter­ plans, will get an HD OR 4K OTT applications less they get promoted to search for alternative em­ reer expectations of officer demands for an eco­friend­ ram featuring teary­eyed mites and ants is non­vio­ LED television and a 4K Set “Jio Fiber plans will come higher ranks. ployment. cadre, the source said. “The ly Deepavali and Ganesh goats and weeping Muslim lence because pests eat my Top Box absolutely free. We bundled with subscriptions Though these limits have The “age enhancement review will be completed by Chathurthi, and asked why children. food and damage my are calling this the Jio Fiber to most leading premium been set due to the rigours for retirement” study has the year­end and then there was no similar de­ Twitter user Ashutosh house. Killing animals is Welcome Offer,” said Mr. OTT applications. Also, for of military service, there has been completed and the implemented.” mand for an eco­friendly Id Vashishth, who is also fol­ violent because I don’t eat Ambani. the first time in India, we are been huge technological ad­ draft report has to be ap­ Under this, a proposal is with a ban on animal lowed by Prime Minister animals but my enemies The digital set top box introducing a disruptive vancement over the decades proved by the Defence Mi­ under consideration is to en­ slaughter. Narendra Modi, tweeted: do... Those who cry hoarse will offer ultra high defini­ concept for watching new and also not all personnel go nistry, sources said. sure that 50% of all officers Patanjali founder and yo­ “Celebrating #EcoFrien­ at the killing of animals in tion entertainment, virtual movies. Premium Jio Fiber through the same stress or This study is in addition to become Major Generals. At ga guru Swami Ramdev dlyEid will have many be­ the name of religion are reality content, multi­party customers will be able to serve in extreme situations, the four major thrust areas present, officers are com­ tweeted his wishes to Mus­ nefits like no bloodshed perfectly fine at the killing video conferencing, voice watch movies in their living the source said. of force restructuring and missioned as Lieutenants lim brothers and sisters. He and we can also save tons of of trees in the name of de­ enabled virtual assistants, rooms the day these movies “So why can’t they serve transformation ordered by and proceed to the rank of said Hindus and Muslims water...” velopment. Some lives mat­ interactive gaming, home are released in theatres ,” till 55­58,” he asked. the Chief of the Army Staff, Lieutenant­Colonel in a had common ancestors, More than 1,68,000 peo­ ter more than others.” security and many smart­ said Mr. Ambani. Extension of retirement General Bipin Rawat, and is time­bound manner.

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CRPF’s distress helpline is Centre asks Twitter to block Chidambaram’s remarks back in action accounts ‘spreading falsehood’ very provocative, says BJP Press Trust of India New Delhi ‘Congress giving communal angle to decision on Article 370’ The Srinagar­based Central ‘Many are posting malicious content of this Reserve Police Force hel­ tweet is absolutely baseless pline 14411 has been reac­ objectionable and untrue. As always, all PRESS TRUST OF INDIA said the government had tivated, officials said on content on J&K’ the security forces of India New Delhi rectified a big mistake made Monday. are working with coordina­ The BJP on Monday termed decades ago by the The standard landline Yuthika Bhargava tion and bonhomie. “very irresponsible and pro­ Congress. number of the madadgaar NEW DELHI “Patriotism and our trico­ vocative” Congress leader P. “What he has said is an at­ helpline went offline due to The Centre on Monday asked lour lie at the core of our Chidambaram’s comment tempt to give communal co­ the communication clamp­ microblogging website Twit­ hearts and existence, even that the Union government lour, though the decision is down in the Kashmir ter to take down several ac­ when the color of our un­ had revoked Jammu and in national interest,” he said. Valley. counts on its platform post­ iforms may differ.” Kashmir’s special status be­ Mr. Chouhan, a former “14411 Restored: #Kash­ ing “objectionable and cause it was a Muslim­major­ Madhya Pradesh Chief Mi­ miri students and general malicious” content, particu­ Police view ity State and it would not nister, said it was the Con­ public residing in Kashmir larly relating to Kashmir. Meanwhile, speaking at a have done so if Hindus were P.Chidambaram gress’s “narrow­ minded­ or outside can contact “We have asked Twitter to On alert: The Centre says there is a malicious campaign press conference later in the in a majority there. ness” that it was looking at #CRPF Madadgaar on 24x7 take down some 7­8 accounts alleging violence in Kashmir. * AP day, IGP, Kashmir, S.P. Pani While Law Minister Ravi nai on Sunday, Mr. Chidam­ the issue through a “Hindu­ tollfree number 14411 for that are spreading false infor­ said there was a malicious Shankar Prasad accused the baram slammed the BJP­led Muslim” prism. speedy assistance,” the mation about what is hap­ aimed at presenting a wrong and Kashmir police has campaign on social media former Home Minister of NDA government’s decision. Mr. Prasad said the deci­ CRPF said in a tweet on pening in Kashmir... ,” a se­ picture [of the Kashmir situa­ sought action against the platform. “We request citi­ making a very irresponsible “If J&K is a Hindu­domi­ sion was in the interest of Monday. nior government official tion] to the world.” Most of handle @WajSKan, “strongly zens not to pay attention to and provocative statement, nated State, the BJP would the people of Jammu and The helpline was said, seeking anonymity. these were unverified ac­ rebutting” claims of rift any kind of malicious cam­ BJP leaders Mukhtar Abbas not have done this. They did Kashmir. Hitting out at the launched in June 2017 to The government official counts and the government emerging among security paign being carried out by Naqvi, also a Union Minister, it only because the region is Congress, he asked if it was help any Valley resident, said the reports and informa­ may also try to locate the ori­ forces deployed in Kashmir. mischievous people... We and Shivraj Singh Chouhan dominated by Muslims,” he not true that over 42,000, based anywhere in the tion posted on these handles gin/location of these ac­ The claim made by this ac­ have taken up the matter said the Congress was giving alleged. mostly Muslims, had died in country, in distress. were related to violence in counts. count was also refuted by with service providers to the issue a communal angle. Defending the decision to the Valley during decades of Kashmir. “They are fake, Separately, the Jammu CRPF India in a tweet: “The take action as per the law.” At a public event in Chen­ revoke Article 370, Mr. Naqvi violence. About whereabouts Over 500 calls have been received on the number CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC since Sunday, the CRPF’s Doval makes official handle tweeted. Jammu police urge Notes of dissent The callers wanted to aerial survey know about the situation in the State and the situation vigilance for Aug. 15 of Valley of their families. The helpline earlier People asked to cooperate with police PRESS TRUST OF INDIA posted a message on Twit­ SRINAGAR ter, saying people could Press Trust of India personnel. National Security Adviser call on its mobile number Jammu The district administra­ Ajit Doval on Monday un­ 9469 793260 “for any assis­ The Jammu police have tions have been reviewing dertook an aerial survey of tance or updates” as the sought the cooperation of the security situation since the situation in the city and five­digit number was not citizens and the civil society the Central government south Kashmir as the Val­ working. to ensure that Indepen­ withdrew Jammu and Kash­ ley celebrated Id amid the The mobile number dence Day is celebrated mir’s special status and split restrictions imposed after tweeted on Monday has safely, and urged them to re­ it into two Union Territories the Centre divested Jammu been diverted to the lan­ port all suspicious people or on August 5. and Kashmir of its special dline number. It said that objects. Internet and telecommu­ status. any assistance can be They have been advised nication lines had been Officials said Director­ sought over its official han­ not to carry arms and am­ completely suspended im­ General of Police Dilbag dle @CRPFmadadgaar. munition, sharp­edged wea­ mediately after the govern­ Singh and Army comman­ The CRPF has a perma­ pons, handbags, polythene ment’s move. ders also undertook aerial nent deployment of about bags, transistors, fire extin­ These restrictions are be­ visits. Id prayers were 65 battalions for security guishers, stopwatch, any ing gradually lifted after re­ peaceful across Jammu and and counter­terrorist du­ kind of powder, cigarettes, views by senior officials. Kashmir, they said in a ties in Jammu and Kashmir, inflammable material such The government has as­ statement. In Srinagar, rea­ while it has sent in about as match boxes and lighters, serted that the removal of sonable restrictions were 120 fresh companies to the cameras and other objec­ provisions of Article 370 , imposed on large gather­ region in order to streng­ tionable items, an advisory which gave Jammu and ings in sensitive areas to then the internal security issued by the Senior Supe­ Kashmir special powers, foil any bid by militants to grid post the revoking of rintendent of Police (Securi­ was necessary to put an end disturb the peace. the provisions of Article ty), Jammu, said. to terrorism in the region. People gathered in large 370. The people have been ad­ Residents, however, have numbers at local mosques While a CRPF battalion vised to cooperate with se­ expressed angst over the dif­ to offer prayers, the admi­ has a operational strength curity personnel in case of ficulties they are facing due nistration said in a state­ of about 1,000 personnel, checks, and not hesitate to to the restrictions. The sit­ Voicing protest: Kashmiris shouting slogans during a protest after Id prayers in Srinagar on Monday after authorities eased the ment. However, minor there are about 100 troops disclose their identity if re­ uation has largely remained curfew­like restrictions, keeping in mind the festival. * AP protests occurred at a few in a company. quested by the security peaceful in the past week. 