Sponsored protest PAGE Union minister V.K. Singh says that ‘sponsors” might be encouraging Nation 8 protests by students in Delhi DECCAN CHRONICLE WEDNESDAY | 18 DECEMBER 2019 | Fresh violence over CAA rocks Delhi Massive riots break out in Seelampur and adjoining areas in the northeast part of Capital AIDMK’s support to BHASKAR HARI SHARMA | DC CAA in Parliament is , DEC. 17 a betrayal to Tamils Not students, say The national capital once and the nation again witnessed violence and arson over the contro- two of the arrested — Kamal Hassan versial Citizenship actor-politician (Amendment) Act with DC CORRESPONDENT Counsel for the accused massive riots taking place with agency inputs said they have been falsely in northeast Delhi’s NEW DELHI, DEC. 17 implicated and made a tar- IN BRIEF Seelampur and adjoining get by Delhi Police to show areas. A Delhi court sent 10 peo- something. Angry protesters ple, arrested in connection Counsel appearing for Maya tells Centre demanding the scrapping with protests against the Sameer, one of the of CAA torched several Citizenship Amendment accused, said that he is a to withdraw CAA motorbikes, pelted stones Act (CAA) near Jamia bike mechanic and was : Bahuraj Samaj at police personnel and Millia Islamia University arrested from his house. Party (BSP) president damaged buses, including here, to judicial custody “Some police officers Mayawati on Tuesday voiced a school bus and two police till December 31. came, signalled to Sameer concern over violent clashes booths when they were Police had arrested them to come to them and took in different parts of the stopped from marching on Monday for alleged him away to the police sta- country over the amended beyond Seelampur. involvement in violence tion. The camera footage Citizenship Act, saying such The police retaliated by near JMI University here from outside of his house incidents happen when the ordering a baton charge and said that none of them can corroborate this fact,” government “disregards” and firing tear gas shells. were students. the lawyer said. the Constitution to serve its They even fired some bul- During the hearing, Counsel for another selfish interests. She asked lets in the air to disperse Delhi Police told the court accused, Hanif, said the the Centre to withdraw CAA the protesters. that some locals, instigat- accused have been previ- in the interest of the coun- About 21 people, includ- ed by politicians, partici- ously arrested for petty try and the Constitution or ing 12 police personnel, pated in the violent crimes and because of that else it could have a damag- were injured. Brick-bats lie on the road as protesters clash with the police against the Citizenship Amendment Act at Seelampur protests at JMI. they have been made a tar- ing impact. “Such things The protest march began in New Delhi on Tuesday. — PTI “Several citizens and get this time. often happen only when the in Seelampur around police officers were “Locals have been government in power dis- noon with people raising ■ ANGRY PROTESTERS injured in the violent nabbed as something criminates against people slogans against the CAA protest,” the investigating should be done. My client belonging to one section of as well as the National demanding scrapping of officer said. has been made a target. He society,” she said. Register of Citizens the Citizenship SC tells petitioners against The police said the case is a citizen of this country (NRC). Amendment Act torched has been registered and his rights should be Violence reportedly several motorbikes and against them under provi- protected. They have been CAA protest at erupted at around 2 pm, pelted stones at the police sions of the Indian Penal previously arrested for when a large crowd of pro- personnel. violence to approach HCs Code for unlawful assem- petty crimes. One can Harvard, Oxford testers, whose figure is bly, rioting with deadly clearly see the connection being put between 2,000- ■ VIOLENCE erupted weapon, obstructing pub- here. They have been London: Students in several 3,000, was stopped by the after a large crowd was PARMOD KUMAR | DC encounter killings in the high court. lic servant, voluntarily arrested to show some- premier institutions abroad, police from moving for- stopped by the police. NEW DELHI, DEC. 17 Hyderabad, a Bench of CJI Bobde said, “Each of causing hurt, attempt to thing,” the lawyer told the including Harvard and ward at the Seelampur Chief Justice S.A.Bobde, these incidents has taken commit culpable homicide court. Oxford, have held demon- Chowk. were burnt by the demon- The Supreme Court on Justice B.R.Gavai and place at different places, and entering into criminal When the judge asked the strations against the police The situation turned strators. Tuesday declined to set up Justice Surya Kant, howev- different steps were taken, conspiracy with common investigating officer on crackdown in Jamia Millia ugly when the crowd start- They also vandalised two a committee headed by a er, asked the aggrieved peti- there were different conse- intention and for using what evidence they have Islamia and Aligarh Muslim ed throwing stones at the local police booths and retired judge of top court to tioners to approach the quences” and it would be explosive substance. been arrested, he said, University (AMU). police. took away the CCTV cam- probe alleged police atroci- high court as incidents too enormous a task for one It said they have also “There are statements of The protests on the cam- Plumes of smoke bil- eras installed in them. ties on the students of being pointed out had hap- committee to look into all been booked under sec- police officers who were puses abroad were led by lowed from at least two The police has detained Jamia Millia Islamia and pened at different places, of them. The court did not tions of the Prevention of involved in identifying the Indian students studying localities as the stand off five people and lodged two Aligarh Muslim University different steps were taken entertain either plea for ‘no Defacement of Property people who had caused there. continued for around one- FIRs at Zafrabad and protesting against the with different conse- arrest of the students’ till Act, PTI reported. violence.” There were also “We condemn the violence and-a-half hours. Seelampur police stations Citizenship Amendment quences. Expressing faith the high courts heard the Metropolitan magistrate disclosure statements of unleashed on students in Though local residents regarding the violence. Act that provides for citi- in the Chief Justices of the matter. Kamran Khan earlier sent the accused. Jamia and AMU among were seen holding discus- Later in the evening, ten- zenship to non-Muslim ille- high courts, CJI Bobde said Urging the court to hear the 10 arrested people — The accused, however, other Indian institutions. sions with senior police sion gripped the adjoining gal migrants from neigh- that the Supreme Court the matter, the court was Mohammad Hanif, Danish denied that their state- The use of police force is officers, and mosques Mustafabad area again as bouring Pakistan, was not a fact-finding court told that “there is a com- alias Jafar, Sameer ments were recorded. The against students exercising were heard making a mob started pelting Afghanistan and and said let the high courts monality in the situation. Ahmed, Dilshad, Shareef FIR also named seven their fundamental right to appeals via loudspeaker, stones at the police. Bangladesh. do the job of fact-finding by Protests are being held Ahmed, Mohd Danish, other persons, including protests in the university asking people to maintain In retaliation police used Refusing to set up a com- appointing a committee to across the country, escalat- Yunus Khan, Jumman, local politicians and stu- spaces and elsewhere,” peace and remain calm, tear gas to disperse the mittee on the lines of one it be headed by a former ing and snowballing every Anal Hassan, Anwar Kala - dent leaders, according to according to a joint state- two bikes of traffic cops mob. had set up to inquire into judge of the top court or hour”. — to judicial custody. a PTI report. ment issued by students and scholars of University of Oxford. Students at CAA STIR: ASSAM SETS Harvard University have written an open letter to the CAA does not GOVT STAFF TO UP S.I.T. TO Indian government saying, “we are deeply shocked and concerned about reports of JOIN PROTESTS PROBE ARSON police brutality” affect Indians MANOJ ANAND | DC DC CORRESPONDENT DC CORRESPONDENT with Myanmar in the GUWAHATI, DEC. 17 GUWAHATI, DEC. 17 ‘Will not sign NEW DELHI, DEC. 17 repatriation of displaced Rohingyas back to The state administration The Assam government NRC document’ A day after Prime Myanmar. which has succeeded in will constitute an SIT to Minister Narendra Modi “We reaffirm our com- restoring peace in the probe incidents of vio- Raipur, Dec. 17 met the Bangladesh mitment to stand with trouble-torn capital city lence at the state secre- Lashing out at the BJP-led envoy and praised Sheikh Bangladesh as a modern, areas is set to face more tariat area and government at the Centre Hasina for the overall secular, prosperous, sov- challenges from Srimanta Sankardeva over the new Citizenship growth of Bangladesh, ereign State, in keeping Wednesday as the state Kalakshetra, in which Act and the proposed NRC, Vice-President M with the spirit of 1971 and government employees Youth Congress presi- Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Venkaiah Naidu told in line with the vision of have announced to start a dent and an NSUI Bhupesh Baghel on Tuesday trainee diplomats from Bangabandhu Sheikh non-cooperation move- activist were allegedly accused the saffron party of Bangladesh that the Mujibur Rahman and ment all over the state in involved, state minister polarising the society and Indian government has Prime Minister Sheikh support of the agitation Himanta Biswa Sarma dividing people in a bid to clarified that the amend- Hasina for a developed against the Citizenship said on Tuesday. remain in power. ed citizenship law is Bangladesh. has Opposition leaders at Rashtrapati Bhavan after meeting President Ram Nath Kovind (Amendment) Act, 2019. Mr Sarma alleged, “We The Congress CM, who com- meant to give citizenship been consistently making on the Citizenship Amendment Act, in New Delhi on Tuesday. — D. KAMRAJ Earlier, Aasu chief have got visual and tech- pleted one year in office on to religiously persecuted efforts to strengthen the adviser Sammujjal nical evidence proving Tuesday, said if the National refugees and not to take close ties between the two Bhattacharya warned the as to how Congress lead- Register of Citizens (NRC) is away the citizenship of countries,” Naidu said. state government to ers conspired to set the implemented, as announced any Indian. Asserting that India Oppn meets Prez over CAA refrain from putting pres- Assam secretariat on by the Narendra Modi gov- “It does not affect the and Bangladesh have sure on those joining the fire. It was a huge con- ernment, he will be the first citizenship of Indians of been able to resolve some peaceful agitation against spiracy.” Announcing person to not sign the doc- any religion,” Naidu said. outstanding issues DC CORRESPONDENT The parties included the on Wednesday. the controversial Act. that the Assam govern- ument, and called for Naidu also told the dele- including the land bound- NEW DELHI, DEC. 17 Congress, Trinamul Mrs Gandhi accused the Responding to the indi- ment has constituted an opposing ‘black angrez’, an gation that India was ary and maritime bound- Congress, Samajwadi Modi government of cation of Assam finance SIT, headed by a DIG of apparent reference to the fully aware of the heavy ary issue, Naidu said, The Opposition parties on Party, CPI(M), CPI and “shutting down” people’s minister Himanta Biswa CID, Mr Sarma said that BJP. burden on Bangladesh as “India-Bangladesh bilat- Tuesday kept the pressure RJD. These parties gave a voices and bringing laws Sarma who on Monday police has gathered a result of the influx of eral relations are consid- against the Citizenship memorandum to the that were not acceptable stated that the Central “substantial evidence” lakhs of displaced per- ered as a role model of (Amendment) Act and President pointing out to them. “All of us, repre- government may try to that exposes the pro- sons from the Rakhine good neighbourly rela- National Register of how the government was sentatives of 12 different reach out to agitators, Mr active involvement of ‘WILL ENSURE State of Myanmar and tions.” He added that Citizens with a delegation in a hurry to enact the political parties have met Bhattacharya rejected Popular Front of India that it appreciates India always believed that of leaders, led by law. However, Shiv Sena, the President to plead the possibility of (PFI) activists in the Bangladesh for its a strong, stable and pros- Congress president Sonia the Congress’ alliance with him to intervene talks. arson and violence that CITIZENSHIP humanitarian gesture perous Bangladesh was in Gandhi, meeting partners in Maharashtra, over the Northeast situa- He said, “How can we went on for two days in towards these displaced India’s interest and “we President Ram Nath was not part of the delega- tion, which is now spread- trust a government the capital city areas. He DESPITE OPPN’ persons. He said that would like to partner in Kovind on the issue. They tion. The BSP too said that ing across the country, which called us for talks said the police has regis- Bangladesh could count your journey of progress urged him to intervene its MPs from both the Lok including in the national and within five hours tered 197 cases in the DC CORRESPONDENT on India’s full support to become a developed over the violence at Sabha and Rajya Sabha capital because of the took a decision to pass the state and arrested over NEW DELHI, DEC. 17 towards bilateral efforts country by 2041.” Central universities. would meet the President act,” she said. CAB in Parliament.” 223 people so far.

