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TDP WINS NANDYAL BYE-ELECTION People rejected Babu is a Jagan: Naidu fool: Jagan We congratulate ace shuttler P V Sindhu on her impressive performance at the World Badminton championship. The News You Like | September, 2017 EDITORIAL 3

s the Opposition crumbles with the exit of strong allies such as JD (U) and NCP, the Congress now pAlans to keep a safe distance from any outward demon - stration of unity. This was clearly evident at Lalu Prasad Yadav's 'BJP Bhagao, Desh Bachao' rally in Patna recently. The rally turned out to be a laughingstock as Lalu and his VOL: 5 I SSUE: 8 I SEPTEMBER, 2017 `30 son Tejasvi Yadav posted edited photos of the crowds to show large numbers but the same was caught after a Editor SUDHAKAR news agency posted actual pictures online. Special Correspondent D Bal Reddy The news went viral on the social media and Lalu Senior Correspondent and Tejaswi were taken to task by the users of social Mallesh Babu media. Mattipati Yanadi Reddy Mandha Ravi Kumar While a section of the party kept guessing as to why Reporters M.Praveen Kumar, Congress president Sonia Gandhi and vice-president P Vishnuvardhan Reddy Rahul Gandhi decided not to attend it, senior leaders Photographers maintained that it came as an afterthought when other M Vijay S Sridhar, Shair Ali Baig political heavyweights started backing out. Cover & Layout As Rahul flew out to Oslo, capital of Norway, he T. Srinivasa Rao General Manager tweeted, 'On the invitation of the Norwegian Ministry Mohd Nizamuddin of Foreign Affairs, will be travelling to Oslo for a few Chief Executive (Marketing) days. Looking forward to meeting and exchanging Venkata K Ganjam (GK) ideas with political and business leaders and research Chief - Business & LifeStyle K. Bharath Reddy institutions.' Marketing Associate M. Akhil Raj Shaker The issue is not just about Rahul Gandhi attending the rally or not. It has to be seen in terms of equations The News You Like Phone: 9701141377, 9848133363 in the Opposition. The Congress does not want to be on E-mail: [email protected] slippery ground, seen in the middle of a fragmented Op - Website: thenews.co.in position. Address for correspondance: #3-5-890, Flat No. 203, Paras Chambers, Beside Telangana Tourism Bldg, Himayatnagar, Hyderabad-500029. Where does the Opposition stand today? If you Phone: 98481 33363, 97011 41377. leave out the Congress, there is hardly any strong email: [email protected] player, other than Lalu and Akhilesh, who too are going [email protected] through a rough patch. Printed, Published And Owned By Ramya Sree , Printed At S.M.S. Press, While deputy CM Sushil Modi appealed to Lalu to H.No.11-38, Pragathi Nagar, P&T Colony, Saroor Nagar, Dist Ranga Reddy – 60, postpone the rally in view of the floods in the state, Published At The News Publications, H.No.334, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's tour of the flood-hit B, Prajay Sai Gardens, Keesara Mandal, Dist - Ranga Reddy, Telangana areas is set to take the steam off Lalu's show of strength. Editor : Sudhakar In this backdrop, every citizen is pondering only Note: Focus/Infocus features are marketing one thing, “Has anyone seen India's Opposition?” initiatives

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Right to privacy is a fundamental right: TDP WINS NANDYAL Supreme Court BYE-ELECTION 24 The ruling Telugu Desam Party (TDP) in Andhra Pradesh successfully won the Nandyal bye-poll. The TDP candidate defeated the Opposition YSRCP contestant, with a margin of over 27,000 votes. The YSRCP bagged 69,710 votes, while the Congress could only manage a dismal 1,153 votes, according to media reports. 37 Agri award for 7 Telangana CM, 9 Congress leader hits back

Rains hit normal life in city, GHMC fails again The News You Like | September, 2017 5 Ganesh festivities begin in Telangana

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28 Venkaiah wins Vice-prez election The Ganesh Chaturthi festival began with NDA nominee Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu was religious fervour in elected as the country’s next Vice President on Hyderabad and across August 5 defeating opposition candidate Telangana on August 25 Gopalkrishna Gandhi by a margin of 272 votes. with devotees thronging Naidu secured 516 votes while Gandhi got 244 to temples and pandals to seek blessings of the votes. Of the 771 votes polled, 11 votes were deity. declared invalid. Pedal your way to health 53

Doklam standoff ends as India, China agree to withdraw troops 40 6 CITY NEWS The News You Like | September, 2017 Metro Rail to begin rolling from Nov.

P V ISHNUVARDHAN REDDY ities will be completed by October July 2017, as per the concession so that it will be ready for launch in agreement signed with the then n a relief for commuters, Telan - November,” KTR was quoted as united Andhra Pradesh government gana Municipal administration saying. in 2010. Iminister K T Rama Rao has said Reports suggest that PM Modi However, the HMRL has said that the Hyderabad Metro Rail would already be in Hyderabad, to that the main reason for the delay (HMR) would be launched in the inaugurate the Global Entrepre - was due to land acquisition issues, last week of November and the neurship Summit in November, as following which the deadline was state had invited Prime Minister well as the Indian Science Con - revised. Narendra Modi to inaugurate oper - gress and the World IT Congress. Besides, the Telangana govern - ations from Nagole to Secunder - KTR added that the work on the ment itself had demanded the re - abad. entire stretch would be completed alignment of the metro on two of KTR, as the Minister is com - by the end of 2018. In June this the three corridors, to save reli - monly known, was interacting with year, the Telangana state govern - gious structures, in 2014. media persons at the Secretariat on ment extended the service of the Despite facing hurdles, eight August 9. Hyderabad Metro Rail Managing kilometres between Nagole and "This is the reason for closing Director, NVS Reddy by one year. Mettuguda and 12 kilometres Oliphanta bridge at Secunderabad However, even as the extension between Miyapur and SR Nagar, for traffic now. There is a gap to orders came, the state had remained have been ready for months, but are connect Metro Rail to Secunder - largely mum about when the first not being thrown open to the abad station at Oliphanta bridge phase of the HMR will be thrown public, which has irked citizens. As which we want to complete in open to the public. of now, the deadline to make the August. The balance works and The entire project should have project fully operational is Decem - railway safety certification formal - been completed and operational by ber 2018. The News You Like | September, 2017 CITY NEWS 7

Rains hit normal life in city, GHMC fails aGain

THE NEWS BUREAU faced a similar problem during the to ensure smooth flow of traffic at rainy season last year. Meanwhile, important junctions. Also, efforts eavy rains lashed the city on heavy rainfall resulted in inunda - are being made to repair roads and August 25 and 26 throwing tion of several low-lying areas in remove 65 trees that fell on streets. nHormal life out of gear, while resi - the city. The Greater Hyderabad The civic commissioner held a dents of Dharani Nagar faced in - Municipal Corporation (GHMC) meeting with officials in view of convenience 26 as thick foam has said in a release that its person - the meteorology department spread from a lake in the locality. nel ensured free flow of rainwater, warning heavy rains during the Some of the residents of thus minimising inconvenience to next two days. Dharani Nagar said the foam began the citizens. He pulled up some officials as coming out of the Parigi cheruvu Food packets were provided to monsoon teams were not seen in (lake) since Friday night and that it residents of inundated areas at action at some localities, the enveloped some houses in the area. Madinaguda and other places, GHMC release said. Reddy asked They complained of foul odour and GHMC Commissioner B Janard - officials to supervise works from rashes on the skin. han Reddy said. the corporation's control room in A woman claimed the residents He said steps have been taken the event of an emergency. 8 CITY NEWS The News You Like | September, 2017 DGP launches Job Connect Van

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irector General of Police, Anurag Sharma on August 3 Dlaunched ‘Job Connect’ a unique initiative of the city police in part - nership with TMI group, a leading employment and skilling organiza - tion. Job Connect is a unique Process that connects and matches the skill set of unemployed youth to em - ployment opportunities in the Micro, small and medium enter - prises in Private Sector on a daily basis round the year. Hyderabad City Police, being a law enforcement agency requires community support in law enforce - ers and skill set requirements of of free shortlist. This Van will also ment as a part of its daily policing employers that would help connect play a crucial part in creating social operations. In order win the hearts these talented youth of Hyderabad awareness amongst the citizens of and minds of the community, city and Telangana to job opportunities. Hyderabad about employment op - police has come forward to under - The biggest value addition and portunities. take Job Connect programme as advantage of the Job Connect is ag - Job seekers can download part of the people friendly policing gregation of all the jobs locally mobile android App HAWKEYE Initiatives . available in real time to the unem - which facilitates the job registra - Job Connect uses a first of its ployed youth. Every day and every tion through the mobile phones. kind state of art employment- hour a team of executives from City police commissioner, M Ma - vehicle equipped with state-of-the- TMI situated in the van will ap - hendar Reddy, Chairman of TMI art technology necessary to build a proach employers nearby and reg - Group, T Muralidharan and other database of information of jobseek - ister their vacancies with the offer police officers were present. The News You Like | September, 2017 TELANGANA NEWS 9 Agri award for Telangana CM, Congress leader hits back

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day after the Congress ridiculed the Agricultural ALeadership Award-2017, conferred to Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, state minister K T Rama Rao lashed out at Telan - gana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) general secretary Sravan Dasoju on August 22. It may be recalled K Chan - drasekhar Rao was selected for the award by the Indian Council of Food and Agriculture (ICFA), by a committee headed by agriculture scientist M S Swaminathan. Doubting the credibility of ICFA, Sravan had said that ICFA, the awarding agency had tainted The picture seemed to take a the memories of KCR's association the image of Agriculture Scientist dig at Shravan, following which the with Congress as Youth Congress M S Swaminathan. He also alleged Congress leader has responded. leader and his association with that ICFA granted award to KCR to In an open letter, Shravan said, NTR’s TDP and later his vital role save its business interests in the "After thorough introspection and in backstabbing NTR and associat - state. Coming down heavily on deep reflection, I realised that the ing with Chandrababu Naidu’s KCR, Sravan asked the chief min - present TRS government is a TDP." He also added, "If you don’t ister to introspect if he actually de - 'fraudulent clique' headed by its have these videos and photographs, serves the award. supremo, continuously cheating his I will send them across for your Following this, KTR tweeted a own trusted followers and people knowledge.” picture of KCR working in an agri - in general. Therefore, I distanced Lastly, he also challenged KTR, culture field, presumably near his myself. Any picture or video or any asking, "Are you ready for an open farmhouse in Gajwel in Erravalli images of the then social gathering debate? Is the Indian Council for district. that are being shown by disgruntled Food and Agriculture (ICFA) a The picture, which is a few and fraudulent present TRS group private organisation or not? Is it not years old, also shows Shravan with is only to distort and deter people’s true that more than 3,500 farmers KCR. Shravan was a key TRS attention from their misdeeds.” committed suicide due to debt and leader, who had switched to the Addressing KTR, he said, "I am crop failures? Is it not true that your Congress later. glad that you preserve the memo - government failed to provide MSP “Leadership is not about titles ries of my association with KCR, to chilli farmers and labelled them or positions. It is one life influenc - but you seem to have conveniently as rowdies? Is it not that your gov - ing another. Hon’ble CM in his el - forgotten my contribution to ernment handcuffed farmers and ements at his farm,’ Mr Rama Rao strengthening KCR and the Telan - jailed them for their demand for a said in the tweet referring to ac - gana movement. In any case, I am better price for their agricultural companying picture. not too sure if you have preserved produce." 10 TELANGANA NEWS The News You Like | September, 2017 HRC issues notice to govt on student suicides

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n August 9, Seventeen-year- old Shravya, an an Intermedi - Oate student at Narayana Junior College in Bandlaguda, allegedly committed suicide even as her father set out to go home after dropping her at the college after a week-long vacation. In the last week of June, angry at being denied homesick holidays, students of Narayana Junior College in Nizampet locked up the mainly observed in Intermediate shoo them back into the classroom building, pelted stones and broke students in the two Telugu states, like animals, he adds. windows on three floors, besides and have been on the rise, However, he says that parents ransacking the offices, and damag - unchecked for many years," says are also to blame. In the case of ing furniture in classrooms. Achyuta Rao of the Balala Hakkula parents, they quantify this with In a midnight outburst of rage, Sangham (BHS). money. They often tell the children the students overturned beds, broke He points out that junior col - that they are paying a lot of fees, so switchboards, threw the water tank leges admit students who are either that the child can study and get from the roof, smashed tube lights, 16 or 17 years old, which is a vital better marks. Such parental pres - and even tried to unsuccessfully set point in their life. It is a very crucial sure also stresses the children out some material on fire. age, where the teenagers are trying to a great extent, he said. Police were called in, who ne - to understand society. It is the age "If we do not change our ap - gotiated with the students at 3 am, where they are extra curious to try proach to educating these children, before opening the lock, and in - out new things, and get exposure to there is much more violence in forming the children that holidays a world that is different from what store. The students are reacting this had been declared. they learn in school. way purely because the amount of This incident had come soon These junior colleges put the mental stress we put on them has a after students of Sri Chaitanya students in a jail-like atmosphere in tipping point," Achyuta Rao said. Junior College at Bachupally also the garb of education. Every He points out that students do went on a similar rampage, damag - second of the student's day is con - not get respite even after studying ing an RTC bus by hurling stones trolled. They are told when to wake for nine hours a day, as they are at it, after the college principal did up, how long to take for each activ - faced with homework, and have no not let them go for a walk, a day ity, and this goes on from 5 am in time to play. before their final exams. the morning till 10pm or 11pm, he Following Achyuta Rao’s com - Following Shravya’s suicide, said. plaint, SHRC has issued a notice to Hyderabad-based activist, Achyuta Besides, the teachers are not Principal Secretary of Education Rao, has moved the State Human qualified to handle them and the Department. A notice was also Rights Commission (SHRC) to unqualified wardens and supervi - issued to the Commissioner of take note of the rising number of sors are extremely strict. They do Police, Rachakonda, as Sharvya's student suicides in Telangana. not even let the students step out in suicide occurred under his jurisdic - "These kinds of incidents are the corridor in between classes, and tion.