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Press Trust of India back home were safe and made by Abdul Azad, a fine Chandigarh they would be able to meet arts student from Chandi­ China had raised the issue of Aksai Chin in the meeting Punjab Chief Minister Ama­ them soon, an official state­ garh University. Another stu­ rinder Singh on Monday ment said. dent gifted him a Kashmiri Atul Aneja kar said he had emphasised Qureshi on Thursday, Mr. hosted 125 Kashmiri stu­ samovar. Beijing that “these changes had no Jaishankar said: “I am not dents on Id and said he was Safe in Punjab Capt. Amarinder gave External Affairs Minister S. bearing on Pakistan as it was here to have an argument confident that situation Reciprocating the Chief Mi­ sweets to the students to ce­ Jaishankar told the Indian an internal matter.” with something they (the would improve in the Valley nister’s sentiments, the stu­ lebrate the occasion. media on Monday that in his “It did not impact the Chinese) did with Pakistan soon. dents said they too consi­ Punjab Ministers Brahm talks, China had raised the Line of Control (LoC). or some other country. I am The students belonged to dered Punjab their second Mohindra and Balbir Singh question of Aksai Chin — a Where India­Pakistan rela­ here to represent my posi­ various universities in Pun­ home, where they have al­ Sidhu, Chief Secretary Karan territory claimed by India, tions are concerned, the Chi­ tion and have a conversation jab. With curfew­like restric­ ways felt safe, even after the Avtar Singh and the Chief Mi­ but under Chinese control. nese side should base its as­ with my counterpart. My tions in place across the Val­ Pulwama terror attack. nister’s Media Adviser Ra­ Regarding India’s deci­ sessment on realities,” he counterpart raised certain ley, it was an Id away from “We have seen that Punja­ veen Thukral were present. sion to withdraw special sta­ had told Mr. Wang. issues related to legislative home for the students. bis have a big heart,” said In the aftermath of the re­ tus to Jammu and Kashmir, “India as a responsible changes in India. I replied to Life in the Valley has been Faiq Salem, a student, while vocation of the special status Mr. Jaishankar said that he power had shown restraint that.” hit following heavy security Providing succour: J&K students studying in Punjab giving a another thanked the Chief for Jammu and Kashmir by had told his hosts that “this in the face of provocative Pa­ Mr. Jaishankar said the sit­ deployment and restrictions memento to Capt. Amarinder Singh on Monday. Minister for listening to Parliament, the Punjab go­ was an internal matter for kistani rhetoric and actions. uation in Afghanistan was al­ on the movement of people, them. “Coming here today vernment has ordered an in­ India.” “The issue related to India has always stood for so discussed. “The Chinese besides the suspension of te­ ish and feel at home, said not been to Kashmir in a reminds us of our families,” crease in security arrange­ changes in a temporary pro­ normalisation of the ties in Foreign Minister shared his lecommunication services many students. long time due to his busy said Farzana Hafeez, admit­ ments for around 8,000 vision of the Constitution of an atmosphere free of ter­ assessment because they after Parliament revoked Assuring them of their sa­ political schedule, he consi­ ting that till they received the Kashmiri students in the India and was the sole prero­ ror,” he noted. Asked if he have been talking to various Jammu and Kashmir’s spe­ fety in Punjab, the Chief Mi­ dered the Valley his second invitation, they had been State and directed the Supe­ gative of the country.” had objected to China’s refe­ parties. He gave his assess­ cial status under Article 370 nister said, “We cannot re­ home. He said it was his feeling lonely at the thought rintendents of Police and De­ He said his Chinese coun­ rence to the UN charter and ment. We had a fairly de­ of the Constitution. place your families. But I heartfelt desire to share the of not being at home for Id puty Commissioners to meet terpart, Wang Yi, had also UN Security Council resolu­ tailed conversation.” There The invitation from the hope you consider us as your happiness of this festival celebrations. them personally. The Chief referred to rising tensions tions to resolve the Kashmir was also a dialogue on the Chief Minister for lunch at family too.” with the students. As a memento, the stu­ Minister had ordered the between India and Pakistan issue following Mr. Wang’s Bangladesh China India the Punjab Bhavan here Capt. Amarinder told the The Chief Minister said he dents presented the Chief scaling up of security in the as a result of these changes. talks with visiting Pakistani Myanmar (BCIM) Economic made it an occasion to cher­ students that though he had was confident their families Minister with a portrait districts bordering Kashmir. In his response, Mr. Jaishan­ Foreign Minister Mahmood Corridor, he added. SC to hear plea against Kashmir BSF, Pakistan Rangers don’t exchange festival sweets clampdown, arrest of leaders Event did not take place anywhere on the border as the Pakistani side refused to attend the ceremony

Legal Correspondent notification of the Presiden­ adopted by the government, Press Trust of India ning through Jammu and However, a similar ex­ NEW DELHI tial Order on August 5, ta­ including the snapping of New Delhi Kashmir, Punjab, Rajasthan change of sweets between A three­judge Bench of the bled the Bill to reorganise communication and restric­ The customary exchange of and Gujarat. BSF personnel and their Supreme Court will hear on the State of Jammu and tions imposed on media sweets between the BSF and “The customary event did Bangladeshi counterparts, Tuesday (August 13) for the Kashmir into two Union Ter­ Jammu and Kashmir. the Pakistan Rangers along not take place at any location Border Guards Bangladesh first time a petition high­ ritories — Jammu and Kash­ He has sought the setting the International Border did along the India­Pakistan bor­ (BGB), took place at desig­ lighting certain “regressive mir and Ladakh. The Bill up of a judicial commission not take place on Monday on der on the occasion of Id­ul­ nated locations along the measures” adopted by the was successfully passed in to enquire into the govern­ the occasion of Id al­Azha, of­ Azha on Monday,” a senior 4,096­km frontier shared by government before the abro­ Parliament. ment action and also the re­ ficials said. official of the BSF said on the two countries. gation of Article 370, by lease of leaders including The unilateral downgrad­ Monday. Senior commanders of the which special rights and pri­ Bottom line former chief ministers Omar ing of diplomatic ties by Pa­ two forces from India and vileges accorded to the peo­ The Bench led by Justice Abdullah and Mehbooba kistan in the wake of the Mo­ Festive ritual Bangladesh exchanged best ple of Jammu and Kashmir Arun Mishra will hear the Mufti. di government’s decision to The two forces deployed wishes and presented sweets were scrapped through a petition filed by activist Teh­ “The inhabitants of J&K revoke provisions of Article A file photo of the flag ceremony on the Wagah border.* AP along over 3,000 km of the to each other as part of the Presidential Order on Au­ seen Poonawalla, who has are suffering on account of 370 from Jammu and Kash­ border exchange sweets on existing friendly protocol gust 5. not expressed an opinion on unwarranted imposition of mir, is being seen as the side refused to attend the ce­ across official communica­ major festivals such as Id, along the Bangladesh bor­ The government, within the amendment to Article curfew and/or restrictions reason. remony after the Border Se­ tion to exchange sweets and Holi, Deepavali and their res­ der, officials of the BSF said hours of announcing the 370 but objects to measures under Section 144,” he said. They said the Pakistani curity Force (BSF) sent greetings along the IB run­ pective national days. on Monday.