Notwithstanding widespread protests, including violent agitations, against the ABUSE OF | POWER HRW wants police to abide by global standards on policing Citizenship Amendment Act HC directs Assam (CAA) across the country, in particular by students, Union home minister Amit Shah said the Opposition parties to restore internet can oppose the law “as much Human Rights Watch for probe Guwahati, Dec. 17 as they can”, but the : The ■ THE COURT said that Narendra Modi government New Delhi, Dec. 17: The these protests”. Its “The police may have by international norms and facilitate that right, Guwahati High Court was “committed to give citi- Human Rights Watch has “strongest response to the used excessive force and standards on the use and should as far as possi- passed an order directing while restoring internet, zenship and a dignified life to urged the Centre to imme- protests would be to against demonstrators of force when responding ble apply nonviolent the Assam government to the authorities should con- refugees persecuted for the diately repeal the repeal” the Act and “with- across the country” and to protests, she said. means before resorting to consider restoration of sider the prevailing situa- last 70 years”. Citizenship (Amendment) draw its plan for citizen- the government “should India “should address the use of force,” she said. internet services, both tion in the state. Blaming the Opposition Act in view of nationwide ship verification that establish a credible inde- the concerns raised about “HRW is concerned mobile internet services camp of spreading misinfor- protests against it, and threatens marginalised pendent investigation into CAA instead of trying to about the police using and broadband, from 3.00 also said that while mation against the CAA and said there should be an communities”, the organi- allegations of excessive shut down the protests unnecessary or excessive pm on Tuesday. restoring the services, inciting violence, Mr Shah independent probe into sation said. force, brutality, and van- with excessive force”. force against protesters. After hearing four PILs authorities should take said the CAA was meant to police “brutality and On the police action dalism” by policemen, “The right to peaceful About internet services and considering the diffi- into consideration the grant citizenship to religious- excesses” against students against students of Jamia Ganguly said. assembly and protest is a being shut down in vari- culties faced by the peo- input of the prevailing ly persecuted refugees and not and other protesters. Millia Islamia, Aligarh The CAA enactment had fundamental right protect- ous states, Ganguly said ple, a division bench of situation. The court fixed to take away the citizenship of In a statement on Muslim University and prompted international ed under international India had used such meas- the High Court, compris- December 19 as the next any Indian. Tuesday, the international others in northeastern condemnation, including law, and one of the corner- ure several times in ing Chief Justice Ajay date of hearing. Sha also said the Opposition human rights body’s states protesting against from the office of the stones of a society built on response to protests and Lamba and Justice The PILs were filed by was misleading students by Director the law, she said the United Nations High respect for human rights “these shutdowns have Achintya Malla Bujor journalist Ajit Kumar spreading misinformation Meenakshi Ganguly said authorities should imme- Commissioner for Human and rule of law. largely been in violation of Barua passed the order Bhuyan, advocate against the law for political the “government failed to diately order all police Rights, which urged International human international legal obliga- on Tuesday directing the Bonoshri Gogoi and oth- gain, and asserted that those grasp the extent of public personnel to abide by Indian authorities to rights standards provide tions including the rights state government to con- ers on the issue of sus- who were opposing it should opposition over erosion of international standards respect the right to peace- that law enforcement to freedom of expre-ssion sider restoration of inter- pension of internet serv- read the full document. basic rights evident in on policing assemblies. ful assembly and to abide agencies should protect and assembly”. — PTI net services. The order ices. —PTI Values

Disdain of religion by so-called seculars is PAGE self-defeating, says former West Bengal governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi Nation 9 DECCAN CHRONICLE WEDNESDAY | 18 DECEMBER 2019 | HYDERABAD PM dares Cong to say it’ll

Pressure has to be make Pakistanis Indians maintained Bhognadih, Dec. 17: an atmosphere of fear for on Pakistan Prime Minister Narendra Muslims over the new Modi on Tue-sday law. Citizenship (Ame- to stop terror fund accused the “Co-ngr-ess ndment) Act neither — Emmanuel Lenain, and its friends” of spread- takes away the rights of ing lies over the new citi- Indian citizens nor harms French ambassador zenship law, and dared them in any manner,” he them to declare they will told an election rally here. accord Indian nationality The Prime minister to all Pakistanis. asked his political oppo- IN BRIEF He also challenged them nents to stop “dirty poli- to re-introduce Article 370 tics” and not to destroy in the erstwhile state of the country’s social fab- Tourists ski at Kufri near Shimla on Tuesday. Most parts of got no respite China backs out of Jammu & Kashmir and ric. “I give an open chal- from the icy winds and biting cold on Tuesday as the mercury continued its downward scrap the law against lenge to Congress and its spiral and the maximum temperature in Delhi was recorded at its second lowest in 22 discusing J&K issue instant Triple Talaq. friends from this land of years. — PTI NewDelhi: China apparently As campuses across the the brave...If they have floated the idea of discussing country erupted in prote- courage, let them openly the Kashmir issue at the sts over police action at announce that they are FIRING IN U.P. behest of Pakistan during a Jamia Millia Islamia, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a campaign rally ready to give Indian citi- “closed consultations” session prime minister asked stu- BJP candidates ahead of fifth phase of Assembly elec- zenship to all Pakistanis. COURTROOM, this week at the United dents to try and see “If they (the opposition) WB Governor tion, in Sahibganj, Jharkhand on Tuesday. — PTI Nations Security Council whether they were not ave courage, they should ACCUSED DIES (UNSC) but backed out after being made accomplices serve their own interests. apprehensive about get- announce article 370 will “advice” by some of the other in a “conspiracy” where Addressing an election ting stripped of their citi- be restored in Jammu and P-5 countries including “urban naxals” and oth- rally in Jharkhand, Mr zenship. Kashmir... Triple Talaq calls for truce Bijnor/Lucknow, Dec. France, sources confirmed on ers were using their Modi sought to assuage “The Congress is will be back,” he said. 17: Assailants on Tuesday. The P-5 or perma- “shoulders to fire” to concerns of Indians spreading lies, creating — PTI RAJIB CHOWDHURI I DC their differences and work Tuesday opened fire in a nent members of the UNSC , DEC. 17 together for democracy to courtroom in Bijnor, comprise US, Russia, UK, succeed. I await a positive killing a murder France and Chi-na. Beijing NIA ARRESTS West Bengal Governor response from the CM,” he accused and injuring also backed out due to the Kerala snakebite: 2 teachers get bail Jagdeep Dhankhar called tweeted. two policemen, officials forthcoming visit of Chinese SUSPECTED for burying the hatchet Mr Dhankhar stated that said. They said that foreign minister Wang Yi to DC CORRESPONDENT ■ The teachers, Shajil and granted bail the same between the Raj Bhavan he would wait for state another murder accused India. It may be recalled that BANGLADESHI , DEC. 17 C.V. & K.K. Mohanan, day. If their suspension is and the Mamata Banerjee chief secretary Rajiva managed to escape from in August this year, UNSC had moved the court seeking revoked, they should be government and said they Sinha and state director the spot, taking advan- discussed developments in The Kerala High Court on transferred to another should work jointly for general of police Virendra tage of the commotion. J&K informally. New Delhi, Dec. 17: Tuesday granted antici- anticipatory bail follow- facility,” the court said. “democracy to succeed” who later intimated the They said that among The National patory bail to two teach- ing allegations that the The teachers, Shajil C.V. after the Trinamul Raj Bhavan to visit him on the three assailants Investigation Agency ers of a government high student died due to their and K.K. Mohanan, Congress supremo did not Wednesday afternoon. arrested after the attack 6 fishermen resued (NIA) produced a 22- school in Wayanad dis- unresponsive approach moved the court seeking visit to “update” him dur- He had summoned the in the chief judicial year-old suspected JMB trict who were booked for even after the students anticipatory bail follow- ing the day about the two top bureaucrats on magistrate’s court was after boat mishap terrorist before a special alleged lapses, which informed them that she ing allegations that the largescale violence over Monday morning but they the son of the man mur- court in Kolkata on caused the death of a girl was bitten by a snake. student died due to their the Citizenship did not turn up. dered six months back. Kerala: Six fishermen who Tuesday to seek a transit student following snake unresponsive approach Amendment Act (CAA) Earlier in the morning The incident occurred had put out to sea from here warrant, a day after bite in the classroom on ment Sarvajana school at even after the students and National Register of he visited the West Bengal when the three entered were rescued on Tuesday arresting him in connec- November 20. Sultan Bathery. informed them that she Citizens (NRC) in the state. Assembly and took a into the courtroom and after their fishing boat was tion with the Justice Alexander The court directed them was bitten by a snake. “After my fruitful visit to tour before expressing showered bullets on two hit allegedly by a ship. Bengdaluru module Thomas also granted the to cooperate with the While Shajil is a the Assembly I had empha- his satisfaction at the accused in the murder Another fishing vessel which case. The accused, same relief to a Taluk police probe in the case. teacher, Mohanan is vice- sised that it is time for the arrangements that were of a property dealer, was nearby rescued the Mosaraf Hossain, alias hospital doctor who treat- “If they are arrested, principal. Jisa Merin Joy Raj Bhavan and the state made for him, according to Haji Ehsaan, and his members and took them to Moosa, is a resident of ed the student bitten by they should be produced is a doctor at the Taluk government to set aside sources. nephew in Najibabad shore, coastal police said. Murshidabad district of the reptile at the govern- before a magistrate court Headquarters hospital. area of the district. “They were rescued and West Bengal and is sus- Both were brought to admitted to the Thiruvanan- pected to be a member of the CJM court for hear- thapuram Medical College the Jamaat-ul- ing from Tihar jail in Hospital this afternoon,” Mujahideen Bangla- CAA is India’s internal Delhi on Tuesday after- police said. Sahaya Raju (52), desh, a terrorist organi- noon when the Sahayam (48), Raymond zation proscribed by the assailants fired at them, (42) James (56) Subin government, the NIA issue, says France envoy leaving main accused (38) and Renju (27), all resi- said. Shahnawaz dead, SP dents of nearby Poonthura, Hossain was arrested SRIDHAR KUMARASWAMI | terror-financing. Sanjeev Tyagi said. SP were rescued. on Monday in connec- DC Pakistan is already in (City) Laxmi Niwas Police said the alleged colli- tion with the seizure of NEW DELHI, DEC. 16 FATF’s greylist. Misra said Shahnawaz’s sion took place around 16 five improvised hand In his first interaction co-accused Jabbar man- nautical miles off the Kerala grenades, three fabricat- New French ambassador with reporters at the aged to escape taking coast. ed grenade caps, three Emmanuel Lenain on French embassy, Mr advantage of the com- circuits of IEDs, one Monday said that “nobody Lenain said, “Nobody can motion after the Rape accused 9mm round, an air gun, can say that Pakistan has say Pakistan fulfilled its shootout. One of the suspected explosive pow- fulfilled its commitment” commitment. If you want policemen was referred escapes custody der and other incrimi- (to take action against ter- Pakistan to fulfil its com- to Meerut hospital nating materials from a rorism) made to anti-ter- mitment, you keep the where he was out of Korba: An 18-year-old man, house in Bengaluru’s ror financing global pressure.” The French danger and chief judi- accused of allegedly raping Chikkabanavara in July watchdog Financial envoy made it clear that cial magistrate Yogesh a minor girl, escaped from 2019, it said. The house Action Task Force Pakistan has to crack Kumar escaped unhurt. police custody in Chhattis- was rented by suspected (FATF), adding that pres- down on financing of ter- Haji Ehsaan’s son was garh's Surajpur district on JMB members, the sure has to be maintained rorism. “We (France) are among those arrested. Tuesday. Six police person- agency said. Officials for this. In an interaction very straight on that. The incident prompted nel, including an assistant said the accused was with reporters, Mr Lenain We’ll keep the pressure,” SP chief Akhilesh Yadav sub-inspector, have been allegedly spreading the also said that the he said. On what would to attack the Yogi suspended for alleged dere- outfit’s presence in Citizenship Amendment happen in February dur- Adityanath government liction of duty. Suraj Vishwa- Bengaluru and also Act (CAA) is India’s ing the next FATF session, on the law and order sit- karma, a resident of Ram- planning to carry out “internal matter” and the French envoy said, “If uation. In Lucknow, nagar village, was arrested terror activities. The that India’s wonderful the assessment is made director general of on Monday evening for kid- NIA will further grill the diversity should be main- that no progress has been police O.P. Singh termed napping and raping a 17- accused in its custody, tained. Mr Lenain recent- made (on Pakistan’s the incident the out- year-old girl, Surajpur super- they added. A probe ly succeeded Alexandre promise), we will actac- come of a “rivalry in intendent of police Rajesh revealed that Hossain Ziegler as the French cordingly.” which a son took Kukreja said. came to Bengaluru in envoy to India. Pakistan is On the cooperation revenge of his father’s The accused, who was lod- the first week of March facing the spectre of between India and France killing” and said that all ged in a lock-up at Kotwali 2018 with Asif Ikbal, being blacklisted by FATF in anti-terrorism efforts, India successfully conducted two separate trials of the supersonic cruise missile the three accused were police station, escaped at 5 alias Nadem, to partici- in February next year if it Mr Lenain said this is a BrahMos on Tuesday, one each from the land and air platforms to check its capacity arrested with their am on Tuesday when six pate in subversive activi- does not act on its prom- “strong area of coopera- to hit targets with precision. The tests were deemed a success. — PTI weapons by the police. policemen who were on ties, it said. — PTI ise of cracking down on tion”. — PTI duty allegedly fell asleep, he said. FORT WILLIAM Posters mocking Nitish’s Bobde recuses from review plea TO BE OPEN FOR HERITAGE TOURS silence over CAA pop up of Nirbhaya rape case accused NAYEAR AZAD | DC and downtrodden in this Kolkata, Dec. 17: The Eastern , DEC. 17 country. Why is Mr Command is considering to Kumar silent on the PARMOD KUMAR | DC ary to decided who will open the Fort William in Posters mocking Bihar issue,” RJD spokesperson NEW DELHI, DEC. 17 ■ Chief Justice Bobde, ■ The Chief Justice said live or die?” Kolkata for historical and chief minister Nitish Shakti Yadav said. heading a three-judge he will constitute a bench Referring to several heritage tours for the people, Kumar for his silence on Mr Kumar has come Chief Justice of India S.A. bench that includes on Wednesday at 10.30 countries where death Army Commander Lt General the issue of Citizenship under attack from the Bobde on Tuesday recused Justice R. Banumathi and am and the new bench penalty has been abol- Anil Chauhan said on Amendment Act (CAA) Opposition over his himself from hearing the Justice Ashok Bhushan, will take up the review ished, Akshay Singh has Monday. He said the Vijay and National Register of party’s support to the review petition of Akshay said that “capital punish- Smarak would be open to Citizenship (NRC) has Citizenship Amendment Kumar Singh — accused recused himself from plea filed by Akshay ment cannot be applied the public on Sundays been put up all across Bill in Parliament. in 2012 Delhi gang rape hearing the review peti- Kumar Singh, who was with certainty, consisten- and public holidays for the Patna by his political ources said that ques- case — seeking reconsid- tion saying that his awarded death sentence cy or fairness and it is people for paying homage to rivals. Nitish Kumar tions are being raised eration of the Supreme nephew, Arjun Bobde, had along with three others in morally indefensible” and the slain soldiers. “The idea Posters bearing images because most of his party Court’s order upholding once appeared on behalf the 2012 Nirbhaya brutal thus it should be abolished is considering this Fort of Mr Kumar describe CAA and NRC on leaders spoke openly his death sentence along of the victim in the gangrape, against capital in India as well. William and the history of him as a “invisible, dumb, December 19 and 21. about the issue but Nr with three other accused. case punishment at 2 pm Pointing to the reforma- Calcutta (Kolkata) they are deaf and blind chief min- “The posters have been Kumar has been silent. Chief Justice Bobde, tion he is undergoing in almost synonymous,” Mr ister”. One of the posters put up by the general pub- Besides, two of party’s heading a three-judge jail since his incarcera- Chauhan said. “We could also urges the people to lic and social activists prominent faces, poll bench that includes that the matter was Sharma and Akshay tion, Akshay Singh, who is open it up for historical and “trace his whereabouts who want Mr Kumar to strategist Prashant Justice R. Banumathi and between the state, the Kumar, holding that the above 30 years of age, heritage kind of tours and send him back to the break his silence and clar- Kishor and Rajya Sabha Justice Ashok Bhushan, accused and the court, and aggravating circum- says, “Why death penalty, on a limited basis initially. state”. ify his stand on the issue MP Pavan Verma, created said he will constitute a there was no issue in CJI stances against them far when age is reducing? It is And hopefully, the citizens of Sources claim that the of the CAA and NRC. a flutter recently in the bench on Wednesday at Bobde being on the bench, outweighed the mitigating mentioned in our Vedas, Kolkata would have some- posters have been put up Masses feel that all this is political circles by oppos- 10.30 am and the new the CJI recused himself circumstances cited in Puranas and Upanishad thing to rejoice after a month by Opposition parties part of a hidden agenda ing the JD(U)’s official