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IN BRIEF Mexico blocks Impeachment brazen: Trump lawyers caravan travellers Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico: 500 Prez’s legal team presents its line of defence, terms trial ‘unconstitutional, dangerous’ Central American migrants to maintain “order and respect” on Washington, Jan. 18: ■ The legal docu- Saturday after the group President Donald Trump’s attempted to force entry into the legal team presented ment offers a taste Trump trial could be country from Guatemala in the Saturday its line of of the rhetoric hopes of trekking onward to the defense for his upcoming expected to be United States. Standing on the impeachment trial, a over in two weeks wall above the Rodolfo Robles process they dismissed as deployed by the Washington: Bill Clinton’s Trump’s trial for abuse of International Bridge that con- unconstitutional and “dan- president’s defend- 1999 impeachment trial power and obstruction of nects Mexico with its southern gerous.” ers in the Senate. lasted five weeks; Andrew Congress opened with a neighbor, National Guard General It was the first time the Johnson’s went on for three solemn, ceremonial read- Vincente Hernandez told team presented its argu- House of Representatives - months in 1868. If the ing of the charges in the migrants they would be allowed ments, modelled on those - “are a dangerous attack White House and Senate on Thursday, but the to cross the border in a “con- put forward since on the right of the Republicans have their rules and schedule have not trolled”manner. December by Trump and American people to freely way, President Donald been set. That will be decid- “With order and respect, all will his fellow Republicans. choose their president.” Trump's trial will be over ed on Tuesday, with the 100 be served. There are opportuni- White House counsel Pat “This is a brazen and in two weeks, just in time senators debating voting on ties for everyone,” said Cipollone will be lead unlawful attempt to over- for him to celebrate his procedures: the time given Hernandez, who also coordinates lawyer, backed by Trump’s turn the results of the 2016 expected acquittal in the to opening arguments from the National Guard operations personal attorney Jay election and interfere with February 4 State of the the prosecution and along the Suchiate River, the nat- Sekulow. They will be the 2020 election,” the Union Address. defense, and questioning by ural border between Mexico and joined by Ken Starr, who team said in a statement. But that depends on the senators -- the jury in Guatemala. was at the centre of Bill Trump has been Republicans being able to the case. Democrats are Clinton’s impeachment in impeached on charges that An activist wearing a mask depicting US President Donald Trump holds a placard as he block Democrat demands demanding that the Senate Eight die in Czech the 1990s, and celebrity he abused his office to try takes part in a gathering called by activists in Landquart on Sunday — AFP to subpoena documents agree to subpoena crucial lawyer Alan Dershowitz. and force Ukraine into dig- and witnesses that could documents and four cur- In an initial response to ging up dirt on leading President Volodymyr invalid on their face. They team said the articles vio- strengthen the case against rent and former senior disability home fire the president’s being char- Democratic presidential Zelensky. fail to allege any crime or late the Constitution the president. So far, White House officials to ged, written by Cipollone candidate Joe Biden by He was also impeached violation of law whatsoev- because they are “the prod- Republicans, led by testify. They include former Prague: At least eight people and Sekulow, the defense withholding $400 million for allegedly obstructing er,” the defense team said. uct of invalid proceedings Trump's tough protector, national security advisor died and thirty were injured after said that the articles of in military aid and a White Congress. In a call with reporters that flagrantly denied the Senate Majority Leader John Bolton and Trump a fire at a home for people with impeachment - passed by House meeting with his “The articles of impeach- earlier Saturday, a source president any due process Mitch McConnell, have the acting chief of staff Mick learning disabilities in a western the majority-Democrat Ukrainian counterpart ment are constitutionally close to Trump's legal rights.” — AFP upper hand. Mulvaney. — AFP Czech town early Sunday, res- cuers said. “A total of 38 people were affected by the fire, of them eight unfortunately died,” emergency services spokesman Baghdad erupts again Prokop Volenik said. He said 30 Victims’ bodies sent people were taken to hospital — one in critical condition, three with serious injuries and 26 with light or no injuries. Czech media said the fire was reported at from Iran to Ukraine 0349 GMT and that it has been put out. “The fire broke out in Kiev, Jan. 19: Around a The airline staff and rel- the boys’ section of a home for thousand people includ- atives formed two lines to the mentally handicapped,” said ing President Volodymyr make a corridor through Jitka Gavdunova, the mayor of Zelensky bid farewell to which the honour guard Vejprty, a small town on the Ukrainians who died in a carried the caskets draped German border some 100 kilo- plane mistakenly shot in the yellow-and-blue flag metres (60 miles) northwest of down by Iran during a of Ukraine. Prague. Volenik said all of those spike in tensions with Some men fell to one affected were adults. The broad- Washington. knee to honour the vic- sheet DNES daily quoted Zelensky laid flowers on tims. The honour guard Gavdunova as saying the clients the flag-draped coffins of also held flags of the of the home had tried to set it the 11 Ukrainian victims - countries whose citizens on fire in the past, and that the nine flight crew and two Soldiers carry the flag- perished in the crash. home was heavily understaffed. passengers - during the draped coffins of the 11 The Kiev-bound UIA “The deputy mayor ran into the solemn ceremony at Ukrainians who died in a Boeing 737 crashed short- fire to help the clients and he Kiev’s Boryspil airport plane mistakenly shot ly after taking off from paid for it. He's now in hospital and briefly spoke to their down by Iran at Kiev's Tehran on January 8, under observation,” said relatives. Boryspil airport on killing all 176 people on Gavdunova. The caskets were to Sunday — AFP board, mostly Iranian and remain for several hours Canadian citizens. at the terminal so that rel- ■ IRAN’S PARLIA- “Deep condolences to Taliban kill atives, Ukraine Intern- the relatives and eternal ational Airlines staff and MENTARY speaker memory to the victims,” six of same family ordinary Ukrainians cou- has warned of Oleksiy Danilov, secretary ld say their last goodbyes. unspecified reper- of Ukraine’s Security The funerals are expect- cussions for the Council, said on Kabul: Afghan officials said ed to be held on Monday. Facebook. on Sunday that the Taliban Earlier Sunday the UN’s nuclear watch- “Our work will not end executed six members of the black-clad Ukrainian dog if European until the full clarification same family, including an leader, Prime Minister nations that of the circumstances of infant girl, in a remote village Oleksiy Goncharuk and the tragedy and the pun- in the country’s north. top officials stood on the launched a dispute ishment of the guilty,” he The Taliban denied any tarmac outside the termi- mechanism against added. Ukrainian Foreign involvement, saying the nal to see the caskets with the Islamic republic Minister Vadym Prys- attack Saturday was trig- the remains of the act “unfairly”. taiko said on Twitter he gered by a personal dispute. Iraqi youth angry at their government’s glacial pace of reform ramped up their protests on Sunday, sealing streets downed plane's nine was “deeply grateful for However, local Afghan offi- with burning tyres and threatening further escalation unless their demands are met. The rallies demanding an over- Ukrainian flight crew and Ukraine International the messages of condo- cials said the family was haul of the ruling system have rocked Shiite-majority parts of Iraq since October, but had thinned out in recent two passengers being Airlines staff, some in lence & solidarity that we accused by the Taliban of weeks amid rising Iran-US tensions. — AP removed from the air- tears, stood nearby clutch- have received from aro- working in prostitution. The craft. ing flowers. und the world.” — AFP insurgents sentenced them to death for immoral acts, then stormed the house and YEMEN: 80 opened fire, according to Jawed Bedar, a spokesman SOLDIERS KILLED for Faryab province’s gover- Boycott Communist Party: HK protesters nor. The infant girl’s mother and twin sister survived, but Hong Kong, Jan. 19: ■ TWO POLICE offi- rally. Earlier in the day, Lau IN DRONE ATTACK both of the child’s legs had Clashes broke out between said he believes more large- to be amputated. protesters and police in cers were beaten scale protests are needed Dubai, Jan.19: More Hong Kong on Sunday, cut- bloody by pro- for global attention to than 80 Yemeni soldiers ting short a rally after thou- democracy protest- return to Hong Kong, with have been killed and sands had gathered at a ers in Hong Kong the protest movement los- scores injured in a mis- Israel to install park to call for electoral ing some of its momentum sile and drone attack reforms and a boycott of Sunday. A group of in recent weeks. blamed on Huthi rebels sensors along the Chinese Communist plainclothes officers “I think Hong Kong has in central Yemen, med- Party. Police fired tear gas who were speaking not been the focus of the ical and military sources near the park, known as with organisers were world anymore,” he said. said Sunday. Lebanon border Chater Garden, after some He urged other countries Saturday's strike fol- protesters attacked plain- then set upon by to launch sanctions against lows months of relative clothes officers — a return masked protesters. Hong Kong's government if calm in the war between to the violence that has it does not allow residents the Iran-backed Huthis roiled the Chinese territory suffrage,” the protesters to directly elect Legislative and Yemen's interna- off and on for months. chanted. Council members this year. tionally recognised gov- Sporting their move- “Disband the police force, A former British colony, ernment, which is ment’s trademark black free Hong Kong!” Hong Hong Kong was returned to backed by a Saudi-led clothing and face masks, Kong media outlets report- China in 1997. military coalition. rally participants had earli- ed that police arrested the While the framework of The Huthis attacked a er packed into Chater rally’s organizer, Ventus “one country, two systems” mosque in a military Garden, located near the Lau, shortly after he spoke promises the city greater camp in the central city's Legislative Council to reporters. Local broad- democratic rights than are province of Marib — building. They held up caster RTHK cited fellow afforded to the mainland, about 170 kilometres signs that read “Free Hong organizers as saying that protesters say their free- east of the capital Sanaa Jerusalem: Israel’s army said Kong” and waved Lau was arrested for doms have been steadily — during evening it would start drilling to install American and British flags. allegedly violating the eroding under Chinese prayers. ground sensors along its bor- “We want real universal police’s conditions for the President Xi Jinping. — AP Riot police detain a protester in Hong Kong on Sunday — AP A medical source said der with Lebanon on Sunday, a that 83 soldiers were year after an operation to killed and 148 injured in destroy tunnels dug across the the strike. Death tolls in frontier. COMING | HOME ■ One died in captivity near Nigerian coast Yemen’s grinding con- “We are deploying a defensive Preparing for satellite flict are often disputed, system into the ground.. in var- but the huge casualty ious locations” along the bor- list in Marib represents der, spokesman Lieutenant launch, says Tehran one of the bloodiest sin- Colonel Jonathan Conricus 19 abducted Indians released Tehran, Jan. 19: Iran said gle attacks since the war told journalists. Work would Sunday that two newly con- erupted in 2014 when the get underway Sunday at the Abuja, Jan. 19: Nineteen ■ AS MANY as 20 ority and worked with structed satellites have rebels seized Sanaa. Israeli kibbutz town of Misgav Indians, kidnapped by @NigeriaGov on release passed pre-launch tests and Saudi-owned Al- Am, he said, to deploy the new pirates from a commer- Indian crew mem- of 20 Indian seafarers kid- will be transported to the Hadath television broad- noise-detecting technology. The cial vessel from the high bers were kidnapped napped on 15 Dec from nation’s space centre for cast a video that it said move comes a year after Israel seas off the western coast from the vessel MT MV Duke. 19 were eventual launch, without showed the gruesome concluded a weeks-long opera- of Africa last month, have Duke in the high seas released yesterday. One elaborating. aftermath of the attack. tion to destroy tunnels it been released while one sadly died in captivity in Telecommunications Body parts can be seen accused Lebanese Shiite group died in their captivity, off the western coast adverse conditions. Our Minister Mohammad Javad on the floor, among Hezbollah of building. At least according to the Indian of Africa on deepest condolences. Mis- Azari Jahromi tweeted shredded debris, and six tunnels were discovered in mission here. December 15 sion assiting in speedy about the development, call- month. Iran's largely state- with blood pooled on the the operation dubbed Twenty Indian crew return,” the Indian High ing it an “important run media say the 90-kilo- carpet and spattered “Northern Shield” along the members were kidnapped “adverse conditions”. Commission tweeted. research step.” gram (200-pound) Zafar against the walls. The border where a United Nations from the vessel MT Duke India thanked the The Indian mission in Iran has not said when it satellites each have four drone and missile strike peacekeeping force is deployed. in the high seas off the Nigerian authorities for Abuja had taken up the will launch the satellites, high-resolution color cam- came a day after coali- Conricus said the drilling is western coast of Africa their assistance in the matter with the Nigerian but often coordinates its eras and will monitor and tion-backed government “not related to any new intelli- on December 15. Indian nationals were release of the abducted authorities and also with launches with national holi- transmit data on natural forces launched a large- gence” and all military activity The High Commission released on Saturday Indians. the authorities of the days. It will celebrate the resources as well as agricul- scale operation against would take place on the Israeli of India in Abuja on while one died in the cap- “Indian Govt and neighbouring countries. 41st anniversary of the tural and environmental the Huthis in the Nihm side of the border. Sunday tweeted that 19 tivity of the pirates in Mission gave highest pri- — PTI Islamic Revolution next developments. — AP region. — AFP c m y k c m y k MIND POWER MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO MARK TWAIN PAGE The pursuit, even of the best things, The best way to cheer yourself up is 10 ought to be calm and tranquil to try to cheer somebody else up Edit DECCAN CHRONICLE MONDAY | 20 JANUARY 2020 | HYDERABAD

20 JANUARY 2020 Storm in a teacup blows over in TN Subhani