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DELHI THE HINDU 14 WORLD TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE ELSEWHERE ‘Hong Kong showing sprouts of terrorism’ U.S. tightens rule for Protesters are using dangerous tools to attack the police and to commit serious crimes, warns China green card seekers Reuters People on welfare could be denied visa HONG KONG Cathay Pacific Associated Press Macri defeated in key China on Monday said the warns staff Washington Argentina primaries anti­government protests in Hong Kong, which shut U.S. President Donald BUENOS AIRES Agence France-Presse down the city airport, had Trump’s administration un­ President Mauricio Macri Hong Kong suffered a crushing defeat begun to show “sprouts of veiled a rule that could deny from Center-left nominee terrorism”. Hong Kong carrier Cathay green cards to immigrants Alberto Fernandez as The airport authority said Pacific warned its staff on who use public assistance Argentines voted in party it was working with airlines Monday that they could be such as Medicaid, food primaries on Sunday ahead of to resume flights from 6 a.m. fired for supporting “illegal stamps, housing vouchers, October’s general election. on Tuesday, but the develop­ protests”, as the firm comes in what is considered one of Given that all of major parties ments raise the stakes after a under pressure from Beijing its most aggressive moves to have already chosen their weekend of skirmishes dur­ over pro­democracy restrict legal immigration. The rule targets people who presidential candidates, the ing which both activists and demonstrations. Federal law already re­ entered the U.S. legally. primaries effectively served police toughened their The carrier’s stock quires those seeking green * GETTY IMAGES/ISTOCKPHOTO as a nationwide pre-election stances. plunged nearly 5% in Hong cards and legal status to opinion poll. AFP Some Hong Kong legal ex­ Kong trade on Monday after prove they will not be a bur­ deeply embedded in our perts say official descriptions Beijing imposed new rules den to the U.S., or what’s history, and particularly our Paris terror suspect of some protesters’ actions banning airline staff called a “public charge,” but history related to legal im­ booked for Brussels blast as terrorism could lead to involved in the protests the new rules, made public migration.” BRUSSELS Salah Abdeslam, the sole the use of extensive anti­ter­ from flights to or over the on Monday, detail a broader Immigrants make up a surviving suspect in the ror laws and powers against mainland. The airline was range of programmes that small percentage of those November 2015 Paris attacks, them. also forced to cancel dozens could disqualify them. who get public benefits. In has been formally charged in China’s People’s Armed Sea of black: Demonstrators gather inside the Hong Kong international airport to protest of flights on Monday. The rule targets people fact, many are ineligible for connection with the Brussels Police also assembled in the against the police action on Monday. * AFP DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD who entered the U.S. legally public benefits because of suicide bombings months neighbouring city of Shenz­ and are seeking permanent their immigration status. later. He was charged for his hen for exercises, the State­ plunged the Chinese­ruled tuting serious crimes with wearing a mask, who gave only tyranny!” and “Liberate status. It’s part of a push to But advocates worry the alleged role in the suicide backed Global Times new­ territory into its most serious sprouts of terrorism his name only as Yu. “Why Hong Kong!” while ap­ move the U.S. to a system rules will scare immigrants bombings at Brussels airport spaper said. crisis in decades, presenting emerging.” should we leave?” proaching travellers with that focuses on immigrants’ into not asking for help. and a metro station on March Chinese leader Xi Jinping The protests began in op­ flyers describing their de­ skills instead of emphasising On average, 5,44,000 pe­ 22, 2016. AFP More protests with one of his biggest popu­ position to a Bill allowing ex­ Two systems mands and explaining the the reunification of families, ople apply annually for People in the Asian financial lar challenges since he came tradition to the mainland but Hong Kong is the world’s bu­ unrest. as it has done. green cards, with about South Korea tightens hub responded by taking to to power in 2012. have widened to highlight siest air cargo port and the Demonstrators say they U.S. Citizenship and Im­ 3,82,000 falling into catego­ export controls on Japan the streets again, picketing a “Hong Kong has come to a other grievances, winning 8th busiest by passenger traf­ are fighting the erosion of migration Services officers ries that would be subject to SEOUL police station and returning critical juncture,” said Hong broad support. The precise fic, says the Airports Council the “one country, two sys­ will now weigh public assis­ this review, according to the South Korea on Monday put in their hundreds to a metro Kong and Macau Affairs of­ trigger for the airport’s clo­ International (ACI), a global tems” arrangement enshrin­ tance along with other fac­ government. Japan into its own new export station where police had hit fice spokesman Yang Guang sure was not clear, since association. It has been filled ing some autonomy for Hong tors such as education, hou­ category, intensifying a trade war between the two activists with batons, to prot­ in Beijing. protesters occupying the ar­ with anti­government prot­ Kong when China took it sehold income and health to Public charge neighbours and U.S. allies. est against the heavy­handed “Protesters have been fre­ rivals hall for four days have esters for four days. back from Britain in 1997. determine whether to grant Guidelines in use since 1999 The move came after Seoul tactics. quently using extremely been peaceful. The mostly young black­ Police declined to say if legal status. referred to a public charge announced earlier this month The increasingly violent dangerous tools to attack the “This is about our free­ clad protesters have chanted they would move to clear the as someone primarily de­ it would remove Tokyo from demonstrations have police in recent days, consti­ dom,” said a 24­year­old slogans such as “No rioters, demonstrators. Effective mid­October pendent on cash assistance, its list of trusted trading The rules will take effect in income maintenance or go­ partners, reciprocating an mid­October. They don’t ap­ vernment support for long­ identical move by Japan. AFP ply to U.S. citizens, even if term institutionalisation. the U.S. citizen is related to Under the new rules, the Italy recalls Senate as Yemen militants are ready for talks after Aden ‘coup’ an immigrant who is subject Department of Homeland no-confidence vote looms to them. Security has redefined a pu­ ROME Agence France-Presse Saudi­backed government curity Belt is largely made up The chief of the separatist sassinate the movement’s The acting director of Ci­ blic charge as someone who Italy is to recall the Senate on Aden forces against the UAE­ of fighters who oppose Presi­ Southern Transitional Coun­ leaders then “provoke our tizenship and Immigration is “more likely than not” to Tuesday to vote on a The head of Yemen’s separa­ trained Security Belt Force, dent Abedrabbo Mansour cil (STC), which is backed by people and liquidate our Services, Ken Cuccinelli, receive public benefits for timetable to manage the crisis sparked by far-right tist movement said he was both of which have been Hadi and seek an indepen­ the bulk of Security Belt presence”. said the rule change fits with more than 12 months within leader Matteo Salvini pulling ready to take part in Saudi­ fighting Houthi rebels who dent south Yemen. fighters, said late on Sunday That left separatist fight­ the Republican President’s a 36­month period. If some­ the plug on the ruling brokered peace talks after seized the capital Sanaa in Last week, the separatists he was committed to a cease­ ers with “only two options: message. “We want to see one has two benefits, that is coalition. Mr. Salvini, who clashes with pro­govern­ 2014. seized army bases and a pre­ fire in Aden. either self­defence, or sur­ people coming to this coun­ counted as two months. withdrew his party’s support ment forces killed dozens in While the two sides are sidential palace in tempor­ Aidarus al­Zubaidi said render and accepting the li­ try who are self­sufficient,” And the definition has been to the coalition government temporary capital Aden. technically supported by a ary capital Aden, prompting last week’s violence had quidation of our just cause,” Mr. Cuccinelli said. broadened to include Medi­ last week, is pressing for a The fighting in Yemen’s Saudi and Emirati­dominat­ the government to accuse been provoked by Hadi’s Mr. Zubaidi said, according “That’s a core principle of caid, housing assistance and no-confidence vote. AFP southern port city pitted ed military coalition, the Se­ the UAE of backing a “coup”. forces, who planned to as­ to his televised speech. the American Dream. It’s food assistance. Talks on U.S. withdrawal from ‘Irregularities’ at jail where Sajith Premadasa could be a good Afghanistan have ended: Taliban Epstein died match to Gotabaya in polls: Minister ‘Both sides will consult their leadership on the next steps’ Reuters NEW YORK T.K. Rohit there for Sajith Premadasa. cause this is a Presidential Associated Press nearly 18­year war, Ameri­ sentatives, though the insur­ U.S. Attorney General Wil­ CHENNAI But ultimately, [UNP leader election,” he said. Kabul ca’s longest conflict. gent group has so far refused liam Barr said on Monday A Sri Lankan Minister on and Prime Minister] Ranil The Minister said Tamils The latest round of talks bet­ to negotiate with Kabul re­ there were “serious irregu­ Monday said the United Na­ (Wickremasinghe) has to de­ were going to look at what ween the Taliban and the ‘No base for militants’ presentatives. larities” at the federal pri­ tional Party’s deputy leader, cide. If he comes to a deci­ Mr. Gotabaya is going to off­ U.S. on a deal to withdraw An agreement if reached is There was no immediate son in New York City where Sajith Premadasa, is likely to sion and makes a good er. “All the governments are thousands of U.S. troops expected to include Taliban comment on Monday from Jeffrey Epstein died in an be a good match to Gotabaya choice both (Mr. Gotabaya cheating the Tamils from from Afghanistan has ended guarantees that Afghanistan U.S. envoy Zalmay Khalilzad, apparent suicide, adding Rajapaksa, the former De­ and Mr. Premadasa) will be 1948. Everyone expected and now both sides will con­ would not be a base for oth­ who on Sunday tweeted that that the investigation into fence Secretary who will be equal candidates. It will be a President Sirisena and PM sult with their leadership on er extremist groups in the fu­ “I hope this is the last Id the disgraced money man­ fielded in the presidential tough fight,” Mr. Radhakrish­ Ranil to bring about a the next steps, a Taliban spo­ ture. However, both the Is­ where... Afghanistan is at ager’s sex crimes would election on behalf of the Sri nan told The Hindu. Sajith Premadasa change. That too has not kesman said on Monday. lamic State group’s affiliate war.” continue. Lanka Podujana Peramuna Mr. Radhakrishnan, who happened,” he said. The eighth round of talks and al­Qaida remain active Mr. Khalilzad later added “Any co­conspirators (SLPP) headed by former was in the city, said Tamils of the Tamil Progressive Al­ “Their (Tamils’) demand in the Gulf Arab nation of in the country. The Taliban that “Many scholars believe should not rest easy,” Mr. President Mahinda and upcountry people liance (TPA). It was only after is for self­ruling opportuni­ Qatar concluded after mid­ stages near­daily attacks that the deeper meaning of Barr said. Rajapaksa. would like the candidature the UNP announces its can­ ties. They want autonomy. night and was “long and use­ across Afghanistan, mainly Eid al­Hadha is to sacrifice Epstein was found dead Mr. Premadasa has the of Mr. Premadasa, should he didate that the TPA would be They don’t have a problem ful,” Zabihullah Mujahid said targeting Afghan forces and one’s ego. Leaders on all on Saturday, having appa­ support of the people on the be chosen. “His father [late able to decide on who to sup­ with the Sinhalese, Mus­ in a statement. government officials but also sides of the war in Afghanis­ rently hanged himself in ground and would be a good president] Ranasinghe Pre­ port. “Whoever has the cap­ lims,” he said, adding the Last week, another Tali­ killing many civilians. tan must take this to heart as his cell at the Metropolitan match against Mr. Gotabaya, madasa, in 1989, gave citi­ ability to work for our com­ 13th Amendment of the Con­ ban spokesman had said The deal also could in­ we strive for peace.” Correctional Center in low­ said V. Radhakrishnan, Sri zenship to us. So, people still munity, uplift of our stitution, which provided for that a deal was expected to clude a ceasefire and stipu­ The Taliban control er Manhattan, where he Lanka’s Minister for Special have an affinity to him,” he community, we will support devolution of power to the follow this round as both late that the Taliban would roughly half of Afghanistan was being held on new sex­ Areas Development. said. him. Till then we can’t de­ provinces, was not being im­ sides seek an end to the negotiate with Afghan repre­ since the U.S.­led invasion. trafficking charges. “Ground level support is Mr. Radhakrishnan is part cide whom to support, be­ plemented properly.