bench will take up the from hearing the review their favour. that in the age of or so after we take which have called for a by the ruling party to sup- stand on the review plea filed by petition. In his plea seeking Satyayug, people lived for a call,” he said at Fort state-wide protest against press the voice of poor matter. Kumar against capital Justice A.S. Bopanna reconsideration, Akshay thousands of years. Even William, the headquarters of punishment at 2 pm. He will replace him at the Singh has contended that in Triteya Yug, a man used Eastern Command. The Army recused himself saying hearing today. he is from a poor and to live for thousands of commander said the 1971 war that his nephew, Arjun Akshay Kumar Singh, respected family and its years. In the age of had a special significance CHINA PLANNED ON DISCUSSING J&K AT UNSC Bobde, had once appeared who was awarded death only caretaker. Making a Dwapar Yug, they used to for the Eastern Command SRIDHAR by some of the other P-5 It may be recalled that in on behalf of the victim. sentence along with three class distinction, he has live for hundreds of years. and for Kolkata as it was the KUMARASWAMI | DC countries including August this year, the At the outset of the hear- others in the 2012 said that the extreme But now it is Kalayuga. In headquarters that was con- NEWDELHI, DEC. 17 France, sources con- UNSC had discussed the ing, he asked solicitor gen- Nirbhaya brutal gangrape penalty of death sentence this yug the age of trolling the war. He added firmed on Tuesday. developments in Jammu eral Tushar Mehta as to that led to her death and is hardly ever imposed on humans has been reduced that it was from Kolkata that China apparently floated The P-5 or the perma- and Kashmir (J&K) infor- who was appearing for the caused national outrage, a rich or affluent person. too much. the war was directed and the idea of discussing the nent members of the mally at a ‘closed consul- victim’s family and has moved the Supreme Pointing out that “our It is now 50 to 60 years the impact of the war was Kashmir issue at the UNSC, comprise the US, tation’ similarly after expressed reservation in Court seeking reconsider- criminal justice system and rarely we listen of a felt by the city more than behest of Pakistan during Russia, UK, France and China approached the hearing the review peti- ation of its verdict uphold- cannot guarantee the con- person who is of 100 year anyone else. “And the kind of a ‘closed consultations’ China. Apparently, UNSC. Observers point tion as someone close to ing his death sentence. sistent application of legal of age.” respect that the Indian session this week at the Beijing also backed out out that China seems him had appeared for the The top court had on standards and rule of He has also pointed flaws Armymen draw from United Nations Security due to the forthcoming under tremendous pres- victim’s mother in the May 5, 2017, upheld the law”, Akshay Singh asks in the evidence that has Calcutta is seen nowhere Council (UNSC) but visit of Chinese foreign sure from Pakistan to act case. death sentence of in his review petition, been cited by the prosecu- else,” he said. backed out after ‘advice’ minister Wang Yi to India. on its behalf. Though Mr Mehta said Mukesh, Pawan, Vinay “How can we allow judici- tion against him. c m y k c m y k MIND POWER HU SHIH RAM GOPAL VARMA PAGE And revolutions always mean I’m an atheist, 10 the breakdown of old authority and I don’t believe in ghosts Edit DECCAN CHRONICLE WEDNESDAY | 18 DECEMBER 2019 | HYDERABAD

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Will Kashmir ever get Subhani back to its true normal? he Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, in an inexplicable act, has extended the custody of 83-year-old Dr Farooq Abdullah, four-time chief minister of the erstwhile J&K state and three times a parlia- Tmentarian — he currently represents in the Lok Sabha and, ironically, is on the 21-member parliamentary consultative committee on defence. His detention under the Public Safety Act will continue till March 2020 and there is no guarantee it will end then. It is an ironic twist of fate for India's biggest champion in Kashmir. In the dizzying heat of current events — the brute-force legislation of a Citizenship Amendment Act that has led to mass protests in Assam and West Bengal, and the police brutality against Jamia Millia Islamia and Aligarh Muslim University students protesting against the CAA, Kashmir has been forgotten by many Indians. Perhaps many weren’t moved in the first place either as they are unsure of the ground realities in Kashmir or because fear of retribution by a vindictive government. Also, many propagandists and LETTERS social media trolls think nothing of passing off fake images and videos to prove to the world that “normalcy has been restored in the Valley”, as home CONTROL VIOLENCE minister Amit Shah put it in Parliament on November 20. The end of a dream, or The country is facing the If we borrow from former US defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld, who came up with “known unknowns” and “unknown unknowns”, perhaps what the disturbances due the coun- home minister means is that Kashmir is experiencing an “abnormal nor- trywide protests against malcy”. For what else would you call a situation where Tuesday marked the the Citizenship Amend- 135th day Kashmir went without the Internet? According to Access Now, an international advocacy group, only China and Myanmar have cut off the new beginning for UK? ment Act . Even dignitaries Internet for longer. Or perhaps “abnormal normalcy” is defined by the fact are thinking twice to visit that 31 political leaders and 5,000 political workers have been detained under India. PM Narendra Modi varying provisions of the law. Presumably, the government worries that free- snags, the process of ing detainees like Dr Abdullah’s son Omar Abdullah or former CM In smashing the so- departing the EU will must convene an all-party Mehbooba Mufti will lead to political protests and mobilisation that would Sunanda K. called ‘red wall’ in now proceed apace.” meeting to discuss ways to prove embarrassing, given the existing international opprobrium. What, the North of The January 31 dead- contain violence and estab- however, do they fear from an 83-year-old politician who is walking around Datta-Ray England, Mr line has been revived. If lish peace at the earliest. with his wife’s kidney transplanted into his body? Johnson did not so, it may be the end of a After all, their dismantling of Article 370 and the bifurcation of the state are dream of regional coop- Gudipati Shanti Priya now done deals, on which there will be no going back. But so scared is the win over millions of eration that inspired Secunderabad Government of India of Dr Abdullah that no one is allowed to meet him — not Reflections working class vot- multinational group- political visitors from New Delhi, not journalists, not fellow Kashmiris. Only ers. He pandered to ings in Asia, Africa and ACTS ARE A MUST his family is allowed to visit him, and they refuse to speak about him to any- the multitude by America and nourished one because as his sister and daughter found out on October 15, the govern- ears and pho- organised by the the distant hope of glob- We should understand that the ment thinks nothing of throwing women into jail, if only for a day. bias haunt Spectator, the magazine making common al unity. But some more Citizenship Amendment Act and So when will Dr Farooq Abdullah be released? “When things are normal,” many soci- he had edited from 1999 cause with them. rational Brexiteers the National Register of Citizens Amit Shah told Parliament when Opposition leaders questioned him on eties. The to 2005, asking readers claim that rejection of are not going to harm anyone . The November 18. Presumably he meant when there was “normal normalcy”. FAssamese have to compose limericks ly attributes his blond the EU might in fact be demand by West Bengal Chief One can only worry, then, what “abnormal non-normalcy” would entail, both always been neurotic that were “as filthy and mop to his Turkish fore- its saving. “Do not Minister Mamata Banerjee to roll for Kashmir and for India. about being over- insulting as possible” fathers. despair over our exit”, them back is unethical. Both the whelmed by Bengalis. about Turkey’s What next? An email my friend writes in a Acts are newly enacted that will The fanatics of the BJP President Recep Tayyip from an English friend second email. “I sus- identify intruders and safeguard us fear that Muslim “ter- Erdogan. There were in industrial pect some other nations from unwarranted threat. We Just desserts for Sengar mites” will force anoth- fears that the abusive Lancashire on the will wish to follow, at should remember that even if we he is young. Ingenuous. Resilient. She chose for herself a working er “twelve hundred winning poem might be morning of the victory which point the bureau- intrude into any country, they life, hoping to tangibly contribute to the nation’s GDP, bring pros- years of servitude” on an impediment when claimed: “Each of us crats and politicos will won’t accept us as their citizens. Sperity to her family. She was a daughter of the soil. Instead of India. Muslims expect Mr Johnson visited had come separately to finally accept that the Vaddeti Venunath enabling her, the powerful decided to exploit and condemn her for her humanity to persecuted Ankara in 2016 as the conclusion that EU needs drastic over- Hyderabad good intentions and competences. Met with resistance, they took revenge Hindus abroad will Britain’s foreign secre- Boris, as both a journal- haul to make it fit for on her family. Within a year, her father was dead. Deaths of two of her damage their civic tary. He says Turkey’s ist and politician, was 21st century purposes aunts followed. The accident that killed them has left the girl maimed. We rights. Tales of Poles President didn’t bring far better equipped to and beyond. The organi- SCAVENGING do not know the full extent of her injuries. and Rumanians, up the poem at all when read the situation from sation has become ossi- According to the Manual Scaven- Yet, unlike their counterparts in the heartlands as well as the metropo- Slovaks and Serbs plac- they met. He wouldn’t, both an insider and out- fied very quickly, and ging Act 2013, no person, local les, her family has stood by the sufferer. Though, as some would say, they ing an intolerable bur- would he, no matter sider perspective than those with a vested authority or agency shall engage or paid the price for that. It marks a departure from custom, nevertheless. Of den on jobs, housing, how deeply it rankled? the average parliamen- interest in obstructing employ either directly or indirectly stigmatising, ostracising, cancelling the rape victim. Just like it happened schooling, medical care Mr Johnson charmed tarian, who has, these reform have ensured a manual scavenger. The officials in ‘Nirbhaya’s case. It is, therefore, fitting that the district court in Tis and other social ser- everyone by boasting of days, a very narrow frustration would boil are ignoring these rules is shock- Hazari, Delhi, where the erstwhile Chief Justice of India had transferred vices explain why his Turkish forebears experience of the world, over.” ing. This clearly shows that the all of the cases pertaining to this series of crimes (the incumbent, CJI northern English voters and – in the same breath and thus is in a far bet- He finds it “unaccept- officials have put the lives of a Bobde, has now formed a panel of two Supreme Court judges to speed up supported Brexit. -- of being “the proud ter position to act upon able that by far the rich- worker to risk without providing hearing gendered and sexual violence cases), has now convicted Kuldeep Britain has to leave the owner of a digital, very his evaluations. The est EU country should them safety measures before enter- Singh Sengar, belatedly expelled BJP MLA from Unnao, of rape under European Union, they well-functioning average media person be one of the biggest net ing manholes which are filled with both Section 376, IPC, and sections 5(c) and 6 of the Pocso Act on December reckon, to save itself. Turkish washing may have such blind recipients of subsidies toxic gases. Officials should be held 16, the date of ‘Nirbhaya’s gang-rape. His co-accused, Shashi Singh, was They forgot that giv- machine”. spots too, as indeed the — Luxembourg.” responsible for all these deaths and acquitted for lack of evidence. Once smirking and full of taunts, Sengar ing Boris Johnson what Chutzpah is defined as BBC seems to have Apparently, the EU is should be punished as per the law. broke down in the courtroom upon hearing the verdict. His sentence is he calls a “powerful new murdering your parents demonstrated in mis- riddled with corruption, D. Manoj Kumar likely to be pronounced on Friday. mandate to get Brexit and then seeking the reading the likely out- which is justified with Mt Road, Secunderabad It is as well that Sengar will not be served the regressive death penalty done” exalts the immi- court’s indulgence as an come of the election numerous creative as the relevant Pocso Act amendment is not retrospective. But why has grant over the native. orphan. It goes with right up to the exit poll excuses. “We’re tired of the CBI booked him only for conspiracy and not murder? Additional dis- When the job first fell opportunism and a at 10.00 pm. We find it them. We’re tired, too, WELL DONE, DC trict judge Dharmesh Sharma has duly slammed the agency for slow, into his lap because of thick skin in ensuring hilarious that the media of a system in which the Kudos to Deccan Chronicle and the biased and shoddy investigation. In these gloomy times, his judgment is a Theresa May’s inept- political success. While told politicians what it European Parliament is Telengana High Court for taking ray of hope. ness, a front-page head- EU leaders criticised Mr thought they wanted to a cipher for the man- the public grievances column of line in the Turkish Erdogan for harshly hear, and vice versa. All darins who cut deals in DC, ‘Speak Out’, as PIL. This is newspaper Sozcu putting down an the more hilarious that backrooms, a mere rati- what exactly citizens want from a DECCAN CHRONICLE screamed “Ottoman attempted coup, Mr they repeated the errors fication chamber with- dedicated legal arm of the govern- grandson becomes Johnson praised the made in calling the pre- out legislative powers. ment. This will greatly cut the time ADITYA SINHA T. VENKATESWARLU Prime Minister”. It suppression which left dicted outcome of the The EU will implode delay in grievance resolving Editor Printer & Publisher meant Mr Johnson’s more than 240 people Brexit referendum in when the next country process. Well done DC. keep it up. great-grandfather, Ali dead. The Turks also 2016.” quits, and be replaced Wg. Cdr. V. 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ensions between China and been designed after a careful exami- gious communities. Chinese schol- journalists to visit it, in an attempt and other Muslim communities, the US have escalated after nation of CVE approaches in the ars believe that adopting a muscular to counter international percep- according to the Chinese authori- the House of West and in the Muslim world. The approach to ‘harmonising’ minority tions. But so far, such attempts have ties. An unusual aspect of this exer- TRepresentative’s Uighur Chinese view has been challenged communities is the fastest way to not impressed foreign visitors. cise is that the authorities are Human Rights Policy Act, 2019. The by those who point out that standard make the autonomous and adminis- One component of China’s counter- attempting to introduce a local, Muhammad move is of a piece with the allega- global CVE practices are different trative regions trouble-free. extremism framework is to chal- Chinese version of Islam on the pat- tions of many international media from those espoused by China. Uighur Muslims complain they are lenge radical narratives, which is tern of its previous exercise of nur- Amir Rana and human rights organisations that Secondly, the Chinese definition of paying a huge cost for this ‘harmon- resulting in attempts to forge a new turing socialism with Chinese char- China is persecuting the Uighur extremism is complicated as it hard- isation process’, which is causing ethnic and cultural identity for acteristics. For this purpose, Beijing community and violating their ly differentiates between religious, them to lose their religious, ethnic, Xinjiang’s Uighur community. They has established Islamic learning rights — allegations that Beijing has ethnic, linguistic, and cultural griev- and cultural identities. They find are reinterpreting the history of centres to prepare imams, or prayer denied. Calling the US action a polit- ances. The Chinese deradicalisation only a few voices being raised in Xinjiang and Muslims in China. leaders, who can preach the ical move aimed at damaging its programme is also a massive exer- their support in the Muslim world. According to some books and book- ‘Chinese version’ of Islam. These ‘De-radicalising’ international image, China says it is cise in the sociocultural engineering The Muslim leadership, which is lets, provided by the authorities to centres are not allowed to collabo- running a deradicalisation pro- of its minority communities. greatly concerned by Islamophobia, visitors, Chinese historians and rate with other Islamic institutions gramme to mainstream its China’s communist party states has apparently shut its eyes to the scholars are making efforts to con- in Muslim countries. communities. that ‘harmony’ is the core driver of Uighur issue. Their silence is vey to their Muslim populations that It is interesting that at a time when Uighur Muslims: The Chinese claim has not been state policies as exemplified in its rewarded with Chinese economic they have been a part of the Chinese exclusionism, supremacism, and verified by independent sources and Belt and Road Initiative vision. The assistance and diplomatic support civilisation for thousands of years. hyper-nationalism tendencies are mystery shrouds its deradicalisa- idea of ‘harmony’ or ‘harmonisation’ on international forums. A booklet titled Historical Matters globally on the rise, China has decid- Is the Chinese tion or re-education programme. could have been conceived as a sub- Though Chinese authorities Concerning Xinjiang and published ed to launch its own version of ‘har- China needs to demonstrate to the stitute for the regular democratic believe they will be able to achieve by the State Council Information monising’ society. This thinking international community that it has process, but has, instead, become a their envisioned sociocultural trans- Office in 2019 rejects the idea that might appear to negate the global inserted human rights safeguards in driver of legislative and administra- formation, they are nervous about Xinjiang has ever been referred to as trends but in essence, its objectives action justified? its deradicalisation measures. tive reform, including ‘re-education’ their global image. This year, China ‘East Turkestan’. are similar, and it has little space for On their part, the Chinese say that strategies. However, China is still opened one ‘re-education’ centre for Chinese language courses are com- accepting diversity. they are countering violent extrem- striving to generate a framework for international visitors in Kashgar, pulsory for Muslims because of com- ism (CVE) with a strategy that has ‘harmonising’ its ethnic and reli- inviting diplomats, academics and munication barriers with Uighur By arrangement with Dawn Word SPY CHEWTRITION COMPLISULT PAGE The health benefits of A backhanded Oped 11 thorough mastication compliment DECCAN CHRONICLE WEDNESDAY | 18 DECEMBER 2019 | HYDERABAD Let Muslims be like Franciscans, espousing faith