12 COVER STORY The News You Like | September, 2017 Triple Talaq uncon stitu tional: supreme Court In a historical judgment on August 21, the Supreme Court declared the practice of triple talaq unconstitutional and asked the government to enact law on the matter. The apex court barred instant triple talaq until the time the Parliament made a law on the issue. The court passed a temporary injunction against the practice. The News You Like | September, 2017 COVER STORY 13

THE NEWS BUREAU Uday Umesh Lalit and Justice S “It is a disapproved form of Abdul Nazeer – a five-judge bench divorce. Even Hanafi law says he court also urged all from different faiths including Hin - triple talaq is sinful. 1937 Act rec - parties to set aside their pol - duism, Christianity, Islam, Sikhism ognizes triple talaq and therefore itics and come to a decision and Zoroastrianism. does not violate Article 13...Triple Ton the issue. It also expressed the The bench delivered a majority Talaq won’t fall within confines of hope that the legislature will take ruling (3:2) with Justice Rohinton Article 13(1)...” account of Muslim law when Nariman, Justice Kurien Joseph and “It is not possible for court to making the new law. Justice UU Lalit striking down triple fold his hands when petitioners The historic case was heard by talaq as unconstitutional. CJI JS come to court. Court has to declare Chief Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar and Justice S Abdul Nazeer whether practice is legal or not," Khehar, and Justices Kurian were of the opinion that triple talaq Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman Joseph, Rohinton Fali Nariman, cannot be declared illegal. said. BaCkGRoUnd he triple talaq has been in practice for many before giving consent for 'nikah'. centuries, but is illegal in many Islamic In their affidavit before the court, they said that couTntries. Those opposed to the contentious practice qazis all over the country have been instructed to say that the arbitrary divorce is discriminatory record in the Nikahnama, that the bride has opted towards women and goes against their fundamental out of triple talaq in one sitting. rights. Senior counsel Salman Khurshid, who was as - The hearing, spread over five days from May 12 sisting the court in the matter, had said that "What to May 18, was rooted in the apex court's October was sinful in theology, can't be good in law. It (triple 16, 2015 order directing the separate listing of a PIL talaq) is not only not an essential part of Muslim re - addressing the question of the rights of Muslim ligion, it is not a part of religion at all. On the con - women. The bench heard seven petitions, including trary, it is depreciated by Islam," he said. five filed by Muslim women who challenged the However, the court was not appreciative of the practice. government position that the top court should first Ishrat Jahan from Howrah in West Bengal, pronounce on the constitutional validity of the triple Shayara Bano from Uttarakhand, Aafreen Rahman talaq and other forms of talaq, and the government of Indore, Gulshan Parween of Rampur in Uttar would only then bring in a law. Pradesh and Atiya Sabri of Saharanpur were among "We may or may not (decide the issue), but you the seven petitioners. do," Chief Justice Khehar had said when the Central All the five women fought the prolonged legal government told the court that it should intervene in battle despite odds and won the battle for all the a situation where there is no legislation. victims of triple talaq. At the outset of the hearing, While founding its case on gender equality, the the court had made it clear that it would not examine government had linked the issue of triple talaq with the validity of anything that formed an intrinsic part that of constitutional morality, but the court termed of Islamic religious practices – thereby ousting any its position a "whitewash". submissions on polygamy. As the Centre sought to flag the issue of gender The court had framed three questions to be ad - equality of Muslim women vis-a-vis women in other dressed by all the parties – whether triple talaq was religions and in Islamic countries, the AIMPLB fundamental to Islam, whether it was sacrosanct to asked it to bring a law taking recourse to Article 25 Islam and whether the practice was an enforceable (2)(b) of the Constitution that permits enactment of fundamental right. law invoking social reforms. In the course of the hearing, the AIMPLB issued However, AIMPLB had cautioned the Constitu - an advisory, telling qazis to give an option to tion bench that "testing the validity of customs and Muslim women to opt out of instant triple talaq practices was a slippery slope". 14 COVER STORY The News You Like | September, 2017 ‘MY DECISION TO JOIN BJP IS VINDICATED’ sofia, the first person from her family to join the BJP, had expressed a deep admiration for Modi, whom she believed was the moderate face of the party that is founded on the principle of Hindutva. When Modi chose the Hindutva firebrand Yogi adityanath to be the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, sofia admitted that she was shocked, but was willing to give him a chance

THE NEWS BUREAU she dared to question him about his affairs, he would wenty-four-year-old Sofia threaten her with instant Ahmed from Kanpur, a divorce. She said there were sTurvivor of triple talaq, who times when he would come had been facing questions for home in a drunken stupor and the last past eight-months for say talaq three times, half- joining BJP, said she felt vindi - serious and half-joking. cated after the Supreme Court At the time, Sofia, the first decided to strike down the person from her family to join practice of instant divorce as the BJP, had expressed a deep unconstitutional. admiration for Modi, whom Sofia had joined the BJP she believed was the moderate because it had promised to face of the party that is continue its fight towards abol - founded on the principle of ishing triple talaq while cam - Hindutva. paigning for the Assembly When Modi chose the Hin - elections in Uttar Pradesh. This dutva firebrand Yogi was in the month December of Adityanath to be the chief min - 2016, four months after she ister of Uttar Pradesh, Sofia ad - had extricated herself from a mitted that she was shocked, violent and abusive relation - but was willing to give him a ship with a man from a powerful Sofia, who is the mother of a chance. For Sofia, the triple talaq political family in Kanpur. two-year-old, is now confident that verdict is simply "too huge" for the "Today, I'm feeling so proud. I more Muslim women will come Muslim community to ignore. Mil - know now that I didn't take the forward to support the party. "This lions of Muslim women will cele - wrong decision. I did the right thing judgment is going to make a big brate it because it is a slap in the by joining the BJP," she told a change in how Muslim women face of the religious leaders in the newspaper. "This is a historic judg - think about the BJP. I think women community who had opposed ment," she said. will realize that Prime Minister change for so long. Speaking in the On August 21, in a 3-2 ruling, Modi stood up for us and it was not context of the Muslim clergy, she the Supreme Court said that triple just an empty promise," she said. said, "Muslims are chief enemies of talaq, practiced by Sunni Muslims Joining politics gave Sofia’s life Muslims. Today as a Muslim in the country, violated the right to a new meaning. Her husband, a woman, I'm telling you that I feel equality enshrined in the Constitu - serial adulterer, would allegedly safer among Hindus than I do tion. wield triple talaq as a weapon. If among Muslims."

16 TELANGANA NEWS The News You Like | September, 2017 PRenaTal sex deTeRMinaTion Goes on in BHonGiR DM & HO helps accused RMP carry on illegal tests

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hough stringent laws have been made in the country for the pro - Ttection of girl children, those re - sponsible for the enforcement of the laws appear to be reluctant to initi - ate action, thanks to their apathy and rampant corruption. The union government is spending crores of rupees under various schemes in - cluding the latest one ‘Beti Bachao and Beti Padhao’. Yet, the fruits of these schemes are not reaching the grassroots and innocent girls and ducked under the cot to save women are becoming victims of herself. male chauvinistic officials in the Bhongir rural police registered enforcement agencies. a case and arrested Shankar Naik In one such case, a Registered and Ram Reddy. The police re - Medical Practitioner (RMP), who quested District Medical and Health has been running a hospital in the Officer (DM & HO), Sambasiva name of Swapna Hospital in Rao to take action against Ram Bhongir town of Telangana by se - Reddy for violating PCPNDT Act, curing permission using the creden - Bibinagar Mandal of Yadadri dis - which ultimately resulted in the tials of two qualified doctors, trict at the behest of her husband B murder of two persons including a performed sex determination tests Shankar Naik and informed him 7-year-old girl. However, the DM in gross violation of PCPNDT (Pre- that his wife was going to deliver a & HO, whose office is located at Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnos - female baby. stone’s throw away from Swapna tic Techniques) Act 1994. Shankar Naik, who already had Hospital run by Ram Reddy, seems It was enacted to stop female two girl children, began pestering to be reluctant to initiate action foeticides and arrest the declining his wife to abort the third girl in her against the accused. When The sex ratio in India. The act banned womb to which she refused. An News team questioned the DM & prenatal sex determination. irate Shankar Naik, poured HO on the issue, the official said However, the RMP, Ram Reddy, is kerosene on his wife and two that action was being initiated ill-famous for carrying out prenatal daughters in the wee hours of July against the RMP. But, no action has sex determination tests by accept - 18 and set fire on them. While been taken so far, due to obvious ing huge money as fee and helping Savithri was burnt alive, his elder reasons, enabling Ram Reddy innumerable people resort to female daughter Sridevi, 7, succumbed to secure bail and resume his illegal foeticide. injuries while undergoing treatment activity without any fear of law, Ram Reddy had conducted pre - at a hospital. His younger daughter even as 5-year-old Srinija became natal sex determination test on Srinija, however, managed to orphan with her mother getting Savithri of Ravi Pahad Thanda in escape with minor burns since she killed and father imprisoned.

18 COPS & CROOKS The News You Like | September, 2017 aP police arrest international red sanders smuggler

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n a major catch, the Kadapa police in Andhra Pradesh on IAugust 24 night nabbed interna - tional red sanders smuggler A T Maideen alias ATM, along with his aides Jabbar Sadiq and Kamal Basha at Budwel Road Junction in Mydukuru. Two luxury cars, two sedans and a pickup van worth Rs 1.23 crore, along with 1.10 tons of red sander logs, 12 cheque books, 11 ATM cards, a briefcase and four cell phones were seized from the trio. Maideen is said to be a close associate of international smug - glers Sahul Hameed aka Sahul Maideen hails from Nagur to China, Singapore, Hong Kong, Bhai of Dubai and Kollam Gangi town in Nagapattanam district of Dubai, Malaysia, Tibet, Bhutan Reddy. Tamil Nadu, and worked at a tea and Nepal, police said. District Superintendent of stall in Andaman Islands after he Police have identified proper - Police, Babujee said that Maideen failed Class 10. After starting ties belonging to Maideen worth was into red sanders smuggling Maideen Exports and Imports in Rs 77.5 crore located in Nagapat - from the last 20 years and con - Chennai in 1990, he developed tinam district, Chennai and fessed to have smuggled 3,000 contacts with international smug - Puducherry. tons of red sanders to foreign glers. Maideen played a key role in Last month, a special police countries. smuggling red sanders from India team from Kadapa arrested another international red sanders smuggler Kandaswamy Parthiban and three other smugglers belonging to Tamil Nadu, from Mount Road in Chennai and seized 21 logs weigh - ing 638 kg. Red sanders are indigenous to the Eastern Ghats in Andhra Pradesh and grow mainly in the Seshachalam hill ranges spread across Chittoor and Kadapa dis - tricts in the Rayalaseema region. The wood has a huge demand abroad, especially in China and Japan. The News You Like | September, 2017 COPS & CROOKS 19 Former model facing trial in red sanders case attempts suicide

THE NEWS BUREAU his network's illegal activities. She is alleged to have expanded the red ormer air hostess and model sanders smuggling network to six Sangeeta Chatterjee, facing trial states in India and also in other Fin a red sanders smuggling case, on countries, including China and August 24 attempted suicide in a Japan. jail in Chittoor district of Andhra Andhra Pradesh Police had in Pradesh. Reportedly upset over not 2016 raided her residence in getting bail, she consumed phenyl Kolkata and seized several docu - kept in a toilet in Chittoor sub-jail. wife of red sanders smuggler M ments related to properties. She was rushed to Chittoor Govern - Lakshman, who was arrested in However, a local court granted her ment Hospital, where she is stated July 2014 from Nepal. According to bail, dealing a blow to Andhra to be out of danger. police, Sangeeta, who began her Pradesh Police's efforts to bring her Sangeeta, hailing from Kolkata, career as a model, came in contact to justice. Chatterjee failed to was arrested by the Andhra Pradesh with Lakshman in Kolkata, where appear before the court despite Police in March this year. Three he frequently stayed as he had es - summons being issued on six occa - cases were booked against her and tablished a base there too. sions. In December last year, the a court had granted bail in two After Lakshman’s arrest, court issued a non-bailable warrant cases. The 26-year-old is the second Sangeeta had taken over control of against her.

another party and returned the advance amount. Hyderabad cops booked for Since Abu Bakar had invested the money he kept the returns. Aish - threatening and extortion warya, however, demanded her share. Abu Bakar claims she had no our Hyderabad policemen in - Qaizer Bin Abu Bakar, who claimed share in the money and did not pay cluding an Additional Deputy that he was assaulted on the orders her. Aishwarya then complained in FCommissioner of Police have been of ADCP, Pulinder Reddy and his the Raidurgam police station. Fol - booked on charges of extortion and staff in the Raidurgam police lowing the complaint, the cops al - for allegedly threatening a person in station. According to Deccan legedly assaulted Abu Bakar and connection with a land deal, by the Chronicle, the matter concerned forced him to sign cheques for Rs 60 Cyberabad police on August 13. Pulinder Reddy’s daughter Aish - lakhs. Rachakonda additional DCP, T warya Reddy, who together with her “There was an allegation that Pulinder Reddy, Inspector D Durga partners Abu Bakar and one Abdul - Mohammad was forced to sign Prasad, SI G Rajashekar and consta - lah had made an agreement to pur - some cheques. He approached the ble Lakshminarayana of the chase 2.7 acres from a farmer in Commissioner of Police on the Raidurgam police station have been Muthangi village in Sangareddy dis - issue. As per the instructions, we booked in connection with a land trict for Rs 1.1 crore. registered a case against these four purchase deal that took place in A sum of Rs 10 lakh was paid officials,” Madhapur ACP, Ramana 2006 in which the ADCP’s daughter while the remaining was to be Kumar said. Bakar alleges that is reportedly involved. cleared in 45 days. Aishwarya and Reddy has been demanding profits Cyberabad commissioner her partners, however, failed to pay from the sale of the land and forced Sandeep Shandilya had received a the balance amount and the farmer him to sign cheques in that connec - complaint from real estate agent sold the land for a better price to tion. 20 COPS & CROOKS The News You Like | September, 2017 Rags to riches story of Maideen

e started his career as a tea sander logs in containers by con - contact with red sander smugglers, supplier and housekeeper in a cealing them under the load of veg - who smuggled the wood from Hhotel in Andaman in 1987. Today, etables, seafood, granite slabs, Chennai to Myanmar. Ahmed Thambi Maideen, also ceramic tiles and food grains. This marked the beginning of known as ATM, is an international While working as a tea supplier Maideen as a crucial link in interna - smuggler based out of Nagapatti - and housekeeper in a hotel in tional smuggling. He developed key nam district in Tamil Nadu. Andaman, he became acquainted contacts with several other smug - He was booked in nearly 75 with a couple from Singapore, who glers within India as well as interna - cases in Kadapa alone, but each frequented Andaman for business tional smugglers from China, time he managed to escape the and stayed in the hotel. The couple, Singapore, Malaysia, Dubai, South police. However, his run finally with whom he had developed a Africa, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Thailand came to an end on August 24, when cordial relationship, suggested that and Bangladesh. He later evolved as he was caught by the Kadapa police he get into the exporting business. a kingpin in smuggling in these along with his aides — Jabar Sadiq Maideen, a resident of Nagore in countries. Maideen, who thrived in and Kamal Basha. The police Nagapattinam district, quit his job the smuggling business for over 20 caught him with two high-end and initially exported seashells. years has clearly made a fortune. luxury cars, two sedans and a Later, he returned from According to the police, he owns a pickup van worth Rs 1.23 crore car - Andaman in 1990 to start his own luxurious home in Egmore in rying 68 red sanders logs weighing export agency in Chennai. Slowly, Chennai, which is equipped with a 1.10 tons and Rs 54,640 in cash. He he gained expertise in the exporting helipad, and also has immovable has reportedly sold over 3,000 business and went on to export properties worth over Rs 79 crore tonnes during his 20-year stint. several other goods — including according to preliminary estimates In his confession to the police, seafood and vegetables. of the police in both Tamil Nadu and he said that he used to export red During this time, he came into Puducherry.