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THE HINDU CROSSWORD 12703 (set by Arden) SUDOKU FAITH 12 Harvest from land, lose a yard 4 Talk about entry — not even and gain a foot (5) for oxen on either side (6­3) References to Ramanuja

13 Urge state department take 5 Crazy to take on a single unit While Andal’s Thiruppavai is an offering to Lord Krishna, lead (4) (5) the verses in this work were taken to be references to Rama­ 15 Lad carrying weapon in English nuja, by Vaishnavite scholar Prativadhibhayankaram An­ 6 US spy goes walking, to beat town (8) nangarachar swami. Basing her lecture on his interpreta ­ around the bush (9) tions, G. Satyabhama said that the malai (hill) referred to by 18 It could be as silken as fur (8) 7 Girl assumes it's alright to Andal signifies the Vedas. The tip of this hill is dharma tatt­ 19 Wrong to leave a pancake arouse (5) va. Interpreting the word malai (hill) as a reference to the Ve­ half­eaten (4) das is justified, because of the story of Sage Bharadvaja. He studied the Vedas, and could not understand their dep th, 22 Some reviews are possible for 8 Changing dates — unknown or and kept asking for an extension in his life so that he could entertainment (5) well known date? (6) study them thoroughly. 24 Doctors insure, not that they 14 Boy gets up at one, man's But despite living for hundreds of years, he still could not are detected rarely (9) outside with dog (9) grasp the entire meaning of the Vedas. Indra then pointed to three hills, and said that Bharadvaja’s knowledge was like 26 Short movie on Royal 16 Abandoned cat in Harrow (9) denouncement (9) some sand from those hills, meaning to say, that the Vedas 17 Natural, at random find an could never be fully understood. Seeriya singam (fer ocious 27 Subdue two females in the eight footer (9) lion) again is a reference to Ramanuja. This lion subsists by family (5) reading the works of Thirumangai Azhvar, says Ramanuja 20 Pope at the centre in Madrid, Nootrandadi, a work in praise of Ramanuja. Ramanuja real­ 28 One learns to play in a team Solution to puzzle 12702 Solution to yesterday’s Sudoku (7) greeting in excitement (6) ised the purpose of his birth. He realised that he was on this ■ ACROSS earth to save people from samsaric bonds and to guide them 29 Horses bearing packing 21 To be in Paris, climb twice and 1 Pal, say breaks apart, he to moksha. This pasuram of Andal is about Narasimha, and material (7) fly (6) accompanies bride (7) so she talks about the hairs on Narasimha’s mane sta nding 5 Children — half are against up. Is there a Ramanuja connection here? Yes, for Ramanuja ■ DOWN 23 Breaking records, essentially outside baseball team (7) had a lovely tuft of hair, and when he went forth to argu e nice stories (5) 9 Initially after gaining lustre, 1 He is known for constant forays with his opponents, his lustre frightened them off. Anda l one will be shining (5) into wood (6) 24 Discontented native on China speaks of a simhasana in her pasuram. 10 Telerecording cows on range This can be taken to mean the three Vedas, which served 2 Complaint, by the way as a nation (5) (9) as the basis for Ramanuja’s arguments. It also refer s to Ra­ everyone's gone out (9) 11 Players scolded and 25 Writing by a learned man, it's manuja using all srutis — bheda, abheda and ghataka srutis emasculated (9) 3 Fan left out of framework (5) noble in a way (5) in his works and in establishing validity of Visishtadvaita.

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Reliance Industries moves to restructure its balance sheet Saudi Aramco to pick up 20% in a to-be-carved out oil-to-chemicals business for $15 billion; funds to help write down debt to zero in two years’ time special correspondent <> RIL’s O2C business MUMBAI had revenue of The world’s largest oil pro­ ₹5.7 lakh crore and RIL may sell minority stakes ducer, Saudi Aramco, has EBITDA of ₹52,041 agreed to pick up 20% stake crore last fiscal in Reliance Industries Limi­ in consumer arms, over time ted’s (RIL) oil to chemicals businesses are likely to ex­ (O2C) business at an enter­ ceed 50% of RIL’s EBITDA in prise value of $75 billion in the coming years. Firm to look at value-unlocking in real estate, investments one of the largest foreign in­ As part of the deal, Saudi vestments in India. Aramco will also provide 5 Special Correspondent Reliance for a New India,’ Both companies have lakh barrels per day (bpd) of MUMBAI Mr. Ambani said, “On the signed a non­binding Letter crude supply to RIL’s twin re­ Mukesh Ambani is trying to strength of our existing and of Intent (LoI) regarding a fineries in Jamnagar on a hit two birds with one stone new growth engines, I am proposed investment in the long­term basis. The deal will through the value­unlocking confident that we can grow O2C division, comprising the also include RIL’s fuel retail­ exercise across RIL’s busi­ this by 15% annually over the refining, petrochemicals and ing business in which British nesses, in which he had in­ next five years.” fuels marketing businesses of oil major BP has bought 49% vested over ₹5.4 lakh crore “Responding to the ho­ RIL. stake for ₹7,000 crore. in the last five years, of nourable PM's appeal, we “RIL’s Oil to Chemicals “This partnership will cov­ All in the family: RIL CMD Mukesh Ambani with wife Nita Ambani and mother Kokilaben which ₹3.5 lakh crore has stand committed to support (O2C) division will be carved er all of RIL’s refining and pe­ at the company’s annual general meeting in Mumbai on Monday. * VIVEK BENDRE been invested in Reliance Jio the people of Jammu & Kash­ out of the company, in which trochemicals assets, includ­ alone. mir and Ladakh in all their Saudi Aramco will hold 20% ing 51% of the petroleum The company will also developmental needs.” stake for $15 billion on a zero­ retail JV,” Mr. Ambani said. evaluate value­unlocking op­ debt basis and it will operate The investment by Saudi tions for its real estate and fi­ among the investors. India’s Rewarding shareholders as a joint venture. The value Aramco is subject to due dili­ ‘Zero net debt by March 2021’ nancial investments. richest man also announced On becoming a net zero­ of the deal will change if the gence, definitive agree­ In the coming years, RIL the most­awaited launch of debt company, Mr. Ambani JV assumes debt. ments, regulatory and other Special Correspondent “We have received the stock exchanges. will be selling a significant Jio Fiber on September 5, of­ assured that he would re­ “Aramco has the option to customary approvals. The Mumbai strong interest and “We have received minority stakes in its con­ fering customers free calls ward shareholders through increase its stake in JV and move will help the Indian Mukesh Ambani, chairman commitments from strong interest from sumer­facing businesses on for life, LED TV, set­top box higher dividends, periodic will get a board seat, once firm, which has the highest of Reliance Industries Ltd. reputed global investors strategic and financial the lines of the Aramco deal and ‘first­day­first show’ mo­ bonus issues and other the deal is done. Both RIL debt outstanding in the (RIL) — which has an and are confident that investors in Jio and to deleverage its balance vies in their living rooms. means, and at a more accel­ and Aramco will decide to country, to deleverage con­ outstanding debt of these transactions will be Reliance Retail. We will sheet, which is a concern In his speech titled ‘New erated pace. list the JV in coming years,” siderably. RIL’s outstanding ₹288,243 crore ($41.8 completed by the end of induct leading global said a person in the know of debt as on June 30 stood at billion) as on June 30, 2019 this financial year. Post partners in these the development. ₹288,243 crore compared to — plans to turn the firm this, we ended last year businesses in the next few At the company’s 42nd cash and cash equivalents of into a ‘zero debt’ company with net debt of ₹154,478 quarters, and move Reliance Jio partners Microsoft AGM, Mukesh Ambani, chair­ ₹131,710 crore. in the next 18 months as crore,” Mr. Ambani told towards listing of both man and managing director, the capital expenditure shareholders during the these companies within RIL, told shareholders, ‘May improve sentiment’ cycle for Reliance Jio and company’s 42nd AGM. the next five years. We will Jio data centres to be powered by the Azure cloud platform “Since its inception, our Jam­ “Market is going to heartily the petrochemicals Explaining the roadmap also evaluate value nagar refinery has been pro­ welcome the seminal an­ expansion project comes to becoming a zero net unlocking options for our