tion is a single ruler, who could Minorities have a Muslims in different parts of have an electoral system, but choice; one is to the world. They are reacting to Is it not a fact that Judaic Robert D. Crane decisions are made indepen- oppression. In the US, we don’t religions are strident, as dent of that. A totalitarian sys- assimilate, which think we oppress anybody. But manifest in their proselytis- tem would reduce the possibili- I would argue is they just hate us. We can’t ing agenda, and this aggra- ty of a confederation of peoples. suicide of your cultural understand why they become vates frictions in a multi- identity. The other is to radicals. I mean ISIS doesn’t religious milieu? The Supreme Court verdict give a damn about anything, Religion is misused as a tool in the Ram Janmabhoomi- integrate... bring in the they say they will destroy for power. Look at Q&A Babri Masjid land dispute best of your religion everything as they refuse to Confucianism, which has been case in Ayodhya has caused and culture to the accept oppression. In America, both a religion and political DR ROBERT D. CRANE, who dismay to many people, not nation. It’s about learn- the military thinks there is a tool. I think the Chinese will was an adviser to late US just Muslims, because the military solution to every promote Confucianism around President Richard Nixon and a court upheld “faith over ing from each other. problem. But the fact is mili- the world and they have 3,000 former deputy director of the US facts” in settling the dispute tary does not solve problems, Confucian centres, financed by National Security Council, emb- in favour of a temple in rather creates them. the Communist government. raced Islam in the 1980s. In Abu place of the masjid. Most lessons for caste and reli- So it isn’t that Abrahamic reli- Dhabi for the launch of the Muslims have taken it in gious discrimination in Islam is a religion of love gions alone are used for politi- youth forum of the World their stride, for the sake of India, the legacy of cen- and peace but why does it cal purposes; all religions have Council of Muslim Com- peace. Would you advise turies of invasions? beget extreme violence in its their temptation. But I don’t munities, Dr Crane says, in an acceptance or back those A little bit of history here. so-called followers? Has associate the Jews with trying interview with JOHN MARY, who still opt for litigation? Slaveholders in America Islam a paradigm to tackle convert people. Most the Muslims in India should be I am with those who accept the Dr Robert Dickson Crane realised that with the advent of terrorism? Christians believe that if you like the Franciscans, who, with verdict and have decided to machines, it was uneconomic to The radical wing of Muslims don’t believe in Jesus, you will deep commitment, declared move on. The advantage is that ophobes, because I thought I integration means the opposite; maintain slaves and their fami- sees political power as the ulti- go to hell. So they convert peo- their convictions from the this gives India and its people still popularised them. Don’t you bring in the best of your lies. Then Abraham Lincoln mate goal in life. In practice, ple. I don’t think Islam tried to housetops rather than remain- time to understand their reli- get upset by what’s going on religion and culture to the was able to outlaw slavery. But power is what they want. convert anybody. Islam, in a ing reclusive and withdrawn gion. Do you understand the now to the extent that you give nation. It’s mutual cooperation, the problem was slaves were When some youth thought that classical sense, better reflects from public life. That’s what enlightened source of authori- up. It could take generations learning from each other. Most now citizens like everybody the Muslim Brotherhood was human nature. Muslims should do, while ty in Hinduism, of responsibil- for India to return to its found- of the Muslims in America else! Once you accept human not radical enough, they left eschewing violence. ities of people because human ing principles. Educate the choose between assimilation beings as nonhuman beings, and formed Al Qaeda and those You think the UAE brand of rights don’t exist by them- youth. We are not going to and integration without distin- how do you change that? I think who thought Al Qaeda was not moderation will help in The US Commission on selves? What are the responsi- determine the future of guishing between the two. In we in the US had made a lot of radical formed ISIS; you can’t spreading the concept of a International Religious bilities of Hindus in America or India, the younger Catholicism, there are two solu- progress. The lesson for India is get any more radical than ISIS. middle path? Does it have a Freedom (USCIRF) has rec- Hinduism? That’s the ultimate people will and it depends on tions. One is the Benedict to educate its youth, who should I would blame the Sufis to major role to play? ommended sanctions question. education. option. St Benedict, at the end be trained in the paradigm of some extent. Sufis followed the The word moderation is mis- against Union home minis- of the Roman Empire, found arts against others who would Benedict option as in leading. Moderation means ter Amit Shah for his stew- How can minority communi- Given your vast knowledge himself monasteries to main- want to manage paradigms of Christianity; they stayed away ‘I’m in the middle, I don’t sup- ardship the Citizenship ties navigate the choppy of different religions and tain the religion. The second is power; they will control every- from public life. For about 600 port anything’. Rather, integra- Amendment Bill, which waters of majoritarianism, finally embracing Islam, the Franciscan option; you take thing, including human years until recently, the Sufis tion is the objective. introduces religion as a cri- especially when the ruling what advice would you give the best of your religion and thought, through the tool of arti- stayed away, the intellectuals I would prefer peaceful terion for citizenship. What dispensation blatantly push- to minorities in a multi-reli- best of all that you have and ficial intelligence. sympathised with them but the engagement instead of modera- does it mean to India? es the Hindutva agenda? gious nation? preach from housetops. That’s essence of Islam disappeared. tion. Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Leave aside technicalities, I’m Stay away from those who Minorities have a choice; one is what Muslims should do. But Do you think the rest of the The Sufis should have been Al Nahyan, the founding father sure this (the USCIRF stand) attack Islam and Muslims. to assimilate, which I would don’t attack anybody in the world is intolerant of Islam active in public life, like the of the UAE, was truly one of the will be a help to the people of Have a positive message. If you argue is suicide of your cultural process. and wary of Muslims as in Franciscans. I think they will three leading inter-faith lead- India to fulfil the vision of focus on Islamophobia, you are identity. The other is to inte- experiencing Islamophobia? have to do it again. They are ers of the 20th century. It isn’t Mahatma Gandhi to build a also popularising Islamo- grate, but integration is often Does the American experi- Yes, it is only because of rea- growing rapidly all over the just peace you want; it’s build- true confederation of peoples. phobia. I deleted 100 pages taken to be the same thing ence with tackling racial sons from their point of view; world but they aren’t influenc- ing on peace to bring more The opposite of the confedera- from my book, on Islam- (assimilate). But I would say discrimination offer any there are a lot of radical ing public life much as yet. peace. Amid drama in Washington, does the South Asia must view climate change truth about Ukrainegate even matter? through regional lens the agenda at COP25 was on The point about ical mechanism to remove bad must be on their side. Some long-term finance. Developed men from high office. That polls do suggest that voters are Aisha countries opposed LTF discus- Ukrainegate is that it is brings us to a dodgy valve at the disturbed by Mr Trump’s sions under UNFCCC post a matter of interpreta- heart of the American alleged “quid pro quo” antics. Khan 2020. This effectively means Freddy Gray tion. If you don’t like Mr Constitution. A political system But most Americans don’t care that the commitment of $100 Trump, you see a pat- is always going to be politicised, about Ukraine and find the alle- billion per annum by devel- and impeachment inevitably gations arcane. Voters tend to oped countries will no longer tern of sinister behav- becomes a partisan device for a worry about issues such as jobs be mandated after 2020. As of iour that amounts to a party to take down an opponent. and immigration, and Mr now it is difficult to say what campaign to coerce That’s what is happening in Trump can claim successes on t has taken the world 25 the new terms and conditions f you think the recent former vice-president Joe Ukraine. If you like him, the case of Mr Trump. The those fronts. years of negotiations to will be, but should there be a British election has been a Biden, the man who leads the you’ll think the real con- House of Representatives will Unemployment remains at reach the point where scaling down on commit- disorientating exercise in polls to be the Democratic nomi- find him guilty because it has a record lows and, while he has Icountries are now ments it will translate into post-truthiness, try follow- nee in 2020. That, according to spiracy is against him. Democratic majority. The failed to build the wall, reports required to put words into less money available to devel- Iing the latest twists in Congressman Adam Schiff, Senate will acquit him because this week suggest that his latest actions. The Conference of oping states for adaptation Washington. In the coming days chairman of the House not withheld, merely paused, it has a Republican majority (a “remain in Mexico” campaign Parties (COP) provides an and mitigation. Donald Trump will become the Intelligence Committee, am- and Mr Zelensky never two-thirds majority is required has caused a 75 per cent reduc- international platform for The emerging global scenario third American President to be ounts to “soliciting” foreign launched an investigation into to remove him). Trumpists will tion in illegal immigration on bringing states together to after years of negotiations impeached. Nancy Pelosi, the interference in the 2020 election. the Bidens. Mr Zelensky insists celebrate the enduring the southern border. Mr build consensus on global cli- doesn’t appear to be of ‘one Democratic Speaker of the “The facts are not seriously con- that he never felt pressured. He resilience of the Constitution. Trump’s approval ratings have mate agreements that would humanity and shared responsi- House of Representatives, is tested,” he says. The Repub- would say that, say the The Democrats will moan that ticked up slightly, and a survey otherwise remain intractable. bility’. It is time to reconcile rushing the vote on the articles licans are about to prove him Democrats, but then they would the system is broken. this week found that since the The Paris Agreement was a with some harsh realities. As of impeachment through the wrong. Mr Trump, it is claimed, say that. Mr Trump can always Which brings us back to the impeachment proceedings feat of diplomatic success that the resource base shrinks and House, so that Mr Trump’s pressured Ukrainian President argue that he was simply question: why bother? The began, his popularity has brought 196 nations to agree on populations grow, each coun- Senate trial can start before the Volodymyr Zelensky in the now requesting that Ukraine clear Democrats must hope that the surged in crucial swing states. the Agenda of Solutions and try will put itself first, and 2020 election primary season notorious telephone call up its evident corruption, American electorate will be suf- Impeachment intensifies the became operational with the exclusive agendas will find begins. between the two leaders on July including suspicious relation- ficiently disgusted by Mr polarisation in politics that finalisation of the Rule Book. more traction with govern- Ms Pelosi knows that 25 this year. “Do me a favour, ships between the Obama Trump’s behaviour that they everyone worries about. That However, each COP is criti- ments and citizens. Moreover, impeachment is probably a los- though,” said Mr Trump, and administration and Ukrainian boot him out of the White House suits Mr Trump fine. Another cised for not finding solutions no one is ready to shift from ing cause — the Republican-con- then talked about Joe Biden’s power brokers, before he hand- in November. Justice will be divisive story broke last week. that are fair and equitable for capitalism and make the trolled Senate will almost cer- son Hunter, who was paid large ed over masses of American aid. restored, and America set back The department of justice’s carbon-neutral targets for all. changes that are necessary to tainly acquit the President. sums of money by a Ukrainian So far, no hard evidence proves on a path towards righteous- inspector-general released a 476- The three parallel activities reduce production patterns What, then, is the point? The energy company for no good otherwise. ness, progress and transgen- page report on the FBI’s inquiry at the COPs include negotia- and challenge corporate inter- Democrats will say that reason. Meanwhile, Mr Facts don’t care about your dered bathrooms. into the Trump campaign back tions by party delegates, side ests. Civil society marches- impeachment is a moral neces- Trump’s personal attorney, for- feelings, they say — to which But Mr Trump’s opponents in 2016 — the investigation into events for knowledge sharing /strikes would be more effec- sity, since the President is evi- mer New York mayor Rudy the only sane answer today is: have spent the past three years Russian interference which and civil society marches. tive if the thousands that con- dently unworthy of high office. Giuliani, conducted a somewhat yeah, right, whatever. The point hyping up various congression- Team Trump characterises as a COP25 in Madrid was no gregate make a personal com- Mr Trump and his allies, for quixotic investigation into about Ukrainegate is that it is a al trials and witness testimonies Deep State hit job against their exception to this standard for- mitment to reduce demand. If their part, will insist that Ukrainian corruption that matter of interpretation. If you as the moment when, in a man. Most news agencies mat and response. The main enough people become vegetar- impeachment has always been involved fishing for dirt on the don’t like Mr Trump, you see a Hollywood-style denouement, reported that the IG had found outstanding agenda at COP25 ians the emissions from live- the Democrats’ objective, Bidens. pattern of sinister behaviour Mr Trump will be exposed as a no evidence of political bias, was to reach agreement on the stock will go down. If people because they know they can’t According to the Democrats, that amounts to a campaign to villain and the horror of 2016 thus vindicating the FBI. But unresolved Article 6 that split refuse to buy commodities beat him at the ballot. Each side through Mr Giuliani’s activities coerce Ukraine. If you like him, undone. It’s a fantasy. As we Mr Trump found the IG findings nations into vanguard and lag- manufactured from carbon- endlessly obfuscates by accus- and the President’s hints, the you’ll think the real conspiracy saw in the exhaustive inquiry “incredible, far worse than I gard. As part of the Paris intensive technologies, emis- ing the other of obfuscation. administration made it clear is against him. The truth is slip- into Mr Trump’s alleged “collu- ever would have thought possi- Agreement countries had sions will go down. Mr Trump is accused of abus- that America’s provision of pery. Certainly, if this were a sion” with Russia, these deus ex ble”. His fans agree. Who cares agreed to set up new global car- Industry responds to ing presidential powers and about $400 million in military criminal case, the prosecution machina moments always fall what’s true? In Trumpworld, bon market systems to de-car- demand, and if demand goes obstructing the congressional aid was contingent on Mr would struggle to prove Mr flat. Yes, the Senate trial of a sit- you see anything you want, and bonise economies. However, down market forces will adjust investigation into his conduct. Zelensky launching an investi- Trump guilty. ting President is indisputably feelings don’t care about your since the Paris Agreement accordingly. For Pakistan, the He allegedly coerced Ukraine by gation into Mr Trump’s would- Ah, say the anti-Trumpers, but dramatic — and Mr Trump is facts. fails to describe how systems highlight at COP25 was the withholding military aid until be 2020 opponent. There are a impeachment is not a legal box-office material — but the will work or what rules will launching of the Ecosystem the new government in Kiev number of flaws in this argu- process. America’s Founding Democrats are taking a huge By arrangement with ensure real emission cuts, Restoration Fund by the advis- launched an investigation into ment. For starters, the aid was Fathers intended it to be a polit- gamble in assuming history the Spectator reaching an agreement contin- er on climate change. This is ued to pose the biggest chal- the first such initiative by lenge at COP25. Pakistan at a COP. The discussions on Article 6 Housed in the National centre on bilateral and volun- Disaster Risk Management Liability payment tary agreement to trade carbon Fund and financed by the Reclaiming our true nature Mrs. Shastri declines units, creating the Sustainable World Bank, the programme Development Mechanism to has five thematic areas that public donations replace the Clean Development will build the ecological master’s repartee. Nobody can be ness, injustice cannot be tolerated, NEW DELHI, Dec. 17. Mechanism through a cen- integrity through sustainable given evidence of this radical ecstatic and there should not be any distinc- Mrs. Lalita Shastri, widow of late Prime tralised governance system for strategies. The secretary of the transformation because it can be per- tion by way of gender, colour, reli- Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri, has indicat- countries and the private sec- climate change ministry, CEO, ceived only by those who have a fore- gion, age or status. Yet look at how ed to the Government her unwillingness to tor to trade emissions reduc- NDRMF, Nadeem Ahmed and Moin Qazi taste of it. A moist matchstick will not people are chafing at each other’s avail of any “public donation,” to pay off tion anywhere in the world, Ambassador Khayyam Akbar ignite even by repeated rubbing — it throats. It is a crazy world in which the liabilities of the late Prime Minister. and a framework for coopera- also attended the event. will simply snap. But a dry one will people know the truth and yet are so This was stated in a written answer to Mr. tion between countries to All eyes are now on 2020 but enflame even with a gentle distanced from it. Yashpal Singh by Prime Minister Mrs. reduce emissions outside mar- the pathway to emissions rub. The pure and clear It doesn’t make sense if Indira Gandhi in ket mechanisms such as aid. reduction is through people heart, unstained by worldly we make progress external- the Lok Sabha Although these negotiations and not the governments. The here was once a great spiritu- dross, is like the inflamma- ly when we are overlaid today. 