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MLAs in Karnataka but allow- CN Ashwathnarayan said the Information (RTI) Act, the fied..., to carry out provisions while deciding the question of “Distinction must be ing them to contest the disqualified MLAs will join Supreme Court held on of the RTI Act.” exercise of discretion,” Justice drawn between the final opin- December 5 bypolls has come the BJP on Thursday in Wednesday but said “judicial The top court would nec- Khanna said. ion or resolutions passed by as a breather for State Chief Bengaluru. Yediyurappa wel- independence has to be kept in essarily include the office of It, however, said the verdict collegium with regard to Minister BS Yediyurappa. If comed the verdict and said it mind” while disclosing infor- CJI, it said, adding, “the office “should not be understood to appointment /elevation and elected back to the Assembly, was against the “conspiracy” of mation in “public interest”. of CJI or for that matter the mean that the independence of transfer of judges with obser- these MLAs would bolster his Ramesh Kumar and Congress In a path-breaking ver- judges is not separate from the the judiciary can be achieved vations and indicative reasons Government sitting on a razor leader. Expressing confidence dict, a 5-judge Constitution SC, and is part and parcel of the only by denial of access to and the inputs/data or details thin majority. that the BJP will win all the 15 Bench headed by Chief Justice SC as a body, authority and information”. which the collegium had exam- The SC ruling may help seats, he said the party would Ranjan Gogoi dismissed the institution”. The verdict, which has ined,” the bench said while consolidate Yediyurappa’s shaky decide on giving tickets to the appeal filed by the Central The bench said it was nec- been concurred by Justices NV stressing on balancing between hold over the Government with “rebel” MLAs ferried out to which citizens are being disqualified MLAs. Public Information Officer and essary that question of “judicial Ramana and DY Chandrachud the right to information, judi- with 105 plus one Independent of the State and kept in star denied Stable Governments. The Congress, for its part, the Secretary General of the independence is accounted for in separate verdicts, said that in cial independence and confi- MLAs vis-à-vis the Opposition. hotels subsequently led to the “In these circumstances, called for the dismissal of the apex court against the Delhi in the balancing exercise” with some cases judicial indepen- dentiality of personal infor- The MLAs are to join the BJP fall of the JD(S)-Congress the Parliament is required to Yediyurappa Government, say- High Court’s 2010 judgment. RTI. It cannot be doubted and dence may “demand openness mation. The rigour of public on Thursday and are likely to coalition Government headed reconsider strengthening cer- ing the court’s decision uphold- Writing the judgment on debated that independence of and transparency by furnishing interest in divulging inputs, be fielded on the 15 Assembly by JD(S) leader HD tain aspects of the Tenth ing the decision disqualifying behalf of the CJI, Justice the judiciary is a matter of the information” and in some data and particulars of a can- seats from which they had Kumarawamy on July 23 dur- Schedule, so that such unde- 17 Congress and JD(S) MLAs Deepak Gupta and himself, “ennobled public concern” and cases disclosure may not be didate (probable judge) would won and where the bypolls are ing a trust vote. mocratic practices are dis- but allowing them to contest Justice Sanjiv Khanna referred directly relates to public welfare needed. be different from that of to be held on December 5. Though upholding the couraged,” the Bench said. the bypolls had exposed the to several decisions and view- and would be one of the factors Reference to the principle divulging and furnishing If the rebels do get BJP Speaker’s decision to disquali- The court said the Speaker BJP’s ‘Operation Kamal’ in the points to highlight the con- to be taken into account in of judicial independence is not details of the output that is the tickets and manage to win, it fy the MLAs, the Supreme was not empowered to dis- State. tentious nature of the issue of weighing and applying the to undermine and avoid decision, it said. would give a numerical boost Court opened a window for qualify any member till the end Reacting to the SC verdict, “transparency, accountability public interest test, said the accountability which is an “The public interest test to Yediyurappa in the them to enter the Assembly by of the term of the Assembly. former Speaker Kumar said, and judicial independence”, judgment, running into 108 aspect “we perceive and would have to be applied keep- Assembly. The BJP needs to permitting them to contest the Then Karnataka Speaker KR “The Supreme Court has and said it was necessary that ing in mind the fiduciary rela- win at least seven seats to bypolls for 15 seats. The elec- Ramesh Kumar had said the upheld the disqualification -- to “the question of judicial inde- tionship,(if it arises), and also ensure it achieves the majori- tions to the remaining two MLAs cannot contest elections that extent, it’s a sigh of relief pendence is accounted for in  ,$* 

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Mahant Suresh Das, political parties, welfare of on Friday. stones carved at VHP added as per need,” he said. chief of the Digambar Akhara, farmers was on the top of the After the renaming of karyashala (workshop) be used But Dinesh Kumar said said the apex court had clear- agenda of the Bharatiya Janata Lucknow Metro Rail for the construction of the that VHP was not interested in ly said that a new trust was to Party government and it was Corporation Limited as Uttar temple. joining the trust. He said the be formed by the government. committed to protecting their Pradesh Metro Rail The VHP also said there government may make the “It is the responsibility of interest, particularly of the Corporation Limited, the go- was no need for the govern- trust but the VHP would sup- the Union government to con- sugarcane growers. ahead had been given to start ment to set up a new trust for port it from outside. “The trust stitute a trust to oversee the He said the UP govern- civil construction work on the the Ram Temple as directed by should only ensure that the construction of the Ram tem- ment was relentlessly pursuing priority section (IIT, Kanpur- the Supreme Court as Ram stones carved in these 10 years ple. Representatives of Ram the goals set by Prime Minister Moti Jheel corridor) of the Janmabhoomi Nyas already are used in construction of the Janmabhoomi Nyas should also Narendra Modi for doubling Kanpur Metro project. existed and the temple should temple,” he added. be included in the trust,” he the income of the farmers. LMRC officials said that be constructed under its guide- Kumar said the VHP had said. Nirmohi Akhara chief “In March 2017, when the Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath lines, though many other lead- fulfilled its work after the Mahant Dinendra Das said BJP government took over, would be accompanied by ers differed. VHP managing Supreme Court gave its judge- the trust must be formed as per there were huge arrears of Minister of State for Housing committee member Dinesh ment in favour of the Ram tem- the directions of the apex court farmers on sugar mills and and Urban Affairs (indepen- Kumar said that the organisa- ple. but expressed reservations over many sugar mills were closing dent charge) Hardeep Singh tion had fought for the con- The VHP leader also akhara members joining it. down. The BJP government Puri, Chief Secretary RK struction of Ram temple in ensured the operation of sugar Tiwari, Principal Secretary Ayodhya and had also pro- mills resulting in utilisation of $  %   $     $&    $ &     && ( $   (Housing), Kanpur Municipal posed a model of the temple. cane and thus helped the farm- ( )  Commissioner, and senior offi- He said pillars of the pro- ers. 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Yogi Adityanath said that Independence of India in 1947. ty section was awarded to Triloki Nath Pandey, who Yogi Adityanath on “Earlier, black-marketing during the last nearly three He said if the farmers were Afcons Infrastructure Ltd on represented Ram Lalla Wednesday launched a web of cane supply slips was a com- years of the BJP rule in UP, a not in the agenda of the polit- September 13 this year and the Virajman in the court, also said portal and e-Ganna app for the mon practice in UP. With the record amount had been paid ical parties then the agenda of piling work would start in full the temple should be built as convenience of sugarcane launch of the new app, trans- to the farmers by the sugar these parties was family and swing from November 15. per the model proposed by the farmers. The cane supply slip parent system for the supply of mills. dynasty. The priority section VHP using stones prepared by will now be issued to the farm- sugarcane by farmers to sugar He said the sugarcane Sugar Industry Minister includes stations at IIT- the organisation. ers by sugar mills online. mills is being launched and farmers were a satisfied com- Suresh Rana said earlier the Kanpur, Kalyanpur railway sta- Mahant Nritya Gopal Das, The web portal and e- within next 30 months the munity today resulting in the farmers were nowhere in the tion, SPM Hospital, CSJM who is president of Ram Ganna app will help in eradi- government will ensure that sharp increase in the area agenda of the government and University, Gurudev chauraha, cating the cane mafia and mid- sugarcane farming becomes a under cane cultivation, which they were compelled to commit Geeta Nagar, Rawatpur railway dleman and strengthen the profitable venture for the farm- had increased from 20.52 lakh suicide. station, Lala Lajpat Rai Hospital cane development societies. ers against the present state of hectares to 28 lakh hectares. He said the BJP govern- and Moti Jheel. The portal and the app will the sugarcane farming,” the The Chief Minister said ment introduced fundamental This section will be con- ensure transparency in the Chief Minister said. 119 sugar mills were running changes and farmers were now structed at an estimated cost of process and facilitate sugarcane Yogi said that sugarcane during the last cane crushing on top of the agenda of the BJP Rs 200 crore and metro oper- supply by farmers to sugar farming was an intensive season and two more sugar government, which was relent- ation on this corridor is expect- mills and check irregularities in industry. He said the farmers mills would commence crush- lessly pursuing the agenda of ed to commence within two the process. were on the top of the agenda ing from the current season. doubling farmers’ income . years. 4  '
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One Hazi explosive may have been Alam, Izhar Ansari, Ashiq TParty in Uttar Pradesh much larger conspiracy, the Kutubuddin had reportedly brought by Ashfaq so a police Ansari, Javed Ansari, and received a shot in its arm when Anti-Terrorists Squad (ATS) told some youths that they team has been sent to Munna aka Salahuddin Ansari several leaders of the teachers’ probing the incident arrested would be given some big task, Hyderabad to confirm about it. in the case. union, including sitting four of the seven named per- but what he had planned to do The bag in which the It may be mentioned that Independent MLC from sons, including the caretaker of with the explosive, no one explosive was kept was hanged when preparation were on to Lucknow Graduate and the mosque. revealed. from the bolt of the door in offer namaz last Monday after- Teachers’ constituency Umesh The ATS team from The team engaged in the which it was kept. That room noon, a powerful blast took Dwivedi, joined the party in the Gorakhpur along with sleuths investigation learnt that 8-10 kg was kept locked and only place in the mosque situated on presence of party state presi- of the local intelligence agen- of explosives were collected in opened when Ajeem and west side of Bairagi Patti Tola dent Swatantra Dev Singh and cies and local police visited the the room but as the area had no Kutubuddin were present in the in Awarwa Sofiganj area under Deputy Chief Minister Dinesh spot and started probe to find floor, the explosive became mosque. Turkpatti police station of Sharma here on Wednesday. out whether it was just an damp due to which the full Sources said that the cops Kushinagar. Though no causal- The new entrants were accident or part of a bigger sub- impact of the blast was avert- learnt about the role of four ity was reported, the glass of welcomed by the BJP leaders versive act in the wake of the ed. The ATS has so far arrest- local youths who kept the windows were shattered and into the party fold and given recent Supreme Court verdict ed Maulana Ajeemuddin aka explosive. They have been the terrace of the mosque membership cards. on Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Ajeem, along with Ijhar Ansari, identified as Izhar, Ashiq, Javed, developed a crack in the blast Dwivedi said that he would Mosque dispute. Ashiq Ansari and Javed Ansari Munna aka Riyazuddin. The and the entire building was perform his duties as a simple After preliminary investi- and sent them to jail. youths brought the bag on the engulfed in thick smoke. worker and take up whatever gation pointed towards con- The police also suspect the direction of Kutubuddin and The caretaker of the responsibility the party gave spiracy of some big subversive role of Ashfaq, the maternal kept it in the room. mosque initially claimed that a him. “The BJP has taken a new activity, the ATS team includ- grandson of Hazi Kutubuddin. The mosque was built the battery of the inverter had initiative for the non-aided ed sleuths of the Central intel- Ashfaq’s wife is working in the about a decade back and Hazi exploded but on finding that teachers in the state and these ligence agencies in the probe. medical wing of the Indian Kutubuddin, who retired as a the inverter was installed in teachers will support BJP in The ATS team collected Army, and is presently posted clerk of Public Works another room, the local police every matter,” he said. samples and after finding in Hyderabad. Ashfaq was pre- Department, had called Ajeem alerted the top officials appre- The other leaders of differ- explosive material, they grilled sent in the village when blast from Dubkul Dakshin Shahpur hending some bigger subver- ent teachers associations who the caretaker of the mosque, took place and the probe locality of Gokpokhar, district sive activity after finding explo- joined the party included Ajeemuddin aka Ajeem. revealed that he immediately Uttari Dinajpur in West Bengal sive. Secondary Teachers Federation general secretary Ajay Singh, Ad hoc Teachers Association state president Sanjay Singh "   #      and Vocational Teachers Association general secretary     Alok Shukla. MLC Umesh Dwivedi’s $ %$$  term is expiring on May 6, 2020 7     and he is expected to contest   24,-$& Anpara C plants run by the private Lanco Power from Lucknow graduates con- were rushed to the accident site. The fire was Lucknow (PNS): stituency with BJP support. our assistant engineers suffered burns follow- brought under control after nearly four hours. Defendant number 17 in the With Dwivedi joining the Fing a blast in the turbine generator unit of The four engineers injured in the blast are Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri ruling party, the strength of the the seventh unit of 500 MW Anpara D thermal Arvind Singh, Varun Gautam, Ashok Pal and Masjid title suit, Ramesh BJP has gone up to 23 in the power station in Sonbhadra district on Jayant Tewari. They were rushed to hospital Chandra Tripathi, died in Legislative Council. In the 100- Wednesday. where their condition was said to be stable. Ayodhya on Tuesday. member Upper House, the BJP The power generation in Anpara D, having Chief General Manager of Anpara D ther- He was 84. is in minority. installed capacity of 1,000 MW, came to a grind- mal power station, Heeraman Prasad Singh, said The family members said ing halt following the blast and the resulting he was out of station so he was unable to com- on Wednesday that Ramesh fire. ment. He, however, said the blast and fire in the Chandra Tripathi was very The thermal power station is owned by the turbine generator was a huge loss and it could excited over the apex court UP Thermal Power Generation Corporation. take more than six months to resume power gen- judgement on November 9 The sudden outage of 1,000 MW power gen- eration. Singh said a team of engineers was on and died of massive heart eration caused a power crisis in eastern UP dis- the spot and they were investigating the possi- attack on Tuesday morning at trict. 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  0" 1! of PM2.5 was 93.6 μg/m3 in Gomti Nagar resi- and the SDM’s driver lost control recovered 1,163 cartons of illicit quality by monitoring some selected In case of PM2.5 levels, in the first phase,      %2'( dential area and 109.6 μg/m3 in Charbagh com- over the wheels and the car liquor in Gautam Buddha Nagar air pollutants namely RSPM or Gomti Nagar was the most polluted residential mercial area. All the values of PM2.5 were above overturned. The SDM was district. An FIR was lodged PM10, FPM or PM2.5, SO2, NO2, areas and Charbagh the most polluted commer- :!+  /! the prescribed NAAQS of 60 μg/m3 for industri- admitted to a private hospital in against three persons. trace elements and noise level at nine cial area. "    %3)( al, residential, rural and other areas. Alambagh. The police representative locations categorised In the third phase monitoring of PM2.5 lev- :!