he Congress and the DMK have ironed out their differences that cropped up in the wake of a minor storm caused by comments from the local chief on how the national party had been shortchanged in Tthe allocation of seats for the local body polls in Tamil Nadu. It was unthinkable that Congress-DMK ties, which have withstood the test of time in a decade and a half despite a major bout of friction over the jailing of prominent DMK leaders in the 2G scam, would be jeopardised by some- one ranting over seats in local polls like panchayats and other civic bod- ies. TNCC chief K.S. Azahgiri, reportedly a loyalist of P. Chidambaram, may have been flying kites on a non-existent theme of dissatisfaction in an ally. As discord ruled, there were even whispers of the Tamil Nadu Congress considering tying up with matinee hero Rajinikanth’s political party, though it is still in a nebulous state. The local chieftain has been put in his LETTERS place by the high command, which knows well the value of the DMK in sustaining the Congress Party’s anti-BJP coalition at the national level. In JUSTICE DELAYED telling him to make up with DMK president Stalin, the Congress was in a Decisive measures vital clear survival mode, but pragmatically so. Nirbhaya’s father did the The Congress, in power on its own steam in right thing by refusing The scenario of an only four major states — Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh — needs senior lawyer Indira uninterrupted Jaising’s appeal to forgive Dravidian duopoly its allies in states where the regional parties to revive India’s growth hold sway, much like the DMK in Tamil Nadu. the rapists. Forgiving the of 52 years could And Stalin has been one of its staunchest rapists will send a wrong change drastically allies, who incidentally was also the first appropriate measures to timely access to inputs among the partners to project Rahul Gandhi as boost these sectors is and greater engagement message (Nirbhaya kin say if the two actors, no mercy, DC, Jan. 19) Kamal Haasan prime ministerial candidate before the 2019 crucial for promoting of the private sector. . The elections, something that Mamata Banerjee of Chandrajit sustainable growth. Third, the Budget must four convicts were awarded and Rajinikanth, Trinamul Congress was never likely to agree Suggested measures make higher allocations promising to clean to. And if were not for the DMK helping its ally Banerjee include permitting for agri-infrastructure, capital punishment and any up the political to win eight MP seats, the Congress may have usage of ECBs to fund particularly irrigation, further delay in the case scene, join hands ended with a far lesser tally in 2019 than its land acquisition; granti- as this is imperative for will be a delay in justice. 2014 low. ng of infrastructure sta- increasing productivity Indira Agarwal The TNCC chief may have been exaggerating tus to integrated town- of the sector. his own importance while jeopardising the alliance just over a year short ships and overall hous- CII has suggested sev- Secunderabad of the 2021 summer polls to the Tamil Nadu Assembly. The State election he Union agement in the system. ing sector to allow devel- eral measures to jump- scene, overwhelmingly in favour of DMK+ in Lok Sabha elections with a Budget 2020-21, In terms of augmenting opers to access priority start investment in the 38-1 margin, saw the AIADMK claw back with sufficient wins in crucial to be presented revenue, the year’s dis- funding at lower cost; economy. These include ONE CAPITAL Assembly bypolls, including the two seats in the last of them held most to Parliament investment targets must releasing additional decriminalisation of The uncertainty may deepen in the recently that gave them a clear working majority. Tby finance be met in a time-bound land parcels through an business laws for AP administration after the pro- The scenario of an uninterrupted Dravidian duopoly of 52 years could minister Nirmala manner, while higher effective and transpar- improving trust posal to set up three capitals. The change drastically if the two actors, Kamal Haasan and Rajinikanth, who Sitharaman on targets must be set for ent mechanism to give a between the government distance between the Assembly are promising to clean up the political scene, primarily with regard to Saturday, February 1, the next year. The push to affordable hous- and business; measures and the Secretariat is the main corruption thought to be rampant in the rule of either Munnnetra comes at a time when process of monetising ing in urban areas. An to reduce the cost of issue. Since all ministers discharge Kazhagam (progressive party), join hands. Their united front, which the Indian economy is assets such as ports, independent regulator equity capital; a their duties from the Secretariat could play a disruptive role, might make a significant difference to poll facing headwinds from a roads, airports and gov- may be announced for roadmap for the conver- through the HoDs, IAS officers percentages. Even then, the Congress’ prospects would be rosy only in its growth slowdown, on ernment land must con- the roads sector to set gence of all the tax rates could find it hard to implement existing arrangement with DMK. account of both domestic tinue, with the proceeds standards and formulate at 15 per cent and the for- policies faster. The proposal to and global factors. A used for building new tariffs and pricing relat- mation of an expert establish the High Court at Kur- drop in private invest- infrastructure. ed policies. panel under CBDT to nool is appropriate. The govern- ments coupled with a Further, expenditure The Non-Banking mediate disputes at the ment could promote PSUs, indus- Of Savarkar and the Sena slowdown in consumer rationalisation is sug- Financial Companies assessment stage in a tries and IT firms to create jobs for sales resulted in sub- gested through subsidy (NBFCs) and Housing time-bound manner. developing various regions. dued economic growth reduction via measures Finance Companies Global trade is another Konduri Kasivisveswara Rao hiv Sena spokesman and senior Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Raut and weakened economic such as Aadhaar (HFCs) are an important major engine of growth. Hyderabad played a useful role in bringing about a conducive atmosphere activity. Therefore, it is enabled direct benefit source of financing for CII suggests integration Senabling his party to form an alliance government with the NCP and expected that this year’s transfer for food, fertilis- both consumers and with Global Value the Congress, with Sena supremo Uddhav Thackeray as chief minister. Budget will include ers and kerosene sub- businesses. The govern- Chains (GVC) and JALLIKATTU But in recent weeks a series of his ill-judged remarks, supposedly in strong measures and sidy, urea price decon- ment could adopt sever- attracting FDI by focus- The photograph of the annual bull defence of the Sena’s ideological stance, appear to damage the enabling policies that trol and pruning the al measures to enhance ing on key GVC opportu- taming Jallikattu presents a gory Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi government’s prospects. would focus on reviving number of Centrally liquidity of these institu- nities and announcing sight (Taming of the bull, DC, Jan. Once Mr Thackeray recently declared on the Assembly floor that while the growth of the Indian sponsored schemes to tions, in consultation policies for attracting 17). A few people derive pleasure religion and politics were important, the tendency to mix the two was a economy. around 10-15 from with the Reserve Bank. investments, both from pain. Either the man or the mistake, it was expected Mr Raut would take the cue. His refusal to do so, While the government around 28 umbrella These could include domestic and foreign animal is severely wounded or and repeated invocation of Veer Savarkar, the progenitor of Hindutva — announced a slew of schemes at present. defining a framework investments in these. killed. The loss or victory in the or political Hinduism — with whose thought the Congress is at odds, can measures to reinvigo- For revival of demand, for a “lender of last The government game is not a question of pride and be read to mean Mr Raut doesn’t see the importance of placing the MVA rate growth, particular- should follow the princi- prestige. Such kind of sadistic government on a firm footing. ly in the areas of taxa- ple of lowest customs sports must be banned. The need of His latest observation that those opposed to the idea of the Bharat Ratna tion, banking and infra- BUDGET 2020-21 duty for raw materials, the hour is to “live and let live”. being conferred on Savarkar should be sent to the Andamans’ Cellular structure, it is critical higher for intermedi- Vijaya Kumari Nunna Jail for two days appeared as a fresh jibe at the Congress. that the Budget strategi- aries and highest for fin- Secunderabad Interestingly, the riposte came from Aditya Thackeray, the CM’s young cally deploys measures CII has suggested ratio- resort” to provide liq- ished goods. This graded son and a Cabinet minister, who said Mr Raut’s remark was not the that provide an impetus nalisation of personal uidity; creating a sepa- duty structure for party’s line but his personal view. If the spokesman ignores this signal, he to reviving demand. The income tax, measures to rate classification with- manufacturing sectors CAA PROTESTS may give the impression of disturbing inner-party equanimity as someone economy’s primary boost rural income and in the systematically is useful to add value at The widespread protests for more close to him was not made a minister. growth drivers, which to support the real estate important NBFCs based different stages of pro- than a month against the CAA, To set the record straight, Savarkar got out of the Andamans by writing are consumption, invest- and housing sectors. on asset book size and duction by the indige- NRC and the NPR by students, mercy petitions to the British, assuring them of political support. He pro- ment, government The moderation in supporting them with nous industry. Availa- political parties and social vided this by proposing the two-nation theory, later echoed by Mohammed spending and exports, nominal income growth additional funding bility of essential inputs activists, etc., is continuing Ali Jinnah. Savarkar was also an accused in the Gandhi murder trial, and must be activated and has affected the con- options. Some of the end and raw materials at unabated despite the PM and other got away on technical grounds. To expend political energy on him seems given top priority for sumption spending of use norms for ECBs cheaper price shall keep Union ministers trying to calm ill-timed. bolstering growth. the middle class. raised by HFCs need to the prices of final prod- down citizens (Cops lathi-charged CII has suggested that Rationalisation of per- be relaxed to facilitate ucts at lower and com- UoH students, take 61 in custody, the 2019-20 fiscal target sonal income taxes will credit flow. petitive level. CII recom- DC, Jan. 14). I request Prime DECCAN CHRONICLE may be relaxed by 0.5 enhance their dispos- To boost rural mends that customs Minister Narendra Modi to find per cent to 0.75 per cent, able income and thus incomes, it is critical to duty on certain inputs ways to end these protests soon. O.P. Rao ADITYA SINHA T. VENKATESWARLU which will give the gov- stimulate spending. CII promote labour inten- and raw materials sho- Editor Printer & Publisher ernment additional fis- has recommended that sive manufacturing and uld be reduced to enhan- Hyderabad cal space. Some flexibili- the tax rate should be nil construction, as these ce competitiveness and DECCAN CHRONICLE offices are located at: ty in fiscal policy is rec- for incomes of up to `5 industries provide emp- encourage the domestic ommended at this stage lakhs, 10 per cent for loyment to the unskilled manufacturers. 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or the last 50 years, India’s and ruled autocratically till she Advani was eliminated by his erst- Rahul, ostentatiously visit Hindu ernment), but let the chasm divid- democracy has functioned was defeated in 1977. while protégé Narendra Modi on temples. Modi and his cohorts ing them be so profound that a as a split polity. Democracy However, in the united front of whose watch, as chief minister of attack critics as being pro-Pakistan change of administration would in Frests on the consent of the Opposition parties which defeated Gujarat, a pogrom of Muslims was and freely impugn their patrio- fact be a revolution disguised under governed and on a national consen- her in 1977, the RSS political wing, staged in 2002. Advani foiled tism. That is the quality of political a constitutional procedure.” That A.G. sus on the fundamentals of the poli- the Jan Sangh, acquired an impor- Vajpayee’s efforts to get Modi to debate. would be enough to wreck parlia- ty. It is not enough that all political tant role. The erstwhile pariah now resign as chief minister in 2003 What Arthur Balfour sagaciously mentary democracy. Noorani parties swear by the Constitution became “respectable”. It left the only to be eliminated by Modi from wrote so many years ago is being A silver lining has appeared on of India. It is imperative also that united front, the Janata Party, to the BJP leadership when he realised by people now “Should the horizon in recent weeks to tell they share the ideology on which form the Jan Sangh’s successor, the became Prime Minister in 2014. anyone be inclined to regard this us that India’s secularism is very the state was founded. That has all BJP, which is in power today — but India’s polity, which had been [his list of tests for a democracy] as much alive. It is the protests by stu- India a split but evaporated since Narendra with a difference. Having won only split on ideological lines, once the an overstatement, let him serious- dents, cutting across the religious Modi became Prime Minister of two seats in the 1984 elections, its BJP began its campaign for the ly consider these last qualifica- and political divide, against Modi’s India in 2014. second-in-command, Lal Krishna demolition of the Babri Masjid in tions for Cabinet government; communal law amending the India was long governed by what Advani, effectively sidelined the 1989, now sharpened its ideological namely, if the divisions between Citizenship Act. Students of the polity, but is is called a Nehruvian Consensus moderate Atal Behari Vajpayee. credo of Hindutva. Modi went one parties are too numerous or too Aligarh Muslim University and the till his daughter, imperious to the Vajpayee served as Prime better. He openly became a staunch profound. Multiplicity of political Jamia Millia Islamia in New Delhi core, split the ruling Congress in Minister from 1999 to 2004 when Hindutvaite and openly anti- parties is not the only vice that can did not lag behind. Police outrages 1969. The excluded Congress fac- the Congress came to power with Muslim. impair democracy.” on them drew universal support. still secular tion made common cause with the Manmohan Singh as Prime The Congress Party is attacked as “Let the political parties be Modi is not invincible. Opposition parties. In the 1971 gen- Minister. He lost to the BJP in 2014 being pro-Muslim although its reduced to two (admittedly the most eral election, she won handsomely but with a huge difference. L.K. leaders Sonia Gandhi and son convenient number for Cabinet gov- By arrangement with Dawn Word SPY IN SILICO CHRONOTYPE PAGE In a virtual environment, such The set of circadian factors that determine whether Oped 11 as a computer simulation someone is a morning person or an evening person DECCAN CHRONICLE MONDAY | 20 JANUARY 2020 | HYDERABAD Think tanks’ role growing: Is that a good thing?