50 YEARS AGO IN are technical they do tend to answers lie in action not al master. Seekers from far ble matchstick. Even the internally by hatred, jeal- Mrs. Gandhi said become politicised. At best, a words. If we want to save the would flock to him in search greying embers that have ousy and violence. Humans the facts were as partial resolution will be cob- planet then we must reduce Tof enlightenment. There was lost their cruel redness can are meaning-seeking ani- follows: Mrs. bled to show progress narrow- our individual carbon foot- one student who was allowed to leave kindle the fire in such a mals. We need to tap into Lalitha Shastri is residing in Bungalow No. ing down the agenda for dis- print and the rest will follow. It after a very short stay. He departed heart. But the heart of a the wellsprings of faith to 1 Moti Lal Nehru Place, formerly the resi- cussion at COP26 in 2020. is also time for South Asia to with the generous blessings of a high- worldly man, soaked in lust spark our mind to fix the dence of Prime Minister Shastri, for which However, reaching an agree- view climate change from a ly impressed master. Some of the is a moist matchstick. world for our needs instead of trying a rent of 10 per cent of her pension amount- ment on a common set of rules regional lens and work on col- inmates at the sanctuary were Man is today mired in greed, envy to fix ourselves for this world. ing to Rs. 125 per month has been fixed. to govern transactions is criti- laborative strategies to build amazed at such an early discharge and selfishness. He lives in a sick and Therein lies our salvation. A correspondence between the Centre and cal to the integrity and success resilience. A regional COP given to a raw and new initiate. ailing world. We all acknowledge and Mrs. Shastri’s family showed an amount of of the Paris Agreement as before December 2020 will set One of them was courageous enough believe in common human values. We Moin Qazi is a well-known banker, Rs. 2,200 being the rent due on furniture. weak rules can camouflage the stage for a stronger ask for to enquire from the master the reason are one at the core of our humanity. author and Islamic researcher. The total value is estimated at around Rs. emissions and, in fact, result in climate justice at COP26. for this gesture. “The stick was dry We all value the worth of human life. He can be reached at 16,500. increased global emissions. and it caught fire quickly,” was the We all agree that poverty is a sick- [email protected]. The other important item on By arrangement with Dawn Strategic competition PAGE US defence secretary Mark Esper says he wants to reduce the number of US troops in Afghanistan ‘with or without’ a peace World 12 agreement to focus on strategic competition with China DECCAN CHRONICLE WEDNESDAY | 18 DECEMBER 2019 | HYDERABAD Pak court sentences UK PM to outlaw Brexit extension beyond 2020 UN has no choice Musharraf to death London, Dec, 17: British cabinet meeting since the Prime Minister Boris election on Tuesday, wel- but to ship Johnson was seeking coming back his ministers Pakistan army furious, says ex-army chief can’t be traitor Tuesday to outlaw extend- after what he called a humanitarian aid ing the Brexit transition “seismic” result. SHAFQAT ALI | DC period beyond the end of “The voters of this coun- across Syria borders ISLAMABAD, DEC. 17 2020, as he prepared to put try have changed this gov- — Antonio Guterres Democracy has won, remarks the EU divorce deal before ernment and our party for A Pakistani court on MPs. the better and we must UN secretary-general Tuesday sentenced former Johnson won a big repay their trust now by military ruler Pervez majority in last week's working flat out to change Musharraf to death in Bilawal on Musharraf verdict general election on a our country for the bet- high treason case. promise to “get Brexit ter,” he said during the IN BRIEF Military spokesperson DC CORRESPONDENT sion and said that Pervez of Peshawar High Court done” by taking Britain meeting at his Downing Major General Asif ISLAMABAD, DEC. 17 Musharraf had violated (PHC) Waqar Seth, Justice out of the European Boris Johnson Street office. Ghafoor immediately said the constitution several Nazar Akbar of Sindh Union by the end of The government's agen- Superman’s film that the armed forces were Pakistan People’s Party times. Pakistan Muslim High Court (SHC) and January. plete a comprehensive da should be focused on furious over the verdict as (PPP) chief Bilawal League (Nawaz) senior Justice Shahid Karim of A transition period will deal, reviving fears of a social justice, better infra- fetches $200K a former army chief can- Bhutto on Tuesday said leader Ahsan Iqbal said Lahore High Court (LHC) then follow, during which “no-deal” outcome that structure and “extending Los Angeles: Superman’s not be a ‘traitor.’ that democracy had won that martial law would has announced the verdict London and Brussels hope could cause fresh uncer- opportunity across the very first movie cape was He said Mr Musharraf after former military have never been imposed that was reserved on to negotiate a trade agree- tainty and chaos. whole of the United sold for nearly $200,000 had fought wars for ruler Pervez Musharraf if decision like this had December 5. ment before the end of That was enough to pull Kingdom”, he added. Monday alongside a collec- Pakistan, adding the case was sentenced to death by been announced 50 years During the hearing, December next year. the pound sterling lower Johnson plans to put the tion of rare Hollywood mem- was heared in urgency. a court in a treason case. ago. Justice Seth said that ex- European leaders have in late trading in New EU Withdrawal orabilia, the auction house A three-member bench “Democracy is the best Earlier, a special court in president has been found said the 2020 deadline York. Agreement Bill before said. The prop from comprising Chief Justice revenge,” Bilawal said in Islamabad sentenced guilty of violating the would be too tight to com- Johnson held his first MPs on Friday. —AFP Christopher Reeve's of Peshawar High Court response to the special Pervez Musharraf to Article 6 of the "Superman", which went for (PHC) Waqar Seth, Justice court verdict. death in high treason case. Constitution by clamping $193,750, headlined Nazar Akbar of Sindh PPP leader Aitzaz Ahsan A three-member bench the state of emergency on Monday's sale of about 400 High Court (SHC) and also welcomed the deci- comprising Chief Justice November 3, 2007. WORLD BRIEFS PAK ISSUES PERMITS TO cinephile items at Julien's Justice Shahid Karim of Auctions in Los Angeles. Lahore High Court (LHC) QATAR ROYALS TO HUNT Only six capes in total were announced the verdict used while shooting the film, that was reserved on Islamabad, Dec. 17: Pakistan has issued special which came out in 1978. December 5. DICTATOR’S DOWNFALL permits to the Emir of Qatar and nine others of Multiple costumes from “Star During the hearing, November 3, 2007: He declares a state of emer- the royal family to hunt 100 houbara bustards, an Trek” also found buyers. Justice Seth said that for- gency and fires several prominent judges to consoli- endangered bird species, notwithstanding grow- mer military ruler had ing criticism in the country against the move, been found guilty of vio- date his grip on the courts. according to a media report on Tuesday. Myanmar nabs lating the Article 6 of the December 15, 2007: The state of emergency is lifted Originally an inhabitant of the colder central Constitution by clamping by Musharraf. Asian region, the houbara bustard, in order to 200 Rohingyas the state of emergency on DOCUMENTARY avoid harsh weather conditions, migrates south- November 3, 2007. August 2008: Musharraf resigns after the two main wards every year to spend the winter in a rela- Yangon: Almost According to the High governing parties agree to launch impeachment ON GRETA tively warm environment in Pakistan. The Dawn 200 Rohingya Muslims sailed Treason (Punishment) proceedings against him. Los Angeles: Hulu News reported that the permits have been issued more than 1,500 kilometres Act, 1973, “any person who July 31, 2009: Pakistan's Supreme Court rules that has set up a documen- for the 2019-20 hunting season. to escape Bangladesh abrogates or subverts or Pervez Musharraf November 3, 2007 acts of Musharraf as unconstitu- tary detailing the life refugee camps only to be suspends or hold in of Greta Thunberg, the arrested by Myanmar's navy, abeyance, or attempts or dict will be issued in 48 tional and abrogation, subversion of the current face of climate the country's military said conspires to abrogate or hours. Later, defence Constitution. change fight move- MACAU SET TO CELEBRATE Tuesday. The boat seizure subvert or suspend or hold lawyer said Musharraf, November 27, 2019: The Islamabad HC stops special ment. According to came just days after in abeyance the currently residing in court from announcing verdict in the treason case Deadline, the docu- 20 YRS OF RETURN TO CHINA Myanmar's leader and Nobel Constitution by use of Dubai, has been informed against Musharraf. mentary is being pro- peace laureate Aung San force or show force or by about the decision and duced by B-Reel Films, Macau, Dec. 17: The former Portuguese colony of Suu Kyi addressed the any other unconstitution- that he will challenge the December 5, 2019: Special court says it will which has an office in Macau will this week celebrate 20 years since its United Nation's top court to al means shall be guilty of special court’s judgment. announce the verdict in the case on Dec. 17. Stockholm, and direct- return to China, with Beijing's leaders praising a deny allegations of a genoci- high treason.” The sen- Earlier, Pakistan Tehrik-e- December 17, 2019: Special court hands Musharraf ed by Nathan pliant city that has grown rich on gambling and dal campaign against the tence for high treason is Insaf filed a plea in spe- Grossman. deference to authoritarian rule. ethnic minority. death or lifetime impris- cial court requesting to death sentence in the high treason case against The jubilation will be in contrast to the mood in onment. The verdict was name more accused in him. TURKEY ACTION neighbouring Hong Kong, the only other region Pope abolishes split 2-1 and a detailed ver- treason case. run under the “one country, two systems” model IRKS US which has endured six months of often violent pro-democracy protests. Chinese President Xi pontifical secrecy Washington: US Jinping will attend Friday’s anniversary celebra- Vatican City: Catholic clergy Defence Secretary tions in Macau. will no longer be able to cite PIO builder gets life term in murder case Mark Esper said on papal secrecy in sexual Monday he wants an abuse cases after Pope London, Dec. 17: An ment and ordered to serve actions. “Although no Singh, before leaving the explanation from Francis changed the rules, Indian-origin builder has a minimum of 22 years period of imprisonment address on foot. Officers Ankara over threats to CHRISTMAS CARDS FOR HK the Vatican said on Tuesday. been sentenced to life before he is eligible for will bring Sukhwinder from Leicestershire Police close two strategic Francis' instructions refer- imprisonment by a UK parole at the same court. back, I hope his family feel were called to the address military bases used by INJURED PROTESTERS enced two articles of Vatican court for stabbing a col- He was also given a three a sense of justice that he by colleagues from the the United States in law that refer to sexual league to death while on a year and six month prison has been found guilty of East Midlands Ambulance Turkey. Turkey's Hong Kong, Dec. 18: Hong Kong residents have abuse cases, specifying that refurbishment job. sentence for the bladed murder and is now serv- Service and Sukhwinder President Recep been gathering across the city on weekends and “the pontifical secret does Sulakhan Singh, 39, was article offence which will ing a life sentence. The was taken to the Leicester Tayyip Erdogan on in lunch breaks to write Christmas cards to not apply to accusations, tri- found guilty of murdering run concurrent. incident took place at an Royal Infirmary, where he Sunday threatened to injured protesters and those in detention as anti- als and decisions” involving Sukhwinder Singh last Detective Chief address in the city of was pronounced dead and close the Incirlik and government demonstrations grind on through the such offences. So-called week following a trial at Inspector Tony Yarwood, Leicester on July 2. Both a murder probe was Kurecik bases while holiday season. “I don’t even want to celebrate pontifical secrecy is a rule of Leicester Crown Court. He from the East Midlands men were carrying out launched. Sulakhan had speaking to a pro-gov- because so many people are seriously injured,” confidentiality designed to was also found guilty of Special Operations Unit refurbishment work at the run off, but other men ernment television said office worker Felix Wong, 35, choking up in protect sensitive information possessing a bladed article major crime team, said on property, when they working at the property channel. The two tears as she spoke. “We didn’t forget about them. related to the governance of in a public place. Monday: “Sulakhan Singh became involved in an told police he was respon- bases sit on Turkey's We’re not partying ... the Roman Catholic Church. This week, he was sen- must now face up to the argument. Sulakhan fatal- sible and he was arrested southwest coast, near ‘We can celebrate later, not now’, Felix Wong said —PTI Bombing kills 10 tenced to life imprison- consequences of his ly stabbed Sukhwinder hours later. the border with Syria. when asked what she had written in her cards. in Afghanistan THOUSANDS Anger in France Khost, (Afghanistan): Ten Plea to lift curbs members of the same family SIGN PETITION were killed Tuesday when their car detonated a road- side bomb as they were trav- IN HIROSHIMA against N. Korea elling to a funeral in eastern Afghanistan, officials said. Tokyo, Dec. 17: Beijing, Dec. 17: China ■ The nuclear-armed The victims had been driving Thousands of people on Tuesday urged the UN North has issued stri- in Khost province in a large signed an online petition Security Council to unan- station wagon-type vehicle against the planned imously back its joint pro- dent declarations in when the blast occurred, demolition of two early posal with Russia to ease recent weeks, even according to local and 20th-century buildings sanctions on North promising an ominous national officials. “The casu- that remained intact Korea, warning that dia- “Christmas gift” if alties include five men, two after the atomic bomb- logue to resolve nuclear Washington does not women and three children all ing of Hiroshima devas- tensions must not come up with some from one family,” Talib tated the Japanese city. regress. concessions. Mangal, a spokesman for A local government The nuclear-armed Khost's governor, told AFP. official confirmed on North has issued increas- They were travelling to Tuesday they had ingly strident declara- Beijing. The internation- Logar province to attend a received the petition tions in recent weeks, al community should funeral. signed by 12,000 citizens even promising an omi- “prevent the peninsula calling for the preserva- nous “Christmas gift” if from falling back into tion of the buildings Washington does not tense confrontation, and that stand 2.7 km from come up with some con- avoid a serious reversal of ‘MR SMILE’ IS the 1945 blast. The three- cessions. For his part, US the situation,” Geng storey red-brick build- President Donald Trump added. SOUTH KOREA ings are part of a cluster said Monday that he Russia and China intro- of four built in 1913 and would be “disappointed” duced a draft joint resolu- used to manufacture if North Korea had tion at the United Nations PRIME MINISTER Japanese military uni- “something in the on Monday seeking to lift Seoul, Dec. 17: South Korean forms. Earthquake works,” warning that if it some of the punitive President Moon Jae-in inspection two years ago did, “we'll take care of measures that have been appointed an anodyne former revealed they would not People march in Nantes on Tuesday during a rally as part of a third countrywide day of multi-sector protests over a it.””We're watching it enforced on Pyongyang parliamentary speaker known withstand a strong government pensions overhaul, with the government showing no signs it will give in to union demands to drop the very closely,” Trump said over its nuclear activities. as ‘Mr Smile’ as prime minis- tremor. —AFP plan. Unions have been striking since Dec 5 in their biggest show of strength in years. — AFP at the White House. “We hope that the ter on Tuesday, after a previ- Negotiations between Security Council will ous cabinet appointment trig- Washington and unanimously support the gered a corruption scandal ■ Pyongyang have been political settlement of the and mass protests. AGAINST | ODDS Journalism a dangerous profession, warns watchdog largely stalled since the Peninsula issue” and Chung Sye-kyun, a six-term collapse of a February encourage Washington lawmaker and former com- summit in Hanoi between and Pyongyang to merce minister, earned the Trump and North Korean “respect each other's con- soubriquet for his mild leader Kim Jong Un. cerns,” Geng said. demeanour, and local reports 49 scribes killed worldwide in 2019 The North is under He said “contact should say he has six times been heavy US and United be restored as soon as pos- voted the “most gentlemanly Paris, Dec. 17: Forty-nine ■ The historically low supposedly at peace was racy.” While fewer jour- (mostly Muslim) Uighur Nations sanctions over its sible to break the dead- lawmaker” by reporters cover- journalists were killed number mostly died cov- still alarmingly high, with nalists are dying, more are minority, alone holds a nuclear program, but it lock and to prevent the ing the National Assembly. across the world in 2019, 10 dying in Mexico alone. ending up behind bars, third of the journalists has been frustrated at the dialogue process from “He has always pursued poli- Reporters Without ering conflicts in Yemen, "Latin America, with a according to RSF. locked up in the world," lack of relief after it derailing or even regress- tics that listen, by valuing dia- Borders said Tuesday, the Syria and Afghanistan, total of 14 reporters killed Some 389 were locked up RSF said. declared a moratorium on ing.” While Beijing is logue and compromise with lowest death toll in 16 the Paris-based across the continent, has in 2019, up 12 percent on Meanwhile, 57 journal- nuclear and interconti- Pyongyang's most impor- his gentle personality,” Moon years. watchdog said. become as deadly as the last year. ists are being held hostage nental ballistic missile tant diplomatic ally and said. Under South Korea's The historically low Middle East,” he added. Nearly half were impris- across the globe, mostly in (ICBM) tests. key economic lifeline, it strong executive presidency, number mostly died cover- on average over the last While he said that the oned in three countries -- Syria, Yemen, Iraq and “It is an important and has backed sanctions the prime ministerial job is ing conflicts in Yemen, two decades, said the fall in the number of fatal- China, Egypt and Saudi Ukraine. “There has been sensitive period for the against its neighbour in largely ceremonial. Chung's Syria and Afghanistan, organisation, which is ities in conflict zones was Arabia, which was blamed no notable freeing of peninsula, and the the wake of its nuclear nomination comes after the Paris-based watchdog known by its French ini- something to celebrate, for the gruesome murder hostages this year despite urgency of a political activities. The draft text, Moon's first choice as justice said, which warned that tials RSF. "more and more journal- of columnist Jamal major developments in solution has further obtained by AFP, said the minister, Cho Kuk, was forced journalism remains a dan- But its head Christophe ists are being assassinated Khashoggi at its embassy Syria,” the RSF said, increased,” Chinese for- Council “shall adjust the to resign as a huge scandal gerous profession. Deloire warned that the for their work in demo- in Istanbul last year. which has led it to fear for eign ministry spokesman sanction measures swirled over academic Some 80 journalists a number of journalists cratic countries, which is "China, which has inten- the worst for many of Geng Shuang said at a towards the DPRK as may privileges. year have lost their lives murdered in countries a real challenge to democ- sified its repression of the those abducted. —AFP regular press briefing in be needed. —AFP iPod idea PAGE Apple removes Rewound, an app that turns an iPhone into a virtual iPod with a click Technomics 13 wheel like an MP3 player, from its App Store DECCAN CHRONICLE WEDNESDAY | 18 DECEMBER 2019 | HYDERABAD