+ In Phase-III, the 24-hour average concentra- spokesman said the SDM was as residential (four), commercial els, Aliganj was the most polluted residential area tions of PM2.5 in Aliganj, Vikas Nagar, Indira out of danger. (four) and industrial (one) areas in and Charbagh the most polluted commercial areas. Nagar and Gomti Nagar in residential areas were Lucknow city. In Phase-I, the average 24-hour concentrations areas, the 24-hour average concentrations of PM10 in the range of 184.2 μg/m3 to 286.5 μg/m3 with Burman said the results of the of PM10 in Aliganj, Vikas Nagar, Indira Nagar and were in the range of 386.3 μg/m3 to 496.6 μg/m3 an average of 226.1 μg/m3. 5     study were presented in three phas- Gomti Nagar were in the range of 142.9 μg/m3 with an average of 441.3 μg/m3 . In Charbagh, In commercial areas (Charbagh, Alambagh, es — Phase-I (before Diwali from to 165.4 μg/m3 with an average of 154.0 μg/m3 . Alambagh, Aminabad and Chowk commercial Aminabad and Chowk) the average concentrations Lucknow (PNS): A BA first October first week to third week), In commercial areas (Charbagh, Alambagh, areas, the average concentrations of PM10 were of PM2,5 were in the range of 304.3 μg/m3 to 390.8 year student ended her life in her Phase–II (during Diwali festival from Aminabad and Chowk), the average concentra- in the range of 471.7 μg/m3 to 513.2 μg/m3 with μg/m3 with an average of 356.9 μg/m3. house in Madiaon on October 26 to 29), and Phase-III tions of PM10 were in the range of 138.6 μg/m3 an average of 499.8 μg/m3. In industrial area (Amausi), the average con- Wednesday afternoon. (after Diwali during first week of to 197.4 μg/m3 with an average of 165.4 μg/m3. In the industrial area (Amausi), the average centration of PM2.5 was 242.0 μg/m3 . The max- As per reports, the girl, November). In industrial area (Amausi), the average con- concentration of PM10 was 425.2 μg/m3. imum 24-hour mean concentration of PM2.5 was Savita Bharti (19), was found The results of Phase-I show the centration of PM10 was 153.7 μg/m3 . The maximum 24-hour mean concentration observed in Aliganj residential area (286.5 μg/m3 hanging from the grill of the 24-hour concentration of PM10 to be The maximum 24-hour mean concentration of PM10 was 496.5 μg/m3 in Aliganj residential ) and Aminabad commercial area (390.8 μg/m3). ventilator with a dupatta tied in the range of 63.8-313.3 μg/m3 with of PM10 was observed in Gomti Nagar residen- area and 513.2 μg/m3 in Charbagh commercial Overall 24-hour mean PM2.5 concentration dur- around her neck. No suicide an average of 159.0 μg/m3. The 24- tial area at 165.4 μg/m3, Charbagh commercial area. Overall 24-hour mean PM2.5 concentration ing 3third rd phase was found 257.0 per cent high- note was recovered from the hour concentration of PM2.5 was areas at 197.4 μg/m3. All the values of PM10 were during third phase was found to be 194.1% high- er than the first phase. room. The family said Savita was found to be in the range of 32.0-199.0 depressed as she feared that she μg/m3 with an average of 80.1 μg/m3 of Phase-III monitoring showed the the present context that needs to be “Besides, tyre-road surface fric- Lucknow had shown some positive would not fare well in her exam. . 24-hour concentrations of PM10 to addressed very sincerely. A large tion dust, brake friction dust, re-sus- impact on air pollution along the DUPED: Madioan resident The average values of PM10 and be in the range of 367.9-579.8 μg/m3. number of people, particularly in the pension of roadside soil dust etc. cre- metro route because of lesser road Abhilash Chakroverty and his PM2.5, irrespective of locations, The PM2.5 was found to be in the urban areas, are exposed to the high ate major impact on human health. traffic from Chaudhary Charan Singh friend were accused of duping a were found to be above the permis- range of 174.1-401.8 μg/m3, where- levels of air pollution. As per World Once the air pollutants are released International Airport to Munshi woman doctor of 75,000 in     sible limit of 100 μg/m3 for PM10 as SO2 and NO2 values of all the Health Organisation (WHO), world- in the atmosphere they are subject- Pulia. Besides, he said, the con- name of facilitating her a job     and 60 μg/m3 for PM2.5 prescribed locations were found to be in the wide about 92 per cent people are ed to diffusion, dilution, transport struction of flyovers and expressways under AYUSH scheme in    by CPCB in 2009). range of 5.8-23.6 and 40.3-184.8 exposed to higher level of air pollu- and chemical reactions. Several sci- in and around the city had also Madiaon. The brother of Twenty-four hour concentra- μg/m3 respectively. tants than the recommended level,” entific studies suggest that the effects reduced air pollution levels of the city Chandrakala Giri, a       ! " tions of SO2 and NO2 were found to After Diwali, concentrations of he said. of air pollution on human health are to some extent. homoeopath of Bahraich, Dilip #$%&' "($) *  +,  be in the range of 3.1-22.7 μg/m3 and PM10, PM2.5, SO2 and NO2 were The scientist pointed out that the largely on cardio respiratory system “However, recently evolved city Giri was acquainted with %*-,&  , . ,  17.1-85.6 μg/m3 with average con- found to be 194.1, 257.0, 17.1 and major sources of urban air pollution which includes exacerbation of asth- infrastructure usage is yet to reach the Abhilash who offered her help to )/0))0 ) , & ( +( 1( centrations of 10.2 and 35.4 μg/m3 147.7% higher than before Diwali fes- were burning of fossil fuel like petrol, ma, reduced lung function, myocar- benchmark as desired. Further rapid get the job. Abhislash demand- respectively. All the mean values were tival levels respectively. diesel, CNG and LNG by vehicles and dial infarction and progression of ath- growth of population concentration ed 1.5 lakh. Chandrakala 2   2  3,, , below the permissible limit of 80 Burman said there was a direct generator sets, coal burning by the erosclerosis and cardio-vascular dis- and their activities and larger demand transferred half of the amount in  45    6 % μg/m3 for both SO2 and NO2 pre- link between air pollution and human industries in and around the city area ease,” he added. for goods and services in Lucknow the bank account of Abhilash -,&  , . ,  scribed by the CPCB in 2009. health hazards. and burning of municipal solid waste Burman said the metro train run city may lead to increased pollution,” who neither provided the job 0))0 ) , )/0 7+,  & ( The scientist said that the results “Air pollution is a serious issue in etc. by UP Metro Rail Corporation in he added. nor returned the money. +,( "  0))0 ) , )80 7+,, ( +,(9 (;  ,$-<1-7/$- ,1-7 1  ) ;.(= ;; >   ' $  -  '   ,
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  former Prime Minister TWednesday said the will have its consequence on tive control over these institu- ments after taking over her pro- 7  Manmohan Singh was also Supreme Court decision on the Aadhaar bill judgement, tions by altering the composi- tective cover from the Special lifted and accorded Z + cate- Government diluting appoint- which was also given by a five- tion of the selection commit- Protection Group (SPG). 89 " 7 gory security protection by ments to different tribunals will judge Constitution bench tees and vastly downgrading After the security audit of CRPF commandos. have far-reaching conse- where the Supreme Court has the qualifications and experi- Gandhi’s residence, comman- "
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  gation or having endorsement huge charges if found in non- he Centre has extended “When the soft loan of sugar gets diverted for Dplace by the State and Gujarat, Rajasthan, Uttar   of such treatment on phy- compliance with this provision. Tthe moratorium period for scheme was launched to aug- ethanol making. With creation Central Governments, onions Pradesh, and Bihar, is one of tosanitary certificate (PSC) will As onion prices fail to cool repayments by six more ment ethanol production in the of additional capacity under the continue to be sold at 80-100 the main reasons that have led      be allowed to fumigate in India down, the Government has months as the 15,000 crore country, one year moratorium scheme, 9-10 lakh tonne of per kg in many States across to a shortfall in its supply as 50 through an accredited treat- decided to increase the avail- soft loan scheme for sugar was provided. This has now sugar is expected to be divert- India. In a bid to get rid of percent crops of onion has + '   ment provider, it said. ability through import of about mills is moving at a snail’s pace. been extended to 1.5 years in ed for ethanol production. shortage of onion in domestic been damaged. Another rea- The consignment will be 1 lakh tonnes of onion through Now, the moratorium period is the interest of sugar mills and Sugar mills have supplied 175 market, the Agriculture son for price hike is believed to +    inspected thoroughly by quar- public trading company one-and-a-half years. A mora- farmers,” a highly placed source crore litres of ethanol to oil Ministry on Wednesday be the delay in the arrival of antine officials and released MMTC, which has already torium period is a time during said. A notification in this marketing companies (OMCs) extended relaxed fumigation monsoon, which in turn Ministry had liberalised fumi- only if found free from pests floated tender for about 4,000 the loan term when the bor- regard will be issued soon, the till October 22 of the 2018-19 norms for imported onions delayed sowing. This resulted gation provisions under the and diseases of concern to tonnes of imports. The rower is not required to make source added. season (October-September) up to December 31. Farmers in a cascading effect on arrival Plant Quarantine (PQ) Order, India, it said. Also, such con- Government is facilitating pri- any repayment. Of 418 applications for the and helped them achieve 5.2 and traders say the onion price in the mandis. 2003 till November 30 to facil- signments of onions will not be vate imports as well. The Centre had announced loan, the Food Ministry has per cent blending with petrol is expected to be lowered by On the other hand, the itate import of the key kitchen subjected to the four times Private traders have the loan package in two tranch- found 282 eligible. Of this, Cane arrear still remains December end. Income Tax Department has staple from Afghanistan, Egypt, additional inspection fees on informed the Government that es — first in June 2018 amount- 114 applications have been high at 9,000 Cr so far this Retail prices of onion in the also surveyed and examining Dubai, Saudi Arabia, Turkey account of non-compliance of they have placed order for ing to 4,440 crore and the cleared for loans amounting to year based on sugarcane price country have remained high for onion traders in Maharashtra, and Iran to boost availability conditions under the 2003 PQ import of 2,400 tonnes of onion other in March 2019 of 10,540 6,139.08 crore, as per official fixed by both Centre and States, more than a month due to 30- Delhi and Madhya Pradesh and check price rise. In its lat- Order, it added.Presently, which would reach India by crore. The objective was to help data. However, banks have as per the Ministry data. There 40 per cent decline in kharif following reports of alleged est order, the Ministry has imported onions are allowed in month-end. Another 2,600 millers in clearing cane arrears sanctioned the loan to 45 appli- is a sugar glut in India, the onion output because of heavy hoarding of the commodity extended these relaxed provi- the country after the com- tonnes will be contracted for and divert surplus sugar for cants and disbursed 900 crore world’s second largest sugar rains in growing States. The amid its skyrocketing prices. sions till December 31 for modity is fumigated with arrival in December, sources ethanol manufacturing. A soft to 33 applicants till September- producer after Brazil. excessive rain in key onion pro- On November 6, the onion imports with some con- methyl bromide and certified said. ../ $ 
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  case, the public interest test would be the NCP will get 14 ministries each, while It said that India was applied to weigh the scales and on balance ?AE?A 91-O9 $97$22 the Congress will get 11 ministries. among the top five countries  #A>D determine whether information should be The formula does not throw light on responsible for over half of the furnished or would be exempt.”  7/*/,1 991 79 933 the crucial Speaker’s post. All the three par- child deaths due to the disease Consequently, the top court dismissed ties are vying for this post, as the Speaker   -1& '123/ raw milk samples and is con- globally that year. Overall, “In India, 14 per cent of child first appeal filed by CPIO against the HC 145 in the 288-MLAs strong Maharashtra plays a crucial role in the current Assembly sidered an important bio- pneumonia claimed 1,27,000 deaths were due to pneumonia verdict asking it to furnish information on Assembly. But the State plunged into in which there may be frequent battles over esearchers from IIT marker in quality control of under-five children in 2018. in 2017, and it was the second SC judges who had declared their assets. political uncertainty after both the allies numbers during the next five years. RGuwahati have developed a milk”. It is found in raw milk Pneumonia is an inflammato- biggest killer of children under- It, however, partly allowed the other entered into a tussle for power. While the Sources in both the NCP and Congress paper-based technology that and is destroyed during pas- ry disease affecting the lung. It five in 2017 (after wasting). two appeals of the CPIO of the apex court Shiv Sena claimed that it was assured a said that they were agreeable to Sena pres- can assess the quality and teurisation. “ALP is also found is characterised by an accu- Pneumonia killed more than in which it was directed to disclose com- 50:50 power-sharing deal in the State after ident Uddhav Thackeray being nominat- freshness of milk within 13 in higher amounts in the case mulation of fluid in the alveo- 1,27,000 children under-five in plete correspondence with the then CJI as winning the elections, the BJP denied mak- ed as the Chief Minister of the three-party minutes by changing its colour. of milk derived from animals lus, resulting in the obstruction 2018 - more than 14 children a news report alleged that a Union ing any such promise. for the first two and a half years. No special equipment or with infection in the mamma- of normal breathing. It is usu- every hour,” the study said. Minister had approached a HC Judge to The Shiv Sena pulled out its lone Earlier in the day, the NCP and instrument will be required. ry glands. Detection of ALP in ally caused due to air pollution It further said USD 16 was influence his judicial decisions. The sec- Minister Arvind Sawant from Prime Congress nominated five leaders each for Pasteurisation is com- milk can thus point to inade- besides poor food intake. spent by the government on ond appeal pertained to seeking file not- Minister Narendra Modi’s Cabinet, sig- holding meetings and drafting the CMP monly used to kill the microbes quate pasteurisation and per- Dr Rajesh Khanna, Deputy health per person in 2016 in ings on appointment of three judges in SC nalling the end of partnership between the for the three-party Government. While in milk and various tests are haps contamination.” Director of Health and India. while superseding some senior HC judges. two parties in Maharashtra. Shiv Sena has leaders like Jayant Patil, Ajit Pawar, used to ensure the effectiveness “Despite ALP’s recognis- Nutrition, Save the Children “Every day, nearly 2,200 The verdict referred these two cases to since then opened negotiations with Chhagan Bhujbal, Dhananjay Munde and of the process, according to the able detection potential in said that “Acute malnutrition is children under the age of five the CPIO to re-examine them after fol- NDA’s rival alliance partners NCP and Nawab Malik will represent the NCP, the researchers led by Pranjal native milk, the multi-step associated with more than half die from pneumonia, a curable lowing procedure under the RTI Act. Congress. team of the Congress will comprise Chandra, an assistant professor nature, and requirement of of childhood pneumonia and mostly preventable disease. Balasaheb Thorat, Ashok Chavan, at IIT Guwahati. sophisticated bulky analytical deaths. Indoor air pollution Strong global commitment and 9, <1 '/,7 52199/-% /- -, ,$-% 72 ,+ 9 Prithviraj Chavan, Vijay Wadettiwar and Commonly used tests such instruments and trained per- contributes to 22 per cent and increased investments are crit- Manikrao Thakre. as the methylene blue test, are sonnel, to detect ALP, limit outdoor air pollution con- ical to the fight against this dis- '/9%4/91 *$ 59: 5/'9 $- *$ %$<7 time consuming, and could their use as a sensor of milk tributes to 27 per cent of these ease,” Henrietta Fore, Executive 9, '$4579 1**/,,: 9 take many hours for colour quality in remote settings and deaths.” Director of UNICEF said. Justices NV Ramana, Sanjiv Khanna and had met Uddhav on Tuesday night and set changes to indicate the pres- in home kitchens,” added Just five countries were Pneumonia is caused by Krishna Murari said the Speaker, being a the tone for the deliberations among the +$ 1 $''1<1- +4221' ence and absence of microbes. Chandra. responsible for more than half bacteria, viruses or fungi, and neutral person, is expected to act inde- three parties in the coming days. Commercial phenol-based The researchers used sim- of child pneumonia deaths - leaves children fighting for pendently while conducting the proceed- Uddhav, accompanied by his junior Was 454 at 3.30 pm. Rohini was the most- tests require sophisticated spec- ple filter paper, chemically Nigeria (162,000), India breath as their lungs fill with ings of the House or adjudication petitions. party colleagues Vinayak Raut and Milind polluted area with an AQI of 486, followed trophotometers and involve modified it, and loaded it with (127,000), Pakistan (58,000), pus and fluid. The constitutional responsibility Narvekar, met