Special Correspondent The offerings will try,” said Mukesh Ambani MUMBAI <> cessing Saudi oil every single nouncement by India’s lar­ to an end. debt company by March real estate and financial include solutions while addressing RIL’s an­ day for 20 years. Now, we gest company. This is India’s The company, with the 31, 2021, he said, “We investments,” he said. Reliance Jio has entered into in connectivity, nual general meeting. have transformed our long­ largest­ever FDI inflow and highest debt in India, has expect to complete our “I have no doubt that a long­term alliance with Mi­ computing and According to the state­ standing relationship of two would help dissipate the crosoft to accelerate digital ment, the companies would cash, cash equivalents and transactions with Saudi your company will have storage decades into a partnership gloomy sentiment currently marketable securities of Aramco and BP within this one of the strongest transformation with the aim to enhance the adoption [that has] growth potential, pervading in the economy ₹131,710 crore ($19.1 billion) financial year. The balance sheets in the launch of new cloud data of leading technologies such for many more years.” and stock markets,” said Ajay as on June 30, 2019, taking commitments from these world. As we achieve our centres. businesses and will span the as data analytics, AI, cogni­ This comes at a time when Bodke CEO, PMS, Prabhudas the net debt to ₹156,533 two transactions are about zero net­debt target, I Reliance Jio will set up a broad Reliance Industries tive services, blockchain, In­ RIL’s consumer facing busi­ Lilladher. crore. Last fiscal, RIL ₹1.1 lakh crore.” assure you, my dear network of ‘large, world­ ecosystem, said Reliance In­ ternet of Things (IoT) and nesses — Reliance Jio and Re­ RIL’s O2C business posted transferred its telecom RIL is planning to hive shareholders, that we will class data centres’ across In­ dustries Limited (RIL) in a Edge­computing among liance Retail — are now con­ revenue of ₹5.7 lakh crore, infrastructure assets to two off significant minority reward you abundantly dia powered by Microsoft’s statement. small and medium enter­ tributing to over 32% of the recorded exports of ₹2.2 lakh separate infrastructure stakes in its consumer­ through higher dividends, Azure cloud platform. prises to make them ready company’s earnings before crore and saw EBITDA of trusts for a consideration facing businesses of periodic bonus issues and As part of a 10­year com­ Tech-led GDP growth to compete and grow, while interest, tax, depreciation ₹52,041 crore in the last fis­ of ₹1.25 lakh crore with the Reliance Jio and Reliance other means, and at a mitment the companies will “[Reliance] Jio and Microsoft helping accelerate technolo­ and amortisation (EBITDA), cal. The company processed intention of raising this Retail to mop up funds more accelerated pace offer solutions around con­ have entered into a globally gy­led GDP growth in India compared with just 2% five 68.3 million tonnes of crude money from large global before listing both the than any time in our nectivity, computing and unique, long­term alliance and driving the adoption of years ago. The contribution that year with gross refining institutional investors. businesses individually on history,” Mr. Ambani said. storage solutions and other to accelerate the digital next generation technology from the consumer facing margins of $9.2 per barrel. services essentials for Indian transformation of our coun­ solutions at scale. IN BRIEF Not interested ‘Taxes making capital As cup brims with losses, Centre to in Jet bid, says Anil Agarwal market unattractive’ hold meeting with tea sector chiefs ‘India only nation to tax equity trading’ Press Trust of India More than 80% of the Indian Tea Association members incurred losses in 2018-19 Mumbai SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT nally at the investor level. In the second major set­ MUMBAI The capital market parti­ Indrani Dutta gurs, the Goenkas, Tata kg, the average selling prices back to the lenders bid to As part of their attempts to cipants highlighted the fact Hyundai rolls out Grand KOLKATA Group and another heritage have remained flat at about revive the grounded Jet Air­ lower the trading costs in that while a tax was levied i10 NIOS hatchback Days after the Indian Tea As­ organisation in the public ₹160 per kg between 2013­14 ways by selling it out, billio­ the Indian stock markets, on all equity market tran­ CHENNAI sociation (ITA) sent a distress sector, The Andrew Yule and 2018­19, naire businessman Anil which is among the highest sactions, India also taxed Hyundai Motor India Ltd. on signal through newspaper Group. The industry also feels Agarwal, a day after an­ globally, the Association of business income and the Monday rolled­out the first advertisements, the Centre The long list includes that production needs to be nouncing interest in the National Exchanges Mem­ capital gains on securities, Grand i10 NIOS from its has called for a meeting of all McLeod Rusell, Warren Tea, regulated in order to boost airline, said on Monday he bers of India (ANMI) yet which, combined with the Sriperumbudur plant. “Today, stakeholders to discuss is­ Andrew Yule, Jay Shree Tea, prices. “The unhealthy de­ was no longer interested to again urged Finance Minis­ triple taxation on dividends, we are rolling out the third­ sues pertaining to the sector. Associated Plantations Pvt. mand­supply situation is one pursue the deal. ter Nirmala Sitharaman to made the Indian capital generation Grand i10 NIOS, The ITA, the apex indus­ Ltd. and Joonktollee Tea & of the main reasons for stag­ On Sunday, Volcan In­ withdraw long­term capital market quite unattractive which will set new try association — accounting Industries to name a few. nating prices,” said Vinay vestments, Mr. Agarwal’s gains tax and also taxation globally. benchmarks in the hatchback for a majority of the tea pro­ Many of these companies Goenka chairman, ITA and investment company, said of dividends in the hands of Incidentally, the broking segment,” said S.S. Kim, MD duced in the organised sec­ have also suffered rating executive chairman, Warren it had submitted the ex­ the investors. body requested the govern­ and CEO, Hyundai Motor tor — had inserted an adver­ downgrades. Tea. pression of interest on Sa­ Representatives of the ment to take ‘urgent steps to India. The Grand i10 NIOS is tisement, highlighting the (nearly 251) are in losses,” a The red streak runs across However, sector experts turday­the last day of the broking body, who met the boost investor sentiment’ gi­ scheduled for global launch The on August 20. It offers more crisis and seeking govern­ senior ITA official told the country’s tea­growing re­ felt a section of the industry, extended bidding process. Finance Minister last week, ven the overall weak senti­ Hindu. value, features, space and ment intervention. gions in the north and the too, had failed. “One major “The expression of inter­ told the policymakers that ment in the investor com­ excitement, the firm said. More than 80% of the ITA A reading of the published south. The main reason cited reason is that this industry est submitted for Jet Air­ while India was the only munity, especially foreign members, with estates in As­ results of the listed compa­ by the managements of failed to reinvent itself and ways by Volcan was explo­ country to levy a tax on portfolio investors (FPIs). Sundaram Home Finance sam and West Bengal, had in­ nies shows that in most cases these companies as also the continued with the same old ratory in nature. On equity trading in the form of “Long­term capital gains cuts prime lending rate curred losses in 2018­19 and the losses had widened since industry captains has been cultural practices and selling further evaluation and securities transaction tax tax and taxation on divi­ CHENNAI were preparing for losses 2017­18. These firms belong the stagnation in the average procedures similar to what considering other priori­ (STT), dividends were cur­ dends in the hands of Indian Sundaram Home Finance during the first quarter of to industry houses such as selling price of tea. was being done 100 years ties, we intend to not pur­ rently taxed thrice in the investors should be with­ has announced a 10­basis­ this fiscal. Williamson Magor, a heritage While the costs have bal­ ago,” said N. Laxmanan, ase­ sue this further,” the min­ form of corporate tax, divi­ drawn,” ANMI said in a point reduction in its prime “Most of our members company, the Birlas, Ban­ looned to almost ₹200 per nior Nilgiris tea planter. ing