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22 TRAFFICKING The News You Like | September, 2017 Human Trafficking Minorities dept wants new law

THE NEWS BUREAU tion against the Omani, the girl's man for Rs 5 lakh. father, father’s sister, the qazi and The police officer said they ays after the case of a 16-year- others. were making all efforts to bring the old girl from Hyderabad being The marriage was performed in girl back to Hyderabad. Union Min - sDold off and married to a 77-year- old Omani sheikh surfaced, the Hy - Generally, the families which are tricked by foreign derabad police on August 18 nationals into marrying their girls to them are poor and arrested two men who helped illiterate. So we have asked the state government to frame a perform the 'marriage'. The police said the marriage law which sets legal regulations to be adhered to by a was performed at the insistence of foreign national who is willing to marry a girl from Telangana Ghousia Begum, the girl’s aunt, who lives in Muscat. She and her husband, Sikander, along with their contacts here, allegedly lured the girl's parents with the promise that their daughter would lead a lavish life. “Generally, the families which are tricked by foreign nationals into marrying their girls to them are poor and illiterate. So we have asked the state government to frame a law which sets legal regu - lations to be adhered to by a foreign national who is willing to marry a girl from Telangana”, Telangana Minorities Welfare De - partment Secretary Syed Omer Jaleel told reporters. “The marriage application should be verified by a police offi - May at a guest house in Jalpally ister for Women and Child Devel - cial of at least a sub inspector’s where the Omani national was opment Maneka Gandhi has also rank. The marriage should take staying. He returned home after the urged External Affairs Minister place and be considered legitimate marriage and sent a visa for the Sushma Swaraj to intervene. The only after the concerned person re - girl, who later joined him in police also said that they were ceives an NOC from the police for Muscat. Later, the girl informed her keeping a close watch on 60 it," he added. The department also parents over the phone that her brokers who were identified during proposed strict action against those husband was mentally and physi - the investigation of these cases in who do not follow these rules cally torturing her. Following this, recent years. during the time of marriage. her mother lodged a complaint at However, brokers based in In the case of the Omani na - the Falaknuma police station that Mumbai and even abroad were car - tional, the police registered a case her husband, his sister and brother- rying on their activities by duping of cheating and criminal intimida - in-law sold the girl to the Omani poor and illiterate families. The News You Like | September, 2017 TRAFFICKING 23

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ixty-five women were rescued from Hyderabad after an inter - Snational sex trafficking racket op - erating under the guise of spas, came to light with the police arrest - ing 20 persons. The 65 women were employed as masseuses but forced to indulge in prostitution. There were 34 Thai nationals among the women rescued. women to several other spas in the unused condoms. Based on a tip-off, Cyberabad city through the other accused. “Once the women reach Hyder - police raided 12 locations, includ - “Siddhartha had been procuring abad, Siddhartha takes possession ing Sapta Spa, Tantra Spa, V Spa, women from Thailand, North of their passports and engages them Mandara Spa, Moh Spa, Aura Spa Eastern states and from the city. He in his spas for prostitution. Sarfaraz in Gachibowli, Aura Spa, Sapta provides accommodation to the Ali, Vinay, Ajay and others were Spa, Tantra Spa, Blizz Spa, Moh women at a flat on Road Number assisting Siddhartha in these illegal Spa and New Revive Spa in Mad - 12, Banjara Hills. By paying them activities. Siddhartha along with hapur. paltry amounts, he would force absconding accused Venkata Following statements from the them to indulge in prostitution at Reddy and Balasubramanyam run victims’, police arrested 20 organ - the spas,” DCP Madhapur, Vishwa a chain of spas in Madhapur, isers, including kingpin Dasari Sid - Prasad said. Jubilee Hills and Bengaluru. He dhartha, 32, who was operating The evidence seized from the earns about Rs 90 lakh per month three of the 12 spas. spas include semen-stained inner from this business,” the DCP Siddhartha was also supplying wear, tissue papers, used and added. 24 POLITICS The News You Like | September, 2017 TDP wins Nandyal bye-election

THE NEWS BUREAU which has historically been viewed nel, six units of central paramilitary as a Congress bastion, and later a forces, 15 platoons of the Armed he ruling Telugu Desam Party YSRCP stronghold. Reserve and Special Police were (TDP) in Andhra Pradesh suc - Over 80 percent of voters cast deployed on the day of polling. Tcessfully won the Nandyal bye-poll. ballots in the bye-election, which Meanwhile, political analysts The TDP candidate defeated the was finished peacefully barring say the mandate is a severe blow for Opposition YSRCP contestant, with minor incidents. According to YSRCP not just in this bye-election, a margin of over 27,000 votes. reports, the TDP and YSRCP did but it will have a far reaching effect The YSRCP bagged 69,710 not poll a single vote in the postal in the run up for 2019 elections. votes, while the Congress could ballots, as out of 250 postal ballot It seems Jagan is not ready to only manage a dismal 1,153 votes, votes, 39 were invalid and 211 were learn lessons from the defeat. If he according to media reports. NOTA. Meanwhile, the Congress continues to show the same arro - The bye-poll was necessitated barely managed to collect a little gance, it would be highly difficult after the death of Bhuma Nagi over 1,000 votes, faring just slightly for him to keep all the leaders to - Reddy, who had quit the YSR Con - better than some Independent can - gether until 2019 and people will gress party to join the ruling TDP in didates. completely loss confidence on him, 2016. There were 15 candidates in Chief Electoral Officer Bhan - the analysts say. the fray, including Bhuma's nephew warlal told reporters in Hyderabad Some analysts opined that Jagan Brahmananda Reddy of the TDP, that this would be the highest should not have filded his party Silpa Mohan Reddy of the YSR polling in "years or a decade". candidate since the bye-election Congress and Abdul Khader from Over 2.19 lakh voters were eli - was conducted on the demise of the Congress. gible to exercise their franchise at sitting MLA Bhuma Nagi Reddy. Since the counting began, the 255 centres. For the first time, the Instead, he should have announced result was leaning in TDP's favour, Election Commission used Voter that he respects the sentiment and as the ruling party kept increasing Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) supports unanimous election of any its margin with each round of in the election. The VVPAT helps person from Bhuma family and it counting. the voters know the candidates they would have garnered him lot of After five rounds of counting, voted for. The VVPAT attached to sympathy and support from the TDP led with a margin of 13,162 the Electronic Voting Machine people not only in Nandyal but in votes over the YSRCP. By the tenth (EVM) displays for seven seconds entire Andhra Pradesh. round of counting, the margin had the name of the candidate the voter However, Jagan, with his arro - widened to more than 19,000 votes. cast ballot for. Bhanwarlal said gant behavior, going on making With this result, the TDP has there were no complaints about the mistakes which could be fatal for stormed into the constituency in the functioning of VVPAT. him and his party prospects in the Rayalaseema region of the state, More than 2,500 police person - days to come. The News You Like | September, 2017 POLITICS 25

People rejected Jagan: Naidu Babu is a fool: Jagan

THE NEWS BUREAU He exuded confidence that all victory, then its ironical. All the elections in future including 2019 journalists followed the campaign eacting on the outcome of elections will be one-sided. "We with me. I asked the people ques - Nandyal bye-election, Andhra will work to ensure that TDP tions, and they replied with their RPradesh Chief Minister N Chan - remains permanently in power," he honest answers. They know about drababu Naidu said that the TDP's said. the promises he made, and the victory in the Nandyal Assembly The TDP chief said people re - people he cheated." by-election by a huge majority is a jected negative politics. He was re - He went on to add, "Despite mandate for development. ferring to objectionable remarks that, the only way Naidu won, was "People have endorsed develop - made against him by YSR Con - because this was not a general elec - ment agenda, upheld values in gress president YS Jaganmohan tion. People know that if they public life. Rejected and punished Reddy. oppose Naidu now, he is still going negative politics & disorderliness," Reacting on the result, Jagan to remain in power till 2019 and the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) said, "They (TDP) sent men to they have to bear him till then." President tweeted. voters and said 'here is your aadhar Jagan also alleged that "some "Thanking the people of card, and here is your pension. We people got scared, while others Nandyal for showing their trust in will cut your pension if you don't took money, and voted for him." TDP's governance. Will create a vote for us.' Despite that, the voters "He may have won the elec - Smart Nandyal by following our were not intimidated and they tions, but it is not a victory for him motto 'People First'," he added. voted for us. In between so many at all. If he still thinks this is a Naidu claimed that people from problems and threats, they stood victory, he is a fool," Jagan said. all sections of the society voted for strong and I thank them for that," Jagan concluded saying, "He TDP. "There was one sided voting he said. (Naidu) has hit us, politically. We by Muslims in favour of TDP," he Lashing out at Naidu, Jagan are braving it. Our time will also said. said, "If Naidu considers this a come, and we will hit back. 26 NATIONAL NEWS The News You Like | September, 2017 Bring down land prices for affordable housing: Niti Aayog The niti aayog also noted that an important factor encouraging the flow of black money into land is high stamp duty. "Working with states to lower this duty would help bring land prices down

now repealed this Act, it said many large pieces of land remain tied up in litigation. "Releasing this land for commercial use should be a pri - ority," it added. The Aayog also noted that many sick public sector enterprises (PSEs) own large pieces of unused land in prime urban areas and said closure of these units can help bring substantial land into the market. Noting that central and state governments own substantial urban land that remains unused or subject to encroachment, it said THE NEWS BUREAU contributing to inflated land prices such land could be monetised to in India has been the flow of illicit finance infrastructure and other oting that high cost of land is money into real estate. "Therefore, critical expenditures while also a key constraint in rapid ex - attacking black money would have making the land available for Npansion of affordable housing, the the important beneficial side effect housing and other uses. Niti Aayog has pitched for steps to of bringing land prices down and Scarcity of horizontal space can bring down land prices to give a making housing more affordable also be countered by expanding push to the Centre's housing for low-income families," it said. space vertically through the con - scheme. The Niti Aayog also noted that struction of taller buildings, it said. The government think tank an important factor encouraging It noted that removal of many of made the recommendations in its the flow of black money into land the constraints will admittedly take 'Three Year Action Agenda, 2017- is high stamp duty. "Working with more than three years and noted 18 to 2019-20', released by Finance states to lower this duty would help that action is further hampered by Minister Arun Jaitley on August 24. bring land prices down," it added. the fact that urban spaces and land "A key constraint on rapid ex - It also listed a number of supply issues fall under the jurisdiction of pansion of low-income housing is side factors that have also con - the states and will require action by high cost of land. This issue turns tributed to the artificially high each state individually. even more important from the urban property values in India. The "Nevertheless, a beginning in viewpoint of low-rent housing, Aayog said due to the Urban Land this direction must be urgently which is critical to accommodating Ceilings and Regulation Act, 1976, made. States must be sensitised to migrant population without creat - large chunks of vacant land have the benefits of policies that would ing slums," it said. disappeared from urban land help bring land prices down," it It also noted that a key factor markets. Although most states have said.

28 NATIONAL NEWS The News You Like | September, 2017 VENKAIAH WINS VICE-PREZ ELECTION

THE NEWS BUREAU of India," Secretary General of the media persons. Rajya Sabha and Returning At 68, Mr. Naidu is the senior- DA nominee Muppavarapu Officer, Shumsher K Sheriff, told most leader in the party after the Venkaiah Naidu was elected reporters. trio of former Prime Minister Atal Nas the country’s next Vice President With his 40-year long legisla - Bihari Vajpayee, former Home on August 5 defeating opposition tive experience Venkaiah is ex - Minister L K Advani and former candidate Gopalkrishna Gandhi by pected to conduct Rajya Sabha Human Resources Development a margin of 272 votes. proceedings in a smooth way, Minister Murli Manohar Joshi. Naidu secured 516 votes while where BJP-led National Demo - Venkaiah entered the RSS by Gandhi got 244 votes. Of the 771 cratic Alliance is in minority and accident - his links began in child - votes polled, 11 votes were de - unlikely to cross the halfway mark hood when he chanced upon a clared invalid. until 2022. 'shakha' while playing. Within After his election to the second The Rajya Sabha has a number some decades, he was the BJP's highest constitutional post, Venka - of political heavyweights — P Chi - best-known leader from southern iah was felicitated by the govern - dambaram, Ghulam Nabi Azad, India, one famous for witty one- ments of Telangana and Andhra Digvijay Singh, Kapil Sibal etc., in liners. Pradesh at separate civil receptions the Congress; Ram Gopal Yadav in A key member of Prime Minis - held in Hyderabad and Vijayawada SP; Mayawati in BSP, etc. Both the ter Narendra Modi's cabinet, respectively. Prime Minister and Amit Shah Venkaiah cut his political teeth "As M Venkaiah Naidu secured wanted an experienced man of during the "Emergency" of 1975- greater than the requisite quota of stature with flexibility and pragma - 77 when he went underground votes, I declare him as duly elected tism to conduct the House against the government of Indira to the office of the Vice President smoothly,” a party leader had told Gandhi and eventually imprisoned. The News You Like | September, 2017 NATIONAL NEWS 29