State Congress president by Nehru Nagar (484) and Jahangirpuri multi-step procedures, which a recognition element — anti- the Democratic Republic of Globally, more children endowed upon the Speaker has to be Balasaheb Thorat, senior party leaders (483). Faridabad (442), Ghaziabad (464), necessitates dedicated testing ALP — which captures the Congo (40,000) and Ethiopia under the age of five died from scrupulously followed and his political Ashok Chavan and Manikrao Thakre, at Greater Noida (460), Gurugram (448) and centres and skilled personnel. ALP present in the milk. (32,000), it said. pneumonia in 2018 than from affiliations cannot come in the way of adju- the Hotel Trident for little over 45 minutes. Noida (468) also choked on extremely pol- However, to cut-short this Upon treatment with the Globally, pneumonia is the any other disease. Around dication, the apex court said. Talking briefly to mediapersons after luted air. time, the research team which colour-forming compound major cause of paediatric mor- 437,000 children under five If the Speaker is not able to disasso- the meeting, Uddhav said: “Talks have While talking about extending the included Kuldeep Mahato, ‘BCIP’, the captured complex of tality, especially in children died due to diarrhea and ciate from his political party and behaves begun on a right note. I will let you know odd-even scheme beyond November 15, research scholar developed a ALP forms a blue-green under 5, claiming the lives of 272,000 due to malaria. contrary to the spirit of the neutrality and about the outcome of our talks at a prop- Kejriwal appealed to Opposition parties to simple visual detection tech- coloured precipitate, that oth- more than independence then such person does not er time”. shun their resistance to the scheme. nique to detect the quality of erwise does not gives any 800,000 deserve to be reposed with public trust and Thorat said he and his senior party col- “Pollution has increased drastically. All of milk, without the need for colour in the absence of ALP. kids every confidence, it added. leagues held a “courtesy meeting” with Delhi is demanding the odd-even and at special equipment and instru- The intensity of the colour year, more The Bench also deprecated the man- Uddhav, in the context of the deliberations such a time the Opposition should support ments. indicates the amount of ALP than 2,000 ner in which the disqualified MLAs that senior Central leaders had with NCP the people’s wish,” he said. The scheme, “It would be useful if the present. The researchers used every day. directly approached it without first mov- chief Sharad Pawar on Tuesday. “Ours was implemented from November 4, is to end quality of milk can be tested at a smartphone to capture the In ing High Court. as courtesy meeting with Uddhavji. First, on November 15. “If the need arises, we the point of collection of milk image of the colour. They used India 5 per The court said its verdict is based on we would like to arrive at mutual under- will extend it (odd-even scheme),” the CM or even in the home kitchen,” the RGB (Red Green Blue) fil- 1,000 live facts and circumstance of the case and does standing with the NCP on issues relating said. Kejriwal blamed stubble burning in said Dr Chandra, adding that ter in the phone to profile the births not interfere in the Speaker’s power to dis- to the Government. After that, we - both neighbouring States for episodes of rising such testing requires easy-to- colour obtained, which could under five qualify members. the parties - will meet the Shiv Sena lead- air pollution in Delhi. operate and portable detection be co-related to the concen- mortality Some of these disqualified MLAs had ers... At today’s meeting, we discussed with “I remember German Chancellor kits. tration. The researchers’ work rate due to argued in the apex court that they have an Uddhavji as to how move forward,” Thorat Angela Merkel was in Delhi a few days He explained, “Alkaline has been published in the jour- pneumonia “indefeasible right” to resign as members said. ago... when a public health emergency was Phosphatase (ALP) is a metal- nal, Biosensors, and in 2018, the of the Assembly and the decision by the Before holding talks with Uddhav, the declared. What kind of image of Delhi she loprotein found naturally in Bioelectronics. study said. then Speaker to disqualify them smacks of State Congress leaders - Thorat, Ashok must have carried to her country?” he said.   !"#!$%&'($)  " 2

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Jsaid Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa 5 polls. all eyes are the BJP’s next move on Supreme Court has not agreed to my inter- allowing them to contest the elec- “The way you are encouraging, can complete his term as he no longer has to worry At least two leaders Raju Kage from whether it will give tickets to them. pretation I will speak on that after going tion...,” he told reporters. your decision has no meaning,” about how to manage the disqualified MLAs, who Kagwad and Sharath Bachegowda, son Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa through the text of the judgement,” Kumar said. The apex court upheld the dis- Kumaraswamy said. have been allowed by Supreme Court to contest of BJP Chikkaballapura MP BN said the disqualified MLAs would join Speaking to reporters here, he said, he has qualification of 17 Congress-JD(S) “If at all the democracy of the coming bypolls. Bacchegowda, have openly revolted the BJP on Thursday. gone by the tenth schedule, keeping in mind the MLAs on orders of the then Speaker country has to survive, some degree “With common sense I can say that against the party upset over Kage on Wednesday met Congress political and constitutional morality. but paved the way for them to con- of discipline should be displayed. Yediyurappa was worried about how to manage indications that they may not get tick- leader Siddaramaiah and said he was all The apex court on Wednesday upheld the test the December 5 bypolls for 15 There is no meaning if the anti-defec- these 17 people (disqualified Congress-JDS ets to contest the bypolls to 15 con- set to join the party and would file his disqualification of 17 Congress-JD(S) MLAs in seats. tion law is not respected,” he said. MLAs),” he said when asked stituencies. nomination from Kagwad on November Karnataka on orders of the Speaker but allowed The court struck down the por- Asked whether there was any pos- to comment on the Supreme Court verdict on their Both had unsuccessfully contested 18. them to contest the December 5 bypolls in the tion of the order of then Speaker K sibility of “compromising” with the petitions. the 2018 assembly elections against “Today or tomorrow, I am going to state. R Ramesh Kumar by which the leg- BJP, Kumaraswamy said there was no “We don’t need to bother about him Congress candidates, who are among the resign from the primary membership of The court struck down the portion of the islators were disqualified till the end need for him to do so. (Yediyurappa). He can run the Government safe- disqualified MLAs. BJP, he told reporters here. order of Kumar by which the legislators were of the term of the 15th Karnataka He accused Congress leader and ly for the next three years and four months (remain- Kage had already announced his BJP is likely to field Congress rebels disqualified till the end of the 15th Karnataka Assembly. “Without giving power to former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah der of the term),” he added. decision to quit the BJP and join the Shrimant Patil and K Sudhakar in Assembly in 2023. the anti-defection law, we pat our back of creating such a narrative about the He also ruled out any truck with the Congress Congress, while Sharath on Wednesday Kagwad and Hoskote. In July this year, 17 MLAs were disquali- saying that we have introduced the JD(S). “When 2018 assembly elections in future, especially with its senior leader said he would file nomination as an Barely two days ago, Congress leader fied by Kumar based on the complaint of law. What is there in the anti-defec- were held, he asked Rahul Gandhi to Siddaramaiah.”Siddaramaiah is also safe. There is independent in Hoskote. D K Shivakumar had met Kage and Congress and JD(S) after their absence and res- tion law? To prohibit them (public announce that the JD(S) is the B-team no problem. There is no question of Siddaramaiah Sharath’s announcement came on a another BJP member Ashok Pujari of ignation from the assembly during the trust vote representatives) from arbitrary acts of of BJP. The same card he wants to play and Deve Gowda coming together to form the gov- day when the Supreme Court gave par- Gokak in Belagavi giving rise to spec- leading to the collapse of then H D resigningwhenever they want and can again. This time it will not work,”he ernment. 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*,* Smart City scheme in the Development of local under the ‘Jawaharlal Urban Lake is very worrying. State govt has toxicity. next two years in Jaipur, bodies took place only when Renewal Mission’ pro- taken all necessary steps to find out He said the Chief Conservator Hyderabad: Another died, policesaid. in the name of Naresh alleged- Udaipur, Kota and Ajmer, the Congress was in power, gramme during the tenure what is causing loss of avian lives of Forest as well as several teams of Telangana State Road Already, four RTC employ- ly mentioned that the State and revive the Rajasthan Gehlot said. of Prime Minister and also to take immediate steps to Animal Husbandry Department Transport Corporation ees had ended their lives and Government was not respond- Urban Development Fund Congress Rajasthan Manmohan Singh, he said. prevent deaths during this migra- are at Sambhar Lake to assess the (TSRTC) driver allegedly com- some others attempted suicide ing properly to the stir, the offi- besides 25 other promises. chief and Deputy Chief The Congress’s tory season. Protecting flora & situation. mitted suicide on Wednesday in different parts of Telangana cial said and added that its “People have appreciat- Minister Sachin Pilot said Rajasthan in-charge fauna remains one of our top pri- “Both chief wild life warden in Mahabubabad district as since the strike began on authenticity has to be verified. ed the Government’s pro- the good work done by the Avinash Pandey said in the orities,” Gehlot said in a tweet. (CWLW) and CCF are also moni- the indefinite stir by the October 5. Scores of TSRTCworkers grammes. The Government government will be carried last bypolls, people of the He said officials are investigat- toring the situation. Water samples employees’ unions entered the A senior police official said and employees along with will once again start the forward at a rapid pace in state gave votes to the poli- ing whether it has been caused by have been taken and sent for test- 40th day. A Naresh, 45, con- Naresh resorted to the extreme members of some political par- ‘Prashashan Sheharo Ki Aur’ the remaining four years of cies of the Congress and the water contamination or algae poi- ing. Carcasses are sent to Bhopal for sumed some poisonous sub- step apparently “upset” ties took his body in a proces- programme,” the Chief this dispensation and all- good work done in the last soning. testing for bird flu. Toxicologists stance at his house in the early whether the ongoing RTC issue sion from the hospital towards Minister said. round development will be one year by the “Once investigations are com- have also been called from SAR- hours and was rushed to a hos- would be resolved. the RTC depot raising slogans Keeping in mind that done. Government. plete, we will do everything possi- CON, Coimbatore,” he said. pital by his family where he A purported suicide note against the Government. PTI        %) %
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&1  / *& ahead and implement the dance with the verdict,” he olitical parties, right wing verdict. told TV channels.  +4+5/ Administrative Department tants. They are directed to sub- Poutfits and devotees in BJP state general secre- Attempts by around a (GAD) by Wednesday mit telephone bills and return Kerala are keeping their fingers tary M T Ramesh said if the dozen women, including day after President’s Rule evening. The GAD order is identity cards issued to them to crossed as the Supreme Court verdict was against devo- activists and journalists in the Acame into force in applicable to all ministries, OSDs the GAD, the order stated. They is set to pronounce on tees, the party would seek 10-50 age group, to climb the Maharashtra, the Ministries (Officers on Special Duty) are told to return official files, Thursday its verdict on pleas constitutional means to sacred hills had come to nought have been ordered to hand over working for ministers, person- confidential documents, office seeking review of its decision to address the concerns of last year as frenzied devotees of possessions to the General al secretaries and personal assis- stationary, furniture etc. allow entry of women of all age devotees. Lord Ayyappa heckled and groups in the Sabarimala “We hope that the ver- hassled them and forced them Temple. dict on the review petitions to retreat. The southern State had will be in favour of devo- However, defying protest- witnessed high drama and tees. ers, two women, in their 40s, protests by devotees and right The stand adopted by had entered the Ayyappa tem- wing activists last year against taken stock of the preparations autonomous temple body the state government was the ple in January this year and the CPI(M)-led LDF being carried out by various which manages the shrine, reason for the earlier judgment offered prayers scripting his- Government’s decision to departments to ensure a hassle- appealed to everyone to accept that came out against the sen- tory. implement the top court’s order. free pilgrimage. the judgment whatever timents of devotees,” he told The apex court, on The verdict was also crucial DGP Loknath Behara has it may. reporters. Thursday, will deliver its judg- for the LDF Government, led said there will be tight securi- The apex court, on The stand taken by the ment on as many as 65 peti- by Chief Minister Pinarayi ty during the pilgrimage sea- September 28, 2018, had lifted apex court in the Ayodhya tions — including 56 review Vijayan, as the beginning of the son. the ban that prevented women case that deity Ram Lalla petitions and four fresh writ annual pilgrimage season at Over 10,000 police per- and girls between the age of 10 could be viewed as a special petitions and five transfer pleas Sabarimala is just three days sonnel will be deployed in and 50 from entering the personality, can be applicable -- which were filed after its ver- away. phases in and around the Ayyappa shrine and held that in the Sabarimala case also, he dict sparked violent protests in The portals of the hill Sabarimala Lord Ayyappa tem- this centuries-old Hindu reli- said. Kerala. shrine, located in a reserve for- ple during the two-month long gious practice was illegal and A Padmakuamr, the out- A five-judge constitution est in Western Ghats in pilgrimage season. unconstitutional. going president of TDB, said bench headed by Chief Justice Pathanamthitta district of the While the state BJP, on The opposition Congress the verdict should be accept- Ranjan Gogoi had reserved its state, would be opened for the Wednesday, expressed hope party and the influential Nair ed with self-restraint and peace. decision on February 6 after two-month-long Mandalam that the order on the review Service Society (NSS),an out- “The Board’s request to hearing various parties includ- Makaravilakku season on petitions, would be in favour of fit of the forward Nair com- everyone is that we should ing those seeking re-consider- November 16 evening. devotees, the Travancore munity, had also vehemently accept the verdict whatever it ation of the September 28, Vijayan had on Saturday Devaswom Board (TDB), the objected to the Left may be. We hope that the state 2018 judgment.        &  $1 ,  , $27 &     $  dozen people including Apolicemen and BJP workers were injured after saffron activists clashed with the police 