But Ed Mason went one better. In India, think tanks In recent years we have seen found a new line of activity and of CII those days, a man named He became dean of the School are not really places the emergence of many pri- sustenance as event mangers Tarun Das, made it his life’s of Government!” This only vately-funded think tanks. The for various ministries. The mission to make India a full- shows how much a top job in where any thinking is Observer Research external affairs ministry is fledged American ally. After Mohan Guruswamy academia is prized in the US. done. They are mostly Foundation, initially funded very short-staffed and is also CII, and a teary farewell on TV John F. Kennedy himself want- talk shops where by Reliance Industries Ltd, has seriously lacking in intellect. after being outed in the Nira ed to join the Harvard faculty retired bureaucrats of late shown a degree of entre- Therefore it has to farm out Radia tapes, he now runs some- after completing his second preneurship that Dhirubhai workshops and lecture events thing called the Aspen term, and hence his family shoot the breeze. Ambani himself would have for visiting delegations and Institute, also devoted to closer endowed the Institute of Discussions are full of approved of. It now raises a dignitaries to the think tanks. Indo-US ties. Aspen is now the Politics and the Presidential the ‘I think’ and good part of its funding from Many foreign arms manufac- counterpart of the now-defunct he word “think policy wonks flitting in and out Library to be a part of ‘I believe’ stuff that the government and foreign turers also sponsor seminars, Indo-Soviet Council on tank” owes its of government for short peri- Harvard. That didn’t happen, New Delhi is so full of. institutions. Late last year, the which subtly push a certain Understanding (ISCUS), where origins to John ods. Most of these academics but the School of Government Brookings Institution, line or weapons system. Some people like Inder Kumar F. Kennedy, came from top institutions like was renamed the Kennedy America’s biggest and most years ago, CAPS organised a Gujral and Hemvati Nandan America’s 35th Harvard, Yale, Princeton and School. funded. The security think prominent think tank, made its lavishly mounted “seminar” at Bahuguna cut their teeth. President, who Stanford. But very few acade- In India, think tanks are not tanks like CLAWS, CAPS, entry into India, with the Oberoi Hotel mostly Having said all this, I still collected a mics would trade in a tenured really places where any think- NMF and IDSA are adjuncts of Brookings India lavishly and focused on the MMRCA and believe that it is a good thing group of top professorship for a White ing is done. They are mostly the armed services and the slavishly funded by a galaxy of other pending modernisation that think tanks are mush- intellectualsT in his White House or top administration talk shops where retired defence ministry. Most of the Indian industrialists. projects. Companies like rooming in New Delhi. They House — people like McGeorge job. Universities would give bureaucrats and generals time they function as lobbyists Vivekananda International Boeing, Lockheed Martin and provide a platform for discus- Bundy, Robert S. McNamara, leave of absence for upto two shoot the breeze. Discussions for the service headquarters Foundation (VIF) is a RSS- Raytheon sponsored the event. sion, even if they shed more John Kenneth Galbraith, years, after which the job was are usually full of the “I think” that funds them. The govern- funded think tank and the sta- No guessing on why they were heat than light. With Arthur Schlesinger and Ted lost. America’s academics still and “I believe” stuff that New ment appoints the head of ble currently in favour. It too interested. Parliament almost incapable of Sorenson, among others, to prize a tenured professorship Delhi is already so full of. Few IDSA. The United Services has a very small body of seri- I am very concerned by the any serious debate, informed give him counsel on issues to even a Cabinet post. In fact, do any research. Even fewer Institution is not a think tank, ously cerebral work to show. It emergence of Brookings so discussion and civilised dis- from time to time. He they often see even a top gov- can write. Frankly, I am sur- but from time to time fancies too was mostly a talk shop and close to the policy making cen- course, where does this nation described it as having them on ernment job as a kind of public prised that three of our think itself as one. The economics a pamphleteer for the tre in India. Already we have get its intellectual churn? tap and on the turn of the spig- service. tanks actually figure among area think tanks such as Hindutva cause. I see nothing CII and Ficci, which serve the Thank God for the think tanks. ot, good advice was on hand. When I entered the Kennedy the top 100. ICRIER, ICAER, etc derive wrong in the RSS having a interests of its member compa- As that famous man said: “Let He called them his “think School of Government at Most of India’s think tanks their funding largely from the think tank of its own. Some nies, Indian and foreign, cloak- a hundred flowers bloom; let a tank”. Kennedy, describing Harvard as a Edward S. Mason are in New Delhi, not surpris- government and multilateral think suggests that all is not ing their lobbying as “common hundred schools of thought their first dinner meeting, said Fellow in 1981, Nobel laureate ingly, as the NCR has the max- bodies. The prestigious Centre blind belief. One day I hope the good” policy suggestions. CII, contend.” the White House never had so Thomas Schelling introduced imum number of retired offi- for Policy Research (CPR), VIF puts out a study that in the era of Dr Manmohan much brilliance and brain Edward Mason to my class by cials — still anxious to serve located in New Delhi’s posh nuclear weapons and even air- Singh and Montek Singh The writer, a policy analyst power in its dining room since saying: “When I joined the the nation. And this service Chankayapuri, was originally craft are of relatively recent Ahluwalia, played a major role studying economic and security Thomas Jefferson had dinner Harvard faculty, Ed Mason often pays off with jobs in gov- funded by the Ford origin, and not technologies in shaping India-US relations. issues, held senior positions in alone in it. was already a big man. We ernment on a rehire basis. The Foundation, but now largely that were forgotten with the It actively lobbied for a closer government and industry. He The United States always had used to hear that he would one top think tanks in New Delhi self-supports itself doing most- Vedic period! engagement with the United also specialises in the Chinese a tradition of academics and day become secretary of state. are government supported and ly government projects. Many think tanks have of late States. In fact, the head honcho economy. When resistance becomes a people’s Kishwar Desai protest, only the people will prevail London Diary

those who are protesting today are sole- sea change; the protester is aware that ful protest is high across India, quite the M.Q. Ali Shah ly against CAA; their angst has been no newspaper worth its name will opposite of the Anna Hazare days. Brexit is past: We are building up over the past few years. these days print a photograph of cops The common protester is very care- Abul-Ulai They kept quiet while waiting for bodily lifting and dragging men into ful not to allow matters to get out of hours in queues to withdraw their waiting vans. He knows that this is hand; not shout provocative slogans; own money, and did not murmur even now limited to TV cameras and the not give the authorities any excuse to now divided by Megxit when the government kept shifting the scene is forgotten the moment a view- deny permission or take to the baton. goalposts to justify demonetisation. er changes the channel. These days, protesters dance and ow seriously should we take the media? And how seri- or the first time in six years, They were silent when leaders of the These days, the focus is on innova- sing and generally behave as though ously should the media take itself? Should it be hyster- the NDA government appears ruling party tried to distort history; tive, witty messages that will later be they are enjoying themselves. This is a ical and intrusive, or calm and inclusive? These have to be rattled, if one goes by its when it fielded a terror accused for the shared on the social media and proud- new language the average policeman Hbeen some of the questions raised by the event that has Freaction to the protests that Lok Sabha, when a state was placed ly displayed on the protester’s is unable to comprehend. overshadowed Brexit: Megxit (as it has been so unelegantly have erupted across the country under lockdown for months; when the Facebook / Instagram account. The police traditionally have loved called). Was this a storm waiting to happen, or was it the fault of against the Citizenship Amendment cops were given a free hand to The two major rallies in Hyderabad psychological games, but this new type another dratted American divorcee yet again? Act and National Register of Citizens. “encounter” anyone they pleased; when recently against the CAA have seen of protester is leaving the cops, like the The exit of Meghan and Harry, the soon-to-be-former Duchess Try as it might, the government is an attempt was made to malign a dalit the famed Hyderabadi wit at its best. government, confused. The reaction of and Duke of Sussex, to another country to escape the media glare, seemingly unable to convince the peo- student who committed suicide; when Like the other protests across India, the police, most of the times, is to take the giving up of their titles, and now their offer to pay for the ple that its decisions to amend the citi- people were lynched at will and the they had innovative messages, slogans to the lathis or resort to arrests. Here refurbishment of their home in UK, Frogmore House, is not just zenship law and conduct the NRC accused felicitated publicly and when and pamphlets drawing one’s atten- too the cops are facing a dilemma, par- a storm in an ongoing reality show. It also speaks about the enor- across the country are in their larger they were given many other reasons. tion. However, the Hyderabadi ticularly with the younger lot who are mous difficulty of maintaining majestic dignity in the face of con- interests. Perhaps it was the police brutally humour involving the humble increasingly aware of their rights. stant social media assaults. Who needs the Kardashians, when we For a juggernaut that had levelled beating up Jamia and AMU students “baigan” (brinjal, or eggplant) making These protesters are far more adven- have the Windsors? Brexit is past. We are now divided by Megxit. everything in its path over the past six protesting against it, or perhaps the the otherwise dull protests more inter- turous, and relaxed, even in custody. years, being stopped by the common government’s attempt to obfuscate its esting deserves particular mention. Also, the protester has grown much he tabloids have had a love-hate relationship with royalty, man is something the government ineptness at handling the economic Savour this slogan during an anti- more aware of his rights, questioning that is nothing new. It is only the Queen that they adore; never expected. In the common man, slowdown by communalising society, CAA protest: “Yaha biryani ke saath the police, sometimes goading them to Tthough even her mystique has been dented worldwide with the Narendra Modi-led government the people finally resisted. piyaz dhoonde toh nai milri, 50 saal ke cooperate instead of obstructing the the airing of The Crown. But no one could have anticipated the has found its toughest adversary yet, And history tells us that when resis- documents kya milte baigan, hau re protest. The tricolour also comes into extent of the current crisis. I have to say one is feeling rather one that is refusing to be subjugated, tance becomes a people’s protest, only haule?” (It is impossible to find onions play more and more, and the slogans sorry for Meghan, Harry and little Archie. To have to leave their refusing to be overawed, refusing to be the people will prevail. in biryani, how can one find 50-year- have moved on from the ubiquitous homes to get peace of mind has been difficult enough, but it seems convinced on the CAA or NRC. This was proven when one man led old documents baigan, you idiot?). “Inquilab Zindabad” to the more the tabloids will still not back off. There is little acknowledgment Thus far, the Narendra Modi govern- thousands to brave the lathis of the The slogans and placards display far catchy “Azaadi”. of the bullying behaviour they have indulged in. Anyone who has ment has been able to either woo its British and stand resolute to bring the more creativity, humour and mockery Another welcome change in the way been trolled and abused will understand. To be subject to this con- political rivals or subjugate them with mighty British Empire to its knees. and ensure the message is conveyed the protesters behave after the protest: stant barrage for a young mother would have been scary. the help of pliant courts and browbeat This was also proven when a Prime quite clearly. The sight of protesters cleaning up the The Sussexes kept trying to find refuge for the past one year; officials. If these didn’t work, the Minister as dominant as Indira Earlier, protests were fairly monoto- venue of the Million March in by physically removing themselves from London and shifting to threat of the investigative agencies Gandhi was swept out of power after nous, and desperate, with only slogan Hyderabad, shared on the social media Frogmore, by not appearing in public than was strictly neces- breathing down their necks did the her tryst with the Emergency and shouting or walking, holding placards, and published in newspapers went a sary, by even disappearing over Christmas. Harry still carries trick. However, the government hasn’t Jayaprakrash Narayan emerged on save for someone like the late long way in countering the aggressive scars of what happened to his mother, because no matter how been able to do the same with the anti- the political horizon. Naramalli Sivaprasad, who made posturing of the ruling party and its far she ran, there was always a camera spying on her. CAA protesters, and not for the lack of While the recent protests may be protesting an art form. His protests army of bhakts. Yet instead of a deep introspection, and the drawing up of new trying. It may have expected violence quite distinct from the satyagrahas led are legendary, sometimes dressed like However, not all protests are about rules by the media regulatory authority, the tabloids have fur- and also the average Muslim to take to by the Mahatma or the post- Lord Ram or Lord Krishna or anyone the common man. Deepika Padukone’s ther turned it into an Ekta Kapoor serial. Or a game of Let’s the street and protest against the CAA, Emergency scenario in the way they else. Being a former actor helped him 10-minute silent act of solidarity with Blame The