He remained underground until Venkaiah rose from the ranks to iah was president of the Students his arrest, distributing anti-govern - become the party President and a Union, VR College, Nellore. In ment literature in educational insti - Union Minister. 1973-74, he was president of the tutions in Andhra Pradesh and Venkaiah has been a trouble- Students Union of Andhra Univer - Tamil Nadu, travelling on a scooter shooter for the government as also sity Colleges. along with a woman activist on one of its best communicators with Venkaiah pursued law and was pillion in a bid not to arouse suspi - his alliterative and catchy one- involved in the movement cion. liners. He has friends across politi - launched by Jayaprakash Narayan. He was accused of disturbing a cal parties. It will help him as He was President of the youth wing meeting of Sanjay Gandhi and was Chairman of the Rajya Sabha of the Janata Party in Andhra handcuffed during transit from one where the BJP still does not have a Pradesh from 1977 to 1980. After jail to the other. majority. Emergency, he was elected to the Venkaiah hit the national scene He has handled key organisa - Andhra Pradesh assembly in 1978 when he was one of the prominent tional assignments in the BJP and and was a legislator till 1985. opposition spokespersons along became its President in 2002. After the BJP was formed in with S Jaipal Reddy, who was then Venkaiah had three continuous 1980, he became vice president of in Janata Party, during the cam - terms in the Rajya Sabha from Kar - its youth wing. He was leader of paign by NT Rama Rao after his nataka from 1998 to 2016, when he the BJP Legislature Party in dismissal as the Andhra Pradesh shifted to Rajasthan to get a fourth Andhra Pradesh, state general sec - Chief Minister by Indira Gandhi in term. retary and state unit chief. the 1980s. He was Rural Development Venkaiah was the BJP General Even though the Bharatiya Minister during the first NDA gov - Secretary in 1993-2000 and its Janata Party was on a weak wicket ernment led by Atal Bihari Vaj - spokesperson in between. He has in southern India, Venkaiah em - payee, his inspiration along with been a part of apex committees of braced it tightly. A quick-witted senior party leader L K Advani. the party, including its parliamen - and effective communicator Born on July 1, 1949 in Nellore tary board and Central Election steeped in RSS/BJP ideology, district of Andhra Pradesh, Venka - Committee. 30 NATIONAL NEWS The News You Like | September, 2017 uma Bharti bats for interlinking of rivers to combat floods In view of the floods in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, Water Resources Minister Bharti urged the two northeastern states to agree for the Middle Siang project, which she said, will tackle the calamity as well as solve their water woes

THE NEWS BUREAU she told reporters here. The minis - dam bursts". "But I want to assure ter said such a situation has the people, we have all the reports t a time when devastating emerged mainly because accumu - of the world which suggest that floods have claimed over 700 lation of silt in huge quantities in there is no such threat looming. Alives in parts of the country, Union rivers, particularly the Ganga and The project will rather help to deal minister Uma Bharti on August 26 its tributaries. with the flooding effectively," she made a strong pitch for desilting "These rivers need to be de - added. and interlinking of rivers to combat silted. River interlinking is quite She further said that her min - the problem in the long run. important using monsoon water," istry is focusing more on making In view of the floods in Assam she added. On the Middle Siang, preparations before the period and Arunachal Pradesh, Water Re - Bharti said she will pursue the two when flooding happens than man - sources Minister Bharti urged the state governments to agree on real - aging it after the crisis occurs. "I two northeastern states to agree for ising the project that would be able myself will visit the entire flood- the Middle Siang project, which to produce 9,600 megawatts of prone areas after 15 days to figure she said, will tackle the calamity as power, besides being helpful in out what preparations to do in view well as solve their water woes. controlling floods caused by trans- of possible flood situation," she "The flood situation is being boundary river Brahmaputra. added. witnessed this year also in states The minister said the "big Till on Friday, the devastating where the calamity was not re - problem" in taking forward the floods this year had claimed 418, ported earlier. And states which re - project has been the rumour that 156, 90, and 72 lives in Bihar, ported floods in the past, the entire Assam and Arunachal Assam, West Bengal, and Uttar situation there has deteriorated," Pradesh will be "underwater if the Pradesh, respectively. The News You Like | September, 2017 NATIONAL NEWS 31 BCCI is a male chauvinist organisation: Diana Edulji

THE NEWS BUREAU Lodha Panel mandated by the SC in 2016. The letter by the CoA ormer skipper of the Indian ruled out N Srinivasan's chances to women's cricket team, Diana be appointed as the representative FEdulji, called the BCCI a "male since he did not fulfill the eligibil - chauvinist organisation". ity criteria according to the recom - She also claimed that the mendations, even though he was women's cricket team's spectacular emerging as one of the favourites performance at the World Cup final for the job. in England last month had been dif - Earlier this month, Edulji and ficult to stomach for many fellow CoA member Vinod Rai had members in the sexist organisation. submitted a scathing report to the She was speaking at an event or - SC seeking the removal of BCCI ganized by an English daily. acting president C K Khanna, sec - Edulji, the first ever women's retary Amitabh Choudhary and ODI team captain, was appointed treasurer Anirudh Choudhry, again to a four-member Committee of ing the condition of cricket, partic - over non-compliance of the Lodha Administrators (CoA) for the BCCI ularly women's cricket in the Reforms. Edulji and Rai had asked by the Supreme Court (SC) in country has been well-documented. for the governance, management January this year. "See, somebody had to stand up for and administration of the BCCI to "I've always been a BCCI women cricketers. We are not a be handed over to them along with basher, right from the day women's sports-loving nation, and it is diffi - a professional group led by BCCI cricket came into the BCCI fold in cult to get benefits for sportsper - CEO Rahul Johri until elections 2006. They never wanted women sons unless one is prepared to slog were held. to dictate terms or get into this for it. I was not only doing it for World Cup top performers Har - thing," she said. cricketers, but also in the Railways, manpreet Kaur and Punam Raut In July, even though the Indian for all sportspersons," Hindustan too were present at the event with team lost the World Cup final to Times quoted her as saying after Edulji. In India's first match itself England by nine runs, they came her appointment to the CoA in in the World Cup, Raut, opener for back home to unprecedented pub - January. She was also instrumental the team, notched up a match- licity and love from fans who were in getting women's cricket accepted winning score of 86 runs. She and finally sitting up and taking note of by the BCCI, under Sharad Pawar's Kaur together put 95 runs on the their stellar performance. presidency. scoreboard in the finals. She also criticized former BCCI This is also not the first time Both Kaur and Raut spoke president N Srinivasan at the event. Edulji has been critical of BCCI about India's sudden interest in She claimed that he hates women's and N Srinivasan. In April, the women's cricket and how it was a cricket and that when she went to CoA wrote a strict letter to the humbling experience to come back congratulate him on his appoint - BCCI with instructions for defiant to the country to overwhelming ment in 2011 at Wankhede Stadium office-bearers and, most impor - support from fans. They also spoke in Mumbai, he told her that if he tantly, reiterating that the BCCI about their days of struggle and the could have it his way, he would not representative to the International barbs they had to endure to play, let women's cricket happen. Cricket Council should qualify as what is widely considered, a men's Edulji's efforts towards improv - per the recommendations of the sport. 32 NATIONAL NEWS The News You Like | September, 2017 Despite stringent laws, ragging still on: Study

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bout 40 percent of college stu - dents were ragged despite sAtringent laws at the national and state level, according to a study re - leased by the University Grants Commission The study found that as many as 84.3 percent of students did not complain to the college authorities. Another startling revelation is that close to a third of the students (28 percent) found ragging to be fun and an exercise in bonding with seniors. The study—Psychosocial Study of Ragging in Selected Educational Institutes in India— was conducted by experts from JNU and of the surveyed students. ragging in professional colleges NIMHANS who are part of the The study found that male stu - was more than degree colleges. Supreme Court-mandated commit - dents were ragged more than their When students of only professional tee of ragging. The study was con - female peers. Students living in colleges were taken into account, ducted in 37 colleges (including 10 hostels were subjected to ragging 60 percent of students admitted that from the south Indian states) in the more than day scholars. Modes of they have faced ragging. country and included more than 10, ragging included giving an intro - The study also found that in 000 students. duction to seniors, addressing some colleges students get ragged The primary reason cited for seniors as ‘Sir or Madam’, forced in their second or third year as not complaining to college author - to sing or dance and doing assign - freshers are protected by the ad - ities was lack of trust in college au - ments for seniors. ministration. thorities (41.3 percent), followed About 1.4 percent of students The researchers said 25 percent by the possibility of harm to career also mention incidences of sexual of the students who were affected (38.5 percent). ragging which included forced by ragging had difficulties in focus - The committee also found that stripping, acting sexual offences, ing or concentrating on their the fear of getting physically at - watching pornography, and mastur - studies and more than a tenth re - tacked was a reason for not raising bation among others. ported a fall in academic perform - a complaint amongst 23.2 percent The number of incidents of ance. The News You Like | September, 2017 NATIONAL NEWS 33 Criminalising marital rape It may become tool for harassing husbands: Centre to HC

THE NEWS BUREAU in the cultures of states which implement criminal law, and poverty etc. The Centre has also said that it is nec - he central government told the Delhi High Court essary to implead the state governments in the matter to that criminalizing marital rape may destabilize the know the opinion of these states to avoid any complica - Tinstitution of marriage apart from being an easy tool for tions at a later stage. harassing husbands. Even though Justice J.S. Verma Committee in its In an affidavit filed by the Centre on January 29, it report titled "Amendment to Criminal Law" recom - said that there can be no lasting evidence in case of mended that the exception to marital rape be removed, sexual acts between a man and his own wife. it is also pointed out that it is also important that the legal The affidavit filed by the Centre before a division prohibition on marital rape is accompanied by changes bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C. in the attitude of the prosecutors, police officers and Hari Shankar, said: "It has to be ensured ade - those in the society generally, the affidavit quately that marital rape does not become stated. Merely deleting the exception a phenomenon which may destabilise which provides protection to husbands the institution of marriage apart from from prosecution for the offence of being an easy tool for harassing the rape, may not stop marital rape and husbands." moral and social awareness plays a "If all sexual acts by a man with vital role in stopping such an act, the his own wife will qualify to be Centre added. The Centre's response marital rape, then the judgment as to came on petitions filed by NGO RIT whether it is a marital rape or not will Foundation, All India Democratic singularly rest with the wife. The Women's Association and a marital question is what evidences the courts rape victim, challenging the exception to will rely upon in such circumstances as rape under Section 375 and Section 376B there can be no lasting evidence in case of as unconstitutional. sexual acts between a man and his own wife," it added. The pleas challenge the Indian Penal Code's Section The Centre said marital rape is not defined in any 375, saying it does not consider sexual intercourse of a statue/law, while rape is defined under Section 375 of man with his wife as rape. Section 375, which defines the Indian Penal Code, defining marital rape would call "rape", also contains the exception provision which for a broad-based consensus of the society. states that the rape law would not apply to assault or "What may appear to be marital rape to an individual sexual intercourse by a husband with his wife over 15 wife, it may not appear so to others. As to what consti - years of age. Section 376B deals with sexual intercourse tutes marital rape and what would constitute marital non by a man with his wife during separation. rape needs to be defined precisely before a view in its A men's right group -- Men Welfare Trust -- has also criminalisation is taken," the affidavit stated. approached the High Court contending that the existing The fact that other countries, mostly Western, have laws were "very much capable of dealing with the cases criminalised marital rape does not necessarily mean of sexual abuse of women" and there is no need to either India should also follow them blindly, the Centre said. bring a fresh law to deal with it nor is there a require - The government added that it cannot criminalise ment to withdraw the protection granted to husbands marital rape because India has its own unique problems under Section 375 of the IPC. due to illiteracy, lack of financial empowerment of ma - "The sexual abuse in a domestic relationship should jority of females, mindset of the society, vast diversity not be termed as rape," the men's plea has said. 34 NEWS BYTES The News You Like | September, 2017 We are prepared to tackle all contingencies

THE NEWS BUREAU keep a vigil along the border had in - creased, as had the IAF's reconnais - ir Chief Marshal Birender sance capabilities. In a message to Singh Dhanoa asserted that the his men, Dhanoa had said they IAndian Air Force (IAF) was pre - should be ready to execute opera - pared to tackle all contingencies. tions in a very short time with what - He was replying to a query on ever they had and not with what the preparedness of the IAF to face they were supposed to have. any eventuality in the wake of a Earlier, addressing the gathering, standoff between the Indian and Dhanoa said grounding of pilots on Chinese troops in the Dokalam medical grounds was a tremendous sector in Bhutan. The Air Chief tremendous jump in the capabilities loss to the IAF and also adversely Marshal was in the city to inaugu - of the Air Force from the time of the affected the morale of the individu - rate the 56th Annual Conference or - 1999 Kargil war and the ability to als concerned. "Your scientific work ganised by the Indian Institute of operate day and night and in all may provide hope to the aviators, Aerospace Medicine on August 25. weather conditions had shown a sig - who have overcome medical ail - Dhanoa had, in a media inter - nificant increase in the last 18 years. ments, to return to active flying view in July, said there had been a He had also said the ability to duties," he said. iPl broadcast rights: airtel, Yahoo buy bid document

ven as the BCCI is embroiled book Inc. All the rights will be for in legal tussle, there is no a period of five years from 2018- Edearth of interest in IPL broadcast 2022. The broadcast rights are rights with telecommunications divided into three particular cate - major Airtel and web service gories -- TV, mobile and internet. provider Yahoo also buying the bid The deadline for submission of document. It is learnt that apart sealed bids is September 4. The es - from Discovery and Yupp TV, which had also bought bid docu - ment few days back, there have been four more companies that has shown interest taking the total number of interested parties to 24. "Yes, Airtel and Yahoo have bought bid documents. Along with them the other two new companies are BAMTech and DAZN/ Perform before the process was stalled are: timated valuation of IPL broadcast Group, who also have bought doc - Star India, Amazon Seller Services, rights (internet, TV and mobile) is uments. Both BamTech and Followon Interactive Media, Taj expected to fetch an unprecedented DAZN/Perform group are working TV India, Sony Pictures Networks, INR 20,000 crore plus (approxi - in the digital space," a BCCI offi - Times Internet, Supersport Interna - mate) for the richest cricket board cial told news agency PTI. Both tional, Reliance Jio Digital, Gulf in the world. Star India, Sony Pic - BAMTech and Perform group DTH FZ LLC, GroupM Media, tures Network are some of the operate in the digital space. beIN, Econet Media, SKY UK, major channels that will be vying The 18 eligible companies, who ESPN Digital Media, BTG Legal for the TV rights of the cash rich bought bid documents last year Services, BT PLC, Twitter, Face - channels. The News You Like | September, 2017 NEWS BYTES 35 WomAn deliverS bAby in AuTo-rickShAW THE NEWS BUREAU Gandhi Hospital. According to reports, the woman, a resident of tranded on a flooded road and Secunderabad was forced to deliver left with no other choice, a 20- inside the vehicle as the hospital ySear-old pregnant woman in Telan - staff kept asking for money to bring gana delivered a baby in an her a stretcher and none of them auto-rickshaw. The incident oc - came forward to help her. She was curred in Charla mandal of later admitted to the hospital on 'hu - Bhadradri Kothagudem district on manitarian grounds'. August 21. been shifted to the special newborn "Although her delivery was not The woman was travelling to care unit," District Medical and under us as she had already deliv - the nearby Primary Health Centre Health Officer Dr Dayanand ered at the hospital gate, we took (PHC) but had to stop on the Kun - Swamy told news agency PTI. her inside the hospital later and we rapalli-Charla road, as it was The news agency reported that are taking care of the baby. The flooded due to heavy rains that had she carried the baby in her arms and mother said that she did not start lashed the area. Even an ambulance crossed the flooded stretch, follow - immediately for the hospital after that was called, was stuck on the ing which the ambulance rushed her getting labour pains. Looks like she other side of the road, and could not to a local government hospital. could not understand that it was make it past a flooded stream. This comes less than a month labour pain and she also got "It was a premature delivery. after a woman in Hyderabad, deliv - delayed on the way," Dr Shravan She delivered a low-weight baby. In ered a baby in an auto-rickshaw, Kumar, the hospital superintendent view of low weight, the baby has outside the labour ward of the told reporters at the time.