 during an agitation against alleged “Government apathy” in  +4+5/ ter. handling rising dengue cases in The Shiv Sena had sought Kolkata. The police lathi- he Shiv Sena will not men- a direction from the apex court charged the protesters and used Ttion in the Supreme Court to quash the Governor’s deci- water cannons to disperse hun- on Thursday its plea challeng- sion of not giving it the oppor- dreds of charging BJP Yuva people have to descend on the is not allowing the opposition ing the Governor’s decision of tunity to prove majority on the Morcha supporters marching streets if everything is fine. The parties to extend the hand of not granting it 3 days time for floor of the House. towards the Kolkata Municipal people are agitating because cooperation. Prime Minister getting letter of support for The party had claimed it Corporation. At least 37 BJP they are bearing the brunt of Narendra Modi has sent Rs 200 Government formation in was invited to form the men including State party lead- Government apathy,” he main- crore for relief in advance but Maharashtra, according to the Government on Monday and ers Raju Banjeree were arrested. tained while Kolkata Mayor she is not paying heed to our- party lawyer. had indicated its willingness to “We were protesting peace- and senior Minister Firhad suggestions. What is the harm The lawyer representing do so on Tuesday. fully but the police suddenly Hakim said “we don’t have to if other parties too come in and Shiv Sena in the apex court told In the petition, the Sena started charging batons and hide anything. Kolkata is not work together at this time of cri- PTI that the party has preferred had contended that the gover- firing water cannons,” Banerjee Balakote that we have to fudge sis for the common people.” not to mention the petition. nor’s decision was violative of said asking “how can the police reports.” Cyclone Bulbul has affect- Advocate Sunil Fernandes, articles 14 and 21 of the use water cannons purchased Meanwhile alleged ed large parts of nine districts who had filed the petition on Constitution. with the tax-payers money. Trinamool Congress supporters destroying crops and properties behalf of the Shiv Sena, The plea had said the gov- There is no democracy in shouted “go-back” slogan worth hundreds of crores. “This said on Tuesday that the ernor’s decision rejecting the Bengal,” he said. against Union Minister Babul has caused a bigger damage Supreme Court had asked claim of the Shiv Sena, which State BJP president Dilip Supriyo while he was visiting the than Aila,” a State official said. them to mention the writ peti- is the second largest party with Ghosh attacked the Bulbul-affected areas of Meanwhile Chief Minister tion at 10:30 AM on 56 MLAs, to form Government Government for “reckless han- Namkhana in South 24 Mamata Banerjee who was on Wednesday. is “ex facie arbitrary, unconsti- dling of dengue cases,” adding Parganas. The Minister would Wednesday touring Basirhat The lawyer said another tutional and violative of article “the number of dengue infec- not react but Dilip Ghosh hit sub-division in North 24 petition challenging the impo- 14”. tion has more than doubled in back strongly to the proceedings Paraganas told in an adminis- sition of President’s rule in the The Shiv Sena was invited the past fortnight taking the fig- saying, “we have every right to trative meeting that “no par- state was being readied. The to form the state government ure to about 50,000 and the visit the affected areas as there tiality should be shown while Shiv Sena had on Tuesday on November 10 and the peti- Government is hiding facts,” are numerous complaints that distributing relief. Politics is in moved the apex court chal- tioner had indicated its will- adding “repeated using of Government is playing politics its own place but during grief we lenging the Maharashtra gov- ingness to form the batons means that the over distributing relief materi- must unite and relief must be ernor’s decision but failed to get Government on November 11, Government has lost confi- als.” distributed without seeing polit- an urgent hearing in the mat- it said dence.” He asked “why will the He said “the Chief Minister ical colours.” ,  -,   
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The police among others, however Government to contain this violent clash between policemen and the proverbial “turf-war” further true and important in their incident with speedy interven-                 ;   lawyers at the Tis Hazari court in the eroded the citizen’s waning own right, are a matter of sep- tion, resolution and then usher $                +   national capital shamed the edifice of jus- trust, faith and decorum about 94,3 /-,/'1-79 arate enquiry and resolution. In in the much-delayed institu-    S            ! tice, which is the shared responsibility of governmental and judicial fact, there has been a plethora tional reforms. No society can these two callings. 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Delhi Police’s motto of “Shanti, ,$-,1 -9 737 policing services. lic property, where policemen                   The immediate impact of this whol- Sewa, Nyaya” (Peace, Service Unfortunately, political will in uniform protest raising slo-                    ! ly avoidable fracas goes way beyond the and Justice) or indeed, the fact 3<1 1+/-1' has been lacking and even gans, where suicide attempts      !     1       perceptions about these two professions. that the lawyers are the ultimate 4-'' 1991' institutional lethargy to under- for justice by lawyers are made. 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The fight over the park-                 be punished, irrespective of their profes- the immediacy and specificity -' 91,/*/,/7: doings of a soldier of the ing lot was symbolic of the mis-   $                  $   sional callings. of action. The unwarranted armed forces, care is taken to placed sense of entitlement However, the lazy and wanton lust to politicisation of the incident, $* ,7/$- 731 isolate them from institution- that is at work with a few that                      ! sully the reputation of either of the insti- with political parties assuming al framework as discipline shame their own institutions.                +   tutions can have unfathomable repercus- positions that suit their imme- 4-& -71' cannot be compromised. This incident should lead to   ;          "  S      4  sions that the nation can ill-afford, given diate narrative, can only fan the $2/7/,/97/$- $* Discipline, leadership and corrective introspection and that both are unique and irreplaceable ser- fire. 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Australia, New        Q Zealand, Japan, South Korea, China and India. 2    55:     2  I P" $   If it really sees the light of day with all 16 mem-         3    567,:-   bers intact, the group will cover 3.6 billion peo- <       56=,5-     ple or almost 50 per cent of the world’s popula-                ! tion and account for nearly 40 per cent of the     3     3       global GDP (Gross Domestic Product).     " $          India is aiming to double its GDP to $5 tril-  3             ! lion by 2024-25. To achieve this, it is looking inter          2     $   alia to doubling its exports from the current over $500 billion to $1 trillion and increasing agricul-       3           tural exports 2.5 times from $40 billion to $100         3      Q 2 billion. In this backdrop, the RCEP with a com- /-'/O9    5:9     2           bined GDP of $30 trillion presents, at least on  $,3 7$                  paper, a huge opportunity that the country can’t -1%$7/7/$-9 $-        3  P          afford to miss. ,1 /9 $<1 2: $                 Since 2012 (when the RCEP was mooted), 29 rounds of negotiations have already been held.  $71,7/$-/97       ?          3 5 /-%       $        CQ    ! During the ASEAN Summit (November 11-15, 2018), Prime Minister Narendra Modi had 93/*7/-% 731 The rationale behind eliminating mitted under RCEP agreement to all First, under the agreement, tariff   5E5    2   P       1*1 1-,1           <     called for early conclusion of the process. In the tariffs on goods moving across interna- members after a fixed period. While, elimination is mooted over a reasonably recent ministerial gathering held in Bangkok '71 *$ tional borders is to enable participat- India is willing to give concessions in long period of up to 20 years and it    5G=,:-             ! (October 10-12), even as discussions reached a 4-'1 7/-% ing countries to maximise their respec- the services and investment segment, should be possible to backload most of  2  S             Q deadlock over a dozen contentious issues, min- 7 /** 391 tive gains from trade. This overarching developed countries are pushing for it, especially on sensitive items. Any 2      G   )  <    isters were given 10 days to iron out the differ- $47 7$ #A>P /- objective will be defeated if a member similar concessions in goods trade as apprehension of an adverse effect in the P" A     #  0       + Q ences. If, they didn’t succeed, Modi, with his 22 $731 gets the right to automatically increase well. near-term is misplaced. The , )  #       + -    P famed “Midas touch” was expected to make it  19 731 the duty, which will prevent the export- Fifth, India is also not comfortable Government should not allow its deci-            <   happen in the third RCEP leaders’ summit. ing country from realising the full with the “standstill” clause, which sion to be obliterated by the present However, on November 4, Modi announced %$<1 -+1-7O9 potential of its low cost. Moreover, if binds a member to the current level of state of the economy.                   )  97-' /9 -$7 <Q India’s decision not to join the group citing that India insists on this clause, others too domestic liberalisation in services; Second, the handicap of domestic “the present form of the RCEP Agreement does 71-521 /7 /9 will want it. In that scenario, all mem- hence can’t be reversed in future. For industry is more due to local factors "    $   0         5$ -1 $47 $*                  not fully reflect the basic spirit and the agreed bers will end up compressing the mar- instance, if the Modi Government such as the high cost of power, fuel (cur- guiding principles of RCEP. It also does not 731 *1 737 ket for each other. wishes to withdraw the 51 per cent rently, neither is under the Goods and          #  S    address satisfactorily India’s outstanding issues $/-/-% 731 Additionally, there will be practi- Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Services Tax, which means suppliers are         3    567,:-  ! and concerns”. So, what are India’s major con- % $4 &/22 cal problems in determining the thresh- multi-brand retail, which was allowed not eligible for Input Tax Credit result-      56=,5-   3      ! cerns? And, are these valid? '1<9771 old level (each member would like to earlier in 2012 by the UPA dispensation, ing in a cascading effect on cost.                 First, India wants the reference date for $4 * +1 9 keep it at the lowest level possible for it won’t be able to do so. Besides, the excise duty and Value             <  0  undertaking tariff reduction to be extended to -' extracting maximum mileage) and the Having taken a policy decision in Added Tax are also high), logistics, cap- 2 (S         #  S  2019 instead of 2014 planned initially. Since 2014, number of commodities to be covered the overall interest of our economy, ital and so on. If only these costs are the Government has raised import duty on 3,500 9+229,21 by this dispensation (each member will there is nothing wrong in staying with lowered, “Made in India” products                   /-'497 /19 7          2 0     4#  5HHG  items. In this backdrop, if for the purpose of phas- insist on having a large number). They it to ensure stability of the policy envi- can compete with the lowest priced ing out duties, it were to use 2014 as a reference 731 ,4 1-7 will end up denying access to the mar- ronment. goods from anywhere in the world.            3       4-,74 1 &31-     #  S       ! point, this benefit will be lost. The Indian stance ket for each other instead of expansion, Finally, India has offered to phase Third, we also need to look at the is perfectly logical as the quotation date for com- 731 1,$-$+: /9 which is the overriding consideration out Customs Duty on imports from potential that China offers for boost-   mencement of tariff cuts has to be in sync with /- 731 % / $*  behind forging a free market area. China on nearly 74 per cent of the tar- ing India’s exports. The Chinese econ- 1               the date the agreement takes effect. 92$&'$&- /79 India should shun the idea of iff lines (jargon for a product as defined omy is undergoing a metaphorical                C Second, under the Most Favored Nation &$ : /9 +$ 1 automatic trigger safeguard mecha- in lists of tariff rates; products can be transformation from export-driven "         5E=     P2  (MFN) clause, the investment or service related $- ,,$4-7 $*  nism. Instead, it needs to focus more sub-divided, the level of detail reflect- (until hitherto) to domestic consump-                   concessions given to a trading partner under a *2$$' $* on requiring member countries to ed in the number of digits in the tion and from industry to services.     3     1          ! bilateral treaty have to be automatically extend- refrain from giving subsidies, includ- Harmonised System code used to iden- According to an estimate, China has ed to all other members of the group without any /+$ 79 * $+ ing “hidden” (as China does by mak- tify the product) as against 90 per cent plans to import goods and services         ?        ! ,3/-                   time gap. India was not inclined to accept this. ing fuel, power and other inputs sub- of tariff lines on imports from all other worth $12 trillion over five years. This stance is illogical. MFN is a cardinal prin- 73/9 *1 /9 sidised for enterprises) so that a situa- members. China refused to join nego- India should tap this potential market.               ! 4-*$4-'1'        "      ciple governing World Trade Organisation tion of selling commodities at below tiations on this offer which it consid- Keeping in mind the criticality of (WTO) — the international body dealing with cost (or dumping in plain words) in ers highly restrictive. being an integral part of the global sup-    "               global rules of trade. India should not be seen other members’ markets is avoided. To sum up, India’s approach to ply chain to achieve a $5 trillion econ-                 as taking a stance which is inconsistent with Further, it should insist on stricter and negotiations on RCEP is overly protec- omy, India needs to reconsider its deci-       Q WTO rules. transparent rules of origin to ensure tionist. Barring shifting the reference sion. The Government should shed its 2               ! Third, India wanted an “automatic trigger that China does not use other members’ date for undertaking tariff phase out to present tough stance on MFN, safe-             2  !  safeguard mechanism.” What it really means is territories to flood the Indian market 2019, in all other areas, the guard mechanism, “standstill” and                  that in the event of import of a particular com- (it is learnt that our negotiators have not Government’s stand is not tenable. It is “ratchet.” On the offer to China, this ?    3     5HEE 3  modity exceeding a certain number (also known done enough home work in this area). borne out of the fear that joining the may be improved to 80-85 per cent           as threshold), this clause will automatically kick Fourth, India is opposing the group will devastate our farmers and (from the 74 per cent already on the 2                 3  in, giving the right to the importing country demand of other members to seek trade small-scale industries at the current table). With a flexible mindset, it                '     (read: India) to apply higher tariff to prevent a concessions in its domestic space. juncture when the economy is in the should consider joining RCEP which is surge. This stance is untenable as it militates Termed as “ratchet” in trade terminol- grip of a slowdown. Its worry is more expected to be sealed in March 2020. '    569HC against the principle of free international trade ogy, the concept implies that any pol- on account of a flood of imports from (The writer is a New Delhi-based ,          - based on comparative advantage. icy changes will be automatically com- China. This fear is unfounded. policy analyst) !  ! ! !    ! 6 9:801 A Xxu‰†uutq“xysxG„tyqy‰†ˆ wˆu‰‰y„w „y‰“y„tu„uˆw•qwu„tqy‰„ u„s ‘ˆqwy„w“xuˆuq‰xuqˆwu‰xus ‘„ˆ• xq‰‰uy‰u‚vqˆu’uˆ•qƒryy ‘‰ ax•y‰xuˆu‰‘sxqƒq€ ˆty‰s „„usru“uu„†‚q„q„tqsy „7

The speed at which India is pro- Thanks to this study by the though time is short, it is also ripe gy generation slowdown. gressing on its wind energy agenda awakening, the Indian Statistical for harnessing wind energy. This is India must first, bring policy is not encouraging whereas the tar- cost of renewable Institute, the pro- because the technology is available consensus and ensure that imple- gets the country has set itself are very energy infrastruc- jected domestic and energy storage is improving mentation and execution remain the 51//-% -11'9 7$ ambitious. ture is coming social cost of exponentially as a lot of innovation strong points of its policy. Also, a 971 5,  2/7721 Why is there such a major dis- down rapidly else- coal-based power is taking place. Hence, it will be monthly monitoring of the hurdles  7  3  J 6 88@ connect between plan and action? Is where in the generation will be much more easy to adopt wind being faced by the renewable ener- it due to the lack of a cohesive vision? world, but in India too high by 2024- energy today than ever before. gy sector will help in smooth scal-        For instance, India has set an this fall in installa- 25. This will Wind energy cannot be seen as ing up of the wind energy portfolio.      ,  2  any environmental sceptics ambitious target of achieving 175 tion rates is not necessitate reduc- a back-up resource or a plan B. In addition to this, the authori-     
O  will write off wind energy as gigawatt (GW) renewable energy translating into tion in building of Renewable power sources, especial- ties may want to prepare a com- Ma resource that has literally capacity by 2022. As per the Ministry renewed enthusi- new coal-based ly the trio of solar, wind and hydro pelling mix of wind and solar ener-    
  gone with the wind and rightly so, of New and Renewable Energy’s fig- asm for wind power plants and power are going to be the mainstay gy generation options for small and    as India still has a long way to go ures, at the end of 2018, India had energy and this is render the opera- of the future energy sector of the medium investors as this will raise         before it can say that wind power has an installed capacity of 35 GW. concerning. The full potential of tions of the existing ones unviable. country. To make this happen India awareness and present a major busi- ,  %
   come to play a pivotal role in becom- Hence, the jump from 35 GW to 175 wind energy, if and when harnessed, At a time such as this, a fully-devel- must invest appropriately also. ness opportunity too. The proper ing the alternate source to fossil fuels. GW by 2022 sure looks ambitious has the ability to mitigate climate oped portfolio of renewable energy According to the estimates of the and viable storage of energy is an     