Bride, because she is alienating her young husband but did not obviously expect non- are conducted, the goal is the same: draw attention and make a point. the JNU students protesting against from his family, while the grandmother is stoic as she tells the Muslims too to hit the streets. India’s future. Some political leaders adapt to the the attack on them may have rattled country she will bear up. People are totally divided over whether The absence of violence (aside from These days, the protesters invariably situation while staging their protest: the government enough for a Union Meghan is an angel or a devil. A fierce quarrel erupted on BBC that reported in BJP-ruled states) has gather at a predetermined place, read who can forget Lagadapati Rajagopal minister to launch a tirade against the Question Time last Friday between the actor Laurence Fox and deprived the government of an oppor- the Preamble to India’s Constitution, going on a “fast” to prove KCR wrong actress, even indirectly questioning a guest on the show, academic Rachel Boyle, who called him a tunity to raise the bogey of “Hindus their voices getting slightly louder and even donning a burkha to dodge her patriotism. Deepika, being the star white privileged man for criticising Meghan. He tweeted later under threat because of such people when the word “secular” is mentioned. the cops? that she is, may have forced the BJP’s that he was “drinking all of these leftist tears” nonchalantly. who are violent and don’t belong here”. Quite a few carry photographs of the But these people have or had a sup- IT cell to go into overdrive, but the fact There is even a court scene coming in the near future with the Non-Muslims too joining the protests Constitution’s drafter, B.R. Ambedkar. port system in place, an entire army of remains that the common man who young royals facing the Daily Mail in an explosive case. Her have meant that it is unable to disre- Invariably, the protesters sing the assistants and party cadre. has been protesting across the country estranged father will appear against her and for the tabloid she gard or discredit the rallies by relegat- national anthem as one, be it on the The common man has adapted too, and ever since Parliament passed the is suing. For a climax to a TV serial you could not do better. ing them to one community. Also, non- footsteps of a mosque, in a park or on has taken recourse in his native intelli- Citizenship (Amendment) Act, has put But where will they go and settle? Canada has been rumoured Muslims joining the rallies have led the road. Also, the average protester gence and wit to make his point, and of the ruling party on the backfoot. as a destination. When they were last there, Justin Trudeau said the government to realise that it is has realised that public memory is course stay within the ambit of law. “Come back again anytime.” The Canadian high commission now a people’s protest. short and has adapted accordingly. These days, the common protester is The writer is a journalist treated them to a dinner and served them their favourite choco- It can safely be assumed that not all The style of protest has undergone a aware that police intolerance to peace- based in Hyderabad late dessert from Vancouver Island, possibly their intended Canadian home. Now that it could become a reality, Canadian newspapers have launched their own war. The largest selling newspaper, Globe, has raised the issue of who is going to pay for PM dedicates Tarapur their security. Not Canada, it says. But then, it has been sug- plant to nation gested that Harry could be appointed governor-general of Can one be drunk and still get enlightened? Canada (for life?). That will solve problems of who pays for their TARAPUR, Jan. 19. security and also give an income to suit their style. Meanwhile, drink a few jugs of wine and small quantities, slowly. As Prime Minister Indira the erstwhile royals will need jobs: Meghan will no doubt return still remain fully aware. his meditation deepens, he is Gandhi today formally ush- to the world of show business and is already doing a voiceover Jesus used to drink wine, and allowed to drink bigger ered the age of nuclear power (where the proceeds will go to charity) and Harry will have to Swami Gurdjieff and so many other amounts. The only condition in India when she dedicated find a job suitable for an ex-royal. mystics could enjoy wine to be fulfilled is that he the country’s first atomic Chaitanya without getting drunk or should remain conscious. power station here. he really serious charge is that Meghan quit because of Keerti intoxicated. Even under the influence of “I am dedicating this power racism. Could that have been the case, apart from the con- Osho says: Just the other the drug, he should remain station in the first month of a Tstant media intrusion into her life? I find this a little prob- day somebody had asked a conscious — that is the only new decade and wish that the lematic — because whilst one has not personally experienced it, question — “Jesus used to condition to be fulfilled. This new I know that some people still find the UK a racist nation, even as ecently, someone sent you take a drink and feel drink alcohol. What do you is a rare experiment! And a decade 50 YEARS AGO IN you climb higher into more and more protected and privileged me a question: How can good because your conscious- say about it?” I can allow moment comes when a real will bring circles. But this is not unusual in situations where power is held ROsho, as an enlight- ness goes to sleep. Hence, Jesus! He was so conscious meditator can drink as progress by a few. A conservative royal household which runs on tradi- ened master, drink a glass of before enlightenment, any that he could afford to drink much… he can drink alcohol in India in tion may have been stifling for an outsider. champagne offered by Ma kind of intoxicant is once in a while. But I cannot just like water and he will the long battle against pover- Despite the challenges, the young couple has handled their Anand Sheela while travel- absolutely to be dropped. It allow you. You are already so remain as centred as ever, as ty,” Mrs. Gandhi said. departure from the royal household frontline as best they could. ling to America, as shown in affects your consciousness unconscious, you are already conscious as ever. That is the Mrs. Gandhi also reaffirmed They are obviously keen to bring up their young son in a less Wild Wild Country? This is a and drags it downwards so burdened; now, making crucial test. Osho warns: Ego India’s stand that she would frenetic environment. However, they will have sacrificed a lot relevant question. Society towards darker realms of you more unconscious will is very intoxicating, remem- use atomic power for preser- — a regular and large income, a luxurious life, endless publici- does not expect the spiritual unconsciousness. be dragging you towards hell. ber it. It is more alcoholic vation and not destruction. ty, and the undoubted love from many of the British people. ones to have alcoholic Osho became enlightened In the East, particularly in than any alcohol can be. And The dedication ceremony Thus, instead of indulging in outrage and criticism, the tabloids drinks. Osho also did agree to at the age of 21. And enlight- India, there has existed a it is pious; when it is pre- was presided over by Dr. and social media ranters should consider toning down their pur- it. He says: Alcohol can dis- enment is something that tremendously beautiful eso- tending to be holy it is very Vikram Sarabhai, Chairman suit of celebrity gossip. They must learn to draw the line turb before the enlighten- happens forever, one does teric school of tantrikas. One pious — and a pious poison is of the Atomic Energy between private and public space. And perhaps stricter govern- ment because it can make not become endarkened after of their very secret methods the purest poison. Avoid it. Commission. Dr. Vikram ment rules need to be drawn up on how to treat the UK’s best you more unconscious — this happening. So a glass of is that whenever a master Sarabhai, recalled the ser- known brand, the royals. that’s its whole purpose. champagne could never thinks that a disciple is Swami Chaitanya Keerti, vices rendered by the late Your consciousness is bur- affect his enlightenment. In ready, he allows him to drink editor of Osho World, is the Prime Minister Nehru and Dr. The writer is an award-winning author. dened so much with anxi- tantra traditions, we have alcohol or take some other author of Mindfulness: The Homi Bhabha. Her new book, Jallianwala Bagh, 1919: The eties, worries, anguish, that known tantrikas who could drug in small portions, in Master Key Real Story, has just been published. Going green PAGE Gas-rich Qatar signed a $470-million deal on Sunday to build its first solar energy plant, capable of meeting up World 12 to one-tenth of peak national power demand DECCAN CHRONICLE MONDAY | 20 JANUARY 2020 | HYDERABAD IN BRIEF Indian being treated Oldest scorpion fossil found for infection in China New York: Researchers have dis- covered the oldest-known scor- Beijing, Jan. 19: A 45- pion species, which may have year-old Indian school lived approximately 437 to 436 teacher in the Chinese million years ago, a finding that city of Shenzhen is under- sheds light on how creatures going treatment for a adapted to living on land. The Streptococcal infection scorpion, named Parioscorpio which was initially sus- venator, is described in the jour- pected to be a case of the nal Scientific Reports as the old- mysterious SARS-like est-known scorpion reported to coronavirus prevalent in date, and may have been capa- the country. ble of leaving its marine habitat Coronaviruses are a and venturing onto land — a broad family of viruses, behaviour similar to that of pres- but only six are known to ent-day horseshoe crabs. infect people. At the mild According to the scientists, end they cause the com- including Andrew Wendruff from mon cold, but SARS the Otterbein University in the (Severe Acute Respiratory US, scorpions are among the Syndrome) is a coron- first animals to have moved from avirus that killed nearly Medical staff members carry a patient into the the sea onto land. 650 people in China and Jinyintan hospital in Wuhan in China. — AFP Hong Kong in 2002-2003. This photo shows a burnt out part of local farmer Rick Morris’ 2,300-acre property on Kangaroo Island after bush- Preeti Maheshwari, a Why are men more fires ravaged the island off the south coast of Australia. — AFP teacher at an internation- al school in Shenzhen, is prone to cancer? being treated for Seventeen new Streptococcal infection, Melbourne: Researchers have her husband Ashuman identified a key biological mech- Khowal told PTI from viral cases in China anism that puts men at higher Fires: Irreversible Shenzhen. risk of cancer than women, an He said the doctors said Beijing, Jan. 19: ■ At least a half-dozen advance that may lead to more she was being treated for Seventeen more people in countries in Asia and personalised lines of treatment the infection in the inten- central China have been three U.S. airports have and prevention for each gender. sive care unit and is cur- diagnosed with a new started screening incom- According to the study, pub- rently on a ventilator and form of viral pneumonia lished in the Journal of the other supporting systems. that has killed two ing airline passengers forest losses in Oz from central China National Cancer Institute, the Initially it was suspected patients and placed other higher risk of cancer seen in men that Maheshwari may countries on alert as mil- ■ 62 cases of the novel could be due to the loss of func- Landscape is being permanently altered, say scientists have been suffering from lions of Chinese travel for coronavirus have been tion in certain genes of the sex- a new type of coron- Lunar New Year holidays. determining Y chromosome, Canberra, Jan. 19: Aust- pening now, and we are avirus. Khowal, however, In total, 62 cases of the identified in the city of which is present only in men. ralia”s forests are burn- seeing the effects of it,” clarified that his wife had novel coronavirus have Wuhan, where the virus Chromosomes are coiled thread- ing at a rate unmatched in Victoria braces he said. High temperatu- been diagnosed as having been identified in the city appears to have originat- like structures containing the modern times and scien- res, drought and more fre- Streptococcal infection. of Wuhan, where the ed, the Wuhan Municipal genetic material in the form of tists say the landscape is quent wildfires — all Chinese city of Wuhan virus appears to have Health Commission said Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) being permanently alter- linked to climate change is currently under the originated. The Wuhan and several proteins involved in ed as a warming climate for heavy storms — may make it impossible grip of a new mysterious Municipal Health diagnosed group, ages regulating the genome. While brings profound changes for even fire-adapted for- viral pneumonia. Commission reported the ranged between 30 and 79, embryos carrying two X chromo- to the island continent. Melbourne, Jan. 19: Au- Victoria as of Sunday. ests to be fully restored, According to the official new cases in a statement Wuhan’s health commis- somes develop into human Heat waves and drought stralian forecasters warn- In New South Wales, scientists say. media reports, tentative Sunday. sion said. Their initial females, those with one X and a have fueled bigger and ed on Sunday of severe st- where 69 fires were burn- “The normal processes diagnosis of the pneumo- Nineteen of those indi- symptoms were fever and Y chromosomes develop into more frequent fires in orms to hit the bushfire- ing on Sunday, forecasters of recovery are going to nia is caused by a coron- viduals have been dis- cough. biological males. parts of Australia, so far hit state of Victoria, whi- said that widespread hea- be less effective, going to avirus. charged from the hospi- The health commis- this season torching some ch could lead to flooding. vy rainfall in the north of take longer,” said Roger The virus has caused tal, while two men in their sion’s statement did not 40,000 square miles, an The Bureau of Meteoro- the state would ease, as it Kitching, an ecologist at alarm in China because of 60s — one with severe pre- say whether these Fitbit data to track area about as big as Ohio. logy in Victoria issued withdrew flood warnings Griffith University in Qu- its connection to SARS. existing conditions — patients had visited the With blazes still raging severe thunderstorm war- for the Bellinger and Ora- eensland. “Instead of an According to the reports have died from the illness. Huanan Seafood flu epidemic in the country’s southea- nings for parts of the sta- ra rivers. Meanwhile, offi- ecosystem taking a deca- from Wuhan, where the Eight are in critical condi- Wholesale Market, which st, government officials te on Sunday, saying dam- cials in the third bushfire- de, it may take a century virus started surfacing tion. has been suspended after Los Angeles: Researchers have are drawing up