each vehicle in the state, and Aadhaar mandatory for monitor them more effectively. This comes less than one vehicle registration in TS month after Telangana Minister for Transport P Mahendar Reddy ven as the Supreme Court’s providing their Aadhaar number." issued orders to begin linking judgment delivered a severe Joint transport commissioner Aadhaar cards with the vehicles. bElow to the union government’s (Hyderabad) Panduranga Rao said, "There are about 95 lakh vehi - move making Aadhaar mandatory "It has also been made mandatory cles in the state. There are large for various schemes, Telangana to provide the mobile phone number of transfers of vehicles. government has made Aadhaar number of the vehicle owner to Make Aadhaar compulsory for mandatory for the citizens to avail prevent people from giving wrong vehicle registration and transfers," the services of transport depart - numbers. A one-time password is the release quoted the minister as ment. sent on the mobile phone, which saying. The government is also Confirming this, joint transport the applicant has to type in to book pushing for making Aadhaar commissioner T Raghunath has his or her slot." mandatory for securing a driving said, “Applicants cannot book This rule applies even to licence and vehicle registration to slots online on the transport de - second hand, third hand vehicles, check bogus licences and create partment website for any service with authorities saying that this national database, and marriage offered by RTA in the state without would help them keep track of certifications. 36 NEWS BYTES The News You Like | September, 2017 Telangana govt to take back 9 acres of land acquired by Gurmeet Ram Rahim

THE NEWS BUREAU 2008, at Veliminedu village of signed land, which the government Chityal Mandal, spread over 56 can resume at any point of time. evenue officials in Telangana acres with a 10-foot compound Despite government officials on August 27 decided to take wall. serving notices earlier, the case did Rback nine acres of land and an Locals had been fighting against not progress. ashram, belonging to controversial the godman's ashram, demanding Speaking to media persons, 'godman' Baba Gurmeet Ram that he vacate the assigned land. Tahisildar Vanajakshi said, “As per Rahim Singh, in the state’s Nalgo - Following the verdict of Panchkula rules, the government assigned land nda district, along the Hyderabad- CBI court, villagers stirred up their should not be given to private Vijayawada highway. agitation. Following the fresh com - persons. Hence, the government The Dera Sacha Sauda founder plaints, Chityala Tahsildar and will take back the land." was convicted of rape on August revenue authorities visited the site According to revenue officials, 25, following which widespread vi - of the ashram this week. Dera Sacha Sauda had purchased olence gripped Haryana and According to revenue authori - 56 acres of land including 9 acres of Punjab. ties, part of the land included in the assigned land to construct the An ashram was constructed in Ashram is non-transferable as - ashram.

Defence Minister Arun Jaitley, Justice Dipak Misra sworn in Union Home Minister Rajnath th Singh, External Affairs Minister as 45 Chief Justice of India Sushma Swaraj and Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad. Former Prime Minister Man - mohan Singh, Congress President Sonia Gandhi and leader of the Congress parliamentary party in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad were also present. Veteran BJP leader L.K. Advani also attended the function. The swearing-in was also at - tended by sitting and former judges of the apex court, including former Chief Justices of India -- Justice T S Thakur, Justice R M Lodha, Justice K G Balakrishnan and THE NEWS BUREAU the oath of office by President Ram Justice A M Ahmadi. Nath Kovind at a function in the Kerala Governor P Sathasivam ustice Dipak Misra was sworn in Rashtrapati Bhawan. Justice too was present at the swearing-in as the 45th Chief Justice of India Khehar's last working day was ceremony. J(CJI) on August 28, succeeding August 25. Attorney General (AG) K K Jagdish Singh Khehar. He will The swearing-in ceremony was Venugopal, former AG Mukul preside over the apex court for 13 attended by Vice President Venka - Rohatgi, eminent jurist Fali months and six days. iah Naidu, Prime Minister Naren - Nariman, SCBA President Rupin - Justice Misra was administered dra Modi, Union Finance and der Singh Suri were also present. The News You Like | September, 2017 JUDICIARY 37 Right to privacy is a fundamental right: Supreme Court aadhaar is a 12-digit random number issued by the indian government to its residents and it requires the resident's biometric and demographic information. even though aadhaar is voluntary, the government's move to make it mandatory for availing schemes has raised serious concerns. Thursday's judgment is expected to have direct effect on the government's plans for aadhaar

THE NEWS BUREAU batch of petitions challenging the be examined on the touchstone of Centre's move to make Aadhaar Article 21 which means that the nine-judge bench of the mandatory for availing the benefits court will have to see if that law Supreme Court unanimously of various social welfare schemes. imposes reasonable restrictions on Adecided on August 24 that right to Aadhaar is a 12-digit random your right to privacy or not." privacy is a fundamental right. number issued by the Indian gov - Besides the issue of Aadhaar, The Constitution bench headed ernment to its residents and it re - this judgment may also have impli - by Chief Justice J S Khehar ruled quires the resident's biometric and cations on section 377 of the Indian that "right to privacy is an intrinsic demographic information. Even Penal Code that criminalises gay part of Right to Life and Personal though Aadhaar is voluntary, the sex. Liberty under Article 21 and entire government's move to make it Earlier, lawyers arguing the Part III of the Constitution". mandatory for availing schemes case before the constitutional The nine judges unanimously has raised serious concerns. Thurs - bench had said citizens have ab - overruled the two earlier judgments day's judgment is expected to have solute right over their body. Former of the apex court - the M P Sharma direct effect on the government's Attorney General of India Soli verdict of 1950 and that of Kharak plans for Aadhaar. Sorabjee argued that privacy was Singh of 1960 - that right to "This verdict is a setback for "an inalienable right inhering in the privacy is not protected under the Aadhaar," said lawyer Prashant very personality of human beings". Constitution. Bhushan outside the apex court. In his argument, litigation Besides CJI Khehar, the bench "Right now the government needs lawyer Shyam Divan had said, comprised of justices Jasti you to provide your Aadhaar "Privacy includes the right to be Chelameswar, S A Bobde, R K details when you book flight tickets left alone, freedom of thought, Agarwal, Rohinton Nariman, A M etc. I believe it will be now consid - freedom to dissent, bodily integrity, Sapre, D Y Chandrachud, S K Kaul ered unreasonable restriction on informational self-determination." and S Abdul Nazeer. Before pro - your privacy and it will be Over the course of three weeks, nouncing the judgment, the CJI stopped." the constitutional bench heard a said that among the nine judges "They have held that this is a series of arguments on six days. some of them have authored differ - fundamental right under Article Several high-profile lawyers, in - ent orders. 21," said Bhushan, "and therefore cluding Attorney General K K The ruling on the highly con - any law which is made to restrict Venugopal, Additional Solicitor tentious issue was to deal with a this fundamental right will have to General Tushar Mehta, Arvind 38 JUDICIARY The News You Like | September, 2017

Datar, Kapil Sibal, Gopal Subara - cisions. The Centre had termed maniam, Shyam Divan, Anand privacy as a "vague and amor - Grover, C A Sundaram and Rakesh phous" right which cannot be Dwivedi, argued either in favour or granted primacy to deprive poor against the inclusion of right to people of their rights to life, food privacy as a fundamental right. and shelter. The petitioners in the case The high-profile arguments also include former Karnataka High saw the apex court asking search - Court judge Justice K S Put - ing questions about the contours of taswamy, first Chairperson of the right to privacy in the digital age National Commission for Protec - when personal information was tion of Child Rights and randomly shared with all types of Magsaysay award recipient Shanta government and private entities. Sinha, feminist researcher Kalyani The bench had wanted to know Sen Menon and others who have about the tests which could be used challenged the validity of the to regulate and enforce privacy Aadhaar scheme on grounds of it right when there could be "legiti - being violative of the right to mate or illegitimate" use of data. privacy. The petitioners had contended On July 7, a three-judge bench that the right to privacy was "in - had said that all issues arising out alienable" and "inherent" to the of Aadhaar should finally be most important fundamental right decided by a larger bench and the which is the right to liberty. CJI would take a call on the need They had said that right to for setting up a constitution bench. liberty, which also included right to CJI Khehar then set up a five-judge privacy, was a pre-existing "natural constitution bench to hear the right" which the Constitution ac - matter. On July 18, the five-judge knowledged and guaranteed to the constitution bench decided to set citizens in case of infringement by up a nine-judge bench to decide the state. whether the right to privacy can be The apex court had favoured declared a fundamental right under overarching guidelines to protect the Constitution. that right to privacy cannot fall in private information in public While reserving the verdict, the the bracket of fundamental rights domain and said there was a need bench had voiced concern over the as there were binding decisions of to "maintain the core of privacy" as possible misuse of personal infor - larger benches that it was only a the notion of privacy was fast be - mation in the public domain and common law right evolved through coming irrelevant in an all-pervad - said that protection of the concept judicial ing technological era. of privacy in the all-pervading de - The judgment was welcomed technological era was a "losing by leaders of opposition parties. battle". Congress vice president Rahul During the arguments Gandhi called the judgment a earlier, the bench had ob - "major blow to fascist forces". served that the right to Congress leader Randeep privacy cannot be an ab - Surjewala hailed the judge - solute right and the state ment as a 'path breaking and may have some power seminal judgement' of the to put reasonable restric - Supreme Court. "The deci - tions. sion to give right to privacy The Attorney a status of being a funda - General had contended mental right is historic as The News You Like | September, 2017 JUDICIARY 39 well as path converter," he said. "This is the first such big decision taken in the interest of the rights of an individual. The Congress wel - comes this verdict. We welcome this decision as this is the biggest decision on freedom of an individ - ual." "Article 21 is the right to life and liberty. Any corrosion of that should be fought. Privacy is the core of personal liberty. Privacy is an inalienable part of life itself. Today we can once again celebrate our freedom. This verdict is a setback to the government," Con - gress leader and former union min - ister P Chidambaram told journalists. "The Aadhaar we (Congress) thought is completely compatible with the Right to Privacy. Aadhar in itself is not inconsistent with the Right to Privacy, it is the current government's interpretation that is not correct," he said, adding, "it is the interpretation of this govern - ment of the Article 21 which is an invasion of Right To Privacy." Former law minister Ashwani Kumar said he is 'proud' at the verdict announced by the court. Speaking to ANI, the Congress leader said, "I feel proud that the Supreme Court has kept faith with rights and that is why India's Con - "Congratulations to all lawyers, the Constitution morality and aspi - stitution jurisprudence is sighted in activists, others who fought this ration of the people of India." many countries of the world as government's sinister designs to "I had no doubt in my mind that very progressive." deny Indians their fundamental the only logical conclusion for the Meanwhile, Delhi Chief Minis - right to privacy," Yechury tweeted. Supreme Court to reach in this case ter Arvind Kejriwal welcomed the "A far-reaching judgment was to hold that the right to privacy Supreme Court verdict on right to which will have consequences in was a fundamental right," he privacy as a fundamental right. various domains, as technology is added. "Thank you Supreme Court for playing a greater role in our day-to- "The Right to Privacy has been this very important judgment," the day lives." derived from Article 21 of the Chief Minister tweeted, minutes He also said that the Commu - Indian Constitution and if we were after the landmark decision by the nist Party of India-Marxist had to look at the past issues of the apex court. opposed to a mandatory Aadhaar Supreme Court, in an expansive in - CPI-M leader Sitaram Yechury and data misuse by foreign technol - terpretation of Article 21, the said the Supreme Court's ruling ogy firms. "This judgment will Supreme Court has continuously will have far-reaching conse - pave the way for securing our enlarged the domain of human quences in various domains. rights," he added. 40 INDO-CHINA The News You Like | September, 2017

doklam standoff ends as india, China agree to withdraw troops

THE NEWS BUREAU that its army will continue to patrol were able to express our views and the area. There was also no clarity convey our concerns and interests". he 75-day-long standoff on what happens to the road con - "On this basis, expeditious dis - between India and China in struction by China that was the engagement of border personnel at TDoklam ended on August 28 with trigger for the standoff that began face-off site at Doklam has been both sides agreeing to withdraw on June 16 when Indian troops agreed to, and is ongoing." troops from the disputed region in stopped a People's Liberation Army Indian Army sources said that the tri-junction with Bhutan, in a contingent from building a road in the process of "disengagement" of breakthrough ahead of next week's Doklam. its troops had begun, with the BRICS summit in China that is Indian External Affairs Ministry Chinese side also withdrawing its likely to be attended by Prime Min - broke the news on the development soldiers. ister Narendra Modi. on Monday morning, which was The withdrawal of Indian troops The exact contours of the deal shortly followed by the Chinese from the standoff point started between the two sides is not clear. Foreign Office confirming the dis - around noon on Monday. While India maintained that both engagement. Around 350-400 Indian troops sides have agreed to withdraw their The External Affairs Ministry were there at the border point. India troops, a demand External Affairs statement said "In recent weeks, had refused to withdraw its soldiers Minister Sushma Swaraj had made India and China have maintained unless there was a simultaneous in Parliament last month, China diplomatic communication in withdrawal from the Chinese side claimed that the Indian troops have respect of the incident at Doklam. as well. withdrawn to Indian territory and During these communications, we The decision to disengage their The News You Like | September, 2017 INDO-CHINA 41