Having said this, wind energy and maybe a tad unachievable, not change and pollution together. In our options will be able to shoulder the US-based Institute for Energy ongoing issue, which needs to be          obviously cannot be written off as it because the target is high but because renewable energy sector, the empha- burden of India’s energy demand. Economics and Financial Analysis taken care of as well.  ,     has tremendous potential that is just there is an absence of aggressive pol- sis on grand plans and commitments However, this portfolio, with a robust (IEEFA), the country will require Wind energy has a potential that        waiting to be tapped. The specific icy-backed implementation efforts is given primary importance, where- GW capacity cannot happen $500 to $700 billion in renewable is still waiting to be tapped and India      circumstances in India are not able and initiatives to achieve the same. as time-bound execution of projects overnight and needs a sufficient run energy and supporting grid invest- can easily sail through any future to create an enabling environment The world is witnessing a major is sorely missing. Yet another press- up, which is not happening in the ment over the coming decade in energy crisis only if it has got the :       for the full-fledged harnessing of this shift from fossil fuels to renewable ing factor is going to make reliance country today. order to meet its renewable energy wind in its sails.      5 ) amazing pollution-free sustainable energy, mainly due to the rising on renewable energy compulsory Senior environmentalists and targets. Some immediate steps can go (The writer is an environmental K    L and renewable power resource. awareness regarding their ill-effects. sooner than later. According to a policymakers must understand that a long way to counter the wind ener- journalist.)   !"#!$%&'($) " %   7    *+          

 -1& '123/ tors and stakeholders, the implication of the changes sug- The move is estimated to tives of the government to final decision-making author- ! .  Department of Revenue in the gested and any other informa- result in Rs 1.45 lakh crore in reduce corporate tax rates ity on the goods and services n perhaps the first instance, finance ministry perhaps for tion to support your proposal,” revenue loss for the govern- applicable to domestic compa- tax (GST), the order said that Ithe finance ministry has the first time put out circular it said. ment during 2019-20. nies” provided they do not GST-related requests are not   !  kicked off the exercise to for- seeking suggestions for changes After her maiden budget Subsequent to this, there avail of any other tax rebate or examined as part of the annu- mulate the next budget by in income tax rates for both on July 5, Sitharaman on have been demands for a concession, the orders said. al budget. It, however, sought seeking suggestions on changes individuals and corporates as September 20 announced a reduction in income tax rates “The government policy suggestions related to cus-  +4+5/ adding to the uncertainty over in direct and indirect taxes well as in indirect taxes such as cut in corporate income taxes for individuals as well so as to with reference to direct taxes in tomers and central excise duty. the deal between the two coun- from industry and trade asso- excise and customs duty. for domestic companies to 22 put more money in the hands the medium term is to phase The suggestions have been enchmark BSE Sensex on tries. Bourses in Shanghai, Hong ciations. Finance Minister The November 11 circular per cent from 30 per cent pre- of the common man for a con- out tax incentives, deductions, sought by November 21. BWednesday dived 229 points Kong, Tokyo and Seoul settled up Nirmala Sitharaman, who had asked industry and trade asso- viously. This would bring effec- sumption-led revival of the and exemptions while simul- “The request for correction as concerns over poor macro data to 1.82 per cent lower violent to announce additional mea- ciations to give “suggestions for tive corporate tax rate, includ- economy. India’s economic taneously rationalising the rates of inverted duty structure, if and confusion over US-China protests in Hong Kong. sures to stimulate a slowing changes in the duty structure, ing all additional levies, to growth had slipped to a six- of tax. It would be also desir- any for a commodity, should trade deal persisted. Exchanges in Europe were economy within a month of her rates and broadening of tax about 25.2 per cent, for com- year low of 5 per cent in the able that while forwarding the necessarily be supported by Further, continued unrest also trading in the red in their maiden budget being approved base on both direct and indi- panies which are not receiving April-June quarter and the suggestions/ recommendations, value addition at each stage of in Hong Kong led to fall in respective early deals. by Parliament, is due to present rect taxes giving economic jus- any incentives or exemptions. revival may take a few quarters positive externalities arising manufacturing of the com- regional markets, also impacting In the forex market, the the annual budget for the tification for the same.” New manufacturing com- despite announcements to out of the said recommenda- modity. It would not be feasi- sentiment on Indian bourses. Indian rupee plunged 57 paise to financial year 2020-21 on “Your suggestions and panies formed after October 1 boost real estate and financial tions and their quantification ble to examine suggestions A sharp depreciation in the 72.04 against the US dollar intra- February 1. views may be supplemented will enjoy a 15 per cent (effec- sectors. “As regards direct taxes, are also indicated,” it said. that are either not clearly Indian rupee too added to day. Besides global weakness, While the ministry holds and justified by relevant statis- tive rate of 17 per cent) corpo- while forwarding your pro- With the GST Council, an explained or which are not sup- investors’ woes, traders said. The poor domestic factory output pre-budget consultations with tical information about the rate income tax rate, against 25 posals, please take into con- umbrella body comprising of ported by adequate justifica- rupee dropped below the 72-level numbers dampened marker representatives of different sec- production, prices, revenue per cent previously. sideration the recent initia- central and state ministers, the tion/statistics,” the order said. against the US dollar in intra-day mood, traders said. trade. After gyrating 386 points The industrial production during the day, the 30-share shrank by 4.3 per cent in Sensex ended 229.02 points, or September, registering the weak- 9 /7            %97  E 1  0.57 per cent, lower at 40,116.06. est performance in seven years Similarly, the broader NSE due to output decline in manu-  9/-%$ 1 ifications considering the varied countries, Singh said some of partly caused the defeat of the low rate of GST to start off with, continue to simplify the tech- Nifty fell 73 points, or 0.61 per facturing, mining and electrici- advance rulings. the reasons debated for abolition then government in the May 9, and a rebate system was also nical processes/procedures relat- cent, to end at 11,840.45. ty sectors, as per official data ndia should stabilise infor- Nirmal Singh, partner-GST of GST in Malaysia were rising 2018 general elections. employed to soften the blow of ing to filing of returns and Yes Bank was the top loser in released on Monday. Imation technology infra- at Nangia Andersen LLP, said living costs, inflation and the “As promised in the election the GST, which benefited lower obtaining refunds to enhance the Sensex pack cracking 6.51 per Market is now awaiting cues structure and consider reduc- policy makers have been perception of being not con- manifesto by the new governing income groups on an annual the ease of doing business in cent, followed by SBI, Axis Bank, from consumer price inflation tion in multiple compliances engaged with stakeholders to sumer/business friendly. coalition Pakatan Harapan, the income of less than SGD India,” he said. Vedanta, Sun Pharma, ICICI data, which is scheduled to be under the Goods and Services iron out any impediment and “As opposed to this, India GST was zero-rated on June 1, 30,000. Varanasi said India should Bank, IndusInd Bank, ITC, released later in the day. Tax (GST) to ensure long-term are taking necessary steps to has been able to manage these 2018 and subsequently replaced Lau said the collection focus on rendering the process Infosys and Tech Mahindra, Further, an SBI research successful implementation of ensure smooth implementation aspects,” he said. with sales and service tax (SST) system is also facilitated by and procedures easier for the shedding up to 3.69 per cent. report on Tuesday sharply cut the the indirect tax regime, say and transition to GST. According to Lau Zheng starting September 1, 2018,” he advanced information tech- taxpayers and introduce greater On the other hand, TCS, country’s GDP growth forecast to several experts here. “However, India should Zhou, research manager at the said. nology to help in the account- stability in the GST laws in order RIL, HUL, Maruti and NTPC 5 per cent for FY 2019-20 from Highlighting the now-abol- work towards stabilising IT Institute for Democracy and Referring to GST in ing of taxes. to safeguard itself from a situa- rose up to 3.76 per cent. the earlier projection of 6.1 per ished GST regime in Malaysia infrastructure for GST compli- Economic Affairs (IDEAS), Malaysia and Singapore, Lau According to Suresh tion like Malaysia. Posing questions over the cent, raising concerns over the and the nearly 25-year-old con- ances and also there should not Malaysia started GST effective highlighted the rebate system in Varanasi, partner at law firm He said the unique struc- much-anticipated truce deal, US health of the economy. tinued implementation of the be frequent amendments in from April 1, 2015 with the Singapore to cushion the blow. AZB & Partners, India stands in ture of Indian GST laws would President Donald Trump dubbed Meanwhile, Brent crude indirect tax in Singapore, they GST laws besides effective and standard rate of 6 per cent. Asked what lessons could a far better position in terms of contribute significantly to the China a cheater on trade even as futures, the global oil benchmark, said India should now move careful implementation of anti- However, GST was per- India draw from Singapore and implementation of the GST total revenue of India in the long he seeks an initial settlement to fell 1.22 per cent to USD 61.30 towards further simplification of profiteering law,” he suggested. ceived to be broadly unpopular Malaysia, he said compared to laws as compared to Malaysia. term and would also enhance calm an 18-month trade war, per barrel. GST and timely issuance of clar- Citing the example of other with the general public and had Malaysia, Singapore selected a “However, India should ease of doing business.  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POLYCAB 881.00 903.00 881.00 888.65 TIMKEN 860.10 878.15 852.25 869.65 ULTRACEMCO 4137.05 4172.40 4105.10 4122.35 -14.70 ZEEL 303.40 303.40 290.00 290.55 GODREJPROP 952.50 955.00 927.25 934.40 ITI 90.75 90.75 86.45 86.95 JISLJALEQS 14.50 14.90 13.80 14.00 HDFCBANK 1261.95 1270.00 1253.60 1258.00 -6.75 TATAMOTORS 171.50 176.00 169.40 170.60 NESTLEIND 14128.00 14328.70 14063.80 14234.75 PAGEIND 23766.05 24062.60 23501.80 23664.60 THYROCARE 543.10 570.35 543.10 564.95 KOTAKBANK 1617.00 1628.00 1601.10 1606.00 -10.90 TCS 2110.20 2182.00 2110.20 2178.55 PFC 112.90 113.55 110.30 110.50 SUZLON 2.85 2.88 2.67 2.70 WABAG 185.50 185.70 176.90 177.85 BAJFINANCE 4166.90 4175.00 4132.00 4136.55 -32.50 RNAM 325.70 364.50 325.70 361.50 CEATLTD 972.00 980.00 966.25 971.00 IRCON 437.55 447.60 427.05 438.15 SFL 1395.00 1397.70 1250.00 1260.25 BAJAJ-AUTO 3230.00 3245.00 3190.80 3204.00 -33.35 HDFC 2229.75 2232.00 2196.00 2207.70 TEAMLEASE 2580.00 2600.00 2436.00 2503.20 PHILIPCARB 123.25 126.65 122.50 124.55 COROMANDEL 481.00 481.00 467.00 476.15 TATAMOTORS 171.50 176.00 169.40 170.20 -1.80 ADANIENT 206.50 210.70 194.35 198.20 BHARATFORG 428.75 436.05 426.90 428.10 RITES 289.70 294.50 284.95 287.05 ASHOKA 95.35 96.65 93.50 94.05 INFRATEL 221.90 221.90 216.05 218.20 -2.35 VEDL 152.25 154.40 147.60 148.25 FEDERALBNK 83.30 83.90 82.05 82.50 HSCL 72.85 73.00 66.00 66.80 KRBL 206.45 210.95 196.15 201.70 ONGC 139.10 140.40 137.50 137.50 -1.60 ASHOKLEY 78.70 84.00 77.30 80.60 TATAPOWER 58.00 58.00 55.05 55.40 ISEC 299.00 320.10 299.00 317.35 LAXMIMACH 3390.00 3390.00 3310.00 3317.00 HDFC 2227.95 2231.95 2195.45 2207.45 -27.10 JINDALSTEL 151.15 152.95 140.95 142.05 CANBK 202.50 204.70 195.95 196.85 ASTRAZEN 2536.15 2627.75 2513.60 2540.85 CANFINHOME 395.00 395.05 377.20 380.20 IOC 135.60 135.60 133.15 133.95 -1.65 MARUTI 7105.00 7170.00 7099.00 7155.70 FORTIS 158.00 159.20 153.35 156.70 CASTROLIND 147.00 147.60 144.20 144.90 SHANKARA 357.75 358.25 335.10 342.00 COALINDIA 215.90 216.00 206.20 207.10 -2.75 BRITANNIA 3266.00 3299.00 3218.00 3273.25 INDHOTEL 151.90 158.00 149.00 155.85 NESCO 600.00 636.25 593.10 604.75 THOMASCOOK 136.30 138.60 133.70 137.05 CHALET 320.00 372.15 318.00 345.25 WIPRO 257.30 259.00 252.15 252.95 -3.50 RAYMOND 750.00 799.90 747.90 791.15 SPICEJET 115.40 115.85 113.15 113.70 AKZOINDIA 2000.00 2000.00 1901.50 1911.75 FCONSUMER 25.50 25.50 23.85 24.00 MMTC 19.35 19.70 18.80 19.00 POWERGRID 192.00 194.35 188.30 189.10 -2.65 INOXLEISUR 360.10 365.00 353.00 354.70 IBVENTURES 142.60 149.00 136.90 147.40 VIPIND 439.30 444.60 415.00 439.85 MINDAIND 330.00 330.00 324.15 327.05 DCAL 124.50 124.50 120.10 121.70 THERMAX 1090.00 1091.75 1065.90 1070.45 UPL 551.00 553.75 538.50 541.00 -7.85 HDFCLIFE 571.45 591.90 571.45 588.90 PCJEWELLER 34.35 35.40 33.85 34.55 3MINDIA 22699.00 22770.00 22065.05 22213.45 FINEORG 1953.70 1960.00 1870.00 1893.90 RALLIS 170.85 173.40 168.70 169.80 BHARTIARTL 372.10 373.40 366.15 366.15 -5.35 INDUSINDBK 1444.90 1462.00 1407.95 1413.85 EXIDEIND 191.50 193.80 186.25 187.25 STAR 393.60 401.25 389.25 391.40 GSFC 75.65 76.55 73.65 73.80 ALLCARGO 97.00 99.35 96.35 96.55 BPCL 514.00 523.00 507.40 510.00 -7.60 SIEMENS 1680.00 1694.55 1624.80 1633.25 RAJESHEXPO 680.00 697.40 666.00 685.70 AMBUJACEM 202.00 202.05 194.90 195.15 PRESTIGE 308.10 308.10 297.30 299.95 MGL 980.00 1046.05 960.20 1004.00 DELTACORP 199.35 200.20 191.20 191.70 GREAVESCOT 134.00 141.10 133.45 137.05 VTL 875.00 895.10 869.20 880.45 KALPATPOWR 453.85 454.25 441.35 451.00 LT 1418.45 1419.85 1389.05 1393.80 -23.20 AXISBANK 734.70 737.20 706.95 710.25 IBREALEST 77.90 79.80 75.10 77.75 JSL 38.40 40.70 36.40 36.60 PARAGMILK 132.35 133.50 131.45 132.25 MAHINDCIE 148.30 148.35 141.50 142.65 JSWSTEEL 251.50 254.70 247.35 247.75 -4.15 AUROPHARMA 448.00 457.60 427.65 433.40 NTPC 118.20 119.20 117.60 118.25 DBL 421.00 424.45 406.25 408.40 CRISIL 1488.80 1488.80 1390.70 1408.15 GULFOILLUB 845.00 845.00 805.00 808.25 CIPLA 452.00 455.00 446.00 446.55 -8.30 BHARTIARTL 372.50 373.00 366.40 368.50 BEL 109.00 109.50 107.25 109.10 BAJAJHLDNG 3700.00 3788.20 3700.00 3712.30 PGHH 11172.15 11285.70 10914.40 10978.25 INDOSTAR 189.00 192.40 182.95 183.55 INFY 696.50 700.00 687.75 691.45 -12.95 LT 1420.00 1420.00 1389.00 1392.95 LICHSGFIN 441.00 443.60 418.00 419.55 RECLTD 140.80 141.75 137.60 137.85 SUPREMEIND 1141.00 1156.00 1121.05 1130.25 GHCL 208.30 208.30 207.00 207.70 ICICIBANK 496.80 497.50 483.30 487.00 -9.80 HDFCBANK 1263.90 1269.75 1254.20 1258.00 GMRINFRA 21.90 22.05 20.85 21.05 CHAMBLFERT 171.00 173.45 163.85 164.95 TATACOFFEE 84.20 84.90 81.25 81.80 IFBIND 755.00 776.80 736.05 738.00 TATASTEEL 400.90 408.85 392.70 393.45 -8.00 SUNTV 518.40 520.20 465.00 470.20 ONGC 140.75 140.75 137.65 138.15 RVNL 24.00 24.30 23.75 23.80 CARERATING 527.00 529.80 516.95 517.75 LUXIND 1215.25 1280.00 1215.25 1252.85 DRREDDY 2820.00 2823.85 2755.00 2758.00 -57.75 BHEL 56.70 57.85 54.15 54.55 SRF 3154.35 3188.00 3131.00 3142.15 JKTYRE 68.15 69.55 68.05 68.25 IIFL 137.00 147.50 135.05 140.75 ZENSARTECH 191.00 192.70 186.25 187.20 SUNPHARMA 420.00 426.90 410.00 412.55 -8.90 IDEA 3.77 3.99 3.66 3.70 NBCC 40.90 41.20 39.00 39.15 IBULISL 93.85 93.85 84.95 85.80 RELCAPITAL 23.30 23.30 23.30 23.30 RPOWER 4.41 4.41 4.41 4.41 TECHM 768.00 773.80 746.00 754.05 -16.35 JUSTDIAL 553.50 554.00 506.05 512.20 VBL 761.10 770.00 701.30 710.70 IDFC 33.60 36.00 33.50 34.15 DCBBANK 183.00 183.90 182.00 182.55 OFSS 3133.00 3152.00 3108.20 3125.05 ITC 258.90 259.25 253.15 253.70 -5.75 BPCL 513.90 523.00 507.90 509.80 BDL 345.00 365.00 345.00 351.35 KEC 274.00 280.00 268.55 277.70 AAVAS 1531.35 1587.00 1510.50 1525.85 SREINFRA 9.79 9.79 9.33 9.54 INDUSINDBK 1445.00 1462.45 1408.55 1411.20 -33.85 L&TFH 99.00 100.40 95.25 95.70 NATIONALUM 46.10 46.15 43.20 43.50 DALBHARAT 823.90 826.50 816.00 821.45 PRSMJOHNSN 73.25 73.25 69.00 69.45 NILKAMAL 1239.95 1280.00 1239.95 1270.40 AXISBANK 733.70 737.40 707.85 710.20 -23.50 BAJFINANCE 4188.00 4188.00 4132.60 4143.70 CONCOR 582.00 591.55 575.10 577.10 HFCL 17.10 18.10 16.95 17.55 TV18BRDCST 23.70 23.70 22.55 22.60 SOMANYCERA 184.75 186.25 182.75 183.45 VEDL 152.40 154.45 147.65 147.70 -5.00 BANKBARODA 97.00 97.35 93.00 93.35 DIVISLAB 1708.95 1715.35 1660.00 1671.20 METROPOLIS 1425.00 1440.00 1390.10 1398.15 GILLETTE 7300.95 7308.00 7200.00 7240.05 SKFINDIA 2146.00 2154.90 2143.85 2147.35 HINDALCO 197.05 201.95 192.35 193.50 -6.65 NAUKRI 2540.00 2684.85 2540.00 2600.25 BEML 980.00 980.00 955.00 961.75 ESSELPRO 134.00 140.80 126.10 134.75 APLAPOLLO 1433.90 1543.95 1418.30 1500.65 EVEREADY 53.00 54.00 52.00 52.05 SBIN 316.05 318.60 305.65 306.85 -11.40 BAJAJFINSV 8888.00 9029.00 8850.00 8982.15 IOC 135.60 135.65 133.20 133.85 WHIRLPOOL 2249.00 2249.00 2125.00 2185.90 HEIDELBERG 198.00 198.00 188.40 189.15 JPASSOCIAT 2.18 2.18 2.12 2.14 GRASIM 760.00 768.85 736.25 739.00 -28.10 MCX 1133.00 1180.00 1121.00 1170.85 BBTC 1207.90 1246.00 1207.90 1220.05 INDIANB 122.00 123.00 117.35 118.80 ASTRAL 1104.00 1111.75 1075.00 1083.25 CAPPL 400.00 400.00 375.60 378.85 ADANIPORTS 391.00 391.80 369.40 370.80 -17.10 ADANIPOWER 67.50 67.50 62.30 63.35 NIACL 152.15 159.75 149.00 150.55 IPCALAB 1069.40 1097.00 1069.00 1089.70 JKCEMENT 1130.10 1184.35 1130.10 1181.35 KNRCON 237.50 237.50 230.00 230.50 LAURUSLABS 367.10 367.10 360.05 360.35 ZEEL 302.30 302.30 290.00 291.20 -14.20 ITC 259.80 259.80 