plans to aging winds and heavy hit Queensland urged peo- or more to recover, all few weeks ago, 17 new At least a half-dozen many infected individuals reported for the first time that reseed burned areas to rainfall were expected, ple to “exercise caution” assuming we don’t get cases have been reported, countries in Asia and reported having either the resting heart rate, and sleep speed up forest recovery the BBC reported. on Gold Coast beaches, another fire season of taking the total number of three U.S. airports have worked at or visited the data from wearable devices can that could otherwise take It said storms and wide- where “large water move- this magnitude soon.” cases to 62. started screening incom- venue. be used for real-time prediction decades or even centuries. spread rainfall were fore- ment and significant deb- Young stands of moun- A total of 19 people have ing airline passengers Li Gang, director and of infectious diseases like But some scientists and cast in the state for the ris” were expected after tain ash trees — which been cured and dis- from central China. The chief physician of the influenza, an advance that may forestry experts doubt next three days. heavy rainfall on Saturd- are not expected to burn charged from the hospital, list includes Thailand and Wuhan Center for Disease lead to new ways of forecasting that reseeding and other One forecaster from the ay. The fires, which began because they have minim- and the rest remain in iso- Japan, which have togeth- Control and Prevention, epidemic outbreaks. According intervention efforts can bureau said the state was in September 2019, have al foliage — have burned lation receiving treat- er reported three cases of told state broadcaster to the study, published in the match the scope of the de- “about to see it’s wettest claimed 28 lives, destroy- in the Australian Alps, ment, state-run Xinhua the disease in people who CCTV that “the infectivi- journal The Lancet Digital struction. Before the rec- two-day period in many, ed thousands of homes the highest mountain ran- news agency reported on had come from Wuhan. ty of the new coronavirus Health, people’s resting heart ent wildfires, ecologists many months”. At least 14 and scorched millions of ge on the continent. Fire Sunday. In the most recently is not strong.” — AP rate spikes up during infections, divided up Australia’s fires were still burning in acres of land. — IANS this year wiped out stands Two people in Shenzhen and this is captured by wearable native vegetation into two re-seeded following fires are currently in quaran- devices like smartwatches, and categories: Fire-adapted in 2013. tine at the Third People's the outbreak of the new 41 confirmed cases have fitness trackers like Fitbit. The landscapes that burn peri- Flames have blazed thr- burn, that there’s not eno- Mountain ash, the Hospital, which specialis- strain of pneumonia in been reported so far,” said researchers, including those odically, and those that ough jungles dried out by ugh material and they are world's tallest flowering es in the treatment of the Chinese city of the travel warning issued from Scripps Research don’t burn. In the recent drought, such as Eungella wet. Well they did,” said trees, reach heights of infectious diseases, Hong Wuhan where over 500 by India. Travel-related Translational Institute in the US, fires, that distinction lost National Park, where forest restoration expert almost 90 metres and live Kong-based South China Indian medical students cases have been reported, de-identified data from 47,249 meaning — even rainfore- shrouds of mist have been Sebastian Pfautsch, a res- hundreds of years. Morning Post reported. are studying. one each in Thailand and Fitbit users, and retrospectively sts and peat swamps ca- replaced by smoke. earch fellow at Western They’re an iconic pres- India on Friday issued “An infection with a Japan. Over 500 Indian identified weeks during ught fire, likely changing “Anybody would have Sydney University. ence in southeast an advisory to its nation- novel coronavirus has students study in the which they had elevated resting them forever. said these forests don’t “Climate change is hap- Australia. — AFP als visiting China follow- been reported from China. Wuhan city's medical col- heart rate, and changes to rou- ing a second death due to As on 11th January, 2020, leges. — PTI tine sleep. HEAVY SNOW Safer homes for volcano DELAYS FLIGHTS UK to use offshore wind residents in Philippines IN TEHRAN Tehran, Jan. 19: Heavy for green energy shift Tagaytay (Philippines), snow covered the streets Jan. 19: Philippine offi- of Tehran on Sunday, London, Jan. 19: month, pledged in its elec- property portfolio of the cials said Sunday the gov- causing major flight Britain, a global leader in tion manifesto to increase royal family which owns ernment will no longer delays and forcing the offshore wind energy, power from offshore wind most of Britain’s seabed. allow villagers to return closure of schools, plans to make the sector from 10 to 40 gigawatts Nearly 1,000 more tur- to a crater-studded island authorities in the one of the pillars of its this decade. bines are already in the LONELINESS where an erupting volca- Iranian capital said. transition to carbon neu- It wants Britain to be ca- planning stages. no lies, warning that liv- The snow started trality in the coming rbon neutral by 2050, with Two of the biggest proj- ing there would be “like falling early in the decades. onshore wind, solar, hyd- ects are Walney Extensi- BEHIND PHONE having a gun pointed at morning and disrupted The country aims to qu- ro and biomass also set to on, in north Wales, and you”. Taal volcano has the flow of traffic on adruple its offshore contribute to its energy London Array, at the mo- ADDICTION simmered with smaller some of the city’s high- electricity production mix. The country already uth of the River Thames. ash ejections in recent ways. “We knew that it capacity by 2030 by utilis- produces almost 40 perce- The two sites are home to London: Students who use dig- days after erupting on would snow as of last ing the windswept North nt of its electricity from the highest concentration ital technology excessively are January 12 with a gigan- night and that it natural- Sea and a favourable poli- renewable sources, acco- of British offshore farms, less motivated to engage with tic plume of steam and ly affects traffic,” head cy environment. “It’s rding to figures published thanks to the windy weat- their studies, and are more ash that drifted north- Nick Salazar clears volcanic ash from the eruption of of Tehran’s traffic police more conducive to build last week for the third her conditions created by anxious about tests, according ward and reached Manila, the Taal volcano, from the roof of his house in Buso Mohammadreza Me- offshore in the UK than quarter of 2019. Britain their geography. Several to a study which says the the capital, about 65 kilo- Buso on Sunday. — AFP hmandar said. “On some anywhere else in plans to favour the devel- other projects are also effects may be worsened by metres away. highways in the north Europe,” said James opment of colossal offsho- under way, including at increased feelings of loneli- While the volcano rem- the volcano is located, site should be at least 17 (of Tehran) there was a Brabben, of Cornwall re wind farms given the Hornsea and Dogger ness. As part of the study, pub- ains dangerous, with lar- have been asked to look kilometres away from the bit of ice... and accidents Insight energy consultan- country’s relatively small Bank off the coast of Yor- lished in the Journal of ge numbers of local villa- for a safer housing area, restive volcano to be safe, were responded to cy. “There’s quite a conse- land mass. kshire, which will com- Computer Assisted Learning, gers encamped in emerge- at least 3 hectares in size, he said. The island has quickly,” he added. nsus of support around There were 38 operation- pete for the title of largest 285 students who had enrolled ncy shelters, officials for about 6,000 families long been declared by the Schools in all districts of offshore wind from the al sites comprising arou- offshore wind turbine in health-related degree cours- have begun discussing that used to live in four government as a national Tehran and some parts public and politics,” he nd 2,000 turbines at the field in the world. Johns- es were assessed for their digi- post-eruption recovery. villages and worked most- park. A volcano-monitor- of the province were said. Prime Minister Bor- end of 2018, according to on has also touted rolling tal technology usage patterns, Interior Secretary Eduar- ly as tourist guides and ing agency has declared closed in morning and is Johnson’s government, the last available figures out floating wind farms, their anxiety, loneliness, study do Ano said officials in farmers on Volcano the island a permanent afternoon due to heavy returned to power with a from the Crown Estate, which utilise cutting-edge skills and motivation. The Batangas province, where Island. The new housing danger zone. — AP snowfall. — AFP thumping majority last the hereditary land and technology. — AFP researchers, including those from Swansea University in the UK, found a negative relation- ■ ship between internet addic- WHAT’S IN | A NAME Mistake renders Jinping’s name to Mr Shithole tion, and motivation to study. AI can recognise Students reporting more inter- net addiction, they said, found it harder to organise their dance fingerprint learning productively, and Facebook sorry for Xi’s name gaffe were more anxious about London, Jan. 19: Each empathize with others. upcoming tests. Internet addic- person’s dancing style “We actually weren’t Naypyidaw (Myanmar), on Myanmar's Facebook sorry and blamed a techni- data. In cases such as tion was also associated with has a unique signature — looking for this result, as Jan. 18: Facebook apolo- page -- which rendered Xi cal glitch. those, Facebook's system loneliness which made study regardless of the type of we set out to study some- gised Saturday for a dis- Jinping's name from “We fixed a technical guesses and replaces them harder, the scientists reported. music — and this pattern thing completely differ- tasteful mistranslation of Burmese into English as issue that caused incor- with words that have simi- “These results suggest that stu- can be accurately identifi- ent,” said Emily Carlson, Chinese President Xi “Mr Shithole”. rect translations from lar syllables. dents with high levels of inter- ed by a computer, accord- the first author of the Jinping's name from The error most notably Burmese to English on The company tested sim- net addiction may be particu- ing to a study. study from the University Burmese language posts appeared on the official Facebook. This should not ilar words in Burmese, larly at risk from lower motiva- The study, published in of Jyvaskyla in Finland. during his much-touted Facebook page of have happened and we are and other words that start tions to study, and, hence, lower the Journal of New Music “Our original idea was to visit to Myanmar. Myanmar's civilian leader taking steps to ensure it with “xi” and “shi” in actual academic performance,” Research, used motion see if we could use His two-day visit to Aung San Suu Kyi. doesn't happen again. We Burmese, which use the said study co-author Phil Reed. capture technology — the machine learning (ML) to Myanmar's capital “Mr Shithole, President sincerely apologize for the same character, were also About one-fourth of the stu- kind used in Hollywood identify which genre of Naypyidaw was the first of China arrives at 4 PM,” Chinese President Xi Jinping offense this has caused,” a translated as “shithole,” dents said they spent over four — to learn what a perso- music our participants made by a Chinese leader said a translated Facebook spokesperson Facebook said. hours a day online, and the rest n’s dance moves say about were dancing to, based on in almost two decades. announcement posted ear- record of the house of rep- said. The platform is the most reported that they spent their mood, how extro- their movements,” Carl- But the historic moment lier Saturday. resentatives,” it contin- Facebook said it did not popular site for news, between one to three hours verted or neurotic they son said. was dimmed by the auto- “President of China, Mr. ued. have Xi's name in its entertainment and chat. everyday. are, and how much they — PTI matic translation feature Shithole, signed a guest Facebook said it was Burmese translations — Agencies India’s trade deficit Airtel adds life cover ■ Export 27.36 -11.25 ■ Import 38.61 Dec 2019 -12.13 Nov to prepaid bundle -11.01 Oct Airtel on Sunday announced a -10.86 Sep `179 prepaid bundle that packs in -13.45 Aug a term life cover of `2 lakh from -13.43 Jul Bharti AXA Life Insurance."Priced -15.28 Jun at... `179, Airtel's new prepaid -15.36 May bundle offers unlimited calling to -8.77 Apr any network, 2 GB data, 300 SMS -10.89 mar along with a term life cover of `2 -9.59 Feb lakh from Bharti AXA Life -14.73 Jan Insurance," the company said. 