baron said. dend distribution tax and fi­ memorandum. lending rate (PLR) on housing and non­housing loans. It is applicable to all customers on variable rates of interest and comes into Expect NBFC customers to shift home loans to our bank: Syndicate Bank MD effect from August 13. “The reduction in lending rates is in line with the current Anticipation arises after the public sector lender dropped rate to 8.3%, one of the lowest in the industry, after linking it with RBI’s repo rate interest rate in the market,” Srinivas Acharya, managing MANOJIT SAHA Mahapatra, MD & CEO of the came after the 35 bps rate cut demand. We are asking buil­ Mumbai Syndicate Bank has director, Sundaram Home bank, told The Hindu in an <> [by the RBI]. During the ders to give some discounts Finance, said. Public sector lender Syndi­ interaction. also linked the speech, the RBI Governor rather than holding on to cate Bank is hoping that Till now, only three len­ deposit rates (for mentioned that the transmis­ stocks,” he said. Wheels India first home loan customers of non­ ders have linked their home deposits over ₹25 sion must happen. Also, Apart from home loan quarter profit dips 35% banking finance companies loan rates to the external lakh) to the repo right now, the economy rates, Syndicate Bank had al­ CHENNAI (NBFCs) will switch over to benchmark, that is the repo rate needs a boost,” he said. so linked the deposit rates Wheels India Ltd.’s the bank. rate. While the State Bank of The bank now expects (for deposits over ₹25 lakh) standalone net profit for the The expectation comes af­ India (SBI) had linked home trigger for such a move was home loan growth to im­ to the repo rate. Mr. Mahapa­ first quarter ended June 2019 ter the bank had linked its loans to the repo rate with ef­ the last week’s 35 bps repo prove with lower rates. Till tra said this was to maintain dipped by 35.48% to ₹11.62 home loan rate to the Re­ fect from July 1, Syndicate rate cut by the RBI and the the first quarter, growth in some parity in deposit and crore, due to a slump in the serve Bank of India’s (RBI’s) Bank and Bank of Baroda central bank’s emphasis on home loans for the bank was lending rates. automobile sector. During repo rate, leading to a drop have decided to take the monetary transmission. about 8% year­on­year and “The market wants the de­ the period under review, total in the interest rate to 8.3%, same route now. now, it expects to end the fi­ posit [rates] to remain high revenue dropped to ₹713 one of the lowest in the in­ Syndicate Bank’s home Cheaper homes: The public sector lender expects to end the Rate transmission nancial year with 20­24% and transmission to happen crore from ₹749 crore. While dustry. “We are hoping that a loan starts from 8.3%, while financial year with a 20­24% growth in home loans. “[The] RBI was expressing growth. only in lending rates. But there was a dip in raw good chunk of the current for Bank of Baroda, it is concern over why the inter­ Mr. Mahaptra said they that is unsustainable. So, we material costs by ₹62 crore, there was a marginal increase performing housing loans 8.35%. At present, SBI’s re­ September when the latest lenders, home loan rates est rates were not getting were also asking builders to decided to bring about some in its finance costs, said the from NBFCs will migrate to po­linked home loan rate cut in repo rate will be fac­ start from 8.60% (8.55% for transmitted. So, we were do­ offer discounts to boost amount of parity in the company in a regulatory us. Their home loan rates are starts from 8.4% which will tored in. At HDFC, one of the women borrowers). ing our internal calculations. sales. “Festive season, un­ movements of deposit rates filing. much higher,” Mrutyunjay come down to 8.05% from country’s largest mortgage Mr. Mahapatra said the The immediacy of the step sold inventory could boost and lending rates,” he added. CM A ND-NDE YK EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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Rubab, Tumbaknari (goblet drum) santoor, guitar... percussion and strings come together in pulsating tunes for popular Kashmiri folk singer, Aabha Hanjura’s tracks. With hands in Clay plan the air and fingers tapping to the beat, Crafted from clay and her interpretation of the Kashmiri folk Valley handpainted, the base of song ‘Hukus Bukus’ has a touch of the the rakhi dissolves when French Chanson blended with operat­ planted.The embedded ic flourishes. seeds can grow into a “I love Bengaluru where I am based, plant. The rakhis come in but I yearn to live in my native Srina­ designs inspired by the gar,” says the singer, who is getting rea­ four elements of nature, dy to release her six­track album, Aab­ Inseparable Folk singer Aabha Hanjura says her music will do the talking with messages written on them. ha Hanjura and the Sound of * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Flower power Kashmir. A paper origami red Aabha moved out of Srinagar and her latest album is an homage to her Kashmir, and puppetry to represent Available at beabhika.com, flower with a ‘seed ₹299 into Jammu as a three­year­old in the memories of childhood and school reality and fantasy. Even though they bomb’ containing Tulsi early 1990s. The singer is happy that life and she says, “All my music rever­ speak of a refugee’s restlessness, my seeds forms this rakhi. she is able to connect with the Valley berates with one resounding echo of tracks are still songs of hope,” she There are specific through melody, giving people a taste Kashmir.” says. instructions to plant of its cultural richness. Last week, Aabha released Dilbaro Recalling her initiation into music, the seed. After attending school in Jammu, Yuier Valo and Chalo Chinaro Ke she says, “My mother was a pillar of she moved to Bengaluru with her fami­ Gharon, in Kashmiri and Hindi, a support. She taught me old Hindi Available at ly in 2005. As an award­winning sin­ two­part video series for her album, songs with classical base. I later bookywooky.in, ger, song­writer and composer, she is for the track Roshewalla. Her music learnt Hindustani classical from Pt. ₹150 upward popular for her singles released over is has a folksy feel with generous Shivkumar Sharma in Jammu, and in the last two years. strains of rock for energy, with Aab­ Bengaluru I broadened my horizons Her songs, ‘Roshewalla’ and ‘Hukus ha’s voice balancing the stringed por­ with classes from Neecia Majolly for Fresh first Bukus’ have gone viral . “All of them tions with full­bodied resonance. Western classical.” Flowers like rose and orchids speak of my pining for Kashmir. If I “I have brought children into the After all this, Aabha realised that are arranged in different designs and can express myself through my melo­ video. They represent optimism for she had to retain some of her authen­ crafted into rakhis. They also do seed rakhis that dies in ways that people appreciate, tic raw style from the Valley. Calling sprout periwinkle. The package comes with soil and a it is more than rewarding,” she says. her music “eclectic folk­pop,” Aab­ basket. The 31­year­old singer, a commerce ha’s songs now reflect her non­con­ graduate from Jain College in Ben­ formist identity. Available at fnp.com; ₹499 for the floral, ₹749 for the seed galuru, revived her interest in mus­ Aabha also reached the finals of In­ ic in 2013 while she was working for <> All my music dian Idol in 2012 with her range and reverberates with a company. dexterity, and her popularity sky­ Weaver threads the sound of “Music has always been in me. rocketed. “My brother, Abhay Hanju­ The yarn for these rakhis has been hand-spun on the When I was working, I visited Kashmir Kashmir. It is ra, pushed me into this. As a child, I charkha by women at Gram Sewa Mandal, Wardha once and was deeply disturbed at the rewarding to was lost in my own world and I would (Maharashtra), making them environment-friendly and loss of our identity, language and cul­ express myself ignore my surroundings. Similarly, socially responsible. The yarn is dyed using extracts of ture.” The conflict and pain was an in­ through melodies all the attention for Indian Idol natural elements. Each rakhi is unique and the bands spiration for Aabha to make music. Aabha Hanjura passed me by. Fame that chases you, contain seeds of edible plants like basil, brinjal, tomato. “My songs mirrored my thoughts of will leave you sooner or later. I will Kashmir. I recorded the six songs in a however, strive to be the voice of Available at gramartproject.org, ₹55 upward couple of years,” she says. Ask her if Kashmir,” she says with a smile.