253.25 253.95 BIOCON 263.00 264.00 255.40 256.90 FSL 44.30 44.30 41.50 41.60 JMFINANCIL 91.50 91.50 87.95 88.70 LEMONTREE 59.45 59.45 57.50 57.80 GAIL 129.90 129.90 123.25 124.05 -6.30 BAYERCROP 3466.30 3466.30 3331.00 3340.90 BANKINDIA 67.50 67.75 65.00 65.55 SWANENERGY 102.00 104.75 101.20 103.80 DHFL 25.65 25.65 25.65 25.65 PEL 1725.00 1825.00 1725.00 1810.30 BAJAJ-AUTO 3239.00 3244.35 3191.30 3204.60 FORCEMOT 1083.25 1104.35 1061.15 1065.15 GET&D 167.00 190.00 158.50 182.80 MAHABANK 11.53 11.70 11.22 11.33 YESBANK 74.40 75.30 67.10 68.85 -4.15 HINDUNILVR 2083.00 2094.00 2073.60 2090.80 WOCKPHARMA 287.60 292.15 282.00 283.65 CGPOWER 16.68 16.71 16.13 16.62 BLUESTARCO 792.45 801.00 788.90 795.05 PNCINFRA 173.45 178.95 172.45 176.00   TITAN 1156.75 1167.00 1151.15 1159.50 JAICORPLTD 99.45 101.45 97.00 97.50 RCF 51.75 52.35 50.60 51.05 CUB 215.00 215.00 206.55 207.00 GESHIP* 302.00 306.00 296.35 303.40 KOTAKBANK 1617.00 1627.45 1601.60 1605.45 CADILAHC 230.00 232.60 223.60 224.65 LTI 1630.00 1663.00 1630.00 1649.70 HIMATSEIDE 141.00 141.30 132.20 134.10 HATHWAY 19.65 21.00 19.65 20.30 APOLLOHOSP 1444.00 1444.00 1380.00 1389.80 PFIZER 3991.60 4085.10 3989.20 4000.90 BIRLACORPN 636.65 667.50 635.20 656.10 VGUARD 236.25 237.50 232.20 233.15 RELINFRA 42.50 42.50 42.50 42.50 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE ADANIGAS 149.90 151.50 148.10 148.35 KTKBANK 78.00 78.00 75.15 75.95 FLFL 395.00 396.00 380.75 394.80 TEJASNET 74.60 76.00 73.00 73.15 NIFTY NEXT 50 28535.85 28746.45 28214.20 28298.60 -152.55 IDFCFIRSTB 42.85 42.85 41.70 41.85 COFFEEDAY 42.80 43.30 41.50 43.30 JAMNAAUTO 44.65 44.65 43.35 43.65 INOXWIND 33.40 34.20 33.20 33.65 HDFCAMC 3385.00 3650.00 3376.05 3644.95 298.15 ABB 1457.55 1534.90 1420.00 1491.05 INDIACEM 83.90 84.25 82.35 82.50 GALAXYSURF 1600.10 1600.10 1573.65 1583.90 GUJALKALI 412.95 422.20 412.95 414.95 HDFCLIFE 572.00 593.00 572.00 591.00 20.00 UNIONBANK 55.30 55.60 52.40 52.70 LALPATHLAB 1483.00 1510.00 1476.00 1502.70 JYOTHYLAB 176.85 179.80 175.20 176.65 MAHLIFE 386.05 400.00 376.00 394.45 BANDHANBNK 552.25 574.70 552.25 564.65 14.80 MRF 63000.00 63462.60 62575.00 62871.15 GLAXO 1625.00 1630.40 1592.00 1604.60 CERA 2511.00 2599.00 2491.20 2504.95 ITDCEM 55.05 55.80 53.30 53.55 SBILIFE 984.50 1000.95 966.20 992.90 22.95 TORNTPOWER 304.20 305.10 293.10 294.70 IRB 74.75 74.75 71.55 72.80 OIL 164.00 164.00 160.25 160.70 GAYAPROJ 102.00 102.00 92.90 93.70 ICICIGI 1345.20 1369.00 1342.95 1365.55 26.75 APLLTD 570.00 575.00 561.00 568.05 CREDITACC 715.80 744.00 715.00 734.15 SYMPHONY 1282.45 1310.00 1212.10 1234.40 JSWHL 2550.00 2550.00 2465.00 2478.25 ASHOKLEY 78.50 82.65 77.20 80.45 1.25 GICRE 275.95 286.50 266.15 270.75 ABBOTINDIA 11805.00 12051.20 11717.80 11809.20 MPHASIS 891.30 892.25 883.65 890.70 TAKE 111.00 111.70 107.00 108.00 NHPC 23.95 24.25 23.50 23.70 0.35 ACC 1514.00 1524.30 1485.85 1492.40 UBL 1279.00 1279.00 1239.00 1241.60 SCHNEIDER 69.50 72.40 68.55 69.30 VMART 1732.90 1732.90 1659.90 1680.80 PEL 1769.40 1824.50 1761.55 1804.85 23.80 SPARC 158.50 159.10 152.05 152.90 GNFC 201.95 202.80 196.00 196.90 CYIENT 403.35 403.40 397.30 400.10 SHRIRAMCIT 1319.70 1386.75 1319.70 1335.00 SRTRANSFIN 1119.95 1151.95 1119.95 1131.90 11.95 MARICO 372.20 374.25 364.10 366.50 LINDEINDIA 575.30 598.00 575.00 592.75 MRPL 48.40 49.30 47.95 48.00 SYNGENE 335.90 335.90 327.90 329.65 PIDILITIND 1321.00 1346.40 1314.60 1332.90 11.80 DABUR 477.50 480.60 462.25 463.70 BALKRISIND 829.95 836.60 817.45 825.75 ANDHRABANK 17.95 17.95 16.80 17.35 TIINDIA 445.00 450.65 441.45 445.55 ICICIPRULI 531.95 537.30 526.15 528.90 3.95 PNBHOUSING 563.40 567.65 550.45 554.95 HINDZINC 211.80 211.80 208.00 208.65 REPCOHOME 301.00 310.00 286.55 288.45 TATAINVEST 835.50 835.50 820.00 820.35 BAJAJHLDNG 3711.00 3787.55 3707.45 3722.65 11.80 WIPRO 257.00 258.95 252.20 252.75 MINDTREE 683.00 686.60 679.25 682.40 NBVENTURES 70.60 70.85 58.50 65.50 ERIS 417.20 418.60 406.00 413.20 MOTHERSUMI 134.20 136.45 132.75 134.45 0.25 GLENMARK 291.05 291.40 272.60 274.95 MEGH 57.00 59.00 56.80 57.25 GMDCLTD 63.90 63.95 61.70 61.90 SADBHAV 121.20 122.00 114.20 118.50 OFSS 3110.00 3154.15 3106.00 3110.00 -9.00 ADANITRANS 279.80 287.00 266.05 274.40 JSLHISAR 70.90 75.00 70.50 71.05 REDINGTON 114.95 116.70 110.55 114.35 SOLARINDS 1050.00 1050.00 1025.00 1026.85 SHREECEM 19825.00 20268.75 19700.00 19713.20 -70.80 INFRATEL 221.10 221.20 216.55 218.35 LTTS 1455.60 1455.60 1425.50 1430.25 RELAXO 545.00 552.45 545.00 545.70 SHILPAMED 334.00 334.00 315.30 319.50 INDIGO 1482.00 1494.95 1466.40 1476.00 -5.35 BERGEPAINT 484.10 495.60 478.85 479.90 SUNTECK 440.00 440.00 406.65 415.45 SJVN 25.40 25.75 24.50 24.60 ALBK 25.95 26.20 25.45 25.60 JKLAKSHMI 304.00 308.10 300.10 300.25 UBL 1252.00 1260.00 1237.00 1240.20 -6.20 TECHM 768.70 773.85 746.65 756.65 CUMMINSIND 560.80 577.00 560.80 566.05 SUVEN 289.35 296.55 289.15 294.30 BASF 995.00 1020.00 993.60 996.25 LAOPALA 156.00 156.00 147.05 150.85 DMART 1969.80 1989.95 1952.50 1952.50 -13.70 GRAPHITE 302.00 313.65 298.65 308.10 HAVELLS 693.00 703.60 672.00 674.50 TRENT 512.00 516.70 500.00 501.30 TNPL 185.00 190.00 184.00 184.90 AEGISLOG 164.30 166.10 161.10 165.25 BERGEPAINT 489.00 495.00 478.70 479.50 -4.15 HEG 1014.75 1077.00 1013.00 1065.75 CIPLA 453.00 455.00 446.25 448.25 NHPC 23.90 24.25 23.50 23.65 MAHLOG 390.00 402.40 385.40 391.95 TVSSRICHAK 1802.00 1847.05 1753.00 1770.10 BOSCHLTD 15299.95 15495.00 15052.10 15198.85 -132.80 SBILIFE 984.00 999.85 967.00 989.20 ICICIGI 1343.00 1369.50 1343.00 1365.20 ITDC 380.00 381.00 366.00 368.15 GDL 87.20 88.30 83.25 83.85 CARBORUNIV 310.50 310.50 304.00 308.05 GODREJCP 733.00 743.10 720.00 726.00 -6.60 NCC 57.75 59.55 55.85 56.10 EQUITAS 92.00 92.00 85.35 85.90 OBEROIRLTY 517.75 533.25 515.50 518.75 AIAENG 1719.00 1719.00 1669.00 1695.45 UCOBANK 13.97 13.97 13.30 13.50 LUPIN 754.00 758.80 727.00 729.05 -6.70 SUNPHARMA 420.00 426.70 410.00 411.70 UJJIVAN 277.60 278.00 265.10 267.90 JBCHEPHARM 407.00 408.00 394.00 395.10 IOB 10.13 10.24 9.92 10.01 CCL 202.00 203.90 197.10 198.80 CONCOR 582.00 591.70 575.10 576.80 -5.55 DISHTV 14.97 14.97 12.69 13.48 SCI 62.00 62.15 58.60 59.35 GRANULES 121.15 121.95 117.30 119.20 GICHSGFIN 160.00 163.75 156.65 157.15 ECLERX 442.00 451.15 440.45 443.40 ACC 1505.20 1525.00 1485.00 1490.00 -14.45 MOTHERSUMI 134.60 136.50 132.75 134.35 M&MFIN 331.15 337.65 323.60 326.05 JINDALSAW 83.70 84.25 81.30 81.75 FINOLEXIND 584.50 592.75 582.50 587.60 ORIENTCEM 78.20 78.35 75.25 75.35 HINDZINC 210.30 210.90 208.00 208.05 -2.25 ADANIGREEN 94.50 99.80 94.00 95.95 KEI 564.00 564.00 536.40 542.05 LAKSHVILAS 18.80 20.10 18.70 18.70 TIMETECHNO 63.00 63.95 60.60 60.90 FDC 185.00 185.00 175.00 175.30 AUROPHARMA 445.00 457.95 427.65 432.45 -5.25 AVANTI 500.00 514.00 472.10 505.70 RAIN 105.00 105.00 96.15 98.40 ATUL 4170.00 4170.00 4015.00 4022.85 TATAMETALI 571.55 583.20 567.00 579.85 CORPBANK 16.70 17.00 16.05 16.10 MCDOWELL-N 627.90 634.00 617.90 619.00 -8.00 COALINDIA 215.50 215.65 206.30 207.20 GODREJIND 437.00 457.80 425.10 429.00 RADICO 325.35 331.45 319.80 320.90 NLCINDIA 55.75 56.00 54.15 54.30 SUNDRMFAST 464.30 464.30 454.25 460.35 NIACL 152.40 159.40 148.55 149.70 -2.15 LUPIN 749.20 759.15 727.30 730.00 ABCAPITAL 87.00 87.00 83.10 83.40 IFCI 7.98 7.98 7.55 7.60 SYNDIBANK 27.60 27.60 26.50 26.65 DBCORP 144.70 146.95 142.75 143.35 MARICO 371.30 374.35 363.85 365.80 -5.50 HINDALCO 197.05 201.90 192.50 193.20 TVSMOTOR 446.20 462.00 446.00 459.80 PIIND 1414.80 1423.85 1401.25 1412.25 DHANUKA 315.00 318.10 295.30 296.95 KPRMILL 658.15 661.60 655.00 657.75 PAGEIND 23987.00 24140.60 23500.00 23600.00 -392.75 BANDHANBNK 554.95 574.50 552.00 564.10 GUJGAS 199.95 204.60 197.50 198.35 BAJAJELEC 320.00 334.50 320.00 325.10 SUPRAJIT 188.00 188.00 170.00 171.30 MASFIN 715.00 726.85 708.35 712.40 PETRONET 284.00 285.00 278.00 278.25 -4.80 PIDILITIND 1321.00 1346.00 1315.00 1323.65 DRREDDY 2815.00 2823.10 2755.50 2761.90 SANOFI 6525.00 6600.00 6390.00 6532.35 ORIENTBANK 52.35 52.80 50.55 50.80 MAGMA 47.95 48.80 45.20 46.20 COLPAL 1599.00 1602.60 1547.70 1560.00 -29.85 SAIL 39.40 39.85 37.55 37.85 IDBI 33.70 33.85 32.00 32.15 INTELLECT 150.00 155.35 148.55 150.70 AJANTPHARM 991.65 997.10 979.20 981.60 GPPL 83.00 83.30 82.10 82.30 PFC 113.00 113.60 110.30 110.60 -2.20 EDELWEISS 120.60 122.10 114.10 122.10 GODREJCP 732.80 742.40 721.80 729.45 SOUTHBANK 11.24 11.24 10.75 10.78 PERSISTENT 618.00 626.90 618.00 624.50 SHK 125.00 126.00 121.00 121.05 HINDPETRO 296.90 299.50 288.00 292.45 -6.25 HEROMOTOCO 2589.00 2626.00 2577.00 2588.55 SRTRANSFIN 1121.80 1151.85 1121.45 1130.40 BAJAJCON 248.10 248.55 237.00 241.45 ASTERDM 142.85 147.90 141.30 145.95 TRITURBINE 101.40 101.40 100.10 100.10 CADILAHC 231.85 232.55 223.15 225.50 -4.95 GRASIM 758.55 768.80 737.20 739.05 WELCORP 140.00 141.90 138.50 139.15 PHOENIXLTD 745.00 745.00 708.25 724.30 ORIENTELEC 190.00 192.70 189.00 190.10 SIS 961.00 989.80 910.00 925.20 PNB 61.85 62.50 60.05 60.35 -1.35 EICHERMOT 21376.00 21818.75 21250.00 21350.65 MANAPPURAM 167.70 167.70 162.10 162.90 PGHL 4410.70 4490.00 4301.10 4310.60 CHENNPETRO 155.00 155.00 146.10 146.45 GEPIL 683.05 700.10 682.50 684.50 DABUR 479.00 480.65 462.45 465.00 -11.05 JSWSTEEL 250.30 254.60 247.60 248.55 APOLLOTYRE 168.45 168.45 162.90 163.45 CHOLAFIN 295.00 301.80 295.00 297.30 SONATSOFTW 309.50 311.80 305.65 306.25 TVTODAY 300.35 303.00 297.40 299.70 PGHH 11208.00 11299.00 10940.00 10940.00 -267.90 AMARAJABAT 718.30 739.70 718.25 732.65 BALRAMCHIN 150.10 150.10 142.65 144.35 EIHOTEL 155.00 155.20 150.55 151.50 CENTRALBK 20.45 20.45 19.70 19.90 HERITGFOOD 326.65 326.85 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 542 the way” for the start of unof-     . ficial direct talks between his t least seven people were government and the Taliban, killed and ten wounded, who have long refused to nego-   5 9/2/ Aincluding four foreign- tiate with the administration in ers, when a minivan packed Kabul. Prime Minister Narendra with explosives detonated dur- Over the past year the US Modi on Wednesday hoped ing Kabul’s morning rush hour and the Taliban had been hold- that the BRICS summit will Wednesday, an interior min- ing direct talks seeking a deal enhance the economic and istry spokesman said. that would bring the insurgents cultural linkages between the The spokesman, Nasrat to the table for peace talks with member nations as he arrived Rahimi, said the bomb — tar- Kabul, and allow the US to in the Brazilian capital to take geting an SUV belonging to a begin withdrawing troops. part in the two-day meeting. private Canadian security com- But President Donald “Reached Brazil to take pany, GardaWorld — had gone Trump abruptly ended the part in the BRICS Summit. Will off in a neighbourhood which negotiations in September, cit- also meet various world lead- is near the interior ministry ing continued Taliban vio- ers during this visit,” Modi and north of Kabul airport. lence. tweeted after his arrival here. “As a result, seven of our Most experts agree that On the sidelines of the       &&    & $-- $  $5. people were killed and ten, there is no military solution in 11th BRICS summit, Modi will     $.      6  7 % including four foreign mem- Afghanistan, and that talks meet Brazilian President Jair bers of the security company, will have to restart again even- Bolsonaro to discuss ways to major emerging national Kumar tweeted, “PM @naren- were wounded,” he said, tually. enhance the bilateral strategic economies — Brazil, Russia, dramodi arrives in Brasilia to describing the dead as Afghan Until then, however, civil- partnership. India, China and South Africa. participate in the 11th #BRICS civilians. He did not confirm ians continue to pay a dispro- The Prime Minister is This year’s event is being held Summit. This year’s Summit the nationalities of the for-  &  $  $     1  % $  )  % portionate price in the long- scheduled to hold separate under the theme BRICS: under the theme “BRICS: eigners involved. running and brutal war. bilateral meetings with Russian Economic Growth for an Economic Growth for an Interior Minister Massoud which is one of the deadliest Taliban affiliate. Ghani noted in his speech Last month, the United President Vladimir Putin and Innovative Future. Innovative Future” will further Andarabi said that one of those places in the war-torn country Ghani did not specify the that “their health has been Nations released a report say- Chinese President Xi Jinping This will be the sixth time strengthen the traditional ties killed was a 13-year-old child for civilians. fate of the Western hostages — deteriorating while in the cus- ing an “unprecedented” num- on Wednesday. Modi is participating in the among the BRICS countries.” heading to school. The blast came one day an Australian and an tody of the terrorists”. ber of civilians were killed or “I am sure the BRICS BRICS summit, his first being During the summit, the “The enemies of our peo- after Afghan President Ashraf American, both professors at He also did not state when wounded in Afghanistan from Summit will enhance cultural at Fortaleza, also in Brazil in five major economies of the ple should know that our peo- Ghani announced that Kabul the American University in or where the Taliban prisoners July to September this year. and economic linkages 2014. world will aim to significantly ple are determined for peace, would release three high-rank- Kabul — and it was not clear would be freed. The figures — 1,174 deaths between BRICS nations,” he Describing his welcome as strengthen their cooperation in nothing can stop them from ing Taliban prisoners in an when or where they would be The Taliban spokesman and 3,139 injured from July 1 said. “as vibrant as BRICS itself”, science, technology and inno- achieving peace,” he said. apparent prisoner swap with freed. The two, American Zabihullah Mujahid told AFP until September 30 — represent BRICS is the acronym Spokesperson of the Ministry vation, Modi said in his depar- A source at the interior Western hostages who were Kevin King and Australian Wednesday that he could not a 42 percent increase over the coined for an association of five of External Affairs Raveesh ture statement. ministry said the blast was kidnapped by the insurgents in Timothy Weeks, were kid- confirm anything about the same period last year. detonated by a suicide bomber 2016. napped in August 2016 from swap yet. The UN laid most of the in the vehicle, which officials The three Taliban prison- the heart of Kabul. “When our captives reach blame at the feet of “anti-gov- had earlier described as a car. ers include Anas Haqqani, who They later appeared look- their destination, the American ernment elements” such as the 9  )   
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  23$ 1 “Nawaz Sharif said the and is currently being taken government demand is illegal care at his residence near             akistan’s ailing former and can’t be met in the presence Lahore where an ICU has been Pprime minister Nawaz of the court guarantees.” Nawaz set up. Sharif on Wednesday refused also showed his annoyance Sharif agreed on Friday to  542 war, now 18 years long. piled on roadsides and side- yards and we use it for cooking director. Authorities warn that to meet Imran Khan govern- over the government’s ‘tactics’ go to the UK for treatment, There are no official sta- walks. and heating to keep the kids this winter is expected to be ment’s demand to submit to politicise the issue of his heeding doctors’ advice and ousuf fled with his family tistics on how many Afghans The large majority of vic- warm,” he added. colder than usual and fear that indemnity bonds worth Rs health. accepting his family’s request. Yfrom his home in eastern die of pollution-related ill- tims are poisoned by the air in Decades of war have wors- will only increase the use of 700 crores for travel to the UK “The government cannot He was scheduled to leave for Afghanistan eight years ago to nesses, but the research group their own homes, as families ened the damage to pollution-creating fuels to keep for medical treatment, saying hold another court of its own London on a Pakistan escape the war, but he couldn’t State of Global Air said more burn whatever they can to Afghanistan’s environment and warm. The Kabul municipali- it was “illegal” and denounced on the earlier decision of the International Airlines (PIA) escape tragedy. In the capital, than 26,000 deaths could be keep warm in Kabul’s winters, have made it a huge challenge ty has also called on residents attempts to politicise his Islamabad High Court that flight on Sunday morning. Kabul, five of his children died, attributed to it in 2017. In con- with frequent sub-zero tem- to address them. to stop burning garbage for health. granted Sharif eight weeks bail However, he could not leave as not from violence or bombings, trast, 3,483 civilians were killed peratures and snow. Children Environmental issues are far heat and instead use fuel. On Tuesday, Pakistan on medical grounds,” the PML- his name figured in the no fly- but from air pollution, wors- that year in the Afghan war, and elderly are particularly down the list of priorities for a “If everyone follows the Cabinet decided to allow 69- N leader told PTI, adding the list. ened by bitter cold and pover- according to the United vulnerable. government struggling with instructions laid out by Kabul year-old Sharif to go to the UK Sharif family may move the The former prime minister ty. Nations. Kabul, a city of some At least 19,400 of the 2017 basic security issues, rampant Municipality, the pollution for medical treatment if the court for removal of his name was lodged in the Kot Lakhpat At the camp for displaced 6 million, has become one of deaths were attributable to corruption and a plunging could be controlled,” the Pakistan Muslim League- from the ECL if the govern- jail but last month he was sent people they live in, they and the most polluted cities in the household pollution, which economy. municipality’s spokeswoman, Nawaz (PML-N) supremo ment did not decide in his to the custody of the NAB other