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MONDAY | 20 JANUARY 2020 | HYDERABAD Figures in $ billion Source: Ministry of Commerce & Ind./PTI quick ■ Delinquency trends in retail loans likely to deteriorate Over 70% dip in Provisioning to stay 100 days work BITES under MGNREGA INDICATORS % high for banks in Q3 SANGEETHA G ADDING TO UNEMPLOYMENT Sensex 41,945.37 0.03 FALAKNAAZ SYED growth at 20 per cent YoY CHENNAI, JAN. 19 Nifty 50 12,352.40 -0.03 MUMBAI, JAN. 19 was driven by better corpo- rate growth, but retail With just two more S&P 500* 3,329.62 0.39 The pace of new bad loan remains subdued at 14 per months to go for the finan- Dollar (`) 71.08 0.2 formation for banks is cent YoY due to slower cial year 2019-20 to end, Pound Sterling (`) 92.65 0.04 likely to remain elevated vehicle finance growth. the number of households for the quarter ended Similarly, IndusInd which have completed 100 Euro (`) 78.95 -0.24 Decem-ber 31, 2019 due to Bank reported lower-than- days of guaranteed Gold (10gm)* (`) 40,590▲32 0.07 the recognition of lumpy expected net profit due to a employment under the corporates like Dewan steep rise in provisioning, Mahatma Gandhi Brent crude ($/bbl)* 64.85 0.001 Housing Finance Ltd, led by higher bad loan for- National Rural IN 10-Yr bond yield 6.622 0.024 Reliance Home Finance mation and further Employment Guarantee ◗ Only 14,55,805 households, or 72% less, have US 10-Yr T-bill yield* 1.825 0.001 and Reliance Commercial improvement in provision scheme is down by 72 per completed 100 days of guaranteed employ- Finance, Suzlon Energy, coverage ratio. IndusInd cent. The number of per- ment till Jan. 19 against 52,59,912 in FY19 * As of Saturday CG Power & Industrial Bank has classified DHFL son days generated too is Solutions and some real and Cox & Kings as fraud. down by 38 per cent. ◗ Scheme has provided an average of 41.44 estate companies. “Factoring in some of As per government data, days of employment per household Banks have recognised these resolution in Q3, 14,55,805 households have ◗ DHFL and Cox & Kings as including Essar Steel, we completed 100 days of No. of households which have worked this Passenger fraud and those that have expect NPA ratio for our guaranteed employment fiscal is down at 4.81 cr Vs 5.27 cr last year an exposure to these coverage universe to mod- this fiscal till January 19 ◗ Of the total available funds of `61,452 crore, vehicle exports accounts will have to pro- erate by 20 bps to 6.9 per against 52,59,912 in FY19 – vide 100 per cent upfront lutions too have gathered against Rs 2,211.5 crore in cent. Corporate resolution a drop of 72 per cent. 85%, or `52, 513 crore, has been spent on the up 6% in Apr-Dec. for the exposure. Also, pace, such as Essar Steel, Q3 FY19. The specific loan pipeline too looks strong, MGNREGA is meant to scheme some large corporate Ruchi Soya, Prayagraj loss provisions in the cur- including KSK Mahanadi, provide guaranteed 100 Passenger vehicle (PV) exports groups remain stressed, Power Generation rent quarter included one- Rattan India Nashik, Alok days of employment to the 61,452 crore, 85 per cent, or MGNREGA workers, the rose by 5.89% in the first nine including Essel, Cafe Company, Rattan India offs of about Rs 700 crore, Industries, IL&FS and the rural poor. The scheme Rs 52, 513 crore, has been material and skilled months of FY20, with Hyundai Coffee Day, while there are Amravati and Coastal primarily relating to cer- long-pending Bhushan has provided an average of spent on the scheme. Last wages stood at Rs 12,782 Motor leading the segment with new additions in the Energen. Factoring in tain corporate accounts Power as well. 41.44 days of employment fiscal, the total available crore, 34 per cent down dispatches of around 1.45 lakh recent past like Vodafone, some of these resolution and specific agri accounts, “As far as retail asset per household. Even the funds for the scheme were from last year’s Rs 16,465 units, as per Siam data. PV Altico, Omaxe, Peninsula in Q3, including Essar the bank said. quality is concerned, we number of households Rs 69,228 crore and the crore. exports stood at 5,40,384 units Land and Karvy Broking, Steel, the non-performing Despite lower net interest believe delinquency trends which have worked this government had spent The scheme has complet- in the April-December period leading to heavy corporate assets could moderate for margins and higher loan in loan against property fiscal is down at 4.81 crore 100.56 per cent of the ed 56 lakh work against 90 compared with 5,10,305 units in stress loans pipeline. lenders that have an expo- loss provisions of 130 basis and unsecured loans are against 5.27 crore last available funds. lakh work in FY19--down the year-ago period. Car ship- While DHFL’s total debt is sure to these accounts. points, HDFC Bank report- likely to deteriorate given year. Though the average by 38 per cent. However, ments saw 4.44% growth at about Rs 80,000 crore, For instance, both HDFC ed a net profit of Rs 7,400 weakening economic MGNREGA has so far wages per day per person the total number of work 4,04,552 units. lenders exposure to the Bank and IndusInd Bank crore, up 33 per cent YoY, trends and rising unem- generated only 199 crore is just a tad higher at Rs taken up during this fiscal account is around Rs that have announced their mainly helped by strong ployment rate. Agri stress person days against 267 181 this year against Rs was 164 lakh. This includ- 40,000 crore. Similarly, Q3 FY20 earnings saw a fees and non-performing may recede a bit in Q3 due crore person days in the 179 last year, the total ed both new and spillover banks have an exposure of steep rise in loan loss pro- asset (NPA) recovery. to healthy rabi crop, which previous fiscal. Among wages of Rs 37,453 crore works of the previous Disney removes over Rs 5,000 crore to visioning due to their Fresh NPAs were elevated could be positive for PSBs 12.43 crore active MGNRE- paid till now is 20 per cent year. Reliance Home Finance, exposure to DHFL. On at Rs 5,300 crore including and HDFC Bank. SME GA workers, only 6.8 crore lower than last year’s total MGNREGA payouts Rs 4,970 crore to Coffee Saturday private lender Rs 1,500 crore, mainly due stress remains elevated, individuals have worked wages of Rs 47,172 crore. have been a key factor that Fox from 20th Day Enterprises and more HDFC Bank saw provi- to lumpy corporate and particularly for PSBs so far this fiscal. Despite the govern- has affected the rural than Rs 4,000 crore to CG sions and contingencies continued stress in agri through Mudra loans,” However, of the total ment’s proposal to economy adversely this Century Studios Power. rise by 38 per cent to Rs (seasonal trend/loan said Anand Dama, analyst available funds of Rs upgrade the skills of year. On the positive side, reso- 3,043.6 crore for Q3FY20, as waivers). Healthy credit at Emkay Global. Key positions in SBI, Duty-free MG Motor’s e-SUV makes a splash Urad import alcohol may be MICHAEL GONSALVES rules eased BoB await govt okay cut to 1 bottle PUNE, JAN. 19 Disney is making its acquisition Even as the country has not been fully of 21st Century Fox official, to avert MADHUSUDAN SAHOO Chadha, MD & CEO of SBI New Delhi, Jan. 19: The geared with the adequate infrastructure with the studio dropping the NEW DELHI, JAN. 19 Caps, has been named by commerce ministry has like charging stations, MG Motor has name Fox from the brand. the BBB to take over as recommended restrict- already sold over 2,100 units of its upcom- shortage Disney bought 21st Century Fox Though the Banks Board MD & CEO of BoB, but his ing purchase of tax-free ing electric SUV, the ZS EV is less than a assets for $71.3 bn klast year. Bureau (BBB) has cleared appointment letter is still alcohol to one bottle at month. MADHUSUDAN SAHOO According to Variety magazine, the names to fill up the top pending with the govern- duty-free shops as part of In fact, MG Motor, the British brand NEW DELHI, JAN. 19 the 20th Century Fox film stu- decks in leading public ment,” the source said. steps to reduce import of owned by the Chinese biggest automaker dio will be rechristened as 20th sector banks (PSBs) like “The ACC is expected to non-essential goods, SAIC, says that the ZS EV's booking num- Sensing a likely short- Century Studios, and Fox State Bank of India and discuss the issue with the sources said. bers have surpassed the cumulative elec- good,” Rajeev Chaba, President and MD at age of urad dal in the Searchlight Pictures will Bank of Baroda, their Prime Minister’s Office The ministry has also tric vehicle sales of Mahindra e-Verito and MG Motor India told Financial Chronicle. months ahead, the gov- become Searchlight Pictures. appointments have been (PMO) before taking a recommended to the Mahindra e2o, Tata Motors Tigor EV, and He said the company is supporting with ernment plans to relax delayed by more than two- final call. We expect that finance ministry pur- Hyundai Kona EV for the April to charging infrastructure for the buyers at the time limit for and-a-half months due to the government will clear chase of cigarette car- December 2019 period, which stood at 1,554 their homes and offices. importing the commodi- non-issuance of appoint- the appointments soon,” tons at duty-free shops units. “We will announce the car’s price within ty by three months. By ment letters by the govern- the source added. should be prohibited. The New Delhi-based car maker, which week,” Chaba said. the current mandate, Bank unions call ment. The SBI MD’s position is These recommenda- opened the pre-bookings for the MG ZS EV Buoyed by the strong response for the the industry can import The Appointments lying vacant for more than tions are part of propos- on December 22, closed it on January 17 to electric SUV, the company has decided to up to 4 lakh tonnes of two-day strike Committee of the Cabinet three months now, since als made by the ministry meet timely delivery to buyers. prepone the launch of the SUV from urad dal, or black gram, (ACC), headed by Prime the demitting of office by for the forthcoming “The car has best specification and tech- January 27 to January 23. The e-SUV is in the current fiscal. from Jan. 31 Minister Narendra Modi, Anshula Kant, who joined Budget on February 1. nology and driving performance is very expected to be priced close to Rs 20 lakh. The plan is to extend the is learnt to have not yet World Bank as its chief Currently inbound period by three months The United Forum of Bank cleared the positions, financial officer. international passengers to June 2020, as only half Unions, which represents nine though such appointments Interviews for the post are allowed to buy two the quota is utilised so trade unions, has given a call are usually cleared with- were held in the last week litres of alcohol and a far. The move comes at for a two-day strike from Jan. out much delay. of October, in which 17 carton of cigarette from FPIs put in over `10K cr in Jan. time the industry is 31. It has also called a three-day According to a source, candidates appeared from these shops. demanding removal of strike from March 11, and if the the appointment of Challa both SBI and other public According to sources, quantitative curbs on demands are not met, an indefi- Sreenivasulu Setty as sector banks. there are countries that RAVI RANJAN PRASAD and redemptions by retail tive inflows in emerging the lentil. nite strike from April 1. The managing director (MD) The BBB, after inter- allow only one litre of MUMBAI, JAN. 19 investors. market (EM), with expecta- A commerce ministry unions are asking for wage revi- of SBI has been cleared by viewing 15 candidates, liquor to international NSDL data shows FPIs tion of no hike in US Fed source said that as the sion settlement at 20% of pay- the BBB, headed by for- who included executive passengers and the same Foreign portfolio investors invested Rs 10,200 crore in rate and improvement in demand of pulses is on slip, five-day banking & merger mer Department of directors from other PSBs practice can be adopted have maintained a positive equity as on Jan. 18, 2020. EMs economies during cal- the rise, “as a precau- of spl allowance with basic pay. Personnel and Training for the first time in SBI’s in India. view on the Indian equity Last year FPIs had invest- endar year 2020." tionary measure, the secretary BP Sharma, history, selected Setty, eval- The government is market so far in 2020, with ed over Rs 1 lakh core in India’s high foreign government may extend while the name of Ashwin uating his performance looking at various ways net investments worth Rs Indian equities. exchange reserves is keep- the imports of up to 4 Bhatia, MD & CEO of SBI and seniority for the post. to curtail import of non- 10,200 crore in January so Vinod Nair, head of ing rupee-dollar exchange lakh tonnes for another Mutual Fund, has been Now, Setty is working as essential goods to rein in far. The month has also research at Geojit rates in a narrow range, three months till June kept as a standby for the SBI deputy MD at the trade deficit. seen reduced market Financial Services, said, which is seen as giving 2020, instead of end of DLF penalised same position. Hyderabad office and is — PTI volatility due to lower "FPIs were maintaining its comfort to FPIs in invest- this fiscal.” “In another case, Sanjeev waiting for his elevation. inflows in mutual funds risk-on strategy with posi- ing in India. In December, the com- for non-transfer merce ministry had raised the quota of urad import, by millers and of shares refiners, to 4 lakh The NCLAT has directed DLF to Over 100 Indian CEOs to attend WEF meet in Davos tonnes, from 1.5 lakh tonnes, for FY20. register transfer of 60,000 Davos, Jan. 19: shares to the legal heirs of a As the Minister Imran Khan 2020 provides a vision for forum's platform for pub- “Only 2 lakh tonnes of deceased shareholder and rich and powerful from would be among the world stakeholder capitalism lic-private cooperation urad has been imported imposed a cost of Rs 5 lakh for across the globe assemble leaders attending the five- that touches on a range of across six core areas of so far. The pulses situa- "harassing the poor investors". this week in this Swiss ski day, 50th annual meeting of important issues like fair activity: Ecology, tion was reviewed A three-member bench obser- resort town to discuss a WEF beginning Monday. taxation, zero tolerance for Economy, Society, recently by the con- ved that DLF insisted again and 'cohesive and sustainable The World Economic corruption, executive pay Industry, Techn-ology and cerned ministries and a again for affidavit and indemni- world', over 100 CEOs as Forum Annual Meeting and respect for human Geopolitics. consensus has emerged ty bond in spite of having a also some central minis- 2020, taking place on rights. Those who are registered to give time till June for Letter of dministration for suc- ters and chief ministers January 20-24, will focus "Business has now to for the event from India undertaking the import cession, and DLF’s action from India would also be on establishing stakehold- fully embrace stakeholder include industry leaders of rest of the quota” the deserved penal action. present alongside filmstar er capitalism as a way of capitalism, which means Gautam Adani, Rahul and source said. 