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New York, Dec. 17: ■ The US government ratings in a short period There are a lots of bar- accountability office, of time. gains online during the in a report last year, If a service lets people GOOGLE NEXUS 4 (2012) holidays, but also plenty said 20 of the 47 items rate reviews as helpful or ‘AI’S MISTAKES of ways to get scammed, not, look for reviews with The Nexus 4 was stylish, super fast, and it even at established outlets it bought from online an unusually high num- stores with third-party was one of the first phones to support Qi ARE USERS’ like Amazon. ber of ‘helpful’ votes. wireless charging. It helped pave the way How can you be sure you marketplaces were Khalifah said merchants MOST are reading a legitimate counterfeit. might try to game the sys- for a legacy of slick stock Android MISTAKES’ review, not one coming tem by artificially inflat- devices like the Nexus 5, Nexus 6P, Hyderabad, Dec. 17: A cou- from a company employ- court filing that “an ing favourable reviews as and Nexus 7 in the years to come. IMPORTANT ple of years ago, the ee? How can you flag spon- unhealthy ecosystem is helpful so they show up Australian government was sored placements and developing outside of more prominently. PHONES OF THE rocked by the ‘robodebt’ scan- other ads — and protect Amazon to supply inau- Other patterns are hard- dal. Between July 2017 and your credit card once you thentic reviews.” er to spot. A reviewer March 2018, as many as 7,456 buy? The US federal trade might have been banned HTC One M7 debts were reduced to zero and Although there is no commission recently set- from one service, but still (2013) DECADE another 12,524 were partially magical solution, try tled with a cosmetics mer- write for others. Websites reduced but not wiped entire- some of these practices to chant that, it charged, had and apps such as Fakespot The One M7, ly. be a savvier online shop- its own managers create can help by flagging the one of the In a discussion paper on the per. fake accounts and direct same person’s reviews most important impact of new technologies on Online reviews at major employees to write good elsewhere and offering a phone of 2013, human rights in the country, retailers such as Amazon reviews on Sephora.com. revised rating. had good dual Australian human rights com- and Walmart and listing Beyond that, many so- Just because you are front-facing missioner, Ed Santow, has pro- services such as Yelp look called social media influ- shopping on Amazon T speakers and he emergence of smartphones early posed that people be held like a good place to get encers also write reviews doesn’t mean you are buy- HTC was using accountable for the mistakes first-hand information after receiving free prod- ing from Amazon. in the past decade set the tone for a AI and algorithms make on from people who have ucts. Saoud Khalifah, who The online shopping its Ultrapixel new universal trend in the digital their behalf, said on Tuesday. tried a product or mer- founded the service giants, like eBay, Walmart technology to revolution. That the smartphone- The Guardian reported that chant. Fakespot to help con- and others, has vast increase the quality of low-light driven internet traffic surpassed after the Australian govern- But investigations by sumers avoid being influ- third-party marketplaces photos. However, HTC never the web traffic from desktops in ment backed down on the use The Washington Post and enced by fake and biased where anyone can sell made a phone of this standard 2018 speaks volumes. One of the of automatic debt notices BuzzFeed have described reviews, suggests looking goods. again. single biggest utility smartphones based on income averaging, networks of fake review- beyond text reviews. The problem: That’s and had legislation for its ers paid to inflate ratings Search for video reviews where fraudsters try to offer is a pocket camera. facial recognition system for lesser-known sellers on YouTube; you can at sneak in their brand- Smartphones are being used to rejected by a government- on Amazon. Merchants least tell that the reviewer name counterfeits. unlock vehicles, control lights dominated parliamentary might also have their own has used the product, In a report last year, the and navigate through committee, Santow said it was employees write though it is not always US government accounta- AMAZON FIRE unknown corners of the time to set some rules to gov- favourable reviews or easy to tell if they’ve been bility office said 20 of the PHONE (2014) world. There are a set of ern how these new technolo- trash competitors. compensated. 47 items it bought from smartphones that have gies are used. Amazon has waged a Text reviews can still be online stores with third- The Amazon Fire Phone phone had the biggest impact “Robodebt is just a promi- legal battle against fake helpful once you learn to party marketplaces were in the way gadgets are nent example of data science reviewers since at least spot unusual patterns, counterfeit. had a 4.7-inch and government AI being used 2015, when it claimed in a such as lots of five-star — AP (1280x720) IPS LCD used and also to set in decision-making,” he said. screen, a 13MP main a precedent for — Agencies camera and a 2.1MP innovations. AURORA WORKS selfie camera. ON SELF-DRIVING CARS SAFETY

Hyderabad, Dec. 17: Multiple self-driving car accidents have ensured that a large-scale com- mercial deployment has DECADE’S TOP APPS & GAMES not seen the light of the Facebook and Subway Surfers topped the app day. However, with the FIRM FINDS BUG store intelligence firm App Annie's Decade in advancement in technol- Review analysis, which identifies the most popu- ogy, many companies lar apps and games of the decade across iOS and that provide the service IN WHATSAPP are planning multiple Android platforms. Communication and social layers of safety. BLACKBERRY SAMSUNG APPLE IPHONE GOOGLE PIXEL 3 SAMSUNG media apps dominated the list, claiming seven Aurora, a startup that PRIV (2015) GALAXY NOTE 7 X (2017) (2018) GALAXY FOLD GROUP CHAT out of the 10 top spots, while Netflix and Tinder counts Amazon as an The Blackberry (2016) 10 years after Combining com- (2019) New Delhi, Dec. 17: claimed the top-2 spots in consumer spend cate- Check investor, feels a system Priv was unique Samsung Note 7 the launch of ponents like a Although the Point Research, the Threat gory. Clash of Clans and Monster Strike stood out of remote monitors act- Intelligence arm of Check in the all-time consumer spend category. ing much like air-traffic in having a hard- had a brand new the original rear fingerprint Fold is far from Point Software Technologies controllers is one way to ware keyboard, iris sensor, a iPhone, Apple's sensor, colourful perfect, the Ltd., a leading provider of TOP 10 APPS TOP 10 GAMES gain public acceptance, and it had some bunch of new S- iPhone X OLED screen, and gadget has the cyber security solutions glob- (ALL-TIME (ALL-TIME a Forbes report said on cool BlackBerry Pen features, and marked a com- Qi wireless power to work ally, recently helped mitigate a DOWNLOADS) DOWNLOADS) Tuesday. software fea- a big 5.7-inch dis- pletely new era charging with like a tablet, an new vulnerability in The Palo Alto-based tures, while hav- play, and a huge for iPhones. The nifty features like e-reader and a WhatsApp that could allow a Facebook Subway Surfers company, founded by ing a lot of 3,500 mAh bat- phone replaced Google's Now lot of other bad actor to deliver a mali- Facebook Messenger Candy Crush Saga three autonomous tech Android features. tery. But the bat- Touch Ids and Playing song devices. cious group chat message that veterans from Google, tery kept explod- introduced ges- identification and Considering the would crash the app for all WhatsApp Temple Run 2 Tesla and Uber, is invest- members of the group. To ing in a system it is call- ing. tures to replace Call Screen, the scope of design regain use of WhatsApp, users Instagram My Talking Tom ing ‘teleassist’ as it the home button Pixel 3 had the and innovation it would need to uninstall and Snapchat Clash of Clans works to perfect the soft- AMAZON KINDLE PAPERWHITEright balance of offers, the Fold reinstall it, then delete the ware, computers, sen- tech and smarts. seems like a group which contains the mes- Skype Pou sors and vision system promising sage. TikTok Hill Climb Racing that allow its test fleets gadget. To create the malicious mes- in the Bay Area and sage that would impact a UC Browser Minion Rush Pittsburgh to handle a NOKIA LUMIA WhatsApp group, the bad range of road condi- Though 1020 | Perhaps the first actor would need to be a mem- YouTube Fruit Ninja tions. Under the pro- the Kindle phone to see how important ber of the target group Twitter 8 Ball Pool gramme, trained techni- was first camera technology would be in future (WhatsApp allows up to 256 cians will access a vehi- released last devices was the Nokia Lumia 1020. users per group). From there, TOP-2 APPS TOP-2 GAMES cle’s sensors when need- decade, the the bad actor would need to ed, and offer suggestions PEBBLE | In 2013, the Pebble smartwatch arrived with a use WhatsApp Web and their (CONSUMER (CONSUMER and guidance for unusu- Paperwhite, web browser’s de-bugging tool SPEND) SPEND) al developments. During launched in 2012, design and functionality that positioned it as a second screen for to edit specific message the communication, was the first device smartphones. With notifications about emails, calls, and mes- parameters and send the edit- Aurora vehicles would to transcend the sages routed to the Pebble, it allowed smartphone users to leave ed text to the group. This edit- safely pull over to the their devices in their pockets. ed message would cause a side of the road. merely utilitarian crash loop for group members, “Our system will alert portable electronic AMAZON ECHO (2014) | Echo was the first viable voice assistant denying users access to all remote teleassist person- reading device to ever. Echo products led to smart home products interacting with WhatsApp functions until nel when the need aris- become one that each other. they reinstall WhatsApp and es, either because a rider was a pleasure delete the group with the mali- or another user of the DJI PHANTOM 3 (2015) | First released in 2013, the white quadcopter Netflix Clash of Clans to look at and cious message. vehicle in a logistics net- was sometimes called 'the iPhone of drones' because of its various Oded Vanunu, Check Point’s work has requested it or use. head of product vulnerability because the vehicle has capabilities and easy to use features. research, said, “Because called for help,” co- AIRPODS (2016) | AirPods are perhaps one of Apple’s most successful WhatsApp is one of the founder and chief prod- world’s leading communica- uct officer, Sterling products this decade. They are one of its most impressive technologies ever. tion channels for consumers, Tinder Monster Strike Anderson said. businesses and government — Agencies agencies, the ability to stop people using WhatsApp and delete valuable information from group chats is a powerful WOMAN | POWER Company asked to allow users to choose from search engines weapon for bad actors. All Probe into Google’s WhatsApp users should update to the latest version of the app to protect themselves against this possible attack.” Google says no to partners in Turkey takeover of data co Check Point research dis- closed its findings to the Istanbul, Dec. 17: tition. Turkey’s competi- device models and will be would remain in place and the head of its compe- London, Dec. 17: whether the $2.6 billion WhatsApp bug bounty pro- Google has told its tion board ruled on able to use their devices until all demands were tition authority and called Britain's competition acquisition would result gramme on August 28. Turkish business partners November 7 that changes and applications normally. met. Google was given a on them to exert pressure watchdog said Tuesday it in less competition in the WhatsApp acknowledged the it will not be able to work which Google made in its Google’s other services 60-day period to challenge in order to change the launched a formal UK market. findings and developed a fix to with them on new Android contracts with its business will be unaffected,” it said, the ruling. decision. inquiry into Google's Google said in a state- resolve the issue, available phones to be released in partners in line with the adding that it was working The regulator had asked In January 2019, the com- takeover of cloud data ment that “the acquisi- since WhatsApp version num- Turkey, after the Turkish board’s demands were with the authority to Google to change all its petition authority also analytics company tion of Looker has ber 2.19.58. Users should man- competition board ruled inadequate as they still resolve the issue. software distribution said it had launched an Looker Data Sciences, as received regulatory ually apply on their devices. that changes Google made did not allow changes to Google made the agreements to allow con- investigation into whether it intensifies scrutiny of approval in the US and “WhatsApp responded quickly to its contracts were not the default search announcement via a sumers to choose different Google broke competition technology deals. Austria and we continue and responsibly to deploy the acceptable. engine. Turkish public relations search engines in its law with algorithms it The competition and to make progress with mitigation against exploita- Turkey’s competition “We’ve informed our company, which sent the Android mobile operating uses for searches and to markets authority said it regulators in the UK.” tion of this vulnerability,” authority had fined business partners that we statement to Reuters on system. The probe was target advertisements. had notified the two com- The US tech giant said said Oded Vanunu. Google 93 million lira will not be able to work Monday after Turkey’s triggered by a filing by That probe followed a panies on Monday that it in June it was buying “WhatsApp greatly values ($17.4 million) in with them on new Android Haberturk reported the Russian competitor complaint that Alphabet was opening an initial Looker, which helps cus- the work of the technology September 2018 for violat- phones to be released for move at the weekend. Yandex. Inc’s Google unit had inquiry and would decide tomers visualise data, as community to help us main- ing competition law with the Turkish market,” The competition board Haberturk had reported “abused its dominant posi- on February 13 whether it seeks to compete with tain strong security for our its mobile software sales. the Google statement said it imposed a fine on Google had shared in its tion and made the efforts to escalate it to a more in- rivals, including Amazon users globally,” said The company was given said. Google of 0.05 per cent of letter to business partners of other companies diffi- depth investigation. in the lucrative cloud WhatsApp software engineer six months to make “Consumers will be able its revenue per day over the contact details of cult”, the authority said. The authority said this service business. Ehren Kret. changes to restore compe- to purchase existing the violation and that this Turkey’s trade minister — Reuters month it was looking into — AP Sugar exports India slips poised to to 112th reach place on record gender gap 5 MT WEDNESDAY | 18 DECEMBER 2019 | HYDERABAD