families keep warm and world — ranking in the top of also contributed to a loss of two Three or four decades ago, Nargis Mohmand, said. But if agrees to sign surety bonds favour on Wednesday. which is probing the Sharif cook by burning the garbage the list among other polluted years and two moths of life “it was a wish for people to not, “then we might live with making a commitment that “If something happens to family in the Chaudhry Sugar that surrounds them. One by capitals such as India’s New expectancy at birth, according come to Kabul and breath this this untreatable wound for he would return after the treat- Sharif , Imran Khan and com- Mills corruption case. one over the years, each of the Delhi or China’s Beijing. to the State of Global Air sur- air,” said Ezatullah Sediqi, years to come.” ment and face corruption cases pany will be responsible as he On December 24, 2018, an children got chest infections Decades of war have wrecked vey. deputy director for the National But fuel is either too expen- against him. is critical and government is accountability court had sen- and other maladies from the the city’s infrastructure and Yousuf ’s camp, home to Environmental Protection sive or not available for many The Cabinet meeting, using the opportunity for their tenced Sharif to seven years in pollution and never made it to caused waves of displaced peo- more than a hundred families, Agency. But in the wars since, in Kabul. Electrical heaters are chaired by Prime Minister dirty politics,” he said. prison in the Al-Azizia Steel age seven, he told The ple. has no proper water or sanita- “we lost all our urban infra- too pricey for most, and power Khan, approved removal of According to his party an Mills corruption case and Associated Press. The 60-year- On most days, a pall of tion system and is surrounded structure for water, electricity, outages are frequent. Sharif’s name from the no-fly air ambulance is arriving in acquitted him in the Flagship old has nine surviving children. smog and smoke lies over the by garbage dumps. His and public transportation, green Doctors at Kabul’s Indira list (Exit Control List-ECL). Lahore on Wednesday to shift case. “We didn’t have enough city. Old vehicles pump toxins other families’ children search areas, all these things,” he said. Gandhi Children’s Hospital say “We have categorically told him to London if the govern- On October 29, the money for the doctor and into the air, as do electrical gen- through the garbage for paper, Kabul’s environmental they’ve seen the numbers of the government that Sharif ment removes his name from Islamabad High Court sus- medicine ... I can barely feed erators using poor quality fuel. cloth, sticks or plastic, anything department has launched a patients with pollution-related would not submit any indem- the ECL. pended Sharif’s sentence in my children,” said Yousuf, who Coal, garbage, plastic and rub- that can be burned for fuel. new program to control old illnesses increase, though they nity bonds worth Rs 7 billion Sharif is under treatment at the Al-Azizia corruption case works as a porter in a vegetable ber are burned by poor people “We are so poor, and we vehicles, one significant source could not give exact figures. (Rs 700 crores) to the govern- his Lahore’s Jati Umra House. for eight weeks on medical market earning barely a dollar at home, as well as at the many have lots of problems, we don’t of pollution. In the winter, hundreds of ment for removing his name His platelet count is said to grounds. a day. Like many Afghans he brick kilns, public baths and have enough money for med- “Fighting pollution is an children a day sometimes come from the no-fly list enabling his unstable and is critically low. The Sharif family has uses only one name. bakeries. Many apartment icine, wood or coal for heating, important as fighting terror- in, suffering from respiratory departure for London for his Sharif is suffering from denied all corruption charges Afghanistan’s pollution buildings have no proper san- so this is our life, my children ism,” said Mohammad Kazim illnesses, according to hospital treatment,” a PML-N leader multiple health complications, and termed them as political- may be even deadlier than its itation system, and garbage is collect garbage from dump Humayoun, the department’s officials. quoted Sharif as saying. including erratic platelet count, ly motivated. - ! 
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The news also caused allow employees to communi- about what it is testing in Wedbush Research managing Kiev counterpart into finding he said. the US Office for Civil Rights cate and collaborate securely in Project Nightingale as it com- director Daniel Ives. dirt on Democratic rival Joe Democrats have amassed in the Department of Health real time from different sites, petes to be the preferred plat- “Health care is really the Biden. evidence that Trump sought to and Human Services to launch according to the post by Google form for patients and care next frontier that Google, Trump says the inquiry is leverage Ukraine President an inquiry to make sure Google cloud industry products and providers. “It is a shame that Amazon, IBM, Apple and oth- “corrupt” and “illegal,” and Volodymyr Zelensky’s desire was obeying laws regarding solutions president Tariq the rush of distrust is hitting ers are going after.” maintains he did nothing for a meeting between the two wrong. leaders and for some $391 mil- “Democrats in Washington lion in aid to get Ukraine to would rather pursue outra- Committee Chairman Adam electorate deeply divided and find dirt on Biden, who could -   +    +       geous hoaxes and delusional Schiff, who will lead the hear- weary of Washington infight- face Trump in next year’s pres- witch hunts, which are going ings, told NPR radio Tuesday. ing. idential election.   -1& :$  statement, said that her “com- The Met’s International Council. and platforms for Indian art not absolutely nowhere. Don’t Neither Johnson or Clinton Polls show a slim majority The key evidence is the mitment to The Met and to pre- The museum had announced in only within the country but at worry about it,” he said confi- was convicted and removed. of Americans favor impeaching official White House transcript hilanthropist and serving and promoting India’s art October 2017 that the Reliance various institutions around the dently Tuesday in a speech to But in 1974 Richard Nixon the president. of a July 25 phone call showing PChairperson of the Reliance and culture is truly exceptional. Foundation promised a “gener- globe as well. “This partnership the Economic Club of New resigned in the face of certain But they also show that Trump pressuring Zelensky to Foundation Nita Ambani has Her support has an enormous ous gift” to support exhibitions with The Met enables Indian art York. impeachment and removal Trump’s sizable voter base, open investigations into Biden been elected to the board of the impact on the museum’s ability that explore and celebrate the arts to be shown at an iconic institu- But the investigation from office for the Watergate which delivered his shock vic- and the 2016 conspiracy theo- prestigious The Metropolitan to study and display art from of India. It had not stated the tion and further encourages us to threatens to make him only the scandal. tory in 2016, rejects the alle- ry. Museum of Art for her “truly every corner of the world.” amount of the gift. The museum continue our work in the art third US president to be Hearings are expected to be gations. Trump has focused his The White House has exceptional” commitment to pre- Nita Ambani, wife of had then described Nita and world,” she had said then. impeached, after Andrew fiery as a series of government personal defense on ensuring refused to hand over other serve and promote India’s art and Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani as “great cham- The first exhibition to ben- Johnson in 1868 and Bill officials take the stand to tes- Republicans in Congress heed records on Ukraine policy or culture. Chairman Daniel Mukesh Ambani, is the Founder pions of The Met.” efit from the Foundation’s gift was Clinton in 1998, and placed on tify on Trump’s Ukraine machi- their views. allow top Trump aides involved Brodsky of the museum, con- and Chairperson of the Reliance In a statement made at the ‘Modernism on the Ganges: trial in the Senate for possible nations during the middle of Republicans have accused in the decision to pressure sidered as the largest and most Foundation, which has support- time of the announcement of the Raghubir Singh Photographs’ removal from office. this year. the soft-spoken and prosecu- Zelensky to testify. visited art museums in the world, ed The Met since 2016, beginning gift in 2017, Nita Ambani had that ran from October 2017 till “On the basis of what the Both sides have spent the torial Schiff of an unfair and On Tuesday Trump’s chief announced that Ambani has with the exhibition ‘Nasreen said that India has a rich heritage January 2018, followed by witnesses have had to say so far, past several days rehearsing for unconstitutional process, and of staff Mick Mulvaney — who been named its Honorary Mohamedi’, which was the first of art and culture that can be ‘Phenomenal Nature: Mrinalini there are any number of poten- the showdown. Coming just they have attacked witnesses as has publicly confirmed the Trustee. Her election took place museum retrospective of the traced back to the fourth centu- Mukherjee’ (June-September tially impeachable offenses: one year before national elec- biased against the president. broad outlines of Democrats’ at the meeting of the board on artist’s work in the United States ry B.C. She had said that the 2019). This exhibition marked including bribery, including tions, the hearings carry great They have also sought, in allegations — rejected a sub- Tuesday. and was also one of The Met Foundation aims to recognize the first comprehensive display of high crimes and misde- risks for both parties and no closed door depositions over poena to appear before the Welcoming Nita Ambani, Breuer’s inaugural exhibitions. and promote the “valuable tra- the renowned Indian sculptor’s meanors,” House Intelligence certain reward, with the US the last six weeks, to refocus committee. 56, to the board, Brodsky, in a Ambani is also a member of dition” by offering opportunities work in the United States.   !"#!$%&'($) " %  >*=*

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But on nearby farmland, Sydney north toward Brisbane. disease — which is not harm- Anationalisation, a pilot thousands of terminals in and tourists alike waved aloft underway to protect the city, Firefighters were still battling unlucky families faced homes “The losses, the damage, the ful to humans but is highly demo of BHIM UPI QR-based Singapore, after the Reserve inside-out umbrellas, the water but it has been plagued by cost around 140 blazes across the destroyed and cars transformed consequences could have been infectious in swine — was payments began in Singapore Bank of India’s approval. slopping over the top of even overruns, scandals and delays. country’s eastern seaboard, but a into blackened husks. simply enormous across such a reported in September. on Wednesday with a live By February 2020, it is the highest waders and wellies. 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She was a woman of sub- tioned all the men in the court who eventually defeated by the former and stance and her strong personality and turned blind during her assault, reflect- mostly called the ‘villain’. The protag- will power made her attractive. ing upon society’s reality and how it has onist, on the other hand, is always Furthermore, while the play says that turned its back towards women during praised and looked at as an example of it tells Mahabharata through the eyes the time when it is needed the most. the ideal human being. But ever won- of Duryodhana and Karna both, I The act also makes space for the audi- dered why the antagonist is an antag- wished there was more of Karna as ence to explore what Duryodhana felt onist after all? And why not a hero? much as it was of the former’s. Even about how Panchali’s five husbands Who decides what is wrong or right? after Draupadi walks off the stage and stayed silent to their wife’s harassment. How are the two terms defined? What Karna is left alone, he does not voices He says that it was wrong of Dushasan if even the protagonist did something opinion. to have held her by her hair and wrong initially? And what if what he Duryodhana’s insult by Draupadi is thrown in the court but why did did was even worse than the actions of the next act and what I said about nobody question Yudhistira who did- the one portrayed as the negative Drapuadi’s representation in the previ- n’t utter a word. ‘Main galat kyun? This character? ous scene continues here as well. She is not the way Bharatvansha’s bahu (or Actor-director Puneet Issar’s been neglected as compared to the though he and his brothers have always their way amidts the audience. The act, calls Duryodhana as ‘Andhe ka putra daughter-in-law) should have been retelling of the Mahabharata through Pandavas due to their father and blind been despised, there’s a reason for their however, was the most powerful of all andha,’ and laughs out loud like the vil- treated and you know that, Pitamah Karna and Duryodhana’s (the so-called king Dhritarashtra. He calls out, ‘Jo behaviour which lies in their treatment. as it did bring across a message when lainous women in Indian TV soaps. Bhishma!’ he says. antagonists of the great epic) perspec- adhikaar mila na pita ko, mujhe kyun The second scene showcases Duryodhana questions the discrimina- Though Duryodhana’s brilliant mono- Certainly, the play makes for a great tives makes one ask these questions. na mile? Main toh andha nahi hun,’ and Karna’s coronation by Duryodhana as tion being done against Karna. From logue after Draupadi exits the stage visual representation of the epic with The play challenges the notion of his- swears to be the one who is the first one the Angaraaj and a clash between questioning the ‘dasi-putra’ Vidura to saves the act, which is followed by its vibrant costumes and stage set-up; tory, which has always been written to be remembered by the generations Arjun and Karna where the other reminding Drona of Eklavya’s sacrifice, Sakuni’s entry and his plotting of the however, there isn’t anything new that through the eyes of the victors rather to come when they speak of the people in the court, including Vidura he says, ‘Sir pe swarnmukut, bheetar se dice game against the Pandavas. The the audience would find here. The than those who were defeated. It ques- Mahabharata. Even though the narra- and Dronacharya, put him down by kaale kaale!’ and makes a point that scene makes for laughs too when attempt of presenting the story by mak- tions as to why he has always been tion lacks elements of some subtlety calling him a Sutputra and asserting one’s destiny is decided by one’s actions Sakuni delivers some humourous dia- ing its antagonists the heroes is com- looked at as such a bad character in the due to its very direct though powerful that only Kshatriyas are allowed to fight (karma) and that caste cannot deter- logues. After the Pandavas lose all that mendable but the perspectives given by epic while he was so generous with his narration by Meghna Malik, Puneet in the court of Bharatvansha. The act mine it. He then honours Karna as the they had, including themselves and the character doesn’t present a lot of countrymen and loyal to his friend. makes Duryodhana the centre of the introduces a number of characters in king of Anga and his friend. their wife, Panchali is dragged to the new things. The overdramatised scenes Despite that, even though Karna is seen epic brilliantly, without justifying any the play as Arjun and Karna’s con- The next act takes one to stage by Dushasan by her hair. Well, the and repetition of certain punchlines as the tragic hero, Duryodhana came of his wrong or misguided deeds. He frontation is always interrupted by Draupadi’s swayamvar where Karna is most striking thing that I observed here remind one of the various TV soaps to be known as the villain. reasons, ‘Jab mujhme ghrina ka beej some or the other character, including all set to hit the fish’s eye with his arrow. is that even though Karna is anguished based on the epic. And the extremely The play, divided into different boya hai bachpan se, toh mere phal bhi (orderwise) Duryodhana, Bheem, He is interrupted by Draupadi who by this behaviour against Panchali loud dialogue delivery definitely scenes, begins with young toh ghrina ke hi honge na. Main likhun- Yudhishtir and Nakul and Sahdev. insults him by calling him a Sutputra and wants Duryodhana to take back his reminds one of Mahabharata that Duryodhana’s soliloquy where he ga itihaas naya, mujhe yaad rakhegi And each one of them, emerge from the and hence, ineligible of being her hus- order of stripping her in the court, he became every household’s Sunday laments how the Kauravas have always duniya,’ presenting an idea that even back of the auditorium and make band. Full marks to Draupadi’s (played never says anything. In other versions, breakfast show during the 90s. //9) $&. >6 0  ;    - ,4    