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tional speaker Awal TsMadaan teaches lapses into English through TikTok and has approx­ imately five million followers on the platform. He is also well­known on You­ Tube with over 7.6 million subscribers. “There is an interesting concept of sales,” he points out, “and it is consi­ dered to be a good thing for extroverts. 30 seconds... But social media’s digital economy em­ powers all the introverts to come for­ ward too as well. That is when brands offer partnerships and a new form of TikTok just turned one, and though many storytelling emerges.” He adds TikTok consider the app infantile for reasons other has appealed to Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities on a scale which other short­video plat­ than age, there’s a huge power play on this forms couldn’t do before; there’s no re­ diverse platform for creators quirement for a high­end smartphone with a fantastic camera or a full­on set­ up with lights and multiple camera angles. Divya Kala Bhavani of strict community guidelines. Talk Awal is one of many who consider about a bounce­back. TikTok to be ‘revolutionary’, but like Five years ago, if we told our friends any digital space, the action of trolling is that we could be famous for making Perspective matters ubiquitous. Sachin lays out, “In India, short and stylised videos and become Like Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, TikTok partnered with the Cyber Peace internationally famous, our friends those under 13 years of age aren’t per­ Foundation, an award­winning NGO would probably question our mindsets mitted to use the app (we don’t see and global think­tank of cyber­security and priorities. Well, TikTok having just much of this rule being actively fol­ and policy experts, to promote online turned a year old is the culmination of lowed across these sites) and the plat­ CHALLENGES GALORE safety. As a part of this campaign, they various short­video movements (re­ form has a strict censor as “not being a launched 11 posters that illustrated and member Vine?) and its creators are say­ place for graphic, violent, shocking, or Here are some of the prominent educated internet users on various as­ ing the platform won’t suffer the same sensational content.” trends on TikTok pects of online safety.” curses its counterparts have. But Awal, as a creator, does see there #CLEANINDIA: Launched in But such a plat­ is a responsibility across creators, fol­ partnership with Bhumi, a form doesn’t lowers and TikTok itself. As with any de­ campaign that promotes the come with­ government mission of mocratic space, it is a combination of out its Swachh Bharat and self­regulation and intervention from glitches — encourages users to post the platform to keep things afloat… after and we before and after pictures all, as mentioned before, TikTok is still aren’t talk­ of their contribution to a under a watchful eye. During the lock­ ing about the cleaner India. down earlier this year, Awal recalled the ones of a soft­ controversies across all platforms. “Ev­ ware nature. #SKILLSINDIA: ery platform has its own phases of evo­ The Internet is Launched in lution, and a platform is considered a great at fuelling partnership with great platform when it proactively takes NSDC, a campaign offline battles as action,” he observes. “My gut feeling that invites youth to well. TikTok was was that it would subside soon, because share their skills and no different; the talent on TikTok. I’d seen that proactiveness over time,” platform was the centre of a No­ he states. vember 2018 fight between two #EDUTOK: One of As TikTok blows out this candle, it groups in Malappuram, Kerala, re­ the most popular looks like they’ve done what some of sulting in eight people being in­ campaigns, that their creators feel is needed to keep jured over the then­viral Nillu Nillu encourages users things moving. But the shelf­life is still Challenge. The following months to create content protective measures by combining con­ relevant to their local cultures. Some of young. until April saw netizens misusing around various tent moderation technology with a ro­ our top creators are the ones sharing the platform, often losing their themes, with a bust human moderation team. This content and skills that help add value to focus on education, lives. Even worries around child team, which is based in over 20 coun­ a user’s life,” Sachin points out, “Be it motivation, health pornography were raised and the tries and regions, now covers 36 lan­ Sangeeta Jain, known as Geet on Tik­ and wellness. Madras High Court stepped in to AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA guages, an increase of 400% in terms of Tok, who teaches English and gives rela­ TYPING EMOTIONS order a ban on the app across the language support from one year ago. In tionship advice, or Tamil TechGuruji country. On April 17, the Supreme How are these strict India, the moderation team covers 15 who shares tech advice in Tamil in short The first emoji was Court’s order on the ban took ef­ guidelines implemented, major Indian languages, including Hin­ videos on TikTok. There are many more created in 1999 by fect and the app was removed you ask? Sachin Sharma, di, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Gujarati and such examples of creators who are leve­ Japanese artist Shigetaka Kurita. There from Apple and Android app director of sales and part­ more.” raging the platform for the larger good are over 2600 of them stores. But barely a week later, the nerships at TikTok India, “We have a robust localisation strate­ of the society.” now. ban is revoked on the conditions says, “TikTok has put in place gy to encourage users to create content So what do the creators say? Motiva­

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It wasn’t an easy working towards getting DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD that ricocheted off Ben In a milestone moment for the sport included in the BENGALURU race. Given the B The Pune Open, India’s Stokes’ bat to the boundary Indian motorsport, Aish­ roster for the Los Angeles The $150,000 ATP Bengalu­ nature of the terrain, lone ATP Tour event, was during the Cricket World warya Pissay annexed the Games, MCC World Cricket ru Open will not be held this it was more of for long the season Cup final will be reviewed FIM World Cup in the Wo­ Committee chairman Mike year. Asia’s biggest Challen­ opener, but has now been in September, Marylebone men’s category at the end of endurance than just Gatting said. ger, held for the past two pushed by a month Cricket Club (MCC), the the final round of the cham­ pace. The BCCI, recently com­ years in November, is now (February 3­8), with the custodians of the game’s pionship here. ing under the ambit of Na­ slated for early 2020 as a brand new 24­nation ATP laws, said on Monday. The 23­year­old also fin­ Baja and suffered career­ tional Anti­Doping Agency lead­up to the Tata Open Cup taking up the early “The WCC (World Crick­ ished second in the FIM Ju­ threatening injuries, to come (NADA), an affiliate of the Maharashtra in Pune. January slot DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD et Committee) discussed nior category. out and win the champion­ World Anti­Doping Agency The Pune Open, India’s Law 19.8 in relation to over­ In the Hungarian Baja, the ship is a great feeling. (WADA), could be key to lone ATP Tour event, was for November and then another throws, in the context of final round, the Team Sherco “Without a doubt, the the final outcome as it is long the season opener, but before the ATP [event].” the ICC Men’s Cricket TVS rider finished fourth Hungarian Baja was one of mandatory for all sporting has now been pushed by a Yajaman stated that the World Cup Final. WCC felt and added 13 points to her my best races, even though I federations’ doping policy month (February 3­8), with decision was made purely that the Law was clear but tally. didn’t win. to be overseen by the pre­ the brand new 24­nation ATP from a scheduling stand­ the matter will be reviewed At the end of the four “It wasn’t an easy race. Gi­ mier body. Cup taking up the early Janu­ point and that there were no by the Laws sub­commit­ rounds, Aishwarya finished ven the nature of the terrain, Former England bat­ ary slot. sponsorship issues. “We will tee in September 2019,” the with 65 points, ahead of Por­ it was more of endurance sman Gatting said ICC’s soon start raising the neces­ MCC said in a statement. tugal's Rita Vieira (61 points), than just pace. new chief executive Manu Helping Indian players sary funds. We are confident Chaired by former En­ Sara Alvarez (56 pts), Rosa “I was riding a smaller Sawhney told the MCC’s “We made the decision to that it will remain a $150,000 gland captain Mike Gat­ Romero (50 pts) and Margot bike (250cc) as against the Cricket Committee that club our Challenger with event,” he said. ting, the MCC World Crick­ Farre (13 pts). 