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SHORT TAKES I-LEAGUE | FOOTBALL India edge Holland Djokovic, in shoot-out to lead Serena lead Bagan savour Bhubaneswar: India made a dream debut at the FIH Pro League, beating world number old guard three Netherlands 3-1 in the shoot-out after both the teams OLDIES VS derby delight were locked 3-3 at the end of regulation time in the second as newbies Kolkata, Jan. 19: Mohun gold camp but none of match of the two-leg tie here Bagan, who will join them resulted in a goal. on Sunday. World number five Indian Super League from It was substitute Edmund India had earlier defeated Tsitsipas, next season as a merged Lalrindika who showed his Netherlands 5-2 in the opening team with ATK, beat arch class with a delightful match of the tie on Saturday. rivals East Bengal 2-1 in a through ball to Espada as India are now atop the leader- Osaka out emotion-packed penulti- he shot low to the goalkeep- board with five points from two mate Kolkata I-League er’s right to reduce Mohun games, but the Manpreet Singh- derby at the Salt Lake Bagan’s lead. led side conceded a point to NEXTGEN to impress Stadium here on Sunday. But minutes later, there the Netherlands after drawing Spaniard Joseba Beitia was another jolt for East (during the regulation time) the gave Mohun Bagan an 18th Bengal as Edmund, who second match of the contest on Melbourne, Jan. 19: Old stagers Novak “Well, they’re coming minute lead with a free came in as a substitute, Sunday. As per the new rules Djokovic and Serena Williams will aim to closer and closer. It’s obvi- header, a result of 20-year- limped off the ground after implemented by the keep the younger generation of players ous,” said the Serbian world old Nongdamba Naorem’s suffering an injury. International Hockey Federation waiting in the wings as Grand Slam tennis number two who has been at livewire passing from the East Bengal also had (FIH) in the second edition of enters a new decade at the Australian the top of the game for well over left-flank. their best chance in the the Pro League, every match of Open on Monday. a decade. East Bengal, who played 80th minute when Juan a tie has to produce a result. After recent bushfire smog largely He pointed to Russia’s Medvedev under pressure in the first- Mera’s 30-yard shot In case of a draw, the match cleared in Melbourne, the view is all too pushing Nadal hard in last year’s US half, looked a transformed bounced off the crosspiece. would be decided by shoot-out familiar with Djokovic and Williams, who Open final, Greek Tsitsipas making the unit after the break but Pressing hard, East and the side which wins will is seeking a record-equalling 24th Major semis at Melbourne Park a year ago and Mohun Bagan struck Bengal had several garner two points and the los- title, installed as the bookies’ favourites. Austria’s Thiem playing the finals at through Baba Diawara chances coming in their ing team will get one point. Top seed Rafael Nadal, 33, is celebrating Roland Garros in 2018 and 2019. (65th) against the run of way in the dying moments — PTI becoming world number one in a third The clash between old and new will be play with the man-of-the- but none of them resulted decade while Roger Federer, 38, is trying to epitomised in the first round on Monday, match Beitia sending in a in a goal. defy the ageing process and stay ahead of when Venus Williams, who turns 40 this clinical corner kick. East Bengal also appealed his rivals with a 21st Grand Slam win. year, plays 15-year-old rising star Coco The Senegalese rose to for a penalty in the 60th The start of 2020 is not dissimilar to 2010, Gauff. the occasion and nodded it minute when Marcos, who when Federer and Nadal shared the four Japan’s Naomi Osaka, 22, is defending a home to seal three points himself seemed to have Grand Slam titles and Williams won in title for the second Grand Slam in a row for Mohun Bagan, consoli- handled the ball, was Melbourne and Wimbledon. after her repeat bid at dating their position atop brought down inside the Ten years later, the men’s last year’s US Open fell the table, in front of a mas- Mohun Bagan box by Big Three — who have won flat in the fourth sive turnout with 63,756 Sankar Roy but referee all but two Australian Open Live on TV round. fans watching the match. Ajitkumar Meitei had titles since 2004 — occupy AUSTRALIAN OPEN World number one They now have 17 points other ideas. the top three rankings, and Ashleigh Barty, fresh from eight matches, six With Mohun Bagan Williams is one step away Men’s, Women’s Singles from winning the clear of second placed announcing their merger from Margaret Court’s First Round matches Adelaide International Punjab FC in an unbeaten with two-time ISL champi- record for Grand Slam wins. from 5.30 am on Sony Six, on Saturday, carries six matches run. East ons ATK, this was the The men’s dominance is HD, Sony Ten 2, HD Australian hopes of Bengal suffered their third penultimate Kolkata derby stark: since Federer won his seeing the first defeat in a row to be on in the I-League era. first Grand Slam title in home-grown eight points from seven And Mohun Bagan made 2003, only five Major finals women’s win- matches. it special, winning their have not featured one of the ner since A lacklustre East Bengal first derby since January Swiss, Nadal or Djokovic. 1978. reduced the margin 21, 2018 — a 2-0 win in I- Several challengers have through Marcos Jimenez League. Since then, Mohun come and gone but there is de La Espada (72nd) as Bagan had failed to win increasing hope for the there were a slew of from four matches, includ- men’s up-and-comers, while “Obviously it’s the attacks from the red-and- ing two in I-League. — PTI nine women have won perfect preparation. Ganesh Dhanavat Grand Slam titles since But regardless of Williams, 38, claimed her whether I won the title 23rd in Melbourne in 2017. or not last week, I feel TELANGANA’S ‘THEY’RE VERY CLOSE’ like I’m well-pre- pared,” Barty said. While Djokovic and Nadal “I’m happy, I’m GANESH LIFTS split last year’s Grand healthy. I’m coming Slams, Dominic Thiem, into the first Grand Daniil Medvedev and Fabio Slam of the year with Switzerland’s SILVER MEDAL Fognini won their first a smile on my face. Roger DC CORRESPONDENT Masters trophies and Stefanos Tsitsipas, That’s all I can ask of myself.” Federer HYDERABAD, JAN. 19 21, became the youngest ATP Finals cham- The tournament is taking place against trains on pion in 18 years. the backdrop of a bushfires emergency Sunday. Telangana’s Ganesh Dhanavat “They’re very close. I don’t think that’s that has swept the nation and ramped up — AFP won silver in the under-17 miles, miles away maybe as it was some fears over global warming — and billowed weightlifting, 73kg category, at years ago,” Djokovic of the NextGen win- choking smog across Melbourne and other the Khelo India Youth Games ning a Major title. “I think they are defi- cities. After player anger during qualify- currently underway in nitely hungry. They’re challenging. ing and practice, when several were hit by Guwahati, Assam, on Sunday. They’re knocking on the door.” coughing fits and breathing problems, air The state-lad made a total lift But for that to happen, the likes of pollution returned to ‘moderate’ levels of 245kgs — 107 in snatch and Stefanos Tsitsipas, Daniil Medvedev and over the weekend, with rain forecast for Mohun Bagan players celebrate their 2-1 win over East 138 in clean & jerk categories Dominic Thiem still have so work to do. the start of the tournament. — AFP Bengal in their I-League match in Kolkata on Sunday. respectively — to claim the sec- ond spot on the podium. Meanwhile, Kiran Ravindra They’re very close. I don’t think that’s miles, miles away maybe Marathe of Maharashtra aggre- as it was some years ago. I think they are definitely hungry. gated 251kgs (111 in snatch and They’re challenging. They’re knocking on the door. LATE KERALA OWN GOAL 140 in clean & jerk) for his gold and Delhi’s Shiva Chaudhary — Novak Djokovic, GIFTS JAMSHEDPUR WIN finished third with a total lift of of the NextGen winning a Major title 244kgs (109 snatch and 135 in Jamshedpur, Jan. 19: Jamshedpur FC snapped their clean & jerk). winless run in the Indian Super League with a dramat- ic 3-2 win against Kerala Blasters here on Sunday. Bartholomew Ogbeche turned hero from villain for Kerala Blasters, scoring a 87th minute own goal after his goal in the 55th. Palace hold City, CASEMIRO TO Earlier, Raphael Messi Bouli (11th) broke the deadlock State shuttler Siril shines before Noe Acosta (39th) and the two teams went into the break all-square. REAL’S RESCUE, Abdul Hakku was sent off for a second yellow card Chelsea collapse after the restart but Ogbeche had given his team the at senior ranking tourney lead. Sergio Castel (75th) also got on the score sheet ATLETICO LOSE after making his return to the game after six weeks. London, Jan. 19: Pep DC CORRESPONDENT The confidence of two back-to-back wins was evident Guardiola’s 49th birthday THE RESULTS Madrid, Jan. 19: Real HYDERABAD, JAN. 19 in how Kerala approached the game in the early stages. celebrations went flat as Madrid started without The visitors pressed high up the field and their work Fernandinho’s late own Arsenal 1 their top scorer, captain Former junior world num- rate was rewarded in the 11th minute. Subrata Paul goal forced Manchester (Martinelli 45) and record signing on ber 1 ASS Siril Verma and made a complete mess of a poor backpass by Bikash City to settle for a 2-2 draw Sheffield United 1 Saturday but claimed a Assam’s Ashmita Chaliha Jairu as he failed to make contact with the ball in an against Crystal Palace, (Fleck 83) scrappy 2-1 win over and registered contrasting attempt to kick it away from danger. — PTI while Chelsea’s top-four Sevilla that sent them wins in the men’s and bid was dented by a sur- Manchester City 2 above Barcelona and top of women’s finals respectively (Aguero 82, 87) prise 1-0 defeat at Crystal Palace 2 La Liga. at the Yonex Sunrise All Newcastle on Saturday. (Tosun 39, Fernandinho Karim Benzema, Sergio India Senior Ranking On a busy day of top- 90-og) Ramos and Eden Hazard Badminton tournament Gayatri to take on flight action, the pitchside were all absent at the held in Goa on Sunday. VAR monitor was used in Newcastle 1 Santiago Bernabeu but Siril fought back from a the Premier League for the (Hayden 90+4) Casemiro stepped up in game down to beat C. Rahul first time at Norwich and Chelsea 0 their place. Yadav 15-21, 21-10, 21-13 to Arsenal held to a 1-1 draw His first double as a Real clinch the men’s singles Sindhu in opener by Sheffield United. Brighton 1 player proved the differ- title while Ashmita defeat- It was the drama at the (Trossard 38) ence amid a three-goal ed second seed Malvika Etihad Stadium that took Aston Villa 1 flurry in the second half, Bansod 21-18, 21-17 in just Chennai, Jan. 19: World the spotlight as (Grealish 75) during which Luuk de 35 minutes in the women’s champion P. V. Sindhu will PBL SEASON 5 Fernandinho’s last-gasp Jong had briefly pulled singles title clash. take on her mentor Pullela in front of home fans. blunder left Guardiola in Norwich 1 Sevilla level at the In the doubles events, Gopichand’s daughter Lakshya Sen, who won a no mood to party after (Pukki 33-pen) Santiago Bernabeu. national champions Sikha Gayatri in an interesting staggering five titles in City’s faint hopes of retain- Bournemouth 0 “Two goals for him is Gautam and Ashwini Bhat opening day match featur- 2019, headlines the men’s ing the title suffered anoth- Southampton 2 very unusual,” said Real enhanced their chances of ing Hyderabad Hunters singles department in er hammer blow. (Bednarek 15, Long 35) Madrid coach Zinedine making it to the Indian and Chennai Superstarz in Chennai Superstarz along Cenk Tosun marked his Wolves 3 Zidane. team after getting the bet- fifth edition of the Premier with the youngest player in first league start since his (Neto 53, Jimenez 65- His team were largely ter of K. Maneesha and Badminton League start- PBL-5, S. Sankar loan move from Everton pen, 76) underwhelming, at times Rutuparna Panda 21-17, 13- ing on Monday. Muthusamy and K. Sathish with his maiden goal for reverting to the stodgy 21, 21-15 in an hour and 20 Seven teams — Awadhe Kumar. the Eagles, the Turkish West Ham 1 days of last season when minutes. Warriors, Bengaluru Former World striker netting a close- (Diop 40) they struggled for goals Panda and Maneesha had Raptors, Mumbai Rockets, Championships bronze range strike from Martin Everton 1 under Julen Lopetegui, won the women’s doubles Hyderabad Hunters, medallist Tommy Sugiarto, Kelly’s flick in the 39th (Calvert-Lewin 44) who was this time in the title in Bengaluru, beating Chennai Superstarz, North who was the MVP in the minute. dug-out of Sevilla. the national champions. Eastern Warriors and first season of PBL, will be Sergio Aguero appeared Yet given those missing, Panda, however, made Pune 7 Aces — will slug it another key attraction in to have turned the game on cemented their grip on the opposition and the per- amends in the mixed dou- out for a prize of `6 crore. the Chennai squad. its head in the 82nd minute fourth place with a win on formance, this might be bles as she partnered G. This will be the second The Chennai crowd will when the Argentine striker Tyneside, but they were the kind of victory that Krishna Prasad to defeat consecutive season with also get to witness the fiery bagged his 250th goal in 360 unable to muster the cut- could prove crucial to Sunjith S. and Shruthi K. P. Hyderabad Hunters for the smashing skills of one half games for the club. ting edge required to break Madrid winning the title 21-10, 21-17 in the final. Rio Olympic silver medal- of India’s No. 1 men’s dou- Aguero put City ahead in down stubborn Newcastle in May. The men’s doubles combi- list, who led the Chennai bles team, Satwiksairaj the 87th minute with a and fell to Isaac Hayden’s Sevilla stay fourth, eight nation of Dhruv Kapila and franchise to title glory in Rankireddy, who is don- header from Benjamin header with just 20 seconds points off the top while M. R. Arjun showed the Telangana’s ASS Siril Verma poses with the trophy after the second season. ning the Chennai jersey Mendy’s cross. left in stoppage-time, los- Atletico Madrid in third power of youth as they winning the men’s title at the Yonex Sunrise All India With Chennai’s Kirsty this time. With veteran But there was a sting in ing 0-1. Chelsea’s first are now the same margin defeated veterans V. Diju Senior Ranking Badminton tournament held in Goa on Gilmour playing at the Sumeeth Reddy being in the tale for Guardiola as defeat in four league behind after falling to a and Rupesh Kumar 21-13, Sunday. Siril beat C. Rahul Yadav 15-21, 21-10, 21-13. Thailand Masters, this will the team along with Fernandinho turned matches leaves them five surprise 0-2 loss away at 21-7. be a priceless opportunity upcoming talent Dhruv Zaha’s cross into his own points clear of fifth-placed Eibar. The All India Ranking the recently concluded ria for the Asian Team for the 16-year-old debu- Kapila, the men’s doubles net in the 90th minute. Manchester United. — AFP tournaments held in tourney in Goa will also Championship to be held tante Gayatri to hone her side in Chennai looks Chelsea would have — AFP Bengaluru last week and serve as the selection crite- next month. skills and gain confidence robust. — PTI Ridiculous! PAGE Former Australia fast bowler Brett Lee has termed ICC’s decision to ban South Africa speedster Kagiso Rabada for one Test for his Cricket 15 aggressive celebration against England as “ridiculous” DECCAN CHRONICLE MONDAY | 20 JANUARY 2020 | HYDERABAD Dhawan’s NZ SHORT TAKES tour in doubt Shaw slams 150 in India ‘A’s win after injury Lincoln (New Zealand): Prithvi Bengaluru, Jan. 19: Shaw slammed a 100-ball 150 in Senior India opener India A’s 12-run victory over Sweet revenge Shikhar Dhawan’s tryst New Zealand XI in the second with injuries continued practice game here on Sunday, as he did not come out to coming back from an injury in Rohit, Kohli sizzle bat after hurting his left the manner that matched the shoulder during the third hype around him. Eyeing a ODI against Australia return to the Indian senior as India settle old VIRAT KOHLI here on Sunday. team, the 20-year-old Shaw After being taken for an struck 22 fours and two sixes R B 6s 4s X-ray, Dhawan was seen during his blazing knock at the score against Aussies with his left arm in sling, Bert Sutcliffe Oval. Shaw’s putting under doubt his knock will certainly excite the RAM TEJA | DC consisted of 16 bound- 89 91 0 8 participation in the New selectors as they pick the BENGALURU, JAN. 19 aries and one six as the Zealand tour, starting squad for the Test series in New former Australian cap- January 24 with a T20 Zealand. The first Test will get Rohit Sharma struck his tain hit his ninth one match in Auckland. The underway on February 21 at the 29th ODI century as day hundred and first in team is set to leave for Basin Reserve in Hamilton and India beat