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     Nanaks that she has done over the years   show that she always sought to achieve ar is Peace. Freedom is Slavery. near perfection. WIgnorance is Strength. Those Khushwant used to were the slogans of the Party in George say that Caur’s Nanak Orwell’s 1949 novel 1984 that allowed was like a reminder to the superstate of Oceania to keep its invoke Lord’s bless- population under control. The Thought ings for strength. Police thwarted dissent. The Ministry Caur’s images have of Truth promoted lies. The Ministry graced many books. of Love tortured lovers. Those dystopi- Such unique books are on display in the euphemistic, ambiguous or obscure lan- The finest being an warnings about the fake becoming exhibition. Yet, the most captivating guage), newspeak (doublespeak for Nanak: The Guru in the gospel have shaped the minds of aspect of the small but powerful exhib- political propaganda) and thought- collaboration with generations since they appeared in print it is the art and objects connected to crimes (thoughts deemed illegal by a author Khushwant’s more than a half-century ago. And now themes and Orwell’s life. Artifacts and mob or a government) continued to be daughter Maya Dayal. a new exhibit on Orwell at the posters from the Spanish Civil War are cited in response to current events. Apart from that — University of New Mexico’s shown to illustrate how the conflict President Donald Trump’s practice Hymns of the Sikh Zimmerman Library in Albuquerque, played a role in Orwell’s intellectually of blurting falsehoods — like saying, Gurus, which unfor- New Mexico seeks to remind people formation. Orwell fought against a “The Kurds are much safer right now” tunately is now out of about the author’s premonitions amid right-wing military coup in Spain but after Turkey invaded Kurdish strong- print. a new — yet very familiar — era. fled after he was shot in the throat and holds — have been called Orwellian. George Orwell: His Enduring Legacy, officials sought his arrest. The same has been noted for some SO MANY NANAKS which runs to April, features posters The campy book cover art also is Democrats. California Gov. Gavin rtist Arpana Caur celebrates and com- Caur explains her oeuvre over more than and material related to 1984 and his seductive, offering commentaries about Newsom claimed in August that the Amemorates Guru Nanak with reverence four decades. “It is very hard to capture ‘a one.” 1945 allegorical novella, Animal Farm. the eras the editions were produced “vast majority” of San Francisco’s and great fervour. Her organic and minimal- being as elevated as Nanak’ on canvas with It also contains rare Orwell books in dif- rather than the work inside. In one edi- homeless people came from Texas. (A ist strokes done in tensile thread like con- a painter’s limited skills. My solo on Him was SURREAL AND STARK ferent languages to highlight his reach tion of 1984, for example, the cover fea- 2019 report found 70 percent had pre- tours speak about art’s many sojourns. And almost 20 years ago. There were ‘Baba In most of her paintings, Caur’s depiction and evolution as a writer. Orwell, who tures characters for the Sen. Joseph viously lived in the city). Even in New her brilliance lies in her weaving of tensile Nanak, Guru Nanak, Peer Nanak, Lama of Nanak in a minimal, organic form, is what died in 1950, was known for Animal McCarthy Era 1950s with the words Mexico, the most Hispanic state in the and tactile tales with elements she takes from Nanak’. I have been to many of the excels. Her backgrounds are surreal and Farm and 1984, both of which tackled “forbidden love...fear...betrayal.” It’s US that sits along the US-Mexico bor- Nanak’s life. innumerable places he went on foot, stark. She plays with different backgrounds but totalitarianism. Orwell’s 1984 has almost as if novel was merely a pulp fic- der, Orwellian concepts in practice have No one loved Nanak more than my (Baghdad, Sri Lanka, Dhaka, Kashmir, it is the darker ones that have a deeper res- become a best-seller in the US again tion soap opera found at Route 66 gas emerged. friend Khushwant Singh who had a paint- South India, Leh and Sikkim). He, of onance. The stark black backgrounds during the Trump administration. stations, except it’s not. In 2016, for example, a left-leaning ing of him by Caur in his room. Khushwant course, went to many many more.” draw attention to the contemplative expres- The exhibit was sparked after a Then, there are the portrayals of immigrant rights group denounced was a dear friend of Arpana. In 1998, when It is clear that you cannot create so sion on his face and the prayer beads in his longtime advocate and employee of the Napoleon, the authoritarian pig in then-Republican Gov. Susana Martinez I asked Caur about Nanak in front of many Nanaks unless you have deep hands even as she lines the silhouette with University of New Mexico University Animal Farm. Red posters show and her attempts to revamp a state law Khushwant, she said, “Nanak is a spiritual devotion for him. “I love him because grace. Surrounding him are lined details Libraries donated his collection of rare Napoleon in military gear of commu- that allowed immigrants in the coun- master who guides and defines our lives. The of the life affirming things he did. He in blue and white and these trace abstrac- Orwell books. For years, Russ nist Eastern Europe. Other images try illegally to obtain driver’s licenses. stories are unending and when you practice did away with the caste system. He said tions and reflect perhaps his many journeys Davidson, a University of New Mexico show his celebrating his abundance at The group called a potential compro- his teachings, it becomes like a tale that turns ‘Nako Hindu Na Musalman’. He con- as well as his thoughts. She creates a professor and curator emeritus, the sake of others, since, “all animals are mise to create a “two-tier” system to into a testimony. It becomes a part of who sidered women as equal to men and metaphor of the many journeys that he amassed rare Orwell books from equal, but some animals are more equal issue two types of licenses — one com- we are.” said so in his verses that too 550 years undertook during his lifetime not only around the world. than others.” pliant with the federal REAL ID Act — ago. He was an ecologist and has even around the India but also to Afghanistan, Those rare works included first edi- Journalists, academics and politi- nothing but a “scarlet letter.” After New MODERN MINIATURES praised nature in his verses. He was against Iraq, China and Tibet. tions of Animal Farm and 1984 in cal observers of every succeeding gen- Mexico Democrats said it would sup- She was the only contemporary artist at feudal oppression. He shared and asked all According to Caur, she added shards Icelandic, Ukrainian, Swahili, French, eration since Orwell’s untimely death port the compromise and the bill that time, who was creating modern imagery to share their earnings with the needy. He of colour and light, in white, grey and blue Urdu, German, Hungarian and Spanish. have argued that Orwell remains rele- passed, the group changed course and of characters with miniature formats was a great poet and was against rituals to create a transient feel of spirituality. Each He also obtained first, early and other vant in their time. And, yes, the same publicly and proudly claimed Martinez entwined. “Ajanta, Ellora and Pahari minia- (sacred thread, pilgrimages etc) and believed Nanak in Caur’s hands is unique and deeply scarce editions of many of Orwell’s could be said of today. Orwell’s concepts lost. But she won. L% turists flow through my veins, just like many only in humanity. 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  " "# ! ( room. However, the idea is honoured as the Ambassador of Peace and and develop an interest. Most important- Amit. evolving. As most of the children awarded as an international speaker on ly, it allows them an opportunity to nar- To create more awareness around   "  " / #. today are completely dependent on education. rate stories and voice their opinions. multidimensional experiential learning   >"""  learning apps to pick up things, a lot Children are always curious about These attempts certainly yield great and edutainment, experts suggest that we 7 " " "(P of schools are deliberately taking chil- everything and they are born with the results,” he adds. have to bring the ecosystem together dren out and making them sit in gar- interest to learn, points out Marion. And Effective learning comes with move- including parents, children and education- LA 0  dens for the real touch and feel. They this is exactly what Amit Verma, CEO of ment, touch, music, audio and visual, feels al institutions. Since parents today are also are teaching them the importance of Makebot, believes. He says, “The creativ- Nitin Pandey, co-founder and CEO of concerned with kids’ screen time going up    bonding by giving them various tasks. ity factor in early childhood is very sharp Parentune.com. For him, digital learning alarmingly. The same time can be used to @     But the question arises again — how and it goes down over a period when the isn’t bad by any means but he says that it building something creative and by doing    can we not make them more depen- child stops practising innovation. This needs to be done in a balanced manner. new things which are going to be part of dent on these apps and focus on happens due to a lot of structured learn- “Learning practically and through inter- future like, coding, story building, robot-      learning through real experi- ing over the period of time. Hence, it is personal interactions are equally impor- ics, artificial intelligence, project building,   ences. very important to keep the curiosity and tant for a child’s mental development. And mechanics and much more. This allows 9   Speaker, author, education creativity factor high in every child. to get that going, curricula need to go students to see things in practice and will       and life transformer, and When we involve children at an early age beyond the screen and move towards a aligns their thoughts with real world sce-   3 founder of TLI with hands on activities, their minds get multi-sensory approach of learning. This narios. Pedagogics, Marion tuned to experiential learning methodolo- is especially important in the early years But could this approach also be 9 O    
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Agassi to defending champion 2008, though he missed out on the 2012 triumph from Group Bjorn Borg. gle-handed backhands special matches, what I've prac- Thiem also drew first blood The six-time champion was Alexander Zverev while Stefanos through injury. He scored 59 times for Spain, a Thiem was forced to play Forced to play at his limit, he tised all my life for, all my child- in the decider but cracked in the not at his fluent best on Tuesday Tsitsipas beat Daniil Medvedev. national record. high-stakes tennis against the hit 50 winners compared with hood for," Thiem said. sixth game as Djokovic levelled but ultimately had too much for His club honours include the 2010-11 Champions League, the 2011 UEFA Super Club, 2011 Club World Cup and two La Liga wins in 2010-  2$-'$- 11 and 2012-13 with Barcelona. ! 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You require extra con- will be a factor, is keeping India skip- centration to pick the pink ball sud- per Virat Kohli intrigued ahead of denly when you’re playing with the team’s historic day-night Test. red ball. %" $  "&$$ $,/*$% '   The pink ball Test is still a few “It was to work on the reflexes a days away but Kohli, on the eve of the little bit as well. Because when you series-opener, was busy answering play with the red ball in the net and $   questions related to the second Test you arrive at the pink ball, it gets very $ "* >: )$$ starting November 22. difficult to pick, which can be the case “I think it’s a new way to bring in the game as well. To get into that    -1& '123/ “Play as per the situation. explained.  ,   excitement to Test cricket. The pink zone was the reason behind it,” he If some day Rohit is attacking While he is one of the ball I played yesterday (on Tuesday), explained. he first six overs in a T20 and I am not being able to first names when the playing  +125$4 -1 Harbhajan wreaked havoc on I felt it swings a lot more as compared The skipper also maintained Tgame is considered the connect well, then that is dif- XI for the limited-overs team Australia helping India win the to the red ball because there’s extra that while the hype about the day- most crucial as both the bat- ferent. But otherwise, I don’t is announced, lack of form ustralian legend Adam remaining two Tests. lacquer (quote of paint) on the ball night Test is understandable, the ting and bowling team look to believe that only one batsman has seen him miss the bus in AGilchrist has described “(We were) five for 99, I which doesn’t go away too fast. And focus of his team is firmly on the first grab early advantage and with can attack. If your game is to the longer format. But Harbhajan Singh as his “neme- went in there, got a hundred off the seam holds upright quite a bit,” game. A testimony to that was no the World T20 in Australia attack, then you must stay Dhawan isn’t ready to give up sis”, saying the Indian off-spin- 80 balls, we won in three days the skipper’s initial observation ‘pink ball’ training on the eve of the less than a year away, India natural. Also, when you attack and wants to return with a ner and Sri Lanka’s Muttiah and I just thought, ‘What have seemed in sync with what his deputy match. opener Shikhar Dhawan is from both sides then the bang. Muralitharan were the two these blokes been doing for 30 Ajinkya Rahane had assessed. “In Test cricket, I don’t think you very clear that for him it will pressure is on the opposition,” “Absolutely looking to toughest bowlers that he faced years. How easy’s this?’” Kohli said they are yet to figure can afford to take focus away. Not be all about attacking from he explained. get back. I am always on for during his international career. Gilchrist said. out how the old ball will behave dur- even one session, not even one over. the word go Down Under. While Indian teams over Test cricket and when I get Talking about his illustri- Harbhajan, who was ing November evenings in Kolkata. With the red ball you need to be Dhawan said that even as the years have been all about the opportunity (in domes- ous career’s milestones and adjudged Man of the series, “If the pitch has extra help for the absolutely precise in your focus, every team and every individ- its batsmen, the current team tic cricket) I will be playing. memorable moments, the picked 32 wickets in three bowlers, then they will be in the every game that you play, every ball ual is playing with an eye on has some of the best bowlers I will play Ranji Trophy wicketkeeper recalled the 2001 matches, including India’s first game, especially fast bowlers that you play, every situation that you the showpiece event, he does- and Dhawan feels that is the when I am free. I will not sit away Test series against India Test hat-trick at the Eden throughout the course of the Test are in. Our prime focus is tomorrow’s n’t really have any special plan. reason why this team has won at home. When I am not where Harbhajan starred with Gardens in Kolkata during match. I don’t know how the old ball Test match. All he wants to do is keep it consistently both at home playing all the three for- the ball. the second Test. behaves because with the dew and the “We are looking forward to that simple and start on the attack $ $ "$    &  % and on foreign soil. mats, I will definitely play “He (Harbhajan) was a “And how wrong I was. lacquer going off, it will be interest- first and then we will focus on the before settling down and pro- “It is matter of tremen- domestic cricket,” he said. bit of a nemesis for me right We’ve only got to fast forward ing to see how much the old ball pink ball later,” he made it clear. viding the middle order the 50-55 runs in the first six dous pride that we have a Dhawan also said that throughout my career. I found to the next Test match and I does,” the skipper said. On the opposition, Kohli termed perfect platform to finish overs, then the momentum is team of bowlers who actual- Team India will be one of the him and Murali probably the came back to reality,” Gilchrist However he made it clear that for Mustafizur Rahaman as the man to with a flourish. there for a good finish. My job ly put the opposition bats- favourites to win the trophy two hardest bowlers to face,” said. a pink ball to be effective, it is impor- watch out for. “The plan is to play a nice will be to primarily start well men on the backfoot. I feel come the World T20 next Gilchrist told cricket.Com.Au “As it would turn out, by tant to have lively tracks. “He is a very good bowler so he’s attacking game as an opener and then score big. Smart and the bowling line-up is one of year. in their “The Unplayable the end of that series we prob- “With the pink ball having going be a threat, a key player for in the first six overs and attacking game is my mantra the major reasons that we are “We are strong con- Podcast”. ably needed to learn how to put enough life in the pitch will be very Bangladesh. He’s an experienced build a good total. I like to for the T20 format,” he smiled. winning consistently and tenders. From now onwards The 2001 series, consid- a handbrake on just to get a important factor.” bowler. He knows the Indian bats- play aggressive and if some Asked if it will be about also along with the pace we will play so many T20s ered one of India’s finest, saw holding pattern, rather than The Indian team did not practice men as well, having played the IPL. wicket is slow or if the ball is one between him and Rohit bowling attack, we also have that we will get refined and the hosts break Australia’s 16- ‘attack, attack, attack’ because with the pink ball under lights but did So, it’s a challenge but we must look stopping on it, then obvious- Sharma playing anchor as the experience to adapt. They be ready for the World T20. match win streak in Tests. it doesn’t always work — take a few throw-downs on Tuesday forward to those challenges,” Kohli ly the plan changes according- the other attacks, Dhawan train as professionals and I am sure that we will do real- While the visitors won the Harbhajan bamboozled us,” to adjust to the colour of the new ball. said. ly. If we can manage to get say answered in the negative. know their job very well,” he ly well there,” he said. first Test by 10 wickets, he added.