450cc bikes the other girls progress had been made to Pune so that participation However, the $50,000 et Committee met at the were on. ensure the game’s inclu­ rates are higher and it can Pune Challenger, usually Lord’s on Sunday and Mon­ Advantage Doing India proud: Aishwarya ended with 65 points to finish sion in the world’s biggest help Indian players,” con­ conducted a week before or day, but former India cap­ Aishwarya had an advantage on top. * COURTESY TWITTER Difference sporting event. “He was ve­ firmed Sunil Yajaman, the after the Bengaluru event, tain Sourav Ganguly, who over her rivals, as she was “So, there was always a diffe­ ry hopeful we can get crick­ Tournament Director. “Since will retain its original place is also part of the panel, the only one among the five A thrilled Aishwarya said, what happened last year in rence of 20­25 minutes bet­ et into the 2028 Olympics,” the Pune tournament has and is set to be organised for skipped the meeting due to riders in her category to “It’s absolutely overwhelm­ my first international sea­ ween me and the other rid­ Gatting was quoted by moved, it wouldn’t be possi­ the sixth consecutive time la­ personal reasons. compete in all four rounds. ing. I am out of words. After son, when I crashed in Spain ers.” ESPNcricinfo. ble to hold one Challenger in ter this year. India eases past Pakistan 10 Indians in fray at Dhanush — a shooting star on the ascendant The ace 10m air rifle talent has not let a hearing impairment affect his performance SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT chess World Cup MUMBAI V.V. Subrahmanyam ander Dryagin’s 251.2 in se­ shooting to the all­out sup­ (under­21) category early this India defeated Pakistan by P.K. Ajith Kumar dates. There will be 128 HYDERABAD niors and the 252.2 of Yue­ port of Gagan under the Pro­ year. eight wickets in the con­ KOZHIKODE players in the fray for the He may not be able to hear feng Wang in the junior ject Leap Programme of Gun Dhanush’s mother says he cluding round­robin league Ten Indians will compete at World Cup, a knock­out the gunshots around him or category. For Glory set up by the ace is keen to replicate this con­ match to emerge the No. 1 the chess World Cup, to be event, unlike most tourna­ even communicate properly. Dhanush scripted another shooter and to coach Neha sistency at the National and team at the T20 physical held in Khanty­Mansiysk ments in chess. But, 16­year­old Dhanush Sri­ memorable feat in the Telan­ Chavan at Pune. international level and his disability world cricket se­ (Russia) from September 4. P. Harikrishna, Vidit Guj­ kanth, who has a hearing gana State meet at SATS next big assignment will be ries in England, organised It could have been 11, but rathi, B. Adhiban, S.S. Gangu­ problem, makes challengers ranges here last weekend Gagan’s fulsome praise the National­level selection by the ECB. The tourna­ Viswanathan Anand has ly, S.P. Sethuraman, Karthi­ stand up and take note when he scored a perfect For someone who started se­ trials next month. ment also has England, pulled out, preferring to play keyan Murali, Aravindh thanks to his ever­improving 400 to become the first rious shooting only three Dhanush, who goes to a Bangladesh, Afghanistan instead in the FIDE Grand Chithambaram, Nihal Sarin, skills in the 10m air rifle shooter from the State to years ago, Dhanush is alrea­ normal school and moves and Zimbabwe in the fray. Swiss tournament, which too S.L. Narayanan and Abhijeet category. achieve the record in that dy tipped by Gagan as the around on his own, is clearly India, chasing 151 for vic­ is a qualifying event for the Gupta are the Indian quali­ The gifted shooter had event. one to watch out. enjoying the success and, tory, romped home in the Candidates. fiers and Harikrishna is the stunned critics with an in­ An achievement which “He has abundance of ta­ with his father quitting the 18th over. The winner of the Candi­ highest seed, at No. 17. The credible score of 252.5 in the would have made his guru­ lent, great focus, which teaching profession to take The scores: Pakistan 150 for dates tourney will earn the tournament will be played ov­ cum­mentor and London should be his biggest asset, seven in 20 overs (H. Hameed under­21 final of the Kumar care of him, he has every rea­ 30; Vikrant Keni two for 15) right to challenge champion er seven rounds. The first six Surendra Singh memorial Olympics bronze medallist grit and determination,” says son to carve a niche for him­ lost to India 151 for two in 17.1 Magnus Carlsen for the World will have two classical games, shooting championship in Gagan Narang proud. Gagan. self in the world of shooting. overs (K. Phanase 55 n.o., W. title next year. From the while the final will have four. Delhi some weeks back Dhanush’s mother Asha Dhanush had also won A star­in­waiting to emu­ Khan 69, M. Shahbaz two for World Cup, the two finalists Tie will be broken by rapid, which was better than the Srikanth reminds that her gold in the Khelo India late his guru? Only time will Dhanush... incredible talent. 31). will qualify for the Candi­ blitz or sudden­death games. World best of Russian Alex­ son owes everything in Games in the 10m air rifle tell. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Archer takes aim at Australian batsmen AITA puts the ball in ITF’s court Will not offer any easy pickings on Test debut, says the England pacer Requests the international federation to have a final check THE ASHES er said at a press conference (to be) at Lord's where we TENNIS fore the diplomatic ties have with the security situation. on Monday. had recent success will be been downgraded. ITF may “In case, ITF in consulta­ “If you don't have a good comforting as well,” said find it appropriate to do tion with PTF (Pakistan Ten­ Agence France-Presse 10 overs (in white­ball crick­ Archer. “It's a good ground Kamesh srinivasan another check to its own sa­ nis Federation) is not 100% London et) that's it. You've got to wait to come back to, and hope­ NEW DELHI tisfaction to ensure the safe­ sure about the safety of the England pace bowler Jofra for the next game, but you've fully keep our winning ways The All India Tennis Associa­ ty of all the stakeholders stakeholders, ITF may ad­ Archer warned Australian ample chances in Test crick­ here. I'll try and work mira­ tion (AITA) has left it to the connected with the tie,’’ vise us the future course of batsmen on Monday that he et. I'm more ready than I've cles but I can only give my International Tennis Federa­ wrote the AITA secretary action and AITA will respect­ was not just a one­day ever been. best.” tion (ITF) to confirm the se­ general. fully follow the decision of cricketer and that he would “I bowled 50 overs in one Australia coach Justin Lan­ curity arrangements for the Having put the ball in the the ITF,” read the letter. try to “work miracles” if he game for Sussex and am the ger said his batsmen would conduct of the Asia­Oceania ITF court, the AITA has faced them at Lord's in the one usually bowling at the hopefully be able to weather Davis Cup tie in Islamabad sought a response on the ‘Full confidence’ Ashes this week. end. Test cricket is pretty the storm from his first spell on September 14 and 15. matter concerned so that it The communication put to The 24­year­old Barbados­ much the same as First Class. and then score freely in his In a communication to can proceed with the proce­ rest the projection that India born seamer, who starred Know what your strengths later sessions. the ITF on Monday, the se­ dures to play the tie. was seeking a neutral venue for his adopted country in its are and stick to them,” he cretary general of AITA, Hi­ for the tie. World Cup triumph, missed said. Up to individuals ronmoy Chatterjee, has re­ Awaiting response “The AITA expressed “full the first Test defeat at Edg­ Archer, whose father “Hopefully our guys have got quested the ITF to have a “AITA is, therefore, waiting confidence” in ITF and PTF baston because of a side Frank is British, became elig­ the answers whatever he final check on the security for your final certificate con­ for organising an excellent strain. ible to play for England un­ (Archer) dishes up for us,” measures and advice the AI­ firming the safety of all the Davis Cup tie. But, with James Anderson der the three­year residency Langer said at his press con­ TA accordingly. stakeholders and the details The Indian team had ex­ ruled out with a calf injury, rule earlier this year. ference. Most of our guys of the security plan pre­ pressed its willingness to tra­ Archer is now in line to play have seen him in white­ball Full responsibility pared from the arrival of the vel to Islamabad for the tie, the second Test which starts Miracle worker cricket. It's up to the indivi­ “Government of India has team to its departure so that after ITF had done a “securi­ at Lord's on Wednesday. He said Lord's brought back duals, not so much our game asked us to follow the Olym­ we can start applying for vi­ ty and logistic check’’ and happy memories of En­ plan against him. pic Charter. It has, however, sas for travel to Pakistan and had recommended that the Happy hunting gland's victory over New Zea­ “Our batters will be organ­ been clearly stated by AITA to make necessary travel ar­ tie can be safely conducted Archer proved his fitness land in a thrilling World Cup ised in their minds how they to the Government and to rangements,” the communi­ in Islamabad. playing for Sussex in a se­ Raring to go: Jofra Archer is likely to get a tilt at Australia in final in July during which are going to face him, and the players that the ITF has cation said. It was important to take cond XI match against Glouc­ the Lord’s Test beginning on Wednesday. * GETTY IMAGES Archer was entrusted with the rest of England's attack. taken full responsibility for Taking the subject furth­ into account the changed estershire, taking six for 27 bowling the Super Over It's the same for everyone in safety and security of the er, the AITA has also left it to scenario, and thus AITA has in the first innings and scor­ would be fooling themselves debut. “I've played a lot which clinched the trophy. Test cricket, get them into players and the stakehol­ the ITF to decide on a fresh written to the ITF to look in­ ing 108. if they thought he would off­ more red­ball cricket and it's “The first one (appea­ their second, third and ders. We are aware that you course of action, if required, to the situation afresh and He said the Australians er easy pickings on his Test my preferred format,” Arch­ rance) is always special, and fourth spells,” he said. had done a safety check be­ in case it was not satisfied advise appropriately.

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