Australia by India to lead the visitor’s New Zealand on Monday the second match is scheduled seven wickets to clinch charge in the crunch morning. to be played at the Hagley Oval the three-match series 2- game. Dhawan was taken off in Christchurch, starting 1 at the M. Smith came in at the field in the fifth over February 29. Batting first, India Chinnaswamy Stadium number three and of the game at the M A were all out for an imposing on Sunday. anchored the Chinnaswamy 372 in 49.2 over before restrict- Rohit’s knock of 119 Australian Stadium. He had dived ing the home side to 360 for (128 balls) was laced innings first to save an Aaron Finch six. — PTI with eight boundaries along with shot in the cover and six sixes. Along with Marnus region, hurting his shoul- captain Virat Kohli (89), Labuschagne with der. He then walked out Rain spoils he forged a match-win- a 127 run partnership and was replaced by leg- ning stand of 137 runs. before changing gears as spinner Yuzvendra Windies march Chasing 287 in the wickets fell at regular Chahal on the field. decider, Rohit brought intervals. Smith was The 34-year-old Dhawan Basseterre (Saint Kitts and his A-game to the fore as eventually dismissed by had not taken the field for Nevis): Captain Kieron Pollard he effortlessly cantered Mohammad Shami as he the entire duration of the produced the best bowling through the chase along holed out to Shreyas Iyer Australian innings in the spell by a West Indian in with Kohli. He fell soon in the deep but not second ODI after a Pat Twenty20 International cricket after completing his cen- before ensuring that the Cummins bouncer hit on Saturday before rain forced tury, trying to hoist visitors put up a him on the rib cage while the second match of a three- Adam Zampa. respectable total on batting. game series against Ireland to Kohli took over the board. Shami was the Dhawan had suffered a be abandoned. Pollard took 4- mantle from his deputy, pick of the Indian thumb fracture during 25 as Ireland were limited to keeping the asking rate bowlers picking up 4/63 the World Cup in 147-9 in a clash reduced to 19 in check and accelerat- landing his yorkers on Australia and after overs a side. Set a rain-revised ing towards the end. He spot. returning to the side he target of 152 to win, the West fell short of a century by Shami had Warner sustained a knee injury Indies reached 16-1 after 2.2 11 runs as Josh caught behind without during the Mushtaq Ali overs before rain caused anoth- Hazlewood rattled his allowing the southpaw trophy, requiring 27 er in a series of stoppages. stumps with a perfect to settle in and a horri- stitches. — PTI Umpired eventually called the yorker but the game was ble mix-up between game off as a no result. Ireland done and dusted by then. Steve Smith and Aaron lead the series 1-0 after their Shreyas Iyer (44 not Finch (19) saw the latter dramatic four-run win in the out) and Manish Pandey stranded short of his opener in Grenada on (8 not out) applied the crease after a steady Wednesday. The third and final finishing touches for the start. The opening game is also in St Kitts on chase that was always in power-play yielded 56 ROHIT SHARMA Sunday. Pollard ripped the control for the hosts runs as familiar nemesis heart out of the Irish middle from the start. Smith and Labuschagne Virat Kohli (left) and Rohit R B 6s 4s order by removing top scorer Rohit got off to a flier came together in the Sharma run between the Gareth Delany, whose 44 as he punished loose middle. Labuschagne wickets during their match-win- included five sixes, skipper deliveries from Mitchell was given a reprieve 119 128 6 8 Andy Balbirnie (36) as well Starc and Pat Cummins early on in his innings ning stand against Australia on Gary Wilson (five) and George with disdain. He saw as Kuldeep Yadav failed Sunday. — RAJKUMAR SAMUEL Dockrell (two). — AFP through the first power to gather the ball clean- Brief scores: Ireland 147/9 (G. play without the loss of ly and dislodge the Delany 44, K. Pollard 4/25,) vs a wicket. Openers Rohit stumps. The duo kept West Indies 16/1 (Simmons 10, and K.L Rahul put on 69 the scoreboard ticking FASTEST TO 9,000 RUNS FASTEST TO 5,000 RUNS AS Stirling 1/11). No Result. runs before Ashton Agar with a 100 run partner- Kohli pulled off an had latter trapped lbw, ship. Labuschagne who excellent diving catch at IN ONE-DAYERS SKIPPER IN ODIs with the help of the had a breakthrough cover. Australia’s ploy of Batsman M I Batsman M I Gujarat take lead Decision Review System Australian summer in sending Mitchell Starc Virat Kohli (India) 202 194 Virat Kohli (India) 86 82 (DRS). the longest format at number 5 baffled but Shikhar Dhawan leaves versus Hyderabad The introduction of showed that he can did not have an impact AB de Villiers (SA) 214 205 MS Dhoni (India) 145 127 the ground after injuring spin from both ends adapt his game to the on the scoreboard as Rohit Sharma (India) 224 217 Ricky Ponting (Aus) 137 131 his shoulder while DC CORRESPONDENT slowed the Indian run- limited-overs format as Starc was dismissed in fielding. — BCCI HYDERABAD, JAN. 19 rate down as only 32 well. the same over, attempt- Sourav Ganguly (India) 236 228 Graeme Smith (SA) 137 135 runs were scored He played perfect fiddle ing a heave over mid- Sachin Tendulkar (India) 242 235 Sourav Ganguly (India) 140 136 Gujarat grabbed a lead of 101 between overs (11-20) to Smith with a well- wicket. runs at the end of the second with Zampa and Agar composed half-century Kuldeep who had a Kohli ‘satisfied’ day’s play in their Under-19 bowling tight lines. (54) that frustrated the quiet game picked up his Cooch Behar Trophy match Earlier, Steve Smith Indian bowling. first wicket in his last after defeating against Hyderabad being struck a brilliant hun- Jadeja broke the cru- over as Alex Carey hit Hayden says Aussies are red-hot played at the Rajiv Gandhi dred as Australia put on cial 127 run partnership against the turn to be strong Australia International Cricket Stadium in 286 for nine. Smith’s having Labuschagne hit caught by Shreyas Iyer the city on Sunday. knock of 131 (132 balls) through the off side as in at deep cover. favourites for Test series at home Bengaluru, Jan. 19: Resuming on 88/3, Prateek India captain Virat Kohli Reddy emerged the pick of the Bengaluru, Jan. 19: The Test matches to play. If you was “very satisfied” with batsmen with a fine 94-run SCORECARD return of “legends” Steve take this three game ODI his team’s comprehensive knock as the hosts were dis- Australia: David Warner c Rahul b Bowling: Bumrah 10-0-38-0, Shami Smith and David Warner series, before an exciting come-from-behind series missed for 244. Shami 3, Aaron Finch run out 19, 10-0-63-4, Saini 10-0-65-1, Kuldeep besides a world-class bowl- environment is created by win against a formidable Rishi Umrigar impressed with Steven Smith c Iyer b Shami 131, 10-0-62-1, Jadeja 10-1-44-2. ing attack makes Australia the fans, it is over,” Hayden Australian side that had 4/62 for the visitors.At stumps, Marnus Labuschagne c Kohli b India: Rohit Sharma c Starc b Zampa red-hot favourites for the said. Steve Smith, David Gujarat were 123/3 in 43 overs Jadeja 54, Mitchell Starc c 119, KL Rahul lbw b Agar 19, Virat home Test series against “It is going to be a closely Warner and rising star with M. R. Vachheta unbeaten (sub)Chahal b Jadeja 0, Alex Carey Kohli b Starc 89, Shreyas Iyer (not India later this year, reck- fought series. Australia Marnus Labuschagne in on 48 and Arya Rathod at the c Iyer b Yadav 35, Ashton Turner c out) 44, Manish Pandey (not out) 8. ons the great Matthew obviously have the condi- its ranks. “Australia were other end on 33. Rahul b Saini 4, Ashton Agar (not Extras (LB-2, WD-8) 10. Total (for Hayden. Mathew Hayden tions in their favour and even better than last time. Brief scores (Day-2): Gujarat out) 11, Pat Cummins b Shami 0, three wickets in 47.3 overs) 289. India made history in world class bowling attack There’s Steve (Smith), 222 in 56.5 overs & 123/3 in 43 Adam Zampa b Shami 1, Josh FoW: 1-69, 2-206. Australia last January by year ball tampering bans. and probably the best off- David (Warner)and overs (Aarya Desai 37, M. R. Hazlewood (not out) 1. Extras (LB- Bowling: Cummins 7-0-64-0, Starc winning their maiden Test “India and Australia, they spinner that has ever Marnus (Labuschagne). A Vachheta 48 n. o , Arya Rathod 14, WD-13) 27. Total (for nine wick- 9-0-66-1, Hazlewood 9.3-1-55-1, series win Down Under, are titans of the game. It is played (Nathan Lyon)... quality bowling attack, 33 n. o , Venkata Chaitanya ets in 50 overs) 286. Agar 10-0-38-1, Zampa 10-0-44-1, ending a 71-year wait. But, a shame that it is not a five- Australia should win,” said and really intense in the 2/36) vs Hyderabad 244 in 64.4 FoW: 1-18, 2-46, 3-173, 4-173, 5-231, Labuschagne 1-0-11-0, Finch at that time, Smith and Test series, it is the on the sidelines of the field too,” Kohli said. overs (A. Vaishnav Reddy 46, 6-238, 7-273, 8-276, 9-282. 1-0-9-0. Warner were serving one- absolute right number of series decider. — PTI — PTI Prateek Reddy 94, RishiUmrigar 4/62, Umang 3/12). PROTEAS ON Tiwary’s unbeaten ton puts Bengal on top Jaiswal powers India Kalyani (WB), Jan. BRIEF SCORES (5) was the first to go, BRINK OF 19: Former skipper caught by Ashwin off to victory in opener Manoj Tiwary hit an IN KOLKATA Bengal 366/5 in 90 overs (Manoj Tiwary Siddharth with the total at unbeaten 156 and (batting) 156, Shreevats Goswami 95, Anustup Majumdar 15 and then the slide Bloemfontein (South BRIEF SCORES DEFEAT Shreevats 59) vs Hyderabad. started. Vikranth Singh Africa), Jan. 19: Captain Goswami a com- IN CHENNAI: Railways 76 in 39.1 overs (Saurabh Singh 22; was the next to fall, caught Priyam Garg, opener India 297/4 in 50 overs Port Elizabeth: England captain bative 95 as R Ashwin 4/26, M Siddharth 4/32) vs Tamil Nadu 236/4 in by ‘keeper Dinesh Karthik Yashasvi Jaiswal and wick- (Priyam Garg 56, Yashasvi Joe Root produced a Test-best Bengal 53 overs (Abhinav Mukund 100, Dinesh Karthik (batting) off T Natarajan one run etkeeper Dhruv Jurel (52 Jaiswal 59, N. Thakur Tilak bowling performance to send recov- 57, L Suryapprakash 50). later. Ashwin and not out) struck half cen- Varma 46, Dhruv Jurel 52 n. South Africa hurtling towards a AT DELHI: Vidarbha 179 in 61.5 overs (Wasim Jaffer 83, Siddharth took seven of turies as defending cham- o, Ashian Deniel 1/39) bt Sri humiliating defeat on the fourth ered Simarjeet Singh 4/39, Ishant Sharma 3/45) vs Delhi 41/4 the next eight wickets to pions India beat Sri Lanka Lanka 207 in 45.2 overs day of the third Test at St from a (Aditya Thakare 4/14). fall, spinning a web by 90 runs in the opening (Nipun Dananjaya 50, George’s Park on Sunday. Root shaky start around the Railways bats- encounter of the ICC U-19 Siddhesh Veer 2/34, Ravi took four for 31 as South Africa to end the day AT MUMBAI: Uttar Pradesh 281/4 (Aksh Deep Nath 115 not men. World Cup here on Sunday. Bishnoi 2/44). slumped to 102 for six after one of their out,Rinku Singh 71 not out; Royston Dias 2-48, Akash In reply, Abhinav Batting first India scored being forced to follow on. They Ranji Trophy Parkar 2-67) vs Mumbai. Mukund (100) and fellow 297 for four and then had eight shots to the were still 188 runs short of Elite Group A match opener L Suryapprakash bowled out Sri Lanka for fence. Jurel hit three avoiding an innings defeat, with against Hyderabad at a ing Ravi Kiran (2/47) Electing to bat, the visit- (50) provided Tamil Nadu 207 with spinners Siddhesh boundaries and one six in England seemingly assured of commanding 366 for five, behind the stumps after ing team folded for 76 in a flying start as the left- Veer and Ravi Bishnoi get- his 48-ball unbeaten knock. taking an unbeatable 2-1 series here on Sunday. Bengal elected to bat. 39.1 overs as the experi- right combination pound- ting two wickets apiece. There were no big stands lead into the final Test starting Desperate for an out- Skipper Abhimanyu enced Ashwin (4/26) and ed the Railways attack. The Indians produced a but steady ones that kept in Johannesburg on Friday. right win to keep their Easwaran (12) continued left-arm spinner Mukund was in his ele- team effort after being sent the momentum going. England dominated the day qualifying hopes his poor run while debu- Siddharth (4/32) ran ments and cracked bound- in to bat with all the top India’s most consistent despite a second lengthy rain alive, Bengal, who tant Kazi Saifi, who was through the railways bat- aries on both sides of the and middle order batsmen batsman N. Thakur Tilak break in two days. They needed chose Kalyani over drafted in after his stupen- ting order. wicket and reached the making useful contribu- Varma who hails from only 28 balls to dismiss South Eden Gardens, found dous show at the U-23 At stumps, the hosts century in his 100th Ranji tions to post a big score at Hyderabad (46 off 53 balls) Africa’s last four batsmen for the going tough level, could not convert his were 236 for 4. Trophy game. He ham- the Mangaung Oval here. ran hard between the wick- the addition of a single run at early on to be start to be dismissed for From 15 for no loss in the mered 12 fours and 3 sixes Garg’s 56 came from 72 ets adding 46 with Jaiswal the start of play, with Stuart reduced to 60 27. 8th over, the Railways to put Tamil Nadu in con- balls with two boundaries before the former was dis- Broad picking up three of the for three inside batsmen came a cropper trol. while Jaiswal needed 74 missed. TAMIL NADU BUNDLE PTI wickets without conceding a 15 overs. RAILWAYS OUT FOR 76 against Ashwin and However, Suryapprakash deliveries for his 59 which — run. South Africa were all out Opener A Siddharth to be bundled and Mukund were dis- for 209 and Root immediately Raman fell for a A superb performance by out in the opening session missed in the space of enforced the follow-on. Rain duck in the fifth bowlers R. Ashwin and M. of the game. four balls with the score at Regd. No. H/SD/509/2018-20 early in South Africa’s second ball of the day, edg- Siddharth and a ton by It was a dismal display 156. Dinesh Karthik set- Printed and Published by innings threatened to thwart Abhinav Mukund gave by the Railways batsmen tled in nicely and was bat- T. Venkateswarlu on behalf of Deccan Chronicle Holdings Limited. England’s push for victory but TN’s Abhinav Mukund Tamil Nadu the upper- as only three managed to ting on a 55-ball 57 (5 fours, Printed at Deccan Chronicle Press situated at Plot No. 9 Alwal Wood struck twice. — AFP celebrates his ton hand on the opening day reach double figures with 2 sixes) to extend the Village, Vallabh Nagar Taluk, Medchal Malkajgiri Dist. Telangana and Brief scores: England 499/9 of its Ranji Trophy Group Saurabh Singh (22) being team’s advantage with the Published at 36, S.D. Road, Secunderabad-3. against Railways. RNI Registration No. 3081/1957. decl. vs South Africa 209 & — E.K. SANJAY B match against Railways the top-scorer. lead having swelled to 160 Editor: Aditya Sinha 102/6 in 62 overs (Root 4/20). in Chennai on Sunday. Opener Mrunal Devdhar runs at stumps. — PTI c m y k c m y k

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