Just now you mentioned that the Indian side has said it is a mutual engagement, but I want to stress that India has withdrawn all the personnel and equipment to the Indian side of the boundary troops comes ahead of a crucial uphold its territorial integrity in ac - Relations between the two BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, cordance with historical conven - nations had dipped to a new low China, South Africa) summit being tions," she added. over the standoff at Doklam, with hosted by China on September 3-4, Asked if the disengagement was the Chinese side refusing to with - which Prime Minister Narendra from both sides, Hua repeated the draw. Beijing had accused India of Modi is expected to attend. same statement. transgressing into its territory and In Beijing, the Foreign Ministry "Just now you mentioned that demanded immediate withdrawal said that China is pleased over the Indian side has said it is a of Indian troops. The Chinese side, India's withdrawal but stated that mutual engagement, but I want to especially the state media, since Chinese troops will "remain in the stress that India has withdrawn all then had been on an offensive, and region" and exercise their "sover - the personnel and equipment to the on occasions issued veiled threats eignty over the region". Indian side of the boundary. of war. India has maintained that Ministry spokesperson Hua "Chinese personnel on the both sides should withdraw simul - Chunying said that Chinese border ground has verified this and taneously for any dialogue on the troops will "continue to patrol in Chinese border troops continue to issue, and asserted that war was not Donglong", which India refers to as patrol in the Donlong area." a solution. Doklam, in the Sikkim sector. However, she said: "In the light Amidst the standoff, Prime "On the afternoon of August 28, of the changes of the situation on Minister Modi met Chinese Presi - the Indian side pulled back all the the ground China will make neces - dent Xi Jinping in Hamburg on the Indian troops and equipment to the sary adjustment and deployment." sidelines of the G20 summit, while Indian side of the boundary and the Asked what she meant, she did National Security Advisor Ajit Chinese personnel have verified not elaborate. Doval held talks with his Chinese this," Hua said. This is in contrast to India's counterpart Yang Jiechi in Beijing "The Chinese side will continue statement that both countries have on the sidelines of a BRICS secu - to exercise its sovereignty and agreed to "disengage" in Doklam. rity meet. 42 GLOBAL NEWS The News You Like | September, 2017

talcum powder poses potential cancer risk

THE NEWS BUREAU Robinson, said his client hoped the by ovarian cancer, she says science verdict would lead Johnson & supports the safety of Johnson's Los Angeles jury ordered Johnson to include additional baby powder. Johnson & Johnson to pay warnings on its products. A St Louis, Missouri jury in A$417 million to a woman who "Mrs. Echeverria is dying from May awarded $110.5 million to a claimed in a lawsuit that the talc in this ovarian cancer and she said to Virginia woman who was diag - its iconic baby powder causes me all she wanted to do was to help nosed with ovarian cancer in 2012. ovarian cancer when applied regu - the other women throughout the She had blamed her illness on larly for feminine hygiene. whole country who have ovarian her use for more than 40 years of The lawsuit was brought by a cancer for using Johnson & the company's talcum powder-con - California woman, Eva Echeverria, Johnson for 20 and 30 years," taining products. who alleged Johnson & Johnson Robinson said. Besides that case, three other failed to adequately warn con - "She really didn't want sympa - jury trials in St. Louis reached sumers about the potential cancer thy," he added. "She just wanted to similar outcomes last year issuing risks of talcum powder. get a message out to help these awards of $72 million, $70.1 Echeverria developed ovarian other women." Johnson & Johnson million and $55 million, for a com - cancer as a "proximate result of the spokeswoman Carol Goodrich said bined total of $307.6 million. unreasonably dangerous and defec - in a statement that the company Goodrich said the company is tive nature of talcum powder," will appeal the jury's decision. preparing for additional trials in the Echeverria said in her lawsuit. She says while the company US and will continue to defend the Echeverria's attorney, Mark sympathizes with those impacted product's safety. The News You Like | September, 2017 GLOBAL NEWS 43 Climate change likely to shrink fish size by 30% THE NEWS BUREAU

ish are expected to shrink in size by 20 to 30 per cent as a Fresult of rising ocean temperatures due to climate change across the globe, claims a study. The findings showed that as fish grow into adulthood, their demand for oxygen increases because their body mass becomes larger. However, the surface area of the gills -- where oxygen is ob - tained -- does not grow at the same pace as the rest of the body. "There is a point where the able to fulfill their needs with the This explains why fish are ex - gills cannot supply enough little oxygen available to them, the pected to shrink -- "gill-oxygen oxygen for a larger body, so the researchers said, in the paper pub - limitation theory." fish just stops growing larger," he lished in the journal Global "Fish, as cold-blooded added. Change Biology. animals, cannot regulate their own Warmer waters increase fish's Some species like tuna, which body temperatures. When their need for oxygen but climate are fast moving and require more waters get warmer, their metabo - change will result in less oxygen energy and oxygen, may shrink lism accelerates and they need in the oceans. This means that even more when temperatures in - more oxygen to sustain their body gills have less oxygen to supply to crease. Smaller fish will have an functions," said William Cheung, a body that already grows faster impact on fisheries production as Associate Professor from the Uni - than them. well as the interaction between or - versity of British Columbia in This forces fish to stop ganisms in the ecosystems, the re - Canada. growing at a smaller size to be searchers said. 44 BUSINESS The News You Like | September, 2017 Post note ban, govt expands currency presses, paper mills

THE NEWS BUREAU While new note printing lines will be added at the nashik and dewas printing presses by 2018-end, the paper mills will ith the sudden demonetisa - also get two additional lines to help india head towards self- tion decision exposing its sufficiency and indigenization. Wchinks, the country's currency printing system is undergoing a complete overhaul, officials say. The system's capabilities were put to the severest test during last year's demonetisation, with mil - lions of people standing in queues for long to get their quota of cur - rency because the supply of new notes was slow in coming. The government is now focusing on the expansion, indigenization and upgradation of currency presses and paper mills. Burdened by the outdated tech - nology of the printing presses and limited paper mill capabilities, the presses. It's a two-year process; so Nashik (Maharashtra) and Dewas currency note printing system it will happen by the end of 2018," (Madhya Pradesh). SPMCIL is a lagged way behind the demand a top official told news agency government-owned company long after the demonetization IANS. formed in 2006 that fulfils a sover - process, announced last November, "It is under process right now. eign function of printing notes, had concluded. To update the printing machinery, minting coins and printing non-ju - As a spillover, the government the process is on for global tender - dicial stamp paper. is now working towards strength - ing for upgradation of facilities. The capacity of the Nashik and ening the country's currency print - The process of printing notes will Dewas presses is 600 million ing system, the official, who did be through more efficient technol - pieces a month. The present capac - not want to be identified, said. ogy in the new lines. It will be able ity of the presses in Mysuru and While new note printing lines to take 1,000-2,000 extra sheets at Salboni is 16 billion note pieces per will be added at the Nashik and a time. The machine capacity cur - year on a two-shift basis. Dewas printing presses by 2018- rently is 8,000 sheets per hour," he During demonetization, while end, the paper mills will also get said. the paper of the Rs 2,000 note was two additional lines to help India India has four currency note made indigenously, the paper man - head towards self-sufficiency and printing pressess -- two RBI ufactured for Rs 500 in India could indigenization. presses in Mysuru (Karnataka) and not cater to the huge demand and "We are going to have new Salboni (West Bengal) and two Se - vacuum created due to the sudden lines. We are planning upgradation curity Printing and Minting Corp of note ban. of both Nashik and Dewas printing India Ltd (SMPCIL) presses in On November 8, there were The News You Like | September, 2017 BUSINESS 45

17,165 million pieces of Rs 500 Dewas. The paper mill at capacity. So it has a total capacity notes and 6,858 million pieces of Hoshangabad is owned by of 12,000 metric tonnes per annum. Rs 1,000 notes in circulation. They SPMCIL while the one at Mysuru Mysuru paper mill also has 12,000 amounted to a total of Rs 15.44 is a joint venture between SPMCIL metric tonnes annual capacity," lakh crore in value or 86 per cent of and Bharatiya Reserve Bank Note another top official told IANS. the total currency in circulation. Mudran Private Limited, a wholly "Two more lines of a total ca - "In our mill, we had the first in - owned subsidiary of Reserve Bank pacity of 12,000 metric tonnes are digenously made paper for the new of India (RBI). being added at Hoshangabad paper Rs 500 note. Production of Rs 500 "The Cylinder mould vat mode mill. Work is on. Tenders are being notes at Nashik and Dewas presses Watermarked Bank Note (CWBN) invited to set up paper mills here used in-house ink as well. But there paper for the Rs 500 note, devel - under the Make in India pro - is a shortfall," the official said. oped in Hoshangabad, was also im - gramme. So the production capac - The ink used for Rs 500 notes is ported. Hoshangabad has two units ity at Hoshangabad will double," imported as well as made in of 6,000 metric tonnes per annum he said.

I would like to thank them," she said. She feels she had worked hard It wasn't for the World Championships as she had got enough time to prepare. my day: She said it would have been tough to recover after a long match like the final at semifinal or quarter sIndhu final stage. On beating Chinese players, Sindhu said she just play her game THE NEWS BUREAU return from Glasgow on Tuesday. and give her best. "Everyone has The 22-year-old, who won two different style of play. It's not that I ought hard but it wasn't just my bronze medals in World Champi - do something different with day, said Indian shuttler P V onship in 2014 and 2015, is happy Chinese," she said. SFindhu on her loss to Japan's that this time she has changed the Sindhu believes with more long Nozomi Okuhara in the epic final colour of the medal. rallies, the badminton matches in of the World Badminton Champi - The Rio Olympics silver medal - singles or doubles will not be easy onships at Glasgow on Sunday. list said the final was mentally and anymore and every player will The silver medallist said she felt physically tiring. "At that point all have to fight hard to win a point. upset after the defeat but enjoyed I was thinking was to get that point On the possibility of a final the playing the match, described as because it was World Champi - against Saina Nehwal, Sindhu said one of the best in the history of the onship final. I was playing to the it would definitely happen world badminton. court and Okuhara was equally someday. She said such a contest The Indian lost 19-21, 22-20, tired," she said. She said since the was expected at the World Cham - 20-22 in the battle for 1 hour 50 long rallies were being played from pionship but it did not happen. minutes. The match also saw 73- the beginning and every rally was Saina bagged a bronze medal at shot rally, said to be the second equally tough, there was no way Glasgow. The star shuttler was also longest in badminton's history. she could have conserved the happy that from Prime Minister "Of course I was a bit upset but energy for the final moments. Narendra Modi to Bollywood stars it was a good game and a good Sindhu did not believe that the to cricketers and other sportsper - match. Okuhara also really played cheering by the fans was disturbing sons all were commenting on social well. After 20-all it was anybody's her in the tense game. "It was good media, cheering and congratulating game. Fought hard but it wasn't my in a way that too many Indians and her. She said it was a great feeling day," Sindhu told reporters on her other people were cheering for me. and it gave her the motivation. nandan nilekani appointed infosys Chairman

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uccumbing to pressure from co-founders and a clutch of investors, Infosys on SAugust 24 named former CEO and Aadhaar- architect Nandan Nilekani as its new chairman, replacing R Seshasayee. Ravi Venkatesan also resigned as co-chair - man, but will continue as an independent direc - tor. Vishal Sikka, who quit as CEO but was made vice-chairman till his successor was ap - pointed, also quit the board with immediate effect, the company said in a statement after its board meeting. The board shake-up meets a key demand of the founder group led by N R Narayana Murthy, who had demanded a clean-up at the country's second largest software services firm. Two independent directors – Jeffrey S Lehman and John Etchemendy – also resigned from the Infosys board with immediate effect. The crisis had been brewing at Infosys since Sikka abruptly resigned, blaming founders for slander. The News You Like | September, 2017 JUSTICE 47 Rapist Dera chief sentenced to 20 years in prison

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ighteen years after he raped two of his female disciples, Dera Sacha Sauda chief EGurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was on August 28 sentenced to 20 years imprisonment. The CBI special court sen - tenced the self-styled godman to 10 years imprisonment in each of the two cases of rape and criminal in - timidation and fined Rs 30 lakh. Since the court ordered that both lakh each as compensation from chief in the CBI court in Panchkula the sentences will run consecu - the fine, CBI special court Judge on August 25 had sparked off large- tively, the rapist Dera chief has to Jagdeep Singh, who was flown in a scale violence by his followers serve 20 years prison term. helicopter from Chandigarh, said in which left 38 people dead and 264 The Dera chief's counsel S K the judgment. others injured. Garg Narwana confirmed after the The self-styled godman was in The hearing to decide the special CBI judge pronounced the tears and pleaded for mercy as the quantum of sentence started at 2.30 sentence in the District Jail in judge sentenced him to 10 years p.m. on Monday and the judge Sunaria that both the sentences will jail in each of the two counts of gave 10 minutes each to the run consecutively. rape and criminal intimidation. defence and prosecution sides to The rape victims will get Rs 14 The conviction of the Dera make their submission, court sources said. While Ram Rahim's counsel argued for leniency and minimum punishment saying that he was a social worker and had health issues, the CBI counsel sought maximum punishment given his conduct. The prosecution wanted the case to be treated as "rarest of the rare". The sect chief's counsel said 48 JUSTICE The News You Like | September, 2017

that the verdict will be challenged present inside the sect headquar - in a high court. ters," V Umashamkar, Commis - BaCkGRoUnd There was drama inside the sioner, told media. Curfew The rape and sexual ex - special court as Ram Rahim broke continued in affected areas of Sirsa ploitation of the female fol - down and pleaded with folded district. lower was first reported hands before the judge. After the Anshul Chhatrapati, the son of through an anonymous letter sentence was announced, he sat a journalist, who had first exposed in 2002 to the then Prime down on the floor and wept. He sexual exploitation of female disci - Minister Atal Bihari Vaj - had to be forcibly taken away by ples by the sect chief in 2002, said payee and the Chief Justice jail wardens to his barrack even as that their stand against Ram Rahim of the Punjab and Haryana his lawyers tried to seek leniency in has been vindicated following his High Court. prison rules for the sect chief who conviction and imprisonment. The woman said that Singh is used to a life of ultra luxury. Anshul, the son of murdered had raped her in 1999. She Ram Rahim was medically ex - Sirsa-based journalist Ram also accused the sect leader amined by doctors, led by the Chandra Chhatrapati, welcomed of raping other female fol - Rohtak chief medical officer the CBI special court judgment. lowers in the sect’s campus. (CMO), and found to be fine. His father was shot dead, allegedly Soon after, a suo motu case On August 28, Dera Sacha by sect supporters at the behest of was taken by the Punjab and Sauda followers set two vehicles the sect chief, in October 2002 after Haryana High Court. The on fire at Phulkan village near the he wrote about shady activities High Court had ordered a sect headquarters on the outskirts inside the sect headquarters near Central Bureau of Investiga - of Sirsa town, minutes before the Sirsa in his vernacular newspaper tion probe into the matter sentencing. Security forces rushed "Poora Sach" in 2002. and the CBI registered a to the area to control the situation. Punjab Chief Minister sexual exploitation case Security deployment, including Amarinder Singh appealed to against Singh the same year. army and para-military forces, con - people to accept the court verdict. One of the women said that tinued around the two campuses of He said that the Punjab government Singh had justified the rape the sect near Sirsa. would continue to maintain con - saying the act would "We are in control of the situa - stant vigil to ensure that peace is “purify” her. One also said tion. We have shown restraint so maintained in the state, with curfew that the when she once far. Some dera followers are still to remain in force till needed. entered Singh’s chamber – the doors of which automat - ically close – she found him watching a pornographic film. Their statement was recorded and the CBI filed a chargesheet in 2007. The case has taken nearly 15 years to reach the verdict stage. A journalist, Ram Chander Chhatrapati, who had first reported the sexual exploita - tion at the sect campus, was shot dead in October 2002. The murder conspiracy case against Dera officials and the sect chief is being heard by the court separately. The News You Like | September, 2017 TINSEL TOWN 49 Pawan Kalyan fans do not believe in freedom of speech