■ Sensex hits new record peak, FII resume buying Telcos have NBCC bid for quick to pay for Stocks gain momentum on outgoing Jaypee Infra BITES global cues, budget hopes calls in 2020 gets most votes INDICATORS % New Delhi, Dec 17: Telecom operators will New Delhi, Dec. 17: State- (CoC). Buyers have 57.66 Sensex 41,352.17 1.01% A slew of global factors ing budget to revive con- continue to pay 6 paise owned NBCC on Tuesday per cent voting rights, Nifty 50 12,165.00 0.92% drove the market to sumption and attract per minute for every won approval of financial fixed deposit holders 0.13 record highs on Tuesday, investments," said Vinod outgoing call made to creditors to take over debt- per cent and lenders 42.21 S&P 500 3,194.41 0.09 with the Sensex gaining Nair, Head of Research at their competitors' net- laden Jaypee Infratech Ltd, per cent. For a bid to be Dollar (‘) 70.975 -0.049 over 413.45 points, or 1.01 Geojit Financial Services. work till December 31, rekindling hopes of home- approved, 66 per cent votes Pound Sterling (‘) 93.77 -1.19 per cent, to end at an all- On Tuesday, metal stocks 2020 following sector buyers finally getting their are required. time high of 41,352.17 gained on US reaching an regulator Trai's deci- promised flats over the In a filing to the BSE, Euro (‘) 79.21 0.12 points. in-principle trade deal sion, announced on next four years. Jaypee Infratech's Interim Gold (10gm)* (‘) 38,771▲11 +0.02 The sentiments were with China. Brokerage Tuesday. These charges A week-long voting on the Resolution Professional boosted after the US sus- firm CITI Research said were proposed to takeover proposals submit- Anuj Jain informed that Brent crude ($/bbl) 66.05 1.09 pended planned tariff global steel prices are like- become zero from ted by NBCC and - NBCC got 57.66 per cent IN 10-Yr bond yield 6.744 -0.050 hikes on Chinese imports, ly to rise on signs of China January 1, 2021. based real estate firm vote of homebuyers and US 10-Yr T-bill yield 1.857 -0.032 scheduled for December easing monetary and gov- Telecom industry Suraksha Realty ended 0.13 per cent of fixed 15 and on reports that UK ernment policies and a body COAI sees it as a close to the midnight, with deposit holders. The public * As of 9:30 pm IST Prime Minister Boris demand upswing in India relief for the debt rid- results going in favour of sector firm got 39.57 per Johnson would change also pushed metal stocks den sector and expects the state-owned firm with cent votes of lenders out of the law to guarantee that Foreign institutional Stock prices reflect higher. that continuing with six an overwhelming majority total 42.21 per cent votes. the Brexit transition investors (FIIs) started everything and the Domestic steel prices paise mobile call termi- of 97.36 per cent favouring IFCI, which has voting phase is not extended pouring money into momentum seen now is have increased by 4-6 per nation charge will not it. rights of 1.21 per cent, National beyond end-2020. Indian equities lately. based on expectations cent from the lows in have any impact on con- This is the third round of abstained from the voting Analysts said there FIIs have invested net Rs from the finance minister, October 2019, led by grad- sumers as operators bidding process to find a process, while ICICI Bank Broadband could be more foreign 850 crore in the equity which are elevated after ual recovery in domestic have already absorbed buyer for Jaypee Infratech, (1.31 per cent) and SREI buying, as India's weigh- segment, as per data avail- the corporate tax cut and demand and regional this charge in their which went into Corporate Equipment Finance Ltd Mission launched tage in the MSCI able on the NSE. In sector-specific packages, prices. A warm winter in recently hiked mobile Insolvency Resolution (0.12 per cent) voted Emerging Market Index is December, however, FIIs analysts said. China has resulted in bet- call and data rates. Process (CIRP) in August against NBCC’s bid. The government promised set to rise, as Finance have net withdrawals of "Positive global senti- ter demand from con- "For wireless to wire- 2017. Suraksha managed to get broadband access in all villages Minister Nirmala Rs 3,000 crore. ments, buoyed by easing struction, as reflected in less domestic calls, ter- The successful resolution 2.12 per cent votes as only by 2022, as it launched the Sitharaman on Friday The market has been trade war tensions inventory de-stocking and mination charge would will provide a big relief to fixed deposit holders and ambitious National Broadband confirmed implementa- stalling but has discount- between the US and low exports. With higher continue to remain as over 20,000 homebuyers two banks—Axis Bank and Mission entailing stakeholder tion of the Budget ed the easing of global China, continue to pump prices and coking coal-led Re 0.06 (paise six only) across various housing The Jammu and Kashmir investment of Rs 7 lakh crore announcement of raising worries such as Brexit market. Economic growth cost deflation, margins per minute up to projects launched by Bank— favoured it. over years. The mission will the foreign portfolio and US-China trade war. remains on the lower side should recover partially December 31, 2020," the Jaypee Infratech in Out of 21,781 homebuyers facilitate equitable access to investment limit in a com- Amid easy monetary poli- while risk appetite of in the third quarter of fis- Telecom Regulatory and (Uttar that are part of the CoC, as broadband services across the pany from 24 per cent to cy and improvement in investors are gradually cal 2020 and considerably Authority of India said. Pradesh). many as 12,147 flat owners country. It also involves laying sectoral foreign invest- liquidity, the market improving on expectation in the fourth quarter of The rate were reduced As many as 13 banks and voted on NBCC's resolu- of incremental 30 lakh route km ment limit from April should continue with the of further steps from the FY20, said Kotak to 6 paise from October over 21,000 homebuyers tion plan, of which 97.02 of optical fibre cable. next year. current momentum. government in the upcom- Institutional Equities. 1, 2017 from 14. —PTI have voting rights in the per cent were in favour. Committee of Creditors —PTI Patanjali given a week more to Byju’s more than doubles Govt sets `1.1 lakh cr monthly GST Reveneue buy Ruchi Soya revenue, reduces losses target; asks taxmen to buckle up de-growth New Delhi, Dec 17: Amid asked to plug evasions, mark in four out of the for cotton concerns that the govern- Pandey impressed upon eights months of the cur- SANGEETHA G ment may fall short of the them to achieve targets rent fiscal and only once spinners seen CHENNAI, DEC 17 tax collection target in a without harassing honest was above Rs 1.1 lakh slowing economy, the taxpayers. crore. At the current Think and Learn, the hold- Centre has set an ambi- Taxmen were told in no trend, the GST tax collec- RITWIK MUKHERJEE ing company of edu-tech tious Rs 1.1 lakh crore uncertain terms that both tion target is likely to be KOLKATA, DEC. 17 start-up Byju’s has grown monthly GST target for the the GST as well as the Rs missed by at least Rs 1 its revenues by 177 per cent remaining four months of 13.35 lakh crore target for lakh crore. It's now the turn of the The NCLAT granted another and cut its losses in FY19. the current fiscal and direct taxes for 2019-20 will The sources said the rev- cotton spinning indus- extension, of one week till Dec. At the end of FY19, the asked taxmen to step up have to be achieved. enue department is taking try to take a hit from 23, to Baba Ramdev-led Patan- consolidated revenue of efforts to achieve the goal. In the meeting, the GST concerted measures to aug- the demand slowdown. jali Ayurved for completion of Think and Learn stood at Revenue Secretary Ajay target was set at Rs 1.10 ment collections in the Both revenues and the Rs 4,350-crore resolution Rs 1,305 crore against Rs Bhushan Pandey held a lakh crore every month next four months and has operating profits of plan to acquire Ruchi Soya. 471 crore in the previous video conference meeting between December 2019 exhorted its senior offi- domestic spinners are Earlier, on Nov. 20, the tribunal fiscal. Net loss for the fiscal with top tax officials of and March 2020. Of these cers, including Members of likely to drop. Spinners had extended the deadline till was Rs 8.82 crore against ny is on track to double its ment content and services departments looking after four months, Rs 1.25 lakh Central Board of Indirect expect that the overall Dec. 16. The tribunal granted Rs 37.15 crore in FY18, revenue to Rs 3,000 crore. via internet, TV and radio. both income tax and indi- collections has to be Taxes and Customs (CBIC) FY20 performance will liberty to the Ruchi Soya according to the financial “We will also be launch- Think and Learn Inc, a rect taxes such as GST and achieved in at least one and Central Board of be weighed down by the lenders to approach it if Patan- statement accessed by ing Byju's Online Tutoring 100 per cent subsidiary of asked them to step up month, the sources said. Direct Taxes (CBDT), as tepid volumes and weak jali fails to make payment. PaperVC and seen by which will further acceler- the Parent, incorporated in efforts to achieve tax tar- Gross GST collections, well as other top officials to earnings seen so far. Financial Chronicle. ate growth and profitabili- April 2017, provides K12 gets, finance ministry which include the share of achieve tax targets both for "The Indian cotton Total assets of the compa- ty in the coming year," he learning app, which offers sources said. both Centre and the states, direct and indirect taxes. spinning industry's per- ny grew to Rs 4,383 crore said. learning programmes for While taxmen have been crossed Rs 1 lakh crore —PTI formance has been from Rs 913 crore in the The financial statements students in classes K12. severely constrained in Karvy case: SAT previous fiscal. The total of the subsidiaries of Byju's K3 Education, the current fiscal, being liabilities too grew to Rs Think and Learn—incor- incorporated in August adversely impacted by asks Sebi to 191 crore from Rs 66 crore. porated in November 2018, trains students in the demand slowdown, Basic and diluted earnings 2011—are included in the India and abroad for vari- Vocational jobs score over engg, MBA unfavourable raw mate- hear Axis plea per share stood at Rs 192 consolidated financial ous educational pro- rial prices and rising against Rs 307 in the previ- statement. These sub- grammes and does R&D for funding requirements. The Securities Appellate ous fiscal. sidiaries include, Specadel products of teaching aids with double-digit growth in salaries While export volumes Tribunal (SAT) asked the Sebi In a statement, Byju’s Technologies, Infiken to supplement education have seen some uptick to pass an order within 15 days said its net revenue Internet Labs, Span through mediums like in recent months, as on the Axis Bank's plea in the increased from Rs 490 Thoughtworks, Byju's K3 internet, television and SANGEETHA G Teamlease Services. struction, gemmologist in against the sharp de- Karvy Broking matter. Axis crore in FY17-18 to Rs 1,341 Education, Think and computers. CHENNAI, DEC. 17 During the period 2017- gems & jewellery, quality growth witnessed Bank said the regulator's ruling crore with a net profit of Learn Inc, Byju's Inc and Delaware-based Byju's 2018, the average salaries inspection supervisor in between May- is preventing it from accessing Rs 20 crore in FY18-19. Tangible Play Inc. Inc is is also an education The widening demand- for vocational jobs grew logistics and interior September 2019, they securities pledged by the Its gross revenue rose Specadel Technologies is technology company incor- supply gap has led to a by 18 per cent whereas designer in retail seg- remain lower than the broking firm. A Sebi directive from Rs 520 crore to Rs into online tutoring, pub- porated for the develop- double-digit growth in engineering and MBA ments. levels seen in the pre- to the NSDL in November that 1,480 crore. lishing, and marketing ment of learning apps salaries of vocational jobs jobs rose only by 4 per For instance, the aver- ceding fiscal," said prevented banks from access- “Expanding our base educational products. which offer highly adap- and the trend is likely to cent and 3 per cent, age salary of a network Jayanta Roy, Senior VP ing the pledged securities. across smaller towns and Infiken Internet Labs, does tive, engaging and effective continue in the coming respectively. technician with five-year and Group Head, cities and introducing new the information technolo- learning programmes for years. The salaries are higher experience grew from Rs. Corporate Sector products have been pivotal gy related activities. Span students in the US. The salary growth of for visual merchandiser 38,000 in 2016 to Rs 51,600 Ratings, Icra. to our growth,” Byju’s Thoughtworks Private Tangible Play, Inc, incorpo- vocational skilled talent is in apparel segment, serv- per month in 2018, the The rating agency Chief Operating Officer Limited is engaged in the rated in Delaware, is head- higher than that of profes- ice technician in automo- salary of an engineer expects a revenue de- Rajasthan sets Mrinal Mohit said. business of research, quartered in Palo Alto, sional degrees holders bile sector, network tech- with similar years of growth of around 6 per Mohit said in the current development (R&D) and California. It is an educa- from poorly ranked insti- nician in BFSI and experience grew from Rs cent for spinners due to financial year, the compa- delivery of career develop- tional gaming company. tutions, finds a study by FinTech, surveyor in con- 37,200 to only Rs. 41,500. weak export demand up `1,000 crore amid increasing compe- tition from other coun- farmers fund tries and sluggishness in domestic consump- The Rajasthan government has tion levels. constituted Rs 1,000 crore Significantly, the cred- Farmers Welfare Fund to pro- Women’s share in life biz, policies rising it profile of spinners vide them a reasonable price has weakened in the for agricultural produce and SANGEETHA G fiscal 2.86 crore life poli- in FY19. ber policies bought in the continued to have the Deputy Managing recent quarters, with boost their income. Chief CHENNAI, DEC 17 cies were sold with a first The share of women state. highest number of women Director of Max Life earnings from opera- Minister Ashok Gehlot launched year premium of Rs 97,690 buyers among private life Though the number of agents followed by IDBI Insurance finds that tions and liquidity posi- the fund at a 'Kisan Sammelan' The financial literacy crore. The number of insurers was 27 per cent women working as life Federal Life Insurance as insurance industry is still tion facing pressures in held in on completion of among women seems to be policies bought by women and it was 39 per cent in insurance agents went up in the case of the previous striving towards achiev- H1 FY2020, amid rising one year of the government. increasing. Women’s went up from 90 lakh to case of LIC. Out of the 103 in FY19, their share year. ing a gender-balanced debt levels. The sce- The welfare fund was share in the number of 103 lakh and the first year lakh policies bought by remained almost flat. As “With many women workforce. nario is quite similar to announced by the chief minis- life insurance policies premium from Rs 29,800 women, more than one- many as 6,03,208 women keen on a second career According to him, FY2012, when cotton ter in the Budget in July. sold in 2018-19 as well as crore to Rs 36,525 crore, third was purchased by were working as agents post marriage and chil- women are intuitive and prices fell sharply, the first year premium according to Irdai. three states- West Bengal, last fiscal against 5,79,220 dren, life insurance is an bring healthy competition resulting in high inven- has increased over the “We see that women Uttar Pradesh and women in FY18. Their attractive career option as to the table. “Challenging tory losses and tight Printed & Published by previous year. The num- today are far more inde- Maharashtra. Out of the share among the total it affords them financial the conventional thinking cash flows for spinners. T Venkateswarlu on behalf of Deccan ber of women in the pendent and have much Rs 36,525 crore first year agency force stood at 27.5 independence while process to enable innova- The impact on debt- Chronicle Holdings Limited, Printed at agency workforce too has better financial aware- premium received from per cent against 27.8 per allowing them the flexibil- tion and creativity in coverage metrics and Deccan Chronicle Press at Deccan Chronicle Holdings Ltd. #563/9/D&9/E, moved up. ness and understanding,” women buyers also these cent in FY18. ity to work at their own business approach, they liquidity is expected to Behind Andhra Bank Pet Basheerbagh, Share of women pur- said Karthik Raman, three states had more While private insurers pace and be their own naturally exhibit soft be more adverse for Kompally, Ranga Reddy Dist. Editor: chasing life policies CMO & Head – Products, than one- third share. increased their women boss. As a result, more skills such as creativity leveraged companies T.Venkatram Reddy, RNI Reg moved up to 36 per cent in IDBI Federal Life West Bengal has made agent force from 49.53 per and more women are and communication, that have undertaken a No.APENG/2008/24282. © All rights FY19 and their share in Insurance. significant improvement cent in FY18 to 52 per cent being drawn towards life adding value to the orga- sizeable debt-funded reserved. Reproduction in whole or in the first year premiums In an emerging trend, in women participation as in FY19, LIC became lean- insurance sales as a nizational operations and capital expansion in part without written permission of The too rose to 37 per cent transgenders bought 1286 it is also topper in the per- er with 48 per cent women career,” finds Raman of enabling effective cus- recent years and have Editor, Financial Chronicle ® is prohibited. from 32 per cent in both policies with a first year centage of women pur- agents against 50.47 per IDBI Federal Life. tomer service and rela- higher repayments cases in FY18. In the last premium of Rs 45 crore chasers against total num- cent in FY18. Max Life However, V. Viswanand, tionship,” he said. scheduled. 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ODIs AT VISAKHAPATNAM Team P W L T India 8 6 1 1 India feel the heat WI 3 1 11 The team should HIGHEST INNINGS be set and players Kohli & Co. fret over bowling combination, West Indies aim to lock series TOTALS should know that Visakhapatnam, Dec. hit through the line easi- India 356/9 in 50 overs 17: India will have to get LIVE on TV ly. So will Pandey, with a vs Pakistan in 2005 they are playing the their bowling combina- better range of strokes, India vs West Indies Shai keen on pipping Virat, Windies 321/7 in 50 T20 World Cup. tion right after failing to be an option instead of stop the West Indies 2nd ODI Jadhav? If that’s the overs vs India in 2018 — Harbhajan Singh says the team from executing a perfect on STAR Sports 1, HD case then they will Rohit in top run-getters list should be finalised four months chase in Chennai when FROM 1.30 PM have to go for a spe- LOWEST INNINGS prior to the Cup they take on the buoyant cialist fifth bowler Visakhapatnam, Dec. 17: but one number nugget TOTALS visitors in the second — either seamer West Indies opener Shai that could interest the ODI here on Wednesday, in 10 overs) being ren- Thakur or leg- Hope is quite “sure” that uninitiated is the runs he India 269/6 in 50 overs SHORT TAKE aiming to keep the three- dered ineffective. Hope spinner Chahal. some of his teammates will scored in ODIs this year. vs New Zealand in 2016 match series alive. and Hetmyer didn’t mur- In case India go have Thursday’s IPL auc- Talk about whether IPL Windies 269/9 in 50 Mandhana in ICC’s A series win here der the attack but did for either of the tion on their minds during auction will be on his would certainly raise enough during the mid- two, then the axe the second ODI against mind, Hope sounded dis- overs vs India in 2011 Kieron Pollard’s profile dle overs to ensure 103 may fall on one of India but for him it will be missive. ODI, T20 teams from a T20 freelancer to runs came without tak- the two all-rounders, “secondary” to beating “I am sure it would be but HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL Dubai: India opener Smriti an able leader but a ing any adventurous Dube or Jadeja. Dube Virat Kohli and Rohit I am sure that’s secondary. SCORES Mandhana was on Tuesday blinder from Rohit route. was sent to bat at No.8 Sharma in the 2019 top We came here to play a named in both the International Sharma or another hun- They chose their in the last game and run-getters’ list. series against India so India 157* Virat Kohli Cricket Council’s ODI and T20 dred from skipper Virat bowlers perfectly and as might not get to bat Hope, a chip of whatever comes secondary vs Windies in 2018 teams of the year, capping off a Kohli on a batting belter a result, debutant here irrespective the old bloc, is secondary,” Hope said on Windies 123* Shai memorable season. Mandhana can’t be ruled out. It was- Shivam Dube leaked 68 of whether India carried his the eve of the second game. has Jhulan Goswami, Poonam n’t a nightmarish bowl- runs in 7.5 overs, indicat- bat first or bat through “I am sure some of the Hope vs India in 2018 Yadav and Shikha Pandey for ing performance in ing that he is certainly a second. with a cen- guys will be looking for- company in the ODI team of Chennai by any stretch “work in progress” as — PTI tury in the ward to the auction but we the year and all-rounder Deepti of imagination but not far as his bowling is con- first game have an India series to play BEST BOWLING Sharma in the T20 side. The 23- being able to defend 287 cerned. However, it’s a and that’s the main thing PERFORMANCES year-old Mandhana has played on a slow track left the tricky path for India to right now,” he added. 