Pawan Kalyan fans had earlier trolled Mahesh for his review of Katamarayudu. The trolling and abuse started again after Mahesh gave his opinion about Pawan Kalyan’s politics and the Jana Sena Party in an interview to a YouTube channel recently

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elugu film critic Mahesh Kathi, who was recently Tevicted from Bigg Boss Telugu, claimed that he's the victim of or - ganised harassment by fans of actor-politician Pawan Kalyan. The reviewer alleged that Pawan Kalyan fans have shared his personal number on WhatsApp groups and fan page groups, asking that he be subjected to a coordi - nated attack for his opinion about the star as a politician and his party Jana Sena Party. In a 10-minute video posted on Facebook, Mahesh expressed extreme anguish and revealed how self-proclaimed Pawan Kalyan fans have been disturbing him by calling him constantly and also by sending abusive messages over WhatsApp. Pawan Kalyan fans had earlier trolled Mahesh for his review of Katamarayudu. The trolling and abuse started again after Mahesh gave his opinion about Pawan 50 TINSEL TOWN The News You Like | September, 2017

Kalyan’s politics and the why are they stopping me Jana Sena Party in an inter - from expressing my view to a YouTube channel opinion? If they feel that recently. my opinion is wrong, they Mahesh alleged that can just ignore me, right?” Pawan Kalyan fans have In March, Mahesh had hacked into his phone, said through a post on face - added themselves to his book, “#Katamarayudu - contact list, and that they baseless story, predictable have been threatening and screenplay. Pawan Kalyan abusing him. He lamented tried his best to save a that he has not been able to badly written film with his go on with everyday life style. Rest of the actors are because of the abusive reduced to cameos. Villains calls. who can make hero strong “How can I make a act like jokers. Strictly for police complaint against PK fans and rest can stay 7000-8000 people? I have away,” Mahesh said in a blocked close to 1500 con - Facebook post. tacts. How many more He also said that the should I (block)? PK fans movie was sexist, with representing him in debates plenty of derogatory com - and discussions have been ments against women. asking me to remain silent Soon, Pawan Kalyan fans and not to escalate the Mahesh alleged that Pawan kalyan started trolling him with issue. I am remaining abuses and threats on his silent, it is them who have fans have hacked into his phone, Facebook wall, many of been harassing me. I don’t added themselves to his contact which Mahesh has been need any publicity. Pawan blocking and deleting. Kalyan is not part of my list, and that they have been Despite the onslaught of life. Just let me do my job,” threatening and abusing him. He trolls, he has decided to he pleaded. lamented that he has not been able stand by his opinion. In the video, Mahesh Following this, Pawan also answered a few calls to go on with everyday life because Kalyan fans had threatened made by self proclaimed of the abusive calls. Mahesh. Pawan Kalyan fans. He can Some of the threat mes - be heard asking how they sages received by the critic got his personal number Mahesh Kathi read, “All and why they'd called him. access to your number?" PK (Pawan Kalyan) fan groups One of the callers, who identi - Another caller said that he'd have ur number now. We will break fied himself as Deepak and a fan of watched the video on YouTube and you", while another message reads, the actor, sought explanations from felt that Mahesh’s views were “You are hurting PK fans. If fans Mahesh for his opinions on Pawan wrong. Mahesh replied that the are hurt, you will regret. We know Kalyan and his political party. caller could have just ignored him your address too” Mahesh shot back, saying he was if he'd felt so. The latter, like It appears the fans of top actors required to give the caller any Deepak, did not give a straight such as Pawan Kalyan do not answers and proceeded to ask him answer to how he'd got Mahesh's believe in freedom of expression, how he'd got his number. number. notwithstanding the fact that the To this, Deepak replied, “Do Mahesh said, “I’m not stopping actor himself has been vocal in crit - you think that you are Chiranjeevi these people from expressing their icizing political leaders irrespective or Pawan Kalyan for us to not get love and adoration for their star, but of their stature or party. The News You Like | September, 2017 RESEARCH 51 Common method of measuring BP is often inaccurate

THE NEWS BUREAU pressure is regarded among the mmHg (the 120 mmHg is systolic, most important of all medical tests. and 80 mmHg diastolic). Decades he common method of measur - A misdiagnosis of low blood pres - of research clearly tell us if a ing blood pressure is often in - sure can be a missed opportunity person’s blood pressure is raised aTccurate, a new study has found. for lowering a person’s risk of car - they are at higher risk of cardiovas - This could mean people at risk of diovascular disease, which often cular disease. The higher the blood serious conditions such as heart presents as a stroke, heart attack or pressure the higher the risk. disease are missing diagnosis and kidney disease. A misdiagnosis of About one in three adults have potentially life-saving treatment. high blood pressure, on the other high blood pressure. Lifestyle The so-called “cuff method” in - hand, could lead to people being factors such as regular exercise, volves strapping an inflatable cuff prescribed unnecessary medica - normal body weight and healthy over the upper arm to temporarily tion. dietary choices, as well as medica - cut off the blood supply; then cal - Blood pressure is the force tions, can lower blood pressure and culating the blood pressure once exerted in the large arteries – prevent cardiovascular disease. the cuff is relaxed. vessels that carry blood away from Although there are many In the study, published in the the heart – with every heartbeat. factors to consider when assessing Journal of the American College of Blood pressure measurement pro - if someone has high blood pres - Cardiology, the researchers found vides a high (systolic) and a low sure, the conventional threshold at that the method, which is more than (diastolic) value. The high value which doctors might consider a century old, is inaccurate when represents the peak pressure during monitoring people with mid-range heart contraction; the low value blood pressure. This is the range represents the pressure during heart most common among people relaxation. worldwide. Healthy levels of blood pres - Accurate measurement of blood sure are typically less than 120/80 52 RESEARCH The News You Like | September, 2017

giving medication to lower pressure is 140/90 mmHg. The study found the accuracy when compared to The method to measure blood pressure is based on invasive blood pressure was up to 80%. But for the rest a technique invented in 1896, then refined in 1905, but of the population with blood pressure in the middle the basic principal has remained virtually unchanged. range – systolic 120 to 159, and diastolic 80 to 99 A broad cuff is placed over the upper arm and in - mmHg – accuracy compared with invasive blood pres - flated until the main artery in the arm is completely oc - sure at the arm or the aorta was quite low: only 50% cluded and blood flow is stopped. The cuff is then to 57%. slowly deflated until blood flow returns into the lower If people have their blood pressure measured using arm. the cuff method and the values are either low (under A series of signals can then be measured that rep - 120/80 mmHg) or high (over 160/100 mmHg), we can resent the systolic and diastolic blood pressure. These have reasonable confidence the values are a good rep - are measured by either listening with a stethoscope or, resentation of the true (invasive) blood pressure. more often, using automated devices. But for people whose blood pressure is in the most It’s uncertain whether cuff blood pressure accu - common mid-range of 120 to 160 mmHg systolic or rately measures the pressure in the arteries of the arm 80 to 100 mmHg diastolic, there is much less certainty or the major artery just outside the heart, called the as to whether the cuff blood pressure is truly represen - aorta. This is important as blood pressure readings can tative of the actual blood pressure. be different in these two spots – a potential difference The findings do not mean people should stop taking of 25 mmHg or more. their medication or stop having their blood pressure The central aorta blood pres - measured using the cuff device. sure is a better indicator of the While this study reveals accu - pressure experienced by organs, racy issues, the evidence from such as the heart and brain, so it is many large clinical trials more clinically relevant. clearly shows taking medica - The possibility of big blood tion to lower blood pressure pressure differences between the from high levels reduces the arm and the aorta could result in chances of stroke, heart attack very different clinical decisions on and vascular disease. diagnosis and treatment. So it is Cuff blood pressure meas - important to resolve the uncer - urements are still useful, but we tainty as to what cuff blood pres - could help more people if we sure actually measures. could measure blood pressure more accurately. The We retrieved data from studies from the 1950s until problem is that some people in the mid blood pressure now that compared cuff blood pressure of more than range may fall through the diagnosis cracks. 2,500 people with that of the gold standard method, Until the accuracy standards of pressure-measuring called invasive blood pressure. Here, a catheter that devices are improved, the best available confirmation measures pressure is inserted inside the artery either at of blood pressure levels comes from an average of the arm (same site as the cuff) or at the aorta. many repeated measures over time. This is better than Readings from this method were used as a refer - one or two measures, as is often the way in busy daily ence and compared with those of the cuff method to clinical practice, and was closest to the method exam - determine the accuracy of cuff measurements. ined in this study. Research has found there can be significant differ - People can have repeated measures of blood pres - ences between the blood pressure measured in the arm sure undertaken in consultation with their general prac - and in the aorta. titioners or at specialist centres. These can include Cuff blood pressure had reasonable accuracy com - self-measured home blood pressure, 24-hour ambula - pared with the reference standard, at either the arm or tory blood pressure and automated unobserved blood aorta, among people with low cuff blood pressure pressure. (lower than 120/80 mmHg) and high cuff blood pres - The study was conducted by the Menzies Institute sure (the same or higher than 160/100 mmHg). These for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, under people are at the extreme ends of the blood pressure the stewardship of James Sharman, Professor of risk spectrum. Medical Research and Deputy Director. The News You Like | September, 2017 HEALTH 53 Pedal your way to health

THE NEWS BUREAU neighborhood shop, school, or edly a healthy option for every work. While paddling for long citizen. Turning this to a regular orld Health Organisation hours and steering with both the habit, you are likely to experience (WHO) recommends that hands, balancing your body weight surprising health benefits soon, as Wadults aged 18-64 years should helps in improving coordination. you perspire a lot through the day. indulge in at least 150 minutes of Cycling also increases circula - If utilized wisely, cycling has the moderate-intensity physical activ - tion to deliver oxygen to the skin potential to be the next big revolu - ity throughout the week to stay cells, which in turn helps in speed - tion in the healthcare ecosystem of healthy. What many do not know is ing up the healing mechanism of India, and this is not an exaggera - that a daily cycle ride of only 20 our body. Besides, it strengthens tion. minutes is sufficient to achieve this lower body muscles over time and A recent study by the Univer - target! regulates mobility certain joints. sity of South Australia states that Regular cycling helps in Hence, it can be an effective exer - people with type 2 diabetes will burning around 1,000 calories a cise for people having joint pain possibly be better off in choosing week, and even cycling at a mild and arthritis. cycling rather than walking as a pace of 12 mph will burn you 563 Cycling is an aerobic activity, part of their daily exercise routine. calories per hour, says a research. meaning that your blood vessels The same study also reveals that While it is clinically proven that and lungs get a beneficial workout women aged 60 to 70 (having type cycling regularly can keep various as you ride this pollution-free 2 diabetes), who participated in a types of health issues at bay, in vehicle. On the whole, it can be 12-week-long fitness activity essence, it is a fun, low-impact ex - said with confidence that cycling cycling for 20 minutes twice a ercise. This moderate-intensity boosts stamina and helps in manag - week, experienced an average of physical activity perfectly fits into ing and preventing lot of diseases. 19.2 percent drop in blood glucose your daily routine as you ride short Being one of the most eco-friendly levels. distances conveniently to the modes of transport, it is undoubt - Among the myriad physical and 54 HEALTH The News You Like | September, 2017

mental health benefits, here are and convenient than conventional lives. By promoting the use of some of the clinically proven ways, high-intensity gym workout. cycling to control air pollution in as suggested by Pankaj Munjal, Unlike other forms of workouts, cities, it is the need of the hour es - president AICMA (All India Cycle most people who take to cycling tablish a breed of healthy, young Manufacturing Association), tend to stick to it for a lifetime. people our country so needs today, cycling can help a person's well- Cycling doesn't put a strain on who are not sitting on the couch being: knees like running or too much only through the day. Keeping blood pressure under walking may after a point of time. The next time before you raise check On the other hand, you do not need a complaint on the serious problem Preventing type 2 diabetes and to get kitted like you would do if of road traffic in your city, make osteoporosis you were playing a sport or sure hit the road with a bicycle at Improving joint mobility and running. least for few hours a week. Take it flexibility In recent years, the culture of inside your colony when you visit Keeping you calm and acting as cycling has been given an impetus a friend or participate in a cy - a stress-buster in our country, and it is heartening clothon. Bring on your super two- Last but not the least, adopting to see a smart wave of new-gener - wheeler and pedal your way to a cycling into your fitness regime is ation riders embracing cycling not healthier lifestyle, starting from likely to be much more sustainable only as a sport, but also into daily today. Excess workout, steroids lead to infertility in men

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combination of intense workout, which has become a Adaily trend for many men, along with consumption of steroids is be - coming a rising cause of infertility, according to IVF experts. Long-term exhaustive exercises decreases sperm count and one's potential for reproduction, said IVF experts. Another factor contribut - ing to infertility was the consump - tion of steroids for body building which was causing zoospermia - a condition in which sperm does not generate in semen. many who have been following Arvind Vaid, an IVF expert. Recent studies have said some long-term training sessions in order Rekha Goswami, another IVF 1 per cent of the Indian males are to maintain the body. If one is into expert, who previously worked affected by zoospermia. exhaustive training sessions, there with the AIIMS, said though heavy "In males, heavy training ses - are chances that they might have workout causes infertility problems sions can reduce the sperm count in less sperm count compared to a in the long run, what is of immedi - the body that is directly related to man who has been following ate concern was consumption of the fertility of a man. There are normal training sessions," said steroids without medical advice. The News You Like | September, 2017 CULTURE 55 Ganesh festivities begin in Telangana

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he Ganesh Chaturthi festival began with religious fervour in Hyderabad and across Telangana on TAugust 25 with devotees thronging to temples and pandals to seek blessings of the deity. Devotees gath - ered in large numbers in Khairatabad area to catch a glimpse of the city's most famous and tallest Ganesha idol, measuring around 57 feet. Andhra Pradesh and Telangana Governor E S L Narasimhan along with his wife Vimala Narasimhan performed special puja at the Khairatabad Ganesh pandal. They were accompanied by leaders of different political parties. The governor also extended his greet - ings to the people on the occasion. The devotees offered a 75-feet-long 'Shesha Vastram' (cloth wrapped around the shoulders of the idol), which was wrapped around the shoulders of the Ganesha idol, at Khairatabad. An estimated 1,25,000 idols, including those in residential apartments, were installed in the limits of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation. The pandals, decorated with flowers, were erected in almost every nook and corner of the city. A major feature of the Ganesh festival this year is the promotion of clay Ganesh idols for worship. The Vinayaka Chaviti festivities were being celebrated with pomp were made for the smooth conduct of the immersion and gaiety in various districts of Telangana with instal - of Ganesh idols on September 5 in the city. The Hy - lation of idols of Lord Ganesha of different sizes. derabad police said all Ganesh pandals in the city were Security was stepped up with the deployment of geo-tagged to monitor them and prevent any untoward over 24,000 police personnel. Elaborate arrangements incident during the Ganesh Chaturthi festival. 56 CULTURE The News You Like | September, 2017 The News You Like | September, 2017 CULTURE 57

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Belly fat can raise cancer risk

THE NEWS BUREAU protein called fibroblast growth caused them to grow into tumours. factor-2 that may be a better indi - Bernard also collected visceral elly fat may release more of a cator of the risk of cells becoming fat tissue from women undergoing protein that can cause a non- cancerous," Bernard added. hysterectomies and found that Bcancerous cell to turn into a cancer - There are two layers of belly when the fat secretions had more of ous one, new research has found. fat. The top layer, known as subcu - the FGF2 protein, more of the cells Obesity has been linked to taneous fat, lies right under the formed cancerous tumours when several types of cancers including skin. The layer under that, called transferred into mice. that of the breast, colon, prostate, visceral fat, is the one she found to "This would indicate that fat uterus or kidney, but the new study, be more harmful. from both mice and humans can published in the journal Oncogene, Bernard and her co-author make a non-tumorigenic cell ma - indicated that just being over - Debrup Chakraborty, a postdoc - lignantly transform into a tumori - weight is not necessarily the best toral student in her lab, studied genic cell," Bernard said. way to determine risk. mice that were fed a high-fat diet There are several other factors "Our study suggests that body and discovered that this higher-risk released from fat, including the mass index, or BMI, may not be the layer of fat produced larger hormone estrogen, that could influ - best indicator," said lead author amounts of the fibroblast growth ence cancer risk, but many of those Jamie Bernard, Assistant Professor factor-2, or FGF2, protein when studies have only been able to at Michigan State University in the compared to the subcutaneous fat. show an association and not a US. They found that FGF2 stimu - direct cause of cancer, Bernard "It's abdominal obesity and, lated certain cells that were already said. Genetics too play a role, she even more specifically, levels of a vulnerable to the protein and added. 60 LIFE STYLE The News You Like | September, 2017

Eat more fruits and veggies to smell more attractive to women

THE NEWS BUREAU said in a recent interview with the best-smelling sweat. NPR. “Women basically found that In the first test, scientists used a ttention, males of the world: if men who ate more vegetables tool called a spectrophotometer, you’re looking to attract a smelled nicer.” which can measure a person’s diet Afemale partner, try changing your Stephen said that during the by flashing a light on it, to look for diet first. study, the scientists asked male par - carotenoid-rich skin. Participants A study from Macquarie Uni - ticipants to record their diet, and with high levels of carotenoid-rich versity in Sydney, Australia says then participate in two methods skin were eating a lot of fruits and women are most attracted to the used to determine which males had veggies. And according to the sweaty scent of men who eat fruits study, scientists determined that and veggies. The study also claims “yellower more carotenoid-rich that fat, meat, egg and tofu intake skin is found to be more attractive.” were tied to pleasant-smelling For a second level of testing, sweat and a carb-rich diet was participants were given new T- linked to a more intense, shirts and asked to work less-pleasant sweat out. After they completed smell. their workout, a few not- “We’ve known for a so-lucky women while that odor is an smelled the men’s shirts important component to determine who of attractiveness, es - smelled the best. Male pecially for women,” participants who ate a Ian Stephen, who helped diet of fruits and veggies conduct the small study, were the clear winners. The News You Like | September, 2017 LIFE STYLE 61 Skin care regime for new mothers

THE NEWS BUREAU and after pregnancy are acne, rashes, stretch marks and dry skin. ormonal changes, stretched It is important to take care of them. skin and sweat can sometimes * Choose a mild yet effective * Avoid using strong soaps, tHrigger painful skin conditions that body butter which has ingredi - instead use mild, moisturising may cause discomfort and irritation ents like cocoa butter, a natural soap which prevents the post for new mothers. Experts suggest antioxidant that soothes, hy - bath dryness. these are managed right from the drates and balances the skin. * During the initial days of time they appear. * Choose a moisturiser with in - breastfeeding, you may experi - Subhashini N S, Natural vigorating fragrances of rose, ence sore and cracked nipples. Product Innovations, Research and lavender, or jasmine that help Use products with natural in - Development, The Himalaya Drug relax the mind. gredients that are especially en - Company and Hema Divakar, Con - * Body butter helps to replenish riched with virgin coconut oil sultant Obstetrician and Gynaecol - and moisturise the skin more ef - that helps protect the skin from ogist, share a few common fectively than lotions, keeping cracks and fissures. conditions and tips to help keep the skin hydrated for longer. * Massage your skin daily with skin hydrated and moisturised: * Avoid wearing synthetic and oil that is enriched with sesame Some of the common condi - rough materials that cause rash oil, known for its skin firming tions you may experience during and irritation on the skin. properties. Reducing nicotine in cigarettes could curb addiction educing nicotine content in cates that reducing the nicotine effects of cigarettes with reduced cigarettes may decrease their content of cigarettes reduces their nicotine content on the reinforcing Raddiction potential in vulnerable addictiveness," said lead re - effects, subjective effects, and populations, says a study. searcher Stephen Higgins, Profes - smoking topography of vulnerable The research team examined sor at University of Vermont in the populations", according to the the addiction potential of cigarettes US. study's authors. with reduced nicotine content in "Whether that same effect The study ran between March three vulnerable populations of would be seen in populations 2015 and April 2016 and included smokers -- individuals with psy - highly vulnerable to tobacco ad - 169 daily smokers, including 120 chiatric disorders (affective disor - diction was unknown," Higgins women and 49 men. ders, opioid-use disorder), and said. "This study provides a very en - socio-economically disadvantaged The new study, published in the couraging indication that reducing women. journal JAMA Psychiatry, is "the the nicotine content of cigarettes "Evidence in relatively healthy first large, controlled study to would help vulnerable popula - and socially stable smokers indi - examine the dose-dependent tions," Higgins said. 62 LIFE STYLE The News You Like | September, 2017 Don't let rain spoil diet, fitness plans The monsoon season may play havoc with one's motivation to keep up with workout and fitness plans. But experts suggest regular regime of diet and workout will keep you fit and healthy. The dos and don’ts in a monsoon season

do’s e tend to drink less water the monsoons. One of the most during monsoon as we are common complaints in this season ot able to go to the gym nWot really thirsty but your body is the respiratory issue. There are shouldn't stop you from needs water. Drink lots of water several yoga postures that can wNorking out. Look for simple equip - and make sure that you are drink - relieve them. In addition to that, ment that you can use to make the ing purified water. This will lower yoga helps you build flexibility and home workout equally challenging. the risk of waterborne diseases like strength. For instance, you can get a skipping stomach infection and diarrhoea. rope or even get a resistance band. nclude immune-enhancing items Make sure that you are dressed the oga is the best option for in your diet such as turmeric same way you would be dressed anyone who is a victim of the Imilk, mint tea, ginger ale, garlic, when you go to the gym. That will mYonsoon gloom. It is refreshing coriander etc as our bodies are keep you in the rhythm and will also and is great to resolve several prone to infections during make you feel motivated. health issues that you face during monsoon. The News You Like | September, 2017 LIFE STYLE 63 donT’s

void eating street food during the rain. Most of us are Atempted to eat gol gappa, vada or chaat from local street vendors. But you need to curb your cravings as, during monsoon, the chances of these foods being contaminated are high.

o not enter an air-conditioned room with wet hair and damp cDlothes due to rain as this can lead to a viral fever or cold and cough, especially in this season.

void eating leafy vegetables such as spinach, cauliflower Aas there is a higher chance of infec - tion through them.

hydrated body is an able fight with theses bacteria and virus Abetter as the body replenishes the electrolytes lost due to sweat, urine etc. Along with plain water, home - made lime water, buttermilk and clear soups help in hydrating the body. Moreover, one must ensure that the water being consumed is clean and boiled. homemade food or whole fruits, void semi-cooked and raw treet food such as pakoda, bhel nuts and packed curd. fish/ prawns since it is their puri etc should be avoided. If Abreeding season. Make sure the fish ySou do not have an option of home onsume loads of green and is fresh if you plan to consume it. cooked food then eat completely colourful vegetables. Blanch cooked food tChem to disinfect them from germs onsumption of bitter herbs like and bacteria. It also helps the neem and haldi (turmeric), owever, one should avoid veggies from losing its colour, C water, cut fruits, juices from texture and flavour. Always, avoid which contain antioxidants and me - sHtreet vendors as these might be keeping cut salad for long and dicinal properties, prevents you contaminated and unhygienic. consume immediately. from infections. Garlic and mush - rooms boost immunity and keep us uring monsoon, chances of ncrease your intake of vitamin C healthy in monsoon. food being contaminated with which we get from citrus fruits Dbacteria increases and makes us sIuch as lemon, guava, mausmi, urd and other probiotic drinks prone to falling ill. Therefore, it is capsicum, green chilli, sweet lime available should be included best to eat home-cooked food and etc., to help build resistance against Cin your diet to make your gut while stepping out one must carry infections and diseases. strong. 64 LIFE STYLE The News You Like | September, 2017 Simple ways to financial freedom

THE NEWS BUREAU emergencies or at least sparingly. cover can be bought for a small annual premium. A good insurance fter 70 years of Independence, invesT BefoRe YoU sPend policy will take care of medical there are still some parts of One reason to choose a date at emergencies and as an added IAndian lives where people are not the beginning of the month for your benefit, you can also claim tax- as free as they should be. One such SIP is that you will invest that saving deductions on the premium area is money. People often do not money before you have the oppor - you pay. have the financial freedom. Fortu - tunity to spend it. Investing is im - nately, achieving financial freedom portant because it allows you to not keeP a TaB on exPenses is not difficult if people take some only save, but also grow your The easiest way to save more is careful decisions. wealth. If you leave money in your by spending less. Unfortunately, bank account, you will be tempted spending less is not as easy as it Use CRediT CaRds onlY foR to spend it. There are so many sounds. One way to keep a tight eMeRGenCies things to buy, after all. Best to get leash on your expenditures is by Credit card companies lure us it out of your bank and into a creating a budget and noting down with offers, discounts and cash- mutual fund. where your money is going. You backs. We are allowed to buy what - can figure out categories for your ever we want right now and are BUY HealTH insURanCe top expenses and decide how much asked to pay for it only later. Credit Medical emergencies are un - you want to spend on each. Such a card companies give us this flexi - foreseen and expensive. A sudden budget will stop you from not bility because they bank on most of medical issue can burn a big hole spending more than you need to us missing our payment dates and in your savings and derail your fi - and allow you to save more. then having to pay the amount we nances. The best way to stay pre - India's independence wasn't owe with interest. The result is we pared for such emergencies is by achieved overnight. Being finan - spend more than we need to. Avoid buying health insurance. A health cially free will also take time, but that by using credit cards only for insurance policy for a substantial it will be well worth the effort. The News You Like | September, 2017 RESEARCH 65 breast cancer may kill 76,000 indian women a year by 2020

THE NEWS BUREAU The researchers found lack of England. Even educated profes - awareness about self-examination sional women do not discuss ack of early diagnosis of breast and cultural barriers played a major private matters about their bodies cancer may kill 76,000 Indian role. Women sought medical care with their husbands, fathers or wLomen in a year by 2020, says a extremely late. brothers. So it's essential to direct study, one of whose researchers is Women do not access health health messages towards men, of Indian origin. services and are reluctant to consult Fletcher-Brown said. One of the most commonly di - male doctors, neglecting their Rapid economic development agnosed type of cancer among health due to family obligations. and greater urbanisation are also re - women in India, breast cancer They are over-dependent on other sponsible for the rise in breast claimed 70,218 lives in 2012, the family members. All of these cause cancer rates, the researchers noted. study published in the Journal of delay in diagnosis, the researchers Besides, women tend to have Business Research showed. said. Thus, educating Indian men children at a later age and breast It also revealed that the average about the significance of early diag - feeding is less, which increases age of death from the disease has nosis for breast cancer, could be key their chances of developing the shifted from 50 years to 30 years. to halt the disease which is turning disease. The magnitude of the problem is into an epidemic, the researchers Working women in urban India enormous and has major policy im - suggested. often have a more western diet plications for the Indian govern - "India is still a patriarchal leading to obesity. That also in - ment, said Vijay Pereira, Associate society. Although women are now creases the risk. Dean (Research) at the University in responsible jobs and earning for The study said community of Wollongong in Dubai. their families, it's the men who are health nurses had the greatest Pereira said there were complex the head of the household," said impact in raising awareness of early challenges at national, state and Judith Fletcher-Brown, from the breast cancer symptoms. In addi - community levels. University of Portsmouth in tion, schools and media were also "What is clear is that found to be the good healthcare at state-level channels through must transform to which awareness deliver quality care could be raised in and awareness," young women. Pereira said. 66 The News You Like | September, 2017 vikram Goud denies police allegations of staging his own death

THE NEWS BUREAU persons to attack me are com - asked how he could afford to pay pletely wrong. It was said that I did the gang Rs 50 lakh, as police were day after his release from it for political mileage. I want to claiming. He added that he wants jail, Congress leader clarify that there is no need for me to contest in the 2024 elections. Vikram Goud claimed on to stoop to such an extent,'' he said. The 33-year-old Congress August 21 that the allegations lev - He also said that that it was ac - leader was arrested on August 3 by elled by the city police against him tually him who disclosed the name the Banjara Hills police for mis - of orchestrating his own shooting of Nandu, the second accused in leading police and orchestrating an were false. the case, to the police. attack on himself to escape the The Congress leader said that Vikram said that he has had dis - clutches of financiers and to gain there was no reason for him to hire putes with people he was in the voters. persons to open fire at him. mining business with. He alleged Vikram was arrested along with Speaking to the media, he that he had told police earlier about five others in the shooting case, in denied the charges and stated that the security threat, and despite that, which he sustained injuries to the he didn’t hire anyone to shoot at they denied him a weapon license shoulder and spinal cord. He was him to gain sympathy votes and and didn’t provide him with any se - booked as the prime accused in the also claimed that he was not in curity. case. He was arrested under the debt. Denying the claims of the Arms Act and on charges of provid - “The reports that I hired police that he was in deep debt, he ing misinformation to police.

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