51 ODIs and 66 T20Is for India, team management with tweak their XI consider- Hope is currently third India 5-18 Amit Mishra besides a couple of Test match- a few points to ponder. ing what exactly they in the ODI run-getters’ list vs New Zealand in 2016 es. She has a combined tally of Kohli had blamed it on have in their reserves. this year with 1225 runs Windies 4-60 Ravi 3476 runs in T20Is and ODIs. the conditions. “We They have Mayank behind Virat Kohli (1292 Australia’s Alyssa Healy was thought six bowling Agarwal, the reserve runs) and Rohit Sharma Rampaul vs India in chosen as the T20 cricketer of options will be good opener, who is unlikely (1268 runs). 2013 the year following her record- enough, specially with to get a chance as Rohit — PTI breaking 148 against Sri Lanka the pitch being slow and Sharma and KL Rahul STATS: S. PERVEZ QAISER earlier this year. The ODI crick- Kedar as an option...I are set at the top. Then eter of the year honour went to think the ball wasn’t they have Manish Australia’s Ellyse Perry, who holding enough for the Pandey, the reserve mid- scored 441 runs at an average fast bowlers,” Kohli had dle-order batsman, who IPL was easier route to of 73.50 and took 21 wickets at said after the loss. can only be replaced at 13.52. Perry also pocketed the With the par-score at No 6 in place of Jadhav. the Rachael Heyhoe-Flint award the ACA-VDCA stadium And Jadhav did noth- India colours: Chahar for being the cricketer of the here set to be in the 320- ing wrong in Chennai, year across formats. Perry has plus range, a fifth spe- scoring 40 off 33 balls Visakhapatnam, Dec. second ODI against the had a stellar year across for- cialist bowling option with his typical ‘chip 17: A remarkably candid West Indies. mats, with three hundreds could be mulled upon and charge’ game. The Deepak Chahar on The medium pacer came including one in the women’s considering the plight questions that people Tuesday said he under- into India reckoning after Ashes Test. She also became the hosts faced in the are raising is about stood early in his two seasons with IPL fran- the first player to complete last game with Shimron Jadhav not being given career that switching chise Chennai Super 1,000 runs and 100 wickets in Hetmyer and Shai Hope another go after he was his focus to white Kings. The most impres- T20I cricket. “It’s an amazing beautifully planning the hit for 11 in his solitary ball cricket and sive aspect of an interac- honour and I’m a little bit chase with their respec- over. IPL was the tion with Chahar was the shocked, given how many tive hundreds. On a Chennai track, if fastest and clarity he has about his amazing performances there The biggest reason for he couldn’t be risked for easiest shortcomings and what he have been across the year,” said the setback in Chennai a second over, what will route to the is doing to improve them. Perry. — PTI was spinners Ravindra happen on a batting India dress- “When I came to the Jadeja (0/58 in 10 overs) friendly Visakhapatnam ing room. Ranji Trophy, I used to BCCI EO summons and Kuldeep Yadav (0/45 pitch where he could be The Agra- bowl 125 kmph. My strug- based gle with injuries was due Kapil & Gaekwad Chahar to my efforts to increase started with pace. Because I knew that I New Delhi: BCCI ethics officer a brilliant 8 won’t be able to survive DK Jain has asked Kapil Dev for 10 in his with that kind of pace at and Anshuman Gaekwad to Ranji Trophy debut the international level. I appear in Mumbai later this against Hyderabad, but for had to increase it close to month to explain conflict of all practical purposes, 140 clicks and get it to interest allegations against knew that a speed of 125 swing. them even though they have kmph with the red ball “A swinging delivery at already resigned from the would take him nowhere 135 to 137 kmph is the most Cricket Advisory Committee near international cricket. difficult delivery for any (CAC). The CAC, comprising “When I changed my batsman. I can vouch that Kapil, Gaekwad and Shantha action to gain speed, I even 150 km on a flat track Rangaswamy, had resigned struggled with my state can be easier to handle.” after getting conflict of interest team. Now suddenly, I As focus shifted on notices from Jain in September, Shardul Thakur and Jasprit Bumrah during a found that my road becoming a good white ball following the complaint filed by training session at Visakhapatnam on Tuesday. towards entering the bowler, Chahar realised Madhya Pradesh Cricket — Murali Krishna Indian team to be very dif- that swinging a white ball Association (MPCA) life mem- ficult. If I had to take the is twice as difficult as the ber Sanjeev Gupta. There is no Ranji route, then I would red ball. “A red ball will CAC in place anymore but they have had to play more even (reverse) swing if it’s have been asked to depose in Bumrah shows no matches, play a whole first- shiny on one side. That's person on December 27 and 28. RCB WILL class season, play Duleep why, at the Ranji level, “Though they have stepped COVER ALL Trophy. That’s a longer bowlers can move the ball down, the ethics officer has signs of rustiness road,” Chahar said. both ways. In white ball, sought some clarifications from “But if you do well in the swing is not because of them,” a BCCI source said. A Visakhapatnam, Dec. Zealand tour next year BASES: KOHLI IPL, then you can quickly the shine. It is livid Kapil said he will not go to 17: Jasprit Bumrah while Shaw, after serv- Bengaluru, Dec. 17: play for India and during derived Mumbai and called the com- showed no signs of ing his eight-month Virat Kohli on Tuesday that phase of my career, I through plaint a publicity stunt. “I won’t rustiness as he went doping ban, has said Royal Challengers decided to concentrate on action. So I be going as I have much more full tilt at Rishabh Pant already made a come- Bangalore will have all white ball cricket,” worked on important work to do. As I have but the resurgent back in domestic crick- their bases covered Chahar, who is an automat- that and said it in the past, it was a one Prithvi Shaw looked et. heading into ic choice in T20 cricket increased off task we were assigned (to far from being fit for The Indian team Thursday’s IPL actions. now, said ahead of India’s my pace.” pick coach). We did that. It international cricket management, as part Kohli had a message West Indies’ Shai — PTI wasn’t a two year job or some- during his session of its policy, wanted to for all RCB fans. “We’ve Hope during a If you do well in thing like that and it was hon- with trainer Nick have “a word” with had a few discussions training session IPL, then you orary,” a miffed Kapil said. Webb at India’s option- both players while to build a team around, ahead of the “Where is the question of any al practice here on checking their fitness strong core that we second ODI at can quickly play conflict? It is a good way to get Tuesday. levels. A peek into the already have and we Visakhapatnam. for India. publicity, dragging cricketers Bumrah has been out training was an indica- assure you that we are — Murali Krishna into all this,” he said. When with a stress fracture tor that re-induction of going to cover all the —DEEPAK contacted, Gaekwad said he of the back and is a proven match-winner bases that are required CHAHAR will go to Mumbai to attend the expected to be avail- like Bumrah is just a and build a very strong hearing. — PTI able for the New matter of time. — PTI team.” — PTI Ashwin bundles out Himachal for 158 Yuvraj blasts think tank Dindigul, Dec. 17: Ace off- BRIEF Delhi bowled out for spinner Ravichandran SCORES Group A 215 on Day One for World Cup debacle Ashwin starred with a five- Group B Delhi 215 in 70.5 overs (Nitish Rana 51, Lalit Delhi put up a disappoint- wicket haul to help Tamil Uttar Pradesh 232/5 (Aryan Juyal Yadav 50; KV Sasikanth 5/38, Paidikalva ing batting performance to New Delhi, Dec. 17: highest score of 48, so I Nadu bundle out Himachal 109, Mohammed Saif 56 batting; Vijaykumar 3/47, Cheepurapalli Stephen 2/72) vs be bowled out for 215 on the Yuvraj Singh on Tuesday thought the planning was Pradesh for 158 in 71.4 overs Abhimanyu Mithun 3-45) vs Andhra 16 for 2 in 6 overs (Navdeep Saini 1/8, opening day against slammed the Indian team really poor, because they on the opening day of the Karnataka. Pawan Suyal 1/4). Andhra here on Tuesday. management for the coun- were thinking that Rohit, Ranji Trophy Group ‘B’ Himachal Pradesh 158 (Akash Vashist Hyderabad 242 in 81 overs (Kolla Sumanth 79, By stumps, Andhra were try’s World Cup ouster in Virat is in good form but match here on Tuesday. 35, Mayank Dagar 33; R. Ashwin 5-65, Himalay Agarwal 68; Gurkeerat Singh 4/34, also struggling at 16 for two, the semifinals, saying its teams don’t win like that. If B. Aparajith, leading the R Sai Kishore 3- 22) vs Tamil Nadu 8 Mayank Markande 3/65, Sandeep Sharma 2/27) with both their openers planning for the 50 over you look at Australia, if team in the absence of for no loss. vs Punjab. back in the hut. Playing tournament was “com- you look at 2003, 2011, 2015, Vijay Shankar who missed their second match of the pletely wrong”. they had set batsmen, so I out due to a niggle, elected loss to Karnataka in the Priyanshu Khanduri defence before Vignesh season following the draw Pre-tournament favour- thought the planning was to bowl and the bowlers jus- opening round, was at it caught in the covers by (2/42) ended Dagar’s resist- against Kerala, Delhi lost ites India went into the completely wrong.” tified the decision as again as he bowled beauti- Ganga Sridhar Raju. ance. the previous game’s centu- World Cup without settling Rayudu was earmarked Ashwin (5 for 67) and left- fully to trouble all the bats- He also removed captain Tamil Nadu openers- rion, Kunal Chandela, early the number four spot and it for India’s number four slot arm spinner R Sai Kishore men. Ankit Kalsi (11), Nikhil Abhinav Mukund and debu- after being put in to bat. affected the team as Virat after some fine perform- Yuvraj Singh (3 for 22) had the HP bats- The lanky off-spinner Gangta (0) and Sumeet tant K Mukunth made eight Kunwar Bidhuri and Kohli’s men made a semifi- ances in Asia Cup last year. men in a spin. brought his experience to Varma (30) to hand Tamil runs from three overs Nitish Rana repaired the nal exit from the marquee tioned. However, he was dropped The visiting team looked the fore and looked danger- Nadu the advantage. before bad light ended play innings with a 60-run stand event. “In this World cup, “My issue is what the from the World Cup squad in danger of being bowled ous in every spell. He Ashwin troubled all-round- for the day. for the fourth wicket before they dropped (Ambati) think-tank was doing. following an ordinary out for a sub-100 score bowled 29 overs of which er Rishi Dhawan with some Earlier, Tamil Nadu made a mini collapse pushed Rayudu and then they had Dinesh Karthik was going series against Australia at before Akash Vashist (35, 94 six were maidens to capture lovely bowling before Sai five changes to the side that them on the back foot. Vijay Shankar, who had through the tournament home. balls, 4 fours) and Mayank five wickets. Kishore got him. played Karnataka, bring in Rana, who had scored a some injury and then and suddenly he plays the Yuvraj, who had Dagar (33, 62 balls, 3 fours) Medium-pacer K Vignesh The resistance by Vashist Ganga Sridhar Raju, K match-saving century Rishabh Pant came in. I semifinals and a guy like announced his retirement got together at 76 for 7 to struck the first blow for and Dagar revived the Mukunth, T Natarajan, J against Kerala last week, have nothing against them MS Dhoni is batting at no 7. from international cricket add 53 runs and lend Tamil Nadu, dismissing floundering Himachal Kousik and M Shahrukh saved Delhi the blushes but both played five ODI It was all hotchpotch. You in June this year, was dis- respectability to the total. Prashanth Chopra for 4, innings. Khan in place of Dinesh again with a run-a-ball games, I mean how do you can’t do that in such big appointed with the way the Ashwin, who had taken caught by N Ganga Sridhar The two played cautiously Karthik, M Vijay, Vijay effort comprising nine expect a guy with such less matches, you have to be team management handled eight wickets (four in each Raju. Ashwin struck with and kept Ashwin & Co at Shankar, M Ashwin and M fours and a six. experience to win big sure. Rayudu’s case in the lead innings) during the narrow his second ball, having bay with some resolute Siddharth. — PTI matches,” Yuvraj ques- “Your No. 4 batsman had a up to the World Cup. — PTI Best boy PAGE World championship silver medallist Deepak Punia has been named the ‘Junior Freestyle Games 16 Wrestler of the Year’ by United World Wrestling DECCAN CHRONICLE WEDNESDAY | 18 DECEMBER 2019 | HYDERABAD Air Olympic trials, says Nikhat

New, Delhi. Dec. 17: Tuesday but now with the bronze at the women’s ready for this bout but at remains a doubt whether it Nikhat Zareen on Tuesday fight not happening she has World Championships in the last moment I got to will be a fair decision. demanded a fair Olympic demanded a fair decision Ulan-Ude, Russia in know that she is not play- Being a boxer and after selection trials and asked from the Boxing Federation October. ing,” Nikhat said. going through such trou- the national federation of India (BFI). The toss up now for the “It was an opportunity for bles you can’t easily trust (BFI) to telecast live the At the trial scheduled for fourth spot is between me to showcase my boxing anyone. fight after her much-antici- December 27 and 28 here, Nikhat and Pinki Rani. skills, people could know Nikhat claimed that she pated showdown against each weight category will Nikhat said she is disap- that Nikhat Zareen is there couldn’t participate in the M.C. Mary Kom in the have four contenders. pointed because the BFI and she has challenged nationals as the BFI wanted Indian Boxing League was Three places are already had assured her the spot if Mary Kom,” she added. her to play the IBL. cancelled. secured in the 51kg she fared well against Mary When asked that the trails “BFI wanted me to play With three spots already women’s division after Kom on Tuesday. will be videographed by the the league so I didn’t play sealed for the Olympic tri- Jyoti Gulia and Ritu “I was looking forward to federation, Nikhat said: the nationals and that’s als, Nikhat’s chances of Grewal won the gold and the bout with Mary Kom “Yes, it will be video- why I am right now the securing the fourth and silver in the women’s but unfortunately it’s not graphed but it will be under fourth choice boxer for the final place depended on national in Kannur while happening today. So I have BFI’s custody. I am not wor- trails in 51kg. I was told by how she fares in the IBL Mary Kom is assured of a to fight the reserve boxer — ried but still someone the BFI to play the league,” bout against Mary Kom on spot after she won the Darshana Dutt. I was all where down the line there Nikhat said. — PTI

Real Madrid’s Luka Modric (right) and teammate Eder Militao during a training session at the Real Madrid City sports facilities in Madrid on Tuesday, eve of their Spanish League match against Barcelona at Camp Nou. — AFP Battle lines drawn Real face Barca in El Clasico

Madrid, Dec. 17: Zinedine I am happy we are about Zidane and Ernesto to play a Clasico. It was Live on TV Valverde might have been the same when I was a fearing for their jobs if they player, these are the SPANISH LEAGUE had lost a Clasico back in matches you live for, and October but its postpone- you are focused only on Barcelona vs Real Madrid ment means that on what happens on the from 12.30 am (Thursday) Wednesday they can face field. on Facebook each other feeling more secure. — ZINEDINE Stalling in the autumn, ZIDANE leaky defence, lack of style Real Madrid and Barcelona Real Madrid coach and failure to get the best have rolled through the on playing the out of Antoine Griezmann. gears in the lead-up to season’s first “At the start of the season, Christmas, meaning the El Clasico it’s not about winning one winner of Wednesday’s title, it’s about winning crunch meeting at Camp three or four,” said Nou will move seven points months ago, in October. Valverde in November. clear of third place. “I’m not going to tell you “So the frustration when More importantly, in what what they say doesn’t both- you don’t win a game is increasingly looks like a er me because it bothers high,” the Barcelona coach two-pronged title chase, the me, but I can’t prevent peo- added. winner will pull three ple giving their opinions,” Meanwhile, Zidane has ahead of the loser, with one Zidane added. said he is not worried about round Liga matches left For Barcelona, Ronald the Clasico being overshad- before the two-week winter Koeman had surged into owed by Catalan independ- break. view after the Dutch ence protests. The gap in the table will Federation confirmed a Zidane also shouldered be small and considering clause in his contract that burdens from last season. where both these teams allows him to join Barca Even if it was not his team were only a few weeks ago, after Euro 2020 next sum- that limped its way through when every week brought a mer. the final months, he was in new name linked with Barcelona’s malaise was charge and some wondered coaching jobs and every short-lived. They won only why nothing had changed. goal conceded planted two of their opening five “I am not worried about another seed of doubt. games. Results improved anything,” Madrid coach For Real Madrid, Jose but performances were pon- Zidane said. Mourinho was out of work derous and the weaknesses “I am happy we are about and in the public eye, his all-too familiar, the kind to play a Clasico. It was the increasingly frequent that had also gone unfixed same when I was a player, media showings even before, only to prove costly these are the matches you appearing to irk the usually later in the season. live for, and you are focused immoveable Zidane. In that sense, Valverde only on what happens on “Football forgets what was carrying the weight of the field,” the former World you’ve done in the past,” previous disappointments Cup winner added. Zidane had said a couple of and he was blamed for a — AFP REDS UP FOR MONTERREY CLASH Doha, Dec. 17: Jurgen Klopp told journalists at Saturday against either Klopp insists Liverpool are the Khalifa International Flamengo of Brazil or fully focused on winning Stadium in Doha, where Saudi side Al Hilal, while this week’s Club World Liverpool face Monterrey even if they lose their Cup ahead of their semifi- on Wednesday. semifinal they will remain nal against Monterrey of The Anfield club have in Qatar for a third-place Mexico but hit out at the had to take time out from play-off at the weekend. timing of the competition their seemingly relentless Their Premier League and questioned FIFA’s march towards the trip to West Ham United, plans to expand the tour- Premier League title to scheduled for this week- nament in future. travel to Qatar for the tour- end, was postponed as a “We are here now and we nament, in which they are result, and they have been are completely focused on Europe’s representatives forced to play their League it, but if you had asked me thanks to their Champions Cup quarterfinal at Aston beforehand if I think that League triumph last sea- Villa on Tuesday with a there should be a Club son. squad of academy players World Cup in the middle of If Liverpool win against due to the lack of alterna- our season, I would say no, the Mexicans, they will tives in a packed schedule. in my honest opinion,” advance to a final on — AFP

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